North Carolina Newspapers

Mjf iiMirnal-PBtriot lias ^^MHlnd Ibe trail of pro- veeM la ‘ tho **SUte of I WUkM** lN>r al Teora. ladepeiMieBt. teir and aqaara to qad all, tliia VOL. fitvn, NO^ 55 'JHBBSh PaUished Mondays and Thujre&ys vko’RTH WILKESBORO. N. C., MONDAY, JUNE 5, 19gS ^ V-i >' ■ ’"fe^ *• -1-'’';"^''’'f" i fc dedicatod to t OWr OF THE STA' fa iriiB- NANJS OME OODS City School Finals Came To End Friday; Gribbin Speaks ■Caradtus (Nefl) CMter Is Fomd Dead At Table ^ Sunday t violenceImprobable Spenks Here Splendid Address Features Closin:g Program; 47 Are Graduated BILLINGS B IS KILLED. SMALL BROTHER Pr^. Chelsie Eller EliC • a ‘X- • ' >5-. Found By Fitlher, C. A. Can ter, t^en Latter Arose Early Yesterday ¥> Cornelius (Nell) Canter, a resident of the Oakwoods com- ninnlty, was found dead at the dining table of the Canter home Sunday morning when bis fath er, "0. A. Canter, arose at his Mtlal hour and went into the room. The body lay slumped agaiiut the table. *nie father of the dead man who Is about 85 years of age left hia son sitting at the table eating when he retired Saturday night. • Shortly after retiring Mr. Canter called to him, but getting no re- B^nse he supposed that the younger man had already gone to bed and thought nothing of his failure to answer. . It was thought that he died soon after his father retired. Cornelius Canter was born September 22. 1871 and would, thwefore, have been 62 years of ' tigk had he lived until September 22 of this year. Fonl play in connection with the death of Mr. Canter is thought improbable. He is re-j ported to have had a consider able sum of money on his person I yeaterday morning and had there | been any violence the money I would probably have been miss-1 Ing as no other motive except | robbery would have been likely, j Mr. Canter is survived by his | V:father. C. A. Canter, with whom' ‘ he made his home, and one sist- ’ jw, Mrs. J. M. Lowe, of this city. ' The funeral service was con-: ducted at Mountain Park ceme-1 tery at 3 o’clock this afternoon' with Rev. Kugene Olive in! charge. Rev. J. H. Armbrust ami j Rev. C. W. Robinson were to be ' the assisting ministers. Active pallbearers were Sheriff W. B. Somers, N. B. Smithey, J. | C. Reins. J. W. Uula. T. J. Haig- wood, T, M. Foster, J. R. Hen- • derson and W. E. Smithey. Honorary pallbearers were At torney C. G. Gilreath. Ralph Dun can, Dr. F. H. Gilreath, Julius C. Hubbard. Hon. Charles H. Cowles and J. C. Wallace. CLASS NIGHT THURSDAY Accident Took Place Satur* day Afternoon In Trap- hill Section Enrollment During School Year Reached 10,69, Half acre Announced SHOT THRU ABDOMEN Dr. Robert E. Gribbin, of Win ston-Salem, who delivered liter ary address at commencement e.\ercises here Friday evening. SimiB SCHOOL AT W1LKESR0R0 Speaking on the meaning of three words, Dr. Robert E. Grib bin, rector of St. Paul’s Episcopal church, Winston-Salem, delivered the annual literary address to the graduating class of North ;Wilkes- boro high school Friday evening. The three words which he called to the attention of the graduates were Curriculum, Diploma and Alumnae or Alumnus. Curricu lum in a literal sense means race course, Dr. Gribbin said. He con gratulated the graduates upon finishing one part of their race. Life is rot just one thing, but is made up of many things, he de clared, and he urged the gradu ates to keep a balance in their lives. Diploma, literally speaking, means folded double, the speaker said. Just why it came into use as a certificate of graduation is Seven-Year-Old Brother, Wil lard, Held Gun; Funeral Held Sunday Wallace Billings, ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Romus Bil lings. of Traphill, was shot and killed by his seven-year-old brother, Willaril, about 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon. nie load from the shotgun held by the small boy struck Wallace in the abdomen and death came almost instantly. It is stated that the shooting was accidental. Funeral services tor the boy were conducted from Stony Ridge ehurch Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock by Rev. L. E. Sparks and Rev. Mr. Dillard. A large crowd attended the service. In terment was mad'e in the church cemetery. The hoy is survived by his Clyde Ahderson fatally Cat „ ^011™ By Royal Holland Qn Sunday COWhY Died This Morning At Wilkes Hospital From Injuries Re ceived In Affray; Royal Holland, 21, Surrendered To Sheriff Somers This Morning and Is Now In the County Jail Selected From Large list of Candidates About 11 a. m. Today SUCCEEDS a C.' WRIGHT Clyde Anderson, 18, is dead and Royal Holland, 21, is in the county jail at Wilkesboro as the result of a cutting scrape which took place near the C. H. Hol land mill four miles from Wilkesboro last night about '8 o’clock. not known, he said. But it means | parents and two brothers, Wil lard and Melder, and one sister, Thelma. School For Students Who Failed Opened Today At School Building that a course has been finished. With a diploma “you go out to do more than represent your school; you are a representative of public school education,” Dr. Gribbin told the class. Alumnae or alumnus originally meant one who had been trained A .summer school for delin-|at public expense for public serv- queiit studeni.-. started at Wil-1 That meaning is still ap- »4Ut*uiaLUVit'iii.n:5A.aii-euai. «-» kesboro high school this morning. 1 plicable, the speaker said. When Students who failed in some of i an education he assumes their hi.gh school courses will be permitted to repeat the course under approved teachers and will be given full credit for their work. Misses Grace Gilreath and (Rara Ogilvie will be the teach- j ers. I Instructions will ■aTgtT'TTd^NfVail-1 able for students who failed in | the third, fourth, fifth and sixth | grades in the elementary depart- ' luent. a responsibility, he takes on an obligation that it will take him a (Continued on page eight) GILLIAM REUNION The annual reunion of the Gil liam family will be held Sunday, June 11, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gilliam, of Ronda. The home is located live miles southwest of Elkin on the old Jonesville-Wilkesboro road. Anderson was cut on the arm, an artery being sever ed by the knife blow which was alleged to have been struck by Holland. He was brought to the Wilkes Hos pital, but had lost consider able blood and gradually Weakened. He died this (Monday) morning at 6 o’clock. Funeral arrangements had not been completed at press time. The two boys were said to have engaged in a quar rel, each striking blows when the Anderson youth was struck the fatal blow. Holland came to Wil^es- boro this morning and sur rendered t6 Sheriff W. B. Somers, he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. ,C. H. Holland who reside on Wilkesboro, Route 2, near the scene of the affray. Anderson, a neighbor boy, was the son of Mrs. Amelia Anderson. - Graduate of North CaroUua State College; Taught For Nine Years Prof, and Mrs. S. B. Smithey, ,of Millers Creek, were visitors to ! Raleigh a few days ago. Companion Says Glenn Walsh Shot Policeman J. R. Grayson Signs of Imrovement In Business In State Noticed In Many Lines CMord Wilson Meets With Lions Raleigh. June 3. — Definite signs that North Carolina is on ^ . . . .'the road to economic recovery The pupils are being registered, ^ ^. * , *.* *. , ^ . . „ *• « • u J I and that better times are ahead tixlay and information furnished . , ^ ^ x^fiare seen on all sides as the half- regarding the cost and type of! -^0- _ , * ... , . • wav mark of 1933 approaches, work that will be required. I „ . . u .'i,u ' Reports of healthy gains in state and federal tax collections, i increases in automobile sales and I the production of tobacco and textile products have greeted the month of June. Many Registered Swimming Course Being Conducted At Riverside Swimming Pool; 25 Learn To Swim With the prospect of federal aid, signs of improvement of agriculture also are seen. Early crop reports are up to normal. Proispects of a balanced budget .Approximately 125 persons I operation of the state gov- registered for t ti e swimming1933-S4 fiscal S240.5I4.31. Increases in all lines of highway revenue also were reported. Federal internal revenue col lections in the state last month were approximately $7,685,000 gieate: than in May, 1932, Gil liam Grissom, collector, attribut ing the increase to “a general upward tendency and increased cigarette consumption.” Marked gains in the sale of new automobiles was reported today by A. J. Maxwell, state commissioner of revenue. May sales aggregated 2.160, an in crease of 559 over the April fig ure and 701 above the May,- 19.32, sales. New car sales for Last Rites For Officer Grayson Held On Friday Prof. Chelsie B. Eller, of War saw, was elected superintendent of the Wilkes county school sys tem for the next biennium by unanimous vote of the-’board of education at the regular June meeting today. The election of Mr. Eller was announced about 11 o’clock. Prof. Eller was selected from a list of nearly forty candidates, the list growing steadily during the past few dhys. ’The new school superintendent who will take office on the first Monday in July is a native of Wilkes county and is the son of Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Eller, of Ready Branch. He was educated at North Carolina State College, graduating in the class of 1924. Prof. Eller has had nine years of teaching and executive exper ience. After receiving his college degree, he taught for three years in the school at Warsaw and then transferred to Thomasrille Funeral For Slain Policeman Attended By Large Con course of People _ ,, m 1 T_*„ for one year. The following year Carlie ^r^tt Taken Into returned to Warsaw as prln- Custody Thursday; Was ' I cipal of the high school there. With Wfilsh Here ] During the recent term. although HE IS AilbWED BONDIVJ Stip"ai of Walsh, However, Refuses To; Arapahoe high school, also locat- Make Any Statement Re- Duplin county. AffaiV He is a young man of ability garding A r possesses an attractive per- Although Glenn Walsh. 25. of|Sonality. His friends predict for Summit, who was arrested short-11**™ a successful term as bead AT METHODIST CHURCH Field . Wanker Here Friday EvelMng For Meeting of Directors t V e, ~11 iitctii L ttJi me X■» w ^ » J course which is being conducted , year, beginning July 1. add to the'the first five months of this year Clifford Wilson, field worker of Lions International, attended a meeting of the directors of the North Wilkesboro Lions club Fri day evening at the Princess cafe. Mr. Wilson diseus.sed plans of the organization for the year. Attending the directors’ meet- mg were W, J. Bason, E- A. Shook, Henry Moore, Ivey Moore. B. T. Henderson and W. F. Absher. Mr. Wilson spent Saturday here working with members of the club. by H. J. Adams and J. E. Klundt at the Riverside Swimming Pool. The course. DPonsored by civic or.ganizations of the city, is free. signs of bettp.r times. Tii.x Colleetions Doiilite State tax collections in May -- . I more than doubled receipts for only a small charge being made jjjg game month In 1932, totaling $520,053.98 as compared with by the owners of the swimming pool. Twenty-five children have learned to swim, while many swimmers have improved. In struction in life-saving has pro gressed spiendi'diy. it is stated. A swimming carnival will be gin Sunday afternoon at 2:30 and it is expected to. bring the course to an end. totaled 7.269, and an increase of 1,592 compared with the corres ponding period of last year. Automobile license registra tions also have shown a steady (Continued on page eight) and wounded last Wednesday eve ning, refuses to make any state ment regarding the affair, offi cers obtained a statement Thurs- A very impressive funeral serv-jjgy carije Cornett, also 25, ice, attended by a large concourse j who was with the alleged slayer of people, for James R. Grayson, Uhat evening, to the effect that Body Is Interred In Baptist Cemetery Here With Juni or Oremony 1 *x VT» u* t> 'Of the schools of Wilkes, ly after Night Officer James R- i „ . j « # n ^ \ Prof. Eller succeeds Prof. C. Grayson was shot and fatally ^ bright who this month com- UA XV/* — ^ / X4*»v V/T a member of the local police force. walsh did the shooting, who was slain by a man believed to be Glenn Walsh, of Summit, Wed nesday evening, ^as condiKted Cornett gave himself up to of ficers who were searching for I him Thursday. He is reported to from the North Wilkesboro Meth-1 officers that he odist church Friday afternoon o„iy ^ short distance ahead pletes thirty-four years as super intendent of Wilkes schools. Prof, and Mrs. Elle.: will move here from Warsaw in the near future, it is stated.’ The election of the superinten dent was the principal matter to come before the hoard this morn ing. All members, C. O. McNeill, chairman, R, R. Church and D. F. Shepherd, were present. The election of' a superlnten- Drawings Of Local Girl Score Again Original Drawing By Beatrice Jennings Used By Author of “Tillie the Toiler” To Work Here Rev. Matthew Gilmore Will Help Rev. C. W. Robinson Rev. Matthew Gilmore, a minis terial student at Union Theologi Kindergarten Is Closed In City New Residence I Mrs. .1. R. Miirlow Coiiipletes Pine New Residence Taught During Year By Mrs, J. L. Oements; Four teen Enrolled The attractive five-room resi dence on the lot of Mrs. J. R. Marlow at the corner of Fifth r. .u At- a'cal seminary, Richmond, Va., ar- For the second time w.thm a ^ere Thursday to spend June, July and a part of Augfust in the local field. During his stay here, the young minister will assist Rev. few weeks the drawings of Miss Beatrice Jennings, local artist, have won for her wide publicity. — ^ o Russ Westover. creator of [C-W. Robinson, venerable Presby- , J itenan minister, and will occupy “Tillie the Toiler,’ used Miss r Jennings’ original drawing a few Sundays ago and repeated Sun day. Miss Jennings is probably J' ■he kindergarten class ron- ted by Mrs. J. L. Clements ing the past winter closed a f successful year last week, ■ourteen children were en- ed during the year and in ly respects the year was coii- ired the most successful since kindergarten class was start-j This completed the third year Clements has conducted the and “D” streets which has been ^ one of the few amateur artists under construction was completed I whose work has been used twice a few days ago and is now ready for occupancy. Mrs. Marlow let contract for its construction some time ago. In addition to the five rooms, there is a breakfast room. The residence has all conveniences 1 and is very attractive. r by Westover within such a short period. Miss Jennings is the daughter of Attorney and Mrs. R. C. Jen nings, of 803 “C” street, this city. the pulpit on several occasions. Rev. Mr. Gilmore is a young man of striking personality and is tended a cordial welcome to North Wilkesboro. Mr. H. M. Scott and daughter, Mabel, of Albemarle, spent a few hours in the city Sunday. , dent of public welfare, slated to 2 o’clock. Walsh when the shooting took j ^p today, may not be The last rites were in i place. After the shots which kill- { reached this afternoon. This Rev. J. H. Armbrust, assisted jtjg policeman were fired. Cor-1 giggtjon ^^111 take place at a joint Rev. C. W. Robinson, venerable .u. 1 ,. . . .. pastor of the local Presbyterian church. After the service, the body was interred in the Baptist cemetery with the rites of the Junior Order. Officer Grayson hav ing been a member of North Wil kesboro Council No. 51, Jr- 0- U. A. M. Beautiful floral offerings, car- nett said he walked to the cor-1 meeting between the board of ner of Main and Ninth streets, I education and the board pf coun- turned down Ninth to “A” street I jy commissioners. • ' and then out “A” street to Tenth and then up Tenth street to the point, where his truck was park ed. He th'fth returned to his home neah Summit, he said. Paced with his companion’s Superior Court Ht* a Y Entered Second Ter Of Two Weeks 'Today rteauuiui iiujoi uiiciingo, . . u . ■ Superior court for ried by friends of the family, at- charge of guilt, Walsh, however, enterait'i tested to the high regard in which refused to make any statement. Officer Grayson was held by ac-j Cornett, after telling his story quaintances in this city and else-!to officers, was held as a ma- [terial witness, but was allowed James R- Grayson was bom De-j to fill bond of $500 and was re- cember 6, 1910, and was, therefore, | leased. trial of It'ipon the second week of a^t,worW^lnt.term this morning. "1 ^ 22 years, 6 months and 26 days of age. Mr. Grayson was shot and fatal ly wounded about 9 o’clock Wed nesday night when he attempted to arrest a man alleged to be carry ing a concealed weapon. The mam shot him through the abdomen | lor campaign staged by the and arm, two of fiv* shots taking j Southern Public Utilities com- (Continued on page eight) Saturday. Progress has beer, slow as Is usual in hearing civil cases. Fol lowing is a list of cases disposed of up to, Friday afternoon: F. T. Alexander St al vs. Spen- cer T. Thorne, non-suited. _ ^ Successful Kelvinator j C. D. Coffey et al vs. Carrie CamDaign Comes To End, McFain, administratrix, and P. IB. Brown, judgment for $269.00 The record-breaking Kelvina- with interest in favor of plaln- Night Uillcer Grayson was (Continued on page eight) Go To Statesville Moves To Wilkes ’Ith three successful years pleted, prospects are bright a still larger class when the £ Is taken up again this fall. Mary Lois Foster L. E. Stacey, of Lenoir, who was; formerly connected with the old C. C. Smoot and Sons tannery here in the capacity of chemist, moved into the A. R. Sherman residence in Wilkesboro last week. Mr. Stacey is now connected with the Regional Agrricultural Credit corporation whose head quarters are at Raleigh. Mr. Stacey is well known Officers Of Company “A" Officers Meeting At *ary Lo*® Foster, eight- nths’ old daughter of Mr. and I. B. M. Foster, of Wilkesboro rnshlp, died Saturday after- . >n at 5 o’clock. 'The funeral Wilkes and has many mends who | meni. s held at Ailmr church Sun Officers of the First Batallion of the 105th Engineers, North Carolina National Guard, held a meeting at ’Vance Hotel, States ville, FVWay evening for the purpose of discussing the sum mer training period at Camp Jackson and other matters of in- ii^fterest to the batallion and regi- Retention of County Health Nurse Discussed by Kiwanis Federal Support WUl Be Withdrawn After July 1, Kiwamans Are Told By PP- W. Eshelman; Committee Appointed To Confer With Board of County Commis sioners About the Matter It was the most successful cam paign ever put on by the local office and much of the credit is due to the' hard work and effi cient sales organization under the direction of Manager M. O. Butner. More Relvlnators were sold in the 60-day period than were sold during any two years prior to the campaign. tiff. C. D. Coffey, C. S. Coffey and C. D. Coffey, Jr., trading as C. D. Coffey & Sons, vs. H.' B. HalK and Myrtle Hall, compromise set tlement of $600 for plaintiffs. welcome him and his family back to the Wilkesboros. Qdge Jnhoaon 3. Hayes, of the Idle federal district, has re lated A. B. Vail, of Jeffer- Ualted'SUtee eommiseioner eoaaty for a tepn of Mr. J. H. Whicker, Jr., a stu dent at the University of North CaroU^ Chapel HiU, arrived last week to spend the summer with bis pardats, Attodmy Und Mrs. J. H. Whicto, Sr. Officers of Company “A”, lo cal company, going were Captain R. R. Reins and lieutenants E. P. Robinson and W. G. Staley. , Mr. S. Bk RletkOdson, of this city, spent the ViMjlt-mid mony with hi* xAHaHi/l Mrs. W. (^ tSIdhaidsoit. The question of whether theieral support is withdrawn. ’The position of health nurse will be discontinued after July 1 when the federal government with draws its support was broflght to the attention of the Kiwanis club at the regular weekly lunch eon Friday by P. W. Eshelman, president of the Wilkes Hosiery mills. ■^' Under the present plan, the .nuree-’s salu7 Is paid by the fed- ‘ssiil"dx>veniment had the' state); .ft Id* ttUdontMd that sUte fufiik TfU sthi be availaWe after te^ only plan that appears feasible If the nurse Is to he kept is for the county to supplement the funds allowed by the state. Kiwanlans expressed them selves.^ as favoring the retenUjoii: of the nurse and appointed H. H. Morehouse, f. R. Finley and P. W. Bsheliian on a- committee t« confer with the hoard of county comnlsalonen in regard to*> the. mattef,. . v-'A * . Mrs.. Bertha ^ Beil ia county (CosUnned face Mdbt) , ^ Four Men Arrested 'Iliiirsday In ’Traphill 8ectl*n” Board Of Equalization To Meet Cmninc Mtkday The Wilke* Connty Board of EqnallzaMoa will meet Mon day, June 18, at the court house in^WUkeaboeo for the parpase of bMOttv'any aad all complaiBtB regardbiK ttw valnatton pfooed m propeety by the IMen aaft asseesom. y Faflue to mek'^ with the boasd and tfle a omaplal^ next Monday wiB bar tupsqr- era from obtaining taftber ad* ■ ..’«i Cajight m -'ll Four men . were taken trlnto custody Thursday by federal pro hibition agents when fthey were caught at a- dis^wy place In the Traphill section. ? The. stlU was not in operation, bat'.tha..JDate' rials Indicated they were getting ready to begin oipoiatioa*' The four meU' wei* ‘Baeelson and Ony BilUngs, W. Ct Bfoek* and Walter BarkB,i5«ThBy -were given a preltanihuy be fore United Siate»^ Commission- g Mr J. W. Dnia aad iHled bond of iSOO each'for th«M appsazaiiBe at the next tent of tkesaLsM^ q- Agnnta H. C. KUby. D. C. Bet tor a&d R. S. Profette asade the arrests. _ 8