J. I* Bvaie, at Galax, Va^ Is
Arrestoi In Connection i
With Accident
- '>‘Maek 0. Felts, ij, a resident
ot th» Hays community, was fa
tally tnjored and six other occu
pants o( the Chevrolet pickup he
wwfiJhcH»K were injured Satur
day about 11 o'clock when
the'pickup was struck by a
Plynioaith antomohile driven by
J. L. Basic,';’of Galax. Va.
Felts sustained a compound]
fracture of the skull at d died
this momi^ at 4 o’clock at the
Wilkes Hospital. I
The pteknp, which Felts was,
driving, was traveJHng north up i
Sixth Street and had almost'
Washingtok
Los Angeles
Kay Francis,
After two weeks of steady
grinding, Wilkes Superior court
, adjourned late Friday afternoon
a'G. Bingham, member of the
senate eonuaiftee to urge Sppieval of Wilkes bar, whose death occurred |
the Ksetings bill whieh #onU per- ' while court was in session. |
mit dissemlBation of birth eontrol ! The two weeks were marked i
information. I earnestness of court of
. ,, n ficials In their efforts to get rid
I M Brown CnUs “ majority of the ca.ses on the^^^^^^^ furniture to her 11k-
J, Ifl. uruwu V/U1» docket. The court had the com- .
1 AA-nnAvot{/an nf Irt/'ol fltiHF- !
tell her how to dress
granted a divorce.
of the screen, testified that her
third husband, Kenneth McKen
na, assumed a superior and sar-
CBOWN POINT, IND..,. ShorUf
idlUan HoBey, who roM over tho
“oseape proof’* Labs County Jail,
from whi^ John DUBngar, aolor-
ioas Uller and bank robber miSt
his escape with a woodea pistol he
had whittled out daring spare I
momeats.
crossed the intersection when the '
accident occurred. Busic wa.s
tmTalling east and had just pass-1 lyjn vip^t
ed another car before entei’ing;
the Intersection at a high rate of
speed, it was reported. The car
Convention of 17th
District G. 0. P.
plete co-operation of local attor
neys who joined in the efforts,
to make quick work of the cases.
Judge Wilson Warlick. of New-,
ton. presided and Solicitor John |
' R. Jones prosecuted the docket.
At Courthouse In Ed Brown, colored, who was
Wilkesboro Saturday Af- j found guilty of involuntary man-j
ternoon, April 7th 1 slaughter in connection with the j
, .. death of Mary I-ou Settle, little |
atru^ the pickup on the corner j q NAME CANDIDATES, daughter of Register of Deeds;
at the R. & 0. Grocery company. I j vir t h getMe
Others injured in the wreck . A call for Republicans of Sev- ■ sn . s. . .
to
She was
enteenth Judical district to meet
of WUkes-
■boro, was gkren a suspended sen-
Kiwanians Hear
Vanetta, German
And Higbsmith
EXCELLBNTjMESSAGES
to take effect if Brown cannot
show good 'behavior for a period
of five years. The Settle child was
struck by Brown’s automobile as
she walked across the highway j netta
near her home in December,' ^ jjorth Carolina Grange, J.
1
•M. German, prominent Wilkes
>
were: Mrs. A. L. Hutchison, of =,,,.^^,.,11
Hays, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gant, convention at the .courthouse, tence of 12 months^ the se e ce |
of North Wilkesboro. Route 1.,*“ WUkesboro Saturday, April 7,[
Mrs. Mack Felts, of Hays, Ray- at 1 p. m.. was issued Thursday;
mond Hayes, of Hays, and Erwin I Attorney J. M. Brown, district
Burchett, of Dockery. I chairman.
The Galax automobile was oc-1 The principal business will be
euptnd by Busic and Hale Halsey, j the nomination of Republican
of Cteiax, Va. Misses Nannie Bu-, candidates for solicitor and
sic, Eulah Parsons and Estelle j j>'dge. I
H'iDcy. Busic and his companion The following call, signed by
had come over from Galax to \ •'tr. Brown and Wade Reavis. sec-
vialt bis sister and were taking retary, was issued;
the girls home from a local the-, "The Judicial ConvenUon of
atre. ' the 17th Judicial DistrtetTXHere-
®nslc was placed under arrest by called to meet at the Court
house in Wilkesboro, North Caro
lina on Saturday, April 7tli, 1934,
at one o’clock p. m.. for the pur-.
Brief Talks Made By Three t
Speakers At Lwicheon Of j
Locid Civic-Qub
The meeting was presided ore?
by Rev. Avery Chnrch, chairman
of the dry forces.
The request that "voters of
Wilkes county, irrespective of,
their political affiliations,’’ go to|
their party precinct primaries
and their county convention and
see to it that each political party
nominates only law abiding citi
zens for the different offices of
the county and state was contain- , . 4 j 1 „
ed in a resolution passed by the'
dry forces. The resolution implies j
the enforcement of prohibition j
j legislation, but does ,not apeclfl-' p0jj]ggj. Qjj^jjuATE
1 cally point out this phase of en- j
forcement. J. H. Whicker, well known lo-
Whkker May Be
G.O.P. Nominee
For 17th Judge
Likely Choice At Judicial
CMivention
Rev. Seymour Taylor, Wilkes-j cal attorney. Is regarded as the
boro minister, was elected trustee, likely choice of the 17lh district
of the dry forces. Republican judicial convention
Able addt«8ses, stressing the for judge,
importance of enforcing the pro-* This report has been circulated
Brief addresses by E. S. Van-' hibition laws and all other laws,' for several days and Republican
of Orange county, master' were delivered by Attorney A. H. |
! Casey and M. F. Bumgarner, well
j known educator.
A number of minor cases on j.,..0.==^ Following is a copy of the
the docket for several terms | farmer and dairyman, and Dr. J. j resolution adopted at the meet-
were nol pressed. 1 Henry Highsmith, of Raleigh,, ing:
Following is a list of cases dls-, state supervisor of school Instruc-1 “The first civil duty of man is
posed of since Wednesday: 1 . ^ NorthJ 8econdj^to_hlajS2ir.j.local bar. Prior to coming here,
Benbow Mitchell. drtvlBg—'tmr j ^ ernraent, which protects and en-, he practiced'his profession In
Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club at the:
courages home building; third, to Winston-Salem for 15 years.
by city police who investigated
the accident. He was released
under $1,000 bond yesterday.
Occupants of the Chevrolet
pickup suffered severe bruises
and lasceratic us. Besides Felts,
the most seriously injured was
Mrs. Hutchison, who is still a
patient iu the hospital.
Obcupants of the Plymouth
were uninjured.
Felts was the so of Mr. and
Mrs. J. N. Feits. of Hays. Besides
hk parents, he is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Willie Felts, and the
following brothers and sisters;
Troy, Bruce and Oscar Felts, of ^
Hays, Mrs. Monroe Myers, Misses
•'* Dorothy and Hazel Felts, of Hays,
and Mrs. E. M. Lowe, of Saxapa-
haw.
• ^ Funeral services will be con
ducted for the wreck victim at
^or.atain View Baptist church He WiU File In
tomorrow by Rev. Landreth j Republican Primary; In ^
. ^ Blevins. The hour of the service, Years
had not been set at noon today. - i
I County Coroner S. A. Rash, of
Millers Creek, announced Satur-
his political party so long as
while intoxicated, sentenced to |
four months on the roads and j regular luncheon at Hotel Wilkes
liceiisiPR to drive revoked for 12 . Friday. j that party stands for the beet in-‘
mon‘,hR. j The program was in charge of terest of home and government.
! Benbow Milchell. violating pro-, and Forestry' ‘‘2; “ duty of every citl-;
hibition laws, judgment suspend-; | zen to attend and take part in
■ ed. ! committee and was given under; councils of his party which]
Thomas Brooks, as.saiflt, six | the direction of E. G. Finley,! shapes its destiny, but is not
' months on the roads. chairman of the committee. j bound by the majority of his
Vance Lovette, opejating mo-j At the business session, presid-| party when it stands tor any ^
I tor vehicle while intoxicated, , ed over by President R. G. Fin-| thing or any candidate which,
North WllkMwd b an
airport' constructed as a ' CWA
project, the local airport com
mittee was advised Thursday la
a telegram from R. B. Page, ad
visor to the aeronautics divisloa
of the. civil wdt^^ administration;/:
In North Carolina. *
The telegram was received by
C. T. Doughton, chairman of the
local committee, and stated that
the project had been approved
and that instructions would be
forwarded within a few days.
Mrs. G. G. Foster, county CWA
administrator, bad not received
the instructions this morning, but
it is understood that construction
of the airport will get under, way ■
within a few days.
The D. J. Brookshire property,
located on the Boone Trail three
miles east of Wilkesboro, was se
lected as tile site sometime ago
and has -been teased by North
Wilkesboro and Wilkes county,
the lease having been authorized
by the city and county commis-
leaders are said to be of the opin- sloners.
ion that no stronger man could j The project calls for the ex-
be named as a candidate. I penditure of $86,04)0.00. Whether
Mr. Whicker has been practlc-! the amount was cut down was
ing law in North Wilkesboro for | not stated in the telegram receiv
ed Thursday.
Hopes Jor the airport had all
but vanished when the 'trtegram
was received. Demobilization of
CWA forces was proceeding so
rapidly that the possibility of get
ting it constructed was consider
ed very remote. However, final
seven years and is recognised as
' one of the abler members of the
Prior to coming here.
pose of electing a Chairman. Sec
retary and Committees from the
respective counties, and the nom
ination of a Solicitor and Judge
of said Di.strict and transacting
such other business as may come
before the convention. . The re-
spective counties in the district, suspended upon
are herp-by reaupsted to select:
delegates lo said Judicial Con- Floyd Bro> n , j ,v. , ■ r. w
vention at their regular county >ent suspended upon payment of reported Kjwaman W^
He graduated from Wake For
est College law school which has
given the bench some of its abl
est members. He is 44 years of approval means that construction
age.
The judicial convention will be
held in Wilkesboro April 7, ac
cording to a call issued by J. M.
Brown, district chairman.
pay- ley, several news Items of inter-1 does not tend to the protection
and encouragement of the home
and good government.
conventions which are to be held'
on the date designated by their
respective chairmen.” |
Coroner Rash To I
Seek Re-election
cost.
est were called to the attention
assault, judg-' of the club. Dr. Fred C. Hubbard
K.
1 Sturdivant had been a lather ex-
Airflow Chry»ler
Be Here Tomorrow
"3. No party and no candidate ^ j^rvloe Company, Local
has the right to insist upon the ; Dealer, To Show New Car;
Sherman Colvard, assault with ! actly two hours, a son having . loyalty of it or his constituency i Public Invited
deadly weapon, prayer for judg-! been born at 10 a. m. Friday. | when the principle stood for or
ment routinued. ' J. R. Finley, good roads boost-, the character of the candidate is' The new Airflow Chrysler, ad-
.'tiinie Lou Adams and others,' er, called attention to the fact', not to the h«8t interest of home I vertised as ten years ahead of
i rostitution and assignation, not' that the bridge lights had .been • and government. * moto, ggg will be on dis-
Kuilty. I turned on, and urged that K1-: "4. It is necessary lof Service com-
i pany,
will begin soon.
Albert Rymer, a. with d. w.
prayer for judgment continued.
I wanians use their influence with Government to hare laws such as ■ Chrysler dealer, to
l town authorities to get lights, protect the citizens and their in-'
, This will be the first oppor-
, - tunity local people have had to
j candidates be sober, men g e g this modern engineering! polntments:
E. G. Finley then took charge! good character and who stand for | achievement. The Airflow Chrys-! Antioch—Rev. N. T. Jarvis
along path of the highway from) stltutions.
Forester’a Nu-Way Service sta-' "5. It is necessary that
tion to the bridge. i candidates be sober,—men
Officers Destroy
i'^ liferee Big Stills
Sheriff Somers and H. C.
Kilby Active; Colored
Man Is Arrested
Odell Wyatt, disturbing relig
ious congregation. S months su
spended sentence.
Conrad Holland, trespass, ap
peal dismissed.
Jim Bumgarner, Ellen Burn-! Vannetta, who was here the last, thereof which tend to protect thej hundreds of people are'son.
Walls Announces
His Appointments
Tax Listei-g For Various
Townships WUl Go To
Work First of April
A. C. Walls, county tax super
visor, announced the appoint
ment of tax listers for the varioas
townships of the county (Un
morning.
These listers will begin their
task of listing property for tax
ation early in April, Mr. Walls
said.
Following is a list of the ap-
of the program and presented Mr. I all laws and the enforcement! J‘er“‘haIT very striking” appear- • Beaver Creek—Za’hary Pergn-
I
t day that he will seek re-election , keeping disorderly house,
' months suspended sentence
garner, and Sallie Bumgarner, 1 three days of the week visiting! citizens and society from crimin-1 gar while
irannincr Uionrdorlv hniisc. 12! Ir,/-!!! /Irarurp Units. Mr. Vannetta I a'a nnrt men who stimulate them-* .
this year. ,
Elected on the Republican tick-I
et in 1928. Mr. Rash has served
as coroner for nearly six years.
12 local Grange units. Mr. Vannetta] als and men who stimulate them-
on ; spoke of the history, organization j selves with any narcotic which t
it is on display tomorrow.
Boomer—G. A. Eller.
Brushy Mountain—J. J. Hen-
The public Is cordially invited dren.
Will Fleenor, abandonment,, that there are 800,4)00 members them a nuisance to society.
15 months suspended upon pay- in the United States and more
ment of cost. ] than 12,500 in North Carolina.
Three large distilleries, all of ^ re-elected.
i Friends of Mr. Rash say he has ’Will Fleenor, f. and a., judg-1 Several outstanding features of
made a good record and that he >nent suspended upon payment of, the organization were cited.
I J. M. German, Boomer dairy-
tbem in operation, were destroy- ^
ed by Sheriff W. B. Somers and ^
Deputy Sheriff H. C. Kilby Sat-
onlay.
Die
not i man and farmer, was then pre-
Hotel Collaixsrs,
Beirut, Syria, March 14.-
sented. Mr. German spoke along
-At
cost.
Henry Frazier,
guilty.
Marjorie Gilreath, -4nnie Wil-j forestery lines, telling of an acre
: Hams, Joseph Bunch Gilreath, j of old field pine which he had
least 27 persons were killed and; Raymond Becknell and wife, a. | thinned under the direction of R.
One of the plants was located , j2 seriously injured toni.ght when? with d. w., three months suspend-' iv. Graeber, state forester. He
n the Mount Pleasant comnuin- a three-story hotel collapsed in ed sentence upon payment of, stated that forest thinning was a
d the other two were on ^ the heart of the city. Many were i profitable and in addition to get-
Miew Ridge In the Call section. Relieved still buried in the ruins.; (Continued on pav“ four) H n/
Bob Grlnton, a colored man. was , ' 1 acre, the growth of the trees
ru".;' I Home of North Carolina State ! r“““•
Large quantities of beer were' _ « . __ . _ . 1 Finding that there was still a
OB hand at the three places. Five
gallons Of liquor was poured out,
where Grlnton was operating.
and work of the Grange, stating | dethrones reason and makes' \fptor Service com
pany show rooms and look over
the new car.
T
Miles To Preach
Rev. G. W. Miles will preach atj
“6. We urge the voters of'
Wilkes county irrespective of •
their political affiliations to at-'
tend their party precinct pri
maries and their county conven-:
Edwards No. 1—C. E. Walls.
Edwards No. 2—Mrs. E. G.
Alexander.
EMwards No. 3—J. .Major Ly
on.
Elk—Colin Foster.
, „ . 1 Jobs Cabin—O. .M. "Batson-
tions and see to It that each po-j Bethany Baptist church Satur-j Lewis Fork Com Biledge-
lltlcal party nominates only Ipw.^ day and Sunday, March 24 and ■ i^yeiace—Turner Anderson,
abiding citizens for the different. ,j.^g public is invited to hear] Moravian Falls—D. S. Broy-
hill.
Mulberry—W. V. CaudiO.
Newcastle—:W. D. Rumple.
North Wilkesboro — not ap-
! - : pointed. (Ww-c. ■
Reddies River—Qutcy Kilby.-
Bock Creek—J. 0, BrovB,
(Continued on page four)
him.
Grange Enjoys Master’s Visit!
little extra time. Dr. 'Highsmith
was called upon for a brief talk.
-i ] The well known educator spoke
! E. S. Vannetta, of Orai^ County,^ SpcBks'Here bi Interest of | largely of the inadequacy
Trt'HrtU i Farm Or^ranization; Present Graage Was Or
* Wilkes county, home of the
! present Grange organization in
Legion Post In Favor Immediate |
Payment of Service Compensation
Goes On Record At Meeting Commemorating Fifteenth An
niversary of Founding of L^ion; W. C. Grier Gives His
torical Outline of Legion} Ivey Moore Entertains
widely
Rev. L. B. Murray.
known Baptist i North Carolina, enjoyed a pleas-
gin a revival ® ! ant visit from E. S. Vannetta,'
Grove Baptist churc ’ • state master, the last three day.s
of. Wilkesboro, ****.,*_ will'week. Mr. Vannetta spoke' organization. I wevan.
nlBg, March 2$. The khc at four different points in the. The first local and first Po- Guests for the day included
run for one week and e ^ ) ,punty. climaxing his visit with mona Granges in North Carolina Dr. Highsmltl), 'W. P., ■ Creedle,
an auidress at a general mas? were organized in Wilkes county state school building iSspector,
meeting at the courthouse Satur- and great good has resulted from]and C. 0* McNeill, guests of Prof.
C. B. Eller: O. H. Green, of
Wilkes County Post No. 126,jClub Hou8e andwaspreslded ov-
7f American Legion, went on record [er by Cemmander J.^hLQuten.^^
, phf^l equipment in j TTtursday evening as favoring the] Sure “adl
j of the sUte. He s^d | immediate payment of adjusted recalled the fonndltti
;;;;;;;;;; Thursday evening.] foundTher Siy“equlS^^ more | of the Legl^ and «ve an Ws-
Boomer and Little Mountain on | carry on the work of edneattngj commonly referred to as tne
Friday and at the courthouse-, the children. ; bonus. _
Satnrdav. Mr. Vannetta’s visit] The attendance was 90 per Legionnaires took this action
stimulated much Interest in thej cent, the best record in several; at the special “Oeung called to
Is cordially invited to hear^ the,
well known minister.
wkon the farm agent of Pas- day afternoon,
anotank county culled 340 hens Addressing the farmers on the
ttre flocks last'week, he die-! importance and value of the
covered tl7 loafers.
. f - •
and great good has resulted from
tbe organization.
Plans are being made for re-! Philadelphia, gnest of S. V. Toin-
vivlng several local Granges j linson; Judge .^.Wilson
Grange organization at Mou_l' whlc.h have become inactive. .J guest of Attorney J/H.
^ ^- ^ ; ri - -5*.-'
. .. ' ■
commemorate the 15th .anniver
sary of the founding of the or
ganization. Letters advising Ban-
ator Bailey and SenWor Reynolds
of the sentiment of the fc uer
service men have already been
put in the mails...
The anniversary.^program was
Legion-A uxiHary
girem at - the
torical outlm,. speaking of the
accomplishments'o^ the organi
zation and the ideals for which H
stands.
R:'lvey Moore, local amateur
magician,' opened up his bag of
tricks ad had the' Legionnaires
guessing during his performance.
A musical trio, using stringed
Instruments, composed of Miss
Lnelle Pierce, Joe Bryant and
Ernest Carmichael, 'entertained
in a very delightful manner.
.■^7. .V . .
Somert'—Henry' Johnson.';^,
Stanton—J. B. Baker.
Traphin—C. C. Sidden;
Union—J. R. Owens.
Walnut Grove—Lonnie Bil
lings.
WUkesboro:—George HnHaitd.
Claimed
iBalh
Miss Nellie Brooks, 28,'died^t
her home in this city Satur]^.^
She was tbe daughter of Mr. and^
Mrs. J. M. Brooks. - ,
The funeral service was con
ducted from Hunting Crealt Bap
tist chnrch Sunday at h . p. m.'
with Noah Hayee in charge, |
Surviving her are two brothertK.
Qaincy and Robert,'and two sis^1
ters, Mrs. Vesta Billings and
Ralph Settle.