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WQVlld )-U. .sioihk •r ' ^gheIt salaries WashiagtouT' >->- ^larl«>s o t ,S94> tor Owen D. Tonng and G«k«rd Swope, chairman and praaident nepectlrely of the Gen- erml Slecttlc C!ompany, topped a lilt of 19M corporation salaries made pnbUc today by the secnri- Uea commission. Lived Li Poverty! b Mida Of Her Many Mary^ Baugueaa Burned To Death lit iteV Hoine In Northwestern Wilkes "S: SHERIFF PAYS FINK Raleigh, Not. 15.—John D. Chalk, game and inland fisheries commissioner, said today that a Tennessee sheriff and a resident ,Jl8heTine had been fined each at Fletcher after it proTen that the sheriff bor rowed the hunting license of the Asheyllle man and used it in Pisgah national forest. SEARCHERS FIND CASH W Sums of Money Found At More Than Fifty Placet In Woman’s Hmne Mary Bauguess, G3, who was burned to death Monday in her home near Roaring Gap, was on relief and was a beggar notwith- ■standing the fact that after her “Best »> iman Sells Ma^es For illar Ten Dollars Each New York City ... Quick events after the LaGuardia-Dew- FAVORS COTTON AID Harrisburg, Pa.—The National Orange convention today went on record as favoring Immediate payment to cotton growers of the three-cent federal subsidy on their crop. The convention adopt ed a resolution urging payment at once, so Southern planters can -gioet interest, taxes and other . operating expenses. I death J2,030.72 was found in her ey landslide here spelled doom of fCREASE WAGES Winston-Salem, Nov. 15—A 10 per cent pay increase, retroactive, to July 1, 1937, for all employee household they beneath supervisory positiro was announced today by Atlantic Greyhound Lines. The actual in crease, according to letters sent to the employes by the line’s management, becomes effective with the pay roll period begin alng November 15. WOMAN SENTENCED Charlotte, Nov. 15.—Mrs. R. E. Campbell, 26-year-old wife of a c^ opemUir, was sentenc- home, along with an abundance of good clothing stored in the bouse while she wore rags. She had lived alone during the past year since the death of her mother and on Monday morning neighbors heard her scream and rushed to the home to find her lying on the floor and her clothes burning. The flames were ex tinguished and she was carried to the hospital in Elkin where she died that afternoon. On Tuesday when neighbors went to the home to look after found the moat curious clrcumstancos ever beheld in a home in this part of the state. The first money, $108, was found lying on the floor wrapped in an old newspaper. Diligent search uncovered money in at least fifty places in tbe three-room bungalow which has diiapidated for lack of repair. Sums from a few cents to sev eral dollars were lound in snuff boxes, soda boxes, cabinets, cup boards, in old clothes, in baking Wder OM>s, is shoes, in gangland’s racketeers and tbelr political henchmen. Wednesday, Thomas E. Dewey, above, .new District Attorney, celebrated vic tory, Thursday, Charles A. Schneider, Assistant Attorney General, accused by Dewey of accepting legal fees from racke teers, resigned. Friday, Morris Goldis, underworld character, was held without bail by police, indicted by Dewey on a murder charge. Open SeasonQuail On November 20th Brookshire Warns Hunters to Obtain License; Sev- | eral Been Prosecuted ; Hunters and sportsmen are oil ing up the shotguns and training . An itinerant salesman who boast^ that he was thef wortd’S' best shlesman and ronld^-iprove it. sold bnmt match^ for ten-dollars each to pei^te in a Wwd on tbe co.iirtlkouso -squai^ in Wiikes- boijo day week at *co«irt, recess. bi the one fapw that he j^oqd ott: his stnall truck and "did the selling it was estimat ed by bystandwr* that he fleec ed people in.crowd ont of at least 9l0^ But it was,^l|>done In a mast legal,and without inisrepreetntafthN} by this sales chivtter. Ho tita^ed ont by seU- ing empty one dollar each and told who pur chased them „ were empty. When thiqr'tdnnd some ffhin/ articles in the boxes they were well pleased and he went ahead with five dollars sales, which were pen and pencil sets. Ho wound up his selling by buying three matches at 25 rents each from persons in the crowd and selliss them at ton dollars each, al^ making them absolntely yraftbless by striking them. He did not promise anj-thln|^.jH*e for tbe ^ Work today In November Session Judge Cecil Wyche Hears Many Cases; Liquor Of fenders Sentenced ten dollars. After palling asked,' -more Federal court was In session at two places in Wilkesboro today —in the federal building with Judge Johnson J. Hayes presid ing and in the county courthouse with Judge Cecil Wyche, of Spartanburg, S. C., on the bench. Judge Hayes was ill Monday when court started and Judge Wyche, of th© western district of South Carolina, opened court for him and continued until neon to day. Judge Hayes was able to re turn to his duties this morning somewhat recovered from a se vere cold and presided over Jury trials at the federal building. Meanwhile Judge Wyche heard cases wherein defendants entered pleas of guilty—at the other courthouse. A great part of the large dock et has been cleared to date with but few defendants asking Jury' trials. Judge Wyche has sentenc ed a few to Atlanta, severnl to the Industrial Reformatory at Chilllcothe and has placed many under suspended sentences tvitb probatlcq of^varylng terms. Firtt Om Of Spacers B^ore die ^ • CoBveatioB IS INSPIRING ADDRBS5 Does Not Declares Churdb ConsistenUy Practice What It Preaches New York City . . . When a Re publican wins a major political battle these days, that’s news! Bruce Barton, victorious G.O.P. candidate in a three-cornered fight for Congress, is going to Washington to carry out his cam paign pledge “to move for the repeal of on© law per week.’’ Soon ^er election, Walter O’Keefe, radio and stage funnyman and newspaper paragrapber, referred to Barton as a 1940 Presidential possibility. Some political seers say Idea is more truth than oom- edy. Will Study Three Years at Seminary Rev. Avery Church, Wilkes boro Baptist Pastor, to Leave Monday Rev. Avery M. Church, pastor o{.^.,Wllkesboto and Jonesville tSafttst churches, will leave Mon- Declaring that the church doe* not consistently practice whatsit preaches, Rev. Eugene Olive, pas tor of the First Baptist ~ 'church of North Wilkesboro, delivered an inspiring address before the annual state Baptist conventlos yesterday in Wilmington. The convention, which opened Monday with pastors’ conference, closed today. The addrees by the local min ister was on the subject of “The Church and Social Wionge.” Some excerpts from his address follow: The church for centuries has done a tremendous amount of preaching although by general agreement there has never been enough of the right sort. But when will th© church begin to practice consistently what 11 preaches at its best! Was 'Vo'.taire far wrong when he charged that, "The worst of the worthy sort of people is that they are such cow ards. A man groans over wrong, he shuts bis lips, he takes his supper, h© forgets.’’ While Jesus did no little amount of preaching, the major emphasis of His min istry was teacklAgr. much of which was by example. The apparent Impotency of the church to sbatter.. the entrenched social wrongs^ opr tUnes b^ Bh, of sgtofi, D. cl; id an intomo- y© accident last August. Mrs. Campbell collapsed when Judge Wilson Warlick pronounced sen tence. She was convicted on a Manslaughter charge several weeks ago but passing of sen tence was deferred AND HE TOOK IT Raleigh, Nov. 15.—Judge Wil ey G. Barnes, of recorder’s court, lis morning gave J. E. Murray pt of highway high sign, a umb pointing toward the coun- ‘?Jall. whereupon Murray slamm ed his hat down on the court ■floor and yelled: “I'll be damned »*I take it.’’ He was damned and took it, too. Yanked into court upon a charge of being very drunk, he was convicted and giv en 60 days tor disorderly con- dact along with his drunk. Mur ray then instituted his one-man riot. -MINISTER KILLED Huntington, W. Va., Nov. 15.— The body of Dr. James I. Seder, fostf-old retired minister and lissionary to Japan, was taken to St. Paul, Minn., tonight for burial at the h'/me of a son while th* state called a snecial grand jury to consider charges against three ex-convicts it ac cused df kidnaping the dry lead er for $60,000 ransom. Dr. Seder died oiirly today after a two-day fight ugainst pneumonia which physiefans said “undoubtedly” was brought on by his 10 day confinement in an abandoned coal mine. , n OiT ^wMTo money was. least expected j November- 20. to be found. Hosner Brookshire, county Seven men searched all day, game, protector, today called at- Tuesday and Wednesday and; t©ntlon to the fact that the sea- when all their findings were col- j ©pen Saturday and that lected they had over $2,000, in-' hunters must have license or eluding $100 in gold coins, four | he liable to prosecution in the 20’s and four 5’s, $80 in dimes, »©urts for violation of a state 70 silver dollars. $90 in gold cer-; jaw. In fact he has prosecuted 16 tificates, much small change and i wilkes county people during the the remainder in old style big past three weeks for hunting size bills from 50’s down to ones, j without license and some tew -Ml the money measured four gal-! ©ase-s for hunting out of season. Ions and was deposited in a bank And efforts will he made to her© tod:iy by .attorney T. U.. regulate the “game hog,” the P'er- Bryan, who is a native of that j g©© who will kill all he can re- sectio!! of Wilkes and aided in | gardless of the bag limit. The the search. Today G. M. Royal,: bag limit on quail is 10 per day a distant relative, qualified as ad-; t.t;o f©r the season. There is ministrator at the request of the i jj© limit on rabbit but ruffled heirs, who are first cousins and ^ Grouse, on w'hich the season also the nearest relatives. | ©pens November 20, is two per Nei.ghbors recalled how for juy and 20 for the season. The some time she had lived the lifoj game protector or any deputy of a pauper, receiving govern- ^ has the right under the law to ment relief, begging among the i search any hunter to see whether people who frequented Roaring 1 ©j. u©t he has exceeded the bag Gap summer resort near her limit. home and at other places. She j The duck season opens all over wore ragged clothes and some-i the state on November 27. times was barefoot. A search of | the home revealed dozens of good pairs of shoes, all kinds of serv iceable clothing and non-perlsh- ’ none sngge back, the u8 that they wo down In their *I|^lve it. answer: being stick tt- way pockets. He Appeals to count lHI*Washington, Nov. 15.—Presl- milSat Roosevelt made virtually Uj Edlrect appeal to the Supremo | "eourt today not to invalidate fu- rtlire crop control legislation. He [rrt^ted in his message to Con- that the court had upheld , ^bor loglslatlon and “workers’ aectfrity” legislation and thereby /had sohtalned the power of Con- regulate Interstate com- ^llicrce ^nd ’’to tax and to spend for the general welfare.” “I hope boUeve,” he said, “that the court- will not again farmers the protection ih^'now It' able provisions. Several armfulls of Christmas presents which had never been unwrapped and which were supposedly given her by wealthy neighbors in the resort wer© found. 'WTiile she wore clothes made of feed bags when she was burned there was a sup er abundance of good clothes packed neatly in the home. Her good luck superstition was in evidence with ^very money cache. A rabbit’s tail, token of good luck among her family for generations, was with each bit pf I hidden money. Her father, the late Mitch Bauguess, always car ried a rabbit’s tail in his pocket tor good luck and neighbors said he possessed th© same character istics as bis daughter and offered the opinion that the money found hidden In the house was hoarded by at least three gene rations. Craft Made Head Of 2-County NYA of W. R. Craft, former head 1 adult and nursery education in Wilkes and Alexander counties, I h a 3 been appointed National J Youth Administration supervisor j and is now serving in that capac- ! ity. i Mr. Craft succeeds Mi^s Inez Absher. who has accepted a po sition as case worker for the Wilkes county w'elfaro denart- ment. All NYA activity except stu dent aid will be under tho dlrec- .said Iioavever, that he vra.s go ing to u.se the money for a worthy caiino j. for the fioneflt of widows and orphans—that Ills wife was a widow and that he was an orphan. The a.storlshing angle to the whole affair for those wiio did not play the sucker role was that he actually took the money and made them like it. Vot a soul among those fleec ed raised on© word in protest, notwithstandlngf the fact that lie “rubbed it in” by telling (liein to carefully keep the matches and tell their grand- ehildieu some day that they paid ten dollars for a burnt match absolntely without val ue. Pastors, Deacons To Have Meetins Stone Mountain Association Leaders Will Meet at Mountain View The moderator of the Stone Mountain association has called a meeting of the pastors and dea cons in the association to be held at Mountain 'View Baptist church. The meeting will open on Sun day night, November 21, and continue through Wednesday night. All pastors and deacons with in the association ar© urged to attend every session and any vis iting ministers and deacons from other associations will receive a cordial welcome. A similar meeting has been called to begin the first Sunday District Junior Essay Contest At i December at Traphlll Elkin November 23 'KdVc!w.^liurch' a' young mlnlsterra son of Mr. and Mrs. N. C.'Church, of Purlear. He re ceived his education at Millers Creek and Wilkesboro high schools. Wake Forest Colleee and the Southern Baptist Seminary, where he has already completed over two years of work at differ ent intervais. He plans addition al study there until he receives a pli. D. degree. He has already tendered his resignation a t the Jonesville church, which is planning the call of a pastor for full time work, and will offer his resignation to the Wilkesboro church in the service Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Church and chil dren, Milton and Grenfell, will ’Their passlohate'inquiry “What must the church dd'“ tp ' save men?” Like the Sabbath, tho church was made for man, not man for the church. Let the church rediscover the' Individual by all means, for the true test of any society is what happens to human beings, one by one. This discovery will send the church with holy passion In search of the causes of man’s in felicity and then, instead of ex hausting its resources in building and maintaining a hospital at a point where life’s highway ven tures too near an unbarricaded I precipice, it will build a safer highway, teaching traveler.s to I Journey thereon sanely. Not ”rug- I ged individualism’’ which cares i Baptist church. Announcement has been made that the district.finals of the Jr. O. U. A. M. ettsay contest on Americanism will be held at El kin on November 23. Counties in the seventh dis trict are Wilkes, Surry and Yad kin. District Deputy P. E. Bass will preside. Hosiery Executive To Address Kiwanis make their home in Louisville! (©© imi© ©r not at all what hap- whlle he is attending the semi- j pe^g (© the underprivileged, ex- I cept to exploit them for selfish ; _ 1 purposes; but Christian indlvidn- The average height of men in j alism let us have, for it reeog- America is five feet and eight in- nizes the supreme value of per ches, and of women, five feet and I sonality and seeks to make pos- fonr inches. | (Continued on page eight) Orchard Research Station May Be Named In Memory A. G. Hendren Taylor R. Durham, of Char lotte, executive secretary of the Southern Hosiery Manufacturers association, will be the speaker at the Friday noon Kiwanis club meeting and will use as a subject “Business Conditions In the South.’’ P. W. Eshelman will be accords to others.*’ Attend Meeting To Hear About Farm Program For ’38 Snow On Mountains in charge of th© program. Episcopal Service For the third time this year | the Blue Ridge was snow capped' Vesper service at St. on Wednesday morning. While Episcopal church Sunday Paul’s after- tion and supervision of Mr. Craft. | rain fell here Tuesday night snow noon, November 21st, at four o’- His successor for adult education j ■was falling on the Blue Ridge 25 clock. Rev. B. M. Lackey, Rector, has not been selected. I miles north of this city. In charge. Have You Joined The Red Cros*s? County Agent For 26 Years May Be Honored By Growers Association The annual Red Cross rc” call! meeting will end on Thursday of next Mountain Fruit week, have you Joined? Those who do not see a can vasser may mall or send their contribution to J. B. Williams, treasurer of the chapter. North of the Growers association it will be suggested that the orchard re.search 'station now under construction on the Brushles b© named in memory of Grant 'Hendren, who died several Wilkes county j weeks ago after 26 years of faith- Wilkesboro, or ful service as farm jSemonstratton .-ii -ri. w-v ' a rural resident may find it more j agent In Wilkes. convenient to enroll by sending The lot on which the labora- the dollar membership contribn- ■ tory will be constructed has h^n tion by a school principal. DIAMOND’ BOB VANNOY IS ALLEGED TO BE LEADER GANG F(BGING $1,000 IN CHECKS Th© Red Cross has done much 1 fpr;,th© people of Wilkes and It deeded to State Goliege by Perry Lowe and Is located 'at Kllby'ik ■ Spe^al Service ■ M. E. Church wlH County Agent Dan Holler, Law rence Miller, J. M. German and L. G. Billings, members of the Wilkes county soil conservation committee, attended a flve-opnn- ty meeting at Yadklnvlllo Tues day at which time plans were out lined by agricultural authorities for the 1938 farm program, which is expected to be a con- $1 o'clock. Tho I ttonatlon of the ooll oonserratloB ' UlWtng for olrtK* program alinUar'to that carried wtu 6e taken. - o»l> ttla year. ■* ' Annoqncemeat has been made “Tia aastor. Rev. A. L. Aycock, B^al Thanksgiving serv- Ite heM at the North ro Methodist ehnreh “Diamond’’ Bob Vanno^, ex postmaster at Vannoy, ex-secre- tary to a former representative in congress, and ex-convlct, is al leged to be the “brains” behind forgery of at least $1,000 worth of checks on Montgomery Ward and company, mall order house. Connie Odell Wyatt, also of Vannoy, was arrested here and was taken to Lexington by Sher iff Bowers to face forgery charg es there. He made a confession yesterday which is said to have revealed that Vannoy was head of the forgery ring and that^^here is at least one ^faer xiemher whose name ofHcers disclosed. /s* The checks amazing dupli cates of the rc$tnd checks sent out by the cbi^any and> tha printed forg«lP^re all In the same amounts $llMo Police Chief J. Walker, who has been' aid|n»ieixington ' and Kanaap’oHs^bffl^^'on the, In- vesti^Uo^' **■*" have not expenses. Detectives for the niall order house said that they had learned that the checks had been cashed in several North■’OaroUna cities,' Gap on highway 16 within a fCw is expected that Wilkes people‘feet of the Wilkee-AlexandOr line**^" jwdt,,ald this great organisation. |on the 'Wilkes side. The 1937 legislature niade ap propriation for the research sta tion, the first venture of this kind on the part of the state and tt la ei|^t^ to prove of inestimable beiieftt' tQ the trait growers, whe-s. Teams Work Out, For Annual Classic North Wilkesboro MountMn Ll- ons.and' Wilkesboro RambHffe are in Virginia, Tennessee and South'getting ready for Wilkes ,conn- Carolina. . j ty's annual football classic on the ’ Sheriff lE. T. »Doag1itbri . and, fairgrounds'next Wedneeday aft- deputlee have %en aiding la the ernobn. -i’:’: search for^VannOy ahd^^ tte other] Regardlecw of the season’s ree^ morning. what .sound slon. gaveji^hlth o^rs^hl) end, said this, bad full eoRfi|^ii the !'!’bosi^ giMlon got KL cli hare deralloped one:of,,if'not tte leading, branches of agrienttara in Vl^kes. In the cMaty. ive. ^ne- sizth of an appha'^taeil'-lB' the-' state and pzodnaea ‘tnora^. than. one-sixth of the, apniaa orednhM.'^^^- It'is' pblaletfvirt Mr. •i" ■ diren wiw a -Irfe 'irow dad svl- ^close to mar.Tadfcia is always good andi the; be.cheeks and- #lMMaUnis.!Vl^^ ■--■•Ji.'jlkeenest rlTahV Is sboVn. A large, -of tbe ■ ‘ to'daP" "Wlyatt alii confessed, local of- attendance of fdotball fans is (Coitinied on MM pectel/- . 7 V- depced a grsae of, W in tl^i of-hU’ tinm to^ aln' the pro- IsowiM Indoa. devoung soatotfi of agrt- « SvT-:
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