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VOL xxxni. No. 47 Published Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKESBORO, N. C MONDAY, FEB. 19, 1940 11.60 IN THE STATE~||.00 OOT OF THE STATi-
2 NEGROES EXECUTED
RaleliA. Feb.' 16.—OVo ne-
Si'oee ■were asphyxiated at Cen-
todtey for a flrst de-
_ fran^tatBlary and murder ■which
.tkay''4lpteed they did not com-
■••t-_TW.twta;Ma»haniol ftyant,
| ,W, ud IftUtaaoL.Touns, 3. both
i^df High PWnt, were cMirkted In
"Wifce county of the rohbery-mup-
dar of Thomas Moore, 24, an em-
?4dve in a combination store and
' llUlag station.
I,garner in primary
1 Washington, Feb. 16.—Vice
^T.^]ident Garner announced to-
l^^-day that he -would enter the Dem
ocratic primary in California,
aeeklng to duplicate his 1932
; tet of ■winning the California
wRegatlon’s support for the Dem-
^ratic presidential nomination.
In a telegram to Gamer-for-Pres-
Ident club leaders, the vice pres
ident said their action in enter-
f |B^his name In the May 7 prefer
ential primary in California had
his ‘‘full approval.’’
/
WOMAN IS VICTIM
Greensboro.—Mrs. Charles W.
Gold, 60, well-kno-wn Greensboro
woman, -was killed instantly here
Friday night as she was crossing
the street in front of her home,
■when struck by a car, said by po
lice to have been driven by James
Garland Berry, 24. Police said
the car traveled 119 feet after
striking Mrs. Gold, and that the
body was knocked a distance of
33 feet. wa’rant has been is
sued by police for Berry and
bond has been set at ? 1,500.
Inscore and Staley
Are Endorsed For
Board Of Elections
Flying Finns Begin Ameri^i Tour
Democratic Executive Com
mittee In Meetingr Here
On Saturday Afternoon
DEMAND NEUTRALITY
Berlin, Feb. 16.—Adolf Hit-
»ler's Volklscher Beobachter de-
red tonight that Germany de-
snds "strict neutrality” from
otral states, not merely "renun-
r fWrBTt warHSe'^^^ acts”
Or "Up service for official usage.”
T This sharp editorial developed a
y toeme first expressed by Propa
ganda Minister Paul Joseph Goeb-
bels In Instructing nazl orators
tols "week. This time, however,
Wlglum and Switzerland were
menrioned. "The German people
never "will forget anyone who re
fuses this moderate demand,”
eatd the newspaper.
/^Arren on group
Washington.—The House pass
ed Friday the resolution sponsor
ed by Representative Lindsay
Warren, of the first North Caro-
district, providing for the
Appointment of a congre.ss.ional
(committee for investigation of
' election returns;. The resolution
sponsored by Warren reduces the
membership of the important
committee from the customary
seven to five. Speaker Bankhead |
L expected to name three Demo-j
f«wts and two Republicans to the
Icommittee in a few days and it is
Ireported that Warren will be of-
Vered a post on'the committee if
aot the chairmanship.
E. P. Inscore, of North WU-
kmboro n>ute 3, and C. C. Staley,
of Cricket, were endorsed by the
Democratic executive committee
Saturday as the two Democratic
memrbers of the Wilkes county
board of elections.
The meeting of the committee
wa,s called .by J. R. Rousseau,
county chairman, who recom
mended the aopointment o f
Messrs. Inscore and Staley and
they were endorsed by the com
mittee.
Practically all precinct chair
men were present for the meet
ing, which was called primarily
to recommend memihers of the
election board and transaction of
any other business.
A harmonious and enthusiastic
meeting was held and a number
of short talks were made, in
which predictions were made of
Democratic victories this year.
Among those who addressed
the meeting •were Attorney W. H.
McElwee and Sheriff C. T. Dough-
ton. Motion endorsing Messrs, In
score and Staley a.s members of
the board of elections was made
by Attorney McElwce, seconded
by Robert Walsh.
Mr. Inscore is an Incumbent
member of the hoard. Mr. Staley
will replace F. C. Johnson, of
Rock Creek township. J. C, Gray
son is the Republican member of
the board.
Talsto Makl, right, and Paavo Nurmi, aecood from right, Flalaad’a
tamed long distance runners, as they arrive in the United States ta
'begin a series of personal appearances in behalf of the Finnish relief
fund. Nurmi, great rnniier of yeateryear, and MaU, famous athlete of
today, will attempt to raise money through a serieo of exhibitiens, ,
North Wilkesborol'^™'J^^^^'^*«®g^
Library Training
Course Is Planned
This Week For Course
The Wilkes; County Public Li
brary. located in the North Wil-
kesboro city hall, will be closed
3-U day Wednesday. February
21, in order to make possible a
training course tor library work
ers, it -was announced today.
The course will be held one day
each month, probably every four
weeks, and will be conducted by
.Miss Julia Fowler, of Statesville,
a WPA training instructor.
Classes will be conducted dur
ing the course for all library
workers and is designed to aid
them in rendering a better and
more complete library scn^ice.
The library wiill remain open
as usual except one day in each
month when the training course
classes will be in progress.
Gets Publicity ln|
Grit’s Pamphlet!
I The high winds of Wednesday
partially unroofed the J. R. Fin-
! ley summer cottage on the
Brushies. Conslderaible damage
was done to the building. The
This City One Of Five In; l oof was of composition materials
Nation Selected For Com- i^nd had recently been put on.
Robert L Steele
Is Congressiimal
Can^date In 8th
Rockingham Man Fourth To
Seek Democratic Nomi-
natioQ ThU Year
prehensive Survey
Grit, nationally circulated news
and magazine weekly published in
Williamsport, Pa., has recently
published a new promotion book
entitled "A Study of the Small
Town Market.’’ which incidentally
gives much valuable pu.blicity to
North Wilkesboro.
Grit representatives selected
five towns in the United States in
which to make a survey of busi
ness affected by national adver
tising and North WllkesL->ro was
selected as one of the to.wns for
Advertising Is
Kiwanis Topic
l»uhlicLihranf Va.. Emporium, TSa:.
ed On Wednesday Of
John Prevette Discusses Ad
vertising Booklet For
City and'County
Advertising was the theme of
the program for the Kiwanis
luncheon meeting v held Friday
noon.
John
- Roefclngbaa, m 19.—dtohert
JL Steele III.tBMldQghaci B«l-
aes* tnan, today formally eatared
^tlie race for CongrpH from ,the
eighth district, bringing to four
the number of announced candi
dates for the seat now held by 'W.
O. Burgdn of Lexington.
Mr. Steele Is forty-one years
old a nephew of the late Col. Wal
ter L. Steele who served this
district in Congress two terms
from 1875 to 1879. He has 'wide
family connections In the lower
part oC the district, being a son
of Mrs. Bessie Little Steele, who
is a native of Anson county and
the la^r Robert L. Steele II, of
Richmond county, both families
having been pioneers In the Indus'
trial and agricultural develop
ment of the Pee Dee section. He
is a Methodist and a charter
memiber of Rockingham Rotary.
His business activities Include
farming, textile and lumiber mtui-
ufacturing. He Is a director In
two of the largest local mills and,
strange but true, figures to secure
his strongest support among the
men and women who toil in the
plants.
“After long and careful delibe
ration” his statement of candi
dacy says, “I have decided to
make the race for Congress In the
interest of restoring to the Demo
cratic party of the district a much
needed measure of peace and
harmony.’’
“I enter the race,’’ his state
ment continues, “thoroughly a-
ware of the importance of the
post to which I aspire and hereby
pi|d|^ q>]f«elt to
booklet for the city and cdunty,
C'uba, N. V’., and Clare, Michigan, -which has Just been released, was
Purpose of the survey and re
sultant attractive booklet on the
part of Grit was to interest na
tional advertisers In using their
in charge of the program.
He .said that all are salesmen
with their job being to sell what
ever endeavor they are engaged
publication to reach prospective in. He said the science of selling
well as
'riple A Group
L^sCountyAgent
Parole Granted
To Wilkes Man
■Wilkes County Triple A com
mittee In meeting today asked the
rounty hoard of commissioners to
|ig>poilnt a county farm agent but
nade no specific recomendations
to who should be named.
The commissioners will con-
Jer the matter further at Iheii'
ch meet lug. I
. Roller resigned ds county I
gent last week to accept a po-
Jjon with the Extension Service
Raleigh.
Local Kiwanians
Hear The President
e members of the North
laboro Kiwanis club were In
lance at an inter-club meet-
leld in High Point Friday
for this division,
ncipal address of the eve-
was by Ben Knud.sen, of
geota, Kiwanis Internation-
esident, and many other
officials of the organization
among the 200 present.
^ from North Wilkesboro
ling were W. E. Jones, T. E.
J; B. Carter, Pa'ul Cragan
A. C. Chamberlain.
Nell Rousseau underwent
nttilon for appendicitis to-
» the Wilkes hospital.
’ hope for an early reoov-
Ualeigh. — Seven pi’isoners,
three of whom were serving
terms imposed in connection with
.slayings, were paroled Saturday
by Governor Hoey.
J''reed were:
Austin Hamby, convicted in
1931 in Wilkes county of second-
degree murder and sentenced to
20 to 25 years; J. 0. 'Vebb, sent
up from Cumberland county In
August, 1932 to serve 28 to 30
years for second-degree murder:
Nina McDowell, sentenced 1 n
Haywood county in November,
1938, to two years for manslaugh
ter; Lola Jackson, convicted last
■March in Henderson county of
assault with a deadly weapon and
sentenced to 20 months; Lubie
Smith, .^ent up from Robeson
county in October, 1938 to seiwe
three and one-years for assault
with a deadly weapon with intent
to kill; Tom Butler, convicted in
January, 1937, in Montgomery
county for robbing with a deadly
weapon and sentenced to five
years; and Rome Smith, convict
ed in Burke county last Novem
ber of operating a motor vehicle
while unaer the influence of li
quor and sentenced to eight
months.
Banks To Observe
Holiday Thursday
Announcement was made here
today that both local banks. The
Bank of North Wilkesboro and
The Northwestern Bank, will be
closed on February 22, Washing
ton’s birthday anniversary and
generally observed as a national
holiday.
customers in towns as
large c*it'es.
The information contained 'n
the survey of the five towns has
been compiled into an attractive
booklet of fifty pages and con
tains many intresting facts. The
booklet is well Illustrated with
photographs taken in ihe five
representative towns surveyed.
Since the information contain
ed in the book is decidedly com
plimentary relative to industrial,
business and residential advant
ages, North Wilkesboro is receiv
ing a great amount of widespread
publicity through that medium
gratis.
Officials of the publishers have
stated that the booklet has been
sent to all advertising agencies,
national advertisers, many manu
facturers, industrialists and oth
ers. incidentally reaching a class
of people which even a Chambdt'
of Commerce would have difficul
ty in approaching -with compli
mentary publicity material.
In a section of the booklet de
voted to the citizenship of the
towns surveyed, the ;booklet gave
the following interesting facts:
57.7 per cent own their own
homes, 89.1 have electricity, 81.8
per cent have running water,
53.9 per cent have mechanicjil re
frigerators, 16.2 per cent have
electric ranges, and most signifi
cant of all. 99.3 por cent employ
ed—only .7 of one ;per cent unem
ployed.
The booklet sets out Industrial
advantages of the towns and
point out the removal of large
plants from cities to smaller com
munities.
In the booklet are photographs
of three local Industries, the Tan
nery, Forest Furniture company
plant and the Wilkes Hosiery
Mills.
Other photos include a picture
of Main street in 1904 and one in
1939, The Wilkes Hospital, North
■Wilkesboro Methodist church,
Bank of North Wilkesboro, The
Northwestern Bank and Hotel
Wilkes.
Pictures of North Wilkesboro
business houses include Gaddy
Motor company, Wilkes Auto
Sales company, a Kelvinator dis
play at Duke Power company, G.
P. Store, Miller-Long grocery,
North Wilkesboro Drug company,
Horton Drug store, and Brame
Drug store.
There are also pictures of
North Wilkesboro residences, in
cluding the home of Clarence
(Continued on page eight)
is divided in four steps:- pre-ap
proach, approach, demonstration
and close. Reviewing the adver
tising booklet, he showed how it
complied with the four funda
mentals. Copies of the bulletin
■were distributed to the members.
W. D. Halfacre concluded the
program with an urgent appeal
to the members to continue their
efforts at advertising this section
in every possible way. He called
attention • to the recent booklet
published by the Gr't Publishing
company, of WiP’^msport, Pa.,
which uses Nor i Wilkesboro as
one of the five outstanding small
towns in the United States. It is
his e.xpressed opinion that this is
an exceptional community offer
ing many opportunities for fur
ther development.
Several mem-bers spoke briefly,
complimenting the new North
WilkesbTjro Booklet and thr com
mittee who prepared 4t.
During the meeting attention
was called to the descriptive bul
letin announcing the proposed
erection of a new Presbyterian
church in this city. Copies ot the
bulletin were dlstributefl,
At the meeting Ira W. Day was
a guest of R. G. Finley, W. B. Mc-
Ewen ■was a guest of R. W. Gwyn,
J. C. Rilehan was a guest of W.
K. Sturdivant and W. P. Kelly
was a guest of John Prervette.
Is A Candidate
Jurm Drawn For,
Maidi Session Of
Superior Court
Judfo Bobbit To PreiiAs
OWir Two Weeks Court
Per Criminal Cases
Rob^ L. Steele, of Rocking
ham, whose announcement as
a candidate for the Democratic
nominatiem for Congreee was
released for pnblication in The
Journal-Patriot today.
Stockholders 0 f
Farm Loan Group
To Meet Saturday
Moravian National Farm
Loan Association Will
Meet In This City
Annual stockholders meeting of
the Moravian National Fa; m Loan
association will be held at the
city hall here on Saturday, Feb
ruary 24, 10 a. m., according to
an announcement by O. H. Brac-
sscretaiTrtr^urer.
Ittfon tor; Qte iHAreh term ot
to eohvooA in URL
kesbofo.on $daday, -Marck 4,
hsT^ been dmirn by tbe WBbeo '
county board of commlssfonera.
Judge W. H. Bobbit, of CbaF'
loUe, trill preside over the tern,
which ■#111 be for two weeks and
for trial of criminal cases. Abovt
160 cases are pending trial, tai>
eluding the first degree murder
charge against George Byrd, Fer
guson man being held for the
murder of S. M. Burchette on No
vember 11. Solicitor Avalon E.
Hall ■was In Wilkesboro recently '
making out a tentative calendar
for the term.
Jurors for -the court were
drawn by the commissioners os
follows:
First Week
A. A. Wyatt, Walnut Grove;
Rev. D. M. Dillard, Mulberry; W.
F. Gaddy, North Wilkesboro; W.
W. Lawrence, Somers: W. P.
Warren, Rock Creek: Arthur
Warren, Mulberry; G. H. Walker,
Boomer; John W. Barber (col.),
Wilkesboro: Gurney Prevette,
Lovelace; John V. Walker, Union;
Clyde Jordan, Edwards; D. W.
Woodle, Union; J. F. Bumgar
ner, Mulberry; J. A, Nelson, Trap-
hill; J. G. Billings, Walnut
Grove; C. T. Blevins, Rock Creek;
J. M. Wyatt, Walnut Grove; .Al
fred Crysel, Reddies River; K. B
Farlngton, Mulberry; J. D. Van-
noy. Union; H. P. Jones. North
Wilkesboro; J. R. Foster, Lewis
Fork; R. P. McNeil, Stanton; C.
W. Harrold, Rock Creek; Henry
Money, New Castle; T. C. Gabon.
Union; T. Y, Grey, New CaMOti
for hnity.' 1 am •maj^hg no ellbri
to gain support by reason of mul
tiple promises but if nominated
and elected I promise to serve
faithfully the best interest o£ the
people a.s a whole.’’
“In making the rounds of the
district,” the statement con.:^
eludes, “I find a widespread dis
satisfaction among regular Demo
crats who seek a compromise can
didate wholly removed from party
friction. I treasure the fine spir
it ot harmony that for many years
has been the pride ot the Demo
cratic party. I submit my candi
dacy to the voters in the May
25th primary and shall happily
abide by their verdict at the
polls.”
Other announced candidates
are W. O. Burgln, incumbent of
Lexington, C. B. Deane of Rock
ingham, and Giles If. Newton of
Gibson.
Joint office in this city under m-
rectlon of Mr. Bracey. The office
serves Wilkes, Ashe, Alleghany,
Avery, .Caldwell and Watauga
counties.
Program of the stockholders
meeting will include the annual
•4‘eport' bt the secreta-y-treasurer,
report of directors' activities by
the president, election of direct
ors whose terms of office expire
and remarks by a representative
of the federal land bank. There
will he a contest for prizes and
attendance of the stockholders is
earnestly requested.
Cage Touraament
Gets Under Way
Accidentally Shoots
Self Saturday Night
Goodwill Basketball Tour
ney At City School Three
Days This Week
G. V. Rogers, who lives near
Moravian Falls, wa.s badly in
jured on .Saturday night when a
shotgun accidentally discharged
and the load took effect in his
foot.
According to reports of the ac
cident, Mr. Rogers had heard su
spicious noises around his chick
ens and started with his gun to
Investigate when it discharged.
The Injury was treated at the
Wilkes hospital.
Three Drunken
Drivers Taken
Highway Patrol Reports No
Local Acidents But Ac
tivity In Arrests
Highway Patrol Seargent Car
lyle Ingle said this morning that
no serious highway accidents oc-
cured in Wilkes during the week
end but thaf there had been much
activity in making arrests.
On Friday and Saturday nights
three were arrested for driving
drunk and ten were arrested for
drunkenness, om the- highways.
Minstrel Friday
Mulberry School
Former Resident
Of Wilkes Passes
At Home In Elkin
William Oscar Huffman, 56,
died suddenly Thursday at his
home in East Elkin, death follow
ing a decline in health of some
months.
Mr. Huffman had been a resi
dent of Elkin several years, going
there from West Virginia to en
gage in farming and other Inter
ests. He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. John Huffman, of
Wilkes county. He wa.s a member
ot Good Hope Baptist church,
Rock, W. Va., and was a member
of the Masonic fraternity.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Alice Church Huffman; two fos
ter children; three brothers, Wal
ter and Robert Huffman, of West
Virginia: Bud Huffman, of Pur-
lear, Wilkes county; three sisters,
Mrs. Thomas Austin, Mrs. W. R.
Bailey and Mrs. Arvll .Sparks, all
of West Virginia.
The funeral was conducted Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
Purlear, Wilkes iounty, by the
Rev. James M. Hayes, of Wlnston-
A minstrel entitled “The Jolly
Youngsters” will be presented
by the fifth grade at Mulberry
school on Friday night, February
23, 7:30 p. m. Admission will be
10 and 20 cents and all are invit- Salem, and Rev. A. W. Eller. Bur-
ed ial followed in the famUy plat.
The seventh annual goodwill
basketball tournament for high
schools of Wilkes county was
scheduled to get under way at
the North Wilkesboro high school
gymnasium this afternoon and
night with preliminary elimina
tion games.
■Semi-finals will be played on
Wednesday and finals will be on
Thursday night. All basketball
fans in the city and county are
invited to witness the games.
High schools teams parliciirat-
ing will be Wilkesboro, Mount
Pleasant, Mountain View, Millers
Creek, Traphill, Ronda and Roar
ing River.
The list of eligible players for
each, teaim as certified by the
prj^pals was released by the
touriiey management today as fol
lows with the exception of Mount
Pleasant, whose list did not arrive
In time for publication:
Traphill Boys
Ed'ward Royall, Dwight Black
burn, Billy Castevens, Glen
Hutchison, Leff Holloway, Rob
ert Burcham, Paul Blackburn,
Silas Newman.
Traphill Girls'
Oravella Sparks. Lillie Billings,
Sallie-Bauguess, Roxie Mayberry,
Melba Billings, Lillie Triplett,
Katharine McMenamin, Nora Ad
ams, Alene Cooper, Melba Wad
dell, Nina Billings, Rosa Triplett.
Wilkesboro Boys
John Ellis, Eddie Adleman. Lu
ther Salors, Charles Garwood, Al
bert Dennis, Caroll Lowe, Alvin
Sturdivant, Rufus Mosley, Hoke
Steelman, Bill Hayes, G. E. Mill
er, James Hemphill.
Roaring River Boys
Noah Benton, Robert Morrison,
Jarvla Mathis, James Alexander,
Thomaa Thaipe, Clyde Burchette,
Grady Ward, Clay Alexander,
(Continned on page eight)
Creek; J. C. Felts, Rock Cretdt;
M. L. Pettyjohn, EMwards; Gil
more Harrold, Mulberry; Wade
M. Ross, Union; J. G. Johnson,
Rock Creek; G. W. Miller, Wil-
kesboro; McCoy Higgins, Walnut
Grove; J. C. Coffey, Union; Ci W.
Craven, Reddies River; j. C.
M'iller, Mulberry; A. J. Ham'by,
Walnut Grove: Oscar Faw, Red
dies River; IV. R. .4.bsher, North
Wilkesboro.
Second Week
Isaac Roten, Reddies River;
W. E. Whittington, Union; J. C.
Jones, New Castle; E. M. Laws,
Lewis Fork; M. B. Pardue, New
Castle; J. J. Pierce, Reddies Riv
er; \V. F. Burchette, Walnut
Grove: J. A. Parker, Brushy
Mountain: T. J. Snow. Elwarda;
P. M. Holcomb, Traphill; C. F.
Sidden, Traphill; W. H. Seba»-
tian, Mulberry: Robert L. White,
Elk; Dr. W. W. Miles, Lewis
Fork; Roby Anderson, (col.),
Wiilkesboro; L. L. Carlton, Boom
er; Conrad H. Jones, North Wil-
ke&boro: R. P. Shoaf, North Wil
kesboro; Walter Chester, Love
lace; A. M. Holbrook, Walnut
Grove; W. H. .McCarter, Somers;
J. A. Sebastian, Rock Creek; C.
L. Pardue, New Castle: W. V.
Jennings, New Castle; Fred Shoe
maker, Wilkesboro.
Basketball Game
And Cake Walk Here
A gala time is assured for spec—
tutors Tuesday night when th»
North Wilkesboro high school'
team will play Galax on the local
school gymnasium court.
As an added feature a cake
walk will be carried out. The oc
casion is sponsored by the Junior
class and everybody Is Invited.
Rev. A. L. Aycock^s
Brother Succumbs
Sam G. Aycock, age 58. o,
brother of Rev. A. L. Aycock, ot
this city, died suddenly in the
yard at his home at Cabarrus ox
Wednesday evening. He had beeA
in ill health for several years but
had not been critically 111.
Only survivors of his immedi
ate family are his widow and one
daughter, Miss Rachel Aycock,
and two brothers, Rev. A. L. Ay
cock, of this city, and Lonnie Ay
cock, of Cabarrus.
Funeral knd burial servicea
were held Th'ursday afternoon at,
Old Camp Ground church.
CONVENTION DATE
National Democratic Chalnnaa
James A. Farley has picked Moa-,
^y, July IS, for the Pomocratie
National Convention.' It ■wflC ha
held In Chicago. . .
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