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^RELIEF BILLIONS
Washington, March 15.—Fed-
«ral, state and local gorernments
have poured $19,303,000,000 in
to relief programs in the last
live years, the Senate unemploy
ment and relief committee was
told today.
Ideni
LINDBERGHS TO RETLTIN
Plainfield, N. J., March 15.—
The Plainfield Courier-News said
today that it had learned from
an authoritative source that Col
onel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind-
;h planned to re-establish res
idence soon in their home near
Hopewell.
Engioem Seeking
Ways to Improve
Highway No. 421
To MiDers Creek
Would Elimmate Most Dan
gerous Curves In 6-Mile
Section of Highway
WORK PRELIMINARY
NOE RECOVERED
Baltimore, March 15.—Doc
tors at Johns-Hopkins Hospital
said today the Rev, Israel Hard
ing Noe of Memphis, who came
here for treatment after a 22-
day fast, would be discharged
from the hospital in about two
weeks.
EXECUTE EIGHTEEN
Moscow, March 15.—Eighteen
veteran Soviet revolutionaries,
convicted of plotting to kill
Joseph V. Stalin, dismember the
Soviet Union and set up a capi
talistic system, have been execut
ed by firing squads, it was an
nounced officially tonight. Three
■ _athere;^ccw{'icted of similar of
fenses. escaped wdth long prison
sentences.
^LIVE AND LET LIVE ’
Roanoke, Ala., March 15.—The
local undertaker today advertised
In the weekly Roanoke Leader:
“J. S. Hunter wishes to announce
to the public that he has recently
purchased a nice hearse and has
made arrangements with one of
the best embalmers In Lagrange
to do his embalming. His motto
on p'ices is (as It always has
been): ‘Live and Let Live’."
DARROW FUNERAL
Chicago, March 15—"niey gave
Clarence Harrow the kind of fu
neral he would have liked today.
An organ played the deep-toned
strains of Handel’s Largo and a
( former law partner read a sim-
V pie eulogy before the open cas-
f ket. “Our friends is gone for
ever,’’ he said. Rivulets of rain
ran down the stained glass win
dows of tiny Bond Chapel on the
University of Chicago campus
wherein today no hymns were
sung nor a Bible read.
SEADLUND TRIAL
Chicago, March 15.—With a
wry smile playing across his lips,
John Henry Seadlund, confessed
m^dnap-slayer, sat in federal court
^today and watched prosecutors
and G-men spin a legal web de
signed to send him to the electric
chair. The 27-year-oId former
Washington lumberjack appeared
slightly amused at the prneeed-
ings as F. B. I. agents introduc
ed his 27-page confession in
which he told of the abduction
and brutal killing of Charles .ti.
Ross, wealthy Chicago ir.ai'ufac-
turer.
Negro Dies
Of Bums In
Still Slop
George D. Petty, 36-year-old
negro accused of pushing Douth-
It Harris, white youth, into hot
slop at a still near Roaring Riv
er a week ago, died late Monday
■l^t.
^Earris died within a few hours
attar he was burned on Tuesday,
March 8, and it was thought at
that time that Petty, who was
badly burned when Harris pulled
bin in after him into the slop,
might recover.
’Ibvo other men at the still, one
a brother of H.srris, told Sheriff
C. T. Doughton and Coroner I.
M. Myers that Petty pushed Har
ris into the slop and Harris
cllnged to the negro in the scuf
fle. The negro claimed that they
were only playing and that they
accidentally fell into the hot
mash.
Petty is snrviyed by his moth
er, six brothers and two sisters.
I He was buried W'Jnesday at
Poplar Springs.
No Opportunity to Include
the Project Soon, Says
the ..Commissioner
Highway engineers have com
pleted a preliminary survey of
highway 421 from this city west
ward a distance of about six
[miles to Millers Creek, junction
I of highway 421 and 16.
I The survey was for the purpose
of determining w'hat can br> done
to Improve the road, which car
ries more traffic than any other
similar section of highway in
this section.
This section was likewise the
first hard surfaced highway in
Wilkes and was constructed by
Wilkes county. At the time it was
built It was considered the best
thing in highways but now It is
classed as outmoded, excessively
crooked and too narrow, engi
neers say.
The road cost approximately
$30,000 per mile and was paved
with concrete reinforced with
steel.
Highway Co.mmi3sioner J. G.
Hackett said today that the sur
vey made during the past few
weeks was a matter of investi
gation to ascertain w’hat can he
done to Improve the road for traf
fic and to eliminate some of the
dangerous curves. This may ne
cessitate building about two miles
of road, he said.
However, he explained that no
funds are available for the pro
ject in the near future and noth
ing definite has been determined.
WPA Employment
Division Office Is
Now Open In City
Moved From Winston-Salem
District Office to Facili
tate Hsmdling Work
EoisoKtal Service
Vesper service at St. Paul’s
H^jtJecopal church Sunday after-
ion, March 20, at four o’clock,
charge of the Rector, Rev. B.
Lackey. Visitors and friends
cordially invited to attend
service.
A new industry for Rutherford
Bounty tazmws will he growing
|$Q|a for home us* and market. A
Uitfter of men have purchased
norn bred hreedHUT stoek. ~
Is A Candidate
The employment division of the
V/orks Progress Administration for
the district was last week moved
from Winston-Salem to the area
office in North Wilkesboro, adjoin
ing the other WPA offices in the
North Wilkesboro bank building.
W. Trent Parks, of States
ville, is area Assignment Supervis
or, serving the eight counties in the
area. Assisting in the work are
Miss Billings and Miss Holbrook,
both of Wilkes county. Miss Mary
Scarborough, of Winston-Salem, is
here at present, instructing the new
personnel in the routine work of
the department. She will be here
about two weeks.
Mr. Parks, a member of a promi
nent Iredell county family, has
been connected with the district of
fice in Winston-Salem since 1935..
Two 4-H Clubs Are
Formed This Week
Brief Programs Rendered in
T:4eetmgs Held Wednes
day at Two Schools
Two very promising 4-H clubs
were organized in Wilkea county
Wednesday under direction of
Miss Harriet McGoogan, home
demonstration agent.
The clubs were organized at
Millers Creek and Mount Pleas
ant high schools.
At each place the club mem
bers rendered initial programs,
giving the meaning of 4-H club
work and telling something of
the opportunities it affords rural
boys and girls.
The officers of the Millers
Creek club are as follows: H. D.
Caudill, president: Hugh Kilby,
vice president; Virginia Church,
secretary-treasurer; Billy Hayes,
reporter.
Officers of the Champion club
at Mount Pleasant are: Ruth
Huffman, president; Raymond
Goforth, vice president; Lucille
Jones, secretary-treasurer; Doris
Hamby, reporter.
dub members In Wilkes, who
for several years havef msdntain-
ed an envisMe record of acoomp-
llahment, are looking forward to
an even more successful year.
George R. Ross, prominent
Moore county legislator and
farmer, lias filed as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for congress in this district to
succeed Representative Walter
Lambeth, who will retiro at the
end of this term.
Health Officer Is
t'
Urging All Dogs
Be Immunized
Two Cases of Rabies Veri
fied During Past Month
In Wilkes County
With the advent of spring
there is a threat of a rabies epi
demic among canines and with a
resultant danger to humans. Dr.
A. J. Eller, Wilkes county health
officer, said today.
State labratory tests have
shown that two dogs killed in
Wilkes during the past month
were, afflicted with hydrophobit,
he said.
Dr. Eller urged that all dogs
be immunized against rabies and
warned that the state law com
pelling such vaccination will be
enforced to assure safety for the
people of the county.
He also pointed out the fact
that the fee paid township inspec
tors for administering the vac
cine will be credited upon the
dog tax payable to the county. In
this manner vaccination costs the
dog owner nothing and removes
any semblance of excuse for peo
ple to disregard a law passed for
protection of the innocent, he
said.
Court Awards
26 Merit Ba^es
Scout Court of Honor Holds
Session on Tuesday Eve
at Presbyterian Hut
The Scout court of honor held
its regular session Tuesday night
at the Presbyterian hut.
Twenty-six merit badges were
awarded to the following Scouts:
Hill Carlton, Jr., Malcolm But-
ner, Ralph Whittington, Lomax
Crook, Georgt Campbell, Wayne
Caudill, Oren Hudson, Effner El
ler, Joseph Linney, P. W. Bshel-
man, Jr., Carl Coffey, Henry
Landon, Jr., and Joe Clements.
The number of Scouts appear
ing before the court and the num
ber of merits passed indicates
much activity in Scouting in this
city.
European Uproar
London, March 15.—Great Bri
tain and France both studied
counter-measures tonight to a
possible Italo-German secret mil
itary alliance involving a nazl-
fascist bargain over Austria! and
the Mediterranean.
As a Spanish insurgent army
powered by men and arms from
Germany and Italy swept swiftly
toward the' Mediterranean, fears
grew that the world soon might
see the totalitarian mailed fist
planted in Spain as it already is
in Austria.
Both France and Great Bri
tain, faced with the fact of
Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler’s im
perious annexation of Austria
aad the menace to peace in cen
tral Europe, were alarmed over
the new crisis in Spain.
The Mediterranean is a sea
roadway vital to French and
British empire defenses.
A decided increase in the tf
mount of grass and legume seed
purchased by farmers of Madison
county has been noted by dealers
this winter.
John R. Jones
Is Nominated
For Congress
Solicitor John R. Jones, who
announced a few weeks ago that
he will not seek another term as
solicitor, was nominated for con
gress in the eighth district con
gressional convention of Repub
licans in Lexington Tuesday.
Attorney Kyle Hayes, nominee
In 1936 and district chairman,
called the convention to order
and called Colin G. Spencer, of
Carthage, to the chair as chair
man for the convention, which
was well attended.
David L. Kelly, Republican
chairman in Yadkin county, nom
inated Solicitor Jones tor con
gress and the convention was un
animous is its choice. Harmony
prevailed during the convention.
H. C. Kllhy and Miss Mazie
Johnson were named members of
the state executive committe''
from Wilkes county. They werej
recommended in the countv con-t
vention held in Wilkesboro Mon
day.
Tax Listers For
Towi^ps Are
Named; Start
Appointments Submitted By
Tax Supervisor Con
firmed By Board
TO MEET MARCH 28
List Takers Will Be Given
Supplies smd Instructions
At This Meeting
N. C. E. A. To Meet
Latter Part Week
'The annual convention of the
North Carolina Education associ
ation, an organization composed
of school authorities, superinten
dents, principals and teachers of
North Carolina, will be held in
Raleigh Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of this week.
W. D. Haltacre, superintendent
of North Wilkesboro schools, is
a director of the association. He
and C. B. Eller, county superin
tendent of schools, and several
teachers from city and county
high schools In Wilkes, plan to
attend the convention.
Party Lea^erf
Meet ^turday
Rouaseau Calls Meeting Of
County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee
J. R. Rousseau, chairman of
the Wilkes county Democratic
executive committee, said today
that he had called a meeting of
the executive committee to be
held at Hotel Wilkes on Satur
day afternoon, March 19, two o’
clock.
Mr. Rousseau said that a num
ber of business matters will be
taken up and attendance of all
committee members is expected.
Mr. Rousseau called attention
to the fact that an error was
made in the notices mailed the
committee members. The commit
tee meeting will be held on Sat
urday of this week, March 19,
instead of Saturday, March 26,
as stated in the notices mailed
the members of the committee.
About half the cities in the Unit
ed States have dental clinics for
their school children.
Wilkes county commissioners
in special meeting Tuesday con
firmed appointments of tax list
takers as submitted by W. P.
Kelly, who at a previous meeting
of the board was appointed coun
ty tax supervisor for the seclnd
year.
Mr. Kelly said that the list tak
ers will meet at the courthouse
'n yviiirpqhoTO on Monday, March
2i!, tcM o’ck'ck, for the pm-noee
of receiving instructions and sup-
lllir':.
By order ol the board of com
missioners tax listing will begin
on Friday. April 1, in all town
ships.
The list takers were appointed
as follows:
Antioch, Robert H. Anderson,
Wilkesboio. route 2.
Beaver Creek, A. J. Foster,
Ferguson.
Boomer, G. A. Eller, Pores
Knob, R. F. D.
Brushy Mountain, C. J. Hen-
dren, Gllreath.
EJdwarcls. J. A. Poplin, of Hon
da, and Coy Durham, of Lomax.
Elk, W. O. Barnett, Mt. Zion.
Jobs Cabin, H. H. Beshears,
Walsh.
Lewis Fork, Conrad Jones,
Purlear.
Lovelace, W. A. Johnson, Wil
kesboro route 2.
Moravian Falls, L. P. Bentley,
Pores Knob.
Mulberry, W. M. Abshei^ Halls
Mills. ’ *
New Castle, J. M. Pardue, Ron-
da route 2.
North Wilkesboro, J. M. Craw
ford and Mrs. W. P. Kelly.
Reddles River, Mrs. W. ?.
Bumgarner, Wilkesboro route 1.
Rock Creek, Paul Church,
North Wilkesboro route 2.
Somers, Charles T. Coleman,
Hamptonville.
Stanton, J. G. Huffman, Par-
Bonville.
Traphlll, J. W. Joines, Joynes.
Union, W. H. Whittington,
Reddies River.
Walnut Grove, W. R. Hutchi
son, Abshers.
Wilkesboro, Wm. A. Stroud.
iic^der Passes
A. A. Finley, North Wilkes-
bofo’s first mayor and manufac-
tu^W, who died Wednesday eve
ning at his home. Funeral service
will bo held Friday afternoon,
twt o’clock, at the North Wilkes-
hofo Presbyterian church.
A^ A. Rnley, Gty’s
First Mawr Aod
ManafactnrerilM
Wednesday Nkb
- . - ^ • 4
Wat One of Best Knovna
Men in This Section of '
North Carolina
ACTIVE IN BUSINESS
Was Leader ah Cntafvb; Fu
neral Service to Be Held
In This Citgr Friday '
N. W. A. A. Team
Win Play Fries
North Wilkesboro Athletic as
sociation’s all star basketball
team will play the Fries, Va., Y.
M. C. A. team tonight, eight o’
clock, in. the North Wilkesboro
high school gymnasium.
The locals lost an early sea
son contest to the Fries team 34
to 25 and tonight’s game Is ex
pected to be a thriller.
Clyde Holleman Pleads Guilty Of
Manslaughter iln Homicide Action
Clyde Holleman, on trial for
killing Sam Jolly at a still In
Somers township on February 1,
entered a plea of manslaughter
at the close of state’s evidence in
Wilkes superior court Wednesday
afternoon.
His plea was accepted and
Judge J. Will Pless had not pass
ed sentence at noon today.
According to the testimony
Holleman and Jolly were two of
a party making moonshine liquor
and the shooting occured when
Jolly started from the still with
a five-gallon can of liquor,
was shot through the back.
Before he died Jolly made
Some of the cases disposed of
this week follow. An account of
the other cases tried and actions
nol proBsed dnring the term will
be carried in The Journal-Patriot
Monday:
Jesse Church, Percy Griffin,
Monroe Griffin and Charlie
Church entered pleas on a charge
of affray and assault. Jesse
Church was given 30 days su
spended on payment of his part
of the cost; Percy Griffin 60
days suspended on the same con
ditions; Monroe Griffin 60 days
He I suspended on payment of $10
I tine and his part of the cost;
a I Charlie Church, tour months at
’■ i'.-
statement to the effect that there
had been no quarrel or fight and
that he did not believe Holleman
intended to shoot him. This state
ment was corroborated by wit
nesses.
Today trial. of Adam Johnson,
charged with driving while under
the influence of liquor, reckless
driving and obstructing , officers
in performance of their duties,
got under way just before noon.
Johnson appealed from judgment
In the city court here where he
was eonrlcted. He is allied to
have wrecked the police ear oc
cupied by Policemen Keller Eller
and C. V. Lloyd, who were chas
ing a car drlrmi by Jobnaott'on
highway 18, north o this city.
county home.
Mack Griffin, larctny and re
ceiving, four months suspended
on payment of cost.
Four divorces were granted in
court Monday, three on grounds
of two years’ separation and one
for adultery. The divorces ren
dered were as follows: Otllia Par-
due versus Elbert Pardue; D. H.
Shores versus Allle Shores; W.
M. Royal Versus Annie M. Roy
al; Vande McNeal versus Robert
McNeal.
John Pardue, larceny, four
months on roads.
George Barp,- forgery. 12
months on roads.
Deece Jolly, assault with dead
ly «eiM9on, SO days on roads,
a;-" .
Oil Treatment For
District Roads To
Begin In 2 Weeks
Operations at Standstill All
Through Winter Months
To Be Resumed Soon
George Lockhart, office en
gineer of the Eighth District
office of the Highway Commis
sion, announced Monday that the
maintenance department of the
commission will resume extensive
maintenance operations for the
district system in about two
weeks. R. Y. Peck will be
supervisor of the work.
Following the seasonal lull
through the winter months, the
treatment will be given the fol
lowing. roads, to .be completed by
July first: ‘
Bunker Hill road, Dobson-Mt
Airy; 421 to Yadkin line; 421
from Yadkin county line toward
North Wilkesboro; 21 from 280
to 1.4 miles from Sparta; Mount
Tabor Road; Danbury to No. 109;
161, from Warrensville to Lans
ing; County Road connecting 221
and 16.
Patching of road near East
Bend; No. 21 from end of con
crete north of Elkin to Wilkes
county line; 21, from Wilkes
county line to Doughton: the
roads leading from Roaring Gap
Hotel to the fish hatchery; from
Blowing Rock to the Caldwell
county line; from Watauga coun
ty line to Avery county; from
Lenoir to Curtis’ store; Deerfield
Road to Blowing Rock; Twin
Oaks to Virginia state line; Laur
el Springs to Whitehead.
J. G. Hackett, District Commis
sioner, Z. V. Stewart, engineer
and Hayworth, assistant engi
neer of the department, attended
a commission meeting in Raleigh
on March 9th, In the interest of
the eighth district system of
roads.
STATE’S MERCHANTS
TO MEET JUNE 20-21
Asheville, March 15—Directors
of the North Carolina Merchants’
association decided at a meeting
here .today to hold the annual
conrentlon at Blowing Rock on
June 20-21.
Baptist Pastors
*WiIl Meet Friday
Oife of Many Special Con
ferences In State Will -
Be Held In City
Baptist ministers of Wilkes
and surrounding counties are to
meet in the First Baptist church
hero Friday of this week from
10:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. in one
of a series of special conferences
being held in strategic centers
throughout the state.
•'Living Religion" is the theme
on which the discussions will be
based. OeneTBl Secretary M. A.
HnggiiilB of the Baptist State Con
vention will 4>e la charge of the
conference. Assisting him will be
Rbv. W. H. Williams of Charlotte,
Rer. R. B. Hardaway, of Lenoir,
Rim^ M. O. Aloander and Rev.
J. C. Pipes of thei State Mlaalon
staff, and otbeta.
All Baptist xiiaton are invit^
to attead. Abont^ forty or tlfte
-^ar* expaetad.r L '
a
Arthur A. Finley, age 78, one
of the pioneer builders of the city
of North Wilkesboro, died Wed
nesday evening, 6:55 o'clock, at
his home, Rivervlew, on E street.
He had been ill with Influenza
for a few days but was not con
sidered seriously ill. His deetk
was attributed to a heart attack.
One of the best known men of
Northwestern North Carolina, Mr.
Finley spent all his life here
with marked devotion to the com
munity which he saw grow Into
the most thriving city in this part
of the state.
And he had a part in the town’s
formation, growth and develop
ment. As a young man he was a
prosperous farmer and on the
land where North Wilkesboro
now stands he once pastured his
cattle and produced crops.
Mr. Finley helped organize the
town and was its first mayor.
Through several decades he was
actively affiliated with the town
government, serving several
terms as member and chairman
of the city board of education.
He also served many years on *ho
city board of commissioners.
He and business associates or
ganized the first manufacturing
industry here in 1889. It was the
Wilkesboro Manufacturing com
pany, so named ’because Wilkeo-
boro was the only town in Wilkes.
He remained president of that
company until his death.
He was also a pioneer leader
In other business enterprises, be
ing among the first bankers of
North Wilkesboro. He helped t®
organize the Bank of North Wil-
kesboro and served as vice presi
dent since its organization. He
was president of the Forest Fur
niture company at the time of
his death.
In all his business connections
he gained a widespread reputa
tion for integrity and fair deal
ings, a man whose presence cre
ated an influence of dignity and
purpose on any occasion.
His activities were not con
fined to business. He was also a
builder In church and commun
ity life. He helped organize tha
North Wilkesboro Presbyterian
church and since its organization
was one of Us most consecrated
members. For many years and at
the time of his death he was an
elder In the churen. Dnring th*
past year he was president of
the North Wilkesboro Klw.snls
club and that organization ren
dered valuable service to the city
and community under his lead-
erllflp. He showed much Interest
and took an active part In other
civic endeavors.
A member of one of the state's-
best known families, he was born
October 26, 1859, a son of the
late Augustus W. Finley, high
ly prominent and wealthy citizen
here, and Martha Lenoir Gordon
Finley, a sister of General Jraen
B. Gordon of the Confedemey*
He was married to Miss Kat*
Cameron, who survives. The chil
dren are Miss Lucy Finley, Miss
Grace FIniey, Gordon Finley and
Arthur C. Finley, all of this city;
three grandchildren, Katherin*,
Mary Elmore and Gordon Finley,
Jr. There Is one surviving broth
er, Judge T. B. Finley, of tlda
City. He was preceded in deatk
by one daughter, Bess Camerox
Finley; two brothers, J. E. and
J. G. Finley; three sisters, Mn.
Irvin Pilson, Mrs. Carrie Pilson
and Miss Octavla Finley.
Funeral service will be held
PTiday afternoon, two o'clock, at
the North Wilkesboro 'Presbyter
ian church and burial will ite la.
Greenwood cemetery. 3
It is expected that busioesa
tablishments here will be cloabtt
dnring the funeral hour. '
I
m
BANKS WILL CLOSE AT
1:30 FRIDAY THIS WEEK
Both banks te North
boro will close at IrM WtiSlKr
stternooo: The eariy elosfiiB: hoar
on FViday is on account., ol. thx
funeral of A. A. Finley to be hcUI-
ai two o*clo«k.'’’,