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thi '■'■■ .gj^a's’S (gfe\; 7’r.' THE^;STATE OP^WILKES -r» feiil>Wi>j>il'»»|ii"i|iMf^^ :a-- If;' te N4ws Of 9%e-Nation ToM"Briefly Aged Man Suicide ^.Dunn, Peb. 2.—C. J. Lee, 75, prominent farmer of Linden, committed suicide hanging btmself in a barn on his preinis- *a at 9_.o’clock this morning. In For Bad Weather New York, Feb. 2.—The na tion’s groundhogs saw their sha dows from coast to coast today which, tradition says, can mean any number of things, including slk more weeks of terrible weath- '■'Si* •St 7 FOR THIRTY YE ,1' mm i/A i-a>i»»i m t ^^ Por mvttwl- adwanhiKn do your ba)'ing t>''North W8> keeboiv. the tradhiif center, of JVorthw^; Wn»*' Ti ' .,*.■ ■ r- ti i.m ■■■111* VOL. XXX, NO. 43 Published Bonus Applications Will Be Explain^ In Legion Meeting Mondays and Thursdays NORTH ‘ WILKESBORO, N. C., Ot^ OF T^B gTijp _ ' ■- ^egfeld.aod Rogers Six To Die bVldiiy | ^leigh. Feb. 2.—Six men are | lentence to die for capital c.entral prison here Fri- ree by electrocution and "in the state’s new lethal •chamber. Seeking New l.eads Trenton. X. J., Feh. 1. -The New Jersey state police, doubling back on old investigations for an- ewers to Gov. Harold G. Hoff man’s “doubts” that the Lind bergh kidnap-murder case was a one-man Job, looked to the gov ernor today to supply any new lead involving others. Aged Reelu.se Killed gdson, Mich.. Feb. 2.—Mar- ~jl ipelder, 70-year-old recluse, ^.baidy t^ay under the gnn- M|^ officers in his bar-1 wile when he resisted : arrest after ' wounding H. I,, j j Campbell, a filling station attend- j ant. I Attacks N'eutrality Bill Washington, Feb. 2.—Secrecy of senate hearings on the admin istration neutrality bill was shat tered today with disclosure that John Bassett Moore, former world court member, had charac terized the measure as a “curious blend of homicidal with suicidal piania.^ Los Angeles . . . Will Rogers, . new owner and publlaher of the Beverly Hills newspaper, has hired IS-year-old Patricia Zleg- feld as society and moTle column ist. She is still pursuing her col lege work. Thus do two children forsake the theatrical footsteps of their famous daddies, who also worked together. Welfare Orders Are Filled In Winston-Salem To Liquidate t'otion Washington. Feb. 1.— l.icniida^ tion of the government's large I cotton holdings at a rate not to exceed 20,00(» haie.« a week ^ Community Orders For Des- through a sales agent appointed j ^ - - -- by the President was proposed to-j day by southern senators. titute Must Be Okeyed by Twin-City Office ,«r,dfiXS _KiiPA_..*Mltltute Wilkes by tba welfare bTnurpuyment'won, the 1 deP^tment must be sent to the plans an i regiot'al office in \\ Inston-Salem ■ to be filled. Charles McNiel. wel- legion now Americanism cam ... ilgn. a new drive for neutrality | off’'’''''. today, legislation, an effort to retluoe highway fatalities and more com plete child welfare and disabled veterans aid. J. Kay .Murphy, na tional commander, .said here to night. \ l>-noir Nf.au Wounded Lenoir, Feb. 1. Tom Norris is in a local hospital in a serious condition as the result of being shot in a holdup at a store here i welfare departments to be used tonight at S o'clock. Two unmask- [ only for the most needy cases, to • Ml'. .McNiel gave this informa- I tion for the benefit of those who are to receive orders and who ex- j peel to receive the food the same day th,. welfare department is- I sue.s the order. Several days must I •‘lapse between tho time file ord- ' er is written and the food is given ; to the relief case. The government is providing I .surplus food commodities to the unemployables and to those few i families who may have employ-. ahlt's hut no jobs. Otherwise the I relief burden is being carried' through employment on W’^orks I’rogress administration projects. , ed men walked into the store just before closing and ordered Wil son and nine customers to stick up their hands. .Norris replied, “You ain’t got the nerve to shoot.'' and one of the robbers shot him in the right groin. Hevcuuo Shows ffitin.s During the first seven months; of the present fiscal year, the per-1 iod beginning July 1. 19.7:1. and| terminating January :!l. 1936, Collector of Internal Revenue Charles H. Robertson and his as sociates obtained in .North Caro lina for the federal government atal of $163.l30.4S,'i.37. a com-, I. (I. Greer, superintendent of lion made late Saturday liy | yiin.; Home at Thomasville. ad- Newton, chief of the ae-j TOUntlng division, and made pub-1 Greer Is Speaker At Class Banquet Berean Class Of First Bap tist Church In Annual Banquet Thursday Ho by Mr. Robertson shows. MR. WALTEr'sPI^R rpturt^ to wyominc Mr. Walter Spicer, who ha.s j been spending .several weeks with relatives in the Traphlll .section j of the county, has returned to | Ig^Kome at Jackson. W'yomiug. ' Va, .v!Hn accompanied to Wyo- m^Sg by Mr. Sam Swearingen, | 80n-of -Mr. and Mrs. D. B. Swear-! Ingen, of Traphill. dressed the members of the Be- rcan class of the First Baptist Sunday school in their annual l).ani]uct Thursday night at the I.rgion and .\uxiliary clubhouse. The annual banquet of the Be rean class, one of the largest and most influential Sunday school classes in this part of the state, is always an enjoyable affair and tile address by the head of Mills Home added enjoyment and in- i spiration to the occasion. His ad- I dress was filled with humor, pa- Aisheville Gets Convention Of State Bar Association Itlios and an enthusiasm and in-! j spiratioh that comes from the j service he renders as being head of the Baptist instiluUoii. | Raleigh. Jan. 71,--'Hie execu tive committee of tile North (’ur- olina Bar association. meeting here today, decided to liold the association's 1 976 luinvcntion at Grove Park inn in Asheville, July 2, 3 and 4. J M. Broughton, of Raleigh, president of the association. R. I boro Parent-Teacher Association E Rives, of Greensboro, chair- j on Monday and Tuesday, Febru- man'of the executive committee. I ary Ht and 11. in |MI4 Henry M. London, of Ka- " .secretary, were named as j imittee on arrangements. 1 WILKESBORO P.-T. A. WILL PRESENT PLAY i "Til.:. First Commandment.’' a ] Biblical drama, will be presented under the aus’pices of the Wilkes- AU WoHd War Veterans Asked To Attend Meet Bonds and Cash Will Be Paid to Veterans About July !• 1936 PATIEN^ls ASKED Kver.v ex-servlcc man in Wilkes county who is intoi-cst- ed in the things the American I.egion stands for, regardless of whether or not they are members of th® liCgion, are ask ed to attend the February meeting of the IVllkes Legion IH>st to be held at the I.effion and .\u.xlliary clubhouse Friday niglit, February 7, at 7:80 o’ clock. .\t this meeting application blanks to bo used by the veter ans in applying for immediate piiyment of the bonus will be available and an organization will be set up to render the vctciiiiLs a real service in filing application and giving out nec essary informafion. In the meeting an opi>ortun- ity will be given veterans who are intei-ested in the work of the liCgion to enroU in it.s membership. The Legion has con.si.stently fought for iiniiie1i- iite payment of the lioniis and its influence lias been quite a factor in se'Uling passage of the Inmii.s paj'meiit bill. Ijogloniulircs and otlier veler- ans :iro asked not to foiget the meeting r'riday night as tlicrc is much important business to be attended to and even more important things to be discuss ed. •AppUca^oB^ J>l^j|$|. to be . ’’ed out by T^erttas of the World War in order for them to re ceive their siiarc of the Imme diate payment of acUustetl coni- IM'nsjition ccitificiites—the Im- nus—have aiTived here for dis tribution within 111), next t'i'w days. From authentic .sources it is learnol that veterans in Wi!k‘s will receive i?8BO,;tOO in baby linnds and rash around .Inly I as a I’csult of the recent lionus nie.a.sure which liolh houses of congre.ss passed ovejtvhelining- l.X’ over a presidential veto, thus ending a long figlit and irriting tile la,st cJtapter in a long con- gre-s-slonal and presidential con troversy that lias been to the front for 15 years. Blanks xrill be distributed to the veterans who wilt fill (hem out and send them to the near- est r?gional office of the vctei-- a n s’ bureau, (lliarlolte. or IVasliington, I>. 1. If a loan has been seeifred on the eertifi- c.'ite thd veteran must apply to the office from which the loan was made. I’restdeut Roosevelt lias re- l>eatedl.v asked tliat the veter ans be patient after the appli cation is filetl! aud refrain from writing follow’ up letters to Icai'n xvhy payment has not been made. It was esUiuatetl tliat it will be July 1 instead of June 1.5 that pajTiumt can ae- lually b«- started, due to (he fact that much work remain.s to be done by the trea.sury dc- ixirtment before baby bonds of Si.'W denomination can he .sent out as iKuius piuymcul. I The bonds will be redeem- ahlo id par but veterans who are not in neetl are nskeci to liohl them iis a nest egg because they will draw' three per cent inten-st. Odd amounts which til), bonds xvUl not pay xvill he l>ai)I in rash. Bonus amounts for iul.joining counties are: SuiTy f^tS7,»74; ('aldwell,' approximately !ji.50tt,- (MM); .Allegliany ^78.110; Yad kin Wilkes Poet Is Paid Tribute h Big Newspsqier Lura Thomas McNair Favors Naming James Larkin Pearson Poet Laureate QUOTES NEWSPAPERS New York Times Says His Work Is Meritorious In Highest Sense In the three-column newspaper article in the Charlotte Observer yesterday entitled “Three Tar Heel Roets.’’ Lura Thomas Mc Nair paid a beautiful tribute to James Larkin Pearson, Wilkes county poet who is unofficially known as Poet Laureate of North Carolina. The writer urged that he 'be acclaimed officially to that honorary post. ^ The article follows: The first one of these natural gingers to be mentioned here, who has something to say and which is best expressed in what is often referred to as the greatest oT all arts, poetry, is James Lar kin Pearson. He is so natural that he might even pose as a statue of the typical Tar Heel. His poems all the way from the wren song to the glorious out burst of the mocking 'bird. Read ing Pearson’s Poems, is like wan dering at will, through a wood land and hearing the natural med ley of songsters. There is some- New aiid *^'*1 r • I Aska to >^ake lie Dctectof Test on '^BENTON, N J. - - - Above is pictured Dr. Wm. H. Matfton ef New Yolk, iaveator of the Systolie Blood-Pressure Deception TmI, which he has reqUMied Governor Hoffman to allow him to use oa Bruno Haaptmaan, eea- vieted murdertr of the Lindbergh baby, now nnder Tepriovt from death. He la pictured dononstratiag the Sphygmomano meter, or lie detector device, on Miss Dorothy Bichey. A. F. KILBY WILL HANDLE BONUS APPUCATIONS HERE Institution To !.*' Be Opened For Plant And Equipment Mod em in Every .Respect; Well Trained Staff thing very restful, and genuine about it. The author was born in 1879 near Boomer, a small mountain town, where he still lives. He publi.shed his own book and also a charming small book titled, "Fifty Acres And Got her Poems.’’ 'T am a good deal of a her mit." lie say.s. “I live alone out here in the woods, and seldom go anywhere. 1 am fifty-five years old but I have been through the mill enough to make eighty." His poems occur now and then In the New YOTk Times. Circle and other literary publlca- tfons. Pearson is a printer. He must be very nuich alone in his moun tain home. All very near relatives iu'(- dead and lie has no children. His father was of English descent , and his mnlher a .McNeill, was ' Scotch. The Saturday Review of litera ture ill 1927 speaks of Pearson as naive, gemiiiie and forthright and says his “Homer in a Gar- ; den" is “a fine performance lech- j nically.” He is pungent and ap- : tiisiling as well. i I cannt forego tlie pleasure of j quoting from at least two of his (poems: F’ermancnce. • “A Vagrant Homer begging for I a crust. A rustic Burns with only I soug to give—when all the lovd- I lings are forgotten, dust these (Continued ou page five) Tlic .Ainei'icaii Legion and tho Wilkes county chapter of tho .American Red Cross have made arrangements xvith A. F. Kilby at his office at the Yad kin Valley Motor company to assist all veterans in Wilkes county in nuiking application for ttajTneiit of adjusted coni- pensation. Application bl.inks have lieen received and Mr. Kilby Is ready to assist any veteran who may wish to make application. laiglon will be held Ftibruary 7, 7:80 p. in., at which time any veteran may ■secure the necessary informa- tion relative to payment appli cations. This service xvill I>c available for one month only and no I'luu’ge will be made. The above statement was Is sued for publieation today by W. f». Gabriel and N. W. Bum- pfamc^ commxM--jMr and .odju- the post, H. AVhlcker Cross. Making Progress ! Hoifman Seeks On Highway 16 To Solve Case Despite Suz-Zero Weather; | Over Four Miles of Seven- Mile Project Graded i N. J. Governor Will Not Let Hauptmann Die Until Case Is Cleared Up Frank Johnson Held Under Bond Federal Agrots Charge Him With Manufacture of Il licit Liquor Frank John.son, who resides 13 miles east of Wilkesboro near the Boone Trail highway, tvas bound to federal court under bond of *500 in a hearing Friday before J. W. Dula, Hnitcd States com missioner, on a charge of manu facturing illicit liquor. His arrest was the result of a raid by A. K. IMttletoii and J. R. Brandon, federal revenue agents who de.stroyed a still near John son’s home. They testified that signs of travel led from the distil- lerv to Johnson’s home. .Snow, ire. rain, mud or sub zero weather failed to halt or materially hinder contractors in the ru.sh to make headway in the construction of the new highway 16 from Wilbar toward the .Ashe- Wilkcs county line. T. .M. Rtrider. of Nashville, Tenn.. holds the contract for grading and gravel surfacing of the seven-mile project that will complete the new highway to within about four miles of the end of the present hard surface at Glendale Springs. Workmen, with the aid of a new outfit of machinery, have started on their fifth mile of rough grading but progress is not so fast since they are now grad ing on the deeper cuts- and fills of the Blue Ridge on wliat engineers says wllF'ie bne of the best mountain roads in this part of the state in that it will be on a moderate grade with very few curves, although it will traverse a rough section of Blue Ridge mountains over what is known as the "jumping off place’’ along the route of the old “jumping off road." which was the main route of wagon travel between Wilkes .md Ashe counties for decades. End of the project now under construction will be near the in tersection with the Scenic Park way on the summit of the Blue Ridge. Trenton. N. J.. Jaii. 30. Gov. Harold G. Hoffman blasted open i the Lindbergh kidnap case again tonight by indicating he would not let Bruno Richard Haupt mann die until the case is cleared up. Asserting that others beside the condemned man were con nected with the crime, Hoffman ordered the state police to re open their investigation in order that “a tragic error may not be committed in the name of jiis- liee.’’ The statement was believ d to mean Hoffman would continue reprieving Hauptmann either un til tlic ca.se blew up with others possibly involved or until Hoff man's term runs out in 1938. “1 do not 'believe that this crime was committed by any one man,” Hoffman said, “and there is am))le evideuce, direct from the record, that the chief witnesses and those who were engaged in the prosecution share my belief; “The fact that others are im plicated does not provide an ex cuse for Hauptmann, but neither does it excuse any official from doing his full duty in liringing every other participant to the bar of justice.’’ HUEY LONG’S WIDOW TO SUCCEED HIM AS LOUISIANA’S SENATOR res Put Our Promptly ill fire was discovered ou of the residence of J. this city one day last ie lire department an- [cal! promptly, nick- In the nick ol time. S--WBS rirtlBKolshed day at the home ol in and 11. in the Wilkes- boi'o school auditorium. A cast of 60 people, including many well known business men of the Wilkesboros. has been se lected and rehearsals have begun under the direction of Miss 'Vir ginia Hendricks. The presenta tion will.be one of the outstand ing plays of the season in this vicinity this year and is expected to draw capacity audiencaa. Readers are requested to watch this newspaper for fur ther announcements. N. W. A. A. Team Defeats White Oak Basketball team of the North Wilkesboro Athletic Association won a thrilling game from tlie team from White Oak (Greens boro) on the high school gymnas ium court here Thursday after noon by the score of 65 to 44. This was the second victory of the fast local team over the White Oak team. All reserves on the local squad got action in the game. Jones was high scorer with 24 points to his credit. Some good games have been scheduled to Im played during the next few weeks. Judge Rousseau, And Solicitor Lose Money, Pipe (’out Officials Get First-Hand Knoivledge .About Thii-ves .ludge ,1. -A. Rousseau, of this city, and Solicitor H. L. Koontz hav)‘ had opportunity during till' past few ilays to learn how victims of thieves feel. Wliile sleeping soundly in a Greensboro liotri room o»o night last week, thieves broke in .Tu(lg(e Rousseau’s i-ooni, which was bolted on tKe in- .slfle, and took sevtiral dollars from the pocket* of his trous ers. 1 u la'xlngton. KoUcitor Koontz, an ardent pipe nnok- cr, laid his pipe on a window sill in the prison room of-tiie conrtboiue and wliw JmI back to gk it, it taad' dln^ piBto«d. . ’ - Power Trouble Is Quickly Remedied I’ower Off Only 1.5 Minutes Hat- urday When Giant 'Ti'iins- foniier Goes Bad Local people may have been momentarily inconvenienced Sat urday when the power went off but are quite surprised with the dispatch aud efficiency with which the Duke Power company brancli handled the situation when they learned that a giant transformer went bad at the sub station. Only 15 minutes were required to get the power back to the lines in the city again after the trans former burned out. which la con sidered quite a record time for remedying a trouble of such pro portions. The tranefomer'-wag repaired Sunday and service without In terruption is assured In so far as practieal. Raton Route, La., Jan. 31.—- Mrs. Huey P. Long, widow of the late senator, was late today ap- Iiointcd by Gov. James A. Noe to serve his unexpired term. Informed in New Orleans Mrs. Long said “that’s fine. That’s very fine.’’ Gov. O. K. Allen, Long’s chief p-olitlcal ally t»ho died last Tues day, was nominated to fill the unexpired term in the recent Democratic primary. ■'Governor Noe, who became Louisiana’s chief executive upon^ the death of Allen, predicted tiW' Democratic state committee would also designate Mrs. Long for the unexpired term when it- meets February 5. Z., The appointment covers the interim ^tween the present date: and the general election In-Ap^F when the commiUee’s designai would bh'effectlve. "I hhH' UOked with 'Mrs.’’tipsg: anji she 4«ld me she would C8ft it,^:M^rai»r Noe - Apple Storage House Is Burned Packing House and 700 Bushels Fruit Burned at J. S. Jennings Home An apple storage and packing house containing 700 bushels of apples and the home's supply of pork was deetrtared hy fl*e at the home ot the late J. S. Jennings at Pores Knob Thursday. Mr. Jennings died Sunday evening. ■ Damage from the fire was esti mated to be around $1,500. It was thought to bare ceaght from a stove which was., need .to keep the apples from frqqgtnf. . '•Mrs. Clayton 'Woodte'has re turned to ;her. Iioiae nser Cricket i^nr 09 appemdjl4,ja>^k»> Ci** The Wilkes Hospital is now occupying its new and modem fireproof plant, which has been under construction daring recent months. The new plant, part of which is being used now for operating purposes and accomodations for patient, will be open for Inspec tion by the public on Thursday, February 6, from one to four and from six to nine jp, m. In the new bifMing appoint ments are complete and thorongb- ly modern according to hospital plans and the equipment is prac tically all new and modern in every respect. The basement floor of the new building contains the heating plant for the new building and the old building, which has been brick veneered and renovated. On the first floor is new kitchin and dining room quarters, the ambu lance entrance, emergency room and teard large enough to take care of a number of accident cas es at one time. A first class eleva tor system has been installed to serve the new building. The second floor of the new building will be devoted princi pally to patients’ rooms. On tho top floor in the rear of the build ing is the beautifully arranged operating suite, with the re mainder of the floor to be used for wards and individual patients’ rooms. In the renovated old building aw" be the bff^^' and waiting rooms. X-ray room and labratory. The ground floor will house a de partment for colored people. The buildings are connected by an arcade and an inter- conimiiiiloation telephone system will .serve all departments of both the new and old buildings. •A sMent call system will serve each room. Contract for the new building and remodeling the old building was let to Foster and y\llen. lo cal building contractors, and plans were drawn by Benton and Benton, Wilson arcliitect firm. All majoi- sub-contracts were let to local firms and individuals. The building is of attractive co lonial design and type of archi tecture. The grounds are fronted by u wall of native stone with steps of the same materials. The lighting scheme and landscaping is in k(-eping with the general theme. The Wilkes Hospital was found ed in 1923 by Dr. F. C. Hubbard. The institution started with ten beds and has grown to .50 at the present time. The aims of the in stitution are to keep up with modern trends in hospital devel opment and to render good serv ice for the people of Wilkes and surrounding counties. The staff of the hospital is made up of well trained and regularly licensed men. As far as the profession is concerned the institution is semi-open. In addi tion to work by the regular staff any reputable physician in the vicinity has the privilege of treat ing medical cases in private rooms. Among tile new features of the hospital is tlie llioroughly modern eye, ear. nose and throat depart ment, which adds materially to the facilities of the institution and the hospital service rendered.