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yis Party Leader
AtMeet Feb. 24th
He Iflboes Call For Meeting
Of Executive Ccmimittee
In ThisjCity
fO be HMJ9 AT 2 P. M.
4 Si|CBe8sor As Head Of Dem-
'^owatk Organhation To
Be Ntwed Then
A call lor a meeting of the
. Democratic countr executive
‘^njnjlttee to be held at Hotel
*■ .y *. — — —
«|w«kee Saturday, February 24, at
2 pc -m. vras Issued this- morning
by 7. ,C* fteins, chairman ol the
eommlttM. >
Mr.’ Reins, who was recently
appointed and conllrmed a post-
for North Wllkesboro,
will tender his resignation as
party chairman at- the meeting.
He has been jhead ol the party tor
nearly two years.
The county executive commlt-
, tee !• oomposfed ol the township
chairman ol each township in
the county and in view ol the Im
portant husiness to he transacted,
a tnll uttendance.^ expected.
The meetfeg la,^Hed lor the
par^bee of naming Mr. Reins’
raoeeeeor and the transaction of
any other necessary business.
Mr. Reins’ statement follows:
"In view ol my appointment as
postmaster here, tt becomes
neoeseary that I tende'r my resig
nation as chairmaa ol the Demo-
eraUe eeunty executive commit
tee. I am, therefore, calling a
meeting ol the committee to be
held at Hotel Wilhes on Satur
day, February 24, at 2 p. m. lor
^ the pnrpos® naming a new
^ party chairman and to transact
’ any other buslnees which may
, iha.-committee. All
members of' the committee are
reQuested to take note of this
oall and to attend the meeting.”
Transylvania Men
Getilearing Here
Judge Finley Grants Writ Of
Habeas Corpus; They Are
ADow^ Btmd
Judge T. B. Finley at his home
last night granted,, a wnt of hab
eas corpus for four^’JJc^nsylvania
county business men, scheduled
to go to prison at midnight for
alleged bank-law violations, and
thus postponed beginning of their
sentences until after a hearing set
by him for February 22.
Under Judge Finley’s order,the
loBT were granted privilege of
bond in the sum of 110,000 each.
was understood here that ar-
fcngements for posting the bond
Tould be made after the party re
turned to Brevard early today.
The four were sentenced to
serve from two to three years
each in the state prison upon be
ing convicted of using the credit
of Transylvania county to bolster
the tottering Brevard Banking
company. They are Thomas Ship-
man, former president of the
Clou^ bank; Joseph Picklesimer,
■ fovmer chairman of the board of
ranuty commissioners: C. R. Mc-
former member of the
iFbcmrd. and Ralph Fisher, who
yffm- oonnty attorney.
Up to the last minute, the four
had hoped for executive clemency
om- Governor Ehringhoua, but
^hen It was officially announced
. from Ralelgb that he would not
' intervene, they surrendered to
^Sheriff Tom Wood, at Brevard,
and arranged for a further legal
battle.
Sheriff Wood brought them to
this city, where their petition was
satalitiea to Judge Finley by
tbein. a*tomeys. The hearing will
be in Marion before him.
The defendants were originally
convicted before Judge H. Hoyle
Sink, who imposed s sentence of
fine and imprisonment. Upon an
appeal to the Supreme court, the
eottvietfon was sustf-lnod but the
■ flonrt remanded the case for re-
MBtendag, pointing out that the
: statute provides for either a fine
^ or. hnprlsonment, but not for
'both.
Jndge N. A, Townsend, in re-
seDtendng the foar, stipulated pri
son temts of two to three years,
bat nmonnoed that he wonld
reeotnmoid clemency if restitation
abottld be made to Tcansylvaiiin
■Pty of $80000.
'iConttnned on psf» flva)
Contempt oi
Checks For Post
Office Property
Delivered Here
r. C. Carter, Assistant Dis
trict Attorney, Is Santa
Claus To Owners
TOTAL IS $15,000.00
Government Soon To Get
New Building Under Way
In This City
Washington: . . Wm. P. Mc
Cracken (above) assistant Sec
retary of Commerce in charge of |
aeronautics under President |
Hoover was arrested for con-t
tempt of the Senate when he re
fused to produce files which the
Senate Committee wanted to see
in its Investigation oh alr-mall
contracts.
Republican Hosts
Of Wilkes Attend
Lincob Day Fete
Delegation Is Headed By A.
H. Casey, CSiairman, and ,
J. Mack l^wn
KANSAS MAN SPEAKER
The "State of Wilkes," regard
ed for many years as the banner
Republican county of North Car
olina, sent a large delegation to
the fifth annual Lincoln Day din
ner at the King Cotton Hotel in
Greensboro Monday night.
The Wilkes delegation was
headed by A. H. Casey and J. M.
Brown, chairman and secretary
respectively of the' Repllhllcan
county executive committee.
Among those attending in ad
dition to Mr. Ca.sey and Mr.
Brovn were Sheriff W. B. Som
ers. Ralph Bingham, W. A.
Payne. Solicitor John R. Jones,
P. E. Brown, Will Fleenor, Bud
Staley, Dave Mink, Ranse Staley,
,\lonzo Anderson, Jack Hoots, M.
C. Jones, Jesse Jones, O. W. Kis
er, L. P. Somers, H. C. Somers,
T. C-. Casey, Old Wiles, H. C. Kil
by, J. C. W’snace, Ed Dancy, Q.
A. McNeill, C. E. Jenkins, G. G.
Foster, W. F. Absher, Coy Mar-
ley, S. M. Shumate, F. M. Jen
nings and S. B. Richardson.
The gathering, considered one
of the best ever held since the
dinner was Inaugurated, was ad
dressed by Harold McGugin, con
gressman from Kansas.
T. G. Carter, of Mebane, as
sistant district attorney for the
middle federal district, was San
ta Claus to the tune of $15,000
Monday afternoon when he deliv
ered checks to owners of the
property which was selected sev
eral months ago as the site for
a new post office building in this
city.
The matter of titles was com
pleted and Mr. Carter turned
over checks to owners of the six
lots.
The six lots were owned by J.
T. Prevette, who jwned four of
them. Mrs. W. F. Absher, who
owned one, and C. D. Coffey &
Sons, Absher and Blackburn and
J. C. Henry, who owned the
sixth lot. The site is located on
"C” Street bewteen Ninth and
Tenth Streete.
The government now Is In
full possession of the property
and the construction work will
get under way within a very
short time, It Is generally under
stood.
Mr. Carter said he had no au
thentic Information, but under
stood that the government was
ready to go ahead now that the
property has been paid for.
WmT.Dowdls
Named Marshal
Sanford Man Finally Gets Aip-
pmntment At Stands of
the President
To Name National '
Committeeman Soon
F. O. Forester Is Meinher Of
Committee Which Win Select
Gardner's Successor
The long delayed appointment
of a successor to United States
Marshal Watt H. Gragg, whose
resignation became effective Jan
uary 1, was made Tuesday when
President Roosevelt sent the
name of W. T. Dowd to the sen
ate for confirmation.
Mr. Dowd Is a resident of San
ford and had the support of Sen
ator Reynolds tor the marshal-
ship.
It Is reported that District At
torney J. R. McGrary may be
kept on the job until his present
term expires early In 1936. Ho
has not submitted his resignation
and no action has been taken by
the department of justice, al
though Carlyle Higgins, of Spar
ta, has been recommended by
Senator Bailey as his successor.
Spntce Pine Attorney Hon
This Wedi In Interest of
His Candidacy
EX-EMERGENCY JUDGE
Made Raee F» Solidtor Four
Tears Ago; IVilfed Very
Large Vote
WASHINGTON; . . . Joseph
B. Polndaxtor (ahJ^e) former At-
iumey-Oeneral of Moptxtis, more
recently U. 8. District Jn^ in
u^nhi tai Dsamentis leader is
kwaii, has been noarinoted by
, saldeBt Boossvdt for tho pool «f
Oovenor of BciraiL
TiDeys Will Be
Tri^ On Murder
Charge In March
Sdidtor John R. Jmes To
Pnfih Case and Wfll En
deavor To Reach It
100 STATE WITN^ES
Wallace Wlnborne, state chair-!
man of the Democratic party, an-!
nounced Tuesday that March 8
had been set as the date for a
meeting of the state executive
committee vo name O. Max Gard
ner’s successor as national com
mitteeman for North Carolina.
F. C. Forester, of this city. Is
, a member of the committee and
will attend the meeting.
Harris Recovering From
Wound Received Saturday
John Harris, Traphlll farmer
who was stabbed in the abdomen
during an altercation Saturday,
Is recovering at the Wilkes Hos
pital. iHls Injuries are not con
sidered serious. Vernon Spicer,
his alleged assailant, is still in
the county jail at W’llkesboro,
having failed to fill bond.
Dentists of Wilkes Will Donate
Their Services For Health Survey
Local Dentists Will Be Out of Their Offices On Tuesday and
Thursday of Next Week; They Will Visit Number of
Principal Schools of Wilkes County
Dentists of Wilkes will Join
approximately 700 other mem
bers of the North Carolina Dent-
cal defects of the school children.
al Society In making a mouth
health survey In the public
schools of the stace on Tneeday,
February 20, and Thursday, Feb-
mary 23. The dentists will make
this survey as a contribution to-
|Ward Improving health conditions
of the children and will not re-
leelve any compensation for their
> services.
I During the tvo days, it is ex-
jpected that North Carolina dent-
tists will inspect the months of
at least two hundred thonsand
children for dental defects. This
Is the greatest concerted effort
ever to be undertaken In two
day's time in the health annals
of the stats.
It is reported that nndenionr-
tohment ranks first la the physi-
and inasmuch as andernonrlsh-
ment Is reflected in the month of
the child by Improper develop
ment of the teeth, the dentist has
an unusual opportunity to find
If this is true.
If the child is found to have
dental defects, the parent will be
notified of such conditions. It is
hoped that they will take the
child to their regular dentist and
have these conditions corrected.
Doctors W. A. Taylor, W. P.
Jones and R. P. Casey will be .out
of their offices on the days men
tioned and their clients are re
quested to take note of this fact.
Sehools which will be visited
by the local dentists are: Mount
Pleasant, Maple Springs, Trap-
bill, Monntain View, Ronda,
Roaring River, Millers Greek,
Crickett, Wllkhaboro,^ ^ MoraYlan
Falla, Fargnson, Boomer. ],
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The state will endeavor to
reach the Tilley case at the
March term of Superior conrt,-
Solicitor John R. Joaes slated
yesterday In an Interview with a
Journal-Patriot representative.
“Although the docket Is ter
ribly crowded and several other
mnrder cases will cOme up for
trial, I expect to be ready to urge
immediate trial of the ’nileys,”
the solicitor declared. Solicitor
Jones said it is bis Intention to
present a bill of Indictihent con
taining four counts to the grand
jury immediately after court cour
venes and that when the Indict
ment Is returned, he will insist
on trying the case.
More than 100 witnesses will
be subpoenaed by the state In its
efforts to convict Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. -niley, Mr. and Mrs. Lu
ther Tilley and Clyde Tilley for
the alleged murder of Miss Leota
Childress In the home of the first
mentioned on December 30.
Solicitor Jones said the state In
building up its case against the
Tilleys and the belief was ex
pressed that the prosecution will
have ample evidence to obtain a
conviction.
Attorneys for the defendants
are understood to have decided
to waive a preliminary hearing.
torney, having practiced law for
29 years. He received his legal
education at the Law School of
the University of North Carolina.
He has long been prominent In
the councils of the Democratic
party. Pour years ago he made
the race for solicitor on the Dem
ocratic ticket against Solicitor
John R. Jones and polled the
largest Democratlo vote aver re
corded In the Seventeenth Judi
cial district.
The candidacies of Messrs.
Rousseau, Burke and . Ragland
are subject to the Democratic
primary which will he held in
Jnne, Counties which will vote to
nominate a candidate for jndge
are Wilkes, Alexander, Yadkin,
Davie, Avery and Mitchell, these
counties comprising the Seven
teenth district.
Greensbrnro College Club
To Meet With Mrs. Sink
The local chapter of the Greens
boro College alumni association
will hold Its regular monthly
meeting tomorrow night at 8
o’clock at the home of Mrs. C. S.
Sink. All members are urged to
be present.
County Commissioners
Held Session Tuesday
The board of county commis
sioners held a brief session Tnes-
day, but deferred final action on
any matters under consideration.
All members were present.
Iroaic Viennese Carnival
Vienna, Feb. 13.—The bitter
est Irony In Vienna’s tragic situ
ation Is that tonight Is the last
night of carnival, by tradition
the gayest time of the year. This
year, instead of a festival of fun,
it has been a carnival of blood.
Smoke Pours From
Every Smokestack
Smoke Is pouring from the
smokestacks of every factory
In North Wllkesboro aad the
full dinner pail is more in evi
dence now than at any trine
since the boom days of fomter
yean, it Is freqnesMy remark
ed.
Fun-time (^teratloiis are
maintained in practically every
maanfaeturing plant here and
raerdiants are finding the dd«
Ian coming in on each pay-day
in retnm\ tor ntewhandiaa.
not ivpennd
In many .nKMrtba
haa replaced the
fhee ulridi
to
OonditioaB
better
proterUal
John W. Ragland, prominent
Spruce Pine attorney, brought
definite announcement of his
candidacy for jndge In the Sev
enteenth Judicial district Mon
day when he passed through the
city on a swing through the dis
trict In the Interest of his cam
paign.
The Mitchell lawyer announc
ed several weeks ago that he ex
pected to enter thc faoe.
There are now three candi
dates for' the place on the Su-
perjbr court bench from
Judge T. B. Finley will voluntor-
lly retire January 1 of next
year. Besides Mr. Ragland, there
are J. A. Rousseau, of this city,
and J. Hayden Burke, of Taylors
ville.
Mr. Raglano Is a veteran at
Cadis, Ohio: ... Ida Mae StUll
(above) has worked in coal
mines here since she was 12
years old. Now Ida Is mad be
cause an Ohio Mines Inspector
which 8®y* ^8 against state Uws for
women to work in mines - . . and
at 34 she has to look for another
job. Ida can mine and load an
average of 6 tons of coal a day
Wilkes Man Is
In Toils Of Law
Frank Mathis Charged With
Recei’dng Stiden Goods;
Swapped IJqaor
Frank Mathis, who resides 15
miles east 6t Wllkesboro, was
arrested Monday on a warrant
sworn out by Forsyth county of
ficers charging him with receiv
ing stolen goods.
Forsirth county officers were
completing a roundup of persons
engaged In looting, safecracking
and Btorebreaklng in Winston
Salem and
several were arrested. Mathis, a
reputed bootlegger, was taken
into custody for the alleged act
of receiving stolen goods know
ing them to be stolen.
Mathis Is reported to have ad
mitted to the officers that he
traded $80.00 worth of liquor
for the goods. He was placed in
the jail at Wlnston»Salem In de
fault of bond
By WiLbMGD ObtM . ^
Evidence that 1984 is
tlon- year Ik' jMjf, lacking
this early,
Candidates for various pollttJ
cal offices aMp^jjslwady,
out with airiioHncements ot their
Intention to eWp th®i Juna'
mary and map^: 'ifho' hive
nounced are iMtisg talkof . 9u« tUa
and that otflon/
The Seventaaaihr
trlct promlsea.'%;lll^^ hOetth of
two InteretRlfijk
for the posi^’iMiitlMr Miwflar
court bench «|ri^«lciaplad,
Judge T. B.
for the Beauhl^n
tor Bollcftor
WflkesBapti^
Ministers Form
An Assoaatum
Rev. A. B. Hayes s Elected
hairman; Avery Cburch
Named Secretary
TO MEET BACH MONTH
The Wilkes Bapt^ -
Association was org'snliBft^’ a
meeting of Baptist nlliiiReirs In
the First Baptist eburch here
Monday.
aspirant ana muen iniereex' wiu
Rev. A. B. Hayes was elected around the outcome OT this
chairman and Rev. Avery Church - - . . -
primary race. Judges are electod
IS named secretary. , by the voters of the entire stata
Announcement was made that gg
the association will meet once
each month, each meeting to be
held on Monday after the second
Sunday at 10 o'clock. For the
present, the meetings will be held
at the First Baptist church.
The morning session Monday
was taken up with reports of the
ministers and In perfecting the
organlxatlon.
The principal address was de
livered by Rev. Eugene Olive,
pastor of the First Baptist
church, who used as his subject,
"What Is Wrong With the
Churches.” The local minister
called attention to the Immense
resources of the Christian
churches and the large member
ship as evidence that there must
be something right with the
church. '
In 1931, the latest year on
which figures were immediately
SlttAlUS AU V» sssofcvaa- * a
rural Forsyth and available, churches of America
received contributions amounting
to 40 per cent of the cost of
operating the public schools of
the nation. Rev. Mr. Olive said.
In 1928, the total value of houses
of worship In this country exceed
ed three billion dollars.
Fifty-five per cent of the peo
ple of the United SUtes over 13
years of age are members of the
church, the speaker declared.
Nursery Sliool To Open At High -
School Building Monday Morning
School For ChUdren of Pre-School Age To BeCpndn^ In
Former Blanael Training Room By Miss Norris
And Mss Clara Gentry; For Relief Children
The nursery school, which was
recently allotted to North Wllkes
boro, wUl open Monday morning,
F^ruary 19, It was learned late
yeaterday from Prof. W. D. Half
acre, superintendent of the city
school system.
It will be located in the room
formerly occupied by the mannel
training department. Carpenters
have been huay for the past two
weeks an a CWA project for the
making of the necessary furni
ture for use In the room.
Two taaohers,, Mlaa Myitla Nor
ris and Miss Clan Gentry, wtil
conduct the school un^r the
snpeiviBlon of Mr, Halfacre. They
have been actively aiomgad In
TlsiUng the parents of frrospeo-
tiva pnpUs for the papt yieek.
needy families are eligible to at
tend the l^ehool. Children, 4, 6
and 8 years of age will be in the
majority.
The nursery school is a part of
the federal emergency relief pro
gram In edneation and is a pro
ject to give employment to
teachers. All expense incidental
to the school la paid by the fed
eral government.
Claases will begin each morn
ing at 9 o’clock. At noon, tke
ohUdren will be idven tholr
to
the local union
Bpotieffwod )f.
lunch—a well planned meal pre- .Joiners hM bee# c
pared ^ a competent cook under Thursday eTOBly ’’
the direction of a graduate none, “to*- ■
The nu»a has already beem ae- Mesahara are re__
OBMd a^ rim.wai he pidd out of note of the ehange andto
speeial govarhment fund set up the meeting tousdsrotr evi
for this purpoae. !■'addition to InMead ^ tonight,
her dutiee as natiittonlst. the
Only ehlldren, between ^Inniae wW eonoemad wltttte ^
ages of 1 and t> firoa relief and
N*r
fc'vi
on paie*''*
Judge Finley has alre^ .]$»^^
nounced that he will retire ^
end of -his pr^nt terniA^ *“
come an eme^ncy judibi.'’^
field left open hy his
from the primary cai^palW'iyKa.
already been aater^ by JL Af
Rousseau, of this city. i. MiqndeB
Buriie, of Taylorsville, and John
W. Ragland, of Spruce PlM^ nil
of them eminent practioi$iF at
torneys who are well knowR ' to
the people of the district. Tha
Seventeenth is composed of
WUkee. TadUn, Davie, Alaxaa-
der, Avery and JHtcheU.
It Is generally believed no oth
er candidates will enter the race.
Friends of the three attomega
are already looking over the ftoM
In the interest of their fsvo/fta
aspirant and much interest' wtil ^
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Democratic nomination is tanta
mount to election.
This sollcltarlal district. nMP-^
mally a Rep^^i^Maan stronghold,
promises anAjUkaeiting campolgh-
for the Re^W^u nominafton.
The G. O. R endersement Is gen
erally looked upon as equal to^.
election and for this reason, tka
Republican solicitorial iiomriui-
tlon Is regarded as a valued priae.
P. J. McDuffie, a local practie-
Ing attorney, announced several
days ago that he w-iil eaek fjba
nomination. Solicitor J^n , B.
Jones, who has served since
(Contidued oiCdhge flvdl
Lumber Men
Meet Wednesday
R. E. McESreen To E:^pihfai
Lumber Code At Session
R. E. McElveen
of the Southtim Pine
will meet all saw mill
lumber men of.fhd bqnhl
City Hall WedAQ^Iay, '
21st, at 10 o'df^ .to 'e:
repreee^tiva
new lumber code.
It is important that miU
man and lunrber man be preeeat
to get neo^aary Inforn
eperating^tl^lB^ the lnT>eieMi"aw>i
It is reqlieMe'd that each operator
be prepared, tq explain, ,h||j
ent operattoM^hd' tonWe^ ^
etc.
Those desirii^i additional
formation a:te^r^erMd to,
Cardwell, of tw"elty
!
troi
rAnnoonMaMPt of tha