WRIGHT
Grace Granted Taxpayer^ OiHis Term First Monday In Jidy
Mayor Harris and Old Board Are Re-ele
^ ^Heated Contest j
Results In Big i
Vote Tuesday
Majority of Old Ticket Is Be
tween Sixty-five and |
Eighty-five Votes |
HARRIS MAJORITY IS 64
Wilkesboro Citizens Cast 3851
Votes Out of Registra
tion of 418 '
With an average majority of |
eighty-two and two-fifth votes.
Mayor W. K. Harris an i tlio old
members of the tiourd of city,
commissioners weru victorious in j
the biennial election in Wilkes
boro Tuesday. j
The election was one if thej
most hotly contestf'd in recent I
history as evidenced !)y tlie heavy
vote which was cast. Tliree Inin-
dred and eighty-fivo out of a
total registration of US cast
their ballots.
Mayor Harris defeated W. R.
Smithey by a majority of tl4. Mr.
Harris receiving Z'J'J votes as
against lo.S for Mr. Smithey.
All of the cominissioiiers eicct-
ed were members of the old
^oard with the exception of
Ralph R. Iteins. Mr. Reins was
a candidate on both tickets.
The final vote was as follows:
J'o r mayor: llarri.s. '222:
irftithey, 15S.
For commissioners^ tQl'l tick
et) Joe Barber. 229: O. F. Eller.
226; O. E. • Lenderman, 261:
Ralph It. R. ins. 21l ; i New tick-
, et 1 W. r. I’eursoii. I ll: C. I..
Kennedy. lU: George 1’. John
son, 166: Ralph It. Reins, 19 2.
For Audit of Office
Of Clerk of Court
Venerable Educator Has Served As Head of Wilkes County**
School System For 34 Years; Has Been Honored On
Many Occasions; Leaves Behind Him Fine , _j
Record of Service
Taxpayers Are Given Until
First of June to- Meet
1932 Obligations
^ DRAWN
COURT
/
JURORS
Butts and Wilmoth, Winston-
Salem Firm, Will Audit
Clerk’s Office
A thirty-day respite was grant-
Prof. C. C. Wright, superintendent of the Wilkes coun
ty school system for the past thirty-four years, will retire
at the expiration of his term on the first Monday in July.
A statement to the effect that he is not a candidate for
re-election was obtained by The Journal-Patriot yester
day afternoon.
Replying to the letters of hundreds of friends through
out the county relative to continuing in the work, the
venerable superintendent states that “after mature de
liberation and thoughtful consideration, I have made up
j my mind to leave the work at the conclusion of my pres-
• ent term of office.”
His statement follows:
. — . ! “I desire to take this means of answering the many
county commissioners who post- j that have come into the office in the past few
taxpayers Mond.iy by the j
polled the advertisement of the | .^ygghs requesting me to remain in the educational work
sale of land for taxes until June. i - - - - • ... 1.- i
that .^U'ps have been taken under whicli a fiM' inter national gold slandan
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••Everything appears to be looking up” . ■ . was the gist ol c.mmenl, .semi-olficially and otherwise,, aet Schenck was J;
a.s Prim - Minister Rum.say MacDonald, of England, and Edouard TIen iot, France’s envoy, left, waving, audttlng f rm is
adieu ami sailed home, foil,.wing th. ir separate informa conferences with Pre.sidenl Koo.sevelt, m ^^11, of New Castle,
il i.s predict d agreement.s w> re reach- .1 which will coasidiTably advance the pro.spei l.s of suece.ss of both ordered admitted to the T.
the disarnumie’it confen-nee and int j-nalioual economic coiiiorence within iKc near future It is hoped yjospital.
may be restored. j ' j|. (;o,mbs and Rob
ert Horton, the latter colored.
1 were admitted to the county
I home.
The meeting was attended by
all members of the board, N, B.
_ _ I Smithey. chairman., M. F. Absh-
I Dr. H. PL Easoin Examining'er and c. c. Hayes.
'•! in this county and to say to the many friends who have
Vnder the law. county ggg imploring me to remain in the work that
missioners are ! after mature deliberation and thoughtful consideration I
ycvti.se land on | have made up my mind to leave the work at the con-
'Icil' it"mi the first Monday in clusion of my present term of office which expires on the
first Monday in July, 1933.
“I have endeavored to do my whole duty as God has
given me to see that duty. I have endeavored so far in
me lies to know no man in my official relations with him
as to his reli.gion or his politics. And only the faithful dis-'
charge of my dutv has been my sole ambition in life for
the thirty-four years I have been at the head of the public
school .sy.stem in Wilkes County.
“Those who have aided me and have helped to make
my administration what it has been, I thank you, and my
very best wishes shall go with each and every one of you
through life.”
—» vir. Wright was elected super-
June. However, the law has been
piodified to a certain extent to
meet the present financial enier-
gi.Micy.
The bid of Butts and Wilmotb.
auditing firm of Winston-Salem,
I to audit the office of the clerk
1 of Superior court as provided in
the order signed by Judge Mich
About 300 Enroll
For Forest Jobs
Rousseau Leads
His Ti'ket In
City Election
T. B. Clinic Is
Now Bein^ Held
First Ctmtingent Expected to
Leave .‘sometime Next
Week I
Dixon Will Speak
At Pleasant Hill
.Approximately 300 young men
Ilf Wilkes have made application
fur i.nrollment in tlie civilian
Elkin Educator to Deliver
Address at Finals Sat
urday Night
An addre.ss by I’ruf. Z. H Dix
on. of Elkin, will feature the
commencement e x e r c i s e .s of
Pleasant Hilt school which will
be held Friday and Saturday.
May .6 and 6. Prof Dixon, widely
known educator, will deliver the
address on the closing evening.
Commencement exercises begin
Friday evening at S o'elmk with
the’pre.sentatiiin of a Tom Thiimh
wedding and th*’ crowning of
the May Queen. This program
will lie gi en by the primary
grades.
Following tin' address of Prnf.
Dixon on Satiirdiv evening, a
short entertainment will be giv
en by the upper grades. Perfect
attendance certificates will lie
awarded and diplomas of gradu
ation from t!ie seventh grade
will he presented to the follow
ing students: Everett Darnell.
Dewey Church. Roby Cockerham,
Robert Hyon. Nellie Petl.vjolin.
Cloyce Key and Beulah Shore.
conservation corps, il was learn
ed yesterii.ay from the office of
ttie counlv superintendent of
wi'lfare.
Wilkes ran piin-i- only 16. that
t)eiu,g I he iilimher alloted llie
county.
Tliere is little liki lihooil of a
i.-all lliis week, it was leanieii.
llowever, it is thouglit probable
that the fii'^^t .group will lie tak
en to tile enrolling station
Winsion-Salem next week.
The names i>t Ihiise who
lie selee'.ed have not been
nun need.
at
will
an-
Splendid Play At
School On Friday
‘.\ Husband For Sale” I.‘k
Title Of Three-Act Corn
ed v To Be Given
Father of Mrs.
Walters Passes
A splendid play entitled ••.A
Huslmnii For ^ale,’.' will lie pre-
.sented in the city high sohoiil
auditorium tomorrow (Friday I
evening at S ii’eloek.
Members of the senior etass
are now engaged in selling tick
ets to tile iierformance and a
capacity crowd is expected, Tlie
play is generally iielieved to iie
one of I he Iiest staged at the
school in quite a while
'riie ailiiiiiiislration lirkel.
iiiiopposf-il ill the .Vortti Wil-
keslioro liiemiitil elei-tioii 'I'lie.s-
i-eeeivisl an avenige vole
of ;U.”».
Willi no eoiitesl on. eilD.i-iis
voted when eim-iiient for
I hem to do so.
Alii.voe J. .A. Itoiisseaii, who
was l•e-,•h‘eled for a s,-eood
tiriii, h‘d the liekel. polling
;tts voles.
’I'he vole for the eoinoiis-
siooers was ;is fidlows: .1.
Iteiiis, Ralph '»on,an.
:U(i: I. E. I’earson. :t44: S. V.
Tioiliiisio, E. A. Ilairis.
tiRi.
The voli- for inemhers of the
hoard of school Iroslees was;
.1. 15. McCoy. :54«: I- R. "il-
liams. dl.",; Genio C.irdwell.
The eolire ticket was elect-
mi ami will .sm-ve during tlie
next hienniiim.
H. M, Rraoie. Jr. was regis-
Irai*. .Iiidg,*s 110,1 markers w,‘re
,1. S. ( amlill. ( . o. McNeill, R.
.1. Rohiosoo ami (lleiin Cox.
.Xodrew I’arker was hailiff.
Persons For Evidence of
Tuberculosis
of
Jurors for the June term
Superior court wen- drawn as
follows:
First Week
A. S. Baity. North WMlkeshoro;
15. L. Gould. Elk: Claude E.
Kennedy. Wilkesboro: J. P- Par-
,due. Rock Creek; Monroe E.
I Wallace. Moravian F'alls: W. B.
,)f State Saiiiiarium. with the as-j |.jgn_ Traphill; J. AV. Huffman
.A. J. Eller, conn-I gtaiiton: J. S. Steele. Moravian
1 The Iiihecmiosis clinic for per-1
! sons suspected of having active |
i tiilier,'iilosis germs is now being,
!
: held in Wilkesli,ir,i. It is being i
! cimlm led liy Dr. IT. E. Easom.
sisianee of Dr.
IV liealtli officer, and Mrs. Ber-
I'-’
;tha Bell, coimti
Falls: G. F, ('oiieli. Edwards; G.
F. Eyon, of Traphill: F... M.
Swaim, New Castle; B. A. her-
health nnr.se.
On .51,111,lay. I lie first da.v
twelve persons were examined ] jr„gon, Moravian Falls; T. .A.
ami approximately tlie «anie i j,'j„ipy. North Wilkesboro; E. J.
e.Kiiilii'r was examined on both | ^j^pfep. Brushy Mountain; J. C.
Tuesday and yesterday. ! McNeill. lewis Fork; T. W.
While it may be po.ssible to ex-j Edwards: C. M. Elledge.
amine some of those who did not' Mulberry: G. F. Adani.s. Miil-
make apimintiiieiits. it is learned ' j,pyry; t. M. Brown, Mulberry:
that Dr. Easojo's scliediile for tlie|g q Anderson, North Wilkes-1
TO 1,EA\ E OFFICE
i iiitendeiit of tlie county school
system in 1899 wiieti he was but
:5G years of age. lip ha.s served
ill lliat capacity continuously
since that time.
Not only has great education
al progress been made in Wilko#
and the slate during his term of
'office, hut Mr. AVright has been
' intimately associate,1 w>th this
: development. .Mr. Wright as-
,Burned office Just prior to the
: election of Governor Aycock,
known as tlie great educational
• governor.
next two weeks during wliicli the;,|,orn:
clinii- will tie lield is jiretty well | c;
filled.
The tuliereiilar skin test is
availaiil,' to as many us Dr. Eas-j
C. F. Brown. Traphill:
Ferguson. Boomer: M.
Hendren, Brushy Mountain;
IR.-Holder. Moravian Falla.
R. 1
E.!
T.
|oni has time to give it on any day i
|whil,‘ he is in tlie county.
ATTEND CONVENTION
OF M. W. A. IN RALEIGH
.-tarn Greer and l.iiwrenee j
Crileher. officials of the Mora-!
.-iaii Falls Gamp of. Modern |
Wooilmaii of America, are in Ra-|
leigh today attending a slate!
.■oiiveiitioii of the organization. '
Funeral Will Be
Held Today For
Mrs. Sarah Hayes
Second AA'eek
j A. N. Elledge, Mulberry: D. F.
Shepherd. Eewis Fork; E T.
i Henderson. I.ovelace; R. E- j
j Cass. -Somers: A. J. McNeill, j
lEciwis Fork: R. C. Johnson, New MANY
Iflastle; J. E- DeJonrnette, Trap-
ihill: J. P- Holcomb, Traphill; C
is. Coffey. North Wilkesboro; W.
M. Eller, Reddies River: W. W.
Anderson, North Wilkesboro; M.
A.
J. H. Armbrust To
Speak At County J
Finals Saturday-
t Fi'n u
j I'roliably no man In the his-
' tory of Ng.rlli Carolina or the
I nation has served so long as head
; of a county* .school system.
I iMr. Wright was born on Au-
! guest 14. 1862. and will lack but
i ll days of being 71 years old
when he loaves office on July 3.
i He was married on September
j23, 1891 to Miss Jennie Eand.
(Their marriage was blessed with
'several children who have played
lan important part in the educa-
(Continued on page eight)
, E. Felts. Rock Creek; J.
Mother Of Judge Johnson! Wiles, Rock Creek; C. C. Faw,
J. Hayes. Taken Tuesday i North Wilkesboro: t. b
Afternoon Moravian Falls; J. A.
E. Turner At Funeral _
Directors Convention
E. Turner, of the Turner
i Funeral Home, local undertaking
Local Ministerl^ Deliver Ad-1‘establishment, attended a con-
..4 11 m • All iventioii of funeral directors at
dress at H -J- AU- ; .,,.e couveu-
Da^Affair
TO GET MEDALS!
The
was well attended.
Who bids? and how much? ‘‘A |
lliishaiid for Sale." North Wil-i
Several To Go To Kiwanis
Rev, J. H. Arnibrust, imstor of j Meet, Greensboro Tonight
the .North Wilkesboro Methodist | ilelegalion of North Wllkes-
eliurch and popiiiar after-dinner^lioro Kiwanians, headed by the
.speaker, will deliver the liacca-j president. Dr. Fred C. Hubbard,
I laureate address to seventh grade | will go to Greensboro tonight
’•*"'1 graduates of Wilkes at the conn-j (Thursiiay) to attend a meet-
• i ty commencement in Wilkesihoro j iug of Division Three of the
Barlow, f s,.i,onl auditorium Saturday i Garoliii i district. Several mem-
' hers have made plans to attend.
Mulberry; Eliburn Brown, Mul-1 ^t 11 o’clock. Rev. .Mr
FUNERAL AT PURLEAR 1 berry; J. T. Gibbs. Beaver Creek: j Armbrust is a very effectiite
, — i.- 1, - W. D. Wood, Rock Creek; J. F-j speaker and the auditorium is
The cast has been well trained kes-boro high school auditorium | Mrs. Sarah .Tulma Hayes, | perdue. New Castle: Walter Bar-j jj, (,e crow-ded to ca-
,and a most delightful evening of, tomorrow evening, 8:00 o’clock Mv e(pteemed lady and a | Edwards; W. W. Ashley, ■ jg,. address.
T. Bruton Dies at His
entertainment is a.ssiired.
'sharp.
'of one of Wilkes county’s most
Home at Concord; Funeral
On Sunday
INTlgT AMONG FARBS PiaS
UP: ORGANIZATIONS WILL MER
A. T, Bruton, father of .Mrs. j
Percy C. Walters, of this city,!
died at his home at Concord Sat-'
urday at 12:-15 p. m. following New Members Are Added At Grange Meetings At Ferguson
TJ ex •nr o a , ^ .J T yx.aa*« t I ^1
an Illness of six months. He was
and Little Mountain Last Week; Pomona Grange To
Meet In Wilkesboro On Wednesday, May 10;
Mrs. C. F. Brethol At Dennyville
I .' , J-‘j (Wilkesboro: C. A
(prominent families, died 1 j^onh Wilkesboro.
iday at 3 p. m at the home of her |
;son, Joseph F. Hayes, at Pur-1
lear. Death followed a serious j
I illness of more than two weeks.,
I She had been in failing health,!
! however, for sometime. I
' When her condition became |
(critical Monday, Judge Johnson-
iJ. Hayes, her son, who was sche-1
I duled to preside over a term of!
federal court in Winston-Salem
Dimmetle, i prof. C. C. Wright, veteran
county superintendent of schools,
: “ T—~T' J i.„ I will call the house to order at
Ypu will be Rev. Seymour Taylor,
“Marrying Anne at Traphill
Saturday evening. ' I (Continued on page four)
County Baseball
Loop Considered
FINALS AT WMMORO HIGH
SCHOOL GET UNDER WAY TODAY
May Take In Either Six or
Eight Teams From Vari
ous Sections
69 year.s of age.
Mr. Bruton was a prominent ,
“o°ye?rs”'rd been'eonnoe"' Interest in farm organizations, o'clock, the meeting of the Po-| Sourned “court JrTwe^k‘To, pirst Program Will Bc Given This Evening at 8 Oclwk By; 5;ys
ed with the Kerr Bleachery and in the county is increasing and|niona Grange and a meeting of 1 come to her- bedside and other Musk Pupils of R* E. *
Finishing plant. He was a mem- a splendid work is being done by the Farm Improvement Club at! members of the family were | Story is Coming Sunday To Deliver the
hpr ef' Forest Hill Methodist the various groups. At a meet- Dennyville, I called home. ' . i * Baccalaureate Sermon ■
. ing of the Grange at Little; The Pomona Grange will meet j The funeral service will be —
^ Surviving him are four daiigli-‘ Mmiiitaiii last Thursday night on May 16 at 7:.:50 o’clock at the ! conducted today (Thursday) at' a recital this (Thursday) eve-
ters Mrs *W. H. Sides, of Greens- two new members were added I courthouse in Wilkesboro. Rep-j 11 o’clock at Purlear Baptist g o’clock by the Junior
boro- Mrs Horace Eubanks, of and at the Ferguson Grange resentativ|s from the various i church. Rev. Ayery M. ! mugic pupils marks the ope"!'"*? u'heTl^'t
Concord; Mrs. S. A. Perry, of meeting Friday evening th«>e local GralTges are expected to and Rev. T'Teha? ‘ of 'the commencement season for | of Marlon, will deliver the bac
_ , --J iLjrs Percy C. new members were taken in. attend. 'Purlear, and Rev. G. w. benas-, i. . .
Walters.’of this city; three sons. Those meetings were attended liy The Farm Improvement Club tian. of this city, will conduct | Wilkesiboro high scWl. The first i calaureate aermon.
j Organization of a baseball
leagae, composed of either six or
eight te'ims, is under considera-
: tion, it is r'ported. Steps toward
organization of the ’.oop are ex
pected to be taken within a few
Prospective members of the
j league include teams of North Wil-
k'sboro, Wilkesboro, Purlear, Mil-
I lers Creek, Moraxdan Falls. Cling-
Saturday will be county com- man. Laurel Springs and Traphill.
mencement and on Sunday at 8 Tentative plans are to play only
p. m. Rev. J. C. Story, pastor of ; one game a week—on Saturday
Presbyterian church,' afternoons—if the organization ia’
_M, Ko/._ perfected.
of
J. A., of Charlotte;
Dumont. N. J., and
ton, of Concord.
Attending the funeral, which j farm organization work. | make a talk to the club,
•eas held Sunday afternoon, in, Important meetings which are The activity of the
I iiG rarni ijmpruveinpnt vj'IUD iian, ui kuit* njiv/. wm • a s i •%r j o
Dennyville will meet on May i the servi-". The body will be car- and second grades will assist in | Monday K
C. W., of County Agent A. O. Hendren wh(. ..... , , „
V. Y. Bru- has spent considerable time in 10 at 8 p. ra. and Mrs. C. F.! ried to the church at 10 o’clock ^ presenting the progra .
recent weeks helping with the Bretholl, of Pores Knob, will where it ■til lie in state until the j Another recital hy the
hour of the service. school music pupils, assisted by.
Nieces of Mrs. Mayes will be'the high school chorus, will be
o’clock.
class day exercises will be held,
high C. W. Phillips, of Greensboro!
local
Mldltlon to Mr. and Mrs. Walt-
^..ven Mrs. K. S. Walters.
Hjfg Msrgsret Walters and iMrs.
to be held in the near future in- * Granges and the clubs is of much
elude the Wilkesboro Orange
meeting which will the held on
M. Blaekbarn, all of this city. Thursday -evening, May 4, at 8
importance and Indicates Increas
ed enthusiasm among the farm
ers toward their work.
flowerbearers and nephews
be active paUbearers.
' Mrs. Hayes was the daughter
(ContinsM; tm. ]^f p «^htK
will given Fi*lday evening at the same
hour. Mrs. R. B. Prevette. teach
er oL the music class, is direct-
these proghuns. ^
Legion Auxiliary Meet
At Club House Monday
The Legion Auxiliary IvlU
will deliver the literary address-hold the May meeting at the Le
on Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock j gion-Auxillary Club, House oa
and Immeiiately following his the Fhlrplains'road Monday'eve-
address;.. Superintendent Story
•will present diplomas to. > th^
graduating clue..
ning at 8 o'clock. Hesdao^*
W. Horton and W.’ D. -