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PubUshed^oniws and Uioredays NORTH WILKESBORO. N. C., THURSDAY, APBn.26,1934
Almost $4,0(i0 In
TobaccoPsiyinents
For Distribution
New NRA Unit Head
County Agent Hendren Has
Acreage Reduction Pay- j
nent Checfc^ At Office |
ro deliverTersonally
Farmers Must Call and Get
Payments In Person; 195 j
Farmers Get Pay |
Government checks to Wilkes
county farmers for tobacco acre
age reduction total approximate
ly $4,000, states County Agent
A. Q. Hendren, who now has the
l^cheoks tor dlstrlbut'on.
Although tobacco Is grown
Coyd M. Elledge
Out As Candidate
ForSherift sOffice
SEEKS CANDIDACY
Former Deputy Announces i
He Will Seek .Republican
Nomination In June |
PROMINENT DAIRYMAN
Says He Will File With Elec
tion Board Within Next
Few Days
Lleut.-Col. G.
Coyd M. Elledge, prominent
dairyman and a leader in the Re
publican party here, today an-
A. Lynch (above), U. S. Army, I®
now detached, and described by 1 for the Republican nomination
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson as “the I for sheriff in the primary June
i j /I ft.! k . I,, fho IT 1 2. He is the first candidate to
Aitnougn looacco is grown most advanced thinker in the U. t oUer
only in the eastern end of Wilkes | S. Army/- is the new member of 'Zluicn ticket.
county, there were 195 Wilkes
farmers who signed the reduc
tion contracts. Tobacco is by no
means the principal crop in
Wilkes, the county having gone
in for diversified farming be
cause of geographical and cli-1
matic conditions.
The checks Mr. Hendren has,
for distribution ran.ge from asj
the NRA administrative staff
and understudy to Johnson
Tli, check, must b„ delivered \" | Schoob Ndt Oelaycd By Meas- J*,
person and ihe receipieiii iiiusl ■ |ps „ Other Causes T(1 ' , „„|ce. He
,S™cu™'Mr.”H::ren“','S!l Complete Tuesday ^ severs, ve... n. Dep,,-
.1, Who Sisned th. C..ur..t. COMMENCEMENTS HEGIN: w.rtd
LlTe^^l™ke.^ro'".nd^e”lv/Gr,,upC..mu■EUcemeutI•'o■■7th:^V.r, ..rvl„K In Pr.nce .1,1. .he
Many Schools
Will Close On
Tuesday, May 1
iff on the Republican ticket.
Mr. Elledge states that he will
file notice of his candidacy with
the county board of elections
within the next few days.
in making his announcement
he states that he is doing so aft
er careful consideration and dis-
I enssion of his candidacy with a
' large number of friends.
His supporters point out that
their checks.
Ronda School
Commencement
ToBeHeldMayS
(Jrade (iraduates Will
Bejfin Friday
.Majority of
Interesting Program Planned
For District Exercises;
Contests Feature
I “Wildcat Division.’’
The statement of Mr. Elled.ge
in regard to his candidacy fol-
tlip schools in I lews:
Wilkes Connly will close on! "Xn The Republicans of Wilkes
Tuesday. .May 1. states Prof. C.. County:
It. Kiler, coiuiiy superintendent | “After due consideration and
of schools. I discussion of ray candidacy with
Had there jiot been an epi-ia large number of the Republi-
demic of measles, whieli forced | (.3,1 voters of Wilkes County, I
several schools to close for aji^ave decided to announce myself
week or more, all of the schools; as a candidate for sheriff
would have clo.sed on tlie same | wilkes
date. Tuesday, .May 1
HIGH FINALS MAY 13TH
^ Prof. Geo. H. Hill, principal of
Ronda high school, announces
that the group commencement
for Ronda district will be held
on Saturday, May 5, beginning
at ten o’clock.
The. first number of the pro
gram for the group commence
ment will be the graduating ex
ercises by all seventh grade stu
dents of the schools in Ronda
district. Seventh grade diplomas,
one year attendance certificates
and seven year perfect attend
ance medals will he awarded by
Prof. Hill.
At noon will be dinner on the
grounds and after assembly will
the entertainment part of the
program, consisting of songs,
plays, folk dances and recita
tions.
Following the indoor program
will be the athletic events. For
the girls of the district there will
be a forty-yard relay race, base
ball throw, running broad jump.
^ fifty-yard dash and a forty yard
^ jump-the-rope contest. Boys of
the several schools may enter
®^4he following: sixty-yard dash,
sixty-yard relay race. running
broad jump, running high jump
and chinning the bar.
• Ronda High Sctiool
The high school will come to
a close on Monday night. May 15,
when Dr. D. B. Bryan, dean of
Wake Forest College, will deliv
er the annual literary address to
the class of 34 seniors.
The high school commence-
♦ ment will begin on Friday night.
May 11. with class night exer-
Saturday, May 12. at 8:30 p.
m., will be the senior play “Cy-
ione Sally." for which an ad
mission of 10 and 25 cents will
be charged.
Rev. C. O. Kennerly, of James
town, N. C„ will deliver the
graduation sermon at 11 a. m.
on Sunday, May 13.
of
I County subject to the
The, wishes 01 the Republicans as ex
schools which do not close Tues- pressed in the June Primary,
day will close within two weeks. "Your support will be greatly
Although hampered by an in-■ appreciated and it elected
c»teS8#«f ■
‘ ■promise' to serve honest and
have operftW very successfully I faithful and protect the Interest
for the year, is the opinion of! of every citizen of Wilkes coun-
muny who have kept in tonch | ty to the best of n.y ability,
with the school sy.stem for the I "Sincerely yours,
first year of operation under the I “COYD M. ELLEDGE.”
new eight-months' school law. !
Group foinmencements for^
seventh grade graduates for the
next weeks include .Mount Pleas
ant -Friday. Wilkesboro Satur
day. Mountain View and Millers
Creek Tuesday.
Wilkes Man Is
Injured In Wreck
J. R. Rousseau
Moves Office To
Wilkes District
j Elisha Honeycutt In Serious
Condition As Result of
' Wreck Tuesday
B. C. Clement and Mr. Rous
seau Exchange Territor
ies As Collector
CHANGED ON TUESDAY
A change which took effect
Tuesday brings J. R. Rousseau,
internal revenue collector, back
to North Wilkesboro and sends
B. C. Clement to Forsyth county.
Mr. Rousseau has been serving
as collector in Winston-Salem
for several months. Before going
to Winston-Salem he served in
the same capacity in this district
for several years. He was return
ed to North Wilkesboro at his
own request.
Mr. Clements came to Wilkes
as revenue collector in July of
last year at the time the sales
tax went into effect and the
work of the collectors was ma
terially increased. He stated
Tuesday that he had become at
tached to Wilkes and that he re
gretted very much to leave.
Mr. Rousseau will have charge
Everett Myers
* Taken At Still
Large Outfit, Liquor and
Mash Destroyed By Fed
eral Agents
Everett Myers, resident of An
tioch township, was arrested at
a still Monday by federal agents
oparatlng in this section. He was
given a preliminary hearing be
fore U. S. Commissioner J. W.
Dula In Wilkesboro and Tuesday
was released under bond of $500
for appearance at the May term
of federal court.
The still where Myers was tak
en wai one of the largest fonnd
' by the officers recently. In ad
dition to the Htin about «0 gal
lons of liquor and 1,600 gallons
of ^masb were destroyed.
of tax collections for the state in
Wilkes and Caldwell counties
and will carry on the work in
much the same manner as Mr.
Clements has done.
Elisha Honeycutt. 35. of Cling-
man. was seriously and perhaps
fatally injured about 11 o’clock
Tuesday when his automobile
left the Boone Trail highway
one mile east of Brooks Cross
Roads in Yadkin county and
and turned over.
Noah Honeycutt. 60, of Greens
boro, who was riding in the car,
was less seriously injured but
sustained severe cuts about the
face and body. The elder man is
a relative of the driver of the
car.
The car was said to be travel
ing at a high rate of speed when
the accident occurred.
Saplings on the edge of the
right-of-way were knocked down
and run over by the automobile
before it came to a stop In the
woods about 50 feet from the
point whers it left the highway.
The Wilkes man was still un
conscious when a passing motor
ist left the scene to summons an
ambulance. The elder Honeycutt
was unable to tell a coherent
story of how the accident occur
red. The two men are patients In
the Chatham Memorial Hospital
in Elkin.
Jo Receive Bids
On Reddies River
Bridge May 8th
$1.00 IN THB STATB—$1.60 OUT OF THE STATE
SEEKS NOMINAlidfm
Project Included Iir List On
Which Bids Will Be Made
On Tuesday, May 8
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I ■
Wooten Is Head
of District Of^
Of Reemploym^
ROAD WOT INCLUDED
Wilkesi, Alexander, AUeghiuigr*
Afidie and Watauga Coun
ties In Group
IS A NEW SET-UP
Project On Number 16 May
-Be Included In Approved
Projects Soon
Re-employment Offices In the
Other Counties To Be
Discontinued
T. E. Story, principal of Wil
kesboro High School and a wide
ly known civic leader in this sec
tion, today announced his can
didacy for the Republican nomi
nation for clerk of court.
Prof. T. E. Story
Enters Race For
Clerk of Court \
Project calling for the erection
of the Reddles River bridge on
the Boone Trail here will he ad
vertised for bids on May 8, It
was announced in Raleigh Tues
day by the state highway and
public works commission.
Construction of the first pro
ject on number 16 between Mil
lers Creek and Glendale Sprln.gs
was not included in the list of
projects submitted to the feder
al bureau of roads for final ap
proval but It is understood that
the road will be included In the
projects for construction In the
very near future.
According to the most reliable
information to be obtained here
it was necessary that the state
call for bids on the bridge pro
ject heie before any roads cross-
ng the bridge could be con
structed. The present one-way
Sheriff W. B. Somers, who to
day announces that he has fllfed
with the board of elections and
will be a candidate for the Re
publican nomination for sheriff.
Sheriff Somers Is
Out As Candidate
For Renomination
j struciea. • i ne present uiie-wa/
Will Seek Republican Nomi- bridge does not meet with the
nation In Primary To Be
Held June 2nd
WELL KNOWN EDUCATOR
Prof. T. Edgar Story, princi
pal of Wilkesboro high school
for the past ten years and one
of the best known educators in
Northwestern North Carolina, is
announcing today his candidacy
for the Republican nomination
for clerk of court of Wilkes
county.
He Is a graduate of the state
university and holds a master
approval of federal road authori
ties.
The survey calls for the erec
tion of the Reddies River Bridge
and approaches just below the
present bridge and it will elimi
nate the dangerous curve at the
oast end of the bridge. The
bridge, under the new survey
Wilkes Sheriff For Past Six
Years Will Be Candidate
To Succeed Himself
FILES -WITH BOARD
Supporters Point Out His
Record As Efficient And
Diligent Officer
- .. W. B. Somers, sheriff of
will leave the present road at the i Wilkes county since he was first
R. L. Wooten, manager of the
National Reemployment Offlee
since its establishment here taat
fall, has been made manager, of
a five county office otHhe'-same
The five counties In North
Wilkesboro district are; Wllkee,
Alleghany, Ashe,#Watauga and
Alexander.
Mr. Wooten will continue to
have his headquafters in the city
hall here and the offices In the
other counties have bwn dl»-
pensed with. The local office,
under the direction of Mr. Woot
en, will care for the re-employ
ment work in all the five coun
ties.
He has not received any In-
I structions as to his new duties
but it is expected that the work
will he carried out in much the
same manner as formerly.
It will be his duty to look
after placements on the various
Public Works Projects as they
materialize. At the present time
there are several PW.-V projects
under consideration, including'
I construction of highway number
16, Reddies River Bridge, North
Wilkesboro poslofflce and water
works for the Town of North
Wilkesboro.
end of D street near the Stand
.ard service station and connect
with the present road about 200
yards west of the river on Gor
don Hill.
Twenty-five road projetts in
the following counties will be
elected in 1928, today filed with
the county board of elections and
announced himself as candidate
to again seek the nomination
for sheriff on the Republican
ticket.
In his announcement state-
J uiiiversii-y ttiiu iiuiu» um9Lt;i me lOllOWiiis cuuuLitro uc m njsj
I -^rora that institution. | advertised for bids on Alay 8 If j ment Sheriff Somers pehste- eat
j4 T ^ 1 ^ * I • a. 1. _ J 1 t $«la anny\11T1/*0»
Last year he studied law at j approved by the federal bureau
Wake Forest College and sue-i of roads:
cessfully passed the bar exami-j Bertie, Halifax, Martin, Per
that he is making his announce
ment after insistent requests
have been made to him by mem
bers of both political parties.
Many of his supporters who
ourts. I Alamance, Guilford, Union, Al-1 have asked him to enter the race
However, the greater part of 1 leghany, Caldwell, Wilkes, Hen- • this year point out his efficient
io niiroor hao haan r>no nf an (jersoii, Mltchell, BuHCombe and i rgeord 8s sheriff during the past
nation
torney
courts.
He is now a licensed at
to practice law in
I qiiimans. Gates, Wilson, Greene,
the I Johnston, Robeson, Chatham,
Strawberries $5.35 Crate
The first strawberries of the
season in North Carolina sold at
Chadbourne Saturday for $5.35
per crate, which is quite an in
crease over the price a year ago.
Many Farmers Take Advantage Of
Corn-Hog Reduction By AAA
A. G. Hendren, Wilkes coun
ty’s agricultural agent and pro
moter of the corn-hog reduction
campaign in Northwestern North
Carolina counties, stated today
that there will be approximately
325 farmers in this territory who
will nave signed reduction con
tracts this year.
Mr. Hendren has charge of
the reduction campaign i n
Wllke$, Ashe and Watauga
counties. Although last Saturday
was the day set for receiving the
last applications, many in pro
cess of formation at that time
have not yet reached Us -office
in Wilkesboro.
Of the three counties, Ashe
county will receive the largest
benefits from the corn-hog re
duction program under the Agri
cultural Adjustment Administra
tion.
In Ashe county about 150
farmers have signed the reduc
tion contracts. In Wilkes about
100, while In Watauga there will
be at least 75. The larger num
ber in Ashe county is attributed
to the fact that there are more
hogs raised for the market in
Ashe than In either Wilkes or
Wataugp. The benefits on ho$
reduction are very liberal,
his career has been one of an
educator. He served as head of
Oak Hill High School in Cald
well county for seven years.
Trinity High School in Randolph
County for three years and Wil-j
kesboro ten years. His friends
point out that during this period |
he has had to do with the solv-l
Ing of almost all sorts of delin
quency problems, experience!
which would fit him for the ju
venile court phase of the clerk’s
office.
The statement issued by Prof.
Story follows:
“To My Wilkes County Friends:
"I am taking this opportunity
to pnnounce myself as a candi
date for the office of clerk of
the superior court of Wi'’.os
county for the term beginning
December 1, 1936. I am asking
you to support me In the June
primary and for this support, if
I am elected, I wish to assure
you.of my diligence in office and
courteous attention to the re
quests of all those who come to
that office
Madison.
! six years, calling attention to the
fact that notwithstanding the
^Heaven Bound’
To Be Given
Friday Ni^t
Outstanding Stage Production
Brought Back By Popu
lar Demand
SPONSORED BY LEGION
I unusually large number of mur-
only one
murder in
man
the
Widely Known Educator May
Contest For Republican
Nomination In June
of office that
charged with
I county is now at large.
His supporters also point out
that he was endorsed in the re
cent Republican precinct meet
ings by 15 of the 27 precincts,
among them being Rock Creek
amuxi|^ viig?*** WX..AX.O - 1 uc vviiivcjj punt ljic rwjici-
Traphill, Walnut Grove, Union jgjui Legion and the local unit of
- . . 1 'PViixv ... . ..
M. P. Bumgarner, widely
known Wilkes county educator,
announced today that he may be
a candidate tor the Republican
nomination tor register of deeds.
A native of Wilkes county, Mr.
Bumgarner is a member of a
prominent Republican family.
He is a staunch Republican and
i has a large following.
He was educated at Grant
! University, Athens, Tenn. and
i Lenolr-Rhyne College at Hickory.
1 Following his graduation from
college, he entered the teaching
“I feel that my education and I profession. He has taught at
experience amply qualify me Traphill, .Millers Creek,
carry on .my of the duties that, Moravian Falls and Roaring
devolve upon that office. |
“I have been a Republican all |
of my life and I.herewith offer
myself as a candidate for the
Republican nomination in the
June primary. Trusting that I
shall have your support, I am,
“Yours sincerely,
“T. E. STORY.”
Irate Prisoner
Kicks Way Out
Of Elldn Jail
Elkin, April 24.—F. C. Bur
chett, formerly of the Traphill
community, raised a terrible
kick ye.sterday afternoon after
he liad been overtaken by lo
cal patrol and police officers
In East Elkin and relieved of
bis car and 70 galk»s of corn
whisky. He kicked so hard as
to hurst a partitioa wall in the
IHtle city jail and thea-sby gain
his liberty.
Burchett pleaded so persis
tently with the officers that
they bad granted his request
not to be quartered in a cell,
a plea for which he had a
plausible r:hson. The car is
still in possession of the of
ficers, but the man’s destlna^,
tion was not learned,
Burchett has been living i*,
Welch, West Tlrgiala, and
headed foe tbnt'alMe when he
was arrested.’ Sef** «■ ’
street, . ^ „
River schools and is well
known throughout the county.
For a brief period, he served
as acting postmaster at Wilkes
boro, this being the only break
in his long career as a teacher.
Friends of Mr. Bumgarner,
who are urging him to enter the
race, believe he is well qualified
by education and experience to
make an efficient register of
deeds.
and Jobs Cabin number.!. They
further contend that he is a very
active and aggressive sheriff and
that he was indirectly responsi
ble for the capture of Clcphen-
off and Black, convicted for the
murder of Cashier T. C. Barnes
in the attempted Tay jrsville
bank robbery and that he has
broken up many thieving gangs
in the county during recent
years.
Sheriff Somers is a veteran of
the World War. having served in
France.
'The statement issued by Sher
iff Somers this morning follows:
“Having been repeatedly urg
ed by citizens of Wilkes county,
who are members of both politi
cal parties to again announce
myself for Sheriff of Wilkes
county. I have decided to become
a candidate for the nomination
of Sheriff subject to action of
the Republican primaries to be
held on June 2, 1934.
“It had not been my purpose
to again seek this nomination,
but on account of the numerous
(Continued on page four)
Greens Are Granted Stay of
Execution For Fifteen Days
Raleigh, April 24.—Bascom
and Lester Gieen, father and
son slayers of Taylorsville’s T.
C. Barnes, banker, got more life
today through the persistence of
Leland Stanford, their High
Point attorney.
They would have died Friday
according to schedule had there
been no Interposition of execu
tive clemency. The stay of death
was awarded them to allow per
fection of their appeal. They had
gone to the Supreme‘court on an
Imperfect record. Nr- Stanford
luid taken all the tuias In tbeL
behalf. He believes there to a
great deal In the case and’that
a new hearing will have a differ
ent result.
The time allotted the father
and son does not equal that
granted Hezeklah, but they get
15 days. That allows them to pnt
off the evil day to June 1. Their
comrades In crime, Mike Stefan-
off and R. E. Black, have foa&d
their way back to the courts with
a writ of certiorari. Mr. BUntord
did this
still working. . Pour executions
for one crime would have bro|ten
Bt- the electricutlon record of the ed a request a few days ago from
- * ■■ ■• P. h; Klme, plant toreedlr*-
state. Afl of the men are PhiU.
People of this city are looking
forward with eager anticipation
to the return performance of
“Heaven Bound,” which will be
in the high school auditorium
M. F. Bumgarner ' ders committed during his terms | Pi-jday night, beginning prompt-
Is Mentioned For
Register Deeds
ly at eight o’clock.
The showing of tlie tremen
dously popular play will be the
fourth in this vicinity. The play
has been acclaimed the outstand
ing stage production of recent
years.
The Wilkes post of the Amer-
the Auxiliary are sponsoring the
showing of the play tomorrow
night and what profits are de
rived from the small admissions
to be charged will be used by the
Legion and Auxiliary in very
worthy activities.
“Heaven Bound’’ is a dramati
zation of a Christijn’s journey
through life. The Play Is being
given by a group of thirty colored
people who have the unusual tal
ent of dramatic ability. They are
well trained and every town that
play has been given in has asked
for return performances.
The play comes back because
of popular demand and an even
larger crowd than saw the last
performance is expected Friday
night. *•
Will Give T^
For Wilkes Com
State College Will Try Wilkes
County \^iteiCom.In Test
Plots This Year
Wilkes County White Corn, a
variety having its origin in the
Purlear community of t^is coun
ty, will be tested out by plant
breeders at State College this
year, states A. G. Hendren, coun
ty agent for Wilkes county.
The famous variety was first
brought iato the Uwelicfet h$ ih«
late D. V, Ntehoto, (d BmiMr,
aad has b«m scieattfiMlIr
by hto sona during iaiar yaaya.
It has won fle^ awarda at .local.
tioaa. ,
County Agent Hendren rarolv-
Some weeks alio It was ^jm- agronomist of State Collfge, forJ
nomiced that Mrs. Barnes, irlte i’few p^nds of swdiof Wllkoa
1
3
certiorari, mr.
work for them madr to «tate and International exbibi-
'4.
of the slain caahtor, had exprees- County White Corn, which
ed the hope that the Green boy {tone to plant lii t«d plots in
would bo spared death but ehelthe piedmont nreetert conn-
declared the autement waa un- Ues. The variety will be certifttd
founded.*®' ' , in the near future. .5