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Judge Parker Directs
A Verdict Of
Acquittal
Judge R. Hunt Parker Fri
day afternoon directed ver
dict of actiuHtal clearing Lt.
W. B. Lentz, of the State
Highway Patrol, and Guy
Scott, agent of the State Bu
reau of Investigatkm, of
charges of larceny of liquor
from a large quantity seized
from Phillip Yates near Pur-
lear June 1.
At the end of all the evidence
In the case Judge Parker aJlowed
the motion for non-suit as made
by defense attorney#.
Commenting on the oase in
naaklng the non-suit order, Judge
Parker said the state had utterly
failed to show that the defendants
or either of them had stolen or
unlawfully possessed any liquor.
However, he stated that be
cause of state-wide interest in the
case that he had allowed both
sides great latitude in Introduc
tion of testimony in prder that all
the facts available might
brought out.
led ourselves to the use of la^e
numbers of troops and great
stores of suftpUes. Any let down
or ciack-up Jn the supply trains
Could prove fatal ^ .
Your job is to see to it that
there is no shortage of anything
needed to make the invasion.
swift and sure. We do not wut
another Bataan or Corregldcw.'
Get that extra War Bond to
day. $how' that you are with
our boys in this critical hour of
invasion. THE EDITOR
Children At
Ronda Sell
Many Bonds
Sales Total $8,702.60
In First Week
Of Drive
be
Jvdse Z^rker 8ald he was iteianndriM;
preeM^l'with the great array of.
charaeted wltneeeee, totaling 4S
and coming from miany parts of
the state, who testified as to the
good character of Lt. Lents and
Agent Scott.
The jurist highly commended
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall and mem
bers of the defen.se counsel for
their conduct of the case. At
torneys for Lentz and Scott were
Eugene Trivette, of this city. J.
E. Holshouser. of Boone, Mario.t
Allen and Hoke F. Henderson, of
Elkin, and Thad Reece, of Yadkin.
Lentz and Scott were indicted
by the Wilkes grand jury at the
August terra of court, the indict
ment charging larceny and pos-
.session of 90 cases of liquor in a
seizure of 697 case.s from the
premises of Phillip Yates on June
1.
Governor J. M. Broughton call
ed a special term of court for trial
of the cases and trial of Y’ates.
The Ronde central school,
having already sold $8,-
702.60 in bonds and st^ps
in the Third War loan, is do
ing n fine piece of work in
conn^Hon - wilji the. War
R.’^BprWB an.
faculty have worked out a pro
gram for the year’s Stamp and
Bond purchases that seems to be a
good one. It Is called "The March
of Victory”. Much Interest is be
ing shown among the student
body.
The idea is as follows; In or
der not to work a hardship at the
post office, the school is divided
info three groups, and on ap
pointed .days, of each week, the
group forms at the flag pole and
marches to the post office, for the
purchase of War Stamps. The
students get recognition in pro
portion to the amount of pur
chases. For example when a stud
ent becomes a First Glass Pri
vate, he advances in rank as his
book fills up. .Vhen his book is
filled to the ei^ent of $18.7.5 or
a bond, he becomes a Oaptain and
marches at the head of the group.
Each grade has a thermometer
Byers.. Employe
Of Pidllip Yates,
Gets Fine of $2M
J. F. Byers, an employe of
Phillip Yatea, was given a
fine of $200 last week by
Judge* R. Hunt Parker dur
ing the special term of su
perior court; also a suspend
ed sentence of 12 months,
and placed under probation
for three years.
Byers, it was disclosed in
the evidence, was employed
by Yates to oparate his serv
ice stationi+idfeifil^ *» High
way 421, alKHiat ;4^1ye miles
west of thd'o^. the lught
of June lirt. When Yates'
home was raidad by state
patrol, and $81 agents, By
ers was ffgwoi-fW.jP®**®***®®
of the •erwp atetton. which
contained » dlunbOT of brok
en casaa in a Iteck room.
TIte
But Yates, although he was call-j on the bulletin board in the school
ed out, failed to show up for trial.
He was also a key witness for
the state in the case against Scott
and Lentz.
Case for the state failed to
show, as Judge Parker pointed
out, larceny of any liquor or un
lawful possession. Sgt. CMrlyle
Ingle, of the stale highway patrol,
testified that he saw what ap
peared to be cases of liquor in
cars of Lentz and Scott. Defense
witnesses said there were four
cases of liquor in Lentz’s car but
tlmt the coses were taken from
Yates' service station to where the
bulk of the liquor was stored and
were placed on trucks along with
the remainder of the liquor.
Scott testified that he did not
handle any liquor and did not at
any time have any liquor. Lentz’s
testimony was corroborated by
other members of the State High
way Patrol who participated in
the raid.
A jury chosen from a special
venire from Yadkin county heard
the case, which ended ut the close
of testimony.
VATES BOND **S.000—
Judge Parker ordered that ca
pkJS be Issued for Phillip Yates
and his bond was set at $25,000.
-V.
Want Ad. Result*
' In Recovery Of
A Stolen Bicycle
' {>0 Ttuursday Police tJilef J.
B. Walker h^ierted an
adver.
In The Journal-Patriot
—mfonsZtton about a bi-
cycle tiLliiagteg to Dwl«t»t Par-
'#>C -tea
**Id' tSilef
^ goiter whriW tte rtotei htojrcle
23^ fosmd. The Mfljrole
wte Oasa Shepberd. •
IS. ^
hall, .which shows from week to
week the progress being made by
that grade.
V.
Greer Speaker
Associational
Meet Sept. 26th
Dr. I. G. Greer, superintendent
of Mills Home at Thomasville,
will deliver an address at Stony
Ridge church on Sunday, Sep
tember 26, 11 a. m.
The addres.s of Dr. Greer will
be the climax of a -three-day oro-
gnam of the Stone Mountain Bap
tist association, which will begin
its session on Friday, September
24
SUGAR—Stamp 14, good for
five pounds of sugar until af
ter October $1. Stamps 15 and
16 now may he liked' to obtain
sugar for canning, good for
five pounds each, valid until
October 31.
GASOLINE—Coupons No. 6
in A took good .for three gal
lons became effective July 22
and will expire November 21.
SHOES — Coupon 18 in the
sugar and coffee ration book
valid for one pair of shoes ex
pires October 31.
FOOD-;—Blue stamps R, S, T
will be good through Sept. 20.
Blue stamps U, V hnd W be
came valid September 1 and
will remain valid through Oc
tober 20. Red stamps X, Y
ind Z. now. valid for the pur-
?,hase of meats, fats oil and
cheese, will expire October 2.
Brown stamps in War Ration
Booz No. 3 started becoming
valid September 12, beginning
with A.
FUEL OIL—New No. 1 cou
pon Class 4 sheet, good for 10
gallons (1 unit) expires Janu
ary 3; new No. 1 conpor Class
5 sheet, good for 50 gallons
(5 units) expires January 3;
new No. 1 coupon. Class 6
sheet, good for 10 gallons (1
unit), expires September 30:
old No. 5 coupons. Class 2
sheet, good for 100 gallons (10
units), expires September 30.
$382,187 I* Amount to Dlite In Third War
Loan; Early Action to Back Up the
Attack Is Urgently Asked
^—V .
War bonds sales to date in the Third War Loan Cam-
paigrn total $382,187, W. D. Halfacre, chairman, said'to
day.
This represents only about one-third of the quota set
for Witkes county.
Ratioii
Book 4
In Oct*
SchoolSuperintendent
' Is Told That Book
4 I* On Way
You are going to get another
ration book.
The new one wiR be book
auiteer *.
dki about another book, but
e^ently^an •daitlont4 bobk Is
on the way.
ronl S. Cragan, superintend
ent of North Wiikesboro schools,
has received notice to be pre
pared to distribute book 4 dur
ing the latter part of October.
Itatloning officials here have
received no notice of the dis
tribution of book -i, ur what It
is to be used for.
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Sunday Ban On
Beer, Wine Sale
Effective Oct. 1
Order Passed By County
Commissioners and City
Board Effective Soon
Order of the county commis
sions barfnlng the sale of wine and
beer in Wilkes county from 11:30
p. m. on Saturdays to seven a. m.
on Mondays will go Into effect on
October 1. ^
The commisloners in meeting
recently at a public bearing on
the proposal passed the order and
mode the effective date October
1st.
The proposal to ban sale of
beer and wine on Sundays was
placed before the board last
month by committees representing
the churches of the Wilkesboros
and many rural churches.
The town of North ’^llkesbOro
also passed en ordinance to the
same effect and It will go into ef
fect on the same date, October I
■V.
' Mrs. P. W. Eshelman, publicity
chapman for the Third War Loan,
points out that the amount raised
to date Is only a beginning and
that many more people must pur
chase bonds in order to reach the
goal.
REAL JOB AHEAD—
The attack phase of the war
has just begun and the real job
of defeating the axis powers and
assuring freedom for ourselves
and other peoples of the earth lies
ahead. t
Offensive opejraiions in war are
costly, costly in human lives and
in equipment, which coats money.
More bonds bought by the peo
ple at home, mean more equip
ment for the fighting men who
daily are giving their lives.
More equipment, more war ma-
terieler mean that the bn-ve
Buy BOND«i-8AVE TJYSS—
Buy more bonds, shorten the
war and thus save the lives of
American men. That is the direct
appeal that the Third War Loan
carries to you.
First hand reports from Italy
indicate that casualties were very
heavy in the Jerno section of the
Italian invasion.
This means that parents will be
receiving telegrams from the war
department informing them their
sons died in action, or were
wounded.
BACK THE ATTACK—
People of Wilkes county at
home and in security are asked to
back up those boys- who are at
tacking. They are asked to lend,
not give, their money for prosecu
tion of the war. The money will
be repaid with interest.
Those who ere buying bonds
regularly are asked to buy an ex
tra $100 in bonds during this
month.
FRIDAY BIG DAY—
‘‘Back Salerno Day" was oh
served Friday and there was a lib
eral response. Local bond Issu
ing agents reported an Increase in
the sale of bonds.
The amount sold to date in
cludes some substantial purchases
ty outside corporations doing bus
iness in Wilkes county. Mr. Half-
acre today listed $25,000 from In
ternational Shoe compiny, St.
Louis. Mo.; $25,000 from Duke
Power company. Charlotte; and
$5,000 from Central Electric and
Telephone company.
taft at
Buijfaf Wax,
Bonds to the point at banjjoraiT.'
personal saeriflea b( ttw must di
rect way you can eurtplsr with
Secretary Knoz*s.-a,iH***^
“Temporary aartUeb’’ U the
correct phrase because you are
only lending jtm money when
you buy' War Bte*. TWa gov
ernment which never baa de
faulted on an obligation will pay
you back $4 for every $3 invested
if you hold the bonds for H)
yeass.
The least you can do is to Oack
the attack with War Bonds to
day. Buy extra Bonds above
your normal Bc^ buying
THE EDITOR
Officers To
Meet Here
On Tuesday
Judge Hayes Speaker
Here For Officers’
Conference
Law enforcement officers
from many northwestern
North Carolina counties will
gather here Tuesday after
noon for their quarterly con
ference.
Scheldt, chief ' of the.
Edward
office in
charge of
More bonds for victory.
Charlotte, will b(
the conference.
All federal, state, county and
municipal law enforcement offic
ers are invited to attend the con
ference. Of especial interest tu
tlie officers wil'l be discussion of
means with dealing with espion
age, sabotage and, other war time
crimes.
Federal Judge Johnson J. Hayes
will address thq officers as one
feature of the program.
The conference will open at two
o’clock at Hotel WIkes. In addi
tion .to regular law enforcement
officers, auxiliary policemen and
air raid wardens are asked to at
tend. '
Italians Drive Nazi
Fofees From
Sardinia
The Germans have evae^
uated Sardinia under attadcs
by the Italian garrison in a
aurpriae development open
ing a big new offensive bate
to the Allies while on the
Salerno front the Fifth Ar
ray ham rolled up the Ger-
man left flank, capturing
BatipagUa and Altavilla, it
was announced yesterday.
Giving up to the Allies a base
nearly as Mg as Sicily, the Ger
mans were reported In advices
here to have virtually completed
the evacuation of the 9,187-
square mile Italian island, moving
across the narrow Strait of St.
Bonafado to French Corsica.
(A BBC broadcast which did
specify a source said that French
patriots together with Italian oc
cupation troops bad seized Ajac
cio, largest city on Cor8l,.a and
Napoleon's birthplace, in sharp
fighting with the Germans.)
The Italians turned on the Oer-
strnotlons. reports to headquarters
said. With the Nazis departure it
presumably will be only a matter
of time before the Allies formally
occupy Sardini with Its excel
lent harbors end important strate
gic situation.
V
100-Year-Old Man
In City On Saturday
Misses Alice Oassel and Anna
Jeon Garwood, students of Le-
noir-Rhyne College, located in
Hickory, visited home folk over
the week-end.
J. E. Luther, 100-year-old
Confederate veteran of Deep
Gap section of Watauga
county, was among the many
North Wiikesboro visitors
Saturday. Mr. Luther cele
brated his 100^ birthday on
Friday, September 10th,
with about ISO relatives and
friends.
Mr. Luther, well and hear
ty, certainly gets around in
a splendid nuuuier, and ap
parently will live many more
years.
While in the city, Mr.
Luther visited The Journal-
Patriot office.
V
TWIN AHACKS
OFFER A DARE
TO NIP FLEET
Money can fight, buy bonds.
Farmers Asked To Produce Crop Of Small
Grain; Farm
nf Addition&l niil* I permanent pastures for our ani-
By J. R SNIPES. Couuty Agent auuitiMal ® ^ „ops for our
Th. n«»b.r on.
have to help reed. |econRnical gams if they are al-
Right now. is the time for our, lowed Some grazing,
farmers to start their 1944 farm! ' We plan to hold 26 or 30 ewri-
planning, Qur farmers w i 1 1 munity meetings over the county
facing orr country today is
tryin.g to produce enough
food to feed the people all
over the world.' 1944 will
he the most trying year in
the history of a|p4culture
due to the fact that the sur
plus which we had on hsmd
will 1m greatly reduced' hy
that tiiite. Liurfttr ipHplItias
of food are i
agrree* that- wore fotjd diiid foed
can be produced from small grain
than by za^ crops which have to
be cultivated thrqaghodt:,tbq sav^
mer. ' In ord«’ to take care of our
farm and home needs next year, it
is necessary that we seed more
snudl grain this fall for food and
a^ more legnmeo Ibr sgrki^
for the purpose of explaining the
1^4 food and feed program. We
^uld like esp^ci^j to em'
arm a»w, wc«te, ^oj« anf giris
^ attend one of thesb meetings
'iu)d work out a fann‘*^plaii
^hich is particularly adaptable to
your community.' Each comim^-
te iR:the eooatr'has vaf&Mi 'mitd
you to come prepared to discuss Monday night, Sept. 27 F^r-
Ihese problems and we will try to guson school;
roach some solution for these prob- Pleasant school; Shepherds Cross
lems. We would especially like to R^. ^
contact as many of our farm peo-| Tuesday night, 28 — ^s
pie as poeaible during the ndxttMvers’ store at. Cycle; Traphill
few weeks and this can best be
done by lv>Wing night meetings
thvoughout the county. Below w>
are Hating JS, jme«*«ST»ki6h
S^tenher 27, and esntlinnRg on
through Friday night, October
,AU meetings, will be-held at 7:80
Eastern War Time. ‘W* 'will Itot
groops of meettaga.:^*
school; Clingmsn sshooi.
; We^esday night* Sept-29“Mul-
berry school; RoiddngjjlM ▼ s r
Austin scteal-.. t -vjj
r ThiuWlaarayidA inpH 80-4SHS
IVirat T-'M.'C&uwl^s stoK*. Mtft.
View ichdol;. F u 11 •-
sihoel..rt; .1^ Ar*
" Friday night, Ot^Dter-J—Boom-
mrjtabool; McOwtay/^^tp^i
fkhooL
Strong United States Pa
cific Forces, in their second
surprise assault of the month
on defenses guarding the
approaches to Tokyo, pound
ed two big Japanese bases
in the Gilbert Island area for
almost 24 hours in twin at
tacks ending Sunday.
Tarawa Island. In the Northerlv
Gilberts, and oft bombed Nauru,
420 miles to the west, were the
targets for the latest smttshes at
the Japanese outer-island chain in
the South Pacific, presumably by
a carrier task force from the pow
erful U. S. Pacific fleet.
A communique issued by Ad
miral Chester W. Nimltz, Pacific
fleet Commander in Chief, told of
the raid which followed a smash
ing carrier-borne assault on Mar
cus Island, 1.185 mles from Tokyo,
on September 1st.
As in the Marcus raid results of
the latest attack probably will not
be revealed until the ships parti-
citing could break rudio silence
without tipping their position to
the Japanese. ^
V-
REDS CRACK
NAZIS’ DEFENSE
AT SMOLENSK
. London.—Soviet troops, driving
forward on nine fronts yesterday
and captured more than 1,200
towns smashed German defensea
30 mllea northeast and east of
Smotefisk, moved within 26 miles
of the Dneiper at Zaporozhe and
closed In to 35 mHes of Kiev,-
Pounding'otter the retreating
6eragae. to un advance that ri
valled ' thd speed with which th«.;
Nasi tlxwm overran' Uze same ter-'
riiary.^
abatmaa iad the
tel&tsn ot KBaaB44mS
ta eueli^elb hliga
enemk'to U1qktM.