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CUMpel Hill, Feb. M.—J. C.
-biTpdn, negro yonth, celebrated
liis 21st blrUidaT in grand style
^Knday. He got drunk, aa^Ited
hla kte^atber, Hazel Taylor,
breaJfing'bVa wooden leg.’Today
Judge h. J. Phlpi>s gave Bryson
60 days to contemplate his new
treedbm.
SPAIN WAR NEWS
Madrid. Feb. 22.—Insurgent
■waraMps and government planes
engaged today in one of the most
^ ‘.thrilling sea and air battles of
- eNtl~^r in which two insur
gent warships were believed to
have been disabled, the govern
ment announced. The coastal ci
ties of Valencia and Sagnnto were
heavily bombed and shelled dur
ing the engagement in which a
French merchant vessel was dam
aged by a bomb.
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GEN. PERSHING ILL
Tucson, Ariz., Feb. 22.—Oen.
John J. Pershing, seriously 111 of
rheumatism complicated by a
hoiliit condition, rallied tonight
sdrenf hohrs after he was trans-
feri^ from his hotel to a sanl-
tofinin^ Dr. Roland Davison, the
A77-year-old warrior’s physician,
*said Pershing was "better tonight
than be was at noon,’’ when he
suffered a relapse. He has been
confined to bed for a week.
NOT PESSIMISTIC
Winston-Salem, Feb. 22.—A-
meriba Is standing o« the thresh
boys of the hour will be its lead
erst’Oov. Clyde R. Hoey declared
- h/b^ tonight. ‘"This nation has
_hot gone on the toboggan slide,’’
^jkdd-the. state chief executive.
It Is not going there. We
' ^te by no means forgot our
heritage and that is what will
carry us on and upward in mak
ing this a greater and more sub
stantial country.’’
Face Cfavges In
Federal C o u r t s
Vannoy Turned Over to Fed
eral Officers; CKsu-ge He
Used Mails to Defraud
‘‘Diamond’’ Bob Vannoy, who
was placed In Jail at Wilkesboro
several weeks ago on charges of
forging checks, totaling over $1,-
000 on Montgomery Ward _ &
Company, has been turned over
to federal officers to face charg
es of using the mails to defraud,
it was learned here unofficially
today.
Federal officers have not dis
closed the evidence accumulated
against the man who Is alleged to
have perpetrated so many swin
dles and who Is said to have
made his Lome in the little moun
tain community of Vannoy the
center of so many illegal manipu
lations.
-c. However, it is understood that
Vannoy ordered machinery and
materials through the mails with
which to print the amazing fac
similes of the mail order refund
vouchers. It was also learned
that be used some of the forger
ies in making payment on otfile
supplies ordered,,., through the
mails.
- jt js reported that officers
qW r9^ a great advance and the 'jQ^rned during their investiga-
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PLENTY QUARINTINES
. New Market, Pa., Feb. 22.—
•Three cards on the door of a
srural home near here warn of
coughs, rash and itches—all in
one family. “Measles," one quar-
bign reads. That 1»^- fo#
“^,g#t«n^year-old Ruth Zook and
her sister Doris, six. “Chicken
pox,’’ says a second. That is for
Ruth, who developed measles
while recovering from her first
Illness. “Mumps.” warns a third
sign. It’s for four-year-old Eu
gene.
tions that Vannoy ordered checks
printed on Lambert . Brothers,
contractors on the Blue Ridge
Parkway, which were forged and
more than $300 worth were
passed In North Wilkesboro by
his alleged confederates in one
day. Ironically, one of the Lam
bert forgeries was said to liave
been mailed to a firm as part
payment on printing supplies
used to print the wholesale for
geries on the mail order house.
It has not been learned where
Vannoy will he tried. It is
thought that he may face trial in
the May term of federal court in
Wilkesboro.
Two of ils' confederates, Odell
Wyatt and Odell Key, are serving
penitentiary sentences for pas.s-
ing forged checks in the vicinity
of Concord, Lexington and Kan
napolis.
HANDS ARE WARNING
Shanghai, Feb. 22.—Terrorists
^ay changed their grim warn-
from human heads to hands
Slrauel Chang, one-time publicity
director at Nanking and now Chi
nese editor of the American-own
ed Haw Mei Wan Pao, received
a package of amputated hands
along with a warning to erase
anti-Japanese policies. Hal P.
Mills, of New Orleans, owner of
the paper, previously had been
threatened. In some instances the
terrorists sent heads to persons
they accused of being anti-Japa
nese.
DOESN T LIKE IT
Washington, Feb. 22.—Partici
pating in the debate on the $250,-
000,000 emergency relief bill to-
>^ay, a measure designed to pro-
Additional funds to carry on
relief activities until the end of
the fiscal year. Senator Bailey
admitted that he was inclined to
face the future with doubt and
misgivings. It was not merely a
question of concern for the eight.
10 Et 12 million unemployed, as
"tte atse might be, but there was
the urgent necessity for giving
thought to the entire population
of the United States, whose gov-
erament. It sometimes seemed,
was breaking down.
Four Sentenced
For Thefts Here
Polk« Believe Petty Thieving
Broken With the
Conviction of Boys
Last Rites For
Blast Victims
Columbus . . . Whoever the
Democrats nominate tor United
States Senator, whether Senator
Buckley, or an opponent of the
New Deal, he will have the oppo
sition of a proved Republican
vote-getter, Arthur H. Day (a-
bove). Ohio Supreme Court Jus
tice, who has announced his can
didacy for the Republican nomi
nation. Judge Day is a Cleveland
lawyer and World War captain,
and was elected to the Ohio Su
preme Court Bench in 1934, with
the highest percentage of votes
cast for any state office.
Poultrymen of 8
Counties Attend
One-Day Course
Four Extension Specialists
Tell Poultrymen of Mod
ern Methods Practiced
Roost
RopMrted in WilkM
Millions of robihs are roosting
ne^r Ronda, in Wilkes county,
John D. Chalk, state game com
missioner, said today.
The bir38, he added, are feed
ing in the fields of ’Thurmond
Chatham, which were seeded for
game birds, and every effort is
being msde to protect them
from persons who believe rob
ins are a delicac)'.
Wai Air Park
Land litles 2nd
Judge Hayes Calls Hearing
to Be Held in Wilkesboro
Wednesday, March 2
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Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
the middle district U. S. court,
will conduct a hearing at the
Wilkes county courthouse on
Wednesday, March 2, ten o’colck
a. m., an attorney tor the nation
al park service said today.
At that time any motions in
the condemnation case involving
about 5,000 acres of land in the
Bluff park area will be heard.
Former owners of land in the
bluff park who have not received
payment for their lands and oth
er interested parties are asked to
be present.
A commission will he appoint
ed to appraise tracts of land for
which settlement has not been
made and over which contests
have been filed.
Payment for some tracts of
land in the parkway has been
made in cases where no contests
arose.
Poultrymen, county agents, as
sistant agents and home agents
gathered at the courthouse in
Wilkesboro Monday to attend a
one-day poultry short course.
Those attending described the
course as very interesting as well
as practical.
Extension specialists included
C. F. Parrish, C. J. Maupin, Roy
S. Dearstyne and T. S. Brown.
They conducted the course.
Following the lectures in the
morning session, the afternoon
was devoted to discussions of
poultry problems and to demon
strations in egg grading.
Post mortem clinic with bodies
of di.seased birds also proved in
teresting and were designed to be
of practical benefit to poultry-
Funeral service was held today men in control and treatment of
at Obids in Ashe couniy for John
and Bill Baker, father and son
who were killed in a mine ex
plosion in Wyoming on Febru
ary 12. Before going to Wyoming
to engage in the mine business
about a year ago they were
residents of the Fairplains com
munity near this city.
Funeral service for Denver
Holbrook, former Wilkes resident
who lost his life in the same
mine disaster, will be held Fri
day, 11:00 a. m.. at Double
Creek church near Abshers.
poultry diseases.
Wilkes and adjoining counties
comprised the territory from
which! representatives of the ex
tension service and interested
poultrymen came to the course,
which has become an annual oc
casion.
Skunk Pretty But
Scent Not So Good
North Wilkesboro police are of
the ojitelon that the arrest and
conviction of four boys for stenl-
tn* kfisyctes Una broken op a pet-
very ring here,
,o arrested were Paul
-f.« Arimry and Droarte Bal-
^.and Hakam Combs. One dar
at under 16 years of age
yen a sentence by Juvenile
f C. C.' Hayoe suspended otr
on that he *>e of good be-
and attend school. The
received Ja:l sentences In
ware convict^ of
ding l)£cr«la» from Catherine
y,-Bat$y Halfacre and Wfl-
■'Stonlhy..
Corporal Carlyle Ingle, state
high/way patrolman located here,
has never experienced difficulty
in making arrest of drunken driv
ers, bootleggers and other crim
inals but a small animal listed in
Webster’s as a skunk has given
the popular officer a lot of wor
ry during the past few days.
On Sunday night while patrol-
ing highway 421 west of this city
a skunk tell victim to the offi
cer’s car. He stopped, got out of
the car and made investigation
of the fatal accident. Noticing
that the animal was covered with
beautiful fur he though of how
pretty it would look mounted and
evidently the officer’s knowledge
of animals is not on par with his
knowledge of traffic laws and en
forcement methods.
Mr. Ingle gingerly picked up
the dead animal and threw it in
to .the back of his car but the
damage was done. Soon he be
gan to sniff the unwholesome
scent but for several minutes did
not learn the source.
He has evidently abandoned
tbm idea of 'mounting ibe beauti-
.tnT l^It and since SupAay has
given his car'plenty of airing out
wi^ii ^e doors open and the back
“P-' H1b uniform has
undergone" similar treatment.
Bank Building
Here Renovated
[ Addition to Building and Re
pairs Adds to Appear
ance and Convenience
"Workmen have completed the
task of renovating the Northwest
ern Bank building here, home of
fice of the bank with branches at
Sparta, Boone, Blowing Rock,
Bakersville and Burnsville.
In addition to repairing and
renovating the entire building an
addition was added to the front
and affords double space for the
bank. Modem fixtures were in
stalled to add convenience and
floor space made necessary be
cause of the bank’s expansion in
this part of the state.
An electric water cooler and
fqUQtals has been Installed In the
hank lobby.
All o/tlces in the building have
heiBlt^'-renovated' and have" new
floors and new wall and ceiling
paint. Grounds adjacent to the
east side of the building will
grassed and planted In flowers
and shrubbery.
Boost In Business
New York.—A business increase
ffititUng more than one billion dol
lars is expected to /oUow the trsde
sdstulhtbig activities of the New
r#k 1939.
Minister Appreciates
AnonjTHOUs Contributor
Special Service
Held for Scouts
Eagle Badge Is Presented to
Robert McCoy; Esh^lman
Principal Speaker
Robert Watt "McCoy, youngest
son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. McCoy,
of North Wilke.sboro, was the
second son in this family to re
ceive Eagle Scout Honors in less
than two years. A very fitting
program was arranged for the
special Scout service at the Pres
byterian church Sunday evening
and a fine and appreciative audi
ence filled the church. Scouts and
scouters from Troops 34, 3.5 and
36 were present. T. E. Story,
chairman of the local Court of
Honor presided and presented
the speakers. Rev. Watt Cooper,
pastor of the church, led the in
vocation. P. Ward Esheiman,
Deputy Scout Commissioner of
this district, made the principal
address in which he stressed the
importance of having more man
power to direct and lead in Scout
work. Mr. Esheiman stated that
it had been his privilege in recent
years to employ many boys and
men and that every Scout he had
employed has made good.
W. E. "Vaughn Lloyd, Scout
Executive of the Winston-Salem
Council, presented the certificate
of award and the eagle to Robert,
who in turn passed it to his
mother and she pinned it on his
uniform.
Robert is not yet fourteen
years old. He has impressed the
Court of Honor as well as his
Troop and Scoutmaster with hiu
earnestness and thoroughness in
the work. His achievement in
Scouting has been as rapid as the
time limits would allcw.
He has passed the following
merits; Art, book binding, ani
mal industry, farm home and its
planning, metal work, first aid to
animals, firemanship, reptile stu
dy, wood carving, swimming,
first aid, life-saving, personal
health, public health, cooking,
camping, civics, biology study,
path! finding, pioneering, safety,
and athletics.
Other Eagle Scouts , in thfc
community are: named in order
of the attaining the honor, Hale
Jones, Joe McCoy, Jr., Robert
Wood Finley, Pat Williams, Jr.,
anfi.Pfuil Haigwood.
Rev. H. J. Ford
Baptist Pastor
Sparta Minister Is Called by
Congreffation Wilkesboro
Baptist Church
Wilkesboro Baptist church has
called Rev. H. J. Ford, young
minister at Sparta, as pastor, suc
ceeding Rev.’Avery Church, who
is studying at the Southern Bap
tist Theological Seminary a t
Louisville, Ky.
Rev. Mr. Ford, a graduate of
Wake Forest college, will con
tinue to make his home in Spar
ta, where he has part time work,
for some time.
Since Rev. Mr. Church left to
resume study at the seminary
Rev. J. M. Hayes, who is now
making his home in Winston-Sal
em, served as supply pastor.
Above are pictured C. B. Deane, prominent Rockingham attorney,
and Roland F. Beasley, Monroe publisher. They have announced, as
candidates for the Democratic nomination for congress in the eighth
district to succeed J. Walter Lambeth, who will retire from office at
the end of the present term. (See news stories on piige four).
All Star Gaines
Are Played Here
Ni W.- A. A. Boys, West Jef
ferson Girls, and Millers
Creek Boys Winners
Plenty of fast basketball was
demonstrated hero last night in
an all star triple header.
In the first contest West Jef
ferson girls won easily over Tay
lorsville 20 to 10.
The second game resulted in a
one-sided 45 to 16 victory for
North Wilkesboro Athletic associ
ation over West Jefferson (boys).
The last game was the fastest
of the three and Millers Creek all
stars emerged victors over Tay
lorsville 38 to 36 (boys).
The North Wilkesboro A. A.
team has entered the Y. M. C. A.
tournament i n Winston-Salem
and will play the first game Fri
day night, nine o’clock, against
!ranville Techs, .a .strong Wln-
:on-SaIem team.
Aimoimce Fonn^|
Opening Thean^
New Orpheum to Open Sat
urday; Formal Opening
Sunday Midnight
The New Orpheum Theatre
will re-open to the public Satur
day, February 26, with a big
double header of action pictures.
However, the formal opening
will be Sunday midnight with tho
doors opening at 11:30. Before
the showing of “Radio City Rev
els” the crowd will be taken a
tour of the theatre, during which
time these present will be shown
some of the many improvements
made in renovating and furnish
ing the theatre following the fire
on January 8.
The theatre will be equipped
with the latest RCA victor sound.
Other new , equipment includes
new comfortable seats, new
screen, new drapes, new carpets,
new scenery and new decorations.
Rev. N. T. Jarvis, well known
Baptist minister of the Roaring
River route 2 community, has
been receiving cash contributions
anonymous friend.
Rev. Mr. Jarvis said today that
iii wishes to express appreciation
through this newspaper for the
friendship of the unknown per
son and for the contributions re
ceive. ^
Attorney F*. D. Hackett
Not Expected To Lhre
Attorney Frank D. Hackett,
—. seriously ill at a hospital in Ra-
weekly through the mail from an] reported today an, be
ing critically ill, with death ex
pected momentarily.
> Mr.' ^kott has been in Ra-
IMgfa for Bomettme, and his ’ con
dition has been steadHy growing
New Store Opens
In City Friday
Landis Tire and Accessories
store, owned and operated by N.
G. Landis, will open Friday in
the new building next door to L.
S. Lowe’s store on C street.
Mr. Landis has moved his tire
store to this city from Boone
and has added new lines and
larger quantities of tires and all
kinds of aittomohile accessories.
The firm has the Goodyear
company’s dealership in this ter
ritory and will engage in both
retail and wholesale business. An
easy payment plan, is offered to
the customers.
Calls Attention
To Labor Statute
Welfare Officer Says Em
ployment Children Under
12 Is Strictly Forbidden
Charles McNeill, Wilkes wel
fare officer, today called atten
tion to the fact that some viola
tions of the state child labor law
have .been reported.
No boy under 12 years of age
and no girl under 14 can be legal
ly employed at any job. Children
between the ages of 12 and 18
may work at certain trades if
they have a permit from
county welfare officer.
Mr. McNeill warned that
law imposes heavy penalties
offenders.
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Meat Stealing Is
Charged to Boys
Four Arrested On Charge of
Stealing Large Quantity
of Meat From Homes
Officers have arrested Dennis
Pierce, Talmadge Hollars, Dwight
Watts and Robert Church on
charges of stealing meat from
homes near this city.
It Is alleged that the boys stole
the meat at night and on the fol
lowing day borrowed a horse and
wagon without the owner’s con
sent, using the wagon to haul the
stolen meat to a North Wilkes
boro store, where it was sold.
Fim&; Alsd'Eii^"
Tax On Fuel Oi
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Banquet Held Tueadajf
at Hotel Wilkes'Here.,
Largely Attended
SPARGER SPEAKER "
Secretary State Petroleiim
Industries Committee-’.,,.
Makes Inspirmg Talk V
The Wilkes county unit ot.,tho
North Carolina Petroleum Indus
tries committee at a banquet
meeting held Tuesday night , at
Hotel Wilkes went on record as
opposing diversion of gasoline
taxes to funds other than high
way construction and mainten
ance.
The meeting of the Wilkes oil
men, an organization of about
200 members, also went on rec
ord unanimously against the pro
posed federal tax on fuel oils.
S. V. Tomlinson Is chairman
of tho organization in Wilkes and
W. J. Bason is secretary. Mr.
Tomlinson presided at the ban
quet meeting Tuesday night.
The principal speaker was S.
Gilmer Sparger, of Raleigh, sec
retary of the state committee. He
delivered an inspiring address,
placing particular emphasis a-
galnst use of funds derived from
gasoline and automobile taxes for
purposes other than road con
struction and maintenance.
Other speakers included J.
Gordon Hackett, highway com
missioner, and Zeb Stewart, di
vision highway engineer. "
The meeting was well attended
by wholesale and retail petrol
eum products distributors and
their employes.
A statewide campaign against
diversion of highway funds to
other purposes appears to be
making great headway in I ho
state, and it now seems certain
that anti-diversionists will be In
position to wage a very agressive
and probably successful, cam
paign against it.
The recent blast of State High
way Chairman Frank L, Dunlap
at what he said would be federal
“diversion” if the President’s
i road fund cut recommendfHi by
Congress is followed: the strong
position of the Ncrth Carolina
State Grange against diversion, i
and the continued campaign of
the North Carolina Petroleum In
dustries Committee appear to he
having a marked effect on senti
ment.
The anti-diversionists start
with the advantage of their
strong showing in the 1937 legis
lature. Only once during that ses
sion of the General Assembly was
the Administration majority in
danger of losing its grip on the
situation, and that was when it
sought to push through the reve
nue bill permitting almost unlim
ited diversion of highway funds.
On that occasion, Representa
tive Con D. Johnston, of Iredell,
chairman of the roads committee,
and as staunch an Administra-
tionist as there was in the House,
broke completely and led a revolt
which had the, machine forces
groggy and on the ropes: only
quick parliamentary maneuvers
which resulted In a recess saved
the situation. During the lull, a
compromise worked out permit
ting diversion only if other funds
should prove to be insufficient to
meet approprii tions.
“TRADE DAYS” ATTRACT MAN
95 YEARS OLD TO THE CHT
Yes, sir-ree, “Trsde Days’’,
brought the old and the young to
town Saturday. There were chil-,
drfD. hero by the hundreds, and
one'abopiier was a man 96 years
of age, smfi notwithstanding his
age he' fiOt about town almost
like a young man.
His name is J. E. Luther, of
Deep^ Gap. Watauga county, and
he came here to take adtastag#
of the 4‘Tre^ Days" bargains ofi
fered by loe^ merchants. V’ -
Mr. Lniher paid a visit . ib
Frtirette's .clothing store where.
Ite'aut^ ae-owner, Mr. J. T. PWe
worse. ' '
Hte daughter, Mrs. H. A.*Cra- sSiKIn the cooree of hid,
OWi, of Wflkeebpro, is at Musi
ho’had.
WM having "Trade Days," and he
Just thought he would come to
iown and see what he could find
at a saving.” ‘
Mr. Luther formerly lived in
Wilkeaboro, and went 'to school
with Mr. Prevette’s mother, the
late Mrs. Alice A. RrPrette, and
probably some of the older resi-
denta of the town wiho are now
living'. Hia father brought him
to Wilkesboro when he was 13
yean of age. .
Hr.-Luther expressed himself
M w^l -pleased with his vtsit to
wakesboru, sad "The
ioumal-Palrlot hopes he ■wH
pthto M»ltt;‘inaiiy limss.
Dr. Casey’s Office
Is Now Located In
Northwestern Bldg.
Dr. R. P. Casey, prominent lo
cal dentist, has moved his office
from B street over Blackburn’s to
the Northwestern Bank building, ^
ground floor. His present office,
on the north end of the hulldlilg,
was formerly occupied by J. R.
Rousseau.
Dr. Casey has been practicing
in North Wllkeebofo for 17, yean,
and in the same location ’ natll
this week.
His new offices are more tp»-
cious and will enable Dr." CastT
to practioe his profsaslon with
more convealenc* and comfort to
his many pattoata in Wilkes aad
adjoining eonntiss. His qnaiten
consist of a large vee^tlon room,
offio^ two qpnwilag Tooms, and*
laboratory. Thot^Mrtor haa be«n,^
renovated aad lg4i{tilkinpil9|l:deo>
orated, -.-'t
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