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*Tbc''Jotirnal-Patriot has blazed the trail of process in the “State of Wilkea** for 29years.^ " ‘ ' * ■ ■ .. -r • '.■??. ^ ''-V W r-J 'ir p VOL. XXIX, NSO. 41 Published Mondays and Thursdays ' NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1935 |f;odjiir m mirrj. BTE NEWS OF STATE AND NATION " 0 J»U K»c*pee Taken , =|lockSTlll*, March l.—Rufus i^wmette, young white man of ^gJ^Advance section, who with vHj|p McIntyre broke out of the DaTSH|ounty jail last November !• Wa^reca^tured in Yadkin eoaaty ^out midnight last night by Davie and Yadkin officers. Baby Itonds Go Big Washington. March 1.—Presi dent Roosevelt reported tonight that the treasury’s newest fi nancing venture—baby bonds— had met an enthusiastic and en couraging response from the public. d licap To Their Death Berne Switzerland, March 1.— A young Swiss school teacher and his sweetheart leaped to death from an airplane today apparently to escape possible disgrace growing out of his al- eged misuse of school funds. h Pair Die In Wreck Hartsville, S. C., March 1.— An unexplained highway acci dent today caused the deaths near here of Aaron Deroy, 54- year-old Detroit business man and yachting enthusiast, and a woman traveling companion. Child Labor Amendment 1$ Receiving Wonderful Support In the State, Says Mrs. Absher, Committee Chairman - GOES CRAZY Poor Man Breaks Under Strain Of Sudden . Riches FALLS SHORT Englishman Nears Own Racing Record Of 273 M. P. H. Freed “Framed" Convict Oklahoma City, March 1.— Carter Camp, 24. was paroled from state penitentiary today partly because Gov. E. W. Mar- land believes he was “framed’’ into committing a bank robbery —by persons hoping to collect a reward. KUled By Train Marion, Feb. 1.—Returning to the home of his daughter in East Marion for dinner Friday ^^om a business trip to Marion, John P. Fitter, 75, Spanish War • veteran of the Nebo community, ^^^jff’four milesL east of Marion,. 'Waa., ' I struck by an eastbound South ern freight train and fatally in jured. A closeup view of Sir Malcolm Campbell, who Saturday tried to break his own record of 273 miles per hour in his racing car at Daytona Beach, Fla. His speed was recorded as 270. and the rough beach 'was attributed as the cause of his failure to break his own record. Below is a picture of his racing car, the Bluebird. Man Arrested By Federal Agents Still Raided In Lomax Section By Alcohol Tax Investi gators Thursday Hitler Wants Peace _ Saarbrucken. March 1. — Adolph Hitler tonight extended an olive branch to Europe. The German realm-leader, with spirit uplifted by a giant celebration for the reunion of the rich Saar basin with the Fatherland, asked Europe to co-operate with him in a program "of peace and understanding.’’ Uifsort Co. Reorganizetl Elkin, March 1.—Announce ment has been made of the dis solution of Roaring Gap, incor- orated, and the reorganization of this corporation to be known in the future as Roaring Gap; company, incorporated. A meet ing of the stockholders of the old corporation Thursday after noon was followed by a meet ing of the new corporation for the election of officers and di rectors. Fred Lowe, resident of the Lomax section wa.s arrested at a still on Thursday by federal of ficers. He was hailed before J. W. Dula, United States commis sioner in Wilkesboro, and given a preliminary hearing and bound to federal court under bond of :$500. Officers taking parts in the raid were J. C. Fortner, J. T. Jones, Leonard Roope and Depu ty Marshal W. A. Jones. A me dium-sized still and a consider able quantity of materials for whiskey manufacture were des troyed. w Earthquake Strikes Kansas City, March 1—A dish- rattling, window-banging earth quake capped the climax today for midwesterners who thought they’d seen alrtudy this year a- bout all that the elements had to show. The shock, first felt about 5 a. m. was follow'ed a few min utes afterward by one which joined in alarming early risers and disturbing light sleepers in ^»*;^four, states. Just Like That Mocksville. March 1.—Virgil Boger well known farmer of the Cana section of the county was ^juried to Duke University Hos- tk>ntinues Tobacco .Act Washington. March 1.—.Act ing on referenda which resulted in an overwhelming affirmative vote for continuance of the Kerr- Smith tobacco act. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace today signed a proclamation making the act applicable for the 1935-26 crop year to prac tically all important types of domestic tobacco. The rate of the tax on the sale of tobacco pro duced in 1935 to which the act is made applicable will be 33 1-3 per cent of the price for which such tobacco is sold. Instead of the 25 per cent, in effect for 1934-35. Mtal in Durham on Thursday with a broken leg. Mr. Boger, i according to information was i leaving his home to go to work B ln a nearby field when his right leg thigh bone snapped into. Mr. Boger had trouble with his limb about four years ago and spent aeveral months in the hospital. The leg has been broken once be- ^ ^ij^re at the same place. States Must Help Washington, March 1—The ad ministration tonight resorted to Federal Emergency Relief Ad- drastic means—withholding gov ernment aid tfct^orarlly from 750,000 persons—to enforce its demand that individual states pay their share of unemployment costs. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins, It was learned authorl- iatfvely, is holding up March al- ptments from Minnesota, Wash- ton and Idaho, Insisting their ^J^jWilatures appropriate funds to 7 h«lp tlwlr own needy. . Will Distribute Second Payment Corn-Hog Checks Signers May Get Checks at Of fice Of County .Agent On Wednesday, March 6 Checks for the second in- .stalln>ent of benefits to sign ers of corn-hojf crop reduction crops will be distributed from the office of County Agent A. G. Hendren in Wilkesboro on Wednesday, March 6, it was learned today from Sliss Rosa Killings, treasurer of tue Wil kesboro Com-Hog Crop Con trol association. There will be 124 dieeks totaling 408.28, represent ing one-fifth of thc total a- iiiount for reduction of the 1934 crop. 'The first payment, two-fifths, was made late last year and the final payment will be made this spring. No one need call for the checks before Wednesday as the nec essary blanks will not arrive before that date. Miss Bil lings stated. Is Leading Fight For Ratifi cation of Amendment In North Carolina OPPONENTS RAPPED Says Sentiment For Amend ment Doing Much To Off set Misleading Propaganda “The child labor ?imendment has wonderful support in the state,’’ Mrs. W. R. Absher, chair man of the state child labor com mittee. sponsored by the state legislative council, stated _ here Saturday. In commenting on tlie support the child labor amendment is re ceiving, Mrs. Absher pointed out that fifteen state organizations, including the North Carolina Federation of Woman’s clubs. State League of Women Voters, North Carolina Federation of Business and Professional Wom an’s clubs. State Federation of Labor, State Nurses’ association. Conference for Social Service, American Legion. American Le gion Auxiliary, Woman’s Mis sionary society of the North Carolina conference. M. E. church, south. Woman’s Auxili ary, Protestant Episcopal church, N. C. diocese; Woman’s Christian Temperance union. North Caro lina Young Democratic club, have in convention assembled voted to support the child labor amend ment. "Approximately 500 pro gressive minded citizens in vari ous parts of the state are mem bers of the State Child Labor -Amendment committee,’’ Mrs. Absher said. Mrs. Absher stated that anoth er earnest appeal made recently by the President of the United States asking for ratification of 4he child labor amendment was having a great deal of weight with the people, “regardless of the foolish, misleading and un- .Americin ' propaganda clfcuTaterf" by those opposing the amend ment, it is steadily gaining ground in the hearts of the peo ple throughout the state.’’ “Here is another point,’’ said Mrs. Absher. “People realize that when a nation pays thirteen billion dollars per year for crime and only one billion per year for education, there is something wrong. This condition of af fairs is due to a large extent to the wrong we are doing the chil dren of our state and nation when we allow them to be ex- polited in industry for monetary gain. We can never banish crime and juvenile delinquency until we begin at the beginning and give every child a ‘square deal.’ “Now is the time,’’ Mrs. Ab sher continued, “to put reason and common sense back of the fight against the crime wave by ratifying the child labor amend ment.’’’ She has been confined to her home here for the past two weeks suffering with an attack of influenza, but is leaving to day for Raleigh, where she will be the guest of her brothers. Major A. L. Fletcher and A. J. Fletcher. In addition to being chairman of the state child labor amend ment committee sponsored by the North Carolina Legislative coun cil, Mrs. Absher is a very active worker in civic affairs. Last year, while president of the North Carolina department of the American Legion Auxiliary, she Instituted and directed the (Continued on page eight) People Warned To Protect Deer One Seen Last Week Said To Have Been Placed In Coun ty By Officials People of the county are be ing warned by game wardens and other officials to protect the deer that are now roaming the hills, it was stated here today. Several weeks ago it was learned that a deer is making Wllke,s its home and the depart ment of conservation placed an other in the county with the ex plicit undrstanding that people are not to hunt or kill the prized game animals. Hence an added public warn ing is Issued for people not to injure the deer or allow their dogs to run it. Anyone convicted of hunting or killing a deer in the county will be heavily fined or Imprieoned, officers state. New York . . . Frank Greges, 67, (above), a tired “sandwich man” who found stocks worth $45,000 on War Street a few weeks ago and was rewarded with a job and gifts, has broken under the strain of rich food and money in the pocket. He is now in the psychopathic ward of a hospital here as a result of de lusions of grandeur. Judge Harding Defends Sysiem But Urges Greater,IHI^^e In Performing Duties of the>0ffice Gives Comprehensive Sum mary of;Duties of Grand Jury Court Body D. O. CLARY FOREMAN March Term of- Criminal Cour Opened Today; Faces Large Calendar Officers Make Big Liquor Haul Of 1,068 Gallons Sheriff Somers and Highway Patrolman Get Truck and Heavy Load of Spirits Over 1,000 gallons of whis key and a new Ford track were taken on the Windy Gap road Satnrday night abont nine o’clock by Sheriff W. B. Seni ors and State Highway Pa trolman Nall, of Statesville. The track, heavily laden with dLstilled spirits, was go ing up the mountain toward Windy Gap when the officers stoppeil it for investigation. Sheriff Somers drove the track to the jail in Wilkesboro while till') patrolman carried the driv er, who gave his name as John Smith and his address as Char lotte. Whei: the confiscated goods and truck liad been stored the arrested man beggjed to be taken to a home in the WTndy Gap section in order to get a man to sign his bond. Patrol man Nail carried the man back into the community, where he entci-cd the front door of the house and left by the rear in such a hurry that he was not apprehended. The liquor was in half gal lon fruit jars and by actual count there were 1,068 gal lons. Officers were busy a great part of the time Sun day pouring it into a gutter. The truck bore transfer lic enses and was listed in the name of J. E. Moore. “The reason some laws are unpopular Is because they are not enforced,” Judge W. F. Harding said this morning while giving a comprehensive charge to the grand jury at the opening of the March term of criminal court in Wilkesboro. Judge Harding made this comment while upholding the grand jury system, at the same time remonstrating that grand jurie.s are "falling down on their jobs” In the duty of making presentments and In other phas es of their work which they are bound by their oath to carry out. The jurist instructed the grand jury to make diligent ex amination of all, bills In order to properly class them as true or not true, putting emphasis on the fact that the law is to pro tect society at large and not a collecting agency or a means of revenge for personal dislike a- mong people of a community or county. He stated that it was not the law’s purpose or Inten tion to punish, harass or embar- ass a personal who had Inadver tantly violated some statute and who had" no criminal Intent. He urged the grand jury to weed out the friv'.’ous and spite actions and especially any pre sentments made by any who would attempt to harass a per son into paying or settling some debt. He stated that the court is no collecting agency and that it certainly would not be this week or~next. He Ses^ffbed the grand jury as being a cross section of th^ county with people from all sections, all churches, all politi cal and church beliefs and fac tions making up the body. D. O. Cleary was named fore man of the grand jury. The court Is facing two weeks of hard work and a calendar of around 300 cases, which was made out by Solicitor John R. Jones and published last week. Defendants or witnesses must at tend court on the days for which they were subpeonaed. Myers Improving I. M. Myers, county coroner and proprietor of the Call Hotel, and his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Walter Myers, are well on the road to complete recovery from serious injuries sustained in an automobile collision a t Way- cross, Ga., several weeks ago. Walter Myers and small daugh ter, Bertha Jean, were also In jured but have completely re covered. I. M. Myers is now able to leave his room and Mrs. Walt er Myers is much better, al though not completely recovered. Their many friends will be glad to learn of their progress. ERA Could Vastly Increase Number of Jobs If Communities Would Furnish Price of Materials Used In Projects Raleigh, March 3.—Five thou sand ERA work projects, in force at present, can be increased to over 6000, and the 30,000 persons employed on January 1 can be increased to 65,000 if funds are made available, Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, state relief ad ministrator. said today. Under present policies of the relief administration, Mrs. O’Berry explained, only a limited amount of materials may be pur chased for work projects under EHA supervision. For this rea son, there are approximately 1,000 encessary projects on file unapproved because of funds In sufficient to purchase needed materials. If local communities could se cure funds sufficient to buy ma terials, 1,000 new projects, carry ing improvements Into every sec tion of the state, could he started immediately. These projects to gether with the 5,000 now In operation would permit employ ment of the 65,000 employable persons now on relief rolls, under thefJfc8ent policy of counting but one employable person to each family. Projects now In force, the ad ministrator pointed out, represent all phases of construction and repair work, bringing benefits to communities all over the state. Public property projects In the ERA program now in force in clude new constfHictlon or re pairing of roads and streets, pub lic buildings, schools, communi ty houses, hospitals, bridges, sewage and water wprks systems, recreational projects, landscap ing, erosion control, conservation of fish and game, and eradication of disease bearers and pests. Projects vitally affecting the welfare of relief clients, and af fording needed Improvements in towns, cities and rural centers include remodeling and repairing houses, resettlement housing for subsistence homesteads, and the demolition of condemned houses and other buildings. This department of ERA ac tivity Includes also the production and distribution of food products and other articles needed by the unemployed. These projects in- (Continued on page eight) CHAMPION Here’s The Woman . To Make Stove Wood Out Of Trees Wilton, N. H. . . . Miss Marlon Buck (above), retains her title as the champion woman wood- chopper of the world. After win ning the 1935 title in the Winter carnival here she issued a chal lenge to out-chop all comers. Baby Bonds Go On Sale Here United States Savings Bonds Went On Sale At Postof- , fice Here Friday ^ United States Savings better known as “baby Bonds, bonds’’ vvent on sale at the North Wil kesboro postoffice Friday, March 1. The local postoffice has the bonds in denominations ranging from $25 to $500. The bonds mature in ten years but will be redeemable at the United States treasury in 60 days, although they do not bear interest until they are held for 12 months. Aft er 12 months they are redeem able at face value with accrued interest at the rate of 2,09 per cent. Reports from widely separat ed sections of the county indi cate that the “baby bond” Issue has been well received by the investing public. Park-to-Park Highway Fund Impounded For Relief Work Washington. Feb. 28.—Secre tary Ickes late today announced he had been compelled to im pound for relief purposes the $6,000,000 PWA fund to com plete the Shenandoa-h-Great Smoky mountain parkway. Ask ed it the money had been pre viously earmarked for the park way he replied: “Yes, but even the ears are gone.’’ There is not on© cent that the PWA can spend on the project until congress makes new funds available. Treasui-y Refinances Washington, March 3.—The treasury tonight followed the ad ministration's desire for lower interest rates by announcing two refunding issues of securities at the lowest yield since long be fore the world war. Wilkes Negro Will Entertain The President P. Brown In Class To En tertain First Family On Friday, March 8 ,T. P. Brown, colored resi dent of Wilkesboro now In school at Hampton, Va., is a member of the singing class to sing before Prerident Roosevelt on Friday, March 8, it was learned in WUkes- boro by members of his fam ily. In addition to being a member of the class Brown wUl appear in a solo part in singing a n^ro egdrltualr He is a son J. hi. (Tnak) Brown and the Iata;¥l0lMsoe Howell Brown, of WillBesboro. .60 OUT OF THE STATE WILKES0ORO-. TWIN-CITY PCA MERGED Offices of Farm Credit A4* ministration .Will Be In * Winston-Salem MEETING IS HELD Paul J. Vestal I& Named Director In Merger of Associations The Wilkesboro Produetlon Credit Association and the Wliir ston-Salem association were com bined under the name of the Winston-Salem Production Cred it Association at a joint meeting held in Winston-Salem Friday In the First National Bank Build ing. The principal offices of the new association will be in Win ston-Salem. It will serve farmen In Forsyth, Stokes, Davie, Dav idson. Yadkin, Surry, Wilkes. Alleghany, Caldwell, Wataqga and Ashe counties. The combined associations will have a capital stock of $220,600 in Class A. stock and a smaller amount of Class B stock. Loans of $250,000 ar© expected to ha made during the present year in this territory. The new firm Is chartered under the farm credit act of 1933 and offers loans to farmers for crop production, dairy de velopment, livestock, fences and other necessary expenses on the farm. Any farmer who owns his stock and tools is eligible for a loan. Loans are secured by a first mortgage on the stock and tools or a first lien on tb© crop. An interest charge of only 5 per cent will be made. Directors of the new associ ation will be W. H. Hardy, Sl- loam; A. B. Hobson, Boonviile; Paul Vestal, Moravian Falls; S. F. Fulk, Pinnacle, and A. Crouse Jones, Winston-Salem. These directors were chosen at the meeting Friday from tho boards of directors of the two associations. L. E. Francis, of W’inston- Salem, was made temporary sec retary and treasurer. Mr. Fran cis was formerly secretary and treasurer of the Winston-Salem association. Mr. Francis pointed out that a farmer who is in need of funds for planting may borrow' enough money to buy seed and later when it is time to harvest his crop obtain more funds with which to harvest it, thus saving interest charges on a larger a- mount it the money was all bor rowed at one time. Farmers re quired to pay interest only for the time they actually have the use of the money, .the secretary- treasurer said. The association fills a need not covered by regular banks, according to Mr. Francis. Und er the purposes of the act com panies of this kind have been formed all over the state to meet the needs of farmers at planting time at a reasonable rate of in terest. Tenant farmers may make loans provided their landlord will waive a first lien on the crop. A number of applications for the present season have already been made and several have been approved, Mr. FYancis stated. Money with which the associ ations operate is not government money but is obtained through the sale of Federal land bank bonds. Schoolmasters To Meet Friday Dinner Mwting Will Be Held In Wilkesboro School Building Wilkes County Schoolmasters Club will hold its March meeting in the home economics depart ment of the Wilkesboro school building Friday evening, begin ning at 6 o'clock, according to an announcement issued today.' An interesting program 1s be ing made out tor the occasion, together with a number of busi ness matters to claim the atten tion of the organization. Plates will be fifty cents each and all principals and teachers who can attend are asked to notify Prof. T. E. Story by Thursday after noon. By beating the soil under hot beds, plMit growtn /fthd that ca- raniums root la 18 days instead of about 30.
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