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Kewsoi.: Trtbot« To Rogws York, Nov. 2.—Friends of .'VVli ^^cers paid tribute to his tonight in an interna- inaugurating a caXapal^'^ create a memorial to the late cowboy humorist, philos opher and movie star. Killed By Train llockingham, Nov. 3.—George Olenn Craft, 51, was instantly killed here this afternoon when he attempted to cross the Sea board Air Line railway tracks ’> near the depot and fell under the of a westbound freight ' jt”-wheels r,^|^raln Milwaukee Explosion IQlwaukee, Nov. .3. — Three persons, two of them believed by -police to be the men who bomb ed five buildings here in six days, were killed and 11 others injur ed in an explosion that rocked the south side today. VOL. XXX, NO. 9 Published Mondi«a4idBiara(fe^»T?>^'N^ltr^Litotoo, N. C.. MONDAY, STAni Approximately 3^ Men Used on 6 WPA Projects District Office Hopes To Start Projects Within Next Few Days As the balloting in the nation-wide straw vote, conducted by weekly newspapers, passed the 126.012 mark this week, the voters far i and wide, had indicated most clearly thatt hey want one of the above ig “d^'to^the^jibs JepOTteTto I as our “next presiden^’ President Roosevelt stands alone in Killed By Train Statesville. Nov. 3—W. C. Per ry, Jr., 57,. employe of the Cus tom Chair company, was killed by eastbound passenger train No. 16 while sitting on the end of a cross-tie on the tracks about 400 yards west of the Southern sta- r'Aon here last night. He was re- mm'ed .to a local hospital and died two hours afterward. Ix^ion Makes Cliarges Indianapolis. Nov. 2.—Ineffi ciency, indifference and ignorance i ■were blamed for the deaths of more than 200 world war veter-- ans in the Florida hurricane last Labor day, in a report of an | American legion investigation | committee adopted by the nation-, al executive committee and made | public tonight. About 365 relief cases have been placed on work projects In Wilkes county since the begin ning of WPA work three weeks ago. it was learned today from C. H. Smithey, branch manager for five counties. Six projects, five on roads and one on streets at Roaring River, are under way and progressing nicely. A majority of the relief cases i assig: their foremen and have shown a willingness to work, according to reports of the project super visor. Walter Walsh is general fore man on the biggest job now un der way, that being the Cricket- Ilendrix road Improvement pro ject that is using 100 men. John Eller is timekeeper. W. O. Bar nett. ,loe Gamhill and S. H. Jones as assistant foremen. This pro ject includes work on a number of road.s. .\hout 100 men are at work oil the McGrady-.4bshers road. J. I). Hall is general foreman, S. C. .lolinsoii and Banner McNiel as- ioiiTWi^ V6lirx,’ (3^e For rmnona Graii^ Oe^ Officers For Coming Yev' J. M. G«nnan Re-electedJMIM' ter; T. E. Story Overseer; Others Named . MEETING ON THURSDAT Held At Little Moantain; Splendid Reports Given v By Subi^nates ’ "- ' the Democratic ranks as first choice, as indicated by the poll. In the Republican ranks, U. S. Senator Borah, of Idaho, leads thefield as first choice with Governor Alf Landon, of Kansas running second, Publisher Frank Knox, of Chicago, third, and Former President Herbert Hoover, of California, fourth. J. M. German, of Boomer. reelected master of the Wllksa Pomona Grange in the meeting held Thursday afternoon at Lit- v • Townsendites, 64 ^nd 54, Hitchjuke 2,000 Miles Crook.s yiu.st Rogistci- Miami. Fla., Nov. 1.—plain sistant foremen and Walter ■Slioemaker timekeeper. Luther Gray is foreman and Durant Pardiie timekeeper on the Ronda-Iredell county line road improvement job. Twenty men are working on this job, which liegan this week. Twenty men are given work To Wilkes County Only One County In District, Forsyth, Has Larger Case Load Than Wilkes ly-worded ordinance reauiringion the >-‘oplar Spring road job. persons convicted of felonies to register within 24 hours after reaching the city was looked upon, as a big stick today in the hands of police seeking to keep hoodlu.ms out of the Miami area this winter. ;!0 on the road project at .Millers Creek and 25 are working on the ■Street improvement project at Roaring River. OHICAOO.. . . Amongst the 5,000. delegates to the first national con- ■'vention of the Townsend “$200-a-month” Clube, held here last week-end, were the hiking grandmothers, Mrs. Matie Moss, 64, and Mrs. Bessie 'Oswald, 54, (above), who thumbed their-way from Turlock, Calif., 2,000 miles. They were named delegates but no funds were made avtulable for transportation. Boosting North Wilkesboro Ivey Moore Leaves On Trip To Canada r. .S. Income and Outgo Washington, N'o.v, .2^::—Cuclel Sam closed hi.s books today on, first four months of the fiscal to find he had received only 47 cents for every dollar paid out. The treasury reported that receipts throu.gh October 31. a- mounted to $1,2 3 3,000,000, while expenditures wt-n- $2.ti21 .utio.- 000. ard l■■l)I•■-ytl^ .Man Suicide Winston-Salem. .\'ov. 2. How- R. Bowman. 2.3. was found shot to death at his home near here today. The bi>dy was fcmiul j Bowman's mother. .Mrs. \\ . Bowmati, who liurried In tin- front porcli of the home wiien slu- heard a slmt. Near the body was a shot.nun. Dr. \V. -N Dalton. F’orsytli county coroner, said llie death was .suicide. Ivey .Moore, popular young business man Iftttvlotjfty for to wfflnians- hurg, Ontario. Canada, wliore he will undergo treatment for two or three months for complica tions resultiiig from an injury several year.s ago. Mr. Moore is traveling by au- tomoliilo, to which he has at- taclied a specially built trailer as living (|itarters while on the road. l)V M. Snow Covers West Chicago. Xov. 3. -Rain and snow pelted tiie niiddlewest to day while abnormal cold tormed the rule in the northwest. Wide spread precipitation spoiled the Sabbath in many north central; states. There were snow flurries | in some sections of the Rocky Mountains and in parts (>f South I "Dakota. Minnesota and upper I Ilchigaii. .4 Gangsters F'iglil laiw Washington. Nov. 2.—The jus tice depaptmeiit disclosed today that gangsters now are tryin.g to hide behind the constitution for protection from the new crime laws. Hit hard by the new kid- nabing and firearms registration laws which have sent the "G"- men after them witli freshly iK>wn clubs, gangsters are attack ing the constitutionality of those acts. (Winston-Salem Journal. Sunday, November 3.) ^ The .Toumal-FfttfTof, of Nbi-th WniVdsboro, blossoms"ohi With an extomfed trip a 24-page special issue as of Thursday. October 31, which is entitled, . _ “Wilkes County Progre.ss and Merchandising Edition.” Much individual information of an historical nature concerning the rapid strides which tlie “State of Wilkes” has made in recent years, the remarkable growth of North Wilkesboro as an indu.strial and trading center in the foothills and mountain area of Northwest North Candlna, is provided in intriguing, well-written articles in the edition. The Journal-Patriot is to lie eoinmended for the initiative it as sumed in getting out this unusual edition. It reciuiied a lot of liard work, mental and manual, a great deal of pains and patience in runnii.g down elusive fact.s, and considerable ingenuity in pre- .seiitiiig the accumulated data in its most attractive, attention-corn pelling form. But the paper in a sen.se is on occasions of this sort me-e!y “telling the world” what the community has done. The Wilkes county folk are possessed of those fine native Tar Heel qualities which impel them to go out and do tilings in a big way. They have not been content here of late to keep their light under a bushel or to sleep on their opportunities for the building of ;i finer town and county. Forty-five years ago. North Wilkesboro was one of those things which were not. Today it is one of the fastest growing towns in the state, serving duo notice on the larger ones that they will have to step faster or be run over. Towns, like newspapers, grow Just so long as the folks grow. When the newspaper concer.trates on profits and forgets its obli gation to give its readers and advertisers the best service possible, it begins to drift toward the bankruptcy courts. When the people of a town decide their community is finished, that it can get no more trade from its logical trading area, the town stands still and begins to decline. North Wilkesboro folk are still growing and the town is growing fast, paced as it is by newspapers that arc fully alive to the possibilities of one of the state’s best counties. Revised allotments to the sixth works progress district were re veal ;d by officials in Winston-Sa- ’ .11 Saturday to aggregate $686,- 810 for men with Forsyth county getting a lion’s share of $193,329. The Forsyth county allocation is more than double the next highest county appropriation in the list of 13 in the district, Wilkes, second highest, will receive $76,860. Federal allocation in the district are made on the basis of case load, $86.50 being appropriated for each man during a basic five- month period of operation. Forsyth county, with 2,235 per sons registered, greatly leads in case load. Wilkes county has a case load of 877. The total allocation for men’s projects in the district, $686,810 is computed on a case load of 7,948 men. Allocation for each county-in--ttie- district with basic case loads in parenthesis follows; Forsyth $193,327 (2,235); Davie. $12,466 (144); Davidson, (713); Surry, $57,522 (6^5) Stokes, $20,154 (233); Alleghany Over $75,000 WPAlj methodist PASTOR 1 Funds Allotted Dr. R. G. Templeton, pastor of the North Wiilkesboro Methodist church, comes to this city from Lincointon, where he served as pastor since June of last year. Prior to that time he was for ten years a member of the Florida conference. He is a native of North Carolina, born in Iredell county. He w'as educated at Ghat- tSTTbif^*IfhTverslILy. I'niversity of Chicago, Temple Unversity and Virginia Seminary. He holds A. R., .M. A. and D. D. degrees. He $61,674 has served churches in St. Louis. Kansas City, Little Rock and New York City, where he was $11,158 (129); Yadkin, $28,891 chaplain of the institutions locat- (334); Alexander, $22,663 (262) Iredell, $53,630 (620); Ashe. $47,- 542 (548); Watauga, $40,828 (472); .Wilkes. $75,860 ( 877); FCowan. $61,242 (708). Dr. Julian Miller Makes Dynamic Speech Before Kiwanis Club Here Wilkesboro Grarrge Meets Tuesday Night A .good program is assured tor tlie Wilkesboro Grange meeting to he hold Tuesday night at the coiirthonse. All memher.s are ask ed to attend. Observer Editor Holds Crowd Spellbound With Discus sion of American Issues KIWANIS DIRECTORS IN GOOD MEETING Campaign For Will Rogers Memorial Fund Inaugurated In North Carolina Direetors of the North Wil- kesltoro Kiwanis Club held an interesting meeting a t Hotel Wilkes Thursday night with T. E. Story as iiost. A number of very good committee reports were submitted, indicating that :iie club is quite active in civic ■ind community affairs. .-V campaign for funds to help create a wotrhwhile memorial for Will Rogers will get under way throughout the nation this week and North Carolina expects to cooperate to the fullest extent, according to Carl Goerch. of Ra leigh, who has been appointed IS I'nkiiown Man Hurt Elkin, Nov. 3.— With his skull state chairman of the Will Ro.gers .Memorial Commission. Mrs. J. M. Hobgood. of Farmville. has been horribly crushed, one leg almost torn from his body and numerous lorii iruiii 11*3 w. other injuries sustained when he appointed chairman of the Wo ■was run over this evening by an automobile on the highway be tween Elkin and Boonville, a you)^ man apparently about 2 5 y,-are of age is in the hospital her© with no chance to recover. Efforts to establish his identity have been fruitless. man’s Division, and Governor Ehringhans is honorary chair man. In outlining plans for the drive in North Carolina. Mr. Goerch said today that he plana to en list the cooperation of the var- i o u s newspapers throughout ■North Carolina. In view of the fact that Will Rogers was so closely allied to the newspaper fraternity, Mr. Goerch said that It was that the members of that profes sion should take the lead in this Devin I.s Justice Raleigh. Nov. 1. — Superior Court Judge William Augustus Devin, 63, will be inducted as an associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme court at 10 o'clock Monday morning. Judge matter. Devin who has been resident Local chairmen are being ap- ^udee’ of the 10th judicial dia- pointed and their names will be trict for 22 years, late last night announced within a few days. = was appointed to the Supreme Hractically every bank in the court bench by Governor Ehrlng- state has expressed a willingness lians to fill the vacancy caused. to serv© as a depository for the dMth ot Associate JusUce Will Rogers Memorial Fund. J^roKilea- (wholehearted cooperation on the pari of the public generally expected. Will Rogers had hundreds of intimate friends in North Caro lina and visited this state on numbers o f occasions. Many thousands who never saw him were acquainted with him through his writings in over fif teen different newspapers in the .state. There is no question but lliat the response for a memorial fund will be liberal. The AVill Rogers Memorial Commission is a national organ ization of which Vice President John N. Garner is chairman. Cap tain Eddie Rickenbacker, Ameri can War Ace, is in charge of operations. State organizations have been completed in practical ly every state in the Union. “The people of North Carolina from time to time have been Former Resident of N. Wilkesboro Killed In Wreck Mi';S. Virginia Mills Francis Fatally Injured In Char lotte Sunday both fitting and proper: asked to contribute to various funds,” said Mr. Goerch today, “but I don’t think that there ever has been a drive which will meet with more wholehearted en dorsement than this campaign to raise money tor a Will Rogers- Memorial. He was one of the most lovable characters that this country ever has produced and millions of people were made (Continued on page eight) Mrs. Virginia Mills Francis, wife of C. E. Francis, of Char lotte. died in a hospital In Char lotte Sunday as the result of in juries received when the car in which she and her husband were riding skidded, struck a parked automobile and overturned in Charlotte early Sunday morning. Mrs. Francis, formerly Miss Virginia Mills, of North Wilkes boro, was driving as she and her husband were returning to their home on Georgia Avenue by way of Hawthorne Road when the accident occured. She was thrown from the car but her husband was not injured. In addition to her husband she is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Mills, and a sis ter, Miss Mattie Mills, all of Charlotte. Funeral Sefrlce will be tomorrow in a Ckgrlotte mor tuary and the body will bo taken, to Richmond, Va.,’tor burial. ‘ Dr. Julian Miller, versatile edi tor of the Charlotte Observer, held tlie rapt attention of 84 Ki- wanians and guests on Ladies’ Night F’riday evening as he ex pounded what he termed three great American issues of the present day. The Program, declared to be one of the very best ever put on at a civic assembly here, was in charge of J. R. Finley, who in troduced the speaker, who in the outset paid tribute to this part of the state and its people. His subject could very well be termed “Great American Issues.’’ His three topics were: t. Shall we have a dictator or a continuation of self-govern ment? 2. Shall America remain com mitted to private enterprise or have political management, which is communism? 3. Shall we have all government I in Washington or some of it in the state and county? Surprising as It may seem, he said, the question of dictsforship or self government is debatable with the American people. In discussing the communism question he referred to an occas ion when he heard Norman Thomas, socialist leader, declare fiiat if Jesus Christ were here to day that he would be a com munist. This assertion by Thom as, he said, was a lie because Jesus himself taught people to be Industrious as shown by the parable of the talents. "It is not a question of equalizing values, but providing equal opportuni ties,” Dr. Miller pointed out as the need of the present age. “Soak the Rich” and “Share the wealth” were two popular phrad- es that the speaker said were foreign to the teachings of Je sus. Dr. Miller defended the con- sUtuton as the balance of power (Continued «n paM aiCbt) ed on Blackwell’s Island. tie Mountain. Other officers named were T. E. Story, overseer; Mrs. T. W, Ferguson, secretary; Mrs. C. T. Bretholl, lecturer; Miss Joyce Wellborn, treasurer; Paul Vestal, steward; Lee Settle, assistant steward; Miss Bonnie Barker, lady assistant steward; Mrs. J. M. German, chaplain; Mrs. Helen Cashion, pomona; Miss Flora Cockerham, flora; Mrs. Dillon Barker, ceres; T. W. Ferguson, C. F. Bretholl and W. A. Prof- fit, executive committee. The meeting Thursday was one of fhe best the Pomona Grange has held in some time. Reporta as follows were given by the rep resentatives of the various sub ordinate Granges; M. F. Barker reported that Lit tle Mountain Grange is active and holding interesting regular meet ings, which are well attended. T. W. Ferguson gave a report of the Ferguson Grange and urg ed that more social meetings bo held to promote interest. T. E. Story, reporting for 'Wll- kesboro, made mention of some very fine programs that have been put on at the regular meet ings. J. M. German made a re port of the Boomer Grange. State Master E. S. Vanatta will install the new officers at a meet ing to be held early in January. 4^ Mr8.S.V.Ferguson Succumbs In City Aged Lady Die.s at Home of Daughter, Mrs. J. R. Hix; Funeral Tuesday Mrs. Sarah V. Ferguson, age 87. died Sunday, 7:30 p. m., at ! the home of her daughter, Mrs. ! J. R. Hix, in this city. Mrs. Ferguson, who had been in feeble health for four or five year?, had been accustomed dur ing the past few years to spend ing tlie summer at her home at Ferguson and the winter in this city with Mrs. Hix. She had been The midweek prayer service at .seriously ill for a week prior to Midweek Service To Be Reception To New Pastor at North Wil kesboro Methodist Church; Public Invited the North Wilkesboro Methodist ' her death, church Wednesday evening. 7:30. ^be was born in Caldwell , countv, a daughter of the late will be in the form of a recep tion by tile church to the new pastor. Rev. K. G. Templeton, it was aiiiioiineed today by chtircli leaders. Rev. Mr. Templeton, assigned to the North Wilkesboro church by the conference a week ago. filled the pulpit for the first time yesterday before large au diences. Ho came to North Wilkesboro from Lincointon, where he served during a part of the last year as pastor. Prior t o that time he served as pastor of churches in Florida. Tile public is invited to at tend the service Wednesday night and it is especially urged that all members of the church be present to welcome Rev. Mr. Templeton and his family to the church. Membership In P.-T. A. Is Urged List of Paid Members For Current Year To Be Pub lished In Few Days A list of members of the North Wilkesboro Parent-Teacher Asso ciation who have paid their dues for the current year will be pub lished in a few days, it was an nounced today, and any who ex pect to join and have not paid are requested to notify Miss Elizabeth Finley at once. Miss Finley is chairman of the mem- berabip committee. The local P.-T. A. has a good menabership this year but there are yet many who may want to Join and^ lor the convenience of these people the above announce ment is made. county, a William and Sarah Kendall. In 1875 she was married to I.. C. Ferguson and they made their liome in the Ferguson commun ity until his death in 1908. She was held in highest esteem by many friends and a wide circle of acquaintances. There are seven surviving chil dren: Mis.s Blanc lie K. F'erguson and John Ferguson, of Panama; Miss Beulah Ferguson and T. W. F’erguson. of Ferguson: W. 'H. F’erguson. Richmond. Va.; L. C. F’erguson, Jr., Dallas. Texas; Mrs. J. R. Hix. this city. Also surviving are one sister. Mrs. T. C. Carlton. Centralia. Kansas; and two step-daughters, Mrs. Lou Ellen Carlton, of Winston-Salem, and M r s. Elizabeth Parlier, North Wilke.sboro. She was pre ceded in death by her father and mother, husband and four sisters, Mrs. T. 0. Frost, Mrs. Etta Sote- hocker. Mrs. J. G. Powell and Mrs. Mary Laxton. Tentative arrangements were made today for the funeral to bo, held Tuesday afternoon, three o’clock, at Beaver Creek Adven tist church, where she was a member. The body will be taken to her home at Ferguson Tues day at noon where friends may call to view the body. Relatives_ stated that the casket w-ill not be opened at the church. Jealous Wife Kills Husband Memphis, Tenn.i Nov. 3.— Prenton Root, 32-year-old con tract investigator for a whole- sy* '•.‘'ncern here and son of a CPneer k,/an. was shot to death at Mr. and Mrs. W MMa .'nutralng for hofibieM trip to Florida. J. Church left an extended fimne here,early today. Is pretty wife,,Daisy, 30, was Tils^o His _ taken into custo^ shortly attaf’ the shooting andSwaa Quoted by Patrolmen Bert Hm^. sb4 H. Martin as saying uhe shot - her husband because Idle resented what she said werJ^ attaattoas toward a "clgarettly^ jy hotel daace an honrT
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