m
vll as Poland).
DISCOVERS TOMB
Cairo, March 19.—Profeasor
Pierre Montet, of Strasbourg uni-
Tarslty, announced today discov
ery of the tomb of Pharoah Psou
Ser Nef. described as the last
king of the last dynasty, who
ruled Egypt aibout 950 B. C. A
sarcoprag'is of pure gold, with
beautiful designs and a head in
^he shape of a falcon representing
He god Horus, was found in the
Kurial chamber. Inside the sarcop
hagus was a coffin of pure silver,
also finely worked, within which
it was believed a mummy rested.
The Egyptian antiquities depart
ment said King Solomon was
married to an Egyptian princess
at that time and she probably
was a daughter of Psou Sen Nef.
Honrickht Cm— A m » n •
number Until
Ausmst Ttwpi Court
Cases were disposed of during
the latter days of the March term
of Wllkoe court rapidly and less
than fifty of the more then ?00
cases were continued until the
August term.
Judge Wilson Warlick, of New
ton. presided and Solicitor Ava
lon Hall prosecuted the docket,
which was congeeieJ with cases
(Continued on page eight)
Allotments For
Cotton, Tobacco
Are Being Mailed
MURDER-SUICIDE
Charlotte, March 19.—Clyde
Estridge. 21. a dairy employe,
was found shot to death, and his
girl friend. Ethel Fisher, fatally
wounded. In Estridge’s automo
bile, parked on a highway near
here, early today. Assistant Coro
ner W. N. Hovis said Estridge
shot the girl and then killed him
self. The girl unconscious
but alive when a cousin came up
on the parked car and looked in
side, but sle died on the way to
a hospital. Miss Fisher was shot
twice through the head with a
eaiiber revolver. The boy was
shot through the head just over
the right ear. Two shots had been
fired through the top of the car. |
Work Of Allotirg Acreage
Being Cleared At Rapid
ly As Possible
James A. Farley, postmaster gen
era), vacationing in Florida, halti.
his golf game long enough to heei)
the plea of Don Grubbs Jr. for a
contribution to the baby milk fund
in Miami. Farley headquartered at
the Miami BUtmore, the “tempo
rary white bonsc.”
The majority of the producers
of Flue-Cured Tobacco In this
county received their allotment
on tobacco under the County Con
servation Association, which were
mailed on the 5th day of Decem
ber, 1938. However, a few of the
tobacco growers who had not
grown tobacco in 1938, hud cot
received their acreage allotment.
These have been received in the
age'it%--eift*»'aiid ato be
ing mailed this week, in order
that the producers may know how
11,, « — - - ; many acres they can plant under
The revolver was found on the | association
cioiH theV ,
floor empty. Officers said
could find nc reason for
crime.
they j yhere will be no allotments for
the I
DEWEY BOOSTED
Washington. March 19^—-Thom
as Edmund Dewey’s rapid emer
gence as a Republican presiden
tial candidate for formidable pro-
■ hortions in 1940 has caused both
alarm and bewilderment among
New York party leaders. Repre
sentatives of the national pa...y
organination the last few weeks
have been following the political
course of the 37-year-old racket
buster more avidly than that of
any of the other potential candi
dates. .^ud among the
leaders there are those who view
him both as a ''problem child”
and as a “white hope.” The Em
pire state’s 47 electoral votes,
■which may be a decisive factor
in the next presidential election,
have heightened the political in
terest of national leaders In Dew
ey as he approaches the fight for
control of the N>w York dele
gation to the next Re.pnbli^n na
tional convention.
Venereal Clinic
Has Enrollment
Of More Than 100
Tom Sharkey, famens veteraj of the prite fight ring, it now appear
ing in the Cavai> ade of the West pageant at the Golden Gate'taiterBatioiial
exposition in San Francisco. At the end of his foene. Sharkey, appearing
as a weight lifter, tneks his .*‘600 pound” dnmbbeU under his arm and
leaps off the stage wilfa an agility belying his 66 years.
Heading On Court'N. Y. A. Program
Bills At Ralegh Reorganized For
Set For Tuesday Increased Duties
Several Interested Persons Seth Walsh Construction
Two Physicians Helping
Health OfScer Two Days
During The Week
general crops for any producers
except t’lDse who have specia. al-1 ^
Enrollment in the venereal di
sease clinic being conducted by
the Wilkes county health depart
ment has passed the 160 mark,
Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes health of
ficer. said today.
The health department now has
H. B. Smith and
. , „_j|Lir. r,. IV. Phillips in the clinic
lotmentL in wheat, cotton .
tobacco. All other producers clinic on Thursday mornings
plant as much in general c ^ pp Phillips Friday morn-
as they want, and there will be “
no penalty for going over general _•
FRANCE MOBILIZING
. ws 1 fi Pr
" ''’paris, March 18. — Premier
r1%j|*«ard Daladier, armed with
' .f' unprecedented dictatorial powers
i» democratic France, tonight
Immediate steps to increase
-■C^nce’s armed forces and was
.■Sorted to have called to the col-
125.000 special fortress
,-troops. Immediately after the
annate had completed parliament
ary action turning France into a
Tlrtual dictatorship until Novem
ber 30 in order to match the
'quick decisions of Adolf Hitler
Md Benito Mussolini. Premier
' Daladler called a cabinet meet.ng
' to approve his first decree laws
'.i under the sweeping measure.
They mainly were concerned,
sources close to the premier said,
with strengthening the armed
forces.
Thomas C. Love
Claimed By Death
Thomas C. Love, 43. a veteran
of the World W'ar who made his
home on Wilkesboro route 2, died
•'Sunday in the veterans’ hospital
nt Johnson City, Tenn.
yuneral service 'wiH be held
ipnnaduy at Arbof church with
.Rev. Perris ParJis in charge.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Oeie West Love, and four chil
dren; Thomas. Jr., Robert, Wll-
.:'ilain and Edna Mae.
Gardens such aq those Gtat snr-
loonded Japanese feudal casttee
800 yeans ago witt" be seen around
|he JfipfuHBe Pitvflkm .at ^e. .tl
gy»r eg ttse ffeet;^
for those who do not have special
allotments. The general allot
ments for those who do have spe
cial bases have been approved by
the state office and are being
mailed from the county agent’s
office this week.
All the new grower allotments
in cotton for 1939 that were ap
proved. have been received and
the official notice for the new
cotton growers was mailed Satur
day. No allotments for those who
applied as new growers in Flue-
Cured Tobacco have been received
yet. However, these will he mail
ed on the day that the application |
allotments are received in the
county agent’s offioe from the
state office.
“All producers who have not
signed their application for pay
ment on the 1938 Agricultural
Conservation program are urged
to come to the county agent’s of
fice at the earliest lossible date
and 'sign these applications be
cause they are anxious to clear
all applications during the month
of March. Practically all the ap
plications that have been signed
by the producers have been trans
mitted to the Raleigh office,”
Lawrence Miller, chief clerk of
the conservation as.soclation, said.
Six-Mile Power
Line Connected
Dr. Eller stated that the clin
ic has two outstanding purposes:
to prevent spread of the infectl-
■J113 disease and to cure those af
flicted. He explained that after
several weeks treatment that a
syphilis patient becomes non-ln-
fectioiis but that the treatment
must be continued for many
weeks in order to affect a cure
and make the patient safe from
insidious attacks later in life.
A concentrated effort 1s being
made. Dr. Eller said, to get into
the clinic those who have vener
eal diseases and to keep their at
tendance regular until the treat
ments are finished. The treat
ments are now 'Oeing administer
ed without cost to those who are
unable to pay.
May Attend Committee
Hearings Tomorrow
A number of local people, in-
VI. ..UU.UC. »■- The National Youth adminis-
cludlng several members of the tratlon work program for boys in
Wilkes bar, are planning to go Wilkes county has been reorgan-
ttend i*«d fb order to take care of the
court several projects undertaken and
to give employment to boys on
to Raleigh Tuesday to
bearings on two Wilkes
bills.
A hearing has been arranged the rolls.
before the judiciary committee
mcuurc IrllC J 7 vviliiiitavcTir v/Jii-Aa a%?vwuv«^ ..w——
number 2 for Tuesday on a bill been foreman on the boys projects
T» bat gglnce several are underway
introduce by Senator ■' Ckf' H.
JllVIuUUkTTa uc^inavg/s wg a*. osssw
Cowles which would empower the at one time he had found it im-
Roarm|[ River
Build^ Started
Wilkes county hoard of commis
sioners to establish a county
court in its discretion. The bill
would give jurisdiction accorded
other county courts in the state
and there is a special clause in
the bill which specifies that the
judge of the court and the solici
tor are to he from opposing poli
tical parties. Senator Cowles said
that the bill had been approved
by a majority of the members of
the Wilkes bar.
The other court hill pertains
to the North Wilkesboro mayor's
court and was introduced in the
house by Repre.sentatlve Dobson,
of Surry.
The bill, which has already
passed in the house, would give
more jurisidiction to the mayor’s
court in this city. .The measure
would repeal a similar mayor’s
court hill passed several weeks
ago and which was introduced by
Senator Cowles.
Acred Of
Roaring'rover Dies
Bdya Employed By NY A
Stsrt Work On Lunck
Room at High School
' Workmen employed by the Na
tional 'Youth admlnlstratiorf have
begun construction ol a building
at Roaring River to he used aV
school lunch room and commun-^-
ity house. »
Decision on the part of the peq- ,
pie of the community to furnish
the necessary materials which
Latest Extension Service A- could not be salvaged from the
i-7
Funeral service for J. H. Har-
rls, 96, well knewn resident ot
the Roaring River community,
who died Saturday, will be held
Tuesday afternoon, two o'clock,
at White Plains church.
' Siirvivllig are the - following
children; T. R.. . L., and J. B.
Harris, of Mount Airy; Mrk.>D,
I. Burohette, of JonesvlUe; Mrs.L.
0. Sparks, Mrs. A. E. imparks and
Mrs. B. C. ’ordan. ‘ of Roaring
River. - _ -''i’ --
bout 30 Customers In
Eastern Wilkes
Electricity was made availaole
to another community in Wilkes
county Saturday when the Duke
•Power company branch here
tnrned the juice on a six-mile ex
tension through the Casey neigh
borhood In Somers and New Cas
tle townships in eastern Wilkes,
extending a hall mile into Yadkin
county. '
About 30 customers have wired
their homes and places of business
for electricity and are now being
served. *
.Meanwhile, work of .«ecnrlng
right of ways In anticipation of
construction of an eight mile ex
tension on highway 421 from the
home of Dr. W. R* Triplett to
the old Harley postoffice location
is going forward. .It is expected
it. ponatructlon work will be-
i «ttkl|k tbe next few days.
CUngman school building has as
sured completion of the project
according to original plans. NTA
officials explained.
Lions Are Born At -
Forester’s Zoo^
... - f.
^ Attention of many visitors at
Forester’s Nu-Way Service statlo^
and >*oo last week was centered
around two newly horn llolis.
Tbe lions were horn on laiSt
Sunday morning and since that
time have been admired by hun-
dri)d8 of visitor.
The pair j^composed the second
litter bom ""to tl^ large pair of
Hpns which havq^ bMn In.Mr.
eater’s animal, collection during
th^ ipast year. The one surrivl^
ipember of the first litter hgt.
reached the age of five motitiM.
and is about tbe sise ot'a sntaH:
dog. It also gets Inuch atteftti^n
nttendants^nd vtolto^^;^
,..IWar U,6M onttnred pearla. 186
SiaptMki Sum M peands
od erartuunn el
wgnopp PCM eaypHWB seM *or* mons
jtWdgMPVirk WoriTa tolr. The sevexal of the fi^ ^
iprtted ■MBf meaUis of werlu
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Foreman; Culler It In
Charge Work Shop
Mayor R. T. McNiel, who
with all the board of commle-
sioners announced today can
didacy for re-election in the
city election to bo held May 2.
Until recently Seth Walsh had
possible to be at so many -places
at one time and the work has
been divided
John A. Benge
Killed Sunday By
His Son-In-Law
Bullet From Small Calibre
Rifle Fatal to Reaident
Straw Community-*-
John Andrew Benge, age 62, a
resident of North Wilkesboro
— — ^ I route 3, was shot and killed Sun-
Under the new set up Walsh is j afternoon and his son-in-law,
nf i-nnatriiction nroiects ggjjj Dodson, has been jailed for
foreman of construction projects
and C. W. Culler has been made
foreman of the NTA woodwork
ing shop in Wilkesboro, which is
entering upon an expanded pro
duction program.
The woodworking plant will
put out school and office desks
on a production basis. The cost
to the county will be the neces
sary materials.
The construction division of
the agency which gives employ
ment and training to youth be
tween the ages of 18 and 25 has
just completed a building at Ron
do to be used as home economics
quarters for the high school.
Work has begun on a lunch room
and community building at Roar
ing River and it is expected that
the NYA will carry out commun
ity house projects at Morovian
Falls and Boomer In the, very
near future.
J. M. Smith, area supervlsar
for the NYA, has explained t^
NYA labOT is available for aifr
eo juty or community projects K
the sponsors will furnish cost ot
gnaterials.
m-
ElediMi
Biennial Election CaJMjFjjf
Tuesday, May 2; Prnaniif'
April 17
*i»HN ^
Mayor R. T. McNiel and' OS
members of the North Wilkeahbea
board of commissioners haw* aa-
nonneed their candidacy fof' ra-
election in the city election, vhldll
lum been called to be held ^ ea
Tuesday, May 2. .
The board’s mem'bers are 8. ▼.
Tomlinson, Dr. R. P. Cao*^
Ralph Duncan, H. M. HntchMa
and T. S. Kenerly.
Also up for re-election are twe
members of the city board of eda-
cation, J. B. Williams and W, ■.
Jones.
Announcement of the mayor
and members of the board foW
lows:
"Believing this course to meet
with the approval of a majority
ot the citizens of North Wllke*-
bOro, and having been urged t»
do SO by many people of the city,
we, the mayor and all members
of the board of commisslonera,
hereby announce our candidacy
for re-election in the city election
to be held on May 2. We deeply
appreciate the splendid support
given US by the peo,ple of the city
and if re-elected we pledge our
continued efforts for progreeslv*
and economical city government.’’
■ rin accordance with the taws
governing elections here, th*
Wilkes county board of electloas
met on Saturday and called th*
primary to be held on April 17
and the election on May 2.
W. P. Kelly was appointed reg
istrar for the election and J.' B.
Cox judges.
the offense.
Coroner I. M. Myers began an j Norris and Glenn
investigation- Sunday evening | Registration books will open , at
and the inquest was continued un-! the city hall on March 25 at th*
til Tuesday afternoon, two o’-j city hall, which will be the vot-
clock, when other witnesses will j ing place for the election.
h-3 examined. I Resolutions calling the primary
Dod.son was arre.sted at his j and election were published to-
home early this morning and | day by the board of elections.
placed in jail at Wilkesboro.
According to the evidence be
fore the coroner’s jury as given
by persons at a service station
nearby on highway 315, Benge
was either approaching or pass
ing the home of Dodson and Dod-
now composed of E. P. Inscore,
chairman. F. C. Johnson and J. C.
Grayson, secretary.
Mr. Inscore succeeds Charles
Pearson, who recently resigned aa
chairman. .Mr. JnsCore was. elect
ed chairman replacing Mr. Pear
son was on the porch with a 22- )„ a meeting oi the eliKtlon
Kiwaim Pr^^ram
: k Rweiyd
Four -Meinbori Of'' Greent-
-.'^.r’-'^aplaa Kiwiinna- '■''
calibre rifle in his hands. The
witnesses said they heard tbe shot
fired and Benge walked about 75
yards to the service station,
where be collapsed.
He was brought to t'he Wilkes ,
hospital immediately and died i
within a few minutes.
An autopsy was performed in j
the presence of the jury and it!
was found that the rifle bullet j
entered Benge’s chest near the ;
collar bone, went through one |
lung and lodged against his spine. |
Persons nearby the Dodson •
home testified that there had
been disturbances at the home ’'’as
lioard held recently, for the pur
pose of reorganizing.
20th Anniversaiy
Banquet WHh Amy Dinner
Features Local' Observ
ance Legion Birtliday
The 20th anniversary of th*
' founding of the Amertean Legloa
gov
ernor of Kiwanlst to present the
program.
Mose Kiser brought greetings
from the Greensboro 4ub and.
others who addressed the meet
ing were C. R. Barber, Tex Fos
ter and R. H. Brown. They dis
cussed Kiwaiils objectives and al
so talked of the Kiwanis Inter
national convention to he held In
Boston in June and the division
convention to be held at Sedge-
field In May. '
There was a large attendance
at the meeting Friday and ,the,
program was'enthnsIaBtlcally re
ceived. ~ V' ^ ’ ’'k/
*r Burer,'.-aaguncav ciaiisiiipa az * Samples of sott^xrbm ^
tMiye teve'cNhted this o^er Gm .county
AaMtioau beH for odiiiMtiMi ne«i. ef- more pha8phato^..6^
Ja?mGMd at tI>666,IW ml 4^ * need for more iMash, aald'
^ ' m - .
. aniatant
observed bv Wilkoa connty
been aisiuroance*
throughout the day prior to the, post number 125
shooting and that Dodson and his the Auxi1iar>’, and
X had been quarreling. I evening at the club house north
Benge is survived by his wife ^ , t.v 1
and nine children. Funeral serv- j The festivities began with aa
Ice will be held Tuesday at Edge- Army supper, the
wood Baptist church. , Pa^ed by Commander J. W.
Px-8lst Division mess ear-
I geunt. The food was prepared by
an army cook end was served I*
army mess-kits.
Jack Quinn, chairman of -th*
The trial of Mrs'. Margaret Dny committee.
1 iie Ilia* 111. ..111'. - enieriaiiiixinii iiiiiiiiiiin-n. IntrO-
versus Edward C. Guy. prominent invited guests, and yjait-
banker and real estate holder of Legionaires and AuxlMary
Newland. Avery county, came »P niemhers from the Ashe county
In superior court before Judge ^
Wilson C. Warlick Friday after-j gg^^ral war songs were sung,
led by Mrs. A. F. Kilby wtth
Mrs. Frank Johnson at the pfaHMc
I Chairman Quinn then caUo4 5)«
„ T o’ i Legionnaire Joe McCoy to
of this city and Bmne, J^ H. |
Smathers. ot Asheville, and W. K. | •
Dooh. Mrs. Guy is suing her bus- j
band, for alimony.
Representing Mrs. Guy were
Attorneys Trlyette & Holshouser
eoiB-
-- I mander of the Wllkea county
Lovllle, of Boone. Mr. Guy was reviewed th* prograaa «(
reipresented by SUte ^nator j i„egion during the part M
V. Bower*, of-Newland. ■ vears 'tr—
Numerou* affldnvKa, many of '
whlch.were-very-personal'In na
ture, wereTf*d to the court, and
aHhough nfiMt of the afternoon
WM spent to reading these alfl*
dnvHs, It was de*mad necessary
that the hear-
Jndge .Warl|ck,^h
cohtlnned ttotil Wedpe*-
'te.-aueb S9, p. »t
Mr: and Mrs.iGtT fo#*^mArr1ed,
M84 and Mrtkl' to; • Wof* vrlJh/,
Logioonalre W. D. Halfam%
spenkor of the evoatac,
Introdsfod to the*-nsidtsiMn. BnJ
stressed the. Weals for whlA th* .
LegWn .Stands; tho »«as(rWh«
th* prlneiplew. ot IhdWdMhl' ttbas*^
ty as opposed to,dlfltqlortJUpu
tvonaortdr ^
jsm.aaa,wwr:.;‘
■a* exefdlisi dUtli* ■ '