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Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WILKESB^^^Monday, Jan. 20. 1047 Make rth Wiikesboro Your Shopping Center
LOCAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ~
; DIRECTORS
____ of the Wilkes
Jr of Commerce In Annual
night heard re
of the first year of opera
reeelved the report of the
committee, and heard a
Interesting address b y
Themaa I?. Carroll, of Winston
Salem, personnel director of the
"WachoYta Bank and Trust com
pany.
President J. B. Williams open
ed the meeting and called on
Richard Johnston to giro his re
port as treasurer. He referred to
detailed financial statement
ted each member and re
fked that 73 new members
been obtained for 1947 and
tt many others are expected.
D. E. EHedge, chairman of the
elections committee, gave a re
port on the results of the elec
tion for directors. A ballot con
taining the names of 36 nomi
nees for the board of directors
was mailed each member with in
structions to rote for 18. The six
receiving the highest number Of
votes were elected for three
years, the second hlgheet six for
two and the third 'highest six for
one year. Those elected follow:
Three years?J. B. Williams,
Richard Johnston, Dr. Fred Hub
bard, J. B. Carter, D. V. Deal
and W. O. Absher.
Two years?R. G. FInley, C.
J. Swofford, E. F. Gardner, W.
K. Sturdivant, J. R. Hix and
^Russell Gray, Jr.
One year?Paul Osborne, L. S.
Spainhour, N. S. Forester, W. G.
Gabriel, W. D. Halfacre, Eugene
Trivette.
The board is composed of five
manufacturers, five merchants
and eight in service business
and professional vocations.
President Williams spoke
briefly, thanking' the member-1
ship, board of directors and
newspapers, especially The Jour-'
nal-Patrlot, for cooperation to-]
ward making the first year of'
Chamber of Commerce operation
successful and beneficial for the
community. Forrest Jones, sec
retary-manager, also spoke brief
ly and expressed appreciation for
cooperation and assistance ren
dered.
J. R. Hlx presented the speak
er. Mr. Carroll used as his sub
ject, "The . Modem Chamber .of
Commerce." Mr. Carroll was a
most interesting speaker. He
used a blackboard to Illustrate
the eesentlals of his subject,
which were purposes, member
ship, leadership, staff, program,
budget, and the dymanic power
of the entire organization?ac
tivities.
Going further into the subject
he listed ten essentials for* any
successful activity as being stu
dy, leadership, planning, organ
izing, operation, selling, supply,
consulting, budgeting and report
ing. "Projects are no better than
the actions that go into them,"
he said. '
Ip conclusion he added a word
of caution, saying that If the
people of America do not do
their own planning in their own
communities that Washington
will do it for them.
The meeting waB concluded
with a rising vote of thanks for
President Williams for his untir
ing efforts in behalf of the or
ganization.
Coffee and doughnuts were
served to all members and visi
tors following the meeting, which
was held in the North Wilkes
boro town hall.
dearsttre sees wilaes
PB0DUCW6 COMTY H SOOTH
Dr. Roy S. Dearstyne, head of
the poultry department at North
Carolina State College, told
North Wilkeshoro civic clubs that
Wilkes is in position to become
the outstanding poultry produc
tion center of the entire south.
Dr. Dearstyne epoke at the
noon luncheon meeting of the
Kiwanis club and in the evening
before the Lions club.
Speaking of the poultry indus
try in the state, Dr. Dearstyne
said there was a gross income in
1945 of over |&5,000,000 and
that poultry was second only to
tobacco as the state's leading in
dustry. He stated that there are
300,000 ponltry producing units
in the state, with 10,000. full
time producers, .14,000 full time
At the January meeting of the
North Wilkesboro Parent-Teach
sr association held in the school
auditorium Thursday night at
7:30 o'clock, a legislative com
mittee was appointed td bring all
Pressure possible to seeure a
more than 20 per cent salary in
crease for N, C. teachers. Pol
tewing a report from, this com-1
mittee, namely, Arthur Venable^
chairman, Weaver Starr and j
Paul Cashion, a telegram was,
sent Saturday morning address-*
Bd to T. E. Story, House of Rep-I
resentatives, Raleigh, which stat
Bd: "North Wilkesboro P.-T. A.
In meeting last night voted unan- j
imously to support request for
more than 20 per cent increase'
tor teachers," signed Mrs. C.
Arthur Venable, preeldent.
The guest speaker for the eve-!
clng was John V. Bowers, local
attorney, who was Introduced by
P&ul Cashion. Mr. Bowers gave
an interesting account of how a
aw is actually passed. During his
talk he stated that in his opinion
If the teachers didn't get a large
Increase in salary now, it would
be a long time before they could..
Miss Dorothy Gabriel rendered
a solo, "God Bless America '
This was followed by a duet,
Mighty Lak a Rose," sung by
Miss Dorothy Powell and Miss!
Gabriel. They were accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Robert
Gibbs. A devotional on the theme
of the program "Citizenship"
*as given by Miss Jo Lassister,
Educational director of the First
Methodist church.
During the business session a
lueetionnaire which had been
given to each member concern
ing his or her musical and dra
matic interests was collected.
Mrs. Gibbs, who is chairman of
the music and art committee,
'Poke briefly about the purpose
>f the questionnaire and also
stated that the National Sym
xixvj, x w, i ?, one said it
Vas the desire of the committee
? Bee that all students in the
jand were provided a way to at
tend this concert. Miss Bingham,
:>and director, was asked to act
is chairman in collecting the
money from the parents whose
children were in the band or
.'rom anyone who would like to
contribute to this cause.
Mrs. Gilbert Foster, corres
E>onding secretary, read a portion
>f the new 1947 legislative pro
gram of the State Congress of
Parents and Teachers concern
ing the stand it is taking on the
salary increase for teachers.
After which Paul Cragan, super
intendent of schools, gave thei
latest developments of the sup-1
plementary bill now before the
legislature. Following the ap
pointment of a legislative com
mittee, the chairman, Mr. Ven
able, called a meeting bo be held
directly following' the meeting
and asked the superintendent
and several others to sit in so
that some action could be takep
to bring about a more than 20
per cent increase for teachers.
The activities of the standing
committees will be reported in a
later edition of this paper.
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M. M. Bra me Managei
Of Wilkes Drug Store
M. M. Brame has assumed hli
duties as manager of Wilkei
Drug Store in this city.
Mr. Brame is a registerec
pharmacist, having graduated ai
the University of North Carolina
in 1934. For some time he hek
a position at Duke Hospital ii
Durham and served in the armj
medical corps In Europe. H<
came here from High Point,
where he was connected with
Eckerds Drug ? company. Mr.
Brame is a son of the late Mr!
and Mrs. M. M. Brame, of Win
ston-Salem and is a nephew of
P. J. Brame and a cousin of the
other members of the Brame
family here.
At Wilkes Drug Store Mr.
Brame succeeds P. j. Brame,
who retired January l after 50
years in the drug business, in
cluding 27 years in North Wil
kesboro.
Mr. M. M. Brame and his wife
and five-months-old son will
make their home in this city.
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Fire On Friday At
Bill Lambert's Sto
The fire department Fri
answered a call to Bill Lam be
store in the woodlawn comm
ity. Fire which had made sc
headway behind shelves in
store had been practically
tingutehed by Mr. Lambert
fore firemen arrived.
employes and hundreds of thous
ands of part time -workers.
Bringing the subject closer
home, Dr. Dearstyne said that
Wilkes produced 1,776,000 chick
ens in 1945.
In order to have a 'better bal
anced poultry industry, there is
great need for greater production
of poultry feed ingredients, es
pecially grain, in North Carolina.
Citing Wilkes 'production fi
gures, it -was found that more
wheat is used for poultry feed
in Wilkes than is produced in the
county. There is aleo need for
greater production of corn and,
oats., r.'. - ? V
Dr. Dearstyne asked coopera
tion of business for expansion of
the poultry industry in the state.
Kiwanians Have
Interesting Meet
The address of Roy S. Dear
styne, head of the poultry de
partment at North Carolina State
College, featured the meeting of
the North Wilkesboro Kiwanls
dub Friday.
Wm. A. Stroud was program
chairman for the day and he'
asked W. D. Jester to present
the speaker. Account of his ad
dress Is contained elsewhere In
this newspaper.
Attendance prize Friday was
given by Rev. H. M. Wellman to
? J. B. McCoy. Guests were as fol
jrlows: Agnes Elledge with D. E.
B&ledge; T. L. Blalock with J. B.
Williams; Murphy Williams with
Pat Williams; Andy Borders, of
{Hickory, was a visiting Klwan
l&n.
Polio Dance On
Jan. 31 Planned
Annual Presidents Ball fOT the
Infantile Paralysis ;fund 1 n
Wilkes will be held on the night
of January 31st at' the Legion
and Auxiliary clubhouse, C. C.
Paw, Jr., Lions Club dance chair
man for the fund, announced to
day.
In order that all proceeds may
go into the fund, music will be
from records and tickets will be
$1.00 per couple, Mr. Faw-eaid
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The Papuans, a tribe of New
believe that souls of dead
tarn and may even mar
according to the En
Bri tannics.
Lions Club Asks
Greater Increase
In Teacher's Pay
Resolution Tassed In Meet
ing Friday For Over 20
Per Cent Pay Raise
North Wilkesboro Lions Club
n meeting Friday evening pass
id a resolution asking that the
egislature grant the school
eachers of North Carolina a sal
ary increase of more than 20 per
:ent.
The proposal was put before
he club by President W. 0. Ab
ther and after some discussion
i motion was passed but with no
iefinite percentage - of increase
isked, except that it ibe jnore
han 20 per cent.
The program, which consisted
>f a splendid address by Dr. Roy
3. Dearstyne, of State College,
rag arranged by Dr. J. W. Wil
is, Wm. A. Hardister and Bill
ibsher. Edward Mclntire pre
lented the speaker.
Edward Bell of the Northwest
ern Bank, was Inducted into
membership by Attorney J. H.
JVbicker, Jr.
Guests were: Fred Emerson
with Rufus Church; Bill Moose
with Wm. A. Hardister; Jimmie
Mien with Blair Gwyn; Robert
Bowman with Edward Finley;
Rnford Williams, of Lenoij, with
f. H. Whicker, Jr. Arrangements
were made* during the ineetlng
Cor the club to operate the dime
board for the polio fund.
Support Y. M. C, A.
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SENTENCED TO DIE FOR RAPE OF GIRL
ENDED SATURDAY EVENING
SENTENCE BEING PRONOUNC
JUDGE HOYLE H. SINK
the foreman, L. H. iessup, said
for each defendant: VGuilty of
rape as charged In the bill of
Indictment.
Appeal Rotices Given
Counsel for' both defendants
made motion to set aside the ver
dict and for 4 new trial, and
both motions were denied. Ap
peal notices to the supreme
court were posted by both de
fendants.
Counsel for the defendants
were given 60 days in which to
file case on appeal and the state
60 days to file counter-case, mak
ing a total of four months in
which to prepare the lengthy
case for review of the Supreme
Court of North Carolina. Appeal
automatically will stay execution
of the death sentence.
Comments To Jury
Commenting to the jury fol
lowing their verdict, Judge Sink
saidi "The manner of perform
ance of your1 duty is in keeping
with the dignity of the manhood
of the state of North Carolina
... If the virtue of womanhood
and the sacredness of the home
are destroyed, there is nothing
left to live for."
Bell's Face Tear-stained
When the Jury first filed in
with their verdict, Bell, a 24
year-old resident of the Roaring
River community of Wilkes coun
ty, sobbed .inaudibly on the
shoulder^ of his wife, who had
been with him throughout the
trial.
Litteral, tall and dark Wins
ton-Salem man for whom a plea
of insanity failed, remained calm,
smoked and chatted with his mo
ther qnd sister in the interim
between the verdict and death
sentence.
When asked by the court if
they had anything to say before
sentence was pronounced, Lit
teral and Bell-each replied, "No
sir.'' ;
Peggy Shore Relieved
Peggy Shore, the prosecutrix
whose story of being the object
of bestial assaults by Litteral
and Bell was never ^contradicted
during the trial, waited in the
Wilkes health department of
fices near the courtroom for the
end of the trial. The girl for
whom the ordeal of the week
long trial had ibeen so great that
she collapsed on the witness
stand and fainted a number of
other times, merely said "I'm re
lieved."
afternoon the
in offering
Fred Hutchlns,
Litteral, put on the
Kelly, of
1 of. Medl
uctory
he was
:niei psycniatnst lor #the U. S.
irmy in Europe and that he ex
mined the prisoners prior to the
Nurenberg trials of war crimin'
lis. ,
Stating that he had examined
Defendant Litteral at length, Dr.
Kelly stated that in his opinion
Littoral did not know right from
wrong. He was subjected to a
long cross examination relative
to his examinatkm of Lltter&l
ind his findings.
The mother and sister of Lit
toral testified about the defend
ant's behavior, saying that he
bad been a habitual drinker, had
been in many escapades, had
served a number of sentences,
was mentally unbalanced and
that on four occasions had tried
suicide.
In court Friday morning the
state offered evldenoe in rebut
tal to that of Dr. Kelly on
Thursday, who had said that Lit
eral, in his opinion, did not
snow right from wrong.
Dr. R. .G. Blackwelder, super
ntendent of the state hospital,
Raleigh, expressed his opinion
that Ldtteral knows right from
wrong.
Dr. Elbert McMillan, of Wake
Forest College, testified that he
Igamindd Litteral in May. 1943,
rear. Each time, he said, his
Findings were that he knew right
from wrong, although he did not
(save normal intelligence.
Supporting this testimony the
state offered evidence by Arthur
Li. Insoore, former Yadkin sher
iff, Yadkin Sheriff A. H. Moxley,
Wilkes Sheriff C. G. Poindexter,
Guilford Jailor L. A. Stafford, A.
M. Green, Sparta prison camp
superintendent, Eugene Hollar,
steward at the Watauga prison
camp, H. C. Carter, of the Win
ston-Salem police, FBI Agent
John G. Johnson, FBI Agent
James I. Waller and Revenue
Agent Robert Miller, all to the
effect that their opinions, based
on observation and conversations
with Litteral, was that he knew
the difference between right and
wrong.
The prosecution introduced
into evidence and read to the
jury a statement purported to
have been written by Peggy
Shore a few days after the al
leged assault. The statement cor
roborated her testimony, giving
detailed accounts of her alleged
kidnaping and four criminal as
saults by Litteral and Bell.
The trial opened Monday
morning with the two-day task
of selection of jurors and reach
ed a climax Wednesday when
Peggy Shore in three-hour testi
mony related how she was kid
napped, raped twice by each de
fendant, was beaten, cut by a
knife in the hands of Litteral
and left abandoned at daybreak
near the mountain farm home
of Mr. and Mrs. James Bowling
near Bristol, Tenn., 120 miles
from where she was thrown, into
the car at 11:15 p. m. Aug. 23.
FBI Agents Helped
Solicitor Avalon Hall gave
much credit for successful prose
cution of the case to FBI agents
whose investigation led to charg
es Of kidnaping against Litteral
and Bell in federal oourt, and
whose evidence and confessions
by the two men were used in the
rape trial.
Argument of counsel in the
case began at noon Friday and
was completed at 3:45 Satur
day afternoon. Judge Sink deliv
ered an hour and one-half charge
to the Jury.
Aiding Solicitor Avalon Hall
for the prosecution were T. R.
Bryan, of Wilkesboro, and Folger
Townsend, of Lenoir. Fred
Hutchins, of Winston-Salem, was
sole counsel for Litteral. Bell
attorneys were *Eugene Trivette,
Bill Mitchell, Kyle and Clyde
Hayes, of North Wilkesboro, J. E.
Hotehouser, of Boone, and Bu
ford Williams, of Lenoir.
I Jurors Appreciative
IfemberB of the jury of Cald
w/ll county men asked that it
RALPH VERNON LITTERAL
MARVIN CLAUDE BELL
The Northwesters 1
Bank In Sessioi I
Here On Tuesday;
Good Year Reported By
President Dougherty;
Five Directors Added
Stockholders of the Northwest-1
ern Buk, which has home office J.
here and branches in many J;
northwestern North Carolina ci-l,
ties and towns, in annual meet- ,
ing hare increased the member-1
ship on the board of directors to I
20. The directors re-elected Dr. |
lachian State Teachers Coll^^j
Boone, as president of the bank,
and all other officers were re
I
The directors for 194/ are: N.
B. Smithey, Ralph Duncan and
C. O. MdNiel, North Wilkesboro, I
R. L. Doughton and IV <?. Dun
can, Sparta; M. A. Higgins, En
nice; M, E. Reeves, Laurel
Springs; W. D. Farthing, Boone;
Gordon H. Winkler, Boone; W.
W. Mast, Valle Crncis; W. C.
Berry and W. F. Hughee, Bakers
ville; John C. MoBee, Sr., Spruce
Pine; J. D. Brinkley, Valdese;
Henry C. Cline ancf C. L. Whisn
ant, Hickory; Wade Hi Shuford,
Hickory and Newton: H. M.
Yount, Newton; B. R. Penland,
Burnsville. The last fire named
are new members on the board.
Dr. Dougherty in hiB address
to'the stockholders reported that
the capital structure of the bank
had bedn Increased by $455,
752.64 during the past year,
bringing the total to $1,367,
861 61. The increase, Dr. Dough
erty said, added much to the
degree of protection to deposi
tors and stockholders. During
the year total resources of the
bank increased from $27,798,
367.03 to $32,348,224.72, an in
crease of more than five million.
During the year the bank es
tablished new branches at Hick
ory and Newton and a teller's
window at Maiden.
,In the stockholders meeting a
portrait of the late president of
the bank, R. A. Doughton, was
unveiled and placed in the di
rectors' room. The stockholder
gave a rising vote of appreci
ation to officers and employes
for their services during the
year.
Officers re-elected by the di
rectors were: Dr. B. B. Dough
erty, president; Edwin Duncan,
executive vice president; W. B.
Greenfe, Wade H. Shuford and
W. B. Austin, vice presidents; D.
V. Deal, secretary. All other of
ficers and employes were also
wrt P,1 opt pH
Reports of the bank showed
that 1946 was a most successful
year and the opinion was ex
pressed that the ensuing year
will be equally good.
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A pigeon post system, in which
the birds were used as messeng
ers, was established by the Sul
tan of Baghdad in 1160 A. D.,
according to the Encyclopaedia
Bri tannics. ;
be' published that they were very
appreciatlye of the kindness and
courtesy shown them while in
Wilkes, and especially thanked
Judge Sink and the two officers
who served the Jury during the
week for their kind consider
tion. .
Bank Of North
Wilkesboro Has
Annual Meeting
Report of President Hix In
dicates Excellent Bus- >,
mess During Year
The Bank of North Wilkes
boro, largest single unit bank
In this section of the state, had
a very successful year in 1948,
the report of J. R. Hix, presi
dent, to the stockholders in an
nual meeting showed.
jiT? the stockholders
rectors, E. M. Blaekburn, Ralpjj^^
Duncan, R. G. Mnley, R.
Gwyn, W. D. Halfacre, J. R- Hix
and John E. Justice, Jr., were
re-elected. Worth Tomlinson was
also elected a director, succeed
ing his father, S. V. Tomlinson,
who died several weeks ago.
The directors re-elected tho
officers as follows: J. R. Hix,
president; W. D. Halfacre, execu
tive vice president; R. W. Gwyn,
cashier; W. W. Starr, J. G. Mc
Neil, J. T. Brame and W. Blair
Gwyn, assistant cashiers. Offi
cers and employes of the bank
were highly commended for their
services during the year.
Capital funds of the bank were
increased during the year in the
amount of 838,504.61, and now
total $386,737.03. i The perma
nent surplus account was increas
ed <by $50,000 to the present to
tal of $250,000.
Reflecting greater business ac
tivity, loans more than doubled .
during the year, reaching a total
of $1,759,783.07 as compared to
$792,762.10 at the close of 1945.
Commercial and individual de
posits for the year showed an in
crease of $1,181,291.02 and the
year ended with total deposits of
$9,234,603.28. Relative to sav
ings deposits, Mr. Hix's report
said: "The patronage of our sav
ings department has continued to
show a steady increase. The total
deposits in savings now is $3,
697,016:77. This not only speaks
well for the thriftiness of the
people of our community, hut in
dicates their desire to safeguard
the earnings."
The stockholders meeting was
well attended and a high degree
of satisfaction was expressed
with the bank's progress and bus- i
in ess record for the year.
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Lions Sponsor Of
Polio Bingo Party
wai Be Held Saturday, Day
and Night, Next to Town
Hall Here
f For the benefit of the Infantile
Paralysis campaign now in pro
gress, the Lions club will spon
sor a bingo party to be held Sat
urday, January 25, in the build
ing next to the city hall on Main
Street.'
Bill Lee and Dorman Payne,
Lions committee handling the
project, stated that the game
will be in ??<"?" *" <**?? and