NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., THURSDAY, MAR. 8, 1934 . f IN
fATiMl.W OUT OF^THE STi
Queen
:vtHHL
Case
Casey Renounces
His JR^MTo Tax
Forcuosnre Fees
Case Is Celiil
Not Be 8l
tion, Jme8 Says
County Attorney Tells Com
missioners He WiU Dwuite
Work Oh Suits
IE WILI. URGE TRUL
tree Attorneys Employed
To Appear For Private
Proscciitkm
HAS BROUGHT 400 SUITS
Be-
MlttOTBey 3. A. Ronss«au has
4^1^ ^employe^ by relatires ot
Iltat Leo^ Cbildrete, whose life-
tmily wae tpuad in the home
^ her teeter-parents^ Mr. and
Jirs. W. W. Tilley, on December
30, to assist the state In prosecut
ing the murder case against the
five members of the Tilley family
now held In connection with the
biime. Solicitor John R. Jones
announced yesterday.
▲t the time he made this an-
aoaneement. Solicitor Jones re
iterated a statement made some
time ago to the effect that he
will urge trial of the defendants
at the term of Superior court
now in session.
“It the case is postponed, it
will not be on motion of the
proeecutlon,” the solicitor em
phatically stated. The state Is
ready to iMgln trial Monday, the
day es^whlch the case is on the
calendar, he declared.
Notwithstanding, the solici
tor’s statement, the feeling exists
that the ease will hardly be
reached at this term.
Solicitor Jones will be aided
In the prosecution by Mr. Rous
seau and J. H. Whicker, of the
local bar, and Parks Hampton,
of Blkln.
The Tilley family Is represent
ed by J. Hayden Burke, of Tay-
lorsTllIe, A. T. Grant, of Mocks-
vllle. and Eugene Trlrette and J.
>. Jordan, of the Wilkes bar, the
latter two being employed to
represent Mrs. Lnther Tilley.
Fees Renounced Total
tween $1,500 and Three
Thousand Dollars
Brussels . . . Another beautiful
Queen graces the throne with her
King, Leopold III. She was
Crown Princess Astrld, daughter
of Prince Charles of Sweden and
the Princess Ingeborg of Den
mark. This new portrait study is
said to be the farorlte of the
new Queen.
W-LWinWerTo
Be Retained As
Policeman Here
Return of J. M. Anderson As
Chief Causes Shift On
Police Force
HOKE QUITS
J. H. Alexander
To Build Home
•WUl Be Located Near Baptist
Church In WUkesboro On
Somers Lot
J. H. Alexander has let con
tract for the erection ot a six-
room Colonial style bungalow on
a lot, located near the Baptist jing postmaster
church in WilUesboro, which he j the release of one
recently purchased from Sheriff
W. B. Somers. The new residence
will be modern in every respect
and will be an attractive addition
to Wilkesboro’s residential sec
tion.
Mr. Alexander moved here
from Taylorsville several months
ago when U. L. Haf.^r purchased
the local Chevrolet agency. He
is a salesman for the Hater
Chevrolet company and is a
promising young business man.
Good Chance To
Get Courtroom
The board ot city commission
ers at their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday evening voted
to retain W. E. Winkler on the
police force and to dispense
with the services of R. E. Hoke
effective Saturday.
The commissioners expressed
regret that they were unable to
retain Mr. Hoke anji placed them
selves on Fecord as deepfy ap
preciative of the excellent man
ner in which he has performed
his duties as an officer.
Return of James M. Anderson
to his post as chief of aft-'r
an absence of s''vrial months
during which Uo served as act-
made necessary
member of the
force.
City Clerk W. P. Kelly was in
structed to make out a list ot
auto tag delinquents and turn it
over to the chief of police for
action.
The meeting Tuesday evening
was held at the city hall at 7
o'clock and was attended by
Mayor J. A. Rousseau and all
members of the board of com
missioners with the exception of
S. V. Tomlinson who Is absent
from the city.
A. H. Casey, attorney for the
Wilkes county board of commls-
afoners, handed delinquent tax
payers between $1,600 and and
$3,000 Tuesday when he an
nounced that he will not collect
his fees on more than four hun
dred foreclosure suits which he
has brought on behalf of the
county.
If delinquents will come In alid
pay up their delinquent taxes, no
charge for attorney fees will be
listed on the bill of cost as the
result of Mr. Casey’s liberality.
Mr. Casey’s announcement
was made to the board of coun
ty commissioners who were strug
gling with the ever-present prob
lem of tax delinquency.
The liberality of the county
attorney was disclosed by Regis
ter of Deeds T. H. Settle, clerk to
the county board, who said Mr.
Casey had brought suit In more
than 400 cases and that under
the law, he is entitled to fees
ranging from $10 to $25 for each
suit. The original fee for fore
closing was $25. This was later
reduced to $10. The last general
assembly reduced the fees still
further, but no suits have been
SATURDAY i instituted since the last reduction
was made.
Mr. Casey told the commission
ers that In view of the inability
ot the taxpayers to meet their
obligations, he felt that if the
eliminaton of attorney tees would
be an inducement to come In and
pay, he was authorizing the coun
ty accountant to accept payment
without the fees.
The foreclosure suits required
much time and work on the part
of the county attorney and ordi
narily attorney fees in the four
hundred suits would have
amounted to several thousand
Ji'.'.rirs.
Wall 1$ Named
Tai' Supervisor
Will Direct Lasting of Taxes
In Wilkes For His
Six^h Year
Local Men Visit Capital In
Interest of Addition To
Postoffice Building
*>
Chances for getting an ade
quate federal court room built In
the new North WUkesboro post
office building soon to be erect
ed are very good.
Attorney A. H. Casey, C. T.
Donghton, J. T. Prevette and J.
i.* 0. Rotas retnrned Tuesday from
Washington, D. C. where they
conferred with government offl-
eiala In the Interest of the move-
fMjit- They conferred with Con-
grauman Walter Lambeth and
ongressman R. L. Doughton,
itk of wJiom appeared with
then In conferences with postal
department and treasury offlcl-|
alB. An official of the treasury)
Merchants Will
Sponsor Cooking
School March 16
Miss Ix>retta Gray To Conduct
School Under Direction Of
Chas. P. Smith
During the past decade, free
cooking schools have been a year
ly feature in most metropolitan
centers throughout the country
as the result of co-operative ef
forts of leading newspapers and
merchants.
The interest in these schools
has encouraged Chas. F. Smith,
distributor of Pyrofax gas and
Magic Chef ranges for North Wil-
kesboro and vicinity, to under
take the sponsorship of a free
cooking school, with the co-oper
ation of a number of North Wll-
kesboro merchants. Through the
co-operation of the influential
companies Mr. Smith represents.
depKTtment said his office he has been able to secure Miss
the room “ Loretta Gray, New York dietician
tloa to the Public Works Admln-
' Istration In charge of Secretary
Ickes of the Department of In-
tarlor.
The Idea was favorably recelv-
•'ed by the authorities there and a
final decision will be rendered
irtthin a few days.
laUglitly Improved
Paidwe May Recorer Prom
Seelo— Injarlee
Jamed PMdne,^ of this city,
whose skull was fractured Sun
day when he was kicked on the
of the head by a mule, was
t ftigntiT improved this morning.
It was learned at the Wilkes Hoe-
-Ital wlwre he to a patient. He
tea been In n semi-conscious
ooadltlon etee® the aecldent.
chanoe to
and domestic science specialist,
for conducting both sesBiona of
the school which will be held
here on March 16th. One session
will be at 2 li! m. and the other
at 7:30 p. m.
Miss Gray has a training and
knowledge by which she holds
the undivided attention of her
audiences while showing the ad
vances of modern science in the
culinary arts.
Each recipe Is carefully ex
plained as Miss Gray prepares It
before her audience. "Time nnd
Temperature Cooking,’’ originat
ed by American Stove company,
makers of Magic Chef ranges, to
the methoa MIjs Gray nses. She
explains Its advantages and eco
nomics as proved by millions , of
liaen thconghont the eoantry.
t—rffla -ed%«eiRMb>4iata;
A. C. Wall, prominent citizen
of Edwards township, was named
Wilkes coviity tax supervisor for
the sixth consecutive yiar at the
meeting of the board of county
comniisoioners Tuesday.
Mr. Wall Is regarded as a very
efficient tax supervisor and his
re-appointment to the post was
not unexpected.
Township listers will be named
at an early date and tax listing
will get under way on April 1.
Loses Fingers In
Attempted Theft
Glean, N. Y., March 5.—Au
thorities here are looking for a
man who tried to move a 900-
pound monument and left three
fingers under its edge. The fin
gers were found today when the
granite company which owns the
stone righted it. It was upset
Saturday night.
Patrolman Gets
ModeLT When
Car Hits Tree
DR. WYNEKOOP CONVICTED OF MURDER
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PatroUn*n S. D. Moore came
into town, driving a ModeItT
Ford Tnesday as a result Of a
chase, the latter part of which
was made on foot.
Riding along on his motor-
cycle down the Boone TVail,
the patrolman ol^nred the
ancient vehicle proceeding on
the public highway without
license. He tamed quickly
when the driver passed the
signal to halt, but the Model-T
was driven off on a side road
wher-'e motorcycles go not at
all hi ralny-innddy weather.
Abandoning, his motorcycle,
Mr. Moore started on foot and
caught up several hundred
yards distant when the fleeing
car struck a tree.
But for his muddy chase. Pa
trolman Moore ifot nothing
more than the ancient automo
bile. Driver and his passenger
escaped Into the woods, leaving
the veteran of many years to
Its fate.
Local OfficCiOf
N.R.S. SeekrTo
A^ Co-q»crstioii „
ers In Fiiufing JofaA'l
1,442 Workers ^
JOBS SECimED fO& 501
Total
of 3,341 Recrifltered
With N.R.S. Since Office
Opened November 23
T'
The Local office of the National
Re-employment Service to now
seeking to obtain the lull co
operation of industry in]* placing
those registered os V hnemployed
on Jobs when vacancies "occur, R.
L. Wooten, manager, said in a
statement Issued yesterday.
The office has found employ*
Above are showrjt Alice
trr 1 u . inent of 601 persons and regtoter-
Wynekoop, who was convicted " -
- ed 3,341 applicants, the state-
Of the total nnmber
Everythii^; Ready
For Fashion Show
Monday, Tuesday
Tuesday of the marker of her
daughter-in-law, Rheta (lower
left), whose lifeless body was
found on the operating table
in the Wynekoop offices. At
upper left Is shown Dr. Wyne-
koop’s'sbn, Earl, husband of
Rheta^
Merchants To Present New
Spring Styles On Living
Models At Theatre
TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS
Dr. Alice Wynekoop Convicted
Of Murdering Daughter-In-Law
Everything is In readiness for
the spring fashion show which
will be staged by North Wllkes-
boro merchants In co-operation
with the Liberty Theatre Mon
day and Tuesday.
Arrangements are now com
plete and indications point to a
very successful showing of the
latest styles in ladles’, men’s and
children's wearing apparel.
Patrons of the focal theatre
will be treated to an excellent
screen program In addition to the
fashion show and vaudeville en
tertainment.
Wearing the feminine apparel
63-Year-Old Chicago Physician Sentenced To Twenty-five
Years In Prison; Is Tantamount To Life Impds
onment; An Aw>eal Is Taken
Chicago, March 6.—Dr. Alice been reached. A call was then
Lindsay Wynekoop was convicted
tonight of the murder of her
daughter-in-law, Rheta.
She was sentenced to 25 years
in prison.
The jury deliberated only 36
minutes, exclusive of time taken
out for dinner.
The defendant received the
sent for the Judge, the defendant,
and the attorneys.
A long delay ensued while
bailiffs sought Defense Gounsel
W. W. Smith aAd Milton Smith.
They reached the courtroom at
8:25 p. m., and the judge hushed
the room while the Jury foreman
announced the 13 had agreed on
a verdict and then that it was
O.At J/. Ui. wvyav.
from the stocks of local stores jj^ur’s Intermission for dinner be-
will be the beautiful girls of
Harry 3(hannon’s vaudeville
troupe. Mr. Shannon and mem
bers of his band will be models
for the men’s clothing stores.
The Shannon company is making
a return engagement with a com
plete change of program.
On the screen during the fash
ion show will be “Going Holly
wood.” featuring Bing Crosby
and Marion Davies.
The showin,? of spring styles
will be on at both matinee and
evening performances on each of
the two days.
Regular admission charges
will be made by tbe theatre and
many people are expected to take
advantage of the opportunity to
view the next spring merchandise
as shown on living models.
verdict quietly In the wheel chair '‘guilty.’’
in which she was brought into The penalty was jegurded as
the Courtroom. [ tantamount to life Imprisonment
The Jury received the case at ^ for the 64-year-old physician!
6:14 p. m. and were given an'who is in failing health.
, Burdine Gardner of Indlanap-
fore they began deliberations to j oils, father of the slain Rheta,
determine the fate of the 63- clasped his hands tightly togetb-
year-old physician and write a|er as the jury foreman read the
solution to one ot the most amaz-j verdict. . ^
ing crimes in Chicago history. | “Twenty-five years—yes,’’ he
At 7:40 p. m.. there was a said. “Justice has been served.’’
knock from the Jury and the an-j Mrs. Gardner was with her
nouncement that a verdict had i husband.
Forester Leaves
To Attend Meet
State Master of
Grange To Visit
Here Next Week
.Attended OU Code Meeting In
Dnriuun Yesterday; In Ra
leigh For Meet Today
WiU Address Subordinate South Georgia counties late yes-
Grange Units On Thurs
day and Friday
MASS MEET SATURDAY
Assaults Woman
And Gets Term
Wilson Grider Sentenced To
30 Months On Roads
In Five Cases
Wilson Grider, who slapped
his own grandmother, Mrs. Eliz
abeth Roland, was sentenced to
30 months on the roads yester
day by Judge Wilson Warllck
when five cases against him
were tried. in Wilkes Superior
court.
Grider, who resides near the
county home, received 12 months
each in two cases and six months
in three other counts.
The assault on his aged grand
mother was committed some time
ago when Grider was allegedly in
a drunken condition.
(Cioattoned on paim (onr)
Ritdile Flaw Vacatton
Baltimore, Maroh 5.—Got. Al
bert C. Ritchie of Maryland to to
leave his executive'duties Thurs
day tor a v^k or hO-day yaoa-
on the., ot JBeewd
iJew York flnanlderV a
Georgetown, S. C.
,
j A. S. Vannetta, state master of
Jthe Grange organization, will vis
it Wilkes county three days next
week, J. M. German, master of
Wilkes Pomona Grange, a n-
nounced yesterday.
The Grange master will visit
the Little Mountain subordinate
Grange Thursday evening at 7:30
o’clock. He will have two en
gagements Friday, addressing
the Boomer Grange at 2 p. m.
and the Mount Pleasant Grange
at 7:30 p. m.
Climaxing H r. Vannetta’s
three-day visit will be the gener
al mass meeting which will be
heldy at the courthouse In 'WIl-
kesboro Saturday afternoou- at
1:30 o'clock. At this meeting, he,
will discuss financial mattem ot
Interest to every Wilkes farmer,
Mr. German said.
All farmers, whether members
of the Grange or not, are invited
to attend the masa meeting.
After the speaking, a meeting
of the Pomona Grhnge will be
held.
Mr. Vannetta to a realdent of
Orange county.
P.-T. A- To Moot
The tacaJ Parent-Teacher^ Aa
tion meet^ Uito atter-
^^n^t 8:« o^o^^ Atl =fiem-j^gina In every
F. C. Forester, of this city, is
in Raleigh today to attend the
called meeting of the Democratic
state executive committee.
Mr. Forester left yesterday
morning and attended a regional
meeting of the planning and co
ordination committee for the
petroleum Industry, of which ho
Is a member. In Durham before
going on to Raleigh.
30 Made Homeless
Albany, Ga., March 6.—A tor
nado, whipping through three
terday left at least 30 persona
homeless, and caused consider
able damage. Red Cross reports
today showed.
Newton Speaks To
Medical Society
President O f Wilkes County
Group Addresses Doctors At
Monthly Meeting
An address by Dr. W. K. New
ton, president of the Wilkes
ment said. _ „
registered, 1,44$,.did not ra-ngto-
ter when the re-registration was
called for in January aad Feb
ruary.
Mr. Wooten’s statement fol
lows:
“Since opening tbe free em
ployment service here November
23, 1933, we have registered 3.-
341 applicants desiring work ot
every typaatkft-cDuld be 4eund in
Wilkes cahnty. Of‘ this nnmber
501 have been pla^d on CWA,
PWA and private employment.
“When we called for re-iegto-
tration January 1st, 1,423 failed
to re-register which showed thifi
number was no longer interested
in employment for different rea
sons. Possibly, the most import
ant was the Increase in business
and industries which required a
great number of our applicants
that were not placed by our serv
ice. We have now on our active
file, 1,418 available men and
women from which we can sup
ply qualified workers for most
any business or industry In
Wilkes county listed as follows:
"146 carpenters, including
building contractors; 14 building
and construction: 19 painters;
92 skilled IB road construction;
21 plumbers, mechanics and
electricians; 2 landscape' gard-
tiers: 129 truck and team driv
ers; 3 well diggegrs; 61 clerical
workers includins experienced
teachers; 75 mill and factory
workers; 691 day laborers.
“Besides this number, we have
women registered for the follow
ing:
“52 experienced office help;
11 store clerks;• 21 housekeepers:
10 cooks: 52. seamstresses: 6
nurses; 14 mill workers.
“We also have sixteen famlliez
desiring to move back to the
farm.
“We realize that every form of
industry has received benefits
from the National Recovery Pro-
i
County Medical Society, featured vram and we are now
the regular monthly meeting of
the county physicians at the city
hall Monday evening. Dr. Newton
used as his subject, “The duties
of physicians to each other and
to the profession at large.’’
Following the address, a gener
al discussion ’..as held. The entire
program wa, pf unusual Interest,
The engii. of the„ airplane
which carried the Lindberghs on
their 25,000-mlle ■air voyage
weighed approximately 1.22
pounds per horsepower and was
of 716 horsepower.
County Tax'Officiak Invited
To Meet In Ral«^ Next Week
Tax Supervisora, County Commissiwiers, Ouirty Attorneys
andOther Officials Invited To Attend Gathering
Auspices of Institute of Government
On March 14 mid 15
Tsuc Supervisors, County Com
missioners, County Attorneys,
list-takers and all other officials
of this county Interested in tax
listing problems are Invited to
attend a meeting to he held In
Raleigh March 14 and 16, under
the auspices of. tbe Tex Super-
vtoors’ Division of the Institute of
Government, at which time Inten
sive dtocnsalons ot the problenta
of tax Hating siad valuation will
be led by Revenue ConunteBloner
A. J. Maxwell, Attorney Oenefal
Dennis G. Brnnimltt, Asstotant
Attorney General A. A. F. Sea-
well and O. 8.^ Thompson, Secre
tary of the State Board of Aaseis-
ment. i
The gathering to. heing.^ .he»d at
;tion for the
The meeting, which has the of
ficial sanction of the State Board
of Assessment, will he devoted
chiefly to discussion of problems
regarding the listing of solvent
credits, the Constitntlonal exemp
tion on homeeteads, the listing of
property by corporations, trus
tees, estates and guardians, the
methods of valuing various types
of personal property, and the dis
covery of property es«u)tag tax
ation. AU dtoenssions will he in
formal, and qnestlons from the
floor will he perinitted at any
time.
Tbe sessions wlR ho held in
the Hall of the House of Repre-
sentativee to the State Capitol
Bnlldlng. Registration will begin
at 1:00 p. m. Wedneaday. March
14. The, first session -will hs hold
this time in nreoaraUon for the 14. me nrsi seeuou wiu
, ItottngTwti^ and per- at 2:00 p. m. on that day and
i-^annual listing ^ , sMinwaii hv sessions Wed-
aonal property for
will he followed by sessions Wed
nesday night, Thureday morning
and Thnnrttor afternoon.
these Industries to helpt up find
employment for the remaining
applicants we have that could not
be placed on CWA projects. W#
ask that you cooperate with us
when you arc in need of help in
any kind of work such as man
ufacturing, store clerks, steno
graphers, bookkeepers, and oth
er Industries listed above. By co
operating with us, you are help
ing the Government to relievo
Itself of the unemployment situ
ation and helping our President
to carry out his recovery pro
gram.
“We want to ask especially
the farmers, who have houses
and room, to take care of a num
ber of our cases, to call at this
office and let ns help you place
the help you need from our list
of needy. Our service to free,^and
we are wUllqig to help yon . to any
way we can." v „
Mnlbenfy Mai’s
HomelsBmned
T. M. Brown Loses ResMenw
and Furniture In Fire
Tuesday Aftemotm'
The hom^ipe.f?.'M. Bw^n, lo
cated west of '^ghway 18 about
seven mll^ from thS city, “Fas
dealroyed by lire Thesday after
noon about 2:30 o’clock. Tim flra
caught from a spark whteh fell
on the roof and ripl®y burned
the reeidenoe.
The home and practloaUy all
its contents, Inclndtag furniture
and peraonal effects, weri a total
loss. Tho loss, esUmated rt, ^
tween $2,600 and'|S,00«, ,'•»»
.only imrttolly covered by taiinr*_
ance.
Mr. and Mrs.' Ssilth RlMata,
^ MUlsrs Creek, aiaipSp tkP :
birih of a bob 8a»fiO)>.