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a*,—Mrs. J. C.
B.: ^rlng^us sutfeved a> dlslo-
«lbt>w irhev she fell down
■top* at the ueouttve mansion to
night.
Poison In Coffee
Lot Angeles. Sept. 27.—^Nlne-
teen-year-old Leroy Drake, who
adailtted killing his elderly nncle
and annt by putting poison in
their coffee, was indicted today
hy the county grand jury on two
connts of murder.
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NORTH WILi^BORO/N. C,,
at
Kills Mothcr-In-Ijaw
, Chestertown, Md., Sept. 27.—
, Mrs. Thelma Buxton, wife of a
college professor, was formally
accused by a coroner’s jury late
today of killing her 68-year-old
mother-in-law with a hatchet.
/ Probably Bad Singer
/ Lfwton, Okla., Sept. 27.—An
) attorney sang “Home, Sweet
' Home,” to a jury today in a vain
attempt to save his client from
prison. After listening to the
rendition by Attorney John Brett,
the jury convicted Lloyd Grable,
Oklahoma City motor car me
chanic, of attefai>.te^ b,^k rob
bery, and specified lite Imprison
ment. '
t «Jailed For .A«4>ilt
Danrille, Va., Sept."^?.—Pow
hatan Breedon, 27,-ngirried, rep
resented as being An mi salesman,
was in Danville j#il today. He
was brought here secretly last
night by Sheriff Addison Tune, of
Halifax county, following his al
leged attempt to attack Miss Sal-
lie Adams, 16, member of a
prominent Halifax family.
IiPB0te Convention
HeU Here% Days Last Week
Favors Removal
To .Adhere To Treaty
E n Route With President
Roosevelt, Sept. 27.—Apparent
ly taking note of published re
ports of Great Britain’s intention
to renounce the naval treaty
President Roosevelt today gave
notice of American intention to
adhere to them, but said “a fail
ure to renew these treaties or a
renunciation of these treaties
could change American policy.”
Wants Strong Tariff
, Wa*^Mj|Hi.-§ent.-27.—
of the administration to curtail
or limit the "flood of low-priced,
jL low-labor-cost merchandise, which
being dumped in competition
with our own products,” is a-
rousing indignation in New Eng
land that knows no bounds. Rep
resentative Edith Nonrse Rogers,
of Massachusetts, told President
Roosevelt lii a lerter'made pub
lic today.
Kills Board Chalmian
Clarksburg. W. Va., Sept. 26—
A former junior high school |
principal, who knew he was
doomed to die from an incurable j
disease, killed Dr. J W”. Corder.
president of the Harrison county
school board, today and commit
ted suicide. James F. Tracey, 32.!
rose from a sick bed, donned
street clothes over pajamas, walk
ed to Dr. Corder’s’ office and be
gan shooting without explana
tion as he entered. He fired five
times at Oorder and used the
final bullet on himself.
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Bandit Is Jailed
Asheville, Sept. 29.—James
Carr. 25. of Tazewell. Term., was
placed in the Buncombe county
iail today on a charge of having
participated in the robbery of the
jtars Hill branch of the Citizens
■ of >*?.>-shsn_on September
10.
Sheriff Guy English, of -Madi
son county, Dsid that Carr had
— admitted being one of the five
men who held up the bank. He
said Carr stated he remained out
side the bank while the robbery
was in progress.
Wilkes Has 8 In
JSars Hill Collegei
This Year’s Enrollment Larg-
" est In History of Baptist
Institution
Mars Hill. Sept. 28.—Among
the 542 students enrolled for the |
79th session of Mars Hill College, i
Wilkes County ranks high in the
number enrolled with 8 in attend-*
ance. I
A report from the registrar’s j
office shows the following stu-;
dents who are registered from
this county at the close of the;
first week of the session: Edith,
Crater, Ronda; Ethel Davis, Gil-1
reath; Charles Foster. Wpyne
Fewter, Congo; Lucile Hartley.
LiUlaa Llnney, Wilkesboro: War-
raa Horton, Ferguson; and Bllia-
beth Jbhuson. North Wilkesboro.
Jloproiiented among the stu-
■r dents are 73 counties of North
El iMyyK"" 19 states, the District
^^Ixmbla. Cuba, Brazil, Chins,
T wd JfaMla. Records show this
lyear^ iwfpllm'eni J» beJhe lal^
eerth *he history of Uie college.
Sales Tax From
Food Purchases
Would Favor Tax Increases
Only For School and Social
Security Plan
VANATTA RE ELECTED
AAA Is Favored; Other Im
portant Resolutions Adopt
ed In Last Session
The 1935 state Grange
convention, which closed in
North Wilkesboro on Friday
morning, was one of the
most successful the organi
zation has held in North
Carolina, according to the
. opinions expressed by a
number of visiting dele
gates.
Before adjournment Fri
day the Grange had,
through means of resolu
tions, adopted a far reach
ing program that is calcu
lated to wield a telling in-
Guence in the state.
.Adopting numerous resolutions
at the closing session of its an
nual meeting, the Grange urged
strictest economy in administer
ing available state revenues.
Placing its membership on rec
ord in favor of liberal support of
schools and social security aid,
the Grange indicated a willing
ness to accept increased taxation
if necessary to provide for these
needs.
A resolution to abolish the pri-
Dary s£8tem^wMj,ahled.-_
In another resolution, the leg
islature was asked to restore ex
emptions from the state sales tax
to nine basic foodstuffs which
were removed at the recent ses
sion.
Adjournment was taken after
Raleigh had been selected for the
1936 meeting.
The annual assembly date was
changed from the fourth week in
September to the second week in
December.
Reduction of the cost of auto
mobile license to a minimum of
' $5 was asked in one of the im
portant resolutions adopted.
Continuation of the A.AA was
favored by the Grange. A resolu
tion accepted by the organiza
tion asked the administration to
make it mandatory upon county
agents to publish in every town
ship before the next sign-up on
tobacco and cotton the name of
the land owner, his acreage, his
cleared acreage, his allotted acre
age. and allotted yield.
The Grange adopted other res
olutions asking:
Election of county boards of
education by a vote of the peo
ple.
Improvement of the farm-to-
market highways.
Improved methods cf sales tax
collections.
Repeal of the absentee voters’
law and abolition of markers for
primary and election.
Revision of the high school
curriculum to care for all voca
tional and agricultural sciences.
E. S. Vanalta, of Orange coun
ty, was re-elected president for
(Continued on page five)
Detroit and Chicagoin Series
[2J
At left is shown Mickey Cochrane, dashing manager of the Detroit
Tigers, pennant winners in the American baseball league. Right, is
Paul Dominick, mascot of the sensational Chicago Cubs, who will meet
the I Tigers in the first game of the world championship series at
Detroit Wednesday.
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Welfare Officer
To Enforce School
Attendance Law
/
Warns Parents To Keep Chil
dren In School Regrular-
ly This Year
Charles iMcNeill, welfare offi
cer of Wilkes county. In an in
terview with a representative of
this newspaper today warned par-
ants tn i VisnPutihuin oMldasn „■ la
school regularly this year.
Enforcement of the compulsory
school attendance law is not the
least of the duties of the county
welfare officer. The school at
tendance law requires the teach
ers to make reports to the wel
fare officer of all unexcused ab
sences of children between the
ages of 7 and 14.
Mr. McNeill warned that all
parents will be prosecuted unless
they keep their children in school
regularly and urged perfect at
tendance of all children who can
possibly be at school every day,
pointing out the benefits to the
students who make It a point to
be regular in school.
Parents who refuse ‘o keep
their children in school regular
ly will be prosecuted in the
courts, the welfare officer stated.
Extension Class
Tobacco Checks
Total $1,602.07
Represents Initial Crop Re-
Reduction Benefit Pay
ment to 150 Fanners
First payment on the 1935 to
bacco crop reduction control pro
gram in Willkes county to 150'
contract signers totals $1,602.07,
it was learned ftrom County
Agent A. G. Hendren today.
Checks for 160 qf the 346 coit-
•toaet -WllkaB
distributed from the eoiini^
agent’s office Friday of this
week. Mr. Hendren has notified
by card all the farmers for whom
he has checks and has asked
them to call at his office on Fri
day. Those who are to receive
checks must go to his office in
person and sign for the checks.
There are 194 contract signors
whose checks arO not - among
those received and it is expected
that they will arrive soon.
The first checks represent two-
fifths of the total reduction bene
fit payments for the current year.
The second payment will be one-
fifth and the last payments the
remaining two-fifths.
140 Gallon$ of
' Liquor Seized
No.Wi|besboro
Is Resetdonent
. Hefidqiiarters
District Ofiee Located On
Second Floor Buk of Nortii
WiOtesboro Bnfiding:
14 COUNTlESt INCLTJDEP ^
Resettlement AdtainisibiatioA'
Is Successor To Rural
RehaUlitation
North 'Wilkesboro has been se
lected as district headquarters
for the Resettlement Administra
tion.
W. R. Seckler, who has been
engaged in rural rehabilitatloni’
work for several months, -.3 sup
ervisor of this district, which is
composed of fourteen Northwest
North Carolina counties. His oN
flee is located on the second floor'
of the Bank of North Wllkesfioro
building in this city.
The Resettlement Administra
tion is the successor to the Rur
al Rehabilitation Corporation,
which functioned in conjunction
with the Emergency Relief Ad
ministration.
It is understood that the work
started by the rural rehabilita
tion corporation will be continued
but on a wider and more compre-
hensire scale.
The work of the rural resettle
ment administration will b e
plannned to be of permanent
value io taking relief families
from ipoor farming lands and
placing them in a position where,
by hard work and perseverance,
they will be able to gain a mea
sure of independence. A family
so placed is given every reason
able opportunity to make a suc
cess in earning a livelihood.
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American Legion
To Have Meeting
On Friday Night
„ ip.-
'amd Men Called
To Announce ment
Regular meeting’ of Wilkes
County Post No. 125 of the
American Legion will be at the
Legion Hall Friday night, Oct.
4, at 8 o’clock. All members of
the post are revested to be pres
ent, and all veterans that are in
terested in things the’ Legion
stands’for are also invited to at
tend and learn what the Legion
really favors and the things it
hopes to do. Commander W. G.
Gabriel is very anxious to get
started early for a good year,
and desires the full cooperation
of all.
Mussolini To Go
Ahead With War
In Good Meeting I Brandy Outfit Destroy-
in ijooa meeungi xhui^ay Night By
Revenue Officers
Bishop Kern Is
Speaker At Rally
Methodist From Several
Churches Gathered Here
To Hear Bishop
Bishop Paul B. Kern, of
Greensboro, and Dr. John C.
Hawks, of Shankhai. China, ad
dressed the MethoUiSt district
rally held at the Methodist
church here Friday morning.
Rev. A. C. Gibbs, of Mt. Airy,
presided, and reports from many
churches in the district were
heard with interest. Reports ga
thered for the rally meeting in
dicated that 1935 will be a very
successful year for the church.
Bishop Kern spoke mainly
concerning the church program
and held the rapt attention of
the many people gathered from
the various churches. Dr. Hawks
is 'One of the enurevs outstand
ing missionaries in China and is
g personal friend of Bishop Kern.
’jUjt'vras also heard with much in
terest. .
The Lenoir-Rhyne College Ex
tension class, with Prof. G. R.
Patterson in charge, held its sec
ond meeting in the Wilkesboro
high school building on Satur
day, September 28, from 9 till
1 o'clock. Two talking pictures
were showzi—“The New Educa
tion” and “The Creative Ap
proach to Education.’’ In these
two pictures Dr. William Kil-
patric'K, of Columbia I’niversity,
and Dr. Hughes Mearns. of New
York University, discussed and
illustrated the latest and most ap
proved trends in education in the
United States.
There were 18 additions to the
class at this meeting, bringing
the enrollment up to a total of
7S. The coui'se in “.Modern
Trends in Education” promises to
be one of the most popular and
helpful that Lenoir-Rhyne Col
lege has brought to the county.
T he next meeting of the class
will be in two weeks, Saturday,
October 12. at the same time of
day.
Joe Love Wounded
In Affray Sunday
ROARING RIVER, Sept. 28.—
Joe Love, about 37, was shot in
the back Sunday afternoon by his
nephew. Coy Love, about 20, fol
lowing a family row at the home
of Mrs. Alice Love, mother of Joe
iiid grandmother of Coy. He was
not much injured. Officers had
papers for Coy’s arrest, but he
had not been apprehended Wed
nesday.' Both Fere said to have
been drinking. .Joe Love had
borne a fairly good character In
the Roaringi River Route 2 nelghr
borhood"where he lives, ■while
the young Cpy F|8 ,ge^erAlly con-
Investigators of the federal
revenue tax unit destroyed a
brandy manufacturing outfit and
140 gallons’of brandy and whis
ky in a raid Thursday night in
what is known as the “Blackburn
Hollow” section of Lewis Fork
township.
No arrests were made. How
ever, there was evidence that li
quor manufacturing had been
going on at the place for several
days. Considerable quantities of
materials for liquor manufacture
were also destroyed.
October Court
Be^s Session
Regular October term of Wilkes
superior court for trial of civil
cases convened in Wilkesboro
this morning with Judge F. Don
ald Phillips, of Rockingham, on
the bench.
The court faced a congested
docket with several hundred cas
es, dating back four years, pend
ing trial. The term will be for
two weeks.
Geneva, Sept. 27. — League
delegates heard tonight that
Premier Benito Mussolini had an-
nouticed:
"It may cost me a crown, may
be a hundred thousand Italian
lives, perhaps my head—but Ita
ly will proceed with her plans re
garding Ethiopia on the date we
decided upon months ago.’’
FVench quarters revealed the
almost overdramatlc version of
recent conversations
between the dictator and French
Ambassador Count (Iharles de
Chambrun, who made an ex
tremely discouraging report to
Premier Pierre Laval.
Most delegates were inclined to
accept the account with a grain
of salt but its essential truth was
given general credence.
The League of Nations pro
ceeded with three-fold action in
anticipation of war between Italy
and Ethiopia.
Delegates with little hope of
swaying Italy from the road to
war, concentrated on prepara
tions for decisive action in the
gravest crisis to world peace
since 1914.
Attorney A. H. Casey, who 'Was
elected president of the Wilkes
Bar Association in a recent meet
ing.
Ca^y Elected
^ President
November Tenii of Court Will
Be Devoted To Trial of .
Civil Actions
Moveni
Stocks Made
Demands o£
Trad
BUREAU
Would
To City
Win
r The Trade
'4>ovda
■nd
mBu.
Andrew H. Casey, prominent
local attorney, was named presi
dent of the 'Wilkes Bar Associ
ation in_.a_jceceiit meeting yii n,, glares. ~Jewelry stores
McEltvee, popular youpg lawyer,
was elected secretary.
Mr. Casey aucewds Eugene Tri-
vette as'president and Mr. McEl-
wee is a successor to Kyle Hayes
as secretary.
After a conference with Solici
tor John R. Jones it was deemed
advisable to try civil cases in the
term to be held in November.
This will be the first of the ex
tra fall terms created by a local
act of the past legislature and
designed to relieve congested
court dockets in Wilkes.
It was brought out in the meet
ing of the bar association that
the criminal docket has only a
few cases pending and is in fairly
..ood shape. On the other hand
the civil actions pending and be
ing tried in the term which be
gan this morning date back for
four years.
Clyde R. Hoey Is
Speaker In City
Tells Kiwanians About Abun
dance Gf Opportunities In
United States
Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, a
candidate for the Democratic
at Rome nomination for governor in 1936,
addressed the North Wilkesboro
Kiwanls Club here Friday noon.
Not once did the “Silver tongu-
ed orator,’’ whose subject might
liave been termed “Opportunities
in America,” drop any hint that
could have been construed as po
litical.
Speaking of North Carolina,
the Shelby orator said that the
state has an ideal population, be
ing about evenly balanced be
tween cities and rural sections.
(Continued on page five)
Wilkesboro Grange
Meets Tuesday Night
’The Wilkesboro suborditoate
Grange, winners of the state-wide
Grange debate and most repre
sentative Grange girl contest In
the state conventloii here last
week, will hold J»”,dexf meeting
at the courthousi .lit Wilkesboro
Tuesday night, Octolter 1, at
7:30.
Annauiieement d( the meeting
was made ■by Prrt. T, ,B. Story,
IjATEST rkport
J^ondon, Sept. 28.—Italy an
nounced she has speeded her
shipment of troops to east Afri
ca today, and in reply Emperor
Haile Selassie warned the league
of nations if Rome continued its
militant preparations he would,
be forced to call a general mobi-'
lization.
A communique after a brief
session of one Italian cabinet
contained friendly gestures to
ward Great Britain. But Premier
Mussolini made it known he is
not only continuing his east
African campaign, but is accel
erating it.
Aftdr receipt of the commun
ique, Halle Selawle dispatched a
to Geneva proteatlng a-
W«9 UMIUU vj m av** -b|v* n i — "— - - ^
who urges that every member be . Italy’s milttarjt prepar-
preaent. y - - * - J^»tloiis, and provocative
Waynick Assured
Of Parkway Links
Raleigh, Sept. 2 7.—Capus M.
Waynick, chairman of the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission, has been assured by the
federal authorities that contracts
will be let by October 16 for the
construction of two more links of
the National Skyline Parkway, he
said here today.
' One link already is under con
tract and actual construction has
been started on the link of 12
miles near Roaring Gap. Deeds
giving the federal government
right of way for the project have
been sent to Washington for oth
er sections.
Announcement was made in
Washington this week that' |S,-
000,000 had been re-allocated for
the construction of the parljpway,
which will connect tj^
Smoky Mountains and ^ekkndb-
ah National Parkin' -
reau, an organization of a
number of loeal
for the purpose ofc- pFoi&Qt-
insr North WilkesMjKi^;^ a
trading center of NOTtSwest
North Carolina, 19 go^ for
ward rapidljr with piaiifl to
enlarge the trading area of
this city. .., - "
The bureau is disi^jdng
srreat initiative in the; move
ment to draw trade to Ndrth
Wilkesboro and as a;’result
it is expected that the sales
volume here during the fall
and winter seasons will ex
cel that onf any previous
year.
Anticipating this trade expan
sion, North Wilkesboro merch
ants have sparld no effort in
buying for the season’s trade and
their stores are being completely
stocked with a wide variety of
merchandise calculated to fit all
needs of the most discriminating
buyers from Wilkes and adjoin
ing counties.
Department stores, clothing
furnituiw
stores', hardware stores, banks
and automobile dealers hare join
ed in the trade expansion move
ment and have pledged their ef
forts to make North Wilkesboro
the greatest trading center for
its size in the south.
The Trade Expansion Bureau
will advertise North Wilkesboro
as a trading Mecca and will point
out tile advantages of buying in
this city, v/here needs can be
tilled and where prices will mean
a saving to the consumers. Many
special bargains will be offered
during the coming season and
everybody will be invited to fill
their needs here. .. ...
Member firms of the TI'afllTBap-
pansion Bn reau. it was lea'^med
today, include Abshers, Inc., The
Men's Shop, Spainhonr's. Rhodes-
Day Furniture Company, L. A.
Harris & Son, Belk’s, Carl W.
Steele, Tomlinson’s D'Jpartment
Store. Deans, E. M. Blackburn
& Sons Company. Harris Broth
ers, Church Hardware Comb^Miy.
Yale Department Store, Jeftfcins
Hardware Company, J.^C. Penney
Company. Mark-Down Furniture
Company, Bank of North WHkes-
boro. Deposit and Savings Bank,
Wilkes Auto Sales Company,-Ra-
dio Sales Co., and Vadkln Valley
Motor Company.
Two Attorneys ■
Admitted Tb Biff
Clyde and AUie Haj^^ Take
Oath Before* Ju4g^‘'F.
Donald PKDtll^
Clyde Hayes and lAlflgr Hayes,
youths of the Puriear^cptatehnlty j
of Wilkes county, piiprn in
as attorneys >u^^^.'WllX|^^court
this morning by Jujg|gB-^|^^ibnald
Phillips, presiding'^i?^ pre8*
ent term of court.
Both of the young m.qn^ afli i
graduates of Wake Foresf Col
lege and hold bachelor of., law
degrees from that iiiaUtution.
Clyde Hayes is a son of .Cllfk ot
Court and Mrs. C. (j,- Hayif^.ja
brother of Attorney Kyif'^ygs,,
of this city, and a nepnew of
Judge Johnson J. _ Tit
Greensboro. Allie Js a «dn»r,ot
Mrs. Carrie Hayes and a.';-WW(6ln
of Judge Hayes. He has esteb^V
ed an office in the DejjiAb and
Savings Bank building
has entered into practice'•wl^
brother. Attorney Kyle iWl!*- , ,
They were introduced to tha
court this morning by ^Attovney ,
Eugene Trlvette, former Pfeai- v
dent of the Wilkes Bar Anocl
ation. ■:V. ■. y-v
Twenty • five Di^ift cOjintF. '
farmers have'co^pe«i^‘lo jjkr^
abase..bver 400 buel^lt oj^. . ry^ '^^
clOTeV, vetch ,and AttijlMan winter
: pea seed |of itaUjilMMng. g 2^. -