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direction ot
latioa WM »9-
HottdimJd^'^i^olutioa at
Woman's Cbrlstian aa-
I^ eoBTa^on bere.
PresnnU Snioide
Poilnt, May 5.—ESarl Poll,
to kill blmselt Mtb a K«n
St. WM saVed from
ctlon by Miss Mary
l^' wbo in strussling with
'a pistol on Bold street
'^wder barns tbd
bad to be glTen hospital
Over a,«dO Otrew debs
Kb. May IL—'Mra. May
Ipson Brans, director of the
[ employment sejrrice, aald to*
ore than 2,0i>d pickers '^re
V Ip eastern North Carolina
fields in three days
Ok. There was no confas-
^'sbe said, iu contrast to prey-
r pears.
Votes Ta* Snpi^emeat
^IWlsbnry, May 6.—A ninth
tor Salisbury schools was
by a special election held
the rote for' a 10 cent tax
oi the 1100 valuation to provide
tblS' extra month having carried
by a majority of 37, according to
unofficial returns given out ear
ly tonight.
Wants “Man of Courage”
East ’ Uverpool, O., May 6.—
United States .^Senator William E.
Borah last night called upon the
June 0 Republican national con
vention at Cleveland "to go on
record against monopoly and
nominate a man who has the
courage to do the job. “That
does not necessarily mean me,’'
%aid the Idaho veteliiii.
Greensboro Supplements
By a scant majority of 68 bal-
pts, voters of the Greater Greens-
school district Tuesday ap-
id 4he special supplement tax
to provide an addltionar month
to the school term, to employ
more teachers and raise salaries
May 5.—Regglb
jirchfleld, 28, an employe of a
bottling company here, was acci-
■'dentally shot and killed while he
was cleaning a rifle in the wood
shed at his home this afternoon,
gun was on a work bench.
^hfleld accidentally knocked
it off, causing it to discharge. The
ballet entered his right side and
he died within 20 minutes.
Selassie Not Wealthy
Alexandria .Egypt, May 6.—
The exiled Emperor Haile Selas
sie is now relatively a poor man
for one ot his rank, his former
American adviser said today.
Everett A. Colson, New England
er, who until a few weeks ago
was the Negus’ financial and for
eign affairs assistant, said . the
emperor’s holdings wdre largely
In land and that his reported
wealth was "mythical.’’
Representatives
(MSixCom^s
Expected Here
Dr. J. Hei^ H^khamitli WUl
Load Duciunoii' on-Ma
jor Topic For Meet
SERVE LUNCHEON
Four Important ObJectirea
Set Forth In AnnOnaco*
ment of Conference
A Character Education confer
ence for a district of five ooun*
itles will be Wd at the. North
Wllkesboro Presbyterian church
on Wednesday, noon, Mdy 18.
The district is composed of
Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany, Surry
and Tadkln counties. Dr. J. Hen
ry Hlgbsmith .will represent >110
state department of eduction
and deliver the featnfe ad^esa
on the program, which wll) also
iftclpde frank dlseueslons ''o.n
Character Education.
The tour objectives of the con
ference are: (1) to determine
present condition in youth ad
ministration and practices related
to character; (2) to discover out
standing youth problems and
practices; (3) to summariu pres
ent practices in the development
of character in the home, church,
school and community; (4) to
determine the necessary steps for
a long time program In character
education and guidance.
Sunday school superintendents,
juvenile court judges, welfare of
ficers, mayors, members of Par
ent-Teacher associations, frater
nity organisations, school princi
pals and superintendents, NYA
leaders, pnd othpr public spirited
Tltei'to be p;
The conference Is being spon
sored locally by the Womau’s
clubs of North Wllkesboro and
Wllkesboro. Luncheon will be
served at the small price of only
25 cents per plate and it is urged
that those who plan to attend
notify either W). D. Halfacre,
superintendent of North Wilkes-
boro city schools, or C. B. Eller,
superintendent ot Wilkes county
schools. In order that reserva
tions may be made.
To Colonize Ethiopia
Rome, May 5.—Rough plans
for the transformation of the vast
African domain of Ethiopia from
a native empire to an Italian pos-
aeesion already were being dis-
II ««d tonight. Premier Musso-
';dlnl Indicated to a group of'farm-
_ Sunday that at least 400,000
1^ the 600,000 troops and work-
' men now In Africa would bo left
there to colonize “those depopu-
1||pak lands with the fecund famr
a^otiUUaa naoe.”
Held For Mnrder
ton. May 5.—Mrs, E. F.
'.♦1, of Barnesville, found
eioQS condition on
tbeilglnray, near Barnesville
i lastjiight and brought to Baker
lam here, died today from
The woman’s hus-
Band'was arrested last night and
is' now held under 11,000 bond,
the outcome of a coro-
, BWi infla«rt Friday. U inebarged
tlut be pashed her from an anto-
^hohtte while they werei riding on
; the road.
goA Fiendish Slayer
WbterviUe, Me., May 5.—^Ken-
rtme lilTe* valley authorities
ought a fiendish slayer tonight
rho crimtoally as?*aUed and
troagled little Mary Proulx. 7.
lobert Rancourt, high school
Indent founjl the bound and
acsed body of the child, for
rhom a posee of men and boy8
wieked since Sunday in a clamp
1 aider hashes on the banks of
loM^nskee stream today.
O. Hendreh, J. M.
Coy Durham and H. C.
attended a meeting of
. committeemen apiiolnted
to b^ialater the new farm aid
arert^ The tteeti« NM hrid
la iHlhtoa-Salem Friday.
It Candidate-
X-vmf 7ictp|W 20S CKil*
dfSt SWllPTPikly Four
Active Cases' T. B.
J. T. Preyiiite, who yesterday
announced that he is a candidate
for the Republican nomination as
representative In the general as
sembly from Wilkes county.
Grand Jury Makes
Report of Routine
Business of Term
Returned 16 True Bills and ~9
Untrue Bills; Property
Is Inspected
Grand jury for the'April term
of court In Its report to Judge
Hoyle Sink, presiding, reported
the examination of 31 bills of in
dictment.
Of this number 16 were found
as true bills, nine untrue bills,
six returned for lack of evidence
and four presentments were
made.
An Inspection was made of the
courthouse, jail, county home,
prison camp and a special report
was made on a num.ber ot school
buildings to the county board of
commissioners.
At the county home the in
mates were reported well cared
for and it was recommended that
the elevated water tank be re
paired and placed in use. It was
also mentioned that quarters for
prisoners he established, it being
pointed out that they are now
being housed in the colored quart
ers and that colored Inmates are
necessarily being kept in an out
building that is not heated.
'Fhe state prison camp located
in Wllkeeboro was reported to be
in A-1 condition.
The jail was reported as being
in as good condition as could be
expected Immediately following
the constractioa work there and
it was recommended that the
wadis be. repainted.
One of the principal recommpiu.
dations in regard to the court
house was the installation ot,: Jk
heating system and it was aifp,
recommended that the vault
the clerk of conrt’s office be en
larged. The bounty' offices were
reported to be well kept and in
good eqndition.
J. T. Prevette
Candidate For
Representative
Prominent Republican Seeks
Nomination In Primary
To Be Held June 6
J. T. Prevette, widely knowa
y, ywerday anntmideed that he
is a candidate for the nomination
as representative in the general
assembly on the Republican tick
et to be voted on in the primary
on June 6.
Mr. Prevette has not only been
active in county politics in his
party but is known throughout
the state as a Republican leader.
He was nominated In the state
Republican convention as the
party’s candidate for state audi
tor but failed to accept the nomi
nation for reasons set forth in his
announcement issued yesterday
and in order that he might be a
candidate for the. nomination as
representative.
His announcement was issued
in the form ot a communication
to the editor of The Journal-Pa
triot. The announcement follows:
"Sometime ago you called on
me for a statement as to why I
did not accept the nomination as
state auditor and permit my
name to be placed on the Repub-
Itean state ticket, but at that
time I did not care to make any
statement, butagreed to give you
one later so here it Is: My rea
son for not accepting the state
nomination, was because I felt
then and still feel that I may be
of greater service to the good
people of my donnty by^. permit
ting my name to be pWwed on
(Continued on page eight)
MANY CHILDHOOD TYPE
CUnk Phymian Give* Ad>
vice For Those Afflicted
WHb CbUdhood Type
Dr. A. J. Elier, county health
officer, today released the report
of.the tuberculosis cliaie reoent-
'^held In the'schools of Wilkes
county.
A total of 235 children were X-
rayed as a result of the clinic
conducted by a clinician from
the state sanitorinm. Of this num-
‘ber 202 were white and 33 col
ored.
Of the 202 white children X-
rayed four were found as having
active cases of tuberculosis and
in need of sanitorinm treatment.
Forty-three children were found
to have childhood type of the di
sease and sanitorlum treatment
was not recommended. Eleven
were found to be suspicious of
tuberculosis and 142 showed no*
definite evidences of the disease.
Among the colored children X-
rayed two were found to have
the disease in positive stage and
10 ot the childhood type.-
Dr. C. D. ’Thomas, clinic physi
cian, in his report to Dr. Eller
said that the children found to
have the childhood type may re
main in school but that they
should have two hours of rest
each .afternoon after msbool and
that th^ should engage in no
competitive sports or strenuous
exercise. He also advised that
they should see their family phy
sicians for examinations for phy
sical defects and that another X-
ray lie taken within a year.
H^lth anthoritips are well
nonof aireck.®®^ children'In the
larger schools fn the county. The
number 6f cases found is said to
be quite unusually small and that
the percentage of positive tests is
remarkably low.
In order that the clinic ,may re
sult in fullest benefits possible
health authorities are urging that
parents follow advice of the clin
ic physician as nearly as practi
cal. Each parent Is being advised
by the county health officer In
regard to the findings from the
X-ray pictures.
Coroner Myers
F3es For Office
Iredell M. Myers, who was
elected on the Republican ticket
as coroner for Wilkes county In
the election in 1934, has filed no
tice of his candidacy with the
county board of elections and Is
a candidate for re-nomination in
the primary to be held June 6.
Mr. Myers, who is manager of
Call Hotel in this city, is well
known in the Republican party,
of which he has been an active
member since youth. He has
issued no formal notice ot can
didacy hut has filed notice of
candidacy with the prescribed
fee. So far he hos no opposition
for the nomination.
Is Ciii^date
SherilT?^;^ '^mers, who to
day. announced that he will seek
re-Bo'mlnation as Republican can
didate for sheriff of Wilkes coun
ty In the primary to be held June
6.
Trial Of John Jones For 2 Deaths ‘
In Bus-Anto Collision Near End
Five yedra after he fled the state
Miron at Sal^h. N. C., Rajrmaod
Sagaa, k-'robSar, totjUBOd ’ iuid
aibed if bo eoddn’t cogiitlHa bia
The hard fought and lengthy
trial ot John Jones,, bM driver*
for the deaths of two people in
a bus-automobile colllaion on the
Boone Trail highway west of this
city In October is expected to hf.
completed today.
The trial of Jobes for the
deaths of Mrs. Hubert Canter and
Miss Wllhelmina 'Triplett began
on Monday and since that time
scores of witneMes have been
placed on the" stand 7>y the
state and defeiiaa.
The atato aUecos that Jones,
driver of- the Greyhound bus
which, collided with Miss Trip
lett’s car, was driving In a reck-
^s manner in that he was rac
ing with a car driven by Dell
Richardson, Boone resldMit who
is scheduled to go on trial tor
the same offense Ibe .comple
tion of the Jones trial. '
Evidence was completed yes
terday'afternoon and attorneys
will pleed the Case today.
Solicitor John R. Jones is as
sisted fn the prosecution by Eu
gene Trlvatto) J. B. H^sbou^,
J. M. Brown and Kyle
The defense
"i'-.
Hutchins, of Winston-Salem. A.
H. Casey,,of this city, and Harry
Barker, of Elkin.
Sentence has not been passed
on Julius Minton, convicted of
manslaughter in the death ot
Jack McClain in an automobile-
motorcycle eollision.
JFmd Ro«e Bloom
-"Oil* Apple Twig
W. A. Jeoniiigs, of Pnres
Xtfob, on Monday exUUted 'a
. aMMt amaeaal fteak tiiat^crt-
deatly woold ponle tfae most
learned bMoiglae.
: Ob p. twig ®f *. Gcddea Do-
ilctoiis' iviite tree Mar ills
.fHuae he fooad a faU Brown
wUte i«k bBd OB a twbdadi
stem. Tbe ut^ and Moom had
ekery atipOaraiiee of a Eggp'
hiooiB, uMiwwigh tt was • krt
bad RMhi from Mto
mm
Sheriff Somers
k Candidate To
Succeed^mhiself
Released Annoancement of
His Candidacy Today;
First Elected in 1928
W. B. Somers, sheriff of Wilkes
county and one of the county’s
most prominent members of the
pablioan party, ,t®^*t jronouni^
sheriff in the primary to b« held
on June 6.
He has filed his notice of can
didacy with the county board of
elections.
In making his announcement
Sheriff Somers, who was first
elected to the office in 1928, stat
ed that it had been his intention
to retire at the end of bis pres
ent term but because of continu
ed requests and pledges of sup
port by those who would other
wise be candidates, he feels it his
duty to again enter the primary.
His announcement follows:
“It has been my earnest de-
slre,t6 retire from office when my
Pfesent term as sheriff expires,
and I hive been fully expecting
to do so and let some other regu
lar and worthy Republican make
the race. But I have been urged,
and commanded, by so many ot
my friends and' leading Republi
cans in every section of the
county to run again, and ro many
(Continued on page eight)
Commisrioners,
Board Educatioii
In May Meetii^
Little Buaineu of Public In
terest; Advisory Conmit-
teemen Named
Wilkes county board of com
missioners in May session Mon
day spent a great part of the
time auditing claims against the
county and receiving 'tontine re
ports of county officers. Little
business of public interest was
transacted. All members of tfae
board were present.
’ne county board of education
with all members preset met for
a quIsT'Mssion with the county
superintendent of schools and
ppased on routine matters.
A. J. White and Newt Goforth
were named advisory committees
in Temjile Hill district and Sam
Pardue was named on the com
mittee in Brier Creek to fill thd
unexplred term of Sam Keys,
who has moved from the district.
Tw«r BufldiBgs in BudrCon-
^ .^tioB^rom Every Con-
^ * edtvjjle Staadituint’*
URGEi^ARLY ACTION .
to ProtMe Bnildingg at Mil
lert Credc, MimMNrry
•nd Benluam
In addition to eXiuniniBg bUh
of indictment and rvutipe ipspec;
tlon of the conrthoase, county
home,, prison camp and Jail, the
grand jury for the April'teup of
court Investigated school build
lug facilities in setenl districts
and submitted a comprehensive
report to the county board of
commissioners, who met in May
session Monday.
The report on school bnlldings
snbinitted by the grand jury, of
which C. E. Jenkins was fore
man, painted a rather- graphic
picture of school building needs
at Millers Creek, Mulberry, Ben-
ham and Cool Springs and added
a recommendation for additional
rooms at Wllkesboro and' Mount
Pleasant. The full report of the
grand jury relative to school
buildings follows:
‘To the board of county commis
sioners of Wilkes/County:
"We, the grand jury of WSlkes
county summoned to serve April
term of court in said county, beg
leave to report:
"That we have investigated the
school buildings at Millers Creek,
Sulphur Springs in Mulberry
township and Benham and Cool
Sp^gs in Edwards township. We
fhiind at Millers Creek that this
school building had already been
condemned by tt^
are there are wholly inedeq
to house the Mhool children Tn
this district. This school site
needs new school buildings en
tirely.
“At Sulphur Springs, we find
that the present school building
h.';s already been (ondemMCd nnJ
U not br-^ng used Itui-tMt Home
/cht'ol house was burned and the
cluidren are being packed Into
Cross Roads * cUur:ii hniidin.i;.
wh’cli not being eroct/d f--r
Bi-.Tool i.urposes, is i)oor:y lightrd
and It ly nnthinkub'.e that school
cliild'eu should be forcel ta at-
tend nchool under too ennditiors
fh.at ne found there. We find i!.at
this p'.-ice should have erected
adequate buildings to house l!.c
children in this district.
"At Benham and Cool Springs
schools we found that both of
these buildings are in very, very
bad condition from every c6n-
ceivable standpoint. Under no
circnmstances ought children to
be forced to attend school dur
ing the winter months in these
poorly lighted, poorly heated and
poorly equipped buildings.
“We understand that your
board has already taken go&e
steps or passed some resolutions
relative to correcting the condi
tions in these school districts, but
we most earnestly recommend
and insist that immediate action
be taken to put new and ade
quate buildings in the communi
ties herein referred to. In order
that the school children in these
(Continued on page eight)
‘•'■ r - ■ —
Merehanb Plan
Banquet h City
WUl Be Held At Hotel
WUket Friday Evening,
7:30; Many to Attend
Otto Dbvu Shot
Cheat By PiOroliail|i>i(^'
dl Hayea Tnijp^
ATTACKBy
With Botch#
Pieaa Of
Spotty
. Otto Davis, reskbent of. tha
Wpodlawn sectio* of ‘Utto cRy,
was shot and seriously vronuArt
Tuesday night by Ce^ Hayas.
member of' the police force, wfeta
he resist^ arrest, ipad langed ag
the officer with a butcher
and a stick of wood.
Davis, who has quite a rapa-
tation for riotous behavior whea
drunk, was alleged to have beea
creating quite a dlatnrbanee ia
the neighborhood when poltes
were called and Patrolmen Hayw
and L. S. Atkinson responded.
In addition to being drunk and
creating a general > distnrbanoe.
Davis had .beaten his wife and
tried to ran her away from home.
'When the officers arrived Mrs.
Davis met them at the door and .
told them that Davis had gone to
the kltchin for a knife. He emerg
ed from the kitchin with a long
bladed batcher knife and a stick
of store wood and confronted the
policemen, who informed him
that he was under arrest and or
dered him to drop the knife and
stick of wood. Instead he started
toward Hayes, according to the
report of the affair related by
the two officers, and Hayes again
ordered him to put down the
knife. He still refuses and Hayes
fired a wild shot in the wall of
the building to frighten him Into
submission but be lunged at
Hayes and he fired, the bullet
from the 32-calibre pistol enter
ing the front ot his right cheat
and going out his back.
Legion Aixnliary
WUl Meet Monday
Wilkes unit of the American
Ueglon Auxiliary will meet - at
the club house north of the city
:pn l^onday night, 7:46. A very
ihtereatisg program la planned
and the ’taylorsvlile unit will be
present for a joint meet^.
Among the vki«» ^Hl *•.
C: T. Andraws, Arif
10-
coveiy’ Otfgpvg eompl
Police %fef J. M
said today that Davis has quite a
record of resisting local officers
and that a shnilar affair took
place several years ago when of
ficers resorted to use of te«r gas
to make him relinquish his hold
on a knife which he was vainly
trying to use on the policemea
attempting his arrest. He also has
a record, officers say, for drunk
en disturbances in his home and
officers had been called there on
several previous occasions.
Appomt Officials
To Fin Vacancies
Five Registrars Previously
Named Resign Qr Pail To
Accept Postfions
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the ' anticipated ban
quet of the Wilkes County Merch
ants’ association to be held Fri
day evening, 7:80, at Hot^-
Wilkes.
The purpose of the banquet is'
to promote interest in the rapid-
iy growing assoeiation and U ■ b
planned that each member will
invite a non-member to the ban-:
quet.
The president of tha. Winston-;
Salem merchaats’ assoeiation ’will'
be present sad will bring with'
him a widely known eatertainer
and q^eafcer 'for the oocMton. .
The local association Is pr^
gngging splendidly and it it 0
pe^sd that the membership
soon tnerssss to
Itil of the
A the City sad ^
gad vom
Wilkes county board of elec
tions in meeting yesterday named
registrars in five precincts to fill
vacancies caused by reglsnatlon
or failure on the part of the men
named at a previous meeting to
accept the appoinjippmts.
In Brushy Mouhtoin township
A. C. Parker was named regis
trar.
In Mulberry precinct No. 1
Muncie Absher was appointed
registrar and G. C. Owens judge.
Richard Pardue was appointed
registrar in New Castle township.
The newly named registnm for
Reddies River township Is ^ C.
Eller.
A. T. Parsons is registrar In
Stanton township.
The elections officials as ap
pointed by fhe board will serve ia
the June primary and In the No-
tember general election.
Registration books ‘ will b e
opened on Saturday, May 9, and
will he open also on Saturday,
May 16. and Saturday, May 28.
Saturday,* May 30, will be chal
lenge day aad the following Sat
urday, June 6, will be primary
day.
Mim Bleviiu’ Class
Recital May 12
Miss rUrsnla Blevlna will pre
sent sixteen ot her plaao pup#:
tn s prlva,te recital st tlis .>
kesboro high school^ aul^‘~'
Tuesday ethateg, U# 1]
on tha progniB sra coast^allP
by Sshuhett,"
gad othro notable
Addition to i^ __
a ftmt ithb hf '