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$1.00 IN THE STATE-llJiO OUT OF THB 3TA1
. R. Ab^er M^ads
Robbers of Bank
To Be Tried For
lives Next Month
J. C. Reins Is Elected To
Head Local NR A Committee
Sdicitor Jones Announces In
tention to Give Speedy
Trial
He Is Elected At Meeting of Local Business Leaders At City
HaU; E. M. Bladiburn Named Secretary; Another
Meeting Will Be Held Tomorrow Evening
KILLED BANK CASHIER
B. M. Greene and Son Have
Not Been Apprehended
Up To This Tim e
J. C. Reins, past president of | each type of organization, civic,
the Klwanls Cluib and prominent' religious, commercial, etc. These
local business man, was elected members will be appointed by
chairman of the North Wilkes-
boro NRA Committee at a spe
Chairman Reins.
Splendid talks in support of
m.
bllke Stevenoff and Ed Black.
High Point men who were arrest
ed following the attempted rob
bery of the Merchants and Farm
ers Bank of Taylorsville which
resulted In the death of the
cashier, T. C. Barnes, wilt be
placed on trial In Alexander Su-
-jjerlor court In September, Soli
citor John R. Jones, of the
17th Judicial district, declared In
an Interview this morning.
"The defendants are entitled
to a speedy trial and public jus
tice demands that there be no
unnec issary delay," Solicitor
Jones stated. “The authorities
have made every effort to appre
hend B. G. Green and his son,
Lester,'who were alleged to have
been members of the party, but
have so far been unsuccessful.
Failure to apprehend them, how
ever, is no reason why Stevenoff
and Black should not be tried.”
Solicitor Jones said he would
try the men for first degree mur
der and that he would insist ui>-
on the death penalty for the
bank robbers.
Meanwhile the search for the
Greens will continue.
clal called meeting of business NRA were delivered Friday eve-
men at the city hall Friday eve- i ning by W. R. Absher and W. J.
ning. E. M. Blackburn, well! Bason.
known merchant, was elected It was annou-iced that another
secretary. meeting, to which the business
The meeting was attended by, leaders and the general public
about 40 local business leaders, are Invited, will be held tomor-
It was called to order by R. E. row evening at the city hall, be
Walters, North Wilkesboro post
master, who called Mr. Reins to
the chair to preside.
The local NRA committee is to
consist of a representative from
ginning at 7:30 o’clock.
A fuller explanation of the
function of the local NRA com
mittee w'ill be given at the Tues
day evening meeting.
SPEAKS IN CITY
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Squire Hutchison
Is Given Freedom
By Wilkes Jury
Geo. H. Hill Is
Re-elected Head
Of Ronda School
J. Paul Leonard, of Statesville,
executive secretary of the North
Carolina Fair Tax Association,
spoke to a small group of mer
chants at the city hall Tuesday
evening.
Jury Acquits Slayer of Tyre
Bowers; Deliberated For
Twenty Hours
All Members of Faculty Are
Elected Except Teacher of
Fifth Grade
PLEADED self-defense'ABLE FACULTY CHOSEN
City Schools Wjll
Open 2nd Monday
Of Coming Month
Leonard Speaks
On Association
For Fairer Tax
Executive Secretary of New
Association In City
Tuesday
MEETING AT CITY HALL
Declares People Should Take
Hand To ^peal General
Sales Tax
W. C. T. U. Meet
Temperance Union To Meet With
Mrs. Hubbard
W I
The W. C. T. U. will meet
Thursday afternoon at 3:30
o’clock at the home of Mrs. Lula
Hubbard in Wilkesboro. A11
members and other ladies inter
ested In the work of the union
are urged to attend.
Ready For Picnic
Fruit growers of the Brushy
Mountain Association are in readi
ness for their annual picnic w'hich
will be held Friday, August 25, at
Hollywood Lake. J. W. Snyder, of
Statesville, and H. R. Niswonger,
of Raleigh, will be tiie principal
speakers.
Squire Hutchison, former
Wilkes school teacher, was ac
quitted Friday by a Wilkes
county jury of the murder of
Tyre Bowers in September of
1931.
The verdict was returned Fri
day at 1:30 p. m. after the jury
had deliberated for more than 20
hours. The case was given the
jury about 5 o'clock Thursday
afternoon.
Hutchison admitted the slay
ing. but pleaded self-defense. He
introduced evidence to show that
Bowers was attempting to enter
liis home with a deadly weapon
when the fatal shot was fired.
"rtie state asked for a verdict
of second degree murder.
The plea of justifiable homi
cide was upheld by the jury and
Hutchison was freed after being
under bond tor nearly two years.
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Service Is Held At
C C. Camp Sunday
Bowie To Speak
Masonic Picnic
Prof. Geo. II. Hill, principal of
Ronda high school tor a number
of years, was elected superinten
dent of the Ronda district at a
meeting ol the central committee
a few days ago.
The entire faculty, with the
exception of one teacher, has
been elected. It w'as learned Sat
urday. Those elected are:
Geo. H. Hill, principal, Wil
liam H. Davis, R. L. Marsh, S.
B. Brandon and Miss Mignen
Fordham, high school teachers.
Elementary teachers are:
First grade, Miss Ruth Bundy;
second grade, Mrs. Geo. H. Hill;
third grade, Mrs. Charles Poplin;
fourth grade, Miss Olive Bum
garner; fifth grade, open; sixth
grade. Miss Ora Hoots; seventh
grade, Mrs. R. O. Poplin.
The central committee Is com
posed of James Poplin, chair
man, E. D. Byrd, secretary,
Ralph Martin, Ernest Edwards
and Mrs. Carl Hendrix.
“The fight must be started now,"
J. Paul Leonard, of Statesville,
executive secretary of the North
Carolina Fair Talx Association
which has as its purpose the re
peal of the general sales tax, de
clared in an address to a small
group of merchants at the city
hall Tuesday evening.
Mr. Leonard said an effort would
be made to force a special session
of the general assembly to repeal
the tax if members of the associa
tion so desired. Failing in that,
plans are to enter politics and elect
only those candidates to the legis
lature who favor repeal.
The executive secretary was ac
companied to the city by D. E.
Turner, of Mooresville, who is
president of the association, M. E.
Ramsey, prominent Statesville
merchant, and Fred'Berger, news
paper man of Statesville.
The purpose and plan of the or-
North Wilkesboro Lady Elected
At State Conventioii; Also’NaBH
Delegate To National Convent
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Daughter Bom To Prisoner
Raleigh. Aug. 18.—A daugh
ter was born today to Mrs. W. B.
French, of Greensboro, who, is
serving a 10-year sentence In
state’s prison for attempting to
kill her husband In May, 1932.
Four Weeks of
Superior Court
Ended Saturday
Many Cases Removed From
Docket; Fidel Frazier
Is Sent»iced
. ■ xuc puxpusc auu jjicui \jx tsic va-
Board Set Date At Meeting ganization was outlined in detail
Friday Evening; New
Rules Received
Masonic Concert
Class Is Coming
The North Wilkesboro city
j schools will, open Monday, Sep
tember 11, it was announced fol-
I
lowing a meeting of the city
board of education Fridav eve
ning.
The opening will be held at
8:40 o’clock that morning, it was
stated.
Local school officials received
^ a letter a few days ago from Le-
' Roy Martin, executive secretary
^ of the State School commission,
I ill which it was stated that at a
' recent meeting of the commis
sion, one of the regulations for
■ the guidance of school authori-
i ties In the operation of the
schools was as follows:
“Children who will not become
six years of age on or before
I November 15 of the scholastic
i year will not be allowed to at-
I tend school that year."
I The salary schedule announced
I by the commission last week Is
even lower than the local hoard
anticipated, it is learned. The
Prof. W. D. Halfacre Ami Dew
ey Minton In Charge; S.
,S. Lesson Taught
West Jefferson Legislator To
Deliver Address At Elkin
Festival
splendid service was con
ducted at the Civilian Conseiwa-
tlon camp near Purlear Sunday
afternoon by Prof. W. D. Half-
acre and Mr. Dewey Minton.
The singing was In charge of
Mr. Minton. Prof. Haltacre, who
is teacher of the Men’s Bible
Class of the Methodist church
here, taught the Sunday school
lesson. A large number of the
boys listened attentively to the
Mr. Halfacre’s message.
/Blight Raise In
Cigarette Prices Likely
Washington, Aug. 18.—The
federal government pushed on
two fronts today Its campaign to
^eld various sections of the to
bacco Industry without Inflicting
nnreasonaible price Increases on
consumers.
Officials of the agricultural
adjustment administration said
that when the campaign Is com-
Ideted the price of cigars will be
almost unchanged and cigarettes
wUl be only siighUy higher—
enough to cover Increased pro
duction costs. Cigarettes former
ly selling for^ 15 cents—now
down to 12 cents—probably will
be rirtbred to former levels it
was explained.
Judge Tam C. Bowie, of West
Jefferson, will be the principal
speaker at the annual Surry-
Yadkin-Wilkes Masonic picnic at
Elkin on Friday, August 25, it
was announced last week.
The veteran legislator will de
liver his address at 11 o’clock,
after which will come the picnic
dinner.
I Among other features planned
for the picnic this year Is a con
cert by the Oxford orphanage
singing class. Justly famous for
years for the quality of their
concerts, and a band concert by
a 30-plece Mount Airy band.
In the afternoon, beginning at
3 o’clock at Riverside Park, a
baseball game will be played be
tween two picked Yadkin coun
ty teams, which will play for the
championship of that county.
Will Give Program Friday
Evening At Local High
School Building
city voted a 16-cent supplement
1 for the operations of the schools
here last Tuesday.
The concert class of the Masonic
orphanage at Oxford will give a
program at the North Wilkesboro
high school auditorium Friday
evening, August 25, at 8 o’clock.
Announcement of the program
was made a few days ago. The
class considered one of the best
in the south and always presents
a highly entertaining program.
The orphanag:e children are well
trained for the concert tour and
those who have witnessed their
performances will vouch for the
splendid entertainment that is in
store.
Local Masons are anxious for a
large audience at the concert.
Kiwanians Hear
Fine Addresses
Captain Crane, J. W. Snyder
and M. K. Beichler Are
On Program
Conducting Christian
Chautauqua At Vannoy
A Christian Chautauqua was
in at Vannoy, Wilkes county,
day wUh Rev. T. Marlon
of Ahoskie, conducting the
illstic services. It will be
In progress tar several days.
Rev. J. W. Lnke, Presbyterian
J minister of Ashe, will be ‘ plat
form manager of the chantauqua
and win be In charge gf the daUf
^vacation Bible school, fie will be
bf Mrs. Lnke aad Mlis
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Richmond, Va., Aug. 17.—^Vir
ginia’s general assemblymen to
day opened an extraordinary ses-
jsion for legislation on legal beer,
repeal and public works.
Forest Furniture Company Shows
Payroll berease Under the NRA
.A striking illustration of the
effect of President Roosevelt’s
National Industrial Recovery
program was given The Journ
al-Patriot Saturday by J. R.
Plnleyv an official of the For
est Furniture company, who
stated that the company’s pay
roll for the past two weeks,
which was the first full pay
roll under tho new code,
amounted to more than g8,-
000.00 more than a two weeks’
payridl in April.
Questioned about the num
ber of employees, Mr. Flidey
•aid the compaa^ was employ
ing fkom'BO to 60 mote bands
than it was in
Indications
ley said, that the company’s
payroU for the rest of this year
will run more than 66,000.00
per month in excess of that
for the first six months of the
year. At this rate, the com
pany would have for a twelve-
month period an increase of
678,000 in payroU.
“All the merchants and bus
iness men should pnt their
shoulders to the wheel and
make the Industrial Recovery
program a snccess,” Mr. Fin
ley declared.' “If our tnereaae
In payroll reflects the general
increase, business should show
• marked improrement in the
near futare,’^be eonrimieck
MM::.
Addresses by Captain Douglas
L. Crane, commander of the
Thomas J. James Camp of the
Civilian Conservation Corps, J.
W. Snyder, federal soil erosion
expert of Statesville, and M. K.
Beichler, of Lenoir, district for
ester, were heard at the lunch
eon of the Klwanls Club Friday.
The speakers explained briefly
their various fields of activity.
Captain Crane told Interesting
ly of camp activities and of
what the boys under his care
were doing.
Mr. Beichler and Mr. Snyder
talked on related subjects, their
addresses tying in with that of
Captain Crane. Protection against
soil erosion and the cultivation
and preservation of the forests
are features of the conservation
camp program.
*010 program Friday was In
charge of Judge T. B. Finley,
veteran Wilkes jurist.
by Mr. Leonard.
“If this system of taxation is re
tained," Mr. Leonard declared, “the
poor man is going to pay still more
tax. This tax has already put two
men in the revenue department
that the state is paying more sal
ary than the commissioner of reve
nue himself.”
Before the end of two years, it
will have added 300 men to the
state payroll, Mr. Leonard pre
dicted.
President Turner, who was a
member of the last legislature,
spoke briefly and urged local peo
ple, including farmers, merchants
and everyone interested in remov
ing the tax to join the associa
tion.
It was announced that another
meeting will be held soon to per
fect the local unit.
Mr. Leonard called attention to
the state organization.
The following officers were
elected at a recent meeting in
Greensboro:
D. E. Turner, Mooresville, presi
dent; T. M. Hunter, Fayetteville,
first vice president; L. T- Gardner,
Reidsville, second vice president;
J. Paul Leonard, Statesville, exe
cutive secretary and treasurer.
The board of directors is com
posed of the following men:
D. E. Turner, Mooresville; T. M.
Hunter, Fayetteville; L. T. Gard
ner, Reidsville; Chas. H. McKnight,
Greensboro; Efird L. Hine, jWin-
ston-Salem; W. R. Spainhour,
Hickory; Horton Doughton, States
ville; R. M. Pound, Charlotte: J.
F. Hicks, Rockingham. Six addi
tional directors are yet to be
elected.
LARGE DOCKET YET
Mim Pansy Thompson
Amfmg'Lsmt 14 In
Beauty Pageant u
DANIEI4S HEADS LEGK
Local People Elated At
or Brought To City Bjr
Mna. Absher
Four weeks of Superior court
ended Saturday afternoon. The
lour weeks included a two weeks
special term and the regular Au
gust term.
Principal cases tried during
the four weeks were those
against H e r s c h e 1 Richardson,
Glenn Walsh and Squire Hutchi;
son.
Many cases were removed
from the docket. However, a
large number of cases are still
on the docket for trial and must
await the next term of court.
One case of Interest disposed
of Saturday morning was that
against Fidel Frazier, charged
with stealing from the sheriff’s
office. He was found guilty of
manslaughter and sentenced to
12 months on the road.
Jud^e T. B. Finley presided
over the last two weeks of the j
court, the first two weeks being
presided over by Judge G. V.
Cowper.
Charles Hughes Is
Head District Bar
Officers Named Saturday At
Meeting In Courthouse At
Wilkesboro
Hugh^, of Newland.
Charles
was elected president of the ]
Mrs. W. R. Absher, of this cItT.
was elected president of tha
North Carolina Department at
the American Leglpp Auilltasi^
at the state convention at Wtf»
mlngton Saturday morning.
The North Wilkesboro ladr
was elected over her opponent*
Mrs. H. A. Newell, of Henderson*
by a vote of 152 to 95 after an
exciting pre-convention c a m-
palgn.
The popular local club woman
and civic leader received gener
ous support from auxiliaries lo
cated in all sections of the state.
In addition to her election as
state president, Mrs. Absher wasS
elected as delegate to the n»-
tlonal convention which will be
held In Chicago next month. She
was also elected alternate nation
al commltteewoman.
The election of the North Wil
kesboro lady as state president le
a distinct honor not only for Mrs.
Absher but for North Wilkesboro
and all this section.
Miss Pansy Thompson, who
was “Miss Wilkes County’’ in the
state-wide beauty pageant at
Wrlghtsvllle Beach, also won
honor for the local Leglgonarlee
and Auxiliary members. She was
among the last 14 beauties on
the stage and, according to re
ports, was second only to “Mize
Washington County” who wa*
selected as “Miss North Caro^ ^
Una.” Miss Thompson competed J
with 107 other North CarollMi*
girls In the beauty pageant.
Those attending the state con
vention of the Legion and Auxil
iary from here were Dr. and'
Mrs. R. P. Casey. Mrs. W. R.
Absher, Mrs. J. E. Turner, Mrs.
Andrew Kilby and Miss Thomp
son.
Seventeenth District Bar Assocl- LEGION PICKS DAOTELS
atlon at a meeting of the bar at a8 STATE QSStpiANDBB
the county courthouse in Wil
kesboro Saturday.
Other officers elected were: A.
T. Grant, of Mocksvllle, council
lor; Harold Burke, of Taylors
ville, secretary.
The executive committee is,
Wilmington, Ang. 19.—Tha
state department of the Ameri
can legion closed its annual two-
day convention here today after
unanimously electing all officers
Tbe executive committee is , including Tom C. Daniels,
composed of Jacob Stewart, of | Bern, as commasderg- «tlw
Mocksvllle, J. M. Brown, of this [ the next convention city M
city, and John C. McBee, Jr., of' GreenstJO™- which also won first
Capone Facing Trial
Chicago, Aug. 16.—Arrange-
for At Capone to be re-
Bakersvllle.
The district is composed of
Wilkes, Alexander, Davie, Yad
kin, Avery and Mitchell coun
ties.
The meeting Saturday was pre
sided over by Judge T. B. Fin
ley. Mrs. Faye Hulet served as
temporary secretary.
Danieh Opens Discussions
Mexico, D.
Jim Williams Completes
His Radiator Repair Shop
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ments
turned' from Atlanta penitentiary
under heavy guard to Chicago
to stand trial for racket conspir-'
acy with 23 others were started
today. Chief Justice John J.
Prystalskl, of criminal court, is
sued a writ of habeas corpus di
recting federal authorities to
produce Capone in his court Au
gust 29. The former gang chief
is serving 10 years at Atlanta for
income tax fsaud. Federal offi
cials here said they believed
there would be no objections to
returning Capone.
F.. Aug. 17.—Am
bassador Josephus Daniels reveal
ed today he has been discussing
with former President Plutacro
Elias dalles the part to be played
by Mexico and the United States
in the forthcoming conference of
North and South American nations
at Montevideo. General dalles,
who is chairman of a coinmission
named to determine Mexico’s pro
gram at the Pan-American meet
ing, told Daniels he considered it
the psychological time for the
American nations to bring about
unity in the commercial and econo
mic fields.
prize in the drum and bugle corps
contest, and passing several reso- '
lutions.
Mrs. W. R. Absher, of Nortli
Wilkesboro, was elected presi
dent of the auxiliary which pass
ed a resolution that no depart
mental presidential candidate
can announce her candldacv un
til after Poppy day, May 80.
Vice commanders elected were:
Charles W. Lewis, of Greens
boro; J. W. Whitehead, of Smith- ®
field, and B. C. Whitaker, of
Cllffside.
Rev. John R. Hay, pastor of
the First Presbyterian churrt of
Hickory, was elected chamsln
and A. O. Dickens, of ^ Wilson,
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Post Office Here
Not in New list
Kills Tbee Men, Wounds Two
.Others, Then Takes Own L&
New Bern Is Only NortK
Carofina City To Be Given
^ BuMiiig
in-O.^
Mr. Jim Williams has complet
ed the building, which will house
his radiator repair shop and he Is
now ready for business. Tbe
building is located at the Tourist
Service Station, one mile west of
the city on the Boone ’Trail high
way.
Complete equipment has been
installed and Mr. 'Williams is now
prepared to do acetylene welding
and radlatoi^fepalring. Mr. Wll-
lluns will/appreciate the patron-
Murfreesboro, Tenn., Aug. 18.
Clem Wright, 38-year-old
farmer, grabbed his shotgun in
an apparent sudden mental de
rangement late today and shot
to death three men, wounded two
others, then killed himself.
John Wright, father of the
killer, Lit Smotherman, and Will
Douglas, neighbors, fell dead be
fore the fire of thie crazed farm
er. A brother, Hester Wright,
'and another neighbor, Herman
Pop*r were wounded'.*®
Witnesses ,^.s»ld "Wright. ran
from his home In an Isolated
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age
4h Old and,new ens^ IWIJnnnIty near here and
out apparent reason shot
his father and brother, - '
Wright then hid .In a gra^
yard, officers were told,’ and shot
at Smotherman and Po^ as they
passed' by. After borrowing some
more, shells tor his gun from the
home of Raymond Bmotherman,
the apparently erased mah went
out on the road and kllM Doug
las. *
County btficers called to the.
scene cornered WrU^t In a small
woods. Before they could, reach
him, they.j|aw 'him place the shot
gun to his head and pull the
trigger. He dUd instantly.
North Wilkesboro was not
eluded in the nearly sixty milllott,
dollars set aside Thursday for the
construction of new - p^ office
bdlibige. Twenty-nine projects]?
in 22 states were annonn^ . by
the gpyemmmt.
New Bern was the only North
Carolina city inehided in the list,.
1260,249 being allotted for the pnr-
'pose. .
, Hope for the loea^ post offios;
building has not beffl ' .almndoB
hpt it .win probaMy Im *®*L»
months before a definite dedtfiri^
reached.
, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
and two sons. Bobble an}-
mle, of this city, spent fhe^
end in High Point‘irith-f
and relatlTes.
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