North Carolina Newspapers

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MOJpAY, 4, 1988 Consent Judgm Ends Election Case i Arr«^ Iq Russia Before an open meeting of the .Wifitbs Pomona Grange held knrsday night . in Wllkesboro Caldwell, of Greens- _oro, master of the State Grange delivered an eloquent address re ceived with rapt Interest by Grange members, business men and others interested. Pomona Master T. W. Fergu son presided and a memorial service was held in honor of two deceased members, A. G. Hen- .^en, who for 26 years wa^cenn- iShrm agent, and M. A. Coeker- hSm, who was active in Grange work In the county for a number of years. The service was con ducted Jointly by Mrs. C. F. Bretholl, lecturer, and Mr. Fer guson. A number of appropriate talks were made. Mr. Caldwell spoke of prob- I Icing mutual to farmers and busi- k^en. Be also discussed brief- Se new fafm crop control act, ■'jblo fsiBo talked- of the seven- Ipoint SUte Grange program. [ftiigo Party To Be Held Again I Will Be Held At Abshers’ Location Friday and Sat urday Nights Legion officials an- ISoSced today that the big Bln- Igo party which has been in pro- {gress since Tuesday night will Igloo be held on Friday and Sat- {nrday nights of this week. I The game is located in the I former location of Abshers’ cloth- I Ing store on Main street and [ many valuable prizes are offered ] winners of the game. The profits from the game will [be used to maintain a junior I baseball league this year and pat- Ironage will be appreciated by the 1 Legion and all others who are in- Iterested in junior baseball among Ithe boys in the county. I'JWo Arrested For Theft Of Bicycles Police Chief J. B Walker said I today that two young men have I boon arreeted on charge of steal- ling bicycles. Robert Johnson, son of John IjObBaBU, is alleged to have stolen L 10efet» from Betty Pearson. Icj^e Watts is charged with the lUielt of Bobby Whlcker’s bicycle. |rh^ boys were found riding the Istolen bicycles In the city, Chief Iwalkw sald^^ llirs. Marley, 82, T# Taken By Death /f; ■ Blartha Marley, 82-yeax- llOdmident of Lewis Fork town- Thursday at her home ' lioneral service was held to- barlal at the Marley ■ !■ II I I is survived by the follow- ehildren; Mrs. Zora Bradley, Mrs. Rosa Laws, D. M. I Kelia Marley, of Purlear; k Jtoxle Green, of Ohio; Mrs. '^Smlnsten, ot Boomer; and itell Laws, of Fergnson. Alfred Poster conducted rl^. Case Off Dodcet Widi Both Sides Paying the Costs Long Series of Litigation Is Ended When Swaringen and Poplin Sign Papers The Swaringen-Poplin election case, a long drawn out series of litigation over title to office as a member of the Wilkes county board of commissioners, came to an abrupt end Thursday without going to trial when Swaringen, Republican and plaintiff, and Poplin, defendapl commissioner and Democrat, signed a consent agreement that the case go off the docket and that each pay one- half cost. The cost accumulated in the case to date totals approximately $700. The case was instituted soon after Poplin went into office in December 1936 by virtue of a two-vote margin over Swaringen as the returns were certified by two Democratic members of the county board of elections. Poplin’s term will expire on December 5 this year. Swaringen claimed that he was credited with an even hundred less votes than he received in Rock Creek townthip and gather ed affidavits of over 400 who g-vrore they cast votes for him in North Wilkeaboro Loses By that township. Affidavits by Re publicans said the number of Moscow . . . Valentlra Snigirev- skaya, secretary of the New York Times Bureau here, vho was mys teriously taken from her home by secret police after having been admitted to the recent political trials to take notes of the testi mony. No explanation of her whereabouts has been made by Soviet officials. Wllkesboro Wins h Debates Over Mt. Airy, Elkin Kes (M Womb In Knife , Pl|^ Coroner’s Jiury S«pg • AtvUI Matherly Killed By Dar- vill Pierce Split Votes To Big City Schools By virtue of winning over Mount Airy and Elkin in the tri- nnfiiittj- debates -Friday Wilkes ia ebik state-wide debate at Chapel Hill, beginning April 22. Wilkesboro’s affirmative com posed of Baxter Davis and Flake Steelman defeated Mount Airy's negative at Elkin. Wilkesboro’s negative, Jean I.aws and Virgin ia Miller, -won over Elkin’s af firmative at Mount Airy. Elkin’s negative gained the decision over Mount Airy at Wllkesboro. North Wilkesboro's debating teams lost to Hanes high in Win ston-Salem and Harding high of Charlotte by two to one decisions. As a result of the decisions Hanes will represent that triangle at Chapel Hill, having won over both North Wllkesboro and Harding high school. The query was “Resolved; That the several states should adopt a unicameral system of legisla tion.” Find 800 Pounds Of Si4[ar at Still Large Outfit Raided In the Hunting Creek Vicinity Thursday Afternoon Federal officers accompanied by Sheriff C. T. Doughton raided a large still in the Hunting Creek vicinity Thursday afternoon. As the officers approached three operators rapdily took leave on foot and were not captured. The still was of large capacity but there were only 200 gallons of beer. However, the officers confiscated 800 pounds of sugar and 260 pounds of chop. At 1st OiuiKti Apm 18 „yd Pardae, pMtor, -will 11 o'clock on Sunday, 10, at Sweet Home In the attomoon at ' ' ' ck Attorns A. H. Casey •a OhakrTaBce." tarttod to Traphill Citizen Funeral Tuesday R. H. Wood, age 74, died Sun day afternoon at his home near Traphill. Funeral service will be held Tuesday, 11 o’clock, at Roaring River. He leaves seven sons; G. J. Wood, Dockery: R. H. Wood, Jr., Independence, V a.; Will Wood, Deep Gap; John, Walter, Barney and George Wood, of Traphill. Marriages Of Week — * ■ Marriage licensee were Issued daring the past week In Wilkes to four couples: Fred Watson and Mattie Watson, both of Hendrix; Claude Craom, Pores Knob, and NoT^a Dyer, Purlear; Herbert Hawkins, Hays, and Gerthle St, Joha, Korth Wllkesboro; Harvey WootoO and Rath Pendergrass, BaavtonrOle. straight Republican tickets cast was 389 or 48 more than credited to Swaringen on the returns. A restraining order and man damus proceedings seeking to compel the hoard of aleetlops to 4^ibsed; hi|istsdMiifi?(nts hiffiMsd sind'^hs-^oIi'inOTkfL^' case was Instituted. The case made a trip to the supreme court, which sustained denial of a lov/er court judge of a demurrer by the defendant. Judge J. H. Clement holding court in Wllkesboro by his own' motion referred the case before Judge Oscar O. Efird, of Winston- Salem. Both sides excepted and demanded immediate trial by jury. Before Judge J. Will Pleas at the March term of court the plaintiff made a motion to dis miss the reference and asked trial by jury. The motion was denied and both sides were ordered to put up $250 each to apply on the referee’s fee as he had prev iously demanded and who did not go ahead with hearings, when the defendant did not put up the de posit. At the beginning of the case Swaringen filled bond in the sum of $1,000 and poplin filled the usual cost bond of $200. The plaintiff asked that the bond be increased and Judge Pless order ed that each side fill bonds of $3,000 each and put up the $260 deposit each o,.» or befoi’e April 1. The consent judgement bears the signatures of Swaringen and Poplin hut not of attorneys on either side. By a consent order C. G. Gllreath had withdrawn as attorney for Swaringen before the consent agreement between Swar ingen and Poplin ended the case. 'The consent judgment signed by Swaringen and Poplin is as follows: “In the above entitled case now pending in the superior court of Wilkes county and in reference before 0. O. Efird, ref eree, the plaintiff and defendant hereby agree that this case go off the docket and that the plaintiff pay one-half cost of the action, and that the defendant pay one-half cost of the action, including the referee’s fee of $100, and that said cost be paid in full by each party at the sign ing of this judgment by the judge of the superior court holding the courts in the 17th judicial dis trict, as provided by law, for the signing of consent judgments, and. that this shall be the judg ment of the court, and is hereby made the judgment of the court by the signing hereof by the plaintiff! and the defendant: “It is further ordered by con sent that the order of reference heretofore made he stricken out, and that the parties hereby a- gree that this judgment may be signed out of term, out of the county, and out of the district.’’ ArvUl A. Matherly, age 18, was almost instantly killed a- bout eight o’clock Sunday nl^t’ In an altercation with DorvlU pierce, a yonth of alxmt the same ag^, at Claiide MUliton’s store in the western part of the county. At an inquest conducted this morning by Coroner L M, My ers ten wounds, apparently ta- flicted with a knife, were found on Matherly’s body. The coro ner’s jury held that he died from wounds inflicted b y Pierce and re-commltted Pierce to WUkes jail without privl- lege of bond. A man who witnessed part of the said that he saw the two quai-reling and that they began fighting and went over a road bank together. He went down the bank a moment later, met Pierce on the way down and found Matherly at the bottom. He was standing up and asked that a match be struck in order to see how badly Pierce had cut him. He fell to the ground and died on the way to the hospital here. People from that community said that botli boys were of good families, did not drink li quor and had good reputations. Pierce is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Pierce. Matherly was a son of A. B. and Ijon Church Matheriy and in addition to his parents leaves one brother, Marsh Matherly, and three sisters, Shlrlej', Belvn and Ruth M«di- ca-ly. Funeral service will be held 'Tuesday, two o'digtdc, at Moifant Pleasant As a part of the Better Homes Campaign which will end in ob- .servance of Better Homes week in the latter part of April, Miss Harriet McGoogan, home demon stration agent and county chair man for the campaign, conducted a community meeting at Benham one day last week. Miss McGoogan reported that the people of the community showed much interest in the theme discussed and that she finds similar Interest being tak en throughout the county. Community chairmen are be ing appointed to help carry the Better Homes Campaign to every home within the county. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence MlllM [e Interested In ‘^tter Homes’ DriveBeing Made Campaign Will End With Observance of “Better Homes” Week Soon Millers Creek P.-T. A. Will Meet Thursday Millers Creek P.-T. A. will meet Thursday evening, 7:30. Officers for the coming year will be elected and an interesting pro gram will be rendered. A large attendance of school patrons is urged. Us4 Easteb The campaign to toll Bast^ Seals to raise funds to^id crii>- pled children began on. April 1 throughout Wilkes county. Nina- .ty per cent of all funds derired from sale of Blaster Seals remain In Wilkes county and will BiutiiiiP «|ri doyoorl WlUieBbi centtF North .- -T. Many M Title To Taxes Throngb^ Not Paid Approjtimatdy 600 Fortto closure Suita To Be Com^ . pleted By County SUITS IN PROGRESS Lands May Be Redeemed By Immediate Payment ' Taxes and Costs BERLIN ... A preview of one of the ballots to be used when the new Germany votes on the absorption of Austria April 10., TOe bal lot reads: ‘iDo you approve the unification of Austria with Germany as accomplished on March 13, and do you vote for the list of our Fueluer Adolf Hitler?” "Yes” and "No” appear above the circles. Note relative sizes. middle district of North Carolina by Judge Johnson J. Hayes In Wllkesboro Friday afternoon. The oath was administered by Henry Reynolds, clerk of court after which Judge Hayes present ed Marshal Dowd his commission to serve his second four-year- term. Judge Hayes In congratulating Dowd on his reappointment and confirmation by the Senate thank ed him and his deputies for the fine service rendered during the past four years and expressed the hope that the seme high-type sorvi^ would be r»mderod~ ; a» government during his ensuing term. Marshal Dowd said after his Induction that all deputies serv ing under him will be reappoint ed. physical handicaps of children. port of the pnklie is st^Mtodt ^W, H. Haifacre, NljdrinUDdaojt ’ t&o North WllkWboro Mhoois, Marshal Dowd Begins 2nd Term In The District Sworn In Friday Afternoon Before Judge Hayes In Wllkesboro William T. Dowd, of Greens- Install Pastor At Presbyterian Church h City Rev. W. M. Cooper Installed In Impressive Service On Sunday Night R. V. Day Speaks At Kiwanis Meet T. E. Story Named Delegate to International Kiwanis Convention June 26-30 R. V. Day, principal of Millers Creek school, delivered wbat was considered one of the best speech es of the year before the North Wllkesboro Kiwanis club Friday noon. His subject was "Patriotism, As Related to Sale of Votes In Elections.” C. G. Day was pro gram chairman and an added fea ture was two spirituals by Fair- plains colored quartet. J. R. Hix read a resolution in the form of a tribute to A. A. Finley, who died several days ago. The resolutions were adopt ed by the club. President A. H. Casey said the time had come to select delegates to the International Convention to be held in San Francisco from In an Impressive service held boro, was Inducted into office as Sunday night at the North Wll- United States marshal for the kesboro Presbyterian church Rev. Watt M. Cooper was Installed as pastor, succeeding the late Rev. C. W. Robinson. The installation was carried out by a commission from the Winston - Salem Presbytery, of which the North Wllkesboro church is a part. Dr. R. E. McAlpine, of Win ston-Salem, a former missionary to Japan, was moderator and presided. He propounded the questions to the pastor-elect and to the congregation. Rev. R. H. Stone, of Jefferson, charged the pastor and the con- ^gatfoh was 'ChliSiifM by the moderator. E. A. McNeill, of Jef ferson, served as elder on the commission in the absence of Charles Norfleet, of Winston- Salem. The sermon was delivered by Dr. J. R. Cunningham, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Winston-Salem. His subject was "The Church” and the inspiring message was received with rapt Interest. Special music was rendered during the service by the church choir. .it the morning service Sunday the pastor installed the newly elected officers as follows: elders —M. A. Vickery and P. M. Wil liams; deacons—-L. M. Nelson, D. J. Carter, A. A. Cashion, Lewis Vickery and Blair Gwyn. W. H. McElwee, attorney for Wilkes county, said today approximately 600 tax fortolo*^ ure suits for taxes due WilkM county for the year 1934 and prior years are now in progrsM and will soon be carried to eoto- pletlon. 'This means that the owaert will lose title to the property It they do not act Immediately and pay the taxes, cost and Intoreto to date. The suits will be carried to completion in a very short time, Mr. McElwee s>'.id, and it Is not the desire of the county to take possession of tl e lands. He urged that landowners Investi gate and ascertain it taxes cm their property have been paid tor 1934 and prior years. W. P. Kel ly, county accountant, has the records and will gladly give any information concerning back tax es. As the suits are foreclosed the titles will pass to the highest bid der or to the county if there Is no bidder. 'The county wiU then dispose of the property. Mr. McElwee asked that any persons interested in baying any tracts now heli^ foreclosed to see Or write him. Baseball Team to BeFormed InCity Forest Furniture Nine to Be Composed of Wilkes County Talent Forest Furniture baseball team, which managers say will be com posed entirely of Wilkes county baseball talent, has been organlz- lu ue UD.U ed and practice sessions have be- June 26 to 30. He stated that the gun about 30 players. !«• AlwAAf/vra . . .« matter was discussed In directors meeting and It was -the opinion of the directors that the club should pay a part of the expense of a delegate. Further discussing the matter, Edward Finley stated that T. B. Story could perhaps make the trip by auto. And made the motion, second'ed by J. C. Reins, that T. B. Story be elected delegate to the Convention and that the club pay the registration fee of $10.00 and $100.00 of the expense of the trip. The motion carried. P. W. Bshelman was was elected alternate. W. C. Grier was a guest of J. R. Finley: J. B. Napier was a guest of Rev, Eugene Ollv® and J. K. McDaniel was a guest of W. Caroon. Jack Knupp Dies At His Home Today Jack Knupp, an employe of Home Chair' company who made his home near Millers Creek, died at his home thU morning at ser- , will o’clock. He had been 111 for be spent for helping to correct geyeral weeks. yufBiMat unuu.v**." iji saTyiTsd hy his wife and Teachers and school children are chlldrra. l^mwal servlea will conducting the seal sale and sup- held 'lh Biekory Wednesday, t. «r , . r, SUW... At a meeting held recently C. C. Sebastian was elected business manager and Buck Icenhour, catcher with several years exper ience on semi-pro clubs, was nam ed player manager. All outstanding baseball play ers In the county are Invited (o report on the fairgrounds for practice and to join the club. Mr. Sebastian said today that the club is seeking games with other industrial* and county teams in New 4-H Clubs Formed h Week Ronda And Ferguson Com munities Begin Clubs A- mong Boys and Girls Two new 4-H clubs have been added in Wilkes county during the past week. The. new ones are located at Ronda and Ferguson. The clubs were organized by Miss Harriet McGoogan, boma demonstration agent, and Jesse Giles, assistant county farm a- gent. The officers of the newly form ed Ronda club are as follows: Edith Chambers, president; D. J. Redding, vlCe president; Ivowalns Tharps, secretary-treasurer. Offi cers of the Ferguson club are aa follows: Amelia Blair, president; Zelates Walsh, vice president; Ella Hall, secretary-treasurer; Magdalene Bariow, reporter. Two Wilkes Schools Invited to Conference Banner Elk.—Twenty-two high schools of Western North Caro lina have been Invited by Dean Leo K. Pritchett to send dele gates to the seventh annual Per sonality Conference for high school students, which will ho held at Lees-McRae College April 8 and 9. Each school will send threo representatives from the senior class; two from the junior class; and a faculty chaperope. The high schools are: Cranber ry; Newland: Crossnore; Spraea Pine; Bakersville; Cleanoont high school, Green Mountain;' Mlcavllle; Burnsville; Cove Creak high school, Sugar Grove; Moun tain City, Tennessee: Cloudland high school, Roan Mountain, Tennessee; Watauga Academy, Butler, Tennessee; Blowing Rock high school; Jefferson and West Jefferson high schools; Lansing: Wllkesboro and North Wllkes- Le- the western part of the state. The management of the team said It is their Intentiop to form „ . a club which will again put North boro blgh schools; Marion; Wllkesboro on the baseball map “olr; and North Gove, Marion, and cordially Invite all fans of The theme of this year’s con- the national pastime to attend ference Is the "Conquest of Swf. the games and support the team. Speakers will be the Rev. AlbMl McClure, of LlncolntoU; Deaa Fred C. Smith, of the University of Tennessee; and Or. Kenneth J. Foreman, of OaTldson Collsf^. . 1 NOTICE One to a late rush of mater* lol for today’s paper it impossiblo to paMish many do* almUe iteana of *uuwb: ooop tribntod, Indadlng seicral an- nooiieeaaento by' scboola. How ever, all the news omitted to day and wfalrti la mot perWiaMe will iMeor ia Hmroday’a yo«itol*FBti>lot. KTlul JreuavrBriM«i I wr. luiu jars. AMAwrouev haiptonrille. ) spent the week-end In Raleigh.”’"^|b6anty real sale jdhldrtipitaV ;^^: ________ . , ihvlor, who hto I for somo : hoBto fimidiv* , Jif: " lif. and dfn. 7oe> A..,JobfiMft b^ lMTsd from BtxtA Btrwd to on DStotot ^ ^ Bishop To Preach At St. Paul’s Ch«^ The Righ Reverend |L ^ Grtbhln, bishop of . Dioeese i>f Nbrto preach it St. Pa chnreh Thanidny *t hnlf ■