BilBcreant Damagra Church
DanYUlo. Va.. Jan. 10.—Police
today were trying to find the
'*rho entered Epiphany
NiQVKb laat night, cut down a
hoaVl ^curtain, made himself a
- l>ed and^ went to sleep in the
T:-. chancel, after' doing other dam-
«re-
Young Man Killed
Burnsville, Jan. 10.—J. M.
Oouge, B6, of Celo, Yancey coun
ty, was killed instantly when
caught beneath a slide at a feld
spar mine on Price’s creek, Yan
cey county, seven miles west of
‘Burnsville, at 2:30 o’clock this
afternoon.
Sentenced To Die
New Bern. Jan. 10.—Caesar
■Miller, 26-year-old Craven coun
ty negro, was sentenced to die
in the electric chair March 30
by Judge M. V. Barnhill in Su
perior court here today after the
defendant pleaded guilty to kill
ing Jeff Gwaltney, storekeeper.
Upholds Administration For
Economy and Efficiency in
Address to Assembly
ASKS FOR MORE FUNDS
Only Fussing Mention of Sales
Tax; Legislature Must
Work Out the Budget
-Governor
Expecting Big 'Trade
New York. Jan. 13.—.More
buyers, with budgets expanded
over last year, are shopping cur
rently in the New York whole-
•sale market, preparing for a
spring fetail trade expected to
be titc largest in years.
Says He Made Ladder
New York, Jan. 13.—A Bronx
carpenter has informed authori
ties, the New York American
•says in a copyright story, that at
the request of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann he built the ladder
used in the kidnaping of the
Lindbergh baby.
Farmer l.s Suicit le
Wieldop. Jan. 12.—J. W. Du-
pree, 51. tenant farmer, living
near Thl.ctsen Bridges, commit
ted suicide early Thursday morn
ing by firing a single charge
through his head from a shot
gun.
Raleigh, Jan. 10
Ehringhaus tonight told the |
North Carolina General Asserab-1
ly it is necessary that at least a j
portion of the 33 1-3 per cent
salary slash given school teach- ■
ers and other state employees |
two years ago be restored. j
He put the problem of finding ,
the money for that any other ex-1
penditures he recommended up
to the legislature.
In an address buttressed with
a glowing recital of accomplish
ments, the Governor demanded
that his administration’s work of
the last two years be continued,
above all maintaining the state’s
balanced budget.
Doe.s Not Mention Salo.s Tax
Governor Ehrighau.s made no
mention of the sales tax. He lat
er said his recommendiation as
to its retention or modification
will be made in the budget mes
sage, expected by -the a.ssembly
later this month.
Major recommendations in
cluded in the message tonight
were:
1. That the salaries of teach
ers and other state employees be
restored as near to “pre-depres
sion levels as our circumstances
and sound fiscal policy permit.’’
2. That the legislature pass a
bill, proposed by the special com
mission on unemployment insur
ance which the Governor said,
“subject to some few changes or.
exceptions, meets my approval.”
ELEMINGTON, N. J. . . Around
tliese characters swing the most
dramatic court scenes this nation
has witnessed in years. It is the
trial of Hauptmann on the charge
of murdering the Lindbergh ba'by.
Upper left are character studies of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Upper
right, is Supreme Court Justice
Thomas-W. 'Trenchard, 71, who is
presiding at the trial. Below, the
Hunterdon County jury upon whose
verdict rests the fate of Haiiptihann.
Veneer and Pand
Plant at Roaring
River Destroyed
Disastrous Blaze This Morn
ing Razed Part of Manu
facturing Plant
DAMAGE AROUND $15,000
Origin of Fire Underetrmin-
ed; Discovered at 3 o’Oock
This Morning
(Continued on back page)
Attorney General
Elkin Youth Injnifd
Elkin. Jan. 10.—Sidney Huds-
velh, Jr., young son of S. T.
Hudspeth, sustained a fractured
collar bone in addition to numer
ous bruises and flesh lecrations
w'hen he was struck and knock
ed down on the highway in
North Elkin by an automobile
operated by Blaine Warren, local
automobile salesman.
Young Latly Suicide
Henderson, Jan. 12. — Miss
Dorothy Tanner, daughter of C.
P. Tanner, prominent business
' man of Henderson, committed
suicide Thursday in .ilexandria.
A'a., according to a message re
ceived by Chief J. H. Langston,
of the Henderson police, from
the chief of detectives at Alex
andria, with the request tliat .Mr.
Tanner be notified.
Dies in Raleigh
Dennis G. Brummitt Passed
Away (Saturday, a Victim
of Pneumonia
Dennis G. Brummitt, for ten
years head of the stale’s legal
department in the capacity of
attorney general, died in Ra
leigh Saturday morning, a vic
tim of a short illness of pneu
monia.
Preventative .Mea.suit-s
Beaufort, Jan. 12.— Harry
Lynch, 27, was being held in jail
here today clad in nothing but
his underwear, and Deputy Chap
man, the jailer, says that this is
the only way he thinks he can
keep his prisoner from escaping.
A nine-year-old negro boy es
caped by removing the bars a
few days ago.
The death of .Mr. Brummitt
was an occasion of widespread
sorrow to many who had become
acquainted with him during his
tenure of public office and to
state and national officers.
He was regarded as one of the
most able attorney generals in
the history of the state and the
manner in which he conducted
his office was held in high es
teem.
He was born in Granville
county in 1881, making his age
53 years. He was educated at
Wake Forest College and his life
was taken up with church, pub
lic and fraternal duties. Funeral
services were held at Oxford to-
Tam Parsons is
Returned to N.C.
Wade Blackburn Still in Se
rious Condition in Hospital
at Welch, W. Va.
day.
Fruit Growers
Jonas Introducc,s Bill j
Raleigh, Jan. 13.—Represen-
Utlve Charles A. Jonas, of Lin
coln, most experienced legisla-
^tor in either house of the gen
eral assembly, is going to intro
duce an amendment to the homi
cide sUtutes vesting discretion
in Superior court judges to pass
life sentences on capital felons
when jurjes make recommenda
tion of mercy. H
To Meet 19th
Members of Brushy Mountain
Fruit Growers’ Association
to Gather Saturday
Two Auto Fatalities
Fayetteville. Jan. 13.—Two
persons were killed by hit and
run drivers in Cumberland coun
ty last night and early this morn
ing. Paul Jackson, a white man,
met his death on the highway
’’near Autryville. while Robert
Joses, negro bell boy of the La
fayette hotel here, was struck
down on the streets of Fayette
ville, both by motorists who fail
ed to stop.
No Sleep For 9 Years
London — A Huddersfield
blacksmith who has not slept a
wink for nine years % puzxling
medical sclentlsU. Every nigh:
he siU In a chair for two or
three hours, and rests. Sleep-ln-
dnel&K remedies that have been
sent to him from all over the
world have had no effect. Yet he
is flt
Brushy Mountain Fruit Grow
ers Association, composed of
growers of the widely known ap
ples from the thermal belt of
the Brushies, will hold its first
meeting of the year at the court
house in tV^Ikesboro on Satur
day, January 19, at two o'clock.
Announcement of the meeting
was made today by Mrs. C. F.
Bretholl, secretary of the asso
ciation. Al! association members
and other interested orchardists
are asked to be present.
To Present Play At.
Moravian Falls On
Friday, January 18
Roaring River high school
will present “Aaron Slick from
Pumpkin Crick,” comedy-drama,
at Moravian Falls school build
ing on Friday might, January 18.
The admission will be 10 and
20 cents and the proceeds de
rived from the presentation will
be used to supplement the Roar
ing River and Moravian Falls
libraries. The public has a cordi
al invitation to attend.
Tam Parsons, 22-year-old
Wilkes county desperado, and
Helen Beard, young woman of
Maiden, were placed in the Hick
ory jail Saturday to await pre
liminary trial On charges of rob
bery with firearms, kidnaping
and theft of an automobile. Aft
er a hearing today in Hickory’s
municipal court they will face
another hearing in the county
court at Newton.
In the meantime Wade Black
burn. youth of near this city, is
lying in a serious condition in a
hospital in Welch, W. 'Va., as the
result of a bullet wound Inflict
ed by a West Virginia officer on
Tuesday of last week as Black
burn was resisting arrest and
snapping a pistol at the officer.
The bullet pierced his left lung
just below his heart.
Parsons and Blackburn, both
of whom have long criminal rec
ords tor minor offenses, face
robbery and theft charges in sev
eral counties, having been al
leged to have held up at least
ten people and stolen four auto
mobiles in as many days.
Dogs in This City
Must Be Confined
Dog owners in North Wil-
kesboro must keep their dogs
confined to prevent an epi
demic of rabies, Mayor R. T.
McNeill stated this inoniing.
Iiast week a rabied dog was
killed and It was feared tliat
other dogs may have been bit
ten.
Attention is also directed to
the fact that a city ordinance
specifies that all dogs in the
city must be vaccinatetl to
prevent rabies and tluil a ce; -
tificate o f vaccination o f
each d^ mu-st he filed by the
owner with the city clerk.
Vaccinateel dogs mu.Ht aLso
wear a tag’, showing that they
have been given the rabies
vaccine.
Deposits Reach New High
Mark; Both Are Rated No.
1 by the FDIC
Mrs. N. 0. Smoak
NamedPostmaster
No Opposition to Confirma
tion of Wilkesboro Postmas
ter Expected in the Senate
Mrs. Savannah B. Smoak, wife
Mansfield Jarvis |
Captured at Still I
Federal Agont.s Get Man .And *
Still In Windy Gap Com
munity On .Satuixlay
Federal revenue agents D. E.
MeShane and J. W. Hurst made
a raid in the Windy Gap com
munity On Saturday, destroying
one still and arresting one man,
Mansfield Jarvis.
Jarvis was hailed before Com
missioner J. W. Dula In Wilkes
boro and given a preliminary
hearing on charges of manufac
turing liquor, possessing mater
ials, etc. Bond of $300 was fill
ed for the defendant and he was
released until the next term of
federal court In WlUkesboro.
of N. O. Smoak. has been norai- j
nated postmaster at Wilkesboro, j
her name having been sent to j
the senate Thursday for confir-j
mation. No opposition is expect
ed and it is presumed that she
will receive her commission at
an early date.
Mrs. Smoak has been .serving
as acting postmaster for several
months. The appointment last
week means that she will be
commissioned as postmaster foi
the regular term.
Business Picks Up
Cleveland, Jan. 13.—The steel
industry re-entered the profit
zone last week as operations, up
three points, reached 45 1-2 per
cent of capacity, the magazine
Steele says today.
Mr. W. T. Pugh, of Whitehead,
spent Friday in the WUkesboros
attending to business matters.'
With deposits at new high
marks and resources on a steady
upgrade, stockholders of North
Wilkesboro’s two splendid bank
ing institutions. The Bank of
North Wilkesboro and The De
posit and Savings Bank, have
held their annual meetings.
The year 1934 was perhaps
the best year in the history of
the two banks here and both in
stitutions experienced remark
able growth during the last
twelve-months period.
The Deposit and Savings Bank
held its stockholders’ meeting
on January 4. Report of the of
ficials disclosed that 1934 had
been the bank’s best year since
its organization and that depos
its had reached a new high
mark. A six per cent dividend
on the bank’s stock was de
clared. making the total divi
dends for the year ten per cent.
No change was made in the
board of directors or the offi
cers of the bank. The ^officers
are: R. L. Doughton, president;
J. T. Prevette. first vice presi
dent; Ralph Duncan, vice pres
ident; C. T. Doughton, cashier;
Dudley S. Hill, assistant cashier;
Miss Anne Duncan, assistant
cashier. Directors are N. B.
S.nithey, chairman, J. T. Pre
vette, Ralph Duncan, Geo. S.
Forester, C. O. McNeill, W. C.
Pearson. R. L. Doughton. C. A.
Lowe.
At the close of business on De
cember 31 the Bank of North
Wilkesboro has deposits totaling
over $1,118,000 and the report
as a whole was highly gratifying
to the stockholders. The same
board of directors was re-elected.
The directors are J. R. Hlx, R.
W. Gwyn, A. A. Finley, E. M.
Blackburn, R. G. Finley, John
E. Justice, Jr., Ralph Duncan
and S. V. Tomlinson. The direc
tors’ meeting will be held wlth-
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Fire of undetermined origin
swept the panel and veneer
plant of the Roaring River Fur
niture Corporation at Roaring
River early this morning. Offici
als of the company estimated
the loss to be between $10,000
and $15,000 although an accur
ate checkup was not available.
The fire had gained much
headway when it was discovered
this morning shortly after three
o’clock by people of the village
and it was Impossible to fight
the flames effectively. As a re
sult the panel and veneer por
tion of the factory was a com
plete loss and the entire manu
facturing plant was in grave
danger of being destroyed. The
prevailing west winds, which
were blowing at almost the
speed of a gale, probably helped
to keep the fire from spreading
to the main plant.
The Roaring River Corpor
ation has taken its place among
the large manufacturers of fur
niture during the past few years.
It is operated under the man
agement of C. J. Lambeth.
Some Insurance was carried on
the building, although u o t
enough to cover the loss, it was
learned this morning from offi
cials of the company. The furni
ture plant itself will continue
operations.
Passing School
Buses Unlawful
Itany Drivers Disregarding
Law Passed for Safety of
Children Transported
H. S. HoUn’OfiJi
Dies at Age
of 100
Banks Here Report Big Increase In
Deposits In 1934; Stockholders Meet
Statements Show
Growth of Banks
Prof. C. B. Eller, county sup
erintendent of schools. Is pub
licly calling attention to the fact
that motorists who pass school
busses stopped for the purpose
of taking on and putting off
passengers are violating the
state laws.
It is common knowledge that
many auto and truck drivers
and disregarding this law, which
was written on the statute books
for the purpose of protecting
school children, many of whom
are small and who are entitled
to every consideration tor their
safety. School buses are easily
Identified by the inscription: “N.
C. Law, Stop!” which, within
itself. Is a reminder of' the law.
Below are given the exact
words of the law pertaining to
passing school buses:
"Section 1. That no person
operating a motor vehicle on the
roads shall pass, or attempt to
pass, any public school bus while
the same is standing on the said
public roads taking on or put
ting off school children, without
first bring said motor vehicle to
a complete stop at a distance not
lesi than fifty feet from the;
said school bus.
“Section 2. That any person
violating th© provisions of this
act shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and upon conviction
shall be fined not to exceed fif
ty dollars, or imprisoned not to
exceed thirty days.”
Tobacco Growers
Wi Hear Hoyd
State Specialist to Address
Tobacco Farmers in Meet
ing at Courthouse Friday
E. Y. Floyd, tobacco specialist
of State College and the exten
sion service, will meet with to
bacco growers of Wilkes county
at the courthouse in Wilkesboro
on Friday, January 18, at two
p. m.
Announcement of the meeting
was made today by A. G. Hen-
dren, county agent, who is ask
ing that every grower of tobac
co in the county be present to
hear Mr. Floyd outline the poli
cies of the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration toward
growing of “the golden weed.’’
She: “I dreamt last night that
you gave me a hundred dollars.’’
He: “'Wbll, since you’ve been
such a nice little wlfle, you may
keep It.”
Last rites will be conducted
this afternoon at Traphlll for H.
S. Holbrook. Today Is the lOOth
anniversary of his birth. ■■
' He was the oldest child, born
to Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Holbrook
on January 14, 1835. Before
died Saturday afternoon at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. C. C. ,•
McCann, at Traphlll, he was per
haps the oldest reslde^it of
Wdlkes county and a member of
a.family that is well and favor
ably known, not only in his own
community and county, but In
widely separated sections of the
country.
It is interesting to note that
he was the oldest of a family of
ten children and that five of hla
brothers and sisters are still liv
ing. His youngest sister, Mrs.
Alice Brown, mother of Ex-
sheriff P. E. Brown, has reached
the age of 75 years.
Mr. Holbrook was a pioneer
citizen in every sense of the
word. In early manhood he was
a leader in advocating educa
tion and was one of the found
ers of the old Falrview College
at Traphlll, which was establish
ed sixty years ago but, with the
advent of public education, has
been supplanted with a modern
high school. Mr. Holbrook at
tended the old Falrview College
himself. Graduates of the old
school filled many important po
sitions in public and business
life of the state and nation.
His public spirited activity
was not confined to education
alone. He wag a leading farmer
of his community and in church
work he held a prominent and
responsible place. Like their
father, his children have become
well and favorably known and_ _
are held in esteem and respect
by a wide circle of acqualntasc-
es. . 1
Mr. Holbrook’s health held up 1
well until the latter years of his
span of 100. He was seriously
ill for several days before he
passed into the Great Beyond.
Three children survive: Mrs.
C. C. McCann, of TTaphill, C. D.
Holbrook, of Traphill, and R. T.
Holbrook, of 'Winston-Salem; al
so surviving are three sisters and
two brothers: .Mrs. Alice Brown,
of Wilkesboro; Mrs. Betty Tru
itt, of Traphill; Mrs. Fannie
Holbrook, of Stillwater, Okla
homa; Ralph Holbrook, of Trap
hlll, and John Holbrook, of Ab-
shers.
Funeral services were held
this afternoon at one o’clock
from the home of his daughter,
Mr.s. McCann, at Traphlll, with
Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner, Meth
odist minister of' Millers Creek,
in charge. Burial was in tho
Roaring River church cemetery.
Colored Woman
Shot in Neck
Carl Harris Jailed on Charge
of Shooting Wife With
32-Calibre Pistol
As the result of a domestic
quarrel among members of a
colored family here Sunday night
about seven o’clock Mamie Har
ris is in a serious condition from
a bullet wound in her neck, said
to have been inflicted by her
husband. Carl Harris.
The shooting took place at
their home near the fairgrounds.
The wounded woman was rushed
to The Wilkes Hospital, where
the .32-callbre bullet was taken
from the back of her neck. Ac
cording to reports this morning
it is quite probable that she will
recover.
Details of the altercation were
not available, although it is re
ported that Harris was drinking
when he is alleged to have shot
his wife. He was arrested by
members of the city police de
partment and placed In the
Wilkes jail at Wilkesboro to
await trial.
Harris has a long record in
the courts here. He Is an ex-con
vict and had served a term for
shooting Hub Sweet, also col
ored, several years ago.
P. S. SLIGHTLY OSSIFIED
Expecting a blessed event, the ^
happy prospective father fortl- j
fled himself with several high- 2:
balls. Suddenly a nurse entered i
with twins in her arms.
“What a beautiful baby!” ex
claimed the proud dad.
ML.