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VOL.XXXiX^No.80
PnblUhed MOadays aad Thvndaya.
%pBbReM Rally
WdlBaSatimlay
At CoarthoBse
Dies of Woim^
Frank Patton, Candidate fMr
Governor, and R. H. Mc-
NeUl Will Speak
Wr
Highlight of the Republican
campaign in .Wilkes county prior
to the NoTember 7 election will be I
the county-wide rally to be held
at the courthouse in Wllkesboro
on Saturday afternoon, September
21, two o’clock. I
For the rally the Wilkes Re |
publican leadership has secured
two of the outstanding Republi
can speakers.
Frank Patton, of Morganton.
who Is the Republican candidate
for goTemor, and Attorney Roberi,
H. McNeill, candidate for gover
nor four years ago, will be the
ture speakers.
ith Interest in the campaign
wing as the date for election
aws near, it is expected that a
pacity crowd will be present to
ear the issues of the campaign
discussed.
Announcement of the rally is
sued by Chairman N. B. Smithey.
of the Wilkes Republican Execu
tive committee. Invited all in
tfiJCPsted voters to attend and in-
^ded a special Invitation to la-
8.
Many Awards For
Boy Scouts Here
Many awards are to be made to
Boy Scouts in the Scout court of
honor and awards meeting tonight,
7:30, in the religious education
building of the Presbyterian
church.
Scout leaders commented on the
large number of merit badges to
be presented, which indicates that
Interest in Scouting continues at
a fast pace and that much prog
ress is being made by the Scouts
of the various troops.
The list of merit badges to he
awarded tonight follows: Billy
Bason,-Gordon Finley, Jr., and
Phil Mitchell, cooking: T. C. Plex-
▼••op
HVtlOrd’
W sonal
^ and :
valoinnent; L«wls Mann Nelson,
.dr., and Billy Bason, bird study;
on Finley, Jr., athletics, per
sonal health, public health, safety
and swimming, also rank of Life
Scout; Don Coffey, wood carving,
mechanics, first aid. safety, cook
ing, art, pioneering, architecture
and forestry, also rank of Star
Scout.
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Fire Tuesday At
Key City Plant
A fire which originated near
the furnace at the Key City Fur
nitnre company plant Tuesday
night did little damage.
Efficiency of the sprinkler sys
tem, and promptness on the part
of the fire department saved the
plant from serious damage.
The blaze was extinguished as
the sprinkler system went
ttto operation. There was con
siderable damage by water to ma
terials on the first floor. The fire
occurred about 10:45 p. m.
Reach the K^er
Hew Pastor Of
First Baptist Is
Native of Texas
i Wounded In France
f-jT r » w
The Reverend Dr. David E.
Browning assumed his duties as
pastor of the First Baptist church
here the first Sunday in October.
He succeeds Dr. John W. Klnchjr
loe, Jr., who is how pastor of the
First Baptist church. Norfolk, Va.
Ffc. Elmer J. Coffey, son of I
Mr. and >Irs. J. F. Coffey, of
Havs. who died on September
19 of wounds received on
Peleliu i.sland In the Pacific.
Pfc. Coffey entered service in
July, 19-48, and went overseas
in June, 1944.
NEW LANBING
IN CAROLINES
IS BISCLOSED
Sustained action by carrier-
based planes against the Philip
pines and new landing in the
Western Carolines were reported
last night in a communique of
Adml. Chester W. Nimltz.
(Japanese reports today said
American troops had landed in the
central Philippines).
The carrier plane attacks ex
tended operations which have
leen in progress against Japan’s
inner defense ring since October
S and are meshed with land-based
strikes by Gen,' Douglas MacAr-
thur who reported a fighter
sweep over Mindanao.
The new landing, made last
September but kept secret until
yesterday, was achieved without
opposition on Ulithi atoll in the
Western Caroline group. Eighty-
first Division army troops, of the
Appeal l» Made
For the Coiity
To Go Over Top
Unsolicited Gift Received
From Service Man Who
Knows Value UWF
4^ysisal de- group ~^hlch aided In the
invasion of the Southern Palaus,
went shore on Utithi September
20 and 2,.
riithi is 100 miles east of Yap
and is northeast of Palau. It has
one of the best harbors In the
Western Pacific.
BRITISH GAIN
GROUND ON
DUTCH FRONT
Over mature timber is a liabili
ty rather than a growing asset In
the farm woodland.
jf
RATION NEWS
SHOES — Airplane Stamps
Nos. 1 snd 2 in book three good
for one pair of shoes each in
definitely. Airplane stamp No.
3 will become valid November
1.
GASOLINE—Coupons No. 11
4n A, book good lor three gal-
/lonsj became effective Au^. 9
a«d will expire November I.
SUGAR — Sugar stamps 30.
mi, S3. SS (book 4) good for
five pounds indefinitely.
PROCESSED FOODS-^Blue
AS through R5 (Book 4) now
valid at 10 points each, tor use
with tokens. Good indefinite
ly.
MEATS AND FATS — Red
A8 through Z8 and A5 through
K6 (Book 4) now valid at 10
points each tor use with tokens.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp 40
/
9d for five pounds canning
1C»0
{agar until February 28, 194.5.
gu^er coupons R-326 Issued for
canning sugar are valid in
definitely and did not expire
October 1.
A-tire nianufactnrer may
tnnsfer new truck tires to aifY
,|er without ^ certlfksatea.
miAing the establishment
Upping the tiros does not have
ear rsplsotshmeiit portions on
arhleh orders have not been
taled.
Powerful British and American
forces sparred warily with a
super sensitive German enemy
last night all along a highly ex
plosive S5-niile battle line
paralleling the Dutch German
border between Aachen in Ger
many and Arnhem in Holland.
l.ient, Gen. Courtney H. Hodges’
American First Army probed cau
tiously north and northeast of
.Aachen, where the Nazis, repelled
in five furious attempts to break
into the encircled city of Aachen
in recent days, had rolled up a
heavy concentration of tanks and
moWle guns.
Briti.sh Second Army troops
fought through the streets to the
center of the Dutch highway town
of Venray, eight miles from the
German frontier, and pushed an
armored column three miles south
and cut the Venray Deume road.
American armor was disclosed to
Dr. Browning is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. P. K. Browning, of
Philadelphia. He is a native of
Waco, Texas, and has spent the
most of his life in the Lone-Star
state. He attended the public
schools and graduated from high
school In Texarkana, Texas. Both
there and in the Texarka:ia Col
lege he participated and was very
active in sports. For three years
he lettered in football, being a
member of the Junior College
team that won semi-finals Is
Texas Conference. He has re
ceived distinction in track and
basketball also.
In 1934 Dr. Browning entered
Ouachita College, Arkadelphia,
Ark. The school was located S5
miles from his home town, and
for the three years he attended
Ouacl ita, he traveled that dis
tance each week end both to fill
his pulpit there on Sunday and to
work in his father’s factory. By
this means he was able to support
his family and attend school un
interrupted until his graduation
In 1937.
The following year he entered
the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky,
receiving his Master of Theology
Degree in 1940. The next four
years were spent in combining
study in the graduate school there
and pastoring the Bethany Bap
tist church in Louisville. As the
duties in his study gained mo
mentum and he saw that he would
have to sacrifice the one for the
other, he resigned as pastor of the
church which he had served for
four years. He spent one year in
intense study, receiving his De
(See New Pastoi'—page seven)
Fiddlers’ Convention
At Mount Pleascmt
A fiddlers convention will be
held at Mount Pleasant school on
Saturday, October 28, eight p. m.
Garlle Foster will be master of
ceremonies and prizes will be
awarded the winners. All musl-
be in position on the British right jcians are invited to take part in
flank, but was not yet reported to
have been hurled into action.
Now Recovering
the contest, which is being spon
sored by the Champion Home
Demonstration club.
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NEW RUSSIAN
OFFENSIVE IS
UNDER WAY
Fic. ». K. Livingston, Jr., was
slightly wounded In France on
September 11, according to an
official War Department mes
sage received by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. I. B. Livingston,
Of Millers Creek. Ffc. Living
ston entered service in Sep
tember, 1942, and went over
seas in June, 1944.
Scrap Paper Will
Be Collected In
This City Friday
A good start, but only a start,
has been made toward raising
■Wilkes county's goal of $18,000
for the United War Fund and
community chest activities, C. J.
Swofford, county chairman, said
today.
An urgent appeal Is made to all
the people of Wilkes county to
take advantage of the oppor
tunity the United War Fund cam
paign affords to provide comfort
and recreation for the service
men who are fighting to defend
and perpetuate freedom here and
abroad, and to aid the helpless
and suffering people of war torn
nations of our allies.
It Is pointed - out that Wilkes
has always had a tnost excellent
record in backing every part of
the war effort, and has gone
over the top In previous cam
paigns. With the help of all the
people who can give, the present
campaign.can go over the top.
Workers are now engaged in
canvassing the people of the coun
ty, and because so many causes
are included in the preaent cam
paign, liberal contributions are
most urgently requested.
Some contributions which were
not solicited have been received.
Gllpii Cooper
WUCniwHore
^-pastil Home
CM To AdfihreM
;,,Xibnoi' Speak at Church
R. GREGG CUBB&V
V——
Cherry Will Speak
At the Courthouse
On Monday Night
Address By Candidate For
Governor Will Be Highlight
of Democratic Campaign
Attention of all residents of
North Wllkesboro is called to the i One check arrived today from a
fact that scrap paper will be col
lected In North Wllkesboro Fri
day.
People are urged to tie news
papers, magazines, cardboard, dis
carded books and other waste pa
per iftyintndles and place it on
frent porches or » street curbs ’.n
order that the,, collector will see
it. Paper is vitally needed in the
war program.
On Peleliu Island
man in service, a man who has
served in this country and abroad.
He made an unsolicited gift be
cause he knows the inestimable
value of the benefits derived from
the USO and other organizations
supported by- the United War
Fund for men in the ranks.
If a service man who Is serving
his country with all his time and
talent can give, how much more
willing to give should be the peo
ple at home in security and com-
^fort!
] Only a start has been made to-
|ward the goal of $18,000. The
I campaign needs the help of all.
Even when you give what you can,
your gift is not comparable to
what tjbe men who face the enemy
are giving.
V
Twins! Twins! Twins!
TWINS at Hospital
Opl. Joe B. James, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. B. James, of
Wllkesboro route two, is now
stationed at Peleliu Island, one
of the small Palau Islands.
James volunteered for the ma
rines in September, 1941, re-
eeived training at New River,
Parris Island, 8. C., and Quantl-
co, Virginia, before going over
seas in May, 1942. No word
had been received from C^l.
James since the last of August
until two letters were recently
received by his mother stating
that he was well and to tell all
•“hello”. His brother, 8gt. Noah
James, Is now stationed at
Camp Lejeune after serving
overseas 25 months.
There are three sets of twins
at the Wilkes hospital and an
other set retnmed home last
week, which makes ■ a total of
four pairs (unbeatable poker
liand) bom there in the past
two weeks.
The twins are as follows:
two daughters bom to Mr. and
Mrs. Ralph Anderson, of Wllkes
boro, on October 11; a son and
daughter bom to Mr. and Mrs.
Don Blevins, of this city, .on Oc
tober 13; two sons oom to Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Call 8outher
on October 16; a son and daugh
ter were bora to Mr. and Mrs.
Lonnie Stamper, of McGrady,
two weeks ago.
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Sinpg OcL 29th
At Beaver Creek
R. Gregg Cherry, Democratic
candidate for governor of North
Carolina, will deliver the feature
address of the Democratic cam
paign in Wilkes county at the
Wilkes county courthouse on Mon
day night, October 23, eight
o’clock.
Party leaders are confident that
a large crowd will be present to
hear Cherry, whom they are con
fident will be the next governor
of North Carolina. A most cor
dially invitation is extended all
interested voters to be present and
hear the address. Ladies are es
pecially invited to the rally.
In addition to the address of
the candidate for governor, candi
dates for county offices on the
Democratic ticket will be present
ed Monday night.
Intereat in the campaign In
Wilkes is. increasing as the elec
tion date of November 7 draws
near. County contests for the
election include the office of reg
ister of deeds, representative, and
county commissioners.
V
Chiipialn 5Wajtt M. Cooper, who
wM paator of the Pint Presby
terian church of North WUkea-
boro before eifteiing the navy as
a chaplain, will return on leave
to North Wllkesboro Friday of
this vd»k.
Chaplain Cooper served with a
Seabeea batalllon on New Guinea
and other South Pacific bases for
almost two years. At the end of
his present leave he will report to
Portland, Oregon, for duty.
He will arrive in North Wllkes
boro Friday afternoon and on Fri
day evening at seven o’clock will
address the North Wllkesboro
Lions Club. Immediately after
the Lions’ meeting a reception in
honor of Chaplain Cooper will be
held in the religious education
building of the Presbyterian
church.
Chaplain Cooper will speak in
the morning service at the Pres
byterian church Sunday at 11
o’clock.
The excellent work of Chap
lain Cooper at navy bases in the
Pacific war zone received wide
recognition, and his many friends
in this city will welcome the op
portunity to see and hear him
again
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Jurors Drawn For
November Session
Of Federal Court
Bus Station Now
In New Location,
6th and Main Sts.
Jurors have been drawn for the
November term of federal court,
which will convene in Wllkesboro
on Monday, November 20.
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
Wllkesboro, will preside over the
term. A large docket of cases,
which consists mainly of viola
tions of the liquor tax laws, will
be ready for trial.
The jurors were drawn as fol
lows:
ALLEGHANY—
Carl S. Halsey. Plney Creek;
Charlie Black, Stratford; J. R.
Miles, Cherrylane.
ASHE—
Mack R. Vannoy, Oval; A. P.
Barker, Crumpler;. Ora Phipps,
Othello; W. W. Dickson, Sala
Creek; Wiley Elliott, Clifton;
Smith Greer, Grayson; James A.
Garvey, Crumpler; James V.
Kearney, Crumpler; E. C. Elier,
Bina; J. A. Reeves, West Jeffer
son; I. G. Spencer, Helton; Con-
North Wilkesuoro’s union bus ley Wyatt, Grayson; Thos. F. Van-
terminal moved last night from
Ninth street to its new location on
the corner of Sixth and Main
streets—the ’building formerly oc
cupied by Motor Market.
The new bus station affords
ample space and facilities for In
creased bus traffic in North
Wllkesboro and far greater con
veniences for bus travelers.
M. C. Woodie, manager of the
bus station, which is used by
Greyhound and Parkway buses,
recently purchased the Motor
Market building from C. D. Cof
fey, Jr. Various changes were
made in order to provide bus sta
tion facilities. In connection with
the bus station will be a barber
shop, refreshment and magazine
concession, and service station.
V
The longer the grower waits to
•plant oats, the lower the yield.
Serves On Ssnpan
noy. Oval; J. T. Woodie, Laurel
Springs; T. K. Luther, Jefferson.
WATAUGA—
Uonly Hagaman, Sugar Grove;
G. D. Barnett, Boone: I. G. Cx)k,
Valle Crucis; H. H. Greene, Deep
Gap; Richard Hodges. Boone;
J. E. Young, Blo'Wing Rock; W. C.
Webb, (col.), Boone; R. D. Hor
ton, (col.), Boone; Hamp Claw
son, Boone; E. B. Hagaman, Buck
Creek; Fred Cox. Triplett.
Southside Singing association
will convene at Beaver Creek Bap
tist church on Sunday, October 29.
F. J. McDuffie, chairman, who
issued announcement of the sing 
Ing, stating that the day’s'program
will open at ten a. m. and invited
all singers to attend and take part.
Ffc. Percy J. Baldwin, who
was wonndM in aatioa orerseas
on September 11, is now In a
hospital-and is gettini; along
fine, acconUng to a letter honle
under date of October 4.
A tremendous new Russian of
fensive aimed straight west to
ward the heart of East Prussia
was announced by alarmed Ger
man broadcasts yesterday and the
Soviet midnight communique de
scribed heavy air force ^mb-
ihgs all along the path of advance
as far as Insterburg, 37 miles In
side the Germn Junkers’ home
land.
The Russians did not directly
Confirm the offensive by Gen. Ivan
D. Chemlakhovsky’s Third White
Russian Army Group, but left lit
tle !'.,«4bt that It was in progress,
announcing that Red bombers
Monday night to Tuesday morning
hit Insterburg and the interme
diate railway junctions of  Gnia-
binnen and Stalhiponen, along the
very route the Germans said
CheraiskhoTsky’B drive, was -di*
rected.
Two other real estate deals affecting local people have
taken place recently. One of considerable profioiiaon w^
the purchase of three valuable lots on Ninth street by Dan
J. Carter which have been owned by J. E. Finley ever
since the Town of North Wllkesboro was mapped out
Another d^l of interest to local people was the purchase
of the attn rt ’ "
jtive fish hatchery property located hear Boone
in Watauga county, the buyers being Dr. E. M. Hutchens,
J. R. .Hix, and Hoyle M. Hutchens. This deal was agreed
on sometime ago but was not announced until the new
owners had obtained their deed from the State Department
of Conservation and Development.
o
WILKES—
Willie Harrold, North Wllkes
boro; John Burcham, Roaring
River; Will Rose, Benham; J. M.
Shumate, North Wllkesboro; W.
C. Triplett, Purlear; D. B. S'war-
Ingen, Traphlll Route; Julius Hol
lar, North Wllkesboro; Clarence
Hall, Halls Mills; Mrs. J. R. Eller,
Fhirlear Route; O. R. Miller,
Wllkesboro route one; Thomas
Parsons, Walsh; Ralph Swanson,
Boomer; G. W. Greer, Millers
Creek; J. E. DeJournette, Thur
mond; James Tomlinson, North
Wllkesboro; T. S. Keneriy, North
Wllkesboro; Carl Ganter, Wllkes
boro; Coy Eller, Purlear; G. A.
Bumgarner, Millers Creek; C. W.
Wiles, Hays; M. M. Bnmgamer,
Wllkesboro route 1; C. M. Pardue,
Wllkesboro; A. Hincher, North
Wllkesboro; J. Fletcher Coffey,
Hays; Mrs. C. D. Coffey, Sr., North
Wllkesboro.
North Wilkesboro
6.0. P. to Meet
Heavy frosts have appeared several oionuagB lately,-
bat Dave Hall, a progresaive farmer residing amiElr
wairenharo, reported the fbst frost to |thb ,,He -
sayshe —w frost oa his bam on Moodmy morning » waejs.
agOb Tht* week we kave bed report* of rsidiatbr* e«i
(See News and VIewi—^pa^six) ''
•4.
Pfc. G. OMhioa,. soa of
Mr. and Mb. A. A. (MA)
Usblon, of tUh etty, has bon
with' the BisSfaie corps o* hMU
paq.. sliice the tevagira ef that
,lsh^d In J.bjr. Osshlpa
Aiteaed the qgiHib' csTps ' hi
v«ae,'’i»ss,'- sod^ weok'ewneair
.If ■: jirevsaiher idteg, seqiivtel
boot tmlalng, at, 8«
*^*****^ * ■' -if*’!' -Vi?
Republicans of North Wllkes
boro^ township are apk«d to at
tend a pbclnct meeting to be held
Friday night, 7:30, in the room
over Rezall Prog copipany.
The meeting will be for the pnr-
organizing and laying
plans fOT, the. remaining days of
the canipaiga before the election
oh. November 7.
tedles are especially Invited to
the tusMing. ,
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. "rae improved outlook for^to-^ .
hMm'-«xports' and the eoattaved .
dopMstk^swawBif- c ,
XMegb, jitto^i^iifs ^^ohteeo^ia a hivSfable
the #REt ysar or two. i