Frivi^HB^k
Aire Presented
:« ui Grand Jury
RuoKxed C»^k| -Victim
Report Handed to Judge Og
lesby Saturday; 101 Bills
Are Exarnined
K. G. FINLEY CHAIRMAN
Property FUtind in
Good Shaped Roeommeny
drtitms Are Made
I
percentage of the bills
•xamlned by the grand Jury at
- ake present term of court were
of a frlTolous nature, according
to a statement in the report of
that body handed In to Judge
John M. Oglesby Saturday.
Of a total of 101 bills examin
ed, 16 were found not true end
*’tue. The county property
find to be In good condl-
^,^'enerally. Following is the
complete report of
the grand
Jury:
To the Superior Court of Wilkes
county,
Hon. John M. Oglesby, Judge
Presiding.
The Jury empaneled on Mon
day, August 6, went Into Imme
diate session and has met dally
since that day, with all eighteen
members present each day.
We passed on 101 bills, of
which number 78 were found
true bills, 16 not true bills and
eight carried over on account of
necessary witnesses not being!
available. In addition to these,
we are making 5 presentements
on evidence from our own inves
tigations.
Newport, R. 1. . . . America’s
richest girl. Miss Doris Duke
(above), at 21, is romancing a
bit, says rumor. . . . The man is
James Cromwell, 37, of Phila
delphia. An engagement an
nouncement is predicted soon.
Announce Revival
WilkesboroChurch
Missionary From China Will
Lead Services Each After
noon Next Week
Revival services will begin in
the Wilkesboro Baptist church
Sunday. August 19, according to
an announcement today by the
pastor. Rev. Avery M. Church.
Services will be held through
out the week at 2:30 each ifter-
noon and at 7:45 each evening.
Miss Sarah Funderburt, of
Monroe, who is now on a fur
lough from a China mission, will
assist in the meeting through the
week and will lead the afternoon
We regret to say that a j services. The pastor will be in
siderable percentage of the bills,
services.
presented to us are of the usuar promises to be one
frivolous nature that are thel ^ p^piie
principal contributing cause o. [ invited to all services during
keeping an endless docket, ad
ding more new cases eac’a term
the week.
of court than can possibly be his-i-T' .
posed of in the lime available. It j ^ meciing IS
is the opinion oi this Jury that | In PrOgfrCSS At
any feasible means of promptly! D/%o-Ir»»v Rivow
punishing all these small viola-1 Koa^g KlVCr
tions with the minimum appear-Ward Mov.^i Tent
ance of witnesses and other hea-1 pYo,„ Gordon ttill To Hoar-
vy expense, would do more to
contribute to law observance
than any single thing.
ing River
At thej Rev. G. C. Ward, who held a
Fetsting SchW
Water Supply In
Wilkes Coiuty
Water Prom Springs and
Wells at Schools is Be
ing Analysed
SAMPLES ARE SECURED
State Laboratories to Test
Water Fw Inniarities
and Germs
Children attending school in
Wilkes county during the com
ing year will be assured of a
pure water supply, free from
contaminating impurltlefl.
Dr. A. J. Eller, county health
officer, and his son, C. B. Eller,
county superintendent o f
schools, have been gathering
samples from the water supplies
of th© various schools. These
samples are being forwarded to
the labratorles of the state
health department for analysis.
As soon as the results of the
water examination are ascertain
ed the county authorities will
move to correct any evils of the
schools' water supply.
Many of the schools of the
county get their water from clear
mountain springs, which are
generally accepted as the best
possible water but the county
health department is making
sure by having analyses made of
the spring water as well as the
wells from which some of the
schools get water.
An effort is being made to get
samples from all the springs and
well.s at schools analysed before
the schools starting date, Wtkl-
nesday, -August 29.
Homicide Cases
Put On Docket
Grand Jurj' Returns Three
True Bills For Murder In
Present Court
same time it would leave the j tent meeting on Gordon Hill
superior court free to adequate- near this city 'during the past
6eal with the important ccses | several weeks, has moved the
'4R*a saving of the larger part of, scene of his evangelistic endeav-
the present cost to the county, j or to Roaring River, where a
We visited and inspected the | meeting is being held at this
county institutions and offices.
The county home and farm
-were found to be well cared for.
the land properly farmed and
successfully managed. The in
mates appear to b© comfortably
cared for and reasonably content
ed. We recommend that prison
ers from the jail be worked on
the county farm as needed.
Horse barn should b© rebuilt at
cost of around $300.
The Jail is considerably crowd-
(Contlnued on paea four)
time.
Rev. Mr. Ward reports that
the meeting held here was high
ly successful and that there were
a number of conversions. The
meeting at Roaring River is pro
gressing in a splendid manner
with large atteii'dance at the
services, which are being held at
eight o’rh'ck each evening.
Rev. .M'-. Ward invites all de- ■
nominations to Join in the old-
time revival now being held at
Roaring River.
Three additional homicide cas
es were added to the already
crowded docket as the grand Jury-
complete its work in the present
term of court in Wilkesboro,
A true bill for murder was re
turned against Click Waddel for
the death of Mrs. Ennis Dim-
mette on May 5th of this year.
A second trii© bill charging
murder was returned against
Bill Teague, who is alleged to
have slain Lloyd Casey in a
knife fight at the polling place
in Walnut Grove township on
the day of the primary, June 2.
The third was against J. L.
Biislc for the death of Mack
Felfe on March 19.
Big Fair This Year Anticipated as
Plans Go Forward For Gala Event
AU
„ Attractions Have Been Piia>T is kh,led when
Booked For Record-Break- |’ pi-ine crashes up
ing Exhibition
Norfolk, Va.. Aug. 13.—En
Plans are taking shape for the I ^ign James H. Kelsey, Jr., attach
Roosevelt Orders Aid
For Victims Of Drought
Washington. Aug. 13.—Presi
dent Roosevelt ordered increas
ed federal relief for the drought
ravaged West today.
Recognizing that the nation is
beset by a major calamity, the
Chief Executive summoned re
lief officials to the White House
and outlined a hard-hitting pro
gram for succoring the sun-
blighted areas.
He directed Aubioy Williams,
acting federal emergency relief
administrator, to begin imme-
Great ^Wilkes Fair this year., airplane carrier Lexing- purchase of surplus fodder
which is already looked forwara killed this afternoor
to-as the outstanding gala event
of the year by the people of
Wilkes and adjoining counties.
Th© fair this year will be held
on September 18. 19, 20. 21 and
five big days and five big
22
nights.
W. A
McNeill, president and
general manager of The Great
"Wilkes Fair Association, has all
the major attractions booked
for the fair this year. However,
some extra and added attractions
may be picked up at any oppor
tune time.
An outstanding factor in the
prediction lor a bigger fair than
In any previous year is the fact
that the fair this time is offer
ing th© farmers and women of
this section cash premiums in all
departments of the exhibits.
On the midway will be Marx
ton. was killed this afternoon
when his plane plunged into the
sea during maneuvers off Virgin
ia Capes.
PWA Grant For
City Approved
and fruit crops. The fodder will
be distributed to hundreds of
thousands of starved cattle.
The fruit will be canned and
and other foods, will be dis
tributed to the imimverished
with millions of pounds of meat
this fall.
Episcopal Services
Early Construcftlwi Of City
Water Works System
Is Anticipated
The Public Works Administra
tion in Washington, D. C- has
approved an additional loan and
grant of $13,000 for the instal
lation of a modern and adequate
water works system for North
Wilkesboro, it was learned last
night.
The orteinal loan and grant
Greater Shows with all kinds of
amusements, including ten of
the most up-to-date riding devic-
Th© free acts this year contain
plenty of variety for around
three hours on entertainment
twice daily — afternoon and
night.
For the fifth and last day. of
the fair will be a show that has
never before been offered to the
people of this section of the
state. Professional auto races
■will be staged here by the pro
moter of the famous races at
Paytona Beach, Florida.
was $59,000, which proved to be
Insufficient when bids were call
ed for. Contracts have already
been let for the work on condi
tion that the city get the addi
tional funds. Work should begin
at an early date.
Of the amount the city will
receive from the PWA, a sum in
the amount of 30 per cent of
the cost of labor and materials
will be a grant and the remaind
er will be bonds. Bonds will be
issued only in the amount neces
sary to complete the project and
the entire $72,000 allotted may
not be used.
Services will be held at .St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church in Wil
kesboro Sunday afternoon at
four o’clock with Rector B. M.
Lackey in charge. The public is
invited to attend.
The New Wilkes llaundry'Building
. . erf..
Above is shown the new home of the Wilkes Laundjty on
streeV which is celebrating its formal opening tomorrow. The man the matter next week did not
shown’ in the picture is J. A. Jones, owner and manager of the laundry.
Secret Service ^ent Describes
Capture of Everett Wiles, Outlaw
Wilkes Man Confesses To Passing Around $2,000 m Couirter
feit Bills; Now Being Held in Jal at Greensboro
On Federal Charges
The capture of Everett Wiles,
Wilkes outlaw and “Dilllnger of
the south,” was described last
night by Secret Service Opera
tive L. O. Padgett in an inter
view with a Journal-Patriot rep
resentative.
Mr. Padgett and Henry E.
Thomas, head of the secret serv
ice bureau in Charlotte, were in
this city last night and today.
Padgett is the fed'-ral agent
who made the arrest of Wiles at
a tourist cabin near Mt. Airy on
Sunday morning, three o'clock,
August 5.
Taking part in the raid of the
cabin in which the desperado
was found were Mr. Padgett, R.
E. Lawrence, Mt. Airy chief of
police. J. S. Snow, Mt. Airy po-
Wednesday or Thursday.
In the meantime decision of
the state board is awaited with
Intense Interest by people of the
17th Judicial district and the
entire state.
Th© contest has grown out of
charges of fraud and irregulari
ties in the run off primary on
June 30. The allegations have
been placed before the state
board of elections by attorneys
for both candidates, J. A. Rous
seau, of this city, and J. H.
— — Bnrke, of Taylorsville; who
Lawrenc© and Boyd at the win- jjjg local man by 447
r ^ o faoT* araa .. ..
llceman, H. S. Boyd and M. C.
Odell, Surry deputies.
Padgett and Snow took their
places at the cabin door with
dow. Lawrence fired a tear gas y^jgg ju returns of the run-
bomb into the window and when
off as certified by the boards of
— elections in the six counties in
gun as Padgett and Snow were district.
« V 9 ^ ^ ^ ^
Wiles was scrambling for his
breaking the door open he fired
-— .r--- — ‘"r” Following the primary and
another and Wiles gav© up the gjter Burke had charged that
firrKf T aatt than 9.0 after . , .
fight. Less than 20 seconds after
the cabin was surrounded the
reputedly dangerous outlaw
wore the handcuffs.
Under the pillow on the bed
the officers found the greater
part of $1,010 Wiles had In
counterfeit money and the re
mainder was in his pocketbook,
(Continued on page four)
Attending Meeting
Carolina Firemen
Three From This City Attending
Sessions Of Firemen Con
vention
C. G. Day, J. E. Walker and
Albert Eller are attending the
annual state firemen’s conven
tion in Charlotte this week.
Mr. Day is chief of the local
tire department. Mr. Walker is a
member of the police force, and
Mr. Eller Is a member of the
fire department.
The local party left Monday to
attend the opening session of
the convention, which continues
through this afternoon. They
will return to North Wilkesboro
tonight.
Offenders Get
Time On Roads
Many Minor Cases Tried In
Wilkes Superior Court
This Week
A ten-pound son was born to
Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Bullis at
their home near this city Mon
day.
Special Term
Federal Court
Begms Monday
Several War Risk Insurance
Cases To Be Tried In
Civil Court
A special term of federal court
for trial of civil actions will con
vene i n Wilkesboro Monday
morning. Judge Johnson J.
Hayes will preside.
The term is for the purpose
of hearing a number of civil ac
tions, including several war risk
insurance cases which have been
on the docket for some time.
Trial of the cases calendared
is expected to consume the great
er part of si two-weeks’ term.
Judge John M. Oglesby, pre
siding over the present terra of
superior court in Wilkesboro,
has sentenced several offenders
to the Jail and on the roads in
the Jail cases that have been
tried since the completion of the
Tilley case Saturday.
Great Inroads hav© been made
on the Jail case docket this week,
court progressing in an efficient
manner.
In all jail sentences over 30
days the Judge ordered that the
prisoners may be worked by the
state highway and public works
commission on the roads. Below
are some of the cases in which
sentences hav© been meted out:
Ernest Ashley, forgei-y, six
months in Jail.
.f. C. Mitchell, operating car
while under the influence of
liquor, 90 days in Jail.
Ernest "Vates and Mack Hol
brook, carrying concealed weap
on, 30 days in Jail.
Presley Adams, drunkenness,
30 days in Jail.
Earl, Claude and Connie Shep
herd, larceny and receiving, not
guilty.
Clyde Coffey, breaking and
entering and Jailbreaking, eight
months on the roads.
Luther Rash, assault with in
tent to commit rape, defendant
lacking In sufficient mental ca
pacity to plead to bill of indict
ment. i
Alonzo Watson, disturbing re
ligious congregation, 60 days in
Jail or on roads.
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Com-Hog Crop Reduction To Net
Wilkes Farmers Around $10,000
Benefits from the corn-hog
crop reduction contracts to farm
ers of Wilkes county will be in
the neighborhood of $10,000, ac
cording to figures compiled by
the allotment committee.
The average payment to each
of the 126 contract signers in
the county will be approximately
$79 each, while the largest sin-
gl© payment will be in the
neighborhood of $600.
Payments for corn crop, reduc
tion from the Agricultural Ad
justment Administration will be
made in two Installments, the
the second in the latter part of
first in the very near future and
November.
The first of three installment
checks to those who signed the
hog crop reduction contracts
will arrive as soon as the con
tracts are approved, the second
before th© end of the year and
the third and final payment In
February.
All contracts have been ap
proved by the county allotment
committee, the state board of
review at Raleigh and are now
being forwarded to Washington,
crops will total about half this th© fourth and scored on
amount.
Many farmers who retiree
land from corn this year In ordei
to receive the crop reduction ben
eflts have planted this acreage t
legumes for soil improvement o
have planted more food and tee
crops. County Agent A. G. Hei
dren reports. .
MAY — -—__
PROBE OF WtE
BY AUGUST V 22
Deiaboniiic Nontiiiaztoii For 17tli
*' Ote^ct Judge Still In
Balance
BRIEFS ARE FILED
Board Will Consider Charges Of
Voitlng Irregularities Next
Week
Th» state board of election
will meet in Raleigh next week
to give formal consideration to
charges of voting irregnlaritles
In the l7th judicial district, it
was announced Monday by the
board chairman. Major L. P. Mc
Lendon, of Greensboro.
The statement out of Raleigh
to the effect that the board will
3 sit for farther consideration of
1,500 Republicans voted for his
opponent in Wiikes a hearing
was held in Wilkesboro several
diays ago and because of charges
that 800 or more Republicans
cast votes for Burke in Alex
ander a hearing was also held in
Taylorsville.
Following the hearings, which
required many hours of hearing
evidence in the form of affi
davits, the board was unable to
hand down a decision and re
quested attorneys for both can-
dadates to file briefs of their
contentions with the supporting
evidence.
It is understood that the state
board has received the briefs
and a decision on the matter is
expected after formal consider
ation next week.
MANY CARDS ARE FILED
Survey Conducted By Aaierf*
can Lejfion Auxiliary, li ♦.
Acclaimed Sueceaa
Complete tabulation of the
suits of the Legion Aoziiinry'n
Public Child Welfare Sarvw
North Carolina shows that s t(K
tal of 131,110 cards were gather-
ed by the workers in the 190
counties in the state.
The project was instigated' by
Mrs. W. H. Absher, of this dijr
department president of t b •
American Legion Auxiliary.
Of' the 131,110 contacted by
the census 43,398 were Woffd
War veterans and thetr . wlvea,
56,244 were children o£,iW«rld
War veterans; 825 were widows
of veterans, 4,260 were orphans
of veterans, and 36,345 were
physically handicapped childrm.
The child welfare survey ben
been a success from every etand-
point and already provisions ara
being made to care for many of
the physically handicapped chil
dren listed in the files in the of
fice of state headquarters here.
From every part of the coun
try letters have come to Mrs.
Absher commending her for this
major activity of the Legion
Auxiliary in North Carolina.
The following letter was pub
lished in a recent issue of the
Charlotte Observer:
Mrs. W. R. Absher, President,
N. C; American Legion Auxiliary.
My Dear Mrs. Absher:
The state is under obligation
to you and the fine organization
which you head for the publle
service rendered in making a.
survey of the physically handi
capped children and the children
of World war veterans in North
Carolina, totaling approximately
120,000.
Conducting the survey involv
ed a tremendous amount of ar
duous work on the part of wom
en of your organization and rep
resents a valuable public service
rendered without cost to the tax
payers and without compensa
tion. Congratulations!
GENERAL .MECKLENBURG.
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PILGRIM MEETING
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
A revival meeting will begin
at Pilgrim Baptist church near
Congo postoffice Sunday, August
19.
Rev. A. W. Eller, the pastor,
will be assisted in the meeting
by Rev. B. L. Minton. The pub
lic is cordially invited to attend
any or all services during the
week.
Judge Hayea Speaker
For Methodist Bible
Class Next Sunday
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
Greensboro and Wilkesboro, win
address the Men’s Bible clasr la
the First Methodist Sunday
school at 9:45.
Judge Hayes is an outstanding
Bible student and Sunday school
teacher. The class welcomes
visitors to hear his address Sun
day morning.
United Daughters of Confederacy
To Celebrate 23rd Anniversary
Ice Cream Supper
The public is cordially invited
to attend the ice- cream supper
to be given by the members of
Program Will Be Given _ At
“Oakland ’ Home Near City
On September 3rd
The Daughter of the Confed-
the Young Ladies’ Sunday school grac7 win celebrate their 23rd
class of the Wilkesboro Metho-at
the ancestral home
dist church Tuesday night.
The supper is scheduled to
start about 7 p. m. and will take
place on the county courthouse
lawn.
Chatham Noses
Out Home Chair
Locals Lose Pitchers’ Battle
To EBrin Aggregation
By 2-0 Score
For the fourth time this year
Chatham Blanketeers, of Elkin,
defeated the local Home Chair
basebaii team, the last game be
ing dropped to the visitors here
yesterday afternoon by a score
of 2 to 0.
It was a pitchers’ duel
throughout with M o t s i n g e r
where final approval is expected (Chatham) and Gant (Home
immediately.
Contracts for hog
will bring into the county around _ „ ^
$6,625 while the payment to hits came from Mackles bat. He
farmers for reducing their corn crashed out a three bagger in
Chair) each allowing only three
reduction hits.
Two of the three Blanketeer
squeeze play executed by Davis
ind in the eighth he hit for the
Ircult.
Score by innings R H E
'lanketeers 000 100 010 2 3 1
'ome Chair 000 000 000 0 3 1
Batteries were: Blanketeers—
Dtsinger and Southardj Jones:
Home Chair—Gant and Hughes.
‘‘Oakland,’
of General James B. Gordon,
which is situated on the Boon*
Trail Highway, Just west of this
city. Mrs, Charles H. Cowles haa
charge of the program, and will
be assisted by Mrs. F. O. Hol
man, and Mrs. B. R. Underwood.
The Daughters will present a.
short play, in costume, with lo
cal history of the ’60s as it»
theme, and will have tho .asslat-
ance of Misses Bert and Ha Hol
man in the musical numbere.
The play will be given on the
porch at ‘‘Oaklandi,” and chalre
will be placed on the lawn for
the guests. This lovely spot over
looks the Yadkin Valley, and the
town of North Wilkesboro and
Just across the river Is the
quaint Episcopal church, with
its graveyard, where General
James B. Gordon sleeps hIs last ,
sleep close by his comrades .in
that struggle known as the War
Between the States. Many brave :
men served honorably In that
war, and' we will hear of some^
of them in this play. ^
The pnblls is cordially Invite*’
to attend.
An admission of 23 cents *U1,
be charged, which will be used:*
to help erect stones at the
of Wilkes county. CoBfedc
Veterans. - ^ '
Light refreshments will
served by the membets' of
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