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[0. Dec 11.—Decasrto Earl
^ trial for the znnrder
>e«A. ajfo of Jamefl JJugehe
^BaaoHrtt, AnnapoMs. Md., naval
etrlllaa eonployee, strangled b>im-
to d^ath 1u the King county
here today Jail attaches said
44, serving life term in
tl^'state prison at Walla Walla
ao^.^ haMtual criminal, strangle
ihlmsolf by stuffing wads of
papor down his throat and then
lashing his month shut with 'his
bel^il^ap.
SEA VOYAGE ENDS
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BHDcAD PROGRAM *
Ittiaicrh. Dec, 11.—A broad
^egMative program, calling for
increases in state services,
confront North Carolina’s
assembly ^h!ch convenes
"here JanGar>- 4 The program, for
the most part has been shaped
by' vajdors commissions author-1
Ised by the 19^7 legislature, as
'W^ell as by the advisory budget
commission, which already has-
drafted reoommepdations for tax
es and sp^'-nding during the 1939-
41 biennium.
Wiikeboro High
School Pianning
To Build a Gym
Proposal Put Forward Dur
ing Football Banquet
Thursday Night
Wilke.^boro school, largest unit
of the county sysLem, is laying
plans for the erection of a gym
nasium.
i The movement gained momen
tum Thursday uiglit in a banquet
for the footb?.ll team at which
tirhe the yropo^'*! to erect a gym-
(Continued on page eight)
BAN ARMS EXPORT
Washington. Dec. 11.—Repre
sentative Liidiow I'D). Indiana,
sed today that Congress
tile flow of war materials
rom this country to Japan. He
said he would introduce a bill to
prohlliit the ?hipping of muni
tions to foreign “non-American*’
countiles. either \n peace or war.
Lud'ow declared the United
States had a “moral guilt” for the
bombing of Chinese civilian popu
lations because it had sold muni
tions to the Japanese.
Frank E. Clark. 54-year-old Eng-
lish-American sailor, docks in Sa
vannah. Ga.. after a thrilling solo
voyage from England In a second
hand 30-foot fishing boat. The voy
age took three months, with Sailor
Clark running through one hurri
cane.
Wiles Ordered To
Sign Voucher For
Accountant’s Pay
HIS BUSY YEAR
Judge Rousseau Says Signa
ture by Register Deeds
is Mmisterial Act
PREVENT HOT.DI P
Ahoskie. Deo II.—Sieriff C.
W. Parker reported todas that
Hertford office •*? slew ;i masked
’negro and shot and cap(Ured an
ker last night in thwarting an
^tempted holi-up of a filling
ation near W*"ton The sheriff
' said tihe negro killed was Ernest
Jones,'2R, of Cofipld, and the
Wx'jjed negro. Fred Douglas,
officers eaid. had entered
hlUnp itdtion -and was hold-
Joi
Judge .T. A. Rouseoau in a hear
ing hf'ld Saturday morning allow
ed W. P. Kellv Wilkes .county
accountant, a writ of mandamus
compeling Did Wiles, register of
deeds, to ^ign a county voucher in
the amount of J966.66 made pay
able to Mr. Kelly for back sal
ary -IS county tn\ supervisor and
coun+v purchasing agent since
April. 1937.
The defendant Tav© notice of
appeal to the *^uprme court.
In granting the thfiJudgiB
State Master To
Address Grange
Caldwell to S^k kl Open
Meeting of Pennema On
Wednesday Night
Tobacco Quotas
Are Defeated In
Harry B. Caldwell, master of
the North Carolina state Grange,
will deliver an address in an
open meeting o** the Wilkes Po
mona Grange to be held at W11-
keeb-iro school on Wednesday
nighT. December 14. 7:30 o'clock.
T. W. Fetrgueon maj^ter of the
Wilkes Grange, oldest county
unit of ^he farm fraternity in
North Carolina, made announce
ment of the meptlng, saying that
hhe .state master would address
the open meeti^a at 7'SO and
that the Grange would meet in
closed session following the ad-
dres.s. Officers for the year will
be elected and may be installed
by the state ma*Jt^r. he said.
Mr. Caldwell is recognized as
au O'ltstunding speaker and the
public is cordially invited to hear
him Wednesday night, Mr. Fergu
son = aid.
Twenty-Five Take
First Aid Course
Twrnty-five persons, including
WPA foremen and suporvisors.
passetl a f'rst- aid course given by
C. .1. Jones, f’’rst aid instructor.
Ten lessons we”o given and the
final test was givf^n on Tuesday
niglit. The cours*' was conducted
at th»j city hall.
WHISTLING CHAMPION
An employee of a large map mak
er’s establishment in Berlin works
out the boundaries of the new Ger
many and Czechoslovakia as a re
sult of the Munich agreement.
:ore Kitchens
'or the Contest
Miss Pauline E. Gordon, exten
sion **peciali5rt in home manage
ment and hoiisp furnishings, will
visit Wilkes countv during .Tami-
ary or February *to score the
kitch»-'ns of Home Demonstration
club members who are planning
to make ^me improvement in
their kitche*ns during the next
months.
This sc('ring will open a kitch
en route t in '' hich every club
woman ih*‘ countv eligible
to enter.
Th^ foHowiup, «core card will
be used to rate kitchens at the
beginning and the end of the con
test which will over sev
eral months. The women of the
county asked to study this
score card carefully in order that
'they may bo prepared to work
ijpith -Misr Cordon on their kitch-
Kitchen and
T/Ocation. b.
I. Location of
Floor Area.
Size. c. Shape.
II. Background. 1'. a. Floor;
(1) Type. (2' ^3) Cov
ering. b. WalU and Woodwork.
(1) Finish. ^’olo-. c. Win
dow Arrangemp-n:, fli {'nrtalns.
(2) Shades.
III. Convenient Arrauigement
of W'ork Units. 26. a. Storage of
food. b. Storage of equipment, c.
Relation of tables, cupboards,
stove, fuel, wa^er. etc.
IV. Height of Work Surfaces
15. a. Titles, h. Cabinets, c.
Sinks, d. .-^tove e. Wood bo.x,
Y. Sanitation 15. a. Screen.^,
b. Dispoxsal of wa5t^* water, r. Dis
posal of garbage, d. Caro of dish
towels, e Flies, roacli'^. rats. etc.
f. General Clep.ulinrss.
VI. Vcitilation. 4. a. Doors, b.
Windows.
VII. Liylinng. S’, Na’nral. b.
Artificial.
VIII. GenerU Appearance. 9.
as clerk to the board of county
commissioners was ministerial
and hat the register of deed has
no discretionary now^'rs on claims.
The niPtier ^roso out af a reso
lution parked hv a majority vote
of the old board of commission
ers on November 22 allowing the
rounry accouni^ant $966.66 in ad
dition to the $200 per month he
had receivel a«j salarx'- for coun
ty accountant. Mr. Kelly had al-
«*'rvc1 as coiin^v tax supervis
or and ns county purchasing a-
gen‘.
Thr' riwolulion stated that .Mr.
Kelly had taken the job with the
understanding tha* he was to re-
reivt’ $2 5t‘ per month. Mr. Kelly
was presented iu the mandamus
action hv .Atforn^v W. H. McEI-
weo.
In answering thf* mandamus
Mr. WilfK wlu' ’vas represented
by A. H. Casey, now county at
torney, alb'ged that when Mr.
Kelly was employed as county ac-|
coun'ant and given ihe extra du-j
ties of tax supervisor and pur
chasing agent, that the commis-
aion^rs nassc'd no order saying
what hi.s .salarv would be for the
extra duMos.
Announce Awards
In.
Control Lacks the Necessary
Two-Thirds Majority In ^
the We^ Belt
CARRIES IN WILKES
Control Is Favored Heavily
Here; Cotton Quota's are
Endorsed In South
' Farmers throughout the tobac
co growing area® on Saturday
turned thumbs down on the to
bacco quotas for next year and
as a result of their votes the ref
erendum on quotas ae provided
by law failed to give the neces
sary two-thlrda vote for control
of the 1929 crop.
However, tobacxjo growers In
Wilkf.8 gave control a big major
ity, /oting 255 for to 120 a-
gainst. -MthouTh cotton control
received the necessary twoithlrds
throughout the south, the 34
growers in Wilke® county voted
.against cotton control 22 to 12.
Tho voting OP tobacco is con
strued to mean that the pound
age allotments which have been
given for the next year will be
null and void and that the pnly
method of control will be vested
in the soil conservation program
in which the a'^reage quotas may
be used in the voluntary control
method whereby formers are paid
for growing soli conserving crops
and planting only the allotted
acrea.ge to tobacco.
To Include
ROYAL SOLDIER
Kg Majority For
Proposed Plaiw
Only * Few Voles Are Cmat
Against Proposal In Ref
erendum Held 10th
The Viscount Lascellcs. eldest son
of H. R. H, Princess Mary and the
earl of Harewood. is merely an
other soldier daring field day at the
Eaton college officer’s training
corps in England.
Raleigh, Dec. 11.—The possi
bility that rejection of crop con
trol tor flue-cured tobacco would
be reflected tomorrow in lower
prices on North Carolina’s tobac
co auction markets was seen to
day by some farm experts here.
Most of the ?tate’s flue-cured
rc^. however, already has been
Holiday Trade Is
Reaching Peak In
North Wilkesboro
^Xiifts For Everybody^* Fea
tured by Business Firms
Throughout the City
Wffltkins to Amxc^ce
ners in Keesler Memorial
Contest December 19
sup-'
in
The awirds for the slogan con
test of the building, .saving.s and
loan asafK-iations will be an
nounced on Monday. December
19th, it was d^^closed by J. B.
WilMams chjvrma.n of the Kees
ler Memorial C4immittee which
has •'harge of the contest.
A iarge number of entries were
rei^eived in the contOvSt which
closed midnight, November 30th.
New?pap?-rs were the advertising
medium for the co'^pe-rative cam
paign conducG^ by the building,
.savings and loan assouations to
announce thi.s the pur
pose of which wd.s to procure a
slogan for the 175 building, sav
ings and loan associations in
North Carolina
Quartet Singing
To Be Held Sunday
Mr. Wiles a’-o alleged that on
OctOU'T
Finlrv.
I u a
•:en
statemimt by R.
chairman of
G.
the soloiS'S air invited to
hoarn of countv commissioners, and on invitaDo’'
(ronfiniiod on rage eight)
The Blue Ridge Quartet Sing
ing Conv''ntion nil* convene at
Friendshin Methodist church near
Millers Creek on Sunday. Decem
ber IS, 1:30 p. in.. T. A. Eller,
.secretary, annciinc^il today.
All quartets trios, duets and
take part
an iiivitatio" is extended
everybody to attend
Home Lighting Contest For Holiday
Season Sponsored By Woman’s Club
Arlene Lomas, foor-year-old New
Fork city miss, is the winner of a
gold medal and the champion of the
city’s whistlers under eight years
of age. She won the title at the
city’s first annual whistling contest
sponsored by the department of
parks.
Morgan Speaker
At Kiwanis Club
Noted Lecturer Tells Club
Taxes Not Be Lowered;
Bundle Day Planned
PRESENTATION SET
Pvthiaiis, Dokies
In Banquet Here
Mambers of the North Wllkes-
Pythian lodgt and Dokies
\were hosts at a delightful
nJ.Tht meeting at Hotel
ox Thursday evening.
L. Vyiie Aave % toast to the la
dles and then following a pro-
.'^mn of humorous eBtertalnment
ir d&ection of R. Jennings,
bapqup* wait largely at-
Md rejected the interest
lodge and tb© Do-
'Vr ttiefr many members.
j Fifteen Dollars Cash Prizes
Will Be Awarded Three
Most Effective
■ 1.North WilkoHlyoro Wom-
I an’s Club will ugain sponsor a
I home lighting it was an-
! noiinoed today and prizes total-
I mg $!.'> will be awarded for the
most eff^'ctively lighted homes
during the holidav aea.son.
I The prize money will he donat-
I ed fty the Duke Power company,
' members of the club said, and
the first prize will be $7.50. Sec
ond prize will he $5.00 and third
!$2.50.
Miss Eleanor Roosevelt; niece
and namesake of Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt, will be presented in
Washington at a White House dance
to be given by President and Mrs.
Roosevelt (he latter part of Decem
ber. Her father is Hall Roosevelt
‘of New York city, brother of Mrs.
Roosevelt.
The judging will take place on
the evening of December 22 but
tho.sn who will ^nter are asked to
notify Mrs. A. H. Casey not later
than Monday, December 3 9.
Attention is called to the fact
hhat ’.hose who wish to secure
to effective lighting of home and
grounds for the holiday season
may tune in on radio station
WBT December 13 at 5*25 p. m.
or WSOC 9:30 p. m. on Decem
ber i6 and 9:15 p. m. on De
cember 18.
Oolfr‘.*y Morgan, of Los Ange
les, PHlifornia. hf*re with the Col
lins ontorlaininenl festival, dc-
ligihlrd the members of the North
Wilkslioro Kiwanis club Friday
with an interosMng address on
tihe subject of “Taxation.’’
In a short business session
prior to the program. Jir. A. C.
Chanilxulain. J K. Finley and
Ppt Williams were appointed on
a committee to arra.nge for bun
dle day.
In his addres*:* Mr. Morgan first
paid his respects to North Caro
lina and 'be South saying that he
was ^ visitor in these parts some
fifteen years ago nnd he recalls
a state of mental stagnation which
he now finds is rapidly passing
away. He find«- people not so
muc!) now living on the. glory of
the past hut th^^re is progress and
efficie-ncy in every line. He
thinks it would he well for an
other Henry Grady to write an
other book entitled. The New,
New South. Now there are better
schools. better roads. better
farms but still too many red old
hills in Carolina, he said.
"V/e fought the Revolution be
cause- we said there was taxation
without representation and we
maintained that tyrany. Now
on many hands we hear the tax
ation we fought to possess called
tyrany Itself. There are every
where leagues nud organizations
to oppose taxet.ion and we hear
in some psirts rumblings for a
see a decided price
slumo tomorrow. Other officfals
and y/iarketing experts said farm
ers were anxiously awaiting the
opening of market** to see what
effect, if any. resnlis of yester-
day’^i crop control referenda
/Continued on hack page)
MASSIVE TOY
additional information relath'ettajc payers strike. Well, a taxpay
ers strike is tyrany. Why this
dissatisfaction^ Because they
seem to he higher than they used
to be. But the truth of the mat
ter ia they aft not. True endug^;
•liff ^sibnle commlinlttA "while
(Continued on page el^)
This giant locomotive is a big toy
r so small a fellow, but Paul Del
.10, smallest man in the world, has
grand time as be rides the head-
ght of this engine on a visit to the
franklin Institute in Philadelphia.
He Is only 19 inches tall and weighs
12 pounds.
With many early shoppers
taking advantage of first choice
large stoelq^: -of
sfiolllping was well li'n-"
der way in North Wilkesboro last
week but is expected to increase
rapidly in volume this week.
It can he said without fear of
contradiction that business hous
es of North WllUe‘;boro are more
fully prepared for the holiday
trade than at anv I'mt* in the his
tory of the city
Because t h merchants of
Nortlh Wilkesboro are rendering
a complete merchandising service,
the rade area o** the citv con-
thiuos to expand willi more peo
ple ^7cr>' year realizing the ad
vantages of trading in North Wil-
kesboi’o.
Miny Stores in North Wilkes-
horo are presenting an appear
ance of Christmas cheer. Attrac
tively decorated and with merch
andise displayed in such a man
ner ihat Chri*-lrvis shopping is
mad** easv, even for the nt^rson
who is trying to decide what
would be the rn^'s! appropriate
gift for mother dad. brother, si:
ter. uon, daughto*- husband, wifr.
or friend
By a one-sided vote farmers af
Wilkes county on Saturday en
dorsed the projK>sal to e:^ajid
the Tri-Creek eoil erosion
trlct in ^"^adkin county to include
all Af Wilkes.
The official vote . a.s tabulated
today from all voting plaOMi
showed that Wilkes famen
voted 322 for the proposal axt4
38 against. There were 29 spoil
ed ballots which were not count
ed in the returns.
The soil district election wm
held alone with th*^ referenda om
tobacco and cotton control aad
in addition there were three other
voting placee outside of the t#-
bacco and cotton growing .areas
in the county. The three plae«»-
where votes were cast only ea
the ?oil district proposal were
Ferguson. Moravian Palls and
Mount Pleasant.
The vote of endorsement fee
the proposal virtually assures
farmers of the countv that WUlm
will r>e iucludod in the disti4^
and that they wiD have at the^r
disporai facilities for adeqoiUe
terracing and other meemvm W
prevent and control soil erafea.
Dan Holler, Wilkes county agent.
Bald today.
A^Mi^oristsT*
Ranh 0& Last Days of
cember May Be Lensenedl
By Elarly PurchaniiiR
‘HEART PERCH’
Chapman to Audit
Accountant Books
Commissioners Award Con
tract In Recess Session
Held On Friday
Frank Chapman, of Charlotte,
was ayarded contract for an au
dit of The books of W. P. Kelly,
Wilkes county accountant, and
chec*:ing ,*iettlemcnts of Sheriff
C. T. Douahton the contract be
ing awarded by the Wilkes coun
ty board of oommis.sioners in re
cess .*»essicn Fridav
M. F. Abaher. chairman, and
Dr. iv. H Triplett were present
at the meeting of the board. C.
r. Sidden was not present.
Chapman, it is recalled,^ made
the audit of countv accounts
two yearo ago when the board ..of
comir.issioners composed of, two.
DemcKirats and one Republican
took office. • * r
*In awarding the contract Fhi-
day the board.'s order specified
that i-he chairmen of the board
and the county accountant sign
the cbntract for the auditing.
After all. Ham must have been
rery .inueh Interented ih the-Z'si^r-
ItuaP* welfare of'‘Ws daddy.
If mot"*risfs w'ani to avMd
standing in line fo** a considir-
able Time and ■’"ant to be rid
other inconveniences attached te
buying antomobiJe license plat4i«,
it is- advisable to purrha-se tke
1939 license platf*s now.
Those w'bo buy their plats*
(•arly will hav^ one worry sif
their minds and will not he iu-
convrnienced hv long wailiag
lines at the liM*n*^c bureau, whick
is locatfvi at the Western Aute
AswM'iate state in Hotel WUk««
building next door to Duke Pow
er company office
The 1938 license will expire at
midnight on Sninrdav. December
31. and those vho operate car*
or trucks after that dale without
1 939 license will he subject to
ThfTe will bf‘ no *‘Xfension.
of time.
The 1939 platen- are aUiminuM
letters on a maroon background.
They cost tihe same as last year
for all types of motor vehicles.
Those w’ho have leceived regi^
traia'on cards from the state rov-
jeniio department should carry the
card to ihe license hurwiu w'hen
lliey go to l)iiy plates.
Attention is ‘‘Iso called to the
fact tliat the license bureau, of
which .F, C. McTdarmid is man
ager. will also s.dl the North Wil
kesboro city license plates, which
cost one dollar for each vehicle.
City owners ar" r*'sn*'ctfnlly ask
ed to puprehase city tags along
with .state licence-plates.
This abstract carving by George
ChurchUI, "Perch for a Heart," will
be shown this winter by the London
Group at Hs winter exhibition in
Burlington galleries in London. The
oddly shaped pieces of wood were
assembled by the artist with screw
driver, chisel and hammer.
Burley Growers
To Vote Saturday
The 22 growers of Burley to
bacco in Wilke** county will have
a chence to vote in the referen
dum on huriev control on Satur
day. December 17. It was learned
today from-th(» office of the coun
ty agent.
There will be only two voting
places', JUTift at the county agent’s
office in Wilkesboro and bhe oth-
the hom^ of J. M. Blevins
4at Sp/lng£ield
WORLD’S SMALLEST
•e*y
Van
Arnold E. Dftihiay ’.af Van Nnys,.
Calif., throngb 32 yeavs of Ireedtar*
fag only 1* oiuiccsr TBd ftea h
yoara 7 > a
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