¥
W—Tli» 8n-
, Mother *ar-
>w« sHklerQ demMd
eppolBted K "‘press contMt
tribunal's tint in the
24f r«an ot Us ezieteiioe.
• -j-a u- t- • .L.—
9mtkitj Oskj OoBtest
Raleigh, Dee. 31.—^The News
and Oheerrer says Duke unirer-
aity and North Carolina State col*
lege will play thetr aknoal foot-
t ball game regularly on 'Ilianks-
gHh|w day beginning in 1936.
' New .NentraUty BOl
'Washington, Dec. 31.—A neu-
%j bill glTing the President
discretion in measures in*
tended to keep the nation out ot
war took shape tonight alter a
White House conference.
in
to
Highest Court
• . ->•' - ^
Pmteer Resilient Sedis to Es>
cape Sentence Imposed in
Liqaor Ca^
BOWIE IS ATTORNEY
t
Church Is Burned
Henderson, Dec. 31.—Fire ot
undetermined origin destroyed
the Baptist church in 'Warrenton
about 3 o’clock this afternoon
with a loss est’mated at around
gZOfOOO, partially covered by in
surance.
~ * .Recapture Record
Raleigh, Dec. 31.—Over 90 per
p^t of the 757 prisoners who es-
from state penal instltu-
during 1935 have been re-
'^ptured, Oscar Pitts, acting dl-
rwto'r of the penal division, re
ported today.
^ Ucen-ses Sales I'p
Raleigh, Dec. 31.—All-day jam
In the revenue department today
saw the 1938 licenses shoot way
ahead of the sales on the last day
o4 1934, the gains being 18 per
cent in 15 days over the whole
month of December for 193 1.
Would Supply Ljibor
Ralclgh.Jtec. 31.--Georpe W.
state works progress
for North Caro-
'jrders Monday in-
ovide an adeciuate
lef labor for the
thwuy program and
fcnt administration,
state.
Was Convicted in Federal
Court at Wfikesboro at
May, 1935, Term
Bransorr Benton, resident of
Stanton township in Wilkes
ty, is perhaps the first
county man to have a case lad
ing before the highest tribunal
in the land—the United States
Supreme Court.
Benton, who owns a farm of
several hundred acres near Pur-
lear, was indicted and convicted
in the May, 1935, term of feder
al court in Wllkesboro on a
charge of owning and operating
an immense illicit distillery on
lands adjoining his farm.
He was convicted in a jury
trial and sentenced by Judge
Johnson J. Hayes to serve two
years in the federal penitentiary
at Atlanta and a fine of $1,000
•,vas imposed.
Through his attorney. Judge T.
r. Bowie, ot 'West Jefferson, Ben
ton appealed to the fourth circuit
court of appeals and recently his
appeal was heard. The tine was
removed but Judge Hayes 'vas
iphrld by the circuit court and
i.uain Benton has appealed, this
Mme to the highest court.
The trial in federal court at
Wllkesboro was hotly contested
ind the verdict was rendered on
what the defense claimed was
'wholly circumstantial evidence.”
However, Judge Hayes ruled that
the jury had sufficient evidence
on which to render a verdict and
a motion by the defense to set
ThemK«mt« Readings in Wiiies From: Th)i^ B^w
to *ni4«e Ai»ve Zero as CoM Wa^ Strikes Coima^
tw^ Variatioiw in Temperature Recorded- -
m ■
Mercery ^;.tlMnwionieten went
into » Monday nlcbt
and TmjgdlMrj morning,
the coMeatiimirther in IS years
in Wilkes co^y was register
ed by insirfihuints and the
chilis of beings.
8am Cwwmjt who kee|>s wea
ther recdrdi*.ai the etty water
pump stat^t^i sold his ther
mometer rrfpihsred two de
grees above kero. Others in
colder locaMb» registered as
much as two and three degrees
below zero.
It is neertsasy' to go back to
tile severe wlntw Of 1917 to
find records of :OOlder Wdwtfcer
than has visited, this section
this week and tl^ tlije v/wdrt^-
low .fe*opemt««**.rreeord^
wMe;rah|^ Only rilg^U^ colifr- ■ ^
er.^a^ ^ wiea^iar r
da»'^
.y RepmCs fr^ variofu ^ sei>
titnis .that tto 'Wd
wave was widely dlstribnt^^
In Whwtm-8al^. ft ’ low of
three below wft.9 recorded;cjJ
HoWOTcr, ,the ; cold.; ,“foB 1®
^>ots,'' • the .j. tempwwftjne., in
Charlotte being''a mild 16 a-
bove. „
Meanwhile the weather mM
again prfdleted addltiitMial snow
would pile up oa ■'the' tbrab
inchdt vemafnlng frpjfi .the -hea
vy fall Saturday nl^t, and
Sunday. ' ’’
id For Muitler
toec. 31. — HerM
..r—c*”*!***-■ fO
' and his step-mother,
guilty late today to sec-
ree murder in the slaying
Sis 80-year-old father, Ed
iley. Judge C. V. Oowper sen
sed Stanley to 12 to 20 years
prisonmMit, and Mrs. Stanley
10 to 18 years.
Undberghs Tu England ‘
Liverpool, Eng., Dec. 31.—The ‘
Sharles A_ Lindberghs arrival in
England today maintaining the
crecy that had surrounded their
fwntire voyage, but a relative said
h^y were refeugees from Ameri-
T crime. The flier, his wife and
-/ear-old son Jon, while Liver-
pol celebrated the New Year,
lient the eve in their suite at the
Jelphi Hotel.
aside the verdict was denied.
In tho appeal to the supreme
cquff Benton’s counsel say that
-^raost the goVefameut had
Etroynd W!tf-‘‘he> eitbsijt hbi.;lmow-
le^e of the operation of the dis
tillery or aided and abetted there
in.
The still in question was raid-
|ed by federal agents on April 23,
I 19S4, and part of the evidence
I offered in the trial was that
) travel from the illicit plant led
I through the yard of the Benton
I home.
Joble«s Is I’roWem
[Raleigh, Dec. 31. — United
ites Senator J. W. Bailey to-
;ht described the presence of
)00,000 to 3,000,000 unem-
oyed persons in the nation as
of the gravest problems con-
anting President Roosevelt, the
Ingress and business a's he
ide a radio address here to-
rht forecasting the probable
[iirso of congressional action at
term beginning Friday.
jre
hiugf
begaf
two]
ilatlre
BiMr^t
The
|rnitn4
Cochran
^By^^eath
P. Casey And
linhonr Pas.s-
tewell
age 68, proml-
fs'ewell, Mecklen-
led at his home
Jl:30. He was the
JR. P. Casey and
fpalnhour, of this
led by Mrs. Coch-
follcwing children:
Mrs. apalnhonr,
aro; Mrs. Clyde
Cochran, Statee-
luy Williams, Char-
jcochran, Newell,
f-rvice was held to-
L’reek Bapttat church
e. Among those at-
this city were Dr.
P. Casey, Mr. and
It Spainhour,-Attorney
H. Casey. Rev- and
lie. Olive and Mrs. R.
|i, to thank all who par-
|n furniahlng ot anpply-
to membtttiL^ of
ae daring the holiday
I.B4BSR. Keepw. and
fojrd^
County Is Well
Represented at
2 Conferences
Four Attending Student Vol
unteer Conference; One at
Methodist Meeting
Wilkc.-i county had four repre-
sentative.s at the Student Volun
teer 12th quadriennial conven
tion which was held at Indian
apolis, Ind., December 27-Janu-
ary 1. and one at the Methodist
Young People’s conference held
at Memphis, Tenn,, the last of
December.
Those attending the convention
at Indianapolis were Miss Marie
Haigwood, daughter of Mr. and
■Mrs. Tom Haigwood, of this city,
who is a student at the Asheville
Normal Teacher’s College, Miss
Elizabeth Faw. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. C. C. P'aw, of this city,
student at Greensboro College,
Neil Hartley, son of Mrs. Pearl
Hartley, of Wllkesboro, from A.
S. T. C., at Boone: and Billie
Bumgarner, son of Rev. and Mrs.
J. L. A. Bumgarner, of Wllkes
boro, route 1, who represented
a Nashville. Tenn., institution.
Attending the conference at
Memphis was Mrs. A. L. Griffing,
of this city, who Is on a visit
L06 ANGELES . . . Ona
latest pictures of Thelrm Tod^
film actress (above), who iras found
dead at the wheel of her CvJ jn her
garage. Investigation disclosed many
mysterious circumstances whicli arc
still being investigated.
Drop in Number
Marriages For
1935 is Shown
Records Show That 228 Li
censes to Wed Were Is
sued Last Year
StockMd)’^ BMiksto
Annual Mee|^ Th^Mmith
Walt Geo Pants ”]
Despite improved business con-
ditions that are said to para^lleU.-'Hmsln
matrimonj^I ventureYtte''e
25 fewer marrTa'ge licenses issu-
ed in Wilkes county in 1935 than
in 1934, according to the records
in the office of Old Wiles, regis
ter of deeds.
. The last . lieense iaaued - ihtjv*
1935 was number 228 foe. ‘the
year, 35 under the 253 issued
during 1934. However, the num
ber issued in 1934 exceeded by
36 the total of 217 in 1933.
More lax marriage laws, to
gether with a feeling of greater
confidence and a brighter out
look for earning a living in paifs,
was attributed as the cause of the
increase last year and the figures
for 1935 are greater than the
number Issued during any other
year except 1934 since 1929.
Twenty-one licenses to wed
were issued during Christmas
i week and since that time and
through December 31 there
were only two licenses issued,
these being to Era B. Smith, Red
Lion. Penn., and Artie Thornton,
Street, Md.; J. A. Call, Britton,
Te.xas, ani Nellie Foster, Wilkes-
boro, R. k". D.
Deposit & Savings Stockhold
ers Meiet on 9th; Bank of
North Wllkesboro 16th
Stockholders of the Bank of
North Wllkesboro and the De
posit & Savings Bank will hold
their annual meetings this month.
Stpckholders of the Deposit &
Savings Bank will meet in the
directors’' room of the bank
building On Thursd.iy. January 9,
at ten*a. m. The stockholders’ an
nual meeting will be followed by
meeting of the directors, at
which time officers will he named
for the year.
Stockholders of the Bank of
"th. WnSesboro will meet one
I Noi-._, Januft^ 16, in
i LO^
of these KiHotfrllanlw'ft
was bnmght ft
tuple^ and
Canadi^ si^ten for ^
week, lat^,
the hank’s offii
.ffi^-’
ForJacktoaPay
Dinner J^ua^S
Wm Be Held at Hotel Wilkes
at 7 o’Clotk; Judge Bowie
to Speak ’' -
The Jackson Day dinner to be
held here on the jilght of Jan
uary 8 will be at Hptel WHkee
instead of at the Legion and
Auxiliary cltiWiouse, as was an-^
Bounced in. ; ten^Uve . pl^
earlier this ■ jg ?»’
More U»n ^0
fe.
?oow^ wj _
tical and_ dange:
t&'Opbfate
eount^Twds. ' '
' -Mounteln Vlv^i
-cseawflt 9we
gehot^'*'«hlefe
;a«4, aHbftj^^
heeR opef) ' ’
ccmalderable
on* Jfo^btea...lMW
lesn^, today.
Witbesbor®,
Rohdii^ 'ftni
erfjrtj
rifft.'
ftOJUlftl-
tton £*[
probli^'
foUowi^.^e; hoMdEiy, .goii
have' opbVfttM ■ 1
tio* elnir thftlr'tiaie.-
T- Nottb WBlteMwto city aef
rBBo»iOM»ork.'yfti»rdftr.
The ,a«hedft|fir school
were j^ppend^ on- ’weftthef
^tions, i6
addiUoital snowfall
another pbstpqnte«tft'^ rei
work of schools to wWoiU.
must operate omet^ count;
The highways were
ed in satisfactory ocom
travel .soon, after the
Sunday but highway ./
nnabl* torfmnrtdCfai
ibe getondm^- foa^j
school btfieft-are
L
I PAAjj
BQAZ, lla.^rfWairCSstfe, 44,
(above), sky ‘"harbinger of winter”
failed to ride iii from the UIW for
fais'-annual pair of size 74 o^etslls.
Thc.townfolkstbhewne iaeasy. to
tliey sent a tra» out for Walt,' whose
mole had died, .i^O pcrsoiu greeted
Walt when ha arrived, making it
“Gsglc Da^'* -, . . and • IVinter
Trading Event in Beaz.
'Wbletti^e diiwtitdrsi^ wffl gather
for the purpose of.; electing offl-
and transaction of any other
business.
Roth banks grew rapidly and
steadily duHn’g 1935 with re
sources. and deposits showing
large gains.
Eratosthenes, Greek astrono
mer, twenty centuries ago calcu-
I
Inted the earth’s circumference as 1
about 25,000 miles. It actually j
measures 24,899 miles. I
rogress
Made On
Contractors ^ Moving . Much
Dni on New Highway De
spite Snowfall
Sentiment For Bonus
Accord Is Increasing
Washington, Dbc. .30.—Senti
ment for conce.sslons intended to
melt some of the administration’s
npposilioii to immediate pay
ment of the bonus strengthened
today behind talk of "compro
mise” from a key man in the
perennial battle.
Author of a bill that would
pay the bonus through the in
flationary method of issuing $2,-
000,000,000 in new currency,
Representative Patman (D),
Tex., returned to the capital to
announce that he would “con
sider a compromise on the meth
od of payment.” That has been
one of the bitterly contested
with her mother, Mrs. H. A. Wen- | points in the annual congression-
zel, at Helena, Ark. Mrs. Grlf-1 al bonus struggle,
fing is an active worker in the j Talk of a possible compromise
North 'Wllkesboro Methodist j that might escape a presidential
church and officially represented | veto was. heightened when Pres-
Contractors are making rapid
progress on grading 7 miles of
highway 16 between Wllbar and
the Ashe-Wilkes line, according
to reports reaching this city.
Despite inclement weather and
more than six inches of snow, the
grading is continuing at a rapid
rate and already about three of
, r\t T 1 ! the seven miles of road bed have
constructed. T. M. Strider
head Of Last Year; Price ; Na.hvllle, Tenn., has the con-
Officers Arresting Drivers Without
1936 Licenses Plates; Sales Brisk
the church at the conference.
Miss Haigwood is president of
the student volunteer band at
the Asheville Normal, and re
cently she won the third place iu
the Inter-Golleglate debate held
at Winthrop College at Rock Hill,
S. C.
Attends Convention
Of DancinK Masters
Mrs. R. G. Finley left to^ajr
for Salisbury, where during the
remainder of this week .she TdD
aUand tbe Dancing Masters’ eon-
in aUlsbnw. During President .suggested the
slM will stwty tap, ^haTltft,
toe, IwUroom and ballroom exhl-
bltims* dancing under New York.
r imtfrtaiftlir.
li«IY
ident Roosevelt himself parried
all questions about the bonus at
his late hTterheoH' press confer
ence. In so doing he left room
for an implication that the ad
ministration’s mind was not clos
ed on the question.
Tums 'Aside Query
Asked if he had changed his
attitude toward the Batinan bill
since h® veto^ Jt last'spring, Mr.
Roosevelt turned the .auery aside
by asking in tnm if ^bw wa^;
snob a bilL
'When assj^pdv ttMVW.ilbft;
P»l-
Reductinn Helps
Arrests cf motorists with cars
or trucks not bearing 1936 lic
enses plates started here and else
where in this part of the state
yesterday, it was learned today
from Seargent W. B. Lentz, of
ficer in charge of the highway
patrol In this district, which Is
composed of a number of coun
ties.
Seargent Lentz said that the
patrol has orders to go ahead
with arrests of people operating
motor vehicles without 1936 tags
and that there is no e.xtension ef
time.
Meanwhile the licenses bureau
branch on the corner of, Ninth
and C streets has been quitelTusy
during the past several days in
selling new plates and report*'
from J. C. McDiarmid, in charge
of the bureau, indicate that sales
are fag ahead of the nimber last
year. This is attributed to the
reduction in prices provided by
the last legislature and a general
improvement In business
tlons.
U. S ARMY war r
;^NEiUL PEAl^,
ten Franciaop, jf>^,^;3(i;^I4eU'
tenant Qeneg|A HQhter,- ?j^ XAg-
'j^tj;\T8,' .World wjp;'/|iero
servfljl.; more than
the United, StetN'i" “
•tey «ft«r-ft
trect for the road and is using
about 100 men on the job.
Highway 16 Is one ot the most
important and badly needed high
ways in this part of the ftlate that
has not been completed. When
the project now under construc
tion is finished there will remain
only one link to be constructed
in Joining with the present sur
faced road at a point near Glen
dale Springs.
In addition to being the most
direct route from Ashe county
to North Wllkesboro and Pied
mont North Carolina, the road,
will be onetef the several In this
part ot the state to be used as a
thoroughfare connecting With t^
Scenic Parkway. The intersection
with the parkway wjir hb dt ft-
pdi& near the' 'W||i*KA»he llnfc
the Blue RT3ge-Jlrtibve 'Wilbhr.'
Engineers haye tepreaaed an
opinion th%t the- read, dnjlte oo’^'
structloiT will he one of' tbie’^®8t
to scale the. majes^ Blue Ridge
ie North, Carolina. Although over
rough ten-ain,l Yhe nbw sn^ey-
condi-'. very fevr'eniree and no un-
i aiisuaUy steep'grades. -•
' *■
’i^sed
-gyriai^ WaniedB-’
■ - ' ae.:.^Tbn. tn-
terstftter CctenMMrte -
today warned mo»r cax*iete'>fl-
ii
ithey'^vi.
they .Jlje,
W^4-gBjgsd
to'aNni 41ug_
whicK^ls planned
gun’* alt the 1936 cainphikmr
lar dinners are being h^' ;by
Democrats thronghont the nation
under auspices ol the Young
Democratic clubs. C. T. Dooghton
is chairman ot the Wilkes eiub
and is in .charge of arrangements
tor the dinner meeting, '
Judge T. C. Bowie, of West
Jefferson, will address the meet
ing here Wednesday night, which
will start promptly at serjih o’
clock-. In addition to the address
of Judge Bowie, a prominent
Democratic leader in the slate,'
there will be other entertaining
features, including music by a
well known string orchestra. >
At ten o’clock radio facilitlee
will be hooked up for reception
of the address of President
Roosevelt from the Mayflower
Hotel in Washington, D. C.
Chairman' Doughton, ef th'e
Democratic club, and J. R. Rous
seau, chairman of the 'WIlReS
county Democratic executive com
mittee, stressed the fact that all
Democrats are invited and a
special Invitation is extended the
ladies. Price ot plate will Jae -$3
with one dollar going to n^oqt^
headquarters to start the 198H-
campaign fund and the other dol
lar remaining lor expenses .pi
dinner and entertainment. Tihe
dinner has a two-fold purpose tp
open' the campaign and to-'paloe
funds. ■*
In order-to. know .how maw^
to make preparations tor, advai^
buying of tickets is strsMOd,
Tickets may be .obtained ttptfg. e,
T. Do'nghton in j^ersoa or,ft. tj^t’;
et will be mafled* on ,rePbtht. .jbf'
two dollars. In case a''person'Who
buys a.picket cannot attetodi: thd
money’bmi be considered .a ct^*
Arlbutlpn to the campaign'’ {uiM.
Tickets "must bol prirchaate- ' bj
Tuesday .nooiri
:h an en&Si.tuteTftr*
embers.' Tlia
tents- whlek
by tram
rmane^
V >jk.t-,iBcipdo
eereaMon
rs quart-
ms anfl
if frame
are still
__A. N.
sen ot thhi *cttyi
head tbe North
cil of Jr, O. U.
rneetii^ of tbe 'tei
day night.
Ofli^ra^e}ept®^
Andrem. ^'Mlor;
ley, Tice cottneltor; .
recording secretary:
assistant 'recording
G. bay, finanefat
of North Wllkesb(»p,
John Wells,.
Anderson*
ers, ins' ' ‘■’■spl;
kenshl.
due, C.' B. fiout was
NTel, truateew St^nfedervoua
and .Clay Patwas
state council; r4^^M|k^(-the
O, McNipl,'. aitei^t3rJWMUike
H. '- L,- Mochem, ehapIMii.^
1
luufli -p.: Hpto
rn,
Cooper ^ an
were iniPiR
Tueedi^ 'hi
urged to. att.^
to he held on'il
dary 7, At 7^
^ During ttie.i
coonclt hits
with 4 loh^'
jBV(0 hell
five
ereosea in^
'^L«ig hair'
Med
1
PiUiDONS BODY IFAILS
To cai*£»^ptm^
Trenton,'N; -IJ., D^te'A
R r u n p Richard Hahiii|iainV
hopes .'of appehribv personglly
fprp court dt;. partfons tp, uk
for mprisy roel^M a aetbitote’r*^’
day. . ' ^
jfcTfie oopr|^et',
. 6t
Cjbl'.u^on
for women
^athweat;.^^
thousand ja
the %oitaea'
into iltrlng.
iyl*
rme
Nf
■I.
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