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Be 'pulJilMurot
••oh. th^ _,.
oC et^l‘»s deiegmtee ti>
county cohTeation ^ and ' to
^■rfcet the county orgrcaintion.
- **nat June 11, 1»34 id act
dir date to hold County Conyeo-
■na at one thirty i». m.' at
CauUibuie, Wilkealwyo, N. C.
.^fhrthe purpose of perfectlns the
Jlwtj* organisation and to elect
^legates to the State Co»en-
•on and tor any turtl^ ^^usi-
■aa^ that may come hbrore the
®o«atT Convention on June 11.
“TOls order does liot affect In
the primary to bo held
a«une 2, 1934.
*^l3 30th day of May, 1934.”
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'9^d Journal-Patriot ads.
Atris, fka larpect w’nigtw&
ihig'{arilsis aad fostf
^noea aM anialleat *
ponnd teas, '••ktm horn today
to Mrs. O^a JNettne te heg-
farm home twii' mllw fM>a4|
here.
yisttors to tbe\fanB fonnd
the 24-year-«W mother mad
‘ tte father, who is aeethi years
iMer ttum his wife, hmy at
his chorea. ^
•ntere are five other children
in the family, the. trfdest, Er
nest, being seven. One other
phlld of the couple, who were
married in September, 1095,
died.
“Oh, pretty good,’’ said Mrs.
Dionne after her French nurse
inOfkpreted inquiries as to\
how she was feeling.
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-Qie father
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twi^ pleased and the
of the fiMBac^ ^
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htcic.
i$r Idi’^El.yriBU^.
i^ftwluei-.tQ-the charges
ha brought-^inst fia, anyone
•.uc ^toreBtudF* cgB ^iQvesUgate.. tof
Ffe Mid he la Ifolny to'do ' themaqlres. I am no foreltner,
- * having iapent my 42 yeats in
Wilkes county, with tha exeep-
tloh of 10. years I spent In Ire
dell'. Anyone who ihsinnates that
I left Iredell county; as a fugi
tive from justice is just a plain,
old-fashioned eprnbread Itor. As
to my character and 'rieputatiqn
for the 10 years since | have
been llvibg In Wilkes county, Mr.
the heat he mui, but atreased
that he is not e«aet|y hoUt-for
hard wwk, beiaiif'flve f^ 'aad
elghkhiches tall and weighing
only ISO poni^to. His wife Is'
sli|d>tlf smatfek
m U«e Oioonee are'tsayiag their
^'farm, but there still Is a heavy
mortgage.
^ .None of .flie Dlomm children
'goes to llhool yet, but the par-
.^qnta imvo beea giving .''h^ in-,
BtrnetioM at home.
In Step Wlth/The Times
Tom: “I thought your secre
tary was blonde?”
^rry: ■ "She was, but sheh
gone off the gold- standard.”
5 uij-jijj—riijumj'j .11.
To the Republican Voters of Wilkes
County:
In the short time intervening since I announced myself
gg g candidate for Sheriff of Wilkes County, it has been im-
pissible for me to see you all and solicit your support. I will
■pt have the opportunity between now and the primary to
gee you all, but I earnestly ask you to support me in the pri-
gaary, and I pledge to you that I will do everything in my
power to elect a full ticket this fallfand further pledge to you
flat I will treat every man fairly and honestly and enforce
gfl the laws with partiality to no man.
With fairness for all and injustice to none, I ask your
•OJjport.
Yours for the Republican party,
Coyd M. Elledge.
(Paid‘S Political Advertising)
i
DEMOCRATIC VOTERS OF
WILKES COUNTY:
Go to the Primary Saturday,
June 2,1934, and Cast Your
Vote For 
CbpL Ralpli Reins
For the Nonunation (d Sh«tf|
..of Wilkes County. '
(This Advertisement Paid For By the Friends of
Mr. Reins) •
To The Young -R^ublicant
Of ^Wilkes County:
As a young Republican, aboat
to cast my first ballot, I have
given a great deal of study as
to the fitness of the various can-
’dldates who are offering them
selves for office at the hands of
the Republican party in the Pri
mary Ju’ic 2. It occurs to ine
that one should consider tl^eee
matters on their merits and
without result to prejudicial and
malicious and false statements,
such as has been engaged in for
some time by one of the so-csH-
Aacllons of the Republican
Party, in this county.
1 am concerned with the wel
fare of our party, and have read
with deep chagrin the attacks
that have been made npoa Sher
iff Somers, and Solicitor Jones,
by some parties who style them
selves Republicans. Let’s analyse
these atUcks: They all have the
ear marks of the same author,,
and are apparently signed by
“dummies” that know just about
as much difference between that
which is right or that which Is
wrong as a billy goat knows
about the difference between a
great horned toad and a laugh
ing hyena. It is clearly evident
that the articles against Sheriff
Somers and Solicitor Jones, are
not actuated by any person who
has the Republican party’s in
terest at heart, but by certain
men bent upon personal revenge
even if that revenge destroys the
party. I
In considering charges, we
must first consider the character
of the person making the same.
Then second we must consider
the basis for such charge. Third:
We must consider the motive.
Does good character back up the
ones making the charges? Are
the charges actuated by malice?
Is the motive actuated by the
desire to place the complainer’s
friends in office? All the articles
that I have read have condemned
but have not offered any particu
lar candidate. Why? "Vet, we
have the spectacle of candidates
Smithey and Elledge, standing
by and by their silence condon
ing and giving comfort to these
political character assassins. Do
they hope to benefit by these
charges? Anyway, they have
been as silent as a desert on a
windless night on these charges
and this applies to Mr. McDuffie,
also. Are these candidates sin
cere in their party allegiance?
We know that Sheriff Somers
is honest, capable and efficient;
that his record is clean both as
an officiai and as a soldier in
the late war. Any unbiased per
son will admit this. Investigation
will prove it.
We know that Solicitor Jones’
record is unblemished, that not
a turnish rests upon his personal
or official character; that he Is
able and courageous, kind and
considerate and humane and
withal a gentleman. Investiga
tion will reveal the truthfulness
of this statement.
Again I ask you to consider
the character of the person or
persons who are trying to de
stroy Sheriff Somers and Solici
tor Jones. And I ask you as sen
sible young people to look be
hind these “dummies” that are
making the charges, then you
will see a political assassin hid
ing behind them hurling darts
of malice poisoned by prejudice
and maliciously bent upon per
sonal revenge. Do not be mislead
by byprocritical manifestations
of party welfare, for instance
like rr.' H. Settle, pfofesses In
his swan song of hate, dated May
28, and published In Monday’s
issue of The Journal-Patriot. It
does not deserve mention, other
than to point out that he is one
of the “dummies’’ in this cam
paign of slander.
1 shall vote for Sheriff Somers
and Solicitor Jones, in the Pri
mary June the second, because 1
think that they measure up to
the requirements and have prov
en ability as to their quallflei.i
tions for the offices to whlcji
they aspire. Lets give them a big
vote of confidence.
Yours for party Integrity,
(MISS) BEATRICE JENNINGS.
Pores Knob, N. C.
May 30, 1934.
(Political Advertisement)
Wiles Is respectfully referred to
the citizens in the cofamualty
Where I *now live. The Inference
from the question asked by Hr.
Wiles that I had hauled several
truck leads of liquor since W. >B.
Somers has 'been Sheriff Is along
with the other statements in his
article, absolutely untrue. Other
wise, how did I get by your
.friend, Mr. R. E. Prevette, as
'Prohibition Agent when he spec
ialized In catching the fellows
who haj voted for Sheriff Som
ers?
As to the balance'^oJ nis mr-
ticle which atUr.ks my charac
ter, I am wining to leave the
answer to my friends and neigh
bors who have known me for the
past li years. I wish to Infortn
Mr. Wiles and his pollUcal advis
ors that I am perfectly willing
for my character to he weighed
In golden balances bealde any of
theirs, and that lam willing for
any upright citizen of this coun-
ty to Judge the result.
Mr. Wiles, I do not need to be
Informed anything about -.the
Taylorsville bank robbers, for I
P. V. TURNER AN8WE8S
C W. WILES
I have watched nurses and
doctors vaccinate little children,i
and they always use a flower or
handkerchief to attract their at
tention until they can use their
needle.
The only reason Mr. C. W.
Wiles .bad fpr Jqaylpjg the_ politi
cal'issue and dealing ini person
alities and uMmg'e«*b'pbraBea-'.as
“greasing a gimlet”, “feathering
his neat” and ,“the devil wUlIh
was In the crowd ighen the first
twp men were arrested. 1 know
how the evidence was obtained
that connected them with the
crime and I know that Sheriff
Somers and his deputies were re
sponsible tor it. And the same ef
forts established the Identity of
the other two and led to their
arrest and conviction, and I
don’t like to be disputed ^by a
man, who It Is reasonable to as
sume, had his head buried in the
sand like an ostrich on that day.
You show no Interest in the
tax payers in this fight, and your
only object is tq slaughter Mr.
Somers’ character. You would al
so slaughter any of his friends
to accomplish this — Because
Mike Stefanotf was an ex-service
man and a criminal yon would
drag Bill down on a level with
him and say that the American
Ijegion stood for nothing, when
It stood between you and the
target of your personal malice
and spleen. Mr. Wiles, if you
have shed your milk teeth you
ought to know that' the Sheriff
takes the strictest oath of any
officer in the county and that If
he regards his oath as anything
he has no control over the ex
pense of the jull other items
that come under the scope at his
authority. The number of arrests
made by thd Sheriff or his depu
ties. and the number of prison
ers committed to jail is In equal
proportion to the crimes commu
ted in this/county. It is nqt the
fault of the Sheriff’s office that
we are living In an unusual time,
when crime is predominate and
when numerous people are seek
ing to gain their living by crim
inal activities and not by honest
work.
Your argument about the total
expenses of the jail is as mis
leading as it would be for a
merchant to charge his total
sales as profit. I’ll bet my last
year’s straw hat that the man
you vote for for the nomination
for Sheriff on Saturday. Is the
man that served six years as
jailor and deputy sheriff just
preceding BIU. He received $20
for cutting a ,stiU. Bill and his
deputies get ,nothing. He receiv
ed 60 cents per day -for each
county prisoner. Bill was reduc
ed to 30 cents, but has been
raise'd to 33 and 1:3. Your man
received the same key fdes that
Bill gets aqd you never whisper
ed a whisper In behalf of the ov
er burdened ^tax payers at that
time. ' • *
I notice what you say about a
gimlet, but the only gimlet I
know of that needs greasing is
to bore you for the pimples. You
accuse Bill Somers of littleness
in one sentence ^nd in the next
admit that he is big enough to
go to Raleigh and sway our
great law making body at his
will. Another reason you are suf
fering from the simples la that
in your argument you asked how
many homicides has been com
mitted in Wilkes countv under
Somers as Sheriff..
that every man charged with
this great crime, except your
cousin; Everette Wiles, has bee^
brought to the bar Justice and
if you bed done your duty aS a
citizen there Is a possibility that
Somers’ record would have been
one hundred per cent. His record
as a criminal ofWcer Is sufficient
reason for me staying In the boat
with him.
Mr. Wiles' you may bowl over
burdened tax payers” and us, as
a county spend multiplied times
as much for Goes Ola as we do
for law enforcement, amd fawe
every deputy he has to laaiga,
howl “too dry” In Ret aaslinfia,
“too wet” in dry ’.aeettewa^ top:
much crime being ctuhiWziiI.
too many jHaoners iii - |aH>
breakiag uF' tte>-«onntF'4o«*e4;
thea,i'--iluroW'aB 4ha f3Mcaa la
his* path' you* ’hu* 'FMt
win bee BHI Somers, with his
head high, his oar In Ms hand.
' battling against the wave*, of
oillml, trying to do all In “hte
iwwier'to make Wilkes county n
bettet place lor your children
and mino tp live in.
Did yon over atop to think of
the price our forefidher paid lor
th® liberties i»ht we now enjoyc
'and All that wgs worth while haa
preserved by tho strong
arot
nej^. Tdu ,
catididate for —
•sa^rasain^ posiCtair.
•nTwouia like to lnoiw jaU
Hf would do with a man wii» ^
committed a crii^ > and couldi
not give bond. From ^ur lettar
you are -evident? .opposed to
feeding a prisoner In jail If he
cannot ,glv«u bond* or If. he Is
Committed to jail; and jso.tkr a^
I can see, froin the letters' whlcTt’
you dnd your'cohorts Have- writ
ten, yott^'only remedy wotfld be
to turn the criminal loose to
pr^ tGHrfn once more on the
oMsm'Uiitx, nnwhipped 1^ jus
tice. - ..
The, essence of yop and your
ecoiuipty crowd and political ad
visors Wfument means this; Be
fore yoS»''i»Br‘ cohtribute your
porportlonal share to feed man
or boy . at 33 and 1-3 cents per
dhy ratioiu, or to enforce the
criminal Isr in Wilkra - coupty>
you will use your influence for
him to .fun'lopse and pilfer the
widows, the orphans and the old
and infirm homes at will. -Yon
knov( that the charadter asshat
cannot Igive bond always Iplcks
his victims that are least able to
resist. . ..
In conclusion I; appeal to the
voters to set steady in the boat
and vote what their hearts and
minds dictate. By doing so W.
B. Etoraers will receive the nom
ination for Sheriff of Wilkes
county by the greatest majprity
that he has ever been nominat
ed and elected will mean , that
the voters of Wilkes county have
placed themselves on the side of
law and ordgf as against the
criminal element which Sheriff
Somers has fought evpr since he
hjb been an offleer. With the
noml:mtlon and'election of Sher
iff W. b; Somers the Republican
party in this county will gain
unquestionable prestige with the
people of the county, and that
great pai-ty which has stood for
the rights of humanity since it
was established in 1858 will
have again shown that jt is wor
thy of the confidence of the peo
ple and worthy of being in pbw-
er, and ^the voters of Wilkes
county will have shown to the
world that they picked their can
didates on the basis of merit and
not Influm^^sd by false and ma
licious atpucB by a tew mad
men. Mr^ Wilee If I kave used
the gimlet a little too heavy
don’t think hard of me, for you
'placed it in my hands.
P. V. TURNER,
Wllkesboro Route 1.
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