maiit IMiig
nr. Watt M. Coopv Speak*
ert WeH Re* ^
. cenred b j Hie Chill
V Ptetmd br am jiddnas br
Vmr. Wau IL Coopm', tb* Nortk
WPkaabowo Xlir«nla al«b lida
•a •njorable meatlnK Trldar
^n. ^ _ V
Prior to the vrosraia Bd Qsrd*
‘ear made a brief etotemeat a-
,boat the latwnattonel ConTeit-
tion whleh he and A. T. KHbT>
AmI O^rome and W. H. HcEl*
•ee attended dnrinc lent week
la Atlaatle City and stated that
toll report would be made
aazt Friday.
J. B. iraUanls made a brief
statement eoneemlnc the exten-
Mra space allowed in file Jonm-
iJ-Patrlot of last Friday’s pro-
^•m and expreased appredstion
Itir th« same.
> if Attenda&e priae was glrea by
^ CandlU.
''Jyyogrem chairman Watt Ooop-
on account ot the failure of
speaker to come at the last
ment, mpde his own speech.
He discussed. "Some Dangers to
Our Institution of Marriage.”
He stated It appears that a-
bont 40 per cent of our marriag
es are failures. In some counties
and cities of the D. 3. there are
more dlrorcee than there are
marriages. In one county in
iflalifomia there are 100 dlrorces
*per day. Said he, we are llrlng
In the back wash of two world
wars in thta generation and this
unquestionably has much to do
with the situation. It is there
fore necessary that we should
take stock.
Text; Whom God hath joined
together, let no man put asunder.
This is reason that we should
take stock of the marriage vows
Marriage is
iCmrl Mniki nad Rob«rt
Colovod l|«n, 0i*d
lit Auto Smulnqt'
Pfc. Rlduud K. Jarrla was
iadwcted Into the army Oc
tober 90. HMUJ, and after a
mouth ut Fort Bragg ha waa
sent to Gamp McOleUan, dlan
for basic training. After an
elgfatoen-day fnrloa^ at hoase
he spent two weekn at Oamp
Pickett, Va., and went otur-
sens. Be Is now in yapaa. Pte.
Jarvis Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. B. Jarrls, rf Wlkee-
boro Ronte one.
Ordinance Bans
Display Goods On
Sidewalks of City
Police Department Ordered
To Enforce Ordinance
Keep Sidewalks Clear ,
Two colored men ware killed
(Sad eiH^er,: Inlnred 6htui*day
nrhea thn Oar In wM^ they were
riUsgratmck n tmek end orer-
tnmedi on highway 4S1, three
miles east of this city. .
Carl 0. Martin , and Robert
Hague, of‘'Roaring River route
two, were Ulled almost Instant
ly and Homer ffllgaa waa injur-
ad.
The- ear, driven by OerlC.
Martin, was travail^ to
ward North Wllkeabtm behind a
truck owned by BUler’e Hatch^
and driven by Jcsm J. Baldwin,
according to Informatloa obtain
ed by State Hlghiray Patrolman
Lamarr Ratliff and WUkea’ Coro
ner I. M. Myers, who Inveatigated
the accident.
The ear was attonptlng to pass
the truck when the truck turned
left Into a driveway at the home
of Clifton Waddell. The car
struck the left front side of the
truck and overturned a number
of times.
Funeral service for Martin,
son of Walter and Anna Martin,
was held Monday, 11 a. m., at
Poplar Springs.
Robert Hague was a eon of
Henry and Joyce Martin Hague.
Surviving are bis parents, three
brothers and three sisters.
Funeral will be held Tuesday,
11 a. m., at Plney Grove church.
O —
Police Chief J. H. Walker sa^l
today that the ordinance prohlB-
itlng use of the sidewalks tqr
display of merchandise will l|e
enforced. i
The city council In June mee^-
a sacred Institution. Ing asked that the police depart-
nirough it personality has Its
giwateat chance to project Itself
id live. Our generation now ap-
to b^ at the cross roads.
It undarstood that he is Just
talking on divorce nor that the
•xlstlng evil can be cured by
legislation. Rather; would he
think of the causes that make
divorce seem necessary.
1. In the first place said he,
not all marriages are approved
of God. These in the outset have
little chance to survive.
2. There are multitudes whose
marriages are approved and of
these there Is a oneness of
’.heart and life of the contracting
^ portira.
J. What are some evils that
break the marital relations? Said
he. It is a failure to make living
together a day to day affair. Sal-
flahnesB Is the crowning evil that
breaks marriage vows; neglect is
I also a great evil, and the failure
taiake the marriage relation a
HkwliglouB iBsUtuUon and oonUnu-
Fw to have it to is usually fatal.
I^nwas a good talk.
I Txt the meeting Friday Richard
jbknston was a guest of W. J.
Gaxoou, and L. E. Bogan and
Robert Meserve were guests of
r.-D. Meserve.
o
ment enforce any ordlnante
which'would prohibit the use'pf
sidewalks for storing and
playing merokaiuttM, and nu
■ ftxtSd
complaints that merchandise was
Impeding pedestraln traffic.
The ordinance to be enforced
reads as follows; "Placing refuse
on streets or sidewalks—^No imr-
son or persons shall place any
thing on the streets. In the gut
ters or on the sidewalks which
will impede travel or traffic, or
annoy pedestrians, except by
written permission from the may
or, and each and every person
violating this ordinance shall, on
conviction thereof, pay a penalty
ot not less then fl.OO and costs
for each day such ohstmctlon is
allowed to remain, after notice
is received* from the mayor to
remove the same.”
o
‘^dade Valley Board
Re-Elects Eldridge
Olade Valley.—B. B. Bldridge
IMS re-elected superintendent of
Otode Valley High School, Pres
byterian echool owned toy Orange
«ttd Winston-Salem Presbyteries,
at a meeting of the trustees last
vraafc. He was also voted an In-
ereese of »*00 In salary for the
eomlng year.
Reports showed the school
closed a record year this Spring
with student receipts at a new
high as well as Increased revenue
from the farm.
o
Revival Meeting
At Second Baptist
Revival servlcoB will open
flnnday, June 23, at the Second
BiVtlst-church In this city. Ser-
Tlees will toe oondncted each ev»-
■Jag at"7:80 by Rev. J. C. Pru
itt oad Albert Pruitt and the
le la cordially Invited to at-
Eller Reunion To
Pe Held Sunday
reunion of the BUer
win be held on Sunday,
at Bolling SjHdngs Bap-
^UMh 1* ^
elty attr hl^way ill- Aa all-
esy progniB la planned, todud-
dtuiey on tho ground* 'at
AH Of *>“ *“Bfly
M*ad* nr* tnvttdl.
Wilkes H. D. C.
Brinp The Gavel
Wins Prize At District Fed-
a-ation Meeting For Lar
gest Attendance
With 8 2 members present,
Wilkes Home Demonstration
clubs carried away the gavel
from the district Federation
meeting of Home club's held in
Sparta Monday.
Fifteen clutos In Wll^kea were
represented in the group which
charted two busee for the trip.
The attendance priio was award
ed on the basis of number at
tending from each oonnty multi
plied by the total number of
miles traveled.
Miss Ruth Current, state home
demonstration agent, delivered
the feature address of the day.
o
Atteild CoDT^op
r
Of ^ Extern FOR WANT OF F
Mrs. W. P. Keim Mrs! 8 h.
Paniue, and Mrs. Im D. Payne,
retiring JDUtriet Deputy Oraad
Matron ot the TenBt Dlstriet of
the Grand Chapter of North Car
olina Order of the Rwftem Star
spent from SnndiW’ to Thursday
(June > to it) Ih BUsabeth City,
N. attending the "Service
Session" of the Oriutd Charier
of North Carolina 0. B. 8. Mrs.
B. \B. Oorbee. of Boone. N. 0.
accompanied the local membm
on the trip, she succeeds JIrs.
Payne In the O. B. 8. work In
this district
, o
Leap FroM Motel
la Wiiatoo-Salen
b FabI to Girl
Funeral Sarriee Hwld Today
In Wflkea For Mba Dora
Mae JoimMMi
J. N. Woodruff
Claimed By Death
Jonathan Newton Woodruff,
88, died late Thursday at the
home of his son, E. R. Woodruff,
at Thurmond, after six months'
illness. Surviving are his son, E.
R. Woodruff, one daughter, Mrs.
W. G. Simmons; Thurmond; one
brother, J. B. Woodruff; one
siator, Mrs. W. R. Woodruff. aU
■Ilf 'Hiu>fl»Mgr*t(htfltgngttaws;
six great-grandchildren. Funeral
was held Saturday at 3 p. m. at
Roaring Gap Baptist church.
Burial was in Thurmond ceme
tery.
o
Mt. Carmel Church
Announces Revival
Revival services will toegln
Sunday night, June 23, at Mt.
Carmel Baptist church. The pas
tor, Rev. S. I. Watts, will prpach
In the serrices, which will be held
each night, eight o'clock. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend.
p
Mrs. Flora Hemric
Funeral Saturday
Keyes Rites Held
Funeral service was held Sun
day afternoon, three o’clock,.at
Falrplalns Baptist church for J.
A. Key, age 56, who died Sat
urday In Cabarms hospital.'
o
New Bus Route
Will Sbrt Soon
H. P. Eller, owner of WOkM
Transportation compwiy, an
nounced today that new bus
route* from An*tln to North Wll-
keeboro will s^t In Hie near fu
ture. ''
One ronte will toe from Austin
by way of Ronda to North Wll-
kesboro, and the other wBl be
Item AMMtta by way ot She^wd’a
(hos* Roads and SSOiring River
to North 'vnikesboro. .r i-,.
Starting; dat* *04..-. wdtodiilw
will be anhonneed la 4ayK
Hr. BUer aald-
Mrs. Flora Adeline Brown
Hemric, 56, wife of J. 8. Hemric,
of Ronda, route 1, died Thursday
afternoon in Chatham Memorial
hospital In Elkin foUowlng a
long illness. Surrivlng are her
husbpd, four daughters, Mrs.
Cleve Gray, Cycle, Mrs. Steve
Waddell, Mrs. Little Pardue,
Ronda, Mrs. Claade Kilby, Roar
ing River; tour sons, Archie, of
Ronda, Fred, of Joneavllle, Har
vey, of YadklnvUle, Pvt. Harold
Hemric, U. S. army in Germany;
five 'brothers, Colnmbns Brown,
Mt. Airy, Solomon Brown, Whit
Brown, Cycle, Harrison Brown,
Soboolfield, Va„ Green Brown, of
Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Oscar
Lewis, Ronda, Mrs. Clete Sim
mons, Mrs. Paul Shore, Jones-
vUle.
Fnneral was held Saturday at
10 a. m. at Pleasant Grove Bap
tist chnrch. Burial was In the
church cemetery.
o ‘
Arthur Church Is
Claimed By Death
Funeral service wae held Sat
urday for Arthur Church, age 69,
citisen of Jobs Cabin township
who died Friday. Rev. Levi
Greene conducted the service,
which was held at the family
cemetery.
Mr. Chnrch Is survived by
one brother and one sister, An
drew and Rebecca Church.
—r ;0 ■ " i ■
Hayes Child Dies
'(JIude Dean Hayes, four-year-
old ton ot Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Hayes, ot tbit city, died Thnrsday
and funeral service iwa* held Sat
urday at Arbor Grove Methodist
cbnrch near MlUere Greek. Rev.
J. L. A. Bumgarner, pastor, and
BSev. A. W. BUer oondaetod the
larrta*. ^ ^ -
SartfVlng' «ro' the father knS
motho’. oBs. ti^thar and one pbk
ter. ^phn-' M^ter ^ SbitHir
Funeral service was held to
day at Oak Ridge church tor
Miss Dora Mae Johnson, 27, of
Hays, who died Saturday morn
ing in Winston-Salem ot Injuries
she received In a Jump from a
hotel window June 8. ...
According to Wlnston-^alem
police, Miss Johnson, with a com
panion, Miss Margaret Miller, ar
rived In Winston-Salem on the
night of Saturday, June 8, where
they met some soldiers and went
to Court Square'' Hotel. PoBce
raided about 'SidK a, m. Mr. Mc
Kinney went aeroM the hall and
Miss Johnson asked to be left
alone. When police returned the
room was empty^ Mer body was
found in the three floers
below, and to Olty
■!"»
Miss Johnson* was born In
Wilkes County'Mby 13, 1919,
daughter ot Mr. dud Mrs. James
H. Johnson. She is survived by
her parents; two' sisters, Mrs.
Lanson Howell of Wilson, and
Miss Martha Sue Johnson of the
home; and 10 brothers. Wood-
row, Gene, Robert, Clyde, David,
Jonah, Claude, all of the home,
and Howard, Hobert and Isaac
Johnson, with the army 'In Ger
many.
Rev. Hillary Blevins condtteted
the funeral service, which was
held at ten a. m. today at Oak
Ridge chnrch.
^ o
5 Ba$eball Teams
Are Doing; 0. K.
Baaeball, the national pastime.
Is experiencing a great revlyal
In Wilkes county this year after
a lapse due to the war.
Five teams arO" already well
organized In rural communities
and others are springing up each
week.
The teams now organized and
playing regularly on week-ends
are Falrplalns, Rock (Treek, Pores
Knob, Boomer and Moravian
Falls.
Reports from the communities
with baseball team* Indicate that
the public is well supporting the
teams and that large crowds are
attending every game,
Falrplalns and Reck Creek
were the first teams to begin
play, followed by Pore* Knob
and Boomer. On Saturday Mora
vian Falla played their' flrat
game, taking a 3-2 decision from
Falrplaina, In an abbreviated con
test called In the 7th becanae of
rain, and won again on Sunday
over Kerleytown team from Alex
ander county.
Hlwever, Falrplaina team has
the greater number ot vletoriaa
for the season sad is going well.
Falrplalns bad not loatf a game
until Saturday.
Reports from the Purlear com
munity indicate that A team may
be going toero In the next few
■fi
tfifiMhHM
HM N«bI
WmIc Mvilood Cositrol
‘ "'Btadkia
wkleh i^ ius manapd to
rt tJUnCll of
.. lattoa. Both art ..
Ml 1b Enrope and Asia who
gfarif inSiMT. or eam^ food to the Emergency Feed
tounediately.'Eoa can help by
“ “ ■ CclleenoT!
Memorial Service
For Pfc. Speaks
On'Jnne 23, Mr. and Mrs. Ar
thur Speaks, parents of Pfc. Hule
Speaks, who died In service
October 22, 1945, will have a
Memorial Service for their son
at Grassy Knob Baptist chnrch
at 8 o'clock in the afternoon.
Rev. Grady White and Rev. C.
C. Holland wiU conduct the ser
vice, assisted by the *Hurst Tur-
nw Anierican Legion Poet.
Receives Award
West Jefferson Publisher
Receives Award From
Natitmal Organization
Estes Park, Colo., June 13.—
Bd M. Anderson, of Brevard, N.
C., received the Amos award of
the National Editorial association
here tonight for "outstanding
service to the weekly and small-
city daily newspapers of the
United States during the last
year." The award was made at
the annual banquet of the asso
ciation's 61st annual convention.
'Anderson Is publisher of the
Brevard Timas and four other
North Carolina weekly newspap
ers. They ,are the Spindale Sun,
Forest City Courier, Skyland Post
at West Jefferson, and the Alle
ghany News at Sparta. In the
three years the five newspapers
have wdh a total of 12 prizes for
excellence in state and national
contests.
The Amos award waa present
ed to Anderson In recognition of
hlB services as chairman of the
N.E^A. leglalatlve committee for
the last three years and aa the
only weekly newspaper member
of the newspaper induatry advls-
ory committee of the war prodnc-
tlon board for four years.
A past president of the North
Caroliha Press association, An
derson also aarved two years on
the board of Slrertoni of News
paper Advartlslng Se^ce,. weak
ly newspaper advertlslpg repre
sentatives, and has beM chair
man of the ezeqatiya ■•committee
of the weekly neirspaper, bureau
of the 'N.BA;’elhoe lie oiganUa-
tloh last year.
Anderson also Is active In Bre
vard civic organizations and
servea aa pnblle relations director
of Brevard eollege.
. .11. .'■■■ o ■ -
LoHbWillfiay
Ilit-llj^Teaiii
North Wlikeeboro eofthall
team iHU Flay (Jarolloa linen
weeks and a movement la on foot' team ttopH ~ i WlQBton-Sslem
to arrange a regular ^achednle aoftoaU league In a'dogbloh^-
among teams In the county.
I. „—o
COFFEE CLUB TO MBDT
The Coffee Glob wfll meet Wed
nesday idfht approzimsMIy too
p. m. at the l4>Hy fheetre of*
flee «fa extroortllnery sesMot.
Snbjert for dlsensslon, vetr itob'
uvaRr, wlU be the world's heavy-
wetthl boodag dhamptouMp.
er eoi;Cb«ll Smoot Patlt
on fthbdaV^ t^atornoon, June n*
CewiHna Utten Is on* of th*^ ^
to*.*
m league e^ the North «hapel neur- WlnsUm-Selem.
boro t#ar wi» bave its flMt tpal, " "
lie to eorftisaf Ihfltod tp *e* the
game, aad no ohavge will bs mads
for adw>mb»,V^|
William S. Gantt
Training; Officer
V. A. 4 Counties
Washtogtoa. Jnne 19.—Hear*
tags on to* proposed |70,000,OQO
TadUn irtrer flood eontrol pw-
Jeet'.la North Carolina wBl he
a^e^led before the seaete eesa*
mlttee the week ot June 35, 8ea-
utor Boejf, Deotoerat, North Car
olina, said today.
PrevtoBfl^ Boey annonnced
the board of army engineen
would review the 1949 "faror-
able” report from the district
army engtneers Jnne 18.
This report recommends fonr
flood control dams and reear*
voire, two north of North WU-
kesboro, ■and two near the month
ot the Beddiee river, with an
estimated first cost ot about 111,*
000,000.
These reservoirs, Hoey stated,
will toe need oidy tor Impounding
excess water dnrlng floods, and
would Impound up to six inches
ot flood runoff from the drain
age areas abovs them."
Veterans Administration Of
ficer Here Well Prepar
ed to Aid Veterus
William S. Gantt has begun hia
dntlee as Veterans Admlnlstra-
traiaing ofRcsr to this
SI
tanga'end AUeghany ooanties.
Wsahington, June 13.—Repre-
aentatlve F o 1 g e r. Democrat,
North Carolina, returned to the
capital today with the prediction
that the 170,000,000 Yadkin riv
er flood control project would be
approved by this session of Oon-
greas.
The North Carolinian, who will
enter a second primary June 22,
against Thurmond phatham, bns-
Iness man of Winston-Salem and
Elkin, said that the Yadkin val
ley once had been the granary i
of wtolg gei^oa. .of
He recalled floods which swept
Mr. Gantt, veteran of 26 years ^way much of North Wllkesboro
service, Including both World j and Blkln—ruining some of "the
Wars, has hls headquarters at bottom land In the world."
the Veterans Administration con
tact office In North Wllkesboro,
located over the Bank of North
Wllkesboro.
Mr. Gantt Is able to give any
information desired on Job train
ing programs for veterans.
He will be In the office each
morning natfl ten a. m., after
which he is engaged in ontslde
work in the training program.
o
Auto Accident
Fatal To One
Elkin, Juno 14.—^L. P. Bll-
Inigs, 21, of Thurmond, died as
the resnlt of Injuries received in
a Sunday accident near hls home,
and hls younger brother, C. L.
Billings, 17, was badly Injured.
The accident occurred at about
10:45 a. m.
The elder brother died at a*
'bout 5 a. m. Monday at the Elkin
hospital, some 19 hours after
sustaining severe head Injuries.
C. L. Billings Is expected to re
cover, according to hospital re
ports.
I The accident occurred near
Thurmond, whm the car in which
the two .brothers were riding ov-
erturnedi Witnesses say that the
ear, driven toy L. F. BiUtogs, was
slightly over the line marking
the center of the.road when a
Greyhound bus aiKpVoSohed from
the opposlt* dlre^B- In swerv-^
ing to aveld the bns, FblUlps ap
parently loet control of hls ve
hicle, and after twisting to* the
iir right tide of; the U^way,
back to the left, and again to
the rl^t,. the oar overtuned eev-
eral tlmee,‘'Infllotlng -fatal In-
Juriee to the driver. '
L. F. Billings was the eon of
vmilam BilUngs, who reemtly
moved to Thurmoad from Sparta.
: ■ o
E. S. Zimpnennaii
IHed Here TicklAr
BUM StoVene Zltnmermaa, 7S.
died at Rie WUkee hospital to-
daj% I1:W aj m. . ' . • .,v
‘Mr. Zfanmemas, for ,.,iwy
yeen a'w^ knotra idtUMi of
Ibnytb -oonnty, tor eoaiA ltoM
twd made hls horns hers with hie.
mot j,lB,,ztonnenMa-. H
^ fiarvlvtof Mr.;aftoenaaa a»
mmpeSioaHtlKii pear. Ttoi een, J. BjanajerfH^^o* toto
dty, aad a tostsr daighter, Mrs.
Itomsa BarvSI, ot Htastoa-ltol*
Representative Doughton, Dem
ocrat, North Carolina, dean of
the North Carolina delegation,
and sometimes called the "father
of the happy valley*' (Yadkin
river valley) and Representative
Pratt. North Carolina’s first
woman of Congress, have been
working closely with Senator
Hoey, Democrat, North Carolina,
to get the project placed either
in the bllllon-dollar rivers and
harbors or bllllon-dollar flood
oontrol bill. Both are being con
sidered by Congress now.
The board of army engineers
meeting here Tuesday, June 18,
is expected tp approve a recent
report of the district engineers.
The project Is to be put into one
of the big bills and likely will be
discussed at bearings on the
flood control bill the week of
June 25, Senator Hoey stated.
Folger, who returned to Wash
ington to vote for the British
loan, has gone back to North
Carolina to make campaign talks.
o
Ormsby Delights
Crowd at Mies
Night On Friday
Pat Ormsby, Winston-Salem
humorist, kept toe crowd In aa
uproar of langhter Friday night
when the Knights of Pythias
lodge and Doklea clnb celebrated
Ladiee hflght at a banquet at the
American Legion and Auxiliary
clubhouse.
Paul Osborne was toastmaster
and a deUi^tfnl program was
carried out. T. E. Story welcomed
the gnMts and Mrs. A. C. Cham
berlain responded. Dr. A. C.
Chamberlain presented the speak
er, Mr. Ormsby.
The hanqurt waa one of the
most anecessful^to the history of
the lodge here, and waa very
much 'ehjoysd.
—/
Singii^ Jnne 30
At KH^ Creek
Smday. staging of tlw
afngihg . Assodattoa
Funeral servle*" hridfnfli he 1id4 Sunday,'June 9«, at
Attorney F. J. MsDaffls. eteir-
ima, umtnmmi Ot tk* rinilBg
wlli gst OBdar way at a. au
aa.i!r ''cbat]mih tonnigh to* toy
with dinner to to* trstoll si
assn. AU aro i»dtod l^j^ttasd.