North Carolina Newspapers

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Boomer, Tom Greer’s store, |talph Swanson, chairman. ^Brushy Mountain, Morris Hen. ^s store, Junior Costner, chalr- Bd wards No'. 1, Shepherds Roads, John Q. Burcham. ihalrman. Bldwards No. 2, Honda gymna. alum, Irrln Key, chairman. ' Edwards No. 3, Benham school, W. F. Gilliam, chairman. Edwards No. 4, Irrln’s store, J. CIMa LiUffman, chairman. Ira ’Triplett’s store, W. O. iBarb^etC chairman. Jobs Cabin, !>. E. Woodle’s store, H. ri. Beshears, chairman. Lewis Fork, Mount Pleasant school, A. M. McGee, chairman. Lovelace, E. P. Inscore’s store, D. W. Marlow, chairman. ' Moravian Falls No. 1, Commu nity House. W. R. Hubbard, chairman. Moraviau Falls No. 2, Pores Knob post office, D. E. Treadway, 'chairman. Mulberry No. 1, Hf.Us Mills 'post office, G. C. Owens, chair man. Mulberry No. 2, Mulberry ,school. H. H. Jennings, chair man. Mulberry No. 3, Mulberry 'school. Will Watson, chairman. \ Mulberry No. 4. A. R. Myers’ store, A. R. Myers, chalrmam. New Cestle No. 1. Harry Green’s store, G. C. Green, chalr- Castle No. 2. Sherman Bbers* store, C. M. Welbom, nan. Wllkesboro, Kilby’s "at Forks of Mulberry and raphill road. J. E. Williams, hairman. Reddies River No. 1, Millers !reek post office. Q. O. Kilby, hairman. Reddies River No. 2, Lin Bum- arner’s store, W. E. Jones, hairman. Reddies River No. 3, Nichols’ tore. W. T. Snyder, chairman. Rock Creek No. 1, Mountain ’lew school, A. B, Hayes, chair- Rock Creek No. 2, Oak Ridge lurch, J. C. Felts, chairman. Rock Creek No. 3. Rock Creek G. M. Alexander, chalr- R, C. Jarvis’ store, A. Myers, chairman. Stanton, Parsonvllle post office, C. Rhyne, vice-chairman. Traphill No. 1. Joynes post of- Wesley Joines, chairman. Traphill No. 2, Traphill post rice. Charlie Miles, chairman. Traphill No. 3, J. Z. Adams’ ore, J. Z- Adams, chairman. Union No. 1. Oscar Palmer’s ore, J. C. Woodie, chairman. Union No. 2, A. R. Miller’s ore, A. R. Miller, chairman. Union No. 3, A. G. Shepherd’s ore. W. H. Whittington, chair- SValnut Grove No. 1. Dehart it office, N. P. Brooks, substl- JValnut Grove No. 2. W. C. mblll’s store, L. G. Billings, Jrman. ?Pllkeeboro No. 1, County court ise, M. C. Jones, chairman. J^Ilkeshoro No. 2', Johnson’s ■vice Station near Edgewood irch, U. A- Miller, chairman, til polls will open at 9 a. m. I remain open until 5 p. m. n each community farmers I elect regblaf committeemen 1 two alternates. Blocted at the le time will be delegates to a nty convention to be held De- iber 1, where * county com- will be eleeted for the in yeer. nwusaing: the role of commu- k committee, Mr. Roberts fted out that soil apd water servaUon 'will continue to iii^riT* among AAA program •^yes-Under the 194# -^CP grem, fends will be allocated each oeernty, and commlttee- a will too™ reaponilbfl- in helpln* their neighbors to ■d ont toll bnlli^* plans for Irldnal lama within the pe of approved practices. This only one of the programs for lek committeemen will ha.ve a •t. responalWllty. ^ HIGGINS TO PROSECUTE TOJO Oarllse W. Higgins, United States attorney for the middle district of North Carolina, will be appointed first assistant at torney general to lead In the prosecution of Tojo at the trial of the Japanese war criniinals slated to begin early In 1946, It was revealed In Greensboro Mon day. 0 — Boone, Twin-City Groups Planning For a Better 421 FIRST BAPTIST ADOPTS PLANS FQR A BUILDIN?JPRQCmAM _ , ^ titxmtit-ittimrn’n’miil ■s«a*aa*»n*»saa*»»*s*teiasa*siafanasj*i***ian>ismiitiijiM^i(tgi^MOto^^ Congregation of the - ■ ^■■ ^ ....tiriir !>■ iniBatf -- Highway Project Into Ten nessee And Virginia Gets C. Of C. AttenfiMi. Boone. — Chamber of Com merce members of Boone and Winston-Salem met here last ’Thursday evening to discuss im provements of highway 421 from Winston-Salem to Boone, and complete modernization of the route leading from the Watauga methropolis to Bristol, Tennes- see-Vlrglnla. Highway committees from the two Chambers of Commerce will serve as a joint group to further such improvements as straighten- ening and widening of the Boone- Wlnston-Salem highway, and to enlist the cooperation of the states of Tennessee and 'Virginia in making of the road a strictly improved interstate artery of travel. To Meet December 6. II, W. Wilcox, of the Boone Chamber of Commerce, states that a joint North Carolina-Vir glnla-Tennessee highway meeting will be held In Boone on Decem ber 6, at which time the tri state delegation will lay plans for a better highway 421 from Wil- tftlngton to Join the Lee highway in Virginia, providing a commer- clla highway from Virginia to. Tennessee to the North Carolina coast, traveling the most scenic section „ of the North ^CupUnn mountains. Asks Threc^Laire Road. At Thursday’s meeting Repre sentative S. C. Eggers, member of the local highway oommitttee, called for the construction of a three-lane highway from Boone to Winston-Salem, and Santford Martin, editor of the Winston- Salem Journal, spoke, calling to mind that 25 years ago a simi lar group from Winston-Salem and Boone met to establish plans for a highway between the two towns, which came to be known as the Boone Trail Highway. The Boone Chamber of Com merce committee is composed of S. C. Eggers, Dr. B. B. Dougher ty. R. Clyde Green, W. H. Gragg and H. C. Farthing. The Tneeting was attended by about 50 Boone people, and the following composed the Winston- Salem delegation: William T. Ritter and R. D. Harwkei, repre senting the Chamber of Com merce; Santford Martin, Roy Craft, Tom Cdsh, F. J. DeTam- ble, Wade Gilliam, J. H. Early and Charlie Church. o First Baptist chnroh Sunday morning * ap- Proved architects’ plans for construction of a- religious education bul|ding aind neonodol- ing of the present church building on the comer of D and Sixth streets. The accompany ing reproduction of the drawing shows front view of the proposed church ibuldings. ’The present structure will b e remodeled and alongside will be the religious educational building where the pastoiium Is now loca ted. The congregation also voted to raise $100,000, In addition to the substantial building fund now on hand, to finance the building program, and the financial program will be inaugurated at the service next Sun day. The plans, made by Charles C. Benton and Sons, architects, are for a modern church plant which will accom-« modate all phases of church and Sunday school activities, and which will be a most creditable addition to the city of North Wllkesboro. u • Future Low-Cost Furniture Be ^0 -.irtuask. ' ilf- A«h» County Rofistrur Draws $500 Fine Fw 'Vio lation Of Election Laws * I I j| 1 » ^.li •* J. H. Leckie Bied Saturday Morning Funeral Rites Held Sunday Afternoon; An Exem plary Citizen. Up Washington, Nov. 22.—The of fice of price administration soon will issue an order Increasing prices for low cost furniture. Price Administrator Chester Bowles told a congressional com mittee this week. Here tor conferences to work out the proposed changes In so- called “low-end” furniture items with the OPA were J. E. Broyhill, of Lenoir, and J. T. Ryan, of High Point. Broyhill is president of the Southern Manufacturers Association and Ryan is its ex ecutive vice-president. Major furniture towns of North Carolina are High Point, which Is considered one of the out standing furniture centers of the country, and Thomaavllle, Hick, ory, Statesville, Morganton and Mebane. Bowles said, “we have recog nized for a long time that there are Instances In which price ceil ings taken as a whole for indi- vidual manufacturers yielded the manufacturer an Inadequate re turn.” “We are about to toaue an or der, in the furniture field, which establishes liberal maximum pri ces for a long list of categories of low-end furniture,” he said. “Low-end” is "low cost” furnl. ture, It was explained. J. H. Leckie, one of Wilkes boro’s best known and most high- ly respected citizens, died Satur day morning at 12:40 o’clock. Although Mr. Leckie had suf fered a stroke two years pro- viously, he had regained much of his health,:;. *^-7^ stroke, which eecuwed eirtt Wednesday morning, came as a great shock to members of his immediate family and friends. Mr. Leckle’s quiet, Christian life was an inspiration to all who knew him. He did not aspire to public life, choosing to live a quiet one, devoted to his family, his church and service to his chosen community. John Henry Leckie was born on February 20, 1865, near Statesville, in Iredell county, the son of Charles W. and Sarah Evelyn Summers Leckie. After making his home In Iredell coun ty, he came to Wllkesboro when yet a young man, and on Septem ber 14. 1893, he married Miss Martha Estella Miller, who sur vives. To this union were born the following surviving children; Mrs. Grace Terrell and Charles L. Leckie, of Wllkesboro; Henry Leckie. of Lumberton; Fipps Leckie. of Taylorsville; Mrs. Kenneth Lowrance, of Moores- ville. Three children, Maggie Mae, Helen and an infant son, preceded him in death. Also sur viving are five grandchildren, two brothers, Fipps and Lee Leckie, of Iredell county; two sisters, Mrs. Oscar Casey, of Mocksville; and Mrs. Maggie Stikeleather, of Statesville. Mr. Leckie, for many years, was a devoted member of the W5 Ikes boro Methodist . church—■ ever faithful In attendance at Sunday school and church serv ices. He was a liberal contributor financially to his church, and ay other worthy causes. For years he was a member of the board of stewards, a teacher of the men’s Sunday school class, and at the time of his death was an honor ary member of the board of stewards. Mr. l«ckie was a faithful em ploye of the S. V. Tomlinson wholesale company for 25 years, and a member of the board of di- See J. H. LECKIE—Page 4 o Frra Movies For Boy Scouts Here Free movies will be shown all Boy Scouts of the Wilkes dlsriet at the North Wllkesboro school auditorium on Thursday night, November SO, 7 o’clock. The motion pictures, which ar® made available to Scouts through the courtesy of the 'Wilkes Wild life Club, will show fishing scenes and some very interhsting pictures on hunting and conservation of game. Br. Winston Tells Kiwanians About WdfareActivities State Commissioner For State Board Of Welfare Has Interesting Speech. Dr. Helen E. W'nston, State Commissioner of the State Board Of Charities and Public Welfare, delivered a most Interesting ad dress FrWay noon before the North Wllkesboro Klwanls Club. The program was In charge of J. B. M«3oy, who asked T. B. Story to introduce the speaker. Dr. Winston thoroughly inter- J. T. Wagner Killed In Altercation Thursday work done ty her.'de0artmen She stated that the work of the department is classified into four divisions, as follows: First. The Division of Public Assistance, giving aid to the aged and assistance to dependent chil dren. ’Those people over 66 who are In need, and there are about 50,000 of them, receive on the average in the state $12.31 per month; in Wilkes county they re ceive $11.33. There are about 6,000 child welfare families and the state av erage to each Is $26.23; the av erage in Wilkes is $23.48. To carry on this work in the past year $92,000 was expended for the old people and $39,000 for children. Of these amounts the counties pay one-fourt-, the state one- fourth and the federal govern- John T. Wagner, 62, well known resident of the Millers Creek community, died at the Wilkes hoepiUl at 4 a. m. Fri day from injuries received Thurs day in an altercation with Lewis Faw, a son-in-law, near the Wag. ner home. Sheriff C. G. Poindexter arresU ed Faw, whose homo Is also tn the Millers Creek community, and he is being held pending a hearing for which date has not be«a set. «f Mie Poindexter said he was Informed tltat he and Faw engaged In ah altercation when Faw and three at his brothers were accosted by Wagner as they were hunting on his land after he had ordered them off. Wagner suffered head Injur ies In the fight, which caused his death, hospital physcians said. He was a native of the Laurel Springs community but for many years had made his home near Millers Greek. Survivors are his wife, Mrs. Lena Brown Wagner, and 12 .sons and daughters: Jack Wagner, Charlotte; Edison Wag ner, Millers Creek; Carson Wag. ner, North Wllkesboro, route one; Carmon Wagner, Lenoir; Henry Wagner, Arlington, Va.; Mrs. Charles C. McNeill, Wllkes boro; Mrs. Luther Gibbs, Char, lotte; Mrs. Pldell Frazier, Wllkes boro; Mw. cart Carden. Detroit;!, ‘•"rr'-’: mr, Miss Thelma Wagner, Charlotte; ‘ .Miss Raydell Wagner, Millers Creek. Also surviviog are one brother, Daniel Wagner, of Spar ta, and one sister, Mrs. Laura Hendrix, of Laurel Springs. Funeral service was held Sun day, 2 p. m., at Friendship Meth odist church at Millers Creek Many prison sentences and fines were meted out In the first week of the November term of Federal Court In Wllkesboro by Judge Johnson J. Hayes, pre siding Jurist. One case around which much Interest centered was the trial of William Henry McMillan, aa Ashe conty election registrar, who entered a plea of guilty to violation of the election laws. The evidence was that he refused to lot a colored man register. The colored man, according to the evidence, held a college de- • gree and for several years had i been a school principal. Judge Hayes fined MoMHlan $500. The largest fine given during the first week was to Roger Lee Ljung, of Greensboro, for viola tion of the banking act. His fine was $6,000. Sentences were meted out as follows in cases where violation of the liquor taxing Jaws was al leged: Sherman Gray and Willie Shepherd, prison sentence sus pended and placed on probation two years. Don Holland and John David Bell, year and a day each iln Chlllicothe, Ohio, reformatory. Dennis Beshears, $300 fine and pro’batlon two years. Roy Lee Mathis, $500 fine and prison sentence suspended. Charlie Jake Holbrook, 18 months In Petersburg. Va., re formatory. Albert Coy Prevette, year and a day in Petersburg. Leroy Prevette, $300 fine and probation two years. Martin Luther Johnson, year and a day in Atlanta. Richard Cass, year and a day Cubbers Meet; Traifimg Coarse Is Given In City Tuesday, November 20. fifteen adults and some eight boys met at the office of the Duke Power Company for a preliminary train ing course In C|uih|blng. Scout Qfommissioner Gordon Finley ment one-half. It is thus seen • meeting with a pray. that for every dollar that Wilkes I gj. j, vaughan-Lloyd, Old county appropriates the state and. Scejut executive, from federal government spends five ■^jjjgton.gjjem, gave an insplra- more dollars. t,o„al talk on the value of the Second. The Division of Child program In bringing Welfare. The commission inspects g_ ^gger all places of public concern where children are kept, orphan ages and other similar Institu tions It has charge of and ap proves all child adoptions and to their parents In Interesting activities In the home. He start ed the training series by a de scription of the den set-up and Us function. The training was the appointing of foster parents continued by Mr. Paul Cragan and the supervising of child i jygy Moore and Robert Gibbs, boarding homes. | jjjg meeting a movie of lo- Insurance Man Praises Edition Third. The Division of Psychi atric and Psychological Testing. The mentlil testing of children for various and sundry place ments and for other civic and school iHirposes is done by this division; 85 per cent of delin quents are due to maladjust ment. ^ Fourth. The Division of Insti tutional and Juvenile Delinquen cy Inspection. Under this division jails, reformatories, etc., are In spected and approved. Prior to the program Dr. Gil bert R. Combs, pastor of the First Methodist church, was received into membership in the club and was Initiated by P. W. Eshelman. Guests Friday were as follows: Melville Fowler and Harold Day- ton with J. G. Gamblll. W. B. Oli ver with P. B. Church, L. A. Ward and L. H. Coon with C. 0. McNlel, S. W. I.ockman with W. G. Gabriel, Robert McNeill, Bryce Holt and Henry Reynolds with J. H. "Whicker, P. J- Brame, F. C. Johnson, Mrs. Inez Bowles, Mrs. Kate Absher, Mrs. Vera B. Casey, Miss Doris ’Tulburt, Miss Vera Bumgarner, Mrs. Sne Myers and Miss Clara OgUvie with C. C. Bid den. o BUY VICTORY ^BONDSI cal Cubs in action was shown. The next meeting will be held at the Relns-Sturdivant chapel Thursday^ November 29, and the parents of all boys, whether they attended the first session or not, of the age group of 9, 10, 11, are cordially invited to attend. This Is a meeting for parents, not boys. The Pack Is being sponsored by the Klwanls Club with Link Spalnhour as Cub master. The Pack committee was composed of Robert Brame, chairman. Bill Sturdivant and Ed Caudill. Messrs. D. J. Carter and Julius C. Hubbard, Publishers The Jour. nal-Patriot, North Wllkesboro, N. C. Gentlemen: Your pictorial rotogravure edl. tlon, depicting every phase of life and activity in present day North Wllkesboro and Wilkes county, and pointing out the many op portunities existing here for In dustry, the homeseeker and oth ers, is a timely undertaking which will result In much good. The ■South is to experience a great de. velopment and expansion during the next decade, and those sec tions which are alert to the trend of the times and energetic in pushing their claims will be the ones to receive the greatest bene fits. This company takes pleasure In supporting this undertaking by giving you its material and moral support. Very truly yours, PORESTBR-PRBVETTE INSUR ANCE COMPANY, C. C. Faw, Secretary, o 1& Sunday School Revival Meeting Walter Brace Kennedy, months in Atlanta. William EJrerett Holman, year and day In Petersburg. Edward Carl Souther, year and a day in Chlllicothe. James Willie Sales, 90 days In jail. Boyd O. Wyatt, year and a day in Chlllicothe. Gene W. Randleman, $500 fine and prison sentence suspended. Joseph Theodore Armes, year and a day In Petersburg. Will Love, year and a day In Petersburg. Jackie Holloway. 18 months in Petersburg. Charles Henry Anderson, $300 fine and probation three years. John Walter Pardue, $500 fine and a year and a day in Chllll- cothe. Albert Glenn Prevette, year and a day in Chlllicothe. Earnle Lester Holbrook, 16 months in Atlanta. Charlie Lee Hayes, year and a day in Chlllicothe. Edwin Clay Holbrook, 15 months in Atlanta. Boss Baity, violation of proba tion, sentence put Into effect. Henry Williams, year and a day In Atlanta. John C. Johnson, 18 months In Atlanta. Garner Herman Hamby, $600 fine. The following defendants were placed on probation: Luther Roy Hamby, McNeill Wagoner, John Wagoner, Tom Dula, Lawrence Sprinkle, Marvin Willie Shep herd, Hort Absher, Monroe Ah. aher, Howard Cleary, Lee Walk er, Raymond Elza Ferguson, Ea ton John Jordan, Kelly Preston, Gregory, Paul Hutcheson, Dean Atwood. Mr. Roscoe McNeill has re turned to Roanoke, Va., after spending the ’Thanksgiving sea son In the city with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus McNeill. Roscoe will graduate from the National Buslnees College, which is located in, Roanoke, about the first 6f December. He has been taking a course in buslnees ad ministration and accounting and has made an unusually fine rec ord. " .. — A Sunday school revival will begin Monday, December 3, at 7 p. m., at the Gordon Baptist church. Persons interested in Sunday 'school work of the Gor. don, Hinshaw Street, Harmony, Liberty Grove, North Wllkesboro Second, North Wllkesboro First, Pleasant Grove, Pleasant Home, and Welcome fidme churches are urged to attend this meeting 'for the week. Miss Madge Lewis, the associatlonal worker for the Brushy Mountain Association, will teach a book on Sunday school methods. o Two From V/ilke* On Mars Hill Glee Club Mars Hill.—Peggy Nichols, so. prano; Bernard Shumate, tenor; of North Wllkesboro, have been chosen as members of the 1946- 46 glee club at Mars Jlill College. The glee club, which numbers ^09 voices and is under the di rection of Mrs. Elizabeth 'Logau Souther, appeared In its first eon. cert on November 14 and will ap pear In a number of other oon. certs on the campus during the year. In the spring the group Is expected to make a number of brief tours. ' ’The moat abundant foods In December win be turkeys, chick, ens, cA^oite, cabbage and wblte Revival services began Sunday night at Rock .Greek BapUst church. Rev. Olenn Huffman, pastor. Is being assisted by Rev. A. B. Hayee. The pubUe la cor. dially Invited to all services.' Before 1935 most soybean oU was used In soap, paints and var. nlabee. Today It llada^i wUe riety of nses but largely for edU ble products. -'S a '■i