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LOOIN THB OUT OF THE
i^acibarn and Par^
Stockholders In
Meet Saturday! I°T° "y*
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Farm Credit Association}
Hears Good R^rt From j
Secretary»Trt»snrer !
COLLECHO^tS GOOD
victim
^ Barlinston, Feb. 5.—J. ‘ W.
..{V*ch, 6$, of JilUsboro, was in-
elaaUy kilted by a hit-and-run
dcirer who struck him down at
'd‘:S0 oVilock last night and then
fled from the scene.
KDled By Brotber-ln-Law
;, Gastonia, Feb. 5.—John Aber
nathy, 25-year-old farmer, was
shot to death last night at bis
home near High Shoals by Sd
Hester, 19, his brother-in-law,
who was being held today with
out bond on a charge of mnrder.
NBA Will Continue
Washington, Feb. 6.—Admin
istration and congressional lead
ers appeared agreed tonight on
extension of the NRA for anoth
er two years, elln^inatlng Us
price-fixing provisions and light-
eaiag the penalties for viola
tions.
Directors Fttr Yew Named; j
Address of Credit Admin
istration Secretary
Heat Going Higher
Washington. Feb. 5.—Farm
experts said today that house
wives who are fretting over food
costs would have a great deal
more worrying to do about the
price of meat but little more so
far as winter vegetables were
concerned.
She Packs A Sock
Goldsboro, Feb. 5.—Leaving
her sick bed, Mrs. Will Braswell,
^of Fremont, this county, grabbed
lpN>n iron fire poker and, racing
bardfooted to the hall, knocked
out a 160-pound negro burglar
'■ whw was- strwgfeTfhg"“■'wtTR‘ Her
husband, late Saturday night.
Work.s Relief Bill Saved
Washington, Feb. 6.—By the
slender margin of one vote, the
.administration today prevented
the rebellious Senate appropri
ations committee from scrapping
the $4,880,000,000 works bill
and substituting a $2,880,000.-
000 "dole” for the nation’s
needy.
Investigfating Graft
Washington, Feb. .S—Evidence
gathered for the first special
grand jury meeting here since
the Teapot dome inquiry will be
presented by the public works
^ administration tomorrow o n
charges of graft in a $4,000,000
PWA canal project somewhere in
Texas.
Members of the Wilkesboro Pro
duction Credit association, which
serves the counties of Wilkes, Yad-1
kin, Surry, WaUUfa, Alleghany, j
As^ and Caldwell, held its first;
annual stockholders’ meeting at (
Wilkesboro February 2nd. heard j
complete reports on the first yeaFs |
operations of the association, and j
elected directors for the coming!
year.
The meeting was very largely!
attended, not only by the members
but also by a great many farmers
who are not fnembefs but who de
sire to acquaint themselves with
the credit facilities which the as
sociation is offering. An invita
tion had been extended by the as
sociation to all farmers to attend.
After the annual report of the
year’s operations had been made
by T. W. Ferguson, secretary-
treasurer of the association, the
meeting was addressed by Mr. W.
M. iWebb, secretary of the Pro
duction Credit Corporation of Co
lumbia. In his address, Mr. Webb
explained- the corporate setup of
the Farm Credit administration
of Columbia, which serves the
states of North Carolina. South!
Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and j
made a thorough explanation of‘
the local association’s financial i
statement.
Mr. Webb pointed out that the |
co-operation of farmers in the,
field of credit through the pro
duction credit associations has en-'
abled them to go collectively into
central investment markets to ob
tain money at low rates of in
terest. The low cost
sources of financial centers of the
nation long available to other in
dustries, have through these as
sociations been made available to
agriculture, he said.
Mr. Webb said that the pro
cedure for obtaining loans for the
coming year had been greatly
Amplified and that the loans could
be handled a great deal more
quickly than in the past. He urged
farmers, however, to make their
applications early and get their
commitments approved as they do
not begin paying interest until
they get their money.
Other speakers at the meeting
included J. Edwin Tiddy, field rep
resentative of the corporation of
Columbia: A. G. Hendren, county
agent for Wilke.s; Dennis H. Sut-
(Coiitinued on page eight)
W&es 0udaw$
Draw Long Terms
Si^tfnced in Court at New-
^ ton Taendas^ on Solibery-
Abdoeiiite ClttUwe ^
Flemington, N. J.—To the courtroom regulars at the tnal of Brqno
Hauptmann, on the charge of murdering the Lmdbe^h baby, the
above photograph typifies the desperate defense battle that is being
fought. It is Hauptmann in close discussion with Edward J. Reilly,
chief of his defense counsel
County Boards in Session; Jurors Are
Drawn For Spring Term of Court
Girl Slashes Girl
Huntersville. Feb. 6.—Mildred
Kee wa.s in a critical condition
here tonight from loss of blood,
and her assailant was in jail at
Charlotte as a result of their
’ quarrel “about a permanem
wave.’’ Loiifse "Jackson allegedly
slashed Miss Kee’s throat, sever
ing the jugular vein during the
dispute.
Hitler ant Kaiser
Berlin, Feb. S.—Adolf Hitler
today met the former kaiser’s
eldest son, former Crown.Prince
Wilhelm. The interview, held to
be extremely significant, took
place at the chancellory, the
propaganda ministry said. Ear
lier rumors said Hitler dined
Wilhelm at his apartment.
Mountain Lions
Defeat Lenoir
TWO SCHOOLS
STILL CLOSED
Sulphur Springs And Baptist
Home Children Awaiting
Bnikling FacUlUes
Sulphur Spring and Bap
tist Home 8cho^, both In
Mulberry township about’ four
miles north of this city, re-
ipain closed while school au
thorities ai'e searching for
means to house th^n for the
remainder of this term.
Sulpliur Springs building
was condemned because of it
being In a state of collapse
and the children were sent to
Baptist Home building a mile
and a .half away. Baptist
Horae building burned last
week.
Board of Conurassioners and
Board of Education Have
Quiet Sessions
Wade Blaekbfim, 22, Tal-
madge Parsons, 23, and Helen
Beard, 21, were convicted of
kidnaping and robbery with fire
arms In Superior court at New
ton Tuesday as the aftermath of
the trail of crime they blazed
across western North Carolina
lost month.
Judge Donald D: Phillips sen
tenced Blackburn and Parsons,
who have been deuiared outlaws,
to 25 to 30 years In state’s pri
son and the Beard woman to 20
to 30 years.
The trio were sentenced just
one month, lacking a, day, after
the morning they abducted Will
Buff, night policeman at Maiden,
and Robert Icard and Dean Car
penter, of Maiden, and took them
from Malden to Hickory where
they held up and robbed Doc
Lippard, a taxi driver. That was
on the night of January 6.
Buff was abducted after he
went to a house In Maiden where
the Beard girl was staying to in
vestigate a disturbance. Forcing
him to accompany them at the
point of a gun. Parsons and
Blackburn took Buff to Icard’s
home nearby, roused Icard from
his bed and ordered him to take
them to Hickory. As they were
leaving, they saw Carpenter on
the street and forced him into
the car. The Beard girl accom
panied them.
Upon taking Lippard’s car at
Hickory, Parsons and Blackburn
relea.sed their captives and went
The county board of commis
sioners and the board of educa
tion held their usual first Mon-
' day meetings last week. Little j
o« w'lk
I captured in W. va,, a
occupied most of the time.
Funeral Service
For Mrs. Barber
Members of the board of edu
cation meeting with Snpt. C; B.
Eller were R. R. Church anH D.
F. Sheppard. A vote of approval
was given the proposal to bor
row money for needed school
building work.
All members of the board of
commissioners, composed of D.
B. Swaringen, M. F. Absher and
Ralph Duncan, were present In
the meeting with Register of
Deeds O. F. Eller, clerk to the
board.
Jurors for the Bprihg term of
criminal court to :^gin on
March 4 were drawn as follows:
First Week
week later after a West Virginia
state t-ooper wounded Black
burn in a gun battle.
Blackburn and Parsons, na
tives of Wilkes county, were al
so accused of holding up and
robbing Marcus Moore, local
taxi driver, of his automobile
and several dollars in cash, rob
bery of the Hudson railway de
pot in Caldwell county and the
robbery of a store at Granite
Falls. These crimes were com
mitted in a three-day period pri
or to the abductions at Maiden.
On Wednesday prior to the
week-end in which the youths
blazed their trail of banditry
W. F.
Wyatt, union; J. A. P-ons -dJilackburn are ai-
Was Held Tuesday Afternoon
At St Paul’s Episcopal
Church in Wilkesboro
A most impressive funeral
service was held at St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church in Wilkesboro
Tuesday afternoon for Mrs. W.
Boys Win Fourth Straight
Gante: Good Standing in
Western Conference
Rev. R. F. Day Is
Hinshaw Pastor
North M’ilkesboro’s Mountain
Lions came I'voni behind Tuesday
night to win over a strong team
from I.enoir O.T to 26 in a game
played on the local court.
The .Mountain Lions are going
at a rapid pace and the game
Tuesday night over Lenoir was
the fourth in succession. Lenoir
started out with a lead of eight
to 2 but fell hack when the lo
cals tightened down and began
to work systematically toward
the goal.
M'. Barber, highly respected res
ident of Wilkesboro who died
Sunday.
The last rites were conducted
In the presence of a large con
course of relatives and friends,
many coming from distant com
munities to join in a tribute of
respect to the life of Mrs. Barb
er, whose Christian life and gen
ial personality had won for her
a host of friends.
The service was conducted in
the hi.storic church by the rec
tor, Rev. B. M. Lackey, of I..C-
noir. Interment was in the ceme
tery nearby.
Pall bearers were J. B. Mc-
Barlow, Mulberry: E. C. Woodie,
North Wilkesboro: J. W. Rob
bins, Somers: D. A. Absher, Ed
wards; F. M. Haynes, -Mulberry;
A. P. Baiigiie.ss, Traphill; A. G.
Anderson, North Wilkesboro; S.
U. Reynolds, North Wilkesboro;
W. C. Johnson. Rock Creek: A.
R. Miller, Union; John Johnson.
Lovelace; J. D.. Brinegar. Trap-
hill; A. F. Riqhar^win, Traphill;
M. M. Bumgarner,. Reddies Riv
er; N. J. Haynes, Mulberry: D.
O. Clary. North Wilkesboro: A.
J. Foster, Beaver Creek: A. C,
dill. Rock Creek; W. D. Rum
ple, Rock Creek: F. A. Dowell,
Rock Creek; Parks Roberts,
Somers: Jack Hoots, "Edwards;
P. A. Jennings, Brushy Moun
tain: J. G. Taylor. Mulberry; W’.
R. Hubbard, Moravian Falla; J.
S. Hall. North Wilkesboro; N. N.
leged to have stolen Roland In-
gleberi’s Essex automobile, driV'
en it to Parsonville, wrecked it
and burned it.
Both have long records for
crime in Wilkes county. Parsons
who lost a hand when a child,
was one of the six who broke out
of Wilkes jail about a year ago.
Blackburn had escaped from the
city jail here.
AGENTS
mormABiQ
LIQVORHAUL
Three StUlir And flW OnlloM
Idqoor DdvtrojrlSd U Cotta^-'
’’ tf TsMidnF
Investigators tr«tt the
Charlotte office of fodeml
idcM ^tAX nfl atenoiwd
1b ifie L^xinui4Mid OftcB
riaiiHIkute of Wfifee*: . cohalF
Tfctodiy aad aiado nim net
ting 276 gallon* of wfaiakey,
three stills and enermoBs a*
monnta of materlala for liquor
mannfactake. No one was cap
tured.
Officers taking part in the
raid were C. S. Felto, Leonard
Roope, Jf. C. Fortner and i.
W. Jones. The raid yesterda,y
was the third netting large
qimntlUes of whlskcqr in the
past two weeks in the connty.
More than 1,000 gallons were
destroyed In three raids
by federal agents.
All-Day Corn-Hog
Meeting on Friday
Educational Meetinjr For
Wilkes Fanners To Be
Held at Courthouse
Farmers of Wilkes county who
grow corn and raise hogs are
asked to attend a com-hog crop
reduction educational meeting
to be held at the courthouse in
Wilkesboro tomorrow (Friday).
A. H. Chambers, field repre
sentative of the state department
of agriculture, will be present
to tell the complete story of the
plans for reduction of these two
crops in 1935. The meeting will
begin at 9:30 and continue
throughout the day.
It Is pointed out that it is
most essential that all crop re
duction contract signers last
year and any who may be Inter
ested in signing contracts should
be present In the m'etitlrig “and
it is especially urged that all of
the county committeemen j)e
present.
In the meeting Mr. Chambers
will tell just who may sign a
coBtract and just what crop re
duction payments will be made
for the year.
{^Growers ‘ •
Eb^i^ Work
Of Ni$wonger
'm
Iflteresting Meeting of Fnrit
Growers' Association
vr -'— BWi Monday ,
N!SW0!W!1BR TAL«S J
Explains Plaiis M-^xtanrioB
•vice to Aid'
ists During
Service to Aid OrcNpid-
Brushy Mountain Fruit Grow
ers Association held a mMt in
teresting meeting at the* court
house In Wilkesboro on .Monday
afternoon. The meeting was well
attended by orchardlsts of Wilkes
and Alexander counties.
The feature of the . meeting
was the address of H. R. Nla-
wonger, horticulturist specialist
from State College and the * ex
tension service. Mr. Ntawonger
outlined what the extension, serr-
lee plans to do in the way of
helping orchardlsts solve their
problems and talked interesting
ly about various sprays and
methods of pruning.
The association endorsed the
program of work outlined by Mr.
Niswonger and was viiry appreci
ative of bis talk and the many
things he has done for the fruit
growers in this part of the State.
On Tuesday and Wednesday
he visited four orchards tor the
purpose of holding pruning dem
onstrations. This was done in
o^der to show conclusively the
results of the latest pruning
methods and tp^; start new
demonstrations for the year.
Diseases.Sljll
On the Decline
Diphtheria and Tvphoid Cases
Are Almost Things of the
Past in County
Boomer Routes
Consolidated
G. M. Earp, Carrier, Trans
ferred to Consolidated
Boonville R. F. D.
Plan Dance For
February 14th
Legion and Auxiliary to Spon
sor Square and Round
Dance at Clubhouse
Gambill, Walnut Grove; L
Win Occupy Hinshaw Street
Baptist Pulpit Sunday at
11 o’clock
lev. R. F. Day, well and favor-
y known Baptist minister, has
n called to the pastorate of
ishaw Street Baptle’ church in
I city, according to u dispatch
The Journal-Patriot.
lev. Mr. Day will occupy the
pit there at the Sunday mom-
service at 11 o’clock. The
die is invited to attend.
leased with che results se-
id In feeding cattle from en-
{0 conserved by the use of a
ch silo, W. F. Doughton of
jel Springs In 'Alleghany
ity has built a new bam at
«ad of nia *H»-
game and led the scoring
eight points, followed by Jones,
(Continued on back page)
Coy. P. E. Brown. J. H. Leckle,
Day, center, played a goodij. r. Williams. C. V. Miller. Ray
with I Erwin, Jack Brame and F. G.
Holman.
The i\lower& were beautiful
and abundant, a fitting tribute
to the esteem In which Mrs.
Barber was held. The flowers
were carried by members of the
Episcopal Auxiliary and Mrs.
Kyle Hayes, Mrs. Jim Carter,
Mrs. John E. Justice. Mrs. Wll-
(Continued on page eight)
Hit-And-Run Driver
Plays Havoc With
Two Autos In City
.^lotorists Strips Tivo Cars Of
Bumpers And Leaves City
Without I*aus4>
Paris Nuckolls and one other
car owner are looking tor the
man who drives a car with a
smashed left front fender.
On Tuesday night Mr. Nuckolls’
car was parked in front of the
Liberty Theatre when some hur
rying motorist went up the
street going east, swung Into Mr.
Nuckolls’ car and another beside
It, paused just long enough to
get his own left front fender off
the wheel and left town pronto,
leaving two car owners who
would like to recover damages
or have a satisfactory explana
tion of the wreck.
Hall, Mulberry; J. A. Billings,
Rock Creek; A. G. Bumgarner,
Reddies River; John A. Brown,
Mulberry: N. C. Huffman, Lewis
Pork: R. G. Myers, Newcastle;
W. E. Harris, Wilkesboro; D. C.
Caudill, Rock Creek; Sheridan
Miller. Elk; J. W. Barnette,
(Continued on page eight)
Wilkes post of the American
Legion and the local unit of the
C. I Auxiliary have planned a square
Marriages Show
New Year Drop
CLERK HIRE BILL
PASSES IN HOUSE
The measure introduced in
the state senate by Senator
Joe WUilams, of tills district,
proviiUng $600 yeariy for
clerk hire for each of tlte three
major offices in Wilkes, pass
ed the house of representa
tives on Satnrday. It had prev
iously passed in the senate.
The now law provided that
the offices of sheriff, clerk of
court and register of deeds be
paid $60 per month each to be
nsed «B cleric hire by the of-
MMi*.
Only 14 Victirns of Capid’s
Darts in January; Decem
ber Niunber High
Number of marriage licenses
issued by Register of Deeds O.
F. Eller In January showed the
usual decrease Immediately fol
lowing the holiday season.
In December there was a total
of 36 licenses to wed Issued
from the Wilkes courthouse,
which was the largest number In
several years. In January this
year there were only 14.
Licenses were Issued during
the past "'‘w days to B. T. Har
ris, of Pu -lear and Glee Walker,
of Goshen: J. C. Hamby and
Pearl Hlncher, both of North
Wllkeaboro. ! ' “ \
and round dance to be held at their
clubhouse on Valentine’s night,
February 14.
This event is designed to be one
of the high lights of the Valentine
season and a good orchestra has
been secured to help provide en
tertainment for the occasion.
The Legion and Auviliary in
vite everybody to attend, carry
along their Valentine and have a
good time.
4 Persons Lose Lives in .4valanchc
Bludenz, Austria, Feb, 6—Four
persons were killed today in an
avalanche which swept through
mountainside houses into a deep
valley. A mother and her two
children were buried under thous
ands of tons of '•"•'w -
splintered trees and general wreck
age. A fifth person was feared to
have been caught in the slide.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX
MAN WILL BE iN Cm
A representative o t the
Unit: a States department of
revomie will be at Hotel
Wilkes on February 18 (on®
day only) for the purpose of
aiding people who are requir
ed to make income tax returns
to tlte bM4*’**** gortkniumt.
Boomer mail routes 1 and 2
hare been consolidated by order
of the postoffice department in
Washington and the consolida
tion will take eTfect on March 1.
G. M. Earp and Glenn Carlton
are carriers of the two Roomer
routes. After March 1 Mr. Carl
ton will carry both routes and
Mr. Earp will be transferred to
Booneville, to take over a con
solidated route there, it is re
ported here.
Mr. Earp has been a R. F. D.
carrier at Boomer for 20 years
and has gained the friendship of
the people, who regret that lie
is to move from the community.
Number of communicable di
seases reported to the county
health officer during the month
of December shows that there
are no eiMemics and that the
reportable diseases are on the
decline.
The report showed one new
case each of diphtheria and scar
let fever and two of gonorrhea.
However, County Health Offi
cer Dr. A. J. Eller and Mrs. Ber
tha Bell, the county nurse, had
a very busy month In carrying
out the activities of the office
in office treatments, number of
examinations and visits to coun
ty institutions and homes.
The report included a resume
of the activities of C. C. Foard,
sanitary inspector, who spent a
great part of his time in making
a sanitation survey of the schools
and in assisting home owners in
making plans for sanitary pri
Rev. S. S. Jennings
To Preach Sunday
At First Baptist
Will Goenpy 'Tlie itelpit In Tlic
Evening Service; Now In
Evangelistic Field
Rev. Sam S. Jenniii.gs, former
Baptist .-ninister and well known
in the two Carolinas. will preach
in the Sunday evening service
at the First Baptist church in
North Wilkesboro. according to
an announcement by the pastor.
Rev. Eugene Olive.
Evangelist Jennings is a na
tive of North Wilkesboro and his
return to the field of ministry In
North Carolina, it is stated, la
for the purpose of conducting
several evangellstical campaigns
in the state. Already, it is said,
a number of such campaigns
have been scheduled, most of
which are to be under the spon
sorship of city, county and state
Baraca-Philathla unions.
Judge Rousseau Holding^
Court At Waynesrmle
Judge Julius A. Rousseau,
who spent the week-end here
with his family after holding a
term of court at Murphy in
Cherokee county, left Sunday
for - Wayneevllle In Haywood
county, where he is presiding
ever a criminal term this week-
Frank Tulburt
Killed in Wreck
Dies From Injuries received
in Wreck Near Hamp-
tonvile Sunday
Frank J. Tulburt. who made
his home in Winston-Salem, died
in Dr. Trivette'.s hospital at
Harmony Monday afternoon
from injuries received on Sun
day when his car overturned
near the home of his father at
Windsor Cros.s Roads.
According to reports here, he
had jus: left the home and had
started down the road when his
car turned over. He was badly
injured and no hope was held
for his recovery.
He was :il years of age, the
eldest son of Mr. and .Mrs. E. H.
Julburt. In addition to his par
ents he leaves his wife and four
children, four brothers and two
sisters.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from Zion Baptist church
Tuesday afternoon by Rev. D. C.
Clanton, assisted by Rev. E. K.
Wooten. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Baby Is Bom On Car
New York, Feb. $^When peo
ple ask Mrs. Gertrud.’ Rudolfs
son where he was bom he can say.
"in the subway." He-carte into
the world aboard a northbound
Seventh avenue express train to
day while other passengers won
dered why they had beeji shooed
out of the car. A •trainman, not
ing Mrs. Rudoira’>.diBtreM, had
telephoned ahead for an andm-
tance and when trxte jyiiitbd
177th street an intmTM was- waH-
inc to vslsorae a six-twimd Ro-
doH^