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thff ^Qtte, -wu annottBoed today
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VOL.XX^ NQ. 84 PttMitfeed H»i Tliurai^ K(HyrBi WILKESJ^RO, N^Cn^j-MOMPAY,^
IS IN THE RACE
-if-'
FoUcemen Are Held
Angler, Dec. 87.—O. M. Pol-
laill and C. F. Deans, i^Hcemen
of ^Bgier. were held by a coro-
nef*B jttry here tonight in con-
nw|Uoo irtth the death today of
Green Collins, 47, who,
aald, was brntally beat-
a black^k by Pollard
Bhre In Angler.
* r.' OoMfeeaes To Slaying
Oracord, Dec. 27.—Otis Qlenn
R^rs, 17-year-old farm band,
coitfeased today, Sheriff R. C.
HodTer said, to the ambush slay
ing of A. H. Wldenhouse, 33,
Cabarrus county farmer, o n
Christmas night, and said his
ricGra't teaslsm drove him to the
deed.
licensee Sales l'i>
Raleigh, Dec. 27.—Latest re-
}K)ida- on' new licenses sold show
I hat since December 16 the nio-
iicle division has delivered
exactly 6,910 more than
had been sold this time last year,
with the beginning point Decem
ber 1.
Wake Foreet Honorel
Ufiw Orleans, Dec. 27.—Wake
Kortet school of law, Wake For
est, and the Temple University
law school of Philadelphia were
recommended for membership to
day in the Association rf Ameri
can law schools by its executive
committee. The association is
holding its 33rd a.mual meeting
here.
Macon Rush (Mike) Dunna-
gan, newspaper man and can
didate for Secretary of State, is
opposing two easterners, Stacey
W. Wade, Morehead City, incum
bent, and Thad A. Eure, Winton,
Hertford County. Mr. Dunnagan
contends that the west and pied
mont should have more represen
tation in the State Government
and has recently announced that
if a good man or woman from
the west with suitable qualifica
tions and approved by western
and piedmont Democratic lead
ers will enter the race, he will
retire. Otherwise, he states that
he will fight it through the June
primary, and a second primary, if
necessary. He is a native of Yad
kin county and has done news
paper work in Winston-Salem,
Charlotte, Asheville, Durham and
now in Raleigh.
More Quintupiets
Managua, Nlcarague, Dec. 27.
—The birth of quintuplets to a
Nicaraguan couple was reported
in the Manague press today. The
parents of the children are Senor
and Senora Tlmoteo Lalnes, resi
dents of the village of Sabana
Grande. The quintuplets consist
of three boys and two girls, all
in perfect health.
Man S*4,4»«9 Ueeteij
Raleigh, Dec. 27.—The state
highway safety division has mail
'd 594,000 driver’s licenses to
'applicants and estimated today
approximately 60,000 applica
tions' were on hand. The division
officials estimated all but 10,000
of the applicants got their re
quests in before November 1 and
thus did not have to pay for their
licenses. Those filed after No-
wmber 1 must pay a fee of -tl.
Desperado Captured
Butte, Mont.. Dec. 27.—Wil
liam Henry Knight, confessed
quadruple killer, was shot and
raptured tonight by police who
routed him with tear gas bombs
from a residential hideout here.
Police Chief Walter I. Shay said
Knight freely admitted the kill
ings to Mrs. James T. Gilligan,
who was kept prisoner with her
two small children at gun’s point
in the house since this morning.
Knight was wounded in the head
as he dashed, blinded by the
gas, from the house. He was not
expected to live.
;
Vote Agaln.st .\o-,- Deal
New York, Dec. 27.—Latest re
turns from the Literary Digest
presidential poll showed further
loss in popularity for the New
▲7>eal today. A total of 987,158
^P'otes had been received of which
577,631 answered negatively the
question, “Do you now approve
the acts and policies of the
Roosevelt New Deal to date?’’
This brought the negative per
centage to a new 'high figure,
Si.51 per cent. Last week’s per
centage was 57.69.
mesGirils
Acddeat Victim
Miss E^lainae Mathis of Swan
Ci«df Commimity, Sue-
ctintbs Taes^y
MiH Bllamae Mathis, 13-year-
old daughter of the lute David
and Mrs. Dora Hopkins Mathis,
of the Swan Creek community in
eastern Wilkes, died Tuesday
morning In the hospital at Elkin
from Injniles received in an au
tomobile wreck Saturday evening
when a piece t>f wood from a
wrecked automobile was driven
throogh her body.
SnrviTlng are her mother, Mrs,
Dern-,;{lfBthta. two sisters. M's.
HarviV Vestal, who is quite ill
in thw Klkin hospital, and Miss
Mnxine Mathis, who was also hurt
la the wreck Saturday. The ma
ternal ^grandmother, Mrs. Hop
kins,-of Kingstown, Ind., also
snrvinf. ^ ^
Fudbind servlc js were ^Mduct-;
«d at-11 a- ’ffl- Cta*rtn>as':t»By «t;
?wad Baottet church with
Bev. N-; T. Jarvis In charge.
Holidays Are
Observed In
Quiet Manner
Sheriffs Office Received No
Calls During Christmas;
Quiet in City
Generally speakhjfr. the Christ
mas holidays were observed in a
quiet manner in Wilkes county.
Sherifi W. B. Somers reported
that his office received no calls
during Christmai. and that depu
ties had no more, than the usual
amount of work.
In North Wilkesboro the police
department was not unusually
busy, although ther© was some
increase in the number of arrests
for (inmkenne.ss.
Diilling blasts of King Wlnt-
e r prevented much traveling
while some of the more daring
took advantage of the snow to
go into the fields and forests in
seareh of game.
Local Citizen
Is Hit By Car
.1. W. Allen Ha.s Broken l,eg
and Brtdten Arm; Acci-
Dent Tuesday Night
J. \V, Allen, resident of lliis
city, suffered severe injuries on
Tuesday night when he was hit
by a ear driven by Itobert Denny,
colored, on n street.
Mr. .Mien was crossing the
street wiven the car struck him.
He was carried immediately to I
the Wilkes hospital, where e.t-
aminatlon showed that his in
juries were quite serious, his
ri.eht leg and right arm being
broken. His condition Is des
cribed as being as well as can be
e.xpected. i
Junior Order Meeting
•North Wilkesboro chapter of |
Jr. O. r. A. M. will hold an im-j
portant meeting o n Tuesday j
night, 7:30, at which time offi-'
cers will be elected and degree
work will be carried out. Every
member is especially urged to be
present.
Heaviest SncfiM
In Years
Traffic In State
From Six to Seven Inches of
Snow Blanketed Wilkes
Saturday and Sunday
HIGHWAYS CLEARED
And Forces Lend a Hand in
Scraping Leading Thoro-
ougiifares in City
Just in case you didn’t know
It, from six to seven inches of
snow fell over 'Wilkes county
Saturday night and Sunday.
Sunday’s snow came Just one
week after the first snow of the
season and followed a week of
severe winter weather that did
not allow the first snow to melt
before It was supplemented by a
heavier blanket.
However, the snow was warm
compared to the chilling, sub
normal temperatures of the past
week and throughout the greater
part of the nation was hailed as
a relief from the coldest weather
in several years.
Highway forces worked all day
Sunday clearing the highways
and according to reports reaching
this city they did quite a satis
factory job. In the afternoon a
snow clearing machine w a
brought into North Wilkesboro
by the highway forces and sever
al of the leading streets were
scraped, greatly facilitating traf
fic over those thoroughfares.
Few states escaped the wide
spread snowfall between Friday
and Sunday. Only the west coast
and the more extreme southern
states were not visited by snow
fall ranging from two to 24
inches.
Following is a report of the
snow in the Carolinas;
The heaviest snowfall in five
years swirled down on the Caro-
llnas Sunday, virtually paralyzed
the Piedmont region’s highway
traffic with a coating five to 13
Inches thick, delayed rail traffic
and served as a windfall to hun-
——— ^—
Ymng Democrats Plan Jackson
Day Dinner Here January 8th
dreds of ' unemployed who w'ere
put at work with shovels.
Coming a week after the sea
son’s first fall, the snow caused
cancellation of major bus line
schedules. Highway departments
of the sister states rushed crews
to the principal arteries in hopes
of clearing travel route for com
mercial and private motor ve
hicles after the Sabbath's inac
tivity.
The heaviest fall was reported
by telephone from the ranger’s
cabin atop Mount Mitchell, in
western North Carolina, where
the blanket was 20 inches tlilck
and the temperature minimum
eight.
Unofficial snow depths, by
inches, were reported as follows;
Greenville. S. C„ 12: Spartan
burg, 11; Anderson. 10; Rock
Hill. 10; Charlotte. 10; Greens
boro, S; Asheville and North Wil
kesboro. 6; Durliam, 7. Elizabeth
City, 5.
Wilmington reported heavy
sleet and rain blasts and Charles
ton had rain and heavy fog.
Turkey Barrel
Houses ’Possum
On Tue.sday tlie Meadows
Mill coinpony presented oacli
employe w-ith » turkey as a
Cliristmas gift and the turkeys
were delivered to tlie plant in
barrels.
One of the barrels was left
in the shipping room and on
Friday Dewey Minton, ship
ping clerk, found a large fat
opossum in the barrel. A
checkup among the emidoyes
revealed that the opossnm had
., not been placed there but bad
evldmUy crawled in and
oMlda^ out.
Porkers Weigh
S06, 740 Pounds
D. C. Caiiste~vens Raises Larg
est Porker in County for
the Year
To D. C. (Red) Cassleveiis and
J. (). Brewer, of Traphlll, go the
honors of raising the champion
porkers in Wilkes county this
year.
Bert Cothren, who butchered a
porker for each of the two Trap-
hill residents, reported that
Casstevens’ hog weighed 803 3-4
pounds and Mr. Brewer’s porker
740 pounds. These -weights are
believed to be records for this
section.
Mr. Cothren stated that the
two men purchased their pigs, big
type berkshires, about the same
time and there was much specu
lation about which would dress
the more pork.
Central Schools
Are Delayed In
Continuing Work
Central schools and others
with transportation were ordered
not to resume work today on ac
count of the snow and Impassable
condition of many of the secon
dary roads.
Many of the schools had plann
ed to resume work today follb-w-
ing the Christmas holidays but
will have an extended vacaUou
until--the- bus - routes become
passable. Sohools^pperating
out transportation' taellMes -niS>
going ahead as usual.
DoughtoiLTeDs
Of Conditions
In the Far East
Doubts Whether Philippines
Can Maintain Independ
ence Very Long
Hon. Robert L. Doughton,
chairman of the w'ays and means
committee in congress, told the
Kiwanis club members and a
number of guests hero Friday
about how he found «andltions in
the Philippines, Japwfcpnd China.
His address was Infitf^ly Inter
esting and entertainl^V,
Friday’s Kiwanis program was
in charge of the congressman’s
son. C. T. Doughton, cashier of
the Deposit & Savings Bank. He
presejjlkd-ii-_9- 1»-
troduced the speaker.
Congressman Doughton sailed
from Seattle, Wash., on October
15 for the Philippines and Japan
on his first vacation trip during
his long and colorful career. One
of the objects of the trip was
to attend the inauguration of the
Philippine Island’s first president
un^er independent government
granted by the United States.
In telling about Japan, Con
gressman Doughton said he was
impressed with the nation as an
industrial center, saying that
O.seka was one of the greatest
industrial centers he had ever
seen. In Japan, he said, intelli
gence, industry and honesty are
prevalent. He said there were
no loafers and no idle, no labor
troubles, but small wages, al
though it does not take much for
one to llvo in that country since
the principal foods arc fish and
rice.
He also visited a number of
cities in China, where he found
some living in extreme wealth
and others in direst poverty.
Ill talking about the Philip
pines he rejoiced that the United
.States had fulfilled her promise
in granting' independence, but
observed that there is no spirit
of unity among the many tribes
and dialects on the islands now
trying independent government.
He -said no man can tell whether
or not the government set up by
the people there will endure.
The meeting of the club was
attended by 40 members and
guests and Vice President S. V.
Tomlinson presided. Guests were:
G. S. Forester, S. W. Cochran
and D. S. Hill, guests of C. T.
Doughton: R. P- Casey. J. T.
Prevettc. W. H. H. Waugh and
J. G. Hackett, guests of A. H.
Casey; Paul Vestal, guest of H.
H. Morehouse; Gordon Finley,
guest of A. A. Finley; Fred Hub
bard, guest of Dr. F. C. Hubbard;
C. H. Colvard, guest of Genlo
Cardwell; J. Bid Williams, guept
of J. C. Reins; Dr. B. M. Bulelt-
eiis, guest of S. V. Tomlinson;
R. W. Gwyn, guest of J. R. Hix.
Giant Turkey
Weighs 44 Lbs.
Fort-y-four pounds is be
lieved to be a record weight
for a turkey grown in this part
of the state.
Timt was the weight of a
two-year-old turkey gobUer
purchased by the E. E. Eller
Produce company during tht
holiday .season from Miss
Cora I>ee Barne.s, of Taylors
ville.
E. E. E|ler, pro^eior of
Uio firm who has been dealing
in produce and has liandled
many thousands of turkeys
during holiday seasons for
more than SO years, said: “To
the best of my reeoUection,
this is the largest turkey we
ewer bougght in oar thirty-odd
years’ expertenoe.” The tnr*
the wm ofUS.SO.
Tlie main item on tlie menu
of tliousands of holiday din
ners—turkeys— was handled
by Mr. Eller’s firm, one of the
largest produce dealers in the
sontii, during tlie period im
mediately preceding the holi
days.
v-r—— Judge T. C. Bowie. Ashe mem-
:: W|||.j!MltWL Mla>_RarBcn . ■bue-af the iogisIstttfe'antHr wide-
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IpodUTWiWg
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Two
Boiler
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Jn^e Bowie To
Be the Speaker
At Dinner Mee^
Tentatively Plaiined For Le
gion and Auxiliary Club
house at 7 o’Qock
Wilkes county young Demo
cratic club is planning a Jackson
Day dinner on the evening of
Wednesday, January 8, it was
learned today from C. T. Dough
ton, chairman of the Wilkes
club.
Tentative plans are for the
dinner meeting to be held at the
American Legion and Auxiliary
clubhouse and will begin at sev
en o’clock.
ly known Democratic leader, will
be the speaker for the meeting
here and plans are going forward
for the accomodation of a large
number of Democrats expected to
attend. Tickets will go on sale
within a few days.
The dinner to be held here will
be one of the many throughout
the nation in sounding the open-
ling gun of the 1936 campaign
^ and incidentally will raise funds
' for the campaign. Profits from
; the sale of tickets over the cost
i of tlie dinner will go into the
11936 campaign fund.
School at Glade
Valley Thankful
p ¥h • In addition to the address of
jrOlf lllCC rFCSdllSi Jud.ee Bowie, the local commit
tee is planning other entertaining
features, including music by an
orchestra and short talks by oth
er Democratic leaders.
Radio facilities will be pro
vided in order for good recep
tion of the address of President
Roosevelt, who will speak over
the air from the nation’s capital
at ten o’clock. An amplifying
system will bo used in order that
all may hear tbe address dis
tinctly.
_ Considerable enthusiasm is be-
preci'ation anti .gratitude to the ing shown in plans for the oc-
Superintendent Thanks North
Wilkesboro People For
Gifts to the School
E. B. Eldrldge. supcrinteii-
rlent of Glade Valley high schodir
has submitted to "nie Journal-
Patriot ttie following expression
of appreciation to North Wilkes
boro people for recent gifts
the school:
"We wish to express our ap-
to
31st Is Deadline
Tobacco Signers
Positively Last Date to Sign
Reduction Contracts For
Crop in 1936
Tuesday, December 31, is posi
tively the last date allowed to
sign tobacco reduction .contracts
for the 1936 crop, it was learned
last week from A. O. Hendren,
Wttlkes farm agentT^*
Any wlMv®ln» to Blfa a con
tact. and*, have not shopld ,go
inunndliteir to Mr. Hendren’a of-
tioO and ml. out the necaaaary kv.
plication. ' ’ ...
North Wilkesboro people tor the
nice living room furniture sent
us through Rev, George H. At
kinson. This furniture was given
as a loving memorial to Rev. C.
W. Roblnfon, whose life has been
as a shining light in the North
Wilkesboro community for many
years.
“We also wish to thank you
for the other contributions which
you have made through Mr. At
kinson. These things came as a
surprise to us, but were most
welcome and most useful.
“We assurglyou that your kind
ly InteroaWinVour work here has
done much to encourage ns. and
your generous gifts have done
much towards meeting our pres
ent needs.
“Please accept our heariest
thanks and we shall be glad to
have you visit the school any
time.
“With many happy returns for
the Christmas season.
“Glade Valley High School,
“B. B. Eldrldge. Supt.”
oasion here and an invitation is
being extended people from
neighboring counties to attend
the dinner here 411 the event that
there is not ona being held in
their vicinity.
Further details of the dinner
will be given in this newspaper
Thursday.
B. L Jeimiiifi —^
ed When BofleivR^^r
Bnist. Thnrfdfr
J. B. CART^/l?ijt[Rfa>
Secretary-l'wwiwer'^dr^^itr
Furniture
. - Le* Cmriwd^^
' B. L. JennlnEa,\M.*
years machinttt of the Oak
ture company, was igatanUJC JUU-
ed, J. iB. Carter," Becretarj^tiraiuH
urer of the company, aaftar^' a-
emshed right leg and hkdljr UM-
fated face when a
used to heat the compaajr’a .of
fice, exploded ’Tharsdar ''inoni-
ing. James Fuip, office' em
ploye, suffered painful
No fire was placed-In'Ike of
fice boiler-heater on ll^neadajL
It being Christmds Day, 'anfPMfck
the mercury hovering oiUy l^at
ten degrees above zero, tKe'lfcltar
in the Piltes had frozen.
Messrs. Carter and Fnlp placM
■ fire in the boiler on ’Thiiraday
morning and after a short time
Mr. Jennings was called to sew
what could be done about getting
the pipes thawed out. The boiler
exploded.
The blast shattered many win
dows of the pfflC' and threw
water to many parts of the build
ing.
Ml*. Cartel*, a bOii-i,i-.a‘»v cf tlie
late Senator Clarence Call, was
rushed to the hospital here wher»
examination showed that his leg
was badly crushed and thal there
were several lacerations on his
face. Although bis leg is in bad
condition, physicians are hopeful
that the limb can be saved. Mr.
Fulp, standing near the boiler
when it exploded, suffered only-
minor injuries consisting * of
cuts and bruises.
At the time of the explosion,
John E. Jostice, Jr., preBfSent
and general manager of the com
pany, and Mrs. Eileen Phipps,
stenographer, were not in the of
fice, although Mrs. Phipps had
been there only a few minutes
before the tragic accident occur
red.
Mr. Jennings, a trusted em
ploye of the company, is survived
by his wife, Mrs. Ethel Jennings,
and four children, Ray, Rex, Max
and Joanne, also by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Jennings. H»
was a resident of Mulberry town
ship.
Funeral services for Mr. Jen
nings were conducted Saturday
afternoon at 2 o'clock at Mt. Zion
Hill churcli eight miles north of
this city.
/
Armadillo Back
In Nu-Way Zoo;
Away 3 Months
A Mexican Armadillo which
escaped from tlie zoo at For
ester's, Nu-Way on Sepf«nl)«_
17, was returned on Ohristmaa
Day.
It was beUeved that the
strange anliiml was stolen when
it was leameil that it was miss
ing from the cage and the in
cident was forgotten until
3,000 Children
Treated by Santa
Forestei’’s Nu-Way Spreads
Christmas Cheer Among
Many Kiddies
Santa Claus, -with his large
pack and all his fltUngs, visited
Forester’s Nu-Way Service Sta
tion Tue.sday afternoon to treat
3,000 children gathered from all
parts of Wilkes county to meet
him there.
Through the columns of local
iiew.spapers Santa Claus issued a
public invitation to all children
to meet him at Forester’s Nu-
Way service Tuesday afternoon
between the hours of four and
six o’clock with the announce
ment that there would be a pres
ent for every child under 12
years of age. * -
Santa Claus had a package for
each child and the packages con
sisted of generous treats of cain-*
dies, oranges, tangerines, otkfBr ,
fruits and nuts. *.
For the convenience of Eaatn'
Claus and in preparation forvMmiVfi
visit an attractive Christmas trp».
has been planted on the grohiriikj^
The Christmas tree, one of
cident was forgotten until P._ j prettiest to be seen in this seo-bVj
O. Forester, proprietor of the attractively decorated
station, received a telephone
MACHINIST DIES.
AFTER LYE DRINK
Statesville, Dec. 26—J. Thomas
Coleman, 44, machinist, died to
day at a local hospital, his death
resulting from drinking some lye
last night at his home here. Poor
health for the past two years was
given as the cause of bis act.
High Point, Dec ir^Arthuf.
Little, 73, a resident^ of the Deep
River section, died at 8:30 o’
clock toBlgbt at a local hospital
of InjurlM receired early Etinday
morning when he''V^ by
,an automobllo ni'
iv.
caU saying that some haatera-
had found a strange loddng
antinal four miles soutbeasa of
the city and wanted to know If
lie had missed anything from
his zoo. The armadillo was ro-
,tnmed to Its place in the
lection of animals. •
The armadillo is quite an In
tmesting animal. They are
foond only In tropical or sahM
tropical countries and make'
their homes In the earth. - The;
name is suggeettve of nnnndn:
and they are covered wUb ai^^
,mor bony shell oonadnuAlBB.’
iilMwfced ther
- .(olUng Into * aphore
’covered by the ]
tlon, was attractively decorated
and well lighted, presenting a
beautiful scene by the roadside
and was the subject of much
favorable comment. ..
It was a happy occasion as
the children visited the station,
were gre^d by Santa Claus, and
were preset
After
her of child
were turned (Aer to Mrs. MyiitlO;
Freehtnd for l^trihutlh)
nuites of the
county tiibercnla?
the county Jail:
InstttnUf^
■gukkgVh.
Bite Kete Finley,
Clty.'Ji
ir.