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Nation
Daniels Is Jadge N0IS HIGHUGHTS THROUGH EYES OF
For Term Court
Starting April 29
Adjutant General Takes Up Banking; Dempsey’s Daughter Pos
es for Snapshot; King Names Governor of Canada.
TRAINWa «,
CdVENnONHELOIN .
tmr FRIDAY AND SAimilT
i. Caroltam Stniwb 'irles
Goldsboro, April !i.—The first
■ strawberries of the iieason were
sold In Mount OllTe Wednesday
' the rate of $8.50 a crate.
t
His,'
Baakers-Te Hear Jones
,j«'W)a8hlngton, April 5.—Jesse
H. Jones, chairman of the Re
construction Finance Corpora
tion, today accepted an invita
tion to address the North Caro
lina State Bankers Association at
Pinehurst May 10.
Heads Women Voters
Chapel Hill, April 5.—Mrs. T.
D. Williams, of Charlotte, was
elected president of the North
Carolina League of Women Vot
ers at the league's 15th annual
convention here today.
Relief Roll Decreases
Wilmington. April 5. — The
number of persons on relief here
has decreased five per cent since
the first of the year and a fur
ther decrease is anticipated by
those in charge of the relief
work.
.Icffrcs.s Some Better
E. B. Jeffress, president of the
Greensboro News company, who
Is convalescing at his home in
Greensboro from serious Illness
which struck him last August,
continues to make slow but con
sistent improvement.
Convicts Are Flogged
Raleigh, April 5.—Thirteen
leaders of the revolt of some 25
negro convicts at Woodville, in
Perquimans county, w-ere flogged
with a two-inch strap last night,
Representative S e n t e 11 e. of
Brunswick, chairman of the
house penal institutions commit
tee, said this afternoon.
Long For Pre,sident
, Washington, April 5.—Sena-
* tor Huey P. Long told question
ers today they could go as far as
they liked in designating him a
candidate for President next
year. On the Senate floor he de-
' nounced the new deal and aimed
at Republicans a warning that
he did not want the next admin
istration to be theirs, either.
Cash Basts Court
Black Mountain, April 5—The
police court here has gone on a
strictly cash basis—“no more
charge accounts.’’ Mayor J. T.
Simpson said an accumulation of
unpaid court costs charged to
many customers—of whom a
large part were repeaters—-had
made necessary a “pay as you
go’’ rule. Minor offenders hence
forth will work out costs on mu
nicipal projects at 20 cents an
hour.
Xo. U. S. Sales Tax
Washington. April 5.—Con
gressional tax leaders disclosed
a belief tonight that the new so
cial security bill would enable
them to beat down with ease any
renewed drive for a federal sales
tax. As they were making that
prediction, house Republicans
postponed until tomorrow night
another conference to talk over
the social security plan to de
termine what if anything, they
should do about it as a partv.
' Dr. Gwyn Will
♦ y Address P.-T, A.
In Public Meeting To Be Held
At Local School Thurs-
> day Evening at 7:30
«i 1.111 ' —
Dr. P. H. Gwyn. Jr., of the
department of education of Dav-
Idaon College, will deliver an
address in the concluding meet
ing of the North Wllkeeboro
Parent-Teacher Association t o
be held at the school auditorium
jon Thursday night, April 11th,
at 7:30.
Dr. Gwyn is a versatile speak
er with a message of Interest to
both young and old. Recently he
''' has delivered addresses to P.-T.
Associations and other organiza
tions In various parts of the
sUte and the local program som-
mlttee for the meeting Thursday
night feel fortunate in that they
have been able to secure him for
an address and they state that
gy,ry one who attends will rea
lise that they are well paid for
the time the meeting consumes.
Members of the P.-T. A., other
Interested school patrons and
the general public are Invited to
hear Dr. Gwyn Thursday night.
First Term Under New Law
WiU Begin On April 29th
Instep of April 22nd
IS TWO-WEEKS’ TERM
For Trial of Both Criminal
and Civil Actions; No
Grand Jury Summoned
Judge Prank A. Daniels, of
Goldsboi‘0, has been designated
to preside over the term of court
to begin in Wilkesboro on Mon
day, April 29.
The term to begin on the 29th
of this month will be the first
under an act passed by the pres
ent legislature providing a total
of 12 weeks of court per year
instead of eight for Wilkes coun
ty.
The court was previously an
nounced to begin on April 22.
but when a copy of the recent
law was scrutinized it was learn
ed that Monday, April 29 is
beginning date. A clause in the
law reads "eighth Monday a^ter
the first Monday in March” and
the eighth Monday after the
first Monday in March will be
April 29 instead of April 22.
The term will ’oe tor two weeks
and the second week of the
court will begin on Monday,
.May 6.
The clause in the law passed
at this session of the legislature
setting dates for WSlkes courts
reads as follows:
“Wilkes—First Monday in
.March; eighth Monday after the
first Monday in March; 13th
Monday after the first Monday in
March, for trial of civil cases
only; fourth Monday before the
first Monday in September; fourth
Monday after the first Monday in
September, for the trial of civil
cases only; 10th Monday after
first Monday in September; each
of the above terms to continue
for two weeks.’’
The ImisunderstandiDg in re
gard to the beginning date oF-
the April term arose becaure of
lack of opportunity to scruti
nize the new law.
The executive secretary to
Governor Ehringhaus informed
Attorney Eugene Trivette, presi
dent of the Wilkes Bar associa
tion, that Judge Daniels had been
commissioned to preside over the
term beginning April 29th. Judge
W. F. Harding, presiding over
17th district courts for the first
six months of this year, had been
designated to hold a special term
elsewhere before the law creat
ing the term for Wilkes was
passed. Judge Daniels is a
brother of Josephus Daniels,
ambassador to Mexico, and is an
emergency jurist.
Big Stage Play
Being Planned
Legion Auxiliary Will Spon
sor Presentation of “The
World’s All Right”
“The World’s All Right.” one
of the most entertaining musical
comedies of the present day, will
be presented by local talent at
the North Wilkesboro school au
ditorium on Thursday and Fri
day, April 25 and 26, under aus
pices of the local unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Miss Louise Moore, represen
tative of the Universal Produc
ing Company, arrived today to
begin selecting the cast, which
will number approximately 300
members, all of whom will be
chosen from local talent.
This presentation is heralded
as one of the biggest of its type
ever to be attempted in this city
and plans for the play are rapid
ly taking form. The Legion Aux
iliary will use profits of the
two-day show in carrying out its
many worthy activities.
Washington . . . Major-Gener
al James F. McKinley (above),
Adjutant General of he U. S.
Army since 1933, is soon to
tender his resignation to accept
the ’presidency of the National
Bank of Sam Houston at San
Tntnnio. Tex. He entered the
army as a “buck private’’ in
1898.
Winter Returns
For Brief Stay
Hlf^ilands Of Wilkes Covered
With Sleet This Morning;
Mercury Drops
S
New York . . . Above is Miss
Joan Hannah Dempsey, 7 months
old daughter of former world
champion. Jack Dempsey and
Mrs. Dempsey who was the for
mer Hannah Williams of the
stage. This is one of Joan’s first
“official’’ poses.
EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT
AT M.E. CHURCH ANNOUNCED
Ten-Day Meeting To Begin
Wednesday Night; Pastor
Will Do Preaching
Beginning Wednesday evening,
April 10th. evangelistic services
will be held at the First Metho
dist church of North Wilkesboro
each evening, excepting Satur
days, until Easter Sunday. The
pastor will do the preaching,
and a loyal group of members
have been supporting him in pre
paring ’he way for these special
services. During the past month
mid-week services_ were helj^ In
five arrfefenrTiom'es ~ slmurtAnd-'
ously each week, with an aver
age weekly attendance of 115
people, both young and old.
The definite purpose of this
series of evangelistic services is
announced as three-fold: (1)
That earnest Christian people
may assemble reverently each
night of the holy Easter season
for worship and a deepening of
their own spiritual lives; (2)
that those who have become
careless in Christian living may
renew their allegiance to their
Lord; and (3) that non-Chris
tians may be given an opportun
ity to begin the Christian life.
The public is cordially invited to
all services. Mrs. Genio Card-
well, choir director of the church,
and the Music Committee of the
church, Mr. J. D. Shaefer. chair
man, are working together in ar
ranging for an augmented choir
for this series of meetings, and
other groups are caring for oth
er details.
The service will begin each
evening with a song service at
7:15, and a hearty welcome will
be extended to all.
TO SING HERE
Noted Tenor To Appear
At Methodist Church
Here
LINCOLN PELLET
Attend Regional M. E.
Meet In Winston-Salem
A regional conference of the
Methodist Church (South) was
held at th© Centenary Methodist
church in Winston-Salem Thurs
day. Those from the North Wil
kesboro Methodist church at
tending were Rev. and Mrs. H.
K. King, Mrs. R. E. Faw, Mr.
and Mrs. Wi G. €$|briel, A. S.
Cassel, W. R. Absher, Mrs. Mur
phy Hunt, Mrs. Z. O. Eller, Mr.
and Mrs. I. E. Pearson, Mrs. A.
E. Spalnhower, Misses Frances
Cranor, Dar© Eller, Phyllis Ray-
mer and Mable Bush.
“CONSTABLE JERRY”
TO BE PRESENTED
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
“Constable Jerry” is the sen
ior class play of the North Wil
kesboro high school. The charac
ters are:
Constable Jerry, Lewis Ervin;
Mrs. Bond, Nina Call; Eddie
Bond, Fred Hubbard: Mortimer
Flnit, Vaughn Beeson; Alt Per
kins, Montroe Campbell; June
Bradshaw, Mary Gwyn Williams;
Kit Carter, Elizabeth Jennings:
Henry Tilton. Eugene Tester;
Mrs. Bhelly, Mamie Bowles; Mil-
11 e Shelly, Annie Catherine
Moore; Mrs. Harvey, Mary Lou
ise Hudson; Miss Plumb, Lola
Glass; Earle Jarvis, Ulysses
Foster: Mason, a chauffeur.
Robert Church; the villagers of
Fulton’s Ferry, the rest of the
senior class.
The play will be given in the
school auditorium, Friday night,
April 12 at 8 o’clock. Admission
will b© 15c and 25c.
Feasts Before Hanging
Belgrade.—Filip Pashko, a
handsome young Albanian peas
ant widower from near Bar, ate
two chickens, a dozen eggs, two
pounds of cheese, two pounds of
beef steak and a pound of dried
ham. He drank over a gallon of
strong red wine and a quart of
local brandy and smoked during
the night over 100 cigarettes. In
the morning he was executed for
the murder of his two children.
Famous Tenor To
Sing Wednesday
At M. E. Church
Lincoln Pulley WiU Render
Several Numbers At Open
ing Service of Meeting
The pre-Easter services begin
ning at the North Wilkesboro
Methodist church this week will
open Wlednesday evening, April
10th, with the promise of a rare
treat for all who love good
music. Rev. H. K. King, pastor
of the church, announces that
Mr. Lincoln Pelley, a noted tenor
from New England, now visiting
relatives in Mt. Airy, will sing
some of the great religious
hymns.
Mr. Pelley- has sung in Sunday
evening services in recent weeks
In many large Methodist church
es of this section, including West
Market Street, Greensboro, Wes-
Jey Memorial, High Point, and
Dilworth at Charlotte. Literature
announcing Mr. Pelley has this
to say of him: "Lincoln Pelley,
New England’s foremost tenor,
gained sudden prominence by
his art In interpreting the great
classics of religious music and
lifting his audience to heights
of spiritual inspiration. Hardly
in his teens he began his career
as a soloist In many churches
where his father, who is a Meth
odist minister, presided. Critics
throughout New England have
acclaimed him as their favorite
for his concert, stage, and radio
work.’’
The following is ^ partial list
of the titles from which Mr. Pel-
ley will select his solos for the
Wednesday evening service: "Ho
ly Hour,’’ "On Life’s Highway,’’
•The Ninety and Nine,’’ "Beside
Still Waters,” "Going Home,”
(Continued on page eight)'
3AS
London . . • Col. John Buchan
(above), has been named Gov
ernor General of Canada by King
George, to" succeed Lord Bess-
borough who is retiring. Col.
Buchan is the first commoner ev
er named to the post.
Four Men Taken
In Liquor Raid
Friday Morning
Arrested By Federal Agents
While Loading Car With
Liquor; Hearing Held
Investigators from the" federal
alcohol tax unit early Friday
morning stalked the home of
Oliver Pruitt near Traphill and
made a raid netting four men
and around 150 galons of li
quor, according to news reaching
this city tr-day.
Pruitt and Bonom Triplett, of
Traphill, Jack Gentry and Charlie
Robinson, of Winston-Salem,
were the four men arrested. Li
quor was being loaded Into a
car occupied by Robinson and
r.^tyhaa the arrest _wml
made, it is said. The car, a new
model of a popular make, was
confiscated.
In a preliminary hearing held
before J. W. Dula, United States
commissioner, in Wilkesboro,
bonds for Pruitt were set at
$2,500 for Pruitt, $500 for Trip
lett and $1,000 each for Gentry
and Robinson.
Officers taking part in the raid
were J. C. Fortner, Leonard
Roope. J. T. Jones, J. E. Knaipe,
W. P. Lance, Deputy Marshal W.
A. Jones, Bob Jones and Clin-
ard Johnson.
ERA Administrator
Speaks At Meeting
Of North WOkesboro Klwanls
Club Held Friday; Trils Of
ERA Work Program
FoUowing sunny days and
warm rains winter returned
Saturday night and Sunday,
the cold wave reaching its
climax this morning with be
low-freezing temperatures and
sleet on the higher altitudes
in WUkes.
The highest points on the
Brushies this morning were
covered with sleet and iced
ai^le blossoms presented a
beantifnl but not so promis
ing sight. Experienced orch-
at^dists, however, expressed a
hope that the ice had not
serionsly damaged the buds
and Moom.
Temperatnre on the snnunlt
of the Brushies and on the
Blue Ridge this morning had
dropped to as low as 28 while
in the valleys and foothills
the mercury hovered jnst a-
bove the freezing point.
Today the weatherman
promised no relief from the
rain but predicted rising tem
peratures.
Number Cases of
Whooping Coi^h
On HealA Report
Ten Cases Placed Under
Quarantine; People Urged
To Be Cautious
Ten cases of whooping cough
in widely separated sections of
Wilkes county during the moBth
of March is cause lor a'wannng"
Young People Of 25
Counties Meet Here
Around 500 Delegate
ter In Convention At Fiirt
Baptist Church
ACCLAIMED SUCCESS
Delegates DeHghteii’ WMt
Convention and InsptratkMh '
al Program Given
On Friday and Saturday Bap
tist young people from more
than 20 counties gathered at tli«
First Baptist church in this city
to attend th© convention of tto
West Central North Carolina re
gion of the Baptist TrainiDg
Union. *
The first session was held on
Friday afternoon and the con
vention closed Saturday after
noon, following election of offi
cers. Officers elected for the
coming year were: Rommie
Pierce, of Win^te, president;
Miss Lucile Johnson, of Shelby,
secretary; Miss Lois Pierce, of
Wingate, junior - intermediate
leader; Rev. Eph Whisenant, of
Elkin, regional pastor.
B. T. U. leaders from variona
associations expressed the opin
ion that the convention here
Friday and .Saturday was the
most successful from every stand
point of any in the history of the
organization. The convention reg
ister showed that 463 delegates
bad registered and it was learn
ed that several delegates had not
registered, making the total
number of those attending the
convention well over 500.
Reports received from various
associations during the conven
tion indicated that the Baptist
Trainin.g Union is progressing in
a manner that is very gratif3rlng
to Baptist leaders. Practically all
reports showed that the B. T. U.
is growing in memberahip and
- grew, —
Miss Victoria Bell, emergency
relief administrator for this dis
trict, entertained the Klwanis
club with a most instructive talk
in the meeting held at Hotel
Wilkes Friday noon.
The program for the meeting
was in charge of P. W'. Eshel-
man, who presented Mrs. A. L.
Grlffing. Mrs. Grlfflng rendered
two delightful vocal numbers,
•Magnolia" and •‘The Star.”
Miss Bell’s talk concerned the
emergency relief administration.
She spoke briefly but Interest
ingly on three phases of the ERA
program; social work, labor, and
rural rehabilitation.
Mr. Eshelman called attention
of the club to a recent editorial
in The Journal-Patriot, which
urged that th© street fronting the
new postoffice building he wid
ened and repaired. The club en
dorsed the stand taken by the
editorial.
Entertamment Friday
At Maple Grove School
A public program of entertain
ment, consisting of songs, reci
tations, spelling contests and oth
er features will be rendered at
Maple Grove school two miles
northeast of Mountain View on
Friday night, April 12, begin
ning at 7:30, according to an
announcement by Rev. A. B.
Hayes, principal. Everybody lb
invited to attend.
WiU Enlarge CCC
■Whshington. April 7.—Robert
Fechner, director of the civilian
conservation corps, reported to
President Roosevelt that he had
completed plans foT Increasing
enrollment to 600,000 under the
new $4,000,000,000 work pro-
Kram. ,
from the health department for
people to be cautious in order
that an epidemic of the disease
may be averted. All of the cases
were quarintined. nine by visit
of the health officer or nurse
and one by mail.
The people of the county this
year IhBve been fortunate in
that there have been no epidem
ics and it now appears that the
winter will be passed without
the usual trouble from ravages
of the more contagious diseases.
Reportable diseases on the
health officer’s report for March
listed only 15 cases of communi
cable diseases, 10 of whooping
cough and five of scarlet fever.
During the month Dr. A. J.
Eller, health officer, and Mrs.
Bertha Bell, county nurse, were
busily engaged in inspection of
school children and routine mat
ters. A total of 1,249 school
children were examined and of
this number 709 were found to
be free of correctible defects.
In th© report of C. C. Foard,
sanitary inspector, it was shown
that 43 sanitary privies were
erected during the month and
that a total of 300 visits were
made to homes in the interest of
sanitation. Sixty-six homes were
found to have questionable wat
er supply.
12th Last Day
Tobacco Signup
Blanks On Hand At County
Agent’s OffioB For Special
Base Contract Signatures
Tobacco farmers in Wilkes
county who did not sign reduc
tion contracts and are eligible to
sign special base contracts may
do so at the office of County
Agent A. G. Hendren not later
than Friday, April 12, Mr. Hen
dren stated today.
Blanks for prospective special
base contract signers are now on
hand in the county agent’s of
fice and the signup must be com
pleted soon in order that acreage
allotments can he fixed before
time to plant the 1935 crop.
expension op at th© present time.
The convention was presided
over by Robert L. Councilman,
president, cf Morganton.
The opening sesion on Friday
afternoon was featured by the
keynote address by C. L. Gilles
pie, of Oxford, on "Magnifylns
His Church.’’ A number of con
ferences, designed to aid in or
ganization and activity of asso-
ciational and individual unions,
were held with Miss Lois Pierce,
Mrs. F. C. Feezor, Miss Winnie
Rickett. state secretary, and Miss
Mable Starnes, field worker,- in
charge.
A very entertaining and in
spiring program was rendered on
Friday night, featured by mnsic
by Wingate and Bolling Springs
junior colleges and by an ad
dress by Dr. Forrest C. Feezor,
of Raleigh.
A highlight of the convention
was the sunrise service, attended
by around 350 delegates, on Sat
urday morning. The service was
plan.'ed to be held on ‘‘Finley-
Hill” but due to the inclement
weather was held at the church.
At 9:30 Saturday morning the
convention continued with a pro
gram of special music, interest
ing addresses. Including one by
Miss Rickett on “His Church,
the Herald of Salvation,’’ and a
number of conferences emphasiz
ing committees.
The Saturday afternoon ses
sion was taken up with election
and installation of officers, ad
dress by the new president on
"I Dare You To Do Things.” dis
cussion of associational work, by
Miss Mable Starnes, and an
nouncement of plans for the B.
T. U. assembly at Ridgecrest
July 7 to 13.
The keynote of the entlr© con
vention was "Magnifying Hln
Church” and all features of the
program led to this inspiring
motive.
Attend Bankers’ Meet
Marriage Licenses
Licenses to wed were Issued
from the Wilkes register of
deeds’ office during the past few
days to the following couples;
April 2—Monroe Fortner and
Emmaline Ballard, both of North
Wilkriiboro.
April 6—Bine Laire, of Pnr-
lear, and Blanche Nelson, of Blk.
R. W. Gwyn, Charles Pearson
and Gienn McNeill, of the Bank
’of North Wilkesboro, C. T.
Doughton, D. S. Hill, Miss Anne
Duncan, Miss Lois Scroggs and
MiSs Wilma Rose Call, of the
Deposit & Savings Bank, attend
ed the sixteenth annual meeting
of, group five, North Carolinac
Bankers Association, held at the
O’Henry Hotel in Greensboro
Friday evening. Du S-. Hilk was
named on the advisory commit
tee, sncceeding R. W1 Owya.
One hundred inches ot Uunr~
fell in 10 days at Norfolk^ Ta^
in February, 17$8. ^