North Carolina Newspapers

HAS KiAZEC ' THE ScSJ'bj'TBEJG: te State-NatioD Told Briefly VOL. XXX. NO 93 Published Mondays and Thtti^dayi Jy n5B^ SI, 1936 BMkpee* GMgM Raleigh, Aug. 28.—Two long term conrlGta who .escaped from a prison gang la th^ aeart of Ra- Mch this. mhming, Ixwrded a trelght train which carried them past central prison, and fled through Raleigh’s ^ty park, were recaptured today. Census of Blind Raipigh, Aug. 2S.—Dr. Romas S. .Cheek, director of the state commission for the blind, an- •• noaneed today that WtUlam C. ion, UnlTersity'. of Ifortai iroflna gradaatd, has )been en- to direct a census of the fiir^' State-wide rer attempted. Vjrphoon Kills 3TO Reoal, Korea, Aug. 29. (Satur- ifeyj.;—A typhoon swept the ■^#outhern Korea peninsula yeater- fe-.vday, killing at least 379 persons, an official announcement today said. Eighty-nine persons were ing, #5 were injured and perty damage was heavy, the statement asserted. Burglary Conviction Whitevllle, Aug. 28.—Charles Smith. Chadbonrn negro, was con victed of first-degree burglary— a capital offense—tonight. Smith •was charged with entering the home of Mrs. Sarah Lyles, a wi dow, with the intention of attack- her. The negro claimed his case was one of mistaken iden tity. Over-rule Protest ConcerDing Route Of Highway 115 Highway Commission in Ra leigh Decides on Route as is Now Posted Kisses PCdec PROGRAM IS MAPPED Wet and Dry Claims Wilson, Aug. 28.—Wet claims of improved conditions since leg alization of liquor in .seventeen NortJh. Carolina countie.s were de nied by Rev. John Barclay. Chris tian minister, of Wilson, before the state liquor commission to day. Rev. Mr. Barclay cited fi gures which he said showed an la|;9ase in arrests for drunken- 1^^. drunk driving and illegal sale of liquor in Wilson since the srti. ^5|B>enod. “ estigate Floggings Ule, Aug. 28.—In cus- mary secrecy th^-grand jury to day began its investigation of a series of “night-rider’’ floggings ' in a remote’ section of the coun ty. Nearly a score witnesses, in cluding'three of the six alleged victims, were e.xamined by the ury. The wi*” tes today includ- '.iFS^ Bertha ^Fowler and her ughter. Inez, who claim a masked, robed band cut their bair. beat them and ordered them out of the county. ft Execute 'Thcinselve.H Huntington Park. Calif., Aug. 28.—A young man who had lost his job and “did not believe ja God’’ Jay down with his pretty young wife in a homemade lethal chamber today, and enacted a bizarre replica of a legal execu tion. Several hours later police, wearing gas masks, found the iHidfes of the man, 28-year-old Durad V. Clevenger, and his wife, Grace. 24, lying on the floor be side a pan of deadly chemicals used to execute condemned criminals in states where lethal gas is used. Governor Asked to Allocate Large Sum for limprove- ment of Bus Routes The state highway commission in meeting in Raleigh Friday overruled a protest asking that highway 115 be rerouted from the survey which has been made and posted in the courthouse at Wilkesboro. Three members of the commis sion heard the protest at Wilkes boro Tuesday and decided upon t.lie route as surveyed, wWch fol lows closely In the vicinity of the present dirt road. An appeal was tiled by Attorney W. H. McElwee, representing the protestants, to be heard before the full commis sion Friday in Raleigh. The commission refused the request for rerouting, claiming that it would cost approximately $30,000. The commission Friday com pleted the proposed $2,810,000 road betterment program for which Governor Ehringhaus will be asked to allot funds from the highway surplus. Chairman Waynick said the program would be presented to the governor either Saturday or early this week. The Governor had previously Indicated he would approve the allocation of funds. If funds are obtained between 300 and 500 small road improve ment projects would be started as soon as possible, Waynick said. Most of the work would be done on couuty roads, particular ly school bus routes and other important secondary roads. New York . . . The Olympic games in Germany made a hit with Mrs. Carla De Vries (above) of Norwalk, CalifShe was there and being near Fuehrer Adolf Hitler in his lodge at the stadium, she planted a kiss on his unsuspecting countenance. Several Injured When Lightning Hits Two Houses Home of Rev, Purvis Parks and C. W. Wiles Struck During Storms Plan Widenii^ Of “C” Street Engineer Working Up Proj ect To Be Submitted To Works Progress Group During the past week an engi neer has been working on speci fications for widening of C street in front of the new postoffice Ijpildlng. Harry Dula was )n charge of this work. A WPA project is being made j tip and will be submitted for ap- j proval by district and state WPA, officials. If the project goes through a considerable sum will be .saved the city in that the greater part of labor cost and part of the cost of materials will be paid through the Works Pro gress administration. During the thunder storms in this county Wednesday and Thursday two homes were hit by lightning and several were in jured. On Thursday lightning hit the home of Rev. Purvis C. Parks near Cycle postoffice in eastern Wilkes. Three of his children were seriou.sly hurt and the eld est suffered severe burns. How ever, tUelr condition is not now considered critical and all are expected to recover. Considerable damage was done to the house. On Wednesday afternoon light- sing bit the-home of €. W. Wiles near Hays and one chtWjj Lizzie Lee Wiles, was hurtled and badly shocked but is well on the road toward recovery. Others in the building were not hurt, although the lop of the chimney was torn oft. various parts of the house splintered and some damage done to beds and other furnishings. Tb'ABbicate piidlb PIa]T^6dk3 iffid Rematioi^ PaHc -V Council of Social Agencies To Meet^ With Commissioners Tuesday Evenihg$ ’iS3,- 000 Needed to Secure Playground , The Wilkes county council of social agencies, a delegation from the Ki wauls club and other in terested citizens will meet with the North Wilkesboro board of aldermen at the city hall Tues day evening, 7:30. to ask the city to allocate funds to secnr© a city playground and park in coope ration with the Works Progress administration. ' For some tim» the council, a civic organization made up of representative of 32 social agen cies and Institutions, ihas had under a plan where by the Riverside s"^itamlng pool can be converted into a recre- park and ft municipal Pl^' ground cart be construcled be tween E and F streets. A project can be worked up, sponsors say, whereby the city can obtain a recreation jiark and playground valued at $20,000 provided $3,000 can be raised lo cally. This will be the main pur pose of the meeting before the city board of commissioners on Tuesday evening. Mrs. W. R. Absher, chairman of the council, said today that the meeting before the hoard pn Tuesday evening would take the place ot the ’ regular September meeting previously announced to meet at A. F. Kilby’s residence on Friday night. Every member of the council, representing the 32 organizations and institutions, is urgently requested to be pres ent Tuesday evening. Any other interested citizens are also as](ed to attend the meeting, regardless of whether or not they are affili ated with the council of social agencies or any civic organiza tion. The proposal was laid before the Kiwanls club Friday at noon j by Rev. Eugene Olive and receiv ed the bafikiflg*’of the elib, the public affairs committee being designated to represent the club in the meeting before the city board Tuesday evening. The council committee on rec reation is composed of A. F. Kil by, Rev. Eugene Olive, A. H. Casey. Dr. R. B. Templeton, T. E. Story. W. D. Halfacre, J. H. Whicker, W. K. Sturdivant and T. D. Heffner. I ft t]te } New York . . . Miss Margaret G. Tyler, 24, (above), grand daughter of former President Ty ler, went West this season. Now comes word that she has become the bride of Clifford Glenn, 22, Montana cowboy and they are now on honeymoon. Work on Parkway Ic ■-=-.■8 Count Is at PM Dock Anderson Gives Up Appeal Merchants View ‘Alon|[ Main St.’ To Jumps 86 Stories York. Aug. 28.—With a •smiling farewell. ‘So long, folks,’ Robert Francis Erskine, a young newspaper reporter, pushed him self from the parapet on the 86th. floor of the Empire State building today and hurtled to his ith on the sidewalk. 1,050 feet Fow. Erskine, 23, a reporter for Fhe Bronxville (N. Y.) Press, shot past three setbacks and smashed at the rate of about loutiJMlles a minute into the slde- •Mtfk on West 33rd street. A half- sightseers on Che observa tion tower floor saw him wave a newspaper, clamber over the ledge and spin out into space. Home Coming Held At Adley- Church f — ■ ■ — A large crowd attended the -'home coming servic© held Sun day at Adley Methodist church. The day’s program began with Sunday school and at eleven o’ clock there was an address by W. D. Halfacre, superintendent of North Wilkesboro city schools. At noon a bounteous dinner was spread ofi a long table picnic style and was very much enjoy ed. In the afternoon short' talks -were made by P. J. Brame and A..S. Cassel, of North Wilkes- .'■H. •/- Steelman, a former Jdent of the community, and R. Church. A quartet com- jpMBil ot J- B- Henderson, Dewey ;.Mtaton, R. R. Church and Zeb li^SXskson rendered several num- Tke home coming was the be- >jiening of s revival which will ■eostinue through this week. Rev. ,J, C. Gentry ia pastor. «a - Wellborn Family Reunion Sept. 13 Annual reunion of the Well born family will be held at the home of Rev. F. .M. Wellborn 17 miles east of Wilkesboro in Wilkes county on Sunday. Sep tember 13. .\n interesting pro gram ha.s been arranged for both morning and afternoon. A feature of the day’s program will be the basket dinner at noon, to which all attending are requested to contribute with baskets well fill ed with good eats. All members of the family, rel atives, friends and others inter ested have a cordial invitation to be present. City SiJiook Begin Wednesday Everything in l^ea^iness for Beginning of 1936-37 Term; Prospects Good North Wilkesboro city schools will open the 1936-37 term on Wednesday morning of this week, 8:40 o’clock. Children expecting to attend school are requested to be pres ent on opening day on time in order to get started to work with out ronfusion or delay. Books may be purcha.sed or rented at the school. Formal opening of the element- ady school will be on Friday morning, niue o'clock. Formal opening for the high school de partment will be Monday morn ing, nine o’clock. The public is cordially invited td tlie'ae pro- Betty and Walter Triplett I Interesting Slide Film Shown Unable to Fill Bonds; I in Meeting Held at City Still in Jail ( Hall Thursday Members of the Wilkes County Ret^'t Merchants association. Dock Anderson, convicted of the murder of Dink Love two years ago at the Anderson home in the Wtndy Gap comtnMtty and sentenced by Judge J. H, Clement In the August term of superior court to from 10 to 15 years in aSl"'" ^ 844yfniei’ altlUat at the city hall Thursday night and were entertained and Inspir ed by a slide film entitled “Along .stale prison, was reported tdday, .Main Street,’’ which was shown to I under auspices of ihe Coca-Cola he I bottling company here, to ‘ The film, which has been j widely acclaimed as a beneficial lesson on the subject of “Sales manship,” .vffs verT rniicE frSjC”" ed by thb large number attending the meeting. to have given up his appeal the supreme court and will taken to Raleigh this week begin his sentence. Anderson had been In jail since ills trial, being unable to fill ap pearance bond of $10,000 set by Judge Clemeut. Thus Auderson will begin his second sentence for murder. U having ser?**^ If jwanU Prni^nmt seven years of a term imposed ini 192.3 for the murder of Colum bus Bottoms in the same com munity. Betty Triplett and Walter Trip lett, who appealed from a sec ond degree verdict and sentence of from 15 to 20 years for the murder of Cline Hall near Den ny in July, are still in jail. The other prisoner, W!ill Dula, who received th© same sentence, has filed his bond of $10,000 re quired by the court. All Except Twtf Coonty System Befnn 1936-37 T««n VL- HOW TO OBtSn BOOKS ' All Books Are Bmg Handl ed by Teachers or Coun ty Superintendent Repo.'-ts from a number of the leading higrh and elementary schools in ^Wilkes county indicate that the enrollment on opening day —Thursday—exceeded the opening enrollment a year ago by a consid erable number. All schools in the county^ystem with the exception of two have opened the 1936-37 term. Two ele mentary schools will open a month late in sections where farmers are unusually busy with tobacco crops. f ^ - No books, either high s^ooi flp .mnir PAriArJirn ®iem«nt8ry, are being hsudled by a V* TVlI^ Independent dealer* thii yifep n" are being handled either tb'ra the office of the county superin tendent of scliiwk Of teachers of the IridlViaUfti s^oolm Those who’prefer to buy b§dkk may purchase them at the Super intendent’s office in the codrthonse or any books except high school math and Latin courses may be rented at the schools. Parents and students are kindly asked to please keep this information in mind in order that there will be no dplay or confusion regarding textbooks. The rental on books is one-third of the retail price. Schools were begun Thursday with little confusion and are now operating smoothly. North Wilkesboro city schools, a charter unit, will open on WeduM- day, September 2, and books for students in the city schools will be rented or sold at that school. Wf At ^pid Speed Parkway Development Ex pected On Optioned Lands Near Abshers For This Month T. E. Story, secretary of the North Wilkesboro Kiwanls club has announced program chair men for meetings to be held dur ing September as follows; Sep tember 4, S. V. Tomlinson; Sep tember 11, P. W. Eshelman; September 18, Genio Cardwell; September 24, inter-club meeting of Elkin, Statesville and North Wilkesboro clubs here. grams. A targe enrollment is expected. Faculties of the high and ele mentary schools and the colored school totals thirty teachers. Mrs. W. M. Clanton Claimed By Death Funeral service was held at Walnut Grove Baptist church near Pores Knob today for Mrs. Eva Pearson Clanton, age 65, wife of W,. M. Clanton. She died Friday from an illness ot heart disease. Surviving are her husband and the following children: Mrs. Dora Borsdoes, .Mendota, Illinois; Mrs. Ida Holland, Winston-Salem; Mrs. Bessie Pennell, Ernest, Charles and C.xrl Clanton, Pores Knob; Mrs. Zora Smith, Mendota, Illinois. Last rites were conducted by Rev. C. C. Holland, pastor. An “electric eye” is used at the federal prison at Alcatraz to de tect the presence of metal ob jects concealed about the person of prisoners. U a prisoner passes the “eye” with a small piece ot metal concealed about his person the light flaabea red. The ma chine can be so delicately adjust ed that the nails in one’s shoes ,ty W Will give the'warning signal. Ice Cream Supper Be Tuesday Night Wilkesboro (Woman’s club on Tuesday night will sponsor an ice cream supper at the courthouse —rain or fair weather. The occa sion has been announced twice to be held on the courthouse lawn and each time was rained out. If it rains Tuesday night the ice cream supper will be in the court house and if weather permits will be on the lawn. A good time is assured all who will attend. Ice cream and cake will be served, there will be a cake walk, a cake for the prettiest girl, good music and many other enter taining features. The ice cream supper will begin at 7:30. Every body is invited. Good Revival At Oak Forest Church One of the most successful re vivals in a number of years at Oak Forest Baptist church in the Dellaplane community closed Sunday. The pastor. Rev. Purvis C. Parks, wM assisted by Rev. J. 3. Bryaht ’^Vig services were xad'lAUch Deaf and Dumb Negro Sentenced to Die for Assault on Jonesville Lady Raymond Early, alias “Dum my’’ Moore, 21-year-old Jones ville deaf and dumb negro, was sentenced to die by Judge John H. Clement in Yadkin county court Friday after the jury had returned a verdict of guilty ot criminal assault on the person ot Mrs. Mary Wilkins, 28-year-old wife of lycwellyn Wilkins, of Jonesville, Th© negro was sentenced to die in the gas chamber at state pris on Friday, October 30. The jury received the case at 3:15 and returned their verdict one hour and 10 minutes later. 'The deaf and dumb prisoner, who heard th© sentence of death from the fingers of the interpreter, sat stolid, seemingly dot understand ing what it was all about until sentence was completed. At this point his eyes turned toward the back corner of the court room, where his deaf and dumb wife had remained througihout the trial. Th© interpreter stated that at no time during the trial or wliil© sentence was being passed did the defendant make any re marks .of any kind except to let him know that he unoerstood fully the proceedings around him. It is learned that the/ jury took only on© ballot' to coa^Ct the negro of the rirst-d»|pr6b'offon8e, and that only one meml^of the jury at any time was «pm>sed to the verdict. ’When their dsllber** tions were first bsy^.ohe msm- Attorneys for the condemned Negro made a motion to set aside the verdict, but was over ruled. They then gave notice of appeal and was allowed sixty days to file pleadings. The state was allowed forty days in which to answer. The appeal, if per fected, will automatically stay the sentence of execution. .’Vlrs. Wilkins, alleged victim of the attack, was the first witness for the state. She related how she was awakened at 3 o'clock in Ihe morning with a sheet pulled tightly, over her head, and the negro attempting to assault -her. Her screams aroused her hus band and when he entered the room he was badly beaten by the intruder, as was her fonr- year-old son when he banded his mother a stick with which to defend herself. When the deaf and dumb negro was arrested and taken to the hospital Mrs. Wilk ins identified him as being the one who ran from the room off a front porch, where she got a look at 'him from a porch light. Attorney Otis Resmolds, of El kin, represented the neigro de fendant and Attorney A. B. Hall of Yadkinville, assisted the so licitor in the prosecution. One of the interesting and im pressive sights of the trial was the interpreter, imparting to the deaf and dumb negro each ques- tlon~knd alaswer of the witaesaes, making it a slow process to try him.- More time ts reqrirdd to with work progressing at the present rapid gait, that section of th© Blue Rffige parkway be tween the Carollna-Vlrglnla line and Deep Gap—about 55 miles should b© virtually completed in a year from this date. Contractors are pushing work on six projects and are using every daylight hour in an effort to complete their work in the specified 12 months from time of beginning, althouglh at least one contractor mp.y be late in getting his part of th© boulevard grade completed. Approximately 1,500 men are being given employinent the tergest Public Jeet ilDtll^'pgrt of th© stats? Prom a point near Roaring Gap the ’parkway will follow closely the summit of the Blue Ridge and will afford the user an unexcelled panaromic view of the Blue Ridge country and a great portion of Piedmont Nortih Carolina. The parkway traverses Alleghany county in a southwest erly direction pnd t9uches Wilkes couii,., iirst at a pbiiit llea^ Air j J bellows gap on rut T!"; ftidge. From that point it swings along the summit In Wilke.s and Ashe counties to Deep Gap, from which place *i»e Boone Trail highway will be used temporarily to Boone. A wide right of way (has been obtained and in addition to the scenic easements about 7,000 acres .of land has been optioned for park and recreation purpos es. Included in this land is about 2,000 acres of ths eastern slope of the Blue Ridge in Walnut Grove township in Wilkes coun ty. On this land is some beautiful mountain scenery, including the Bluffs, an almost perpindicular precipice o f stone extending from the foot nearly to the sum mit of the Blue Ridge. It is un derstood that camp sites, play grounds and possibly a small lake may b© constructed on the head waters of Roaring River near that place. The parkway will lie within 25 miles of North Wilkesboro over three state highways—high way 18 toward Sparta, highway 16 toward Jefferson, and high way 60 (federal 421) toward Boone. roIliftent^-dPridajr Of 280 of whom are in the hiri» school department Thia number exceeds by 50 the enrollment on opening day last y^r. The large enroll ment presents a grave problem be cause the the building is very crowded and the need of addition, al classrooms is not to be disputed McNiel J^Hinion On Sunday, 6tli Dr. Foust, Dr. Stanbury and Others on Interesting Program Pores Knob Route Two Is Extended A three-mile extension has been placed on Prtres Knob rural ganization, mall route 2 effective September 17. The extension will reach to Salem church and will serve a- bout 30 families, all in Alexander county. W. A. Jennings is carrier. MR. M. G. BUTNER ON CHICAGO TRIP Mr. M. G. Butner, local branch manager of the Duke Power Company, left Charlotte Saturday morning in company with a group of other power company’s man agers for a week’s trip to Chica go. Mr. Butner is a guest of bis company as a result of the local hnuic^ having won first place in its respective group in the hot water and electric range - cam paign conductedseveral weaks ago. > ' Arrangements have been com pleted for the annual reunion of the McNiel family to be held at Millers Creek school six miles west of this city on Sunday, Sep tember 6. The McNiel reunion is an an nually anticipated event that at tracts several hundred members and relatives of this widely known family. Attendance this year is expected to exceed that at any previous reunion and a very interesting program has been ar ranged by the program commit tee, headed by Judge Johnson J. Ha.ves as chairman. The morning program will in clude an address by Dr. J. I. Foust, presdent emeritus of W. C. U. N. C.. Greensboro, and oth er addresses during the day by Dr. Wt A. Stanbury, pastor of West Market Street Methodist church, Greensboro. Judge Hayes, Attorney R. H. .McNeill, Attor ney Ed Bingham, Senator Peter McNeill, Attorney Joseph M. Pre- vette. Prof. C. B. Eller and oth ers. James Larkin Pearson, sec retary of the McNeill family or- will hafe ebarg© of the period devoted to adoption of a constitution and by-laws. Everybody is asked So be pre pared to add to the dinner fea ture of rte program. A picnic style dinner will be spread at noon and there will b© a lengthy recess for conversation and re newing acquaintances. re ber renggerted .epegk the >iga laago^’ The to- istcMel' verdict, but soon iiwlfid tkd R. 'C: Forthiie Jr^ ■ 'lorttr.'' ■ ■ ' *■ ■■ ’.P The "race was a spirited bet*Mn the Mj>rth ^WUkeaboro{spiHh MWItam ead and Hiekorjr bruiphas, ttig for: winning hf a margin ef only .a|her^ In the home (M:.^|ir. MISS NICHOLS MEMBER WILKESBORO FACULTY^ A last minute change . was,j made in the Wilkesboro school faculty when Miss Etoise Stafr,. sixth grade teacher, resigned be cause of ill health. Miss Mary Nichols, of Millers ' Creek, who graduated from A'. S. ' T. C., Boone,''was eleeigd to CU • th© vacant. This wiU;hb Nichols’ first year as xl^a^er... _ Mre W.'W. BariikaKf|lis|Sz^- ed tor. seraral dafi lag^V’iqiiiilu