North Carolina Newspapers

the journal-patriot has blazed the trail of progress ifl the "State of Wittes" for 28 Years. p^0 ^i/r. r r ~ ^ -'Vilii ¥h.> &M :S^>; >-sr- ■'■■ JTTv-'. ” ;; r-raij;... ^ ,:VpL. XXIX, NO. 36 '—gp=» Ml Published Moudays and Thursdays ’ NORTH WIIilCb«saORO, N. C., MONDAY, FEB. 11',■ 1935 flU» IN OUT OF THE STAT»^| {STATE AND 1 i Noiregte Saccamjtw W»u. Peb. 9._Mrs. Harrl*. the nc^relist. died |i^nt iB a hospital -oiay SrWe age of 65. ^Drowned ■^*donton, Fh| 8.—Two men believed t5 have drowned toai^t when their trirek ‘ crash ed. through the Chowan river Hurls "Traitor” Charge Btttterfgt Price Reaches 30 Cents Pound; Market ^ > Farmers Learn Detaik About Com-Hog Plan V"*» :e*o»t miles east of here. 22 Men On Death Row Raleigh, Feb. 10.—With the arrival of Dortch Wpller. sen tenced to die In the electric chair Anril 26 for murder, at state's prison, 22 men were on death row today facing electrocution. Surry Man Stricken Mt. Airy, Feb. 8.—Floyd M. J Poore, Sr., 69, prominent, retired business man and former treas urer of Mount Airy, died at his ^;^j^jne here at 4; 20 o’clock this ^ afternoon from blood poisoning following a' leg infection. Washington. — John L, Lewis (above), president of the United Mine Workers of America, hurled a verbal bomb when he said that Donald Richberg, executive direc tor of the NEC, “was a traitor to labor” in the e.xtension of the au tomobile code. A. H. Chambers Addresses Group of Farmers at Court house On Friday Roy Robinson Is Wounded; Young Wife Is Jailed Tornado Plays Havoc Marshall, Tex., Feb. 8.—Two airplanes and a hangar were de-1 stroyed tonight when a tornado swooped over the Marshall Air port. Three persons narrowly es caped the storm. No casualties were reported immediately. Severe Wound Inflicted in Left Thiph on Friday at Home Near Puriear AfttrSge^^ord^ ]lBrigh Future Is Seen For Fanners Of Wilkes County Red CroSkS Head Washington. Feb. S.—A man •who won unique fame as person- al physician of one President, Admiral Cary T. Grayson, today was appointed by another Presi dent to serve all the people as Red Cross national chairman. In,iurcl By Bull Raleigh. Feb. 9. — Eugene Prince, 39, Harnett county farm- who was seriously wounded 'Friday night when gored by a bull on his farm, was reported to be resting comfortably at Hex .hospital here tonight. J Sentenced To Die \ i' Raleigh. Feb. 9. — Garland ' Walker. 27-year-old Wake coiin- £' r ty negro ex-convict, today was Sentenced to serve from l l to 15 years in state’s prison following h i 8 conviction of attempted j criminal assault on a young | white matron. Roy Robinson, young man of the Puriear community, i.s in a j critical condition at the Wilkes i Hospital here as the result of j what started out as a petty quarrel with his wife Saturday morning at their home. Mrs. Robinson, according to her own story, shot her husband , in the left thigh with a shotgun, the entire load taking effect. Ilei bled profusely before he reached the hospital here, where his con-1 dition today was regarded as ser-' ions. ! It is reported that she at first j claimed that the shooting was, accidental hut later stated that she and her husband were quar reling when she tired the gun. She was placed in Jail Satur day afternoon to await outcome of her husband’s lniuj:yi_.~Jj^an- while she was described as being in a terribly nervous state and that she cried throughout Satur day niglu. Lincoln Dinner To Be Held Tuesday Giant Orlme Raid New York, Feb. 6.—Cracking down on its "public enemies’’ in IS hours of raids, the city’s po lice in an apparent test of the penal law’s prohibition against consorting with known criminals today had dragged 646 pri.soners Rnto station houses. Many Wilkes Republicans Will Attend Annual Gathering in Greensboro large representation of the farmers of Wilkes county gather ed at the courthouse in Wilkes- boro Friday to hear A. H. Cham bers. of Raleigh, explain in de tain tlie plans of the government for stabilizin.g the production of two of the mo.st basic crops, com and ho.g.s. The meeting opened at ten o’ clock this morning with County Agent A. G. Hendren presiding, and continued throughout the day with a good attendance of interested farmers who asked a number of questions relative to reduction contracts for 1935. It was pointed out that all farmers who wish to gain re duction payments for the two crops must sign this year, re-j gardless of whether or not they were contract signers in 1934. It was explained that last year the hog reduction constituted 25 per cent of the average of pro duction in the years 1932-33. This year the same period of time '"’ill be used as a base, mak ing it unnecessary for the per son who signed last year to go through any red tape, and the reduction to be asked in 1935 will be ten per cent. For this ten per cent the government will pay the farmer at the rate of $15 per pig for those he fails to produce. Any farmer who has been producing corn or hogs is eligible to sign a contract, re- gardie.ss of whether or not he signed one last year. Contract blanks tor -Wilkes- fanners will be available at the office of County Agent A. G. Hendren soon. Cast year the reduction bene fit payments on corn and hogs for Wilkes farmers totaled ap proximately $10,000. GoveiTUnent Program t o Eradicate Cattle- Diseases, ' R^uces Production Daytona Beach. Fla.—Sir Mal colm Campbell (above), is here again from England with his re modeled Bluebird racing car and j making ready to try for a new speed record. He hopes to do 300 miles an hour, or better. Hauptmann Trial Will Reach Jury SometimeTuesday Three Speeches Will Be Made to Jury hi “T rial of a Century” Flemington, N. J.. Feb. 10.— Bruno Richard Hauptmann gets his last chance tomorrow to con vince eight men and four women jurors that he is innocent of the kidnaping and killing of the Lind bergh baby. The 30th day of his trial will open with Prosecutor Anthony M. Hauck, Jr., of Hunterdon county, in the chief prosecution rols. To him falls the task of presenting the formal statement of what the state believes it proved by its 111 witnessss. ■ When Hauck has concluded, the defense will begin its summation. Chief Defense Counsel Edward J. Reilly, of Brooklyn, has cast him- (Continued on back page) "Farmers in this section' of North Carolina would do well to increase their herds by keeping good heifer calves,’’ was the opinion expressed today by H. M. Scott, of the Scott Cheese and Butter Company; as he comment ed on the fact that farmers will receive a new hjgh price of 36 cents per butterfat pound for the milk delivered at his plant here during the first two weeks in this month. The price for the lat ter half of January was 35 cents. He attributed the rise in price of dairy products to in creased consumption and the fact that the government is slaugh tering many cows throughout the country, and more especially in dairy centers, in an effort to wipe out the disease known as contagious abortion (Bang's Di sease). Wilkes county farmers are particularly fortunate in that this disease has not entered their herds and the likelihood of its presence here in the future will (Continued on page eight) Alleged Thieves Jailed At Boone Ralph Gille yand Grady Hart ley Facing Serious Charge in Watauga N. r. Man Appointed Washington, Feb. 8.--—Dr. Cal vin B. Hoover, of Duke univer sity. has consented to succeed Dr. Fred C. Howe as head of the administration’s powerful con- anmers' counsel, reliable sources in the agflcurtural adjtistment Administration revealed today. Passenger Flyer KUled Bllenton, Fla., Feb. 10.—Don Inman, 22. of Coffeyville, Kans., was fatally injured and two oth ers were Injured here today when an airplane in which they were taking off from the local airport, crashed into a clump of trees as the motor apparently stalled. Kxpasure Is Fatal Gastonia. Feb. 10.—Exposure was listed by Coroner L. E. Kin caid as -the cause of death of Robnrt ‘Brackett, 45. Gastonia cotton mill operative, whose body was found today in a field near here. Investigators found an Lmpty liquor bottle near the man's body. Officer Is Indicted Memphis. Tenn.. Feb. S.— ames B. Keenan, 48. an agent or the alcohol tax unit at For est . City, Ark., was indicted by he Shelby county grand jury to- ay on a charge of murder grow- ng out of the death of a man ^ a roadhouse disturbance the light of January 11. Quite a large number of Re publicans of Wilkes county are expecting to attend the annual Lincoln Day dinner in Greens boro Tuesday evening, begin ning at 6:30 at King Cotton Ho tel. All Republicans who wish to go and have not arranged for transportation arc asked to call J. M. Brown, chairman, or Kyle Hayes, secretary, of the W'Jlkes county Republican executive com mittee. The meeting will be featured by an address by Hon. Theodore Christianson, a Congressman from Minnesota. The speaker is now serving his second term in the Lower House. He was Gover nor of Minnesota for three terms, and was a member of his State legislature for ten years, being chairman of the appropriations committee for that period. He is known as one of the country’s best speakers and the State Re publican organization feels for tunate in having him as honor guest on this occasion. AsK.s Large .AUemUince “Since our party is out of power,’’ reads an announcement from State headquarters, "this is a splendid time for us to dem onstrate that the Republicans of North Carolina are very much alive. To do this, it is necessary tor us to have the biggest crowd that has ever attended a Lincoln Day dinner in this State.” Spainhour’s To Open On Friday Rev. Sam Jennings Is Heard In City Remodeled Store Filled With Complete Stodi of New Merchandise Filled Pulpit at First BaptLst Church Sunday Night; Is an Evangelist Mother of Prof. Story Succumbs 3 Die In Jail Fire Malden. Feb. 9.—Less than two hours after they had been arrested on a charge of drunken ness. three Catawba county men perished tonight in a fire that transformed Maiden city jail quarters into a blazing inferno. The victims, all residents of the Bandis Crossroads section four miles east of here, were Forrest puse, about 25, Henry Aber- _ _ , about 21, and Wilson Hewitt, atoo about 21. Mrs, Mattie Story Dies Sud denly Saturday at Home Near Blowing Rock .Mrs Mattie Story, age 71, died at her home at Blowing Rock Saturday. She was suddenly stricken and died within a few minutes after she had informed members of the family that she was ill. She was a daughter of the late Samuel and Rebecca Day and was the mother of Prof. T. E. (Continued on pnge fonr) Spalnhour’s, a leading depart ment store i n Northwestern 1 North Carolina, will open for business here on Friday morning at nine o’clock. The Spainhour store here "was almost demolished in a disas trous fire on November 4 and the large stock of merchandise was badly damaged. The firm then offered this vast quantity of stock in a gigantic fire sale and all but some odds and ends were sold at greatly reduced prices. The remaining stock was j sold to a Chariotte salvage com pany. The building has been re modeled into one of the most modern stores in this part of the state and has been fully stocked with merchandise fresh from the markets. Not one piece of old merchandise will be in the store (Continued on page eight) Rev. Sara S. Jennings, busi ness man of this city who is en tering the field of gospel evan gelism. preached at the First Baptist church last night. Rev. Mr. Jennings delivered an inspiring message, based on the 20th chapter of St. John’s gos pel. His text was “Jesus spoke her name.” The message was based on the thought that God is calling people, calling them to acceptance of the plan of salva tion and a life of service for the kingdom. The sgrmon was re ceived with rapt interest. In the very near future Rev. Mr. Jennings will conduct a number of evangelistic cam paigns in North Carolina and other states in the south. He has purchased a large tent and am plifying system and the first campaign will be announced soon. The meetings will be conduct ed under sponsorship of Baraca- Pbilathea unions. Ralph Gilley and Grady Hart ley. reported to be ex-convicts of Watauga county, were arrested at their home in the Bamboo lo cality Saturday on charges of breaking into the store of T. L. Critcher. prominent; Bamboo merchant, and taking away a safe containing several thous ands of dollars in cash and valu able papers several days ago. The safe which was taken from the store was found on a mountain side between Blowing Rock and Patterson. The alleged thieves were unable to open it and all the contents were recov ered by the owner. Local officers and officers of Caldwell county ably assisted Watauga county officials i n working up evidence leading to the arrest of the pair. JANE HOLBROOK AND VELNA PRUITT ARE RELEASED ON BOND Jane Holbrook and Velna Pru itt, arrested as the result of a liquor raid in the Traphlll sec tion several days ago by federal agents, were released under bond in a hearing held before Commis sioner J. W. Dula in Wllkesboro Tuesday. Rond I'or Pruitt was made $500 while Holbrook was required to till one for $1,500. They will face trial in the May term of federal court for possession of 610 gallons of liquor, 27,000 pounds of sugar and large quan tities of materials for whiskey manufacture. BOY SCOUT WEEK OBSERVED AS ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA; WILL HOLD UNION SERVICE HERE THURSDAY NIGHT Boy Scouts throughout the na tion are this week observing "Boy Scout Week” as the twen ty-fifth anniversary of the be ginning of Scouting. On Saturday night Scouts of the font" troops of the Wilkes- boros gathered at the Presbyter ian hut to hear President Roose velt deliver an address on Scout ing, officially beginning the an niversary observance. On Thursday night, February 14, a union service will be held at the Baptist Church in this city, beginning at 7:30. This service will be the highlight of Boy Scout Week and it is par ticularly desired that It be und erstood that everybody hat a cordial Invitation to be present. Rev. J. H. Armbrost. of Hickory, former pastor of the Methodist church here and one who is pro foundly interested i n Scout work, will be the speaker. An Impressive and highly interest ing program has been mapped out for the service by local Scout officials. All'Scouts of the two Wilke5boros will attend in a body. As an added impetus to Boy Scout Week observance and a fitting tribute to the splendid work of the Boy Scout organiza tion here, Hon. Walter Lambeth, congressman from this district, wrote the following letter to the local Scout commissioner: "Needless to say I was glad to get your letter of January 29th verifying reports I have prev iously heard of the - excellent work done by the Boy Scouts of ^our city. "The high ideals on which the organization is built should en list the wholehearted support of every right thinking man in America as the Boy Scout move ment is one of the greatest forc es in the country today for good citizenship. "It is fitting that on the twen ty-fifth anniversa^'Jnt the Boy Scout movemenU'&^Ss United States that a be set aside t o cdinmeihQra^e the founding of the orgkhlzatfon and the growth and work of a quart er of a century. "I am for the Scouts and doubly so because In this chang ing period of history strong, clean citizens are in demand and will be needed In^the years to come." siT". Hoqyer Coinw Bait NeW'YoiS^Former President Herbert Hoover (above) came to New York this week, the .first time since he left the White House in 1933. He was invited to address the Lincoln dinner, February 12. He also came east to attend a meeting of the board of directors of the New York Life Insurance company, of which he is now a member. E. B. Scott, 56, Takes Own life Near Clingman Body Found Hanging by Rope in Barn Thurs^y Morn ing; Pronounced Suicide Edmund Benjamin Scott, age 56, an esteemed resident of Jonesvllle and Swan Creek com munities, hanged himself by a rope in the barn near the home of his son-in-law, Fred Pardue, on Thursday morning. Mr. Par- dne lives near Clingman. Mr. Scott had partaken of a hearty breakfast and brought in some wood before going to the barn to look after the horses. Ten minutes later his body was found suspended from a beam by a rope. Stephen A. Rash, former cor oner of Wilkes county, who is acting for Coroner I. M.--MytffS, investigated the affair, and pro nounced the death a suicide. Cor oner Myers is confined to his room by serious injuries received in an automobile accident sev eral weeks ago, Mr. Scott was believed to have taken his life because of ill health. The deceased was a native of Shoals, but had resided both at Dobson and in the Swan Creek community of Wilkes county be fore going to Jonesvllle to re-‘ side about five years ago. Until a decline in health, which began about a year ago, he held posi tions in two Elkin industrial plants. His jovial disposition, cheerful personality and friend liness won friends wherever he lived. He was a member of the Salem Pork Christian church and of the Masonic and Junior order fraternities. Surviving are the widow, .Mrs. Lula Long Scott: two danghters, Mrs. Fred Pardue, of Honda R. F. D.; Mrs. Thomas Harris, of Jonesvllle: one son, Guy Scott, of Jonesvllle; six grandchildren, three brothers, John, Samuel and Rampson Scott, and Mrs. P. B. Owen, of Shoals. WiwesSmonGivai Officers Get Three Men at Distillery James and Jesse Shew and Oyde Curry Now in Toils of Federal Law Investigators from the Char lotte and Greensboro offices of the federal alcohol tax unit work ing in Wilkes Thursday made a raid in the Call community, net ting one large distillery, a quan tity of materials for liquor man ufacture and three men,charged with operating the plant, upon which tax had not been paid. James and Jesse Shew and Clyde Curry, all residents of Call, were arrested and hailed before Commissioner J. W. Dula, who released them under bonds of $500 for appearance at the May term of federal court in Wllkesboro. Officers taking part in the raid were J. C. Fortner, J. T. Jones, Leonard Hoop, W. A. Jones and Clinard Johnson. VALENTINE PARTY AT ROARINQ RIVER There will be a Valentine party at ^Roaring River high school on n^ursday night, begin ning at 7:30. The jiubllc Is cor dially invited to attend and en joy the occasion. Viewj On”^ Vral State Questioiri T. S. Bryan Visits in City 1 Route to His Home at Traphill SEES SALARY RAISE Says Teachers and SdioA Will Get Larger Appropria* - t«Hi -From Siate T. B. Bryan, Wilkes county'* representative in the general as sembly, stopped in this city Sat urday en route to his home at Traphlll and discussed his views on a number of important ques tions now facing that body in session at Raleigh. Naturally, the sales tax and schools were the two questions many people here were anxions to hear about from the legisla tor, who clearly stated his stand and opinion on the major ques tions. In regard to the sales, tax Mr. Bryan stated his opposition and his belief that reforms would be made if the measure is not abolished altogefher. He denl«Hr- ed the fact that some powers In the state are attempting to make the tax cover everything wit^ot any exemptions for foodstnflb. He stated, however, that an ad- valorem tax would not be placed back On real estate by the state, in his candid opinion. Mr. Bryan is very much in favor of raising salaries for teachers and said that he con sidered it a sorry plight when many of the best teachers have to leave the profession because they can get better wages by working at something else. He expressed the opinion that a compromise figure somewhere between the $18,500,000 pro posed by the governor and the $22,000,000 by the state super intendent o f public instruction inay be reached. Mr. Bryan said that he favored a tax oh foreign corporations do ing business In the state and a. general tax .system that would not favor the" wealthy, as he says the sales tax does on ac count of the $10 limitation. He is opposed to diversion of the highway funds. Commenting on the proposal for drivers licenses, Mr. Bryan stated that the measure has Ita advantages and drawbacks. He stated that one ground for oppo sition was the increased cost it would place upon some large families, many of whom have as many as five people who drive the family car. He pointed out that hardships would result in some cases. In regard to the liquor ques tion Mr. Bryan said "The Tur lington Act will remain a law as far as I am concerned and I do not think that the present legis lature will dare turn a tap for legalized liquor or high alcoholic content beer in face of the pre vailing dry sentiment in the state.’’ Policeinqn Kills Man Who Stole Fake Liquor Cartons Chicago, F'eb. 9.-—.■). shabbily dressed man gazed at a liquor dis play in a west side tavern windoiv today, then smashed the window, seized two whisky cartons and fled. Policeman Theodore Pierce por- 9u?d>. An order to halt was ig nored. Pierce first fired. The man fell dead, a bullet in his head. On the bottom of the two car tons was printed: “Dum-py cartons —for window display only.” Armbrust Will Address P.-T, A. Founders’ Day Program to Be Observed Here Thui’s- day Afternoon, 3:45 Rev. J. H. Armbru.st, former pastor of the North Wllkesboro Methodist church and now locat ed in Hickory, will be the speak er for the Founders Day pro gram of the North Wllkesboro Parent-Teacher Association' in the meeting to be held on Thurs day afternoon, 3:45 iii the school auditorium. The Founders Day program will be centered on the subject of "Child Welfare’’ and P.ev. Mr. Armbrust will deliver his ad dress on some phase of this work. A^ freewill offering will be taken' at the doof.’and the proceeda 'will be -used in chfld welfare work. AU members of the'P.-T. A. and dtben interest ed are asked to be prMent. ■'3 I'l