te
Stateand
SqmMled
'^Beautort. May 31.—Mrs. Les-
li« Spiingle’a sewing machine
XtroTed a j{ick-in-the'box. She
aliened a drawer and out popp
ed a lire rattlesnake ot one rat
tle and one button size.
Dindayk'lMid llrarBdajs
$
Is Accidentally Killed
Gastonia, May 31.—John Fry,
nine-year-old Gastonia boy, was
Instantly killed here late yester
day when a gun was accidental
ly discharged by M. C. Miller,
textile operative at the Priscilla
mill.
New Case# Paralysis
Raleigh, May 31.—Three new
cases of Infantile paralysis were
reported in North Carolina today
as Dr. A. J. Gilliam, federal
health worker, started a series
of conferences here regarding
the situation.
Merchant Is Snicide
Wilmington, May 31.—Thom
as H. Williams, 57, merchant and
farmer ot Acme, was found dead
of an allegedly self-inflicted bul
let wound in the office of his
general merchandise store by
his son early today.
Wonid Hold Gains
Columbia, S. C., May 31.—
Governor Olin D. Johnston said
today he would lead a discus
sion on how states m4y act to
preserve the best features of
NRA at the governors’ confer
ence to be held in Biloxi, Miss.,
June 13-15.
FinitPaymrat,
-^om-Ho^Ciop
Contracts Here
Checks For WDkes, Ashe,
Watauga and Yadkin Coun
ties Have Arrived
$1,624.49 FOR WILKES
Checks Are Being Given Out
From Office of County
Agent Hendren
Miss Rosa Billings, treasurer
of the Wllkesboro Corn-Hog
Crop Control Association serving
a number of northwestern North
Carolina counties stated today
that checks totaling $7^102.22
for the final payment on corn-
hog crop reduction contracts for
1934 had been received for
Wilkes, Ashe, Watauga and Yad
kin counties. Payment for Alex
ander, Alleghany, Caldwell, Ca
tawba, Mitchell and Surry coun
ties are expected within a few
days.
Signers of corn-hog crop re
duction contracts In Wilkes may
receive their checks by calling at
the office of County Agent A. G.
Hendren in ' Wllkesboro. Checks
for the farmers of the other
counties in the association will
be given out through their re
spective county agents but at
tention is called to the fact that
each person who receives a check
must call for It In person.
Fifteen Die 1“ Flood
Denver, Colo., May 31.—Off
the eastern slope of the towering
Rocky Mountains, flood waters
poured through northeastern Col
orado tonight, strewing at least
15 known dead over ae area
btradreds of miles long.
lit Didn’t Work
Chicago, May 31.—A bandit
who thought to cover his retreat
by calling “police, police,’’ in
front ot the store he had just
robbed of $1,200, wounding a
girl cashier in the process, was
Captured today by Edward Mur
phy, a clerk. Murphy, looking
for a policeman himself, recog
nized the bandit.
Kidnapped .lind Robbed
Danville, Va., June 1.—R. D. ' NRA. was as
International
Shoe Co. Keeps
NRA Standards
President Says There Is No
Change In Attittfde and
PoJicies Toward Ehnployes
Decision of the supreme court
declaring NRA unconstitutional
has not changadLXhejiUitade ^
the International Slioe Company
toward Its employes, according
to advice from the president of
the company to its branch tan
nery here.
The International Shoe Com
pany, with headquarters in St.
Louis, is one of the largest lea
ther manufacturing companies in
the world and one of the largest
employers In the shoe industry.
The message of the president
of the company, issued after the
supreme court decision on the
follows; “To our
‘i-i
HORtH
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Kidnaped iSoy R|tumedf For |200,000
Son of WBabiagton ^tate Millionak».Re]eased Saturday b]L
Unkftown Kidnapers;’Father Pays JlJuga Ranaom
1- ' .'j.'---.
Above, I iulif.'pBW^lTiVjnr pobto of little George Weyerhaeuser,
ni*e, MB of a ihult^mirabnaire lumberman. J. P. Weyerhaeuser. The
boy was kidnaped several days ago and released Saturday when his
father paid the $200,000 demanded as ransom. Fedehd a^nts swarm
ed into Tacoma, Wash., but refrained from actively working on the
case until the family had dealt with the kidnapers. The search for the
parties to whom the ransom was paid is now in progress.
Forty-Nine Sentenced To Prison In
Two-Weeks Term of Federal Court
Ijim
In Sunday ^ay,
Condition Serious
Rom Carlton, Bbum^ Resi
dent, Plaeed in lall At
Wilkesboro
SHOT THROUGH CHEST
w. ■ •“ - •
Result of Long ' Standing
Trouble; Cariton {Admits
' Firing Shot
Liim McGee, who lived In
Caldwell county near the WUkes-
Caldwell county line, was shot
and perhaps fatally wounded in
an altercation with Rom Carlton
at Manley Parsons’ store near
Boomer Sunday afternoon.
McGee and Carlton, according
to current reports from the com
munity In which the affair took
place, -had experienced preylons
trouble and had fought pn more
than one occasion.
McGee Was shot through the
chest with a 32-caUbre pistol
and the bullet punctured -one
lung and'his liver, according to
a report this moming from a
Lenoir hospital, to'which he was
carried yesterday iiftemoon. Lit
tle hope te htild for his recovery.
Carlton was arrested soon aft
er the shooting at a nearby resi
dence by Sheriff W. B. Somers
and placed in jail at Wilkesboro.
He offered no resistance to ar
rest and appeared to be In a
drunken condition.
Carlton stated after th© affair
that he fired the shot as McGee
was throwing bottles at him in
a brawl beside the store build
ing.
Jones reported to the police to
day that he was kidnapped from
West Main street in broad day
light yesterday evening by two
gunmen, carried to a point near
Burlington, N. C., and there
robbed of $20 and dispossessed
of his automobile.
Julius Minton
Is Under Bond
Released From Jail Thursday
Under Bond of $2,.500,
Charged With Murder
Julius Minton, driver of a
pickup which collided with a
motorcycle driven by Jack Mc
Lain and resulted in McLain’s
day. Virginia Bruce, screen ac- | death, was released from Wilkes
tress, court records showed, has
Spider Bite Fatal
Danville, Va., June 2.—It has
been disclosed that Buck Walker,
Jr., the three-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Buck Wlalker, of Hali
fax county who died a few days
ago, succumbed to a bite by a
spider. The child was ill only
three days.
DivorceK') Fourth Time
Los Angeles, June 2—John
Gilbert, film actor, for the fourth
time was free of marital ties to-
employes: The decision ot the
supreme court declaring NRA un
constitutional has not changed
our attitude toward our employ
es; and no change is being made
in our wage and hour policies.
International Shoe Company, By
W. H. Moulton, president.’’
just obtained her final decree of
divorce. She charged cruelty.
LECTURER OF
GRANGE TO
“Sonny Jhn” Farmer Com
ing To WfikesbM’o Tues
day, June 11th
.Several hundred people
from all p«uts of Wllkee coun
ty and many from adjoining
counties are expected to gath
er at the courthouse in Wtl-
kesboro on Tuesday night,
Jnnd 11, to hear an address
by James C. (Sunny Jim)
Farmer, lecturer of the na
tional Grange.
The visit of this nationally
known speaker and Granger
will be snbseqaent to a Grange
membership drive that wlU be
carried out in Wilkes county
before the North Carolina
Grange meets in convention
here in the latter part of Sep
tember. Increases have al
ready bten reported in the
me^'-.bership of the subordin
ate Granges that now exist in
RMlkes and it te learned that
subordinates will be organiz
ed in other central rommnni-
ties this summer. Wilkes, te
the) pioneer county in Grange
organization in the state. The
first Pomona Grange in North
Carolina was organized in
Wilkesboro.
Twenty-five Taken To Chilli- Joi]|TI^-P3.hri0t
cothe, 11 to Atlanta; Seven JvUIlUU I aUlUl
To Wilkes Jafl
Industry Not Affected
.•Cleveland, June 2.—The mag-
-azine Steel said today that “on
the surface’’ the Supreme court’s
KBA decision affected the iron
and steel markets but little last
week. "Prices—uncontrolled for
the first week since August 19.
1938-—apparently were as steady
as at any time since the code
waa adopted,’’ the publication
said.
JiBie Term Court
Cravened Today
Judge J. H. Oement Is Pre
siding Over Civil Term
In WOkesboro
_ June term of Wilkes sulferlor
tjourt for trial of civil cases con-
" -rened In Wilkesboro this morn-
•“ Ing for a two-weeks’ term.
Judge J. H. Clement, of Win-
aton-Salem, 1s presiding over the
Mm. Judge Clement exchanged
ualgnment with Judge W. F.
Handing, at ChsHotte, who te
Loees Libel Suit
Gastonia, May 31.—The Gas
tonia Gazette won a $40',000
libel auK hy non-suit here today
judge for thi I7ti dto- »#hen Judge Frank S. Hill threw
trist daring the first half of out the case brought by Tom
-jjg Lay, of Lincoln county. Li^’s ac-
^tevsral hundred aetjona ure tlon was baaed on a story pnb-
Irlgl and ft not rUriksd hy the Gazette lost ydar
he Lrngardlng .(ureet of.7f- pickets at
jail Thursday under bond ot
$2,500 tor appearance at the Au
gust term of Wilkes court, when
he will be tried on a charge of
murder.
In a hearing held before Mag
istrate P. L. Lenderman amount
of bond was fixed Thursday.
Minton was traveling toward
North Wilkesboro seven miles
west of here May 26, when he
collided beadon with McLain
and his motorcycle. Mr. McLain
was widely known In this part
of the state. For several years
he was mechanic for the state
highway commission and several
months ago established a motor
cycle store and general garage
here.
Play Conover Thursday
Home Chair baseball team will
play Conover, of the Western
Carolina League, Thursday at
Conover. The remainder of the
week’s schedule had not been
made this morning but some
good games will be arranged for
the latter part of the week.
Halfacre Speaks
At Service Here
Beautiful Tributes Paid To
War Dead In Service On
Thursday Evening
W. D. Haltacre, superinten
dent of the city schools, deliver
ed an Inspiring address in the
memorial service held at the
marker on Thursday evening at
7:10.
The program was carried out
as planned with assembly at
Hotel Wilkes and a march to the
marker, where the service was
very appropriately carried out
and wreaths were placed on the
marker In memory of those who
•died on the battlefields of wars
In which this nation participated.
A total of forty-nine persons
received prison and reformatory
sentences in the two-weeks,’ term
of federal court which adjourn
ed in Wilkesboro-Fridavvafter-
■1 ' ^ '
With the exception of one per
son, F. O. Heath, who was car
ried to Leavenworth to serve a
year for violation of the narcotic
act, all of the prison sentences
were for violation of the reve
nue laws against the manufac
ture, possession and sale of illi
cit liquor on which federal tax
es had not been paid.
Deputy marshals L. M. Huff
man and T. C. Blaylock left the
latter part of the week for At
lanta, Ga., where they delivered
11 prisoners convicted by Judge
^ayes In the WSlkesbbro teA.
Meanwhile Deputy Marshals
Fred Lomax and W. A. Jones
left for Chillicothe, where they
delivered 25 persons to the in-
distrial reformatory. Deputy
John H. Stephenson went to
Leavenworth to carry F. O.
Heath.
Five boys sentenced to the
training school in Washington,
D. C., will be carried there this
week by deputy marshals.
Seven persons, A. T. Souther,
Ebb Anderson, Almeda Hamby,
Bassel Holloway, Seymour Hol
loway, John C. Mitchell and
Slater Call, were given sentences
to the Wilkes county jail ranging
from four to six months.
In addition to the 49 who
have begun their sentences there
were a few who were sentenced
and who succeeded in getting
their sentences deferred for a
short while. Several were placed
on temporary probation until
the November term, at which
time they will abide by the fur
ther judgment of the court.
Branson Benton, who was sen
tenced to two years In Atlanta
and lined $2,500 appealed to the
circuit court and hte sentence te
automatically deferred.
The last two days of the term
ending Friday were taken np
with trial of civil cases.'A civil
term will convene In Wllkes-
horo in August, according to
present plans.
Fines daring the term totaled
approximately $12,000.
Kiwapit Clubs Will
^Have Inter-Meeting
^ i ’ - - --
Statesville and EUdn Clnbs WlU
Meet With Loc»a Club Fri- -
day (right
An intor-Hcluk Klwante meet-,
ing wlll her held at Hotel-Wilkes
here Frl4^ i^Wliig at seven o’-,
clock. Norriir-WUkesboro, BHdtt
and StateevUle ari the.clubs wWi
will Uke paii.tn meetins uud;
a most interesting - program has'
Must Raise Price
(X inscriptions
'•lr~Frier In
State Win Re $1.50; $2.00
Out of the State
Arrakg^ Foir O
Tax Rate To
• -
Abound
Fights For SoRt
.Senator-elect Holt Is Only
30 Years of Age
ton . . . n. S. Beiia-
tot*-«4^*1crnsh D. Holt (above),
oF-I^mt Virginia will be 30 years
old on June 19th, at which time
he hopes to be seated. He has
ocenpied a seat during this ses
sion of congress bi^t could not
vote. If seated he will be the
youngest U. S. Senator.
Burke Slated To
Head Work Rdief
In N. Carolina
TaylorsTille Attorney Said To
Have Endorsement of
Both, Senators
Organ Recital Is
Rendered lii City
Program of the organ recital
rendered at the Methodist church
here Sunday afternoon •was well
received by a good audience.
Robert Irvin, former organist
at the .First Baptist cl^rch In
Charlotte, was at the organ an^|
vocal selections were by Frank^
Ooi«h. Mr. Irvin vlnyed bril
liantly and the -InterpreUtlons by
tioagh woye considered exceU^^
Mr. and. Mrs. J,” W. Martin and
family attended' the graduation
of their daughter, Barbara Ann,
from Grace Hospital In Morgon-
Of interest to thousands of
readers te the announcement to
day by the Carter-Hubbard Pub
lishing Company, Inc., stating
that the subscription price of
The Journal-Patriot will be rais
ed and that the change in price
will take effect on July 1, 1935.
After July 1 the subscription
price will be $1.50 per year in
North Carolina and $2.00 per
year for subscribers living out
side of North Carolina.
Any subscriptions which have
expired or will expire at any time
in 1935 may be renewed at the
present price before July 1. The
present price te $1.00 per year
for subscribers in North Caro
lina and $1.50 per year for sub
scribers outside of the state.
Even after the price 1s raised
to $1.'50 per year for local sub
scribers the price will still be
well under that charged for oth
er semi-weekly and many week
ly newspapers In North Carolina,
It was pointed out. Many weekly
newspapers are charging $'1^0
or $2.00 for local subscriptions
and semi-weeklies are charging
$2.00 up.
The change In price- Is made
necessary, the company announc
ed, because of high operating
cost and high cost of materials.
Attention te again called to
the fact that subscribers may
save money by renewing before
July 1 If their subscriptions have
expired or will expire before De
cember 31, 1935. The subscrib
er’s label will show the expir
ation date, the first figure repre
senting the month In which the
subscription expires and the last
figure the year; Jtpr example 6-35
means that the subscription ex
pires In June, 1935. All subscrip
tions not paid in advance on Ju
ly 1 will be discontinued.
Donkey Baseball
Game Plasrcd Here
Washington, May 31.—J, Hay
den Burke, Taylorsville, N. ■ C.,
attorney, tonight appeared slat
ed to become works progrOSs ad
ministrator for North Carolina.
It was learned that Senator
BjiHey . ajl^- RepreseiftaUve
tiongbton h aa recommended
Burke to Harry Hopkins, relief
administrator and head of the
progress division of the new
work relief setup, and that Sen
ator Reynolds had given his ap
proval.
“He Is a very able man and
lawyer,” Reynolds said. “He will
make an excellent administra
tor.”
The status of Mrs. Thomas O’
Berry, present administrator for
the state, was undisclosed, but
it was believed sh& would con
tinue to handle the relief side of
the setup.
Dual administration has been
put into effect in some of the
states.
Officials at relief headquar
ters maintained silence on the
North Carolina progrMS admin
istrator, but an informed source
said Burke probably would be
named within the next few days.
It was learned that Reynolds
conferred during the day with
Hopkins, however.
Indefe(ii-4
he vm -
In a donkey baseball game
played at the fairgrounds Fri
day night between the “fats” and
tub “leans” of the town the ‘fata’
won 3 to 1.
The attractions was sponsored
by the ; Worth ,Wllkasboro Wo
man’s Club and proved hilarious
for the.l|ifga,.crawd .beyond all
ctaitna'anid ezpectationJ.
cbuUi^umr the progresiive ad
vance which has bedoine charac
teristic of hte office. Collector of
Internal Revenue Charlee H.4
Robertson gnd hte associates last;
month obtained In North' Caro^
Upa for the federal government
$86,170,111.37, the monthly re-Jtlnuo obeervatlon of NRA
port prepared :by W. E. Thomp
son, chief of the accounting dl-
Revival Begins
In Wilkesboro
Series of Services Began At
Baptist Church Last Night;
Continues Thru Week
A series of revival services be
gan at the Wilkesboro Baptist j
Church Sunday night ’and will
continue throughout this week,
according to an announcement
by the pastor. Rev. Avery
Church, who 1s conducting the
revival.
Services will be held each
afternoon at 2:30 and eight o’
clock at night. The public has a
most cordial invitation to attend
any or all the services. •
Announcement was made of
the associatlonal meeting of the
Woman’s Missionary Society to
be held at the church Wednes
day.
EHRINGHAUS PLEADS
FOR NRA ADHERENCE
Raleigh, June 1.—Governor
Elbringhaus tonight issned a
statement calling upon “our
citizenship and particularly that
part entmged in , manufacturing
and other enterprises heretofore
operated under codes’* to con
tinue provisions of NRA regula
tions.
'The chief executive recalled
that an appeal made by Mm at
thV beginning of NHA for the
people of the state to • "follow
the- President’s lead and . adopt
the- first code" was heeded.
He urged Industries to con-
pro-
,visions “to the end that the so- to (•end ^
rial gain aecompltebed may be She _is.
preserved.”
.)«.•
CoDmiasioners, Accountanl
and Local Gevenomrt
mission Stndy Proposal
Through a reflnanribg ' ple
worked out with the approval
.the' local government ' cenm
Sion, the tax rate for WBl
county may be fixed at f 1.0.0''
$1.05 for the next yelar,
learned Friday from C, H. Feig**^
son, county acconbttnfl t -
When the county tax rate
lowered to 80 cents ‘on the
dred dollars valnatlon
ty, the budget was set up only {mj
provide for essentUte oLconntjrJ
government In or^^r tbml
bnrden of tautiou. as .Ugbt ~Mj
possible on property
ing the years^ Of.tbn^
economic ^stress,
not made for making'
payment on the bonded
ednesB
Through arrangement F *3 ^
Ibcal governmepf. ,
holders of the •eovnQ^^I^fibaJte'
were contacted and a reftema*'
ing system whereby the couutyr.^
will not default and will regate;
Its credit, was worked out by tha
county board of commissiofl
and tbe county accountent.'
One principal bondholder,
was learned. Insists that the
rate be made $1.05 instead" oC
$1.00, but a financial statemeakJ
by the county accountant indl^j
cates that a tax rate of -r $1.#»
would be adequate to meet^ the
county’s obligations as propoeeg
in the refinancing plan. The' fn- ’
crease in the tax rate from 89
cents to $1.00, amounting to 8P
cents on the hundred dollar^
property valuation, would be nsed
on payments- on the bonded In>~»
debtedneM ahd ho part would b*
used to. carry on the usual tune-
tions Of county government, ft*
is learned from county anth,iil
ties.
Further negotiations will be
made in an effort to set the ta.u
rate as low as $1,00, according
to present plans.
It is understood that repre
sentatives of the local govom-
ment commission have expressed
a willingness to help secure low
er interest rates tor the county
if the budget is arranged and
maintained in such a manner that
the county’s obligations can bo
paid In full and without defanttp
Spruill Re-elected
Mt.ViewPrinc^
School Had Successful Year
With Enrollment of 616;
Buildings Renovated
: > .
Prof. E. R. Sphiill was re-«leet-
ed superintendent of Mountoio
'View district schools in a meeting.'
of the central district committsn
held last week.
Prof. Spruill has just comp
his third year as he^ cf Mounfatef^l
View school and the enroUnMak^ j
during the past term reached
new higt^ 616—146 high school aod i
470 elementary. The building* i
being renovated and will
adequately house the school
the 1935-36 term b^ns thia fbD.^
Hie district committee is
posed 01 J. A. Gilliam. B‘. ff . FwftLj
ry, J. G. Mayberry, Ci D. HaB
P. E. Church.
Moving Into
Bdl&$‘
Postoffice WiD>^
When Fixtotes
tore Aw
aj
North 'Wllkeaboro jpoatoffioa** ]
moving into its 'new quairten
C street was poBtptoe#WMf
36 for 'an indSfinite time, it
learned last wtek.
Delay in moving into the
government owned building
experienced when it was foi
that the fixtures and tumit
for the new building could
be Installed by May 30, tb* dab
set for opening In the new bi
ing. The post^ttiee will moveT
qrinrters an soon as tbj
tarsltnre and. fixtures can
iratnUed.
Miss Bti^
id to this
team Junior