of PROoSs3S,IN THE “STATE OP WILkI^’’ ffl
Names and Numbers In One
of County’s Two Districts
Starts In This Paper
VOL. XXXin, No. 64
NvuDO'bers aasiKiied Wllkee coun
ty men "who registered for selec
tive service on October 16 were
posted iy the two draft boards
prior to the national lottery In
Washington, D. C., and lists were
released to newspapers.
The numbers for district one
have been posted at the federal
building in WHkesboro and for
district two at the city hall in
North Wllkesboro.
In district one are the follow
ing townships: Antioch, Beaver
Creek, Boomer, Brushy Mountain,
Elk, Jobs Cabin, Lewis Fork,
Lovelace, Moravian Falls, Nsw
Castle, Roddies River, Stanton,
Somers and Wllkesboro.
In district two are Edwards,
Mulberry, North Wllkesboro,
Rock Creek, Traphlll, Union,
Walnut Grove.
Today The Journal-Patriot is
publishing part of registration
numbers assigned in district two,
which has headquarters at the
city hall here. The list for dis
First Thoiuand
Numbers Get 82
In Wilkes County
Will Be First To Receive
Questionaires And Go
Before Draft Board
Tuesday at noon the first peace
time draft In the history of the
United States began when Secre
tary of War Stimipson drew the
first number in the national lot
tery In Washington, D. C.
The nation awaited with in
tense interest the announcement
of the firtt number drawn, the
number which called one man
city hall nere. me n»i lo* | from each draft board area in the
If trict one will be published Mon- nation to the colors for examlna-
day.
Part of the list for district two
is as follows:
1, James Ray Holbrooks; 2, Mi al
ter Jess Hayes; 3, Brady Alexand
er Lowe; 4, Marvin Billings; 5,
Jonsie DeM^ia Hinson; 6, Author
Clifton Hollaway; 7, Earl Black-
bum, 8, Hasten Bell; 9, Joe CTin-
ton Bidden; 10, Aldean Otto
Wiles; 11, James Clyde Hanks; 12,
Vestal Hoosier; 13, Fred William
Shepherd; 14, Charles Bauguess;
15, John A. Lockhart; 16, Dewitt
Spicer; 17, Clyde Watson; 18,
Howard Dewitt Blackburn; 19,
Richard Finley Gentry; 20, How
ard Wilson Holsclaw; 21, Roby
Norman; 22, Paul Edgar Wood;
23, James Harlie Billings; 24,
Boyd Nelson Simmons; 25, Glennie
Tyra Cox; 26, James Kelly Pipes;
27, Ceorge Parks; 28. Henry Clar
ence Dameron; 29, Conrad Monroe
Forester; 30, Vance James Bil
lings; 31, Armick Ray Pardue;
32, Tam Lee Shumaker; 33, Wil
liam Clyde Durham; 34, Charlie
Franklin Caudle; 35, Curley Pra-
itt; 36, Howard Ray Vestal; 37,
Willie Howard Holcomb; 38, Link
Spicer; 39, Samuel Byron Bryan;
40, Marvin Reece Key; 41, Ira
Charles Billings; 42, Barney Ros-
coe Wood; Thomas Brown; 44,
Theodore Roosevelt McCann; 45,
Lewnie Jackson Brown; 46, John
Ruffin Royal; 47, Boyd Johnson
Caudill: 48, Waldo James Billings;
49, Fred Moore Staley; 50, Harry
Anderson Neal;
51, John Allen Parlier; 52, Dew
ey Hobart Miller; 53, Heg Hayes
Ashley; 54, Coy Luff man; 55, Loyd
Spicer; 56, James Dewey Bau
guess; 57, Jesse Walter Jones; 58,
Paul Hubert Shew; 59, Edgar Ver-
_ non vVheeling: 60, William Oliver
H Johnson; 61, Charlie Richard Par-
due; 62, George Rufus Dancy; 63,
Lester Sylvester Queen; 64, Ren-
dall Flake Lackey; 65, Thomas
Hugh Donovan Eller; 66, Joel Ar-
1 ville Minton; 67, Craddock Terry
Burke; 68, Claude Kitchin Key;
69, Woodrow Wilson Foster; 70,
Roy Franklin Billings: 71, Clinton
Wood; 72, McKinley Leff Sexton;
73. Walter Sidden; 74, Orville
Luffman; 75, Quentine Hawkins;
76, Nymphus Hawkins; 77, .\rchie
Ugene Pruitt; 78, Reuben Wrenn
Vannoy: 79, James Robert Ring;
80, Ted Roosevelt Bauguess; 81,
Herman Roscoe Holbrook; 82,
Ranzo Lyon; 83, Charles Vester
Durham; 84, Charles Horton Ab-
sher; 85, Fred Everett Myers; 86,
Marcus Johnson Steelman; 87,
Loyd Bronard Wayne; 88, Gordon
Elguim Hight; 89, John Robert
Johnson; 90, Henry Noel Ander
son: 91, Roy Clifford Wallace; 92,
Jo.seph Taylor Staley; 93, George
Hilton Johnson; 94, Ralph Vemon
Bumgarner; 95, John Leo Shelton;
96. Claud Henry Brooks; 97. Cag-
pr Lee Kilby; 98, Harmon Clyde
Wyatt; 99, Gwyn Buil Watkins;
lOO, Robert Lee Gryder;
101, Carmie Henry Hayes; 102,
Ulyasee Wenton Foster; 103, Paul
Franklin Warren: 104, Luie Thom
as Blackburn; 105, Carl Lewis
Watkins; 106, Charles Gordon
r Childress; 107. James Cornelius
Peterson, Jr.; 108, John Lrnest
Staley; 109, Lionel Dexter Miller:
110, Floyd Hincher; 111, Otis
Thicton Keeling; 112, Nelson Coy
ft (Continued On Page Three)
tion to see whether or not they
were eligible lor a year of train
ing.
All numbers were drawn Tues
day and Tuesday night and the
order in which they were drawn
will determine the order In which
the men will be called before lo
cal dreft boards to fill out ques
tionnaires and be classified.
The first number drawn was
158 and was announced by Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Men Awaiting
Election Will Be Held Next Tuesday,
■ ■ I . ■ a ' ' ' " ■ ■ I ^
Superinten^t
Of Prison Camp
Killed By Auto
E. L. Hight Killed Instantily
When Hit By Automo
bile Tuesday Night
STRUCTURE SPANS YADKIN HERE
A coroner’s jury Wednesday
absolved Thomas Tharpe, Jr.,
Roaring River youth, of blame ^
for the death of E. L. Hight, |
superintendent of the prison (
camp here, who was Instantly
killed Tuesday night when hit
by Tharpe’s car.
According to evidence at the
Inquest conducted by Coroner L
M. Myers. Mr. Hight was on his
way home from the prison camp
and had started to cross Second
street, over which highway 268
enters this city, when he was hit.
The driver of the car, whose tes
timony was supported by six j
This picture was taken just before state highv
other occupants of the car and i way forces completed a tempM’ary bridge across
..1 .1 noarhv the Yadkin at the lower bridge site'here the lat-
colored man standing nearby,
said that Mr. Hight stopped at
the edge of the road and then
I* nnmhor 1K9 ! Started to run across directly in
In Wilkes county number 158 1 pop He
Cor-
front of the aproaching car. He
Richa”rd instantly. ,His body
was badly broken.
Members of the coroner’s jury
belongs to Carlle Venson
nett, of Summit, and
Caswell Martin, of Ronda.
“"wnuT: were E. M. Blackburn. W. R. Ab
82 belonged to Wilkes
November Clinic
For Cripples 7th
November clinic for free exam
ination of cripples and deformed,
especially children, will be held
at the Wilkes hospital here on
Thursday, November 7. 9:.30 a.
in., according to an announce
ment today from the Wilkes
county health department.
Public spirited citizens are
asked to cooperate in order that
cripples may he provided trans
portation to the clinic, where an
orthopedic surgeon will make
^xannination and advice relative
Tto treatment without cost to the
patients.
drawn,
county men. The numbers are
listed as follows, with the draw
ing order number first and the
registrants’ number after the
dash:
1 158, Carlie Venson Cornett,
Summit; Richard Caswell Marlin,
Ronda.
2—192, Jame.5 Stacy Pardue,
Wilkesboro; Turner Roosevelt
Adams, North Wllkesboro.
19—105, Giles 'Franklin Pari
sons, Parsonville; Carl Lewis
Watkins, North Wllkesboro .
41—188, Cecil (James Whitt,
Purlear; Oid Edward Shumate,
Dehart.
46—120, Lincoln Kelly, Wil
kesboro; Millard Waddell, Roar
ing River.
’ 85—2451. Iredell Dancy, Van
noy.
94—^846, James Isaac Joines,
Oakwoods; John Ander Bowlin,
Daylo.
119—161. Roey Cardwell,
Walsh; Avery Clingman Byrd,
Ronda.
130— 2470. Ch&ster Shepherd.
Vannoy.
131— 14, Presley Brown
Church, Summit; Charles Bau
guess. Traphill.
146—2489, Clyde Sanford Hin-
shaw. Elklo.
154--2592, John Parlie Bil
lings, Benham.
167 2524. David Benjamin
Swaim, Roaring River.
182—2437, Bern Linville Shu
mate. Radical.
394—1854, Howard Neal
Pharr, Wilkesboro; Ernest Ray
Beshears, North Wilkesboro route
412—167, Charlie Vestal Well
born. Stony Fork; Noah Walter
Parks. Ronda.
420 1369, Herman Ishnael
Johnson, Wilkesboro; John
James Strike. North Wilkesboro.
426—162, Rufua Church, Sum
mit: Charles Eugene Sale, Ronda.
434 2447, Connie Monroe
Clary, Mertie.
436 ^2484. Robert Calvin
Ste*art, North Wilkesboro.
463 2567, James Dwight
Waugh, North Wilkesboro.
495 .147, Arvil Lewis Canter,
Purlear; Earl Shepherd, Vannoy.
499 1300, Ed Wellborn, Sum
mit: Claude Absher. North Wil
kesboro.
502 1355, Hubert Ervin Vick
ers Ronda; Alfred Cookman
Chamberlain, North Wilkesboro.
503—2510, James Harvey Hol
ler, Joines.
533—689, Walter Glenn Pen
nell' North Wilkesboro: Port
Tulburt Long, Vannoy.
He Is survived by his widow
and two sons, B. J. Hight, who is
In the United States army, and
W. L. Hight. of Lincoln county.
The Kccldent ocenred at seven
o’clock ’Tuesday night.
Funeral service was held
Thursday afternoon, 2:30, at Elk
Baptist church.
Court Disposes
Of Many Cases
Preaching Service
Rev. Lester Johnson, of Hays,
will preach Sunday, 11 o’clock,
at Mt. Zion church In Mulberry
township. The public has a cor
dial Invitation to the service.
Ray Pardue,
Summit: Armick
TraphiR.
602—156, Johhson
(Continued on page four)
sher, J. Q. McNeill. J. C. Miller,
J. B. Snyder, and Jim Hauser.
Captain Hight, as he was fa
miliarly known, had been In
prison service for 37 years and
pi iw. w. . rf—— i taunt: t,u
had an enviable reputation lii the county’s needy during the
state for handling prisoners.
In Session This Week At
Wilkesboro; Another Term
Begins November 11
Rapid pro.gress has been made
on the criminal docket at the
term of Wilkes court which con
vened Monday wi'h Judge Allen
Gwyn presiding and Solicitor Av
alon E. Hall, prosecuting the
docket.
This term will end this week
and a special term, at which
criminal cases will also be tried,
will convene on .Monday Novem
ber 11. Judge Gwyn will preside
at that terra also.
At the opening of court this
week Judge Gwyn instructed the
grand jury apeclfically relative
to illegal slot machines and in
structed that body to take action
In instances where they know the
law has been violated. Slot ma
chines and pinboard machines
disappeared from Wilkes over
night about one imonth ago. Just
prior to o-pening of the regular
October term.
' The grand jury, of which W. E.
Parsons Is foreman, has return
ed two true bills charging mur
der. The first was against Fred
Kilby and Clint Elledge for the
shooting of Hobjert Wingler in
the Liberty Grove community two
months ago and the other
charged Hort Absher with the
knife slaying of Leonard Lank
ford near Cricket one month ago.
Divorces have been granted In
two cases on grounds of two
years separation. The divorces
were for Dorothy Lapish Teague
versus Garland Teague, and Ray
Msnton versus Sue Dancy Minton.
In separate cases Vernon Rog-
Raymond Clary, Olen Slack
ers.
iiuuit burn, Avery Daniel Barnes. James
562 2527, Hoyle Cecil Sebas- Nelson Osborne were fined $50
each and costs and given suspend-
William sentences for operating cars
Charlie while intoxicated. Each sentence
Wilkes- carried a license revocation for
la months. Jamas Ray Wakefield
Harvey two driving drunk charges
and be was fined $100 and'costs
Llan, North Wilkesboro.
571— 1295, Branson
Call. North Wllkes.boro
Monroe Billings, North
ooro.
572— 2572, Harless
Lovette, North Wilkesboro. „„„
581—1234, Millard Russel Bil- and given a nine months suspend-
lings, Wilkesboro: Reece McCoy ed sentence.
Higgins, Dehart.
W caj •• wa ^ aavavsvw
the Yadkin at the lower bridge site'here the lat
ter part of the week. The stroctnre accommo
dates one-way traffic and has a load limit of eight
tons. Bridge forces put up the bridge rapidly on
the parts of the former bridge foundation which
were not destroyed in the Angmst 14 flood and on
timbers replacing the missing pillars. A survey
has been authorized for a concrete structnre to
replace the temporary bridge. (Staff photo by
Dwight Nichols)
Public Assistance
Totaled $7,835.50
ForMonthOctober
Public assistance payments to
past month totaled $7,835.50,
figures released by the county
welfare department today show-
ed.
Of tbir aiponnt‘il^ii^tB'was paid
to 590 needy aged, U.037 to
157 families with 331 dependent
children, $499 to 38 blind. Gen
eral relief under that division of
welfare work totaled f90.50, and
$40, was paid for hospitalization
and boarding home care.
Editor’s Note
Due to publication of reg
istration and order numbers
for the draft, The JoamaJ'Pa>>
-triot today does not carry ac-
connta of all major news
cvento locally and several de
portments are necessarily cur
tailed but will be remimed
Monday.
Part of the registnUloa
numbers in Wilkes dMriet two
appear on pages three $mS clx
this newspaper
others, togMber with those
district one,' will appear In'
Monday's paper.
J. T. Prevette On
Board Of Appeals
An American was Irilled when
Japs shot down an airship Tuesday.
J. T. Prevette has been recom
mended by Governor Clyde R.
Hoey as a member of the sixth
district board of appeals to han
dle appeals arising from admin
istration of the selective service
act.
District 6 Is composed of Alex
ander, Alleghany, Ashe, Catawba,
... Davidsop, Davie, Forsyth, Ir
Y^kln counties. The others
r^mmssded as (members of the
board are: L. A. Martin, of Lex
ington; Dr. T. V. Goode, of
Statesville; J. A. BoUck, Jr., of
Winston-Salem; H. L. Arndt, of
Conover.
SAMPLE BALLOT
Official Ballot for State Senator, House of Representatives
and County Officers
INSTRUCTIONS
To vote a straight party ticket, make a cross (X) mark in the circle of
the party you d^esire to vote for. ,
To vote a mixed ticket, or in other words for candidates of diiierent
parties, either omit making a cross (X) mark in the party wrcle
top and mark in the voting square opposite the name of each candidate
on the ballot for whom you wish to vote; or, make a cross (X) mark in
the party circle above the name of the party for some of whose candidates
you wish to vote, and then mark in the voting squares opposite the names
of any candidate of any other party for whom you wish to vote.
If you tear or deface or wrongly mark this ballot, return it and get
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLICAN
FOR A STRAIGHT TICXET
r^-
FOR A STRAIGHT TICKET
W
MARK WITHIN THIS CIRCLE
W
MARK WITHIN THIS CIRCLE
For State Senate, 24th Senatorial District:
Fw Stete Soiste, 24th Senstorisl District:
□ J. R McCOY
□ MILES F. SHORE
For House of Representatives:
For House of Representatives:
□ A. A. (DICK) CASfflON
□ T. E. STORY
For Register of Deeds:
For Register of Deeds:
□ CECIL HOWELL
□ C. C. SIDDEN
For County Surveyor:
For Cionnty.Surveyor:
□
□ EARL S. CAUDILL
For County Commissioner:
For County Commissioner:
Division No. One
Division No. One
□ C. E. LENDERMAN
□ DAVE MINK ■
Election November S, 1940.
Churman Wilkes County Board of Elections.
sf iua, .. In other cases the following
582 31. Albert Eller Minton, judgments hfcve been rendered:
John Smith, violating prohi
bition law, 18 months suspended
Harmon for five years.
(Continued on page four)
Wilkes has three districts for election of county commuaioners. The
dUtricts ud candidates are as follows;
District one—C. E. Lenderman, Democrat, and Dave_ Mmk, Repub
lican-—composed o^ North Wilkesboro, Wtlkesboro, Antioch, New Cas
tle and Somers townships.
District two—Vilas Walsh, Democrat, and G. C. Hamby, Republican,
composed of, Lovelace, Brushy Mountain, Moravian Falls, Boomer,
Creel^ Elk, Loum Fork arid Stanton townships. ^
District thrae—M. F. Absher, RepnUiesm, and W. W. Hams, Demo
crat-Jobs Cabin, Union, Red^iM River^ Mulberry, Walnut Grove,
‘PraphOl, Rock Creek and Edwik’di fd^riuh^M*
filial trip
Kstli Parties
President, Governor, Repm>T
sentatives and County Of
ficers To Be Named
The political campaign now en- 7'
ters its final lap before election
day, Tuesday, November 5, when
America's citizenship makes an
other trip to the polls.
This Is the quadrennial election 1
year when the Ballon selects n
president and the presidential
campaign between President
Franklin D. Roosevelt and Wen
dell Willkie is now in its mont
Interesting stage with variom
polls predicting a very close race.
The people of the nation wUl
also select all memibers of the
house of representatives and one
third of the senators in congress.
In North Carolina the state
race is centered on the contest
for governor with J. Melvilte
Broughton, Democrat, and Rob
ert H. McNeill, Republican, as
the principals. Other state candi
dates will also be on the ticket.
The county ticket this year Is
limited to candidates for register
of deeds, county commissioners,
county surveyor, state house s(
representatives and state senator.
Neither the clerk of court, sheriff
or coroner are on the ticket tMs
year because those officers arr
serving four-year terms.
Names of candidates on tbr
county ticket appear on a sampte
, _ lb trilb
Fire Tuesday At
Reins-Sturdmat
Reins-Sturdivant Funeral horn*
and home office of Reins-Stardt-
vant Mutual Burial Assoclathm
here was badly damaged in m
disastrous fire Tuesday at noou.
The fire, of undetermined orig
in, was discovered in the rear sC
the two story building on Mate
street and before firemen conld
extinguish the blaze the entirs
establishment was badly burned.
The loss in stock of merchandta*
was estimated at more than $!».-
000, not Including damage t®
the building.
The building was not destroy
ed but was badly damaged and
water and smoke practically rulb-
ed all stock and equipment. Th*
motorized equipment, however,
was removed from the building.
Much merchandise was kept at
the funeral home here for
firm's other branches located ■*
Sparta, West Jefferson and
Boone.
Althongh damaged by fire and
water, records of the burial ana*
elation, said to be the largest to
the state, were removed from th®
burning building. Officials of th»
funeral home and burial associ
ation said that arrangement*
have been made to continue ope
ration of both firms without in
terruption. The office was no*
badly damaged and remains ope*
for business.
The fire loss was only parttol-
ly covered by Insurance, membetb
of the firm said.
On account of the fire the bur
ial association has announced
that persons who have not paid
their October quarterly asseae-
ment have been granted an ad«-
tional 30 days in which pay
ment can be made. Payment may
be made at any time during th*
next 30 days and the Insurane*
will remain in force. Permlsslo*
for additional 30 days was grant
ed by the insurance eoramlssio*-
er of North CaroHna-
Duncan Home Is
Burned Tuesday
The home of Etfner Donato (
near O^woods was deatroyod kg,
fire Tutoday about ten o’elooit. ■,
The residence and all fnmiafc-v
Inga were, destroyed by
flames, which' were
mined origin. No iaaotoheo'
tnaMv-'
carrii on the ipngierty gndiift-1
was a total loss to