North Carolina Newspapers

mA^r Hot nu «lea»l Aa«. tS,—Wdenl ■ W. rOkivtd .«lm»t&at rpl- ky tSat t]i|^ tiog^Jtrfkcwdoi M levied by the seeretery of 'fitillinltore «nder the AAA. was eiMMatitutional. Tobecoo Prices Good ItobaMo prices in the border iMit markets cootinoed to rule •tswag yesterday, bat in some vuketa sales were reported 4tsht because of delays in pre- SaylBg the crop tor sale. PaWM' Is Snidde dMpanroe, Aug. 13.—The body Prank Crook, 48-year-old thobfle’rol^ two mi]K^)!^m here earty today, pty poison bottle a tew VOL. XKJX, Na Published MuQdii^ and Thursdaya •^aa ' NQftTO WniattPDRq^N. C,, THURSDAY, AUG. 15, 1985 TipSTAT^2.00gUT OP' Negro Ge^s Loni i|0n Termln of Abduction thd aiae No New Polio Caeee Ih, Aug. 13.—No infantile paralysla were today in North Carolina-— It regular business day ay 20 that the state board did not receive v^OtW ’more cases of ptdlomye- r Drown When Turin, Italy, Aug. Ts.—sitl mates that more than 600 per- WOBS—possibly 1,000—may have perished in the bursting of a hy dro-electric dam in the vicinity of the Alessandrian town of Ovada were made tonight xescne workers. by , TMngs Run .Amnck Lumberton, Aug. 13.—Three persons were run over, one of whom was probably fatally wounded by a hit-and-run driv- «r, two were badly cut, three were hurt in a road accident and one was shot in Robeson coun- 'ty during the week-end. Is KilltMl By Stokesville, Aug. fl3.—Grover C. Clinton, 51, was instantly kill ed at 10:30 o’clock this morning when a power wood saw, at Which he was working on his farm near here, broke and half of the cylinder struck his head, aaverlng his skull. Denies Politics Charge Washington, Aug. 13.—Denial intimations that politics was Ived in approval of a $37,- 500,000 public works adminis tration allotment for the propos ed power development on the Santee and Cooper rivers in South Carolina came today from Secretary Ickes. Big Attendance k Expected At Far Sept. 17-21 Turnstiles Will Be Installed To Record Attendance of Each Visitor Brown With attractions calculated to excell anything ever presented here the Great Wilkes Pair Asso ciation Ja expecting a record at- tendancl^hen the tenth annual ^position will be held at the :j|^rgTounds here on September 1^ 18. 19, 20 and 21. .v^nd in order to know Just hnw big the attendance will be a meter turnstile will be install ed at the gate to record each admission. Workmen are engaged this week In placing the fairgrounds In shape and work will continue until the job Is finished, It was learned today from W. A. Mc Neill, president and general manager of the fair. A new and attractive entrance will be made to the grounds, which will be filled this year with varied attractions that promise to entertain the most discriminating. The number of people request ing premium lists indicates that farmers are preparing to display specimens of their products this year in competition for the cash prizes to be given. In order to boost the exhibit department of t’le fair more liberal prizes were offered in many departments this year and the prizes will be | cash, to be paid at the close of i the fair. Anyone who does not! have a list may get one from J. I C. Wallace, secretary, or by re quests through the mails. Ules Brewer Is Given Sentence Terre Haute, Ind. ... If base ball fans wish to know what be comes of great baseball stars of the past they may come here and look upon Mordecai “Three- Finger” Brown (above), rated as one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Mordecai has been one of this town’s leading business men for years. His 8-year pitch- Cuba of .702 has never been ing average for the Chicago equalled. He pitched 478 games, winning 239 and losing 131. Fruit Growers Tu Go On Tour 23rd Win Accompany Horticultur ist Specialist To Haywood County Orchards Will Distribute Driver Licenses By September 1 Million Apiplication' Bla^s Being Printed For IHstri- bution Thruout State Supplementing the Fruit Growers picnic and on the day ^ Make Reservations i following, Friday, August 23, Raleigh, Aug. 13. — 'Voung | an orchard tour under the sup- Democrats of North Carolina' envision of K. R. Niswonger will who expect to attend the nation- Ec^^nl convention of Young Demo crats in Milwaukee, Wis., this month may secure reservations through Mrs. Bessie B. Phoenix, of ‘Raleigh, president of the state organization. Mosee For Knox Concord. N. H., Aug. 13.— George H. Moses, former united States Senator from New Hamp- ■hire, today said, in an inter view, that Col. Frank Knox, Chi- 'Cago pnblisher, “has more sup- ’ port right now than any other man as a candidate for the Re- rpubliean nomination for Presi- leot In the 1936 campaign.” Smrpr Camp Started IRkin, Aug. 13.—A group of 7]ft|tey8 arrived recently from Aalmlle to take up duty^ at Camp Dobson, Surry county’s neW.COC camp just completed on ithe Blkln-Mount Airy highway Fapio mile beyond the town of Do.beon.’^la group, added to the iKtya ittveady stationed there, ^mptotes the quota for the Sur- vTy onvp, fedt-End Games ATe Scheduled Will Ptay Marsh Furniture Twm Hunt- ley-Jackson Here Sunday .. Two atrong High Point teams - wfll eome to North Wllkeaboro fsntarday and Sunday to play the ^Home Chair company baseball Uenm. y’s game on the fair- Igronnds here at 3:30 will find ■Ghalr playing Marsh Fnr- tuiw 'eompnny, of High Pcrtnt. visitors will bring a strong that la expected to give the tU plenty of trouble. “fltnfctley-Jackaon Hosiery Mills, High Point, will come "here gy for a game at 3:30. Lo- - fsea are acquainted with this team froiSa. prevlons en- crowds are ex- fqr only hot^ games be made into Haywood county for a survey of the orchard in terests in that community. Par ticularly the Barber orchard ten miles west of Waynesville will be visited and the methods of handling a large commercial crop explained. Mr. Niswonger is anxious that I as large a delegation from the Brushy Mountains as possible make this trip, which will be not only entertaining but instructive. The party will leave Wilkes as early in the morning as is pos sible and will endeavor to make the ifip there and home in one day. It is desirable to have notice of about how many are going and those intending to make the trip should communicate with the secretarj' of' the Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers. Mrs. ,C. F. Bretholl, Pores Knob, either by phone or mail. Cards are be ing sent out to a list of fruit growers but it is not necessary to receive one in order to join the party. Any one interested may go along as each member of the party pays his own expenses. Distribution of state drivers’ licenses will begin about Sep tember 1, George G. Scott, of the state revenue department, announced in Raleigh Tuesday. One mUllon applieptlon blanks for operators and 200,000 for chauffeurs are being printed and will be distributed to the 870 automobile deajqrs in the state, county court clerks, police de partments, and other offices to make them accessible^fo all driv ers. Until November 1, drivers’ licenses will be Issued without charge and without examination to persons who have one year or more of driving experience and who rave not been convicted of traffic law violations within the past year. Union Service On Sunday Night By The Young People The union service for the North Wllkesboro churches will be held Sunday night at eight o’clock at the Presbyterian church with the young people of the church In charge of the serv ice. The public is cordially invit ed to attend, and all boys and girls of college age are especially urged to be present. The speaker for the evening will be Rufus Morrow, assistant pastor of the Presbyterian church. Lightning Kills Horse And Pony A bolt of lightning* instant ly killed a horse and a pony on F. E. Brown’s farm In Mnlberry township Tneeday sftemooR. The animals were in an open fkdd In the pasture wb^ they hit and killed. Warren Potato Control Bill Adopted By House Washington, Aug. 14.—The house today," after a parliament ary battle that challenged consid erable interest approved the Warren potato control program as a rider to the already contro versial AAA amendments hill and sent the legislation back to the senate for concurrent action. The roll call vote on the potato amendment was l74 to 165. Convicted of breaking Into Roaring River EstaUish- ments Few Werim Ago On Wednesday Fhii McQurdy, negro, was sentenced in Wilkes court by Judge Don Phillips to from five to eight years on a charge ^of abduction. McCurdy, according to the evidence, car ried. a- girl from the Fairplhihs community into another county and kept her against her will. McCurdy, according to reports, had been convicted on a similar charge a few years ago. Ules Brewer^, convicted of be ing a member of a thieving party that looted three Roaring River establishments some time ago, drew a sentence of from three to five years at hard labor in the state penitentiary. T^ls trial was hotly contested before a jury. Charles Adams, convicted on a larceny charge, drew 60 daj^s on the roads. A blow against malicious and unwarranted prosecutions was put in yesterday when Judge Phillips taxed the cost of an ac tion against a prosecuting wit ness. Floyd Dancy was acquitted on a charge of assault and Gai ther Wyatt, prosecuting witness was taxed with the cost, it being judged that the prosecution was malicious and not for the best interests of society. John James Brown was sen tenced to four months at work at the county homo for desertion of bis family and placed under a 12 months suspended sentence on condition that he support his family. Walter Becknell was sentenc ed to 30 days on the roads on a larceny charge. The sentence of Joe M. Pear son, of Moravian Falls, convicted of carrying concealed weapon and assault with deadly weapon, was changed on the assault charge from six months on the roads to a 90-day road sentence suspended on payment of $50 fine and cost. Sentence on the other count is identical. Although business of the court is being carried out with a con siderable degree of efficiency prospects for clearing the docket by the end of the term this week appeared to be very dlhii this morning. At least three homicide cases remain to Tie tried. Herman Ball was given a su spended, sentence On charge of carrying concealed weapon. Joe Rhoades drew four months on roads on charge of assault with, deadly weapon. DeWltt Crabb” was sentenced to four months at work at the county home. A. B. Scott, reckless driving, prayer for judgment continued on payment of damage to J. R. Henderson’s car. Drank Kerosene, Dead Caleb Smith, 19-months old child of Theodore Smith, of Route 2, Ayden, Pitt county, drank a quantity of kerosene oil from a can he found in the kitchen Friday and died shortly afterward from the fatal draught. Textbook Rental For State Ma^Be^kira _ ^ ir. School OfAeial Sfse: tern Maf Not 1^' rated PROSPECTS ARE SLIM Plan Ptoposod Texttjook Publishers Turned Down" By State Officials Prospects for tke,state patting into operation a .scjtooi textbook rental plan this fall appeared slim following a meeting of the textbook rental and purchase commission at which answers of publishers rejecting a proposal made by the state were received. Clyde Ar Erwin, state superin tendent of public instruction and chairman of the commission^ au thorized to speak for the mem bers, said, “we are discouraged but hopeful some plan can ' be worked out, and we intend to continue our negotiations.” The plan rejected by the pub lishers in letters to A. S.* Brow er, director of purchase and con tract for the state, was the sec ond to be turned^down. The lat est plan was evolved at a meet ing with publishers’ representa- tatives in Richmond last week. Erwin said no new proposal developed at today’s meeting which the entire membership at tended. Those besides Erwin and Brower on the commission are: Reginald L. Harris, of Roxboro, R. Gregg, Cherry, of Gastonia, and Attorney General A. A. F. Sea well. Representatives {ot the North Carolina' school book depository, which handles distribution of the texts for the publishers, were present, but made no proposi tion. C. B. Eller, superintendent of Wilkes schools, was in Raleigh Tuesday but was unable to gain any tntormatten of interest on the textbook subject. . Senator Horton tor Here Chatham Senator Is Candidate For ‘Deiaj>cn^’’^otnimition F'or MeM^nt-jDittVcnior Senator W. P. Horton, of Chat ham county, passed through the Wlfkeshoros durtijg^'the week-end and paused to renew acquaint ance with a number of Wilkes people. Senator Horton has served Chatham county in the legisla ture for six terms and has been a very influential figure In the state. Recently' he announced himself as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lieu tenant governor in the primaries next year. 'Wkshlagton . . . Lack of White House comment leaves the im pression that no libelous action will he taken against E. P. Cra mer, Plainfield, N. J. advertising man (above), who admitted be fore the Senate Lobby Commit tee that it was he who suggested that the utilities people start a “whispering campaign” that President Roosevelt was Insane. CITY BOOKS BEING AUDITED THIS WEEK william Moyle, representative of the Charles Hagaman audit ing firm, of Hickory, will com plete an - audit of the books of the town of North Wilkesboro this week. The audit covers operation of the city during the last fiscal year, ending on June 30. GRAND JURY MAKES COMPREHENSIVE REPORT OF FINDINGS; COUNTY PROPERTY INSPECTED Grand jury for the August term of court completed its work Monday and suhinitted a compre hensive report to Judge Don Phillips, presiding over the term. The jurors found the county property In good condition but made recommendations for a number of improvements that are designed to facilitate matters pertaining to the coupty offices. The full report, which is self ex planatory, follows; To the Honorable F. Donald Phillips, judge presiding at Au gust, 1935. term of superior court for Wilkes county, beg to submit the following report: Number of bills examined, 116. True bills, 72, Not true hills, 34. Continued for lack of evi dence, 10. Number of presentments, 7. We visited the county home and found the folloiring; num ber of inmates ip home, 25; number In T. B. hoapital, 7; number of prisoners, 10. Stock on fs^m:^ 1^ mules, 1 horse, 27 hogs and pigs, 3 oxen, 35 milk cows, 13 heifers, 3 hulls. Plenty of food stuffs on hand for inmates and stock. The grand jury recommends that the inmates be fed whole milk instead of skim milk and It is also recommended that they put a gutter in the T. B. hut. The grand jury recommends that there be more fruit trees planted for the Inmates. We found the T. B. hut and county home in first class con dition. Inmates are well fed and cared for. The grand jury recommends that they furnish from 6 to 10 prisoners to work on the farm. The grand jury found the pri son camp in excellent condition. We visited the various offices of the courthouse and we recom mend that sills In the office of the board of education be repair ed, we also recommend that the vaults in the clerk’s office and in the' register of deeds' office be enlarged. Crowded condirion ot the vaults make it Impdf^ble to keep the records as they should be kept. We recommend further that the index system In the clerk’s office h e completed. There has been about ^800 or $1,000 already spent on this and four or five hundred dollars will complete It. We report that the various offices in the courthouse are in first class condition, crowded conditions considered. Wh visited the jail and found 40 prisoners well cared for. We recommend that the In safe condition and that the locks on the clll doors he repair ed. We wish to thank his honor for the very fine and instructive Charlie to this body, and also the court and all attaches for their kindness and consideration, to us. We wish to say, however, that we have tried faithfully to perform our several duties to the very best ot our quite limited ability. Respectfully submitted, Q, A. CRT8HL, Foreman of Grand Jury. Federal Revenue Agents Take Six AUegedViolators Two Taken'At Still In Spur- geHi; Four Captured In AEtomobile Federal revenue agents of the alcohol tax unit corralled six perjjons Tuesday.qp charges of making and transporting liquor on which tax had not been paid. Clyde Staley and Dee Weath erman were taken at a still in the Spurgeon vicinity by Agents Leonard Roope, C. S. Felts, J. C. Fortner and J. T. Jones. An av erage sized still and consider- aible quantities of . materials for manufacture were destroyed. Staley and Weatherman were arraigned before J. W. Dula, U.S. commissioner, and bonds for ap pearance at the November term of federal court were set and filled at $500 each. The same revenue agents who made the still seizure captured four people and 2 1-2 gallons ol illegal liquor in an automobile Tuesday. Everett Beshears, white, and Robert Brown, Lucile Horton and Mannie Harris, coU ored, were the four who found'' themselves in toils o, the law be cause of the comparatively small quantity of firewater. They were given hearings before Commis sioner Dula and released under bonds for appearance at federal court. Their automobile was con fiscated. Land Advertised For City Tues Delinquent Tax ^ List For Norm Wilkestwro Appears In Today’s Joumal-I^triot Real estate on which North WllkesbOiro city taxes for the year 1934 have not been paid is being ad'vertlsed for the first time in today’s Journal-Patriot. As required by law property of delinquents is beiUg advertis ed now and the sale by City Clerk W>. P. Kelly will be on the second Monday In Septem ber, September 9. The law sots the date one week later than sale of land for county taxes. Cues Re) AtOfficeOr: Five Mcmhere of .. fiee Staff Take & T": District WPA Offie«K ^ Work Progresv''* AdpiinlsU«> tipp, which Is designed to eUi|t: nate relief by November 1, 1%'iOi.a sorbing work projects atti^ tt^ transfer from one agency .tp.,|ui> other is now being made, ikjlMi ’T' learned today from Mlart'tietoiP ia Bell, district relief admlntii* triitor. f During the past few wehks re lief cases have all ibeen refetred to the National Re-employmaat Office to register for Jobs to ‘1^ provided by the WPA and it was learned from the office here tUa week that practically all employe able relief cases in Wilkes hav» registered for work. It is - ndt necessary to re-register if tk» cases have registered during tho past few months, it was pointed out. * Machinery for handling ttte administration ‘of works-reliet has not been perfected all ' tUe way down but the dlktrict ofticw for Northwestern North Carolina counties is located in 'Wiinston- Salem. Five members of the relief of fice staff here have been given positions in the district WPA office in Wihston-Salem. Edwtai ' Moore, disbursing officer, haa reported to the WPA office and'^ his place in the ERA office ie ' filled by Miss Jeanette BtfL ¥|n. , B. R. Underwood is ERA statfiS;: - tician here, succeeding Giiy Noivv'f ' man, now with the WPA offica. * Other of the district office hero now with WPA are Harry Ddfii, Bill Smith and Mr. Thompson. A great part of relief extended in this district has been through worlt;;iirojncts^.and the pyUasta that were notTtompTeted or were under way when ERA work ceas ed will be absohbed and com pleted by the WPA. Harry Hopkins, national ad ministrator of relief, has* given notice that direct relief must cease by November 1 and any aid extended will be in the form of- jobs and that unemployablea must be taken care of by states, counties and municipalities. Principals’ Meet Be Held Aug. 21 Hig;h and Elemratary Prind' Will Gather To Hear ^ Plans For Coming Term' A conference of alt high school and elementary princiysala' in Wilkes county has been calleU;; to meet at the Wilkesboro schOof^ building on Wednesday, August 21, 9:30 a. m., it was announced today by C. B. Eller, superlnteq- dent of schools, who particalar- ly urges that every principal ha present. Dr. J. H. Highsmith or soms other officials of the state de partment of education will bo present to outline work for the coming year. .Much attention will be given to the course of study and the textbook rental plan, if adopted,,. , will be explained in detail, more ‘ especially, the part the teachers will be required to carry out. PRESBYTERIAN LEADER PASSES IN CHARLOTTE ■ Charlotte, Aug.. 14.—^Dr. Wil liam Maroellus McPheeters, re tired professor-emeritus, of Co lumbia Theological seminary, De catur, Ga., and leader In the Southern Presbyterian •: church, died here today in his 82 nd year. Mr. McPheeters had made his home here where three sons live since 1933, -when he retired from the active faculty of Columbia Theological seminary after 45 years of service. . Mrs, W. A. Ellis antt;Bon, BjU,- of Raleigh, are visiting her mo ther, Mrs. F, B. Hendien. City Schools To’ ' Open SepL 4di North Wilkesboro city schools' will open on Wednesday, Septem ber 4. . , The schools this year will'have a net term of 175 days, which equivalent to a nine months ' school term and by the incresM^* in term will be able to retain. Its, standing as a memlmr bt the Southern Association of accredit- ed schools. ... ‘ ’ The opening date Is .^tentatlvs and depends upon the paralysis situation at that timO. However, it is believed tha£ thets , will be no delay. "* ■ To Attend ConvenHon •W. A. Jennings and Ray .Kenr.^. dren, rural mall carri.em Ah:: Pores Eno6 and GilrMUkf' wiU / leave Saturday toAttesd, tte as-= tional convention of rural JettSF carriers to be held In 17,18,19, N^TO