Kev TpFk, 12.—wnHim
HantiiiictQn Wrt^.- 92, wbo w 8-
SI .:V»n Dine ereatod tbe fletioonl
chamoter Phllco Vance and made
a fortune from that* aatTe naater
detaettre’s aUlIt; to solre halfl-
Ing murder mysterU)). died at his
apartment of a heart ailmeat, hie
family disclosed today. Death
came last night after an lllnesa
of aereral weeks. Hia ailment was
dlaipiofled as coronary thrombos-
1 HLLED, 12 HURT
^Whetille, Va., April 12.—
One person was killed and twelve
were injured today when a north-
aound Greyhound baa Plunged in
to a small eonereto bridge and
orertumed on V. 8. itoate S2,
five miles north of HiUariUe.
Mrs. D. A. See, 80, e^nonsharg,
Pa., died in the ffinergeacy Hoe*
pital -here of injuriea reeeiyed in
the accident, Mrs. ^ See, said by
wltnosses to have been thrown
through the wlndahield, ,received
a fractured neck and cuts and
brulseB about the face and head.
536 Soil
‘ Win b«t j«
Willt««b^ Shtardny
ONE-SIXtU TOTAL
WINTER STOTKES
N Cleveland. April 12.—A big
shipment of winter, Imported
from Canada, made the weather
market polar beeriah today from
Maine to the Roddea and south
ward into Kentucky. Some places
had the coldest April 12 In his
tory. A billiard struck Cleveland.
Snow shovels scraped sidewalks
in some communities in 15 states.
I.ight snow and flurries were
common. Chicago’s 21 was seven
degrees colder than 1900. April
1’. the previous champion. Louis
ville’s 27 shaved fire degrees off
the record for the day. Cleve
land’s 21 and Detroit’s 22 equall
ed records.
Members of the Greater New .Fork
Safety council, whoa they met re
cently, found ont what the eafe
worker of 1939 wBl wear. Miss Sam
my Cunningham demonstrates aln-
mlmim toe guards, fiber shin
guards, an eye shield of noo-infiam-
mable plastered and a respirator.
She holds a safety belt wit’a red
reflectors.
QUITS UNDER FIRE
Washington, April 12.— The
resignation of Federal Judge Ed
win S. Thomas of Connecticut,
whose financial affairs and activi
ties have been under grand jury
investigation at New York, was
announced today at the White
House. Attorney-General Murphy,
discussing the csso at a press
eonforonee lator.'saM, "Tbo
nation has made It anhScosaary
to give further consideration to
the question of Impeachment.”
The grand jury will continue its
Investigation, he said.
HealthAuthorities
Asks Vaccination
Of Dogs In County
Annual Immunization Cam
paign Against Rabies Is
Now Under Way
PROMISE PROTECTION
IxHidon, April 12.—Britain and
Prance will reply to Italy’s invas
ion of Albania tomorrow by an
nouncing their intention to pro
tect Greece and Turkey from sim
ilar attack and warning Italy and
her axis partner that further ag
gression endangering their inter
ests will be met by force of arms.
The special session of Parliament
convoked by Italian seizure of
Albania will hear this announce
ment from Prime Minister Ne
ville Chamberlain and Foreign
Minister Viscount Halifax. At the
same time Premier Edouard Dal-
adier will make a similar an
nouncement. reputed to b even
stronger in language, in Paris.
Dr. A. J. Eller. Wilkes health
officer, today said that annual
vaccination of dogs In Wilkes
county is now under way and
made a strong appeal for the dog
owners of the county to abide by
law and thUA proteeb humaaa^
^ OB#„pt the jgaat
hofHMd^deathfl known to mdOteai
history.
Hydrophobia has been reported
among dogs In every section of
Wiikes county this year, he said,
and several people have taken the
Pasteur treatments. No one
knows how many dogs have been
bitten and but few dog owners
can be positive that their animals
have not been exposed to rabies.
For this reason. Dr. Eller said,
every dog owner should have his
dog vaccinated and all public
spirited people should encourage
vaccination of dogs for the pro
tection of society, especially the
[children who so often are inno-
FuHnen WQl B« NotiiM
Offle* County
Ot« ttl gfcverttment
checktt win ie pfild out to fnrmers
of Wilkes county on 3atii)day.
April 16, for compliance with
proviaions of the government’s
soil program in JfM.
The exaet total ol checks re
ceived by County Agent Dan Hol
ler Is m.704.76. representing
payment to 638 farmers, or an
average payment of about |21.
This repreaenti only a?;otit one-
stxth of the total number of
checks to be reertved and others
will be arriving soon. However.
Mr. Holler «q?lidned that as
checks arrive from Washington
each farmer for whom a check is
received is notlDod by mall to
call for his check and that It will
be useless to call for a check un
til notice is received.
In connection with the program
for this year, attention is called
to the fact those who wish to par
ticipate in the program for the
first time should call at the of
fice of the county agent immedi
ately and sign a work sheet.
Those who participated last year
will not have to sign again.
New signers may receive lime
at 12.40 per ton, the payment for
the lime to be dedneted from the
1939 earnings under the pro
gram, or may later secure Aus
trian winter peas and vetch seed
on the same baaii alfiag with
those who have already been pur
Mikny jPonxaer
men Named
er Teno
Mre. Leeella
is pictured with
weighed four poi
jbuah liK Daytea, OUe, who will celebrate her fovtcentb birthday anniversary in April,
don, who was bom in March, Her husband, Merrill Brookbank, la 16. The child
^ij^ces when it was bom. Needless to ssy. the father Is very proud!
Four representfitii
Publishing compmtY]
^ ... _L port. Pa., are fhT
ticlpatteif In the,pPog^.
eaymtaed.
Butiness Deal "In'
Auto Business Is
Announced Here
Announcement was made to
day that J. H. Somers, who has
been associated with the sales
personnel of the Gaddy Motor
Company for sometime, has pur
chased the interest of his broth
er, W. B. Somers, in the Yadkin
Valiev Motor Company, and will
be connected with the latter com
pany in the future.
W. B. Somers has gone to
Georgetown, S. C., where he has
cent victims of neglect and neg-: ^ Ford agency. Mre. Som-
ligance on the part of adults. A
I ers and daughter, Peggy,
]dog owner who falls to abide by^ Myrtle Beach, S.
will
C„
the law, the health officer said,[ ,vhere they have a summer home.
any
School Finals 21st
At Millers Creek
should be responsible for
damage done by his dog.
A fee of 50 cents is charged
for vaccination of each dog but
the money is refunded when
county taxes are paid.
F. D.
Rev. W. M, Cooper Will De
liver Commencement
Sermon April 16
Mr. T,. A. Wiles and Mr
Broyhill, of Pores KnO'b, we
visitors to the city Wednesday.
following the closing of the Wil-
kesboro high school,
kesboro high school. They will be
joined there by .Mr, Somers, as
Georgetown is only about 30
miles from Myrtle Beach.
Mr. H. J. Steelman, of Mora
vian Falls, suffered a light stroke
of paralysis Monday.
Millers Creek high school will
cloae a successful year on Friday
night, April 21, with graduation
axarcisea and presentation of high
school diplomas.
The commencement program
will begin on Saturday, April 15.
**wheh the district commencement
will he held, beginning at ten o’
clock. Included on the program
will be salutatorlan’s address, rec
itation and declamation contest,
m^elling bee, perfect attendance
awards, recognition of those to
receive diplomas and valedictor
ian's address.
A field day will be held in the
afternon and will include the fol
lowing contests: 50-yard dash.
tfiO-yard dash, broad Jump, high
jump, chinning, girls’ events,
spectacular rope jumping con
test.
On Sunday evening, April 16,
Rev. "W. M. Cooper, pastor of the
North Wilkeeboro Presbyterian
church, will deliver the com
mencement sermon.
On Monday night. April 17, a
musical recite! will be given by
Mrs, A. H. Kilby’s pupils.
The class day program entitled
‘■The Rainbow Trail.” will be giv
en on the night of Thursday,
April 20.
Married Fifty Years Ago
Represei
Of Grit I,
Here Week
Marriage License
Business In Slump
As Applicants Fail
To Have Test Made
North WUk
F«r Reader'^
tUing Swr0yi
Selected
’Adver-
by Grit
Now Law Requires Physical Ex-
amJnatloB ^ aad yafibennau
Test For Syphilis
of Grit
WUliams-
WBItea*
..Of used-
The new marriage lieoiiae law
caused a lot of dlsmxdfittnont in
lyilkes county, dnripg thq easter
tiuon. '
r' SfiwL maqtBctlye couples
were in WlkeMKiro Tri^y and
er and sdy^
■Tlie
weekly newspaper and magazine
combined, has a circulation with-,Easter but w«e doomed to dlsap-
n. L. B. Laws, of Moravian
i, attended the wedding of
I Bleanor Fox and Mr. James
tin Pearson Thursday a t
ford CoUege.
A. L. Sidden, 75, and Nancy Yale Sidden, 70, heads of a prMB-
inent Wilkes family, were feM at their hone at Joynes Sunday
on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary. Their children.
Mrs. G. C. Pendry, Hays; Mrs, B. H. Caudill, Triiphfll! A. C-. C- C.,
J. T., J, W„ R. A., and C. B. Bidden, Joynes; J. E. Siddeik‘Winston-
Salem; Mrs.'McKinley Hardm, New Life; and Um Bovd Venable,
South Boston, Va„ attended. A hig dinaeir WBPispreaa on a tour
taUe at the home. Talks were made by Rev. Landreth Blevins, Rev.
C>ny Cox and P> £• Brown—(Cut hy courtesy of Winstest-Salem
Jonnial). ^
- .. ■ . - 1
in North Wilkesboro at 340 and
a total elrcalatlon of several hun
dred In rural communities near
by. The circulation In the United
.States exceeds 600,000.
Grit is making several similar
surveys in various other states to
obtain a cross section "picture”
of Us average type reader and
the kind of towns in which its
readers live. The circulation is
principally in the smaller cities
and towns.
North Wilkesboro is the only
locality in North Carolina select
ed for the Grit .survey.
Thn crew of representatives,
including some of the men who
hold highly responsible positions
with the nationally circulated
publication, is spending the en
tire week here. They are; Gilbert
E. Whlteley, who has charge of
the advertising survey, E. J. O’
Sullivan and Merlin W. Troy, al
so with the advertising depart
ment; Richard F. Williamson,
nows editor; and Paul E. Fink,
of the personnel department.
The survey in North Wilkes
boro is being conducted through
the Junior Woman’s club and the
pointment because they could not
secure license.
The hitch was caused by that
clause in the new marriage law
which saya that the health certifi
cate from a physician must be
accompanied by a report show^g
a Wasserman blood test has been
made. It takes four to six days to
send off the samples of blood and
receive a report, thus making it
Impossible for week-end marriage
license applicants to get the re
port and be married Easter.
One couple clad in wedding
clothes appeared for marriage lic
ense sud intended to be married
immediately and off on their hon
eymoon but their plans were no
go. "I just got to be married
Easter,” the blushing prospective
bride said, but there was no way
getting married without a license
and there was no way getting a
license without the blood test re
port, which was at least four days
away.
Dr, A. J. Eller, county health
officer, explained that the mar
riage law enacted by the legisla
ture only a few weeks ago re
quires that both parties applying
WPA Worker Dies
Of Auto Injuries
Received Tuesday
Alleged To Have Been Hk
By a Car Driven by Kel
ly Pipes Near Hays
^ Funeral service will be -held
Friday, ten s. m„ at Bsptikt
Home ebnr^ for SsM Adams,
.WPA vorker of the TrapidU
eommnnity, who died in the hos-
IHdt. 'WMnei^y from in-
Lted whM be Fas. hit
by a car said to have been driv
en by Kelly Pipes, another WPA
worker.
According to an account of the
accident rendered by witnesses to
officers, Adams was walking a-
long the road between Hays and
Dockery on his way to work on
the road project nearby when he
was hit. Officers said that reports
tended to show that Pipes was
driving on the left side of the
road, that he was an inexperienc
ed driver and had no operator’s
license.
He was arrested and placed
under bond of 11,000. A prelim
inary hearing was set tor Satur
day afternoon before Magistrate
R. C. Jennings.
Appointments of achool eoifi-
attteemen for all tbn aebo^ ||8
Witkee eonnty have been mi^'kqr
tbe county hoard ot ‘ vittiatNlIu
is eootiKNMd ot C, lX
Mntl 'dhalrinan, R. R. Obtireh anK
D. P. Shepherd.
The committee appointmenta
Included commlttoes tor eaoh at
the eight school districts In tha
eonnty and advisory commlttaoB
tor the smaller schoole irlthlB
the districts. Many of the sch^fil
committeemen were reappoint^
However, there are several
committeemen In different
tions ot the county.
'The appointments follow;
District Oosnnrittee
Wilkesboro District: N.
Smoak, C. A. Lowe, D. J. Brook
shire, T. M. Foster, J. T. PrevotteL
Mt. Pleasant District: T. O.
Minton, W. W. Miles, J. E. Ham
by.
Millers Creek District; I. It.
Vannoy, J. F. Caudill, C. F. lie-
Nein.
Mulberry .School: W. H. Hayea,
H. H. Jennings, Gordon Shatley.
Mountain View District; G. O.
Pendry, Roy Key, Glenn Dancy,
F. O. Johnson, D. C. Candlll.
Traphin District: J. W. Mo-
Bride, Wesley Jolnes, D. C. Caa-
teVehs
R o n d a District; QranvlHa
Green, Leet Poplin, Dean Boat-
(Continued on poige four)
O.
Ifewe IBlhJraw8
Prom Towu Jbee
Two Candidates for Mayor
And Ten For Commis
sioners to be Voted on
Baseball Club To
Play On Saturday
The North Wilkesboro Baseball
Club will open its*1939 season
club will appreciate cooperation | for marriage license have a cer-
from all persons contacted in the
survey. Many photographs a)e be
ing made of public buildings,
business establishments i n d
homes and ihese. together with
other information gained In the
survey, will be used in promotion
of national advertising. Incident
ally giving much publicity to
North Wilkesboro.
The representatives expressed
themselves today as being highly
pleased with the courtesy and
hospitality accorded them here.
tificate from a physician within
seven days showing that there is
no evidence of venereal di.sease
Saturday when the strong Hanes
Cnb nine from Winston-Salem
will be met on the local’s dia
mond. The game will start
promptly at 3 p. ra.
Leslie Rhoades, former Caro
lina league pitcher, will again be
team manager and his players
Or tuberculosis and the certificate have been going through regular
(Continued on page four) practice for the past two weeks.
Henry L. Moore, on© of the six
new candidates who filed for the
primary and election in North
Wilkesboro, today announced that
he was withdrawing from the
race.
His statement follows: “For
the be.st interests of the new can
didates for town comraissionera
and mayor I have decided to
withdraw my name as^ a candidate
for town comralsslontr.’’
His action leave.s |two candi
dates for mayor andi ten candi
dates for commissioners in the
field for voting in the primary to
be Iield on Monday, April 17.
Mayor R. T. McNl^I and the
present board of commissioners
composed of S. V. Tdmlinson. T.
S. Kenerly. Ralph Dupcan, H. M.
Hutchens and Dr. R.;,P. Casey
filed and announced candidacy
for re-election collectively.
The new ticket is dom posed of
Ralph R. Reins for mayor, J. B.
Caudill. F. P. Blair. Jr.. W. K.
Sturdivant, J. B. Carter and Gor
don Pinlev for commissioners.
One Biillpower Caravan Takes to Road
Apple
le Trees In
Bloom At Present
Apple trees situated In the
famous Brushy Mountain fruit
section of Wilkes county are ex
pected to 'be In full bloom by this !
week-end, arid a motor trip
through this section will be one
more than worthwhile, citizens
here state.
Plans have been underway for
the past few*years to stage an
apple blossom feetlval” at . the p
height of the apple bloom, but so
far no festival has been held.
Hlgbways running through the
fruit section of the Bmehlefi will
ibe found to he in good condition
If the weather Is favoral^|^."j
Itnnp 'of.ft»1 _
llaiir in~ fh* 'drawer 'Air boK
' article* end it
piWent them fimn^tasttiiA
Get Big StiD In
Traphill Vicinity.
Large Steam Outfit Widi
Daily Capacity 300 Gal
lons Liquor Found
J. L. Taleat wagered 58
add ohUdrea* hi 4Ui
AHtralla. a dhrtMoe .at Ml
WM inqie wyck. HAg hjgfMf
■dloaiobllc'
(ajadl iMnnf tit.
_ he eaaid take binmelf, hie wife
edirtri^ fremmidBa’fe MelbewM,
IqJMI werim.. He iad tkaveldd fer'u
Sheriff C. T. Doaghton and
deputies on Monday afternoon
raided one of the largest capacity
still outfits found in Wllkee re-
cently.
The still, which was found In
a house near Traphill, was a
modern plant for the mannfae-
tnre of liquor on a lar|e scale
and when- the xfaiieiqunigoB;^ f»
on the plant it was running!^'’
capacity and 76 galloas of
and corn whiskey had abea^
been made during the day. Coke, '
which makes no smoke, WM 'ha-
ing used to fire the steam fniu-
ace. ■■■ ^ ;
The unique alarm aiwtela rigg
ed up over the tmOaiir tw-
work,and the pfdofa .mi^ th»
nm-est &t one of ^e altegid 'o^ ^
rators, Clarrace PiiHtt.
The alarm systeia eoaiidM. of
a cow bell, in ■; 'fha.'Hp|i.''ijl tha
house. From tlie ik M t»
a ‘h)okont 'iM«t ta a ’trea oa the
tef - Ur* ridge,, hat the
JookoQ(.'maa he4 apparMtiy heam.*'
Me
-.r,