North Carolina Newspapers

oC peogress the op wii^ IM; 4f’ '‘T.-^ ^29 a*#. rSTAH KfaU} Oat Lk«(UM ; ‘ Raleigh, Oct. 8.—The revenue • Thffice has mailed out 60,000 drlv- •^ers cards In accordance with the new law requiring drivers to be registered. 1 'Vvbacco Mart Report Wllnston-Salem. Oct. 8.—The Winston-Salem market today sold 1,068,746 pounds of leaf tobacco for $161,24’.31, an average price of $18.83^a hundred pounds.^ Wreck Claims Three Lttmberton, Oct. 8.—The death of Bill Stphens, of Parkton, in a Fayetteville hospital yesterday brought to three the number killed or fatally injured Sunday In an automobile-truck collision near Parkton. Talmadge Speaks Philadelphia, Oct. 8.—Gover nor Eugene Talmadge of Georgia told the Philadelphia board of trade today that “when the Su preme Court gets after the brain- trusters in the AAA we'll be back to .-Wnericanism by Christmas.’’ Mixed Term To'Begin November 11 Jail Cases Will Be Disposed Of Commissioners I>raw Grand Jury; Jiidgre Phillips Will Be On the Bench .stabbed To Death Raleigh. Oct. 8. — Vernon Knight, 31, dairy supervisor of the state hospital here, died in Rex hospital today of knife wounds ssld by Coroner L. -M. 'VVaiins to have been inflicted Saturday night near Garner by Beecher Patton, 30, a friend of Knight. Red Orosfl .Acts Geneva. Oct. 8.—A relief em ergency suddenly created b y thousands of wounded scattered upon Ethiopia’s battlefields mov ed the International Red Cross to decide tonight to send a mission to Addis Ababa immediately. Hacked Self To Death .\ew Bern, Oct. 8.—James Ca nnon. r0, who lived between Crostan and Piney Grove, this county, committed suicide Sun day night, dying at a local hos pital soon after he had shot him self under the chin with a shot gun and then hacked at his fore head and head with wn axe at his home. .No motive could be assign ed for the act. ■Says F. R. Playboy Mew Britain, Conn., Oct. 8.— The Rev. Charles R. Brown, dean emeritus of the Yale Divinity school, said today that “with a playboy in the White House,’ thoughtful people of nation are considering the “importance of having a more desirable type to control the economic order.’’ Voulh.s To War on War .New York, Oct. 8.—A group of representatives of national r stu- t v-'w - - dent organizations voted tonight I.) stage a nation-wide “student mobilization for peace and elev enth hour demonstration against war’’ at 11 a. m. on armistice day. November 11- Details of the program were to be decided at a meeting tomorrow. KoosU-r Tries Hen's Job .McDonough. Ga.. Oct. 8. Soundly whipped and stripped of his plumage in a fight with an other cock, a rooster in the poul try yard of T. J. Patterson has ta'keu up a hen’s job. The roost er is performing all the duties of a mother hen for a brood of qi5 chickens. Though the 1» are, frying size, they refuse to part j company with iheiv self-appomt- | ed foster parent. The November term of superior court, first of the new fall terms for Wilkes county created by an act of the last legislature, will convene lu Wllkesboro on Mon day, November 11- In a recent meeting of the bar associatioif it was decided to de vote the court to trial of civil cases but due to the fact that the law sets out that it is regular mixed term it was found that it would be necessary to have a grand jury and try criminal as well as civil cases. The commissioners in regular October session drew a full ros ter of jurors sufficient in num ber to provide a grand Jury. Jail cases on the criminal docket will be tried during the first week of the teru and the remainder will be devoted to civil actions. Following are the jurors for the term: ICirst Week 1 I’. Call, Wllkesboro; Coy Durham, Edwards; J. M. Nichols, Reddies River: Timothy Elledge, Rock creek: .Mansfield Green, Elk: H. Y. Warren, Traphill; Philo H. Rhoades. Mulberry; V. D. Pruitt, Traphill; J. E. Wayne, Union; P. E. Dancy, Union; J. W. Walters. Traphill; Charlie Harrold. Rock Creek; J. P. Ad ams. Mulberry; Elmore Kilby. Reddies River; C. B. Edminsten, Beaver Creek; 0. R. Miller, Red dies River; S. Y. Walker, Beav er Creek; W, A. Payne, Jobs Cabin; J. A. Cleary, Walnut Grove; Eugene Billings, Traphill; Walter Davis. Stanton; J. M. Dula, Elk: O. M. Witfion, Jobs Cabin; J. E. Deans. Sr.. North Wllkesboro; Bryan Carter, Ed wards; B. B. Brown. Walnut Grove; D. B. Davis, Moravian (Continued on page eight) Woodrow Key In Wilkes Hospital For Treatment For Gunshot Wound; Officers Seeking John Lovette Here Woodrow Key, who lives at the home of his sister, Mrs. Carl I.ivingstone, near Moravian Falls, is in the hospital liere suffering from a gunshot wound .and offi cers are seeking John Lovette, of near this city, who is alleged to have fired the shot. The affair took place near the home of .Mr. Livingstone last night. .According to reports given to officers, the two had (luarrel- ed sometime during the day, said to be concerning domestic mat ters, and Lovette went back later with a pistol, called Key from the home of a neighbor, ami tired a bullet into his thighs. His wound is not considered very ser ious. Slt^ S^r$ ., ; Gets Tax BooIk OfCurreliftYefU’ Officers of Fodrteen Counties Tentative Settlement of Slier- Pdke, ^ikriifs To Gat^: Htre In District Meet Washington . . . The after math of the meeting of Republican par ty leaders held here last week, is that the “strong man’’ today in directing party affairs is Har rison E. Spangler (above), of Iowa, recent grass-roots confer ence chairman. Some otrservers are of the opinion that he may be the Chairman of the Na tional Republican Committee. Last Rites For , Wreck Victims Mrs. Canter Buried Tuesday At New Hope; Miss Triplett At Mount Pleasant Funeral services were held at New Hope Baptist church Tues day afternoon 2:30, for Mrs. Hu bert Canter, 23. and at Mount Pleasant Baptist church the same hour M'pdnesday afternoon for .Miss Wilhelmina Triplett. 29, who died Jrom injuries received Sunday afternoon when Miss Triplett’s automobile collided with a Greyhound bus 15 miles west of this city. The services were largely at tended by hosts of friends, rela tives and acquaintances who mourned the loss of the two high ly respecteij ladies of the Purlear communTty. Mrs. Canter was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Elledge, of Purlear, and the wife of Hubert Canter, who holds a position with Tomlinson’s De partment Store in this city. Miss Triplett was a daughter of Dr. W. R. Triplett, of Pur- iear, and was a member of the Millers Creek school faculty. Rev. A. W. Eller, pastor, was assisted in the rites for Mrs. Canter at New Hope church by Revs. Avery Church. Finley C. Watts end G. W. Sebastian. Pall bearers were uncles and cousins and a beautiful floral offering was in charge of cousins and friends. Among the out-of-county peo- pie attending the service were Mr. and Mrs. A. U. Church and family and G. A. Canter and family, of Greensboro, M r s. George Canter, Mr. and -Mrs. Ed Canter, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth (Continued on back page) .Arm.v and -Navy Grows WashingtO ), Oct. S.—Fighting forces of the United States are growing at the rate of more than 7 000 a month even the na-, Job seeks peace through i»s pre-1 codent-shattering neutrality poi-1 icy Latest recruiting figures dis- chwed today that the army has added 18,850 men to its enlisted personnel since July 1. while the has taken on 2,527. Low Bid On Construction Highway 16 To Ashe County Line Tendered Nashville Firm Subpiits Bid ^}ew Trial Ordered of In Ca.e From Wilke. Opinion Not Handed Down By Supn'ine Court In W’ilke.sboro Election I’ases navy Accident Victim Die« Winston-Salem. Oct. 8.— P. B. Turner, 48. of Winston-Salem, died here late last night as the result of injuries suffered when he was struck by an automobile here Saturday, A warrant charg- Mark Spainhour of King, al- driver of the car. with reckless and hit-and-run driving war issued. ing leged No Wonder He Diel Rocky Mount, Oct. 8.—H. Eu gene Collins. 22, of Castalia, was freed under $1,500 bond tonight pending trial October 19 on man slaughter charges in connection with the death of J. W. Sutton, «2, Red Oak blacksmith, last night alter Collins’ car struck •»lni.,antton died In. a local hos- ' .*S»l ■ WttlT two broken legs, a Inng, a’probnble frao- qt tka aknll and a fraetnrad Low bJS for grading, structures and gravel surfacing on 7.3 miles of slate highway 16 from the end of the new grade at Wll- bar to the Ashe county line was submitted to the state highway commission last week. The successful bidder on ihe projMt was T. M. Strider Con struction company, of Nashville. Tenn., for $143,394.70. The bid has been canvassed, it is understood, and has been ap proved by the state highway and public works commission and work is expected to get under way wTthin a few weeks. The Wilkes project was one of 15 lor road and street work on the list lor letting last -tt'cek. Low bids on all the projects totaled 81,171,766.73. Highway construction is fi nanced by public works funds from the government ip grants to states but the funds this year are to i»e matclied with the gov ernment furnishing only a part of tjie funds. Public work scale wages must be.'paid and labor-is furnished through the aatlonal ro-employ- In the list of opinions handed down by the state supreme court yesterday a new trial w'as order ed in the civil action of H. G. Minton Versus T. W. Ferguson. In the June term of court in Wllkesboro Minton won a verdict of $400 against Ferguson and an appeal was taken. A decision was not handed down in the two cases growing out of the Wilkesboro election controversy. The next date on which the high court will give out opinions will be on October 30. Oct. 11, 1»*6, at 6:00 p. m. A stew and, accessories 3.5c A fry and ae^j^rles 35c DoMert .iLrt.-!/. . .;i— 5c extra Bvarybody U cordteUy iavitad to «ito«d. " -• - Oyster Supper Friday Night Wilkeabo ro School The young woman's Sunday school class of'the Wilkesboro Methodist church, will sponser an oyster supper in the home eco- non'.ics department of the Wilkes- -lum . loro high-school. Friday night, -noon under bond Or IS.OOO to ap- To Gather Hire Feu' Gen eral Conference DATE IS OCTOBER 31ST Safety and Crime Prevention Will HoU Attention of the Gathering The law enforcing officers of this and neighboring counties will hold a district conference in North Wllkesboro. Thursday, Oc tober 31st, to discuss mutual problems and lay plans for con certed and continuous effort in crime prevention and highway safety. A total of eight such confer ences will be held throughout the State In all. The counties forming this district are Alexander, Alle ghany, Ashe, Avery, Burke, Cald well. Catawba, Davie, Iredell, Rowan, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin. The series is being arranged through the Law Enforcing Of ficers Division of the Institute of Government ty the leaders of the city, county, state, and federal a.gencies in North Carolina. The district conference.s, plans for which w'ere adopted at the state wide School of Law Enforcing Of ficers here last summer, will be followed by city and county schools. The Institute of Government, it was announced today, has com pleted arrangements for the printing of 250,000 copies of its new guidebook on Highway Saf ety. These will be distributed to every officer, citizens group, and high school in the State, it was said, and will form the basis for safety instruction and promotion by all three groups. At (he district conferences the morning sessions will be limited to police,' sheriffs, and state pa- trolmeir-toi“ thO’’ ’dttWltl. The Judges and solicitors of the in termediate courts will join in the afternoon meetings. Each district conference will culminate with a buffet supper at which mayors, members of the bar. and members of the public affairs committees of the various citizens’ groups will meet with (Gontinned on page eight) ^“silitByAiito Funeral Service For Aged Man Will Be Held This Aft emoon At Union Church James H. Pennell, age 76, prominent citizen o f Wilkes county, died Monday night at the Wilkes Hospital from injuries in flicted Saturday afternoon when he was struck by a car while walking along the highway near his home at Cricket. No hope wa.s held for his re covery after the accident occiired. One leg was badly crushed and he suffered internal injuries. Mr. Pennell was well and fav orably known throughout Wilkes county. He was a former member of the WJlkes County board of education, serving in that office for about ten years. He took an active interest throughout his life in school, church and com munity affairs and was held in esteem by many acquaintances. He was a member of Union Meth odist church. He leaves his wife and the fol lowing children: Mrs. Ed Farth ing, Boone; Miss Laura Pennell, member of Winston-Salem cit3' school faculty; James Pennell, Cleveland: Miss Pauline Pennell, nurse at the Presbyterian hos pital in Charlotte; Harrold and Howell Pennell, of Cricket. There is one surviving sister, Mrs. John Gaither, of. Millers Creek. According to reports of officers who Investigated the accident that caused Mr. Pennell’s death the aged man was walking on the left shoulder of the Boone Trail about four feet off the pavement when a car driven by Oscar Owens passed another car and .swerved off the highway, stricklng Mr. Pennell. Driver Is Under Bond Oscar Owens, driver of the car which hit Mr. PenneU, was re leased from JsiUitonday after rereni ^ro88 Here (MiSi iff Is Accepted By Coun ty CMiiinissicmers HAS 1935 TAg BOOKS Geoixe HoBsnd Aii^iiited Rural PoUeeman; Cfther'-' Buriness Transacted Wilkes county board of com missioners in regular October session accepted the tentative set tlement of Sheriff W. B. Somers for the 1934 taxes and turned over to him for collection the 1935 tax books, with which he is now charged and has tilled bond. , Until Monday C. H. Ferguson, county accountant, had been In charge of tax collections' on the new books and had taken in ap proximately $24,000, represent ing the largest sum paid on coun ty taxes at this time of the year In' five years. 'sheriff Somers now has the 1935 tax books and payments hereafter will be at his office in stead of the county accountant. However, Mr. Ferguson continues to receive payments on taxes for 1934 and prior years. The discount allowed on 1935 taxes during this month is one per cent. The board had a busy session Monday. All members, D. B. Swaringen, chairman, M. F. Ab- sher and Ralph Duncan, were present. Routine business occu pied a great part of the Monday session. George Holland, keeper of the county bloodhound, was appoint ed rural policeman and bond in the sum of $800 was filled. Ida Grove, la. . . .A royal re ception greeted J. Ray Murphy (above), Iowa State Insurance Commissioner, upon hla arrival home from the annual American Legion Convention where he was elected National Commander. Two Fire Trucks Being Used Here Fire Department Warns Traf fic To Be ,Careful When Fire Siren Blows Eight To Mrs. E. K. McNiel Member of Well Known Fam ily Passes At Home Near MiDers Creek .Mrs. Emma Kilby McNiel, mem ber of one of Wilkes county’s best known families, died at her home at Millers Creek Tuesday morning following an illness of several weeks. Mrs. McNiel was 52 years of age, a daughter of the late John and Martha McNeil Kilby. She leaves five children; Howard, Gwyn. Clyde, Irene and date McNiel; also surviving are five brothers and three sisters: A. F., H. C. and T. J. Kilby, North Wll kesboro; Elmore Kilby, Millers Creek; J. H. Kilby, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Cora Eller and Mrs. J. C. Whittington, Millers Creek; Mr.s. Richard Stout, North Wil- .keshoro. Her husband. Clinton McNiel, died several years ago. Funeral service.s were held at Pleasant Home Baptist church Wednesday, eleven o’clock, in the presence of a host of friends and acquaintances. This being fire prevention week the local fire department issues a warning to traffic to be ex tremely careful in case of fires and not get In the way of either of the two fast trucks now being used. It has been the custom, it was pointed out, for people to get in their cafs, hack out into the street and follow the fire truck as it goes to a fire. Now there are two trucks and if people In sist on getting into the traffic lanes of the street Immed'ate *4.b^ted"Hie first truck thero will be danger of being hit by the second. A second truck was added to the fire fighting equipment to raise the department from third to second class, making it pos sible that $20,000 be saved each year in fire insurance premiums by the property owners in the city. .The small truck carries a ton load of hose and other equip ment and is capable of quick get away and fast speeds. Therefore the fire department, in wishing to promote the cause of safety, is asking that people keep their cars parked in case of fire until both trucks have gone to the scene of the flre.Tliis is also asked iu order that the fire men may be able to reach the scene without difficulty. Attention Is also called to the fact that the Hre truck weighs seven tons and if anything is in the way an accident could easily be tragic. Hereafter both trucks will go to fires i Representattre, iif Ni To Speak; Attor ney Whieker Chairman A regional Red Cross ''confer-'-, cnce to be held In North Wllkes boro on Tuesday, October 22, will be one of eight to be held is North Carolina prior to the bo-, ginning of the annual Red Croaa' roll call, it was announced from national headquarters today by the news service of the Amerieaa Red Cross. “Details of the accident proven-J tion campaign just launched bf‘ the Red Cross will be given this conference’’ said William. Carl Ifttnt, assistant manager of the eastern area of the Red Cross. “Maurice R. Reddy will be the national speaker at the confer ence. He is a veteran Red Croed worker, familiar with all phases of the disaster relief, health and safety education progiaui of the Red Cross, and is a foro-ful and effective speaker. The topic for his address at the luncheon se.s- sion is Devise and Carry On’, iv- ferriiig to the provision in ll)'» I charter which .gives Congressiou- al authority for Red Cross pre ventive measures against di.suster, accident and disease. Attorney J. H. Whicker, of this city, regional and local chapter chairman, will also be on the pro gram and will preside. “District and local Red Uro.ss leaders will lake part in all the programs and discussions. Past achievements of the state’s chap ters, and economic and welfare conditions that have arisen to affect the program for the com ing year will be outlined at all the conferences, and plans will be formulated for the roll call which begins in November. Last year for the first time in six years Red Cross enrollment iu North Carolina showed a loss in stead of a gain. We plan to mak» up this loss this year and enroll a membership more nearly com mensurate with North Carolina’s standing as th" largest southern state. “.Yt each of the conferences there will be a showing of the Red Cross film. “The Greatest Mother.’’ Issued during the sum mer to depict Red Cross activi ties, the film has had a success ful reception on many motion picture programs at tlieaters all over the United States.” Farms in Rockingham county on which no lespedeza was grown four years ago now have from 5 to 25 acres each. Lutheran Services Services over Moore’s Market on B street. Bible class at 7:00 m. Preaching by pastor. Rev. E. Mennen, at 7:30; also com munion service. Public is invited to attend. Laws Will Speak At Ronda Sunday History J^ecture To Be Deliv ered in School Building | Sunday Afternoon Mrs. W. R. Absher Is Child Welfare Chairman For Auxiliary, Area C New Brand Flour Being Introduced .North Wilkesboro Grocery Co. Now SelllnK “Snow I'rt'am" Flour Here Is pear In a hearing scheduled to be held before Jlaglstrate J. C. Wal lace ilimday-,"'”.'>''\ Funeral amle«:;for Mt. Pen- Messrs. Green Casstevens and Andrew Cowles, representatives of the Statesville Flour Mills Co., are in this city and surround ing territory this week introduc ing the new high patent “Snow Cream” flour which is now be ing featured by the North Wil kesboro Grocery Co. as whole sale distributors, and in a num ber of leading grocery stores in this section. There is a valuable certificate in each bag of "Snow Cream” flour which entitles the holder to ten pieces of 22k china by pay ing only the small cost for han dling. “Snow Cream” flour Is one of the finest brands ever manufac tured by the Statesville mills and is already being warmly re ceived by the buying public of this community. Attorney Buford ,T. Henderson, r uu«.» — — o* WiMtpn-8#leiai;.;.liM been »b- will be bel* ifiUqu ebg^ jjan.yng court tn -yj^iae^ro^^^ ^ iMo o’clock. week. Will Head Welfare Work For OrgMiization In 10 States, Two Territories Mrs. W. R. Absher, of this city, former president of the North Carolina department of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary, has been appointed by the national Auxil iary president, Mrs. Melville Muckleson, as child welfare chair man for division C. Division C is composed of nine southern states and two terri tories: Texas, Oklahoma, Louis iana, Alabama. North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Panama and Port! Rico. It will be the duty of Mrs. Ab sher to direct the child welfare work of the Legion Auxiliary throughout the division by means of a bulletin service. She stated here today that a division meet- Ign will be held in Shreveport, La., at an early date. The record of Mrs. Absher In the Auxiliary Is on* of valuable service.' T’*o years ago she was president of the Auxiliary in the state and she is now vice chalr- m5ti Q{ national detunse. Last yen efc% Mrved as child wpUaro ” ' ■’kkd natioB*l commlt- the statP; v Sie is ■ ■ ■ R. Don Laws, Yellow Jacket editor and history student of en viable reputation, will deliver his address on “High Spots of His tory’’ in the Ronda school audi torium on Sunday afternoon, Oc tober 13, at two o’clock. I The lecture, which many local I people have heard with much In- ' terest is described as “being a diagraphlc picture and lecture on the history of the human race, including creation, pyramids of Egypt, the flood, great wars, great warriors, philosophers and poets, birth .jf Christ, founding and fall of empires, dark ages, wars of the Crusades, great in ventions and discoveries, develop ment of the Bible and a recapitu lation of man's activities and des tinies.” The discou’ se is devoid of sec- terianism or politics and is a lec ture based on a comprehensive nowlcdge of the history ol the world. The public is cordially in vited to be present and no ad mission will he charged. Football Teams To Play Friday While North Wllkeshoro’s •Mountain Lions are playing N: C. S. D. in u conference game at Morganton Friday aftetraaop Wll kesboro high will play Mocke- vllle on the fairground field. A. good game is in pirMt>qi9$iiand a large attendance of football taka is expr.sted for the fIVat gbBM on. ^ the local field. ' ■- The fio^t bonce Wilkaaboro trill bd 18 trb^~iia: MOOBt^ >icu ;6T*’^co**ar«»ca play Vaat-