iLJai ^ NOBTH'WILCTSBC^ toX)„ IBURSDAy^M^ 30r 1936 fc;^^
News of
teand
Natkm
•auMlKOdB
Warmer At Age of M ^
. Xt^on, Mot S8.—ttrdee J.
. StQkte bu started another crop
^at $4. He Is beliered to be the
oMeat farmer in Pitt county. He
snporrlses.eTery detail of opera-
1 ftona on his plantation, some
. salleb from Ayden.
TO Krect Fair Bnllding
‘ Raleish, May 2S.—The sUte
llward of atrlcalture hopes to se-
«nre a*federal grant to aid in re
placement of the building at the
atate fair grounds that was
bnmed last tali and today re
jected all bids for construction.
, y>6 Tears Old
Bomoeeen, Vt., May 28.—
tlfrs. Susan Lee Parsons, who
i sras bom one year after the na-
It’s first passenger railroad
••as*'opened, was 10$ today. A
•70-year-old son, Frank, came
Aiere from Boise, Idaho, to spend
« few days with her.
J
Sonve Fish Tale!
Boston, May 28.—The season’s
record mackerel catch, 70,000
pounds, was brought here today
i>y the Gloucester seiner Balilla.
Captain Peter Strechino and 12
mates, who landed the catch in
a. few hours fishing off Buz-
sards Bay, shared about $1,000.
Long Declines Invitation
Washington, May 28.—Sena
tor Huey P. Long of Louisiana,
today declined an invitation to
apeak during the strawberry fes
tival at Wallace. N. C., June 3-7.
^e wired the committee on ar-
^^muigements other engagements
-^prevented his acceptance.
M Four Killed In Plane
l'\ SleMoia National Park, Calif.,
* ■»Mal !B8.—Two army aviatpra and
two’civilian motion picture men
•were killed today in the crash
|^a2d fuming of a bombing plane
' ‘ th>.*.^lst bombardment squad-
two miles north of Lodge
^ile, near Giant forest.
Vote School Supplement
Greenville, May 28.—Green
ville citizens voted overwhel
mingly today in favor of a tax
supplement for better schools.
Out of a registration of 955, 773
voted for the supplement and
only 80 voted against it. This
movement was backed by every
civic organization in the city
and most of the citizens.
I Prieener b Suicide
f' \ Raleigh, May 27—^Walter Ash-
r^'* ton, 36, who preferred death to
■ Completing a prison term for
forgery, took his own life at
L Central prison here late today
&. phen he leaped from an upper
i-. tier of a cell block to fall four
atories and strike his head a-
^ gainst the cement floor of the
t^ement.
Substitution Mfle
Fayetteville. May 28.—J. C.
larshall Intended to plunge
imself and his wife Into eter-
ity. Instead he will spend 10
■onths on the Cumberland coun-
■ roads. “I am going to kill you
nd then kill myself,” he told
Jva Marshall In their room in a
ay street hotel. But his aim
aa bad when be fired at his
le, and he forgot to shoot hlm-
-3^
Parmefil-€fieer Agriculture Pi^^am
1^
Thousands MawAi On Washington To Exppw Approval of
A’Httii^tyatinin Policy Toward Ag^culture
Washington.—Above are pictured a group of the 4.000 famers
from agriculture sections throughout the country ■who
Washington to shout their approval of the administrations AAA pro
gram, hear President Roosevelt lambast lying critics and professional
mourners shedding crocodile tears and to name a committee to plan a
new national agrrarian organization.
PARKWAY CONTRACT TO
BE AWARDED ON JUNE 16
Definite assurance that pro
gress is being made toward
cmistraction ott- ’SAo - uatioiia!
g c e h i o parkway' connecting
Shenandoah and Sinoak Moun
tains national parks was con
tained in a telegram Tue-sday
to Capus M. tVaynick, state
highway cliairman, from the
federal bureau of roads in the
natioual capitol.
The federal authorities in
formed the state lilghway
cliairman that bids for the con
struction of l’,S miles oi the
parkway would be received in
Washington on June 16 and
that contract would be award
ed to the successful bidder at
that time.
The* first 12 miles in North
Carolina to be constructed will
be that stretch beginning at
tiie Viiginia-N’orth Carolina
line and running to intersec
tion with North Carolina route
in the Blue Ridge moun
tains in the Roaring Gap vi
cinity.
Meanwhile the state in ex
pediting matters to secure
riglits-of-way In the area af
fected hy the advertisement
tor bids wt June -
neers are. working fast to com
plete the survey on the next
stretch. Some delay in getting
construction started has been
experiencfd on the account of
inability to secure rig^hts-of-
way from affected property
owners as rapidly as was
hoped for by the state high-
way commission, whose re-
sponstbUity it is to get the
rights-of-way according to
specifications of the park com
mission.
Much progrfbs has
made by engineers., since it
was announced several days
ago that the survey had been
complettd from the V'lrginia
line as far south as Alrbellows
Gap on the Blue Ridge be
tween Alleghany and Wilkes
counties. The vyork will be
rushed to Include several sec
tions in contracts this summer,
according; to recent word from
Wasliington.
$1^ Raised By
^ Sale of Poppies
Poppy Chairman Expresses
To All Who
Aided In Sale Here
The sum of $106 was realized
on Saturday by the sale of me
morial poppies, it was learned to
day from members of the Amer-
in the excitement whilo the lean Legion Auxiliary, which
Teams Made Up
For Donkey Game
el people called the police.
River
yJVoman
: , ' '
Clay Ann Parks, 25, negro wo-
*.en of Roaring - River, wae
ernabed to instant death Monday
atlamoon on the highway near
TadUarllle when, in a fright
ahe leaped from the touring car
in which she was driving toward
.Rer home with her father. Will
Walker, at the wheel, directly
. Intp the path of an automobile
lopemted by PoMeeman H. J.
^riti^sof tWnston-Salem.
The vldBm of the occurrence
became lightened when the
machine l^li^llch she was a pas
senger Stmek a rock, causing it
$o wohble, and she leaped from
the moving car Into the path of
the policeman’s. '
■ TUy la Postponed
■Utlon of a pUy entitled
Irish Rose” at Moravian
school, which was announc-
ft Friday night on another
of this newspaper, has been
sad for a few days. Date
iljeentat*"" of
a few dart-
bad the sale in charge.
The greater part of this money
will be expended in child wel
fare and for the benefit of dis
abled veterans In Wilkes coun-
,ty. The remainder of the funds
raised by sale of popples will be
sent to the central Auxiliary
fund for the benefit of non^om-
pensated veterans In the Oteen
hospital.
The supply of poppies, 1.000
in number, was exhausted here
Saturday before the day was ov
er. The sale was the most suc
cessful ever held here. Miss
Norma Stevenson, speaking for
the Poppy Day Committee, ex
pressed appreciation to all who
in any way helped toward mak
ing Poppy Day the complete suc
cess it proved to be.
Midwife Clinic
To Be On Friday
Dr. A. J. Eller, county hi^tlth
officer, advlsea all mldwlves to
attend a clinic to be held at the
Wllksaboro school building Fri
day., The first cUpIc was held
Tuestey and seveial were.ln at
tendance. It la expected that a
age of the eUaie Friday.
Jndg#ClHDeiit
ToPri&deOver.
June CoartTmn
Regnilar Term For Trial of
Civil Actions WII Convene
Monday Moming
IS TWO WEEKS’ TERM
Effort Will Be Made To Dis-
pooe of Mach of Crowded
Civil Calendar
Judge J. H. Clement, of Win
ston-Salem, will preside ever the
June term ol Wilkes court be
ginning In Wllkesboro on Mon
day, June 3.
The June term is tor trial of
civil actions and a calendar that
will tax the capacity of the term
has been arranged by the Wilkes
bar association.
The civil court docket is bad
ly congested and many actions
have been awaiting trial for
three years or longer. ■
By virtue of a local law pass
ed by the last general assembly
Wilkes was given two extra
terms of two weeks each per year
and the first term under the new
law was held in April, at which
time the criminal docket was
practically cleared. A similar
term will be held in November
to work on the civil calendar.
The term of court beginning
in Wllkesboro will be for two
weeks. Judge W. F. Harding, of
Charlotte, Is riding the 17th dis
trict for the first six months of
this year but exchanged courts
with Judge Clement.
Industrial
Adhere to
Practices in
Home Comii^ Is
sHddG'nSimdi^
Large Crowd Gathers At
Friendship Church Near
Millers Creek
People of Millers Creek com
munity and many former resi
dents gathered at Friendship
Methodist church Sunday to ob
serve home coming day and take
part in a most interesting and
inspiring program.
The principal 'speakers of the
I morning sessioif wepe Rev., Fin-
been ■''ley C. Watts, widely"knowrf’Bhp-
tlstv minister of Purlear, and
Rev. T). W. Haga, of Montezuma.
Rev. Mr. Watts opened the
program with an address "during
the Sunday school hour on the
subject of “Foundation,” stress
ing the fundamental institutions
of home, church and school.
Rev. Mr. Haga occupied the
pulpit for the morning worship
sermon and his them^ was
“Home” and what the Christian
home had done for the life and
civilization of America. He point
ed out, also, what the breaking
up of the home life does for the
children of the country and the
moral and religious life of a
tT"I—!“• 4 A community.
Hilarious Entertainment as- ^ bounteous picnic
dinner, sufficient in quality and
sured All Who Attend Don
key Baseball Game Friday
Twenty-four players have been
selected as fit subjects to mount
donkeys and play a donkey base
ball game at the fairgrounds
here Friday night. 8:15, under
auspices of the North WJlkes-
boro Woman’s Club.
To get a better idea of what
the game looks'llfce the reader ia
asked to stfetch kis or her Imag
ination to the poiQt where he or
she can vision the followlngo
players hitting the ball out of the
lot*' and mounting a stubborn
donkey as a means of transpor
tation around the bases: Mayor
R. T. McNeill, Claude Dongbton^
Julius Hubbar^, Andy Shook,
John Prevette, Jack Quinn, Bill
Absher, 'L«ne lAtkln^n, W. G-.
Gabriel, Howell Gabriel, Palmer
Horton, Bryan Teagum Jack
Brame, Dr. H. B. Smith, Dudley
Hill, J. C. Reins, Rnssel Hodges,
Bryan Higgins, Joe Br^me, Jim
mie Anderson,- Penry Moore,
Bryan Gllreath, Dick Bason and
Jnle Deans.
Only 18 are^need^ to play a
regulation game but it la very
advisable to’bnve % large num
ber of suJbefHttten in case the
donkeys'* have^ *-bad't day with a
corresponding;.,
Admission targes for this ex-
hlhitiOB of Rtldrity ijre most rea
sonable and" the' Vfoman’s Club
will share lirthe proceeds. Every
body is invked tci attend.
quantity to appease all hungry
appetites among the large gath
ering. was spread at noon and a
social hour was enjoyed.
The afternoon program was
featured L' addresses by former
pastors and a number of vocal
selections by tke Arbor
singing class, under the
.V - ; - Mr, C. U Clieek.; of Lomax
greater number irlU take ndv»nt-J^secUon. w^a yfartto^to the city
..... •_ yesterday.-
Haga, of Newland, Rev. D. J.
White, of Ronda, Revs. J. L. A.
and S. N. Bumgagrner, of the
on the program. A commemora-
' Keep NRA Standards .
(An EcUtmrial) • %! **
North Wilkesborp indostrks and bosinms 'firms Oftt
wisdom and foresight in maintaining. |ntA standards and
living tq> to indnstry code provWons after tha reeoverjr
act has bemi mled uncmistitatiooaL ’
Easiness thrives only as consumers are able to boF
and the consamM’s ability to boy io limited to.|his income.
The nktional recoveay act, symlxAlzed titrooghoat the na
tion by the Kne hdped trenendoi^y to restmr
buying powAF- flhtdiiid.ghould not be lost
in a return to mt-thront co«4^tioa, tong working hoonh^
child labor and sweat^op wages."**^
Y^tb no law to force these eliminations, the business
men of the natiew have an unparafided opportunity to
show their cdors of patriotism and their Ability to carry
^on for the mutual good of all by adhering to NBA code
standards. Never before have the bosiness heads been
faced with a responsibility of more importance than now.
There are two courses to parme. One is to hold the
gams made under the NRA by continuing its standards
and the other is to be a chiskr and thus bring on the de
moralization of business that would eventually result from
a return to cut-throat methods.
While a new recovery act is in the making, it is the
moral and civic duty of all businesses to maintain the High
er standards of operation set by the NRA and its vast
structui'e of codes.
COMMITTEE Ta
RAFT NEW
UGHTON SAYS
M’ashington, May 38.—The
Honsa ways anO means com-
miUee will be called tojfeiher
by Chairman Donghton some
time early next we^ to begin
drafting of a new NRA bill,
thei North Carolina representa
tive said tonigiit foUowing a
conference at the White House.
Donghton and Senator Pat
Harrison of Mississippi, chair
man of the Sena|^ finance com
mittee, were called to the
White House by President
Roosevelt as an aftermath of
yesterday’s Supreme Court de
cision.
“Farmer Bob” said that the
President appeared not in the
least perturbed about the court
decision killing his new deal
agency, and both solons left
the confere^e in an optimis
tic frame of mind, after dis-
-enssiag NAAtS future with the
Chief Executive.
The North Carolinian said
he was sure that the adminis
tration forces on Capitol Hill
could work out legisiation
which would preserve the
gains made by labor and in
dustry nnde^ the NRA and
still overcome tlut features ob
jected to by the Supreme
Court as nnconstitntional.
. “We’li take plenty of time
With this measure to see that
it stays within the bounds of
the Constitution as interpret
ed in yesterdJiy’s decision,”
Dougfhton said. “We are not
going to pass a bill blindly.”
He said he would call his
committee together the first
of the week.
Fourteen Sentenced In Conspiracy
Liquor ^se In Federal Court Term
Criminal Docket Practically
Cleared; Civil Cases To Be
Heard Tomorrow
Judgment was passed in fed
eral court in Wllkesboro yester
day afternoon by Judge Johnson
J. Hayes on fourteen defendants
indicted on a charge of con
spiracy to violate- the revenue
laws.
John Christian, of Winston-
Salem, to whom Arvil Pruitt is
alleged to have sold vast quan-
Orove titles of liquor, drew a term of
dlrec-
tlon of Troy Eller. The former fine of $500 while the same pen-
pastors speaking were Rev. Kelly alty was imposed on Charlie
Robertson, colored
Winston-Salem.
C. A. Lowe and
resident of
son, James
home community. Mr. L. Bum- Lowe, of North Wllkesboro, were
garner, of Wllkesboro, was also fined $500 each after they plead
’a a xia_ AAnaVklv»ai*V
Attor-
not guilty to the conspiracy
tlvo poem, “Home-Coming at charge but plead guilty to nn-
Friendsbip Church,” which had lawful sale of sugar, which plea
been written for the occasion by was accepted by District
M. F. Bumgarner, was read .by ney Carlisle Higgins,
him. The entire day was tbor- jack G«
oughly enjoyed'by the large as- two years
sembly.
Qectrificatimi
Survey Firndicd
Report oS Rural Etoctxifica’'
tion Comntittee Indudes
Proposed Linwln Wilkes
That rural ’ electrification
promisee to be “one" of tke great-*
est forward movements In all the
history of rural North Carolina”
is the confident .prediction ol
Mr. Clarence Poe, Chairman of
the North Carolina Rural Elec
trification Committee, in pre
senting his formal report to
(Contlttuai\on back page)
Jack Gentry was sentenced to
in Chtlllcothe and
placed on probation after the
expiration of his sentence. J.
Wglter McBride was fined $200.
Tincle Holbrook Richardson, Joe,
Herman, Walter aqd Hardin Hol
brook, of Traphlll,. were placed
on probation. Maude Williams
Gentry and l*ena Pitt Christian,
of Winidoh-Salem, were
on pr^tlon.
There were 24 named in thq,
bill of Indictment. Jarvis Par-
soils, of Winston-Salem,, who It
Is alleged bandied 7,000 gallons
of liquor for Arvjl I’reitt,"* was
operated on Tuesday for appen
dicitis in a Winston-Salem hos
pital and the case wan continued
as to him and Jane Holbrook on
account of illness. Continannee
(CoBtlnnad on page eight)
WILL PLAY GALAX
- «>
Home Chair Company base
ball team will play the Grey-
iiounds from Winston-Salem
here this afternoon, four o'
clock, Galax at Galax, Va.,
Saturday and Galax here Sun
day, 4 p. m.
Oiai^
And Ho
S-5
C.B. Eller Heads
Junior Council
Degree Work Wll Be Given
In Meeting Tuesday Night;
At SOoam Friday
Prof. C. B. Ellef, coifnty sup
erintendent of schools, was elect
ed councilor of the North Wil-
kesboro council, number 51, of
Jr. O. tl. A. M. in a meeting
held this week.
The other officers named were
A. H. Andrews, rice counclljor;
C. A. Canter, recording secre
tary: ,B. F. Bentley, assistant
recording secretary; C. G. Day,
financial secretary; Bank of
North Wllkesboro, treasurer; J.
R, Beaman, conductor; A. O.
Andenon, warden; 'ttill»rd Kel
ley, inside sentinel;- Albert Eller,
outside sentinel;’' Bradlby Dan
cy, Junior past conneyor; W. K.
Stnrdivant Clay Pardae and C-
B. Eller, trustees; Bradley Dan
cy and Clay Pardue, representa-
tlvea state council with Ray
Barnes and C. O. McNelU as al-
teriiatM; H, L. Mecham, • chap
lain.
Every member is requested to
be present at-'tha meeting Toep-
day night, at which time degree
work wiU be given, Thar” degree
team will go to Siipam Friday
, hlgbt of this week ta ,confer de-
•^-greeA . •
Sentiment
tion FAvors Ret
sential Fento]^ i
The NRA is not dead tn-Wqrtk
Wllkesboro. In a sjyTey,J)y. n»
Jonmal-Patriot of all -Jlia idl
ing manufactnran. here teisF
the unanimous eptaioa
pressed that their coAiitam
would continue tooperate' - aw
they have been under mUk.
codes and that no changes as*
in prospect in regard to their
policy toward labor.*!'; *•
In substance they said that mm
changes in wage and hour pre
visions are contemplated, wihfle
a complete survey of other em~
ployers, including the many re
tail establishments, was impoe-
Bible, the general opiiHon as-
pressed by a nnmb^** 'dontartaE
indicated no change in honia asA
wages and present indiestioaa
lead to the conclusloh that the
town will continue as If the NRA
had not been declared ancooatt-
tutional by the.United States Su
preme court.
P. W. Eshelman, president of
Wilkes Hosiery Mills, probaWy
the largest employer in thteitoa-
tion, stated that his company,xna
going on as if nothing bad hap
pened and that he had receired
a telegram from the hosiery coda
authority advising each -eounM*
He~ also stated that other larga-
manufactnrers had contacted,
him and that they bad expressed
a willingness and desire to coa-
tinue as they have under eode
provisions.
Officials of the Home Chair
Company, Forest Furnltnro 'Cona-
pany, Oak Furniture CompsuTr
American Furniture Compsuy,
unjkesboro Manufacturing Com
ply, Turner-White Casket Com
pany, Grier Cotton Mills, Key
City Furniture Company and
other manufacturers stated that
they contemplate no change in
wage and hour provisions for
employes. The W91kes Tannery,
branch of the International 9hoe
Company, continues to operate an
formerly with no change in pol
icy.
The attitude of local manufac
turers and employers is in Ilns
with a general press survey of
the nation, which shows indus
try willing to go ahead as if
nothing had happened and lire
up to the trade agreements and
maintain the present schedala
of hours and wages for employes.
Retail Firms Operate As
Formerly
In a hasty survey of many of
the leading retailers in the city
yesterday and this morning »
preponderance of opinion wm
registered in favor of mgintffQr
Ing NRA standards as to work
ing hours, wages, and hours thw
stores are to remain
change whatever is contenr^ut-
ed, according to the i^tmnntfoK
gained in interviews ah(r’‘’'MAtk-
ments from proprietors and aum-
agers, and the business InMnuta
will carry on as if hofbl^'liud
happened.
Sentiment in favor of tbo
standards prevailiug appssred it»
be nnanlmons on the fare, of tbn
survey and the* concehsus uC
opinion seemed to
turn to the old order WbAW
would prove disastrokn. ' '
DENIES NEW DE>^
HAS BEEN MOIECKEIF
WUshlngtoB, May‘'^Yrt.---Oeuw-
al Hugh 8. Johnson; former NRA
chief, tonight predicted that new
legislation would be drawn up
which was better - than that
whieb the Supreme Court recuat^
ly said was Illegal in Us eodi-
making provisions.
A few^honrs after he had Mk ggl
the White Hpuse where he h«A '
conferred with the President re
garding te future op NR.A, Jo
son told a radio audience tl
he felt new laws could b»;
drawn that they would meet
.objecu of the high court a«^'
stlll retain the gains of th«
kOrtiUr. agency.
' Hq said the decision had,
“-wrecked the new
though it had brought;’
porary halt’