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NO, 28
[.Cowtef Seeks
Oimon Of People
Court Measure
Says Bar Association Has
A^ed For Six Weeks
' More of Courts
Mondays aM Thuil^ys ~
r. M- ■ .4.r^T-—i
-'C,r^
if. if if
RECOiRDER’S COURT UP!
Commissioners Say Extra
Courts Would Increase
County Tax Levy
In a cotamunlcatlon addressed
to citizens and taxpayers of
Wilkes, Representative Charles
H. Co-wles, who is now attending
the session of the General As
sembly, is asking the opinion of
the people regarding the method
of relieving the congested con
dition of the court dockets. A
copy of the communication was
received yeftterday by The Joiirn-j
al-Patriot. i
ftr. Cowles points out that the j
Wilkes Bar Association has ask
ed for six weeks of additional' \ i
courts. This, he has been official-1
!y Informed by the county board
Of commissioners, would increase
the tax rate. A Recorder's court
bill was Introduced by Represen
tative Cowles earlier in the ses-
aioii and the opinion has been ex-1
pressed by some that it would re
lieve the congestion. |
An expression of the views of |
the people regarding the two |
propositions is sought by Mr. j
Cowles.
4^-
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,ity;
mer Line ma\
In Flami
Mur%r Cases Jo
Come Up At Term
Of WiOtes Court
Sweetheart
mk
] Attempt To
-jFaHedWIim^
rHit Wires Mom
>'Ss
Riley Moore Case Brings
Total To Six; May
Not Try All ^
!,
Brysm SanixAu, 19, Ab^,'
; tier, Evelyn* 17, Vie*
tints Of Crash
COURT begins MONDAY
Case
Squill HutcheiiBou's
Is One Of Best Known;
Schenck Is Judge
FROM BLACK MOUNTMN v
Bhrued Beyond Recognition
As Flames Consume llie
Waco Airplane
I
Following i.s the commiinica- ■
tlon:
“To the Citizens and 'f'ax Payers
of Wilkes County:
“The Courts of our county
Civil and Criminal—present a
grave question for your consider
ation at the present time, ami
there Is n^ent demand for re-1
lief from heavily congestt d co'irt ,
dockets. Your Representative ^
and Senator have been petitioned
by the Wilkes County Par .V.sso-
ciation to estahli.ih six weeks ad-^
ditional Superior Court f i'r
^'llkes county by act of the Leg- ‘
tiire. On the otlier liaiid, the,
**-Aoard of County Commissioners'
of Wilkes county have officially
notified your Representative and ,
Senator that the present tax rate |
for the county will have to he in-1
creased if additional weeks of i
Superior Court are orderef*. Be-1
Ing an.xious to provide .some rent-;
edy during the present session of
the Legislature, not only for the j
relief of our court docket, hut ■
for {he lienefit and relief of the ,
tax payers as well, I have intro- \
duced in the House of Represen- ^
tatlves H. H. Xo. dis. which i
merely provides that Wilkes
county be placed under the .een-.
eral state-wide Recorder's Court !
Act and which, if enacted into j
(Continued on page eight) I
Incarceration of Riley Moore
on a charge of murdering his
son Monday, brooght the number
of murder cases on the calendar
for trial at the March term of
WRlkes Superior court which con
venes at Wllkeshoro Monday to
six.
Five homicide cases had prev-
! lously been placed on the docket,
'some of them for manslaughter.
[ William Connor is slated to be
the tried Thursday, March 8, for
killing Paul Barlow in an affray
near the city. Barlow was cut>
with a knife and died from the
effects of the wound.
The trial of Joe Bauguess for
I-.
Bryan Sanborn, 19, and bis fo^
ter sister, Evelyn, 17, of Blaok
Mountain, were burned to death
'about two and a half miles from
here Monday afternoon when
their plane, in which they.were
oh their way to Black Mountain
from Oharlotte. struck a power
line, carrying 44,000 volts, and
crashed as they attempted to
make a landing.
The tragic accident occurred
on Che Eudailey farm a short
distance from the Yadkin River.
tVlthesses to the crash said the
, ' plane burst into flames when it
Blanche Waddell, co-ed at the;
University of Illinois, lias been
to the ground.
fatallv wounding his son is ache-' madte sweetheart of the Big» Before anyone could reach the
‘ gije was crowned
duled for Monday, March 13. | Ten . . oun plane ■was almost In
' Squire Hutchenaon, who is al-: queen at the chanty ball held at ^ charred bodies of the
I leged to have killed Tyre Byers, ’ Northwestern Ln veis ty. anc le . sister being
year ago last September will
m
March
Franklin D. I'.oo.sevelt will become the 31st
president of tlie United States on Saturday.
jbe tried on Wednesday.
15,
The case of Foster Smith, who
t is charged with killing Jesse
James Byers, is on the calendar
for trial Thursday, March 17.
Ed Brown, colored, will be
tried for the death of Mary Lou
is 5 ft. 7 in. ... a ravishing
brunette and weighs 125 pounds.
in
SCHOOL aUB
HEABSADDRESS
found in a sitting position
■their places in the plane.
I Identification was alow, the
I bodies being burned beyond
I recognition. It was sometime be-
‘ fore anything could be ' found
about the plane which would
I give any clue as to the identity
* of the two people. However, a
iVu- Way Service Station Robbed
But Hold-up Victim Foils Job
Settle, who was struck and kill-j Hrary P ‘ ,, .^telephqije message to Radio Sta-
ed by an automobile said to have * Presidentl^^InaugUl^ ; ^ysT, Charlotte, gave Crady
been driven by Brown. j About Present Cole the information about t¥e
The Moore, case will also bo, PPFdmii’C;
trled. rKliSlLMWS tion in a few .momenta made the
However, the docket is so • announcement and stated that a
heavy tha: it may be impossible I ^
to reach all of th
the jail cases also.
With Henry Reynolds, one of
after-dinner
to reach all of these cases and | tke most popular
1 speakers in this section of the
f,f state, as principal speaker, the
, plane carrj’lng two passengers, a
boy and a girl, had left the
Schenck,
letting off a passenger.
I By that time, another bit of
Plans Complete For Inauguration
Of Roosevelt and Gamer Saturday
Ralph Ladd and Millard
BeU Go To Hospital
With Injuries
HAYES TURNS TABLES
■Washington.
JennincTS To Open j
Office Next week
for everything except the weath
er were complete today for the
ceremonies which on Saturday,
March 4, hence will attract near-
-- ly 200.000 visitors when the
Says He Will Assist Farmers ^ imnies “Roosevelt and Garner”
in Making Seed Loan are nm up in place of "Hoover
Applications 'and ('unis'' at the head of tlie
— nation's officialdom.
Aitorney R. Jennings, who yiiips of bunting were ready
office in the'
will open a law
for decorating streets, store
Bank of Xorth IVilkesboro build-
Ingihe first of next week, stated : llberall.v with the
and public buildings.
y^terday that he will be S'“d , -Happy Days are Here
to a&sist wiiAiout charse thu campaign sons of
tarmers in making out their ap-, President-elect, the derora-
plicatlons for seed loans. , jjons will be in place by Friday
when the first events of the in
augural program begin.
For the inaugural committee
Up to the time he resigned a
"’few weeks ago. Attorney Jen
nings wa.s connected with the Re-
Flnance (’orpor-
I which has been at work for two
construction
ation and is familiar with nionths carrying out its plan, the
work. He plans to have his ^-pather remained a major wor-
open by Monday. | j,^. weather bureau, frown-
Mr. Jennings moved into the long-range forecasts, of-
Meadows residence on “C street
Came Up With Gun After Be-
, Marched Through
inaug irals
Arrangements fered no help, and a study
weather at past
hrought no .cheer. . . , j, j
Stands Are (A.n.,.k-led T> '- i '^'1’®"'®® ^alsh died
Parade reviewing stands cap- h®'Ph 1-add and Millard Bell to' this morning (Thurs-
able of seating more than 50.000 8®t ®"'ay with their hol*-up „ear Wilson,
per.so«,s have been constructed. Foresters Xu-\\ ay Service'
extending far along Pennsylvan- Station yesterday (Wednesday)
ia avenue with an enclosed stand morning about 2 o clock reads
tor the President and hia party in I'k® some of those told In Z»ne
front of the White House. Gr^”s P®P«>®r Westerns.
Quick thinking and lightnlng-
Judge Michael
j Hendersonville. Club held its annual big banquet'
I the term, while Solicitor John R., , „ , , ,,,,,, information had been fonnd and
Jones will prosecute the .docket. I®t H°t®‘ W^es Tuesday ^ ^ ^
' i son had called Black Mountain
I „ r, c -,i 1 . 1 ' ®P1 communicated with Charles
Prof. S. B. Smithey, principal „ - . ... , _
' , ,,,,, „ u , J G- Sanborn, father of the young
of MHers Creek high school and
T u ij 1 (Continued on page eight)
president of tite club, presided, j
The opening number was l>e c .i 'r^
singing of two verses of '‘Amer-' ^®Yenth larade lO
Attor-'*®®” “‘® assembled group. M. I Get Examinations
' F. Bumgarner spoke the invoca-)
SENATOR VALSHj
REP0R1EDDEAD
Was To Have Been
ney General In New Of
ficial Cabinet
X. C.. it was reported this morn
ing over the radio. Local 'people
listening in heard the report of
the senator's death.
• Senator Walsh was to have
At the east front of the capi-
toi a high platform stands ready like action ®'i ‘be P®®* . ,'!“’liM.en Attorney General in the new
for the chief event of the in- men Hayes, hold-up victim, turn- , >>®en Attorney
auguration. the last to be held "'hat was a successtul rob
in March since adoption of the bery into a triumph for the law
“lame duck" amendment which and sent the hold-up men to the
provides that Presidents hereaft- hospital.
er will take the oath of office on . Ralph Ladd, young man of the
Januarv 20. On this platform tlie'o’all section, and Millard Bell, of
oath will ho administered to the Dellaplane community, walk-
Roosovelt cabinet which goes in
to office Saturday. He was con
sidered one of the ablest men in
Washington.
The regular preaching service
tion. i
After the delightful dinner. •
during which the schoolmasters
and their guests, engaged in .gay
repartee, Mr. Smithey stated that,
this was an occasion when teach-:
Fifteenth March
Wright Advised of Date Yes
terday; Now Sending*
Out Questions
The seventh grade examina-
ers were given an opportunity to , jjons will be given on March 15,
get awa> from the responslblll-j ^ Wright
ties of the school room and let | ,ygj, advised vesterday by letter.
j '. _ — , _ . . .
their minds enjoy the greatest, j Henry
freedom from ^il®aiY Jfoutine. | is in charge of
this work in the state. Mr.
He called upon Prof. T. E. Story.! ,
principal of Wilkesboro high :
school to present Mr. Reynolds. I
was advi.sed that ques-
forwarded at
achievement
Introducing his speech with a Stanford
few characteristic witty remarks,
Mr. Reynolds then stated that he questions will be dlstrihut-
had been asked to speak oi'igj (q all the principals of schools
' which ‘ have students to take the
■Presidential Inaugurals.
that I
was chosen as the date
at the Methodist church here will plaining how it happened | examinations. It Is very import-
Mr. Roosevelt by Chief Justice ®d into the service station about| not be held Sunday evening due [March 4 was caosen »s me teachers notify Mr.
2 o'clock yesterday morning and | jq the fact that Rev. Mr,. Arm-.of the presidential inaugurations. nianv students
that!
Charles Evans Hughes.
'fhrouehoul the dav of cere-■ covered Mr. Hayes, who is night | hmst, pastor, will be away teach- Mr. Reynolds pointed out
c • ... ... -I ... . „ ir,-nngg wartilngton was ni
(Continued on page eight)
’ t! will take tlic examinations so
monie.s, Mr. Roosevelt will be the operator at the station, with a | jng a training class at Greens-j George tVartilngton was not in-|jj,nf j, copy may be sent for bach.
(Continued on page eight)
a few days ago. He had been ]
making his home at Salisbuo'. I
r ors In Murder Case
Not To Report Tuesday j
Jurors summoned to appear in
court next Tuesday for the mur
der case against Joe and John
until 1
case
Baugues.s
Riley Moore In Jail For
Shooting 7-Year‘OldSon
need not come
Monday. March 13. The trial
date was switched and appears
on the calendar for Monday of
the second week.
gun. He was searched but they
overlooked the .32-20 pistol
which he carried under his belt
and this oversight later proved
their undoing.
Mr. Ha.ves when ordered to
produce the money told them It
: was in the cash register. While
j Bell kept Mr. Hayes covered with
his pistol. Ladd proceeded to
taice the cash, totaling {37.44,
boro.
Little Boy Shot In Mouth and Died Within Half An Hour;'an automatic pistol which was in
Coroner’s Jurv Returned Verdict Against Moore; ^the ca.sh register and a carton of
Is Alleged To Have Been Drunk , dsarettes from the case.
> ^ j After completln^g the robbery,
Riley Moore, Brushy Mountain panled here by his eleven-year-j *be two men ordered .Mr. H^es
township farmer, was ‘arrested, old son, Edward, apd he is said,^ ‘come along'
with them. One
Series Programs To Be
Given at Wilkesboro Hi
The questions will be mailed
out immediately, but principals
: are instructed not to open them
"until the morning of the fifteen
th.
Further instructions 'will be.
given later, Mr. Wright saM.
BAPTISTS TO PRESENT:
PAGEANT ON SUNDAY
Faculty Play To Be Given On Friday Evening, March 10, Is
First; Commencement Dates Tentatively Set For
Seventh* Eighth and Ninth of May \
Lo«itl Committee Wants ^ . . > , j , «. ♦ j - ■
Bed Covering for Family;and lodged in the county jail at to have told the boy that “some-1walked In ttont^and ther^ offered -prior to that tlme^
Commencement dates together; Is given. Rehearsals have been
W’ilkesboro Monday afternoon ! body Is going to be killed.”
■ other to the rear and the three
i*^’!‘l"®A?*!^®®!!J!'on'a'c'harge of" murdering his | Upon arriving ai his home, it jinarched through the-river hot-
asking for old' blankets or com'
forts for a large colored family
ftere which has insufficient bed
covering. Anyone
who cares
‘ donate for this worthy pnnpose,
r>*ould cal! 80 or 480.
seven-year-old son, Raymond, jis stated that he ordered Edward i®*“ i® * point just west of the
The fatal shooting occuired in to get his rifle. The boy complied automobile came
I Moore's home near the Alexan-lwlth the order, telling him that along and gave Mr. Hayes, Who
I der county line Monday about | the gun was loaded. Pointing the j kad kept his nerve throoghout,
i noon, the fath?r shooting his | gun at Raymond,
Ison without provocation, it is j trigger and filled,
stated. The boy was shot in the ! fatally wounded.
he pulled the
The boy fell.
^rt Brinegar. infant son of j mouth with a .32 rifle, living! Moore is alleged to have been
jd Mys. G. 8. Brlnegar, of i only about half an hour. . in such a drunken condition that
died Wednesday, F^h-j Moore, who is alleged to have*he attempted to stand the hoy on
He was 11 months and ' been drinking heavily during: his feet,
fslof age. Burial serrices the past several days, had justj Sheriff B. Somers was no-
Tlrarsday at the fam-' returned from a trip to the Wll- j titled and Moore was found on
[kesboros. -He had been 'accom-| (COnilnued on page'^eight)
kid
the chance to turn the tables. “May 7, 8 and 9. have been tenta
Fearing-that Mr. Hayes might be
observed In the light of the auto
mobile. Bell and Ladd ordered
him to-lie dowii. He obeyed the
order, but when, they lnstruct0f
him to arise he had taken his
gun from beneath fats belt and a
were announced Tuesday after-,
noon by. Prof. T. E. Story, super-'.
Intendent of Wilkesboro Jiigli
school. , ;;;
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
tlvely' set for the commencement
progranta. The presentation of
the Junior Class play, once a
'regular -part of the, commence
ment; a month earlier, reduces
the- number Of days by one.
Baptists will present a page
ant, “Christ In America,” at the
local churCh here Sunday even
ing at 7:30 (fclock. It Is a home ,
mission pageant and an excellent
cast has been well trained-. The
public Is cordially invIteS^o at-
or this excellent fea-' ten^-
[Legion Meeting Will
Be Held Friday N
readiness
ture.
A week Utter, March 17, a ne
gro minstrel will be given. This!
[.will be foHowed on Mgrch 3l by| >fi,e regular monthly meetU
the triangular d^atee and on wHkes County Post lf®j^
April 7, the Junior class iriay will 126, American Legi®® -
be presented. . [held tomorrow (Friday) erg
The final program prior tojat 7:80 o’clock. Each memi
commencement extimises will be! especially requested to att
given on April 21: by children of jand bring an ex-service man
the first grade. I him. "The ex-service nwi^^
The first of the series of pro-'week of the' sixth
streak of fire greeted .the rpb-.'jrama will be'presented Friday, a little more
(Continued on page eight) , . March 10, when thiiyjcuky fityglo go. ,
#■
WiH(oshoro ia now ^ the not members, can heli
^ them,"ia legloantf