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Tok*coo Market' Report
Wla«|OB-^ero, Nov. 19.—The
WtiliiibniinSaiB market sold 941,-
r 448 j|ou;a4rof tobacco for $181,-
462.71^ average price of
$19.28 a hundred.
Ex-Slave, 105, Dead
Lenoir. Nov. 19.—Alex Vaught,
negro, reputed to have been lOR
years old last April, died near
here today after an extended ill
ness. A former slave in eastern
"Tennessee, he had no
.relatives and was never^
^ marriea.
Kill«l .'Vt Oo68ing
^ “Rocky Mount, Nov. 19.—Death
nltou to J. H. Taylor, 53, grist
mill operator and formerly with
the Atlantic Coast Line here,
when a southbound freight struck
his car on a cross! n.g here today.
Prosident’.s Vacation
^ Washington. Nov. 19.—Presi
dent Roosevelt plans to depart
tomorrow night for his annual
Thanksgiving visit to his home at
"Warm Springs. Ga. While there,
the chief executive said today he
hop«d to push the 1937 budget
toward • completion.
VOL. XXX, NO. 14 . PubKshed Mondaj^ yid Thurgd^fg ' NORlH^ WILKESBORO, N. C.. TH
Wilkesboro Cases I
Are Reversed By
Supreme Tribunal
High Court Reverses Two De
cisions By Judges Clement
and Phillips
MUCH LITIGATION
“Old Board” and Mayor Har
ris Win Suits Before Su
preme Court
The supreme court of North
Carolina handed down decisions
yesterday that nullified the pur
ported election in the town of
Wilkesboro on May 7 and in so
doing said in effect that the “old
hoard” and mayor are the gov
erning officials with rights to
office.
The decisions reversed both
Judges J. H. Clement and P.
Donald Phillips. Judge Clement
liad ordered the illegal ballots
counted and results of the elec
tion certified. A decision by
Judge Phillips ordered the
books, funds and records of the
town turned over to the “new
board.” He was both reversed
.Accidentally KUlel
. Morganton, Nov. 18.—Joe -A..
Bernard, 4 7, was found shot to
death near his home at Valdese
today, and a coroner's jury at-,
tributed death to accidental'
means. lie was shot through the j
heart with a shotgun with which j
he was huntin.g a fiuarter of r. | da.v before the election date and
mile from liis home.
and remanded.
Tile Wilkesboro election case
has a long and interesting history
of litigation which began on the
•Vge U«. II ChiliLeii
Rutherfordton, Nov. 19.—.An
other son has just been horn to
Rev. Robert Early, minister liv
ing near here, and his wife—-
making the couple parents of 11
children, 10 of whom are living.
Early is 29 years old. He was
married when he was 19
Infestesl Witli Twins
.Mayodan. Nov. 19.—Born to
Mr. and .Mrs. Jake Tucker, twins,
a boy and girl, Monday, Novem
ber 11. Mrs. Tucker is a sister of
Mrs. Alonzo -Atwood, who gave
birth to two sets of twins in 10
month.s. They also have another
eister. Mrs. George Perdue,
gave birth to twins four months
go. They all reside in Mayodan.
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Rank Robbed of titU-.-vOO
Ahoskie. Nov. 19.—Bank of
Harrellsville. 12 miles northeast
of Ahoskie. was rdbbed early this
morning of approximately $2,500
in cash and valiiahle papers. En
trance was made through the
rear window, and a torch used to
cut the vault door. No trace of
the robbers has be“n found.
Mrs. T. R. RoosAvelt III
Glen Cove. N. Y.. Nov. 19.—
As her children kept vigil near
her hospital bedside, some im
provement was noted tonight in
the condition of Mrs. Edith Ker-
mit Roosevelt, widow of Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt. who
suffered a grave heart attack
yesterday in the course of con
valescence from a fractured hip.
Jailed For Death
Kinston. Nov. 19.—Ed Stanley
about 80. Jones county farmer,
was found dead from a shotgun
wound at his home near Trenton
today. His wife and son were ar
rested and jailed here. Officers
said Mrs. Stanley, 55. and Her
bert Stanley. 57. confessed that
latter shot the aged man in
neck.
f-ndecl in the supreme court’.s de
cisions.
The decisions by the high
tribunal means that W. E. Har
ris is mayor. C. E. Lenderman,
Joe R. Barber, L. B. Diila and
Ralpli R. Reins, heretofore re
ferred to as the “old board and
mayor" are the governing offi
cials of the town.
The litigation over the elec-
Uon began when a restraining
order was issued on the evening
before the election restraining T.
,s. Miller, registrar, and the other
election officials from using any
ticket other than the one bear
ing the signature of O. P. Blev
ins, town clerk, and classed as
^ ticket bearing the^-«ig-
' nature of R. M Brame, Jr„
' chairman of the county board of
elections.
On the day of the election a
liearing was held on the order
signed by Judge F’. A. Daniels,
then holding court in Wilkes
boro. and the restraining order
was made permanent. Notice of
appeal was filed.
.Votwith.standing the restrain
ing order. T. S. Miller, registrar,
allowed 57 of the illegal ballots
to be cast in less than one hour
of voting and the polls were
closed by him for the day about
the noon hour.
Mr. -Miller was then cited for
contempt of court and the bal
lots east were ordered impound
ed by Judge Daniels, who .signed
another order setting the matter
to be heard before Judge J. H.
Clement in the June term of
court.
Judge Clement ordered the
i'allots cast to be canvassed and
certified, notwithstanding the
fact that Judge Daniels had rul
ed that they were illegal and that ;
llie “new hoard” had filed notice
of appeal, 'although the appeal
was never perfected.
Wlien the ballots were counted
it was found that the “new
board” had a majority of voles
cast and they issued a writ of
mandamus asking the “old board
to turn over records, funds, etc.,
to the “new board.” The writ was
Over 700 Rkned
On WPA iVojects
lnWiike»Coiinty
•GiMnitywld^ Rdad Finject
Now Under Way In Sev
eral Comnumities
ELIGIBLES ARB PLACJJft
Less Tan 200 Men On Eligible
Relief Lists Yet To Be
Given Jobs
CHICAGO . . . Harrison E.
Spangler (above), of Iowa, the
strong man of the Western divLsion
of the National Republican party,
is now directing the O.O.P. work
from new headquarters opened here.
To Place Women
Relief Eligibles
In Sewii^[ Rooms
Over 15.5 Now At Work In
Wilkes County; Work Pro
gressing in District
More than 150 women arc now
employed in Wilkes county in
sewing rooms provided by the
works progress administration,
according to information today
from Miss Ila Holman, in charge
of the women’s division of WPA
in five counties, tVilkes, Alle
ghany, Ashe. Watauga and .Alex
ander. .A total of SCO women are
now at work in tlie five-county
district.
In keeping with the drive by
the WPA to put all relief eligi
bles to work immediately, Mies
Holman stated that she hoped
that all women eligibles on re- j ('onti’actoi'
lief rolls could bo placed on jobs
by Monday.
This dlvisioTi of the drive to
furnish work to relief families
is considered of great import
ance, due to the luce that there
are a large number of families
without men able to work and in
this manner the WPA can more
fully carry out its purpose.
There are eleven sewing rooms
in Wilkes county located in the
following communities; Maple
Springs. Congo. North Wilkes
boro, Cycle, Lovelace, Brushy
Mountain, Moravian Falls, Roar
ing River route 2, Hays,
With over 700 men of relief
families employed on W)PA pro
jects in Wilkes county to date,
there remain less than 200 to
be placed in order to provide
jobs for^all clas-sed as eligible by
the relief administration.
The county-wide road project,
calling for Improvement on a
number of the county’s most im
portant secondary roads, got und
er way yesterday, providing jobs
for a large number of men from
relief families.
The Elkvllle-Darby road, road
from John Eller’s to route 60,
from Champion to route 60, from
Oiikwoods to Wilkesboro, Hays
to Traphill, and work on roads in
the Gilreath, Lomax, Austin and
Hunting Creek communities is
under way.
The relief cases certified as
eligible for work and who have
not been given jobs are being
placed as fast as arrangements
can be made and work started on
approved projects.
Orders to begin work are ex
pected from the district office
soon on some other general pro
jects which have been approved.
Reports from the office here
indicate that practically all of
those assigned to jobs so far have
.shown a remarkable willingness
to work and that there is little
difficulty e; . erienced on that
North
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1935 8^.Cros%J^er,
jmbership
Baptist
Heads Ri^C^^I
h the,
Wilkes Hosieiy- Mtt
Enroll One H
Cent St
ORGANIZATION SET UP
Using 2 Sh^s
On H^hway 16
Making Rapid
Progress in Construction
of New Highway
With (more than 100 men
working in two six-hour shifts,
T. M. Strider and Company, Nash
ville contractors, arc making rap
id progress in the construction of
highv/ay 16 between Wllbar and
the Wilkes-Ashe line at a point
only a few miles from Glendale
Springs.
A deisel shovel and modern ac
cessory equipment is used in
shaping the mountain grade,
which engineers consider one of
North i the best across the Blue Ridge In
Health Department Appreciates
Red Cross Work In the Counjy
Expect Big Singing
At Courthouse On
Thanksgiving Day
Singiiie Classes Froiii All Parts
Of Cxiunty To Gather For .411
Day Program
Woman lavscs IJceiisc
Raleigh. Nov. 19.—The high-
"Tx'ay safety division of the state
'department of revenue today an-j issued by Judge F. Donald
nounced the first revocation of | (Continued ou page eight)
a woman’s driver’s license under [ — —
the 1935 act. The license revoked j UrMl ^ ^
was that issued to Leona Jeffer-1 H UKCO VOlU VlUCd
near Pinetown. in Beaufort j
division officials said.
The official court notification f
showed she was convicted j Variety In Competi-
- driving '■ ; por Honors In Inter-
.Aforgan’.s Outlook Gloomy i
New York, Nov. 19.—Attack-1
ing the administration’s taxation)
program, J. P- Morgan, the li-'
nancier, predicted tonight upon
To Chicago Show
national Show
Wilkes'boro and Cairo, colored.
Three other sewing rooms will i
be established Monday in order!
that facilities may be provided '
for all eligibles to be placed on |
jobs.
Those employed, except for a
small number of the more high
ly skilled, are being paid the min
imum wage provided in WP.A
wage scales.
Mother And Her Three
Children Burned to Death
Idaho F’alls, Idaho, Nov. 20.—
.Mr.s. Henry C. Beesley and her
three young children were burn
ed fatally today in a fire that
de.stroyed their farm home near
Roberts, Idaho.
Beesley said he filled the fuel
tank on a gasoline-powered wash
ing macliine and left to attend to
his chores. A short while later
ho saw flames sweeping the
house.
Investigating officers expres.s-
ed belief the gasoline ex.iloded.
western North Carolina.
By using two shifts the con
tractors are enabled to spread
employment among a greater
niimher of people snd at the same
time speed the on the road.
.Actual work began about a
month ago and it was estimated
that a year would be necessary
for the work but it construction
forges ahead as it has progressed
in the past week the required
lime will be considerably lessen
ed.
Box Supper At Parker
School Friday Night
A box supper will be held at
Parker school on F’riday night,
November 29. The public is cor
dially invited. The proceeds will
bo used for the benefit of the
school.
Singing classes from many
churches and communities in
Wilkes eonnty will gather7»t the
cotirthoiwe in WilkesbWg on
Thanksgiving pay, November 28,
to engage in a'program of sing
ing sacred music-
L. Bumgarner, of Wilkesboro,
is chairman of the organization
and extends a cordial Invitation
to all singing classes, quartets
and others who render sacred
music to be present and take part
In the program for the day. Tlte
singfng will open at ten a. m.
-Mrs. H. Taft, of West Jeffer
son. is spending sometime with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Rich
ard Pardue in Wilkesboro.
Several Marriages
Seven licenses to wed were is
sued during the past week by Oid
Wile.s. register of deeds. The
couples were: Eugene Stroud,
Ronda, and Dorothy Lowe, Roar
ing River; Roby Broyhill, North
W'ilkesboro, and Ella Sue Lov-
ette, Millers Creek; H. E. Wing-
ler and Stella Dancy, Hay^;; Lona
and Otto Roten, Daylo; Gwyn
Nichols, Pnrlear, and Minnie
Faye .McGlamery. Millers Creek;
Reece Billings and Hallie Bil
lings, Roaring River; Perry Put
man and Mollie Rash. Oakwoods. ’
Mart Oberly, state highway en
gineer, reported “lost’* a bridge
at Knobtown, Mo. Thieves who
dismantled and removed the
structuf^ wpre epught..
his arrival from Europe that all
private fortunes would be wiped
out in the United States within^
30 years unless taxes and gov
ernmental expenditures were cut.
I
More Cigarettes
■Washington. Nov. 19.—That
the cigarette Industry is sharing
IS^n the general improvement ex
perienced by business was indi
cated today by figures made pub
lic by the bureau of internal reve
nue. both as to the number of
cigarettes withdrawn from wire-
house for the trade during Oc
tober, and by the amount of tax-
paid. Last month 12.710,187,-
^0 cigarettes were made avail-
ibla to the cdMumer, an increase
qI nearly two billion over the
tiwto® laat year.
I
F’oiir Wilkes county tanners
have started exhibits of corn to
Chicago to compete in the. grain
show department of the Interna
tional Livestock Exposition, it
wa.s learned today.
Samples of Wilke.s County
White, a variety of corn having
its origin in the Purlear com
munity, will be exhibited in the
general classes by R, Don and
Ted R. Nichols and in the 4-H
clnb department by Quentin and i
Kermit Nichols. |
Exhibits by Quentin Nichols j
have won the sweepstakes in the
North Carolina state fair for two
consecutive years and they are
hoping tor success in Chicago
this year. The international show
will be held there early in De
cember and products from North
Carolina will compete with ex
hibits from all sUtes south of
the Xason-Dixoa line.
By RUPERT HUGHE.S
(Famous Author)
It was my good luqk to hear
Will Rogers make some of his
most uproariously funny speech
es. As a toastmaster I called on
him several times and more than
once in such circumstances that
there was no chance for prepar
ation and his remarks could on
ly have been extemporized. They
never failed to be side-splitting.
But the occasion that haunts
me unforgettably was a luncheon
at which Will Rogers was pres
ent, along with five or iiix pub
lishers of Los Angeles newspap
ers. at the Milton H. Berry In
stitute where victims of infantile
paralysis, broken backs, and oth
er disasters are “reeducated’’
and so trained that they ca.n rise
from their beds or wheel chairs
and walk.
Few'sights are so touehisg as
the joy these victims take in the
slow and often meagre return of
lost powers. The beholder does
not know whether to laugh or
cry. His hearf aches with sympa
thy and with delight in equal
measure. On this occasion, when
We moved among those whom
Milton Berry refuses to call “pa
tients” and insists on calling
“students,’’ we ail tried to seem
cheerful and to give forth cheer.
But we were a melancholy lot.
Will Rogers, however, had some
uproarious remark for each of
them whether a child, a stalwart
youth, a pretty girl, an elderly
man or woman. They hung on his
words, smiling before he spoke
and breaking into roars of laugh
ter at bis words. And he laughed
with them.^ . :, .
It w%s wAA^hiial to $ee KBiFionA
ati^. FricslesB
t^ae rlctim. t^ such'^iBm'ci
fortunes, but I could not help
wondering how anybody could be
so boisterously gay with such peo
ple, and show never a sign of
being touched by their sufferings.
Later I learned that after he
had kept them all roaring and
writhing with laughter for a
long time, he Asked Milton Ber
ry where the washroom was, and
slipped away. Milton Berry open
ed the door to hand him a towel
and found Will leaning against
the wall, his head against his
arm. He was sobbing like a child.
Milton Berry closed the door
softly unnoticed, and when Will
came , out he went back to tell the
"students” goodbye. He was
laughing as hilariously as before
and he left them in stitches. .
/'.Berry; never • toW Will tiat m
had looked ia upon hhn tire^
Ing. It would doubtless hare oot-
. (Centtaued ea page foar),;^
Red Cross. Funds Aid Help
less and Distressed Back
to Health in Wilkes
In order to better acquaint
the people of Wilkes county with
the work of the American Red
Cross in their own mld.st. The
Journal-Patriot is reproducing
letters to the chapter chairman
from Dr. A, J. Eller, Wilkes
county’s health officer, and Mrs.
Bertha Bell, county nurse;
Dr. Eller’s I^etter
“Messrs. J.H. Whicker, chairman,
J. B. Williams, treasurer,
V ilkes County Chapter Red Cross
“Gentlemen;
“The Red Cross is a wonder
ful charitable organization. Its
wonderful acts of charity reach
es out to the helpless and dis
tressed in all the county.
“It has been of special help in
furnishing yeast for our chari
table Pellegra patients.
“I especially advise all persons
to join the Red Cross, and there
by help in the relief of the suf
fering indigent and helpless.
“Respectfully submitted.
■‘A. J. ELLER, -M. D..
“Health Officer.”
Mi-s. Bell’s Letter
“.Messrs. J.H. Whicker, chairman,
J. B. Williams, treasurer,
Wilkes County Chapter Red Cross
"Gentlemen;
"The Red Cross has helped me
wonderfully in providing means
for some of my T. B. Patients in
getting treated so as to get well
of the dreaded disease.
“We have had holp for some
babies in ptting cod liver oil.
where it cdtHd not be purchased
otherwise.
“I have not asked for any
worthy causes of Mr. Whicker or
Mr. Williams without their help,
so please join the Red Cross and
help with this wonderful work.
“Respectfully submitted.
“BERTHA BELL, R. N.,
“County Public Health Nurse.”
These letters and many other
facts can be given to show that
the Red Cross has helped the
helpless in Wilkes county and
that the Red Cross deserves the
support of the people who are
able to join during the present
roll .gftJl-
Kiwanis Club Will
vase of Business District
Friday Afternoon
With Rev. Eugene Olive, .ps»-
tor of the First BaptfsC-CkOlieb.
as chairman, the annual Red
Cross roll call is in-fnlV,]sW«jr. to
North Wilkesboro' 'Wd
county.
The local organization, perfects
ed to cover every phase of the
roll call, hopes to complete th*
greater part of the job and rea
lize the county’s quota this week,
although the call will continue
through Thanksgiving Day and
any who are missed by the can
vassers may join before the roll
call ends.
The roll call got off to a fly
ing start On Tuesday when the
employes of the Wilkes Hosiery
Mills enrolled 100 per cent, there
being between 500 and 600 em
ployes. P. W. Eshelman, presi
dent and general manager of the
company, is in charge of the can
vass of industries for the Red
Cross in the county.
Following is the organization
for Wilkes county: Attorney J.
H. Whicker, chapter chairman;
Rev. Eugene Olive, roll call chair
man; Mrs. Palmer Horton, house-
to-house canvass chairman; Mrs.
Dudley Hill, materials chairman;
P. W. Eshelman, industrial can-
YBSB- chairman; J. B. McCoy,
special gifts chairn.an; W. D.
Halfacte, publicity chairman; C.
B. Eller, county schools; T. E.
Story, Wilkesboro schools; W. D.
Halfacre, North Wilkesboro
schools; Wm. A. Stroud, canvas
ser for business district in Wil-*
kesboro. -
The Klwanis Club will have
charge of the business district
canvass in North WJilkesboro,
which will be made Friday after
noon Immediately after the Kl
wanis luncheon meeting at noon.
The Red Cross has been very
active in disaster relief during
the past year and it is hoped
that it will be favored with a
large membership this year in
order that it may be able to meet
all distress calls.
J-
Wtuits Daniels Recalled
Boston, Nov. 19.—U. S. Repre
sentative Hamilton PJsh, Jr., Re
publican of New York, declared
today he would demand the re
call of Ambassador Josephus
Raniels from Mexlco^when Con-
grm* .eilSvenes. in’ January, Fish,
rankiug Republican on the House
for^gn affairs oomnstttoe, crltl-
eised" the non-
toterve
lURieo.
Prison Sentences
In Federal Court
Meted Out By Judge Hay^;
Civil Cases To ^ Tried ’
During Second Week
Judge Johnson J. Hayes has
meted out prison terms and fines
to more than 30 defendants in
federal court aud when court ad
journed yesterday afternoon there
remained 55 cases on the crim
inal docket, which the court
hopes to clear this week in ord
er to devote next week to trial
of civil actions.
Although there are some few
cases charging violation of the
narcotic laws, auto theft act,
white slave act and violation of
the postal laws, the majority of
the criminal cases charge viola
tion of the federal liquor laws.
Following is a list of cases in
which judgements were rendered
during the first three davs of
court:
Hamp Parks, colored man con
victed of defrauding through the
mails, was sentenced to three
years in the Atlanta prison. It
was brought out that he had or
dered merchandise under a num
ber of aliases.
Frank M. Bell, young man re
cently arrested in Wilkesboro by
federal agents on charge of vio
lating the automobile theft act,
was given a fine of $100 and sen
tenced for three years to the
Cbillicothe reformatory or any
other Instltutioii that may be
recommended byx the „ attorney,
general. \ -■
Clyde Staley,
year'nnd a day in
formatory.
TalUe Andersoh,.!
year and day . j
Reuben,)