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VOU. XXIX, NO. 88
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Pttbb|h«d MoD^Ml'^iind Thursdays
NOIiTH WILKESBORO, N* C., MONDAY, DEC. ^ 81. 1934 :i
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im NEWS OF
STATE)»«)
r -NATION
I
ilr ' At OrcMliii^
ildon, De^. 27.—^Thre« per-
ssnl irti'ft killed l&stastly last
[it it 4,o’clo*\when Coast
train. Bambv .^2. struck an
mobile at a crossing in tbe
i^wa of Ea.Ibld.
TO 1934 AND HAIL THE NEW JTEP
PWA Aids 7,000,000
1: Washington, Dec. 30.—The
public works administration re
ported in its year-end review to-
it had created more than 3,-
t |o,000,000 hours of employ-
n«nt benefiting 7,000,000 per-
/ ' ons.
—
\ i Killed In Auto Wreck
Willtamston, Dec. 27.—Mary,
tbur-year-old daughtfe’- o^ F. J.
Jen, of Rocky Mount, was
filed and her mother and sister
were badly hurt in an automo
bile collision on highway 94
near here today.
Mechanic Is Suicide
Raleigh, Dec. 27.—J. J. Jack-
son. 72-year-old mechanic, fatal
ly shot himself through the
head at his home at Wake For
est today. Coroner L. M. Wearing,
of Wake county, said after an
investigation of the death.
('onlinue Tobacco Control
College Station, Raleigh, Dee.
30.—Voluntary adjustment con
tracts, signed by North Carolina
, tobacco growers last winter, will
be continued through 1935. E.
Y. Floyd, of State college, an
nounced today.
PriscHtert. Givtcn
Ciirittinas Dinner
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" Forty prisoners behind tbe
ban in the WUk)^ 4^} ikt Wil-
~;ke«boro mnst have kvowm by
the size and quality Of ttisb
dinner on Doooinbr that
that day.was Chrirtnjas.*
SheWff W/ '8i>i6ew ^bki
-Jh^ilor B.'Sheets''
' {Hdsonen chlckra wittt s ac)^
sories, and treat them;
cigar^tes, tohafcos, \ oranges,
candy and raisins, while th*dr
coffee was dosed with an. arn^
pie suptdy of sugar and cream.
On Cbristday. Day tiMi Jail
Iioused 8} white men, 4 wom
en and 5 hi^groes, all of whom
were given the. dinner and
treat.
W. 11.00 IN THE StATE-11450 CUT OP THEJT^mi
r-fiwir^;if'iirwwiw»fn 'iri - ' .
A T. McNeUl Is
Named
om
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$l,PQ0'Chri5tm8f
Postoffice Here
Sets New Record
For Holiday Mail
V-yCiiApuT^
rliristmas Liquor Exploclcs
Elizabeth City. Dec. 27.—Vn-
consumed Christmas cheer —
probably 25 jugs of it—exploded
and burst its glass containers as
an alleged bootlegger’s car burn
ed after turning over here
Christmas night.
Flrecracfccr Fatality
Martinsville, Dec. 27.—Lloyd
Gilbert. 10-year-old youth, re
siding near Mountain Valley,
died early today in a local hos
pital from burns received Christ
mas day as the result of the ex
plosion of a miniature bomb.
Ray Richardson Dies From Gunshot
Wound; Wayne Caudill Is Arrested
During the wOek of .Decem
ber 17 to December 24 the
North Wilkesboro postoffice
canceled stamps on over 30,-
OOO parrels of mail, according
to information gained from
Postmaster J. C. Kelns, and the
imstofflre has enjoyed the big
gest month since its establisli-
nient.
Notwithstanding the e.vtra-
ordlnarU,v heavy holiday mail
the regular force at the post-
office was able to handle the
vast volume with the help of
two .substitute workers, no
outside help being used.
MeanwliUe work on the
North WUkesboro postoffice
is going fonvard steadily and
it is expected that the building
will be ready for occupancy by
early summer, at wliich time
Vncle Sam will hiive better ac
comodations here for his many
patrons of the mails.
Will Finish Term '
Of Mayor Routseau
S. V. ToiUiiison Selected
or Pro Telii; Two VaaUtt-
cies On City Board
Philadelphia . . . Walter Cox.
8, (above), afflicted with infan
tile paralysis, profited most in
the $1,000 cash award made Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt as “the
outstanding American Woman of
1934.’’ The wife of the President
immediately handed over the
check to Walter Cox so he might
go to Warm Springs, Ga. for
treatment.
Jr.0.U.A.M.Wai
Hold Conference
Alumni of U.N.C.
In Meeting Here
^ Graated a Reprieve
T Raleigh. Dec. 31 George
WhltHcld, Guilford Ay negro
who was scheduled electro
cuted Friday* for wimlnal as
sault on a white woman, today
was granted a reprieve of one
day which automatically set his
death date for January 18.
Twenty-Seven Present For
Banquet Meeting; Felix
Grisette is Speaker
Political Trouble Brews
Washington. Doc. 30.—Some
tflenate Republican independents
^ indicated today they would part
company with the Roosevelt ad
ministration should the Deir,^
crats continue efforts to uni
Senator Bronson M. Cutting,
New .Mexico.
Want Old .Age Pensions
Washington, Dec. 28.— A de
mand for imuaedlate enactment
, of old-age pension legislation
echoed today from the adminis
tration’s announcement that the
job of caring for old and unem
ployable persons would be re
turn^ to the state by the fed- i Lewisville. N. C.. were Christ
mas guests of Mrs. Moser's par-
Alumni of the University of
North Carolina gathered at Ho
tel Wilkes on Christmas eve to
enjoy a banquet meeting and to
hear Felix Grisette, of Valdese,
tell about the alma mater.
The meeting was presided ever
by Pat Williams, president of
the local alumni association.
Twenty-seven were present, rep
resenting the University as far
back as the class of 1904 and
up to the freshman class of
1934-35.
Mr. Grisette, who is secretary
of the alumni loyalty fund, told
something of the financial con
dition at Carolina. He used a
graph showing how the enroll
ment had climbed since 1929
and how the appropriation from
the state had shrunk 60 per
cent. He stated that the appro
priation from the state was a
fixed sum to care for the budget
and that the alma mater must
depend on its alumni to care
for the many things that fre
quently arise.
1934 Auto Death
Toll One Person
Each 15 Minutes
Hartford, Conn., Dec. 27.—At
least 36,000 perso'is in the Unit-,
ed States were killed in automo
bile accidents in 1934, year-end
statistics of the Travelers’ Insur
ance company showed today.
The death and injury list for
the year, tbe insurance com
pany report said, marked the
high point in destruction on
streets and highways.
The record showed a person
killed every 15 minutes; and one
injured every 31 seconds in au
tomobile mishaps.
While the death rate showed
an increase of 16 per cent over
1933, the statistics showed a de
crease in the frequency of acci
dents.
Every section of the country
reflected the increase in automo
bile deaths. The middle Atlantic
states, comprising New York,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania,
showed the slightest increase,
however—a gain of less than one
per cent.
Included in toll by states are:
East south' central (Kentucky,
! Tennessee, Alabama and Missis-
jsippii; nearly 2,600 killed: an
increase of 34 per cent.
South Atlantic
Abshers Youth
ShotinAbdogien
Directors Kiwanis Club
Will Meet On Thursday |
Altercation Took Place De
cember 23 at Home of
PhUo Caudill
Ray Richardson, resident of
Abshers, died in the hospital
here Thursday night at 11:40
from a gunshot wound alleged to
have been inflicted by Wayne
Caudill at tbe Caudill home in
the Newllfe community Sunday,
December 23. ^
Details of the"^ tragedy were
hard to obtain and the cause of
tbe shooting could not be learn
ed. It was reported,
that tbe two young men had
been together for several hours
and that they had been drinking.
Richardson was shot in the
abdomen, the bullet lodging in
his hip bone. After he was fatal
ly wounded he walked a half
mile to the home of Arthur Cau
dill. He was later brought to
the hospital here but no hope
was held for his recovery.
Wayne Caudill is 24 years of
age, a son of Philo Caudill, of
Newlife. He is reported to have
A joint meeting of the old and
new Kiwanis Club directors will
be held at Hotel WBlkee Thurs
day evening at seven o’clock, ac-|
cording to an announcement by
Secretary T. E. Story. All com
mittee chairmen are urged to
have written reports of the
year’s work ready at the meet
ing.
KUled WhUe Hnntinx
Secretaries of Five Districts
to Gather in Newton Wed
nesday, January 9
Elkin, Dec. 30.—Clarke Shore,
17-year-old eon of Arnie 'V.
Shore, of Boonville, died last
night in the hospital here from
an injury sustained yesterday
during a bunt with his cousin,
James Fleming, when a gun car
ried by Fleming accidently dis-
however, charged, sending the entire load the secretaries, will be
On Wednesday night, January
9, recording and financial sec
retaries of all the_Jr. O. U. A.
M. councils in districts four, five,
six, seven and eleven will meet
in Newton for a dinner confer
ence, according to an announce
ment made by C. W. Snyder,
field secretary.
The meeting will be held^ in
the American Legion clubhouse
and dinner will be served
promptly at seven o’clock, fol
lowed immediately by the con
ference. Representatives of the
national and state councils will
be present and a general discus
sion of the work of the order,
and especially of the duties of
entered
into his shoulder. He lived only i
a short while after reaching the I District number four is
hospital.
Mr. Ralph Laxton, of Sanford,
spent the Christmas holidays in
the home of his sister, Mrs.
Paul J. Vestal.
com
posed of Burke, Caldwell and
McDowell counties and has teu
councils w'ith 1,070 members.
District number five with D.
F. Milwood, of Caroleen, as dis-
(Continued on back page)
R. T. McNeill, prominent'Tdf-
cal business man, was sworn In
as mayor of North Wilkesboro
Friday morning to fill the nn-
ezplrod term of Mayor J. A.
Rousseau, who will take up his
duties as judge of the superior
court, seventeenth district, early
in January.
Mr. McNeill was elected by the
city commissioners in special
session on Thursday afternoon.
The oath of office was adminis
trated the following morning by
W. P. Kelly, city clerk.
Mr. McNeill has been promi
nently connected with business
interests in North Wilkesboro'
for the past 15 years, being as
sociated with his brothers, W. A.
and C. O. McNeill, in the Coca
Cola Bottling Company and in
the electric business with the
Radio Sales Company. He a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Thornton S. McNeill, of Purlqar.
Mr. McNe'll is widely known
and has many friends who f«*l
that he is well qualified to fill
the office of mayor aad.. who
wish for him every success.
In February of this year he
was named on the board of city
commissioners and during the
past several months served as
mayor pro-tern. The unexpired
term of Mayor Rousseau will
expire in May, 1935, at which
time the biennial city election
will be held. ,
Mayor Rousseau tendered his
T«|tfBatlon-iO'the commission
ers on Decesi6i$r 4 and prior to
that time Ralp&’*Duncan resign
ed to take oUice as a member of
the board of commissioners of
Wilkes County. The selection of
Mr. McNeiil for mayor leaves
only three members of the city
bogrd of coiraissioners and , It
is presumed'that these vaqii||«^ri
■'’Tp
will be filled^'at 'an early dalt^
S. V. Tomlinson, member ' of
the boerd was'named mayor prb-
tera at the commissioners meet-
'ing.
273 Couples Get .
Licenses to Wed
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moser,
j fled from the scene of the kill-
! ing shortly after it happened.
(Maryland, Vir- He was arrested Sunday near his
Christmas Cheer Committee Plays
Santa Clans to 364 Children Here
Number For Year In Wifltes
Represents Increase of
56 Over 1933
eral government.
Kernrrsville Homes Ixtoted
Kernersville, Dec. 30.—Five
homes were entered here last
night and $140 in cash, a bicycle
and other articles were stolen.
The bicycle,, abandoned, was
f-^d In Wihston-Salem today,
officers were working on
theory that one man robbed
alf the houses, evidently using
the bicycle to make the trip.
ents,
can.
Mr. and
Mrs.
Mrs.
W. M. Diin-
ginia, Delafare, West Virginia,
North and South Carolina, Geor
gia, Florida and the District of
Columbia): 4,900 killed; an in
crease of 21 per cent.
home by Deputy Sheriff S.,
Shumate and placed in jail
Wilkesboro on the charge
murder.
Richardson was 23 years
M.
at
of
of
Wreck Kills Child
r Goldsboro, Dec. 30.—L. C.
King, Jr„ six-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. C. King, of near
Faison, was fatally injured when
he was run over, by a truck near
his home at 5:15 o’clock Friday
afternoon. He ’'>d in the Golds
boro hospital at 7:40 o’clock
."^turday morning. The driver of
i / k truck, a man named Pentel-
i, was not hdld.
rhurd» Attendance Record
Siler (Sty, Dec. 28.—A record
of church, attendance which -will
probably "TOnd unbroken for
ansome .Nne has been made by
'"Mr^ Herbert Jones and her five
children, wlyj;- have attended the
Mnnday sehBor ftt Loves Creek
^Baptist ehnreh for the past five
years wRhout .^missing a single
aday.
qUidren are. HaadI,
Rnth, 12, Mer-
E: Doris, I
Kiwanians Ask For Less Coi^estion
Of Traffic On Streets; Program Given
Orphanage Paper’s
Editor Is Stricken
.Archibald Jirfin-son, 75, Passes
.At Thomasville Followliig .An
Extended Illness
Methodist Pastor Tells of
Difference Between Japan
and China
North W)ilkesboro Kiwanis
Club in meeting Friday at noon
instructed the secretary to write
ThomasviUe, Dec. 27.—Aychi- ® 'etter to the city board of al-
bald Johnson, 75, for nearly 40 dermen asking that they en-
years editor of Charity and Chil-1 ^eavor to have more stringent
dren. publication of the Mills j traffic regulations in the city.
Home. Baptist orphanage here, j especially in regard to parking
died early today after several | cars-
I age, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ulyes-
ses Richardson. In addition to
his parents he is survived by the
following brothers and sisters:
Fitzhue and Macon Richardson,
of Abshers; Clay Richardson, of
West Virginia; Stella, Grace, Oc-
tavia and Ruby Lee Richardson,
of Abshers.
Funeral and burial services
were held at Walnut Grove
Church in AValnut Grove town
ship Sunday at noon.
years of declining health. He
had long been prominent in
southern religious circles as well
in the journalistic field and
as
until his health failed he was
uiiuaUy a leading figure at Bap
tist gatherings in the state.
He is survived by his wife, one
son and four daughters.
The son is Gerald W. Johnson,
associate editor of the Baltimore
Evening Sun, who is a former
qaaoclate editor of the Greens
boro Dally News and at one time
.head ef the department of Journ-,-
alism.w the UnJrewity of NorttS ing a *n
CaroUna, ■
The matter was brought be
fore the club by J. R. Finley.
After some discussion on the
best course to take Secretary T.
E. Story was asked to place the
matter before the city officials
by letter.
In the discussion of the con
gestion on the streets, particul
arly on Saturdays, it was point
ed out that Tenth Street is a
section of a national highway
and that double .parking and
heavy traffic frequently ^ ^ults
in the streft,being bj^lifjad; ashli'-
ued on
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Air Passengers Found
Albany, N. V., Dec. 30.—Dean
Smith, veteran mail pilot who
found the missing American air
lines plane and its four occu
pants, said when he returned to
the airport* after the discovery
that all four of the men who
went down with the Curtis Con
dor in a snow storm last Friday
night were safe. Smith located
the plane west of Canada lake,
about 12 miles northeast of
Little Falls.
Explosion l^lls 16
. Powellton, W) Va.,' Dec. 27.—■
Sixteen men were killed and 43.
injured, tour, perhap^ fatally, bp
an qxpldalo^*[tptoy of .a/ttwfl^»j
'-^coni’enlence to the [tive hauling a train in which SOO-
ridinit'tp work,"'
ralifomia Earthquake
Los Angeles. Dec. 30.—Two
separate earthquakes, one mod
erately strong at the Gulf of
California, and the other very
sharp at San Jose, just south of
San Francisco, shook widely sep
arated parts of California al
most simultaneously today but
damage was apparently confined
to about $600 in broken glass
City Schools to
Open Wednesday
Organization Thanks Public
Public For Donations and
Co-operation Extended
Buildings to Present Neat Ap
pearance to Children Re
turning After Holidays
North Wilkesboro city schools
will open on Wednesday morn
ing, January 2. at the usual
time—8:40 a. m., according to
an announcement by W. D. Half
acre, superintendent. The city
schools closed for the holidays
on January 21. All teachers and
pupils are requested to be on
time for the opening Wednes
day.
During the holidays the build
ings have been thoroughly clean
ed, tbe windows have been wash
ed and the floors have been oil
ed. The buildings will present a
neat appearance to the teachers
and pupils* on their return to.
the schoolrooms following the
holidays. V?
Ji^-term^ examination will be
given to the Ugh school m
f 11^^; of Jaj
Christmas Cheer Committee
for North Wilkesboro played
Santa Claus to 364 children who
otherwise would have missed the
playful joys of the holiday sea
son, according to information
gained today from Prof. W. D.
Halfacre, Christmas Cheer
chairman.
Packages containing a toy,
fruits, nuts and other / -ipnfec-
tionaries were delivered^ *t‘. tho
home of the underprivilbged on
the morning of the 24th by la
dies of the three leading church
es of the city and members of
the Boy Scout troops. Girl Scouts
assisted the ladies in preparing
the packages on Friday, Decem
ber 22.
Although no cash was solicit
ed by the committee an appeal
was made for toys and fruits
and the people of the town re
sponded very favorably. A bene
fit show was held at the New
Orpheum Theatre and many toys
were paid as admissions. Eleven
dollars in cash was donated by
Interested citizens and these
funds were used in tbe purchase
of toys and confectionaries to
supplement what had been giv
en. ^
The (mmmittee wishes to ex
press its thanks ’ to the publlg.
for the many donatiosa for
the services of those who
in giving and ln4Mla,trtbn||^^jihg pMj
Sid
Fifteen marriages during the
holiday season swelled thf total
of marriage licenses issued in
1934 from the office of Register
of Deeds O. F. Eller for Wilkes
County to 273.
This number for 1934 exceeds
by 56 the number issued at the
W/llkes office for 1933, there be
ing 217 issued during that year.
More lax marriage laws and a
generally brighter outlook for
prospective home builders'Is con
sidered the cause for this in
crease.
Marriage licenses were issued
during the latter ten days of De
cember to the following: Ed
Marley and Cora Edminsten;
Author Johnson, High Point,
and Ella Mae Darnell, Reddies
River; Clyde McCann and Cur-
tie Lowe, both of Roaring Riv
er; F. L. Hodge and Lilly Haw
kins. both of Darby; Willie Min
ton and Angeline Hawkins, both
of Darby; Vern Stone, Knott-
ville, and Prudie Blaekllurn.
North Wilkesboro route 2;‘Bry
an Hamby and Dollie Mae Tay
lor, both of Wllbar; H/ram. C.
Douthit, Ga., and Hattie JohQ
son. Roaring River rou^^
vln Whittington, Reddies Rlv4io-^.-
and Thelma Miller, Wllbar; Ru
fus Brown, Halls
ma Wagoner, SheeWi*-''
Church, Deep Gap,’*and Bkbgcpa ^
Shumaker, Harley; 'Paul •
and Ruth Sheets, both of Laurel
Springs; Jack Mahafby antfilk
Belle Carpenter, -both of Jfonh
Wilk/esboro: Blum. Ham|lDs.
Darby, and CoruJUgndlrlt .i^ny
Fork; David Wl^rt*?W*rand
Zilpha Pike, McB^dy. %
'* Mr- iriil Mm n'li'iiB naiiiHillt.
at Asheville, wen^litlHij^caests
of Prof^and Mx%'^
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