Late Nevn~^
NatioD
Told briefly I
ASK CHANGE IN ACT
New-Tork, ’ March 15.—The
' NatloBkl ”A8soclation of V.anu-
[.*> leetarers today urged amendment
of the Warner labor relations act
ten eiritt connta. At the same
time, the aasoclatlon said . the
purpose of the act, to protect col-
Ir^ve bargaining by voluntarily
ehaaen representatives of work
ers^ was “thorbughly iustifled.’’
' H^COME RISE^
J^aahlngtob, March 2 6.—The
Commerce Department reported
today that during the first two
t months of 1339 the Americna
people had "a substantially larg
er real Income.’’ The department
said that income of all individu
als in the nation—from wages,
salaries,. dividends, interest, re
lief payments and income from
enterprise—totalled $5,090,000,-
000 during. February. This was
$115,000,000 above February,
1938.
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WPA IN SURRY
Elkin, March 25—Twelve WPA
pr'jjects in progre-ss in Surry
■ounty, some of which are near
ing completion, involve an ap
proximate expenditure of $251.-
000, with an estimated 600 men
employed on the projects. Con
struction, renovation and remod
eling school buildings, lunch
rooms and roads throughout the
county are major features of the
projects under way. In addition
to these 12 projects, three or
»our new school projects in the
county are expected to get under
way within a short time, accord
ing to M. S. Witherington. Surry
WPA supervisor.
ASKS LAW CHANGE
Washington. March 2.5.—The
government raised another ciues-
tion as to its right to tax income
heretofore held exempt by asking
the Supreme court today to rule
it may levy on the salary of a
federal judge. This question was
placed before iustices who may
announce on Monday whether a
state can tax the income of em
ployes of federal agencies. The
government hacked the states‘'trtr
this issue. President Roosevelt
has asked Congress for legisla
tion permitting reciprocal t.ixa-
tion of employes' of federal and
state governments.
Tax
Wilkes to
Monday, Apr.
Appointment of,. List Takers
to Be Announced Thia
Week By’ Supervisor
The task of listing property
tor taxation ic Wilkes county thia
year will begin on’ Monday, April
10, according to Information
gained. today from C. G. Poin
dexter, Wilkes county account
ant and tax • supervisor.
Mr. Poindexter said that ap-'
pointraents of list takers for the
various townships will he an
nounced later this week.
The tax listers will immediate
ly make out a schedule of ap
pointments for the townships
and post them in public places for
the benefit of the public.
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of Slovakia, whtr was dismissed.by
President Emil Hacha who sent
Czech troops into the autonomous
territory to check radical elements
demanding full independence from
the Prague Government.
Beer And Wine
Local Bills Are
Killed In House
D. C. Sebastian, Wilko.s repre
sentative in the general assembly,
has asked that the people of
Wilkes be informed that he in
troduced in the house bills de-
I signed to prevent the sale of
I wine and beer in certain vicini-
ties near schools and churches
as he was requested to do but
GraAiation Sddfi
I .i.iii ■■ ,
'High Schools Gck''Ready to
Graduate Large Classes
of Wilkes Seniors
Wilkes county schpols with but
few exceptions today began the
last month of the eight months
term.
k Today marked the opening of
the last month for all principal
schools except Austin and Pieas-
ant Hill In the EJastern part of
the county. Those schools were
closed for two weeks because of.
a threatening epidemic of meaa-
les and will be two weeks later in
finishing the 19?8-39 term.
The schools of the county sys
tem opened on the same date In
the fall of 1938 and kept on sche
dule without serious interruption
due to weather, roads or disease.
The high schools in the cou^-
are busily laying plans for
Grading on Link
Of Highway 268
Near Completion
Rough Grading la Finished
Exception Sections
at Structures
Rough grading on a ten-mile
link of highway 26S between this killed by
city and Roaring River has committee. .j North Wilkesboro city schools,
♦>»« A«d»/vntinn nf !
ty
commencement programs, which
will begin in about three weeks.
It is expected that the total
number of high school graduates
thia year will set a new record for
the county.
Large classes of seniors are
looking forward to graduation in
Wilkesboro, Millers Ureek. Mount
Pleasant, Mountain View, Trap-
hill. Ronda and Roaring River
“XMSi
North Wilk^dlMii^'
W21 Reach
Century Age Sop6
Kiwonis Club Discussee,
posal to Have Big Cele*'*
bration Next Year '
WASHINGTON, D. C.,.. lu Uus with a recent suggestion by President
Rooeevelt, thet all Government officials shonld have their fingerprint*
taken and filed with the Federal Bureau of Inveetigation, Vice President
Jolin N. Garner has his fingerprinU taken by J. Edgar Hoover, Director
of the FBI.
completed with the exception of!
a few hundred yards which
could not be cOnlpIeted until
bridges and culverts are con
structed.
Grading progressed rapidly
despite inclement weather which
greatly handicapped workmen.
Nello Teer. contractor, placed on
the job several giant dirt moving
machines which are declared to
be the most efficient used in con
struction work in this section
and the road took form rapidly.
MvwnwhHe, iw>i» ir piicgriesaipg
on the Roaring River bridge at
Roaring River and some of the
smaller structures.
When completed teh road will
be surfaced with crushed stone
and black top similar to that
used On other new* highways in
this part of the state.
The link now under construc
tion will complete the highw'ay
between this city and Elkin and
extensiycly as a route between
this city arrd Winston-Salem, the
distance being practically the
same as over existing highway
421 by way of Yadkinville.
GetsOneYearFor
Breaking in Store
Dwight Watts, Jack Reyn-
olds Charged With En
tering Store Here
YOUTH IS KILLED
Mount -\iry. .March 2 6.—Clyde
Wilson Whitaker. 17-year-old Si-
loam youth, was fatally injured
about midnight Saturday 1 iMs expected that it will he used
he was struck by an automobile | ^ mute between
«8 he walked along the highway
pear Pilot Mountain. The car
which struck the youth w*a? driv
en by James Folger, well-known
Dobson man. The accident was
Investigated by Sheriff Harvey S.
Boyd and Dr. Robert E. Smith.
Surry county coroner. They learn
ed that Whitaker and two other
youths were walking along the
right side of the highway and
that Folger was meeting another
car and was possibly blinded by
the lights when he struck the
youth.
EIGHT DIE IN CRASH
Oklahoma City. Okla.. March
26. Eight persons were killed
early today ■when a twin-motored
Braniff Airways transport plane
.crashed and burned shortly after
taking off from the mnnicipnl
airport .here. Four others aboard
the 14-place Chicago to Dallas
airliner, including the pilot and
co-pilot, suffered broken bones
and aevere burps. Seven of the
dead were passengers. The eighth,
an .air hostess. Witnesses said the
MBt motor of the sleek ship tore
from its moorings as the plane
Wk off, the left wing dipped and
the craft shot earthward. Then
came an explosion and a fire so
intense the eight trapped inside
the spacious cabin were inciner
ated before aid could arrive.
WANT ASSURANCE
New York, March 25.—.Some
financial and industrial leaders
said today early success of the
business recovery program of
Secretary of Commerce Hopkin.s
"would require' one of two things
by next Friday: 1. A “dramatic
gesture” by President Roosevelt
which would convince the finan
cial community that he will ac
tively support the plan. 2. Some
reassurance by Hopkins himself
regarding the "seeming lag” in
development of his plan when he
meets with “big business” execu
tives of his business advisory
2 Wilkes Bills
Pass In House
Red’striding Bill and Jail
Fee Bill Are Now Before
State Senate
Two Wilkes countv bills intro
duced in the house last wwk by
repreeentatlvoB Of neighhortng*
counties passed aiid have gqa^ to
the senate, where they will be
opposed by Senator C. H. Cowles,
of this district.
The bill which would divide
Wilkes into three districts for
election of commissioners was in-
t r o d 11 c e d by Representative
M'oodhouse. of Yadkin and the
bill by Representative Dobson, of
Surry, to fix jail hoard at 40
cents and turn key jail fee of
prisoners at $1.00. proceeds lO go
to the sheriff for keeping the
jail, also passed in the house,
both over onposition of D. C. Se
bastian. Wilkes representative.
TTndec the districting hill for
nomination and eleetion of com
missioners North Wilkesboro.
Wilkesboro. Antioch, New Ca«t1e
and .Somers tow-nships -would
comprise district 1: distric* 2
would be Lovelace. Brushy Moun
tain. Moravian Falls. Boomer.
Beaver Creek. Elk, Lewis Fork
and Stanton; district 3 would be
Jobs Cabin. Union. Reddies Riv
er. Mulberry. Rock Creek. Wal
nut Grove, Trapbill and Edwards.
On the basis of the average
vote cast in the 19.3R election.
800 Demo-
293 to 350
Democratic and district 3 about
1,400 Republican.
which have a nine months’ term,
will close a few weeks after the
county schools’ commencement.
Badly Burned By
Gasoline Flames
Temple Hill Resident Sus
tains *PA'nful Injuries
On Saturday
Dwight Watts, local youth, was
sentenced in city court today for
a total of 12 months on the
roads -eight months for break
ing into Cash and Carry GrnceiT i district 1 was about
score on the night of March IS.ieratic, district 2 from
and four months for resisting tho
policeman who made the artest
as he was fleeing from the build
ing. The sentences do not run
concurrently. On still another
county he received eight months
suspended two years.
Jack Reynolds, another local r. B. Eller. Wilkes superlnten-
youth who was alleged to have dent of schools, said today that
been Watfs’ partner in the store j the Wilkes county system is en-
break, has not been taken. j tered in the western North Caro-
The two are alleged to have I lina spelling bee sponsored by
stolen a quantity of canned goods, the Winston-Salem Journal and
cigarettes and other items val-' Sentinel.
ued at several dollars after they j Each school will select its
gained entrance into the store by champion by April 14 and the
John Adtims. 40. a resident of
the Temple Hill community, was
severely burned Saturday near
hia home.
According to his account of the
affair, he was on the running
board of a car belonging to his
son-in-law, John Brooks, and was
holding a can of gasoline which
he was feeding into the carbura-
tor of the car in an effort to get
it started.
The gasoline splashed out and
onto his clothing. Adams said,
and in some way caught fire
from the motor. Before the
flames could be extinguished he
suffered bad burns on his face,
hands, left leg and parts of his
body. He is a patient at the
Wilkes hospital.
Wilkes Women To
Go To Taylorsville
For Demonstration
Miss Harriet McGoogan, Wilkes
home demonstration agent, has
announced that Miss See Rice,
nutrition specialist of Washing
ton, D. C., will conduct a baking
demonstration in Taylorsville at
the community club house on
Friday, March 31, ten o’clock a.
PdUic Assistance
Funds Help Many
In Wilkes Coun^
Total 0. $5,799 Paid to the
Aged, Children and the
Blind For Month
All Wilkes county club women
are /urged to attend. Miss Mc
Googan said, and those who do
not have means of transportation , i n,
1 J . u , office of Charles McNeill, welfare
are asked to be at the courthouse
Public assistance pa^menU^lp
needy Wilkes people for the
month of March totaled $.5,799,
figures released today from the
OTHER PROJECTS UP'
Beautification of Higfiwajrs
and Need of Sewage Dis>,
posal Plant Is Aired
in Wilkesboro at
Eriday morning.
nine o’clock
Throat Slashed
By His Brother
Vernon Sprinkle Jailed For
Assault On His Brother,
Tom Sprinkle
Number Forest
Fires Put Out
Stony Fork Fire Bums Over
About 800 Acres Before
It Is Controlled
Wilkes Entered
In Spelling Bee
basement window.
county champion will be select
ed not later than April 21. The
county and city winners from
Club Groups Study - .
_ northwestern North Carolina and
Home BeautlllCatlOni Virginia counties win gath-
))an Holler and Jesse ll1es.
county agent and assistant, gave
the demonstrations before the
council, showing how paint for
outbuildings may be made from
mortar colors and used motor oil.
rnua. — Those who are to take part in the
who have championed the Hop-1 program for April were chosen by
kins program in recalcitrant sec-‘the 4-H club officers and adult
UoM of wall street pointed out leaders of the various clubs..
a few Virginia counties will gath
—, V, :„ler for the spelling hee in Win-
All of the eight '"'ston-Salem on April 29. The wln-
Wilkes ner there will he given a three-
•n the March meeting of Washington. D. C„ to
council held Saturday. t in the national spefl-
The 4-H club program for April'
will be a continuation of March’s
program on home beautification
During the past week several
forest fires occured in Wilkes
county.
The most disastrous fire of the
season. Forest Warden Homer
Brookshire said, wa^ the fire
which' raged for three days on
Stony Fork mountain in the ex
treme western part of the county.
The fire, which started from
where a farmer was burning
brush, raged for three days de
spite efforts of 290 firefighters,
including‘a large crew of C. C.
Camp members from the Laurel
Springs camp and many volun
teer fighters from territory adja
cent to the fire.
A total of about 800 acres were
burned over, according to esti
mates of people who were famil
iar with the territory. Some of
the land was well timbered but a
great part was second growth
tlniber, according to reports. The
flames were pronounced under
Two brothers got into trouble
after midnight Saturday night
when Tom Sprinkle received a
deep knife wound on hia throat
and Vernon Sprinkle was jailed
charged with the offense.
The altercation occured at the
Sprinkle home north of this city.
According to information gained
by officers, the brothers and pos
sibly others were engaged in a
drunken brawi when the cutting
occured.
Tom Sprinkle was carried to
the Wilkes hospital, where exam
ination showed that the stash a-
cross his throat severed the wind-
officer. today showed.
Of thia amount $3,889.50 went
to 472 needy old people in the
form of old age assistance. There
were 105 families with 309 chil
dren who received. $1,428.50 in
aid to dependent children checks.
Thirty-six blind received $481.
All the checks represented in
the figures quoted above have
already been distributed. The
welfare officer also explained that
six applications for aid to depen
dent children have been forward-
The proposal to stage a blj
celebration here next year in ob
servance of the 50th anniversary
of the founding of North Wllkes-
boro was advanced in a meeting
of the North Wilkesboro Klwanlk
club Friday, at which time tho
program consisted of a general
discussion of local affairs.
Postmaster J. C. Reins brought
to the attention of the club some
interesting information about the
history of the city, some of which
he had gleaned from older resi
dents.
He pointed out that the town
was incorporated in 1890 and
that next y?ar it will be 50 y&am
old. He said that there are only
seven or eight persons now living
here who were residents of the
. fiDKiL-jKhfira. it ,wu_ IncftrporAted.
The proposal to stage a big
I celebration in 1940 was immedi
ately advanced by A. H. Casey,
past president of the club. He
said that a half-century annlver-
sai'y program setting forth the
progress made by the city would
be a project worthy of the best at
tention and efforts of the club.
The club membership was im
pressed with the idea and it is
expected that committees will be
gin work on the proposal at an
early date.
J. R. Finley was program chair
man Friday and he stated his in
tention to make the program a
discussion of local affairs. At his
request Secretary T, E. Story
read a letter from Mayor R. T.
hopes that they may be approved
in time for payment this month.
pipd and came dan^roualy near
the jugular veins, Vernon Sprin
kle-1? being held awaiting the
outcome of the injuries inflicted
on his brother.
Proposal To Create
Hospitalization Fund
Moravian Falls
Project Formed
Work Will Begin Soon On
Community House Built
of Stone and Logs
ed to the Raleigh office in addi
tion to the 105 who have already j >irNiel stating that the city in
received checks and that he j near future hoped to pur-
cliasp signs for marking the
streets of the city. The club and
many others interested had prey-
iously pointed out the n»»ed of
adequate street markings.
P. W. Eshelman then discussed
the need of beautification of
highway right of wavs entering
the city. He cited instances where
unsightly billboards should be re
moved and other instances of
dumping tra.sh which should be
prohibited.
Further discussion was by J.-
B. McCoy, who deplored the fact
that every conceivable kind of
I waste is being dumped into the
1 Yadkin River. He pointed out the
j urgent need for a sewage dis-
I posal plant.
Prior to the dlscusaions of pul>-
I lie affairs, a program of music-
j was carried out under leadership
I of Rev. Eugene Oltve and Miss
' Ellen Robinson, music teacher in
North Wilkesboro schoola. pre
sented two ijupils: Sue l>andoB
playing two numbers and Billy
Barnes a vocal selection. Rev. Mr.
Final plans for erection of a
community house at Moravian
Falls were adopted Friday night
in a meeting of the community
building committee and actual
work on the building is expected
to get under way within the next
two weeks.
The building, which will have
lan assembly hall 30 by 40 feet.
Passes upper House's kitchen and wash room, will be
[ constructed as a project of the
Raleigh, March 25.—Senate 1 National Youth administration
passage of a compulsory Insur- j with the community furnishing
ance hill roquiring automobile materials. Labor, tools and super- ^a^nes a vocai Bcictnun. .....
owners to pay hospital expenses vision are to be furnished by the poems by Robert
of persons injured In highway NYA.*’ Tj,.-n=
in the nation^a sp Thursday afternoon,
ing bee on May 29 and tl)e school
which the winner attends will re-. ....
ceive an unabridged dlctienary.
It is expected that Wilkes stu
dents will again show much in
terest In the contest.
council next Friday. Some men
Following the council meeting
those present were taken on a
tour of Forest Furniture
comi
pany’s plant in North Wilkesboro.
that it' had been jointly worked
.out by business and administra
tion leaders who had agre^,
£pklu iore ago^n Wens^ pTant superintendent,
SSt^^Tn things would have to!showed the boys and^ girls^ the
and done promptly, to various processes in the mav^fac;
STONY FORK CHOIR TO
SING AT WILKESBORO
CHURCH ON SUNDAY
Announcement has been made
that the* Stony Fork choir wHl
sing at the V/llkesboro ^ Baptist
church Sunday morning, at both
the Sunday school .and oht^rch
sfljTlces. >The choir ^wlil ding the
Old Ohristian Harmony ^ ^Sosgs. . __
aad the pabiitfr Is cordially InvlM ^chOst
to attend the aePidpes. ^
occured
in the county were extinguished
without serious damage, there
being one in the Boomer com
munity which burned over a few
acrex. and one on the dairy farm
of Sheriff C. T. Doughton north
of this city. The principal loss
there was the burning of 20.000
feet of lumber, which had been
cut end which was the property
of Robert Holland. . . ’
Only a few acres were btiifned
ovei-bF all the fire* with-the ex-
«^foTi Stony Writ fire.
Mir, Htwkshlre said.
accidents and-unanimous approv-! The building location, a desir-
al of Bradford Fearlng's coastal able lot located between the
park project provided the news school drive and walk, was gen-
in the upper house’s longest sin- erously donated by R. Don Laws,
gift alrting today. House action The building will be ot log
early this morning sent that body construction on a stone ftmnda-
home for the week-end and set tlon. Stone for the foundation
Monday evening for resumption, and for the two rock chimneys
But Instead of the Saturday in the hnilding have been doiiat-
mor’nlng counterfeit, the senate rd by tbe Duke Pow^
put on the real thing. Its third The stone to be
re.ndlng approval of Senator taken from the old mill fonnda-
LoHg’8 insurance iblll would add tlon at the falls near the village
XJURE. n
SO cents to the cost of automooue
license tags to set up a fund for
hospitalising wreck vidtlms. Un-
Several Intereated pewle have
subscribed donations of materials,
Including logs and lumber and
North Carolinian in-'aboift $250 in cash has already
der it any
jured'on the’roads ot the. state
Would receive frpe- hi^ital
up to three dollare a day for^.21
days. ■ ■ f-;,’’’ * ■' - S',
• North Carolinh -pr^cbj77;
4OOJ0OQ
-W ,
aocMFiA WtV
giili'Mnine'ie iittdiy TfiJlie-./ ports ,-$}!!»: _ State__. ^ptgtmwt olj
.Agriculture. * '..-'i' , «
^ Jf then|^ li »o ro^ Acj
been.•'Subscribed a* 4>art of the
ueetswiri fuuds ta buy , materials
whl* A« not donated.
Xwo^Btty in piaw;foT tho pro
ject were J. M^.an^th, yee »np-
ervtoW .for Mflw
JfeGooimn,' "wnte*' -home
;fMdU)B«lration jM«ph who
plaus
'kitchiu.^3
Burns.
President D. J. Carter announc
ed that the directors will meet ad
the hotel with Edd Gardner as
host at 6:30 o’clock Thqrsdajr
evening and that committee
chairmen are asked to be pres
ent as guest, each to have a writ
ten report of the work of his
committee.
Wilkes MarriiMfi^^ '
License to wed were Isaiied W'
Wilkes county, by Upglster' ‘pr,
Deeds Oid' Wiles to the fdllowtag
dnrlng the past ten days: Wil
liam Kenneth Lowranee, Moopee-
ville, and Sarah Evetyne Le^e.
■Wilkesboro: William OltwiriAfc’
sber a»d' Ruby .Thtfle,' both of
Korthi.WUlceeboro; -Mfck «r^w»
aad Mute ton Ortionke, both of
€^ngflsM.-^' ■ '
lowlraflon *gytr who dr*# feTHerb's’puo wo^ that d*-;
is for the .community hou^e ^bes .the Way to
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