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lA. Cyril B. Spicer, of North
WUkfisboro, is shown here with
a croap of other yetenuis at
General Hoepital, An
il Ga., where he was pre
sented,with five decorations for
heroic sen lee in Europe. Lt.
Spicer la shown at right, re-
oeiving congratulations from
the officer jwesenting the med
als.
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CONSTITUTION DAY
It. Spicer Given 5
Decorations For
Herobm In Action
Augusta, Ga.—Colorful cita
tions, which read like Grimm’s
Fairy Tales of heroism and
achlerement in the line of duty
overseas, were read while a total
|.of thirteen medals were pinned on
nine convalescent patients of the
Oliver General hosp.tal iMt Fri
day. The awards were made dur
ing retreat ceremonies with mu
sic by the Finney General Hoe-
cocreuily. statloneLat
nalrbhnr hospital
Today is Constitution Day.
On September 17, 1787, representatives of the sev
eral states in constitutional convention adopted the
Constitution of the United States, and which was later
approved by all the states.
The Constitution, adopted 168 years ago today, has
been the guarantee of liberty, justice and freedom for
the people of the United States.
The Constitution of the United States, which carries
the guarantees of individual liberty and justice, haj;
been preserved by the blood of America’s fighting men
from the American Revolution through World War II.
The Constitution is sacred to the American citizen.
Every citizen of the United States should read and
familiarize himself with the Constitution and thus
learn upon what principles our nation was formed and
has prospered through 168 years.
The Constitution is the basic law of our law. It stands
between you and injustice, intolerance and servitude.
ints decorated Included
j»fc. ^ilson T. Joumlgan, Dan-
TlUe#V’a.: Technician Fifth Grade
C. Honess, Jr., Bellevue.
Pa.; PTC. Frank E. Baughan, Mt.
Atry. N. C.: Pvt. Kilby T. Mur
phy, Moultrie. Ga.; Pvt. Oscar D.
Harcrow, Covington, Ga.; 1st Lt.
Jay C. Confe, Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Capt. Ned R. Hickle, Marietta. O.;
Capt. Robert A. Bdenfield. Talla
hassee, Fla.; and 1st Lt. Cyril B.
[Spicer, North Wllkeeboro, N. C.
Lt. Spicer alone netted five of
the decorations which gave him
.he Sliver Star with an Oak Leaf
Uuster for gallantry in action,
md the Bronze Star with two
)ak Loaf clusters for meritorious
ichlevement.
Lt. Spicer was decorated with
►mpllTor Star and Oak Leaf clus-
■tf tad Bronze Star with two Oak
..eaf clusters. He was a member Marie
f the 30th Intentry DlTlrion. On
(anuary 14, 1945, in Belgium In
in attawik on an enemy-held
town. Lt. Spicer fearlessly ex-
>posed himself to direct enemy
are, and after seeing that men
.^ho were wounded In the fight
Marrnie Bate .. iStoac Mowtan
Here Increased Singing Sept. 30
Troy C. Foster. Wilkes register' Stone Mountain union singing
Iwere evacuated to safety, led his
Imen to capture the objective. For
fgalla.itry In action in Holland,
jseptember 15, 1944, he received
la cluster. Lt. Spicer stood in an
[exposed position and directed
I terrified civilians, who were re-
[celvlng enemy artillery fire, to
f safety. When some of his soldiers
^0i-0 wounded In evacuating caa-
1 naltles, he ordered his men
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to
tWONElN WAR
CRIMINALS ARE
PLACED IN JAIL
.jiokyo.—Gen. Douglas Mac-
Arthur, following an unexplained
meeting with Japanese Premier
j>rtnce Naruhiki Hlgashl-Kunl,
yesterday ordered the Japanese
government to make a full ac
counting of all alUed property
seized^urlng the war and all Axis
propedpv In the country. _
Two new top Japanese war
erlirtials were lodged In the Yo-
JaU, bringing to 33 the
number of those accounted for on
two Itots containing 47 names.
Lrthur, In his meeting with
jii-Knnl. was believed to
linm dictated new and sharper
to the Japanese govem-
»sBt to Maae Its double-talk and
Altbongb the subject of
1 the meeting was not announced,
m beadgnarters spokesman said
a-tarday that MscArthnr will tol-
nnite no negotiations with the
iMWtaese and will demand Imme-
nomvUnnce with his orders.
of deeds, reports a big Increase In
the number of marriages In
Wilkes during the past month.
In fact, more licenses to wed
were Issued from *;ls office dur
ing the past two weeks than for
any comparable period in recent
years.
The couples receiving marriage
licenses during the past three
weeks were: Byron Bryce Brown.
Traphlll, and Marie Lyall, Elkin;
Talmadge Prevette and Thelma
Lee. both of North Wllkefiboro;
Carl BauguSs and Stella Mae
(Jones, both'of North Wllkeeboro;
Joe Beamer Boyd, Ro'nda, and
Edna Louise Hernrlc, Elkin; Paul
Stone Inman, Elkin, and Mae
Wellborn, Elkin; Worth
Bare and Pearl Dlshman, both of
North Wllkesboro; Albert Mar
tin, Columbus. Ohio, and Opal
Vannby, Oval; William Brewer,
North Wllkeeboro, and Erlene
Ward, Roaring River; Carroll
Gambill Dancy. Hays, and Willye
Bradley, Winston-Salem; George
Harvey Connolly, Hlddenlte, and
Foda Iona Hope, Statesville; Eu
gene L. Jolnes, Wllkesboro, and
Mildred Anderson, also of Wllkes-
boro: James E. Miller and No
vella Jarvis, both of North
Wllkesboro; Maurice Miller and
Gladys lAWson, both of Hays;
Grady Swanson and Kathleen
Sipes, both of Boomer; Royal C.
Staley, W'llkesboro, and Gladys
Harless, Wllbar; Oliver Walker.
Hays, and Viola Billings, Radi
cal; Talmadge Spicer, Roaring
River, and Connie Prevette, Lo
max; Harvey Glass, Roaring Riv
er, and Mattie Lunsford, Cycle;
Doyle Ross, Benham, and Sarah
namell. Roaring River; James
Harris, Roaring River, and Foie
Prevette, Lomax; William W. My
ers. Roaring River, and Catholeen
tx)l3 Morrison, Roaring River;
James Albert Johnson, Champion,
and Lula Staley, North Wllkes
boro; D. L. Stansbury, Lansing,
and Goldie Temple, Bailey; Mor
ris Shumate and Mildred Miller,
North Wllkesboro; Cecil O.
Brown, Halls Mills, and Sybil
HIncher, Hays.
McM'avian Falls
Methodists Plan
Church Repairs
All members of Moravian Falls
Methodist church and Sunday
school are nrgentlj; requested to
attend Sunday school on Septem
ber 23. The church is In need of
repair and It Is necessary that
plans be made immediately for
having the work done. Those In
terested in this cause please be
preseht at Sunday school.
will be held with Bethany church,
located about one mile east of
the Roaring RIver-Mountaln View
road, on Sunday, September 30,
beginning at 1 p. m.
J. A. Gilliam, chairman, has Is
sued an Invitation for all singers
to attend and take part In the
singing.
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Mrs. An^e Woodie
Died On Saturday
Miss Angie Larina Woodie, age
21, daughter of J. Ross and Cleo
Eller Woodie, of Pnrlear, died
Saturday afternoon. She had been
in 111 health for the past six
months.
Surviving Miss Eller are her
parents, one brother, Alton
Woodie, of Purlear; two sisters,
Mrs. Willard Hayes, of Purlear;
and Mrs. Fred Martin, of Killian,
Texas.
Funeral will be held Wednes
day, 2 p. m., at Mount Pleasant
church.
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Mrs. Charlie Pruitt
Funeral Saturday
F^ineral service was held Sat
urday at Round Hill church for
Mrs. Martha Pruitt, age 66. wife
of Charlie Pruitt, of the Round
Hill community. Mrs. Pruitt died
Friday.
Surviving are her husband and
the following sons and daughters:
Mrs. Shirley Bauguss, Mrs. Burt
Blevins, Archie Pruitt, Mrs. H. C.
Parsons, James and Syler Pruitt.
Rev. L. E. Sparks conducted
the last rites.
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HONG KONG IS
OFFICIALLY
SURRENDERED
Hong Kong.—^The Japanese
military and naval commanders
in the Hong Kong area yesterday
formally surrendered this crown
colony and seaport to Bear Admi
ral C. H. J. (Harconrt, of the Brit
ish navy in a 12-mlnute ceremony
at Government House. Tbe Japa
nese officers are being held in
prison but were released long
enough to sign the documents.
The surrender had been delayed
many times since British forces
first entered the harbor on Aug.
30. and the colony became the
last major Japanese bastion to re
vert to Allied control. Hong Kong
fell to the Japanese on Christmas
Day, 1941.
BAILEY AWAITS YAOKIN-PEE DEE I Petain’s Final Exit
FLOOD CONROL REPORT; WILL ACT
Captain Anderspn
Sees the Surrender
Captain Paul R. Anderson, of
Statesville, witnessed the surren
der of Japan on the battleship
Missouri off the coast of Japan.
James M. Anderson, of this
city, recognized his brother, Capt.
Anderson, In the surrender news
film shown here last week. Capt.
Anderson was in a group of naval
officers standing near Gen. Doug
las MacArthur when the surren
der documents were signed.
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October Term Of
Superior Court Is
To Begin Oct. 1st
North Cawltna Senator
Seeking Returvey To Save
Rich Farm Land.
Judge ^Vm. H. Bobbitt To
Preside; Jurors For Two
Weeks Summoned.
October term of Wilkes Super
ior Court will convene In Wllkes
boro Monday, October 1, with
Judge Wm. H. Bobbitt, of Char
lotte. on the bench.
The term will be for trial of
civil cases and will be for two
weeks. Jurors have been sum
moned for the court as follows:
First Week.
P. M. Tedder, Lovelace; W. A.
Gregory, Somers; J. C. Minton,
Reddles River; Ana|ln Reynolds,
Muibenr;,,D»iri4,. ^tlMar.-BtN
»' -m
wards: L. F. Walih, Beaver
Creek; T. H. Settle, North
Wllkesboro: C. P. Miller, Wllkes
boro; S. J. Miller, Union; Ernest
Blevins, Rock Creek: Ed Church,
Reddles River; N. O. Hendren,
Wllkesboro: A. J. Lovette, Red
dles River; H. H. Jennings, Mul
berry; C. L. Pardue, New Castle;
D. W. Johnson, New Castle;
Gwyn Triplett, Elk; Ralph Cald
well, Boomer; G. D. Hinson,
Traphlll: J. W. Caudle, Traphlll;
Willard E. Ferguson, Moravian
Falls; R. M. Smith, Edwards:
Kermitt DarnoU, Edwards; J. D.
Caudill, Rock Creek; William
Minton, Wllkesboro: D. C. Whit
tington, Reddles River; T. M.
Gentry, Edwards:«E. A. Shook,
North Wllkesboro; Stacy Pardue,
Moravian Falls; A. C. Taylor,
Stanton; Dorman T. Payne, North
Wllkeeboro: J. L. A. Bumgarner,
Reddies River; E. R. Eller, Red
dles River; Ross Combs, Love
lace: R. S. Abshers, Rock Creek;
Alfred Crysel, Redles River.
Second Week.
John R. Johnson, A. F. Miller
and Wade Gilbert, Elk; W. C.
Cockerham, H. B. Douglas, Ed
wards; Howard Royal, Clyde Har
ris, Watson Brame and W. C. Mc
Neill, North Wllkesboro; John A.
Bowlin, Union; Ivan Absher,
Wllkesboro; Travis Eller, Lewis
Fork; F. A. Dancy, Eugene
Wlngler, Antioch; John T. Miller,
Traphlll: Coyle Dyer. Reddles
River; Henry iH. Rhodes, Stan
ton: L. A. Minton, Reddles Riv
Washlngton, Sept. 12:—Sena
tor Josiah W. Bailey, senate com
merce committee chairmap. Is
awaiting reports by the depart
ment of agriculture and by the
army engineers on the Yadkln-
Pee Dee flood control situation
before drafting a measure to re
place the 9105,840,000 combina
tion flood control, navigation and
hydroelectric program recom
mended by the army engineers
last year.
Contending that the program
as originally designed, including
a 910,840,000 three-purpose re
servoir at Wllkesboro, would un
necessarily inundate many acres
of rich farm lands, Bailey with
drew from the flood control bill
the Wllkesboro dam authoriza
tion.
He has asked the department of
agriculture and the army engin
eers to resurvey the situation,
studying the possibilities for
small Impounding dams on the
Yadkin-Pee Dee’s tributaries and
a smaller reservoir at Wllkesboro,
all of which would chiefly con
template flood control.
The Tar Heel senior senator
maintains that flood control
should be the primary consid
eration on the Yadkln-Pee Dee,
that the program embraced In
the flood control bill last year for
this basin gave to hydroelectric
development greater priority than
hecessary and that, doe to an
abundance of electric power In
North Carolina, there was no
cause to become ■ excited over
spending government money and
Inundate rich farm lands to pro
duce a surplus of power.
He reiterated this week his
pledge to give flood sufferers In
the area quick committee action
as soon as the agency reports are
filed.
Phil Mitchell WHI
Reach Eagle Rank
Scouting Sept. 20
Eagle Badge Will Be Pre
sented At Court Of Honor
And Review Meeting.
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W" i
Henri Philippe Pcteto, mtf wm
dilef of state of Fraau dortaig the
'Vldiy regime, is shown as he w^
from tho coiiftroom bf
guards after his roeent ooaviotion.
Farm Forester Is
Speaker Kiwanis
Luncheon Friday
“Farm Woodland Manage
ment” la Subject Of In
teresting Address.
er.
Mrs. James Pearson
Is Claimed By Death
Mrs. Mattie Elizabeth Pearson,
age 49, wife of James B. Pearson,
of the Boomer community, died
Saturday In a Lenoir hospital.
Mrs. Pearson Is survived by her
husband; one brother, J. Glenn
McNeill, of Los Angeles, Calif.;
and five stepchildren.
RATION
NEWS
MBATS "AND FATS: Red
stamps: V2, W2, X2, Y2, Z2,
now valid; etplre September
SO; Al, Bl, Cl, Dl, Bl, now
■alld; expire October 81; FI,
Ol, HI, Jl, Kl, now vaUd; ex
pire November 80; LI, Ml,' Nl,
PI, Ql, now valid; expire De
cember dl.
SUGAR: Sugar stamp No. 38
expires December 81.
suoBB: Airplane .gtemis
yoa. 1, X, 8, g; BOW fooc
Phil Mitchell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. S. P. Mitchell, of, North
Wllkesboro, will receive the Ea
gle Scout badge at the next meet
ing of the Wilkes Boy Scout
Court of Honor and Review to be
held Thursday night, September
20, 7:30, In the religious edu
cation building of the Presbyte
rian church.
In addition to the Eagle award,
the court will make a number of
other Scout advancements and
present many merit badges. Fred
Glass and Dean Edwards will be
advanced to rank of second class
Scouts and Bill Bason will re
ceive the Life Scout rank.
Merit badges will be awarded
as follows: John mnkler and
Gene McNeill, first aid; Gene Mc
Neill and BUI Bason, athletics;
Gordon Finley, Jr., bird study,
tlremanship, pioneering and
scholarship; Phil Mitchell, camp
ing, flremanshlp, pioneering and
scholarship; Julius Rousseau.
Jr., cooking: Lewis Nelson, Jr.,
scholarship.
The Court of Honor and Re
view Is composed of L. M. Nelson,
chairman; Gordon Finley, J. B.
MoCoy, Paul Osborne, R. M.
Brame, Jr., Cyrus McNeill, Rich
ard Johnston and Paul Gashlon.
Chairman Nelson, In announc
ing the meeting. Issued an invi
tation to the public to attend the
meeting and witness the presen-
utlon of the Eagle Scout award,
which Is the highest rank In Boy
Sconting. Large attendance at the
meetings. Chairman Nelson said,
adds Incentive to the Boy Scont
program in this,county.
Kills Big Rattler
C. T. Robinson, a visitor to the
city Friday, stated that he killed
a big rattler near bis, home dur
ing the week. It bad thirteen
raftlen and a bntton.
Featured by discassion of pub
lic matters and by an interesting
address by John Ford, farm for
ester, the North Wllkesboro Ki
wanis club held an enjoyable
luncheon meeting Friday at the
Hotel Wilkes.
Prior to the program J. B.
Williams called attention of the
club to the increase in automo
bile accidents and asked the club
to pass a resolution to be for
warded to Gov. R. Gregg Cherry
asking that the state increase the
number of law enforcement offi
cers. Mr. Williams and J. H.
Whicker were appointed by Paul
Osborne, club president, to pre
pare the resolution.
R. D. Smith, county agent,
brought ,to the attention of the
club the need of a poultry dress
ing plant In this community, and
President Osborne asked the club
membership to study the proposal
for future consideration.
Secretary T. E. Story read a
letter from T. W. Ferguson,
prominent citizen of the Ferguson
community, asking tho club to
make every effort to have the
State Highway Commission con
struct highway 268 from Wllkes
boro west to the Caldwell coun
ty line. The matter was referred
to the public affairs committee
with a request for a report at the
next meeting.
Secretary Story also read a le»
ter from the Statesville club ask
ing cooperation and attendance
at a horse show to he staged by
the Statesville eluh at Statesville
September 21 and 22.
Program Chairman Joe Barber
asked T. E. Story’to Introduce his
speaker, John Ford, who recently
came to this community as dis
trict forester.,
Mr. Ford made a very suggest
Ive talk on the subject: ''‘Farm
Woodland Management.”
He said there are three meth
ods for cutting timber and still
bear In mind the fnt^ure growth
of timber on the same land.
1. The selective method.
2. The diameter limit.
3. The seed tree method.
He mentioned favorable points
for each of these In reverse or
der and pointed out that the
selective method offers advanta
ges that the others perhaps do
not.
tTie speaker indicated that
farm woodland management caa
he made a profitaMe business to
all those who are wUQng td give
the matter proper attention.
Onests Friday were as follows:
Mr. and Mrs. John Ford and Mrs.
Joe Barber with Joe Barber; Tom
Esbelman with his father, P. W.
Bthelman; Owyn KUhy with R.
M. Bfame, Jr.; Cpl. Marvin War
ren with Gordon Finley.'
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HeiVT Rain Since
SatmthyNishtls
Spreading Rapidly
Many Today Moving Mate-
riak From Valley To
Places Of SataCy.
Anxious eyes watched the Yad
kin today as, heavy rains since
Satarday night caused flood
stage on the river which did
so much damage five years ago.
The Yadkin between the
WllkesboroB began rising over
the banks early today and con
tinued to rise slowly but steadily
into the afternoon.
The rain began falling Satur
day night and had not stopped
this afternoon. Meanwhile, rains
were re^jorted heavy in the
mountains west of here and it
was expected late today that the
river would continue to rise un
less the rains suddenly stop.
The Yadkin here before noon ,
today had flooded the lower crop
lands along the river and the
road by tho fair grounds was
flooded and closed.
Several business establish
ments below the railroad here
today were already moving out in
preparation for a flood on the
Yadkin If the rains do not
cease. Workmen were feverishly
engaged in moving materials to
places of safety.
Extensive damage to crops in
the lower bottom lands Is expect
ed. and If heavy rains continue
the Yadkiii may reach flood stage
and again damage industrial
plants and homes in the valley.
Many local cltUens expressed
their'intentions to intensify flood
control on the Yadkin, and If
possible prevent recurrence of the
1940 disaster, which resulted in
millions of dollars In property
damage and loss of several lives.
Mrs. W. D. Miller
Last Rites Today
Mrs. W. D. Miller. 82. died at
6:30 a. m. Saturday at the home
and her son, Fred Miller, near
North Wllkesboro, following criti
cal illness of several days.
A member of Union Methodist
church, she was very active In
church work as long as her health
permitted.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. George Long, 2302 Fair
way avenue, Winston-Salem; six
sons, John A., Tucker avenue.
Winston-Salem; James R., Man
chester street, Winston-Salem; I.
O., Detroit; Charles C., Walter W.
and Fred, of North Wllkesboro.
Also surviving are 19 grandchil
dren and four great-grandchil
dren.
Funeral service was held at
Union Methodist church today
with the pastor, Rev. J. O. Ervin,
in charge.
TOGO SAYS HE
WON Fight TO
END CONFLICT
Tokyo.—In his first statement
to the American press since the
occupation of Japan, Shigenori
Togo, foreign minister in two Nip
ponese war cabinets, told the As
sociated Press yesterday he stood
firmly in the August 8 cabinet
fight for ending the war, and
finally won ont.
Togo was too 111 from a heart
attack to see visitors ontside his
Immediate family, bnt he an
swered four of six questions put
to him in writing through his 20-
year-old son, Pumlhlko Togo,
himself an official in the Foreign
Minlstty.
The ex-foreIgn minister Is on
General MacArthnr’s list of Japa
nese wanted for questioning on
responsibility for starting the
war.
The fact dismayed Mrs. Togo, a
German woman, who earlier had
expressed anxiety for the swift
arrival of an American doctor to
attend her 62-year-old husband
"because I know how good Amer
ican ' medicine la."
A ueman physician also waa
snmmoaed.
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Farmers are headed tor iwstwar
disaster, If price controls ar» r»>
Ihzsd now. Guard against a nuu
away price altaatlon. . ■