North Carolina Newspapers

'Wr:fL .,*. i wjtp-c ■ 3a* M oM ': ■ '.^v i^- m ■.. . - ■•*''•■ - ■ ^ niiir ■iA /-*■ Vbr do Wl eoater Moffth eC; :£ ■' ,l.’3%i. Dw,^7f^Ri»8ky Bax- - w)io''il«ime4 that he . ■ howtJrtfcS-"^^"-flAt ' ihta jfctorJhyl*y 4(^4 trfHn an. 'to^ pick woand of thelieart as PTarad hy a pifr-ety, will be ^ , ated Friday morning at . rtottul..,. prison here. Governor Make Ch^es County Positions v^ip%.nii ^ ^xuK>M fi«*r^ governor ■* ^ n * w% 'SMiJr ftuioiinced late today tha.t “ Caaey Rcturneo to Po- ^*lm ircnH not stay the etecutlon of M» helkiDK, 32-year-old farm- t.pf, 'Who blamed an aged negro doctM^’ for his "bad lu "wt^ luSf^ sition As Attorney For Wilkes County RKRKINS OUT ^‘agton. Bw. ?.—Repre- ■'3. Parnell Thomas fR). 'It meanber of the Honse Investigating un-Amer- OOUtUies today threatened -i; to aMt Congress to impeach Sec- 'retarr of Labor Frances Perkins .■ for her attitude toward attempts . to dyport Harry Rridgea, West ' Ooaat maritime leader. He utter ed the threat after the house committee had heard Captain Jolin Kesgan, Portland, Ore., po lice official, brand the Austral- lan-hom Bridges and Canadlan- bom Harold PWlchett. head of the Timber and Sawmill Work ers’ ■Jniot’. as Communists work ing for the overthrow of the |. government. WILES BUYING AGENT Shuby Elledge Janitor; C. H. Dancy Now Keeper of County Bloodhound Newest Wrinkle in Trailer Transportation ‘WANTS LOWER TAXES Washington Doc, 6.—A gener al reduction in taxes would > be the most effectvye way in which the federal government could en courage business revival and sub sequent sharing rt profits with employees, Ekls»l Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company, told a Senate finance subcommittee today. The slln-. voung head of the motor emp’M’. wtich his fath er founded, spen* oiilv five mln- ntes brfore the “om nittee which Is Inveetigatin/ the operation of profit-sharing plan*. During that time he explain''d v'ord companiy wage pdhcles, criticued proposaki that Incertlve taxes be irapoeed to epcourage prof;t sharing and offered to suridv the conimitte© wltti all further information it desired later. MBS. Washington. Dec. 8.—Former State Senator John h. Brown, of Boone, and since 1936 an attor ney in the federal alcohol control administration, died here today of a stroke. He was .36 and is sur vived by his widovi'.' Mrs. Eliza beth Brown, and t 'o children by a former •narrisse. F.dgar Brown of the Appalachian Teachers Col lege, and Mrs. Norma Cragg. of Boone. Brown was born near Sparta. He first came to Wash ington !n 1914 as secretary lo Representative Robert L. Dough- ton. returning two years latei to Boone to practice law. He served -ccord'ng clerk of the North Carolina s-ena+e and later was elected 1 men her of that from As,ie. Al.°ghany, and Ws tauga CO tnties. The newly elected board of Wilkes county commissioners who took office Mopday met again on Tuesday and passed a number of orders relative to the county’s business during the coming year. M. F. Absher. only Incumbent on the board and who is a v,eter- an of several terms, was made chairman. The other members are Dr. W R. Triplett and C. C. Sidden, all Republicans, who de feated R. G. Flrley and I./eet Poplin, Democrat Incumbents. In the November election. The duties of purchasing agent for the county were returned to Oid IViles. Republican re.gister of deeds. During the past two years W. P. Kn'ly, Democrat and coun ty accountant, had acted as pur chasing agent. The salary of the Job is $30 0 per year. Attorupv A. H. Ca.sey was made county attorney at a salary of $100 per year. He wa.s county attorney for several years prior to two years ago when Attorney 'W. H. McElwce. Democrat, was appointed courry attorney. C. H. Dancy, of Hays, was ap pointed keeper of the county bloodnound instead of George Holland. Holland was ordered by the board to turn the dog and other property over to Dancy. Shuby Elledgo was appointed janitor at the '’oitrthouse, suc ceeding Will Brown, who had held the job for the past two years. Elledge's salary was fixed at .$45 per month. Wi» ifcoard vpimjvwiMmnds of Sheriff C. T. Doughton, Clerk of Court C. C. Hayes. Coroner I. M. Myers and Surveyor 'Ear! Caudill, who were re-elected in the No- •ember election. Constable bonds were approved for A. T. Fair- chUds, of t.ew!s Fork; S. U. Rey nolds. of North Wilkesboro; Roby Elledge. of Mulberrv: Wade Gil bert, of Flk; and N. C. Beshears, of Jobs Cabin. John Goss, of Doughton. was ordered 'o appeer before the board on December 12 and show cause whv his beer license should not be revoked. The Bank of Nortl. M'ilkesboro was made depository for all coun ty gei;era1 funds. W KILli5 SHERTFl-, COP Burlington. Dec. 7.—Officers In three rtates tonight sought an escaped convict who ran the gauntlet of a pre-dawn gnn bat tle here in which his youthful fugitive companion, a sheriff and a policeman wore killed. Radio alarms broadcast throughout the day sent officers in North Caro lina, South Ca-olina and Virgin ia scouring the land for Rov Kel ly, 20. of Albemarle, who saw hi.s pal, Roy Huffman, 2j. of Win- eton Salem, shoot down Alamanr-’ Sheriff M. P. Pebf mson and Ci"v Policeman Sonnie \au.ghn. Kelly fted from a fllliug station here, aecne of the bl»zin.g gun battle, aa Huffman died in a hail of bul lets and a welter of blood. He mlraealously escaped the hail of bullets from the gun of City Po liceman F. B. Bail'ff who dropp ed Haffn an be'’de s steel safe in a filling station. A Memorial To C. W. Robinson Will Honor Memory of Late Pastor at Presbyterian Church Suniday Ray Erwin Editor Of Florida Paper Ray Erwin, former editor of The Wilkes Patriot who for the past seve-al years has- held a po sition with th“ editorial depart ment of the Charlotte Observer, is now editor of Miami Beach Tropics, .a very creditable weekly newspaper at Miami Beach, Flor ida. Mr. Erwin recently was granted ? leave of absence at Charlotte in order that he might go to Florida ’n the interest of his health It’s always been hard to under stand why quitting work is call ed “striking’’. Since they have got to "sittin’ it’s doubly puzzling. RESIGNS JOB MenaoriHls to the memory of the late Rev. C. W. Robinson, ■wiho Eerved as pastor for more than a quarter-of a century, will be dedicated In the Sunday morn ing service, December 11, at the North Wilkeeboro Presbyterian i.dHU’ch. The memorials consist of or- Ljwip chimes and a bronze tablet, dedicatory talk will be by j: R. ,. ’The latest word in trailer transportation—a bicycle trailer. Robert. McCnlley of Long Beach, Calif., is seen inside the trailer he built for his many journeys along the highways and byways of the United States. The trailer is 8 feet long, 38 inches high and 36 inches wide. Complete with built-in bed it weighs 135 pounds. The owner plans a trip to Florida this coming spring. Tenne-SeaTrail jr Folder Published" North Wilkesboro on Route; Association Begins Pub licity Drive Attractive folders advertising the Tenne-Sea-Trall as "Dixie’s Ea.st-West Main Street" have- been released and are now being distributed bv the Tenne-Sea Trail Association from Its central office in Johnson City, Tennessee. The Tenne-Sea Trail is a care fully selected tourist and com mercial '•oute over existing roads from the Mississippi river at Memphis, Tenn . to Wilmington on the Atlantic coast, passing dL. j rectly through North darolina and Tennessee east and west. Twenty-five cities and towns, 13 lu North Carolina and 12 in Tennessee, have joined the asso ciation and are cooperating an efforts to adequately publicize the route to the motoring public. The first pharaplet issued Is a preliminary booklet aimed to stimulate inquiry and to begin the increase of travel over this highway. In the spring the associ ation will follow with, a larger booklet and ar. official map. The preliminary booklet now off the preas will be distributed to all central points in the south, north and midwest, and a , supply will be forwarded to Florida for the benefit of tho'-w at the winter resorts there. The route is described by the association a.s “The Trail of Scen ic Beauty, Dixie’s Main Street, starts at Memphis on the Mis sissippi. skirts the Cumberlands. passes through *he heart of T'VA near the Norrw Dam and other points of national rromiaence, a- long the edge of the Great Smo kies', up through the rugged Car olina mountains with their beau ty unsurpassed anywhere in east ern .America, their lofty peaks towering 6.000 feet above sea level, thence down to the sea shore at Wilmington. . . .’’ Cities end towns shown on the preliminary booklet are Memphis, Jackson, Nashville, Lebanon, Cajokeville Crossville, Rockwood, Knoxville. Morristown, Green ville, Jo.hns6n City and Elizabeth- ton, ’I'enn Elk Park, Cranberry, Newland, Linv«lle. Boone, Blow ing Rock, North Wilkesboro, Win ston-Salem, Greensboro, Sanford, Dunn, Cr.Pton and Wilmington. Will Lecture Here To Give Operetta At Wilkesboro School The primary aud elementary departments of Wilkesboro school will give an operetta entitled ‘Toy Shop,” in the MHlkesboro school auditorium on the evening of December 16. 7:45 o’clock. This very entertaining operetta will he under the direction of Miss Dorothy Laahmit. Admission will he 10 and 25 cents and the proceeds will be used by the Parent - Teacher association in buying equipment for the school. Hon. Geoffrey F. Morgan, lec- turet'ed”catpr legislator, has had ample opportunity tb gather and develop material for his vivid platform discussions. Born - in England fifty years ago, he was brought 'o California at an early age; .secured his .A. B. degree at Stanford and his M. A. degree at Columbia' was in turn teacher, prii.c’pal. city superintendent and profe.tsor in Ohio TTniversity. He finally left the school room for civic and political life, and is at present a member of the Cali fornia Legislature. For a dozen years “Who’s Who in .America” has listed him. .Mr Morgan is a brilliant speaker, with rare wit and entirusiasm. His talks are pracMcal. interesting, stimulating and well reasoned with humor. He will discuss here “Your Mon ey or You!' Life” Don’t miss Mor gan. City’s Debt Now At Even $300,OOf Debt of North Wilkesboro Has Been Steadily Re duced; Credit Good The ci’v of North Wilkesboro during the n?fst week retired $7,- 000 in bond^ leaving the bonded debt of the city at e.xactly $.300,- 000, it wa.s learned today from t. H. McNeill, l.lr.. clerk and treas- Morganto Lecture Here Friday Night Third Program of Collins Festival Promises to Be Very Interesting One of the beet programs of the vear tor those who seek en tertainment will be presented In the North Wilkesboro school au ditorium on Friday night. Decem ber 8, 7:30 o’clock, when Geof frey Morgan will lecture as the feature of the third event of the Collii'3 Festival being sponsored by four civic organizations of the city. He is a student, educator, .traveler, orator and legislator 'who has been listed In Amerlcs's “Who’s Who’’ for many years because of his several outstand ing abilities in civic and political life. .At presen'L he is a member of the Californi-> sta’e legislature. "Your Money Or Your Life” will be the topic ’o be discussed by the br'lHant sneaker on Fri day night. The second program of the festival was .given on Friday night of last week hefore a larg er audience, than was present for the initial program tke previous Friday aight, indicatijjg that the Collins festival is highly deserv ing of all the praise It has re ceived in cities and towns throughout the country. How ever, many people of this section do not know what they are miss ing by not attending all the Col lins Festival programs. The Kiwanis Club. The Lions, Woman’s clubs and the Boy Scouts are barking the festival and will share equally in the profits. There are only two more weekly programs, December 9 and 16, and it is earnestly desired that the people of the city avail themselves of the opportunities afforded for good entertainment and to help the civic organiza tion’s in their many commendable endeavors Highway ., WayBemg Cleared All Rubbish and Brush Re moved From Right of Way Highway 421 Ur. I IIUI'ICIO U VVi'VVX.t In addition tp,. cuttin.g down ^^migsions had slipped a cap and bushes aJJd young trees, the crew I ^ ttodoratnnd t- jio»r !«r - Raymond Kennedy of Cleveland, Ohio, didn’t believe that he was Mwitiig the salary paid him by the government, so be resigned. His du ties called for inspection of equip ment valued at He Mt ftot taUng fhe'ibsbafactnrer's word A box 'upper will be held at Union Methodist church three miles west of this city Friday night, December 9. beginning at . jQjui saamg um t— s wwkh 7:30 .o’clock. An. enloyahle occas— tr taeompatible to his oath ion Is anticipated and the public ,od WBce, and nn^hle. ts inspect an *--*—• _tn -Sfiikt sqnlpnient, reigned. demand for the bonds. The city is now offering $48,- 000 ‘n refunding bonds hjit they will replace bonds of five per cent in that amount which fall due on Januarv 1 and the re funding Issue will not affect the total of bonded, indebtedness. It is expected that the bonds will BOX SUPPER AT UNION be;-3lMfAa-At ^ji^psfWerable sa,vlng CHURCH FRIDAY NIGHT i to tie city in interest rate under the five per cent of the original of prisoners ts clearing all rub bish. brush and trash from the gown on him. Now the University of North Caro'lna honored the nation’s This week highway mainten ance crews are c’ee'.ring the right of way along highway 421 west of this city. urer. * During the past ten years the debt has been steadily reduced and the city has never defaulted on scheduled payment of princi- jn small trees executive bv conferring up- pal end interest, resulting in a L right of way are honorary degree of splendid credit rating and a lively I ef ■ and deadwood. mr. ivwwyvwi. »vc»^ Th-J work will serve to Increase degree by Dr. R. B. House, visibility, especinllT on curves, administration and will also add to the attrac- pr. Graham steppec — — tivent^s and neat appearance of jront of *he platform, stepped up the rtmdsldes. , beside the President of the Unit ed States and read the citation. Is cordially Invited. Proceeds will he need for the I^enefit of the 'ohnreb. bonds. . ^^V-«ch^nl»'of"1n1nclpn^ pay ments di-rlng the next several year^arei-^^lffjrm ^t^ In . t?49 will drop ‘bbc’ifS.tiTjO and! 'frqm that ’ flj^ipe downward until the enars n4 li’ddBon^Ddhdil m' issued' before tbdt time Improvement* At Wi- -■i: ISKHIS w. ' ■ Wilkes Has 36 In Appalachian Now Thirty-six Wilkes county peo ple are enrolled at A. S. T. C. in Boone for the winter term, a r»- port released this week by J. Jf. , Downum, registrar, shows. The Voting total number of students is 931, fourteen statec belne represented. The student body is composed of 608 women and 323 men. Christinas holidays at A. S. T. C. begin on December 21 and the winter term will close February 18, the aprlng term beginning February 20. Saturday WiDVo^C^ Control attd Sdi District Propodhl Pladee AaboommI For Saturday’s Eleetlom By the Fanners Roosevelt Visits North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dec. 5.- While rain drummed the roof of the new Woollen Gymnasium this chilly December afternoon, President Franklin D. Roosevelt reaffirmed the liberal phdlo'onhy of the new deal and asserted Is an interna tionally broadcast address that many other democracies look to the United States for leadership that world demncrscy may sur vive. , Speaking befo'e tbe University of North Carolina Political Union the Chief Executive declared hla strongest conviction Is his abid ing belief that "the security and well being of the American peo ple can best he served by this Democratic processes which have mad-i this country strong and; great.’’ Upward of 10 OOO persons from every section of the state jammed the gymnasium, hung from the windows, crowded doorways and every,hit of avilL able space to hear the President. ThM Appearance In StaM It was his third appearance In North Carolina since he became president of the United States. The thousands who came to this university town to hear Mr. Roonevelt broke into his address time and again -wltb applause. The Chief Executive sat there on the platform a few minutes before he was to speak. On one side was Governor Clyde R. Hoey, on the other was — — . Dr. i-’rank P. Graham, president will bp-at Mount Pleasant school, of the Greater University of North C.arollna ‘ Gilmore OTien« Fomm It was 4:17 P. m. when Volt Gilmore, the personable Winston- Salem young man who directs the j activities of the university politi- ' cal union and who brought Mr. Roosevelt here opened the forum. A moment there wa« silence. Then Brooks Patton, head of the siudent Y. M C A..' gave th- invoi.-ation, Franklin D. Roosevelt bowed his iiPad as the prayer said by the young man spread through the gymnasium went out through amplifiers to various sections of the campus where at least 8,000 more persons had gathered. Governor Welcomes President Governor Hoev then was intro duced and welcomed Mr. Roose velt to North Carolina on behalf “of every man woman and child in OUT state.” “Mr. President.” began the Governor, “we welcome you Into our borders, to this seat of high er learning. We ha’I you as the first citizen of the world.” ’The crowd roared Its applause at Governor Hoev’a words. As the Presideiit had come through a~.side door of the big gymnasium a fewqminutes before. Dr. Thomas J WRson. dean of Fergii.son school Falls .school. and Moravian There was stillness of n dud” voices as , Mr. Roosevelt Bus Stauon Mere speaker’s rostrum Several h^^i^.ents h a v e and be?»n snejAing. to afford greatM’ convenience to depjwed. the natrons of t^ system. The h-iB statioii quarters have* there lot been enlarged to Inclnde the students splice lormeeir occupied - by U mlgl^ ■hoo shop. Tto peOTldw ^ the Chief Executive Oroi^ Boar And the hundreds of Carolina The news reels ground away. Wilkes county farmers will en Saturday, December 10, make two important decisions. In addition to voting on tobac co and cotton crop control ther will decide whether or not Wilkes shall be Included in the Tri-Crasil soil erosion district which has already been set up in Yadkin county. Extension service workers have explained that the vote will not obligate the farmerr but approv al of the proposition will menu that 'aclUties for erosion control will be placed in reach of Wilkes county farmers These facilities will Include terracing machinery and ’rained men who are capable of advising and assisting farm ers along the best methods of erosion control and soil conser- vatlou. Farmers in those parts of Tad- kin county not now included In the district will also vote on the proposal in separate boxes pro vided at polling planes for tko vote on crop control. During the past week County Agent Dan Holler.)and W. D. Lpe. of soil conservation denHW- ment of the extension servles, have been attending meeUngs oi farmers in various 'pfiirts oC Wilkes county, evpiainlng tke^toll district Proposal. The meetinwi have been well attended and .piuclLJnterest has been shown. ' The voting places on crap con trol, at which there will be boxon for voting on the soil diatrlnt proposal, will be as follows: IM- wards township at Benkant schooihouse; Traphill townshi# at Traphi'I; Nev Castle and An tioch townshins .at Clingman; Somers and Ixivelace townsbipa at Sntnei’' sci'oolhmise. Others may vole at the courthouse in Wilk ‘.sboro. In addition there will be Ihreo polling places fo' voting on the soil ''listrct proposal alone. Thene Doughton Favors. Balanced Budget Washington, Dec. 7.—Reiter ating the necessity for the federal ■junenf to balance its budget, i Ciiai-mai, Robert L. DoiigUon, of the House wavs and means cora- •mittee. today loined President Roosevelt in advocating that any enlarged national defense pro gram be financed on a “pay-as- you-o’’ basis. As head of the revenue raising comiritli'e of the Uongress. tbe Nort l Carolinian w’es asked how he tliought a new defense pro gram could be financed out of current receipts with the Treas- .ury already in the red. “It might be done by effecting savings in other places,” he re plied. “Busine's is picking up so rapid'y all over t'-e country that it seems to me tbo relief load which the federal government has been tarrying should be ma terially reduced ’’ Doughton saio lit tiad given b» extended study to the national defense que,stioi: and means of financing a new nrograon. He In dicated opposition however. to any increase it taxes for national defense. “I am hoping that we will get by without any increase in taxes during the next Congress. Some adjustments, of co.’rse, will be^ made ” “We ought to balance the bud get,” he added don’t believe In going in debt for things we can t pay for. My goodness alive, we have juat got to keep the hands I credit of the government good.” .>A^{ ..ft..' ■hoe nhop. T^ PWTWW Jin* thwhed ter waltltig' ttWlittee. • phtMographers ouiwi iwwuw I Rev. A W. Lynch, pastor, an- I nouncee that Rev. Jphn T. ®oyle, presiding elder of this, the Stately vine Dlstrlot, wlll.^renoh at #h* WIlkgsboK) Methodhd Sunday morning it 11-a. ni., ! er which th» ftewk qnaetertMcal^^ v ference for ■ the ^ etniilEi cMMy- 4»vli held. • ntj'l-.vi'' ••- vy/j.’-,. ” 1-4 , A sled sBdeo slotrtrf ’ v;, '(V’” -.-.-r' . V’