t.—|)i>Ktne«n
I# IKJmww.
BiMB«roi|K tarmra*
[itimB oa "U)i» OBtiirW rlT-
t(riay rodents' at tHe
a«ed toar no aertons oVott
^ >BfBN KILLKD
^'^•jibiBoord, 9ab. 2.—Tbreo wom-
' fUMPloyea 'ot tli» Cannon mlUa,
sUa, mt9 Instantly killed
»n nrhen tha automo*
la iPbkh thoy were en route
-work was struck by a aouth-
' *bonad Sotttkern rallwar paaseng*
 er train at n grade crossing at
'Somk Swuinpcdls. The dead are
f£;^lira. Seme iloose, Mrs. Vertle
J^nUs and Mrs. Lois Myers.
EBB1^G
Danyflle, Va, February 2.—
Hospital authorities tonight fear-
that life was swlitly ebbing
groin Iris Moran, six-year-old girl
suffering from advanced mas-
toidli^. after parents had ex-
preamd geltance In omnipotent in-
tervehtidQ rether than a skilled
med^oa^''ln^tlilotter. She remain
ed in .dome and her pulse was
weakering. Three doctors held
eonsnltatioik^oTer her and all
agreed that she is too weak for a
drainage operation.
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YXYT, NO. 84f^ Publh^ed Moadayg and Thoraday NOBTH THUBSDAY, FEB. 0!
To Re-open on
Buses Are Ua^le
e Over
To Operate
Many Roads
Ronda, Mountain Viow, Mt.
Pleasant and Rt»aring
River Still Closed
Lcigion Wffl Meet
On Fridky Niglit,
WILXESBORO OPENS
Traphill, Ferguson, Boonxer
and Moravian Falls
Resume Work
LYNCH ATTACKER
Headland, Ala., Feb. 2.—A
atrapping, 18-year-old negro farm
hand accused of assauHlng a
aiiUe woman was lynched near
here today, the nation’s first
■dfynchlng victim of 1937. A sher
iff’s deputy found the bullet-
marked body of the six-foot tall
negro, Wes Johnson, swinging
from a tree In a thicket. Several
hours earlier 50 men had stormed
^_Ae Henry county Jail at nearby
-vAbbisWHw- and seized the prison
er.
ADVERTISE STATE
Raletgh,- Feb. 2.—Appearing
before tbe' conservation and de-
popmernt committee, Governor
Hoey today requested a state
program to cost
Due to the fact that road con
ditions have not sufficiently Im
proved, four high and central
schools will not open until Mon
day, February g, and not then
unless road and weather condi
tions permit.
Wilkesboro, Traphill, Ferguson
and Lincoln Heights high schools
and Moravian Falls and Boomer
elementary schools opened yes
terday but buses over part of
the roads had much difficulty In
operating.
Mount Pleasant, Ronda, Roar
ing River and Mountain View
high schools plan to open Mon
day.
With many of the leading dirt
roads In the county described as
elongated mud holes, several days
of favorable weather are neces
sary for sufficient Improvement
to operate heavily loaded school
buses. Sections of the roads are
what is termed "routed out" and
vehicles cannot operate because
of dragging between the routes.
Other difficulties encountered are
seemingly bottomless 'mud holes.
Until this week weather con-
dltioua did not permit highway
Wilkes post of the American
Legion has planned a very in
teresting meeting at the L«gion
and Auxiliary cifibhouse on Fri
day night,' beginnings,»t 7:30 o’-i
clock. Some very Important mat
ters are to be dlscnssed and every
member Is asked to be present.
And those ^ho dO) not attend
will be missing so^methlng, Le
gion leaders say, because some
amusement features are plannad,
to follow the regular meeting.
There will be hor-jeshoe pitch
ing, setback, checkers and other
games. Any who desire transmu
tation to the clubhouse are ask
ed to be at Hotel Wilkes at 7:30.
Red Cross Funds
Here Near $2,000
But More Needed
Unprecedented Flood Disas
ter Leaves Devastation
In Wake in Valley
Almost $2,000 has been con
tributed to the Wilkes chapter of
the Red Cross for relief of flood
victims In the Ohio and Mlssls-
Washington... Women ore
taking a more and more' actf've
leading part In government, as is
manifest In a survey of federal
departments here. Above is Mrs.
Jewell W. Swafford, Who to chair
man of the United States Em
ployes Compensation Commis
sion.
Are To Organize
40 and 8 In City
sippi valleys. It was learned today
from J. B. Wiliams, treasurer of
the chapter.
It is recalled that the last call
for funds by the national chair
man of the Red Cross said the
organization would need the
maximum given In alleviating dis
tress In the worst flood disaster
reponVJttotpu and i^ked
All Ex-Service Men Request
ed to Join; 14 Meml^rs^
Already Secured
A chapter of the Forty and
Eight will be organized here
within a few 4ays in connection
with the Wilkes post of the
American Legion, It was learned
today from Ralph R. Reins, past
commander of the Legion post.
Mr. Reins said that 14 ot the
necessary 15 members had been
obtained and asked any ez-aervlce
men in the conntr who desire j
Plan Passes in
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Referendiim Is
:th
S€{Siii
Social Council To
Moot Friday Nisht
The public i.urary wiU be the
subject ot discussion on Friday
night when the Wilkes Conntjr
Connell ot Social Agenelee meets
at the home ot Mrs. 0. B. Jen
kins at 7:46.
idss Gilbert, a representative
ot the state library eoramissien,
will be present and deliver
address of interest to. the mem-;
bers. It to especially detdred that
Rale^, Feb. 3^The House of
B^pesentatives, Ignoring vitriolic
... .. .-.“^nrotKrtB from dryk, votes 67-48
every ctvlo organisation and all y
pnbllo institutions in the-county
be represented at th* , connell
meeting. ‘
Incddentatly—4he Wllkw eonn-
ty public library is opening this
week in the Olrl Scout honns.
Further details will be announoed
later.
Officers Capture
Ex-Convict On A
Larceny Charge
William Hsuwey Hayes, of
Rocky Mount, Held For
Series Robberies
A man who gave his name as
William ■H'lrvcj- Jones, lete of
state rrison anil formerly of
Rocky Muuut, has been placed in
jail at Wilkesboro on charges of
steatog from two Ronda estab
lishments and for the l^eny of
an automobile belonging* to R- B.
Crater at Ronda.
The charges also Include, at
tempting to enter A. H. Roberts
store and sen^ .station early
Monday mornjjaA^ irhra after an
ekohange y>f skht%^itK\Mr. Rob--
Voted Down%
Small Majority
Oppbaitioii of Dry* Ignored
By Reprwentetive* On
RoU CiOl Vote
on. tile liquor question.
As the House cleared its major
hurdle of the session and the Gen
eral Assembly continued at its rec
ord setting clip, which, leaders
said, presaged egriy adjonnunent,
tile C^»te panted the almost
eqnidly controversial tobacco com
pact bill. Which will become law
tomorrow.
A vote on the county option bill
came after the wets had won a vic
tory .by the scant margin of two
votes in refusing to consider the
Hutchins prohibition proposal,
which provided for a state-wWo
referendum' to bati the manufac
ture and sale of intoxiesnts. Fif
ty-six representatives favored con
sideration of the bone-dry measure
and 58 opposed it.
Veteran legislators said passage
of the county option bill within
less than^^ hours after it had
been drafted' was unprecedented.
Under present legislation, hurried
during the final minutes
of the 1985 assembly, liquor sales
are allowed in 18 of state’s
100 counties.
Ineo^rating most features of
the majority report of the liquor-
study commission, the wet propos
al would allow counties favoring
the' sale of spirits to operate, alco-
®ourt;
Co9xmi*sioo«rs la flsistnft'.
Monday, and Toasdajr}
Do Rotttina Affatra
MATERULS PROVIDED
For WPA Coaatjr Record
Project; IGss Meffeal la
New Case Woricer
Wilkes county board ot com-
mtosioners in Febrqsfy session
drew Jnrora to seree at th* raga-
lar term of Wilkes superior court
to eomreno on Monday, March 1.
Judge Felix Alley, of Waynes-
ville, will preside over the term.
The commissioners ailowad a
claim ot $326 for materials to
nse in indexing records of the
office of register of deeds, labor
to be furnished by the Works
Progress administration.
Miss Mary McNeal, ot Cplnm-
bla, S. C., who has been serving
as case worker for the welfar*
department during the past few
months, was employed for, a per
iod of one month at a. salary of
$100. The appointment was on
motion of Leet PopUnr seconded
L-
by R. G. Finley. M, F, Aisber,,
Republican member of the hoard
voted for Mrs. Ruby .Rendley,, of
North Wilkesboro.
Jurors’ for the March term of
court were drawn as follows:
Ftet Week
O. S. Johnson, Walnut Grave;
Sylvester Hutchison, TrsphlU;
Manley Harrold, Mulberry; .P, M.
Baity, Brushy Mountain; 'Walter
Jc.ues, Union; C. A. Byers, Leiria
Fork; R. T. Wood, Elk; C. W.
Mahaffey, Reddies River; B. I.,
-Johnson, Antioch; J. A. Alex-
New Yoftt world’s lair and a
“state MtposUlon of national in
terest’’ next year. The state ex
position, Governor Hoey, said,
could be ‘‘a parade ot North Car
olina,** with shows possibly at
Asheville. Charlotte, Winston-Sal
em, Raleigh and somewhere In
WET
htgomery, Fla., Feb. 2.—
Tb* Alabama legislature override
a gubornatorlul veto today and
. enacted a prohibition repealer
which ended the state’’8 22 years
'of "bone dry’’ prohibition. The
county option state store liquor
coatrol bill will bring legal whis
ky Into Alabama about April 1
in counties voting for repeal In
-a special election March 10. This
action leaves Kansas the only
- bone-dry state In the nation.
Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia
and OklahO'ma ban hard liquor
^nt permit beer. Counties voting
■'igainst repeal March 10 will re-
'Mala under the stringent prohl-
Mtion laws enacted by a top-
heavy dry legislature in 1915.
Manley Parsons
Dies At Boomer;
Funeral Tuesday
slble until further rains - render'
the dirt so soft that vehicles will
again sink.
All of vidilch adds to the
eral dissatisfaction among rural
people off hardsurfaced highways
and new appeals for road im.
provement of a more permanent
typo are expected to be heard,
especially from school authorities
who find the school system inter
rupted and almost disrupted be
cause buses cannot operate to
schools where com.olldatlon was
brought about on recommenda
tion of state school authorities.
Initia] Issue Of
‘Literary South’
Is Published by Jatnes Lar
kin Pearson at Lincolnton;
Literary Publication
waters' o;
are, slowly receding, the emer
gency needs tor relief funds have
not^ lessened. The million people
driven from their homes must be
clothed, fed, sheltered and given
medical care until the great task
of rehabilitation gets well under
way and they can be re-establish
ed in their homes, which at this
date are still under water or in
areas where waters are receding.
The Red Cross, the only or
ganization which can handle re
lief In such an emergency, can
use to alleviate suffering every
cent contributed and those who
have not donated any in the
present drive still have the op
portunity by sending or mailing
any amount to J. B. Williams,
treasurer of the Wilkes county
chapter of the Red Cross, North
Wilkesboro.
In oWlejf'td Ttetuali
with the Forty and Eight orgah-
Izatioo, Its purposes and actlvl-
tles, the following comment is
3$8j4k 4* ^tot gross saU|.
Ronda oi\^W^te^y aWTrt, e*me. ^ amonfit of which wonid be
date the ^itrdwa'b store and gar
age there tgu'e entered.
The capture of l^yes was Sf-
taken front the Legion .^wWlca^
Fhneral service was held Tues
day afiavnoon, 2:30 o’clock, at
Ltttle Rock Baptist church for
Vanicy G. Parsons, who died
Monday following a lingering UI-
nesa St hto home near Boomer.
Mr. Parsons, for many years a
jMomlnent farmer and citlsen of
'|B|||Boomer community, was well
all favorably known by many
people In the county, to whom
hto -death was an occasion of
tid eras a son of jthe late Har
veyRoberta Parsons,
tief this oodnty, and to survived by
hto wll® and |?o sons, both ot
whom are well known, J. L. Par
sons and Hhr^arsons, who reside
at Boomer.
Rev. B. V, Bamgarner conduct-
•'cd the last rites, which were
largely attended.
Denrarrer Not Heard
held
■ No hearing has been held on
the demurrer filed by defendant
'Ueet Poplin In the Swaringen-
Peplin election suit.
for Swarlngen agreed
; A hearing Tuesday afternoon
lore Judge J- A, Rousseau but
for Poplin, It to under
did not agree to the hear-
dul at that time.
James Larkin Pearson, who Is
widely recognized as North Car
olina’s poet laureate and who re
cently left bis "Fifty Acres’’ at
Boomer to enter tho printing and
publishing business In Lincoln
ton, has begun the publication of
a paper entitled “The Literary
South.”
tTolume 1 jiumber 1 of Mr.
Pearson's literary publication Is
Just off the press and It being
given quite a wlda distribution
among people of the south in
terested in things of literary
value.
In addition to a number of
literary articles by the editor
and others the Initial edition
carries a number of book reviews
of publications by southern au
thors. These reviews by Mr. Pear
son are quite enlightning and
the opinion is freely expressed
that the publication, by Mr. Pear
son will rightfully devote at
tention of people to the better
books, articles and poetry by
southern authors. In the Initial
Issue he carried a review of Mrs.
Kathleen Morehouse’s “Rain on
the Just.’’
Mr. Pearson Is associated In
bnsiness with Hubert Cornwall,
a former publisher of The 'Wilkes
Patriot In this city.
PICTURESJIELD UP
Hollywood, Feb. 2.—Scores of
Elpisco^ Service
fentipnf service at St. Paal’i
i^^l charch Sunday rtter-
February. 7th, at four o*-
" B. M. Lackey, Rector,
ffo*-
Hollywood people felt the effects
of the floods In the middle west
and south today when two pic
tures, scheduled to be made In
New Orleans, were postponed.
Charles R. Rogers, film produc-
■r, cancelled plans to send a
camera crew Immedmtely to start
vork OP "New Orteans," and C.
B, DoMlllo has delayed s research
expedition to that city to gather
Utta on. the life Ot Jean LaFltte,,
notorious Louisiana baccaaeer.
Special Meeting
Court Of Honor
Will Be Held On Monday
N'ght at Presbyterian
Hut, at 7:30 o’clock
A special meeting of the local
Boy Scout court of honor will be
held on Monday, February 8.
7:30 p. m., at the Presbyterian
Scout hut, at which time Robert
Wood Finley, a son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. G. Finley, will qualify as
an Eagle Scout.
Announcement of the meeting
was made by T. E. Story, chair
man of the court. An Invitation
is extended to all Scouts, Scout
masters and others Interested In
Scouting to attend.
Another special meeting is be
ing planned for the near future
at which time young Mr. Finley
and two other Eagle Scouts will
be so designated.
C. Smithey Is
Building Contractor
C. H. Smithey, who was en
gaged in contracting business for
several years before he was af
filiated with the Works Progress
administration as branch man
ager, has entered the building
contracting business here and has.
completed a number of Job*,. .
One of the most recent build
remodeling of the resldenee of
W. F. Gaddy and hv.npw has
a building in Boone.
Mr. Smithey’s office to located
on. the second floor ot the Carter
building on Ninth street.
tlon:
“For the Good of the .Legion."
That is the watchword of the,
Forty and Eight In all of its ac
tivities this year. Its entire na
tional program for 1937' has been
shaped to promote the work of
The American Legiou, if»tTy B.
Ransom. Chef de Chemin do Per,
has announced.
First on the Forty and Bight’s’
program of Legion service comes
membership work, with exceed
ing tost year’s record of more
than 100,000 members enrolled
for the Legion as the goal. Mem
bers of La Societe took a lead
ing part In early enrollment of
Legionnaireei for 1937 and are
oontinning their efforts. Hun
dreds service stars for secur
ing seven new members or four
teen renewals already have been
sent out to 'Voyageups.
Child welfare work will con
tinue to- receive major emphasis
In the Forty and Bight. Every
Voyageup Is contributing 60 cents
with hls 1937 duefj to the nation
al child welfare fund, from -which
financial support Is given to the
Legion’s activities for needy chil
dren of veterans. Tho campaign
against diphtheria, carried out
with such worthwhile results
during the past lour years, will
be continued. Active support will
be given to all other phases of
the Legion child welfare pro
gram.
Americanism activities also
will receive Intensive support
from the Forty and Eight, es
pecially work ameng the boys,
such as Junior Baseball, Boys
States and Boy Scouts, La Societe
will give strong aid to tho Le
gion In combating radical (ef
forts and maintaining- the ideals
and principles of Amwlcan de
mocracy.
Through its Promenades and
Wrecks, tho Forty and Eight -will
continue to bring Legionnaires of
different Posts together in a
spirit of comradeship and pro
mote closer cooperation among
Posts in I.fOgion projects. A large
increase, in early enrollment In-
sens headed by B. C. Sparks,
deputy sheriff. Hayes was'wekr-
ing a coat said to have been
identified by Ralph Martin, ot
Ronda, whose store was entered
on Wednesday night. The garage
at Rpnda looted of a quantity, ot
motor oil belongs to Carl Hen
drix, who atop missed a coat aft
er the establishment had ' been
entered.
Officers have taken Hayes’
fingerprints and are investigating
to BCe if hls story, checks,' i Be
told officers that the was releas
ed from prison last month after
getting some time oft for good
behavior. So far ho has refused
to reveal the name of his accom
plice in the Ronda robberies or
the attempted robbery ot Mr.
Roberts.
Ratings Given
Cafes in County
District Sanitarian and Coun
ty Sanitiury Inspector'
Make Rounds
determined by the finance commit
tee. 'Rie majority liquor commis
sion report recommended county
referrada, but the state was to re
ceive 20 per cent of the profits
from retail sales,
A three-man state liquor com-
missitdi, appointed by the Gov
ernor,^ would be named to edtab-
Isih uniform rules for county-op
erated liquor stores. The -ihair-
man of the body would receive
$6,000 a year and the other two
membsrs would be paid on a per
diem basis.
The House took up the wet pro
posal with dramatic suddenness, in
a totafly unexpected move. Only
yesterday. House judiciary com
mittee one authorized a subcom
mittee to draw up a county option
measure allowing counties to re
tain retail liquor profits.
Whipped hurriedly into shape,
the new bill was reported favor,
ably, and the Hutchins prohibition
referendum measure reported un
favorably.
Unsuccessfully prohibitionists at
tempted to force the House to con
sider the dry proposal. Mrs. Hutch
ins, of Yancey, only woman House
member and sponsor of the bill
bearing her name, pleaded for
adoption on ‘behalf of the church
es of North Carolina.”
lke8b67o; J, B. Ollreath, Nortk
'WRkesboro; i. M. Reid, Bpiuv
geonf Thomas W. Hayes, Reddles
River; W. C. Shoemate, Elk;
Alonzo Anderson, Brushy Moun
tain; J, W. Joynes, Traphill: J.
E. DeJournette, Traphill; John
I*. Steele, Moravian Falls; W. M.
Swanson, Wilkesboro; D. C. Mil
ler, Rock Creek; C. D. Hall, Wal
nut Grove; E. E. Hutchison, Wal
nut Grove; M. P. Mastin, Wllkea-
boro; P. G. Triplett, Jobs Cabin;
Perry C. Laws, Moravian Falls;
J. A. Long, New Castle; H. B.
Dodson, North Wilkesboro; Jkek
Hoots, Edwards; C. L. Byrd, Ed
wards; E. F. Parsons, Union; N.
M. Felts, Somers; J. W. Martiu,
Reddies River; H. M. Broyhlll.
Moravian Falls; J. R. Parsons,
Reddles River: W. E. Parsons,
North Wilkesboro; N. M. Myers,
Mulberry; W. Blackburn, Ed
wards: C. R. Triplett, Jobs Cabin;
McKinley Hanks, Walnut Grove;
Green Elarp, Boomer.
Second Week
Stewart A. Lyon, Traphill; A.
C. Woodruff, Traphill; Thomas
Absher, Union; W. V. Hendren,
Brushy Mountain; John E. Pear
son, Moravian Falls; Leo Cor--
M. M. Melvin, district saiittarr
inspector, last week mads-c a
thorough inspection of cafes and
other eating places In tho connr
ty. Mr. Melvin was accompanied
on th© Inspection by G. S, Odell,
county sanitary Inspector.
The ratings given the cafes by
the district sanitarian were as
follows:
Goodwill Lunch — 94.6
Tryme Cafo 88.6
Wonder Cafo 87.6
Eller's Cafo 86.6
F. Street Cafe 81
Green Lantern — 81
Liberty Lunch — 81
Wilkesboro Town
Board In Session
L. Lunn Elected CTiief Of Po
lice; Property To Be Ad
vertised
Broadway Cafe
Jim’s Place —
Black Cat Cafe
Princess Cafe .
Little Grill
Moore Bros.
Rock Diner
Green Fig
Snappy Lupch
dlcatcs a re^ortl, membership fa ■ "
the rbrty and Bight this yeari Tltoutkslde’
Ing* erected by Mr. Smithey Tvas, .jjy Tmlrlnflr
the new aad attractive reeldphcoTW. IS. aomors
of Dr. J. H. McNeill in the north
ern part of the city.
Other jobs have Included, the:
Central Cafu -r
Ford Trainmsr Course
' Wv®. Somers, who Joined the’
Yadkin’"Valley Motor company
several vreeks ago, to toWng a
Sheriff Destroyit
iUupge StillgSaiiday
Sheriff fX T. ItonghtoB aftd
other otflcen raided a still In
contract for the 'construction of Tord traihlng course in CheriOTte
this week.
The course, given Ford deal?
_ and associates, h- veiT
^d is considered ef muob 'whe.
the Lewis Forte sectlo;|j, ot Jito
oonnty Sunday. A largo plant and
a conslderaWa quantity of Aater-
ials for manofsetare ot micfffaH pikmwtif oh which
Uqaor were castroyed. -51;,
The board of commissioners of
the Town of Wilkesboro was In
aewfbn Tuesday night for trans-
aetfon of business. The commis
sioners present were Joe R. Bar
ber, C. B. Lenderman and L. B.
Dula, and Mayor W. E. Harris
presided.
On motion duly made knd sec
onded, Mamie Anderson was re
leased of the payment ot taxes
Mioiieonsly charged.
The board appointed P. L.
Latadsnutte to serve as tax lister
for uie year 1937, and ordered a
loud' telephone bell placed on a
cemvenient point on main street
tdif use of the police departmeut.
A similar , outfit to now in use In
Nortk Wilkesboro.
L; L. Lnnn was elected to
serve as chief of podiee and town
clerk in th* place of Robert Ora-
ns*"‘Ji'hD%j now a senate elerk
daring the present seeskm Ot tae
Gehml Asaembly
The matter of advertlslag qa-
paid taxea for th« year of 1934-
35 was taken np and the tax col-
tector was ordered to adverttoe
the tax
nette, Jobs Cabin; M. F. Goforth,
Lewis Fork; T. H. Brookshire,
Beaver Creek; M. S. Phillips,
Beaver Creek, R. Smithey, Wil
kesboro; Gwyn GambiU, Walnut
Grove; J. H. Rector, North Wil
kesboro: J. O. Brewer, Traphill;
R, D. Cooper, Stanton; R. J, Hln-
•shaw. North Wllkesbaroj C. -W.
Casey, ’Traphill: "W. E. 'Smithey,
Wilkesboro: Coyd C. Anderson,
Somers; A. Johnson, Reddtes Riv
er; George Bradley, Blkr R. B.
Walte'rs, North 'Wilkesboro; O, C.
Holcomb, North Wilkesboro; M.
D. Btowkins, Elk; C. B. Lotnax,
North Wilkesboro.
Honor Students At
Greensboro College
In the list of members of the
Honor Society, scholastic organ-^
isation at Greensboro College, re
cently released were thg(nanias off
Misses Jane Whicker and "VlrglB-
ta Harris of this city. EUgibiUly
in the society to based on an avae*
age of ninety on all college work
ter $wo years.
Miss Whicker to tk* irtiAaghter-’
and Ifoa. J.
of Attornw
Whicker, ‘nis to th» seepad ywr ;
that she has been inrindsd.: on v
tka tist. She Is editor ot the "COUq
legtoa-” coU^e neir“"““
is a BSinber cti the J
erary Society.
Miss Harris to the
and Ti
to ato« her imxuriPj
hemoF organtogtb^'
dent of^ihk
41 V*
^5*
hot been paid for them yeat«,j go8|^; -
'M