North Carolina Newspapers

Ftekteg at Maiiteo WaBtoo, May 1^.—^Vk* Pwaident : Iff. Garner a# a farty of arrhmd Iwxa t^y ta try «i X, and Semton rtf Nebraaka, Bartow, of Jfotth Dakota. Brown, of Kew Bampshire, and Muri>lLy, of Iowa. HIgtiway Deaths Up Baleigh. May 18—^The state Ughway safety diyision reported ^ today the greatest number of an- taaobile accident deatiis ever re- were held throughout the county , corded in North Carolina during . oocarred last month. There 8S fataHtiee as compared with T1 in March and 72 for April. 1938. Previously this year the state had shown a steadily decreas ing number of deaths. Rescued From Mine ■ Pittsburgh, Maay 15.:—^Two men lost-in an abandoned mine walked out into the sunlight with their reaeners today after wandering BMwe than 16 hours through a dark 16-mile labyrinth of tunnels and corrtdore under the hills of subur ban Pittsburgh. The pair, Arthur Tonner, 36, and Robert Dyer, 36, unemployed one-time steel work ers, grinned and blinked through features that were Wack with coal , dust. * 2,921 Licenses Revoked !>MfcBaleigh, May 15.—The highway safety division announced today licrases of 14 more drivers had been revoked for law violations to make 2,921 revocations since the law went into eftoct last Novem- , hla permit aied him for an additional year when convicted of driving drunk after his-license had been revoked. Sentenced For Life St. Paul, May 15.—Harry Camp- ill, sentenced to life imprison- in the federal court Tuesday _ he pleaded guilty to partici pating in the ^00.000 abduction of juicer Edward G. Bremer, was taken secretly to the Leavenworth penitentiary yesterday, it was dis closed today. Federal officials they expected he would be taken eventually to Alcatraz pris on. Farmera Should Sa« Com mittee to Get Afqrftca-,'-: ' tk» FcmiU £ ' Etermers oF~Wilkes county iaeaBMH* oHsaimui, luf wlshli«[ to participate In the new DufRjy, of sabatltute for the trim A must make application to their respettive community committeemen before June 1, it was learned today ftom the of fice of A. O. Hendren, Wilkes farm agent. On Wednesday and Thursday of last week educational meetings Woman Sets Record Croydon, Airdrome. Eng., tor the purpose of explaining the new farm plan and its provisions. These meetings were followed up by another series which runs into this week and during which time applications will be signed and handed the committees of the six districts in the county. Particular stress is laid on the fact that ap plications are to be handled through the committeemen and not to be filled out at the coun ty agent’s office. Little interest was shown in the first meetings that were held and in many cases the attendance wss small but as the program became more widely known a- mong the farmers interest in creased rapidly, and each suc ceeding meeting was more large ly attended. It is expected that several hundred farmers in the county will acquire work sheets and meet requirements of the new farm measure. It is expected that the soil con servation act will Interest Wilkes farmers even more than the ment and conservation, which are badly needed In the county. Following are additional meet ings which were not included in the last announcement; Haymea- dow school Wednesday, one p. m.; Mt. Pleasant school in Lewis Fork township and Ellis Woodie’s store in Jobs Cabin township all day Friday, May 22; all day Sat urday at Lewis Fork church, old voting place in Elk township and Stanton voting place. Rev.Reavis Heard AtCommencement The new German zeppelin g^nt, Hindenburg, demonstrating mr- ship transp'rt service across the North Atlantic, wrill make t^ vwts to naval air station at Lakehurst, N. J., from now until _mid-Octoter, averaging two and a half days for the 4,000-mile crossing betwen New York and F^nkfort-on-Main. On each arrival herp Ameri^n technical skill will be called upon to serve the huge craft with lifting gas and fuel for its four newly developed Diesel engines. T(^ photo shows the airship in fli^it. and at the bottom is shown a special navy tank car used to transport the zeppelin’s lifting gas. Dr. Hugo Eckener veteran zeppelin commander, is shown in the center inset, and to his left is Captain Erenst A. Lehmann, Eckneris flying ^assist ant. W. H. Butler, Diesel engineer for the Esso marketers, who will direct the refueling, is seen at the right. May i Croydon, Airurome. dig., i „ 15. ^Mrs. Amy Johnson Mollison. i College Place Partor Deliv- Eiigland’s number one airwoman, j ers Sermon to Wilkea- pnt three new records into her log- boro Class book tonight She returned from I Capetown, South Africa, setting records each way for the solo flight and a new one for the round trip. She made it back in 4 days, 16 hoars, 18 minutes, trimming the record of Flight Lieut. Tommy Rose of 6 days, 6 hours, 67 min utes. Says Pay Off Debt St. Louis, Maiya 15.—A Missouri »Baptist preacher challenged the -Southern Baptist conventiou today to free itself of debt that it might carry forward more e^ciently the vvortt tp wldch it was Hue th« TPripp, of SL Jr [ director of the ‘ which in a period of rm has cut nearly a half flbUars from the d^ prln- cipil of the denomination. AredFrawrls Given Sentence Fednotl Court Began May ** Takw in Wilkeaboro This Momingt Heavy Docket Fred Frasier, plaecd under ^probation laet November, was to two years in the Atlanta penitentiary In federal court at Wilkeaboro this morn- two-weeks' term began to- dsy with Judge Johnson J. Bayes praddihg and after Us chargo to the grand J«tt th* probathm ease were called. Out of approxtar .ely 46 such cases all aafcept -^r .wero plgced on regular prtMVon. ani> ffcaever AdWn# wera a of vtolatlon of * laws gnd wa^eonvlot- seBteness had not bean noon, taees a heavy docket •iM[^^svwal eiv- iUal on _ TTTMfniT eal- Rev. B. C. Reavls, pastor of College !'lace Methodist church Greensboro, delivered the com mencement sermon to the Wilkes- boro senior class In a service held Sunday night at the Methodist church. His subject was “The Unfold ing Life’’ and during a splendid message he urged the graduates to do their best at whatever task they undertake and to be reckless in that they put forth every effort in the right direction. A duet was rendered by Miss Ila Holman and Prof. Zeb Dick .son. The class night program on ^ Thursday night at the school building will be In the form of a history of the development of education in the world, in the state and in Wilkes county. Prof. Hoyt Blackwell, of Mars Hill college, will deliver the com mencement address in the final program on Fridayy night, to be rendered at the Wilkesboro Moth odist church. PlMl9Paifc Seme Parkway Will Be Elongated National Park From Shenandoah to Smoky Mountains A program for wayside recre ation parks adjoining the Blue Ridge Parkway has been defi nitely launched, It was revealed In Richmond, Va., last week by Federal officials. Acquisition of lands for several parks In Vir ginia and in North Carolina has been negotiated and approved for purchase by officers of the Re settlement Administration, which is supplying about $300,000 for land buying and partial develop ment. Develo,pment of these areas will be under the supervision of the National Park Service and in accordance with the so-called master plan for the development of the Blue Ridge Parkway, now being constructed to connect the Shenandoah and Great Smoky Mountains National parks. It Is expected that when the first WPA allotments for construction are released shortly by the Re settlement Administration, ap proximately 80 per cent of which funds will go directly to the em ployment of labor from the re lief rolls of neighboring counties. Development of the parks will first be undertaken In sections where the Blue Ridge parkwBjj is now under construction. Par^ will be developed on Bent Moun tain, near Roanoke, Rocky Knob, near Floyd, and Smart View, near Smart Post, office, In Virginia. An outstanding North Carolina mountain (Cumberland Knob), near Galax, Va„ and The Bluff (Continued on page eight) OF Tboae Who RnfuaMl .r Work, FmuMi OBwr Joba^ Died or Mured Awny Jim Rivers, director' of the sixth WPA district, said last week thjat assignment files were being purged for the new fiscal worka program of the federal govern,- ment. Redaction in the eligible relief rolls was expected to be “ma terial.’’ The district director made no estimate of the number of cases, however, which will be stricken from the WPA roster. Upder state orders persons who'have found private'employ- ment-,-ultlmate ahn of the pro gram—^will be marked ineligible for federal work relief. Rolls will be purged of the dead, those who refuse work and the onea origin ally unjustified for work. “We believe,’’ Mr. Rivers said, “that there has been material change in the status of persons who were certified originally for WPA work. "It is important at this time, in view of the new program, to ■weed out’ those who are ineligi ble for federal aid.’’ Among those who will fall of certification under the program, it was Indicated, will bo persons who refused assignment or fail ed to report for re-assignment. Persons having other sources of income likewise will be ruled In eligible. Dance Revue On Finley’s schoirtr of dance and drama Will app^ In public per formances Tuesday evening and Tuesday night at the Liberty Theatre. The afternoon performance will be at three o’clock and the evening performance at 8; 30. More than fifty beautifully cos tumed pupils will take part in one of the finest presentations ever staged here by local talent. Teachers Asked To Return Books Books Loaned by Welfare Department to ^ Repair ed During Summer Wilkes county teachers who obtained books from the county welfare office to use during the school term now drawing to a close are asked to return them as early as possible, Charles McNeil, welfare officer, said today. The welfare offee has quite a collection of books which teach ers use with underprivileged chll- dreu each year and teachers should carefully gather each book and return them to the of fice. Some of the teachers asl:ed to use the books during the sum mer months and were granted this permission but since that time it has been leav^ed that fa cilities- will be provided during the summer for mending these books and for this reason the welfare officer is asking that all books be returned. • No ?cl of a child less than lidven'yrers'did Is a crime. Wiley M. Ploitctoi. tor ’ten years superintendent of Lincoln- ton’s city schools,; U.a candidate, for the office of; comn^ander of the North CaroHhr ' department of the American Legion at its' annual convention, to he held ih’ Asheville in July, . ,.,..,r v F-ederal Revenue Agmta Make Succeaaful Raid in Traphill Vicinity Thomas Brown, young colored man of the Traphill community, is in jail at Wilkesboro as the re sult of a raid on a still Thursday by agents of the alcohol tax unit. They destroyed an illicit distill ery in the Traphill section and made the arrest of Brown. Brown was bound over to the May term of federal court in a hearing before J.'W. Dula, Unired States commissioner, but so far has been unable to fill the bond of $600. Officers who made the raid were C. C. Noble, A. R. Wil liams, C. K. Kirksey and Clin- ard Johnson. Hurt In FaB From Car Nancy Brown, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Brown, was painfully Injured Sunday after noon when she fell from her grandfather's automobile while he was driving on highway 18 near Falrplaine. She sustained severe cuts and braises, but her condition is not regarded as crltlcai. ^ Four Die ia Wreck Shelby, May 16.—Four persons were killed instantly late today near Mooresboro, ni^ miles west of Shelby, 'when their ear failed to m»I« a carve, overturn-' ed and smashed into a telephone pole. The dead are: Pete VaUaa. 41, cafe operator of Shelby: Mrs. L. M. Gorton, 28, of Jaacksonville, Flari;«W. T. gtephmaoii, 81. of (%arlotte, and Mitt Mazy Hawkins.^ 26, of South Gaetonia. IOh Pra- Une Baiklay. 26, of South Qestonia, frar Several ConRktiag Reports On Story of Meteorite Faffiig May 5 Harry T. Davis, curator of ge ology at the state museum, and William H. Robertson, 'of the state department of' agriculture, were In Wilkes county Friday la search of a fragment of a meteor ite, which was reported to have fell in the Roaring River vicinity on Tuesday, May 6. The incident'has "been the sub ject of many copflictlng r^oite in the dally aewspapars and excited quite mtich IntorMt,. ^ It is a knoirn fact that'about three o’clock on the morning of May 6 a meteor flashed across the skies, there -was quite a rumbling aoise and. a shock similar to the jar ot a sligU hand reports a man reported t(i,a iFIpaten-Sale® .paper that the meteorite struck in a sand clay road near Roaring River and buried Itself niae f^t in the dtrt. The report went-on te say However, this report yas found to be without foundation hut a smidl hole was found in the road but was caused by soma natural Incident. ^^rs. Davis and Robertson, however, ware of the oplnlou'that a fragment of the heavenly body did strike soaiawl^ In this: BIXXLUAf W fclhW J»a wa • 'nw— ’ ettUtahaake, which was fel$ by ^tlon. They *^8! Mre loia, many local resi^aits maarjaad anyen^had^™ 'm In'this part of the stata Ifmudisu -«R la raqfeott* to a^rewst foriaalNdtfl Application For Seed Loans Close Saturday, May 30 A|1 Fsurmora who are'"{mreefed la obtsSlag seed loans from the government for financing the 1936 crop should make application this month, it was learned today from the office of A. , G. Hendren, Wilkes farm agent. Attention was called to the fact that no applications will be received after May 30 and prompt action should be taken by all who desire a loan. The loans are advanced for seed and fertilizer and with crop lien as security and are to be repaid at harvest time. Build Sidewalk i ■ Near Postoffice Local Men Go Before Offi cials in Washington; As sured Project Three local cltlsens went to Washington, D. C., last week and came back with the assurance that a sidewalk will be construct ed along the west side of the new postoffice building In this city. J. T. Prevette, C. T. Doughton and Attorney Milton Cooper went before Mr. Reynolds, procure ment division of the Public Warks branch of the treasury de partment, and were assisted In presenting claims for the project by Congressman Walter Lambeth and Congressman R. L. Dough- ton. Within a few minutes time they had exhibited a drawing of the proposed sidewalk to connect C street with the alley betwsem i;he Deposit & Savings Bank and the G-P store and the project was placed In the program to be con structed soon after July 1. The sidewalk will be six feet in width. For son^ tRne it htt been dis cussed that the proposed sido- The department readily agreed and the sidewalk •will be con structed. Marble, May ,17. —^MarrlsoU jj^ndldaU the race narrows —«.a..^ WA %tT.' rw r Holden. 14-yeor-oid son rtf Mr. and Mrs. Anthony t$Sflden, of Marble, was drowqod'tUF ittefr- noott In Talley The youth'wu,.:,—--T-r- ^ KToral ooianaiHUM v^ig8ii»v'^: •Ckninttui SrtcrataiT, O. McNrtil, Am Rm Mmct- eI by Coonty Committee LARGELY ATTENDED All Townahipa Reprtientum in Biennial Meeting; Sew- eral Talks Are Mab_ Wlth a largo crowd represoat- Ing every township in the coBaty present, the Wilkes county Dean ocratlc oonveation was held Sat urday afternoon in Wilkesboro. The principal items of bosinsM were perfecting the county or- ggnlsation and electing delegates to the state convention to be held in Raleigh on June 12.*- J. R. Roussetyp, cbalrman, and C. O. McNleL secretary, of tha county executive committee, were re-elected and Miss Zelle Harris, of Roaring River, was named rieo chairman. The convention was opened by J. R. Rousseau and D. J. Carter, of this city, was called to tto chair as temporary chairman. Members of the local press assist ed the secretary. It was decided that all wjntw Democrats who will attend .Vi certified as delegales to ' the state convention. By virtae of a vote of 5,629 for-gq^gdr igJHkrt riectlon four yeuM^ a^'; Tmittt li entitled to 38 drfegtft^ {ng 28th In number bf-^ :loiir of Preeident Ruuiwriilt, Ooverttor niringhans. Senators Bailey and Reynolds and Con gressman Lambeth, of this dis trict, was passed by the conven tion. R. R. Church having filed foe endorsement as a member of the county board of education, the convention endorsed him for that position. Mr. Church is the only member whose term will expire this year, the new law specifying that members will be appointed for a six-year term with the term of one member expiring each year. The convention stood in silent tribute to the memory of a her of prominent Deihocrafs whip bad died since the last cenvanttem was held. Among them beiag Will Pearson, , Washington Lunsford, C. C. fright, John D. Hall, and J. A. Forest'll. The resolution was amended to ia* elude any others iTot mentioned. Quite mush Interest wasaho** in the convention and brM talks were made by over a score Of party leaders, including Attorney Bugene Trivettej,AMflCW*-’-P- Cranor, J. O. Hhelett, Mrs. B. B.' Underwood, Attorney R. C. Jen- bingB, Attorney Cody Shatl^, ftr- U Promt, Mrs. F. C. Johnson, Attorney C. O. Gilreath, Attor ney Milton Cooper, C. T. Dough- ton, J. C. Reins, Attorney W. H. l^eElwee, Glenn Dancy, D. F. ghbpherd, C. 6. McNiel, J. R. Rousseau, and a telegram of greetings from W, A McNiel, •gadidato for the legislsture, waa read before the convention. jEhmearive Owamittee Following are nhw memboff the county executive coiBtBittea tt shown by the ci^eatiais from the various preeincte: Anfioch, R. G. Mathis; Beaver Creek, Q. C. Hayes; Boomer, W. R. Craft; lynShy Mountain, M. V. BoUa- non; Blk No. 1. K. S. Wllllaaa; Elk No. 2, W. A. Profflts Wr ward No. 1, Clyde Bnrcbette; Bd- No. 2, W. W. Harris; wards No. 3, J. C. Newman; Jobs q CnWn No, J. R. V. BeMtestat Lewis - Fork, T. S. Q Lrtvelaee, ft. F. Hsyes; Iforevlan ^ -Ihlls, Joe M. Feanon; Mulber- lojured (Nficer Returns Home Patrolinan Honeycutt Re covering From Injuries in Motori:ycle Acrident L. A. Honeycutt, patrolman who was seriously injured on May 10 when a tire blew out on hi* motorcycle, was released from the Wilkes HospiUl here Sunday to spend a few days at his home at Monroe. ; He suffered a broken leg and a brokeii hand, severe bruls^ and lacerations in the accident which occured 12 miles north qf- this city on highway 18 hear H«- Grady j)08tofflce. IVhen the tire blew out'the motorcycle left the highway and plunged down ah embankment. Officer Honeycutt was stetlon- ed at Taylorsville. His relei^ from the hospital here is only temporary and ho will retarn tor periodic examinations. J. E Walker b NotaGmdidate Local Police Officer la Pfoi Seekmg Nomination For Office of Sheriff Jbhn B. Walker, popuUr-meis- her of the North Wilkesboro lice department, today Issned^rjri^ yp, 1, Bverett Hayes; Malbeis bbried Itsejr mao leei .Ma. *“» oopanuiouv, l, stvermi- xiayen. wiuDK- dtrt. The report went :on te W statement to the effect that 2, P. B. Dancy; New Ctt-^ rtiat highway fotcosjj promptly; ]***’' H^»a«fiLnrov*mettL * candidate for the tie. ML L. Gray; NorQt-WUkho-.^ J ^ledm UP the ?“‘^ *i®!i**®l.‘“?!r!!!!!!;jcratlc nomination for sheriffp. j. Carter: bole, thus shutting off. view from somethiag hundredi would have paid gladly to see. ro, D. J. Carter; M>, J. L. Hemphill;, eratie nomination for sheriff Wilkes county^^^and that his na«:, nompntu; will not appear on the ballot >4*^ c. Johnson; Somi bo voted in the primary on Jw|^2u-*» QPmre^Aei ' - Vnl 6. With Wlalkor definitely two men, C. T, Doughton, man of tho youhF nion’s, braife olaha, had OdiK “ ii^ ' kffiiTB ■■fhimhBgi: Stanton, Zollie No,rIi«i_ hlf'WWttli^ohr ■fte. 1. A. 'M> RolWoo re No. 2, A. No. i; oro Nhk