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KIDI^^Cl CHARGED
London. Ky., May 27.—Kid
naping. wa» added to the long list
of Tlotenc© of which Harlan
county deputies sheriff stand ac
cused In federal court. Miners of
Harlan marched across the wit
ness stand In the federal govern
ment’s trial of 19 coal corpora-
tlona and 44 individuals on charg
es of instigating terrorism against
union men who tried to organize
the 16,000 workers in the rich
80ft coal field.
Fortner Resident
Of Wilkes KiUed
Sunday In Calif.
DeWitt Tinaley, In Service
In U. S. Air Corps, Is
Accident Victim
GET RIGHT OF WAY
Washington May 27. — The
Blue Ridge Parkway today came
one step nearer a practical reali
zation where the National Park
Service succeeded in breaking a
rlght-of way deadlock for a key
section lu Virginia. A. E. DeMar-
ay, associate director of the Na
tional Park Service, said the set
tlement of the right-of-way dif
ficulties In Virginia, which in
volved section 1-U. in Carroll
county, gave clear sailing for con-
sttuction of all the links of the
parkway from south of Roanoke
to Asheville.
TO ADJOURN lOTH
Washington, May 27.—Admin-
■ Istratiou leaders set green lights
today for a June 10 adjournment
of Congress, after President
Roosevelt lent his influence for
retaining southern wage differen
tials in the highly controversial
wage-hour bill. The President’s
intervention on behalf of rebel
lious southern congressmen vir
tually assured an early compro
mise between House and Senate
on t'ae wage-hour bill. This would
clear the last major obstacle to
the June 10 adjournment plan.
Relatives today received news
of the death of DeWitt Tinsley,
age 25, who was hit by a train
and killed Sunday in Santa Mon
ica, California.
Tinsley was a former resident
of Wilkes. Following graduation
from North Wilkesboro high
school In 1931 he enlisted in the
U. S. air corps and served in
Hawaii and the Phlllipines.
Upon arrival of the body fu
neral service will be held at Cen
ter church in Wilkes.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. David Tinsley, two
brothers. Wake and Clyde Tins
ley, and two sisters, Velma and
Reba Tinsley, of Uorth Wilkes
boro route 1.
Sconts Pow-Wow
School Finals
Here Tuesday
Boy] Scout leaders from all parts of America were welcomed to Cleve
land as the 28th Annual National Council of the Boy Scouts of Amer
ica began sessions. Left to right, Col. Theo. Roosevelt; J. E. West,
Chief Scout EJxecutive and National Commissioner D. C. Beard, all of
New York, together with Canadian Chief Scout Executive J. A. Stiles
of Ottawa, Ont„ and W. Head of St. Louis, president of the Boy Scouts
of America.,
Sermon Delivered Sunday
Night; Eure Is Com*
mencement Speaker
TAX BILL IS L\W
Washington. May 28.—The $5,-
330,000,000 aid-to-huslness tax
revenue bill became law at 12:01
a. m. today but without President
Roosevelt's signature, presaging a The sermon was
vigorous administration fight to rapt interest
^fita Into the 1939 tax law cher-j
ished new deal reforms emasculat
ed by Congress this session. The
sMeat Jiaid in a speech at the
rural resettlement project in Ar-
thurdale, W. Va.. yesterday that
he could not i;onscientioiisly sign
the bill because of “undesirable’’
revi.sions made in the undivided
profits and cipital gains-losses
levies.
North Wilkesboro high school
finals begun Sund.ay night with
the commencement sermon by
Dr. P. E. Monroe, president of
Lenoir-Rhyne College.
Dr. Monroe delivered an in
spiring sermon on the theme of
‘Fundamentals for Building.”
The four points stressed were
purpose in lit?, love for work,
faith in self, and faith in God.
received with
Wilkes Man
Pans Gold
From Stream
COULD NOT SPEAK
Jersey City, N. J.. May 27.—
Representative Jerry O’Connell,
Democrat, Montana, bitter toe of
Mayor Frank Hn.gue, ma le a brief
Due to inclement weather this
afternoon the class day exercises
scheduled for five o’clock were
postponed until Tuesday morning,
ten o’clock. The program will he
carried out ou the school grounds
it weather permits and in case of
rain will be in the gymnasium.
On Tuesday night, eight o'
clock. the graduation exercises
will be held and Thad Eure, of
Raleigh, secretary of state, will
be lbs commencement speaker.
Also on the program will be a-
w.ards and present.ation of di-
plonifi.s to seventh grade gradu
ates and to one of the largest
appearance at Pershing field to-1 high seliool graduating classes in
night but was whisked away Ity | the history of the school.
police before he could deliver a
prepared speech assailing the
Democratic leader. Taken hy au
tomobile to police station two
blocks from the stadium, he was
closeted for a few minutes with
high police officials and then
taken ro the Journal Square sta
tion of the Hudson and Manhat
tan railroad.
SEER STALIN S FALL
Philadelphia, May 2 7.—Wil
liam N. Matthews, general secre
tary of tlie American Tract Soci
ety, an organization distributing
Christian literiture. said today.
“The hour is near when the
reign of Sftalin will be at an end.’’
Reporting to the general assemb
ly of the Presbyterian church in
U. S. A., Matthew.s said the
forbids distribution of its
hymnals and copies of
“Pilgrim’s Progress.” “Stalin
knows that the only hope of
maintaining his tyranuical rule In
Russia lies in preventing the cir
culation of the word of God.” he
said. “But he has seen the hand
writing on the wall decreeing
for him a fate far worse than that
his closest friends whom he
riii'.s :lie school will close an
other very successful year, dur
ing which it has received wide
rccogniticn as one of the model
city school systems in the slate.
The school has operated over a
nine-months’ term and has retain
ed its high rating in the Southern
Association of Accredited Scliools.
the
Soviet
tracts,
of
Home Clubs Are
Active In County
Extension Specialist in Food
and Nutritions Is To
Attend Meetings
disposed of.’
B. Clinic To
Begin Monday
Dr.
A. J. Eller, county health
officer, today called attention to
the fact that the adult ♦ubercu-
losis clinic JriH begin on Monday,
June 6, and urged that people of
the county take advantage of the
clinic.
* A specialist from the state
sanftorlum will conduct the clinic
ia fooperatlon with the health de
partment and will make examina
tion of suspects without charge.
Examinations will be by appoh't-
nt and those who desire to be
jf^mlned should make appoint
ment at the county health office
this week.
An application of limestone and
phosphate has apparently wiped
oat lyfoom »edg© in th© pasture oi
W- A. Hooper, Speedwell, Jack-
lon.eoutj..
Following are excerpts from a
letter by Miss Harriet McGoogan.
home agent, to members of home
demonstration clubs and 4-H
clubs:
“We are fortunate in having
Miss Mary B. Thomas, Extension
Specialist in Foods and Nutri
tions, come to this county for a
series of demonstrations on the
following dates. This will be a
demonstration on the making of
yeast bread and rolls. She will be
in the following communities at
the time and place specified:
“Wednesday, June 1st, 1938—
Mountain View, home of Mrs. C.
C. Blevins at 2:00 p. m.
“Thursday. June 2, 193S—
Maple Springs, home of Mrs. P.
G. TiTplette at 9:00 a. m. -
“Gilreath, home of Mrs. A. G.
Hendren at 2-00 p. m.
“Are you interested in actual
ly seeing new ways of making
rolls, bread and buns with Home
made yeast? If you are, don’t fall
to be at the 'Bread Meeting’ in
your community.’’
After receiving a very favor
able report on a one-ounce nug
get and other specimens sent to
labratories for official test, A. T.
Caudill, citizen of the Springfield
community, has continued his
gold mining .activities with re
newed energy.
On his farm in the foothill of
the Blue Ridge Mr. Caudill found
the shining nugget in the bed of
a small stream. Other specimens
were panned from the gravel and
tests showed that he had struck
pay dirt.
Although he has not found any
more large nuggets, ne has pann
ed out hundreds of small p.articles
from the size of a chlgger up to
small nuggets as large as a grain
of wheat.
Surface gold mining like Mr.
Caudill is carrying on with the
aid of a small grandson and ne-
Dhew is quite interesting.
In order to get gold from sand
and gravel a number of simple
but tedious operations are neces
sary. Mr. Caudill is using the
sluice box to facilitate the work.
The sand and gravel ia placed
in a box at the upper end of the
trough and the box has a screen
bottom. Water i ours from the
stream into the box and washes
the sand through the screen. The
gravel is stirred constantly and
nuggets .can be seen easily in the
water.
The sand w'hich goes through
the screen in the bottom of the
box gets additional washing in
the sluice trough and cleats in the
bottom of the trough keep It
from washing down, although the
lighter and large pieces naturally
rise to the top and are washed a-
way.
The gold, being heavier than
anything else, is first to lodge on
the bottom of the trough and
next are the small particles of
iron or magnetic ore. The sand Is
then scraped from the bottom of
the trough and washed in a steel
pan—Mr. Caudill uses a trying
pan—by putting water w'ith the
sand In the pan and shaking con
stantly, meanwhile removing the
coarse sand which rises to the
top.
When a groat part of the
sand is thus removed from the
Legion Post To
Elect Officers
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Similar Accidanto Occurred
'.Over Week*Md Only
Half Mile Apart
Week-end automobile accidents
In Wilkes county included two
wrecks In which two cars left
highway 16 and 18 between Wll-
kesboro and Moravian Falla and
turned a complete somersault In
similar manner and only one-half
mile apart, v
On Saturday night James Dav
is, a youth of the Pores Knob
community, was driving a model
A Ford which left the road and
somersaulted on the left side
of the road 2 1-2 miles from Wll-
kesboro. He was Injured about
his head and face and was releas
ed from the Wilkes hospital to
day.
On Sunday afternoon a new car
occupied by Hubert Mathis left
the highway on the left side
while traveling toward Wilkes
boro two miles out and likewise
turned a complete somersault.
The driver was not badly injured.
Every Member Asked to At
tend Meeting to Be Held
On Friday Night
Wilkes post number 125 of the
American Legion will meet on
Friday evening, June 3, 7:30 o’
clock, at the Legion and Auxil
iary clubhouse north of the city.
Included in the business to
gain attention will be election of
officers and every member of the
post is urgently requested to be
present.
Wednesdays Half
Holidays Beauty
Shops In City
Announcement was made to
day that the following beauty
shops will close at twelve o’clock
noon on Wednesdays through
June, July and August: Mayflow
er Beauty Shop, Wisteria Beauty
Salon, Ideal Beauty Parlor, Mae’
Pear that General Saturnino
Cedlllo (above) wiio. helped ele
vate President Cardenas to the
head of the Mexican government,
and his armed agrarians might be
preparing an uprising of farmers
and peons has caused the army
to concentrate troops in and a-
bout the province of San Luis
Potosi. Cedillo left the Cardenas
Cabinet nine months ago as a
result of differences of agrarian
policy.
PrimaryAsD^
IsDrawi^Nett^
Senatorial and CongrM«9»>
al Races Hold - S|m4-
light on June 4'
^ _r-
Committees Tell
Of Club’s Work
Kiwanis Group Functioning
Well; Good Program
Is Given Friday
An interesting program was
furnished the North Wilkesboro
Cul-
School of Beauty Culture
Hlnahaw School of Beauty
ture.
Patrons are asked to keen In
mind the halt holiday in order
that no inconvenience may re
sult.
and Kiwanis club Friday noon
Junior Baseball League Gets Off
To Good Start In Saturday Games
The American Legion junior
base’aall leagues got off to a fly
ing start Saturday with all games
being played in both the four
team leagues.
In the eastern division North
Wilkesboro displayed power in
the opening game to defeat Wil
kesboro 10 to 5.
In the other easier game Trap-
hill defeated Clingman 5 to 2 in
a well played game.
In the western league Moravian
Falls, last year champions, over
whelmed Boomer by the score of
25 to 2 in a game cut short at six
innings by rain.
One of the most interesting
games was between Cricket and
Purlear at Cricket with the home
team emerging victor by a score
of nine Ic- 5. Parsons, a veteran
of last season, worked well on
the mound for Cricket while Rex
Hayes hurled the game for Pur
lear, a new team in the program
this year.
Schedule of next Saturday’s
games and other information will
■be carried In The Journal-Patriot
Thursday.
Legionnaires reported today
that the post had received a much
appreciated contribution of $10
from North Wilkesboro Insurance
agency and that other contribu
tions toward maintenance of the
junior baseball league will be
welcomed. The post Is asking
contributions of any amount from
any individual or firm Interested
in the success of the project
launched for the purpose of pro
viding training and wholesome
recreation for the boys of junior
baseball age in Wilkes county.
Value of Hospitality Stressed In
Article Released By Mayor McNeil
Masonic Lectures
J. F. Marquette, of Statesville,
Masonic lecturer, will lecture be
fore Liberty Lodge number 45
beginning this evening and
continuing through the week at
7:30 p. m. All masons In Wilkes
county are invited.
Mrs. B. C. Moore, of Pores
Knob, was a visitor in this city
rridaj’..-.
By M.AYOR R. T. McNIEL
(Editor’s Note: The Journal-
Patriot in cooperation with the
Governor’s Hospitality Committee
of Wilkes county, will publish a
series of articles by local officials
and civic leaders emphasizing the
need for hospitality to visitors.
The firs* of these articles ap
pears below.)
The city’s hope in the future
lies, to a large extent, in the ever-
increasing number of visitors,
new industries, new residences,
and those seeking to invest in
profitable and legitimate enter
prises. We have been provided
with scenery, climate, and all the
Sana is inus removeu natural advantages nature could
pan a small quantity of mercury! possibly bestow on a citizenry and
is placed in the pan and stirred j a commonwealth. The factor that
with the sand. The mercury picks! remains to be decided Is, will they
up the particles of gold but will be so cordially received, so hos-
not pick up the sand or particles pUably treated, that they will
of iron ore. like us and genuinely enjoy be-
The last operation is removing
the gold from the mercury with
acid or by distillation.
Since he discovered the nugget
and has been panning gold he has
been poring over books on the
subject of minerals and is thor
oughly convinced that there is
gold bearing ore in the vicinity
of his home.
H* said that he intends to find
the lode where the nugget came
from if he has to clean out and
pan every foot of gravel in the
small creek which heads on Rich
Mountain near his home. How
ever, he has been able to find no
trace of gold on the mountain
hut has found gold in small quan
tities along the stream at the
base of the mountain for a dls*.
tance of about 600 yards.
ing here.
This question should command
the interested attention of every
the streets. In public buildings. In
our neighborhoods, and as we go
about our regular way. How a-
bout the out-of-state automobile
just ahead of you, holding you up
and the rest of traffic for a mo
ment because the driver is not
familiar with the turn, or is un
certain as to the traffic rule? Do
you blow your horn impatiently,
thus irritating and contusing him
inhospitably? Or do you wait in
sympathetic understanding for a
moment until he solves his prob
lem?
How about the stranger who
stops you on the sidewalk to ask
for directions? Do you say that
you don’t know the answer: Or
do you take the time to tell him
clearly if you do know or find
out for him If you do not know?
And how about that new family
that has moved into your neigh
borhood? Do you call and get ac
quainted with them; make them
make them your
through Program Chairman W
F. Gaddy. He presented Messrs.
E. Bullock and Ferguson, of the
Atlanta office of Chevrolet Motor
company. They presented some
interesting motion pictures, con
sisting of travel pictures and
humorous skits.
Howard Wagoner was a guest
of R. G. Finley and guests of Mr.
Gaddy were L. L. Caepeuteg: and
Miss Rachel Nichols.
Following are excerpts from
committee reports given at the
Kiwanis directors’ meeting held
Thursday evening at Hotel Wilkes
with W. E. Jones as host:
Agriculture: The report made
by Committeeman W. A. Stroud
was read, which indicated a three-
point program for the year: first,
sponsoring the eradication of
Bang Disease in Wilkes county;
second, furnishing a pure-bred
pig for the 4-H club boy project:
and third, to sponsor a program
for setting higher standards in
the production of quality fruit a-
mong the fruit-growers of Wilkes
county. This entire report was
favorably discussed and approved
by the board.
Boys and Girls Work: Chair
man Watt M. Cooper wrote a re
port, making mention of the pic
ture of the drivers’ school which
appeared in a recent issue of Ki
wanis Magazine. He stated that
his committee is working on a
project for organizing another
Girl Scout troop In the commun
ity. His committee will sponsor a
Father-Son Banquet during the
year.
Business Standards and Pub
licity: Chairman J. B. McCoy
writes that his committee put on
a program recently in the Inter
est of higher ethical standards
fore the year is over.
Public Affairs: Chairman S. V.
Tomlinson writes that re-surfac
ing work on a number of the
highways entering North 'Wilkes
boro is now in progress. Continu
ed improvement Is expected, he
said.
Attention was called to the
support and efforts rendered by
this club in getting established a
through bus-line from Boone to
Raleigh and there connecting
with another bus-line for Wil
mington. President Casey made
several trips to Raleigh, Boone,
and elsewhere In helping to bring
this about.
"nie board authorized the sec-
interest in the primary
held June 4, which had' be^ at
a low ebb, has picked up sa
candidates for the various nonl> ^
nations begin coming down ttUk-
home stretch in the quest tor
votes. . 7
In this off year primary the
contests holding the spotUtht,
for Democratic nominations. lor”^ I
United States senator and repre
sentative of congress from the
eighth district, both nominations
being tantamount to election.
Senator Robert R. Reynolds is
opposed by Representative Frank
Hancock, of the fifth district.
Five candidates are seeking the
nomination for representative to
succeed Walter Lambeth, who
will retire.
The candidates are C. B.
Deane, Roland F. Beasley, Wil
liam O. Burgln, G. Y. Newton and
George Ross. Of the five no ono
is favored to lead by a wide mar
gin.
The other contest on the Dem
ocratic ticket lies with Utilities
Commissioner Stanley Winbourne,
who is opposed by Henry Grady.
Grady ran for lieutenant gover
nor two years ago and was de
feated by W. P. Horton.
The Republicans have two con
tests in which the candidates so
licit support in Wilkes.
J. F. Jordan, of Wilkeeboro,
and Avalon E. Hall, of Tadkln-
ville, are seeking nomination for
solicitor to «:ucceed John R.
Jones, who is not a candidate to
succeed himself.
There is only one contest for
Republican nomination for coun
ty office. D. C. Sebastian, A. Cau
dill and J. C. Wallace are asking
nomination for representative in.
the sU4e legislature.
Kidnaped Boy
Is Found Dead
New Rochelle, N. Y., May 29.—
The body of 12-year-old Peter Le
vine. who was hunted for three
months ip one of the nation’s
major unsolved kidnaping mys
teries, was found tonight on a.
rocky shore near here, the torso
trus.^ed with wire and the head,
feet and one arm missing.
Police Identified the body from
remnants of clothing, including a
faded blue sweater and a red
windbreaker.
Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion men, headed bv their chief,
J. Edgar Hoover, immediately
took charge in an effort to track
down the killer.s. The question
whether the boy actually had
been kidnaped had not been set
tled definitely until tonight.
Clear Case of Murder
District Attorney Walter A.
Ferris, after viewing the body,
said to reporters:
“It’s a clear case of murder.”
Ferris said the body apparent
ly nad been bound with copper
wire and thrown into Long Is
land Sound. From the condition
of the headless torso it was evi
dent it had been in the water a
and another may be expected be- long time.
It was not possible, he said, to
determine how long the bod'y had
been in the water or whether the
head, both feet, one arm and a
part of the other hand, which
were missing, had been severed
by the boys’ attacker or lost
through decomposition.
Prominent Citizen^
Edwards Township
Claimed By Death
feel welcome: maxe mem yuur *"“ ' ,. » flags, one
the interested auenuon oi every friends? If you do not ^ ^ g „„ of Canada, for
I. North Wlltoboro lor on. .1.0-.11 oltbor «.« win ball,
every person will to a degree be 1 remain strangers to us all^ough
affected oy the answer. If we are j they are
to live well, be prosperous and
happy, we must take full advant
age of the opportunity that Is
ours to bring visitors, seasonal
and permanent residents to North
Wilkesboro. The one contribution
that each citizen can without ex
ception, make to bring about this
good result Is to be more than
usually cordial and hospitable to
our visitors.
One might say, “but I don’t
come in contact with visitors.”
Perhaps that belief Is held be-
qtiijise vre are adt’cehsclQas of our
opporthatttM to act aa,;ko8t8i^h
they will like North 'Wilkesboro,
whether they will remain as per
manent residents, may depend en
tirely upon you, thelt neighbor.
If each citizen of North Wil
Mr». Agatha Shew
Funeral Thurwlay
Last rites were held Thursday
for J. T. Byrd, age 75, prominent
farmer and minister of Edwards
township. ■
He is survived by bis
Mrs. Hnldla Byrd, and one son,
Dewey Byrd.
Rev. Jimmie Bryant conduct
ed the funeral service, which was
largely attended. Burial was in
the family cemetery.
If each Citizen ox x^oxb.* Pundfal service was held
kelLm will remember this ob- ® sn
Huge Trees Felled
ligation and opportunity of cUi-
zensbip to be host to our visitors,
then those visitors will return a-
galn and again. They will send
their friends, they will advertise
North Wilkesboro and North Car
olina In a way that will IncrOase
our tonrist business as
else can. RWnember that
ship make* yoh Bosti
Mrs. Agatha Shew, age 40, wife
of M. L. Shew. She died Wednes
day at her home in Antioch town-
ship. ,
She is survived by her husband
and five children, Johnnie,' Mae,
itary. Clay and Carl Shew,, and
thtM cBlldren by her first mar-
Clyde, Sherman and Floyd
Boone.—Don J. Horton recent*:
ly ent a poplar tree'on hi* ttym,
which scaled 7,000 feet of lum-;
ber> The huge tree was seven fe^ ^
In diameter, of great height,
the annual rings on the sawn lo»r^
indicated the tree wa*
iis-
old. Another’poplar,
which was six ai^ a
dlametOr and which
000 feet of Inmber-^
-
s