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I^ORTH WILKESBOBO, N. C. MONDAY, ^NOV. A ^
Carolina Will Vote On
€cal Postoffice Examination
Candidates Have
Until Nov. 21 To
File Application
DRY DELEGATE
Vacancy Created By Resigna-
tiott of R. E. Walters To Be
Be Filled Soon
I
NOTICE RECEIVED HERE
James M. Anderson Is Acting
Postmaster; Quidifications
Are Listed
, An open competitive examina
tion to lill the vacancy in the
position of postmaster in North
Wilkesboro was anno lyiced
e Thursday by the United States
^ Civil Service Commission a t
Washington at the request ot
Postmaster General James A,
Bootlegger To Bej
Helped By Repeal,
W. R. Lovill Says
I Sees Chance For State To
I Take Stand For Prohibi-
I tion On Tuesday
RALLY HELD LAST NIGHT
REPEAL DELEGATE
T. E. Bingham Says Watauga
County Will Go Ovewhelm-
ingly For Prohibition
The vacancy in the North Wil
kesboro office was created by the
resignation of Captain R. E.
Walters, who served as post- Conven-
master here for nearly tomorrows election,
years. Since his resignation. | ,
Instead of getting rid of the
bootlegger, repeal of the Eigh
teenth Amendment will bring an
I ora of prosperity for the boot-
I legger. Will R. Lovill. well
j known Boone attorney, told an
I audience at the county court-
j house in Wilkesboro last night.
I Speaking at the county-wide
^ , wn (rally of the dry forces. Mr. Lovill
T. B. Story, principal of Wil-1 ^
Seven Die When
Airplane Dives
Into Residence
URGES REPEAL
Five Negroes In Residence
Were Burned To Death
After the Crash
EXPLORER AMONG DEAD
Two of the Seven Victims Oc
cupied Plane; Plane Took
Big Dive
Shrewsbury, N., J., Nov. 5.
H. H. Morehouse is the candi
date for election as repeal dele-
kesboro high school, is the can- j booUeggers when the | gate. Voters favoring repeal of | that followed, -rtie nouse was
A national guard airplane carry
ing George R. Johnson, noted
aerial photographer and explor
er, and a pilot, late today plum-
I meted Into a residence on Cher
ry street, ana exploded.
' Johnson and the pilot were
Jellied in the crasn. ?Mve negroes
were burned to aeath in the fire
BOTH SIDES ARE ACTIVB
Wilkes County Is Considered
Doubtful; Workers To Be
In the Field
didate of the dry forces for dele-j amendment is blotted 11 h e Eighteenth Amendment i destroyed by the flames.
^st6. Drv synipiithizcrs should ■ ... .... Him I w. h in fHo
James M. Anderson, former city;
chief ot police, who is expected
to return to his duties on the po
lice force as soon as a permanent
postmaster Is named, has been
serving as acting postmaster.
Receipt of applications for
postmaster here will close on No
vember 21. I Thinks Outcome Will Depend
To be eligible for the examl-'
nation, at. applicant must be a
citizen of the United States, must
reside within the delivery of this
post office, must have so resided
T. E. Story Urges
That Dry Leaders
BeBusyTomorrow
from the constitution as it ap-j should vote for him.
parently will be. Despite the in-1
evitable repeal. Mr. Lovill saw
a chance for North Carolina to •
take a stand for state prohibition
and to tell the nation that hers |
is a people that will not be led by |
, political strategy into voting j
I against their convictions. j
The rally was presided over by |
Morehouse Says
Vote For Repeal
Not Liquor Vote
Those who died in the burning
house were:
George R. (Tuck) Johnson, of
Bed Bank; Sgt. Alfred Poole,
Newark; Margaret King. 28;
Cora Raglan, 25: Patricia King.
2; Edward Wilson, 35, of Little
Silver; June King.
The house, a five-room bunga-
On Interest Shown By
Prohibition Friends
for at least one year next pre
ceding the date for close of re
ceipt of applications, must be in
good physical condition, and be
tween the ages of 30 and 66
Rev Avery Church, pastor of j Declares Majority Favonng^ Peterson, grandmother of the
Wilkesboro Baptist church, spoke Reptral Are Advocates of I King children. The father. Otis
briefly of the efforts the dry Real Temperance 'King, had left the place only a
forces have made to acquaint the ITRrPD' minutes before the crash,
voters with the seriousness of REFORMS TO BE URGED 'phe wife of M. N. Gofer, negro.
4’ostmaster Cienergl Speaks
To 3,000 At Raleigh On
Friday Morning
IS HOPEFIX OF VICTORY!
morrow,
T. E. Story, prominent cduca- T. E. Bingham, well
known
tor and- civic leader, for whom j Boone attorney and co-chairman
friends of prohibition will vote in i Watauga county dry foi^
tomorrow’s election, issued a
es, spoke at some length on the
I evils of prohibition and the
■rears Both men and women are' statement this morning in which: origin of the movement for re
JVIII . , K-. 1 t rv_ J MW.* *Haf frti'oiP’T
admitted.
! he urged every dry leader to be' peal. He declared that foreign
Under the terms ot the execu- active while the polls are open.
tlve order, the Civil Service, g^id he was hopeful
distillers had appropriated $5,-
1000,000 as far back as 1924 to
H. H. Morehouse, candidate for
election tomorrow as Wilkes
county’s repeal delegate. Issued a
statement this morning .in which
he declared that the repeal issue
has been beclouded by the “er
roneous idea’’ that a vote for re-
a neighbor, said the plane left
Red Bank airport, about 150
yards away, gained altitude for
a while and then swooped low
and landed.
The pilot, she said, took off
again and the plane circled the
peal Is a vote for liquor. Declar-j As it started to bank again
Ing that a majorltv of those fav-jlt suddenly dived. The tall hit an
oring repeal are strong advocates adjoinli^ house and the splane
c.«.wo. .m to ‘':,o.t th. a„. .rii
Postmaster General the names of I lean prohibition repeal, me cam
the hlehest three qualified eligl- prediction to offer as to! pgign of propaganda continued
* the probable vote. His statement i goj the mllllonnaires
I ^ ifitei II as many as three are
■''^qualified, from which the Post
master General may select one
of this
follows;
“Having done all that I rea-
for noml^Itron ■ by' the President, j sonably could for the cause of
Confirmation by the Senate is | Prohibition and the retention of
„ , ,, I the Eighteenth Amendment dur-
the final action. , »
Applicants will not be requir-1 Ing the campaign now coming to
ed trassemble in an examination ; a close, at this late hour have
room for scholastic tests, but will j nothing to say except that I want
ie rated oh their education and I to urge that every dry leader be
..■^elness experience and fitness, j active tomorrow In my opinion
The Civil Service Commission l*he outcome will depend largely
vrill make inquiry among repre- upon whether dry a™thlzers
wntative local business and pro- fo to the polls and cast their bal- • T J 11
fessional men 1 “"whether defeated or victor-1 UCniO tardWell
eemlng the experience, aMiit>.i ,
Hand cLracter of each applicant, ■ lous in the election tomorrow. 1
*tnd the evidence thus secured | want to thank all my co-workers
ill be considered in determining !^or their efforts in the campaign.
country were told that they could
lift some of the burden of tax
ation from their shoulders if they
could secure the return of legal
ized liquor. They fell in line, Mr.
Bingham said, and their millions
have been expended to the end
that taxation may be shifted to
the Innocent womanhood and
childhood of America.
of real temperance, Mr. More
house urged' repeal of the Eigh
teenth Amendment which “has
injured and set back the cause of
temperance most seriously."
Mr. Morehouse’s statement fol
lows;
“It is deplorable that so many
of our good citizens of Wilkes
of the
crashed into the rear
King house.
The Gofer woman said she
heard one of the children scream,
but no other sounds came from
the house.
Another neighbor said the
plane “slapped the house.” There
was an explosion and a geyser
(Continued on page eight)
Is Some Better
the ratings to be assigned to the''The cause of prohibition has en-| Business and
applicants. ' sympathies and servic- ; Leader Recuperat-
Presldential postmasters are I es of a great band of splendid | ing At Hospital
th classified civil service , “®n and women and posterity I °
and the commission announced I will, I believe, look back upon | Genio Cardwell, popular local Repeal advertisements in re-
that its duties in connection , the battle they waged and be business man and civic leader.
that Its aiiues I proud of their forefathers ’
have clouded the Repeal issuefuel rose and settled
with the erroneous idea that, eompletely enveloping the small
those who stand for it are fight- ®tr^ture.
ing against Temperance, whereas i
’The five occupants, it is be-
the vast majority are strong and I "ered, had been sitting In the
ardent advocates of Temperance j kitten.
and firmly believe that the 18th
Amendment has injured and set
back the cause of Temperance
most seriously.
“We must keep clearly in
mind that this is a non-partisan
National issue, as was most elo
quently stated by the speakers at
The plane bored downward un
til it struck the basement floor.
Voting WiD Be
In Call Building
Postmaster General James A.
Farley spoke to 3,000 persons In
Raleigh Friday urging the state
to ratify the repeal amendment
Tuesday.
President Desires
Repeal Victory In
State, Says Farley
MAKES RINGING APPEAL
and I w a s considerably better this
‘Let us all do everything we j Hospital where he is a patient
•with appointments to such posi
tions are to hold examinations ‘he stand t ey to k.
and to certify the results to the ^®t us all ao e
ana to > J ^ yotgrg (q the polls, stated
Posmaster Oe"e'-a _ The | automobiles and our I ” -
mission is no in - I influence toward this end.” the hospital Thursday suffering
political, religions, or fraternal ^ | from appendicitis and compli-
affillatlons of any applicant. I ^ I j.j ^ . ' ,gtions and at first it was
M Full information and applica
tion blanks may be obtained
from the secretary of the local :
board of civil service examiners
at the post office in this city, or ....
from the United States Civil Plans Are Made For Next '
f lervlce Commission. Washing- Meeting To Be Held On
on, D. C. Saturday, Dec. 16
the Repeal Rally at the court-'^orth W'lkeaboro Township
house last Tuesday evening. One i Voter.s To Cast Ballots At
has only to .study the illiiminat-| U.sual Place
Jng statistics on the subject in
' Voters of North Wilkesboro
cent issues of the Jonrnal-Palrio'. I township will cast their ballots
to learn what a colossal failure gt t^e usual place, the Call Hotel
Raleigh, Nov. 3—A ringing ap
peal for North Carolina to Join
the parade of repeal states was
made here today by Postmaster
General James A. Farley, who
said President Roosevelt person
ally was “looking forward’’ to
such action In next Tuesday’s ref
erendum.
Farley, addressing a statewide
repeal rally in Raleigh’s Memor
ial auditorium attended by ap
proximately 3,000 persons, de
clared It was the President’s wish
that North Carolina will back
him as it did in Chicago and the
1932 election by complying "with
his wishes and vote for repeal.”
He said Roosevelt told him
this at 10 o’cink last night
shortly before Fvley boarded a
train for Ralei^. The statement
was the only digression in the
cabinet officer’s written address
which was an attack on critics of
the administration as well as a
plea for repeal.
The postmaster general, who Is
also chairman of the Democratic
national committee, called' upon
the state to "keep faith with the
President’’ and “take a decisive
part in ending the disastrous and
costly experiment of national
‘prohibition.”
Farley’s seven-hour visit to
Raleigh was crowded with acti
vity. He was guest of Governor
■Ehringhaus at a breakfast at the i
Will hitherto dry North Caro
lina vote to ratify repeal of tho
Eighteenth Amendment or will
she remain true to the stand tak
en in 1908, eleven years before
•
the prohibition amendment was
adopted as the basic law of the
land. Will traditionally wet
Wilkes county maintain her anti-
prohibition position or turn to
the anti-repeal forces?
These are questions that are
on the lips of the people as
Wilkes county and all North Car
olina prepare for the repeal elec
tion tomorrow. The polls will be
open from sunrise to sundown
and between those hours North
Carolinians will write a blK
chapter in the state’s history.
If the state goes into the yet
column, the vote will be a great
reversal of the 1908 prohibition
vote. If on the other hand, a dry
victory is obtained, this state
win be the first to break a chain
of 33 states voting for repeal.
Anyway it goes, history will be
written.
Both sides have been active in
the county and in the state. The
dry forces are hopeful of victory
in the state. North Carolina be
ing considered one of the most
doubtful ot the seven states vot
ing tomorrow. Wilkes county
drys have been active and the re
sult in the county is doubtful,
observers say.
A large vote Is predicted in
Wilkes. Interest has Increased as
election day neared until the
probability is that almost half ot
the normal vote will be cast.
Voters should be careful in
marking their tickets tomorrow,
it Is pointed out by both sides.
Drys should be sure to vote for
T. E. Story and “No Convention,”
while those favoring repeal
should vote for H. H. Morehouse
and “For Convention.”
(Two ballots will be cast, one
d«terminlng whether a conven
tion is held and the other decid
ing whether a repeal or anti-re
peal delegate shall be elected
from Wilkes county.
State Baptists To
Meet In Gate City
Number of Local People Ex
pected To Attend; To Con
vene November 14
The North Carolina State Bap
tist convention, composed of more
than a thousand delegates from ev
ery section of the state, is sched-
executlve mansion. He received |meet in annual session in
newspapermen telling them it "is | the First Baptist church. Greena-
morning, attaches at the Wilkes the. mh ^Amendme^^^^ ^ ^ aecre-j ^rtTu;" IhatTeTamVTo^he j boro, Tuesday.
hava 'tn ha'Bnartad hv niir 'Itate ' tary Of the county board of elec-j state to crack the patronage I ®o"tinue in session three days,
.have to be enacted by our State, | Democratic party,! Following their custom of many
Splendid Meeting
Mr. Cardwell was carried to i ggrefui study of the new tions. stated this morning.
conditions by our most competent j The voting place had not;— — - —
statesmen. One ot the most Im-! previously been definitely decid-favor repeal I ference at the convention site,
thought that recovery was doubt-
„„Jand that he “sincerely” believed ] tbe Baptist pastors of the
portant matters must be the re
quirement ot an automobile
I ed upon, Mr. Barkley said, and
nr L II IJ '>'8 can pe i‘his reason he requested that
Ul Icncncrs llCld proved and his chances are permanently revok-1 ^ P"hlic announcement he made
' much better, although the dang
(Continued nn Pack page)
as to where the election for this
precinct will be held.
Glass Released
Under Big Bond
Approximately 200 of the 233 i
white teachers of Wilkes attend-1
ed the county-wide teachers ■
meeting in Wilkesboro school i
! auditorium Saturday morning.
After the auditorium addre.ss, j‘bh’’’ sessions starting a day in
he Inspected Raleigh’s postoffice the convention.
' A number of Wilkes people, in-
Congressman “Farmer Bob” Doi^hton Will Be 70
Years Old Tomorrow; Has Served For 22 Years
and attended a luncheon in his ... . .
honor, reiterating that .-presi-j'^^“ding M Bla*burn. who is a
dent Roosevelt means what he ”'«'"b/'- of the state board, are ex-
says and wants everybody who i *> ^‘tend the convention.
rot^jor him In 1932 to vote ‘or |
' To Be Sold Friday
Washington,
^^Given L‘IEtrty"uE speaking before |
Nov. 4. — Big I nomination in a
bald - headed
Bond of $4,000
i the body on matters pertaining | ygarg old Tuesday, eased his
1 to school and semi-school acti-: husky frame back in his leath-
Fred Glass, of the Call sec-,vities were Charles McNeill and
tion, alleged slayer ot C. F.' Mrs. G. G. Foster on relief work.
fLnm) Anderson, was released j Dr. A. J. Eller, county health
last night from the county Jail,officer and Rev. Eugene Olive,
.under bond of $4,000 for his ap-, Red Cross roll call chairman,
pearance at the next term of I Announcements were made by
criminal court. I Prof. C. B. Eller, superintendent
OUm bad been In Jail since'of the Wilkes school system, re
week lative to plans for the remainder
(onday morning of last ,
l^^hen he surrendered to county of the school year
I "^authorities. Anderson, It Is stat
ed, was fatally wounded at Glass’
'l^me late Sunday evening and
^"dled early Monday morning.
An JovestlgaUon revealed that
« ere la no evidence ot first de
es mnrder and the large bond
was set tor the release of Olasa.
hound swivel chair in the house
office building and allowed—aft
er considerable questioning—that
he got into politics quite by acci
dent but has remained there by
hard work.
That hard work has made him
the Hon. Robert L. Doughton,
North Carolina’s Democratic
chairman of the powerful ways
A committee, composed of j and means committee, but at
Geo. H. Hill, D. R. Wright, Lest-1 heart he’s the same “Farmer
er Gregory, Mias Verna Foster (Bob” who used to dMve cattle to
and Miss Zell Harris, was ap
pointed to arrange the program
for the December meeting which
will be held on Saturday, Decem
ber 1C.
pasture in Alleghany county.
That was before he went to
the North Carolina senate back
in 1908 and two years later won
the Democratic congressional
four-candidate
convention fight. Coming from
the smallest county in the dis
trict, Doughton said he had no
idea of winning his first nomi
nation.
Carried Republican District
Since then, he has had that
nomination without opposition
except on one occasion, when be
had to fight it out in a primary.
Carrying the Democratic 'ban
ner in Doughton’s district back
in 1910 was a pretty tough Job
because until “Farmer Bob” won
out, the district had been Repub-
li(»n 12' of the previous 20 years.
In fact, in Dougbton’s first
general election he beat repre
sentative Charles H. Cowles, Re
publican nominee, by only 759
votes. That was the beginning of
a congressional career that haa
run uninterruptedly tor more
than 22 years.
The slim 1910 margin was
boosted to 3,262 majority the
next election but Doughton mod
estly explains this by recalling
that Wilkes county, Republican
stronghold, had been taken out
ot his ninth district.
Since then, Doughton has had
“close calls” in four years when
his majority dropped below 2,-
000 votee. The first two close
races came on the heels ot each
other in 1914 and 1916. In 1920,
the Harding landslide cat Dongh-
toa’s majority to 1,088 and In
1928 the Hoover deluge left
“Farmer Bob” with only 1,384
majoritr.
Just as Republican landslides
(Continued on page eight)
Harmony Coming
Here On Friday
j Trustees To Sell Stocks Owned
I By T. B. Finley, Bankrupt
Here November 10
Stocks owned by T. B. Finley,
Meet Wilkesboro Ramblers at! bankrupt, win be .offered for
Fairgrounds at 3:lt5; Ex?
pect Oose Game
Harmony high school eleven
comes here Friday afternoon for
an engagement with Wilkes^ro
high school at the fairgrounds at
3:16.
Despite the 19 to 0 defMit hand
ed them two weeks ago by the
Harmony team, the Ruiblera are
confident of a dose game cm will
be fighting for a victory Friday.
This will be the first chimee lo^
fans will have to- see Wilkesboro in
•erion and a large crowd is ex-
peeted.. ,
sale in front of the Bank of
North Wilkesboro building Fri
day, November 10, at 2 p. m. by
the trustees In bankruptcy, J. R.
Hlx, C. C. GambiU and C. T.
Doughton.
Among those offered for sale
will be shares in the OtoUfM \
Mortgage Indemnity ’ ^compidK
Turner-White Coffin companyr
Forest Furniture company, ‘ Dn>
posit ft Savings Bank and North
Wilkesboro Hotel company.
■fl-
Vi. E! K. Wooten, of Lovelaee,
was » bosineas visttor boro That*-
'
Mr. and Mrs. David Klmbrel
and Miss Addle Lee P^dne,'
OharlottA, spent ' Sahdky ‘wtl^’;
Mrs. Kimhrers and Wkt INrdtM^
pwrentsi Mr. and
dub, ft MorfcvUui
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