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man the bouae wars and means
eonmlttM, was reported resting
eoantoitablr tonight at Naval hos
pital bitw where he is suffering
from bronchitis. Dr. George W.
Calrer. capitol physician, said the
conduion of the 7&-year-old rep-
resentattve waa not serious and
hojpitnt him to the hospital "so
be^wMld throw off this attach."
*^e physician said Donghton
sbottltf be out of the hospital in
a few days.
MADMAN SHOOTS GUARD
Rome, BVb. 17.—A madman
identified as Bruno Simoni, S8,
shot a member of Premier Benito
Mussolini’s 'bodyguard when he
waa Intercepted in front of II
Duce*s home a few minutes be
fore the premier was scheduled to
leave for his office last Tuesday,
it was announced officially to
night. It was learned authorita
tively that Simoni told police he
was waiting for Mussolini to ap
pear from his home when he
mounded the bodyguard.
YADKIN BILI,S PASS
Raleigh, Feu. li.—Passed by
the house and sent to the senate
today were two bills vitally af
fecting the governmental organi
sation of Yadkin county. They
wero house bills Nos. 244 and
246, both introduced by Repre
sentative Frank Woodhouse.
Democrat. House bill No. 244,
upon which a public hearing was
held Tuesday with opposing
groups of Yadkin county in at
tendance, would place all Yadkin
county officials on a salary basis
and would provide a jailer to re
place Jake Brown, present jail
er and chief deputy to Sheriff A.
L. Inscore.
NO ADDITIONAL TAXES
Aboard Roosevelt Train En
Route to Key West, Fla., Feb. 17
I —President Roosevelt assured
business and Industry today they
^ had nothing to fear in the way
of new and heavier taxes or fed
eral spending outside budgetary
limits. He also declared the fed-
e eral government had no further
programs for power development
in mind and that fears on this
score on the part of private utili
ties were groundless and had been
for a year and a half. Nothing,
therefore, should stand in the
way of the power holding com-
^Vanlee integrating their system.s
under the utility act and going
ahead with all private construc
tion plans, lie said.
BUDGET IN RED
Raleigh, Keb. 17.—A joint .sub
committee from the finance and
appropriations committee burned
the midnight oil tonight in hopes
of finding new or increased taxes
that will balance a budget ap
proximately n.8.30.000 in the
red. As tentatively approved, the
revenue bill falls $1,650,000 be
low the original estimates of the
budget. The appropriations bill
carries an increase of $180,116 in
the general fund over the figure
recommended by the budget com
mission. While the small group
may bring the spending side of
the budget back down to budget
estimates o r slightly below,
most of its members seemed eon
eeriied over finding additional
aosisaea of revenue.
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APP
PEALS TEST CASE
ttoal step toward getting his case
tottet the validity of the state's
S per coat sales tax before the
gapreme court of North Carolina
waa taken here today by J. Paul
Leonard, of Statesville, when be
pasted a cash bond with the clerk
of Fersyth Superior court and
filed the final papers prepared by
his attorneys in the suit. The per-
faeted appeal has been mailed to
the attorney general at Raleigh.
The oaual procedure will be for
the attorney general to accept the
a«wioe of the record of appeal,
than ratnm it to the office of the
IE OUT OFinipim»'
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Phillip Yotoa FingJ $S0 sad \
Coata In Thre^Cnaei} *
Benton Diacharged
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"It’s a scream," aaya Jimmy, St,
Louis xoo chlmpansee, of the comlo
strip he has just finished reading.
And Jimmy knows, he’s created
many a laugh with Hls own antics.
Guy Lyon Dies
Sunday Night
Widely Known Electrician
and Electrical Dealer Is
Taken By Death
Guy Lyon, who for five years
owned and operated an electrical
store in Wilkesboro and was en
gaged in contract wiring, died
Sunday evening, seven o’clock, at
his home in Wilkesboro.
He had been ill for more than
a year and had been critically ill
for the past few weeks.
He was born and reared in Al
leghany county, a son of Austin
Lyon and the late Mrs. Lyon, of
Cherry Lane.
He took an electrical course
and graduated from Coyne Elec
trical school in Chicago. In 1933
he established tlje^Lyon Electric
company in Wilkesboro, which he
operated successfully until his
health failed and he entered a
sanitoriura for treatment. How
ever, his condition failed to show
improvement and he returned
home several weeks ago.
He is survived by his father,
his wife, Mrs. Lucy Crysel Lyon,
and one son, Guy Lyon, Jr.
Funeral service will be con
ducted at the residence in Wil
kesboro Tuesday afternoon, 2:30,
and burial will be in Mountain
Park cemetery.
By autacrity vested in a recent
act of the leglaiature. Mayor R.
T. McNlel In city court this aft
ernoon ordered that a loawl of tax-
paid liquor selxed Jn this city sev-J
* erai days ago be turned over to
‘ the Wilkes county board of com-
; missloners.
i The loud, consisting of IJfi
leases, was on Phillip Yates’ truck
and in his possession when it waa
captured as it entered North Wll-
keeboro over highway 18 from the
north.
Yates, the driver, and hds com
panion. Branson Benton, also of
Purlear, were arrested by Chief
of Police J. B. Walker and High
way Patrolman Carlyle Ingle. The
liquor was billed to Yates, ac
cording to testimony of Chief
Walker, to whom Yates showed
the bill ot lading.
In the hearing this afternoon
Mayor McNiel sustained defense
motion for dismissal of the
charges against Benton because
there was no evidence which
showed that Benton, owned any
part of the liquor or knew that
it was on the truck.
Yates was given a sentence of
six months suspended on pay
ment of a $50 fine in one count
and judgment was suspended . on
payment of the cost in the two
other counts.
A recent act of the legislature
provides that seized tax paid
liquor from dry counties be turn-
ec over to the county commission
ers, who have the power to sell
the liquor to an ABC store and
the proceeds of the sale of the
liquor are to go into the county
general fund.
^ > The load of liquor seized from
Yates was estimated by defense
attorneys to have a value of
slightly more than $1,800.
Federal Income
Tax Man Is Here
J. S. .Atkinson, deputy collector
ot internal revenue for the Unit
ed States, will be in this city to
day and tomorrow. February 20
and 21. for the purpose of assist
ing taxpayers with their federal
income tax retiirn.s.
Mr. Atkinson will have head
quarters while here in the office
of J. R. Rousseau, deputy collec-'
tor for the state, on the second
floor of the Tomlinson Depart
ment store building. Mr. Rous
seau will assist anyone in making
income tax returns to the state.
Demonstrations
Well Attended
Rural Residents Show Much
Interest In the Uses of
Electric Current
Howie Succeeds
O’DeH In Wilkes
Monroe Native Is New Sani
tarian For This County;
Begins His Work
H. B. Howie, formerly of Mon
roe county, has succeeded G. S.
O’Dell as Wilkes county sanitar
ian. Mr. O’Dell has assumed a
similar position with the Lenoir
county health department at
Kinston.
Mr. Howie comes to Wilkes
well recommended, although ho
is teginning his first job as sani
tarian. He recently completed a
FWrsytk clerk of court, who will 1 special coui;ae at the University
cecUfy it to the clerk of the Su- j of North Carolina, relative to
Vreta.9 coart at Raleigh. Leonard, work of sanitarians and sanitary
■Sid tb« case will then be sche-
dalsd tor argument before the
Ropreme court next June.
Rips Off
RoUber’s Pocketbook
AUS7ta, Feb. 16 — A watch-
manSs shotgun blast failed to halt
A mj^raiider surprised Stealing
eosl^hnt the charge tore a wallet
froni 4h* thief's pocket. A
:«»rd ta the billfold ted to the ar
rest of loins Smith, 86-year-old
mgjto, and D6teetlv« J. J. Cheater
mM hteSRhot in the prisoner's hip
gave police alt tha 
inspectors.
He will continue the work be
gun by Mr. O’Dell and has already
been eng'aged in regular Inspec
tion of cafes and other eating es
tablishments. He was assisted in
inspection of Cafee Friday and
Saturday hy M. M. Melvin, dis
trict sanitarian under the state
board of health. The ratings will
be released when the task is com
pleted, Mr. Howie ^d.
In addition to cafe infection,
the sanitarian will look after san
itary conditions at dairies and
othM* rural - ylaces, giarticuliu'ly
Electrical demonstrations held
in two rural communiities last
week were largely attended and
much interest was shown, Dan
Holler, Wilkes county agent, re
ported today.
The first of the two demon-
.strations was held at Virgil
Church's store about 20 miles
west of this city on highway 421
on Wednesday night with 65 per
sons in attendance. They were
residents along eight miles of
Highway 421 where the Duke
Power co.rpany will soon con
struct a line.
D. E. Jones, rural electrifica
tion representative of the exten
sion service, talked about farm
wiring, telling how the wiring
should be done in order
electricity may furnish a maxi
mum of service and convenience
to farm homes. L. L. Ray, elec
trical engineer of the Duka Power
company, gave demonstrations
with electric brooders and o' ,er
appliances of special benefit to
rural homes and farms, including
feed mills, hotbeds and inseclecu-
tors.
Tbe second demonstration was
held on Thursday night at Trap-
hill, about 26 miles northeast of
this city, where electric lines
were constructed more than a
year ago. Jones talked about the
cost and value of electric current
and Ray gave demonstrations
with appliances. Fifty were pres
ent for the meeting.
The world’s first regular broadcast of specially prepared farsimile newspapers was inaagaroted in St.
Louis recently by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. La est news events were recorded on 15 receiving sets
placed in the homes of members of the station’s staff. The original copy of the facsimile newspaper was
placed a page at a time on the cylinder of the sending apparatus, and was transmitted by radio waves
to receiving sel's similar to the one on the right, where the owners read the transmitted newspapers
in their own homes. ■ ^
Would Empower
Commissioners
To Set Up Court
Senator Cowles Says Such
Bill Would Be Solution
to Court Proposal
Senator C. H. Cowles, who rep-
resenU Wilkes. Yadkin and Davie
counties In the upper house of the
general assembly, was quoted by
a reporter in Raleigh Friday as
saying that he would have no ob
jection to introducing a recorder’s
conrt bill for WHkes which he
approves.
Beuator Cowles was also quoted
as saying that various factions
and individuals in Wilkes are at
odds over the proposal to estab
lish a recorder’s court.
He said that a p» .ssible solu
tion would be to put through a
bill authorizing the con: ty com
missioners to set up a recorder’s
court. A similar act was passed
for Yadkin comity.
World Day Of
Prayer Friday
A Special “Call to Prayer”
Union Service Will Be
Held By Churches Here
Applications May
Be Made Now For
T. V. A. Phosphate
Farmers of Wilkes county may
now make application for T’. A 43
per cent phosphate, Dan Holler,
farm agent, said today.
The phosphate is available to
those who take part in the soil
conservation program and pay
ment for the phosphate is deduct
ed from the earnings under the
soil program for 1939, it was ex
plained.
Officers Get Three
Men at a Still
Successful Raid Is Made By
Federal Men In Eastern
Wilkes on Saturday
Capacity Crowd
Amateur Show
Four Winners Are Selected
to Take Part On Radio
Program Soon
Native Of Wilkes
It Writing Book
tiuir MM'i Jtteuw water
A letter from Lawrence D.
Washington, 80-year-old former
resident of Wilkes now making
his home in Houston, .Tmtas, to
The Journal-Patriot states that
be has just completed writing a
book entitled “Confessions Of A
Schoolmaster.’’
It is of particular Interest to
note that , the scene of tbe new
book is laid in tbe Brush Moun
tains of Wilkee county and read
ers may be abla to recognise in
the book’s characters skailaritier
to iMopie they lut*e known bn
“A Call to Prayer” .Ml are in
vited to join in a fellowship of
prayer the world around on the
World Day of Prayer on Friday,
February 24, at the North Wil
kesboro Methodist church. The
service-, which begins promptly at
two o’clock and will last for
something over an hour, is being
sponsored by the Missionary So-
oieties of the Methodist, Presby
terian, and First Baptist ohurch-
thal' three pas-
' tors. Rev. A. L. Aycock, Rev.
Eugene Olive, and Rev. Watt M.
Cooper, assisting.
"Let Us Put Our Love Into
Deeds, and Make It Real’’ will be
the theme of the service which
has 'been translated into scores
of languages. A cordial invitation
is extended to all the suburban
churches of the city and county
to attend, including the churches
of Wilkesboro,' Millers Creek, and
other nearby communities.
' "On that day from New Zea
land around to St. Lawrence Is
land off Alaska the sun will look
down on thousands of women in
many countries, praying, in ca
thedrals, in city and country
ohurobes, in villages, in rural,
places. In quiet homes, on lonely
farms, in schools, and colleges a-i
round the world—in some syna
gogues—women are offering up
their prayers to-one 'who knows'
them all and who cares for each,
one. wall you be one afong this
number?’’ - •
An offering will be ts*en and,
For-a number of Years the of
ferings from the interdenomina
tional'World Day. of Prayer aorv-
loes bare helped in large measure
in the development ot' the four
interdMiominattonBt:>- 'missionary
projects-^Women’s Union Chris
tian Colleges in the Oitent,' Dt^
rectors of. Rallglous Work in
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»rrlte' in' Migrtktat- ttahof Oami«
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Stetwl,'*’' MUt>nttc«-{
said.
One of the largest crowds to
witness a program in years was
present at the North Wilkesboro
high school Thursday night for
the “Young America’’ show.
The large crowd which jammed |
every foot of standing room fre- j
quently applauded the young as
pirants and they competed for
the prizes and the chance to go i
to Charlotte to take part in the |
broadcast of "Young America"
programs over radio station WBT.
The four winners selected were:
Anne Wells, lap dancing; Hilton
Johnson, song; Ruby Wanda Par-
due, song and tap dance on
skates; Betty Gwyn Finley, song
and dance.
A total of 30 numbers were
rendered by the many contestants
in the performance, which was
sponsored by the junior class ot
the high school.
Federal alcohol tax investiga
tors working late into the night
raided a large illicit still and cap
tured three men Saturday night
in New Castle township.
Cooper Pardue, David M. Ham
by and Robert Mathis, residents
of the eastern part of Wilkes,
were arrested and were given a
preliminary hearing about mid
night before U. S. Commissioner
J. W. Dula in Wilkesboro. They
I filled bonds for appearance at
the May term of federal court in
Wllkes-boro.
Officers taking part in the raid
on the still, one of the largest
found in recent mouths, were Roy
Reece, C. S. Felts, N. B. Bailey.
G. W. Mallard, L. J. White and
Leon Poore.
Kiwanians Hear
A Fine Pr^am
Exciting Games
Are Played Here
North Wilkesboro Defeats
Wilkesboro In Last 30
Seconds of Play
Members of the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanls club were treated
to a highly entertaining program
Friday noon when the glee club
of Lincoln Heighfs colored school
rendered seven spiritual and
popular numbers.
The students, who were pre
sented by J. R. Bdelin. their prin
cipal, showed evidence of splen
did training. Prof. Bdelin told of
progress of gchool actlvitiee at
Lincoln Heights, pointing odt that'
the school is now 'busily engaged
Ita: raising -moMy ,to ;b© used tor
the construction of a gymnasium.
The prpgram Friday was in
charge of PosintaSbedr J. O- Reins.
One new member, Jlenry Lan-
don,. was received into ,the dab
Friday add'the membership but- ,_ J
ton F*s presented by-J-B. McOoy.
'-Prank Buck, of SaJlabury, was
a ’Visiting Kiwanlan. H. W-Boone
and A. B. Douglas, of Winston-
Salem'. wpre gueetn' of 8. G.. Fin
ley; C. H.Tharpe,-of RpQda, was
a .'gnest of. R..O. Finley;, i^^ter
Hprton was a guete ■ of Gonld
Cardwell; and Robert Morehouse'
was a guest,oft his Esther,
Merehoiisert ■- ,,
North Wilkesboro and Wilkes
boro high school basketball teams
will renew their rivalry here on
F'rlday night.
The Mountain Lions of North
Wilkesboro will try hard to add
another victory over their rivals
from south of the Yadkin, the
game Friday night resulting in a
22-21 victory for the Lions in a
story book fimish. The Wilkesboro
Ramblers will try hard to avenge
this defeat.
The game Friday night waa
full of excitement and at no time
was either team more than two
goals ahead. M’Ukesboro was rest
ing on a one-point lead when a
long field goal changed tbe vic-
toi-y to the Lions with only 30
seconds of playing time remain
ing.
Wilkesboro girls played an un
usually good game to defeat
Kings Creek Friday night 26 to
22 in a game which equalled tbe
boys’ contest for excitement.
Collect Taxe$
For Year 1936
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County Accountant Mails
Lettert to Those JJVho
OWe Bock Toitea
The county attorney will soon
begin torecloeure proceedings to
oolleet unpaid county taxes for
the ysof 1986, C. G."Poindexter,
.Wllkea connty 'aecouatoat, says
in a letter mailed to tax delin-
qnents for Hiat year.
' ''!%« ocoouhtant’a office is bav-
ing goadiroeponse to the lettMta,
whi«£ ore-being moiled to oil wbo
teiled to.poy.thetrf connty to»ia
in 1986. ■ \
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But Only Two oi Ctut—
fgSulited Staoe Lo*t Crii
. r ,te!alLTeinte In Aufsit
Bight homicide coses ore 'Ml
the docket Ifr^tbe Wllks^ eooatr
etrm ot su perior .court to cpnvm^ '
in 'Wilkesboro on Mfontey^ IteteB
6, tt was learned today by 9
Ination of the docket being.-fPO’’'"
pared by Clerk of Court '6.* C.
Hayes. ,
However, only two of the can SO
are for offenses which were at
leged to have Uken place siao*
the regular August term of crl»*’
Inal conrt in 1938. The othMn
were continued from the Augnot
and previous terms.
The two new homicide casoa
are unusual in that the defend-
anfs are both named Pierce ooA
that the men they were allogod
to have killed were named Mio-
ton. The alleged crimes were com
mitted about one mile apart, ou
highway 421 west ot this city.
Gwyn Pierce faces a murdsr
charge for the killing of Rob Min
ton two miles west of this city
last fall. He is said to hare cut
Minton’s head open with an axa
Cecil Pierce, resident of tte
Reddies River section, is al
leged to have shot Carl Minton,
local youth, about one mile went
of this city a few months ago.
Minton died .several days lator
from loss ot blood.
In the old cases pending action
Oscar Owens is to face judgment
for the death of James Pennel.
wbo was alleged to have been hit
by a car driven by Owens, near
Cricket, several years ago. Oweaa
entered a plea of involnntavy
manslaughter in August, 1937,
and prayer for judgment was eoo-
tlnued. Laater the solicitor hod
a capias served but the case was
continued,
Cases against John Jones and
Dell Richardson, charged with
the death of Miss Wilhemlna
Triplett and Mrs. Hubert Canter
in a bus-auto collision, remain oa
the docket. Jones was once coa-
victed of manslaughter but the
verdict was set aside and a mis
trial ordered.
Conrad Bell, of near Roaring
River, has never been tried on a
charge of shooting and fatally
wounding his father a few years
ago.
Tlie case against Buster Staley,
who is alleged to have shot and
killed a youth by the name of
Watts, at a service station one
mile ea.st of Wilkesboro on high
way 421 a' few years ago, has
never been tried and hat been
continued for several terms on ac
count of the ill health of Staley,
who is a sanitorium patient.
Harry O. Roark, who gave his
address as Charlotte, is charged
with being the driver of a car iu-
volred in a fatal accident near
Oakwoods, where .Mr. Estep and
his son, residents of that commm-
nity, met almo.st instant death.
A capital utfe-'.se is charged
against Otto Hampton, negro with
a rapidly expanding crime ree.
ord, who is alleged to have crim
inally assaulted a while womaa
in the Roaring River community.
All of tbe defendants in tha
homicide cases are nnder bond
and it is uoi expected that a
first degree verdict will be aoked'
in any of tbe homicide caaee.
Judge Wilson Warlick, of New
ton, will preside over the March
term of court.
A total of 205 cases bare beoa
put on the docket. Included ta
this number are 26 cost cages Isdt
over from former terms but not
included are 20 on the-v SeUte
docket.
Magistrate reports yet to be r»-
ceived are expected‘to^odd sev
eral more cases to the calendar.
Music Recital ^
'^ursday, 4 P. M* .
„ ,Mig« .^Uen Robinaon''•Ut pro-
'teat her music pupils j'la racIMI
on Thursday sfternon,'' tone
eioek, in the: North , Wtewobo—
school aitditorlum. The poblk hajP^;'
a cordial inyHatten'to attend.
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Wedn«eday,',Feb. f t, srtU te » ’
nattotel tettdoy in ohoorfiQkesr'W Q
the annhrejtary of the hMh
George Wn*bltt8|oit.
Both banlai iindite# :
ottiee win te elte|id on tiiite dsdev'
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