tYin, NO. 14
PaUished Mondayi and Tknradars
MITHEIS
NORTH WIL^BORO, N. C, MONDAY, JAN. 22,
11.00 IN 9FOTATft-41^^in’ OF THr|
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..JFORBIRTIIDAYBAUIN
trrv ON 1HURSDAV, JAN. JO
Seeks Govemoisfaip
Sale rf Tickets WW-lfe Start-Brief History
Id % Sales |of Warm Springs
nllIiL
$1.50 EACH
Ladi^
WiB- Be Admitted
Free; E^qpnct Approxi-
matdy 40Q People
Mach interest is Joeing shown
in the plans tor the Roosevelt
Birthday Pall” at the armory]
herein the President’s birthday,
TaeaHay, January 30. tor the!
beaettt! ot the Warm Springs I
Foundation. j
Prospects are bright tor an at-1
tendahce ot approximately 400 j
i
Tlokets ■wbich go on sale to- j
mewTow will cost $1.50 each. Of
tlAs amount, $1.00 will go to the I
Wmmi Springs Foundation, while I
the- remaining amount will be |
used to defray expenses incident!
to the hall. I
Ladies will he admitted free. |
while the tickets will be sold toi
the men. {
The local committee points out i
that the ball is not only for peo
ple of the Wllkesboros, but that |
the entire county and adjoining
counties which are not sponaor-
ing a hall should be represented
at this charity affair.
Funeral Held
For Slain Man
Ed Atwood Rites Conducted
Saturday Afternoon At
.HPattons Ridge
Last rites for Ed Atwood, 54,,
who was slain when he resisted
' arrest a week ago yesterday, |
were conducted at Greene ceme-1
tery near the scene of his tragic'
deaih. Saturday nfternoon at 3,
o’clock. The funeral service was
held at the cemetery.
The service was attended by a
large concourse of people despite
the fact that the hour and date
had not been previously adver
tised. Interment was made in the
Greene cemetery.
FOOD SALE
the
a
The Business Women's circle of
Presbyterian church will hold
food sale Friday, afternoon at 2
o’clock at Spainhour-Sydnor com
pany’s store. Special orders will
galdly be filled and those desiring
such should notify Miss Lucy Fin-
In the fall of 1924, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had
been severely disabled in 1921
by infantile paralysis, learned of
a young man, also a victim of
“polio,” who had spent three’
successive summers bathing in
the warm water pools of Warm
Springs.
’This young man, practically
helpless, had been heipdd each
day into the pool. Re quickly
found that he could move his
limlw in the water and by per
sistent effort and eftefcise so
increased their strength that at
the end of the third summer he
was able to walk once more wHh
the aid of a cane.
Mr. Roosevelt went to Warm
Springs in the spring of 1925
and spent several weeks, exer
cising arid swimming in the
pools. He was so impressed with
the improvement of their pa
tients, as well as his own, that
he decided in 1926 to conduct
some experimental work.
Twenty-three patient were
placed under ob^vation for
periods of five to seventeen
weeks. All made improvement,
some to remarkable degrees.
At the close of the season a de
tailed report of each case was
made to three prominent ortho
pedic surgeons. Each expressed
unqualified approval and con
curred in the establishment of a
Hydro-therapeutic Center at
Warm Springs.
On July 28. 1927, the Warm
Springs Foundation, backed by
a number of prominent and pub
lic spirited men, was incorporat
ed to be developed and adminis
tered without personal gain or
profit.
The policy of the trustees has
develor^ Warm Springs as an
orthopedic center. This develop
ment brought about a position of
leadership, which, under the di
rection of the president, is now.
ready to co-ordinate all of the
many individual efforts in the
fight against infantile paralysis
into a national crusade.
The endowment fund, made
possible by the citizens of the
country, will enable the founda
tion to carry on and intensify
this leadershop.
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Los Angeles: . . . Mrs. C. S.
Foltz, sister of former Senator
I Samuel Sbortrldge of California,
iannounces herself a candidate for
I the Republican nomination for
governor of California.
Burke bounces
He Is Candidate
For Finley’s Job
Definite Announcement
Made By E*rominent Tay-
lorsialle Attorney '
Is
WIDELY KNOWN LAWYER
Attorney J. A. Rousseau
Only Other Announced
Candidate For Post
Is
Examiner Davis
Hears Facts h
Railway Matter
C. C. Member Is Told That
Railroad Would Be Great
Benefit
COST ABOUT $275,000
Local
Between 50 And 75
Citizens Go To Hearing
From The County
Winston-Salem. Jan. 19.—Evi
dence in support of a petition
for authority to rebuild the old
Watauga and Yadkin Railroad
EUer WiU Give
Kiwanis Prt^am
C. T. U. To Meet
Ote Tliursdny Afternoon
Meeting Last Friday
Omitted On Account Of
! Railway Hearing
Prof. ,C. B. Eller, superlnten-
i through parts ot WilKes, Wa-
itauga and Caldwell counties, was
I laid before Interstate Commerce
I Commissioner Davis at a hearing
jin Winston-Salem today.
' Mr. Davis returned to Wash-
lington immediately upon conclus-
|ion of the hearing, taking , with
him exhibits and a digest of evi-
I dence for presentation to the
j Interstate Commerce Commis
sion.
Those interested in the project
, are hopeful of a decision within
• the next 60 days.
1 About 75 leading citizens of
i North Wilkesboro and from oth-
i er sections formerly served by
I the railroad, appeared to testify
j regarding necessity for the line,
! benefits which would accrue from
jits operation, and the plausibility
;of the scheme.
No Opposition Shown
No opposition to the proposal
, developed at the hearing.
Solicitor John R. Jones and J.
H. Whicker appeared as counsel
for the newly Incorporated
Wilkes and Western Railway
Company, which has obtained the
^ (Watauga and Yadkin equipment
”^®^(and right-of-way.
' The road has been out of oper
ation since 1918, when for the
j second time in as many years,
bridges were destroyed and the
Formal announcement was
made Saturday that J. Hayden
Burke, prominent Taylorsville
attorpey, will be a candidate fdr
Suipe^or court judge In the June
primary.
T. B. Finley, of this city, who
is the present resident jndge of
the Seventeenth Judicial district,
has announced that he will not
be a candidate for re-election,
thus leaving the field open.
The announcement by Mr.
Burke that be will make the race
brings the number of announced
candidates to two. Attorney J.‘A.
Rousseau, of this city, having
declared himself an aspirant for
the office several weeks ago.
The Taylorsville attorney is
widely known and has numerous
friends throughout the district
and elsewhere. He is regarded as
one of the ablest practicing law
yers In this section and appears
consistently in Important cases
tried in the courts of Alexander.
Wilkes and adjoining counties.
Friends throughout the district
consider him as admirably qual
ified for the bench, pointing to
his long career as a practicing
attorney and his demeanor at the
bar as evidence that he possesses
a broad knowledge of the law
and the judicial temperament so
important in a judge.
New York: . . Miss Grace
Green Roosevelt (above), eyily
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Theo
dore Roosevelt and granddaught
er of the former president, “Ted
dy,” Is soon to become the bride
of William McMillan of Balti
more.
New Pontiac Is
Now On Disi^y
•rhe Woman’s Christian Tem-
nerance Union will meet Thurs-1 ; ; . I bridges were aesiroyeo ana me
i*y afternoon at the home of I county school i ^oad bed damaged by floods, and
Mre P J Brame Ail members i W. J. Grandon, its owner, failed
arTWently-requested to attend. I ^^®®Wy luncheon pro- , rebuild.
^ - ■ i gram of the Kiwanis Club Friday. c. E. Jenkins. North Wilkes-
^_ 117*11 j meeting was^held last Fri-^ hardware merchant, made
ton
.the purchase some months ago at
of Klwanians at the Wilkes
No meeting was held last Fri-
! day on account of the attend-
I ance of Klwanians at the Wilkes | bankruptcy sales,
If* HAIlfigk!hearing in Winston-Sal-^jjg jjg^ corporation.
Ijlaj 111 llUUaC em. W. E. Jones, who was sche- ^ jg proposed to spend
* jduled to give the program, will I
Puiictures Rumors Of Other fflve his program at a later date. I
AmbitioiLs By Sayimr He '
Will Run Again
19.—Repre
and
ipend ap-
(Contlnued on page four)
'■ Washington. Jan.
eentative Robert L. Doughton of
Latirel Springs tonight disposed
of irarlous reports that have been
Miss Ruth Henry Gets Important
Position With State Department
' irarlous reports that nave neen > ■ i . .
realated In North Carolina that ‘ Resigns as Member of City School Faculty To Become Secre-
be'" would be appointed by the | tary To Director of Division of Certification In
pfeeMent a member of the u. s. Raleigh; Miss Forester Succeeds Her
**^idate™^r*^governo^br* de^' Ruth Henry, a member, post.”
ctaring that he proposed to be a I of the North Wilkesboro school j Miss Henr>' Is a graduate of
caadidate to succeed hftaself
oongress.
4PiH)Ilcation in state
en for some time that the ninth
dfatrict congressman would re-
Uaqutah bis congressional post
soon to accept the tariff commis
sion membership, and the later
statement that be would contest
for governor, have developed pos
sible candidates In the ninth dls-
triet.
Among those mentioned is
Valter Woodson of Salisbury,
Be^ Vance Long of StatesvlUe,
and Tam C. Bowie of West Jef-
tanon, contingent of course up^n
whatker Mr. Doughton will aak‘
fop Another term In the house.
' TO Stay In Oongreae
n la ftla eameet a:>a frank style,
Mr. Don#»*0«.a«id:
I^The only plan 1 have U agalit.
in I faculty since 1926, left Saturday
j for Raleigh where she has ac-
newspap
cepted a position as secretary to
Woman’s College of the Univer
sity of North Carolina. Greens
boro, and since her graduation in
the director of the division of (1926 has been teaching one _ of
certification of the state Depart- the second grade sections In city
ment of education. ‘school here. She is the daughter
Miss Henry was selected for | of iMr. and Mrs. J. C. Henry, who
this Important post after a care- reside on Sixth street,
ful study of the qualifications of
(CewHaned on p*g« four)
a nuoNber of teachers and the
selection is considered a distinct
honor for Miss Henry, tb i city
and the local school system. The
position carries with it much re
sponsibility and is a much-de
served promotion for the local
teacher.
Prof. W. D. Halfacre, superin
tendent of the city school system,
stated yesterday - .that the local
board accepted Miss Henry’s res
ignation at teacher with r^grqt,
but that-"we are proud of . the^
jsdt that one of onr teaoken 1«b,
been ehosen for this Important^boro.
The salary of the new position
is practicaly double Miss Henry's
salary as teacher.
At a meeting of the local board
of education Friday afternoon,
Miss Grace Dean Forester.daugh-
ter of Mrs. Eva Forester, Ot this
city, was elected as substitute (or
Miss Henry to complete the pres
ent school term. Miss Forester
taught In the Taylorsville schools
for a number of yean. 6^ recolv-
ed her education at Eastern Cqy-
Boone TnU Motor Comply
Has 1934 Model PoBtiac
Eiifht Sedan
One of the new 1934 Pontiac
Eight automobiles, a sedan, is
now on display at the Boone
Trail Motor company, local deal
ers.
The new car has been seen by
a large number of local motorists
since its arrival last week and the
Boone Trail Motor company in
vites others to call in and look
it over. The new car has “knee
action” and many new features
which will appeal to prospective
buyers.
He la Accepted After
Proposing For 244th Time
DeauvlUe.—Robert Meharg. of
Ireland, has proposed to Miss
Elsie Huat 244 times. He made
his first proposal in 1880. Miss
Huat said “no."
her 42' times by word of mouth
107 times by letter, and 94 times ^ere:
by cable and wireless.
The last proposal was by wire
less: “Again I ask you, will you
be my "wife?”
She replied by wireless: “Yes
-to get ride of your
persecution.”
iMeharg puzzled over this and
wasn’t quite sure how to take it.
But a few weeks later he got a
letter In which she said that he
was only to take the first word
of the message seriously.
Thus ends the world’s strang
est wooing. The future bride
groom is tlje agent in Deauville
for a firm of Irish whisky dis
tillers. His bride. Miss Elsie
Huat, Is a designer of women’s
gowns. Her success, frst in New
York and then in Sydney, has
been the reason for her constant
rebuff to Mr. Meharg.
All Seeking Job$
Must Re-Register
Those who are seeking employ-
RooMN^t Bride
O'
■ - ^
Lutber and Qyde TiDey, Sons
- Of Gill’s Foster Parents„^&
Being Held In Wilkes
Grange Master
To Speak Here
A. 8. Vamietta, North Car-
nitiia. Grange Master, will ad-
dresn meifahers of Wllltea.^ Fo-
mona Grange and their gnesta
at the conrtboaae in VUkes-
boro Tneaday aftprnoMi, Jan-
nary; 80, at 2 o'clock. ffMs will
be a special meetiag and open
to the pobllc genwally. Anyone
Interested may attend.
The State Master Is a native
of Orange county and will dia-
enss matters of special interest
to farmers*
Mr. Vannetta will speak at
the Boomer sub - ordinate
Grange meeting Tuesday eve
ning at 7 o’chni:. This adll be
a closed meeting.
Statements Mado By!
■^of Family Lead Tq Quepp;
tioning of TUlez^ . .
JONES
RETICRNT
i Ray J^uimj
I Jail As
Farm Loan Group
Has Annual Meet
Luther Tilley, 33, and aydn
Tilley, 18, sons of Mr. and Mr»i
W. W. THley, were placed-undfar
arrest late Saturday as fi^lior
John R. Jones and IhoaoCwli#
have been working with him con
tinued their Investigatlona of tta
strange death of Miss Od* Chil
dress, whose lifeless body - wan
found In the Tilley home oh-
cember 80.
Evidence sufficient to wamuit
holding the two men for on**- ^
tioning was unearthed last
and Sheriff W. B. BomenT tUMlr
them in custody Saturday ov»-
nlng.
Mrs. Luther Tilley was ajs**
Christmas Cheer
Committee Makes
Final Statement
C. C. GamWll Is Re-elected
President; Secretary’s
Report Heard
brought to the county Jail, biH ^ ■
—released under bond after '•
144 Families Helped During
Yuletide Season; Has
Nice Balance
Stockholders of Moravian
tional Farm Loan
(held their annual meeting at the
(city hall Friday morning
PEOPLE VERY GENEROUS
As
she had been questioned by tia
solicitor.
Other startling developmenta ^
Na- took place yesterday when the
. 'investigators checked a story told
Association,W. W. Tilley, father of thU
two boys and foster-father of.th®
dead girl. Bud Martin, Jonegi
vllle colored man, was promptly,
released after he had given sat-
W. D. Halfacre Served
Chairman This Year; Ef
fective Work
, _ tlons generally. Mr.
The Christmas Cheer Com- up to January 1, the
mittee spent $202.72 and helped niade loarM,.total
The principal items of business
were the annual report of Frank,.^ — -
D Hackett, secretary-treasurer, j isfactory proof that he was v.jn
and the election of a board of | Jonesville on the day of Min
directors. i Childress’ death and had shown
Although few loans were made, that he had not heen^to th^;1^
the asociatlon had a very good;ley home within ftve years,
year, collections being satlsfac-; Bay Johnson, white man, also
torv in view of business condl-!of Jonesville, was taken into
Hackett re- custody yesterday and Is be
ing held in the county jail as s
wg-—- -r —-- . I assocmiiuu anu mauv
144 f{»miUes durirfg the 1933 Loans In force
Yuletide season, acco^ng to the;j366,285.00. ]
final report of Prof. W. D. Half-
material witness. The Informar
tion upon which he Is beiug heW
'•Was not disclosed.
, Total- receipts for the year! The Tilley angle to the-care
aerde, chairman of the commit-^ $1,121.06 and dls- was developed last .week,, al-
*®®' . J i bursements amounted to $1,-
Total cash requested for the |
(Jhristmas cheer work was hearing the report of the
and the Hberallty of the people j
was revealed by the report (which | ^ following
shows that »2t7.16 was contrl- directors: H. H.
buted. The committee had a bal- ^ ^ church. J. F.
ance on hand from the 1932 fund
in the amount of $63.73.
The balance on hand will be
used by the City Welfare Depart-
meut for any emergency whlch^
may arise. If there is no special
need to spend it, the balance will,
be wept for use In the Christmas
Cheer work this year.
The report In part follows:
Total cash requested $226.00
though there had been some^ pre-r
vious Investigations along - this
line. It was learned, according to
information obtained by Tho
.. Journal - Patriot representative,
Jen- that Mrs. Luther Tilley had not ^
Pear- been on speaking terms wllk'
son B. C. Price and D. J. Brook-ImIss Childress for two or th'reo
' ' years. Investigators were info^-
At their meeting, directors ed by reliable witnesses, it Is
elected C C Gambill, president stated, that there had been «
of the association: T. W. Pergu-j family row at the Tilley
son, vice president, and F. D.ithe night previous to the finding
Hackett, secretary-treasurer. (of the dead body by Nath Tharpe,^
Total cash requested alternates, B. C. Price and J. W.
Total cash raised r. a. Crysel is local ap-
Balance from 1932 fund 53.7,$,
Total expenditures — 202.72 (P™* ’
Balance on band 98.17
Number families reported — 183
Number eliminated — — 39
The loan committee Is com-1 who answered an appeal over a
posed of H. H. Jennings, J. F.
Pearson and D. J. Brookshire;
country telephone line for asslst-l;
ance. A
Solicitor Jones checked cloeely
upon a remark that Clyde TlUey'
is supposed to have made after the
death and before the finding Ot-,
the money to the effect that he
had intended to put some new
tires on his car but that he ''
would be unable to do so unless
T-ade Upturn Reported
New York, Jan. 18.—The An-
Number eliminated ,^^lnaUst’s preUminary index of’busi-
uai saia no. Number families served 1441 activity for December was ,
Since then he has proposed to Number persons helped o slight upturn following Oda left a note telling wb^e the
' “ - Among the donations reported i The No-1 money was. Solicitor JonM^W
I UoTirp was 68 4 he had obtained an admUfflOB
Lights by Southern Public, ^ !from Clyde that he had this coh-
Utllities company; storeroom by | Many See Lindy Evblbit j
J. E. Justice, Jr.; telephone by ja^ 21.—The (Continued on page fOBr)
Sout\East Public Service ,American Museum of Natural,- m
puny; 1.50 "Merry ‘^^hristmas J today that { IaOVA I QIHOITOW^'
constant address labels by Carter-Hubbard | persons viewed the newl*^**’^ AVlhlViayfff
Publishing company: 144 paste-exhibit during the!
(Continued on page four)
j Lindbergh exhibit during
1 first week It was open.
Working Hours^of CWA Rediic^
By Order of National Director
For Washin^^
Mrs. W. R. Absher and Ifers.
T .A. Finley To Attend
I Woman’s Conference
i
_ Mrs. W. R. Ahsher, presiden^yrf
n i I Ihe North Carolina departnttw^f
Workmen In City Are Cut To 24 Hours Pct Wee»^ While ' ^ American Legion "A«riiy!r.
Rural Men Are Reduced To 15 Hours W*^y; Big Lnd Mrs. T. A. Finley, chaimrim qf -
“ nei_a__ A .vlaMlMiadvoiniAn
Changes Take Place In Administration
Civil works administratien
bvorkers outside of North jWilkes-
Ijoro were reduced frona 30 hours
per week to 16 hours per
and CWA workers on North Wil
kesboro projects were reduced
at Washington.
The telegram received by Mrs.
Foster follows:
“Due to the fact that avera^
weekly wages for civil works is in
excess of original qstintated week
ment through the Civil Works
Administration, who registered
prior to January 1, are asked to,
re-regIster before the first day of
February, R. L. Wooten, man
ager ofr; the local office of the
National\ Re-em'ployment Service,
stated Saturday,
In order to ke^ the records
up to date, Mr. Wooten has been
directed to complete the re-regte-.
tratlon of the unemployed befog*
Fabroary 1.
It ahould be underatpod, Mr*
Wooten pointed .out, timt thoee,
from 30 hours to 24 hours effective Ip payrolls, it is nec^ to re
SriSifinSginmxordancewithIduce the hours woi^ per ^
SS^^^ived from Mrs-1 on local, state and federal projecte
the department of national defc^ito,
will leave tomorrow for W,|[is)l£b(~
ton, D. C„ where they will laftorid
the Woman’s Patriot^0
on National Defense •;’Wi
Thursday and Friday.
Approximately 1J)90 wossw
olina College for Teachers and inowvtrqrUng on CWA proja^ og
At WokMn's CoUege of thq UnlvrjMioee who have found' «^ilpU>y-
At W*’**M)P 9 vouege of thq uuVrJMioee who have found' estpioy- cnange * — t- . _ ^
eratty of North CaroUna, (ireeas^Jment Ip private elndnstry.. need -gent qWpaaUT *>7 ' (bontlnneii d
bom - }not wi-reglater. , '(L, IHOiAini', national adittlidstratoT
adminis-
Thomas O’Berry, state
trator.
The orders to cut the working
hours of thd^men tvere given In a
telegrem'to Mw. G. G. Po^r,
CQontf GWA administoator, which
came Thmreday. aftwmoon.
New schedules ■were arranged
for the woAure and A rednctiOT of
^ pe.' cent'ln the payroll
from H»e ctetaHment orowed.
Mrs. Postor pdWed,
neither county or gWe^omoalg
a-vail-
'change tMb wofktog
adndnjstratof
-
to keep -witiiin thd money
able.
“You are herewith instructed
that effective JanuaiTi 19, 1984, all
per diem workers iie^^ be put
on a work week as follows: In
cities oyer 8,000 ,pspQiididn, ma^
mum 24 hours per weifc; in dtiea
under 2,600 and open ooipby, «
mdxfannin of .16 hours per wesfe
AH clerical, supwvisory and'^ pie*'
woik;m h maximum dlf
30 hmiMi n wedi yrith pro^ortioii-
■M
representiag organiutioiu in ' *Il
sections of the Uirf^ed
attwidtheconfetw^"’'^’ ' :!/;'•
Un. Aheher and Mrm Piidey
the North Carolina r^reaUntalSws
of the Legion AuxiHuiy.
BUILMNG^A®CS
STOCKHOt^EBS
Norik Wilkesboro'
neither joOTty^ or ate vsge adjwrtmmrt. TWs to Plori
Iwd ^ not I’wMnde adin)hiAr*ttv« workm JBiudero
ruling, hat that, the iastrnettons ^ “«> *vi_ —
^ wofUng hours were to admiidstraturff- offices. This a^
Lm asBOciatioa>ii
hold their aimnnL .
at 7:30 o’doek hi
-s 1>wfut TravM'
Chicago, Jsn. 19-
over the