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>Iefw York, Uareh 28.—Three
CVitmra,took » 12,711.95 pay roll
from 'meosensers of the CouK
Frees, Inc., today and esoaped
a^r tying thetr victims to hot
steam pipes.
HELD FOR DEATH
: V KantaipoMs, March 26.—Hu
bert Peacock, truck driver, faced
reekim driving chargee here to
night lu connection with the
dM^ late, .today of Doris Jean-
nett^^nab', a^ed nine. Peacock
vokt ar^Ved by Deputy Sheriff
M||Ward Barnhart shortly after
thb- yei»«t - and lodged Jn lail
pei^l^ tnrthmr investigation.
LOWER DEATHT TOTAM
^Habderson, Tax., March 26.—
Miss Anna McMechen, American
^ted Cross worker, finished a
* week’s relief work in the New
London school disaster area to-
* day and estimated the total num
ber of dead might be near 350.
Previously she estimated the toll
at 455, but said duplications in
the list, and listing of injured as
dead probably would reduce the
number considerably.
YOUTH IS KILLED
Princeton, N. J„ March 26.—
Richard L. Wortham, of Ashe
ville, N. C., Princeton Vnlversity
sophomore, dtbd today ’of injur
ies suffered Wednesday in an au
tomobile collision on the Free-
hold-Hightown road. Wortham,
son of Mr, and Mrs. Richard J.
Wortham, of Asheville, died with
out regaining consciousness at
VOL. XXXI, NO. 48
AD Fanners Urged
To Attend Erosion
Meeting ^ril 3r
At the Courthouse
Expect Large Attendance at
Gathering to Be Held at
Courthouse Saturday
WILL SHOW PICTURES
Talkies Will Illustrate Best
Wajrs of Erosion Pre-
vMition and Control
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All farmers In Wilkes county
are urged by County Agent A, G.
Hendren and other farm authori
ties to attend a soil erosion meet
ing to be held at the courthouse
in Wllkesboro on Saturday, April
3, beginning at ten o’clock.
The meeting Is described as
something different from the
usual soil erosion lecture In that
the major portion of the tacts to
be given will be In the form of
a talking moving picture. Spe
cial arrangements will be made in
the building for this purpose.
E. T. Erickson, of the state
CCC coordinance, will be In
charge of the meeting and district
Agent O. P. McCrary will also be
present.
Interest in control of soil eros
ion is evidenced by the fact that
more than 1,000 farms In Wilkes
the University infirmary. Dr. Al-,
bert J. Sekerek, assistant Mercer | participated in the soil conserva
tion act last year and several
who did not participate last year
have already signed work sheets
county physician, attributed
death to a fractured skull.
murder-suicide
Canton, O., March 26.—Three
UU..C a.lev,., oifauv-vi ,.«i« Board of directors of the new-
and plan to practice soil Improv- ly formed Northwestern Bank, a
Ing and soil conserving methods consolidation of four of the lead-
1 Dr.CRnMSiM^
To Three Groups
Of Pebple Friday
Director of Mental Hygiene
Hold* InterMjt of
ly Mmded PeopI^ V.
LOS ANGELES . . . Pauline Prior, pretty aviatrix, displays a model of
the latest type transport plane. The sectional model shows all details
of the interior of a large Douglas Sky Line.
Board Directors
Of Northwestern
Bank In Meeting
Central Board Newly Con'
solidated Bank in Or
ganization Meet Today
Canton, u., Marcn — luree uuu dv,,i vviuov,. ....o -- —
little children looked on late to- this year, for which they will re- ing banks In nnrrhweatcrn North
day while their mother was shotjccive cash payments as prescribed ^maoHn., tnHnv
[ to death and their father prob-
[ ably fatally wounded in a quarrel
f climaxing domestic difficulties.
Police Chief Ira Manderbaugb
said that James .Monticue, 36.
.hnt his wife through the heart,
then fired a bullet into his own
head when Mrs. Monticue refus
ed to patch up- a recent estrange
ment. Monticue tvas taken to a
*' * hospital In critical condition.
BACK TO CAPITOL
Aboard Roosevelt Train En
Route to Washington, March 26.
— President Roosevelt headed
back to Washington tonight after
a two weeks’ vacation at Warm
Springs, Ga., which aides said
had proved beneficial in prepar-
* WjjlBg him for the long and busy
^4ays ahead in pressing his 1937
program. Several score colonists
at the Warm Springs foundation
for infantile paralysis sufferers
gave him a cherry send-off at the
village station where his special
train pulled out at 2:30 p. m.
c.s.t.)
PATROL RADIO
Raleigh, March 2 6.—Captain
Charles D. Parmer, head of the
highway patrol, said today the
patrol’s short-wave radio system
might be put into operation by
the latter part of May, if favor
able weather prevails. Broadcast
ing stations are to be located at
Raleigh, Elizabethtown, Ashe
ville, WlUiamston and Salisbury.
Parmer said, and work on the
Raleigh towers started today.
Sending equipment v,-ill be in
stalled in the Raleigh station
within two weeks, he added.
In the farm act which replaces
the triple A and which has proved
even more, popular among the
p-eople of the county in that it
(.ikes in more diversified farm-
ins.
Wilkes i.s listed as ono of the
I'iore badly eroded counties of
the mountain and piedmont area
and for this reason attendance of
all farmers Is hrgc3 at the meet
ing to be held bn April 3, at
which time the best methods of
erosion control and prevention
will be graphically portrayed.
It will not only be shown how
erosion already at work can be
effectively controled but emphas
is win also be placed on erosion
prevention on soils which have
not been so severely ravaged by
erosion.
New Building For
New Hope Church
To Erect Brick a Veneer
Structure; Five Rooms
and an Auditorium
Carolina, were in meeting today
at the Deposit & Savings bank,
headquarters of the instit'.itlor.. tc
elect oCficpr.s and managln.g iier-
sonnel.
At the lime The .lournal-Pa-
triot went to press tills afternnor
the directors had not completed
their meeting.
I'he member banks are Deposi
& Savings Bank here, ’The Bank
of Sparta at Sparta, the Wktangs
county Bank at Boohb, with a
branch at Blowing. Rock, and the
Merchants and Farmers Bank at
Bakersvllle with a branch at
Burnsville.
Three directors were elected by
the stockholders of each of the
institutions Involved in the merg
er. The bank will have total re
sources of about ^,000,000.
NEW COURT PLAN
Washington. March 26.—Sena
tor Cinnally (D.). Tex., an op
ponent of the Roo'pvplt court
legislation, produced a new con
stitutional amendment idea to-
Stlght with the explanation that
It “just so happens” it would
carry out the wishes of the Pres
ident. His suggestion was that
the r.jzo of the.Supreme Court be ,b,uuu mnoo
.lived at Bine, with retirement of | have not paid ther subscriptions
JustlcfA made voluntary at 70 | ^j^o wish at this time to sub-
years of age and compoilsory at j ggribo any amount may get In
76. The amendment would e, E. Hayes or de-
move- five present members of amount to the New
the court Immediately upon rati- jj^pe church account in the De-
New Hope Baptist church, one
of the largest churches in the
county, is planning the erection
of a brick veneer church build
ing at the site of the present
building near Purlear and work
will get under way within the
next few days, it was learned to
day from a member of the, build-
in.:; committee.
The new building will contain
a spacious auditorium and five
Sunday school rooms and is be-
in.g financed by cash and labor
.subscriptions by members and
friends of the church. The esti
mated cost is 33,300. Of this
amount about two-thirds has been
subscribed,
Rev. A. W, Eller is pastor and
the members of the building
committee are E. E. Hayes, R.
M. Church, C. P. Canter, J. T.
Vannoy, Hubert Canter, Roby El
ler and Vernon Eller. Those who
Examination For
Laborer Position
Notice has been posted at the
North Wllkesboro postoffice rela
tive to a civil service examination
to fill the position of charman-
lahorer, at the postoftice.
Application must he In the of
fice of the manager of the 4th U.
S. civil service district, Washing
ton, D. C„ by April 7. The wage
will be 50 cents per hour and the
examination will be on physical
ability.
Asks Fanners To
Exercise Patience
County Agent’s Office As
sured That 1936 Checks
Will Arrive Shortly
The department of agriculture
lias assured County Agent A. 0.
Hendren that checks for com
pliance with the 1936 soil act,
expected for several weeks, will
arrive shortly
RE-ESTABLISHED Wnil FULL
cowXnyforerosion work
I ,1^,, Gardenia Daacce
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Dr. Harry Cmns; eminent pky-
chotogist and direC'-or of the di
vision of mental hygiene of the
state board of eharltlM ^
lie welfare, Chapel Hllh. "
Friday In the Wnkdsbopw
discussed three ‘snblifetj hetW:
three andiencM. ^ , 'f • . ’
Dr. Crane l^ke first at noon
before the North Wllkesboro Ki-
wanis club, using as a subject,
‘‘The Unrecognised Underprivi
leged Child.’’ He touch^' npon
phases of the subject little dis
cussed in that he explained there
were two types of underprlvUeg
ed child, Inferior and superior
intellectually. He discussed the
difficulties and needs of dealing
with both types to make of them'
useful citizens.
“Emotional Health of Our Chil
dren’’ was'the gnbject discussed
by Dr. Crane before patrons add
teachers ef Wllkesboro school
Friday afternoon. Following 'the
addres h^ led' a discussion and
answered many questions asked
by the teachers. . „
In the evening he spoke before Winter Haven. Fla. . . . Gall
a meeting of the Wilkes, County Armour, famous danseuse, re-
Councll of Social Agencies held at hearses for her Gardenia Dance
the public library. His subject at Florida Cypress Gardens where
was “The Social Worker as a
VkttO iUe aJVVicaa —w w i - «i i.i
Mental Hygiene Factor.” in which blossoms are now in full bloom,
he discussed, biases, prejudices.
likes and dislikes. The meeting,
oygr which Chairman W. K.
Meanwhile the statement is gjurdivant presided, was well at-
fn,.moro whose D. Halfacre, chairman
of the library committee, made a
said
iven out that farmers
checks arrive will be notified
through the mall. Mr. Hendren
and associates regret the delay In
liayment, although final applica
tions were forwarded several
weeks ago and checks have been
expected daily during the past
month.
Wilkes farmers will receive in
ilm, neighborhood of 130.000 for
laaT year. Thosn who dH ' nrt'
sign work sheets last yeaf may
participate in the new program
by calling at Mr. Hendren’s of
fice and signing a work sheet
for this year.
brief report in which .he
plans were under way for estab
lishing branches of the library in
yarious communities and he Is
sued an Inrtatlon for the people
of the county to make free use
of the library.
Gneats at th* KiwanU meeting
[Jat noon ^
1. Bller, Mrs,
Gives Dinner At
Mount Pleasant
The Home Economics depart
ment at Mount Pleasant, which
was installed this year, served a
very enjoyable meal Friday,
March 6, at 4:30 p. m.
The following guests were pres
ent: Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Bller, Mr.
and Mrs. C. O. McNeill, Mr. and
Mrs. D. F. Shepherd, Mr. and
Mrs. T. O. Minton, Mr. and Mrs.
C. McNeill, Dr. A. J. Eller and
Miss Bennett, Dr. W. W. Miles
rnd the Mount Pleasant faculty.
The meal was followed by short
speeches from the guests of hon
or.
fication.
Wedding Invitation
At Mountain View
The e'onientary department of
the Mountain View central school
request* the honour of your prea-
ence at the wedding of "Jennie
Ix)u” to ‘ Tom Thumb" on Thurs
day night. April first, nineteen
hundred and thirty-seven, eight
This is the first performance to
be given in the auditorium of
the newly constructed elemenUry
bnllding.
The public Is cordlidly Invited
to come nnd visit with ns.
Admlasion 10 and 15 cents.
posit & Savings bank.
Pays His Taxes
With 249 Nicklet
Times must be getting bet
ter! J. A. Hendren, of Call,
who last year paid his taxes
with penni€» he had saved np,
went into the sheriffs office
Fr'day and paid his taxes for
this year with 240 nlckles.
Mr. Hcn'’ren told Deputy
gherlll Odell Whittington he
had been saving ©very nlckle
ho received since October but
lacked a small amount having
enough to pay his tax. ITie re
mainder he paid te other
change.
Officers Discuss
Safety of Traffic
Sergt. W. B. Lentz, of the
state highway patrol, and J. E.
Walker, North Wilkesboro police
chief, appeared before the North
Wllkesboro high school iln the
assembly period Monday and dis
cussed safety before the achooL
Sergt. W. B. Lentz talked a-
bout highway safety and Chief
uu >.1,0 — ■ ■ • - ■ Walker’s talk was concerning
under near Hay Meadow on the’safety of children. He • highly
Hays-Mulberry road about three i the nine students
miles north of Hays. j ^yho do patrol duty on street In
tersections and the boys who have
done such splendid work in this
capacity were on the platform
with the officers..
Terracing Demonstration
A demonstration of terracing
has been arranged by Mr. R. S.
T.itornton, vocational agriculture
teacher of Mountain View for
Wednesday March 31. The dem
onstration will begin ut 9:30 a.
m. and continue until 6:00 p. m.
All farmers who are Interested
in terracing or soil conservation
are requested to be present for
this demonstration to be made
on the farm of Mr. W. F. Alex
Explains Action
On Tax Measure
McDuffie Had Rill to Allow
Special Levy Recalled
and Tabled in House
Miss Nora Bennett, (Jnerta of T.
E. Story; W. H. H. Waugh and
Robert Morehouse, guests of H.
H. Morehouse: Mrs. Eugene
Olive, guest of her husband; J.
C. Saunders, of Bainbridge, Os.,
guest of R. G. Finley.
J. M. Bumgarner,
Former Officer,
Taken By Death
Career Included 28 Years as
Deputy and Number Of
Years Deputy Marshal
.
James Marshal .v Bumgarner,
Officers Capture
3 Men at a
Federal Agent* and Deputy
Raid Large Outfit in An
tioch Vicinity Friday
erti^
years he served as chief deputy
sheriff of Wilkes county and the
term he served as United States
deputy marshal, died at his home
in Wllkesboro at 6:30 a. m. Fri
day. He had suffered an attack
of influenza two weeks before
his death and pneumonia develop
ed during the second week of his
illness.
Mr. Bumgarner’s career as an
officer began when he was first
appointed chief deputy by Sheriff
J. H. Johnson. From that time
Federal officers and Odell
Whittington, deputy sheriff, made
a very successful liquor raid Fri
day in Antioch township when
they captured three men and de
stroyed a 300-gallot capacity
still. The men, who filled bond
for appearance in federal court,
were Wilson Shew, Roy Wyatt
and John Grlnton.
The officers destroyed 1,200
gallons of beer, 200 gallons of
liquor and vast quantities of ma
terials for liquor manufacture at
the large plant.
Child Is Injured
Playing on Road
Police Chief Issues Warning
About Using Coaster
Wagons On Streets
Attorney P. J. McDuffie,
Wilkes county- representative in
the legislative session which
closed last weak, today explained
his action on the measure which
w'onld have permitted the eovn^
commissioners to make a epdoial
levy of 22 cents to supplement
the county general fund.
Mr. McDuffie said ho Introduc
ed the measure in courtesy to
W. H. McBIwee and J. M. Ooop-
•ir, county attorneys, and that
after it had passed the house and
gene' to the senate he had it ro-
called and tabled in the house.
Annual Music
Concert April 2
Music pTtplls of Mrs. T. W.
Shnford, Instructor for First Na
tional Institute Allied Arts, will
give theJr ^ second annual recital
at the North Wllkesboro school
auditorium at 8 o’clock on April
Z. The public Is Inrited.
The program prOmlsoa 4«. ha
interesting wtth. solow- dt^^
tjrkM'lild'Unartets, OoteWtliig' of
Cello, Violin, first and second vio
lins and acoordlan accompanl-
thousands ol the fragrant waxy
the terms of Sheriffs Johnson, P.
E. Brown, W. D. Woodruff and
G. G. Elledge
FULL COMPANY
HAS 200 MEN;
WORK PLANNED
Say Ample Eroaion Control
Woric Needed to Keep
Men Busy Three Yean
INSPECf~PROPERTY
Buildings in Fair State o#
, Repair; MoveY'Braadi
Camp Back to Base
Arrangements are rapidly bn-
ing completed to re-cetabllsb a
full company Civilian Consorsa-
tlon camp at the James camp site
near Purlear, 15 miles west
this city, it was learned today
from unofficial but reliable *oni»-
es.
The idans call for re-establisb-
ment of the full company as a
soil erosion control nnit and ia
expected to be filled at the next
enlistment call on or about April
1.
' The James camp was one of the
first established ip this''part o(
the state and was^ set np as a
forestry unit. The company was
housed in tents during the firet
summer, when two large bar
racks, assembly hall, mess hall,
infirmary and officers qnarten
were constructed.
Having completed a greater
part of the planned forestry work
the camp us a company was dis
banded two years ago and a
branch camp of the Morganton
company was set np with about
fifty men to complete some tm-
finlshed forestry work. Thea*
men are to he returned to the
base camp near Morganton.
Realizing the great need of
erosion control in the county and
having completed many programs
of work at other poteti, plans
ii jhitt edmpanj^ jjf abbot fM>"
men end devote attention to bna-
ion control, which was practleei
on a small scale by a small crew
of the company before it was dis
banded about two years ago.
Those who have considered th*
proposition are of the opinio*
that the lamp will have ampi*
work lor a full company within
a prescribed radius for an Ind^-
nite time, at least ihree or lour
years.
Army officers have visited th*
J. camp site on several occasions re-
he served continuously through ascertain and plan for
, 1. i TxVtviarvn O a. _ u
any work that needed to be don*
before the full company of men
were sent in. The hutldings were
Badly Burned b
Explosion of Gas
Lish Parsons Severely In
jured When Match Ig
nites Gas in Auto Tank
VI. WCre SCUl ID-
Soon after he relinquished his ^^pgrted to he in good condition
position as chief deputy sheriff I j^ig ^as found to b*
of the county in 1928 he was cp-| ^gg^gg^ry.
pointed Deputy U. S. Marshal by
Marshal Jenkins and served for
about three years.
The many years he served in
Wilkes county as deputy sheriff
and the time he was deputy mar
shal brought him into contact
with a great number of the peo
ple of the county and this part
of the state and in his official
cap'acity and as a citizen he won
th© friendship of a host of peo
ple and was perhaps personally
known by more people than any
other citizen of his county.
His acquaintance with so many
people and the fulfillment of his
duties in an official capacity
broadened his education and
-knowledge until he was well
versed in many subjects. During
the past few years he had been
engaged In general collecting bus
iness and farming.
Since early manhood he had
been actively affiliated in poli
tical life with the Republican
party and exerted much Influence
among the many people wltb
whom he was acquainted.
Ha was a member of a widely
known Wilkes family. He
I.ish Parsons, a resident of
Wllkesboro route 1. was sever®-
ly 'burned Saturday when an an-
tomobile gas tank exploded.
•Mr. Parsons was standing by
when a match was struck as an
automobile tank was being filled
with gasoline. His condition is
described as quite serious. Treat
ment is being rendered at th*
Wilkes hospital.
A child was hit and painfully
Injured near here Friday while
playing on; the highway with a
coaster wagon.
J. E. Walker, North Wllkes
boro polce chief, has issued -a
warning of the dangdr Involved In
children playing on streets. Mr.
Walker s'..ated that the practice -
is all too prevalent and urged g, ^nd the late Angeline oeeds will be ns«4 for tho^bOTodt
that parente use every.Ttrecantlon Bumgarner, who died In of Macedonia Baptist ehnre^
~f«tn December 16, 1911, he' The public la cordially Urvttte
Box Supper At
Buggaboo School
Announcement has been mad*
of a box supper to be held *2
Buggaboo school 2 1‘‘2 mil**
igag northwest Of Rond* on Saturday'
Known wiixes ...... —
M c,.nd.... dt H. I d «;t.'T?
to sec that their children refrain
from this dangerous practice.
Miss Scroggs Named
Secretary Mewliants
Mt8a RoBo ‘'Wado l»a*
assumed her duties as secretary
WIlkoacCojiBhz
ment, also eolo. The ensembles of chants’ association, whICh ;TO 6f-
vlolln and goiter will have 40..flees over Carlton Hardware
players as one big orchestra. - store. ^
The students here will ttdto Miss'.Scroggs was namM . -te
part In the Morganton . Recital' the ©I director* of ^
and in Hickory April 4 at S
m. in Fawmonnt Theatr*; - l w*-
was married to Miss Emma Pen
nell, a daughter of tho late W.
T. Pennell, of Greensboro. They
celebrated their 26th wedding
anniversary In December, 1936.
Surviving are his lather, his
wife, and one daughter. Miss
'HelSn Bumgarner, a student of
W. C. U. N. C., Greensboro. Also
surviving are three brothers and
two aisteis: W. Percy and Mel
vin Bumgarner, WUkesbor* route
1; Harley Bumgarner, iteahing-
ton, D. C.; Mrs. James Jenkiai,
(Continued on page tSrrp)
to attend and h«^ to make th*
occasMn a snedsm.
Legion Meeting
To:BeApra8
Announeement 'has been mate
of the postpoament of the Aprft
meeting of the American
from Friday night, qt-thlit week'
to Thursday idgjhL'ApfttV2r,' VtM«
Some Interesttag fuatateKyim
ing" planned >^and LagicHUUttite
are «rg^ to mate plaaa b«w to i
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