North Carolina Newspapers

VOL. XXXI, NO, 62’Pub^ ^ed Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBQRO, N. C., MONDAY, MAY 17, 1987 jN THE 8TAT&-62.00 OUT OF THE STATE SAMPEY RE-ELECTED Qo' Neiir OHeanc, May 14.—Dr. UlUlCl Ott Joba Sampey, LoutorUle (Ky.) praeident ot tb» Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, was re elected president tor a third ^erm ot the Southern Baptist Conven tion here today. Richmond, Va., was selected for the 1938 con vention. FIND WOMAN’S BODY Rutherford ton, May 14—Ruth erford county officers tonight were continuing their investiga tion" into the death of Mrs. Bar- sllla Fowler, abot t 40, who was found shot to death in a wooded area about six miles from here today. Dr. Whims, county coro ner, who examined the body this afternoon, declared that she had been dead about six days. ODD ACCIDENT Groldeboro, May 14.—C. M. Watson, 60, is in a critical con dition in the Goldsboro hospital, having been crushed under an Automobile that was struck by a freigilU train at a crossing here this afternoon. The driver of the '«ar. Miss Elizabeth Mitcham, of Goldsboro, was also taken to the hoapital and was reported as suf fering mainly from shock. USES ECONOMY AXE Washington, May 11.—Presi dent Roosevelt swung the econ omy axe on farm tenancy aid to day. Congressional leaders said he expressed hope that legislation on the subject would be kept to a "skeleton scale’’ this year. Rep resentative • Rayburn, of Texas, the Democratic leader, took this word to the capltol from a con ference with the President short ly after he returned from his gulf vacation. Men on Charges of Dumping Sawdust In Wilkes Srteams District and County Game Protectors Making Inves tigations of Reports PENALTIES PROVIDED APPOINT JUDGES ■Raleigh, May 14. — Hubert Olive, of Lexington, who manag ed Governor Hoey’s election cam paign laat year, and W. H. S. .KpiodiMMl of the third Judicial district, were .appoiated apeeial Buperlor court judgw today. The governor also aippointed Ernest R. 'Tyler, of Roxobel, to succeed Burgwyn as solicitor and re-named Edwin Gill a? conimlssioner of paroles. Alleged Violators Will Be Tried in Superior Court; May Impose Sentence An Investigation is under way in Wilkes by representatives of the department of conservation and development relative to re ports of sawmill men dumping sawdust into streams. H. Grady Farthing, district game protector, and Homer Brookshire, Wilkes county game and forest warden, confered Fri day and began Investigation of alleged violations of the game laws. Mr. Farthing stated that It is quite likely that prosecutions will be made. They explained that sawdust in streams is poison to fish and that the department's effort to stock the streams will be useless unless the practice of dumping sawdust into streams is wholly discon tinued. The law takes such prosecu tions out of the jurisdiction of magistrates and any indictments will be In superior court, wihere heavy fines or prison sentences may be Imposed in the discretion of the court. Many of the mountain streams in WMlkes have been stocked with trout and low lying streams with bass and other coarse fish. The department will take every pre caution to prevent the fish being taken or killed Illegally, Mr. Farthing and Mr. Brookshire A Baby Giant Panda at Home BROOKFIELD. Ill,.... Su Lin, the only Giant Panda baby in captivity, conies out of his hol low log home SLOW RIDES BETTER Atlanta. May 14.—'Slow ambu lances wero termed life savers for automobile accident victims by P. H. Huff. Red Cross instructor speaking at a police school here today. Huff declared many mo dern accident victims are hurt more by shock than by physical injuries. A wild ride to the hos pital with sirens blowing was worse than leaving the patient alone at tine scene of the acci dent. ho claimed. Letter Carriers Annual Meeting Near Hays 31st Highway Commissioner J. G. Hackett and Postmaster Reins Among Speakers NO COMPROmSE Washington, May 14.—Presi dent Roosevelt banned compro mise on his court reorganization bill- tonight after receiving from Senator Robinson, the majority leader, n report that the vote will be close with a “fair chance’’ ot passage. At the same time, he told house leaders that the gov ernment cannot get by with less than ?1,500,000.000 for relief for the next fiscal year. There bare been demands in Congress that this fund be slashed to $1,000,- 000.000. kinior Baseball Will Begin Soon May Have Nine-Team Line- Up; Special Meeting Of > ; Legion Thursday Night - Wilkes post of the American '•^^iLegion and all ex-service men '^•not affiliated with the Legion ' axe asked to attend a special called meeting at the Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse on Thurs day evening. May 20, 7:30, at which time arrangements will be perfected for a schedule of Junior baseball with eight or nine team* In central communities of the county taking part. Seven- teems have been enroll ed'with a possibility that Cllng- 'man and Cricket communities . will join the movement, making , a nine-team league. At an executive committee . meeting Friday night it wa» de cided that a canvass wooid he made of firms tgjd individuala we^ to solicit funds to aid tkt in porehaae of equip- Annual meeting and picnic of the Brushy Mountain unit of the North Carolina Rural Letter Car riers’ association and Ladies .‘Vuxillary will bo held on Mon day, May 31, in the grove near the home of J. A. Gilliam two miles south of Hays postoffice in this county, it was announced to day. The association embraces R. F. D. carriers in Wilkes. Alexander and Iredell counties. The program will open at 11 a. m. with the singing of ‘‘Amer ica,’’ followed by the devotional by the chaplain and address of Welcome by J. A. Gilliam, of Wilkes. Response will be by De- Witt Hoo-ver. of Iredell, and E. A. Shaver, of Alexander. J. Gordon Hackett. of this city, member ot the state highway commission, and J. C. Reins, North Wilkeshoro postmaster, will address the meeting. At twelve o’cloeV: a business session will be held and the pic nic, always an enjoyable event, will te at one o’clock. Aid To Dependent Children Act Will Go Into Effect July 1 MAY TERM OF U. S. COURT UNDER WAY May term of federal court for trial of cases, ir. Wilkes, Ashe, Watauga and Alleghany counties convened today in WUkesboro with Judge John son J. Hayes presiding. One of the largest criminal dockets In the histoi-}- of the court is awaiting trial and the court began on the long list inunedlntely following the judge's charge to the grand uiy. State Board Tells Requirements In Aid to Children I*art of Funds to Be Expend ed Must Be Furnished By the Counties of State BENEFITS ARE LIBERAL To Include Children Not Able to Secure Proper Care and Training D.0.0.K.DriU Eriday Over 150 Knights of Pythias Expected to Take Part In Ceremonial Raleigh.—One of the most hu mane articles of legislation ever to be adopted by any Common wealth will go into . ette«A ip North WUkesboro lodge o f Knights of Pythias will put on a D. O. K. K. ceremonia’ in this city on Friday, May 21. The program will open at four p. m. with registration at the armory, followed by street work from that hour until six o’clock. The next half hour will be taken uip with the D. O. K. K. drill at the intersection of B and Ninth streets and everybody is invited. At 6:30 supper will be served at the Legion and Auxiliary clubhouse north of the city and at 7:30 ritualistic work will be at the armory. Over 160, including 40 candl- datee, are expected to attend the ceremonial, which will be one of the outstanding fraternal events of the season here. Mountain View Six Candidates forCM.T.C. Quota for County is 13; J. B. McCoy is Taking Ap plications of Interested A communication from head quarters of the Cltlzena’ Military Training camp at Fort Bragg to J. B. McCoy, county C. M. T. C. chairman, states that only ’ six candidates have been accepted I from Wilkes to date for the camp I at Fort Bragg from August 3, to September 1. The quota for the county is 13 and it is pointed out that if Wilkes does not furnish this num ber some other counties where youths want to take advantage of the opportunities for free training will make up the differ ence between the number accept ed and the quota. Application blanks and any other desired information *may be obtained from, Mr. McCoy at Ho tel WPkes. Nineteen Are Graduated From Large School; A Good Year of Work Mountain View high sohool re cently completed a very success ful year and diplomas of high school graduation were presented to a class of 19 seniors. Prof. E. R. Spruill Is district tuperinten- dent. The school experienced a most successful year with the total en rollment reaching 645, it being the largest school in Wilkes out side of the Wllkesboros. year. ’ it will be the Aid to Dependent Children Act, which became a law through action of the 1937 General Assembly. No more will the spectre of hardship and suffering face a be reaved widow and fatherless chil dren, left to the mercies of the world without Income sufficiently adequate to care for them in even the most modest manner Tho various orphanages scat tered throughout the state have done splendid work during the pa.st, 'but there have been thous ands of instances where children were not eligible for entrance in to these havens of refuge for the underprivileged. The Aid to Dependent Children Act not only will take care of children left without a father— it also will embrace those who, for any good reason, are not re ceiving the proper care and train ing because of a lack ot money. Children under 16 years of age, living with either their father, ■mother, grandfather, grandmoth er, 'brother, sister, or other rela tives, will be cared for if It Is shown that those charged with their keeping are not situated so 8-s to give them the advantages to which they are entitled. The Act provides that children eligible tor benefits shall either have been born or resided with in North Carolina tor at least one year prior to the filing of an ap plication for assistance, or that the mother of the applicant also has been a resident of the state for a similar i/eriod, and that she has not the means tor a de cent livelihood for herself and Quarterly Conferences HeM In County Sunday Dr. John T. Hoyle, Jr., presid ing elder of the Statesville dis trict, was in the county yester day to hold quarterly confereuce on the Wilkeeboro and Moravian Falla Methodist charges and North WUkesboro station. Dr. Hoyle preached an able sermon at Union church Sunday morning and in the afternoon the third quarterly conference for the WUkesboro charge was held, fol lowing a bounteous dinner serveil: on the grounds. At 3:30 in afternoon he held the conference for the Moravian Falls charge at Ferguson, and then at night the Conference for the local Metih- odM church tqok place. are to he made to agencies which will be established in each of the 100 counties of the state. The maximum amount any one child may receive under provis ions of the Act is $18 per month, with each additional child of the same family being allowed $12, Parieway Payroll Totals More Than $40,000 Per Month; L^rers Needed Contractors Using AU Day light Time to Push Work On. Five Road Section# operatIn^trucks To Haul Labor From North Wilkesboro to Two Rock Quarries On Parfeway Payroll for the five sections of the Blue Ridge Parkway now under construction in Alleghany, Wilkes, Ashe and Watauga coun ties totals I over $40,000 per month, it was learned here today from authoritative sources. While weather conditions are favorable the contractors are pushing the work as rapl^y as possible and on some sections are working two shifts dally in order to complete projecto this summer if possible. James M. Anderson, head of the district employment service office here, said today that the contractors are now able to use all available labor fitted for the work to be done and there is a shortage of common labor, es pecially for rock quarry work. In order to make more labor available, trucks are being ope rated from North Wilkesboro eaob day to rock quarries 4n operation at Laurel Springs and Glendale Springs. In this manner the labor situation is better taken care of and opportunity for, em ployment Ifi spread. Mr. Anderson has publicly asked that anyone desiring eanployment on the park way to call at the office in this city, located In the Bank of North WUkesboro building. > Wjttti much ot the grading com- I TlllWI^iiiiliiigii'ti'-'' are O' v«sMii» > rdrt.qndfifjf aforfc in order to or the ctuAed stone surface whioh; is being applied. The first section of the parkway from the Virginia-North Caro lina to the intersection with high way 21 in Alleghany county has been completed. The projects now under construction reach south ward to the intersection with highway 421 at Deep Gap be tween North Wilkesboro and Boone. ISO Gallons Capacity; 3,000 Gallons Beer, 10 Boxes; One Man Is Caught District Highway OMce Will Be In This City I Yow.g.« Green Lake, Me. . . . Charlene Libby, age 7, claims the title and exhibits proof. It took her 43 minutes to land this 2 1-2-pound salmon with rod and reel. Three Prisoners Batter Way Out Of Wilkes Jail Used Window Weight to Knock Brick From Bars In Small Window Three prisoners broke out of the jail in Wilkeeboro Friday night by using a window weight to smash and remove bricks about the bars ot a small . pstairs win dow. •rte eeeepwsd' ware Chyrila «c* Olamery, jailed foi''stealing meat from the county borne poor farm; Koonce Provette, In jail on charges of shooting his father; and James Hall, a negro whose most recent offense was steeling an automobile. The escape was discovered by the jailor about nine o’clock as he was making his final round for the night. It was learned that the three 'had lowered themselves to the fround outside the fence on the north side by blankets only a few minutes previous and ef forts to locate them so far have proved futile. It was thought that they left town in an auto mobile. Hackett Promises Improvement Fmr School Bus Roads Says Funds Muat B« Used Economically and For Public’s Best Intereota MACHINE SHOP COJIiflNG ^ Lhop For District to Be Lo cated Here; Wants the Goodwill of People Find Large Still Near Boundary RendezvousPark p^ppjgjj Helps Si^ercrs Deputies Sheriff Odell Whit tington and George Holland lo cated, a large still and arrested one man Thursday on Rendezvous n’oi’utc’n u'vr the boundary line of the Rendezvous state park. The still was of 150 gallons capacity and there were ten con denser boxes. Twenty gallons of liquor and 3,000 gallons of beer were destroyed at the plant. The officers arrested Warren Kilby, a youth of the Purlear community, and two others are said to h.ive fled. Kilby filled ibond for appearance at the next term of Wilkes superior court for trial of criminal cases. Officers said that the still Menadrial Flowers Will Be Offered For Sale in the County On May 29th cent livelihood for herself and gnawed evidence of having been her children. Applications for aid “runs." Tbe operators had apparently used the road to tbe park and fire tow er over which to haul, materials and the still WM within fifty yards of a truck trail constructed by the CC camp. On Tuesday Deputies Whitting- Batme KumiiY lueios ttuuiwea ^ provided the total does not ex- ° ceed $66 per month. One-third of the cost of administering the ,ild to DepNident Children Act will be home hy the counties, with the state and federal govenunwits al so absorbing one-third eaetta The Act provides, however, that in order that no Injustice may .be caused, more than $66 may. be paid '"in extraordinary circumstances in wbieb’ It. aqn>ears the satisfaction of the State Board that a total Of $$6 per tjQOnth would .be InsntGcimit to sejure the purpose xboVe set fOT^’’ ”^e Social Seenrity Act, in providinS Aid to dependent chil- (Oontinaad on page four) . size still near Shepherd’s Cross Roads. There were 700 gallons of beer and no liquor and it appear ed that the operators had Jnst completed a "rqn" of moonshine. Make Canvass Fmt Bishop’s Crusade The North WllkeaboTo Metho dist church is making the canvass this week for the Bishop’s Cru sade as woommended by ^ Bishops. "Ildase every Meihodlrt cooperate 'zrttS the ■ Canvaasers, tho Buggeated amount Is from dollars,’' the The poppy, that little red flow- ■ ,• fvo;.; ’'among the cro.s.ses row on row," which Americans wear each year to honor the World War dead, has become an im portant means of alleviating the sufferings resulting from the war, according to Mrs. Andrew Kilby poppy chairman of the Wilkes county unit of the American Le gion Auxiliary, who is directing arrangements for observance of Poppy Day here, May 29th. From the poppy each j^ear the American Legion Auxiliary raises approximately $1,000,000 for the relief and rehabilitation of dis abled veterans, and for the care of fatherless children of vetmrans, Mrs. Kilby explained. This money forms the principal support of the vast rehabilitation and child 'Welfare program carried out con stantly by the Auxiliary in co operation with The American Le gion. Women in almost every city and town in the United States take part in the memorial poppy program. The American Legion Auxiliary, with its 425,000 mem bers and 9,000 local Units, stpon- sors the work, aided by women and girls from oti’^er groups. Last year nearly 10,000,000 of the lit-, tie flowers were distributed nnd- thls year the number is expesStsd: to increase to -12,000,000, Benefits'to the disabled vet erans 'begin long In advance of the distribntion of the popples on Poppy Day. Many hundreds re ceive employment in making ttte millions of little crepe pap«' Upon his return from the meet ing of the state highway com mission, J. Gordon Hacitett, ot this city, said that tbe district highway office will be located in North Wilkesboro. Mr. Hackett is commissioner of the eighth district, which la composed ot Wilkes, Surry, Yad kin, Forsyth, Davie, Caldwell, Watauga, Ashe, Alleghany and Stokes counties. Relative to the establish ment of a highway machine and repair sihop, 'Mr. ILiciiett explained that at present lUvie is not a shop in the district and that one would be established here in the near future. Relative to the selection of a j district engineer he said that tho selection would be on the basis { of ability to perform to the best | interest of the people and Uio commission. 0)mmls8loner Hackett ha* committed himself to using every effort to place the sohool box routes in tsondltion tor jpjclljpl I .BChook^lAniipoittMoa-aodi^KBSAB^ ed that Improvemsat of seeoudaiy roads would be accompUshod with all possible speed consistent with a good type of work. Concerning the counties in tho district, he said that be Intended to represent each fairly and look after their interests to the very best of his ability. Relative to the dis ricts. set up by the com mission, he said that the high way body -wa.-i ■w’cU pleased with, the set 'cp and that ,s !H)irit of harmony existed. Commenting on the sii.l)jcct ot highway funds, Commissioner Hackett emphasized his intention to use every effort to see that thn funds are used efficiently and in such manner that the greatest possible benefit will accrue to tho public. .Mr. Hackett added that tho reccr. 'r.endations of courty com missioners and county school sup erintendents In the various conn- tio.s would be followed as closo- ly a>.- possible becauso-ihey should lie aide to know Uie actual need* tor road ir.i .n ovement in thedr ' respective counties. Institute Is Held For Scout Leaders one to ten dolUn," an- 1"""*. . „ w-fccv nounc^ent of the canvans Vaughn - Lloyd Conducts A Course Here; Discusses Various Scout Phases ‘Si Much interest was shown ia the Scout Leader Instate con ducted at the Presbyterian hut In this city Thursday vii Friday ’ nigibis. ■ W. E. Vaughn-Doyd, execHtivei of the Winston-Salem ^ont ooui cil, was In charge of the lnstitut%.t| which was 'sponsored by North Wilkesboro Kiwanis dob’' in its efforts to, promote Scontiag and boys’ and girls’ work. The Institute was well attend^ J ed by members ot the Scout court ot honor, Seoutmasten and a»-.| eistants and many laymen Intsr^ ested in promotion ot the Scoa^| organisation. The insHtute was held simllSi to a sohool with gmieml dlseai^'; sions featuring the meetings. Thursday night sponsorship, conr^ mibteee end leadership were cuseed with these and other les making up the program te disoussion on 'Friday night. g Applications oi nitrate of to smaD grain, baa greatly proved ^ smidf grain Rutherford county, allhqc^ ■wme damaged about ll per dm to attacks by ^pUis.