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CHILD SURVEY
American Auxiliary Project
Approved By State Relief
Administrator
Cotton Cunivai Week Will Be -.
Staged Here During Wedc May
14 To 19; Sponsored By Lioni
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Commissioners Say Tnere Are No
Wdl Be Largest Trade Event
Ever Attempted In This
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Provisions h County Bu^et For
Financing An Extra Teroi of Court
OTHERSARE
MENTIONED
FOR oFna
HAVE OFFICE HERE
EVEJji^ EVERY DAY^
Two ivpubl^
DouiocintX coS
gible list
Survey Will Include Every
County In State; Will
Name Supervisor |
A state-wide project calling for,
a chad welfare survey in each of:
the 100 counties in North Carolina
has been approved by Mrs. Thos. I
O’Bwrry, state relief administrator, j
’nds project was originated and|
sponsored by the North Carolina (
department of the American I
Legion Auxiliary through Mrs-1
W. R. Absher,, of this city, depart- j
ment president. She will direct]
the survey in her offices herei
through a supervisor.
State offices for the survey will
be established in North (Wilkesboro
today or tomorrow, Mrs. Absher
states. The proposed activity of
the FERA in North Carolina, j
through the Auxiliary, is drawing:
nation-wide attention. Mrs. Ab-1
sher has received letters pledging'
co-operation from many of the
leading civic organizations in the
state
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Baby Show, Beauty Content, ^
Big Parade, Cotton Bafl - '
Schooled
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Ki.sl\up Cannon .Acquitted
Washington, .\pril 27.—Bi
shop James Cannon Jr., and
Cotton Carnival Week, spon-. i
sored by the North WUkesboro
Lions Club in cooperation with
the merchants and manufactuiv
era. will be staged in Norti
WUkesboro during the week be
ginning Monday, May 14. Tbty
will be the largest trade event
ever attempted in this section of
the Carollnas.
Cotton Carnival Week will be
the local observance of National
Cotton Week. Preparations for
the event have been going for
ward for the past month and
with this announcement tenta
tive plans have been made for
the major events for each day
during the trade carnival.
Cotton Carnival Week will be
gin on May 14 with a parade, in
which several out-of-town or
ganizations are expected to take
part. The week wllf be filled
learned of
Those elig
eel by the
mission
the list
and one
the eli-
naster-
It was
turday.
^nnoune-
com-
Solicitw Jones A^ing For
Special Term To Try Til
ley Cases
GOVERNOR AGREEABLE
SEEKS NOMINATION
County Board Insists .Law
Does Not Allow Them To
Borrow Money
theV ap(
:
ner. Republican, \Mrs\
Snioak,! Republk
i. Harney, Democr
The AvUkesboro
tlon wa» held in tf
by mJ A. Vlckerj',
Norm Wilkesboro
ter. Ion February 17th. 'W'’’
tedg citizens, member^ of
both political parties, sto
the examination.
AHEMPT TO
ROB STORE
NESR CITY
The noted TUley and Stanley
cases may not be tried at a special
term of Wilkes court beginning
June 18, due to inability of the
county commissioners to finance
the extra term under present
budget limitations, it was learned
today.
Solicitor John R. Jones petition
ed Governor Ehringhaus to call the
special term and the governor is
agreeable, provided the commis
sioners can finance it. The solici
tor has also petitioned the hoard
of commissioners to provide for
the extra term.
The solicitor states that the com
missioners insist that the budget
for the present year contains only
a certain amount for courts arid
that the regular June term will
exhaust the funds appropriated for
McKinley Hank» T. H- Settle |
and M. F. Bumgarner For
Register-Deeds _
C. C. HAYES FOR CLEBl^
T. S. Bryan For Legislature;
F. G. Brewer Files For
Commissioner
Bumgarner
Millers
RepubllcSn politics in WlllwO,
county took on added Impetnt
today as six candidates aanonnO^
ed that they would seek nomlns-f..
tions to the various offices In the
primary to be held on Jnne t.
The announcements today are
Charlie C. Hayes for clerk of
court, T. Sherman Bryan for leg-'
Islature. T. H. Settle, M. P. Ram-
garner and McKinley Hanks for
register of deeds, and F. G-.
Brewer for commissioner, y.
Others who have been promt-
nentry mentioned as candidate* ^
who may file this week Include 4
H. H. Jennings for sheriff, C. EL
Brown for register of jfeeds, B,.
T. Henderson for leggislature, O.
P. Eller for register of deeds,
Jennings for
Contributions for expense of the
survey have been made by the | .....
North Carolina department of the;-Miss Ada L. Burroughs were ac-: with such unusual attractions as
Leeion. the North Carolina AuxiH-] quitted by a jury in District of; a baby show, cotton style show, a
W and national headquarters of Columbia Supreme Court today beauty show and a street dance,
the Legion in Indianapolis. Ind I of charges of conspiring to vio-1 citmaxing the event with a
Details will be worked out at a i late the corrupt practices act.; ton ball,
conference Wednesday in New
..—3Ithat purpose. The county board
Thicv6s Abandon that the law does
611 From Church sna Key^ allow them to borrow money
store Wednesday
Creek who today announced his Attorney R. C
candidacy for the Republican |
nomination for register of deeds |
in the Jane primary.
cot-
Ehitrants to the baby show
Bern at the home of Chaptain Tom | To Crown Cotton I will be accepted at The Journal-
j Patriot office at any time be
tween now and the beginning of
! Cotton Carnival Week. Miss Ma-
- ] ble Wiles will be in charge of
Ffflr CottonrW*ek'“‘'"‘
King And Queen
Bntrants to the baby shoyf wfil
C. Daniels, dtate Legion comman-.
der. Mrs. Absher, CapUin Daniels]
and other Legion and Auxiliary]
leaders will attend. j
The American Legion has a na-.
tional endowment fund, now' morfeJ
than $5,000,000, the income of[ --
•which is used for orphans and i Nominations Will Be .——^ -
needy children of veterans. North | Today, Tomorrow and Wed- ! six months and 2 years.
Carolina children have not received' nesday At Theatres i Ixiving cups have been pur-
thelr share of this fund because no! ! chased for the winners of the
^effort has been made to locate the j Cotton King and Cotton | show and beauty show and
needy and bring relief to them. Queen tor the great Cotton Car- „ow on display in Carl W.
, , l>e confined to Wilkes county.
Made i any babies between the ages of
necay »iiu uikik — . . ^ w-
The survey will cover every county nival Week to be staged here be-
in the state andi will provide a ginning May 14 will be selected
roster of the children of veterans ] by the theatre goers here this
in need of relief. j week. . , ■ ,
The survey also will result in a' With each paid admission to
complete roster of the deaf, blind either of the theatres here to-
and crippled children in need of day, tomorrow or Wednesday, a
care and will enable them to get; slip will be given on which the
into touch with state agencies set, holder is requested to nominate
up for their care and training. | some lady as Cotton ^ueen and
A state supervisor will b“ named j .some man as Cottoibj^ng. The
to direct the work and there will .voter writes the name of some-
he an asrent. selected by county re- '■ one whom he or she’- wishes to
a s__ ynv 2-^*^ Koll «2 IVIT1
lief directors, in each county- The | nomi.iate and the ballots will be
rate of pay will be fixed by Mrs. | dropped in boxes conveniently
O’Berry but work will be directed ] placed at each theatre,
from North Wilkesboro, state] On Wednesday night after the
headquarters for the Legion Aur-, show the ballots will be taken
j]i3jy : out and counted and the names
The estimated cost of the sur-!of the ten highest will be posted
is $13,068 8*', of -w-hich the jp the theatres for voting during
6. ele’s jewelry store.
Both theatres have booked ex
tra added attractions for each
day of Cotton Carnival Week.
The Armory has been secured
for all the main events which
will take place each evening d>
ing the week. Booths will be
constructed and displays of var
ious kinds will be made with
capable salesmen and saleswom
en in charge.
Each issue of The Journal-Pa
triot will carry additional infor
mation regarding the attractions
for Cotton Carnival Week, which
Is destined to be the outstanding
event of the year tor Northwest
ern North Carolina.
for the purpose of financing extra
Two men. probably unable to {
raise the necessary capital for the . i
manufacture of “mountain dew,”
were unsuccessful in an attempt
to make away with 200 pounds of
sugar from the Church & Key
store, one mile north of this city.
Wedne^ay night. j solicitor Jones, states, in
As Ross Watkins, colored tj,at the extra term for the
employed by a local firm, was re- — ■ ... -i —
turning his home about midnight
htf^oteetyitLtwo men JMvtrig the
stofilf bae^y load^ He called to
R.R. Reins Is
Oat For Sheriff
The Journal-Patriot gives be^
i low the announcements releas-
' ed by the various candidates:
rilARUR C. HAYEB
Charlie C. Hayes, of Purlear.
further darified by the statement! V/Ul TOr Jlierai!RepubUcan party
that in case the docket cannot be i |W Ikes «unty. toder aa^un^
De^mtic Lead-,
the budget of the next fiscal year] ^ issued Formal An- | court and filed his notice of can-
hisi
nouncement Today
didacy with the board -of elec
tions.
Mr. Hayes states that
he
Archie Rhoades, who lives nearby,
and the trail of the two-legg:^
packhorse began.
The 200 pounds of sugar was
evidenly too much of a load for
men wanting to get somewhere
else in a hurry and they dropped
the bag about a hundred yards
from the store. Relieved of their
load, the fugitives made better
time and were soo^ lost in the
darkness. '
Officers in the city assisted by
Sheriff iW. B. SoWrs and the
county bloodhound in search for
Ralph R. Reins, widely known
trtal of
cases could
m^'a8*toe^8M"arirOT the dock-!candidacy as follows: lerous friends and leaders in the
et and must be tried. In the two j “To the Democratic Voters of j Republican party
cases five defendants are being
held in jail without privilege of
bond. The solicitor further states
that the greatest additional coat for
an extra term would be the extra
Wilkes County: j Friends of Mr. Hayes who
Being repeatedly urged by the] have urged that he enter the
Democratic voters of Wilkes race point to his record as an of-
county to enter the primary for' flclai and business man as fit-
the nomination for sheriff, I have ting him for the office of clerk.
He was superintendent of
roads in Wilkes for two years
sn 6XXr8 terin WUUIU ifC UUllllllttllUll xui ouciiiia, a
money the county would have to entered my nam^ind have paid
pay the presiding judge, in view. the filing fee. —
of the fact that special venires will I “j have been a Democrat alii and during that time, It is point
be necessary eveli if the cases are',^y have always sup-ied out, he performed his dutiea^
tried at the August term. | ported the Democratic party. I; in a way that was a credit to the
The (fifficulty to be faced in al- j believe the voters of the county; county, his supporters assert,
lowing the cases to go on without ] should be free to select the can- | and that the roads were in bet-
trial until the August term, So- i didates for the different offices
licitor Jones says, would be that j without coercion from anyone,
the men and two suspects were|^j.jjj the cases in the Augr^ ..j „Qt the hcndpicked can-
arrested- They Were released,|tg^, ,rould completely disorganize] gj person, clique or
however, when the officers werC|tjje calendar for that term ana] branch of the Democratic party
unable to connect them with the few* If any* other cases could j n^minotoH i arnpnt tr
theft-
The store was t-ntered by break
ing the glass in the dpor and
turning the lock from the inside-
A check by the owners of the store
showed no other merchandise miss
ing.
vey IS »io,uoo cr , Ml --- 1,11 .
North Carolina Legion and Auxili-^the remaining three days of the
ary will furnish $1,100 in cash ^ week. On Thursday, Friday and
and $900 in supplies. The cost is | Saturday theatre goers will be
divided as follows: Supervisor,| given tickets to vote for Cotton
$264; survey canvassers, $8,140.80; i King and Cotton Queen out of
and mileage for workers, $2,664. | the ten men and ten ladles
One hundred and eleven persons, whose names were selected in
•will be given work, of whom 86; the nominating voting during
will be women. the first of the week.
; The votes will be c.tunted fol-
City Tax Listing Will 'lowing the shows Satu-day night
Begin On Tuesday, 2nd ^ ^nd the names of the Queen and
published in
Candidates For All County and
Township Offices Must File With
be reached, thus resulting in a
badly congested criminal docket in
the county.
and if I am nominated I expect to
be the candidate of the whole
party.
"I have never asked for any
e couniy. "i nave never asaea lor any
In commenting on the situation I office before, and as far
today. Solicitor Jones said i Know, no ex-service man has
honed that some satisfactory ar- i ever been nominated for any of-
rangement can be worked out.^^^ Democratic party in
whereby the cases can be tried at county.
J nominated I expect to
make the best race I know how
to make, and if elected I will
serve the people of Wilkes coun
ty to the best of my ability.”
Tax listing for the ' Journal-Patriot on Jionday. May ] this week from the county board
North Wilkesboro will begin at the i elections. Robert M. Brame
2,, ■
Ian early extra term
i When the cases were continued
'from the March term of superior
J court. Judge Wilson Warlick
A I recommended that a special
County Election Board This WeeklSrsi"detondai2 a?the*eartiest
I possible date. After looking over
Registrar. May Get I Filing Time Will Qose Satur-jthe calendar of the courts m sev-
I " Election Supplies Now! day May 5 At 6:00 Is Is
U Clock F. M. I starting date for
FEES ARE REQUmED the extra tern.
Monday following the regular
Registrars who have been ap
pointed for the primary and
The! election may get their supplies
city hall or. Wednesday. May U,, contest i? open to every
and ctwitinue through May 15.; body and theatre goers may
states W. P. Kelly, city tax lister,
and J- Wm Jones, county lister for
North Wilkesboro townsh-p
Mrs. Dan Carter and Mrs.
Carl Coffey returned Saturday
from Charlotte where they visit
or, tyieads for two days
nominate anybody they choose.
Rev. E. P. Green, pastor of the
Wilkesboro circuit of M. E. Church
(North) left Monday to attend
the conference of the Asheville
(district in Marion-
RlUBoke Youths Are Facing Charges
Of Stealing 2 Autos; Both Recovered
Odis Love and Tommie Link-
enhoxer, youths who reside in
Roanoke. Va.. are In jail at Wll-
kasboro facing a charge of vio-
latton of the federal motor ve
hicle theft act. (
The two men are alleged to
hare stolen a 1933 model Chrys
ler In Roanoke several days ago.
They used the car, according to
reports, to come to Wilkes corin-
ty to visit their uncle. Turner
Church, who lives in the Pattons
RidRe vicinity. ^erlff Somers
was notified to watch for the
car and learned Friday that one
anstrerlng that description was
> bet&g driven In the Pattons
Ridge neighborhood and in Ashe
county.
Deputy H. C. Kilby went Fri-
j day in search of the car and
found It wrecked near Idlewild.
Deprived of the borrowed
Chrysler the two men came to
North Wilkesboro Friday noon
and were not here two hours be
fore they had stolen another car,
driving Charlie MoNelH’s Buick
coupe from where It was parked
On Ninth Street. The police here
notified Yadkinville and officers
there stopped them just as the
local officers were closing in.
The two alleged thieves were
given a preliminary hearing be
fore Commissioner J. W. Dula
in Wilkesboro and remanded to
jail in default of bond.
Jr., chairman, or J. C. Grayson, |
secretary, have the supplies
ready for distribution.
IS BADLY HURT
IN EXPLOSION
Percy Prevette Sustains Seri
ous Injury In Boiler Ex-
plosdon Thursday
Percy Prevette is receiving
treatment at The Wilkes Hospit
al for serious injuries sustained
Thursday morning when he was
almost killed in a boiler exekts-'
ion.
Prevette’s home In the Roarinyli
River vlcUvlty Thursday mofulMf
as he was standtag near a
mill engine when the boOsr ex
ploded, the debris and .steam
from the boiler inflicting serious
to all parts of his body.
He was rushed to the hospital
here where examination showed
severe lacerations on • his face,
bruises and burns over his ab
domen and legs.
t Although his condition Is re
garded as very serious, some
slight Improve'ment was noted
this morniug.
All Notices of Candidacy Must
Be Accompanied By the
Required Fees
All members of either political
party who expect to run for any
county office will indeed be “fool
ish virgins” if they do not file
notice of their candidacy with the
county board of elections before
6 p. m. on Saturday, May 6.
Filing time for all county and
township offices will definitely
close Saturday at 6 o'clock and
those who will have filed before
that time will be the candidates
for the primary to be held on
June 2.
Particular attention is called to
$he ieet that-ail who aspire to any
ehEioo liwst .tile with the board of
June term for trial of civil cases
The five defendants now in jail
in the two cases are Mr- »*'^ **”'
W- W. Tilley, Luther and Clyde
Tilley, in what is generally l®.o^
as the Tilley case. Luther Tilley
and Winfield Stanley are in jail m
the Stanley case, charged wth the
murder of Andrew Eldndge m
1927.
In the Tilley case, in which
five members of the Tilley family
are charged with the murder of
Miss Leoda Childress on December
30, 1933; at the Tilley home near
Benham. Mrs. Luther Tilley wm
recently released from jaB by
writ of habeas corpus. She is
under bond of $2,600-
G. G. Pendry For
Register of Deeds
The accident ocvured *«ar ^e^^s, Seb«t M. Brame,
Jr., efaairiMm. A filing fee of $1
.mttstiKweropeny *R of cati-
dWeey for tx^vp^p. offices and
cotti^ offices which 'do not pay a
yssrty salary. For all .county of
fices"^paying a yearly salary the
filing fee is one-half of one per
People of tto city and com
munity wdeeme another one -of
those old-time square dances,
which will be held uftder the aus-
^rlent of the yearly salary as]pices of the American
fixed by the laws of the state. I Auxiliary at the LcKMn clubhouse
The f ling fee for a candidate. here on Tuesday night,
for the general assembly is $8- t For this djmee
Notice of candidacy may be filed [have arranged for Ralph Swamw
with any member of the - >»rd. | and bis sew-piece
which Is composed of Robert H.itra from Boomer. Men^ll ^
Brame, Jr., chairman: J. e tow^! charged 60 cents each ^ the la
son, secretaty^^n. M. PaWso^dies adndtted free.
Grover C. Pendry, prominent
citizen of Kays and a recognized
leader in the Democratic party,
filed today for the office of reg
ister of deeds, subject to the
wishes of the Democratic voters
in the June primary.
Mr. Pendry is widely known
and his friends are of the opin
ion that he would be a strong
candidate and an effictent offi
cer.
Other Democrats who have
filed with the board include
James M. Anderson and Ralph
R. Reins for sheriff.
ter condition then than at any
time in the history of the coun
ty.
Before be was named as road
supervisor he 'was manager of
the Cash Hardware Store hero
and since the road system was
taken over by the state he has
been in the employ of the Jen
kins Hardware company.
For the past two years he
has been a member of the board
of county commissioners, during
which time the tax rate for the
county has been reduced more
than one third and economy has
been the watchword, it is furth
er acclaimed by many who are
backing his candidacy.
The statement issued today by
Mr. Hayes follows: .
"To the Republican Voters ot
Wilkes County:
“I hereby tile notice of my
candidacy for the office of Clerk
of the Superior Court of Wilkes
county, subject to the wishes of
the Republican voters in the
June primary.
“I pledge that if I am nomi
nated and elected that I will
serve the people of Wilkes coun
ty to the best of my ability and
always in a courteous manner. I
will appreciate the support of
each and every Republican vot
er."
T. S. BRYAN
T. S. Bryan, resident of ,TV*P*
hill and an outstanding '^leader
in the ranks of the Republican
party, today announeed Umt he
> (GoDtinued on page tobr)
Junior ^rvice To Be Held At
.a
Juaiors of WlUtee county .will
hold a dedication iaenriee. at the
new -i^guson sdhoot building
on Sunday. May 29, at 11 a. m.,
sUtes Prof. C.« B. Eller, eounty
superintendent of schools:
This program was originally
scheduled for May 6 but was
postponed in order to allow more
time for completion of the
building.
The Juniors ars hoping to
have B. C. Slake, of Greensboro,
state counselor of the Jr/ 0. U.
A. M., deliver an address during
the service.
U4.JII
’nsre.wiBkbs
laying .cerstMgy
Wble will he^parass#eilbs
school by the membenhia ./jibe
fraternity.
All tour councils la Wilkes,
North Wilkesboro, Cllafown.
New Hope vnd Ronda, arejtyked
to have large represMsistions
pment or to attend in a body if
possible.
The new Ferguson school
building was erected by CWA
forces and replaces the^buUdfng
recently destroyed by fire.