Irtkday Ball Promises To Be Gala
HiJcets Now On
CALL TO THE COUNTRY TO HAIL HER LEADER
; Will Hear
loosevelt Speak
Miiieh Entertainment Is,
cored For Party At
Local Armory
QUARTET WnJu SING
Radio To Be Installed By
Radio Sales Company; 9-
Piece Orchestra
The Rx»evelt Birthday Party, j
which will be given for the bene
fit of Warm Springs Foundation. |
at the National Guard armory I
here Tuesday evening, promises,
to be a gala event for the people j
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, of North Wllkesboro and aiir-
Tonnding territory.
Indications are that nearby
*(11^ counties which are not sponsor
ing a ball will be well represent
ed. Interest to date stiems to in
dicate that the charity affair will
result in a sizeable gift to foun
dation.
The committee in charge of
ticket sales, of which J. B. Mc
Coy is chairman, placed blocks
of tickets in all the drug stores.-
at the Wilkes Hotel and fn the
hands of young ladies, who are
to assist in selling them, on
Tuesday. The tickets are $1.50
each, $1.00 of which goes to the
Warm Springs Foundation.
The entertainment committee
announced yesterda.v that in ad
dition to the John C. Peddicord
IjProsperotts Year
Enjoyed By B. &
L of This City
Annual Report of Year’s Ac
tivities Is Given By J.
B. Williams
DIRECTORS ARE NAMED
More Than 200 Shares of New
Stock Series Subscribed
'^At Meeting
remarkably
heard by
The story of a
successful year was
stockholders of the North Wil-
kesboro Building and Loan As
sociation aJt their annual meeting
in the city hall Monday evening.
Pointing to the fact that no
! building and loan association in
North Carolina had failed dur
ing the year, J. B. Williams, sec
retary-treasurer of the local as
sociation, made an optimistic
statement relative to the associ
ation’s business last year.
The meeting Monday evening
was presided over by R. G. Fin-
1 e y. Twenty - six stockholders
were represented in person and
\h2 ihy proxy.
J. C. Reins, president of the
On Ainnail Cofltzacts,
I
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Washington
The senate in
vestigating committee hearing ^ie-
tails of Postmaster General Wal
ter E. Brown’s granting of airmail
contracts during the Hoover ad
ministration, learned from James
Maher (above), stenographer,
that he had been ordered to bum
portions of both official and per
sonal files of Mr. Brown’s prior to
last March 4. '
association, made a verbal report
Lions Club Will
Observe ‘Ladies
Night’At 7 P.M.
lin which he stated that the asso-
Local Civic Organization To
Entertain Guests This
Evening
elation had just finished one of j
I the most prosperous years of its,
history.
' Directors ratified unanimously
the proposition to set up a con-
.tingent reserve to meet any emer- ,
^ igency which might arise and $3.- a'fair for the North Wilkes-
This striking poster was painted by the famous artist, Howard aside for this pur-; boro Lions Club, will be observ-
Ch'imilcr Christj', when he heard of the national movement to observe' pose. This is considered a pro- ■ ed this evening at a meeting
EXCELLENT PROGRAM
“Ladles' Night,” popular an
Orchestra, of Winston - Salem. | Roosevelt’s birthday on Tuesday night, January 30, by rais-1 gressive step and gives added se-
whlch consists of 9-pieces, they j endowment fund for Warm Springs Foundation for Infantile j curity to purchasers of stock.
Paralysis at Presidential Birthday Balls give simultaneously in every J Optimistic talks were made by
communitv in the land. He gave it to the national committee as its! P*’- f - ^'V
Done in md, White and blue, the poster depicts Miss iRector, S. \. Tom-
America at the left protecting two children who are looking up to (Continued on nacK page)
which will give negro spirituals. President Roo.sevelt, shown above the capitol. The slogan across the i ——
tap dancing and other entertain- top, ‘‘.\merica, to our President,” was coined by Mr. Christy as a
ment. toast to Mr. Roosevelt from the nation.
A radio over which the party
had secured a variety of enter
tainment for those who wished to
attend but do not dance. .A.mon.g ,
the features will he the appear- ofhcial poster,
ance of the Sunshine Quartet
I
■will hear the address of Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt will
be Installed this week by the
Radio Sales company, local deal
ers in Phllco and Magestic ra
dios. This will be a courtesy
favor to the local committee
The Grand March will be led
by .Mayor and Mrs. J. A. Rous
seau.
Sponsors of the ball here point
out that everybody who possibly „ , ■ . ■
can. should attend and thus help fPfnt Monday in Raleigh in the
a worthy cause, a cause which
the President is giving his warm
est support.
With the funds received from
the birthday balls in nearly 5,00o
Wilkesboro Woman’s Club Ladies
Are At Work On Community House
Equipment Added
By S. E. P. S. Co.
DeleRation (Joc.s To RaleiRh To Confer With Mrs. Thomas i
O’Berry In Regard To Getting CWA Project A|>- i
proved; Prospects Are Very Bright
; Telephone Firm .Spends $3,-
I 000 At Local Office; New
' Lines Added
New equipment, costing ap-
I proximately $3,000.00, was in-
I stalled at the North Wilkesboro
A delegation of representatives
of the Wilkesboro VV’oman's Club
interest of the Community House,
a proposed CWA project in which
the club is especially interested.
I The Woman's Club members
wjio made the trip were Mrs. P.
E. Brown. Mrs. F. G. Holman.
Mrs. A. R. Ogilvie, Mrs. C. H.
Cowles and .Mrs. A. R. Sherman.
They were accompanied by .Mrs.
j 0. G. Foster, civi works admin-
Supper Net* Senior listrator for Wilkei. Represenla-
Uu Of Wilkesboro $11 i five C. H. Cowles, Attorney W.
. ! H. McElwee and T. .M. Foster.
'A box supper and entertain-. understood that Mrs.
communities, the Warm Springs
Foundation will be endowed to
carry on the fight for sufferers
from Infantile paralysis.
ment program gi"en by the sen-1 Q-ygrry ^.ju approve the Com-
lor class of Wilkesboro high | House project if funds
school Tuesday evening netted |^
are made available for addition- j
al CWA work. All new projects,
however, are contingent upon
the appropriation of funds for
continuing the civil works admin
istration.
Lots for the Community House,
which the Woman’s Club is work
ing for. were very generously j
donated by Mr. and Mrs. F. G.
exchange of the South East Pub-1
lie Service company last week. |
George Kennedy, manager of
the local branch office, stated]
Tuesday that the new equipment
enalbles the operators to give
quicker service with greater ease
and that a better service is as
sured.
A new position was added to
be held in the banquet hall
I Hotel Wilkes.
i Wives and "sweethearts” of
, Lions will be guests of honor and
I a large, attendance is expected.
The program tor the meeting
j will be in charge of Dr. J. H. Mc-
I Neil, B. T. Henderson and S. B.
I Richardson, who were named at
I the last regular meeting to ar-
I range the entertainment.
Lions, as seen on the streets,
will parade before the eyes of
their wives and sweethearts in a
moving picture which will be
[shown under the direction of Dr.
McNeill. There will be an eyefull
for everybody in this "movie.”
.A one-act play, music and en
tertainment galore are In store
tor those who attend.
Holman, of Wilkesboro, some board and 100 new lines were
time ago. The club has'been rais-|
New Plymouth
Is On Display
Now In Showrooms of Motor
Service Company; Agency
Secured
ing money to supplement CWA
funds, if the latter are made
available, and prospects are con
sidered extremely good, it being
generally believed that Congress
will continue CWA at least until
May.
! The Motor Service company
The capacity of the board is|now has one of the new 1934
now' 1,200,' giving double the to
tal numbers needed at this time.
R. R. Church Buys
Marvin Lo\ire Home
the class approximately $11. The
attendance was small, but the
program! was thoroughly enjoyed !
by those present.
Harry Summers
Is Scoutmaster
Directors Of Kiwanis
Club To Meet Tonight ^ Appointment Was Made At
, mrectors of the North Wilkes-1 Meeting Sunday, Boys
boro Kiwanis Club will hold their Will Meet Monday
. moathty meeting tonight at Ho- . Harrj'"si;^ers was ap-
Wilkes at ^«i,,h wni' pointed scoutmaster of Baptist
^^nley. president of the club, wilL^
be host to the directors. i America, at a meeting of the
I Berean-Bible Class Sunday and
I will take active charge Monday
I evening at the regular Scout
meeting in the Scout Hut.
The meeting Monday evening
: will be held at 7:30 o’clock and
Is every members of the troop is es
Addition To Dry
Kiln Is Started
Will Move Into Residence From
Adley Section In Two Or
Three Weeks
Oak Furniture Company
Building Addition 25 By
125 Feet
Status of CWA
Still Unchained
Cartuhnent of Program
Stffl In Effect; Congress ipeclally urged to be present and
Must Act
{welcome the new scoutmaster.
'Installation of Mr. Summers will
was still I be in charge of the troop com-
The status of CWA
useluuiged this morning and nojmlttee.
indleation as to whether Con-| All boys who are interested in
’grees will appropriate additional becoming Scouts are invited
fandt to continue this work has
been given by Congress
Hoars of CWA workers were
wartonaly curtailed last week,
nnU project workers being re-
itnoed to 15 hours weekly
to
be -preseng.
It is especially requested that
a large number attend so that
plans can be made for the observ
ance of National Boy Scout
and 1 Week.
workers in North Wilkesboro 1>«-1 , - ,, TT3
lag eut to *4 hours per week. [Helen CWI ^Minted
Unless Congress appropriates! As Court stenographer
additional fnnds, OWA work will
(MasMarUy be • -diseonMnaed at
aa early data Bowerer, the gen
eral o^on bM bOM that It will
' I'jdpsttonad natn the u*
•n-
Miss Helen .Call, danghter of
Mss. B. S. Call, of Wilkesboro,
was appointed court stenograph
er for Wilkee county to succeed
Mrs.
borne
Work was started last week on
a large addition to the dry kiln
at the Oak Furniture company,
located on the south side of the
Southern Railway tracks in this
city.
The addition will be 25 feet
wide and 125 feet in length. It
will be of brick construction.
Much progress has been made
and the building will be rushed
to completion.
A real estate transaction of
considerable importance took
I place Tuesday when R. R.
Is j Church, local automobile sales
man, purchased the Marvin Lowe
property in Wilkesboro from Mr.
Lowe. The amount of money in
volved was not disclosed.
Mr. Church, who now resides]
in the Adley community near
Wilkesboro, expects to move his
family into his new home within
two or three weeks.
Report Many Buyers
At High Point Show
Messrs. C. G. Day and Xarl
Coffey, who spent the first^ of
the week in High Point purchas
ing furniture for the Rhodee-Day
Furniture company, reported up
on their return that there w«re
many buyers at the show and
that indications point to a good
business in the furniture line
this year.
W. C. T. U. Meet
The Jianuary meeting of - the
W. C. T. U. wUi be held thls^r-
Faye Halet, who rtUfSiiSAtornoon at StSO.o’eloek eL, w
time ago,' '' home of Mtei. 'J
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Plymouths on display in their
show rooms and invite the pub
lic to Inspect the new car. Many
improvements have been made in
the car and the 1934 model has
many outstanding features.
It was announced this morning
that the Motor Service company
has secured the agency for the
White truck. The local firm Is
now han'dling the Chrysler and
Plymouth lines of automobiles
and the White truck.
At Conference
Broadcast To Be Heard Over Co
lumbia Tomorrow
Mrs. W. R. Absher and Mrs. T.
A. Finley, of this city, left Tues
day to attend the nation-'wlde
Woman’s Patriotic Conference an
National Defense at Washington,
D. C.
iMiss Arelia Adams, secretary
at the local office of the State
i Department of the American Le
gion Auxiliary, received a tele
gram yesterday afternoon stating
Interi(»' of Entire Bonding I ^ “ broadcast
Coca-Cola Firm
Enlarges Office
Is Being Repainted and
Improved
The Coca Cola Bottling com
pany, progreselve local business
firm, is making a number of Im
provements in their bnitdt^
which is located oh Tenth Street.
’Fhe office hM ibeen enlarged
and will be rePpainted, adding
greatly to the convenience and
appearance of itbe office. The in
terior of the entire building is
being re-painted.
The Goes GoU Bottling com
pany’ is owned by JieesM. C. O.,
B. T. and V. A. MefMll, of t&tk
dty, and Mr. a A. MeNelU,
over the Columbia system from
the confecanoe tomorrow morn
ing from 10:Sa.to 10:45, Auxil
iary mepiibew will: be Interested
in hearing this broadcast.
Rich Beggar Arrested
Atlantic City, N. J., Jah. 21.—
Arrested -wliile begging on the
board walk today, 85-year-ol4
Louis Block was found to be car
rying money and seenritiet total-
iU ISi200. Searched at hall,
^e money and adenritlea were
found In yarions inidde (pockets.
.orimers
Until Pdiniaiy 3 After
Wititesses Are Placed On Stnidi
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Result of Hearing Was Largely To Sum Up Facte
Are Already Known; Sister of Leota Chfldreas Saym
ElaipiiaticaSy That Slain .Girl Did Not Write Note
NEARLY 1,000 PEOPLE ARE PRESENT AT
Facts About Six-Year-Old Alleged Bfurder ftroughf To
As Solicitor Endeavors To Obtain Missfatg Link In Cnahi
of Evidence in the Childress Case ‘ •
The release of Andrew Smoot, reputed' sweethe^
confessed admirer of Miss Leota Childress, from jail unwr
bond last night was the outstanding late development in the
mysterious death case which since December SO has funuMk*
ed county officers the most puzzling problem in the history
of Wilkes. . ...r-
The young married man, whose name was used in ai$;4|f'>
fectionate manner in the note purported to have been left by
the slain girl, was given his freedom under bond of $1,000.
Since his incarceration in the county jail at Wilkesboro where
he was placed following his airest at Sohoolfield, Va., Smoot
has quietly maintained that he is innocent of the charge
lodged against him and i-ecent developments tended to Clear
him of responsibility for the alleged murder.
Action in Smoot’s case came late yesterday foUowinjg.^A
fourth coroner’s hearing held in the high school gymnagiiBi
at Ronda yesterday afternoon under the direction of Coroner
S. A. Rash and Solicitor John R. Jones,
The hearing was continued until February 3 at 10 a. m,,
in Wilkesboro after only 20 of the more than 100 witnetefai
under subpoena had been examined by Solicitor Jones. .The
“"continuance was decided upon soon
' after a Winston-Salem hanjwrit-
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OUT ON BOND
ANDREW SMOOT
LOCAL PEOPLE
HEAR DANIELS
ing expert had testified that )ie
desired more time in which ’tb
study the note purported to
been left by the girl and compare'
the handwriting with several spm-
mens which have been collected by
the investigators.
A crowd estimated at nearly 1,-
DOO people attended the hearing
yesterday afternoon and listened
eagerly to the testimony offered
by witnesses. No other case in
the history of WilkoB baa created .
greater interest than the one now
being investigated, observers say.
The lifeless body of Miss Chil
dress was found in the home of
her to.ster-parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Tilley, near Benham, on
Saturday afternoon, December
30. From the appearance of the
home, the disappearance of mon
ey and other valuables and the
i statement Nath Thanpe heard
i over the rural telephone line, it
I was deduced that Miss Childress’
' death was an act of robbers.
The finding of a note, 'shiek
Mrs. Tilley said she found in the
apron worn by the girl at the
Attend District Meeting of]time of her death, hdVevet, led
American Legion Held In ; to recovery of the money. ^ The
Statesville ^ *’®*® *®'^ officers to believe that
I the girl committed suicide over
Dr. R. P. Casey and A. F. Kil-1 m,fgquited love, this theory be-
by, of this city, represented j ing developed when it was re-
Wi’lkes County Post. No. 125,1 Ported thst Smoot had promised
American Legion, at the 16th dls-
to get a divorce, but failed to
keep the promise.
trict meeting of Legionnaires in j goiicUor Jones discounted tbe
Statesville Tuesday evening. | probability of suicide and began
The address of 'Tom Daniels, | a relentless investigation
of New Bern, state commander, '
arrested for the purpose
wMeh
has so far led to the arrest of
,' ten persons, most of whom were
was the outstanding feature of' niimoHe of li
the program
The local
accompanied
Mrs. R. P. Casey.
I
vestlgation.
Legiannaires were j The ten arrested, four of the
to Statesville by, number being taken prior to t^o
I finding of the note are: Btatiie
i Norman, Taft Norman, Por4er
j Norman, Jesse Brewer, Luther
I'niley, Clyde Tilley, Ray John-
•son, Andrew Smoot, Mrs. Luther
'Tilley and Bud Martin, co1qi^ -.>
Efforts to link the deal^’fOf
Niswonger Will
Visit In
To Help Ruit Growers
Thursday and Friday,
February 8-9
'Andrew Eldridge, «whoed.’
I —— - lake, near jEIkla
I was found in a
0“,ln 1927, with the ChlldreM death.
H. R. Niswonger, state exten
sion horticulturist, jwlll be with
fruit growers of Wilkes on Thurs
day and Friday, February 8-9, to
help them with their orchard
problems, according to an an
nouncement of': Mrs, Almedia
Bretholl, secretary bf the Brushy
Mountain Fmlt Growers Associ
ation.
A program, ineiiidlng a meet
ing Indoors aod> some field - work,
if the tweatber ia favorable, will
be annonneed later, 'Mrs. Bretholl
Stated.
were made at the hearing yester
day. In both cases not^ were
left and Solicitor Jones' indtrated
that he felt there inlgbt be a
similarity in the handwriting of
both notes.
This is the jury hearing th*
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«Ho«
Graiq;e Official To
PfMDOiis Grannie
day Aftenoon
'ood Sale
Stete Master Bi
promiiient Orange; eonaty
trill V address Wilkes
Orange at the eoUrfehonae
kMboro Tneadajr aftetao44'.
Mlkla.
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Mr. B. B; Rea-ris, of ,.8tatee-
vilte, -was a bnatnew vialtor here
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Taeaday.
The BuslnteS Wadnaa'a circle
of the Presbyteiten ehnneh The iwiifliW'Mte te
oondnet a food.a^ mt Spalnhoar-,
Sydnor’s story, tomorrow aftor-
nom at 2 o’elock. Preparation take advaatagp
to the pWbUe aad many,
and baslaess measwn
oina*::
haa been made to take «are of a tty to hea^ theJIMtin
large nnmber 0^
tore
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