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VOL. XXVII, NO. 101
Published Mondays and Thursdays
NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C., MONDAY, OCT. 22, 1934
11.00 IN. THE STATE-41.60 OUT OF THE STATE
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Governor Here
Will Deliver Democratic Cam-
jiaign Address In City
' Thursday Night
^>AT SCHOOL BUILDING
Other State Democrattc Lead
ers Will Be Scheduled
For the County
Democratic leaders are confi
dently expecting a record crowd
at the North (Wilkesboro schoo'
audiitqiriunt Thursday evening- at
7:30 o’clock, when Governor J. C
B. Ehringhaus will deliver a cam
paign address.
It is expected that the governor
S iscuss state and national is-
f extreme interest from the
ratic standpoint and all
citizens, especially ladies, are in
vited by the county Democratic
executive committee to be present.
The address by Governor Ehring
haus is the second of a series of
speeches by prominent party lead
ers of the state to voters of
Wilkes county. The campaign
began Saturday with a Democrat
ic rally and address by Hon. Clyde
Hoey. touted candidate for gov
ernor in 1936. in VVilkesboro.
D. J. Brookshire, chairman of
executive
Schoolboy and Edna, Now Mrs. Rowe
G. 0. P. Continues {American Legion Candidatej
Campaign With
Number Speeches
Party Organization Working
Hard In Drive For Votes
In Coming Election
APPOINTMENTS MADE
County Candidates and Party
Leaders To Speak In All
Precincts
El Dorado. Ark.—Above are pictured this town’s most promiMnt
citizens. Lynwood “Schoolboy” Rowe and his bnde. nee Edna May
Skirjier. They were married in Detroit at the conclusion of the world
seres baseball games in which Rowe won one and lost one game, pitch
ing for Detroit.
the county Democratic ^
committee, stated today that other; j Fish FrV
announcements of interest will be | * 17 • Ll
given out within the next few j Enjoyable Attair
days.
Clyde R. Hoey Opens Democratic
Campaign With Address Saturday
At the Courthouse In Wilkesboro
Marvin Elledge
Killed In Wreck
Large AUendaiice .And )Gool
EatvS Featured Meet .At Le
gion Clubhouse
Died In Hospital Friday From
Injuries Received
Wednesday
Marvin Elledge. age 6. a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Elledge.
who live near this city, died Fri
day In the hospital here from in
juries received Wednesday when
he was hit by an automobile on
highway IS.
The car was driven by Robert
J Minton. According to his story of
o'the accident, he was meeting a
t4^ck and the child dashed from
behind the truck into the path
of his automobile. Charges a-
.gainst him were dismissed in a
hearing thi.s morning, the acci
dent having been classed as un
avoidable.
The ehild was a member of a
well known family, being a
grandson of Kx-sheriff G. G.
Elledge. He is survived by his
parents, one sister and one bro
ther. Mildred and Wade.
Funeral services were held at
Center ehiireh Saturday
noon at two o’clock.
A fish fry sponsored by the
American Legion and held at the
Legion and Auxiliary Clubhouse
on Thursday night was a most
enjoyable affair for those w'ho
attended and partook of the
delicics prepared.
The menu consisted of
trout, corn bread, baked
toes and other accessories
Democrats From All Parts of
County Hear Shelby |
Barrister
INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESS
Tells of Party Record in State
and Defends Administra-
tionCs Policies
fried
pota-
Hall To Speak
Saturday Night
To Make Republican Cam
paign Address at Court-
hou.se in Wilkesboro
of
Attorney Avalon E. Hall,
Yadkinville. candidate for con
gress in the eighth district, will
bring his campaign for election
to the \Vilke.s capitol when be
will address what local Republi
can leaders hope to lie a large
crowd on Saturday night, 7:30.
at the courthouse in Wilkesboro.
.Attorney Hall has been con-
after- i ducting a vigorous campaign in
1 all counties in the district in an
I effort to unseat Congressman
Walter Lamlieth. Democrat, who
Food Sale At Spainhour’s ,
Store On Saturday! is campaigning for re-election. In
his address before Wilkes voters
T:ie ladies of the Missionary
Society of the Wilkesboro Meth
odist church will conduct a food
sale at Spainhour Sydnor's store
Saturday, starting at 10 a. m. A
large number of good things to
eat will be sold at popular pric
es.
Thirty - six Catawba County
Jersey breeders have signed
agreements to have their herds
^tested for Bang’s disease.
Saturday night he is expected to
discuss national issues, particul
arly the issues that affect the of
fice of congressman.
.Meanwhile t li e Republican
campaign in Wilkes i.s progress
ing with speakings in all the pre
cincts. J. .\1. Brown, county G.
O. P. chairman, stated today
In his usual forceful and en
tertaining manner, Clyde Hoey,
Shelby lawyer and prospective
candidate for governor in 1936,
discussed issues of the campaign
before an assembly of Demo
crats from all sections of Wilkes
County at the courthouse in Wil
kesboro Saturday afternoon.
His address formally opened
the Democratic campaign in
Wilkes county. The next cam
paign highlight will be the ad
dress of Governor Ehringhaus at
the school building in North
Wilkesboro on Thursday eve
ning, October 25, at 7:30.
J. G. Hackett, veteran Demo
crat enthusiast, was toastmaster.
Saturday. Before the address of
Mr. Hoey he introduced the
county candidates; also Mrs. B.
R. rnderwood, party vice chair
man in the county, and Miss
Jane Pratt, secretary of Con
gressman Walter Lambeth.
“Government” was the subject
of the address this afternoon,
whicli could not be construed as
the familiar type of campaign
thunder. He upheld government
tiy political parties, declaring
that the political system placed
the responsibility on a definite
organization, either the Republi
can or Democratic party.
In a plea for support of the
Democratic party in North Car
olina tlie speaker reviewed the
state's progress since the admin
istration of governor Aycock,
ending this phase of his address
by declaring that North Caro
lina has a record lor .state main-
tf-nance of roads and schools
that other announcements of es , ...
pecial witerest would be released j without property lax that has no
shortly. equal in the miioii.
Harold C Brown and His Wayside
Entertainers To Appear In Cky
Will Present Varied Progi-am
At High School on Fri-
> day Night
Mrs. C. W. Tillett, Jr.
Will Speak In City
f
Radio listeners who have been
entertained over WBT and other
stations by Harold C. Brown. “Old
"Wayside,'voice of the shiat-ms,
and the Wayside Entertainers, will
have a chance to hear them in per
son on Friday evening when they
will give a program in the audi
torium at the city graded school
building.
These entertainers have for a
long time held the spotlight on
radio and have gained nation-
wide recognition from newspapers
and magazines. The Young La
dies’ Wesley Bible class of the
North Wilkesboro M. E. church,
sponsors of the program, feel for
tunate in being able to secure the
“Waysiders” for a program here
and hope the people of the city
and surrounding communities will
not miss the chance to see and
hear this program of “filosophy,
facta and fun" on Friday evening,
beginning at 7:30.
Admission to this program will
be, adults 26 cents and children 10'
cents. Everybody is cojdially in
vited to be present
State Democratic Vice Chairman |
To .Address M*-eting At Ho
tel AVilkes
Mrs. Charles W. Tillet, Jr., of
Charlotte, head of the organiza
tion of Democratic W'omen in
North Carolina, will visit Wilkes
on Monday. October 29. and de
liver an address in the ballroom
of Hotel "Wilkes.
Announcement of the meeting
was issued today by Mrs. B, R.
Underwood. Democratic vice
chairman for Wilkes County. Or
ganization of the Democratic
party calls for a chairman and
a vice chairman. All the vice
chairmen are women.
Mrs. Underwood, in issuing
the announcement, invited all
women in the county to attend,
and especially the vice chairmen
for the precincts, whom Mrs.
Underwood has named during
the pa.n few days.
Speaking on national issues.
Mr, Hoey began by relating wliat
he terme.l tlie utter failure of
“Hoover complacency amid the
economic cri.sis." He cha.stised
Republicans for '‘grumbling now
tlial the Roosevelt administra
tion has pulled them part of the
way from the depression about
thj cost of government. He fur
ther stated that no one could
grumble ?.t the government
spending $4,000,000,000 in ord
er to get the earning power from
$45,000,000,000 to the normal
$90,000,000,000.
The crowd, although not un
usually large, was representa
tive of the Democratic party
leaders throughout the county
When the crowd gathered
about Mr. Hoey following his ad
dress he was asked in an indirect
way concerning his intentions
regarding his proposed candi
dacy for governor in 1936 but
on this subject the Shelby bar
rister was non-committal.
James C. Linney Murdered
Mr. Hale Jones, who is in
school at Boone, spent the week
end at home here. He is a son
of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Jones.
James C. Linney, member of
a well known family of Alexand
er and Wilkes counties, was
found murdered on his farm in
Alexander county this afternoon.
Mr. Linney was a brothtjr of
Rev. W. E. Linney, of Wilkes
boro, and the father of Miss
Ruth Linney, of Roaring River.
With the election only two
weeks away Republicans i n
Wilkes are letting no grass grow
under their feet as far as the po
litical campaign Is concerned.
The campaign Is now in full
force and arrangements are being
mad© to schedule some of the
party leaders in the state to give
the drive for votes a still bigger
impetus.
Following are some of the
appointments for speakings sche
duled by Chairman J. M. Brown
and Secretary Kyle Hayes. Some
or all the county candidates will
be present at each speaking
place:
Today, !5evcn P. M.
J. R. Henderson and J. M.
Blackburn at Temple Hill school-
house in New Castle township;
Kyle Hayes and A. H. Casey at
Hendrix seboolhouse In Elk
township; J. H. Whicker and R.
C. Jennings at Parker school-
house in Brushy Mountain town
ship: John R. Jones and T. S.
Bryan at Moravian Falls school-
house.
John R. Jones and T. S. Bry
an will speak this afternoon,
four o’clock at Boomer school-
house.
Tueslay, Seven P. M.
T. S. Bryan and John R
Jones at Yellow Hill schoolhouse
In Jobs Cabin township; P. E
Brown and W. R. Absher at
Fairplains schoolhouse in North
Wilkesboro township: F. J. Mc
Duffie and Kyle Hayes, at Buck
schoolhouse in Reddies River
township; A. H. Casey and R. C.
Jennings at Mountain Valley
schoolhouse in Mulberry town
ship: J. H. Whicker and J. R.
Henderson at Garden Creek in
Traphill township; J. M. Black
burn and J. F. Jordan at Piney
Grove schoolhouse in Walnut
Grove township.
Tuewlay .Afternoon
T. S. Bryan and John R.
Jone.s at Smith Watson’.s store in
Jobs Cabin township, 1 o’clock;
John U. Jones and T. S. Bryan
at Walsh .schoolhouse in Jobs
Cabin township, four o’clock.
AVediiesday, .Seven P. M.
John R. Jones and T. S. Bry
an at Mountain View school-
honse in Rock Creek township;
Kvle Hayes and A. H. Casey at
New Hope schoolhouse it. Stan
ton township; F. J. McDuffie and
J. F. Jordan at Little Elkin
schoolhouse in Edwards town
ship: P. E. Brown and J. R.
Henderson at Mine Ridge school-
house in Traphill township; J.
M. Blackburn and C. H. Cowles
at Miller schoolhouse in Wilkes
boro township; J. H. Whicker
and R. C. Jennings at Sulphur
Springs schoolhouse in Mulberry
township,
Thuistla;,, Seven P. M.
T. S. Bryan and John R. Jones
at Clingman schoolhouse i n
(Continued on page four)
San Francisco . . . Frank N.
Belgrano, Jr., (above), is the
leading Pacific Coast candidate
for the office of National Com
mander of the American Legion
at the national convention at Mi
ami, Fla.. Oct. 22 to 25.
BIDS ARE RECEIVED FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF REDDIES
RIVER BRIDGE IN THIS CITY
Lions Carnival To
Be In Call Buildingr
Work Of Remodeling 'Will Not
Interfere With Plans For
Big Event
Dr. Arch T. Allen
Dies At Hospital
In State Capital
Was State Superintendent of
Public Instruction
Since 1923
Community Carnival, a gala
occasion which the north Wil
kesboro Lions Club has In store
for the people of this section on
Wednesday night, Oct. 31, will
be held in the Call Hotel Build
ing on the corner of Main and
Ninth Streets instead of King’s
Billiard Parlor, as was an-
nouneed last week.
The carnival was originally
planned to be held In the Call
building but the place -was
changed because of the fact that
the building was being remodel
ed. It was learned today that the
work will be completed and
there will be ample space tor the
many amusements that are to be
included in the Community Car
nival.
Hobbs-Peabody and E. W«
Grannis Company Suc
cessful Bidders
ANOTHER CONTRACT LET
Will Construct Concrete Ap»
proaches To Bridge Be
tween Wilkesboros
The state highway and public
works commission met in Raleigh
Friday and approved bids on 11
projects, including the Reddies
River bridge and approaches to
the Yadkin River bridge in this
WAS WELL KNOWN HERE
Was Brother of J. F. and K.
M. Allen, of North
Wilkesboro
Dr. Arch Turner Allen, 69,
state superintendent of public in
struction since 1923, died late
Saturday at the Rex hospital in
Raleigh.
Dr. Allen was a brother of J. F.
and K. M. Allen, of this city.
He had been in ill health for
some time and went to the hospital
early last week. He underwent a
major operation ,Wednesdiay, and
Saturday his condition became sud
denly worse.
FYom a pupil in a one-teacher
school, Dr. Allen rose to a position
as one of the leading educators of
the state and strangely enough in
his later years he led a campaign
for the elimination of the smaller
country schools in favor of con
solidated institutins.
Teachers To Meet
In Winston-Salem
Continuously Active
Continuously from his gradua
tion at the University of North
Carolina in 1897 he was actively
connected with the schools in some
capacity, and in 1917 he joined the
state department of education.
Former Gov. Cameron Morrison
apnointed him to the state super
intendency in 1923 and he was re
elected to that post at regular in
tervals afterward.
Dr. .Allen headed the state
school system during the period
of its greatest development. Step
by step he saw the public school
appropriation grow from the small
literary fund into the increasing
millions of the state equalizaton
fund that brought about the state
wide six months term and aid for
extended eight month terms in
special tax districts.
Two years ago he witnessed the
inauguration of the state support
ed universal eight month term.
Funeral Held Today
Dr. Allen’s body lay in state un
der the capitol dome from 1 to 3
o’clock this afternoon and all
stat“ ffices were closed this aft-
In the carnival will be all
kinds of amusements, from
which the club hopes to derive a
profit to be used In promoting
its activities.
Administrators
Of ERA To Meet
Belief Officers From Twenty
Counties To Hear Mrs.
Gertrude Gates
Mrs. Gertrude Gates, federal
field relief supervisor from the
office of the nation’s adminis
trator, Harry L. Hopkins, will
address a meeting of relief offi
cers from 20 northwestern coun
ties at the Legion and Auxiliary
Clubhouse in this city Friday
morning at 10:30. Dr. Roy M.
Brown, director of the social
service division of the North
Carolina Emergency Relief Ad-
mini.stration, w''l also address
the assembly.
Included in the number of
those who will attend will be re
lief administrators, case work
ers, disbursing agents, (arm and
garden supervisors and other
representatives of relief offices
from 20 counties of Northwest
ern North Carolina.
The meeting is expected to he
of supreme interest to relief of
ficers because it Is anticipated
that something regarding the fu
ture policies of relief adminis
tration will be brought out.
city.
Uobb.s Peabody Construction
company, of Charlotte, was the
successful bidder on the ReddieJ
River bridge for the sum of $32 -
940. E. W. Grannis (Construction
company, of Fayetteville, will get
the contract for 3.9 mile of .ap
proaches with concrete pavement.
Approaches to the Yadkin River
bridge between the 'Wilkesboros
will be constructed by the same
firm for the sum of ^92.50.
For the benefit of any new read
ers who have not followed the de
velopments in securing the P.ed-
dies River bridge, it is stated that
it will be constructed on the west
ern boundary of North Wilkesboro
on highways number 60 and IG.
The new bridge will be below the
present one-way covered bridge,
which has been judged insufficient
by the state highway commission
and the federal bureau of roads.
Since the low bidding firms on
the Wilkes projects are now en
gaged on other projects, it is ex
pected that several weeks may
elapse before constmetion of the
bridge gets under way.
Due to the fact that the bridge
will be constructed from PWA
funds allotted to the state for
road construction, labor for the
project will be furnished by the
local national re-employment of
fice.
Other projects on which con
tracts were let Friday and which
I are of interest to the people of
I this part of the stat?, include the
j following;
! Surface treatment of a mile and
I one-half in Blowing Rock, Caldwell
j county, $9,034.10; Gassoway and
Owens, Winston-Salem.
I Crushed stone surfacing of 7.22
J miles on route 80, between Yad
kinville and Boonville, Yadkin
county, $34,204; E. W. Grannis.
Fayetteville.
Jay Anderson
Heard On Radio
‘Heaven Bound” Coming
Again To Wilkesboro
I.iOral Youth Vow ,\.s.si.stant Or
ganist .At Wake Forest Col
lege; GockI Record
ernoon.
Many Teachers From City and
County Are Expected To
Attend
Teachers of the Northwestern
District of the North Carolina
Education Association will hold
their annual meeting this year In
Winston-Salem on Friday of this
week.
It is expected that many teach
ers of the North Wilkesboro city
administrative unit and the
schools of the county will attend.
The convention will begin at
ten a. m. and this session will be
featured by an address by Guy
B. Phillips, superintendent of
Greensboro city schools and pres
ident of the North Carolina Edu
cation Association. Divisional
meetings with the teachers class
ified according to their lines of
work will be held at 2:30 in
the afternoon. The final general
session will be held in the eve
ning, 7:30, with the North Car
olina Symphony Orchestra fur
nishing the musical concert and
Governor Ehringhaus will speak.
All sessions will be held In the
R. J. Reynolds High School
Building and the Reynolds Me
morial Auditorium.
Funeral services were held at
3 o’clock this afternoon at the
Edenton Street .viethodist church,
;of which he was a member. Rev.
E. C. Few, his pastor, was in
charge- and was assisted by Rev.
F. S. Love, presiding elder, and
Rev. Joseph R. Walker, of the
West Raleigh Presbyterian church.
Interment was in Mountlawn
Memorial park, Raleigh.
Dr. Allen is survived by his wife,
who was Miss Claribell McDowell,
of Charlotte. They were married
June 19, 1909. Two children Arch
T. Allen, Jr., and Elizabeth Mc-
McDowell Allen, both of Raleigh,
also survive. He was a son of the
late. G. J. Allen and Elizabeth
Campbell Allen, of Hiddenite. His
surviving brothers are J. F. and
K. M. Allen, of this city; George
G. Allen, of Kannapolis, and R. C.
Allen, of Hiddenite.
Governor Ehringhaus personally
assisted in making the funeral ar
rangements and paid glowing trib
ute to Dr. Allen as follows:
“A great (public servant has
gone to his reward. Possessed of a
mind that has few equals and no
superiors, he was yet one of the
sweetest, cleanest, and most mod
est men. He brought to his work
not merely the resources of a
great intellect, but the sympathies
of a great heart, and out of his
courage, capability, and consci
entiousness, came the richness^ of
his'service to the state".
I Jay Anderson, a .son of Mrs.
' Annie Anderson, of this city, is
making quite an enviable record
at Wake Forest College, where
he is now in his junior year.
On Friday night Jay broad
casted organ and piano numbers
over radio station WPTF in Ra
leigh. He is now assistant organ
ist to Dr. Hubert Poteat at Wake
Forest.
“Heaven Bound,” which has
been presented in the Wilkes
boros before, is scheduled to be
given again in Wilkesboro on
Monday night, October 29th at
the school auditorium. The Play
is given by an all-colored cast
composed of teachers of Cleve
land county, and each time given
in the two towns it has attract
ed a large attendance.
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety of the Wilkesboro Metho
dist church is sponsoring the
coming performance.
A carload of lambs shipped to
the Jessey City market by grow
ers of Alleghany county netted
the shippers $5.60 a hundred
pounds.
Legion Auxiliary Headquarters To
Be Moved To Lexii^ton in Few Days
Services This Week
At First Baptist
Series Of Evangelistic Meetings
Will Continue Through
Week
Mrs. Absher and Miss Adams
Attending 16th National
Convention
A series of evangelistic servic
es which began at the First Bap
tist church of North Wilkesboro
on October 14 will continue
throughout this week, it was an
nounced yesterday by the pastor.
Rev. Eugene Olive, who Is con
ducting the meeting.
Each evening at 7:30 a service
is held. Inspiring messages have
been delivered each evening by
the pastor. The public has a
most cordial invitation to attend
every service.
Masonic District Meeting
To Be Held Here Friday
"a meeting of the Masons of
the 33rd district will be held In
the hall of the North Wilkes
boro Lodge No. 407, A. F. & A.
M., Friday night at 7:30 o’clock.
All officers of all the lodges In
the district are urged to be pres*
ent. ’ ■
Mrs. W. R. Absher, department
president of the American Legion
Auxiliary, and Miss Arelia Adams,
department secretary-treasurer,
are attending the 16th annual na
tional convention of the American
Legion and the American Legion
Auxiliary now in session in Miami,
Florida.
Immediately upon their return
to this city, the office of the Aux
iliary, department headquarters,
will be removed to Lexington, and
Mrs. M. H, Shumwajs the newly
elected president as successor to
Mrs. Absher, will take up the du
ties of office as state president of
the Auxiliary.
Miss Adams has been re-appoint
ed department secretary and treas-,
urer by Mrs. Shumway and she wilT
continue her services in this ca
pacity at Lexington. ^
A Chatham farmer reporU
harvesting 250 bales of tine les-
pedeza hay from 11 acres of
land. The bales will weigh aboat
100 pounds average.
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