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Lios AngelM, July 18.—A quar-
r«l growing out of a weok-»nd
party at a nPdiat camp was blam-
: ed by police tonifbt for tbe sui
cide of Dawn tlope Voel, li-year-
old bride of a dance band leader
and daughter of Adele Hope,
I once a prominent Tlroadway ac-
1;^ tress. Police Capt. Palton R. Pat
ton quoted her husband, Herbert
James Noel, 36, as declaring she
shot herself In the bedroom of
. their North Hollywood home to-
• day as he was reprimanding an-
otbey'guest at the nudist camp
tor his association with Mrs. Noel.
JOHNSON NOT TV
Washington, July 18.—Charles
M. Johnson, state treasurer, who
repeatedly has been mr-ntloned
,as a candidate for the Tar Heel
^RiVernorship in 1940, shortly
^?W111 present to Raleigh newspaper
men a statement to the effect
that he will not be in the race
lor the state’s highest office, ac
cording to a report from Raleigh
being widely clrcmleted here to
day. It is further understood that
I ^ Mr. Johnson will seek re-election
I state treasurer, an office which
has held for a number of
iTBPears, although no positive state
ment to that effect is being cir
culated with the “I do not choose
to run’’ story.
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Two Days Spent In Passing
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LIGHTNING KU T S 2
■Warrenton. July 18. — Two
white men were killed instantly
by lightning between 5:15 and
5:30 o’clock this afternoon at
the farm of J. Kerr Harris, prom
inent Warren coun’y farmer, a
few miles from Warrenton in the
Embree section. Lee King. 25.
and Je.sse King. 19. sons of Mrs.
W. B. King and the late Mr. King,
of near Macon, were the men
killed. Mr. Harris and Miss Jen
nie King a sister of the men
who were killed, and a negro.
Ast Oowtin. were knocked iincon-
^fcious, and Mary Dowtin. a cou
sin of -Asa Dowtiu, was shocked.
The group was priming tobacco
under some oak trees in the yard
“The Great Omi,’’ tattooed man
who claima to be a former EngHsh
army major, has brooftat Ua epi
dermic art gallery to the United
States, where he plans on exhibiting
It. “0ml,’’ n New Tork vUitor, la
tattooed from head to foot.
Crushed Stone Is
Being Placed On
Roads In Wilkes
Fines totaling $10,625 and
prison sentences amounting to
more than 300 months have been
meted out in federal court In
Wilkesboro this week by Judge
! Johnson J. Hayes to defendants
In the liquor conspiracy cases
which were tried during the May
term and several are to face
judgment tomorrow.
The task of sentencing about
75 who were convicted or enter
ed pleas In the four cases was
begun on Monday morning, with
those in the Marley case being
.sentenced first.
On Monday afternoon sentenc-
ling of defendants in the cases
originating in Antioch. Edwards
and Lovelace townships was tak
en up and continued' through
Tuesday.
Sentence On all defendants in
the Byrd case and a few remain
Quick thinking saved\ tiny life recently when nine-month old Gary Bnebob was fonnd unconscious In hla
baOitnb by his mother, Mrs. Marie BnehoU, M, of Chicago. Tho horror-stricken mother hnrriedly picked
the baby and breathed into its month, as shown at the left. Beoorery rewarded her quick action, and po-
Ueemen. firemen and a doctor arriving at the home were confronted wMh this happy ending.
Open House At
Effort, Being Made To Got'in* '™n> I CoiHIIlUinty Blug.
Friday Afternoon
Dirt Roads In Condition
For School Bus Use
Wilkes county school bus will
have roads as nearly all-weather
as possible for travel during the
1939-40 school term.
Highway Commissioner J. G.
Hackett said today that four rock
crushers are being openated in
S. V. Tomlinson
are being
under some oak trees in 1“® y®*" Rilkes county in order to provide
of Mr. Harris. Two mu es ^ crushed stone surface for the
Ing to Mr. Harris were a so e . roajg over which school
buses make^^eir daily runs."'“
During the 1938-39 term the
schools were able to operate with
K s®*'*ous interruption because of
/\mOCO LrvdlCr'bad roads. This was due to the
work which had been done on the
roads and to the fact that the
winter was net unusually severe.
Over 350 m;les of roads in the
county have already been given a
crushed stone surface but some
s Pioneer Dealer In Gasoline
and Oils Takes Widely
Kno'WTi Line
, S. V. Tomlinson, widely known
bufine.ss man and one of north
west North Carolina’s pioneers
in the gasoline and oil industry
to this section, has been appoint-
dWwholesale distributor for .Amo-
products, which consist
gasoline, kerosene, motor oils,
motor lubricants, industrla' oils
and greases manufactured by the
American Oil Company, one of
the leading oil companies of the
United States.
Announcement of the appoint
ment cf Mr. Tomlinson as whole
sale distributor is made by the
American Oil Company elsewhere
in this issue of The Journal-Pa- |
triot. j
Mr. Tomlinson is the first vas-
oline dealer in AVilWes county,
having entered the hustness here
a number of year^ avo. He has I
^een the gasoline cod oB bust-,
T^lress grow from its infancy the,
horse and buggy days when gas-
ollne was unknown in this vi- ,
clnitv and only kerosene was
used’ When Mr. Tomlinson en
tered the gasoline business the
product was delivered by a hor.se-
drawn vehicle to the trade, and
only a distance of about six
miles. During the bad w’inter
months, when the roads were
bad. It was recessary to use four
mules to pull the tank wagon.
Now, rural transportation Is on
rubber, and thousands upon
.thousands of gallons of gasoline
\ and oils are used each month in
■ this section, the products being
80 necessary in order to keep pace
with the growth and development
of business.
A number of Amoco stations
are already being operated in
.the Wilkesboros, and others are
'Tapidly being opened in various
sections of the county, Mr. Tom
linson stated toda'y.
ENJOY CAMPING^ TRIP
Members of the Wilkesboro
Scout Troop No. 32. of which Mr.
■' Paul Osborne Is Scout master, en-
i'"- Joyed a camping trip to Rich
Mountain Creek near the Stone
W Mountain ” Saturday and Sunday.
’The boys engaged In fishing and
swimming, but enjoyed most of
all. they say, the good things to
• eaf that were cooked over the
scouts making the trip
ferred until tomorrow as court
entered into a number of small
jurv trials and civil matters.
Two of those not sentenced In
the Antioch township cases are
Daniel Mathis and Thomas Math
is. The court indicated that Dan
iel Mathis may 'oe fined $1,500
and Thomas Mathis $500 in lieu
of prison sentences.
Judgments on defendants since
Monday noon follow: '
Robert Segraves. fined $750,
three years probation. ~
Odell Mathis, fined $100, three
years probation.
Carl Mathis, probation three
years.
Clay Church, IS months Chilli-
cotbe.
Enoch R .Staley. IS months
Clii’licnthe. ‘ ■
Will Be in Observance Open
ing of Community House,
Woman’s Club Project
North Wilkesboro senior and
junior woman’s clubs will hold
“open house*’ with a tea on Fri
day afternoon 4:30 to 6:00 o’
clock ^nd 7:'30'to'10:00 In the
evening at the new club house
: adjoining Trogdon Park. The
j public is cordially invited to at-
! tend
The occasion will be in observ-
jancp of the opening of the club
bopse, which has been erected as
a WPA project by the Woman’s
Walter Flow, fined ?300. pro-
Prospects For Crops
In V/ilkes Are Good
Aid To Aged,
dien and Blind^ .„.
Reach $7,0Qa#or4i^E/^
Public assistance, ^
out in Wilkes fer.'. Jeli^ _
toohth of the ~t~lnir IfTsisT Tnep, ~
rMtresented a big inereas# 'eriBr
hatioii three years.
Frank Mathis, 18
months At-
roads w'hich are used bv school
buses and which serve as maill’“" '*■ „ , ,
I routes ar^ yet to be placed in
: condition for ^ ’'’Hugh Sale, fined $300. proba-
Additional work will be done on
^ some roads which received atten-j*'”" ^ finerf *300 nro
tion several months ago in order* Sale, f ned $300. pro-
th„ ,hev not rtvo *n „„
bad weather comes. ... ,,
probation three years.
W. O. Blackburn, fined $200.
probation three years.
Robert Sparks, temporary pro
bation
Thurmond Sparks, fined $100.
Controversy Over
County Agent Has
Not Been Settled
No Decision Reached in Con-'
ference of Commission
ers and McCrary
T>,,, eontroversy between the
A'rt'i.. c pt-i'iiiy board of commis
sioners and state extension serv
ice authorities over ’he office of
farm agent for Wilke's county has
not been settled.
District Agent O. F. McCrary
conferred with the commissioners
Saturday but no decision was
reached.
The commissioners last month
appointed Edward M. Freas. of
TrapMll, as county agent to suc
ceed Dan Holler but state author
ities failed to approve the ap
pointment on the grounds that
Mr. Freas had no experience In
the work. State authorities are
asking that Mr. Holler he retain
ed.
Meanwhile, the office of the
county agent continues to func
tion under direction of Mr. Hol
ler and services have not been
curtailed.
The matter may be taken up
further in the meeting of the
commissioners to be held the
first Monday In August.
Many Oul-of-State
Autos Seen Here
Observer Counts Cars From
Thirty States In Week,
Travel Picking Up
! The fact lb t tourist travel is
■ decidedly picki, g up and that the
i summer of 1939 wMl be outstand-i
ing from a traveling standpoint
'1.S months Lewisburg. Pa., re-'i’’ evidence^every day as many
Itormatory.
William Dimmette. fined $400,l”'i highways,
librae years probation. | One observer today said that
Charlie Love, fined $400, pro4 he had counted cars from 30 dif-
batioi, three years. I ferent’states within the nast week
Banner Billings, J.5 months At-'and had done so without being on
lanta. .the highways very much or with-
Bryant Matliis. IS months Lew- out any special effort, having a
ishnrg. Pa. 1 capacity for recalling to mind
Clyde McDaniel, fined $250, | what he had seen,
probation three years. i The cars were representative
William Ted Billings, year and j of all parts of the country from
dav Chillicothe. I Maine to California and from
William Porter, fi'.ed $500. 18 Florida to the state of Washing-
months Petersburg. Va., reforma
tory.
Gilbert Johnson, year and a
day Atlanta.
Mrs. Jettle Sales, temporary
probation.
John (Rat) Sales, colored,
temporary probation.
Expectii^ Bumper
Yield Com; Other
Crops Yield Well
Tobacco in Eastern Wilkes
Reported Excellent; Ap
ple Crop Is Good
Crops in Wilkes county so far
thi.s season average better than
in .several years, according to in
formation gained from farmers
from all parts of the county.
Corn is the county’s principal
field crop and prospects are
bright for a bumper crop. The
i.oeasnn. taking the county as a
whole, has been ideal with no
I long droughts or severe storms.
I Showers have been timely, allow
ing for adequate cultivation.
The wheat crop which is now
(Continued on page eight)
To Press Demands
the amount paid III Jna»
•r previous months,
McNeill, welfare attKtr,
day.
The total for aid to
aged, aid to dependent
and aid to blind for Jnir
963 and Is expected to fo
$7,000 next month w! ^
ready approj^ed are added
rolls. ’ap,
A total of 117 fasdltst L
312 children recetred l3il to
pendent children checks in
amount of $1,571.60.
Old age assistance paym
to 564 amounted to $4,941.
and Included 18 Confederate vlr
dows who received $460 un&^
the new law whereby widows wh»
were eligible were transteirsC
from pension to old age. assist
ance rolls.
Thirty-five blind received
checks totaling $464.
Mr. McNeill said that it may
be possible to pay all who ars
eligible for old age assistance tf
the federal government decides
to pay three-fourths of the cost
as has been proposed ’n congress.
rY,
ton.
The advertising program being
carried out by the state of North
Carolina is given much credit for
increased tourist travel in North
Carolina.
Tourist travel in this part of
Ithe state is expected to show a
Robert Hackett, colored, tern- j much bigger increase when the
(Continued on page eight) ' Blue Ridge Parkway is opened.
Legion Sponsors
Boxing Show 28th
At Fairgrounds
Friday night. July 2Sth, the
Wilkes County Post 125, Ameri
can Legion will sponsor a boxing
show, the proceeds of which will
be used ^for the Junior baseball
program in the county. The show
will take place at the Fairgrounds
and will start promptly at 8:30.
The main bout wiil bring to
gether Paul "Country’’ Ferguson,
welterweight champion of North
Carolina and the challenger ‘Ted’
Bass, of Winston-Salem, in a
ten-round championship fight.
Ferguson, a native of Wilkes
county, has had a colorful record
in boxing. He was a member of
the Kings College boxing team,
won the Golden Glove Champion
ship and now holder of the Wel-
(Contlnued on page eight)
I Poised in Japan’s “hot seat’’ as
' war with China is angmented by
su apparent war with Bnssia on the
' Outer Mongolian-Mancbolnioan bor-
' der. Premier Baron Kiichiro Hira-
j numa tried to encourage his people
by discrediting the Russian ponflict’s
^ importance, nevertheless pointing
I out that Japan will continue to press
her demands for fishing and forestry
concessions from the Soviet,
979 Gallons Of
Liquor Emptied
Wholesale Lot Poured Into
Sewer By Sheriff And
Deputie.s Today
Garwood Champ
In Tennis Smgles;
Doubles Now On
Wilkesboro Youth Defeats
RoWi”W. M. Cooper Three '
Out Of Four Monday
Albert Garwood, Wilkesboro
youth and seedeM number 1,
came from behind and grew
stronger as the match progressed
Monday afternoon to win over
Rev. W. M. Cooper in the final
match of the Lion club tourna
ment (singles division).
Rev. Mr. Cooper took the
first set 6-2 but the next three
went to Garwood 7-5. 6-3 and
6-3.
In the junior division Paul
Halgwood staged a mild upset to
win over Mike Williams, young
son of Mr. and Mrs. Pat Wil
liams.
.Mike took the first set 6-2 but ,
was downed 6-3 and 6-4 in the
next two.
In the men’s doubles one semi
final match .vas begun with Gar
wood and Gwyii taking the first
f,e| (t-li over Gentry and Watsoa
nrame. Thi- match was scheduled
•■or completion today, also tho
ether semi-final match hetweeiv
Campbell and Doughton and
Blackburn and Tomlinson.
The winners will meet in tha
finals on Friday afternoon, fotir
o’clock, on the Pearson court In
Wilkesboro. Followinc ” ’ men’s
doultles championship niafcti. tho
mixed dou'hle.s .semi-finals ""U ba
played there. Admission of 10 and
15 cents will be charged.
It appeared today that it would
be impossible to complete piny
in the mixed doubles on FrlAiy.
Tho following pairings remained
for play today and Friday hefnra
the semi-finals:
B. Brame and Johnston rersU*.
L. Brame and Browning wltt,
winner to play M. Faw .Jrili''
Gwyn. * ‘
Mrs. R. A. Sharpe
Is Taken By Deaich
FARMERS AND OTHERS INTERESTED GUD TO
LEARN CHEESE PUNT WILL CONTINUE HERE
Sheriff C. "r. Doughton and
deputies emptied 979 gallons of
bootleg liquor on the street in
Wilkesboro between the court
house and the jail this rqornlng.
As the powerful fluid was emp
tied on the street and ran into
the sewer a crowd of Interested
spectators gathered to watch the
proceedings. One was heard to i
remark that he vjas going fish-1
Ing in the Yadkin river because |
after-that stuff reached the river
he fish would bite anything.
The wholesale lot of moonshine
was the result of several seirnres
during recent weeks by Sheriff "-’h winner to play Linney and
Doughton and his deputies. The p..-.-
Funeral services were held at
Walker cemetery Tuesday for Mrs.
Lillie Barlow Sharpe, age 6G, wife
of R. A. Sharpe. She died Mon-
' day.
I Surviving, are her husband and
B Dtuuio o — - [the following children; R. t). and
Don Culler, 0. K. Whitting-|w. E. Tharp, Valdese; Mrs. Ethel
ton, Jr., L. B. Dula, Jr., C. L. ]^id, Connelly Sprtogn^ Mrs. L.
XMaedr. Ardle Miller, and James c. Brookshire, North Wilkesboro;
The North Wilkesboro market
for mill: and cream produced In
Wilkes was saved by a decision
bv H. M. v,-ott, owner of Scott
Cheese & Butter company, to
continue operations after July 15.
Owing to a decline in the a-
mount of milk and cream avail
able Mr. Scott had decided to
close his large plant here on
.Inly 15 but reconsidered after
he had been requested to do so
business
ers to the point whereby the,earnest solicitation from both pa-
milk supplv can be substantially, trons and citizens, we have de-
Increased and the status of dairy-!elded to continue operations and
Ing farming raised to a new high j will do all in our power with the
in the county. - cooperation of the farmers to
I. Faw and Gentry versus
lor and Brame. .’T
McNeill and McNeill versa*
Scarborough and P. Brame. .
Scroggs and ditcher versiip;
Mrs. Lewis Vickery and Higgl**
greater part represented cargos
t?ken from bootleggers’ automo
biles.
The liquor was in 31 five-gal-
ion cans and 40 cases of half
gallon fruit jars.
Sheriff Doughton said that the
The factory was e.st8bll8hed
here Just, prior to the low butter-
fat prices which prevailed during
the depression and dairying did
not progress as anticipated.
It is explained that the com
pany would be able to pay higher
prices with a greater volniae of
business.
The statement Issued hv
by many patrons, business men
and others Interested.
Meanwhfle It Is expected that — ^
agricultural leaders and other Scott relative to co^tin^ng ope-
persona Interested In retenUon of ration of
an unlimited mnrket for milkl Jjl
and cream here will help to sttm- crMm w* J^ ^
mate intwast «ndng the farm-' operating. July ,16,
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pay the highest price possible for nquor would *e emptied from
butterfat according to butter and
cheese prices.
“We solicit the patronage of
all farmers who are interested In
having a home market for- their
milk and creak.”
It has been efectlvely demon
strated that Wilkes Is,. Ideally
Mr. adapted to dalix.fgrmliig and that
farmers who produce thefr own
teed can realise a cash proBt
fnwtt their herds te
retnltsat Improyemsi^
toms-
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the fruit Jars and the jars wpuji
be turned over to the welfare'de-
Conduct Rifes For
Accident Vict^.
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Last rites were conducted st
Riverview church near Idlewild for
Allie G. McNeill, young man of
■that community who was inatantly
be turned over to the we. aro ^ Saturday night on Highw
partme«t to be distributed W tomr Deep G«P ^
S^dy families. ' in which he was riding overtwaed. 'I
iVl. « „i a ; Surviving the*young man at* W*
Revival Service mother, Mr. and Mrs.
At Purlcar ChufmlX, C. McNeill, of. uitudid.
A’ serles of revival serriCM U
In prMreilg^this.vmh st Pnrlear^
Bshtist’church. The pastdr, Rf*
Vilas Minton, U' qssMsd by
4Mg^^hl»y. TM ikhUh has »
S Ifl Um ser«e*sL'«hB^^
ffeW, Mrs. Ira Griffin, s? of Idle-
Wfld. youhlr man’s fgttsr hi
of Cynis » VnB