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ussar xi UXITID STATU ta yn WAR VI BONOS W 1 STAMPS *l|l' VOL. LVI.-NO. 13 GIVKBIOGRAPHY OF J. E. LUTHER, 100 YKAKS OLD North Wilkesboro Alan In Address Gives Brief Review of Life of Deep Gap Man. Who Served Under Stonewall Jackson: Last Local Confederate. Mr. -7 B. Williams of North Wilkesboro. was one of the speakers at the celebration, honoring the 100th birthday anniversary of Mr. J E. Luther. Watauga's last Confederate veteran, which was held at the Deep Gap home recently. The address has considerable biographical information. and will be of interest to the people of this area. It follows: W.a mt?tt trirlat- tn cci loKeot n lliri one hundredth birthday of one of North Carolina's famous sons. One hundred years a>*o today, on September 10. 1843. Jesse Elihu Luther was bom in Randolph county. N. C. He is the son of William Luther and Mary Loftin Luther. Mr. Luther and his parents moved to Wilkesboro in Wilkes county when he was 12 years old. Mr. Luther is a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the Confederate army. He volunteered for endlislment and was inducted in Wilkesboro. N. C., on May 10. 1862. and was assigned to Col. Barber's regiment, and was later in A. P. Hill's division. Lane's brigade, with General Stonewall Jackson commanding. He was in several engagements?the Battle of the Wilderness Spottsylvania court house. Chancellorsvilie. and in the second battle of Manassas. He was wounded three times, twice in skirmishes and once at Spottslyvania court house. After the war Mr. Luther returned to his home in Wilkesboro. A short time after his return from the army he married a boyhood sweetheart. Miss Amelia M. James, who was reared about four miles below Wilkesboro in Wilkes county. To this union were born three children: namely: John E. Luther, and Mrs. Cora A. Moretz of Deep Gap, N C.: and Mrs. Ida S. Welch of Stony jfork Wilkes county, N. C., all of whom are alive and in attendance at this one hundredth birthday clebn'tion of their father. In the year 1873 Mr. Luther moved to Deep Gap. Mrs. Luther died about 15 years ago this pas' Apri'. having lived with her husband llru' children, a long and usefu' life. Mr. Luther might be called the "Sage of the Blue Ridge." having spent a greater part of his ionji ''fe on top of the Blue Ridge Mountains. In his early life, prior to the Civil War,he was a mail carrier, having carried mail .from Wilkcsbord to Boone, via horseback. He was doing this work in 1860. Mr. Luther is a member of Ca'vary Methodist church in Ashe county and in his active days he served 'hs church as Sunday School superintendent and on the same Sunoay llf also served as superintendent t*f the Baptist Sunday School in that corn munity. He served as postmaster three liferent times at Deep Gap, apd t0 the best of his recollection, he was postmaster from 20 to 25 year1"3also served as deputy shecftf for four years in Watauga count'*". and was justice of the peace for' 30 or more years. He was a carpei?,er and mason by trade and also a vifV suc~ cessful farmer. He remembels very distinctly the Ku Klux days that fo1" lowed the Civil War, but wa$ never a member. Mr. Luther was taken [irisoner while serving on picket duty d' Chafin's farm in Virginia, fie <was a*1 the time about 200 yards beyc,n<* the picket line, at what in that di'y they called a vedette pot. He wi's surrounded by 25 Yankees wht' were concealed at this point and was taken prisoner, and. as he recalls. one other man nearby was also ti'^en a prisoner at the same time, Se was ta,. r> ,-l Point Lookout on the Chesepeake I,ay- >rMaryland, where he was kep;t con" fined in prison for a period ol about eight months. When he was j?aroled from prison and returred l'ome was at the time Stonei .an, 3 Yankee officer, came through -"lis f,ec~ tion of North Carolina, arc' "vvaarrested and carried before1 General Stoneman, but after an inte"1"^*^ was turned loose because th ^ officer found that Mr. Luther had jbeen given a ninety-day furlough tf5 v'isit his home. This good man has now "been given not only the allotted tirne in "fe of three score and ten y.ears- but has now lived five score aiWLis row entering his sixth, and m sed with many more yea^r 1 When Mr. Luther was } ham Lincoln was only age, and the Battle oil *___ in which Commodore Sully tory now takes its plar* (Continued on pa ??? I /ATA} An Indef BOONE. \VA As British Trooj A British signalman wigwags n mandos land on the shores of Ital^ ish troops poured onto the southe same day the unconditional surrei $46,000 Bon< At Theatre Subscripts Parade, Auction, To Be Features of Bond Effort Under the joint sponsorship of the local Lions Club. Merchants Association, and Chamber of Commerce a parade to heighten interest in the third war loan drive, has been arranged for next Saturday afternoon, which will be featured by the Appalachian High School band. It is also announced today that the Merchants Association will hold an auction of scarce commo Thursday night bids to be made in terms of War Bends. The event was worked out between Bus Crowelb head of a special com- j mittee of the Merchants group and Mr. Norman, local theatre manager j and will be held in connection with the regular Thursday night movie program. Schools Aid in War Loan Campaign Following is a statement submitted to County Superintendent S. F. Horton, of the war bonds and stamps purchased by the students of the Bethel School from September 9th to 17th inclusive: ? r-uivhased by students. $52.75. The , sixth grade led with $18.75, with the seventh grade second with $16.55, and the ninth grade third with $10.60. Teacher purchases amounted to one $500 bond at the price of $375. Dr. Abrams Speaks ai Cove Creek Dr. Amos Abrams spoke at chapel exercises at Cove Creek last Friday morning on the third war loan drive. Dr. Abrams presented the campaign from two standpoints, the practical and the patriotic. From the practical angle he stated that there were three ways to raise this money. Should the government borrow from the banks a depression after the war would icoui i; auuuiu id.\cb ut' muitddcu u:c very lifeblood would be drained from the taxpayers: the third and best method is that of purchasing bonds which is an investment that will be repaid with interest. Dr. Ab rams then spoke of our personal and patriotic interest, that of helping our own brothers, fathers and other relatives who are in the armed sen/ice. A complete report of bond purchases of the various schools will be published next week. Charles W. Combs Dies in Cleveland, O. Word has reached relatives in the county of the death of Mr. Charles W. Combs, which occurred in Cleveland, Ohio, where he was employed in war industry. His death was reported to have resulted from an accident, but details are not known Ildlt'. Mr. Combs was a former resident of Vilas. The remains will reach Boone some time Tuesday, but the funeral details are incomplete. FARMERS JGA ] >endent Weekly Newspaper TAUGA COUNTY, NORTH CAROL >s Land in Italy Q on< nessages to ships at sea as Com- ly" r in American made "ducks." Brit- ing rn end of the Italian boot on the an< ider was signed. dy i Purchases n alii Rally Bring _ _ ^ . j jns i o yuota v !c& I Chairman Farthing Asks There j,n< Be No Let-up in Bond Selling Effort and Says Some Credits S|U May Not Be Entered in Time hin to Give County Official Credit on Itn The third war loan campaign nla reached a climax with the big Bond bci Rally which was held at the Appa- 3 lachian Theatre Saturday night in. connection with the Hillybilly Jam- -a. boree, which brought forth subscrip- wil tions of $46,000, and, according to dif Chairman W. D. Farthing, put Wa- cor tauga county "over the top" on its Prt current bond quota, provided all istt bonds other than "E" series applied ish for are issued prior to the closing ere of the campaign period. Ch Manager Norman, radio announcer hoi S. C. Eggers, Mayor Winkler, Mr. fer Farthing and others took part in the seli I big bond rally at the local playhouse 4 which was staged in connection witii pla a headline bill of screen and stage dej entertainment, and once the ball ing started to rolling, the subscriptions wh were made thick and fast. The lo- anr cal war bond sales organization is inc most appreciative of the splendid ef- be fort of the local theatre manage- 5 ment. and expresses appreciation to 400 all those who aided in any way. bat Mr. Farthing's figures indicate its purchases of $130,000 or $10,000 more ? than the local quota, provided there Roi is no "hitch" on the part of the Fed- enc eral Reserve Bank in promptly is- " suniji uie approximately $t'(u,uuu in car bonds, other than series E. Mr. Far- for thing explains that since the pres- me em. campaign is designed to raise thr fifteen billion dollars from non- cor banking sources, the applications are t\v< scrutinized to determine whether or alii not the securities would soon fall in- em to the hands of the banks. If this up< investigation results in an apprecia- sio ble delay, Watauga may not get credit for reaching its quota, he says. Goal of $200,000 Mr. Farthing insists that everyone /i press the campaign right on to the close of the month, so that $200,000 r may be raised if possible during the sgr month. His organization plans no let up in the effort to sell overy po possible dollars worth of the securi- ' ties regardless of suggested quotas. HAS CREDIT FOR $76,743.75 Mr. W. D. Farthing, chairman of the Watauga War Bond Campaign revealed Wednesday morning that $76,743.75 of the local bond purchases had been cleared through the Federal Reserve Bank, and the county has been given official credit tor that amount. Mr. ] Farthing says that ample pledges by and remittances are in hand to re( cover the couniv's aurUn if the bonds other than series E are is- p sued during the week. ^ SHUTTLE BLOCK FACTORY NEW INDUSTRY FOR CITY i bu Boone's newest industry is a shut- tec tie block factory being opened by of Medgentra, Ltd., Asheville, N. C., in th< the John F. Sherrill woodworking tio shop building, recently purchased by re Mayor Gordon H. Winkler. The plant which will employ 10 ev men will manufacture shuttle blocks mi fMllWAKt & 5U DEM< ?Established in the Y( .INA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMB ilURCmLLSEES MASS INVASION OF NAZI EUROPE contl Front to Be Opened at [light Time, says Prime Minster: Roosvelt and Churchill May Confer With Stalin At \n Early Date. -ondon. Sept. 21.?Prime Minister urchill declared today that, the ond front will be thrown open at ie right time" and "a mass invasof the continent from the west 11 begin. falling the. Mediterranean battleId the "third front." the prime nister tolrl Commons that the sec1 front "already exists potentialand "already is rapidly gather! weight. The second front exists i is a main pre-occupation alreawith the enemy." It has not yet been thrown into y," he continued. "That time is rmig. At what wo and our American ies judge to be the right time this nt will be thrown open and a ss invasion of the continent from west will begin. Surveying the whole sweep of the r with serene confidence. Churchalso declared: Not a moment was lost needsly in the operations against Italy 1 except for the failure of Italguards to do their assigned duty rito Mussolini would have been it when Hitler's agents rescued 1 at Gran Sasso. American forces have landed the island of Sardinia to assist lian troops who drove the Gern garrison over to Corsica, now ng occupied by French units. A tripartite conference of repentatives of the United States, tain and Russia will take place an early date" and nd question 1 be barred from discussion. Any Cerences will be set aside for a iference of President Roosevelt, imier Stalin and the prime min;r himself. In the American-Brit. n, f ? "c c-? ivuooiait v unicicute r uicign uctary Eden will represent Britain, urchill added it was "confidently >ed" that there would be a conence of Roosevelt, Stalin and himF before the end of the year. The Allies are prepared to ce large armies in Italy and to >loy a weighty and active fightfront against the enemy on atevor line he chooses, to resist 1 to maintain against him with reasing weight and vigor if need through the fall and winter. A French force of 300,000 to ,000 is being organized and the tleship Richelieu will soon take place in the French fleet, peaking of the prospect of a jsevelt-Churchill-Stalin confer e, the prime minister said: No meeting during this war could ry with it so much significance the future of the world as a eting between the heads of the ee governments, for without close dial and lasting association be2en Soviet Russia and their great es we might find ourselves at the 1 of the war only to have entered jn a period of deepening confun." INE RESERVISTS ACCEPTED IN ARMY rhe following Watauga county revists have been accepted by the ny and reported for training at rt Jackson, on the 17th. the Waiga county selective service board >orts: Dallas Ray Loudermelt Martin McKinley Gragg Harold Ray Farthing Clarence Edmond Greene Thomas Francis Davis Willijfrn Carroll Greene Blaine James Eller Carson Byrd Smith Glenn David Cottrell Lorenzo D. Cole was also accepted the army and will return to the :eption center at an early date. ospel Tabernacle To Be Erected Here Evengelist Rufus Mitchell, and his I ilding committee have been gran1 a permit for the construction a Gospel Tabernacle in Boone by 5 Southern District War Producn Board, of Atlanta. Ga., it was sealed Tuesday. rhe tabernacle is to be used for angelistic purposes, and the comttee, which Rev. Mr. Mitchell fTLTGU, BOONE, N. C. :ar I 888. ER 23, 3943. Five S? bmit Assaul%Cas< Suspl nil ?Jk TV 'V oeauty Uueen Miss America of 1943 is 19-year old Jean Bartel, a student at the University of California. She is pictured with her cup at Atlantic City. N. J., traditional city of this contest. FISH HATCHERY TO BE SUSPENDED State Announces Discontinuance o Plant Here; Further Expansion Of Plant Impractical. The North Carolina Division o Game and Inland Fisheries announ ces that it will suspend its opera Italian port of Naples was beir shelled. PARKWAY tions at the fish hatchery near Boom by the end of this month. This ac tion is being taken upon authorit; granted by the Board of Conserva tion and Development at its meet ings at Wrightsville Beach last Jul; 19 and 20. Mr. Willis King. Supervisor o Fish Resources says that sportsmei of Watauga county have been assur ed that trout streams in that count; will be stocked with fish from othe ol the State hatcheries. It is thi belief of the Division, says Mr. King that the sportsmen of Western Nortl Carolina can be served to a greate degree by suspending operations a Boone and spending the availabl funds where more favorable condi tions exist. The water supply ha been found inadequate, and furlhe expansion has been found imprae tical after careful investigation. Mr. Clyde Anderson, who has sei ved as caretaker at the Boone Hat chery. has been transferred to th Marmon Hatchery near Pineola. James Miller Succumbs In Statesville Hospita Mr. James S. Miller of Sherwooc died in a Statesville hospital Monda following a long illness. He is survived by the widow nn the following children: Mrs. Odeni Miller Rowe. and Miss Ruth Mille who are living in the state of Calii ornia; Betty Joe and Mary Janett Miller of Sherwood; J. V. Miller wh is in the army. Funeral arrangements have nc been completed pending word fror relatives who are at distant points. VENICE BOMBED IN ALLIED DRIVI American Leberators threw ne' weight into the conquest of Italy o Tuesday by bombarding the histori port of Venice as French troops an native guerillas proceeded to mo up German resistance on Corsica an ithe U. S. Fifth Army registered ne' gains in the Salerno beachhead. Slowly and steadily pressing th Germans backward the Fifth arm stormed and took the key town < Eboli. sixteen miles inland, whic had served the enemy as a commi nications center during last week heavy fighting around Salerno. General Mark W. Clark's soldie: also battered their way to Monti corvino. nine miles inland, in a su: tained push, an official source di closed. The Oslo radio renorted that tl Jg' SI.50 A YEAR?5c A COPY In Election e And Given led Sentences - (State and Defense Attorney Agree on Disposition of Election Row: Conn I.ikelv to Adioura Today; List of the Judgments Passed ill First Two Days. j Five men charged with an assault jen county board of election officials last fall, in the heated controversy [ which developed around 300 disput: ed ballots in Boone precinct, were j plead guilty in Watauga Superior Court Tuesday, on agreement of the slate and defense attorneys and were given suspended sentences and assessed with the cost of the action by Judge J. H Rousseau who is presiding at the current court term. A. C. Miller was sentenced to nine months on the roads, suspended for two years on good behavior and the payment of the cost, while Filmore Ford. Fi'mpre Watson, Brown Mill Br ana 1/alias Hodges were given sentences of 6 months on roads, suspended for 2 years on payment of l the cost Other judgments of the court passed up until Tuesday evening, are as follows: Carl Purlear, Eugene Bumgarner, larceny, released on probation. A. C. Miller, assault on female, 6 months on roads, suspended on pay| tnent of $50 to the prosecuting wit' ness for damages, and fine of $50 and the cost. 5 Mary Greer, assault with deadly weapon, prayer for judgment continued for 2 years upon payment of $150 to the prosecuting witness and . cost. Ivan Church, driving drunk. $50 and cost. ~ Ray Rufus Reid. driving drunk. " $75.00 and cost. Mrs. Joe Baird, assault with deadf ly weapon. Prayer for judgment continued for two years on good behavior. ' Clyde Allen, violation prohibition law, $25 and cost. f E. J. Burkett. driving drunk, $75 - and cost. Harvey Teams, driving drunk. $50 V and cost. r | Vorlon Triplett. driving drunk. s I $150 and cost. ' < Wilborn Rominger, driving drunk. 1 $50 and cost. r Graham Teague. driving drunk, f $150 and cost. e Henry G. Norris, driving drunk, " $50 and cost. s Tommie Stephens, driving drunk, r $50 and cost. Ottie Miller, driving drunk, $50 and cost. F.oby Shull, driving drunk, $50 " and cost. e J. F. Bent ley. driving drunk, $50 and cost. J. H. Etler, violation prohibition law, 8 months on roads. Wood tow W. Colvard. driving 1 drunk, $150 and cost. Lennie Howard Winkler, driving j drunk. $75 and cost. v Miss Ruth Greer Dies a In Aberdeen, Md. r v Miss Ruth Greer, aged 28 years, k a aaugnier 01 Mr. and Mrs. frank o Greer died on September 16th. at the State Hospital in Aberdeen. Md. it She is reported to have been injurn ed fatally in an accident a few days ago. but details are unavailable. The body was returned to Watauga county and funeral services were held at Mount Lebanon Church Sun7 day, September 19, Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home taking care of the ar, rangements. w " Red Cross Sponsors dj First Aid Course p i d The Watauga County Chapter of ,v the American Red Cross will sponsor a first aid course at the college ie gymnasium, starting Monday Sept. y 27th. at 7 o'clock. All those interested are asked to h contact Mr. V/ade E. Brown, chair!_ man of the first aid division, or coach >s R. W. Watkins, instructor. Both the standard and advanced courses will be given at this time. s- Squirrel Season Opens On September 15th 10 The squirrel hunting season open. c* I - s | ea last Wednesday September 15th, in this area, according to belated 'information reachim* framlv fiomo COMPNY .
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