Published Mondsys Mid Thui^ys
ChdUord WmUhiett 'Omit)'
OaUford countjr, with a tax
able, wealth ot 1164,768,342, is
tor the second consecntire year
the rfchest county in NoAh'Car-
Two Kttled m Wreck
Wadeeboro, Dee. 7.—^Mrs. Bes
sie Reynolds. 26, died here today
ot injuries received last night in
ah automobile wreck which kill
ed her three-year-old daughter,
Joyce.
k
Employment Increase!*
New York, Dec. 7.—The na-
t i o n a 1 industrial conference
board tonight reported unem
ployment In October at 9,604,-
fcOO—a decline of 345,000 from
’WjpStember and of 40,000 from
October, 1933.
Steel Prices I'p
Pittsburgh, Dec. 7.—The price
of scrap steel, which generally
closely follows the rate of steel
production, today Jumped t o
113.50 for No. 1 heavy melting,
with one prominent dealer quot
ing $14.
laibor With Moffet
Washington, Dec.' 7.—Organ
ized labor tonight threw its sup
port behind Federal Housing Ad
ministrator James Moffett in
his battle with other new dealers 1
to stimulate a building revival
through the use of private capi-
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Farmer. WiDIVote Thi. Wedc OnlN OKF.?*
nemCl
Barnes’
Cotton and Tob^ Crop Control BirhChairF-
Vote On Cotton
Question Friday
AU Cotton Farmers Ul'ged to
Cast Ballot at C. L. Comer
& Compwy’s Store
The Bankhead referendum
Friday, December 14, will de
termine the future of the cotton
adjustment program, says Dean
I. O. Schauh. of State College.
If the growers vote for the
Act to continue through 1935,
he says, production can he kept
within reasonable bounds and
prices maintained at a fair level.
Wilkes County cotton farmers
may cast their votes at C. L.
Comer’s store on Friday, Decem
ber 14, between the hours of
nine a. m. and four p. m. There
is only one day for voting lu the
cotton referendum.
If the act is voted down, grow
ers who did not sign contracts
IS CAPTTDiRED
Tobacco Election
To Be Wednnday
Father, Son and Son-in-Law
Electrocuted at State Pris
on Friday Morning
Three Pofling Places Na»rf I ELDER GREEN FIRST
Selectiotf of Persoimd
C^^nty Offices
For Tobacco Farmers of
Wilkes County,
Mrs. Helen aillis. wife of the
late ‘ Baby Face" Nelson and
classed as “public eneuiy num-
Tbe Kerr-Smit$ reffirendum in
regard to continuance of the
tobacco control act in 1935 will
be held in Wilkes county, Wed
nesday, December 12, according
to A. G. Hendren, county agent.
The polling places and those
in charge of the voting are as
follows: Dennyvllle schoolhouse,
H. B. Roberts: Little Mountain
schoolhouse, M. A. Cockerham;
Oak Ridge schoolhouse. Rev. L.
B. Murray.
All polling places in the coun
ty will be open for receiving bal-
Trio Die NervOy for Death of
Taylorsville ^nk Cashier
in Jidy, 1933 .
Raleigh, Dec. 7. — Smlirng
cheerily and showing no signs of
nervousness, three men—a fath
er, his son and his son-in-law—
died In the electric chair at state
prison here today.
They were Bascom Green, 44,
textile worker; Lester Green, 24,
his son, also a m'lll operative,
and Robert Edward Black, 26
an engineer. All were from High
Point.
They died because they killed
T.* C. Barnes, bank cashier, In
an attempted bank robbery at
officers, was taken last week by
will likely push production well agents of the department of Jus-
above the amount required by | tice. She had accompanied her
the market and prices will again I husband on many of his exploits,
tumble below the cost of produc-
tion. the dean warns. | I |}|p^ l4|.A|||
All contracts will be continued MjWC i/lVD * a vlax
in effect next year. If the Bank-1
head act remains in force, j
Sehaub -said, the 73,000 growers
who signed up will be protected '
from the potential expansion of
the 40.000 growers who did not
her 1" after her husband’s sud-j lots on this date, Mr. Hendren
den demise before a fullislde of j said. In addition, the polling | -ji^yjoygyjije jyjy jg 1933.
shots from the guns of federal [ place at his office in the court- stefanoff, who was with
house will be kept open until De- hold-up. was electro-
cember 18 in order to give all
growers sufficient time to vote.
The referendum must close by
December 20, according to E. Y.
Floyd, of State College, director
of the tobacco program In North
(Continued on back page)
Injuries Received
In Affray Tuesday
“Deestrict Skule“
Entertains Crowd
tal instead of federal dollars.
I Dock Anderson, Alleged At-
Since the reduct.on u. acre-1
age and production required,
Cast .\nd .Amlience Thoroughly
I Knoyed I'l-esenlatloii .■It Wil-
keslioro School
Big Christmas Business
Washington, Dec. 7.—A big
ger early December demand for
cash today foretold a better
Christmas shopping business
than last year. Money circulation
increased ti9.000.000 in the
first week of ^he holiday month.
The increase in the same period
a year ago was only $15.000.0o0.
James Love. Windy Gap resi-
Presentation ot a play entitled
'The Deestrict Skule’’ at Wllkes-
aiul production required
under the contracts will not be
so drastic next year. Schauh
pointed out. the allotments und-i , . . „
....t „-iii s,. ‘dent, d ed in a Statesville hos- boro on Friday night under the
er the Bankheaa act will be larg-. A . » .1..
er i pital Saturday morning from in-j a-“spices of the athletic ^^associ-
In 19:t.5. the contract reduc-! juries received when he was al
Wreck Klll.s Two
. Rocky Mount. Dec. 7,—J. D.
Wihite. 30, manager of a Rober-
sonvlUe store, died in a local
hospital early today, the second
victim of an automobile-truck
collision near Robersonville late
Thursday evening. J. H. White-
field, 17, high school boy. was
almost instantly killed in the ac-
' '^^(Ident.
tioiis will be only 25 per cent of! Icged to have been hit on tlie
the base avera.ge, as compared! head with a cliair in the hands
with a 10 per cent reduction in , of Dock Anderson at the Ander-
1934, This will actually mean an | son home on Tuesday night.
(Continued on page eight) 1 Anderson was arrested soon
; after the affray and placed in, Pleasant,
jail at Wiikesboro. This is his= e -
ation was a most enjoyable af
fair for both the members of the
cast and the audience.
The play was given by school
^ patrons, members of the faculty
I and teachers from other higii
j schools in the county. Prof.
cuted' last May.
Jim Green, negro who had
been sentenced to die today for
criminal assault on a white
woman, was granted a reprieve
by Governor Ehrlnghaus yester
day. His electrocution is schedul
ed for January 11.
It took three shots of electri
city to kill the elder Green, three
for his son. and two for Black.
Bascom Green walked into the
little death chamber at 10:32 a.
m.
■T'm all right," he said, wav
ing his hands to the newspaper
men and official witnesses. “Meet
me in heaven. I feel I am going
there today."
To Contiiiiie For
Fow.Mcu’e DaiP
N orth Wi&esboro WiU Be I#'
(ation of ERA Office
Six Counties
ARE SEEKING ECONOKT
Flemington, N, J. . . . Mrs.
Bruno R. Hauptmann and her
young son (above) still remain
this town’s most interesting char
acters as they make their week
ly trip to the county jail to visit
the father who is held for trial
in the Lindbergh case which
starts early in January.
He swaggered toward the chair
Highsmith Will
for i
was good in the role of school-
he
1 masters and the other members
I second time to be in jail
ill rp I i murder. Several years ago | exceptionally
I convicted for the killing of ..
Address leacners
Item and sentenced to the Peni-^ refreshments in the
Meeting To Be Held At Wil-, tentiary when he was found j
kesbolo School Building
Saturday, Dec. l.>
home economics department of
.guilty of second degree murder, j
Funeral service for Love was
I held Sunday afternoon. 3:30 at
Reynolds Hus Operation |
Washington, Dec. 7.—Senator,
Reynolds, of North Carolina, j
who Monday underwent an ade
noid operation at Johns Hopkins
hospital in Baltimore, is expect-1
ed to return to his office here j
H^xt week. Reynolds has an
nounced he intends to remain in
Washington until Congress con
venes.
■Say.s Wiulthy Selfish
New York. Dec. 7.—Within
one of New York’s most exclus
ive clubs. Secretary Wallace to
night assailed the wealthy class
of “chaotic, ignorant pursuit of
self interest.’’ He said the pro
posals for national policy that
come from the rich contained in
the main "nothing more pro
found than such catch phrases
as balance the budget’ and 're
turn to the gold standard’."
Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, direc-j^jj sj^ai Church. He is surviv
tor of the division of higii schooi 1 |,y following brothers and
inspection ot the .state *eparl-, Love, Mrs. H. M.
ment of education, will address i^^jg^ggu^ Mrs. Noah Honeycutt,
the Wilkes County Teachers’ as-| jiyg jg^n Stuart. Mrs. N. E.
sociation in meeting at the; Love and Mrs. John Shatley.
Wiikesboro school building on;
Saturday. December 15. begin- Miss Elizabeth Faw, daughter
ning at 10 o’clock. jot Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Faw, ot
Announcement of the meeting j this city, was a member of the
was made today by Prof. C. B. | cast of “A Wedding,” a play giv-
Eller, county superintendent of j en in Greensboro Friday night by
public instruction. Attendance j students of Greensboro College
of all teachers in the county is The play was well presented, ac-
required. cording to press reports.
December 24-31
School Holidays
and sat down unaided. The cur
rent was applied at 10:36. It
stayed on for one minute and 30
seconds. The second shock last
ed one minute and 11 seconds.'
(Continued on page eight)
James Jarvis, 65,
Ends Life With
Shotgun Charge
New organization of relief »4-
minlstration 1 n Northwester*
North Carolina with a dlstrfek
office in North Wiikesboro for
six counties has been delayed for
several devs pending selection of
personnel by state relief aatber-
Itles and working out other de
tails of the new organization-
At present each county Is ser»-
ed by a relief administrator and
assistants with an office foree
and this system will continue lot
a few days. Under the new aetnp
the counties of the state wlrf tm
divided into 33 districts instead
of the 104 that now exists, nw
consolidation move was to. have
gone into effect on DectemlK^ 7
but It was found that the aav
organization could not get under
way with such short notice and
much time has been given to the
selection of the administrator
and the other major offices for
each district.
The district office in North
Wiikesboro will be located on
the second, floor of the Bank of
North Wiikesboro building and
will serve Wilkes, Waianga.
Ashe. Alleghany. Surry and Yad
kin counties. Each county will
Coroner Pronounces Death a' adequate number of
case workers but will not have
an office force and clerical help.
The district personnel will be
Suicide; Funeral Held
Sunday Afternoon
Two Men Arrested
i James Jarvis, well known res-1 composed of a district adminls-
I ident of Lovelace township, end-1 i''ator, case work supervisor, dls-
llfe Friday afternoon i bursing office, rural rehabiliU-
By Revenue Agents | o’clock when he fired ; tion supervisor and statistician.
Bill and CeciTH^a.'ner Jailed! a load from a 12-gauge shotgun | This staff will also serve as _
For T.-ausportatTon of Six 1 into the left side of his chest. | planning boa d for each county,
r-aiinns I innni- i Goroner Iredell M. Myers in-, The consolidation move Is the
’ vestigated the death and pro- first important change in relief
nounced it suicide. According to
facts related to the coroner. .Mr.
Schools of County Will Ob
serve Uniform Number of
Christmas Holidays
..1
Will Hold Mass Meeting Friday Night
To Discuss Re-employment Service
Schools of Wilkes county will
observe the week of December
24 to December 31 as holidays,
it was announced this week by
Prof. C. B. Eller, county super
intendent. New Year's Day will
not be observed as a holiday by
the school system in the county.
The school system js operat
ing as nearly on a Systematic
scliedule this year asi possible
with all the schools ending
Bill and Cecil Bumgarner, giv
ing their residence as Boone,
were arrested and placed in jail j Jarvis was in an upstairs room
Thursday night by Federal Reve-1 when his son, McKinley, heard
nne Agents Leonard Roupe, J. j the report of the gun and rush-
C. Fortner and L. T. Jones, on
charges of transporting liquor on
which federal taxes had not been
paid.
The young men were carrying
six gallons of liquor in their car
when they were apprehended by
the officers. Their car was con
fiscated. Preliminary hearing was | some time.
held before Commissioner J. W. | He was 65 years of age, a
Dula and bond was fixed at $500 son of the late Chambers and
ed into the room, where his fa
ther lay dying.
Mr. Jarvis was a respected
farmer in bis community but ^
during the past several months 1
he had suffered ill health and]
the opinion was voiced that his
administration since *the advent
of the Emergency Relief .Admin
istration. It has a double aim to
reduce a '.ministration costa mat
at the same time raise the stand
ard of efficiency by providlnc
for more case workers to inreatf-
gate families on the relief rcMa.
mind had been unbalanced for]
Fathers’ NightFor
Wiikesboro P.-TA
City an(i County Officials and
Civic Leaders Are Asked
To Be Present
Hopkins Was Winner
Washington. Dec. 7.—Secre
tary Ickes disclosed today that
both public and personal financ
es came in for consideration
while he visited President Roose
velt in Georgia the past few
days. On the latter, at feast, he
did not fare so well. He conced-
le had played a little poker.
,rry Hopkins (the relief ad-
miMstrator) can finance his re
program himself now,’’ he
d
^TMd.
ll^es Fanners
P Anioi^[ Winners
Wilkes County White Corn
Takes Prizes at Interna
tional Grain Show
Wilkes County White Corn
scored again last week by win
ning five prizes at the Interna
tional Hay and Grain Show in
Chicago.
Among the prize winners for
the fifth United States region
were R. Don Nichols and two
sons, Quentin and Hermit Nich
ols, of Purlear, and Roberi
Hayes, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.
D. Hayes, of Millers Creek.
The International Is the larg
est grain exposition in the world
and being mf^oag the winners is
quite a distinction for the ex
hibitor and the product entered.
months of work oiji uniform
each.
(Continued on page eight)
Clay and Calvin Welbom Arrested on
Charge Robbing Ronda Man of $1,200
Will Be Observed Thursdaj
Night at School BuildinK;
Good Program Planned
Christmas Trees
On Friday night. December
14. eight o’clock, a mass meet
ing will be held at the city hail
here to discuss the matter of
continuance of the National Re
employment Service. .
During the past year the local
office has placed on jobs of vari
ous kinds more than 2,000 men
and women, during which time
the office has been maintained
by the federal government as a
temporary organization. Under
the new setup, if the service Is
continued as a permanent in
stitution, the fedei-al government
will pay half and the state will
be asked to furnish the remaind
er of the cost.
All members of the county
board'of commissioners, the city
board of aldermen, ajad officials
of tbe Kiwanis Clah^he'ttons
Club, The Wilkes"
.American Legion, and other civ
ic organizations are urgently
asked to be present and the gen
eral public is also invited.
The department of labor, it is
understood, is much in favor of
retaining the service. One of
the particular benefits cited is
ths localizing ot labor on Public
Works Projects. It is pointed out
that the construction of the
L. B. Mathis Recovers j dates. F’or this reason all the
I schools operating under county ! For White House
I supervision will observe the same
number of days off for the holi
day season.
Car; Griggs In Jail
Ii. B. Mathis, who resides on
Route 2, Roaring River, re-
'covei-ed hi.s automobile early
Saturday morning. The car
wa.s stolen Wednesday night
about 8 o’clock while parked
in front of the home of Mrs.
.41. W. .Mat hi.s, eight miles east
of tile eit.v.
M'hen recovered by Mr. >Ia-
this the car was being driven
by Odell Gri^s who was plac
ed in jail to await preliminary
b wring.
The machine had not been
damaged but had been driven
around 600 miles since being
stolen from Mr. Mathis.
! Pass Through City
Wiikesboro Parent - Teacher
j As.soclation will observe Fath
ers’ Night with an appropriate
program in the school auditor-
( lum Thursday night at 7:30.
[ Carl Redding-'s Home Looted . ^ Christmas rTogram of mucb
of Big Sum in Cash On ‘^““r
j Novemb^l9th , FoUowing the
Clav^iitid Calvin Welborn were ' Program an informal reception
Bottlers Association
Officials Are Guests
Of W. A. McNeill Here
James Oliver, secretary ot the
National Bottlers Association,
and C. D. Cecil, secretary of the
code authority for bottled bever
ages, were guests of W. A. Mc
Neill, of the Coca-Cola Bottling
trcj's
Two towering balsam
pa.s.sel through North Wllkcs-
boro Sunday en route to Wash
ington, D. C., where they are
to be planted on the White
House lawn as living Christ
mas trees.
The trees wire taken from
! arrested in Miami, Florida. Sat- j held.
I urday on charges of entering the 1 It is earnestly desired that all
home of Carl Redding at Ronda ! members ot the association, and
ion November 19 and stealing | especially the fathers, attend the
j $1,200 in cash. . j meeting. Other interested pa-
I Redding, it is reported, is a i Irons are also invited to be prea-
j tobacco farmer, and during the j ent.
i depression suffered heavily in 1
bank failures, which is consider-
high In the moun- j cd the cause for his placin.g his
of Avery County and i savings in a fruit jar and keep-
Stolen Car Found
Company, here during the week- were being Imu,^ by .™ck to ‘"g the money in his home
end.
They accompanied Mr. McNeill
home from Durham, where they
attended the state bottlers’ con
vention on Thursday and Friday.
the capital. C. W. Stewart, C. | Although no publicity had
R. Isaacs, Corbrtt Johnson and
Luther Clark, in chai^ of the
caravan, said they expectctl to
reach Washington today.
A 1934 model Ford sedan be
longing to John E. Justice, stolea
from the streets of this city aa
'Thaaksgiving Day, was found
one day last week in the Windy
Gap section of this county.
CITY TAKES ON YULETIDE APPEARANCE;
ONLY 12 SHOPPING DAYS TILL CHRISTMAS
been given the investigation,
Wilkes officers and others had
been gathering evidence that led
to the arrest of the two Wel-
borns.
Mr. Redding went to Greens-1
boro, where W. P. Whitley, iden-1 .
tification expert, had finger-**
prints and a record of the Wel-i
horns. Circulars were prepared Dr. J. Henry Highsmith W®
Schoolmasters To
Meet Friday,
and sent to police headquarters
in several cities and on Saturday
twelve
With only
days before Christmas North
W’fitkesboro has taken on a ynle-
tide appearance and 'the spirit of
the holiday season begins to per
meate the city and community.
Work Is now going on in pre
paring the street decorations.
I at no other time in recent years j word came from Miami that the
tor Christmasihave North Wiikesboro merch
shopping needs.
As a Mecca lor imr.suuas,
shoppers North Wiikesboro does j Northwestern North
not have its equal in any other 1 Carolina than they can during
town in the state with a popula-1 the present holiday season,
tion of under 5,000 people. The! The Christmas shopping sea-
mercantile firms have anticlpat-1 son is now open in North Wilkes-
^ the biggest holiday trade In
Great Scenic Parkway through
Alleghany, Wilkes, Ashe and Wa
tauga countie.s will call for a
tremendous amount of PWA 1«-
which will be more
attraftive 1 several years and have stocked
this year than for any previous j their stores completely in order
holiday season in North Wilkes- j that all needs and demands,
boro. On the whole the city will | great or small, can be filled In
bor and that the office here will have a beautiful and welcoming I “The Key to the Bine Ridge."
appearance to the people of without prolonged and exiienslve
Northwestern North Carolina trips to the larger cities of Pied-
wlio come here to supply thelflmont North Carolina. Pi'bably
be needed in order to secure em
ployment for the people of these
counties.
boro and the merchants have
beautifully decorated their es
tablishments to present to the
visitors an attractive atmosphere
that gives one the feeling that
“Christmas Is A’comln’ ’’ and
that relatives and friends should
be made happy with gifts this
yuletlde season.
' Address Teachers at Wii
kesboro School Buildiiis.t:^
Highsmith, oC
two men had been arrested. i Henry
Sheriff Somers stated this 1^® state department of
morning that arrangements arep*®“’ address the WitkM
being made to send after the two Schoolmasters Club In
men and bring them to Wilkes-!® dinner meeting to be beld-on
boro to face trial on the robbery
charge. Particulars of the arrest
in Miami have not been learned.
Gnilforct Man Killed
Shube Walden, 61-year-old
Guilford county farmer, was fa
tally injured when struck by a
hit-and-run driver on the . old
Randleman roadi between 6:30
and 7 o’clock Saturday night.
Friday evening, December 14, at
5:30, in the home economics
rooms of the Wiikesboro
building.
AU high school principals,
teachers and coaches who cut
attend are asked to notify Pro*.
T. E. Story at the Wllktesboro
school not later than Thsnday
afternoon. Price-, for plates will
be 50 cents each.