London. — Oonnan ^ tx^tMrr
mnt^jd tnr and wide orer Britain
laat ntebt, atriking paitloularly
at a weat England city wklcb
bad bean aaeauited yesterday and
heavily last 9nnday night, but op
to midnight only negligible dam
age bad been reported.
Over the town in t’ne west
(which was obliquely but quite
clearly identified as Bristol, the
port through which American
anppHee have been pouring into
England) the raiders were me:
with the ahock of a fierce bar-
,jrage. They nnloaded htndreds
of lire bomba on a golf course.
The extent of which high explos
ive damage was thought to have
been small.
The London area got the wel
come ‘*ra)ders pasabd’' signal be
fore midnight. Hostile planes
were over the northeast, south
west, northwest and the east mid
lands, but in no great numbers.
It was suggested that many
northern JVance airdromes were
water-logged.
Italjan Soldiers Are
Routed
Athens. — Bayonet - thrusting
Greeks were declared yesterday
to have scattered fresh Italian
troops—"a choice regiment of
Romans,” the Greeks called them
—thrown into action in a desper
ate attempt to bolster the center
of the sagging Albanian battle
Hue.
There was no stopping their
forces here or anywhere el^e a-
long the rambling, mountainous
front, the Greeks reported.
In the north, they said. Greek
fighters pushed .steadily beyond
Pogradetz. Italian stronghold' .10
miles inside Albania, and in the
south they engaged latte -ed Ital
ians battling, fiercely to aold Ar-
girocastro, the second and last
major Fascist “invasion" base,
and keep open their path to the
Adriatic .Sea,
The Greek high command's
communique la-st night said that
in the Korltza area six abandon
ed Italian airplanes "among oth
er material.” had fallen to the
Greeks.
A
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‘Oh give Thanks unto the Lord; for He is good”—Psalms 136:1.
Many Mattresses
Are Being Made In
ProjectForCounty
County Agent Reports That
Over 500 Applications
Have Been Filed
dared that not only bad Italian
reinforcements failed to bait the
Greek advance but that these re
inforcements were being pushed
back in disorder despite their
“desperate efforts.’’
“The broken morale of the
other Italians,’’ he added, “has
been imparted to these troops.
They have been overthrown and
are retreating.’’
New Recruits for Uncle Sam’s Army
Nazis Are Not To
Aid Italians
Rome,—’Well-informed .sources
in Rome said yesterday Nazi Ger
many was leaving the fight a-
gainst Greece entirely up to Mus
solini’s Italian legions, with no
intention of intervening there to
help her southern a.xis partner.
The same sources also scouted
rumor.s here that the Nazis were
preparing to take military action
against Turkey.
The Reich is only attempting
through diplomatic activity to
keep Turkey from entering the
war on the side of her neighbor.
Greece, an informant said.
As evidence, be said, there is
no German military movement in
the Balkans and only a few Nazi
troops are in Rumania and none
in Bulgaria. (Neutral Balkan
sources have estimated there are
1.250.000 German soldiers in Ru
mania. 1
Although Bulgaria has been ex
pected to join the Rome-Berlin-
Tokyo alliance, thia source said
Us adherence to the pact was out
of question because Turkey might
consider such action grounds for
entering the war on the side of
Britain.
Spain Out Too
Spain likewise is staying out of
the alliance, this source said, for
fear of compromising her posi
tion.
Many War Prisoners
Art Held In Canada
Ottawa, Nov. 21.—Canada s of
ficial silence on the number of
empire war prisoners behind
wire in the dominion was broken
today when an official declared
there were “many thousands—
between 8.000 nad 12,000.
Most are soldiers, sailors and
airmen captured In the fighting
over-seas and civilians arrested
in the United Kingdom.
Canada’s peak internment fi
gure in the last war was 8,000.
What foresters call an extra
ordinarily successful fire sewon
has Just closed In the northern
and western National forests, re
ports the U. 8. Forest Service.
More than 100 mattresses have
been made in the mattress pro
ject in Wilkes county and over
•iOO applications are now on file,
J. B. Snipes, county farm agent,
reported today.
The mattress project was start
ed in Wilkes sj>on after the Au
gust 14 flood in order that flood
stricken people could replace
mattresses and other bedding last
in the flood. Mattress making
centers with a supervisor for each
were first eslal>li.shed at Boomer
and Wilkesboro. Soon another
was placed at Mulberry and the
most recent one was established
at Roaring River in a store build
ing donated by J. B. Church. Mr.
Snipes said that other communi
ties. including Ronda. Traphlll,
Ferguson and Maple Springs had
asked for centers but all cannot
be retched with the project.
Sixty-three bales of cotton have
already been shipped Into Wilkes . -
the
laVge 'qnalrtltlee of'ticking and’ '
thread.
Families with an annual in
come of $600 or less, or more if
there are several in the family,
may make a mattress in the pro
ject. The cost of a mattress, with
the recepient doing the work, Is
only one dollar. Tills pays tor
needles, hauling the materials,
supervision and other Incidentals.
The materials are furnished
through the Surplus Commodi
ties Corporation.
Large families may make one
mattress for each two people in
the family, the nu
A raw batch of new recruits are pictured as they arrived at Fort Deveas, at Ayer, Mass., ready to go
through the routine that will tarn them out as soldiers of the Use within a few months. There are 3,406 sol
diers and 100 officers honsed at present at Devens. Meanwhile more than 3,000 artisans are working night
and day to complete the first of 27 new barracks to accommodate the 1940 batch of draftees. Faeh bniUing
wmtti .koiHMS vnJkB . ^->
Groom Minister
In First Marriage
By Rev. Mr. Yates
Rev. J. Q. Yale.s, of Cricket,
on Friday performed his first
marriage ceremony. The groom
was also a minister. Rev. Allen
Staley. Another coincidence was
that both began their minister
ial work together three year.s ago
on September 17.
. . ,r, Rev. Mr. Staley, a son of Mr.
mber of mat-:«"l ^rs. Roby SUley. of Reddles
tres.»es in no case to exceed three
per family, Mr. Snipes said.
Hunting Season
Is Open Today
R:ver, was married to .Miss 'Vir-
gie Pilkington, daughter of .Mr.
and Mr.=. Ira Pilkington. of Wil-
bar.
The vows were spoken in the
home of Rov, Mr. Yates with only
a few relatives and intimate
friends present. The couple will
make their home at Wllbar.
Game Protector Tell, Daily Creek All
And Season Bag Limits —
For Game In County
piracy Case
Called For Trial
28 Defendants In
Case In Progress
In Federal Court
"joinee. Tyre C. Caudill, Cager
Teague, Clay B. Bauguess, Wll-
■ Uara Dunn, Yates White and
Henry L. Russel.
Capias ppaers were issued for
Leroy Courtney, M. C. Howard,
Isaac Sam Teague, Melvin C.
Brookshire and Walter McCoy.
10 Of 28 Enter Trial With Plane Workers
Not Guilty Plea, And
Ten Plead Guilty
Stars Win 1st Game,
Today is Thanksgiving day and
also the date for opening of the
hunting season for the most j
popular species of game in Wilkes
and adjoining counties.
Homer Brookshire. Wilkes
county game protector, issued a
stern warning to all hunters that
game laws will be enforced.
He also pointed out the fact
that the first requirement before
going into the fields and fores
In search of game is a hunting
license, which may be obtained
from any one of several dealert
in the county.
The quail and rabbit season
opens today and attention is call
ed to the bag limits. It is unlaw
ful to take over ten quail in one
day or 150 during the season
Game hogs w'ho take all they can
get are responsible for the dimin
ishing supply of this popular
game bird.
The rabbit bag limit is ten per
day with no limit for the season.
The grouse limit is two for
any one day and two for the sea
son. In other words, when you
have taken two grouse you have
all the law will allow for a sea
son.
The quail and rabbit season
will close on February 15. The
grouse season closes on January
15.
CIGARETTES
Trial of 28 defendants indicted
on charges of conspiracy to de
fraud the United States govern
ment out of liquor taxes li-jgan
today in federal court at Wilkes
boro.
At the opening of the trial sev- I
eral defendants entered pleas of i
Millers Creek all star basket- guilty, one nolo contendere and
ball team won a hard fought has- five had not been taken,
ketball game Thursday night 21 | The defendants going to trial
to 17 on the latter’s court. iwith pleas of not guilty were Earl
It was the opening .game of the
season for the Millers Creek all
stars, a team con'posed of former
high school graduates in the com
munity. The Millers Cieek team.
To Give Bomber
For Christmas
Burbank, Calif., Nov. 25.—
Represent ative.s of the 20.000
employes at Lockheed and Vega
aircraft plants started a move
ment today to give the Royal Air
Force a $100,000 Hudson bomb
er as a Christmas present.
.E. J. Morgan, an employe of
the Vega material planning de
partment, said workers had a-
gre,ed through their two recrea
tional organizations to donate
their time to building the craft.
Identical to many now in service
would like to schedule games
with other teams within a radi -
of 50 miles. Any team wishing to
schedule games Is asked to write
Gwyn NiChols, Millers Creek, N.
C.
The consumption of cigarettes
in 1939 established an all-time
high of 172.500,000,000, np 6 per
cent from the 163,800,000,000
of 1938, despite Increase state
sales taxea.
J. Gambill, Robert Hutchison.
Roscoe Hayes, W. Gordon Ben
ton. Bryan Hutchison, Joe P. jfor the British.
Hayes, S. C. Hutchison. Elmer Morgan added that company
Dunn. John Alexander and Jack-j officials had received “enlhusias-
son J. Threatt. Josephus Teague tically" a proposal that parts and
submitted a plea of nolo conten- ' plant facilities be donated.
jg,.e ‘ r “The Brltlfih are responsible
Those entering pleas of guilty for many of us work.’’ Mores'
were Council Hayes, Jesse M. 'declared, “and we think a Chrlst-
Joiinson. Major Teague, Sheloy mus gift would be a fine thing.”
flanges In AAA
Pre^am For 1941
Are Announced
The County AAA office ha.
Just received some regulations on
the 1941 Program of certain
practices that require "Prior Ap
proval” of the County Commit
tee. “Prior approval’’ means that
before credit can be given on
any practice that comes under
these headings: that, prior ap
proval must be given by the com
mittee to the producer vfho anti
cipates using any of the practices
to earn units on the 1941 Pro
gram. The practices that require
prior approval to be given are as
follows:
1. Contour Stripcropping. "The
prior approval of the county com
mittee should state the approxi
mate width of strips of inter-till
ed and close-growing crops, the
crops which are to be establish
ed or maintained in the strip
cropping system, and the approxi
mate acreage included in the
practice.” This practice pays one-
fifth unit or 30 cents per acre.
2. Forest Stand Improvement:
“Prior approval of the county
committee for this practice will
require a visit to the woodland to _
-be Impreve^ and detailed lB*triMS-|taitii-BYrd, Ronda; Iredell Danejr,
Phr« From Wilko, Will
To Fort Bragf On Mor»>
ing Of Decoraber 11th,
The two dftift board, iol
Wilkes county have raoaiTad
flelal call for men to go to Fort til
Btfigg' tor a Tfr of training m
OBeacabor 11.'
Board number one, with bead*
qaartera at WilkMboro, will fni^^
niah two men, both white, no
tlrat two volnnteers, Raymond
Pearson, of Millers Creek, and
Balo Queen, of Gilreath, have al
ready been examined and aro»
ready to go.
Board number two, with head
quarters at the city ball in this:
city, has received official call tor
three white men, who are to leavo.
here for Fort Bragg on the morn
ing of December 11, 7:30 o’clock, ,
by bus. They will be chosen from
the seven volunteers In the order
of ‘heir applications to volun
teer, Luther Raymond Hampton,
was a colored man, and the next
four were Paul Reeves, of North
Wilkesboro route one; Charlie
Eugene Billings, of Dehart; Ru
fus Monroe Ellis, of McGrady;
Presley Elmer Casey, of Traphlll;
William Bud Burchette, o t
North Wilkesboro; Robert Ford
Adams, of Dehart. All except the
last two have been classified and
placed in class 1 as eligible for
service provided they are physi
cally fit.
In addition to the volunteer^
Board number two has placed the
following in class one after ex
amining the first questionnairee
returned: Janies Dwight Waugh,
colored, of North Wilkesboro;
Port Tulburt Long, Vannoy;
Charles Spurgeon Hudson, North
Wilkesboro; Jesse Oliver Caudle,
Ronda; Harless Harvey Lovette,
North Wilkesboro: Connie Mon
roe Cleary, Mertie; Avery Cllng-
tions to the producer which will
conform with the requirements
for orestry Prcatlces for 1941.’’
This practice will pay two units
or $3.00 per acre.
Vannoy: Richard Finley Gentry,"
Thurmond; David Benjamta
Swaim, Roaring River; Lonso
Odell Lankford, Cricket; Claude
Allen Ellis. McGrady: George Ed-
3. Apple Tree Removal. “Prior Eller, North Wilkesboro. Flu-
approval of the county commit-jai classification is subject to
tee will be made only after an j appeal and results of the physi-
inspection has been made of the'cal examination. T’wenty-lhree
orchard by a representative of j were placed in class 3, deferred
the county committee and the because of dependents,
trees which are to be removed Board number two here yester-
wiH be marked at the time of the jay mailed out questionnaires to
visit.” This practice will pay 30c local order numbers 50 through
per tree for trees from 5 to 12
inches in diameter and 50c per
tree for all over 12 inches In di
ameter.
4. Fruit or Nut Tree Planting
on Contour. "Prior approval of
the county committee will be giv
en only after a representative of
the county committee has inspect
ed the acreage to he planted, has
determined that contour planting
is necessary to prevent erosion
and has approved the plans for
planting as staked out on the
ground.” This practice will pay
one unit or $1.50 per acre.
The above quotations are tak
en directly from the regulations
that were furnished to the Coun
ty Committee by H. A. Patten,
who is head Field Officer and in
charge of compliance.
Farmers on the 1941 Program
jre further warned that any fer-
illier or liming material that is
secured from a private source
hd applied to the land must be
•ccompanied by a receipted bill
or invoice before credit can be
given on the 1941 program.
100 and to the two most recent
volunteers. The questionnaires
must be returned by Monday, De
cember 2.
Draft board number 1 in
Wilkes has mailed out question
naires to registrants with order
numbers through 96 and to sev
en volunteers. Sixteen, including
the volunteer.-!, have been placed
in class 1 as eligible for service.
FOOTBALL CHAMPlCiiS OF WILKES COUNH
Wilkesboro high school's Rsrablers, who won tke W 4(es feottall championship last week by a
win over North Wilkesboro high in the aainial grid tasaiii hei
front row is the line, left to right as follows; Jarvk,
1 here, are shown in the above pictiire.
Albert Dennis, Kimtali,
In the
Boyce
M^re; boMld Linney. Rufis ani Do«% L^y. ’ The fmr tacks;
men of Wilkesboro” following the victory over Nort* Wflkasboro, are, left to right. LhnrtM iiarwooa.
Sonny Bouchelle, Bill Phillips and Eddie Adlempn. e
Crop Rotation
Pays Dividends
By J. B. SNIPES
(County .Agent)
The purpose of a crop rota
tion is to conserve and build up
soil and increase the yields of
crops.
H. C. Roberts, of Cycle, has
been following a crop rotation for
the past eight years and is very
much pleased with the results
that he Is now getting by tollow-
Ing this rotation. Some eight
years ago, E. C. Blair, Extension
Agronomist, paid Mr. Roberts a
a visit and at this time worked
out a rotation for Mr. Roberts’
farm. Mr. Roberts stated that the
rotation has greatly improved the
yield of the crop as well as con-
ierved and added humus and or
ganic matter to the soil.
Mr. Roberts feels satisfied that
his rotation has been worth $i,-
>00.00 per year for the past three
(Continued on page eight)
Demonstratioii In
Use Of Electricity
Four Meetings Will Be HeU
In County With Special
ists In Charge
By J. B. SNIPFii
(County Agent)
l our meetings have been work
ed up and scheduled for next
week to demonstrate the place
that electricity has on the farm.
D. E. Jones, Rural Electrifica
tion specialist, of State College,
and L. L. Ray, Duke Power com
pany specialist, of Greensboro
and North Wilkeslioro, will be
with us and assist in the raeet-
Jngs. Duke Power company has
about 300 miles of rural lines in
the county and we want to dem
onstrate the value of electricity
on the farm, in poultry, dairy and
other farm work.
Demonstrations will be given
in grinding poultry feed, cow
feed, hog feed, brooding chicks,
grinding farm tools, sawing wood,
and wiring houses. , ^
The four meetings will be held
on the following farms and all
farmers In the county have m
special invitation to attend any
or all meetings:
Recember 3, J. W. Casey farm
at Cycle, 10:00 a. m.; December
3, J. M. German, Boomer, 2;0*s
o’clock; December 4, Virgil
Church, Highway No. 431, PwM:
lear, 10:00 a. m.; Decemb^.-.4,
W. J, Templeton, Mountain Vievr^
at 3:00 Mm, ,, .-.j>
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