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“^^iLofcioa.r^rfl^t Britain lashed
back fl»re«ly at Oarmany by land
and saa laat night and early to
day, her navy repeatedly hlttln*
Nad preparations to Invade Ena-
land and her antl-alrcratt forces
throwing up a tremendous bar-
» rage which dulled the edge of
the fifth successive Nazi massed
aerialyissault on London.
I Firing began at dusk in both
theatres of action—on the coa«t
and over London. Official secrecy
cloaked the navy’s success but in
London it became apparent as
dawn neared that the British
change of aerial defense had con
fined the German air raid to scat
tered bombings and apparently
little damage.
(Berlin announced British
night fliers In a 92-minute air
mid early today dropped numer
ous incendiary bombs or. Berlin
and caused one factory fire.
(Authorities stated the fire
. '^whlch started in a north side fac
tory was extinguished with com-
paratlvely little loss.
’*7 (Other bombs fell in the famed
Tlergarten Park in mid-Berlin.
(The Tiergarten is several
blocks from Fuehrer Adolf Hit
ler’s official residence.)
A Instead of waiting to sptt the
ttaeking bombers with search
lights. the anti-aircraft defenses
^_of London opened at full cry
W|3when the first night raiders ap-
^ peared and kept going at an nn-
precendenled rate.
One Nazi bomber was brought
down in London itself and its
crew captured. Another bomber
was shot down south of T,ondon.
The air ministry said at least
90 German planes had been de
stroyed yesterday at a cost of IT
British craft.
Briti.sh Beat tlie Offensive
German dive-bom tiers and
long-range guns combined in a
heavy bombardment of the Eng
lish coast to protect Nazi ships
naneuverin.g in the channel in
apparent preparation for the
hourly-expected attempt to in
vade Britain predicted yesterday
by Prime Minister Churchill—
but the British beat the offensive
to the punch.
The admiralty officially an
nounced that light British naval
forces had begun .‘‘strong and re-
, peated offensive action” against
Na*i shipping movements and
pnrt. which were “vital” to Crer-
S5T '" jn the "event of an at-
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VOL. XXXm,~No; SlPubltehet? Mondaya and Thurada^ ^ NOttf g WIll^jQRO. N. C
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C«MUn«r
m
Great Northwestern Fair Having
Successful Exhibition Here As
Thousands See The Attractions
Britain’s ‘Rock’.Under*a Double Threat
Company A To
Mobilize Monday
Company A of the National
Gmird will mobilize here on
Jloiidny, September 16, In prep
aration for a year’s training at
Camp Jack.son.
Offiwrs said today that the
roaipaiiy may camp on the faJr-
g'round.s for ten days before
leaving for camp.
Federal Money
Being Used To
Repair No. 421
Three Shovels And Large
Fleet Of Trucks Used
On Repair Project
F,3Lhibits Receive High Praise
From Experts And
Fair V-sitors
many
tempt to Invade England.”
' The admlmlty barred further
(Continued on page eight)
Governor Lifts
Death Sentence
On Wilkes Negro
Rjleigh.—Governor Hoey yes
terday commuted to life imprison
ment the death sentence imposed
on Eugene Vannoy. ?7-year-old
negro, following his conviction on
a charge of raping a negro wotn-
an in Wilkes county last August.
The commutation statement,
released by Paroles Commission
er Edwin Gill, said recommenda
tions of the clemency had come
from Trial Judge Allen H, Gwyn.
Trial Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, the
12 jurors. Sheriff C. T. Dcugh-
ton of Wilkes county and his
chief deputy, Oscar Keits.
Judge Gwyn wrote that while
the evidence was "legally stiffi-
ciant upon which to predicate
judgment for the capital offense,”
there were certain phases "not
80 satisfactory as they might have
been.”
Gill’s* statement .said a psychia
trist who examined Vannoy con
cluded he was a "mental defec
tive.
nepr Deep Gap.
During the time the road li be-
i n g repaired traffic between
North Wilkesboro and Boone is
)e;ng detoured by Lenoir and
Blowing Rock or by the Jeffer-
sons.
Many men. some of whom suf
fered heavy los.ses in the flood,
are being employed on the high-
■vay.
Young G. 0. P. To
Organize Monday
Chairman Triplett Announ
ces Meeting To Be Held
At The Courthouse
.An organization meeting of
Wilkes Young Republican clubs
wMl be held at the courthouse in
Wilke.shoro on .Monday night.
September 16, according to an
announcement today by A. A.
Triplett, county chairman o f
Young Republicans.
Mr. Triplett stated that officers
will be elected and organization
of the clu.s in preparation for
the ca.mpaign will be perfected.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
and :cll are invited to attend.
Robert H. McNeill. Kemibllcan
candidate for governor, will ad
dress the meeting.
The Great Northwestern Pair '
opened its annual five-day expo-,
sition Tuesday with school chll-'
dren's day and large crowd.? have,
been in attendance each night.
All departments of the fair, I
which are being carried out de-1
spite destruction of buildings by j
the flood, have won high praise |
from visitors and it is expected
that larger crowds will attend the
remaining days and nights of the
exposition, which wil] close Sat
urday night.
The exhibit tents are well fill
ed with exhibits which in many
respects overshadow collections
at former fairs here.
Especial praise has been heap
ed on the apple exhibit, in which
the 1100 first prize went to D. E.
Davis and the second to Nathan
Davis, of Pores Knob. II. R. Nls-
wonger, state horticulturist who
judged the apples, said that the
quality is better this year than
last and that the apple exhibit,
and those Jn other departments,
are a distinct credit to the fair
and the entire county.
The livestock tent is. well filled
with dairy and beet specimens.
Morrisons of Doiighton's da’ry
are aga.n showing some of their
highly orized herd, including the
cow for six years grand cham
pion at the North Carolina State
fair. -Archie .Mathis is showing
his jersey heifer, which was Ju
nior grand champion of the state
last year. Jesse, Robert and
GlMih Hutehlsan. sons oit. RnfDp
7eb V. Stewart, highway divis-
lor engineer, said today that an
application for federal emergency
aid to repair highway 421 be
tween Millers Creek and Deep
Gap had been apiproved by the
federal bureau of roads.
"Three shovels and a fleet of
large trucks are busily engaged
in reconstructing parts of the
magnificent highway destroyed
in the flood the night of August
13. However, engineers estimate
hat the damage was so great that
the road cannot be opened before
November 1.
Five bridges on Lewis Fork
creek were washed out in the
torrent and slides obliterated
parts of the highway and caused
heavy damage at qltnX. points on
the east-slope of mS" "BIur’Rldgi7Hincfil8onr’'W’''«iW»»=Hf%^^^
exhibit some exceptionally bein-
CoofeiTed
With Official*
And Others Here
Comprehensive Snrrejr Of
Flood Damage Now b
ing Made On Yadkm
REPORTS GATHERED
tiful baby beet, w-hich is also go
ing to the state fair this year.
M. F. Barker, of Roaring Riv
er. won the $50 prize for best
general farm and live-at-home
display, which has received nu
merous favorable comments at
the fair.
Moravian Falls home demon
stration tint von Prst prize for
best community exhibit whh a
beautiful roc\ garden exhibit.
Free .Vttractions
The free acts at this year’s
Great Northwestern Fair are the
best in its history is the vardict
of Fair patrons. The acts are a-
mong the highest salar ed b', show
biisiiie-ssc and were (-;e;nUy se
lected by Fail Manager W. A.
McNeil. The free at ractions are
presented twice daily niternnoii
and eveniii.g and no adniis.sion is
charged to see them.
The world fainons Billeti
Troupe is the outstanding head
line feature attraction, pre'enting
death defy.n-z .stunts high in mid
air upon ? .slend“r steel cable,
without the protection of a saf
ety net. One of the trio is a
dainty girl gymnast who stands
on the shoulders of her male part
ner. high in the air. defying death
and holding the and'ence speech
less with amazement.
The John Robinson Elertiants
(Continued on page eight)
An aerial view of Gibraltar, Britain’s mighty fortress at the entrance to the Mediterranean, one of the
key points of the European chessboard. Great Britain may bo forcsed to defend Gibraltar against both Musso
lini and Gen. Francisco Franco, iriio has been urged to repay Spain’s debt to the Rome-Berlin axis by ctK
operating in any axis operation against the “Bock.”
Democrats Will
Organize Clubs
Tuesday Night
Ml Invited To Fish Fry A
Legion and Auxiliary
Building In City
Conscription Bill
Is To Become Law
Wi\ko8
Democrats of
night, September 17, seven o'
clock, at the Legion and Auxll-
i a r y clubhouse t o organize
Young Democrats Club for Wilkes
The bill authorizing conscrip
tion without any 60-day delay has
•been agreed upon by both house
and senate and will ‘be-'iome law.
Registration is expected to begin
Immediately.
AUSchookWiU
county and leaders are asking at-j County Superintendent An
nounces Opening Of Re
maining Schooils
tendance from every precinct in
the countv.
A fish fry will be a feature of
the general get-together meeting
and a most enjoyable meeting is
anticipated.
Pl-n.s are being rnade for the
organization and maintenance of
active cIuLs, which will take a
major part in the campaign for
the November election.
Singings Sept. 29 At
Haymeadow Church
J. A. Gilliam, chairman, an
nounced today that the next
All of Wilkes county’s schools
will be in operation on Monday,
S^tember 16. C. B. Eller, county
superintendent of public instruc
tion, said today.
Schools which have not o"pened
on account of damage to roads
and bridges by the flood August
14 will open Monday, September
16. Mr. Eller said. Those schools
are Moiinf Pleasant, Ferguson,
Congo and Maple Springs.
Work is in progress on a bridge
convention of the Stone \fountain acro.ss the Yadk.n at Ferguson
Singing a.ssociatio„ will be held and will be opened for traffic this
at Haymeadow church on gun-J ^-eek-end. Foot bridps are being
day, Sep! ember 29, beginning fit
ton o’clock.
The 'pastor will conduct the
devotional and the program of
.singing will continue throughout
the day. Amplifiers wUj be in
stalled so that all the crowd can
hear. All singers are invited to
be present and participate in the
singing.
Notice in Country Newspaper:
"Anybody found near my chicken
house at night will be found there
next morning.’’
erected across the river at Roar
ing River and Ronda to accomo
date school children.
Many of the schools opened
on September 2 and others on
Sept'jmber 9.
Without exception, enrollment
at the centrals schools, including
Wilkesboro, Millers Creek, Moun
tain View, TraphlH, Ronda and
Roaring River, has been larger
than last year, Mr. Eller said.
Robt. H. McNeiU
To Speak Monday
N^ht In Wilkes
Republican Cand'date Fo-^
Governor To Deliver Ad
dress At Courthouse
Major Says Three Years
May'Elapse Before Dam
Can Be Constructed
Robert H.
McNeill, Republl-
del1ver''s address on
MondSJF night, 7:30 at the court
house in Wilkesboro.
Announcement of the speaking
was made by A. A. Triplett, coun
ty chairman of Republican clubs,
who also announced that the or
ganization of Young Republicans
will be carried out at the meet
ing and the public is cordially in
vited.
'This being the native county
of the Republican candidate for
governor, it is expected that a
large crowd will be present to
hear his addres.?, Mr. Triplett
said.
Mr. McNeill is a nationally
propenent attorney and a speak
er with an enviable reputation
who can intelligently discuss the
issues of the campaign, party
leaders here pointed out in dis
cussion of the meeting and his
address Monday night.
Major Reading Wilkinson, head
of the war department’s engineer
ing office In Charleston, S. C.,
told a meeting of officials, indua-
trialists and others here today
that there are three feasible
plans for flood control in the
Yadkin Valley.
The three plans he said were:
dam for flood control only; a
high dam which could be used for
flood control and for develop
ment of power; small dams on
tributaries for flood control only.
Major Wilkinson said that hp
has placed a field party here un
der George Campson, engineer
from his office, to make a com
prehensive report of Uie flood
damage on August 14. •which win
be submitted with a report from
J. E. Gates, representative of the
department of agriculture who is
making a survey of agricultural
losses in the valley.
The report of the Charleston
office will go to the division en
gineer at Richmond, Va., and
then to the board of engineers
of the Rivers and Harbors de
partment at Washington, D. C.
His report will be submitted to
the Secretary of War and the next
step would be authorization by
the Rivers and Harbors bUL Tli*
vtoi
Reading tfie ads get yo« moi
.or leas money; trv i*.
Dokies Will Meet
On Friday Evening
North Wilkesboro Dokies club
will meet on Friday evening.
6:30 o’clock, at J. B. Charter’s
“Dogwood HUT’ on the Bruah-
ies. An interesting program has
been planned for the e’cuii- and
all members are asked to be
present-
woolil^ he an ^
congreaa.
CoDvtructieo, Major Wilkinson
estimated, wonld take aboht one
tarfd one-half years, making the
entire process of obtaining a flood
control'dam extend over a period
of about three years.
Highway Commissioner J. G.
Hackett presided over the meet
ing. Among those ipaklng Im
promptu talks were J. B. Snipes,
county agent; P. E. Brown, lum
ber manufacturer; A. H. Caae^
county attorney; A. B. Jobnstoa,
manufacturer; and S. V. Tomlin
son, merchant:
A preliminary .survey for &
flood control dam one mile west
of Wilkesboro was made by army
department engineers two years
ago, but no action was taken by
congress.
Mayor Wilkinson expressed the
opinion wlille here on August 17
that a flood control dam as pro
posed would have prevented the
destructive flood in the Yadkin
Valley on August 14.
Major Wilkinson made a per
sonal tour of inspection of the
valley from Ferguson 15 milee
west of W.Ikeshoro to Cheraw,
S. C. following the flood.
Mrs. W. H. Gibbs, of Detroit,
Michigan, is here this week vis
iting her sister. Mrs. Stokes
Hunt.
BLACKBERRIES SOURCE OF INCOME FOl^M^Y PEOPLE
Harvesting, preservation ami Those who have eaten wild black-
marketing of’a commodity which berries rightfully in.sist that cul-
srows wild and without cultiva-, tivation of the briers destroys
tion have become a profitable in-j that somethin.? in the flavor that
dustry in Wilkes county.
Blackberries is the crop and
the man at the bead of the black
berry canning Industry is S. A.
Tomlinson, w'holesaler, banker,^
manufacturer and farmer. .‘U-
though the canning enterprise is
one of his minor interests, it is
one in which he is deeply inter
ested because it adds to the
wealth of the psop'e of his coun-
Each year Mr. Tomlinso* ships
from 10,000 to 20.000 ewes of
canned blackberries. Farmers in
’Wilkes and adjacent countl^? can
the terries and sell thert for
cash to Mr. Tomlinson. Hd fur-
Uishes the cans and equip™^t on
a contract basis and none ct the
many famWea wRo yearly gi
the cannlnf business have t'
branch
an#
gtlew
makes the difference between a
delicacy or just annther food.
Fertile Soil
It is a mistaken idea, says Mr.
Tomlinson, that growth of black
berry briers denotes poor land.
On the other hand, land wiiich
will produce blackberries in a-
bundance is fertile and would
produce corn, wheat, or any other
crop adapted to the climatic con
ditions.
It was about 1915 that the
canning industry began to take
notice of wild blackberries which
grow more profusely in Wilkes
than at any place In the co-untry.
The 'berries had been used for
generatloins for home use and
canners dec-ided that the berries
should be canned and allow ev
erybody an opportunity to enjoy
their delicious wholesoBeaees.
When canned biachberriee first
'went «n the iiMirket ahont tfi
yeaix ago the dwhand vah ao
North Wilkesboro-gnd numerous
homes had large -^nners going
every July during the berry sea-
4?
.son.
’■ i H. I,echie, S. V. Tomlinson’s panning "wpertote' 'll shown‘here loading a caiTald af cuned
. . . , . “ wild)errie,s eenigMd to a Jobber in St. Loam, thhn ci^ of WOkw^remf^WgAber-
that are* doalwa wont Into ^ shipped by Mr; Tomlinson to 24 statoo last year hud provided a aonuaer iacoiw Vt many
• in mml Doonle. fStaff oholo.lMr Dwight Nichols).' . 7'* " i'A'’.
th« ooo4tact-4M(nlag booing in people.
(Staff phcdo.lnr Dwight NleMs).'
But Ip the period just after the
first World War prices went too.
high with the
got into the 1
and the public
do without the
rather than pa
prices.
Ail the dealt
kesboro except
quit the blackb;
iness because tb
er had a flouris
Tomlinson cont
that the bu8tne.s
ture and for
years Dnanced
business in W1
loos.
? V Trade 1
'the berries
number two ca
for a dime eacl
gan to pick up.
er a problem t
to sell canned
amount he can
ly by the amo
canned by the farmers. There was
a big crop of berries two years
ago and he sold 20,000 cases to
jobbler.s in 24 dififerent states.
Last year and this year the berry
crop has not been so abundant
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