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^ ,A|U[S MORE FUNDS
^'WwhiHton, Mareh 10.—Pres-
'iMit R>^oaeT*it today informed a
volip of House fiscal leaders that
bS 'Will ask CoUKrees early next
ireek for additional relief funds,
and they warned him that the
Democratic party chances i n
IS 40 hare been weakened by
charges of politics and waste in
the works progress admiHl^tra-
tlon.
KNEELING WOMAN
^6troit, March 10.^—A man
wh^jplugged Miss £kllth Carnegie,
SI, on the head with a hammer
as she kneeled in prayer in St.
Gregory’s Catholic church was
^onght by police tonight. Miss
Carnegie told the police that the
i“>bber crept up behind her and
that she caught a glimpse of him
before he struck her with the
hammer. Her purse, containing
*10, was taken. She was taken
to her home after receiving treat
ment from a doctor.
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KILLED 12 OR 15
Tucker Prison Farm. Ark.,
larch 10.—Boasting that ho had
[lied “12 or 15 people.” Buford
ad, black sheep of a prominent
tie Rock family, today died in
the electric chair for slaying
Eldon Cooley, youthful operator
of a chain of grocery stores, in a
*400 robbery ^ last September.
Goad was known to the under
world and even to his wife as
Joseph B. Anderson. When he
was arrested at Hot Springs, Ark.
with his wife and two other men
—all charged with Cooley’s mur
der—the 36-year-old outlaw read
ily admitted killing two men in
Michigan and another in Indiana.
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VOL. XXXit N0. 61
Welfare OMber
Elecdou Is
0.K’d By Group
Republicans Fail 'to Have
Johnston’s Bill Halted In
Senate CoHUnittee
PubliahMt Mnwdfiyf and THn»wHav*
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IVUY CONSTRUCT DAM
Washington, March 10.—The
power commission heard testi-
mony today on the application of
High Point, N. C., for a federal
license to construct a city-owned,
PWA-financed hydroelectric )>ow-
er project on the Tadkin river.
No opposition was expressed, and
the commission in a special ses-
sior. began consideration of the
^4i,5004»«0 proposal tkls a/ter-
*•“ nc'jn. The hearing developed into
’■ ' a one-sided affair when W’. W'.
Gatrhel. commission counsel, an-
, nounced 17 landowners had with
drawn a petition alleging ’he pro
posed reservoir would menace
their safety.
Nightingale Group
To Sing Over WAIR
R The Nightingale quartet, which
^has been widely acclaimed for
singing at various churches and
Raleigh, March in vain
was appearance of Wilkes county
Republican leaddra. writh Wilkes
Senator C. H. Cowles before sen
ate judiciary committee No. 2 to
day in opposition to the bill in
troduced in house by Representa
tive Ira T. Johnston of Ashe to
change the method of selecting
the ;Wilkes public welfare super
intendent. 'Hie- house passed the
bill last week.
The bill was reported out fa-
forably after the Wilkes Republi
can leaders had appealed to the
committee to turn the measure
down and let the county stay un
der the state law, the same way
as all other counties except Wake
which has certain local excep
tions.
Brown Speaks Against Bill
First to speak against the bill
was former Sheriff Presley E.
Blown, who also formerly served
iu the House. He told the com
mittee that the party’s first in
terest wts what was best
Wilkes county and said that
didn’t see why Wilkes should
excepted from the state law.
■‘'There is no reason for
passage of this bill", he said,
will hurt .the welfare service
Wilkes county. We now have fine
co-opeiation with the state board
and are putting up all the money
that we can for welfare work”.
Foi-mer Sheriff Bwwm also said
that he didn’t thilik that even the
proponents of the bill had any
idea that there was discrimination
in welfare work in Wilkes.
Commission Chairman Absher
spoke briefly against the bill, say
ing that on the
Wilkes welfare'SSfir for'IB’years
and Oiat he also felt
was being well done,
out that out of 52 cents of the
tax money, except for debt serv
ice, the county ■was spending 26
cents for welfare work and eight
cents for health work.
Questioned by Senator Bowers,
Republican, of Avery. Chairman
Absher said that he did not know
of any move in the countty to re
move Welfare Officer McNeil, a
Democrat now in office.
Former Sheriff Brown
for
he
be
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VOK'TH '^n,KiWOR» » V • MQNDAV. Ig TttB STATSa^'^OO OUT OF1^[EdRy
Modernized Cavalry Fracfe.’WartioieSManeuyers
“Fhi” Epi4^ in
Ptits MiuSi' to BiiSF
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Weather conditions and rough terrain do not atop the mounted soldier. He operates as well fa
as when atmospheric conditions are favorable, the horse cavalry the passage of bad terri^ is nO hi a dny s
work-rocks and hlUs. sand and mud. forests and rivers never stop them. Graphic Illustration of this Is fur^
nished In the picture at the left where a 75-mm gun battery unit nears the top of a steep bill dml^ Flrot
Cavalry division maneuvers at Fort Bliss. Texas. Right: A 75-mm gun unit photographed during night firing.
To Give Trophies
Here Wednesday
Basketball Awards Result
ing From Toumament
Play Being Planned
A special program in which
silver trophies vtilf be pre.sented
the county basketball champion
ship teams and Individual awards
will be given outstanding .players
who took part In the recent good
will basketball tournament here
will be held at the North Wllkes-
boro school on Wednesday after
noon, 2:30 o’clock, it was an
nounced JOday by Paul S. Cragan,
apperli^eildent.
Hbarliig River girls and Millers
the wo-ic Creek boys were the’winners of
He pointed | the trophies and in addition
■ ■ bronze basketball awards will be
given the six outstanding gir!
players and the live outstanding
boys who took.p^irt in the tour
nament, -which -was sponsored by
the student iliocly of the .North
20th Anniversary
Legion Founding
To Be Observed
Wilkes County Post Number
125 of the American I.«gion. and
the American Legion Auxiliary
of the Wllke.s County Post, are
planning to observe the 20th an
niversary of the founding of the
American Legion in a joint cele
bration at the Club House on
Friday evening, March 17th. at
7:00 o’clock. The.. Legion was
founded in Paris, France March
15, 16 and 17th, 1919 and cel
ebrations .commemorating the
ifith annw^rjt ate being held
this week^throughoot the United
States.
The program begins at 7;00 o’
clock with a regular army sup
per, prepared by an army cook
and served -In army style. The
menu, which has been prepared
by Commander Hall, a former
Expect Wilkes
Ad Bill td Pass
Would AutkoriM- Ea^sendi-
tures For County'Aadyw*
tiaing by County^ City '
An epMemfaf of ■» wHId
^ laflitnuw whkli' nukes ito
Inu feel dom bi moflilk*
^toid like they had |oat thfir
.best frieiida.'biu •
reached tte helglit here.
The year baa
’inmfy restiStid iia aerioos IB-
hens but to bad eueagb to kAp
.the pattonta in the >>ed ^aad
t^frny from work. .The atHfat-
'HMhiilriainto are fever, ehOla,
.faeatanees, loss of appetUb*
'headache, opughs and bead
^ The avemge attack pwta
Hie patient In bed a fen da^.
and' ont of work abont one
week,
■' While there were ao deatha
•In^RHlkea eonnty-ftom “fla”
„ the part we^ and
,, one death from' aay caaMe,
there were hundreds ef influ
enza cases throughout the
county, according to reimrts
gathered from physicians, the
health office and from indua-
trial plants here which in some
cases have operated short
handed becaose of so much ill-
nesB among employes. It WM
unofficially reported that al
most 100 were absent from the
W’ilkes Hosiery MlUs because
of illness on one day. Other
plants hav.5 also been affected
by the malady.
However, much consolation
is gained from the fact that
the disease is mild in spite of
the fact that it puts people to
bed and health officials point
opt thxkt care of one's seif dur
ing the illness is the best , pre-
rahtion.
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■Tonn Befbw Sneo^'WImIc _
Today With Trfd M»jar ' ^
Cases CalaadaPtod’^Sv!?!;',^-
The measure Introduced fasti
■week in^the senate by Senator G.
H. Cowles and which would auth-.
orlae the city of North Rilkes-'
boro and Wilkes county to spend, ff lIKcS ITlcul \JCIS
$500 each in 1939 and 1940 for)
advertising Wilkes county has
attracted much attention through-1
out the state and Is accorded a
good chance of early passage i*
both bouses of tho general as-
Approxlmately half the
f
Paroled By Hoey
•a docket of more than SOD
were disposed of during,the first
inMt of the Marcb term .of sobrt,
inlofmation obtained -from .tltt
flee of C. C. Hayee, clerk, tb4ir>
Sbolted. ‘■'i';'■
Judge Wilson" WSrtiek, -Msud f
ton^ ia presidina-oitoit
which today entereil- tk*'
and last week. ■/' ■•'*■"”' ^
However, all the inaj^'*^lSli*|k^
talendared yet remaifi
tried. Two murder'
placed on today’s eSlesdar-tSB^ "'
on Tuesday Otto Hampton; nsgrts. y
will go on trial for bto'.SfSi
criminal assault on Mrs, .
Mastin, a widow who rtakil .fii» ji' •
, home near Roaring River. HSaH^.^?’-
! ton is alleged to hare bro.ken ttto '
the home of Mrs. Mastin,’ vrhjifw..
he is said to have rxm
dren away, and assaulted hei’,
Today’s homicide cSses on tha
ealendar are Gwyn Plerea,
charged with the axe killiac af-
Robert Minton two miles west of
this city: and Cecil Plerca, Wk*
is alleged to have fatally shot
Carl Minton about one mile west
of this city.
The Shepherd murder case, in
which Square Pruitt, Ray Wyatt
and Hansel Pruitt are alleged’to
have fatally Injured Carl STho^
herd on October 9, is calendared
for Wednesday.
Following Is an account of tha
proceedings of Wilkes court dur
ing the latter part of the first
week;
James Barnes, seduction, ver-
semhly.
In order that the people may
better understand the measure,
which has been referred to the
conservation committee, the text
is published as follows;
“Section 1. That the Board of
County Commissioners of Wilkes
county be, and its is hereby
empowered, in its discretion, to
on a charge of second-degree mur
der in Wilkes county, received a
parole .today from Governor Hoey.
With gained time, the parole
statement said, Hamby had served
nearly eight years.
Also paroled were John Henry
Stewart and Clarence Stewart,
. V nv t;ommannor nan. a lormn erapowerea, in us niscreiion, lo . whom were centenced in
the student ,1.0,ly 01 the .North sergeant, consist of: .Steak,; appropriate from the general 1938 to I^ years^^
WilkeRboro school to promo e Boston baked beans with j county fund of Wilkes ' breaking and entering in Scotland
sportsmanship and goodwill a- French friend potatoes, the sum of Five Hundred ($500.-!
goodwi
schools of
sportsmanship
mong the high
county system.
The individual awards will he
also Riven after the coaches of the
fried onions, cold slaw, pickles, |
bread, California peaches, cake
and coffee.
All Leglonaires, former service
’ i county.
oials of the tournament cast their
station ^missioners was that they >^ou!d, votes. The awards wUl l^ on th^
.'like to have control of how thei’’t"'tt of pl-..lug “
money was .spent in the county in' « «>-k and sportsmanship,
view of the county's action in.
uirnishing some of the funds for; Synthetic wool is to be made
(Continued on page eight) ; from skimmed milk in Sweden.
Its debut on the air Satnrday aft-j tho main argument of the
emoon, March 18. over ‘ ‘
WAIR in AVinston-Salem.
The quartet is composed of
Earl Wiles. Frank Sebastian.
Paul l.iiffinan and Eugene Sebas
tian.
The miartet will lie heard each
Saturday afternoon from 3:1.5 to
3:30 and they invite everyhod--
to tune in for their program and
write into the station requesting
numbers.
Martm Says Christianity Will Save
Civilization From New Dark Ages
Marriage License
Two license to wed were issued
during the past week hy Oid
, Wiles, Wilkea register of deetis.
•The two couples were: Charlie H.
Marshal, Walkertown. and Hallie
Maaalle Salamon, Winston-Salem:
Breece Weaver end Marie Hall.
'b®th of North Wilkeaboro.
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I Winaton-Salem Editor Ad-
I dresses Annual Banquet
of Berean Class He-e
“Nothing but the spirit of
Je.sus in the hearts of men will
.save civilization from a new dark
age,” Santford Martin, editor of
the Winston-Salem Journal and
Sentinel, told the members of the
‘Dizzv’ Confident Ann Is in Shape
Berean class of the First Baptist
chui-ch and guests in banquet
Thursday night at Hotel Wilkes.
The banquet is an annual af
fair of the class, one of the larg-
ets in this part of the state.
Attorney A. H. Casey, teacher
of the class, was toastmaster. The
meeting opened with a number
of songa led by Rev. Eugene
Olive, pastor. After recognition
of D. E. Blledge, superintendent
j nf the Sunday school, and Solici
tor A. B. Hall, a guest of the
I toastmaster, Rev. and Mrs. Olive
I sang two numbers.
J. C. Reins was in charge of
a question contest and prizM
were awarded -to the following;
Claude Canter, F. C. Tomlinson,
A. H, Casey, D. E. Elledge, Sant
ford Martin, Rev. Eugene
Jack Pardue, T. J. Frazier
Joe Canter, Mrs. Eugene Olive,
E. E. Eller. J. Q. Adams and Mrs.
W. K. Sturdivant
00) Dollars for the year one.
thousand nine hundred and thir- _ , q
ty-nine. and Five Hundred i60pl© Wl ttOOIIlCr
($500.00) for the year one thous- ' “
i men of the city and county, and and nine hundred and forty, for
members of the .\iixiliary are in-j the purpose of advertising the
vited to attend and are requested county of Wilkes,
to notify either Commander John | “Section 2. That the Board of
W. Hall, of t he I^egion, or Mrs. | Commissioners of the Town of
J. B. McCoy, -president of the North Wilkesboro be, and It is
Anxiliary, not later than Thurs-j herepy authorized and empower-
day noon. March 16. Arrange-! ed. its discretion, to approprl-
ments have been made to enter-1 ate, from the general funds of
tain friends of B:iy of the coip-jsaid town, or municipality, the
fades whom they might -wish to I sum of Five Hundred ($50i).00)
Invite. Price of the supper will be ^ Dollars for the year one thnus-
50c per plate. : and nine hundred and thirty-nine.
Community Plan To
Erect A Building
Citizens of the Boomer com-
mujiity will meet at the school
building on 'Thursday night of
this week to lay final plans for
the erection of a community
building.
The project, it l.s understood,
will he sponsored by the com
munity, which will furnish the
c per plate. :and nine nunarea ana iniri.v-iiuie, > materials and labor will be fur-
The program for the'remainder and Five Hundred (*500.00) for • nished by the National Youth ad-
ot the evening is being arranged
■by the program committee. The
festivities will be closed with an
old time square dance.
Wilkesboro Hi^i
Starts BasebaD
In DUtrict With MocKsvill^f
Thomasvill«; Rockwell
uid Cooleenee _
Wilkesboro high school base
ball team, agiln entered; In the
state eontoat ■ sponsored by the
Univorslty oLNorth Oarqlina, will
begin the season W^neaday with
aaui- the opening game aga'nst Boone
Olive *lgfe . ii^ooU*t ; Wl^^ro. The
. Mrt- Wmb Mh'^gtn'at three o’clock.
Coach R. E. Caldwell is again!
coaching the team and has prac-
(Continued on page eight) . I ministration
Drive to Secure Library Association
Members Shirts in County This Week
This week has been deeignated
as Library week in "Norfh Wil
kesboro, and as' the drive for
funds ‘begins, the Boar* of-Trus
tees wishes to make here a brief
■jfenort "of the, series thus -far
reiktotod iby.'Hisr’^El.bto.ry:^,^
,‘^t£s Wilkes County pablfc Li
brary was started two years ago
with some' 230- hooks, with bor
rowed equipment, and in a room
generously* loaned to ' ns, :.; tent
free. We now have about 1700
books, most of which have been
donated. This number is hopeless
ly inadequate^’to' meet the rapid-.
ly growing circulation, which -■was
2,400 for the uionth of January.
1939. In our-desire to be of as
diet of guilty; sentence not pase-
Raleigh, March 10. — Raymond'ed.
Hamby, who was sentenced in ' Ott Oscar Osborne, assault, ver-
Angust, 1931, to 20 to 25 yesja'dlct nf guilty; sentence not pas»-
' ed.
Grover Longbottom. operating
car intoxicated. $50 fine and six
months sentence suspended three
years.
■Vada Crabb and J. H. Crabb,
violating prohibition law: sent
ence not passed.
Hubert Ester, a,ssauU on fe
male. 90 days on roads.
Woodrow Marley, trespass;
sentence not passed.
Andrew Hendren, reckless driv
ing; se.Tltnce not passed.
Paul Cothren and Carl Boyd,
breaking and entering and lar
ceny; Cothren 18 months proba
tion; Boyd 12 months on roads.
Wade Stamper and Claude Tay
lor. breaking and entering and
larceny: Stamper. 12 months on
roads and 1,8 month| su.spend^;
Taylor, nine months on roads and
18 months suspended.
Clinton Hackeft and William
McConniehead, robbery with fire
arms. seven years each In penl-
1 tenti.iry.
I Neal Watkins and Mat lyove,
prostitution and adtiltery; sen-
j tenop not passed.
I Ed Johnson, reckless driving,
j not guilty.
I Ernest Bonze. Dewey Preyette
land John Cothren. violating pro
hibition law. four months each
' on roads.
ment other income, appropri-1 .lames Pearson, assault with
ations, etc. As we have no ap- deadly weapon, six months su-
proprlatlon or income from any spended on payment of co.st and
(Continued on page eight) I (Continued on Pake eight)
Governors Salute Idaho, Potato ».
I tically all of fast year’s veterans m vu* — -
Rev. Mr. Olive introduced the ‘ «n the squad. Pn»pwta are f murt ®hfvf keM
speaker SantWkd Martin. | brighter this year,, poach- Caldr books will al!qw, -we have kept
Mr. Martin chose as a subject, well said, with several new play-
■Why a Bible Class.” He answer-,ers ®
ed the question hy saying that in , veterans in the fight for the s.ate
a Bible cl|iss is a rare and won-[ v i
derful fellowship not found in SZ
place ii?re nfembers share oneiaOTille. ^«“®“,^’ * I
.no,her-. burJm.. II. dMortbeJ MJ ««>»*»;;; ,if lu
. HIM.
DOOilUf win mi\f rW f • r v » V.
about 600 books in circulation InW
20 county schools this past year,
and have a long waiting list of
schools wa have been unable to
supply. 'We have also had books
In 8 borne demonstration clubi,
-• r Yatre It from Jeroase “Dfaay” Dean, his “ahm” Is all right. He also
I tfasf the sbotfdee which waa tejured fast season has been given
' a tuiiiiitolii iW aV «hHQr. Dew was ea« of 13 pitchers to spring traiiH
ing'iradlee ti Oatottn* IrimA Catif^ Left to rt^: Cbarlet Lee
t Letehaw,.,
^*ieleaei,-»»4DtoTttMeelf.:V^v.
place for the church, saying that
the main Job vof the class Is' to,
support the' organized work of’
the church. There has never been
a time,'he said, when good Bible
class^ were noisded more than at
present. “We owe our civlIizaOon
Ui the Bible,” the speaker said,
and declared, that it ..wjn;^
ciritizaUon ^oip a. new dark d#*-
Speali^ of trenHan, ha' snld
that dji»'|INfatwL «»iM»nle ^ti^9:
(ConUnued .on pate elglit)r^”’
.well, tt sche^ in > tlita ^strict vflth'
finals at Cfiapef HIU- ' . - -- ! life, the Library ras bad-wr In^
For Ute 4»aeL tsto years Rock- ^ eoma;, save fdr th*: email
derived from ove*d|ne finhs^s
free’frbih thi*»nt *hlf. ASso-:^
Wilkesboro. has |i^n etato win
ter* Wd., Coach-ChMwell’s nine
this year will dev^ their atten
tion to knocking R^wMl off the
high'perch-. ■liV’-’J'-.
:8ediiarM;vl9®t«dtoro llari^- 15.
Thomtin^^*' thes’h
• - ' wr
en
boolu are rapidly wearinkj
and -will soon have to be dr
ed and replaced. ^
In making a drive'for Ubragr
In making a drive'»r iaorOTf !^t^ Gev; Ftoab O.
Assoeiatien memtoerahlpe. If of MicUi^h toflfcp their bate eCih.ffai ^Wjfatale«
fqUoflat a plpn tp coitotant iiti^; Jfkrh. m Geaa etoto to toed MW «to"
ail. orer % conntfy. Mop^r ^ -i-faRr to Na^ Ttortf sweml^
I- iTiVir mill ■■iifniVStoTiittnV -^11 II I - ''rf I ■■'■hsW^Strl ef the WaMerf-lBK
nob ’toj
kukd iB nrMt iniCueal
iftce ef the tomd
ef Om Willed
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