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NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1334
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31.00 IN THE 8TAtE-i^L60 OUT OF THE STATER
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LG.O.P.Nommee
fFw SoUator To
Be Unopposed
A Hap[^ Aaglcf^io the Bent-1^ League o
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l^es SfcElwee Filed After
«Bbard of Elections
Closing Time
Jefiress Speaker
At Road Meeting
Held Thursday
In Trauucf Dep^t
OTHERS ARE BARRED
Highway Chairman 'Assures
Peoiple WiBres • IfedeD
Road WiQ Be BuUt*
INSPECTS TWO ROUTES
Jefferson Attorney Files Too
Late In Eleventh Judicial
District
Jeffress Makes Personal Tour
of Routes; To Select Best
Suitable
’The Republican nominee for
solicitor of the 17th judicial dis
trict will be without opposition
in the November election.
Due to the fact that Attorney
W. H. McBlwee’s notice of can
didacy reached the state board
of elections after the closing
hours for filing, the state board
refused to recognize him as a
candidate. He was the only
Democrat in the district who
filed with the board.
The local attorney mailed his
notice of candidacy, along with
the fjling fee. here 25 hours be
fore the closing hour for filing
for state office on April It but
his letter reached them a few
hours too late.
A hearing n-as held on the
ypatter in Raleigh Saturday for
a number of candidates in the
same plight and the board ruled
that they filed too late. Attorney i
McElwee presented his claims in ^
person to the board, stating that |
it was his understanding tliat a j
filing notice would be legal if
postmarked before closing time. ,
The hoard ruling Mr. McElwee |
out of order and Mr. Ward dit- .
to. put Mrs. Lindsay Patterson
out of the running in the fifth,
district whose tiling was attend- i
ed to by Chairman Meekins. E..
D. Dickens, of Halifax, who was j
to have run in the second as Re-,
publican candidate, lost his right ^
by this irregularity, and L. L. |
Moffatt, of ri'roy. who woo'd'
have been Republican candidate j
for solicitor in the 15th judicial
Spring . . . The photo above happens to come from the southland,
but Mabel Clair Strickland, of Douglas, Ga., dpes more than attest her
membership in ti e Bent-Pin Leagu’ ... she typifies the opening of
another happy childhood season throughout the land.
MEN INVOLVED IN ROBBERY
GIVEN PRELIMINARY TRIAL
Buff Orphington
With Four l.egs
Exhibited Here
Joe McMcI.«an Bound To
Court; Elliot, Minton and
Adams Are Released
1.. L. Godfr y. Wilkesboro
resident, treated The Journal-
Patriot force to a glance at a
real freak Friday when he ex
hibited a living, two-cay-old
Buff Orphington chick with four
legs.
The chick was in apparently
normal condition with the excep-
^for solicitor in the 15th judicial: two extra
%lls^rlct. lost because he did of the usuaMw4^«e.e*ia^
^ma^^ Personal pledge. I that he was ^
^ Candidates Barred ! unusua care with the hope that
The action resulted in barring «
of the following candidates: | hedged four-legged chicken
W. L. W’ard, of Worthville.'
seeking the Republican nomina
tion as utilities commissioner.
Mrs. Lucy B. Patterson, of
Winston-Salem, seeking the Re-1
publican nomination to Congress ^
from the fifth district. I
E. D. Dickens, of Halifax,,
seeking the G. O. P. nomination
to Congress from the second dis
trict.
L. L. Moffatt. of Troy, seeking
the Republican nomination as
^licitor in the 15th district.
—^fcw. H. McElwee. of North Wil
kesboro, seeking the Democratic
nomination as the lone candidate i . ti.h, u , ,
of the majority party tor solici-i tion loans by the Wilkesboro Pro-|
j Four men under indictment in
' connection with the robbery of
j Milier-Pharr Feed Store here
I recently were given a prelimi-
! nary hearing Thursday before
I Magistrate A. E. Spainhour.
j Joe McLean, former employee
I of the store, confessed to haul-
j iiig large quantities of merchan-
released after the pi^llmlnary
! hearing under bond of 11,000 for
1 appearance at the next term of
1 court.
The charges against the other
three men. Oscar Elliot, Ralph
1 Minton and Adams were dis-
j missed by the magistrate upon
I evidence that they acted in good
faith withottt knowledge that the
goods were stolen.
Elliot was charged with r
reiving the stolen goods. Ac-
Al-i cording to the evidence brought
j forth in the hearing he paid cash
value for the goods he brought
I without knowledge that it had
ECONOMIST I»S COMING | been stolen. Minton was charged
. , I with hauling
More than 200 applications have
200 Applications
Are Approved By
Wilkesboro PCA
Approximately BOO people gath
ered at Comer’s store near the
Wilkes-Iredell line on Thursday to
attend a road rally, held for the
purpose of stimulating interest in
the proposed North WHkesboro-
Statesville highway-
E. B. Jeffress, chairman of the
state highway commission, ad
dressed the gathering, assuring
the people that the road would be
constructed as early as the funds
are mads available. He stated
that at the present time the state
was unable to complete the road
but that he hoped more federal
road funds would be appropriated
in a .short time.
Following the gathering of in
terested citizens in behalf of the
proposed road. Chairman Jeffress
made a tour of the two proposed
routes—the route on the present
old road by way of Hunting Creek
and the Brushy mountain route.
With the highway chairman on this
tour were H. E. Noell, of States
ville, district engineer; Engineer
Browning, who has charge of the
route selection, and; John Milhol-
.1
Joe WilBams, of ^dkinville,
Nominated rcfr Senator of the
a:
24th District In G. 0. P. Meet
Large for
JPitfpwoocf Ir-
Received Here
District RepuUican Coaveti*
tkm Hrid Saturday In
* YadkinviDe
' Washington . . . Thomas Jef
ferson CooJidge (above), Boston
banker, photographed at his
desk when he took over IT. S.
Treasury fiscal affairs as assist
ant to Secretary Morganthau.
J. C. Wallace To
Seek Nomination
For Legislature
Announces Six-Point Platform
On Which He Is Seeking
Support
As evidence of improving
business conditions, one of the
largest paper manufacturing
companies in the world has p)s>c-
ed an order with T. J. Frazier,
local business man, for several
carloads of pulpwood.
Mr. Frazier is now placing or
ders for pnlpwood with many of
the farmers of this sectiM and
a liberal per-eord price is being
paid. The order he now has is
limited hot he hopes to make
the buying of pnlpwood here a
continuons business as economic
conditions continue to improve.
The wood he is buying will be
shipped to a paper mannfactur-
tng plant in Covington, Va-,
where one of the largest paper
mills is located. The new mark
et for wood will mean an added
income of several thousands of
dollars to farmers of Wilkes.
HARMONIOUS MEETING
Mrs. John R. Jones Only Rep
resentative Fran MTftes
County
IS SECOND CANDIDATE
J. C. Wallace, former register
of deeds and 'ong a prominent
member of the Republican party. ^
today announced his candidacy]
for the state legislature.
Mr. Wallace issued a six-point
Mountain View
Commencement
Tuesday, May 1
route selection, aiiu) oumi innuo.-1 statement in Which he sum
Ian, clerk of the court of Iredell! marized the platform upon which
couney
Chairman Jeffress stated
he was making the tour for the
he will go before the Republl-
that can voters in the June primary.
He is the second Republican
purpo.se of determinit^, in a fair to come out for the legislature
and impartial way. the route best Vance McGbinnis, of Boomer
suited for the road.
The North Wilkesboro-Statcs-
ville highway has been construct
ed over a ten-mile stretch, begin
ning at Statesville and extending
— - Aliai|^ cav k„,«M*vv.cv > o
diqft, from -the store and he Crt»l»-in" the direction of
Jfc-.' — *^6 (Wilkes line.
Many Applicants Have
ready Received Money On
Crop Loans
the stolen goods
i which consisted mainly of chop
been approved for crop produc-1 other feeds.
The state was represented by
tor of the ITth district. ! duction Credit association, states j .^ttorneys Eugene Trivette and
Grant Bauguess, of Jefferson. | T- W. Ferguson, secretary-treas-1 Kyle Hayes. Attorney T. C.
- seeking the Republican nomina- I urer. | of Jefferson, repre-
tion as solicitor of the 11th dis-^ The Wilkesboro PCA, organized 1 sented Elliot and Attorneys .1.
- I the first of this year, embraces the; M. Brown and P. J. McDuffie
i following seven c.ounties: Wilkes, i represented Minion and .\dams.
♦Dr. Jenkins Speaks t° W f Miller Is
-^^mylorAVllle ijeniors Applications are being approv-, lie V« IflUlCl Ao
i ed as rapidly as possible and
Dr W. A. Jenkins, pastor of j manv of the applicants have al-
the Methodist church here, do- ^ read'y received their money When
llvered the baccalaureate sermon the applications are properly nllevi
to the graduating class of Tay-j out and forwarded from the coun-
lorsville high school in a service ty committee to the central office
held there yesterday. The school here the money is advanced vrithin
comes to a close tonight with the | a week or fn days, there being
auTual merarv address by Dr, ' UHle r^ tape to the process.
John H cook.' of Worn-n s Col-_ The loans which have-been ap-
' lege Greensboro. ' (Continued on page eight)
Assurance by the highway
chairman that the road) will be con
structed is good news to the many
citizens of Wilkes and Iredell coun
ties who have worked diligently for
years with the aim in view of hav
ing a direct route from this city to
Statesville. The distance between
the two cities over the new route
will be about 35 miles
DIES AT AGE
OF 99 YEARS
Mrs. Emily Huffman Passes
At Reddies River Thurs
day Afternoon
Out For Coroner
Iku’den Seeds Will Be Distributed
To Needy Families In the County
Wilbar Resident Is Seeking
Nomination For Office;
Is Republican
Will Be Loaned Only To
Those Who Have Signed
Agreements
Still Destroyed In
Marley Ford Section
X. C. Miller, well known citi
zen of the Wilbar community,
today announced himself as a
candidate for coroner, subject
to the wishes of the Republican
voters in the June primary.
Mr. Miller has been a life-long
Republican and states that he is
! making his announcement after
seriously considering the request
made by numerous friends.
Mrs. Emily Huffman, had she
lived until September 12 of this
year, would have reached the age
of 100 years. She died at her
home near Reddies River Friday
afternoon at 4:30. She was 99
years. 7 months and 8 days of
age.
She leaves two children, Noah
Huffman and Mrs. John Wyatt,
both of whom live at Reddies
River. Her husband, Jake Huff
man. died several years ago.
In addition to her two chil
dren. Mrs. Huffman leaves 20
grandchildren. 60 great grand
children and one great-great
grandchild.
The funeral service was held
at Reddles River church Sunday
at 11 o’clock. A large concourse
of friends and neighbors gather
ed to pay a last tribute to the
long and faithful life of Mrs.
Huffman, whom they had learn
ed to love and respect in her ad
vanced age.
• Academic and Athletic Can-
tests Planned For Elemen
tary Schools '
HIGH FINA?^ MAY 2ND
having announced several weeks
ago.
Mr. Wallace is widely known
throughout the county. He serv
ed eight years as register
deeds, leaving office In 1928. Be
fore that he was engaged in the
mercantile business for a" num
ber of years. He has served as
city clerk and treasurer of North
Wilkesboro and has been promi
nent in civic and fraternal af
fairs. He is a former district
deputy of the Junior Order. At
the present time, Mr. Wallace is
a leading magistrate here.
The statement issued by Mr.
Wallace follows:
"Having been solicited by var
ious leaders of all the factions of
the Republican party of Wilkes
county, and for the sake of har
mony and success of the party,
I have decided to allow my name
to be submitted to the June pri
mary for the nomination as a
member of the house of repre
sentatives, on the Republican
ticket.
“The following I submit as my
platform, on which I solicit your
support:
“1st. I propose to stand for
(.Continued on page four)
Adult Schools
Now Operating
Adult and Nursery Schools
Resume Work After Tem
porary Layoff
■ Garden seeds will be distriout-
ed to the families on the relief
list In Wilkes county this week
and next, states Mrs. G. G. Fos-
Wkr, relief administrator, and O.
M. Proffit. farm and garden
supervisor.
The seeds will be distributed
only to those families who have
been Investigated by the case
workers and who have been no-
tlfind that the seeds will be loan
ed to them. No seeds will be giv
en to anyone unless they have
signed the farm and garden
sgronnirn* which requires them
to plant, cultivate and conserve
od as directed by the relief ad-
■iniatrator.
Relief authorities will be at
the following places for the pur-
poee of distributing seeds:
WedaewUr, April 35
J. 9, Qernaan’s store at Boom-
, * a. m.: Thankful school, 2
in,; old Congo postsfflce In
Two Men Flee From Scene
Officer Approaches; Big
Outfit Destroyed
As
“Clean-Up Week” Is
Extended To Friday
"(Continued on page eight).
Deputy Sheriff Tom Walsh,
of Ferguson, destroyed a large
distillery outfit in the Marley
Ford community one day last
week. As the officer approached
the scene two men disappeared
and he was unable to identify
either of them.
Large Quantities of sugar and
materials ready for distillation
were deotroyed. The still was of
the larger type and there was
evidence of liquor manufacture
on a large scale.
The following statement in re
gard to “Clean-Up Week” In
Wilkesboro was released for
publication this morning by -May
or W. E. Harris:
“Owing to the rainy weather,
“Clean-up Week” tor the town
of Wilkesboro has been extended
Jo April 27th. The citizens will
please have all rub’jish gathered
from their premises and have it
conveniently placed for the wa
gon on Friday.”
Singing Meet
At Macedonia
Several Classes Expwted To
Take Part In Singing
Convention Sunday
The seven adult and nursery
schools in Wilkes county have re
sumed operation after being tem
porarily discontinu“d states Mrs.
G- G- Foster, relief administrator
in Wilkes-
The adult and nursery schools
were formed early in the year
under darection of the FERA here-
The schools have a two-fold pui^
pose, to give employment to needy
teachers and to give adults and
small children of families on the
relief IWt educational opportuni
ties.
Reports from many of the com
munities where the schools are
Buater Forester Home
From Baer Die
Prof. T. E. Story To
Address Traphill Seniors
Prof. T. E. Story, principal of
Wilkesboro high school, will de
liver the commencement address
at Traphill on May 1. The pro
gram for the entire comraence-
yfoeat was published last week.
M r. Buster Forester, well
known local bottler and ice
cream distributor, returned
Thursday from Raleigh where he
attended a meeting of the North
Carolina Beer Diatributors. Mr.
Forester’s company, the Pepsi
Cola Bottling Co., is distributor
for Budweiser and Blue Ribbon
hser.: . . ■ ■ . ...
A large crowd and lots of
good singing Is expected at the
singing convention to be held
at Macedosda church three miles
north of Ronda on Sunday, April
29.
Sweral choirs are expecting
to take part and a very success
ful staging is anticipated. The
program will begin at 10 o’clock
and Sheze will be both morning
and afternoon sessions, f Every-
body attending Is expected to
provide lunch.
Five Horses Sold
To Needy Families
Mr. S. B- R'chardson. local dis-
tr.ibutor of Texaco products, at
tended a barbeque by The
Texas Co,, tar itu wifmts and sales
men at Albemaria. Friday. AM
agmts and sakNinM of tlin state
were gnests of the company.
Combinef\ programs tar the
Mountain View group commence
ment and the Mountain View high
school commencement were an
nounced today by Prof. E. R-
Spruill, district superintendent.
On Friday night, April 27, the
senior class will present a pomedy-
drama entitled ‘”1716 PictnfS Girl."
The play will begin promtly at 8
a’clock. ■
On Sunday afternoon. April 29,
the baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered) by Rev. Eugene Olive,
pastor of the First Baptist church
of this city. The service will be
gin at 3 o’clock.
The group commencement for
the entire Mountain View district
will be held on May 1, beginning
at 3:30 p. m. The groups will
gather in the auditorium for a
brief session, which will be fol
lowed by athletic events on the
playground outside. All schools in
the district are invited to take
part in the athletic program, which
will consist of baseball games and)
other events.
A picnic supper will be the or
der of the day at 6 p. m-. and at
7 o’clock will be the spelling con
tests and graduating exercises by
the seventh grade graduates of the
district. Prof. C- B. Eller, coun
ty superintendent of schools, will
deliver 'Vplomns rf sivcr.*)! grade
graduation.
On iWednesday night, May 2, the
graduating exercises of the Moun
tain View senior class will be held,
beginning at 8 o’clock. The pub
lic is invited to attend all pro-
Joe Williams, Yadkinville bus
iness man, was nominated for
senator of the 24th ^iatrict
the Republican conzQQUail^eld
in Yadkinville Satahi^y'!^
noon. ' ."t
The 24th district is composed
of three Republican counties,
Yadkin, Davie apd Wilkes. Ac
cording to the time honored cug.
tom, the counties-rotate >4«-.-M-
lecting a senator and Yadkin la
In line this year. ^
Williams is one of the leading
Republicans In Yadkin, being a
son of the well known S. Carter
Williams, of Yadkinville. Young
Williams is a merchant.
The convention Saturday was
very harmonious, there being no
opposition to Williams' candi
dacy. Wade Reavis, chairman
and W. E. Rutledge, secretary,
were reelected.
On the district executive com
mittee the counties have the fol
lowing: Wilkes. Mrs. W. A.
Stroud and Attorney J. H.
Whicker; Yadkin, Mrs. S. W.
Vestal and W. E. Rutledge: Da
vie, Louise Stroud and Robert
son Howell.
Mrs. John R. Jones, who was
the only representative at the
convention Saturda.y from
Wilkes county, had the privilege
of casting Wilkes’ 34 votes in
the convention.
Auxiliary Will
Help Children
Local Unit WBI Make 100
Glasses of Jrily For Un
derprivileged
The Wilkes unit of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary is planning
to cooperate with the national
and department organization in
making and furnishing jelly for
«se In lunches of underprivileg
ed and needy children.
The quota for the local unit is
fifty glasses, each member pledg
ing to furnish at least two glass
es. This jelly will''be turned over
to the proper authorities for use
by the underprivileged and und
ernourished children in the
school next year.
Recital To Be Given
Here Thursday Night
A joint recital will be given
by the piano class of Miss Ellen
Robinson and the expression
class of Mrs. R. G. Finley at
the graded school auditorium
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
The public is most cordially in
vited to attend.
Attending Automobile
Code Meeting Tonight
grams of the group and high j
school , commencements. | practically ail of the automo-
The Intermediate class of the j bile dealers and salesmen of this
Pentecostal Holliness Sund a y city are _ planning to go to
school enjoyed a picnic at the A- Greensboro to attend an import-
merican Legion grounds near Oak-! ant meeting tonight. The meet-
woods Sunday. Mr. Carl S. Bum-jing will deal principally with
garner is teacher of the class. I the automobile code for dealers.
Six-County Baseball League
May Begin Early Next Monl^
A
Home Economist
Coming Tuesday
[ C. T. Doughton Asks All Can
didates For Wilkes Team '
To Report
Miss Addle Malone Will Be In
Charge Kelvlnator Party At
8. P. IT. Showrooms
The ladies of the community
muniiies wneic me
maintained indicate that they have are most cordially Invited by the
A six-county baseball league for
northwestern North Carolina may
start on a schedule by May 1, ac
cording to information received to
day from C- T- Doughton, '(Hm> it
maintained indicate that they nave — uay irum u- x- i^ougnmu, ww m
met with widespread) approval and management of the local S. P. IT. organizing a team for North Wil-
that the adults, especially those office to attend an informal kestoro and) Wilkes county,
who are classed as illiterates, are Anniversary Kel
their office tomorrow by MIm
Addle Malcae, home economltt'
of unusual ability.
The hours for the party taw
been announced as 10 a. m. to
12 m. and frem 2 to S p. m. -Ui
Relief .atathorltles of Wilkes
county received five horses BM-
dav for distribution to needy -- — — -
families. The horses were placed 1« expected that a large numtar
by the case workers and those of tedles will attend as Miss Ma
to whom they were placed will lone ,wlU offer some veiw
tine
pay for them by an easy payment
freahments daring the apring
and summer seasons and give
plan over a long period of time.
The last ehlp®ent makes a , w - ♦
total of W horses and mules lot practical demonstration that
^ county, nine mules havlftg wUl show Just how much serptew
Ca shSid S on Tneeday of he expected from an elec
last week. ;
trie refrigerator.
The six-county league would be
an outstanding step of progress
I for the imtliiniil jMi nil
ISMnie uEoaUbailiHr sUdNlMlilt
basriiall taleKtJo the MsanaiMMs
counties, fram criuch ang ■Nt
■league stars .drnve maalfced to
bausball’a.-lusB of fame,
'B» six comities Itaving express
ed a willingness to miter the
league are Wilkea. Yadi^ AUe-
ghany, Watauga. Snrry imd Aahe
or Alexaader. a.
Mr. Doughton is JffuliteCMl: w
the North Wilkesboro teani for
Wilkes county ^^tad aeUfif all
plaireTB Trim w%.^ '4py'oat f«
tfie team to see or write hbn sit
tee earileet poasiU^date.