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I WWWWWWWW^www^H^rww^m^ww^ p mm ■ ■ ■ i FROM THE AIR^ ' ■‘^^^*®™ASmSwmrwiU«SMM^Tr5S«iATOM^ ^ MbOkioFot UeaiOffiMR Fmmu’B«k«i^ Robbed And killed 15 Mile* West Of ^ > TW* City Setordey J. Bidwell Williams, left. President of the Wilkes Chamber of Cc^amerce, F. E. Jones, Chamber manager, right, and Woodruff Wallace are shown talking to L. C. Lowe of State Road, second from left, the first Wilke* County fanner to ac cept the Wilke* Chamber’s offer tt> fly over hi* farm to check hi* soil conservation work. Over 100 Wilkes County farmers are to receive invitation* from the Agricul ture Committee of the Wilke* Chamber to make an airplane trip over ^eir farms * • .• • a. 1 »Ao1 * AIWA f t/VM A1*AR1An CAnfa^l id the interest of better and more intensive soil conservation and erosion control work in Wilke* County. > • Wilkes Farmers View Wilkes Chamber Commerce B^ins Important Work Local Airfield Cooperating With Chamber to Launch Conservation Work E. G. Plaley, chairman of the Wllkee Chamber of Oommeree Agriculture Committee, announc ed today that the chamber had started action on a special pro gram designed to show Wilkes county farmers the benefit* and values of soil coHserratlon work. This program as planned by the Agriculture Committee con- slating of: E. G. Finley, W. K. Sturdivant, W. D. Jester, W.H.H. Waugh, Tam Hutchinson, R. D. Smith, John Leyshon, and B. B. Broome, makes It possible for Wilkes county farmers who have been doing soil conservation work to take an airplane trip over tbelr farms to see what good their soU conservation work has done, and to see what other work could be done on their fields and on their neighbors’ farms. Mr. R. E'.' Dunn of the tJ. S. Soil Conservation Service has ibeen working very closely with the chamber of commerce com- onlttee in selecting the fanners to be Incited and in meeting them at the airport to discuss what they should look Cor while they are In the air. It Is antici pated that more than 200 Wilkes county farmers from all sections of the cennty will receive invi tations to make this soil con servation trip. The Wilkes Chamber has re ceived a special rate from the managers of the North WUkes- boro airport In order that this project might he successful. The first WUkes farmer to take ad vantage of this offer was D. O. Lowe of State Road, North Car olina. Upon his return to the air port Mr. Lowe stated, ‘‘I did not realize before how much my lit tle amount of soil conservation work could do for my farm. Yeu certainly can see the reealts when you check it from the air, and see a farm that has had some soil conservation work done compared with others which have not bothered with It. I hope that every farmer in Wilkes county will put a lot of his time On soil coBserration work. It will certainly “pay him big divldenCs.” Forrest E. Jones, socretary- manageir of the WUkes Chamber of Commerce, eald regarding the soU conservation program that the agriculture committee of the chamber has hit upon a new method of selling soil conserva tion to onr people. "This method is farmers’ principal asset, is on* of the greatest projects our oOiamher could have undertaken for this year." o Juliu Price Victim Of Acddent Near North Wilkesboro DATE NHW8 PliASBt Beport fescbed here today that a ^ answering the d». scrlptton' the one driven by Fraada Baker, who was mur dered Saturday night,' had been located ta Ohio and that the driver was being held for arrival of loeal offlcmu, vdio left for Ohio today. liVancis Baker, 26, local taxi driver, was robbed and killed Batunday night near highway 421, 15 mllee west of this city. Sheriff C. G. Poindexter, High way Patrol Sgt. A. H. Clark and Coroner I. M. Myers Investigated the death and stated this after noon that mystery still surrounds the mufder and robbery. Baker’s body was found at nine a. m. Sunday by P. W. Witherspoon, colored sawmill worker. He had been killed by two shotgun charges, one enter ing his chest at close range and the other in his right hip, ap parently from a distance of sev eral feet. The body had been dragged several steps from the road Into some undergrowth near a sawmill. Mr. Baker had been driving a taxi for J..C. Davis, of this ^ty, for the past two years. The mlon- ey pouch and pockethook had ibeea taken from his ibody. Mr. Davis stated here that he pre sumed that iBaker had on hie per son about 1200 of taxi receipts in ad4ition to .^hRtever moi ^huhiva Iter® aw officaw of tibe'newly organized North Wilkesboro^ Par^- .Tea^er'association in an 'informsd session as, they were studying and discussing the Rarent-Teadier Bulletin. Left to right are: Mr*. C. Arthur Venable, pn»- dent; Mr*. Darid E. Browning, first vice pre*id«»t; Mr*. Staton Mclver, second vice preddmt; Mr*. Levri* Vickery, secretiuY; Mr*. Jack Swofford, treasurer; Mr*. Paul Cushion, histnrian. Mr*. GUbert Foster, corresponding secretary, was ab sent at the time the picture was made. The P.-T. A. is getting off to a good start. (I^oto Harvdl)^ BU»NE5S EXECUTIVE VISITS NORTH WILKESBORO BY AIR j|Ul^j^l)^|-j|jii'l^[yiYTTi~’'**H***T^*********'**‘********* a*»*********i***a***ta**iM*iW*e**i%*eeiw*%w»%»1»H) »ker was drlVmg luts hot been located today. It was'descriibed as a black, four-door sedan with one fog lamp on left, a ^t light on left and the dirome side strip had been tom off in a wreck. Officers expressed the opinion that the murderer fled in the stolen taxi. Inquiry here revealed that as sociates of Baker could not re call having seen him In North Wilkesboro since six p. m. Sat urday evening. Mr. Davis said Julian Price, of Greenaboro, Baker had been a most re- 78-year-old chairman of the'UaWe and efficient driver board of Jefferson Standard Life Ineurance Company and phil anthropist, was Instantly killed at 3 p. m. Friday when his sedan, traveling west from Greensboro toward Blowing Rock, ran off the highway at ^ slight curve 18 miles east of North Wilkesboro. His death occurred on the eive of the third anniversary of the death of his wife. Three other occupants of the automobile, E. D. Broadhurst, 68, Greensboro attorney, R'. R. Karrlll, 49, insurance ageht of Ellzabethbon, Tenn., and Price’s chauffeur, Walter Poole, 48, ne gro, Route 2, Greensboro, suffer ed Injuries not considered seri ous. Highway Patrolman Sidney M. Carter, who investigated the ac cident, said his JnvesUgation In dicated the accident >maY have not only new, but should cer- resulted from some meehahlcal talnly prove to everyone Inter ested that the saving of the Wilkes county soil, which is our mOINTAIN UONS TIE POWERFUL ELKIN TEAM 19^19 HERE FRIDAY North Wllkesboro's Mountain ball Sturdivant again showed that he was one of the best ball carriers ewer to roam over the local turf when he raced oronpd his own left oud for 66 yards and another score. After some blocking had enabled him to get by the line of scrimmage he out maneuvered the safety nuui and outdistanced errefybody who had ahy intentions of stopping him. The try for point , failed, ,and North Wilkesboro led jll-T. A punt that elid oB Um> fide of Sturdlvant’a toe gave i. Xlkln the break which aoeowotod for th^r second tonchdown. After a few' ground plays B. Raaedge caught a pass and ran IS yard* to score. Try tor point was wide, but sakfn led, IS-ll. In the wsalBg mlnatw oiT the first half Stnrdlyaat ’tatarasptfd sa bMb a«rhd jpd .'^*'' WUheSboro team fki^e to Idtk. Tvo jdaysipae-yard Ha* ** the bidf ssdM. Hdrai wnitsmwro got th* seeliomb — t Lhmsicame from behind here PTlday to tie a powerful Elkin eleven 19-19 In the most thrill ing football game of the season. Blkin’s .Elks, favored to win ta a touchdown of more, got oft to e flying start by making two first do\/n* in the early minutes of play and Lawrence got away (or 40 yards to the five, where lam Adam* ran the ball over, A bscntlfnl plaeement made it 7-0. ' Bnt North Wllkeebeio came tack rapidly on a thrilling run Harold Sturdivant, fleet hslf- and triple threat.gter of the' Monntain Lions’ baekricld. He .took the i>all midfield, taning through a hole over hia ' left tackle, elBded the entire 'Ban beckfield and raced all wvt to score. The try tor rtaUsd sad nkla led t-A yegrived and aftsr fhree defect which caused the automo bile to, fall to make the turn. The vehicle, he said, left the right side of Highway 421, trav eled 40 yards and struck an em bankment about five feet high, traveled on 40 more yards and came to a complete stop on, the edge of the bighwv.y. Carter said the ca*- stopiped ."ilght-slde np” but the front end and Itft side of the car were badly damaged, indicating it had turned over on its side. Carter said Price was declared dead upon arrival at WlUtes Hos pital In North Wllkeabixro, hav ing suffered a blow on the right side of torehead and a braised left leg «nd knee. 'The pstrolnum said Poole, who ifas operating the car, told him he was driving prohaW 41- er 50 nnileH-an-heur bpt othi^^ in th^ car thongl;t they wage going even slower, wlta Price sitting on the front seat/and Bpoedharst and Harrill on the rear saat Broadhurst mrialned a'braise on the lefi chest and right wrist, hut wag not confined to fiut ltoa: pital, while ‘ Harrill. suffe^ag Coroner Myers said that con- idltion of Baker’s body Sunday morning indicated that he had been dead several hours. Surviving Mr. Baker are hi* wife, Mrs. Ruth Holman Baker, and three chlldrem, Kent, Bry ant and Larry, of this city; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Grady Baker, of the Maple Springs com munity of Wilkes county; one brother, Alvin Baker; and six sis ters, Mrs. Grace Triplett, Mrs. Zora Green, Mrs. Pansy Atkins, Mrs. Ooletta Church, Virginia and Christine Baker. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, two p. m., at Lewis. Fork Baptist church. Rev. A. W. Eller will conduct the last rites. Fire Alarm Tuesdoy Is Fully Explained A misunderstanding caused the fire alarm here on Tuesday when the fire tracks and firemen, went to Tenth street in response to a call from a policeman for assist ance In arresttog two men charg ed with being drunk. Sgt. W. C. Bentley, of the po lice de^tmant, was having fwmp trooble making an arrest. Mean while, Carlyle Staley, policeman. N^ WflkesBoro bvsmess house executive* use a Beechcraft Exe«»tsve air- plane to visit atmre*. of the DixM Home Store* visited Wilke* County last week in their two-engine, seven-passenger plsuae include R. C. Rigdon, Assistant to thA^Vice President in chiuge of outside operatkms; G. E^Davis, M^rvisor; J^ Rrannon, Sr., Pilot; and Jeali Brannon, Jr., Co^>aot. Th^ are ^g wel comed in the photo above by the President of the Witte* Chtober rfCominer^ J. B. WaiutBM, and Wdiod Wallace, muagcg of ^ Jean BrahnfflB, ’dr., Branntai, Sr^ Mr. Rigdon, Mr. Wilhams, Mr. Davu and Wood Wallace. was asarby and put in ^ caJll to tiho pollcs department tor soma- one to drive police car to Tenth street. The .call •waa put in to the police department, anf^ the officer taking the call re layed the .request downstairs for someone to “take the tar to Tenth street.’’ The statement was misuuderatood as “fire on Tenth’’ street aad the elam waa turned hk ^ih fire trucks and the pw-. lice car went to the scene of the trouble. hr. Hilly Ci Friday 8AMEWITNGRAIIITEFALLS9T0a > A Wilkesboro Rambler high Formor-.' Dtiahrict lAt^oriMy AddtiMi .VoterSjAt ' i^nrthouse 1st ’Merton, of Albeouo^ form^-.TlBltod States.distrist .gto tornta ^^d^iy reaogntMei- an oytUltifidlog R^nhlican lead er in’tta-'Btat*,. wm sp^ M f Rfipofa^^, ri«y>0 ta hrid At tta WHkMiVi&yti^use 'oh' Pi*a«y ni|ft»,:yB»toE»»ra; T:S0oHfMwB from shook,’a. ndtailnjnry and ttttsL *vP«>W. the driTSTrr wu talaf held under |2,S00 bond pending oompletton of the inyesUgaUop. the patrolman aalA He suffered ents on his chin' and left leg. The tour left OrssDsboro about, noon Friday to drive tp Blowli^’ addt, whota"''Prise god Mrst planned to taeiid th* wssk- _ __ _ SDd and where Price was to wfQ RktREod. dna -to -ti^’ A' ttrga^ liBitgriitahji; school toothall elfve®, *^1- ■Ing the resull* of injuriss. lost a hird-l«ght., gams to Granite rail* high at Granite" lAU* ■Bhuraday s^taraoim. ft was' th* first homo gah>e’*'fe>’ CWttRu Falla, imd Cbarit fttal.A*;** playan at topH>ltoA we the ««• tost*’’' " Graarite -raUs kiefced to ktaboro for tas. jNWtog of tho-gams,.and tor th* font pan of the quqarjw, the Bainhl^ took. poatostion of the IpottlO. ahraidi^ of tha l^t ektak, tpant .gneoi tka pwgasia 'of work he , lUght In tbs 'VnUcss started eoiisitrafliiio-Ig-Jif; - ~ nwita aandooc Mna, ta* taft be* • oantad ptaat tottw- Paxkah and OtopR Atahlhg, g. fita '♦bpftjggh tta Itna. On fouiHfii (town, With Alwut a toot he paign tor the Jtanm'btt 8; else- tita tmd'lt ll szpestoi thgt a g6 tor-ytfElutowa, a WUMh^ iA 5k, ■ 'e'A7' then beck for tbelr lone nm ■ ta driving^ to • Ortoilta qnar^ /Bithough ar*ii?te ^*11* .Bunhlsr*. their'oi^Jtafritory. ©n ttatptad .pass flay, a 'paa^ wta. downed - goal Ilka tor Ui ariiw - makiag the teem tottchaowo of the game. A katg pane ffom Gaston to Spiawn wae. comidotod, with Spiawn standing to his end sons. Hayes carried the ball over in a scrimmage ptay tor the eatrg: point.'and Granlti Falls was:.to,the.lead 7 to 0 at 4b* ehd of' tbs halt. aecond half was a see saw affair, with buh tsams gotag ta the air Ita most of ths plays. . Mhttosr todm was this to mhkeg; Its paaslnr w TRunlng attask ' cUta to tt* third and fenrtkl
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