3LL*;,- .
t'iv-'
;*«>•» M:'
SMe^
Af« IiMal
i'itM« 7-^Wl O. Har-
Mlt-W. ttrlng •» SSi Soath
*UMt, 1^0 was Injared in
ran^mtomobile wreck at Coolee-
nwe tkla afternoon, died while
Mag Vronght to a Salisbury hos
pital.
f . Brings Ob More Talk
'"Waehlngton, June 7.—Presi
dent Rooserelt and Secretary
Morgenthau, indirectly, g a t e
new impetus today to talk of a
treeh distribution o f wealth
through stiff gift and inherit
ance taxes
Barrymore at Raleigh
Raleigh, June 7.—John Bar-
fymore, famous actor, and his
party who arrived here by plane
early this morning and had to
spend several hours due to bad
fiying conditions, left for New
York by air at 7:05 o’clock.
Promises Protection
Detroit, June 7.—Agriculture
will go further than industry.
Secretary of A.griculture Henry
A. Wallace said tonight, and will
write consumer protection into
Its acts. “We chaiienge industry
to do likewise,’’ he said.
wad ThmradMya
A:
Yinth Arriil^
for Hring bn
C.CiCM«mbers
Tllsoa.. Bayers ts ABeged To
tVive Shot Mwnbers
of Camp Sunday
PLACED UNDER BOND
Hurt .As Home Bums
Morganton, June 7. — Guy
Smith, state highway section
foreman, was severely burned
Thursday morning when waste
oil which he had poured on a
fire exploded, setting fire to his
clothing and totally destroying
home near Connelly Springs.
Shot From Shotgun Load Hit
Boys; Ntme Are Very
Seriodsly Hurt
Tilson Byers, youth who re
sides near the James 0. C. Camp
at Purlear, was arrested Sunday
evening on a charge of shooting
five members of the camp.
Toung Byers had had some
trouble with boys from the camp
early in the day, it is reported,
and when they later went to his
home he went into the house,
got his shotgun and fired on the
group.
The gun was loaded with an
ordinary game load, according
to reports, and the damage done
to the C. C. C. workers was not
serious, although one youth was
painfully injured With more than
a dozen shot under bis skin and
he was carried to the Wilkes
Hospital for X-ray examination
and was then taken back to the
camp infirmary.
Byers was apprehended by
county officers and taken to
Wilkesboro, where he filled bond
for a preliminary hearing on
Friday, June 21.
I&RTH wn«ffldR0, N. Cf,
i.^jUfeiininiiW
32
HAT^S IN Rim^
Winton SMks Office
Of
4
Thad Eure, of Winton, Hertford
county, has announced himself as
a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for secretary of state
next year.
hi\^o
Rcjcclcd Suitor Sentenced
High Point, June 8.—W. M.
Jones, who lives on Tryon street
and who didn’t like it because
his former girl friend, Dorothea
Griffin, married another man,
was given 15 months on the
road today for threatening to
kill her and drawing a pistol on
her. The alleged assault took
place May 23.
Infant I.s Scalded
^-^Albemarle. June 7. — Larry
Gene Dunn, 18-months old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Dunn,
was fatally scalded Wednesday
at the home when he climbed
into the lavoratory and turned
on the hot water. Funeral service cial, especially that phase of the
Sanitation Work
Being Carried On
S. F. Morris, Formerly of Con
cord, Succeeds Foard as
Inspector
S. F. Morris, formerly of Con
cord, has been assigned to Wilkes
county as sanitary inspector, suc
ceeding C. C. Foard, who'accept
ed a position of like capacity for'
the TVA after several months of
work in Wilkes. He is now sta
tioned at Burnsville.
Mr. Morris has already en
tered upon his duties and is
working in conjunction with the
county health department. Dr.
A. J. Eller, county health of
ficer, considers the work of the
sanitary inspector very beneft-
State Takes Over
Right-of-Way For
Great Scenic Road
- —
Ready To Let Contract For
First 12-Mile Link Wed
nesday, June 12
Raleigh, June 7.—^North Caro
lina yesterday took possession of
initial rights-of-way for the first
12 miles of the national scenic
parkway in the state after Capus
M. Waynick, chairman of the
state highway and public works
commis.sion, had signed the first
condemnation order of its kind
ever drawn here.
The contract for construction
of the first link will be let at
Roanoke, Va., June 12. The 12-
mile stretch extends from the
Virginia state line, at a point
sOjUth of"*B«l*x, Va., into
10, lOWj,
Fatal To
- Roy ^unon,2l
Purlear Resideiit Dies From
Wound Inflicted By Hia
^ Wife On February. 9
T^ERAt HELD SUNDAY
Young: We . lAdmlia Firing
Fatal Shot; Shoteun Load
Penetrated Thigh
Roy Robinson, age 24. died in
the hospital here Saturday morn
ing as the result 'of a gunshot
wound inflicted by his wife at
their home near Purloar on Feb
ruary 9.
The full load from a shotgun
entered the young man’s left
thigh and he was brought to the
hospital here. Immediate blood
transfusions were resorted to in
an effort to save te young man’s
lite but infection set in during
the past several weeks and he
did not respond to treatment, al
though a number of later blood
transfusions were made in an
effort to build up his strength to
the point where amputation
could be performed with any de
gree of safety.
His wife, who before her mar
riage was Miss Elmer Tates, ad
mitted firing the shot but is al
leged to have made conflicting
statements about the affair,
claiming that the gun went off
accidently and that she pulled
the trigger in a fit of passion.
She was placed in jail in Wil
kesboro soon after the shooting
but was later released under
bond.
The young man was a son of
O. F. and Diana Yates Robinson,
of Purlear. In addition to his
wife and parents he leaves the
following brothers and sisters:
Maynard Robinson, Purlear;
Mrs. Annie Mae Warrick, Wilson,
Va.; Mary V., Laura Agnes, Ra
chel and Hubert Robinson, Pur
lear.
Funeral services were held at
W(kd
/ f Ik
I
Flood Ro&cuers Work Hard To Save
fe.. . -7
Flood* Waters In Six States -Cost Uvta of More Than iw
„ People ^ Ttemiendoug Propei:^ Dtanage Rootta ^
;From Rising Waters ^ ^
Denver*—The above flood scene is typical of the struggle agwnst
the waters in six states which cost 117'iive^as this report was filM.
The rescue of an exhausted man from the roof of his house ^th the
aid of a makeshift breeches-buoy (above), was but one of the ^lorado
Springs rescues. Nebraska and Colorado suffered greatest life ana
property loss.
County Boards Vote On Welfare
Officer InMeeting Held Friday
The county board of cDtwPfiiir
siouers and the county
education met in joint 7 sesS'lon
Friday afternoon for the pur
pose of electing a welfare officer
for the county for the next bi
ennium. The full membership of
AU«-^ Purtesr. Baptist church-• Sunday both boasts jj>yeaant- - fy
ghany county to Intersect with
state highway 26 between Sparta
and Roaring Gap.
Eventually the parkway will
stretch southwest from the Vir
ginia line to the ’Fennessee line,
just west of Newfoundland Gap.
in Haywood county. It will be
approximately 200 miles in
length.
was held Thursday afternoon at
First M. P. church, and inter
ment was in Falrvlew cemetery.
Killed Ity Brother
Elkin. June 7.—Panford Wea
therman. Jr., 12-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Weather,
of Jonesville, was shot to death
late Thursday when his irother,
Harding Weaterman, 14, acci
dentally allowed a shotgun to
discharge, sending the entire
load into the lad’s abdomen. He
lived 20 minutes.
work relating to erection of sani
tary privies, several hundred hav
ing been erected at schools and
homes in the county during the
past few months.
All that is necessary for a per
son to have a sanitary privy is to
furnish the materials, which cost
only a few dollars, and the cost
of labor will be furnished by the
emergency relief administration.
Anyone interested may learn de
tails from the county health of
fice.
In commenting on this work.
Dr. Eller stated that it is filling
a great need in protecting people
from contaminated water sup
plies and germs of intesiinal dis
eases, such as typhoid, dysentary
and diorrhea. In this connection
Coui^ Arrested in Utah Con-' Dr. Eller took occasion to urge
fess to Kidnaping Weyer- '
haeuser Child
Justice Agents
*1^ Kidnapers
Lambeth Ready
To Operate His
High Point Plant
High Point, June 9.—Lambeth
Furniture company, which has
purchased the plant and equip
ment of the old Southern Chair
company will start operations
within the next few days it was
learned last night from C. J.
Lambeth, of Roaring River.
J. M. Thomas will be super
intendent for the new concern.
He was formerly connected with
the Southern Chair company. A
general line of chairs and break
fast room suits will be made
with about 100 people being em
ployed.
Washington, June 9.—J. Ed-
smr Hoover, director of the bu-
rean of investigation, announced
the arrest of two persons in con-
, mectiou with the 'Wteyerhaeuser
.Iridnaping, from whom he said
"Ubere had been a “full confea-
' Wloa-**
^ , The names of the suspects as
^ven by Hoover were Mr. and
Jin. Herman M. Waley, of Salt
liBke City, Utah.
Hoover said the two made a
full confession, involving Wil
liam Mahan, for whom a nation
wide search was started tonight.
Hoover said that Mahan was
owner of the automobile aban
doned at Butte, Mont., today,
containing J15,000 of the kidnap
raason money.
Summoning newspape* men to
bis office Sunday night the direc-
■tor of "G Mem” kept them wait
ing an hour while his assistants
prepared photographs and the
criminal records of the three.
Hoover said that the Waleys
were arrested yesterday in Salt
l4ike City. The woman, Mrs.
Margaret Waley, was arrested by
federal agents who said she was
;pas8ing some of the |200,000
nnsom money. Her husband was
apprehended by the JusUce de-
j^artment later In the day.
■ Ilf, G. o. McNeill attended a
1)«naadt Phllco radio deals in
fXtorlotte Wednesday night.
i to take extra precaution to have
the wells in a sanitary condition
and free from surface water.
Dunnagsoi To Run For
Secretary Of State
Raleigh, June 7.—Macon Rush
(Mike) Dunnagan, Ralegh news
paper correspondent, tonight an
nounced bis candidacy for the
office of secretary of state of
North Carolina.
Dunnagan said he was enter
ing the race at this time to
“prevent uncertainty and to let
my friends and Democrats of the
state know my Intenticns.”
A graduate of the University
of Morth Carolina and of the
Columbia University School of
Journalism, he has been promi
nent in newspaper circles of the
state.
Injured In Wreck
Allie McGee, resident of route
1, North Wilkesboro was given
treatment at The Wilkes Hos
pital Sunday for a severe lacer
ation On his face received in an
automobile accident.
Judge T. B. Finley Will
Hold Court In Boone
Judge T. B. Finley, of North
Wilkesboro, will hold the first
regular June term of Wlatauga
superior court, beginning next
Monday morning , according to
information received Tuesday by
Clerk A. E. South. Judge Phillips
was to have presided, but be
cause of a conflict in dates. Judge
Finley was designated by the gov
ernor. About 36 civil cases are
calendared for trial and it is not
expected that the term will last
over ona week.—^Watauga Demo
crat, June 6.
Breaks Into Office
Of Clerk of Court
Glass in Door Broken Thurs
day Night But Nothing
Takm From Office
One or morn persons of un
known identity broke into the
offlflee of Clerk of Court C. C.
Hayes at the courthouse in
Wilkesboro Thursday night.
No sign of anyone torclns an
entrance into the building could
be found, but the glass door to
the clerk’s office was broken in
one corner, apparently tor the
purpose of reaching through and
turning the lock.
Mr. Hayes could find nothing
that bad been disturbed- by the
marauders, although someone had
tampered with ^the * combination
on the vault without success.
All records and office funds were
securely locked in the vault.
Officers made & thorough in
vestigation bat were unable to
find a clue that promised to lead
to the identity Of the person wha
forced entrance. into the office.
HowevM-, fingerprinU were
taken.
morning at eleven o’clock.
Others May l^oU
InC.M.T.|Cainps;
Quota Not Filled
County Chairman Says WiHies
May Send More Than Dozen
^ Tq ,C. M. T, g. _
J. B. McCoy, citizens’ military
training camp chairman for
Wilkes county, stated a few days
ago that twelve or more Wilkes
county youths may enroll in the
C. M. T. C., starting August 5 at
Fort Bragg.
The quota for Wiikes county is
J 2 but it has been learned that
several counties are not filling
their quotas and this will give
some counties an opportunity to
en’oll more than their allot
ments.
The government pays all ne
cessary expenses for four weeks
of military training and recrea
tion for those 'who are accepted
in the C. M. T. C. To be eligible
a young man must have passed
his 17th birthday and be able to
show that he is of good moral
caracter. Enrollment in the C.
M. T. C. entails no military obli
gation but serves the simple pur
pose of giving an opportunity to
any youth to secure some mili
tary training without obligating
himself to future service.
Any who ar® interested In en
rolling should get application
blanks and further information
from Mr. McCoy, who may be
found at Hotel Wilkes. ’Hme for
tiling applications will close this
month and prompt action is ad
vised.
the executive eessldn
D. B. Swaringen,, chairman of
the county board of commlssloii-
ers, acted as chairman of the
joint session.
There were two candidates in
the'voting. Charles McNeill, wel
fare office for the past two years,
received the support of the
board of education and Mrs.
Floyd M. Jennings was the can
didate of the board of commis
sioners.
The first ballot resulted in a
tie of three votes each for tho
two candidates and the chairman
cast a ballot for Mrs. Jennings,
presumably resulting in a"
4 to 3 in favor of Mrs. Jen
nings.
The board of commissioners is
composed of D, B. Swaringen, M.
F. Absher and Ralph Duncan. C.
«6o For
On
CountF Accoantaht Now €■§-
leeting 1935 TaxM A«
Higher U#)r
PLAN IS
All Bond Holdeta^AgM
Tax Rate and RcfflUut^
ing Plan
Wilkes county’!;,^
be one dollar for tb*[^. ffint .
beginning July 1, aecoAlok th ata^^
Tsfiaanclttg plan ariaagea ttar
h^ty board of commlsajOiaHis
d H. PVrgnson, conaty MOetaa*^:
ant, and the local (ot;^ra|||pk ' ;
commission of North CatorapT
Itaring. the past two yiiw
the county adopted Whet waft
generally termed an emergeaew'
tax rate of 80 cents but fall pco-
vielon was not made toy
the county’s obligation on pirto-
ctpal and interest on the bonOea
debt.
Aid and approval of the local
government commission w a a
sought on a refinancing pfaw.
whereby the bond holders coaU
be satisfied and the conatyW
credit restored wltbont a bnrden>-
seme Increase in the tax rate.
Mr. Ferguso'n and represento-
lives of the local governmrat
commission contacted the;, coaa-
ty’s bond holders and negiotatad ^
a refinancing plan with a tax •
rate of one dollar on the ha»^
dred dollars valuation of pnm-
erty as an objective. One prinef-
pal bondholder held out for some
time for a tax rate of 11.05'bat
after learning the county’s 0-
nanclai condition in detail Umt
dollar rate was agreed upon by
f®WU»cernedr .
Although the. budget BUfflmiurT
has not been completed in de
tail it was learned today from
the county accountant that the
entire increase will go for pay*
O. McNeill is chairman of the - ing interest on t'ne bonded debt
board of education with R. R.
Church and D. F. Sheppard as
the other members.
Tal J. Pearson
In Alexander Jail,
Assault Charged
i .
'Tal J. Pearson, 'WJlkesboro
resident, la being held in Alex-^
ander county jail at Taylorsville
without privilege of bond on a
charge of criminally assaulting a
young Stony Point girl on Thurs
day evening.
Pearson is alleged to have
carried Miss Maude White Pen
nell away from her home in his
car and assaulted her and then
carried her back to her home. Ha
was arrested in Taylorsville and
it is understood that he will be
given a preliminary hearing
some time this month.
Robert Rever'Diet
In Welch, W. Va.
Was Son of Mrs. Rosa Bovea, Of
This City; Burial T> Be
Here Tuesday
Robert Reves, son of Mrs.
Rosa Reves, of this city, died
Sunday afternoon, four o’clock.
In Welch, W;. Va. He had been ill
for several weeks. . ,,
Mr. Reves had been In busi
ness in Welch for a number of
years. He leaves his mother,
wife and one adopted child, and
one stater, Mrs. Harold Riley,, of
St. Louta, Mo.
Tho body wlil he teought to
North Wllkeeboro t6r bartal in
Greenwood cemetery .Tuesday,
afternoon at, four o'clock.. ^ "
Large Vetch Plant
Julius Livingstone, well known
resident of Beaver Creek town
ship, has been displaying a gi
gantic vetch plant. From one
seed he grew 164 stalks ranging
in length from five to six feet
and the 'plant weighs five pounds.
Tent Meeting In
City Successful
Approximatdy 200 Conver
sions. and Reconsecra^ns
Reported In Campaign
Approximately 2 0 0 conver
sions and reconsecratlons were
reported In te tent revlTal con
ducted by Rev. Sam S. Jennings
in this city. The meeting closed
Sunday night.
Ministers of the leading
churches of the city expressed
their appreciation for the evan
gelistic campaign conducted *>y
Rev. Mr. Jennings, who was ac
corded most hearty cooperatfoa-
Evangelistic club. • The meeting
has resulted in a decided boost
of church membership and many
applications have been turned
over to paators heye, it was
learned today. ..i,
Refft-Mr. Jennings and hta as-
sociatSB have four revival cam-
paieMijachoduled for th^, neat
fs'ir inontas and will continue to
hold meetlnga ihrougbout Uie
summer and tall.
Roaring River
Principal Named
Prof. C. M. Cook, for four
years principal of Roaring River
hi^h school, was re-elected in a
recent meeting of the Roaring
River central district commit
tee.
During the four years that
Prof. Cook has been head of
the school the enrollment has
increased from 150 to 500 and
the high school has been placed
on the state accredited list.
The central committee is com
posed of B. L. Johnson, A. W.
Green and Garfield Blevins.
The full refinancing plan a»
approved by the local govens-
ment commission will be pubUsb-
ed soon.
Play At Moravian
Falls Tuesday Night
Deligfhtful Gomedy-Drama Will
Be Presented For BeneVtt Of
Tho School
“My Irish Rose,” a comedy-
drama in three acts, will be pre
sented at Moravian Falls school,
Tuesday night, June 11, at 8 o’
clock for benefit of the school.
’The cast Includes such well
kno'wn amateur players as: Jim
my Scroggs. Sadie Smlthey, Ed
Jennings, Kate Laws, Lawrence
Critcher, Lucille Scroggs, Claude
Laws, Louise Pearson, Homer
Brookshire, Lucy Critcher, Gen
try Brown and Inez Pennell.
Don’t fall to see these players in
the most attractive hit of the
season. Music will be furnished
by a well known string band.
Ankle Broken By Tree
Will Cloer, Roaring River res-
Jdent given employment on a re-
by the churches and the Wilke*. Tjef project, suffered a
broken
ankle Friday when a falling tree
struck him on hta leg. He was
given treatment at the Wilkes
Hospital. '
' Two Bum In Barn
East Aurora, N. Y., Juno 9.—
Two men were burned to death
and two others were led to Mt-
ety as fire destroyed a barn in
Vermont Hill road, tsven miles
south of here, early today.
Midweek Services Are
Resumed At Methodinkt
Midweek prayer services tuur-
orarily discontinued while the
Jennings tent revival was in
progress will he reeumed at the
North Wilkesboro Methodist
church Wednesday night wAlt
prayer service at 7:46 and choir
practice at 8:80. A^study Um
book of Rsvelations^wOl M|ta
Wedhesday night. The pnbllo le.
invited to attend. - l
M-
and that the appropriations for
general county expense and tbw
various departments of govern
ment will be consistent with last
year’s budget.
Mr. Ferguson is now allosrlng'
a three per cent discount on
I 1935 taxes and is collecting on a-
I tax rate of one dollar. He wtU
^ —T nvii TV . continue to collect the 1936 tax-
Prof. C. M. Cook Will Headigg ^nd allow the discounts m
School For Fifth Year; I prescribed by law until Sheriff
Progress Noted | Somers makes settlement toe
1934 taxes after the land tax
sales.
Woman Awarded
$5,000 Verefid
Court Adjourned Thursdij'
Afternoon Until This Mois-
ing; Few Cases Tttad
In the case of Julia Hinson vu.
E. I. Hinson in 'Wnkes supep-
lor court last week the plaiatilC
was awarded a 35,000 judgment
against the defendant* 'iidor thn
jury had brought in a verdict In
her favor and setting the amount
of damages at that figure. ’
The issues in the case charge*
that the defendant seduced bet-
and this issue was decided In An
affirmative. An isstie aa^te wlKb-
ute of limitations. .wawalM'^tau-
wered in her favor/ ifo pitfilbite
damages were awarded. '' ^ -
After disposing of only.,tMggm-
paratively small number o^ ouapn
court adjourned Thursday Utini^
noon until Monday morning. 8«v-
eral of the cases callendam*.
were compromised and there 'were
not enough cases ready.tol:>.teiiat
on the calendar to claim the at
tention of conrt for the rernsda-
der of last week. Several con
tinuances were ordered, howevar.