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It Is ChBifed With
Ifcrdfer Of QjNic Ander-
■OB In J«n^ 1933
B^G CLEARED
OC Oopirt Is Dis-
Wlth Speed As
Adjtmnunent Nears
iVrial »t Rwral HolUad. chara-
tte asrder «f Cl^e An-
4*sea tp Jnse of teat 7«ar, will
niutor way in Snperlor court
teday. Holland la alleged to hare
eat Andafton so aererely In a
drankan brawl that the young
atpa died, a tew hours after the
. tttfWT- ■ ■
Will aak for convic
tion^ itaarder In the second de-
graa. It is stated.
,»ke business of ihe court is
^ng dispatched with great
speed’ and as adjournment nears.
It appears that more than 75 per
osat of the eases on the docket
irill have been removed when the
barm ends.
Jadge Wilson Warlick is pre-
aUMig aftd Solicitor John R.
K ^OSea.tsiiapcesenting the state in
tk* ^Ikaaaoation.
Jaa Walsh, who plead guilty
to an assault upon Mayor W. E.
Harris, of Wilkesboro, was giv
en a suspended sentence of 12
months at the request of Mayor
Harris.
rUlowing is a list of cases dis
poned of;
Berman Myers, operating car
while under infineaea of whiskey,
3 months on road and driver’s
lieanaa revoked for* 12 months.
Minnie Clonch and 'Royal
Church, affray, not guilty.
H. L. Ferguson and Mead Ham
by, f. and a., mistrial.
Code Shatley, intimidating an
officer, not guilty.
) Bnnett Holloway, Jesse Hollo
way and Theodore Sebastian, as-
sairiCnofgullty.
Hickman Minton and Schuyler
(Continued on page eight)
Bridge Lights j
lUt Turned On
Handsome New Bridge Isj
Lighted; Bight Lighting i
Standards Erected
HE IS CANDIDATE
Hdbrook
iondyictim
Oi^olBatde
Traphill Han Dies In Hos-
|Mtal At Elkin After Bat-
.. tie With Death - . {
HE HAD KILLED COUSINj
Funei;^ Held Yesterday At'
Church Where Other Vic
tim Was Buried
The last chapter to a feud
which lasted over a period of
years was wiTtten late Monday
when Ralph Holbrook succumbed
at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos
pital in Elkin to pistol wounds
inflicted by his, cousin, Marvin
Holbrook, wJio was almost in
stantly killed in a pistol battle
between the two near Donghton
Friday night.
The two Holbrooks mef at (hq
home of an aged relaAve by mar
riage, Mrs. Amanda (Granny)
Holcombs, 90 years old, to set
tle the matter which had been a
source of repeated fights between Call Hotel building here
them. Each shot the other to row.
death in the fig'ht that ensued.
Marvin expired on the spot.
Ralph (ought a losing game with
death in ' the hospital at Elkin,
his condition too serious to re-
I spond to repeated blood trans-
J fusions.
The body was removed to the
HAS EXCELLENT RECORD, home, and yesterday was convey-
to
.A
souemm jonbs
Solicitor Jones
Confirms Report
He Is Can£date
Seventeenth District Prose
cutor WiU Seek Re-election |
To Present P(»t
pM-j-wsaii
Be Candidate
For SoBcftterdib
He A^ts He fe ^rknMiy
CoHsddering Mntter Of
Entering Race
MIND IS NOT MADE UP
CHAIRMAN TO QUIT
, Miss Loretta Gray, of New
York City, 'noted dietician and
home economist, will be in
charge of the cooking
which will he conducted at the
tomor-
Carrier Delivery
In City Curtailed
Solicitor John R. Jones, of this I ed to Round Hill Baptist church,
■ near Traphlll for the final solemn
Tuesday Afternoon .Delivery
To Be Cut Off On Certain
Dates, Reins States
city, will seek re-election to his
present post, it was learned this
J. C. Reins, North Wilkesboro
rites in tfie same house of wor
ship where a similar service wasjjjj^j carrier delivery service
Has Served Continuously As
Chairman For PUst Eteht
Years;, f^ne Record
Attorney Andrew H. Casey,
chairman of the Wilkes county
schooU Republican executive committee,
will not he a candidate for re-
election at the county convention
'April 2. it was learned this morn
ing.
Mr. Casey told a Journal-Pa
triot representative that he In
tended to retire at the expiration
of his present term.
This announcement gave added ^
Importance to the county conven
tion which will he called upon to
name a new chairman of the
party.
Mr. Casey’s statement that
be will retire as county chairman
Be Hdd Monday
Monm^AMfl^Z
iBb
A. H. Casey, chairman of-the
Wilkes county Reptfbllcan execu-|j^^ ^ ^
Prednet Meet
Held At Vering
Saturday. Afteraowi
NAME NEW CHAIRltAN
Detegates OodnW
tiro To Be.lMeded At
Conventkg^OBdnjjf
A call for precinct ' met^ngs
and the county conventioin .^'was
issued this week by ^^iL -H.
Casey and J. M. Brown, 'jihwiMlW
and secretary respectively of th«
Wilkes county Republican exees-
tive committee.
The township primaries will ha
held at the votipf places‘tMr ftet-
urday, March. 31, at 2 p. m. and
the convention wflF^l^held in
the courthouse h|>hday, April 2...
held earlier in the week for, curtailed slightly for the
A report to that effect had been. Marvin Holbrook, first victim of j remainder of the present
circulated for several weeks, biit ^*'® tragedy. Burial was in the comply .nstrnc\
church cemetery. | of Postmaster General Far-
Ralph Holbrook was 27 years' jgy
of age aud his cousin, Marvin | pgjj,g g^yg {j,e foUow-
Holbrook, was 26 years of age.} gj^^g^g^j.
'Tn order to comply with
be known that he will again encer
postmaster, announced yesterday k ^ ,
iKoi Is regarded in some circles as an
indication that he will seek the
the solicitor had not made any
statement up to this time.
Solicitor Jones, when inter-
viewed at his office today, let it Both were residents of the Trap-
hill community.
the Republican primary as a can-
Survlvors of Ralph Holbrook
tlve committee, announced this i
morning that he will i^ot be a
candidate for re-election. Rumor
has it that Mr. Casey will seek
the Republican nomination for
sSlicltor.
Postmaster General Farley's in
structions issued March 2, 1934,
didate (or the nomination. Press- vestal Holbrook, his parenU, Mr.,
ed for a statement, he^sald: _[.and.TSIrs. J. H, Holbrook, of Tfap-
are his joung widow, Mrs. Sallle employees In «te
field seriiice, except railway post
al clerks, will be furloughed
familiar with the
work of this office during my
service as solicitor and I shall
leave my candidacy in their
hands.”
Since he befame solicitor In
1926, followinit the retirement of
.Judge Johnson J. Hayes, Solici
tor Jones has successfully prose
cuted some of the most noted
, criminal cases in the state.
The handsome new bridge i priends of the solicitor have fre-
•cross the Yadkin River between quently pointed to his record as
the Wilkesboros was illuminated ^ strong reason why he should be
for the first time last night when ‘ returned to office.
«igbt powerful bulbs shined down I Among the outstanding cases
from attractive standards. j which Solicitor Jones has success-
Standards for the lights were j (qHy prosecuted were the Bryant
put up by Ralph Duncan, local
‘‘I think most residents of fiieihlll; two small sons, and several. during
district are familiar with the jristers. the remainder of the fiscal year.
Railway postal clerks will be fur-
Dry Forces Will
Meet March 18tli'
I toughed for 3 1-2 days during
the remainder of the fiscal year.
However there will be no rural
carriers furloughed under this
order.
Townshin Chairmen Andl “in compliance with the above.
Leader to Gather At delivery service win be
Coui^’touse At 2:30 l curtailed. There will be no atter-
Repnblican nomination (or solici
tor in this Judicial district. The
rumor that he will enter the i
race has been going the rounds |
for several weeks, but the local |
attorney has declined to deny or j
confirm the report.
Questioned along this line this
morning, Mr. Casey admitted that
be had taken the matter under
advisement. It is known that be
has received considerable en
couragement from his ^friends
throughout the district.
Mr. Casey was elected as chair
man of the Republican party in
Wilkes in the summer of 1926
Motorists ^ked
ToLofdiOutFor
School Children
County School Head Calls
Attentim To Law About
' -Pasrtnf TJp Bibmw'^
PROSECUTE Violators
One of the important items of
business to come before the con
vention will be the election of a
party chairman for the next two
years.
The call issued by Messrs.
Casey and Brown follows:
I “Whereas, J. S. Duncan, 'chplr-
I man of the Executive Committee
jof the Republican party in North
Carolina, has called a state con
vention to be held in Charlotte
I on Wednesday, April 4. 1934:
i and, pursuant to the instruettons
I contained therein, we hereby call
j primaries in the various precl&eta
in Wilkes county and county con-
! ventlon to be held as follows:
I “The prini^ieB in each‘of Um
various towjlbhliw i n WUkes
A request that motorists look {county will be held oh Satuday.
out for school children on the i March 31, 1934, at'two o’clock
hlkhways was contained in a! P-ni. with the exception of North
and has served continuously in j statement issued yesterday after- Wilkesboro, which, as usual, wlU
that capacity. His tenure of of-|ng„n j,y prof. c. B. Eller, super-held at 12:30 n. m.
flee has witnessed some of the, intendent of the county school"These meetings will be held
noon delivery on the
Township c'.inirmen and leaders j Tuesdays: March 20 and 27,
of the dry torn-A of Wilke.s coun-[ April 10 and 17, May 8 and 16,
ty will meet ai the courthouse in and June 12 and 19.
biggest political unheavels in the ’ gygtem.
history of the county. The biggest | jj, gugp ggjj those who vlo-
majorlty ever recorded for Re-' j^tg the law by passing' school
Ipubllcanlsm in Wilkes came und- t,„ggggg loading or unload-
at the regular voting places In
the precincts of the various
townships, except in North Wil
kesboro township which will' be
er in electrical supplies, who
t awarded the contract for the
> by the state highway com
mission. The Job of erecting the
ntnndards was completed this
week and final connections were
UIAO nade yesterday afternoon.
"5# aeeCtebWai
Give Operetta
To Be Presented Tomorrow
Evening In School Audi
torium At 7:45
J. B. McCoy Nsimed
As Code Officiid
His Territorj’ I* Composed Of
■Ashe, Watauga, Willies And
Caldwell (lounfles
“Betty Lou,” the most talked j
of oporetu of the season, will be 1 The appointment of J. B. Mc-
arewnted by the Glee Club of I Coy, manager of Hotel Wilkes,
Worth Wilkesboro high school to- J as a member of the local code
morrow evening at 7:45 o’clock., authority was announced
Wilkesboro Sunday, March 18, at
2:30 p. m. (or an important ses
sion.
The purMis.3 of the meeting,
Stone "case 7nWiikes“ the Hauser ] dry leader,, announced, is to elect
case in Davie, the four Taylors- a truste -, whose duty it will be
vine hank bandit-robbers case. ’ promote the work of the dry
the Glenn Walsh .-ase in Wilkes.! forces in Wilkes, and “to pre-
the Glenn case in Milche!: aud. ‘he wishes of ho "gamra-
the Freeman and Sumraerfield' by resolution to constituted j ing June 30. 1934.
Martin cases in Yadkin. | authority and to fne county
Solicitor Jones is regarded us hoard ef elections.’ -
one of the ablest prosecutors in I "TblB meeting,’ County Chair-
North Carolina, his friends de- «pan Avery Church said. Is our
Clare.
“This order is made in order to
keep the Postal Service within
the budget,^for this fiscal year,
therefore making it necessary
that this furlough time be taken
without expense to the depart
ment. All unused annual leave
was also withdrawn (or the re
mainder of the fiscal year, end
following leadership in 1928 whenjjjjg jjg proseouted if a warn-j held at the City Hall at 12:30
the county gave a majority of jg insufficient. The law re- P- ‘be purpose of perfect-
around 5,200 for Hoover and an J motorists come to a ‘he township organizations
average majority of around 3,-|gt g i^its to load or ■ and electing delegates to the
500 for the county ticket. 1 unload passengers. county convontlon, which will be
During his eight years asi q,j,g statement issued by Mr. i held at the courthouse in Wilkes-
obairman, Mr. Casey has had to gjjgp follows: j boro on Monday, April 2, 1934,^
work at times urfHer considerable j attention has been called | at eleven o’clock a. m. for the*
difficulty due to factional fights, i t,,g that many motorists' Purpose of perfecting the coun-
but has never aligned himself: t^e law which requires jty organization and electing dele-
wlth any group, always giving his I t,,gt tj,gy p,me to a stop when Sates to the Senatorial^ Congres-
best for Republicanism regardless ggjjool busses are loading or un
j effort to put into action oar sen
timents which the drys voted in
the past election.”
E. G. Finley Will Have
Charge Kiwania Program
E. G. Finley will have charge
of the program of the KIwanis
Club which meets tomorrow at
12:05 o’clock.
Charlie Sparks
Given 3 Years
faction, his
of the dominant
friends declare.
When interviewed at his office
, sional and State Conventions:
loading school children. 'That law | and for such other bnsinees as
is in the interest of the safety of j “ay properly come before the
the children and should be en- “eeting. The chairman of the
this morning, Mr. Casey express- i jurcej, various precincts organizations
ed his appreciation of the co-| -i ^gyg instructed bus drivers are requested to call their meet-
operation that members of all ^ jq fgpufi violations to me so
lings in conformity with the
Gets Longest Sentence Yet
Meted Out For Assault
On Fon Combs
gyo presentation will be in the
erty schooi auditorium. |
Betty Lou, who is twenty
reary of her step-mother's at-
pretty and very determined,
tempt to wed her to a wealthy
-man regardless of her own wish
es In tha matter. To avoid the at-
taotioiu of the latest candidate,
she dfeeses as a child and poses
gs Betty Lon’s sister, “Just ten
yssre oM.” When Mrs. Pendleton
arrives, Betty Iami Is wearing
seeks and a hair ribbon. Does
she or can she explain? That Is
n' gnsstion which the Glee Club
vUl eaewer for those who attend,
cast~6t charairters follows:
Batty Lou, Oladys Bryant;
^(s, Anthony Pendleton, Reboo-
» eft Brame; Tony Pendleton G*yn
jOlhy; Lola Pend:
'Pendly; BeeA BM»
Bab, Mickey Bryant: Jack, James
Lowe; Joe.'Jlobort Ford; Ttobert
gMrwood, V willtem Orieeom;
tfUMBIndlon 'Brooks. Vera Br-
rvto; AiMite. Annie Catherine
'ilcore: ’to- Lane, W»nk
Tues
day b y Bari H. Spence,
o f Greensboro, chairman
of the North Carolina hotel au
thority.
Mr. McCoy’s district is com
posed of Wilkes. Ashe. Watauga
and Caldwell countlen.
Blame Crash On Motor
Cheyenne, 'Wyo.. March 14.—A
coroner’s jury held today that
engine failure caused the crash of
any army plane that killed
Lieuts. Frank L. Proward and A.
R. Kerwin, air mail, flyers, here
last Friday. No reason for the
failure was found.
Dr. H^hsmitfa To
Address Teachers
To Speak At County Teach
ers Meeting In Wffltes-
boro On Saturday
Ed Brown Found
Guilty In Case
Verdict Df Iiwtduntary Man
slaughter For Death Of
Settle CMM
Charlie Sparks, who shot A. F.
(Fpn) Combs in the log and then
stood guard with his gun to pre
vent anyone from administering
first aid to the wounded man,
was given three years on the
road Monday when his case came
up in Superior court.
Combs’ leg was so. badly man
gled by the load'of shot that it
was necessary to iwputate the
injured member. l%e shooting
took place in the Windy Gap
community Just before Christ
mas.
Sparks plead guilty to a
charge of assault with a deadly
weapon and asked the mercy of
the court.
factions of the Republican party Ijj^g^ jjjp offenders may be prose-; above.
- qgted I “A. H. CASEY, Chairman,
“I earnes.iv request that mo-' *J- BROWN,,Secretary,
torlBts be r., careful as possible ■ "Wilkes County Republican Bxe-
while school children are travel- j cutive Committee,
ing to and from school. No ser-
i ions accident has occurred so far |
i this year and it is to he hoped
that everybody wllL co-operate in' ,, "n ITiw- n
Scouts For Needy I excel-j l/luIlagCu .I||^CiiC
Oontribations Turned Over To | _ ~ ; . pjrg Starts By SpontBDeOM
bad accorded him and declared,
that whether he ever seeks po
litical office for himself, he will
always be found fighting in the
ranks for the success of his
party.
$175 Secured By
Home ChmtiFjnn
city Welfare Committee For
Wwk !■ City
Donations of furniture, food, |
clothing, etc. with an eeUmated j
value of $176, war secured by
Coca Cola Firm
Adds Equipment
Boy Scout troops of the Wilkes- Charles Strahm Here To In
stall'It; Increase In Bus
iness Is Reason
boros during-their canvass on 'be
half of the needy, it was learned
this week from H. V. Wagoner, |
deputy Scout commlsaioner.
*fbe “good turn,” suggested by
President RooMvelt, received an
entbuelastic cee^nar in this city
and many '^naUons which -will
* TpBt9 m tMo ». ehoruf ot W
itemrs »»d 10 danoert. A^ong
tb^ iHU be a B*l-
Beue tmir • skuting daoee
Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, of
Raleigh, director of school In
struction, state department of
education, will address the teach-
o, 'Marcella era of Wilkee county at a conn-
la Johnston; ty-wlde meeting to be krld. In
Wilkerboro Saturday morning,
beginning at 10 o’clock. Hla ad
dress will be the high spot ot the
program. ' ~
^ The teachers meeting was sche
duled to ^ Aete Isat Saturday
but was postponed a week on
aMonnt of Illness in. tlw family
of County Superintendent C. B.
BUer.
Me-
Ed Brown, colored waiter at a
local hotel, was found guilty of
involuntary manslaughter in con
nection with the death ot Mary
Lou Settle, by the Jury in eonrt
yesterday. Sentence will be pro
nounced mday morning.
. The Settle eUld was struck and
killed by Brown’s automobile on
December' 5,~ 1932 as the little
girl started to cross the highway
near the home ot her parents,
ReglMer of li^ds and Mrs. T. H.
SettJm in Wlime^Hm.
A Judgment as ot non-suit was
entered in the .riJein to Hector
ah tenshers in white sehooim'Bnritli and Nril -WatkinB who
are requested to attend.
were riding with Brown.
Legion Observe*
15th_AimiVer»«iryj;^"‘
Local Poet To dive Pro|ginii|4toAe by the Scouts was turned
Gommemorailng Ptnmdla|^jj|^^ - 4lver to the city welfare depart-
Meetlag Miis iBvcpslmgCv's.^
A program in commemoratmi''
of the founding of the American
Legion 16 yenie ago .^1 be given
by Wilkee County Pdet No. 13l
at a special meeting tlds evening
at 7:30 o'clock at this Legion-
Auxiliary Club House.
The Legion 'W&a founded' in
Paris on March 15, $md
has grown to'be the leading vet^
erans organisation.
J. M. Quinn, commander pt the
local post, is anxious for a large
attendance at the meeting this
evening.
Sfieottl Adniisioii _
Offisr At Orpheom
Tickets' FortTwo Ti^Be Sold For.
Price Of Own Tonorrow
For mg Show
Patrons of the New Orphenm!
Theatre wlU be^ given a speetel
treat tomorrow wKiOh two adnlt
The most modern eVowning and
filling machinery has ‘been in
stalled at the North Wllkeeboro
Coca Cola - Bottling company.
Charles Strsbm, Installation engi
neer for the Crown-Cork ft Sea!
company. Baltimore, tostalled the
machinery and Is atUl here get
ting the machinery in perfect
working order. '
The new equipment was ,made
necessary by the large increase
tn business enjoyed by the local
firm. “Onr bnslimss so far this
month has been better than dur
ing a similar period in June or
'July of last year," W. A. Mo-
Nsill, prudent of tha^eosapany,
stated yesterday.
Prodtibtloa -will ha inersaaed
Jp meet Inereasiid salee wtfllDkJ
any dUfienlty by reawn of the
Con.'bustiofl In Supply
I Room L Loss $14H)^: . .
'
I Damage tC 'the extent .Sf fi'r
000 was suffereft’by'the 'jftoine
Chair company^toly ysM'«day
morning when fire, resulting
from spontaneous coKbi^tion,
caught In the-supply rpoi^l
The fire was diacoveCjA^t
3:10 o’clock and was
check by the sprinkler - system
until the fire truck arrived. The
volunteer fire department kin
dled the situation In a very-, ef
ficient manne^^iff otfiigat’'!lfHhe
company, etll^ yekteediy.
Excelsior Into used in packing
chaira for siitpiwnt were burned.
Widls of the building were -
scorched, hut the tire wns con
fined to the stock is the supply
room. riSi-:-*
of one. .Twenty-five cents wiu mimm,
two, in othw words, to see
t
(Continued on page
sterUlstng the bottles, filling and
capping is antomatic, assuring
atwolute cleanNsHA
FbV Dq^aurlanaBt YSato % ^
Ob Fdae Ot— -
The fire departUHSt wsr^-
ed out this morning '!lBl|^^e
truck raared over into the 'D^
lawn section of the city only to
find that notUng more figa a
brush pile wns aflHiu Jai^ VhP'
distachad the firemen’s >aleeft If-:
they 'were still asleep
time, w«s not kwnfi> '