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Late Hews Of
State-Nation
Told Briefly
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BlMt Kills Boy
Anbarn, N. Y. — Raymond
Psyns Jr., 9, ot Norfolk, Va., died
In s hospital here of Inluriee suf
fered when he hammered
dynamite cap with a stone.
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Junaloska Fond Rh«e«
High Point, Aug, 18.—A total
of $87,000 has been pledged in
the sare Jnnaluska campaign, it
was announced tonight by Dr. W.
A. Lambeth, director, who said
that he had high hopes of^ get
ting the remaining $18,000 by
September 1.
State’s Finances Good
Raleigh.—^Three tax checks to
taling more than $4,000,000, re-
colTod by the s.at6 during the
last month, helped swell the cash
balance of North Carolina’s gen
eral operating fund from $600,-
787.17 on July 1 to $5,509,503.-
17 On July 31.
Killed On Highway
Shelby, Aug. 18.—J. B. Bigger-
staff. 55-year-old farmer, died
Monday from injuries suffered
Sunday night when he was struck
by an automobile as he walked
along a highway. Azlea Hollins,
20-year-old negro, was held as
the driver of the car and a pre
liminary hearing was set for to
morrow.
Suicide Victim
Goldsboro, -\ug. IS.—Clifton
Eatmon, 17, son of Mrs. B. \.
Eatmon of Goldsboro, shot him
self to death at Sims, near Wil
son, Saturday. He placed a shot
gun against hi.s breast and pull
ed the trigger. Despondency be
cause of ill health was given as
the motive for the deed. V. C.
Martin. Wilson county coroner,
ruled that an inquest was un
necessary.
Plan .Atlantic Hops
Floyd Bennett Field, N, Y..
Aug. Aug. IS.—Dick Merrill,
veteran air mail pilot on a vaca
tion, and Harry Richman, sing
ing stage and movie star, com
pleted a trans-contine.ntal flight
here today and immediately set
S^urday morning as tentative
ifiilBe for the start of their rpund
trip speed flight to Europe.
OCT dafTHB STA1
Wilkes Covered by Work
Sheds In New Farm Act
Defend^
OIWPAmCou^
Need Surveys For Road*
Order To Continue Roe^y,
Improvement
New 'York . . . Back in 1922,
Miss Natalie Crane of Brooklyn
(above), was hailed a child poet
genius at 9. Now Natalie Is 23
and this fall goes on the lecture
platform to fulfill the literary
promises of her childhood.
Tobacco Fanners
Much Interested
425 Men And 177 Woaj^ti’:
On WPA PayroIU InV/^ V "
Wilkes County
Total Acreage O f Crop
Lands Participating Is
Over 30,000
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Lack of desirable .pToJects v.
difficulties, concerning the coiH
tlnuation of the county-yrlde read,
project may seriously hamper,
Works Progress administration 1#^
di-nnlvlnv work to ahout 600' ‘•7'’
A total of 990 farms in Wilkes
county have work sheets to par
ticipate in the 1936 soil conserva
tion act and work of checking
compliance with provisions for
which benefits are paid are soon
to begin.
Supervisors have been attend
ing conferences and have been
taught their duties in checking
compliance w'ith provisions of the
ast.
Figures for the county show
that 80 per cent of the tobacco
farmers have signed up to par
ticipate in the soil conservation
(Continued on page eight)
Mysteiy Of Baby’s Body In Well Is
Partially Cleared By Discovery Of
Its Mother And Arrest Elkm Woman
•AY
Take.s His Own Life
Martinsville. Va., Aug. 18.
JeSi.'ft W. Sawyers. 61. well known
Fleldale citizen, committed sui
cide early today at Fleldale base-
_bgjl park by firing a bullet from
.38 Colt special through his brain,
death coming instantly. Coroner
J. W. Simmons investigated the
tragedy, learning that the act
was attributed to despondence
over ill health.
I>ake Changes Climate
Chicago, Aug. 18.—.Airplane
pilots who fly over Boulder Dam
each day on transcontinental
trips said today that the lake cre
ated by the dam was slowly
changing the climate of Southern
Nevada and Northeastern Cali
fornia. The pilots said instru
ments in their ships showed that
the water backed up behind the
concrete horseshoe on Ihe Colo
rado River was cooling the air
miles around.
Friday Is Date
To Collect Books
For I’ublic Library' In Wilkes-
boro; People Asked To
Give Book.s
Tomorrow (Friday) is the date
for collection of books in Wllkes-
boro for the Wllkesboro public
library.
MM.
,.r«r-r
chairman of the library commit
tee of the Wilkesboro Woman’s
elu>b. which is sponsoring the li
brary project, although the in
stitution will be for use by the
public.
.Any who have any volumes
they wish to donate are asked to
have them ready Friday, when a
complete canvass of the town will
be made in an effort to collect a
considerable number of volumes.
Those who have hooks they
wish to donate should give them
to the collectors regardless of
their condition. Workers employ
ed by the book mending project
of the WPA will repair any
worn or damaged books given
the library.
for
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Another Hotel Killing
Chicago, Aug. 18.—-Capt. Dan-
Gilbert of the State’s attor
ney’s police announced tonight
that Rufo Swain, alias James
Jason Gray, a negro gambler,
had confessed the slaying of Mrs.
Mary Louise Trammell, 24, in
her hotel room Sunday. Captain
Gilbert, with Swain and several
other officers, left immediately
for the SUte street hotel in
which Mrs. Trammell’s nude and
-beaten body was found to re
enact the crime.
Baby Was Bom Dead Sat
urday Night In Hospital
At Taylorsville
Officers yesterday reported the
discovery of' the mother of the
dead girl baby found in an old
abandoned well in eastern Wilkes
Sunday morning.
Mrs. Flake Brown, of Elkin,
was found by Sheriff Maya, of
Alexander county, yesterday in
supplying work to ahout 60 ()',*?*•'
lief cases in Wilkes county. It was
learned today from T. D. Heff
ner, division engineer In charge
of the branch office here, -tfn
This situation has largely de
veloped because many of the
highway projects made up some
time ago are nearing completion
and the state highway commis
sion has so far failed to make
additional surveys for projects of
permanent improvement on farAl-
to-market roads.
Under the present WPA setup
the sponsor of a project must put
up 30 per cent of the total cost.
Towns and communities in need
of various projects would , dp
well to take advantage of the
opportunities afforded, is the
opinion of many who are inl^*
ested in securing projects of gen
eral benefit.
.At the present time there arp
approximately 425 men on WRA
payroll in Wilkes county and ttte
last report showed that 177 wom
en are employed.
Work is now progressing onrA
street Improvement project In
this city, which calls for gravel
surfacing second street and Bos
ton Avenue. The Trogdon road
project has been completed. Mr.
Heffner said there Is
P.AJ.1
Bismarck, N. D.—Hungry cattle whose rangelands are now barren
dust-covered plains, finally invaded the North Dakota state capitol
grounds here last week, nibbling at such grasses as had survived the
scorching heat which gripped this state for weeks.
Free Use Re-employment Facilities
Will Broaden Service, Officials Say
‘.“ibim, LONNIE CANTER Dl^re
DEAD AT NOON TODAY
Mrs. Jones Says
Prospects Good
For National Republican
Ticket; Has Returned
From Conference
Cyn-shed By Tractor
Walnut Cove. Aug. 18.—Jack
Little, 38, of Pine Hall, owner of
a saw mill situated near the Dan
River, seven miles from Walnut
Cove, was critically injured to
night about 6:45 o’clock when
he was crushed by a tractor. Lit
tle was driving the tractor across
a small creek and had started
up a steep bank on his way out
of the creek bed when the ma
chine overturned on him pin
ning him under the steering col
umn.
Watch Food Pricee
Washington, Aug. 18.—WPA
officials said today they are keep
ing a. close watch on the Labor
Department’s index of food pric
es to see If relief workers’ wages
are In Une with the cost of liv
ing Attention was focused on
this activity by the request of a
delegation, which said it repre
sented a large number of WPA
workers In Detroit, for an in
crease from $60 to $72 the
monthly allowance for unskilled
labor there. The delegation con
tended food pricee and rente had
increased so that workers’ fam
ilies could not live qn $60 a
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.Mrs. John R. Jones, of this
city. Republican national commit-
teeworaan from North Carolina,
returned Wednesday from a con
ference of Republican women
from 18 states composing the
eastern division of the National
Republican Women’s Clubs and
brought reports encouraging to
Republicans interested in the
success of the Republican nation
al ticket.
Mri. Jones was accompanied
to Tkew York by Mrs. Eugene
Hester, of Reidsville. state vice
chairman. They report that the
conference they attended in New
York City Monday was an en
thusiastic gathering from every
representative state. “Prospects
tor the success of the national
ticket, a well as local Republi
can tickets, in these states are
very bright,” Mrs. Jones said,
“and the national ticket seems
to be gaining in popularity every
day.’’
While in New York, Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Hester spent
sometime in eastern headquart
ers. 3 W. 51st street, in confer
ence with Mrs. Joseph W. Mar
tin, Jr., eastern manager, and
Miss Natalia Couch, eastern di
rector of the woman’s division.
They brought back encouraging
reports of the campaign.
hospital attachees Identified the
rubber glove box in which the
baby’s body was found as coming
from the hospital.
According to the story told of
ficers by Mrs. Brown she gave
birth to the slightly premature
child Saturday night and that the
baby was dead when born. This
statement was born out by phy
sician who attended her at that
time. After its birth, she said, her
sister, Mrs. John Hudspeth, of
Elkin, promised to take the
baby’s body and have it buried
in the family plot in a cemetery.
Instead the baby’s body was tak
en and placed in the old well
three miles northwest of Elkin
near the home of Jo.hn Shore,
who said there were two men in
the car that stopped near his
house while they went to the
well.
Mrs. Hudspeth was taken into
custody Wednesday and brought
to Wilkesboro, where she vtas
placed under a bond of $2,000.
However, she refused to discuss
the affair in any way and would
make no statement that tended
to throw any further light on
the case or reveal the identity of
the men who threw the package
containing the body into the old
well.
Mrs. Brown, it was learned
here, had been separated from
her husband for more than a
year.
county wide road project oh
which work is now being carried
out. On some sections of second
ary roads a permanent type of
improvement work is being done.
Other important projects under
way include the construction of
the Mountain View school build
ing, addition to the courthouse
in Wilkesboro, and the erection
of the Wilkesboro community
house. A project has been made
up calling for an addition to
Mount Pleasant school building.
Lightning Strikes
2 Houses Friday
half a mile west of this ihty,
died suddenly at noon today,
presumably from a heart at
tack.
Mr. Canter had been em
ployed by the Wilkesboro Man-
ufacturlnj; company for a num
ber of years and had many
friends over the county. Sur
viving are his wife, Mrs. Julia
Canter, and the foUowlng chil
dren: Isaac, Milwaukee, Wls.;
Hoy, North Wilkesboro: Grady,
Purlear; Mrs. l&telle Parsons,
Richard and Louise Canter,
North Wilkesboro. Funeral ar-
jl^angcments had not been made
.'early this afternoon.
Severe Storm Strikes In
Hays Community; Dan
cy, Higgins Homes
OFFICER NABS COUPLE
and cargo of LIQUOR
Mrs. A. J. Pendley and daugh
ters. Mrs. T. J. Garrett, Mrs. R.
F. Whitmore and Misses Ada
Whitmore and Evelyn Garrett, of
Henderson and Durham, are vis
iting Mrs. Ruby Pendley.
Lightning hit two residences
and slightly injured one person
Friday during a storm In the
Hays community.
The home of C. H. Dancy was
badly damaged by the bolt. Ail
posts w'ere knocked from the
porch, strips of weatherboard and
celling were torn off and other
damage was noticed. Mrs. Bsra
Dancy was badly shocked ,I*ut
soon recovered.
During the same storm, which
was accompanied by rainfalL.^fi
cloudburst proportions, the hoW«
of Boyd Higgins was somewfiai
damaged when hit by Ugditntiig
but no one was hurt.
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Hickory, Aug. 19.—Thirty-one
cases of bottled in bond whisky,
valued at $1,200, was captured
late Tuesday night by Corp. Car
lyle Ingle, of Lenoir, who arrest
ed a Wilkesboro man, and a wo
man accompanying him In a
truck bearing the load of liquor,
about six miles from Blowing
Rock on the Lenoir-Blowing Rock
highway.
Arrested on charges of posses
sion and transportation of Illegal
liquor and reckless driving while
transporting the cargo, Henry
Clay Holland, 43-year-old Wil-
kesboro man, was brought to Le
noir where he gave bond amount
ing’to $1,100. His youag woman
' companion, 'Treva Ray, of Deep
Gap. Watauga county, gave a
The will power 1s
the vehicle ■’" Trial for the two was set for
on which most of the other ment
al faculties are transported.
$200 bond.
September 8 before Judge A. R.
Crisp In Lenoir.
KIWANIS CLUB WILL^
MEET FRIDAY EVENING
WITH ELKIN KIWANIANS
Members of the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club will go to El
kin Friday evening for an Inter-
club meeting with the Elkin Ki
wanis Club. It Is hoped by club
officials that all members will
atterd the meeUng.
“White pine trees in AVilkes
county should remain free from
a serious disease known as the
Blister Rust,” declared Dr. R. W.
Leiby, state Entomologist, who
spent several days here recently
inspecting the removal of currant
and gooseberry bushes which are
able to breed the rust disease and
pass it on to white pine trees.
Thousands of these offending
bushes have been removed In the
county by WPA workers during
the past three summers and the
work will be completed In Wilkes
county this week, said Dr. Leiby.
This has only been possible, he
declared, by the unusually fine
cooperation given to supervisor
Fergnson by citizens of the
county who have realized the im
portance of permitting the pull
ing of currant and gooseber
ry bushes, both wild and culU-
wlthln 900 feet of any white pine
tree.
“There are, as far as we can
estimate by close surveys, at lehst
200,000 acres of 5 per cent and
more white pine in Wilkes coun
ty,” said Dr. Leiby. “Foresters
believe this is a tree of more
than average value because of its
usefulness, rapid growth and
ability to reseed itself. Remoyal
of all the currant and gooseb^ny
bushes that the Wf>A workers
could locate by systematic search
and checking on their removar^^n
second season to get any sprirtte
that were overlooked, means tjqf^
no bflster rust can get on whfte
pine In the country. Naturally^
are a hit proud of tha work
here," said Dr. Leiby.
This blister mst, WPA.
has employed an average of
men during each of three s
and state expenditure of around
$5,000.00 for labor, repo'rts su
pervisor Ferguson. At the comple
tion of the Wilkes county work,
he will transfer his activity to
Alleghany and Alexander coun
ties which need only some check
ing work In order to he complet
ed within a few weeks. There
fore, a group of three counties.
Including Wilkes, will have their
white pine trees safe from pos
sible Infection by the disease.
According to Dr. Leiby, there
Is no Blister Rust known.to oc
cur on white pine trees in the
state. The nearest point of in
fection is in Northern Virginia.
“For once,” he declared, “we are
^olng to keep a serious tree di
sease out of tlfe state.”
lent of uncertified whtts, Bpworth League and
■verted’ that were found ^jir^f^j^mers which result^ lu’'a
;ted«^ ” '(CoBtinued on page eight)
Urge Registration Of Unem
ployed Skilled Laborers
or2w
Woman'
Sentenced IS to
Years In Prii
Betty Triplett, Walter Ti ,
lett And Will Dula Face
Long Term
WILL APPEAL CASE
State Had Asked For Vc
diet of First Degree For
Slaying Cline Hall
Not less than 15 nor mor
than twenty years In the state
prison was the sentence hande
down by Jndge J. H. Clement
Wilkes superior court Wednesday
to Betty Triplett, Walter 'Triplett
and Will Dula lor the murder oil
Cline Hall at the home of Zebl
Triplett near Denny on July 27.1
The defendants were placed onl
trial for their lives and the statol
asked for a verdict of first degreel
murder. After about five hours!
deliberation the jury returned
verdict of second degree murderl
against all three defendants.
The trial was completed rapid-1
ly, considering that a capital of
fense was alleged. The jury was
selected Monday from the regu-j
lar jurors and a special venire of I
75 men. The state completed ite[
evidence Monday afternoon. High
lights of the state’s evidence was
the death bed statement of Hall, I
who was quoted as saying that I
Walter Triplett inflicted knife
wounds on his body and that the I
woman made the fatal stab in I
his chest.
The defendants went on tl
StMdi to deny
In order that tie re-employ- mjt cutting Han’s sm'but nelth-..
ment service may serve the gr^t- gj. gf them admitted knowledge I
IVl nr nnnnin nf. I
est possible number of people, 'of
flclals of the local office which
serves Wilkes and four adjoin
ing counties are asking that un
employed persons, industry and
individuals needing laborers of
any kind get in touch with the
office.
A full registration of unem
ployed, especially those skilled
in any trade or labor, is essen
tial in order that efficient service
can be rendered those in need of
workers and in order to serve the
jobless, officials pointed out.
The local office has succeeded
in placing practically all skilled
workers registered and any In
the territory who are not gainful
ly employed are asked to keep
their registrations In force by
periodic renewals. At the pres
ent time there are calls tor ex
perienced jack hammer men and
those who have had experience
in driving a large Hugg truck.
All available tractor drivers and
machine operators have been
placed on the Blue Ridge park
way construction projects.
In order to point out the scope
of the employment service It was
reported today that the office
has a call for an experienced
white woman cook at substantial
wages.
Many placements are being
made by the local office, which
is in charge of J. B. Hash.
!%ull Fractured
In Fight Sunday
Officers Seek John Lackey
For Alleged Attack Ofl
Bob Cannon
Bob Cannon, Alexander coun
ty resident who had been work
ing in this city, is a patient In
the Wilkes hospital, where he Is
apparently recovering from a
fractured skull he is said to have
received at the hands of John
Lackey here Sunday.
The two men, who were car
ing for some livestock pastured
on the fairgrounds, engaged In
a quarrel which later developed
into a fight, officers said, and
Lackey struck Cannon on the
head with a shotgun, fracturing
his sknll. Efforts on the part of
officers to locate the alleged as
sailant have so far been unsuc
cessful. ,
Ice Cream Supper
There will be an Ice cream sup-
, e r at Friendship Methodist
church near Millers Creek 'estur-
o’clock. It is sponsored^ hy
, .r-’
Is Inyited.’-
flicted.
Other witnesses told of how a I
wild party was In progress when
the altercation occured and that
they saw the three advancing on
Hall and that Hall had struck
Walter Triplett and Betty Trip
lett with a piece of slab.
After judgement was rendered
In the cake defense attorneys
made their motions and gave no
tice of appeal to the supreme
court. Appearance bonds were
set by Judge Clements at $15,000
each. 'll
Solicitor Jones was aided in
the prosecution by J. M. Brown.
Eugene T’rivette, W. H. McElwee,
T. R. Bryan and J. E. Holshouser i
were the defense attorneys.
Following the capital case Ro
bert Lee was tried for the death
of his mother-in-law, Mrs. J. G.
Teague, in an automobile acci
dent over two years ago. A ver-'
diet had not been rendered at the:
time The Journal-Patriot went to
press this morning.
Fred Glass, charged with the
murder of Lum Anderson about
four years ago, was scheduled te:
be tried today.
Preaching MissionI
To Begm SepL 2!
Dr. Warren W. Way
ed For Series of SenricM
at St. Paul’s Parish
Rev. Wbrren W. Way, D. D.,
rector of St. James church in At
lantic City, will preach twice
daily during the preaching mis- |
sion to be held at St. Paul’s par
ish, beginning September 2 and
running through September 9.
Dr. Way Is well known la
North Carolina. For three years
he was rector of St. Luke’s par
ish, Salisbury. From there he wsa j
called to be rector of St. Mary’a ‘
junior college In Raleigh, which
position he held for more than
fourteen years. He has had wldo
experience as a preacher, pastor
and educator and the congrega^
Uon feels fortunate in that hia
services have been secured for
the mission.
Cottage prayer services are be-i
Ing held each Thursday erenlmr
during August In preparatloq for!
the meeting, The service Thnr*- ■
day evening of this week 'wQl
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. B. Johnson, begtnidng at eighth]
o'clock. ■'
Mrs. Alva Stuckey.. «s4 tw»]
the Riohmond,'-Ta.T «« of Mr..
Stnokey is Mrs. Chop’s sister.
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