North Carolina Newspapers

rPAT!^ “HAS THB; HmlR f K>fe thtHh ■J^-ir.c- •^'.«?3:'‘ ' 2^*- ■» .>'=• «ofj: lory tSitM WMttKJlto STimY iftatifeti^n ;4a iait otti^ icr- - e^fle miiiin with - tto~t'fwatiijmro|pfcMtemnonla will t>^B At na^MaSreratty medical 1SBS3«fl-' . fiwrali^ ' tor te^b^lana of the state. DrMl^ BAifeBY TO SPBAK WhahinstOD, Jan. 23.—Wages and hoars legislation, soon to be reTlred by the administration, win be discussed by Senator Bal- ley in the national radio forum ;.at 10:30 p. m. tomorrow. The 'foram to arranged by the Star and broadcast over the network of the National Broadcasting company. MaajtStfidentsGet UcedSe’ to Drive • ti- Last Demo^ato^tions In Prac tical Driving Held at the Fairgrounds Friday GOOD SH6WING IS MADE lountytoLose On Ihtai^ble Taxes For Year ,Sai0tn ‘WOWCMEN KILLED Deop Water, N. J., Jan. 23.— One man was injured fatally, an- . other was missing and a third burned severely today in a pre dawn explosion which left a fonr-story plant of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours company dye ,„Work8 a mass of twisted girders 'sad fire-blackened bricks. By Students Who Had Com pleted Automobile Text- Book at School Solvent Credits Listed For Taxation in 1937 Totaled $739,647 l»B£CTOR Jan.‘,!*3^Pitt Ty '^ji^pS^ocratic clubs of Amer ica, ' announced today appoint- mSjU pt .16 regional directors. ttM^p^intnients included; J. Ed Butler, Morgsrnton, N. C., for .,North Carolina, South Carolina add-TotWessee. CENTER FOR DRUNKS San Francisco, Jan. 23.—Es tablishment of colonies for psy chopathic drunkards will he pro posed to hospital authorities of the western states in a conven tion here next month. Dr. J. C. Geiger, city health director and advocate of the plan, said today he would offer it as a possible way to relieving increasing con gestion In regular mental hos pitals ard as a means of provid ing more effective treatments for the afflicted individuals. ARRAIGN DESPERADOS Asheville. Jan. 23.—A robin Hood defense, it was indicated to- vriU be made fcur^J^iJ^ Payne and Wash Turner, notor ious bank robbers, when they are tried here this week on a mur der indictment. Counsel for the pair have called a number of witnesses in an effort to establish that during their long criminal careers Payne and Turner never harmed a victim, patterning their escapades after the legendary Jtlgure who robbed the rich and helped the poor. A school course climaxed by practical driving demonstrations under supervision of Corporal Carlyle Ingle of the highway pa trol climaxed the experiment of a driving school in the North Wilkesboro high school. The course ended Friday with ttte lasb^Hlup of students dem- .p^trajjipg.,^ their driving knowl- tedg4"i/ef6i^ Corporal Ingle and they so successfully demonstrated their proficiency In handling an automobile that about 30 were granted license to drive. Others In the courte With the exception of five who were' granted learn ers’ permits trere already in pos session of driving license. The officer laid oft a driving course which would tax an ex perienced driver’s knowledge of sign.«, signals, etc. The students successfully negotiated the course without difficulty and without accident. The course here was perhaps the first experiment of its kind in the state and has attracted much attention. The course was instituted by Supt. W. D. Half acre, who has emphasized safety education as an extra-curricula activity in the city schools. AiMf^gSiL Waves to Court “Diamond Bob” Vannoy Did Not Demand Hearing on Charges of Forgery While the new state law taxing intangibles ten cents on each hundred dollars is no doubt de signed to uncover more taxable property, cities and counties may suffer a reduction in assessed valuations during 1938, is the opinion of county and city gov ernment authorities. Under the new law the state will collect a tax of ten cents on each hundred dollars valuation of property. Half of this revenue will be distributed to city and county governments and the .In tangibles, consisting of solvent credits, will not be subject to listing and taxation by cities and counties. The total of solvent credits listed for taxation in Wilkes county in 1937 was 3739,647, it was learned from W. P. Kelly, tax supervisor. This amounts to approximately five I>er cent of the total valuation of property for the year. Washington, D. C. . . . Imme diately following the news of the resignation of Associate Justice A project that shows a sub resignation of Associate proHt above government Sutherland came reports of the alarming illness of Associate Jus tice Benjamin N. Cardczo, above, who suffered a heart attack aft er a complication of illnesses. Known popularly as a “liberal,” Associate Justice Cardozo was ap pointed to the high bench six years ago by President Herbert Hoover. Club Hears About Apple Research Tenant Purchase Loan Application Date Closes 28th Genio Cardwell and Carl Van Deman are Speak ers at Meeting Friday .-•>.^7 ^orth— 4VUk«»bar». club on Friday enjoyed a varied project consisting of a short Ki- wanis education talk by Genio Cardwell on the 21st anniversary of Kiwanis International and a discussion of orchard research by Carl Van Deman, who is in charge of the orchard research DEAN NOE COLLAPSES Memphis. Tenn., Jan. 23. Rev. Israel Harding Noe, ousted ‘Diamond Bob” Vannoy, alleg-! station and who w^as taken in as ed forger of over $1,000 worth j a new member of the club Fri- of checks on Montgomery Ward, day. & company, has waived to su-1 H. H. Moreliause was in charge company perior court, it was learned to day from Wilkes officers. Two of his alleged confeder- dean of St. Mary’s Episcopal i ates, Odell Wyatt and Odell Key, church, was rushed to a hospital j huve already plead guilty to their tonight at the end of his 22nd consecutive day of fasting in an effort to furnish living proof of man’s immortality. The fasting clergyman was in a deep sleep when he entered the hospital. His condition was desperate. It had been that for several days With out food or water since .January 2, the 47-,vear-old former dean’s organic functioning had already . partly ceased. part in the scheme and are serv ing sentences in the penitentiary. Their account of the racket im plicated Vannoy as the “brains” of the gang and the one who fur nished the bogus checks to be cashed on a fifty-fifty basis. Vannoy is also charged with having forged checks on Lambert Brothers, a contractor on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Those checks w'ere cashed here but the Victor Walker Is Now In Jail; Have A Hearing Soon Arreoted By Sheriff MiUer Friday Ni«^t For Shooting Earl Sheets West Jefferson, Jan. 20.—Vic- tOT Walker, who shot and seri- wounded £larl Sheets near OtooSalo Springs on Christmas , day, to 'now in the county jail awaiting preliminary hearing, which will be held as soon as Sheets is able to leave the hos pital in North Wilkesboro. Walker was arrested last Fri day night at the home of his ' Jfctother-la-law, Fred Sheets, at CHliBdfdp 'Springs, by Sheriff Bd './'IHlhto^Bd two deputies, C.- iOi Fnraons and Waiter Stringer. - .-'Sberlff Miller stated that AlMkwt;did not offer any resist- Aftit surrounding the bouse, the sheriff entered and found him hiding under the bed In which he and his wife were aleeirfng. W. M. Wyrick, of West Jefferson, also accompanied the officers to Identify the party in On - SuaSi^V (ollPVi®* ® i sl»nptlng,pf Sheets on Christmas to alleged to have ^gbot~a~Bira Boy near Glendale • JWrtngs, w»h Awe of„the shot Bareto' nedk.’'Clflzen8 of community eUte that when % ahootlng took place. Walker though Sheriff he woul( that he was firing at iUer, as he had declared fubmit to arrest of the program. Following the talk by Genio Cardwell Miss Gwendolyn Hubbard delightfully rendered a piano number. Guests included: H. G. Har grave. guest of J. B. Carter; W. E. Shipp with J. C. Reins; D. R. w;itter, of Winston-Salem, with P. W. Eshelman; T. E. Pickard with W. H. McElwee; J. G. Hack- ett, Jesse Giles, S. C. Stewart, C. F. Bretholl and R. L. Morehouse with H. H. Morehouse. The text of Mr. Van Deman’s address follows: Apple Research Work Research work is one of the es- Montgomery Ward & company sential needs of every industry or checks were cashed in towns in Piedmont North Carolina, Tenn essee, Virginia and West Virgin ia. Mail Star Route To Service Elkm Route Frmi Winston-Salem to North Wilkesboro to Be Changed Feb. 1st Post offices in Elkin and Cycle will be included in the Winston- Salem - North Wilkesboro star route, beginning February 1, Postmaster J. C. Reins announc- today. Notice of authorization of the change was received from the Post Office Department in Wash ington. At the present this star route, serviced by Roy D. Sanders, pass es through Yadkinyille. Under the new set-up the mail will leave Winston-Salem at 3:55 a. m. and arrive in North Wilkesboro at 6:45 a. m., via Elkin, Cycle and Wilkesboro. ^Cta. the. return trip the mail will leave North Wilkesboro at 4:30 p. m. and arrive in Win ston-Salem at 7:30 p. m. The Wlnston-Salem-Hempton- vllle star rohte, carried by W. G. Gough, will handle the Tadkin- vllle mall. All star routes are serviced un- ; der four-year contracts. The iwesent one was let in 1936. group of people vvho produce or market a product of any kind. Farmers and fruit growers hare done their own research w'ork for many years. That is, they have tried out new crops, new sprays, new varieties as well as new methods of producing their crops. They will continue to do some of their own research work of this nature. However, most fruit grower’s do not have the time, training or equipment nec essary to examine the almost in visible seeds of fungus diseases under a high powered microscope to find out when they should spray to control these diseases. Nor do they wish to catch insects to see vfhen the pests are going to damage their crops. New disegses and insects pests have come into the picture caus ing new problems. At the same time the consuming public has been asking for better grades of apples and other fruits. If the housewife is not able to buy a good grade of apples at a rea sonable price, she Is likely to buy oranges, ■ bananas, o r canned fruit. This year, for example, there is a surplus of low grads' apples on the markets in eastern United States, but there Is no large surplus of fancy apples. In order to meet the demand for a better grade of apples, the growers have been asking the county agents and Extension Service men for more and more information. Mr. Grant Hendren supplied the FVuit Growers of Wilkes county with valuable.In- (Oontinued on page lonr) - Interested Parties Should Get Application In Be fore That Time W. Bryan Oliver, county sup ervisor, Farm Security adminis tration, announced from his of fice in North Wilkesboro that the closing time for receiving appli- ins for tenant purchase loans cattons for tenant purcuuse luaua - • ... -iji.™ would be Friday, January 28. He especially urged all tenants in terested in securing benefits from this Act to make application by that time. Mr. Oliver will be in his office Thursday, January 27, and Fri day. January 28, tor the purpose of receiving applications. Appli cation blanks may also be had by applying at the office of the county agent at any time in Wil kesboro, and may also be secur ed at thei homes of the county committee, who will have charge of administering the Act in Wilkes county. The committee Is composed of: J. M. German chair man, Boomer; Thomas W. Fer guson, Ferguson; Lonnie G. Bil lings, Dockery. Applications can not be taken after the closing date. Postmasters, merchants, mail carriers, and other business men are urged to cal' this matter to the attention of eligible ten ants in their section. Deadly Weapons Taken by Officer Carlyle Ingle Gathers Curi ous Assortment During the Past Week GETTS EARLY TRIAL today while federal agents gath ered fnrtber evidence to bind a case vrith which they hope to send him to the electric chair. Seadiund, known as Peter Anders until Chief J. Edgar Hoover of the federal bureau of Investlga- t.iop, disclosed furtjh^. facts in the sensatlohal case after rushing the prisoner • from St. Paul by plane last'night, will be tried un der the Lindbergh law for ab ducting' elderly Charles S. Ross last September 26. i .i;- Project Showing Go^ Profit Over Total Expenses School Desks, Office D^ks, Cabinets and Tables Made by Youths WALSH IS FOREMAN County as Sponsor Furnishes Materials; Wages Paid By Government Washington, D. C. . . . Stanley Forman Reed, Solicitor General of the United States since 1935, poses for his first official photo graph after being named Asso ciate Justice of the Supreme Court to fill vacancy created by retirement of . Associate Justice Sutherland. He observed his 53rd birthday last December. ilkes h Up Quarters Are Being Rapijdlr Filled With Many of Desirable' NYA MAKES SHCtVES ■ ‘y Circulation of Booh* brary Steadily Increas ing Monthly and sponsor’s contributions and that proves to be a godsend to a county school system Is the Na tional Youth administration woodworking project in Wilkes boro. Nine boys between the ages of 18 and 21 are employed on the project under supervision of Seth Walsh, foreman. Although primarily a training project, it has turned out pro ducts worth many hundreds of dollars to Wilkes county and the only cost to the county has been materials. The boys are paid from ten to fourteen dollars per month for 60 working hours but the pay re ceived is insignificant compared with the training afforded. Those who show a fitness for this type of work are given every encour agement and some first class car penters and furniture workers have been turned out as finish ed products. f^sidmt’s Ball At Armory Here On Fri^y N^ht The Wilkes county Public Li brary, a comparatively. new In stitution in this cHy, c(MR1mim to grow in volume and. in p9U- larity among the people of th* county. This week the National Yotith Administration is making more sh'dves for the library, which Is I Io( ated in the Reins-SturdiTSnt I building on B street. ~ The new shelves were made necessary by the acquisition of more than 600 additional books during the past week. The (“Savo Your Children Fund” forwarded 454 books and over 200 were fur nished by the Free Public 14- Good Music Assured; Event brary of Newark, New Jersey. to Be Well Chaperoned; For Benefit Fund 'rhree pistols, two in dilapidat- ,,.5..^.,. - ed conditio^ two pairs of knucks that the machinery will enable eious auditoriums were erected in three Wilkes communities dur ing 1937 and the county found difficulty in placing students desks in the buildings because of lack of funds. The NYA wood working project was given some materials and the opportunity to make auditorium benches. The boys under the direction of Mr. Walsh have turned out about 150 of that type of bench and did a very creditable job. Meanwhile the county school system was up against it for stu dent desks and the county board of education placed materials at the shop and told the boys to go ahead and see what they could do. They have made about 100 tables for the primary depart ments of the schools and have turned out 50 student desks, some double and others .single. P. S. Randolph, project super visor of the NYA of North Caro lina, visited the boys at work a few days ago and saw what they were doing with hand tools only. He said they needed machinery. When the work period begins again on ’Tuesday the boys will have the use of four new ma chines furnished by the NYA of North Carolina. ’The machines are a band saw, rip saw, joiner and turning lay. Mr. Walsh, the project fore man who has been a skilled car penter for about 20 years, said and one blackjack were confiscat- his class of nine boys to turn out ed from several people last week much more work and will afford by Patrolman Carlyle Ingle. them' much needed experience in These weapons were taken the use of machinery. ’This will from people stopped by the of- be of special benefit to those ficer during the course of his who will later seek jobs in furni- duties. The blackjack was a un- ture factories, he said ique weapon, it being made with The President’s Birthday Ball to be held at the Armory hall here on Friday night is eagerly anticipated by those who desire an evening’s entertainment and who wish at the same time to aid a cause that may help people in ail parts of the country. President’s Birthday balls are held throughout the country an nually and all profits go into the national fund to fight infantile paralyqis, a dreaded disease which annually takes a great toll and which leaves many cripples in Us wake. In order that better ways of preventing the disease and more efficient* means-, o f treatment might be afforded, the great mo4^ment was started to have an event in each leading com munity on the birthday of Presi dent Roosevelt to raise funds and the ball to be held at the armory here on Friday night, January 28, is a part in this movement. Those who purchase a ticket at thejirice of one dollar will bo materially aiding the cause be cause the committee on arrange ments has been fortunate in keeping expenses down to a low figure and at the same time as suring good entertainment and good music. Tickets may be purchased in advance from any of the follow ing: R. T. McNiel, C. T. Dough- ton, H. A. Cranor, C. B. Eller, J. B. McCoy, George Forester, R. G. Finley, 0. K. Pope, A. A. Cash- Ion, H. M. Hutchens and T. S. Kenerly. H. A. Cranor is general chair man, R. T. -McNiel is secretary- treasurer, C. T. Doughton is pub licity chairman and J. B. McCoy is chairman on committee for ar rangements. To have a part in the move ment does not necessarily mean that one must attend the ball. The purchase of a ticket on the part of those who do not wish to attend or who are unable to at tend will help in raising funds because all the purchase price over the small expense contem plated will go into the benefit fund. The project showed a net prof- UX7 r - — * a strap of leather and a heavy it during the last month of over |60 above all expenses, Includ- ball of load. ^ fuv auwx? «—r Several arrests were made* in ing about 3139 paid the boys and Alleghany county, including one their foreman by the NYA and charge for drunken driving. about 338 worth of materials furnished by the county board of education. These figures, the sup ervisor said, were based on con- Chicago, Jan. 23.--John Hen- servatlve quotations of values ry Seadiund^ confessed slayer of the products manufactured his kidnap victim and an accom- the county, pllce, rested in a skyscraper cell The manufacturing in the jlTA project has not been confined- tb school desks. Several office desks have been made and they are in use in county offices and at a number of schools. Library desks and office cabinets have also been made and are now in use in the schools and at the courthouse la 'Wilhesboro. The shop, .A 24 x 40 frame structure constructed by the,, boys last summer, is located near the county garage in west 'Wil kesboro, These books, together with those which have been donated by local people and books loaned by the state library commission, make the institution more nearly capable of rendering a complete library service. But a public library cannot have too many books and the opinion has often been expressed that the people of Wilkes coun ty could without burden to them selves donate a thousand addi tion books. A rental shelf with a few of the latest and most popular books is maintained to raise funds for incidental expense. Otherwise the public library service is free to all people of the county. The circulation of library books has been steadily on the increase and with the additional books it Is expected that the cir culation will continue to grow. 4 North Wilkesboro Beats Morgantwi Mountain Lions Described as Improved Team; Game Friday Was Tlsriller Alleged Thieves ^und to Court Troy Reynolds and Paul Lambert Held Under Bonds of $1,000 By RALPH CRAWFORD North Wllkpsboro’s fast im proving cage team defeated Mor- ganton high school Friday night to the tune of 24 to 20. North Wilkesboro presented a vastly Improved team over the quintet that was defeated by Tay lorsville. The locals exhibited a dazzling offensive that pointed them out as a threat for the Western Conference crown. The Mountain Lions opened the scoring and led 6 to 4 at the quarter. The quarter was featur ed by the fast breaking and close guarding of both teams. Morganton spurted to start the second quarter and almost pull ed up even but the Lions ward ed off the attack to lead 11 to 10 at the halftime. The second half started fast with North Wilkesboro scoring two quick baskets. Morganton yielded little after that and the third quarter ended 17 to 15 la favor of the locals. 'The fourth quarter was nip and tuck and with only two minute* to go the score stood 20 to 20. Then Day with two quick goals provided the margin of victory at 24 to 20. Outstanding for the winneni was Jones with 10 points closely followed by Day and Hudson wHh 8 and 6 points respectively. Mop- ganton was led by Knight with 12' points,/high scorer for game. the 1 I Jhoy Reynolds and Paul Lam- boft! local youths accused of stealing four hams from William »4S)ho8on and three from a Mrs. Lovette, were bound over to court under bonds of 31,000 following a hearing this morning l>efore Mayor R. T. McNiel. Lambert pleaded guilty t o theft of the meat and told offi cers that he sold it in Lenoir. He is also said to have implicated Reynolds' as hto partner. Rey nolds entered a plea of not guil ty. - 1 Officers recovered i»art of the meat and the part' not recovered was paid for by tke firm which purchased it from Lambert.^ - Lineup: N. Wilkesboro Harrison, f. Day, f. 8 McCoy, f. McNeill, f. Hudson, c. 6 Jones, g. 10 Foster, g. Haigwood, g. Morganton Kincaid, f. Johnson, f.' Hoyle, f. 2 Knight, c. IS Connelly, g. S Smith, g. 4 Smith, g. i ■V ‘Building & Loan Mooting Tonigiit North Wilkesboro Building Loan association, which has 10*41^ completed a very succeMfnI yenr.> wlU.have its annual^ stoekboldOOl nee^ag ioaigh*. 7:36, in j city hall. A;‘Hmte.7j»ttpndaDoe