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Biff i4li^er Is Not
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COMING HOM
Former Mayor Of New
York Returning To
States
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.^AHi.; Feb. 2*.—The
iMWjn cattle killer—a 200-
moQ&taln lion nine faet
at lasA ba»s I^ld
loW by^^e8 GoBwick, predatory
aidtoal n^ter^'and, his pack of
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HEADS LIST
Lou Gehrig Will B e
Highest Paid In
Baseball
r#.
Heads Home Loan Bank
Washington, Feb. 26.—O. K.
t^fToque. formerly with the
’t)rth Carolina state insurance
■department, tonight was chosen
president of the federal home
loan bank at 'Winston-Salem. Mr.
Laroaue succeeds Thomas W.
HUett, who resigned.
Jailt'd For Contempt
Washington, Feb. 26.—After
fighting the authority of the
United States Senate for a year.
'William P. MacCracken, assist
ant secretary of commerce in the
iver administration, walked
Into District of Columbia jail to
day to serve a ten-day sentence
for contempt.
Cold Wave Strikes
A cold wave moved across the
mid-continent Tuesday from the
^z'rTeat Lakes to the Gulf of Mix-
J/_'ico. Temperatures dropped to 28
below zero to Bemidji, Minn., 18
below at Sault Ste, .Marie, Mich.,
^/and Boone. Iowa, 17 below at
I
New York—Henry L. (Lou)
Gehrig (above), ace slugg^er of
the New York Yanks, is now get
ting the attention of fans as re
ports indicate he has signed
with a large increase in salary,
having waited for years for Ruth
to vacate the money throne.
Virginia, Minn., 8 below at Dev
ils Lake, N. D. and .1 below at
Colby, Kans.
Summer School
For Teachers Is
Being Proposed
Local Business!' Man- Refutes
Rumor That He May Be
Candidate For Sheriff
.\labanui Goes Wet
Birmingham. Ala., Feb. 26,—
/ After lagging through early re
turns from rural boxes repeal of
prohibition in Alabama tonight
moved to the fore by nearly 12,-
000 majority, but sufficient hox-
fi-^^were out in the rural sections
. -f iio off-set the lead piled up. The
i vote from 612 out of 2.156 box-
j es in the state stood, for modifi-
|ij-' cation 43,490, and against 31,-
748.
I^noir-Rhyne College May
Conduct Branch Summer
School In Wilkesboro
it
faUli’Uian l.s Slain
Douglas. .\riz., Feb. 26.—Mys
tery surrounding the slaying of
Tames Reagan, prominent .4mer-
Ican cattleman shot to death in
the mountain fastness of Chi
huahua, Mexico, deepened to
night as his body was en route
with an escort to Hachita, N. M. 1,
Whether marauding outlaws kill
ed Reagan or whether he was
slain by a personal enemy had
not been learned.
Lenoir-Rhyne College will con
duct a branch summer school
for teachers in Wilkesboro this
year provided there are as many
as 100 teachers who will attend,
it wiri lodfly-'i*wv~-Pmf
M. F. Bumgarner educator and
former president of the Lenoir-
Rhyne College extension class.
It the teachers of the county
are interested in attending a
summer school in Wilkesboro
they should get in touch with
Prof. Bumgarner not later than
Saturday, March 9. in order than
arrangements may bo made with
the college tor starting courses
early in the summer.
Ham -Anri Kggs Cp
Washington, Feh. 26.- -Ham,
Us companion eggs, and meat
">^»nerally are going up and, take
It from the bureau of agricultur
al economics, the end Is not yet
In sight. lu summaries of condi
tions issued today the bureau de- ; por the time being, at least,
dared that a further “sharp re- j beer is a dead issue in North Car-
duction’’ in hog slaughter is in; olina.
prospect during the remainder I xhe state House of Uepresen-
Stronger Beer
Bill Is Killed
Proposal To Le^jalize 5 Per
Cent Beer Defeated By
Vote of 61 To 46
of 1935 and that egg prodnetiou
in January was only 76 per cent
‘ ^ average.
Mothers Are Jailesl
r .r' Dslfas, Texn.s, Feh. 26.- -Mo-
! 'there of three of Texas’ most no-
'torioua desperadoes were under
' jail sentences tonight, convicted
by the federal government in its
campaign to wipe out crime by
punishing i>ersons who give aid
to outlaws. The three mothers,
Mrs. Cnmraie Barrow, Mrs. Em
ma Parker and Mrs. Steve Ham-
Davis. were sentenced to
d6ys in jail for aiding Clyde
Barrow and Bonnie Parker in
tlielr flight from the law. That
flight ended when Clyde and
an-nie were killed by police last
Iton
Iding Fence
Around the Jad
Fence With Barbed Wire Top
Will Make Escape More Dif-
^ _ ficult For Prisoners
L'> ▼
During the past few days
workmen have been engaged in
placing a seven-foot fence around
the county jail in Wilkesboro.
Should any prisoner succeed
In getting out of the actual con-
-flnes of the jail he will be con-
[jfronted with a menacing fence
^‘■Wtth three strands of barbed
.•wire on top, tilting inward and
tnaklng it very necessary that he
■pause considerably in his flight
n,.rhnnR receive a few
id ^ perhaps receive
^tches In the meantime. The
iiw will also add to the ap-
,ranee of the building.
tatives yesterday, by a vote of
61 to 46, killed the committee
bill which would have legalized
the manufacture and sale of
beer with an alcoholic content of
five per cent.
Representative T. S. Bryan, of
Wilkes, voted against the meas
ure.
Representative White of Chow
an, who had voted aye, however,
changed his vote to no so as to
qualify himself to move for a
reconsideration. This, he told
United Press, he will do at to
morrow’s session.
Action on the beer bill came
shortly after the House had pass
ed on second reading the much-
battered Fenner bill to require
vaccination of all dogs against
rabies. This bill was passed, 77
to 31, after it had been read at
request of Representative Bowie
of Ashe and after the House had
tabled a Bowie amendment to
leave compliance with the mea-
ure up to county commissioners.
As passed, the anti-rabies bill
would use 50 cents of the |1 dog
tax for costs of vaccination. It
will come up for third reading
tomorrow.
ROARING GALE SENDS
FREIGHTER TO BOTTOM
London, Feb. 27.—A roaring
gale that crippled many ships in
the Atlantic tonight apparently
had sent the 3,259-ton British
freighter Blairgowle, with her
crew of 28 seamen to the bot
tom.
New York has been the largest
city in the United States from
the time of the very first census,
1790, when it had 33,000 inhabi
tants.
“I am not liitereetel in pol
itics and particularly I "ot
interested in seeklni^ the of
fice of sheriff,” W. F. (Bill)
Absirer stated here this week
after rending comment in tlie
flmrlotte Observer to the ef
fect that he is being mention
ed as suec'.ssor to Slieriff W.
B. Somers in 188fl.
The comment appearing in
the fliarlotte daily was rc-
priiitetl in The ,Tournal-Patrlot
on Alonday. .Altliough Mr. Ab-
sher stated tlint he appreeiat-
eil tlie friendly attitude of
tliose who had nifn'ioned liini
as a likely candidate for' pub
lic office he emphasized the
fact that he is pot Interested
in politics and that lie has not
even considered seeking nomi
nation to the sheriffs office.
Mr. .Absher is a popular
young business man of this
city, being atwoclated with Ws
father, W, R. .Absher, in the
management of Abshers, Inc.,
widely known clothing firm
here. Ho stated that he -will
continue to devote liis entire
time to his business interests.
Tlie comment appearing in
The iimrlotte Observer on
Sunday and reprinted in this
newsi>aper Monday in regard
to Air. Abslier being a candi
date for sheriff hml a favor
able reaction and createil
much interest among tlie peo
ple of tills section of tlie state.
Mr. Alisher, altliough appreci
ative of the interest .siiowm by
his friends, does not desire his
name to be mentioned a-s a
liossible candklate for sheriff
for the reason tliat lie is not
iiiteresteHi in politics or being
a candidate for am pf/icfi,
London—Despite announcement
that former Mayor Jimmy Walk
er (above), of New York, would
make no immediate return to the
States, now that an income tax
suit had been dropped by the reve
nue department, friends here re
port that ‘Jimmy” and wife, Betty
Compton, are making plans for
sailing home. ' 1
Tax Settlements
Are Confirmed By
Legislative Act
Measure Introduced Friday
By Wilkes Legislator Passes
Both Houses
SETTLEMENT VALID
Tobacco Group
Hears Wallace
8.5 Per Cent of Base Will Be
Quota For Tobacco Farm
ers During Ensuing Year
County Agent A. G. Hendren,
accompanied by members of the
tobacco crop reduction commit
tee for Wilkes county, went to
Raleigh Monday to attend a mass
meeting of tobacco growers and
committeemen gathered from
several states.
It is estimated that there were
5.000 in attendance to hear Sec
retary of Agriculture Wallace,
who spoke in an Inspiring man
ner on the triple A.
The question of amount of
tobacco reduction to ask for in
1935 was discussed and it was
decided that the aministration's
New Law Confirms and Ap
proves Settlements Made
With Wilkes Sheriff
figure of 85 per cent of the base
average would be the quota in- cenu’for 'levying, 2o'cen~ts
stead of the figure for last year
The county agent and members
of the committee gained infor
mation that will be of much
value in handling the affairs of
tobacco crop reduction in the
county.
A measure “to approve and
confirm the acts of the Wilkes
county board of commissioners
in accepting and approving the
tax settlement.s of the sheriff of
- Wilkes county for the years 1923
to 1934, both inclusive . . .
passed in the senate Tuesday, ac
cording to information received
here.
The mea.sure was Introduced
last week in the house by Rep
resentative T. S. Bryan, Wilkes
legislator, and placed on the cal
endar. It was passed in the
house last week and went on
through the senate without op
position.
The bill recites that there was
a dispute as to the amouTit of the
sheriff’s fees and commissions.
The bill validated settlements
made and minutes of the county
board of commissioners regard
ing the compensation of the
sheriff.
Would Validate Sales
A bill was also Introduced in
the house by Representative Bry
an to ratify sales of land for tax
es in Wlllkes county. The bill
would validate sales of land for
1933 taxes, which sales were
made later than the law prescrib
ed, and would fix- the sheriff’s
fees for making tax sales at 50
for
Lowery Diila
Dies Suddenly
Widely Known Confederate
Veteran Posses at Fergu
son; Funeral Friday
Lowery D u 1 a, member of
widely known 'Wilkes county
family and a beloved character
in his community, died suddenly
at his home at Ferguuson this
morning about ten o’clock. Mr.
Dula was one of the few Con
federate veterans in the county
and had reached the age of 92
years, 8 motlhs and 22 days.
Mr. Dula’s health during his
latter years had been considered
good for a man of bis age and
his sudden death was quite a
shock to his many friends, not
only in his own community, but
to all who had made his ac
quaintance. He was the grand
father of J. B. 'Williams, of this
city.
Funeral service will be held at
his home Friday afternoon, fol
lowed by interment in Beaver
Creek cemetery.
Charles Wesley, noted English
clergyman, wrote more than 6,-
000 hymns.
advertising, 50 cents tor sale of
certificate. 35 cents for record
ing the sale and 50 cents for the
auctioneer. ,
Before Project 1,1st
Raleigh, Feb. 26.—A list of
projects that would require
1290,000,000 to complete in
North Carolina under the propos
ed new federal wqrk relief plan
has been prepared by the state
planning board and applications
from local units involving a-
round 160,000,000 will be for
warded to Washington tomorrow.
Teachers Win
Meet Saturday
Meeting Will Be Held At 10
A. M. In Wilkesboro
School Building
A county-wide teachers meet
ing will be held on Saturday
morning, ten o’clock, in the Wil
kesboro school auditorium. Prof.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools, announced this
week.
Attendance 6f all teachers em
ployed in the schools of the coun
ty is required and the program
for the meeting will be such as
to promote interest In school
work. Meetings are being held
only at such Intervals as the
need is apparent tor calling the
teachers together, and discuMlng
problems of mutual intofeet.
For this reason attendance of
all the teaclwln la atreMod.
Criminal Ca
Convene (hi
Judge W. F. Harding Will
Preside; Many Cases On
the Calendar
spring term of Wilkes super
ior court for the trial of crimin
al cases will convene in 'Wllkes-
boro on Monday, March 4, at
ten o'clock. Jndge W. F. Hard
ing, of Charlotte, will preside.
The term will be for two
weeks and the usual large docket
is pending trial. The calendar as
made out by Solicitor John R.
Jones last week contains around
300 listed cases and attention is
called to the fact that all cases
tried before justices of the peace
and on which returns had not
been made when the calendar
was compiled will be called on
Friday of the last week in the
term.
Solicitor Jones stated that the
docket is unusually large but
that attendance of witnesses at
court on the day for which they
are subpoenaed will do much to
ward expediting matters and dis
posing of the docket. A number
of homicide cases are on the
docket, although there are no
cases on sensational Interest
such as featured the August
term, at which time the noted
Tilley cases were tried.
Following is the calendar for
the term as made out by Solici
tor Jones:
Monday, March 4th
GX)D BEHAVIOR AND COST
DOCKET
1. Ernest Money, Good Behavior
and cost.
2. Hilar.v Foster, Cost.
3. Monroe Wyatt, Good Behavior
and Cost.
4. Todd Darnell, For judgment.
5. Henry Frazier, Good Behav
ior.
6. Roland Johnson. Good Behav
ior.
8. Will Call, Hillary Foster, Les-
sle She-*', Cost. ■"
(Continued on page eight)
'iJjW-Viis
RMeiyedHere
Beauty Pageant
Is Big Success
Miss Ella Joyner Brame Ac
claimed “Miss Nhrth Wil
kesboro’’ By Crowd
Miss Ella Joyner Brame was
acclaimed “Miss North AVilkes-
boro’’ in the beauty pageant held
at the North Wilkesboro high
school building o n Tnesday
night. By virtue of the local de
cision she will represent this city
in a state-wide beauty pageant to
be held in Winston-Salem.
The pageant was a success
from every standpoint and was
put on before a large crowd
which seemed very appreciative
of the array of beautiful school
girls placed in the local contest
by business firms here.
The pageant was put on under
auspices of the Parent-Teacher
Association for the benefit of
the athletic association in the
city schools and was directed by
Miss Lilolse Druden. To add to
the entertainment a dancing
class of Mrs. R. G. Finley put on
a special act.
In the junior contest Little
Miss Sue Landon. daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Landon.
was first with Little Miss Betsy
Ruth McNeill, daughter of May
or and Mrs. R. T. McNeill, a
close second.
Miss Brame, the winner of the
main contest. Is an attractive
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. M.
Brame. Second place went to
Miss Mickle Bryant and third to
Miss Gwendolyn Hubbard.
PROBE OF BRIDE’S
DEATH TO CONTINUE
Pinehurst, Feb. 27.—A coro
ner’s jury Ini'estigating the death
of Mrs. H. Bradley Davidson Jr.,
here adjourned late today with
out returning a verdict.
A servant found Mrs. David
son, 23-year-old bride of 58
days, lying half in and halt out
of her car in a garage at Edge-
wood. her winter home here, this
morning.
Mrs. Davidson was formerly
Elva Statler, adopted daughter
of the late E. M. Statler. wealthy
hotel owner. She was born at
Buffalo, N. Y„ and had lived lor
several years at Boston.
Death was attributed to car
bon monoxide poisoning.
Bom to Mr. and Mrk. Weaver
Starr at The Wilkes Hospdtal to
day a daughter, Mary Milter.
On Honeymoon
World’s Wealthiest Girl
Has Quiet Marriage -
New Securities Will Go On
Sale lAt North Wilkesboro
Postoffice March 1
SMALL BONDS OFFERED
$25, $50, $100 and $500 Bonds
Offered By Government
Mature In 10 Years
New York—Above is Mrs, Jas.
H. R. Cromwell, bride, who until
last week was Miss Doris Duke,
called the world’s wealthiest girl
and heiress to the Duke tobacco
millions. The young couple -was
married quietly and are now on a
world tour honeymoon. Mr. Crom
well is an advertising man.
Accused Slayer
Is Captured In
Wilkes County
Man Accused of Slaying Ga
lax Police Chief Taken
Monday Night
Howard Delp, 24-year-old ac
cused slayer of Posey Martin,
Galax, 'Va., police chief, was ar
rested on Tuesday night near
Fairplains by Virginia and North
Carolina state officers.
Delp bad been wandering a-
bout Virginia and in Northwest
ern North Carolina since Thurs
day and was in a fatigued con
dition when officers picked him
up as he was walking toward
this city on the Traphill road
one mile from the end of the
hardsurfaced road at Fairplains.
He ■ made no effort to resist ar
rest and seemed to be in a dazed
condition.
It was a far different man
that officers captured than the
one who broke out of the jail at
Galax last Thursday night after
sticking a pocket knife into the
police chief’s throat, according
to witnesses, and cutting Officer
Dotson across the face. Cell
mates said that Delp had stated
he would kill Dotson, who killed
Delp’s father in a dry raid sev
eral years ago. IVhen caught
Delp’s face was torn by briars
through which he ran in his ef
fort to elude officers, his arm
was cut from the broken glass
of the jail door where he made
his escape, his clothing, -which
was not the same he had worn
when he broke from the jail,
was torn and bedraggled.
Delp told officers that he had
bad only an hour’s sleep and
three meals since Thursay. Of
ficers said he had secured a
change of clothing at the home
of an uncle in .Mount Airy Sat
urday. The fugitive said he did
not know that Martin was dead
until Friday as he ate dinner at
a farm house and took to the
woods immediately on hearing it.
Delp will probably come to
trial at the March 11 term of
court in Hillsviile, as the trag
edy was enacted in Carroll coun
ty. The line between Grayson and
Carroll counties runs through the
jail where the killing took place.
The initial supply of ' "baby
bonds” issued by the United
Statef treasury for sale after
March 1 have been received at
the North ■Wilkesboro post of
fice.
The bonds, officially known as
"United States savings bonds,"
are issued in denominations of
$25, $50, $100 and $500.
George Washington’s picture
is found on the $25 bonds, while
Thomas Jefferson’s likeness i»
on the $50 denomination. The
$100 bonds bear the picture of
Grover Cleveland. Woodrow Wil
son’s photograph is on the $500
denomination.
The amount shown on the
bonds is the value at maturity, a
$25 bond selling now for $18.75.
The maturity date Is ten years
after the month of issue.
Purchase price of the $50
bond is $37.50. The $100 bond
sells for $75 and the $500 de
nomination for $375.
While the bonds mature in
fen years, they are redeemable
at the United States treasury at
Washington 60 days after they
are purchased. However, they do
not bear interest until after
they are held 12 months. After
that date, they are redeemable at
face value with accured interest
at the rate of 2.09 per cent.
The post office here will sell
the bonds and keep an adequate
supply to meet the needs of
those who wish to invest in this
type of government securities.
Auto Casualty
Toll Amazii^
36,000 Killed Last Year; Pe-
de.strians Suffer Most In
Slaughter
W. J. Ellis, Age
2, Dies of Bums
Son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Ellis Falls In Fire At
Home At Boomer
W. J. Ellis, ,Ir., two-year-
old son of W. J. and I,ydla
Smith Ellis, of route 1, Pores
Knob, died yesterday after
noon from bums rfteelved
when he fell Into the fire at
the home of Its parents.
The child was hopelessly
bnrued but was carried to The
Wilkes Hospital, _ where be
died within a few hoars.
Warsaw, Feb. 27.—The first
fatality in 16 years of Polish
ski racing, .Adam Tokarz died in
a hospital today of injuries suf
fered in a bad spill yesterday at
Zakopane.
The worst automobile accident
casualty loll ever experienced in
the United States was recorded
last year when 36,000 persons
were killed and nearly a million
injured as a result of 882,000
personal injury collisions on
streets and highways.
Although practically t w o-
thirds of the accidents involved
driving errors, pedestrians paid
the highest price in the loss of
life as shown by the death of
nearly 16,000, or 44 per cent of
the total fatalities.
Detailed statistics giving the
circumstances of the accidents
as tabulated by The Travelers
Insurance Company in its annu
al analysis show that the coun
try’s adverse experience was not
due solely to an increase in the
use of motor vehicles. Deaths
gained 16 per cent as against an
increase of between 5 and 6 per
cent in registrations and 6 per
cent in gasoline consumption. In
this connection the analysis
points out that in 1931, the
previous high record in deaths,
registrations were 3 per cent
greater and gasoline consump
tion nearly one per cent more
than in 1934, while fatalities in
1931 were almost 8 per cent less
than last year.
Too much speed for time and
place is cited as the dominant
factor in th© greater seriousness
of automobile accidents last year.
As an example of the extreme
hazard produced by driving too
fast, the rate of death per acci
dent because of exceeding the
speed limit was 40 per cent worse
last year than the average of
all accidents involving driving
errors.
Available records for the year
show that 3.16 per cent of the
^rivers In accidents were declar
ed to have been under the in
fluence of intoxicants as against
2.43 per cent in 1933, an in
crease of one-third. The avail
able records also show that 4.47
per cent of the pedestrians in ac
cidents were declared to have
been under the influence of in
toxicants as against 2.9t'per cent
in 1933, an increase of 49.6 per
eent.
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