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10. N. C., THURSDAY, AUG. 3. ■ 1933
ardmn Found Guiltu Of Murder In Second Degre^f,
HE^idneJ
ight Abmd;
S By the Jury
^ Ha4 Been in Progress
Sinfi^ Euiljr Jlwiday
'_ ■ .1 "' 'iS.l
ms life
Case is Made Out
jKt Defendant; He
Smfles
> Tsiwiet i#t «n«ty i* tonrder
h> tW second degree was return-
"ed l>y the Jury at 9:15 last night
against Herschel JUchardson,
young Traphlll man, who was on
trial for his life in Wilkes Su
perior^' court.
After the jury announced thatj
a. -.¥«Pdlct had been reached. I
Judge G. V. Cowper, presiding I
Jurist, was notified and court re-'
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f ws ooeua sear
THESE FIRMS HAVE SIGNED EMPLOYERS’ AGREE
MENTS WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. PLEDG
ING COMPLIANCE WITH -NRA REQUIREMENTS
AS TO WAGES AND WORKING HOURS.
Best 1C to n.OO store Miller-,
Pharr & Co.. Superior Williams j orpheum Theatre.
Mill company. Sunset Service Sta- j service Stations. Dean’s
tlon, Burgess & Rogers, Central jg^0jj.y store, Carlton Hardware,
Service Station, Meadows Mill! Billing’s Store. Relns-Sturdlvant,
company. Wagoner’s B a r b e r | Inc.. Cash and Carry. Redmon’s
Shop. Foster & Allen, C. D. Cot-1 ^’leaning Works,
ley, Jr. distributor for Gulf Re-
Committeemen Appointed By Board Of
Edacation At Meeting Hdd On Monday
’EKlirfflfntAL
GROUPS Nil
To Give Canning
Demonstrations'
In Wilkesboros
MIbs Kdnn Reinhardt WUl Bo At
School Buildings On Next
Tuesday
D
embled to receive the verdict.
Judge' Cowper thanked the jury
men for their patience in the
long case. He said sentence would
T. Prevette,
Princess Cafe, Joe’s Service Sta
tion, Belk’s Department Store,
fining company, Motor Service | q. Grocery company, Wilkes
company, C. D. Coffey & Sons, | Electric company, J. C. Penney
Jenkins Hardware company, City j company. Key City Land and In-
Service Station. I. H. McNeill & , surance company. Wisteria Beau-
! Sons.
Moore’s
her Shop,
morrow,
Richardson received the
diet calmly and relaxed into the
faintest smile as he was being
returned to the county jail.
The case was given the jury
about 5:30 yesterday afternoon.
Arguments before the jury be
gan yesterday morning with W.
M. Allen, Elkin attorney, who
represented the private prosecu
tion,. making the first speech. T.
B. Bingham. Boone attorney, and
Attorney Ralph Bingham, of this
city; who represented the de-
I ly Salon, Gibson’s Cash and Car-
Market, McGee’s Bar- i ty, L. A. Harris & Son. Llneber-
Beeches Place, Fores-jry Foundry and Machine corn-
insurance company,, pany. _ |
. Wilkes Drug company, Davis |
: Lantern,'carl W. Steele, Landon’s j & Co.. Wilkes Hosiery Mills, j
ver-1 Super-Service. 'Right-Way Shoe | Quality Cleaners. S. V. Tomlin-,
Shop, McNeill’s Service Station, |son. Walter’s Insurance Agency, j
A. & P. company, City Recreation j Tomlinson’s Department Store, j
Hall, Turner Funeral Home, i c. A. I^owe & Sons, SiiainhoUr-^
Miss Edna Reinhardt, emer
gency home demonstration agent
for Wilkes county, wijl give can
ning demonstrations in the 'Wil
kesboros next Tuesday.
Miss’^ Reinhardt announced
yesterday that she would' be at
the North Wilkesboro school
building at 8:30 a. m. Tuesday
to conduct a demonstration. She
will be at Wilkesboro school
building at 2:30.
All interested, especially relief
cases, are invited to attend.
1, ttr-Prevette Insurance company
be imposed today or possibly to-, Commercial Barber Shop. Green
1 ^ 1_T
Wilkes Milling company, Rhodes-
Day Furniture company, L. S.
Lowe’s Store, Snappy Lunch,
Smithey’s Service Station, Horton
Drug company.
Yale’s Department Store,
1 Wilkes Barber Shop, Tenth Street
Barber Shop, Mayflower Beauty
I Shoppe. Shook’s Hardware com-
ipany. Hustler Publishing com-
fense, completed their arguments j p a n y. Miller-Long company,
before the noon recess. Solicitor | pearson Bros.. Hafer Chevrolet
John R. Jones made the closing | company, O. F. Eller & ons, Har-
gpeech after court reconvened ; r(g Bros., Liberty Theatre, Smith-
, yeeterday afternoon. j ey-Henderson Furniture com-
, The case was called Monday | pany, C. E. Lenderman, Reins
morning and the task of selecting i Market, ideal Beauty Parlor, City
a Jury from a special venire of Barber Shop, Yadkin "Valley Mo-
76 Wilkes men was begun. The
tnR9fll-man jury was completed
about 3 o’clock Monday after-
Sydnor Dry Goods company, I
North Wilkesboro Drug company, |
North Wilkesboro Insurance!
Agency. Home Chair company,
Carter-Hubbard Publishing com
pany, Payne Clothing company,
R. M. Brame & Sons, Abshers,
Auto Parts company. Church
Hardware company. North Wil-
kesboro Service Station, E. M.
Blackburn & Sons, E. E. Eller
Produce company. Hunt Motor
company, Teague’s Dry Cleaners.
Turner-White Casket company,
American Furniture company,
Bank of North Wilkesboro, W. L.
Yates, Deposit & Savings Bank,
Goodwill Department Store.
Hale Jones Will
Become An Eagle
Scout on Sunday
Presentation Service To Be
Held At First Baptist
Church Here
'f.
Tbo following composed
the
JnryA Ransom Elledge, R. C.
Meadows. Chas. P. Brock. Spen
cer Elledge, U. G. Matherly, J.
Walter Brown. A. E. Shumate, |
W. B. Brewer, J. Y. Brooks, Ed j
Dancy. S. S. Jarvis and J. Y. j
Rhoades, with T. G. Johnson as
altwnate juror. [
State's witnesses offered testi
mony the remainder of the after- |
(Continued on irage four) ,
Man Is Killed at j
Gendale Springs
Chal Royal Shot Down By
jcteedal Deputy About 8
LRst Night
V
€9ial Royal, about 25, was
shot down about 8 o clock last
night near Glendale Springs and
^Joe iLether, said to be from
fUateeville, Is held in jail at Jef
ferson charged with the killing,
according to information receiv-
M hwe.
..-•aepaty Sheriff Lewis Miller.,
of Ashe county, had been in-,
formed that a brother of Chal 1
ttoval was drunk and disorderly, ■ « r. ”*•
It to reported, and deputized) Funeral Service Will Be Con-
Glenn Walsh Jury To Be
Chosen From Avery; Case
To Be Called On Tuesday
Legal Tilt Is
Won By Defense
SPECIAL NOTICE TO
MERCHANTS
There are outstanding about
worth of food and
clothing orders with iny name
signed to them dating from
Feb. 16 to April 15. These or
ders were is.sned to unemploy
ed men who worked at some
pubiie service. Ijet those mer
chants holding the onlers
please submit them to me for
payment. This is the second
notice calling for the orders.
My books will be closel on Au
gust 31,
JOS. H. ARMBIUST.
Agent Federal Aid Relief,
North Wilkesboro, N. C.
Request For Removal To An
other County Denied By
Judge Cowper
lUTSIDE JURY GRANTED
L. S. Jolly Dies at
Wilkesboro Home
j>tb^ to accompany jiim. giving
.)Alm * telling him to
' totke no chances.
Royal started to leave the
-Poe home in a run and Lether.
tUnidng was the man they |
ducted This Afternoon at
2 O’clock
1 Levi Sherman Jolly, highly re-
jspected citizen of Wilkesboro,
tMurog «« yesterday afternoon
iPtre after, shot him in the back-1 following a serious illness of sev-
^Royal idled a short time later. ^ j ^eeks. His condition had {
[been regarded as critical and his
I death was not unexpected.
Carpenters
J&iners To Meet
'Weekly Meeting WDl Be Held
At Amory Here This
Evening
iemliers of the" local union of
tile tTfdted' Brotherhood of Car
penters end Joiners of America
and others interested will hold
thfilr sfegnlar weekly meeting at
’ the armory here this (Thursday)
venlng at 8 o’clock.
The anion Is accepting charter
Kiembere, not having yet receiv-
'ed the charter.
Albert S. Beck,-«rf Lenojr, a
repreataUtlve of .the brojiher-
hood, and other officials of the
BzjjQioa are to be present and
drbsa the meeting. ..gj-
He was 62 years of age.
Funeral services will be con
ducted from Pleasant Home
church, north of Ronda,
(Thursday) at 2 p. m. Rex. Ed
O. Miller w^ll conduct the serv
ice.
Mr. Jolly is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Dora Jolly, and six!
daughters; Mrss. Minnie Byrd,
The jury which will try Glenn
I Walsh, who is alleged to have
ishot and fatally wounded Police-
I man James R. Grayson on the
■night of May 31, for his life will
be chosen from Avery county. It
was learned yesterday morning.
A special venire of 75 Avery
freeholders will be drawn from
the Avery county jury box Fri-
iday morning at 10 o’clock. Those
drawn will be instructed to ap
pear a t Wilkesl oro Tuesday
morning, August 8.
Defense counsel first' asked for
removal of the case to another!
county, contending that sentl- ■
ment against the defendant In
this county is so strong that he
could not obtain a fair trial. The
motion was denied, however, by
Judge G. V. Cowper, who is pre
siding over the special term of
criminal court now In session,
and an outside jury was granted.
The state accepted the motion
of defense counsel for an Avery
today county jury yesterday morning
'and Judge Cowper concurred. ,
The trial of Walsh is expected
to draw record court crowds and
is likely to require three or four
days.
Walsh is represented by Trl-
of Statesville: Mrs. Lessie Byrd, |'’f
of Ronda; Mrs, Ha Vannoy, of {/o^b MMlkesboro and Boone.
Ronda: Mrs. Vettle Durham, ofi»“d J Whicker.
Ronda Mrs. Electa Fitzgerald, ,
of HigU Point, and Mrs, Vallie by J- A. Rousseau K^l
Billings, of Elkin. Two brothers, attorney and mayor of this city
Rev. Lhn Jolly, of Jonesville,
and Marvin Jolly, of Roaring | on duty ^ ys at-
, , . tempting to question Walsh, it to
River, also survive.
wounded. Walsh has never made
anx'i-, statement regarding the
Mr. J. A. (Shauncey, of Daylo,
spent ft few hours In the city on
business Tuesday. ■ - ^
TO BE HELD AT 8 P. M.
Hale Jones, young son Of Dr.
and Mrs. W. F. Jones, of this
city, will attain the highest hon
or within the gift of the Boy
Scout organization—that of an
Eagle Scout—Sunday evening
when a presentation service will
be held at the First Baptist
church of this city.
W. E. "Vaughn-Lloyd, of Win
ston-Salem, Scout executive of
the Winston-Salem district, T.
Marion Dixon, Scout leader of
Winston-Salem, and other lead
ers in Scout work will gather
here for the presentation of the
Eagle Scout badge.
The service will begin at 8
o’clock and will replace the usual
Sunday evening preaching serv
ice.
Hale is a member of BaptUt
Troop No. 35 and at the present
time Is junior assistant Scout-
(Continued on page eight)
Miss Toby Turner
Fly To West
Left Today For Flight To
California; Will Arrive
Saturday
Miss Toby Turner, superin
tendent of the Wilkes Hospital,
of this city, who left today for
Charlotte on the first leg of
her (trip to Pasalena, Calif.,
will be the first Wilkes person
and probably the first North
Carolina lady to make a cross
country flight.
Miss Turner went by motor
to Cfiarlotte where she will
board a transport plane and
fly to Atlanta, Ga, She will
leave Atlanta Friday (tomor
row) morning at 7:30 a. m. by
plane anti expects to land at
lios Angeles,, Calif, the same
hour Saturday morning.
In Pasadena, Miss Tnmer
will visit her brother. Attorney
Dent Turner. Later in the
month, she will visit Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Horton, of this
city, who are visiting at Car-
penteria, Calif. She will return
with them by antomobUe by
way of Chicago where the
party will attend the World’s
Fair.
So far as is known to local
citizens. Miss Turner will be
the first Wilkes person to fly
from coast to coast. Miss Tur
ner said before leaving , that
she expected to enjoy the long
flight from Atlanta to the Cali
fornia city and looked forward
to the night flying.
Tent Revival To Begin
The B, H.' Veztal tent'^revival
will get undef way at the tent
.|Whi«h has-been pitched on the
old camp lot Sunday afternoon at
Services wlH he held each
evening fat 8 o’clock for three
•weeks.,
Sub - C|>nimittees Appointed
For Each School District
In County
SOME CHANGES NOTED
Central committees for the
eight districts which hake been
set up In Wilkes and sub-com
mittees for the various school
districts' in the eight districts
were made public Tuesday fol
lowing a meeting of the county
board of education Monday after
noon.
Appointments were made as
soon as possible after the teach
er allotment had been received.
Some changes are noted In the
committees, but many commit
teemen were reappointed.
The central committees follow^:
Central Committees
Wilkesboro District — C. A.
Lowe, D. J. Brookshire, T. M.
Foster, Wm. A. Stroud and N.
O. Smoak. ‘
Mt. Pleasant—^T. O. Minton, J.
C. McNeill and Dr. ,W. W. Miles.
Millers Creek—J. C. Whitting
ton. L. L. McNeill, J. F„ Caudill,
Spainhonr Whittington and R. G.
Vannoy.
Sulphur Springs—J. D. Hall, J.
S. Kyle and J. W. Jones. ,
Mountain View District—B. W. I f'cer-
Penry, J. A. Gilliam, Glenn Dan-1 0“ Monday,
cy, J. G. Mayberry and,
church.
Traphlll District—J. W. Mc
Bride, Wesley Joynes and D. C.
Castevens.
Ronda District—J. A. Poplin,
Mrs. Carl Hendrix, E. D. Byrd,
G. F. Edwards and Ralph B.
Martin.
Roaring River District—W. W.
Harris, H. E. Parks and B. L.
Johnson.
The sub-committees in
eight districts follow:
Wilkesboro District
Oak woods—S. D. Tedder,
A. Ellis and Waltef Stroud.
Edgewood—Willie James, Mrs.
,T. B. Wlngler and Clarence
Fletcher.
Osbornville-—b. A. Holman,
John Weatherman and Hilfley
Holbrook.
Mt. Pisgah—Sanford Pfevette,
J. M. McCarter and N. W. Pre
vette.
Lovelace — L. W. Lunsford,
Mrs. R. C. Jarvis and I. P. Hayes.
Somers—Roy Norman, Ed El
ledge and I. M. Coleman.
Windy Gap—Walter Wright,
T. Y. Inscore and Gus Shew.
Shady Grove—A. P. Comos,
Spurgeon Goforth and Avery
Coleman.
Cranberry—-A. P, Sale, J-
Byrd and Chris Mathis.
Boomer—S. T. Walsh, B. E.
Greer and Elisha Perguson.
Goshen — Nannie Williams,
J'e« Walsh and Mrs. Hobart
Smitbey.
High Rock—J. B. Williams,
Mr. Earp and Jess 'Broyhlll.
Piney Grove—Ployd Hendren,
Belo Parker and Edgar Hendren.
Parker—W. J. Moore, Christie
Tedder and Jet Hayes.
Mountain Crest—M. V. Robin
son, Clarence Hendren and Mitch
Davis.
Cherry Grove—W. H. Teve-
(Continued on page eight)
Annual Picnic Of
Fruit Grower* Will
^Be Held August 25
Will Be Held IMa Veer At Hol
lywood Lake In Pores
Knob Section
The annual picnic of the
Brushy Mountain Pruit 'Growers
association will be held this year
on August 25 at Hollywood Lake,
It was announced yesterday.
This annual affair always at
tracts a large number of the
members. i A delightful program
is being arranged and a number
of features for the entertainment
of members and guests are he-
Ing worked out.
Health Officer ^
Annoimces List
Of Appomtments
WUl Visit Several Centi^
Points On Three Days
of Next Week
TO GIVE VACCINATIONS
A list of appointments where
he will give vaccinations for ty
phoid, diphtheria and smallpox
was made public yesterday by
Dr. A. J. Eller, county health of-
Wednesday and
t Thursday, visits will be made to
'the following places at the hours
designated:
Monday, August 7th—Cranber
ry school, 9 a. m.; Temple Hill
school, 10 a. m.; Union school,
11 a. m.; Somers school, 1 p. ra.;
Shady Grove church, 2 p. m.
Wednesday, Aug. 9th—Cllng-
man school, 9:30 a. m.J Ronda
school, 11 a. m.: Barker school
(old), 1 p. m.; Austin school, 3
p. m. ' . ‘
Thursday, August 10th—Mt.
View school, 9:30 a. m.; Hay-
meadow school, ‘ 10:30 a. m.;
the
W.
Dockery church, 11:30 a.
Double- Creek school, 1 p.
Joynes school, 2 p. m.
m.;
■
m.;
Has
Merchants of City Adopt Coda
Along With Manufactnr- “
ipg, Plants
GROCERYM^ AGREE
Shorter Honrs and an bK
crease in Pay Assured
by-NRA Proftani ’' \
North WllkesWhro ‘ merclMwA
mannfactnrers and other
firms have responded In a
splendid manner to the appeM ‘iiC
President Roosevelt for
ation in the national Indnitrlp-.
'recovery program.
A check of the roll of honor at
the post office revealed tl(at pnM^
tlcally every type of business h|
signed to comply with the pf
visions of the blanket code.
Shorter working bears and m-
creased pay for a majority of eitt-
ployees went Into effect Tuesday
as a rreult of the adoption of
the blanket code. No store whiA’
has heretofore stayed open lop^
er tUaa.y hours my cut tte
Open ihoura to less Uian t&K*
number. However, no employjjp
may work more than 40 honrsJw
week, or more thsn 8 houys
any one day. *'v
Service stations, antomobito
dealers, restaurants, merchsnbl,
newspapers, furniture manufac
turers and other bnsinesses have
joined wholeheartedly in the pro
gram.
All merchants have adopted
the 52-hour week. The clothing
stores and all stores except
tall grocery dealers have The Tol-
lowing scbftdule;
Open at 8 a. m.; close at 5 p.
m. These hours are in effect ex
cept on Saturday when the open
ing hour is 8 a. m. and close at 9
p. mr . ^
Stores will be closed Thursday
afternoon as usual.
Retail grocery dealers hare
adopted the following code:
Open 8 a. m. to 12:30 p. m.
Begin at 1 p. m. and close at 6
p. m. except Saturday when they
close at 9 p. m.
Drug store hours are from 8
a. m. to 10 p. m.
National Guain)
Returaed Swday.
—
Brogdon To Speak
At Kiwanis Meet
Supreme Court Justice’
Come Here Tomorrow;
Bar To Attend
Judge W. J. Brogdon, of the
North Carolina Supreme court
bench, will address North Wil
kesboro Kiwanlans at their week
ly luncheon tomorrow (Friday),
H-1 it was learned yesterday from A.
A. Finley, program chairman of
the day.
Judge G. V. Cowper, who Is
now-presiding at the special
term of court, and members of
the Wilkes Bar Association will
attend In a body as special In-,
vlted guests ot the club.
Justice Brogdon is one of the j
state’s distinguished jurists and,
the program chairman Is fortun
ate In presenting, him as the
guest speaker.
The club meets at 12:05 p. m.
62 Members of Company *A**^
In Camp. In S., C. Fw
Two We^ it
Members of Company "A”',
105th Engineers of the North
Carolina National Guard, return
ed Sunday from Camp JaekftOir
To near Columbia, S. C., where they
I were in camp two weeks.
Sixty-two out of a total en
listment of 65 attended camp
this year. Captain R. R. Rein*
reported that the two week*
were spent very profitably an*
enjoyably.
Legion wd Auxiliary To Hold
Beauty Pageant Tomorrow Night
The beauty pageant to select
Wilkes county’s most beautiful
girl will be sUged at the North
WilkeS|boro high school auditor
ium tomorrow - (Friday) evening,
beginning at 8 o’clock. It Is sponr
sored by the American Legion
and Legion Auxiliary.:
The winning girl wiiR' be
awarded a trip with all expense*
paw to Wlln^ngton where ,ahe
will compete ^wlth girls from bth-
er' counties bf the atate -for the
honor of representing North
Carolina In the natlona] conteat
at Chfcagol
Some of their^k^oiinty’a most
beaatUal and ~ pfiarmlflg young
ladies are entered In the pageant
and all will pass before the eyeip
of those who attend, the program
tomorrow evening, «
. Out-of-town judges' have been
chosen to make the .selection.
Prof. W.' D. Halfacre will present
the silver cup to the “Miss
Wilkes county.” •
Instrumental music* will be In
charge of Miss . Lois Scroggs,
while vocal music will he direct
ed by Mrs. ’’ Ague* Sink. * Solos,
dancing, short vaudbvlUe''sKlta
will add variety to the evening’s
enfertalnment. * *
Admtoeion will ke 19 cento for
ehildren and 96 oanto for adnltfti
Spirit Of Wilke*'
We take this occasion to an
nounce the publication of The:
Spirit of Wilkes magnrine
edition of The Joumal-Pn-
trlot to appear September 1.
Industrial, civic, historical,
'The Spirit of Wilkes will be • ' ^
printed in magazine form,
book paper, and will oentate ,
a wide range of heretofore nn-'S
published data which wfll;
make it of permanent wortli'
a« a record to every family ln _
the county. Designed to pre*j
sent the natural advantage*^
and opportunities of onr com--
mnnlty, ’The Spirit of Wilkes,
promises to be ah effective In
strument in presenting an in
ventory of Wilkes’ assets and
in conveying a message of co-j
operative good cheer' to onrj
sister coontles throo|jlUMA
Carollnas. .
The Joarnal-Patrlot* to.fc
tonato in securing the
of John Panl Lnca*. Jr
Ohariotte, to asslrt llTj
ing and organlzlng.f
for the mnspmfne edttloi^*t
Lucas, foUmwing:
of his fothw
many years a
paper man id th*,".
well-kanwn y«
man, ^He ha*
with The
The Cbnrleke.
othw
and Sooth