North Carolina Newspapers

i^Joumal-Patriot has blazed the trail of progress in the >r2l ' "a\ ^^?oiL*XX^rorNO 87 * Published Mondays and Thursdays • NORTIi ^L^SBQRO, N. Q., MONT>AY^- SEPT. 3, 1984. ^ 11.00 IN TSE.STATE^I^ OUT OF THE S?A.l iousseau s iTouths Jailed On L: Omrge ol Stealing Automobiles Greeting President at Hyde Park Tamer Church and Lana Woods Get In Toils of Federsd Laws ARE NOW IN JAIL Alleged To Have Stolen Car At Deep Gap and At Roanoke^ Va. Turner Church and Lana residents of the Pattons Ridge community, are being held in jail for alleged violation of %,>the federal motor theft act. They are charged with being two members of a party of three who stole a Chevrolet coupe from J. H. Taylor at Deep Gap. drove ^ I it to Roanoke. Va.. where they | abandoned it and stole a Whip-1 pet. which they used to get hack to thoir nati/’ community. Church and Woods are 19 years vf age and the third mem ber -d^f the party is alleged to have been Estll Love, who so far has not been apprehended. The arrest of Church and Woods was made by M. C. Faulkner, special agent of the department of J Justice. Tie men were given a prelim inary hearing and are still being held in jail in default of bond. 57,000 Acres of Eroded Lands In Wilkes County Report Shows Wilkes Mpst Ba^ Eroded County in This Part of State LAND SURVEY MADE Federal Court Ends Special Civil Term Special term of federal court ’’'In Wilkesboro came to an end Saturday after trying a number of cases docketed for the two- weeks term. The greater part of ^ the cases tried were actions in stituted by tV'orld War veterans seeking to recover on war risk insurance. The case of Ernest Haynes was settled on a compromise ver- ^ diet in favor of the plaintiff the Robert Little case was llK-gulted by Judge Hayes. Aimee Canter, administratrix of Charlie Canter, deceased, won In a claim for a $10,000 policy. Mrs. Ora Sells Farnsworth, ad ministratrix of James W. Sells, deceased, was awarded judgment on a $5,000 policy, together with Interest. S. S. Association Will Meet Sunday H\tle Park. X. Y. . . . President Roosevelt has deserted the Po tomac for the Hudson River's scenic beauty, to sojourn for 30 days at his home here. Photo shows the President being greeted by a ■group ot clnldreii upon his arrival home. . . . Executive offices of the ‘'Summer White House” have been established at Poughkeepsie, X. Y.. a .short ride from Hyde Park. Three Large Stills Located On One Branch By Federal Agents Fedenil agents assignetl to the l“ly of cratlicating non- trtx|>aying iiioonsliiners made a stupenduous raid into tioniers township la-st week, netting three large stills, grrht quan tities of materials and two op erators, Everett tond Roo.sevelt NormoA. Only a few steps apart were two stills, 4ft galloms of Ustill- ed ‘‘mountain dew,” and about 3,000 gallons of mash, to say nothing of other materials. On the same, brook less than 400 yards from the scene of the two outfits was another large still. It appearcT that the stills were being; oi>erated by the same parties and that three were userl in order to make it |)ossible to have con tinuous manufacture. .411 thr.ei stills were of the larger tj-pe, the least Iteiiig of 150-gaJIon capacity. The still in operation at the time the officers made the raid liad a capacity of 175 gallons. The two Nommn men were r.deased on bonds of ^00 each after they had been given a preliminary hearing in Wfl- kesboro. Floyd Davi.s Taken Floyd Davis wa.s arrested by Federal agents at a still near Pores Knob Friday and bond was fixed in a preliminary liearing at S500. Federal officers taking part in the raid were Leonard Roope, J. C. Fortner, J. T. Jones, J. B. Banks, A. S. Bolt and Peimty Sheriff W. B. Sparks. Benefit Ball Game LarSfC CrOwJ of Tickets To Be On ... _ , Sale Thursday, McNeills Gather First Session Newly FormeJ Oi^nization To Be At First Baptist Church stage Set For tiame B tween “ Home ( hair And All-Siars ‘ HiStory Of Widely On Thei-sday The first monthly meeting ot the Baptist Sunday School As sociation, recently organized at the close ot the Sunday school revival in the churches of this bounty, will be held at the First Baptist church here Sunday aft ernoon. The meeting will begin at 2 o’clock and representatives of all j iBaptist churches, regardless of j twhether or not they participated ; an the Sunday school revival, j are asked to attend, according to | the announcement issued by Rev. | Eugf /%live, president of the 'ne;^ \jed Sunday school or- gaK ' All _ schools in the cotiV^ >0 ’'Tgently requested to be i A sj' Jniid program of help-, A Known Family Given in Assembly At Millers Creek Tickets for the Boy Scout ben efit ball game io be staged '.i v: ^ Thursday aftertoon a» 4:3 - vmjLOOO gatherr.d at the be placed on sale on the stress l*ouse at MiHers Creek here tomorrow (Tuesday) by Wilkes county, with 57,000 acres of washed lands, is the most badly eroded county in this part of the state, according to the Soil Erosion Service of the i’. S. Department of the Inter ior, which is making a reconnais sance erosion survey of the state. In 12 middle Xorth Carolina piedmont counties there are 376,500 acres of erstwhile pro ductive, cultivated farm land now abandoned as being too poor to till, due largely to aggravated orosion. In addition to the formerly! productive land found abandon-1 ed. there is a total of 862,000 j acres .severely eroded in the same 12 counties where the survey has , been completed, according to Dr. > J. H. Stallings Huress Scenario Writer Los Angeles . . . Ethel M. B. Harrimon Russell (above), daughter and heiress of Mrs. J. Borden Harriman and social fav orite, has been di.scovered in a modest office here where she has worked as , a scenario writer for three months. Mrs. N. 0. Smoak For Postmaster director of the North Carolina area of the Soil Erosion Service, with headquar ters in High Point. In Wilkes county 57,000 acres are seriously eroded with gully ing. Second to Wilkes comes Rockingham and Davidson, each with about 46,000 acres ruined by excessive erosion. Guilford has 42,000 acres abandoned from this cause, Randolph 38,500, Ashe 29,000, Forsyth 24,400, Montgomery and Yadkin 23,000 each, Davie 18,000, Alleghany 17,500 and Stanly 12,500 acres. -4she county leads in amount of severely eroded cultivated and pasture land with 124,000 acres. Randolph is second with 98,500, and then Davidson with 94,500, Forsyth 79,000, Guilford 71,000, Stanly 70,500, Yadkin 65,500, Wilkes 64,500, Rockingham 59,- 500, Davie 51,500, Alleghany 50,000 and Montgomery 38,000. W. D. Lee, soil expert ot the Soil Erosion Service, is making the survey. During the next sev eral weeks Mr. Lee will progress with the survey toward and into the western part of the state. In addition to the degree of erosion, the survey also brings out in each county the following: Total acres each ot cultivated land, idle tillable land, open pas tures and forest; also the a For Acting Postmaster By Congress man Lambeth In a letter of August 29 to The Journal-Patriot, Congress man Walter Lambeth, of Thom- asville. states that he has recom mended the appointment of Mrs. Savannah B. Smoak, wife ot N. 0. ffioak, as acting postmaster at Wilkesboro. Mrs. Smoak was second high est on the eligible list of those w'ho were applicants for the posi tion. The eligible list was M. F. Bumgarner, Mrs. N. O. Smoak and F. J. Hartley. The letter of Congressman Lambeth follows: "Acting upon endorsement of the precinct com mittee for Wilkesboro, I have recommended thj appointment of Mrs. Savannah B. Smoak as acting postmaster at Wilkes boro.’’ Club of Auto Dealers Formed Will Have Dinner Meeting on Thursday Evening; Rluch Enthusiasm Automobile dealers and sales men of North Wilkesboro gather- ..u.cv, — -. f,(j Thursday night at the Yadkin mount of level, rolling, hilly and | valley Motor Company to form steep land. a dealers club—or association. The object of the club is for iilnest/to .-^11 Sunday schools ^11 be rendered in the mee ing i ^ members of the Roy Scout troops. This game will be a major sports attraction between the Home Chair baseball team and a pickt I team of all stars from all the players of this section. Price of the tickets will be ten cents for children and 25 cents for adults and all the pro ceeds will go to the Boy Scout organization to help in building a Boy Scout camp and other Scout activities. All who want to help the Scouts more than the price of "to 'be held Sunday. The monthly meetings will, in the future, be held in various churches with . the object in view of helping in every possible way to build bet- tef Sunday schools and help the churches. All pastors are es pecially Invited to attend the first meeting hero next Sunday. Reunion Welborn Family The Jurnal-Patrlot is request ed to announce that on Sunday, September 9, there will be a re union of all the Welboms ahd their friends'at the home of Rev. F. M. Welborn. Since a picnic dinner is plan ed as one of the features of the day all attending are asked to carry baskets of good things to nt There will be plenty of good voeaFand string music to enter tain all who attend. Baapberry plants set In Ca tawba county Iain «prl»» have !e axeatlont growth this anm- and the. new fields arc clean jgrass and weeds. boys are selling the ticket.s. This game is being sponsored by the Lions Club but all the proceeds of the game will go for the benefit of the Boy Scouts. Pomona Grange To Meet Wednesday, 7:30 All members Of the Wilkes Po mona Grange are urged to attend the meeting to be held Wednes day evening at the Courthouse in Wilkesboro, beginning at 7:30. A degree team from Alexander gain the attendance of Grangers. Quarterly Conference Rev.’ C. M. White, superinten dent of the Asheville district of the Blue Ridge and Atlantic Conference, will conduct the quarterly conference at Friend ship church near Millers preek Thursday night at 7: SO. All churches on the charge are asked to be well represented. county will be present to confer the fourth degree and a number .... of other Important matters will ►Neill family reunion as a yearly A crowd fstiniatpi at around school- Sunday to attend the gathering of mem bers of the McNeill family and their descendants. Judge Johnson J. Hayes open ed the meeting at eleven o’clock with a discussion of the purpose of tv assembly, which was to gather inforihation of all branch es of the McNeill family from the time of the first settlets in this part of the country. The program consisted o f short talks by members of sev eral of the McNeill families, w'ho gave the history of their ances tors and descendants. The day was very much enjoyed by ail who attended and who learned much desirable information con cerning the^ family and connec tions. At noon the crowd assembled around a long table in the grove and a bountiful repast, in the form of a basket dinner, was one ot the highlights ot the occasion. Following the dinner an effort was made to get the people to gether for a group picture. McNeills and descendants ga thered from many communities in Wilkes county, from Ashe county and various , distant points. After some discussion a decls-’ ion was reached to hold a Mc- Judge Hayes To Speak Thursday dn Wilkesboro win Spf»k At Wilkesboro Meth- odi.st (.ihurch in Slid-Week Prayer Service Judge Johnson J. Hayes will speak at the Wilkesboro Metho dist church on Thursday evening at 7:30, according to announce ment this morning by the pas tor, R/.'. Seymour Taylor. The public is invited to hear Judge Hayes in this mid-week prayer service. Jailed On Charge Poisoning Negro Ed Courtney Held To Await Outcome of Investigation of Bryant's Death affair, which would be on firs{ Sunday in September. p9he Journal-Patriot regrets that lack of (time and space for- bids glTlng a full account of the gathering and the substance of the talks by the many speakers on the program. Six new trench silos will be dug In Orange county to . supply cheap feed for dairy cattle this winter. Noah Bryant, colored resident of near Wilkesboro, died at his home this morning at 7:40 fol lowing an illness of only a tew houYs and Ed Courtney, also col ored, is In jail on a charge of furnishing him poison liquor, ac cording to reports current here. Bryant is said to have entered his home last night about 11:30 in a serious -condition and a physician was summoned. Bryant told him that he bought some liquor from Courtney and that it was poisoned. After Bryant died this morn ing Coroner S. A. Rash was call ed to investigate the affair and this afternoon preparations were being made for an antopsy. Bryant was 46 years of age and a plaster worker by trade. He Is survived by his wife. Pay Bryant. Five run^ codmunltira in Richmond county are;^ pi^ring to erect electric lines'as soon as It Is possible to arrange tor the current. Local Man’s Lea(^ a . • Increas^ by Proh@ 2nd Primary Votiii^ DECLARED No^wEE 11 Majority Boosted From 447 To 703 J. A. Rousseau, whose nomi nation for judge of the 17th ju dicial district was certified Fri day night by the state board of elections. GRANGERS ARE INVITED HERE Decision Announced In Ra leigh By State Board of Elections Friday Night After a prolonged investiga tion of several weeks the state boLrd of elecyons on Friday night certified the nomination of J. A. Rousseau, of this city, as Democratic candidate for Judge of the 17th judicial district. Certification ot the vote and the local candidate’s nomina tion, ended a series of probes be fore the state election board who began to investigate the vote In Wilkes and Alexander counties soon after the first primary June 2 and were later called upon to probe the vote of the run-off primary on June 30. The run-off primary returns gave the. local man a majority of 447 but after the state board had made Investigation ot the voting in both Wilkes and Alex ander counties 953 votes credit ed to his opponent, J. H. Burke, of Alexander county, were loop ed off while Rousseau lost only 697 as the result ot the probe, thereby increasing his majority from 447 to 703. Since the primary on June 2, when there were three contest ants, the matter has been in the Members ot the local Klwanls hands of th6 state board of elec- Club in their regular weekly tion the greater part of the meeting here Friday voted anan- . .u . i Imously to invite-the 193 5 state! Returns of the first Primary Grange convention to Xorth Wil- §ave Burke a lead over th.i local man b'- •"••'und or- votes and Secreiary T. E. Story has wri‘- Roussc' ’ culled for an Investlga- ten the invitation, which will be I rion '■ double to.-ou .i ' delivered to officials of fae state! Bcp'-thlican voting .n Alex- Kiwanis Club Issues Invita tion For Carolina Grange ConventMMT Next Year Grange by J. M. German, master! ^ndor of the Wilkes County Grang-; The Wilkes Pomona Grange and all civic organizallons lisre are hopeful of getting the state convention. It has been pointed out that the first county Grange in North Carolina was organiz ed here and that the organiza tion is very active in the county. President R. G. Finley named a committee, compo.sed of Dr. F. Hubbard, Genio Cardwell and cooperation and mutual good of the dealers and salesmen. Deal ers and their salesmen forming the club Include Yadkin Valley J. C. Reins, to nominate officers Motor Company, Hafer Chevrolet for the coming year. This com- Company, Wilkes Auto Sales mittee will report in time for the Company. Boone Trail Motor election late in September. It was Company and Landon Super also decided that the newly elect Service. The organization went on rec . ord as being 100 per cent behind the official d legates to the dis- the NRA and the automobile trict convention to be held in dealers’ code, expressing a con- Astevllle on October 10-12. tinued determinat’/u to live up to the code in every respect. The next meeting will be held on Thursday evening of this . week. The dealers and salesmen Virginia line until it reaches the are showing much enthusiasm in Smoky Mountains National Park, their organization and dinner This resolution was sent to the meetings will be held each | Asheville club, which his in"''5t,igation r's''Ued in :’■» discarding by the slat') board of 653 votes for Burke in Alex ander county, leaving Rousseau with a lead of around 500 votes over Burke but not enough lead to have the nomination over the combined votes of Burke and J. W. Ragland, of Spruce Pine, who was eliminated in the first pri mary voting. An investigation into alleged irregularities in Wilkes in the first primary resulted in the dis franchisement of a small number of absentee votes because of technical irregularities. Burke called a second primary secretary would be designated as i and after the vote was tabulated lodged a protest of the vote in Wilkes on the grounds ot Repub- The Kiwanis Club passed a resolution favoring the North Carolina route of the Scenic Parkway all the way from the is month. Home Chair Defeats High Point Outfit Takes In Visitors By Score Of 7 To 4 Saturday; Playing Chatham Today Home Chair Company’s base ball team continued its winning streak Saturday by winning over the Furniture City team from High Point by a score of 7 to 4. Billings started on the mound for Home Chair, allowing four runs In the first frame. He was relieved by Halteman, who held the visitors to two hits and no fans for the remainder of the game. Score by Innings; R H E Pum. City 400 000 000 4 6 3 H. Chair 210 300 100 7 12 8 Batteries were: Home Chair— BlUingB, Halteman and ‘ Davis; Furniture City—Haney and Far;- low. is the double Home Chair Banketeers. header and thei: much interested ip the North I ander to hear Rousseau’s case. Carolina route being selected all! Several weeks elapsed since the way ) attorneys for both sides filed The matter of an inter-club ^ hrlefs and the people have been meeting with Winston-Salem Kl-h^a»ring eagerly for the decision, wanians was referred to J. C. I SincB Rousseau carried Wilkes Reins, chalrman^of the inter- club relations committee. He and his committee will make the necessary arrangements. The program Friday was in charge of fiT G. Finley, who con- (Continued on page eight) Big Square Dance On Tuesday Nigbt by an overwhelming majority the decision of the state board certi fying him as nominee is . the cause for elation among his many loyal friends and support ers in the county. daims Raw Deal J. H. Burke, defeated candi date on the basis of the .original vote and Friday’s action of. the board of elections, stated atter Many Expected to E^njoy Oc casion At L^on and Anx- Club Hou^e As the fall season approaches the Legion and Auxiliary here are sponsoring another 'bid time square dance to 'be held at the A'' and' AnxUiary clnDboiue ■Teday’s big »Porta; ftohi 8;M to 12 -s-r ■' - mastc’ and an. ujofi^ ittalo la. assured all attepd. Mr — ■» »- E dance vrlU ho *611 ehapav-^ to thoir home Wedn^taP after .Mr. and Mrs. i. a, wiu aatspending aeveral days wtth .Wla- of Winston-Salem, spenL^’th^ and the admission hi week-end with j*8lattve dies River : Red^iolente thTgenUemen with la-;-tivte And friends .t The gubllc la tavlted.l« tbe Wllkeshoroa. learning of the decision that he had not been given a fair. deal, and that he may seek rednas through the superior courtof North Carolina. - ■ It conld not be learned tp^ whether cr not the Aledin'dar county man had definitely-.de cided to take the matter tor the courts, althoogh some of -his supporters bad freely , predieted that he wlU tonow tha| ooiMi. - lican voting. Rousseau lodged a counter claim on the grounds of Republican voting and frande- lent use of the absentee ballots in Alexander county. The state board came to Wilkes on August 1 to hear the charges by Burke supporters and very i moved into Alex- -■ij 4 I Rev. and Mrs. James M. Hayea and sons, Harold and JassM^ Jr., (^ ;Beekleyr W. Va., ydUtiretaiei In the Wllkeshoros. a