V
lOOtS'
Officer, Turns
Gun On Sell
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r;
!anr(»t Evoib
Test At KtiranK
n^temoon, at^ Blirfrwwd Ban^
Cr«gn«,‘Guy «nd HalfacreWilkwpfe Mra.
I are One, Two and Three' R.'C. Hendren, who Saturder*
*“ Hiffhcat Scorers .[at the home of her daughtea, Mw. .
:• . ; ;Amy Combe, in the S]^rgwnirOT*.-v
Members of the North Wilkes: I
hofo Kiwanls club Friday jioon l^stor of
Claimi
i^ianef’al H«W
;re heldtm?
V : e '■'H :t
Foneral sci:
>ver
Mr. Harley EMis, who has a de
fense job in Baltimore, visited rel
atives here over the v^-eek-end.
Mr. Jarvis Walsh and daueh-
ter,^ A^nes, lof Boomer, were visb
No^h Wilkesboro Satiir-
Mr. and Mrs. George Pearson,
of thl-3 city, visited relatives in
Boone 'he past week,-end.
Misses R
uth
Tille, and B
Hie Payne, of Granite
■Falls, spent the ;week-end here
Fith Miss Fster \i?endland.
Mr. Robert
J>ast few mi nths
as a guard
Radford. V
Morrison of States-
i Mr. M. F. Blevins, well known
this office Saturday. He was ac
jeompanied here by his son-in-law
Mr. W. R. Wlute. "i. ■
Mr. L. P. KtVley, of Reddies
River, was among those spend
ing several hours in the city
Saturday.
4”
encer. for the
feheriff. ha > acct*ted a position
Mr. G. G. W’elbo n, who has been
selling farn machinery here for
the pa.st sevcral| years, having
Wilkes deputy
at a (efense plant at
rginia
Mr. 1>. G. Critcher. of Moravian
Falls, is able to be out again fol
lowing an illness of ten days,
friends will’ be glad to learn.
bits t ktVtiCtlfc iicavm^
quarters in he Copvard building on
“O” street.
las nuned his stock to
his home or Wilk*boro, Route 2
Mr. Darw
liected will
n Smilhey. who is con-
a hirge construction
company engaged In building a de
fense base ,at Chtrry Point near
New Bern,'visiteo relatives here
over the week-end{
I
Mr. John (Biin Day has been
honoral)ly discharged from Ihe
army air ba.se at Savanitah. Ga.
He is the son of Mr. Charles G.
Day of this city.
Mrs. L. R. Smithey has ret lim
ed to her home iii Columliia.' ,S.
C.. after a vi^it with her parents.
Mr. aii.'l Mrs. C. D. Harris, at Mo
vian Falls.
Dr. Fred C. Hibbard, chief of
staff of the M’ilkfs hospital, was
elected chitf suyge >n for the
Ashe counity hospital in a recent
meeting ofi the trustees of that
Mr. Ba.xler Smitiiey. of Coliiin-
, hia. S. (’.. at'ended the funeral
and burial of his aunt. Mrs. ('. D.
Duncan, at Roaring River, last
, week.
institution.;
(|r J. Hu
Lt. Domdr J. Huffman, of 10.">th
Engineers, Fort Jackson. S. G..
has been rdieved of his duties
with F coripany jto accept duties
?1 adjutant of 105th
f
Mrs. A. isebasAaii and little
son, Ralphj, returned to their
Bo n the front and the iiiteri-
’ or of the building occupied by
the Payne Clothing (’ompany was
brightened up last week with
fresh coats of paint.
as personn ?
Engineers.
I Mr. J. C. Grayson and family
recently have moved to the resi
dence adjoining the home of Mrs.
1 W. L. Jomes in Wilkesboro. They
have been residing for sometime
on the Oakwoods highway.
home at ; Crewe, West Virginia.
Saturday after spending a week
with MrsJ Sebastian’s parents.
Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Caudill, at
Hays.
.,lr. and Mrs. L. F. Kiriiy. who
reside near Moravian Falls, ex
pect to leave in about a week to
make their home at Jacksonville,
X. C. Mr, Kirby, a well qualified
carpenter, has a defense job there
FiUSUP
T0NI6HT
Do this—Try 3-p*rpo»« Va-tro-nol.
It (1) shrinks
swollen membranes,
(2) soothes irritation, (3) relieves
transient tiasal congestion . .. And
brins greater breathing
comfort. Vou’ll li|te W|#vc Sr
'it. Follow directions
in ft'H'-' i VA-TRO-IIOl
Ml. Sam Vickery, who has been
with the Grayson Pull-Fashioned
Hosiery Company at Independence,
Va., has been transferred to the
Randolph Full-Fashioned Hosiery
Mills at' Randleman, N. C. Mr.
Vickery is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Vickery, of this city.
Houston.—Poft-‘'Poken SlierWf
Xorficet Hill fatally wouiidef^
Constable Charlie. Graham and
then killed hlnjeelf in his o’T'cc
in the CTihiinal courts hiiildin.g
Thursday.
, Graham, slruck by three hiiD
lets from the sheriff’.s automnfic
pistol, died In a hospital a, few
minutes after the, shoo'ing.
Justice To;n Maes returned a
coroner’s verdic of murder and
suicide.
I Depufy Wouiiilc.l
Deputy Sheriff Ira Saiinder
who tried to wrest the g'nn fr^o'
Hill, was wounded seriously by
Hie bullet 'hat passed thro'ig’’
the sheriff’s chest.
Dan Jackson, district attorney,
told ill's story of the shooling-
Constable Ov^hnni. f fro",„
deputy under Hill, and bawrence
Graham. Ihe con“'ahh’'! tto-!i" •
went to file sheriffs office at 4;05
11, in. to lei’do'- lnvr'”"'> t'.-o
ham’s resignation as a dollar-a-
year special deputy.
Wlien Graham offered to r-
sign the sheriff rose and drew hts
iiis'ol.
Graliaiii Kan
Tlie two Grahams ran onl of
the office with the r-heriff follow
ing them and firing.
Graham fell to the floor hut
Hill shot again as he lay on Ihe
floor pleading. “Please don’’
shoot me, sheriff; remember I’ve I
babies.” ^
Frame Neville, chief critniital '
depiifv. saw Constable Graham
fall, took the sheriff hack into
his office and attempted to get
Hill io release the gun. |
‘‘I got Ills to a chair.” Jackson,
quoted Xevill, "and told him to
“it down and let me have the
gun. !
‘‘He just said ‘all right,’ and j
whipped the gun around a.ga'ns'
himself to his chest and pulled
the trigger.”
Saunders was wounded when I
he came to aid Nevill.
The .sheriff died in Nevill’s
ann%.
tiS
enjoyed a current event test jAit ^ here. condu^e4«rtlcr
on by W. J. CaroonJ who had I Hendren /^flmany y^ra
charge of the program. T I i T'
It was a multiple Icholce *est liusbpnd un
prepared by Time m&azine and f" the. jewelry| bu«^ ^
included 195 questloX. Those' She leaves ^o 804a, Ernest S.
Bc'orlng highest were Paul Cra- Hendren, of Mount
gan with 78, Rev. T. Slpane Guy, Herrdren^ of Evanston
BETTE DAVIS as the lovely secretary of ‘The Man Who
Came To Dinner.” She shares starring honors with Ann
Sheridan and Monty Woolley in the new comedy open
ing on Thursday at the Allen Threatre.
SMOOTH—FAST—
Midgets Making
Good Record In
Basketball Here
GREETS FRIENDS—
Saylors Writes
From Hawaii
Jf:, With 76, W. D. Halfacre,
Louis J. Yelanjian and Paul ;OS-
borne. A booh, "Lincoln. His Life
In Photographs.” by Stefan Lo
rant, will he presented to 'Paul
Cragan at the next lunchtso^.
eon meeting with the Compli
ments of Time Publishing com
pany for his making the highest
score.
Prior to the program a num
ber of matters were before the
cliih. Pat Williams reminded the
club that February is tree plant
ing month and urged that each,
member plant a tree. He said
that if no one objected he was
going to pant mimosa trees along
the highway between the Yadkin
River bridge and Forester’s Nu-'
Way service station in this ci'y.
C. O- McNiel, recently appoin
ted chairman in a drive to get
books for the armed forces, re
minded the members to give
their suppoi”. to the campaign.
Dr. A. C. Chamberlain, chair
man of the drive to raise funds
to fight infantile paralysis, re
ported that the campaign had j
made much progress and that the 1
goal had been reached.
Robert Morehouse was a guest
of his father, H. H. Morehouse,
at the meeting.
Ai]^; J,’' B.‘.
Illinois: and
one daughter; Mrs. C( mbs.
—P’or Vlctorj':~Bu f Bond«-«s
Money talk'! Unitid States De
fense Savings Bonds and Stamp*
shout “Victory!”
H O U S E W
■ r’~ You Will
IRON
BOA
12*48” board, f
Steel Reinforc
ed legs.
Seasoned
Boards.
Legs Lock Se
curely.
32” from Floor
48” Tapered
Top.
ARES
Need
$1.79 $1.79
CARLTON’S
This
B.V I. L. Baker
is the ritory of the Mid-j
Pvt. Luther D. Saylors, Wilkes-j
boro youth in the army and sta-i
tinned on the Hawaiian islands,
has w'ritten his first letter to this j
newspaper since the Japanese at-1
Valentine Eve Dance
At Legion Hut 13th
IW^ntAds]
Mr. J. T. fJacki Brame, 'ftfr
[ the past several years a member
of the office personnel of Insur-
iance Service and Credit Corpo
ration. has accepted a position
with the Bank of North Wilkes
boro and has begun his duties
there.
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Nine room hou.se on j
D street. See D. J. Carter at
The Jouynal-Patriot office. 2-9-tf
Mr. Paul Harvell, Jr., has ac
cepted a civil service position- a.s
a photographer and will begin
his duties at Camp Lee. Virginia,
on February 16. His photograph,
ic studio here will continue in
operation, according to present
plans.
1,^ F)R RENT—one five room Iioum
on F Street. One four room ,
Frank j
2-12 2t
house in
Toralinjon.
Fairplains.
FOR RENT: Three-room apart-
^ ment wi'h private bath, steam
jheat and water furnished. R. T.
iMcNieli Phone 32. 1-10-tf
4
ri !
^ FOR SALE
Major A. L. Fletcher, of Ral
eigh. spent Friday and Sa’urday
here with his father. Rev. J. F.
Fletcher, and sister, Mrs. W. R.
Absher. While here M%jor Fletch
er. ^x'ho is chairman of the. Unem
ployment Compensation Commis
sion, Installed the local arvisory
council for the UCC office here
on Friday night.
DEATH RATE CLIMBS—
Greeceis Starving
UnderAxisControl
, - - I newspaper since cue aapai.csc , Valentine Eve dan"e will be
gets, that gallant group of sev- j^ck on Pearl Harbor on Decern-i f J®';";' .
enth and eighth graders from ‘he ter 7 r ^ Thpre
J' ... , I., I T ,• r' Friday night, February 13. There
Text of his letter to Julius ^ j^ncing from 9:30 until
Hubbard, of The Journal-Patriot.’ , !_• n
,lat«1 Januarv 18. follows:
^)K S.YlCR; HiUf ton panel Foi'd
truck, jSood tires on wheels. ,3
extras.! Horton Drug Company.
I ' 2-I2-2t
Odis Johnson Is
Claimed By Death
GOOD UBED CARS—Recondition
ed and [with good tires. Many
bargain.s on hand. Graybeal Mo-
buildin
g on Gordon Avenue, Tom
McNei
1, manager. 2-5-tf
■FX)R SAXE: One good second-
hand.
50-galIon Myers spray
pump
with air chamber. Cost
$65:
will sell real cheqp.
Greene Bumgarner, Millars
Creek,
Itpd
z
WANTED
aV'NTED — Practical nui-slng.
See Y
rs. Gray, next to Wilkes
Laund
ry. Phone 367. 2-12-2tpd
Funeral .service was held Sun;
day afternoon at Anderson ceme
tery near Gilreath for Odis John
son. age 22, w'ho died Fridav even
ing in a Statesville hosnital after
an illnes.s of .several weeks.
He was 22 years of age and was
a son of Noah John.soh. He is .sur
vived by his father, seven brothers
and two sipters.
Wa.sliington.—Greece is suffer
ing a terrible famine, report"
reaching Washington from vari
ous channels indicate and the
situation in tha' axis - occupied
country is growing more desper
ate daily.
At a pre'.s conference yester
day Sumner Welles, undersecreta
ry of state described the plight of
the Greeks as utterly appaling.
He said the state department had
been receiving famine reports
from Greece for some time, from
Americans returning from Greece
or neighboring coiin'ries and
from the government through the
Greek legation here.
Wcileis said the deparlment’-i
information indicated that the
Germans had ruthlessly stripped
the Greek people of their food re
serves andTOft ’hern to starve. He
added that the rapidly increasing
reath rate among infanta was
partieularly shocking.
Asked if he though a recently
reported British decision, to send
food relief into Greece throu^
the Turkish Crescent (Turkish
Red Cross) might alleviate the
situation, Welles replied he reh-
local schools who have combined
their basketball talents into one
of the smoothest, fa-stesi basket
ball aggregations in North Caro
lina.
Organized and coached la.'st
year by Ray Cline, the seventh so often,
grade teacher, the ‘earn had an
auspicious season, but this year
—rwell this is where the story be-
gins.
The Midgets have won six
games and lost one, that one by
four poin’s, 20-16, to the strong
dated January 18. I cordially invited to
You will probably Oiink that I Admission for
have forgotten you, but I ^
that I haven t. I think of you ever
‘ You no doubt have talked with
my parents and have found out
that i am perfectly safe, but 1
wanted to tell you myself. As
you know, I have several friends
in Wilkesboro and Wilkes county
and you can readily realize it is
per person.
Refreshments will be served dur
ing the dance hours.
The dance is sponsored by the.
women of the North Wilkesboro
Moose Chapter No. 47 6.
Appalachian high ,^hooI Hgg. a. imimss.ble for me to correspond to
gation. Tomorrow night at Boone f /ra
North Wilke?boro w(ll attempt to b'e manage it, I would be indebted
seek revenge for that lone de
feat.
Though the team is small in
size their feats are great. In sev- '
en games they have scored 202
points while limiting their oppon
ents to 58. In defeating Galax.
■Virginia, here last Friday night
37 4, the hapless visitors were
held to one field goal. That
ough' to have set some kind of
record for these parts
The s'arting line-up usually
consists of Bucky Hjirton. Charles
Gilreath. Mac RHeiv Tom Ander
son. and Bill Brewer. Ready to
take their places are Barnes. Ga
briel. Hudson, Caudill. Turner.
Grayson. Ray Anderson and
Chamberlain.
Leading the scoring parade so
far is Charles Gilreath wi'h 60
points. He has developed an iin-
cannv si c*. that is made ivhile
to you if you would let them know
North Wilkesboro
Beat Galax 39-22
North Wilkesboro high school
that I ani 0. K. You could also basketball team won a decisive yic--
mention that Baxter Davis is safe ^fury Galax, Virginia, high,
too.
‘‘I hffpe that you understand
,that I am unable to tell you any-
’, thing about the raid, so I will not
mention it. But 1 '-vill tell you
this much, it isn’t so bad. Every
varsity here Friday night 39 to 22.
The Mountain Lions plaved one of
their best games and the outcome
of the game was never in doubt.
North Wilkesboro midgets plav
ed an exceedingly fast game to
Special Meeting
Junior Tuesday
WtNTEn—To Do A'uur .Altera
tions if all kinds. Special atten-
- tion given to men’s clothes:
Moderp Cleaners, kffice on Ninth
D. 6'
street Mrs. L. D. Gooke. 2-9-2t
H’.AN'TFiD—Used Baby Pen Ci-ib.
State Icondition, size and price.
Addrtjss "T", dare Journal-
A special meeting of North
Wilkesboro council of the Junior
Order will he held on Tuesday
night, 7:30. The program will h^
directed by E. A. Shook, D. E.
Elledge, and T. H. Waller and
promikes to ‘be very- interesting.
There will also ho degree work.
AH officeni, members of the de
gree team and every o’her mem
ber of the eSuncil 1s urged to at
tend.
;tainly hoped it '»ould^ ‘going under the basket away
Reports from Greek and neu. ^
tral diplomatic sources Taptain Bucky Horton,
have told of hun.ger ^-^^d
peoplt* dying by the hundreds 1^n
Athens alone, with similar dis
tress in other Greek cities. Bread
is unobtainable a' any price In
some districts, and the supply of
fish from' the waters around
Greece is so far from adequate,
according to these reports, that
.even 'he heads and entrails of
' fish— formerly used for fertfilizer
' -are eagerly sought as food.
Patriot.
2t-pd.
W
.ANTIp—To Repair Your Radio
—Bes equipped Badio Shop in
Wilkei County. 90 day guaran
tee oii all repairs. Reasonable
cost. ; Parker-Triplett Electric
Co., Wilkesboro, N. C. Phone
22-W. t 1-22-tf
REPORTS TIRE RATION
BOARDS FOR THE WEEK
(Continued from page 1)
MISCEIX^ NEOUS
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That scooter you picked up at R.
& Grocery company was!
ne. lost. Rlease return it. :
Phone 276. Bobby M’ells. It
JOE PALMER is now with us'
eight hours a day. six days a!
week for expert radio and re-1
frigerdtor repair service, anyJ
make or model. Telephone 630 j
for quick service. .Anderson |
Electric Co., AVilkesboro. 1-22-tf
day. -from 10 to 12. The Board
will continue meeting each Thurs
day afternoon at 2:00, and all
persoibs wishing to apply for per
mits to buy tires or tubes should
have their applications in ihe of
fice by noon on Thursdays.
•Any persons wishing to register
for Civilian Defense may do so
at the Tire Rationing Office in
the Bank of North Wilkesboro
Building from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00
p. m, any week day.
Make separate application for
tire;.! and tubes.
EASTERN STAR MEET
Wilkes chapter number 42,' Or
der of the Eastern Star, will have
a regular meeting on Thursetey
evening, February 12. 7:30 p. m,
Mrs. Mary B. Toby, district
depjity grand matron, will make
her official visit to the chapter
February 26th instead of February
12 as previously announced.
Mrs. Annie Cline Payne, W. M.
Mrs. Emma Day, Secretary.
dimin-
next
with 53 tallies, followed by the
Midget's wizard at pa.ssing and
hnll hnndlin.c as well as hawking
Mac Eller. He has 4 2 points.
Since Coach Cline’s departure
tasl: week. Snoerintendent Cragan
is in charge of ’he team. Yes, Sir
it looks as if North Wilkesboro
is in for some good ha,sketball the
next three years.
A fine group of hoys, well
Coached, keen on team-play: lov
ers of the game -- and oh yes,
th^y plan ^o heat Boone^ tomor
row night. That briefly
story of 'he Midgets.
one is in good spirits and are tak-,l^**’f Galax midgets 37 to 7.
ing it in a magnificent way. ■ i The Mountain Lions w'H i>l“V
“I haven’t anything else to say, Boone Tuesday night ami Millers
so I will close. Thanks a lot for
the favor, and I won’t forget it.”
Foster Child Thin Ice
Victim Where Hero
Son Also Drowned
Creek at Millers Creek Thur.sday
night. A game with Mount Airy
here Friday night has been
Ads. get attention—an.i re*olts
VALENTINE
GIFT
Niinnally’s
“THE CANDY OF
THE SOUTH”
— Attractive Boxes —
Select Your* Before Stock
Is Exhausted
BRAME’S
Drug Store
’Phone 10
3.—Mrs. Min-
near Brady’s
is the
Quesfions
B-
Answered
State College
Questions
Use the advertising columns oJ
'his paper as your shopping guide
Answered By
State College
QUESTION: Is composiUon roll
roofing sati’factory fpr covering
poultry house roofs?
ANSW^ER: C. F. Parrish, Ex
tension poul'ryman of State Col
lege. says some North Carolina
poOltrymen have found composi
tion roll roofing very satisfactory
if dressed tongue and grooved
roofers are used. He says thht a
coal of roofing tar should bq ap
plied to the sheathing before
laying the roll roofing. The lap
is cemented with the roofing tar
and nails are not used except at ^
the ends and top and bottom which
edges. .
QUESTION: What is the war
time supply ^ si'uatipn, with Re
gard to sodium nitrate used in
fertilizer?
ANSWER: Fertilizer manufac
turers, as well as other users of
sodium nitrate, are noW receiving
supplies of the fertilizer under a
complete allocations system which
went into effect on February 1.
according to G. Tom Scott of
State College, chairman of the
State U3DA War Board.: in ad
dition to being used as a fertili
zer, sodium nitratefis also used
for the manufacture of explosives,
nitric acid, potassium nitrate and
glass, and in the curing and pre
serving of meats. A shortage of
shipping space has resulted in
the rationing of this material.
Is imported largely from
South America.
New York. Feb
nie Ernst lives
Point in Grasmere. Staten Island
Four years ago her 2 4-year-old
son, Frederick, made a heroic
effort to rescue two children who
had fallen through the ice there
and was drowned.
Bereft of a son. Mrs. Ernst
lavished her affection on, little
Robert Bannon, who had been
boarded in her home since he was
one year old. She cared for him
and watched him grow to a stur
dy boy of seven.
Today—in the freezing dark
ness of 1:45 a. m.—the body of
young Robert was recovered from
the same pond.
The boy had been missing
since 5 p. m. Monday, Growing
anxious when he failed to return
for dibner, Mrs. Ernst made in
quiries and found he had gone
to a candy store.
The store keeper remember^ i
the boy had been there, '^Jle)
went that way,’’ he told Mrs.’ Er-1
nst — pointing toward Brady’s
pond. Her heart sank. She called
police. They sent out an emer
gency crew, erected floodlights
around the pond and began
grappling operations. The body
was discovered just under tiie
edge of the ice beneath a small
wob^en bridge.
HOM" JAPS’ 2-MAN SUBS
GOT IN’TO PEARL HARBOR
Revealing article which shows
how the deadly, little killer-ships
were laiMiched from, and returned
to their shelters ahdard huge
whaling ships, prepafed long ago
for their sinister wwk. Don’t
miss this feature in the February
S2nd issue of The ^.American
Weekly, the big mai^arino distrlb-
ufed with the Baltimore:'Sunday
American. On sale at all news-
standi*. ' V
This Advertisement Contributed To Promote The Sale of De
fense Bonds and War Saving Stamps By
MOORE'S MARREl
L H. HOLLAR. Owner » B. P. BENTLEY,
• WE SPECIALIZE IN FKBSH NATIVE MB>
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