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Starts And Runs Over
His Body Tuesday Night
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Russel Bei^e Is
4-H Corn Prince
\^ctimAccidrat;
Funeral Friday
Edgewood Citizen Dies On
Wednesday From Injury
Recehred On Tuesday
Russel Beage, 34-year-old eitl-
of the Benge communl^'r"
wally Injured T^i«\jdar"''A nrf!g
when started and
r»n*>’vef Tilln.
According to Information galn-
■* «d from relatives, the accident
occured at Benge’s home about
' six o’clock.
Apparently, the car was In
gear and headed down an incline.
Benge’s efforts to start the mo
tor by the crank were successful
and the car lurched forward,
knocking Benge down.
'Two wheels passed over his
abdomen.
An ambulance was called and
he was rusihed to the hospital
here, when an emergency opera
tion was performed Tuesday
night. Internal injuries were
found to be so bad that little
hope was ever held for his re
covery and he died Wednesday,
4:30 p. m.
Ho was a son of Andrew Benge,
who was killed by his son-in-law
a few months ago, and Mrs. Lnra
Benge, who survives.
He also leaves his wife, Mrs.
Maggie Johnson Benge, four chll-
dren, and the following brothers
and sisters: Boiiert Benge, Caa-
tl /wood, Va.; Mack Benge, Pres-
»na«, W. v«-; JojmJFgoze, Kan
ij«ra .Gentle, of Oak-
Leg Is Broken
By A Cow Today
Bobbie Foster, 14-year-old son
of Boyden Foster, of Wllkesboro
route 2, sustained a broken leg
today when he was thrown to the
ground by a cow.
He was leading the cow when
It bolted and the chain caught
him by the leg. He Is a patient
at the Wilkes hospital.
Gravely Speaker
For Kiwanis Meet
It waa announced today that
Senator Lee Gravely, of Rocky
Mount, one of the "unannounced”
candidates .for governor, will ad
dress the North Wllkesboro Ki
wanis club Friday noon. A large
attendance of members is ex
pected.
Employment Office
Re-Opens Wednesday
B. G. Gentry, manager of the
North Wllkesboro branch of the
North Carolina Employment Serv-
lv«, with which the Unemploy-
meet Compensation office is af-
tfllatad, said today that the of-
Oms will be closed Saturday,
Monday and Tuesday for the
Christmas holidays and will re-
oipen Wednesday, at which time
claimants regularly reporting on
Saturdky. Monday and Tuesday
are asked to report.
2 Men Are Arrested
In Patrolman’s Death
Charlotte, Dec. 18. — Police
Chief E. J. Nolan announced to
day two men had been arrested In
connection with the hit-run kill
ing of Patrolman John Nichols by
automobile on a downtown
three years ago.
blaa laid the men were book-
a^'aa o. L. Stewart, a salesman.
Hill, 8. C., and Kirby
traffic manager in
of a motor truck
/Stewart waived preliminary
helHiW In city court today. Hla
bond wur I8.80&.
Hnmmell, Nolan said, was de-
jtaiaed in Plilladelilhla and his
ond waa set at the same fignre.
Frank Alien, of the New
■tarn tteatra^ wm a bnal^
to Gbarlotte iHondaF,
$6,532.50 k Pdid
To l^lkes Needj
During Decendber
476 Aged, 304 Children and
36 Blind Get Public As-
siatnnee Funds
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Christnias!
**Geod seed, careful tillage and
good fertilizer”—that’s Raymond
Kreig’s recipe for cbamjilonsbip
corn. Krelg, 17-year-oId Oakley, HI.,
4-H club worker, won the Corn
Prince title in Chicago’s nationwide
contest. He produced 75 bnshels of
championship open poUenated yel*
low corn per acre on his profitable
six-acre plot.
Puibllc asMstance funds paid
out to Wilkes needy this month
totaled I6.S32.50, figures releas
ed by the Wilkes county welfare,
department today showed.
Of this amount $4,620.50 was
paid to 476 old age people certi
fied as being in need.
A total of 116 families with
334 dependent children received
$1,450 for the month.
Payments U; 36 blind totaled
$462.
While the department has been
able to care for practically all
families eligible for aid to depen
dent children, there is a long
waiting list of needy aged who
have been certified and approved
but are not receiving payment due
to insufficient funds, Charles Mc
Neil, welfare officer, said today.
old but ever new are the words
most adequately express our
[ill toward all as we approach
ful holiday season.
‘•indeed fitting that we near the
ary of the coming of Him, the
|t(^ gift to the world,'that we join
_j§^eartedly in wishing for one and
alE happiness to the fullest poMible ex
tent iiius Christmas season.
In Anmy
ivyC^ftain?
Man Adngibi j^ur
Wluch Wu Fald
B Affray Tqdiw
Ed Jedmson Says He Struck
Anderson and Claims De>
f enae Of Own life
Journal-Patriot
Applications For
Lime, Phosphate
May Be Made Now
Arrangements Made For De
livery Of Lime To Any
Point In County
Farmers should take advant
age of the present lull In opera-
:e application for lims
Decorations Will
Be Ju^ed Friday |
Night By Group'
Competition Keen In Christ
mas Lighting Contest;
Many Entries
A committee of the North Wll
kealboro Woman’s Club will judge
the Christmas decorations con
test In this city on Friday night
December 22, it was learned to
day from Mrs. F. C. Forester,
president.
With about a score of entries,
the contest this year has ecllpeed
any .previous efforts as
homes have been aglow
beautiful holiday lights and dec
laims ‘
Faneral eervtoe will he held
Friday a t Edgewood Baptist
church.
gram, Laurrence Sillier, clerk of
the Wilkes AAA office, said to
day.
He said that a contract price of
$2.20 per ton had been obtained
for lime delivered In North Wll
kesboro and that farmers do not
have to advance the money be
cause the payment will be deduct
ed from soil program earnings
next year.
Mr. Miller also e-.plalned that
■by private contract delivery sys
tem had been arranged whereby
lime may be delivered from North
Wllkesboro and Honda to farmers
anywhere In the county. Within
eight miles the delivery charge
will be 50 cents per ton, ten miles
6 0 cents and 7 5 cents to any
point In the county over ten
miles. This delivery charge, how
ever, must be paid on delivery.
Farmers may haul their own lime
from North Wllkesboro or Honda
if they desire, he said.
By using the lime farmers may
earn $2.00 per ton in soil pay
ments, making the :ictual cost
only 20 cents per ton. when the
payment earned is considered.
He also discussed the use of
phosphate, saying that 47 per
cent phosphate may be obtained
for 1940. The contract price Is
$36 and no freight charge Is made
this year. Mr. Miller said.
L^htning Sets
Two Forest Fires
The Journal-Patriot irill give a
total of $20 In cash prizes for
the most artistically lighted home
exteriors and grounda The first
prize will be ten dollars, second
$5, third 3, and fourth $2. The
Woman’s Oluib Is co-sponsor.
A preliminary tour which In
cluded only a part of the homes
entered, in the Wilkesboros and
on the highways last night Indi
cated that the judging commit
tee will have a difficult but none
the less enjoyable task picking
the winners from so many beau
tifully lighted scwies.
Candle Light
Service Monday
At St. Paul’
A candle Bght service will be
held at St. 'Paul’s Episcopal
church, Wllkesboro, on Christmas
Day at five o’clock p. m. This
service Ik growing more popular
throughout the church, symboliz
ing as It does, Christ, the light of
the world. Christmas carols will
be sung by vested cboir and con
gregation. There will be prayers
and a short talk by the rectOT. A
cordial welcome Is extended all.
Woman’s Club Is
Planning A Party
December Storm Causes
Blazes In Bluff Part Area;
No Damage Is Done
It is not unusual for lightning
to play havoc during the summer
months but when It sets out for
est fires In December that’s news.
B. T. Campbell, park service
ringer on the parkway, reported
njt one such fire, hut two, both
occurlng on Sunday night, De-
cemiber 10.
Lightning struck a rail fence
near the Parkway In Bl’jJf Park
and set it afire hut the flames
were put out before much dam
age was done. A dead chestnut in
the south side of the park area
was set in the same manner but
the fire was put out .before It
spread In the forest.
But while the storm was the
origin* of two dree, rain accom
panying the lightning proved
valuable In putting out a fire
which was raging on Tompkln’s
Knob on the Parkway about 15
miles from the scene of the two
lightnloc fires, Mr. Canukbell
The North Wllkesboro Senior
Woman’s club ig planning a bene
fit card party to be held at the
clr.bhojse Monday evening, Jan
uary 1st, at 8 o’clock. Bridge and
rook will ibe played and anyone
wishing to make reservations
please call Mra Ivey MoorO. Price
per. player will be twenty-five
cents. Attractive prizes will be
given in both games, and during
the evening light refreshments
will be served.
Big Rush Ahead
For T^g Buyers
According to present Indica
tions there is going to be a bad
rush for 1940 automobile license
plates during the last few days
of the year.
J. C. KcDlarmid, manager of
the North Wllkesboro branch of
the Carolina Motor Club in clunge
log to be thonsands trying to buy noon.
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the week.
JournaU&triot
To Mi^ssue On
Moi»^^» Dec. 25
In order 65 give the person
nel a brief from their
labors, ThA' Journal-Patriot
will not b« Jsenied ou Monday,
December
In the TyiZfiay.. December
28 Issue, Foumal-Palarlot
wiU strivfe «,gllve Uie news of
the week fBlpbri and in the
meantime wish for one and
aU a MBBjir CHRI8TMAS1
Police Report
Traffic Better
On Streets Here
Cooperation Received By
Motorists In Relieving
Cemgested Conditions
When Admiral Jamei, 0. Blohard*
son, inset, becomes oommanderda*
chief of the V. 8. fleet o.u Jaanary
6, snoceedlng Admiral Claude Blooh,
retired, Vice-Admiral Charles P.
Soyder, top, wUl become fun. ad.
miral and commander of the battle
force. Announcement was made re>
cratly by Aottag Secretary of the
Navy Charles Edison,
HosieffiWorkers
GivvJnsurance
ChristinM (Hft
When the Wilkes Hosiery Mills
closed this afternoon for the holi
days the employes received a
Christmaa gift In the form of hos
pital insurance for one year In
the Hospital Savings Association
of Chapel Hill.
The Insurance paid for one
year by the company was present
ed this afternoon and was a com
plete surprise to the 740 recipi
ents. To each emidoye was a let
ter from P. W. Eshelman, the
company’s president, announcing
the gift and stating appreciation
for *he loyalty and service of the
employes.
Text of Mr. Eshelman’s letter
to all employes follows:
“I announce with a great deal
of pleasure that beginning Jan
uary 1, 1940, every employe of
the Wilkes HoslMy Mills Com
pany will be enrolled for one year
In the Hospital Savings Associ
ation of Chapel Hill, North Car
olina. This membership Is given
to you without cost, having been
paid for by the company, and Is
solely for your benefit.
"The certificate covering this
new Insurance will ibe delivered
to you before the end of the , ear
and I urge that each of you read
the certificate carefully so that
you will 'he familiar with the ben
efits. if any further Information
"We are receiving good coope
ration from motorlata,” Police
Chief J. E. Walker said today In
' discuseing results of the drive to
regulate traffic in North Wllkes-
boro.
During the past few weeks the
streets have ibeen regularly par
troled and many tickets have been
issued for overtime parking and
other minor traffic violations.
But the number of violations
has been steadily decreasing and
pleased with the tmprovdinent in
traffic conditions that thef are
cooperating fully with, traffic Im
provement efforts on the part of
the police department.
’The chief did complain a little
about some who had received
tickets had not reported and
warned that they may be cited to
court If they do not report
promptly as requested.
He urged continued coopera
tion In order that traffic condi
tions might be satisfactory dur
ing the holidays.
to the first aid attendants.
employees a very happy Christ
mas. May all of you have your
full share of prosperity and
health during the coming year.
Your loyalty and cooperation dur
ing the past years has always
given me the greatest pleasure
and I sincerely hope that many
more are to follow.”
The Insurance given the em
ployee represents an expenditure
of thousands of dollars on the
part of the company.
Federal Court
Ends Yesterday
Docket of Crimmal and Civil
Actions Relieved Daring
Extra Term
'Ibe extra term of federal court
In Wllkeaboro closed yesterday
after practically clearing the
criminal and cl'^ll calendars.
The special term which began
on December 11 was called by
Judge Johnson J. Hayes 'because
of the congested condition of the
docket at the end of the regular
November term but all cases In
which trial was practical were
cleared during the extra term.
few minor civil actions were
Aged Womfin Is
Found Dead With
ArmlnFi)replace
Mrs. A. G. Whittingtom Was
Found Dead In Home To
day; Arm Bumred
A
ci.K.. 1. heard and some of the cases went
Is ^desired please feel free to talk docket by compiomlso.
A six months prison term im-
“As the y^r comes to a close ^n B. V. Williams, this
I wish each and everyone of onr ^ag removed and he was
fined $350.
Wilkes County Man
Is Cleared In Death
Of Ridgeway Youth
Isaac EDer Is
Accidentally Shot
Injuries to Isaac M. Eller,
of sale of automobile and truck proonlnent local business man
license plates, said today that al- who was accidentally shot while
though sales have Jumped up ‘ ‘ ’■*"
hfttiaiing a .22-calHw rifle In his
during the past few days, th^ home yesterday afternoon, are
are behind last year's figures.
Martinsville, Va,, Doc. 18.—R.
J. Williams, North Wllkesboro.
N. C., salesman, was absolved of
any blame In the accidental fatal
shooting of Edmend Kerr Tatum,
14-year-old Ridgeway high sehool
youth, when trial came up la
county trial court this morning.
The charges grew out of the
dpath of Tatum on. Dejmmbor 10,
which occurred when Tafnm was
showing Williams an "anloadod”
^n at a service station near the
city, the gun going off, the bul
let pmfctratlng Tatnm'a body,
causing almoet instant death.
._w. .. not serious, phyalclaus at the
’This means that there are. go- Wilkes hospital sedd this after-
tags next week and in order that
all mlgbt obtain their tags those at the time the gun dtoehaiged,
who can are asked to buy their Oie bullet Infllctlnr ■*’
licensed plates duriug th>i first teir ki hla right "sbo *
hearfag. Following ertdMea
pHitfd by several wltn^^
¥r. Blier was alone In his home monwesKh** - Attotiiey' ' W. / R
in disehaiged, Broaddns, Jr., asked the court ^
a wound tha cliarK^ 'iB
Bls^oondi
m, _. .
the Red41ee River community,
was found dead shortly 'before
noon today In her home and one
arm was lying In the fire In the
fireplace and was 'badly burned.
Presumably she suffered a
stroke and fell dead before the
fire. She wao found dead by her
son, WUlle WhltUngton. She had
not been alone except for a few
minutes, according to Informa
tion received here tonight. Her
son, who waa outside of the
house, was attracted Inside be
cause of the volume of smoke go
ing out of the chimney.
She was a member of a well
known family and Is survived
by her husband, A. G. Whitting';
of Reddles River, and the fol
lowing children; S. B. Whitting
ton, Hebron, Md.; R. L. V^it-
tington. Laurel Springs: Willie
Whittington, Reddies River; Mrs.
A M. Whittington, Reddles Riv
er; Mrs. Bessie Orysel, Wilkea-
bon>; Mrs. R. S. Whittington,
•Miners Creek; and Mrs. Wiley
Foster.
She was a sister of N. G. Sny
der, of near Millers Creek, and
an aunt of J. B. Snyder, of this
city. r
Funeral service will be held
some time Saturday at Reddies
River church with Rev. Shade
Caudill In charge, assisted by
Rev. Walter Whittington.
New Growers Must
File Application
For Quota By 15th
January 15 will 'he the last date
for new tobacco growers to file
applleatton for allotment tfr
1946,' Lawrence Miller, clerk *Of
the Triple A organization in
Wllkee, said today.
Ho also stated that tobacco
growers may not expect to receive
their allotments earlier than Jan
uary 16 because they must be ap
proved by Agricultural offices in
Washington.
To Read Dickens’
Carol On Sunday
At the request of a number of
people, Rev.'Eugene Olive, pa*- , _
tore the First Baptist church the county, Mra.
herei TfUI read Dlokena’ ChHa$-
oiiuuD- mtiff*' Carol In a wecial Christma*
WilUama had been.held. fi^rSoe to he held at the ohni'ch
$1,000' bond pending, the eom evening, seven o’clock.
— ^ reading wUl be Inter*
mt* piunels by the Church choir. ;
jUt/fi Ur, mbjeot for the
Uon la not daeeHhed as crlttoaL
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lUshiln the Charon vw^ i„^ mOrafflg'service wlU he,
kny erlmlMl negUgenee. . a, - *
Lester Anderson, middle eged
citizen of near wilkesboro, wa*
Ifilled this afternoon when hR In
the face- by Ed Johnson, a citi
zen of tine .^trnshy Mountain com
munity, i([^i$ner I. M. Myers said
tonight gffer an investigation oC
the death.
The Coroner was called about
2:30 to Investigate the deaths
which occured about two mllas
east of Wllkeeboro near Dewey
Redmon’s garage on highway 421.
He was told by eye wltneese*
that Johnson struok Anderson in
the face and that be fell to the-
ground dead. A Jury was empan-
neled and witnesses were heard.
Coroner Myers said that John
son admitted striking the btov
which knocked Anderson down
and presumably caused bis death.
The Coroner quoted Johnson as
saying: “Anderson pinched my
nose. I told him to get away from
me, that I did not play with any
one I did not know. He grabbed
me around the neck with one arm
and ihad a knife in his other
hand. Tal Barnett and James
Moss, who were with us, pulled
Anderson off. I stepped back a-
'bout three steps and Anderson
advanced on me with a knife. I
struck him on the Jaw with my
fist and he fell,”
Dewey iRedmon, colored, said
he was nearby and saw the afi-
Ifay. Coroner Myers .said his
son. Barnett, fibes akd
Anderson were the other mem
bers of the i/arty and were relearn
ed after the hearing ibut Johnsma
was ordered held.
The Coroner’s jury will meet,
again tomorrow at ten o’clock t*
hear a report of X-rays made by
physicians late today. It was
learned tonight that the X-rays
revealed no Injury and that his
neck was not broken. The only
Injuries found on Andersonia
body was a bruise and an insids
cut on his left Jaw and a small
cut on his right thumb, apparent
ly made by some sharp Instru
ment. The Jury emponnelod by
Coroner Myers was composed of
A. S. Cassel, C. G. Glass, W. A
Bumgarner, Robert Mathis, Noah
Harris and John Alexander. N*
verdict was rendered as to tbs
cause of Anderson’s death penA-
ing completion of the hearing t«K
morrow.
Anderson is a member of a
widely known Wilkes family, s
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Ander
son, of near Wllkeaboro. He is
survived by his wife, several chil
dren, his parents and a number"
of brothers and sisters.
Funeral arrangements had not
been completed tonight.
Tubercular Seal
Drive Succesifrd.'
Returns On Seals Mailed Oak
Urged In Order That Rm
p»t May Be Made
The tubercular Christmas aesl
sole drive Is progressing Qilendid-
ly but many seals sent out have
ni>t yet 'been accounted for, Mn..
R. T. McNiel, general chalrmaa
of the drive la Wilkes, said te-
day.
Mrs. McNiel urged that all per
sons to whom seata, have hsea
mailed remit payment nr retura
the seals as early as poeiaile in
order that a final report pt tihe
drive may be made. - 4
Seventy-five per cent oC'ths to
tal amount raised la thS ‘ driro
will be retained to finance tober-
culofds 'prevention jneasufuz'-'- 'to
bscahb
"Has your hzoband-any hp^* |
blest” asked the nelghbw wto
s calling.
•Tfo," sold M5». Newrltqh, "kflr*
hae riieamatis a good
hires ainr had then, but hs sim*l
norer hs6 ■b^ltobWss.*'