14l it
- April J8.—Governor
lirlniiteas paroled fonr
t vrisocers an4^ declined olemeney
sto 29.
AhIo Deaths Decwaao
Chicago, April 28.—The na
tion's campaign to take death otl
the highways cHmbed a "start
ing”'peak of success during
: llHilHmtUnf motor tragedy 18
gas. cent below ^arcb, 1936—the
National S^ety conncil annonnc-
, ed today.
Es>Glaee Pasoee
XHkia, April Pg.-^-A. large eon-
gregatlon of white' and. negro
nffleS^^thered at ^4^ieetioB
ehareh Sunday afternoon' to pay
tribute to “UAole>' Jonah
^^j^mpsoh, negro centenarian, one
of the most widely known ex-
slares of this section.
PaylL't; State Debt
Kaletgh, April 28.—Charles M
; Johnson, state treasurer, a n-
^ nonneed today the state of Nor^
^ChroUaa would pay 16,188,044.-
^0 on July 1 to retire $8,600,000
'maturing securities and meet
tereet due on the remainder of
Its bonded indebtedness.
In Georgia Primary
Washington, April • 28. — Ex
tending his campaign lor re-elec
tion, President Roosevelt today
aignaled his supporters to enter
his name in the Jane 3 presiden
tial preference primary In Geoi^
gia, home state of Gov. Eugene
Talmadge.
^L. XXX.
and Thurtdi^ ^ I^QRTH WILMgC^ ICg
Man Seat^H^ To
5 To 7 In
Pen For
!?5!
Odell Grigga Geta Long
Term For Larceoy of L. B.
Maadn'a Automobile
OTHER CASES TRIED
Court
Receaaed Yeaterday
Becsiuae Mf llhieaa in Judge
Sink^a Family
Anti'^es 'iiu$
Candida^
Party 1(1^
Winaton'Salem Msm Uae-
quivocally Opposes Prin
ciple of Sales T|tx
Must Thin Jobless
Washington, April 28.—Prom
ising the co-operation of the gov
ernment, Secretary Roper today
told the chamber of commerce of
the United States that since busi
ness must pay the bills, it should
develop a broad plan for thin
ning the ranks of the jobless.
Use Soap Pistol
Henderson, April 28.—Using
an imitation pistol, made of soap
and blackened with shoe polish,
two prisoners overpowered the
**■
'ance eoun^ faU today, but
Odell Griggs,' convicted of
stealing an automobile from L,
B- Vastln, was sentenced in
Wilkee ebttrt Monday by Judge
Hoyle Sink to serre from five to
seven years in the stite peniten
tiary. It was brought out that
Griggs has a criminal record.
April term of court for trial
of criminal and civil cases start
ed Monday morning and wilL
continue through next week.
However, there was no court yes
terday, the recess being due to
the serious illness of a sister-in-
law of Judge Gink.
It is expected that the gretater
part of the term will be taken
up with trial of thd more than
100 criminal cases now on the
calendar. The grand jury, of
whidh C. E. Jenkins is foreman,
will subnait its r4o;K>rt today.
The two cases growing out of
an automohile-bus collision 15
miles west of this city last fall
are calendared for trial Monday.
In these cases John Jones, bus
driver, and Dell Richardson,
Boone resident, are charged with
the deaths of Mrs. Hubert Canter
and Miss Wilhelmlna Triplett, oc
cupants of the car who died from
injuries received in the collision.
Several other homicide cases are
also pending trial.
Hade Mullis, convicted of car
rying a concealed weapon and as
sault with a deadly weapon, drew
a sentence of eight months on the
roads and an additional road sen
tence of 18 months for
itVM Ml'
DISCUSSES ISSUES
Favor* Reduction in Price of
Automebila Tag*; More
Fund* for S^ool*
were recaptured. L. M. Dllda,
charged with forgery, was taken
, shortly after the escape,, while
Buddy Macon, facing an auto
theft charge, was captured a few
hours later.
Voung Democrats Meet
^Raleigh, April 28.—Mrs. Bss
ale B. Phoenix, of Raleigh, state-
president of Young Democrats
clubs, today invited all cities de
siring the convention of the
Young Democrats this year to no
tify her at once. The executive
committee will meet here Satur
day night to select the site and
set the date.
Hit-and-Run Driver
Elkin, April 28.—An intensive
search has yielded no informa
tion, so far concerning the iden
tity of the hit-and-run driver of
a car that knocked down and se
verely injured two Jonesville
women Sunday evening about 9
o’clock as they were walking be
side the highway toward their
homes in East Jonesville after at
tending evening service at church
in Jonesville.
not abide by the laws of the state.
Millard (Boots) Staley receiv
ed 12 months on the roads for as
sault and an additional 18
months suspended on a charge of
obstructing a blgbway.
Cling Bauguess, connoted of
abandonment and non-support,
must pay $2.60 weekly to his
wife or face an 18 months sent
ence on the roads.
Reece Oliver, on a charge of
non-support, must pay $6.00
monthly for support of Illegiti
mate child. Robinet Nichols drew
a 12-months suspended sentence
on a charge of possession of li
quor.
A divorce was granted in the
case of Ella Mae Wyatt versus
Philmore Wyatt.
Dr.. Ralph McDonald, anti-sales
tax candidate for governor, told a
large crowd of people at. the
courthouse In Wilkeshoro Mon
day afternoon that he favored
“forever'and eternally'' blotting
out the sales tax in North Oaro
llna.
The address was delivered at
the noon recess of court to a
courtroom filled with people who
listed for more than an hour as
he attacked the sales tax as an
"unjust, unfair and undeipocratlc
means of taxation." He was in
troduced by Attorney W. H. Mc-
ElwOe.
He opened his address by a
strong endorsement of the Roose
velt administration, whose philos
ophy he described as “it can be
done” in contrast to Hoover’s "H
can’t be done" attitude. He en
tered into the heart of his ad
dress by attacking the present
administration in North Cai^ina
as having a “can’t be done’’ atti
tude.
He praised the characters of
his opponents in the race for the
Democratic nomination and stat
ed that he was running on what
he considered the right side of
the issues and added that he
wanted the votes of those who
agree with his stand on the vari-
Legds Women Golfe
'-'i
New
high hopes
of a' Invasion, Mrs.
. ’^lletl
Olenna'^liette Vsre (above). Is
sailing tbe high seas as captain
of the S.. Women’s golf team
of eight which is to play in the
Curtis Cup matches in England.
W.A.McNielk
Candidate For
Representatiye
Held For Man’s Deaili
Salisbury, April 28.—A coro
ner’s jury investigating the death
of O. W. (Bill) Baker this after
noon found that Baker had come
to his death by a wound on the
^Md and ordered Bert Barger,
■Mag white man. held for grand
jury iirrestigatlon under a $500
bo*4. Baker was found desperate-
lyriironnded on a highway near
Ufa city the night of April 18
MW Mlad next day.
To Improve Prison
Rataigb, April 28—Prison con-
'aation and improvements to
- „wJr^b88,000 have been approv
ed by fhe'stata highway and pub
lic works commission and the
' work Is now under way or will
1)0 started soon. Oscar Pitts, act-
. .'pcaal division,director, said
‘‘the largest job was the $218,000
: > lOBovation of the central prison
f hare which haa been under way
al mionths.
Work Under Way
On Addition To
The Courthouse
Prominent Local Buaineaa
Man Seeks Nomination
by Democrats
A. McNlel, prominent bi^-
rSaya Absolute Rapeal of
' Sides Tfiy: IipjiytaWm Now;
: Faroga Exadi|riions
SPOKE ON TUODAY
To Very Attenthre Crowd at
Courthouse; Favor* Old
Afe Pension*
W.
tness of this city, filed with
the cou^^i^ard of elections to
day and Is'^candldate for the
Democratic ^mination as repre
sentative In the General Assemb
ly from W|ilkes county.
Mr. McNlel issued no formal
announcement other than that he
had filed and is a candidate. So
far he is the first Democrat in
Wilkes to announce tor any coun
ty or iegislatiyp. ol
Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, brought
his campaign for nomination for
governor to Wilkes Tuesday in a
speech at the courthouse in Wll-
keshoro before a most attentive
audience.
His address was a strong -de
fense of tbe record of the Demo
cratic party in North Carolina
since the administration of Gov
ernor Aycock and a general dis
cussion of his policies in this
' oampaign on the issues of schools,
roads, state institutions and state
taxation.
The sales tax, a dominant issue
of the campaign, was denounced
by the speaker but he said “I
can’t promise to make ends meet
and repeal the ‘sales tax. Unless
you want to close the doors of
your schools or put a tax on land
I can’t promise its repeal.”
In the outset of bis address he
said that one of his opponents in
the race for the nomination is do
ing the unusual thing of cam
paigning for nomination by at
tacking the record of the Demo
cratic party. Then he launched
into kn account of what he con
sidered a brilliant record of tbe
party in the various forms of gov-
FcH’CoitIracI'
M. .R. (Mike^ Dnnnagan, can
didate for 'the Democmtlc nomi
nation foF secr^ry of state, who
spent Wednesday in. Wilkes in
the interest of his campaign.
Elsewhere in this paper is an ac
count of an interview with Mr.
bunnagan.
36 years ago North Carolina was
Axd.Jn •griquUure.gnP.is . ti'
Dewey Parker Is
Candidate F o r
Sheriff s (Mfice
File* on Republican Ticket
for Nomination in Pri
mary on June 6
Dewey R. Park», prominent
member of the Republican party
in the. county, h*e filed wfth .the
county board of lelAtiois fand is
a candidate for the nomination
for sheriff on the Republican
ticket to be voted on In the pri
mary June 6.
Mr. Parker has been connect-
uttrty lu i>uc7 vaiiuuo ai/$iuo ua
ernment since 1900. He said that 'll Goodwill store and
Gather Informatien for
for Bids on Tkroa School"’H
Boildinf Project*
BOND
Miller Creek, Mnlbe^'alidl'
Benkam WiB Rav^^few
School Plaaio
—a
Wilkes county board of ce»-7
missioners have tentatively ap
proved approprlatians from a pro
posed $66,000 bonds issoe ter
erection of three school bnildlnga
In the county. ,
The proposed project* are ai^
other business interests of N. B.
Smlthey during . ^the L .PMt
modem high school and
ary plant cit Mlllera Creek, aa
elementary school hnUdlng ' in
Mulberry township and an ele
mentary httlldlng at Benham.
Plans also call for improvo-
menta and addition to tbe WIl-
kesboro school bnUdlng and work
at some of the other central
schools in the county.
Representatives of the archi
tect firm of Benton A Benien, of
Wilson, have been in this county
this week gathering Information
relative to detailed deecripdoa of
proposed buildings, topography
of sites and other Informatloa
necessary in order that bids may
be called for at a date as early
as possible. It is hoped that tb«
projects may soon get under way
because the need of the build
ings has been felt quite keenly
during the present school term.
Millers Creek has been operat
ing in two very Inadequate frame
buildings, one of which has been
labeled unsafe by state authori
ties and its use is permitted only
temporarily. In Mulberry town
ship one school building Was de
stroyed by tire last ye|(C.
Making Excavation for 35-
Foot Extension to Rear
of County Building
Former .Recideikt
Of Wilkes Loses
-- Home By A Fire
Workmen are busily engaged
in digging an excavation for the
35-feet extension on the rear of
the Wilkes county courthouse in
Wilkeshoro.
Actual work on the building, a
WPA project in cooperation with
the county, was started Tuesday
and Works Progress administra
tion authbrities have promised
that the work is to be rushed un
til the, erection is completed.
The first floor of the addition
will contain four spacious office
rooms for general county use and
the second floor will honse the
agricultural office quarters, for
which the project was originated.
The agricultural quarters will in
clude adequate office space tor
the county farm agent, assistant
agent, and assembly rooms foi
gatherings of farmers and for of
fice work in connection with the
new farm aid program and other
phases of agricultural adminis
tration.
by declarthg that vast smonnts d
wealth in the state are escaping
taxation. This wealth, he said, a-
mounts to a billion dollars. He
further attacked the taxation sys
tem in the state by saying that
the tax on corporations had de
creased over ten and a half mil
lion in the past seven years while
taxes on the individual and aver
age man has .been steadily in
creasing. He declared that he was
running on the platform of th©
Democratic party, which platfhrm
he described as being opposed to
the -sales tax and opposed to a
tax on land and that he would
fight every effort to place a state
tax back on land.
He cited five sources from
which he said the state should
levy revenue to replace the sales
tax: (1) Income tax on divi
dends (2) income taxes to reach
ten per cent on higher brackets
(3) increase corporation fran
chise tax based on true value on
corporations (4) a chain store
tax on service stations owned by
major oil companies (5) increase
the tax on power companies.
He . said he was not attacking
the Democratic party in North
Uarolina but that he was fight
ing “the machine’’ responsible for
the issues to which he is opposed.
In regard to sUte offlc^ he
said he favored increasing pay of
those who labor for the state on
the highways and the school
teachers and in regard to ap
pointive olflt*8 he said that it
bad been mentioned that if he
W. 8. Chnrch,^ former Mident
of Wilke* aow maUag hi* home
BoonviUe, lost his home and
illy an furnishings by fire
at
innday.
Hre originated from the
i4hin flue and had gained sneh
when dlecorered that
_ aot4>e pat oat and pxac-
nothing was salvaged. The
eethaated at $$.606 aad
jtth-leharch had n« insurance eor-
..arop^y. He ha* many
To Have Rummage
Sale On Saturday
Wilkeshoro Woman’s dub will
sponsor a rummage sale at dhty’s
seoond.-hand furniture store In
WIlMbehoro Saturday. Profits
from the oocaslon will he used
fot ComihtittUy House.
A preliminary annonncemei^
was made of a public program
be given at the courthouse und«8
sponsorship of the Woman's Club
on the night of May 14. At that
time the nSted Se^lia celored
singers will furnish the program.
^ _ \he Democratic " party. He
is a member of a very .prominent
Wilkes family and is well known
in the county. His business con
nections here include being pres
ident and general manager of
the Coca-Cola Bottling company
and president and general man
ager of the Great Wilkes Pair
association.
. xrMHi in industry, saying that the
atdto now ranks 6th ih the union.
In schools he said the state ap
propriated $100,000 in 1900 and
$20,000,000 last year. He lauded
the state school system tor the
Home Coming To
Be Held Sunday
At the Wilkeshoro Baprist
Church; All-Dap Program
Planned for. Occasion
- . has just ^
were nominated for governor It i Vnie, Ky., whets he has been en
Wilkeshoro Baptists are plan
ning a home coming program for
Sunday. May 3, in celebration of
the completion of 12 additional
Sunday school rooms and other
improvements on the church
building.
An all-day program is planned
with public dinner at noon and
a large crowd Is expected to ga
ther for the occasion. Rev. W. R.
Bradshaw, of Hickory, a well
known Baptist minister in west
ern North Carolina, will deliver
the sermon at 11 o’clock *nd
many oth,er interesting features
are planned for both the morijJ$i«
and afternoon programs.
All living former pastors of the
church have been invited to be
present.' Th© pastor of the church
now is Rev. Avery Church, who
returned lro“ Louls-
would be a sad day for “swivel | ghged in a two-months
(Contipaed on page eight) ^ conn&i
tne state scnooi sysiem lux ~ x.* * a *1.
eight months’ term and prompt Rilkes county subject to he
pay for teachers, at the same
time advocating higher salaries,
more teachers, and, free text
books. Ho said textbooks could be
furnished at a cost to the state
of $600,000 yearly.
He Ih'uded the highway system
and declared that the state had
spent $200,000,000 in building a
great road system and that there
had been no graft. He approved
of a surplus in the highway fund,
which he said could be used in
such emergencies as repairing the
roads damaged by the severe
winter and went on to say that
he favored vast improvement on
the secondary roads. Ho told his
opposition to interfering with the
highway funds, and continued by
advocating a substantial reduc-
ti m in price of automobile tags.
He praised the work of the
state in providing institutions for
reclaiming wayward children,
correction of physically deform
ed, education of the blind, care
of the Insane and mentioned oth
er public services maintained by
the sUte government.
In discussing fiscal matters he
said the state government is run
more economically than any oth
er In the nnlon and then took up
the matter of taxation. Ro ex
plained that corporations pay
taxes same as an individual with
franchise tax in addition and
(Continued on page eight)
PROSPECTS BRIGHffte SECURING ^
ADDITION TO FEDERAL COURTHOUSE
The movement to secure an ad-1 court at Wilkeshoro was eatab-
lltlon to tha f*4*ral court and Itahed by an act ot
oQStofflep building in Wllkesbqro that removal to ^.North Wilkes-
^ M. i wauIH n6U*AAAllAtd
!b gainii^i Impetus and prospect*
are bright for'*arhr action. It
was learned today from cltison*
who are interested in th© pro-
J'lCt.
It has been pointed -out that
th» small courtroom and limited
space In the federal building are
entirely Inadequate for th© court,
which serve* WHkes, Ashe, Alle
ghany and Watauga counties, and
whiqh Is the largest court In the
middle North Carolina dtstrict
with the exoeftlon of Greensboro.
It will he recalled that a move
ment was *t*rte to hat® a dpurt-
Toom and offices Included.Iff the
Ifto r t h wilkeshoro postofflce
building, which® was completed
iMt yeas. Bnt the^lan* tpr the
building 'had prpgretoed to the
point ir)ure tMJBonrtiOpm qould
boro would necMlltate another
act of congress. It was also learn
ed that courts are established
only at county seats.
The business^ of the Wilkes
horo federal court has Increased
to such an extent over a period
at years that daring the past few
years it has been the custom to
hold the court session* In the
county courthouse auditorlam)
which U much larger. However,
the ffnmber of county court terms
have been Increased and occasT
'tonally both eonrt* are In session
at tbe ssoi® time.
In a recent letter to J: 0ption
Hacisstt, local; cMiaeii «lo
shqrrii quite
mibOc af^
qtMna al^ul Jlif
B^ng a
Jisd ‘
tk© had recommended to the
treasury department that the
building be enlarged. Following
this the treasury department ask
ed the postofflce department to
make a survey to ascertain whe
ther or not additional postofflce
faeiliUes are needed at Wilkes
horo and it is understood that
this survey will b© made soon.
Engineers In the office of the
supervising architect of ihe treas
ury have Investigated the possi
bilities of adding a second story
or erecting an addition to the
buildlug-
Congressman tamheth said
timt he was encouraged by the
a^itnde ot the tine d^wriment*
i|il "expressed a hope that some
can be obtained this year,
arc being f»*de in.de
af fieee te - effcertai^
of an adgffaa flw
the.p«yp3#^of prb-
fff-
honneement uAued today.
"To Th# RepnUfeans of Wflkes
County;
"After careful consideration, I
have decided to become a candi
date for the office of sheriff of
Republican voters participating
in the primary to be held at
the various voting precincts June
6, 1936, and hav6 complied with
the law in the payment of the
necessary fee tq the board ot
elections of this county.
"If nominated and elected to
this office, it is my purpose to
perform the duties thereof, fear
lessly, courageously and efficient
ly, and yet in a sympathetic and
courteous manner, and am will
ing to do so, for the salary as
provided by law amd insist that
the laws, increasing the heavy
burdens ot taxation enacted at
the last session of the Legisla
ture, of which the late T. S. Bry
an was a member, be repealed.
Will appreciate the support of
everyone of you, and will do my
best to prove to you that I am
worthy of your support.’’
n
a namber of sehoels eoneolldated.
A building is also very much
needed at Benham.
Glenn Johnson
Gets Four Years
Man Who Was Caught With
5,000 Gallons of Liquor
is Sentenced
Plan Educational
Meetii^s On New
FarmAidProgram
County Agent and Assistant
to Attend Meeting In
Winston-Salem
In order thfit more - >Jarmers
may get acquainted with provis
ions of the new, farm aid plan
at least six meetings will be held
in central communities in Wilkes
eonnty during the next two
A t these meetings County
Farm Agent G.'i Hendren will
be accompanied by. a member of
the extension servic© ahd they
will impart a working knowledge
of tho new farm aid plan to tbe
tillers of the soil. It Is hoped that
all Interested farmers will attend
the meetings.
Mr. Hendren and his assistant,
W. J. Hanna, will attend a meet
ing of county agents and assist
ants In Wlnston-Salom Friday of
this week, at which time addl-
Honal light will thrown on
tho details of tho now farin meas
ure by B. Y- Flojd, whp was la
charge of tobafeo crop control
under the triple A.
Under the new Jarm plan a
farmer wUl get paid tor planting
soil building crops In lieu of »*h
crops. «
Vesper Bervfee at St. Path’s
piscopid church; Aanday after-
May trd, a( 1*3 e»olook.
bn,
B. M. UihaP)
la
In th© federal court at Salis
bury tho past week,, presided
over by Judge Webb In the ab
sence of Judge Hayes who is
bolding court in New York, the
case ot Glenn Johnson. Wilkee
county man, was disposed ot.
Johnson was charged with haring
and concealing whisky on which
no federal tax had been paid. In
the home of Johnson, April 27,
1935, Investigators J. R. Bran
don, F. D. Lumpkin, C. S. Felt*
and J. B. Banks found 6,423 1-2
gallons of whisky, a fact which
was admitted by Johnson in hia
testimony in court in Salisbury,
although his measurements indi
cated a total of 7,093 gallons.
Evidence was presented to show
that each container which was
supposed to hold one-half gallon
lacked one pint of doing so.
Johnson pleaded guilty to the
charges and Judge Webb sentenc
ed him to four years in th© re
formatory in ChlUicotbe, O. Un
der tho law the government is
entitled to a tax of $2 and a pen
alty of $2 on each gallon of th©
liquor selted at the home of th©
defendant.
Mrs Griffing To
Speak At Chitfcli
Featuring th© Sunday eveulac
service at th© North Wllksshorib
Methodist church is ths talk to
bo mad© by Mrs. A. L. Qriffing,
superintendent of the Junior de
partment in the Sunday .schpol
and a very active worker in all
departments of tbe church. Ths
service Is to be In charge of ths
Snndsy school and an attractiv©
program Is being arranged for
the evening.
Members of the Young Ladies
Bible Class, of which Mr. P. J.
Brame 1s teacher, will occupy the
choir and give a special numher,
congregational singing ted hy Mr.'
Brame, and « short satecMmm
drill by tbe dhildrea la tluu^r^
mary department, wlM sappl*^
ment the program.
The pubHe is cordially InvlteG
to attend.
Food Sik
The Marjk^me
whM M^. A. B.
ciroin,