ItoeARtHUR HOU)^
Bmb Attack'
*1ew Jm
Bataan Urire
On Suiulny nigiit, March 1, the Mitchell Collage a cappella choir, of Stateaville,
will sing in a ankm •wVico at the Firat Bap'.ist church in this city. All churches here
will jointly sponsor the service, which wUl begin at eight o’clock. The choir is under
direction of E, B. Stinuon and has been highly praised at every performance.
TO MEET SATURDAY—
Wilkes Pnoltry
Cooperative 1$
Newly Organized
Forty Poultnrmen Show
Much Interest b Qrgani-
LETTER TO MAYpR TELLS ABOUT
‘Interim’ Report
On Flood Dam
V«i’
a natioml hoUda.v. Fehruary
22, birthday annlversjtrj' «•'
George WiwhlnKton, will bo
Sunday iuMt Monday wUl bo ob
served a» the holiday.
MUCH ENJOTWD—
Scouts Hosts To
Fathers At Fete
Troop 35 Entertains Fathers
and Scout Officials On
Thursday Night
By J. B. 8N1PHB, Oowity Agent
About forty poultrymen mot
In the coun'y court hoiwe Satur
day afternoon. February 14, and
orransed a poultry club. The
name adopted for the club is
"Wilkes Poultry Froducws Co-
opwatlve’’. E- M. Huffman, of
Purlear. wrs elected president.
Mrs. C^l Hendrix, of Boomer,
vice-president: and S'. F. Miller,
Ferguson, secretary-treasurer.
A discussion, which las“ed for
over an hour, brought out many
points which indicated why the
poultrymen should he organized
All poultrymen were 100 percent
for such an organization .-nd
pledged themselves to do what
ever possible to develop such an
underUking as to promote poul-- numl
try business in the county. | banquet at the Scout hut at the
Since it took the allotted time Methodls' church Thursday night,
for discussion and organizing the] Total attendance was 35 'u-
clttb, U was decided by th?. offi- eluding members of the troop,
cers that it wa» wise to call an- their dads. Dr. John W. KincUe-
other meeting tor Saturday morn- loe. Jr., pastor of the First Bail
ing, February il. at 10 o’clock,tlst church; J. M. Anderson and
at the county court house. At t. E. S'ory, chairman and vlce-
thla time we expect to have some ' chairman of the Wilkes Scout
of the poultry specialists here district; J. B. Carter, bf the dis-
from Raleigh, and discuss with trict committee; Cyrus 'McNeill,
«s the egg and broiler outlook of the court of honor: and mem
for-the country and ?Iso many jjers of the troop committee; H.
other potnU In the poultry busl- b.^ Clark and A. M. Church,
ness which will be most worth scoutmaster and aasistant Scout-
whtle for all our poultrymen to master.
Banks Here Will
Be Closed Monday
banks Jhere
An ‘•interim’ report on war
department InvMtlgatlons of thf
Wilkesboro das) phase of the
will W 1 Yadktn-Peeda* flwd control pro-
' ' ^
2S, which afOl b*« obseprefl t ] Office (jf tte
the war department
February 15.
A le ter from Major Genera}
E. Reybold, chief ' of engineers)
to Congressman R. L. Doughtou.
relayed by Doughton to ' North
Wilkesboro’s mayor. R. T. Mc
Neill. said a
Boy Scouts closed Boy Scoi'‘
Week observance here with troop
number 36 giving a father-son
Registration of mob Tor selective
service. totaled ' 1^)^ in Wilkes
county Mondtiy, aecdrdh^ to''flgr-'|
urea compiled 1^ limr.liro draft,
board offices)
Board area number 1, yrtiich has
office'in'-Wilkesboro, had «,a regis
tration of 816. Board nrumber two,
with office in N’orth’ Wilkesboro,
had 1,167 registrants;
Registration was in progress at
one or more places in each precinct
from seven a. m. until nine p. m
Teachers and other volunteer
workers handled the work of reg
istration. The coupty schools had| oadets st only bombae*
a holiday in order that teachers trafaiinc air corps sdvaaoed
could help and school buildings flying lebsel fat (fie country, hi Al-
coulu be used as registration ir. M., carry secret bomb
points. aifMs In sipper bag before taUag
Men between ages 20 to 46 vpho qb,
had not previously regristered were
FEB. 24, 25, 26—
included in the third selective ser
vice re'gistration.
Thanks Expressed
Both draft boards today issued
a' statement of appreciation to^
sdiool teachefs and others who
volunteered to aasiiiA in dm tsgis-
trotion; They refleiyed i» pay for*- p
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Dairy Meetings
AreAnnouoced
Washington.—The army yestor-'
day reported the beginning pt »
and perhaps cllrasotic, Ja|s- '
Inaie drive upon the battera*
troope of General Douglas
Arthur on Bataan Peninsnla.
New enemy air units -were
bombing the American and Fili
pino forces "almost constantly.*
New Japanese artillery battertea
{with incratsing intensity. Ani
pounded the defending positions
meanwhite, even more Japaneee
forces were lairing at nearby
Subic bay.
The army communique also ra-
'ported a successful attack upon
Japanese shipping in the Dntdi'
East Indies by American Army
pilots flying four-motored bomb
ers. Direct hits were scored on
s big tramport and a small one,
and both were believed sunk.
Two enemy bargds were destrvqr-
ed. None of the planes was dam--
aged-.'
Telling of the flghting on Bar'
tasA, the communique said three*'
bad been another air attack upon ■
a refuge cai^p at Caheaben her .
■hind Ibe
romblned repow ' E. HU§yiMP80N,;Choir Director
ON March ftb—
Associational
S. S. Meeting
F*THinr*lWil Ifo' AtdWaeJ
How To Secure Great
er Milk Production _
nror
hear.
Short talks were made by
all
Onori tttin.3 wr-ic kucauc
had a nice crowd out for pjests and the occasion was
1X70 nrp a
the first meeting, and we are ex
paettng many more for the second
meeting.
In addition to the pouUnmen
we are also inviting the Uveetock
produeen to be present for the
meetlng.This will be a joint meet-
ling *etwen the poultry club and
the Uveetock dob.
very much enjoyed.
H. B. Clark, Seoxrtmas'er, wss
toastmaster at the banquet, which
was very much enjoyed.
here MARCH 9—
District
Of K.P. Lodge
TO LEAVE 2:00 P. M—
Train Schedule
to Change Mar. 1
District meeting of Knights of
Pythias lodge will be held with
the Kbrth'Wlliedtoro lodge on
Mkreh t, it was announ
ced Iwt* today.
OJiO. Lnitrlg. of Lenelr, dfs-
trlot dhUWy, ffHl ^ in charge
the meeting and all mesabers m
diced to make piano to attend.
In the meeting of tke North
Wttkeehoro lodge Monday nigh*,
Febrnnry M, fhe mi* .of Knight
wUi i»«eitf«Bred on J. Q. Gemble.
All mentbera.of ***
anked to b* »reeent
Eflec’ive Msrrh 1, the outgoing
train here will leave North
Wilkt'Sboro for Winston-Salem
at 2:00 p. m. Instead of 3:30 p.
m.. Southern Railway offlciala
said today.
There wUhbe no change on the
Insomlnlf scbednle, with the
train arriving here at 10'40. At
present the train leaves here at
3:30 p. m. on week days and 2:00
I'. m. on Sundays. Beginning on
March 1 it will leave ft two ev
ery day.
W. E. Jones, station agent here
said the new sbbednle will pro
vide better connections and faster
mail service north,east and
south, and will deflnltoly be an
ImprovemmttoyeE -piesent
outgotuK sebeiiiile.  ' ,
covering all phases of the Yad-'
kin-Peedee basin studies was ex
pected about July 31 but tha* an
"interim report dealing specifl-
ca*lly with the proposed Wilkes
boro dam’’ should reach the office
about the middle of this mon’h.
Further Review
"Immediately upon receipt of
the interim and final reports by
the department,” General Key-
bold wro'e, ’’they wllf be refer
red to the board of engineere for
rivers and harbors for revle^i' as
required by law prior to their
transmission to congress with the
recommendations of the depar*-'
ment"
*’Af er the reportt have been
transmitted to congress,” he con
tinned, "further rction by the
department on any project wHlcli
may be recommended therein will
depend upon Ihe-*' authorization
of those projects by congress and
the appropriation of the necessa
ry funds for any pj*opoeed work.’’
General Reybold .said he.jrould
make the' Interim and final re
ports avallahle to Congrwsman.
Doughton- for study as soon as
NAMES GIVEf^
Board 1
Men To Service
■The following named men are
the most i-ccen’ one*i to heve been
called by Wilkes selective service
board numiber 1:
Albert Ray 'Staley, Rond"
Woodrow Ri’flsell) Richard. Jack'
son Tevepangh. 'James Roland.
Scroggs. Lewis Benonia Prevette
lYayne Forrest Church. Joe' Cal
loway .Ashley, Chester Ijee Coffey
Arnold RO'bert Wilson, Ro."
Stephenson Godfrey. JrKe Len-
nice Cox. Archie Everet* Hollan-i,
R. J. Michael. Anderson Edmond
Laws, Lealie Oliver .Wooten, Ot-
tle Woodrow Allen,* Marvin Har
old Bowers, Woodfow Wilson
Hamby,,. Herman Taylor Kilby.
Bv J. B. SVTPE8. County .4«ert
Eight dairy meetings have been
(Worked up for the purpose )f
I stressing to the farmers be'ter
Teaches And C»fitor* « ^ management and ■ feeding recruiting offl
Brushy Mountain Asso- of their livestock. J. A. Arey^
ciation Will Meet Extension Dairy Special^, will forwarded nine young men
— ha present at these meetings and recruiting office at Raleigh
Mee’lng of the Sunday school sl*w slides on Good Day f^^ physical examination,
officers, workers and teachers in Prac'ices**. B. B. Broome, of the
killed add tt weuhd^
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RECRUITERS HERE—
Many Joining
Marine CorpsI
the Bruahy Mountain Baptist as- Coble Dairy company, will also a
socl^tion will be held at the tend some of the-meetines md
Wilkesboro Baptist church on explain to the farmers the new
TTiursd.ay. March 5, 7:30 p. m., i milk plcnt and some of the things
according to an announcement by that they would like to help he
C. B. Blley, a.ssocU‘lonal superin-j farmers accomplish, since milk
tendent, and T. B. Story, moder- and butter is on the ton of the
tttw of the eaeoclation. .list in the food essentials under
Representatives of the Baptist the defense program, and sine?
Sunday school •board in Raleigh'we are trying to develop the dat
will be present 'o direct the" meet- ry interests in our county we
ing and*lead dlscueslons. Every hope that a large number of the
church in the association Is urged farmers will attend the meetlnes
to send its-Sunday school superln- and present their problems a-
♦endenU, other general officers this time.
and as many teachers as will at-' The foliowlng farmers hav.’
tend. Other members of ’be been visited and arrangements
chuyeb and Sunday school will made with them to hofd tb’
be welcomed to-the meeting. The jneetings in their homes.' so ; II
namoy,,. nermaii mjjui rvnoj. uo «
lames Franklin .JOfnes. John ' purpose of ..the meeting WIH-be. Ujo. farmers are. asked to chec_
Hoins.to give inktriicfioiui And sugifSs- th’e lists'of farmers springs
lavinu 1 imnwivhig'' the S'unday the meeting most convenient; i
Those who left here for Ral
eigh were; B. B'. Bauguess, J. D.'
Mcl,aln, M. L. Richardson, T. G.;
Billings. C. W. Shumaker, J P.;
Nichols, H. T. Spicer, B. M. Hu6-;
bard and Fitzu Richardson.
The marine officers will be
the city hall until Friday noou.
On Friday they expect to send'
12 to 15 additional young meuj
■o Raleigh. Applications harw-:
already b8en received from 1*L
and others are expected Friday
morning. _ -
On Tueadry night tb«, tecralb-i
ing officers showed a picture afi
the city hall before'* a' lar
crowd of young meh ' .and.
nesday,night the-;M»A sh(^_^jf*
presented heforeilbC member^*'
of the C. C. ’CA'tttii 'it i*iT
Smlthey.
they were received but pointed ^ Maurice Dudley Davis, 25eb Be-
out that “it 1* ' understood of shears, W. T. Martin, Earl King
course that the material contair- Jarvis. ^
ed in those reports will not bel
Sherman Mathis,’' Vftn' nomsico give iubh utnuM ^ -- — -
■Wilsh. RicM-'-rt Pressley Blevins, tlons lor ttahroving the Sunday the meeting most convenient.
Abram Mathis. Alton Turner]schools. ‘‘Pleaw a'taiid In large' lo-no C.
Hamby, Clate Perdue Smlthey. numbers”, anaouBCpliieBt of the
meeting said.
RatuAi. to Rvu?
«U iU LUUOt; WlAl llUt. 1/T7 t
made public .prior to their trass- Cll&FilO',CAJrktHl
mission to congress by the Secr.»- — » «- —A 4
tary of War.”
Aisoared Study
The chief of ’"englneeers told
Doughton that
englneeers toiff Clmrlie Cadtoo, Stonj
uougnton mat "yoTmay be a«
sared ‘hat every effort consistent' when j«*l^
SATURDAY NlCHT—
Democrat
To Att^d Rfdiy
with the necaasHy for sound en
gineering analysis, study ^d .re
view of the problems Ittrolved
te-moW being made to complete
the Interim and final reports at
the earliest practiUmble drte In
brder that thay .may be aohmitted
to Congress wUkoot delay."*
The revorts aW being prepar»i
by ^ol. John #.)BiMdon, dlviiibn'
en^neer of tmi wuth A'tanttc
Division, and IdMfiniant CblOhet
Reading WilktnsOtfl* dlatrlc* eu-
gineer. Charleston- 8. - C. *
Congresarnsn T^nughton relay
ed a copy of the Reynolds letter
to Mayor
neck was partly ent in an alterca
tion with Aries Greely Church In
this city, left the Wilkes Hospital
yesterday and returned to fain
Fight ,’|iiiQ^totion.
"What aro yea dpfmr in tfae .ban-
trr, wauer*:' T
yeaieraay ana reiurnea mn v --«eutlve
home. His condition has improved that manv
rapidly despite much loss of blooff
Mack Moore Buys ^
’ "»oore lUYCir ran^
i « ~nP u .J .i. arreiige ^ra*w!jiB«0«on
lack Moore ha#‘ purohnsed the
Mack Moore ha#^purohased the
Madr Muoro, Si&i ffirfa^Jl^oin the
tehv of his uncle, the late Mack
jloprer 6r.,. vrith whom he Vriw as
sociate i'n farming unUl his deidh.
^ Mr.’' Moore, familiarly known u
'Made Mooro, Jn. bought the
tire fartti which consists of
acres ami 'includes some of.,,—
taoqtl fertgfie Tadkia vaUey kmdala
the cooEty.': He wlQ eontinue’
Chainnaa J, R. Ro«m®«*
Haa Tickets. .Will Anntnfe
Trsuiiportaftion
J. R. Rousseau- chairman of
conunTtee. e*W tofiW-
from ’Wllkse are plannlhg to at-
tefiff the WaSlrtngtoh Day dinner
Hi Winston-Salem Saturday night.
4 - _ . ilekets »
hafliadia
for'thorn
i^wdah W Jawhffd and dn’wft
have any wny’.of transportatlird.
Senator Qpt&p Gray, of Wla-
ston-Salalfi^ fc iWhnkin* to* din
ner, which I* SBptotod to be an
Mtstondlag piHtr fMhertoW,
Jin artfiBle oti t>«ge two of
neitope^. ' '
February 24th: 10:00. C. r j
Alexander at Roaring River; 2:00 ‘
J.’ J. Hendren, Brushy Mountain: ^
7:30, James Pardue. 11 miles on
Highway 421 toward Wlnstbu
Salem.
. Febr.-«ary 26th: 10:00, Mack
Moore, 2 miles on Ferguson road:
2:00^1 Dan Shuma'e at Lone
.birtiom: 7:30. John Wm. Hurt
Ronda. ,
February 86th: lO-.OO, J. M
German, at Boomer: 2:00, D. B.
Swaringen, Tnq?hill. ' I
FUNERAL' FRIDAY^
E. H. pock^
Taken 1^
TD BEGIN TUESDAY—
Yaikb VaDey
E>u:ene H. Dockery,
known citisen of Rof^-
boro, died'Wednesdhl^dfhl,.,
the Wilke# hospital)
ill for about three weeks
several day# prior' to Aa 
tie hope was hdd bw
Mr. Dockery ’ffia* ^
Wilkes, being h’edh rf thd't,
Jolm L. and LwiSs* E
eiy. For many ysA hi
lumber pwchaslut ""
Chair etnnpmiy afld jyfib
known in tint type'
> Sorvtehag Mr. DoikifiiF^ari^
Some of toe »at. hwhethaU ^tjoilr, Mto. —
in Wfflcoe cssphto vdll to^ e*y, eilidlnUy^ _ ^
^ is the Yisite Ya8«r tonraa- »,*. ffeA
mmt tybe«te In BSUn on Ihesdsy. mmI Mrs. P-' «'
FeriWary 24th.>v ^ Tampa, Flmdda. * '
ftworite teams a*e scarce FuaeiW'aeririce Fffl fa*
.the tournament and ,th«re aye sev- iftmoon, thmt
wniyi with records good enowgh
iriKcate that they cep take home^y^^^|B^
Mtstondng pany gwnei^ )«gt-atp that they can take home
Jjlartitiaf detslle mar b*!i:f(mnd ‘“W won. The tooroiiiieiit
.G.',.. ^4C e.M twn nf this ^/T ... i j i.-
sMKpto to*
’■Stv
for great^a
. *dii£
detamined bf
In
isawn wMhlat the eonfsr-*'
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