North Carolina Newspapers

^^1 i-'AI n- -_ra rALrPATRIOt^HAS 33d;m 4 Lam ^|tont«i ; -' lUlelKb, del. 15.—dlyds A. Sr- jWlm, sut« •np«rlnt«n4ftBt ot pob- rllk lBstr«|«tiDi>, said todaiy a tour 'ttf tbe state resale In bin tikdlng {be schoolbook rental arstem was hi “an excellent situ ation on the whole.’’ Tobacco Market Better Winston-Salem, Oct. 16.—To bacco sales on the Winston-Sal em market today totaled 1,013,- 554 pounds for which growers were paid 5194,264.31, an aver age price of 519.17 a hundred. n-i >,^T9K Cil; . TRAl ;oivia>RdGREss m thjb; “stA'; ■ " "" "f't*: IS ^WILKES” ‘if--: ^Fat^Ushed- JjioiidaiM bM ■ ■ •■ - -• Iboro, N. a, t|roHkiiiKl RtERB^IiOlfMEflT OFFKE HAS EVERYTiHN^^W READINE^ EdR WPA Follows Dad’s Order Mussolini Sees Red Rome, Oct. 15.—Premier Mus- a^lni apparently believes Great Britain means w^r and seems to have lost hope of avoiding a European conflict, former Sena tor Henry Allen, of Kansas, told the -Associated Press tonight aft er an interview with II Duce. V ''5.' i Johnson Heard P’rom New York. Oct. 15—Gen. Hugh S. Johnson today turned over to Victor Ridder the administration of the federal WPA here with a challenge to “some of these neo phytes in great governmental or ganization effort’’ t6 “match m.v economy in setting it up." Lynn. Mass. . . . Carelton Nlch- ol.s, S. (above), refused to salute the flag or sing “America’’ at school. His father, member of a religious sect which thinks all man-made emblems the symbol of the devil, had told his son to de- .line. The father was arrested and awaits trial. Oldest Quadruplet Dies I London. Ort. 15.—George, the I oldest of four hoy iiiiadruplets i born Saturday night to -Mrs. Vir-^ toria Harmsworth, wife of a met- j al polisher, died today. The oth-1 ers apparently health. were good •lusiiee Bropden III Durham. Oct. 15.—.Although AV. J. Bro.gden. associate justice of the Supreme court, who is crit ically ill at his home here, spent a restful night last night, attend ing physicians reported this after noon that his condition was un changed. Grave fears for this re covery have been expressed. W LJ Roosevelt Returning With President Roosevelt A- board the U. S. S. Houston off Perlas Islands, Panama Bay, Oct. 15.—President Roosevelt tonight bade farewell to the Pacific for another year and moved to the entrance of the Panama caiial the fortifications of which he will 'Vnspect tomorrow. ^ Bnli Kills P'aniior Wadesboro, Oct. 1.—R. E. Lee bTortheutt. 63, farmer and mer chant of McParlan, Anson coun ty. died in a hospital here today of injuries received Friday when he was gored by a bull at ''his home. l*ri.son .Air School Boise, Idaho, Oct, 14.—Con victs in the Idaho State peniten tiary arc being taught aviation. But that old prisoner's lament, “If I had the wings of an angel,” isn't to be realized by the in mates. It's only a ground school. Warden Ira Taylor said today. Haile Obliges .Ainerican.s Addis Ababa. Oct. 14.- Be cause of the enormous number of letters received from Americans and others asking personal auto graphs, postage stamps and sign ed photographs, Emperor Haile Selassie today was obliged to in crease his staff of secretaries. Wilkes Exhibits Win Sweepstakes Over the State Anples. Cora, Wheat, and Chicken.s Awarded Coveted Blue Ribbons 1 Corn, apples, chickens and wheat from Wilkes faems won l)Uic ribbons and sweepstakes awards at the North Carolina stale fair this week. News of the unparalleled suc cess of Wilkes exhibits at the state exposition was brought from Raleigh yesterday by Coun ty Agent and Mrs. A. G. Hendren, who carried many of the exhibits thoti illapl»ni —[The prior report showed' It,353 Although the judging had not been completed and it was impos sible to gather all the informa tion relative to the individual premiums won by Wilkes farm ers and orchardlsts. the judg ing had progressed far enough to learn that Whlkes took first places among exhibits in tour of the state’s leading crops, a record that will be truly outstanding for one county. In the 4-H club department the best corn show in the history of the state turned out to be a family squabble between Wilkes and Yadkin counties with Wilkes taking the big end of the prem- Practically., All Of Relief Cases .Have Registered State Records of Re-employ ment Service Show 3,607 Placementa in ,2 Weeks Practically all'of the relief cases in the five counties served by the reemployment office lo cated here have registered for work under the works progress administration, it was learned today, and the order to begin work on approved projects is the only impediment to placing a large num'ber at work. The reemployment office will serve as a referring agency to the works progress administra tion and for this reason it was necessary to register all relief cases for work. The reemploy ment office located on the second floor of the Bank of North Wll- kesboro building served Wilkes, Alexander, Alleghany. Ashe and Watauga counties. The bi-monthly report of the local office shows that a total of 55 placements were made for the period beginning September 21 and ending October 6. Registra tions totaled 189. reregistrations 389 and renewals 155. A total of 3,607 placements were made in the state during the period from September 21st through October 5th, according to the bi-monthly report of the North Carolina State Employ ment Service. Of this number, 6 9 9 were Relief placements, for the preceding two weeks to talled 3.220. Registrations for the present period amounted to 6,368, having decreased over forty per cent of the registration mark for the preceeding period m Merengo, 111. . . . The farmers of Kane, McHenry and Lake counties are staging a milk strike demanding 52.50 per hun dred pounds as against the 51-76 now being paid. Photo shows milk dumping of farmer who attempted to run milk through picket lines. R. For Gdveri^I^ Former Wilkes Man Makes Statement Abont 6.O.P. Gubernatorial Race registrations. This decrease is largely duo to the fad that much of the relief registration has been completed. Reregistrations for this period amounted to 1,743, and there were 5,229 renewals. 9,189 can cellations were recorded. The to tal balance of ivnemployed is now listed at 185,606. of which number 131,787 are men and 53,719 are women. The veteran’s balance is 7,698. General business expansion has increased the demand for all classifications of skilled workers and all unemployed skilled work ers are urged to register with the Optiniistir Ui.scoiirse Washington, Od. 14,—Into a world situation drawn tense by •ast Africa conflict. Secretary -fib’l today projected a hope that “all nations soon will forever for sake the barbarous institution of war.” nearest district or branch office Wilkes countv exhibits, made [ of the North Carolina State Em- of 100 ears each bv club mem- i ployment Service as soon as pos- ' sihle. Calls are expected in the immediate future for highly skill ed workmen, steam fitters, plumbers, stone masons, cement finishers, plasterers, finish car penters. painters and electricians. Such calls are anticipated due to the improved conditions in gen eral business and due to tbe fact that the majority of all place ments by the Service at'e being made on private industry. Child Is Killed Instantly When Hit By a Truck Lancelot Lee Farrington, Age 6, Victim of Accident Near McGrady Lancelot Lee Farrington, six- year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. K. B. Farrington, was Instantly kill ed near McGrady postoffice on highway 18 while returning home from school Tuesday afternoon. The child, it is reported, was playing tag with other children T)tr"tlre"Tilghway and '^Jirte3~ln the path of a truck driven by Gilbert Osborne, of Peak Creek. The left fender and headlight on the truck struck the child, crush ing his skull. The driver of the truck said that he saw the children aloog- the road and that he had sound ed his horn. He further stated that the child darted In front of his truck in such a majiner that it was impossible for him to avoid the accident. _ , , The child is survived'by bis parents, one brother. Hubert, and one sister,' Vella, all of McGrady. Funeral service will be held to day at Roberts cemetery near McGrady. Hit -And Run Victim Windsor. Oct. 14. —Clifford Smithrick. 3, of the Colerain sec tion of Bertie county, who was struck by a hit-and-run driver near his parents’ home Saturday .ight, died in a local, hospital to- ’day. He was playing in the road- ■w*y when run down. Purgie Burke, negro, is in jail charged with murder. Thief Swallows Watch Los Angeles. Oct. 14.—Some where Inside Robert T. Fletcher. 20, is an octagonal wrist watch, police said, is evidence against him on purse snatching charges. An X-ray machine at the General hospital located the timepiece, but hospital attaches said today he is being given treatments in preference to operating on him. Power Executive In City . Short While presl- John Paul Lucas, vice dent of the Duke Power C«i. Charlotte, was a prominent visi tor to this city for several hours today. Mr. Lucas is director of power company and always shown a great Interest in the slopment of North Wllkes- gurroandlBf^ territory. 1 etty te.alir*T» to have up bers. took the sweepstakes, first on one-eared variety, first of pro lific variety, and second on yel low corn. In individual prizes they took first, third,-and fourth on ten ears one-eared corn, first and second on prolific and first on yellow. In the open classes in the men’s department several oth er prizes were won. The variety capturing most of the honors was Wilkes County White, exhibited by club members of the Purlear community. J. L, Gregory, of Hays, won first prize on bearded wheat and wheat sweepstakes. Orchardists from the Brushies took tlieir full share of premiums on apples, Mr. Hendren stated, but was unable to learn the ex act number of premitinis won in the various classes. Wilkes county poultry raisers upheld the banner of W'Hkes ad mirably by taking a lar.ee num ber of premiums on chickens. C. C. Gambill, of the Wilkes Hatch ery, and James Pennell, of the Bine Ridge Hatchery, are attend ing the fair this week and look ing after their exhibits, which made almost a clean sweep of the major premiums offered in the clpsses in which they com peted. Cook Hearing Be This Afternoon Delegates Leave To Attend Convention Of Kiwanis Clubs W. K. Sturdivant, president, and T. E. Story, secretary of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanis Club, left yesterday for Charleston, S. C., to attend the Carolinas’ dis trict convention of Kiwanis Club. They will return Friday night. Mini Charged Witli Killing John Robinson Safui-day Ni^if I*Ie«ds Self Defense Hearing for Dave Cook, in jail on a charge of murder in con nection with the death of John Robinson, 58, at the Boone Trail garage on C s^treet Saturday night, will be held before Mayor .McNeill this afternoon at two o’clock. Cook is alleged to have killed Robinson with a chair in a fight which grew out of a quarrel be tween the two men. Cook’s claim that the older man was assault ing him with a knife and that he killed in self defense is said to be substantiated by eye witness es of the affair. THINKS CHANCES! GOOD Says One More Versed In State Affairs Should Carry Banner In 1936 “I wish to advise my friends and the public that I am not seeking the nomination for the governorship of this great com monwealth,’’ Robert H. McNeill, of Washington and Wilkes coun ty, informed newspapermen Mon day, his statement having been prompted by a story, appearing in the Greensboro Dally News that day, in which he was men tioned as a potential Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina in 1936. “Such a nomination at this time, when the election of a Re publican is probable,’’ Mr. Mc Neill continued, “is very appeal ing and I wish to state very frankly that I have been serious ly considering the matter of per mitting my name to go before the primaries for this very high of fice. I have been Intrigued very much by these very widespread requests that I become a candi date and I have been impressed by the idea that in the event of my nomination there would be a very good chance of my election. “However, I have reached the conclusion that I should not en- ga.ge in a contest for this nomi nation. “It is well known that for some years I have spent most of my time outside of North Carolina. During this time I have maintain ed my voting privileges in the state, have spent much time here each year, have paid taxes in the state and have taTien a vital in terest In promoting, in every way in niy powerTTHe progress and the development of the state and its people upon the highest ethi cal lines. “Also I have been a student of the political, moral and social conditions in the state and feel that I am not unfamiliar with the needs and demands of the people and I am bold enough to bolieve that If I were governor t might help the people to work out successfully some of the vex ing problenesr which beset them. For Instance. X think I could sug gest ways' Of relief from some of the hardships of the sales tax and from the disgrace to the state of its liquOr laws. "Notwithstanding these con siderations, however. I feel that some strong Republican who has been closer to the politics of the state than I, one who has a more intimate understanding of the state’s taxation laws and its gen eral legislative aiid executive de- {Continued on page five) WILKES COUNTY RYE CROP IS LARGEST IN NORTH CAROLINA Motorists Should Make Application For Drivers’ Licenses Before No vember I; h'lH' of i’ll .After That Date Showing an increase of 1.101 acres and 5.760 bushels over the crop report for 1929. Wilkes County continued to lead all counties in North Carolina in both acreage and production of rye in 1934, according to a pre liminary report of the 1935 Cen- Greensboro Meeting With , j j Mrs. Sink On October 25 sus of Agriculture released today The local Greensboro College alumnae association will hold a regular meeting Friday night, 8 o’clock, at the home of Mrs. C. S. Sink. Members of the local associ ation are urged to attend the meeting. B. R. Underwood To Have Kiwanis Program B. R. Underwood, of the Scott Cheese and Butter company, will have charge of the Kiwanis Club program Friday at the noon luUicbeoa meeting. A good pro- graci'ls anticipated. by Director William L. Austin, Bureau of the Census, Depart ment of Commerce. Farmers in Wilkes County har vested rye from 6,842 acres in 1934 with a production of 40,461 bushels as compared with 4,750 acres and 36,609 bushels produc ed in Ashe county which ranked second in the state. Acreage of corn for grain totaled 37,575 in 1934, only 710 acres above that for 1929, with a decrease in pro duction from 657,860 to 590,696 bushels. The tobacco crop de creased over tlila^perlod from 1,- 106 acres a&d'855.399 ponnda tp 744 Mtea and 487,898 pounds. Acreage of wheat decreased 315 acres, while production re mained approximately the same. Hay increased from 3,638 to 5,- 796 acres and production, from.- 4,413 to 5,440 tons. The sweet- potatp crop increased from 51,- 738 to 81,200 bushels. During the past five years cat tle increased from 11,012 to 15,- 278. There was an Increase of almost 3,000 in number of cows and heifers two years old and over. Other livestock reported on farms in 1935 included 6,997 hogs, 450 sheep, 2,194 mules, and 1,348 horses. The number of farms increased from 5,125 in 1930 to 5,630 in 1935. The average value per farm decreased from 52.186 to 51,' 402 and the average size of farms, from 71.4 to 66.2 acres. 'The 1935 figures,In this and simllaf releases tor all counties and tbe SUte br* pi’^Bmlnary and subject to reitrtslon. .av- . .... -y. With only 12 working days of October remaining, it is high time that drivers who have not done so should make application for automobile drivers’ licenses. Under the license law passed by the general assembly this year all operators of automobiles and trucks, regardless of wheth er or not they own one, must have a license to drive. These licenses are issued without charge to all who make applica tion before November 1. After that date a fee of one dollar will be charged, l.-l Much publicity is being given to this’ In order that all will have an opportunity to make ap plication and save the dollar charge. When once issued the lic ense will be good until such time as it may be revoked by the courts for violations of traffic laws. Application blanlcs may be^ ob tained at a number of places. They are given out at the license bureau at the corner of ninth and C streets, by the patrolmen at city police headquarters, by the automobile dealers here and by C. T. Doughton at the Deposit & Savin.gs Bank.' The blanks must be filled out according to instructions and sworn to before a notary public. J. C. McDlarmid, In charge of the license bureau on the corner of Ninth and C.streets, has filled out and mailed in many applica tions- .keeplpif' ft' record of vrlieB the applications were sent In MA Boston , . . Robert (Bob) Ha ley of Winthrop Mass., Captain of the Harvard varsity football team, has been barred from all Crimson athletic teams because he received financial aid not ap proved by the athletic commit tee. This is the first time such drastic action has ever been tak en. Work Begins On First WPA Job In the County Ronda Road Project First One To Get Under Way; Othei-s To Begin The first work In Wilkes coun ty under the Works Progress Ad ministration plan began today when 35 men were assigned to work on the Ronda - Poplar Springs road.;' . Actual stai'WIllpW’pnlting men to work on WPA projects was delayed for sometime while the organization was being perfected but now it is understood that projects will be started as rapid ly as possible in order to place as many employables on jobs as possible between now and No vember 1, at which time the ad ministration hopes to have over three Tnillion on WPA jobs. ’The works progress adminis tration is successor to the relief admliitstration and hereafter all government aid will be in the form of jobs. One in a family of five or less will be placed at work at one time. The second project in Wilkes to he started will be the Roaring River street improvement job, which is slated to begin tomorrow with 32 men under Gale Scroggs as foreman. Fourteen of these were reassigned from the old ERA and 18 fro^m relief rolls were referred by the re-employ ment office here. J. H. Billings is foreman on the Ronda project. Fifteen of the men were reassigned from the ERA and 20 were assigned from relief rolls by the employment office. The third project to be started will be a road improvement joi near Millers Creek, which will get under way with Huston El liot as foreman of a force of 25 men Monday assigned by tli'' re employment office from certified relief lists. Practically all of the men as signed so far have been la’oorers who will work for the minimum wage of 519 per montli. They are to work 35 hours per week, making a total of 140 hours p^r month, or an average of slightly over 13 1-2 cents per hour. Relief cases will be notified when work Is provided for them. Mrs. Mag8M5«tt«rfl#f Kills Her Husl>an(!p i; En^s Htf Ownlife'^^ UsU Carrier Finds BoAes ' 'Home; Tragedy Oeeoryed.^ Taesday Morning James Setzer’s dwellings 18 miles west of Wilkesboro in the Ferguson communil^ was the scene of a gruesome tragedy Tuesday when hisj wife, Mrs. Maggie - Seizes , shot him and killed herself.- So far as could be leann;. ed in the coroner’s inquest x. Tuesday afternoon there were no witnesses to the,, murder-suicide. Ed Foster, mail carrier on the Fergu son route, saw the lifelem body of Mrs. Setzer in the*' yard of the home as he pass-, ed Tuesday morning about ^ 10 o’clock. Beside her was a double-barrelled shotgun wth both barrels discharg ed. A ragged woupd on her left chest was found. In her hand was a stick that she had apparently used to pull the trigger. The mail carrier went on to I a neighbor’s home where a son i of Mrs. Setzer was visiting and informed him of the tragedy. They returned and searched for Mr. Setzer. whom they found dead'inside the house. All of tho doors were closed. A load from tbe shotgun had entered his throat. Evidently death has been Instantaneous. Coroner I. M. Myers and a jury spent considerable time in an investigation end all known evidence pointed to tbe conclns- lon that the woman had killed her husband and then had left the house and ended her own life. She was wearing shoes. Al though there was no blood on her shoes there was tracks about her husband’s body with a pe culiar imprint that matched the pattern on the soles of her shoes. The verdict of the coroner’s Jury stated that the woman took her own life and although a ver dict was' returned Mr. Setzer had died from a shotgun wound in flicted by a person unknown, the conclusion was drawn that she killed him. They had been mar ried for several years. It was reported here that a passerby stopped at the home Tuesday morning and talked with the couple who appeared to be well and normal. No cause has been advanced for the tragedy. Mrs. Setzer was 41 years of age. a daughter of the late Wish Groce and Bettie Matherly Groce. She is survived by two children, one brother and one sister, Press- ley Groce and Mrs. Josle Blan kenship'. Funeral service was held Wed nesday afternoon, two o’clock, at Mount Pleasant Baptist church with Rev. Alfred Foster in charge. Mr. S 'tzer was 32 years of age, a son of D. W. Setzer and the late Sarah Jones Setzer. Sur viving are his father and the fol lowing I:rot hers and sisters; T. M. Setzer. Ferguson; Romolus Setzer and Briiz Setzer. Lenoir; Mrs. Paul Gibson, Grottar. Mass.; Mrs. Eula Castor. Live Oak. Fla.; Mrs. Rena Wilkes, Brunswick, Ga.; Miss Anita Setzer, Lenoir. Last rites wer-e held Wednes- .day afternoon 3; 30. at Beaver Creek Baptist church. Bishop Gribbin To Preach Sunday •Afternoon -At Episcopal Church In Wilko.slioro: Service To Be At 4 o’clock Bishop Robert E. Gribben, of the Western North Carolina dio cese of the Episcopal church, will preach Sunday afternoon, four o’clock, at St. Paul’s Episcopal church in Wilkesboro. Bishop Gribbin is an able speaker and minister. The public is cordially invited to hear him Sunday. To Preach Sunday Dr. R. S. Moore will preach at the First Presbyterian church in this city Sunday morning at o’tildelt-''’Dia pablle is cordially invitad 4a tttkr him. Welfare Meeting October 21 to 25 •Aiinmil Institute Will Be Held -At Chapel Hil!; Local People , To .Attend Members of all civ ! f.--inlza- tions engaged in e'jar'.vy "'tivi- tle.s and others inter--*!;-! are asked to attend the anu’-al Wel fare Institute to be held at Chap el Hill October 21 to 25. ihdna- Ive, it was announced todas", by Charles McNeill, welfare' officer for wmkes county. Mrs. W. T. Bost, head of wel fare work in the state, has ar ranged a most interesting pro gram with nationally known lead- s, ^ ers taking part. Among the speakers will he Dr. Frank BaAe, director of American PnMie Wfl- tare Association, Dr, l^nk , ham TTnb^ty »t ^orth Oidro^ Uqt. ftreald&at, Dr. B» B. vefaity adminisU