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VOL. XXX, NO. 82 Published Mondays and Thuwdayg V NOBra W!&KESBORO, N. C.
Ton of liquor
Found On Auto
Monday Night
Inherits Found Foctuae
London Has Short Rest
. Topeka. Kas., July 21.—Blocks
t.E, ;*^ay from decorated and hoH-
^_^|day-sptrited tewntown Topeka,
^^OY. Alf M. LMdon spent most
^ today in hiSiexecutive man-
enjoying his^amily’s home-
Ol:«o»big and a few welcome hours
before Thursday’s notifi-
Ij^ oatlon ceremonies.
Charlotte Man Taken By
Federal Officers In Win
dy Gap Vicinity
220 GALLONS SEIZED
htcDonald Expenditures
Raleigh, July 21.-^The eom-
P^fctttee for the McDonald program
•^r reported today U received |697.-
6 and spent t696.96 in the In-
terest of Dr. Ralph W. McDonald,
It defeated Deulocratic gubernator-
■ ' Sal candidate, during the cam-
|,-^^Kn preceding the July 4 run-
TBff~primary.
Kill Influenza Virus
Boston, July 21.—Influenza,
one of the last unwhlpped plagues
of civilization, was a step nearer
the fate of its sister plagues,
smallpox, yellow fever, diph
theria and typhoid tonight, two
Harvard scientists announced.
They reported they had recover
ed the influenza virus from the
air and killed it by contact with
ultra-violet rays.
Smoke Screen Device Dis
covered On Car; Bond
Fixed at $2,500
Smith Has \o Plans
New York. July 21. - P’ormer
Governor Alfred E. Smith said
toda.v he had liad a conference j
with Republican Chairman John :
-'b. M. Hamilton, hut refused to j
. discuss whether he would take !
i ' part in the fall campaign. ‘•.411 !
I've got to say is that 1 met
Ifjmiillon yesterday." he said.
1 '^^lltfther than (hat I haven’t got
1, anything to say about it.’'
Diseases On Deeliiie
Raleigh, July Yl.—Dr. J, C.
Knox, director of the state divl-
9I epidemiology, said today
Vndcr the |>ersonal supervis
ion of T. E. Patton, head of
the alcohol tax unit office in
Charlotte, federal agents Mon
day night captured T. C. Per-
rell, 26, of Charlotte, tvlth
220 1-2 gallons of liquor on a
oar in the M'iiidy Gap commun
ity in Wilkes county.
.Ag^ents A. R. IVilliams and
C. C. N’oble were with their
chief when the exces.slvc liquor
haul was made. They blocked
the road and when the car
came to a stop Perrell is said
to have jumjicd and run but
met liis Waterloo in a barbed
wire fenc*. where an overtak
ing officer nabbed him.
Perrell was driving a 1936
model popular make of car and
his cargo \veighcl one ton. Of-
ficc'rs located a .smoke .scrccti
device on the vehicle.
Following a preliminary
liearing In-forv J. W. Dula,
I’nlted .States comnii.ssioncr,
Pcrn-II wa.s lotigjul In the
Wilkes Jail in default of $2,500
bond, it being learned that he
has been before the courts be
fore on liquor charges.
Three other cars in a caval
cade with .t’circll’s made their
escape.
Fnril Growws'
Anoiikl Ficnic.
To Be August 21
Popular Annual Gathering
To Be Held At Mount
Olive Church
Tipton, la.—Louis Voss (above)
and wife are to inherit the fortune
! of $212,000 found hidden in the
machine shed and house on the
farm of three Iwers brothers
here. Seventeen other cousins are
contesting the will.
Guard Company
Returned Sunday
From Ft. Moultrie
Company A Spent Two
Weeks In Camp Near
Charleston, S. C.
Plans are underway for the an
nual Brushy Mountain Fruit
Growers picnic, which will be
held this year at Mount Olive
church in Alexander county, on.
Friday, August 21.
With the aid of the extension
service at Raleigh a special pro
gram is being arranged, with
good speakers on subjects of
special interest to fruit growers
and also a demonstration and
exhibition with particular regard
to the women of the group.
This picnic, sponsored by the
Brushy Mountain Fruit Growers,
has grown in popularity each
year, not only with members of
the organization but with fruit
growers in general. All the invi
tation necessary ’s an interest in
the production of good fruit in
this section and the usual well
filled dinner basket.
Detailed program will be pub
lished later.
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Fin o^gA
County Ui& of;
Farqg Federation
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Farmers From All Parts of
County Invited to Meet*^
ing Friday > ■■
TO NAME OFFICER
Temporary Orgtfttixation Set
Up In Meeting 'Held
Few Days Ago
. HiiiaT rfi Worth Carolina last
•week. Scarlet fever decliuod from j
'25 new cases reported the week
before to 12 last week. IVhooplng
cough rose from 42 to 4S and
smallpox rose from none the
reek before to one last wetk.
More Tobacco
lecks flamve
Company A of 105th Engi
neers. North Carolina national
guard, returned Sunday from
Fort .Moultrie, Charleston, S. C,,
whore two weeks were spent in
the annual summer encampment.
Company A had the full quota
of 64 men in camp and vvas in
command of Captain Ralph R.
Reins. First Lieutenant E. P.
Robinson and subordinate offi
cers.
During the fir.st few days in
camp many of the men spent
much of the time on the rifle
range while the newer recruits
were engaged in field drills. Var
ious games and athletic activities
furnished-recreation.
Funeral service was held at the
Wilkesboro Baptist church Wed
nesday morning for Mrs. F. (}.
Holman, memher of one of
Wilkes county's most widely
known families and for many
.years an outstanding church and
civic leader in Wilkesboro. She
died Monday afternoon in Davis
Hospital in Statesville.
Mrs. Ila Mary Spainhour Hol
man was the^dniighter.Qf
ijiMrvw
Adjustment Payments to 102
Special Base Signers
Total $171.70
In Ja3 Monday
Polio Epidemic
Montgomery, .Ala., July '-’1.
Infantile paralysis, its death toll
at 1'). continued spreading .slow
ly today in Alabama and Tenn
essee. hut Missis.sippi reported no
Tobacco c r o p adjustment
ment checks made payable to
Uj2 Wilkes county farmers have
been received by A. G. Hendren.
county farm agent, and will be
eiven out from liis office Friday
of this week
Was Busy Day at County
Bastile; None Jailed For
Serious Offenses
A total of eleven prisoners
were lodged in the Wilkes coun
ty jail Monday on offenses rang
ing from drunkenness to assault.
Among the number were three
new cases in a tri-stale outbreak These cliecks are | sentenced j„ mayor’s court here,
of the disease. The death of an paymems to farmers who signed caught by
eight-ycar-old girl at Uirming- special ba.se contracts and are for
ham. brought Alabama’s casual- a total of $171.6U. Adjitstment
ties to 11 Four liave died in payments to regular crop reduc-
Teunesscf. ' tioii conlra't signers were made
a few weeks ago.
total of aptroximately $.35,-
PU" wa.s paid to Wilkes farmers
under contracts during the life
over the corn belt today and sim-1 triple .A farm aid measure,
ultaneously the "critical period ^ —
set by crop observers as dete^ Boomer Resident
raining whether ’S»36s drougnt ^ 1 A l
•would equal i9 34's closed. A con- Injurecl At LenoiF
tinuation of June ; Will Rctum Home
Secretary Wallace Williard Wiliiams. young man
month, would rank the 19.,6 dry Boomer community who
l" apell with that of two years ago. i
Drought .sitill Serious
Chicago. July 21 —Warufr
weather hegaii a general advance |
was .seriously burned when a dust
comet H^s”ihis Way ! PiP^^ exploded at a furniture fac-
vA VY>rk Julv 21.—Peltier’s! tory where he was working at Le-
r.s„.ly di.™.er.a ..„lr ..cenUy. .111 .. M.
comet, heavens con- «ome some lime this week,
traveler of to-' He is a son of Mr. John Wil-
tinued tonight on its course i .
^,ard earth, the nearest point of j .
j^hich will be reached August '
sT9ie •body- risible to the naked
eye of .those familiar with
a highway patrol
man, several by deputies sheriff
and one by a federal officer.
The defendant jailed l>y a fed
eral officer wa.s T. C. Perrell. of
('iiurlolic. who was caught .Mon
day night with 220 1-2 gallons of
liquor in a car in the vicinity of
Windy fla)i. None of the others
jailed were charged with felonies.
hilhsl Ity .Auto
Lumberlou. July 21.—Easter
White. 30 year-old Tar Heel ne
gro, died ill a Lumbertoii hos
pital Sunday from injuries su
stained that morning when struck
by ail automobile driven by Ma
thew Hsnagan, negro, of Bladen
county. Henegan is held in jail in
Elizabethtown, pending outcome
of a coroner’s inquest. The wo
man was standing beside a car
that had stalled when .she was
struck.
the
. heavens and provided with a star
cB«p'. is expected gradually to in-
Ttmie In brightness from the
■fth magnitude, in which It. now
-to'the fourth or third mag-
. nitude.
E'ewer Screen Kisses
Hollywotxi- July 21.—Kissing
is becoming a lost art in the mo-
Tlee. Nowadays, even the longest
and most lyrical cinema love
atory has an irreducible minimum
ef kisses in the total footage, sel
dom more than four,
less. This contrasts sharply with
the adolescent age of Hollywood
t ’-ory a picture that came along
X fewer than 15 epidermal col-
#^ons was considered practically
^ travelogue.
Baby Heir To MlUions
Dunn, July 21.—Another heir
was born this morning to tne
.famous Edward W.
^Browning estate, the value of
. Sr is eetimated at between
|8 §90.000 and $10,000,000. Pa
mela Lane, a seven-pound one
B^ce baby girl, was born to Mrs.
B. Hood 0. ■>«;
ed daughter of Ed^^rd
‘ Browning, Tuesday morning at
J « Vef^k at the 'rnom^n
ttamorUl hoapUal In Lumberton.
■Jih SMrther and baby are get-
'■ #oag fine.
Dave Cook, Under Bond For Murder,
Is Jailed For Assault On a Female
Jean Raffe Beaten at Her
Home Thursday; Both
Placed In Jail
To Attend State
Meeting Of Legion
Dave Cook, who faces trial in ;Convention Will Bo-
, I ijin Three-Day Session In
the .August term of Wilkes su-1 • .Asheville .Sunday
perior court for murder of John .
Kobiiison in this city last winter.' Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kilby, Mrs.
and who has been free under I j Roii.sseau, and Miss Toby
bond for several inoiilhs, ha.s been ! according to present
placed back in Wilkes jail and
has other charges added to that
of murder.
On Thursday of last week he
was alleged to have assaulted
Jean Raffe at her home in the
Windy Gap vicinity and beaten
bur almost to the point of death.
The Itoraan, it is understood,
had been with Cook on a num
ber of (jeeasions and is said to
have been mixed up in the af
fray In which Robinson was kill
ed here.
Tfeighbors of the woman re
ported to the sheriff’s office Sat
urday that she was In a critical
condition at her home and they
investigated the reports, finding
the woman beaten up In a terrible
manner and badly in need of at
tention. Both eyes were blacked
(Continued on page eight)
plans, will represent the Wilkes
post of the American Legion a'nd
local unit of the Auxiliary in the
North Carolina department con
vention to be held in .Asheville
the first part of next week.
Those from this city will at
tend the Monday session. Mrs.
Absher is state chairman of
Americanism, area C chairman of
child welfare and a member of
the national child welfare com
mittee.
Last Rites Held
For Mrs. Holman
Hyde Park, N. Y.—With President and Mrs. Roosevelt as guests,
Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, U. S. minister to Denmark and daughter of
the late ^William Jennings Bryan, was married here to Captain Boerge
Rhode, of the Royal Life Guards of King Christian X of Denmark.
Photo shows the bride and groom leaving the church.
Was Outstanding Cjhurch
and Civic Worker; Funeral
Wednesday
Mrs. John Martin, son, Henry,
and daughter, Mae, son and
daughter-in- law, Mr. and Mrs.
Ed Martin, of Cleveland, Ohio,
have been visiting Mrs. Vick
Wall at Boomer. They were ac
companied home Friday by Mr.
George Wall, a grandson of Mrs.
John Martin.
•mmw mm m ^ m » i ••»—* -
was horn In the Dellaplane sec
tion of 'Wlllkes county on August
25, 1870. When a young woman
she attended Oxford Seminary
and was graduated from that
school in May 1890.
Upon her return from Oxford
sho taught piano at her fa
ther’s home at .Moravian Falls.
Three years after her graduation
site was married to k'. G. Holman
on March 1. 1803. at .Moravian
Falls. Later they moved to Wil
kesboro. where Mr. Holman was
engaged in busines.s.
Ill Wilkesboro Mrs. Holman
wa.s affiliated with the Wilkes-
bnro Baptist church and several
civic and social organizations
through whicli she worked for
Hie good of her coraiiiiiiiity. In
the church she was a most ac
tive and valued member, doing
much personal work, teaching in
the Sunday school, led the Sun
beam Band, and served as presi
dent of the Woman’s Missionary
Society.
Ill civic organizations she had
•rved as president of the Wil
kesboro woman’s club and con
tributed liberally in time, work
and material means to the
growth, progress and achieve
ments of that organization. Re
cently she had taken a great in
terest in the erection of the Com
munity House and did much to
ward realization of the project.
She ana Mr. Holman donated the
building site for the Community
House. At the time of her death
.Mrs. lAolmaii was vice president
of the club.
She served as president of the
Wilkes Valley Guards chapter of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy and showed a great in
terest in the work of that organ
ization.
Since the death of C. C. Wright
slie served as chairman of the
Doris Wright Scholarship Memor
ial fund, by which many Wilkes
county girls have found It pos
sible to continue their education
in college. As an individual Mrs.
Holman was known tor her gen
ial and charitable disposition and
was always ready and willing to
aid any needy people with whom
she came in contact. She gave
much thought and attention to all
church 'and civic activities In
which flhe took a part and in the
obituary read at the funeral by
her pastor he stated that “Mrs.
Holman did much work and did
it well.’’
Mrs. Holman is survived by
her husband and four children:
Edwin Holman, who holds a posi
tion with the Associated Press in
Atlanta; Mrs. \Valtef Spivey, of
Rich Square: MisseS"'Ila and
Bertha Holman, of . Wilkesboro;
also surviving are one brother, J.
E. Spainhour. of this-city, ,:Ono
uncle, Joe Spainhour, of Morgan
(Continued. 00 PM0 Oi*ht> '
Discount Allowed
On County Taxes
Discount For .July Is Two .And
One-Half Percent; l.s Con
siderable Saving
Inspect T V A
Farms in Wilkes
('. H. Ferguson. Wilkes coun
ty accountant whose duty it is to
receive payment for 1936 coun
ty taxes until the sheriff con
ducts laud sales and takes charge
of the new books, is calling at
tention to the fact that a dis
count of two and one-half per
cent is allowed on all 1936 coun
ty taxes paid during the remain
der of July.
This means quite a substantial
saving to many of the taxpayers.
ed that a'considerable sum will
be paid on or before August 1,
after which date the discount
will be less. Taxes are being re
ceived according to the 1936
valuation by tax listers and on
the basis of $1.10 as the estimat
ed county tax rale for the com
ing year.
Surprise Lineups
Donkey Baseball
Assistant State Supervisor
Here Yesterday With As
sistant County Agent
E. H. Mecham, assistant farm
management supervisor for the
Tennessee Valley Authority dem
onstration forms in North Caro
lina spent yesterday in Wilkes
looking over 45 demonstration
farms being operated this year.
Assistant County Agent W. J.
Hanna has charge of the TVA
Hilarious Entertainment At
Fairgrounds Friday, Sat
urday Nights
farms where' high test phosphate
was furnished by the TVA for
demonstration farms where farm
ers agreed to carry out a program
of planned farming designed to
enrich and conserve soil.
Wilkes farmers showed oon
siderable interest in TVA demon
stration farms to the extent that
45 applications were approved
and these farmers are going a-
head with planned farm’ng as
approved by extension workers
and TVA agricultural authorities.
Elect Officers
Qf Legion Post
Frank Johnson Namid Com
mander; New Officers To
Go In In October
Wholesalers’ Tax
Is Now Past Due
On Friday and Saturday nights j Rousseau Calls Attention to
ol this week prominent business i Taxes Due the State
and professional men of the city! Month
will mount donkeys at the fair-
Frank Johnson was elected
commander of Wilkes post No.
125 of the American Legion in
'ae post’s meeting last week.
Other officers elected were:
Ralph Bowman, vice commander;
John W. Hall, adjutant; Charlie
Porter, seargent at arms; W. G.
Gabriel, retiring commander.
grounds to engage in games of; j. R. Rousseau,
collector of .f,'
The Wilkes post now has a
donkey baseball, that fascinating ; revenue for the state in Wilkes membership but an ef
sport that creates worlds of fun county, today called attention to ^ enroll . a
and side-splitting laughter. The the fact that corporations, firms „„mber of veterans. The
game each night will start at
eight o’clock and the fairgrounds
or individuals engaged in whole
sale business are due to pay a
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will be lighted especially for the j license tax of $10 to the state,
gvents. This tax was due on July 1 and
Previous plans for announce- ’ if not paid during the remainder
ment of the lineups today were of this month a penalty will be
discarded and sponsors would on- added. Anyone desiring further
ly say that the lineup for the j information regarding state taxes
game would be kept secret and i may get in touch with Mr^Rous-
larger number of veterans. The
newly elected officers will as
sume their duties in October.
Beauty Contest
Here July 30th
that those who attend will get | seaii at his office in the Deposit
(Continued on page four) ! & Savings Bank building
Believe Chicken Thefts Solved With
Arrest of Two Men Here Wednesday
Notices Given
On Town Taxes
Tax Collector Says Drive Begun
To Collect All 1935 Taxes;
AA’amlng Is,sned
In a special notice elsewhere in
this newspaper today W. P. Kelly,
tax collector for the town of
North Wilkesboro. is calling at
tention to the fact that those who
owe 1935 taxes should pay
once and save additi inal penalty,
cost of advertising or garner-
sheeing wages. Notices have been
mailed those who have not paid
and they are urged to pay dur
ing the remainder of this month.
Licensee Taxes Due
Mr. Kelly also calls attention
to the fact that special licenses
taxes were due to the town on
July 1 and a penalty of five per
cent Is prescribed for each thirty
days said taxes remain unpaid.
Policeman Picks ^Up Txvo
With Bag of Chickens;
Confession Made
Woman’s Club Sponsoring
Event at Liberty Theatre
Next Thursday
Patrolman J. E. Walker, of the
North Wilkesboro police, yester
day morning picked up two
youths with a bag full of chick
ens and officers believe they have
solved several chicken thefts re
ported during the past few weeks.
The two men who face charges
of going into somebody else’s
"T ■ chicken business are Willard
' Porter, of this city, and Royd
Wlarren, of route 2. North Wll-
keeboro.
Officers said that the two had
been under suspicion for some
tiipe because of the volume of
poultry they had been selling on
local markets and Policeman
Walker picked them up while
they were walking along an alley
with a burlap bar o* chick
ens. They are said to have con
fessed that the' . chickens were
stolen and were’ immediately
place4 In jail at Wilkesboro.
Anpox those who h|iv* report
ed cMrtens missing are W- * 8
Farmers of Wilkes county-will
meet at the court bouse on Fri
day, July 24, for the purpose of
organizing a county unit of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion.
Plana are under way for the
formation of a very active unit
of this organization, which now
has a quarter of a million mem
bers in the nation and Is actively
influencing a number of reforms
designed to better the plight of
rural residents and those who
depend upon the soil for a liveli
hood.
A preliminary meeting was
held on Monday, July 13, but be
cause of short notice only those
to whqm word could be sent per
sonally attended. Otis Kercher, of
Indiana, a representative of the
national organization, explained
many of the aims of a Farm Bu-
real and promised that someone
well versed in the objectives of
the organization will be present
for the general meeting to he
iield Friday of this week.
Various farmers representative
of many of the county’s leading
communities have been asked to
organize their townships and
work toward a large attendance
at the meeting to he held Friday.
The temporary organization set
up In the first meeting is com
posed of J. M. German, president,
H. C. Roberts, vice president, L.
G. Billings, secretary, and George
A. Key, of Ronda. These will
irveagthe
perfected:
All farmers inPBrested In the
welfare of the rural population
are cordially invited to the meet
ing Friday.
The North Wilkesboro Woman’s
Club is cooperating with the All-
State Beauty Show Company to
select the most beautiful girl in
North Wilkesboro and vicinity.
The winner will compete with
other winners from over North
Carolina In November in a state
wide contest to choose Miss North
Carolina.
The All-State company is con
ducting a nation-wide search for
beautiful girls and stage talent.
Miss North Wilkesboro will have
a screen test made, while at the
state contest, by the Movie-Art
Production company. In addition
there will be a state amateur con
test, and the winner of the state
contest will broadcast over sta
tion WWL in New Orleans.
The elimination contests to se
lect the most beautiful girl and
the most talented amateur In
North Wllkeaboro will be held at
the Liberty Theatre on the night
of July 30. The winners will have
all expenses paid while at the
state contest In November.
As nn added attraction a Shir
ley Temple dress will he given to
the cutest little girl In North Wil
kesboro. The Uberty Thsatiw H
ottering "Bariy to Bedr as ^
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