<$'lMces Y. M. C. A. is rate
ing ? building fund for the
erection of a modern Y. M , WillrW For Over 41 Years Northwestern Caroline.
WlA. p^t. support it. ^ Joumol.powot Hos BUwd the Troil of Prtfl^ss In the State SfWWkes^ Over#Ttf ear,
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
? serving 100,000 people is
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vol. 43> Wo. 31 Published Mondays and Ttafaftw BHH WgU?B880, N. O, Monday, August 2,1948 Make North Witkesboro Your
Superior Coift
Term Will Open
' Monday, Aag. 9
Term WilLNot Be Postpon
ed Because Of Polio;
Childrea Not Attend
August term of Wilkes super
ior ooert will convene oh Mon
day, August 9, and will noi be
postponed because of the polio
threat, Solicitor Avalon E. Hall
said today. V
M Solicitor Hall said that he had
?soussed the matthr with Dr. A.
J. Eller, Wilkes health officer,
and had found that the request
tor people not to attend public
gaherlngs was directed only to
children under IS years of age.
: The court can proceed as
scheduled, Solicitor Hall said,
without attendance of children,
and the few cases In whleh chil
dren are vitally necessary as
isob can be continued, he
=r:
had been suggested by
members of the Bar Association
that the term be postponed be
cause of the Incidence of
polio In Wilkes, and . Governor
Cherry had been written asking
a postponement. Governor Cher
ry conferred with Solicitor Hall
and left the matter up to the
solicitor, who decided to go a
head with the court after con
sultation with Dr. Mler.
Present Jobs Of
Officials Named
Spies Be Probed
Washington ? Congressional
lnvestigatorfe set out today to
learn whether any of th? former
government officials, aceased of
funneling Information to a Com
munist spy ring, ass still In a
position to "sell us down the riv
er to Russia."
Representative Karl E. Mundt,
S. D., ranking Republican on the
HouBe Un-American Activities
Committee, said that group will
inyestigate the present jobs of all
of the 39-odd officials named by
Miss Elizabeth T. Bentley,
Miss . Bentley, confessed war
time courier for the espionage!
ring, wag being kept in protec- J
tfdje custody while two eonfcres
sronal committees dug further
into her startling revelations.
The Senate's Investigating com
mittee recalled William W. Rem
. Ington, 30-year-old Government
economist, who Mies Bentley sai.d
supplied the ring with secret war
production data. He has denied
tiMrt he ever gave her any inform
ation she couldnt have read in
the newspapers. The coinmittee
will hear, possibly tomorrow,
from Louis Bndens, longtime
Communist editor who renounced
Moscow and joined the Roman
Catholic church.
Funeral Wednesday
For W. T. Caudle
W. T. Caudle, well-known citi
zen of the western part of Tad
kin county near Hamtonville,
died today and funeral will be
held Wednesday, 11 a. m., at
Union Baptist ohurch, Rev. A.
F. Walker and Rev. Pervis Parks
will conduct the service.
Surviving Mr. Caudle are one
son, P. A. Caudle, of Hamp'ten
?He, and one daughter, Mrs. M
C. Richardson, of Thurmond.
Mrs. A.M. MeEwei
IsTakenjy Death
Mrs. Amanda McBwen, 77,
died today at the Wilkes Hbs
pital.
Mrs. MsEweo, wife of A. M.
MoEwen, of Ferguson, was a
member of one ef Northwest
North Carolina's best known fam
ilies. ,
Surviving are her husband
and the following sous and
daughters: Mrs. Wiley Dixon,
Jefferson; Mrs. T. J. James, Fer
gasoAjMrs. B. F. Colvard, Laurel
Sprl^Mt; Mrs. George MCT. Mil
ler, North Wilkeeboro; Mrs.
Lawrence Carlton, Farmvlllp, Va.
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Per capita food consumption
has increased during - the I*9*
few years, averaging about IS
per cent above the pre-war level
In 1?47.
Building Addition ?
At Walnut Grove
Construction is going forward
on an addition to Walnut Oroya
Baptist church at Pores Knob,
under direction of Cherlie Par
due, contractor,
A number ,of new Sunday
school rooms now under con
struction will add greatly to the
church plant.
Motor Vehicle
Inspection Lane
Here Aag. 3-14
New Regulations Relative
To Time Inspection Var
ious Models Given
f ??
The Motor Vehicle Mechaplcal
Inspection Lane, will be in North
Wilkesboro, N. C. from August
3, to August 14th.
Since the lane operated here
in June, new regulations have
been adopted relative to the time
of ^inspection for. various models.
The regulations ere as follows:
A. Inspection Pesdodg For 1MB:
Pursuant to authority vested
in me by Section 20-183.2 (a)
of the General Statutes of North
Carolina, being a portion of the
Motor Vehicle Law of 1947, I
hereby designate the following
periods of time within which the
following motor vehicles must
be presented at an official In
spection Lane for . inspection,
and within which such vehicles
must display the seal of approv
al in th? place designated for.
various types of motor vehicles
as provided in Regulation No. 4
of the Department of Motor Ve
hicles:
(1) All motor vehicles of year
models uP to and Including the
rear model .48.46, and motor ve
hicles of year models 1947 add
1948 shall be inspected on or be
fore August 81, 1948.
(2) All motor vehicles of the
rear models 1937 and 1946 shall
be inspected en or before Sep
tember 30, 1948.
(8) All motor vehiclea of the
year models 1988, 1939, 1943,
1944, 19,45 shall he inspected on
or before October 81, 1948.
(4) All motor vehicles of the
year models 1940 and 1942 shall
be inspected on or before Novem
ber 30, 1948.
(5) All motor vehicles of the
year model 1941 and 1949 shall
be insDected on or before De
cember 31, 1948.
Provided: that any vehicle may
be presented for inspection at
any time prior to the expiration
of the time limit for such motor
vehicle as set out above.
The operation of * any motor
vehicle after the time limit set
out above for the inspection of
suet vehicle, without displaying
the official seal of approval,
will be a violation of the Motor
Vehicle Law of 1947. Provided:
that a motor vehiole which is ac
quired after the time limit for
the inspection of such motor ve
hicle as set out in the above sche
dule, and which does not have
affixed to it in the proper place
a current official seal of 'ap
proval, may be presented for in
spection and approval within
twenty days after the date of
such acquisition, and the opera
tion of such motor vehicle for
such period of twenty days with
out having affixed thereto a cur-l
rent seal of approval, will not be'
deemed a violation of the Motor
Vehicle Law; provided: however,
that the operator of such motor
vehicle shall have with him and
produce for the inspection, of
any lawful officer or employee
of the Mechanical Inspection Di
vision a hill of sale or other suf
ficient evidence showing the date
and place of the acquisition of
su<ft motor vehicle and the per
son from whom acquired.
Hollar Child Dies
Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lewis
and Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Van
Deman went to Raleigh Friday
to attend the funeral and bnrlal
services of Lee Hollar, three
years ef age, younger son of Mr. j
and Mrs. Dan Hollar. The fu
neral was at five o'clock at
Brown's Funeral Home and In
terment was in Mont Lawn ceme
tery. ;Lee was sick only for a few
days.' -f
Mr. and Mrs. Hollar were
former Farm and Home Agents
ef Wilkes peunfcy. Mrs. Hollar,
who before marriage was Miss
Harriett-MeOoogan, is a cousin
of Dr. Lewis.
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Kiwams Clib
Approves Plan
Coeety Hospital
Urge That PrhrUioos Hill
Burton Law Be) Und To
Erect Institution
Nortk Wllkesboro Kiwanls club
In seeatqn Friday unanimously
approved the proposal that a hos
pital be erected here.
Program Chairman W. H. Mc
Elwee conducted his own pro
gram, which waa a panel discus
sion of the proposed hospital for
Wilkes county. An explanation
of the Hill-Burton bill passed
congress appropriating $75,000,
000 per year for five years for
the erection of hospitals In the
United States was given. It was
pointed out that this offer will
be good until 1951 and that the
federal government and the
state will pay 77.4 per cent of the
cost of erecting hospitals and
the counties selected will pay
22.6 per cent of the cost. Chair
man McElwee further pointed out
that'ln case the oounty does not
undertake the proposition that
the Town of North Wilkeaboro
is considering doing so.
Following the outline given by
Mr. McMwee, several members
joined in the Question and answer
part of the program. The mem
bers of the club < voted favorably
on the matter of the erection of I
the hospital here.
Prior to the program the club
voted to have Ladles* Night
October 22.
. Guests Frdiay were: L. M. Nel
son, Jr., with Li. M. Nelson; I.
J. Broyhill with Ira D. Payne;
Larry Moore with Arthur Ven
able; John E. Justice, III, with
John E. Justice, Jr.; Mrs. J. I.
Foust, of Greeaaboro, with Mrs.
A. P. Kil'hy; Raymond Blevtn*
and Andrew L. Kilby with A. F.
Kilby; B. R. Spruill with John
Walker; W. D. Jester and Bill
Marlow with W. H. McBiwee.
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To Play ML Airy
Here Two Nights
Flashers Gain Even Break
With Graniteers By Win
ning Saturday 9-3
"Mount Airy Graniteers will
play the North Wilkeaboro Flash
ers In games here Tuesday and
Wedmesday nights ae the Blue
Ridge League gets ready for the
final month push.
In Mount Airy Saturday night
young Tommy Young pitched a
six-hitter to win over the Grani
teers 9 to 3. Young looked alto
gether different from Friday
night, when he was shelled from
the mound in the first inning. In
addition to his pitching perform
ance, he contributed to the vic
tory by an inside the park homer
with two aboard.
Jack Cooper's string of games
in which he had hit safely was
broken at 31 when he failed to
connect safely Saturday night. Mt.
Airy Manager Red Cashier was
batted out Saturday night and
he was relieved by Williams.
Sunday's game was moved at
the last minute from Abingdon
to North Wilkesboro because of a
conflict in games at Abingdon's
park and the Abingdon team ar
rived here Sunday afternoon
simultaneously with a downpour
of rain, which washed out the
game. Tonight the Flashers
are scheduled to play Abingdon.
On Tuesday and Wednesday
nights Mount Airy Graniteers will
play the Flashers here.
On Thursday and Flrday nights
the Flashers will play in Galax
for the last time thte season in
an effort to cut Galax's lead.
August 26 and 27 dates schedul
ed for Galag 'will be played here.
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Station WILX Is
Now Off The Air
Radio station WILX, owned by
the Carolina Northwest Broad
casting company, ceased operat
ing Friday night at the end of
the regularly scheduled broad
cast schedule for the day.
Blue Ridge Home
Coming Postponed
Annual homecoming scheduled
to be held at Blue Ridge Baptist
church near Benge has been post
poned Indefinitely because of the
polio epidemic.
Ordained Minister
Rev. Dean Mtoton, ministerial
student at Mars Hill College, was
ordained a Baptist minister In
an impressive service Sunday af
ternoon at the First Baptist
church in North Wilkestooro.
Ministers on the ordination!
council were Dr. John T. "Way-'
land, pastor; Rev. W. N. Brook-]
shire, Rev. John "Wells and Rev. I
C. * S. "Wellborn. Deacon^ were
from Bearer Creek, Wilkesboro j
and the first Baptist Church I
here. " '
Ordination sermon was by Rev.
W. N. BnookshiSe. Rev. Johp
Welts delivered the charge to
the candidate and Dr. John T.
Wayland the ordinatiqn prayer
a?r - -v vw
The ordifiation council was
highly pleased with response of
the young minister to the Ques
tions propounded relative to his
religious experience, doctrine and
call to the ministry.
Rev. Mr. Minton is a son of
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Minton, of
North Wilkeaboro and for several
years has been an active member
?f the First Baptist church here.
In September he will resume his
ministerial studies at Mars Hill
college.
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Recreation Party At
Millers Creek Put Off
Millers Creek Home Demonn-'
stration Club poetpones indefi
nitely the Recreation Party which |
was to have been held with Mrs.
W. P. and Mrs. Rex Bumgarner
on the third Thursday of Au
gust.
Pfc. Holbrook Rites
Conducted On Sunday
Military funeral service was
hed?Sunday afternoon at Chris
tian Home church for Pfc. Ches
terfield Holbrook, Wilkee man,
who was killed in World War II.
Pfc. Holbrook was the son of
Mrs.* Shrah Julina Holbrook
Smoot, of Lomax.
On His Way Up
- Joe TagUtfino since his shift
on the North Wilkes bo ro team
from second base to shortstop,
has become one of the out
standing shortstops In th? Blue
Ridge League. Joe played that
position In the all-star game,
when he hit the game's only
homer. His batting averago
has improved and is now hor
erlng around the 300 mark.
Wilkes Couity
New Total 10
Two. Now Cases Reported
This Week-End to County
Health Department
Two new cues of Infantile
paralysis were reported during
the week-end to the Wilkes
Health Department
Total of cases which have orig
inated In the oounty this sum
mer i8 now II.
Howard Martin, of North
Wilkesboro, wu taken during the
week-end to Baptist hospital In
Winston-Salem Ind wu diagnos
ed as having infantile paralysis.
This morning a report wu re
ceived on Ruby Ann Foster,
daughter of Mr and Mrs. Vernon
Foster, of Purlear, and arrange
ment wu being made to have
the child admitted to a hospital
for treatment.
Definite report was received
Friday that Bill Reavis, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Reavis, of
North Wllkesboro, has polio.
Precautions designed to pro
vent spread of the disease are
continuing in effect. Children un
der 16 years of age are not per
mitted to attend any type of pub
lic gatherings.
Meanwhile effortB are being
made - to improve sanitation
throughout the Sounty and every
home owner is urged to keep
sanitary premises at all times
and to use DDT spray freely.
The County Sanitairian and po
lice officers in North Wilkee
boro have completed inspection
throughout the city and have
made definite recommendations
for imnrovement.
ReoortJs fiiven
Of Tuberculosis
Hospital Foods
Retort of Mrs Prank Tomlln
son, treasurer of the Wilkes Tu
berculosis Hospital fund made
up of private contributions waB
released here recently for publi
cation
Cash donations amounted to
$2,776.63.
In addition great amounts of
food, materials and labor, which
were not tabulated in the cash
total, were contributed.
The last report ag of July 1
shoved a net balance of only
$121.65.
The detailed report of the
treasurer listed and itemized
many items of expense.
Some of the larger Items were:
Labor and miscellaneous expens
es, $872.79. Some of the major
items in this classification were
painting, $250.60; underpinning
of basement, $105.23; gravel for
road, $42.33.
Listed among the purchases
were many major purchases, mat
tresses, weather-stripping, paint
materials, linens, hospital beds,
surgical and medical supplies*
bedspreads, showera and labor,
heating pads, electric range and
installation, tables, concrete
blocks, septic tank and labor, sink
and installation, laundry bills and
nany others.
One of the principal needs for
he hospital now is an X-Ray ma
rine, and donations for that
jurdhase will be gratefully ac
:epted by the hospital board.
Purlear Unbeaten
In Wilkes League
Purlear. baseball club on Fri
day night again defeated Fair
plains In the Wilkes baseball
league to have a record of four
win8 and no losses.
On Thursday night Pores
Knob defeated Mulberry without
too- much difficulty and on Sat
urday night Pores Knob added
another victory by defeating
Clingman.
Tonight Boomer and Fair
plains are scheduled. On Thurs
day night it will be Purlear and
Clingman, with Fairplains and
Boomer playing Friday night.
The Wilkes league Is spon
jored by the WUkes Junior Cham
ber of Commerce and all fans
ire invited to attend the games
md lend their support to this
muse. All profits from the ad
nlssion charges will be used tor
athletic equipment to be used
In the communities which have
Learns in the league.
North Wilkotboro
Lions of Convention
North Wilkeaiboro Lions club
?well represented at Ldons
International convention held
last week In New York City.
ThosW going (torn here were Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Cushion, Mr. and
Mrs. Edward S. Flnley, J. H.
Whicker, Jr., 6. B. Moore, Mr.
and Mrs. W. O. Absher and
their guest, Miss Elizabeth
Smith, of New Bern.
Report Of Sanitary
Survey Of North
Wilkesboro Made
Upon the request of the North
Wilkesboro Town Council, Mr.
EL R. JJpruIll, Sanitarian, and Po
liceman A. C. Staley, have com
pleted the privy and pig pen snr
vey. The following reeultg and
recommendations tell their own
story:
133 inspections were made, of
these there were 97 privies, of
which 36 were ordered moved or!
repaired; 36 pig pens and stables,'
of which 12 were ordered cleaned
and repaired. i
Specific recommendatinos:
1. It Is recommended that all
property owners make sewerj
ta?s Into the city lines of their |
rental houses wherever possible
to do so. j
2. It is recommended that the
city extend its garbage pick-up
seiwlces to at least twice per week
in all areas of the town. Also
that the garbage man report to
the superintendent of streets,
etc., the conditions of cans and
barrels.
3. Blast Smoot Pond in order
to let off stagnant water.
4. Check and clear' the two
iprapches running through the
town, of rubbish and repair Such
entries that might he found.
C riiwlaw ainlr flraftl UtI A frtP
houses on west side of Trogdon
Avenue and drain water of houses
emptying there from Trogdon
Street.
6. All poultry houses provide
closed containers for litter and
dead birds.
7. House occupied by Will
Browne on Cherry Street toe con
demned until properly renovated
and sewage disposal repairs
made. ,
8. Properties of Charlie Teve
paugh corner toe put In good or
der and sanitary privies toe pro
vided.
9. That Woodie Inn on Cherry
Street have its license revoked
and not reissued until house is
cleaned and put in sanitary or
der.
10. Colored Elementary school
make sewer connection into city
mains.
The names and location of all
the inspection and type of cor
rection that was ordered are in
the hands of the local police
department; who has been in
structed to see that these cor
rections are made.
The Health Department is ready
and willing to give any assist
ance at any time to further the
cause of sanitation.
Seek Solution
Of Berlin Crisis
London ? The London Star J
said today that Western power
diplomats will see Prime Minis
ter Stalin tonight in Moscow to
discuss the Berlin crisis and oth
er international affairs.
The newspaper said American, I
French and British envoys -there I
will try ''to determine the ob-1
jective of Russian foreign policy." j
It added:
They believe it is vital In. the
present state of International re- I
lations that there should be no
misundersanding about the for
eign policy of the major powers.
In this spirit Stalin will be clear
ly told the attitude of th? Wes
tern nations."
The British Press Association
said a meeting of Stalin with
the western envoys is "expected"
to take place tonight and "may
| lead to developments of the ut
most Importance.''
Big Four Meet Possible
The agency said that if the
discussions are successful they
later Attlee and French Premier
ident Truman, Stalin, Prime Min
could lead to a meeting of Pres
Andre Marie.
that Meek to toe
Review Evidence
h Preliminary
TriilOi Friday
Miller* Creek Resident Died
nf Sfrvrlinin* PAi<nnn?
of Strychnine Poisoning
February 22
Leonard Miller, Millers Creek
resident, will go -on trial during
the August term of eourt begin
ning August 9 oa the first degree
murder charge of poisoning his
wife at their home February 22,
Solicitor Avalon E. Hall said
here today.
Miller was refused bond in a
hearing before Magistrate C. G.
Glass In Wllkesboro Friday aft
ernoon, during which much of
the state's evidence was present
ed.
iMrs. Miller died suddenly a
bout noon February 22 eftei she
had taken a dose of powder
which Lottie Faw, her 70-year
old aunt, said was handed her
by her husband. The aged lady
said she was visiting in the
Miller home when Mrs. Miller
complained of a headache. Leon
ard Miller, the witness said,
reached into his shirt pocket,
handed his wife an envelope attd
told her to take the powder. She
quoted Miller a8 saying: "You
qaw me give it to her and if she
dies they'll say 1 plzened her to
death." Mrs. Miller, the witness
said, walked to the kltchin, to
the porch, back Into the house,
lay down and immediately be
came critically ill.
Further testimony revealed
that Miller went to the home
of Lin Bumgarner nearby to get.
someone to carry his wife to the
hospital. Mrs. Bumgarner and
son. J. C. Bumgarner, -went to the
Miller home and MrB- Miller
could not be put into a car be
cause her body bad uttffened. AJ*
ambulance was called but HSinr
was dead on arrival at the hos
pital in North Wilkesboro.
Phillip A. Brame, a North Wll
kesboro pharmacist, said that
Leonard Miller on February 9
had purchased from him at
Brame Drug Store one-eighth
ounce of strychnine sulphate.
Sheriff C. G. Poindexter stat
ed that on orders of the court
he went to Pleasant Home Bap
tist cemetery on June 3 and took
the body of Mrs. Miller from the
Save delivered it to Bo?"
Gray School of Medicine in Win
ston-Salem for autopsy and
chemical analysis. .
The report of Dr. William A
Wolfe, chemist, was introduced
in the hearing. The report stated
that Mrs. Miller's stomach con
tained 29.9 milligrams of strych
nine while her kidneys showed
i J and her liver 7.2 milligrams.
This total amount, the chemist
stated, was one and one-fourth
lethal, or deadly, doses.
In the hearing were a number
of other witnesses for the prose
cution. James Vannoy, ot
Wilkesboro, told of heapl*J "to
ler remark a few days prior to
his wife's death that two men
had made a crazy bet about
whether or not one would die
by drinking some water which
contained strychnine. Sam EUer
who said he worked with Leon
ard Miller at the Wilkes Hosiery
Mills company, testified
Miller had asked him how much
strychnine Mrs. Zora ,tt_j
had taken when she committed
suicide a few yf?rs ago.
Curt Byers and E. R. Eller,
North Wilkesboro life insurance
men, testified that about two
weeks prior to the death of Mrs.
Miller, Leonard Miller had ma.de
application for a $1,000 life in
surance poMcy on his Wife and
some insurance on their two chil
dren. On Saturday before Mm
Miller died on Sunday, Mr Eller
said, Miller paid the first Pay
ment but the insurance had not
gone into effect because the pol
icy had not been issued from the
home office *hd Miller was un
able to-collect.
Miller, who was arrested when
the autopsy report was ?ce^
last month, has protested he is
innocent and in Jail has been en
gaged in singing J!?L
ing and Bible reading, officers
98 Solicitor Hall is aided in prose
cution by John R- Jones,
defense counsel is Eugene Tri
vette W. G. Mitchell, J. E- Hoi
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Add a spoonful of lemon oil
to the water when you wash your
dust-cloth. It will keep it slight
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