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TIE THAT ONE
Poi
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Portland, Ore., March 22.-r
Olenn Reed, upon returning to a
haherdashery, complained: "This
Isn’t the tie T picked out.” A
clerk opened the package and
found It full of currency. The
cashier handed over the wrong
one.
TAX REVENUE UP
Raleigh, March 22.—Revenue
Commissioner A. J. Maxwell,
elated at reports that income tax
receipts through Saturday ag
gregated $9,928,738.31, to ex
ceed collection to the same date
a year ago, said today the "out
look is favorable’’ now for a new
record for the levy. A year ago
on Saturday the income levy had
yielded $9,770,423.61.
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WPA Projecb For
School Buildiiigs
In Wilkes County
Are Being Formed
;rVA Chairiti^i^ks
Would Construct Two Four-
Room Buildings — At
Boomer, CUngman
ALSO TWO ADDITIONS
Projects Made Up for Mount
Pleasant and Roaring
River Additions
SMALL ALLOTMENTS
Ralegh, March 22. — B. Y.
Floyd, AAA officer at State col
lege, said today between 25.000
and 30,000 new flue-cured to-:
bacco growers had requested al- [
lotments this year. The number, ]
h» said, is larger than bad been j
expected and, consequently, the
average allotment to new grow- ]
era will be 5 per cent less than
previously announced.
EX-SHERIFF IS FREED
WUsom March 22.—For
am March 22.—f’or the
ilrd time since 1935, former
Wilson county Sheriff W. A.
Weathersby walked out of a
courtroom here today, freed of
a drunken driving charge. A six-
maif recorder's court jury, after
deliberating some 10 minutes,
returned a "unanimous” verdict
of acquittal. Immediately after
the trial Weathersby told a re
porter that he would run again
for sheriff in the coming pri
maries.
ATTACKER SOUGHT
Montgomery, Ala., March 22.—
Death of Miss Eunice Ward, 48,
spurred the search tonight for a
negro who attacked and robbed
her and her 52-year-old sister,
Ullian, and left them for dead
in a thicket last Saturday. Miss
Ward, former president of the
Alabama Nurses’ association, died
today of multiple Injuries, in
cluding a fractured skull. Gov.
Bibb Graves raised a state re
ward for arrest of the attacker
from $400 to $1,000.
32.—Ira-
movement
FLAT RATE TAX
Washington, March
petus to the growing
in the senate finance committee
for a return to the old principle
of imposing flat rates on corpora-
incomes was given today by
^ ®LDnder Secretary of the Treasury
Roswell Magill. He informed the
committee that a tax of 18, 18 1-2
or 19 per cent would produce
more revenue than the undis
tributed profit.s tax provisions of
the house-approved tax bill on
either a fiscal year or calendar
year basis.
WPA projects calling for erec
tion of school buildings at Boom
er and Clingman and an addition
to Mount Pleasant school build
ing have been forwarded to the
state office of the M’orks Pro
gress administration, C. B. Eller,
county superintendent of schools,
said today.
He also stated that a project is
being made up for an addition to
the Roaring River school build
ing and will be forwarded for ap
proval when completed.
The action on the projects
closely followed a recommenda
tion by the grand jury last week
that new buildings be erected at
Boomer and Clingman and that
additions be constructed to the
Mount Pleasant and Roaring Riv
er buildings, which the grand
jury described as inadequate to
house the children,
i Mr. Eller explained, however,
that the county does not have
funds for any of the projects at
the present time and that none
of the projects can be started un
til assurance is given that the
county can furnish its share of
the costs.
Four-room structures are pro
posed at Boomer and Clingman
at a total cost of $6,697 each.
The, five-room addition at Mount
Pleasant would cost $11,500 and
figures hare not been compiled
for the Roaring River addition.
The county’s share of the cost
of each project would be approx
imately 68 per cent but the coun
ty’s cash contributions would be
considerably lower by salvaging a
number of old and abandoned
school buildings, Mr. Eller said.
Washingrton, D. C.—'TVA, often the target for outside attacks,
is now threatened from within. Directors Harcourt Morgan, left, and
David E. Lilienthal, right, demanded the resignation of Chairman
Arthur F. Morgan, inset, charging lack of cooperation and a policy
of “rule or ruin.” President Roosevelt removed the chairman from
office after he refused to elaborate upon charges of malfeasance in
office directed by the chairman at the other two d:rectors. A fight
in the courts by the ousted chairman and a congressional investiga
tion is in the offing.
Bower Watson, a truck driver,
May Route 268
On Main Street
Through City
Highway Commissioner Says
City Must Guarantee
the Right-of-Waw
J. F. Jordan Files
With Election Board
J. F. Jordan, member of the
Wilkes bar and mayor of Wil-
kesboro, baa filed with the state
board of elections as a candidate
for the Republican nomination
for solicitor in the primary June
4.
His opponent is Attorney Ava
lon E. Hall, of Yadkinvllle.
Secretary NCEA
Talks to Teachers
Schoolmasters Have Inter
esting Meeting In Wil-
kesboro Tue«day
$100 LOST IN M.4TT-S
Asheville. March 22.—Kev. A.
A. Johnson. Buncombe county
minister and candidate for nomi
nation to the office of (’nited
States senator, announced today
that the $100 filing fee he mailed
to the state hoard of elections in.
Raleigh had been taken from the I
envelope while in transit, and
that because he lacked funds he
would probably not be able to
run for the office. Johnson ex
hibited correspondence with Ray
mond Maxwell, executive secre
tary of the board of elections, in
sujtport of his contention that
the money had been removed
from a registered letter while'in
transit between the Asheville
poetofflce and the secretary’s of
fice.
Township Tax
Notices Posted
Listing Will Get Under Way
. On April 1st; Early List
ing Is Being Urged
’Tax list takers for the various
townships have posted notices of
times and places for listing taxes
and people of each township are
staked to look for the notices and
plan to list for taxes on the ear-
■ convenient date and appolnt-
P. Kelly, tax supervisor.
said that the list takers will meet
'the courthouse in Wilkesboro
Monday, March 28, ten- o’-
for the purpose of recelv-
: instructions and supplies.,
Sfeging Friday Evening
At Moravian Falls
Wilkes coimty schoolmasters’
club in regular meeting at Wil
kesboro school heard an instruc
tive addres.s by Jiile B. Warren,
.secretary of the North Carolina
Education Association and a
member of the state school com
mission.
Mr. Warren told of the phe-
nominal growth of the associa
tion. He said that out of a total
teachers that
16,309 are now members of the
organization, which has an an
nual budget of $100,000. He told
of the purchase by the association
of a lot in Raleigh for the sum of
$22,500, on which the home of
fice of the association will be con
structed.
He then reviewed briefly some
of the major objectives of the as
sociation, which include an ade
quately supported school system,
improvement in certification laws
and retirement annuity 'for teach
ers.
In the business session W. D.
Halfacre, superintendent of North
Wilkesboro city schools, told of
the campaign to sell Easter seals
to raise funds to aid crippled
children. He distributed 100 seals
to each teacher to be sold this
year.
Principals and teachers pres
ent numbered 56 and there were
three guests: Dr. Roy H. Norton,
A. B. Combs and Chahles Spencer,
w'ho are connected with the state
health department.
The program chairman for the
meeting was R. 'V. Day, princi
pal of Millers Creek high school.
W. D. Halfacre Introduced the
speaker, Mr. Warren, and Zeb
Dickson presented Mrs. Lucille
Fanner, who sang "At Dawning"
amd -"All For You.’’
iTiiere will be a singing at Mo-
Falls Bairtlst church Fri-
fiTn'THT ItoreK 86. The pab-lspending several days with relfr.
Mr. W. B. Wright, of Roxboro,
and Mrs. Roby Bullis, of Sanford,
are visiting in the homes of Mr.
John N. Wright and Mr. Carl
Bullis in WUkeshoro. Mr. Ray
BnlUs, brother of Mr. Carl Bullis,
has returned to Sanford after
ittvltad.
tim.
J. G. Hackett, member of the
state highway commission for the
eighth division, met with the city
board of commissioners this week
relative to a proposal that a
branch of highway 2 •'8 enter the
business section of this city by
way of B street.
Mr. Hackett said that it has
bean proposed that a branch of
the highway leave the present i
survey at a point between high- j
way 18 and the county home and
enter the east end of B street by
way of second street, which
would be a shorter and more
convenient route than entering
highway 18 at the city limits.
The commissioner said that in
case the branch can be con
structed that the city must as
sume the responsibiiily of secur
ing the right of evay within the
city limits.
However, he explained that
regardless of whether or not the
proposed branch entrance is con
structed that the highway will
enter number 18 at a point near
the junction of the present tem
porary road.
Pre-School Clinic
Dates Announced
Children to Enter School
For First Year Should
Be Examined in Clinics
State Master To
Address Grange
Pomona Meeting To Be
Held At Courthouse On
ThursdayV March 31
The Pomona Grange will meet
in the Agricultural rooms at the
Courthouse Thursday night,
March 31, at which time the
meeting will be addressed by
State Master Harry B. Caldwell
and State Secretary Miss Pearl
Thompson. All grangers are urged
to be present as new officers will
be elected and many items of
business are to be transacted. In
addition, Mrs. C. F. Bretholl,
Pomona Lecturer, is arranging an
interesting literary program. At
this time a memorial service will
be conducted for tw.o. deceased
’*'The Wilkes co
partment today announced dates
for pre-school clinics to be held
during the next several weeks.
The health department- urged
that parents cooperate by carry
ing children of pre-school age
and- those to enter school for the
first time next year to the clin
ics for examination. These clin
ics are held early, it is pointed
out, in order to allow time for
parents to have physical defects
of children corrected before the
beginning of the next school
term.
The dates and places of clinics
are as follo-w's:
Ronda, March 28, a. m..
Clingman. March 28, p. m.
Austin, March 30, a. m.
Benham. March 30, p. m.
Mountain View, March 31.
Traphill, April 4.
Wilkesboro, April 6.
Ferguson, April 7.
Mulberry, April 11, p. m.
Lincoln Heights, April 11, a. m.
Mt. Pleasant, April 13, a. m.
Maple Springs, April 13, p. m.
Millers Creek, April 14.
.-Roaring River, April 18, a. m.
Pleasant Hill, April 18, p. m.
North Wilkesboro, May 4 and 5.
Bridge to Highway 421
To Be Built Soon
Report Change In
Ownership Of Farms
The coiunty farm agent is ask
ing that any persons signed up in
the soil conservation program re
port change in farm ownership
if there has been any change
since last year which has not al
ready been reported.
This information is very Im-
members, A. G. Hendren and M. portant and prompt attention on
A. Cockerham. the part of farmers Is requested.
was shot and seriously, wounded
in a “free-for-all” late Tuesday
night at Broadway Service Sta
tion and tourist camp one mile
east of Wilkesboro on highway
421.
Buell Brooks, owner of the sta
tion which was being operated
under lease by other parties, has
admitted the shooting and claims
that he shot In defense of his
own life.
Brooks, who lives within a few
yards of the staation, told Sher
iff Doughton that when a row
started at the station be went out
from his house to see whether or
not he could restore order and
found three young men whose
names he gave as Roy Segraves,
Bower Watson and C. W. Kilby,
fighting Melvin Roach, an em
ployee of a coustructlon company
and who had been boarding at
Brooks’ home.
Brooks said he put Roach in
his car and that the three men
jerked him out. When he tried
to stop the fight, he said, Watson
struck hlfn with a pop bottle case
and was in the act of striking
him again when he fired.
Brooks carried the wounded
man to the Wilkes hospital and
surrendered to the sheriff. Exam
ination showed that the bullet
had entered Watson’s shoulder,
ranged through a part of his
chest and out his back. Brooks’
gun was .38 calibre.
Brooks has been released from
jail under bond of $2,500.
Will Let Road
Contract Today
Contract will be let by the
state highway and public works
commission in Raleigh today for
construction of slightly more
than one mile of highway leading
from the lower Yadkin bridge in
this city to highway 421 near the
present junction with highway
115.
Revision of route 115 to ex
tend across 421 and to the lower
bridge will mean that the dist
ance into North Wilkesboro from
the east and south will be short
ened about one mile and will be
a great convenience to the motor
ing public. The distance from
the lower bridge here to the
Wilkes-Iredell line will be 12
miles and 22 miles from that
point to Statesville, making the
total distance from here to
Statesville over 115 only 34
miles.
However, the link between the
lower bridge and highway 421
will not be used for truck traf
fic. This Is due to the fact that
the bridge hus a comparatively
low load limit and would not be
safe for heavy trucks.
Fire Protection^
Washington, D. C. . . . His
friends say Paul V. McNutt will
resign as High Commissioner to
the Philippines next August to
begin campaign for the 1940
Democratic presidential nomina
tion. White House silence is in
terpreted as tacit approval.
^reemait W i
North Wilkeshoro
Joint Meeting of Commio--
sioner Held to Aicertein
The PoMibilitiM
COMMITTEE NAMED
Mayors Name Groups . .|a
Work Out Proposal Be*
t-Mreen GovemingHeads
The town of Wilkesboro is
seeking an agreement with North
Wilkesboro whereby the North
$15,709.99 In Soil
Checks Received
In Wilkes County
Represents Less Than Half
Total Sum to Be Paid
Farmers This Year
Soil conservation checks to
taling $16,709.99 have been re
ceived from Washington and dis
tributed to Wilkes county farm
ers, Dan Holler, Wilkes farm
agent, said today.
Checks receivt;d to date num
ber 768 and represent less than
half the number due and much
less than half the total amount.
Mr. Holler explained that each
farmer is notified by mail as his
check arrives at the county
Iff** ** "***•
less to call for a check until no
tice that the check has arrived
has been received at the office.
Steele s Jewelry
Store Is Rohl^d
Man Is Jailed h
Negro Bahy Case
Luke Floyd, Negro, Held As
Accomplice In Death Of
Infant Friday
Manv Attend Health hstitute In
Wilkeshoro On Tuesday Afternoon
A health institute, one of W- i teresting address, dealing with
eral being conducted throughout health problems and their solm
the state, w-as held In Wilkes-
boro Tuesday afternoon, three to
six o'clock.
In attendance at the meeting
were a majority of Wilkes coun
ty teachers, about fifty teachers
from Alexander county, memlmrs
of health departments, civic lead
ers and others interested in pub
lic health problems.
A. B. Combs, of the state board
of health, presided. He spoke
briefly and presented the mem-'
^rs of the Wilkes county^ health
department personnel, including
Dr. A. J. Eller, health officer,
Mre. Bertha Bell and Miss Eloish
Bennett, nurses. He also present
ed C. B. Eller, superintendent of
Wilkes schools.
tions, contagious diseases, physi
cal defects and how to correct
them, and prevention of undue
emotional strain.
Next on the program was Mrs.
H. P. Guffey, state health nurse.
Who spoke of "How the services
of a health nurse promote health
of school children.” •
Also on the program was Miss
Mary E., Thomas, nutritionist of
the extension department of State
College, She stresses the Import
ance .pt'balanced diet tor school
childi^.
The program ended with Dr.
Norton showing a talking picture
ifBic^^iportrttyed the ^development
ot. n'Mne ot ttfbsrouliilk
' Xk^int^nte wM /tfodfdder^
onn'tid' the Moat suecesafai (syents
Dr. Roy H. Norton, of tbnntatfi, t»». ov«r
iKMra Ot kotltb^ doUrored MX IR*^
Pot.lko
Luke Floyd, married negro
man who lives near Boomer, has
been placed in Wilkes jail on
charge ot being an accomplice in
the death of an Infant son born
to Marie Barnes, colored girl of
the same community, on Friday
of last week.
, 'The girl gave birth to the baby
and hid the body under an old
water bucket in the woods UMr
her home. She confessed to Coro
ner I. M. Myers and was Jailed
on charge of concealing child
birth. , ,
She Is said to have told officers
that Floyd was the father of the
baby and had told her how to de
stroy it. She Is said to hare told
thiU Floyd threatened her life if
she did not do as he said.
Thieves Break Glass, Taking
Watches Valued at
About $100.00
Watches valued at more than
$100 were stolen from a show
window at Carl Steele’s jewelry
store on Main street about two
o’clock yesterday morning.
Three or more young men are
alleged to have broken the plate
glass front and removed the
watches. The noise attracted at
tention of some people about a
block distant and the thieves ran
when those who heard the noise
gave the alarm.
Police have arrested three
charged with the offense. They
are Burt Royal, Winfield Cooper
and Raymond Wells. One of the
men was taken by arJ officer in
an alley near the scene of the
robbery.
Cooper is said to have confess
ed and to have told officers a-
bout the whole affair. His state
ment exonerated Royal and he
was released from jail yesterday.
Wilkesboro High
Loses To Boone In
■ First Diamond Till
Wilkesboro high school base
ball team, looking nifty in new
uniforms, lost to Boone high
school at Wilkesboro 10 to 8
Wednesdky afternoon in the first
baseball game of the season.
Wilkesboro, behind the pitch
ing of Lane, a star performer in
the American Legion junior
league last year, had the game
In the bug but let It go on a se
ries' of errors and Boone hits in
the latter frames.
Coach H. E. Caldwell, assisted
,by^V.'B. Jennings, has succeeded
i'& gathering a strong high school
nine at Wilkesboro and baseball
fans predict a euccessful season
after more practice and the ad
vent ot baseball weather. Busi
ness firms of the Wilkesboros do
nated the uniforms.
Attend NYA, Meets’
REP,
DA
_ _ UGHTNING.
GE TO BUniMNG
Werkmep have >bean",engaged
durln|f'tW.past'few da|s ln,re-
pairftig damage iby lightning " to
the Bank ,of North Wilkesboro.
bn tiding aowal months avp.
wai ‘Ubokii.ot stone on. th» nor^
" ooimsf of the 6«Riilnf ♦e*.
"tk the strtA*.
W. R. Craft, NYA supwyiM^
for Wllkea and Aloander, and
Seth Walsh, foreman ot the NYA
woodworking project, attended a
disiilot NTA msst^nit at. N«w*
land niursday and'^on Friday at-
teA4sd a Mato ^edtfag’ In San-
fosd. bh^lonal and atato NTA of-
MaftnoM thb Mate msM*
wilkesboro fire department may
serve both towns.
A joint meeting ot the boards
of commissioners was held here
Tuesday night, at which time a
committee ot three representing
each town was arranged to see if
an agreement can be reached.
Members of the committee rep
resenting North Wilkesboro are
Mayor R. T. McNiel, Dr. R. P.
Casey and Hoyle Hutchens. May
or J. F. Jordan will appoint three
members to represent Wllkee-
boro.
The first step. Mayor McNeil
said today, will be to ascertain
whether or not the proposal will
be approved by the underwriters.
He said it was probable that it
would be necessary to add some
equipment, Inasmuch a.s the un
derwriters had already suggested
that equipment be added should
the territory protected he enlarg
ed to include Wilkesboro.
The town of Wilkesboro has no
fire truck and the equipment Is
inadequate, people on the south
aide of the Yadkin interested in
the proposal say.
North Wilkesboro and Wllkes-
bapo.-ara^ -mtlo---aparV —irttk" •
town limits separated only by the
Yadkin river and it is pointed
out that the distance would not
be a great handicap should an a-
greement be reached for tha
North Wilkesboro fire depart
ment to add Wilkesboro to its
territory. The 1930 census listed
the population of North Wilkes
boro at approximately 3,600 and
Wilkesboro at 1,042 but both
have grown rapidly since that
time.
The North Wilkesboro fire de
partment is well equipped with a
large fire truck, a small chemical
truck and other required items
of equipment.
Four-H Clubs At
2 Places Formed
Miss Harriet McGoogan, Wilkea
home demonstration agent, help
ed organize 4-H clubs at Moun
tain 'View and Traphill this week.
At Mountain 'View senior and
junior clubs were formed. The
officers of the senior club are:
Charlie Wlle.s, president, Claudo
Billings, vice president: Diala
Templeton, secretary and treas
urer. Junior club officers are:
Kathryn Younce, president; Mat-
tie Hartley, vice president: Cor-
dle Miller, secretary-treasurer;
Louise Wiles, reporter.
Officers of the club at Trap
hill are: Dwight Blackburn, pres
ident; John Joines, vice presi
dent; Mary Lee Venable, secre
tary-treasurer; Blanche Sydney,
reporter.
Miss McGoogan said that the
young people are showing much
Interest in 4-H club work and
that a successful year is antici
pated.
Demonstratimislii
Pastiire Culture
Seven fanners in Wilkes - eonii-
ty are conducting pasture deiBUto*
Strattons In accordance -wfllt
recommendations from the
slon service, Dan, Holler,
farm agent, said.
The cooperating farmers' ira ,,
D. B. Swaiflngen,'J.' W.'RurtirN.
C. Andrews, Paul J. Veatal, J, V.
Higgins, A. E. WIngler and Oh'.-
Wilkes coDhly
;pl)L fol
to'aaed
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