ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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TheElkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway to Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
THE TRIBUNE
Serves the Tri-Counties of
Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
VOI,. No. XXXVII No. 1
PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ELKIN, N. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1949
S3.00 PER YEAR IN NORTH CAROLINA
12 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
The Elk T rail
... Farmer, with puzzled expres
' sion on face, gazing at display of
ladies’ winter hats in Elkin store
window.
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. . . Bleacher fans at Elkin
Jonesville football game vainly
calling “down in front" to a large
group of people lining field side
line and obstructing their view of
game.
. . . Numerous persons slowly
filing by wrecked car on local
garage used car lot, in which one
man was killed and several in
jured.
. . . Joe Bivins, local grocer,
laughing over display of dog food
in his store, over which had been
pasted a sign reading: “Ladies,
here’s w'hat to feed your husband.”
Sign really related to some other
food.
. . . David Brown, his stolen car
recovered, rushing back and forth
between Spainhour’s store, where
he works, and office of local in
surance agent.
. . . Young lady in cosmetics
''department of Elkin store audibly
wondering if people really used
green face powder on display in
powder mixing stand.
. . . Elderly lady explaining to
drug clerk that she didn't want
the clear nail polish for her fin
gers, but for runs in her nylon
hose.
... Danny Travis and Dale Al
# dridge displaying press clippings
in Tribune office.
. . . Herb Graham runnirtfe out
of gas 30 miles from Elkin. Hik
ing over hill and dale to filling
station.
. . . Dick Patterson, first base
man for Elkin Blanketeers last
year, speaking at banquet for or
ganized players recently in his
home town of Yatesboro, Pa.
1 ... Grace Laffoon found locked
out of house Sunday. Remaining
outside from 12 to 4 p. m., when
family came to rescue.
. . . Little Joe Patton perched
atop a big tractor in front of
hardware store, saying to his
grandmother, “You go home . . .
I'll drive the tractor and be there
soon.”
. . . Corbett Wall and Dixie
Graham “robbing” the parking
meters.
. . . Mrs. Eugene Motsinger sell
ing handmade articles and Christ
mas gifts at the Elkin Curb Mar
ket on Fiidays.
^ ... Hubert Willis highly pleased
at his alma mater’s Saturday vic
tory over Wake Forest.
. . . Smith Williamson saying
he’s improved his vocabulary quite
a bit since he's been holding con
versations with his four-months
old son.
. . . The town teeming with
comely ladies and young girls
selling poppies Saturday foi the
benefit of disabled veterans.
. . . Jack Eskridge saying his
restaurant hit an all-time low
among high school visitors over
the week-end. Laying the cause
probably to 4he licking Elkin took
^ from Jonesville Friday night.
. . . Tires of car screeching
over Elk Spur Street Saturday ai
driver sped toward town at an un
necessary speed. Cars swerving to
side to avoid possible side-swipe.
Scout Fund Drive
Now Totals $1,441
Contributions amounting to $1,
441 were sent to Old Hickory
. Council headquarters this morn
/ ing as part of the Elkin-Yadkir
total in the annual Scout func
campaign.
This amount represents solicita
tions from Elkin, Jonesville, Boon
ville and Yadkinville, while return!
from Chatham Manufacturing
Company will be made as soon a;
completed.
Although solicitations in th<
Elkin business district have beer
completed, Scout leaders today ex
plained that further contribution!
may be made either by mail or ir
person to Ralph Ritchie or Lir
iHendren who are heading the func
"\lrive in this district.
The oil industry in the Unitec
Plates gives work to nearly 2,
000,000 persons.
JONESV1LLE FAN — This was a typical expression Friday night on
the faces of elated .lonesville fans. The reason: Their team defeat
ed Elkin in their annual rivalry. The fellow here is Evan Martin,
exhuberant football enthusiast, who just this instant had asked
the photographer, “Ilow'd ya like that game?”
(TRIBUNE PHOTO)
CLINIC STAGED
FOR EVERYONE
Public Is Invited To Appear
ance of State Basket
bailers At YMCA
FROSH MEETS VARSITY
The basketball clinic to be stag
ed at the Gilvin Roth YMCA by
the North Carolina State basket
ball team Saturday night will be
for the benefit of the general pub
lic, as well as for the high school
coaches and players in this sec
tion.
Coach Everett Case, well-known
mentor of the Southern Confer
ence champions, will conduct the
clinic, using members of his
squads for demonstrations.
Then, a regular game between ;
the State varsity and the fresh- j
man team will be played.
Admission for the entire pro- j
gram will be $1 for adults and 50c
for youths of high school age and
under.
This will be the only appearance
of its kind by the State basketball
team in this section of the coun
try. After this, the only activities
of the basketball team will be con
fined to the regular game schedule,
none of which are slated for this
area.
The game between the varsity
and the freshmen is expected to
be an exciting one as the first
year men boast a number of excel
lent prospects for future Southern
Conference stardom. The overall
heigth of the freshman team will
probably be greater than that of
the varsity squad.
i White Plains Girl
Wins Canning Title
Mary Faye Jackson of White
Plains is making a habit of taking
the junior canning honors in Sur
ry County.
For the third consecutive year,
she was awarded first place in
the contest for juniors sponsored
by the Savannah Sugar Refining
Company.
Carlene Hemric, Route 2, Dob
son, and Iva Deane Alberty, Dob
son, were second and third place
winners in the contest this year.
All three winners will receive the
National 4-H Club News as an
award.
To enter the contest, partici
pants had to be less than 14 years
old on January 1.
Kiwanians Fete
Wives At Meeting
Members of the Elkin Kiwanis
1 Club, their wives and guests, heard
1 an interesting talk Thursday night
at the Kiwanis ladies’ night meet
1 ing at the Gilvin Roth YMCA.
i The guest speaker was Arthur
i Jones, assistant vice-president of
the American Trust Company, of
Charlotte.
In addition to Mr. Jones’ talk,
1 attendance prizes were awarded
to several of the ladies and a well
rounded program enjoyed.
Alleghany Makes
New Scout Plans
Alleghany County, which is un
der the Elkin-Yadkin Boy Seoul
District, may soon be revived ir
Scouting.
Civic clubs met last week al
Sparta with Old Hickory represen
tatives and as a result committee.'
will be appointed to make detailed
plans.
ELKIN CIVIC
LEADER DIES
Charles S. Foster Succumb*
In I) u k c Hospital
Friday Ni^ht
AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Charles S. Foster, 66, local civic
and business leader, died at Duke
Hospital in Durham Friday nigh
following an illness of severa
years.
Funeral service was conductec
Sunday afternoon at the Firs
Baptist Church. The Reverend;
Howard J. Ford, Dewey Smitl
and Richard Day were in charge
of the service. Burial was in Hol
lywood Cemetery with Masonic
graveside rites.
Mr. Foster was born in Rome
Ga., a son of Mr. and Mrs. George
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CRATER NAMED
YADKIN FB’S
NEW PRESIDENT
Claude Wickard, R. Flake
Shaw and G. Price Speak
OTHER OFFICERS NAMED
Members Told That Loans
From REA Forthcoming
After Surveys Made
PLAN NEW RESOLUTIONS
Members of the Yadkin County
Farm Bureau Thursday night
elected E. R. Crater of Hampton
ville as their new president and
heard addresses by national and
state agricultural leaders.
Claude Wickard. former secre
tary of Agriculture and now ad
ministrator of R.E.A. in Washing
ton, spoke to the group on behalf
of the part that the national of
fice would play in the rural tele
phone system. •
Also on the program were R.
Flake Shaw, exexcutive secretary
of the North Carolina Rural Elec
trification Administration.
Other officers named at the
meeting were John Hobson of East
Bend, vice-president, and Frank
Bryant, Boonville, secretary and
treasurer.
Directors were named from five
townships as follows:
Fall Creek — John Hobson, B.
R. Poindexter and Troy Matthews.
North Buck Shoal Roger Boles,
Hugh Hemric and George Ireland;
South Buck Shoal — James Parks,
Dale Thomasson and Edgar Ash
burn; Boonville — James Speer,
Frank Bryant and W. H. Fleming;
Courtney — Fred J. Brandon, R
R. Badgett and N. S. Steelman.
Mr. Wickard told the group
that after the surveys in the coun
ties have been made and the en
gineers have worked out the plan
and system for building telephone
lines that his office would be
ready to make loans to any group
of farmers in the community 01
county on the same basis that
R.E.A. power lines are built.
The first thing that will be done
after the county surveys have been
made will be to give the local tele
phone companies an opportunity
to build the lines, he said, adding
that if they cannot build them
or if they are not interested then
| the government is ready to maki
loans for 35 years at two per cent
interest for the purpose of build
: ing rural telephone lines.
Following Mr. Wickard’s talk, a
rural telephone committee was
elected for each township in Yad
kin.
i Mr. Shaw spxjke briefly, asking
that all farmers bind themselve;
together in a farm organization
and fight for farm lights just at
other groups are bound to protect
' their interests.
Mr. Price, speaking on the rura
telephone program, assured mem
bers that after a survey has beer
made that work on the system
, would be done by qualified and ex
I' perienced men and that propei
maintenance would follow.
Officers and directors of th<
bureau will meet at an announcer
future date to draw up resolution;
\ for members to take to thq na
tional convention to be held ii
Chicago during December.
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ONE KILLED, THREE HURT — This snapsho^ was made by Jack Elderton, driver of the towing
truck which removed the wreckage in which Lonnie Tucker of Jonesvillc was killed early Saturday
morning. Three others were injured in the vehicle which was driven by Lonnie Luffman, 17, who is
being charged with involuntary manslaughter and reckless driving. Lonnie Pruitt and Russell Ingool, '
who were riding in the car, received injuries along with Luffman.
MT. AIRY MAN
DIES ON PARTY
j Coroner’s Jury Rules Death
Was Front Natural Causes
Sunday Morning
WAS ON TOUR OF SPOTS
A long Saturday night drinking
party that took its participants
to several entertainment spots in
the Mount Airy area ended in
death for Ed Banner Hawks. 60,
of Mount Airy, Route 1, Sunday.
A coroner’s jury ruled that death
came from natural causes.
Hawks was found dead in the
back seat of an automobile in the
BOXSCORE
01 i.C.HIGHWAYS
Killed November 8 through
November 11 6
Injured November 8
through November 11 102
Killed through November
11, this year 699
Killed through November
11, 1918 . 607
Injured through November
11 this year 7,778
Injured through November
11, 1949 ..6,261
Beulah School neighborhood early
Sunday morning. At an inquest
j held later in the day, witnesses
| told this story:
Hawks and several friends, they
said, had been out all night, going
I from spot to spot and drinking
I heavily. At the last stop, all ex
cept Hawks got out of the car and
entered a roadhouse, leaving
Hawks apparently asleep in the
back seat.
A few hours later, they re
turned to the car and started
home. When a tire went flat, they
I stopped for repairs, and for the
| first time, noticed that Hawks
had not moved since their return.
A doctor, called to the spot
a few minutes later, said Hawks
had been dead about three hours.
The jury ruled that death had
come from natural causes.
Wilkes FB Plans
Membership Drive
The Wilkes Farm Bureau, in a
rally held at Rond& last week,
made plans for a membership
campaign to raise the membership
in Wilkes County to 500. and nam
[ ed officers for the coming year.
All officers were re-rlected as
follows: C. F,. Tharpe, president;
Irvin Key, vice-president; Law
rence Miller, secretary-treasurer;
T. J. McNeill, John W. Hart,
James Pardue and Vaughn Jen
nings, directors.
Pumice and pumicite are mined
in 11 states and Alaska.
OLDBELTLEAF
SHOWS DECLINE
Poorer Quality, Light Volume
Marks Ninth Week Of •
Flue-Cured Sales
SOME ARE AT LOWEST
Lower average prices, poorer
quality and light volume marked
the ninth week of sales on the Old
Belt flue-cured tobacco markets.
According to the United States,
North Carolina and Virginia De
partments of Agriculture several
grades dropped to their lowest
levels of the season.
The declines this week ranged
from 25c to $7.00 per hundred;
however, the majority was from
$1.00 to $3.00. In most instances
the greater losses were for lower
quality marketings. It was report
ed that some companies were not
as anxious to make purchases as
previously.
Quality of offerings was not as
good because of an increase in
common and low leaf and nonde
script and less good and fine qual
ities.
The sales week consisted of four
days as Friday, November 11, was
observed as a holiday because of
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Four New Leaf Types May Be Released
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Release Of New Seed Direct To Grower Is New Venture For N. C. State
The North Carolina Tobacco
Seed Committee announced today
that as many as four new tobacco
varieties may be released next
month.
The release of seed direct to the
grower is a new venture for State
College and the Experiment Sta
tion. Normally, seed of a new
variety is not available for gen
eral distribution until a year after
its release.
This year, Station officials have
taken steps to eliminate this one
year delay, since many growers
are in immediate need of these
varieties, especially those with re
sistance to two diseases. The Sta
tion has produced enough seed of
each variety so that in case the
seed are finally released at least
a small amount can be furnished
farmers who need it. It is not
anticipated that such a plan will
be used again in the future un
less special need arises.
All of the new varieties have
resistance to at least one of the
following diseases: Granville Wilt,
Black Shank and Fusarium Wilt.
Some have resistance to both
Granville Wilt and Black Shank.
All were developed through a co
operative breeding program con
ducted by the North Carolina Ex
periment Station, U. S. Depart
1 ment of Agriculture, and the North
Carolina Department of Agricul
ture.
Dr. C. J. Nusbaum, chairman of
the seed committee and professor
of plant pathology at State Col
lege, says many tobacco farmers
have already seen these lines,
either at a branch experiment sta
tion or a demonstration farm.
Many have asked about their re
lease.
“It takes long and careful work
to develop new lines combining di
sease resistance with good yield
and quality," Nusbaum explains.
“The original crosses on some of
these lines w'ere made in 1944. It
has required the years since then
to select and evaluate. For every
strain released, hundreds have
been tested and rejected.”
Dr. Nusbaum has anticipated
the questions growers will ask
about the date of release and the
availability of seed. His answers
follow:
Which of the advanced lines are
being considered for release?
Four lines which are under ex
tensive test for the first time this
year, are being considered as fol
lows:
A new line resistant to Granville
Wilt. Many growers will recognize
it by its experimental number—
8238.
A new line with high resistance
to both Black Shank and Gran
ville Wilt. The breeders’ designa
tion is 8259.
A new line with a pedigree sim
ilar to 8259 but with only moderate
resistance to Black Shank and
high resistance to Granville Wilt.
This line has been designated by
breeders as 8213.
A new line resistant to Fusar
ium Wilt, designated by breeders
as McCullers 27.
Who will decide whether or not
these lines will be released?
The North Carolina Tobacco
Seed Committee will decide. This
committee is composed of agri
cultural specialists representing
the State College Experiment Sta
tion and Extension Service, the U.
S. Department of Agriculture, the
North Carolina Department of
Agriculture and the North Caro
lina Crop Improvement Associa
tion. i'
On what will the Committee
base its decision?
The decision will be based on
the performance .record of the new
lines in field trials. When the
plant breeder develops a line which
performs well, he appears before
the Committee and presents his
data. His records cover such things
as yielding ability, resistance to
disease, grade distribution and
chemical composition of the cured
leaf. He discusses the pedigree of
the line of its characteristics,
pointing out its good points and
its weaknesses.
If committee members are con
vinced that the new line shows
important improvements over
existing varieties for use by North
Carolina farmers, they approve it
for release and give it a variety
name.
When will the Committee act on
the proposed release of these var
ieties?
At the next meeting of the To
bacco Seed Committee, December
12, 1949.
Why is it necessary to delay re
lease until then?
Because it will take until that
date to assemble data from the
1945 field and laboratory tests.
T#his task is being done as rapidly
as possible. At this moment, the
1949 crop is being graded and
weighed, samples are being analy
zed in the chemical laboratory and
other samples are being run
through rapid aging tests. If any
line shows serious faults, whether
it be low yield, poor disease re
sistance or a tendency toward high
nicotine content, that line will not
be released.
What will be the names of the
new varieties?
The Tobacco Seed Committee
recently adopted a new system for
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BAPTIST MEET
OPENS TUESDAY
The Rev. and Mrs. Howard
Ford To Attend SI ale
Convention From Elkin
2,000 A R E EXPECTED
The three-day annual Baptist
State Convention will open tomor
row at Raleigh.
Attending from Elkin will be the
Rev. and Mrs. Howard Ford of
the First Baptist Church here.
Some 2,000 Baptists, represent
ing about 2,800 Missionary Baptist
Churches in North Carolina, are
expected to attend.
On Wednesday, the convention
will move to Wake Forest College
for its session on Christian edu
cation.
An address by Dr. Theodore F.
Adams of Richmond, Va., will
highlight the convention. Reports
Trom the seven colleges maintain
ed by the Convention and the
Council of Christian Education al
so will be heard.
A report will be made by a
special committee assigned to ar
range the removal of Wake Forest
College from Wake Forest to Win
ston-Salem.
About $16,800,000 is required to
construct a new campus in Win
ston-Salem, Baptist officials say.
To date, about $7,000,000, includ
ing the value of the Wake Forest
campus, is in sight.
Membership in churches be
longing to the convention now
numbers about 650,000.
STEEL STRIKES
REACHING END
Union Predicts All Major Pro
ducers Will Be In Fold
By End of Week
ONLY 50,000 NOW IDLE
Another steel company signed
with CIO United Steelworkers Un
ion yesterday in the final stages
of the six-week strike which chok
ed off the production of enough
steel for 6,000,000 automobiles.
Steel production began curving
upward as the industry laid plans
to increase tonnage beyond pre
strike levels to meet needs of steel
starved factories.
The total of strike-idle was cut
to 50,000 when Wheeling Steel
Corporation signed a “Bethlehem
type” agreement with the Steel
workers Union early Sunday after
a 15-hour bargaining session. The
number on strike was expected to
drop to less than 20,000 by the
end of the week.
More than 8.500,000 net tons of
ingots production were lost. The
cost of the finished steel lost was
valued at $700,000,000.
The steelworkers themselves
lost during the six-week strike,
wages. Statisticians estimated that
they will have to work two full
years to regain in future social
security benefits the wages they
last during the six-week strike.
Weather Continues
Mild, Fair In Elkin
Weather continued mildly warm
for Elkin and vicinity and most
of the South today adding to a
long string of days that have re
sembled anything but mid-Novem
ber.
Considerable cloudiness and lit
tle cooler weather was forecast
for today, however. After the pas
sage of the cold front during Sun
day night, weather over most of
the Southeast will be generally fair
with cooler temperatures over most
of North Carolina.
m IS KILLED
IERE SATURDAY
iS CAR WRECKS
-onnie Millard Tucker, 43,
Dies Instantly
HREE OTHERS INJURED
’harge of Involuntary Man
slaughter, Reckless Driv
Against Alonzo Luff man
AR VIRTUALLY 4UJINED
One was was killed and three
thers injured when an automobile
rent out of control and turned
iver just outside Elkin’s town
imits Saturday morning.
Lonnie Millard Tucker, 43, of
fonesville, was killed instantly in
he accident, while Alonzo Luff
nan, 17, the driver, and Russell
Ingool, 29, and Lonnie Pruitt, 43,
ill of Jonesville, were injured in
in accident on Highway 268.
The extent of Ingool’s injuries,
though painful and serious, is
lot, critical as was first supposed
ay some., Luffman and Pruitt
vere released after treatment at
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospi
tal.
Luffman is being held under
loud charged with involuntary
manslaughter and reckless driving.
State Highway Patrolman D. J.
Caudle, who investigated the acci
ient, said that apparently the
four men were headfed to work at
the Elkin Furniture Company, at
5:30 a. rn„ when Luffman lost
control of the car. It went off tho
road on the left and finally turn
ed over after crossing the road
again, dropping off a slight em
bankment. The vehicle overturned
twice, and was virtually demolish
ed.
Funeral service was conducted
at 11 a. m. today from the Min
eral Springs Baptist Church by
the Rev. Clifford Vestal. Burial
followed in the Jonesville Ceme
tery.
ELKIN JAYCEES
GO TO MEETING
N. C. Quarterly Hoard Meet
ing Resolves To Support
Hoover Report
CHOOSE HEADQUARTERS
Three members of the Elkin
Junior Chamber of Commerce at
tended a quarterly meeting of the
North Carolina Jaycees at Win
ston-Salem over the week-end.
The conference, consisting of 275
delegates, voted its support on
executive reorganization in the
Federal Government and passed a
resolution attacking "efforts and
tactics of special interest pressure
groups . . . attempting to sabotage
the efforts of the commission . . .
to eliminate inefficiency.”
Attending the conference from
the local chapter were W. N. (Bill)
Stevenson, president, and Herbert
Graham and Robert Isbell, mem
bers.
Other business included the se
lection of High Point as State
Jaycee headquarters, election of
Hal Love of Wilmington as nation
al director, and issuing the first
directory of clubs and members
throughout North Carolina.
At their closing luncheon the
delegates heard an address by T.
Coleman Andrews of Richmond,
chairman of the Virginia Citizens
Committee on the Hoover report.
Mr. Andrews commended them
for their support of the Hoover
report, and urged that Jaycees
throughout the State use their in
fluence in making the facts of the
report widely known and under
stood.
The Elkin club and others over
the State voted their support at
their last meetings.
Cou Brown of Raleigh, State
president, presided at meetings
yesterday.
Mrs. Nicks Initiated
Into Honorary Group
Mrs. C. E. Nicks of this city
has been initiated into Millikin
University’s chapter of Phi Kappa
Phi, national scholarship honorary
society. Initiation was held in the
Oak Lounge at Millikin, Decatur,
111., on the afternoon of October
2D. That evening the 70 initiates
attended a formal banquet at the
Decatur Club. Speaker for the oc
casion was J. G Randall, professor
af American History at the Uni
versity of Illinois. The subject of
his address was “Scholar and
Citizen.”
When a student, Mrs. Nicks was
elected a member of the local Kap
pa Society which has now been
absorbed by the National Phi Kap
pa Phi. A scholastic average of at
least 3.25 of a possible 4.0 is re
juiied for membership into the
organization.