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>P|: BLESSES U.X " ;
’/^T^Ocan CUy, March 7.—X
^6aiu4ictlon on the people of t&d
tkiM; Staten was given today by
•Pdl^e-'f'lus XII'as lie received in
a«dt«ke William Cainllna! O’Con-
"*iudl and George Cardinal Munde-
.'’Iflini' sarchbishops of Boston and
' Chicago. The blessing, -which the
JiOly Father said was imparted
particularly to the people of Bos-
■ ton-' and Chicago, was given in
two'^clal half-honr audiences
wWfctwo of the American cardln-
'aV^Mo participated in the elec
tion ,oI''^^e new pontiff "March 2.
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SUCXIESSOR CHOSEN?
f ,.9an Francisco, March 7.—
|ipt. Fritz "Wiedemann, long-time
bnfident and personal adjutant
.of Adolf Hitler, took over his du
ties as German consul-Gerraan at
San Francisco today, and disclos-
• ed that Hitler’s successor as
,J relchsfaehrer has been chosen.
“The succession has been fully
arranged,’’ he said, “but no
names have been announced.’’
Wiedemann made the state
ment at a press conference. He
declaimed any political signifl-
in his assi.emment to the
■v gHhfic coast.
VOL. xxxn, NO.lt PabBshed McuUsys ibd W
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CCBtMr «f
f/iTJj' IW'
Farmers Prepare
For Parttqjj^Hon
In Soil Program
Any Who are Nl>t Already
ParticipanU.Aaked to
See County Agent
RAPS NEl^TRALITY ACT
Washington. March 7.—Presi-
’ dent Roosevelt expres.sed a con
viction today that the neutrality
act had not served the cause of
- peace, asserting, in fact, that it
• may have encouraged some na
tions to threats of war. His state
ment. which immediately stirred
i predictions of another struggle
i between the chief executive and
^ the senate’s “neutrality” and iso
lation blocs, was made almost
simultaneously with a senate vote
Thbii^hdi
■^^^fHV^AY/:^R’qg 9. IN.t8E.STA’
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OUrOF^THlJ
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Any farmer in Wilkes, county
who did not participate in the
soil conservation program last
year and who wishes to- have a
part this year should sign a work
sheet immediately, Lawrence
Miller, chief clerk^ot the county
agricultural conielwatlon associ
ation, said today.
He pointed out that work
sheets for practically all of the
more than 3,000 farm units in
Wilkes were signed last year and
that it is not necessary for those
who participated last year to sign
again.
He pointed out. howSver, that
there doubtless are many new |
farmers and some few who did
not take part durIng-1988. They
should sign a work sheet as early
as possible as the first step to-
•ward carrying out the practices
for which payment is made.
'During 1938 more than .3.300
farmers carried out pi'uctlce.s for
which payment is made and the
total sum to be received in the
county for 1938 is estimated at
more than $80,000.
Those who have farms which
have changed ownership since
last year or those with farms
which have been divided should
• call at the office of the county
6 Months In Jail
For $5 Theft And
Is Then Acquittei
Would Authcffue
approving the bulk of the admin-
Istration rearmament program.
lECK WRONG HOUSE
Ne-w 1'ork, March 7.—,\n em-
harra.ssed tVPA wrecking crew
(o4a.v set out for the secoiid time
to raze a three-story frame tene
ment in Brooklyn. A bank which
owned the building asked the city j
adjusted to the
Mr. Miller said.
proper acreage.
Home Club Flans
For District Meet
housing authority to tear it down | ^
a« part of a slum clearance rro-j WUlce. Club Will
K WPA crew was dispatch-! Have Part m FederAiibh '
am.
' ed. Later hank officials called up
to InQuire why the building had
not been lorn down as promised.
‘•It i.s torn down.” they were tn’d.
Investigation disclosed - y o u
guessed it* tiie crew had razed
the building next door. Neither
building bore a street number.
Meet In Taylorsville
m
GABLE DIVORCED
Las Vegas. Nev.. March ..—
llywood’s Mo. 1 romance l>e-
een its top-ranking male star,
Clark Gatile. and one of the best
of its comediennes, blonde CaroK
Lombard, had the last obstacle to
Its culmination in marriage re
moved here today. Maria Gai>le.
49-year-old wife of the 38-year-
t)ld actor, divons d him. It re- ,
quired bm four minutes, for j
Judge XViltiam K. Orr to luar her j
(l.*sevtion anti sign tlie|
decree. Thtis tin' way was pavei'
for the dark-’iairi d and liand ^
some Ga’de. b?arl throi> of iin-1
told thousands of feminine film
fans, and Miss l.ombard. his
companion at frequent screen if-
fairs. to wed and move into tho
San Fernando ranch home which
he recently acquired.
Tlie white boxes being loaded aboard ship in Shanghai, China, contain “HeroiK’ Soifls," ihe'«kbei«f "Japa-
nese soldiers who have been killed in battles in China. Every ship leaving Chinese ports for Japan carries
these tctUale white boxes. The Japanese admit 51,000 were killed in 1938. Previobsly they admitted 115,000
before llio end of 1937. Foreign military experts estimate Japanese losses, killed and wounded, at from
150,900 (o 600,000 since flgbting began July 7, 1937.
Court Disposes
Of Many
Negro Is to Be
Tried For Life
In Assa’lilt Case
Demonstrations
To Be Held Soon
Forest Warden
Explains Danger
In Bjirniiffi Brush
I All Who Intend to Bum
Solicitor Said He Would.
Have Otto Hampton
Arraigned Today
, County Agent Dan Holler has
announced that he and Jesse
Giles, assistant agent, will con
duct pruning demonstrations at
the home of Jim Gray at Roada
Friday afternoon. March 1 0,
I I:30r and,.at the hpme of ^G, C.
' Gray at three o'clock.. Demonstra
tions in peach and apple tree
* pruning will be glven 'and all In-
Brush Should Familiarize
Themselves With Latvs
Heariiig Friday On
Welfare Measure
The Better Cotir.se
Miss Harriet McCJoogan, Wilkes
I home demonstration agent, and
Mrs. C. F. Bretholl. of Moravian
Falls, president of the Wilkes
county federation of home dem
onstration clubs, attended a meet
ing of home agents and conncU
pre.sidents of Alexander. Cald
well, Avery and Watauga counties
I i.i Lenoir to lay plan.s for the dis
trict federation to he held in
j Taylorsville on May 19.
Miss McGoogan said llmt it is
hoped that each club in Wilkes
will send a large delegation to
tlie district meeting and that
members from Wilkes will plan
a prominent part in the program.
Mr.s. liretholl will be on the pro-!
qi'ani for response to the address]
of welcome and the main feature ■
! of tile afternoon program will he'
'a leant demonstration tty t-H i
I'liib members from Wilkes. j
Wiikes club members of tlie
various district convention com
mittees are as follows: i-egistra-1
tion. Mrs. Blanche Critcher. of j
Moravian Falls: transportation,'
Miss Flossie Hendren, of Gil-
reath: courtes.v. Mrs. O. D. Rent-
Wilkes superior court for trial ^
of criminal cases h^. rpa^ig *M! i
inroads Inf» 'tl»~Iboket oT mufr;
than 200 cases during the first
three days of court.
Judge Wilson Warliek, of New
ton, is presiding and .\valon E.
Hall, of Yadkinville. is prosecut
ing the docket for his first time
in Wilkes as solicitor.
The bus: ics.s of ihe court ha:;
been functioning smoothly am!
many cases have lieeii disposed
of to date.
Solicitor Hall said this morning
that he will arraign Otto H.amp-
ton. negro, on Ihe caoital charge jAftc
of criminal
tile ca.se will be set
day next week, Hamilton will be
! tried for his life. he heiiyg
'ch:>v.gcd will) eriminal assault on
, Mr-'. Kmma Miistin. white woman,
'at her home near Roaring River
I a few montb.s ago. He bos been
i in j'lil since the alicRMl assault
j Raleigh.—Wilkes county Dem-
jocralic leaders appeared before
fcnate judiciary committee num
ber two this morning in support
of Ashe Representative John-
.ston’s bill to change the method
of selecting the superintendent of
mibiic welfare in "Wilkes ooiinty.
According to County Forest
Warden Homer Brookshire of
Wilkes County, approximately
SOO forest fires burned in North
Ca:'oIina during 1938 as a result
of brush burning. These 800 for
est fires cost the State of North
Carolina tbonapads of dollars
damwo *tr t4mhbf ««A wllrf-lfl«'t»f'-»'
say nothing of the effect the fires
have on such as soil erosion and
the aesthetic value of woodland.
Every single one of those SOO
fires repre.sents a case where
someone was careless with fire.
Tlieerfore, County Warden
Brookshire takes tills opportun
ity to remind all." who Intend to
hum brush, sedge, or debris of
any kind in connection with their
sprlrg farming and clearing, to
t'iimi.iarizc themselves fully with
the .''rnrtli Carolina Forest Fire
Boyd Darnell, resident of
Union toWn^p, spent six and
on»balt motttlis In tlte Willcai|
Jail Mroitinc trial on. a charge^
.of stealing a guitar vahied a('
.fixe doBars ahd’them went free
becanse the state did not hare
evidence rnongb to convict.
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall put
up a number of wttne.««e«
which told of circum.stancee
ivhicli seemed to implicate
Darnell in the five-dollar gui
tar theft but ■'"hotfiiiyj conolus-
tve of guilt. A defense motion
for directed verdict of acquit
tal was not resisted.
However, ft developed that
Darnell had not been Imprison
ed so long for nothing becsiuso
in another case a fe^v minutes
later he entered a plea to a
chai^ of disturbing I'eligious
congregation. Judge Wilson
Warliek, sajing that he took
into consideration the long
thne in jail awaiting trial,
gave the young imui 12 months
on the roads suspended for
three years under 'very strict
conditions which he said
.sbonid serve to protect the
people of that community a-
jtadnst* further misconduct by
Tiamell.
For This Cooi^
Senate Bill Woh^
-^Aj^ropnatnm
lieizing
COURT BILLriarW
». W'.S;
Would.’Gnist:^
Cov/les’ Bill
Commissioners Power
Establish Court
Domestic Course
Held Thk Week
Miss Sharp, Miss Malone
and Miss BenntA Instruct
Domestic Workers
Raleigh. March 8.—Two bills
of general intere.st to the north
west and of particular importaneo
to Wilkes county were introduted
in the senate today by Senafue C.
H. Cowles of Wilke's.'
The first, senate bill
sou'd set up a r«:order’» eonrt
for Wilkes county. A special sec
tion of the bill provides that tbu
judge and the solicitor of the
court would have to be from dif
ferent political parties.
After the senate session. Sen
ator Cowles said that the bill
was worked out by the Wilkes
county bar and approved by the
majority of its members.
The bill 'was referred to tho
senate courts and judicial dis
tricts committee.
The second bill, senate bill No.
262, would put Wilkes in tho
forefront of North Caroilna coua-
ties telliug the world of their ad
vantages.
~4f "pvtitlde# for -the board' of" ■
county commissioners and tho
beard of commissioners of tho
town of North Wilkesboro each to
appropriate $.300 for 1939.. and
a brief licariii.? the matter i I.aws.
isiiiilt today and tbat-w.'i.s coiilinued and
for trial one
I
and ha.s not been given privile,ge
of linnd.
Follcfting i.-: an account of tile
cas''e in wliicb jud.ament baa been
rea riled:
Kd Jennings, larceny, eight
i months on roads in one case and
ll3 months suspended in another
■ count.
! Thomas B r o w c r. trespass,
will come iipj Before burning deliris of any
foi fiinlier hearing before the kind between April 1 and June
committee Friday morning at 11,15, secure from the Comity For-
o’l'Iock. cst Warden, of one of his autlior-
W. H. McEIwee, attorney and ized representatives, a iinrning
Democrat of Wilkes, appeared be-1 permit,
fore Ibe .'■cnate committee and , Burning permits can he se-
repcal' d the sjimc arguments in ; cured from County Forest War-
favor of the bill that he used he-! den Brookshire at the slieriff’s
fore the house commiUec last office and the following District
. An NYA project sponsored by
the Woman’s clubs of North
Wilkesboro providing a course
for domestic servants has been
in progress this week at Lincoln
Heights colored school.
The first session was on Mon-
jday night when Miss Rvelyne
Sharpe, vocational home econom
ics teacher in North Wilkeslmro
schools, lectured on table service
and setting.
On Tuesday night Miss Addie
Etiquette Expert—“It is wrong. ley,_of_ Ronda: re.solutiojis. j pj.,.,yHr for judgment continued on
H iBat to between the
woman he is escorting and shop
■windows”.
Practical Husband—“It nray be
.wrong. But, oh boy, it’s smart’.
..... ... ^ ;prnv...
B. F. Proffit, of Maple Springs, (.ppdifion he keep cattle oft oth-
Miss McOoo.gan announced the people's properly,
apnointment of the following dis-, Hackett and "William
robbery
A^ENATOR STE.4MS
. , , , , Clinton —
trict meeting chairmen for oach j colored
of the individual clubs -n the - firearms, mistrial,
county; Ronda, Mrs. Hohsnn i j(,,pert Mathis, speeding and
Blackburn; Boomer. Miss Annie gp.
Lmi Fergu-son; Ferguson. Mrs. „„ condition he pay $25
Sam Jones; Gilreath. Mrs. Clar- and not
cnee Hendren; Moravian has . ,„onths.
Mrs. Grover Hix; 1 arsonyille., ^ Bossinan Souther, assault
Mrs. T. T. Yates: Maple Sprnf.gs, j ^roth-
’ Miss Vera Cluirch.
Miss A leen Greene, a Wilkes
I county 4-H club member, will be
week. He said it was not fair for
the county commissioners of
M’ilkes to control the whole wel
fare program of the county when
(Continued on puge eight)
Wardens; Alansfield Robertson,
Gilreath: Robert Cailowny. Hon
da. route 2; R. L. Speuc’r. Ben-
ham;, H. Y. Warren, Traphlll;
(Continued on page four)
Millers Creek Boys, Roari^ River
Girls County Basketball Champions
Coache. Fighter.^
asked to serve as a page in the
district meeting.
Community Meet
At Moravian Falls
Ojftr-Tuesday Night
i er. George Souther, four months
jon roads and IS months suspend-
I cd five years.
Ode Adams and Dan Rhymer,
iarceny of lumber, not guilty.
I.onnio Davi.s. four months on
roads and 12 months .suspended.
V.'ade Hampton, colored, enter-]
pd plea of assault on Millard !KeI-
ly. colored. Sentence not^ passed.
.Tule Minton plead guilty to|
charge 'of drunkennc.ss and slan
der; Mrs. Jiile Minton convicted
pf slander, sentenee not praased.
James Harvey Starnes; covvIctT,
ed of stealing auto, sentence not,
pas?eA,
Erncat Spicer • a n ^ iiRobei'V
Nicholson, larceny, vordlct of"
If ibe aeaate dtamber isn’t hot
for North CaroUna’a Sen.
B. Beynoids, he can al-
vraya rely on the gymnasium sweal-
feadL Ihrebtfh exercise routine he
kom hbi weight down and stays fit
A DeBM^ratie mem-
■i#'llie foreign reiaflens and «IF
comrtMees, he .hai
Another eommiinity meeting
I will !;e held at Moravian Falls
school on Tuesday night, March
1-1, 7:30 p. m.. when plans for a
community house to be erected
as a NA’.A project will be com
pleted.
The building committee ap- ? - .
pointed at the first comraunity j gniity and sentence not^.^aBcd
■p'-etlng held last week will make
Its reports and it is hoped that
in the meeting all Tlans tor the
building. Including'type, size and
location, may be completed in or
der that the project can be for
warded to Washin.gton for ap-
oroval. All citizens of the com
munity” are asked to be present.
Oiriie Pendergrass, -'Violation
prohibition law, six months on
road* and car ordered sold. >
Hugh Smithey, a.ssault on fe
male, prayer for judgment . con-
tinned two yes rs. ; 7"
. Herb;" Hest er, . basUrdy.t' »i*
montbs on roe da - suspeaided on'
condition he p«iy $200 for'swpoi’t'y
of child, as Mt up tn.;' cpBselht
gener-
Wilkea
again for 1910 from Ihei
al funds to advertise
county.
It further provides for the two
boards to appoint a committee
of three or more to be known aa
the Wilkes county adverti-’ing
committee to direct the advertis
ing program. The bill was refer
red to the senate conservation
and development committei'.
Asked about the bill. .Senator
t'owles said that he bad le-en re
quested to introduce it by a
Malone, home service speci.nlist j group of progressive Wilkea
of Duke Power company, put on : eounliaiis. headed by Joe McCoy,
demonstrations of use and care j manager of the Wilkes Hotel at
of electrical appliances. Slie gave ] Xortli Wilke-shoro. and chairman
a most interesting lecture and I q( h,,, (Jovernor's Hcpifality
awarded several prizes. conimittee for Wilkes county.
Miss Eloise Bennett, county I —
public health nurse, lectured Adflress
AVednesday night, the subject be-, ^ ° AGOreSS
ing “Health and Care of Chil-; KlWailianS OH t* UlClay
dren.” |
The course was designed tn in-, ji,,,. \ }>almi-r. assistant ad-
crease efficiency of domestic i verti-ing and mercliandising man-
workers and as training for col-1 Duke Power company,
ored girls who are interested in j ^yj)| on, guo.st speaker ai tho
taking up that type of work. iKiwani.s club nu-eting Friday
Coasleyjni for-
;> wh6 ,J*
editing
■ .. fit
For tlie second consecutive
MiUera .Greek boy* won the
county, championship in
the annuaU-'good^ii! basketball
'toiirsani^i^'hold' her^' by ""MvJ
.^orth'TV’ilkosboro high school for
jthe.blgh schapls in the county
syatoiD..
j Millers Creek retained ♦he ti
tle in the finals Monday night by
defeating' a etropg team from
Mount Pliant 27 to 16.
Roaring River ' girls became
girls’ champions by edgin.g out a
fast .sextet from Mounta'n Vi?w
by a 28 to 24 score. The girls
I frc'm Roaring River sho'wed re-
1 markable scoring ability throp.gh-
! out the tourney.
Silver trophiee will lie present-
( ed to the winning" teams in
special school program here next
week, Paul S. Cragan, superin
tendent of the city' schools., said
today. Bronze Ijaaketball awards
will be given td five boys and six
girls picked by coaches and offi-
|tlal8 from all the teams in the
'j county.^ the awards to he based
j tMi wlaylng aWliiy.
and sportsmansbip.
I The tournament was an o*
1 standing succeisB and eviden' .
served ^Its, pnrposc bf promote^
I goodwilland sportsmanship ;
mong the high Mhoqls.
gathe^'waj played' on ijchedul
with the'b^t' of spirits, -howc
jf zpite-
■y in evide^A^tJ
Aviation Field
Is In Need Of
Good Mechanics
team
“In view of the improving bus
iness outlook and l>ecause of the ,
increased activity in the aviation
field there has been much inter^ i
est concerning the availability of.
skilled mechanics and machinist;;, i
For this reason the Employment j
Service offices are Interested in ;
securing the names and oddness-j
efi and a record of the experience I
of all skilled machini.sts and me- |
chanics who are not now work- i
ing at their trade.who have had]
aircraft experience or who would j
■be interested in securing training j
in aircraft meoha'nics. All such
>vlous yeglstrents should renew
un
registered mechanics and machin
ists should get In touch with
their local employment office.
This is not to he construed as the
•promise of a job, but ipay he im
portant to the applicant when
openings are presented.’’ B- G.
Genti’y. manager of tie Bmploy-
I noon m Hotel AVllke;.
j G. Day will have charge of
the program, which i.; sponsored
by the Bu.slness Standards cora-
iniflce. of which J. B. .McCoy la
chairman.
GLOVED GOURMET
mj^t Service office located' on the |
floor of-the'Baali
estoro, said todzy.. ♦
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V
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:^i^eyraMit week
’ " iSBjF’ehruary iS^totaJ^' 2,016,-'
compel^ •with' ^be Tan-
iitfverage ot MIT-tMLiF. p.
n. wroeka ^ofrw adr
r, iiald to^
Rgaire' i^ 0d,268 Jwi^ertf-thaa
flrls ndiateiiltW ^0 10 4t»r-
tW^lfeok l.t-
Either the «•(» Vh* ■»*
•thto.'’aifi Miw*-;ek :«ant* N
wait le take eti his stoves hrfe«*
4Haimt toto PJ dcHctotn
tiic««h. Heto««ee(th»iitoM’^iM2>'
ipry. toMtelcM .vsciMto led by *hw
JvfMM .America aeip bHelMa'
cVala
to Detroit.