Employment Service
Taking Job Offers
To the People
North Wilkesboro branch
of the U. S. Employment
Service is goinir out into the
**higk^ays and hedges’* af
ter labw to fill local de
mands and other needs for
essential workers.
t The five counties served by the
. local office were designated as a
test area for a recruiting cam-.
paign to carry job offers to those '
not now employed on essential
Jobs or engiaged in agriculture.
The counties are Wilkes, Alex
ander, Watauga, Ashe and Alle
ghany.
In all counties except Wilkes
•, the interviewers from the em
ployment service have already be
gun their itinenary of visits to
community centers. There they
talk with neighborhood leaders
and learn the names and locations
of people who ere not working.
Next the interviewers visit the
' i^e people with a list of job open
ings and ascertain if they are
rilling to accept a job within the
elsewhere.
I'fc. I'aui c. Steele, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Steele, of
Boomer, is now with aa armor
ed division near Nashville,
I'enn. Pfc. Steele entered the
service on November 21, 1042.
Man Is KiHed
By Lightning
On Tuesday
By J. B. SNIPES, County Agent
Lumber is a critical
material. It is now urgent
ly needed for war purposes.
Many sawmills throughout
North Carolina are now idle
due to shortage of labor and
logs. Farmers are being
asked to help in meeting the
shortage. We believe that
the farmers of Wilkes coun
ty can (ie]p and will be ren
dering a patriotic service in
Otto Parlier Is Killed to get out sawlogs.
Several sawmill operators
scattered over Wilkes county
Instantly In Kitchen
Of His Home
t« tneir
muads on Monday, August 2.
Mrs. Kathryn Ix>tt, manager of
the employment office here said.
Otto Parlier, age 34, was
instantly killed Tuesday
evening when lightning
struck his home on the
Brushles in the Pores Knob
community.
Mr. Parlier was. In the kitchen
and-.»j
instantly 'kified by
as
lightning.
Mrs. Parlier and four children
were shocked by the lightning but
Thousands of pamphlets read-| were not seriously injured.
Ing as follows are being distribnt- The small residence was badly
ed: ■ dtimaged. Rafters were pulled
"Every nuan, woman, boy or upward from the plates of the
girl is needed in war work—here | house and many boards on the
at home or elsewhere. If yon want ^ outside were torn from the build-
work
I
a regular job or can work part
time, write this office at the ad
dress indicated below, or better
still, come in to .see us. You’re
needed now. .=?o don't delay. Our
boys are willing to die for our
country. Are you willing to
work?”
have already expressed a willing
ness to buy the farmers’ Ipgs
either in truckload lots placed be
side the road where they can be
loaded, delivered to sawmills, or
assembled in groups large enough
to justify moving in a sawmill.
The sawmills of Wilkes county
are largely of the groundmill
type, moving from one tract of
timber to another, usually cutting
II set. Many of these mill#’
I are operated seasonally by farm-
•ers; many others are idle now due
I to lack of labor for cutUng logs.
Many of our farmers do not have
largo amounts of timber for sale.
Yet there are many places in
which a sawmill can be operated
on^ a community basis by each
I farmer cutting a few trees—1,-
IQOO, 5,000 or 10,000 board feet—
' and delivering theUogs to a cen
tral point where a mill might be
Pvt. Boy O. (Buck) Jones,
a former . WlUces county , boy,
son of Mrs. J. M. Jone* and
brother'of Mrs. Travis Eller,
both of Puriear, this week sent
them a poem he composed, by
way of telling WUkes friends
how it feels to bail out of a
plane as a Paratrooper. Pvt.
Jones is stationed with ttie
parachute infantry' at Camp Al
liance, Nebraska. His wife, the
former Miss Willie Ma« Coffey,
is making her home with her
parents in Ijenoir. “Buck” says
his “true love is made from
400 silk stockings,” meaning his
’chute. See page eight in
this newspaper.
Hunts Stills;
Fire of undetermined ori
gin extensively damaged the
$30,000 stock of Tal J.
Pearson.’s wholesale store on
Tenth street Wednesday
morning about three o’clock.
The fire, one of the most disas
trous hi North Wilkesboro In
many months, started on the top
floor of the building, which was
engulfed in flames when, discov
ered.
Firemen accomplished excellent
results in holding the fire to the
top floor trea and extinguishing
the flames without spread to oth
er buildings. ■
Merchandise on the top floor of
the Tal J. Pearson store was com
pletely destroyed and water dam
age on the street floor and in the
basement was heavy with much
merchandise being a total loss.
Water also damaged the stock
of merchandise in I. E. Pearson’s
wholesale store next door. Dam-
Rev. Finley O. Watts, wMely
known Baptist minister, who
(Bed Tuesday afternoon at his
home near Porlear,
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S*lva||fe Tin Cans and
Call The Forester
Beverage Co.
Reverend
F. C. Watts
Succumbs
Wilke* county salvage
committee has been instruct
ed the state salvage or
ganisation to put on a tin
salvage campaign at once.
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes salvage
chairman, said the need for tin
is great and asked the coopera-
Well Known Baptist
Minister Taken
By Death
Rev. Finley C. Watts, age 49,
one of northwestern North Caro
lina’s best known Baptist minis
ters, died Tuesday afternoon, 4:30
o’clock, at his home near Puriear.
He had been ill since April and
age to Markdown Furniture com-, critically ill for the past several
pany on the other side of Tal J.
r
d. 8. Alcohol tAX 'unit
Investigator, \^nt out hunting
sttHs near Ferguson Tuesdsy
and fonhd rattlesnakes.
While going along a forest
trail, Mr. Felts saw a big rattler
about ten feet ahead. He stop
ped and started looking for
sometliing to iLse as a weapon
in killing tlie rattler. The
snake turned and started toward
the officer, who then thou^t
OB BESIEGES
ASCISTS IN
MILAN RIOTS
ing.
Mr. Pt rlier. a son of G. C. and
Emma Moore Parlier, is survived , , , , , , i • , , , »
by his wife. Mrs. Minnie Lee | ^ lew spare days between | of his 38-«Rbre revolver. A
Baitv Parlier. and four children. "
Funeral service was held today i to
ten a. m., at New Hope church ' and help in winning this war
Rev. Pervis Parks ' anerrlier peace.
' Every neighborhood leader
Pearson’s store was neglible
i.| Loss of merchandise by the Tal
3. Pearson firm was only partial
ly covered by insurance. Damage
to the building, owned by Mrs.
Hamp' Pearson and heirs, and
damage to the I. E. Pearson stock
of merchandise was covered by
inaupance.
Mr.'Tal Pearson stated today
that his store here will reopen for
business when damage to the
building is repaired and when sal
vage work of the remaining mer-
chpndise is completed.
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ne-^r Gilreatli.
conducted the service.
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Bern, Switzerland.—Fas-.
cists armed with automatic '
rifles, machine guns and
hand grenades stood siege in ^
the plant of Benito Mussoli-;
Orchardists
Plan Picnic
For Aug. 19
Plans are about complete
ni's newspaper Popolo D’lta* for the annual Brushy 'Mounr
lie of Milan last night while tain Fruity Growers picnic,
troops in armored cars, tanas 'Which will be held this year
and in the streets and win- J at Perry Lowe’s near Kilby’s
Ci.n
help in organizing a "Sawlog for
War Program" in his or her com
munity. Vi'e are asking every
farmer who is willing and can
cut a tew logs on hi .shwn land or
who is willing to aid his neighbors
in cutting logs to' report to the
county agent’s office. ' We will
then endeavor to help you in
getting a community sawmill lo
cated In your neighborhood.
We are asking all the lumber
men in Wilkes county, whether
they operate a stationary or por
table mill, to cooperate In getting
out these logs cut by farmers. In
areos where there are no station
ary mills located we want every
portable sawmill operator who
can arrange to set up a mill at a
tommunty center where as much
well dinH^ted .shot at the
rattler's head .struck the rattler
in the back of the head and the
battle was won.
That rattler was four feet and
eight inches in length and had
ten rattles.
A half mile farther up tlie
trail 3Ir. Felts ran up with
another rattler, measuring four
feet and four ind-es and with
13 rattles. He killed it with
a shot in the head from his .38.
On the way back to where he
found the first rattler he heard
mother rattler giving its warn-
WILKES PRIVATE
IS KILLED IN AN
AUTO WRECK
Pvt. Glennie T. Cox, 35, of the
U. S. Array, was killed in an ■au
tomobile accident Tuesday ne: r
i Yuma. Arizona, where he had
j bten stationed several months, ac
cording to .a message to his wife
■from his commanding officer. An-
[drew C. Yaaf. No details were
given. He was a son of Mrs. J.
L. Cox and the late Mrs. Cox of
iTi'pphill route one.
weeks.
During his ministerial career
which included a quarter of a cen-,
tury Rev. Mr. Watts served 201
churches In Wilkes and other |
counties in this part of the state |
and was an outstanding leader in '
the Baptist denomination In the'
northwest counties.
He was born April 23, 1894, e
son of the late Manley Watts and
Mrs. Alice Yates Watts, of Pur
iear. He attended the public
schools of Wilkes and Boone high
LChool. He entered the ministry
25 years ago rnd preached his j
first sermon at his home church.
New Hope, near his home. His
last sermon was at Puriear Bap- .
tist church, also in his home com-'
munity, on April 11 this year
tion of all the people in making
the campaign a success.
Until now local people had no
outlet for tin cans, even when
prepared according to Instruc
tions, but arrangements now have
been made tor collection of the
tin cans in the Wllkesboros.
Forester Beverage company, of
which N. S. Forester, Jr., is pro
prietor, has agreed to collect the
tin cans when properly prepared,
in the Wllkesboros.
Both ends should be cut from
the can and the ends thus cut out
should then be placed inside the
can. The next step is to flatten
the tin by stepping on it.' The
flattened tins should be placed In
a cardboard box for easy handl
ing."
- C*tt*^*tW"T0re8ter Bevierage
company and a truck will pick up
the cans.
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SIX SICILIAN
TOWNS TAKEN
BY AMERICANS
Allied Headquarters in North
Africa.—Six more important Sici
lian towns and a host of villages
have fallen to American columns
driving irresistibly against, the
.. r,r newly-fortified flank of the Ger-
Churches which Rev. Mr, Watts , stefano, it
served as pastor included the tol-, announced yesterdry as Hitler
lo-wing: New Hope, Pleasant big ,,est troops
Home, Big Iveyr Bethel. Oak- ^ chance'of keeping Italy in
woods, Bethany, Harmony and
Puriear in Wilkes; Little River i pgfaiu—90 miles west of Mes-
and Mount Olive in Alexan^r: captured Monday by
Three Forks. Middle Fork, Oak George S. Patton, Jr.’s
"Vera Brown Cox; an I
Grove, Willowdale. Stony Fork
•and Bethany, which he served for
19 years, in Watauga county:
Mount Calvary, Newland. Elk Val
Inc near the trail bnt he had, i _ , . ,
enough rattlers for one day and ^er, Betty Jean; his mo
did not stop'to investigate. Mr. brothers, Hilary Cox, Elkin, and
Felt's brought the l»nte reptiles Alvin Cox, Traphill.
here as evidence that he was The remains will be brongh to
not just telling snake tales. Traphill for funeral and burial.
surviving are his ^^dow.J^rs.j^^^ and Montezuma in Avery
two
Old-Fields in Ashe conn-
county;
Ur-
Rev. Mr.
29, 1921, marriea w'^s jiuh
"lockturn. of Walsh. Mrs. ^tts additlowal occn-
and five children survive. They
Wrtts on December
married Miss Bffie
hard-fisted Infantry and armored
crews, and became a new north
coast base for the advance on San
SUfano, 17 miles away.
A belated official announce
ment also said the Americans had
taken the inland communication
points of Collesano, Petralia. Cal-
dow* of btiUding* fired upon Gap on Thursday, August)as 40,000 to 50,000 or more
19th, beginning at 10:30 in'board*teet of logs can be assem-
the morning.
em.
king refugee from crowds
■':; ;''»Jiich shouted lor their death, the
Fascists took refuge in the marbls
^ lAilding of Popolo d’ltslia, taking
with them as hostages women and
cbildren, seized in their flight,
border reports said.
Barricading themselves, the
fktscis* aUrted firing at the
erowd and dropped bombs on
theih. causliig many casualties. ,
Troops arrived and returned the
lire,' reports said, and as the
crowd dispersed under'a hall of
bullets armored cars and whijiiiet
tanks rumbled to the scene.
Crews of. the vehicles aimed
This yearly meeting of Fruit
Growers combines not only the
pleasure of the outdoors picnic!
with its exchange of experiences
and ideas bat also furnishes an .
assembly for the extension ser-'
vice to serve wjth speakers and
information to help the fruit
growers with their problems. |
I Dr. L. D. Baver, director of the i
Experiment Station, has been se- ^
bled, to contact the county agent.
We can help you 'work out the
plan for buying these logs on the
basis of log scale, lumber tally, or
[any other basis agreeable to both
the farmers and the mill operator.
Wilkes county has the service
of Mr. M. B. Bryan, farm fores
ter, who can help you In organiz
ing a "Sawlog for War Program’’
in your community and in gettln.g
a sawmill set up on a community
basis.
Minister, Age 81,
Drives 50 Miles,
Does Day's Work
cured as guest speaker and M. E.
Gardner, head of the State Horti-1 H.4R\'EST YOUR
culture department, H. R. Nls- ^ TIMBER WISELY—
wonger. In charge of Horticultural i Cut your timber with an eye to
Extension, and Carl E. VanDe- the future. We will need enor-
Rev. D. J. White, a retired
Methodist minister who makes bis
home in the Ronda community,
put in a full day yesterday despite
his 81 years.
Walking with only a slight
are Alice Dare, Clare Lee, Finley
Olay, Victor and Earl Watts, all
of Furlear. Also surviving are h!r
mother. Mrs. Alice Watts, of Pur
leer, two brothers. Lester and
Reuben Watts, both of Taylors
ville. and two sisters, Mrs. John
T. Vrnnoy and Mrs. Edd Hayes,
both of Puriear.
After attending Boone high
school and prior to entering the
In
representing an additlowal
pled area of more than 200 square
miles.
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Rations
one day?’’ ministry, Mr. taught
His patriotic answer ■was—“To gchbels of Wilkes for « few years,
save gasoline.’’ j , Rev. Mr. Watts "was known for
Incidentally, the father of Rev. Ibis consecrated Christian life and
Mr. White, wW wSs f’red White.' for his almost Incessant
lived to the age of 82. Notwlth- ‘ terlal activities over’ a
minis
wide arer
North Carolina.
wa.».uR ,„.wrd standing the fact that he attend- in northwestern North Carolina,
stoop, the aged minister looked, ^ * nine days In hu'a#' w«* '» lorcelal speaker and
after several business matters^ an/two years, he hadt^w, in demand for revival cam-
offlc,e to
?h!.*'wnkes^ro8 Including a call I years, ne nao iTaan _ , , u t
the WilkesboT08,^lncludIng^a^aU | ^ ^ in
BLUE STAMPS—
(For eaimed, frosew and ee*
tMh, dehydrated foods)
Stamps N, P, Q, beeame *^r--
•tvw July 1 and remafai ao em
to August T.
COFFEE—
RATION-FREE
at The
renew his subscription.
And because he did not want to
i tkefy cannon nt the bailding but man, in charge of the Apple Ee-lmous quantities of lumber after waste'part of a day, he went back
5r- jreiw ordered to bold their fire ggarch Laboratory at Kilby’s Gap, the war Is won. Don’t cut your jjy way of the Somers communltt'*
will also be beard.
It is desirable
mJke plans for
ahead of time;
anythtOf but smaller weapons
^ for fsdr of killing the women and
oMMren..
W*- - Trying to placate tha crowd,
S .*‘^s FasolsU threw a prominent
named Bonoml from the
^B^ftoor, dispatches said, and the pasengers
^ )^^d, rushing into the tone of gas rationing may be patrlotieal-
- lire, inattlod him to teath. ly adhered to.
" ’ '''ll - -V ^ I All fruit growers in the dls-
RcJieved t^ot are cordially Invited to aL
■s-. tend, bringing their own basket
V > Of One OrA Report dinner.
;10r ^ ^ ■ j In case of a rainy day the meet-
Loenl OPA offlclals today an- ’ ing will be held at the ^nai;^
that It If , no .jI(iMer,uFa!l8 Commnx^tyHoWfc^
■ tJ?^Je{^^ coaSii||te'#PO(BE*ni^i^Hi^,
woodland destructively; leave it
that growers'in condition to produce another
transportation timber harvest in a few years and
netgbborA and provide a steady income. A good
friends sharing cars and uppor- plan Is to harvest all iupture.
tlonlng the gas among the soverel, marketable trees and thin the
so that the spirit of [dense young stands in such a way
that the remaftaing trees will
make more rapid growth. Re
member that a thrifty growing 10
to 12-lnch tree will double In vol
ume in ten jrears. Destructive
cutting is not necessary to meet
the present emergency.
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Tfinidad goramawnt mil-
"w
-r. .--.-v
■ -xv'
in souther^tem Wilkes to see
some people and then bailed to
see his family physician at Brooks
Cross Roads.. ..
How did hs travel? [[
Pe drbve his automobile.
Rev. Mr. 'White walks wlthop*
a eane', he Is physioslly In. good
shape,- and. he dc-ea not wear
glaasss. s^ongh hn speuda mneh
ttaie reading the -Bible and his
newspapers. ' ■
When he left home Wednesday
morning hlr4aughiter asked whOfs
be was’gotag and what he lntend-
cite by mem(»T the entire New tke Baptist denomination
>' Although .he was no* | Funerarservioes wore h^ this
Testament,
an ordained minister, he helped
to organize many Sunday sAoel8.
*He could preach a bettor sermpr’
that I could any day,” his 8i-yefT
old son said here yesterday.
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.Soon to Leave ^
Rev.' Ben F. iSvIniprtonn, Wbo
br.s’ nnomlzed mmiy Smidny.
Mhpols in NortbWMtem ifektb
.. rWHWg, M mlmieiMry for
% .^inerlewi ganday i^tiool =tiriort '
'wIR tonire ln*»nHy fall, fo*
Ogeelchr, OMoendo. ^ Rev. MTv
Llvtagatone is Ming timnsfetTsd
liio Sr Idgber nltitnd* Mmnwe of
hl«,>enW Ho iHnud*
wl>o BMPfaS timi he is
afternoon at New Hope 'Baptist
ehnrch in the presence of a large
crowd. ROT..S. L. Watto, paator,
was asalited ft'the service by Re”
a. V. B"mgiamer, ot Taylorsville.
Interment was in New Hope eem**
tery.;.
;>
■t'* '-' ' a ,
J* $moe» l«
S* S.. SuonrinteticifMt
fall, foiriT'*,' B. „«uipes. oonnfa ngent
tiy» Vin*jMe4bodtoh
daw schoid at the gasrterly con-
fe(«a«e heW Iasi night. B*
■nnirrih W. K. BdbUeg, whe-
—*tb h*«'f'HuUr,-mm?ed *• Bhfc-
gasoune—
”A” hook eonpoBs No. W good
tmf ttaee gaUons eoeh nnd main
mai M November 21.
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