'ity Council Ad^ted Bud
get and Decides Against
10 Cent Rsuse In Rate
Y TAX RATE
REMAINS $1 FOR
FOR NEXT YEAR
Seriously Wounded
City council of North Wilkfs-
5oro adopted the budget for the
nsuing year and set the tax raie
it $1.00 on each hundred dollar
raluatlon of property Instead of
1.10, which had been the estt-
nated rate on which prei»yments
if 1944 taxes were accepted. I
W. P. Kelly, city clerk and j
reasurer, said that the more than;
00 who had made prepayment of
heir 1944 taxes are being refund- >
d the difference in the estimated
ate and the adopted rate.
The estimated tax rate, at
rhich prepayments on 1944 town
,twere received until a few
o, was set at $1.10 on the
'undred dollars assessed val-
tlon of property, which rate was
iStimated at 10 cents more on the
ne hundred dollars assessed val-
atlon than the rate for the pre-
lous year for the reason that the
ount of bond principal luatur
g during the fiscal year ending
e 30, 1945 is $5,000.00 more
an matured during the fiscal
r ending June 30. 1944.
However, after due considen-
tlon, the board decided to set th“
tentative tax rate for the year
1944 at $1.00 on the one hundred
dollar assessed valuation of prop
erty. which is the same as the
1943 tax rate.
The total principal amount of
outstanding bonded indebtedness
of the Town of North Wilkesboro
as of June 30. 1944 wa.s $202,-
500.00. Of this amount of princi
pal, $24,500.00 matures during
the fiscal year ending June 30.
1945, as shown in budget esti
mate.
i The board ordered that real ?s-
tate on which 1943 taxes are not
paid be advertised as of August
12 and sold on September 11, and
that the clerk proceed to levy on
personal property and garnishee
wages to collect personal property
taxes for last year.
I A. C. ■Williams was employed as
watershed inspector at a salary of
$15.00 per month, replacing B. F.
fstes, who had resigned.
Mayor R. T. McNiel. Clerk W.
P. Kelly and all members of the
board of commissioners wore
present for the adjourned meet
ing. The comniisiaoners are J. R.
,Hlx, H. G. Finley. A. F. Kilby.
I Ralph Duncan, and H. M. Hic- m-
enS.
Fvt. Jolin \V. Shew was .seri
ously wcuntletl 111 Italy on June
». .-Vcwinling to li‘tters receiv
ed t>j- relatives, lie lost his left
leg at the knee. l*vt. .ShCM- has
been in the army two .years and
overseas for tlie i>ast five
months. Hi,s wife, the former
.Miss .Julian .Shew, ami daugh
ter, .Annibelle, reside at M)l) K
street, in North Wilkesboro. His
father, .Milton .Siiew, lives on
•North Wilkesboro route three.
A recent letter receive*! by his
wife state*! tliat he e.vpects to be
returned to the states .s*H>n.
Attends Meeting
Board of Trustees
Commander Eller
Says Allied Force
Growing
Mayor H. ,4. Craiior, of Wilkes
boro, attended a meeting of the
board of trustees of A. S. T. C. at
Boone on 'V\'ednosday of last week.
Mayor Cranor has been a member
of the board for a number of
years and was again named a
member of the executive com
mittee which i.s composed of V. D.
Quire, state highway commissio.u
er of Lenoir, Eugene Transou, of
Sparta. G, 1’. Itagaman and Wade
E. Brown, of Boone.
Court Of Honor
Meet Postponed
Because of the polio epidemic,
the meeting of the Boy Scout
Court of honor and review sche
duled for Thursday night. July
20, has been postponed until the
third Thursday night in .\ugust.
In Virginia
Commander Ernest M. Eller,
who is on the staff of .\dmir il
Chester W. .N'imitz in the Facif’c.
in a recent letter to his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Eller, of Nortli
Wilkesboro, wrote very encourag
ingly about the progress of the
J Allied Nations toward victory.
The text of Commander Eller’s
letter follows:
“Again a we^k has pa.s.sed.
bringing favorable news to us
from all parts of the earth and its
seas. Of course there will be
setbacks and long periods of de
lay which, now unseen, will seem
(.See CVinuiiamler—Page 8)
Now In Sardinia
I'rt. Ira D- Ithoades was m-
ductel Mav 11.1944. and is
statione*! ai tamp 1st*'. \a„ in
the ynartennaster ( orjis. .\fU-r
his basic irauiuig c*»iupi''4''*
lie will enter teclinlcal school,
lie is (he son of J>. 1,’. Khoades
of Itadicai.
NAZIS LOSE
HALF-MILLION
MEN IN PUSH
E»vt. Paul Holcomb is now in
tvtmia. Paul volunteere*! for
■vice In 1941 and tuw been
trseae since .April, 194,4. ili
the son of E. 1>. Holcomb, a
mer citizen of the Thurmond
■unonity of WUkee *»nnty. In
ten received recently by rela-
M Pvt. Holeomb stated that
is getting along fbie and is
Hng to do Ms part, and that
I happiest day of his Ufe will
when the war ends and he
I all tho other boys can be
i boine to stay.
The Red Army yesterday seized
Grodno gateway to East Prussia,
and announced it had reached
within ten miles of Kaunas In
sweeping westward advances
which the Moscow radio said had
cost the Germans more than a
half-million men in less than a
month and were headed “straight
for Berlin’’.
From the eastern border of Lat
via, right around southwestward
through th.9 big bulge into Lith
uania, through Grodno and down
on the eastern approaches to Blaly-
stok and Brest-Lltovsk, the Rus-
sions reported capture of more
than 340 cities and towns.
Everywhere it was the now-
familiar Russian pattern of out
flanking the enemy’s strongpolnts,
forcing him either to abandon
them without a fight or stand and
die In a trap.
Kaunas, capital of the old Lith-
anlan Republic, appeared doomed
in short order as the Russians
circled toward It from the east,
southeast and southwest, with
Dorsnniskla, 10 miles southeast,
their closest announced approach..
Two New Cases
Polio Reported
In This County
Mayor McNiel iMues State
ment Urging Cooperation
To Prevent Spread
’Two new cases of InfantRe
paralysis in Wilkes have Increased
the total to 28, it was learned to
day from the county health de
partment.
The last two cases reported
were Billie Pearson, nine-year-
old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joe H.
Pearson, of Wilkesboro, and Mary
Jane Dimmette, age 10, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Dimmette,
of Roaring River. Both have been
admitted to the State Orthopedic
Hospital In Gastonia.
Meanwhile, the county health
department urges that people
keep their children at home, away
from all types of public gather
ings, off the streets and out of
stores, buses and all other public
places.
In North Wilkesboro Mayor R.
T. McNiel issued the following
statement;
“Cooperation on the part of the
Dublic in keeping their children at
home and away from public places
is essential in precautions to pre
vent spread of infantile paralysis.
Parents are asked to keep their
children off the streets, and away
from all places of business and
other places used by the public. It
Is also urgently requested that the
people of North Wilkesboro keep
their homes, places of business and
premises clean as possible, to place
all garbage In cans and to keep
lids on the cans.’’
Ekwii^ of Elections
Demonstrations
In Terracing On
Wednesday, 17tb
Two terracing demonstrations
will be held Wednesday, July 19.
One will be held on the farm of
John W. Casey, Cycle, at 9:00 a.
m„ and one that afternoon at.2;3fL
p. m. on the farm of O. P. Hol
brook, Elkin route one. Mr. Hol
brook’s farm is located one mile
east of Benham school. These
demonstrations were scheduled tor
July 14 hut were postponed be
cause of rain.
These demonstrations will he
conducted by Soil Conservation
Service, Farm Security, Exten
sion and AAA officials. Terraces
for these demonstrations will he
slaked by representatives of the
couiitv agent’s office and soil con
servation service. -According to a
new ruling, the .\AA is in a posi
tion to pav for terraces which aro
properly surveyed, constructed,
and maintained.
.411 farmers in the county wiio
are interested in learning how to
properly build '.erraces are invit
ed to attend these demonstrations.
$35,000
Ex-Sheriff Presley E. Brown
lias been appointed on the State
Hoard of Elections by liovernor
J. M. Broughton to fill the va
cancy caused by the resiffnation
of W. V, Hall, of Uhariotte, one
of the Republican members. Ex-
Sherlff Brown has for many
years been a leader in the Re
publican party in Wilkes county
and In the state.
FIREWARDEN
COMMENDED
Frank Hendren Given High
Rating In District Two
For Law Enforcement
State Treasurer
Tells Kiwanians
State Finances
Now In England
Charles M. Johnson Delivers
Address About State’s
Fiscal Status
Frank Hendren, Wilke.s coun
ty’s tire warden, has received
high commendation from A. D
Williams, acting district forester
for the high record made in law
enforcement governing forest
fires during the past six months.
When Mr. Hendren began serv
ice as county fire warden, Mr.
Williams said, Wilkes was eighth Chambers
Charles M. Johnson, treasurer
of the state of North Carolina, In
an address Friday noon before the
North Wilkesboro Klwanls club,
said the state of North Carolina
is now In the best financial condi
tion of Its history.
However, he advocated that the
surplus be used cautiously and
that planning under present fi
nancial condition Is unwise.
State Treasurer Johnson was
presented to the club by P. M.
Williams, who was program chair
man for the day.
The speaker said the general
fund surplus was about $75,000,-
000, and the highway funds sur
plus, which he said would all be
needed after the war, is $46,000.-
000.
He explained that North Caro
lina Is the only state which main
tains a full nine months school
term without revenue from other
sources and the only state whicn
builds and maintains all Its roads.
Treasurer Johnson advocated^
that the surplus i^e used after the
war for tax reduction, greater ap
propriation for schools, and for
aid to returning veterans.
Guests at the meeting Friday
were as follows: James M. Ander
son with W. J. Caroon; Max Fos
ter with P. W. Eshelman; Carl
Lee with R. G. Finley; Lt. C.
Lt. Walter Chambers
Tabalatioii Today
Shows Couaty Is
Under “E”Qoota
F and G Bonds Don’t Count
Toward E Bond Total,
Reports Today Said
1^. Gene A.
Brookslilre, of
Xorth Wilkesboro route one. Is
now in EiiRlnnd. He entered
the army in November, 194:i.
as a mechanic in tbe engineers
and was in training at Port
Heonard Wood, Mo. Pvt. Brook
shire is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
L. C. Brookshire, and his wife
is the former Miss Lucille Wood-
ruff, of Hays.
in the standing of counties of the
district which Jb now composed of
Caldtgell, Wilke^urke, Andy
^ ‘ ^ w ' _ M TVS . 1_ _ MIWt
Returns to Ship
Dr. Cooper Returns
Dr. E. S. Cooper, who ha.s lieen
attending Logan’s Chiropractor’s
College at St. Louis. Mo., for the
past 18 days, will be back in his
office In this city Tuesday. Dr.
Cooper has been engaged in
special laboratory studies.
and H. H. Cobb with P. E. Fores
ter; Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Sr., with
Rev. T. Sloane Guy, Jr.; Lt. Mack
Borders, of Hickory, was a visiting
Klwanian.
■V.
Me.vico’s national military sav
ings fund loaned over $287,000 to
Mexican soldiers in a recent month.
Seaman First (la-ss R. C.
Mathis lias return*Hl to his ship
after spending a seven-day
leave with his motlier, .Mrs. Ina
.M.atlii.s, at 'Traplilll. B. C. re
ceived his ba.sic training at
Bainbrld^e, Md., and Norfolk.
Va., and has been on .sea duty
since the first of this year.
DEMOCRATS
AWAIT F. R.’$.
LETTER
Chicago. — Official disclosure
that President Roosevelt has writ
ten a letter setting forth his “gen
eral’’ views on the Democratic
vice-presidential nomination was
made yesterday and it probably
will be made public today or Tues
day. The party’s National Con
vention opens Wednesday, with an
anticipated scrap over a running
mate for President Roosevelt due
tor decision Friday.
Chairman Robert E. Hannegan
of the Democratic National Com
mittee told 125 newsmen about
the existence of the Roosevelt let
ter. But aside from repeating
that it would "speak for iteslf,’’
he declined to reveal whether It
recommended renomluation of
Vice-President Wallace, as has
been reported by Wallace’s
friends, or any of its contents.
“I have an idea what it con
tains, but it will speak for itself”,
he declared.
Stone Mountain
Singing July 30
J. A. Gilliam, chairman, an
nounces that the Stone Mountain
Singing association will meet with
Piney Grove church three miles
north of Dockery on July 30. The
program will open at one p. m.
with devotional by Rev. L. E.
Sparks, followed by singing
thrnngjiput afte^9pon.
gospel singers are Invited to at
tend and take part.
Promoted In Italy
WEST BROTHERS AND UNCLE IN SERVICE
Shown at left is Pvt. Chelsie G. West, who was killed in action in the European
threatre of operations April 28 this year. Pvt. West entered the army November 17,
1942, received basic training at Camp Lee, Va., and was stationed at Camp Brecken-
ridge, Ky., before going to England in September last year. The purple heart has
been awarded for wounds which caused his death and for military merit. He was a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Don West, of Boomer. Shown at center is Pvt. Bud West, brother
of Pvt. Chelcie G. West. Bud entered service on the date that the message was re
ceived telling of his brother’s death. He recently spent a furlough at home and is
now with A special training unit at Fort Jackson, S. C. At right is Pvt. Lonnie ^
Wolfe, rf Hendrix, an uncle of the West Iwothers. Pvt. Wolfe entered the army in
November last year, received his basic trainiiig at Csunp Wheeler, Ga., and wm sent
to England in the spring of thu F9Ar* ^
Although Wilkes has gone far
over the top In bond sales during
the Fifth War Loan, the county’s
total of “E" bonds is still $36,760
short of the “E” bond quota of
$227,000.
Last week it was announced
that the county had gone over the
“E” bond goal, but that was due
to a misunderstanding of what
counts toward the “E” bond
quota. In previous campaigns, the
county was given credit on the
“E” bond quota for sales of “F”
and ‘‘G’’ bonds. In the Fifth War
Loan only the series "E” bonds
count.
This information was not re
ceived until today.
The county’s total in bond sales
today was $2,007,100, which I.s
well over double the quota of
$990,000.
However, for the county to have
a perfect record and receive the
honor of having the name
“Wilkes” placed on a landing
craft, it will be necessary to sell
an additional $35,760 in “E”
bonds.
W. D. Halfacre, War Loan
chairman, has notified all district
chairmen and other workers, in
cluding personnel of retail
stores, to continue their effor'a
during this week and next and p’lt
the county over In the “E” bond
phase of the campaign.
Sales of “E” bonds will count
through July 29, and it is earnest
ly hoped that the people of the
county will dig a little deeper,
and buy some extra bonds to give
the county a perfect record. ’The
total for the county is impressive
ly good, but there .still remains
$35,760 to sell in “E” bonds be
fore the job is complete.
V
$25.00 Donation
To Wilkes Polio
Fund Is Received
Sgt. L'dy O. Wood was re
cently promoted in Italy, where
he took part in the battle for
Rome. In a recent letter to
his wife, tile former Mis.s
Kathleen Brewer, of North
Wilkesboro route two, he stat
ed that the ffolng was really
tough there for a while and
that he is now getting along o.
k. Sgt. Wood was Inducted in
September, 1943, and went over,
seas in Marcli. He is a .son of
and Mrs. J. H. Wood, of North
Wilkesboro route two and be-
fwe entering .service was n
member of the Mnlberr>’ sch*K)l
faculty. Sgt. and Mrs. Wood
have one son, Udy, Jr.
Today the Wilkes Chapter of
the Infantile Paralysis Founda
tion received an unsolicited don.i-
tion of $25.00 to lie used for the
benefit of infantile paralysis vic
tims m Wilkes county.
The donation was in the form of
a cashier’s check from 527 Big
Star Store, 1624 High street.
Portsmouth, Va., and was sent to
the editor of The Journal-Patriot
to be turned over to the infantile
paralysis chapter.
A note accompanying the check
was as follows:
“Sorry to hear of so many casc.s
of infantile paralysis in county.
We are enclosing check for $25.0u
to be used for the relief of suf
fering from infantile paralysis.
Will you please acknowledge Ute
check and let us hear from you.
“The Employes and Managers
of 527 Big Star Store”.
The check today was forwarded
to Mrs. W. R. Absher, secretary-
treasurer of the Wilkes polio
chapter.
Now In Florida
REPORT SAYS
U. S. TROOPS
TAKE LESSAY
The British Second Army has
opened a surprise night offensive
on the road to Paris, bursting
through to open country in a twe-
mlle advance through eight vil
lages, and American troops have
battled to within 1,600 yards of
St. Lo, It was revealed today.
One unconfirmed front report
reaching here said the Yanks had
captured Lessay, anchor of the
buckling German line on the
French west coast liiit United
Press Correspondent James Mc-
QUncy reported at 9 p. m. Sunday
that fighting still was under way
in the outskirts. American patrols,
however, crossed the Ay Rtver
Just Mrth of Lessay without draw
ing enemy fire, strengthening be
lief that the Germans had ^th-
drawn.
W. T. Johneon was recently
praaiotod to Us presmt nmk
of second class after complettnt;
boot tndnlBg at Gamp PMurT*
Vm, and Is now statioMd at
Biii^ nortOn, KeceUlir be
^ent • Imtve witli fait
wife, tile fonner MJat Roaniee
Uiireaiii, at North WOketbora.