North Carolina Newspapers

JULY 3, 1933 ILOO IN tHE STAIMMcTOUT OP.l IG TODAY musE For Rei^Blar August B of ‘Court Will Be Drawn Today BUSINF.SS IS UP wo.> . P0IFOURTH OF JULY TO BE OBSERVED WITHOUTCELEBRATIONINCOUNTY .Board of Education is In Session; No Com* .imitfees Named lay l^lng first Monday, the tf boards are in session at fcourthoase ifi Wilkesboro. board of county commis- is' holding an important tng, many matters being be- i them for consideration. for the regular August of StTPerior court will bs fii at the meeting today. The [ court Jurors were drawn j 'week. j F jbutine session is being held > the board of education, few | of Importance being be- j It. ‘ The school committees i the varions districts will not | imed today since the redis-j has not been completed! Mrs. F. D. Griffith visited her doctor husband in New York. On the screen she is Irene Dunn. Hub by accompanied her back to Holly wood . . . but refused to pose with Mrs. Griffith for this photo. Dr. H. W. Elder To Locate Here Veterinarian Will Move To County On July 15, Is From Manning, S- C. Dr. H. W. Elder, of Manning IS. C., a veterinarian of many ' years' experience, will be located ! in Wilkes county after July 15 I for the practice of his profession. ! Dr. Elder was here Friday and ! announced his decision to move j to the county. For the past five years, Dr. El ler has been connected with the agricultural department of Clcm- Ison college, in the investigation 1, Felts, Kilby, Kennedy ' and control of contagious dlseas- and Harris Quit Jobs {es of all kinds of livestock and in Saturday l the control of di.seases of chickens .ivi ^ He also has a background of 14 ^ re members of the proMbl- , practice, in . enforcement division of the | wishing to confer with ^ le district of North Carol na. i touch with him finding Deputy .'Vdniinistrator after July 15 by calling! X,. Osteen and Investigators Horton Drug corapanv or Kilby and C. S. Felts, both , Goss Retires As Deputy Marshal Has Made His Home In the . CoiAty For Past Year and a Half The resignation of B. H. Goss, deputy marshal who has been stationed here for the past 18 j months, became effective Friday night at the end of the fiscal year. The vacancy created by Mr, Goss’ resignation will not be filled. . , Mr. Goss is a»native of Ashe county, being engaged In the In surance business prior to accept ing the post of deputy marshal. He has not made known his plans for the future. Mr. and Mrs. Goss have resid ed in the Wilkesboros during Mr. Goss’ tenure of office. Ung be state department of educa-1 A representative of the do- i «nt was here last week to , Into details In connection! the redistricting. re Dry Agents Given Furiough Gribbin Addresses Local Kiwanis Club Winston-Salem Minister Is Heanl With Much Interest Here Friday Attorney J. H. Whicker, sub stituting for Solicitor John R. Jones as program chairman at Friday’s luncheon of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club, pre sented Dr. Robert E. Gribbin, of Winston-Salem, as the speaker of the day. Dr. Gribbin, who is pastor of St. Paul's Episcopal church, chose as his subject, "Why Ki wanis?" Answering this query. Dr. Gribbin pointed to the fine fellowship and the wonderful work along many lines which has jjjg ! been accomplished through the organization. Reports on road prospects were \ made by J. R. Finley. I E. C. Finley, who has . been j making an investigation regard- ing the possibility' of securing I one of the reforestation camps, I made his report. He stated that administrator’ Application.s Pas.sed Upon By! nothing definite had yet been jfilkes county, were furlough- ilndefinitely Saturday. The i wx • |j | men in the middle district j Jp 0Q31O11 OOdYCl ted by the change were J. Q. | Is and W. T. Kennedy. Upon the retirement of Mr.. ■teen. Investigator N. A. Gooper ■me deputy In Meet Today Id ‘will serv? until further no- Board; Will Meet Again On Monday I learned as chances. to Wilkes county’s The Wilkes County Confeder ate Pension board held a meeting in Wilkesboro today and passed upon a number of apnlications be changes were made In ac- lince with orderes issued by B. Dalrymple, director of the tlonal federal prohibition bu- , ., .. ' for pensions. It was announced Vf. Kilby as serve ii j another meeting will be held prohibition department Monday. The meeting will ■mi and has made ; be held at 10 a. m. ^^ord for efficiency and faithful approved were those of C. C. Church, Mrs. rformance of his duties. Mr. I^lts, who has served for two irears. has made an equally fine ^ record during his short period of , Mrvlee. K Plans of the Wilkes county men for the immediate future ■]mv6 not been announced. —— ■ ■ I Ice Cream Supper On I Hiursday Was Success^ The ice cream supper given by | Italian Fliers Begin Long the Young Ladies’ Bible class of j Flight to Chicago Fair VFOkesboro Methodist church was ' ^ai.y successful, about $18.00 he- 'i,l»g realized. The class will use ^^Ihe proceeds for the benefit ; tlie church. Reuben Brot^n. Mrs. J. T. Alex ander. Mrs. James M. Pardue, Mrs. J. L. Tcvepaugli and Mrs. Susie McLean. An increase was approved tor Mrs. Charity Rhoades. The hoard is composed of Miss Nell Rousseau, chairman. J. T. Edwards and W. E. Pharr. ARRESTS MADE IN THEFT CASE of iP:- Orbetello, Italy. July 1.--Gen eral Italo Baiho, air minister, who will head a flight of 25 sea planes to the Century of Prog ress exposition in Chicago, took off at 5:45 a. m. (11:45 p. m. for'e.s.t.) today. will 1 Three other pilots followed and Mewrs. Robert McNeill and ^urrehce Hunt left Friday ,r "W. Va„ wl*re they ' few days with friends | then immediately the rest, taking Walter and George Parsons .Are rharfjed IVith Mliittington Store Robbery Walter and George Parsons, of near Buck post office, were arrested Thursday by Sheriff W. B. Somers and his depeiities in connection with the robbery of J. V. Whittington’s store at Red dies River which has been broken into on two or more occasions. George was at liberty under bond after his arrest on charges of stealing from the summer cot tages on the Brushy Mountain sometime ago and had been indi rectly connected with the Whit tington case. New evidence, how ever, led to his arrest on this ,specific charge Thursday. Walter Parsons, who operates a store near Buck, is charged with receiving and disposing of stolen merchandise, Sheriff Som ers said. Only Features To Be Sins^g and Basebidl Games Here Tomorrow SOME FOLKS TO BOONE Majority of Pe^e To Enjoy Moitor Trips To Vari ous Points Vhiiriet Baffks Engineeis With no formal observance of the Fourth of July planned, j Wilkes county citizens will cele brate the 157th anniversary of the nation’s independence In a quiet way. The outstanding event . on schedule Is the county-wide sing ing which will be held at the county courthouse in Wilkesboro. Choirs and quartets from differ ent parts of the county will par ticipate In the sinking which wlU begin about 10 a. m. and continue through the afternoon except for the intermission for lunch. Three county league baseball games which are expected to at tract quite a number of sport fans will be played In the after noon, beginning at 2:30 o’clock. Wilkesboro will be pitted against North Wilkesboro at the fair grounds, Grier Mill^ will play Purlear at Wllkesbom and Mil lers Creek will plhy Moravian Falls at Millers Creek. Many people are planning mo tor Trips to various points and al together a very quiet Fourth Is in prospect. A big celebration Is planned at Boone and quite a number of lo cal people are making plans to attend, It Is learned. Goiter Clinic To Be Held Saturday To Be Conducted At County Courthouse For Benefit of Anyone Interested A goiter clinic will be conduct ed Saturday at the courthouse in Wilkesboro for the benefit of anyone interested in goiter treat ment. The clinic was secured by Miss Edna Reinhardt, emergency home demonstration agent, in co operation with the county health department. The clinic will be free to any one interested. The sponsors hope that an In vestigation will be started to as certain the cause of the large percentage of goiter cases in the county. Merchants To Know That Required To Pay Sales Charles E. Kent, of Los Angeles, gave an exhibition of "engineers’ problems” in whittled pieces none of which were solved, so inexplica bly were the different woods link ed. Kent won’t tell how it’s done and claims the whittling charopi- enshlp. end a relatives. I off in threes. Hidive of Wilkes Rounds Up Big Liquor Rii^ In Philadelphia, Pa. iitfroa M. Caffey, Son of Late John Caffey, Is Leader ;of Group In Dramatic Indictment of Pennsylvania Sena tor and 95 Others On Charge of Rum Conspiracy Philadelphia, Pa., June 29.—i headed that there was laughter bespectacled young man ■ when It w'as learned that the ■ government had special investi gators working on the situation. Nobody. It was said, could “get the goods” on McClure and the 'Tnd^S of fils alleged bench- ring that protected rum, vice and *^’t, on charges of participating; gambling in Delaware county. . mm and graft consplr-1 They’re not laughing tonight. * however, for Caffey “got the ^^h a l>ixle*^drawl is the hero of ^government had special dramatic indictment here to- iXb day of state Senator John J. Mc- ftare. powerful Republican lead- rj^yftang man is Myron M. ey, special agent of the pro- Tffi bureau of the depart- 6f Jttstlce. He was the sUr ace sleath of the gov- at’s 10-month Investlga- rnaoedlng the indictments, thtogs he discovered and make’^hlstory In Penn- f, IfcCUiTe was talng Jhronghout the state timber, and he rolQ^ the state kg ^SeT^nt see- and be goods.’’ Special Assistant Attor ney General Chet A. Keyes, prosecuting the eases, -says he is convinced' he has all the evidence he needs from what Caffey dug up and turned over to hlnj. Caffey has tackled—and con- quered-r-4“Wg, shots’’ before. He is the federal agent who unearth ed the original papers on which the snceesstnl prosecution of A1 Capone was baaed. Caffey was bom In Nokh ‘Wll* kesboro, K. C. He is 3S and a world Vfir Teterhn. After serv- the 106th Revival Meeting Comes To An End Series Of .Service.s Held .At Mo ravian Falls Methodist rhureh A series of revival services at Moravian Falls Methodist church came to an end yesterday after continuing for two weeks. The meeting was conducted by the pastor. Rev. R. H. Kenning- ton, who delivered strong Gospel messages directed at church members as well as those In sin. He appealed for a better and more active church membership. Much interest was manifested' in the services and It 1? felt that great good was accomplished. Schedule For M.E. Church This Week Bishop Thomas Darst Will Be Heard At First Baptist Sunday Evening Services for the week in the Melodist church are as follows: ■Next Sunday, 11 a. m. the pastor will be the preacher. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m., superinten dent J. R. Hix in charge. Fellow ship services at 7:15 p. m. At 8 p. m. all the city churches will unite in the Baptist church for fa great service. Bishop Thomas Darst will be the preach er. Bishop Darst is a man of great strength as a thinker and preacher, and a large congrega tion is expected to hear him. July^l Brings Rush For Auto License Plates Health Officer Has Fine Report Many Vacrinations Given During Year; PuWic Health -Very Good The public health In Wilkes county has shown a marked im provement during the past year, the annual report of Dr. A. J. Eller, county health officer, to the state board of health shows. Fewer cases of contagious dis ease were reported, reflecting the results of the hig vaccination campaign put on the previous year. , The fiscal year ended Friday, June 30, and Dr. Eller’s annu al report shows the activities for the year. Communicable diseases teport- ed d'urlng the year were as fol lows: Scarlet fever, 23; whoop ing cough, 24; diphtheria, 36; typhoid, 15; chancroid, 3; infan tile paralysis, 1 ;gonnorhea, 39; septic sore throat, 2; chicken pox, 1; measles, 29; cerrebro- spinaJ meningitis. 1; syphlllis, 14; Influenza and pneumonia, 40. Typhoid showed a decrease of 10 cases over the previous Year, offering evidence of the splendid results of the typhoid vaccina tions giveb last year. The county health department distributed 5,632 bulletins and took credit for 24 newspapeer articles during the year. Dr. Jlller e.xamined 140 persons for marriage license. Nine chil dren were examined for health certificates. Other examinations included 20 for lunacy, 78 prison ers and 56 food handlers. W. Kerr Scott To Speak To Grange Is Coming Here Wednesday Eveniiiig To Address Po mona Grange Meet ^ . W. Kerr Scott, state master at the North Carolina Grange, will address the Wilkes Pomona Grange .at a special meeting which will he held at the court house Wednesday evening, begin ning at 8 o’clock. Officials of the^ Wilkes Grange are anjfiowg Jor M many utem^rs as possible to hear Mr. Scott. Hen Sits On Nest Ninety-Eight Days Fowl Of H. D. Faier, Roaring River^ Route I,_Probably ^ Establish^ Record One of the hens of Mr. H. D. Eller, of Roaring River, Route 1, is free to run the range again after being a "setting hen” for 98 days. ^ Starting her long period of rest on March 27, the fowl came off Wednesday, June 28. Three hatchings of turkeys were mo thered by this little hen for a few days and each time she re turned to the nest until the next batching. She continued as a “setting hen” on her own ac cord, no methods of persuasion being used to entice her back on the nest. After this long period of quiet the hen is still fat and healthy. She is half White Leghorn and half Rhode Island Red and weighs three and a half .pounds. No one for the moment seems to know, but the probability Is that-’she established aoraothteg of a record before returning to the open range. Angry Mother Slays Father of Children Pageland, S. C., June 30.— Three sisters told a coroner’s jury here today they saw their mother, angry after an argument for collecting the sales tax, over a sick child, fatally wound their father and on the strength of their testimony the mother, Mrs. Charles Walker Arant, was charged with murder. She was | N. B. Smithey, W. R. Absher, Ira D. Payne, W. H. Clark and L. S. Lowe. Mr. Gabriel was also asked to assist in adopting the schedule- Schedules Adopted At. ings Held last Wfeek’^ the City Hu8 GABRIEL IB CHAIRMAN Three Per Ceut Sales lix Went Into Effect Satar*Q day, July 1 A large number of No^ boro’s enterprising mcrchafita were on hand for the meeting .,at the city hail Thursday night for the purpose of discussing the "much cussed” general salie^^ax which went Into effect on Satnr- , day, July 1st. This meeting ^ lowed one of more extensive prepar rations held to Winston-Saleitf^, a few days earlier, this being one of the biggest meetings the mer chants have ever held in Nodrth Carolina, it is stet^, 'V? , Gabriel Is Chairana The .meeting here. Thursdgf night was call^ to order by £. M- Blackbnm, who suggested W; G. Gabriel as chairman. Julios J. Hnbbard, local newspaper man,, was named secretary. ^ After telling the purpose of tlia meeting in a few well chosen and V timely words, Mr. Gabriel caUed on J.. E. Spainhoar to make« ta^ Mr. Spainhoar was among timie attending the Winston-Salten meet ing, and he gave lus hearers some important information. Daring the evening interesting talks were also made by E.^ M. Blackburn, S. V- Topdinson, J. A. Jones, N. B. Smitbey, Ira D. Payne, W. R. Absher, W,. H. Clark, L. 3. Lowe, I- E. Pearson and C- E. Jenkins, and it was the opinion of these merchants, as well as all others present'that the pi^ ^ lie should know that it is pa^ng the tax as rai]bired by h>^. '3iie.. merchants decided by motion which was passed unanimously that the tax be added on the sales ticket along with the price of the mer chandise- ■Worsts Out Schedules Following a motion by E. M- Blackbum that a committee . be appointed to work ont schedules this having carried without a dissent ing vote. Chairman Gabriel named^/'' the following merchants on this special committee: J. E. Spainhoar, released on bond. The father, 46, one of this sec tion’s leading farmers, was shot under the armpit at his home i This committee met Friday morfi- two miles from here Wednesday | ing at the city hall, and after go- ■yislts were made to 81 com- night. He died in a Monroe, N. ] ing into the matter thorouj^y, munlcable disease cases and 122 jC. Hospital yesterday. the following schedules which gre in bne with those suggested by cases were quarantined. In Dr. Eller’s venereal disease (Continued on page four) .Auto Owners Stand In Line Here Saturday For the Half- Year Plates Minstrel Show Sunshine Quartet To Give Pro gram .At Moravian Falls The Sunshine Quartet will be the feature attraction at a min strel show which will bp present ed at Moravian Falls school-' house ’Thursday *tevenlng »t 8; o’clock. The same progrhi^ baa been given at several places re- leontly and everywhere has been enthuslaatlcally received.. The spou July 1 saw a rush for the one- half year automobile license plates at the North Wilkesboro branch office of the Carolina Mo tor club. Apparently many automobile owners had waited until the; plates could be obtained at half price. Mr. J. C. McDlarmld, manager of the local offlbe, was kept busy and a waiting line hadllirs to be formed during the early part of the day. Many additional cars 'wlU go on the highway during th e next few days as tlie result of the half- prica tags. Mrs. F. E. Harless Claimed By Death Highly Esteemed Lady Pass ed Away Saturday After Long Illness Mrs. Lillian Pharr Harless, a highly esteemed lady of Wilkes boro. Route 2, died Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Thomas B. Smith, in Wilkesboro, following a serious illness of several months. Mrs. Harless became ill in March and was given treatment at the Wilkte Hospital here and at Davis Hospital, Statesville, but hope for her- recovery.^was prac tically abandoned. She had been at her daughter’s home, for three months.’ Mrs- Harless would b*ve been 52 years of age had she lived un til S^tember. She was the daughter of Mrs. Flora ^lle Pharr, of Wilkesboro, and the late L. M. PBarr Surviving are her bnsband, F. E. Harless,, fenr daughters, Mrs.' Thomas B.. Smith, of Wilkesboro,: Mayford, MBler, of Oak- Federal Government Ends Year With Deficit Of $1,760,000,000 Washington, June 30.—^Treas ury books at the end of a fiscal year today related the story of a $1,760,000,000 deficit but ev ery government department show ed the extent ot the economies In process to prevent its happening again. The government’s program for the fiscal year beginning Saturday c'alls for a reduction of about one billion dollars in the ordinary ex- pebditures of government. Commissioner Maxwell were adopt ed and are now being used by a majority of merchants of the dty: Schedule 1 Ic 17c to 49c 2e -60c to 83c 3c 84c to $1.1S . Schedule 2' JT'- Ic Ic to 33c . 2c — 34c to 68c 3c 67c to fl.90 Schedules -S No tax — Ic to l6c ‘ Ic lie to ^ 2c 34c to §6c 3c .... f 67c to Delightful Affair Held At Baptist^?’ Pastonum Last Thursday Evomig Rev- and Mrs. Eugene Olive, Assiste.d By M'embers of Ladie^' Aid Society, EJntotained At Open House Affcir; De- Ughtful Refreshments Served Bfemy Guests A delightful affair was held on "W. S. Moore were, to hOw them, Thursday evening from 8 to 10 arotmd. o’clock, when Rev. and Mrs. Eu gene Olive, assisted by the La-:., Ales’ Aid’ societyheld open houses at the First Baptist pastorium. ' ■Visitors, including members of all the churches,' and friends In the vicinity, were greeted on. their arrt'iral • by Mr. and Mrs. C.' ■:0. McNeil and Mr., and Mrs. ,A.' |I. Casey,.t Then in thu dining room, stairs. Mr. and Mrs. 0.. kins greeted the callers,-j the family living room room,. Dr. and Mrs. and Mr. and Mrs. .were'stationed^ ’ On the east Mrs. jr. Myers ms Ateleome', wWe Warron Hore ^W^o-dsrMlss^ Bte^ten and' Doro-j ^ Dr. and Mte_Rf?-,Catey and’H. Andrew.^ ^^Mrs. W. R, Absher directed thejO Nichols Traxe^.^,., callers into the reception hall the- kitchen where Rev. and Mss. Olive , and - -t.. . i Mr. and Mrs.,E. M. Blackburn were recelvii^. ; "front living enridv,’' thy Harless, and one son, Ed ward Harless, She is also sur vived by her mother, Mrs. L. M. Pharir, one sister, Mrs.OA^ D. Edwards,, of .^Walkertown, ^Ind gUro brothers, fW. B. and 46, ^harr. Charles H. ‘Warren, a tative hab^ i OL,« -of, StrqP akpar j hr thii..