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trading center of North
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VOL. XXXIV, No. 88
MAY 60 HIGHER—
P vkway Cdlision
Toll Increased To
Fom* Wednesday
David C. Smith and James
Monroe Cox Die At
Hospital Here
Tops in Autographs
IN WIL|CES^R0^
Man In
Alteitation On
Monday Evening
Royal McCarter May Be Fa
tally Injured; James Rob
ert Chatham Is Jailed
James Monroe Cox, of Jeffer
son, died at five P- «• Wednes-
, day in the Wilkes hospital from
injnries received in an automo-
;• hile-truck collision on the Blue
Ridge Parkway Monday. He
was the ^fourth victim of the ac
cident. His body was carried to
West Jefferson tonight to await
funeral arrangements.
EARLIER' REPORT
David C. Smith, of Jefferson,
died early Tuesday morning at
the Wilkes hospital, bringing to
three the death toll of an automo
bile-truck collision on the Blue
Ridge Parkway Monday morning
near Laurel Springs.
Luther Miller, of Jefferson, was
killed instantly and Ulysses Yates,
also of Jefferson, died while on
the way to the Wilkes hospital
here Monday morning with ten
others injured
The accident occured when a
WPA truck driven by McKinley
Wagoner and loaded with WPA
worKers from the Springfield
ccxmmunity of .Wilkes county was
passing a parkway service truck
and collided headon with the auto-
I Chinese ambassador. Or. Hu Shih,
' leaves White House with book,
“The Personal Papers of Franklin
D. Roosevelt,” presented by staff
and autcgraphed by the President.
FOR BLACKOUTS—
Raid Wardens
Recommended
For Thie County
Civilian Defense
Helping Form Air Raid
Warden Organization
Royal McCarter, 26, was serious
ly if not fatally hurt Monday
evening in an altercation with
.Robert James Chatham. 25, of
Union Grove, on Wilkesboro’s Main
street.
With arms locked the two young
men staggered through the door of
the drug store in Wilkesboro about
five o’clock and both were appar
ently under influence of liquor, ac
cording to information gained by
officers from persons present.
idcCarter was assisting Chatham
to keep on his feet, seemingly un
aware that it was himself who was
badly wounded.
It was soon learned that Chath
am had slashed McCarter with a
long bladed
the cutting had occured a be
minutes before one block up the , ,o
street. First aid was given Mc
Carter and he was rushed to the
Wilkes hospital here, where exam-
Committee ination disclosed long and deep;
Imperml .Forces
Close'In On Asus
Troops In Libya
a.,- ■ ■
high command com-
ayihlaue jaid' today that British
empiab forces were steadily clos
ing in on , the isolated Germah-
I'alian garrison In the Halfaya
Pass sector of^ the Egyptian fron-
tlre, last stronghold of axis troops
in eastern Libya.
Bad weather and poor visibil
ity were siowing operations of
the empire forces aground and
in the air.
COUNTY CHAIRMAN—
Dr. Chamberlain
Plans Drive For
Polio Fund Here
Mrs. Hadley Hayes Is Vice
Chmn.; Birthday Ball Will
Be Latter Part Month
Pr. A. C. Chamberlain, of this
, X, •« j city, has been appointed chairman
pocketknife and ^be infantile paralysis fund
drive to be carried out in Wilkes
January 12 to 30.
Dr. Chamberlain said that Mrs.
Hadley Hayes will be vice chair-
and that appointments of
on'^jmART i»-. . a - To Avenge Son
N.C.LeagaeTo.
AidCrip^Td
Have Meet Here
"USTCD-^
s
To
The Civilian Defense Air Raid
1*1 ^1. j _ I AWrty*lcftrs for &ll p&rts of tbc couH”
1 lacerations on his left arm and a.worKers lor a y
.slash which had penetrated his I ty are bemg made
'body Plans also call for a Presidents
,
mobile Committee for Wi^es county ib^ “g ®hdd“?n^wil^^•ail pending
men and which was driven by An- • ,be office of S. V. Tomlinson on ; ini.irips
drew South, also of Jefferson. ^Hh the folb.wing com-
South and Willie 0. Bare, of Jef- ,„ittee present:' J-®-^'P®®’^^‘ Mrs W L McCarter, of Knott-
rence Miller, ®-|ville. Chatham is a resident of
V. Tomlinson and J. G. Billings I community and
pie commdtee ®®tabl>s‘'ed
following sub-divjsions _of Wjlkep^^^ examined for
'the draft.
ferson, were badly hurt but are
improving.
Occupants of the truck who sus
tained minor injuries but who are
expected to recover include: Mc
Kinley Wagoner, Roscoe Tedder,
Hoey Pike, Sam Brown, Paul C.
Hall. Luther Wint Brown and
Quincy Wagoner.
^ IN aTonference-^
^ ^uiifmkciiiiicry
Repair and Scrap
Metal Discussed
IS 1 latter part of the month as a part
!of the fund raising canipaign, as
well as the march of dimes and
other methods.
One-half the proceeds Irom the
drive will be used in Wilkes for
Representatives From 20
Counties Will Have Meet
ing Here January IS
North Carolina League For
Crippled children will hold a dis
trict meeting here for representa
tives of 20 counties on ’^ursday,
January 15. t
According to the announcement
here today, the meeting will be
held at the Woman’s Club house
at 11:30 a. m. and luncheon will be
served.
Among those who will be pres
ent to lead the conference will be
A. H. Thompson, director of ex
tension, National Society For
Crippled Children,, Elyria, Ohio;
and C. E. McIntosh, of Chapel
Hill, executive secretary of the
North Carolina League for Crippl
ed Children.
Every civic organization in
northwestern North Carolina will
be urged to have a representative
present. Organizations and groups
asked to be represented include
Kiwanis, underprivileged child
committee and vocational guidance
committees of Kiwanis clubs. Lions,
Junior Chamber of Commerce,
American Legion, Woman’s Club,
Parent-Teacher associations, min
isters, Easter Seal committees.
Red Cross committees, Christmas
seal committees and newspapers.
“They got my boy and now they
can take a crack at me,” said Lonto
Tyler of Los Angeles (left), as be
enlisted to avenge his son, George,
who was klUed in action at Pearl
Harbor. He is shown iviih Llent.
Comdr. George M. Howe.
TWO FOR WILKES—
Tire Rationing
Boards Begin On
Duties h County
Volunteers From Woman’s
Clubs Will Handle Cleri
cal Tasks For Boards
(Continued on Page Eight)
TAKES HEARSE FROM
DOOR OF DECEASED
Newark, N. J.—^The thief sure
had a queer sense of humor. While
th^ benefit "Ilf Pantile paralysis [undertakers were delivering a body
victims and the other half will go at an East Newark house he stole
to Warm Springs Foundation, Dr. the hearse. It was discovered
Chamberlain said. I abandoned eight hours later. ^
- Want Volunte^s For Civilian Defense
civilian defense activities in Wilkes xx.= ---- - - . - ^
county will begin on Friday mom- jWilkesboro had donated the us^ of tMrs ^roin ®eJWo
'olra- and not too old fdr any of the ^bs
B’s Club an4 are urged to register.
offiermom on’the’second floor NYA workers will handle the reg- Following is a reproduction of
iiifir at the city hall, H. Me- an - » v i. • j. x*
Elwee. chairman of the civilian for the civilian /‘f’'i"!,' “"„sons
defense council for Wilkes, said called attention to the fact that! All persons
old
the card which will bo used in the
enough to per- registration of volunteers:
WILKES CX)UNTY CIVILIAN DEFENSE VOLUNTEER ENROLLMENT
r
The Agricultural Authorities
Hold Important Meeting
In Wilkesboro Tuesday
Date..
Name..
Age.
.Married Single-
Repair of farm machinery and
collection of scrap metal were
subjects discussed by 0. F. Mc
Crary, northwestern district ex
tension agent, before the Wilkes
agricultural defense counsel,
hardware dealers and the exten-
tion workers council in Wilkesboro
Tuesday morning.
The -iistri't agent emphasized
that with a shortage of labor
farmers will need to use machin-
erv rtiD^'h HuriDcr the f'orniD^ ye?iT
ftui make inventory of their needs
nuw. iie ha.u fcs.-L tiiA. .nuy oe
unable to obtain parts unless they
make their orders now to the
dealers, who in turn can place the
orders immediatclv with manufac-
tureers. In this manner only the
said, can farmers be assured of se
curing needed parts for machinery.
He urged that the -oun iimm-|
diately put on a scrap metal col
lection campaign to aid in the de-1
fense program. It was suggested ,
that many places in the county be |
designated as collection points and ,
that C. A. Lowe, local scrap buy-i
er, be contacted for such arrange-1
ments. I
The agricultural defense board
members present Were Paul J. Ves
tal, J. M. (German and S. S. Pre-
vette. Members of the workers
(Continued on Page Eight)
IN THIS^COUNTY—
Public Assistance
Total Is $9,093.96
70 Needy Aged, 309 De.
pendent Children and 46
Blind A/ded Last Month
A total of 19,093.96 was paid
from the Wilkes welfare office in
■nuhlic flssist’ince ^nd general re
lief funds during the month of De
cember, according to figures re
leased today.'
More than half the total went in
regular monthly grants to 703
needy aged, the amount being $6,-
918.50. Aid to denendent children
funds totaling f2,162.50 went to
162 families with 309 children.
. Forty-six blind received grants to
taling $587. General relief and
other direct aid expenditure's to
taled (435.96.
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
Male Female..
Home Address..
..Phone..
Postoffice
Street or R. F. D.
White Negro..
Business Address..
Present Occupation..
.Phone Township..
..Employer Address..
Other recent
jobs Employer..
..Address...
TIME AVAILABLE FOB VOLUNTEER WORK:
Morning Afternoon
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday -
Sunday
Night
Can you drive a car?..
Will you be willing to use
your own car for volunteer
service?
Offices for the two tire ration
ing hoards in Wilkes coun'y have
been set up, W. H. McElwee,
chairman of the civilian defense
council, said today.
’The board for district number
I, which comprises the same part
of the county as that for draft
board number 1. is composed of
C. B. EHler, Mack Moore and C. II.
Ciwles. The office will be in the
federal building in the district
attorney’s office. Volunteer Wom
an’s Club members who will han
dle fhe clerical work will be Mrs.
HIl, of the Wilkesboro club, and
Mrs. Hadley Hayes, of the North
Wilkesboro club.
Tire rationing board for dis
trict number two is composed of
C. P. Walter. W. W, Harris and
J. B. Carter and will have offices
on the second floor of the Bank
of Nnr'h Wilkesboro building.
ITse of the office was donated by
the bank. Handling the clerical
work a,= volunteers will be Mrs.
T. G. McLaughlin, Mrs. Fred
Hubbard. .Ir.. Mrs. E. A. Shook
and Mrs. E. H. Helms.
Sale of new tires is restricted
ito certain persons whose cars
are essential. The firs* etep to
SjBCure a new tire is to get an
application blank from either
postoffice or from the tire rat-
ioing board offices. Next s'ep is
to go to the dealer and get as
sistance in filling out application
Then the old tires must be in
t^pee'ed. John Culler is in«nector
for district one apd T. H. Thomp
son for district two. Ther'’ i“ '■
place on the blank for the in
spector’s report. The appHcatior
then is ‘aken to the rationing
board for action.
The hoards will meet at their
offices at two p. m. on Saturday.
January 10.
Have you had any military
training?
Form 100 1 6 42 IM
Education: (check) Grade School High School College Technical
Special Training: (check) Nurse Sftenographer. Mechanic - Other.
CHECK ^ ANY OF THE JOBS LISTED BELOW WHICH YOU CAN DO NOW.
UNDERSrCORE ANY OF THE JOBS USTED BELOW IN WHICH YOU WH.L BE WILLING TO TAKE TRAINING:
SoanisVi American
War Veteran Tries
To Get Into Army
Air Raid Warden
Volunteer Fire Fighter
Volunteer Police Duty
Fire Watcher
Rescue Squad
Road Repair Unit
Electrical Repair Unit
Home Nursing
First Aid
Pyood Preparation
Knitting
Sewing
Bandage Making
Caring for Qiildren
Telephone Duty
Telegraph & Radio Operator
Messenger Service
Fund Raising
Collecting various materials
Typewriting
General Office Work
Additional Information:
r/
Charlie Cannon, a veteran
of the Spanlah-American war.,
is unhappy because they will
not let lilm enlist in the armml ’
force*.
Cannon, who lives in the
Buck .commnnlty, saw action
at a number of places in the
war durim^ the hitter years of
the last eenturv and lie d'"e.sn't
like for the Japanese to he de
stroying and taking the posses
sions the United Slates gained
in the war with Spain.
Gannon sa’d he had tried to
enlist but had found that his
66 and one-half years placed
him altogether out of the pic
ture as far as active service In
the armed forces is concerned.
Judge J; H. Clement WO^j
Preside Ove Term For
Trial Civil Cases
January term of Wilke* Bupa-yj
rior court for trial of civil ca*
. will conven In Wilkesboro Mo
: day, January 12, with Judge J.
Clements, of Wtaeton - Sale
preeiding.
It win be the first term
court under the new schedule offl
Wilkes courts set up by the 1941
legislature, which slated a thr
weeks term to begin on Janui
12.
Jurors were drawn by thaS
board of commissioners for the j
term as follows: ^
First Week.
Clarence ' D. Rash, Reddleal
River; Q. O. KUby., Reddles Rlv-I
er; R. E. Pierce^ Lewis Fork; IX |
M. Shell, Elk; C. B. E4mln8toa»J
Beaver Creek; Calloway Haynes,]
TT’aphlll; Vance Lovette, Reddle
River; E. R. Wright, Wllkeeboro^
A. G. Parsons, North .Wllkeehor
J. H. Shore, Somers; J. H. R*
tor. North Wilkesboro; Luthe
Nichole, Reddies River; D.
Caudill, Rock Creek; A.T. Spear
Stanton; W. A. Bumgarner, Sr.,
and Jesse Marsh, Reddies Rive
W. W. Carter, Edwards; Monr
Bumgarner, Reddles River;
R Roope, Rock Creek; John B.J
Ferguson and Thomas P. Howerfii
Boomer; U. L. Sebastian, Nor
Wilkesboro! W. D. McGee, Elk;1
T. H. Deal, North Wilkesboro;]
Bill Minton, Reddies River.
Second Week
Henry Swain. Edwards; W.
Carlton, Elk; Richard G. Flnle
North Wilkeiboro; G. H. Bowlt
Elk; W. M. Tucker, J. S.
bough and G. C. Poplin,
wards; W. E. Ya'es, Wllkesbor
Charles P. McNeill, Mulberry;
|j? —Jlamrnesg... North
Amie Cox and W. A. “
N. C. Church, Reddles Rive
J. J. Anderson, and Frank
Cranor, Wilkesboro; J. W. Ble
iins. New Castle: Isaac J. PerrjfiJ
T’nion; W. .A. Rullis, Nor
Wilkesboro: Harrison Felts an^
Bruce .lohn.son. Rock Creek;
George H. Brown, Moravlal
Fall.s: Vernon Minton. ReddI*
River: J. A. Vickers. W’ilkeshoro
C. 0. Parsons, Stanton: Feldok
Campbell, Somers.
Tliird We«-k
R. C. Woods. Elk: Shobe
.Minton, Jobs Cabin: William
Prevette, Wilkesboro; J.
Brewer and J. F Lankford
.Nor h Wilkesboro; H. F. b’letck
er, Moravian Fails: W. E. Sparh
Edward;?: Sid Lane, Wllkesbor
R. L. Transou. Ixovelace; Majfl
Haynes, Mulberry; Rudy Wyatl
Union; James A. Law.s, Reddlq
River; John Buchanan. Nor
Wilkesboro: C. T. Eller. Stanton
O. B. Kemp. Somers; Gastfl
Parks and T. M. Foster, Wilke
boro: E. S. Ferguson. Boomed
C. N. Roope, Rock Creek; G«
aid McGee, and W. A. Tripletj
Lewis Fork: Arthur O. Mille
Union; J. Gordon Forester
R, .1. Bauguei^s. Nor h Wilke
horo; John B. Walter, Union, j
PAY NOW AND SAVE—
Penalty To Be
Added to Unpail
Taxes After
1
" CIVILIAN DEFENSE OATH
“I faithfully pledge my devotion to my country, the United States of America, ^ on to
service. I agree to put myself under orders. I solemnly promise to perform sa^actonly the_^I« asffl^ “
time as I am relieved of my wsponsibllity. I wUl strive uncewingly to do my duty to the of my ability so long as my
services are needed.!’ * > ,• ^ ‘
McCoy Chairman
' Air Raid Group
J. B. McCoy has been appoint*^
head of .a committee to appoint air
raid wardens for North Wilkesbo
ro, W. McElwee, chairman of
the county civilian defense coun
cil, said today.
Meanwhile another comnuttee
has ' made recommendations for
pmraons to be appointed air raid
Tfarden* for the vast rural parts,
of the county. '
County Taxes May Now
Paid At Par But Pen«*J
ties Begin After Feb. 11
According to law a penalty j
one per cent will he added tol
Wilkes coun'y taxo: which remj
unpaid after February 1, 194
This means that the
of January remains in whicli
make payment of county
without being assessed wl*'
penalty
Tax notices were mailed
some time ago by Sheriff '
Doughton and payment of cou
Uxes may now be made at
amount shown on the notice. ,|
ter February 1 one per cent
be added to that amount.
It W expected that
throughout the county will
terested in paying their
this month and thereby s*
amount of the penalty,^
would be well worth savlBk-;]
By making payment this.j
the taxpayers will he ‘ “
oonnty tnd will be helping'
selves by saving money., '