North Carolina Newspapers

laM’i^tHot h^ blazed Uke trail of progress in the ''Stat 5.?-a * • ifi J'' lyj ■f-l ^ (/■ .^'* ■*W. 'J* V -,) Pnblirfied Mmdigni and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONOtAY. JAN. 28, 1986 |L00 t H** 'i* . --i ..; ■4'’^ iJM X^ OF THE STATg fSOF Vast Quantities Liquor Destroyed In Raid Friday I , Hauptmann Tr^ Wit^^^^om Germany Cpm-HogCrop Control Group Plans For Yeiff v^n.' »1. -*- Olimntic •yr..-.-•■ And f loods fn.'the . * jAflow storm •%\relled i^t th® list of fatali- Federal Agmts Gel $16 Gal* Ions in F^urmhouse in Trap* hiH Commiuiity ! Farmers Have . Fraim^iNaur jUntil ilareh l^to Sig|i Be*.,. 27,000 POUNDlS SUGAR BENEFITS ARE GtTED ItA.Pwltlc northwest. Takia* Bar Exam Raleigh, Jan. 27.—Eighty-five applicants for licenses to prac- mea law in North Carolina will stand tho January examination of the state board of bar examin ers here tomorrow. Large Amount of Materials Confiscated: Many Con* tainers Are Taken Acckleatolly KUled Kannapolis, jan. se. — Earl Qillon, IS, of this city, died to night in a Concord hospital of bullet wounds received when he was accidentally shot by his six- year-old brother, Richard, with a .22 caliber rifle. } Very Old Stamp Goldsboro, Jan. 26.—M. F. ^Suggs, who is having a house reeled on the old Boag Hooks place on highway 10, three miles west of Goldsboro, found a stamp bearing the date May 20, 1775, in the debris of his old home. i Si.v Die In Fire Goshen, N. Y., Jan. 27.—Six persons perished in their beds early today when fire destroyed their living quarteis at Green wood Lake, a small summer re sort 12 miles north of here. h Graft Is AUegerl AVashington, Jan. 26.—IThe first special grand jury here since the famous Fall-Doheny oil cases was called today to meet February 6 to investigate charg es of graft in a 14,000,000 Texas public works administration pro ject. I Clilef AA'ooten Is Dead k'*. Winston-Shlem, Jan. 27. — James Garfield AVooten, 52. chief of the.AiVlnston-Salem police de partment and president of the North Carolina Association of Police Chiefs, died suddenly herej today of septic poi.soning. Officers from the Oreensbora and Charlotte offices of the fed eral alsohol tax unite made the biggest liquor haul in the history of this part of the staU th® lat ter part of the week when they confiscated or destroyed vast quantities of whiskey aiid mater ials in a farmhouse near Trap- hill. The raid resulted in the ar rests of two women, Jane Hol brook and Velna Prttitt. trucks were used to haul the confiscated materials to a place of storage in this city. :> Th© raid was made on Friday afternoon by a number of feder al agents. Details have not been given out pending further de velopments but it is understood that a number of arrests are ex pected shortly. In the materials confiscated were 27.000 pounds of sugar, enough to supply the legitimate needs of a small town for a year. The whiskey destroyed, total ing 610 gallons, would have been enough to produce over 4,000 headaches. Three thousand, two hundred and forty one-half gallon fruit- jar.s, enough to supply the can ning needs of about fifty fami lies, were confiscated. In addition to the above named materials the officers confiscated 419 five-gallon containers, sever al thousand gallons of shorts, great quantity of barley malt and three barrels of black strap molasses. "Market-value of-the-fliatftrials confiscated or destroyed is a- round $6,000. Payments to Wilkes Farmers tor 1934 Neared Total of 110,000 J^mington, N. J.—The above three witnessfj wer§.b^ought from Germany by the state in the trial of Btuno HaAiptmami oH the chaise ,ij£ murder of the Lindbergh baby. They are close kin of Isidor Fish now dead but from whom Hauptmann stated he had received Lindbergh ransom money. Reading left to right they are Czerna Fish and her husband, Pincus Fish, brother of Isidor (deceased) and Hannah Fish, sister of Pincus. Klkin’.s Dog Trouble Elkin, Jan. 25.—In an effort ^to wage an effective campaign against rabies the city board of commissioners has passed an or dinance making the vaccination of all dogs once each year com- pnl.sory. Kun Down By .Auto Clinton, Jan. 27.—Jame.s H. Packer, 74. prominent Clinton citizen diei today in a Fayette ville hospital of injuries receiv- ed late yesterday afternoon whem run down on the streets in the ^ business section of town by an automobile driven by A. S. Coley. Sampson county farmer. Soon To Begm Work On Road Contract For Construction of Elkin-North Wilkesboro Road Gets ApproA-al “ Kaiser's -Age 7« Doom. Netherlands. Jan. £7. —On this snowy midwinter's night former Emperor AV'ilhelni n of Germany sat down with his children, his children’s children nd a few selected guests in _ioorn manor at a small, one- course dinner in celebration of his 76th birthday. Work will start at an early date on that section of the Elkin- North Wilkesboro highway be tween Elkin and Ronda. it was learned unofficially this week. The project has been hanging fire due to wrangles over loca tion for some time, and news that the highway will be con- MILLERS CREEK AND SULPHUR SPRINGS SCHOOLS REOPENED Millers Creek and Sulphur Springs schools, which have been closed for the past ten days on account of grave fire hazards, reopened this morning under temporary arrangement, accord ing to information obtained from Prof. C. B. Eller, county super intendent of schools. During the pdst week carpen ters and brick layers have been busily engaged In removing many of the fire hazards pointed out by an examiner for the state in surance department when he in spected buildings in the county early this month. At Millers, Creek several chang es were made in the chimneys were made in accordance Flth recommendations by the state’s representative. Because two up stairs rooms of the elementary buildings were unconditionally condemned two grades have been placed in. the already crowded rooms of the remainder of the building until better quarters can be arranged. Sulphur Springs school opib- ed this morning with Baptist Home school, which is one and one-half miles from the Sulphur Springs building. The building at Sulphur Springs, a two-teacher school, cannot be used for school purposes under any circumstanc es, according to the recent rul- and exits from all the rooms ing by state authorities. Blackburn Placed ! North Wilkesboro In Jail At Hickory f B. & L. Will Meet M’ilkes Oeunty Outlaw Is Return-j Annual .Stockholders Meeting! To ed From W. \>. AtTiere He | Be Held Toniglit At City Wilkes Corn-Hog Crop Control Association, composed of 14 western North Carolina counties, held a meeting at the courthouse In Wilkesboro Friday after noon to outline plans for crop control in 1935. A. H. Chambers, representing the department’’of agriculture in Raleigh, was present and told of the Agricultural Adjustment Ad ministration's plans as will af fect the raising of qorn and hogs. The' meetirij;’ was attended by representatives from Wilkes, Yadkin. Sjvrry, Alleghany,-*Ashe, Watauga, Alewinder, Avery, Mitchell and Caldwell counties. The other jnember counties are Burke, Catawba, Lincoln and Yancey. It was brought out in the meet ing that contract blanks will be available to the association and county agents some time next week and an early sign up by in terested farmers is urged in ord er that the signup may be com pleted by. the specified time-— March 1. It will be necessary for every body expecting to receive reduc tions peyments this year to sign regardless of whether or not they signed contracts last year. In addition to these all farmers wishing to reduce their produc tion of corn and hogs and get pay for the reduction may sign. Details can be learned from any county agent or member of the control association. The 1934 reduction payments on the two basic crops in Wilkes county total in the close neigh borhood of $19,000. The first payment, representing two-fifths of the total amount, or about $3,300, has been delivered to AVllkes farmers and checks for the second payment—one-fifth— are expected shortly. Was Wounded Hickory, Jan. 25. — Wade Blackburn, Wilkes county out law, was brought to Hickory from Welc7., wT. Va., last night by Sheriff O. U, Barrs and Depu ty Glenn Allen to face a number of charges growing out of the Hall Here^ North Wilkesboro Building and ' Loan Association will hold its I annual stockholders meeting to- Denies Killing Lindbergh Baby ght (Monday) at the city hall, j Bruno Hauptmann On stand in Own Behalf in Sensa- beginning at 7:30. The announce ment of the meeting was recent ly issued by J. B. Williams, sec tional Kidnap Case structed is quite favorable to Hickory taxi driver, several daysj Frg(\s Fay Incrcas«‘ Raleigh, Jan. 25.—.Major H. ). Panton. Department of Con- lervation and Development chief ;ngineer. addressing the North ilaswHna Society of Engineers lere today, urged them to de- nanrf better than a 15 per cent ncrelLse in salaries or else quit. Beynelds On Conunittee Washington. Jan. 25.—Sena- Reynolds has been appointed chairman of Senate military airs subcommittee to investi- of Col. L. C. Greble. , of Newport News, Va., that -^ar Department contracted, h the Corbitt Truck Company. Henderson, to purchase 94 each and only FIGURE • MARRIAGE '■'i i^' tt- was ■ »'■ so many, p^op*** [ the Bame of fl* In a niarrlago « ^Uaa laier Mp itieMUio froit ' He,«a o: FA tjiUar iu hiB hflw L €• •*»«■. A- w; Oertrpde El ler. many who have sought action on • he project, recently awarded to the low bidder by the .state high way and public works commis sion, has been approved by the federal bureau of roads and the last obstacle in the way of^ the road's construction has been re moved. E. W. Granuis, of Fayetteville, contractor, wa.s the low bidder on grading and gravel surfacing the section of road between Ron da and Elkin. At the present time he is engaged on two proj ects in Wilkes—structures on the Millers Creek-Jefferson highway and fill at the Reddies River bridge here. In addition to this h© has contract for about ten miles of the Statesville-North Wilkesboro road and paving ap proaches to the A'adkin River bridge here. It is not known just what time he will be able to place machinery on the Elkin- North Wilkesboro road. It is understood that engineers are working on the route of the new highway from Ronda to this city and it is presumed that an additional contract will be let at an early date. Manafield Jarvis Facing Liquor Charge Twenty Years Of Age For the benefit of any who tsay have been confused about a news article appearing in The Journal-Patriot several days ago with reference to Mansfield Jar vis being caught at a still by federal officers It is explained that there are two by the same name. The Mansfield Jarvis who was arrested is a resident of the Win dy Gap section and is about 20 years of age. The other Mans field Jarvis (L. M.) is an t teemed resident of Roaring Riv er, R. P. D. ago. kidnaping and robbery of three, retary-treasurer. Maiden men and the larceny ofi A very splendid report of the the automobile of Doc Llppard, j condition of the local institution is carried elsewhere in this is sue. The association has just Blackburn, who was seriouslypassed through a most success- injured when shot through thel ful year. All members are asked chest by a West Virginia high-! to be present at the meeting to- way trooper while resisting ar- night, at which time directors rest, is at the Richard Baker | for the ensuing year will be hospital undergoing treatment j named, until such time as he can be ar-j ^ raigned in Hickory police court | oCOUt 1 TOOp OO for a preliminary hearing. t Will Sponsor Show T'T'i'r;* BONUS.jWCitto- S1H0: iNTO'wnJiSs Meeaure Now Hanging Fk^ In National CtMigreae; Pas sage Contemplnted World Wilkes connty wonld; receive $808,860.00 If the ing for immediate caah pny* ment of the soldiers* bOMM should be passed, a!cordlng to information given oat by A* merlcan l,eglon state heod- qnarters. North CartRlna'S 68,026 veterans woald benefit to the extent of $34,622,162.80. Oth- fV counties in northwest North CaroUim and tho amount their veteTaas would recchte a^: All^iany, $76,160.08; Ashe, $28154S.31; Watauga, $167,* 057.64. Bill providing for immedi ate payment is now pending before the national house of representatives. Its passage is pr^icted but, tvith a preei- dentlal veto inevitable, it is doubtful whether enough votes for the measure could be found to overcome White House opposition. ^^esboro PCA Stockholders To Gather Saturday Meeting Will Be Held at Courthouse in Wilkesboro; Begins at 11 A. M. Blackburn’s two companions at the time of the alleged crime, | Rpnrfit Show .At Liberty Thea- Tam Parsons, another Wilkes! (re On Monday .And Tue^wlay. outia.w, and Helen Beard, of| Fcbntnry 4 and •'» Maiden, have already been tried | in both Hickory and the Catawba i Presbyterian Boy Scout troop connty recorders courts. andl>"imber 36 will sponsor bound over to Catawba Superior court under heavy bonds. They are being held in the county jail at Newton. To Buy More Buse« Raleigh, Jan. 25.—The slate school commission, meeting here today, formally adopted a PWA amended agreement providing for the construction of 75 new school buses for the state. The new buses will be in addition to 875 already provided for. will sponsor the showing of "Chu Chin Chow ’ at the Liberty Theatre on Mon day and Tuesday. January 4 and 5. This showing was made pos sible by special arrangements with the theatre manager, Har old Kay, "who is offering the Scout trooti a commission on the number of admissions sold by the Scouts. The picture is well | recommended and the Scouts will appreciate any patronage extended. Hunterdon County Courthouse. Flemington, N. J., Jan. 25.— Bruno Richard Hauptmann tried to find his way to freedom today acro.ss the grave of Isidor Fisch. .All day he sat in the witness chair, hands folded in his lap, and denied participation in the murder of Charles A. Lindgerbh Jr. He admitted that Lindbergh I ransom money was found in his I house, his garage and his wal- I let. But. Hauptmann said. Fisch I gave him that money three weeks i before h© sailed away to Ger many to die. And then Hauptmann, who has been under a hail of accusa tion lor almost three weeks, turned and flung an accusation of his own. The second night that he was confined in the New York police station, Hauptmann said, police took him into a room and gave him the torture of the third de gree In an attempt to wring a confe.ssion from him. - Stockfaelders of thp Wiikos- boro Production Credit Associ ation, which serves Wilkes .Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alle ghany, Surry and Yadkin coun- tiee, will meet at the courthouse in Wilkesboro oh Saturday. Feb ruary 2, at 11 a. m. Announcement of the meeting was made by T. W. Ferguson, secretary-treasurer, who stated that the association has just passed through a very successful year of loaning money for crop production purposes to farmers in the above named seven coun ties and that collections had been almost one hundred percent. Each borrower from th© as sociation is a stockholder of class B stock and is entitled to a vole in the meeting, at which time reports of the year’s business will be heard and directors elect ed for the ensuing year. Not only are stockholders asked to attend but any interest ed farmers who so far have not become members have an invita tion from the officers of the as- yet^ans Qf War* To Ba Pteml WiD Get Seiriianiit of Vefe- erajis Regarding Immediate Payment of the Bonus Arrangements are being to bold a real mass roeetiaa^ of World War veteramt-^ at ; American Legion anfi-' -AwinilsT clubhouse on Tuesday night, 'he* ginning promptly at 7:15, it was announced today by J. B. McCoy, commander of the Wilkee post of the American LeglOii. "The purpose of such''ifieetliigs is for the Legion in North -Gan>- lina to better determipe. what the former service men who have not yet atfiirated themselves 'with the tiegion expect to do witlx ref- erence to the matter of 4«l«i||ed service certificates," Commaader McCoy stated. "The L#|2ob wants to know how strong the sentiment of the veterans ‘on the outside’ is in favor of the Le gion’s proposed legislation, for the immediate cash payment at face value of the adjusted Mrr- Ice .certificates, with caneelioAkin- of interest accrued anj. of interest paid, as a most effect ive recovery and relief mestiare and as a matter of justice to the veterans. The local^I^gion post and the state and national or ganization of the Legion are 4o- ing their utmost to secqre the enactment of thir l^lslatlOB, imd seeks the active ^of all the other World 'Whr .•vet erans in this matter. which": af fects the pocket-book #of;v evehry former service man. "All former service inen in Wilkes connty are cordially In vited to this great mass meeting which will be held here Tuesday night at 7:15., We want all for mer service mgn to come out t» this meeting,’! Mr. McCoy Con tinued, "whetl^er or not they are members ot.the Legion, they will certainly welcomed to this meeting. They are all cordially invited and urged to attend. The mass meeting very likely will go on record with reference to this matter, which is of vital import ance to every veteran.’’ The local commander also said that “the meeting here promises to prove most interesting to ev ery former soldier,” adding that the former service men of this county were entitled to know the Wets regarding this legislation providing for the immediate cash payment in full and in cash of all adjusted service certifi cates. One of th© features of the meeting will be the address of State Commander Hubert E. Olive, .which the local meeting will hear, outlining the Legion’s legislative program in general and the immediate payment of thfi adjusted service certificate in particular. The story of the whole proposition will be told Tuesday night—how llie govern- sociation. The Production Credit Corpoi-' ment paid all of its other obli ation of Columbia will be repre gallons, war contractors, rail sented by \V. M. Webb, its sec retary, who will outline the set up for the association and give a report of the district since or ganization and covering a period up to December 31, 1934. Applications are now open for loans to finance the spring planting of crops. County agents or members of the association in any of the counties are prepared to explain details of the proposi tion to Interested farmers. W. H. S. Va Ferguson ERA Teachers Hear Supervisor Speak Wilkesboro high school bas ketball teams, both boys and girls, will play Ferguson at Fer guson on Friday afternoon. WAYNE RUTHERFORD WILL TRY FOR BERTH IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Local sport fans are highly pkhsed at the news that Itiatherfoird, athletic star oT North WllIceelMWo high scho(8 in 1088-84, has been given a contract by the Chica go Cubs of the National League. Rutherford is a |dtch- er. Baseball Scouts see a etdor- fol career in th© right am of the fdcmer North Wilkeeboro athletic star. While here he idayed tackle on the foq^hhU team and oentor In bodkeliii^ Although he played the fall and winter sports brilliantly his mind was centered on baef- • ball, ^peAdlng the greater port of his leisure time throwing baseballs at sonsftone’s mit and causing an epidemic of bmlsed hands. He is only 20 years old, stands six fedt, fonr inches and tips the scales at IM- He has been farmed ont..by the Cola to the Los Angeles team of the Fac^ Coast Iiqmee -jL* ttnta^ wt$h the Reds last sj^ng and his out* standing p'Wormances with independent teams m the west coast won for him the contract with the major league team. Rntherford is a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Rntherford, of Galax, Va. During his school year in North WUkeeboro he earned his wajT by carrying a daily paper. He m^e frequent trips to Ashe connty, where he wonld spend hoem taUdu .to Monto Weaver, plttdklng a«>«f Clyde Sorrell, in Charge Of Re lief Education, In Conference With Group Teachers of adult education in Wilkes County met at the court house in Wilkesboro Friday aft ernoon for a conference with Clyde Sorrell, head of ERA edu cation in the state. Many matters pertaining to the adult schools were discussed by Mr. Sorrell and the group of teachers attending. Orphnoage Program There ■will be’a program given by the pupils of the music de partment of Barium Springs school, under the direction of Miss Laura Northrop, teacher of public school music, and Miss Greene, teacher of piano. This program will open with a' short talk frM$. Idf. . Jl B. Jobnetoa, aHd7:4||Y''li''»rogdcast' over Sta tion WSOC,’ Charlotte, H. C.. roads, civilian employes, etc., of the government in cash immedi ately after the war. while the soldiers have only received 50 per cent of what is justly due them.” A large number of vet erans are expected to attend. Through the courtesy of the Radio Sales company a Phiico radio will be instaled in the Legion clubhouse in order that the assembly may hear the ad dress of the state commander. The meeting here Tuesday night Is only one of 151 such mass meet ings that will be held at the same time in North Carolina. N^rro Assaults Girt Raleigh, Jan. 25. — Garfield Walker, escaped negro convict, will face trial Wednesday at Fuquay Springs on a charge of criminally assaulting a white woman. The negro nUagodiy en tered the victim’s bedroom early yesterday morning and assaulted her. He waf- arrested- within'-r'a few hours. ., WANT HOMES FOR a Chkrlas McNeUL^co^nnbX. welfare officer..-"^ tuUKMift homes for three the county is giving n*y qnnrters nt Hto, )b64|I||$ home. • ■ Jr The children IM 6i|M years of age. bog^^ yw6m ot nge, nad gfrlfaw genn nt .4 .. unrfs ■■ iJa 'lieallf’t n ll’vi *