Sales First Two Days
Amounted To •
$147,500
Sales of war bonds during
the first two days of the
Third War Loan campaign
amounted to $147,500, W.
D. Halfacre, chairman, said
today.'
Mr. Halfacre said, this was a
good beginning, but is only a be
ginning and is far from the quota
of SI.169.000 set for Wilkes coun
ty by the Treasury Department.
Today block leaders under di
rection of Mrs. Rdd flardner arid
Mrs. Gordon thnley began their
house to house canvass in North
Wilke.sboro. They will call at
each home and explain the pur
pose of the Third War Loan Cam
paign and the types of bonds and
other securities offered.
The block leaders will take sub-
icriptions for bonds, give receipts
sM the bonds will be mailed to
the purchasers.
'^Whlle the war news now is
fj^uraglng no one should get
the idea that the war is over”,
Mr. Halfacre said in discussing the
campaign. “The Allies are now
on the offensive, and offensive op
erations are at great cost in men
and money. The quicker we raise
this money, and the better we
back the attack, the sooner the
war will be over.”
Every day that the war can he
shortened meai:s more men will
return to their homes and their
lives will not have to be sacrificed.
People in this city who ore call
ed on by the block leaders are
asked to receive them kindly and
if possible to place orders for
boiiils. Theoe Mock leaders are
giving of their time and tfforts to
this patriotic cause ond deserve
'^t^the support and cooperation of the
public.
Hoey Is Heard By
LargeNumberMen
It'i Important for servicemen and
wom«n to be able to identify friend
ly and enemy ships. These WAVES
are learning to classify a vessel by
its ontlines and salient features at
Hunter college in New York, where
the girls arc conditioned to navy
military ngime.
Bond Drive
Launched In
City School
Officers Of Student
Body Urge All
Buy Bonds
Former Governor Taught
Sunday School Lesson
Here Sunday
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Former Governor Clyde li.
Hoey, of Shelby, came to the city
Sunday morning to teach the
Sunday school lesson and lecture
to a large body of men ot the
First Methodist church. Mem
bers of the Bible classes of the
Prasbyterlan and Baptist churches
' of the dty attended the meeiiu!;
in a body and there were a num
ber of visitors from other sections
of the county. The chui'ch audi
torium was filled to capacity.
R E ■ Gibbs, Jr., president of
the Men’s Bible class of the First
Methodist church, the
Sunday school
congregation singing, tJiith of^
our Fathers”, after which he cor
dially welcomed all visitors. M .
n Halfacre, teacher of the class,
introduced Governor Hoey who
read the lesson text, and lectured
most interestingly on the Mbiect.
“What God Expects of a Nation .
Following Governor Hoey’s lec-
Mr Gibbs concluded the
Sunday school hour of worship
•with prayer. -Governor Hoey fill
ed the phlpit of the Hirst Metho-
^t'church at the 11 o’clock wor-
JT- hour, and afterwards was en-
♦ rtalned In the home of Bev. and
C. waggoner, the former
P„..r . y ..
prt.
HniH4* On Fur*o«*n
’ D ♦Joseph C Jarvtor.of Hort
pvt. Ui speadlng
North Wilkesboro schools,
which fly the Minute Men
flag for outstanding record
in the purchase of war bonds
and stamps last year, launch
ed the third war loan TTiurs-
day with a rally and assem
bly program.
The program was put on by pu
pils in Miss Myrtle Tuttle’s sev
enlb grade. Betsy Keith Bow
man and Mary Johnson were the
speakers who told of the award o'f
the .Minute Men flag and urged
continued activity in order that
the school may retain the flag.
Miss. Nonie Gordon's eighth
gr..de was placed in charge of
bond and stamp saies tor the third
war loan campaign and home
room chairman were niuned as
follow.s: Betty Hutchens anil
Marie Eller, set iors: Sue Lando
and .Andrew Johnson, juniors;
Martha A1 sher. Dot CVibriel and
Dot Powell, freshmen.
Officers of the student body
council were sworn in :it the as
sembly period. Raul S. Cragan,
superintendent, administered the
oath to Poddy Horton, president,
and be in turn installed the other
officers as follows; Bill Gabriel,
vice president; Bucky Horton, ju
nior president; Anne Cragan,
freshmen class president.
The student body officers made
brief balks emphasising the Im-
-portavica of buying war bonds and
stamps.
• We had a pleasant visit over with the Wilkes Hosiery
Mill folk a few days ago. The usual genial president and
general manager, Ward Eshelman, U already intensely in
terested in th* third war bond campaign now in progress,
and is urging all his many employes to put overy» dollar
possible into bonds to “back the attack’ and be s inter
ested in raising chickens, too, and doing pretty well with
this new undertaking. In Hoyle Hutchens shipping de
partment, we noticed on the wall the numbers 120. What
do those numbers represent, we asked? Hoyle told us
that for the past 120 days there had been no accident in
the mill that had caused loss of time. The local com
pany has been awarded several stars for high records
made in no-loss-of-tinie-accident contests by the hosiery
manufacturers’ association.
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Walter Myers, home with Mrs Myers, from Baltimore
where war work is being carried on in full force, is proud
of his “E” emblem presented for efficiency shown in carry
ing on his job. Walter is employed by the Eastern.Rolling
Mill.
W. M. DeBerry, home from his war job at Kingsport,
Tenn., for a short rest, has made something new in the
way of a chicken house. He’s somewhat of a carpen
ter as well as an expert plumber, and has just^^t com
pleted a chidkoB hbuse-m the rear'df the
boarding house Mrs. DeBerry so efficiently operates.
There’s a good-sized building for the chickens to roost,
but to enable the small chickens as well as the larger ones
to get more of those health-giving sunshine vitamins, Mr.
DeBerry has built a trough about ten or twelve feet long
which is covered only by screen wire. The chickens can
just take a walk out into the trough, ewjoy a sunshine bath,
and then politely walk back into the covered house for a
peaceful nap.
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W. A. Bullis has watched the thermometer this summer
like a hawk, watches a chicken, and he’s an authority on
the temperature on the many hot days we hope have pas.s-
ed into history. He reports that Friday, August 27th, was
the hottest day of the year, a record high of 97 degrees
having been recorded. His report is borne out, too, by
folks spending the summer on the Brushies. They report
that date the h_ottest afternoon and night.
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More Sugar For
Bees Is Assured
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes county
agent, has been successful in hla
efforts to secure a larger allot
ment of sugiir for beekeepers. Mr.
Snipes said today that OPA offi
cials have promised an increase
over the ten pounds per ’colony
originally alloted but the amount
of the Increase has not been de
cided.
We’re going to miss the Morehouses (juniors) this fall
and winter. Robert and Kathleen, and Mary and Peter,
left last week to make their home elsewhere. Mary
and the children will live in Providence, R. I., with Mary’s
mother, Mrs. Robert S. Moore, while Robert will teach in
Kent School at Kent, Cohn., and commute between Provi
dence and Keht as often as heavy traffic in that section of
the country will permit. We’re glad the Morehouses will
be away only temporarily, and that they will be back at
their Brushy Mountain home ere another summer rolls
around.
Series 3 Softball
Games Is Planned
First Game Tuesday; Second ©n Thursday of this week at
Thursday; Last One On the same hour, and the final
Tuesday, Next Week game of the series ,will be
played on Tuesday
of next
A series of three softball -Mreek
games between the All-Star, 'Ti,© games are expected
team representing the three |to j^aw a considerable num-
irtth' hi*'parents. Mr.
In the
(ierideis are being ' iaCrMwed 'fn
atalng. districts of Hesico
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churches’ league teams of
this city and Wilkesboro
have been arranged, accord-'
iiig to announcement made
today by J. B. Henderson,
Wilkesboro team captain,
and Boyd Stout, All-Star
team captain.
AU games will, be played
on the ^^Ukesborb ^ield, and
the first game will take place
ber of fans who have taken
much interest in the softbaP
games played during the
regular season.
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-CANNERIES
Officers To
Meet Here
Sept. 21st
Good-Natured Nazi
F. B. I. Officials Will
Meet Officers Of
Many Counties
Police officers of several
northwest counties will meet
in this city for a quarterly
conference on Tuesday, Sep-
temebr 21.
Police Chief J. E. Walker hero
said tljat the conference ’ will' be
held under auspees of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation and Ed-,
ward Schldt, in charge of the
Charlotte office of the FBI, will
be in charge.
The conference will he held at
Hotel Wilkes and will begin
promptly at two p. m. All law en
forcement officers in this part of
the 9tate.‘ jvhether., thsy te city,
oomjl7‘. staPe or feierSh-arre 18Vlt-‘
ed to attend.
The conferences are held tour-
times yearly in order that the
FBI may instruct other officers
in the latest methods of dealing
with sabotage and espionage in
wartime.
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75 Jurors To
Be Called In
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From Yadkin
Purebred
Pigs Being
Distributed
County Agent Reports
Project Making
Progress
J. B. Snipes, Wilkes coun
ty agent, stated today that
the purebred pig project
sponsored by the North
Wilkesboro Kiwanis club
and supported by other indi
viduals and firms, is making
progress in Wilkes.
Disturbed by the fact that a ma
jority of the hogs produced in
Wilkes were purchased as pdgs
from outside of the county, Mr.
Trial of Officials On
Liquor Charge
Is Called
Although vanquished in battle,
this German Afrika Korps officer is
able to laugh and joke with a United
States coast and naval officei
as he leaves *"ric-a.
Bond Sales
For Month
Special venire of 75 men
was ordered summoned from
yadkin county for trial of
Lt. W. B. Lentz, of the state
highway patrol, and Guy
Scott, of the State Bureau of
Investigation, on charges of
larceny of 90 cases of liquor
seized from Phillip Yates
near PurleAr June 1.
The order for the special venire
was made in Wilkes court today
by Judge R. Hunt- Parker, of
Roanoke Papids, presiding over
the special term called by Gover-
"’’nor J. M. Broughton ror triul of
the cases.
I..entz and Scott were indicted
by the grand jury in the August
term of court. It is alleged that
90 cases of stamped liquor was
missing from the seizure of 697
cases at the home of Yates.
Sales For Past Month! m. to-
iday and grand Jurors were drawn
Ifrom m.imes of those summonsed.
G. E. Sparks, a Baptist minister
Totaled Sum of
$56,900
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Sales of war bonds in
Wilkes county for the month
of August exceeded the quo-
set by the Treasury De
partment.
A report received liy J. R. Hix.
Wilkes chairman for the sale of
war Imnds, showed that a total of
$56,900 in bonds were purchased
in Wilkes during the month.
wa.s ap-
of the .Moxle' community,
pointed foreman.
Judge ' arker delivered a I'oii-
tine charge to the grand jury
relative to their dutie.s on indict
ments and presentments. Speci
fically, he called attention (o the
fact that possession of « federal
license to sell liquor is prima
facia evidence of violation of th.-?
state prohibition laws and order
ed the grand jury to investigate
such persons in the county.
Jiid|e Parker also called atien-
The quota for August was $55,-1
: tion to the great n .-ed for every
Mr. Hix urges that every person ! person to be engaged in pioduc-
in the countv who can buy an ex- Gve work in order to eid the war
fra bond this month to help put 1 “ffort. and told the grand jury it
the county over the top in the ! was Uie duty of that body to indict
third war loan cumpaien. which is | physically able persons who ara
now in progress. working cs much as $5 hwirs
■ W. D. Halfacre is
war loan
chairman for the special war loan
drives and Mr. Hix is permanent
chairman for the sales of series E
1.1 nd other smaller bonds.
All government securities, from
the small war bonds on up. pur
chased by individuals, companies
and corporations will count in the
inipes started the project among third war loan drive, which has a
4-H boys and girls. A club mem
ber is given a purebred pig for
u'eeding purposes and the club
member gives one from the first
iier to another club member,
thus spreading the chi. in. |
A total of $28.5 has been given
with members of the Kiwanis club i
making the donation. Other don- t
ors have been Bank of North'
Wilkesboro, The Northwestern.
Bank, Rhodes-Day Furniture com
pany,-Belk’s, Penney's, Carolina
Mirror company, Reins-Sturdivant,
Hotel Wilkes. Prevette's and Co-
0. Cola Bottling company.
quota of $1,169,000 for Wilkes.
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J.E. Luther Is
IMYearsOM
1 More than on© hundred
fifty friends and relatives of
Jesse Ellhu Luther met at his
home at Deep Gap, on Sep
tember 10, 1943, and cele>-
brated with him hifc one bun*
I dreth* birthday.
I Mr. Luther was in excellent
health and feeling as fine as a
man of titty years of age. In at
tendance were-five generations of
the Luther family: Mr. J, E.
Luther, one hundred years old: his
Allied Headquarters. Southwest daughter, Mrs. Ida Luther Welch,
PacifK-T-OenhiHl Douglas MacAr- revepty three years old; ' > his
JAP GARRISON
FORCED BACK
ON ISTHMUS
per week.
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall is
prosecuting the cases in the
special term. Attorneys for the
defendants are Eugene Trivette,
of this city, J. E. Holshouser, of
Boone; Marion .Allen and Hoke F.
Henderson, of Elkin.
Judge T. C. Bowie, of West
Jefferson. J. H. Whicker,.Jr., and
T. R. Bryan are counsel tor Ph”
lip Yates and J- F. Byers, who ar.
Indicted for possession of the vast
amount of liquor seized and whose
trial is also scheduled for the
special term.
Judge Bowie today made a
motion for the trfcil of Yates and
Byers to he. postponed until the
December term of court, saying
that Yates was under $3,(i00 bond
for appearance at that term.
Judge Parker denied the mo
tion, saying that since the mat
ters in the two trials were r°lat-
ed that both trielB should he
carried out at this special term.
YATI-«S NOT PRESENT—
Trial of Yates was called this
afternoon but he was not present.
Judge Parker ordered officers to
make a dlllgent^seirch tor Yatfc*
and to bring bltil into court.
Present at the'eourt are msnv .
members of State Hleawsv
Patrol,. te^41n|g Capt. L. R.
'W:
Canneries at Gastonia,Cherryville
and Shelby l^ve bem .ayprafiiic
about 1,1
per Jay vflii l^-than one p«r
cent Bi^
^ ria. Bgtcnnte ’
•eeoiul ti» fiUytMl State OoBffffi.
thuT bas won
back the first of the IllfI
TuaMtay’Rt 9:30 p. u. Thtb
^UY.WAR
lett. fifty-eight yearep
J**
hr great. graad.-4
,- hprai «ikH..yerre..|
, betecaaked bow bb|
Pi8het;. drChAil1.otte, who has been .
accepted Into the aray rank *,
of CW>teJ» axd ia atteltteg his brj.-
den to: