'wr Weeks Superior Court
^tts Monday; IS Murder
Mnd 2Rape Cases On Docket
To Be Presided
er By Cowper
Very Close But
Still Alive
TsMety-Tyro Defendants In!
15 Mur^r Cases Docket
ed For Trial
WALSH TRIAL AUGUST
Two Weeks Special Term Toi
Ron Into Regular Term
Starting August 7
feginnlnK Monday morning, ,
WUkes ia to have four successive
■weeks of Superior court.
, The special term, called by
OoTemor Ehrlnghaus at the re-1
lB«st of the commissioners, be-'
gins Monday and continues un-
tn the date of the regular term ;
August 7.
Judge Q. V. Cowper, who pre-i
sided over the August term of'
court last year, will be on the j
bench during the special term. ■
SoUcltor John R. Jones will |
prosecute the docket. j
Fifteen murder cases are in-;
eluded In the large number of
caees awaiting trial. The entire j
lour weeks will be devoted to the ,
trial of criminal cases and the j
atata is expecting to dispose of
a targe majority of the cases.
In addition to the murder cas-
M. W. Beach, a member of
The Journal-Patriot’s mechani
cal force,'had a verj' close
shave Tuesday afternoon, but
is still alive to tell the story.
Standing beside a tmdc in
WUkesboro w^atchlng a teat of
carburetor, he was struck a
glancing blow by a fan leaf
which was hurlel from the fan
and went whizzing over a near
by building into Space. A frac
tion of an inch and the jugu
lar vein would have been sev
ered by the leaf.
The leaf cut through the
.skin on his neck and rlppel
through the ear. Several stitch
es were required ou the ear.
The motor of the truck was
accelerated to a iiigli speed In
making the test and tiie leaf
was hurled with tremendous
forw when it came off.
School Board To
Name Committees
Within Few Days
Because his picture resembled a
son who had drowned, Peter Christ-
opolis, 13, in an Omaha Orphan
advance guard of the
Wilkes county camp of the Givll-
ian Conservation Corps arrived
Home since being 2 years old, is 1 here Tuesday and Immediately
now living in the home of Jean' proceeded to the camp site, lo-
Strengs, a wealthy silk manufac
turer of Paterson, N. J. It is a 3
month trial. If satisfactory to both
Peter will then b? adopted.
Marriage License
Business Picks Up
At County Office
cated on Jones Creek on the Pur-
lear-Parsonsville road.
This advance troop consists of
twenty-five boys, two trucks and
four tents. Lieutenant Howard
Stelllng is in command and Lieu
tenant Wolfe is with him.
The young men are preparing
the grounds for the arrival of the
main body next Tuesday. Captain
Crane, who will be in command,
will not come until the 175 or
more boys are sent to the camp.
Loosening Of Laws Add? Im- Seven acres were leased as a
petUS To Business In camp site and the advance troop
Counties Of State j ** eogased in cleaning off the
; grounds so that tents may be
AGE requirement .18 l pitched immediately .after the
j others arrlye.
The second contingent will
Medical Certificate Is No
Longer Required; Keep
Couples At Home
Now Waiting For Word Of
Teacher Allotment For
The Coming Year
A remarkable increase in the
license hiTsiness has
come by train,' arriving here
about li:50 Tuesday raor-aing.
T. A. Finley, county forest
j warden, who has been assisting
To the right is shown general Italo
Balbo, Italian minister of aviation, who
headed the transatlantic flight of a'-'
fleet of 24 huge flying boats from Italy
to the world fair at Chicago in hops
from the continent to Iceland, Labrador
and Canada. Above are shown the crews
of the boats in review. Chicago grave a
mammoth wslcorae for the -flyers. '
Another 30-Day Respite Is^
Given Wilkes County Slayer
Divorce Is Granted To Bryant Stone Gets Reprieve
Fred C. Smith In Nevada; At Request Of Judge G.
HAVE EIGHT DISTRICTS
es, two men will go on trial
«?’»»«.!! Wilkesb.,ro^;lle« Creek
e.,e, lollom: ' Are Largest Of School
July 24, F'oster Smith, charg-' Distncts
ed with slaying Jesse Ja'uos By- board of eTincation will
®”- a, , - name committees for the schools
Bmui\nd — -. " of .he county as soon as infor-
raarriage license misiness nas | Lieutenant Stelling in every way
been noted since the hew North j possible, said last night he under-
Carolina marriage laws went in- ! stood th&t work will be begun In
to effect July 1, according to ithe latter part of next
Register of Deeds T. H. Settle.
The Wilkes regiater is Of the |
opinion that the increase is en-1
tircly due to the new laws whicn 1
I week.
Ed Brown. Hector
Neil Wadkiiis, charg-
■ ®d with running over ."Mary Lou
Settle with an automobile and
killing her.
r. July 27, De .\rville Mathis,
^pharged with rape.
July 28, Squire Hutchison, for
murder of Tyre- Bowers.
July 31. Herscipel Richardson,
^^harged with murder of Marlin
fjP^^inshaw.
-- ♦.ugnst 1, Odis Sprinkle, oharg-
wlth murder in connection
Ith death of Elbert Sprinkle.
August 3. Glenn Walsli. charg-
■ ed with murder of Policeman
James R- Grayson.
August 7. Dallas .Moore and
^^L^ugene Haupt, charged with
Hjanrder in connection with the'
^ ’’ death of Arville Cass in an auto
mobile accident.
August 9, Frank and Julius
Johnson, charged with rape.
August 10. -Vrmstead Brown,
charged with murder of John A.
Tldllne. at Traphill. I
August 11. Clarence Holloway.
Dock Robinson, Mack Lane, Bar-
' field Holloway, Clifton Adams
and Clyde Canter, charged with
murder of Floyd Clanton at still.,
matlon relative to the number of
teachers to be allotted for the
coming year is received from the
state school commission.
The probability is that the al
lotment of teachers will be an
nounced by the end of the week.
Two hundred and sixty-three
teachers were employed in the
county last year. This number
may be reduced slightly, it is
stated.
Wilkesboro and Millers Creek
are Ibe two largest districts of
the eigjht dirttricts which have
been set up in the county, by the
state school comtnis.sion. F,ach of
I the eight districts, with the ex
ception of the Sulphur Springs
district which is a feeder for
North Wilkesboro. is bnill aro\ni'.
a standard high school.
The eight districts and the
schools in each are as follows:
Wilkesboro district — Wilkes
boro, Oakwoods, Edgewood, Ar
bor, Miller. Osbonieville, Mount
Pis,gab, Lovelace. Somers. Moun
tain View tWindy Gap), Shady
Grove, Cranberry, Boomer, Gosh-
(Continued on page eight)
are less strict than formerly.
If the , contracting parties fur
nish satisfactory proof that they
are over IS years of age, a mar
riage license is granted upon ap
plication, under the new law.
The old law required five days'
notice when either the man or
the woman was under 21 years
I of age.
1 The law requiring a health
'certificate ha.s been repealed rad
'in its place the maid applicant
I for license must file an affidavit
I that he is not suffering from tu-
I berculosis or any venereal di-
jsease. This must be, sworn to be
fore some officer empowered to
I administer an oath.
I Under the new laws, all cou
ples who go out of the state to
1 obtain marriage license must
' register their marriage certifi
cate in the county in wliich the
Program For B.Y.
P.U. Meet Sunday
Associational Meeting To Be
Held At Pleasant Home
Church
Talks by Bryan Burd, regional
president, and Miss Winnie Rlck-
ett, state secretary, will feature
the 'Brushy Mountain B. Y. P.
(Special 'To Journal-Patflot)
ELKO, Nevada, July 17.—A
divorce was granted to Fred C.
Smith and Stella E. Freeman
Smith, of North Wilkesboro,' in I
the courts here July 10. An ab
solute divorce was granted and
the former Mrs. Smith was given
the use of her maiden name.
Vernon Cowper
HE WILL INVESTIGATE
Labor Union
Meet Here Tonight
Another 30-day reprieve was
granted Bryant Stone, Wilkes
county man under sentence of
death for the slaying of Wayne
Norman, his son-in-law, by Gov
ernor Ehrlnghaus Monday.
Governor Ehrlnghaus said' tho
reprieve was granted “solely” at
I the request of Judge G. Vernon
j Cowper, wfio was the presiding
jurist at the trial of the Wilkes
■ Although the eonnty cojnittl*-
sloners will not fix the tax levr
before the first Monday to Au-,
gust, -It is understood that thOjj
rate for 4933 taxes may be 80
cents on the hundred dollars
valaailon. ' ^
C. H. Ferguson, county^ ac-
conntent, who Is authorised" to
collect: taxes until the hew books
are turned over to the sheriff,
is accepting payment on the ba
sis of 80 cents.
The budget may reqqlre a
larger levy, but the fact that Mr.
Ferguson is accepting paympiit
at this figure is generafly inter
preted as nfeanlng that the com
missioners will not go beyond
that rate if it Is possible to avoid
it.
It was learned yesterday that
the_ budget*wiU probably bo com-
piete4^ the latter part of the
month and that ,the levy' will be
fixed either on the first Monday
or soon thereafter.
The tax rate for 1932 was
$1.20. ’ . ■
I man last August.
Officials of Brotherhood Ofi stone was the first man sen-
Carpenters And Jointers jtenced to death by Judge cowper
Are To Be Here 1 jurist asked for time to
/ I make a personal inyestigatlon.
Albert Beck, representative of j Conyicted, on circumstantial
the United Brotherhood of Car-1 evidence. Stone has been in
U. Associational meeting a 11 North Wilkesboro union at ^
penters and Joiners, will address i death row since August of last
I year and has now been save i
members of the newly organized , the.governor. The
Pleasant Home church, near Mil
lers Creek. Sunday afternoon.
The meeting will begin at
groom resides. The registration
2:30 o’clock. The following pro-1 expected to accompany Mr
Nortn wuxesDoro union “‘ J sentence of the lower
meeting at the armory here this j affirmed by the Su-
(Thursday) evening at 8 o clock. i mov
Other officials of the union are '
gram was announced yesterday
by Mrs. Flelen Cashlon, associ
ational president:
Program
Wil-
; lee is 50 cents.
! Loosening, of the requirements ^ Devotional, Eula Lowe,
j is expected to bring back to jjggjjoro B. Y. P. U.
I North Carolina a large portion of; Quartet, Revs. Eugene Olive,
here.
The local union was organized
at a meeting Wednesday evening
I of last week and about 200 men
Song service, conducted by j have applied for membership. _
Rev. Hubert Bullts, Harmony; The charter will be delivered
Baptist church. | to the local union the latter part
Welcome address. Lillian Kil- j of this week or the first of next
by. Pleasant Home B. Y. P. V. , week.
Response, Marie Haigwood, j
i North Wilkesboro B. Y. P. U.
„ ^ I Judge Cowper is expected to
I go into the case further while he
is here during the next two weeks
presiding over the special term
i of Superior court.
Rousseau Named
Senior Deputy
/
the marriage license business
which the state has been losing
to South Carolina, Tennessee and
Virginia during the past several
years.
August 14. Partee ' r'Memorial
lexed muaderer of \\jlliam i AiFay * /-v j j
YoilL ! Marker Is Ordered
August 15. Jannie Wiles and I
Albert Wiles, mother and broth-, Plaque KxiH-etiHl To . m
tr respectively of Everette Wiles, Within Few Days^ 8-2
Sa^ed as accomplices in con- More Is N^HHled
.ectionw9^--Xhemurder^ofNath|
Range Campaign to
End Next Saturday
Wyatt. EvAAe
Urge
The plaque tor the memorial
to the late James ,R. Grayson, a
member of the local police who
Tony White and Robert Brooks ; ^ jjas
was KlllUU a oiiwit vjAww
. Trill be tried during the | ^een ordered, a sufficient sum of
ddas
the regular term in con-
section with the death of
Kilby in an automobile wreck
Fredi'“""®y having
been donated by
friends of the late officer to in
sure payment when it arrives. It
is expected to arrive within ^a
few days. ■* * '
Twenty-two dollars more is
needed before the marker can be
erected. li e Journal-Patriot
wliich has sponsored the raising
of this memorial fund is accept
ing donations and trusts that
many small gifts will be made to
the fund.
A stolen a^omobile was lo- Previously reported $28.00
? cated in the city yesterday by lo- I ' New Donations
) cal police. The car was found In .Genlo Cat'd-well
-frobt ol the Wilkes Hospital and j. C. Reins _ I W
rUlncidence was that R had R. W. Gwyn 100
stolen -from in front of a .
Stolen Car Is
Found In City
''%neated In Front of Hospital
Yesterday; Stden In
, Charlotte
Prices on Eleetric Kange.s
Expectetl To Show In-
Are
" a ■week ago. | _
It wa> a 1039 model Chevro- Bradley Rector, prominent
let and was owned by a Belmont farmer of Emory, Va„ died last
who came here and claim- Thursday evening, according to a
ed It yeatefilay alternoon.
erea.se Soon
The electric range sale staged
by the Southern Public Utilities
company will end Saturday, July
22.
Thrifty housewives who are
contemplating the purchase of
an electric range should buy be
fore the end of the sale and take
advantage of the easy terms and
low prices which are being offer
ed. Commodity prices are rising
rapidly and it is believed that
prices of tho electric ranges will
be increased considerably after
the close of this event.
During the sale, the local of
fice is making the easy terms of
$5.00 down and 24 months In
which' to pay the balance. The
old stovL will be taken In at
$10.00 and applied as a credit.
The housewives are invited to
visit the local office and ask for
I a demonstration. «
mbesage received here by bis
brother-in-law, Mr. J. H. Rec
tor. Mr. Rector was about 75
years of age.
Fa.1, One Dwath Record^
9,000 C. C. C. Men
FayertPtBJe, July 19.—There
haa beep
tke d.OPO *\or J. C. genney company store he^
CoiiaeM&on 'Cerpe. attended a meeting of Pen^
Miwius stpyc'managers In Winston-Salem
' tbe^ laat-joigMi. .Eighteen stores in this,
- J, district were repreaqnted.
Attends Winston MeetUg
W. H. Clark, manager of the
Baseball Games
.All Teams of County Loop
Play Here Saturday
To
All three games In the Wilkes
County Baseball League will be
played In the Wilkesboros Satur
day.
Purlear and Wilkesboro will
clash about 2130 on Wllkeaboro's
field. Ortor MHK will meet Mil
lers Creek, it is understood, about
1:30 at the fairgrounds in order
that, plenty of time may be al-
Avery Church, Hubert BuUis and
Plato Hendren.
' “Looking Unto Jesus for Life's
Ideals.” Vaughn Jennings, Wal
nut Grove church.
“Looking Unto Jesus for Spir
itual Strength,” Grace Blevins,
W’ilkesboro B. Y. P. U.
■T.x)0king Unto Jesus for Guid
ance in Life's Choises,” Clyde
Hayes, New Hope B. Y. P. U.
“Looking Unto Jesus for Guid
ance in Life’s Pleasures,” Lola
Proffit, Goshen.
“Looking Unto Jesus for a Vis
ion of World Needs,’.’ Ella May
Foster, Mt. Pleasant 'B. Y. P. U.
“Looking Unto Jesus for the
Way of Life,” Bill Dancy, North
Wilkesboro B. Y. P. U.
Solo, Rev. Eugene Olive.
Car is Stolen
Here Yesterday
North Wilkesboro Man Given
High Place In Revenue
Department
4
Hayes and Stout
Clan h Reunion
Delightful Affair Held Sun-
dav At Home of Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Nichols
J. R. Rousseau, of this city,
I who has been deputy collector
Taken From In Front of For-1 ji,e state department of
est Furniture Company | revenue, for several years, was
In Afternoon
revenue,
appointed senior deputy by Com
missioner A. J. Maxwell Satur
day.
Mr. Rousseau la consldere^_aa
expert in his field and hae^ade
'one of the department’s most ef-
The 1929 model Ford road
ster, owned by Clarence Rash,
an employee of the Forest Fur
niture company, was stolen from
the streets in front of the fur-fjejent collectors,
niture company on “B” street | icrlends here believe that Mr.
yesterday afternoon. j Rousseau will head one of the
The theft was committed in | collection districts.
“broad” daylight and without j '4. -
the benefit of Mr. Rash’s car IAdvertising
Approximately 256 membeni
of the Hayes and Stout families
attended the first annual Hayes-
Stout reunion which was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. .
Nichols, of Purlear, Sunday.
• Guests gathered at the home in
the morning and enjoyed great
ly the get-acquaInted horfr. P.ev.
G. W. Sebastian made a splendid v
talk just prior t.> the picnic din- "
ner which was spread on the
tables erected on the lawn of the
attractive country home. Letters
were read from Judge Johnson.'
J. Hayes, of l.reensooro, judge
of the middle federal district,
and Rev. J. M. Hayes, of Beck-
ley, W. Va., who expressed re
gret that they 'were unable to •
attend. ' t
The reunion was a most de
lightful affair and it is planned
to make it an annual event.
Those attending from out of
Wilkes included‘Mr. and Mrs.
W. E. Phelps and Miss Sallle Mc
Neill, of Winston-Salem; Sit. and '
Mrs. Eugene Bll^r, of Sewland;
^ Mrs. B. F. Eller and danghtor.
Jack, of Heatont J; H,
Moore ai\d little son, of Oneonte,
N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred L.
Shomaker, of MiamiA Fla,: Mrs.
J. F. Stout, Mrs. Opal Stout '
Short and daug^hter, Jesse Frank
Hall, of Canton, Texas. , ^
al
Wilkes Has Two
Candidates For
Bar Examination
keys. The car had not been lo
cated late yesterday. ^,-ur'
Alabama Goes Wet
Begins Jn August
Little Rock, Ark., July ,19.—
Democratic leaders today, count-
ed ?lrty loyalty as a big factor
Sheriff Is Instmcted To Adver
tise Property On First
Monday ,
Land aiid pi'operty on which
1932 taxes hiTO jiot been paid
T. E. Story and Thoinas R. Bryan
To Take Law Examination
On August 21
in Arkansas’ 5 to 3 indorsement ] Monday In August
of the 21st amendment to repeal advertised dbring the
the prohibition laws and began
a movement to provide beer | geptember.
Dellnquenl; taxpayers
Twj applicants from Wilkes
county are inclfided in the list of
225 candidates- who will take the
bar .examination to be given by
the Supreme court at Raleigh on
August 21. The Wllkei men ere
Thomas R. Bryan, of TraphUl,
and' Prof. T.- E. Story, of Wilkes
boro.
The 225 candidates for admis
sion to. the baj include many
prominent white men, a number,
of negroes 'and a liberal sprink
ling of women.
Jiyick Dqmj^a^y Weda
Elko, Nev., July IS.-^'yWllllain
Harrison (Jack^f Dempsey, for
mer heavywelglK: boxing dham-
plon, and. r.)F{pniiah 'Williams,
vua,.. — .“cheerful littlp;^rfnlX^ of ,the
Idired Moravian Frtte and North Broadway stage, were married «t
Wilkesbor^for'theUr game, a surprise cere"" —
the state.
Returns from yesterday’s elec
tion gave the repeaiists 58,584
votes to 38,214 for the drys
vheri 1,308 of the state’s 1,986
precincts had reported, an esti
mated fonr-filths of the vote
cast, s
Hold Regular Services At
Methodist Church Sunday
The regular services will be
held at the Methodist church
Sunday. The schedule follows:
Sunday school at 9:45 a. m.! ser
mon by pastor. Rev, J. H, Arm-
brust, at 11 a. m.; Fellowship
hour at.7:l& p. m. and sermon
by pastor at 8 p. m.
Mr. and Mrs. R. tf.: Laug^je*
and son, Bobby Gen^' are pijend-
:ing a -few days in; Winston-Sal
em with friends and 'revives.
Mr. Laughter, who is manager o(
Rose’s store here,' is, off on
are re
minded that . , considerable cost
will be saved>by; paymeDt of the U
1932 obligations prior to flrs^
Monday.
The sheriff has been instruct'
ed to proceed with the aifvertls-
Ing of taxes according tn law
and a list will be prepared and
turned over to the ^ress Tor-
publication Immediately after the
first Monday.
Mr. Calvin Wright returned to '
State College Tuesday following
the death and funei^l of Me fa
ther, Prof. C. C. Wright. He was '
called home when "Prof. Wright
was stricken HD Friday at nooji.
Ji'"
Railroad Track
Mt Vh RRIes
Jenkins Company Prepares tp
Move Rolling St^
Soon
About one and a half mll^ of
have been built on the old Wr
'$^tauga and'Yadkin River Rail-,
way, C. E. Jenklna, head of the
JenTrine company... which now n
owns. the. railroad, said this mom- ,
lag.
'F-.
Sraior Young People Will
Gve Party
ig People
Thid"i&t
temoon
The Senior Yonng People of
the Methodist cbnreh will b« en
tertained by the young people,
whd returned Tueaday '^|lpm the
camping trip to Chimney,' Rock,
at a swimming party and^water
melon feast at HoHywo(||j^Lake
Twins Bona
Twin daughters Ji)
^ Mr. and Ifrs. Job ^
near Porea Knob atternoon.[jftoaring River
All VQUDg — ---
the
The track wu built hack^t^
e ..water tanks - so that -wate^ 4
odght be obtained and so '
rolling stock of the company
be moved.
It will be serei^ daya,.lt
learned, before^h definite
ion as to whether the i
win again .be operated is
- -■/£