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M. C A. 1» i«i*> «mI for tib* oi« awAira T. If C. plHit. S^ippin it ^5 fSm, -iSp- -gs:.—- 'S'’k3.4^ triodUi^ VoL 4U Ikt 66 ■•»llll||l.|ill|lfll| m, -im, 1.1 The Jburhql-Potrit^ Hoi fef. the "'Stote of Wllk€s"'For*Overi40 Y^ore Published Mondays and MMOFIIIfeEEeiMIRCIlESTO IWNT lilSIGrbFGNIHSTM^^ - NWH iiii^ fttFnsTMrmTsiiiiui^ A mnalMl srognm, *^e Mus ic ot CliTtstmss,*’, splll be iM'e- sentad at Ule lint BapUst cbnrch flnnday niKhtk alght o’clock. Wttk tlia adult and lonior eboin ot tto First Baptist, First MetbodlBt and First Proabytor- lan obnrcbss participating, tbs program will be one of the most Lois Serog^ will bs guest orr ganlst. Work in preparation tor the program has been under way for sereral weeks. The musical preaentatloa will be the outstanding event in local churches for the holiday season and will be largely attended by the congregations ot all ^ree churches and others who wish to outstanding ever presented here, attend. Special arrangements are The program will :be directed being made to seat a record con- by Mrs. A. F. Kilby and Miss gregation for the service. LHt^ and Bell . Are Denied Bonds In Assault Case Musical Pageant At Fairplains Baptist Defmdants Remanded To Jail To Await Trial In Special Term Claude Marvin Bell, of Roar ing River route two, and Ralph Vernon Litteral, of Greensboro, were denied bond in a hearing hrfore Judge William G. Pitt- ^man In Wilkes court and must remain in Jail until trial on charges of rape and kidnapping of Peggy Shore near Elkin in August. Solicitor Avalon E. Hall earlier had continued the case until the special term of Wilkes court call ed for January 6 because of the congested condition of the dock et, and counsel for the defend ants requested hearing on the question of bail for the two men. In the hearing two FBI agents who conducted investigation of the charges testified aT to their findings, which resulted 1 n charges of kidnaping in federal court and charge ot rape in the state court. The defendants were released from federal to stats . A musical Christmas pageant will be given at Fairplains Bap tist church Sunday night, De cember 22, 7:30. In addition to the pageant, which will he directed by Mr. and Mrs. Jeese Yale, Rev. S. L. Blev ins, pastor, will speak. The pub lic is cordially invited. JAY F. JARVIS —^ o ■J'— ee ' ‘ mm Maka Nortli '^Hkestwil^ Yoor siwpiBg . A- /■. ‘»V •r Alli^ Funeral Is Held For Jay F. Jarvis Wttke quota'of' palgn, H.; h. B. Jr., CO raise Scout pr ty during ! The qu^ $500 $505.55. was Wilke workers ] Christmas Program At Moravian Falls An inspiring Christmas pro gram win be given Sunday night, December 22, 7:30 o’clock, at Moravian Falls Baptist church. Rev. Rogers Gwaltney, pastor, will conduct the devotional and the program will consist mainly ot Christmas music. There will be a treat for all members of the Sunday school. The public Is cordially invited to attend. o Simple, dignified last rites | ^ were held at Cranberry Baptist Sturdivant, church 10 miles east of Wilkes- boro Sunday for Jay P. Jarvis, I ^“^hton, 31. who was Instantly when the motorcycle he was rid- „ „ cam- ,y -from Brame, drive to And Girt es coun- :tAr. iro was date is Hubbard ian and 1 cam- A. A. Pearson, . Claude iCy, Miss Prances Vaught, i^hoolt Out For ^ HuKdoys to 30th . i€r-' All schools in Wilkes connty are now adjourned for the Christ* man holidays. With exception of some schools wdiieh had a day to make np, the acbools of the county system closed ^esday. Others finished their pre-holiday schedule Wed nesday. 1 All schools plan to resume work on Monday, December SO. .- Horth Wllkesboro schools clos ed Tuesday until December 30. O' ■' JESsssiB an intiint rifii D^VoiK^M' OHyG^tllfoilei Judge Pittman Paaaea Sen» tence; January 31 Exe cution Date Set Stores Will Be Closed Two Days For Christmas Rev. H. M. WeJIii^yBev, W. N. ing failed to take a turn and „ , n ^ . dived down an embankment:. bard. . ■■■■ Christmas Program New Hope Church Annual Christmas program at Mew Hope Baptist church near Purlear will be given Sunday night, December 22, seven o’ clock. Following the program Santa Claus will make his an nual-, visit with %-trcM tv the for trta! firM’ 6o the of' ihLf^WlliaVF'^fteiifiOSi The ptthllc Is cordially Invited to attend. capital charge of rape. The FBI agents gave an ac count of the crime as furnished them by Peggy Shore. 15-year- old brunette who was the victim of the alleged assault. She had told the officers that she and other girls attended a water melon feast at the home of a girl friend in Elkin and were re turning U' their homes on a lo cal bus after 11 p. m. Peggy Shore was the last to get off the bus, and had about one-quarter ot a mile to walk to reach her home. She stated that while she was walking to her home a car which had been following the bus stopped, a man whom she later learned was Litteral Jumped from the car and threw her into the car, where she was held and blindfolded. The car proceeded to North Wllkesboro, where she said the m. 1 stopped for liquor, and then continued toward Boone. She said that after leaving North Wil- kesboro she was raped twice by 'both Litteral and Bell, w'ho took turns at driving. The assault victim told the officers that she was beaten and that Litteral threatened to kill her with a knifo. Meanwhile, she said she was blindfolded and did not know her location except from remarks made by the two men. She also stated that the Christmas Program Friendship Church Members of Friendship and Millers Creek Methodist church es will give a Christmas Carol service at Friendship church on Sunday. December 22., at 11 a. m. The Sunday school of both churches will meet a half hour earlier than usual to give Santa Claus time to finish his visit with the Sunday school groups! Following the Christmas carol j service the Christmas sermon will be delivered by the pastor. Rev. J. L. A. Bumgarner. The carol service will he led by Mr. Balmer Hayes and direct ed by Miss Doris Tulburt. The story of the nativity will be giv en along with the carols. Each and every one is cordially Invit ed to attend this Christmas pro gram. o near Asheville, N. 0. Mr. Jarvis, born In Wllkesboro and attended Wllkesboro high school, after leaving Wilkes county lived In Winston-Salem and was a member of Mineral Springs Baptist church there. He had been with the Atlantic Grey hound Corporation for five years and had made hla home in Sum ter, S. C. for sometime and at the time of his death he was making a run from Columbia, S. C. to Savannah, Ga.' and during the change of routes recently his wife and two little daughters had I driven to Bryson City to spend I sometime with her mother ud he had gone by motorcycle from Columbia to visit th«n and wi day morning. Late reports state that the body was found within 4.5 minutes after the accident by J, P. Dotson and D. E. Sluder. Reins-Sturdlvant Funeral home was in charge of the interment. The funeral party entered the church at 2:00. The Wllkesboro quartet opened the service with the singing of “Rock ot Ages’’. Rev. L. T. Younger, pastor of the church, was in charge of the service. Survivors are his wife, Doro thy Dehart Jarvis, two daugh ters, Linda Jean and Juanita Faye, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Jarvis, Sr. an d two broth ers, .las. S. Jarvis, Portsmouth, Ohio, L. M. Jarvis,' Jr., Roaring River, N. C. an d th e following sisters, Mrs. H. L. Green, Salis bury, Md., Mrs. M. M. Mathis, Roaring River, Mrs. J. B. Hen derson, Jr., Wilmington, N. C., Mrs. Dick Sale, Winston-Salem, N. C., Mrs. W. S. Johns, Winston- Salem, Mrs. Robert J. Pegg, Wil mington, N. C. The quota jmtlre ty has not be««., co;chalrmen,_t workers who, their territorfes’ Job as eapty make their.'Ti The UM9 * in Wilkes 'conn: and mainti program Dt' and Giri.'|KWSf coun ed and the d that all completed finish isible Vlll be used >r expansion e growing on of Boy lee. Detana Lomax Crook, stm ot Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Crook, of this city, was promoted to the rank of Cadet-Midshipman Lt. Commander with the position of Regimental Adjutant, num ber two man, in the tJnl^d States Merchant Marine Acad emy, which is located at Kings Point, N. y. He Is a graduate of the North Wllkesboro high school and at- ihe! fended Mars Hill College, Mars and Hill, N.‘ C., and the Apprentice School In Newport News, Va. be fore going into the Cadet Corp. He received his appointment to the United States Merchant Marine Cadet Corp in September 1944 and took his basic training at Pass Christian. Miss. While there he attained the rank of Cadet-Midshipman Ensign. As a cadet he went to sea in January, 1946 nerving on a taoker in th% Wight montha 8etn^ According to a schedule of holidays agreed upon by a ma jority of local merchants in March of this year, store.? in North Wllkesboro will he closed two days for Christmas, Decem ber 25 and 26. Many Ca$es Tried In Wilkes Court Of R' munity Died Tuesday Warlick William Harris, retir ed hardware merchant and for many years a prominent citizen of the Roaring River commun ity, died Tuesday evening in a Statesville hospital. He had been In ill health for several months and seriously 111 since Saturday. Mr. Harris was a son of the late J. N. (Luck) 'Harris and Mrs. Dorcas Grey Harris, of Wilkes county. At an early age he entered the hardware business and operated a store at Roaring River. He retired from business in 1938. He was active In com munity and public life and devot ed much time and means to ac- 'During the past week Judg ments were rendered in Wilkes superior court In the following cases: Geraldine Baker versus John Daniel Baker, divorce granted. Robert Clyde Church, James Dowell, Zeb P. Marsh, Clyde S. Vannoy, Woodrow W. Neely, charged in separate cases with operating cars while under in fluence of liquor, fined $60 each not. to operate motbr 1*:. mojutkA Richard Horton, colored resi dent of the Ferguson commun ity, was sentenced in Wilkes court late Wednesday to die In the gas chamber at Raleigh for the robbery slaying of Francis Baker, local taxi driver, on Oc tober 26 15 miles west of this city. The Jury deliberated only eight minutes before returning the verdict of guilty Of murder in the first degree. A fewwmln- utes later Judge William Q. Pittman pronounced sentence. Following the sentence Horton, who had been closely guarded by a number of patrolmen during the trial, was whisked away to state prison in Raleigh. Principal witnesses In the trial were Sgt. A. H. Clark, of the highway patrol, and Sheriff C. O. Poindexter, who went to Ports mouth, Ohio and returned Hor ton, who was arrested there with the stolen taxi, t o North Car- ollha. Solicitor Avalon E. Hall was assisted In the prosecution by Attorney T. R. Bryan. Attorney F. j‘. McDuffie, appointed by the court, was defense counsel. Trial began with selection of Jur ors from a special venire Mon day and ended late Wednesday. The condemned negro accegked ^ the verdict and death seutance calmly. January 31 Is the data IfK-ta , the sentence for executtoix : lMt ' days lank of Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve and a Third Assistant Engineer In the Merch ant Marine in June 1947. Cadet Crook Is expected home next week to spend the Christ mas Holidays with* his parents. prohibition law, t9 spended. Earl Ward, violation prohibi tion law, five months on roads. Will McGIamery, operating car Portsmouth, Ohio, Mfom«l6ffl0*sthy i;i cutioh. Through Sgt. A. H. Clark, who with Sheriff C. G. Poindex- while intoxicated, eight months'^'' Richard 'Horton, the confes- Mother Mrs. Eugene Trivette Succ^jmbs Leaksville.—Mrs. Leila Jones Garrett, 84, of Price, died In Leaksville Hospital Mon'day aft ernoon. Her husband, ThomM J Garrett, had died on December 5 this year. Funeral was h^d at 2 p. m. Wednesday at the home. _ with burial in the family plot at tfvities he deemed worthy. He home. She Is survived by five Christmas Pageant Pine View Church The Young People’s Class of Pine View church will present a pageant at the church Sunday evening, Dec. 22, at 7:30, entitl ed “Bethlehem.’’ The pastor, blindfold came off after they had , ^ jyj Dillard, will be pres- reached Tennessee and that! There will also be a Chrlst- there she saw her assailants tree where gifts may be ex- whom she later learned were, (.Ranged with friends. The pub- Litteral and Bell. ]jg jf, cordially invited to attend. In Tennessee she said she was _\(jii]jg8t.on free to all. put out of the car, where she be- p 10th Street Firms Voice Opposition To Parking Meter Delegation With Petition Appear Before City Council Tuesday was a steward of the Roaring River Methodist church and was a member of the Masonic lodge. Throughout the war he served on Wilkes county rationing board number 2, giving much time In patriotic work during the na tional emergency. Surviving Mr. Harris are his wife, Mrs. Mattie Armstrong Har ris: one son, Charles R. Harris, of Abilene, Texas; and three daughters. Miss Zelle Harris, of Roxboro, Mrs. Hazel H. Turner, of Hickory, aUd Mrs. Charles P. Walters, of Artlngton, Va.; also one foster son, Dwight Harris, of Roaring River; two grand children, Carol Harris and Karen Walters; and the following bro thers and sisters: Clyde and daughters, Mrs. L. P. Mltc.hell and Mrs. L. J. Slebert of Ijeaks- vllle, Mrs. Eugene Trivette of North Wllkesboro, Mrs. Robert L. Neal of Reldsvllle, and Miss I'vy Garrett of the home; one sis ter, Mrs. George W. DeShazo of Ridgeway, Va.; and two brothers, N. L. Jones of Ridgeway, Va.. and R. W. Jones of Boxwood, Va. 5th Sunday Singing On December 29th came unconscious for a time, and later revived and made her way to a farm house, where she was temporarily cared for and sent home on a bus. After reaching home she spent some time In the hospital at Elkin, where physi cians said she was treated for as sault and shock. The FBI agents also told Judge Pittman that Litteral had made a confession, which corro borated, in part, the statements of Peggy Shore. Policemen Here Are Not Allowed Fees For Arrests Action of Council Puts All Policemen On Salary Basis, No Fees North Wllkesboro city council It was Intimated that the do- jn December session revised the fense would plead on the part of salary schedule of police officers Litteral that he is not mentally and eliminated arrest fees from capable of pleading his ease, and their pay. Solicitor Ha!l stated that he pees for arrests will still be would request an order from the taxed In the bill for costs against Ifconrt for Lltteral’s examination defendants but all such fees will by a psychlatirlst to determine go into the general fund, his mental capacity. Revising the salary schedule Hutchens and Deal, of Wins- to conform to the approximate ton-Salem, are counsel for Lit- amount which officers had been! teral. and Trivette and Hoi- receiving with salary plus fees, j * ahouser, of A delegation of business men from Tenth street were heard by the North Wllkesboro city coun cil Tuesday night as they voiced their objection to erection of parking meters on Tenth street. Included in the delegation were Gilbert T. Bare, M. B. Blan kenship. C. J. Swofford, R. M. Brame, Jr., Z. O. Eller, Burl Hayes, Joe Darlington, Clyde Pearson, J. G. Chlpman, E. T. Hackney and a representative of Lovette Poultry coippany. The petition, setting forth rea sons why they objected to the proposed erection of parking me ters on Tenth street, was signed by 23 business firms. I Blue Ridge Singing Associ ation will meet Sunday, Decem ber 29, one p. m., with Mount Pleasant Baptist church. Chair man T. A. Eller said today. All singers are Invited to take part Noah Harris, of Wllkesboro; Mrs. in the singing, which will con- Charles Moore, Maryville, Call- tinue through the afternoon. fornia; Mrs. Leet Poplin, Ronda; I Mrs. Lena* Prevette, Norfolk, Va. ^ Funeral service will be held Library Is To Be Friday, two P. m.. at Roaring CloSCd Three DoyS suspended on payment. $100 fine. Frank Millard Adams, operat ing car while intoxicated, six months suspended on payment $150 fine and costs. Ernest Linney, 4 cases drunk enness, 30 days suspended In each case on payment $5 fine, condition he remain sober and attend church. o P.-T.A.Holds Meeting Friday The Parent-Teacher associ ation of North Wllkesboro held its monthly meeting Dec. 12 in the North Wllkesboro school building. President, Mrs. C. A. Venable, called the meeting to order for a short business session, at which time 332 members were report ed enrolled. The minutes were read by the secretary, Mrs. Lewis Vickery. A committee was ap pointed by the president to In vestigate the needs of the school grounds. The committee Is com posed of chairman, Staton Mclver, Mrs. Jack Brame, Mr. Cragan and sion signed by Horton in Ohio was introduced in evidence and read to the Jury by Solicitor Ava lon Hall. The com’ession stated that on the night of October 19 Horton engaged a taxi to carry him 15 miles west of North Wllkesboro and that he failed to pay Ernest Eller, driver, the taxi fare. Later, Horton said, Eller saw him in North Wllkesboro and demand ed payment. He stated that he got mad at Eller. On the evening of October 26, Horton said, he took a snigle bar rel shotgun apart, placed it in a sack and went to the highway, from which point he rode a bus to North Wllkesboro and arrived about 7:30. He said he proceed ed to Tenth street, where he saw a man in a taxi and that he thought the taxi driver was El ler. He engaged the taxi to car ry him back up the road. When he reached the point where the murder occured, Hor ton told the driver that he did not have sufficient money to pay the $4.50 fare and asked the driver to wait while he went to the house to change clothes and that he would return with him to North Wllkesboro and get the Miss Lucille Young. . money. Rev. Watt Cooper led the devo- | ^gnt to a sawmill tional period using as his theme jjg^p country road where the the Christmas Spirit. He rtrese- parked, put the gun to ed the place of the child at gejjjg^ waited some time. He Christmas and throughout the Baker got out of the year. He said that as necessao' ^axl and was lighting a cigarette as material things are to the jjg the shotgun. He child, they are not as much need- Baker fell and that he ed as time and love from t“®|ghot him again. Then, the con- parents. Ifession stated, he took from Mrs. R. S: Gibbs told of the ggjjgf>g dying body his money different /-«■-«-*—— River Methodist church. Rev. I. J. Terrell, pastor, will be assist ed by Rev. W. J. Miller, of Salisbury. The body will lie in state at the church from one un til two o’clock. . The Journal-Patriof’ Will Not Be Issued In order to allow time for brief Christmas holidays. The Each member of the delega-' Journal-Patriot will not he is- tion spoke before the city council sued on Thursday, .December 26. and the argument was conclud- Last Issue of The lournal-Pa- ed by W. H. McElwee, attorney trlot before Christmas will be for the petitioners. Printed on Monday. December 23. No action was taken by the Those who have announcements council. which they Wish to. have publish- Wllkes County Public library located in the North Wllkesboro ^ g^igin of different Christmas pocketbook and drags- town hall will be closed on Tnee- Then the group sang c^ir- j ^ ^ day, Wednesday and Thursday of,g,g ,g^ ^y Miss Bingham, direc-Lj found’about nine a. m. next week for Christmas boll- tgr g, the school band. i the following morning, days. Miss Llzette Stone, llbrar- conclusion of the pro-1 Horton’s confession stated that gram, the school rooms were vis- then drove the taxi to tha Ited. The visitors found that the jjgme of his father near Fergu- school children had ^ caught the gg^^^ where he left the gun and ^Christmas spirit, and had repro- ^he boots he had been wearing* daced it in the beautiful room , drove 'back by the scene of ian, said today. Thursday^ Dec. 26 Holiday dub To Be Formed Friday decorations. First meeting of the HoHdgy Club, an organization to provide recreation for young people of college age during the holidays. Teeh Age Squore the murder and bad another look at Baker’s body to make sure be was dead. Then he drove by way ~ g •J US—L* Boone to CarYj W. Va., where Dancf rriaay riignr i,g pjg^g^ up James Touver, a I friend, and told him that lie . . A square dance for the teen | ^gjg^g^ him ill. be held Friday night, eight age group in the county Is to be Chicago. They were stopped l^id g pd on that date are requested to o’clock, at the Legion and Anxr;, sponahred by the Girl Scout subsequently Investigated In Tuberculosis la caused by a get them In .early. The Journal- ' i.r clubhouse.. The opening Council of the Wllkes^rM. The Portsmouth, Ohio, whwe offtcera . North Wllkesboro the board set the salary of Chief germ, the tubercle bacillus, which Patriot tvl!l.,yndeavor to , vlvp program will consist of a hilart- dance will be in theF. W. Hall hold them for arrival of Shtrifit* and Boone, are counsel for Bell. j. E. Walker at $265 per month is spread from person to person complete corWage of the holiday oits 'womanless wedding with Priday.nlght, Dec. Poindexter and Sgt. Clark.^ o and all other police officers at It is not inherited. If It seems news happegljigs in the pauers to rharles Sink as the groom an*! The Wasteland Wanderers wm^ ^ In farm Ore-Hghflng, the first $150 per month each. j to run In families. It Is because be published'bn Monday, Decern* |^o«dy ^ HortW the bride. All of furotoh the music. tt»a minutes are the most Im- o one member of the family catch- her 28, ana Monday, December' college age afo invited to be inrited tp come and portaat, says USDA bnlletm. SUPPORT THE Y. M. C. A. es it from another. ,80. , , there. r«l old-fiwhloB fnn. ..V . '•»- V-. -■ - iSnyportiyiC.^
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