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fOL. XXVUI, NO. 13
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)R0, N. C,. • THdBSPAY, JAN. 18, 1934
$1.00 iN Tm S*ATB--f 1.50 OUT OP THE 8^11
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■5 v> ?. I 111 11
"W
ation For
esboro * Post
(Kfice Is Called
I'V^
Most Be Filed
Civil Service Com
mission Bjr Feb. 2
SALARY IS $1,500.00
Three EUgiMes To Be Certi-
fied By Commisrfon In
. AB.'* o&aV comiwtKlTe examlna-
tlM to till the poattlon of poat-
‘ master la ..tlve. Wllkeeboro post
office "was announced this week
by tbe United SUtee CiTll Serv
ice Commieaion at Washington.
Appiicationa-'wlll .be received
until the close of business bn
BMruary 2. The date for assem-
ot Candidates for the place
not been set, but will be giv
en on admission cards which will
be Sent the applicants soon alter
the time for accepting applica
tions expires.
R®v. W. K. Linney is the pres
ent postmaster, having served in
•Chnt capacity lor the past 12
years. His term expires in Peb-
usual qualifications are
reanired of candidates lor the
poetmaatership. They must re-
f aide within the delivery of the
office, must have resided there
' for at least one year, must be in
good physical condition and with
in the age limits of not less than
J1 years of age por more than
66 years of age.
J*ull information and blanks
may be obtained either at the
Wllkesboro post office or from
the Civil Service Commission,
Washington, D. C
CWA Pa5rroll 1$
Now $10,224.60
The CWA pajToll In Wilkes
county for last week amounted
to flO,2S4.«0, it was learned
from Miss Bertie Rose, dis
bursing clerk at the ofttoe ia
WUkesboro.
A total of 7©1 men have
been assigned to Jobs to date.
Of this number, 3«9 were se
lected by .Mrs. G. G. Foster, civ
il work-s administrator, from
the relief rolls, and 892 were
assigned by the local office of
the National Re-enydoj-ment
Service.
Enumerators Are
Chosen For Work
In This County
I
HANDWRlflNGS jN^MYSTERY MURDER
Winston-Salem
Orchestra
Make Ball Music
John Peddicord And His 9-
Piece Band To Play Here
January 30
IS WELL KNOWN BAND
dy 01 Atwood
Is Not Claimed
No Arrangements For Burial
Had Been Made At Late
Hour Yesterday
The body of Ed Atwood, tail
mountaineer, who was slain Sun-,
day night when he resisted ar-,
rest and attempted to fire upon
"" Sheriff W. B. Somers, had no' ,
been claimed at a late hour yes-1
terday and no funeral arrange-1
ments had been made. j
The body is being held at the
Relns-Sturdlvant Funeral Home, i
Atwood was shot and killed by |
Sheriff Somers near Pattons I
Ridge a short distance from the j
home of Mrs. Cletus Byers. He
was an escaped convict from j
|k state prison and was wanted for j
a number of crimes committed j
since his escape from the prison.
Sheriff Somers. Deputy H. C. ^
Kilby and J. H. Alexander at- j
tempted to arrest him Sunday;
night, hut met with resistence 1
and Sheriff Somers shot him in
defense of his life. At the coro-,
ners hearing conducted follow-*
I ittg the shooting. Sheriff Somers |
was completely exonerated iby the,
f which rendered a verdict |
'tie officer killed to protect;
elf. 1
^Atwood was carrying a shot-
Contract for John Peddicord
and *hl8 nine-piece orchestra to
furnish music for the President
Roosevelt Birthday Ball here
January 30 was signed this week
by the committee on entertain
ment for the local affair.
The Winston-Salem orchestra
has made frequent appearances
on the air over radio station
WSJ3, Winston-Salem. It is fre
quently engaged by the Greens
boro Country Club, Mt. Airy
Country Club, Granite City Cotil
lion Club and other organiza
tions.
The local committee considers
it fortunate, in view of the great
demand for orchestras on the
night of the hall, to be able to
secure this well known orchestra
for the ball here.
Arrangements for the charity
affair here are being made and
prospects are bright for a large
sale of tickets.
Proceeds, with the exception of
expenses, will go toward the en
dowment of the Warm Springs
Foundation for the care of suf
ferers from infantile paralysis.
The movement has the support of
President Roosevelt who will de
liver an address that evening.
To Omit Kiwanis
Meeting Friday
Members Plan To
Hearing On Railroad At
Winston-Salem
Part-Time Farming Census
To Be Taken; Job To Re
quire About 5 Wedts
WALLAC^EADS LIST
>8. :
ay. Wagwfer
ReconumiMi#as
Boy Scout HiMj
To Succeed Carl Coffey, Re
signed; Plans Made For
Scout We^
Business Census Will Be!
Started Somi; Enumera
tors Are Selected
Enumerators for two census
projects and for a special feder
al project have been named, it
was learned yesterday.
C. W. Townsend, district sup
ervisor of the part-time farming
census project, was here Tues
day and selected seven enumera
tors from a list of unemployed
supplied 'by the local office of the
National Ro-employment Service.
The men selected were: Jim
Poplin, of Ronda; H. H. Be-
shears. Summit; Bob Jones, Fer
guson; Max Barker, of North
Wllkesboro: Lloyd W. Smithey.
of Roaring River; G, H. Walker,
Boomer; John G. Eller, Pnrlear.
H. J. Thurman, of Greensboro,
business census supervisor, has
named the following enumerators
for Wilkes: Jay Brookshire
Charlie Burchette, Sam Greer
and Clarence Hendren.
J. C. Wallace, local justice of
the peace and a former register
of deeds for Wilkes county, was
named county project leader of a
federal project entitled, ‘‘Farm
Tax Delinquency, Land Values
and Foreclosures,’’ by G. W.
Forster, district project super
visor. To assist him, Cody Moore,
C. M. Wellborn, J. M. Bumgarner
and Holland were named
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SIX TROOPS IN WILKS
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MAY HELP SOLVE MYS
TERY.— Above are shown a
part ot the "suicide note” of Leota
Childress, found dead at her home
near North Wllkesboro, a sampie
of the handwriting of Miss Chil
dress and a sample of the hand
writing of Albert Smoot, in jail
under a warrant charging hint
with her murder. Upper, hand
writing of Smoot written from
dictation of the "suicide note,"
lower left, the "note," and right,
known handwriting of Miss Chll-
. dress.
All of these projects will re
quire from four to five weeks and
are to be started immediately.
Sidewalk Skating
Is To Be Banned
Officers To Enforce Ordi
nance Against Skating On ^
Public Streets
In the interest of safety, city
officers are warning children of
the city that the ordinance pro
hibiting skating and coaster
wagon riding on the streets and
sidewalks will be enforced.
"Two small children have been
struck by automobiles recently
and while they were not hurt
Attend seriously, skating and watton
riding on the sidewalks and
streets must be stopped.’’ John
Walker, chief of police, stated
(Cut by courtesy Charlotte Oh •
server)
Childress Death
Mystery May Be
Cleared Up Soon
Solicitor Believes Killing of
Girl Will Be Solved In
Few Days
guilty OR NOT?
“NEW DEVELOPMENTS’
Although stating that there |
had been some new and import-,
ant developments in the investl- ■
gation of the mysterious death of
Mias Oda (Leota) Childress, So-j
licitor John R. Jones last_,nig^
said he dould not divulge
turn the case is taking at
the j
the 1
; present time. '
"We have information which I
JU.S.S ODA CHILDRESS
believe will solve the mystery |
we are,
attention
R. G. Finley, president of the this morning. "We believe this is
Kiwanis Club, announced yester- the only way to prevent more
day that tomorrow’s regular serious accidents and
luncheon of the club would be therefore, calling the
omitted because so many mem- of children and their parents to
bers had indicated that they the law which forbids this dan
plan to attend the Wilkes & gerous form of play.’’
Western Railway company hear
ing in Winston-Salem
'morning.
Secretary T. E. Story sent out
notices to that effect and W. E.
Jones, who was scheduled to give
the program, will be in charge at
next week’s luncheon.
“Atwood was carrying a snoi-. o*i itif
;uB, two long knives, a razor and j dllO IVIeetin^S
a quantity of liquor on his per
son *wl»en he was killed.
Atwood, age 64. is survived by
hi® wife and the following chil-
dr«n: Will, ’THdon and Jessie At
wood. Lenoir; Don Atwood, Van-
noy; Ted Atwood, Raleigh; Mrs.
Lain Woodring and Mrs. Mollle
Ntftaon, Blowing Roek; Mrs. Le-
OM Trtvette, Boone; also surviv-
ioi A* following brothers
fe’Wxters; G. F. Atwood, Trout-
6i 'V8.;'doe Atwood, Danridge,
-.IS- D. F. Atwood. Mountain
Tenn.; Mrs. Martha Gwyn,
Nora, Tenn., and Mrs. Emma
HaU, Johnson City, Tenn.
Dairy Specialists Helping
Holding Demonstration.s
Besides being extremely clan-
tomorrow gerous. skating has become a
nuisance. Chief Walker said. Sev
eral people have reported that
they have been struck by skaters
or had to leave the sidewalk en
tirely in order to avoid being hit,
the officer said.
Chief Walker said that arrests
would be made after sufficient
warning had been given if the
practice continued.
I n
Prisoners Are
Still At Large
Trench silo demonstrations are
being held today by County
Agent A. G. Hendren, assisted by
Dairy Specialists Airy and Farn-
ham. The first demonstration was
to be given at ‘.he county home
this morning at 10 o’clock and
another will be given on the
farm of Mr. Charlie Hayes at
Purlear at 1:30.
Loses Leg
A. F
Combs Has Leg .Amputated
At Hospital Here
' Three Men Who Escaped Sun
day Momiiig Have Not
Been Re-arrested
toward Eller, Clyde Coffey
I cHate Church, who made
It departure from the Wilkes
nty Jail early Sunday mom-
were still enjoying their
rty this morning despite ef
ts of officers to apprehend
A. F. (Fon) Combs, of Windy
Gap, who was shot in the leg al
legedly by Charlie Sparks late In
December, had to have his leg
amputated at the Wilkes Hos
pital last week. The wounded
limb did not heal and amputation
was necessary.
D*
be" three men and George
sxd made their exit through
[adow from wihleh they forced
Jfgv Wltii a heavy piece of
>er left Vr painters who had
In ArdtMtX'Io t*,®
»r«d the groand
iMMw of Uhinkitt.
•ail'd WM captaWd ia this
■ loeil poUoomen early flao-
.‘ay
Welfare Officer
Wants Homes
For Children
Oiarles C. McNeill, county
welfare ofHccr, Is finding! It
dlfffcnlt to locate homee for
children as fast as they become
the reeptmslbiUty of the coun
ty. Althov^ he found home®
tor two last week, he now has
six children he wishes to place
in homes of the county.
The five boys are 4, «, 7, 8
and 11 yean of age and 'the
gM io • yean ot age. Ifr. Mov
Xein. leosaU aayoM '
B. & L. Meeting
Coming Monday
North WUkesboro Association
To Meet At City Hall
At 7:30 P. M.
The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the North Wil-
keeboro Building and Loan Asso
ciation will be held at the city
hall Monday evening at 7:30,
o’clock.
All stockholders are requested
to attend. Notices advising them
of the meeting were mailed out
by Secretary-Treasurer J. B. Wil
liams several days ago.
, I and when the time comes, the
(Cut by courtesy Elkin Tribime) jpublic will be advised ot all the
I facts.’’ the solicitor declared.,
I "Right now, until some positive I
i steps are taken, it seems wisest |
to withhold what we know and j
continue our Investigations." |
While Solicitor Jones was non-
I committal on all questions re
garding the investigations, it is
believed that Andrew Smoot, re-
50 Or More Local People Ex.|p“‘«i hLfLid"“‘"
pected To Go To Winston- 1
Union Scout Program To Be
Given In City On Nlgfht""
of Feb^iwry 8th
ft
H. V. WagSl^'WHIto cit^
was recomm®n^dd* for dlatrfct
scout commlMlonCr for the 'd|^
trlct composed of Wilkes and
Watauga at a meeting of the Boy i;
Scout Court of Hpnor at„
Wilkes Tuesday evening. , ^ .
The recommendatlqia wauffor-
warded yesterday to W. B.
Vaughn-Lloyd, of WTnston-Balem.
scout executive of the Wlnstott-
Salem council w.hich embruoqs
this district, who makes the apr
pointment.
Mr. Wagoner Is a memlber of
the Methodist Boy Scout Troop^ •'
committee and has ibeen very ac
tive In Scout work since coming ‘
to this city.
The resignation of Carl Cof
fey, who has served so efficient
ly as scout commissioner for tb®
past -'c’jr years, was accepted
Friday evening. Mr. Coffey re
signed because of the proMure
of business affairs which require
his entire attention.
Plans were made at the Court
of Honor meeting for observance
of National Scout Week- fro*
February 5 to 10 and It jvas, an
nounced that a union meeting of
all troops In Wilkes will be held
at the Presbyterian church hero
on Thursday evening, February
8.
There are six troops in the
county, these being the Metho
dist, Baptist and Presbyterian
troops in this city, Wllkertioro
troop, Pores Knob troop and.the
Lincoln Heights colored troop.
The Boy Scout Conrt ot Honor
is composed of E. G. Finley. Prof. .
T. E, Story, J. B. McCoy, Dr. H.
B. Smith, A. S. Cassel and H. V.
Wagoner.
Greensboro Alumnae Club
To Meet Tomorrow Night
ANDREW SMOOT
Large Delegation;
To AttendHearing|
On Local Railway!
Dry Forces Form
Permanent State
Unit At Meeting
The Wilkes County Club of the
Greensboro College Alumnae As
sociation will meet with Mrs.
Warner Miller in Wllkesboro to
morrow evening at 8 o’clock. All
members are requested to attend.
in
Salem Tomorrow
jail, may not have been Involved
, In the slaying. Serious doubt
HI? A WIMP AT in«10 A M 'that he wrote the note found in
HEARING A1 lO.dU A.
Four Wilkes Leaders Go To
Meeting; About 500 At
tend Gathering
DR. POTEAT PRESIDES
A large delegation of Wilkes en.
citizens, including leading decided aft-
ness and professional men, will j specimens of her
attend the hearing on the appll- ■ known handwriting, the note and
cation of the Wilkes & Western that of Smoot, Investigators are
Railway company for authority to forced to conclude that members
,, , :of the coroner’s jury, who exam-
rehabilitate the old Watauga & apron, were mistaken
Yadkin Valley railroad in Wm-j^^ recollection that they
ston-Salem tomorrow morning. ;
If the girl wrote the note as
Greensboro, Jan. 16. — The
{united Dry Forces of North Car
T. C. Riggs Gets
Supervisor’s Job
’1.. .ft-
'* I'iAirffTi-lt ■
Wilkes Man Appointed Safe
ty. Snpervisor For Ww-
tem Part of State"
T. C. Riggs, of WllkooboifOr
Route 1, Tvas nppointed- safetr
eopenrisor for the western North
Carolina district this .week by the
State Civil Works Administra
tion. '
The Wilkes man will visit tbs
various counties in -Ms district In
the intariBSt of the safety of the
men employed on (TWA projeets
and help to eliminate nnnaees-
Miy daa^n, portieBlarly in eon
idraetiM work. '
Indications are that as many
as 50 people will attend the hear
ing.
Examiner Davis, of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, will
conduct the hearing which will
begin at 10:30 o’clock.
The Wilkes & Western Rail
way company recently purchased
the assets of the old railroad
which ceased to operate following
the flood of 1918. Some of the
tressels and a portion of the
track was washed away in the
1916 flood, but the damage was
repaired and trains continued to
orperate until 1918.
The new' company plans to re
build the road if granted permis
sion by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Officers of the new company,
which has authorized capital
stock of 1500,000, are; C. E.
Jenkins, president; J. R. Hlx and
S. V. Tomlinson, first and sec
ond vice presidents respectively:
J. B. Winianw, secretary; R. W.
Gwyn, treasurer; J. H. Whicker
and John R. Jones, counsel.
of the inquest. tHowever, Solici
tor Jones is proceeding on the
theory that the girl was murder
ed and that the note may have
been planted In the apron after
the girl’s death.
Every effort is being made to
solve the mystery and the news
that the elements of doubt In
the case have been removed may
break any time.
Miss Childress, ZO-year - old
adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Tilley, of near Benham,
was found shot to death with a
bullet hole through her chest In
the Tilley home on December 30.
ollna. 500 strong, met in conven
tion here today and formed a
permanent organization to pro
mote the dry cause in the state.
A constitution was adopted
providing for a board of trustees
of 120 members, allocated among
the counties on the same basis as
representatives in the lower
house of the state legislature, an
executive committee of 21 mem
bers and an advisory committee
of 500 members.
The trustees are to be chosen
by the county units of the dry
forces and the trustees will, in
turn, elect officers and commit
tee members at a-meeting to be
held March 20 at a place yet to
be chosen.
Plans for the meeting, which
was attended hy outstanding dry
leaders from all parts of the state
were formulated by the "Com
mittee of Seven” of the United
U. D. C. WILL MEET
MONDAY afternoon
The United Daughters of the
Confederacy wIU meet Monday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the
home of Miss Ellen Robinson.
FP. Blair Wifl
Come Home S
Has Been Patient At Davis
Hospital Snice Accident
Eariy In December
■ir-
F. P. Blair, Sr., prominent lo
cal business man who has been a
patient at Davis Hospital, States
ville, since early in Deoember
when he was seriously injured lu
an automobile accident near Tay
lorsville, will 'be moved* to kls
home here within a few days.
iMr. Blair is ge.tting along nice
ly. He lost the sight of his good
eye in the accident.
Fox Caught In
PoolroomKfflM
(Continued on page four)
Methodist Leaders From Mt. Airy
District Attend Institute Here
Farmer At Age Of 9
La Fayette, Ga., Jan. 14.—At
the age most boys give lo rolling
iKoye and playing marble® Dew
ey -VltoUln, nine, is making more
of a success at agriculture than
many veteran farmers.
*Last spring tihe youngster de
cided tilling the soil would be his
life’s work, and ihe persuaded Ua
father to rent tdipi a tract of land
aiul get Um .a mule and plowa.
SlMMi^ited, Dsfwur lalMd two
shtt a lialt balw of cotton aad la
Methodist leaders from all sec
tions of the Mt. Airy district
were here yesterday to attend the
Kingdom Bittenslon Institute
held at Nort^ Wllkesboro Meth
odist church. Every charge In
the district was represented.
’Humanising our gifts to the
church” was the central thought
developed by practically all
speakers on the program. Prao-
Ucally every phase of ohureh
work was dts^ssed during the
two sessions.
The meeting was presided over
by Raw A C. Gibbs; of Mt. Aliy>
ixtoABag etoer, who tntvpditoMl
tbp program tt^lc.
The prindpal addressea ot tf*
port. La., and Prof. E. R. Rank
in, of Boone.
In the afternoon,- the speakers
Included DT. W. A. Jenkins, pas
tor of North WHkesboro church,
W. H. Worth, of Jefferson, dis
trict lay leader,' Rev. J. P. Man-
gum, of Mt. Airy, Rev. E. W.
Fox, of Elkin, and Mrs. J.V L-
Wolts, district secretary of the
Woman’s Mluionary Boclety. .
The meeting jras’ one ot the
most inspiration^ thsy .enr at-
teadedi local Methodists deelared
f(lowing the program, JBXteneioii
work was discussed ^ ably and
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Gives Another Inte^nsttaff
Chase to Brodktow»;Be“
fore Being Caught
The fox, which* caused consid
erable excitement hei^ lasc wbek
by leading the dogs throKgb tha
streets of the city and into the.y
poolroom op. Main Street, fgve a
pack of good drs another
race Thursday .eTOnlhg tieford be
ing killed by the dogs. «
Turned loose in the edge, ot
Wllkesboro, the fox took to- tbs,
open fields Thursaist; skpptaS-in
stead of turning to ths lrttir.Attd
went ^ throng OafewiiciM^'tor
the Gold kieda) orotaari '4Wid ^
to ^Broektown %bsra the 'dpigs
captured it. ' .
A pack of boundSf -hr
Isaac Eller, Mve{^|a^s,
Jarvis and Henry
tbs swsstsst mqple .a. fw -1
ever beard in traUiag the-to
long dlstanos. Mors
chorch leaders, wi^ encouraged mpre ears
by tSie snthpsiasm manifestsd., at
the seulon.
At tti« noon hour, an excellent
good env ot eon.
The pnnmpat numwiBia —- —. ■;—r
ptorning ussiion *e» deUvsrsd
^ Dr. A. B
ibo
people Uststtsd .
tovn abont tbs.
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