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^Roxltpro. M«7 A.—^Person eoaa-
t7;btftcers tODigbt said thaj were
.witliottt does In tb» slnylng of
' liie LAVS, 20-yeor-old Rouge-
moat youth, whose bullet-pierced
body was discovered today In the
Harris mill N^nd near the Dnr-
' ham county line just. oft the
Dnrham-Rozboro highway.
PLEASANTLY SURPRISED
Sioux City, la, May 6.—
TholhaB McFarland, 54, returned
bc^today to learn that a body
'' id in the Missouri river Au
gust 10, 1936, had been Identi
fied as his and that for tbe^st
year and eight months he had
been thought dead. The body was
burled in Dakota City, Neb. Five
persons identified the body as Mc
Farland’s after it was taken from
the river. McFarland said he had
been living in New York city.
Pore! Knob Man
KiD^ In Wreck
Sunday Evening
Joe Joinea Dies Few Hours
Following Car Crash
Near Pores Knob
Bww. To
m
DEATH CHOSEN
Chicago, May 6.—The parents
ofxjyrerweekB-old Helaine Colan
to{||(t3^d^ded>jlhey weald nol at-
teA0t to save"' the baby’s Ute by
submiltlng ber to an operation.
^Glioma, a tumor which creeps a-
^oa^the. optic nerves to the brain,
hai^tmmed both of the'* infant’s
eyes. Surgeons advised they
_ ight halt the deadly growth by
removing her eyes. Such a course
would leave her blind for life.
4 P«RJ!®.C^lSi«»Sh
Flb^ay; ’6.-t^^ur
wom^ mehsn^M of.^e^^ndlay
Country reported'today that
they j ail ’ drew perfect bridge
hands in one deal during a game
of contract. 'The four players, and
the suits they were dealt, were;
^iiTS. H. C. McCullough, 13
'hearts: Mrs. G. K. Schooler, 13
spades; Mrs. Paul Myers, 13
clubs and Mrs. E. L. Woosley, 13
diamonds. The cards were dealt
by Mrs. Myers. Mrs. Schooler’s
grand slam bid in spades won
the hand.
burned to death
’ThomasviUe, May 6.—’Two per
sons tentatively identified as W.
Vyalker,-130A Tipton street.
Hlgfi Point, and Warren Grady:
1006 Adams street, also of High
Point, were burned to death in
an automobile accident four
miles southwest of here on the
Lexington highway at about 8:45
o’clock tonight. The car in which
the two men were riding collided
with another driven by A. H.-
Deaton, of ThomasviUe, and
plunged down a 25-foot embank
ment. A four-inch cooking gas
line was severed by the car ahd
Ue gas ignited, completel.v de-
Jji^ying the car and burning the
bodies beyond recognition.
NEW DISCOVERY
London, May 6.— .4. Russian
professor reported today the dis
covery of a process in which the
skin of a dead person could be'
used with curative effect on di
seased tissues of the living. A
professor Filatov, telling of his
work in the British medical
journal. The Lancet, said he
treated lupus—a skin disease—
by the ne"w method with the re
sults “surpassing all my hopes.”
He said he removed an ulcer and
covered the wound with skin tak-
Len from a corpse. Improvement
Vas noted in two days and tho |
wound eventually healed. His re- j
port said the skin of a dead per-,
son could be preserved at least
four months.
Joe Joines, age 24, resident of
the Pqres Knob community, was
killed Sunday afternoon when
the car in which he was riding
left the road and struck a tree
near Pores Knob as it was
traveling toward Moravian Falls
on highway 16.
Coroner I. M. Myers conducted
an inquest and the jury said in
its verdict that death was caused
by an unavoidable accident.
Lee Joines, driver and owner
of the car, said that the steering
gear^ failed to function and that
he Bbabla- to stop the car
before W crashed. Examination
of the wreck revealed that a
steering gear socket had dropped
out. , * ,
Tom Joines, father of the de
ceased, was painfully injured and
the other occupants. Lee Joines
and I ee Mullls, were not hurt.
Jo€ Joines and Lee Mullis were
riding in the rumble seat of the
cab}'an Old'model Oakland.
Assistant Agent
Sees 49 Members
Wilkes 4-H Clubs
Reports That All of Mem
bers Visited to Date Have
Projects Under Way
Three membe.s of 4-H clubs in
Wilkes county broadcast a very
creditable radio program over
WAIR in Winston-Salem Satur
day 12:15 to 12:30.
The weakly- broadcast ia...en-
atfed “4-H Clfibs'bf’Tho AIr,*’l
The program Saturday was ar
ranged by County Agent Dan Hol
ler, assisted by Miss Harriet Mc-
Googan. h o'ln e demonstration
agent.
The 4-H club project discussed
was the development of Wilkes
County White corn, a variety pro
duced by the, Nichols family at
Purlear.
The.members taking part were
Miss Edith Chambers, of Ronda.
H. D. Caudill, of Millers Creek,
and lohn Robert Church, of
North WiHtekboro route 2.
■ The program was in the form
of a discussion of 4-H club work
among tho members and proved
to be very interesting.
Fishermen Enjoy
Stocked Streams
Bass Season Will Open On
Tuesday; Three Good
Streams In County
Reports from Capital Hill are said to indicate that although the spend
ing? program M.h lie .ippiovcd, the legi.:Uitud branch will seek to con
trol the nur,..- r.trings. .When asked if Congressional allocation of re
lief P VV’. A. and W. P. A. funds w'ouid senou.Hy hamper relirf work,
Harry Hopkins replied: “Unfortunately unemployment doesnt fdlow
political lines.” Secretary Ickes (right) has supported Hopkins-stand
for Executive direction of spending.
Wilkes Boy | Democrats Have
Rans‘Amack’ "“b
Charlie McGlamery. young man
of the Millers Creek comnn'iiity
who has already made a lengthy
court record, on Sunday was the
cause of much work and worry
on the part of Wilkes deputies
sheriff.
Today officers armed with war
rants charging assault with dead
ly weapon and assault on a fe
male located and arrested Mc
Glamery.
McGlamery is alleged to have
held up a man by the name of
Church in the Buck community,
using a gun. Church said that he
prodded the gun against his chest
and,.D!ade him drive him ypnnd
t^e:i;'lsoi£ti^!de
more amtounitlbn for hw gun.
Near Brown’s Ford' on the
Yadkin west of Wilkesboro
Church said he grabbed McGlam-
cry’s gun, threw it into the river
and set him afoot.
Deputy Sam Jones wa.5 called
and the chase, which led acros;s
the bottom of the river twice, be
gan but McClameiy finally eluded
the officer.
Officers said that McGlamery
will face several charges in the
next term of superior court for
trial of criminal cases.
Daily Round Trip Sorvice
Began On Greyhoond
Lines Saturday
Auspicious ceremonies, a sight
seeing trip and a big celebration
formally opened the new Grey
hound hue line Saturday from
the extreme northwest section of
the state to the large seacoast city
of Wilmington in the southeast
ern portion.
The celebration and banquet
held at Boone Friday night was
attended by many prominent peo
ple from Winston-Salem, Raleigh
and the eastern part of the state,
among then; being Stanley Wiu-
bourne, utilities commissioner
who was the principal speaker at
the celebration held In Boone.
On Saturday morning the buses
made their first regular'Schedule
t^ip across the state.
The buses being used on the
through line are the large
streamlined vehicles which had
not heretofore been used in this
part of the state. They are said
to represent maximum comfort
and safety in bus transportation
Downstate guests at the cele
bration at Boone Friday night
were carried there in two of the
large new type buses. They pass
ed through this city Friday after
noon and stopped for a few min-
Democrats of .Vilkes county Hotel Wilkes, where they
County Convention Will Be
Held At The Courthouse
May 14
held organization precinct meet
ings throughout the county on
Saturday, May 7.
Reports from precinct meetings
indicated very little change in
precinct organizations and no
contests of interest had been re
ported today.
The precinct meetings elected
delegates to the county conven
tion to he held at the courthouse
in Wilkesboro on §atjjjriajf/af^r-
noon. May
mh'tSfC. 0. McNlel is lecje-
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Boomer Resident
Suddenly Passes
Drops Dead While Convers
ing With Relatives In
Home Sunday
Home Agrent Tells
Of 5-County Meet
A federation meeting of home
demonstration cluhs of five coun
ties will he held at A. S. T C. in
Boone on Friday, May 13. An
nouncement of the meeting was
made h^ today by Miss Harriet
McGoogan, home demonstration j victoria Russel. She was a daugh-
agent in Wilkes county. ter of the late Nathaniel and
Miss McGoogan said that it was Nancy E. Russel.
Miss Mary Jane Russel, age 69,
drooped dead Sunday afternoon
whilo conversing with members
of her family in their home at
Boomer.
Coroner 1. M Myers investigat
ed the death and his verdict was
that she died from natural caus
es.
She is survived by one broth
er, Jeff Russel, and two sisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Steele and Miss
were greeted by Mayor R. T, Mc
Nlel, many members of the Kl-
waiiis Club and several other
business and civic leaders. They
were served refreshments in the
hotel.
Several local people joined the
‘crowd on the way to Boone and
attended the celebration there,
among them being Highway Com
missioner J. G. Hackstt,. one of
provide much better
transportation facilities for this
part of the state with the state
capitol and points east.
The new bus line will enable
people ill this part of the state
to make a round trip to Raleigh
and spent five hours there—all
in one day.
The west terminal of the route
is Boone, where excellent connec
tions may be obtained for Bris
tol, Tenn., and other joints west,
placing the new line in position
to become one of the most popu
lar across the Appalachians.
On Friday morning the visitors
who attended the celebration in
Boone were taken on a sight see
ing trip over the Blue Ridge
Parkway from Deep Gap to Roar
ing Gap. Many were enthusiastic
in their praise of the scenic at
tractions and did not hesitate to
declare that the scenery was the
most magnlglcent in North Caro
lina and eastern America.
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Actions In Which IPlafiSi^.
Absent Receive JudgnuMt
Of a NoniSnifc v
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Barely two weeks old, the Pro
gressive Party headed -by Wiscon
sin’s governor, Philip F. LaFol-
lette and Senator Robert M. La-
Establishing a record for. dis
posal of cases, over 200. civil ae-
tions were removed:.^, .from the
docket of Wilkes s^fCi^R
during the first week’of the pfes-
eht term.
Judge J. Will Pless;>»r-Nsi#i«iir
who at a previous term ordOWd'
the calendar miade up of all «asw
instituted prior to July 1,
is presiding over the 'tordr/ wMeh-
began the second week, today.
In compliance with his prerious
order, cases in which the plain-
Follette, Jr., has already acquired j tiff did not appear to prosecute
enco-uraglng support thmughout I the action were non-suited and
several Mid-Western states. .\lso the plaintiff taxed with costs. Apr-
among the supporters Is New
York’s Mayor LaOinardia. !n his
opening speech, loaiuler Philip
LaFollette (Above) disclaimed
launching a “Popular Front”
movement and indicated that he
would not seek the aid of dis
gruntled groups.
Hays Resident
Hai^s Self On
Tree Near Home
Gilbert Dancy’s Death Pro
nounced Suicide; Funeral
To Be Tuesday
NEW SPENDING BILL
Washington, May 6—The Pres
ident’s power to choose his own
means of spending in the attack
on the depression would he
sharply restricted by a bill ap
proved by a honse appropriations
oubcommittee today. The meas
ure contains the administration s
new multi-billion dollar program
of spending and lending. But for
the^Trst time, should the bill be-
coUia law in its present form, rs-
lieC money would not go to the
President to be apportioned as he
desired It would go directly to
progress administra-
tt« and other’hgenoies which ac
tually pay out the cash. For that
reason. Representative Woodrum.
Democrat, Virginia, in charge of
the measnre, called It the best
feltef^lU that ever h^ been re-
«jCo.Team
orest Furniture baseball team
meet on* of the strongMt
teur baaeball teams . in the
rfgte at .the
Satirday afternoon of this weex
they play the Lance
^T^mpany team fr^ CliV
Homer Brookshire. Wilkes
county game protector, said today
that he is expecting that bass
fishing will be a popular sport on
K'.k Creek after the bass season
opens on Tuesday. May 10. He
said several nice catches were
made when closed season restric
tions were lifted for Easter holi
days.
Many fishermen are enjoy^
ing trout fishing in the three best
trout streams in Wilkes. Mr
Brookshire said. The three
streams most thoroughly stocked
with trout are the headwaters of
EU. Basin Creek in the Bluff
Park and Bullhead creek north
of Traphill and Joynes.
The game protector warned
that fishermen have license and
fish in accordance with laws gov
erning the sport.
especially desired that each club
have as many as six representa
tives at the federation meeting
and that all club member.i are
invited. The day’s program will
get under way at 10:30.
She asked inat Wilkes ladies
planning to attend assemble at
the courthouse for registration at
3:30 Friday morning and pro
ceed to Boone. Regular club
meetings have be*n cancelled in
order that there will be no con
flict with the five-county federa
tion meeting, she said.
Coddling Moth
Gi’^ng Trouble
Carl B. VanDeman, specialist
in charge of the apple research
labmtory on the Brushles, said
that'fhe cod411ng moth has
ehrty Stoit thla. year in the ap
ple orchards and that apple
Vowiir ii«Fe afreatfr been discov
ered. ‘
He, urged thorough spraying
now in order to redtice^ the apple
worm damage to a minimum.
The moth lays the eggs near the
apples and the hatched eggs are
w|rW6 which) noon find their waj
ln4»'the fruit. Tests show, he said,
that 'A majority of the worms
enter tho apples from the side
neareat .-the tree trunk. This, he
said, shows the importance of
. X lUTld I thorough opravlnf and getting
ttissa* *s well as
Book By Boone Man
To Be Out By June
Funeral service was held this
afternoon at :Zion Hill Baptist
church with Rev. Lsaac Watts in
charge.
Vannoy Man 1$
Held For Theft
Said to Have Held Up Aged
Lady; Took Old Age As
sistance Check
Rufus Vannoy. resident of the
Vannoy community in northern
Wilkes, was placed in jail at
Wilkesboro Sunday and charged
with the robbery of an aged wom
an by the name of Church.' who
makes her home at Vannoy’s res-
“Testing Time,” a stirring ro
mance of the Civil War, written
by David P- Allison of Boone, has
been accepted for publication by |
Eerdman & Co., Grand Rapids,, warrant she charged
Mich., and will be on sale by the , vannoy disgqised himself
first of June. i ^ arid vrtth’.a' paW
This is the second volume by i ggjgjgrE as a threatening wea-
Mr. Allison to be accepted by the , forced her to give him her old
publishers in the. past six. months P
“Greater Love Hath No Man j gald evidence tends to
came out in December and i jj,at Vapnoy ,jwas drunk. He
enjoyed a splendid sale, it is ujg charges .brought by the
Wi’kes Youth Honored
Berea, Ky.. May 7.—Kin Mc-
Niel, Berea College junior, was
elected recording secretary of the
Phi Delta literary society, active
men’s organization, at a recent
meeting of the members. He will
serve for the first semester of the
school year 1938-1939.
hJcNlel, who served the past
semester as corresponding secre
tary of Phi Delta, Is also a mem
ber of the Dramatic club. Folk
won of Mr. and Mrs. Rufus
Kiel, of Boomer, Nortk
woman.
Banner E. Miller
Is Taken By Death
Banner Edward Miller, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Miller, of
Glendale Springs, died Friday In
Wilkes Hospital,
t Funeral Service was held Sun
day at 2 p. m- at th«-Episcopal
Cemetery at Glendale Springs.
- He is sunrlved by his parents;
Paul Walker, Mrs
riub.'^and other
tlons on «ie cAm|»A hi‘ to li^:- APi!
North Wilkesboro
P.-T. A. Will Meet
Last meeting of the present
school year for the North Wilkes
boro Parent-Teacher association
will be held in the school audi
torium on Thursday afternoon,
3:4 5. Mrs. Edward Finley will
have charge of the program and
a large attendance is desired
The study class will meet
three o’clock.
at
Miss Mable Topping To "^Ik
At P.-T. A. Study Qass
Miss Topping will lead the
Parent-Teacher Study class on
Thursday at 3:00 p. m. in Miss
Troutman’s fifth grade room.
The topic will be “Parents’ At
titude Toward the School.” This
is the last meeting of the year
and we are anticipating a large
crowd.
The regular Parent-Teacher
meeting will follow the study
class at 3:45 in the auditorium.
Mrs. Eva Walker ,
Claimed By Death
Funeral service for Mrs. Eva
Reins Walker, 32, who died at
her home In Wilkesboro Saturday
afternoon, was held this after-
nophbat 2:30 o’clock at' Wilkes
boro Baptist church,, Burial was
in Mountain Park cemetery.' ,
Mrs. Walker is surrlvai by her
husband, 3ernard Wklket;.. her
father, J. S. Reins; and the fol
lowing brothers and sisters,' Js®se
Reins, Mrs.’ Adam Sbeley, i- Him
“jatsiw,
The body of Gilbert Dancy, age
36. well known resident of the
Hays community, was found
hanging to a tree by a rope about
500 yards from his bom*. ;tote
sultiiil'e'.
said that Dancy had bhen in 111
health and in a meloncholy con
dition for several weeks.
The Coroner said that Dancy
had evidently left his house ear
ly in the morning because he left
the lights biunlng. A neighbor
found his body after a search was
made and it was learned that
the cow rope was missing from
Its usual place on the gvoiiml-.
He had been dead several hours,
the coroner said.
Dancy was a son of P. A. and
Wady Wiles Dancy, who survive.
He also leaves his wife, Mrs.
Pearl Dancy, one brother, Ed
Dancy, and one sister, Mrs. Dora
Myers.
Funeral service will be held at
Hay Meadow Baptist church
Tuesday morning. •
proximately 175 cases went off
the docket -by this route 'during
the week, it was learned today
from the office of the clerk of
court.
Several cases went off by com
promise judgments and a few
cases of minor interest were tried
before the jury.
Four divorces as follows were
granted on grounds of two
years separation: Willow B.
Orum versus Claude B. Drum;
Clyde Hemrick versus Ruby Hem-
rick; Mary Steward. Church ver
sus Joe B. Church;' ButheFBrown
versus Laura Brown.
Armstrong Tatkii .
To Kiwanis Chib
Interesting Matters Taken
Up In Club Meeting
4-H Club Members
Heard Over Radio
Widely KnoMm Wilkes Com
Project. Publicized
Over the Air
Jesse Giles, assistant Wilkes
county agent, said today that
during the past week that he had
visited 49 4-H club members in
Wilkpy county and had learned
that every one visited had started
work on his or her project.
Mr. Giles said that he
visit the other 4-H members cur
ing the next few da.vs.
Among those visited are 26
with corn projects, four poultry,
four calf, seven pig, three tobac
co, five potatoes, one forestry.
He said that practically all the
corn club members have planted
their acres and that those who
have projects with livestock and
poultry are securing registered
and purebred specimens.
Annual Field Day
Several Wilkes county farmers
will attend the small grain field
day to b4' held at the test farm
at Statesville on May 20, Dan
Holler, Wilkes farm agent, said
today.
Dr. Middleton, of State College,
will be present and will show now
varieties of small grain recently
developed and soon to be releas
ed. Development of the new va
rieties will -be explained, Mr. Hol
ler said. ‘
Gil-
Twin Calyes ^rn
- A^ CoV^yb*loBring to Leater
Roope, ,ot this eitr."«*v» birth
Sunday,, to twin i^ale calye^ The
calves BOrtoal tu wry re-
apect. R6ope ^'h* will 1^
tlie,.calve* euil of
noon and^hsarAA^'Jrispirlng
address by Cliarlie j Armstrong,
Kiwanis lieutenant gover#o?- Sev
eral important matters were tak
en up during the meeting.
J. C. Reins stated that next
week will be Air-Mall* Week,
celebrated in commemoration of
twenty years of aM'-mail service
and that every small town-in the
I'nir'jfl Stales would iave' the
privilege of h.Tving a plane atop
for air-mail letters. He urged that
this community do its best to
make a good record.
President A. H. Casey stated
that he has an invitation from
Harry R. Cartnwick. of the Win
ston-Salem Club, to be present on
the evening of May 19, with
wive.s as .guests to attend an In
ter-Club meeting at which Dis
trict Governor Ames Halt'wanger
will be guest speaker. He urged
that local Klwanians make plans
to attend.
Program chairman Genio Card-
well asked Joe McCoy to Intro
duce the first part of the program
which consisted of three songs.
“Without a Song,” “Homing,’'
and “The Lord’s Praver” by Bob
White, of Monteith. N. C. He was
assisted .at the piano ^hy Mrs.
White.
Pat Williams presented the
speaker. Lieutenant Charlie Arm
strong, of Salisbury. Hy made a
fine talk on ‘Kiwanis Education.*
calling attention to the tremen
dous power and prestige of it*
hundred thousand members In
America. He urged especially' that
Kiwanians do more to aid the
Public Health program. He stat
ed that North Carolina lead. A-
merica in diphtheria deaths last
year, and that venereal diseases
constitute a rniighty problem in
society.
The following board of direc
tors met with Kiwanian Arm
strong after tho luncheon: A. H.
Casey, T. E. Story, R. W. Gwyn,
J. C. Reins, W. E. Jones, E. G.
Finley, A. F. Kilby, and X. B.
■Carter. A brief review of tho
work of the club was mode for
the Lieutenant-Gorerhor.
Home Coming Day at
Friendship Church
Announcement has been made-
of the annual hoine coming to. be
held at Friend^|iv^|B^hi94bt|''
church near ..Millers Creek, , The..'”
home coming will ‘ t*jM Pla*%
Sunday. MayIv J
The ppogra«S,% ttfuiaitSaa -rto^?.']
planning an all-day tfuijtfitmi
a pienio style, dinner,
They'invite all fofi" '
dt tlM coiatiniBlty -*
pnatore to attend Hhe'eMWfflj^The't
full program will be
totw, meoibeni of the eoaiiiiltl*ir«
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