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Inii'WoMb .Diet;
Ctger Kiiby Held
l^fiw-Deaths
* Call Brothers In Army Service
Csi«er Kilby and Dosste
^ ' Nii^ qba^ WHb
Fatal Assault
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Inrln Woods, age 66, died Frl-
dar morning at the Wilkee Hos
pital of injuries he received when
he was assaulted on Saturday,
January 8, near his home west of
this ci^y.
Oager Kilby, former resident of
Millers Creek community, and
is a sonpln-law of the slain
Jmd Dossle Nichols, also of
rs Greek, are being held cn
es of fatally assaulting the
man.
oods was found in an uncon-
oondition late Saturday,
8, and was carried to the
lital. He died six days
out regaining consclous-
ere were indications that
been severely beaten,
t reports of the affair as
natbered by Sheriff C. G. Poin
dexter were that Gager Kilby was
seen with Woods and was seen to
strike him down during an argu
ment about going after a pint of
whisky.
Before that Information was
learned, however, Kilby had been
arrested and returned to Bassett,
Va., where he was wanted for the
robbery-murder of Dane Crag, age
84, who was found unconscious
following an assault. Officers at
Bassett said that Kilby has con
fessed to assaulting Craig.
Later Sheriff Poindexter was in
formed that Dossle Nichols, of the
Miners Creek community, was an
associate of Kilby in the assault
on Woods, and Nichols is also be
ing held in jail without privilege
of bond.
Funeral service fsr Mr- Woods
was held Saturday at Harmony
Baptist church west of this city.
Rev. Richard Day conducted the
service.
Mr. Woods Is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Annie M. Woods, one
son, James Robert Woods, of
Cricket, and two daughters, Mrs.
Carl Bumgarner, of Buck, and
Mrs. eager Kilby, of Bassett, Va.
Lt. Cyril B. Spicer
Honor Graduate At
Fort Benning O.C.S.
Cyril B. Spicer, Jr., was com
missioned a second lieutenant in
the United States Army on Janu
ary 7, upon successful completion
of the officer candidate course at
the Infantry School at Fort Ben
ning, Ga.
He was selected “honor grad
uate’’ of his class and at the
graduation ceremony was pre
sented a pair of gold bars by Gen.
Bonesteel, commandant of the
Infantry school.
Lt Spicer is the son of Col. C.
> B. Spicer and Mrs. Spicer, of Des
Motaes, Iowa, and son-in-law of
Mr. and Mrs. Ivan D. Anderson,
of this city.
new officer was In his se
nior year at the University of
Mississippi before entering O.C.S.
While at the University he was an
ontstandlng leader in aU campus
js. Lt Spicer holdk mem-
In Scabbard & Blade and
tlcr^ Delta Kappa, national
j)norary leadership societies,
O.D.K. being the highest honor
hwtowed upon male students at
Old Miss.
Lt. and Mrr Spicer, (nee Bessie
Lee Anderson) will make their
home at Fort McClellan, Ala., for
the present
fruit Growers To
Meet Thursday
Pfc. Charlie F. Call, left, an army veteran of three
years service, is now in the North African area. Pvt.
Noah Lee Call, right, is stationed at Camp Wheeler, Ga.
He entered the army in September, 1943. They are
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Call, of Wilkesboro
route three.
Production Of Food Is
A Major Patriotic Duty
Eugene Trivette
On 2 Committees
State Bai Council
Attorney Eugene Trivette,
member of the State Bar Council
from the 17th judicial district, at
tended the executive board meet
ing of the State Bar association in
Raleigh Friday.
Attorney Trivette was selected
to serve on two Important com
mittees of the State Bar associa
tion—the Legislative committee,
and the committee on unauthoriz
ed praclce.
While in Raleigh Attorney Tri
vette also attended a district
meeting in the Interest of the
New World Order Crusade being
organized by the Methodist
church.
1944 Food, Feed
Goals Challeuge
Wilkes Farmer
Methodists Plan
Church Leaders
Training School
Training school for Christian
leaders will be held January 23-
26 at the North Wilkesboro First
Methodist church, Bev. A. C.
Waggoner, pastor, announcs# to
day.
The seeslon on opening day will
be from four until six p. in. and
on the remaining days will be sev
en until nine p. m.
"Educational Work of a Small
Church” will be the course to be
taught by Rev. J. G, Wflktnson, of
Dallas, N. C. Dr. B. G. Childs,
professor of Education at Duke
University, will teach a course on
"The Life of Christ”.
The training school will be for
North Wilkesboro, Wilkesboro,
and Union Methodist churches
and for Moravian Falls and Mil
lers Creek Methodist charges.
Rev. Mr. Waggoner, however,
emphasized that people from
churches of other denominations
will be cordially welcome, and
mentioned that they would par
ticularly enjoy the course to be
baught by Dr. Ohllds.
inual winter meeting of the
hy Mountain Fynlt Growers
JIatlon will be held Thursday,
ary 20, at Bforavlan Falls
uunity house.
L6 meeting will open at ten a.
On the program will be dls-
ons by H. R. Nlswonger,
I College horticulturist; Carl
anDeman, research specialist;
Snipes, Wilkes county agent;
ge Hobson, Alleghany county
t; and a motion picture
tag the latest approved meth-
>f spraying and care and use
graying eQUlpment. A hnsl-
seseion will also be held,
ineh will ho served at the wid
.e program.
t Irnlt growers are invited to
OBseed is being used in
of eoal ss fuel ta Ugaato,
Baptist Officers In
Annual Meeting
The Sunday School Workers’
Council of the First Baptist
church will be host to the Board
of Deacons, members of the choir,
and the general officers of the
Woman’s Missionary and the
Training Union at a supper meet
ing at the Lodge Hall, 717 B
Street, Thursday evening of this
week at 6:30 o’clock.
A program of Interest and in
spiration is being arranged for
the occasion. Representatives of
the several departments of church
activity will give brief talks on
the program. Mr. D. E. BSledge,
general superintendent of the
Sunday School, will be chairman
of the meeting. . ..y'Xr
A combtaed meetingthe
Tpjrious otfleen and ofliciala of
t'le church is held annually at
the beginning of the ybar for the
purpose^ of unifying and co-ordi
nating 'the various ahttvfties of
the church for the year. The meet
tag this Thursday evening Is ex
pected to be one of . enjoyable, fpj-
Ibmklp and helptoi Plbhuio^
By J. B. SNIPES,
Oounky Agent
Meeting . ,4he , food M|dr
feed goals is a big challenge ta
the farmers biit where will one
find braver soldiers than the
farmers of America.
It has been stated time and
time again that food wUi win the
war and write the peace. The
war is being won with food and
it is the Allies way of doing
things to see that everybody in so
far as possible is well fed where
as the enemies of our country are
bringing slow death to hundreds
of thousands by slow starvation.
It is true that the farmers on
the home front are not fljrlng
planes and shooting big guns and
winning honorable mentions for
their bravery but they are enabl
ing our men in the armed forces
to do just this by furnishing
them with an abundance of food
and supplies. All wars have two
fronts and the ones working on
the home front have as big a part
to play in the war effort as the
ones on the main fronts.
1944 will perhaps be the big
gest challenge that the farmers of
our country have ever been call
ed on to face but they came
through in 1943 with flying col
ors and there is no reason to be
lieve that they will do otherwise
in 1944.
The demand upon Agriculture
for 1944 will be similar to those
in 1943 but with an Increase re
quested In the program as a
whole. The labor problem will
perhaps be mere acute in 1944
than 1943 due to the fiact that
more of our farmers are not only
taking their places In the armed
forces but many more have gone
into various branches of defense
work, which leaves a total of less
man power on the farm for carry
ing on the work this year. The
labor problem will be offset to a
certain extent, however, with a
sufficient amount of fertilizer is
sued us for the coming year. A
sufficient amount of steel has
been allocated for manufacturing
more farm machinery but tbe
holdup is in finding sufficient
skilled machinists to mannflacture
the steel into workable fam ma
chinery. It this tie-up is over
come during the winter months U
stands reasonable to believe that
we will get more farm machinery
in 1944 than we received ta 1943.
If we, cab get a sufficient amount
of fann machinery idnd fertiliser
and put them to the best use it
might be possible to overcome
part of the labor shortage.
Ivey Mow Tdk
Of h
RmlCiHilirtDW
In Seab«e«
R. Ivey Moore, j^rmaclst mate
who has been he>>ta oe leave for
a few days after a rear of combat
duty ta the Pacific, told the
North Wilkesboro ..Dokies club
Friday night about many inter
esting eaperlencee.
The speaker, whs was present
ed to the club bF J. C. Reins,
program chairman for the meet
ing, Said that he had traveled
93,000 miles and had been in a
greater part of the Pacific combat
sone.
He told of bis ship being a
part OL a task force which ac
companied troops Invading an en
emy-held island, and of the won
derful job done by Amerloan
planes in destroying the greater
part of a fleet of Jap divers which
came in to attack their ship.
Many other interesting exper
iences were told by Pharmacist
Mate Moore and were much en
joyed.
Paul Osborne, president, pre
sided at the meeting, which was
held at the Princess Cafe.
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To Be ShoiKii Ti»$day
Fourth War Loan .can^raign opens T^rasday.
The Fourth War LoaiOhas three ob/eel^ea—to finsmee
tile war, to prevent inflation, and to pkdvnla future securi
ty through savings.
Wilkes county people, firms and corporations are ask
ed to invest $843,000 in War Bonds before the campaign
ends February 29. This quota cannot include purchases
by banks.
W. D. HalSacre, War Finance
chairman, for the county, has se
cured a Ihhtla Etatea government
motion picture, “The Price of
Koyal Olenn Anderson, car*
penter’s mate second dass, has
been with the Seabeee for the
past year and has been station
ed ta Hawaii for some time. He
Is' the son of Mr. and Mrs. L
P. Anderson, of WHkeAoro.
His wife is the former Miss An
nie Lee EUls and they have one
daughter, Glenna Jane.
Physical Fitness
Institute Thursday
At Mountain View
Local school authorities, with
tbe aid of the state department
of public instruction, is sponsor
ing & wartime physical fitness in
stitute at Mountain View high
school on Thursday, January 20.
Each high school will be repre
sented by one or more teachers
and several high school students.
’The state department will be rep
resented by either |Ir. Charles E.
Spenraf or Mr. Raljih J. Andrews.
The .t^BsamatiTe
partment w^ brlui.^ with klm e
lady fretm one of tlie colleges phy
sical ednektion departments.
Former Resident
Of Braiil Talks
To Kiwanis Club
The purpose of tue Institute is
to demonstrate the best metnods
and practices In physical fitness
for both girls and boys.
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Stockholders Bank
of North AVilkesboro
To Meet January 20
Annual • meeting of the stock
holders of the Bank of North
Wilkesboro k’111 be held in the di-
i%ctors’ room of the bank on
Thursdtay morning, January 20,
10:30 o’clock. The bank has ex
perienced a most successful year
and a la' ge attendance of stock
holders .8 expected to hear the
annu'. report. Directors for the
coming year will be elected by the
stockholders.
Teachers Needed
For Substitutes
G. B. Eller, county superintend
ent of schools, said today that
considerable difficulty has been
experienced ta finding teachers to
substitute for teachers absent be
cause of illUMS.
It Is asked that any person in
the county who has had toachlng
experience and who can do substi
tute teaching contact Mr.-Eller,
giving the name of the schools In
which they could serve as substi
tute teachers and the grades
which they can teach.
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John Wesley Clay Tells of
Conditiems In Brazil;
Country Is Beautiful
Returns To Duty
In order to accomplish a big
ger job with less labor it Is nat
ural to think that every farm
family ta the eountry should at
this, tka beginning of a new year,
sit down and make definite plans
fignrtag ont whereby more food
and feed can be produced on few
er acree. Some definite plans now
as to the man hours that It will
take ta properly' certag for live;
n£o4k. i»slte7, fONiUi, land .Mit'
(Gonttaued On 'Fage Tett^ ^:
John Weeley Clay, of Winston-
Salem, delivered an Interesting
address before the North Wllkes-
boro Kiwanis club Friday. Dud
ley Hill was program chairman
«nd preunM the spseAer.. ..
Mr. OTay stated that he was
bom and reared in Caldwell
county and began to work early
as a printer’s devil. That In 1913
the Methodist conference sent him
to Brazil to begin the publication
of church literature in that coun
try. He spent five years learning
the language and then the Meth
odist people gave him $200,000 to
purchase equipment for his pub
lishing house. He was In a thriv
ing city and his imblishlng house
became the largest In the coun
try.
The speaker then went Into the
description of the country of Bra
zil and its beauties, its unexplor
ed wealth of resources, consisting
of timber, fruits and vegetables,
minerals and otherwise. He said
♦here Is more beauty in the city
of Rio de Janerlo than most of
our people have seen in e whole
life-time. He says there Is more
unexplored country in the heart
of Brazil than there is in any oth
er country. ’The people of Brazil
speak Portuguese, while the other
Countries of South America all
speak some form of Spanish. The
Brazilians are and have been thru
many yean most friendly with
the POdllls of North America. The
hnnttag ta that country Is great
and it id a fisherman’s paradise.
Mr. Clay proved'himself to be
a dellgbtfol tanebeon speaker. His
talk was mneh apprecUted.
Priolf' to the program President
A. F.'KIlbr ;gteted that be had
been isibrts to find ways
and means of haring a ooliectlon
place for scrap paper. He stated
that a baler had been secured but
so far efforts to find a buUdlng
for storage had not been success
ful.
Gneats Friday were as follows:
Capt. John M. Derr with Dr. F.
C. Hubbard; Mrs. Shuford and
Mrs. Clarence Call with J. B. Mc
Coy; Kiwanlan Ed Poole and Sgt.
Dan Poole, of Washington, D. C.,
with W. K. Sturdivant.
Home demonstration club meet
ings In Wilkes county for tbe
month of January are centered
around' the task of planning 'work
tor the entire year In order to
meet the high war time food and
feed goals for the county.
In order to broken the scope
of the planning, men and women
are asked to attend the meeting. J.
B. Snipes, county agent, is ac
companying Mrs. Annie H. Greene,
home agent, to the meetings and
they are jointly discussing meth
ods of farm planning to help tbe
farm families make the most pos
sible with their available farm la
bor and farm and home equip
ment.
Meetings this week are as fol
lows: Boomer Club today at the
home of Mrs. I. J. Broyhlll, two
o’clock: Roaring River Tuesday,
2:45 at school lunchroom; Mora
vian Falls Wednesday, 2:30 at the
Community House;. Millers Creek
I^Utaday, 2; 30, at school lunch-
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Roaring River Club
WIUI Meet Tuesday
The Roaring River Home Dem
onstration Club will meet ta. the
lunch room Tuesday, January 18,
at 2:46 p. m.
Both men and women who are
tatweetod ta farm and home work
are cordially Invited. We hope to
have . a hlg erdvd.’ ’The home
agentk—^Mr. J. B. Gnipee, Mr. H.
C. Cdvard , and Mra. Annie H.
Or''3ne, iHU he preemtt Befreeb-
ments will be serrafl.'
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Wk.J
An(krso.n If .
Ctaimed IMlii
Funenll aerrlee Vm ImM Sat-
niday at Kiohe aknreli pear. Ana-
tin tor Harrer Apflenpm,
ion of J/Ct, tini
BUbry »;Atidenot4' kf the' APalht
leaamintart Th* ektld
4ay.
1944 Farm Plans
Are Discussed In
Series Of Meetings
Wilkes’Jackson
Quota Is $200
Raleigh.—The North Carolina
Jackson Dinner will be held this
year on January 31 at Sir Walter
Hotel in Raleigh. These dinners
are held every year for the pur
pose of raising funds for the na
tional Democratic party, but they
are more important in the years
when the state has to elect .%
governor and the national presi
dential campaign is under way.
The 1^44 dinner is expected to
exceed all former affairs In inter
est. Apathy hu marked both
state and national campaigns up
to date, and the Jackson Dinner is
looked to as the starting point
for real interest.
Postmaster General Frank C.
Walker, chairman of the national
Democratic committee, has accept
ed the invitation to speak at tbe
dinner ta R&lelgh. He will be in
troduced by Senator Joslah W.
Bailey.
State Senator Joe Blythe of
Charlotte again heads the state
campaign. This is his fourth con
secutive year in this capacity and
be has promised to make it the
most memorable of them alL
Tickets lor the dinner are not for
sale but are allocated to counties
on basis of contributions, each
$25 entitling the county to one
seat at the table.
The quota for Wilkes county Is
$200, and Mr. Frank H. Watson,
county Jackson Day chairman,
has been asked to raise that
amount and get it into state
headquarters at Room 1031, Sir
Walter Hotel, Raleigh, as soon as
IKissible. Seats at the dinner ta
ble are being assigned on basis of
first come, first served.”
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Rendova,” to be shown free as
the opening event of'the Fourth
War Loan.
The picture, which is actual
signal corps motion pictures of
combat against the Japs In the in
vasion of Rendova island, will be
shown Tuesday morning, 8:30, at
tbe Allen Theatre.
The public is invited, and all
retail merchants are asked to al
low all members of their sales
personnel time to see the picture,
which 'jvill end at five minutes be
fore nine o’clock. The picture
will show actual combat.
Wilkes county has been well or
ganized under Mr. Halfacre’s di
rection for the War Loan cam
paign. The central school districts
are being used as a basis for a
bond selling contest, with the
principals as district chairmen.
They and their authorized work
ers will take subscriptions and
money for bonds, which vrill be
mailed directly to the purchasers
by the Bank of North Wilkesboro.
The standing will be pubjlshed
from time to time.
North Wilkesboro schools will
not compete with tbe county
a^ooI-diiitTlrta. -
' Im North wilkesboro a house-
to-house oenvass will be carried
out under the direction of Mrs.
Edd F, Gardner and Mrs. Gordon
Finley.
Making the quota is the Job of
every person in Wilkes county
who can buy a war bond of any
denomination.
Tax Penalty To
GoOiAHerlit
Attention^ of all taxpayers la
called to tho fMt tkat after Feb-
rary 1, or On F^r'nafy 2, a penaL
ty. of ose per oeht will be oharged
to all unpaid' eoanty tuna-
This law also applies to North
'WQkeaboro and Wilkesboro town
taxsa." • *
’Dtapaysn will he teing th^*|i
stfvea favon and will be helping
the' ebnnty and foifu govarnideti^
tal nnlta iv iayhif tba|r taxed
on or before-tiM flrrt day of.f’aln.
ruenr. " -
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Tb«>Ttaennipn»^’«t the Oos-
No .gtatler hov hard pay
wotii^yov part n ‘ ‘
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Truck Operators
Urged To Call For
Gasoline Coupons
strange as it may seem, there
are about 200 ttuck operators in
Wilkes county who have not call
ed for their gasoline coupons foi
♦he first quarter of 1944.
Coupons for this quarter are
not being mailed out to truck
operators and they are requested
to call at the rationing board of
fice in Wilkesboro. In calling for
coupons they should take ■with
them their ODT certificates of
War Necessity and covers of the
old rati»4>osg, together with any
nnuaed coupons for last quarter.
’Those w^^ do not call for their
truck glimline coupons in the next
few days npy felpeHenco coiurtd-
ersble difficulty In securing them
later. f
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Jordan Is Elected
Secretary-T reasud^r
Of Farmers Mutual
At the annual meeting of the
board of directors of The Wilkes
and Yadkin Branch of the Farm
ers Mutual rirs Insurance Asso
ciation of North Carcdlna, which
was held in ^fllkesboro on Janu-
uary 6th, J. F. Jordan was elect
ed secretary and treasurer.
T. B. Bryau, who has been sec-
cretary-treasurer since the death
of 0. H. Ferguson, gave a report
on the affairs of tho association
and sfsnjMBod his regrets to the
hpard 'of directors of his betag on-
able to continue as secretary-
treasurer. ■ ... I r
The offldm of the aaaoelatlon
are aa folldVi;'" W. M. At>aiMr>
president; Bell, viee-yreei*
dut; l:- IB.V Joedta, 'gMgPKr>
treasniw; Vyanlc: Hohsoa. B> M.
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