Y. M. G. A. is raj*
tag a building fund for, the
erection of a modern Y. M
OUR CITY
North Wilkesboro has a
trading radius of 50 miles,
serving 100,000 people in
plant. Support it. f*)^ Journal-Patriot Has Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 41 Years Northwestern Carolina
Vol. 43, No. 38 ^ Published Mondays and Thursdays NORTH W1LKESBORO, N. C., Thursday, August 26, 1948 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center
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Schools Will Not I
Open Before 13th
County And City
Units Postponed
1 Opening Of Term
September 13th Date Will
Be Subject to Polio Con
ditions In County
Schools of the "Wilkes comity
system and North Wilkesboro
city schools will not open be
fore September IS.
Yesterday C. B. Hller, county
fujflterintendent, announced the
V^>nd postponement of school
opening for the county system
which "was originally scheduled
for August 30 and later post
poned to September S.
Today J. Floyd Woodward,
superintendent of North Wilkes
boro schools, made a similar an
nouncement, saying schools here
will not open before September
13. The original date for North
Wilkesboro was September 8;
The September 13th date is
tentative and will depend upon
conditions existing in the county
relative to the polio epidemic at
that time.
24 Polio Oases
Report from the Wilkes j
Health Department today listed
the total of polio cases this sum
mer at 24.
Robert Lee Johnson, 28-year
old resident of Wilkeeboro, has
been ill with polio since August
19 *n? is in a Greensboro hop
pita).
Margaret Lee Preivette, 13
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Russell Prevette, of
Ronda, became 111 with polio Au
gust 20 and is in Baptist Hospital
in Winston-Salem. One other
Wilkes child was sent there for
diagnosis but report has not been
received.
Meanwhile the ban on attend
ance of children at public gather
ings remains in effect.
Coca-Cola Co.
Gets Safety Award
Receive* State Labor Dept.
( m Safety Award For Reduc
ing Accidents In 1947
The North WilkeSboro Coca
Cola Bottling Co., Inc., today
?was awarded the State Labor De
partment's Certificate of Safety
Achievement for having had no
lost-time accidents during 1947.
The safety award was present-'
ed to R. T. McNlel and C. O. Mc
Nlel by Mr. Harry Billings, safety
inspector of the State Department
of Labor.
Qualification of Industrial
plants for the Certificate of Safe
ty Achievement Is part of the
Labor Department's Manpower
Conservation Program In North
Carolina Industry. The program
has been -under way for about
two years. A total of some two
hundred industrial establish
ments qualified for the award
last year and up to the present
time this year.
The Safety Achievement Cer
tificate cites this company for
its outstanding record in the
field of accident prevention and
for the prevention of pain and
suffering caused by industrial ac
cidents.
The safety award *lso given
to plants which qualify by re
ducing their accident frequency
rates 40 per cent or more during
any calendar year, or which
maintain a rate at least 75 per
cent below the average accident
rate for the' industry.
Mrs. C. C. Kilby is spending
two weeks in New York City
visiting with her daughters, Mrs.
A^M. Pallabino and Mrs. John
Fjjfrblno.
Friends will regret to learn of
tfce passing of.Mrs. S. C. Stew
art, of Pittsburgh, Pa., last week.
Mrs. Stewart was the sister of
Mrs. A. C. Dennis and has visit
ed in the Wilkeeboros many
Worth Cuthbertson
Hos A Broken Arm
Worth Cuthbertson, one of
the pitching aces of the North
Wllkesboro Flashers' pitching
staff, suffered a broken arm
when he tripped and fell at Me
morial Park Tuesday evening.
Examination disclosed a break
near the left elbow and he will be
out for the remainder of the
season.
Cuthbertson has been a
consistently effective pitcher
throughout tlse season and his
loss will be felt keenly during
the gruelling drive to overtake
Galax during the remaining days
of the season.
Flashers Fight
For First Place
Play Galax Here Tonight
And Friday; Abingdon
Three-Game Series I
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Having narrowed the margin
to two and one-half games, the
North Wilkesboro Flashers here
tonight take on the Galax Leafs,
now in top place, tonight and
! Friday night. This will be the
most crucial series of .the season
to date in the pennant chase
and should attract all baseball
fans.
The Flashers will play Abing
don here Saturday nght, Sunday
afternoon and Monday night,
and will go to Radford for dou
ble-headers Tuesday and Wed
nesday nights.
Beat Mount Airy
North Wilkesboro made it
three of four from Mount Airy
by winning the night game last
night 3 to 1, after dropping the
afternoon tilt 3 to 0. Nixon
bested Long in a pitchers' duel
for the aftefnoon game, but on
Wednesday night Tommy Young
handcuffed Mount Airy team's
sluggers to win 3 to 1 in a game
'where Mount Alry's only run was
unearned. The game was played
without the services of Jack
Cooper, who was ill, and Big
Sam Gibson played left field and
drove in a run with one of his
two doubles. Howard and Dad
dino batted in the other runs.
Tonight Jerry , Dolan, who I
i pitched a no-hitter at Abingdon 1
Monday night, is slated to face
the Galax mitters. In two of
his three previous games with
Galax he set the Leafs down
scoreless. Wlllard Kops is slat
ed for mound duty against the
Leafs during the current series.
Gibson Wins Two
Big Sam Gibson pulled the
pitching feat of the year here
Tuesday night when he pitched
North Wilkesboro to two vic
j tories over Mount Airy. North
Wilkesboro won the first game 1
to 0 with Sam allowing only four
bingles. North Wilkesboro's lone
tally was scored in the first on j
a single and stolen base by How
ard and a single by Stanley. The
Graniteers never advanced far
ther than second base, and the
seven-inning game was reeled off
in 58 minutes.
In the second game Sam al-1
lowed sevea hits and Mount
Airy scored first with 1 on in the
eighth. North Wilkeaboro ral
lied in the bottom of the 8th
for four runs to win 4 to 1. Only
one hour and 35 minutes were
required for the nine-inning
game.
j. The Flashers lost In Mount
[Airy Saturday night 5 to 0.
The standing:
Club W L- Pet.
Galax 68 43 .613
North Wilkesboro 67 47 .599
Mount Airy 53 56 .486
Wytheville 44 64 .4071
Abingdon 40 74 .851
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Mr. and Mrs. Dick Coffey and
daughter, Joan, of Newport
News, Va., are spending this
week here with Mrs. Coffey's
mother, Mrs. L. C. Coffey, In
Falrplains. Mr. Coffey will leave
today to visit his mother, Mrs.
Ida Simmons, at Boone. .
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Singing School
And Revival At
Davis Memorial
Beginning August 30, 2 p. m.,
a singing school will be held at
Davis Memorial Baptist church.
A. Sebastian will be instructor
in the school, which will be fi
nanced by Dr. James W. Davis.
On "September 8, revival, serv
ices will begin with services each
night and singing school in the
afternoon. Rev. John Hlgglns,
pastor, will (be assisted by Rev.
W. S. Duck. The public is cor
dially invited to- attend.
Dr. Clyde Turner
Revival Preacher
The annual revival meeting
will begin at Wilkesboro Baptist
church Sunday morning, August
29, and will continue through
Sunday, September 5. Week-day
services will be each evening at
7:45.
Dr. J. Clyde Turner, for many
years pastor of the First Bap
tist church in Greensfboro, and
one of the South's greatest
preachers, will do the preaching.
All are Invited to attend these
services.
Wilkcsboro Vs.
Lcaoir Hi Twn
Large Crowd Expected To
Witness Game At Boone
Saturday Night
The Wilkesboro Ramblers and
the Lenoir high school football
sqnads will end tiro weeks in
tensive training at Appalachian
State Teachers College, Boone,
00 Saturday eight of tfcis wegk,
August 28, in a full length prac
tice game. The kick off will take
place on the college varsity field
promptly at eight o'clock. Al
though the game Is strictly a pre
season practice game It will have
all the color and rivalry of a
regular season game. Both coach
es have Indicated their intention
of using every player on their
squad In order to determine pos
sibilities for the regular season.
The game is being sponsored
by the "Appalachian Quarterback
Club." Many football fans from
Wilkes, Caldwell, and Watauga
counties are expected to see the
game.
Tickets Now On Sale
Tickets are now on sale in
Wilkesboro and North Wllkes
iboro at seventy-five cents. If
tickets are not purchased in ad
vance the cost will he one dollar
at the gate. Tickets are now on
sale at the following places:
Carter-Hubbard Printing Co.,
Gray Brothers Furniture Co.,
Prevette's Stores, W. A. Groce
Service Station, Penney's, Bar
ber^Somers Motor Co., Belk's De
partment Store, Minton's Eeso
Service, Wilkesboro Texaco Sta
tion, Henderson's Flower Shop,
W. W. Miller & Sons, and from
Wilkesboro high school cheer
Ifiodora I
The Wilkesboro and Lenoir,
squads are practicing on different j
fields and living in different dor
mitories at the college. Both
teams will be using the Appalach
ian "T". Lenoir will greatly out
weigh the Ramlblers but this is
expected to be more than offset
by the Ramblers speed. Wilkes
boro's new head coach, Marvin
Hoffman is being assisted in the
two weeks training by a number
of Appalachian varsity players
who expect to be coaches in the
future. The Wilkesboro players
are already very much ip love
with Coach Hoffman, a former
"All Conference" quarterback,
who, is showing real coaching and
leadership ability.
Coach Hoffman is faced with
the problem of building an al
most completely new line since
the Ramblers lost last year's
starting ends, tackles, and one
guard. The new linesmen are
small but are looking good. All
of last year's backfield are back
and are looking good with some
of the reserve material of last
year pushing hard for a starting
position.
The Ramblers were undefeat
ed and untied in ten games last
season. The practice game Satur
day night at Boone will give the
fans an opportunity to sise up
the possibilities for the harder
schedule the Ramblers Will face
this year.
Registration
For Draft Will
Begin Aug. 30
Registration For Wilkes
Will Be At Town Hall
In Wilkesboro
. Registration for Selective Serv
ice will 'begin on Monday, Au
gust 30.
Place of registration tyr
Wilkes County will be In tlie
town hall In Wilkesboro, where
the Draft Board office will be
maintained with Mrs. David
Lowe as clerk fo the board.
Registration hours will be
from eight a. m. to five p. m.,
and registration will follow the
schedule as laid down In the reg
ulations.
Those required to register on
Monday August 80, will be men
born in 1923, after August 31,
1922.
Following is the schedule for
registration of all other men In
draft age:
August 30?Men born in 1922
(after Aug. 31, 1922).
August 31, September 1?Men
born in 1923.
September 2, September 3 ?
Men born in 1924.
September 4, September 7 ?
Men born in 1926.
September 8, September 9 -
Men born in 192'6. i
September 10, September 11
Men born in 1927.
September 13, September 14?
Men born in 1928.
September 15, September 18?
Men born In 1929.
September 17, September 18?
Men born in 1930, 'before Sep
tember 19, 1980.
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Optimist Speaker
Lieutenant Gorernor Rogers
To Visit Local Club On
September 14th
The Optimist club of North
Wilkesboro heard a most inter
esting address delivered by E. J.
Moore, Jr., at its regular meet
ing held Tuesday noon at. Hotel
Wilkes.
Optimist D. T. Trivette was in j
charge of the program for the
meeting and he presented Mr.
Moore to the members of the
club. In the course of his splen
did remarks, the speaker refer
red to the young men and women |
of today who are in training to
be the leaders of tomorrow, and
specifically referred to Wilkes
young men and women who are
making good in their - various
lines of study, and to those who
have already finished their col
lege training and are engaged in
making successes In the business
world, >
Mr. Moore also spoke about
the young men and women who J
are already taking their places In
the local business world, and he
expressed himself as being most
optimistic as to 1968-?20 years
from now?when so many of the
youth of today will have finish
ed their specialized training and
will be doing their part to keep
America the greatest nation of
the world.
President Maurice E, Walsh
presided over the luncheon meet
ing which was opened with in
vocation by Chaplain H. M. Well
man.
Guests at the luncheon were
as follows: Dr. E. S. Cooper with
Optimist Howard Strader; Ros
coe McNeill and E. J. Moore, Jr.,
with Optimist D. T. Trivette; H.
M. Middleton with Optimist For
rest Tugman.
Lieutenant Rogers Coming On
September 14th
The next Optimist club meet
ing will be held on Tuesday, Sep
tember 14th at Hotel Wilkes.
On that occasion the club's lieu
tenant governor, Pete E. Rogers,
of Hickory, "will he guest speak
er. Members of the club are look
ing forward to having Lieuten
ant Governor Rogers as their
guest.
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Clark of
Moravian Palls, are visiting With
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Reavis and
Miss Blanche Reavis in Charlotte
for a few days. Friends here
will <be sorry to learn that Mr.
Reavis is ill at this time.
FARMERS ENCOURAGED TO HAVE
A BIG PART IN "FARMERS DAY"
Wilkes County farmers are to
be the guests of the merchants
and business men of Wllkes
boro and North Wilkesboro on
the annual "Farmers Day" pro
gram, September 14 th. Begin
ning with an attractive parade
at 10 a. m., the program 'will
consist of many interesting fea
tures and forms of entertain
ment including all types of hum
orous contests for which awards
will be presented, band concert;
string band, special show, pres
entation of forestry awards to
Wilkes County winners of timb
er thinning contest, and a recog
nition of special guests highlight
ed with a tak by Ex-Governor
J. Melville Broughton.
In addition to these forms of
entertainment, the chamber's
"Farmers Dhy" committee Is
anxious to have the farmers and
their families actively participate
In the program. Special emphasis
is given to the farm equipment
section of the parade, and as
many farmers as possible are en
couraged to enter their farm ve
hicles In this section of the pa
rade. The farm equipment and
rehlcles "will 'be Judged an*?' the
equipment showing the best care
ind upkeep in the following six
livisions will entitle the oVners
to awards: (1) Tractors (2) Oth
er mechanized farm equipment
(3) One-horse wagons (4) Two
horse wagons (5) One-seated,
horse drawn passenger 'vehicles
(6) Two-se&ted, horse drawn pas
senger vehicles. Any farmet- in
Wilkes county wishing to place
an entry in any one of these six
divisions is asked to give his
name and the type of vehicle he
wishes to enter in, the parade to
the Wilkes Chamber of Com
merce or Paul Choplin, county
agent.
Farmers are encouraged to
file their entries as soon as pos
sible so that the ordek of the pa
rade can be worked out. The pa
rade will form between 9 and
10 o'clock a. m. on West Street,
extending from behind the court
house in Wilkesboro and will he
gin march at 10 a. m., proceed
ing through Wilkesboro and
North Wilkesboro, ending at the
corner of D and 9th Streets.
AAA Committee
Distributes Cash
The County AAA Committee
determined in their regular meet
ing that there would be approx
imately $10,000, which had ac
cumulated in the "pool," that la
formed by unused funds that
were allotted to farmers in this
county prior to September 1, to
be distributed to farmers' who
are eligible for this material and
can use it.
Th'e committee ruled ih dis
bursing these funds that any far
mer, who is slgne^ up on the
1948 program, who can Justify
it, is eligible for 4 or 10 tons
of lime or 20 cwt. of phosphate,
provided that the total amount
of money expended for this ma
terial does not exceed one dollar
per acre, for his cropland, plus
his pasture. The one dollar .per
acre will include services and
materials to farmers which credit
has already been given on the
1948 program. This will enable
farmers who lost their alloca
tion to the pool to get it bach,
even though they have received
no help by September 1 of this
year.
The County Committee em
phasized the fact that npthing
will be held for any producer by
letter or 'phone call tout that
the first who come by the office
will be the first to be served.
They expect this amount of mon
ey to last approximately 15 days
and after the funds are re-allot
ted and the producer does not use
his allotment within 15 days,
the order will toe canceled and
the amount will be dropped back
into the pool, for re-allocation
during the next 15 days.
District Meeting
Mormons Planned
The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, better known
as Mormons, Is planning a dis
trict conference at the chapel
near Gilreath postoffice in the
Ball community.
The conference will open Sat
urday, August 28, at 1:30 p. m.
with a ball game between mis
sionaries and members at Dan
iel Marlowe's. There will be
lunch spread after the game at
5:30 and at 7:30 conference ses
sions will open with reorganiza
| tlon and plans for a new church.
At 8:00 a. m. Sunday the con
ference will be under direction
of Elder T. S. Fife. Reports of
activities and discussions of mu
tual problems will be given. At
10:00 a. m. will be the first ses
! eion of the branch oonference
and at noon another dinner will |
be spread.
President J. Robert Price, of
Phoenix, Arizona, and first con
sular David L. Hlatt, of Mount
Airy, will preside over the mis
sionaries and deliver the prin
cipal addresses. Elder Boyd
Grossnlckle, of Wyoming, and
Elder E. L. Jackman, of Provo,
Utah, have made arrangements
for the conference.
Garden Club Meet
North Wllkeeboro Garden club
will meet at the Woman's Club
house Monday, three p. m., tor
a business meeting. At 3:45 the
district president will glTe a dem
onstration on making corsages
and the public is cordially In
vited to this session. ?* .
Wildlife dub To
Meet On Saturday
Time of meeting of the Wilkes
Wildlife Club to be held Satur
day at Smoot Park has been
changed from 5:30 to 7:00 p. m.
Time of the meeting and wa
termelon feast was changed so
that Clyde Patton and Ross Stev
ens, of the State Wildlife Club,
can attend the meeting. All ln
erested in hunting and fishing
are invited to attend and are as
sured plenty of watermelon free.
A campaign will be* formed to
raise money for the, purchase of
quail to be liberated in Wilkes
in an effort to raise the diminish
ing supply of that species of game
bird and a special invitation is
given all bird hunters to attend.
Wilkes Hudson
Co. Installs New
Safety Service
The increasing rate of traffic
accidents leave no room for donbt
about the great need for increas
ing automobile driving safety.
To help car owners of this
community keep -their cars in
safer driving condition, Wilkes
Hudson Co.," Highway 421, at
Broadway, has installed Manbee
Equipment for checking and cor
recting unbalanced and misalign
ed wheels.
According to R. H. McCollum,
and B. E. Osborne, owners of the
company, an average of six out
of, ten cars checked to date are
being operated with wheels that
are unbalanced or misaligned to
a harmful extent. Tet in 9 cases
out of 10 the drivers do not
know their cars are really not
fit to drive.
A small amount of misalign
ment or unbalance will cause
rapid waste of tire life and seri
ous wear to the car without the
driver knowing anything about
it.
If not corrected, the harmful
condition shows up later in un
even tire wear, shimmy, hard
steering or vibration. Then cor
rection has to be made. But that
is too late. Serious damage is
already done. The tires may be
ruined or a costly front end re
pair job may be necessary.
On the basis of our experience
to date, we recommend that yon
have wheel alignment checked
every six months or every 5,000
miles. Wheels should be balanced
every time tires are changed.
The regular wheel alignment
check is necessary because, even
on new cars, wheels can become
misaligned at any time. Driving
against a curb, striking a chuck
hole or a rut, or any sort of col
lision can misalign the front
wheels.
Lawyers Plead
la Murder Case
Throughout Day
Miller's Fate, May Go To
Jury Late Today; Much
Interest In Case
Trial of Leonard Miller on a
charge of poisoning his wife at
their Millers Creek home Febru
ary 22 may reach the deliberative
stage with the jury late this eve
ning or tonight.
All today was consumed with
argument of counsel in the sen
sational trial in which the death
penalty is asked on circumstan
tial evidence.
Throughout the trial the court
room has been packed with inter
ested spectators.
Speech to the jury by Solicf r
Avalon E. Hall was slated to
close the arguments late this af
ternoon. It was Indicated that
Judge John H. Clement may do
liver his charge to the Jury be
fore adjournment for the day.
Assisting the solicitor in prose
cution is former Solicitor John R.
Jones. Defense counsel consists
of the law firms of Trivette,
Holshouser and Mitchell, and
Whicker and Whicker.
The trial opened Monday with
selection of a jury from a special
venire and it was not until 7:00
p. m. that the jury was complet
ed. One woman, Mrs. Mary
Kerley, was. chosen for Jury duty.
Judge Clements did not order the
jury to stay together but allowed
them to go home after caution
ing them not to discuss the case
with anyone. Robert Adams was
the only unmarried man selected.
The others were J. W. Brinegar.
Coy A. Church, H. W. McOann*
Garvey R. Cheek, Hershel Moore,
J. W. Jones. Lester Wood, Panl
Hawkins, 0. C. Owens and T. B.
Jarvis.
Miss Lottie Faw, aunt of Mrs.
Miller, was the first witness, and
she told that she was at the
Miller home from the night of
February 21 through Sunday,
February 22, date of Mrs. Miller's
death. The 70-year-old woman
testified that about noon on Feb
ruary 22, Mrs. Miller told her
husband that her head hurt, and
that he reached into his shirt
pocket and pulled out an en
velope and told her to take the
contents of the envelope. She
swallowed the powder and com
plained of a very bitter taste,
Mrs. Faw said.
After taking the powder Mrs.
Miller walked to the porch and
back, lay down on the bed and
became violently ill.
"You see me give her this
stuff and if she dies, they'll say
I poisoned her," Miss Faw said
that Miller, a textile worker, told
her.
The aunt said that they tried
to get the body of Mrs. Miller
into a car outside the house but
that she was too stiff and the
body was returned to the bed.
"Finally, that other thing that
you carry dead people in came
and got her," Miss Faw told the
crowded courtroom.
Defense counsel brought out
the conversation that Mrs. Miller
and Miss Faw had on Saturday
night preceding the death.
The aunt said Mrs. Miller told
her that she wanted her children,
ages 2 and 4, put in an orphans*
home if she (Mrs. Miller) were
to die,
"I won't live till Christmas,"
Mrs. Miller was quoted as say
ing. Miss Faw said she conld
not "recollect" what brought uP
the subject of death.
The aunt testified that she had
not heard of Mrs. Miller being
sick but that the visit was her
first to the household in two or
three weeks.
Dr. Robert P. Morehead, pro
fessor of pathology at Bowman
Gray School of Medicine in Wln
ston-Salein, testified that organs
of the body of Mrs. Miller con
tained more than enongh strych
nine to cause death. The autop
say on the body of Mrs. Miller
was performed many weeks after
her death. ?
Mother of Victim a Witness
Mrs. Mary Kllby, mother of the
deceased woman, testified that
she had been living with the Mil
lers at their home at Millers
Creek for nearly a year, but left
the place on Saturday, February
21, for a visit elsewhere. Mrs.
Miller allegedly was murdered
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