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PftlCE FIXING LOSES
Washinjfton. April 25. — A
;*^OTement to fix farm prices to
eoTor the cost of production, plus
a profit for the producer, cam©
^to grief today when the House
agriculture committee pigeon
holed the proposed legislation.
It was the first suggested sub
stitute for the administration
crop control program to receive
serious conside''ation in Congress,
and administmtion men were
jrratified by the 17 'o 6 vote by
which the committee refused to
approve it.
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VOL. XXXII. NO. 73
Poblished Mondays and Tburadava NOin V iVTr.Jfl^^TlO, N. C.
OUT OP.THBJTATt
Two
■*-.
jjliS
Two Alleged Desperadoes
Are Captured Near City
Farmers To Meet
To Up For
Farm Practices
Crash Victim
DICTATORS WARNED
Washington, April 25-—Secre
tary Hull speaking three days be-
. ~^re Adolf Hitler’s scheduled reply
President
Roosevelt’s appeal
for peace, declared tonight there
was “not room on this earth” for
a nation or group of nations that
would enslave all the others.
The secretary of state addressed
the 75th anniversary dinner of the
American Red Cioss. Some ob-
services Interpreted his remake as
both as warning and an appeal to
Chancellor Hitler. The State De-
>.^|Hrti
» s
mats in Europe and South Amer
ica.
West Vii^a
Men Suspects In
Sparta Robbery
Their Capture May Solve Robberies
Meetings Announced for All
Townships Next Week;
Signatures Required
Merchandise Found in Car
Identified as Taken From
Virginia Firms
WIVES ARE ALSO HELD
tment sent the major parts of
speech to all American diplo-
Aubry and John Kitts, Ac-
companied by Wives;
Taken at Tourist Cabin
EXEMFl’IONS MADE
Washington, April 25. — The
House labor committee favorably
reported a bill to > J empt white-
collar workers mi.king $200 or
more a month from benefits of the
wage-hour law and to make broad
exemptions for agricultural work
ers.
The amendments, approved hy a
16-to-2 vote, were reported after
a lengthy session at which agri-1
culture was given considerably |
more concessions than the commit
tee originally had planned to write
, into the measure
The revisions would exempt
from the statute many types of.
industrial homework, a provision|
demanded by Puerto Rican m.^nu-i
facturers, and excluded rural tele
phone operators and telegri-aph de
livery boys from coverage-
METHODISTS UNITE
Kansas Citiy, April 25. — -dore
Wilkes officers Moddav night
captured two men, together with
their wives, who are suspected of
having pulled the Bledsoe Motor
comirany robbery in Sparta on ^
.\pril 9 and who had in their pos-■
session several hundred dollars ;
worth of merchandise, some of
which has already lieen identified
as stolen from business firms in ,
Virginia towns. |
The men, now In jail at Wilkes-1
are Aubry Kitts, 29. and |
John -V. Kitts. 22. who gave their
address a.s Blnefield, W. Va. They
are halfbrothers and said they
were married to their attractive
lady companions on .\pril ir« at
Bland Courthouse. Va.
The capture was made by
Wilkes Sheriff C. T. Doughton. j
Deputy Oscar Felts, Highway Pa- j
trolman ('arlyle Ingle, Keller El-j
ler and Harold David, Of^he local
police.
Surrounded in a tourist caitiii
Here are pictured .\ubry and John Kitts, of Blnefield, \V. V^,
who were captured with their wives .Monday night in a tourist cai>in
near this city. Their _ar was literally filled with merchaiulise. much
of w hich has'been dentified as stolen from businc.ss firms in Virginia,
West Virginia '...d Tennessee towns.
Lions Celebrate First Anniversary
W4itdies Night flaiRijiet’
Lawrence Miller, chief clerk of
the Wilkes County Agricultural
Conservation association, today
announced meeting dates for all
the townships In Wilkes county,
at which farmers will meet with
community committeemen and
sign a new form for participation
in the soil program this year.
Every farmer who receives pay
ment for compliance this year
must first sign one of the forms,
which is merely a statement of
his intentions relative to Improv
ing and conserving the soil on his
farm this year.
At the meetings, which will be
gin at 8:.20 a.m. and continue un
tile 4:30 p.m., the farmers will
also be required to report all
practices carried out to date. All
meetings will be held on Monday,
Tne.sday and Wednesday of next
week. May 1, 2 and 2.
The meetings for the various
townships follow:
Antioch — Monday at Segraves
Service station, Tuesday at Del-
laplane. ^
Beaver Creek — Tuesday and
Wednesday at Ferguson.
Boomer—Monday and Tuesday
at flreer’s store.
Brushy Mountain—Monday at
Mountain Orest school, Tuesday
at Morris Hendren’s store.
Edwards — Monday at Ronda,
Thiesday at Benham, Wednesday
at T.g>max.
at Dinliy pog*ey
M.G.ButnerAi^'’
Arthur Fori^r '
Accident Vktinis
Duke Power Company Mai
ager Instantly Killcil on
Wednesday Night
IN IREDELL COUNTY
Car and Truck Collide Ou
New Highway 115 IS
Miles North StatesvOle
M. G. Untner, popular and
highly esteemed manager of Uir
iimKe' Power company branch
here, who was killed in.stantly
last night when his car collided
with a truck on liighway 11.5 in
Iredell county.
City Elections
To Be Tuesday
h Both Towns
Only One Ticket in Election,
Candidates Named in
P imary April 17
^
than 900 delegates and bishop.* of at Jim Williams’ tourist camp
the three -branches of Methodism one-half mile west of this city, the
v,';il kneel in communion .service men and women had no opportun-1
tomorrow morning launching ajilv to resist, altlioueh thev had,
month-long conference from which within arm’s reach a .28 calihre ^
the three long-divided groups hopejhigh powered rifle, two revolvers |
to emerge as one Methodist church.
Club Has Shown Remark
able Growth; Carried
Out Many Projects
Taken by Death
The theory of union to eml (ii-
vision.s created by a first schism m
1828 and a second in 1844 already
• Uis been app ■’ed by conferences
Apf the three churches—the Meth
odist Episcopal, the Methodist
Episcopal South, and the Meth
odist Protestant.
The work of the Kansas City
uniting conference will be to per
fect a discipline under which
nearly S.000,000 members of
three groups may operate as
largest Protestant church
America.
and a Ixnintiful supply of ammu
nition.
Local officers were tipned
hy Alleghany cotinty officer-: who
saw them pass through Sparta in
hp iiftornonn. Suspects of the
Spai'ta rohhery two weeks ago,
they were trailed to Brooks Cross
roads, where they ttirned west on
highwry -121 toward this city. Lo
cal officers found the car as de-
theiscrihed hy Alleghany officers near j grand
the the cabin and quickly arranged guests
p.y ZEB nirK.‘()\ i
Bedecked in ail sorts of color-1
fill head regalia and making the
I Jungles resound with a mnltiplie-
ity of noises, the members of the!
I North Wilkesboro Lions club!
roared and romped tltronghont j
the major part of last Friday eve
ning in celebration of the cinh’s
first anniversary.
It was also Ladies’ Night and
the Lion ■ showed Ihenisrlvrs in
stvie before their honor
the
in
the wanted
49 Diplomas Are
Given Tuesday
At Wilkesboro Hi
Dr. Gwyn Speaker; Many
Students Get Awards for
Activities in Year
Wilkesboro school closed a suc
cessful year on Tuesday night with
commencement exercises and pre
sentation of high school diplomas
to a large class of .seniors.
The address of the evening was
by Dr. P. H. Gwyn, head of the
department of education at David
son College. He delivered an in-
sprlng addres on the subject,
“Getting Along With People"
the cinture. taking
men hy surprise.
The car used hy the men and
two women was identified early
Tuesday' as one wliicli was -stolen
from an auto dealer's
room in tVylmeville. Va,. ntilv a
few days ago. The car contained
clothing of every type in several
hag-- and with a total value of
several hundred dollars. Some of
the clothing was high grade men's
suits, shoes and furnishings while
ladies apparel was not lacking. \
tool box with tools valued a( .$172
was in the car and there were
tools specially suited for breaking
As thM- entered lln. hnuiinet
hall each I..ion was presented with |
a eolorfiil hat and whistle. Then |
the ftiii liegah in earnest -the hall j
soniidlng and re-sound'U.g with |
storage I niini, and gaiety. chickcr. lin-i
ner wa.-- s- rveil. j
The program tor Aimiver.sary !
and Ladies' Night wa - in charge, |
of conimitlea composiul of Bill |
Prevette. J. H. Whicker. Jr.. Bill !
.-Mistier and Ed Finley. A loasi to |
liie ladies was given by Kicliard i
Ji'hnston and response was liy :
at Ferguson.
.fobs Cabin—Monday at 'Virgil
Church’s store, Tuesday at Wood-
ie’s store.
Lovelace—-Monday at Hunting
Creek church.
Lewis Fork — Wednesday and
Thursday at voting place.
Moravian Falla — Monday and
Tuesday at Scroggs’ store.
Mulberry—Monday at Mulberry
school and Tuesday at Halls Mills
postoffice.
New Castle—Monday at Denny-
ville school, Tuesday at Green’s
store.
North Wilkesboro — .Monday ; \\r
.Mrs. K. >1. Finley, well
known r-sideiit of tills city wlio
died Tuesday nioiiiing.
Four points he stressed and
which were highlights of his ad
dress were: “Understand people,
trust people, share the lives of
others, and embrace principles of
life.’
The welcome address in Tues
day night’s program was by
Flake Steelman, the class presi
dent.
Many awards were presented
during the program as follows:
225 certificates for perfect at
tendance one year; seven-year
perfect attendance medals to Lena j Sparta.
Anderson. Harley Call, Eunice Officers
Baker and Jewel Ferguson; 11-
year perfect .attendance medals to
William Scroggs and Goldie
Erickson: athletic medals to Lou
ise Foster and J. B. Brookshire,
Jr.; Balfour key to Flake Steel
man.
Grade citizenship medals were
presented as follows: 8A, Nell
Hubbard: 8B, Margaret Fergu
son; 9, Eunice Baker; 10, Noah
Jarvis; 11, Charlotte Harvel. W.
D. Halfacre presented the Ameri
can Legion citizenship medal to
(Contlnued_oij page eight)
into buildings, locks, safes, etc.
Officers wera here Tuesday from ^ club was organized
AVytheville, Va., Damascus. Va... 1938, with Dr. II.
Pulaski, A’a., Sparta and Jeffer
son. Damascus officers were ac
companied by the manager of
Smlthey’s store there, who iden
tified part of the merchandise in
the car as that which was stolen
there several days ago.
Officers said investigation will
in all probability show that the
men have robbed many places in
.Mrs. Lawrence Miller. i
Lawrence Miller gave a siim-i
mary of the club’s growth and ac- :
livities during its first year. The ,
on April 28. j
B. Smith a.s
its first president. There were 29
charter members but at present
the membership totals 44.
The dull, Mr. Miller said, has
sponsored many worthwhile ac
tivities. Among them were: aid
to destitute families, milk fund
for iiTiderprivileged children,
erec ed road signs, leased swim-
Mrs, R. M. Finley
Is Taken By Death
and Tuesday at J. W. Jones’ store.
Reddies River — Monday and
Tuesday at Tulburt's store, Wed
nesday at Reddies River poslof-
fice.
Rock Creek — Monday and
Tue.sday at Hays postoffice. Wed
nesday at Knottville postoffice.
Somers—Monday at Gus Myers’
store. Tuesday at Comer’s store.
Stanton, Monday and Tuesday
at New Hope school.
Traphill—Monday at Traphill.
Tue.sday at Thurmond.
Itnion — Monday at Wilhar.
Tuesday at Piney Ridge school.
Wilkesboro — Monday and
Tuesday at county courthouse.
Walnut Grove—Monday at .\b-
shers, Tuesday at Dockery.
North Wilkesboro will have a
municipal election on Tuesday,
May 2, but little excitement Is ex
pected 'because the controversy
was settled in the primary held on
April 17.
'tfrmrth wm»8h»ro a prteair
was held to nominate a candidate
for mayor and five candidates for
commissioner, which compos© the
i ticket unless independents file
and none Iiave filBd for the May
2 election.
In the primary Mayor .McNiel
was renominated over his oppo
nent. Ralph R. Reins. Two mem
bers of the present board of com
missioners, Ralph Duncan and
Hoyle Hutchens, were renomi
nated while three candidates for
commissioners on what was called
the “new ticket” in the primary
were also nominated. They are
K. Sturdivant, J. B. Carter
! Funeral
Is Held for Aged
and Highly Esteemed
Resident of This City
ming pool for five years, and has
North Carolina. Virginia, Tennes-' taken pnrt in many worthwhile
see. and other neighboring states [ community interests,
and have stolen a number of an- The address of the evening was
tomohiles. f delivered by Judge J. H. Hastings.
Although the evidence was not "f Winston-Salem, a director of
disclosed, officers expressed con-, International and^past dia-
fidence that they pulled the Epar-
ta rohhery. when a new car, a
truck and the office safe contain
ing a’)Out $1,700 in cash and ne
gotiable securities were taken
from the motor companj' is
triot governor. His subject was
“Liberty, Intelligence, Our Coun
try’s Security.’’ He delivered an
inspiring, and highly entertaining,
message which was received with
rapt interest.
declined ta ^
on the probable disposition of the
prisoners until further investiga
tion is made and it is not knovnj
at this time what charges th.-y |
will face first. |
Found in the car was Indication 1
that the men had traveled far and i
wide. There were road maps of all j
states east of the Mississippi.
comment ! Revival Meeting
To Begin at Union
A revival meeting, to which the
public is most cordially Invited,
will start at Union Methodist
church near this city Sunday
morning at 11 oclock. 'The pastor.
, Rev. A. W. Lynch, will do the
j preaching.
i Sunday night the service will
Mrs. G. G. Wellborn, of Wilkes
boro Route 2, is very ill 'With | begin at 7:30 o’clock, and during
pneumonia In the Wilkes Hospital. I the remainder of the week serv-
Friends hop© for her rapid re- j ices will h« hold twice dally-—at
corery.
10
F.
a.m.
and 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. K. M. Finl’>, age 87, a
member of one of tiie olde.st and
best known families in this sec
tion of North Carolina, died Tues
day morning, 11 o’clock, at her
home on Eighth street in this
city. She was the widow of the
late J. H. Finley.
Mrs. Finley, whose kindly and
hospitable disposition had won
for her many friends, had been
ill for about two weeks.
She was a daughter of the late
Martin and Mary Virginia Hart-
zog McGlamery and was a great-
great - granddaughter of Boh
Cleveland, a pioneer settler and
Revolutionary AVar hero in the
Battle of Kings Mountain. She
was born and reared on a farm
near Burlear in Lewis Fork val
ley where her great-grea3-grand
father had lived as one of the
earliest settlers in that section.
Mrs. Finley was. considered an
authority on northwestern North
Carolina history and was possess
ed of a keen and retentive mind.
Many friends here and elsewhere
were saddened at the news of her
passing.
In early life she joined New
Hope Baptist church., near her
home-and after she. KM .marxied
(Continned on paja
Wilkesboro School
Board Resolution
Following is the resolution
passed by Wilkesboro district
school committee at its -meeting
held on Monday afternoon, April
24:
“Be it resolved that whereas
there has a i controversy arisen as
to the Wilkesboro District School
Committee’s selection of teachers
for the Wilkesboro school; and
whereas, as a result of said con
troversy numerous petitions have
been circulated, and one mass
meeting held. And. whereas, be
cause of the rather heated de
bates and arguments which have
taken place relative to the issues
involved it is my opinion that the
matter of the selection of the
teachers, for the Wilkesboro
school could be more efficiently
carried out and done in a more
caint and collected manner if the
same were postponed for a suffi
cient period to permit conditions
to become more settled in the
community. And, whereas. It Is
my opinion that a delay will re
sult in more calm and deliberative
action on the part of the com-
mltee;
"Now, therefore, Mr. Chairman,
I do move that this meeting be
recessed until May 23, 1939, at 6
o’clock, p.m., at which time the
committee shall reassemible' for
the purpose of transacting such
(Continued on MM algkf)"
and A. G. Finley.
Candidates unsuccessful in the
primary were T. S. Kenerly, S. V.
Tomlinson and Ur. R. P. Casey
of the present board, F. P. Blair.
Jr., and .1. E. Caudill, of the new
candidates.
Wilkesboro Klei-lion
In Wilkesboro there will also
be an election but there is only
one ticket wliich is composed of
the present officers: Mayor J. F.
.Jordan, and Cominissioners Wm.
A. Stroud. W. E. Smilhey. Dr.
G. T. Mitchell and James Lowe.
No primary was held because
there were ro oppo.sing candi
dates.
M. G. Butner, 42, manager of
the Duke Power Company's NorA
Wilkesboro branch offlee sineo'itt
wag established, was killed in
stantly tVednesday night vrhga
his car collided with a truck on
highway 115 about 15 miles north
of Statesville.
Arthur (Red) Forester, one of
the three others of the office per
sonnel with Mr. Butner in his onr,
died at 3 o’clock this afternoon
from injuries received in the acet-
dent.
Mr. Butner and the three other
members of the Duke Power Co.
office personnel were returning
from a company meeting held In
Charlotte Wednesday. The acci
dent occurred about 9:30 p.m.
Gordon Forester and H. V.
Overcash, other occupants of the
car, were injured. Mr. Forester
received many painful lacerations
on his head and face while in
juries to Mr. Overcash were at
first considered less serious.
t he accident occured as the car
and truck traveling in opposite
directions collided at the top of
the hill. The left front wheel of
the car" struck the left front
wheel of the truck and both vo-
were practically demoV
ished.
In the truck were Hobert
Weisner, owner, who lives near
the scene of the wreck, bis son
who was driving and one other
young man. The elder Weisner
sustained severe head injuries and
is a patient at a Statesville hos
pital.
Coroner Tomlin, of Iredell
county, with a jury was in tbia
city this afternoon conducting th*
investigation of the accident bat
had not reached a verdict before
returning to the scene of the
crash.
Gordon Forester was carried to
Davis Hospital and .\rlhur For
ester and H. V. Overca.sh to
Long's Hospital.
While injuries to Gordon For
ester were not considered critical,
there were many lacerations and
he suffered from loss of blood
and shock. Barring complications
it is expected that he will recover.
Extent of Arthur Forester’s In
juries was not definitely deter
mined early today, although hi*
condition was described by physi-
cian.s as serious. Blood donors
were called for transfusions but
(Continued on page eight)
Faculty of City
Schools Re-elected
City Board of Education
Held Meeting on Mon
day Night
In a meeting of the North
Wilkesboro hoard of education
held on Monday night teachers
for the 1939-40 term were elect
ed. Superintendent Paul S. Cra-
gan and teachers as follows were
re-elected hy the board:
High School
W. P. Grier, Jr., Miss Estelle
Ardrey. Miss Ruth Webb, Miss
Anne Jones. Miss Lilyan Miller,
Miss Evelyn Sharpe and Robert
Taylor.
Eleinenfarj’ School
Miss Sam Johnson. Mrs. Lucille
Farmer, Miss Sallle Outlaw, Mrs.
Susie Williams, Miss Beatrice
Pearson, Miss Em-ma Eller, Miss
Elizabeth Plhley, Miss Etta Tur
ner, Miss Rebecca Moseley, Miss
Ruby Blackburn. Miss Mabel Hen-
dren. Miss Kathryn Troutman.
Miss Monie Gordon, Miss Mar
guerite Harris and Miss Hazel
Sherrill.
Miss Elsie Nichols, office sec
retary, and T. J. Haigwood, ens--
todlan of buildings, were also re-
elqcted.
The city board of education Is
composed of J.'fi. Hlx, hhAfiman,
D. J- Carter, J. B. McCoy, B. E.
" (Continned on page elg^t)
Teachers Apply
For Re-election
Following is the application for
re-election by the Wilkesboro
school faculty;
“To the Wilkesboro Central Com
mittee
“Wilkesboro, N. C.
“Gentlemen:
"We. the undersigned teachers
of the Wilkesboro Central School,
do hereby make this our written
and formal application for re-
election as teachers in the same
school for the year 1939-40:
"First grade, Mrs. Zola Bar
ber; first grade. .Mrs. Grace Hen
derson; first grade. Miss Margaret
Hansel; second grade, Mrs. Grhee
Edwards: second grade, Miss Lou
ise Melville; third grade. Miss
Lucile Scroggs; third grade. Miss
Ruby Martin; fourth grade, Mias
Cynthia Prevette; fourth grade,
Mrs. Willie Pelts; fifth grade,
Mrs. Edith Hemphill; fifth grade,
Mrs. Gertrude Steelman; sixth
grade. Miss Eloise Starr; six-sev
enth grade, Mrs. Elizabeth Moore;
seventh grade, Mrs. Pearl Hart
ley.
Public school music. Miss Dor
othy Lashmit; Latin and English,
Mrs. Jessie O. Pharr; history,
English, civics. Miss Margaret
Faw; algebra, geeometry, law,
Mr. J. L. A. Bumgarner: French,
biology. Miss Helen Bostick; Eng
lish, 8, 11. Miss Hilda Baker;
home economics. Miss Ohita Tnt- ^
tie; Science, mathematics,’Mr; R.'w
B. Caldwell; history, economliik-
geography, 'Mr. E. Jenningtff-
principal, Mr. T. B. 8to^.
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