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VOL/XXVfll, 34 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKEjSBQRO, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1984
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81.00 IN THE gl^Tli^liSO OUT OF THE STAl
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New Bridge At
' Red^
AloMst Certain
^mMNred .iliiit- New Briklge
Otarges. Coamnnusm
zi W Us Within
■j. Nih:5 ftwr Mmths
f^NSmWlD REUABLE
Ihefiliite Information Regard*
ing Possibilities Ba-
;, • pec ted Soon
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It is reliably reported here
that a new bridge will be builit
across Reddies River to replace
the old covered bridge now in
use.
Rumor has it that construction
will be started within a few
weeks. However, this could not
be verified and definite Infor
mation will probably not be
available for several days.
Two state highways and one
federal highway is routed over
the Reddles River bridge and
the present structure is consid
ered inadequate to carry th© traf
fic. It Is understood that federal
authorities are anilous for the
construction of the bridge.
The Journal-Patriot’s informa
tion came from what is consider
ed a reliable source and there is
some indication that verification
of the report will be fort;:com-
Ing Immediately.
Gray, Ind. . . . iSSre is Dr.
Wm. A. Wirt, OdiieatOr, who
charged the Roosevelt "Braln-
Tnisters” with CoihtnUnism in a
letter read by James H. Rand,
Jr. Dr. Wirt says he will reveal
the names of the brain-trust
whom he accuses of plotting to
undermine the government, when
the welfare of the country de
mands.
CREDIT CHIEF
VISITOR HERE
LONESOME AS RESULT OF WORK OF
; DENTIST IS WEARY OFvCHICKENS
Dr. W. A. Taylor, popular
local tientiet, Is weary of the
chicken business. Thieves’have
made it noprofltable and the
indiscreet selections that the
night prowlers have made are
discouraging. H e admitted
th *t state of mind last ni^t.
“Two weeks ago, I had a
nice nock of 19 hens and three
roosters. Tonight—•—I don’t
know how many thercTl be In
the morning—I have six hens
and three roosters.”
Having stated these figures
for tfie -informaition of The
Jonmal-Patriot^^ editor, Dr.
Taylor ctmtlnu^: “A little
more titan a week ago,* titejr
(the thieves) got seven of my
finest bens and bust nighty
(Tueiday) they got seven
more. But not a single rooster.
Just tell them to come and get
the rest, keeping such a small
flock is such a bother; having
to buy feed and watering them
for the benefit of my unknown
visitor.
“But if they can’t aceoi%-.
modate me to this ext9^, tt^.
them to at least come apd.taite'
a conple of the nosters. >
auN||81f>1onesoaio.t and
. K’s -utility'bari m ttem with
-Buclfhriii^ oCViu.”;^
. That the lo«al dentist In-!
sites other visits .frohi 'Uwhs'
who have setem fit to.' partate
of his flock. Dr. Taylor to
mlid>iy weary of the whole
bnslness. It's a bard Ufa——
hard on hto peace of mind,
hard on hto flock of chickens
nad could Ito hard on tiie
thieves, if they are caught.
And this to said despite Dr.
Taylor’s invitation for the
thieves to come back and make
a clearance of the hen house.
Dan Cupid Is
Busy h March
909 Families On
Relief Rolls
Thirty-five Couples Get Mar
riage Licenses From
Wilkes Office
Local Optometrist
To Attend Clinic
Ernest Graham, Head Of Pro
duction Credit Corpora
tion At Local Office
Dr. .T. .S. Deans Will Go To t’on-
vention .And Graduate Clin
ic Next Week
r>r. J. S. Deans, optometrist of
this city, will attend the North
Carolina State Optometric Con
vention and Graduate Clinic at
the Hotel Sir Walter Raleigh in
Raleigh April 9th^ 10th and 11th.
Dr. Charles Sheard. of Mayo
Clinic. Rochester. well known
educator in optometry, who will
speak, will be one of the futures
of the educational program.
Dr. A. M. Skeffington, of Chi
cago. Director of the Graduate
Clinic Foundation of Optometry,
internationally known for his
work in analysis and correction
of eye problems, will conduct the
clinic.
Miss Harriet Berry
Is Visitor In City
SecreUr> Of North Carolina
Good Roads .As.soclation Is
.Against Highway “Raids”
Miss Harriet Berry, of Ralelfsh.
secretary of the North Carolina
Good Roads Association and one
of the original good roads boost
ers, was in North Wilkesboro yes
terday for a brief visit.
Miss Berry declared herself
8trongl> opposed to proposed
“raids" upon highway funds and
asserted that if the state high
way commission is to maintain
the state highways and county
roads in anything like a dfecent
manner, there must be no reduc
tion in gasoline tax. and automo
bile licenses plates, and certain
ly no diversion of highway funds
for purposes other than the con
struction and maintenance of
roads.
Rrnest Graham, President of
the Production Credit Corpor
ation of Columbia. Columbia. S.
was in the city Tuesday in
the interest of the Wilkesboro
Production Credit .Association.
His reports are very encouraging
for this department of credit for
the farmer.
Mr. Graham emphaslaed the
fact that this is a permanent
system of credit for the farmer
and that when an applicant se
cures a loan through-.the_^.jAcal
Association whose headquarters
are in the Bank of North Wil
kesboro building, he automatical
ly becomes a stock holder in the
Association. In this way the
farmer will gradually absorb all
the stock and become the source
of his own credit.
Mr. Graham is making a tour
of the western part of the state
and visiting several associations.
Jefferson Lawyer
To Be At Kiwanis
Vocalife Screen
Is Installed At
Orpheum Theatre
A new screen, known as the
Vocalife screen, was installed the
first of the week at the New
Orpheum Theatre. Reproduction
. _is eonslderably Improved as a re
sult of this addition to the thea
tre equipment.
j4r. and Mrs. Paul Se'bastian.
of this city, wqre visitors to
Statesville Sunday.
Ira T. Johnston To Deliver
Addre.ss To Club In City
Tomorrow
Ira T. Johnston, prominent
Jefferson attorney, will address
the Kiwanis Club tomorrow at
the regular weekly luncheon at
Hotel Wilkes. He comes here at
the invitation of J. R. Finley,
who will be in charge of the
program.
The Ashe lawyer and former
member of the legislature is one
of the outstanding orators in
this section of the state and Ki-
wanians are fortunate in secur
ing him (or the program tomor
row.
Pre-Easter marriage licenses
business at the office of Register
of Deeds T. H. Settle was un
precedented. Dan Cupid was so
active during the month of March
that a new modern record for
number of licenses issued during
any month with the exception of
December was established. Thir
ty-five couples were granted lic
enses.
Couples securing licenses dur
ing the closing days of the month
were: Page Hutchison and Ennis
Call, both of North Wilkesboro;
Clarence Handy, of Sheets, and
Matoka Shumate, of McGrady;
John Henry Ferguson. Ferguson,
and Eleanor Carlton, Boomer;
Earl iH. Tate and Kathryn
Haynes, both of Lenoir; Rex W.
West, Champion, and BR« Mae
Foster, Congo; Cecil R. Wood.
.Moravian Fails, and Vetra Pilk-
enton. Pores Knob; James . R.
Adams, Ronda, and Bonnie
Smith, .Benham: J. W. Miller,
Wilkesboro, and Ruth P. Gerdes,
Greensboro: Morris Matherly and
Pearl Marley. both of Purlear;
Vaughn Reavis and Vallie Hig
gins. both of Reddies River: Ros-
coe Sheets, Harmony, and Vera
Sheets, Wagoner; Grady Holder,
Purlear. and Mary J. Eller. Wil
kesboro.
Some help in the form of
clothing, food, medicine, etc.
was given to 909 Wilkes fam
ilies during January, Febm-
ary and March, it was learned
Tuesday from Mrs. G. O. Fos
ter. county director of the fed
eral emergency rellif admin
istration.
These families were not en
tirely dependent npon relief
funds for maintenance and the
number merely represents
families to whlcli some help,
either small or large, was giv
en. Some Improvement In the
relief situation Is noted.
Fred Phillips
Is ^ed fa West
Victim of Coal Mine Tragedy
Was Son of Former
Wilkes Citizen
FUNERAL AT BOOMER
County Ball Loop!,_
May Be Organized {jaii Jaiiied’ro
^ L
Meeting Of Probable Man
agers To Be Held Here
Monday Evening
Youth Was Killed In Accident
While Operattng a
Coal Car
County Board In
A Brief Session
Only Routine Business Is Trans
acted By County Commis
sioners -At .Meeting
Native Of Wilkes
Honored By G.O.P.
.Archie Elhdge Is Elected To
Hewl P'lfth District Repub
licans This YeaO
Attorney Archie Elledge, of
Winston-Salem, was elected dis
A brief session was held by
the board of county commission
ers Monday, regular time (or the
April meeting. Only business of
a routine nature was transacted.
Charlie Cannon, a Spanish-
Amerlcan War veteran, was
granted a peddlers license.
No meeting of th© board
education was held Monday.
of
Candidates File
A. Ronssean And J. Hayden
Bnrke Make Deposits
J. A. Rousseau, local attorney,
and J. Hayden Burke. Taylors
ville lawyer, filed with the state
board of elections as candidates
for the 17th district Judgeship
this week. Their filing fee was
$65 each.
Kills Girl and Self
Harold B. Hall, until last Au
gust a federal prohibition agent,
killed 17-year-old Charlotte Hud
son and himself after a quarrel
in the girl’s home at Hagers-
trlct chairman at a meeting of I town, Md. Tuesday. It was such a
fifth congressional district Re- clear case of “murder and sui-
publicans in Winston - Salem'clde" that no inquest was neces-
Pred Phillips, 19, son of the
late Carl Phillips and Mrs. Vic
toria Phillips, former Wilkes
citizens, was killed in a coal mine
near Welch, W. Va. Wednesday.
The young man was operating
a coal car when the accident oc
curred. He was alone at the
time and when discovered by
other miners, he was in a dying
condition.
The body was brought to
Boomer, where his father and
mother were reared. Friday. Fu
neral services were conducted
from Boomer Baptist church
Sunday* afternoon at 2 o'clock by
Rev. Isaac Watts. Interment was
made In tie church cemetery.
Surviving th© young man are
his mother, Mrs. Victoria Phil
lips, and six brothers. His father
died three years ago.
Mr. Phillips was a half-nephew
of Bob and Fred Phillips, who
reside at Boomer.
A movement to organize the
county baseball league again this
season was started yesterday, it
is virtually certain that the six-
county league will be organized,
but it is thought that the sche
dule can be arranged so that
home games here will not con
flict.
A meeting of prospective man
agers and others Interested in
forming the county loop will be
held ftt the city hall Monday eve
ning at 7:30 o’clock. No action
was taken at Tuesday evening’s
meeting.
Teams which will likely he
represented in the proposed
county oT^nlzation are an in
dustrial team here, Grier Mills,
Moravian Falls, C. C. Camp, Pur
lear, Millers Creek and possibly
other places.
School Children
Praised By Fire
Chief Foi^ Drill
Water Bills Must
Be Paid At Once
U. Reynolds Issues AVamlng
That Service Will Be ^to-
contlnned Soon
S. U. Reynolds, assistant sup
erintendent ,of water and streets,
issued a warning yesterday -that
water service will be discon
tinued if bills are not paid on or
before the fifteenth of the month.
The service will be disconnect
ed on 'the sixteenth if the bills
have not been paid.
McMillan Buys
Ashe Ice Plant
Local Man WiO Return To
West Jefferson To Oper
ate It* Busiwtss
Tuesday.
Mr. Elledge is a native of
Wilkes county. He is one of the
most prominent Republican lead
ers in Forsyth county.
sary.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Doughton.
of this city, visited Mrs. Dough-
ton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
H. Turner, of Winston-Salem,
during the week-end.
W D MeMllhin, who has been
with the^. automobile
gaf garage basiness for
yMM fceee, completed a deal f«
' - thto' parehaae of the ^ *
trrttm toe plant Tuesday and ^11
go there to take charge of the
bualneee the latter part of the
week.
Mr. McMIIUb purchased the
plant from J. E. Shumate.
^ The local man will bo acenm-
paoled to West Jefferson by Mra.
MeMlUan and their little dangh-
^tef, Mary Sne. Mr. McMillan ^
' ■ a oatfve of Aahe county. ■;
P. E. Dancy Re-Entering
The Inaurance Buaifieaa
P. E. DaB«f, who was engaged
in the Insurance basiness for
several years. Is re-entering Ws
old field and will devote' his en
tire time for the present In sell
ing automobile accident poHctes
and health and accident policies.
Mr. Dancy is representing the
Federal Life Insu’rpnca/company,
of Chicago, which-.la, considered
one of the most'''prompt" com
panies in paying ^ gljlms. Mr.
Dancy will be pleased to have
the o|)portunlty to explain one
;of his policies to anyon^ ifttgregt'
ed. -
C. C, Hayes May
Seek Clerkship
Friends Express Opinion He
Would Make Strong Candi
date For The Office
Rumblings of more political
thunder was heard yesterday’
with the deelaratlon of friends’
of Charlie C. Hayes that the
county commissioner won i d
make a strong candidate for
clerk of Superior codrt.
Interviewed regarding the ru-
hibr that hs may enter the-raea,
Mr. Hayes admitted that he had
given some consideration to the
matter. He said he had not made
any decision and would probably
not do so for several days.
,Mr. Hayeai friends believe ttat
the RepabUcan party could hot
offer a strbnger^candtdate in the
November election and are ctg*‘
i ing him to announce for the post ‘
Mr. W. H. Worth, of Jefferson,
spent a few hours In the city on
business yesterday. Mr. Worth Is
president of the Bank of Ashe.
Wilkesboro Grange To
Meet Saturday Evening
Wilkesboro Grange wJU hold a
special meeting at the court
house In Wilkesboro Saturday
evening at 7:30 o’clock. It Is es
pecially requested that all mem
bers attend.
Fifir HMRfr CoHWM
No Fire
fiWMWmfc awd vntaSMrr
flreMMr the jsb’ yes-
ibHlAy idSWlit no^ hurt ftoasl
no'’jprM*eb-.cacite«Knt thw'She
msBimy or a s««« amai
which caused the fire alarm to
sound. comHnnously until a
mechanic pnt a stop to it.
Ofiie track mid a group of
ftoemen nsriied to the point
where tlie
and halted. OB the square wbe*
shortage on ^ circuit set off
the alarm withoat aid.
School Buildings Vacated By 900
Children In Minnte And
Thirty Seconds
“The school children and their
Instructors are deserving of the
highest praise (or the orderly
and prompt manner in which the
school buildings were vacated to
day," C. G. Day, chief of the
North Wilkesboro volunteer fire
department, declared yesterday
after witnessing an unannounced
fire drill pt the North Wilkes
boro schools.
Mr. Day with Henry Landon,
who has charge of the fire truck.
Chief of Police Jimmie Anderson.
Policeman John Walker and T.
H. Waller witnessed the drill
and timed the children. Both
buildings were vacated in less
than one and one-half minutes.
Mr. Day and Chief Anderson
both expressed the opinion that
the drill Indicates beyond doubt
that the children could vacate
the buildings with absolute saf
ety In case of a fire.
In counmenting further, Mr.
Day said he wished to congratu
late the students and teachers
for this precaution and express
ed himself as highly pleased
with their co-operation with the
(ire department.
Gets $80,000,000
Richard J. Reynolds, son of
the famous tobacco magnate,
into an inheritance of $30,000.-
000 yesterday. April 4 was his
28th birthday.
Furniture Workers
to Hold Convention Colored^Woman Is
In City Saturday ^ “
Plans Are Being Made 'To Or
ganize Workers Of State
Into Single Union
A convention of furniture
workers in the State of North
Carolina will be held in the
Union hall (third story over D.
& S. Bank) on Saturday, April
Tth. A dbiegtotlaa cmwtettng of
ffve delegates and (iviF alteritate*’
Trbin ettbli local uniott’ of furfil’
thve woiftM* ha th» state ate a*
convention are: Mr. BveretJ Mor- UEdQN PC»T MEETS
»— — AMa 1 TaAot a tete fltetehHltetesaito
rls, president of the Central La
bor Union In High Point, chair
man; Mr. JWibert Smith, preel
mu «> tne »•. —— * --- meeting of Wilkes
•origiBated.., dpnt of Furniture Workers Local County Post No. 128, Ameren
" - * ln Lenoir,, vice chalrauin: Sand J Legion. be hdd tomorrow
Mna uwura.wt us*» ,.aa - ^
no fire COB)^ serti. The E. W. Goode, secretary, of evroing ^
local union 1703, North Wilkes- Lm^on - Auxiliary
bor^ necretouer.
r ^
^Meekins Electedj
State Cl
ByRfi|
4-
james S. Duiicsii .
Naoie and Hendei
Miui Is Easy*"'
’ Washington . . . The" appoint
ment of Emit Horja .(above), as
active assistant to Chairman
James A. Farley of the Demo
cratic National Committee Is in
terpreted here to meat) that Post
master Farley will aot resign
from the .ndSlonal coifiniittee.
A.
Oppose Lainbeth
YadkinviOe Attorney' Nomi
nated At Congresfaonal
Convention TSiesday
Avalon
attorney,
E. Hall, Yadkinville
was nominated as the
Republican candidate for Con
gress from the eighth district at
the congressional convention
held in Lexington Tuesday.
The Yadkin county man ac
cepted the nomination and pledg
ed himself to conduct a vigorous
campaign against Representative
Walter Lambeth, of Thomasvllle,
who 80 far is unopposed for re-
.nominatlon. The privilege of
naming a district chairman and
manager and secretary was con
ferred upon the congressional
nominee by the convention.
Mr. Hall is a member of a fam
ily long prominent in th© Repub
lican party and he is acquainted
with quite a number of voters in
Wilkes corfnty.
Practically all the Wilkes dele-:
gates named Monday attendedi''
t^e Lexington convention.
Noted Play* To
Be Given Soon
•Rebecca Of Snnnybrook Farm"
And “Peg 0» My Heart" To
Be Skvn April 10
The first named play will be vention's keynote speaker.
given at the matinee perform
ance starting at 1:30 and the
8 p. m
The school is sponsoring the
performance and will receive a
share of the prc-ceeds. This noted
company is making a (our of
towns and cities throughout the
south.
MEETING HAIOfOi^j&US
Wilkes Delegation
Votes To Fenr^'
Votes For
to
Charlotte, April 4.—The North
Carolina 'Republican "o)A
surrendered to the ,denu^ -
Insurgents fo( ‘‘new:v lolHiiship"
at the sute coMentfdi^'hm/to-
day and William U?^iffeekliw. of
Hendersonville, was elected'
chairman of the state' executive
committee upon the wt^dnti
of State Chairman James 8.
can, of Greensboro, as a caudl-
date. '
Duncan's
decision to abaadeu
his candidacy (or re-election toildi;>
the convention by surprise. Hto
supporters had waged a
battle in the county conventioiw
for delegations Instructed for
him and he came to the conven
tion claiming 700 convention
votes, nearly 150 more than the
number necessary to elect.
Throughout the morning ses
sion of the convention while Its
early business was being cleared
away, there was apparent tension
among the delegates.
Duncan relieved it with a brief
announcement as the hour (or
election of a chairman came in
the late afternoon.
“I realize there is a spirit (or
change and wlU not force my
self on the party,” he said.
“Therefore I will not permit my
name to be considered for chair
man.”
The 1,118 delegates, flanked
by hundreds of other Republicans
who filled the 3,000-seating ca
pacity of the armory auditorium
here, sat a moment in stunned
silence. Then a hubbub of many
voices in whispered conversation
arose and delegates instructed
for Duncan began to caucus on
how they would vote. Leaders of
the Ferree and Meekins forces
scrambled wildly in efforts to
swing the Duncan men to their
candidates.
When a ballot finally was tak
en it showed 630 1-2 votes (or
Two noted plays, “Rebecca of
Sunnyhrook Farm” and “Peg O’ „„ —
My Heart”, will be presented by. Meekins and 450 ?-4 (or Ferree,
the Joseph Sauline stock com-^ with a sprinkling (or
pany, of New York, in Wilkes^ Frazier, of Greensboro
Clifford
— - ■ «®-
boro school auditorium on April publican candidate for governor
In the last election and the con-
o(
The Hendersonville man’s term
office and those of future
other play will be presented at chairmen were limited to two
W. T. Kelly Dies
At Siiltvill^, Va.
Brothw Of Mrs. J. W. Shook
And Messrs. Richard And C.
L. Kelly, This Clfy
W. T. Kelly, 60, a brother of
Mrs. J. W. Shook and Messrs.
Richard and C. L. Kelly, of this
city, died Monday night at his
home at Saltvllle, Va. He had
been seriously ill for a month.
The funeral service, which was
conducted at Saltvllle yesterday,
was attended by Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Shook, Miss Lucy Shook, Mr.
Arthur Shook and Messrs. Rich
ard and C. L. Kelly, of t|ite cliy.
Claiiiried By Death
Hattie Mae Petty Dies At Wlikes
Hospital; - Funeral Held
On Tuesday '
at
Hattie Mae Petty,.coltn^rt, died
at. the Wlikes Hospital t -j^unday
1 p. m. She was 34,yparS of
e. ■ ■. .(I
Funeral services P®®'
ducted fiom Damascus ^hj^rch ^ ^
Tttesdky- mhmlnfr ■- Rev. C8rIto«4v**^
waa in charge of Uie aervfoe;
Surviving are her mother an#
stor
posted to » hteteirt. at ^ htethw# and
time an eBte« to form Beeale Harris, Donnie L(>b««
furniture ’•terkere _^Blzatlon coarteiiv Pfama BniDW.
“wm WhnWlRf - - -
*i hh m&U%: . .. Charlie Petty and Lela Petty.
The temporary officers of the, . ... j '• i-
ON FRIDAY EVENING
be hs^d kpmortew
T:86 o’clock at' the
ClllfB House.
AM.
urged.to attend*;
years by adoption of a resolu
tion proposed by Marlon Butler,
_ f Sampson county, * (ojmer
United Statles senator.
. Meekins pledged himself , Im
mediately to a vigorous cam
paign in behalf of all Republi
can candidates.
“We want to get out the en
tire strength of the Republican
party in North Carolina , this
fall,’’ he said. “We should en
deavor to materially increaae'our
membership in the state le*tola-
tnre with a vjew ,tq^,wl|WlnK an
influence that will caute'the, vot
ers of the state to be willing to
entrust the task of governlnjf the
state into our ha,nds. Ih. JW|-
“I hope you men wffl IW “h*
a ticket in every'^ copimf! I know
I should feel vCi^'
publlcdn if I weri^Yo* offered
candidates (or whom to vote,”
Wilkes Delegation -
Supports Mr. FeiiP^
The Wilkes delegation, -J&-
structed for Duncan, gave a ma
jority of its.,^j^,to A. I. Ferree
when Mr. Duncan withdrew. The
Wilkes delegates gave 24 votes
to Mr. Ferree and 10 votw to lfcr.
Meekins.
Singing Union
r siiuBi
The Blue ipETsihiljlEAsso-
etoUoB wlU iwet at Mt. Fleasant
Baptist drafCli at CUmism thr^
fifth Sunday, April 28, h C. Mc
Neill, chairman, anuounced yesr'
terdai^
Choirs from diffemt charches
in the northwest section of
jwUkee and parts of Wstpnga
pad Ashe are expects
!ttoipate.
The meettniiBlin ■
Id a. a#,
,par-