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Mitf J*r». ■ Fried ■ Si' OTnley,
«e Korth 'Vm«Bbor».-;lbaire an-
aovsced the i mieMsge of'' their
dugbter, Mndr«d'‘Tate,' to ' Mr.
loeorurd Broote at YOri:, e.'C.-i on
JrUy 5th. The ceremonY was'per
formed by Rev. P-. B. Edwards at
the Presbyterian manse.
Ttie clndee ot the North Wil-
kesboro Presbyterian church
wiU meet on Tuesday as fol-
hma;
Circle No. 1, Mrs. Robert S.
OS>be at 8:30.
Oirde No. 2, Mrs. C. D. Cof
fey at 3:80.
Chxle No. 8. Mrs P. C. For.
ester at 8:80.
Circle No. 4, Miss Elizabeth
PtnJey.
Circle No. 5, Mrs. T, A. Fin-
ley.
Circle No. 6, Mrs. Fred Pin.
ley at 7:80.
The Circles of the North
'Wiikesboro Methodist chnrsb
will meet with the following
hostesses:
Mary Brame Circle, with
Mrs. A. iC' ^dbnaton at her cot
tage for a picnic at 7:00,
Emma Hcvton Circle, MiW. R,
J. HhfshaWjWlth’ltfrs. Crews as
ctvhpkm' 8:^.
ilie Gardner Clrde wUI have
a piopic at Bollywood Bake
Wednesday afternoon. All
members are invited to be pres
ent.
Frank Smoot Circle, Mrs. J.
W. Powell and Mrs, B- H. Shell
as co-hostess at 8:80.
Piunklin Circle will not
meet.
The Woman’s Missionary So
ciety of the First Baptist,
church wlU meet on Tuesday
night at 8:00 at the chnrt*.
Circle No. 4 will meet with
Mrs. Paul Billings on Tuesday
evening at 8:00.
The Episcopal Auxiliary will
meet on Tuesday with Mrs. B.
R. Underwood at 4:00.
The Woman’s Society of
Christian Service of the, Wii
kesboro Methodist church will
meet with Mrs. J. W’. White at
3:00.
Samuel Knight
Last Rites Today
Funeral service was held to
day, 11 a. m., at Little Rock
church near Boomer for Samuel
Knight, age 53, citizen of that
community who died Saturday in
Baptist hospital in Winston-Sal
em. Rev. C. O. Johnson conduct
ed the service.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary Lou Johnson, and two sons,
Jesse and Tommie Johnson.
American Red Cross
To Erect Building
At Fort Bragg
J. A. Boyette^' Warsaw, has
demonstrated definitely that it
pays to mix fertilizer thoroughly
with the soil before ridging to
transplant tobacco, says L. F.
Weeks, assistant farm agent of
Duplin county.
Just
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Fort Bragg.—Mr. John A. Cra
mer, Field Director of the Amer
ican Red Cross announced today
that the American Red Cross had
decided to erect a handsome brick
colonial building at Fort Bragg
to house its growing personnel.
Construction is expected to begin
in about three weeks and the
building will cost about $15,000.
The announcement ot the ^con
struction plans were made fol
lowing an all day conference with
post officials yesterday with re
gard to a building site, in which
Mr. M. A. L. Gardner, building
advisor from National Red Cro,ss
HeadQuarters in Washington par
ticipated.
American Red Cross personnel
currently on duty at Fort Bragg
include in addition to Field Di
rector Cramer, Mr. Raymond F.
Wooldridge, Assistant Director
Mr. George L. Seay, Mrs. Cordelia
Spears. Mrs. Doris Brown and
Miss Anna Kotalik of the main
Fort Bragg office, Mr. Drenner
Browne and MLss Marjorie Means
on duty with the 9th Division.
Mrs. Ruth A. Wells, Miss Elberta
Foster and Miss Edna Williamf
at Station Hospital No. 2 and Miss
Jame H. Boyd at Station Hospital
No. 3.
William M. Walsh
Rites Held Friday
Funeral service was held Fri
day afternoon at White Oak
'church for William M. Walsh, age
I 49, who died in High Point Tues-
,day.
Mr. Walsh, a native of the
|^Vhite Oak community, is surviv
ed by his wife, his mother, Mrs.
C. L. Parsons, one son, Julius A.
Walsh, and one brother, Everett
Parsons, of Wilbar.
Pall bearers at the funeral
were Austin Ashley, Heg Ashley,
Mack, Darias, Clifford and Wil
lard Walsh.
Flowers were carried by Mes-
dames Virginia Whitley, Male
Ashley, Willard Walsh, Darias
Walsh, Misses Eva Parsons, Es
ther Griffin. Clara Ashley, Hazel
Lee Ashley, Eleanor Parsons,
Evarine Parsons and Viola Hard-
irig.
Use the advertising columns o*
this naner as vour shonping guide
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
TOWN OF WIIKESBORO
The 1940 Taxes that are not paid will be advertised
next week and a separate charge for advertising
made therefor-
We are, therefore, making a special effort to call
this fact to the attention of the Taxpayers,and to
urge them to co-operate with us in our effort to
save them the additional cost of advertising by
payment ol their 1940 taxes on or before Aug. 12.
J. F. JORDAN,
Clerk and Tax Collector
Town of Wiikesboro
’ Dorian T. Payne, local
s^ntatlye 6f the Jefferson Btag-
^d IJfe Insurance, Company,'
Greensitoro,. North Carolina, ..
tilved'the semi-annual report
day from the Home'Office vrbldi'
wag presented to the hoard of dl-?
rectors of the company at the
semi-annual, meeting held on
July 28. •;
Some very Interesting figures'
were released hy President JTul-
lan Price at the meeting. The
company now has more than
$435,000,000 life insurance ' fai'
force. Assets increased during the
past six months at the rate Of
$900,000 per month, and now
exceed 1100,000,000.
IMrectors of the company de
clared a semi-annual dividend of
75c per share on the capital
stock. The Jefferson Standard has
approximately 475 Individual
stock holders.
President Price announced fol
lowing the meeting that Emry C.
Green, president of the Pilot Life
Insurance Company, had reslgn-
>ed as a member of the Jefferson
{standard board and that W. G.
Clark, Jr., of Tarboro, had suc
ceeded him. Clark is engaged with
his father, also a member of the
board. In the mercnatlle and to
bacco warehouse business.
Incomes Increased
“The large sums of money
which the government is spend
ing on its defense program mean
less unemployment and increased
incomes,” President Price ’ re
marked. "This is reflected in our
sUtement in an increased produc
tion of business, a better renewal
rate and a splendid increaao 1"
insurance in force.’’
Going further, the company’s
chief executive explained that the
paid-for business for the first six
months of the year amounted to
$28,667,404. the largest total
since 1928.
'Coimparing this increase with
the average increase of 4 per cent
for all companies shows the ex
ceptional progress of our com
pany,” he declared. “Our in
crease in business in force is
$13,505,379, which is the larg
est increase for the first six
months in over 20 years. Tif®
tal business in force is $’> >-
824,570.’*
The company, which next
n;onth celebrates its 34th anni
versary. has had satiafMtory
earnings during the first half of
the vear. President Price said.
The ■ Jefferson Standard has in
creased its surplus $370,000,
added $100,000 to its contingen
cy reserve and $25,000 to funds
for a pension plan.
The capital, surplus and c( .i-
tingency fund now totals *7.200,^
000, an increase of $470,00
since December 31st, 1940.
Stock Subscribed
The 7.000 shares of Pilot Life
stock which the Jefferson Stand
ard made available to its stock
holders on a pro rata tasla have
been entirely subscribed. Presi
dent Price reported. This- gives
the Pilot the status of an entirely
independent company and reduces
the Jefferson Standard’s original
investment in the Pilot to a-
round 2.500 shares.
Board members present were
President Price, C. Elmer Leak.
Julius C. Smith, Joseph M-
Howard Holderness, Ralph L.
Price. Emry C. Green, Charles W.
Causey and Pierce C. Rucker, all
of Greensboro; W. L. Brooks.
Charlotte; Shepard Bryan, Atlan
ta, and W. G. Clark, Sr., Tar-
boro. . -
Not present were Selby Ander
son. Wilson; W. A. Blair, Win
ston-Salem, and A. G. Myers, Gas
tonia.
Ind, South 'Cafdn^ ^
^ Floridu. He wu leuvlhg
ey'all’ufiuarJiievtnill but the^gbf-
ernm4nft ageuta Wo^d^-'arrive
,a town too MeitoimKker an
rest because WUm had ^uat gone
'oh'' to the hex?-to' iMtt' out %oie
’ioohtei-felt;'
Greer Garson and Walter ,Pidg-
eon as Edna and Sam Gladney in
M-G-M’a Technicolor production
of “BlossOma in the Dust,” stirr
ing drama inspired by the fas
cinating story of Edna Gladney,
pioneer in the field of child wel
fare work. Miss Garson in her
latest characterization follows
Spencer Tracy, famous for his
Father Flanagan role, as one of
the few Hollywood stars to por
tray a living character, 'The pic
ture, which opens today at the
Liberty Hieatre, also marks
Miss Garson’s debutt in Techni
color.
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In Wiles’ home county Of
Wilkes, where It was later learn,
ed he visited vUeveral times while
passing his bogus hills, he put
out many-counterfeit $5 and $10
bills.
Wiles’ splurge Into counterfeit
ing lasted more than ' twice as
'R>ng the average bnt came tc
an abrupt end at three a. m. or
Sunday morning, August 1934,
when he wm captured in a tour
ist cehin five miles north of
-Mount Airy on the Fancy Gap
road near the Virginia state line.
L. O. Padgett, secret service
agent, was accompanied by Sur
ry County officers when they sur.
rounded the cabin In which Wiles
was sleeping and threw tear gas
boonihs In the Window. He was
captured without violence.
He was sleeping with his guns
and under his pillow was $1,010
in counterfeit hills. He told them
he had passed over $.2,000 of the
money in stz states.
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Mrs. ^nnie, Hgll Wyatt,.,, age
65/ wife .of'Monrpe Wyf^tt, 6'
Union, township, died at her hoF:
Sati|,j:day. Eunerrl
service Ur:*
held Bunday, three p. . m.j ,a*
Reddies River ebnreh with ReV
Shade Caudle. in charge.
Surviving are her husband an '
four daughters: Mrs. Bessie J'
nlngs. North Wiikesboro; Mrs
Stella Hawkins, Hays; Mrs. Rox.''
Brown and Mrs. Lula Mitchell,
■both of Wilbar.
SISTER KENNY’S TREAT.
MENT FOR INFANTILE PA-
RALYSIS. An intimate picture of
the personality and revolutionrry
methods of the Australian "Bush
Nurse,’* whose remarkable theor
ies are now S'eing tested by Medi
cal Science. An Intensely inter
estlng and informative article by
Robert D. Potter. One of many
features In the August 17th issue
of The American Weekly, the Big
Magazine Distributed With the
Baltimore Sunday American, On
Sale at All Newsstands.
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an, Is a gon the late Rev, W.
F; *Suley whO serired the Clfiirch^
as pastor for a Btt#iheU'%f year
-i’rte program f'ConSlBted' o;
works by the Old Mastere; pfee.
ent d^y .^omppsers and , his own
composition^.,
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DEH YDRSiTED^:
Pehydrateo foods, declared
equal In value to canned foods by
the Food Committee of the Army
rnd Navy Rations Board, may
help solve a possible shortage ot
tin.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes in fed
eral court at Greensboro sentenc-
ed him to seven to ten years in | Use the advertising columns of
the federal penitentiary at At- ^ this paper as your shopping sruyi*^
lanta, Ga. On July 5 this year he
ADMINISTRATOR’S NO^CE
Having qualified as Administra- ,
tor, eta., of the estate of Minnie
Glass Parker, deceased, this is to
notify all persqns indebted to said i
estate to make immediate payment
to the undersigned administrator,!
through his attorney, A. H. Caseyj J
North Wiikesboro, N. C., and allj
persons having claims against said .
estate will present same to A. H._
Casey, attorney, on or before the
5th tlay of August, 1942, or this
noMce will be'plead in bar of their
right to recover.
This the 6th day of Augrust, A.
D., 1941.
JOHN V. PARKE31, .
Administrator, eta., o fthe Ehtato
of Minnie Glass Parker, dec'd.
By A. H. CASEY, Atty.
9-8-6t (m)
WILES TRIAL TO BEGIN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
(Continued from pag;e one)
they were not alarmed, thinking
that perhaps the other officer had
fired some warning shots at one
of the fleeing men. They walked
at a normal pace back to the
yard and found no one there ex
cept Constable Wyatt. He wa.s
dead.
A bullet had hit the center of
his forehead.
Some of the men who h:’'*
Specialist in Scents
The strong scent that hurt the
lungs of Private Stanley Schultz
of Company A. 60th Infantry,
when he spent his first night in
the army camp at Fort Bragg,
was “fresh air.”
Schultz had been, used to work- --
ing in the aromatic perfumery of powered automatic fine oy
a cheese factory and claims he side and with an automatic
been seated in the semi-circl'
were found and they said ths'
Everett Wiles fired two sho(.
one of which hit the officer i;
the forehead. The other wen'
through his hat.
That w'as the beginning of thi
search for Wiles, which went or
for two years.
He was declared an outlaw an
$200 was offered as a reward
For a few months Wiles is he
lieved to have “hid out” in hi
home community, where he hs'
plenty of friends, and Wilkes of
ficers received reports that he
was continuing to make liquoi
even after the reward was posted
for his’capture, dear or alive.
Deputy Sheriff George Holland
was in that community one day
with other officers looking for a
still. Holland met Wiles In r
field. Wiles raised his rifle and
Holland drew his revolver. They
exchanged three shots ■ each at
about 100 yards and Wiles re
treated. Holland, a veteran of bat
tle In the Spanish-American War.
said he knew Wiles was not
missing has mark far because two
of the bullets whizzed by his ears.
On one occasion during the
search for Wiles In Wilkes Sol
Byrd, who succeeded Nathan Wy
att as constable of Rock Creek,
found Wiles in the forest near his
home. Wiles is reported to have
seen the officers first, held him
up at the point of a high power
ed Tifle', and ordered him out of
the community.
Reports came from several
places that Wiles was captured
and Wilkes deputies traveled
many hundreds of miles to iden
tify” the outlaw only to find that
the arresting officers ha.d made a
mistake.
But later Wiles made a mis
take. He went north and obtained
several thousand dollars in coun
terfeit $5, $10 and $20 bills.
That put agents of the U. S. sec
ret service on his trail.
Wiles is said to have traveled
in an automobile with a high
■ his
ind
was released from prison am"
placed in jail at Atlanta to await
Wilkes Sheriff C. T. Doughton
who had notified prison official
that Wiles was wanted In Wilke'
on a first degree murder charge
Sheriff Doughton took with
him Deputy George Holland, whe
nine years ago had exchange'
shots with Wiles, to help brinr
Wiles back. Holland and Wile:
occupied the back seat of Sheriff
Doughton’s automobile. Once
Wiles tried to get the deputy’:
gun but failed.
At Conover Wiles was allowe'
to go into a rest room. He jumped
through a window and the offi
cers had a merry chase before he
was re-captured and brought or
to Wiikesboro. Next day he w
sent to the Iredell county j.ail '
Statesville to await trial because
nlumh'ng work was in pmev'"
at the Wilkes jail and chance?
for escape were too numerous fc
>106 so desperate.
Prior to the killing of Wyatt.
Wiles had spent some time ii
Chicago, where he was reputed tc
be affiliated with notorious gang:
in the Windy City.
Clarence E. Blackstock. o f
Asheville, recently appointed e
mergency judge l.y Governor J
M. Broughton, will preside over
Wiles’ case in in Wilkes court a
the state asks the depth penalt-
for the death of an officer nine
years ago. It will be Judge Black-
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JIM MARVIN GETS A DEFENSE JOB
THE STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE
J^VfMAT KIND
ror woRK^CAN
YOU 00/
'T’M working
IN A STORE
rWOW BUT I’M A
MACHINIST BY
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'’phone the 60RD0N\
^lACHINE SHOP THAT
/we’re sending over
1a MACHINIST WE THINK
VWILL SUIT THEM
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1. Jim Marvin knows tbii a lot of akUled
workers will be needed in building tanka,
trucks, ships, guns, and other material
needed for national defense. So he goes to
his local State employment office, where, at
no cost, be can regiater for a job.
2. For 2 years Marvin has been clerking in
grtfeery store. But he wants to get back
at his trade as a machinist, where his^ train
ing and experience will be aseful in the
defense program. ’The employment office
makes a record of the places he has worked
and the kinds of wont he has done, and
checks his knowledie of his trade.
3. 4 w«ek !•*«*' *he employment office has
a call from a local machine shop for a
maehinisL The card on Jim Marvin showt
that he has the required experience. He is
told abont the opening, and the machine
shop is notified that he will apply for the job.
4. Jim Marvin got the job. EQa place in the
grocery store has been filled by the employ
ment office. Jim ia glad to be working at
his trade again and to have a direct part in
the Nation’s preparation for defense.
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