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Annad Banquet
Local Merchants
H^ld On Friday;
Enjoyable Affair
About Fifty Members And
Guests Enjoy Annual
Affair at Hotel
HAAVE GOOD RO« iRAM
Editor of Statesville Daily
Speaks On the Subject
of ‘‘Advertising'’
GIRLS BREAK
OUT OF
JAIL
T Annual Banquet of the Wilkes
County Retail Merchant^’ Assocl
atlon was llbeld Friday evening at
Hotel Wilkes and proved to be a
most delighttal and enjoyable oc
casion.
About- SO members and guests
were present and a highly enter
taining program was carried out.
Miss Rose Wade Scroggs, sec
retary, who was highly compli
mented for her work in the as
sociation and arrangements for
the banquet, acted as toastmaster
and presented W. L. Dowell, exe
cutive secretary of tbe North
Carolina merchants’ association,
who spoke briefly.
Entertainment other than the
addresses consisted of three vocal
- cumbers by John Kermit Black
burn, accompanied at th » piano
by Miss Lois Scroggs, and Miss
Peggy Forester received a big
hand lor two dance numbers, ac
companied at the piano by Miss
Elsie Nichols.
J. B. Williams, who first spoke
in a very complimentary manner
of Miss Scroggs for her nntirlng
efforts to build up the association.
Introduced Ben L. Sronce, former
editor of The Wilkes Patriot and
noV editor of the Statesville
Wly. Mr. Sconce used "Advertis-
ho ‘o
tbe aerebants-
* Tihon f^lowed an open discus
sion with talks by W. G. Gabriel,
W. K. Sturdivant, W. D. Half
acre and others.
Th© favors and progrrms for
the banquet were interesting and
novel in that the favors were un
ique pint jars filled with samples
of widely known advertised pro-
. ducts. The color scheme was red,
Atohite and blue and-the programs
'^^Were on miniature flags.
Spalnhour's had the largest
delegation present with .six mem-1
bers of the firm’s personnol.
The enjoyable banquet and the
splendid spirit of fellowship dis
played is considered indicative of
the growth of this comparatively
young but progressive business
and civic organization.
Two young women in Wilkes
county Jnil for minor offenses
made tliclv escape late Saturday
and were ei^Rared and paced
back in tbe bastile Tuesday.
Tlie break, although placing
more work on the deputies in
charge of the jail, had its huin-
oroms angles. The girls made
their escape by climbing over
the eight-foot fence, reinforced
at the top with, three strands
of barb wire.
Tuesday the officers learned
that the two escapees lu»d been
seen in the Flint Hill section
of the county and proceeded
there to Investigate the reports.
Hlien they reachccl a home
where they were said to have
been seen it was learned from
an occupant that the girls were
a short distance from the
house, in the woods and wait-
in;; for n taxi.
The t'fficcrs sent word to
the escapees that the taxi had
come and: was waiting. They
proceeded from the woods to
the house and found themselves
surrounded by deputies ready
to furnish a free ride back to
town.
I Balloon Jinnpbg
Answer
•s
Hollywood, Calif. ... A new
way to keep that girlish figure.
Ca.s filled balloons tied around
eat-h WTist and ankle helps lift
one into the air.
Sherman Wyatt Is
Returned To Wilkes
Sheriff C. T. Doughty re
cently returned from a trip to
New York City and returning in
Ills custody was Sherman Wyatt,
Wilkes county man wanted on a
charge of seduction, and who is
now under -bond awaiting trial.
Wyatt, it Is said, enlisted In
the IT. S. Army for service In
Panama (but was returned when
It was learned that he was want
ed on tbe seductloni charge.
Informal Openii^;
Community House
Wi21 Be On Friday Night at
Eight o’clock; Public
Ig Invited '
Marri^e Licenses
Marriage license were issued
during th© past week by Register
'If Deeds Oid Wiles to the foIloT^--
Ing: Worth Prevette and Dilla
Perkins, both of Wllkeeboro; Al
lan Whittington, Reddies River,
and Nora McCormack, Lansing;
t-C. Bl Burgess and Mary Nell
Jonw.'both of Oblds; Clay Swaim
and Ruby Shore, both of Cycle;
Ralph Plnnix, Honda, and Mae
Johnson. Jonesville; Coyt Dyer,
■ if^nrlear. and Eva FWllfps, Snm-
. mit.
,T!he Informal opening of the
Community House In Wllkeeboro
will tak© plaoo >n Friday night,
July 9, eight o’slock.
liie coiMUQlt.v house was
jointly: coBatgKWitf.tk*
kitll the Works Progress adltoln-
ietration.
The Woman’s Club extends a
cordial invitation for everybody
to attend the formal opening.
Miss Kate Harris
Claimed byDeath
Miss Kate V. Harris, 70, who
for the past liO years had made
her home with her cousins. Dr.
Sam Holbrook and Miss Beatrice
Holbrook, of Traphiil, died yes
terday at the hospital here fol
lowing a brief illness. She return
ed a few weeks ago from Knox
ville, Tenn., where she spent the
winter with her siste’", Mrs.
Charles Hayes Browu.
Miss Harris was a dangler of
the late Mathias L. Harris, of
Mecklenburg county, and the late
Mrs. Emma Alexander Harris, of
Wilkes. The surviving members
of her family are two brothers,
Joilin Ro'binson Harris, of Tren
ton, N. J., Samuel L. Harris, of
Cnarlotte, and one sister, Mrs.
Brown, in Knoxville.
Funeral service will toe held at
Reins-Sturdivant chapel here to
day, 1:.70 p. m., and the :body
will be carried to fidwards ceme
tery in Charlotte for burial at
fiv© o’clock.
j^MKa.WiH Always Keep ‘Feet
On The Ground/ Says Roosevelt
jk ffliount Marion, ff. Y., July B.—
pjlreeident Roosevelt In an im
promptu sfteech in this little
0atch village today contraated
the American form of govern
ment »ith dictatorships and as-
Hired the “ueiwer generation” this
•rantry would keep its “feet on
the ground” in meeting new con
ditions.
Sneaking at an outdoor fund
wising festival of the I>utch Re
formed Church, the Preaident al
go told tods silrt-sleeved audience
ot several thousand it had been
a "good Fourth” and he wished
the United States could pass on
some of Us “poise” and “funda-
puatals” of democracy to other
■stions of dlcUtorial and mlll-
terifltic tendencies.
tt waa a real picnic for the
eident. who motored the 2B
Kes here from Hyde Park,
olng the Hudson River at
^ecUff. He stayed only ahout
; hiiiMitee and then drove down
• west shore throng crowded
dlday twdfcci crossed tM
at Pouidtkeegale.
^^^rae t» leave late iOBtCb^
f pFMhlngton, havlag s©snt five
days at his Dutchess county es
tate on the eastern shore.
Sitting on the top of the ton
neau of his large opeu car park
ed beside the little wrhite framed
church and a fljg decorated plat
form, the President spoke
through a microphone he held In
his hand.
He referred to the complexities
of government today as great
er than those ot the pioneer days,
adding:
“I hope the new generation,
just like the older generation,
will realize that in meeting these
new conditions we are not chang-
iug the fundamentals of the A-
merican form of government.
“In my belief, we are always
going to keep our feet on
ground as a nation in the future
just as we have in the post, v
“This hag been a good Fourth
of July for the country. We are
so much 'better off In the United
SUUee than a whole lot ot otibsr,
natioas of the world that I
wejtp^ld mas some ot oqr mMP
I wish we oot^ftre
IJIltphirma of the fundaMsaUla
at our American democracy.”
Sheriff’s Force
Gets 3 Stills
Find Two Near Windy Gap
and One in Dehart Vi
cinity During Week
Thre© illicit stills were located
and destroyed during the past
week by Sheriff C. T. Doughton
and deputies.
'Two of the outfits, of large
capacities, were found in the
vicinity of Windy Gap and vast
quantities of beer and mash were
destroyed. Deputies Odell Whit
tington and George Holland made
the raid.
On Monday Sheriff C. T.
Doughton, Deputies Odell Whit
tington and C. C. Watson raided'
a* arngji '6Q-fallop outfit ih the
Peburt saetloB at the coaaty.
thk ktllli.
Funeral Today For
Mrs. Etta Albro
Funeral service for Mrs. ERtie
Albro, age 79, who died Monday
midnight at the county tubercu
lar hospital, will be held this aft
ernoon, three o’clock, at the
home of Mrs. J. D. Moore, a
friend for many years. Mrs. Al
bro had been ill for ahout eight
year.'.
The only surviving member of
■her immediate family is a nephew
in Albany, N. Y.
Hubbard Reunion
Held On Sunday
About 60 members of the
widely known Hubbard clan gath
ered at th© old Hubbard home
near Moravian Falls Sunday to
attend the annual Hubbard re
union, always an enjoyable af
fair.
As a feature of the program
Mrs. C. C. Hubbard read a most
interesting pao>er written on the
lives of WJUlam and Jane Huib-
Mooro Bros
Princess Cafe
Eller’s Cafe
, . , . . I ... Wonder Cafe ....
bard, founders of th© immediate pj.,,
members of the Hubbard family
Anofaber enjoyable feature was
the 'bountiful iMnner spread on
tables under 'the trees on the
lawn of the old homeplace.
Plana are being made for cele
brating Dr. C. C. Hubbard’s fif
tieth year as a :practiclag physi
cian for the 1938{ reunion.
Among those present Sunday
from out of the county and from
other states were:
Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Scroggs
and children, Virginia and Chas.,
of St. Petersburg, Fla.; Mr. and
Mrs. P. M. Hubbard, Hazard, Ky.;
Mrs. W. O. Gilbert and daughter,
Miss Elizabeth Gilbert, San An
tonio. Texas; Mr. and Mrs. By
num Banner, and little son, B.
B. Jr„ Galax, Va.; Dr. and Mrs.
C. C. Hubbard and daughter, Miss
Hope Hubbard, Parmer, N. C.;
Mr. and Mrs. Bllbert Kearns,
Greensboro; Misses Annie and
Minnie Cbetham, Elkin; Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Loftis and Mrs. Sussn
Loftis, Madison; Mrs. Leona
Wright, Galax, Va.; Mr. Tom
Hubbard, Washington, D. C.I
Mrs. W. 3. Surratt, Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Hamphrles and family, of
Brentwood, Md.
Fifth Conviction
For Violation Of
Sanitary Law
George Bauguesa Fined and
Taxed With Cost; Failed
To Construct Privy
George Bauguess was the fifth
person to be tried, convicted, fin
ed and taxed with court costs for
refusal to comply witih sanitation
laws and construct an approved
type privy on hls premises on the
Reddies River watershed, G. S.
Odell, county sanitary inspector,
said today.
Bauguess was tried Saturday
before Magistrate A. S. Gasset In
this city,
Mr. Odell again warned that
the waters'hed must be cleaned
up and that those who have been
notified to provide for privies
most fia to at qnce or faa«
ref ami ce I
lawA ■' '.[i
Throngh proTlslons of a
sanitation project, labor for the
construction of privies is fur
nished without cost.
Trial k Schedukd
For August Court
Allegations of Fraud are De
nied in Answer to Com
plaint in the Action
SAYS ELECTION LEGAL
Claims Alleged Failure to
Protest Bars Right to
Sue or to Recover
lupeCtor Gives
Ratings of Cafes
Says Public Should Know
Sanitary Conditions at
the Eating Places
With the assertion that the
public should know the sanitary
conditions prevailing at th© vari
ous cafes and restaurants, G. S.
Odell, county sanitary inspector,
today released for publication the
ratings for July:
Grade \
Broadway Tourist — 95.5
Goodwill Lunch 92.5
Black Cat 92.0
Green Lantern 92.0
Th© Sandwich Shop — 90.0
The Little Grill —— 90.0
Grade R
Liberty Lunch — — 89.5
89.5
89.P
85.5
84.5
Denying the allegations that
the elections returns from Rock
Creek township were not changed
and denying charges of fraud in
the election in Wilkes county No-
veniber 3, 1936, counsel for Leet
Poplin have drawn an answer to
the complaint In the Swaringen
versus Poplin suit.
In the case D: B. Swaringen,
Republican, is suing Leet Poplin,
Democrat, for title to office as a
member of the county 'board of
commissioners, Swarlngen's basis
for auiP resting mainly on claims
of a mistake of 100 votes In the
returns from Rock Creek,
After denying the allegations
that PdpUn was not legally and
lawfully elected the answer furth
or Avens that he was legally elect
ed, was ;glven a cerUDcate of elec
tion- by; the county (board of elec
tions and that by has been serv-
(ng^-as a member of board of
* lere pint;®
South Side
(col.)
Grade O
Hock Diner
7fr.6
A daughter was bom
raing to Mr. and Mrs.. Joe;
liagton at the Baptist boapiW
i^ W4neton-3alem.^ilr. Darlingtoa
S a son ot Mra. M. M. Dartlnc-
tbds dty.
Bnappy Lunch - 7-0
Jim’s Cafe — — 11.5
Beeches Cafe 71.6
Central Cafe (col.) 71.5
Sunnyslde Cafe 70.0
'Try Me (will meet require-
ments at once) —^86.5-
Roaring River Cafe (closed) 19.0
Taylor Family
Reunion Sunday
inabtaniiM ; acthm bfought ' by
after the electlM,
and whiohi was dismissed 'by
Judge J. H. Clement, covered the
same matters, in controversy. An
other paragraph in the answer al
legee failure on the part of the
plaintiff to protest the vote or
returns before the board of elec
tion bars hls right to maintain
suit or to recover in the action.
According to statute the quo
warranto proceeding takes prece
dence over all other cases and is
expected to be smiled when the
August term of Wilkes court con
venes on the first Monday In Au
gust.. It is expected that approxi
mately 450 witnesses will be sum
moned, counsel for 'Swaringen
claiming that 411 voters in Rock
Creek township have "sworn on
the BLble” and have signed affi
davits that they cast votes for
Swaringen in Rock Creek on No
vember 3, although the returns
showed only 311 votes for Swar
ingen.
Thus the election controversy
reaches another-stag© In Us inter
esting and lengthy .history. The
first action was the mandamus
and order restraining the board
of elections from canvassing the
vote as shown on the returns and
delivering an election certificate
to Poplin, which was ‘ dismissed
by Judge Clement on the grounds
that the- c^lficate had already
been issued at the time ot the
action.
Then the plaintiff instituted
quo -warranto proceedings and the
defendant filed a demurrer on
the grounds that it was not al
leged in the complaint that the
election of Poplin waa protosed
before the county or state board,
of Sections. Judge Felix B. Alley'
denied the demurrer and counsM
for Poplin appealed •from hie de
cision. The supreme court affirm
ed the decision of Judge Alley
and now the case Is apparently
reedy for trial.'
The decendaats of the late Mr.
and Mrs. C. J. Taylor held a re
union July 4th at the home of
Dr. and Mrs. W;. A. Taylor.
There are 10 children IWlng.
The following and tbeir families
were present; 'Mrs. Sue Cdvard,
Mrs. Cora Cplvard, Mrs. Ijena-T.
Bailings, Mn. Bess pritcher, Mrs.
Kate Jones. Mr.[ Jeeh Thylor,-Dr.
O. W, Taylor,, and Dr. W. A.
Taylor.
•Plans have beea mad© for a
rehhlon to be held annually, -ial-
teyaating between the' homes of
the obidreo.
there w«e 86 present, and a-
bHlt 40 near rMatives unable to
atiqild. ''
A pdenie lunch wa^ served on
the lawn.
Billie Miljer
Lockjaw Victim
Funeral service was held Wed
nesday at Union church for Billie
Miller, 11-year-old son ot Vr, god
Mrs. (Ibarlio Viner.'dt Cricket.
He died Monday following an
illnesa of lockjaw^
Erecting Ketideiice
For C Ta Doughton!
Work hta b«i|an on oppati;;(^
thm of a' beanri^l elght-fdofii’
bitek rpneer residenoo in. WjUkes-
bo'ro for iSheritf Q. T...Do!ji;ht9a-
C. H. Smithey, contractor, has
contract for (ha resideiies, wU^
wfU be completed In a tmr weeks.
Burbank, Calif. ... James
Mattern, noted flyer, plans solo
non-stop refueling flight'- from
Oakland, Cal., to Moscow.
Roy Brown Badly
Injured In Scrap
Hit on 'Head \by Unknown
Assailant in Harley Com
munity Thursday
Roy Brown, a resident of the
western part of Wilkes county,
was seriously injured Thursday
when hit in th© heart with a pis- j accountant,
tol.
He has been a patient at the
Wilkes hospital -since that time
and examination reveal-Jd that he
hart suffered a brain concussion
that 'tart resulted in 'partial pa
ralysis.
Deputies from the office of
Sheriff C. T. Doughton Investi
gated the affair but so far .hays
been unable to learn wlv©
holding the weapon w*-'
Brown. The
took place
the
For Pen
For the Year 1936
Will Levy Oa Pr«Q^,Or’
GainUhee Wkfee
Peraonei TaxMt/ljiae
WILL ADiYiSri^ipi^
In August and Sell Fii^
Monday fit Septeridk^For
I Other Delinquent*
Wilkes county 'hoard ot-«om-
mlssloners in July seekbitt Tne*-
day directed Sheriff C. "Pi Dough
ton to proceed with levying on
personal property and Wage gar
nishees to connect personal taxes
due the county for the year 1938.
It is expected that land will be
advertised for delinquent taxes
on real estate in August and sold,
the first Monday in September If
not paid.
It was also ordered by th*
board tha'. 1935 list of insolvent
taxes be turned over to TV,. H-
McBlwee, county attorney, f«
collection and that funds collect
ed be paid to W. P. Kelly, county
An order passed by the com
missioners directed W. P. KMIy
to make up a list of jurors com
posed of eligible citizens who
have paid their county taxes for
the year 1936.
Tbe board, with all members
present, also devoted tla* t*
budget estimates for the ensuing
yeqr 'ij^d^jllrected Uiat the ten-
adiet aa prepared hy[Vr.
,ty accountant, be pnh-
rdlng to law. ^ ,
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(By
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Injured In Fall
Carl C. Cookerham, 42, suffer
ed a fracture of tbe spine on
Saturday afternoon at his home
eight miles west of her© when a
scaffold which 'he was ascending
with a purpose of repairing th©
root on a feed and stock barn on
his premises broke, causing him
to fall a distance of approximate
ly 20 feet to th© ground.
Mr. Cookerham, a prosperous
farm owner and a teacher in
Wilkes county-schools, was on a
week-end visit to his home from
Catawba College, where he has
Agbdl Mamlxsr ot. Omm
Wilke*’ Mo*t Widely
Known FumUea..’;/
A. M. Foster, 80, iprumlnaat
farmer of Lewis Fork tewnahip.
died Wednesday following an hx-
tended Illness.
He was a son of the late Ed
mond and Jane Eller Foster and
Is survived by his wife, Mrs. 141-
lle Foster, and the following ehll-
dren: W. H. Foster, Greensboro;
A. G. and F. 0. Foster, Congo;
G. M. Foster, Purlear; Mrs. W.
C. Triplett, Mrs. Com Eller and
Mrs. Ernest Greene. Purlear;
Mrs. Carl Bullis, Wllkedboro.
Funeral service will 'be held to-
been attending a summer term, . ™
for teachers, and was preparing ’
to rebuild, the roof of the out
building when the accident w-hlcb
sent him to the Elkin hospital i
occurred.
Mr. Coclterham’s serious injury ! ...
will confine him to th© hospital |
' ant Baptist church.
Mr. Foster, a memiber of one at
Wilkea county’s moat promineet
I and widely known families, irae
I active in churcli and community
many weeks, tt is expected.
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Pearspn
nnd Mr. Joe Simpson, of Boone,
Miss Winnie Lowe and Mr.
Muncie Lowe, of Moravian Falls,
spent tbe holidays at Wilmington
and Carolina Beach.
to •whom the news of his dentk.
is an occasion of sadness.
Dr. and Mrs. P. D. Warren and
sons, Desha and Bon«er, of
Huntsville, Ala., are spending seT-
eral days with Dr. and Mrs. W.
A. Taylor.
To Chwk Comi^iaiice Und^ Fairn
Act In Wilkes WHb Aerial Maps
Funeral Today For
Mrs. Sebastian, 83
Funeral servlc© will ibe held to
day at the Sebastian family ceme
tery for Mrs. Merlca Carlton Se
bastian, 83, who died Tuesday
night at her home in Rock Creek
township.
Mrs- Sebastian, a member of
one of Wilkes county’s widely
known families, leaves two sons,
D. F. and J. A. Sebastian, and
two daughters, Mrs. B. M. Elmore
and Mrs. J. H. Wood.
Revs. A. B. Hayes and J. S.
Elliot will be in charge of the
funeral service.
J. A. PIERCE RETIRES
AB JUSTICE OF PEACE
, Pteree, for 88 years a
jastkse of the peace in Reddies
River townsb^, no Iovg*r bolds
, of Dee, having glvep it np
pit aeebnnt ot the condition of 418
bealtlL
Mr. Pieroe asked that the a-
hoi« information h* giraa ba-
jaoa* of th* thet tyt *Muy had
called at hit horn# for the par-
pea*. ot obtaining the serrleeB at
a ngi^rat* i ■ ■
Pictures Mau!e Proto. ,Air
Will Grufttly Fadlitate
WM-k>Soon to Begin
Checking compliance tinder th*
soil conservation act in - WUk«n
county this year -will be factUtat-
ed by the use of serial maps ot
the Yadkin River watershed tor
the soil erosion service, it traa
learned today from the office ot
A. G. Hendren, Wilkes farm.^Sr-
gent. . ,
Compliance win not 3>e checked
until on or about Aagnst 1, [ft
was learned, hat the -nse of th*
maps will hasten tha vroHc to
such an extent that U can b*
completed in far less time, in
cluding the delay, than wibhoat
the use ot the helpful maps.
liie aerial ptetsyM bme oMw
at an altUude ot
engineen have heat'oNpplhg thm
farms by the plctBrea, with an
alBsest uncanny depip'jtf aaavs-.,
aey acoordjhg to.' the ‘s«al* ot'
meosurecaents s8C 'up.
OB*r
state are!
aerial awji
larveoaipitHue;’ .