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V. QAY. He 'jmiE JOmWAI^PATRIOT. NM leTLiWUimilEVnEltAM .,. y»‘ m ^l»d» ^floro #t%« followtec «rtlelo trom Tb« !liiirlotte New gtree experleneea 9f M-Set. I. B. Vale&tlne, who home North Wllhes* iro tor men7 yeara and who re- eently retired Irom army af ter it years senrioe: By Rinm 8ABRA3T Cbariotto New Stett Writer '‘Proceed at once to Balingky- |1(”, came the terse order to the amall detachment of 25 American aoldlers strlnirlnK a telephone line between Pasel and BalinKaysta on the Isle of Samar In the Philip- plnee.' At doable time the detachment made its way to Balingaysig, a tbrlring Philippine Tillage of 1,- SOO inhabitants, where Company **0’’ of the Ninth Infantry was Stationed. Ob a wan4. sn&nir momlnf Ih Uarohr'lSjOI. a detachment trom Company' of tl^ Nineteenth Infantry, stationed at Passl, van engaged In making a telephone eonneetion with Company "C” stationed 89 miles away. The line had been strong 85 miles, iMvlng only fonrteen miles to go. This was daring the time of the Philippine Insnrreotion. HTory preeaotion was taken against am* hush.. While a few of the men worked, the reetlstood ready to detach and to resist attack from the Philippine nstlTee. TO THE KB80DB AT THE DOTTBUB-rr- Suddenly came the order from company headonartofs to drop all work and to proceed immediately S Ballngayslg. The men trareled e fonrteen miles separating M.Sgt. and the late Mrs. 1. E. Valentine But Balingayslg was no longer a thriving village; It had become a city of the dead. The 25 soldiers found themselves to be the only living beings there. Around them were the mutilated bodies of the men of Company "C", all of them the victims of a brutal massacre. WORST SIGHT IN 40 YEARS OP SOIiDIEBINa— Among the 26 men who first arrived on the scene of the mas sacre was T.Sgt. Valentine who was at one time instructor for 105th Engineers, North Carolina National Guard. Sergeant Valen tine enlisted In the army on April 4, 1899. Of all his experiences as at • ALLEN THURSDAY and FRIDAY B aoldlnr th»%m. which raoahig mggk Tteikqy Ih |ihi aicmoi^ la Uuit bands, or MMi VMt Imad to hand. Yarytew men wpMt Too hefolc-fl^t them from the objective In two hours. They took it that an at tack had been made on Company "C” and that they were to have a re-enforcement. In Company C there were 130 Ww«« men. Not a man was allre when Sergeant Valentine’s mind. He Is the telephone detachment reached glad, for occasionally the full hor- « - « *. ^ X A ... __ __ _ M A V ^ A ^OCiKaa .. — I lUo • » wi a_ Balingayslg. They had been cut to row of the scene flashes across his pieces with bolo knives. ectls WIUU UVAW tt^AAAfW —W-,, , WAAV Sergeant Valentine remembers of which he wishes to be remlnd- / Sktf lioat f night. But on this night It was got noticed that many more ‘Phlllpplnos entered the church than left it. The sentries were assisted In their duties by native policemen. The morning of the massacre, each Army sentry was accompani ed on the rounds by a native po liceman. At the usual hour, the soldiers left their barracks and went to the mess hall for breakfast. They left their guns In the barracks. When all had entered the mess hall, the church bell rang. Imme diate the Midlers jrondered at this, h^hse nerer was the betl rung at this hour. SOUND OP THE BEU, SIGNAL FOB ATTACK— The ringing of the bell was the signal for attack. From the church poured hundreds of murderous Phlllpplnos who had remained there throughout the night await ing for the moment of attack. Each of the native policemen dis posed of the sentry whom he ac companied with ore lusty whack with his bolo. The attack was a complete sur prise to the American soldiers. They were surrounded In their mess hall, without guns. The first thing the Phlllpplnos did was to seize the guns which had been left In the barracks. The few guns which the soldiers were able to get were thrown through a win dow to them by a small Philippine mascot. This young Phlllpplno was sent to the United States to be educated as a reward for this service. The Americans didn’t have a chance. They fought with their _ Janet BLAIR • lu&i • doiu^ M«ai taf LAST-MINUTE WAR NEWS DAILY i. the scene very well. Every build Ing In the village was made of leaves and bamboo, with the one exception of a large stone church. The soldiers’ sleeping quarters were near the church. A blg kltch- en and mess hall had been erect ed nearby. 12 GOT AWAY ONLY TO DEB LA'rEB— Twelve men of the 130 were able to escape in native canoes. All of them later died, but from their accounts and from the phy sical evidence of the struggle, the story of what took place at Balln- gaysig was reconstructed. Doling the night Phlllpplnos entered the church a few at a time. No significance was attach ed Jo this by the sentries, for it customary for persons to on- WflM tqr the church at all hours of the Hifea tHtb: 8X1118. sthBenl hy ihme im •»parent. The Mofc Jw 4e«l wtth HV'beeehkU h»t gnqjm tlghthf hip bsoule: around him IV ^ Id dead Phlllppinos. A%; lih* i&tln^ry, one of the menkben of the medical detachment wae, found with a spade In bis hand, Aronnd him, too, was a pile of dead Phllli>- plnoB. * > All of the native population had fled. They feared the revenge which the American Army wonld seek. Their fears were well grounded. Brlg-Qen. "Jakle" Smith was in command of the dis trict He issued orders for his men to kill and dtistroy every, PhlUpplno and every Philippine^ possession , across which they " might come. Whole vlllagea were rased. All living things were kill ed, humhn beings and animals alike. Every native bnlldlng was burned. For this pitiless order General Smith was discharged: from the Army. Tlpe has dulled the picture of the massacre at Ballngsaylg in memory; the experience is not one ed nor one which have again. V- he desires The WFA through the Com modity Credit Corporation will allow producers until August 15 to repay outstanding loans and redeem cotton -pledges under the 1942 loan program. PRELIMINARY CERTliftCATE OF DISSOLUTIOlf State of North Carolina,} Depar^ent of State ' To to Whom 'Ehepl Presents May Come—Greeting^ Whertes, It appeai^'to my sat- isfactionT by duly ®thenticated record of; the proceemgs for the voluntary'^, dissolutioi® thereof by the unaniijous consm of all the stockholderiL deposit in my of fice, that we Sou|pem Bargain Company or;'Wilker a corporation of t principal . omee Main Str|et, 111 thi Wilkesbofo, Oou; State of Nor% Donovan, being'. and in charge tl process hmy be plied TOh th Chapter. 66, titled “Corpo to the Issuing of Dissolution Now There^re, Secretaw of North yaroli that thu sai the' 9t^ my offll tested lbin dissolution ecuted by thereof, w the recor aforesaid said offi In Tes hereto set official S' day of M c Incorporated, State, whose situated • at 'own of North of Wilkes, irolina (M. L. agent tiierein •eof. upon whom ^jrved), has com- ijrequirementii of Statutes, en-; iote”, preliminary >f ^is Certificate To Locate Sitter '4'T1I9 tei^lwrteyr^totter ,«ae (•- eolveit by H, EPBinigataer, poet- tnaeMr at Wllkeeboro, from ifn. littlu Moon Hbirieki, of Daytoh, ;Ohlo: V.-:■/ -.l Dear Sir; ^ ^ 'V I> there a posaihUUy that yon could help me in locating a slater I have not seen or heard of tlnjje I9i$i My slater's name at.teat time was Pansy 0109 Foley, ^ wae married that year to a Janm Marlow at 'Wllkeahoro. They married In Taft, CalU.. and be brought her tq Wllkeeboro to live. He muet have been a citi zen of ' WUkesboro. My own was Mopted by, .a Olem Foley-at two years of ago and naturally retained that name.un til married to J, Maripw. Of course there is a pdsslbUlty she is dead or divorced which may make it diffteult for me to ever locate her. As the years go on Irtong mt.re to see or hear from her. 3he Is my only sister. We have two brothers older; one in Kansas, Iowa, and I am in Ohio, and hope to hear is she is still in Carolina. W« were aU Mpawtsi wtm Ji very sma& chUdrem I local one brother a few years ago aflSeif '{not kwwing hie whereabouts' yeark. The other 19 jeth. i was snre hiappy to 'tttA- them. Noermy slrter wonld help to wm- a h«|tur in my hMrt to 10# I’ve $ located all of theoi. My 4 sister’s name (maiden adopted-- name) is Pansy Cleo Foley;.(Marlow). X ’ — . ..'Any information yon can give ibe I'll be ever graiefnl ^ yda for. iiafienSTtATOlTB qualified estate Into , . Allen, * tbs hibit whose on or .a.‘, .. deeeaeed ‘iha nndei I Fergiawn,,«i 20th day of JhM, be plaand r. Ail per estate wW »to payment. . 1944. ^ ALS0, Administrator Of the Uteto of -E. ^.Al pi sdebtod .make ij ‘7? Alien, dee’d. -^0^- JT THE bPENING OF tier's SATURI Y, JULY 1ST We Will Be In Position to I’urnish You With /■ Baby Chicks, F^, anlPoultry SupplM^ jre, I, Thad Eure, ate of the State of do hweby certify Hatches 'corporal ■ May, ^ did, 01)' file ■ and ab-j to ttlei ion, ex- lolders and idings 7-10-4t said corpor. ill the stoe said const of the pro now on file in my IS provided by lay. lony Whereof, I, have ly hand and affixed my il at Raleigh, this' 9th a; D., 1944. THAD EURE, We Have^nBtal O.E1 v^ormer 318 TEN'* Lch Wejhlesday a Ne^ 28,Incubatqr -OWNER I. F. EHer & Sons IfC. North Wilkesboro, N. C. Secretary of State NOTICE North Carolina, Wilkes County. V. In the Superior Court ' , Ruby Parker, Plaintiff vs. lie Parker, Defendant The'^efendant, NyHe Parker, will takfcnotice that im action en titled asv)fcove ha*'^ been com menced in^he Sun^ior Court of Wilkes (Toun^n NwC-, to secure an absolute divort^fii behalf of the plaintiff; and, _ The said defimB|nt will further take notice tbit hlias required to appear at th* officeT|^ the Clerk of the Superior Codte of said county in.TCourthouse Ya Wilkes county, at;"Wilkesboro, Na|th Car olina, on.Xthe 5th day of 1944, ana answer or demur complatft in said action, plaintiff will apply to the Cc for Ae relief demanded in s comiuamt. This 2nd day of June, 1944. C. C. HAYES, ( 6-24-4tM Clerk Superior Court (JAH) wm Pay Ciask Wrecked Oars Thotte3344
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