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Mm f Published Wednesdays. North Wilkesboro, N. C, November 2 , 1923 Established July 1896 OHO WOOD WANTED FOR 244 TEACHERS ATTEND TEACH WATAUGA POTATO GROWERS! THE LIME SPREADER GIVES SUDOEN AND UNEXPECTED BOONE TRAIL TO GET 13 INITIAL SALE OF SEED SPUDS ; 0 R SEEMS SATISFACTORY DEATH OF OOGK WILES MILES OF NEW CEMENT ROAO www e ,i MANY GRIMES - IDENTIFIED Probably Wanted In Indiana or Illinois for Murder. Oq the shoulders of Otto Wood, held in Guilford county jail for the murder of A. W. Kaplan, police and federal authorities believe they can place the blame fur crime after crime committed in and around Greensboro and in other states during the paBt few years. Yesterday W. R. Melvin, who was held up July 12 in a gararge of the Greensboro Motor company and forced to drive man nearly to Winston-Salem, positively identified Wood as that man. A warrant was sworn out charging him with highway robbery. Later in the day an agent of the department of justice named Meekins, who has headquarters in Charlotte, produced the picture and description of a man wanted by the department for automobile stealing. He identi fied Woods as the man described. Furthermore, Mr. Meekins thinks, though he is not certain, that Wood is wanted in Indiana or Illinois for murder. He is investigating this further. Chief of Police G. P. Crutchfield, meantime, believe?, and now working ou the theory that Wood is the man who held up Mr. and Mrs. John T. Rees on the Friendly road some months ago and Robbed them of a small amount of money; that he is the man who only a few weeks ago en tered the homes of Charles G. Yates, Julian Price and W. M. Montgomery; and that he is possibly responsible for many other offenses in and near Greensboro Melvin'a identification was the high light of the day. It will be remem bered that Melvin was aroused at the Greensboro Motor company garage during the night of July 12th by a man who had a badge and claimed to be an officer. This man and Melvin went through the garage stensibly to find why the door had boen opened When Melvin removed his pistol, the man picked it up, pointed it in Mel vin's fsce, ordered bim to move out Gus Ward's Cadillac, rifled the cash drawer of $03.82, forced Melvin to drive him nearly to Winston-Salem, where he himself took charge of the car leaving Melvin on the roadside, Yesterday Melvin W6nt to the county jail aud identified Otto Wood as the man who had forced him to drive the automobile. The night watchman was sure, he said, and he had no difficulty in picking out Wood from the other prisoners. On receipt of that information the police swore out an additional warrant charging highway robbery. Wood is already charged with murder. MeekiuB, the government agent, told Sheriff D. B. Stafford yesterday that the discription he had of a man wanted for car stealing in Texas fit- tarl that nf Wood. He looked at Wood and said he was similar to the picture he had. At that time said Meekins, about two years ago, a man named C. H. Wood, alias Jennings, was traveling with a wife and an 18 months' old girl. Because his alleged stealing conflicted with an interstate law federal 8gents got on the trail but never caught him. Meekins thinks Wood has a daughter about four years old is regarded as further supporting The Texas man had no UUIO Iiwi" left band. The government agent also recall ed a murder case in indiana or Illinois, in which he thought, but was not sure that the description fittwd Wood. He is trying to get further information on this case. Police will take finger prints of Wood to see if they correspond with finger prints found in the home of C. G. Yates. Greensboro Daily News. St. Paul's Episcopal church will hold services at the Commercial Club rooms on next Sunday morning 11 o'clock by Rov. Floyd Cartwrigbt. All cordially invited. ERS MEETING FBI, AND SAT, The teachers' meeting for the coun ty which was held at the graded school building, North Wilkesboro, last Friday and Saturday, was the largest ever held in the county 244 in attendance. Mr. C. C. Wright presided over the meeting. Prof. Horace Sisk welcomed the teachers. Others made talks Friday afternoon. Saturday morning Mr. C. C. Faw, chairman of the county board of edu cation, addressed the assembly. He made a splendid address giving not only the teachers of the county food for thought but something that the taxpayers of the county should real ize. Ad outline of Mr. Faw's speacb as handed us by one of the teachers without taking notes: 1. Eight month's school term for every child in Wilkes county under a graded system in which there is one competent teacher for each grade taught in a school. 2. An accredited high school, taught by an adequate number of competent teachers, in reach ofyevery child prepared to do high school work. 3. Good, comfortable buildings and adequate equipment for every school. 4. A county-wide system of spe cial taxes for schools to support the proposed improved school system. He dwelt at length on the fourth and gave much valuable information and outlined a plan that they hoped to persue. Re. R. Murphy Williams Writes Regard ing Barium Springs Orphanage. "Tell it not in Gath, Publish it not in the streets of Askelon." As president of the Board of Re grets I want to lay the matter of our orphan children at Barium Springs on your heart and conscience. We li"d a deficit of $32,000 on October 1st, at which time we had to make our report to Synod. 1 have no do:St you will ask "Why?" This queai.m is easily answered. Because the Presbyterians in North Carolina did not give us the wherewithal to care for the greatly increased number of children they eent to the home. We made some necessary improvements on the old dilapidated buildings which the Synod ordered rc pared, and we are not quite through. This of cow -e cost some money, but you failed to give us as much money as you did the year before, and at the same time we were given nearly one-third mor children to care for. The children have not suffered at the home for any of the necessities, because we borrowed money, on faith in our people, to support the Insti tution. The reason 1 am writing this letter is to arouse you to the emer gency which faces us. We must have $100,000 as a Thanksgiving offering if the Institution is to be supported as it should be and the banks paid the money which was borrowed. If the Presbyterians in our Synod will balf-way do their duty and give to their own ("He that provideth not for his own, is worse than an unbe lieve") the children will be amply cured for srd there will be no cry of a deficit a year hence. These are the facts in the case The Board of Regents are counting on you. What will the answer be? Most sincerely, R. Murphy Williams. President Board of Regents. "And Home Game Ted." "And Home Came Ted," a ptey presented last Friday evening at thu Orpheum theatre under the auspices of Co. "A" 105th Engineers N. C. N. G., directed by Mrs. W. R. Abeher, was well rendered and enjoyed very much by the large crowd in atten dance. North Wilkesboro is lucky in having such an accomplished director. All characters participating are to be congratulated. South Carolina Pioduce Association Pur chases 2700 Bushels at $4,ii9U.OO. Last week's Watauga liemoerat gave the following news item regard ing the Irish potato crop of that aiid Avery county: Friday Mr. Ji.hn W. Gariety was in Boone aud bought 2700 bushels of potatoes from the Potato Groweu" Association. Mr. Gariety is represent ing the South Carolina Produce As sociation, am) was returning from a trip through Maine, New York, New Jersey and other states, where he had bought thirty thousand bags of seed potatoes to be planted by his Associa tion. When in Boone he was still in need of 10,000 bags and would have bought that amount from our grow ers if we had ha 1 them to sell, as he stated that the potatoes inspected here were Letter than any he had found in any of the northern stales. The potato growers association sold him 1,000 bags, 500 to be shipped from Watauga and 500 from Avery. Mr. Gaeity said his association in South Carolina planted every year about forty thousand bugs more thau 100,000 bushels, and that they would much prefer to buy th-iir seed from the Mountain Potatoe Growers' As sociation than to buy them in the State of Maine a 3 they had done up to this time. Mr. Gariety contract-d to pay $". 75 per bag for certified seed, $5 25 for "good seed" not certified, and $4 50 per bag for No. 2 potatoes, Mr. Steele that after the freight, bags and other incidentals were paid this would net the farmers approximately $1 70 per bushel for certified seed, $1.55 for "good seed" not certified, and $1 20 per bushel for No. 2's. Mr. Steele also said that the Association in this county was saving about 500 bags to be shipped to the farmers in the eastern part of the state where they have a trade already established. Names of Children on the Honor Roll of the Wilkesrioro School 2nd Month. First grade - Nell Ilendren, Gladys Melville, Eva l.ee Gaihiie, Jack Hen derson, Opal Steelman, Rosa Milam. Second grhde Matjoiie Dula, Nel lie Mitchell, Alice Lenilernian, i'legg Culler, James Garwood, Arthur 1'lnrr. Third grade J. Jin llaje-, Juice Wellborn, Turner Iipnderman, Lola Church, Billy Weaver, Lucile Hart. Four grade May Gibson, Nellie Hutchons, Laura Louise Carlton, Lo- line Harris, William Carrigan, Jack Spainhour, Clyde Michael, Addison Joins, Warner Miller, Donald Melville Fifth grade Geneva Church, Hel en Linney, Margarita Miller, Milton Dimmette. Sixth grade Ida Vivian Weaver, Evelyn Leckie, Blanche Lowe, Jewell Henderson, Eleanor Smoak, Lucile Garwood, Hadley Hayes, Beatrice Swanson, Fannie Mitchell. Seventh grade Masie Hamilton, Blanche Johnson, Eula Lowe, Beula Lowe, Margaret Smithey, Nora Bell Yates. Eigth grade Louise Melville, Al ma Jennings, Ella Mae Watson, Ed win Jennings, James Weaver, Hugh Revis. Nineih grade JaniC3 Lowe, Alma Anderson, Eula Brock, Annie Ruth German, Louise Hix, Louise Hix, Al ta Lowe, Elmira Sidden, Marvin Ash ley, Ralph Dockery, Charlie German, Vanchn Jennines. Tenth grade Nellie Brock, Vernie Duncan, Nell Winkler, Hope Hendren, Lacie Prevette, Nell Pardue, Alton Guthrie, Howard Gilreath, Grace Sheets, Minnie Smoak, Wrenn Duncan. Eleven grade Marie Smithey, An nie Duncan, Edith Foster, Agnes Sur ratt, Elizabeth Blevins, Rena Pennell, Eva German, Grace Gilreath, Mary Sheets. A neero either crazv or drunk tried to raise the devil up at Boomer last Saturday when arrested by the Greer boys and others, officers, and lodged In tlia nnnntv Vi Us miffllt be .1. vuv uwmuvj J r I thankful he is now getting his breath. i ? h-arJ frum it la-t Tkura-; :. uck Wile-t died at the Wilkes day that lim. spreader. Mr, A. G il-jutal at about D o'clock last Thuro Biiuigani: i, in- ,lr. Arthur Bumgaru- day morning many friends were very er of Wilki.,boto R. F. L. 1, phones much sadJeiiod to learn. Ho died us from his residence that it due j well and that be is goiiig to buy and that he is perfectly willing to have some oiih else try it. Readers of the Hustler will remember it as the Michigan experiment station's design to save extra money required for a much higher piiced spreader -the difference being about $50 niad" here by Gould & Lewis. Mr. Bumgarner may not be what one would call a "limited farmcr"but he is reliable to say the least. In testing it he drilled a ton to the acre requiring two hours each acre Fox Race Near Boomer. On Wednesday night of the past week the same aggregation of fox hunters that were present at Boomer on the third of the month when the fox so successfully eluded pursuit met again near W. E. Minton's home. They were there for the ex press purpose of redeeming them selves from the disgrace of letting one escape out of a possible hundred. Mr. Minton had ordered two foxes j and he broadcasted the news to the fox hunters of the community and the surrouuding neighborhoods that he would liberate one of the foxes on this night. At nine o'clock the fox was set free and given a start of oue hour. The dogs were then tu.ned loose and a beautiful race lasting for about an hour ensued. At the end of the hour the fox climbed a tree. After the dogs had been tied he was pushed from the tree and given' a start of about fifteen minutes. The dogs caught bim on the ground about fifteen minutes later. Anyone d ubting the truth of these stale nunts are respectfully referred to the following visitors who were pres ent and heard the race: J. C. Reins, E. C. Barklsy, Dr. Casey, J. T. Pre vette, Arthur Caudill, Wiley Nichols, all from N. Wi'lo'si-nro, and II. A Cranor and W. E. Minton of Wilkes boro, Tho other f.-x was being saved for another race on Saturday night, but to th-j regret of all tho fMx escaped from bin i h;;h '.,n Friday night. Mr Min'',;n immediately tioiified his near er neighbor;! of the calamity and they gathered in rapidly. The dogs wi .e put on the trail and treed the fox in about a half an hour. After this he was given a Unity-five minute start of the dogs and ran three quartets of an hour and was caught. Thesn f,ix hunters report that they would be glad to hear from other gentlemen of the same profession in the r.vst i-u'-ue of this paper. Re ported. Mrs. Martha Carlton Greer Died Nov. 9th. Mrs. Martha Carlton Greer, of Cald well county died Friday, November 9th, at her son's home near Lenoir, Mr. M. L Greer. She was 94 years of age, and the widow of the late Jesse F. Greer, member of Co. B, 22nd N. C. Calvary, who died July 22, 1861 She was horn on Beaver Creek, Wilkes county, daughter of Thomas Carlton and Ruth Burch, and lived all her life in V iikes and Caldwell ex cept a few years in Watauga, Her grandfather, Thomas Burch, served through the whole Revolutionary war. There aro five generations of her family living, her sister, Mrs. Eller of Ashe, representing her own and the other four as follows: She has six children living and three dead. As far as we can make out, the six living are Mrs. Reuben Ests of Idaho, Mrs. Thomas F. Nelson of California, Mrs. Alonzo Laxton of Caldwell. Thirty five grandchildren living and 17 dead. Eighty-nine great grandchildren liv ing and two dead. Twenty great- great grandchildren living. Lenoir News-Topic. Mr. W. J. McNeill, of Ferguson, was in the city Tuesday. from ulcer of the stomache, which ha I made a hole through it permit- ting leakagu into the system of his body. lb' became very sick on Satur day at his homo while out at his wood pile chopping. He leaves a wife aud 7 small chil dren. He was married to Miss Car rie Myers, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Myers, of North Wilkesboro R. F. I). ' lie had been a city delivery carrier since quitting the Rural Route near four years ago the duties of which he bad always discharged most effi ciently and accommodatingly to the patrons and had always made very high marks in the examinations put up by the department. North Carolina Farmers' Union Meets In Raleigh To-day and Tomorrow. The regular annual state conven tion of the North Carolina Farmers' Union will be held in Raleigh Nov ember 21 and 22. In a letter just sent to the Progressive Farmer by President R. W. H. Stone of Greens boro, he announces that the follow ing subjects will be discussed: 1. What could the government have done to prevent the collapse in prices of farm products in 1920-1921? 2 What can the Government do now in behalf of the farmers? 3, Are farming lands and farm ers bearing more than their share of the taxes and if so what is the rem edy? 4 What, can be done to organize the farmers of North Carolina so that their voices will be heard and their rights assured? ' 5. Which is the best to get co operative buying among farmers? In addition to transacting the gen eral business of a state Farmers' Un ion meeting, the convention will hear interesting addresses by Chief Justice Walter Clark of the State Snpreme Court, by Miss Mattie M. Berry, who is doing sikIi excellent work in pro moling rural credit unions, by Benja min C. March of the Farmers' Nation al Council, Washington, D C, and by Miss Adna Edwards of Salisbury, N. 0. - Progressive Farmer. Ferguson Hems. A series of meetings wero held at Beaver Creek church during the past week. Rev. J. A. Downs, who is the pastur of the Advenlist church in Cnarlotte, together with Rev. J. F. Craig.conducted these meetings. Mr, Craig is the pasto at Beaver Creek and other churches of this circuit. Rev. Mr. Brady, the now pastor for this circuit, filled his regular appoint ment at Ferguson M. E. church Sun day afternoon. Mr. Brady is a very able preacher and the congregation enjoyed his sermon greatly. Mr. C. L. Hartley of Buckner, Va , visited his father, J. H, Hartley, who has been critically ill for some time. The faculty of Ferguson High School attended the teachers' meet ing in N. Wilkesboro last week-end. Miss Beulah Ferguson made a busi- nesa trip to Siaiesviile lust Saiuiday. Mrs. S. H. Jones who underwent a serious operation at Davis' Hospital, in Statesville, recently, is rapidly re covering. Mr. J. R. Hix and family visited Mrs. Hix's mother, Mrs. L. C Fergu son, Sunday. The new road from Beaver Creek to the Caldwell county line and con necting the state highway is almost completed. Reported. The regular monthly meeting of the W. C. T. U. will be held at the home of Mrs. G. M. Rurr Thursday afternoon at 3 oclock. All members and prospective members are urged to be present. Hard Surface Trom Forsyth County Line Through Town of Yadkinville. Bids have boen called for by the state highway commission on the construction of a hard surface road on highway No. CO, known as the Boone Trail, from Yadkin river at the Forsyth county liue, through the town of Yadkinville. This important information on the next big highway project to be un dertaken by the state in this section was obtained from Alex S. Hanes, highway commissioner of the seventh district. Mr. Hanes also stated that if the bids received are satisfactory the state will let the contract for this new highway on the 27th of Novem ber, when the next meeting of the commission will be held at headquar ters in Raleigh. The state commission is calling for bids on concrete construction. This n eans that the Yadkin county link of highway No. 60 will be an extension of the splendid concrete highway that is now almost completed from Win-' s'.on-Salem to the river near Enon. The length of the Y'adkin county link for which bids have been asked is thirteen and one-half miles. Com missioner Haynes says this will car ry the new concrete construction through the town of Yadkinville. With the building of that link near ly 13 miles of the Boone Trail will have been hard surfaced from Winston-Salem west. Traffic is heavier on this thirty-mile section than on any other part of the great thorough fare between Winston-Salem and the Tennessee line. Just when the state commission will be able to let the contract for other hard surface, constructioa on highway No. 60 west of WinBton Salem is not known, but it is under stood that the plan is eventually to hard surface it all the way to Tennes see. Winston Journal. The Kind of "Persimmons" Sam Johnson Grows. Progressive Farmer: Last week we gave the amount of money Sara Sohnson had taken in from the sale of "persimmons." Of course these were Japanese persimmons. We ought to grow more of them. If the native or wild persimmon will grow on our land, then the large and beau tiful Japanese varieties will also grow. A Japanese persimmon tree in full fruit is as beautiful as an orange tree in fruit. The large yellow fruit and dark green leaves of the persim mon are, in fact, very similar in ap pearance to tho orange. The culture of the Japanese per simmon is simpler than that required by the apple or pear, since it is re markably free from disease and In sect pests and will thrive on almost any well drained land. The two va rieties that are most successfully grown are the Hyakume and Tane Vashi. The F. D. Meadows shop has con tracted to installed water and light plants in a number of houses in West Wilkes for Dr. A. J. Eller, of Ready Branch, Dr. W. R. Triplett of Fergu son, Mr. A. E. Wingler, and in the southeastern ouiei-eJK6 of town for the store house of Miller & Brooke j at the Statesville-Boone-Trail Forks, and for Mr. John Len. Whittington, of Union township. With some of these houses, if we are not mistaken, the contracts are already fulfilled and these country residences have use of the light and water. Our town aldermen are to issue bonds to the amount of $85,000.00 for a power house and machinery if no petition is filed against it in SO days from date, November 6th. It is proposed to thus supplement the water power in dry times with a gas oline-engine dynamo perhaps when water is low as during the recent few months.
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