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VOL. XXXIIl. No. 22 Published Mona:y8 and Thursdays.
NogTH n. c
TEN ARB imoWNED
g. . l^ufort. Nor. IT.—lAt leaust 10
poiwns 'wore known to hare
^wned tonight In a boat collis-
fc» In the Inland waterway six
mUes north of here. The drown
ed wore aboard the menhaden
Teeael Southland, proceeding from
Ocracoke to Morehead City with
400.000 menhaden fish. She went
to the bottom after she was in
ooUlslon with the tugboat Escape,
towtng the barge Elscapo., bound
from Wilmington to Hopewell,
NorAwestem
Nc^Caroima
Has The Turkeys
Fooey to Herman
'Local Buyers Busily Engag
ed In Trade Fm* Early
Thanksghrmg
Because President Roosevelt
Va. The Identified dead were B. j moved up Thanksgiving from No-
J. Fulcher and Charlie Fulcher, Irember 30 to Novemuer 23 many
brothers of Stacy, in east Cejrter-[ turkeys in this part of the state
ot county, and three negroes, I have one week less to live and
Robert Lee, of Southport, Isaac ' turkey buyers and producers have
Clarrlby, of Volivia, near South- an extra week of the marketing
I port, and Joseph Eagles, of season because several states are
^^^teuthport. The other dead were sticking to the old date for
(Thanksgiving, the last Thursday
i 1 in November.
KILLER EXECUTED
Greenville, Nov. 17.—A death
sentence imposed for murder by
Judge Dink James in County
I Jm court yesterday afternoon was
[; "carried out last night when a
large white bulldog which al
legedly attacked Oscar Williams,
negro, October 21, was shot under
the supervision of the sheriff’s of
fice. The victim’s master. Jack
Jenkins, who was charged with
allowing a vicious dog to run at
large, made an earnest plea for
his client, and attempted to show
that the dog was not vicious, bpt
all in vain. The dog w'as said to
have attacked the negro near
Hanrahan and the negro was so
badly injured he was unable to
reach help and lay beside the rail-
Local buyers began accepting
turkeys for Thanksgiving trade
on November 15 in order to be
prepared to fill demands for holi
day dinners on November 23 as
well as November 30. when North
Carolina will observe Thanksgiv
ing.
E. E. Eller, who has been one
of the south's leading turkey
buyers for more than a quarter of
a century, said today that the
volume ha.s been satisfactory so
far and that many fine birds have
been purchased to date. He said
that according to present indica
tions all but about ten per cent
of his houday turkey business
will he for the Thanksgiving dates
as set by the ipresident on Novem
ber 23 and that North Carolina
MONDAY, NGV. 20, $1.0 tK THE STATB-42.00 OUT OF TOE STAB|
^ter^ f(Hr
Are CoOect^
'Mi
jBear On Saturday
A par^ eompbeed of Kin Me-
Neilf, P^l Harvel, Jr.^, A. A.
Sturdlvadt and T. R.--»tTan en
joyed a bear hunt FMay and
Saturday In the vicinity of Mount
Mitchell. "Key are ttdw enjoying
bear meat from the nice young
animal .they killed while'on the
hunt and report a very enjoyable
outing.
Messrs. Harvel and McNeill
were on the hunt to secure ma
terial for an illustrated feature
for Outdoor Life magazine.
Committee For Chrie Organ-
izatioos HepoitB Very
Good Responae
WILL AID THE NEEDY
NYA Employes To Get Ma-
teiM Id Coodition For
F^^lier UsefulncM
Edward Gohring of Rockford, Dl.,
wishes nothing but bad Inck to his
first consln, German-Field Marshal
Herman Goerieg, No. 2 Nazi. Here
Gohring v'cws tile firid marshal’s
picture in h’s family album and ex-
Dresses his urcousinly a.titudc.
Season
WiU Begin On
Thanksgivii^ Day
road tracks all night. The next consumption of Thanksgiving Day
morning he was taken to a hos- furnished by his firm will
pltal in Kinston, but died the, about ten per cent of
following day. baeiness for the Novemrber 30
ROCKS BUILDING
Kansas City, Nov. 17.—An ex
plosion which witnesses said
L seemed to lift, then drop a 12-
^•tory office building spreaA ter
ror among hundreds of persons
in the downtown business dis
trict today. Sixteen were Injured,
••■tww ■werloasly. fliJoriBs' ef" late
workers in the Grand avenue
Temple building, at the comer of
Ninth street and Grand avenue,
told of feeling the blast rock the
entire structure. Ceilings were
cracked as were pillars in the au
ditorium, which houses a Meth
odist church. Sixty feet of side
walk was buckled, and plate glass
windows along the block were
shattered. The explosion left a i
hole six feet deep in the sidewalk
at the main entrance.
date.
Other poultry buyers here
have also reported brisk business
in buying turkeys from people in
Northwest North Carolina.
24,115 Lunches Are
SerVed"By TubkcTi
Rooms 9 Schools
November Term
Federal Court
Convened Today
Sportsmen Getting Ready
For Quail, Grouse and
Rabb4 Hunting
Many Liquer Cases Pend
ing; Civil Cases Also Cal
endared For Trial
More Than Half of Total
Provided Free To Under
privileged Students
RESOURCES POOLED
London, Nov. 17.—The allied
I j Supreme war council decided to
day to pool the economic resourc
es as well a--; the manpower of
Britain and France in a united
Nine WP.\ lunch rooms in
Wilkes county served a total of
24,115 lunches during the month
of October, it was learned today
from the county welfare depart
ment.
The lunch rooms are operated
at the following schools: Wilkes-
boro, Ferguson, Roaring River,
Congo, Mountain View. Moravian
drive for victory over nazi Ger- Falls, Millers Creek, Piney Ridge
many. In the third meeting since and Harmon,
the war began September 3, the* Serving at the rate of 1,000
council announced the prospective liinche.s a day, the nine school
establishment of co - ordinating lunchrooms provided more than
committees to use the
November term o f federal
court for trial of ca,ses originat
ing In Wilkes, Ashe, Watauga and
Alleghany counties convened in
Wiikesboro today, with Judge
Johnson J. Hayes, ot Wiikesboro,
presiding. ,,g,
TTie'^docket for the term con
tains about the usual number of
cases charging violation of the
federal liquor laws. District At-
torneey Carlyle Higgins, of Spar
ta. and his assistants will prose
cute the docket.
Followin.g trial of criminal cas
es it is expected that the
Hunters in this section of the
state are oiling their guns, and
putting finishing touches on train
ing their dogs for opening of the
hunting season for several class
es of game on Thanksgiving Day.
And Homer Brookshire, Wilkes
county game protector, has warn
ed all hunters that Thanksgiving
Day as far as hunting seasons
are concerned will be November
30 here and that season on quail,
rabbit and ruffled grouse will
open on that date and not on No
vember 23. The seasons will close
on February 15 for the three
popular types of game named a-
A few other laws he has called'
attention to include requirements
to plug automatic and repeating
shotguns to hold only three shells,
that a penalty of not less than
$50 will be imposed on persons
convicted ot selling or buying
quail, that It is a violation of the
c'.'l jlaw to shoot birds on the ground.
calendar, which contains several | and that it is unlawful to hunt
suits, will be taken up. The term
will rrobably last for two weeks.
Rain Breaks Up
Longest Drought
Weather Received Much Fa
vorable Comment Today
As Ram Falls Steadily
,\n inch of rain which fell last
night and today broke up what
old timer.s' have described as the
buying . half of the total free to under- ,,105^ prolonged drought in Wilkes
from a car or shoot from or a-
crosg a public highway.
Mr. Brook.shire said that as a
result of the department of con
servation and development plac
ing breeding deer in Wilkes
that there are a few deer in the
i county but there Is no open sea-
I son on deer in Wilkes and that
. ptersons wlio hunt, chase or kill
*a deer will be prosecutes. The
minimum fine for killing a deer
in Wilke.s, he said, is $50.
He also warned that hunters
equip themselves with hunting
“Bundle Day’’ was carried out
here for the first time in history
of North Wiikesboro Saturday
and was a splendid success, spon
sors said this morning.
The event, planned as aid to
needy families of the Wllkes-
boros and all Wilkes county, was
sponsored by the Klwanls, Lions
and Dokles clubs of the city and
will be an annual event each year
before the Christmas holiday sea
son.
Trucks and drivers furnished
by local business firms canvassed
the homes In both towns and a-
long the highways to Moravian
Palls, Millers Creek and Mulber
ry school. The response exceeded
expectations for the initial efforts
and tne contributions were piled
high In the city hall as the trucks
came In from the canvass.
The committee today said that
perhaps some bundles were over
looked during the canvass and
those whose bundles were not col
lected are kindly asked to carry
them to the city hall.
Boy Scouts under supervision
of the collection committee, of
which Bryan Gllreath was chair
man, accompanied the trucks and
gathered the bundles from off the
front porches, beginning at one
o’clock. Included In the collection
of articles gathered were several
hundreds of articles of clothing,
discarded toys, furniture, bed lln-
kkehetb ware, aad
many other things which will be
useful in needy and underprivil
eged homes.
Dr. A. C. Chamberlain, head of
the central “Bundle Day’’ com
mittee for the three sponsoring
organizations, said this morning
that the Klwanls. Lions and Do-
kies clubs are very grateful for
the response and wish to thank
all who helped in any way toward
making the occa.slon such
oiitslandii’.g success.
.■\rrangements were being made
today to have employes of the Na
tional Youth administration clean
■it
Watson Is
h Shoo6$ J
FergusonNoy.il
•a
’H-
Harry Thomas, Eagle Bend,
Minn., heavyweight fighter, started
a boxing war recently when he an
nounced his fights with Max Schmel-
ing and Tony Galento were “fixed.”
Investigation was opened when
Thomas declared he was paid “big
money” to lose the filets.
Public Assistance
Funds For Month
Total Over $7,000
Payments To Needy Aged
and Dependent Children
Are Mailed Out
Over $7,000 has been paid out
in pabllc assistance funds to
Wilkes county’31 needy for the
month of November, Charles Mc
Neill, county welfare superinten
dent, said today.
Vouchers for 674 on the old
age assistance rolls totaled $6,-
083.50, representing a jwnall In- taken out of Burchette’s
creasr over ipr^’ioils'^ohtfis In
number helped.
Aid to dependent children cas-j to fragments
es number 118, representing 309 j
eligible and needy children. The
ADC vouchers totaled $1,470. Al
though the checks have not been
sent out, blind will receive a
total ot $483.
Another welfare activity In
which there were many transac-
Placed In Cnztody A»
terial Witness Agaku$ 4;
George Byrd, Suspect
Turner Watson, another r«sl>
dent of the Ferguson community,
has been jailed In connection wltk
the fatal shooting of S. M. Bni>
cbette at his home at Fergnson,
on Saturday night, .NovembOT^t;
Wktson’s arrest brings ts twe
the number ot men held la tbs
case, although he Is not chsrgsd^
with the actual crime. ^ '
Sheriff C. T. Donghton, who
disclosed Friday that Watson- U
being held, said that he probably
would be a material witness S-
gainst George Byrd, who was ar
rested on the day following the
shooting and charged with mur
der.
Sheriff Doughton returned Fri
day from Washington, D. Cv
where he carried a number of ax^
tides for examination by experts
of the Federal Bureau of Investi
gation.
He said that he expects a re
port on the Investigation soms
time this week.
Included In the articles carried
for Inspection by G-men in the
FBI laboratories were objecta
found in Byrd’s home which of
ficers said indicated that the leth
al slugs which were fired into-
Burchette’s chest through a win
dow, were made on his work
bench.
A slxteen^uage shotgun found
In Byrd’s home had marks in the
inside ot the barrel as if slugs
bad been fired, officers said. On
the work bench they found s
piece of 3-8 inch Iron rod with
the end freshly sawed off. The
size was the same as the slugs
chest
Nearby was an empty shotgus
shell—red In color and corree-
of paper
the window screen
where the shotgun load went
through. Also in the collection
found on and near the work bench
were a hacksaw, two hammers, a
file and chisel.
¥
power of the two nations as one.
To avoid competition from each
other in buying goods abroad,
he council decided to draw np
joint import programs. Simultan
eously. Britain's home defenses
were stirred to action by the first
air raid alarms of the war on
England’s west corf»t. Alarms
were sounded in 13 towns but no
bombs were dropped by the nazi
airmen.
L G. Watkins k
Wiring Inspector
Appointed By County Coin-
misuioners To Inspect All
New Wiring Jobs
privileged children. Of the total,
14,680 lunches v.ere given with
out charge to students from
needy homes.
The remaining lunches were
sold at cost to other students who
paid cash or gave various food
materials in exchange. A plate
lunch is served for only one nick
el. with pie, desserts and salads
a nickel extra for each,
j Teachers in the schools where
I lunchrooms are provided report
that the ' students eating hot
(lunches are more contented, stu-
* dy with greater ease and are bet- i
ter behaved than when they eat
cold lunch or miss the meal alto
gether.
past
locali
L. G. 'Watkins, for the
eight years a well known ^
electrician, has been appointed |
by the WUkes county board of ,
commissioners as wiring inspec
tor for Wilkes county.
■ Wilkes county has never had
Z wiring Inspector and It is un
derstood that a number ot (peo
ple Of the county has asked that
one be appointed.
Mr. Watklr:-; explained today
that It will be his duty to Inspect
♦all hew services and that every
^rtrizg Job which has not been
connected mast he inspected and
approved by him before
Warren Sherk
Will Speak Here
electric
'ser^fc^ can he rendered.
Thw Job wHl salary,
^ an Inspection fee of
triil S'* made for each wir-
, job
Many connttea In North Caro-
, tnelnding aome of the conn-
'adjolnlag Wilkes, hare had
Inspectors for some time
the service Is calcolated to
ba pwtualU,
Sherk.
Warren Sherk, of Hornell, N.
Y., who Is now a student at the
Duke School of Religion, is also
a graduate of Alleghany Colle-'c
Meadville, Fa., will talk at ” '
North Wiikesboro Method'
church Wednesday , evening at
7:30 o’clock. Mr. Sherk spent last
year on a trip around the world \
.served as an exchange student for
four months in Rangoon, Burma,
also hats worked in the leper col- |
ony, and will bring with him a
collection of curios.
His coming here Is being spon
sored by the Woman’s Auxiliary
of the church, and the organiza
tion Is anxious to have a large
crowd out to hear him. It Is very
fitting to have Mr. Sherk bring
*>1? message at this time, diiring
the midst of the mission study
hat is being taught by the past
or. Rev. Mr. Aycock at the Mid-
county history.
Records kept by Sam Craven
at the North Wiikesboro w'ater
plant Sihowed less than an inch
and one-half of rainfall between
Augu.st 25 and November 19.
However, the drought caused
no great damage due to the fact
that bumper crops had already
matured during the summer sea
son, which was one of the best
in the history of the county for
growing crops.
The principal damage from the
drought was that many farmers'
experienced difficulty In plowing
upland for fall planted crops and
as a result the acreage of wheat
for the year may be slightly
smaller in the county.
With rain falling steadily to
day for the first time in twelve
weeks the weather was a popular
's:-!'''eet for conversation and nat-
j i;i / received much favorable
' ccmivent.
license
fields.
before going Into the
Officers Named
By County Council
FiclaMeet
/* ’ lulberry 24tk
Mrs. F. T. Moore Newly
Elected President For
Council Home Clubs
fid'I’rrs convention will be
Id at VcT'crry school on Fri-
' day, Novc-;., er 24, beginning at
7:30 o’clock, it was announced
today.
All musicians are invited to at
tend and compete for the several
prizes to be offered, school offi
cials said today, and the musici
ans will be admitted without cost.
Admission charges will be 10,
15 and 25 cents and proceeds
will be used for the benefit of the
school. An entertaining program
Is assured for the occasion and
mkny musicians are expected -to
take part.
7
■'^fe public Is cordially invited
Officers for 1940 were elected
In the Wilkes County Council of
home demonstration clubs in
meeting Saturday at the court
house In Wiikesboro.
The council is composed of the
officers of the various home dem
onstration clubs throughout the
county and has as its purpose the
correlating of activities' in home
demonstration club work in the
formation of a county program
of work.
Mrs. F. T. Moore, of Ronda,
was elected president for the
coming year and other officers
were named as follows: Mrs. W.
H. Tevepaugh, Gllreath, vice
president; Mrs. Eula Bentley,
Pores Knob, secretary-treasurer.
The council decided to have
quarterly meetings during the
year oa the fourth Saturday In
January, April, August and De
cember In the office of the home
demonstration agent in the court
house. Elach meeting will be held
at two o’clock In the afternoon.
It was also decided to have a
Each day the Americaa people
eat 400 miles of Unk^ aansage
wrapped In “akins’|^'made from
cotton llnters. -
tions was the distribution of sur-
plus commodities. Records show
that 525 cases received surplus
commodities and assuming that
there are five to each family. 2.-
.725 individuals were helped
and repair all the materials ^nd i [jiis division,
place them In condition for fur- j
Five Colored Men
Are Jailed Here
ther usefulness. Distribution will
be the task of the police chiefs of
the two Wilkesboros and the
county welfare department. The
ms.terials will lie used throughout
the year as iieetied to provide re
lief for the needy and worthy
ca.ses as investigation discloses, j
The committee today expressed 1
appreciation to the firms who
furnished trucks and drivers tor
the canvass as follows: North
Wiikesboro Grocery company.
Yadkin 'Valley Motor company,
Gaddy Motor company. Miller-
Long company, S. V. Tomlinson
and Wiikesboro Manufacturing
comipany.
Expression o f appreciation
were also voiced for the work
of the Boy Scouts, the Scoutmas
ters in charge, and the local news
papers for their generous pub
licity preceding the event.
Big Sports Event
Here On Friday
Police Get Negro With Stol
en Goods Before He Gets
Out Of Building
North WHkesboro And Wil
kesboro To Meet In An
nual Football Classic
State Has Put Out
$766,Parkway
Raleigh, Nov. 14.—North Car
olina has spent $766,354.44 for
rlghts-of-way and surveys on the
Blue Ridge Parkway, Charles
Ross, general counsel of the State
Highway and Public Works Com
mission, reported today.
The federal government Is
building the parkway but the
state must make preliminary sur
veys and Investigations and fur
nish right-of-way.
'Through October 1, Ross said,
the state had acquired 13,617
acres, of which 12',243 had been
acquired for a total of $462,460.-
79. It is estimated 22,000 acres
will be required for the parkway
Pasedena may have her Rose
Bowl and other places have their
big sports events but the height
of sports in the fall season here ;
is the North Wiikesboro versus
Wiikesboro football game.
The annual classic will
place this year on Friday
vember 24, on the fairgrounds
field, beginning at three o’clock.
As the teams enter their last
week of practice for the season’s
big finale they stack up about
William Rous.seau, local color-
i ed man, evidently didn’t take a
I two-year suspended sentence ser-
; lously because he was caught and
I convicted for breaking into the
' identical store where he entered
I two years ago and was let off
' with a suapended sentence be-
{cause he lost a leg in an accident
about the same time.
On Friday night James Lowe
went into the office of C. A.
and Sons on Forester avenue to do
some work and heard a noise la
the back of the store. He called
ta^lje‘ police officers and they caught
jjo. Rousseau before he could get off
the grounds with six cases of cig
arettes and two boxes of gam,
with a total value of $210.
In city court today the two-
year suspended sentence for the
first breaking and entering'
even in all departments. ... . .
Neither has an impressive rec- i charge two years ago was put In-
ord this year but records don’t! to effect and he was ordered held
mean a thing when the rivals!for superior court on the new
from opposite sides of the Yadkin charges.
clash on the gridiron. j On the same night a colored
An exciting game, hard fought quartet composed of J. T. Little,
to the nth degree hut "Wlt^ a good Jack Bailey, Bill Bailey and Fred
display of sportsmaujbip, has al-, Henderson were alleged to have
iways been the reMh'whcrn the i broken into R. & 0. Grocery
two Wilkes teams store, where they got less than a
A full page announcement of dollar in money and three cartons
the game, sponsored by many of cigarettes. They were seen at
'business firms and individuals,. the store about one hour before
along with The Journal-Patriot, night officers found the place
this
appears on page three of
newspaper, listing every member
of the two squads, their jersey
numbers, position and weight.
in North Carolina.
Average price for the land al
ready paid for has been $29.64
county-wide meeting of all cluibe’an acre."
at the courtbonse In Pecember
for the purpoee of revlewlB* tke
year’s work and the meeting will
take the place of Xhe regular
monthly community meeting. The
date and other' planstor the
county-'wlde oneetlng. -wlU. 'he an-
’The total does not Include't!rt
$26,000 which will be paid to the
Little Switzerland Company for
right-of-way., '
cash Incoimo of , l?67..Q0Q,0M ^
iW ooon. fals.-«amet R^
Coogao. .homo demonatratlon a-jovef thS r^‘W? •' . V >i-\. . .
Thanksgiving Day
For Postoffice Here
To Be November 30
had been entered. After blood
hounds trailed to Little's home a
confession was obtained,' Police
Chief Walker said today.
Each of the four was given
tour months on the roacU on one
count and eight months snspond-
ed on another.
f Fuetmaster J. o. Relna said,
today that the North .Wiikesboro
postofflce will be open on. Nor
will beV«ioe^v|w
^oirember
American farmers received^ r
their holiday on Thnndaor.
AuxUiary To Serve
An Oyster BappMr
If’ The Woman’s AnziHary of BL
Paul’a-Bpiscopal ^orch will tlA
ah'oystfl*' supper at ^the Commun
ity. Bulldfnd in wilksaborS _o^
o'clwlc
nie ^nj^e is ogLrWuy InytM tw..
attend..
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