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xxvn, NO. 53
PuMisti«d
>nd Thiir^ys ’ IjORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, MAY 29, 1933
■'cwi
independent
fair and aquaMB .«
and all, fb|a newspopv
la dedicijted' tor tUe prF*
gteaa afc wyh»^Oa«».
m'jHE STATg--5iir0ia OF rag^
^GUbert Barks, Colored, Dies
Frm iSow On Head With Axe
• f •
lit Stone
'V
leve
Sudter Sales, His Alleged i
Assailant, Is In Coun
ty Bastile
Prison Itofky
Seek To Continue! Finals Of City
.;> Gilbert Parks, 2B-year-old col
ored man of Roaring River Route
2, died at the Wilkes Hospital
Saturday about 11:30 o’clock
^Irom Injuries sustained Thurs-
■ day afternoon when he was
struck, on the head with an axe
said to have been wellded by
..Sucker Sales, another colored
man of the same community.
Sales is alleged to have picked
up the axe and struck Parks
during a quarrel between the
two men Thursday afternoon.
ParKa •was knocked unconscious
by tba blow and died without re
Schools of City
As An Urban Unit
Schools Opened,.
Sun^y Mofiiiiu[
Application To Be Made To
State School Conunission -
* For Privilege
BOARDS MET IN CITY
County and City Boards In
Accord Relating To Fu
ture of Schools
By unanimous action of both
the Wilkes County board of edu
cation and the board of educa
tion of the North Wilkesboro
public schools, application to set
up the town of North Wilkes
Sermon Delivered Yesterday
By Rev. J. H. Annbrust;
Gribtnn Coming
CLASS NIGHT THURSDAY
Graduating Exercises To^ Be
Held On Friday Evening,
June 2nd
Despite a highly eriotional tral
, I a jury of twelve matried men re
gaining consciousness. He was a verdict of nurder in the
brought to the hospital Immedi-j gefonj degree against Harry
ately after being Injured. Murch, 16-year-old New York'i,„ro as a city administrative
Sales came to Wilkesboro Sat- j school boy for stabbing a 12-year-1 i,„it in the school system will be
urday evening and surrendered : dj playmate to death. The pen-1 forwarded to
to Sheriff W. B. Somers and is ! alty is 20 years to life imprison
in jail without privilege of bond.! onment.
Provioualy the ofUcers had been i
unable to locate him, it being ^
State
i
to locate him, it
thought that he was hiding out
Gilbert Parks was the son of
Hamp Parks, who survives hi
He is also survived by his wife,
data Walker Parks, and two I
brothers. Kloyd and Lonnie. j
The funeral secvioe was to be.
conducted from Union
Banquet k Given
^ For Gulf Dealers
In This District
the new
l,Sehool Commission today.
A joint meeting of the two
boards s’as held in the office of
the North Wilkesboro Insurance
Agency this morning. The meet
ing was called for the purpose ef
making recommendatiens to the.
State School Commissioa re^iard-
ing tke beindaries of the North
Wilkesbore school district. Such
a meeting was necessitated by
ckurck Monday (today) at
•’deck by Rev. J. W. Majors.
I _ a meeting was necessitaieu , w.
Grove j D, Coffey, Jr., Distributor, I the 1933 school law which abol
I
Is Ho.-it; Anuounceinent
Was Made
Reynolds Speaks
At Lions Meeting
«AS NOW LUBRICATED
i ished all special school districts.
I Various members of both
I board's expressed themselves as
I being iu favor of continuing |
Uical distribu-1 ^’o^lh Wilkesboro as a city ad-
T h e baccalaureate sermon,
opening the annual commence
ment of the North Wilkesboro
schools, was delivered at the
First Baptist church yesterday
(Sunday) morning by Rev. J. H.
Armbrust, pastor of the Metho
dist church.
“‘Measuring Life" was the sub
ject of the sermon. Life is not
measured by time, nor by pos
sessions, nor by happiness, nor
by attainments, but by growth,
the members of the graduating
'Class was told.
The local minister delivered a
.strong «e8s«ge t* the large con
gregation which filled the ehurch
to capacity.
The organ prelude was render
ed by Mrs. I,ewls Nelson a'nd the
choir sang. "Lead On, Oh King
Eternal." The scripture reading
was by Rev. Eugene Olive, pas
ter of the First Baptist church.
The offfei'tory was given by
f' School Orators o£ U. S.' r. r
Reprieve Suii^Iit -
ByJndgeGowper
WiBces Slayef^ J^^^^.B
Executed Oir cffoBy of
This Week .
KILLED SON-rti-tAW
Was Convicted Upon Circum
stantial Evidence of
Strong Nature '
!(irtD
Here are the four ckampion higb school orators of the United
States for 1933, crowned at the national meet at Wooster, 0. No. 1.
Caryl Arnold, Grand Rapids, Mich., (humorous); N*. 2, Harold Stark,.
Granite City, 111., (oratorical): No. 3, Gene Davis, Cicero, IlL, (original
oratory); No. 4, Robert Dunham, Sioux Falls, S. D., (extempore).
Bryant Stone, Wilkes county
white man under sentence of
j death for the sla^ng of ■ his son-
I in-Iaw, Wayne Norman, was
granted a 30-day reprieve Satur
day by Governor Ehringhaus.
Stone was to have been execut
ed in the electric chair Friday of
this week.
The reprieve was requested by
Judge 6. V. Cowper, 'who pre
sided over tbe court last August
at which Stone was convicted.
Thteie were no eye witnesses to
j tbe slaying of Norman and Stone
was convicted upon evidence
which tbougb circumstantial was
of a strong natucs.
During She expiration of the
3ft-day period. Governor Ehring
haus will seek to obtain all the
circumstances in the case on
which to base his decision on
Ithe'appeal for a commutation of
the death sentence.
P. M. Reid’s Store At Spmgeon Was , ^ „„„
Entered and Robbed Friday Morning:
I this termory ai a ueiiKHLi-ui uau-
His Subject Was “Hi.‘?tory of .quet which was held at the G. D.
Wilkes”; Committee : coffey & Sons warehouse Wed-
Maku^ Report i nesday evening.
' After the delightful dinner.
. ''f^rn't^Refin^Vg comMnTprr-'n^ unit. It has been ) Mrs. Lewis Nelson and a vocal!
drs w:l hos;"o G"fdeaierLnJ operated under this plan since solo. "Holy City," was sung
the legislative act of 1904 which
created the North Wilkesboro
charter school district.
Brothers Again
this territory at a delightful ban-
Miss Grace Grissom.
The commencement
was then delivered. The benedic
j Together After
sermon 132 Years Apart
Loaded Saf? on Truck andi
Carted It About Half
Mile Away
Meet Tomorrow
Should the Slate School Com-j tion was spoken by Rev. C. W. I
mission give favorable considera-1 Robinson, venerable pastor of |
An address by Henry Reynolds.* told the deal- I'on ^o the application, the j the Presbyterian church.
- , UlsuiiiULUi \ i TITMI 1 THo nfvotliiria wns rAni
I itu LUi h
popular local after-dinner speaker. about the new
X--K _
. was the high light of the semi-
'^Blpnthly meeting of the Lions club
8| Hotel Wilkes Thursday eve-
* "* Mr. Reynolds spoke on ih ‘ ‘‘His
tory of Wilkes County.” Going
back to the early .settlements in
Wilkes, Mr. Reynolds touched
upon the high .spots in the coun
ty’s history.
’The program was in charge of
E. A. Shook and H. V. Wagoner.
The nominating committee
which was composed of B. T. Hen
derson, Henry Moore and J. H-
McNeill made its report- The an
nual election of officers will be
held at the next m-eting.
low uie ueui- -- - ■ , J J u
Good Gulf gas-' North Wilkesboro school proper- The postlude was rendered hy
oliiie The gasoline, the dealers Uy will remain within the custody Mrs. Nelson.
. 1. 1 K.„n troatert with I of the North Wilkesboro school The commencement exercises
.^:;ocS^^"cWind^Sri^ntiboard as will the making- and continue Thursday evening with
or ' **^**^y^^y out of all pollcioB.relafcn.claaa exercises
llh'king values and other top {InK ‘he operation of the
cylinder lubricating troubles. The j
new lubricated gasoline will he j
sold to the public at the same,
price as the regular Good Gulf j
gasoline.
Dr. A. J. Eller To
Lecture Midwives
On Friday evening, the com
mencement address to the gradu
ating class will be delivered by |
Dr. Robert Gribbin, pastor of St. '
Paul's Episcopal church. Wins-1
ton-Salem. An excellent program
has been arranged for the clos
ing exercises which will be fea-
Tlie following interesting
item is taken from a St.
Maries, Idaho, newsimper:
Golston Smith and son P'nsl,
of North Wilkesboro, North
Carolina, motoretl to St. Ma
ries, arriving here Tuesday to
pay a surprise visit at the
•tmino of the former’s brother,
A. .\. Smith. The brothers had
not seen each other since the
latter left for the west 82
years ago
WDRRITPSS 'MAirir F^CAPP ^ Moravian
ROBBERS MAKE ESCAPE gchoolhouse; Is
P. M. Reid's store, one of the
largest country stores' in the
county, which is located at Spiir-t
geon postoffice, was broken into
' and looted by thieves early Frl-
I
I day.
I Gaining entrance through a
window, the thieves took a still
jiunknown quantity of merchandise
i consisting of suits, shoes, hats.
Annual Meeting
The Brushy Mountain Rural
Letter Carriers’ Association will
hold its annual meeting in the
Moravian Falls school auditorjnm
tomorrow (Tuesday). Carriers
from Wilkes, Iredeli and Alexan
der will be in attendance, the
three counties composing the asso
ciation.
An excellent program will get
, „ . ;r.. . I Hired bv the address and the pre-
Law Requires Midwives To diplomas to the
Attend Course; To Be
Given Next Week
graduating class.
Dr. A. J. Eller,
M. E. Auxiliaries
To Meet In City
Meeting At Local Methodist
The dealers were all very en
thusiastic about the new pro
duct and expect a big increa.se in
their sales.
Dealers attending the meeting
were:
A. Greene. Deep Gap; J. .4.
Elledge, Purlear; C. L. Pearson, j otfjeer, will meet niidwives
Purlear: Mitch Reeves, Cricket: the county at central points in people’s Cash Store
D.-E. Turner ,‘he county next week and give a , wilkesboro’s newest mer-
jBum.garner, North W ilkesboro. . course in midwifery. At each I
I Hilton Johnson. North W .Ikes-1 point the course will «“‘rt at 9 i building adjoin-
I boro: Glenn EUcr. North Wil-|a. m. and, except for rcos. on Tenth
keshoro: H. C. I.andon. Jr.. ,i continue until 4 - --
county health
of
People’s Cash Store Is
Now Open For Business
tobaccos and many other items ..... »—
and then proceeded to ransack. ynder way at 10 a. m. The mom-
Tlie three men left Wednes- I Spurgeon post office, which isjing- hour will be featured by an
’ 'located in the store building. Lit-,• address by R- Don Laws, editor of
tie, if any, money had been left | the Yellow Jacket and well known
in the post office department and | lecturer.
the thieves, after going through j Dinner will be served at 12:30
the mail and papers, left them : and in the afternoon there will bo
scattered about. No money order a business session, string music
blanks were taken,
j I'indlng no money in the open,
I the thieves loaded a fiOO-pound
I safe and carted it about a half-
(mile away and blew it open.
day to .spend a couple of day-s
with .\. Smith’s son, A. T.
Smith in Spokane, and his
daugjliler, Mrs. Perry .Ja.sper
in Cusick, Washington.
Superior Court
Convened Today
and a baseball game.
in Wilkesboro
! However, it Is stated that there
was practically no money In the
safe.
Budweiser Beer
Is Now On Sale
Church Tomorrow Be
gins .At 10 O’clock
Ladies from srveral towns in
this section will gather here to
morrow (Tuesday) for a zone
meeting of Methodi.st church aux
iliaries. The meeting will begin
at 10:30 o’clock.
The zone is composed of North
Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro, Sparta,
Union and Moravian Falls.
The ladies are expected to bring
lunch and the meeting will be in,
session until general business i
matters are attended to.
North Wilkt-.^lmro: L. G. Cald
well. .Nortli Wilkesboro; W. W.
Woodruff. Hays; J. W. .Adams,
North Wilkesboro; .Archie D.
Rhodes, North Wilkesboro: W.
.A. Groce. Wilkesboro; Ernest
MeLean. Moravian Falls; W. F.
McNeil, Purlear; L. I.. .McNeil.
Purlear; 0. D. Kilby, North Wil-
keshoro: T. P. Elledge. Purlear;
Ralph Caldwell, Boomer; Odell
Whittington, Reddies River; I.
R. Vannoy. Daylo; .A. F. Kilby,
North Wilkesboro; C. B. Lomax.
North Wilkesboro.
; Street. The new store is owned I
p. m.
Midwives may select whatever | ^ by W. M. Osborne,
place they wish to attend, hut it i . . . i , ,i,„
they wish to continue to Prac-) business In the coun
t.ce midwifery, they mu^st attend,
one of the meetings. Dr. Eller | ^
said this morning. The law re-1
,Jwho has been'engaged in the
PUBLISHER DIES
AT TAYLORSVILLE
Listers Are Now
Completing Work
Taylorsville, May 27.—John E.,
owner and erlitnr of The’ ^ r « j
Taylorsville Times, died at his D. 0. and S. L- Paidue
borne here at 5 o’clock this after-1 Listing Countv and
[fr noon after a lingering illness with' City Ta.xes
diabetes. He is survived by his I
, Widow and two .sons, W. G. Hart, I
l of Springfield. Mo., and H. H- keshoro township tax lister, and
I wi F s J, pardiie, city lister, are now
I' Hart, of Bluefield. W. Va.
Judge Michael Schenck Is' it was believed that there were
Presiding; Is To Try Civil 'three members of the party.
Cases Only ' f^ree different tracks in front
^ -> spot
‘ of the store around the
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company;
Is Distributor In Local
Territory
-- — I A shipment of Budweiser beer>
TO LAST FOR 2 WEEKS | where the truck had been backed |
iiiiauc by the famous brewer,
. i up to Ic.ad the safe indicating' Anheuser Bu.sch, was receiv'd Sat-
, A splendid line of clo'hing, A two weeks’ t=rm of superior | sheriff W. B. Somers and
said this morning. The | shoes, etc. has been stocked. The , court opened in Wilkesboro this ^gp„tieg were notified of the
quires their attendance, he ' i „gw store is also handling a full i morning. Judge Michael Schenck,! investigation was
us,. line of'staple and fancy groc-|one of the state’s ablest superior; g,^g to the iden-
Followiiig IS the sehediilo. Lries Mr Osborne invites a visit: court jurists, is on the bench. i.v.
Wilkesboro schuolliouse, Mon-, ' ‘ .
day, June 5. |
Trapihill schoolhouse, Tuesday, i
June 6. r
Summit schoolhouse. Wednes
day, June 7.
Roaring River schoolhouse,
Thursday, June 8.
Ronda schoolhouse, Friday,
Junis 9.
to his new store.
' tity of the parties was obtained.
Since this is a civil term, only a j I’lie robbery occurred about 3
Memorial Service
small crowd was on hand when I Friday morning, it was
: court convened. Attendance is usu-
All Boy Scouts are ask'^d to
meet in front of Hotel Wilkes,
tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at ^
7 o’clock for the Memorial Day;
Service which will be held in
the city.
I ally light at civil terms.
thought. A neighbor living near
ligni at civil terms. | t,,g
number of important civil
safe was
cases are on the
trial.
calendar for
C. N. Watson Dies
LUGH SEASON OFF 10 A GOOD
STAKhHRSTGAMESSAIlIRDAY
I Was Uncle Of A, A. .And AV. K.
Sturdivant, Of This City
I News was received here Sun-
, day of the death -of E. N. Wat-
I son, prominent citizen of Kate
'city, Va., who passed away Sat
I completing their work of listing
I property for taxation. All those
; who have not yet listed their
I taxes are urged to do so at once.
- (Parody on “Springtime in the' A* ^as frequently been point-
BJekies." written and sunk by .«^, out, no adjus nients In prop-
.£^3 Ellen Robinson at the valuation will be allovied
[Springtime In
TTie Brushies
wanis club luncheon.)
When it’s springtime in the Brush-
, ies,
And the woods are all aflame
azalea and laurel,
And flowers of ev’ry name;
’ Once again we come to revel
la the beauty of the hills,
'when it’s springtime in the
Brushes,
In 0»e Brushies oh, so fair.
'When ft’s summer in the Brushies,
And the cottages are filled
Wit)j those who love the mountains
Am! the glowing view from
I tibere,
the lovely Yadkin valley,
d the bMmtlful Blue Ridge:
Lit’! sninmer in the Brushies,
j BrtuUes over tlisre- '
after the township books are
closed. For this reason every tax
payer is urged to list now before
the listers finish their work.
W. C. T. U. Will Meet
On Thursday Afternoon
The meeting of the W. C. T.
U— which was postponed last
Thursday will be held the com
ing Thursday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock at the home of Mrs. R.
E. Faw. Ail Interested ladies are
invited to attend.
Visit Chicago
With Only $6
I .1. R. Forter ami son, George,
I 'returned iast week from Cliica-’
I 'go, 111., where tliey s|)ent six
! weeks, looking over the World
Fair grounds and had an en
joyable time all for gO.
That is something of a rec-
onl for being easy on the pock-
etbook. However, anyone plan
ning to make the trip should
hardly use this as a basis. They
caught rides and did -a very
successful job of “burning,’’
which is something of uu art
in itself.
Second Games Will Be Played.’^rday night following an illness
Saturday; All Teams
Played
blown open heard Jthe explosion,
but thought it was
shooting. He said it was between
3 and 4 o’clock when the explos
ion occurred.
Tire tracks indicated that the
thieves started away in the di
rection of North Wilkesboro.
Md
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gaither
from spent the week-end in Thomasville
with Mrs. Gaither’s parents, Sher
iff and Mrs. G. V. Bodenheimer.
On Saturday Mrs. Gaither attend- .— —
ed the ropniao of h«r class at'dug a hole in the frovnd MiBrtb
Greensboro CoUg^, Greensboro. it -
YOUTH ES KILLED
Asheidlle, May 25.—Fred Hall,
21, was killed instantly when
struck by lightning while lying in
a hammock in the yard of his
home ihere today. ’
The bolt struck a tree, coursed
down it through the hamntock and
North Wilkesboro, Millers
Creek, Wilkesboro Clingman
were the winners of the opening
gamea^of the Wilkes County
iBasebwl League season Satur-
1 day.
The sea.^on started off auspic
iously with 'high class games in
each instance .lespite rain-soak
ed turfs. '
The North Wilkesboro Torna
does defeated Moravian Falls at
the fairgrounds 7 to 3. Coy Bil
lings, who was on the mound for
the local team, was in rare form
and set the visitors down with
four hits. Dickie Hlx, Moravian
Falls ace, also pitched brilliant
ly, but had weak support at
times by Uie Infield which was
haniflcapped by the wet ground.
Rob Billings, Bill Mead and
Russ Hayes starr^ for^ North
Wilkesboro, w h il e Lawrence
gMdtcher was the star hotb on the
fWAAiAi Jit bM AarJMo*"?* :
(Coatlnued qn foor)
of several weeks. Mr. Watson was
an uncle of Messrs. W. K. and
A. A. Sturdivant, of this city.
Mr. Watson until recently held |
a responsible position with the i
Virginia highway department, I
being in charge of road construe-
Service Station
Opened To Public
urday by the Pepsi-Cola Bottling
company and goes on sale in.
number of th» leading restaunyit
stores and service stations of,i
county.
Budweiser, the most popular
beer at the time beer was out
lawed by the government and the
famous brewer refused to place"
explosion, j gjjy jjggj. had not been proji-
somebody pgfiy aged on the market when the
manufacture and sale of beer be
came Igeal in April. This is the
first time Budweiser, “king of bot
tled beer,” has been av.uilable in
this section.
The Pepsi-Cola Bottling com
pany announces that among the
Budweiser deale'-s will be Fores
ter’s Nu-Way, Snappy Lunch,
Beeches Place, Princess Cafe, Ab-
sher and Eller, Mitch Ree'ves'
station, located
Service station, located near
Dick’s Service Station No. 3 [Cricket on the Boone Trail high-
wT J iTi-iAQv ' way, Red Castevens Service sta-
Had Fine Opening Fnday , J’ ^
and Saturday
Dick’s Service Station No. 3, Bottled beer is now on sale, and
being in charge of road construe- I ’’on .top Of the hill,’’ was | keg beer will be available in the
tion and maintenance in twelve the nubile 1
counties.
The funeral was to be held
this (Monday) afternoon at 2 p.
m.
opened to the public Friday and
Saturday, the opening being at
« . t 1 ~ ..a X vrmt/wlafi
H. H. Morehouse Host To
Kiwanis Club Directors
H. H. Morehouse was host to
directors of the Kiwanis club at
Hotel Wilkes Thursday evening.
Dr. Fred C. Hubbard, president of
the chib, was in the chair and re
ceived reports from the chairmen
of several compiittees.
Mr. T. M. Crysel, of Wllkes-
horo, former cdtinty official and
one I of the' b«t known magto-
trates In the county,' was taken
%o a StatesvUle hospital last week
>,twiatnn>nt- . HIS condition; iS'
,dty/^ited In and JBWn
to litvp a comidi»^e service
tended by Hundreds of motorists
from all sections of the county.
Attractive offers, coupled with
a superior filling station service,
combined to attract many visi
tors.
Mr. A. A.,(Dick) Cashlon, the
proprietor, this morning express
ed himself as well pleased with
the receptlog, accorded his new
station and expressed his thanks
to all those who paid the station
a visit. I
The new station handles
Standard gasoline and other
Standard- products and Firestone
TlrM.^v, ■ *.
Mr. V. S/ Foriiihtr, Jr„‘ of this
near future.
The Pepsi-Cola Bottling com
pany is distributor of Budweiser
in Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany, Wat
auga and Alexander co.mtties.
Mrs. Albert Eller Boys ' '
Interest IB' Cbife Here
•V
,4
J
1
Mrs. Albert Eller has phrrikfaad
the interest of Woodrow jUbriter
in tbe Absher and Eller Cafe and
in the future the cafe ■will be ope
rated under the name of “Mrs.
Eller’s Cafe.” The cafe .is located
next door to. TomUaM^.’i^. ..J^.
partment Store.
Mrs. EUot and Mr. AiteheT^oP^
rated thie cafe' several vre^
Md it has enjoyed h pat-
romge.1k. Mra. DOffi v^ continoa
S*