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NOBfH WitoiSBORO, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 1934
^RanersTo
■or
;at-Tliis-^ason
Producers Mhy Qualify
^# Under Re^nt Ruling of
Com-Hog Section
GET $15.0a PER HOG
^Ipputty Agent A. G. Hendren
\ Is Mailing Information
‘ " 4 ~ To Around 1,500
r it"
Doubtful Whetherf is prosecutor j
Two Murder Cases
J]
s^Im^ b
Ry Mule;
Is Semi-Conscious
escapeT PRfSOfiF
Be Reached
Both the Childress and Eld-
ridge Cases On Calendar
For Next Week
■ A recent ruling ot the corn-hos
■ - . .
‘Beetion ot the Agricultural AU-
EXFKCT POSTPONEMENT
Jhatment 'Adminb>tration enables
the amall producer to participate
Id the liberal benefits paid tor
reducing In 1934, by 25 per cent;
the arerage number of hogs pro-
'li^duced for marKot in 1932-33, ac-
cording to a statement made this
morning by A. G. Hendren, farm
agent for Wilkes county.
“Regardless of the size of their
gnat hog production arerage, all
producers may now qualify for
■ , reduction payments* by reducing
their hog litter average and pro-
dnetlon of hogs tor market not
len than 45 per cent,” Mr. Hen-
dren Mid.
JV>r example, a farmer who
his hlsen-producing an arerage of
SO p4v tor market at any weight,
contracts to raise only 15 In
1034. For so doing, he receives
n -benefit payment of $75.00
which may be computed as either
$5.00 per head on the 15 pigs he
hM the privilege of raising, or
116.00 per head on the five pigs
he agrees not to raise.
This is the Illustration fur
nished by the A. A. A. No pro
ducer who raised less than four
ptgs for market year, of course,
Court Faces Heavy Docket
For Two Weeks; WarHck
Is On the Bench
Judge Wilson WarHck, of
Newton, is presiding over Wilkes
Superior court for the-first time
Bhis week. A two-weeks’ term
convened this morning.
Too Many Malice
Cases On Docket,
Warlick Declares
Presiding Judge Speaks Plain
ly To Grand Jury At
Court Today
could qualify for a reduction con- j jyj^KES STRONG CHARGE
tract. I
Letters containing information. Too many cases growing out
about the corn-hog reduction of malice and spite are crowding
program are being mailed to
about 1.500 farmers in Wilkes
by Mr. Hendren.
V. McGhinnis Out
For Legislature
Farmer of Boomer Communi
ty Announces Candidacy
For G. O. P. Primary
the dockets of courts_ all over
North Carolina, Judge Wilson
WarUck, ot Newton, declared
this morning in his charge to
the grand jury at the opening of
the March term of Wilkes Su
perior court.
Many of the cases which are
piling up expense on lu.xpay-
ers ought never io ue placed on
the (locket, th • jurist stated. The
A two weeks’ term of Wilkes
superior cmirt for the trial of
criminal cases convened in the
courthouse* in Wilkesboro this
morning.
Judge (Wilson Warlick, of New
ton, who is holding his first court
in Wilkes, delivered his charge to
the jury this morning and court
immec^iately took up the (ases on
the calendar for today.
Solicitor John R. Jones, of this
city. ■ is prosecuting the docket for
the state.
This court may be robbed of its
glamor by the postponement of its
two major cases, according to in-
i formation that is considered re
liable. Although the noted Chil-
dress-Tilley case and the Eldridge
I case are on the calendar for
March 12, it is considered extreme
ly doubtful whether either of them
will be reached at this term on
account of the heavy docket.
No definite information to this
effect is availsIWe, but the feeling
exists that both cases will require
more time than it will be expedient
to allot them this term. Judge
Warlick indicated this morning
that he hoped to get rid of a ma
jority of cases on the
docket-
20-Year*OW S«i trf Mr. and
Mrs. R. P. Pardne, of
This (Sty
CONDinONni SERIOUS
Mule Threw Him and Then
Kicked Him In-Head; Bad
~ - ;r LaemrahkMi
Visting Coi
Gets Hu Fn
NimeToo
Man Answering
''"Of Harry
Wanted At Osag*
NAME IS HARRY LEAR
Received ^
Telegram Is
Judge T. B. Finl^ From
Oklahoma, eby
John Indiana desper
ado,. madVV-g: ddlrrng escape from
priaon. Satuiday.
Solicitor John R. Jones, of this
city. Is prosecuting the docket of
Wilkes Superior court which con
vened this morning.
Installment Plan
For Payii^[ Back
Taxes Advocated
James- Pardue, 20-year-old
North Wilkesboro youth, lies in
the WHkeo Hospital In'^a semi
conscious condition as the result
of being kicked on the head by
a mule yesterday morning.
The -accident took place as the
boy was riding the male on the
road betwee.n^the lower bridge
and the Boone 'Trail. The animal I
was frightened by a dog and
threw Pardue to the ground,
kicking the boy in the head as
he lay on the ground.
The back of Pardue’s head!
was severely lascerated and atjGlOOm Mr.
the hospital this morning, at-
tache,s said his condition was re
garded as critical. His skull was
baddy fractured.
Young' Pardue is the son ofj Washington,. March 3.—^The
Bdtter Ecoboi^
a.
Roosevelt,Took OMee Has
Been Dispell^
i ONE-YEAR REIGN ENDS
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Pardue, wno,
reside on the farm of C. C. 0am-'
bill.
Large Crowd Attend Mass
Meeting At Courthouse
This Afternoon
crowded
Anderson Returm
To PoHce Force
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
The instalment plan for paying
delinquent taxes for 1931 and
four prior years was advocated
by taxpayers of Wilkes at a mass
meeting held in the county
court-room during the noon re
cess of court today.
I Sam Pennell, Lee J. Church
I
I and J. W, Jones were appointed
I as a committee of three to pre-
Chief of Police Back On Job sent the expression of the mass
Vnnee McGinnis, prominent jurl^- should make every
farmer of th- Boomer ^ommurnty ^ prevent such cases from
mid a leading member of the Ke-
tahhean party, announced his coming m trial, h '
eandidaev for the Republican nom- Judge Warlick indicated that
iaktion for representative in the prosses shoum be accepted
itate legislature* this .noming. ' jjy in many cases al-
- The Boomer man has long stpod | calendar for trial
high In the councils of his ! and left the impression that his
and is a veteran of many political; would make short work of
battles- I petty and trivial Indictments.
Mr. McGinnis issued the folow-j Newton jurist, -vfrho is pre-
■ing statement: , sidine over his first court in
"At the earnest solicitation of -vilkM, made a highly favorable
many citizen sof Wilkes county, I j^pression upon the Wilkes bar
have consented to bec(>me a oan-^^^^ crowd at court,
dldate lor the house of represen-
After An Absence of Sev
eral Months
tatlves in the next general “ssem-,pj^^ AirpOrt
■bly of North Carolina, subject to
the action of the Republican pri-
Binry in Jane.
In City Vanishes
“I deem it proper to state my. Demobilization of CWA^ ESnds
position on some of the leading is-j Chancet.; No New Projects
snes now before the people. Anyj Now Being Approved
man who offers to legislate for the i . .IT
people, should- state clearly his Hope for the
pomtion on the Issues of the day
ax>d when he is elected he should
(Continued on page eight)
Soon To Complete
Ferguson Building
OWA
Forcee Make Exc^ent
fs Monument To
OIvU Works Program
Ferguson school building, re-
pladng the burned structure, will
aeon -be completed if C-WA forces
an not thinned too rapidly, Prof.
O. B. BUer, county superinten
dent of schools, said Saturday. If
there is no change, most of the
work will be completed In two sr
thne weeks, it was indicated.
This handsome seven-room
bsUding will be a permanent
monnment to the CWA, Prof.
■nw declared. This and another
la Alexander county will be the
only two complete school bulld-
In North Carolina built with
CWA Ubor.
immediate con
struction of an airport here as a
civ^ works administration project
has vanisheii it was learned this
morning from Carl S. Coffey, a
member of the local airport com
mittee.
Demobilization of CWA forces
is proceeding so rapidly that no
new projects are being approved,
Mr. Coffey said he had been in
formed. At the present rate of
demobilization, sufficient tabor
con’d not be kept to complete
such a large project.
Hat Unclaimed
Police
|¥«i,Wng Good Top-Piece
For Its Owner
Somebody walked out of the
alty hall about two weeks ago
mlnns his hat. There to no erl-
firw-T that he made a harried de-
nartnre to avoid the police and
; no a breadcaat for the owner Is
to bring reanlta- It Is
top Jlsse ttUi thiB OWBW
SHiy obtain same by Identifying
a to the eUet of poUee.^
Sun Comes Out
After Absence
Several Days
This morning the sun made
its first appearance since
bigf ice and snow storm of a
week ago.
Most of the damage to lines
of the t^ephone, power and
telegraph companies has been
r^aired and service of the
power and telegnHdi com
panies has been retiwned to
BMmiaL Extremely hard hit by
the storm, the local exdiange
of the South East Public Serv
ice eompany has not beM able
to dear np all the wreckage on
some of its telephone lines.
The rain of last week was
welcomed by farmers who
were beomning alarmed over
the long dry spell and the
bc^it snn of this mdning was
fld hy an wbfr haw to'
over iwral roads to i
Jam : M. Anderson returned
to his plucc as chief of police
this morni:!'^ :ifter an absence of
several m-n''! during which
time he servi *1 acting postmas
ter for Nortli Wilkesboro.
The board of city commission
ers met in spfcial session Satur
day and appointed Mr. Anderson
to the post lie formerly held.
Mayor J. A. Rousseau and all
members of the board, with the
exception of S. V. Tomlinson,
■were pres( nt.
John Walker served as chief
of rol-ce during the absence of
?,ir. Anderson.
No action was taken by the
board regarding other members
of the police force.
Lose 2 Children
Within One Week
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Waddell, Of
Myers, Lose Two Children
By Death
Death entered the home of Mr.
and Mrs. D. L. Waddell of My
ers, Friday for the second time
within five days and claimed Bet
ty Lon, their four-year-old daugh
ter. Their two-year-old daughter,
Lois Elmyra. died on Monday.
Betty Lou, the only living
child, passed away Friday at 3:40
a. m. She was four years, five
months and 26 days ot age.
The funeral service was con
ducted Sunday morning at 10
o’clock from the residence of Mr.
and Mrs. A. P. Bowers, grand
parents of the deceased, with
Rev. L. E. Sparks In charge. In
terment was made in the family
cemetery-
The parents are the only sur
viving members of the immedi
ately family.
To Give Recital
Public Invited To Recital Friday
At 8:1S P. M.
Miss Ellen Robinson’s class in
music will give a recital in the
anditorlum of the city school
building Friday afternoon at
3:16 o’clock. FThere will be no
admission Obarge and the public
Is cordially invited to attend.
meeting to the board of county
commissioners.
The mass meeting today was
called to order by attorney J. F.
Jordan who asked L. Bumgarner
to preside as cfhairman. Julius C.
Hubbard was named temporary
secretary and upon motion of W.
A. Stroud this temporary organi
zation was made permanent.
Chairman Bumgarner called
upon Attorney Jordan to explain
the provisions of Senate Bill 180.
The Wilkesboro attorney re
sponded with a detailed explana
tion of the provisions. If delin
quent taxpayers for the years pro
vided are allowed to pay In In
stalments, the cost per taxpayer
will not exceed 75 cents, while If
the county forecloses, the aver
age cost will be not less than
$6.00 for each suit.
Action must be taken by the
commissioners 'before April 1 if
the provisions of this bill are ac
cepted, Mr. Jordan explained. At
their discretion, the commission
ers may accept notes payable in
as many as five instalments. TKe
county’s Interests are protected
by a deed of trust which consti
tutes a first lien upon the prop
erty.
Geo. E. Blevins, of the Spring-
field community, spoke In opposi
tion to the bill and made a mo
tion not to place the mass mat
ing on record as favoring accept
ance of the plan. - :
W. A. Stroud, clerk of Stttor-
lor court, who issued a state
ment recently regarding the
large number of foreclosure suits
which must he instituted under
the present policy, read the law
regarding the Instalment plan
and said his only Interest In the
matter was to »11 the facts to
the attention of the public for
whatever action deemed advis
able.
The motion to place the mass
meeting on record as favoring ac
ceptance of the plan by the board
ot commissioners was carried
with only two dissenting votes-
The committee was then appoint
ed to inform the commissioners
of the action taken.
A crowd estimated at 800 peo
ple attended the meeting.
To Argue Appeal
For Taylorsville
tomorrow with much of Its pro
gram burled In controversy but
with Bbe nation In a bettered eco
nomic condition than upon that
Killers Tuesday
i dismal day on which Franklin D.
Roosevelt took office.
Engine Trivette, F. J. McDuffie | While the politica^ opposition
And J. F. Jordan Will Go | on Capitol Hill reiterates its
To Raleigh j charges of dictatorship and both
The appeal of R. E. Black and j industry and labor berate the na-
Mlke Stefanoft, under sentence of tlonal recovery administration,
death for the attempted holdupPresident proceeds with his
of the Farmers and Merchants
Bank at Taylorsville during, ■,
plans, undisturbed by the 'bull-
whlch the cashier, T. C. Barnes,
was killed, will be argued before {
abaloo that surrounds them.
The individual Items' of the
Supreme I chief executive’s program have, |*friy left town after his ret
Harry Williams, the 'sel^atyM
Gklalhoma cowboy, whi^: spent
three weeks In the cjty,^^|^n-
ed his freedom none tmev
Friday, Judge T.
celved the following"'
from J. S. KeltoD,
Okla.: " ■
“Harry P. Lear, - . 34,
weight about 226. light
eyes, wanted Osage.
bezzlement First State bsnlL..Par*
ty you have awW-Vf dMcriPrinn
as to manners and dress.^ SMrirlft
Pawhuska, Okla. has warrant fqir
Lear.” r,.
A stranger, who looked some
what like "Pretty Boy” ■:
was picked up In the city a' Week
ago last Friday. Soon after hla
arrest, local police were convlne-
ed that he was not “Pretty Boy”
Floyd, but decided to hold him
until his fingerprints were cheek
ed at Washington and ascertain
if possible whether a man an^-
swerlng his description was want
ed anywhere.
Williams instituted habeas cor
pus proceedings immediately and
a hearing was held before Jndge
Finley the day after his arrest.
Final hearing was set before
Judge Wilson Warlick at Yadkin-
ville on Tuesday of last week. In
the meantime, the police depart
ment had heard from Washing
ton and Williams was set free.
Although he had been staying
at a local boarding bouse for
three weeks, Williams immedl-
t.he North Carolina . ^
court Tuesday. I roughly fallen into one of , , .
Eugene Trivette, F. J. McDuf-| Temoorarv measures] 8‘«n«er was arrested here
fie and J. F. Jordan, members of'*“■
the Wilkes bar who represented J®®‘f“®'^ ^° nroiecte ^f a nelJr statements he is al-
(Covery, and projects of a P®™^“|ieged to have made to people at
the two men at their trial in Sep-
tember, will go to Raleigh to ar-I "®“i in^theTun'^® ‘'*®
Kue the case on appeal about lasting changes in the *““-lcoipus hearing, he denied the
gue • I ‘'*® truth of these statements. Asked
Lions Will Hold
nomic system
In the first category are listed
Business Meeting tl»e public works and civil works
administrations, federal purchas-
The North Wilkesboro Lions es of agricultural surpluses for
Club will hold a business session relief purposes, the emergency
at the regular semi-monthly [ conservation corps, federal refl-
meetlng at Hotel Wilkes Thurs-lnancing of home and farm mortg-
day evening. The meeting will be | ages; reconstruction corporation '
held at 7 o’clock. Matters of,loans to banks and railroads. Ilearned the identity of Wllllnmn
special Interest to every member, on the side of reconstruction
will come up and a large attend- are the farm act, the Tennessee
ance is expected. Valley Authority, the devalued
dollar, the securities law intend-
JameS Kilby Now 'ed to protect the public against
C p I T Cft ' rapacious financiers, and for gOv
Wltn O. r. nimentnl control of the stock
Woman Doctor Sentenced
To Life ImprbmuiMiit
Wilkesboro P-T. A.
To Meet Wednesday
Dr. Sarah Ruth Dean, 36-yenr-
otd baby specialist, was convict
ed Saturday ot the sUeged “poh-
The March meeting ot the ‘Wil
kesboro Parent-Tsscher— Assoel-
paun Irill he hsld aft
ernoon nt S:16 o’clock. AU mem-
son whiskey highbnll’f, death ot
hers are i^uesM to l>e pcif^nt. hsr^lshor,
Dr. John Preston Kennedy, st
.Greenwood, MlBk sad wan mb-
tenced to life Imprisonment st
James Kilby, who was con
nected with the Gulf Refining
company hero for several years,
has accepted a position in the lo
cal office of the Southern Public
Utilities company.
Mr. Kilby Is a promising young
business man and hts friends
wish him great success in his
new position.
and commodity exchanges.
Some of the administration
projects originally regarded as
temporary are now slowly ad
vancing Into the permanent
stage. Outstanding among these State Committeeman from Wilke*
is the national recovery adminis
tration.
Convict Pushes Himself In
Box Truck And Flees
February Had
No Full Moon
Excepting the weather, did
yon notice anything unusual
about the month of February?
WeU, It had no full moon. So
h^rch gfets two, one.of wlilch
was Thursday nigjht and the
other will be on March 80.
niose who kee^ dheck on
such tbfaigB, give out the in-
formation that snch a thing
hasn’t happened befme In sev
enteen years and add that It
will be tliat long before It hap
pens
Raleigh, Feb. 28.—A truck
Will Go To Raleigh For Im
portant Session
The report on the escape of ernor O. Max Gardner t^gned.
L. D. Roberta, serving nine
months tor assault in Fayette
ville, said Roberts “helped push
a truck oat when it got stuck
and apparently pushed himself auditorium.
into a box on it and disappear-
ed." ,.
Fashion Show Will Be Staged By
Merchants At Liberty Next Week
A fashion show,-featuring the
latest styles in ladles’ and men’s
clothing, win be staged by
North Wilkesboro merchants in
co-operation with the Liberty |
Theatre on Monday and Tuesday
of next week.
Spring fashions will be shown
on living models. Hnny Shannon
and his band, together with hla
company of beaatfful girls, w(bo
were bere reoently, will make a
return engagement at the theatre
and this vandeviUe troupe will
assist in staging' the fashion^
idtow.
Feminine apparel will he worn
by the beautiful show glrli and
male members of tb^vanderille
ooiapaa|!.|PBLwear iHKMi
why he told of owning a ranch in
Oklahoma, he said he had gone
so far with his big tales that he
had to tell something.
Local police are convinced that
they had Lear, the man wanted
by Oklahoma authorities. With
out the break In communicatien
before his release.
To a representative ot The
Journal-Patriot, the man gave
his name as Harry Williams and
said he was 34 years of age. H*
declined to make any other
statement.
F. C. Forester To
Attend Party Meet
Election ot a national commit
teeman and selection of the^time
and place for the biennial - state
Democratic convention will face
loaded with big boxes got stuck the state Democratic executive
on a Cumberland county road the j committee when it meets in Ra-
other day where a gang of con- lelgh Thursday. V-rt® .'
victs was working and after thei c. L. Shaping, of Gre^top,
prisoners pushed the truck out'is expected to be naipsd JiMhdfc-
of Ipie mud one, of the convicts [ teeman with little ir ptf :»pp«»I-
couldn’t be found, state’s prison.tlon. The post has bd^-'vaennt
was notitiod todly. [since last fall when-foraiir .%it-
Raleigh fa strong in the run
ning for the convention site, of
fering the poliUcal advnai|gn at
a state capital ‘ and a la'tge ^cttjr
J. Wallace .Winborne. of .Mnr-
ion, chairman ot the state, com
mittee, will preside «t the eto-
slon Thursday. Several etS«r
matters of party bnslnesn atk-on
the program;
F. O. Foroeter, of thls^ictty,
who Is a member ot the etato
died by the men’s clothing stores. (Committee, will attend the moet-
' tag. 4;-
1316 fashion show will be one
ot the moat elaborate ever at
tempted in this section • and a
large pum:^r of local merchants
are planning to co-operate.
Shannon’s vaudedlle company
win give their cegulnr acts in r. l. Hawkins, of Rlehmond.
addition to their part in the Va., who was struck by an auto-
fashlon show. T!be company will mobile and seriouriy Injured seV-:!
Hawkim Improv^
Narive Of Wlikei~»«itfnK Well
After Aoeldeat
have a eompisto change: of pro
gram from that given In their
recent engaghmenW
On tihe seiemi during the show
will he one ot the oatatanding
screen, pictures, "Holtyirood
Bound," which Uer la tMaatlful-
ly wltli the show,
and Karlen C^es .4
theHBdittm.'
erm days ago, Is resting, well and -
hat an exeeUeat chance to
cover, aoeordtaf to a numii. to-
eeived today by.:tolKtlTeo hawr-' ;
Althongh hie «endttlMk‘4B '.lhv>
otoble, Mrs. ^adeJIlniKaee, ot
this dty, who is hls^
malQlQg at III
ilBs Is the siia ^
a.