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and a SoAiedlaa. Wlr
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and wtt» alter a mar-
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LINDY MISSES GALE
Calcutta, Feb. 26. — Col.
Ghartes A Lindbergh’s speedy
aMraopiane rushed him into Cal-
aatla today 'Just ahead of a Ben-
lad sale which flattened native
* Tillages along his route. He and
air Francis Younghusband, Brit-1 Expressed That Ero-
lah Indlophlle, remained In thlsi 0-.
TE OPsWILKES” FOR MORE’* THAN THIRTY YEAfilt
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fu..ll.tod Monday. ..d TbumLy. NORTH WILKESBOBO, N, ^ illMP/.X ija|TAl'aj^:M
- f New Evidence It A"' iRoFni
VOL. XXXI, NO. 40
May Re-establish C, C t«#
As Soil Erosion ''
eastern city to talk over aviation
routes and flying conditions while
Mr?. > Lindbergh waited 700 miles
"yi'atward, at Nagpur.
BURNED TO DEATH
Burlington, Feb. 26.—Mrs. Sal-
lie Rosl Ray, 63, was fatally
burned yesterday afternoon when
her clothing caught fire as she
attempted to beat out a blaze in
a fleid near her home, Kimesville,
route 1. She ^^3 removed to a
local hospital where she suc
cumbed last night.
BirrCHELL IN OFFICE
'Washington. Feb. 26.—Hugh
O. .Mitchell, national president of
the Patriotic Order Sons of Amer-
+ .lca, of Statesville, was in Wash-
I ington today to open the organi-
f cation’s offices here prior to
launching an Intens.'v© fight for
thd'Passage of restrictive immi
gration measures which will be
and have been Introduced in the
present session of Congress.
Officer Inspects
Grounds Located
h Wilkes County
Wotid’a Fin«« Roads Carry World’t 'W^ Driv^
aion Control Work Oc
cupy Camp’s Time
FIELD FOR WORK
Has Been Branch of Morgan-
ton Camp for Several
Months With 50 Men
SHOOTS HIMSELF
^ Clinton, Feb. 26.—J. W. Coop-
e'-; 21, member of a prominent
Sampson county family, commit
ted suicide Thursday night at his
home, two miles from Salemburg.
by shootin; himself with a shot
gun. The load entered the left
breast. He was found this morn-
lug by his father, John Carr
Jiifaoper, in a garage at the home.
It was the second similar case In
“Sampson county in less than four
: NAMED FOR N. C.
' 'Washington, Feb. 26.—One of
the two new battleships which
the navy Is soon to construct will
b€' named in honor of North Car
olina, it became known here to
day. Secretary of Navy Claud
Swanson authorized Representa
tive William Umstead, chairman
^the House navy appropriations
Imittee, to announce that
th Carolina had been selected
for the name of one of the ships.
If there is sufficient demand for
soil erosion control work, the
James Civilian Conservation Camp
located near Purlear may be re
established, it was learned unoffi
cially today.
The James camp was established
in 1933 with a quota of approxi
mately 200 men and was set up as
a forestry camp.
Before it was discontinued two
years ago as an individual camn
unit, much forestry work was
done, including making fire trails
in many forest areas throughout
this section. A number of roads
were also constructed, including a
road to the summit of the his
toric Rendezvous mountain, where
a state park is located, and vari
ous other roads and truck trails.
If the camp is to be re-estab
lished, it is understood it will be a
soil erosion camp with emphasis
being placed on soil erosion con
trol, ivhich has been recognized as
sorely needed in this particular
section.
After the Janies camp was dis
banded a branch camp of the camp
located near Morganton was estab
lished with about fifty men and
has been operating as such since
that time. Much of the forestry
wock.Bot conmkted
■vrSSj-dBSftirtiaialCas IJem 'mfBWHF*'
An army official from Fort
Bragg recently inspected the camp
site and equipment, presumably
with the aim in view of ascertain-
New Evidence li
Case Pointing To
Number Suspects'
Elva Brannock .Was Not
Killed Where Body Was
Found, Findings Point
REPORT IS PREPARED
By Sheriff Erwin and Will
Be Given to Solicitor for
Consideration
MI.A.MI, Fla. . . . Lucius B. Conolly fabove(, of Melbourne, Australian
Highway Commissioner, is here on a motor trip around the ^world.
After 18,009 miles across countries circling the globe, he says, “Amer
ica is a country with the world’s finest roads and the world s worst
drivers.
Goodwill Basketball Tournament Will
Be Completed at School On Saturday
James V. Neal
Accident Victim
First Gaines Played Thurs-
Hu.sband of Former Resident Of
This Wty Killed Near Mayo-
dan Thursday Night
-Ir am e?' Huitfe*
■Walnut Cove, was killed Thurs
day night when a road construc
tion machine which he was ope-
with the aim in view of ascertain- overturned near Mayodan.
mg _whether or not the camp is «„rvived bv his wife, the
SNOWS ON DUST
' Guymon, Okla., Feb. 26.
Gfieen wheat thrust up through a
white mantle over the panhandle
country tonight as a winter storm
transformed the southwest “dust-
bowi” Into a near-brimming
“snow-horwl.’’ Farmers’ crop
hopes rose as the dust-laying
snow fell. A blanket from one to
two inches thick was spread over
the “blow lands” from southern
^Kansas across most of the Okla
homa panhandle.
GUILTY BURGLARY
Mt.'Airy, Feb. 26.—Tom
Mat-
condition to house a full company
.should it be re-established.
The camp property, located on a
small stream about four miles
from Purlear in the Blue Ridge
foothills, consists of barracks, as
sembly hall, mess hall, officers’
quarters and other necessary build
ings for a full company. The prop
erty is said tc be in splendid con
dition.
Some soil erosion control work
was accomplished by members of
the James camp but the county is
still considered a suitable field for
work sufficient to furnish a full
company employment indefinitely.
i He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Alva Hart, of this
city, and one daughter, Jlramye.
Funeral service was held at
Stokosburg Methodist church
Sunday. Relatives of Mrs. Neal
here attended the service.
Government To
Make Crop Loan
Orchardists Will
Hear Niswonger
In Two-Day Meet
To People Unable to Obtain
Credit Elsewhere; May
Make Application
Un, 24-year-old Mount Airy yyj,j
” ' Meet With Fruit Grow-
gro, was found guilty
degree burglary by a Surry coun-
■ 'W'ty jury late this afternoon and
was sentenced to die in the gas
chamber March 26. The first per
son to receive a death sentence
In Surry county in over twenty
years, Mattin will he the fourth
man and the only Surry negro
ever sentenced to die. according
to existing records.
ers of the County
H. R. Niswonger, horticultur
ist at State College and a mem
ber of the extension service, will
he in Wilkes on March 4 and 6
to conduct demonstrations in
orchards of members of the
Brushy Mountain Fruit; Growers’
association.
^'D R. WILL SPEAK Tho visit of Mr. Niswonger
l*^v5^shlngton, Feb. 26.—A se- prove very helpful to the orchard-
ides of conferences with members, Ist.s, who gather at appointed
of Congress having been attended times and places to attend the
with Indifferent results, Presi- j various demonstrations.
dent Roosevelt will carry h,s Ju
diciary reform case direct to the
country on March 9- fireside
chat has been arranged for 10:30
o’clock, on the theory that east
ern folk. Including those of early
retiring habits, wil> sit up for
this event, while the address will
come at about the right time for
the broadcasilng sUtions In the
west.
Legion to Meet
On Friday Night
West Jefferson Horse Shoe
Pitchers Invited for Match
With the Local Post
day and Friday; Good
will Is Object
The good^
nament be
^1 .basketball tour
Thursday after-
New and startling develop
ments that change the theory of
the Clime and point more defi
nitely to the guilt of an unnamed
suspect in the Flva Brannock as
sault murder case in Alleghany
county have been uncovered. It
was learned here.
That the 16-year-old school
girl was not killed or assaulted
at the place where her body was
found and that her body, lifeless
for hours, had been carried there
by more than one person Is In
dicated by the new evidence.
When asked about the reports
current here, R. C. Jennings, spe
cial Wilkes deputy who has been
assisting Sheriff Irvin of Alle
ghany in the Investigation, did not
deny that the new evidence had
been found, but refused to elab
orate, saying that Sheriff Irvin
heads'the investigation.
It was reported herei that Mr.
Jennings and other members of
Sheriff Erwin’s force of Investi
gators found an old washing tub
about 200 yards from where the
body was found and evidence
tending to show that the girl’s
body had been carried in the tub
to where It was found on Febru
ary 12, five days after she dis
appeared while on her way to
school.
The body was not lying flat on
Of Court
^ms^becision Electmn
Case Expected Tuesday
Attoraeyslrle
Victory Chairman
Briefs in Case
C. O. McNieV who was named
by Lon Polger, .National Demo
cratic Committeeman, as 'Victory
Dinner chairman for Wilkes. The
dinner will be held Thursday,
March 4, at Hotel 'Wilkes, begin
ning at seven o’clock.
Many Ccues Pent^ingr Trial {
March Session of Wilkes
Superior Court
JUDGE ALLEY PRESIDES
Solicitor Jones Proseent^a
Docket; Announce Date
Cases Be Trieil
Many to Attend
Victory Dinner
Here March 4th
Decision on the demurrer ask
ing dismissal of the Bwaiincen-
Poplin election suit was defemi
by Judge Felix A. Alley in WUksa.
superior court this morning foL
lowing argument by counsel oa
beth sides and a decision is sxr
pected Tuesday.
The demurrer asking dismis
sal of the suit wherein D. B.
Swaringen, Republican, is sul^
Leet Poplin. Democrat, for tltla
to office as commissioner inm
the first matter before court at
its opening this morning follow
ing an instructive charge to ths
grand Jury by Judge Alley, et
Wayneaville, who is presldln*
over courts In the 17th Judicial
district the first half of this tai-
endar year.
Attorneys Eugene Trivette, W.
H. McElwee and J. M. Cooper-
represent Poplin while Swarin-
gen’s’ counsel is Attorneys C. G.
Icilreath and J. II. Whicker, of
Expect Large Crowd at Dem- the local bar, and Attorney Mar-
ocratie Gathering Cele
brating Victories
ion Allen, of Elkin.
Judge Alley requested that
each side HI® briefs for his con-
SENTENCED TO DIE .
Wilmington, Feb. as. a
Inry convicted Edgar Leroy
Smonk, accused triple poison
sUyer, of first degree murder to
night and Judge J. H. Clement
,.entenced the tall.
penter’s helper to die April 23 In
the gas chamber. The 39-year-old
defendant, who had kept a stoi
cal calm during his five-day trial
on an Indictment charging him
with the murder of his young
daughter, Annie ’Thelma, appear
ed to he stunned by the verdict.
There will be a regular meet
ing of the Wilkes post of the
American Legion on Friday night,
March 5, beginning at 7:30 at
tho Legion and Auxiliary club-i
house. All members are asked to
■ye present to take part In the
meeting and the recreational per
iod following.
West Jefferson post has been
nvlted to a
-'utrst with
Applications for emergency crop
loans for 1937 are now being re
ceived at the county agent’s office
at Wilkesboro, for D. M. Hale,
field supervisor of the Emergency
Crop Loan Section of the Farm
Cerdit Administration.
These loans will be made only
to farmers who cannot obtain credit ^
from any other source, as provided I
by regulations issued by the Gov-'
emor of the Farm Credit Admin
istration. The money loaned will
be limited to the farmer’s immedi
ate and actual cash needs for grow
ing his 1937 crops and in no in
stance may exceed $400.
Farmers arc not eligible for
these loans if they can borrow from
an individual production credit as
sociation bank or other concern.
Emergency crop loans will not be
made by the Farm Credit Adminis
tration to standard rehabilitation
clients of the Resettlement Admin
istration whose current needs are
provided for by Resettlement.
As in the past, the security for
these loans will consist of a first
lien on the crop financed. Land
lords, or others having an interest
in the crops, will be required to
\raive their claims in favor of the
lien to the Governor of the Farm
Credit Administration until the
loan is repaid.
Checks in payment of the ap
proved loans will be issued by the
Regional EJmergency Crop and
Feed Loan Office at Columbia, S.
C.
tween two of the eight high
schools in the county. On Thurs
day night two other games were
played.
Millers Creek and Mount Pleas
ant forfeited their games be-
ciuiso of inability to practice and
prerure teams for the event.
The semi-finals will begin
Thursday of this week and the
finals will bo played Saturday,
.attractive cups will be awarded
tho winners.
Traphill boys and girls defeat
ed Ferguson's teams In the open
ing games of the tournament
Thursday afternoon, the boys
winning easily 27 to 11 while the
girls fought hard to gain a 19 to
17 decision with a goal in the
last half minute of play.
Continued on page eight)
Second Warning
About Chickens
Police Chief Again Asks the
People in City to Keep
Chickens Confincid
Some residents of North Wilkes
boro have heedlessly disregarded
the recent warning relative to al-
loking chickens to run at large
within the corporate limits of the
city, it w'as learned today from J.
E. 'Walker, police chief.
This is the season of the year
when chickens can do most dam
age to gardens, lawns, flowers,
etc., and it is imperative that
poultry owners within the city keep
their chickens from trespassing.
There is a city ordinance which
prohibits people from letting
chickens run at .laagp nwd unless
there is voluntary obedience the
police department will take steps
to impose penalties prescribed,
Mr, Walker said.
Shafter Brock
Honor Student
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Brock, of
• Pores Knob, recently received tho
following !'-tter from President
Thnrman Kitchin, of Wake For
est, relative to the record bel^
made by their son, Shafter Brock,
all j at the college:
to] “Your son has won the schol-
Badin, Feb. 23.—A blanket 10
per cent wage Increase to
hourly-rated employes, said
mean a $100,000 boost In the an- distinction of being In the
nual pay roll, was announced to- highest ten per cent of our stu-
i day by tho Carolina Aluminum | dent body, so I am wriUng to of-
horsosboe pitching. company here. Effective March f®*" T®® warmest eengratnla-
local Lev'.onnaires.
company here. Effective March
, 4, the wage boost is the latest of
The unfirShS’^thetol of St' Increases announced by
John the DiviTic bqs standing rooml*-^® company within the last six
for 40,000 people. | months.
tlons.
“You may bo sure .that ... — -
would like to Oil our ood^ge wltk soill.irom Tessels penaitted
young men of this typ^’’ j dump their ballast here.
from the ground, Indicatrag
the body had been put there after
rigor mortis had set in and that
she had been dead a considerable
length of time.
Officers have not confirmed re
ports of other evidence that
would more definitely link one or
more" of the suspects with the
case.
'It is authoritatively learned
that Sheriff Erwin has prepared a
detailed report o£ the investiga
tion and evidence to date and
will present the report to Allen
Gwyn, solicitor of the eleventh
Judicial district, of which Alle
ghany county Is a part.
Mr. Jennings did state here
tonight that Sheriff Ervin and
his splendid corps of deputies
have been untiring in their ef
forts to bring the guilty party to
the bar of Justice and that he
feels that one of the obstacles
has been removed and which un
covers. in his opinion, and points
unerringly to the guilt of one of
the suspects who is now in. Jail.
He declined to state who the su
spect is and where he is in jail,
saying that such information and
making public of the evidence
might hinder the apprehension of
the other party or parties to the
crime and that Sheriff Erwin was
bending every effort to unravel
the mystery.
tO) hei held at Hotel Wilkes on
the evening of March 4thj under
the auspices of the Democratic
National Committee, today made court and Solicitor John R. Jo:
Robertson Talks
On Old Age Tax
Collector of Internal Reve
nue Addresses Local
Kiwanis Club
Charles H. Robertson, of
Greensboro, collector of internal
revenue, addressed the North
Wilkpsboro Kiwanis club Friday
In a program In charge of Attor
ney A. H. Carsey.
Mr. Robertson devoted some
time to explanation of methods
of collecting federal payroll taxes
for old age pensions and unem
ployment Insurance.
The collector stated that • the
tax jnust be paid and that It
ira^ 'hfa duty to collect It, al-
tl^^b he Intended that the col-
leiiihU be os itajnless as possible.
Employers are requlri^- te pay
the taxes to tho collector each
public the names of the members
of his committee who are coope
rating with him In an effort to
■make this the most successful
gathering of its kind in the his
tory of North Wilkesboro. The
members of the committee are:
J. R. Rousseau, C. T. Doughton,
J. C. Reins, D. J. Carter, Milton
Cooper.
This is one of a large number
of such dinners being held simul
taneously in every section of the
country In honor of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and 'Vice
President John N. Garner, to
commemorate the completion of
their first four years as the na
tion's leaders ^nd to raise suf
ficient money to pay off the defi
cit left over by the recent presi
dential campaign.
Invitations to subscribe to the
■Victory Dinner are being mailed
as rapidly as possible and reser
vations will be made In the order
that they are received, according
to Mr. McNlel. Dinner tickets
have been priced at $2.00 per
plate, of which $1.00 will defray
the actual cost of the dinner, the
balance to bo forwarded to the
Democratic National Committee
as individual contributions to
ward the Victory Dinner fund.
A. D. Folger, Director of Vic
tory Dinners in North Carolina
today Issued tho following state
ment through Mr. McNlel.
^Bvery true Democrat and
Mend of President Roosevelt
should Join wholeheartedly in
this nation-wide party rally. Not
only is it honoring two very great
Americans, but it Is solidifying
the ranks of the partV at
the same time raising money for
a purpose which should be dear
to every Dewocrat rejoicing over
the tremendous victory of last
November.”
It Is planned to have
dent Roosevelt’s address.
pedite
provide.
Many criminal cases are pond
ing trial in the present term ot
is prosecuting the docket. An
nouncements of dates and cases-
to be tried are made by the so
licitor.
Begins Duties
As Attorney for
Park Service
R. C. Jennings Tnkes Positiom
. and Has Cfnce in Deposit
& Savings Bank Bldg.
R. C. Jennings, local attorney
and special investigator, today
assumed his duties as attorney
for the national park service of
the department of the interior in
this locality.
.Mr. Jennings will maintain of
fices in the Deposit & Saving
bank building and it is under
stood ho, will handle many legxl
matters in connection with land
options and development of park
areas along the route of the Bin*
Ridge parkv.-ay in this part of the
state.
Scout Service
Is Held in City
Three Awarded Eagle Badg
es in Appropriate Serv
ice at First Baptist
Three Boy Scouts were present
ed Eagle Scout badges Sunday
night in an appropriate service ak
the First Baptist church here.
W. E. Vaughan. Lloyd; Scont
executive of tho Winston-Salem
district, Introduced B. Banka
Newman, Scout commlseloner, al-
Presl- 80 of "Winston-Salem, who enwmr-
which nged Scouting and insisted ox
will bo brought to every dinner j cooperation from the parents,
by means of a nation wide hook-, clarlng that Scouting does not ro
up of all major radio chains, i place church or homo training
from the $100 per plate dinner
at the Blayflower Hotel In Wash
ington, broadcast at 10 p. m.
WANT BUILDING
montfL
•EHiS Island originaliy contained
3,3 acres but now has 27.5 acres,
we Much of the made land la **fo^Bigh
. . ' to
Raleigh, Fob. 23.—The build
ing commission anthorlaed by
the general assembly recommend
ed to Ctovemor Hoey today the
issnanse of $300,000 In bonds to
fnanee the erection of a new gtato
office bnUdlng hero. /
but It calculated to auppleinan*
these Institutions of training lig
worthy dtlsenship.
The three Scents who worn
awarded Eagle badges were Paal
Haigwood, Robert Wood Flxlsg
and Pat Williams, Jr.
.Wi,> t.ii
Oregon has every eharaetsor
climate and soil known to the t>
perate sone; from desert to
ly vegetated coast areas k*
mmfoU 'ln abiindwnt '
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