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the area, wrecKlng 21 hoitsea and
affecting 96 residents of the ▼!■
tslnlty.
Avalon S. WL of TadklnvUle,
newly elected IhfrettOr of the 17tii
Jndlcial district; s|>eat yeaterdaef-
through today In VWk«rt»ro studying
JUMPS TO DEATH
Hartford. Conn., Feb. 22.—For
several minutes today, Henry M.
Mueller, 37, a bank clerk, knelt
on a naiTow ledge near the top of
the 66-foot Society for Savings
Bank Building here Ustenlng to
the “don’t jump” pleas of a
crowd. A group of onlookers
screamed “call the fire depart-
ment.” Mueller shouted: “If you
call the fire department. I’ll
Jump.’’ Just then he heard the ap
proach of a hook and ladder
truck. He jumped to his death,
landing in a paved alleyway.
RICHMOND IS DRY
Rockingham, Feb. 22.—Com
plete returns from the 15 pre
cincts of Richmond county show
that the majority against ABC
stores In the county-wide election
held Tuesday was 1,058 In a total
vote of 4,014. The vote was: A-
gainst ABC, 2,536. For ABC, 1.-
47S. Of the 4,014 voters, 1,51.2
were women and 2,502 were men,
or 37 per cent of the total vote
was cast by the women. The re
jection b y Richmond county
makes the fourteenth county to
vote and reject the effort to have
whisky legally sold therein.
MEET IN CHARLOTTE
Charlotte, Feb. 22,—The North
Carolina legislature held Its first
meeting in the "west" today, sit
ting in the Mecklenburg county
courthouse, then went into joint
session at the city armory-audi
torium to hear Governor Hoey
who said, “When this General As
sembly adjourns we will have a
balanced budget provided for the
next biennium.’’ It was with much
faplare and pageantry that the
lawmakers came here on George
Washington’s birthday at the In-
vittlon of Mecklenburg’s delega-
tioB and citizens in commemora
tion of the signing of this coun
ty’s declaration of independence
May 20, 1775.
a 200-page book entitled “Wilkes
County CrimlpAl Cohtt Docket.’’
Mr. Hall, who was' elected In
November to snpoeed John R.
Jones, who ri^ired after 12 years
in office, spent Wednesday going
over the docket and talking to of
ficers and other Witnesses who
will appear lor the state In many
of the 200-odd eases pending.
Today be met with members of
the Wilkes bar association and
efforts uere made to arrange a
calendar lor the - term. He said
that the cases would 'be calendar
ed for the first week and that
the cases not rsasbed w'ould be
set for the second week with le-
vlslon of the calendar to be jr ade
on the last day of the first week
of court.
The te:nn will convene on Mon
day, March f, with Judge Wilson
Warlick, of Newton, on the
bench. Judge W’tlrllck has receiv
ed much commendation as a su
perior court judge in the several
districts in which be has served
and it is expeCtfed that much pro
gress will be made on the con
gested docket of Wilkes court.
After a preliminary examina
tion of the docket. Solicitor Hall
said that in his opinion many
minor cases and some frivilous
cases have found ' thblr way to
the superior court docket. He said
that he believed that p'rosecuting
witnesses who Institute a case
without foundation. . should be.
Uuced With th»-ootuA M a stestfs'
of keeping frivilous cases off the
docket.
After thHoa WMks it
abotren j^ij^Bngeni^ .witA
Warn siuiiiM)Btv,winter'lytura*
ed to fhfa secUoB today with a
vcaweaaee, v-T
OoU wbide.beoagla swirilus
snow WednoMlttf uiid wtdle tlie
mom did W>6 .fhll hn-saffiGlent.
4BaaUtff|i .,to stteA bere7.UM>'
Qbie fU^' w^S.Oit^y MmA;
eted to wMta att'^y.Wedaesr,
day aud.Iodgy-‘ ' ” .
The loercary tumbled Wed
nesday niglit and ten above
was abont the average for this
morning. Near aero weather
vraa reported In Watauga, .■tshe
and .^Ueghany counties.
Southeast Comer
Of Wilkes to Get
Electrical Service
Duke Power Company Will
Construct Five-Mile Ex
tension In Somers
J
Scho
Want
When—and If—ths next war breaks out, London residents will be prepared. A specimen stecl-hncd shelter,
buih for use as a first-aid and dressing station undergromid in case of an air raid, can now be booght by
private Indlvidnato or communities. The bomb shelter is a part of the national defense plans.
Tax Penalty Will
Go Up After First
Payment of 1938 Taxes This
Month Will Save Many
Additional penalty
ATTACKS HITLER
W'ashington, Feb. 22.—Rop.
John A. -Martin, (D) Colo., today
drew cheers In the House when
he attacked Adolf Hitler as a
"pagan dictator’’ as Congress ob
served the 207th anniversary of
George Washington’s birth. Mar
tin’s attack was Inspired by the
rally of the German-American
Bund in New York last .Monday.
He complained that President
Roosevelt’s name was booed.
While alien guests praised Hit
ler and his totalitarian objections.
Repu'blicans stood with Demo
crats and applauded him noisily
when he concluded. "Every man
c(ho attended that meeting and
sympathized with it is a traitor
i' to American government,’’ Martin
shouted. “He Is a traitor whether
he was unnaturalized or born on
...Jhmm’ican soil.
Those who have not paid their
county taxes for the year 193S
will be able to avoid an addition
al one per cent penalty by paying
on or before March 1.
The law calls for the pcnaltj of
one per cent to bp added to all
1938 taxes not paid on (»• before
February l, 1939, and an increase
of one per cent each month. One j
pe: cent was added according to j
law after February 1 and thej
. nalty will be doubled on all;
.axe.s not pnid on or before March
1.
Sheriff (’. T. Uoiighton is tax
collector for 1938 ta.\e.s.
Attention is also called to the
fact that additional penalty will
be added to all North Wilkeshoro
and Wilkesboro town taxes which
remain unpaid March 1.
Another five-mile power line
extension has been approved for
construction in WllkeSi M. G.
Butner, manager of the local
branch of the Duke Power com
pany, said today.
The extension to existing lines
will be constructed in the wc-
treme southeastern corner of the
county and will extend to a point
near Sweet Home church. Abont
30 farm homes will be served by
the extension.
The line is the third major ex
tension to be approved by tiie
company- for construction in
Wilkes this year. The first was a
six-mile extension through parts
of Somers and New Castle town
ship into T^'Jtin
SMond was an^elflif-mlle 6xte?
slon from the home of Dr. W. R.
Triplett 12 miles west of this
city to the foot of the Blue Ridge
on highway 421.
A sun’eying party is engaged
in securing right-of-way for the
highway 421 extension and work
has already begun on tlie exten
sion ill New Castle township, Mr.
Butner said.
The newly approved lines will
boost the total mileage of rural
lines in Wilkes to 255 miles.
Chief Says Keep
Chickens In Lot
Seasonal Complaints Heard
Because Chickens Are
Not Confined
Farmers Urged to
Earn Muimum b
1939 Soil Program
Lime, CM’tain Seeds, Phos
phate May Be Purchased
With Benefits
Certjficates For
First Aid Course
.\s the spring sea.soii approacli-
I es and local residents turn their
I attention to .gardening the police
! department is receiving the regu
lar seasonal conipldints about
chicken.s running loose and doing
I damage to gardens and flower
' beds. Police Chief J. E. Walker
; remarked today.
I He specificall.v- called attention
! fo the fact .hat a city ordinance
makes it mandatory that persons
as I keeping chickens in the city must
SHORES VULNERABLE
t'Wisshdngton, Feb. 22. — The
southern shores of the United
States are vulnerable to attack
by German bombers sent through
South America and fueled and
serviced at South American bases,
a high' government official was
revealed today to have told the
Senate military affairs commit
tee. The testimony was given by
Q. Grant Mason Jr., a member of
tke civil aeronauUcs authority, on
January 30, and was made public
by Chairman D. Sheppard (D),
Texas. Mason said that Germany
and Italy are making great
strides in sales of airplanes in
Latin - American countries and
warned that If these advances
are * not arrested, the United
States may b«' shut out of this
market.
• JuMus Martin Improving
tVashington, Feb. 22. Julius
C. Martin, 781year-old director of
the war risk litigation, showed
Improvement today at Emergency
Howltal where ihh wa* taken yes
terday after kelng struck by a
•tMbt (?ar. *or»er reel
Wflies and oh«e a mem-
beC^oLtiia Nortk 0»l«Una legls-
nifde U« Jtoipe km
F-Ul-M RADIO
With a radio ownership of j.- i -
per cent, farm families trail city | keep them confined. He urged ernment contract price, and
cousins by 13 per cent, but farm- 'bat chicken raisei-s voluntarily
ers listen more, a recent survey respect the ordinance to prevent
of 14,000 rural families revealed, j further trouble.
Good Old Days Were Never Like This
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The 1939 Agricultural Program
is well under way in the County
Agent’s office. All ot the applica
tions filed by producers tor new
cotton and tobacco allotments
bave been submitted to the' state
office .for . approval, since the
closing da^ for, aPPljln*
tVes^ alfbtments irefe' T^ruafy
15, and February 18. Not all of
th*i producers who applied for
flue cured tobacco allotments will
receive one,, due to the certain
rules that were set up by the .Ad
ministration in Washington'.
A complete survey of each farm
in Wilkes county is being tabu
lated In the county agent’s of
fice, and this tabulation will
show the number of units requir
ed for the maximum payment in
1939, and also the maximum
number of dollars that can be re
ceived for payment on each farm.
This information will be carried
directly to the farmers by the
community committeemen of the
County Association. Meetings will
be held during tlie month of
.March throughout t h e entire
county.
The County Agent’s office is
asking complete cooperation in
earning the maximum units in
order that Wilkes county may j
secure Us maximum paymeni.
It has been anhusneed that pro
ducers-who wete irot able to se
cure financial aid in order to
earn units by seeding legumes
that sometime about the middle
of the summer a producer who
would not earn a paymeni other-
wi.se, will be tt-ble to go to the
county agent’s office and file an
application for Austrian winter
peas and vetch seed at the Gov-
thls
price will later be charged a-
gainst the check that the produc
er may receive on 1939 program.
Limestone will also be available
and 43 per cent T'/A PlKArpliate.
Th^ items too will be d^ucted
from their 1939 payment.t'ln oth
er words the producers will ac
tually be getting seed and TVA
i phosphate- In the place of a check'
‘later in- ue fall. • .
' This does not-mean Aat- the
farmer, will *pay all ot his oheck~)'
lor these coi^modlties. He can
use- whatever portion of thb mon
ey for seed and lime that he
-'would earn on 'hla farm that he
.wishes to and still receive cash
compensation for the balance.
Attorney J. H. Whicker, chair
man of the Wilkes chapter of the
American Red Cross, said today
that he has 31 certificates for
those who passed a Red Cross
first aid course recently conduct
ed by Isaac Duncan, first aid and
life saving Instructor. Those who
are to receive the certlflcatw are
asked to see Mr. Whicker at
their earliest convenience.
Students Speak
On Temperance
Wilkesboro' School to Send
Boy and Girl to the
District Contest
Baxter Davis and Mary Brewer
will represent Wilkesboro school
in the district temperance contest
to be held at Greensboro by vir
tue of being selected winners by
the judges of a school elimina
tion contest held on W^ednesday.
The contest is sponsored local
ly by the W. C. T. U.. which
awards sliver medals to the Wil
kesboro winners. Five boys and
six girls took part in the oration
contest.
“The Charge To the Jury” was
the subject of the winning oration
by Davis. In the girl’s contest
.Mary Brewer used “The Guilty
Man" as the subject for the win
ning speech.
Other boys taking part were
Justice Brewer, J. Albert Dennis.
J. B. Brookshire and Carl Den
nis. Other girls were Ctclly Laws,
Fay Marlowe, Elizabeth Well
born, Nina Livingstone and .Mary.
C. Alexander.
Judges for the boys were
Elizabeth Moore, Mrs. Pearl Hart
ley and .Mrs. Joyce Pearson. Judg
es in the girl’s contest were Mrs.
R. T. McNiel; Mrs. W. K. Sturdi
vant and Rev. Watt Cooper.
In spite of all the conservatism
that the right hand may use, the
left hand Is -usually pretty well
posted as to what goes on.
Wilkes Welfare
BiU Recallei^ow
Before Committee
Measure Would Place Elec
tion Welfare Officer In
Hanjds Welfare Board
A measure Introduced in the
lower house of representatives
Monday night at Raleigh relating
to the election of the welfare of
ficer in Wilkes county and passed
under suspension of the rules was
recalled Tuesday by its sp^sor, ^
Im T.-, JohMt^ will meet on Saturday
of Ashe, and sent to the commit
tee.
The blJl as Introdiuccd by the
Ashe Representative and which
passed in the house before it was
recalled would have provided for
the "election of the welfare officer
in Wilkes county by the county
'board of welfare instead of joint
ly by the board of welfare and
the county .board of commission
ers as the law now stands for all
the counties in the state.
There are now three members
on the board ot welfare. One is
appointed by the state 'l)oard of
welfare, one by the county board
of commissioners and one by the
other two members ot the board.
This law w-ent into effect July
1, 1937. Prior to that time there
was no county board of welfare
and the welfare officer was elect
ed by the board of commissioners
and the board of educaton.
P, J. Brame, of this city, was
appointed for a one-year term l)y
the state board and he was re-ap
pointed for a three-year term on
July 1, 1938. Dr. W. W. .Miles, of
;^amplon, is the member of
ibe welfare board appointed by
the county board of commission
ers and his term will expire on
July 1. 1939. Wm. A. Stroud, of
Wilkesboro, is the third member
appointed by the other two and
his term will expire July 1, 1940.
It was not learned here today
whether or not any date had been
set for a hearing on the bill in-
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Car CradiM Into Readeiice Near
Cricket But No One Is Badly Hurt
Woman
ith niu>y Jumps
tp .5«f«>ty .Vy>ei» Auto
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Interostod f*
■ -SelMcd le.tdeiu tris
tlM anUteiwd la WKIti
aiidsy
elai meetiuc. o«8j!4,'|^"r
Wilkesboro ilrlaciaol*-*
Idfcnt of the NortlkiiMMsMi (
of the North ^^1^
Association. '
The meeting wtM called^.
CUBS. eehool legtolatloB
resnlt of an execattvo
the N. C. E. A. held
Greensboro, at which tiats>'tyjo dSpt
clSion to bold dlvisiohA}mnitf'
logs was made. ... .
The pro.posed three"^ pohtt pi%-'
gram of school leglala^os ^ Wha T-
discussed in the'
meeting: restoration of toecher *
salaries, retlr* ment fund, .aad-
12th grade. ^
Counties other than Wilkea
represented by teaeherp^ aup*i|Ml»^
jeidents, memben i,aj -•dMot
board and others latereoted mm%
Watauga. Ashe and AllMhsar»-
Tota! attendance was 26.
The consMisrhs ot opinion m •
expressed In the meeting isras ttet
it Is largely in the hands ot
men whether or not the preMat’
legislature enacts into law any or -
all of the three-point program
and that persons interested la
schools should contact their rep
resentatives in the legislature aad
present the merits of the case.
Council To Study
Lawns And Flowers
morning, February 25, In the of
fice of the home demonstration
agent in the Wilkes courthouse.
The program for the month in
4-H club work will be centered
around the topic of “Lawns and
Flowers.’’ In addition to discus
sion of 4-H club work a reel 'wtU
be shown depicting etiquette for
boys and girls, the announcement
of the meeting said.
Adult leaders as well as offi
cers of all clubs in the county
have been asked to attend the
council meeting.
Music Recital To
Be Held Tuesday
Miss Ellen Robinson will pm-’
sent her pupils in a music recital'
in the North Wilke.siboro school
auditorium on Tuesday afternoon,
;i:30 o’clock. The recital was .
postponed from this aftemoop
until Tuesday. The public is cor
dially invited to attend.
Five unannduHced visitors
came crashing'Into- the home of
Mrs. Wnyne Huffman on (high
way 421 near Cricket 'Tuesday
f The committee will explain these!afternoon,
details at tihe personal interviews!
erf- V
I i with each farmer,
r The payments on the program
‘ are about the same as they were
last year with the exception.that
a .practice is earned for strip-
cri>pplng_ .-with alternate , close
grown crops and intertilled crops,
suoh as a strijp of leaped eta and a
strip of com.'Ajph foul- acres of
this will cotuit,!phe' unit. Alfnlte
reepivea two tinltsi credit .per acr«,
.while lespedeza receives only one
Unit for each two -acres seeded.
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Tiyi ysny Express was Just as thrilUng, hat aot ««He M
oocdiiak ta’ JaiasB Donnelly, an aid Indian fighter aad.iji seMk m ma
Dsnelly gnatty enjayed Wt ilrtl
-j^SPBBAJDING
Increasing. InternMional
.dona-
The goeets v/ere In an; automo-
Iblle which crashed Into the side
of the front room of the - home
and made a gaping hole in the
building.
A car driven by Jim Foster, of
Millers 'dreefe, 'and’ a'car driv«
by LewU Faw were travrilng tOr
ward Nottt Wilkesboro arid ihe
cars'lock^ Wl se ^Foster star&d
to make a'lsfL teurn'and Paw
ertdwttly teyin* te pas#,
Bo(th cars left the road pk
left sldw,^ crashed’^ through^
lawn' fanOw. aji'd into the sluh
tbs house where Mr. ai^ -Mn«
WhjpttS.; Huttmj^n; J, 6 cm
are latrodue^f,new tree
dlseadss whJdi impsrll American r
wlldlto rM irell as j,.the trei|i
Foster’d ear, irStah ct^nM ttre
sanaminc (ftapa»«ars Into . dhe
side'of the balldliir,yM the hah
to hit the house. Paw's car swerv
ed. further to the left and barely
mtoaed the rear of lire building.
.. .l^J-s.'’Huffman and her 15
moalhi old iraby missed serious
Inj^iry or death by a fraction of
a second. She was sitting by the
windbw and was holding her baby
when she saw the two autos crash
through the yard fence directly
toward the window by which-she
was sitting. She held the baby
firmlT and - jsmped to .lhs. ..oi
poeite sdde of-,the room.and the
car tore through the building wall
and sent .pieces of celling and
framing to all parts of the room.
Luckily, both escaped’ unhurt.
;. A aU)Ve whfoh 'wab near the
window was'catapult^ across the
rtkrtn and fire-wtaa scattered over
9^ floor. Mrs. Hntfman quickly
I- water on-' tjto ^burning
A radio which wtliear tk®
land^dsfelF'on tile bed.
jFoater and hia M iuaeagen
m OB'-tlefr irayr to
4nius kdri.fuwsvA mn.
firtUj^'brthebafid-
Hearing Set For
Dula Thurs^ ;
In Murder
The date for preliminary hear-
ing of L. C. Dula, charged with'
the slaying of bis wife -end oMf'
sault to kill his.son, will ^aMt .
in municipal court ..-.Thwfadf#-" ~
morning, ‘
Arraignment was delayed-
several days until the oubRomae®""
wounds received 'by Rluhar^
allegedly shothy his father; dniM
be determined, it was crplatHfwiri
.Attaches at Baptist
where the 21-year-old-
been confined in a
dition since the shpotl^’’edri^'
Monday, February
day that he contln^ to.-.
gress slowly.” '
The SenUnel learned IsWr
that the elder Dula will proJ>abp|^
plead insanity whenj the'
comes to trial.
7 o’clock Mona.. ^
what is bellevsdUjor*'
breakfast-table af^
To most ntMisliaW - j
persistently
remember,’'
fleers on .0)0#^%., . ,, ^
was arguing
bont pseklB^^Kih IfiiMiHl* bstlAdi.''
spd Ito'ksgan shooting mhsm
Us son lUfvwtced op bbn, .^Hs
Rldiard dula’’toM that,
be was lb bed wtha beJmaM;'f
shots la tha kitokjMir’mad that 1
fathey ubot. a^l^si bet
to the
k rota
'bot bot bai^ -Dufit ba®'^
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car,.'ira«~:
badip
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