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KIDNAPER DOOMED
Ealtord, Fla., June 17—Frank
lin Pierce McCall walked Into hia
“death row" cell at Florida state
prison today, 20 days after he
kidnaped and killed Jimmy Cash.
Unless the state pardon board
heeds an appeal for clemency, the
21-year-old farmlaborer will die
In the electric cbair on a date to
be set by Gov. Fred Cone. The
execntlon can not be before the
week et June 27 but it the gov-
euor ahooses that week McCall
'might die just one month after
atealing the five-year-old boy
from the Cashes’ Princeton home
May 28.
COPELAND DEAD
Washington. June 17.—Sena
tor Royal S. Copeland, New York
Democrat, died at 7:45 o'clock
tonight of “a general circulatory
collapse complicated by a kidney
aliment." Ho was 69 years old.
Mrs. Copeland, two physicians
and two nurses were with the
doctor-legislator when the end
came In his suite in the Shoreham
hotel. Dr. Harry M. Kaufman,
^one of the *attendtng physlolans,
'said the illness may have been
brought on by overwork toward
the end of the congressional ses
sion. but added that “the sena
tor hasn’t really been well in a
long time."
700.000 HOMELEvSS
Shankhai, June 18.—(Satur
day)—Muddy Yellow river wat
ers, sweeping across the heart of
densely - populated Honan pro
vince threatened today to engulf
1,500 more villages and hamlets.
Morenban 2.000 communities and
countless farms already have
been evacuated. Japanese army
engineers estimated there are now
700.000 Chinese refugees from
the flood. Heavv rains continued
and several additional widening
streams were reported swirling
southward from their normal
beds, threatening to widen great
ly the 500 square mile flood-
wrecked area.
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COVGRF.SS DENOFNCKD
Washington. .lune 17.—Repub
lican leaders denounced Congress
todsv for adiourning while the
country was in the throes of a
severe economic crisis. ’ and ac
cused artmlnis’ration leaders of
deterrainid efforts to •'change the
American form of government."
Senate Republican Leader Mc-
Nary. of Oregon, and Representa
tive Snell, of New York, the
house minority leader, issued a
join* statement declaring the
first duty of the national legisla
ture should have been to remain
Jn session "and adoot measures
to .alleviate the paralvsis of busi
ness."
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BT^?TVES« TTPTT'RN
Blowing Rock. June 17.—The
Southern Textile a.ssociation en
tered its second day of convention
and its first official business ses
sion today at Blowing Rock. The
meeting was called to order by
the president of the active associ
ation, Edwin M. Holt. Mr. Holt
delivered the president’s address
In which he expressed the opinion
that the next two months would
bring with them a decided upturn
in the textile bu8ines.a due to the
"fact that the print mills program
of curtailment has reduced the
stock.s in the warehouse.s of the
commission houses to such an ex
tent that any surpluses that
might have occurred are now
pracfically depleted.
50 T>TB TV CRASH
Miles City. Mont.. June 19.—
The "Oly.npian.’’ crack passenger
train of the Milwaukee railroad,
plunged through a crumpling
bridge early today into a seeth
ing. flooded , eastern Montana
creek, carrying at least 29 per
sons to death. leaving more than
a score missing and feared dead,
and injuring about 65 more. Lou
Brill, editor of the Miles Qitv
Star, said he believed the death
l.tt would pass .50. He estimated
“30 to 40” bodies might be In
one submerged car which railroad
workers were unable to raise
from the tlooded creek. The trag
edy was the worst in American
railroading In recent years, and
was the first on the Chicago, Mil
waukee and St. Paul railroad in
20 years In which a paylnif pas
senger met death.
Revival Continue*
At Moravian Fall*
Rev. J. C. Gentry, pastor, said
lay that the revival services at
Jan Falls Methodist church
'^ntinae through this week
VOL. TVnT, NO. 71 Published Mondayy Thuraday^. NORTH WTtkESBQRO. N. C
June Se^on Of
Wilke Superior
Court Adjourns
StaralN^ Out 54rYear Mine Fire
Many Ciues Removed From
Docket During Term
Of Two Weeks
June term of Wilkes superior
court closed Friday afternoon aft
er two wseki steady work on a
badly congested civil docket. ^
Judge J, Will Pless, Jr., of
Marion, presided over the two-
weeks term, which was very suc
cessful from the standpoint of
number of cases removed from
the docket.
Several cases were tried by
jury While many oLhers were
compromised or heard by the
presiding judge by agreement of
plaintiff and defendant. Many
other cases were non-suited due
to the failure of plaintiffs to ap
pear in court and proscute their
actions.
Judgments were entered In the
following cases during the latter
days of the term: Mable Payne et
al versus FUo Caudill, plaintiff
to recover $400.
Gwyn Pierce versus Jim Wil
liams, compromised by payment
of $150 to plaintiff, who paid
cost of action.
H. M. Parller versus Mrs. Es
ther Holman Parller and D. H.
Parller, judgment of $2,000 in
favor of plaintiff.
Mary Stewart Church versus
Roe Church, divorce.
NEW LEXINGTON, OHIO . . . The Federal authorities’ theory that
the 54-year-old mine fire which has been ragir.g with the force of a
score of btest furnaces cooid be stopped by fighting it with wide tun
nels of mud, has met its first test and proved successful.
Plan Dairy Field
Day For Wilkes;
Is Li Ashe Friday
Ashe County Dairymen Are
Now Selling About 28,000
Pounds of Milk Daily
Alleged Thieves
Get 12 Months
Theodore Porter Bound
Court; Choice Taylor
Is Sentenced
Theodore Porter, member of
H. M. Scott, of Scott Cheese
and Butter factory here, attended
the dairy field day in Ashe coun
ty Friday and reported a most
successful event.
Dairying is well established In
Ashe county, he said, and farm-
to ers are selling about 28,000
pounds of milk daily as compared
with 3,000 per day which Wilkes
farmers produce for sale heie.
Mr. Scott said that he was in
formed by dairy specialists of the
trio
which is alleged to have extension service that a field day
- Ill «Arrice8 each evening at North Wilkesboro; Young , —
Bible school each mom- pie’s Program, led by Miss Hen- ernoon, two o’clock, at the home oty Sheriff Floyd Fleming
j^..aatnr,- xHHreaa of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. German, day notM left by Lonnie Mullins,
tng at ten o’clock. The pastor is
•misted in the revival by Rev,
Bumgarner and J.
^bbint la in charge of the sing-
lag. Tho gnblic la cordially lavtt-
•4 to
broken the plate glass front of
Steele’s jewelry store here and
stole a number of watches several
months 3go, has been arrested
and placed under bond for ap-
I earance in the' next term of
Wilkes fuperior court. Police
Chief J. E. Walker .said today.
Winfield (Freck) Cooper and
Raymond Wells were apprehend
ed soon after the break and ten
dered pitas of 'arceny. receiving
a year each at the county home
farm after conviction for break
ing into Walter Anderson’s serv
ice station on June 7. He is said
to nave taken a quantity of cig
arettes, cigars, tobacco, chewing
gum and candy.
Program W. M. U.
is planned for Wilkes county, to
be held some time in July. Such
. occasions prove beneficial and
serve to boost interest in dairy
ing.
Dairy authorities have for sev
eral years empiiaslzed the fact
that Wilkes county is well suited
for dairying and that the cattle
branch of agriculture has a
bright future in Wilkes.
Mr. S'cott came to North Caro
lina from Wisconsin, leading milk
and cheese producing state in the
nation. He was engaged in man
ufacture of clicesft there but he
said that conditions here are very
adaptable to dairying and that
better quality cheese can be man
ufactured from milk produced
here than in Wisconsin.
Gain In Activity
Of Industry Seen
In Week’s Report
New York, June 18.—The up
ward surge of industrial activity
continued this week, with all ma
jor groups chalking up gains.
T’.ie Associated Press seasonal
ly adjusted index, based on latest
available data, rose to 67.4 per
cent of the 1929-30 average from
66.7 last week and compared with
104.5 a year ago.
The current level, however,
was only a little more than 2 per
cent above the recession low
chalked up a fortnight back.
Freight shipments staged a
more-than-seasonal rally from the
ant single factor in this increase
was the. indhstrlal classification
.---inisgi
was sharply kRfher
up only moderately, while coal
movement slackened.
Automobile output moved up
contra-seasonally as scattered re
ports of retail demand Indicated
production running well under
purchases of new cars.
Necessitous orders were said by
the trade to have played an im
portant roll in the second con
secutive weekly rise in steel mill
operations.
Cotton manufacturing main
tained t h e sharply advancing
trend of recent weeks. Electric
power output also turned up.
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W P A Street Improvement
Proiect For City Is Now
Nefar Completion
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On C(mte$t Umi*
Williams Chainium
Group In State; B.
Secretary Hei^
Approximately four miles of
streets and alleys In North 'Wil
kesboro have been‘given a crush^
ed stone surface in the WPA
street improvement project now
nearing completion, city and
WiPA officials said today.
The city furnished the equip
ment for the project, including a
rock crusher, truck and stone bin,
as a part of the sponsor’s con
tribution. ’The stone was mined
near the lower Yadkin bridge.
The project will expire some
time next month and before it is
closed out a number of minor
street Jobs will be completed.
One of the outstanding im
provements in the project was
widening of Forester Avenue, a
paved street, by placing six ad
ditional feet of concrete pave
ment, three feet on each side.
During the part few years For
ester Avenue has become popular
as a commercial thoroughfare
and much of the heavy traffic
passes over that street.
A great part of the stone sur
facing on streets has been in the
eastern part of the city in the vi
cinity of Woodlawn, although
practically all dirt streets and al
leys throughout the entire city
have been coated with crushed
stone from the quarry.
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DES MOINES, lA. . . First of
the opponents of the President’s
Court Reorganization Bill to face
aHgrimary test. Senator Guy M.
Gillette receives the returhs of his
renomlnatlon in high spirits. He
defeated the New Deal’s candi
date, Representative O. D. Wear-
in.
Fire Truck
Bought By
Wilkesboro
Merchants In
Banquet Here
. A" enthusiastic meeting of the
holiday period. The most Import- Wilkes County Merchants’ Asso
ciation was held at The Princess
Cafe ’^feur^day night in the dorm
Meeting June 22nd ^*i**!j? Tourney
Is Planned Here
Mr*. Maude Gilbert
Claimed By Death
Will Be Held Wednesday at
Oakwoods Baptist Church
In An All Day Service
The following program for the
assoclatlonal meeting of the
Woman’s Missionary Union to be
held Wednesday at Oakwoods
Baptist church was announced to
day:
Morning Session
Watchword: Hymn, “0 Wor
ship the King": Devotional, Rev.
Eugene Olive, North Wilkesboro;
Welcome, Mrs. J. Canter, Oak-
woods: Response, Mrs. S. Steel
man. Moravian Falls; History of
"The Woman’s Hymn”, Mrs. C.
B. Mayberry, Fishing Creek;
Hymn, “The Woman’s Hymn’’;
Superintendent’s report and
plans. Mrs. Gilbert Foster, North
Wilkesboro; Stewardship report
and plans, Mrs. Eugene Olive,
North Wilkesboro; Mission Study
report and plans, Mrs. Eugene
Olive. North Wilkesboro: Person
al Service Report and plans, Mrs.
"Tip McNeill, North Wilkesboro:
Why Try For the Standard?, Mrs.
Bernice Greer, Moravian Falls;
Roll Call of churches, Mrs. R. L.
Jones, Harmony: Recognition of
Will Get Under Way Tues
day of Next Week;
Singles, Doubles
The first Wilkes county tennis
tournament will begin in North
Wilkesboro on Tuesday, June 28,
sponsors said today.
The tourney will be open to
all persons in Wilkes county who
wish to enter in either singles or
doubles competition and all en
tries must -be made with Ralph
Crawford, tournament secretary,
not later than Saturday of this
week. A small entiance fee will
be charged, he said.
The tournament Is expected to
attract the best court talent in
S he county. Three courts here in
lorth Wilkesboro will be used
during the event and the full
schedule will be made when all
entries are In, Mr. Crawford said.
Funeral service w.-as held Sat
urday afternoon at Boomer for
Mrs. Maude Gilbert, aged resi
dent of that community who died
Friday night at the home of a
grandson, Odie Gilbert. She was
about 80 years of age and had
been ill for several months.
She was the widow of the late
M. L. Gilbert, of Boomer, and the
mother of W. O. Gilbert, of Le
noir. Also surviving are one sis
ter, Mrs. Kinner Pearson, of Win
ston-Salem, one brother, Dickie
Sharpe, of Boombr, and several
grandchildren.
wT Cafe Thur^ay mgni ui vuo
called to order by C. G. Day, the
president, who introduced the as
sociation’s secretary. Miss Ann
Hartley.. Miss Hartley explained
the purpose of the meeting, after
which the business session was
held.
During the election of officers
for the ensuing year, J. B. Wil
liams presided over the meeting.
The election of officers was as
follows: Member of state board
of directors, J. C. Yarbrough;
president, W. K. Sturdivant; vice
president, Ira D. Payne; secre
tary, Miss Ann Hartley. Board of
directors: George Kennedy, W. C.
Marlow, W. G. Gabriel, Julius C.
Hubbard, M. G. Butner, L. S.
^palnhour, C. G. Day, and T. S.
Kenorly.
It was voted that the secret ad
vertising committee be appointed
by the president and secretary,
this committee to function
throughout the coming year, and
with dues reduced now to $1.00
per month for each member firm
It is hoped that a number of new
members will join the association
so that it may function for the
upbuilding of this entire com
munity.
The town, of Wilkesboro has
purchased a fire truck from the
Winston-Salem fire department.
Mayor J. F. Jordan said today
that the town had purchased and
paid tor the truck out of funds
from the treasury and that the
price paid was $500.
Mayor Jordan expressed the
opinion that the town was for
tunate in being able to secure the
truck, which he described sj be
ing in splendid condition in 1 "dS-
quate for fire protection >r m) of
the town. The fire deparJ-.uent in
Winston-Salem sold the truck, he
said, because it had become nec-
Martin F. Gaudlaa, r-xaoativ*^ ’
bscretary of the North Caroi*^ »
Buildup and Loan'‘be*|9^^d||Wh ^
today conferrinK'with J.'
llama. Keealeir Meni^^^V-'dKikP>
man, said that eeja^jhiftlfca
is holding up wetl'de^ta iha
recession and is far aheM-'ot oth
er Hnjs of bnslHeaa^
Associations in the sta^-^
said, are experiencing a voj^ag^
cessfnl year and , Incfea*^
number of peopU>«fi»^)Sat-ad
vantage of opportqlilH^fJir ,bon»
financing offered 'Ibisme' 'ta-
stituaions instead of doing bual-
ness with ouUide agencies. The
building and loan-aaeoeiations, he
continued, are doing a large part
in bucking the recession.
Last year, Mr...J^uadi*n said,
associations In Kort.h Carolina
loaned $S2,6(N)4(^'
increase in*a«M^ cent.
Present trends indkate ,t$ut iitS
will liketr^ be a good, year for
the asso^ations.
Mr. Williams, secretary-treas
urer of rhe North Wilkesboro
.Building Si Losn association, is
chairman of the committee in
charge of the Keesler Memorial
contests conducted throughont
the state in tho schools. An en
tirely different plau of the essay
contests will be adopted in the
meeting of the committee to bo
held soon and will be announced
following the meeting, Mr. Wil
liams said. The other members of
the committee are D. E. Angel,
of Winston-Salem, and B. G.
Herring, Jr., of Gpldsboro.
Last year. 4,000 students par
ticipated in tho 'essay contest,
which Is promoted for the pur
pose of stimulating and maintain
ing Interest In thrift and home
The truck was brought to Wil
kesboro Friday and given a test,
which showed that it was capable
of pumping 1,000 gallons of wat
er per minute and was in . good
working order.
Mayor Jordan said that he had
been informed by insurance un
derwriters that the purchase of
the fire truck would result in a
substantial reduction In fire In
surance rates, probably ten per
cent, in the town.
A temporary location has been
found for the truck but details
of the fire department organiza
tion have not as yet been deter
mined, he said.
Local Teams Add
To Victory Siring
Def«ated- Blanketeers From
Elkin Here Saturday
Nine to One
Mr*. Eli Combs I*
Claimed By Death
Drivers Escaped
Injuries In Crash
Begin Foreclosure
For Taxes In 1935
Mrs. Fannie L. Combs, wife of
Eli Combs, died Tuesday in the
hospital at Elkin and funeral
service was held Friday, followed
by burial in Ronda cemetery.
She was 28 vears of age and
Is survived by her husband, five
children, parents, John and Nan
cy Johnson Soots, four brothers
and four slaters.
W. P. Kelly, 'Wlilkes county ac
countant, said today that the
Woodruff Wallace
Has New Airplane
Noah Thomas Benton, of Pur-
lear, who works for one of the
construction companies on the
Parkway, and Edward J. High, of
North Wilkesboro, who is con
nected with the State Highway
department, had more or less a
hqad-on collision near Glei
Springs on highway number
Jones, nurmuiiy, xvr^-usmuun u*. ... ... .1 . 1 Woodruff Wallace, local air-
visitors; Special business session plane pilot, has purchased a new
airplane for use at the
Wilkesboro
and appointment of committees;
Our Jubilee Gift, Heck Memorial;
Inspirational address, Mrs. Peter
Hamlet, Morganton; Lunch.
Aftemoon Program
“Our Jubilee Hymn
Book); Devotional, Mrs. J. N.
Shockey, North Wilkesboro; We
Want a Missionary Organization.
Mrs. Lloyd Hendrix, Mt. Pleas
ant; Report of Young People’s
Leader, Miss Dunda Hendren
suits on tax sale certificates for
the year 1935 and any who wish
to pay taxes due for that year
and' save foreclosure suit costs
should attend to the matter Im-
/year mediately before costs accumu
late.
Home Demonstration
Club Plans Meeting
North Wilkesboro airport. Jack
Henderson, who has completed a
pilot’s coarse at the Charlotte air
port, will be pilot and will take
up passengers here. >
Mr. Wallace said that he plans
to teach piloting at the North
Wilkesboro airport soon.
The Boomer Home Demonstra-
Peo- tion club will meet Thursday aft-
Man KilU S«lf and WHe
dren; Business session; Address
Mrs. Edna R. Harris, W. M. U.
Clintwood, Va., June 3l||—Dep-
sg nid to-
l/a lUl • auu. ITiiO. *» • *T4» viwauarou* HOVdS ICit Uy XA/ialliv iHmiHIPp
There will be demonstrations la 40-yMr-^ mining inspector, aft-
vTOAlrlnsw WAaaf ka»gaai4 Afflaa ■ a#
Rector Corresponding Secretary, Ra- making yeast bread. Miss Harriet «r a shooting that took the'life ofp aoe^mavei la gentamber. Thai*- MSIIee Bldck, •wtOi atxteea die-
leigh: Golden Anniversary Medl- McGoogan, home demonatratloo fcij >,ri{e aad,^^jUiiu«lf, ' tailiated etel^ agd:^ ^ Iilipffl*:. f ® _ yfii jMtwta Chlet Jutlee Hatkds Ud
tation; Closing Devotloiul per- agent, said la making anaoatM^ K| Hryloe ^ ^«!!nler^rie St during the leroloa.
lod. Bey. a Jc Pdrd. WUkertoro. Sparlf/* a Ifeoittala the remainder et ^ t
leigh; Golden Anniversary Medl- McGoogan, borne
tation; Closing Devotloiul — ” *-
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Benton and High Collide In
Car Wreck Near Glen-
. dale Springs Recently
North Wilke.s.boro’s baseball
team took on another victim Sat
urday by defeating Elkin's Chat
ham Blanketeers here by a score
of nine to one.
The locals hit Stockton, port
side pitching ace, freely while
Leslie Rhoades again pitched
masterfully and held the blanket
makers to only four hits.
Boone all star team will play
here on Thursday afternoon and
the North Wilkesboro team will
play Elkin there Saturday. The
team here Is making a good rec
ord and should attract a large at
tendance of fans at every home
game.
Junior Baseball
Attracts Interest
The eight teams in 'the junior
baseball league in Wilkes put out
soma good playing Saturday,
fourth playing date of the sek^
dule. ' •
Saturday’s games left Traphltl
in first position as Traphill
defeated North Wilkesboro nine
to three ,'ind Clingman won over
Wilkesboro eight to four.
In the western halt Moravian
Falls put up strong competition
in an effort to tie Cricket for
first place but a last inning er
ror let in the winning run and
Cricket remained undefeated by
winning the game five to four.
Pitching by Parsons for Cricket
and Holder, of Moravian Falls,
featured the game. Purlear did
not go to Boomer as scheduled
because of threatening weather.
Following is the standings and
schedule for Saturday of this
week:
Eastern
Team W. L. Pet.
Bible and Training
School Is Announced
_ A vacation Bible school will be-
Glendale gin at Millers Creek Methodist
-tbfir 1® church on Monday, June 27. Tho
near the intersection of the Park- school will be held each morn-
way late last Saturday afternoon, ing, ten o’clock, for the ensuing
Fortunately neither of them or week.
the occupants were injured, but On — = -
their cars were badly damaged, clock In the evening a Cokesber-
Patrolman Thomas m^e an inves- ry training school will begin and
tigation and issued warrants for continue throughout the
the men, charging Benton with
Rev.
reckless driving and driving while charge.
week.
Bill' Bumgarner will be in
under the influence of intoxironts,
and High with recklefls dri'ving.
Spicer Child Dies
Last rites were hold Saturday
morning tar Mattie Lee ' Spicer,
two-year-old daughter of Roose-
Thp pastor. Rev. J. C. Gentry,
has announc^ that people from
neighboring churches wilt receive
cordial welcome at sessions of
the Bible school and training
school.
Today’s Journal-Patriot con-
eU 'Sh tal. a portion of the ^ of |2
veil ana niiuw o.uu ^ premiums offered by the
Hayq. She died gwi *- he)
abe^lehvw her throe Northweetern Iw to bel
750
500
600
260
Traphill - 3
N. Wllkasboro 2
Clingman 2
Wilkesboro 1
Western
Cricket 4
Moravian Falls — 2
Boomer 1
Purlear 0
Cricket at P'jrlear .
Boomer at Moravian Falla,*. '
'rraphill at Clingman
Wilkesboro at N. WUkeSboro.
1000
600
333
•00
Penalty On County
Privilege Taxes
Attention is
that a penalty of five per cent
will be added >11,
county privilege llcdnae taxed'Mt
paid on or before July
A raaoytm' th»:gflj^
county coataissieiiM lgt3M8.%»/
privilege thxea 1« pulAtelfBO' ellWfe
where in Ihta Bewsftfcper. 'siv
business subject to prlvilsge tta
by the county and not listed in
the resolution will be required to
pay the maximum tax as provided
by the laws of the state.
DISSENTER
In the term of the Supreme
Court which ended last week.
Justice MacReynolda was the
leading dissenter, being on the
objecting end -twehty-elj$ht^titreef
Next came. Juitfe
tveuty-enb? ti»e*
jaMiee Bldck, vrtth aheteen die-