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The Journal-Patriot Has Mazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 4VYea?
Y. M. C. A. is rate*
building fund for the
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North Wilkesboro has a
trading radios of 60 miles,
serving "106,000 people In
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Vol. 43, No. 35 Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH WJLKESBORO, N. Cm Monday, August 16, 1948 ' Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopplm Center
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Special Venire
Drawn For Trial
Millers Creek Resident To
Go On Trial On Charge
Poisoning His Wife
Date for trial of Leonard Mil
ler on the first degree charge of
poisoning his wife, has been
changed from Wednesday, August
18, to Monday, August 23, in
Wttfcee superior court.
I Che prosecution will ask a ver
dfct of first degree murder and
penalty of death on the charge
that Miller administered to his
wife a lethal does of strychnine. ,
For the Miller trial the court
ordered a. special venire of 135
drawn from the Wilkes jury box
and they have been ordered to
report on the morning of August
23. Many women and a number
of colored people were among]
those drawn for the special ve
nire.
The often continued trial of
Hugh West on the charge of
abortion manslaughter of Miss
Pearl Jenkins, of Winston-Salem,
will go over to another term be
cause of the inability of a phy- (
siclan as a witness for the prose
cution to attend court. It was
reported today that the witness
in question and who is needed to
establish cause of the girl's death
is now on the w??t coast.
Judge John H. Clement, of
Walker town, is the presiding ju
rist at the three-weeks' term,
which opened Monday. Solicitor
Avalon E. Hall is prosecuting for
the state and foreman of the
grand Jury was Dorman T. Payne,
of North ^ilkesboro.
Many cases have been tried on
the crowded docket but a large
number are pending and it is
expected that the court will be
unable to clear the docket, even
in three weeks.
.James A. Flincham and James
J^ed Billings of Iredell county,
were sentenced 15 to 20 years in
the penitentiary for robbery with
firearms. They were convicted
of holding up Jasper Hayes at
Riverside Service Station here a
few months ago and taking a
quantity of money. They also
Bafessed to a robbery in Yadkin
county and one near Taylorsville.
Leonard Miller, whose resi
dence was near Glendale Springs
and not the Leonard Miller ac
cused of poisoning his wife, drew
a sentence of three years on a
bigamy charge. It
that he married a girl at Wilkes,
boro while he had a wife and
family at Glendale Springs and
that he divided his time between
the two for some time before
either learned that he had two
wives.
Following are oases in which
judgments have been rendered:
Ebb Anderson, 67,
Dies Unexpectedly
Ebb Anderson, 67, died unex
pectedly Thursday at the home
of a daughter, Mrs. E. W. Ram-'
eey, in North Wilkesboro.
Funeral service was conducted
at 2:30 p. m. Sunday at Lewis
Baptist Church by Rer. Noah
Hayes and Rev. Parks Robinson.
Mr. Anderson is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Pearl Anderson,
and three daughters, Mrs. R. C.
Redmond of New Hope, Mrs. J.
R. Morgan and Mrs. E. W. Ram
sey of North Wilkesboro.
Mrs. McGlamery
Is Taken By Death
Funeral service was held Sat
urda afterinoon at the home of
Allie" McGlamery _ near Millers
Creek for Mrs. Carrie F. Mc
Glamery, 64, who died Thurs
day/ Rev. A. W. Eller and Rer.
W. ? Luck officiated at the serv
ice and burial was in Pleasant
Home Baptist cemetery.
Mrs. McGlamery Is survived by
her husband. A, M. McGlamery;
one son, Allle McGlamery; one
daughter, -Mrs.- tela Jenkins;
eight brothers and four sisters.
Two Are Arrested
For 'Check Forgery
Jerry EL Free land, Of Florida,
and Thompson Martin, of Ken
tucky, were recently arrested on
charge of forging a number of
checks, Including two In North
Wllkesboro.
The two are alleged to hare
cashed a forged check at the Ar
my store here, where they bought
a rifle, and another at the Cash
and Carry Grocery. Each check
was for $68.78 and were reputed
to be payroll checks of Nochum
son Brothers, In Trenton, N. J.
Arrest of the two men came
about after a service station op
erator In Alleghany county be
came suspicious when they In
sisted he cash one of their checks.
I They were taken In Tennessee
| and were Identified by merchants
[here where they cashed the
| checks.
Ashe Comfy
Woman Killed;
Hnsband Held
West Jefferson ? A young
Ashe County man was held In jail
last night as Sheriff W. B. Todd
investigated a brutal beating In
which the man's wife Was killed
early yesterday morning.
Mrs. Mattle Janet Long, 2\
had been In Ashe -Co*nty Jm
three days. She and her hue
ban Thomas Matthew Long, also
22, were living near Glendale
Springs. They had been mar
ried less than three months.
Sheriff Todd could n?t be
reached last night. The version
of the beating which left Mrs.
Long dead in a field near her
home, as told by State Highway
Patrolman R. B. Parker and T.
G. Roberts last night, is as fol
lows:
Fight Started
Mr. Long told officers he and
his wife had been drinking and
were riding down the highway
near their home. He wanted to
go home. She refused. A fight
started in the car. When the
man finally stopped the car, the
fight was carried outside.
Long told the officers he and
his wife fought for a long time
in the field. About 3 a. m.f he
said, he called his father and
asked him to assist in carrying
his wife into the house.
It was not until the two men
brought the beaten woman into
the house that they realized she
was dead. The time then was
3 a. m.
The patrolmen, who assisted
Sheriff Todd in his Investigation,
said another man was being held
in jail. Others might be arrested
later, they added.
The second man held in jail
was not identified last night.
The patrolman said no charges
had been brought.
Miss Madge Lewis
Miss Lysbeth Cox
I To Baptist Seminary
Miss Madge Lewis, for the
past several years a missionary in
the Brushy Mountain Baptist As
sociation, has left for Berkeley,
California, where she will enroll
in the Golden Gate Baptist Theo
logical Seminary. There Miss Lew
is will be engaged in studies lead
ing to degree of Doctor of Re
ligious Education.
Miss Lewis was accompanied by
Miss Lysbeth Cox, who has 'been
engaged in similar work in this
section.
New Building For
Davis Milling Co.
A new building of block con
struction is being erected on
the opposite side of the street
from the north end of the Wilkes
courthouse for Davis Milling com
pany, which 1b ijow located on
Wilkesboto's Main Street. The
milling firm, operated by Zeb
Davis, will move into the new
building at an early date.
Firemen Attend
State Convention
Held In Fayettville
Fire departments of the
Wilkeeboros -were well represent
ed in the annual state convention
held Monday through Thursday
in Fayetteville. The convention
was described by local firemen as
the most largely attended and
most successful held in the state.
From North Wilkesboro those
attending were Chief Thurmond
Kenerly, C. G. Livengood and E.
A. Shook. From , Wilkesboro
were Ed Crysel and Presley My
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Check Flasher Is
Nabbed In The Act
Quick thinking and action on
the part of Miss Anne Duncan
at the Northwestern Bank Sat
urday and fast work by .the
city police department had ? a
check flasher in jail before he
knew what was happening.
A man giving his name as
James Hancock, presented *
check in the amount of $55 to
Miss Duncan and asked that It
be cashed. The check bore the
name of. Baffin Furniture com
pany of Statesville. ,
Miss Duncan delayed the man
with the statement that she
had to <heck something and
she stepped to a phone farther
hack in the bank and called po
lice. In a matter of seconds
Policeman Staley stepped into
the bank, searched the man
and led him away before by
standers in the crowded lobby
knew what was going on.
Mrs. Staley Is J
Taken By Death
Mrs. Carlyle Staley, well and
favorably known resident of the
Roaring River community, died
early today at home.
Mrs. Staley, whose husband is
a sergeant on the North Wilkes
boro police force, had been ill
for several months and late Sat
urday her conditoin became crit
ical.
Surviving Mrs. Staley are her
husband and one daughter, Mary
Frances Staley., Funeral will be
held Wednesday, 11 a. m. at
Roaring River Baptist church.
WHS Ramblers
Tram At Boone
25 Wilkesboro Players Be
gin Two Weeks' Train
At Appalachian
Wilkesboro high school foot
ball squad today began, two
weeks of intensive training at Ap
palachian college in Boone.
Coaching the 25 meimbers of
the Wilkes squad are Coach Mar.
vin Huffman, of Statesville, who
will begin his first year as
Wilkesboro ooach, and members
of Appalachian varsity team. At
Wilkesboro Coach Huffman will
succeed Eddie Adelman, who led
Wilkesboro to an undefeated and
untied season last year. Huffman
was all-conference quarterback
for Appalachian last season. .
At the end of the two weeks'
training the Ramblers will play
the Lenoir team in an exhibition
game at college field at Boone
on August 28, eight p. m.
Wilkesboro boys at Boone have
quarters in a college dormitory.]
They are Tony Emerson, Bill'
Pearson, Dean Edwards, Joe
Brewer, B. B. Banner, Shelton
Prevette, Caney Lowe, R. H.
Parks, B}11 Joinee, Dale Staley,
Bobby Story, Bobby Parker, Bill
i Whittington, Johnny Garwood,
Bill Byrd, Jaok Groce, Daniel,
Linney, Ray Triplett, Harold
Dancy, Jack Glass, Tommy Long,
Joe Allen Gambill, Edgar Ter
rell, Buddy Mathis, Bud Lank
ford an<i Willard Dancy, man
ager.
Cemetery Working
Those interested In the ceme
tery at McGrady near the home
of P. P. Taylor, are askdd to
meet 'there Thursday, August 19,
for work - on the cemetery in
preparation for Decoration Day,
Sunday. (
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AGRICULTURAL COMMITTEE
PLANS FARMING TOUR FOR
SEPTEMBER 22 IN WILKES!
Agricultural committee of the
| Wilkes Chamber of Commerce in
meeting during the past week
laid plans for an agricultural
tour to be carried out in Wilk??
September 22'.
Invited to the tour will be all
farmers, business and profession
al men who are interested in
viewing agricultural progress and
approved practices in various
Phases of farming, Including hy
brid corn, Turkish tobacco, good
pastures, grade A dairy barns, al
falfa, beef cattle, poultry and
soil conservation practices.
This tour was arranged by the
committee with the aid of the Ex
tension Service and Soil Con
servation Service.
The tentative schedule calls fnr
forming the tour at ten a ?
at Wilkes Mountain Poultry ProI>
cessing Plant in Wilkeebbro. Ten
tative stops include the farms of
C. C. Alexander, Ed Tharpe and
other stops for viewing various
projects.
I Leaders for the tour will in
clude Dr. E. R. Collins, agrono
mist; F. R. Farnham, dairy spe
cialist; Sam Dobsonj assistant
agronomist; Roy Crouse, Turkish
tobacco specialist; L. I. Case, beef
cattle specialist; all of the Exten
sion Service, and a representative
of the Soil Conservation Service.
The committee arranged for
presentation of cash awards to
nine 4.H winners ip a recent tim
Crow Is Director
Of Southern Group
Candy Wholesalers
'Vahlr H. Crow, * prominent
wholesale merchant here, was
elected a director of tke Southern
Wholesale Confectioners Associa
tion in annual convention held
recently in Louisville, Ky.
The convention was attended
by more than 500 delegates from
southern states and it is consid-1
ered a distinct honor to be elect
ed to an office in the association.
Sam E. Sawyer, of Elba, Ala |
succeeds Clyde A. Short, of Shel
by, as president of the associa
tion.
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Pardue Child Struck
By Auto At Elkin
David Pardue, 9, youngest son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pardue, of
the Pleasant Hill community Just
outside of Elkin, suffered* a se
verely broken foot and a slight
concussion when he was struck
and knocked from his bicycle on
Wednesday afternoon by a Tom's
Peanut delivery truck.
Investigating officers said. the
lad rode into the path of the
truck as he entered the highway
from a side road. No charges
were preferred against the driver.
The boy is a fourth grade
student of Pleasant Hill School.
He was transferred from Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital to a I
Winston-Salem hospital for treat- !
ment by a bone specialist. He
has recovered consciousness.
Hits In 31 Games
Jack Cooper, North Wilkes
boro Flashers leftfielder, re
cently hit safely in 31 consec
utive games and has started a
new string after a one-game
lapse. One of the league's
best rookies, Jack is hitting 823
and playing the outfield like a
veteran. His home is in Greens
boro.
ber thinning contest, to be made
at Farmers Day here.
A splendid report was received
on progress and interest shown
in the corn growing contest in
the oonnty. The ? Judging com
mittee will be Paul Choplin,
county agent; Howard Colvard,
assistant agent; R. B. Dunn, of
the Soil Conservation Service;
and iF. W. Davis, vocational agri
culture teacher at Wilkesboro.
It was reported to the com
mittee that North Wilkesboro had
been selected as one of several
representative cities for a dairy
marketing survey (by North Car
olina State College, and the com
mittee offered full cooperation.
The committee was enthused
over progress of the movement
for an artificial breeding associa
tion in Wilkee County and high
ly endorsed the project, which
may increase milk production in
Wilkes county by as much as 20
per cent in the period of a few
years. This would be of tremend
ous importance in this county
where dairying is already a major
factor in the economic life of the
community.
W. K. Sturdivant, chairman,
presided over the meeting and
members attending were Paul
Choplin, Hight Helms, Forrest
'Jones, Roy Crouse, Staton Mc
Iver, Howard Colvard and Gwyn
Gambill.
Will Play Galax
Here Three Days
Flashers Show Powerhr
Winning: Streak With 8
of Last 9 Games
North Wllkesboro Flashers will
engage the Galax Leafs here
Tuesday, "Wednesday and Thurs
day nights In an effort to shorten
the gap between first and sec
ond place In the Blue Ridge
league.
Today Galax Is leading by six
games as the Flashers are riding
the crest of a winning streak
that has accounted for eight of
the last nine games, due to ex
cellent pitching from all mem
bers of the staff, who have not
been relieved on the mound In
the past two weeks, and timely
hitting.
Yesterday North Wllkesboro
displayed mighty power at the
plate to down Radford 14 to 4 In
a game that was not a contest.
Willard Kops was Invincible on
the mound untl. he had a big
lead on which to coast to an
easy victory. Everybody hit the
ball all over the lot with power
that left the Rockets dazed and
groggy.
Tonight the Flashers play a
double-header in Radford before
returning here to take on Ga
lax. As of today the North
Wllkesboro club Is two and one
half games ahead ahead of Rad
fdrd and six behind Galax. The
games won and lost for North
Wllkesboro are 58 to 42.
Here Friday night North
Wilkesboro defeated Abingdon
easily 8 to 2 and on Saturday
night won easily 10 to 1 with
Jerry Dolan pitching a beauti
ful six-hit game. The Flashers
clubbed Catania, Blumenthal and
Subb for ten hits and added much
to the game by fast base run
ning.
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Attends State
Executive Meet
Mr. Claude C. Faw, Wilkes
county's member on the state ex
ecutive committee, attended the
state-wide committee . meeting
held in Raleigh Friday night, at
which Capua M. Wayniek was
elected chairman of the Demo
cratic party in North Carolina.
Mr. Faw was accompanied to
Raleigh by Mrs. Faw and before
returning home they visited Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Ponvlelle, Jr., at
Wrightsville Beach. Mrs, Fan
vielle Is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Faw, being pleasantly re
membered here-as Miss Margaret
Faw. ;? raj
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Gypsies oame originally from
India, not Egypt.
Station WKBC Has
Made Application
For Nights On Air
Radio station-' WKBC, 4000
watt station now limited day
time broadcast, has made appli
cation to the Federal. Communi
cations Commission for night
broadcast time.
Since station WILX ceased op
eration several days ago this
community has been without local
radio broadcast at night.
It is expected that the FCC,
will grant station WKBC night
broadcast time, although it is not
known when application wtH be
passed on by that body.
jDr. Rankin Tells
Of Urgent Need Of
Larger Hospital
Duke Foundation Secretary
Speaker Friday, Kiwanis
Club Meeting:
North Wilkeaboro Kiwanis club
in luncheon meeting Friday noon
heard an interesting program cen
tered around the subject of en
larged hospital facilities for this
community.
Program Chairman Dr. Fred
C. Hubbard, introduced to the
club Dr. W. S. Rankin, executive
secretary of the Duke Founda
tion, of Charlotte, who made a
most challenging talk on the sub
ject: "The Need For Enlarged
Hospital Facilities."
The doctor gave eloquence to
figures and he presented statis
tics for Wilkes county showing
the number of sick people we
have day by day and our present
ability to ?are for them, both
i as to hospitalisation and as to
^medlcS! attention.
He stated we have approxi
mately 50,000 population; we
have 400 deaths each year; we
have 1000 to 1100 births per
year; each individual has approx
imately four days of illness per
year who should be hospitalized.
On the average day we will have
1100 sick people in the county,
one-half of whom will be in bed;
I of these at least 10 per cent
need hospital care, which will
necessitate at least 100 beds.
There should be 50 more beds
fior outsiders who are making
this their hospital center.
He said to build and equip
such a hospital with nurses' home
will take $1,200,000.00 and that
the state and federal government
will pay 76.4 per cent of that
amount, leaving for us to pay
$276,000.00.
He further pointed out that
Wilkes only has a doctor for ev
ery 4500 people while in the na
tion at large there is a doctor
for every 900 people. He said ??
good hospital would bring more
doctors and better doctors to the
community. It will offer an en
larged opportunity for training
more nurses, who are sorely
needed.
He said another and perhaps
the greatest argument for the
hospital is our moral need to
have it. He pointed out that suf
fering is the great leveling influ
ence in humanity and in whatever
measure the individual or soci
ety as a whole responds in sympa
thy and sacrifice to the needs
of others determines the love
and the moral conscience of man
> man.
.His talk was an able and elo
aent presentation of thin timely
lbjoct.
Guests Friday were: John E.
ustice, mi, with John B. Jue
ce. Jr.; Mrs. J. B. Carter with
B Carter; R. N. Wooten with
ra D. Payne; J. Floyd Wood
ed, Dr. C. S. Sink, Dr. Wm. L.
lundy, Dr. J. C. Mills. Dr. H. B.
Imith, Mrs. Ed Gardner, Mrs.
vey Moore, Miss Nellie Gabriel,
meets of Dr. F. C. Hubbard,
dobs guests of the dub were
tichard Johnston, W. C. Marlow,
H. Whicker, )Jf., Sara Vickery
tnd Larry Moore.
mkford Child Dies
uneral service was held Fri
for Kathryn Marlene Lank
three-yearH>ld daughter of
es Claude and Clara Mae
ey Lankford of Reddles River.
child died Thursday and Is
rived by her parents, one bro
. and one sister.
rmuda grass originated in
Date Of Election
On $275,000 Set
J. M. Anderson^ Registrar;
100-Bed, Modern Hospital
Is Planned
North Wilkesboro city council
tn adjourned meeting Saturday
passed a resolution calling a spe
cial election on a proposal to
issue $275,000 in bonds to finance
the city's share of the cost of a
100-bed hospital, which is esti
mated to coet $1,200,000 fully
equipped. r.
Remainder of the cost, oyer
77 per cent of the total, would
be paid by the state and federal
governments under provisions of
the Hill-Burton act.
The resolution calling the elec
tion sets the date for Tuesday,
September 28.
? new registration has been
called for the election, and James
M. Anderson will be registrar.
H. P. Eller and Hyde Waller
will be judges for the election.
Registration books will be
open from nine a. m. to six p. m.
dally except Sundays and holi
[days, beginning Monday, August
30, and ending Saturday, Septem
ber 18. On each Saturday dur
ing the registration ^period the
?books will be open at the polling
place, which will be the North
Wilkesboro town hall.
Action was taken on the hos
pital proposal when it became
apparent that the benefits of the
Hill-Burton act may be exhausted
in the near future and municipal
ities that act now will receive the
vast benefits provided.
It has been apparent for some
time that much greater hospital
facilities than now exist must be
"wrddleal weeds
for the county are to be provided.
Health Committee of the Wilkes
Chamber of Commerce several
months ago began a study of hos
pital needs and opportunities
which exist under the Hill-Bur
ton measure, and after much con
sideration the unanimous opinion
that a hospital with capacity of
lgss than 100 beds would be in- .
adequate to serve the needs of
the county and patients of sur
rounding territory who would
choose to be hospitalized here.
Under the proposal as accept
ed by the town council of North
Wilkesboro, operation of the hos
pital would be under control of
a board appointed by the North
Wilkesboro town council.
The proposal calls for a mod
ern hospital of approved type of
construction, and fully and mod
ernly equipped.
Sentiment locally has been pre
ponderantly in favor of erecting
a modern and adequate hospital
now while 77 per cent of the total
cost will be paid by the federal
and state governments. Through
out the nation now erection of
hospitals is .recognized as a com
munity or municipal obligation.
Existing hospital facilities have
been inadequate for years with
capacity being far under the need
and it has been impossible for the
present hospital to admit and
treat all patients who sought ad
mission. Many have found it
necessary to go elsewhere, where
similar conditions exist, and have
found it difficult to gain hospital
admission and treatment. With
population growing rapidly, the
hospital problem has become one
of the most urgent facing local
people.
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To Open Millers
Creek Theatre Soon
Roy and Nell Cashlon, owners,
stated today the Millers Creek
open air theatre now under con
struction is near completion and
opening date will be announced
la a few days. ?
The theatre will be equipped
with speakers with Individual
volume control and will be mod
ern throughout.
Legion To Meet
AU members are asked to at
tend the meeting of Wilkes Post
of the American Legion, to be
held Thursday, 8 p. m., at the
Legion club house.
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The national sweet potato crop
is the smallest since 1924. ?
harvest of .50 million bushels is
Indicated.