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VOL. XLVIII
YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1940
No. 40
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
STATE
WINSTON-SALEM, Oct. 1—
Richard J. Reynolds, of Win
ston-Salem, has been named
finance chairman of North
Carolina by the national Dem
ocratic executive committee.
Oliver O. Quayle, Jr., commit
tee treasurer, announced in
New York yesterday Reynolds’
appointment and his accept
ance of the post. Reynolds
will be in charge of the‘raising
of funds in North Carolina for
the national presidential cam
paign. This charge is aside
from the campaign for a state
campaign chest for use within
the state. Oscar Pitts heads
the North Carolina organiza
tion.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 —
There were signs last night
that administration officials
would look with suspicion on
any French plan to strengthen
the fortifications of Martin
ique, French island in the
Caribbean. President Roose
velt cautioned reporters not to
print any stories saying that
the United States and France
were in agreement on fortifi
cation of the island.
NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 1 —
Sabotage occurred in the Sun
Shipbuilding and Drydock Co.
plant at Chester, Pa., after
Nazi and Communist leaders
among the workmen joined
forces, a sub-committee of the
Dies Committee was informed
yesterday. The charge came
from Walter M. Appleby, ma
rine chemist employed by the
company, who described four
recent instances of sabotage,
including the cutting in 63
places of hose lines which car
ry an inflammable chemical
to various parts of the ship
yards.
INTERNATIONAL
TOKYO, OCT. 2.—Newspapers,
reflecting increasing govern
ment alarm over the possibility
of British and American pres
sure, indicated today that Ja
pan would regard the reopen
ing of the Burma road of sup
ply to China by Britain as an
open challenge and would act
accordingly.
LONDON, Oct. 1 — Great
Britain is preparing to throw
into the air whole squadrons
of new “wonder planes’’ in
cluding a British version of
the flying fortress which is
described as the most heavily
armed warplane in the world.
The new type planes, includ
ing both fighters and bombers,
are said to boast of perform
ances far excelling anything
which the royal air force has
sent into action thus far.
ROME, Oct. 1—The likeli
hood of Spain entering the
war or even joining the axis
powers at this time in a form
al alliance against Britain was
virtually discarded by political
circles yesterday as General
issimo Francisco Franco’s min
ister of government, Ramon
Serrano Suner, conferred with
Premier Mussolini. Spain, said
Virginio Gayda, authoritative
Fascist editor o f Giomale
D’Italia, “is and can remain
among the non-belligerent
powers, but its men and its
policy naturally belong to the
axis system ...”
BERLIN, Oct. 1—Germany
yesterday called upon Russia
and the United States, through
one of her most authoritative
organs, to announce their
“final positions” in the Euro
pean war either on the side of
Great Britain or the Axis pow
ers. The Hamburger Frem
denblatt accompanied its de
mand with a prediction that
the Soviets will turn their
backs upon Britain and enter
into a new “Euro-Asian power
bloc” supplementing the new
Italo-German-Japanese mili
tary alliance. This bloc, it
was stated, will be directed
not only against Britain but
against “certain other inter
ventionist circles” seeking tc
expand the war—a reference
to the United States.
Prize Winners in Pig Contest
Delbert Caudle, of Yadkinville, and his pig, “Babetta Robeson,” have been going to town in a
big way these past few days. First Caudle’s pig, pictured with him at left, won first prize in the
Yadkin county contest conducted by Sears-Roebuck in connection with the county agent’s office.
Tuesday the pig. a Berkshire, won third place at the Forsyth county fair. Pictured above also are
two other winners in the Yadkin contest. Charles Speer, of East Bend, is pictured in the center
with his pig which took second place, and at right is Claude Haynes, of Jonesville, whose pig won
third place.— (Ripple Photo.)
Plans Are Made
For Yadkin Fair
Next Week
This year one of the largest and
best outdoor attractions will be
on the Midway for the Yadkin
County Fair when the Davis and
Parrott Mammouth Midway shows
occupy this space with rides such
as the merry-go-round—the ferris
wheel—the whip—the tilt-a-whirl
—the octopus—hey-day and kid
die auto ride as well as the mam
mouth minstrel show, the Big top
with many freaks known as the
10 in 1 top, the large musical
comedy with funny comedians and
beautiful girls, as well as many
more and a midway with fun
booths such as the fish pond, the
ball games, the grocery store, the
bingo and others to absolutely as
sure all that a week of one of the
best times ever afforded anybody
will be offered.
The exhibits will also come in
for praise as the officers of the
fair have about one thousand
dollars to offer as prizes. Don't
forget the time, place and the
show.
Eighteen Boys Go
To CCG Camps
Fifteen white and three color
ed boys left Yedkinville Tuesday
morning for the CCC camp at
Elkin where they will be inducted
and undergo examinations and
may be sent from there to other
camps. Those who were sent
Tuesday were:
George Tatum, Route 2,Mocks
ville; Willie Gardner, Cycle; Ben
jamin Williams, Rockford; Ken
neth Vanhoy, Jonesville; Roy
Hensley, Boonville; Thomas
Nance, Yadkinville; James Lane,
East Bend; Ray Carter, Hamp
ton ville; Glenn Barber, Jones
ville; Franklin Gaither, Jones
ville; James Donald Davis, East
Bend; Sam Hicks, Yadkinville;
Asberry Marsh, Boonville; Wil
liam Robbins, Jr., East Bend;
John Cockerham, Jr., Jonesville.
Colored—Eugene Crops, Martin
Van Sales, Ernest Collins, Boon
ville.
OLD DEBTS ARE
FINALLY PAID
North Wilkesboro, Oct. 1.—Two
men who were partners for many
years in the firm of Absher and
Blackburn have receiwed very
delightful surprises during the
past few days.
A man walked up to W. R. Ab
sher Saturday and gave him $30,
saying he had been owing it for
40 years. He offered to pay inter
est but Mr. Absher, who did not
remember the debt, declined all
except the $30.
Today E. M. Blackburn received
a $35 check in the mail from a
Raleigh citizen who left here In
1911 without paying for a suit he
purchased from the firm of Ab
sher and Blackburn. He said that
he had been in hard luck but was
finally able to pay and wanted to
“get it over with.”
Neither Absher nor Blackburn
would reveal the names of the
parties furnishing their pleasant
surprises. However, it was not
the same man who paid both
debts.
Appreciation
The Ripple force is thankful
to the postal authorities in
Yadkin county who co-operat
ed with us in delivering The
Ripple last week after it was
delayed in printing a second
edition made necessary by an
error in the first edition.
We appreciate their help
and patience and those of our
subscribers who received their
papers on time owe it to the
help of postal authorities.
Mr. Hutchens Gets
His Car Stolen
In Winston-Salem
Rossie Hutchens, of near
Jonesville, had the misfortune to
get his automobile stolen in Win
ston-Salem Thursday night after
be had taken a load of tobacco
to market.
Mr. Hutchens states that some
thing happened to him, also. He
told officers he had a cold drink
with some friends and soon knew
nothing, coming to himself next
morning with his auto and some
money gone. Mr. Hutchens has
partially recovered from what he
thinks was a drug of some kind
placed in the cold drink, but is
still suffering from nervous
shock.
Highway Patrolman Rhyne
stated here yesterday that he was
trying to locate the stolen car
but had no trace of it yet.
Mr. Hutchens is one of the
good citizens of Knobs township
and his friends hope he will re
cover his car and regain his
health.
EAST BEND
East Bend Seniors Elect Officers
The senior class of 1941 of East
Bend high school met this week
and elected officers for the year.
Junior Davis, who also was
president of the junior class last
year, was elected president of the
seniors. Other officers are Peggy
Davis, vice-president; Frances
Norman, secretary and treasurer;
Bernard Stimpson, boys, cheer
leader; Grace Blakley, girls’
cheer leader; Melba Prim, pub
licity manager.
At their first business meeting
of the year the seniors also elect
ed their entertainment commit
tee, decided upon their class
flower, class colors, and class
motto.
Misses Ruby Wall, Gladys Da
vis, and Roger Nichols were
elected as entertainment commit
tee. The class flower, tulip; class
colors, blue and white; and class
motto, “We’ve crossed the bay,
but the ocean lies before us.”
P.-T. A. to Meet;
Have Safety Speaker
The Parent-Teacher Associa
tion of .the Yadkinville school
will meet Monday night, October
14, at 7:30, in the school audi
torium.
Mr. Ronald Hocutt, director of
safety division, or some repre
sentative of the state department
of safety from Raleigh, will speak
to the association.
Ed Wishon Will
Be Yadkin Jailor
About Dec. I
W. E. (Ed) Wishon of near
Deep Creek Friends church has
been selected by Sheriff A. L. In
score to be Yadkin county jailor
in place of Jake F. Brown, who
will soon resign to go into business
here.
The announcement was made
here yesterday by Sheriff Inscore
when it was learned definitely
that Mr. Brown would resign.
Mr. Brown is building a new home
on West Main street and will
leave the jail and move into it as
soon as it is completed.
Mr. Wishon, the new jailor-to
be is a native of Yadkin county,
a son of Frank Wishon and the
late Mrs. Wishon. He spent sev
eral years in Iowa, reutming to
Yadkinvivlle a few years ago to
make his home. He is well
known in the county and his
friends here predicted he would
make a good jailor and deputy
sheriff, when it was made know*
yesterday.
Native of Yadkin
Killed in Indiana
Lumford Williams. 42, of An
derson, Ind., died at noon Satur
day from injuries received two
hours earlier in a motor accident,
the nature of which was not con
tained in the brief messages re
ceived by relatives in this county.
Mr. Williams was a son of the
late Mr. and Mis. Franklin Wil
liams, of near Union Cross, and
had been in Indiana several
years. He was a veteran, of the
world war. The message telling
of his death came to Cart John
son, Yadkinville barber,, whose
wife is a sister of Williams’ wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Jolinson, Mrs. Thad
Willard, of Yadkinville, another
sister of Mrs. Williams,, Ray Wil
1 i a m s, of Winston-Salem, a
nephew, and Dulin Williams, a
brother, of Union Cross., attend
ed the funeral at Anderson Mon
day afternoon. Burial was in
Anderson also.
Other relatives in Yadkin are
Gurney Williams, a brother, Mrs.
Ethel Styers, Mrs. Amelia Hutch
ens and Mrs. Era Carter, sisters.
Another brother, Hamp Williams,
lives in New Castle, Ind., and two
sisters, Bessie Light and Nannie
Depuy, live in Urbana, 111.
Brendle to Enter
University School
Ford Brendle, a sanitation of
ficer with the Forsyth health de
partment, has been relieved of
his duties to enter the Uni
versity of North Carolina school
of Hygiene, the health depart
ment announced today.
Attaches said Brendle’s work
with the department would
be taken over by A. L. Kenzer,
who completed a similar course
at the university in 1936.
Brendle registered in the hy
giene course yesterday. Studying
under a scholarship awarded by
the state health department, he
will be at the Chapel^ Hill school
for eight months.
Increased Fleets of German
Bombing Planes Driven Off;
European Pestilence Feared
CONTINENT IS
EXPECTED TO
SEE OUTBREAK
Hope That Channel Will Pro
tect Isles
SEEKING QUICK ACTION
Moves Must Be Made to
Avoid Overcrowding of
Raid Shelters
DOCTOR WARNS PEOPLE
London, Oct. 2.—Dr. Joseph
Barnes Burt, vice-president of the
physical medicine section of the
Royal Society of Medicine, said
in a speech at Bath today that un
less every law of medicine was
broken, a terrible pestilence would
break out on the continent this
winter.
“Fortunately we have the chan
nel between us,” he said, “but
whether that will be sufficient to
prevent a spread to England is
another matter. With people
herded together in dUg-outs with
out proper sanitation and people
calling in on their friends, there
will be great risk of an epidemic
here.”
Dr. Burt urged health authori
ties to act at once, regardless of
expense, to prevent overcrowding
in houses and shelters and in im
proving sanitation.
There have been widespread
outbreaks of “shelter colds” in
London already.
The appointment of Admiral
Sir Edward Broke as “shelter dic
tator” for Greater London was ex
pected to speed up at once the task
of providing shelters with ade
quate sleeping, heating, ventilat
ing and sanitary facilities, in
preparation for a winter of bomb
ing.
Medical men are of opinion that
London faces a danger of influ
enza and pneumonia epidemics
this winter unless real shelters are
provided instead of draughty sur
face shelters.
Funeral Is Held
For Mrs. Branon
Funeral services will be held
today at Flat Rock Baptist
church, in upper Yadkin, for
Mrs. A. S. Branon, 68, who died
at her home at Ogbum station,
near Winston-Salem, Monday.
Mrs. Branon was Miss Rutha
Mathis before marriage and a
native of Wilkes county. She
was a member of Zion church
and burial was in the church
graveyard. Mr. and Mrs. Bran
on made their home in Yadkin
county until three years ago.
Survivors include the husband,
three sons, C. M., Marvin S., and
Harvey P. Branon, of Winston
Salem,' eight daughters, Mrs. W.
P. Henderson, Mrs. D. E. Mathis,
Mrs. J. F. Reid and Mrs. L. R.
Martin, of Winston-Salem; Mrs.
C. C. Branon and Mrs. Ralph
Talley, of Hamptonville; Mrs. M.
B. Bell, of Jonesville; Mrs. Sam
Ree, of New Jersey. Also one
sister, Mrs. Miles Underwood, of
Hamptonville.
BIDS ARE OPENED BY
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
Bids, ranging from $43,900 to
$54,680, were submitted by con
tractors to the Yadkin county
board of commissioners at Yad
kinville Thursday for the new
Jonesville school building. The
contract has not been awarded,
but it is expected that the com
missioners will give the contract
to one of the bidders within the
next few days. A bond issue of
$40,000 was voted in June last
year to erect the building, which,
when completed, will give Jones
ville one of the most adequate
school plants of any small town
in this section.
SOUTHERN
A laboratory has been estab
lished in Charleston, S. C., for the
purpose of developing high qual
ity, disease resistant varieties and
strains of vegetables adapted to
Southern conditions.
New Speaker
m
Washington, D. C.—Rep. Sam
Rayburn, of Texas, wields the
gavel for the first time as
Speaker of the House of Repre
sentatives after the death of
his predecessor, William B.
Bankhead of Alabama. He and
the late Speaker were warm
personal friends.
WEED PRICES
HOLDING UP
Tobacco Averages $22.12 Per
Hundred on Mount Airy
Market Tuesday
GROWERS ARE PLEASED
Tobacco sales on the Mount
Airy market Tuesday topped in
price sales on the Winston-Salem
market, with averages high in
both selling centers, reports from
warehouses disclosed Wednesday
morning.
In Mount Airy Tuesday ap
proximately 80,000 pounds of to
bacco were sold for an average
price of $22.12 per hundred.
On the Winston-Salem market
reports indicated a sale of r,150,
000 pounds at an average of ap
proximately $21.50 per hundred.
Farmers, it is said, continue
highly pleased with prices which
their tobacco is bringing.
Dairy Food Teams
To Receive Medals
Awards of gold medals have
been approved for the county
winning 4-H team in the first
national 4-H daily foods demon
stration contest,, according to
word received at the county ex
tension agent’s office. Members
of the team are Ruby Brown, of
Yadkinville; Ruth Calloway, of
Yadkinville. The subject of their
demonstration was “Boiled and
Baked Custards,” and they were
coached by Irene Brown, home
demonstration agent.
Silver medals are approved for
the second placing team consist
ing of Mary Gray Warden, of
Yadkinville; Rose Lee Warden, of
Yadkinville. Their subject was
“Escalloped Eggs.”
The Mecklenburg county team
won the state contest and its
members receive all-expense trips
provided by the Kraft Cheese
company to compete in the finals
at the National Dairy Show, Har
risburg, Pa., October 12-19.
The purpose of the contest,
conducted cooperatively by the
extension services, is to demon
strate the best preparation and
use of daily products.
BOONVILLE FAIR TO
BE HELD OCT. 10-12
The Boonville Agricultural Pair
dates have been set for October
10. 11 and 12.
This will be the fourteenth an
nual fair to be held at Boonville.
Amusement rides will be furnish
ed by the A. B. and B. amuse
ment company. The Shelton
Amos players of Richmond, Va.,
will present the following plays
Friday afternoon and Friday
night: “The Family Upstairs’*
and “Fair and Warmer,"
The horse show is scheduled
for Saturday, October 12, which
will include draft horses, mules
and saddle horses. The saddle
horse show will be held in the af
ternoon and this promises to be
an outstanding event of the fair.
BRITISH PLANES
ROUT INVADERS
FROM CITY AREA
Only 20 Nazi Bombers Pene
trate Defense
AMBUSHED BY R. A. F.
Eight German Planes Shot
Down With No Loss of
English Fighters
ATTACKS INTERCEPTED
London, Oct. 2—German air
fleets, increasing the size and
ferocity of their attacks, were
driven back from London today
by British fighter planes which
dived down on them from above,
catching them by surprise.
There were four daylight raid
alarms in London before noon.
Big German fleets crossed the
coast and headed for the capital
area, flying at great heights,
hoping to keep above the strong
anti-aircraft gun barrage. But
the guns caught them and drove
them into close formation while
the fighter planes swept down.
Some of the German fleets
were turned back over the coast
by fighter squadrons.
Only 20 German planes pene
trated the London area during
the morning. They dropped
bombs on two southeastern, dis
tricts.
No gun fire was heard in cen
tral London during the morning
alarms and no planes were seen.
Patrolling Spitfire fighter
planes routed a fleet of German
planes attempting to attack a
convoy in the Channel off a
southwestern town. One Ger
man plane was shot down.
People stood along the water
front and cheered as the British
planes, returning, gave the “vic
tory roll.’*
Other German planes, flying
over several southwestern towns,
dropped bombs but were met by
fierce gun fire.
The air ministry said that in
complete reports showed eight
German planes shot down since
midnight without the loss of a
British plane.
Several German attacks were
intercepted and fought off in the
southeastern England area dur
ing the morning.
Observers saw German plane
formations over the eastern, the
southeastern, and southwestern
suburbs, with British fighter air
planes chasing them, their ma
chine guns rattling.
A blast from big anti-aircraft
guns drove off German fleets
that attacked the capital during
the night, and to the astonish
ment of Londoners, now inured
to night-long attacks, there was
a lull in the early morning hours.
Automobile Accident
Involves Local Man
An automobile accident involv
ing Earle Cranfill, of Yadkinville,
and Mrs. Minnie Morton, of
Greenville, S. C., occurred at the
crossing of highways 601 and 421,
northwest of court house square,
yesterday evening at about 6:00
o’clock. Both automobiles were
damaged considerably, but both
Mrs. Morton and Mr. Cranfill es
caped injury.
Cranfill, driving down highway
421 from Brooks Cross Roads,
was struck in the front by the
South Carolina car, a 1937 Ford,
headed south across 601, swing
ing both cars together. It was
estimated that Cranfill’s car, a
1938 Chevrolet, was damaged
about $100, which was partially
covered by insurance. Mrs. Mor
ton’s car, a 1937 model Ford, was
not damaged extensively.
No settlement of damages had
been made last night, it was un
derstood that Cranfill had the
right-of-way.
CANNED
Of Florida’s 1939-40 grapefruit
and orange harvest, more than
13,000,000 field boxes, almost a
third of the crop, went into cans,
reports the State Citrus Commis
sion.