-Los- AHareles. March 31.—Mrs.
,t»^Dora^A. Dvachnson, 77, who
she prevloasly had been
.Married eiaht times, and William
'lUihia Styer, 6i, an Insurance
n^Mwan. applied for a marriase
here, today. Styer said he
married once befi.re and
la ’ g^^rWower. Mrs. Dnneanson,
wkfeSihmtlfled herself as an or-
dgiWM^ininister of the Psychic
iSe^nL ahttrch. said thev would
t«i3&led JEaater.
SPINACH
New l^k. March 21.—A new
dfink that makes men strong was
, announced today at the Long Is
land C’ollege of Medicine. The
yhik is about one-third of a ciip-
al dally of ordinary dry gelatine
dissolved in orange and lemon
juice. Results, six men doubled
their muscular endurance in a-
bout a month and a half training
at bicycle riding. On women
there was no effect. The an
nouncement was made by Dr. G.
R. Ray, J. R. Johnson and M. M.
Taylor. It is planned to try gela
tine on football players and other
Mhletes in training. The gain in
ength 'in the teats lasted a
pg time and no had effects
have been found.
AGAINST RFDITCTIONS
Washington. March 21.—Presi
dent Roosevelt threw cold water
on the congressional economy
drive today, saying that any sub
stantial reductions in federal
spending would have to come out
of relief and other Job-making
funds. If there were some guar
antee that governmental re
trenchment would cause business
to take up all the slack in em
ployment, he told his press con
ference. the idea would be worth
considering. "I doubt, however,"
the President added, "whether
I this would meet with popular ap-
^proval if it were tried and the re
sults were not attained."
Agendes Working
For Farmers Plan
Series of Meetings
MISS TELEVISION
Wilkes One of ,-11 Counties
In NiH^hwestem District
to Receive Program
TO CLASSIFY LAND
Extension Service, FSA, CCC
and SCS Will Cooperate
In Land Use Work
Wilkes county is one of 11
counties in the northwestern dis-j
trict to be chosen for the begin- ,
ning of a land use program this!
, , fqt ^Freedom of
BengeDeatKCase
Coroner’s Jury Recovwnends!
Dodson Be Held Without
Privilege of Bond
Sam Dodson, who adibltted^^
holding the gun which sh'ok andj'
killed John Andrew Benge, hts j
father-in-law, was ordered held |
In Jal! without privilege of bond i
following completion of,'a coro-
"i ncr’s investigation yesterday aft-
1 rrnoon.
The shooting occured Sunday
afternoon at Dodson’s home In
The land use program. County , ^
Ag°nt Holler said today, is an Miss ' Peggy Knapp, Jackses
extensive survev to be conducted Heights, K>w York, was named Mlsa
cooperatively 1 y all government' Television ».r a beauty contest held
agencies which have as their pur- P»‘»" recently. Judges se-
pose helping the farmer, and is
far reaching in purpose.
He also pointed out that the
land use program a.s authorized
by congress neant more than a
survey because the findings of
the survey are to be carried out
as far as possible for the agen
cies participating.
During the next month educa
tional meetings will he held
lected their winner from televised
reproduction.
Surplus Products
Help Many Needy
In Wilkes Counh
the. S»i-nw community on highway
31.I. Benge was shot through the
} chest end died within less than
janTioiir after the shot was fired
I from a ,22-callbre rifle.
' Ev dence in the hearing con-'
ducted hr Coroner I- M. Myers be
fore a Jury indicated that Benge
was approaching or passing the ■
home of Dodson when .the shot
was fired. i
Dodson testified in his own be
half in *he hearing, saying that;
nad struck him and was
wiestliiig with him when the gun
went off. I
Persons near the Dodson home ,
said that Dodson and his wifej
had been quarreling during the ‘
Sttnry " and Yadkin I>«qMe>
,9fa^ Jlnpresentatives PM
I * in BiU« For WHke»,
A vvwmnvavu. n a m mmotA . r
IbUd Be
l«r 3
'4
ASK FIXED JAIL FE^ . t
Bm Would Fix Jan
^ Minimnm 50 Gauta am#^’
Jail Fee of X
** —— . * UJ* I ,
Raleigh. March
dened by previous succesM^y.
Democrats enfiladed the haraMot '
Republicans of Wilkes co«a|^..
With a. crossfire from Demoentte
retpresentatives of two neigWtojp-
counties today. •
A third shot came from setute.
Judiciary No. 2 committee with a
favorable report on the bill pre
viously passed by the house to re
peal the law enacted by this a»-
sembly regarding the Norths WU-,
ketboro municipal court and te
give Mayor Tip McNeill wldar
powers.
The fondneM. of Elira tlHon RbinM. Midety diverort, for gsiag
about hi WDOlen^pajiniMW coavin^ police cblefo W three New
Jersey towns that the almdk^ biy'tatqwrted’' because she attracted toe
much atteatiou. She thea Wrete (or a badge aaylag "Leave
this girl aioae. she’a alt rit!iL*'Hrt«^ioli[tpea is pictared here with HoUy-
wood’s Feter the Hermit whom she shortly after her divorce in 1931.
tional meetings will n" n t r 'dav and intimated that domestic
throughout Wilkes county to ac- Qvgr 3,000 Indmdunla Cer- ^ shooting.
FOR ALLIANCE
London, March 21. — Great
Britain called for a combination
of soviet Russia, France. Poland
quaint the people with what may
be exp’oeted from the land use
projjram.
no-prescntatlves of v a r * o u h
agencies working for the benefit
tiAed For Aid During
Month of February
February certifications for re-
hud herself against German ag-(of the farmers have agreed that ceipt
toniflht while clamor in-{the principal problejnjs lai^use taled 218.645 '
wme form of' «o«-land theprogram win he Vt, result relief «n North r,arolln»T
ItWat home to fit the na-^ of that decision,
for new European responsi-1 Agencies -to have a primary
■bllitieo r’nri'tvn Minister Vis-^ r>nrt in Ih? land use program to
conn' nalitax asked the three | pe carried out in Wilkes include
countries t.> sicn a declaration | the Farm Security administra-
■ with Britain announcing a com- , tion. headed locally by J. M.
1 mon pcl'cy of resistance to ag-, Highsmilh: soil co.iservation
) eression and binding themselves, service, willi local headquarters
i to "consult as to the action they .,t Yadkinville: the extension
’ would take" if rhanc.ellor Hitler service, repre.sented by the coun-
■ attempted non - Germanic coii-jty agent and State Gollege: and
wunests Definite military commit-, the Civilian Conservation camps.
■^Lpnts were envisaged by thej,,,e nearest one for soil erosion
declaration, on which Rumania, j control work being at Dobson in
Turkey, Greece, Yugoslavia and jt-ny county.
with Wilkes county welfare rfu-
f.hoHties listing 3,190 persons in
.50,5 cases as on the eligible list.
Arthur E. Langston, State direc
tor of commodity distribution
with the State Board of Charities
and Public Welfare auuouuced
this week.
Seven hundred and ninety-
three .school lunch rooms of the
State were certified during the
month to disuihnte free commo
dities to 46.049 eligll>le children
in the graded schools.
Wilkes county, serviced from
Bulgaria also were approached j Two or more meeting will he
•wlth'a view to iliei,- possible ad-! held in each township to acquaint
herence later. | the people wil.i the program as
1 the first step and representatives
WIFF TC lot the above named agencies will
t.aurinbiirg. March 21- pre.sent at the meeliiigs. Sec-
Edmund Langley. - 1 ond meetings will he held later to
wife of a local tex'ile "orher. : recommendations In the
was in jail here today because j nothing com
ber husband is out. Among North ,
Carolina's statutes is a mandate
that a wife shall not be forced to
the surplus commodity warehouse
at North Wilkesboro. is 'ii the
district which listed a total of
2.116 cases representing 10.734
persoits certified eligible during
the month.
Government Lime
Is Now Available
Couifty Caw^&ll Killed
B^ Forest F»e Is |By A
First bomb of the day cane lx
house bill No. 908, Introdnced *y
Representative Henry Dobson of
Surry by request It would Ox
the fees for the Wilkes county
jail, over which Democrati. Sher
iff DnpghtOTi now has control.
, Wilkes Democrats said the pur-
1
■ I..
Flkwii ReA**ed 'hver T«n
Mile Froiit'in Forests In
Vic’nity Caldwell Line
What is described as one of
the worst and most di-astrous
forest fires in years in this part
of tlio stale is raging in \v''«teru
Wilkes and near the Caldwell
county line.
The fire, which raged Tnes-:
day. M'ednesday and today was
said to have a ten-mile front and
w a s approaching dangerously
near the virgin timber tract of,
Elk Creek Lumber company, one
of the most valuable acreages of |
timber in western North Caro
lina. j
C. C. camp members and vol-1
nnteers from a wide area have |
been waging a relentless fight a-1
gainst the flames hnt the fire _
fighters have been hampered by j
In'One Hen Nest
TIicix- should be no soaiwjty
of eggs «t tile lienie of fivrk
of Court C. C. Haye; jit Por-
Iciir.
Win»* working iilKHit the
h;un on .Mr. Hayes’ farm Bon-
7j\ W.vatt found a hen ’ nest
contuiiUng five dozen and five
—sixty-five eggs—and none
of them were spoiled.
Would Organize
A Men’s Chorus
I, pose of the bill was to prevent
: the new Republican hoard of
I connty commissioners from cut
ting down the fees- for the jail.
Woodhonse Has Bill
Second shot was fired by Dem
ocrat FranU Woodhouse. of Ynd-
kin. who Introduced by request
and "with pleasure" as wrlttoil
OOetbO bUl. a meagure to.provtdo z.,
of Wilkes.
, commlasionerti and lo 'dl'Tdo
'county into three districts for
ithis purpose. The bill is similar
In purpose to the one which thoi
General Assembly recently passed
for Yadkin county.
— i Republican S’uator Cowles of •
'McElwee, Doughton and Me-^informed of the two bills,
Niel Appear In Opposi- [said he would oppose both and
1 .. . D * i would make a strong fight a-
t on to Bar_s_Measure | rtmtricting Dili.
• Raleigh, March 21- "This isn't Following Is the text of the
my bill I introduced it by re-j hill to he entitled "An Art to Fix
'quest and favor it, but don’t let|h
mv advocacy of it pvrjud cc your , Fee for the ShenTf oi W ilk^
vote." Senator Charles H. Cowles | County and to h'-x the f uMody
and Management of the .tail of
Have Recorder’s
Court Organized:
The following announcement
which is self-exeianatory was giv
en The Jonrnal-Patxiot today for
testify against her busthand. But.
as it was in the armv, it may he
that they ran make h-r wish she
had. Langley was convicted, in
recorder court, of severely heat
ing his wife and Judge J. B. Mc
Kinnon sentenced him to the
state roads. But Langley appeal
ed- and then got on' on hond.
after several days in jail. His
wife -bad testified against him.
voluntarily, in the lower court,
but when taken before the grand
jury she refused. In Superior
court Langley was then set free
for lack of evidence. Then Judge
,.F. Donald Phillins, himself a war
veteran, sentenced Mrs. T.angley^
to 10 da.vs in jail for contempt!
of court, which she is serving. 1
Tells How
i - , ,, _ I publication:
J wind which spread the fire even I ..attention, men. a.ges 16 to
[after it appears to 9C; An effort is being made to
trol. Homer
pulsory. Mr. Holler said.
Following the meetings the
land in each .section will he classi
fied according to its productive :
ahilitv and fitness for various, County Agent leiis rxuw f^^est
uses ■ Lime May Be Obtained i warden of Caldwell county have
Also to be aascertained in the I 'Very Low Cost I 'hnen directing the ,g m a
meetings are the various needs I
of the residents of various com
munities. -'received in the county agent’s of-
If the comm inity needs roads. |
efforts will he made to secure j
road construction. I
If there is need of better school ,
facilities, the cooperating agen-
I effort to get the fire under con-
Definitp instiuietions have l.cen ! trol.
to-1
Mav &irofl Now
For CMT Camo
J. B. McCoy Is Enlistment
Chairman for Wilkes and
Has Application Blanks
T R Mc''ov. rit’’"‘'n’s Xlilttsvv
Tra'ning Csmp chairman for
Wl'kes county, todav called at
tention to the fset that he now
b«s B.nnllcation Man.cs available
to young men who wish to en
list this summer for free train
ing in the C. M. T. C.
"kho quota for tABlkes county
this year is exnected to he the
same as in 1938. which was 14.
Tbe nroeuretnent neriod has al-
onefied and vonng men who
are*^nterested are asked to file
pn»tcation as parly as poMdble.
Mr. McCoy called attention to
he fact that the r‘''5emme,nt wUJ
expenses of the, youths in
trninlnx. including railroad faro
to tJiOM Hrlng more than
so
xstleo fko«> Jfort JlTblif-
cies will lend their efforts
ward filling the nerd.
If the people need electric pow
er efforts will he made to secure
a rural iine extension,
In classification of land for u.se
'h
ship or section—6*0 acres—as a
unit and the success of the pro
ram. snonsoring agencies say
five for securing ground lime
stone. and the price on this is
$2.40 .per top. delivered to North
Wilkesboro and Honda in ' open
cars of .541 tons.
I Aciite Shorta*r« Of
of AViikes pleaded this morning
I cfore the senate committee as it
made ready to hill his measure
designed to relieve court conges
tion in his county. The commit
tee sinv the hi'.l.
Wilkes had a liig de legation of
advoentes. mostly Democrats,
and the opno.«ition was headed
by Sheriff Claude Doughton and
Democratic Attorney W. H. Mc
Elwee. In sunnort of it. former
Democratic Wilkes Represenf’-
tivp^Hugh A. Cranor. form-r Ro-
pwbiican Representative F. J. 5?c-
Dnffle. former Alexander Repre-
esiauiiBiieu sii ' scntstlve and present Wilkes at-
aiid are interested in joining j Burke, and Eugene
a chorus, are requested to attend 'pi-jyptte, busy lawyer, spoke.
_ -p» w- Hall .
Brookshlrie, ^ , ^ypanize a'Men’s Choms for *h
warden, and the community and surrounding ter
ritory. AH men who are interested
In seeing such an organization
established in North Wilkesboro.
_ _ (a meeting to be held in the hall
Wnricer* I'■®®™ Wilkes Hoto] on
Domestic vvprKers,^j^^^gy 27th at
p. in. if you like to sing
more a’lout
, I 7:30 p. m. if you
i There is an acute shortage of i ,^3^^
is domestic workers in North 'Wil- singing he sure to attend.
I asking thai producers who file or- j kesboro. according to information ■'
The county agent’s office
j ders get together in their
employment
"You donB bawe to be able to
sing like Caruso. If you can car
ry a tune come on*to the meet-
• • 2—. *
I iTlg.
own I RRined from the
community and order a car to-[service here today
gPther through the county agent's _ There are now 15 unfilled ealls
. , -- .office, Since there is no means of : for cooks and honsekeepers. .1 ». »-■ I
program will consider a town- .^pont the on!'- means ; white and colored, emmo^en . Buildin£r FoT !
■■ o dividing a car would he in [ service officials said, and the or-.
I stretching a line across the ton [fire is asKing any white or color-| Tcilth StfCet SoOTi,
lof the car. and shovel’ng to a cer-jed girts who will accept
Attorney McElwee did the ora-
toricals for himself and the sher
iff, the son of Farmer Boh Don cl'-
ton contenting himself with a one
sentence expression of hostility
toward the bill.
Widely Favored
Mr. Trlvette said that the vast
(Continued on page eight)
will depend greatly upon coope-1^-ords. t>ie j umrk^o register at the offioe^ri
ration shown by the people in the i„. for 1 building on Tenth Street
rnrnl sections of the county. fam,prs one community to office personne ^ _ near tfie location of Beeche’s
Appointments for meetings in order a car of 50 tons, then there j their files and have ma^de a^num-, huDding wIB be 40
and approximately 70
Juniors to Hold
Class Initiation
rounty.
:s in
which the land use nrogrnm will
h*. exnlained have been annotinc
ed as follows:
.April it
Holhrook’s- slore at
1:00 r--. n -.
r. r.
nrner n ear OT nU tons, i iiea - . r mi.
” would he no misunderstanding In her of personal ‘ JJp
''■''the rii-tribntlon of the liinesione. |secure workers to fill the ca.ls.
Copty Road Is
Being improved
This limestone imes prenaid
'"d is charged against the check,
; that the producer may earn on'
representative of C. Conservation Pro-'
jgrrm. Anv producer in Wilkes'
Traphill school. 7:30 p. giijripie
renre-sentative of C. G. G- jstons. Five cars
Somers school. 4: no p. m.. rep-, submitted,
resentative soil conservation serv- | _
ice. i BislxGtp TO Vl**t
St. Pajil’s Sunday
The Right Reverend Robert E.
'^olen'Ud Program Being Ar-
For District ft^eet-
ir*g to Be HeW In City
District number 7 of Jr. O. F
A. M. will hold its spring class
InHiation in Xor'h M’itko'boro
for this Hme-
have already
feet long.
The new store building has
I hern leased to Jlr- T. Bare.
proprietor of Bare's Fair Store.‘feccorthw* to-
for a number or- years, and as sued here this week,
soon as completed this firm ■will
stone
move into its new quarters.
Task of regrading and .
surfacing the main road leading Mujjcal PrOSTTani
m V«*Vk_ I . _
Benham school. 7:30 p. m.,
representative soil conservation
service.
Mulberry school. 7:30 p. m.,
representative Farm Security ad-
m'nlstrafion.
Vtrgll Church’s store, 4:00
m.. assistant county agent.
Concord school, 7:30 p. m., as-
from Mountain View to new high- j
way 268 at a point near Roaring]
River Is going forward.
-., ■ Tbe road^ one . of tbe leMing
Grlhbin. D. D.. Bishop of* the thoroughfares on* the -aeconflary
Western Diocese of North Caro- system, in that part pf the cbim-
Jj|k/gyin make his annual visita- ty.*Jr belbg Imiirored ’ by WPA
p. tfen ,to St. Paul’s church on Sun- workmen nr » ,Wrt of the Wpjity
irch, 26tlu The service will wide road,jirqjML . # •'1 jf;.
'idW at tour o’clock- in -the' The
' afternoon and the bishop will, out on .the TOad
At Austin'Sehool
founty agfnt. ,. #
Hope Churcb, 4:00 p. ra.. ]pr^cB and administer the rite of InjC -
county agent. Holy Confirmation. T'he pnWl.o atbn*' aurfittlng.
Champion
Champion school. 7:30 n. m., is cordially invited td attend
(Cpntinued on page eight) service. ,
9Afiir
Wade Mainer and Upr’iSons of
the Mountaineers',’’ Inelnding Bill
and' Joe with their , sirortn* RVU
fara, tiddllng BteVe Wford.
■Wtpde Mainer with-hla' flvMtr'.ng
banjo and Z, E^ Malnar-iirith
fiddle, wiU all'appeal- ki pet sop.
Ift lot «h«rcl$'jand jUl-are" invUodjj,
4
The North Wilkesboro connC
wilt he ho.st and thw mect ng wi”
Ho held on March 28. 7:-3® "
Tlic sevontb district^, inrlnd*'”
Wilkes, Yadkin and Sil^'y enuu-
jle.s;
A splendid program has been
arranged for the^iocongipn. The
urogram will Include, cnnferri .*
d4(rfr^ bv the .Noefk' Wllke;-
hnijo degree teath bud -^|*wr.-ff.a
tnres. A’^arions entertainment
i*«ps of the prpgoin^
arranged giid refreshinenta ’4
be 3jKyed,yi*ea^eri W'*tKB cnmi^
Wilkes County.'*
.Hihei-itf N GliModiuii
"Section 1. That the siteriff of
tVMkos coiintv is herohy desienal-
( rt a= the rustodian of thf W'lkes
county j;'il and he snail iiave-
coninlete manacement and con
trol of "aid jail.
"Sctien 2. That the co'tnty
comniissioners of W'lkp- county
are herrbv authoiizerl. emno-yer-
cd. and directed lo anprop-iat®
from the general funds of said
countv to the sheriff of Wi'k«a
cof'nt.v a minimum of forty renta
f.(nci per day for  ach and every
prisoner imprisoned or kept in
s.ntfl jail.
"Seeflon 3. That the county
commis.eioners of Wilkes county
are hereby authorized, empower
ed. and directed to nay from t)ie
general funds of -aid r.otint\ n
minimum of one dollar i$1.00)
turn-key fee to the sheriff of
Wilkes cnimty: the said one dol
lar fSl.dhi minimum turn-key
fee to l)P pa'd on cceh and erery
prisoner imprisoned in said jnll.
"Second 4. That Hie .amonnta
set out .at'Ove and directed to
paid to the sheriff of WBkes
county shall he naid to
sheriff on each and every ealrn-
dar month.
Wilkes Bin Only
“.Section .5. That this act sh«U
anniv to Wilkes county only.
“Sect'on 6. That all laws
clauses of laws in conflict wlth-
this act are hereby repealed.
’Section 7. That this act shall
be in fulV'fo'rce and effect from
end after its ratification," /
Following is the text of
bill to be entitled "an act (o dJa-
irict Wilkes county for the p»r-
pose of tbe nomination and el«o-
tlon of members of the'bbkrd pf
county coramlssionora. Lt.) .-s-, ..
The General Assembiy iof Xp^ i
Carolina do en*ctt'[..
Section 1. Tbat for the p.«t>p;|».
of the'.nomlnatlon and ele«lloi> of
the members of tbe board of
county comrolaelonera of^'Wfl^e*
bounty’and; aatd county.U*'hereby
Into-Uiroo dtetrjcte,
might, ,4l*rch>T.^tiieprot^^ ^ ^ jb and from-tSST 4
■yl W