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B«rtfo^, J«lr M.—GMllng a
: bla^ bua to a •tranter eoet
^Henua Brickboiue, aetro boy,
tbe eoets ot court Tueedey nrbea
the ateaser turned oat |o be
SUte Oeme Warden ^ Park
er ot^ Cnrritack county.
Ob Wendel Gaae
Newark, N. J„ July 24.—A fel-
trand jury today heard Paul
H. Weadel*8 story of how he was
ebdueted and tortured into “coa-
feualng” the Llndbar«h baby
kMnaping, then laid plans for an
investigation of the case expect-
'*^'',to last at least three weeks.
V Leadlag The World
Washington, July 24,—Speed-
inc to build Its nary to the full
Mreagth authorised by existing
■v***y pacts before they expire De-
> comber SI, the United States now
is leading the world in naval
construction.
'* Glass Objects to Honor
Wiasbington, July 24.—Over
bis “most vigorous protest,” the
(lie of Sen. Carter Glass is to
.ir^r on a 50-cent piece com
memorating the 150th anniver
sary of his home city. Lynch
burg, Va.
yohrrj
VCgi. XXX,ItQ. 83 Mondays Mftd
Citeii Danger.
Charles A. Lindbergh, who
spoke Thursday night in Berlin,
Germany, and warned Europe of
the destructive power of airplanes
in war.
Find Tooth in Ear
Phoenixville, Pa., July 24.—
Harry Ross, 24, complained of
an earache today. Dr. J. E. Got-
wals probed and extracted a
tooth from the ear. It had been
there 17 years. Ross recalled los
ing a baby~’ooth in school in
1919. A playful companion stuck
It into Ross’ ear.
Man Stabbed By
Woman In Fight
Cline Hall In Serious Condi
tion At Hospital; Three
Are Held
Cline Hall, youth of the west
ern part of Wilkes, has been re-
I ported to be in a quite serious
Fanner Tlm'aten.s \iid..st.s ^ c^,ndition at The \/ilkes Hospital
Long Valley, J.. July 24.- Inhere he is being treated for
Will bearles mopped his brow as j knife wounds received Saturday
, . nigkt, July 18, at the home of
he finished cutting the hay in a
field and announced that, if the
crowd of spectators which he ex
pects in the field Sunday did not
rout the nearby nudists, he would
y^^poTt a load of bumble-bees or
‘rattle snakes.’’
Uons Close Meeting
Providence, R. I.. July 2 4.—
Abont 6,000 delegates to the 20th
BTentlon of Lions Inter-
concluded their four day
> twlsy after electing Ed-
• ward R. Kingsley ot Parkersburg,
• W. Va., as their president and 1
picking Chicago as the 1937 con
vention city.
Zeb Triplett near Darby.
Waiter Triplet’, Hetty Triplett
and Will Dula £ re being held in
jail at Wilkesboro pending the
outcome of his injuries. Hall is
reported to have told offices he
and others were at the home of
Zeb Triplett when Walter Trlp-
!■ tt assaulted him with a knife,
Apparently without cause, and
inflicted two wounds on his arms.
He ran to the porch, he said,
where the woman, apparently in
tending to pound him in the
1 chest with her fist, stuck a knife
into his chest just above his
heart and his condition has been
considered quite grave since that
lime.
Urs^ .\dult Elucation
anel- HHl. July 24.—Urging |
CbBt an appropriation he made *>y 1
the federal government for the! (J||0 1 aKeil
support of adult education in
North Carolina to be supplement
ed by an appropriation by the j
state, a set of resolutions to this.
effect was passed by delegates at.
the third state conference on;
adult education which came to a
close at the University of North
Carolina Thursday afternoon.
'|rdcnU Road Funds
Washington, July 24.—Federal
agencies listed 17,545,915 as
available for new highway and
grade crossing construction in
North Carolina at the close of
the fiscal year, June 30. This in
cluded $3,767,106 of the $5,884,-
927 apportioned for Federal aid
highway projects tor 1936 and
1937.
Millionaire For Day
Winston-Salem. July 24.—Wil
liam E. Merchant, of this city,
knows how it feels to be a mil
lionaire for a day. Yesterday
Merchant received a dividend
check from a company in which
he owns a small block of stock,
le check being for $1,000,014.50,
properly signed by all neces-
BBir officials. It should have
b«eB for $14.50. He returned the
Check'today.
At Still Friday
Federal Agents Made Raid
in Call Vicinity; Ralph
Staley Taken
Federal alcohol tax investiga
tors working in Wilkes Friday
made a successful raid in the vi
cinity of Call when they destroy
ed a medium sized still and made
the arrest of Ralph Staley, who
was charged with manufacturing
illegal liquor.
The defendant was hailed be
fore J. W. Dula. commissioner,
and was released under bond of
$500 for appearance in the No
vember terra of federal court.
Officers taking part in the raid
were J. C. Fortner, Leonard
Roope. J. T. Jones and Carl Met-
ter.
Nomkiatioii m |
Speech July 2l
Estimated 120,000 Heard
Kansas Governor Start
G. O. P. Campaign
CONSTITUTION IS ISSUE
D^iscussed at Length; C^Is
* For Econmny smd Free
dom of Nation
Topeka, July 23.—A pledge “to
restore our government to an
efficient as well as constitutional
basis’’ was given the country by
Alf M. Landon tonight in a sol
emn acceptance of the Republi
can presidential nomination be
fore massed thousands on the
Capitol lawn.
“ifTie time has come to stop
this tumbling with recovery,” the
Kansas governor said “The time
has come to unshackle initiative
and free the spirit of American
enterprise.”
In earnest tone jis he looked
Into the faced
of the shirt-
sleeved and
summer dress
ed throng
blanketing the
16-acre capltol
square, Landon
shouldered the
Repu b 1 i c a n
candidacy, and
in broad
strokes outlin
ed his appeal
to voters to re
pudiate new
deal rule.
Landon spoke from a platform
on the south steps of the Grecian
columned state capitol.
Proposes Benefit Payments
In these paragraphs he propos
ed a farm plan with cash benefit
payments, promised to put "our
financial house in order,” pledged
federal relief to the needy, and
promised “to maintain the con
stitutional balance of power be
tween the states and the federal
government." — '
■.. A few minutes earlier Landon
stepped through the flag-draped
portals to take his place on the
platform surrounded by Republi
can committeemen, members of
the notification committee and
party leaders.
130,000 Take Part
Officials were hesitant to es
timate how many had gathered
within the sound of Landon’s
voice, but Brigadier General Mil-
ton R. McLean, Kansas adjutant
general, said 120,000 was a na
tional guard estimate of the
^ 1986 OPTEi^frA'
jtedarftfto si
Catawba Hard Hit
-.^naiekory* July 24.—Comment-
Jtng on dispatches from Washing
ton, listing Catawba s9 one of the
28 North Carolina counties on
the department committees list
of emergency drought counties
- Earl Brintnall, county agent, said
today at least one section of the
coanty “literally has no crops at
~ all.” This section, Brintnall said,
- ' lies below SUrtown all the way
- to the Lincoln county line, most-
, ly in Jacobs’ Fork township.
i*-' Seven To One Profit
Wlashington, July 24. The
/ ‘ Federal Bureau of Investigation
y esUmated today that “recoveries
^ effected and savings to the gov-
emment” in cases Its agents In-,
vertlgated totaled $34 708,815
1 daring the year ended June 20.
^ With ewenses of the bureau
placed at abo^t $5,000,000 for
4'th« year, J. Edgar Hoover, the
rector, said that “for every
Uar which was spent for the
grating costs of the bureau
„'daring the year, approximately
fetseven dollars 'was
the government or individual ciu-
.sens in property recovered or
' Mvl^gs eWeeted.'”
Legion Meeting
Gets Under Way
At Asheville
Asheville, July 26.—-Memorial
services tonight at the First Bap
tist church opened the 18th an
nual convention of the North Car
olina department of the Ameri
can Legion and its affiliated or
ganizations.
Bishop R. E. Gribbln, of the
western North Carolina diocese
of the Episcopal church, was
the principal speaker at the me
morial services.
More than 1,700 persons have
registered for the convention and
approximately 1,000 more are ex
pected here tomorrow. Parades,
concerts by drum and bugle
corps, and a business session are
on tomorrow’s program. New of
ficers will be chosen Tuesday
morning.
A late photo of John D. Rocke-
felJer,. Sr., millionaire oil king
who has past hls'96th birthday.
Inset is his picture many years
ago when he was active in busi
ness.
County Unit of
Farm Federation
Organized Friday
Temporary Organization is
Continued; More Than 50
Farmers Attend
A large crowd of Wilkes coun
ty farmers gathered at the court
house in Wilkesboro Friday and
formed a county unit of the
American Farm Bureau Federa
tion.
Quite much interest was shown
on the part of those attending in
organizing a county unit of the
Farm Bureau. Twenty-seven join
ed in the meeting and paid their
dues, this being the largest coun
ty unit organized by Otis Kerch-
er, of Indiana, special representa
tive who addrassed the farmers
mb—
being attained by ttrb national ^
ganlzation in its effort to better
the plight of the farmer. Among
the others who attended were O.
F. McCrary, district agent, and L.
F. Brumfield, Yadkin county
agent.
The temporary organization
named in a previous meeting was
continued. The county committee
is composed of J. M. German,
president, H. C. Roberts, vice
president, L. G. Billings, secre
tary-treasurer, and George A.
Key, of Ronda. The organization
uonai KUttru tJBtiiuttLc ui uuc —-' ' ,
number who participated in the committee for various communi
#4 4 r^vif no>i 1 no 'nroa OlQn
full day of pageantry culminat
ing in a two-hour parade and the
formal notification.
As far as could be seen from
the speakers’ platform, the
ground was blotted out by men,
women and children. The notifi
cation program was short, John
Hamilton, the national Republi
can chairman, briefly introduced
Representative Bertrand H. Snell
of New York, permanent chair
man of the Cleveland convention.
Then I.andon came forward
dressed in a white suit, as the
multitude shouted its welcome.
High lights of Governor Alf M.
Landon’s acceptance speech:
in accepting this leadership I
pray for divine guidance to make
me worthy.
The 1936 platform of the K®-
publican party has my complete
adherence.
No people can make headway
where the great number are sup
ported in idleness. There is no
(Continued on page four)
ties and townships was also con
tinued.
The next meeting of the or
ganization will he called by the
president.
The American Farm Bureau
Federation has about a quarter of
a million members and works
cooperatively through legislative
channels and by other means to
secure its objectives.
Coiisbi^i
Unv^y
RepreMntiiliT« of
^S«p»iee Bm^u jSpoakMf
at MaetiBg^^
IS LARGELY A1TENDED
Are Urged to Consider Job
as Important Profession
in Commonitjr
L. H. Buisch, reprsun|ative of
the merchants’ sales' service bu-
reai of the.: National Cash Reclen ^
ter company, outlined some of
the fundamentals of salesmenship
before a meeting of the Wilkes
County Merchants’ association
and many salesmen and sales la
dies held at the city hall on
Thursday night.
The meeting was arranged to
be of special interest to each
business man dealing in selling
and to every sales person employ
ed by them. The meeting was
well attended, the seating etj,--
paclty t)l the ball being practical
ly filled.
Howell Gabriel, at the request
of the president of the Merchants
association, presided and Intro
duced the speaker. Following the
address refreshments were serv
ed to the large number attend
ing.
In the outset of his address
Mr. Buisch declared that no one
could define salesmanship but
that he would endeavor to explain
some of the essential fundament
als.
Although directed to merch
ants as well as sales people, his
address was more particularly to
those who do the selling and
wait on customers. “A store is
no stronger than its personnel,”
he said and throughout his lec
ture for more than an hour he
emphasized the importance of
sales people as representatives of
the firm by which they are em
ployed and that the public will
measure the store
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Edwln'R. Kingsley, of Parkers
burg, W. Va., who was elected
president ot Lions International
in tb" '’onventlon which closed
last week in Chicago. Kingsley
has a long record of service in
that organization.
Five From Wilkes
At Short Course
Wilkes Well Represented at
Annual Gathering in Ra
leigh Last'Weiek
Five boys represented Wilkes
county at the annual -4-H Club
short course at Stacte Uollege In
Raleigh this week.- .
The youths
Recognized
Project
Cam B« Secorad if Sstfficiaiit
' Amount of FumU Is
Rwuad. Lboallg ^
; POOL IS~C0^1DERED
^ould Use Swimming' Pool
Near Yadkin.as Part of
Riverside Park
Through means of a WPA pro
ject, North Wilkesboro may se
cure a playground park and a
municipal playground at small
cost, It was learned unofficially
today.
A committee of the Wllkea
County Council of Social Agen
cies, central civic organlzatioii
working on a number of major
activities of outstanding interest,
has been working out plans
whereby it is hoped that a mu-
nincipal playground, for years
conceded sorely needed here,
may be const! ucted. '
Although the committee has
made no formal report of find
ings so far, It Is understood that
a plan has been under advisement
whereby the swimming pool lo
cated near the Yadkin between
the ’WHIkesboros, would be ac
quired as a part of the play
ground and Riverside Park and
that many and varied improve
ments could be made if^a Works
Progress Administration project
is complied and approved.
WPA officials are said to have
offered full cooperation provided
the necessuT amount can be
raised locally to supplement WPA
funds. Further developments In
regard to prospects for the pro
ject are qxpectet^vttUKrA-r4!BV.
Home Coming At
Olin August 2nd
Announcement is made of the
tenth annual home coming to be
observed at Olin churL'. on Sun
day. August 2. The day’s pro
gram will open at eleven o’clock
and lunch will be spread picnic
style at noon.
In the announcement Mrs. W.
T. Tatum, secretary of the Olin
Home Coming Association, stated
that all former pastors, resi
dents and friends are cordially
invited to attend.
Dock Anderson, Under Bond For
Murder, Jailed On Arson Charge
At High Point
Furniture Show
A num'ber of local people are
attending the Southern Furniture
Exposition in High Point, which
began last week. Among the lo
cal manufacturers represented
are N. O. Smoak for Forest Fur
niture company; Ivey Moore for
Home Chair company; J. R. HIx,
A. B. Johnston and Dick Gwyn
for American Furniture company;
J. E. Caudill for Key City Furni
ture company.
Dock Anderson. Windy Gap
resident once convicted In Wilkes
court on a murder charge and
now under bond for another kill
ing, was jailed Sunday by depu
ties sheriff on another charge,
that of arson.
Officers were called Sunday to
go to that community, where
they found that Anderson’s corn
crib containing over 200 bushels'
of corn was burned and that the
window lights were broken out
of his house and the furniture
badly battered. Deputies C. H.
Dancy and George Holland made
the investigation and the arrest
of Anderson.
His wife is said to have accus
ed him >/f setting fire to the corn
crib and doing the damage .to
his residence, although he told
officers that he did not set the
fire but did batter up the house
and its contents. When It was
mentioned that he bad brokea
every window pane In the house
he denied the charge, saying that
there was one window he could
n’t reach.
Anderson is indicted In super
ior court for the murder of Dink
Love in December, 1934, and his
case has been on the calendar for
a number of terms but has not
been reached. His bond in the
murder case was set at $2,000
and it Is understood that he has
been asking officials that they
name a 'bond on the charge of
arson.
Trial on the charge of murder
is agEiin calendar^ for trial in
the August term to begin on
August 10,
Anderson is the second defend
ant under bond for murder. 'Who
has been re-lncarcorated within
the past week. Dave Cook, fac
ing the charge of killing*’ John
Robinson here laSt winter, was
jailed last week on. the.ckarte of
assaulting Jean, Raffe, a woman,
at her home near Windy Gap.,
“'Mjcuples the humble pos
the servant of the public,
oat your good points that are of
value to your employer and build
them up the greater strength.
Examine yourself deep down and
eliminate your weak points . . .
do not think too much of mater
ial things but strive toward an
ideal ... Of all things goodwill
and confidence are the greatest
assets of your store. Sell your
store, yourself and your commun
ity to your public.”
Then he outlined some of the
fundamentals of salesmanship as
follows:
Better retail selling is the key
to success.
The foundation of any business
18 in its customers.
Selling is a game and training
is essential.
Take a profe.ssional pride in
your work.
Salespeople must learn to like
people.
Sale analysis—greeting, learn
ing customer’s wants, showing
the merchandise, giving selling
points, completing the sale, mak
ing suggestions, speedlr t the
service. '
No sale is complete without
sales suggestions.
The following essentials, he
said, constitute the salesperson’s
yardstick: interest in customer,
courtesy, knowledge of goods,
personality, appearance, tact,
“horse sense,” honesty, loyalty,
confidence, enthusiasm, selling
the right merchandise, and sales
volume.
His address was delivered In
a most straightforward manner
and with apparent sincerity. In
conclusion he urged that they
treat their job as their profession
and ask God for guidance and
strength to do their job better
and be of greater service to the
public and to their employer.
Announce Revival
White Plains Church
Announcement is made of a se
ries of revival services to begin
at White Plains church one mile
north of Roaring River on the
third Sunday In August, the
13th.
Rev. Pervis C. Parks, the pas
tor, will be assisted by Rev. J.
N. Binkley, of Harmony. The
public Is cordially Invited to at
tend the meeting, which will con
tinue for one week or longer.
Aoddents I/eed IMsease
University, Ala., July 24.
Miss Marian Telford.’' national
safety council consultant, said
here that accidenU took lives of
more school children •. anntfally
than any disease.
itaieTaifa^jg^
last year,' Edwin
Claude Holder, Clifton Brown
and Paul Ed Church. They re
turned today.
Mr. Hendren reported that the
youths were having a wonderful
time when he left them and that
there were 640 boys and girls
from all parts of the state in at
tendance.
In addition to regular studies
On subjects pertaining the 4-H
Club work and activities, the
boys and girls participated in
several forms of worthwhile rec
reation.
C.. Gryder Is
Farm Supervisor
For Resettlement Adminis
tration in Wilkes and
Alexander
playground for the past four
years concerted effort ia
now being made to secure suck
an addition to the recreational fa
cilities of the city, more especial
ly for the benefit of children who
have no municipal playground
facilities.
C. H. Gryder, of Hiddenlte,
Alexander county,, has been ap
pointed farm supervisor for the
Resettlement administration for
Wilkes and Alexander counties
and has entered upon his duties
in that capacity.
The Resettlement administra
tion in Wilkes county this year
is caring for 46 families through
loans tor fertilizer, stock, feed
tor stock, cost of fertilizer or
many other' items ot expense to
rural people who are thus being
rehabilitated.
Miss Iris Council is home sup
ervisor for the counties of Wllkee
and Alexander and the district of
fice is located in the Bank of
North Wilkesboro building.
Resettlement is not making
loans at the present time but
loans may he made to clients in
the early fall for planting of
fall crops.
Good Program Is
Furnished Club
Salesmanship (Theme of Il
lustrated Lecture to Ki-
wanians Friday
C. O. McNlel furnished a good
program to the North Wilkesboro
Kiwanis club Friday noon in the
i form of a transcribed illustrated
I lecture on the subject of “Salee-
manship."
The lecture dealt with the tact
that everyone is interested in
selling something, whether it be
merchandise, labor, professional
or business services. A highlight
of the illustrative program was
concerning goodwill, by which
practically all selling is guaged.
Five major points in selling
were stressed as follows: person
al appearance, facial expression,
friendly voice, interest in custom
er and enthusiasm.
Wilkes Man Is
Given Parole
Wai Wyatt, Convicted in
March For Larceny, Freed
By Governor
Will Wyatt, who was convict
ed In Wilkes court In the March
term and sentence to a term of
18 months on the roads for lar
ceny, on Friday was given a pa
role by Governor Ehringhaus.
-,Tkd Wilkes man was one a-
mong the 19 who were paroled by
executive order.
Mayor WL B. Harris ahd daugh
ter, JMmle, of Wilkesboro, left
^rly Sunday morning to visit
his son, Seargent Chanes B. Har-
Two Postoffices
Are Discontinued
Porlear Route Extended T o
Serve People At Maple Springs
And Hariey
Two postoffices, Maple Springs
and Harley, have been discon
tinued and patrons formerly serv
ed by those offices are now get
ting their mail over Piirlear
route 1.
The Purlear route extension
covers a distance of five miles
on highway 421 to the loot of
the Bine Ridge and makes the
route 40 miles in length.
Fine Wheat Cn^
Clifford Moore, one of the
oovnty's beet yovng farmeee,
reports a splendid wheat harv
est regjkrdleiBS of the dry wea
ther which cut tbe crop short
to some extent. Mr. Moore
states that be made 290 1-2
bnelhela of wheat on 8 S-4
acres d land on his fann near
Straw.
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rls, Of Fort Monroe, Va. :-’?■'f’’ si^^, Mrs. B«Mh.
Miss Annelle Beach.- daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. M. W, Beach, ra-
turu^ last week from ,s$jeadiag-
Bome time at Newh!^^, 8. C>,
with her aunt, Mlv.'Hr H.' VeitUI,
who accompanied her home for a
visit of several days with heif«
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