■m
=SLAZED
'VMdo«.—Brttiak
htaVy bomiMn ktrlklns de»p 1«-
IWlt lMhlnd 0«rauy’s «baAal
'^teTtkoB portt" lB«t Bifbt
•d B ch«ln ot Kail Btrdronu to
B BBraCB aaaBttU aimed at wreok-
"IHni tha tasea ol Adolf Hltler-'g
BBTiai alage of Britain.
The aaeault followed wide-
TkaglBg hombing blows 24 hours
earlier In which Berlin was said
to hare been shaken by "teniflc
explosions” that ripped apart
^Tltal war plants In the northwest
■ ontakirtB and heaped destruction
on at least 20 cities and seaports.
(British bombers flew orer the
German capital early today, caus-
4iiy air raid alarm of an hour
and to minutes, but German ap-
• thorltles said no bombs tell.
■ - ..*■» (From Centra^ Berlin the on-
,ly sign of the raid obserred all
'itntac the alarm period *a» the
(d bf the motors of a single
jandlble for about three
; inlnntes ■ brer the~ center of the
^ elty, and weak anti-aircraft fire
? irhlch greeted It.
(The official German commun
ique issued after the alarm said:
(“Several British planes again
flow Into the Berlin area during
_^the night but were repulsed by
^Bkntl-atrcraft fire. Only a few
.^^‘PteBng noeceeded in reaching the
r4^1tf Itself. No bombs were
-.^IPh-oppod.'’)
Last night’s R. A. F. attack
took up Germany’s new challenge
for air mastery in the battle of
- -Britain, following daylong Nazi
bombing attacks on British air
dromes.
British bombers roared across
the English Channel, ignoring the
German “invasion bases” for the
time being and striking vital air-
dromee of Northern France and
In Belgium.
EJven the emplacements of
Germany’s “Big Bertha” guns
which shelled Dover during the
day and evening were not at
tacked.
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VOL. Xfelt No. 66
$t.50M the State — fSTOO Out of 81^
Power for America’s Defense >Pre^^3ness :^
County Meeting
Fanners Monday
To IMscnss Goals
County Agent Announces
j Important Planning Meet*
I ing For Monday Morhini^
Sponsors New Sub
London.—British officials re
ported ' yesterday that the Ger
man high command has taken
“de facto” charge of Italian mili
tary operations and may be aend-
4ng troops to Italy for a joint
ikls drive across Egypt toward
> Snu Canal.
■ '■ dicatjbng
I A county - wide meeting of
Wilkes county farmers to lay
i plans and goals of work for netjt
I year will be held at the office of
the county agent in Wllkesboro
on Monday, October 6, beginning
at nine a. m.
I Announcement of the meeting
was made today by J. B. Snipes,
county farm agent, who urged at
tendance of all fanners Interest
ed In progress for the coming
jyear.
^ The county-wide meeting will
Wilson dam, one of the great hydro-electric power producers of the Tennessee vaUey. is an toporUnt i^l come as a ^
nuauu uiuu, wu As the lakes above the meetings which are being held
throughout the county with rep
resentatives pf various agencies
explaining their alms for the
coming year.
The county agent said that in
the meeting Monday definite
goals for progress in every phase
of extension work will be set, in
cluding planting of legume crops,
livestock production, crop pro
duction, soli conservation prac
tices, agricultural engineering
and many other activities.
In addition, representatives of
the Farm Security admlnlstra-
tiou, the Soil Conservation Ser
vice, the county home agent and
persons representing other agen
cies will be present to take part
in discussions.
wuson oam, one oi me greai nyarw-wcvnn; puncr «... -- —- —-
of the 10 that can produce 1,700,000 horsepower of electricity for America’s defense. As the lakes above the
TVA dams are completed, speedboat racing has become a fad. Seven regattas have already been held
this summer. Pretty Pat Poore, shown, srlO be “Miss TVA” In Chattanooga’s Labor day cclebraUon. ’Two
hundred clUes in the seven states of the valley area wiU unite for the four-day program.
Seven 4-H Clubs ^ ®
A ^ m on ■a— fb da m — ri
Governor Gives
Grouplnstructions
About The Boai^
Clark Coart, Snpt-. Scho«I%
Election Chaimum oiid
Mayor To Name Board
Are Re-Organized
In Wilkes County
Chstmpion, Mtn. View, Mul
berry, Ronda, Wilkesboro,
Millers Creek, Traphill
inoan tHUBna'Wort cited
^-possible explanation for recent
allegations that Italy is demand
ing control over Syria and Leban
on. Including French air and nav
al bsues.
J. B. Snipes. Wllkee, county
farm agent, today reported re
organisation ot 4-H clubs In sev
en cfuamunlUss o
Court Four Days
Ii0n Land Law Suit
Wilkesboro In Suit Over
Payment For Lands On
Watershed On Brushies
A suit involving compensation
for lands condemned by the town
of Wilkesboro as a watershed for
the town's new water works sys
tem has occupied practically all
the time of Wilkes superior court
this week.
Judge Allen Gwyn. ot Reids-
vUle, is presiding over the term,
which opened Monday.
The suit under trial was insti
tuted by Mrs. H. S. Soots, Mrs.
Maggie Fletcher and other
Fletcher heirs, who did not ac-!
cept the appraisal price of $2,655
offered in payment for 140 acres
now Included in the watershed
of Wilkesboro’s water works.
Many witnesses have been ex
amined on both sides and the
case has been long drawn out. It
may consume the remainder of
the time of court this week.
Interspersed with the land suit
have been the following divorces
granted on grounds of two years
separation: Quincy Southers ver
sus Mary Soothers, Margarpt
Wells Knight versus Julian Holt
Knight, Mary Hutchens Dezern
IfversuB Ellis Dezern, Belle Royal
■ Clantpet versus Jim Clampet,
Louise Owens versus Oscar Ow
ens.
by visits to the larger schools
more than 300 boys and girls at
tended tbe organization meetings.
Prospects are bright for an active
year in club work, the county a-
gent said, because much Interest
was shown by the boys and girls
in the meetings.
Offliers of the various clubs
were elected as follows:
Champion — Leonard Jones,
president; Eloise Hinton, vice
president; Claude Hamby, secre
tary; Charlotte Huffman, treas
urer.
Mountain View—Fay Morrison,
president; Roy Taylor, vice pres
ident; Dean Whitley, secretary;
Mary Alice Gentry, treasurer;
Wilda Higgins, reporter.
■Mulberry—Lorene Brookshire,
pre.sident; Doris Absher, vice
president; Reba Tugman, secre
tary; Ray Anderson, treasurer;
Don Kilby, reporter.
Ronda—Clinton Jordan, presi
dent; Bill Key, vice president;
Bertha Mae Tucker, secretary;
Pauline Cockerhara, treasurer.
Millers Creek—Dewey I.rfink-
ford, president; Eloise Turner,
vice president; Odell Whitting
ton, Jr., secretary; Jack Caudill,
treasurer: Joe Jenkins, reporter.
Traphill — Glenn Hutchison,
president; Paul Blackburn, vice
president) Beatrice Casstevens,
secretary: Doris Pruitt, treasur-
Leff Holloway, reporter.
W. H. McElwee, chairman of
the county board of elections,
stated today that all elections of
ficials who served in the primar
ies this year, should file their
claims with the county board of
commissioners.
The county pays the claims out
of the county funds, and the
board of elections has no power
whatever to make payment to the
election officials. Mr. McElwee
stated.
Police Secure A
Fii^erprint Outfit
New Equipment Is Expected
To Be Beneficial For Iden
tification Purposes
October Cripple
Clinic Thursday
October clinic for free exami
nation of cripples will be con
ducted at the Wilkes hosplUl on
Thursday, October 10, according
to an announcement today from
the Wilkes ocunty health depart
ment. All crippled and deformed
people are encouraged to attend
and receive an orthopedic exami
nation without cost.
lesioii WUi Mlet
On Friday Night
. October meeting of the Wilkes
post of the Amelrcan Legion will
be hdd at the Legion »nd Auxil
iary clubhouse on Friday night,
October 4, 7:80 o'clock. A large
attandanes of Leglonnalros
aliwd. . - i. J
Wilkesboro—-Chelsle .McNeill,
president; Grace Marlow, vice
president; Betty Henderson, sec
retary; Hoke Steelman, treasurer.
Must Get Permit
To Bum Brash
Unlawful To Bum Brush Or
Fields Without Permit
During Next 2 Months
A. A. Triplett, Wilkes coun
ty forest warden, today called at
tention to the law requiring that
all persons who burn hrushlands
between October 1 and December
1 must first obtain a permit.
Mr. Triplett said that no
charge is made for the permits
but the law requires one if brush
or trash is burned within 500
feet of woodlands in Wilkes
county.
Permits may be obtained, he
said, from the office of the clerk
of court, C. D. Holbrook at Trap-
hill postoffice, at Parker-Trlplett
electric company In Wllkesboro
or from any deputy forest warden
in the county.
police de-
fingerprint-
North Wilkesboro
partment now has a
ing outfit.
The new equipment not only
enables the policemen to make
good fingerprints of suspects but
includes the more complicated
devices for "lifting” prints from
crime scenes.
The equipment includes photo
graphic devices, dusting power,
brushes and other items for get
ting fingerprints, and also ma
terials for taking and classifica
tion of fingerprints from individ
uals.
Have Coraerstone
Service On Sundaj
ImpreMivc Service Planned
For Coraerstone Lajring
Of New-Building
Quartet Singing
At Fairplains 20th
stone Mountain quartet sing
ing association will convene at
Fairplains Baptist church two
miles north of this city on high
way 18 on Sunday, October 20,
beginning at one p. m.
An invitation is extended all
quartets, trios, duets and soloists
to attend and take part in the
program for the afternoon.
A service of special interest to
the members and friends of the
North Wllkesboro,. Presbyterian
qliunb ■wiu„ie on -7B(ut4s)r,
thifff time the ebrnorstone of th¥
new Religious Edncatlon build
ing will be laid.
The service will be featured by
a talk by J. R. Finley, who for
twenty-five years was superinten
dent of the Sunday school. Mr.
Finley will lay the cornerstone
just prior to the eleven o’clock
service and will place in the
space behind the stone records of
the church that should prove of
Interest to succeeding genera
tions.
Other parts of the service will
be special musical numbers, a
brief talk by the pastor, Rev. W.
M. Cooper, reception of new
members, and a brief message
from the present superintendent
of Sunday school, IjCwIs Vickery.
The order of service will be as
follows: prelude, call to worship,
doxology, invocation, hymn. “Ho
ly, Holy, Holy”: reception of new
members, solo. Miss Ellen Robin
son; scripture reading, pastoral
prayer. Hymn, “Glorious Things
of Thee are Spoken”; offertory,
offertory prayer, anthem, “Praise
Ye the Lord”; talk, “A Look at
the. Past.” J. RiFinley; talk, “A
Look at the Future,” Lewis Vick
ery; brief message from pastor,
prayer, hymn, "Faith of Our
Fathers’’: benediction, choir re
sponse.
M«.
Rear Admiral Woodson, Just before
she acted as sponsor to the newest
addition to Uncle Sam’s snbmarine
fleet, the U. S. S. Trout. The Trent
has recently been lannched at the
Portsmouth navy yard.
Company “A” Is
Well Situated At
Fort Jackson, S. C.
Captain Robinson Says Men
Ip Good HeaMi ,^d Are
Cired
Fifty-nine per cent of
year’s motor vehicle deaths
curved on country roads
highways.
last
oc-
and
Local Business Men Get Payment For
Debts Contracted 29 and 40 Years Ago
The nation’s motor vehicle
traffic took a toll of 38,600 lives
1b 1939.
When It raJn-s It pours—and
that api»Iies to things other
than H20. Two mem who were
partners In buslne««s here for
about a quarter of a centtiry
rcceiived pajTiient for two dd
debts they had charged off as
loelt so long ago they had for
gotten about it.
On Saturday a man walked
np to W. R. Absher, told him
that he had been owing him
$30 for 40 years and wanted
to pay it with Interest to date.
Mr. Absher said he did not. re
member any such dejbt hut told
the man that If he owed that
amount and wanted to pay it
to just foi^^ about the inter
est. He paid Mr. Absher $80.
In telling of the incldetit 9fr.
Abshw, a partner for many
years In the firm ot Absher
and Blackburn, said he tBd not
wish to disdose the
Mr. Abdier txdd hM former
ariner In bnatuMS. E. M.
Blackburn, of the surprise and
M r. Blackburn humorously
suggested that M r. Absher
should take him on a vacation
trip, some place.
But OB Tuesday the tables
turned and It was Mr. Black-
bum who rtwived the surprise.
He received'a.*85 cheek from
a mAn in Raleigh, whose name
he did not dlsdoe, and with
the check was a long letter
from the Raleigh citizen who
told Mr. Blackburn that hi
1911 he ordered a tailor-made
snit and bad It sent direct to
.him. He said he had never paid
for the salt and had neglected
payment for the pad. 20 years
because of haid luck and pro
crastination. He said he want
ed to get the matter off hi*
mind.
Netther the maa who
Mr. Absher or the oae who paid
for bbe suit after ae years gave
any specific reaaaa fan-, deriding
to make payaaeot alter ail
these years.
VocatHHialWork
Talks Of Program
Emmet S. Johnson Named
ChainAuWof Group; Sev
en Students Placed
The Advisory Committee tor
Diversified Occupations met In
the office ot the Carolina Mirror
company Tuesday night to discuss
the program for North Wllkes-
boro. Those present were A. F.
Kilby, J. L. Wells, Edd F. Gard
ner, Emmet S. Johnson, Paul S.
Cragan and W. Bryan Collins. W.
E. Jones, the other member of
the committee, could not be pres
ent. Emmet S. Johnson, of Mea
dows Mill company, was elected
chairman of the group. •
Ways and means of advancing
the program were discussed and
business transacted. The coordi
nator, W. Bryan Collins, report
ed six 'boys and one girl placed
to date with good prospects for
six more boys in the near futuro.
North Wllkesboro is the small
est town in the state having the
diversified occupation program
and should work to keep it, as
It is a splendid means for edu
cating boys and girls for skilled
trades.
Tbe committee adjourned to
meet again October 15th with
Paul S. Cragan as host.
Street Project
Makes Progress
Work Under Way On Con
struction Of Sidewalk
Near Hosiery MiRs
The street improvement pro
ject in North W.llkesboro con
tinues in progress, the latest im
provement being the paving of a
sidewalk along F street between
Fifth and 8h(th.
The project is being carried
out by the WPA with the city as
sponsor and many streets have
been Improved.
Some of the ljuprovemenU
brought about have ^bSeen grading
and gravel surfacing of two
blocks on the north end of Tenth
street, grading of the alley In the
rear of the cU| hall building,
gravel aurfaclnf of dirt streota In
the east^ end of the city, con
struction of a new sidewalk on
Ninth street rad* o# parte’ of P
streM...
Two out five tralfte deaths
last year ««^dstrians.
Members of the committee ap
pointed by Governor Clyde R.
Hoey to name two draft boaVde
for Wilkes county today received
notice of their appointment and
with a' request from the Governor
that they appoint the boards im
mediately.
The committee as named by
Governor Hoey to appoint thb
two draft boards for Wilkes Is
composed of Clerk of Court C. C.
Hayes, Superintendent of Schools
C. B. Eller, County Board of
EHections Chairman W. H. Mc
Elwee. and R. T. McNlel, mayor
of North Wilkesboro.
Instructions said for the com
mittee to meet at the call of the
Waller B. Woodson, wife of clerk of court and recommend
“ “ ' draft board members. The boards
will have three members each and
with each board will be a lawyer
and a physician, making a total
Of five members for each draft
group.
Clerk of Court C. C. Hayes
said this morning that the com
mittee will meet Friday morning,
October 4, and carry out the In-
struc(lqi||te bf tbe governor.
Beeause of population Wilkes
will have two boards' and it is
the duty of the committee naming
the boards to di^e the county
Into two areas aie Dearly equal In
population as practical but wltk-
ojtj; divid^ a voting preq^t,
'Hi ■'InstrnctlOilwTB’^W ebmmlU-
tee the Governor explained tkaiV
draft board members must be
over 36 years of age and should
be the best men in the commun
ity. “No consideration of relig
ion, politics or friendship should
enter into selection of these in
dividuals,’’ the governor said,
but advised that both major po
litical parties be represented.
Board members will serve with
out compensation since no funds
have been provided for their pay,
but {hey should consider it a high
honor and patriotic duty, th#
Governor said.
Meanwhile, Attorney W. H.
McElwee, chairman of the coun
ty board of elections, has receiv
ed instructions relative to the
registration of men on October
16 for military service.
Present election officials for
the various precincts will serve
on registration day, w'hen. all men
between the ages ot 21 and 36
must register. Heavy penalties
are provided for failure to reg
ister.
It has been estimated that the
number required to register in
Wilkes will be btetween four and
five thousand.
However, the first call for com
pulsory military training is ex
pected to take only a compara
tively small number of Wilkes
men.
Quotas will be allotted coun
ties according to registration and
from the quotas will be deducted
the number of men serving in
the national guard and recent
volunteers into regular branches
of the service.
Commenting on the registra
tion, Elections Board Chairman
W. H. McElwee said today that
all registrars and judges will
serve in the registration and that
they should consider it a patriotic
duty. However, if any registrar or
election judge knows of any rea-
json why he cannot serve on reg
istration day, October 16, they
are asked to notify Attorney Mc
Elwee at once.
All men who will have reached
their 21st birthday by October 16
and who will not have reached
their 36th birthday on that date
must register.
School teachers will help with
the Registration in several pre
cincts, Attorney McElwee said.
News that Company A of 105th
Engineers, who left here last Fri
day for a year’s military training
at Fort Jackson, S. C., is well
situated and taking its place in
army life and national defense
was contained in the following
letter received by The Journal-
Patriot today from Captain Ed
mund P. Robinson, who is in
command of the company:
"The officers and men of Com
pany ‘A’ 105th Engineers, 30th
Division, wish to express to our
relatives and friend.s at home,
our thanks, and deep appreci
ation for the Interest, and many
acts of kindness shown by them
to us during our encampment
there. We thank A. B. Johnston
for his very acceptable gift of I
fine apples, which we relished to
the fullest.
“The company arrived at Fort
Jackson, S. C., about 6:00 o’
clock, September 27, unloaded
and made camp, and were ready
for duty the next day. The men
are in good health; no names on
sick call the last wto days.
"New uniforms are being is
sued today, and the appearance
of the company is up to standard.
Each man gets two uniforms,
new hat, and good woolen under
wear, handkerchief^ toilet ar
ticles, etc. The meirare well pro
vided for. We have good cooks,
and the food is well cooked and
seasoned.
“Our regiment is in temporary
camp, but work on our mess hall
is being rushed, and we hope to
move into our permanent camp
very soon.
“The address of the men in
this company will be: Co. ‘A’
105th Engineers, Fort Jackson,
South Carolina.”
2 Attoraeys Are
Admitted To Bar
Oaths Are Administered To
Johnson Jay Hayes, Jr.,
and Elmer E. Rouzer
Johnson Jay Hayes, a son of
Judge and Mrs. Johnson J. Hayes,
of Wilkesboro. and Elmer Ells
worth Rouzer, formerly of Bal
timore, Md„ and now law clerk
to Judge Hayee, were sworn in
se attorneys in Wilkes court this
week before Judge Allen H.
Gwyn.
The nojv attorney Hayes Is a
graduate of Duka Uaiveralty law
school and Is now associated with
Attorney Eugene Trtretta In his
offlca in this city. ,
Attorney Honser is also a gtt^
Data ot Dnka UhlTanity
•chooL,^!^^ ‘ _
Liona Club Will*
Meet Friday, 6:30^
North WilkeehoTO Lions, elnb’-
wlU meat on Friday evaBlBg,
6:36, ai Hotri Wilkes. A good
urogram has hssii planned and
a large attendance is expected-
. I I
Chnrchee nr* IhcrewlivptB
lewJnnnAer In larger 9e«zBnaltlaa.
to tka antciMibU^ tUlveaoB.
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