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_ Jimy Finds Only 82 True Bilks
^Mid Makes Only Three
’ Prcsentnients
48 NOT TRUE BILLS
The^rantl Jury for the March
term of Superior court submitted
aa excellent report to Judge Wil-
-t. ‘
son Warllck, presiding jurlsv,
following the completion of its
work.
The report revealed that the
Jury found 82 true bills, made
three presentments and found 48
not true bills.
Following is the report:
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March Term 19S4, Wilkes Su
perior Court.
To- His Honor Wilson Warlick.
Judge Presiding:
We, the Grand Jury for March
_ Terra 1934, Wilkes Superior
W*Court having finished our work
beg leave to submit the following
report.
We have had before us 139
bills. 82 of which we returned as
true bills, and 48 not true bills
were continued for evidence.
Three presentments were made.
We visited the county home in
a body—Found a fine plant well
cared for and managed by the
keeper, J. M. 'Absher. There are
34 inmates in the home, 4 of
whom are in the tubercular hut,
4 are colored. The buildings arc
in good condition and the part
occupied by the inmates clean
and in sanitary conJition. We
found the inmates generally con
tented and none made any par-
pular complaint, while several
them said they were-well cared
for. .Mrs. Cora Miller is matron of
the tubercular hut and appears
to give the four patients the best
of care.
The steam line to the infirmary
needs repairing, and the plaster
in one room of the main building
needs patching. There are now
alx prisoners working on the
farm and Mr. Absher wants six
more, preferably 6 months or
longer term prisoners and we
recommend that these be assign
ed to him.
We visited the jeil in a body.
There are at present about 20
prisoners in the jail. Two win-
i^w-glass had been knocked out
a drunken prisoner, a recent
/■ .recruit, the day w-e were there.
We talked with the prisoners and
examined their bunks and bed
ding. Some of the double deck
' iKjrtable bunks need bracing to
make them more secure, some
of the mattresses seemed to
be rather thin, and in need
more straw. A hole in the
Mlling made by prisoners in a
ipiMst escape, in one of the rooms
4>e repaired. Some of the
piteoiiers complained about not
•etang a variety of food, while
r»iJ were well fed
aa4- cared tor. Sanitary condl-
as good as could be
expaittad. The attention of the
Grand Jary was called to a shed
pn the emt side oi the jail which
•bete water in bard rains against
wall and windows, caus-
■ tM^diamAge to same. We recom-
SWd 4kat the County Commis-
■atenerd'wowfer with the owners of
■ property, to the end that
" litr$tcture either be repaired
tered or removed.
ITt y Superintendent of
'a*odJa Prof. C. B. Eller appeared
i 4l»to morning and made
■ « vertial report of the condition
Ji' of thoJ§- school buildings which
P he thonght Vere In the most need
of r«pa1fr“etc. They are as fol
lows:
_3mer—-Well needs repairing.
Moravian F^Hs—Sewer system
^nd well In bad shape,
pc MonnUin Crest—Roof needs
spalring.
Mount Pleasant—Three rooms
Washington
Rumon here
has it that Major George L. Ber
ry (above), of Rogersvllle, Tenn.,
is the man slated for the Job as
Chairman of the Democratic Na
tional Committee, which post is
soon to be vacated, by Postmast
er-General James A. Farley.
Fire Chief Warns
Public Regarding
Law In Case Fire
Law Reqiifires Auto Drivers
To Pull To Side Until Fire
Truck Passes
REQUEST~^ERVANCE
C. G. Day, chief of the North
Wilkesboro Volunteer Fire De
partment, stated yesterday after
noon that many automobile driv
ers fail to observe the law when
the fire alarm is sounded. Instead
of pulling to the right and halt
ing until the fire truck passes,
most drivers apparently try to see
who can beat the fire truck there,
Mr. Day said.
The fire chief pointed out that
the law requires that traffic come
to a standstill in order to give
the fire department an opportun
ity to make all speed possible.
Mr. Day is anxious that the peo
ple be as considerate as possible
in this respect.
Chief of Police James .M. .A.n-
derson slated that reports had
come to him to the effect that
some automobile ^owners had
even driven over the water hose.
He said such discourtesy will not
be tolerated and that offending
drivers will be arrested.
The Great Wilkes Fair will
again be held this year, it was
announced following a meet
ing of the directors of the
Great Wilkes Fair Association
.Monday afternoon.
Heptcunber I8-19-aO-3I were
set as the dates for holding the
fair and plans for a fair that
will undoubtedly surpass an.v-
thing in the history of the as
sociation were outlined in de-
taU.
W. .V. McXeUl, prominent
local business man, was again
elected president and business
manager of the association.
and he will direct the advertis
ing ranipai|(n which is expect
ed to bring in the neighbor
hood of 100,000 people this
year.
Tlie task of preparing the
copy for the preininm cata-
lognns has already been taken
up. Cash prizes will be award
ed this year. It was decided by
the fair association directors,
and there will be no solicita
tion of prize donations from i
the merchants.
President McNeill announced j
at the mt'riing that the entire 1
entertainment program for the
fonr days of the fair had al
ready been arranged. Mark's
• tr. .
Greater Shows, width {days
the Maryland and Virginia
~4 O'
State fairs and some of the
larger cities of the coantr}',
will come* here ‘for the first
time as the midway attraction.
Mark's Greater Shows consists
of 30 cars and has 10 riding
devices, IS side shows and 50..
concessions. It is a clean show
from start to finish and su
perior to the shows that have
played the midway in recent
(Continued on page four)
Airport Domyodi 2 Weeks Term Court
No Rush, However, a.s Appro-,
priation Has Already Been
Set Aside, Page Says 1
1
i Instructions as to when con
struction On the new $86,000 air
port on the Brookshire property
east of Wilkesboro will be start
ed have not been received by the ;
county eWA administrator, but
they are expected soon.
Carl S. Coffey, a member of
the local airport committee, was
advised Tuesday by R. B. Page,
in charge of the aeronautics di-1
vision of the CWA in North Car-1
olina, that the project had been ]
approved as submitted and that i
the appropriation of $86,000 had
been set aside for construction of
the airport. Mr. Page said no
time limit has been set for pur
chase of the tiecBssary maTSffaTs*.
It was the general understand
ing that it was necessary to com
plete the purchase of materials
prior to April 1, but this Infor
mation was incorrect as to the
airport.
There will be as little delay as
possible in getting the project
under way. it was stated yester
day.
.Approximately 3 2 5 oases
were removed from the docket
during the two weeks term of
court which ended Friday, ac
cording to (Terk W. A. Stroud,
who made a somewhat hurried
ciieck to obtain a vihsonably
accurate estimate.
When court convened there
were 537 cases on the calen
dar. Slightly more than 200
ca.scs, among which are the
noted Chlldres8-Tillc|y case and
the Eldridge case, are still on
the docket for trial.
The docket is now in the
best shape it has been in years,
according to information ob
tained from Mr. Stroud.
Prevette’s Grand
Opening Tonight
New And Modem Men’s De
partment Store To Open
At 8:00 ©'Clock
Belle’s Store At
Lenoir Is Burned
Dr. James Campbell,
College Head, Dies
^ The annual Easter
President .And Founder Of Camp- j Service will again be held at St.
bell Colle^: Ciicle Of Mrs. j Paul's Episcopal church in Wil-
Eugene Oliie ^ kesboro. it was announced
Buies Creek. March 20.—^A terday.
Prevette's grand opening in the
new and modern store building,
which was created within the
walls of the old home, will be
held this evening at 8 o’clock.
A seven-piece orchestra will
come here from Winston-Salem
to furnish music for the occasion.
The piano will be furnished by
J. L. Garwood.
Prevette’s is now completely
departmentalized and will b"
known as "Prevette’s, the Men j
Department Store.” The interior
of the building has been com
pletely changed and new fixtures
installed. Total cost of moderniz
ing the store amounted to more
than''$4,000, it is stated.
Entirely new merchandise was
I purchased for the new store. The
I old stock, moved to the Finley
j building across the street to per-
Episcopaljans To Lp^fl |n Ob-_ tnit remodelling, will be sold
— _ stores being operated
for the present.
Prevette’s store is now a mem
ber of one of the largest buying
agencies in the country, guaran
teeing low prices on all merchan
dise.
The public is cordially invited
Sunrise' grand opening thfk eve-
' ning.
Cleveland . . . Judge Florence
E. Allen of the Ohio Supreme
Court (above) has been honored
by President Roosevelt^ having
been nominated for the federal
bench as judge the U. S. Cir
cuit Court of APPcttlB at Cin
cinnati, the highest federal judi
cial post ever held by'a woman.
Sunrise Services
TeBcfleWAlSr
Paul’s At Easter
sorvance Of Easier At
Special Services
LACKEY IS TO LEAD
Members Of Historic Wilkes
boro Church Hope to Make
It Annual Affair
District School
Commencements
Be Planned Soon
Decision To Hold These Com
mencements For Seventh
Grades Made Tuesday
PRINCIPALS JffiET SOON
yes-
Funeral Is Held
For Wreck Victim
District commencements for
the eight school districts of
Wilkes were deuided upon at a
meeting of the Wilkes County
Schoolmasters Club Tuesday eve
ning in Wilkesboro.
Principals of the central high
schools will meet at an eafiy'fiSte*
and make finaL pifiaa for the
commencement programs. The
district commencements will be
somewhat similar to the group
commencements, once a custom
in the county.
The Schoolmasters also made
plans at their meeting Tuesday
evening for grading the seventh
grade, examination papers. The
examinations were given Wed
nesday in all schools of the coun
ty. It was decided to let the
teachers of one district grade the
papers from some other district,
thus avoiding any possibility of
favoritism.
The final meeting of the
Schoolmasters Club will be held
in April, it was announced at the
crowd of more than 2,500 peK Arrangements have been made [ >ij,ok Felts Buried At Mountain; meeting. Prof. C. M. Cook, pres-
sons paid a final tribute to one) for a bigger and more inspiring {
.1,
Total Damage Estimated At
$100,000; Most Of Dam
age Confined to Belk’s
Lenoir, March 20.—A $100,-
000 department store fire today
brought injuries to five persons | college here.
and badly damaged two adjoin-. Thirty Baptist ministers, in-
ing buildings. , eluding several of the denomi-| jon.
View" Immen.se Crowd .At
tends Funeral
Baptist ministers and educators
at funeral services this afternoon
for Dr. J. A. Campbell, Jounder
and only president of Campbell
Those injured, none believed: nation’s leaders, occupied the
seriously. Included four firemen platform In the college chapel
have been. The first part of the
service will be held in the yard
of this historic church which two
years hence will celebrate its cen-!
tennlal. Easter carols will be, ^
sung Just as the sun makes itsi’*'-
appearance on the eastern hori-1 yesterday afternoon at 2 o clock.
in
Final rites for Mack Felts, 27,
victim of an automobile crash at
th© Intersection of Sixth and “B”
i Streets Saturday night, were held
on whom fell wreckage of the
front coping of the Belk depart
ment store—main scene of the
blaze.
John Moore, an employe at
Belk’s, was burned about the
hands when he attempted to open
a door Immediately after discov- j
ering the fire in the basement of
the building.
The department store with its'
merchandise was destroyed and
the adjoining Carolina store and
Smithey’s department store were,
badly damaged. |
where the services were held.
Several of them were former
students of Dr. Campbell.
Interment was In the little
From the church yard, the
congregation will go Into the
church where Rev. B. M. Lackey,
of Lenoir, rector of the church,
will deliver the Easter message.
Following the sermon, the com-
vlllage cemetery near the home: munlon service will be held.
man-
of Dr. Campbell's entire
hood.
Dr. Campbell, who was 72
! years of age, died Sunday after
noon in a Fayetteville hospital.
The vast crowd was silent as community is extended an invlta-
the eulogies were said. I 1° attend.
Mr. Campbell, a native of Har-
Members of the Episcopal con
gregation hope to make their an
nual sunrise service just as im
pressive as the Moravian service
in Winston-Salem. The 'entire
Rev. Lanareth Blevins was
charge of the service.
A large crowd attended the
service, Mr. Felts being a highly
respected citizen of the Hays
community.
Other Injuries in the wreck
which cost the life of Mr. Felts
are getting along nicely.
ident, presided.
Dr. W. A. Jenkins
To Address Lions
Local Minister To Speak To
Club This Evening At
Hotel Wilkes
Relief Cases Will Be Reqirired
To Make Garden, Mss. G.
G. Foster, States ,
WILL
Complete Info^f^t^oil;. Re
garding Pfairi Has'Not
Been Received Yet -
A farm garden program, tleing
in with the aim. of relief ageSMIM’'
to assist the unemployed to pmt
on a self-supporting basis, wilt'Oe
launched soon, it was learned
yesterday from Mrs. G. 0. Fos
ter, county CWA administrator
and director of federal emergency
relief.
Prof. Much Profflt, of Goshen,
has been appointed supervisor
and will direct the county-wide
program. Mr. Proffit is a gradu
ate of the University of North
Carolina and has taught in the
schools of Wilkes for the past
three years.
Mrs. Fosfer said neither she
nor -ifr. Proffit had received com
plete information as to how to
proceed, but had been advised to
await further instructions from
headquarters at Raleigh.
It hds been definitely decided,
however, that every relief case
will be required to put out and
cultivate a good garden this
year. Those who do not will be
removed from the relief list.
Closer supervision than was
possible last year is assured by
the appointment of Mr. Proffit
to direct the program. .Mr. Prof
fit and .Mrs. Foster are expecting
to attend a meeting relative to
the program In Boone Satur(lay.
The public will be kept advis
ed as to the progress of th© pro
gram from time to time. The ex
tent of relief costs next winter
depends to no little extent upon
the success of this program, Mrs.
Foster stated.
Longest Rainbow
Trout Prize Won
By R. E. Waiter*
Winners Of Fishing Contest At
Banners Elk Announeeti .At
Countrj- (Tub .Meet
nett county, started teaching j
The firemen Injured were Ezraj he but 18 years of age,,
Rink, face injuries; Mason Holli-‘ finishing his own educa-|
field, shoulder injuries; June Me- tlo»- Forty-seven years ago hej
ronev, back and face injuries: founded Buies Creek academy.)
and A. Y. Cottrell, a wrenched It became known as Campbell
back. They were pouring water college in 1926.
from a hose onto the fire at the Campbrir^ an uncle of
store’s front door when the cop-'
The music at the funeral service
was rendered by a male quartet,
under the direction of Rev. Eu-
u«»wJ Bppe—Well woods ropalr-
wmd enrbiag.
' Cfwok —- Aadltoriain
w elaat rooms aoodod.
MAgo—JUx)f woods
ro-
ir ffariwgs—In h*d con-
plalns—Roof needs repair-
|4IKMUitaln View—A fire trap.
rilBt Hill—Floor, steps and
r«U In need pi repair,
tad.
tad condition.
'mo*rlnf®»lY« — FIta
ing crashed. I
Soon after the blaze was dis
covered at 8:30 a. m., a call for,
help was sent to Hickory and a
truck from there sped to the as- *
slstance of the local department t-ampueii.
which fought the flames Ior aev-j,-yj
oral bonrs before they were «mF*.i I: .MHMtar
biwoght under control. 'At
'WMle damago to the bnildings
Adjoining: Belk’s was eatimetod at Mrs. Fred .Qatther, of Milton
approakmately $15,000, Belk o^ Creek, who Is a member of 'tte
ftolale said .damage to-its stock j oxecttt|vo committee of .itlio
was $60,000 and $35,000 to the 1 Greensboro College Alumnae As-
building. The building, owned by, soclation, attended a meeting of
Mrs. Lucy Bernhardt, was insur-1 tbe committee In Greensboro Sat
ed. The Bernhardt estate owned
the Carolina atore building.
Mr. T. S. Miller, who has been
coadned to his room at the Smi-
Um7 Hotet in Wilkesboro for sev-
4HM^da78> In improring, trlen^
wUl be ptoased to learn
urday. Mrs. Gaither is a member
of the Wilkes County Club of the
Association.”--?
Plans were made at the meet
ing for holding a: tree planting on
the college eampae as an evei4»-
al reparation pjf the damage
^done by the^ipgmt*ilee|. storm
Two Large Stills
Are Destroyed In
Spurgeon Section
County Officers Continue To
Score In Drive Against
.Bootlegging Here
GET 25 GALLONS LIQUOR
Continuing their, drive against
the illicit Uanor traffic in. Wfikes,
coanty otfioers added ' two more
large distillery - jdaats to their
list Monday.
:;Balding in the. Bptageon sec
tion, Sheriff W/i Bi Bexaen and
Midnight Show At
Liberty Theatre Sunday
"The Broadway Whirl”, a
vaudeville show with 22 people,
will be at the Liberty Theatre
Sunday night for a midnight
show. According to Mr. M. L.
Curry, manager of the theatre,
this is one of the best attractions
on the road and has only shown
in the larger cities of the east
and south. Workmen have been
busy all week at the theatre en
larging the stage which when
completed will be about twice Ite
former size. The vaudeville
troupe will also be at the Llbeitx
for both shows Monday and
Tuesday. The midnight show is
all vaudeville, lasting about one
and oee-halt hours. ,
Dr. W. A. Jenkins, pastor of
North Wilkesboro Methodist
church, will deliver the address
at a meeting of the Lions Club
this evening at Hotel Wilkes. The
club meets at 7 o’clock.
The program will be In charge
of Dr. J. S. Deans who has ar
ranged several features for the
entertainment of the Lions.
Chevrolet Men
Meet In. City
BA.VNER ELK, Feb. 18.—The
Elk River Falls Fishing and.
Country Club will again bold its
fishing contest, lasting from
.April 15 to the close of the trout
season, it was announced today
by Edgar H. Tufts, chairman of
the board of the directors. Win
ners of last season’s contest were
announced as folluws:
Gen© Eller, Newland, clerk of
the Avery county court, won first
prize, a ten dollar trout rod,
with a 22 1-3 inch brown.,
caught with a live minnow.
Prize for the longest rainbow
caught, a seven and a half dol
lar reel, went to R. E., Wglteiik'
North Wilkesboro. for.,A,_^24..1-4
inch trout, 2 poundit dl^i^tane-
es, girth ten inclii^,.' Ih
the waters of the ^Bik
Fishing Club directly above tba
Elk Falls club property. Second
rainbow prize, a two and a half
dollar reel, went to John H. Heiv
rln, Johnson City, Tenn., for
I 20 1-4 inch trout, 2 pounds, nine
Representatives 01
lotte Branch Office At
tend Driers Meet
ounces, 10 inch gjr|h. .and thlFd.w.
Lnar-[ a dozen favorite flies, to
I Carl E. Silver, Banner Elk, for a
20 inch trout, two pounds, seven
ounces, 10 1-8 inch girth. ^
A sales promotion meeting tor I The awards were announced af
Chevrolet dealers and salesmen the- annual stockholders meeting,
in this territory was held In the] held last week, at which other
ball room of Hotel Wilkes Tuea-' members reported catching trout
Clins.- F.-amttb of QMentiKtrD,
;4totfitator roff ftt*slB*'*aa StacdJ
^ r^*talc '©bet nuNtamito apandlng
-wank > taf»^'«an; Iwiilnwi..- Mt
stroyed two complete outfits,
both of which were In operation.
The operators were^ot on the
premises and no arreats were
made. -
-Large quantKlta^^ beer wta
fonnd at both and. a total
of 25 gallota of lii«or was ponr«iF
ed out, ten gallons beln* found middle
at one place ^d 15 gaUota atL^riWL i-fcj
tta Bbcb
s^Hotdibatarite
day afternoon. It was attended
by about 40 dealers and sales
men and live representatives of
the Charlotte branch office of
the Chevrolet Motor company.
Making sslaa g«omdtton tatta
were^. J. Jiurrisj^aales praaa*-
tinn ntiirrgn*" K> L. ^ ^^sr,
as large as thirty inches long.
None of these, however.-were-en
tered In the contest.
Airflow CHryaW Seen
-%t.|igij|u' fsxiniMt ilii
rtdve;. Bi ’
Smith sponsored, the . cooWlng
school-here Friday and anyone
Inteitated''In gettlfig’^ in -toneh
.with him may reach him at Hotel
WilkWi,-- .
VI,”■ -
^jlt 3. L; Osteen, of Oreens-
federal probation officer
North jCaroUna
.-fita MW vgdefioart
aad;-tady nspraoniais:
Osldjmpnsad^'ooatrated.'inte aswathlng
and' Cddie BtsIHaga,
The remarkai>te sales record or
the new Chavroiet was cited as
evidence,^ the great popularity
of the ifS4 car,f
Among the towns represented
in addiUon to North wnkesboro
were Statesville, Elkin, Hickory.
^Taylorsjllle, Sparta aid West
^Jefferson, g . "
Horris presided . -jit top
tpnrfn appeaxanee ga4 Ito
ness caused much comment,, inoid
of which was rary faTorabie,
Quite ■ number of h>oa}..pfopto
had the opportunity of riding in
the new car. It was a demonstra
tion car and was brought here by
Mr. Poindexter; Wlnston-tal-
®™-. r.-,'-' .VV. ,
‘llir Motor