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IDAY, Aua 28, im
llJOltttMi
Extra
MILLER,.,
^
:rs in service
iPii
Term
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X3
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*5i'l
Called
Special Term Called
For Trials Lentz
and Scott
Pvt. Earl I. Miller, left, entered service with th^
National Guard company here in 1940 and has been in
North Africa for the past eight mpnths. Pvt. James L.
Miller, right, is in the medical corps and is stationed at
Camp Ellis, 111. They are sons of Mr. and Mrs. H. B.
Miller, of North Wilkesboro.
Raleigh. — Gov. Brough
ton ordered a special term
of Wilkes county superior
court to be held the week
beginning September 13 “in
order to expedite the trial of
the cases involving Lt. W. B.
Lent? of the state highway
patrol and Guy Scott of the
State Bureau of Investiga
tion.
The Governor &..digned Judge
R. Hunt Parker of Roanoke Rap
ids as presiding judge for the
special term.
The Wilkes county grand jury
recently indicted Scott and Lent*
on charges of larceny, receiving
lor, and violation of the prqU-i
bttioa laws. Speeifieafiy tin two
warn aReged f9 1mt$ taken 9^
cases of whisky from the more
than 400 cases captured in a raid
in Wilkes county June 1.
Governor Broughton, in a for
mal statement, said that he had
ordered that the Wilkes grand jury
be summoned, in connection with
the onJe for a special court term,
“to the end that any additional
phases or incidents in connection
with the seizure of large quanti
ties of liquor illegally held and
transported might be investigat
ed, together with any other pertin
ent or appropriate matters, if in
the opinion of the presiding judge
such investigation is needed.”
SPECLAL VEXTRE—
The Governor also said that “in
gjjk.view of the local situation” it had
*!been agreed between the state so
licitor and counsel for the de
fense “in these two particular
cases" that a special venire of
jurors from an adjacent county
will be drawn for the trial.
The Governor said further:
“It is anticipated that the case
of Phil Yates, defendant in whose
possession or on whose premises
the large quantity of liquor was
found, will likewise be tried at
this special term of court. In the
meantime. I have requested At
torney General McMullan, whose
Slate Bureau of Investigation, and
department has supervision of the
State Bureau of Investigation,
and Commissioner of Motor Ve
hicles T. Boddie Ward, whose de-
partntent has supervision of the
Highway patrol, to continue their
Investigation of these cases as af
fecting these respective depart-*
ments.
‘‘The Illegal transportation of
liquor over the highways of the
state and the concentration of
such liquor in any county with a
view to or for the purpose of such
transportation over the highways
are matters properly coming under
the surveillance of the State High
way patrol and justifying the as
sistance of representatives of the
State Bureau of Investigation
where such investigation Is re
quested by proper authorities. I
have instructed the Highway' pa
trol to use every diligence to pre
vent the use of the highways for
such Illegal transportation, and
■'this policy will be continued.
iNSisrrs orr dibcipI/Ine—
N V “It foes without saying that
* Bpon esUblishad or proven guilt
on the part of any officer of the
Hlgh*»y patrol or the SBI of any
Illegal or even Improper conduct
in respect to seiiures of Illegal
jl^nora, or otherwise, such officer
Is Sergeant Now
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Mrs. Taylor
Case Worker
For Welfare
Former Secretary Of
Red Cross Gets
Position
Charles C. McNeill,
Superintendent Public Wel-
fore, has announced that
Wilkes County Wi
More
and
Towns
les Are
id
Driving i
mg strong;!
tance, the
terday caf
60 towns
weat of K1
the flour
Zenkov, toij
farthest wes
offensive.
Kenkov, a
pie, is 84 mile
Kharkov and
souttawast of
Red Army stsr^
mer attack.
Desperate; t||
fter smash-
resis-
Army yea-
more than
ges north-
including
cented of
a new
it in their
at 11,000 peo-
l-nortbwest of
miles west-
where the
great Sum-
the.
Wed. om
{Mip base of
Sgt. Roy Bamgamer.'eon of
Mr. and Mi^ Lundj' Bumgarner,
of Wilkesboro route one, lias
been promoted from corporal
to sergeant. He has been in the
service since November 18,
194SS. He U stationed at Camp
.Adair, Oregon.
Double
Parking
Tickets
fiflg, ml
Martha Taylor, formerly of {east-northeast
Oxford, to fill the vacancy
as case worker created by
the resignation of Mrs. Clara
Calloway, who resigned ef
fective July 1st.
Mrs. Taylor comes to the Wel-
r-re Department with r*.n ;niusurtl
of
tyrka, as miles
genkov, bad
* changed hands seVeral times since
■ kgronhd of training and ex-
iencK having served as Super
intendent of Public Welfare in
Police to Begin Issu
ing Tickets Next
Monday
Us capture Aug. il, until It was
finally won yesterday by storm.
The Germans bad claimed that
they had surrounded the Russians
at Kkhtyrk. *
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Police here will begin on
.'loiiOay, .August aU; issuing
tickets for double parking.
The double parking habit
here has beieoine a nuisance.
Police Chief F. E. Walker said,
and the polire department has
instruction from Mayor R. T.
>Ir\ieI to begin issuing tidkets
to those who violate the double
parking ordinance.
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City Schools Will
Open On Monday
will be ptomytly dismissed from
„i ||( M and prosecuted where the
^(g'jnstlfy ettch prosecution
."The officers Involved In the
p^dtag actio* have long record*
^■sTo^eni^Hiny
fOonttaned on paglt eight)
North Wilkesborc schools will
open the 1943 44 term on Mon-
Granville county for a period of
h,' ; y-'cri and. more recently, as
I r- -'cmive Secretar- to the Wilkes
C- ;niy Chapter of the American
1 Rtd Cross, where she had been
{employed for the past seven
I mouths. Mrs. Taylor received her
rolleg-' training In private "chools
1 oth 'n the North and South. She
recei'-jd her special training in
j ‘ "ial work at the I'niversity of
Carolina. Mrs. Taylor re-!
signed her work with the Red 1
Cross, effective August 15, and
.'“e experts to begin her employ
ment with the County Welfare
11'pai'traent on September 1. She
is. at present, spending a few
r'-ys v*sitlng relatives and friends
i" Oxford.
All membys of the Welfare
Board, Dr. P. J. Brame, chairman.
Dr. J. G. Bentley, and F. C. John-
n, were present. Forty-three
cases were presented to the Board
rharle.s C. McNeill, Superin
tendent of Public Welfare, and the
' se Workers, Mrs. Inez Bowles,
Mrs. Vera Casey, and Mrs. W. R.
.Absher.
The department announced
public assistance expenditures
Grocers To
Have Half
Holiday
The following grocery stores
of North Wilkesboro h*ve
agreed to remain closed on AVed-
iiesday afternoons the year
’round witli the exception oi
the month of December. This
is in line with action taken by
detmrtment stores last xyook:
Dixie Home Store, Moore's
•Xlarket, 1. f. Foster, (i. P.
Store, I. H. McNeill & Sons,
Koy S. Reins, Kash and Karry.
Miller A Long, R. £ O. Oroceiy,
Commantty Store, Hmithey’s
Service Station.
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day morning, August 30. The for the month of August as fol-
facuity list is complete and every- Jows:
thing is in readiness for thi open- Number receiving old age us
ing. » I (Continued on page eight)
Publishing Court Calendar
Saves County Much Money
,20,000 Pomds On
Hand; Is Bruised
Other Interesting Gleanings Of The Journal-
Patriot’s Special Reporter Gathered
From Community and Countv
Publication of tlse" criminal court calendars, a
move
inaugurated by Solicitor Avelon E. Hall, is, and has been,
for the past several years, paying dividends to the county
in the way of saving in pasrment of jury fees. These fig
ures, in round numbers, were given us recently by Clerk
of Court Charlie C. Hayes, and they represent a compari
son of the cost of^ jjnry ^s at August teim's of courts be
fore and after .ptdwcjliidw c^^the criminarcouit'"'eabndiur
in The JonmalyPiltritiOiCa^. H^fe they sure: August term,
1933--;|2,5(ierAti^ Wh 1934-4L800; AuguH term,
’ “ I Pfcgii 'nmr» '
Cecil Kilby, employe of
the Wilkes Hosiery Mills
Company, this city, is be
ing referred to as some
what of a “superman” this
week.
Monday, while in the
act of placing a block un
der a wheel of one of the
large E. T. & W. N. C.
trucks, the truck slipped
backwsurd and passed over
Mr. Kilby's right kand.
Although the weight of
the loaded truck was ap
proximately ‘ 20,(KW lbs.,
X-ray, pictures disclosed
no lwdcen bories ■ only a
bad bruise.
Cecil is on Um job as
usual. 'The rUfht hsindt
is resting te a sling how
ever. , ■■ t'-
j-y-
' fOeki&aM zte Piike
Millers Creek Home,
Clob Plans a Picnie
The Millers Creek Hon^ Deii»-
onstration clutf will meet Satur
day, August It, at PrlfBdahlp,
church OB Uii tswil tor a com-,
munlty plcalc. Pteam hrlag a
basket; The lime is o'clock.:
-AB the eom'mnnity.rts Invited to
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RECEIVES PURPLE HEART,AWARD
Pfc.'Brice D. Johnston Is shown here in an army hos
pital hed in North Africa as he was being awarded the
'purple heart signifying that he was wounded in action.
CoL Johnston H/ Sturgeon is the officer pinning the
Purple Hesurt award on Pfc. Johnston, who had received
a leg wound. Pfc. Johnson’s wife, the former Miss Vir
ginia Anderson, and their son make theic home with
Mrs. Johnston’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. ^derson,
of North Wilkesboro route two.
61 Stoves
For Wilkes
To Sept 30
In Texas
Siriall Quota of Stoves
Is Allowed Under
Rationing
Wilkes county has been
given s .quota of Hily 61
^ tfpcf ^ ihe is^'
Third War Loan Drive
Will Open On
' Sept.' 9th
W, D. Halfacre, war loan
chairman for Wilkes county,
said ioday that the campaign
to sell the. county’s quota of
$1,169,000 in war bonds
will A^iclally open on Sep-
ten^ter 9.
“As liOUg As They’re Dying
You Can’t Stop Buying" is one of
the slogans of the third war loan
drive, which is to raise fifteen
billion dollars by sale of govern
ment securities in the nation.
Mr. Halfacre, who successfully
led the first and second war loan
drives. In AVllkes far above the set
agotas, bat appointed Mrs. P. W.
«Iman as publicity chairman.
!^..-0«!4oa...irtekD laaA.Ites.
ciah.
Beginning August 24, six types,
of stoves are rationed, and quo
tas have teen fixed for each ra
tioning board area.
The combined totals for both
raConing board areas in Wilkes
are as follows: coal and wood
cooking stoves, 36; gas cooking
stoves, 0; oil cooking stoves, 3,
coal and wood heating stoves, 21;
gas healing stoves, 0; oil heating
stoves, 1. *
Rationing board offices have
application blanks for those who ^
wish to purchase stoves. The
blanks may be obtained by pros
pective customers and each blank '
has a space for the dealer to cer- :
tify the condition of the old stove
which the customer has been us
ing.
The fuel oil panel of the ra
tioning boards will meet once
each week to pass on applications.
Certificates cannot be issued in
excess of the quotas set the vari
ous rationing boards.
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•Pvt. Warner B«itoii retnrn-
ed recently to Camp Barkley,
Texas, after spending his fur
lough with tafs mother, Mrs.
‘Branson Benton, of Pnilear,
Urging Big
Crop Grain
Be Planted
Kin4iergarten Will
Open September 13
Mrs. J. L. Clements' kinder
garten classes will open on Mon
day, September 13.
Mrs. Clem«ht8. 'Fhq for several
Prepare Land Now
For Sowing Of
Grain
Farmers should plow land now
for wheat seeding this fall, J. B.
Snipes. Wilkes county agent, ad
vises.
There will be no restrictions oi:
the size of small grain crops' and
farmers are urged to sow all they
possibly can this fall.
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Iteinwxj-
Akd'yisns are to coatset every
home. The same plaO will be fol
lowed in Wilkesboro, Roaring
River and Ronda when the organi
zation Is completed.
The quota of $1,169,000 for
Wilkes is to be raised through
sale of bonds to individuals, com
panies and corporations. Bank
purchases cannot be included.
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$55,000 Collected
In Taxes For 1943
Good Record Made In Pre
payment of 1943 Taxes to
Wilkes Accountant
J. Mack Reavis, county ac
countant. said today that pre
payment of 194 3 taxes has passed
the $55,000 mark.
This represents a new high In
recent years for early tax pay
ments.
Those who pay their 1943 coun
ty taxes on or before September 1
will receive a discount of one and
one-half per cent. Prepayment of
1943 taxes is made at the county
accountant’s office.
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Mlss Gray Greene left Tuesday
The county agent advises that! for Barium Springs where she
farmers begin now plowing and
years has very successfully taught {preparing land for fall seeding
kindergarten classes, Is expecUns and that they seed thpir wheat in
a large enrollment of children and October for best results,
parents wishing to enroll their I Plowing now will allow tin
children are asked to see Mrs. land to settle and wheat will get a
Clements at once.
(Continued on page eight)
Sgt. Lawrence Is
Solomons Veteran
will again be an instructor lu mu
sic this year at the ‘ Presbyterian
Orphanage located there.
Ratioiis
WiKe# Man Spent Four Months On Front
AVainst Japs; LandedLOn Guadalcanal *
During Big Naval and Land Battles
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Sgt. Grant Lawrence, after 17
months tonign service whidi
iBGlnded fighting the Japs on
GnadalcanaL is enjoying 80-
days fnrioai^ at his home in
sonthern Wilkes.
Sgt. Lawrence, a ^ of Rev.
and Mn.' W. F. Lawrence, of
Union Grove, was sent to Aus-
trUin spon niter outbreak ot
the war. . ‘
With ft«*t field *»tlU€*y
unit# rant to Gundaieaaid in
NToveteber he received his 'bap
tism oi fire.
Hta group was initiated into
combat aervloe In M rpMsC of
.the ureal nnvjR'hnttle fon||it tn
Hie^Solomons aran hi Xovem-^
Sgt,
Lnwrenco andlUto ofew was at
tacked % hotftiteB 4nd
tnraten a* the tioopn
landing. It was a hot time that
day and Bight with bxmilis from
Jap planes and big shells from
navid ships.
Sgt. Lawrence q[>ent four
months on tee Guadalcanal
Iraiit. -
Food there was not so bad,
he said, bnt the trb^ dMht
get mail often enonsh. And ^
"when tee mdl did arrive nnd
those who had not heart from
home - and loved ones repni'
f^ bntey. - H
, Whte the Japs werb eUmteai-
ed from' Gnadalcnnnl Sgt. l$nra-
rtame was one of aereiaj in W*
outfit who were retnraeid to tee
States to twin other soi®e$n to
IMe pctnal etmilint.
At tee etol of his Itote ^
Umreneo wiR report %nrl to *
r on. tito West coasA^
BLUE STAMPS—
(For canned, frozen and ce»
tain dehydrated foods).
Blue stamps B. 8. and T, be
came valid August 1 and will
, he good through September 7.
RED STAMPS—
(For meat products, canned
fish, most edible otei and chees
es). t
Red stamps T,'U, V, and W,
will remain valid through Ang-
ust 81.
Bed stonqi X became valid
Aug. S» iwd is good until Ort.
2. T will be valid August 2P
and Z'oB September 8 pnd wOi •
be v)^ October 2.
for terw gallons each and mnto
late till November $4.
p. 18 Stomp k| War Ibdton
jBoalt One jpart ter-one pair , ;
thitegb OctMo fiu. >•
iteSdA temme today imd
ia>«nnd tedii^ Kiinnmbir*- '
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