IGE
OFUniEFOR
WAI^HIRIAU
Motion To Be Made This Aft
ernoon Before Judge G.
Vernon Cowper
ASK FOR OUTSroE JURY
Walsh Alleged To Have Shot
■ and Killed Policeman
J. R. Grayson
Counsel for Glenn Walsh, al
leged slayer of Policeman James
R. Grayson, will make a motion
tor a change of venue in Super
ior court now in session at Wll-
kesboro this afternoon at 4
o’clock.
Judge G. V. Cowper will hear
the arguments on the motion and
la expected to render a decision
late today.
Pefense counsel will ask for a
Jury from another county on the
grohnds that the killing has been
given so much publicity that the
d9(epdant could net obtain a
fair trial with a Wilkes county
jury. They will argue, it is learn
ed, that the sentiment aroused by
the slayings subsequent to the
Grayson murder would place
Walsh at a disadvantage.
The state is expected to resist
the motion.
The Walsh trial is on thv cal
endar for trial next Thursday.
August 3. However, the motion
for IV change of venue will be
heard today so that the trial will
not be delayed when it is reach
ed by the court.
UNIFORM
SALES TAX SCHEDULE
APPUiJS TO EVE»Y RETAIL MERCHANT
Less than 10 cents - - - No Tax
10 cents to 35 cents - r ■ 1
36 cents to 70 cents - ' * ^ • 2 cents
71 cents to $1.05 .... 3 cents
Above $1.05, straight 3 per cent, fractions governed by major fractions
THIS SCHEDULE TO BE APPLIED TO TOTAL SALES
AT ONE TRADING PERIOD
Illustration: The tax of one cent in a ten cents
purchase entitles the customer to buy other
merchandise up to 35 cents at the same trad
ing period wittout additional tax*
ON FLOUR, MEAI.., MEAT, LARD, MILK.
NO TAX MOLASS^? SALTrSUGARrCOFFEE, GASO-
livr A rVJA fertilizer, public school books
This schedule is promulgated under authority of law, effective from
and after August 1, 1933, and it is mandatory upon every merchant to
cvdiect this tax, and no more, in addition to the sales price of merchan
dise This placard is furnished by the State Department of Revenue,
to prevent unfair trade practices. Regulations require that this pla
card shall be kept posted 'by every merchant where it may ^ conveni-
ently seen by the customer, and is intended to protect both merchant
and customer.
swni
D IN
BYERSnUING
Jury Returns Verdict Acquit
ting Slayer of Jesse
Janies Byers
PLEAD SELF DEFENSE
Admitted To Slaying Byers,
But Contended He Shot
To Save Self
A. J. MAXWELL,
Commissioner of Revenue.
HARRY McMILLAN,
Director of Sales Tax Division.
Uniformity is prov ided in the accompanying .sales tax schedule which
has just been promulgated by the state department of revenue. The
new schedule becomer. effectiv.' August 1.
An Official Uniform Sales Tax
Schedule Prescribed By Stale
Hayes To Occupy
Wilkesboro Home
Federal Jurist Coming To Spend
Several Weeks In Native
County
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
0»^nsboro, judge of the middle
federal district, and his family
will arrive Monday to spend sev
eral weeks at the Hayes residence
In WllkesDoro. Judge Hayes, a
native of Wilkes, will rest at his
Wilkesboro home during the hot
New Schedule To Be Effect-
I ive August 1; Placards
Available
RULES ARE REVISED
Raleigh, July 23.—One uni
form sales tax schedule, effective
I August 1. was announced today
i by Commissioner of Revenue A.
J. Maxwell to replace the four-
■ schedule plan by which the state
• has collected the 3 per cent sales
levy during July.
I The new schedule, applying to
all retail merchants, follows:
■ I.«ss than 10 cents, no tax.
1 Ten cents to 35 cents. 1 cent.
I - Thirty-six cents to 70 cent»r-2-
I cents.
I Seventy-one cents to $1.05, 3
The first of fifteen murder
cases on the calendar for trial
at the four weeks special and
Mlular terms of Wilkes Superior
court ended at 12 o’clock yester
day in the acquittal of Poster
Smith who was charged with the
murder of Jesse James Byers in
March of last year.
The trial opened' Monday aft
ernoon and the taking of testi
mony continued until shortly
after the noon hour Tuesday.
Arguments of defense counsel
and of the prosecution were com-
, pleted Tuesday and the case was
; given the jury after the charge
i of Judge G. V. Cowper yesterday
morning.
I Counsel tor the defendant ad
mitted that Smith, who is a mem
ber of a well and favorably
known Catawba * family, killed
Byers, and set up a plea of self-
defense.
Byers was killed during an
altercation between Smith and
the Byers brothers. It was con
tended that the Byers men were
beating Smith with clubs and
that he shot to save his life.
Solicitor John R. Jones was
assisted in the prosecution by W.
H. McElwee and H. A. Cranor.
J. A. Rousseau and J. M. Brown
conlposed the counsel for the de
fendant.
Hannah Williams, musical .cents.
, comedy star, recently diviAced Above $1.05, a straight 3 per
■ummer days of August while he ’ from Roger Wolfe Kahn, who , cent tax will be applied. Frac-
s no courts scheduled. | was married to Jack Dempsey, | tions to be governed by major
JUrs. J. M. Kunkle and Mr. | former world heat yweight chain-1 tra^ion.
__>idley Hayes, son of Judge and ! pion. a few days ago
Mrs. Hayes, arrived this week to'
Open up the Hayes residence.
Marriage License
Fonr Couples Granted License To
Wed In Wilkes
Marriage licenses were issued
^ to the following couples by the
J Wilkes county register of deeds
the past week; Quincy Huffman
«nd EJda Eller, both of Purlear;
McKinley Blackburn and Alice
"I'Lowe, both of Roaring River;
Cortez Lowery and Mary Yar-
boro, both of Elkin; Jas. Bart
Smith and Clarie Darnell, both
of Benham.
The 3 per cent general sales
tax—the first ever levied In
North Carolina—was enacted by
the 1933 general assembly and
became effective July 1. Articles
exempted from the levy are:
^ Flour, meal, meat, lard, milk,
1 1^ II Ukr» coffee, gas-
fH 1/OUD16 llcSlQvr'oline, fertilizer and public school
I books.
Local Sunday School Men To; wholesale merchants pay a tax
Methodists and
Baptists To Meet
Robbery Case On
Triid In Coitff
Waiter Foster Confesses To
Many Thefts; Cowper is
Presiding
iE'gTAlll
North W^es^boro In^astiies Pledge
V,. .1 . « m
Support To the Roosevelt Prdi
TRIAL
Evangelist B, H. Vestal To Begin ,
Tent Revival In City August
mmi mmt i '
Wm Be Assisted Bi Series
ef Services By Eva^e-
listic Qub ' f
TO EUN THREE WEE®
Rev. B. H. Vestal, 4rldely
known evangelist, will begin a
three weeks’ tent revival here
Sunday, August 6.
■ Rev. Mr. Vestal was here
yesterday and completed ar
rangements for the meeting.
The tent will he pitched on
one of the vacant lots In the
city the first week In August.
It will he moved here from
Elkin where the evangelist is
now conducting a series of
services.
The Wilkes Evangelistic
Club will assist, Mr. Vestal In
the meeting and will conduct
the first service at 2:30 p. m.
on the opening day.
Robert Church Is Fatally
Injured at Station In City
Industrial
To Support*
-s velt's Ptaar
WILL INCREA8j|;^iyAG|B. s;
Forty-Hour WeiAi'ifc ^ Into]
Effect In Most Basft
August 1st
Ndrth Wilkesboro IndoatHal'
plants have pledged themaelvai'
L. F. Kirby Has
Very Old Coin
L. P. Kirby, of Moravian
Falls, has an interesting coin
which he prizes highl.v.
It is a 50-cent piece, dated
18:27, and lias inscribed on the
rlin, “l>tfty Cents or a Half a
Dollar.” Comparatively few
Canopy Collapsed Tuesday
Evening, Hurling Him To
The Concrete
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Robert Roby Church, Jr.,' po
pular young man of the Adley
community, near Wilkesboro, 1
idled at 1:30 a. m. yesterday from
to support President * Rooseveljt^ ■ >
blanket Industrial coilm it • W»8
learned by The Journal-Patrtot
last night following a - genenl
survey of the local situatlbh.
Captains of Industry bere'Bald
their plants were pledged”-jU> »C-
cept the common
win i»rovIde better ^aj^ii 'iiid
shorter hours for tB(j
The Journal-Patrloj^,
did not Include the .Ijfe'tteiwaUthe ' ■
firms, but it Is understood that
! every business firm staads ready
to fall In line with W^tever
code Is agreed upon by' adminis
trators ' of the ^ national Indus
trial recovery act.
The American Furniture com
pany and the Turner-White Cas-''
ket company were among the lo
cal firms to wire President
Roosevelt their pledge of support
following his nation-wide gjipeal
Officials of the Home Chair
lollar.” Comparatively few j ' [company, Forest Furniture com-
■olns are in circulation which | injuries received about 7 o clock ■ pany and the Meadows Mill com-
have the denomination Inscrib- i Tuesday evening when the can- pany said last night t’sat they
od on the rim.
Boy Who Shot
opy over the tanks at the Stand
I ard Service Station near thq
I Reddies River bridge collapsed
l^and hurled him to the concrete.
had already pledged their co
operation. The Oak Furniture
company Is understood to be
... „— — — ready to. fall^ In line with the
The-young man was carried’TCj7;l)de agreement which ’ ‘
Self Moy Livc'*^*** WHkes Hospual immediate-j worked out.
is to "he
Clash This Afternoon
At Fairgrounds
FIRST gTm^ AT 3:00
of one-twenty-fifth of 1 per cent.
The statement from the state
department of revenue follows:
"Three weeks of actual,exper
ience with the sales tax has de
veloped less of friction and ditfi-
L Bell Is
l^en By Death
Shifts in plans was made yes-
terday and it was announced that^culty than was generally antlcl-
Methodists and Baptists of the , pated.
city win clash this afternoon in j “Regulations governing the ap-
_ a :: J ^ plication of the lax were promul-
I'Ahn A RpII U a doubleheader instead of the one experimentally for the
H. DCU IS game originally planned. J
The first game »i ge pected that experience would sug-
way at the fa rgroun s a need for revision of these
o clock, with t e rules. The July regulations have
Parsed Away Jast Four Days'® [been unsatisfactory In the fol-
' After Death Of Wife; [ The first contest win be , .
Qi I . .. ,! The use of a series of sche-
; tween the ® ; di,lea has been confusing, and has
John A. Bell, an aged resident j ® e'"eag-pment two ' uniformity of observance
but it will reach ui peak when . » n i
„ ,, , oral class would fall Into dlffer-
the "Big Boys” make bloody ’ , , , , _
|ent schedules because one would
have a larger percentage of sales
imed by death Saturday, just
l!^£out'days after his wife, Mrs.
* Mr” bS 1 was a well known To get some idea of ‘^e game.
h and was held In high j It will be necessary “. study the
by his many acquaint-1 m £ l ZTi
men mentioned will be on hand
^aoces. and start the second game.
r? *;i p-cd.p.
I?Rev. Troy Blevins.
rijjhnr Group To
Meet At Armory
below 10 cents than the other.
For instance, schedule three a'p-
plles to one drug store and sche
dule four to another.
"Merchants not In the same
general class carry some mer-
donated to the city j chandlse of the same class, which
mittee for [ would add a tax i„ one store and
sion will be 10 and 15 cents. ' . aw w. m
The lineup tor the Methodists °
in the second game follows: W-. schedules.
D Halfacre, right field; Jim I “Merchants having a large per-
Crawford. 1 f.; Hoyle Hutchens, i ‘he R>w prlc*
c t ; W. H. Clark, catcher; N. j fnot been able to col-
_ Will Be Held Tonight w. Gibson, 2nd base; Jule i g{Qygg**^fQ^°Qgtjjnce*^^uslng
(Thursday) At 8:00 list base: k. l. ^hrse°"’sam* Cm-I collected only
O’clock IG. Gabrie , r , [about two-thirds of their tax, and
Rttonded by Albert Beck, a ! P. Hunt and to absorb one-third.
^ ... Subs, , “The July schedules were set
^ D r B Filer i “P ®u theory of setting the
For the Baptists 3, 2nd ’ «rst taxable line as high as pos
1st base: W. K. Sturdivant. 2nd
base: Bill Absher, 3rd base; A.
T. Lott. s. 8.; J. C. Reins, c. f.;
H. L. Summers, right field; J. B.
Gllreath, 1. f.; W. C.' McNeill,
catcher: C. O. McNeill and R..P.
Casey, pitchers .Subs: Eugeho
Olive, *J.cM. Quinn, J. C. Wal
lace, A. F. Kilby, G. Poster and
Geo. Jackvon.
The robbefy case Involving
Walter Foster and his wife,
Florence, Mrs. Verdle Edmlnsten,
George Parsons and others is now
up In Superior court at Wilkes
boro.
The Fosters entered a plea of
guilty, while Mrs. Edmlnsten was
found guilty by Judge G. V.
Cowper, who is presiding. The
Parsons angle to the case is to
be settled this morning.
The robbery case and the Fos
ter Smith murder trial have con
sumed most of the time of the
court.
After -Judge Cowper’s charge
to the jury Monday morning, the
grand jury was organized and
the court proceeded to take up
the cases on the calendar.
P. B. Church was made fore
man of the grand jury which Is
composed of J. W. Neel, W. B.
Money, W. E. Gaither, Columbus
Wells, L. D. Absher, James F.
Mastin, W. P. Billings. T. J.
Bishop, Charlie Faw, C. L. Walsh,
R. D. Nichols, Cecil Miller, W. R.
Handy. J. Lee Edsil, T. J. Woods,
W. L. Church, Calvin Saunders
and Mr. Church. Arthur G. Bum
garner Is officei; for the grand
jury.
The following cases were nol
pressed:
Cube Huffman and Mack Huff
man, cruelty to animals; Dort
Owens, false pretense; Claude
Absher, larceny; Arlle Lawkford.
larceny; Daniel Brown, aban
donment; Jo-hn Burke, fraud:
Farthing Dancy and John Tay
lor, larceny; Clyde Brewer, Ho
mer Waddell, Eugene Holbrook
and Arthur Gamblll, disturbing
and breaking up election; Bob
Crysel, violating prohibition law;
I ly after tke accident. No hope j The Wilkes Hosiery Mills and
_ for his recovery was held out jjjg Qrier Cotton Mills are al»
Edward Caudill Said To Have from the start. His skull was | ready operating under code
Chance; Passed Satis- Ibursted at the base of the brain j agreements.
factory Night a“d other injuries were received | The acceptance of the blanifet
' I in the fall.
James Edward Caudill, who! Church was engaged In
shot himself with a pistol Mon- {painting the canopy ' and was
day morning, passed a very sat
isfactory night, attaches at the
Wilkes Hospital stated this
morning.
Although the danger is not
past, the young man’ has a
chance to recover, it Is stated.
He is still In a critical condi
tion, but hope for his recovery
has been revived by his rapid re
covery from the shock.
probably standing upon a part of
it when the evidently weak posts
0 the structure gave way. He
was thrown to the concrete, his
head striking the cement and
cadsing the Injuries which result
ed in death.
A passing motorist heard the
crash, turned' and picked up the
injured youth and carried him to
the hospital.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from Wilkesboro Metho-
code by local firms means that
higher wages and shorter hours
will go into effect the first ot
August.
The unanimity of- busiiUMK-
leaders evokes commendation
and Indicates a strong desire to
aid the administration itf'll* re
covery program.
.tafw?. f
Mrs. Glenn Walah ie
Buried At Yellow Hul
The bullet from the pistol j digt church today (Thursday) at
punctured his left lung and pass-! 3 p. m. by Rev. R. H. Kennlng-
ed through the coverings of the
heart.
Young Caudill shot himself in
an upstairs room of the Caudill
home ’n a moment oj. despon
dency. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. S. Caudill and Is 16 years
of age.
Wilkes Man Heads
Edward Best High
R.
E. MiUer Is Elected Princi
pal Of Franklin County
School
Beck,
rejpresentatlve of the United
['^Brotherhood of Carpenters and
.'-■■Joiners, and m'embers of the Le-
^ Union, a meeting of the
'Wilkesboro Union will be
Wa this (Thursday) evening in
armory here.
The newly organized local un
ion meets each Thursday evening
Eat 8 o'clock.
The charter 'has been ordered
apd la expected to arrive within
Jt ahort time. The union ^111 con-
i«e to acc^t charter members
\
sible to avoid excessive rates Of
tax on small sales. To compen
sate for the loss of tax on sales
below the taxable line the use
of a cumulative rule on purchas
es at one trading period was de
nied. so as to give the merchant;
an excess on taxable,merchandise
t‘o make up the loss^on non-taz-
able sales below the taxable line.
StonT .^he denial of the right -of the
M accMi cnaner momwerB Mr. Joe VVellborn, of — ■ — —
'seal davs ret It M ander- Fork, was a business visitor In .customer to have the tax Compnt-
^ \ ~ ^ ' Uho^Wilkesboroa Tuesdw. -
R. E. Miller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. U. A. Miller, of the Straw
community, h a s been elected
principal of the Edward Best
high school in Franklin county,
it is learned' here.
The high school Is located near
Ijoulsburg and employs 26 teach
ers. '
Mr. Miller. Is a graduate of the
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, and taught at Hot
Springs last year.
Juaiors To Meet
C. C. Camp Boys
Arrived Tuesday
Came By Special Train Early
- Tuesday Morning and
Taken To Camp
The local council of the Junior
Order will meet next Tuesday
evening. Degree work is schedul
ed to be put on and refresh
ments will be served. All mem
bers are urged to attend the
meeting. , , '
ton, of Moravian Palls,
ministers will assist him. After
the service at the church, burial
will take place in Mountain Park
cemetery. /•
Robert Roby Church, Jr. was
born December 1, 1916 and was,
therefore, 17 years, seven months j
and 25 days of age. He was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R.
Church, of the Adley community,
who survive him. He Is also sur
vived by one brother, Forrest
Herndon Church, and one sister,
Margaret Anqle- Church, and his
grandfather, W. M. R. Church.
He was graduated from Wil
kesboro high school last spring
and was a leading . member of
the graduating class. He made an
excellent scholastic record and
was a member of the various
athletic teams of the school. He
made letters in football, basket
ball and track the past year.
Soon after completing his high
school studies, Mr. Church ob
tained a position with the Stand
ard Oil company and received
training 'at Statesville for several
weeks. After returning from
Statesville, he was assistant at
the Standard station In Wllkes-
T)oro until he was transferred to
the North Wilkesboro station
about a month ago. -■'
Robert was considered one of
(Continued on page eig>ht)
Last rites for Mrs. Gladys
Phillips Walsh, who dlS|4,AJ9l»day
at 6 a. m, in the T. B., Hospital,
were conducted from Yellow Hill
Baptist church near Summit by
nVh* ^®^- •^®® 0^®“8 o'clock
' Tuesday morning. Interment was
made in -Yellow HllLi;aipt6B--'•
Mrs. Walsh was •,♦24 years.
three months and 23 fluys al ag^
being born April 1, 1909.'
She Is survived by her hus
band, Glenn Walsh, one daugh
ter, Ella Mae Walshv- h^.2^tUier
Esley Phillips, on'e-siater, CoripM
Phillips, and two brothera. Arson
and Stanford Phillips, of Fleet-
wood.
Holloway Arrested
-'■.I
Traphill Man Awest«d.i.Mtoi»d^,
By Dry
Hort Holloway*: wpis...
Monday near a stlU i»J4ho
hill section by Prohibition Agents
J. R. Brandon and R.' B. , Pre-
vette and Deputy Marshal H. H.
Jennings.
Given a preliminary hearing
before Commissioner J. W- Dnla.
Holloway was bound over to
court under bond of $500.
- W.
■
Revival Undl*. “
Way At MiMiiaR- J
■ ■ ■' J" ■
Rev. N. a Teague J ,
Pastorals _
Servkijr ^
■f\' '51
The main body of 'C. C. camp
boys who were assigned to the ^
Wilkes county camp neaf '^“ Pur-,
lear arrived by special train ear
ly Tuesday morning.
The boys, immediately after
..fUCoDtiiHiciiiii OB Riga 1^1^)
arriving here, were U^n to the clu|), ^vertlses the . Inter-c^b
meeting with Klwantans of »-
kin, Morganton and I.enoir to
morrow (Friday) evening^.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.
m.’and KleM#iO J. C. Bieltii
'111 '-be
camp sltA
Att^ some preliminary wW|„
thd^faya wRl be put to work'Jn
^foresta.
Captala Crane is in chargi
..e ,^Wtlk^G«]09. :
ot
Kiwanians To Play Baseball Game
Prior To Inter-Club Meet Tomorrow
Pripr to the dinner meeting,
Kiwanians o^ Lenoir will engage
the baseball hopefuls and has-
beens ofJ-ti\s North Wilkesboro
club. C. 0. McNeill and Genio
Cardwell are the "master minds”
of the North Wilkesboro aggrd-
gation and ^ large crowd U,o^
pected 'to hand i, for
'The biggest inter-club, meet
ing of the year" is the -way>
Oenlo Gardwell, acting'secretary
Of t^B Jforth Wilkesboro . Klwante
Large crowds are attendl^K the
revival services now ■ ■fietisir t^cL
at Moravian Falla BsoOft ehonh.
The meeting began Sunday and
sendees are cohdncte4 .at $ p.- m.
and 8 p. m. ■ '
Rev. N. C. Teague, former
pastor of Wiikpel«*(0N»8!*toft
cjiuicb, who is noW'„'
Winston-Salem, to
pastor. Rev. A.
■^ilwton-Sal
no