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H.oo IN THE 8TATE-^t60 ptJT OF
reiu:e To^Be
ConfMCnce of AH School Prin
cipals In Covity Is
Annomieed
Ptt)^am ArrangM For State
Convention Postmasters Here
WiU Be Held (k
"DR. HIGHSMTTH COMING
Two Men Facing
Trial Saturday
H,000 Bananas
State Official Will Exp^fn
ft.New Course of Study
For Schools
Claude Teague Waives Pre-
lindnaiy Hearing and Fills
$5,000 Bond
A. conferenc* of all high school
and elementary principals will
be held at th® Wllkesboro school
bulldinK on Saturday, July 14,
-according to an announcement
by C. B. Eller, county superin
tendent of schools.
Dr. J. Henry Hlghsmlth, of the
state department of education,
will be present to explain to the
teachers the revamped course of
study which will be taught In
the public schools In the 1934-35
term.
The conference Is of vital im
portance to all school principals
and their presence Is earnestly
urged by school authorities.
In the conference Dr. High-
smith will explain some of the
vital points of the new course of
study and it is essential that all
principals have first hand Infor
mation In order to become ac
quainted with the nature of the
new order before the beginning
of the actual classroom work
late in August when the school
will begin the next term.
The conference will begin at
ten o’clock. All teachers who
have been elected as principals
of any schools or who anticlpata
Turner Laws aqd Morris Math-
erley, charged with being mem
bers of the party who threw M.
S. Phillips into a vat Of hot mash
at a still In Lewis Fork town
ship on May 27, will be given a
preliminary hearing before Com
missioner J. W. Dula In Wllkes
boro Saturday at one o’clock.
Of the five men who were seen
at the still on the night Mr.
Phillips was injured, three have
been captured. Laws, Matherley
and Claude Teague. Teague has
waived preliminary hearing and
has filled bond for $5,000 for ap
pearance at the next term of fed
eral court. The other two have
filled bond of $5,000 each for
appearance at the hearing Satur
day.
Teague, It is reported, is al
leged to have been the man with
whom Mr. Phillips was grappling
as he was aiding officers to de
stroy the still. Mr. Phillips was
shoved or thrown into the hot
mash and Teague, it is said, was
I also burned as he ran through
I the vat. He was taken a few
! days later at Blowing Rock.
j Mr. Phillips fell into the hot
„ — i mash head-first and his body was
being a principal are asked to be j severely burned practically all
over. His condition has remain-
present.
Tubercular Clinic
Is Now In Progress
Two Weeks Clinic For E.vamina-
tlon Tubercular Suspects
Began Monday
Job 6tl> sod 7di
Representative Walter Lam
beth To Speak In Banquet
Meeting
Women P3ot$ To
Race In Air
Show Here
East Orange, N. J. . . . Three-
year-old Alan Zeleny (above),
due to digestive ailments, has
subsisted for the last two years
on a diet of only bananas and
water. At the rate of 21 bananas
a day it is estimated he has eat
en 14,000 bananas.
Board Education
Sets Date For
I School Openings
Program for the 1934 conven
tion of the North Carolina
Branch of the National League
of postmasters to be held here
on Friday and Saturday, July 6
and 7, was released for publica
tion today.
Three sessions of the conven
tion are planned for Friday
morning, Friday evening and
Saturday morning. On Friday
afternoon the delegates will be
free to enjoy a scenic trip In the
nearby mountains.
Highlights of the convention
program Include an address on
Friday morning by Oscar M.
Fenstermacher, representative of
the national organization and W.
B. Bradford, assistant postmast
er at Charlotte; address by Rep
resentative Walter Lambeth In
the banquet meeting Friday eve
ning: and an address by a rep
resentative of the postoffice de
partment on Saturday morning.
All sessions of the conventld
Central Schools In the County
Will Open On August
This Year
UNIFORM SCHEDULE
ed critical since the date of the j Elementary Schools May Open
near-tragedy but hopes are now' - . . - - „
held for his recovery.
Or August 1 In 8ome of
the Districts
Wilkesboro Street
Project Is Begun
Mile of Paving
A two weeks clinic for tuber-
■ular suspects In Wilkes county
‘'legan at the office of Dr. A. J.
Eller, county health officer,
Monday. Dr. H. F. Easom, spec
ialist from the state sanitorium,
is making the examinations.
A number have made appoint
ments for examinations but
there are still several open dates i
for the remainder of this week . ^
lor rei The Atlantic Bithulitic Com
and next. Anv others who desire . , . ■
X , J , ' panv has the contract for laying
to take advantage of the free
County board of education in
session Monday with C. B. Eller,
cdunty superintendent of
schools, set August 29 as the
tentative date
Atlantic Bitulithic Company! the
„ II If ! county. Individual units In the
Has Contract r or Halt various districts may open on Au-
W’ork of surfacing highway
number 16 and 18 through the
town of Wilkesboro began yes-
1 terday morning.
gust 1 if the, prefer,
there Is no interlocking trans
portation with the high schools
opening on August 29.
By establishing a uniform op
ening date for the schools the
board of education has estab
lished a system of great conven-
will be held in the banquet
A
to take advantage of 'c^e surface, which will be | ience to school authorities and to
clinic may do so by making | Tholall who are connected with the
appointment with the county;
health office.
The county health officer urg
es that the people of the county
who have reason to believe they
may have tuberculosis be exam
ined in the clinic in order that
treatment may begin in time and
In order that they may take the
proper precautions to keep the
disease from spreading to mem
bers of their families.
alllrrl wuiA.li vTi*» vgi |
asphalt construction. The I all who are connected with the
of Hotel Wilkes. The .program
all sessions of the convention has
been announced as follows:
Friday Morning
Registration of all postmasters
and visitors at lobby of Hotel
Wilkes, nine o’clock; convention
called to order by president at
ten o’clock; song, "America”:
invocation. Dr. W. A. Jenkins,
pastor of the North Wilkesboro
Methodist church; address of
welcome. Mayor J. A. Rousseau,
of North Wilkesboro: greetings,
J. C. Reins, postmaster. North
jMthe openingjdIIj.Wilkesboro! -responsq, B.
iSRools In Wllkds Knowles, postmaster, V?alTace:
music; minutes of 1933 conven
tion; address by president; ad-
provlded dress, Oscar M, Fenstermacher,
of Cedar Bluff, Nebr., represen
tative National League of Post
masters: address, W. B. Brad
ford, assistant postmaster at
Charlotte; opening of question
box atid round table discussion,
led by a postoffice Inspector;
appointment of convention com
mittees.
Friday Afternoon
Arrangements are under way
visitors to some of the
points in Northwestern
Carolina.
Friday Evening
Annual banquet a t
scenic
North
Hotel
on August 29 each school will j Wilkes at eight o’clock with
Henry Reynolds, clerk of the
Constructing Highway
In Alleghany County
Nello Teer. contractor, has
started work of regrading the
highway between Twin Oaks and
Roaring Gap in Alleghany coun
ty. When completed this road
will be one of the finest in
Northwestern North Carolina.
R. L. Wooten, director of the
National Reemployment Office
for Wilkes and four other coun
ties, including Alleghany, motor
ed to Sparta yesterday to place
men on the Job.
contract was let in May by the, school system as a whole.
-g^ jQ in such a manner that it is neces-
■ X 11 , K-i# sary that a greater part of the
The project calls for a half' ^ ^
mile of pavement, extending .
from the Midway Service Station |
between the Wilkesboros to the'
Federal Court Building The |
street will be widened and o>^rbs |
Will be constructed on both sides.
^ , will fall on the same date, pro-
,4bout forty men have been ^
placed on the job by R L. Woot- ^^j^^^^ epidemics or other-
en, director of the National ff®''
Office here. It is I „ ’ . „„„„
Siipt. Eller asks that in case
there is any Individual school
unit in the county which cannot
open on either of the two speci
fied dates that the committee
men consult with him about the
opening date of their school as
early as possible.
DOROTHY SPEA8
Roasseaa §ets
[Hscards 654
SiuDlday School^
Baseball Today .
Baptist and Metliodist Bible
class teaoM of the churches
here will clash this afterBom
in their second meeting for a
basehall game in the Snnday
school baseball league.
8o far the. Methodists have
lost none wfiUe the Baptldla
have divided. The Methodist
will make a determined stand
this afternoon to keep the per
fect record while the Baptist
will strive just as hard to even
up scores.
The game will begin at 4:80
sharp. Lots of amusement and
good baseball are promised
the attending spectators, who
will be asked to pay an admis
sion charge of 15 cents, which
will go for charity.
Hearii^ h Wilkes
Under Way Today
Quota For Wilkes
C. C. C. Allotment
To BeTwenty-nine
Greensboro WUl Be the En-
roltment Center For This
District
Affidavits in Hearing; at Tay
lorsville Attests Mnltiijle
Voting
After discarding 654 votes for
J. H. Burke In Alexander county
yesterday the state board of elec
tions shlfU lU scene of Investi
gation of Irregularities in the
primary to WUkes county today.
The election board’s actlod at
'naylorsvlUe yesterday leaves J.
A. Rousseau 567 votes in lead
over Burke.
Members of the state board
conducting t h'e Investigation
opened a hearing at the court
house In Wilkesboro this morn
ing at ten o’clock. As The Journ
al-Patriot went to press this
morning the investigation had
not advanced far enough to de
termine whether or not Burke’s
friends would establish proof of
irregularities sufficient to even
up the store by throwing out any
Rousseau votes in Wilkes coun
ty.
TO ENLIST JULY 9TH
Youths Wfll B* Sent Direct
To Camp Instead of Train
ing Post
MARY NICHOLSON
Highway No. 18
Now Completed
Surfacing Road Between F^ir-
plains and McGrady Fin
ished Tuesday
Work of surfacing highway
number 18 between Falrplains
and McGrady was completed
Tnesday and the^ highway is now
open for travel.
Number 18 is now a first class
hard-surfaced highway from
North Wilkesboro to Laurel
Springs and a movement Is on
foot to have It placed on the
federal map of cross country
highways.
Klker & Yount, contractors In
charge of the Wilkes project on
number 18. have .begun work of
surfacing number 18 from Ijuur-
el Springs to Whitehead, a dist
ance of about five miles. This
project is expected to be com
plied within the next ten days.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Shook and
Miss JnlU nnley left Sunday
for ShelhyvHle and Lonlsvllle.
Ky., where they will spend sev
eral days with relatives and
employment Office here. It is
estimated that more than a
month will be necessary to com
plete the project.
Middle North Carolina District
Federal Court as toastmaster;
(Continued on page eight)
Vacation Bible
School Started
Miss Elsie Fexauer. of Rals
ton. Pa., is here tor an extended
visit with her aunt. Mrs. J. D.
Schafer.
Selection of N. C. Route For Scenic
Park-to-Park Highway Anticipated
DecLiion of Secretarj’ Ickes is
Expected Within Next
Few Days
Washington. June 19.—Repre
sentative Doughton today confer
red with Secretary of Interior
Ickes regarding the proposed
parkway to connect the Great
Smoky and Shenandoah Nation
al Parks.
The North Carolina solon was
in the search of light as to Just
where the parkway will be locat
ed. Ickes told Doughton he had
received the report of the special
committee appointed to survey
the various routes and make
recommendations as to location
of the parkway, but that he had
not had time to look it over. He
«ald he expected to read the re
port and within the next day or
two hold a conference with Di
rector of Roads McDonald. Ickes
told Doughton no action would
be taken on the report for sev
eral days.
Doughton plans to leave to
morrow for the State Democratic
Convention in Raleigh and will
return to Washington sometime
next week. He plans to see Ickes
again before he announces loca-
.ttaiof the parkway, r
Representative Weaver today
arranged a conference with Di
rector Cammerer for tomorrow
at which he will discuss the
parkway.
Earlier Reports
Washington, June 18.—^Vir
ginia members of the house were
found to be of the opinion today
that the special committee that
has been engaged In a survey of
the park-to-park highway will be
in position to report to Secretary
Ickes at once. It Is believed that
the report has already been sign
ed, and while no one claims to
have any certain knowledge on
the subject there is an Impres
sion in Virginia circles that the
secretary of th© interior will re
port shortly In favor of the
southern route, or the one orig
inally favored by North Carolina
highway and park authorities.
At'all events, it is (beWeved
that this is the route that will
be adopted In the main, al
though ,th© skyline road may
meander at a few points into
Tennessee territory, by way of
providing a bit of balm for
Tennessee folk nlho have been
determined. If humanly possible,
to secure a portion of this scenic
hlghWiy.*.': :: ■- ... .
Large Number Enroll In Annual
Bible School At First Bap
tist Church
Approximately 150 children of
the city have enrolled in the an
nual vacation Bible school, which
began at the First Baptist church
on Monday morning.
The school will end with com
mencement exercises at the
church the later part of next
week.
Sleeping Beauty”
To Be Given Here
First enrollments In North
Carolina’s new quota for the
civilian conservation corps will
be received in Charlotte July 2,
Mrs. Thomas O’Berry, state re
lief administrator, announced
Tuesday. Enrollments will con
tinue through July 18 when the
replacement quota of 2,440, In
cluding 217 negroes, will be fill
ed. »
Mrs. O’Berry said there will be
six enrolment centers: Charlotte,
Asheville, Greensboro, Raleigh,
Washington and Wilmington.
Bach of these will serve as the
enrolling center for nearby coun
ties.
Accepted recruits will b© sent
direct to the conservation camp
from the centers Instead of first
going to military camps tor
training. Physical examinations
the enrolling
GENE BENSON
Above are pictured North Car
olina's only three licensed wom
en pilots. All three have Joined
the North Carolina Educational
Air Tour, which will visit North fare
Wilkesboro on Friday, May 29.
As an added attraction to the
two-hour show of stunts, air
acrobatics and safety demonstra
tion flying the three women pi
lots will vie for honors in a ten-
miles race pf two rounds over a
five-mile course about the city.
(Continued on page eight)
will be given at
centers.
The recruiting center for
Wilkes and neighboring counties
will be Greensboro and the date
will be July 9th. The number to
be taken Into the camps from
Wilkes on that date will be 29.
Quotas for other neighboring
counties are as follows. Ashe 33.
Alleghany 6, Surry 24, Yadkin
19.
Charles McNeill, county wel-
officer, will select the
youths from Wilkes who will be
included In the next enlistment.
Only those who are unemployed
and whose families are In need,
will be selected.
Miss Dare Wyatt
Miss Ruth Phillips
this week.
Is
at
visiting
Dalton
Following is an account of thu
hearing at Taylorsville, written
by John W. Cannon, staff cor
respondent of 'The Greensboro
News, the article appearing In
that newspaper this morning:
Taylorsville, June 20.—J. A.
Rousseau, Wilkes county’s fav
orite son In the race for Demo
cratic nomination for the Judge-
ship in the 17th Judicial district,
was leading J. Hayden Burke,
who received Alexander’s In
dorsement to the tune of 2,905
to 39 In the recent primary, by
669 votes tonight after the state
board of elections meeting In
extraordiaary session here refus
ed to accept the returns from
the first primary as tabulated by
the Alexander board of elections.
The state board also removed
the Alexander board chairman,
L. Dagenhart, for incompetency,
and discarded 654 ballots which
had been cast for Burke In the
primary.. Until today Burke had
been leading Rousseau by 95
votes.
A. C. Payne, of Taylorsville,
was appointed new chairman of
the board of elections In Alex
ander succeeding Dagenhart,
whose figures the state board re
fused to accept.
“I want it understood,’’ said
W. A. Lucas who presided at to
day’s sitting of the state board,
“that this board does not hold
that Mr. Dagenhart is anything
but a man of good character. We
think that whatever dereliction
of duty he showed comes from
lack of energy and trust too
mnch In others.’’
As to the two principals In the
battle of the mountains, Rous
seau and Burke, one of whom
will occupy a seat on the Super
ior court bench, the state board’s
acting chairman had this to say:
“This board Is happy to know
Board of Elections Certifies H^h
Men In Primary Party Nominees
Operetta PvHorpaance At City
School On Thursday, June
The Twenty-Eighth
The rehearsal for the operetta
"Sleeping Beauty,” which will
be given Thursday evening, June
28, at eight o’clock In the eve
ning In the auditorium of the
high school building under the
auspices of the North Wilkesboro
Woman’s club, began Monday
morning at ten o’clock and re
hearsals are being held dally.
Miss Anne Jarvis Meltln
Miss Elizabeth Harris are dlwef-
Ing the play and have jnst OMM
from Hickory where the
the>re was a -hnge eaeeeee. ;
Wilkesboro Grange Will
Meet On Friday Nigbt
The Wilkesboro.^ subordinate
Orange will meet on Friday
night, . eight o'clock, at the
conrthonse In x-Vllkesboro. All
Grange members and oriiers la-
terested are/invited to bear kbe
program .asttPK®t meet
ing.
■xi
Time Has Explrml and None* —I
Have Filed For Run-Off
Primary
Time for filing Tor a second
primary having expired, the
county board of elections has
certified ths high men In the
primary on June 2 as th© nomi
nees.
In three races for nominations
on the Republican ticket no one
received a majority of the votes
cast but the second high men
withdrew or failed to file for a
run-off primary.
In the race for nomination, for
clerk -of the superior court G. C.
Hayes had a lead over J. Ruff
H^erson hut failed to have a
ttsjority over the combine vote
of ifttf^rson and T. B. Story.
T. 8. -Wyan had a substanttal
lead over either J. C. Wallace or
Vance McGhlnnte but not a ma
jority. Ralph Duncan was third
highest among six eartldatea
for county commissioner but fail
ed to have the necessary vote for
C: Meadows
nomination if R
had demanded a second primary,
. No one Hied for a «,»uWx"
mary.'however, and the board of I Wilkes «wt^
Brame, Jr., J. C. (Jrayson and J.
M. Pearsoq, haye certified C. C-.
Hayes as nominee for clerk of
court, T. S. Bryan for member of
the legislature from Wilkes
county, and Ralph Duncan as a
nominee for member of the
board of commissioners. M. F.
Absher and D. B. Swarlngen are
the other two Republican can
didates for commissioner.
Following Is the statement of
certification Issued by Chairman
R. M. Brame, Jr., and Secretary
J. C. Grayson of the county
board of rfectlons:
“The yme for filing for a sec
ond priihary haying expired, the
following, candidates who were
high men-hat who failed to re-
e^ve a majority in the primary,
held on June 2. are declared
nominees: T. S. Bryan, RopubU-
can^ nominee lof member ■ legls-
lature^or WUkes county; C.tC.
Hayes, Republican, nominee for
clerk of superior court In WUkes
county; Ralph Duncan, RepubU-
nominee for member board
of conaty eommiarionert tor
that nowhere In this evidence Is
there any intimation that would
tend to show that either Mr.
Burk© or Mr. Rousseau knew
anything of the Irregularities."
Sitting with Lucas on the
state board were J. Harry Sam
ple, of Asheville; A. S. Mitchell,
of Winston. Raymond Maxwell
acted as aecretary.
The big trouble In Alexander
as indicated from voluminous
affidavits was that nearly every
body was voting both the Re
publican and Democratic tickets
in the primary- The tetums as
certified by the Alexander board
of elections showed approximate
ly 1,700 mor© votes cast than
there were voters registered on
the poll books.
Burke received a vote of 2,-
905 In Alexander but It was con- 1
tended that only 2,300 ’Bsmu-
crats voted In ths primPty,
state board took what it
liberal construction of *Jtes so-
sailed dnplieatlon in rotlnM’MNl
gave Burke credit ior
2.2S5 of these Demopmtte totes.
Blottssean was allow^ IS,, one
less than the certiticatloa Bhrst
showed, and six for Raglaiid,
low man to the ludgeshlp ■
tost.
R, M. Brame, Jr.,Tot .wwNlli
accused by attomeya' tdCIM^
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of “snooping around-v
Alex tor eleetioa
(Coating on