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1»AUL WALL KILLED—
Hind Man Is.Held
For Shooting At
Dooghton Sunday
SUte Road Man Die* of Bui*
let Wound Inflicted By
John Gom On Sunday
Brazil’s Contribution ,,tQ Hemisphere Defei^
i'.: ...•’■■V .
l§.N.
Increase
' Klkin.—Paul Wall, 25, of State
, Road, was shot and faUlly wouu.
ded yoBterday afternoon about'-
3 o'clock at the store of John,
OoBs, at Doughton. He died in ^
an ambulance en route to a hos-1
pital here. j
Sheriff Claude T. Doughton,
Coroner I. M. Myese, and Deputy
Sheriff R. C. Jennings, all of
Wilkes county, Inyeatlgated the
shooting. They are holding John
Goss, blind operator of the store,
in Jail at Wllkesboro pending
outcome of the Inauest to be
held at Wllkesboro Wednesday.
The officers reported that Goss
and Wall engaged In an argu
ment oyer some change. During
the quarrel. Wall te said to have
thrown a bottle at Goss, which
missed him. Goss, the officers
said witnesses told them, then
fired twice at Wall, one bullet
passing through a leg and the
other striking him in the region
of the heart.
Inquest Held
A preliminary Inquest was hold
at Doughton and here by Coron
er Myers. The inquest was ad
journed until next Wednesday,
after a few witnesses were heard
and the body was viewed by the
Goss haa been operating a
store at Doughton, at the foot
of Stone Mountain on the high
way to Roaring CKiP. for a^eut
five years. He formerly resided
In Ashe county.
Wall was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Wall of SUte Road
and had been employed by Hayes-
Speas Funeral Home here here
for the past 18 months.
Surviving are the parents, 3
brothw, Foy Wall of State Road,
Boyd Wall of Mountain Park-
Sandy Wall of Fort Sill. Okln.l
and lour sisters. Mrs. Carl Mur
ray of SUte Road: Mrs. Charles
Couch of Elkin; Mrs. Ethel Bar
nett of Elkin, and Miss Pennle
Wall of State Road.
m
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Bdiween, June 30 And 'Def^
.' jlst,' Deposits Here In*
V creased $1,209,000
At Mexican Border
"T" r X
An impussWo view of ihe’mUlUry airport in Rio de JsitUro. Brasil
planes of UeBiasUlan air force, most of which are of D. K mannfactiire. Briw; Ttoee ^
so^rines, at their base at Lnakes IsUnd navy yard, Brdril keeps these submarines, aU of which were buUi
in Italy, in tip-top shape, ready for any eventuality. •
4-H clubbers—
Mulberry Club
Well Organized
Won Prize Last Year For
Having Best Program Of
Work Among Clubs
SHOW PATRIOTISM-,.. \Giyei 50 Pounds Of
All Lions Pledge I Rubber Shoe Heel To
_ I II C
United Support In
Victory Meeting
Telegram Sent to President;
Each Member to Purchase
One Or More Bonds
TV-xt of a telegram sent by the
Wllkesboro Lions Club to Presi
dent Roosevelt was as follows:
“WE PLEDGE TO YOU AS
LBADiESR OF OUR COUNTRY
THE FULL LOYALTY AND
UNITED SUPPORT OF OCR LI
ONS CLUB. THIS IS DONE IN
ukifir
ONS CLUBS IN THE TJ
STATES HOLDING VICTORY
meetings THIS' WEEK".
The letter was sent following
the meeting on Friday night,
when a most enthusiastic patriot
ism was evidenced throughout
the program. Each member of
the club present pledged to pur
chase one or more defense sav
ings bonds.
U. S. tiovernment
Charlie Dancy, proprietor ot
the 0. K. Shoe Shop, said today
he wae donating 50 pounds of
rubibcr to the United States.
The rubber is contained in 50 j James Robdrt Chatham Held
I pound shoe heel which was made p. pu _ r MitrHw Fol-
'up for advertising purposes On Chargi^of Murder Fal*
I lowing Death of Victim
Funeral service was held Fri
day at Liter'y Grove Baptist
church for Royal McCarter, 25,
resident of the Knotville commu
nity who died Thursday in the
Wilkes hospital from kUfe
.llwOBuds iaflicted In an altsKS
Resources of the banks In
Nor'h Wllkesboro show large ^
■ gains during the past six monthfi'.i
I according to etataments pi^lishaff;
here.
The Northwestern Bank, which
has home office here and branch
es in Sparta, Jefferson, Boone,
Blowing Rock, , Bakersvllle,
Burnsville, Valdese and Taylors-
vllle, listed total resources'at $6,-
377,476.19 on December 31, an
increase of 1741,697,45 over the
toUl of 16,636,778.71 on June!
80. Deposits Jumped from |6,076,-
850.33 on June 80 to $5,782,270.
38, an Increase of $705,419.76.
The Bank of North Wllkesbo
ro had proportloustely large in-
creases with td*sl resources go
ing from $2,013,662.10 on June j
30, to $2,769,360.68 on Decem
ber 31, an incrgpse of $765,808.- ,
67. Deposits Increased more than
half a million, rising from $1,- ,
974,622.18 to $2,478,795.38.
Both banks experienced
greater growth than at any peri-
wT mf wmj I a |o4 during the history of the city,
KniTP WAIindc AYP indicating that vast buying pow-
IVUUC Tf UUUUd p^rt of the state
and, that business experienced a
prosperous half year.
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GRUESOME AFFAIR—
Wilkes county 4-H clubs are well
organized and are ready for a
most active year, H. C. Colvard,
assistant county agent, said today.
This year the clubs will feature
the ‘‘Food For Freedom” theme,
which is predominant in all farm
operations, Mr. Coivard said.
In the first of a'- series of 4-H
AMOUNT IS RAISED—
Lions Give $100
To T. B. Fund
when rubber was plentiful.
BY BOARD NO. 2—
Tires Issued To
Five Saturday
Fatal For Royal
McCarter Jan.
Presbytery Will
Meet Tuesday
i&'nNo. 2 of Wilkes -bottMy'
was held In their office in the
Bank of North Wllkesboro build-
of Union Grove'
Monday evening.
Rev. A, B. Hayes
conducted
Olilin. OA S’scys ku vv rvev. Ar O. oa/co wumwvvv/s*
ilng Saturday afternoon at 2:00,^fjjg service. Surviving the young
All *nAwi'KAi*o WPTP nrf^R. n.*t^ TM/xfhar
o’clock. All merabere were pres
ent..
The following applicants were
Issued tires: R. R. Cra'er. Honda,
man are his father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. McCarter,
two brothers and eeven sls*ers.
Chatham Is being held In the
N. C.; ,L. G. Watkins. North Wilkes jail on a charge of mur-
Wilkesboro. N. C.; C. A. Johnson, der, pending preliminary hearing.
North Wllkesboro, N. C.; Tal J. McCarter was fatally Injured In
Pearson, North Wllkesboro, N.; one of the most gruesome alter
C.; John C. Billings, Lomas, N.
C.
Tire Rationing Board
No. 2
cations In
Wllkesboro.
the long history of
MsJ. Gea. Price of the U. 8. ms-
rine corps (left) visits Gen. Conire-
rsSf oommsiider of the second mlU*
tsry tone of Bsjs, Lower Cslifor*
oU, In Tijuns. Photo relessed by
DBvy.
AT LOCAL OFFICE—
Sale Automobile;
Truck License Far
Fifty Gafher’i
At Breakfast To »
Laundi Movement'
Wflkesboros Roise Part Of
Budget tot the' Scout Ex
pansion In Norjdiwest
TabnlntJono of ca/#i and «iB*
script km* late ttml^it tidnieff
over 81,000 in the Hoy Booub
drive, and dtmstions an es-
pected to Increeae the amemat
(b 82,000.
ISolIowing » IjitaMbsi at Ht^
tel Wilkes this morning o amn
her oi bMaMsr men began •»-
Ueitbig in the commaaity and
work was done ao entimola*
tiCBlIy that the drive to gotag
over is a Mg way.
With a large mmjber of peo
ple yet to be solicited, it Is ex
pected that the sum of $2,000
will be raised before the end off
the week to be used In promot
ing Boy Scout work in the oonn-
ty.
Drive to raise a substantial
'sum of money for expansion of
the Boy Scout program in Wilkes
^1 I « « I county was initiated this mom-
AnPSkH I JICl iPAP.ihg at a breakfast of 50 persons
AUvdQ IjCIoI 1 Cell interested In this move-
! ment.
Report Through Jan. 8th p. w. Elshelman
Session Will Convene At
North Wllkesboro Pres
byterian Church
Quarterly meeting of the Win
ston-Salem Presbytery will be
held #Mb QWkfffld?*
Jinn'll '-’V.S'K
.■'The PrAbyteiry At which aUen*
dance of 60 inlnlstert and officers
Is expected, will begin at ten a.
m. Dr. George Manza pastor of
the First Presbyterian church in
Winston-Salem, will deliver the
sermon at 11 a. m. Ladles of the
local church will serve lunph at
noon and the Presbytery will
contlnne through the afternoon.
Rev. Mr. S'‘ark, of Lansing, will
Showed Increase of 1,770
Over Sales Year Ago
Sale of automobile and truck
plates at the North Wilkesboro
branch of the Carolina Motor
Cti^. license bureau, were 1,770
ahead of the number sold on the
same date last year, report of J.
C. MqDbufmld; manager, oa^ Jsn-
chairman ot
the finance committee, and now
scout commissioner,' presided at
the meeting, which was held at
Hotel Wilkes.
Talks were madeby W. B.
Vaughn-Lloyd, Scoot exeentlvo ^ i
of the Winston-Salem distriel».^ |
and Herbert Stneky. of Atlaata. 'll
deputy regtonal ,;^eg8e«t^
who &-beU^ ' tp
■of
wy 8 was 111! Ai i conSired, '
wl‘h 5,341 on the same date last j Scout Council tor this district dn
the employment of a Scout eseOr ’ i
In addition to the number of ‘o lend his complete effort* |
in aaaiLiun uumu^i t/*
state licenaes sold, the bureau | to organization of more Scont
of
had issued 475 North Wllkesboro | troops and the strengthening
city tags existing troops.
The last three days of 1941 1 It was pointed out at the meet-
were the busiest in the history | mg tha^ a survey of boys in
of the office here and records j Wilkes schools resulted In flnd-
Mr ?*ark of Lansing wm were broken tor each day. The of-! Hng that many hundreds of bo^
be moderator Rev J M Wells. Ace to date has handled 863 titles ii*'ould be Scouts if they had the
« XCs.l.m: i. r.iw.8,.t 19« pl.l.. opport„l,y to jolo ,„J t,»„.
Chairman Says Funds As
sured For Equipment For
Tubercular Hospital
North Wilkesboro Lions Club
directors have voted to donate
uiH - — - $100 *o the tuberculosis fund to
club reports, the assistant agent {,g „sed for the purchase of fluor-
listed the members and officers ogeopje and X Ray equipment for
of the Mulberry club, which during Wilkes county tniiercular
the past year received the award hospital.
for the best work program in the amonn's previously collcc-
county. ‘pd in the Christmas Seal drive.
The membership of the club,! jhe bond sale conducted by the
along with their projects was list- jaycees. the $100 donation by the
«d as follows: Ralph Wyatt, hogs; ^jons Club and a donation by the
Rex Huie, hogs and garden; Thor- Kiwanis Club will assure the
lie Adams, Billy Shepherd, Her- pay,Jent of the desired equip-
schel Brooks, Billy Key and Joe „,en‘,-Mrs. Boyd Stout, chairman
Deal, poultry; G. A. Adams, cali; j^he Christmas seal drive, said
Gny Hayes, calf and com; Don
Kilby, calf and poultry; Ralph, g^ld that a complete re-
Kilby, calf and poultry; Dewey,,g „,ade soon of funds
Prevette, Charlie Byrd and Morris gu gonrees and urged that
Dean Shumate, com. any who wish to contribu'e or
Officers of the Mulberry club jjave not reported from the
wx *_ AV,.L.«m wwAdiwiawF • Tlm’i. . • . SI __ «w».14a ksAV* ot
aw: Doris AJbsher, president; Don
ald Kilby, vice president; Blanche
Smith, secretary-treasurer. Mrs.
Otis Barker and Miss Margaret
Keeling are adult leaders for the
club.
Daring the year the club was
very active. A program featured
a forestry motion picture. Mem
bers won prizes cn com at the
county and state fairs. Two mem
bers attended the 4-H camp at
Swanannoa,
The January meeting of the club
was held on January 5th at the
schooK
Zero Here Sunday
seal sale to call or write her at
North Wilkesboro as early as
possible.
Steelman Death
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Ebenezer church for
Pearli? Mae Steelman, age 56.
who died Sa’urday. Rev. Gilbert
Osborne conducted the service.
Surviving are her mother. Mrs.
Elia Steelman, and one sister.
Mrs. Ernest Miller.
Mrs. Jessie Jordan
Claimed By, Death
The bottom almost fell oht of
the thermometer here early Sun
day morning.
Reports from numbers of peo
ple Sunday Indicated the temper-
Funeral service was held Sun
day at Pilgrim church for Mrs.
Jessie Foster Jordan, age 55,
who died Saturday at her home
atore was around zero. Some had in Elk Township. Rev. A. W. Bl-
Jt up As" far ae above sndjler conducted the service,
some thermometer* said as far) Snrviving are two sons. Coy
iM five below. The avenge of all Poster, of Buck, and W.njle Pos-
was approximately lero. ter, of Pergnson.
1...9 — - The cutting took place on the
may issue tires only to the peo- sidewalk in front of Gray Broth-
pie living in the following town- ers’ Furniture store and the side-
Bhips; Edwards No. 1, Edwards ^^Ik pavement was stained with
No. 2. Edwards No. 3, Mulberry many splotches of blood. Chat-
No. 1, Mulberry No. 2, North used a pocket knife with a
Wilkesboro, Rock Creek. Trap- blade and Inflicted deep and
hill No. 1, TrapUlll No. 2. io„g guts on McCarter’s left arm
Board No. 1 for all other parts of his body.
Wilkes townships, has office in ^ tj,e two men
the federal bulldinig in WiHfcs- down the street as if
boro. nothing had happened and stag-
The next meeting of Tire Rat- Newton’s Drug store. !
ioning Board No. 2 will be held ....
Thursday. January 15. at 2:00
moderator. J. R. Finley is com
missioner from the North Wilkes
boro church.
PATROLMAN GIVES—
Warnb^ About
Theft Of Tires
Sergeant Carlyle Ingle, of the
State highway patrol, said here
" „ , 1, o today ‘hat there have already
.\11 the way McCarter had left a ^
p. m. in the Board’s office in the
Bank of North Wllkesboro bund
ling.
Those personrt wishing to ob
and when he
store, apparently helping
ham, who was intoxicated, to
stand erect, others present saw
the sidewalk I*®®" reports of tire thefts and
.1 H inTo fhe urged that every person record
wa.ked t^e trade name and serial number
and Issued 1,360 temporary tags, i were within reach.
Mr McDiarmld repored that! The Scout Council budget for
75 farmers had taken advantage' the year is $15,723. of which
of the one-half price With mini-1 Winston-Salem will furnish $8.-
mum of ten dollars for plates for | 000 with the remainder to be
on the
raised in the Wilkesboros. Boon^
West Jefferson, Elkin and Mount
Airy.
trucks used exclusively
farm.
He said that the office had re
coived ins*ructions to iovue no li
cense for any new vehicle purch- 1W. B. Link’s Home
ased after January 1. However. i i « i
license may be issued for new I Destroyed Sunday
of all their tires.
He also asked
that persons
tain tires may apply at ‘he office
of the Board on the second floor
ot the Bank ot North Wllkeeboro
building. They wlU be given an
application form which must be
filled out by themselves and en i ggjtjng big knife,
au'horized tiro inspector. This ^^o had come to
form is returned to the tire board l physical examlna-
whlch holds-A..Jioaring on the ap- ... - ...
plication and either lasuee a cer-
. , , refrain from buying any tires if
the blood and quickly render d numbers have been de-
first aid. McCarter was ®®rried jj,g
the Wilkes hospital and off e number of anv person en-
arrived. Chatham was arrested selling that kind of tire,
after some difficul y experienced spoke of arrests that
have been made for failure to
tificate, allowing the applican
to buy tires, or denies the appli
cation for certificate. The regula
tions of tire rationing program
allow only persons engaged 4n
certain types. of car operation
to have tires, and the great ma
jority of the public Is ruled out
completely.
The offices are kept open from
10 to 12 every week day, Monday
through Saturday.
Man Is Held Here
For Many Thefts
Police Chief J, E. Walker said
.today that Thurmond Horton,
colored, has bOen arrested here
and charged Flth many ♦hefts.
Horton, -who left this commu
nity 22-:yeaiVi ago and returned a
few weeks sgb to become the
chief worry of store manageys.
Is charged with taking radios,
elee'rjjl irooa, coats, watches,
*nd^sei«»itif.otlisr artlclea.^in
sev^ Kortb ^keeboro s^irefc
He is^^ng keljl ^
coairt.-^':-s - .;• . '
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tion tor the draft, and McCar'er
were described as the best of
friends and little could be learn
ed about the cause of the alter
cation.
HAS GOOD YEAR—
StockhoIdets.Of
Bank Will Meet
purchase and display 1942 state
license. He called attention to
the fact that U Is a violation of
the law not to have new license
displayed, even though the license
have been purchased-
Mrs. N. W. Coleman
Claimed By Death
Mrs. Hettie Susan Coleman
65, wife of N. W. Coleman, of
the southeastern part of Wilkes,
•"died Sunday. Funeral will be
, , field Tue'day. two p. m., at Mt.
4nnual Meeting For Bank or pjgg^h church.
North Witk«b.r. To B. , s.. •“..‘.’“b
Held On Thursday following sons and daughters.
Hugh and O. H. Coleman, of
Stockholders of the Bank of Gfgensboro; H. V. Coleman, of
North Wilkesboro will meet at g^j^y^jj^urg, S. C.; Roy Coleman
the bank on Thursday ‘ morning, L„a Mre^ E. H. McCarter, Union
January 15, ten o’clock. | Grove; Mrs. L. P- Snow, State
The bank has Just closed the j Road; Mrs. Zeb Nichols^ and
most successful year in its his- 1 Mrs. E. I. Lunsford. Union Grove
vehicles purcha.sed and delivered
prior to January 1. This order i>
in conjunction with the govern
ment ban on sales of new auto-
motlles and trucks until a ration
ing system Is put into effect.
many~needed—
Civilian Defense
Wants Volunteers
Girls Taking Registrations
All This Week In City
Hall; Register Now
Mrs. Pons Johnson, of North
Wllkesboro rou’e three.
She was a sister of Ed Harris,
tory, during which resources
gained more than’half a million
In the last half of the year.
After meeting of ttue'. itoekhol- ..
ders, when dlreutors sf^tlle elec- North Wllkesboro
ted ter the and
perfect 0
Tlie home of VV. B. Link three
and one-half miles wie.st of this
city on highway 421 was totally
destroyed by fire Sunday.
The fire, which was discovered
by neighbors about 10:30 a. ms'
\vhile Mr. and Mrs. Link were at
Sunday school, apparently started
near a flue and the home burned
rapidly. Only a few of the house
furnishings were saved.
'The loss was only partly cover
ed hy insurance.
The North Wilkesboro fire de
partment was called and the fire
men saved other homes nearby by
keeping the fire from spreading.
. . The home of Dwight Nichols'
W. H. McElwee chairman of
T'’ilkes Civilian Defense oonncil. | firemen. Real-
said today that few people „f Ed Brookshire, Bart
regjs'ered as volunteers In ci\ ' Alonzo Faw and a new
ian defence. house recently erected by Harold
He said many more i Hartley could have been destroyed i
are needed and urged rtat department here not
who can register this week . ya assistance in keeping the
clerical workers will be n from spreading.
City imU all ^®®^ *-® *‘®s'®f®''
Tirfiinteers.
Chairman McElwee said *hat
J. B. McCoy has appointed air
raid wardens for all sections of
North Wllkesboro and that Paul
Osborne is handling appointments
for Wllkesboro.
No Fire At Home
Of Insurance Man
Firemen ’Thursday answered a
call to the home of J. B. Williams
fire Insurance eiecutlve, but
of Wllkwiboro. L A. Harris._cf foun^o a™.
G. Harris, f Persons pawing had noticed
and Mrs. Csrrie the vapor rtoisg from the roof
North Wllkesboro shin*!** and tad tum^ In the
route thfae. ****»•
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Moose Will Meet
On Tuesday Night
Loyal Order of Moose lodge
here will meet on Tuesday night.
7:30, and lay plans for a,
open meeting to be held on Pebro*',^
ary 3. .
Preliminary plans for the
in^ on February 3 include, an
dress by J. Gordon Hackett,
will lead a panel on-Wllkoa . , ,
ty history, particdluriy
■Wilkes man^ played'to itar ‘
thm and tiie'formatioh ef^
, at t|I* aa^iaiff i