ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
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VOL. No. XXXVII No. 6
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PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1949
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20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
The Elk Trail
. . . Kitten lazily sunning self,
snuggled against boxoffice of lo
cal theatre.
. . . Basketball players in men’s
league at Y showing need of safe
ty pins to keep medium-size trunks
on small-size frames.
^ ... Max Cooke eating Mrs. Max
Cooke’s ice cream at kickoff sup
per for YMCA membership drive.
. . . Pat Graham and Ruthie
Click cornering reporter for bas
ketball publicity.
. . . Lady driver making dash
across intersection after light
turns red.
. . . Don Lambeth looking happy
at party given in his honor by
students last night.
. . . Martha Mann and Dickie
Atkinson dressing up to take in
“big people’s” party at Mrs.
Charle§ Ashby.
. . . Mrs. C. R. Byrd of Ronda
finding a white iris in full bloom
.in her yard, following large frosts.
■^Saying she had never seen one
bloom for Thanksgiving before.
. . . Dwayne Irwin trying to fig
ure out with pencil and paper how
many dozen deer it would take to
1 ill all the hints for venison he
has received since killing a 12- j
point buck recently.
. . . Corner loafer leaning on \
mail box down at the square, to
fH tally unaware of two young ladies
waiting patiently for him to move
so they could mail letters.
. . . Pedestrian, observing Christ
mas decorations on Main Street
for first time, remarking as how
he would have done it this way
instead of that way.
. . . Motorist backing through
red light into street intersection
directly into path of approaching
.. car. which, fortunately, had good
* brakes.
. . . David Brown, at Spain
hour’s, always in a hurry but sel
dom if ever in a bad humor.
. . . Tom Parnell telling coffee
companion at drug store that he
had heard trainmen say Southern
would put diesel engines on this
run if coal situation becomes more
acute.
. . . Miss Leslie Johnson, Don
ald Halsey and Henry O. Dunbar
preparing Christmas decorations
for 4-H clubs.
. . . Girl wearing new short |
hair-do declaring she wishes she'd
^ spared the clippers now that Win
ter is moving in.
. . . Prospective gift buyers
“feeling out” others to find what
to buy them for Christmas.
Smith Addresses
200 Y Campaigners
J. Wilson Smith, interstate sec
retary of the Carolinas’ YMCA
groups, addressed approximately
200 workers at the annual Gilvin
Roth Membership Drive kickoff
dinner Tuesday night.
He stressed unity in the Ameri
can home for unity among nations
and peace among them, declaring,
“we must preserve morality and
religion in our families for insur
ance against downfall of nations.”
T. C. McKnight, general secre
tary of the Elkin Y, was master
of ceremonies. He outlined plans
for the membership drive and
urged that every man, woman and
child in this area participate in
the YMCA during the coming year.
The drive is continuing for one
week under E. S. Spainhour, chair
man of the membership commit
tee.
Membership cards for the year
will be $3 for adults and $1 for
boys and girls. Sustaining mem
berships will be sold for $10 and
over.
Four Games Are Set
In Men’s Cage Loop
The men's basketball league at
the Gilvin Roth YMCA swings
I into its second night of action
[onight with four games slated.
I The schedule for tonight pits
Wool Room-Dye House vs. Bind
ing at 7, Wet Finish vs. Jonesville
at 7:45; Shipping-Cloth vs. Grif
fin's at 8:30, and Brooks Cross
roads vs. Elkin Tribune at 9.
COUNTY PHONE
MEETING SET
MONDAY AT 7
Gwyn Price To Discuss Tele
phone Possibilities
FOR RURAL RESIDENTS
Plans For Survey May Arise
From Gathering At Dob
son Courthouse
SMITH LAUDS VENTURE
Gwyn Price^ chairman of the
State Rural Electrification Ad
ministration, will address a coun
ty-wide group at the Dobson
courthouse Monday night in rela
tion to the possibility of securing
telephone service throughout Sur
ry.
Farm leaders from every com
munity who are interested have
been urged to attend, Neill M,
Smith, county agent, said yester
day. The meeting will begin at 7
p. m.
In making the announcement,
Mr. Smith said, “This project will
be a long-time program, but we
must act quickly." The agent
pointed out that Congress has ap
propriated $25 million dollars for
rural telephone service and that
surveys must be taken to deter
mine who wants the service, where
they are and the expense involved
in installation.
Mr. Smith expressed enthusiasm
for the project. He explained that
the Surry County Farm Bureau
had earlier named this as one of
the yearly projects. “Monday night
is the best chance farmers will
have to get information as to the
possibilities of the service,” he,
added.
He listed telephone service as
one of the greatest needs of the
county at this point toward “dev- i
eloping successful communities."1
Others included construction of
roads which is now under way and
artificial breeding promotion, also
well under way. New steps are in
motion to solve these problems, he !
said.
ELECTION SET
FOR SOIL HEAD
Voting For County Supervisor
For Tri-Creek To Be Held
December 5-10
ONE VACANCY EXISTS
The election of a county super
visor for the Tri-Creek Soil Con
servation District for a three
year term will be held in Yadkin
County during the week of Decem
ber 5-10 inclusive, it was announ
ced today at the Yadkinville of
fice.
Frank Hobson and James Speer,
Boonville citizens, have been nom
inated by petition for the vacancy
that exists on the three-man
board.
All persons residing within the
county who are qualified to vote
in a general election are eligible
to vote in this election, it was
announced.
Ballot boxes will be located at
the following places throughout
the county for the voting Monday
through Saturday:
W. M. Parks’ store. Coy John
son's store. G. C. Wallace’s store,
Warren’s store, Frank Poindexter’s
store, D. B. Pardue’s store, John
Hobson’s store, Charlie Poindex
ter’s store, Wiley Reece’s store,
Walt Brown’s store, and Allen
Farm Center.
TRUMANS REACH VACATIONLAND — A happy threesome are
President Truman, his wife and daughter, Margaret, as they drive
toward the “little White House” at the Naval Air Station in Key
West, Fla., for a three-wreek holiday. (International)
Sheriff Warns
Against Use
Of Fireworks
Fireworks arc taboo!
Surry’s Sheriff Sam C. Pat
terson emphasized that fact
strongly this morning, declar
ing;
“It’s against the law to use
fireworks of any kind . . . even
to have them in one's possess
ion. The law will be strictly en
forced.”
He explained that some per
sons had already been indicted,
but expressed the wish that no
further demonstration or viola
tion make it necessary for ar
rests.
ROYALL RITES
ARE CONDUCTED
Miles Andrew Royall Dies In
stantly of Gunshot Wound
Here Tuesday
BURIED IN YADKINVILLE
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Funeral service for Miles Andrew
Royall, 58, was conducted yester
day from the home of his brother,
Hugh A. Royall, on West Main
Street.
Mr. Royall died instantly Tues
day morning in an Elkin hotel of
a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He
had been in ill health constantly
since World War I.
Mr. Royall was a member of
Yadkinville Baptist Church, a
member of the Masonic Order and
a veteran of World War I.
He is survived by his father
i and stepmother, Dr. and Mrs. M.
A. Royall; two sisters, Mrs.
Blanche Dunnagan of Willard, and
Mrs. Garland Johnson of Elkin:
and two brothers, Hugh A. Royall
and George Royall, both of Elkin.
The Reverends J. W. Braxton,
Howard J. Ford and J. L. Powers
officiated. Burial followed in Yad
kinville Cemetery.
Cpl. Barr Replaces
McKinney In Elkin
Corporal I. R. Barr, formerly
stationed in High Point, has been
officially transferred to the Elkin
state patrol office to replace Cor
poral W. S. McKinney.
• Cpl. Barr received a promotion
with the transfer, advancing to
the rank of corporal from the sta
tus of patrolman.
Cpl. McKinney has been assign
ed to the Asheboro district.
CHOIR TO HOLD
YULE PROGRAM
Elkin Methodist Church
Chorus Group To Present
Music, December 18
MEMBERS ARE LISTED
The choir of the Elkin Meth
odist Church, which for the past
several weeks has been broadcast
ing a 15-minute program of sac
red music over WIFM each Tues
day evening at 8:30 o’clock, will
1 stress Christmas music during the
month of December, to be climax
ed Sunday, December 18 at 5:00
p. m. with the annual Christmas
program.
Members of the choir who are
taking part in the weekly broad
casts and who will sing in the
Christmas program, are, first so
I pranos: Mrs. Margaret Poplin,
Mrs. Edna Bumgarner, Miss
: Phyllis Johnson, Miss Mabel Sale,
Miss Sterling Browning; second
sopranos: Miss Bonnie Jane Hall,
Miss Fiances Lovelace, Miss Bon
nie Jean Moore, Mrs. Addie Kane,
Mrs. Jean Royall, Mrs. Mary
; Crowe, Mrs. Caroline Dillon, Miss
j Carolyn Fletcher.
First altos: Miss Betty Alice
Bowers and Mrs. Zana Mayberry;
second altos: Mrs. Lillian Brown
: ing, Mrs. Macy Lineback, Mrs.
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Whiskey Load Found
By Elkin Patrolman
Thirty-six gallons of whiskey
were discovered in a ’38 Buick
coupe enroute from Wilkes Coun
ty to Mount Airy by patrolman
D. J. Caudle Tuesday night and
the driver, Armond Combs, 37, of
Toast, was booked with a double
charge.
Transporting and possession of
the whiskey and reckless driving
charges were pressed against
Combs.
Elkin P.-T. A. Plans
Talent Show Dec. 8
A talent show will be presented
by the Elkin High School Par
ent-Teachers Assocaton on Thurs
day, December 8 at 8 p. m. in the
Elementary School Auditorium.
A small admission charge will
be made and the proceeds from
the show will be used to buy equip
ment for the high school cafeteria.
Participants on the program will
be high school students and prizes
will be awarded.
Yadkin Man’s Seed Growing Pays
E. R. Crater of Yadkin County
sold enough certified tobacco
seeds last year to plant 14,400
acres of the crop. And it all came
about because seven years ago he
discovered that farmers in this
section of the state were going
out-of-state to buy their seed.
Crater was working with the
Yadkin County AAA office when
this fact was brought to his at
tention. And since he was a to
bacco grower anyway, he decided
to try his hand at raising the seed
commercially.
His success at is is now well
known as he is still the only cer
tified seed grower in Yadkin
County. Last year he sold 80 to
100 pounds of seed at $1 an ounce.
Mr. Crater grows four varie
ties of flue-cured tobacco seeds
—Broad Leaf 402; Yellow Spe
cial 400; Virginia Bright Leaf
and Bottom Special. The Bottom
Special is an old variety, but
was not certified until last year.
All the seeds for his seed plants
come from the North Carolina
Crop Improvement Association.
These are called foundation seeds.
After the seed plants get to be a
certain age, the Association sends
a man around to inspect them and
to destroy those plants that do not
meet the standards.
Each variety of seed plants
must be grown in isolation, so it
will not cross with the other var
ieties.
After beginning in the seed bus
iness, Mr. Crater learned that
many Burley tobacco grow
ers in the western part of the
State, Virginia and Tennessee,
come east to buy plants each year.
Again he jumped into a new enter
prise, that of growing Burley
plants for the farmers west of
Yadkin. He grows two varieties of
these—White Burley 16 and White
Burley 41. Last year he grew ap
proximately 1,000 square yards of
plants. The buyers come to his
plant beds, pull the plants, count
their own, and pay for them by
the thousand.
He explained that the reason
the Burley growers do not sow
their own beds is that their sea
son is later and by buying them
in Yadkin County they are able
to plant their tobacco in the
field about two weeks earlier. This
is an important factor, he said,
because unless they get the tobac
co planted as early as possible it
is likely to get frostbitten before
it can be harvested.
In all his tobacco growing and
handling of small plants, Mr.
Crater was not bothered at all last
year with blue mold.
“I kept my plants sprayed with
fermate,” he said. “Every time it
rained. I went back to the plant
beds and sprayed them again. I
imagine a lot of the fellows will
be doing that this year, remem
bering what a time they had
with blue mold last Spring.”
Mr. Crater’s farm is 100 acres,
tended by himstlf, his son, E. R.
Crater, Jr., and a tenant. The
three of them grow five acres of
tobacco which this past year aver
aged over 1,408 pounds per acre.
The main interest on the Cra
ter farm at present, however, is
the beginning of a beef cattle pro
ject. In any beef cattle adventure,
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INSPECTION IS
SET FOR ELKIN
SCHOOL BUSES
Highway Patrolmen To Con
duct Surveys of Buses
PLAN MONTHLY EXAMS
Any Defective Buses To Be
Taken From Service Until
Condition Is Corrected
SEEK MAXIMUM SAFETY
Elkin state highway patrolmen
are making plans this week for the
inspection of school buses in line
with a directive from the state
office designed to insure maxi
mum safety for the school chil
dren.
Recently, complaints have been
made regarding the condition of
many of the buses in the state and
in this section. A report made
some time ago indicated that many
of the buses in Surry and adjoin
ing counties needed repairs.
Under the new plan of action,
all of the buses will undergo a
thorough initial inspection by a
highway patrolman and then will
be inspected monthly.
Serious defects are to be cor
rected before the bus can again be
used and a second inspection con
ducted after the repairs are made,
before the bus is put back in
action.
Following the inspections, writ
ten reports are to be turned in to
the county superintendent of the
schools or his agent. Any buses
found unsafe are to be ordered out
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SHERIFF RAIDS
SURRY STILLS
Jim Daniel Wood of Thur
mond Section Being' Held
For Federal Trial
HELD ON BOND OF $500
A Surry County man was held
Tuesday for Federal trial on a
liquor charge. But deputies failed
to arrest any suspects when they
raided another still Sunday night.
Jim Daniel Wood of the Thur
mond section was arrested by Sur
ry deputies in cooperation with the
Alcohol Tax Unit, Saturday.
Officers testified at a hearing
before U. S. Commissioner Charles
E. Ader Monday that a dismantled
still was found in Wood’s home.
He was charged with possessing
the still, making mash fit for dis
tillation and possessing the mater
ial for making liquor. He pleaded
guilty and was bound over to the
May term of District Court under
$500 bond.
Surry Sheriff Sam Patterson
said he and his men raided an
other still Sunday night but found
no suspects.
He said the latest still—a 300
gallon box-type unit—was located
near Old Buck Shoals. He found
about 1,200 gallons of spent mash
and said that it had been several
days since the still was operated.
Helping with the raid were
Deputies Barney Venable, Roy
Smith, C. E. Needham and Dave
Dey and Constable Reuben Mc
Cormick.
Methodist Church
Changes Services
The Methodist Church will hold
evening worship service at 5 p. m.
instead of 7:30 p. m., as usual,
through the Winter months, it was
announced Sunday.
A three-penoa program has
been set Up which may be attend
ed in part or whole.
Following the evening worship
a fellowship period will be held
at 5:45 during which refreshments
will be served.
At 6:30 p. m., a forum period
for adults will be conducted. Sun
day night's topic will be “Our
Faith in Christ.” Meeting at the
same time will be the Youth Fel
lowship.
The pastor has invited the pub
lic to attend any one of the ser
vices, or all three.
$10 Added Today
For Charity Fund
Contributions to the Community
Christian Charity fund was rais
ed another $10 today with a con
tribution from the Senior Wom
an’s Club of Elkin. The total now
stands at $45, toward the $1,000
goal.
Although donations are coming
in slowly, the Rev. George Farah
who is heading the drive, express
ed belief that more response will
be received during December.
Surry’s Quota Reached
In Annual Membership
Drive Of Farm Bureau
YADKIN CIVIL
COURT TO END
Several Cases Are Heard As
Docket Is Slowly
Cleared
ROUSSEAU IS PRESIDING
A complicated suit against an
insurance company was a featured
trial in the second week of Yad
kin County Superior Court for the
trial of civil cases in Yadkinville.
Hazel Knight, entering suit
against Mutual Benefit Health &
Accident Association, contended
that an insurance policy for the
late Thomas H. Knight was in
effect at the time of his death.
After the issue was heard, the
jury decided in favor of the plain
tiff, and awarded the sum of $3,000
to Mrs. Knight. However, the
court ruled later that the verdict
be set aside due to insufficient
evidence, and stated that the case
should not have been submitted
to the jury.
In the case of Carl Rose vs.
Kenneth Pardue, the court ruled
in favor of the plaintiff recover
ing $1043.89. and ruled that the
defendant obtained the property
in question by fraud. Court also
granted the amount of $94.05 to
the plaintiff, and ruled that the
defendant be committed to jail if
the execution against him was
found unsatisfied.
In the case of Grady Finney vs.
! Paul Settle, the court ruled the
! defendant was negligent in dam
i age of plaintiff’s automobile, and
I awarded him $450. for damages.
In the case of Ben Hutfchens
vs. John Henry Myers, the court
ruled the defendant was indebted
to plaintiff in the amount of $324.
19 plus interest, and a lein was
filed against a sawmill of the de
fendant for that amount.
One divorce was granted be
tween Bertha Seagraves and Willie
Seagraves.
In the case of Ola H. Myers vs.
Willie Myers, settlement was made '
to provide for the support of Ola 1
Myers through monthly payments, j
Judge J. A. Rousseau has been :
presiding over the two-week term
of court, which is expected to
continue until tomorrow.
Brandon Is Champ
Yadkin Corn Grower
F. F. Brandon of near Yadkin
ville has been announced as the
1949 Yadkin County champion
corn growers.
Mr. Brandon raised 121.2 bush
els of corn on one designated acre
this year, according to County
Agent Dwight Williamson. In
growing the corn, he used eight
tons of manure, 600 pounds of
4-12-4 fertilizer, 300 pounds of 20
per cent super phosphate, 1,000
pounds of A. N. L., which is 25
per cent nitrbgen.
The total cost of producing the
corn, not figuring the labor, was
$48.36, or 40 cents per bushel. He
used N. C. 1032 hybrid corn.
South Dakota’s Bad Lands are
5,200 square miles in area.
HIGH MAN—Frank Miller, El
kin farmer, was high man in
Surry County’s Farm Bureau
membership drive which ended
this week. Mr. Miller secured
57 members and thus again was
qualified for the Edward A.
O’Neal Parity Club of the Ameri
can Farm Bureau Federation.
ROCKFORD F. B.
TO BE FORMED
Regular Community Meetings
Planned Tomorrow Night
At Four Places
ELECTION AT COPELAND
Farm Bureau community meet
ings over Surry County tomorrow
night will feature an organiza
tional meeting at Rockford and
the election of officers at Cope
land.
Meetings will be held as regular
ly scheduled at North Elkin and
j Mountain Park.
The organizational meeting at
Rockford will be conducted by
Neill M. Smith, county agent, and
Henry O. Dunbar, assistant coun
ty agent. The meeting will be held
at the home of Rome Burrus.
Officers will be elected.
At Copeland, D. A. Halsey, as
sistant county agent, and C. E.
Mauney, teacher of agriculture,
will conduct the meeting which
will include the eleciton of offi
cers.
Walter R. Parham will make
his last appearance at Mountain
Park until next Spring. He will
hold the meeting with Jim Dan
Hemmings, teacher of agriculture,
on the subject of forestry. Mr.
Parham will through the winter
conduct demonstrations in the
forests.
At North Elkin school, Claude
W. Allen, assistant county agent,
will show tobacco production
slides featuring the latest practices
on growing tobacco.
All meetings will be held at
7 p. m.
MURRAY RAPS REDS AT CONVENTION — At the founding Con
vention in Philadelphia of the International Union of Electrical,
Radio and Machine Workers, Philip Murray, CIO president, confers
with two labor leaders. They are Emil Rieve (center), president of
the Textile Workers of America and James B. Carey, executive com
mittee chairman of the new union. The organization is the anti
communist successor to the leftist UEW. Murray attacked the
Communists as a chief enemy or organized labor.
(International Soundphoto)
Miller Gets
57 Members
For Top Spot
The annual membership drive
for Surry County’s Farm Bureau
Federation reached its quota
Wednesday when 1,608 members
were gained.
Fiank Miller, Elkin farmer, was
high man among the go-getters,
securing 57 men during the period
of the drive, according to Treas
urer C. D. Smith’s report.
Howard Denny of the Pilot
Mountain Farm Bureau secured
51 members and won $100 toward
a trip to Chicago to the Ameri
can Farm Bureau Federation Con
vention, as did R. L. Burch, mem
ber of the Westfield group.
Boyd Nelson of Pilot Mountain
secured 50 members, Jessie F. At
kinson, Mount Airy, 46, and R. S.
Johnson, Mount Airy, 41, rounding
out the first five top membership
solicitors.
Denny and Burch were awarded
trips to Chicago as a result of a
drawing in Raleigh last week
among members who had secured
10 or more members. P. N. Taylor
of White Plains, vice-president of
the North Carolina Farm Bureau,
will attend the Chicago meeting,
and Claude W. Allen, assistant
county agent in tobacco, will rep
resent the Surry County Agent's
office at the convention.
The convention will be held De
cember 11-15.
Trains will leave Winston
Salem at 11 a. m., December 10,
for Chicago. Members may return
on trains leaving Chicago at 7
p. m., December 15, arriving at
Winston-Salem at 10:30, Decem
ber 16.
MUSICAL SHOW
CAST IS READY
‘Laff It Off,’ To He Staged In
Jonesville Tomorrow, Sat
urday Nights
SPONSORED BY LIONS
A musical comedy, “Laff It
Off,” will be staged in Jonesville
tomorrow and Saturday nights
for the benefit of the building of
a community hut.
Director Chris Longhill describ
ed the play, which will be made
up of local talent, as a colorful
presentation featuring the pages
of a newspaper.
It is being sponsored by the
Jonesville Lions Club.
The most picturesque scene was
described as a frontier days cele
bration in which an impersonation
of Gene Autry by Bob Swaringen
will be featured as master of cere
monies. He will introduce Judy
Canova (Mrs. Tat Davis), Roches
ter, (Jesse Hutchinson), and Pap
py Chiselefinger (Arthur Hut
chens).
An impersonation of Dorothy
Dix (Watt Deal) will feature the
demonstration of a baby being
bathed by a deserted father.
Chorus girls, made up of a group
of high school students, will take
part in a wedding scene.
The finale will show the entire
cast who will demonstrate world
biotherhood in which all the col
ors of all nations will be display
ed by chorus girls.
Trophies will be awarded Satur
day night of winning children in
the baby contest. They will be
presented loving cups.
Two changes in the cast as an
nounced last week are Red Rose
as Blondie, and Herbert Johnson
as the inquiring reporter, taking
the place of Wayne Byrd.
Corn Contest
Winners To Be
Awarded Tonight
Winners of the Surry County
hybrid corn contest will be an
nounced tonight at a meeting
of the Elkin Kiwanis Club.
Neill M. Smith, county agent,
said today that a record num
ber of participants had entered
this year in the contest spon
sored by the Elkin Merchants
Association.
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