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JOUBKAI.-PA ■»iii i.ii tii- iiii' iSliou; >- PP 4 I r ( With more than 100 entries ei- pected in the fifteen classes, a targe attendance of spectators is expected for the horse show at the fairgrounds here Saturday af ternoon, two o’clock. The horse show, which will be an outstanding event for this part of the state, will be under spon sorship of the Wllkesboro Metho dist church. Well experienced officials have ^been secured and entrants have idready been preparing their I horses for exhibit. BJverything points to a very successful show. Horses from many of the best kaown stables will participate. Bynum C. Price Taken By Death Prominent Citizen Of Mora vian Falls Community Died At Home Today OT HiAS BLAZER tHE TRAIL OF PROGR ?in;the “§t4^pe wiiyaKj FOR ■'OVER TlllB fl „ • ■ ^ijSsfepro/i . _ e«tter o|5l!of_ westerti Nditk ClifdliQi it Ami-rin^ iil I it I XXXIV, No. 57 SsTiOlend Thirty Men To Ft. Bragg On Nov. 12 Each Wilkes Board Receives Call For IB Men For Service In Army Publiahed Mondays and Thortdny^ WlLiaSBORO. N. C:. » THURSDAY, OCT. 9, 1941- |1>50 In the State — $2.00 Out of State Wilkes will send thirty men to Fort Bragg tor induction into the army on November 12. according to official notification received today by both boards. Board number one will send 15 and board number two will send the same number. The men will leave here by bus at 10:34 a. m. The calls for the two boards this month totaled 36 but the boards had only 19 men availa ble and were short 17 men. This number, it is understood, will be added to future calls as the calls are made out by state headquar ters. Livestock ClnbTo 'Meet Friday, 2 P.M. Hartley Awarded $13,350 In Consent Judgment In Couii Parkway Lands On Tomp kins Knob Near Here Bynum Columbu.s Price, age 68, prominent citizen of the Mo ravian Palls community, died .at one a. m. today at his home. He had been seriously ill for several days and in ill health for two years. Funeral will he held Friday. 11 o’clock, at Walnut Grove Baptist | Represents Payment For The church. The pa.stor. Rev. R. C Shoe, of Taylorsville, will he as sisted by Rev. C. C. Holland, of Hickory, a former pastor. Surviving Mr. Price are his widow, Mrs. Geneva Frazier Price, and four sons: Mack. Hu bert and -A.rville Price, of Pores Knob, and Sherman Price of Wilkcsboro. Also surviving are three sisters: Mrs. Andrew Broyhill, of Pores Knob: Mrs. D. W. Speaks, of Statesville: Mrs. Geneva Lowe, of Moravian Falls. He was a son of the late laigan and Elizabeth Robinson Price. Mr. Price was one of Wilkes county’s be.st known citizen and for several decades had been ac tive in public affairs. He was a member of Moravian Falls school board for a number of years. He was owner of one of the best orchards in Wilkes and over a long period of time had spent part of his time as a fruit tree salesman, selling many trees in Wilkes and several otiier north western North Carolina counties. -'X A 1- ■■■, Members of the North Wilkesboro high school band, along with thousands of oth er local people, may be seen on the screen at the Allen Theatre Monday and Tues day when “Movies of Local People” will be shown in natural color. H. Lee Waters, professional movie photographer, is shown here “shcoting” the band. Many groups and individuals were taken here and at various points throughtout the county. Did he get you in the movies? 5 Sunday Found To Be The Hottest October Day On Record Here Statesville — Sunday, October 5, was the hottest October day on record at Piedmont Experiment Station in the past fourteen yerrs. the mercury climbing to 94 de grees Sunday afternoon. The higt reading Saturday. October 4, wat -93 degrees, the records kept b? Mr. J. W. Hendricks show. In Charlotte, where the mer cury climbed to 95. there wen thousands of soldiers literally stewing in winter uniforms. Navy Recruiters Coming Monda' James L, Brown, Naval Of ficer, To Be At City Hall Monday, Ten A. M. James L. Brown, recruiting agent of the Salisbury recruiting station for the United States navy, will be at the city hall here oa Monday, October 13, ten a, m. according to an announcement re ceived here by Dwight Nichols, navy editor of 'The Journal-Pa triot. Brown will Interview young men interested in enlisting In the rognar navy or the naval reserves. It is especially urged that young men who have made in-, qalry relative to navy enlistment, recovers $300. and all others intefested be at i The court, now in the second the city hall Monday, ten a. m.. week, has disposed of more esses and have an Interview with Of- than are usually tried during a fleer Brown. term. Frank .1. Hartley was awarded a eon.sent judgment in Wilkes court this week in the amount of $1.3..“ISO against the state high way 'commission in payment for Blue Ridge Perkway lands on Tomkins Knob near Deep Cap. •nius ended a lengthy piece of litigation which twice had made its way to the Supreme Court. The fir.st trial was before the commission and a jury awarded Hartley $22,000 . This wrs re jected by the commission and a superior court- oa* *e wjS3 Institut ed. In 1939 the ca.se ended in a mistrial when the jury failed to agree upon a figure as payment for the land. Last year the case was tried in Wilkes court and the jury agreed upon $20,000. 'The case went to the supreme court by appeal of the highway commission and was returned for a new trial. During the process of trial in Wilkes court this week the com mission and Hartley agreed up on $13,500 and the case was end ed. Consent judgment was signed by Judge J. A. Rousseau, of this city, who is presiding over court. The lands involved include the summit of Tompkins Knob, w'hich is the highest point on the Blue Ridge north of Grandfather mountain and is excellent grazing land.s. Much land was taken for the Parkway right of way and scenic easements, including an area for a recreation develop ment. Div orces have been granted ■he following cases during fUe nast week in Wilkes court: W. H. Harris versus Mamie Harris, Gladstone Carter versus I.orene Fnlp Carter, Katie Wilkinson ver sus Willian- Wilkinson, Texie Fi ler versus IV'iley Eller. Other eases in which judgmeip.s have been rendered include: Thom.as A. Jennings versus How ard Minton, piaintiff recovers $250. W. H. Davis versus Lloyd Lyons and others, plantiff recovers $75. C. C. Caudill versus W. L. Gat ling, plaiintlft recovers $150. J. M. Crawford versus Godley Brothers and others, plaintiff re covers $300. Mrs. Alice Miller versus Char lie Shumate and others, plaintiff recovers $58. G. D. Hinson versus -4. I,. Brown and Ted Brown, plaintiff Wilkinson Coming To Inspect Site for Dam On Yadkin Engineers In Field Making Surveys Of Dam Site On Yadkin Near City Major Reading Wilkinson, head of the Charleston office of the war department with control of rivers ami harbors, will be here next week to study the Yadkin flood control dam proposal, it was learned today from John R. Pre- vette, chairman of the Wilkes committee of the Western North Carolina Industrial council, who has been active in effort to se- cufq'flodd control. A. L. Brunson, chief engineer, of Charleston, was here Wednes day with a party of engineers, who will immediately do addi tional surveying of the proposed dam site at the Mrck Mcore farm one mile west of Wilkesboro and possibly another site further up the river. Dokies Club Not To Meet Until Oct. 24 North Wilkesboro Dokies club, originally scheduled to meet on Friday of this '/eek. will not meet until Octob^ 24. The postpon- nient of the meeting was made on j account of conflicting engage ments. School Building Plans Here Will Be Drawn Soon Wilkes livestock club, an or ganization formed several months ago to promote production of more and better livestock in Wilkes, will meet on Friday af ternoon. two o’clock, in the ot- Hje of J. B. Snipes, Wilkes coun- Local Red Cross Leaders Meeting Held On Tuesday Plans Made For Successful Roll Call In Wilkea Coun ty In November Revival Services At Beaver Creek Revival services at Beaver Creep Baptist church will begin on Sunday. October 12. The pas tor. Rev. B. F. Peeler, will be assisted by Rev. D. M. Edminsten. of Boone. The revival will con tinue for a week of longer and all are invited to every service. Mrs. Ira Shumate Gets $10 Award Mrv. |j('rene Shiiinalc, wife of Ira Sjimafe, of this ci(.v, re ceived .1 fen dollar “Apprecia tion Da.v’’ award Wednesday aftem«H>n, four o’clock. In front of the city hall. Before Mrs. Shumate’s name wax rea’lved nine others were .aelected.^^ goodwill ambassa dor for- tftA weelc and either would have received a cash award If present. Next “Appreciation Day” cel ebration will be next Wednes day afternoon, four o’clock, In front of the city hall, when another ca.sh award will be made to sominnie present. Coffey and Olson Firm Em- j ployed To Make Prelimin ary Plans, Estimates 1 Board of education of North I Wilkesboro in session Wednesday employed Clarence P. Coffey, of the architect firm of Coffey and Olson. I>enoir. to draw prelimin ary plans and make cost estimates on school building needs for North Wilkesboro. This move Is In coordination with the county authorities, who have employed acbitects to„make plans and cost estimates for all school building needs In the county system. While no definite plans have I been made for badly needed I school facilities here, it is un- i derstood that the plans when for- I mulf ted will Include a new build- j ing and Improvements to present I buildings. j Local plans, with those for the I county system, will be drawn up I on a basis of present and imme- The new federal tax bill car- jjafe future needs and will be in- ries an excise tax on bus tickets . eluded in a survey of needed pub- and will go into effect Friday, Oc-; works being collected as a tober 10. j part of the Federal Works Agen- The tax will be five per cent on gy future reference as well as all one-way tickets over 35 cents immediate construction of the and On f 11 round-trip tickets ovei i uiost vital needs. Five Per Cent Tax On Bus Tickets Soon At a meeting. of local ■ Red Cross leaders held at the city hall on Tuesday afternoon, Mrs Catherine Stewart, Red Cross Field Representative from Ashe ville, assisted in making pirns for the 'Wilkes County Red Cross Roll Call, November 11-19. Among those in attendance at the meet ing were J. H. Whicker, Dr. J. W. Kincheloe. Jr., Rev. Watt M. Cooper, Dr. J. G. Stokes, R. G. Finley, Blair Gwyn. Mrs. J. A. Rousseau. Miss Rebecca Mosley, Mrs. W. R. Abshpr and Miss Nonie Gordon. Twenty-one hundred members were set as tentative goal for the Roll Call this year. Two years ago Wilkes county was forty-ninth in the state with reference to the number of Red Cross members in proportion to Its population. Last year it dropped to one hundred and thirteenth place—or eighth from the lowest percentage in the st?te. lA)cal leaders are making plans to give Wilkes county a better Red Cross rating this pres ent year. Key people in many communi ties throughout Wilkea county are to' he asked to give of their time in helping enroll those of their co.mmunltles. A large group will be organized to can vass North Wilkesboro and Wilkesboro. It is hoped by local leaders that the Wilkes County Annual Red Cross Roll Call will meet with hearty response and coorporation on the part of all citizens of the county. The tax will he in ad- regular price of the Use the advertising columns of this oaoer as your shonoine fsiid,- New Bridge Open The new across the Yadkin at the eastem end of this city has been completed and is open for travel. The approaches have not- been surfaced but the bridffe will be open until the approach fills are conditioned by travel fw paving. r Bz Tear out and take or send this coupon to the Navy Editor of this newspaper ^^thoat oWigation on my part whatsoever, please send me free booklet, "Life in the Navy,” giving full details about the opportunitieB for men in the Navy or Naval Reserve. -Age_ Address. ,| Town__ • __Stata J ARCHITECTS’ DRAWING OF NEW CREST STORE LOCATED HERE Akilihkib Work On Estimates For School Bmldings Benton And Coffey Surwey Sites and Will Present - Tentative Plans Representatives 6f two arch^ tect firms hare almost completaO preliminary surveys of Wllkee county school building needs, It was learned today from the of fice of the county board of edu cation. Charles C. Benton, Jr., of Wil son, and Clarence P. Coffey, of Lenoir, have surveyed sites for proposed buildings and additions in practically every major district In the county and will soon bo ready to submij: preliminary plans and cost estimates. At a joint meeting of the coun ty board of education, county commissioners, School Superin tendent C. B. Eller and mem bers of the North Wllkesboro board of education the entire system was reviewed and a sur vey of needs throughout ths county system was presented. At that time the architects mentioned above were employed to prepare estimates. It has been learned from au thoritative sources that an elec tion is planned for submitting a bond issue to the people, probab ly within the next few months, to obtain money to finance the school building program. A. H. Casey, county attorney, has been asked by the board of commissioner.", to investigate the matter of calling a bond issue election. Shown here is the architects’ vision of the new Crest store, which will open during the latter part of this month on the corner.of Main and Tenth streets. Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Taylor, owners of Crest stores here and at other points, recently purchased the Smoak Furniture company building and have remodeled it into one of the most modern mercantile establishments in northwestern -North Carolina and t will also be home office fort Crest stores in other towns. Colored Woman Killed By Auto Ira Gilreath’s Wife Steps In Path Of Car Driven By Albert Church Lilly Gilreath, wife of Ira Gll- re?th, colored resident of near Wilkesboro. was almost instantly killed Wednesday evening, seven o’clock, when she was hit by a car driven by Albert Church on highway 16 and 18 between Wilkesboro and Moravian Falls. Coroner I. M. Myers empannel- ed a Jury and an Inquest was held this morning. The jury, compos ed of W B. McNeil, H. M. Blankenship. B. F. Culler. W. B. Warner, S. F. Maatin and R. A. Greer, rendered a verdict saying the accident was unavoidable on the part of Church and he was exonerated. Mrs. Floretta Davis, eye wit- nes.s who lives near the scene of the accident, said the colored wo man. who was on her way to a '•hurch service, stepped from a side road into the path of the ar traveling towrrd Wilkesboro. Church stopped the car and pick- d up- the woman hut site was lead l)y the time they reached •he hospital. Her body was bad ly broken. Church, who was accompanied^ by a brother, lives between Wil kesboro and Oakwoods. He for merly lived on Gordon Hill west of this city. District Meetings Lawyers Saturday Seventeenth Judicial District Bar Association will meet in North Wilkesboro Saturday, Oc tober 11. Business .session will be held at ‘he city hall at 11a. m. and 'tincheon will be at the Womrn’s Club house on Trodgon avenue at noon. An inspiring program is being planned. Eugene Trivette, of this city, is district president. and Kyle Hayes, of this city, is district sec retary. Six Marriage License Since October 1 license to wed have been issued in Wilkes to the following couples: Frank D. Parrish, North Wilkesboro, and Hazel Johnson, Wilkesboro; John Hobson, Tadkinville, and Mar. jorle Key, Honda; Avery C. Byrd, Honda, and Opal Bray, Elkin; D. C. Church, Wllkesboro, route one, and Gladys Lankford, .North Wilkesboro route one; Home*', Price and Carrie Yale, both ot Hays; Baron O Carter and Helea-^, Gerow, both of Elkin. AIN UONS WILL PLAY MINERAL SPRINGS IN OpflN^GAMBJ* THE