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"mi 4 o& Hitt'Dri^rttisai aa* 4r 'tk* Nwtt Smk rtMked tet alslit tM dwtraetlon' M|mi ektln «onTojr ot flra Owmtk ▼■■■■li and n “naneOntnr* nttaek on » •ixth Ob th* red gldo of the ledger the edmtrelty acknowledged the dajnagtng of the 9,10d-ton crnte- er Urerpool In the ' Mediterran ean hr Italian aerial torpedoee. The tihrerpool, one of eight ships of the Southampton class, llBBiMd into h^ base bearing wovnds InfUeted by the Italians na was returning from the iSajtttrik Mediterranean fleet’s c^eraUoos in which three of Ita ly’s destroyers were sunk last Saturday. There were an .undis closed nninher of casualties. A n admiralty announcement said that in the attack on the Oerman convoy, apparently car ried out by submarines, three supply vessels and two escort ships wore destroyed. One of the supply ships was of about 7,000 t(HU and the others smaller. One Of the latter was said to have ex ploded before sinking. Mi . .. S. • :v ‘s-.p.'d! Publl^^ y oti^yy Dr. Caflom Ivill Lecture In City AD Next Week TgUtoPAY, OCT. 17?*mo ^ I »■ M Ii2.00 Out Two lipn Horir' To Get In Army Before The Draft Nortii Wilk^o mSchool Fo^ SPi To Speak At Series Meetings At First Baptist Church And Before Ministers Raids Slacken ^ London.—A chill autumn rain jlLand the action of British ground guns broke the back of a German air raid last sight and London had uneasy, relative peace early today even after the mist scat tered and the moon shone through. Early this morning some bomb ers still were high In the clear ing skies, but they appeared to heeitate to come down and let go ' with their explosives. During the first half of the night they were able only In Iso lated Instances to break through. Most of them, turning away, pounded the outlying countryside. Towns outside the metropoU- Un area suffered heavily from these Jettisoned bombs. A midnight check of the avail- tvble reports showed that casual ties In London were markedly smaller than usual, however. Balkan XTnreet Buchareet, Rumania.—Carload lota of disassembled German sea- {danes and for base to be manned by the Ital ians, were reported en route yes Dr. W. R. Cullom, Emeritus Professor of Bible at Wake For est College, will preach twice on each of the next two Sundays, October 20 and 27, and one each evening, Monday through Friday, in the First Baptist church of North Wilkesboro, announcement by the pulpit committee of the church said today. In addition to the services at the local church, to which every body Is Invited, Dr. Cullom will meet with the Wilkes Baptist Pastors’ Conference in the Reins- Sturdlvant chapel each morning next weelr at ten o’clock. All min isters are Invited. For the services at the church Dr. Cullom has chosen the fol lowing subjects: Sunday, "Sin In Essence”; Monday, "The Futility of Formal Religion”; Tuesday, “God’s Remedy For Sin’’; Wed nesday, "The Fruits of Faith”; Thursday, "More t F r u 11 s of Faith”; Friday, ‘"Tragedy ’Turned to Triumph”; Sunday, “The Faith System Applied to Life.” The proposed topics for discus sion with the nilnisters each morning will be on the theme of “God’s Ministers in the World Today.” The five lectures will be on the following subjects: “Our World Today: Immanuel, of God in His World; The Minister’s Special Task, The Minister as Student, The Minister’s Care of Himself.” Dr. Cullom was for more than 49 , —- ~ ‘ Forest as professor of Bible -and Is one of the south’s best known Bariy this morning two yomig man caOed on two nmn- betni of the draft board here aalrfng to be enlisted In the wmy. '-4 ■■' 'r* l^e WBBt to enlist for three jrennt” snld tbe young men ' whose names were not learned bjr I. R. Hlx and J. ,B. Wil- Unma, Anft board memhers. Th^ board members without - farther discieelon advised the men to visit the recruiting tion at Lenoir and Winston- Salem and they were on their way. Total It Eftfanate. Register^-Here Job Cerried Out In WOkee WHh Aid School Tonehort Wilkes Out of 28 men'oa the North Wilkesboro Ugh school scjuad, only four are letter men and at least half the number had never seen action in n game of any kind until this year. Above is pictured this season’s version of the Mountain Lions, and they are: front row— Anderson, tackle: Moore, back- Gettya, back; Minton, guard; Estes, center; Carlton, center; Horton, tackle; Church, gnard: Hunter, tackle; second row—Owen, guard; Bd- dinger, gnard; McCoy, guard; Faw, quarterback; GBledge, back; Gentry, end; Hnnt, back; H. Church, guard; Hall, tackle; Hayes, tackle; back row—Co^ Jack Massey, Manager KMball, Black, end; Foster, tacklR Fancett, end; Crook, end; Robinette, buck; Z. Foster, UdBe; Hankby, guard; Davia, tackle; Day, utility; Pnni S. Cragan, superintendent North Wilkesboro schools. Crouch ed between the first and second rows is Charles (Chipmonk) Caudill, waterboy and general handy man. The North Wilkesb^ team will play Mocksville here Friday afternoon, this week. Many Call At HealA Office For Blood Tests Lucas Says School Teachers And Highway Employes Can Serve As Officii h the 1940 Fall Election Lovelace School Is Voting Place Somers Township October 23 and 3 Oset Aside As Blood Test Days At The Health Office Triplett Resigns As Election Judge »r. Cullom wM foi^ore inw Omt he wn. not eligCble yenrs donnseted ^ ^ rfinudn omaSt terday to wrerG;.!aud mo.t ‘-Joved autho^ man troops already face Russian army divisions across the Danube. For members of the Nazi gen eral staff and economic experts, the Rumanian government pre pared a hundred apartments in Bucharest. ^ To these signa of expanding A»is power In this country were added the demonstrations o f Nazi warplanes, which flew in an endless patrol of Rumania’s oil! an announcement byi ties on Biblical subjects. It is ex pected that the church services and series of meetings with min isters will be well attended. Many Applications For Mattresses In ProjectForCounty ArloD ’Triplett, county fire warden, ha« resigned ae Judge of elecUon in M’Ukeeboro pre cinct, having notified W. H. McElwee, rlinirman of the county board of etectlons, of hl» action Monday. Mr. 'Trip lett was the Republican Judge of Wilkesboro precinct, and since he is employed by the county and state. Ruling of State Chairman Differ* From Previous Statement By Him 15 License To Wed This Month fields, and _ Vthe German organ. Tageblatt. ' g . j p Project Uader* the arrival of several squadrons scnooi ror rroj of German Messerschmitt fighter- j Held Tuesday At Court- bombers. The Tageblatt remarked house In Wilkesboro Cupid’s Business Makes No- ticeafaile Pickup In Coun ty During October that the performance of these “veteran German pilots proved their readiness for action wher ever they may be needed.” Russian military concentra tions across the frontier were understood here to be continuing near the Rumanian port of Galati, where already the Soviet was re ported standing from 150.000 to 180,000 strong. The extent of the German forces was not stated, but they were supported by sev eral squadrons of airplanes and 300 tanks. Walls Speaks At The Courthouse Winston-Salem Speaker At- fSeks New Deal and State Administration A large crowd gathered at the • courthouse in Wilkesboro Mon- Ik day night enthusiastically ap plauded L. L. Walls denunciation of the New Deal and the adufinis- tratlon In North Carolina. Walls, a Winston-Salem attor ney, spolte under auspices of the Wilkes county Republican execu tive committee and the large number present were representa tive of practically every precinct In the county. The speaker was Introduced by T. E. Story, Republican candidate for house of representatives. He delivered an Interesting address which drew prolonged hursts of ^iplftuse. r EpUcopal SeiTice Vesper service will be held at Bt Pattl’A Episcopal church Sun day afternoon, October 20th, at four o’clock. Friends and visitors are Invited to attend. Over 200 applications for mak ing mattresses have already been filed and the WPA mattress mak,' ing pro’ 3t for Wilkes county has not beg ,n. Prior to actual production In mattress making centers, a school was held at the courthouse in Wilkesboro Tuesday with Eugene Starnes, of Raleigh, assistant farm agent at large in the state, in charge. Instructions were given to prospective center leaders and others Interested. The demonstra tions included the actual making og a mattress. Wilkes was included in the counties allowed mattress making projects following the disastrous flood on August 14, when many rural families lost heavily in homes, household furalshings and crops. The project will be carried out under sponsorship of the extension service. J. B. Snipes, county farm a- gent, said that mattress making centers will be set up at the home of S .T. Walsh near Boomer and at some available location in Wilkesboro. After a lull of several months, the marriage license business has become brisk in Wilkes with an average of one per day during the first half of OctOiber. Records in the office of Regis ter of Deeds Oil Wiles show the following couples have obtained license to wed since October 1: Clarence Pendergrass and Sarah Combs, both of North Wilkes boro route 3; Marvin Byrd. Ben- ham. and Ruby Cockerham, Roar ing River; J. C. Blankenship, North Wilkeaboro and Eugenia Geawell, Taylorsville; Ralph L. Wooten. North Wilkesboro. and Violet Tulburt, Millers Creek; Russel Spears and Mae Foster, both of Walsh; Cyrus Brown and Teeny Brown, both of Dehart; Woodrow Fortner and Pauline Kilby, both of Poref; Knob; Hoyle Gilreath and Alma Dancy, both of North Wilkesboro route one; Wade Stamper and Verna Stamp er, both of McGrady; Edworth Freeman, Elkin, and Hugie My ers, JonasvUle; Eli Combs and Metta Walls, both of Honda; Arnold Stamper and Ester Bid den, both of Jolnea. Three couples requested no publicity. A number of election officials, especially registrars who served oj the first registration day— Saturday. Octaber, 12th—ere not eligible to continue to serve ac cording to Section 16 (c. s. 5928) passed by tbe Leglsleture of North Carolina irbieh roads as ANY TRUST OR PROFIT, UNDER THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES, OR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. ORJVNY POLITICAL SURDIVIS- lOiN THBREXJF, EXCEPT JUS TICE OF THE PEACE. SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO APPOJNT- MENT AS AN ELECTION OFFI CIAL.’’ This section of the 'election law apparently affects W. E. Hor ton, registrar in EJk No. 2, a school bus driver; Grady F. Mill er, principal of Mulberry school; Cecil Vannoy, teacher In the Mil lers Creek school; Thornton Sta ley, teacher In the Cricket school; Jay Brookshire, who has a pasi- j tlon with the state highv.'p.y com-' mission. It also affects Clarence W. H. McElwee, chairman of the Wilkes board of elections, said today that the voting place for Somers township has been changed by the board to Lovelace school. The registrar will be at Lovelace school the next two Saturdays for the purpose of reg istration. / I Superior Court Will Convene On -Mra^y,'9cti^ Criminal Caaes Will Be Tried During One Week; Judge Gwjm Will Preside Over 200 men who registered for the draft yesterday called at the Wilkes county health depart ment to have blood tests made and today the office was receiv ing a steady stream of men seek ing tests. As each man was registered he was given a card, which en titled him to a blood test without charge at tbe health office. The men are asked to have the tests made and not wait until they are called by the draft boards. Dr. A. J. Eller, county health officer, said today that for per sons who do not have their physi cians to have blood tests made, two days, October 23 and 30, bare baeir dWtaatbd. tor .sate for that purpose at the county health office. Men who do not have their physicians to look af ter the blood tests are requested to call at the health office on October 23 or 30. A mixed term of Wilkes super ior court for trial of criminal and civil cases will convene fn Wil kesboro on Monday, October 28, with Judge Allen H. Gwyn, of Reidsville, presiding. Criminal cases will be tried during the first week and due to the fact that the election will oc cur during the second scheduled j week, it is expected that the first j week will practically end the business of the- term. Wilkes j county commissioners in recent session drew Jurors for one week NYA Officials Of 7 Counties Visit Projects The District Officials Highly Commend Work Meing Done On Local Projects !only, from which a grand jury Staley, highway foreman, who Is , drawn on opening day of a member of the county board ■ of elections, and J. C. Grayson, also a member of the county j board of elections, who has a po-1 arrange cal court. Solicitor Avalon E. Hall, of Yadkinville, is expected some' Hallowe*en Party At Traphill School As a climax to the ,;r.'-a Hallo we’en Carnival to be held at Traphill high school Saturday, ictober 26, 7:30 p. m. a beauty queen is to be crowned. Following is a list of the can didates who will compete for the sitlon in the county accountant’s office. In a public meeting at the county courthouse held on June 20, W. A. Lucas, chairman of the state board of elections, ruled that “no person employed by the government, state, or political subdivision thereof, was elegible to serve as an election official.” Mr. Lucas read to those present this section of the election' law disqualifying the government and endar for the court. Jurors drawn for the week were as follows: J. W. Huffman, Stanton; Guy Tulburt, Reddles River; J. B. NYA officials from seven coun ties including George M. Suggs, district representative and Frank Waters, finance supervisor, of Asheville, visited NYA projects in Wilkes county Thursday. The of ficials commended highly the pro gress made during the past six months. Recognition was given to the woodworking shop, where twelve youths out of the twenty-four as- Church,’ Edwards; J. B. Colston, signed, were busily engaged get North'Wilkesboro; E. H. Eller, Wilkesboro; J. R. Tomlipson North Wilkesboro; A. S. Absher, ting out a rush order of. teachers’ desks ordered by the board of education. This project rates as North WllKesDOro; a. o. AU»ner, eaucsLiu/'. •—— — Mulberry: G. kcT. Miller, North one of the best of Its kind In the Wilkesboro; Monroe Dancy,'..Ua- Western district and Is under the ion; Loma Johnson, North WII- supervision of S. T. Walsh. county men, 4,5BB strong, registered Wednesday fsr selective military service. Throughout the nation over 16,000,000 men answered th* nation’s first peace time step for conscription. In Wilkes the registration wnS carried out very efficiently anA without any confusion of any kind. Men accepted their duty tis register patriotically and without objection. The schools systems, including the teachers and many school plants, were volunteered for th* {task of registration and Wedneo- Iday was a school holiday, j Registration cards were filled out carefully and thoroughly bat there was sufficient help t® avoid long lines of waiting men. In North Wilkesboro 1,011 were registered, probably leading all precincts in the state In mtoi- iber of men registered. The North Wilkesboro school teachers handled the job well and as each card was completed it was double checked for omissioBS or errors. Similar precautions for an accurate registration wsc« taken at other points in the coun ty. Registration began at seven a. m. and ended at nine p. m. How ever, there were very fev regis trations in Wilkes after six p. m. and the big rush was in the early hours of the day. Over four hnn- dred were regtaterod'* In North WltitOsboro b^Dre.,ten a. A., No member of the reglstraUs® board and none of the registrant school teachers or other volun teers will receive any pay for work done on regls.ratlon day, their services representing a per sonal sacrifice in behalf of na tional defense. The registration In Wilkes by precincts follows: Antioch 7t Beaver Creek —, Boomer IM Brushy Mountain 34 Edwards No. 1 f® Edwards No. 2 144 Edwards No. 3 239 Elk No. 1 74 Elk No. 2 58 Jobs Cabin No. 1 Si Jobs Cabin No. 2 51 L,ewl8 Fork 88 Lovelace — — 64 Moravian FalUs - 141 Mulberry No. 1 94 Mulberry No. 2 — 204 New Castle 134 l| North Wilkesiboro -—1014 Reddies River . 304 Rock Creek 344 Somers 14* Stanton - 54 Traphill No. 1 314 Traphill No. 2 — - 24 Union — J1S4 Walnut Grove No. 1 — *5 Walnut Grove No. 2 6T Wilkesboro — — 504 Hospital — 4 kesboro; Rev. J. B. Hayes..Mul state employes, but did rule that j,gpfy- jarvls Walsh, Boomer; the teachers could serve at tbejg^gpgtt Wood, ESdwMds; C.’ 6. One Draft Board Selects A Clerk primaries because they were not at that time under contract with the state. In a telegram to The Journal- Patriot on Octaber 10th, Mr. Lu cas wired as folic s: “A person holding any office, place of trust, or profit under any political sub division is Ineligible to act as 'precinct official. A person hold- — A person ... iug another office is Ineligible tOiijiii; ,Robert F. Parker, serve as member of county board g g. Nance, jof elections.” Draft board for Wilkes district However, In a telephone mess- number one with headquarters iniggo this week to W. H. .McElwee Wilkesboro has named Wm. A. | chairman of the county board of ■’onor of the coveted title, “Miss tact Mr. Stroud. Stroud clerk and he will have headquarters In the federal court building. He will serve without pay and persons desiring to con tact the board, which is composed of J. W. Dula, O. K. Whitting ton and T. 0. Minton, should oon- Traphill.” Myrtle Swarlngen, Hazel Carter, Lillie Carter, Kath leen Adams, Evelyn Brower, Sa- natha Lyon, Clara Davtis, Nina Billings, Doris Pruitt, Beatrice Castevens, Elmma Harris, Melba Billings, Oravella Sparks, and Rosa Cleary. Eh-nest Edwards, of Honda, has declined to serve on the draft board for district two, with head quarters at North Wilkesboro, and the other members, J. R. Hlx and J. B. Williams, cannot proceed until the other member is appointed by Governor Hoey. elections, Mr. Lucas stated that (Continued on page eight) Local Bankers Attend Meetin«r Of Directors Ralph Duncan, J. T. Prsvette, and N. B. SmJtbey, members of the Board ot Wrectors'of The Northweeterq Bank, attended a meeting of the board )iMd at Valdeea yesterday. W. J..t’aroon, secretary of the bank, and cash ier of the local branch,^ also at tended the meeting.,^ . Dyson, North Wilkesboro: C. F. McNeill, Reddles River; E. R. Blackburn, Edwards; Julius Brock, Moravian Falls; C. O. Parsons, Reddles River; C. Miller, Wilkesboro; N. P. Brooks, Walnut Grove; Robert N. Holland, Jr., Wilkesboro; C. M. Spicer, Traphill; C. H. Cowles, Wilkesboro; D. H. Brown. Trap- North Love lace; William E. Parsons. Red dles River; Russel Alexander, Edwards; A. E. Shumate, Mulber ry; W. R. Call, Wilkesboro; A. O. Deal, North Wilkesboro; Rich ard Moore. Wilkesboro: F. C. Brewer, Moravian Palls; N. C. Andrews, Boomer; W. B. Henry, Brushy Mountain; J. D. McCann, Traphill; J. C. West. Beaver Creek: V. R. Cardell, Lewi* Fork; G. W. Bumgarner, Reddies River; C. S. Sebastian, Reddles Elver; V. M. Rcberson, Brushy Mountein; W^ W. Gentry, Ed wards. The group was served a most delightful lunch at the Home Practice center, which is operated with a quota of 24 girls. Mrs. Alene G. Upchurch, project sup ervisor, directs these youths with training, which will make better Roscoe home-makers of tomorrow. Mrs. Maude Miller, county sup ervisor, staetd that at the pres ent, there are several openings for boys in the shop, but the on ly things available for girls are Resident ’Training centers. Fur ther Information concerning these may be obtained from the local NYA office. Ray Stewart Pardue and War ren Sebastian, trainees at the NYA Raleigh center, report very favorably on conditions there. Ray Was one of four selected from 100 youths to take special training at State College. ‘ Be^eepers to Meet Raleigh.—Beekeepers will hold fall meeting in Henderson No- vemljer 14. Frank B. Heacham of N. C. State College, secretary' of the State Beekeepem’ Association More petmle are killed and in-lwblch will sponsor the meeting, jnied' on Satorday than on any ’aid several authorities on other day of the week. wonld sfei!^ bees TOTAL .... 4554 Total for the county was abook 200 under estimates but was im line, according to previous esti mates, with other counties In the state. First person to register In North Wilkesboro was W. Bryan Collins, industrial arts teacher, whr was registered at seven a. m. by Paul S. Cragan, school super intendent and volunteer assistant registrar. The last to register was Ray Morrison at 8:30 p. m. Of the 1,013 who registered ha North WllkeelMWO. 96 were ooL ored. The colored men registered at the colored school bnlldlng. School teachers and other vol unteers who helped In the regto- tration here were: Robert G. Taylor, Jr„ T. .K, Cline, Elizabeth Finley, 1. L. Bak er, Jack Masaey, Rebecca ley. Ruby Blackburn, Nonie don. W. P. Grier, Jr„ Ralph Bpillman, Mabel Hendren, Wrtib, Loelllo - ~ Pearson, Bstell* Ard^Wy Sharpe.,Lneile YopjBg*v'Va:;P214* CoiHas, Ulyan Mfs, iSaphp \F^ne. KatlHTD'^TTpatiuBa.' *anttrOatlaa^«»B^ *- (OonttOii^'ott 9S^ Not Register^ Tl^ Year Most R^|iri^!j|iQi3§ To1rote ln Tht|ks(^