^ ^ ^
fMrs. R."Absher Endorsed Ji®
y V ' « I.HA l««MA /1%#I In
Local Organizations rot
President State Auxiliary
North Wilkesboro Is Solidly | Xrot Line And
Behind Local Candidate ' . i •
For High Office I Basket r ishing
HAS SPLENDID RECORD I NoW Allowed
North Wilkesbora civic organi-;
zatlons have given unanimous en- i
dorsement to the candidacy of
W. R. Absher for president I
of the North Carolina departmcit.
of the American Legion Auxiliary..
iWithin the past few weeks, thej
Woman’s club, the Kiwanis club. \
the Lions Club and the Wilkes |
County post No. 125, American
Legion, have expressed their ap
proval of the service she has ren- i
dered chib and civic work, and
Joined hands with the local unit
In commending her to the Auxil
iary units of the state for head
of the state body.
Each of the organizations prais
ed Mrs. Absher as a citizen, club
woman and leader of various acti-1
vities of the Auxiliary.
Mrs. Absher ha been endorsed
by quite a number of the leading
Auxiliary units of the state and
will have a large following at the
annual meeting, it is stated.
Prior t* the organization of the-|
American Legion post and Aux
iliary here, Mrs. ,\hsher was act-1
ive in behlaf of World War vet
erans. As president of the Civic
League. Mr.s. Absher led the
movement to establish Memorial
avenue with it.s fifty-one trees in
honor of the W'ilkes county boys I
who gave their lives in the World j
war. She has been chairman of the
Memorial avenue committee for
14 years.
, Mrs. Absher has been a member
of the state ex ‘cutive board of the
North Carolina department for
six years. She was jVmericanism
chairman for three years and his-
^rian for three years, a position
’^he now holds. As Americanism
chairman, she won national com
mendation for th“ department by
(Continued on page three)
,\n important change in the
laws gfoverning fishing in
Wilkes county was made by
the General Assembly, Coun
ty Game Warden T. Finley
stated 'Tuesday. The amended
law permits fi.shemien to fish
with trot lines and baskets,
this provision applying to
Wilkes, .Alexander and Davie
counties.
Except for (Ids one change,
the old laws on hunting and
fishing apply, Mr. Finley said.
Mr. I'Mnley said lie understood
that in some rural corainunities
the rejiort had gone out that
the hunting and fishing laws
liad been abolished. He wanted
to correit that retain and let
it be known that the old laws
are still in effect.
Some reorganization and ail-
justments are exta^ctetl the
first of July, Mr. Finley said,
hut these will in no way affect
the requirements.
Die June 2nd In
Chair at Raleigh James F. Thorpe
Died On Tuesday
Only Ht^ Lies In Action
By Governor; Slayer Of
Wayne Norman
ATTORNEYS AT WORK
Bryant Stone, convicted slayer
of his son-in-law, Wayne Nor
ma will die in the electric chair
on . riday. June 2. unless Gov
ernor J. C. B. Khringhaus inter
venes. .Affirmation of the death
sentence by the state Supreme
court on May IT automatically
set the date for the execution.
It Stone pays the death pen
alty. he will have the unenviable
! distinction of bein.g the first
I Wilkes county man to die in the
j electric chair at Kaleigh and the
I first man sent np from the
[ Wilkes courts to be legally killed
since James Byers was hanged
Prominent Farmer Of Roar
ing River; Funeral Was
Held Yesterday
James F. Thorpe, prominent
farmer of the Roaring River sec
tion. died 'Tuesday at_l:40 a. m.
Mr. Thorpe was born September
6, 1867.
An impressive funeral service
was held at Pleasant Home
church yesterday morning (Wed
nesday! at 10 o'clock. Rev. Grant
Cothren and Rev. Levi McCann
were in charge of the service.
Mr. 'riionpe was widely known
and had many friends through
out the county.
Surviving are his wife. Mrs.
Myrtie Thorpe, one son, Clero
!in Wilkesboro'in 1888. Quite a Thorpe; tjiree brothers. L. M
I in
jtew Wilkes people remember
j distinctly the hanging of Byers.
Stone was convicted at the Au
gust term of court last year.
'Since that time he has been in
death row awaiting the decision
of the state Supreme court.
Every effort will be made by
his attorneys, J. H. Whicker and
J. «M. Blackburn, to get the gov
ernor to commute the sentence.
of Charlotte; D. L„ of Bel Air.
Md.; N. S., of Roaring River;
three sisters. Mrs. E. W. Settle,
of Benhain; Mrs. L. S. Hoots, of
Roaring River, and Mrs. T. P.
Bvrd, of Honda.
Memorial Servicej Superior Court
To Be Held Herej Begins Monday
Tuesday EvCHlIlffi Judge Mkhael Schenck To
Jl 1 Preside; Is For Trial Of
.Attractive Program Being i
Arranged By American j
Legion Members
Civil Cases
A two weeks’ term of Super-
ior court for the trial of civil
Memorial Day will be observed ^ eases only will convene at the
here with appropriate exercises' county courthouse
beMn Tuesday eve-!-Monday. Judge Michael Schenck.
° ' of Hendersonville, will be the
presiding Jurist.
Although this is usually known
Taken To Atlanta
Deputy Marshal H. H. Jen
nings. Otto Somers, guard, and
Arlie Foster. driver. returned
Tuesday evening from Atlanta.
Ga., where they carried three
prisoners to the federal peniten
tiary to serve terms imposed up
on them by Judge Johnson J.
Hayes in federal court at Wil
kesboro last week. They left with
the prisoners Monday moruiug.
The three men were: H. H.
Hopkins, 2 years; Dexter Wil
burn. 33 months; Iredell Htneh-
er, year and a day.
Wilkesboro
appropnaie
which are to
iiiiig at 7 o'clock.
J. B. McCoy, cliairman of the
committee of the Wilkes County.
P St NO 125, American Legion, j as the June term, it will convene
Ihil. is arranging the program. Ion 'May 29 In com pl.ance with
cession will form in front of Ho-1 the fourth Monday after the
tel W'ilkes at 7 o'clock. From | first Monday in May.
there the various
at
.streets,
“A”.
Mem- I
North I
F. R. Farnham Was Here
On Monday And Tuesday
F. R. Farnham. dairy exten
sion specialist of State College,
was in the county .Monday and
Tuesday working with County
Farm Agent .4. G. Hendren and
Assistant County .Agent Joe El
lis, Jr.
A demonstration in dehorning
cattle and culling a herd was
made on the farm of Ex-Sheriff
P. E. Brown. Mr. Brown is plan
ning to cull his held and to
build a trench silo for use the
coming winter.
participating will
memorial marker
of Ninth and D
bers of Company
t’arolina National
lead the procession, followed in
order by the American Legion,
American Legion Auxiliary, Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts and high
school band.
.After the bugle sounds as
sembly. the following program
will be given;
".America." by high
l)an4.
Song.
organizations! The calendar announced
march to thejcenlly is unusually large.
the porner
re-
Visitors Here
Guard, will | John Paul Luca.s And C.
Mitchell Here 'Tuesday
H.
Twelve Carried To
Gastonia Hoepital
Four Admitted For Treat
ment; Two Discharged
After Being Cured
Twelve were taken to the or
thopaedic hospital at Gastonia
for observation and treatment
Tuesday by Mrs. Bertha Bell,
j county health nurse. Four of
that number were admitted for
i treatment.
Two Wilkes people, Viola Dar
nell and Stella Casey, who had
been in the hospital for some
lime, were discharged as cured
and returned with Mrs. Bell.
The four admitted to the hos
pital were Vera Hall, Arbutus
Myers, Ruth Adams and Sanford
Teague.
Others going for observation
were Forest Church, John David
son, Ruth Souther, Carl Bau-
guess, Dovie Myers, Irene Har
less, Daisy Greene, Marie Greene.
These trips to the Gastonia
hospital are sponsored by the Ki
wanis Club, and gasoline and oil
for the two cars Tuesday were
furnished by John B. Justice
and W. E. Jones.
John Paul Lucas, of Charlotte,
vice president of the Southern
Pu'blic Utilities company, and C.
D. Mitchell, district sales repre
sentative of Kelvinators, were in
the city a few hours Tuesday,
school I Mitchell expressed himself
las being delighted with the Kel-
! vinator campaign, stating that
. w Robin ' the present sales record for the
Prayer by Kov. ( . W . 1 ^eivinator campaign is the big-
son. i accomplishment ever altain-
Address. to„io, ed by anv utility company.
Placing of wreathes by Legion ,
.Auxiliary.
One minute silent prayer.
of Na-
, A good product, an efficient
I organization and the certainty of
rising prices were seen by Mr.
I Mitchell as factors in the suc-
I cessfui campaign.
by
I Salute by tiring squad
, tional Guard company.
I Taps.
' "Star Spangled Banner
high school band.
1 Return march. I
' The public is invited to attend j h. R. Niswonger, state horti-
Ihis service. i culturist, will be here todhy and
— 1 tomorrow and C. L. Sams, bee
36 Prisoners Are
Taken Away Monday
Sentences of Men Total 50
Years or More; Taken
To Virginia
LEGION-AUXILIARY CLUB HOUSE
The Legion-Auxiliary Club House, recently completed, was formally
opened May 1. (Photo courtesy Blue Ridge Studio.)
Erection of Legion-Auxiliary
Club House Fine Achievement
Beautiful New Home Was i LOREN GAITHER
^ ™ KILLED BY CAR
Formally Opened To
Public May 1st
HELP ACKNOWLEDGED
The Legion-Auxiliary Club
House which was formally open
ed to the public May 1 is a ma
jor accomplishment o f
Wilkes County Post No.
Father Was En Route To
Bedside Of His Mother,
In This County
Loren Gaither, five years of
the^S@> daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
135,1W. B. Gaither, oi me Alamance
To Be Delivc^
ByRobtCribl^
Exercises WiD Open'SH
With Sermon By Rev. J.
Armbrust, Of City "
CLASS n!gHT JUNE 1
Closing Program To ^ On
June 2; Diidomas WtD
Be Presented
American I>egion, and the North.
Wilkesboro unit of the Americaii
Legion Auxiliary tor this year.
W'hile the two organizations,
especially the Auxiliary unit.
church section, near Greensboro,
died at Clinic hospital at 6:45
o’clock Sunday evening as a re
sult of injuries Inflicted late Sat
urday afternoon when she was
especially the Auxiliary struck by an automobile driven
had kept In mind such a build- whltclcv. of 904 Omaha
ing for several years, definite
steps toward Its erection were
not taken until the early part of
this year. The lot on
situated was purchased by the
Auxiliary for this purpose some
years ago. At that time, Mrs. W.
R. Absher, a leading member of
the local unit, was chairman of
a special building committee and
presented the terms upon which
the lot could 'be secured from the
Extension committee of Home
Missions of the Presbyterian
church.
The lot, located on Highway
18, had been unimproved until
February when the idea of erect
ing a club house this year took
form. At a meeting of the two
by R. S. Whlteley, of 904 Omaha
street, on Asheboro street be
tween the Arlington and Gorrell
nV D&xL vL
which It intersections.
Shortly after the little girl was
hit by his automobile as she was
undertaking to cross the street
from the north side, Whiteley
was arrested on a charge of an
assault with a deadly weapon and
he posted bond of $1,000 for his
appearance in municipal court.
At the police station Sunday
night it was stated that the war
rant would be amended so as to
charge manslaughter. The de
fendant is a medical student at
the University of North Carolina.
In addition to ber parents,
Loren leaves three brothers,
lorni. AL a IUDC....P, -- — j Frank, ('lifford, and Lee Gaither,
organizations, it was learned sisters, Lois and Louise
I the building could be constructed • Alamance
church community.
At the time of the
Commencement exercises for
the North Wilkesboro schools
will get under way Sunday mo^
ing and will come to an eiU^t^
the evening of June 2. ^
The schedule^ for the closing
exercises was announced yester
day afternoon by Prof. W. D.
Halfacre, superintendent of the
city school system.
The baccalaureate sermon will
bo delivered at the First Baptist
church Sunday morning at 11
o’clock by Rev. J. H. Armbrust.
pastor of the North Wilkesboro
Methodist church. Rev. Eugene
Olive and Rev. C. W. Robinson
will also take part in the pro
gram.
Class day exorcises will be
held at the school auditorium
Thursday evening, June 1, begin
ning at 8 o'clock. These will be
in the form of a play and during
brief intermissions, the
school band will furnish muatt.'I
The school year will come to »
close on Friday evening with the
literary address by Dr. Robert
Gribbon, pastor of St. Paul s
Episcopal church, Winston-Sal
em, and the presentation of di
plomas to the graduating class
by J. R. Hlx, vice chairman of
the local school board. This pro
gram will begin at 8 p. m. C.
C. Wright, county superintendent
of schools, is scheduled to pre
sent the diplomas to seventh
grade graduates.
Niswonger Here Today, C.
L. Sams Coming Tuesday
Thirty-six federal prisoners
were carried to Camp Lee at
Petersburg, Va. and Camp Eus-
tis at Lee Hall. Va. the first of
the week. Two buses were char
tered to transport the prisoners
there to begin serving their sent
ences which were imposed In fed
eral court in Wilkesboro last
week. Their sentences totaled
about 50 years.
The prisoners were carried
there by Deputy Marshall B. H.
Goss, of Wilkesboro. and Deputy
Marshal R. C. Brown, of Win
ston-Salem. who were assisted by
Denver Holcomb, W. B. Somers,
R. Williams. John Payne. W. R.
Humgarner, P. V. Turner, S. A.
with the I>egion’8 building and
loan fund if federal relief un
employn nt funds could be oh
tained to pay for the labor.
accident,
Mr. Gaither was en route to
Wilkes to be at the bedside of
ineu tu ptt.v , wiiKea lo oe ai uie ueusmv ui
Mrs. G. G. Foster, county wel-1 jjjg mother, Mrs. VV. D. Gaither,
fare superintendent, endorsed | home at Millers
the project and made available a c^eek about midnight Saturday
sufficient sum of money for the
labor charges. Materials from an
old building in Wilkesihoro was
purchased and construction work
was soon started.
The Legion-Auxiliary Club
House is 7 5 feet long and 26
feet wide with a 15-foot stage
and two, dressing rooms. The
front is *40 feet by 25 feet. 'Two
night.
Mr. Gaither is a native of
Wilkes and has many friends in
I the county who regret to learn
of his bereavement.
Speaks At Hickory
Mr. anil Mrs. R. T. McNeill, of j specialist, is coming to the cjiin-
Ihis cily. speiu Siinilay at Hina, ily next Tuesday. They will I Ferry Greer, D. P. Jones
Ashe county, visiting Mr.s. Me-j with County Agent Hendren xom and Jot
Neill's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. ! among the farmers of the coun-
C. Eller. *jty.
Twin City Choir
To Smg ^ . Volunteer Workers To Sell Poppies In
Sunday Evening
F. E
Price.
The party left here .Monday
and returned Tuesday evening.
Amorka's flower of' patrioticson. .Mrs. Floyd Jennings.
Mpthnrfi^t Church . remembrance will be carried to I The local poppy corps will
Methodist Church | Wilkesboro ^
I women who will go into action
j on Saturdhy. .May 27, by corps of' ^ nation-wide front on Pop-
• women volunteers organized forjpy Day to recall to America the
the work with army efficiency.! services of the World War dead
Completion of the organization i and to raise funds to aid the
for the poppy sale was announc-j war's living victims. Before the
close of the day these women
hope to place the flower of re-
Israel Byrd Dies
Wilson Angel, who recently
won national fame by receiving
[>ne of the $5,000 awards in the
Atwater Kent radio audition con
test. and the Centenary Metho-
iJst church choir of Winston-
Salem will appear at the North |
Wilkesboro Methodist church
Sunday evening. I
Dr. Harry Parker is director j
}f the choir which is composed.
ed today 'by Mrs. W. R. Absher,
poppy chairman of the Wilkes
county unit of the American Le
gion Auxiliary.
Each of the volunteer workers
Israel Z. Byrd, of New Castle
township, was claimed by death
Tuesday. He was born May 18.
be 1845 and was, ^herefore, 88
- - years and 5 days of age.
The funeral service was con
ducted from Dennyville Baptist
church Wednesday at 11 o'clock
by Rev. Noah Jarvis.
One daughter, Mrs. Nancy
Younger, la the only surviving
member of the emmediate' fam
ily.
Mrs. W. R. Absher, state de
ni,..,. -- . partment historian of the Amer-
cloak rooms and a very conven-1 ican Legion Auxiliary, delivered
(Continued on page three) jan address to the Auxiliary unit
'at Hickory Tuesday afternoon.
Miss Florence .Marsh, daughter ! Her subject w'as, “The Spirit of
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Marsh, of‘the Auxiliary.’’
Wilkesboro. Route 1. underwent I Mrs. Absher was accompanied!
an operation for appendicitis this to Hickory by Mrs. R. P. Casey |
week at Wilkes Hospital. land Mrs. A. F. Kilby.
Two Are Arrested
liundy Nichols And I>ed NiciMil*
Canght At Still
Lundy Nichols and Fred Nich
ols were arrested in the Buck
community Saturday by prohibi
tion agents when they were
caught at a distillery which Guy
are alleged to have been oper
ating. The arrest was made by
Agents D. C. Dettor and H. C.
Kilby, who were accompanied on
the raid by M. S. Phillips and T.
M. Setzer.
Following a preliminary hear
ing before United States Com
missioner J. W. Dula, they filled
bond of $500 each for their ap
pearance at the next term of
federal court.
Wilkesboro Woman’s CliA
Will Meet Friday At ,.
The Wilkesboro Woman’s Club
will meet with Mrs. C. H. Hul-
cher Friday afternoon at 9380
o'clock with Mrs. R. E. Prevette,
Mrs. J. B. Henderson and Mrs.
J. R. Henderson as joint hostess
es. A musical program in charge
of Mrs. Prevette will be given.
Dick’s Service Station No. 3 Will
Be Opened To Public Tomorrow
Dick’s Service Station No. 3, | 'IMres. Other Firestone products
'which has been under construe- carried in stock.
, The handsome new building
tion for some time, w e or completed' only a few
mally opened to the public to-1 gg fpgj long with a
morrow (Friday) morning at 6 ■ 66-foot “L.’’ It has space for a
o’clocld. Announcement to this! barber shop, store room, seirvlce
t fifty-five voices. It Is one of! has been assigned to a team
le outstanding choirs in the i which will distribute the poppies
j in a specified location in the city.
After their arrival in the city | Each team is in charge of a dis-
bout
6 o’clock, rae.mbers of the j trict captain, working under the
holr will go to the Leglon-Auxil- | .Auxiliary’s general poppy com-
iry Clnb House fgr a light din- mittee. The district captains, ap-
,er. From there they will go to ' pointed by Mrs. Absher, are Mrs.
he church at 8 o’clock. j J. B. McCoy. Mrs. J. A. Rous-
The church la very fortunate seau, Mrs. A. B. Johnston, Mrs.
i, lecuring the choir for this
rbgram and an invitation for
pnblie to attend ia extended,
bere wlU ibe np admission, but
allrer offering will be taken to
stray enenpes.
■Sr;
T. A. Finley, Mrs. J. H. Arm
brust, Mrs. Tal Barnes, Mrs. J.
BL Justice, Miss Lilliam Stafford,
Mrs. A. F. Kilby, Mrs. Howard
Wagner, Mrs. R. P. Oasey, Mrs.
Ed Turner, Miss Norma Seren-
- ■■
membrance on ten million coats,
and to receive contributions
which will enable the American
Legion Auxiliary to carry on its
relief and rehabilitation work
for disabled veterans and needy
families during the coming year.
Making poppies for the sale
has given hundreds of disabled
veterans employment through
the winter and spring months.
These disabled men are the only
workers in the Auxiliary's poppy
program receiving pay, all^ oth
ers donating their services.^ All
contributions received above the
cost of making the poppies is
used in the Auxiliary’s .welfare
work.
effect was made today by Mr. A.
A. (Dick) Cashion, popular serv
ice station operator, who has
operated service stations in the
city tor several years.
station and storage room. Ladles
and gents’ rest rooms are also
included in the bqildlng.
The stafien was erected under
the supervision of Mr. J. A.
Zone Meeting
Ga-
Methodlst .lUxUiaries Will
ther Here May 80
A zone meetini of the Meth
odist Auxiliaries will be held at
the local Methodist church, Tues
day, May 30, beginning at 10:30
o’clock. This zone Includes Spar
ta, Union, Moravian Falls, Wil
kesboro and North Wilkesboro.
Miss Mabel Cherry, a returned
missionary from Korea, and Mrs.
J. h. Woltz, of Mt. Airy, wUl be
present. Each one is expected to
bring lunch for two* All Auxil
iary members and also church
i.o. --IL-cd.
„y lUl OCTCicat I
The new station is located at j Cashion. Contract for laying the
the intersection of Elizabeth, brick was awarded to L. A.
Trogdon and Hlnshaw streets, Gudger, well known brick layer,
and is Just opposite the station Concrete work adjacent to the
where Mr. Cashion started in building was done by D. J.
business about nine years ago.
Friday and Saturday, May 26
and 27, have been designated as
opening days and a special offer
is 'being made for all those who
do business with the station on
either of these days. The station
opens at 6 a. m., tomorrow and
will remain open until 12 M.
Saturday night
Dick’s Service Station No. 8
will ca’ry a full line of Standard
and auo
t.m .am
lamoCs-,. 1, LL-v-.,-
BrbokBhire. The concrete con
nects with the concrete streets.
Plumbing fixtures were in
stalled by the Wilkes Plumbing
company, local firm.
Brick, cement, lime, Spanish
tile roofing, metal celling and
hardware used in the constrnc-
Uon of the station were furnish
ed by the Jenkins Hardware com-
pnnr. »
s- Doors, window sashes i"-
J on page three) >
Wilkes Boys At
Fort Bri^g For
Training Period
Four Alternate{9, Allowwti|i>
Go; Fifty Wilkes Boys'
Are There i"
The fifty Wilkes county boys
who were accepted at Winston-
Salem last Friday are now in
training at /ort Bragg and will
remain there several days before
being taken to the forest camps
to begin work. Reports received
from Fort Bragg were to the ef
fect that the boys are enjoying
their conditioning period.
Four alternates Were given ^
places among the fift^r allotted
Wllkee when four of those select
ed did not go to Fort
The four alternates takeh^'TOfO
Cyrus Holcomb, Russell Chrfroh,
Noah D. Royal and Dykes John
son. They took the plaoea/^f
George Wyatt, Don. Wyatt,
mond Pearson and Basel
nington.
Mrs. J.. N. ehoekey will
Friday tor Boaton,, liuB,, to visit W
her daughter, Miaa Malfy Rb^-
V..
phy.
iirsv.