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CONFESSKai^lRmi>ER
CleTeland, J«lx -7^—A, akort.
haaTily-muacelod bricklayer con
fessed today one of dereland’s
IJ “torso murders’’ and "we
tblnk be Is Inyolved In at least
two more,’’ Sheriff Martin L. O’
Donnell annoi T.ced. “The man Is
lYank Dolexeal, a Bohemian,” the
sheriff declared. “We are getting
a signed statement from him and
■win charge him with murder.”
He and county detectives man
acled the 62-year-old unmarried
man and took him to point out
where parts of the body of Mrs.
Florence Pollllo. 42. ^ere thrown
On a rubbish heap, and then to
the shore to show where her
ihead and other parts were tossed
Into Lake. Erie.
DRTVEPS FITNESS
Chapel Hill, July 7.—“Mental
soundness, good eyesight and
physical fitness, emotional sta
bility, and proper attitude are all
necessary in makins good auto
mobile drivers,” Dr. Amos Ney-
jihart. consultant of the American
rAutomobile association, told dele
gates to the University’s confer
ence here today. Addressing the
final session of the two-day con
ference, sponsored by the Caro
lina Motor club, safety division of
the state highway and public
works commission ard A. A. A.,
with the co-operation of the uni
versity, Dr. Neyhart entertained
the group with humorous ac
counts of experiences in giving
examinations and teaching peo
ple to drive.
SWANSON DEAD
Washington. July 7.—Secre-
, tary Claude A. Swan^^on, 77-year-
old secretary of the expanding
navy, died today, leaving a gap
A both in President Roosevelt’s cab-
A Inet and in Democratic party
councils. The senate quickly re
cessed after voting to hold a state
funeral at the capitol Monday at
1 p. m. for the longtime legisla
tor who entered the cabinet at
the beginning of the first Rooso-
adminlstratlon in 1933.
came at 8:06 a. m. at
the Blue Ridge mounUln camp
at Rapidan, Va.. where he was
spending the summer. For three
years he had been in 111 health,
forced to turn over to aides di
rection of many phases of the
navy’s greatest peacetime expan
sion.
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VOL. XXXn, No. M Published Mondayo^il^
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$1.2$ k Estii
Tax Rate For City ;
Budget Is Adopter'
VETFRAN SHOWS 'IM
Lou In Valuaticm Persosial
Property Holds Taut Rate
To Same Figure
North Wilkesboro commission
ers In adjourned July session
adopted the tentative budget es
timates for the ensuing year and
fixed the estimated tax rate at
$1.25 on each hundred dollars
valuation of p.cperty, which was
the rate for the past fiscal year.
An anticipated decrease In the-
tax rate was Impractical because
of a substantial drop In the total
valuation of personal property,
city officials said. The loss In as
sessed valuation of personal prop
erty in the city was In the
neighborhood of $60,000.
The estimated tax rate of
$1.25 is divided as follows: 36
cents for general fund; 77 cents
for debt service fund: 12 cents
for school fund.
The poll tax will remain $1.25
each.
Estimated expenditures for the
general fund are $18,350 and for
the debt service f'jnd $41,357.48,
of which $18,500 will be bond
maturities. Total estimated ex
pense fcr the school fund is $9.-
233.25.
The estimated budget and tax
rat© will be finally adopted at a
later meeting and is subject to
change.
Ipy^SeWe
i^ratCoBtrpver8y
Saturdaiy; July 15
and
In Atddmobiler
reeii^nre
State Authoritiei'Refuse To
. Approve'Appointment
■ 1m. “
of Edwan
FVeas
Loren O. Dickinson, 80-year-old
governor of Michigan, shows pres
ent-day upstarts bow baseball wu
played in his day. He struck this
catching pose when he participated
In the Old Timcrr.’ baseball game in
Detroit recently.
Patrolman Gets
2 Loads Liquor;
One Stolen Car
I tinned without Interruption.
Clearance Sales
Event Under Way
In N. Wilkesboro
ChfAv'otte Men Fall Into
Toils of Law With Heavi
ly Loaded Cars
me oe
liBL,'
IWHln
Gets Off To Good Start Fri
day Despite Rain; Many
Bargains Of farad
The July Clearance Sale-s event,
sponsored this year as a city
wide merchandising event by the
Merchants’ Bureau, got off t© a
big start Friday notwithstanding j Charlotte, was
During the course of his ■work
during the past several days
Highway Patrolman Carlyle Tn-
gle. who is stationed here, has
captured two loads of liquor and
recoTered one stolen car.
Thirty gallons of liquor were
found on a new car which he
stopped one night on hlgh'wSfy'118
between Moravian Falls and Le
noir. The driver and two other
occupants made their escape on
foot but the officer said that he
had learned that John Lester
the
WPA WORKERS QUIT
Works progress administration
employee in unnumbered thous-
f^ds left their Jobs throughout
the country Friday in protest a-
gainst lengthened hours, while
the New York WPA administra
tor asked the United State* dis
trict attorney to determine whe
ther law violations were involv
ed. Estimates of those idle ranged
beyond 100,000. but WPA offlci-i
als genfc’-ally disagreed with A-1
merican Federation of Labor and
Workers alliance reports on the
extent of the strike, which grew
from the new federal relief act
fixing flat wages for a 130-hour
month. irrespective of union
scales. In Washington. Col. F. C.
Harrington, head of the M P.-4.
.said the work stoppage was
’’growing, but not verv rapidly.’
He and others of the WP.A de
clined to refer to the situation
as a "strike.”
the frequent showers during the
day.
Merchants reported a big open
ing day business which continued
through Saturday and many cus
tomers expressed delight pt the
bargains the event affords.
The July Clearance will con
tinue for some time with un
usually low prices on summer
merchandise In order to
clear
stocks and make room
next season.
for the
driver and that the car, which
belonged to a Mr. Bradley, of
Charlotte, was stolen from the
streets of Charlotte a few days
earlier. The car was a new Pon
tiac sedan.
Later on highway 16 near Mo-
I ravian Falls Mr. Ingle stopped a
I car on which he found 70 gallons
of liquor but the driver, who
I was accompanied by two other
Budget Estimates And Tax
Rate For Coming Year
Adopted; Other Business
i men. escaped on foot. The officer
said that he had learned that A.
B. Carriker, of Charlotte, was
! driving the car and that officers
: are making efforts to locate him
row.
Thrill Shows Here
Friday N^ht Give ,
Thrills For Many Local Men Seek
Daring Stunts Enjoyed By A
Laree Crowd Spectators
At The Fairgrounds
Tony Kivptt and his “Death
Hriv^'rs*’ put on a thrill show at
f h e fairgrounds here
Frldav
Bus Franchises
Woodie Wants Dobson-Salis-
bury Route; Billings
Wants Elkin-Mt. Airy
THREE EXECUTED
Raleigh. July 7 —A peglegged
IndUn. the first of his race to
be put to death at North Caro
lina’s Central prison since the in
stallation of the death chamber
in 1910. and two negroes were
executed for murder today in the
state’s first three-man execution
since July 1. 1938 Bricey Ham
monds. 24-year-old Roberson
county Indian, was the first to
(yield up his life to the gas
^Yumes. The cripple hobbled to
|V- the chair, watched attendants
remove his wooden peg and suc
cumbed 14 minutes and 15 sec-
PI ends after the gas was adminis-
I V tered. A Robeson county Jury j
convicted Hammonds of
i Lacy Brumbies. James
I, ! 8on, 19-year-old New Hanover
! ■ negro, found guilty of murdering
rV Mrs. Jesse Hobbs, and Alfred
R Caper. 24., convicted of killing J.
f C. McNeill, another negro were
next put to death.
E. O. Woodie and Paul Bil-
i lings, both of North Wilkesboro,
night which measured up to ad-, before State Utilities
vance notices in daring automo-. Stanley Winbourne
bile and motorcycle stunts. Friday in efforts to secure bus
The shows were presented un- , franchises.
Merchants’ |
y
der'ptispices of the
bureau as a feature attraction of
the July Clearance Sales event,
which opened on Friday.
Several stunts brought excla
mations from the spectators, who
turned out in large mimher de
spite heavy rains during the day.
Leaping automobiles, crashing
burning board walls, collision
with a burning automobile, crash
ing a plate glass wall on a mo
torcycle. motorcycle plunge
through burning tunnel were the
feature attractions climaxed by a
turnover end over end and side
killing j ways by Tony himself.
Hender-
Brotherhood Supper
On Tuesday Evening
In attendance of fifty or more
expected for the monthly
^therhood supper of men of
^ North Wilkesboro Methodist
(sSsreb to be held at the church
bxt on Tuesday evening, 6:30 o’-
4ock. An Irtereotlng program
Hatti^. B. mx and Bill Mar-|
Federal Court
Now In Session
The applifation of Mr. Bil-
ling.s, who Is asking for a route
from North Wilkesboro hy way
of Elkin over 268 and .’o Mt.
Airy was heard first. He was
represented hy Attorney W. H.
McElwee and he testified that he
was seeking to operate the new
line in order to provide a shorter
route to Mt. Airy. He was sup
ported in testimony by J. Gordon
Hackett, of this city, highway
commissioner who said that many
along the new road had inquired
about a prospective bus route and
that one was needed.
Opposition to the application
was expressed through John Pol-
ger, counsel for E, O. Woodie,
Major Gregg Cherry, of Gastonia,
representing Queen City Coach
company, and I. M. Bailey, of Ra
leigh, as attorney for Greyhound
company.
Mr. Woodie is seeking a route
from Mt. Airy by way of Dobson,
Elkin, Boonvllle, Yadkiovllle
and Mocksvllle to Salisbury.
Several witnesses appeared in
his behalf and the hearing was
continued until July 17.
comBtUM.
A special term of federal court
to clear the criminal docket con
vened in Wilkes this morning
with Judge Johnson J. Hayes
presiding.
About 50 cases remain to be
tried and Judge Hayes has stat
ed his intention to hold court in
session until the docket Is clear
ed.
On Monday, July 17, Judge
KayM will pass jndgment on a-
boRt 75 Wilk« pMple wbo^ereDhe beet means of measuiinj
convicted in mus coB8pLradrMV[^n{i(ti^ pArtlelpntlon
"ied daring
Following are the minutes of
the adjourned meeting of the
North Wilkesboro board of com
missioners as copied from the
records of I. H. McNeill, Jr., city
clerk:
The Board of Commissioners
of the Town of North Wilkesboro
met In regular adjourned session
on Thursday night. July 6, 1939
at 7:30 p. m.
Present: R. T. McNlel. Mayor,
Ralph Duncan, Commissioner. A.
G. Finley, Commissioner, H. M.
Hutchens. Commissioner. J. B.
Carter. Commissioner, W. K.
Sturdivant. Commissioner.
The Clerk read the minutes of
the regular meeting of June 6,
1939. and recess meetings of
June 9th and June 22. 1939.
There being no corrections the
Mayor ordered that the Minutes
stand approved.
On motion of J. B. Carter,
seconded by W. K. Sturdivant,
that the action of the Board of
Commissioners in the meeting of
June 9th pertaining to the elec
tion of Town employees for the
term of the Mayor, be rescinded
and strlken from the Minutes of
that meeting. On a roll call vote
the memhera voted as follows:
W. K. Sturdivant, Yes.
J. B. Carter, Yes.
A. G. Finley, Yes,
Hoyle M. Hutchens, No..
Ralph Duncan, No.
The Mayor referred to Chapter
One. Section 8 of the Ordinances
of the Town of North Wllkes-
horo. North Carolina, -which pro
vides that no question decided
by the Board shall be reversed
at any subsequent meeting ex
cept by a vote of two thirds of
the members present, and there
being only three members vot-
ng lor the motion and less than
two thirds, the Mayor declared
the motion lost.
Mr. L. M. Nelson asked the
Board to extend the sewer line
up 10th Street from “P” Street
fw: 150 feet.
Action: Referred to Street
Committee.
On motion of W. K. Sturdtvaftt,
seconded by J. ;B. Carter, MK
Tevepaagb la ofdBred a
wdUfr -llah iiAo the Coaittantty
term.
acouRacy
Moore county growers general
ly are agreed that the aerial
photographs of their farms form
le beet means of measuring ao* gm eanreaie^/^: ^^
program.
Winds Corroborate ^Dead Woman’s Stoiy
i The Wilkes county board of
1
commissioners are expected to
meet again -with O. P. McCrary,
■ district extension agent, on Sat-
j urday, July 16, for another coh-
! ference relative to the aopolnt-
' ment of a farm agent for Wilkes
j county.
In June the commissioners ap-
uolnted Edward M. Preas, of
Traphlll, as county agent to suc-
■ ceed Dan P. Holler and the state
authorities In charge of exten-
Islon work in the state refused to
■approve the appointment on the
grounds that Mr. Preas has had
1 no experience In the work.
No decision was reached in
the conferences held by the com
missioners and Mr. McCrary last
week and another meeting was
.scheduled.
I Meanwhile the office of the
[county agent Is remaining open
land the services are being con-
Stone Mountain
Singimr At Traphill
Sunday, July 30
Dead for three yearn, Mrm Battle TUett once testified in a.laad
suit that one bomidary mark—a cemetery—extoted near the famona Sern
Sisters dnnea in Dare comity. North CarcMna. -There was no trace of the
cemetery and the case waa dtimlwied. Now a etorm has swept the
banks, and shifting sands exposed the bones of Mrs. TUIett’s ancestors.
Attorneys have moved to r^ppen the cnae.
Next session of the Stone
Mountain Baptist singing associ
ation will be held at Traphill
school building on Sunday, July
30. J. A. Gilliam, cha’rman, an
nounced today. ^
The session will oegin at ten
a. m. and continue through the
day with picnic style lunch at
noon. Many singing classes, quar
tets and other singers are expect
ed to be present and have a part
In the day’s program.
Successful Term ThreeConfederate
Of Sununer School
Ended On Friday
Veterans Living
In Wilkes County
Total Of 48 Enrolled In Va
rious Department At City
School Sur*m'?r Term
Semi-Annual Pension Checks
Delivered To Remain
ing Men Of Grey
City Fathers In
Interesting Meet
Thursday Night
Summer school at North Wll-
kesl/oro city schools closed a
most successful session Friday.
There was a total enrollment
of 48 students divided as follows:
elementary, 15; high school, 16;
music. 10; and commercial, 7.
The school was conducted by
members of the regular faculty
under direction of Robert Tay
lor. Miss Nonie Gordon taught
the elementary students. W. P.
Grier, Jr., the band music stu
dents and Miss Lllyan Miller
those enrolled in the cohimerclal
department.
The summer session this year
was expanded to Include any out
of school people who desired spe
cial or supplementary training.
The line'Of Wilkes county men
who are the grey in the War Be
tween the States is steadily grow
ing thinner, according to records
at the office of the clerk of court,
where pension checks are given
out.
This year checks weren receiv
ed from the state and distributed
to the three living Confederate
veterans in Wilke.s. The three are
T. B. Jarvis, I. M. Crouch and
Richard Phillips.
Checks for widows who have
not been transferred to old age
assistance rolls were also dis
tributed from the clerk’s office.
300 Are Treated
Weekly In Clinic
Merchandise Must
Be Kept Off Of
Sidewalks Here
mtersecdon
MiOers Creekla
Seme Of Trag^,
I
Maryland Man Dririaf Cart
red Staley DnvW Ot^.^
ExpreM Truck
BOTH DRIVERS
Party Asbe County Peepfe
In Car Victims When
Car and Truck Hit
Number Taking Venereal
Disease Treatmmits At
Health Office Gains
Board Asks Enforcement Of
Town Ordinance Prohib
iting Sidewalk Display
The number being treated in
the Wilkes county venereal clin
ic is steadily Increasing and has
reached 300. Dr. A. J. Eller,
county health officer, said today.
That represents the number
who are taking weekly treat
ments in the clinic.
According to the state average
based on estimates by the state
board of health, 600 Is the total
estimated number of cases for
Wilkes but the opinion was ex
pressed that the total number of
Wilkes is not that high.
According to the records in the
health office, practically all of
those being treated in the venere
al clinic are afflicted with syphil
is. The number of cases is about
evenly divided between white and
colored.
The North Wilkesboro board of
commissioners in recent session
demanded enforcement of the or
dinance which prohibits stores
fro.li exhibiting and displaying
merchandise on the sidewalks.
The commissioners had been
receiving complaints that merch
andise on the sidewalks was caus
ing congestion and inconvenience
to pedestrians.
Police Chief J. E. Walker said
today that in accordance with
the decision of the board that
merchants have been notified to
keep merchandise off the side
walks and that the ordinance will
be enforced.
Privilege Taxes
To City Are Due
Annual Farmers
Field Day Soon
Within a few days Police
Chief J. E. Walker will be mak
ing the rounds here to collect
Many To Gather At Experi
ment Statiou Near States
ville On July 20th
are now,
privilege taxes which
due.
And unless the taxes are paid
during this month a penalty of
five per cent will be added ac;
cording to law,. The difference 'in
paying now and after July 21 vrllL
represent a snbstantlai saving
and all who are due to pay tuea
are aaked to pay during, the
month If poBslble. ■'-'■
(Coatlaued
five) tNL
The tide greragea leas than 4>ga
foot 'st..oie 'AttantliB, .end of. the
jKinaii* ’ea&aii.Xt the' ^ -
ft
Announcement has been re
ceived here that the annual farm
ers’ field day at the Piedmont
’Test Farm near Statesyille will
be .held on Tuesday, July 26.
The prlneipa) speakers at the
gatherli^ will be Clyde A. Br-
wfn, state superintendent of pnh-
Iki :|Batruction, Miss Ruth. Our-
reut, atate home detnpnatratiQis
agent, and K. R. Oliver,^ h>f;lyaaAc
lagton, P. C., vied preeidrat of hjinngements.
,H|Jlway.->
wiU apent
held trl|W-«iiid .'xteiti
eodTyaHoua axpi^JiQ^ta.. There
Felix Dayls, an elderly cltfsem
of the Grassy Creek community
of Ashe county, died Sunday
night at the Wilkes hospital,
raising the toil of dead from u’
automohile-trnck collision Satur
day noon at Millers Creek to
three.
Mrs. Ollie Jones, a resident ed
Arkansas who has been staying
at the Dayis home in Ashe cons*,
ty for the past several weeks,
was instantly killed in the crash.
Ronald Chandler, six-year-old
grandson of Felix Davis, -wao
hopelessly hurt and died at fivo
o’clock Sunday morning. Mr.
Davis was badly crushed and no
hope was ever held for his recov
ery.
R. C. Davis and Bill Davis, al
so of Grassy Creek, were pain
fully hurt but R. C. Davis waa
released from the hospital after
hie wounds were treated. He suf
fered severe bruises and minor
lacerations. Bill Davis remains a
patient at the hospital. He has a
broken leg and other Injuries.
Elijah Sexton, Bel Air, Md.,
resident and driver of the car,
who’ had been visiting in the
Davis home, was also badly hart.
He received a dislocated hip and
other painful injuries. He is a
patient at the Wilkes hospital.
Fred Staley, driver of thw
North Wllkesboro-Boone-Weet
Jefferson express truck, was not
hurt.
The crash apparently ocenred
directly in the intersection of
highways 421 and 16. The car
lyas traveling toward North Wil
kesboro and the express truck
was headed toward Boone.
The vehicles crashed beadon.
The truck turned around and
fell on its side. B^ws of feed
were thrown from the rear of thw
truck.
The car, a battered, twisted
and splintered wreckage of steel
and glass, apparently spun
round and the rear of the truck
struck the rear of the car, knock
ing it several feet up highway
421. The wreck could hardly b®
recognized as what had been a
1937 model Ford tudor.
A Robinson hoy. a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Ravon Robinson, of
Millers Creek, was standing on
the side of the road and was
painfully hurt as he was hit by
some part of the car. He suffered
bruises about his cheat and after
treatment hy a physician was or
dered to bed.
Persons standing nearby rush
ed to pick up and take from tha
wrecked car the victims. Mrs.
Jones, whose head and body wero
crushed, died on the spot. Two
ambulances rushed to the scene
from this city and carried tha
five Injured to the hospital and
the dead body to the funeral
home.
Patrolman Carlyle Ingle waa
on the scene soon after the crash
and made an investigation. He
arrested Staley, who was later
released under bond, on charges
of reckless driving, manslaugli-
ter, and failure to have chauf
feur’s license. The officer said
that Sexton would face charges
of manslaughter and reckless
driving when he is released front
the hospital. > ,
Surviving members of the par
ty in the automobile said 'that .,-
they were on their way to Win
ston-Salem to ■visit a relative tsi
the Baptist hospital when the a®-,
cident occured.
The tragedy was 'the first 'tei
occur at the interee^on, . where
two imporUnt highways
highway 421 leading to Boodfl
and If toward the Jeffersons. >"
bodies will be taken to
Jefferson to‘await foiiMal.
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I# ^the ’ hydrogen
In « > aingig ^
■water tree* -made into-^
ratama,.nU at . oaca, tt-.
explode with IB* toree of