Y6L. XXIX. NO. 9
PubUshed Mondays and Thuradays . r NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MOM)AY, NOV. 26, 1934'^
$1.00 IN THE STATE-41.60 OUT M’ THE
UTE NEWS OF
STATEAND
NATION
C»ttle Disease Fount!
Scabies, a dangerous cattle di>
Sense, was discovered last week
in a herd ot 7SO drought relief
cattle being pastured in Hyde
county.
«2,500,000,000 Budget
Regular governmental expen
ditures, exclusive of relief and
emergency spending, has been
estimated for the next fiscal year
at two and one half billion dol
lars.
r
Town Sold At Auction
The town of Dickeyvi'.le. Md.,
ith about 180 population on
S acres of land, was stld at auc
tion Friday by a mort,jage com
pany. The purchase price was
$42,000.
Fess Is Heard From
Senator Simeon D. Fess, de
feated Ohio Republican, stated
last week that he could see the
fall of the New Deal in uncon
trolled currency inflation and
predicted the return of the Re
publican party to power.
Washington . . . Tons ot water are being poured or the United
States Capitol building by District of Columbia firemen. Not to put
out any fire there hut in giving the famous old structure its annual
hath, in preparation for the opening of Congress in January.
Two .Are Klectiwutod
Two youths were put to death
in Ohio state capital Friday for
a murder committed in a $23
robbery. Howard Thacker. 21.
was followed to the chair by
Raymond Freeman, 25. Neither
spoke in the death chamber.
Dr. W. A. Jenkins Transferred To
Methodist Church At Chapel Hill
Friends Mission
Revival Continues
Mysteriously Slain
Dempolis. Ala.. Nov. 25.—A
banker, and his wife and two |
small children were found mys-!
teriously slain in a bedroom of
their home here today by a ne
gro maid, who went to investi-
.gatg when they did not answer
for breakfast.
I,ii(ly Rvangtelist Frou'. Greens-
lairo To .Assist In .Services
Throughout Week
Ia>w Cost Housing
Harold C, Ickes. secretary of
the interior, has revealed that
the government will sponsor a
very large and comprehensive
housing program during the
coming year and recommenda
tions along that line will be sent
to congress iu January.
AVest Virginia Fires i
Over 2,000 men battled forest]
fires in southern West Virginia i
last week before the flames could
be placed under control. Many
towns and villages were threat-1
ened by the fire and one man was
killed when a burning tree struck
him to the ground.
Miinicii>al Loans
American Conference ot May
ors in session at Chicago la.st
week deplored tlie fact that mu
nicipalities “are in the grip of
money lenders’’ and asked that
municipal interest rates be re
duced to one-eighth of one per
cent on funds borrowed from
the governmetn.
A series of services which be
gan at Friends Mission on Sixth
Street last week will contiiine
until Sunday. December 2, ac-j
cording to an announcement to-1
day by the i)astor. Rev, Gurney^
K. Laws. I •
Rev. Pearl Ha.vs. lady evauge-j
I Rev. M. A. King Is Assigned
I To North Wilkesboro; Jen-
i kins To Leave Friday
j
Dr. W, A. Jenkins, oastor of
the North Wilkesboro .Methodist
church for the Pt>sl year, will
leave Friday to take up his du
ties as pastor of the Methodist
church at Chapel Hill.
Dr. Jenkins was assigned to
Chapel Hill by the Eastern North
Carolina Conference by Bishop
Kern in order to have a suitable
for the university
Verj (hM)d .News
New York. Nov. 25.—The
holiday shopping season drew
near this week with si.gns multi
plying that Christmas trade will
be the best in years. Added to
the further acceleration of the
‘ movement of goods at retail were
numerous reports indicating a
slow, but broadening pickup in
manufacturing.
church. Dr. Jenkins was notified
list, of Greensboro, will tne i ..
V! .u- Miou iJavK of the change the latter pctrt ot
preaching this week. Miss Ha>b u
is an able preacher and the pub-
lie is invited to hear her at the I ^ '""If,''-' "
services held each evening. i Jonesboro. Arkansas. u 11 1
i the vacancy at the North \vil-
I keshoro church. He is a native
I of North Carolina and is well
qualified by education and ex
perience to serve the local
church in an admirable manner.
For several years he was secre
tary of religious education in
foreign fields and has traveled
extensively. He was an army of
ficer during the World War. He
is a man o' about 40 year.s of
age, is married and has one
child, a small daughter.
Dr. Jenkins came to North
Morganton Man Killul
John L. Nelson. prominent
Morganton citizen and a leader
in the Junior Order in North
Carolina, was killed when his
car and a truck collided near
Henderson Friday. This was the
jllcond fatal accident near Hen-
^rson within a week. John S.
Jennings, Wilkes county man,
was killed there on the previous
Wednesday.
KUled In Auto W'reok
Albemarle. Nov. 25.—Cletns.
slx-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Fesperman. of Rock
well, was Instantly killed in an
automobile accident on the Nor
wood road one mile from Albe
marle at 4 o’clock this afternoon.
Clarence Fesperman. Auffie Pop
lin, S. O. Edwards and Pat
Crouse were also injured. Pes-
perman and Poplin are now pa
tients at a local hospital.
Greensboro Editor Die.s
Alexander Lowrie Stockton.
58, for 23 years managing editor
of the Greensboro Daily News,
died Sunday morning at 4:30
o’clock at W’esley Long hospital
In Greensboro, where he had
Ijeen a patient for two days. His
death was arttributed to recur
ring hemorrhages from chronic
peptic ulcer.
Mr. Stockton was regarded as
an outstanding man in the news
paper profession.
Philo Emerson
Taken By Death
Prominent Farmer of North
Wilkesboro Route 2 Passed
Away Sunday Afternoon
Philo D. Emerson, prominent
farmer and a highly respected
and favorably known citizen of
North Wilkesboro route 2. pass- ,
eil away Sunday af*ernoon at! Wilkesboro at the close of the
4:20 o’clock, Mr. Emerson had j 1933 conference. Prior to that
suffered ill health for tour years, time he was head of Davenport
Of the immediate family sur- College. His pastorate here has
viving there are Mrs. Emerson been very successful and the con-
and two sons, both of whom are I gregation gives him up with
well known in the county: Lar-! ni u c h regret, although the
ry Emerson, .who holds a position j church realizes that he is going
with the Roaring River Fiirni-;to fill a most important and dif-
tnre Corporation; and Fred
Emerson, who is connected witli
biisiiies.s interests in this city.
The funeral service will be-church realizes, however, that
conducted Tuesday atleviioon. j the good of the church is placed
two o’clock, at Rock Creek Bap- [ fust and join together in wish-
tist church. (Continued on page four)
Emioyes of Wilkes Hosiery Mills
Demonstrate Loyalty to Red Cross
Three Hundred and One Eployes of Local Firm Join Greafi
Humanitarian Organization Without Being Canvassed;
Plea Is Made By Red Ci-oss For Support of Other People
In City and County
No organization in this county i the school children of Wilkes
has been more loyal to the local! county. In that the chapter,
chapter of the American Red | through the cooperation of the
Cross than the employees of the teachers ot Wilkes County, has
Wilkes Hosiery Mills. 301 ot j contributed tor the direct bene-
whom have joined the Red Cross} fit of the school children of this
this year. In the past they have | county during the past eighteen
always supported th© local chap- months more fian $35,000.00
ter. many times challenging the
whole county, and this year they
ficult position for which his col
lege career as an educator makes
him particularly fitted. The
worth of clothing, and the offi
cers and directors-of the local
have supported whole heartedly chapter state that they feel that
the Red Cross Roll Call Drive, | the teachers of Wilkes County
and unless the teachers of the | should have the same high and
county and business men of, noble patriotism and loyalty as
North Wilkesboro and Wilkes- > has been shown by the employees
boro exert themselves the em-1 of the Wilkes Hosiery Mills. The
ployees of this organization will local chapter would like for the
have a larger enrollment than public to know that this fine
the entire countv. is the opinion | spirit on the part of the employ-
of chapter officials. J. H. Whick-1 ees is an outstanding event In
er. chairman, and J. B. Williams,
treasurer, of the local chapter,
and Dr. W1 A. Jenkins, chairman
of the Roil Call Drive, are deep
ly grateful to the employees of
the Wilkes Hosiery Mills and
desire through the press to pub
licly thank them tor their fine
spirit.
It has been called to the at
tention of the reporter of the
Journal-Patriot that no class of
people had received more bene
fit from the local chapter than
Wilkes County, as no canvassers
were used but that the enroll
ment wf.s voluntary on the part
of the said employees. This re
porter knows of no organization
more loyal to any cause which
tends to the Improvement of the
social condition of this great
host of fine citizens in Wjlkes
county to demonstrate to the
public their loyalty and patriot
ism by enrolling at once and
making this the banner Red
Cross Roll Call in this county.
IndiHerence To
Crime Scored by
Ju^e J. J. Hayes
Federal Jurist Urges People
To Use Their Influence
For Better Conditions
BEFORE KIWANIS CLUB
Judge Hayes’ Address Fea
tured Weekly Meeting of
Club Friday Noon
"De we, in Wilkes County, let
our influence count against
crime, degredatlons and bad con
ditions that surround us?’’ was
one of the questions thrown out
by Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
Greensboro and Wilkesboro, in
an address before the North Wil
kesboro Kiwanis Club in its
regular weekly meeting Friday
at noon.
In his usual forceful and con
vincing manner the federal jur
ist spoke very interestingly and
held the rapt attention ot his
hearers as he discussed the ques
tion of lukewarm, positive and
negative characters.
The speaker let it be know:/
that he admired the person who
can take a stand for or against
and asked the pertinent ques
tion. "AWiat are we as citizens
standing for?’’ and, “How do I
impress people with whom I
come in contact?”
He described the characters
who are “neither hot nor cold”
as being more dangerous to civi
lization and society than the
character whose stand is publicly
known. He quoted the scriptures
and Christ’s admonition to "Let
your light so shine before men
that they may see your good
works . . ." and issued a plea for
using good influence in combat
ting evil.
Tlie program was in charge of
C. B. Eller, superintendent of
schools. Vice president J. B. Mc
Coy presided in the absence of
the president.
Committee reports were receiv
ed and the public affairs com
mittee asked for further time to
consider the proposal of a cham
ber of commerce.
Is Pleased With
Scout Activity
District ScoutExecutive Meets
With Local Court of Hon-
nor Today
W. K. Vaiighan-Lloyd. of Win
ston-Salem, Scout executive for
this district, met with the local
court of honor in a luncheon
meeting at Hotel Wilkes today
and laid plans for Scout activity
for the coming year.
He expressed himself as being
highly pleased with many of the
activities prompted by Scouts
here during recent months and
made special mention of the ben
efit show held on Saturday to
raise a fund for Thanksgiving
dinners for the underprivileged.
He gave an announcement of
tlie Scouts national jambouree to
be held in Washington, D. C. in
August in observance of the 2pth
anniversary of Scouting Jamhou-
ree. Every troop in the country
is entitled to one reprensentatlve
and 30,000 or more Scouts are
expected to attend.
He also told of what the
Scouts are planning in connec
tion with the Dogwood Festival
to be held at the University of
North Carolina next spring. The
theme of the festival will be
"Youth’’ and four members of
each Boy Scout troop will be in
vited to attend.
Hal TeagiA’ Gets 3
Throwin
Washington ... A couple ot "mysterious strangers” showed up
around here this week. They were joyful Democrats from Pennsyl
vania. On the left U. S. Senator-elect, ^eph F. Guffey and on the
right. Governor-elect George H. Barle.*Mr. Guffey is the first Dem
ocratic Senator from Pennsylvania slnW 1875 and Mr. Earle thc-
flrst Democratic Governor for that cojs^onwealth since 1890.
Wilkes County Debt^djuslment
Commission Or|a|ized Thursday
Large Crowd May
Attend Community
Carnival Nov. 30
1/ion.s ami Woman’s (Hub Mak
ing Pi"epuralions To Enter
tain Many People
“It's a big time in the old
town tonight’’ will be the slogan
for the Thanksgiving Communi
ty Carnival to he staged on Fri
day night of this week by the
North Wiilkesboro Woman’s club
and the Lions club In an effort to
raise money to carry out their
objectives tor the year.
The second floor of the Tom
linson Department store building
on Main street is being prepared
as the carnival scene and accom
modations are being made to
care for several hundred people
who are expected to gather and
enjoy the occasion.
One «f the bigger inducements
offered this time will be the giv
ing away of about thirty attract
ive and useful door prizes to
some of those attending. In ad
dition to these a great number of
prizes will be given as awards in
the various .games of bingo,
cluick-a-luck and other amusing
features.
The carnival will get under
way early in the evening and
continue as long as the crowd
will attend. It will be the high
light of the Thanksgiving season
as tar as amusements are con
cerned.
iWiil bperate Under Provision
oURrMier-Lemke Bill Pass-
I r ^ By Last Congress
I *f i ■ '
' A^-Debt Adjustment Commis
sion for Wjlkes County was or
ganized here the latter part of
the week under the direction ot
J. W. Sears, of Goldsboro, and
J. B. Riley, of Raleigh, field
repfesfentatives of the Farm
Credit Administration. This com
mission will operate for the peo
ple of the county und°i the pro
visions of the Frazier-Lemke
debt conciliation bill pa.ssed by
the last congress.
The commission is composed
of thfiyfollowing members: J. M.
German. C. A. Lowe, T. S. Bry
an, .Grady Miller, R. W. Gwyn.
Claude Doughton, T. W. Fergu
son, ijl,. L. Gregory. Mr. German
was^Jlifected chairman.
It^i* the purpose of the local
commlesion t6 contact debtors
and 'eredltors of the county and
effect some kind of debt adjust-
' ment'^in cases where the tacts
] will' ^arrant such procedure
( and it the commission is unable
I to effect a satisfactory adjust
ment so as to relieve the creditor
of im’inediate foreclosure pro
ceedings the case will be refer
red to the county debt concilia
tor, Attorney A. H. Casey, who
was ^recently appointed by Fed
eral *Judge Johnson J. Hayes, ot
the middle North Carolina dis
trict;
Persons interested in debt con-
ciliaifon may obtain full details
(^pntlnued on page four)
New Stfir Mail
Route Started
Section Between Boomer and
Adley Communities Served
By Daily Delivery
During the past few weeks an
extension has been made on the
Moravian Falls star mail route
and many additional patrons are
being served.
The star route now extends
to Boomer and from Boomer It
goes a northeastwardly course
over what is known as the Ger
mantown road to Adley chureJf
on the Yadkin River and via the
river road back to Wilkesboro.
Many of the patrons along the
route had found It necessary tc
go two or more miles for theii
mall' before the route extension
was made. Mrs. Maude Minton i
carrier on the route.
C' ' ' ' "■ ".
Black and Greens To^Seek Clemency
From Gill and Governor Ehrmghaus
If Governor Does Not Intervene or (Jrant Reprieves Electric
Chair Will Have Triple Electrocution of White Men On
December 7; Mike Stefanoff Already Paid With His Life
For Part in Taylorsville Killing .
— jFt—
Bascom Green, his son. Lester,
and R. E. Black, convicted of
the murder of T. C. Barnes. Tay
lorsville bank cashier in July,
1933, have turned to Parole
Commissioner Edwin M. Gill and
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus in
a last effort to frustrate the
state’s plans for another triple
electrocution.
Unless clemency is extended,
which seems improbable at this
time, the three men will enter
the death chamber and the elec-1
the supreme court was denied
last week, automatically fixing
the e^^cution date as December
Th/ Greens and Black were
residents of High Point at the
time the robbery and killing
were'^ernetrated. Stefanoff was
llvln^^bout three miles north
east city, where the plans
wereljhleged to have been laid
for life Taylorsville bank rob
bery. Bank officials thwarted the
trie chair in the state prison on
Friday, December 7. If clemen
cy is not extended to either of
the trio the second triple electro
cution In the history ot the elec
tric chair in North Carolina and
I the second in a period of thirty
days will be carried out at the
state prison, three negroes hav
ing been electricuted on Novem
ber 16 for the murder of a serv
ice station operator in Sampson
County several months ago.
Four were convicted of the
murder of Barnes and Mike
Stefanoff, alien, has already paid
with his life.
Black and the Greens have
tought'the case from every pos
sible angle and their appeal to-
but Barnes lost his life
and Ksistant Cashier S. E. Lit
tle '1^ seriously wounded by
the b|Ldits.
StMnoff and Black were ar-
rest^ln Wilkes County on the
same^day of the killing and were
tried-at Taylorsville and sentenc
ed heAore the Greens had been
appijshended i n Morristown.
Ten^/All of the four men hav?
madlVcontessions.
Ijycontes
■weeti
'acting Residence
Workmen are now engaged in
the jfcstructlon of a six-room
bric^reneer residence on F
stre^for Ralph Duncan. The
strand is going up rapidly
and 1^11 be ready for occupancy
with^ the next‘few weeks.
Court Compfetn ^
Criminal DiM^et
Several Civfl Actions Wffl Be
Tried In Federal Term of
Court This Week
Hal Teague. Bjowlng Rock
youth, was sentenced Saturday
to three years in the federal re
formatory at Chlllicothe after h®
had submitted a plea of nolo
contendere on a charge of throw
ing M. S. Phillips, Ferguson res
ident, into a vat of hot mash as
he was helping federal agents to
destroy a still in Lewis Fork
township last summer.
Teague and two of his broth
ers, Ralph and Claude Teague
and Ottle Bauguess, ail of Blow
ing Rock. Glenn Hamby, Turner
Laws and Morris Matherly, of
Wilkes County, were all indicted
on a charge of making liquor on
which federal tax had not been
paid and operating an unregis
tered distillery.
Sentences were meted out as
follows by Judge Johnson J.
Hayes: Hal Teague, 36 months
in Chlllicothe; Ralph Teague, 18
months in Chlllicothe; Morris
Matherly. year and a day in Chll
licothe; Claude Teague and Ottie
Bauguess, three years probation;
Hamby, 18 months in Chilli-
cothe; Laws, acquitted.
The case was one of the most
lengthy on the criminal docket,
which was cleared before noon
Saturday. Judge Hayes adjourn
ed court at noon until this morn
ing, when the first of the civil
docket was called. On the civil
calendar are a number of im
portant civil actions, notably a-
mong them being a number of
war risk insurance cases.
It is recalled that the throw
ing of Mr. Phillips into a vat of
boiling mash by a moonshiner
created wide interest and that
Mr. I’hillips remained in a ser
ious condition without much
hope for recovery for several
weeks before any improvement
was noted in his condition. How
ever, he completely recovered
and is little worse for his hor
rible experience.
On several occasions he had
assisted federal agents on raids
and Is an ardent prohibitionist.
The fact that he was accompany
ing and aiding the officers made
him a deputy and Teague faced
the same charge ot obstructing
and assaulting an officer had he
thrown one of the commissioned
officers into the hot vat.
Book Week Is
Observed Here
Several Books Contributed;
More Reading Material Is
Badly Needed
“Book Week’’ is being observ
ed in the North Wilkesboro city
schools and the people of the
city arc asked to furnish some
library material for the students
of the first five grades. A list of
the needed books was published
last week and attention is call
ed to the fact that it is not too
late to make library contribu
tions. People may either give
the book or the price and the
name of the donor will be placed
in the book before it is placed on
the library shelves.
Following is a list of those
who have given hooks so far:
Mrs. Joe. Emerson, Mrs. Gfeprge
Jackson, -Mrs. I. E. Pearson, Mrs.
Q. B. Blankenship, Mrs. W. P.
Maxwell, Betty Jane 'Turner,
Mrs. Hilton Johnson, Mrs. W. S.
Foster, Mrs. Alfred Elledgie, Mrs.
L. M. Nelson. Mrs. E. M. Long
(2), Mrs. Henry Landon, Mrs.
P. W. Eshelman (2), Dean Min
ton, Emily Olive (2), D. W,
Miller, Archie J. McNeil, Dr. R.
P. Casey, Mr. A. H. Casey, Mrs.
I. M. Eller, Mr. C. D. Coffey, Jr.,
R. J. Foster, L. S. Queen (2),
Mrs. Janet M. Brownell, Joe
Clements, Mrs. Ivey Moore,
Ward Eshelman, Jr., Frances
Crawford, Wanda Kerley, Mrs.^
R. T. McNeil, Mrs. Archie Mc
Neil, Mrs. George Forester; Tial
S. Barnes, Jr., Mrs. J. B. Wil
liams (15), Troy Wiles, Anns
Sue Billings, Miss Beatrice Pear
son .(2), Sloan Hill (7), Mra.
W. G. Gabriel (2), Mrs. M- B.
McNeil. (2) Mrs. Mary Moore
Hlx (2), Mr. B-. R. Underwood,
Mrs. Gordon Finley (2), Mrs. A.
H. Casey, Mrs. Isaac Eller, Mrs.
L. 6. Harrold, Miss Elizabeth
(Continued on page fonr)