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War News
Reds Acknowledge
German Advances
Mpacow.—The Red army ac
knowledged German gains In the
paches toward Tdoscow and Len-
Insrad last night, but as for the
vital Ukraine sector acknowl
edged only that fierce fighting
was raging at Bel Tserkov, 50
miles south of Kiev.
Smolensk, a gutted provincial ^
city 230 miles west of here, was j
^abandoned "a few days ago,” the
»■ diivlct information bureau com-
mnnique said. (The Germans]
claimod its capture in mid-July ■
and said Nazi troops had fought ]
their way beyond to Vyazma, only
130 miles west of Moscow.)
Russian troops also battled the
Germans at Staraya Russa. near
the southern shores of Lake Il
men, still 140 miles south of Len
ingrad and 40 miles east of Soltsi.
*'* The Finnish drive from the
north still was held in the Kakl-
aalml region, 75 miles from Len
ingrad. the Russians said.
Destruction of 4 3 Nazi planes
Tuesday was claimed to a Soviet
loss of 35 aircraft, and a Red
submarine was credited with sink
ing a 15.000-ton German tanker
in the Baltic.
Four German torpedo boats and
seve.-al transports were reported
destroyed by combined Red naval
and air action in the same area.
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VOL. XXaV.^No. 41 ' l-uDiiahed Mondays and Thursdays. NORTH WILKBBBOBO.^K. C-. THuSBdAY, AUG. 14. 194| : |1.50 In the State ^ $2.00 Out of State
►i
For nuitl^ advantage
do yoor buying in NorUi
Wilkesb^, thtf trading j
center of Northwestern
North Carolma.
Food for the Big Bakers
R.A.F. Bombs Berlin,
il Other German Cities
^ London.—Masses of bombers—
roof - scraping Blenheims and
high altitude Ameiican - made
Fortress planes — fanned out
through disor.ganized German
fighter defense and bombed Ber
lin and a dozen other German and
German-held cities in a continu
ing day and night offensive, of-^
'M ficial Britain reported last night.
The bombers pounded Berlin j
for two hours, starting many fires |
which were visible for great dis- j
tances, the air ministry news serv- j
and they reached the
jParkServiceOffice
Here Disbanded;
Seek WPA Project
Landscaping and Park De
velopment Work May Be
Resumed Under WPA
Johnson And Faw Sentence^
Shepherd Trial Is In Progress
JtAYER GETS 29 TO 39 YEARS
Sixteen-inch shells for her guns are trundled down the deck of H.M.S
Welson, British battleship. Men doing the trundling and handling theii
iangerous loads with aU the aplomb of veterans are members of thi
Sonth African division of thn royal naval volunteer reserve, who ar«
servmg their annual training stint with the British fleet.
Million Bushels Apples
In BrLshies* Orchards
Kru?p^ Am.rwork7at Essen and; And Alexander Fruit Growers Hear
The National Park Service of
fice here in charge of landscap
ing and park development dong
the Blue Ridge Parkway in North
Carolina is being disbanded and
the work will be resumed through
the district WPA office. It was
learned here today from J. H.
Armfleld, who has been in charge
of the office here tor the past
several months.
Prrk service officials in Roa
noke. Va., said recently that the
ERA funds by which the work
had been in progress are prac
tically exhi^nsted and that WPA
projects will be .set np in North
Carolina and Virginia to resume
the work. Meanwhile m?ny em
ployes have been laid off pending
reorganization.
Mr. Armfield said here that the
park service will maintain a small
office in the maintenance build
ings at Bluff Park near Laurel
Springs. However, the office
which had been located on the
second floor of the Tomlinson De
partment Store building here has
been disbanded, effective this
week.
The office was in charge of
landscaping along the parkway
in North Carolina .snd was in
charge of development of wayside
parks and recreation areas along
the parkway.
there started “a tremendous j State Experts At Big Field Day
half a mile long. . , I a l • \X7 J -J
Despite extremely unfavorable And FlCniC WedneSdfiyjr ,.
weather seme of the attackers I y ■ V* ‘
Stbttin ooj Prospects for a mllHon-hnshel rfM*.''^flElTvanDeiman
the Baltic coast. | apple crop In Wilkes and Alexan- horticulturist of the N.
Wellingtons, Menchesters, Stir- jgj. counties this year rdded to
lings and Halifaxes also were piea.sure and optimistic atti-
mong the plains which darted i ,i,g jpo or more Brushy
Says Sheriff Not
the Custodian of
Lewis Johnson, left, was .sentenc-ed in Wilkes court this week to
29 to ."O years for the mu der of Crommie Hutchison after he plead
ed guiltv to second degree murder. He is shown here in custody of
Oscar Felts, deputy sheriff, as he was being Uken from the jail to
the courtroom. (Photo by Dwight Nichols)
Gibbs Nev; Manager Of Penney Store;
Sixth Homicide
Case During the
Term Under Way
Johnson Gets 29 to 30 Years
For Murder Hutchinson;
Faw 18 to 19 Months
1
Wilkes superior court yester
day completed trial of the flfUi
homicide case during the current
term and started the sixth.
Jury after a few minutes de
liberation convicted Charlie Faw
of manslaughter for the death of
Hamp Eiller near Reddies River
on highway 16 July 6. Evidence
had been produced tending to
show that Faw was responsible,
either by a blow or through an
automobile accident, for the brok
en neck which caused Eller’s
death.
Judge Hoyle Sink sentenced
Paw to 18 to 19 months in the
penitentiary and gave him the
same sentence on charges of driv
ing drunk, the latter sentence
concurrent with the first.
The case of Ambrose Shepherd,
prominent farmer of the Reddles
River community, for the fatal
shooting of George Johnson at
the Shepherd home was called and
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall announc
ed that the state wsa seeking a
verdict of second degree murder
or manslaughter.
Sallie Walker was the star wit
ness for the state. She said she
was at the Shepherd home on the
aeiate
through breaks in the clouds to! Mountains fruit growers who al
and railway sta-1
spot buildings
tions.
Although the German defense
In general was termed spotty,
Berlin’s resistance was powerful.
The bombers "fought their way
through every defense Berlin
could muster.” the news service
> said. "Searchlights in the hun-
f^^reds massed in groups of 30 or
40 followed the bombers through
the sky and the barrage continued
without remission."
U. S. To Take
Martinique,
Nazis Charge
Vichy. — The Retain govern
ment was warned in Nazi dis
patches last night that the Ignited
States and
Britain
I tended the annual field day and
: picnic of their Fruit Growers As
sociation yesterday. The meeting
wa.s held in the fine apple orch
ard of W. H. H. Waugh, located
atop the Bnishies in the Gilreath
community.
With Delicious and Bonum va-
vieties of apples already rosy-
cheeked, the fruit growers are
preparing for the harvest and
marketing season which will be
gin within the next two weeks.
For this reason, the problems of
grading and marketing apples
were pararanunt in the discii.s-
sinns. Don Matheson. supervisor
of the federal-state inspection ser-
I vice, had the most prominent part
ion the program which followed a
! field tour of a section of the
are ready to I Waugh orchard
C. agri
cultural experiment station In
charge of the apple rasearch lab
oratory at Pores Knob, conducted
the field tour and explained ex
perimental work In the control of
coddling moths which is proving
successful. VanDeman explained
that a relation has been ^onnd be
tween weather conditions and the
infestation of apple orchards by
the moths.
Dr. R. F. Smith, research ento
mologist of State College, sug
gested to growers that they u.se
bait traps in their individual
orchards to check the infestation
by moths, and in that manner de
termine the proper time to apply
sprays. Dr. Smith also talked on
experiments being conducted in
the control of “Wooly Aphids,”
(Continued on page eight)
answer the French pledge
A "closer bonds’’ with the axis by
■ seizing Martinique and other
Jr French possessions in the West
ern Hemisphere.
The German-dominated news
paper in Paris, quoting informa
tion from Stockhom. alleged that
Britain and the United States are
"nearly agr-»ed" on a 'oroad pro
gram of countering France’s move
toward fuller collaboration with
A^Dlf Hitler.
.^e British and Americans, ac-
«Wtng to this unconfirmed re-
fort, will take "immediate mili-
fey’ and imlitical measures” in
boUl the Atlantic and Pacific if
FrMce acts in concert with the
axis, including:
I 1. Joint occupation of Freetown
J oa the West African coast just
' south of strategic Dakar to “put
prewire” on the French.
1. Occupation by United Sta^
of all French possessions In
Western Hemisphere.
S. A break in American-French
diplomatic relations and U. S.
recognition of General Charles de
OauHe’s "Free French’’ regime.
- 4_ gevere financial sanctions a-
Kainst France In event diplomatic
'Nations with Vichy are now
broken off.
of i In a discussion of marketing.
Matheson rgreed with local grow
ers tliat the market outlook U op^
timi.stic, and prices higher than
the 70 cents per liushel paid for
the average apples last year are
to be expected this year. He said
that locrl consumption of apples
is expected to be greater due to
increased activity in mills and
construction centers nearby,
where most of the crop produced
in this section is sold. He also
pointed to the demand anticipated
from army camps within the
state, and to the genen I improve
ment in economic conditions.
Arranged Meeting
J. B. Snipes. Wilkes county
farm agent, arranged for the
meeting in co-operation with
George Hobson, Alexander county
farm agent: Miss Elizabeth Wil
liams, Wilkes home agent; Mrs.
Agnes Watts, Alexander home
't^g'agent; and H. C. Colvard, assist
ant farm agent in Wilkes.
H. R. Niswonger, extension hor
ticulturist of N. C. State College,
presided over the discussion pe-
School Bus Drivers
Will Hold School
The Highway Safety Divi.rion
in conjunction with the Highway
Patrol h."s arranged to conduct a
school for all school bus drivers
in this county on Monday, Tnes-
da/ and Wednesday, August 18th,
19, and 20th. The classes will he
conducted in- Wilkesboro school
building and driving tests made
close by. 'The cla-sses will begin
each morning at 7:30.
It is necessary for all drivers
r.nd s>ubstitute drivers to attend as
Raleigh News and Observer
Comments On Ruling By
the Attorney General
In answer to a question by
Wiilkes Sheriff C. T. Doughton,
the office of Attorney General of
North Carolina stated in a recent
ruling that the sheriff is not the
custodian of the county court
house, which is a responsibility of
the county commissioners.
Under The Dome” column in !
the Raleigh News and Observer j
Sunday carried the following com
ment relative to the ruling:
NO CONTROL—-Ever so often
the office of the Attorney Gener- j
al releases a digest of recent leg- |
al opinions, sometimes interesting i
and sometimes very uninteresting.
Once in a great while there is a
spark of intense interest.
“Heading last week’s list was
this sober notice: "Courthouses.
Control;. County Commissioners
or Sheriff (C. T. Doughton.^ 5-7-
41). It i.4 a respoir.i'oi’iity of the
county commissioner.j to provide
tor the erre and upkeep of the
county courthouse and to employ
janitors. The sheriff is not the
custodian of the building by vir
tue of his office."
“Although it didn’t sound very
important, that notice was a re-1
iteration of the eternal struggle
of Democrats versus Repullicans
in the few western counties that
still divide their loyalty.
"Sheriff C. T. Doughton Is the
first Democratic sheriff to 'be
elected in Wilkes County. He is
they will be Issued school bus bic»,>.cu —
drivers permits on completion of! tjje son of Representative R. L.
_ . _ . «. - • ^ nnw-
the course and tests.
The drivers from the different
schools will meet as follows:
Monday. August 18th, Wilkes
boro, P’erguson, Mt. Pleasant,
Millers Creek and Mulberry.
Tuesday, August 19th, Moun
tain View, Traphill, konda and
Roaring River.
Wednesday, August 20th, Lin-
colyn Heights and all
drivers.
2 Marriage License
License to wed were issued dur-
vg the past week by C. C. Bidden.
Wilkes register of
cpnples Fred Johnson, of Balti-
Md„ and Mildred D. Myers.
Haya; Claud Royal, of Me-
and Johnsie Bare, of Wag-
gbgumes
Wertford county farmers have
a total of 81,000 pounds of
vetch, crimson clover and
Win^ peas this year,
J. W. - Ballentine, county
It.
All Who Pay 1940 County Taxes This
Month Will Save Additional Costs
Real Estate Now Being Ad
vertised To Be Sold On
Monday, September 1
Attention of all taxpayers who
have not paid their 1940 taxes
to Wilkes county is called to the
fact that real estate for 1940
taxes is now being advertised for
sale on September 1.
Unless the 1940 taxes are paid
before September 1 the land will
be sold on that date.
After the land is sold there will
be additional costa to the tazpay-
Doughton, chairman of the pow
erful House committee on ways
and means. Sheriff . Doughton
stands almost alone among offi-
cials in the predominantly Re
publican county, and he doesn’t
like the way the majority party
does things in Wilkes. So he wrote
to the Attorney General hoping
to get a ruling that would permit
contract him to fire the “untrustworthy
custodians and caretakers and
hire some new ones, proBably
Democrats.
‘The Attorney General s ruling
was a polite way of saying “no,”
that the Republican hoard of
county commissioners ,vtill con
trols the county courthouse end
Its care, whether It be good or
bad.
New Manager Comes From
Maryville, Tenn.; J. R. Mc
Cartney Gets Promotion
To Begin Revival
J. B. McOARTNEY
$150 Raised For
Home At Oxford
ringing Class of Oxford Or
phanage Renders Program
In North Wilkesboro
By paying during this month
the additional costs will be saved.
Attention is also called to the
fact that the sheriff has been or
dered to garnishee wages and to
sell personal property in onler to
collect taxes from persons who _____
have no real estfte listed for tax- Revival .services wlH begin
ation. Those taxpayers are also Rnlon Methodist church west ofj
urged to pay their taxes now. I fjjjg cRy on Sunday evenine. Rev.
Another item of Interest to Dwight Mullls, of Jonesville, will
county taxpayers Is the fact that assist the pastor. Dr. J. C. Stokes
the law provides a one per cent will preach each evening
Singing class from the Masonic
orphanage at Oxford gave a pro
gram Tuesday evening in the new
lodge hall over Reins-Sturdivant.
The program was thoroughly
enjoyed by those who attended
and there was much favorable
comment concerning evidence of
R. E. Gibbs today succeeded J.
R. McCartney as manager of the
J. C. Penney company store in
North Wilkesboro.
Mr. Gibbs is a native of Bur
lington. where he was associated
with the J. C. Penney company
.store there for four and one-half
years. During the past three and
one-half years he was assistant
manager of the company’s large
store at Maryville. Tennessee.
Mr. Gibbs co,mes to North Wil
kesboro well recommended and
with a wide knowledge of merch
andising, a factor which will as
sure customers of the store here
of a continuation of the high
quality merchandising services
which have been rendered.
He and Mrs. Gibbs have moved
to North Wilkesboro and are mak
ing their home in Forester rpart
ments on C street. They are mem
hers of the Methodist church and
have been active in church and
civic affairs in the communities
where ’.hey have resided.
Mr. McCartney came to Nortli
Wilkesboro two years ago from
his home town of Gadsden, Ala
bama, where he was associated
with the J. C. Penney company.
During his stay here he has be
come one of the most popular haz
iness men of the city.
He is leaving to take the po
sition as manager of the com
pany’s new store in Salisbury.
The new store there is much larg
er and the change represents r
well earned and valuable promo
tion. ,
' Mr. McCartney has been one of
the most active church and civic
leaders' In North Wilkesboro. He
has been president of the Men s
Brotherhood in the Methodist
church, was a member and di
rector of the Kiwanis dab and a
member and director of the
North Wilkesboro Junior Cham
ber of Commerce.
He and Mrs. McCartney and
two children will make their
home in Sarllsbury.
Sept. 15 Deadline
Securing Limestone
At Union Church I a high type of training received
by the children in the Oxford
liodge leaders here srid J150
was raised for the orphanage and
exjNressed appreciation on behalf
of the lodge to all who contribut
ed In any way, Inclndlng inembera
The County AAA Office warns
all farmers who anticipate the'
purchase of limestone on th»
1941 ACP Program to file their
orders with their Community
Committeeman or in the county
office at once, ps the 15th day of
September is the last day that ap
plications may be accepWd In the
county office and the material
n^ust he delivered on the farm hy
the 5th of October when the last
discount to sll taxpayers who pay eight o’clock. A vacation Bible jeu y . ^ co-WTloa* of Hmeetone will he de-
thelr taxes for 1941. Paymen* .elool will be conducted with sc on the
now-con be made to the county Vft Tl ,
herd home and call for Shepherd,
who was seated dn the porch.
Shepherd went to the car, she
said, and in a few minutes John
son got out of the car and she
heard him threaten to kill Shep
herd. She said Johnson took off
Shepherd’s glasses and struck
him, and then picked up two
rocks.
At that Instant, she said, Shep
herd went toward his heuse and
she went to Johnson and asked
him to leave, which he agreed to
do, and was preparing to enter
his car when Shepherd came
from the house with a gun and
shot Johnson near the car.
Shepherd entered the house
and asked that an ambulance be
called because he had “shot a
man in self defense.”
Fred Wyatt testified that he
arrived on the scene after the
shooting and found Johnson help
less in the road. He said that
Shepherd was seated on his porch
and' offered no assistance.
r)r. F. C. Hubbard, of the
Wilkes ho.»pUaI. testified that a
l)Ullet entered Johnson’s neck and
so injured the spinal cord that
total paralysis and death result
ed.
Shepherd went on the st'iid to
day in his own behalf, he testi
fied that at the time he shot
Johnson that Johnson was ad
vancing On him with two rocks
and that he shot Joha=on until he
fell in order to save his own life.
Many wltnessea, including some
of the county’s most prominent
citizens, testified that Shepherd’s
character was good.
The case Is expected to reach
the jury late today.
Solicitor Hall said that cases in
which defendants are being held
in jail will be called on comple
tion of the Shepherd trial.
In Court Tuesday
Lewis Johnson was sentenced
In Wilkes court Tuesday to 29 to
30 years in state prison for the
murder of Crommie Hutchison In
the Joynes community June 1
this year.
Judge Hoyle Sink pronounced
sentence after Johnson, through
his attorney, F. J. McDuffie, en
tered a plea of guilty to second
degree murder. Judge Sink said
In his order accepting the plea
that he was assuming the respon
sibility for acceptance of the plea
by the court and that he was re
lieving the solicitor and private
prosecution, of any reaponslblllty
in the matter.
The plea was entered soon aft
er court opened and a number of
witnesses testified before Judge
Sink before he passed sentence.
Immediately after completion
of the case, which started Monday
with empannellng _the jury for a
first degree trial, the court began
trial of the fifth homicide case
this term.