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^IjttmWrton, A,ug. 16.—Orfllclal
7est>«rday’s sales show
the Lumberton market auc-
ttoned off 836,96S pounds ot to
bacco tor 6226,048.55 averaging
127 per hundred pounds.
TRADE LOOKS UP
New York, Aug. 16.—The Na
tional Retail Dry Goods associ
ation, reporting results ot a poll
of Its members’ views on the bus
iness outlook, announced today
that 98 per cent of replying re
tailers look tor a general pickup
in business in the tall months.
$1,000 IN HALVES
Watkins Gler, N. Y., A'lg. 16.
—“These have been around the
house long enough,” grunted
Bert Barker, as he heaved a 60-
pound package on the cashier’s
desk in the Watkins Glen bank.
“These” turned out to be two
thousand 50-cent nlecesr Barker
took a $1,000 credit in his bank
book, and explained, “I’ve been
saving ’em for five years.”
FUNERAL TODAY
Brain Hemorrhage and
Blood Clot Result From
Fracture of His Skull
WRONG WAY PICTURE
New York, Ang. 16.--RKO
Pictures announced tonight it bad
“'Contracted with Douglas Ccrrigan
for u movie dramatization of his
life and the famous wrong-way
flight to Ireland. President Deo
Spitz of RKO said that negoti-
ation.s were completed just before
Corrigan took oft tor Albany to
day on a good will tour of the
country and that the papers were
signed'on a wing of the trans
atlantic “Corriyan Clipper.
TWO MORE VICTIMS
Cleveland. A-g. 16.-Remains
' of two women were found tonight
’ In a fill-in dump near the shore
of Lake Erie and police worked
on the theory that they
tims of Cleveland’s mad torso
slayer.” The first bodv. disco\er
ed late today, was dissected in
four parts—bead, uPPet
^ a >,!!th lees A .skull and bones .
and , „,pre found to- conducted a hearing at the city
detectives searching for hall, .at which time several wit-
•mgh„ by nesses were examined. The jury
„^luc8.nat. tar from me , that'Harless came to his
third TERM TALK f'’om a fractured skull by
h- M
He
Schools
ie:
Burcham Reunion
There will be a reunion ot the
Burci:am fami'y a t Pleasant
Homo church ten miles northwest
of Elkin and five miles west on
Ronda on August ?Rth. All mem
bers of the family and their
friends are invited to carry along
a basket dinner and spend the
day.
North Wilkesboro city schools
will open the 193.S-39 term on
Monday, September 5, Paul S.
Cragan, newly elected superinten
dent, announced today.
Prof. Cragan, who was prin
cipal of the large consolidated
Ruffin high school in Rocking
ham county for a number of
years, succeeds W. D. Halfacre as
head of the city school system.
Mr. Ilalfacre now holds a position
with the Bank of North Wilkes-
boro.
The superintendent said today
that a voc.ational home economics
department will he maintained by
the r.tate this year in the North
tVilUeshoro schools. T’le stiPe and
federal governments will bear
two-thirds of tho eo-t of t''.’- de
partment and the distr’.et one-
Edgar F. Harte.ss. age 2.'. died third. The home eennomier de
al th? IVilkes hnsnital Wednesday | partnienl will he an intreeral part
morning from hemorrl ago of the | of tho school srsteu' instead of
brain resulting from a skull frac-, being an extra-cnrricnla activity
turc allegedly reeeiv.-'d in a fall | spon.sored and maintained loeally.
Edgar F. Harless
Dies of Fracture;
WendlandlsHeld
Alleged to Have Caused
Harliss’ Fall to Pavement
Last Saturday Night
L Cragan
Superintendent
Vocational Home Economics
Department Will Be In
stituted This Year
to the sidewall: ’>aveiv.cnt on
Main street Saturday night.
H. A. Wend'intl. elieese nianu-
fnetnror. who was alleged to have
shoved or struck Harless and
caused his injury, is under bond
of $1,000. The bond was set by
Judge J. A. Ronssean in Wilkes
court Wednesday.
On Wednesday night Coroner T.
M. Myers enparneled a jury and
j .As fi result there will
ditioual member ot
school faculty.
be an ad-
the high
for
W’ashington. ^
T,ort ot =trong sentiment in
'* west for a third term
dent Roosevelt
discussion among noliticians to-
dav of the possibilitv he may
 - Lin TWO Democratic legis-
f lators—and Chairman John Ham-
: mon, of the ^^'’P'L’r"thar Mr
’ /.nm uittee — agreed that mi-
S,"Sv.tt ml.«
but two other Democrats spoke
acotfingly of thhd term prospeets.
aTsenator Murray, Democrat. . o -
re- causes unknown.
the! Witnesses
Presi- i and Harless
said
had
brought renewe-i . beer together at
in the
tana, said many voters
lest wanted Mr. Roosevelt to
have a third term and that he be
lieved the President
-guided by the need for con
tinning his program.
^embracinL^’Sr' economic
gram revitalizing of
«ven-POl..
■i> ?Ter ,a ■ Europe made
tCrrhv'Sr-:
VooUoO men for army maneuv
er on^the Czech and French bor
ders and Mussolini’s speech last
Sur^ay indicating a European
-war was approaching^^
Cricket Winner
3rd Game Series
Saturday’s Game Will Give
Traphill Opportunity
To Even Up
Cricke* won a lop-sided vic
tory over Traphill juniors here
Wednesdav afternoon to take the
rutf/two'ra...
u ,ho;,d ..n
■ w“;SL‘j.rcSSAu .0
arU of the field and were
In the scoring by loose
ng on the part of Traphill,
^monnd for
In top notch form
f lowed only four hits. I^ad-
SSs for Cricket were Bare
J^^r, Parsons and Gilreath
h thre^
“of theTlpeed of
^ 10,000 milM/ wc-
Dairymen
Hold Meeting
On Augnst 24th
Farnham and Dr. Grisnell
-* Will Address Wfflees-'"'^rtrparHamy tu - mntherhig
Farmers In Meet
that Wendland
been drinking
Princess Cafe
and that they walked out of the
cafe and to the sidewalk together.
There an argu.ment ever payment
of a bottle of beer ensued, in
whicli Harlos® contended that
Wendland wa.s due to pay for the
last bottle of hp'-r he drank.
One witness said that Wend
land with his open hand either
struck or shoved Harless and that
he fell and his bead bit the pave
ment. He lay unronscions and
was picked up and earried a short
distance. He is said to have re
vived shortly, had returned, and
wa.s attempting to strike Wend
land when Police Chief John
Walker arrested Harless and
placed him in the city jail on a
charge of being drunk.
Some time later, presumably a
few hours at most, Harless sank
into a coma and on Sunday morn
ing a physician was called to ex
amine Harless, who was still un
conscious. .According to the testi
mony the examination disclosed
little and later after he had fail
ed to regain con.scionsness he was
carried to the hospital. ^
Harless left .side was paralyzed, j
hospital examination disclosed, |
and on Monday morning his con
dition had grown worse andj
there was indication of pressure
or. h's brain. On Monday evening, j
physicians said, an operation was |
made and an unusually large |
(Continued on page eight)
Dairymen of Wilkes county
will meet on Wednesday, August
2-1. ttn o’clock, at the courthouse
in Wilkeshoro, according to an
annoiincement issued by Dan
Holler, Wilkes county agent.
Among the speakers will he F.
R. Farnham, dairy specialist of
the extension service, and Dr.
Grinnells, president of the North
Carolina Jersey Breeders associ
ation.
Some of the things to he dis-
cuss‘'d will be “Value of Winter
Pastures,’' “Establishing Perma
nent Pastures,” and “Advantages
of Home Grown Feeds.”
Another feature of the meeting
will be a talk by S. V. Tomlin
son, successful merchant and
farmer, on how cows may he
used in financing farm opera
tions.
All farmers In Wilkes county
are urgently requested to attend
the meeting.
Week-End Baseball
Games Scheduled
North Wilkeshoro baseball
team will play Yadkin county all
stars here on Saturday afternoon
and a strong team from Johnson
City, Tenn., on Sunday. Hanes
Cubs were originally scheduled
for Sunday but the change was
announced today. The Johnson
City team is a leading semi-pro
organization and an exciting
game is anticipated.
A ‘^Salute To liie States”
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After Wound In Brain
Today Fifth Day
Of Life After
Head hjuries
With Part of Brain Missing
Wilkes Man Still Cling
ing On to Life
Oakwoods Revival
To Begin Mondajr
A revival will begin at Oak-
woods Baptist church on Monday
night Rev. N. C. Teague, of Wto-
ston-Salem, will conduct the re
vival and the public Is Invited to
attend.
LONG BEACH, CAL. . . . The great map assembledi piece by jaece
bv pretty state representatives was made to announce the histor
ical pageant held as part of this city’s 50th anniversary celebration.
Cat Mothers
H Kittens And
2 Small Rats
At the homo of Mrs. J. W.
Brooks in the eastern part of this
city is a mixed litter of kittens
and young cats which has at
tracted much attention since Mrs.
P ooks discovered her house cat
mothering the collection Tuesday
morning.
W.ben Mrs. Brooks found Tabs,
fem.ale ca’ which had won the
affection of the family because
she rid the place of rats, the cat
was mothering three pretty new
ly oorn kittens in the stable Tues
day morning. And with the kit
tens wer.a two young rats, one ot
which had a head with some ot
the features of a kitten.
■Tabs was showing absolutely
the'
young of natur.al enemies. The
young ra's were receiving equal
protection and raofherly affection
and all five were trying to obtain
their food from the moUmr cat.
A'esterday the young rat which
had some of the features of a
kitten died and out ot curiosity
the dead one—its eyes had nev
er opened—was offered to a cat
at a home nearby and the neigh
bor cat would not eat it. An at
tempt has been made to embalm
the I'ody of the dead one.
Tabs shows no enmity toward
the voun.g rats with her kittens,
in fact she looks after it c.areful-
ly and will lick it along with the
kittens. She carries it. from place
to place in her month.
How this unusual collection
came about leaves room for con
jecture and imagination. By some
unusual freak of nature could
the cat have given birth to the
mixed litter or did she pick up
the rats at some other place and
mother them? If rhe found the
small rats why did she not eat
them as she hsd hundreds of
other.s during her life? These and
other questions pop into the
minds of people who have seen
the freak collection.
Annual Farm and Home Tour In
Wilkes Will Take Place Aug. 25th
Farmers Invited to See Dem
onstrations In Several
Communities
The annual farm and home
tour, designed to acquaint farm
ers with what other? are doing
through approved methods will
be carried out in Wilkes on
Thursday, August 25, Dan Hol
ler, county farm agent, announc
ed today.
The tour'will start from the
courthouse in the morning of the
25th and several places will be
visited during the day. One stop
which is calculated to more than
ordinarily enjoyable will be at
noon when the tour will stop at
Hollywood Lake and spread a
basset dinner picnic style.
The tour has been outlined by
the county agent as follows:
Farm of Gordon Mathis: In
spect timber stand Improvement
project.
Branch Mathis: Lo*k over to-
mnre bacco demonstration J In cultlva-
-tiutt, dlHerent ttl€a„pf.,ferttrr
lizer; also inspect electric fence,
and display and farm machinery.
Paul E. Church near Hays: See
4 II club corn projects, results of
cron rotation, and methods of
keening farm and home records.
Mr. Jones’ at Cricket; View
pasture improvement demonstra
tions and see results of use of
superphosphate and stable ma
nure.
Gilbert Foster a t Millers
Creek: Inspect modern water sys
tem and see demonstration In
kitchln arrangement
James Ritchie’s at Pores Knob:
Spread picnic lunch at Hollywood
Lake, see poultry houses and
flock of White Rocks.
J. M. German’s at Boomer:
See modern dairy barn, sterilizing
machine and nottling machine,
also view home landscaping pro
ject under direction of John Har
ris, extension siiecialist.
N. C. Andrews’ near Boomer:
View pasture Improvement dem
onstrations, use of cover crops in
orchard, value of different kinds
fit fertllliers,>,^?„.«
Fire Damages
Building Here
Snyder Building on Main
Street Has Fire In Upper
Story Tuesday
Fire of undetermined origin
badly damaged the Snyder build
ing on Main street Tuesday aft
ernoon.
The fire, who apparently sta
The fire, which apparently
started between the overhead
ceiling and the floor of the up
per story, was burning rapidly
when discovered but the fire de
partment- was able to .get the
tire under control in a short
time.
Considerable damage was done
to the building and the ceiling of
the unoccupied rooms on the top
floor wa? practically demolished.
The Tip Top Soda Shop on the
street floor, owned by A. E.
Spainhour, sustained heavy wat
er damage. The loss was partially
covered by Insurance.
The building is the same one
which was badly damaged by
fire a years ago when occu
pied by Hadley-Moore Hardware
company.
High'way Work
Is Progressing
Number Places
Streets Being Repaired! Sur
face Work Under Wa3'
On Two Highways
Highwav work in Wilkes coun
ty is progressing this week at
several points.
In North Wilkeshoro highway
maintenance forces have been re
pairing bad places in street pave
ment and have been placing a
black top surface on concrete
gutters. The surface applied last
year covered only the asphalt
pavement.
Highway 16 from Millers Creek
to Glendale Springs is closed for
surface treatment and should be
' vixmn by Thursday of next week,
hlghivay officials said today.
Traffic between Millers Creek and
the Jeffersons is being detoured
by way of Laurel Springs.
Meanwhile work of surfacing
the :iewlv constructed Hunting
Creek highway from near Wilkes
horo at the intersection with
highway 421 to the Wilkes-Ire-
dell line is progressing satisfac
torily and the road will he open
for light traffic Tuesday. After
hein.g used for a short time the
road will again he closed while
the finish coat of surface is ap
plied.
Work On the short cut from
the lower Yadkin bridge to high
way 421 east of Wilkeshoro is
progressing simultaneously with
that on the Hunting Creek high
way, number 115.
Robert. Minton was holding
his oivn today, fifth day after
his hcrul was split open with an
axe and a part of his brain re
moved in surgical attention
given the wound at the Wilkes
ho.spital Saturday night.
Minton’s head was split four
inches ,ahout midway between
his ear and th- top of his head
on the right side. Gwyn Pierce
Is is jail aw.iiting whether he
will he ciiarged with murder or
assault.
Pien-e, ,a brolher-in-law, is
.alledged (o have struck Minton
wbife he w.as fighting with
Pierce’s fatiier and after he
had hern disorderly aiioiit his
home. The affray took place on
Irghway 121 iwo miles wi’sl of
tliis city Minton fell to the
comTCte and bled profu.“e!v be
fore .an ambulince reached the
scene.
Little hope was held for
Minton's recovery but today his
condition remained about the
same as ye,sterday and lie is
taking some nounsliment. Part
of the time he is in a seml-
consclons condition.
The wound was an ugly one
and It was necessary to remove
frat^nients of skull and some
lacerated brain tis.sue. Notwith
standing the pain ■■wf the
wound, the shock of the blow,
the loss of blood and loss uf
brain tissue Minton clings to
life and may have an outside
chance of complete recover}.
Food Sale Saturday
The Methodist Woman’s Mis
sionary Societv of Wilkeshoro is
sponsoring a food sale to be held
Saturday, ten o’clock, at Newton’s
drug store in Wilkeshoro. Pies,
cakes, rolls and other foods will
be on sale.
View Pasture
Dem onstrations
Several Wi'kes farmers i n
company with County Agent Dan
Holler and Assistant Agent Jesse
Giles went to the farms ot Miles
Shore and Sheriff White in Yad
kin county one day last week to
see some very successful pasture
demonstrations. Thev viewed ex
cellent pastures on land that was
very unproductive only two years
ago. Super phosphate, lime, sta
ble manure and proper -seed mix
tures were credited with success
ot the demonstrations viewed, Mr.
Holler said.
All criminals are not in jail.
Preaching Service
Elder E. A. Lone tvill preach
at Pander’s Grove church the
first Sunday in September at
twelve o’clock. The miblic has a
cordial invitation to attend the
service.
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Commendable Activitie^or Year
North Carolina’s prospective
1988 grape crop is estimated at
7,900 tono and Is 40 pet ^cent
greater than the average 'crop
produced during the 16 i^saia
from 1927 to 1926, r»pQ¥^
MUtfi Depitftiaent. of
Punjab Firemen Arrive
6 Montl^ After Blaze
Lahore, India—A house caught
fire in a Punjab state.
The owner sent an urgent let
ter to the state fire brigade, as
there was no telephone.
The chief fire brigade officer
“acknowledged” the letter and
left .'t for his successor as he was
going on leave.
The successor arrived about
five months later, found it was a
case for “immediate” attention
and forwarded it to the Dewan
(minister) “for favor of neces
sary action.”
Tho Dewan in turn submitted
the request to the ruler for “fa
vor of immediate sanction.”
The ruler ordered that the
state fire brigade “proceed forth
with to the scene of the occur
rence to avoid further damage to
the building.”
When the fire brigade arrived
at the scene, a new building had
sprung up in place of the one
destroyed six months earlier.
Preaching Service
Eider A. B.? Ross wlU preacb
at Reddles Blvwr dwreli
,di^ Angtidt 24.-7:I9J'‘C^
‘ci^. The paWlc Is
„ vltisd to the ierrlee^'c
Buy Radio For T. B. Hut;
Will Fum’sh Milk For
Nutrition Class
The North Wilkeshoro Knights
of Pvthias lodge and the Dokie
club,'rapidly taking their places
among the civic organizations of
this vicinity, are planning some
outstanding activities tor the
coming year.
In a recent joint meeting of
the two affiliated organizations
the lodge and club voted to pur-
,chase a radio and Individual ear
phones for the Wilkes county
tubercular hospital and several of
the members agreed to furnish
bed lamps for that Institution.
Another activity which will be
carried out will be furnishing
milk for underprivileged and un
dernourished children In the nu
trition classes in North Wilkes
horo and Wilkeshoro schools dur
ing the 1988-39 term.
Membership and Interest in the
objectives and activities of the
lodge are increasing and Interest
ing meetings are held each Mon
day night.
Tho joint meeting of the Dokie
club and the lodge was held at
Hotel Moravlna a t ■ Moravian
jpaMynn. Friday night and a ban-
atirf'dinner which was tho suh-
ADKiin jeet of much favorable comment
So pnWte l4 cordtolly D»- ink narvrt br tho MormrtM FWto
. i^^jaoow Domonatrattoa clttb.
Elle^e Youth
Is Sentenced For
Check Forging
4 to 7 Years For Claude El-
ledge For Cashing $400
In Forged Checks
OTHER CASES TRIED
Business of Court Moves
Smoothly Toward Ad
journment of Term
Cliude Elledg'', son of George
Elledge, of near this city, drew
sentence ot four to seven years
in state orison after he was con
victed in Wilkes court on nine
counts charging check forgeries.
Elledge according to testimony
offered bv the state, passed over
$400 in forged checks in denom-
inatiina .'t $10 to $30 on North
Wilkeshoro business houses. A
greater oart ot the checks boro
the forged signature of J. W.
.Tone.s, merchant and farmer of
the Fairplains community.
Otiier cases in which .lodg
ment was rendered follow:
James Roe Sale, carrying con
cealed weapon end simple assault,
guilty. Judgment not passed.
.Charlie Miller, adultery, guilty,
sentence not passed
Harrison Shew, larceny of
timber, not guilty.
Betty Wyatt, drunkenness, 30
days in jail.
Robert Church, larceny, 18
months on roaJs.
Ernest Money, violation prohi
bition laws, 90 days on roads.
Carl Hester, driving drunk, di
rected verdict of not guilty.
A murder charge against Gwyn
McNeill, growing out of the
death of .Tames Faw in an auto
mobile accident near this city a
few months ago, was nol prossed.
A similar case against A. P. Huff
man for the death of a Yate.s
child went off the docket by the
nol proa route
David Combs, disturbing relig
ious congregation, 90 days su
spended five years.
Connie and Zonnie Sprinkle,
possession of liquor, four months
each on roads.
Paul Lambert, and Troy Rey-
n o 1 d s, larceny. Lambert six
months suspended on payment of
cost; Reynolds. 12 months su
spended five years.
Carl Nicholson and Roy Cole
man, larceny, 12 months.
Tom Davis, malicious assault
and injury to property, total of
two vears and eight months ac
tive sentence and one sentence
suspended.
W.alt Pruitt and Davis Combs,
disturbing religious congregation,
90 days suspended five years.
Raymond Hampton, colored,
violation prohibition law, 30 days
suspsnded on payment of cost.
Warren Kilby, assault, eight
months suspended on condition
he pay to T. L. Nichols sum of
$200 and pay costs; fpr violation
of nroclbition law. 12 months
suspended five years.
L. G. Caldwell, violation motor
vehicle law, fined $10 for failure
to appear in court, later found
not guilty.
Building And Loan
Groups Are Active
The savings, building and loan
associations of North Carolina
made over. $1,700,000 of loans
during July, Wheeler Martin, of
Wllllamston, vice president of the
North Carolina Building and
Loan League, announced today
from preliminary renorts compli
ed by the State League.
Over half of these were for
construction loans, and fully one-
fourth were for the purchase of
new homes. The balance'were for
repairs and miscellaneous pur
poses. 'Vir
The fact that tt# above, total
of loans for July r94)ireio4iWl ak
most 1,000 loans show* c
Savings. Building ‘lilitl-’IMa .iliK
Boclatlon Is the moat pfivajiU'^yA'ir
sonree of homo loans fw thafe^
diOiirla# sataQ, sate loaM -o»^%
long term baais. vid;
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