chat
l]uoUawing
ertor J. M.
lases Short
Enters Plest In Court;
Sentence Will Be
Passed Friday
PhlUlp Tatoo, from whom over
casea of hrhisky were aeiied In
in hie premises near Pnr
Jana 1, entered a plea of
in Wilkes superior court to
is of violation of tho' prohi-
lawe and while on the wit-
Seas stand stated that about 60
more cases of whisky were taken
from his place than were Inven
torled after it was brought to
Wllkesboro.
Reporte that there was a short
age in the amount of whisky after
It was seised by State Highway
Patrol and SBI agents led to the
Indictment in August of W. B.
Lents, state highway patrol lieu
tenant in command of the western
division of the state patrol, and
Guy Scott, investigator for the
State Bureau of Investigation, on
ny charges.
ollowing the indictment Gov-
Broughton called for
a complete investigation of the af
fair and ordered a special term of
court for September 13 in Wilkes-
boro to try the officials and to
try Tates on the liquor charges.
Yates failed to appear at court
either as the defendant in his own
case or as a witness for the state
against Lents and -Scott. Conse
quently, the state failed to allege
any shortage in the amount of
liquor on hand, which was 609
eases, and Lentz and Scott were
acquitted by directed verdict from
ge K. Hunt Parker, who was
ed by Governor Broughton
le over the special term.
Parker ordered bond set
[or Yateaiat $25,000 but officers
lie to locate him until
Tnlimtt*^*r .cane in ten days
u ago and posted the required bond.
■ In court this week Yates said
that according *to his records the
amount of liquor which was haul-
v'ed to Wllkesboro, and later sold
to ABC stores as provided'by law,
■was about 60 cases short of the
amount taken from his premises
by State Highway Patrol and SBI
officers.
Under questioning by Solicitor
Avalon E. Hall, Yates testified
that on the night of Sunday, Sep
tember 12, before the special term
of court opened for trial of Lt.
Lentz and Agent Scott the follow
ing day, he had dinner with Lt.
Lentz and Captain L. R. Fisher, of
the State Highway Patrol, at
the Princess Cafe in North
Wllkesboro. He stated that they
ate in the private dining room and
were together about one and one-
half hours. Yates stated further
t his case and the case against
tz and' Scott wore discussed
ring that time but that he
could not recall the substance of
the discussions.
When questioned about whether
or not liquor was hauled from his
premises in cars of patrolmen and
Agent Scott on the night of the
raid in addition to the liquor
pljioed on three trucks, Yates stat
ed -that his wife had told
him that they saw liquor in
care at some of the offlctuw. Mrs
.ea'-wns on the stand daring the
k l^ents ihd Scott and testi-
bn tjukt'She did not see any
taken away in officers’
aj».
'.-[Joinparlson of the figures glv-
by Tates in court this week
■Wit the inventory of the seized
Uip^r after it was' stored follow-
tBg 'the seizure indicates that the
aUeged shortage was In number
of cases of imported Scotch whis-
and Old Crow, the most expen-
■fv«brands in the large amodnt of
Ifquor Involved.
" ’■ A'Tgreat array of character wlt-
tmeahs' ware presented in Wilkes
qoort this week, testifying that
'Pigee' character as to truth and
%■■ hotie)(fy la good. ' Among those o£-
{aidd to prove his character wore
«. numbar of prominent business
In the Wllkesboros and well
^-isfa^wn cltlsena from other P»-'ta
( of ^ county.
' iiidge J. Wm Pleee, Jr., fho is
(• over court, -deferred
I^ISfhaent m. Tdtea antU Priday.
f». -caaew of liquor
^ recently
coubW oommlMloners to ABL
tor appraximaUiT $17,000.
OE^’TCOLD^T
^^eoWeat:-
task
ghove, which
hir'faP the
r
-i
ii
I,?-
Sgt. Ricliard MoGbunery has
been promoted to Uls present
rank at Gamp Gordon, Ga.,
where he is etatlonea -with an
armored division. Sg^. McGlam-
ery has been in 'the army one
year. He is expecting to come
home about January 14 on a
ten-day furlou^i. Sgt. McGlam-
ery is a son pf Mr. and Mrs.
George McGlameryi of Millers
Creek. Sgt McGlamery has re
ceived a medal tor expert
marksmatudiip with 77nun gun.
Red Cross Active
In War Work In
The Past Month
Quota on Surgical Dressings
Reached; Other Produc
tion At High Mark
During the month of November
volunteers in Red Cross work
here were very active, according
to the monthly report.
A staff assistance class has
been conducted by Miss katherin
Sanford, executive secretary, with
chairmen of the various brancLas
telling of ^elr worti.
SflsB ‘Nbnte Gordon taught a
class on junior Red Cross; H. P.
Bonknight on first aid; Mrs. Paul
Greene on nutrition; Mrs. Ira D.
Payne on home nursing; and Mrs.
H. B. Smith on volunteer services.
The following were members of
the class and completed the re
quired 20 hours of lecture and
discussion: Mrs. Hadley Hayes,
chairman, Mrs. R. G. Finley, Mrs.
P. W. Eshelman, Mrs. J. B. Car
ter, Mrs. Ray Wall and Mrs. J. B.
McCoy.
Mrs. James Anderson and Mrs.
R. P. Casey reiwrted that 6,300
dressings were made in the surgi
cal dressing room with 92 wom^n
giving 310 hours. In December
29 women have given 80 boars of
work to make 900 dressings and
complete the quota assigned for
1943. The surgical dressing room
will not be open again until the
first of the year when the regular
schedule will be followed. ,
Mrs. N. S. Forester, Jr., report
ed that 26 women have knitted 61
garments in a total of 1,029
hours. IViere is still a plentiful
supply of wool for navy garments
and those who can use it are urg
ed to continue this work.
Mrs. Palmer Horton reported
that seven nurse aides gave 87
hours of service at the Wilkes
hospital during the month.
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One-variety cotton improvement
work and cotton classing have pat
extra dollars in growers’ pockets,
reports J. A. Shanklin, extension
cotton specialist at N. C. State
College.
RATION REWS
SUGAR—Book 4, stomp 29,
good for five pounds, will ex
pire January 15.
GASOLINE—Coupons lb>. 8
In A book good fcr three gal
lons became effective Nov. 9
and will expire February 8.
SHOES — Coupon 18 in the
sugar and coffee xatlon book
valid for one pair of shoes has
no expiration date. No. 1 air
plane stomp in -book three be
came valid November 1 for oue
pair shoes.
FOOD—Brown stomps. Book
-9, meats and fats, L, M, N, and
P, expire Jan. 1. Green stomps
Book 4, processed fooda A, B,
Cf expire December 20. D, B,
end F Talid December 1, ^Ire
Jaanary 20.
FUBL Dll'—New eoa-
pon, Claeo ♦ ekeet, good for 1#
gallons (1 aaK), expiree laa
S; aew. No. 1 eoapen, Ctaae 6
sheet, good for 10 galioae (8
aalto), expiree Jaaaary$; *»*
Na 1 ooapoB, CJta«». $ ifeoet.
good for 250 ^galloos (2$
salts). expire Jaaaary iv
Much Headway Made
Towa^ dearing
Docket
Much headway toward clearing
the criminal docket has been
made this week In the December
term of Wilkes saperlor court,
over which Judge J. Will Pless,
Jr., of Marion, is presiding.
Following are the cases In
which Judgments have been ren
dered;
Claude Smith, assault with
deadly weapon, 18 months sus
pended on payment of $160 fine
and cost and $100 to prosecuting
witness. ,
H. W. Huggins, operating car
while intoxicated, 12 months sus
pended on payment of $160 fine
and costs.
Willie Foster and Esther Fos
ter, violation prohlbltlOB laws, not
guilty.
Margaret Bynnm, violating pro
hibition laws, three months sus
pended on payment of $100 fine
and codt.
John Mitchell, violation prohi
bition laws, four months suspend
ed on payment of $22 fine and
costs.
Marvin Holloway, setting forest
fire, not guilty.
Walter Lowe, larceny, four
months.
James Shew and Annie .Shew,
assault, judgment suspended on
payment of costs.
Walter Steele and John Freel
Miller, larceny, verdict of guilty;
sentence not passed.
James Church, drunkenness, 30
days on roa.ls.
Eudally Billings, breaking and
entering, 18 to 24 months.
Harry D. Hunter, bad checks,
30 days in one case; six months
suspended on condition be pay
idieckrla other cams.
Mrs. Branson Benion, violation
prohibition laws, not guilty.
Jack Ingram, non-support, two
years suspended on condition he
support family.
Buster Transeau, breaking nad
entering, not guilty.
Gene Benge, larceny, verdict of
gnllty, sentence not passed.
Divorces were granted In the
following cases: Mamie Mullls
versus W. C. Mnllis, Hubert
Hawkins versus Delphla Prevette
Hawkins, Alice B. Turner versus
James Turner, B. L. Anderson
versus Becky Anderson.
RAZISRtPOn
TWIH ASSAULT
Flight OfHoer Donald D.
Story has been »WMaed th® air
wMdai for meritorlona service in
ctHubat la the South Fadflc
area of v«r operattons. Plight
Officer Story, bob of .Attorney
and hte, T. B. Story, of Wilkes-,
boro Is a bomber pilot la the
anny air fmrees
The Rnssians announced ofll
cially early today that they had
linked tlieir Oherkasy and Kre-
menchng bridgeheads on the west
bank of the middle Dnieper, com
pletely clearing the Germans from,
a 65-mlle stretch of vital territory.
“Southeast of Cherkasy onr
troops, continuing the offensive,
captured several populated places
and Joined hands with groups
operating west of Kremenchnng”,
said the Moscow midnight com
munique, recorded by the Soviet
monitor from, a broadcast.
LT. CULOS SEHLE HAS NARROW
ESCAPE AS HE BAILS OUT AT 300
FEET BEFORE BOMBER CRASHES
Lt. CuloB Settle, son of Mr. and
Mrs. T. H. Settle, of this city,
narrowly escaped death recently,
along with the radio operator,
when a iiomber on which he was
co-pilot crashed in the Sierra Ne
vada mountains in Oalifornla.
Five members of the crew were
lost.
Lt. Settle told of the crash in .a
recent letter to his parents. . He
stated that he was co-pilot on a
plane piloted by his commanding
officer. Captain Darden.
The plane crashed while on a
searching trip for another plane
whiehMm jbPW rej^ortedmWag.
lA. SepHe said' ilane wds
cruising at an altitude of about
800 feet over the mopntalns when
something went wrong and the
plane rapidly lost altitude.
Captain Darden gave the com
mand to ball out. Lt. Settle said
he was unable to open the bomb
bay in the darkness and the en
gineer quickly opened it. Lt.
Settle and the radio operator
dropped through and Immediately
opened their parachutes. The al
titude then was only three hun
dred feet and the chutes barely
got open in time to break the fall
WILKES HOSIERY MILLS CO. PAYS
$470.00 FOR NEW BABY ARRIUALS
94 Babies Bora To Company
Employes Given Savings
Account of $5.00 Each
Quite a tidy sum of money has
been given to babies bom since
1940 to parents who are employes
of the Wilkes Hosiery Mills com
pany through its president, P.
Ward Eshelman.
Starting in 1940, me company
has made it a regular policy to
deposit in the Bank of North
Wllkesboro the sum of $5.00, this
being placed to the infant’s credit
in the savings department Since
that date there have been 94
babies born to company em
ployes, the total snm given them
amounting to $470.00.
It is Interesting to note that of
the 94 children bom, 62 were
boys and 42 girls, only ten dif
ference.
Mr. Eshelman, since the estab
lishment of the Wilkes Hosiery
Mills company here, twenty-five
years ago, has always taken much
personal interest in the welfare of
his employes, and this is only an
other instance of the commendable
spirit shown toward the hundreds
of people working in his mill and
their families.
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BUY MORE WAR BONDS
Furniture Stores To
Be Closed On 27th
1
All the furnitiwe stores of
the dty have Joined fourteen
other mercantile firms and will
also bo closed on Monday, De
cember 27th.
North Wilkesboro’s business,
with exception of the theatres,
cafes, and probably the drug
stores, will be closed on Christ
mas Pay—Saturday, Dec. 2Sth.
65Men Eilist lii
Nayy Yard Work
B. B. Wheatley, recruiter
from the Norfolk navy yard, an
nounced today that 65 men from
this section of the state had en
listed vrlth him for wwk during
the oiUstnient period Novem
ber 15 to December 15th.
Mr. Wheatley stated thiit rec
ord of enlistments from North
Wflkesboro is one of the best In
the state, and he expressed his
appreciation for aU oo-®e»a-
tion extesided by load peq>le
whkh h^Pnd materially to make
his recruiting such a success.
as they ^ched earth.
The plane went on and plunged
into a lake.
Lt Settle and the radio opera
tor located each other and were
unable to find any other members
of the crew. At the time the let
ter was written it was presniped
that all other five members of the
crew went down with the plane
and were killed.
The plane, according to the let
ter, 'Was the one assigned to Lt.
Settle and those who lost their
lives were regular members of his
crew. Three of the crew were not
along an the fatal flight. Lt
Bdttle ia one of five sons of Mr.
and Mrs. T, H. Settle serving in
the army and navy.
V ^
Sale Of License
Plafes Increasing
All Urged To Buy Early and
Avoid Rush; City Tags
Are Also Required
Sales of automobile and truck
license plates at the North
Wllkesboro branch of the Caro
lina Motor Club are increasing
and all who can are urged to -buy
as early as possible to avoid a rush
later, T. C. Caudill, manager, said
today.
Attention was also called to the
fact that .residents of North
Wllkesboro must display new city
togs on January 1 and that city
togs are also sold by the Carolina
Motor Club office. The price for
city tags is one dollar for each ve
hicle.
The license bureau office will
close for Christmas at noon on
December 24„ and will repialn
closed until Monday morning, De
cember 27.
iftSliippiii{' B«e
SIhick HiH Blow
h
J. B. Garter, who has been
elected ebairmao of the Wilkes
district of Boy Scouts. Mr. Gar
ter has been very active in pro
moting Scout expansion work in
the county, which wUl be oon-
ttnned during the coming year.
Siddeo Purchases
FuruHure Plant In
North Wilkesboro
Emergency Crop
Loans Available
Emergency crop and feed loans
are again available to farmers, C.
■Gordon Taylor, of Boone, field
supervisor for the FCA, said here
while making arrangements for
Wilkes farmers to flU applica
tions.
Mr. Taylor said that Miss BSlslq
Foster will tpke the applications
at the office of Clerk of Court C.
C. Haves in the Wilkes court
house.. Farmers are urged to an
ticipate their needs early for next
year and are asked to purchase
thelF fertilizer needs earlier than
usual because of war time diffi
culties in transportation.
Response to tke appeal
to all substr$l^a to have
their suhacrq»ttOfu paid in
advance^hy ^nary 1 has
heen exeellcmt to date,
v.lfowei^^tli^ hre yet
many vHho will fsul to re
ceive The .hi|Qaiid>Patoiot
•i^er January 1 nidess re
newal flobscriiiitioiis are
paid hefovw tiikt date.
■ m
Necessary conservation
measures nudee it manda
tor that all sdbsqrihetu
pay in advance if thr are
to contiaue receiv^ ^tMs
n«unq|^iq[>er. Uiw-of iitawife.
pi^i|f-]w$il Ha to tog
neoissary .mhdmtnm
Attentioa is callad to
the touct toat those who
senHlhf The. JoaraahPap
trwt to othen shotdd
the
date and renew [the sidK-
scrh>tkiiu prpsapByi Those
sendittt pap^. ovgneito
shoidd 'hci earsfni to
rmmt staHytheerasa if too
sabserHpftloin is discoiltinn-
ed it chnnot he Ohurtod'
again- withont m toqwtoC
from th|^ service" map; who
b to Feeaito it.
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9.
■M-
eapbatkm BUT MORE WAR BONDn
C. C. Sidden has purchased the
Modle Upholstering company.
The de^ in which Mr. Sidden
became sole owner of the - twat-
ture manufactnying plant was
completed Monday. He purchased
the business from Edd Gardner
and Dr. J. S. Deans.
Mr. Sidden said today be plans
to have the business continue in
operation in the manufacture of
furniture. The plant, which was
erected two years ago, is located
on highway 18 just north of the
city limits.
Bank Pays 10 Per
Cent In Bhfidends
Directors of Bank of North
Wilkeshoro Authorize 5%
Semi-Annual Payment
At a meeting Tuesday of the
directors of the Bank of North
Wilkestoro the board authorized
the payment of a semi-annual
dividend amounting to 6 percent,
this making a total dividend for
the year of 10 per cent.
The dividend authorized Tues
day is payable as of March 3,
1944.
Directors present for Tuesday
meeting were J. R. Hix, W. D.
Halfacre, S. V. Tomlinson, R. W.
Gwyn, E. M. Blackburn, R. G.
Finley, John E. Justice, Jr., and
Ralph Dnncan.
Bank hfflclals announced today
that the institution’s resources
reached an all-time high on No
vember 30th, amounting to $5,-
521,391.94. Deposits increased
during the year Nov. 30, 1942, to
November 30, 1943, over $1,600,-
000.00. They state that 1943 has
been the best since the bank was
established in 1892.
Officials of the institution have
given much time during the pust
two .years to the various bond
drives, and the bank has been very
instrumental in making everyone
of them a success.
The regular stockhplders of the
bank will be held on the third
Thursday. In , .January, of which
time reporfaT of the Jev'i i>usl-
ne«B wlU he given by the presi
dent; J.’ It;; Biz. and ether active
officials.
M. L. Hayet Dm At
Honiit at
m - V; ,
Haras, «ga 21,
A-vgrwt fleet of American wsr-
ptaaea -hlasted a little Japanese
shipping point with the heaviest
botnh load ever loosed in the
Sonthi^t Pacific, General Doug
las MocArthur announced today
j'aa hlk stepped-up offensive against
New Britain entered its second
day.
The bombers dropped 366 tons
at explosives on Arawe, one of the
' two really good harbors on the
south coast of New Britain facing
probable Allied invasion bases on
New Qnlnea. Linden Harbor, the
only other really good harbor on
the coast, was hit the day before
in a 248-ton bomb attack in the
Gasmato area.
- - A night flying Catalina bomber
scored direct hits on a heavy
cruiser off Kavieng, New Ireland,
on the supply route between New
Britain and the Japanese na'val
bastion of Truk. Admiral William
P. Halsey’s bombers, now in a po
sition to Join in an aerial pincer
move on invasion-threatened New
j Britain, blasted Japanese posi
tions on Bougainville Island in the
Solomons with 134 tons.
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Howard Osborne
lj Coinmended
Higrhly Praised For Bravery
In Citation From Secre
tary of Navy Knox
Charleston, fc'. C., Dec. 16.—
How Arthur Howard Osborne, a
Navy boatswain's mate second-
class, made a ‘‘daring search” for
wounded shipmates aboard a tor
pedoed merchantman Just before it
sank and rescued a crew member
Buffering from severe shock has
been disclosed in a commendation
by Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox, citing Osborne for “unsel
fish courage and endurance”.
Boatswain's Mate Osborne, who
wife, Helen Riggsbee Osborne,
lives in Wllkesboro, N. C., was a
member of the armed guard unit
aboard an American merchantman
when it was torpedoed and sunk
at night by an enemy submarine.
The location of the attack was not
revealed.
“Reports of the disaster," said
Secretary’s Knox’s letter, reveal
that without warning a torpedo
struck the port side-after part of
number five hatch with a terrific
explosion which instantly disabled
the vessel, buckled the after gun
platform, and caused the stem to
sink below the surface of the
water. Despite the fact that one
of your comrades had been blown
overboard and two more cruelly
Injured, the men of the Navy Gun
Crew refused to abandon the sin,k-
ing ship along with other person
nel and gallantly remained on
board, manning the forward and
amidships guns on the oil-covered
decks in utter disregard for their
own. safety for a full hour and ten
minutes, hoping only to join bat
tle with the enemy 'warship if she
should surface.
“Even at the last moment and
after the Captain had ordered all
persons off the then rapidly sink
ing merchantman, you personally
accompanied a shipmate in a dar
ing search for the wounded and,
upon finding Merchant Seaman
Robert P. Burton, Fireman, suf
fering from severe shock, effected
his rescue to the remaining life
boat Throughout the ensuing ten
exhausting days on the open seas
yon displayed remarkable forti
tude, conrageonsly maintaining
your morale add efficiency at an
exceptionally high level.
“Your aggressive fighting spirit
and yotr brave devotion to others
on the ^above occasion' were In
keeplaf with the highest tndl-
tloas of file Naval Servlee*'. v
Howard Oaborpe te a nephew of
P, ^ Drown, and a brother of
liWrer Uoyd ^ W $1,/^ % . ' ^ * . , _ • _
known eitlsed of tlta: Qlt and .James Os-
wmmnnlty, 4lii& at IHs hqto* "P^ns; of wukMMro.
[Wednesday. -■■,- . ■
Fnnhral semoe will hi^.held ^norinv MinMimW Af
'*“ “^i^wLSchiwd,
.IbniilMBgvIfr; Bayaq ore tumj > staging aomoMn will he
stos^^T! R.'^d Clarence Ksfes, of haid. st Lew^ Jhai eh ~
North WUkeshmo, sM’• fiiree .ionday sdKerMowl,nMiili9 If.
jdaqi9itors: Mrs. - Jr P.' tbddw> of / beidai^
Pores Snehi hfrs. I, P.~ Rbftason
ftarffri T;
Fisher, of on-fare invited
part
1 qaorteta and slnghif wla^
io..atteiid and take
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