ial-Patriot 1 - i-- ' r&l BtSfproSe^' ftithel *■3 'm '.i . ’• D ee*^ b^6d Ifbtulays and Thtirsdaya NORTH#IUP)SBORd, N. C., MONDAY, ^A^ 27,^1986 ^ _jp^_.»:,sgtgseffagaw^^ ' ^ IS^iiirOUT OF^THE bd^fwsof For ler m School Saturday -u 5^'- Is SMkfag PUKrie eville. May —PetitioB Is being prepared tor paroTe ♦ Cotonel Luke Lea, serving a tern In North Carolina state prl* eon on conviction of ibanklng tear vlolattons, Mre. Lea disclos ed here today. Classes Will Be^ At] Wfl- kesboro SchoM Bidding Monday Morning OVER FIFTY REGISTER Hope To Have 100 or More To Take Standard Courses During Summer Asa E. Greme Is Vktiffl of Truck Mishaip Saturday Cure For Asthma' Or^l ApplicatiOM Cure Applic 'Malady, Doctor States Ja^Mdnffih Fatal Acci^ On Bome Trail Locating Gas Chamber Raleigh, May 24.—Represen tative Dr. C, A. Peterson, of IdUchell county, author of the lethal gas statute for felons, was here yesterday evenir.g and to day the state prison officials began working on plans to get the gas chamber right for the first expectations. To Renominate Gamer Washington, May 24.—Chair man James A. Farley of the Dem ocratic National Committee, gave asaarance today that Vice Presi- dmt John Nance Garner would be renominated next year. “Of course It will be the same ticket In 1936,■’ he said. To Climb Mt. Everest Darjeeling, India, May 24.— Hugh Ruttledge, 50-year-old British mountain-climbing e x- pert, left for Tibet tonight, head ing another expedition seeking to scale Mt. Everest, the highest mountain In the world. No man ever has set foot on its summit. Held In Horses’ Death Raleigh. May 24.—Jack rif Wll- I the branch school in Wllkesboro. lard, co-master of the Carol na ! j„,y Pines Riding academy, was being; ^ j, held in jail here tonight for^^^^ demand jiistilies such pro- More than fifty school teach ers of Wilkes county gathered In Wilkesboro Saturday to register for the Lenoir-Rhyne College branch summer school. which will open on June 3, It was learn ed today from G. R. Patterson, director of the summer school department of the college. Prof. Patterson directed the registra tion. A large number of other pros pective students chose to defer registration until opening day of the term and it Is expected that the total enrollment will approxi mate 100 teachers. An enrollment of 100 is the goal of the college for the Wilkes branch of Its summer school and if this number en rolls the college will send a fac ulty of four teachers. Supt. W. D. Halfacre, of the North W’il- kesboro' city schools, and T. E. Story, superintendent of Wllkes boro district schools, will make a faculty of six who will give in struction in standard summer school courses. Prof. V. V. Aderholt, of Le noir-Rhyne, wil be supervisor of Receives Fatal Injuries When His Truck Overturns On Highway No. 60 questioning in connection with a fire early today that destroyed the stables of the rival Zander Hill Riding academy and burned to death seven saddle horses val ued at nearly $3,1900. , Businees Improving . Richmond, Va., May 24.— Wholesale trade of the Fifth Fed eral Reserve district was 4.7 per cent, better last month than In April, 1934, the district bank reported here tonight. Groceries, with an Increase of 19 per cent over April a year a?;o, made the best showing. ceedure. The school will be held in the Wilkesboro school building. Three Game$Fiir Team This Week Will Play Greyhounds Here Thursday; Galax Coining On Sunday Fall From Horse Fatal Atlanta. Oa., May 24.—Mi.ss Renee Eloise Cannon, IS, of Conyers. Ga., was killed lat© to- lay when she fell from a horse. Miss Cannon was returning^ from a riding class of the University of Georgia campus, when several horses bolted. Miss Cannon was thrown and her neck broken. To Rule On Wine Law Raleigh, M.ay 24.—A ruling on the constitutlcnality and raeau- ing of provisions of the state wide wine “Ct passed by the gen eral assembly is likely in the next two or three days. Attorney General A. A. F. Seawell indicat ed today as three more counties set dates for elections under the “local” liquor laws. Home Chair Company baseball team has three hard games on the schedule this week and two- of the games will be on the local field. The first game on the week’s card will be here Thursday after noon against the Greyhounds, one of the strongest teams in Winston-Si lem. The second game will be against Galax at Galax, Va., on Saturday and the Sun day game will be against Galax on the local field. The home games will begin at four o’clock | and record attendance is expect ed. Asa E. Greene, former school teacher and a widely known citi zen of Wilkes county, was almost Instantly killed Saturday after noon when his truck loaded with wood overturned near Call post- office. Mr. Greene was traveling to ward North Wilkesboro when apparently he lost control of the truck and It overturned on the side of the road. Passing motor ists picked up Mr. Greene and his colored helper, Tom Harris, and carried them to The Wilkes HospiUl. Where Mr. Greene died within a short time. The colored man was not seriously injured. Mr. Greene suffered severe internal injuries and was in a dying condition when he reach ed the hospital. Mr. Greene was 52 years of age, a son of L. A. and Chamie Greene, of Laxton. He graduat ed from Appalachian State Teach ers College In 1911 and for sev en years he and his wife, Mrs. Marie Elledge Greene, taught In the public schools of Wilkes county and were widely known as teachers. When they retired from teaching they became en gaged in farming on his farm near Wilkesboro. In addition to his father and mother he is survived by his wife and two daughters. Pansy and Violet Greene, and the fol io wing.J)rQUlAUi and sisters; TJer- mie and Frank Greene and Mrs. Ada Miller, of Laxon, and Mrs. ; Bessie Miller, of Hopkins, i Funeral services were con i' ducted this afternoon at Wllkes boro Baptist church and inter ment was made in Mountain Park cemetery. KjUed When Motorcycle and PickuD Collide Near MiOers Creric; One Jailed New Haven . . . . Maher (above). Dr. Stephen Chairman of the Connecticut Tuberculosis Commission, reports to a New England Medical Conference that he has succeeded in curing a number of asthma cases by an oral application where “all kinds of injections failed.’’ Interest In Tent Revival Increases I Many Converts and Additiwis to Churches Reported in Campaign in City TWO WiLKES YOUTHS GRADUATE TOMORROW FROM WAKE FOREST Erects OwTi Marker Williamston. May 25.—C. T. Roberson, highly respected Mar tin county citizen, was buried from Ms home here today some London. May 26.—Samnel Ny- weeks after having his own tomb- :,t.rom, a native of Sweden, has . .9 ^ k. A 1. A . . ^ 1..' stone erected at the place where he wanted to be burled. He had a succession of attacks of pneu- mooia. C. C. Hayes, Jr., a son of Clerk of Court and Mrs. C. C. Hayes, of Purlear, will receive his de gree as bachelor of laws from Wake Forest College in the com mencement Tuesday. R. O. Pop lin, Jr., of Ronda, will receive the bachelor of arts degree.. Hogs Are Valuable Chicago, May 25—Worth more %hau at any time in the past five years tilted their snou^U with peeper pride today. "0167 literal ly hogged the market spotlight -atmre top price advanced 60 j cents this week to a new peak i of $10.16 exclusive of the $2.25 j processing tax. just had a very remarkable in vention accepted by the patents office. This is a vehicle which is equally suitable tor travel by air or road. It has a body like that of an ordinary car, but is fitted with a propeller, a rudder and a tail plane. The Rev. Sam Jennings’ big tent revival continues to grow in interest, attendance and pur pose. Sunday night’s service is I reported to have been the largest to date and many converts, addi tions to various churches and reconsecrations are reported as the result of thi campaign thus far. “Scaling th^ Heights” and “Today’s Gospel” were the topics from which the evangelist spoke Sunday in the two services held. The afternoon service, altho the smaller from the standpoint of attendance, was said to have been an outstanding service in which a demonstration of a gen uine trend of the people’s inten tions to follow the theme of the evangelist, in which he is ap pealing for complete surrender and an absolute “turn back to God,” was shown. The Evangelistic Club, an or ganization of Christian men of all denominations, have assum ed the reBponsiblllty for the sup- (Continued on back page) ^ Greeae Youths Apprehenwd On Assault Charge Three Accused of Assault On Aged Man and Woman for Purpose of Robbery i. Willard, RaJPU'AW Ira GxSene. • th.'ee youths of the''"Darby com munity charged with assault on Mrs. Sarah Walters and WillU Benge, have been apprehended and rh-'ced in jail at Wilkes boro. Ralph and Ira Greene were arested two weeks ago and the third member of the alledged robbing party was apprehended the latter part of the week by JJeputy Sheriff Ro^iy^Bisly^ and 'Others after a search and chase that last for several days. The three are charged with entering the home of Mrs. Walt ers, an aged lady, and assaulting her with the hope they could get money they had learned she had about the house. They are alleged to have thrown a sack over the aged lad.v’s head and. almost causing her death by suf focation. However, they were un able to find any money. They have confessed to the charge of assault. It was learned from of ficers. Bonds in this case were set at $1,000 for Ralph and Ira and $500 for Willard. After they had failed in the attempt to rob the aged lady they were reported to have gone to the home of Willis Benge, aged resident of the Stony Fork section, and called him away from his house into the woods, where they assaulted him but left when he called his sons to hi*s assistance. Bonds for Wil lard and Ira were set at $1,000 each. Ralph was not charged in this case. Jack McLain, motorcycle deal er and garage proprietor here, was fatally Injured about four o’clock Sunday afternoon when his motorcycle and a pickup driv en by Julius Minton crashed headon near the top of a hill on the Boone Trail highway ‘ one mile west of Millers Creek. McLain was going west "when he met Minton, traveling toward North Wilkesboro, both vehicles were practically demolished in the collision. According to re ports of the accident, McLain was thrown several'feet into the air by the Impact. His right leg was entirely aevered and broken at another place and "his left leg was broken in two places. There were several bruises about his body and severe scalp lacera tions. He was carried by ambu lance to the Wilkes Hospital in a dying condition and passed away within a short time. Minton was lodged in jail at Wilkesboro to await further in vestigation of the accident. In the. meantime he is faced with the charge of murder. Mr. McLain was 35 years .of age, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. P. McLain, of Wilkesboro. He was married to Miss Oma Mink, and there are six children: Louise. Jim D., Mildred, SMrley, Helen and Oma Ruth McLain. Also surviving are two brothers and one sister, J. P. McLain and ■Milter McLa% who reside in California, arid Mrs. J. F. Jor dan, of Wilkesboro, and the fol lowing half brothers and sisters: Charlie and Bob McLain, of Can ada, 'Vick McLain, Byrd McLain, •of Galesburg, 111., Fred McLain^ of California, Mrs. Cora Lee Roy al, of Memphis, Tenn., Lola, Florence, ’Virgle, Grace and Rus sel McLain, of Wilkesboro. Funeral serrices will be held at Fishing Creek church Tues day at 2:30 p. m. Memoriid Service ProgramiArraiiged Homelf WomJii .Td Risk All For ChitasrrDf ‘ if?*, Appeftirsnee Newark, N. J. . . . Mary Har riet Heckman, 37, (above), says “give me beauty or give me death’’ and offers herself for experimental purposes to gny doctor, surgical or plastic, who will try to make her beautiful. “I will take death rather than go on with a body and face that make me miserable,” says Mary. Dutrict Works Office To Be In Winston-Salem Wilkes Included In Thirteen Counties Under Winston- Salem Officer- ivn’s Notables To Play-Baseball Astride Donkeys On Friday Night Senator Long Chewed Baton Rouge. La., May 25.— Senator Huey P. Long returned to Louisiana today aad resumed his flgbt tor lower public util ity rates at hearing in his- mlli- tla-rnled “Littie Dlstr’.ct of (:e- lumbia." The senator was recelv- ed in New Orlehns with hurrahs from bonus sympathisers and supporters of his “imperialistic state administration. North Wllkesboro’s prominent citizens of various ages and de gress of dignity will perform for fun and civic betterment when they play a novel baseball game astride donkeys at the fair grounds On Friday night, begin- Sues For Eyeblght Greenville. May 26. Jake ■Wauon, blind negro ex-convlct, today in Pitt county Superior court for $45,000 dam- ftges against the board of direc tors of the North Carolina sUte prison and George Roes Pou, former superintendent. Watson’s compli^Dt alleges that as a re sult of “persistent, negUfedt, and brutal conduct m the' part of state prison” ^ #yes.|«idtempertaenUl has been dubb- The game will be under the auspices of the -North Wilkes boro Woman’s Club. The sport is coming into wide popularity throughout the coun try and the Woman’s Club has arranged for the feast of hilarity for North Wilkesboro through an entertainment company that has donkeys trained to play ball and not to play ball, depending upon their disposition on the spur of the moment. Some of the animals are un ruly and promotors stated today that one of the wildest had been given the name “Mae West,” while one of the most blatant ed “Huey Long.” The players and donkeys can be differentiat ed because of the fact that-the player Is "suBPOsed to be” m top. according to word from a# thorltles of the game, Anything can- happen in a donkey basebsll game. A pleyer may knock one out of the lot on ly to hare his animal balk with in two feet of first base. Then it Is that the player must use 1»1» power of persuasion in some form or other. The same may ap ply to an Infield “roller” that .should go for an easy out but the fielder has trouble In mastering hts animal while the hatter calm ly circles the bases on his means of transportation. The game Is loU of fnn fer the players and the spectatoia. Further Interest In the an- nonneemenf will be aroused "when the llndnps ara’ announced lx Thursday’s Journal - Patriot Watch for It! Moving Into New Poitofficc'May Be After May 30 Delay In 8ecnri««f Plxtnreo May Necessitate Delay In Opening New Bnildlng Will Be Hfcid At Marker In This City On Thursday Evening At 7:30 Washington, May 24.—Wins ton-Salem is to be headquarters for one of the eight work dis tricts created today In North Carolina by Works Progress Ad ministrator. Harry L. Hopkins. The work for which the four-bil lion dollar fund is to be spent will be administered and operat ed through these districts. Ih the Winston-Salem district are Ashe. Alleghany, Surry, Stokes, Watanga, Tad- kin, Forsyth, Alexander, Iredell, Davie, Davidson and RoWan counties. Headquarters for the other districts In the state will be at Elizabeth City, New Bern, Ra leigh, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Charlotte and Asheville. Hopkins set up 307 of the works districts over the country today, as administrative and operating units of the works pro gress administration, dt was an nounced that the districts were laid out with a view to quick road and rail transportation be tween district headquarters and various parts of the district to provide for efficient and speedy movement of staff personnel and Anil Prnltt Reiwtfll Br' Head it Big; f ^ Many AreWwW BE CALLED Pruitt AJteady BeqjtaiMtf.Ta ^ve Years and Fbied $5,000; Term Contianida thw Program for the memorial seryice to be held at the marker on Memorial Avenue Thursday evening, 7:10, was announced by J. B. McCoy, commander of the Wilkes post of the American Le gion, this morning. The program follows: 7; 00 — Assembly at Hotel Wilkes, all who are to take part in line of march or program urg ed to be on time. 7:05—Leave Hotel Wilkes lor march to marker in following order: color guard, American Le gion, American j-Leglon Auxiliary, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts. 7; 10—^Assembly by bugler at marker; program of service: song, "America,” prayer, quar tet, address by well known speak er, placing of wreaths on marker, one minute silent prayer, salute by firing squad, song, “Star Spangled Banner.” Return in line of march to starting point. [ The public has a most cordial f Invitation to attend the service. mall. The plan provides for a direct ed $100 and sentenced line of authority and responsl- ibillty, Hopkins said, adding that It will make for economy and efficiency and provide a syste matic and orderly way for re ceiving local applications for pro jects, referring them with ap- proximate information and recommendations through the districts and the sUtes to Wash ington for approval and allot ments. Adult Education Finals On June 8 Interesting Progntms Will Be Given At Courthouse; Show Specimens of Work Inability to secure flfttures as rapidly as was thonght possible may necessitate delay in moving the North Wilkesboro postoffice from its present quarters on B street to the new building on C street, it was learned today from Postmaster J. ■C. Reins. Otriginal instructions from the postof^oa department ’.called for moving the postoffiee into ly erected government buildmg. on Memorial Day, May 30. and effo^ are still being made te get the building in readiness for opening on that date, although it is thought hnprobable that all the necessary fixtures and fumfttire’ can be in stalled by that time. Painters have completed work of applying the final coat to the Inter ior of the new building and the bniUSiig itself is, ready for occu pancy. Driveways‘about the ing were' paved with concrete sev eral days ago.. Sentenced 45 Ddiy« On Assault Charge Youth Of Elk Township To Serve At County Home For Assault On Woman Hiirrlson Hall, elghteen-year- old youth of Elk township, was brought to Wilkesboro the latter part of the week by Deputy Sheriff Roby Bishop to serve 46 days at the county home. Hall • was convicted of disor derly conduct and - assault on Mrs. Flora Gibson in a trial bo; fore ’Squire W. B." Horton. The sentence included l4 , days for cost a»t:40 days on the charge . VJi- • • of assault^ Injured In Wreck ■ 'Bessie Turner, cdiordd resl^ dent of this oHy, auaUlned * broken knee In an antomoblle accident at the highway juncr tlon' between the - .WHkqsboWie .V.. Finals for the classes in adult education maintained by the Ebner- gency Relief Administration in Wilkes County will be held at the courthouse in Wilkesboro on Sptut- day, June 8. The first program will begin at 10:30 a. m. and the second at 7:30 p. m., according to the an nouncement issued by W. R. Craft, adult education chairman for the county. Features of the program for the finals will be an address by Clyde S. Sorrels, of Rutherfordton, adult education supervisor in this dis trict, talks by other friends of adult education, plays and recita tions, demonstrations, , showing of specimens of work dmie aiiA^CS^' bition of articles made in the home' making classes. The pubjic is cor dially invited to: attend. A number of adult sdiools have' been maintained in tiie county tWe year, furnishing employment to teachers who were unable to secure schools aad opportnmties for a number of adults to leam the fun- .lamaptebi of educatlon and simple .irts of home-making. The term for sdiods dosses m May 31. Mr.MfTMrs. Tom McNeill and ;jmi^ Dqn, of Welch, W1 Va., are here on a visit to Mr. McNellTi father, Mr. I.. H. MoNeUl. Arvll Pruitt, youn| Trapbin section of ty and reputed te WtlMSMik eC a gang engaged in IbA manalil^ ture and distribution 'dt'iTinisfk liquor on a tremehdblfip'’iiCntiw was sentenced to a years In the Atlante'WUMMS M# fined a total M iTpiW Hayes In federal court >!»■- WIL- kesboro Friday aflertopm;: Pruitt was ■ aaatwesdwwwMmt counts, $1,250 ftn^'i> and -tw* years In prison on tMri fint^braat and the same fine and one year in prison on each of the othera. The sentences do not ■ run eo*- currently. ' As an outgrowth of the ligations leading up to the against Pruitt an indictmeisk charging about 24 persim with conspiracy to violate thw revenue laws has been filed and several were arrested on a beiicli warrant FrlcDay afte'ilioon. Al though details of the case hawa not been made public it was Inti mated that the disclosures may be startling In that they wOI prove operations in the iUie}t liquor business to be of a awg- nitude almost beyond-^ coippro- hension. ; The conspiracy- case** will ba called Wednesday. Fines appruilmatiBg $l(l,6(te and prison sentences of over 46 years have been handed down by .Judge Hayes in the present term of court, which will continue tbroughoq^ this week. Other cases in which judgment has been handed down follow: Emmett Holloway and Jeaaa Holloway, placed on probation. Fred Horton, temporary pro bation until next *.erm of court, at which time Judgment will be pronounced. Travis Triplett, fined $100 and sentenced to year and a day In Chllllcothe. Spencer Bishop, fined $166 and sentenced to year and •- day in Cbillicothe. Bonom Triplett, fined $266 and sentenced to 18 months la Chllllcotbe. Charlie Pruitt, fined $600 and sentenced to 18 months In At lanta. Garland Souther, three years probation; Turner Souther, fin- to six months in jaH; J. C. Billings, fined $100 and sentenced to. four months in jail. - - ” Claude Kennedy, fined $106 and sentenced to year and a day in Chlllicothe; Vance Warren, fined $100 and sentenced to year and a day in Atlanta. David Gregory, fine of $100 and sentence to year and a day in Qiil- licothe. H. Shobe Minton , and Albert Minton. Shobe placerj undej.,tgjH*®" rary probation until next term court; Albert fined $100 and sen tenced to two years jn Forrest Hiatt, year apd a^di^ in federal prison at LeayehVr&rtJi. Ray (Weatherman' anV'ilHSIftiid Myers, each fined $100 and sentenc- id te year and a day in ptiliestlw. - Levi Beshears, fined' $300 nod sentenced te 15 months in CWBl- cothe. ‘ Herman Sheetel/itetepwtefT 'g>a. , bation until netxt term Fred Love, fined tenced'to Six Branson Roberts. finA^jOO-nnd sentenced te 15 months irk AIUMiU Felix Lunsford, fined $100 and sen tenced to year and a day in Attfcn- ta; Dennis Lunsford, fined:$Ri00 owl sentenced te 15 months in ChiOi- cothe; Herbert Lunsford, fined $100 and sentenced to year and a day in Cbillicothe. . Harvey Barnes and Glpnn Ikw. placed on probation until next tetm of court. ..Wi)Ue Anderson, placfsd on pro- baUpn for .yjwrs. -o ’', Harry Andmaon and FbsuA. Am>- chdie, placed on prebstion' fimr $hsea years. A. Long, temporary probatiom until next term of court; Doipiaa (Miver, .two years probatkm. Rufus Cheek, temporary proba tion until next tern of court;Prsarit Cheek, fined $100 and soiteaeod to. year and a day im Atlanta: Spor- geou Cheek, placed on probatua for thm years. Martin Pardne, placed w probo- tibar until next term-of-eduit. Matfasfield Jarvis, yonth of the-, , (.poatlnned on biek pago) q