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Lincoln Dinner
HAUPTMANN IS CONVICTED
, ?»’ student Body Varied
; W^e forest.' Feb. 1?.—Des-
^ *■** • Forest
Over 500 Republicans Gather i
in Greenshwro .for Enthu- 1
siastic Meeting |
Se.. *s- a Baptist» seboo), * a
new- Headay rerealed'
tbe tact t^ftt denominations
are represented^n the student
82 FROM WILKES
Former Governor of Minne
sota Delivers Feature Ad- |
dress of Evening !
r
l/ea Attends Funeral
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12.—
' Granted a temporary parole from
North Carolina prison where he
is serving sentence on a banking
- law violation conviction, Col.
Luke Lea attended his mother’s
funeral here today.
Iteateu With Hammer
Los Angeles, Feb. 12.—Frah.
eight-year-old Helen WiKiami
showed "slight, but marked im
provement,” tonight from the ef
fects of a hammer-beating as-
sertedly administered by her
-brother so he "could have
a dog."
School Hus Burned
High Point, Feb. 12.—-A Flor
ence school bus, loaded with 32
children, was destroyed by fire
which originated in the vehicle
|t' just below the schoolhouse. two
miles northwest of Jamestown,
this morning. None of the chil
dren was injured.
P«tlestrian KilUul
Selma. Feb. 12.—James Wat-
aon, 12-year-old adopted .son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Batten, was
killed instantly Sunday after
noon about 1 o'clock five miles
north of Selma when he was
struck by a car driven by Paul
Goins, of Durham.
With 82 representatives of
the Republican party Wilkes was
the banner county in point of
attendance at the Lincoln Day
dinner held in Greensboro Tues
day night.
Wilkes Republicans were well
represented by organization lead
ers. county officers and members
of the party from practically
every section of the county.
The dinner was the most large
ly attended in recent years and
it is estimated that the crowd
exceeded 500.
The speaker was former Gov
ernor Theodore Christianson, of
Work Bdng l^m^io
On Four KkUc 0orks Pwjects
.Wc^kOnH^lHifbf
^ipkeFl6 Is No#.
Near CompletioD
Payroll of PWA
Proj^ Duiing'
January $8,000
Approximately 250 Men Used
by Contractors During
Month
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was convictsd in New Jersey
.state court in Flemington yesterday on the charge of murdering Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh’s first child.
OkliUioina Sale.s Tax
Oklahoma City, Feb. 12—Gov.
UKiai
Tk'Wi Marland will insist upon a
3 per cent sales tax instead of
lie present . one per cent levy*
the funds to go for a permanent
‘provident fund" to take care
of aged and infirm, he announc
ed today.
Will Aid States
Minnesota, who represents that
state in Congress, declared that
his party “can win in 1936’’ in
the event of its adoption of a
platform "sound, but progressive,
furnishing a rallying point for
those who do not wish to go cith
er to Rome or Moscow, but be
lieve that the necessary econom
ic readjustment can be made;
without compromisin.g with eith-j
er fascism or comnuinism.” |
The Lincoln Day diiiuer ad-'
dress also embraced a prophecy j
of Republican .gains in North ’
Carolina. “Your state |gave ijts j
electoral vote to a Republican j
candidate tor President in 1928,”!
said Representative Christian-1
Hauptmann Found Guilty On Charge
Of Murderii^ Col. Lindbergh’s Baby;
Jury Deliberates About 12 Hours
son, “and 1 venture the predic
tion that as more and more of j
'^Washington. Feb. 12.—plas
to extend almost immediate fed
eral aid to the 28 states which
already have old age pension
.systems was said today to have
been tactily agreed to by a con
gressional committee which is
re-shaping the social -security
bill.
your people let conviction rather ■
than tradition govern their vot-1
ine. North Carolina will deti-l
nitely forsake the donkey and ■
adopt'the elephant."
..-Xiui weaker. flaxeAsUi&,«4«(Uar
istration for what he termed
“trial and error, and too much
error’’ in governmental affairs
and said that he saw a crisis a-
head for the country. In this
connection he said further that
the Republican party i.s needed
now a.s never before.
He delivered his address in a
most enthusiastic manner and it
was received with rapt interest
by the large assembly of Repub
licans.
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Burke County Busy
. Morganton, Feb. 12.—A vast
program of suggested public
works amounting to more than
,e»0,000 is being formulated
_ an "inventory’’ for Burke
county to be filed with Dr. H.
G. Baity, state PWA engineer,
in anticipation of the adminis
tration’s emergency relief bill.
Dr. R ,P. Casey’s
Car Is Stolen
Wilkes Youth
Takes Districl
4-H Club Prize
Sherill Gregory Club Cliain-
pion For Noi-t Invest (wn
Carolina District
Hlierili Gregoi-y, youtli of
the .Mountain Viexv eoiniiiun-
ity of Wilkes couiil.v, is -l-H
com club elmmpion of Xorlh-
wcstern North Carolina.
This distinct lioiior eonie.s to
Mie Wilkes .voutli because of
[ his, splendid .record jjt
ills club acre of corn in 19:14.
Tito prize, a sciiolarship to
till' 4-H annual sliort course
at State College, was donnttsl
by tlie edtieational bureau of
Chilean Nitrate Company.
The score by wliieh the club
members were judgetl xva,s
based on yield, cost, profit
and the recortl of Hie crop
kept by the members. The
cost on Gregory’s corn was
.•W.O cents )>er bushel. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. li.
Gregory, of Hays.
Sentence of Death Handed
Down By Judge Late Last
Night; To Appeal
Slot Machine Bill
Raleigh. Feb. 12.—\ bill to
prohibit the manufacture, sale,
^A^oeaession and use of slot ma-
chines for gambling purposes
was reported favorably by the
Joint senate and house commit
tee On prfypositions and griev-
anceti this afternoon following a
public hearing that lasted more
than an hour.
Taken From Where it Was
Parked in Winston-Salem
Tuesday Night
Sign Contracts
Monday, Tuesday
Brotlierly Jxive
Wil-son. Feb. 12.—At the con
tusion of a land division Satur-
lay afternoon before Superior
>jyrt Clerk -M. D. Owens, Simon
kycock, Wilson county farmer,
trabbed his brother Jesse and
rit one of the latter’s ears off.
hen spit the ear out on the floor
xl, the courthouse corridor. The
bounded man went to a local
lospital for treatment.
A tour-door 1933 Ford Sedan,
belonging to Dr. R. P. Casey,
was stolen in Winston-Salem
Tuesday night. No clue leading
to its location nr the Identity of
the thief had been uncovered
this morning.
Dr. and Mrs. Casey, Mr. and |
Mrs. A. F. Kilby were in Win
ston-Salem Tuesday night to see
the stage presentation of Amosj
and Andy and Dr. Casey parked i
his car near a service station.
After the show when they went!
to where they had parked it it i
had been stolen. I
Two Days Set Aside for Far
mers to Sign Com-Hog
Reduction Blanks
.\o tk>ld Decision
Washington. Feb. 12.—The'
Supreme court solemnly stole,
the show on capitol hill today by j
merely withholding its gold de-j
cisioD and furnishing Washing-1
ton with another exhausting an-1
ti-climax.
Monday and Tuesday, Febru
ary 18 and 19. has been set aside
for farmers of Wilkes county to
sign corn-hog crop reduction'
contracts, County Agent A. G.
Hendren slated today. The sign
up will be at his office in the
courthouse at Wilkeshoro.
All the necessary blanks tor
signing crop reduction contracts
have arrived and are now in the
office of the county agent. It is
pointed out that all who signed
corn-hog contracts last year may
resign at any time without the
trouble of gathering evidence of
production but that it is desired
that all farmers who did not
sign last year and who wish to
for 193y should go to Mr. Hen-
dren’s office on Monday or Tues
day to sign up.
State Needs Bridices
Raleigh, Feb. 12. With a-
ind 2.000 bridges in the .state
a dilapidated condition and
lly in need of improvement
i in some cases replacement,
Vance Raise, chief highway
jineer, said today $1,000,000
the $3,000,000 in the highway
-plus requested for immediate
! would go for this purpose.
Tried For Life
kwnee, Okla.. Feb. 12.
le person.s knew of Phil
aamer’s plan to kill John F,
ell, Jr., the state charged lo
in opening its murder case
nst the 19-year-old son of a
ral judge. Gorrell, 23, son of
ominent Tulso throat spec-
t, and a Kansas City dental
ge student, was found shot
eath In Tulsa last Thanks-
tg night. Kennamer confess-
he tlgrlng.
North Wilkeshoro and Wilkeshoro
Cage Teams Clash Friday Night
Tomorrow (Friday) night will
be the highlight of the high
school basketball season here
when North Wilkcsboro’s Moun
tain Lions take on the Wilkea-
boro Ramblers on the local high
.school gymnasium court.
The Lions and the Ramblers,
however, will not furnish all the
attraction for it will be a dou
ble header and the other end
wiP' be the girls of the two
towns. Games start at 7:30.
Despite the almost unparalell-
ed rivalry existing between the
schools of the two towns good
sportsmanship is always in evi
dence when the classic athletic
events take place.
All four teams will go to the
gym confident of victory and
in tbe pink of condition. Coacl^
of the ca.ge aggregations report
the players in good shape and
vigorous practice has been done
by all players in anticipation of
the games.
This year the odds are about
even and the teams, especially
the Lions and Ramblers, have
improved greatly during the
past' month as compared with
early season playing. Wilkeshoro
has showed good form in the
county high school schedule and
the high school just recently
completed a winning streak of
four games, part of which were
in the'Western Conference.
Judging by these facts it ap
pears that good basketball is in
store for the fans tomorrow
night .and a record attendance of
tbefSj^pMon is expected.
Flemington, N. J., Feb. 13.—
Bruno Richard Hauptmann to
day was convicted of the murder
of the Lindbergh baby during Its
kidnaping three years ago with
death in the electric chair the
penalty.
The jury of eight men and
four women deliberated 11 hours
and 6 minutes before it returned
its verdict of death.
The jury was polled separate
ly and all answered “guilty of
'murde'r in Tlrsr(Ife|?ife'’^
The jury rose and Hauptmann
rose to face them.
“Gentlemen of the jury, have
you reached your verdict?’’ t' :
clerk asked.
"We have.’’ they chorused
tremulously.
“Who shall speak for you?’’
"The foreman.”
"What is your verd.’-t?’’
Foreman Walton, his hands
trembling greatly, unfolded a
rustling paper.
“Guilt y.” Walton gulped,
“guilty of murder in the first
degree."
“S?o say all you ’’ asked the
clerk.
Reilly asked the jury be polled.
The jurors answered the poll
in quivering voices, most with an
obvious great effort.
Wilentz moved for immediate
sentence and Trenchard said:
“The court yill soton proceed
to impose sentence.’’
“The defendant may stand,"
Justice Trenchard said.
Hauptmann, straight as a sol
dier, stood between his guards.
"Bruno Richard Hauptmann,’’
he pronounced, “You have been
convicted of murder in the first
degree and according to law you
must suffer the penalty of death
at the time fixed by the court.”
Trenchard set the week of
March 18 for death of Haupt
mann.
Hauptmann was standing be
tween his two guards as Justice
Trenchard invited "all those who
wish to leave the courtroom do
so at once.”
Anna Hauptmann, who has
stood by uer husband through
the months of his incarceration,
took the verdict and its aqto-
Payroll on four Public Works
projects in Wilkes county during
January totaled $8,002.18. ac
cording to figures given out by
R. h. Wooten, director of the
five-county National Re-employ-
ment Office located here.
This amount was expended to
a total of almost 250 men who
otherwise would have been un
employed, the men having been
selected from the files of appli
cants in the re-employment of
fice. It is pointed out, however,
that most of the employees work
ed part time only.
The PWA contractors payroll
was off considerably for Jan
uary as compared to December,
due in main to bad weather con
ditions that prevented outside
work for a third of the time. The
payroll, however, resulted in the
removal of some families from
relief rolls and provided quite an
impetus to business and retail
trade.
The January payroll by pro
jects was approximately as fol
lows: postoffice, $1,700; water
works, $2,000; highway 16, $2,-
212; Reddies River bride, $2,-
000.
If was learned here today that
engineers an awaiting more
favorable weather to order the
beginning of work on paving |
short approaches to the Yadkin
bridge between the Wjllkesboros.
These short sections, left unpav
ed at each end of the bridge,
have" betm'”th6‘Source of much
trouble to maintenance forces,
due to the heavy traffic fre-
Finishing.Touches Made o
Grading; Gravel Surface
Will Be Placed
New lorK . . . Aoove la a most
recent picture of Miss Rose Long,
daughter of “Klngfish” Senator
Huey P. Long and Mrs. Long of
Louisiana. Miss Long was here
with her mother on a shopping
tour. The photo Is one of the few
times she has been photograph
ed.
Judge Harding
To Preside at
Criminal Term
Court Will Convene in Wil-
kesboro March 4; Docket
Crowded as Usual
Judge W. F. Harding. of
Charlotte, will preside over the
spring term of Wilkes superior
court to begin on Monday, March
4.
The term l.s tor two weeks and
for trial of criminal cases.
IB
The exact number of cases to
ko-«itoBdarad or
could not be learned today but it
is understood that the cases now
awaiting trial total 500 or more.
cjently wearing through the, ^ ^ j
, The docket is hopelessly crowded
temporary oiled surfaces of| ,
gravel. E. W. Grannls, of Fay-;
ettville, has the contract for con
crete paving for the sum of $830.
and the court can only hope
make a substantial reduction
the number.
Calendar for the term is be
ing made out by Solicitor John
R. Jones, who will prosecute the
docket. On the calendar will be
a number of homicide cases and
many other cases in which felon
ies are charges. However, there
is about the usual number of
misdemeanors charged.
It will be remembered that
tbe August term, which was the
last term of criminal court in
were- listed among the 42 honor was featured by
^ ,, * what was commonly known as
students of Greensboro College
Four Girls Are
Honor Students
Graduates of North Wilkes-
boro High School Making
GJood Higher Up
Four North Wilkeshoro girls
malic sentence with barely a
quiver.
As each of the jurors respond
ed to the poll with the words,
“guilty of murder in the first
degree,” -Mrs. Hauptmann steel
ed herself. i
Those sitting next to jber tried
to comfort her with rfeassuring
whispers and pressure j on her
arm.
Hauptmann, unshavjBn since
morning, tottered slightly as he
heard himself sentenced to "die
in the electric chair.”
Defense announced intention
to appeal the case to the “high
est court in the land."
Students* Strike. Settled
The students’ strike at Appa
lachian' College at Boone, a full
account of which is published
on page six of this newspaper,
was settled last night with the
students winning a number of
considerations tor which they
contended.
in the honor roll published Tues
day morning. (
Since there were only 42''stu-j
dents out of the large enroll
ment this year at the college
making the honor roll it is con
sidered remarkable that four are
North Wilkeshoro girls. They I
are: Miss Elizabeth Faw, ^angh-]
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Faw; j
Miss Virginia Harris, daughter |
of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Harris; i
Miss Jane Whicker, daughter of j
Attorney and Mrs. J. H. Whick
er; and Miss Mary Sink, daught
er of Dr. and Mrs. C. S. Sink.
This is ndf only a fine mark
for the individuals and «North
Wilkeshoro but for the city
schools. Records show that dur
ing the past three years the
North Wilkeshoro high school
has not turned out a graduate
that failed in college work.
Being an honor student at
Greensboro College means that
the student is ninety per cent
what was commonly
the Tilley case, which required
several days for trial. Many cas
es were necessarily carried over
315 Sign For
Tobacco Crop
New Signers for 1935 Total
95 ; 220 Signers Carried
From Last Year
Much progress is being made
on the five Public Works pro
jects now under way in this
county, according to intormatioa
gained from the various con
tractors.
The projects are the North
Wilkeshoro postoffice. North
Wilkeshoro Water Works, Red
dles River bridge, grading and
structures on highway 16 from
Millers Creek five miles north
toward Jefferson, and grading
and structures on highway 288
between Elkin and Ronda.
Nello Teer, contractor on the
highway 16 project, reports that
grading has been completed and
it Is expected that work of gnrr-
el surfacing will get under way
when weather conditions are
favorable and when tbe newly
made road bed has settled.
Structures on that section of the
road are completed with the ex
ception of handrails.
The North Wilkeshoro poet-
office on C street has taken form
and the outside structure baa
been completed. About two
months will be necessary to com
plete the edifice.
Weather conditions during
January caused work on the
Reddies River bridge to slacken
materially and about three
months will be necessary to com
plete the bridge and approacbea
and make them ready for travel.
The North Wilkeshoro water
works just is virtually complete
-and the enlarged system"'Is how
being used.
Contractors- on the Elkin-Hon-
da section of highway 2 68 are
moving dirt rapidly and work on
structures will begin this week.
A total of about 75 men will be
at work on the project within a
week’s time.
Features For
Store Opening
Entertainment for Visitors at
Opening of Spainhoar’s
Remodeled Store
At least 315 tobacco crop re
duction contracts will be in force
in Wilkes county this year, ac
cording to figures compiled in
the office of County Agent A. G.
Hendren.
There were 220 reduction con
tracts in force last year and 95
who did not sign last year have
signecU for the 1935 crop. In ad
dition to the 315 contracts there
will be around 75 tobacco farm
ers who are not eligible to sign
reduction contracts and who
perfect or better in college work. i will apply for allotments.
Sales Tax Substitute Is Outlined
In Committee of the Legislature
Raleigh, Feb. 12.—Before an
audience hardly larger than the
joint finance committee of the
General Assembly and a few
drousy newspapermen, opponents
of North Carolina’s sales tax to-1
day drew back the curtain and
revealed in detail their substi
tute plan.
As presented by Representa
tive Lumpkin of Franklin and
McDonald of Forsyth, it was a
masterpiece of conception and
execution. Covering 17 neatly
mimeographed pages, the plan
offered $12,361,094 a year in
new jevenue, almost all "recap
tured’’ from that lost in the re
treat from. property taxes, as
against 18,750,000 estimated
from the nlee tax.
Of this amount, $3,086,538
tax of six per cent on dividends
be recovered from a net income
now tax free, $4,682,679.04
from insurance premium taxes,
and $4,241,394.20 from a pro
gram of occupational licenses.
Not only would the proposed plan
provide all the revenue now de
rived from the sale.s tax, said its
advocates, but it would produce
a balance of $4,800,715 to plug
Sundry holes now gaping in the
state supply measure.
Reaction of the administration
to the proposal was prompt. To
night Governor Ehringhaus is
sued this statement:
"It seems now to be universal
ly conceded that a sales tax in
(Coaltn^ on pace
When Spaiuhour’s newly re
modeled store opens tomorrow
(Friday), 10 a. m., with a com
plete stock of new merchandise
fresh from the markets and
style centers there will be a.
hearty welcome to all the visi
tors and special entertaining
features throughout the day.
The twenty-five piece orches
tra of Hickory high school win
furnish continuous music
throughout the day in conjunc
tion with Louise Van Tassel’s
School of Dancing pupil.s, which
will furnish the entertainment
features at different intervals
during the day. No expense has
been spared to make this day aa
outstanding gala event in the
history of this section. Refresh
ments will be served free to
everyone attending the opening
of Spainhour’s new store.
Betty Spainhour, Peggy Stew
art Whltner and Libby Jane
Li.nn, of Hickory, will do special
numbers in toe dMcing, tap
dancing and ballet, dancing, as
the special entertainment fea
tures to make this party a suc
cess. "Come, plan to spend, a
day and we are sure you will
have a good time,” members of
the firm state, "and plan to meet
the different representatives’ of
lines that the new Spainhonr
store will carry. Also to meet
the members of tbe firm person
ally.’’
WILKESBORO P.-T. A.
WILL MEET ON FRIDAY
Wilkeshoro Parent - Teacher
Association will hold its Found
ers Day meeting on Friday after
noon at 3:15 instead of on Thurs
day, the usual meeting day.
A program of especial interest
to school patrons is planned and
the usual F’ounders Day offering
will be taken..
Morganton, Feb. 12.—Officer*
today remained without tangible
clues in their search tor, six men
who beat and robbed two CCC
boys sear here Snaday.
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