U 3pmi, NO. 50
Published Moiidli|r«'ib>d Thursdays
"north WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDA^Y, may 18,, 1933
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To Elect County Su
Stone Must Die In Chair
Supreme Court
Affirms Lower
- Court Verdict
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Fifty Wilkes Boys to Leave
Tomorrow For Forest Camp
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Finds No Error In Trial Of
Wilkes Man For Slay
ing Son-In-Law
He Must Die
DECISION YESTERDAY
Stone Was Tried Last Aug
ust; Judge G. V. Cowper
Was On Bench
Raleigh. May 17. —- Bryant
Stone, Wilkes county slayer, lost
his appeal in the Supreme court
this afteriicon and the governor
is his only help in a death sent- j
ence for U’o murder of his son-1
In-law. \^ayne N'orman.
The opinion written hy Chief
Justice Stacy has hardly 200 '
words. The defendant wa.s tried 1
for shooting Wayne Xornian '
Sunday. June 12, lfl.12, while thej
young fellow sat on his piazza. i
The shooting was done from a
crack through the smokehouse. I
The assailant, poking a 20 gauge
shotgun in the ilireetion Of the
defendant, turned loose a load of
double I! or huckshot which kill
ed the husband of the did uid-
ant’s danghti r. The state relied
quite a deal on the dying det lar-|
ation of Xo. man who said Stone |
had shot him. The gun which
Stone is alleged to have used
was uncovered in a trunk in j
Stone’s home and the shell.s that
had not been used were similar
t4) the ammunition employed in,
the ambushing. Witnesses testi-
pied that Stone had threatened to
“ shoot his son-in-law with liiu k I
shot, but that the attack was not
to have been fatal.
Objectel To Marriage
The ba.'fis of Stone’s bitterness |
was his objection to his girl’s'
marrying Xorman. the state con-
tended. Mrs. Norman was only:
16 years old when she and Nor- ^
man ran away. Their courtship
Will Go To Winston-Salem
and Then To Fort Bragg
For Training
TO BE A\^Y 5 MONTHS
List of Those Selected Is An
nounced; Two Colored
Boys To Go
Term Of Federal*
Court Will Come
ToAnEndToday
Many Cases Disposed Of In
Rapid Succession During
First Of Week
MANY PLEAS OF GUILTY
The Stale Siiiu’eiiie Court yes
terday affinui'd the lower court
which imposed a diulth sentence
111)011 liryant Stone for the slay
ing of hi.s son-in-law,
Xorman.
Welfare Officer
Will Be Elected
On First Monday
Fifty Wilkes county boys, com-
prisin.? the county’s quota for
the civilian conservation corps,
will report in Wilkeshoro tomor
row (Friday) morning ready to
) leave for Winston-Salem,
j The call for the Wilkes con-
I tiiigent was received the first of
the week and notices for the
hoys t*o report were sent out from
jthe county welfare office.
I 'those who pass the examina-
;tion at Winston-Salem will be'
taken to Fort Bragg tor two i
weeks of intensive physical train
ing. In what camp they will be
assigned to work is not known.
Two colored hoys, George
Cocke rham. of ’Iraphill. and Jun
ius Vaniioy, td Wilkeshoro. are
among tlu' .oO. Six alternates
have been selected to take the
Wavne I meet
jibe requirements.
Following is a list of the white
boys who have been selected to-
go:
Chelsey
Majority Of Cases For Vio
lation Of National Pro
hibition Laws
The term of federal court for
the counties of Wilkes, Ashe. Al
leghany and Watauga which
convened Monday in Wilkeshoro
will probably come to an end to-^
day (Thursday). The docket, it
is believed, can be cleared hy
noon and adjournment sometime
today is almost certain.
Many cases had been disposed
of up to time of adjournment
yesterday. Pleas of guilty were
entered in practically all cases
and sentences were meted out
with dispatOi by Judge Johnson
J. Hayes, who is presiding.
A majority of the cases were
for violation of the prohibition
laws and the defendants in all
cases listed below were charged
with manufacturing. ; possessin.z
or transporting intoxicants un
less it is specified otherwise. Fol
lowing is a list of the cases dis
posed of;
Boss Absher, Dock Absher and
Here are the principals in the fOO.OOO kidnapping of 10-year-old
Peggy MacMath of Harwichport, Mass. (left) which stirred the nation,
but was brought to sudden end when Kenneth Buck, 28 (upper right),
and Cyril Buck, 41 (lower right), garagemen at that place, were ar
rested in less than 10 hours after the ransom money had been paid
and Peggy returned to her parents, Under questioning, Kenneth Buck
confessed, but tried to absolve his brother, who acted as go-between.
Cyril Buck lias been charged with extortion through ransom. An early
trial s predicted.
CO.McNeails
Named Chairmtui
Of Sdiool Board
Board Advertises Fortheoan-
ing Election of County
Superintendent
MANY APPLICATIONS
WUl Not Name District Com
mittees For Some
Time Yet
important Legislation Ifas
Passed By General Assembly
• Coy Pruitt, one year and a day
I . .Adams, Xorth Wilkes- in Chillocothe as to Boss .Absher:
I boro. Route 1; Woodrow Absher, voar and day in Chillocothe as to
this city; Willie Absher. Mertie; , J„7)I1‘
• Roy E. Amterson, WllkeshurnvkPUt oa ^nth^^^
Phllmoro Bowlin, Sherman; Gur-, Nichols. 18 months in
.. r J Z-. Beshears, Benge: Thurmond|^*"''“®°‘"®’
Board of Education and Com-, Carter,! Marvin Wldenhouse. fine of
Stale Road: Boyd Caudill. Trap-1 *780 00 and put on probation
hill: Coy Childers, North Wil- for 2 years
nii.s'sioners Will Hold
Joint Meeting
ELECT FOR BIENNIUM
Members of the board of edu
cation and the hoard of county
ha'd“ to“be”cIande3tinc. the pater-1 commissioners of Wilkes county
familias was making threats! will hold a joint meeting on
against hid prospective son-in-. Monday, June 5, and elect
law. The jury had to rely largely j
on circumstantial evidence in ad-
John Frank Richardson and
Lemond Adams, 18 months pro
bation as to Adams; temporary
kesboro; Ed'ward Cooper, Dough
ton: George Cockerham, Trap-
hill: Maurice Davis, Pores Knoib: , .
Hayes Dyer, Purlear; Ezra Grif-i probation as to Richardson,
fin. Shew; Paul Hall, New Life: j John Wagoner, Levi Absher
Mack Huffman. Purlear; Buford ' and Dock Absher. 18 months
Higgins, Radical; Julius Hall, I probation as to Wagoner and Le-
Finley Joines, Oak- vi Absher; year and* day in Chil-
a j Wilkeshoro, . i
county superiiilcndeiil of welfare woods; Orvile Johnson. Roaring | locothe as to Dock Absher.
I for the next biennium. ! River; Hazel Kennington, Mora- Wni. Stikeleather, 2 years in
dition to the dying statement of ;
the deceased who lived a day'
after the shooting. |
The defense objected to the;
testimony of Dr. F. C. Hubbard,
who said Xorman told the doctor !
that the injured man did not
know wiho shot him. Chief Jus
tice Stacy finds in that state
ment a help rather than a hurt
date, it. is understood,'
has been set tor the election and
this matter is added to
much
other imporlanl business which
the two boards have on the cal
endar for that day.
The office of welfare siiperin-
j teudeiit has been filled for the
1 past two years hy Mrs. Gilbert
vian Falls: Ralph Miller, North
Wilkeshoro; Virgil Moore, Gil-
reath: Holler Miller, Hayes; Roy
Myers, Ron,1a: Omie Pender
grass, Lloyd Phillips, Boomer;
Chillocothe.
Kerby Dula, 5 months in jail.
Jesse Andersen, 6 months in
jail.
Charlie Williams and Mrs.
Rob Petty, Walsh; James Pierce, Charlie Williams. 4 month.s
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Foster, nee Miss Valeria Belle
to the defendant. The whole! xichols.
thing was for the jury which be
lieved toe state’s evidence and
saw maliee. !)remeditation and
deliberation, all the evidence of
murder in the first degree. The
testimony of Dr. Hubbard repre
sented the deceased at least one
time in doubt as to his assailant.
C'ow|HT 'fi’iczl Case
Judge Vernon Cowper tri“d
the case'without reversible er
ror, Justice Stacy concludes, and
was entirely correct in refusing
to sustain the demurrer to the
evidence.
The county board of education
is composed of C. O. .McNoill, R.
R. Church and D. F. Shepherd,
while N. B. Smilhey. M. F. Ab
sher and C. C. Hayes compose
the hoard of commissioners.
Miss McKittrick To Teach Training
Course For Girl Scout Leaders Here
CAPTAIN FOOTE
GETS NEW POST
Election Called To Vote On
Retention of the 18th
Amendment
Native of Wilkes Assigned to I APPROPRIATIONS CUT
Duty as Chief of Staff,
Naval District
Washington, May 14.—The
distinction which conies to
Captain Percy W. Foote, I’SN,
coniinandinK the FSS .Arkan
sas, to duty as chief of staff,
fourth naval district, Phila
delphia, is of manifest Inter
est to Xorth Carolinians from
whose state the naval
comes, ('apt. Foote
at Roaring River, N. C., Au-
gnst 13, 1870, and was ap
pointed to the Naval Academy
Raleigh. May 15.—It’s all over
but the shouting. North Caro
lina’s 1933 general assembly,
“the moat turbulent and busiest”
ill history, has adjourned sine
jie—and what history it has
written.
A sales tax, beer, a new con
stitution, a convention to con
sider repeal of the 18th amend
ment, an eight months school.
Miss Mattye Eller
Claimed By Death
Miss Grace McKittrick. a mem-1 but may tie taken by anyone in-
I her of the training staff of the I terested in Scout work in the
1 national Girl Scout headquarters, i county.
I will arrive here today (Thurs-1 The hours for the various ses-
jdayl to conduct a training course isions are as follows;
at the “Little House.” | Thursday (today), 8:00 p. ra.
! The course is for mothers and j Friday, 10 a. m. and 8 p. m.
i fathers of Girl Scouts and any | Saturday. 10 a. m.
! others interested in the Scout I Miss McKittrick is doing some
^ w ‘ A.M ufiiiiiATicavcu 111 wvviiv I ivii^js .viiirvitvi is uulufb ow*in-
. — I work. The subjects to be Studied j splendid work throughout the
Funeral Will Be Conducted during the course are of special country and it is hoped that her
Auditors Now At
Clerk’s Office
This Afternoon At First
Baptist Church
I country and it is hoped that her
interest to parents and those I lectures will he largely attended
i who are interested in becoming | Scout leaders are hoping that a
Winston-Salem Firm Is En
gaged In Making Audit
of Records
R. U Wil’toth and J. G. Chip
man, membj^ of the auditin;
firm of Frank G. Butts and com-
I .Miss Mattye Eller, a highly es- j
teemed lady of this city, died I
' yesterday at G p. m. following j
I an illness of about ten months’,
duration. Since July of last year.'
she had been unable to go about‘
and was in the care of her phy
sicians.
The funeral service will he
conducted this (Thursday) after-
■ noon at 4 o’clock from the First
Baptist church hy Rev. C. W
Scout leaders
The course
number of young people will take
is not limited to jthe course and prepare them-
people living in the Wilkesboros, selves for Girl Scout leadersliip.
from North ('arolina in 1897.
He is one of the heroes of (he
World War, .and like many
other North Carolinians in the
navy, during (he great confUet,
brouglit honor to his state and
the service. He was awarded
ihe distingulshezl service med
al with the citation:
“For exceptionally meritori
ous .service in a duly of great
nesponsibilily as rominanding
officer of the USS President
laneoln (naval tran.sport), up
on the oeeason of the sinking
of tliat vessel l>y an eneni.v
submarine on May 31, 1918.
The conduct and bearing of
Commander Foote under try
ing condilions and his hand
ling of the situation were in
accord with the best traditions
of the naval service."
Capt. Foote served as aide
(o .Seeretary of the Navy Dan
iels from 1918 until 1921,
wlien he was ordered to com
mand tile FS.8 Salem.
PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL LAND BANK EXPLAINS
FEATURES EMERGENCY FARM MORTGAGE ACT
pany, of Winston-Salem. | Robinson, pastor of the North
The following statement from
Frank H. Daniel, president of
The Federal Land Bank of Co-
an audit of the records in the,
^ ' Wilkeshoro Presbyterian church.,
Office of Clerk of Superior Court „ Armbrust, pastor! Attorney
Wm. A. Stroud Tuesday. j ,0^^, Methodist church.' . Tackett,
Contract for the audit was ; Eugene Olive, pastor of the I
awarded the Winston-Salem f**’™ ({pp^ased, is in V.'ashington, d. tarm
at the May meeting of the board ^ attending the Southern Bap-
of county commissioners. They | convention and will he un-
the
secretary-
the Moravian Na-
Loan Association,
be of interest to the farm-
' are expected to complete
audit within a few days.
F&devkl Land Bank will be re
duced to 4 1-2 per cent. The rate
of interest paid by the borrowers
from this bank now varies from
5 to G per cent, the average be
ing not far from 5 1-2 per cent.
This means an average reduction
of one per cent a year in the rate
of interest which the borrowers
will have to pay this bank dur
ing that period. To the borrow-
officer j horse racing and pari-mutuel bet-
was born ! ting in three counties, drastlcal-
j ly changed banking legislation,
'ratification of the “lame-duek"
I amendment to the federal con-
Istitution—all these came from
Ithe 1933 session and earned for
it the “busiest legislature” title.
1 Adjournment sine die came on-
hy after 132 days—within nine
days of the record-breaking 141-
day session in the 1931 session.
After the 1931 session, legisla
tors fell it would be a long time
before another legislature even
approached thg* record. Only
two years, intervened hut 1933 s
session came near to smashing
Ithat mark. In 1868-69 the ses-
■'sion ran 135 days. 1933 places
I third. ,
From the very first day, the
j legislators were bombarded from
i all side.s. School teachers, state
* departments, and state employes
'pleaded tor higher appropriations
than those recommended by the
budget commission. Merchants
contended a sales tax would
wreck them. Corporations de
clared higher franchise taxes
would place them in bankruptcy.
Urys fought hard against chang
es in the liquor laws and wets
fought just as hard for changes.
I Delegation after delegation vis
ited Raleigh, conferred with leg
islators seeking certain legisla
tion. A mass meeting was held
here in interest of securing high
er appropriations for schools. In
A successor to Prof. C. C.
Wright, county superintendent
of schools, who recently announc
ed his retirement a* the end of
his present term, will be elected
at the meeting of the new board
of education on Monday, June 5.
An announcement relative to
the election of the superinten
dent was made following a speci
al meeting of the new board
■Monday afternoon.
The new board of education Is
composed of C. 0. McNeill, D.
F’. Shepherd and R. R. Church.
The members were sworn in by
Mrs. W. A. Stroud, assistant
clerk of Superior court. Monday
afternoon at 3 o’clock and the
board immediately went into
special session.
('. 0. McNeill, xvho was chair
man f)f the old hoard, was unani
mously chospu a.s cl’.uirman for
the coming term.
In compliance with the law, no
tices to the effect that the elec
tion of a county superintendent
of schools wil! be elected on the
first Monday in June were post
ed and the board adjourned.
More than 30 applications
have been filed with the board ,
for, the superintendent’s position.
Other applications are expected
between now and the meeting
date'and it is likely that the
board will be required to make
a selection from 50 or more can
didates.
The new board was appointed
by the General Assembly during
the closing days of the session,
the members receiving their cre
dentials Monday. They decided
to take office immediately so
that the election could be adver
tised the required time before
the June meeting.
The cnairman of the board
stated Tuesday that it will be.
some time before district school
committees are named. The board-
has been advised not to make any
appointments until they are ad
vised that the re-dlstricting re
quired under the provisions of
the new school machinery bill la
completed by the state depart
ment.
All schools ip Wilkes county
will operate for eight months
next year. A school may supple
ment the term one month if the
school population is 1,000 or
more.
Results of T. B.
Clinic Announced
103 Suspects Were Examined
During Two Weeks; Dr.
Easom Here
until July 1938, and', is consider-, short, legislgtors were faced with
aibly lower than that which pre-11 h e greatest pressure ever
vaiis throughout this district. By j brought to bear on law makers
reducing the rates charged by of the state,
the Federal Land Banks it is an-[ It was only after a bitter fight
ticlpatcd, indeed expected, that j that the sales tax was enacted
that rates charged by many oth- i into law. That battle started with
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G. C. Club To Meet
WUl
Be Entertained FVida.v
Night By Mr.s. Miller
-The Wilkes County Club of
the Owensboro College Alumnae
Association will meet at the
,liome at .Mrs. Warner Miller,
Frida/ evening at 8 o’clock, un
less the members are notified' of ’Virginia. She was a member
othanHse. “We are* especially'
will
ers of this section:
labletoattend. Burial will follow I “The Emergency Farm Mori
I in Greenwood cemetery. igage Act of 1933 which recently ^ totaling nearly 400,000,
Flowerbearers will he mem-i passed Congress and was approv-i^^ ^ saving in interest
i hers of the school faculty and | ed by the President May 12th, is
members of the F'idelis Class of: of great importance not only to
the First Baptist church. I the borrowers from the Federal
Miss Eller was born at Marion, | Land Bank of Columbia, which
Va., the daughter of the late J. j operates in the states of North
P. Eller and Mary Ann Laxton j Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
Eller, natives of Wilkes county. (gla and Florida, but to the
Before coming to North Wilkes- j thousands of other farmers who
boro, she taught In the schools i are now In debt. To the Federal
of approximately *11,000,000 an
nually or a total of *55,000,000
in the next 5 years.
“Fully as important as the re
duction In the rate of Interest to
old borrowers is the announce
ment that under the new act the
Federal Land Bank will be able
snxloaa tot erery one who poa-
■slbly can ittend to be present,"
t.*B oitieial ftated yesterday.
of the North Wilkeshoro school
faculty fpr eight years.
A member of the First Bap-
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OIC/ XIWW sxa -uvivv. - 1 t. *1 1
Land Bank borrowers It means i to make loans, through national
that for a period of 6 years be
ginning July 11th. the interest
rate on their, long-term, amortiz
ed, first mortgage loans from the
farm loan associations, during
the next two years, at a rate not
to exceed 4 1-2 per cent. This
low rate Of interest wUl (»!atiime
er mortgage holders will be re
duced as these banks, since their
organization in 1917, have estab
lished a minimum rate in the
farm mortgage field, other In
stitutions and individuals follow
ing closely behind.
'“The Emergency Farm Mort
gage Act also provides that bor
rowers from Federal Land Banks
whose loans are in good standing
will he required to make no pay
ments on the principal of their
loans during the same five-year
period. Izoans which are ,not
made through . national farm
loan associations but directly by
the bank will'bear, one-half of
V>«> ’.11- ■ auTMLi'
one per cent higher’rate of Inte^ at -first rejeq'
(Ci8itliiQe4..on page eeTeo) (ronMnned on n
the appropriations bill, long be
fore the revenue measure was
introduced.
Anti-sales taxers fought hard
against appropriations recom
mended by the joint appropria
tions committee. If those supply,
figures went through, a sales tax
would be necessary to balance
the budget.
For two days the anti-sales
taxere held the upper hand. Then
the tide finall/ inserted into the
bill. A sales tax was necessary to
balance thq budget. _ ¥
Only the type of such a tax—^
general or selected commodity—-
remained "to . be cho4en. The
Results of the T. B. clinic
which was conducted at (he
courthouse the first two weeks
of the month were announced
Wednesday by the county health
department.
The report of Dr. H. F. Easom,
of'State Sanitarium, the clinici
an, shows that 103 suspects
were examined. Of Hhat number
90 were white people and 13
were • colored people.
Dr. Easom was assisted in the
clinic by Dr. A. J. Eller, county
health officer, and Mrs. Bertha
Bell, county health nurse.
Results of che diagnosis were:
Positive—new cases, 4; re-exam
ination's, 9; total, 13; probable,
2; doubtful, 13 white, 2 colored;
negative, 59 white, 10 colored,
total, 69. Number of ex-patients
examined', 3.
Treatment was advised as fol-
lotvs: sanitarium treatment, 9;
X-,ray and further examination,
16; adviaed to keep temperature
record and have sputum examin
ed, 10; adviaed •‘to take home
treatment, 6; advised to have
tonsils removed, 4; number ^- «e-
'ferred to family physician tor
special treatment, 16. ^ ~
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^ Mr. FranSt Parker, of States
ide, has been ' slater,
Mrs. James of* '