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VALDESE, N. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1949
No. 50
K No Reason to Change
Ij System of Rotating
lection of State Senator
•agreement
OUND FILED
I COMMITTEE
„ Concern Noted Recent
In Caldwell County Over
New Senator.
U Burke county preparing to
[ advantage of a technicality
L abrogates an agreement on
1 of the State senatorship
twenty-eighth district?
inch was the question raised in
rf county last week when
,or5 were heard that a well
ra Burke county citizen was
mining the idea of becoming
indidate for the Senate seat,
FUNTIL an alleged agreement
;etn Democratic Executive
auittee chairmen from Alexan
Bui-ke and Caldwell counties
mtiescomprising the district),
office has been rotated equal
ling these counties every two
s, The alleged agreement, a
id of which has not been filed
[the State Board of Elections,
lid to have adopted a plan of
iion as follows: two consecu
terms for Caldwell, two conse
re terms for Burke and one
i for Alexander.
nterested Burke county citi
s, who learned of the concern
i the matter in Caldwell
inty, quickly set out to show
it it is really Burke county's
n to furnish the Senator for
s district.
.. Stoney, former Burke rep
mtative in the General As
has been prominently men
as a prospective seeker of
Democratic nomination for
Senator next year. Thus
tr. Stoney has not commit
bimself on the matter.
lO'VEYER, HE did write the
Board of Elections inquiring
the alleged agreement on
rotation plan. A reply from
Maxwell, executive secretary
be board, advised that, “I have
eked my file and find that no
senatorial agreement has been
!»ith us in the 28th District
that under the old agreement
ke county would be entitled to
Democratic nominee for the
ate ® that district in 1951.”
b.Maxwell’s letter continued:
^ your attention, however, to
to 36 of the Democratic Party
Organization, which pro
that any agreement now in
ti a senatorial district may
®nmated by a majority vote
7 «the executive commit
01 at least two counties in the
Jt-Provided notice of the ter
l‘on 0{ such agreement is filed
2 ?au'man of the State
«e Committee at least
^advance of the primar;
Sn5nIRKSEY’ chairman c
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News To Skip An
Issue Next Week
This issue of The Valdese
News will be the last for this
year—there will be no issue
published next week so that
employees of The News may
have a well-earned Christmas
vacation as has been the custom
for a number of years.
Next issue of The News will
be published Wednesday, Jan
uary 4th.
MAN DIES IN
TRUCK CRASH
TUESDAY A.M.
Tobacco Truck Fails To Make
Curve At Swimming
Pool.
The driver of a truck loaded
with tobacco met instant death
about seven o’clock Tuesday morn
ing when the heavily loaded ve
hicle left Highway 70 at a curve
near the old swimming pool on
the eastern edge of Valdese and
crashed into concrete guard posts.
The Valdese Funeral Home,
where the victim’s body was taken,
said identification papers and oth
er items on his body showed his
name to be Lloyd Howard Davis,
age 30. of Qreenville. Tenn. Ship
ping papers found in the truck in
dicated the cargo of tobacco was
destined for Sanford, N. C.
Information from Valdese police
was to the effect that Davis was
driving the long trailer-type truck
for Austin & Company, trucking
firm of Greenville, Tenn. Valdese
Police Chief Norris Ramsey said
he notified the trucking firm of
the accident and that another
truck was being dispatched to pick
up the large casks of tobacco left
on the side of the highway at the
scene of the accident.
Ramsey said he was of the opin
ion Davis was unable to make the
sharp curve on the highway and
that the truck jack-knifed, throw
ing the cab into the concrete posts.
A Greenville, Tenn., funeral
home was to come to Valdese Tues
day afternoon to return Davis’
body there for burial.
D.OF A. ELECT
NEW OFFICERS
The new officers of the Daugh
ters of America are as follows:
Junior Past Councillor -*■ Mar
garet Berry.
Associate Junior Past Council
lor—Sudie Cline.
Councillor—Bessie Poteat.
Assistant Councillor — Evelyn
Callender.
Vice-Councillor—Lora Griffin.
Assistant Vice-Councillor — Toy
Mae Epley. 1
Conductor—Lora Perrou.
Warden—Blanche Harris.
Inside Sentinal—Doris Cline.
Outside Sentinal—Lois Coffey.
Treasurer—Darlas Peeler.
Financial Secretary—Ruth Ri
bet.
Recording Secretary — Esther
Sharpe.
Trustees—Toy Mae Epley, Nita
Poteat, and Lily Branch.
The installation service will be
held Tuesday night, December 27.
All members are urged to be pres
ent for this event.
u&l Ladies Night Is
eld By Valdese Firemen
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^ciais tnpmu1 wives
£®,S t2ers as g,,ests
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*<£? ^mcvs, director
as master of ceremonies the ban
quet program was kept lively and
included brief talks by several of
the firemen and officials, a Wal
densian dance by Mr. and Mrs.
Waldo Martinat.
The firemen presented a hand
some ring with Masonic emblem
to their fire chief, Lee Ribet. Gifts
of nylon hose were presented to
each lady present and members of
the fire department received their
Christmas checks.
May your holiday be merry, your tree laden
with good things and your happiness unending.
Simple pleasures of the old-fashioned,
homespun variety are still
the most enjoyable at Christmas time,
even in this streamlined age! So
in the modern manner, with old
fashioned sincerity, we say,
"Merry, Merry Christmas.”
Valdese News
ASK BURKE
SCHOOL BUS
DAILY CHECK
Grand Jury Commends
County Department Heads
In Report This Week.
The Burke county grand jury
made its regular report last week
during the December term of Su
perior Court to the Hon. J. C.
Rudisill, presiding judge.
Foreman of the jury was C. P.
Whisnant, who submitted the re
port.
“We, the grand jury, make the
following report:
“We have passed on all bills
sent before us.
“We have inspected the county
buildings and offices, the same in
cluding the Prison Camp, the
County Home, Burke County Jail,
Court Hotise and the County Of
fice Buildings.
“We find all the county institu
tions clean and well-kept as far
as existing conditions permit. We
hereby submit the following com
ments and recommendations:
“Upon inspection of the county
school bus garage and some of the
school buses and after consultation
with county officials and mechan
ics, we recommend that all school
principals and bus drivers make a
general inspection of all buses each
day so that notice of same can be
made to the county garage and
have necessary repairs made that
day. We think this necessary for
the safety of all children being
transported.
“We further wish to commend
the County Board of Education
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for the system of inspection and
checks they have in force to
make our transportation system
as safe as possible.
“The grand jury as a group
would like to personally commend
Edward Moses for the cleanliness
and well-kept conditions of the
Prison Camp. We find this in
stitution in excellent condition.
“We find the records in the
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New Ford To Be Awarded
By Merchants On Saturday
While those people who have
been shopping in Valdese for the
past twelve weeks always looked
forward to Saturday afternoons
when Valdese merchants awarded
$100 in cash to some shopper, next
Saturday afternoon is really the
big day—the new Ford car will
be awarded, bringing to a succes
ful conclusion this series of big
trade events.
Some person who has been
shopping in Valdese will get the
new car Saturday afternoon. The
award will be made at two-thirty
o’clock at the usual place on the
Tice lot.
Immediately following the
awarding of the New Ford the
Pilot Club will award the beauti
ful large doll which has been on
display in the window of The
Dress Shop for the past several
days.
The trade events, which have
been going on for the past twelve
weeks, have not only brought
many bargains from Valdese mer
chants but have resulted in the
distribution of $1,100 to eleven
people in this area. It has been in
teresting to note that in all cases
Business Holidays
Are Announced
All Valdese stores—except gro
cery stores—will be closed Mon
day and Tuesday, December 26
and 27, it was announced by the
Valdese Merchants Association.
On Wednesday, December 28,
grocery stores will take an after
noon holiday. Grocery stores will
be closed all day Monday, Decem
ber 26.
All stores—except grocery—will
remain open all day Wednesday of
next week, the anouncement said.
The Valdese post office will ren
der service only at^ the parcel
post window Saturday afternoon
before Christmas Day. The office
will observe Monday December 26
as a holiday. Jim Parris, post
master, atmoimced.
the prize money went to some
person who could put it to ex
cellent use.
The events have been sponsored
by the Valdese Merchants As
sociation and its members.
REVIVAL TO
START JAN. 1
The Peoples Methodist church
located on the Rutherford College
Road, which is one of Burke coun
ty’s fastest growing rural church
es' begins a revival Sunday, Jan
uary 1st.
The evangelist, Rev. J. M.
Hames, of Greer, South Carolina
is an approved evangelist of the
Weslylan Methodist Church of
America. Rev. Hames is in great
demand as a Revivalist and Camp
Meeting Preacher. Being an au
thor of -15 spiritual books has done
much to establish his ability to
present the full gospel truth.
The pastor, Rev. Lester Allman,
feels it a great honor and privi
lege to have secured this great
man of God to speak to the pub
lic each evening at 7 o’clock. A
hearty invitation is extended to
the public to attend each service.
FAMILY NIGHT FRIDAY AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
The annual Christmas Eve Fri
day night for the Waldensian
Presbyterian church families will
be held in Pioneer Hall Saturday
December 24 at 7:00 p. m. The
tree will be lighted and the treats
will be ready for the little folks.
The program is under the direct
ion of John D. Guigou, Superin
tendent of the Sunday School.
All members of every family
are expected to be present for this
happy occasion, from the babies
to the grandparents. The rafters
will ring with joy as the whole
church family gathers in Christ
mas cheer.
DOWELL GETS
LIFE TERM IN
DEATH OF SON
Kay lor and Cook Found Not
Guilty In Two Other
Murder Charges.
Charlie J. Dowell, on trial for
the killing of his son, was found
guilty of murder in the first de
gree Thursday night at 10 o’clock
by a Superior Court jury and up
on recommendation for mercy, was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
The trial, which opened at 10
Thursday morning, come to a dra
matic end at 10 Thursday night
after the jury had deliberated the
fate of the Burke county man for
almost two hours. >
DOWELL, 44, was charged with
the shooting of his son, C. J.
Dowell, Jr., 19, on the Sunday
morning of October 23 as the
youth lay in bed at their home
on the old Hickory road near
Meadow’s Mill.
The blast from a 16-guage
single barrel shotgun entered the
son’s head and face.
Dowell claimed ,he committed
the crime in self-defense, but
state’s evidence showed that he
aroused his son from sleep and
then shot him to death.
UPON THE jury’s request for
mercy, the Hon. J. C. Rudisill, pre
siding judge, sentenced Dowell to
be confined at the state prison in
Raleigh for life.
The entire trial lasted 12 hours.
Solicitor for the 16th Judicial
District, James C. Farthing, was
the prosecuting attorney. O. L.
Horton and M. Farrel Carter were
the lawyers for the defense.
THE DOWELL case wound up
the December term of Superior
Court. The next regular scheduled
term of Superior Court will be
held in February.
Kay lor Not Guilty
A jury returned a verdict of not
guilty last Thursday morning in
a case of Homer Kaylor, charged
in the killing of George'Woods on
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Valdese Represented In
Selection Of Officials
For. Burke Polio Chapter
College Queen
MISS BERRY
A twenty-year-old Burke county
beauty walked away with honors
at Appalachian State Teachers
College in Boone last week. Miss
Betty Sue Berry, of Drexel, a sen
ior at the college, was elected
“Christmas Queen” by a large vote
at Appalachian when the 1,300
students picked her from five
nominees.
MISS BERRY, a graduate of the
Drexel high school, is the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berry.
She has brown hair, brown eyes,
and was crowned queen last Sat
urday night in festivities marking
the Christmas season at the col
lege.
The queen is a member of the
Future Teachers of America, mem
ber of the Y.W.C.A. and B.S.U.
She is treasurer of the A.E.C., vice
president of the Vernecian Liter
ary Society and secretary of the
House Council of New Dormitory.
DESTROY FOUR
BURKE STILLS
IN TWO WEEKS
Two 50-gallon stills were raided
and three arrests made at South
Pork on Highway 18 Friday after
noon by U. S. deputy marshals
and ATU men.
Joe Chapman, wanted on two
charges of manufacturing illegal
whiskey, was arrested along with
his two sons, Mack and Clayton
Chapman.
THE THREE men are being held
in jail at Shelby. They will be
tried in March at the spring term
of U. S. district court at States
ville.
Arresting officers were: U. S
deputy marshalls for this area:
Hugh Stevens, Paul Teal, Robert
Bean, and Mack Poston.
ATU agents were: Lewis Fretz
and Clarence Fink of Hickory.
Two other stills were destroyed
in Burke county week before last
by ATU agents.
Earl Roper of Morganton, Route
1, was arrested on a charge of
manufacturing as the agents mov
ed in on a 100-gallon copper out
fit in Silver Creek township. At
another raid three men escaped
afoot as the agents nabbed an
other 100-gallon steam outfit in
Silver Creek township.
CHAS. BURGIN
IS NEW VICE
CHAIRMAN
Ty Crabtree of Morganton
To Succeed Franklin As
Chapter Chairman.
C. H. (Ty) Crabtree, who re
cently opened an insurance
agency in Morganton and who haJ
made Morganton his home for a
number of years, was elected,
along with other new officers!
chairman of the Burke Count#
Chapter of The National Founda
tion for Infantile Paralysis at a
meeting last week of members of
the Burke organization.
The meeting, held in the law
offices of M. Farrell Carter in
Morganton, was well attended by
a representative group from over
the county. .
In addition to Mr. Crabtree,
other officers elected for the com
ing year are; Charles Burgin of
Valdese, vice-chairman; Bill Con
ley, treasurer; M. Farrell Carter,
secretary, and Mrs. Albert Max
well, chairman of the woman’s
committee. Douglas C. Smith was
reelected publicity chairman.
Executive Committee Named
Members of the chapter’s exe
cutive committee which plays an
important part in work of the
organization were also named at
tne meeting. These committee
members are Mr. Crabtree, Mr.
Burgin, Mr. Conley, Mr. Carter,
Mrs. Maxwell, Mrs. A. M. Lang,
Paul Caldwell, Frank Pons of Val
dese, J. D. King, Livingston Ver
non, Mi’s. Effie Smith, T. Earle
Franklin, Mrs. Ed Swann of Icard,
Harry Hallyburton of Drexel, and
Mrs. Worth Giles of Glen Alpine.
Members of the executive
committee who are authorized to
approve emergency expenditures
by the chapter of not more than
$100 are Mr. Crabtree, Mr. Frank
lin, Mr. Caldwell and Mr. Carter,
Mr. Crabtree succeeds T. Earle
Franklin of Morganton as chair
man of the Burke County Chapter
of the Foundation. Mr. Franklin
was elected to the post in the
early part of 1945 immediately
following the severe 1944 polio
epidemic in this county. He has
served continuously since and has
often received the plaudits of the
people of the county for his
splendid work with the chapter.
The meeting Monday night also
went on record to request the
chairman of the Burke County
Medical Society to designate a
physician from within their
group to act as chairman of the
advisory committee of the polio
chapter.
Recently the chapter appointed
Oscar King, Morganton attorney
as Burke county chairman for
the 1950 March of Dimes and also
named Livingston Vernon, also a
Morganton attorney to head the
March of Dimes in IVlorganton.
Phyllis Guigou came home
Tuesday from Duke and is spend
ing the Christmas holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Guigou. - .
Eastern Burke Boy Scouts
Promoted At Honor Court
Eleven Burke county Boy Scouts
were promoted to the rank of First
Class Scouts along with other pro
motions and the awarding of merit
badges at the Boy Scout Court of
Honor,held in Morganton last Fri
day night.
Promotions and badges were
awarded as follows:
Tenderfoot Rank
Joe Stanley Benfield, troop 1,
Morganton; R. C. Lane, Boyd Sat
terwhite, troop 1, South Mountain;
Norman D. Jones, troop 4, Valdese;
Jimmy Crowell, Benny Martin,
William Booth, troop 4, Morgan
ton; Johnny Wilkinson, troop 1,
Rutherford College; Leroy Epley,
Richard Arrowood, George Cozart,
Claude Grady, Ray Smith, troop
1, Morganton; Jimmy Clemmer,
troop 1, Connelly Springs; Rex
Williams, troop 1, Drexel; Hal
Glenn Hollman, troop 3, Valdese.
Second Class Rank
Dane Hamilton, Harold T. \^al±
ker, troop 4, Morgan ton; Kenneth
Hice, troop 1, Shady Grove; Arn
old Lindsajy, Kenneth Albright,
troop 4, Valdese; Rodney Woodie,
troop 6, Morganton; Baxter Jay
nes, troop 1, Hopewell; Jerry R.
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