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l^Wlsh^ Mondays and lliuradays NORTH WILKl^ORO, N. C., THURSDAY, itJNE 7, 1934
loasseaa
By Small Margin
^Alexander Man’s
'o Try 3 Accus^_
Of'Tkoi^ M^
Into Boiling Masb
Leads Women Voters
Plurality Near lOQ
Neither Candidate Has Ne-
. cessary Majority For
Judgship Nomination
V,
^ Official returns from the six
counties in the 17th judicial dis-
trlct Indicate that J. H. Burke,
'jf Alexander county, is leading
A. Rousseau, of this city, hy
around 100 votes in the race for
Democratic nomination for Judge
of tha superior court.
Returns from the primary
Saturday were very difficult to
tabulate, due to the fact that
many precincts in Avery and
Mitchell counties were late In
reporting the vote.
Ragland, the third man in the
race, carried Mitchell county and
Champion Winner
Morris Matherley, Turner
Laws and Claude Teague
Facing Trial
TWO FURNISH BOND
Are Charged With Assaulting
Officer With Intent
ToKiU
BaphrtPro:
'*MeVt
Was Held Tuesday
Rev.^Ei^ehe Olive* Chairman
of Baptist Committee On
Enlistment .,
HELD IN THOMASVILLB
Three Aesodations IniWilkes
Are Well Represmited In ^
State Meeting
Los Angeles . . . Miss Ruth
Magden (abov«'- Is California’s
champion beauiy winner. In all
she has won 29 "firsts,” rang-
idg from bathing- beauty, most
beautiful legs, long hair and
received a comparatively large j horsemanship down to whistling,
vote in Avery. His vote in the
other tour counties, Wilkes,
Alexander, Davie and Yadkin,
was nominal.
Rousseau carried Wilkes coun
ty hy a big vote, polling 3,182
to Burge’s 81G and Ragland’s 29.
He also carried Yadkin and Da
vie counties by a small majority.
There have been no state
ments made in regard to a sec
ond primary.
District Attorney
Nomination Made
Divorce Cases
Aired In Court
Small Number of CivU Actions
Tried In First Days of
Superior Court
Name of Carlysle Higgins
Sent To Senate For
Confirmation
-Presi-
Washington, June 6.-
Wilkes term of superior court
for the trial of civil cases has
dealt nainly with divorce actions
since it convened in Wilkesboro
■ Monday morning. Judge Wilson
Warlick. of Newton, is presiding.
In addition to the divorce
eases the court has taken up a
number of other civil actions,
several of which were settled by
agreement.
Following are the cases in
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dent Roosevelt sent to the Sen-^ judgment was rendered:
Ste today for confirmation the i -. .
lination of Carlisle W. Hig
gins, of Sparta, as Unitnl States
district attorney for the Middle
North Carolina district.
Higgins is at present state so
licitor in his district and was
appointed by President Roose
velt as district attorney on the
recommendation of Senator Bai
ley. Under an agreement be
tween Senator Bailey and Sena
tor Reynolds this place was to
be filled by the senior North
Carolina senator.
The Higgins appointment was
referred to the Senate judiciary
committee for consideration. If
there are no protests against the
Sparta man he will be confirmed
within the next several days.
Morris Matherley, Turner
Laws and Claude Teague, three,
who are alleged to have been
members of the moonshiners’
party who threw M. S. Phillips ^
into a vat of boiling still slop on
Sunday night. May 27, will be
given a preliminary hearing be
fore United States Commissioner
J. W. Dula in Wilkesboro Satur
day at one o’clock.
Matherley and Laws have been
released under bond of J5,000
for appearance at the hearing
Saturday. Teague is still in jail,
no bond having been named thus
far.
Meanwhile, the condition of
Mr. Phillips, who was severely
burned, remains critical, a 1-
though some hope is held for his
recovery.
The three men are charged
with resisting an officer, assault
ing an officer with intent to kill
and manufacture of liquor with
out federal licenses.
Phillips, a resident of the Fer
guson community, was in com
pany with the federal officers
and was helping them to destroy
the still and appi'ehend the five
moonshiners present when one
On them threw him into the
pond of boiling mash that had
just been drained from the still.
(ConUaued on page four)
Minneapolis . . . Mtlsa Mar
garet M. Wells (above), new
president of the National League
of Women Voters declares that
women voters will carry the bal
ance of power In Fall elections
■throughout the country.
Baptist Ministers
Will Meet Monday
Com-Hog S4[ners
FormOrganization
In Wilkes-County
Committtee Named To Look
After Crop Reduction
Among Signers
130 WILL BENEFIT
First Payment Will Arrive
About August First; Three
Installments
Flossie Hayes Blevins^ versus
Hillary Blevins, 'ifforee'^ranted.
Ruth Eldreth versus Walter!
Rldreth. divorce granted.
Agnes Eller versus Keller El
ler. divorce granted.
Ella Fulk versus Clarence
Fulk, divorce granted.
Commissioners In
June Meeting of Ministers’
Association To Meet Here
At 10 O’clock
Wilkes Baptist Ministers’ As
sociation will hold its June meet-
nig at the First Baptist Church
in this city Monday morning, ac
cording to an announcement to
day by Rev. Eugene Olive, pas-
Meeting Monday!
Ver.v Little Businivss Of Public j The meeting will begin at 10
Interest Aired Before | o’clock and the attendance of
Boartl : every minister in the Baptist de
nomination in Wilkes county is
Home Chair Baseball
Team Has Tough Card
The board of county commis
sioners met on Monday for the
I purpose of transacting the coun
ty's business. Their time was oc
cupied principally by receiving
reports of eotiiUy officials and
auditing of claims.
P. V. Turner was granted a
Home Chair Company’s base
ball team has a tough schedule
of games ahead for this week
and next. On Saturday of this
week the local team will return
a game in Statesville. On Wed
nesday of next week Taylorsville
will play here and on Friday of
next week Greyhound Bus team
from Winston-Salem will come
to this city tor a game.
Dr. J. P. Rousseau, of Wins
ton-Salem, visited relatives in
this city during the week-end.
urgently requested. Since the as
sociation was organized several
months ago practically all^of the
Baptist ministers in this vicinity
have been enlisted as members.
The program tor the June
meeting will consist mainly of
discussion of ministers’ problems
Farmers in Wilkes County
who signed corn-hog crop reduc
tion contracts met at the court
house in Wilkesboro Tuesday
and organized, selecting a com
mittee of five to carry on the
work during the summer.
There were 130 farmers in
Wilkes who signed contracts
with the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration and who
will reduce their crops this year
in anticipation of the govern
ment benefits to be accrued.
.The corn-hog committee for
the county is composed of R. L.
Profflt, Glenn Williams, H. H.
Beshears, Rev. L. B. Murray and
J. C. Parsons. It will be the duty
of this committee to visit the
farms of all the contract signers
and report the crop reduction
actually effected.
Farmpi'.s who signed the con-
! tracts will receive two f^ths of
their benefits about August 1,
one fifth about two months lat
er and the final payment around
the end of the year. County
Agent A. G. Hendren states.
The committee of five mem
bers will meet at an early date
to select a chairman.
Promotion committee ot the
North Carolina Baptist Conven
tion met In Thomasvllle Tues
day with 66 of the 88 Baptist
associations in the state repre
sented.
Rev. Eugene Olive, ot this
city, is chairman of the promo
tion and enlistment committee
for the state. The committee is
composed of a member from
each ot the 68 associations. The
local minister was olected chair
man of this important commit
tee In the state convention In
Greensboro last year.
Since fhls committee was
formed the report shows that
there has been an increase of
17 per cent in church contribu
tions to the Baptist program and
a very noticeable Increase In
support of Mills Home Orphan-
a;^e at Thomasvllle. |The com
mittee has succeeded In securing
a Sunday school offering each
month for Mills Home.
Those from Wilkes who at
tended the committee meeting in
Thomasville Tuesday were Rev.
Eugene Olive and J. L. Hemp
hill, of the Brushy Mountain As
sociation, Rev. N. T. Jarvis, of
the Brier Creek Association and
J. A. Gilliam, representing the
Stone Mountain Association.
Horton Drug Store
Open For Business
After Disastrous Fire
Last Winter
with a new stock of merchandise giQjg,j jj, the list paid from re-
ihroughout. Tb-; sture wms de-
Food Sale Saturday
license to peddle produce, he he-j various churches,
ing a disabled World War vet-'
eran.
The board of commissioners is
composed of N. B. Smithey,
chairman, M. F. Absher and C.
C. Hayes.
•Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Moore and
two grandchildren. Tudie and
Dicky Hix, and Mr. Joe Bryant
visited Mrs. Mary Moore Hix,
'■•ho is a patient at the Pine
Crest Manor in Southern Pines,
Sunday.
Circle No. 2, of the Presby
terian Auxiliary, will sponsor a
food sale at the Wilkes Drug
Store on Saturday beginning at
eleven o’clock. The following
foods will be on sale; cakes,
chicken salad, sandwiches, brown
bread, and chess pies. Anyone
desiring a special order please
call Mrs. Gordon Forester, chair
man of Circle.
Glenn Williams
Kills Mad Dog
Glenn Williams, prominent
citizen of the Goshen commun
ity, killed a mad dog at his home
Wednesday morning.
The dog belonged to a tenant
on Mr. Williams’ farm and it
was noticed acting in a peculiar
manner Wednesday morning. It
bit two of his most highly priz
ed dogs and Mr. Williams killed
it. He has sent the dog’s head to
slate laboratories at Raleigh to
learn definitely whether or not
it was afflicted with rabies.
stroyed by fire several months
ago and the building was so bad
ly damaged that a thorough re
building of the Interior was
necessary before reopening.
During the formal opening
sale today, toniorro'w and Satnr-
(i'^y the public is invited to in
spect the new store and to take
advantage of the many specials
in drug and sundry lines that are
being offered.
The store is owned and oper
ated by Palmer Horton, who is
widely known as a pharmacist in
this part of the state and who
has been operating Horton Drug
Store for many years. There will
be no change in personnel, ‘"'alt
er Newton and Harley Ellis hav
ing been retained on the sales
force.
No Old Stock
Mr. Horton states that none of
(Continued on page two)
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Mir Tour
• Ptofflocioo Of
Washington ■ • • Commander
G. W. Calver (above) U. 8. Navy,
House Physician, since 1928, Is
the storm center as the attempt
was made to promote him to the
rank of Captain in 1936 appro
priations.
Teachers Paid
For Last Month
180 Teachers In Wilkes Coun
ty Get Pay From Relief
Funds
Checks for the eighth month
salary for Wilkes county teach
ers have' been received hy Coun
ty Superintendent C. B. Eller
and have been mailed out to the
teachers, it was learned here
today.
The number of teachers who
received their last month’s pay
from the Federal Emergency Re
lief Administration totaled 180,
this being the number who were
entitled to be included under the
Formal Reopening This Week specifications laid down by the
state relief authorities. The
checks totaled $11,280.60.
School principals, teachers re- will be North Carolina’s
celvlng as much as flOO per licensed wohian pilots,
month and any teachers not f Mary Nicholson and Gene
ToBeJime2^
Largest Fleet of
Ever Assembled In Stfiie
Coming To CitlT.
Horton Drug Store is observ- month and any teacners not -nm x iucuuihuu t
ing its formal opening today in dependent upon their son, of Greensb
a completely renovated building g^i^ry for existence were not in -
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Mrs. Cecil Bumgarner, of
Sparta, is spending this week
with relatives in Wilkesboro and
at Reddles River.
lief funds.
Principals and other teachers
not paid for the last month by
the FERA will be paid from
state funds in the usual way.
Their checks will be ready at a
not far distant date. Is the opin
ion of school authorities.
Board Equalization
Will Meet June 18
County Commissioners Will Ad
just Errors In Property
Valuations
The board of county commis
sioners will meet as a county
board of equalization on Monday,
June 18, for the purpose of ad
justing any errors in property
valuations, according to an an
nouncement by T. H. Settle,
clerk ex-officio.
All persons desiring any
change in their tax assessments
for the present year may pre
sent their claims before the
commissioners and the tax sup
ervisor on that date.
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The North Carolii
tional Air Tour will be^tf;
Wilkesboro on Frldajt at-
day, June 29 or 30,
information obtalne
day.
Carl Coffey, Ic _ '
aero promoter In^THlSnSer
the state, made defiiflta arraigre-
ments with Jeter C. Cox, .of.j,
Charlotte, manager of
on his visit to Burlington Tues
day night, at which flSaftf'^tho
Carolina Aero Club held its
regular meeting. ■
News that the largest air ton^
ever to be gathered in Jie. Caro-
linas will visit North Wilkes
boro Is welcomed by the ge:wj;Al
public and more especially by
those who are interested in the
promotion of aviation. North
Wilkesboro is the only town in
Northwestern North Carolina
which will be . paid a visit by the
tour. V
The air tour is described ae
the largest air armada ever to
take wings In North Carolina. Its
appearance in many towns Is be
ing sponsored by various civic
organizations.
Several leading aircraft man
ufacturers have agreed to enter
their latest- and most modern
models in the entourage and It
possible all planes will be pilot
ed by North Carolina pilots.
Starting at Charlotte the air
tour has made tentative arrange
ments to visit North Wilkesboro,
Winston Salem, Greensboro, Bur-
Iln(gton, Raleigh, Fayetteville,
^oldsboro, High Point, Lnmber-
ton and several other cities.
Included in the list of pilots
three
pilots. Misses -
Ben- *
1 and Miss
Dorothy Speas, of ‘W'iT’.'ton-Sal-
em.
Johnny Crowell, of Charlotte,
reputed to be the South’s most
famous acrobatic flier, and oth
er noted stunt artists will give
exhibitions at each city visited.
There will be a two hour pro
gram of flying entertainment
such as racing, formation fly
ing, acrobatic flying, parachute'
jumps, deadstick landings, bomb
dropping and various other air
acts. At each city visited there
will be a safety exhibition in
which expert and amateur fliers
will demonstrate safety methods.
This tour is primarily to stimu
late and create interest in avia
tion in the state and its success
lies greatly with the cooperation
it receives from the people of
the towns to be visited.
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus
has been invited to be present at
the opening ceremony at Char
lotte at three p. m. June 26th,
and to make "The second-qtf Ad
dress." Other notables andt lead
ers of aviation will also be
present.
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Miss Mabel Starnes, of .B*-,
lelgh, state B. Y. U.^wotker,
is condneting a number o^*8tiidy
courses in the churches of SIOM
Mountain Baptist Asbo^UiOK '
During the first three days of
this week inspirational leader
meetings were held at a nnrnber
of churches but plaas; for .bpr
two-weeks work were changed to
include stndy courses.
The first of the sertn e ftady
courses will ^e(flD *
church today ,a;« d
throagh. Saturday. On
'Monday and Tnmtday a
mnm will he held at
aftd at Baptist Hofne c^f6h' on
Thursday, Friday and ' Batnrday
of next week. All who are inter
ested in the young peoples’ arorfi
in the chnrches sTe asked to at
tend and take part in the train
ing study.
.^.^Learnlng thej^bew of better',
farming is important eoonomi-|
cally, but learning the why |l is j
what adds interest and ses*
removes drudgery.