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REFBRENDmi BEATEN
Ral«lsb, F«b. S4.—An «n-
t»Torab)« report 'by the house fl-
ni^^Mse eomnltteo today virtually
killed the Withrow bill to provide
a* state>wide referendum on pro
hibition May 6. The measure
would have' specified that if vot
ers expressed favor for prohibi
tion, the sale of beer, wine and
• Honor would be prohibited after
July, 1, If prohibition was oppos
ed, Ube -present county store sys
tem ir^ld have remained un-
cUanced.
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i/OL, XXXHi*Ht). 57 Publish^ Mondiyfr^J^
COFW^EPnrED CAT
PLEA FOR T0LERANCE '
Lexington, Feb. 24.—A plea
( for tolerance between the farm-
r er, capital and labor was made
by Former Congressman J. Wal
ter Lambeth, of Thomasvllle, at
the banquet of the Davidson
County Pomona Orange held to
night at the Methodist Hut. Lam
beth said people of the United
States should be more tolerant
■with European nations. He point
ed out that those nations were
not protected by two oceans as is
the United States.
-^HITS AT AUENS
Raleigh. Feb. 24. — Burgin
Pennell, of .\8heville, commander
of the state department of the
American Legion, declared here
tonight that “one of the greatest
enemies of democracy in America
today is the radical who hides be
hind the rights of free speech In
order to promote subversive doc-
.trlnes.’’ Speaking at a meeting of
the ninth district of the state de
partment. Pennell called for ‘‘ade-
ouate legislation” to “punish or
deport those within our borders j
who seek to destroy our form of
government.”
Clerk
Releases Docket
For Mpch Term
Solicitor and - Bar Asaocia*
tion Arrange Calendar
For Criminal Court
iin4 “IE Student FlshW^in Class^^^ J ^av€|
TO BEGIN MARCH 6
More Than 200 Caeoa Cal
endered. for Two-Weeku’'
Court; WarKck Judge
WILL AIT) RECOVERY
Des Moines. Iowa, Feb. 24.- -
'The new deal has shifted its em
phasis from reform to recovery.
Secretary of Commerce Harry L.
Hopkins said toni.ght in his first
address since he became a cabinet
officer. “This administration now
is determined to promote that re
covery with all the vigor at its
command,” he said. Hopkins told
the Des Moines Economic Clu ■,
nonpartisan group of business
and profe.s.sional men, that there
should be no general rise in fed
eral taxes this year and that any
federal taxes which tend to freeze
the flow of capital should be
amended.
CONFESSES PLENTY
I High Point. Feh. 24.—Charles
McMillan, 22-year-oId High
! Point man. confessed to detec
tives today that he was respon
sible for five “safe-breaking jolis”
and the rohber.v of the J. C. Pen
ney store where plunder amount
ed to approximately $2,400. .Mc
Millan hron.rlu back to Hi^-li
Poi'-t rr-i;o Baltimore. M;l. vc-=-;
terd ■ I'.v S'riream .lack W. :Uc-'
Mabc’i and Detective J. t-. Kiveit.i
■wbc-ii ronfrontecl with eei-faiii ^
“circ-ii”stanti»l” evidence volun
teered bis confession. The five
“safe jobs” and the J. C. Penney
robbery took place in December
and January.
DEATH POSTPONED
Harrisburg, Pa.. Feb. 2 4.—A
reprieve—-the 15th to keep him
from the electric chair—today
gave Roy Lockard another r.-onth
» Df life. He was to die after mid
night Sunday for the slaying ot
a three-year-old child to kwp him
from “tattling" of dates Lock-
' hard had with the babe’s mother.
Governor Arthur H. James said
the jwpriev© would permit a fur
ther mental examination. Former
Governor George B. Earle had is-
sdM 14 respites and said Lock-
ard vTOuld “nevor go to the chair’’
while"he was governor because he
believed the prisoner mentally
deficient. ’The (Alld’s mother, con
victed of murder, is serving a 10-
to-20-year sentence. The slaving
occurred in Altoona.
Disdaining usual methods of trans
portation, this threc-year-old cat
often accompanies its master for
short rides through London streets
perched on the back Of-a bicycle.
Unknown Person
Shoots Ashe Man
In Abdomen, Ler
Enoch Church Fires at Flee
ing Figure After He Is
Hit Twice by Bullets
Enoch Church, citizen of the
Fleetwood community in Ashe
county, at the hospital here Fri
day related an account of how he
wa.s shot twice and critically
■wounded by an unknown assassin
at his home Thursday night.
He was sitting by the tire, Mr.
Church said, when some man
whom he did not see well enough
to recognize hisrteatirrwpwcame to
a window, crashed out the glass
and started shooting into the
roam with a 32-cali‘bre pistol.
One bullet hit Church in the
back and went through his ab
domen, puncturing his intestines
at fiv^ places, physici.ans at the
Wilkes hospital .said. Another
bullet, struck him in the leg.
Notwithstanding liis ser'ous
wounds Chttrch reached for his
shotgun and took a shot at the
figure as it disappeared into the
forest ne,''r'by
The shots fvidently found their
mark becau s officers investigat
ing fae affair Friday found Wood
stains and a short trail of blood
at the point toward which Church
tired. By these clues tiiey hoi'e to
unravel the .luystei-y and juake an
arrest.
Church said that he did not
know of any enemy wlio would
desire to kill htn and was s(>;ne-
what at a loss to understand the
attempt on his life.
Ch'urcli has been resting well
since he received surgical atten
tion at the Wilkes hospital.
C. C. Hayes, clerk of superior
court, has releaserd for publica
tion the calendar of the March
term of WJlkes court, which con
tains more than 200 criminal
ceises.
The term will begin on Mon
day. March 6, and continue for
two -weeks.
The calendar as made out by
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall and the
Wilkes bar association follows:
Monday, Mardi 6th
H. C. Holland, abandonment.
Horace Hayes, assault.
O.scar Owens, for judgment.
■ Jim Williams, assault.
Gordon Benton, C. C. W.
Gordon Benton. O. C. I.
Gordon Benton, C. C. W.
Gordon Benton, A. W. D. W.
Gordon Benton and Marcus
Henderson, V. P. L.
Buster Staley, murder.
Ray Nicholson, V. T. O.
T. H. Williams, V. T. O.
H. P. Eller a.id Everette Cle
ary, V. T. O.
A. F. Phillips, V. T. O.
H. P. Eller and Everetie Cle-
(Continued on page five)
Baptist Pastors
Conference 2nd
Pastors of Wilkes and
Joining Counties to Meet
At Gordon Church
It won’t be necessstjf for students to cut classes to go hshlng If the new course instituted l>y Columbia
university’s Teaciiors college proves popular. Angling in all Its phases, from baits, lures and piiigs to cooking
and mounting, will be surveyed in a series of icciares by Dr. Francois D’Eliscu. The New York school In
cludes it as part of its camp leadership course. At the left Dr. D’Eliscu prepares some of his specimens
for mounting. The Instructor also shows students how to prepare a fisiilng net from an old tennis or bad
minton racquet. Resourcefulness is the keynote of his lectures.
Wilkes Debt Is
9.16 Per Cent
Total Valuation
County, Municipal Debts
Make Wilkes Rank 41st
in Debt, Value Ratio
MeCALL ELECTROCTTTED
Italford. Fla., Feh. 24.—Calm
ly, almost defiantly. Franklin
PlelC© McCall died in Florida’s
eleqlate- chair hmuo.'ioAay for the
fatal kidnaping of 5-year-old Jim
my Cash, with whom he used to
play at Princeton, Fla., where
thoy both Uxed. McCall, who con-
feosad the $10,000 kidnaping last
Mar *8 and pleaded guilty in cir
cuit court at Miami, insisted at
the last that he was innocent,
compared himself to Christ and
said; “Judas Iscariot betraved
Jesns Christ for 30 pieces of sil
ver. It would be Interesting sub
ject matter to know just how
■much some received who were In-
atrtunonital In the perpetration of
this, preseot-dar cmolflxlon. I
hope that I may be pardoned by
dntwtng a parallel between the
death and my own. The
^ehtef difference Is, he died for p
eanse—4»ristl«Wtr—»*lTe I am
'dyftig for nothing.’* > ,
A note of encniiragement to
Edward and Wally —a ghost of
the iiast may be a iilessing in the
future.
Baptist pastors of Wilkes and
several adjoining counties will
hold an important conference
March 2, beginning at 10:00 a.
m., at the Gordon Baptist church.
This is the lime the recently
formed Wilkes county conference
was to hold its first monthly
meeting, but the program com
mittee learned that General Sec
retary, M. A. Huggins, was hold
ing several conferences through
out tlie State and could be here
on this date, go voted unanimous
ly to make thi.-i a conference for
all Baptist pastors in this section
of the state.
Mr. Huggins announces that
important matters to be consid
ered are the Ministers’ Retire
ment Plan, the State-Wide Re
vival. the Biblical Recorder, and
tlie Hundred Thousand Club.
'These and other matters of vital
interest to the pastors and the
ciinrches will 'le discussed in
formally.
Gordon church is located access
Reddies River from North Wil-
kesboro. a short distance to the
right from the Boone highway. A
sign giving direction may be seen
from the highway.
Wilkes county ranks 41st in
ratio of total debt, county and
municipal, to the asspased valu
ation, according to a tabulation
contained .|n the^rSflplL
the University,of Korth Clfc«na
News Letter.
i The total debt of Wilkes county
as of 1937, tho date of all the
figures in the tabulation, was $1.-
406,139. and the debt of munici
palities and all subdivisions of
the county, including North WU-
kesboro and Wllkeaboro, boosted
the public debt total to $1,780,-
139.
j This public debt of the county
I a n d sU'b-dlvisions represents
'13.33 -per cent of the total as
sessed valuation for that year,
^which -was $15,352,522. The ra-
\io would perhaps be slightly
greater now due to the fact that
the valuation last year was re
duced by not listing intangible
I property for county taxati-on and
because title to some lands in
iwilkes-has gone over to the fed-
j eral government an t is no longer
j taxable.
Thus it is seen that Wilkes Is
i above the middle in ratio of debt
I and valuation, there being 40
i counties with a higher ratio and
69 with a smaller ratio.
1 Buncomb,e is the only county
■ in the state that has a pu-blic debt
. greater than one-bait the assess
ed valuation. The total public
debt of 'Buncombe and sub-dlvis-
! ions is $47,000,000 as compared
* (Continued on page five)
Lions Club Signs Are
Placed On Highways
The local Lions Club has had
attractive welcome signs erected
on four of the highways leading
into the city. These were placed
last week under the'direction of
L. L. Carpenter, president of the
club.
A zone meeting for District
31-N will be held tomorrow at
Shelby. Mr. Carpenter will attend
and take part In the program
which has been planned for the
occasion.
Badly Hurt When
-4llotorcycIe Hits
Truck Near City
Henry Wellborn Suffers
Broken Leg and Possible
Internal Injuries
Pearson’s
Store Destroyed
Large Business Establish
ment Ten Miles West of
City Burned''Sunday
Fire of undetermined origin
completely wiped out the large
country store owned and operated
by Claude Pearson ten miles west
of this city on highway 421 near
Purlear Sunday morning.
The fire was -discovered about
seven o’clock and liad ca.ined
such headway that it wa-, Ini-
possihle to check the flames or
save any ot the large stock of
merchandise and store fixtures.
Can-ying many lines of merch
andise in several departments, the
store was one of the largest in
rural areas in this part of tlie
state and the loss is estimated
at several thousand dollars. It
was reported that some insurance
was carried on tiie property but
that the loss is only partially
covei'od.
Both buildings which housed
the various departments .of the
business establishment, and all
their contents, were completely
wiped out.
Henry Welkborn, local barber,
was critically injured Sunday
evening when . hi® motorcycle
crashed into the rear,of a truck
it$ax. Ws hbihe tliree miles uaat
of this clfy'on hlp3iway 421.
At the Wilkes hospital today
attaches said that he. had suffer
ed a broken leg. many painful
cuts and bruises and possible in
ternal injuries.
.4.ccording to reports of the ac
cident, Wellborn was traveling
toward this city and was behind
a truck operated by George Mc-
Glamery when McGlaniery slowed
up and turned off the highway
into the driveway ot his home.
Wellborn, evidently not noticing
that the truck was slowing up
and turning off the highway,
crashed into the rear of the
truck.
Bowman Working
For Appropriation
Ralph Bowman, son of Mrs.
Ralpli Bowman, Sr., and the late
.Mr. Bowman, of this city, lias
been app-ointed on a special group
of university students to contact
members of the legislatare and
urge that the appropriation for
the University not he cut this
year.
'The young student, who is in
his fresh.man year, has already
written to. C. H. Cowles, senator
for the 24th district, and D. C.
' Sebastian, Wilkes county’s repre
sentative in the general assemb
ly.
Fimd to Adw
Measure For LegisUktqlw .
Leg'ilize Joint FtnitS 1^
'" City and Cou^
ASKS STATION CHANGE
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^k More SnMablc Tlaoe far
Bias 'Statkm ; Pat
' Is Chib Sp«^ ' "
The North WilkMboro KlWaai^
club has approved a bill td'Ha
introduced into the legMIatiua
which would empower the 'WlUtea
county commlaeioners aa&bUia
city of North Wilkeoboro to taka
$500 each from the general'yuad
to be used to advertise “WlHtae
county. ^ ‘= -
' The $1,000 thus proridaA
would he used by the county unit
of the Governor’s Heepitallty
Committee to advertise the coun
ty in conjunction with the adver
tising program carried on by thn
state.
The bill was submitted to tha
directors in meeting Thurs^y
evening, at which time It was ap
proved and the memberShk* '
the club gave Its approvid In tha
meeting held Friday noon.
Other business disonssed in
the club meeting included the
matter of asking that the bna
station in this city be changed to
' a more suitable location. The see-
retary was authorized to write
the proper authorities and ank
that the station be changed to a
more suitable place In the city.
Dr. A. C. Chamberlain was in
charge of the program Friday
and introduced Pat Ormsby. of
the Winstoc.-Salem Kiwanis elnb.
“Safety’’ was the subject of hla
address. Many humorous storlna
illustrated the points bronght out
addreee and If pWfdd ta
be very Interesting.' Other clnk
guests were John C. Calhoun, H.
F. Bobbs and Paul Bohnson, of *
Winston-Salem. Mrs. Chamberlaia
was a guest of Dr. Chamberlain.
Robert Morehouse was a guest of
Carl VanDeman and Paul Osborne
was a guest of S. B. Richardson.
Report ot the Public Affairs
and Attendance committees as
submitted to the directors were
read before the club.
A telegram of good wishes was
sent by the club to S. V. Toinlin-
son. who has been spending a
few weeks in Hot Springs, Arkan
sas, in the interest of hi.s health.
MITCHELL COLLEGE CHOIR TO RENDER PROGRAM HERE ON SUNDAY EVENING
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Liquor Car Taken
After Fast Chase
Elkin Man Arrested After
Car Wreck East of Wil-
kesboro Friday Night
A Opella’choir from Mitchell college, Statesvilki. Will raider'a''prognun 0)i S**?*’*
day night, March 5, 8 o’clock, at the First Baptist eborch in this elty.u'J^'CWWe'
is composed of aboot sixty melnbera at the atasie;?iCiipiutm*Bt of the ytWWw
the directwa of E. B. Stiaipi^ni., tideate4 rtagera
thin city in the pant, and. h|^ t^aynJgren^ydrai^trMolved. «f|im i« a*«»o
lent and win Jie appreciated*11 dongregailoM’of^Ja M.e^
ediut, Prenbyiterih4.;*M'l^lS|,chrtr«ihati.wait*
'awake; ~ A attw^ogerfatg will wiH ^ j^ Mnjr the.
for the
insportation
■ a^ all
the mgk
hrganisihtjens
ejtpenaaa ^.tha dtahlKa of’th* fftlif; .
bandUii^ of4M*da wiB be t^cen care of by ^
Sflheol ormiiantiwieu-. 'The nregfosw-ia apamimA liS (ke prf awiottens
Qrier, Jr., piano
After a iwo-mile chase during
which the pursued man said he
made 100 m-iles per hour and
more. State Highway Patrolman
arrested Alec Crouse Hudspeth,
of Elkin, Friday night about ten
miles east of Wilkeshoro on high
way 4 21.
It all started Wlien the off;cer
noticed that the car, a brand new
1939 model, did not have any
license plate on the rear. The new
car failed to stop and increased
ill speed so rapidly when the of
ficer approached tliat the officer
decided there must have been n.
more serious infraction of tlje lay
than failure to display a tag on
the rear.
The chase ended when the now
car ahead approached a ou.reo
which was too much for It .fd hla*-;
gotiate at extra high speed -aiid
it landed olf the road.’On* maa
jumped and ran but the offlckt
a. rested Hudapeth. J
There were seyeral caagh' eC*.3
tax-paid liquor In tue • wreckMl.-
oar. the officer said, but a gregm .
part of it was broken Wbeit-. tli*;
wre*li„nawtie«1
Hudspeth told the officer tlM|h.'‘i>
he had just purchased iJ» . Wiw!
from a Sparta dealer. H*
charged ■ with fatlnre. to. reclbbsi^ -
car, failure to dispkiy rahS Nta
ense, reckless driving,..
!ng and possession of an* ■
speeding.
The 'car had a dealer tag on '
the front, the ofBew saiq, and ;
was .^uijuiQd with ^ .a
charger, a derie* wbieh- eniM
a.-carirt* be Tdrtren. at nnasnally '
high., twin es4ana*.-'staU^'i
Ilzer and for^aal^.:^!
getaway and high iii'e^. ' ^
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