ilW'tpAVE
t.—A
l lk collapse
A ^Tq. todi^ sad his brother,
11. VM dUilkUy tnjared. llie two,
IS, and Jack, were
t]i the care dnr in a* bank of
elaj whwi it gare way and buried
them. Two other brothers, Wil-
^ liam IS, and Richard, 9, standing
aearby, ealled help. Jack, dug out
after 80 minut^, was out of
* breath and bruised. His brother,
dead, was dug out 15 minutes
Jatar. „
VOL. Oat^^. AtOS
_ . ■ i j"'' ‘i s ' "V ■ "J
Is Boosted By
Final” Retorns
u
New Davidaon BeSMPds Void
More AbeMiteOs Than
the State Board
GOES BEFORE JUDGE
BUSdNRSS G AINS
W^tofrton, Oct. 9.—The Fed-
^^1^ Ssiso^* Board eetimated to-
industrlal production
lnkprcred in September to about
• 0 per cent of tbe 1923-1925
l-aTeraga Noting a general in-
^creeae in sctlvlty, the board com-
nented in its monthly report that
upewlng was most marked in
ieatUe and steel Industries.
FAtter allowing for seasonal dif-
[fereoces, September showed a
'rlae of two points over August
, imd of 14 points since the reces-
eloa.^|E>^|itat May.
Caaa Remanded SupreiM
Court to Face Judge
Harris Tuaiday
FAIR OPENS
Raleigh, Oct. 9.—Paramount-
lag lihrth Carolina’s march of
•cogreea, the stst« fair doors w-ill
Jj^lWlng open Tuesday on 50,000
'^'tquare feet of exhibits depicting
agriculture, industry and educa
tion. Bxbiblt space for agricul
ture and edncntion has been in
creased by 14,000 square feet this
year to take care of the addition
al requests for booths. Indicating
that the fair under state opera
tion, is gainln? in popularity
which is again evidenced by the
fact that tbe total number of In-
dlrid^^aj exhibitors was doubled
last jwar.
HlTtfER HF.ARli FROM
Raleigh —The state elections
board accepted “final” returns to
day for the July 2 congressional
Democratic primary In Davidson
county which gave C. B. Deane,
of Rockingham a district major
ity of 90 votes over W. O. Burgin,
of Lexington; in the long-fought
contest which still faced more
court procedure.
'The board’s tabulation had not
been, made, but on the basis of
figures previously released which
gave Deane a 23-TOte majority
before the newest IVtums came
in fi"om Davidson, the Rocking
ham man picked up an additional
67 votes this morning.
It appeared the final result for
the district would be: Deane,
19,132; Burgin. 19.092.
The Dgisidson board’s abstract
gave Burgin 6.709 and Deane 6.-
956, whereas the Old Davidson
board, since removUd, had insist
ed Burgin should have 6,938 but
had once agreed to report 6,776
after a state board Inquiry.
The board adopted a resolution
that its findings be transmitted
at once to Attorney-General Har
ry McMullan for trsnsmlttal to
Judge W. C. Harris in Wake su
perior court so that a dissolution
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Streamlined, even to the modern farmerette who sMms to be so
proud of it, this new tractor, which can do douWe-d«y as a truck
traveling at 40 miles an hour, has instrument board, self-starter,
radio, high compression engine, enclosed cab, safety glass, cushioned
seats and he^lights.
Saarbrucken. Germany, Oct. 9. ,
—Chancellor Adolf Hitler today might be sought of a restraining
warned the western democracies order granted Burgin to prevent
who submitted to his annexation certif'eation — -«
of the Ctech Sudetenland that he nominee,
still distrusts them and intends
of Deane as the
to keop On arming so that “no
pomve In the world ever will
break’ through our wall of de-
fensa” Such British statesmen as
Anthony Eden. Winston Church
ill and AUred Duff Cooper want
4o corns *nto power. Hitler said,
and their aims would bo to start
a conGagration . . this forces us
to bs on our guard
I.*
WHITE HOrSE TIMBER
Washington, Oct. 5.—Cordell
Hull’s and John N. Garner's simi
larity of 6xpe''‘ence is extending
to a new field The secretary of
state and the vice president came
to Washington only a few years
apart, in the neighborhood of 30
years ago. and both were legisla-
l^e veterans when placed in their
Resent positions. Now both are
'tiring widespread mention as
ttihle Democratic Presidential
alneee in lotn despite the
i that Hull will be 69 in that
and Garner 72. No other
of anywhere I’Ue years in
ir party, except former Pres
ent Hoover. 'nters into 19-10
sidential conjecture seriously.
Judge Harris had set lor hear^
ing today the request of Burgin
for a peremptory writ of manda
mus to force tbe st.ate board of
flections to declare the Lettlng-
ton man the nominee hut the
hearing was postponed until 2:30
tomorrow.
The postponement came after
J. C. B. Ehringhaus, chief of
Burgin counsel, filed a long affi
davit charging the stale board
had acted arbitrarily in removing
the old Davidson county board
that returns of the old board
should be binding. The state
asked time to prepare its answers.
Tt appeared thp ■’rate board’s
reqiiP.st to di.s.se1vo the stay grant
ed B irgin would face .ludge. Har
ris at the same time as the re
quest for mandamus
Democrats Plan
Many Meetings
^Aged Man KiUed
Fall From Tree
/
R. Redding, 76-Year-Old
Rdoda Cftizen, Dies
From Injuries
I
A fall from a pear tree at his
home Friday resulted in the
death of C. R Redding, age 76.
the following day.
‘While gathering pears at his
home near Honda Mr. Redding
tell and suffered a broken hip
*nd a broken arm. He was
tawhM to the Wllkee hospital
■whore It was found that his con
dition WB«s doubly critical be-
CTtnr* of heart disease. He died
Saturday aftemoon-
Ho is surrlved bv on© son, F.
’^.RndiUng, of Winston-Salem,
•ad'tWO daughters, Mrs. U. J.
Sboro, of Cycle, and Mrs. R. F.
I.arkii,.of Ronda.
- VJyMfMki service was held to-
d>y"nt’‘ Pleasant Grove Baptist
.rrh with Rev. N. T. Jarvis in
assisted by Rev. R. R
I
id Crop Fruit
vfL letUilnfDa a farmer and
■t of the Brusblee,
go Th® Journal-Patriot
a luiique col-
sircond crop fmits
were second
fully ripe;
tfmbegtwig
of Bwrtiles! ketf-
SL - about
County Candidates to Visit
Communities In County
In Next Fexv Days
J. R. ’tousseau. chairman of
the coun'v Democratic executive
comraitte? gave out the follow
ing appointments for county can
didates during the next few days,
as followo:
Thursday night, October 13th,
at 7:30 o’clock. Roaring River
high school building in Edwards
Precinct No. 2.
Friday night. October 14th, at
30 o’clock, at Moravian Falls
school building in Moravian Falls
township
Friday night, October 14th, at
7:30 o’clock, at the Burke school
building in Miilherry township.
'Tueeday night, October 18th.
at 7:30 o’clock, at Mountain
View high school building in
pock Creek township.
W-dnesday, October 19th. at
. :pi o’clock. Mount Pleasant
high scl'.f'o! in lycw’s Fork town
ship.
County candidates will be pres
ent at the above places at the
time mentioned to discuss county
issues. All voters, and especially
ladies, are most cordially invited
to attend the meetings.
Democratic leaders have re
quested The Journal-Patriot to
call the attention of its readers
to the advertisement on page
eight of today’s issue which is a
statement of the county’s finan
cial affairs written by R, G. Fin
ley, rhaimjiiu of the county board
of commSklonors.
Negro Is Held
For Assault On
White Woman
otto Hampton, 29-yeai-old ne
gro who once served fo'ur years
in the penitentiary for murder,
has again been iailed on a capi
tal c'large
He was arrested Sunday morn
ing hy Shei'iff C. T. Dniighton,
charaed with C'-iininal assault on
Mrs. Emma Mastiu, widow of the
late John Mastin. of the Roaring
River community.
According to the story related
by Mrs. Mastin and her children
to Sheriff Doughton Sunday
morning, the negro, member of
a railroad section crew at Roar
ing River, entered the woman’s
home near midnight Saturday-
night. He was drinking and had
a pistol in his hand, «he told the
sheriff. ^
He drove the children, Frank
and Eileen, from the home and
forced the frightened woman to
submit to his advances.
After accomplishing his pur
poses the drunken negro fell a-
sleen and Mrs. Mastin took the
pistol, slipped out and told n.-?igh-
bors of what had hanpenod. Mag
gie Sale, negro woman who lived
nearby, -went tc the Mastin home
and 'Hampton fled when she ap
proached
Sheriff Do'ighton located
Hampton and pla'-f^ him under
arrest in the Antioch section Sun
day morning. He was in an in
toxicated condition tmt denied
being at the Mastin home and de
nied all charges. He is now in
jail .It Wilkeeboro.
Mrs. Mastin aaid she knew
Hampton and positively identified
him as the negro who> assaulted
her. The children also said that
Hampton was the person who
ran ihem from the house.
Hampton had only recently
completed a four-year term, hav
ing been sentenced in connection
with the death of Tip Souther,
Cairo negro, several years ago.
Resib.':.ts of the Roaring River
community, it is understood,
have reported that Hampton fired
his pistol several times near the
box car shanty of the section
crew sometime before the as
sault was alleged to have been
been committed at the home of
Mrs. Mastin.
P:-obably many people would
like to know how to grow an
abundance of vejjetablefi with
out cultivation, in fhet, without
even planting the .«eed.
\V. A. Bullls, of this city, did
ju.il that thix season but he
can’t tel! how its done—it ju.it
liappeued.
pumpkin vine came up in
Hie comer of his garden. It
was allowed to grow and grew
.so big that *t covered 1,600
square feet of ground. It yield
ed a total of 24 pumpkins -with
an average weight of 20
pounds, almost 500 pounds of
pumpkins. They have been
gathered and may be seen piled
up in the comer of his garden.
Grows Dahlias
Mr. BoUis has 15 hills of
’sdirilUns, from which he heffan
to cut flowerv on June 15. He
has taken a total of 1,2SR flow
ers and wfll to cut
tbem^intil nie 'ftrat ones
were cut t>B 15-
WaU Will Speak
At G. 0. P. Rally
YAfsKElS CHAMPIONS
Yankee Stadium, New York,
Oct. 9.—Hail to the mightiest
team in baseball annals, the
Nw York Yankees, who crushed
the Ghtcago Cubs today for the
IkHUth straight time, 8-3. and be-
ejkmn tho first club ever to cap
^ oonsecutlve world’s
Will Be Held Friday Night
at the Courthouse
In Wi^^horo
Wllk^sboro, North Wilkesboro be appreciated
and Aloravian Falls.
Party leaders expressed delight
at being able to secure Attorney
Wall to deliver the principal ad
dress. He is known as one of the
outstanding speakers in the state.
Mrs. Myrtle Freeland
Will Conduct Service
24 Pumpkins On
Volunteer Vine
Lions Have Good
Program Friday
Garley Foster Entertains the
Members With Bird Im
itations; Hear Reports
Garley Poster, ‘the human
bird,” entertained the North Wil
kesboro Kiwanis club with bird
imitaiions and musical numbers
at the club meeting held Friday
evening.
The program was in charge of
Buster Forester
In the business session Carl
Crews was received as a new
member of the club and a good
report was heard relative to the
progress of tbe milk fund now
being raised to furnish milk for
underprivileged and undernour
ished children in the North Wll-
ke-sboro school*?
Scouts to Gather
Toys TTiursday
Will Call at Homes . After
School Thursday After
noon; Very Worthy
Boy Scouts will call at the
home« in Ice Wllkesboros on
Thursday afternoon, October 13,
for the piirpoao of collecting toys
donated to the Christmas cheer at the
aid of the Sro'its and the Na
tional Youth administration.
Donations of any type toys,
regardless of condition, is asked.
The toys collected will he repair
ed and reflnlshed by the NYA
workers and distributed to home®
L. L. Wall, prominent Winston-
Salem attorney, -will deliver an
address at a rally of Wilkee of r.iidernrlvlleged children
county Republicans to be held at Christmas eve
the courthouse in Wtlkeehoro-on “
Friday night, October 14, 7:30
o’clock.
Tna rally, to which everybody nate toys are asked to have them
is invited is being sponsored by lying on porches after three o’-
fhe Young Republicans clubs of clock Any and all donations will
The Scouts will make the can
vass after school hours Thursday
afternoon and those who will do-
Two
Carl Slm^Kerd
Roy Wyatt and Squire Pruitt
Held Following Inquest
Conducted Today
BODY FOUND SUNDAY
Affray Occurred Saturday
Night Near the Home of
John Wyatt; 5 Taken
’The body of Charlie Shepherd,
16-year-old son of Nathan Shep
herd, was found Bunday after
noon near the home of John Wy
att in the Vannoy section of
Wilkes count/
He is alleged to have been
killed in an altercation which oc-
cured Saturday night about nine
o’clock near the Wyatt home and
within a few steps of where his
body was found
Roy Wyatt, age 16, and Squire
Pruilt, age 15, were ordered held
after an Inquest conducted today
by Coroner I. M. Myers.
When Shepherd did not return
to hl3 home lees than one mile
from the home of Wyatt Saturday
night a search by relatives and
neighbors was begun and extend
ed throughout the neighborhood.
■While the search -was In. progress
Mrs. Wyatt discovered the body
lying In the weeds within a few
feet from tse spring to which sh»
had gone for a bucket of water.
Sheriff C. T. Doughton and
Coroner Myers were called. Ques
tioning revealed that Shepherd
and five toher boys had
’jeen at the Wyatt home Saturday
night and th?t there had been,
some trouble near the house.
Sheriff Doughton carried the
five to jail. They were Roy Wy
att, Squire Pruitt, Spencer Cleary
(Brown), Haneil Pruitt and
Charlie Royal. Hansel Pruitt had
suffered, a cut on his head, which
he said had been InGicted by a
bottle thrown by Shepherd. Roy
al's nose was cut. He said that
flying fragments of glass from
the bottle which bursted on Pru
itt’s head had cut his nose.
The five placed in custody ad
mitted being in the presence of
Sheplierd and admitted knowl
edge of the affray but all denied
Shepherd had come to his death.
Cleary, Hansll Pruitt and Royal
were released after the inquest
today.
There was a deep cut on Shep
herd’.-, back, a stab in the abdo
men and a cut on his forehead.
Apparently, he had died soon
after he was cut.
The Shepherd youth is survived
by his father and mother, Nathan
and .Marv Wya.tt Shepherd, and
the iollowing brothers and sis
ters: Mrs. Myriie Hall, Halls
MUls; Mrs. Della Huffman, Red
dies River: Clarence Shepherd,
McGrady: Irvin, Everette. Bill,
Connie, Claude and Earl Shep
herd, of A^annoy.
He was the third member of
the family to meet a violent
death. Romie Shepherd was klft-
ed in a coal mine accident in
West Virginia and Monty Shep
herd died in an automobile acci
dent.
Funeral serrv'ce will be held
Tuesday afternoon, two o’clock,
Presbyterian church at
Meads
V '
J. Carter, who'on Friday
was elected president of the
North Wflkeeboro Kiwaals clnb
for the coming year. He with
Secretary T. K. S*-ory and P.
W. Bsheliiian were named dele
gates to the district convention
to be held in Spagtaabniig, B.
C., October 29-25.
Carter Is Named
President North
Wilkesboro Club
Officers For Conung Y«ar
Elected By Kiwanis; A
Good Program Heahl
D. J. Carter, publisher and
member of the Catt#xpHuMard- v«ak
Publishing company, will head
the North Wilkesboro Kiiwanls
club during the coming year.
H? was elected president In
the 'neetlng held Friday noon.
Other officers elected were as fol
lows; P. W. Eshelman, vice pros-
Idem, T. E. Story, secretary-
treasurer: A. H. Casev, past pres
ident; R. G. F'nlev S. B. Rich
ardson, A. A. Pashion. Edd Gard
ner and E. E. Eller, directors.
Delegates to the district con
vention to be held in Spartan
burg, S. C„ on October 23-25
were elected a? follows: D. J.
Carter, T. E. Story, and P. W.
knowledge of the cutting or how Eshelman. Alternates are A. H.
Casey, J. C. Reins and E. G. Pin-
ley.
A special effort is being made
to hive :'ll Paat presidents of the
club attended the district meet
ing as follows: Charlie Smoot.
Henry Reynoldc, Genio Cardwell,
P. \^^ Eshelman. J. C. Reins, E.
G. Finley Horace Sisk. J. R.
Finley. H. H. Morehouse. F. C.
Hub'C/ard. R. G Finley, J. B. Mc
Coy, W. K. Sturdivant and A. H.
Casey.
In the husiue.ss ses.sion J. U.
Tail was inducted into member
ship by Rev. Eugene Olive.
Program Chairman J- R- Hix
asked R. W. Eshelman to intro
duce Uie gues* speaker of the
day, Richard Thigpen, of Char
lotte. He addressed the club on
the subject, “The Relations of
Business and Taxation.” He told
the story of the. Inmate of the any r»asonohle hour
State Honpltal who was pitching day
(Continued on page four)
project sponsored by the North Vannoy. Rev. K. B. Farrington
Wilk=sboro Dokies club with the will conduct the service.
Home Coming At
Arbor Grove 16tb
on All-Day Service Is Planned;
Judge Hayes to Speak
In Afternoon
To Form Bicycle
Safety League
Mrs. Mvrtle Freeland, of this
city, will condiiet a service at
Arbor Grove church near Roaring
River Sunday afternoon, October
16, two o’clock. 'The public has a
cordial Invltattop to attend.
All bicycle riders. In school
and out of school, are invited to
attend a meeting at the sohool
building iln this city on Wednes
day afternoon, three o’clock, at
which time a Bicycle Safety
League will he organized.
Talks will bo made by Carlyle —,
Ingle, of the state highway patrok JOimer pastors and an addras at
^ ... .. « * a T#wKnmAVt T HAVPA.
An all-day home coming service
will he hold at Arbor Grove Meth
odist church e'ght miles west of
this city and near highway 421
on Sunday, October 16, it was
announced today.
The morning program begin
ning at ten o’clock will consist of
song service, devotional, address
of welcome, reeponse, recognition
of visitor? and former pastors,
address by Attornev F. J. Mc
Duffie, special music by Ever-
readv Quartet, and sermon.
The afternoon program will be
gin at one o’clock with song serv
ice. to be followed by talks by
Police Chief J E. Walker and J.
C. ; McDlarmld, local re®resenta-
■tfye Of the Carolina Motor clnb.
'4: $4 l>y Jiids® Joluuon J. Hayes
il^phoi^ la cordially invited to
■the serrlce. ... .
File prevention week (OetobsT"
9-15) In North Wllkenboro 1* '
Ing observed by thn' regnlar aim? ^
nual inspection of pmimrty by
fire department. 4f
C. G. Day, Gre chief, said tM» -.
morning that inspectiMis bad ’be
gun and that firemen hope to
complete the task by Friday, Oe^.
tober 14.
He respectfully asked that all
citizens cooperate fully with tk^
firemen In order that the work''
may result In a great saving tfy.
lives and property.
In an interview ■with a repr*-^
sentative of 'The Joumal-PntrlnA .
he emphasized the importance
eliminating fir© hazards, saying-^*
that firemen will ask that all litip-.
hazards found he removed lmai*i ’
dtately. ,
He asked that property ownera/
regard every week as fire pro-
ventlon week and as a special pre
caution make periodic inspectiow
to ascertain if any fire haaarda
have developed in homes or
places of busin*'S8.
Following are excerpts from a
flje prevention bulletin issued by
Dan C. Boney. Insurance commis
sioner of North Carolina, wblA
are very .appropriate for tht>
easion:
'Thlz year there is a notis^pP'
wide and concerted effort being
made to have a fireman visit eve
ry home In America during th*
of October 9th., throngh
October 16th., designated by the
President of the United Slates
and the Governor of North Car
olina as Fire P-wentlon Week.
As the Firemen of North Car
olina have for the past three do-
cades taken such an active Inter
est In Fire Prevention, it is but
natural that they will, again this
year, lead the procession In
homes visited.
The Firemen of North Carolina
are justlv proud of the fact that
in our departments throughoat
the state we find men of all the
well established trades and most
of the established professions,
but, afte’- all, th© greatest con
tribution the average fireman can
render is Fighting and Prevent
ing Fire* This is well within tks
scope and duty of every fireman
in the State and a duty which haa
been accepted 'vith results which
have been beneficial to all of our
people.
Fires choose t.neir own times
to , occur. We fight them when
ever thev occur and our method
of fighting them has become weM
known throughout the Nation.
Preventing them, however, af
fords an opportunity for every
fireman, at anv time he may
chooso and taking the advantag©
of this opportunity has brought
the firemen of this state recogni
tion enjoyed by few other like or
ganizations. to the extent that wn
have state laws authorizing os t*
make the necessary Inspecttona
of th*
Local Gridiron
Team Defeated
North Wilkesboro’? Mountain
Lions lived up to their name Fri
day 'light by playing a hang-up
football .gam© against the much
heavier and more powerful Le
noir eleven at Lenoir.
The score was 38 to 2 but the
Lions made a very good showing
by holding Lenoir down to that
figure, weight and experience
considered
The first home game will be
against th© strong CherryvUle
eleven here Friday.
Wilkesboro Loses
Wilkesboro fell victim to a
one-touchdown defeat in the fin
al period for th© second time lii
a row when, they were defeated
by Cleveland 6-0.
Wilkeeljoro wm the lighter of
the two teems hut played with a
fighting spirit and once reached
the one-yard line where Cltos-
land’s defense ■was airtight. StOry
and‘ Saylors were outstanding, for
Wllkeeboro
Tre work already done hf
North Ca."olin8 Fire Departmenta
and the authority rested in and
1th us make tt imp^tlv© tha*
we make this Fire 'Preventlo*
Week an historic event in th*
history of North Carolina. L«t'«
have a North Carolina Firesiam
In every North Carolina Horn*
this week.
When the lady of the hons*
meets you at the door; let her
know, as Nort.h Carolina firemem
can, that we have not come to
exercise authority, to find faulty
nor to condemn, but to bring to
her practical advice* gained, -
the ««perlence of all of our flitof’^.
men in all of onr cltiee and
In th© fifty-one years actual '
ice in our great association
twenty-eight years of strict
servauce of Fire Preventl**.
Week.
i^lonrille there Friday of '1^1.
Musical Prograni
At Mulberry ilSlIf-
1
Sweeny Prosser and his Hoo/h * -
luliv Strollers will render a
.gram at Mulberry school *n •
Thursday night. Octohst Ur
o’clock. Admission will be
iiacDuviu. , school
Th-i'next game 'WlH he ;Ili the proceed* A.
- - . 1, aaoured and tbe pUWkxvyj*
totHeC*