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- V. "T JOURNAL-PATRIOT HAl. • ' ■ - r-^—-T^—— -• . -• lioNortr dt« gfHytint tndiBf teattrof Kortli North CaroUne James Stamper Held. For Death Of Jennings KooMvelt, SUlia m4 t«t together tise work tftble Miti Aiukft SpsUa of Brooklyn* N. T. nursed who Corns out 4oU cnrien- tures In her spare time. Her doDi If- - •**** throughout the cointry* James Stamper, age 15, 15^ ^ 4 being held in Wilke* jail without privilege, of bond on the charge of fatally *hoot-, ing Bryce Jennings, age 12, [ near the Jennings home in Mulberry township Friday, I * July 1st. I Jennings’ body was not found , until Monday. He was killed by | ’ a 22-calibre rifle bullet which en-1 tered the back of his head. I Stamper did not admit the shoot-1 ing until Tuesday and claimed . that it was accidental. Coroner I. M. Myers investigat ed ’he death and ordered Stamper held without bond. Mrs. George Jennings, mother of the slain boy, told Coroner Myers that the Stamper youth came to her home on Friday morning, and that he end her son, Bryce, took the rifle and went in to the woods squirrel hunting. Later Stamper came back and dd Mrs. Jennings that Bryce Davis Was In Strafing At Honolulu Wilkesboro Man Tells Of Attack On Dec. 7 tpi , Jad eaten some berries and was sick. He ceme back a second time J« Sgt. Fliillip Baxter Davis, who has been stationed In the Hiwaiian Islands for three years, lias WTitten his parents, .Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Davis, of Wilkesboro, about his experi ences tiuring the Japanese at tack on I’earl Harbor December 7, 1941. 1‘arts of hM V-.'IaU letter of recent «bite ^whicti ot bis he ■went ^ he woods. He came a third time and brought the rifle, saying that Bryce was at a certain place lO ; r r which he designated and that if he did not come in five minutes for her to go to him. Stamper then proceeded to the home of a neighbor and began working. Mrs. Jenning.s. a ne,.r invalid, said she went to the place desig nated by the Stamper youth and did not find her son She return ed to the house and concluded that j her son h d decided to go rwav ' from home for awhile. When he did uot come in that day she tried to get word to neighbors Ut start search i-ut was unable to do so atil .Monday. On .Monday a .search by some jteople of the community resulted in finding the lifeless boby of the Jennings boy some distance from the home. The body was ly ing face up. Coroner Myers. Sheriff C. 0. Poindexter and others begrn th-? investigvation and Stamper was taken into custody and question ed. He denied any knowledge of the affair, and said he was not at the Jennings home on Friday. ‘ Stamper spent Monday night in jail and on Tuesday admitted sJiootiug Jennings. b'U officers said they doubted pirts of his story of how it happened. / Stamper told Coroner Myers Jkuhat he shot at a bird in a tree aW missed, and that the bird ■" flew downwards and alighted in a | ■-bush Stamper said Jennin!^ w'as j directly in front of him end had stooped over to pick some berries. He said he told Jennings to be still and he would shoot the bird but that Jennings raised up tn front of him just as he pulled the trigger. u .1 Mrs. Jennings and her husband. G«orge Jennings, had separated some time ago and he makes his home in Brushy Mountain town- *^'surviving the Jennings youth are his father and mother. Funeral service was held Tues- dar afternoon at Mt. Zion church. -V “I Kuess It baa been^ long enough, now, to tell yon what happened lleceiiibcr 7. “Mv bc-it fvh-nd and I (be V. • „ •• sergeant then, an offics-r at a niglit club In flono’ii’n on Saturday, Deccin- Im-i- (i, with our girl friends, wlio were sisters. Wc didn't leave tile elol- .intil almost two, s«i it was too late to go home. .After taking the girls boinc, we got a room at the V. M. C. .A. Next iiioriiing w- got a >ab to go back to tile post. We had just startc) when we lieard tlie guns going off at Pearl Hariair, and got Itiere in time to see' tlie •Avliole sliow. But the main part is wlieii we were almost to tlie post tlieir planes, by strafing, forceti us to stop under a hritige. wfiei'e tliree cars hatl heen ivr«‘ekt*d and about thirty people were hiding. The planes kept shooting at us and hit one woman (a Jap. by the way) standing right next to me. Otir cab. tlic. only one workable, ttxik her fb a hospital and we hitched liiketl in.” -V- Wilkesboro Team Has ChampionsluD Cinched First Half REDS ASSERT FOES’LOSSES' SET NEW HIGH London—The German Ar my in three days has suffer ed the most staggering losses in its history—30,000 dead, 1,539 tanks destroyed or damaged, and 649 airplanes, shot doMm—and ha* failed to achieve a major break through in its gigantic gam ble in Russia, it was an nounced early today in Mos cow. The Axis hurled 30 divisions, or approximately 450,000 men, against the Russians on the Orel- Kursk-Belgorod section, but “did not catch our troops unawares,” said a special Soviet announce ment broadcast by Moscow and recorded by the Soviet Monitor. ‘‘Only in a few sections of the Belgorod area has the enemy, at the cost of enormous losses, suc ceeded in driving insignificant wedges into our defenses.” V NIP AIR BASE IS TOHERING UNDER ATACK Allied Headquarters In Australia—American troops have landed at two points near the Japanese air base at Munda on New Georgia Island, the high command said yesterday. The noon communique in an elaboration ot the naval battle in the Kula Gulf above New Geor gia also announced that nine Jap anese destroyers and cruisers were sunk there. The landing near Munda, which is the immediate obpective ot the Central Solomons offensive were at Rice anchorage four miles northeast ot Boiroko and at Zanz- na six miles east of Munda. V Sisk, President Of NCE A .Visitor The first Nssl soMlcr 0*961^ hi Icelaad Is Sergesat sThiiaR, whs Jurors Drawn For Court To Begin Aug. 9th W'ihe North Carolina Bducation Asso ciation, spent "Wednesday night and today in North AVllkesboro. Sisk, now superintendent of Fnyettville schools, is a former superintendent of North AVilkcs- buro> schools and l>as many friends here. He left Nortli VUIkesboro for Fayettvllle Vi years ago. He stopped liere WtHlnesday en route to Boone for a NThkA -«nfcr**ncc. -V Admiral Chester W. Nfanlts. cem- fnandarJw-chlrf of the PSCifiO Sect, strides Ttcterlensly s* he win* a horaeshee pitching match with Slg- Bsimsn William B. Scoggins whe is shown messuring the positioiis ot the horseshoes. Many Paying 1943 Taxes For Discount $37,000 Paid Through July 1 On 1943 Taxes Total of approximately $37,000 in 1943 taxes to Wilkes county was paid by the close of business on July 1, Mack Reavis, county ac countant, said today. This represents a large amount tf» jMrf^payme itj*^ Mrs. Mabel Smithey To Assist Agent In County Wilkes county board of coiqumssioners in session this week employed Mrs. Mabel Smithey to assist the home demonstration qgent in Wilkes county for the next six months. ' Mrs. Smithey will help es pecially with the food conserva tion program is essistlng and demonstrating the best methods ot canning, drying and other methods of conserving food to avert a se rious food shortage. Mrs. Bmithey, wliose home is near Wilkesboro, Is well qualified by training and experience to ren der valuable service In the capa city for which she has been em ployed. For several years she was supervisor of the WPA lunchroom project In the county. All members of the hoard were present lor the session held Tues day. ' Paul J. Vestal is chairman and the other members are F. D. Forester and M. F. Absber. 'Aa vrdsi ,w»8 passsd by 4)m -A*' wHStatr krtore in army inteUlgenee idUlvil^rs fei Iceland. Wilkes Men With The Colors Many Are Paying Wilkesboro Taxes Took 5 to 4 Decision Yester- dav From Methodist In Final Game of Half F. Jordan, clerk and treas- ot Tfce Town of Wilkesboro ■nten^ pre-pannent tax " fad on'of %''Atoc9ntit ♦tio mskb xH(f- Wllkesboro team won the first half championship in the churches’ softball league Wednesday even ing by defecting t.he Methodist five to four in one of the fastest g>jmes of the year. The game Wednesday was a playoff of'a rained out game and was the last of the first half for the teams participating. On Tuesday the Presbyterians defeated the Methodists 11 to 8 end Wilkesboro defeated the Bap tists 9‘to 5. Baptists end Presbyterians have one game to play in the first half and the outcome will decMe sec ond place standing for the first half. , The games today begin the second half schedule. ■V Marriage Licente' During the. t^'.week: licease were Isaii^ by Register of -Angiist 2nd Deeds C. C. Si^dm to two^e^-. g'dlseoiat 1 sad 1 ?,ples: Olin D-vight ComM Sail «nt; Mr. Jordan states. j Rachel Kate Hodges, of Vilas; . Y Warren E. Severt. Jefferson, and first fish appeared 600 mil- Hasel' Bumgarner, North ago, scientists estimate. Wilkesboro. ' ‘ Pvt. Vaughn Bauguss On Maneuvers Pvt. Vaughn Bauguess, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Bauguess, ot Lomax, has been transferred from Fort Beuning. Ga.. and is now on maneuvers somewhere in Tennessee. ^5 Assigned To Camp At Ogden, Utah Staff Sergeant George Smoai; and Sergeant M. G. Edwards, who returned to the army air base at Dayton, Ohio. Irst week for re assignment to duty, have been transferred to the army air base at Ogden, Utah. fes , Seaman Henry Smithey Home On Visit Seaman Henry Smithey arrived home this w'eek and is visiting Mrs. Smithey and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Smithey. Seaman Smithey has had the exciting ex perience of making several trips to foreign ports. HB He Pyt. James Allen Home Pvt. James Allen arrived yes terday to spend a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Allen. He is stationed at Fort Custer. Michigan. ^ to I® Ivey Moore In California Ivey Moore, a pharmacist mate In the navy, is now stetioned at a naval station on the California coast. He called home last night and reported that he was gettiing along fine. Poindexter Makes Big Liquor Haul 150 Cases and Truck Taken Tuesday Night; Tim Yates ' Is Placed Under Bond Sheriff C. G,- Poindexter on Tuesday night arrested Tim Yates and confiscated his truck and cargo of 150 cases of tax paid liquor. The seizure was made on high way 16 north of Millers Creek. Accompanying Sheriff Poindexter WPS Arlie Foster. Wilkesboro po liceman, who assisted in the seiz ure. Yates said that the liquor cost him $3,762.50, wholesale price. The truck, which was also confis- Wilkes county board ot com missioners In session Tuesday drew jurors tor the August term of superior court. * , Judge Jr Will Pleas, ot Marion, will preside over the court, which will be in session two weeks for i trial of criminal oases. Jurors were drawn for the term as fol lows: I First AA'eek R. E. Money, Edwards; D. C. Speaks, Traphlll; J. W. Moore. Wilkesboro: E. E. Douglass, Mul berry; Arthur Sparks, Rock J Creek; Marcus Mathis. Antioch; Grady F. Miller, Mulberry: James Q. Adams. Traphill; Robert Wal ters, Ttaphill; Joe Love, Antioch; Golden Roten. Union: David L. Nichols, Reddies River; D. C. Key. Jr., North Wilkesboro; B. P. Whittington, Lewis Fork; ‘A. C. Phillips, Tnaphill; J. D. Brino- gar, Traphill; J. W. Sheet.s Union; J. M. Whitley, Rock Creek; Dave Mink, Antioch; J. P. McCarter, Somers; A. J. Barker Traphill; Roscoe C. Miller. Wilkesboro; W. S. Key. Edwards; Wiley Miller. Mulberry; Lonnie G. Martin, New Castle; J. Q. Whit ley, Rock Creek; L. E. Rhoades, Rock Creek; C. G. Day. North Wilkesboro; J. W. Triplett, Mora vian Falls: Tyre Billings. Ed- cated, WPS a 1942 model Chevro-, T. let. well equipped, with an esti-, _ “ . ’ ... ... mated value of over $1,200. mak ’ S. Love. Antioch; E. M. turn. North Wilkesboro; Black- N. D. ing the total seizure approximate-, ^ way, Moravian Falls: M. C. Jones, ly $5,000. Yates was trjick and was alone. Yates filled bond for appear ance at the next term of Wilkes superior court. The liquor was stored by Sheriff Poindexter at the county jail atid will be turned over to thA county commissioners to be sold as the law provides, and the pro ceeds will go Into the school cur- roe rent expense fund. H. Wilkesboro; Lewis Taylor, Union: J. L. Eller, Edwards: Lawrence Anderson. Wilkesboro; E. J Woodruff, Rock Crehk: J. R. El ler, Reddies River; W.. E. Mc Carter, Somers. Second Week J. H. Stamper, Mulberry. Mon- Blllings, Walnut Grove; O. (gentry. Edwards; W. A. Tim Yates is a brother of Phil- Blackburn, Jobs Cabin; H. J. Up Yates, from whom about $40.- Spicer. Walnut Grove; W. Z 000 worth of tax paid liquor wes Sebastian, Mulberry; Nathan taken recently In a raid by SBI Barker. Wilkesboro; N. E. Gen- investlgatora' and state highway try, Edwards; W. V. Shumate, patrolman at his home near Pur-^ Mulberryr R. L. Eller, Lewis lear. (Continued on page seven) V ^ JSTAN^GS Thus. R. Sparks Last Rites Today Last rites were conducted to day at Riwhel .OMrCh for Thp.m^ Hansonr Fork; J. A. Bowlin, Union: E. R. Blackburn. Edwards: Silas Pop lin, Edwards: O. H. Vannoy. Union; W. J. Horton. Beaver Creek; P. H. Rhoades, North Wilkesboro; Hershel Baker. North Wilkesboro; J. Parks Robinson, yijicent. lViT*; WUkesboro . ..i 7 1 Baptist - 3 4, Pvesbvterijuis - 3 4 M^AodHbts Z,r 6. .■Rpsfis.«: . . era and one ghter:. W. B„ Robert f- India' red®®fid her cotton, 'acoi^- and S.'A. L. Sparks end Mrs. John Age from 2>.627,000 acres lost Wood, all of Roaring River. /.year to 18,716,000 acres^ this year, with more acre*, in food ■1.; An AfnarlcBlT' aviator, lost in the forced to esF gj'll^opper for food, eald tiUit 1^ crataaeat^'V:., A-y. . Vi' BUY MCMRE-WAR BCNfDf crops. f;-. Mr.'/Reavis saidv’ ajid the tentative rate of $1.38 per hundred dollars assessed valuation had not been set prior to that time. A discount of two per cent was allowed on payments through July 1. The discount on 1943 taxes paid on or before August 3 will be 1 1-2 per cent as the law pro vldes. V Father and Son New Readers Of Journal - Patriot ■N. ('ln.v .lohiison, of Xortli Wilkesboro route one, callerl at The .Journal-Patriot office Tue-sday and a.skel tliat Tlie Journal-Patriot be sent to his home for tlie roiiiiiiiz year. He roiiiiiig year. said he was getting tired*of be ing without the , news of the county. A few minutes later his fatti er. Dan B. Jolinson, also of I’oiite one, callel ami liad Tlo* Journal-Patriot sent to liis home for a year. V 50 Sheep Are Put h County J. B. Snipes, county agent, said today he was placing 5 9 purebred sheep in the county as breeding stock. The sheep are part of a ship ment brought to this state by J W. Thompson, a nrtive of Wilkes, from Wyoming, and are of the 'celebrated Remboullette-Columbi!' breed. Thirty of the sheep have been placed In Wilkes and others who desire to buy any for breeding purposes are asked to contact Mr. Snipes at once. ’ e Spsrtcs, jailor, was al lowed $4.00 per month for the use of his refrigerator for the jail in stead of ice purchases by the county. V- Mrs. D. C. Caudill Rites Wednesday Funeral service was held yes terday at Oak Ridge church for Mrs. Martha Alice Caudill, age 5S, wife of D. C. Caudill, of Rock Creek township. She died Tuesday at her home. Surviving Mrs. Caudill ore her husband and six sons and daugh ters; Mrs. C. N. Roope and Mrs. Preston Huynes, of Hays; Clay and Owen Caudill, who are in the army: Misse.s Pansy and Delle Caudill, of Hays. Revs. L. S. Blevins. Manley Byrd end D. H. Richardson con ducted the funeral service. V Rations Ray Hendren Member Executive Comnlittee Ray Hendren, for the past sev eral years rural letter carrier from Otlreath postoffice, was elected a member of the state ex ecutive committee of the North CacoliiMl Rural Letter Carriers' Association duning the convention held in Winston-Salem Sunday BLUE STAMPS— "(For canned, frozen and cer tain deh,vdrntei foods) For the six-day period be tween July 1-7 six blue pro- ces.sed fomi stumps will lie effee- tive. Blue stamps, K, L, M will remain valid until July 7. Stamps P, Q, become effec tive July 1 and remain no tm til August 7. COFFEE— stamp No. 21 in War Ratios Book One, good for one ponna of coffee,* became valid July t and Is good through July 21. GASOLINE— ••A” book conpoBS No. S goof for three gallons each and must laet tin Jnly 21. RED STAMPS— (For meat prodnrta, canned fish, most etUble ofls and chees es). Red stanpe p, Q, r, S become effective oa the following datee and are good throngh July SI —P, June *7; Q. Jnly 4; R. Jnljr 11; S. July 18. .T In'^TnrJlntlo* ■ ..r »-4