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f AFTER A POCKET KNIFE AFFRAY—
Publisjied Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WiLKESBORO. N. C., MONDAY. Wth, 1942fl.60 Tn th»Sf^ ii- $2.00^Out of State j
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GUSLIS SPEAKS—
Many From Wilkes
_ . At the Lincoln Day
Wounded Man Here Dinner Saturday
Soldier
Life Of
Jugular Vein In
Charlie Carlton’s
Neck Partly Cut
They Felt ‘Rattlesnake’s’ Sting
Wilkes Has Largest Delega
tion Except Guilford,
Where Meet Was Held
Bruce Pennington, Soldier,
Holds Wound Until Man
Reaches Hospital
Two injuria*, a lifp-savins
rescue and two arrests resulted
from an altercation which occur
red in North Wilkesboro Satuc-
day afternoon.
Charlie Carlton, a young man
of the S*ony Fork community
missed certain death by a nariow'
fraction of an Inch when a knife
nipped the jugular vein in his
throat.
Aires Greely Church, of the
same community amd who was
charged by Carlton with inflict
ing his wound, receiyed a had cu*
on the hand.
The altercation took place in
an alley between Tenth street
and Forester Avenue about three
p. m.
With blood spouMng from hir!
neck at every heartbeat, Carlton
walked about two blocks to the
corner of Tenth and r> streets.
There Bruce Pennington, a Moun
tain City, Tennessee, lad on leave
from the array at Edgewood, Md.,
took charge and saved Carlton’s
Ufe. While an ambulance was
called. Pennington stopped the
rapid flow of blood from Carlton's '
cut jug’jlar vein and held' the
severed part of hiS neck until the
ambulance reached the hospital
here, where Carlton's wound wa,*
quickly repaired. Physb'ians said
Pennington’s action saved Carl
ton’s life.
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Members of the crew of the U. S. Tanker Malay, shelled
and torpedoed off the North Carolina coast by a naxi-
u-boat, stands around a hole in the deck caused by a tor
pedo. The injured tanker pulled into port at Norfolk
FOUR CLOSE GAMES ARE SCHEDULED-
Chnrch to the hospital for treat
ment and he was then arrested
and placed in jail to await out
come of Carlton’s injuries. Police
Chief J. E. Walker said th.st the
warrant also charged Carlton
. with participation in the affray.
The two paricipants in the al
tercation (gave conflicting ac-
counti* of what happened. Carl
ton. who today seemed on the
wav to recovery from his serious
wound, said that Church wms
drunk and that he pccosted him
on Tenth street and began cursing
about something he said Carlton
testified in a trial of Church at
Boone several months ago. Carl
ton said he walked toward Fores
ter Avenue and that Church fol
lowed and st acked him with a
pocketknife.
Church’s account given Police
Chief-.1. E. Walker was different.
He s.iid that Carlton attacked
him with a knife and inflicted
the wound on his hand before be
got out his knife and began us
ing it to defend himself.
Carlton said that he did not
have a knife and that Church
must have cut his own hand
Cage Tourney To
Begin On Tuesday
Annual Goodwill Basketball Tournament to
with the possible exception of
Guilford.. Wilkes county had
more Kepubileans at the I.liicoln
Day dinner held in Creensboro
Saturday night than any other
conn y.
The Lincoln Day dinner, an an
nu:T rally staged under auspices
of Young Republicans Clubs in
the state, was held at King Cot
ton hotel with about 300 in at
tendance. Sena'or Raymond Wil
lis, of Indiana, delivered an in-
s))lrlng message about the n."-
tion’s war efforts.
Prior to the dinner Young Re-
publicans held an organization
meeting and the state Republican
Execu'lve committee was in meet
ing. Raleigh was selected as the
site of the Strte convention. Jake
Newell, state chairman, announ
ced that he would not be a can
didate for re-election as state
chairman.
The Lincoln Day Rally wrs de
scribed as a very enthusiaiitlc
gathering.
Among those from Wilkes at
tending were the following; Paul
Osborne. T. E. Story. T. H. Settle.
Pete Dancy, Belvtn Adam.*, Ray
mond Royml, R. G. Wyatt, J. F.
Jorden. Rans Staley, W. B. Som
ers. W. S. Fletcher. Max Foster,
Kyle Hayes. Jack Hoots, Archie
L. Osborne, Charles Bumgarner,
Henry 'Smithey, Ed Caudill. S.
T. Colvard. Haggle Faw, Sid
Wiles. Dave Mink, T. R. Bryan,
H. P. Eller. C. G. Poindexter.
Ed Crysel, Arlon Triplett, Turner
Anderson, Claud Kennedy, Joe
Godibey, C. C. Sidden, Clifton
Prevette. Pri’ch Johnson, Bruce
Pardue, Olin Watson and Spen
cer Walker.
I 'Rally Speakei
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Be Played This Week
Annual goodwill baskeM'ull i close,
tournament sponsored by North 1 On Thursday night Rond.-'girls
Wilkesboro high school for tiv !-vill plav the winner of the Roar-
other high schools in Wilkes " HI line River-Mount Pleasant game
open on Tuesday nighl. Febru-I for the girls' title. Tha’ game will
ary 17, at the North Wilkesboro j be at seven and at eight Ronda
high school gymnasium. boys will play the winner of the
I* is an annual cage event to Mount Pleasrnt and Millers Creek
decide the championship teams of jgame.
Wilkes and attractive trophies | Although all schools do not
will be awarded the hoys’ and-have teams in the tourney, there
girls’ champions. iis not a set-up in the entire
On Tuesday night, seven o’- schedule for any team and every
clock. Roaring River and Mount game bids fair 'o h-vo plenty of
Miss Herring Is
New Home Agent
For This County
Senator Prentiss M. Brown, of
Michigan, who will address a
Washington Day dinner rally of
Democrats in Winstou-Salem on
February 21. Many from Wilkes
are planning to a'tend.
Washington Day
Speaker To Be
Senator Brown
Winston Salem.—Senator Pren-
'is M. Brown. Democratic party
champion from Michigan, who
succeeded In 1936 to the seat of
the late Senator James Couzens,
Republican, in a brilliant cam
paign that even the powerful
■Fanden-herg machine could not
stop,, will be ’he principal spc.ik-
tr at the Washingt. n Day Dinner
here on .Saturday. February 21,
Chairman Gordon Gray announc
ed last night.
Characterizini Senator Brown
"one of the Democratic iTar'y’s
most s'alwart warriors a;>d capa-
hl» speakers.” Chairman Gray
said that all who attend the
LATE PREDICTION—
tJ.S. Navy May
’ Ei^ge German
Capital Ships
Washington. — Naval experts
b4teved. tonight that a “aec«nd
battle of Jntfaind”—this time In
volving U. S. fleet forces — will
be fought in the Atlantic to pre
vent Adolf Hitler’s reinforced
navy from slicing the lifeline of
weapons, supplies and men from
the United States.
The showdown between the al
lied and Nazi fleets, it was said,
may come this spring coincident
with the launching of an all-out
German offensive aimed at win
ning the war In 1942, before U.
S. production can turn the tide
of the struggle.
Strengthened Fleet
Naval experts said the German
fleet, strengthened by the escape
IN RADIO ADDRESS
ChurchiOAsks
British Peqile
London. — Prime Mifllater
Churchill notified the empire ^
radio last night that StosiiMn
has fallen and that it Wait it"
“heavT, far-reaching military de>
feat, ’ but, he said, the UnitaA
States’ entry Into the war now
outweighs everything else in the
world.
Going over the head of Parlia
ment, directly to the people, for
suipport In the worst political
crisis of his career as prime mlm-
ister. Churchill acknowledged
that the empire was In a seiiona
predicament, but he said tha
United States great power and re
sources will still save the day.
Germans StUl Retreat ^
Furthermore, he said, the Ger
mans are still retreating in Rna-
of the three large warships. gia and ‘‘three-quarters’’ of the
’-■ate cer’aSa-io hai
m I TU:. __ __ bv the vital issues bf|
Succeeds Miss EHz&beth
Williams, Who Has Ac
cepted Specialist Job
Pleasant girls will O'Pen the
•ournametif. One hour later
Mount Pleasant and Millers
Creek boys will meet in a game
which should be exceedingly
fast action and maybe some pho-
; to finishes.
The tournament Is one of Die
outstanding sports events on the
winter season here.
FUNERAL TUESDAY—
MEN 20 TO 45—
Woodrow Absher Nation Is Counting
Taken By Death Its Manpower For
Mi.ss Annie l»urie Herring, for
merly of Greenville, began her du
ties as home demon-stration agent
in Wilkes county today, succeed
ing Miss Elizabeth Williams, who
has accepted a position as assis
tant specialist in home manage
ment and house furnishings with
the North Carolina extension ser
vice.
Miss Herring was elected !iome
agent by the Wilkes county board
of commissioners today on recom
mendation of .Miss Anamerle
Arant, northwestern district home
ciajfonifd by the vital Issues
today.
Rose Throii^i Rank-s
The dinner—one of many be
ing held throughout the coiinti’y
bn or near the First President’s
birthday under the auspices of
the Democratic national commit
tee—will bring together in Win
ston-Salem political leaders and
delegations from 15 counties in
Northwestern .North Carolina, in
addition tc a ’.umb» r .of ourdand-
figures in national affairs.
THE MORAVIAN—
National Fann
Loan Association
To Meet Feb. 21
Young M.n Stricken Sudden 'World WOf No,
Association Here Will Com
memorate 2Sth Anniver
sary At Annual Meet
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AT THE CITY HALU—
I
ly Sunday and Died Last
Night At Hospital Here^
Recruiters For
Marines In City
A party of Marine recruiting
officers arrived In this city Fri
day and will remain until Friday
of this week at the city hall, tak-'
Ing applications from young men
who wish *0 enlist in the marine
corps.
Several have already filled out
applications and the officers re
port that young men of this sec
tion are showing much interest
in that colorful and adven'urous'
branch of the service. The ages
are 17 to 30 and those accepted'
have a wide choice of fields for
training and service.
The recruiting officers here to
day had taken! applications from
four'young mer: Charles William
Canter. North Wilkesboro: Mason
Make Ri''hardson and William
Fitzu Richardson, both of North
Wilkesboro route one; Charles F.
Kelly, Jr. of North Wilkesboro.
To Show Picture
The marine officer# will present
a most interesting talking motion
picture Tuesday nighty eight
o’/>lock at the citv hall. The oic-
ture will show training of marines
kViai- oe’-vicp* oo '"nd. on the
sea and in the air. Everybody is
invited.
George Woodrow Absh"r, 32,
well known young man of this city,
died Sunday night about ten
o’clock at the Wilkes hospital.
He had been in failing health for
some time but on Sunday was as
well as usual when he was sudden
ly stricken.
Funeral service will be held
Tuesday afternoon, two o’clock, at
the First Baptist church and buri
al will be in the Baptist cemetery.
Dr. John W. Kincheloe, Jr., pastor
will conduct the service.
Mr. Absher was a member of a
prominent and well known family
hare, a son of the late H. 0. Ab
sher, and Mrs. Minnie Absher, of
this city. Surviving members of
his immediate family are his
mother, one sister, Mrs. Inez Ab
sher Bowles, and one brother, W.
O. Absher. He also leaves many
friends to whom the news of his
death is an occasion of sadness.
Registration In Progress To
day Throughout The
United States
Tire Board Here
Will Meet Friday
Announcement was made today
that Wi1k|s tire
rationing board
number two, which has office in
the Bank of North Wilkesboro
building, will meet on Friday af- ' were
temoon, two o’clock, instead of; many of the teachers helped with
’Thursday. | the work. No registrars or assis-
tants were paid and their
Athletics and photography are ] services represented a patriotic
Uncle Sam today took down
names of men ages 20 to 45 who
had not previously regt'tered for
military service in either of the
two previous registrations.
It was estimated that today’s
registration would add ten mil
lion to the registered manpower
of the nation.,
Those who became 20 years of
age by December 31 and who
had not passed the 4 5 th birthday
today registered and *hey will be
called for military service follow
ing the calling of the men al
ready registered In the two pre
vious registrations.
In Wilkes rain fell steadily to
day but men plodded to the reg
istration points set up conveni
ently in every precinct.
In North Wilkesboro many
registered at the city hall, where
a volunteer force of regis’rars
under direction of Paul S. Cra-
gan efficiently handled the reg
istration. The city schools were
not closed today.
County schools had a holiday
because many of the buildings
used for registration and
the most popular hobbles among contribution to the victory efforts
Miss Herring was reared on a
farm and was active as a 4-H
club member, being selected as
county and state champion 4-H
club worker. She is a graduate of
East Carolina Teachers College at
Greenville. After teaching home
economics for a number of years
she was employed as home econo
mist by the Carolina Light & Pow
er company. She resigfned her posi
tion as assistant supervisor of the
WPA luncheon project in district 1
to accept her work) here today.
Miss Williams will remain in
Wilkes for a few days helping Miss
^lerring get started in her new
work.
Miss Williams, a graduate of the
University of Tennessee, came to
Wilkes following the flood in Aug
ust, 1940, and aided greatly in re
habilitation of flood families in ad
dition to routine duties. Under
her direction Hpme demonstration
clubs have expanded and accom
plished excellent results. She has
also directed the mattress pro
ject, during which over 4,000 mat
tresses were made by low income
farm families. With the extension
The annual meeting of the Mo
ravian National Farm Loan As
sociation will be held on Satur-
dsy, February 21st. 1942. a’ 10
a. m., in the Town Hall at North
Wilkesboro. N. C. According to
announcement made by O. H.
Bracey. .secretary-trea-snrer and
Miss Margaret Hall, assistant sec
retary-treasurer. (The associa
tion will commemorate Us 25th
anniversary at this meeting and
an Interesting program has been
arranged, Mr. Bracey said.l Re
ports on the past year’s operr-
tiohs will be made in members of
the association and three direc
tors elected by them, one for a
term of one year and two for a
’erm of three years.
Long-term farm mortgage loans
made by the Federal Land Bank
of Columbia In Wilkes county are
serviced through the facilities of
the Moravian Association. At the
present time the Association has
153 loans outstanding amounting
to $172'.S50.00. The Columbia
Bank has ample funtU at this
time for lending to qualified
through the English Channel uft
der the blasting of 600 warplanes
“cannot be allowed to prey upon
merchant shipping in *he Atlantic
and prevent a flow of production
from the “arsenal of democracy.’’
The Nazi fleet now is regar
ded as far more formidable than
was generally realized. It In
cludes the ibattleship Scharnhorst,
Gneisenau and Tirpitz, the pock
et battleships Admiral Scheer
and Luetzow and several cruis
ers including the Prlnz Eugen.
one of the three large ships which
forced the Dover straits In bat
tle.
It is easy to tell when a girl is
a peach. Tighter you squeeze the
mushier she gets.
human race an. on Britain’s side.
“Are our chances of survival
better or worse than in 1941?"
he asked. Answering the qnestion
in the affirmative, he said;
"First and greatest, the Uni
ted States is now unitedly and
wholeheartedly In the war with
us.”
Russia's “marvelous comeback,
for which we thank God," Is the
nel most promising factor, he
said.
His speech last night was a
prelude to facing Parliament this
week not only on the Malaya and
Singapore issues, but on the es
cape of Germany's three big war
ships from Brest to become a per
il of the allied lifelines in the
Atlantic.
DARKEST CLOUDS HAVE SILVER LININGS—
Several Reforms
Fined For Gyrating ^^55 MoOnshinC
Truck On Parkway ^ _
Liquor; rewer
J. N. Osborne, resident of
Wilkes, has been convicted of
operating commercial vehiclp"* on
the Blue Ridge Parkway, it was
learned today from J. W. Diila.
United States commissioner In
Wilkesboro.
Trial was held before Commis
sioner Duia, who fined Osborne
$25 and sentenced him to 30
days in jail, the jail sentence was
suspended on condition that he
not violate any parkway taws or
regulations for a period of 12
months.
Auto Accidents
Officers Report Stills Aban
doned ; Decreased Speed
Of Autos Noticeable
EASTERN FRONT—
Russians Make
Rapid Advances
lann lauuuea. rriui uie
service Miss Williams will replace farraera an ' 4 --r cent All
Miss Mamie (Whisnant, who ha.-* Interes P •
accept a position in Alabama.
Juniors Will Have
Interesting Meet
or any part of the loan may he
repaid at any time and future
paymen’s are accepted by the
Bank on which interest is allow
ed thie borrower at the same rate
charged the borrower on his
I mortgage
of j' Present directors of the Mora-
an-1 yinn Association are: P. E. Dan-
Tis often said that even the
darkest cloud has a silver lining—
and here it is admitted that the j
war has caused several reforma- |
tions in this part of the state,
i An agent of the federal alcohol I
tax unit said here that production
of moonshine liquor has fallen off I
'75 per cent during the past twelve!
months. Some of the most persi»-l
tent moonshiners continue to set|
up their stills and make a
runs, but many stills have
abandoned because of inability
Moscow. — Advance Russian g^g^r in large quantities,
columns were reported last n'-rht Stills .Abandoned
to be slashing through White \1 oh mvestigators|
Russia towrrd the old I’oiish reported finding stills tan
frontier in a series of li>’,htning abandoned although tt
thrusts which appeared to i)p 'in- been destroyed and wer
dermlnlng the whole German po workable condition,
sition on the central front and | ^^d, believe it or not, some
cutting off the key base of Smo- pjg ^re actually drinking le
iensk. liquor because prices have gone
The Red army reported that Lower production of illicit liqua
one division of Soviet guardsmen | j,as caused prices of stamped lit
had knifed through the enemy 1 bootlegged into this part
lines In a swiftly closing pincers j ^bc state to increase,
drive on Smolensk, recapturing 1 Speed Down
.=cores of pieces in a running hat j highway patrolmen rept»r
le across the snowy plains. The jbat at least 90 per cent of ant
government newspaper Izveatia j niobile drivers are driving wjth
reported that all but 600 men "f | degree of care and caution whi
the original 12,000 comprising! they shou'd have been using all "
the 258th German Infantry dlvls-j time. The cruising speed of aut
ion had been destroyed in one j niobiles now on good roads in 1
running battle. | part of-the state has been redpe
Unofficial accounts of the co> to an average of about 40 mil*
umns operating In White RussU I pgr hour or perhaps less,
outflanking the more stronv'v course^ there remain a few
fortified German positions, ir.di-1 persist in driving at rapid ra
gated that the 30-mlle advance, hat the public takes the attit
was part of a synchronized often- that they are unpatriotically
slve aimed at driving the enemy jng precious rubber and the non
out of western central Russia. |ber of speeders is rapidly comiQ
down because of public disfavor. |
Few Opening[8 For ! And with the decreased sp
enlisted men in the U. S. Navy. : of the natioij.
North Wilkesboro council
the Junior Order will have
other interesting program Tubs-' cy,'-pmldent; B. L. Johnson,
day night, 7:30, and all members yiee jweeldent; J. R. Eller, A B.
are asked to attend. ' (Ckmtiiiued On Page Eight)
. land less amount of traffic, .
Cub Scouts in Citv| accident deaths are fewer on hj
There are a few openings tn | ways in Wilkes and adjacent c
enroll cub Boy Scouts, ages 9. 10 ties,
and 11 here. Parents interested
should see Mrs. J. B. Carter. Mrs
Robert Gibbs. Mrs. R. T. McNiel.
den mothers, or Robert Gibbs,
ctthmaater.
All these factors are indirect,
suits of the war.
Helps People Save
The appeal to buy defdnae
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