Many Delegates
Will C(Hne,Here
For Convention
State, Evangdistk Club Coti-
"ventjon Here Saturday and
Sunday
eargrayes to speak
'National President To Ad-
' dress Convention On Sun
day Afternoon
Delegates from all parts of
North Carolina are expected here
ror the State Convention of Busi
ness Men's Evangelistic Clubs to
be held Saturday and Sunday in
the churches of this city.
The first session will be regis
tration at the Methodist church
Saturday afternoon at three
O’clock. In this program will be
reports of the year’s work and an
address by R. E. Price, of Ruth-
erfordton, state vice president.
Dutch Supper
At six o'clock Saturday evening
delegates will be served a dutch
sapper at the American Legion
and Auxiliary clubhouse. This
supper will be prepared at a min
imum cost by the ladles of the
Auxiliary.
Saturday Evening
The Saturday evening session
will be held at the Presbyterian
church, beginning at 7:30. This
session will be devoted to business
of the convention and an address
by W. G. Haymaker, of the Lenoir
Washingiton . . , Mfa, Henry A.
Wallace (above). Wife of the
Secretary of Agriculture, was
hostess with Mrs. Otto Veehoff,
president of the National Farm
and Garden Assocldtldh at the
annual convention held here.
Mrs. Wallace is quite active in
the Association program tor the
coming year.
Extra Penalties
To Go On Taxes
People Urged To Pay City and
County Taxes Before
June 1st
club.
Sunday >Iomlng
Featuring the Sunday morning
program of the convention will be
a sunrise service at seven o clock.
W. T. Davis, of Winston-Salem,
will be in charge. Delegates will
be tree to attend regular Sunday
morning church services at the
churches here. Some of the state s
leaders in evangelistic work have
been asked to occupy pulpits of
the churches for the eleven
o’clock service.
Hargraves To Speak
Hon. Boyd W. Hargraves, of
Chattanooga. Tenn.. will deliver
an address at the First Baptist
church Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock. He is one of the outstand
ing lay speakers of the country
and the convention feels fortun
ate in getting him to the city for
the meeting.
The public is cordially invited
to attend all sessions of the con
vention.
After June first an extra pen
alty of one iialt of one per cent
will be added to unpaid city and
county taxes, states W, P. Kel
ly for tile town of North Wil-
kesboro and Sheriff W. B. Som
ers for the county.
Both governmental units say
they are in need of the money
and urge payment of the taxes
before additional penalty is add
ed.
Ferguson Sunday
Address By, State Counselor
Featured ^rvice At New
School Bnflding
LARGE CROWD PRESENT
Several Councils of Fraterni
ty Represented In the
Gathering ^
In the presence of a large
crowd of Juniors and visitors lihe
North Wllkesboro chapter of Jr.
O. U. A. M. conducted a , Bible
presentation and flag raising
service at the new Ferguson
school building Sunday.
i;he service began at 11:46
with scriptnre reading and pray
er, led by the pastor of Elk Bap
tist church, and the singing of
“America.’’
C. B. Eller, superintendent of
schools, presented C. O. McNeill,
chairman of the county board of
education, who acted as toast
master for the occasion.
The address of welcome was
from James Barlow, member of
the Ferguson school board, and
response by J. B. Williams, of
North Wilkesboro.
Mr. McNeill introduced C. W.
Here Be Becmei fif
Wa^gfon Onjlmrsday, Jim 7fj^.
To Be Erected',
Crop Reductkm
Contracts F3ed
Washington . . . Miss ,;Roae
Schneiderman (above), m^.ber
of the -NRA Labor Advisory j
Board, threatens a slander suit
against Dr. W. A. Wirt, who was
reported to have referred to her
as “Rose of Anarchy” in a
Chicago speech.
Com-H(% Contracts To Be
Forwarded To WaaWi^-
ton; Many Farmers Sign
ELKIN BOY
IS SUICIDE
Son’ of Dr. M. A; Royal Took
jflis Own Life On Friday
Morning
Funeral services for Joseph
Dixon Royall, 20, son of Dr^and
Snrder.“‘orWinston-s"alem,''field Mrs. Miles A. Royall, were held
Mrs. W. E. Harris
Died On TJuusday
secretary for the fraternity In
North Carolina, who delivered
an address on subjects appropri
ate to the occasion.
B. C. Siske, of Greensboro,
state’counselor of the Juniors,
was the principal speaker of the
day. The subject of his address
was “Service.” His address was
very appropriate for the gath-. „ .k..
tjieltigate a light burning in the
from the home in Elkin Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Mr. Royall ended his life ear
ly Friday morning by firing a
shotgun 4oad into his head. His
body was found on the floor of his
bedroom by his mother about 2
o’clock when she went to inves-
Approxlmately 460 farmers in
Wilkes, Ashe and Watauga coun
ties have,signed corn-hog reduc
tion contracts states A. G.-Hcn-
dren, who has charge of the cam
paign in the three counties.
Ashe county has 225 farmers
who will reduce their crops this
year in order- to get the ■benefits
from the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration. Ashe leadf the
other counties in this part of the
state because of the fsct that hog
raising is one of the principal
agricultural industries.
In Wilkes county there are 129
who have signed contracts, the
largest of which calls for benefits
of around $650. Watauga county
has 100 who have signed for crop
reduction.
The applications are now being
finished and will be forwarded to
Washington for final approval.
Benefit checks will be paid in In-
^niin«r jSifiliaolf
Ai Wilketboro
Students May Make Vp Back
Work This Sniwiuer: BauOl
Tuition Charge
Summer school for delinquent
students who need to make up
back work began In Wllkesboro
today. • '
This summer school Is 'open to
any students In the‘county. How
ever, since there are no ^ottelons
In the state school budget for
this work a small tuition charge
is made. Members of the Wllkes-
boro school faculty are tu
charge of the work.
May Term Federal
Court Is Started
At Early Date
Unempbyed WiO Be Pitt To
Work On PnUic.WiH'te
Project Here ‘
Both Criminal and Civil-Ac
tions To Be Tried In
Present Term
stallments, the first coming In
July or August and final payment I bench,
in November. I Among the cases on the
May term of federal court for
the trial of botli criminal and civil
cases in Wilkes, Alleghany, Ashe
and Watauga counties, convened
In Wllkesboro this morning with
Judge Johnson J. Hayes on the which is located on C street and
' is commonly known as the
Public Works Branch of the
treasury department In Wash
ington -will receive sealed hide
for construction of the Nhtth
Wilkesboro postoffice building
On Thursday, June 7, three p.
m., according to a statem^ Is
sued by W. E. Reynolds, assist
ant director of procan|neB^
Public Works Branch, ThASgltor-
Work of construction of tW
postoffice building will begin ••
shortly after the contract la; let 
as Is possible in order to allevi
ate the nnemployment situation.
It is learned here.
According to specifications on
all Public Works contracts, labor
will be furnished from the fllee
in the. office of R. L. Wooten,
director of the National Reem
ployment office here for- five
counties.
Postmaster J. C. Reins Is cus
todian of the postoffice lot.
corn
ering, stressing service as ...., ^
ideal aim of the fraternity and (room.
upholding t h e principles of j The de’ceased had been in ill
.Americanism. . ihhalth for many months and had j
K^ M. Allen^ of North Wilkc^^^^ specialists at
boro presented i and Charlotte hospitals,
tru.Htees of the school. The flag •
'Clean-up Week^
Is Here Again
Funeral Sci'vice Held Friday
Afternoon At Wilkesboro
Baptist Church
Harris,
Square Dance
Tuesday Night
Will Be Held At American
Legion and Auxiliary
>> Clubhouse
The square dance at the Le
gion building Friday night prov
ed so popular that another one
has been planned for tomorrow
night.
The square- dan^-es are spon
sored by the Legion and .Auxil-
larj and proceeds from the fif-
ty-cent admission are used by
the organization in its many
■worthy activities. Ladies are ad
mitted free.
The square dance on Friday
night was held following the
meeting of the ilke.s Post of
the Legion.
A. H. Andrews’
Leg Is Broken
Left Leg Injured In Accident
at Baseball Gam j Friday
Afternoon
Mrs. Sarah Freeman
age 64. wife of Mayor \V. E. Har
ris. of Willcesboro. died at eight
o’clock Thursday morning, fol
lowing a long illness. She -was a
member of a widely known family,
being a daughter of the late Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Freeman, of
-Anderson, S. C. Ste was very-
active in church and civic work in
Wilkesboro.
Of the immediate family there
are surviving her husband and the
following step-chlidren; Mrs. Carl
Isabell. Lenoir: Miss Jennie Har
ris. Wilkesboro: Spencer Harris,
Wilkesboro, Mrs. Cowan McNeely,
Statesville: Misses Madeline. Ruby
and Loline Harris. Wilkesboro;
Charles Bristol Harris. Fort Mon
roe, Va.
Funeral services were conduct
ed £rom the Wilkesboro Baptist
church Friday afternoon at 2
o'clock, with the pastor. Rev.
Avery Church, in charge. Inter-
imnt was made in Mountain Park
cei.ueteTy.
Pall bearers were Dr. G. T.
Mitchell, T. E. Story, C, H.
Cowles, R. E. Prevette. C. E,
Lenderman. J. W. Dula, N. O.
Suioak and Julius Hubiiai-d.
A beautiful floral offering was
carried by Mrs. I.ee Keuiphill.
Mrs. D. E. Smoak, Sr.. Miss
Kiter Bower, members of the
Wilkesboro Woman’s club, mem
bers of the Woman’s Missionary
Society of the Wilkesboro Bap
tist church, and members of the
Junior Woman’s club.
paratlvely light docket for the
term are several for alleged vio
lations of^the old revenue la'ws. It
still being a violation of federal
law to manufacture, possess or
sell Intoxicating liquors on which
the federal tax has not been paid.
District Attorney J. R. McCrary
has stated his intention to prose-
, U K A H cute'such cases Vigorously.
was presented by Attorney A. . ^ re entered Wake I Also on the docket are two or
Casey, of North 1 poreg, for shis second semester' Week” Inj^Qj-e cases for violation of na-
after which the flag raising i returned to his home'^'"'*^^ Wllkesboro, according to a|j|Qjjj^| motor theft laws and a
ceremonies took place. I recentlv feeling need of „ I Proclamation issued last 'Thurs-n^rge number.,of civil cases, which
In addition to the North Wll-j ’ member Mayor Julius A. Rousseau ,,j|] i,g taken up as soon as the
Duke; Woman’s Club and City Offi-
deter-, cials Ask Citizens To
college I Co-operate
kesboro ctfuncll other councils in
Wilkes and visiting Juniors from
adjoining* counties participated
in the service. There were sev
eral hundreds in attendance and
all available seats in the new
building were occupied.
Following the service a boun
teous picnic dinner was spread
on the grounds. Those in charge
of the service and picnic wish to
express their appreciation for
the hospitality shown by the Fer
guson community as well as by |
the visiting Juniors who aided j
in making the picnic such a suc
cess.
further rest. He was a-member
of the First Baptist church.
Surviving are the parents, one
sister. Miss Flora Royall. senior
and a statement by leaders of the
Woman’s club, who are co-operat
ing -with the city officials in pro
criminal docket is disposed of.
Cases from Alleghany, Ashe
“camp lot.” The lot has been
cleared of all private property in
anticipation of the postoffice
construction.
The following announcement
regarding letting the contract
for the erection of the building
was sent out from Washington
Thursday:
“Sealed bids in duplicate, sub
ject to the conditions contained
herein, will be publicly opened in
this office at 3 p. m., June 7,
1934, for furnishing all labor
and materials and performing ail
work tor the construction of the
United States Post Office at
North Wilkesboro, North Caro-
and Watauga counties will be llna.
at
Wnman’a Pnllage (if the Uni I a genuine clean-up in thenj^^gjj „p during the first days of “Attention is directed to
womans College or rne cm ]this spring. ' • I-.—.-i —ui-iai..
the
All citizens and residents of the
the term.
versity of North Carolina, three
ball brothers bnd one ball-sljt-i ^ , aceelaliW* r P
RovaTi Sn “> Miss ranLraoor
Royall, of Elkin, and Mrs. premises and vacant lots by clear-
Blanche Dunnagan, of Yadkin- rubbish. The |
co-operation of the general pub
lic is asked in making “Clean-up 1
Week” more of success than it Former Resident of Wilkes*
has been in former years. boro IMed Friday; Funeral
Tent Revival To
Bes^n On Sunday
Sunday afternoon at 2:30, a
Taken By Death
Mrs. J. C. Smoot, Miss Lizzie
Held Sunday
tent revival meetin.g will begin Hisle and Mrs. W:* W. Barber, j Miss Fan Cranor, former resl-
To P each Funei-al
on Sixth ^street in this city. The
meeting was erroneously an
nounced to begin yesterday.
Rev. P. B. Lindley, evangelist
of Huron. Ohio, will do the
preaching. The meeting Is spon-
Rev. L. B. Murray, well known
Baptist minister of State Road,
will preach the funeral service for
John R. Triplett on Sunday. June sored by Friends’ Mission here.
at Goshen Baptist church. The | of which Rev. Gurney B. Laws
service will be held at 11 o’clock, j is pastor.
Sr., were guests Wednesday of'dent of WllkesboAj, died Friday
Mrs. Gurney Boren In Greens- morning, 2:30, in a hospital in
boro and attended the flower Davis, W. 'Va. She underwent a
show sponsored by the Greene- j major operation
boro Council of Garden clubs at I never rallied.
special conditions of bidding set
' forth In the specifications, and
Bulletin No. 51 of the Federal
Emergency Administration o t
Public Works and Executive Or
der No. 6646. Drawings and
Specifications, ndt exce|ding
three sets, may be obtained at
this office in the discretion of
the Assistant Director of Pro
curement, Public Works Branch,
by any general contractor, and
provided a deposit of'$1-5.09 is
made for each set to assure its
prompt return. One set will be
furnished Builders' Exchanges,
Thursday 3**d | (.jj^mije^g of‘Commerce or other
the Morrison-Neese building. It j She was a member of one of
was estimated that the attendance | the best known families In Wilkes
during the two days of show ex-(county, being a daughter of the
ceeded 3000 visitors. Hate John Samuel and Sarah Tay-
I organizations who will guarantee
■Hor Cranor. of Wilkesboro. Dur- $15.00 is made to assure its
to make them available for any
subcontractor or material firm
interested, and to quantity sur
veyors, provided a deposit of
Library Here
A. H. Andrews, prominent | —
citizen of this city, sustained a J |*0VPlinOr
broken leg in the Baptists-Meth-i VlCl ilaVvlUlg
odists baseball game at the fair
grounds Friday.
His left leg was broken below
the knee as he was sliding into
third base.
Only the smaller bone was
broken, however, and it is ex
pected that he may be able to
resume his d-uties as superinten
dent of the Wilkes Hosiery Mills
within two weeks.
Will Be Open Two Mornings
of Each Week In Balco.ny
At Spainhour’s
Store Is Robbed
On Friday Night
B. E. raw’s Store Entered By
Unknown Parties; .Merch
andise Taken
R. E. Faw’s store In the north
ern end of town was entered
Friday night by thieves of un
known identity. Entrance was
gained by forcing the lock on the
back door.
An exagt check on the loss was
impossible, although It was
learned that a quanUty of rigar-
ettes and other small merchan
dise wss taken.
Sometime ago the Wilkes coun
ty unit of the Legion Auxiliary
satrted a movement to secure a
traveling library here for the
summer months and the auxiliary
is glad to announce that their
plans for this library have been
completed. They have secured the
books from the State Library
Commission at Raleigh and hope
to be able to oi)en the library by
the first of June in the balcony
of Spainhour’s store.
Miss Catherine McDiarmld will
be in charge of the library, which
will be open two mornings of each
week. The library will be open to
the public and no charge will be
made for the use of books, ex
cept in case of loss or damage
the borrower of book -will be ex
pected to pay for same.
PLANS FOR FAIR ARE NEARING COMPLETION
Plans for the Great Wilkes
Fair to be held here the week
beginning September 17 are
nearing completion, W. A. Mc
Neill, president and general
manager, stated this morning.
The premium list, which is
now being prepared for the
liclted last year.
Offering cash premiums is ex
pected to be a great bobst for
the fair this year. In addition to
the regular premiums for the
various classes there will be
sweepstakes added in each de
partment.
Mr. McNeill states that on the
midway will be Marks Shows
printer, will soon be ready for j with 10 riding devices and 20
distribution. Liberal cash prem
iums that will compare favor
ably with awards offered by t!ie
North Carolina State Fair will be
given this year instead of the
merchandise prizes that were so-
shows, which will be the largest
carnival ever to visit this city.
Bill Senior and Company, fea
turing the “human Fish,” will be
one of* the outstanding features
of the free-act program. On the
ing the past few months she made
her home in Lanoconing, Md.,
with her brother,. John Cranor.
She was a sister of Frank T.
Cranor, of this city: Attorney H.
A. Cranor, of Wllkesboro: John
Cranor, of Lanoconing, Md.,- Mrs.
W. H. -McElwee, of Statesville;
'Miss Katherine Cranor, of Ames.
high trapeze will be Miss Vera
Spriggs and associates while a
new tangled "Krazy Ford” has
been added to the tentative list
of free RttrRctioHS
The fair association hopes tol^®'*'®- Edith Cranor, of Los
secure the regimental band from ( Angeles, Calif.; Charlie Cranor,
the U. S'. Army at Fort Bragg
prompt return. Checks offered as
deposits must be made payable
to the order of the Treasurer of
the United States. Cash Deposits
will not be accepted.”
May Festival
Here Thursday
for the fair. The 105th Engi
neers band from Charlotte has
also been engaged.
In discussing the coming fair
Mr. McNeill remarked that the
fair association is clear of debt
and is therefore enabled to pro
vide for a bigger fair than in
previous years.
The funeral service was con-! Will Be Held On Lawn At
ducted in the presence of a large
(Continued on page five)
Home of Mrs. R. G. Fin
ley At 5 O’clock
Home Chair Co.
' Winner Agm
Defeated Team From Cald
well Furniture Company
5 to 3, Saturday
Mike Stefanoff, 45-year-old
Bulgarian who lived in the Flint
Hill vicinity near this city, Fri
day morning was put to death in
the electric chair at the state pri
son for the murder of Cashier'T.
C. Barnes in an attempted bank
holdup at Taylorsville last July.'
Stefanoff went to the death
chair in a calm manner and had*
nothing to say. Prior to the time
he left his cell he wrote a confes
sion, in which he told of bis part
in various robberies -with B. O.
and Lester Green and implicated
members of the High Point police
force 'as being bribed for protec
tion.
Ray Nance, George Wimberly,
Ben Lowe and Earle Dowd were
the officers named by Stefanoff
as haring knowledge of varioua
crimes and did nothing tomrd
apprehending the guilty panles.
The police chief and patrolmen
denied tin charges and branded
the confession of the doomed man
as false. An investigation of the
allegations contained in the con
fession has been started.
The confession frequently men
tioned the names of B. G. and
Lester Green as being members
of the parties, who robbed ihe
bank at Denton and "other jobs”
but did not mention the name of
R. Black, Who was to dW Fri
day on^the same charge as 8tet-
anoffi kpt who was granted a
thirty-day reprieve. Th® Greenk’
electroeuUoaa are stayed by an,
appeal to the supreme court.
Stefanoff said he was a peanut
vender when the Greens and oth
ers came to him told him that
he could make ."big money*' if he
would go in with them. He went
in with them, he said, and they
.always took or borroi^ed his
share of the spoils end burned
his home oa one occasion when
be threatened to disclose them.
U
Stefanoff and his wife, Sara
Tony, and an adopted daughter
llvpd near North Wllkesfioro for
some time prior to> the Taylors
ville killing. He died »n the
ehalr at 10:32, two shocks be
ing necessary to kill.
At 10:45 James Sheffield,
Home Chair Company's base-
-ball team came through with an
other victory here Saturday to
keep its undefeated record by
winning from the team from
Caldwell Furniture Corporation
by a score of five to 3.
Crook went .the entire route
for the local team, tightening
Haywood county man convicted
.of the ambush slaying of James .down In the ^Inches and striking
Miller, died In the chair.
ShefUeld protested to the very
last that he^^was innocent )and
wrote a '-dote to hts'’':'brbther,
proclaiming his Innocence.
Stefanoff’s body was claimed
by Ja Noitth Wllkesboro (Under
taker for 'his wife and adopted
daughter.
In the presence of a great
throng of people the last rites
were held at the Stefanoff pmI-.
deuce Sunday afternoon with
Rev. Noah Bayes In charge. In
terment was made Iw the ceme
tery. at iFHnt Hill church, .
_ V
ottt the last batter in the ninth
with two on.
Beard hurled a splendid game
for the .vMtors with the
tion of one' bad iiinldg and
crashed out a long homer - to
right field. '
Hits scored by the home team
were Howell 8, Crook 2, Bil
lings i, Rarrold 2,^Trohtman 1.
and Beavis .1,
The Lenoir team hits totaled
nine as follows: Beard 2, Hall
2, Haas 1, Hickeraon 1. Good-
son -1, Richardson 1, and Rhodes
Miss Gladys Bryant,-H. Af the
Senior class of North Wllkeeboro
high school, has been elected
May Queen by the pnplls of Mrs.
R. G. Finley’s class of danetng
apd expression for their May
festival. je:
The festival will be held
Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock
on the lawn of Mrs. Finley’s
home at which time the corotta-
tion will take place. She win' be
attended by her •maid of honor,
four maids and two crown- bear
ers. One crown to be used by
Miss Bryant to crown the King
of her choice.
A pageant of much Seknty
will follow the coronation. Fath
er Time will turn the pages of
-bis book and reveal thifipmiTig
of the seasons. .'I6m paw^kjgOid
dances havh devMM^h^Uis
pttldlB of Mrsf^Fintey
sh4>w Imaginative raac^fynjW ar-"
tistiy In 'riietr rendftlniriMfliaiM^
.'nine’s b6ok'''is opened^ at an-
tnmii, and! as he tarns tM pages.
Winter, Spring and Summer
pass in review, closing -wjth the ^
wlndUig of the May Pole by the ^
ypung pupllg. of Mrs. Plnle3r'a‘'a
class. '
the Davidson Ckmnty fVnnera’
Exchange has « new wanhoosa at j
Lexington 30 by 80 Mi, and mose ;
Hiati BOO persons visited the hoild^l
1.
lag oA opening day last