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Gates Index The Only Newspaper Published in and for Gates County Volume 12, No. 12 Gatesville, N. C., Wednesday, November 24, 1943 (One Week Nearer Victory 12 Pages This Wcel THIS THANKSGIVING DAY-1943 ✓ - " *• We’re thankful we live in the United States and for the ideals of liberty and freedom exemplified in our form of government. We are thankful for our free institutions and our vyay of life. We are thankful that we are able to buy War Bonds voluntarily, so that we may have a personal and direct hand in bringing him back to us sooner. God bless him and keep him safe for us. $12,000 Fire Levels Roduco Cotton Gin 8,982 Receive No. 4 Ration Books in County A total of 8,982 No. 4 ration books have been issued in Gates county, according to a report made this week by Mrs. L. C. Hand, price clerk. ^he said it was thought that a ;e were still some people in ^ county who have not yet re vived their books. People in the county who have not received their books should apply at the rationing board office. The total number of books is sued is considerably less than the 1940 census of 10,060 for Gates county. Either a large number of people have not yet received their books, or a large number have left the county for employment in defense areas. Damage estimated at $3 2,000 was done to the Roduco cotton gin between 1 a. m. and 2 a. m. Saturday morning when a fire of undetermined origin leveled all the buildings to the gin ex cept the seed house. A total of 53 bales of cotton was destroyed. All the cotton in the gin was covered by insur ance, Lycurgus Howell, operator, said, but the building proper and the equipment was not covered. The gin was a total loss. Cotton seed and cotton was still burning late Monday after noon. Residents of Roduco were still pouring water on the smouldering cotton attempting to keep the fire from spreading to the nearby woods. Forty-four of the 53 bales of cotton were the property of the company which operates the gin, but nine bales belonged to in dividuals in Gates county. S. A. Hall of Gatesville had five bales in the gin, Joe T. Eure of Eure (Continued on page 7) Chairmen Named For Townships , In Seal Drive The annual Christmas Seal sale campaign is now under way in Gates county. Mrs. Tazewell D. Eure is serv ing as chairman of the Seal sale in Gatesville; Mrs. Mills Greene, Eure; Mrs. E. L. McCoy, Sun bury; Mrs. Cai’rie Collins, Hobbs ville; Mrs. J. R. Freeman, Gates, and Prof. T. S. Cooper, principal Gates Training school, the Negro schools. It is hoped that all citizens will contribute to the campaign through the purchase of Christ mas Seals to the end that a war time rise in tuberculosis can be prevented in this county, as well as in the country as a whole, Mrs. J. L. Sawyer, chairman of Christmas Seal Sale, said. 'mm? firm mpaign Turner Guilty |0f Cruelty To Animals I GatesviJle took on the air of! a festival or circus day Monday \ when Gales county superior ■ court opened in the court house j tor a one-week mixed term with ; Judge C. E. Thompson of Eliza- ; j beth City on the bench. Chester Morris, solicitor, now i [of Currituck county, returned to | his native county to prosecute | the docket. Bv tne middle of Monday af ternoon eight cases had been j heard, three of them divorce ! cases. E. F. Turner of Gate.sville had been pronounced guilty of cruel | ty to animals by a jury, but ; sentence had not been made. , Turner was convicted of keen : ing horses in his lot without pro viding proper shelter for them, j In a case which had been on : the docket since the November term, 1941, John H. Troiman was ; declared guilty of reckless driv ! ing and manslaughter. He re ceived a sentence ol' three years j | in prison suspended on payment' of costs and a fine of S500. He was also ordered to pay a pan of the funeral expenses of Anne Smith and to pay for damages to property of R. E. Bagly. Ho was placed on probation for live .years and ordered not to drive on the highways of North Caro lina for the next three years. L. E. Francis entered a plea j of guilty to reckless driving and ! (Continued on Page 2) War Bond Auction Sale Wednesday At Gates School War Bond auction sale will be held Wednesday night (tonight) 1 at Gates school at intermission i of turkey supper and dance! which is being sponsored by the j Gates PTA. The auction sale is being held under the direction of Robin j Hood, war bond sales chairman! for Gates county, who is alsoi directing a bond and stamp sale' among the homerooms of the i Gates school. Through Monday of this week: a total of $1,251.30 in bonds and; stamps had been sold at the Gates ; school, or an average of S9.341 per pupil. Mrs. Doris B. Wiggins’ j fourth and fifth grade homeroom i was in the lead with a total of j $526.05. Mrs. Elizabeth B. Dar den’s sixth and seventh grade class was second with $466 to its credit. Of the 134 students participat ing in the contest, 73 had pur chased stamps and bonds through Monday. The contest closes on Decem ber 4 and winners will be an nounced on December 6. Initial steps towards realizing a goal of 300 Farm Bureau members for Gates county were taken Friday night in Gates ville when 40 farmers from all sections of the county elected W. M. Hoilowell, of Hobbsville, chairman of the membership drive. Spurred on by ihe effrots of K. Flake Shaw, executive sec retary of the North Carolina farm bureau, farmers backed Hoilowell for membership chair man by pledging to sign up as least the goal of 300 members. Shaw was the featured speak er for the occasion which was the second gathering of farm bureau members in the county during the past three weeks. Shaw centered his remarks about the topic, “Farm Organ ization and Whether it is Meet ing the Challenge." Never be fore in the history of any or ganization have “so few done so much for so many”. Shaw said in urging the members the join the farm bureau. Quotas accepted by the town (Continued on page 7) $166 Collected In Junior Red Cross Campaign A total of $1(16.18 was collect ed in the Junior Red Cross drive in the Gates county schools, Mrs. W. Henry Overman announced this week. The drive was conducted from November 1 through November 15. Amounts raised by white schools in the county are: Eure $8.10; Gates $10: Hobbsville $25.07; Sunburv $28.67; Gates ville $51. Total—$122.84. Negro schools raised the Tot lowing amounts: Beautiful White Oak $2.05: Ruckland $2.30: Hin ton's Grove SI; Milley Bridge S2.03: Reid's Grove S2.05; Ro duco $5; Ariel $1; Stoney Branch 50c; Rooks $4.41; Newberry $3; Corapeake $1; Kelloggs $1; Mid dle Swamp $1; Gates Training school $12; Key’s Fork $1; Hobbs ville $2; and Willow Branch $2. Total—$43.34. Flat Branch, Hudgin's Branch and Ballards have not made then reports to Mrs. Overman. Mrs. Overman expressed her thanks for the cooperation given her. Goal for the campaign was $100. Negro Fined ' On V-D Charge Junius Arline, Negro, Route 1, Ho'obsville, was found guilty in. the magistrate’s court in Gates ville Monday for failure to take treatment for venereal disease after having been notified by the draft board, the Gatesville health department, and the V-D control officer. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, suspended upon pay ment of fine and costs totaling’ $16, and on condition that he take treatments regularly at the ! Gatesville health off ice.
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