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a^lise more
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f and to go forward with her con
I anes>l of China regardless of in
Ricoeasing foreign opposition. A se-
of moves, foilowing this
Week’s decisions by Japanese Pre-
fter Prince Piimlmaro Konoye
and his aascciatee fa Tokyo, indi
cated that the Japanese are confi
dent of their ability to crush Chi
nese Generalissimo Chlang Kai-
Shek and to carry the war
tfcre|^!:h to a successful conclus-
3NSHUNSE^HURT
icllen, Wls., Aug. 19.—J. E.
nton, operator of a local pro-
UC9 company, waa t#0 richer to
day after receipt of the following
unsigned letter: “Mellen Produce
Company, Gents: Am sending
money to make good on crooked
deal I pulled on your creamery
once. My conshunse been boder^
Ing me. Now I got the money in
case I crack up I got a clean
slate.” Sixty dollars in crumpled
I' bills were pinned to the note.
Dies Wee^ After
Blow With Axe
Lived Week and Two Hours
After Axe Penetrated
Evi-'n In Fight
'M-
GWYN PIERCE HELD
Pierce Charged By Coroner
With Death and Hearing
Now Is Waived
PARKWAY WORK
[ftaart, Va., Aug. 19.—Con-
hon- work on Section lUl of
Blue Ridge Parkway, from
near the Pinnacles of Dan to
Volunteer Gap was begun this
week by a Virglllnia firm. The
distance is 9.88 miles, which is
the county line between Patrick
and Carroll counties. The line is
also '.he division for streams
flo7.':::g east and west. At a point
along the drive two miles west of
t the Pinnacles, there will be a
spring on either side of the road,
tone stream flowing to the Mis
sissippi River and the other to
ilantle Ocean.
WEAKER SEX O. K.
French Lick, Ind., Aug. 19.—
i Women are just as good automo
bile drivers as men, the highway
(safety educational department of
^the .\etna Life Insurance Com-
f-pany reported today. “Men react
,-a little more quickly than women
J^hen it comes to steering and
^raking,” Barnett L. Golub, of
|S[artford, Conn , who is in charge
Tof department’s driving tests,
r*old'a company meeting here,
j if women even the score by
l"* in-; better night drivers. They
' j not bothered as much hy
^ueadlight .glare, we find. In ad
dition, women are better at read-
j Ing light signals. They are not
i color blind.”
Robert Minton, resident of the
Buck community, died Saturday
night in the Wilke® hcspital one
week and two hours after his
head was split open with an axe
in a fight which occured about
two miles west of this'city on
highway 421.
Coroner I. M. Myers, who In
vestigated the affair, said that
he had issued a warrant charging
Gwyn Pierce with murder and
that Pierce had waived coroner’s
hearing.
Pierce, according to informa
tion received by the coroner, hit
Minton with an axe while he was
fighting with Pierce's father and
had been disorderly about
Pierce’s home. The affair took
place in the highway in front of
his .lome. He w-as arrested hy a
deputy shortly after the affray
and has been in Wilkes jail since
that tlmo.
The a.xe split Minton's head a-
bout four Inches on the right side
and he bled profusely. He was
carried by ambulance to the hos
pital, where the wound was
dressed and lacerated brain tissue
removed. The fact that he lived
a week after the blow is con
sidered very unusual.
Funeral service wa; held today
at T^nion Methodist church near
Cricket.
Minton was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. F. Minton. In addition to
his parents he le»ves hia.«ife and
three sons, Edward, Roland and
Allen; also surviving are several
•brothers and sisters
rf
Moreea Troupe Will Perform at Fair
Five Days and Mights, Sept. 13th-17th
Termed
throughout
eminent
critic.s i teinnt a hazardous double-trapeze
• startler which represents not on-
particular
«ILLED SWEETHEART
New York. Aug. 19.—A slim,
young Englishman walked into an
East Side police station today, ac-
comMpied by n Catholic priest,
the desk sergeant he had
Just blown off the back of his
8W6o‘heart’s head with a sawed-
off shotgun because she refitsed
to marry him. Talking in precise,
cMpped accents, the young man
said his name was John Bellinger,
33, gave the police an address
■where he said they would find the
girl’s body, and added: “I prefer
to die. I hope they put me in the
electric chair.”
Home Supervisor
For F.S.A. Named
Mrs. Mary H, Gale Takes
Up Duties in Wilkes
and Alexander
b y
the world the mo.st j
comnletelv developed circus com-1 ly the circus hut this
bina'ion In the world of white j troupe at their highest peak of
tops and spangles, the Moreen • skill. Their third offering is an
Troupe will attempt to prove that i acrobatic springboard or teeter-
superlative when they make their! board act which again finds them
appearance at The Great North-1 tracing weird and fantastic arcs
western Fair, September 13, 14, in m'd-air as they leap from the
15, 16 and 17. | board to the shoulders of team-
These skillful actions of the | mates in two—and three-high
sawdust and tarbark are claimed | fashion, twisting as they ascend
to be the most versatile contln-1 and lashing about the ground
gent in the daredevil category. I following their thrilling descents.
They have been dubbed “The' A fourth branch of the Moreen
Quintuple Circus” hecau.se there
are three boys np.l1 .tjd^ tlrln in
the act. but they niviiwi’*'famil
iarly known as “The Quadrup
lets” because they excel in four
separate and distinct branches of
circus art.
The Moreen gladiators perform
a clever comedy acrobatic num
ber in which grace and speed con
stitute their goal. Next they at-
braiid of entertainment .is tu dan-
tation which fedrigs thOT all-
around athleticism to a success
ful conclusion.
The management of the fair
announces that the engagement
of the troupe is through George
A. Hamid, of New York, fore
most developer and discoverer of
foremost circus acts.
Wilkes Bar Passes Resolutions
Commending Judge Rousseau
Raleigh. Aug. 19—Greensboro
[was allotted $11,805 by the WP.A.
today to improve the Greensboro
Country J’ark by constructing a
[ guard rail fence and clearing,
grubbing, excavating and sodding
I the site.
In a list of 16 projects costing
a total of $249,025.90 and em-
I ploying 605 persons Buncombe
county got $29,500 to proyido
[school lunches for needy pupils.
Other projects were:
Carthage, $6425, and Concord,
1-15,866, for clerical work in pub-
I lie offices: Wilkes county, flow-
' ers and shrubs for schools and
|! other public property, $10,888;
i Wilkes county, provide matron
for rest rooms at schools, $4,-
1746; Guilford county, school
building painting, $6,537; Wilkes
I county, community sanitation,
I $10,000; ,-Lumberton, st.'eet im-
[ provements, $23,658.
Jackson county. Qualla town
ship, construct school building
west of aylrn bn state highway
I! 112, $21,376: Cleveland county,
[' recregtlpii" Jacllities, $49,575.25;
Co*umbu» county, Cerro Gordo,
f I oomblnii|$6p community building
; xnd $10,358; Jack-
'inatron service ' for
rooms, $4,261; Sur-
,Wkln, city admlnistra-
116.682; Iredell
ements for county
13,017.66; Tyrrell
munity sanitation.
Mrs. Mary H. Gale has a.ssumed
her duties as home management
supervisor for the Farm Security
.Administration in Wilkes and
Alexander counties and will main
tain headquarters at the office
here, it was learned today.
Mrs. Gale succeeds Miss Lenna
Gamoill. vrho will work entirely
in -Ashe and Alleghany counties.
Prior to the appointment of Mrs.
Gale. Miss Gambill had been
working i n Ashe. Alleghany.
Wilkes and Alexander.
Mrs. Gale, whoso home is at
Clinton, is a former teacher of
vocat’onal home economics at
Granite Falls high school.
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North Wilkesboro
Wins Two Games
Defeat Yadkin All Stars a^
Johnson City Nine In
Games Here
Playing under management of
Iveslia Rhoades. North Wilkes-
boro’s baseball team won both
week end games against strong
visiting teams.
With Mullis rn the mound Sat
urday North Wilkesboro defeated
Yadkin all stars fl to 3. Mullis
turned on the heat in the pinch
es and easily protected an early
lead. Dula and Reavls hit homers.
On Sunday Rhoades handcuff
ed the Johnson City, Tenn., nine
and aided in the hitting with
two out tf three in the 7 to 1
victory. Byrd’s fast playing in
centerfield was on the sensation
al order ai^ resulted in check
ing a rally by the visitors in the
fourth. North Wilkesboro collect
ed ten hits to the visitors’ six,
but five errors were charged to
the home team against two for
the T'ennessee players.
At the close of Wilkes court
Friday the Wilkes bar association
passed resolutions commending
Judge J. A. Rousseau for the
manner in which he had presided
over Wilkes court and appointed
a committee composed of Eugene
Trivette, Kyle Haves and J. M.
Brown to frame the resolutions
for the court records.
The resolutions as written by
the committee follow:
“Whereas, the Honorable J. A.
Rousseau •, resided over the Au
gust term of Wilkes superior
court enrtin.g August 20, 1938.
and lie being the resident judge
of the seventeenth judicial dis
trict. and this being hl.s first
regular term of court in this
county since he was elevated to
the bench, the lawyers in Wilkes
county in meeting assembled as
the Wilkes Bar, unanimously
adopted the following resolu
tion:
1. That the bar commend the
Honorable J. A. Rousseau for his
manner and conduct toward the
members of the bar. his polite
ness and consideration for the
members of the bar. We found
::im at all times impartial and
ready t.a extend, all consideration
and respect to the members of the
bar I hat was possible.
“2. That his judgments and
orders were fair and impartial to
the defeuciants. and. that while it
was evident that be is in favor
of enforcing th>> laws in every re
spect we found him at all times
fair to all the defendants and peo
ple attending court and we con
sider his judgments and sentenc
es impartial in everv way.
“3. That by his conduct and
demeanor on the bench he has
convinced the members of the
Wilkes county ’’ar and people in
Wilkes county and surrounding
territories that he possesses a
great judicial mind and that his
primary object on the bench is to
see that justice is ministered
fairly and impartial, and to see
that all people who come,into his
court are treated in such a man
ner as to elevate the citizenship
of this county and this stfrte.”
Taxpayers Whose Lands Are Being
Advertised May Yet Save Part Costs
According to the number who I taxes are not paid by Monday,
have paid 1937 taxes due Wilkes September 5, must he sold for the
county since the list of delin-j taxes in accordance with the la-w.
quenls was advertised first ten ' Tuose who desire' to save fur-
days ago, a good record of tax ther costs should attend ..to the
nst
ri'-
Few Yet R^ain to
For Compliance WitK
Program Work
Long Liff X DdluMon ,
A total of $35,000 baa been
paid to Wilkes county farmers for
compliance with prorislow of the
soil conservation program in
1937, according to records at the
office of County Agent Dan’ Hol
ler.
Of the 2,000 farmers who sign
ed work sheets last vear, only 150
of those who met provisions of
the act have net been paid. Pay
ments will have been made to ap
proximately 1,500 farmers when
the checks not yet received ar
rive and are distributed.
This year there are 5,000 farms
under work sheets, representing
practically all the farms in the
county. Officials estimate that
thres-foui'ths of the farmers will
qualify for payment this year, al
though the average payment will
be comparatively small.
Supervisors are busily engaged
checking the farms and it is ex
pected that this work will be com
pleted in a few weeks.
Burke Is Heard
By Kiwanis Club
Importance of Looking To
ward Eternal Stressed
In Address to Club
ft
Resident Jurist;
Holds Succci^'
- Session of C(^
Bar Praises Judge Rousseau
For Work In Wilkes In
Two-Weeks Term
Roxbury, Conn.
Behan,- 104 years
long enougli from
old,
his
Pe4er
stnps
scythe
sharpening to oli.serve that
"there's nothing beautiful a-
boiit, old age. It’s a delusion.
It’s no fun growing old and
there’.s no use celebnitiuff birth
days.”
Large Family
Richard Oleary, 84-year-old
resident of the Pleasant Hill
section of Wilke# county, 1# the
father of nine children; He has
gt^^ckildren and , 56 great-
collections for Sheriff C. T.
Doughton is in prospect.
Attention is called to the fact
that those whose lands are ad
vertised may yet save cost of sale
and land sale certificate by pay
ing cheir taxes now because all
real estate on which 1937 county
matter as early as possible.
In accordance with 'the law
levies wlil be made on personal
property and wages will be gar
nisheed for taxes on persons who
listed no real estate for taxation
and who have not paid their 1937
county taxes.
North Wilkesboro Kiwanis club
in meeting Friday noon heard a
splendid address hy Attorney J.
Hayden Burke, of Taylorsville,
who used as a subject, “The
Trend of the Day.” Judge T. B.
Finley was program chairman.
Highlights from the speaker’s
address follows;
more confidence' -and the church
bells ring more clearly than they
have in tho recent past. When
people go wrong they suffer for
it. When they turn their whole
thought to temporal things and
away from eternal things, they
will suffer. When in grave need,
when droughts come, or when the
pillage of war wrecks our lands
as it did a score of years ago, -we
call on the higher power and re
lief comes. But who has heard
leader or layman to call on the
eternal for relief in our recent
years of economic turmoil? ’We
have heard many calls on Wash
ington and on Raleigh, but all
seem to have forgotten the etern
al source of all of our economics.
“But there are signs now that
we are looking toward eternal
things; and the declaration,
’Come, and I will make you fish
ers of men’, seem to have sig
nificance.
“Tbe home where children
should get first consideration
will again be our first thought.
With rare exception every great
man has behind him a great
mother.
“ ‘Hear O Son, my saying,’
spoken by the wise one of old,
still sparkles '^’ith brilliance and
good sense in the age when we
live. Of all those today who are
incarcerated in our penitentiaries,
chain gangs, and jails, no one
has a record of regular attend
ance at church and Sunday school
accompanied by his parents. As
we again come to recognize the
eternal things, the more certain
will be our solution of material
things.”
In a short business session pre
ceding the program Dr. A. C.
Chamberlain again called atten
tion of the club to the need and
importance of having name
plat.'s at the street Intersections
in North Wilkesboro.
Guests were: Harold Burke
with T. B. Finley; Ernest Gard
ner, of Shelby, with J. B. McCoy;
Paul S. Cragan with J. B. Wil-
liam.s.
Deciding Game
Junior Baseball
On Wednesday
Final Game of Series Finds
Criteket and Traphill
Evenly Matched
Making a last ditch stand,
Traplilll junior baseball team
staged a coAeback Saturday and
defeated Cricket 5 to 3 to tie the
series and add conjecture to the
question of who will be junior
champions of WUkes county.
After
feat Wednesday 18 to 2 the ’Trap-
hill players did not look like the
same team Saturday. They were
an Inspired nine out to win.
Ray Spruill, big right hander,
silenced the once mighty bat.s of
Cricket and allowed only two
hits. In addition to his brilliant
mound performance he won his
own game with a mi.ghty homer
with two on in the first inning.
The ball, which sailed high into
the f'.ir, fell through the fence
across the drive leading out of
the fairgrounds.
With a three run lead to pro
tect he bore down all the way,
determined that a three run lead
would not be overcome like it
was a week before.
Parsons did a good mound job
for Cricket and allowed six hits
but hits at opportune times, in
cluding, Spruill’s home run ball,
proved to be his undoing while a
number of fielding miscues added
to his troubles.
Fearing to do otherwise, both
teams will again use their star
hurlers in the final game Wed
nesday. The tour games played
sho-w that the teams measure up
as nearly eventiy matched as any
two could be assembled.
Frank E. Johnson, commander
of the Wilkes legion post, has an
attractivR trophy to present to
the winner and the trophy is now
on display in the show window
a t The Journal-Patriot. Both
teams will be shooting all they
have, for the trophy Wednesday
and the opportunity to play Ashe
champions.
Deputy Takes 5
By Surprise At
Big Still Plant
STILLS NEAR SHERIFF
Tappahannock, Va,, Aug. 19.—
Essex County Sheriff S. S. New-
bill went still hunting today and
found three “moonshine” opera
tions—one on his own farm. May
be he wouldn’t have been so an
gry, the sheriff said, out today’s
tWM .tbe.second diseprered on hla
Walker Reunion
Will Be Held 28th
The Walker family reunion
will be held on Sunday, August
28, at the home of Hayes Walk
er 12 miles west of this cUy on
highway 268. All relattves and
friends are inyited to- be pr9B«t
vdtUB^rsj and
Kill 16 Copperheads
On Rendezvous Mtn.
Workmen killed 16 coppec-
heod snakes In one day while
mowing the right of way along
the telephone line to the fori^
tower on the summit of the
Rendezvons Monntaln last
week. The snake# were of vari
ous sizes and were klUed at dif
ferent points along the two-
mile route.
While mowing the ri^t of
way along the line to the tower
on Poreis Knob only one cop
perhead wae found. No rat^
.wore found alo^ 'eWir
Sam Jones, denuty sheriff,
walked in on a still one mile
from Ferguson late Saturday and
caught five still operators single
handed. Magistrate W. B. Horton,
before whom warrants were
sworn, said today.
The deputy slipped into the
cove where the still, a big steam
plant, was located and was in the
midst of the workers before they
knew what was up. George Bar-
low, one df thr. alleged operators,
wa# reported to have Said, "Boys,
we’re caught. It’s no use to run.”
But all of them did run except
Barlow and he helped the deputy
destroy the" still. Ten gailotw of
liquor were poured out
.. Jones 1# said to have recognia
ed all the ftve and later took
Early Speaks on a warrant and'
arrqat of the otker three, whm
sgmU pff^erB,,^wonld not-^AJa-.
“ aoon.
When court adjourned in Wil
kesboro Friday afternoon after
two weeks work on the criminal
docket a check showed that 170
cases were disposed of during tho
term, over which Judge J. A.
Rousseau, of this city, presided.
At the close of court A. H.
Casey, president of the bar. call
ed a mooting and resolutions
highly praising the manner in
which Judge Rousseau had con
ducted court wore adopted. Eu
gene Trivette, J. M. Brown and
Kyle Hayes were namd as a com
mittee to frame resolutions for
the court records. It was pointed
out that Judge Rousseau had
well directed the work of the
court to the end that a record
number of cases were disposed of
and that the business of the court
had progressed efficiently.
The bar also expressed appreci
ation to A. H. Casey for the man
ner in which he had prosecuted
the docket during the second
week in the absence of Solicitor
John R. Jones, whose brother has
been very ill during the past
week.
The bar also passed a resolu
tion asking that the county com
missi jners make application for a
federal work project calling for
ventilation, heating and other im
provements in the courthouse and
asked that vaults of the clerk of
the office of
be enlarged
according to recommendations of
the grind jury at the last two
terms of court.
Cases 'n which judgments were
rendered during the latter days
of the term follow:
Linney Minton, a. with d. w.,
6 months suspended on payment
of cost.
Addie Lou Howell, colored,
keeping disorderly house, not
guilty.
Floyd Nance non-support, six
months suspended on payment of
$5 ner month tor support of
child.
Gene and Blake Carlton, 30
days suspended,on payment of
one-half cost.
Charlie Faw. a.ssault, four
months .suspended five years.
Conrad Burgess, carrying con
cealed weapon, not guilty.
Frank Pearson, assault with
deadly weapon, to pav costs.
Albert and Elbert Wiles, lar
ceny, not guilty.
J. G. Billings, carrying con
cealed weapon, not guilty.
Wellborn Adams, assault, not
guilty.
Marie Barnes, colored, 12
months in jail for concealing
child birth.
Hazel Church, eight months in
jail for P. and A.
Charlie Miller. P. and A., 15
months on roads.
M. E. Woodruff, assault with
deadly weapon, two years su
spended five years on condition
he pay $500 fer benefit of in
jured boy and court costs.
Richard Anderson, larceny, 12
months on roads for ’arceny.
Lee Call, larceny, eight month#
suspended five years.
Lester Duncan versus Sarah
Duncan, divorce.
Faye Eller versus L. P. Eller,
divorce.
Roe Sale, assault, eight months
suspended on payment of $100 to
Injured man, $50 fine and costs.
Ernest Money and Theodore
Porter, sentences to county homo
farm changed to roads.
Talmadge Holland, six month#
taken from two-year sentence
formerly imposed.
The following charges were nol
proMed: Rob Huffman, carrying
concealed weapon; Wellborn Ad
ams and Claude Spears, Injury to
crops; Raymond McLean, lar-i'
ceny; Luke Floyd, conspiracy.
The case against Gwyn H«-3
Neill, charged ■with the'death
James Faw In an antomoblla ac-.
cldent, had been not prosaed bafi
wa# reinstated by order: .Of-
court. r: ^
North CaroUntiV.:tok6iJca'
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