Ni^
'AGENT BANGS 8BLF
StktMTlU*, Vyb. . tS.—^CaU'iB
HL Pitta. Matriat iMsassr of
tho taanranee com-
. •OBJ, teacad htaaaaU today in
tbo caraco of hia roaMonce at
l^rmony. Coroner K."D. Tomlin
reported. ni health iraa giren as
^o reaeon for the act. An inquest
ihm not considered necessary. Mr.
ntts Tfas a natfTo of Cabarrus
ooanty, coning to StatesTllle a-
hont M 'yeare ago. Since that time
he Tra> Tinea CTfl in the Insurance
bnaineaa. Hia wife Is a mentber
£if the Harmony school faculty.
MONTHS’ TAX UP
; Rialoigh, Peb. S8.—The Febru-
' ary tar report, taade ipubllc today
the state department of roTo-
^ine, disclosed that for the first
time this fiscal year collections
were substantially above those of
the oorresponding month in the
prorions fiscal year. Total collec
tions daring February were $5,-
141,847.27, compared with $4,-
841.C28.20 In February, 1938.
General fund receipts were f2,-
989,826.34, an increase of $193,-
689.79, and highway fund re
ceipts were $2,202,522.30, an in
crease of $106,329.28.
VOU TXXn. NO. 68 Piibliihed Moodape ^ Thuwdaya.
— '
NOllTH
:V. C,*^"fHURSDAYt. MAE. 2. 1989 INT^fiTA
lovrt
„/AP HUSBANDS
Reno, Nev., Feb. 28.—Two Ro-
' Chester, N. Y„ Troanen who shared
' an apartment in Reno for six
' weeks, then obtained divorces,
were en route hc>me by train to-
" day—planning to complete an ex-
. change of husband-s. It was learn-
„ ed from a reliable source that
Mrs. Jane Snow Mitchell, who di
vorced Dr. Howard Douglas
[Mitchell of Rochester h.sre yes-
i. &rday, Is planning to be married
fe'to Horace 8. Thomas, an official
^ of the Eastman Kodak company.
Mrs. Marlon J. Thomas, who dl-
tvoiced the latter, is to become
the wife of Dr. Mitchell.
ELECT POPE
VaGcan City. Feb. 28.—The
floiemn conclave of 62 cardinals
-by ^vhom a r,ew pope will be
opmis tomorrow. Vatican
Srs^ predicted the
Mkprt because
or to
Is
,,0n-
UpwaufTrend
State Employment Service
Office Has Good Kecord
For Month February
. gensr
9t» pessmlity'
Choice.
__ mentioned
at the vacant chair of St. Peter
Bight be filled before Sunday,
fifty-five of the princes of the
Church inspected the improvised
cells where they will live apart
from the outside world during
tho election. Four already in
Rome did not Join in the inspec
tion.
lV|MDIE in crash
»^^^5^>ston, Feb. 28.—Six persons.
Including four girls and a bey of
Mhool age, died today when a
street car hurtled from its rails
bemuse, the operator said, "the
brakes didn’t hold" at a curve,
on a sharp downgrade near
Approximnte-
The employment situation here
continues on the. uptrard trend
and placements for February
showed a marked - Increaae over
February a year ago. B. O. Gen
try, manager of the NCrth Wll-
kesboro branch of the State Em
ployment Servlcei eeJd today.
In February this year the local
office four 1 Jobs in lafthctry and
with private employers for 51
people as compared to only 32 for
February, 1938. Public place
ments also were more plentiful,
there being 124 In February,
1939, an Increase of 80 over the
figures for the same month last
year.
New registrations for Februaiy
totaled 258 and the month ended
with an active file of 1,542 ap
plicants.
Mr. Gentry called attention to
the fact that the tiles of appli
cants are revised each month and
that names of all who have not
renewed their registrations are
taken from the active and placed
in the Inactive file.
This means, he said, that when
there is a call for labor that the
active files are examined and the
order for workmen is filled from
the active files if possible. If the
order cannot be filled from the
active files the inactive lists are
then examined.
Registrations may be renewed
by personal call at the office or
iby mall.
Servants’ School
To Begin Monday
tLe Short Conrie
Franklin Park too.
Iv 40 injured persons were treat-
«d at city hospitals and first aid in the course, Iniiudmg a lecture
^ nvaVklon/Toa hv n TftTV-
A short course for domestic
servants will be held at Lincoln
Heights school on Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday nights,
on March 6, 7 and 8, and the
first three nights of the week be
ginning March 13.
The school is being sponsored
by. the North Wllkesboro Wom
an’s club, and the club is asking
that every colored domestic work
er and all other colored people
interested in domestic work at
tend. It is also asked that em
ployers of domestic workers in
the Wilkesboros assist by having
their servants attend.
Several topics will be taught
quarters set up in apartment
bouse vestibules near the acci
dent scene. The crowded car left
Its rails, lurched across a wide
street intersection and came to
a stop, leaning at a 45-degree
angle against two trees.
HEAVY SNOWSTORMS
One of the heavieet snowstorms
of the winter roared over upper
Michigan (Tuesday) after leav
ing a doE«J states in the. western
\ ^half of the nation drift-bound.
I^T^eavy tains continued, meantime,
‘'^trom the Mississippi river east
ward' through the Ohio and Tenn-
1 valleys, along the north At-
coast and In the sontheast-
V;w The snowstorm slid off
ti^diu>6ky mountains Snnday and
Ut-toe Texas panhandle Monday.
M ^
4Mposlting six to 17 Inches In
Biftem Colorado, northeastern
New Mexico, northweertem Okla-
iMBia and western Kansas.
Xwo Are Hurt In
j^yOn Monday
Ciooui Dawis Howard
Davis, Hurt In Fight On
Monday In WUkeaboro
Cloms Davta and Howard Davis
painful Injuries In what
wii described as a drunken fight
at the home of Margaret Foster
in WOkesboro Monday night.
Margaret Foster Is said to have
admitted to officers that ahe
strack Cloma Davis, Inflicting
Isnjrstir— and bmlsee. Officers
T^ holiteS » Woody stick of
lo*e wood as material evidence.
«praties wese called to the
f.to sJ(Op tho fi«ht and they
j^ad the two who wore In-
.Margaret Foster and
-Oavla.
^ ^*ar« Darto received only
woands in the fracas, of-
on electrical appiances by a rep
resentative of Duke Power com
pany: cooking, by the home eco
nomics teacher in Lincoln Heights
school; systematic house clean
ing, by Miss Rhodes; Table serv
ing and setting, by Miss Evelyn
Sharpe, vocational home ecenom-
ics teacher in North Wllkesboro
schools: personal cleanliness and
-- i. " .
Bennet, public health nurse.
Court Open
Monday Morning
Criminal Cases to Be Tried
During the Two-Weeks’
Term; Warlick Judge
March term of Wilkes court for
trial of criminal cases will con
vene 1 n Wllkesboro Monday
morning, ten o’clock, with Judge
Wilson Warlick. of Newton, pre
siding.
A calendar composed of more
than 200 cases has been made
out for the term by the solicitor
and the bar association.
Avalon E. Hall, of YadklnvUle,
is the newly elected solicitor of
the 17th Jndklnl^district and will
be prosecuting the docket for his
first time In Wilkes.
The court calendar was pub
lished In The Journal-Patriot
earlier this week.
Lions Will Meet
On'Friday Night;
Good Program
North Wllkesboro Lions club
will be treated to a good pro
gram in the meeting to be held
Friday evening, 6:30, at Hotel
Wilkes.
Lawrence Miller and Otis Keel
ing will have charge of the pro
gram,. which will consist mainly
of novelty dance mnnhsrs and a
motion phdnre.
Policy
Weather Fumishee
' V; 4 T'JJ..' . ,-T„- 1
MnrA caias. iBr.’iWseiiesdgy,
lamb ai^ ntiardlMs of
iriistliiSr o* not It goes ^'Rkd
* Uen, it got a good stast In
ttou direction thiruionteir.Tp
Wednesday was a mild day
taamibig clondhiew in
T the aftmnoon bnt^mo one B>r
spectsd that snow would be a*
boot two Inch** deep 4hia
morning. A depth of three
toebea, was ^repotted oo^'the
mowntatoi, ^ ^
Ashe^erffi Is-
Hdifiug Man For
[Shootiiig Church
Suapect With Wounds On
' Facie Is Wade Blackbium,
a Former Wilkes Man
tow
AvlJahie For ^
West Jefferson, March 1.—^As
officers d-Uved further into the
ambush-shooting of 69-year-old
Enoch Church, a possible break
i.' SjmjM troopers pritected members of the bund tonight whw
T is i1?ilSfBgrai»hcr busy snapping picinres of a smaU iold Sheriff Edd
-
Thousands ol anll-Nail demonstrators gathered outside "Itaihon Square Odrden fa New York recently
when the German American bund held an “Amei icanivatloil?’ r»Uy insMc Jhe bnfldJiig. Mounted peUce and
hundreds of pctrolmcn were necessary to quell riots. fvnn^c memhe.s of the bund bv
palroUins '-he aisles during the meeting. PieSured here
riot in wiiieh 2t9 took part.
R.F.D. Exam At
Reddies River
Examination Will Be Held
Here to Fill Vacancy;
Brief Time Is Left
An announcement has been re
leased stating that a civil service
examination will be held here
soon to fill a vacancy caused by
the retirement of the rural mall
carrier at Reddies River postof
fice
Odell Whittington is now act
ing carrier.
Other information relative to
the examination and job is con
tained In the following statement
contained In the announcement:
The date of examlnatio.’-. will
be stated on admission cards
mailed to applicants after the
close of receipt of applications,
and will be about 15 days after
that date. The salary of a rural
carrier on a standard route of 30
miles served dally except Sunday
is $1,800 per annum, with an ad
ditional $20 per mile per annum
for each mile or major fraction
thereof in excess of 30 miles. Cer
tain allowances are also made for
the maintenance of equipment.
The examination will be open
only to citizens who are actual
ly domiciled in the territory of
the post office where the vacan
cy exists, who have been actual
ly domiciled there for six months
next preceding the closing date
for receipt of applications, and
who meet the other requirements
set forth in Form 1977. Both men
and women, if qualified, may en
ter this examination, but appoint
ing officers have the legal right
to specify the sex desired in re-
A*he County Farmer
l8 Killed By Auto
' ■■ ' •‘V 'Wi '
West Jefferson, fob. -;25.—
Reeves Perry, 76, , county
farmer of the Horse^fe^iP^sec-
;tlon, died tonight in wRkes hos
pital of injuries he s^ered this
afternoon at about 1 olfclock when
he was struck by an antomoblle
reportedly driven by Roscoe El-
dreth, of the same coiiimnnity.
Mr. Perry was stan^ng on the
side of the road near hl« homo,
talking, with Jxis son Iv®
neighbors, when thn a^omoblle
swerved from tho hfcgJlpfay and
struck hlm,*-tt waa ‘
with
In Tip-Top Shop
Keon Sense of Smell Leads
to Discovery of Fire Be
fore Damage Is Done
SJCUUUID, pc?*ov»AAc»A jQ SpeClLy tUt> Ot?A su
care of children, by Miss Eloise questing certification of eliglbles
T-» A ^ 1 VM1WOA —~ _ J ^
Form 1977 and application
blanks can be obtained from the
vacancy office mentioned above
or from the United States Civil
Service Commission at Washing
ton, D. C. Applications must be
on file with the Commission at
Washington, D. C., prior to the
close of business on the date
specified above. At the examina
tion. . ..
Comhiunity House
At Moravian Falls
People of Community Will
Meet at School Friday
Night For Discussion
Citizens of Moravian Falls, a
progressive rural community four
miles south of Wllkesboro, will
meet at the schoolhouse on Fri
day night, 7:30 o’clock, to dis
cuss plans for a project calling
for erection Of a community
house.
J. M. Smith, area supervisor
for the National Youth adminis
tration, and W. R. Craft, county
NYA supervlMr, will be present
to explain what h^P the NYA
could be to the propte in carrying
out a community house project.
In discussing the matter today,
Mr. Smith called attention to the
fact that the NYA is In position
to furnish labor for the project
should tho community furnish the
necessary materials. In addition
to the laboi' the NYA would fur
nish tools and supervision, Mr.
Smith said.
In the meeting Friday night
methods of providing the neces-
saiy materials and actual plans
for the structure will be taken
up. All-people of the community
have an Invitation to attend the
meeting
Jimmie Piperis’ keen sense of
smell led to the discovery of a Hr©
in the basement under the Tip-
Thp Soda ahop about midnight
Tuesday night.
While serving a customer in
bis cafe next door to the soda
shpPi Jlttunfa remark^ that there
jMncj|. ln .the nlr
. .
^ened his ihveetIgatTon. He dis
covered that the soda shop build
ing was full of simake.
He called firemen and the fire,
which was smouldering in rub
bish in the basement, was put out
with chemicals and little damage
was done.
In discussing the discovery of
the fire Jimmie recalled that he
had been quite handy in discov
ering fires in the past. Once when
he was riding along highway 421
west of this city he saw flames
in Harmony Baptist church, locat
ed several hundred feet from the
highway. He-gave the alarm and
several gathered at tho church
and removed a burning organ,
which had eaught fire from an
oil lamp and was burning rapid
ly-
Postpone Legion’s
Bingo Party Here
Announcement was made today
that the American Legion’s Bin-
go party scheduled to begin on
Friday night has been postponed
to a later date. The party will be
held later in order to raise funds
to finance junior baseball.
Mi’lers Creek All Stars
Enter Y. M. C. A. Tourney
Millers Creek all-star basket
ball team has entered the Win
ston-Salem Y. M. C. A. Tourna
ment and will play their first
game Saturday afternoon at three
o’clock.
ANNUAL GOODWILL BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT
IS IN PROGRESS AT SCHOOL GYMNASIUM HERE
Miller ho in on escaped convict.
Blackburn, a Wilkes county
man, was arrested four days ago
in a Blnefield, W. Va., hospital,
suffering from gunshot wounds
in the face. He told officers then
that his name was Herbert Law-
son and that he had been shot
near Hlllsvllle, Va., Thursday
night.
Blackburn however, refused to
give deUils of the shooting.
He denied knowledge of the
amhnsh-ahooting of Church, who
was’sittlng In his home when he
was fired upon. Church returned
the gunfire.
Blood on a fence rail set offi
cers to checking all hospitals In
the -beUef that Church had se
verely wonnded toe m*n who.sh^
^KoU’tie UBitio . ,
at RiUelgh last July IB.-He
said he was convicted in Cataw
ba enperlor court on a charge of
kidnaping an officer in Welch,
W. Va., and stentenced to serve
25 to 30 years. This was in 1935.
Since he escaped last summer,
Blackburn said he had rambled
through several states in a car
he stole in Hickory.
He told the sheriff he got into
another mix-up with an officer in
West Virginia and a state patrol
man shot him In the left lung. He
(Continued on page eight)
Benefit Party On
Monday, March 6
North Wllkesboro senior Wom
an’s club will sponsor a benefit
party to be held in the Poindex
ter building next door to Rexall
store on Monday afternoon and
night, 3:30 and 7:30.
Bridge, rook, setback, Chinese
and old-fashioned checkers will
be played. Funds derived by the
admission charge of 25 cents
will go to the clubhouse fund and
all are invited to attend and have
with them cards, checker boards,
etc. Prizes will be awarded and
light refreshments will be served.
Those desiring reservations are
asked to call Mrs. I. E. Pearson,
Mrs. C. G. i-oiudexfer Mrs. John
son J. Hayes or Mrs. Edd Gard
ner.
Bare’s Fair Store
At Boone Damaged
SttgfestecF Thai
^.Haatinc Plant Majr Ik-
^ . Installed a« Project
SEVERAL CARRIED OUT.
The 'Only. Coet to Spoosor U
Ftjaiehhig of Matariala
NYA Pay* Renaicaler
, ■’w.k't'
’The National Yooth adniiahA_'
tration is in position to fnmlik,^
labor, tools and supervision oa'^
county^ municipal and socianaaM'
ity projects, J. M. Smith, arsa^
supervisor for a district compose^
of five countlee, said todty.
He pointed out that the cost of.,
a project to the sponsor is the
materials.
In this connection he said that ■
It would ’i>e possible for an NTA
project to be. made up caHlna
for installation of a heating sys
tem in tho Wilkes county court- '
house If the commissioners desire
to take that step.
Installation of a heating sys
tem for the courthouse has beea
under advisement for several
years and last year the commls-
Moners made application for a
Public Works project calling for
installation of a heating system.
The project was not acted upon
in time to reach the PWA deod-
line and its fat© probably wlU rent
with the matter of further ap
propriations for PW.i.
Mr. Smith said (bat in case the
PWA project could not be carried
out that tlM-NYA is in poaitiooi
to carry out the project, in whieh
case the coet to the eonnty wohld
be only the necessary, materthls.
The NYA during ^ paM few
years has been carrying put a ^
number of prejeeta which
il to-.tobwmd>»,-»iS|»jii
cottage at Honda, obnicrnctlon ef
school desks, office desks and aq-
dltorium benches for schools,
making garments for underprivi
leged children, and many other
projects.
Teachers’ Meet
On March lOBi
All Teachers of County Are
Asked to Attend Meet
ing In Wllkesboro
Annual Goodwill Basketball
tournament held her© by' the
North Wllkesboro high sch^>ol for
the purpode of promoting good
will and -portsmanship among
the high schools of Wilkes coun
ty got under way Wednesday
afternoon and night with four
good fames of the cage sport.
In Wednesday afternoon games
Wllkesboro girls fought hard to
overcome Mount Pleasant 13 to
11 in a game featured by defen
sive work of both quints.
In the other afternoon game
Mount Pleasant boys displayed
remarkable pdwer to overcome
Wllkesboro 36 to 12.
At seven o’clock Roaring River
girls put on- bhb Morlng pressure
to take a one-sided ;Contest over
Traphill -67 to 18.
At eight ofalock Roaring River
boyt: had Uttlu. trrt>lne In defeat
ing Traphlll 2'8 to 14.
’The flnM gome last night was
b^ween Mountain View and Ron-
ft*.-
da boys with Mountain View tak
ing a 39 to 23 decision.
Games start tonight at 7:30
with Mountain View and Ronda
girls furnishing the first con
test. Following this game, which
should be close. Mountain View
and Millers Creek -boy*, two of
the strongest teams 1(1, ..toe tour
ney, will play. „ \ . ^ -
Friday night game ,wijl{ ^ Wll
kesboro versus Roaring? River
girls: Mount Pleasant 4a^ Roars-
Ing River boys. Games b^a ^eit
7:30.'. .
■hie'flnals will be played on
Mondf y nighit betereen wtohers of
tonight’s and Friday night’s
games.
Silver trophies will be -r.ward-
ed the winning teams and in ad
dition bronse.basketbidia; Will be
presented sixlslris tod, five boy»
at toe el^ of toe tovrnament.
The IfalfsMs«4.I>lto«w,tor the,*.
#8^ 'frill he'selected by f vote
i* dffteiali with
of
cto^es.
playing ability, .ftoamwbrk and
good sportsmanship the determin
ing factors.
Admission to games is 10 and
25 cents and all who enjoy bas-
k^ball are invited to attend.
The purpose cf thetourifailieBt
Is beet expressed In the following
excerpt of an announcommit of
the tourney by Paul S. Cragan,
superintendent of North Wllkes
boro ochools:
“We are Intepceted, , not so
much In the financial side toe
tournament nor so much- In the
winning of trophleg,. as we are-
in toe-buUdli^ of healthy bodlee.i
active minds, and frieddly spirit
of wholesome com-peUtlon v to
sportsmanshlip.
coeches and officials of.the^tonk-
nament bedx'thls in .mind'.tod
to set an. eocampfa
the FOnng people In oto eharf*
*0L-be vrise fov tieni^ to
foDoTr>^U:;■■
,Fire did much damage to
Bare’s Pair store and other bus-
inesa firms In the building at
Boone Monday.
The store, which is the proper
ty of G. T. Bare, of this city, was
badly damaged and much of the
large stock of merchandise was
destroyed.
Legion Will Meet
On Friday Night
The T6igulflJ monthly ni66tlxiK
of the Wilkes County Post of the
American Legion will be held on
Friday night, March 3, 7:30, at
the Legion and Auxiliary club
house.
Play Is Postponed^
To Tuesday Night
luon • -ss-i -
ns att as: ^ ^ wm"
" hy the Beta dob at
iaifiiOTo high school, on Tnesdar.
IVllkes county teachers will
gather in W'ilkecboro on Satur
day.,. March 11, to attend one of
the (ew county-wide teachers’
meetings of the year.
C. B. Eller, county superinten
dent of schools who made an-
nouncp-ment of the meeting, said
that several matters of import
ance to teachers will be taken up
at the meeting and attendance of
every teacher is asked.
The meeting will be held in tho
Wllkesboro school auditorium
and will begin at 10:30 a. m.
Ckai^es Made In
Stale U. C. C. Act
Base Period for Unemploy
ment Benefits Now Csd-
endar Year of 1937
B. G. Gentry, manager of top..
North Wllkesboro office of tha
state employment service, wlt^
which the Unemployment Coai- '
pensation office for this territozy
is affiliated, today esH^ • stt^
tion to changes made by tho proo- >
ent legislature in the UCC set. >,
7‘he base period at tho prCMB^^
time, on which benefits for uS-
employed aro computed, fa Qia-
calendar year 1937.
Another change made is thldr:.
'cj weekly beneflU will be paid aav
coVdl&^m iSSIfSiit tolf>*>nar.
instead of in exact eotnpntsUiifa
which run' into odd canto - ’Rto;
least weekly benefit which ■wm-
«>e paid will 4)0 $1.50 nndar toa’
revised statutes. -i , •,
Changes were also mods, to
place employora to a SMirtt
according to. too ampWSv ®f 94*
employfasnl* ^
Wilket Murriug«8
Only two JlcoBse to Fod ww*;
9TO high school, on to ^
i; 7r«. The ptar wad briglfa-
r selhedalod lot v Friday anight FriiMwa Widjtto
tWi Wtok Imt WM postpoMl
inia of‘the illness of a jSom- Pla McCHaasry,
of tha SMt.,^- -r. , . ■ od #6Sito«l- ■
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