® Criminal T^rm 01
iCourt To Convene
‘kt ’"
CominfE Monday
JACKSON DAY DWiEKWIU BE
HED IN RALEIGH MARCR ISni
t
^ Calendar Is Published In
a- This Issue; Schenck To
Preside At Term
IS FOR TWO WEEKS
Secretary of State
Wilkes Democrats Asked To
Make Reservations
Immediately
Kiwanians Enjoy
Pictitfe Shoiii^
Thone Gro^
Unusually Large Number of
Cases On Docket To
Be Heard
Judse Michael Schenck. one of.
the ablest jurists on the Superior'
court bench in North Carolina, .
■will preside at the Marcti term of
Wilkes Superior court for the
trial of criminal cases tvhicli
convenes Monda.v. .M a r c h 6.
Judge Schenck is a resident of
Hendersonville.
Solicitor John R. Jones made !
out the calendar for the term
last week and turned it over to
tile printers. The calendar, one
of the largest ever made out for
a term, is being publishe^l in The
Journal-Patriot today.
The term is tor two weeks and
some very important cases are
on the calendar for trial.
The calendar follows:
Monday, March 6, 1933
GOOD BEHAVIOR DOCKET
1. Glen Church, Co.st.
2. Edgar Johnson and Carl Moore,
■ Cost.
3. Alec Wyatt, Good Behavior.
4. Wellboni Adams, Cost.
5. Fate St. John, For JuilKinent.
6. Jud N'eaves, Co.-t.
8. George and Teilro Minton.
Cost.
11. George Minton, Cost.
9. Sherman Jarvi.s. t’o.t.
10. Maude Shepherd, Cost.
12. Ambro.se Brown. Co.sl.
13. Ace Byers, Cost.
14. Henry Frazier, Cost.
15. 0. C. Tumor, Cost.
16. A. M. Jones, Cost.
17. Roy Cardwell, Cost.
18. Ray Cockerham, Cost.
69. Andrew Gregory, Cost. „v,
122. Brack Bumgarner. Judgment., Kvick. f
SPEAKER NOT NAMED
' C. T. Doughton Requests
Tho.se Planning To Go
To Notify Him
I Details re.garding plans tor the
i annual Jackson Dov dinner to be
I held in Raleigh on March l.'i. the
I natal day of Andrew Jackson, are
given in a better received by C.
T. Doughton. chairman of the
Young Peo"Ies’ Democratic CUib
of Wilkes Couiitv froiji J. Dewey
Dorsett, state president of the
young peoples’ organization.
Mr. Donghtxin wants all those
who plan to attend the dinner to
let him know at once so that he
will have time to oiitain tickets
for them. Since there is only a
short time until the dinner, Mr.
Doughton requests that this be
1 attended to promptly. He expects
_ _ _ I a large delegation to go from
Senator Cordell Hull, of Ten- Wilkes,
nessee. who has been selected by; Following is Mi. Dorsett s let-
President-Elect Roosevelt as sec-j •‘‘f ’which “xplairs in detail ar-
retarv of state. Announcement; rangements tor the dinner,
of the .selection of the veteran i "Please lOfld tl is mimeograph-
staiesman was made la.st week. | (Continued on page four)
Kiwaniam George Ketiitedy In
Charge of Program At
the Luncheon ' -
NUMBER OF GUESTS
Elect (Jeorge Kennedy To
Succeed W. G. Gabriel as
a Director
Eiler Truck In j C. C. Gambill Is
Fatal Accident’ Hurt In Accident
I
On .Jefferson Road
A™ld™t Was Unavoidabl«,:Hl» ''ai' Struck Friday By
I II Is Stated: Drivar - Track Oa Deep ford Hill
I Held For Inquest
I Cieorgc li. F.vick. of Suffolk,
I \’n.. was kille.i sometime early Wilkes Hatchery, suffered a se-
I Thursday morning near l.aiirel. vere shock Friday morning short-
{'. C. Oamliill.
.Mil.
! t he
i
,133. R. H. Warren. Judgment.
(Continued on page eight i
Page Kiddies At
Lions Club Meet
Delight IrOcal Club
Musical Numbers; K.
Chilton In Charge
when he suddenly broiiglit
Irnek lie was driving to a
lup ami was sinick by a tnick
iiwneil tiy I lie K, K. Kller I’ro-
iif tliis. city,
or some unknown
! reason, stoiiped liis tri'cli almost
siHlilenly and the Kller irnek, ft'l-
; lowing a sborl distanee to
.rear, was nnahle to avoid strik-
'ing it. Tl'.e wife of the dead man.
J who \va= in the tnii k with him.
, was ntiinjtiredl.
('land McLean and Ray Pierce
With were in the Kller truck. Mr. Mc-
I _ ^I.ean heing at the wheel when the
' aceideni oecnrreil. .An iiivestiga-
jlion is said to have shown that
ly before noon when the antomo-
liile whicli he was driving was
struck li.v a truck driven by John
Stanley, of the Johnien section.
The accident occurred near the
foot of Deep Ford Hill on the
Jefferson road. Mr. Gamhill \vas
the en route to Laurel Springs with
about !HMi chicks and was travel
ing at a low rate of speed when
he oliserved the truck approach
ing rapidly on the left side of the
highway. .Noticing that appar-
At their meeting Friday at
Hotel Wilkes. Kiwajiians were
treated to one of the be.st lunch
eon programs >n, weeks, George
Ki^nnedy. program chairman for
the day. Diruishing a four-reel
moving pir*nre of the develop
ment of th ■ telephone system.
Starting with the invention of
the telephone by Alexar.Jer Gra
ham Bell in 1876, the picture
traced the development of the
telephone, showing the system '>f
today with millions of miles .-f
wire and its millions of tele
phones.
A bit of human interest stories
were depicted here and there,
showing the efficient and self-
sacrificing spirit and the loyalty
of those connected with the tele
phone Industry.
The banquet hall of Hotel
Wilkes was darkened for the oc
casion and Marshall ' Bauguess
operated the projecting machine.
The luncheon meeting was
called to order by Dr. Fred C.
Hubbard, club president, who
called upon Genio Cardwell to
speak the invocation.
George Kennedy wa'S elected
as a member of the hoard of di
rectors to succeed W. G. Gabriel,
proprietor of the | resigned.
Guests at the luncheon includ
ed Dr. John F. Kirk, of Greens
boro, guest of Rev. J. H. Arni-
hrust: P. W. PJshelman. Jr., guest
of his father: C. E. Hagaman, of
Hickory, guest of E. E. ^JMIer:
Mrs. Pearl Rhodes and .Miss Ruby
Hartley, employees of the local
office of the South East Public
Service company, guests of
George Kennedy; Robert ■ More
house, guest of hl8 father, H. H.
Morehouse; W. E, Stevens, of
Lenoir, a visiting Kiwanian.
Secretary T. E. Story read a
letter from Finley Clarke, secre-
--.v'
I I I ■ .iii-s.—iiih I I 1 !■ kiii^iiii mil , I II I ii nn.iii—mi
^ .lei-- ' ■vSg'V,
Prevette !hopeiiy^ Ch^n For
New To^fike SUe^ 0OOiO(M
Striuiwre To & Erected Soon
Gymnasium For Wilkesboro High /jHew Is Received
School Is Under tonsideratioi
Erection of a Kjiiinasium
1
for Wilkesboro high school is
under consideration, according
to school officials who have
taken (he matter in hand and
have discussed the possibilities.
It is reasonably certain, it
is stated, that a gynlnasiuni
will lie built provided a suit
able old' building from which
to take the .necessary lumber
can be purchased. Some of the
large school buildings which
are no longer in use due to
consolidations have been con-
decision luis
sldcred, but no
been reached. !
Wilkesboro higli school has
never had a ^innasluni, hnv-
ing to play all of its basketball,
games on an outdoor court..
The neetl for the building is
apparent and friends of the.
school are hoping tliat present
plans nJll materialize.
A large frame huilding, if
one is available at a reasonable'
price, could be niovwl and
erectetl at small cost, thus fur
nishing a satlsfactorj- gymna-
-slum.
■m
Washingtoa
Friday .AfteraooB
New Post Office Building
To Be Erected On “C”
r ! Street In City
BETWEEN lOTH AND 9TH
Ex-
Early Construction Is
pected; $15,000 Paid
For Property
The J.
iwhlch is
WITHRlITHERFORDTONQIlINT
Defeat of Morganton Friday Night Made the Tenth Straight
Victory In Western Conference Play; Rutherford-
ton Is Also Undefeated Team
the
By defeating Morganton Fri-1 this week to decide
day night in Morganton, North Pionstoip.
1 —T. XT xr OvercasU a
V.
... . . .... XX I Coach H.
Wilkesboro kep pace w utji- ^ ^p^jong^^ated their superiority
T. Prevette property
located on "C” street,
■between Ninth and Tenth streets,
was selected' by the treasury de
partment Friday afternoon as the
site for the new North Wilkes
boro post office building.
News of the selection reached
here by telephone shortly after a
decision had been reached.
The purchase price of the site
I was announced as $16,000.
Cham-1 ^ total area of
1140x150 feetftre included In the
bovs' property purchased by the gov-
1 envment. The boundary line
ertordton. also undefeated, in I over the Morganton quint Friday j '’’ePth street is located at
the race for the eliamplonship of ■ nigiht by scoring a 28 to 11 vie-j building
- . « «. . I. . • ±\ fnrmprlv nminipH
the Western Conference.
The local cagers have won ten
straight games. Two games with
Oherryville are yet on the sched
ule. but Cherryville is out of the
running and it is understood
that these games will be forfeited
to the local boys. While an an
nouncement has not been made to
that effect, it is thought likely
that Rutherfordton and North
Wilkesboro will be pitted against
each other in a game probably
eiitlv the truck driver had failed
lary of the Morganton Kiwanis
Cooking Demonstration To Be
Given At S. P. U. Co. Tomorrow
u, hi,,, Mr. na.«l.ill bronshi Kl.a.r.n. to
The Page Kiddies, who filled an the accident was unavoidable,
engagement at the Liberty The-, but Mr. McLean was held by impact and was uninjured except
atre Thursday ami Friday, were 1 .Maryland authorities petuling an for D'e shock. His back was
his car to a standstill before the; »e the guests of that club at a
collision occurred. Mr. Gamhill j'neet.ng on March 1.
had time to i.race him.self for t,he B"' Montgomery, district gover-
guest artists at the semi-month- inquest.
body
sprained and his entire
ly meeting of the Lions Clnb| The truck owned hy (lie local shocked iiy the blow.
Thursday evening at H o t e 1 : company was en route to New Mr. Stanley attempted to a\oi gp,.vjoe company, was
Wilkes, Their performance was i York City wiili a load of pro- the colli.sion at the las. nioraenl,, giving throughout
very entertaining and Idons j di,ce. Seventeen coops of chick-1 hut in the excitemen pu e j j , ,,ij, „,„vjng picture
voiced their approval of the pro-Uns were killwl. it is said. "ard the left instead of to the,>'incne
nor, will be the speaker. The
matter was referred to the iiiter-
club relations committee.
Mr. Kennedy, who is local
manager of the Soutli East Pub-
in
the
of the
was badly Tisht. Occupants
other truck were unhurt.
•onsiiierably. I The chicks w,liich Mr. Gamhill
i liad in the car were thrown to
the front of the var and about
Jim Holbrook Gives Up 300 of them were killed, while
gram. I The Eller truck
President W. J. Bason presid- daniaged, while Ih
«d at the opening of the meeting was also damaged
and (luring the tiusiiiess session, it is staled.
Lions feasted on one of Joe Mc
Coy’s fine turkev dinners and
the meeting was then turned over | Prohibition Officers thought he
truck ’ enterlainmenl.
to Lion K. L. Ghillon. who was
In charge of the program.
Jim Holtirook. of Tvaphill
I
sur- was on
liis side of the highway
The Page Kiddies hand gave' rendered to prohibition agents I ami admitted that he was at
several numliers. inter.Hpursiiip , Iasi Wednesday after Uiey had fault, it is stated.
them with solos ami duets by the] seized his automobile which was | Althoii.gli unable to walk
little children. loaded with a quaiUily of liquor, about because of his injuries. .Mr.
Secretary K. A. Shook an- He denied ihal the car was driv-: camhiti is able to sit up and is
R. C. Jennings To
Practice Law Here
nounced following the meedin.g^en by him or, had been driven
that the attendance was 90 per: with his consent. Officers N. A
getting .along nicely.
•The car was badly
damaged.
cent.
A.
K. Kilby wa.s a -guest of ' liim iiefore Gommlssroner
S Cooper ami J. L. Moore, brought, while tihe'truck was almost de-
1 . - -- . t ... . . , Vx
Duhl
Lion W. J. Bason at the meetng. iwho fi.xed his bond at
$.600.1)11.
CHARLESi.WlllJAMS,FATHER
OF P.EW1UIAMS. SUCCUMBS
molished. the d'aiiiage to the
truck being greater lliaii to the
car.
Has Been Located At Salis
bury Several Years; Na
tive of Wilkes
Nephew of Leonard'
Vyne Honored In
State of Arizona
tory. The defense of the North i formerly occupied by the Golden
Wilkesboro cagers was so Im-; «elt Manufacturing company,
pregnable that Morganton did not i office buildihg, which,
score a point in the last three reported, will be 80x90 feet,
quarters, getting their 11 pojnts 1 sLreet.
in the opening period. | ^n appropriation of $100,000
Honors among the local boys i originally made for the con-
were about evenly divided, each of the building here,
of them playing an excellent I this was subsequently cut to
'$90,000 under the provisions of
game. •
The North Wilkesboro sextet, ! economy measure which re-
Coached by Miss Mabel Topping;fet’eral appropriations
(Continued on page four) ;for such purposes by ten per cent.
The cost of the site is deducted
from the appropriation lor the
building.
Since the money for the build
ing was allotted from the fund
appropriated, for the relief of
j unemployment, it is thought that
Miss Addie Malone Will Show construction will begin in the
Use Of Small Electrical jnear hiture.
Appliances ! J. T. Prevette
was principal
Prohibition Agents
Arrest 2 At Still
'as Resident Of Wallace,! Johnny Foster Is
N. C.; 96 Years Old; - -
Funeral Saturday
Arrested At Still
George Maness And Arlie
Brooks Caught In The
Traphill Section
Dry Agents Made Raid
Roaring River Section
Last Thursday
Jolinny Foster was arrested at
distillery in the Roaring River
Charles J. Williams, father of
Mr. P. M. Williams, of this city,
died suddenly Thursday after
noon at his home in 'Wallace. N.
C-
Although he would have been
97 years old in June, Mr. W'll-
llams was unusually active until
tune of his death. Ho veve^ h.s ^
health had not been so go lowing a preliminary
cently. but it was thought that
hi. condition was slightly im
proved just before he
the sudden sUtking spell ,lrom
which he did not rally.
TOie funeral .service was con
flicted at 'W'allace Saturday aft
ernoon at 2:30 o'clock. Interment
following in the K®'’'
church cemetery near
Wev -'W P. M. Cftrrrle. Presbyter-
,en mlnlMter, conducted the serv-
’Wflllams and his **”kh-
ter Mary Gwyn WlUiamH. of this
Mty .ttended the service.
Mr Wllllani* was born June 9,
im it Haywood. 0ha^
(Continued on PMf*
I George Maness and Arlie
Brooks were placed under arrest
Saturday, night when they were
caught at a distillery In the Trap-
hill section. They were brought
to W'ilkeshoro and furnished
bond of $500 each for their ap
pearance at the next term of
.section Thursday by Prohihi-' pourt.
tion Agents R. E. Prevette. D. ] The raid during which the
Dettor and H. C. Kilby. Fol- ! two men were arrested as made
hearing he- j by ProJiibition Agents R. E. Pre-
fore Commissioner J. W, Diila in vette and H. C. Kilby who were
Wilkesboro!, he filled bond of j accompanied by C. M. Pardue
$.600 for his appearance at the | and R. A. Foster and Deputy
next term of federal court. | -Marshalls B. H. Goss and H. H.
Jennings. '*
Mary Sink On Honor Roll .
At Greensboro College j Club RoynJ_ To At
Miss • Mary Sink, daughter of
Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Sink, of this
city, was among the 4 8 students
at Greensboro College, Greens
boro, who made the honor
Hotel Wilkes Tomorrow
The Club Royal will hold a
meeting at Hotel Wilkes tomor
row (Tuesday) evening at 8
roll I o’clock. About 40 young men of
for the fall semester's work, ac- the city are expected to be in at-
cordlng to a report sent out by! tendance, this being the number
the college. Miss Sliik was vale
dictorian of the No-.-th Wilkes
horo high school graduating class
oi 1951-3?.
who have been Invited to attend.
-The club was only recently or
ganized and this will be the first
,v.r: meetlng.^
Attorney R. C. Jennings and
family, of Salisbury, have moved
into the residence of the, late F.
D. Meadows on C street and will
make*their home here in the fu
ture. >Mr. Jennings plans to
open a law office here in the near
i future.
j A native of Wilkes, Mr. Jen-
'iiings moved to Salisbury a few
years’ a.go and practiced law
there for some time. He was
elected solicitor of the county ^
court in 1928 when Rowan conn-j
ty went Republican. He served for |
a time as acting postmaster ■ at ^
Salishutv and for more than a
year was connected with the Re
construction FinaH.ee Corpora
tion, recently resigning from that
position.
Mr. Jennings is the son of Mrs.
Sallie Jennings, of Pores Knob,
while Mrs. Jennings, formerly
Miss Annie Meadows, is the
daughter of Mrs. W. G. Meadows,
of Pores Knoib. ^
Ray Vyne, a son of the IiUe
Judge Nicholas Vyne, of the
state of Arizona, and a neph-
’ew of lieonard Vyne, of this
city, has lieen made chairman
of the .Arizona .state highway
commission, according to news
received here. Mr. Vyne is a
resident of Prescott, .Arizona.
FYiends of Mr. A’jnc in this
city and tiu'oughoul tlic state
will be pleased to learn of the
high honor which has come to
his iieiihew. NIr. Vyne, a for
mer member of the Wilkes
county board of eoihmiSsioners
and well known local business
man, was Grand Chaiieelor of
the Knights of iS’fhias for one
term and is kiipwn throughout
the slate.
The new chalmtan of the'
.Arizona hlgliway eoiiiniission
is a young man of remarkable
ability and his success in his
i A cooking demonstration to
. which the ladies of this section
' are invited will be given at the
‘ North Wilkesboro office of the
■ Southern Public Utilities com-
' pany tonyirrow (Tuesday) from
2 to 5 o’clock.
I Miss Addie Malone, home eco-
' nomics instructor of Wlnston-
I Salem, will demonstrate the use
I of the new 1933 line of small
j electrical appliances.
Refreshments will be served
; owner of the site selected.
County Penalty
Leaps Thursday
Two Per Cent Will Be Add
ed On Second Day Of
CtHning Month
Tile county penalty on delln-
..... — quent taxes will be increased
during the afternoon and the la-j-rjMirsday, March 2. from one per
to attend the ; p^j.
In order to avoid the extra ex-
I dies are invited
■ demonstration.
ITo Present Home Mission i Pe.nse entailed by the increase of
! Pageant Baptist Church ] Pena'ty, a large mimber of tax-
lOV Xiriaaaa was I «' --
A home mission pageant en-| payers are settling their accounta
1 titled “Christ In America” will | with the sheriff and a rush is e*-
ibe presented at the First Baptist ] pected between now and Wednes-
_ . Ma. _ ..X ^ An t Vt A I U C3 ^ rXTV—
ini|H>rtant position Is prcdictoU.
i-hhurch on Sunday evening,.rda.v afternoon when the last op-
i March 5, at 7:30 o’clock. TThe' portunity to pay at the present
cast is being given excellent! rate ends.
training for the presentation. Aj The penalty doubles and- thrif-
* collection will be taken for home; ty taxpayers will save a tidy sum
Schoolmasters Will |
Meet Tomorrow
•mission' work at that time. 'by paying before Thurada.v.
Oub’s Annual Big Banquet
Will Be Held At Hotel 1
Wilkes At 6:30 ' \
QuwcvPRUinminiN
IfflNE EXPUBION IN W: VA.
Mother Of Professor
E. R. Spruill Is Dead
News was received shortly be
fore noon '.today of the death
eSfrly this morning of the mother
of Pfof. E. R. Spruill, principal
of Mountain 'View high s^ool, at
her home at Elizabeth City. Prof.
Spruill was,at her bedside when
death came, both Mr. and Mrs.
Spruill having gone to Elizabeth
City Friday when news of thfe
critical Illness of his mother was
received.
On'account of Mrs..Spruiirs -
death, the minstrel which was ip ^uBe- in ,t*e construction of
«. 1 - ~ wAABf TiA1*A. DUrCllfl&I
Mountain View
M tile pn R* Hix Host To
Henry ReynoMs^ versatile en-!
tertainer of this city, will he the:
principal speaker at a meetiiig of ! x ,
the Schoolmasters Club "at the j Entertained Them At Hotel
Hotel 'VA'ilkes here tomorrow ■ Wilkes Thursday Even-.
Kiwanis Directors
j Body Was Brought Back To.
I Wilkes For Interment'
IxExSt Wednesday
Funeral services were eon-
(Tuesday) evening. He ■will speak
on “Presidential Inaugurals.”
The annual banquet to which
teachers and special guests are
invited will begin at 6:.30 o’clock.
The club has arranged a splen
did program and a large attfend-
ance is expected.
ing of Last Week
ducted, at the Roberts
in
Mulberry
township
cemetery
Wednes-
J. R. Hlx was host to Klwaijis I day afternoon for Quincy Pruitt,
Solicitor John R. Jones
In Yadkin County Court
Solicitor John R. Jones, -of this
city. Is In Yadklnvllle this week
prosecuting iihe docket of Yadkin
county Superior court which con
vened this morning. It wl|l be a
one-uwk term.
Pnrehaa^ Rock
^ From Mr. E. V. Williwn*
Brinkley and Ly^rly. fbo (have
the contract to turnish rock for
the
new 'brl^ here, purchased a
directors at their monthly meet
ing Thiirsday evening, entertain
ing thean at Hotel Wilkes. Mr.
Hix W8S a delightful host and a
most enlhuslastic meeting was
held.
'f'he finance committee submit
ted a budget for the coming
year which was adopted. It was
the concensus of opinion that the
club should live within the b«d^-
et this year. ' -■
..■f
FranMm Cinde To
Meet On Tueaday ^
-Rie FiwnWln Circle of the
Methodist church ,'wlH meet.,^"
morrow (Tuesday) ■_^^evenlng ' at
7:30 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
John E. Justice .with Mrs. Bohert.
been called oft.-
who ■was killed in an a»ldent at
a coal mine at Laroont. W. Va.,.
on February 20. Rev. Eugene A.
Vannoy, of Reddles River, was^
In charge. _
Mr. Pruitt was killed when alT
explosion occurred at the mine,
dying almost InsUntly when
struck by the slate,
A native of Wilkes coantj)
having been born and reariSd' In
Mulberry township, Mr. Pruitt
had gone to West Virginia some ■'
time ago to work .in the mines.
On August 5, 1923^'* 4'e wa»
married to" Miss Grace. CaiRHll.
who with his mother, cine sister
and four, brothera snjrvlTe. ife
was 50 yean. 10 dkemths and
■lx days of age.'^
Mr-. Pruitt waa m member.
of
Brame as jodnViho6tes8..A fpll at-; jg okurck and pas wt;ll Jlked ,by
aoqnaintancea,-