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YOL. XLVIII
YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1940
No. 41
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
State
and
Nation
NATIONAL
NEW YORK, Oct. 8 —WU
liam S. Knudsen, production
chief of the defense commis
sion, coupled a call for 100 per
cent business participation in
the defense program tonight
with a warning that “there is
a school of thought in Wash
ington which feels that the
government should go into
business on a large scale." “The
government is in business on a
large scale right now, on a
scale as big as it can handle,
on a larger scale than any
other country except, perhaps
Russia, and we don’t want any
part of the Russian system
over here," the former General
Motors president told the an
nual meeting of the Army
Ordnance association.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 8.—
The United States government,
after taking precautionary
steps to get Americans out of
the orient, today cut off the
flow of subsidised American
wheat to far eastern ports,
most of which are controlled
by Japan. Officials carefully
refrained from stating that
this was another in the series
of stumbling blocks placed in
the wag of Japan’s march to
ward a “new order" in East
Asia, but it was generally con
sidered to have the same gen
eral significance as the recent
ly ordered embargo on scrap
metal, useful in making muni
tions.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Oct. Winston
Churchill scornfully da rod
Germany or Italy today to try
to aid Japan “while the Brit
ish and United States fleets
are in being/’ and answered
Japan’s bargain with the axis
by ordering the Burma "road
to Mandalay" reopened for war
supplies to China. With the
accent on the far east the
prime minister delivered an
boor-long war report to com
mons. Outside, and clearly
audible in the steep old cham
ber, the sirens howled, anti
aircraft guns rumbled and
bombs felL
BERLIN, Oct. 8.—German
raiders in the last 24 hours
answered last night’s British
raid on Berlin *>7 dumping on
London 4§ times the 10 tons
, of bombs which fell on the
German capital, informed mil
itry sources reported tonight.
These informants said the
British dropped 10 tons of
bombs on Berlin in their heav
iest raid of the war and that
the 40-for-l nasi reply was di
rected at the London area.
TOKIO, Oct. 8.—Britain’s
decision to reopen the Burma
road, China’s somewhat shaky
route for military supplies
from Europe and America, was
viewed by authoritative quar
ters today as a new* instance
of Britlsh-American co-opera
tion in applying pressure on
Japan. Circles close to the
government expressed belief
that Britain had acted after
consultation with the United
States and in answer to Ja
pan’s military alliance with
Germany and Italy.
Agricultural
Committee Is
Elected in Yadkin
The Yadkin county agricul
tural committee of the county
soil conservation office was
elected Thursday of last week
when delegates from the var
ious townships met in the
county agent’s office. E. Y.
Floyd of State College, State
executive officer of the farm
programs, was present and pre
sided over the meeting.
The six committeemen elect
ed to have charge of the 1941
farm program, including to
bacco, cotton, wheat, etc., were:
S. W. Vestal who waa elected
chairman; Ed M. Martin, D. M.
Brendle, J. H. P. Shore, Lester
Martin and Leon Robinson.
YADKIN FAIR
TO BE BIGGEST
Midway Will Feature 10
Rides, 10 Shows and 35
Concessions
ARE TO NAME QUEEN
The Yadkin County Pair, billed
in advance notices as the largest
ever held in the county, will get
under way at East Bend Mon
day, October 14, featuring the
Davis & Parrott Mammoth Mid
way Shows, which will offer 10
rides, 10 shows and 35 fun booths
with three free acts and fire
works.
Rides will include ferris wheel,
merry-go-round, octopus, chair
o-plane, loop-o-plane and others.
One of the main features of
the week will be the election of
the “Queen” of the fair. Over 20
young ladies from Yadkin schools
will vie with each other for the
coveted goal. Prizes offered will
be a diamond ring for the young
lady chosen as “Queen.” The
first lady in waiting to the queen
will receive a beautiful wrist
watch, and the second lady in
waiting will receive a complete
outfit from head to foot.
Merchants from the different
towns in the counties will also
supply merchandise which will be
given away by the queen from
her throne Friday night.
School children will be admit
ted free on Friday and may enjoy
all rides and shows at half price.
Everyone is invited to attend
the fair.
County Court Holds
Through Wednesday
Thirty-eight cases were brought
before the Yadkin county crim
inal court here Tuesday and
Wednesday, with Judge S. C.
Williams presiding.
The following are cases and
judgment:
Hugh Vestal, O. C. I. Adjudged
guilty; $50.00 and costs; driver's
license revoked 12 months.
Booge Bates and Roy Sizemore,
larceny of calf. Adjudged guil
ty;* left open for Judgment.
Gail Spann, violating motor
laws. Adjudged guilty. (Sentence
from Sept, term.) Judgment con
tinued pending settlement o f
damages involved.
Grady Holcomb, tried at Sept,
term, judgment suspended on
payment of cost.
C. W. Williams, speeding. Not
guilty.
Blum Shore, O. C. I., adjudged
guilty; 4 months on roads, $50.00
fine, cost, license revoked 12
months.
James Lyneberry and Charlie
Lineberry, manslaughter, adjudg
ed not guilty.
John Gadberry, V. M. L. Im
proper lights, adjudged guilty.
Pay half the costs.
Nathan Stokes, improper lights.
Adjudged guilty. Pay half of the
costs.
James Sipe, operating car with
out license. Adjudged guilty. Pay
half the costs.
Earl Carter, public drunken
ness. Adjudged guilty. $10.00
and costs, show good behavior for
6 months.
Earl Carter, reckless driving,
not guilty.
Jimmie Booe, Bastardy, con
tinued.
Parks Mathis, reckless driving.
Adjudged guilty. Judgment con
tinued on payment of costs for
which county is liable.
Earl Blackburn, breaking and
entering. Nol prossed with leave.
Earl Blackburn, receiving stol
en gods. Adjudged not guilty.
Ed Hutchens, possession of
non-taxpaid liquor. Adjudged
guilty. Prayer for judgment pon
tinued if cost is paid.
John Francie, speeding. Ad
judged guilty. Pay costs, not to
drive for 3 months.
James Lane, public drunken
ness. Nol prossed with leave.
Em a Holmes and Hobert Red
man, Affray. Adjudged guilty.
Each defendant pay half of costs.
Gurney Wilkins, transportation
and possession, and public drunk
enness. Adjudged guilty. Judg
ment continued.
Gill Childress, Porter Combs
and Shorty Smith, V. P. L., not
guilty.
Fred Pinnix, assault with dead
ly weapon, continued.
Joe Roberts, assault with dead
ly weapon, adjudged guilty. $50
and costs, 2 years suspended sen
tence.
Roy Sizemore and Floyd Bates,
larceny of calf. Adjudged guil
ty. Judgment continued for Roy
Sizemore. Floyd Bates, $15.00
and costs.
Gilmore Macemore, reckless
driving, O. C. I. Not guilty of
Speedway Star
Joe Chitwood, defending East
ern A.A.A., automobile racing
champion, is included in the
field which will race at the new
mile High Point Speedway Sun
day, October 20th. More than
thirty headline drivers are to
compete in the Speedway's
opening meet. Chitwood is the
1940 dirt track champion driv
er of the United States and
winner of the main event at
the Winston-Salem races last
Saturday.
Yadkin-Owned
Speedway Opens
This Month
Now nearing completion, the
High Point Speedway, designed
to be the fastest mile banked
circular raceway in the nation,
will be opened Sunday, October
20, at 2 p.m., with world-famous
drivers competing in an A.A.A.
sanctioned program of automo
bile races.
, Under construction since April
by three Yadkin county men, C.
N. Baity, Unsay Baity, Buck
Baity, and by a Winston-Salem
man, W. T. Surrat, the Speedway
constitutes the finest racing plant
of its type in the country. Steep
banked, sweeping turns and an
extremely fast racing surface to
gether with accommodations to
handle crowds of more than 50,
000 persons, stamp it as a race
way which will rank second only
to the 2%-mile brick Indianapolis
Speedway, the scene each year of
the rich 500-mile classic.
Eddie Rickenbacker, America's
war-time airplane ace and head
of the Contest Board of the
American Automobile Associa
tion, which body will supervise
the actual running of the races
here, has declared it to be in
conformance with the latest re
quirements for the high speed de
manded by the newest racing
cars. A speed in excess of 120
miles an hour will be made in
the opening race, according to
racing experts who have tested
the track.
Ira Vail, of Great Neck, N. Y„
himself one of the greatest race
drivers the world has ever known,
brought here to serve as race di
rector for the Speedway, is con
fident that the mile track will
be turned in less than 30 seconds
in the inaugural races.
The field assembled for the
opening events will represent the
cream of the speedway drivers
and they will be mounted in the
fastest and most expensive cars
made.
Many Indianapolis drivers and
most of the outstanding stars
who have been campaigning in
the North and in the Middlewest,
are to participate. Of them,
many will be newcomers to the
South, due to the fact that the
lack of a major speedway up to
now has caused many of the big
name drivers to pass up Southern
competition.
Side saddles for women were
first used in England by Queen
Anne in 1388.
O. C. I., guilty of reckless driv
ing. $15.00 and costs, driving li
cense suspended for 3 months.
Gurney Benton, reckless driv
ing and without license. Not guil
ty of reckless driving, to pay costs
on other.
E. L. Hunter, O. C. I., adjudged
guilty. 4 months on roads, $50
and costs.
Dewey Pinnix, trying to break
into room occupied by girls at
night. Called and failed, bond
placed at $1,000.
Sam Williams, assault, ad
judged guilty. $15.00 and costs,
Good behavior for 3 years.
Beech Dobbins, tried at form
er term, given until Oct. 19 to
pay.
Walt Phillips, continued.
In the case of Clyde Colbert
and Erma Nichols, bastardy, case
was still in progress at last re
ports.
BOONMLE FAIR
OCTOBER 10-12
Plans Are About Complete
for Annual Event; Good
Program Planned
MANY NEW FEATURES
Plans are about completed for
the Boonville Agricultural Pair,
which is to be held at Boonville
on October 10, 11 and 12.
Exhibits of home work, farm
crops and poultry may be entered
Thursday afternoon and Friday
morning up to 10 a. m. The live
stock will include draft horses,
mules, dairy cattle, dogs and
some 4-H club pigs. The judging
of the above will start at 1:00 a.
m. The saddle horse show is
scheduled to begin at 2 o’clock in
the afternoon.
The entertainment program of
the fair will begin Thursday af
ternoon with the Yadkin County
school track meet. Thursday
night the amusement rides, fur
nished by A. B. B. Amusement
Co., Inc., will be in operation,
along with bingo and the ball
stands.
Friday afternoon at one
o’clock the Shelton-Amos Play
ers will present “That Heller
Family,” starring Ruth Amos and
Hall Shelton. This play is an
uproarious comedy of family life.
Following the play there will
be a football game between Boon
ville and Copeland. This will be
Boonville’s first game of the sea
son and this is the first year
Boonville has had a football team
for a number of years.
For the Friday night play the
Shelton-Amos Players have se
lected “Borrowed Husbands.” Mr.
Shelton states that they have
selected their two outstanding
plays from their sixteen week
season this summer and spring in
Richmond, Virginia. He also
say# that no two comedies have
ever had greater success in stock
than the two they have chosen
to bring to Boonville.
Saturday night the Boonville
Dramatic Club will present their
annual play, “Lena Rivers.” Fol
lowing the play a fireworks dis
play will be given, which will be
the final feature of the fair.
Death Claims
Mrs. Hinshaw, 67
Mrs. Nancy Novella Hinshaw.
67, died at her home near Mitch
ell’s Chappel church Oct. 3, after
a lingering illness.
She was born Nov. 11. 1872, and
had spent her life in Yadkin
count., She joined Mitchell’s
Chappel Methodist church in
early life and remained a faithful
member until death.
Immediate suvivors are one
half brother, C. C. Reavis of Elk
in.
The funeral was held at Mitch
ell’s Chappel Saturday and was
conducted by Rev. D. ,W. Day,
Rev. J. H. Green and Rev. R. L.
Speer. Burial was in the church
cemetery.
Four Are Hurt
In Auto Crash
Four young Davie county men
were painfully injured last Thurs
day night shortly after eleven
o’clock when the car they were
riding in failed to make the curve
just inside of the Yadkin vvilW
city limits on the Boonville high
way.
The men were Lawrence Dunn,
Gilmer Wright, Vance Dunn, and
Leon Dunn, all of Advance. They
were rushed to the Elkin hospital
in an ambulance by Mackie and
Hinshaw. Vance Dunn was the
most seriously injured of the
young men, having ijJustained a
broken back. The other three are
progressing satisfactorily, and
Leon Dunn has been dismissed}
from the hospital.
Republicans
Take Notice
The registration books open
next Saturday at the regular
voting places of the county and
will remain open until Satur
day, October 26.
According to information re
ceived by the Ripple there are
about 900 to 1,000 Republicans
in Yadkin county to register if
they vote in the coming elec
tion.
lEvery Republican should aid
in the work of getting these
names on the registration
books before that time expires.
Take a day off and help in this
work.
London Undergoes Its
Most Severe Bombing;
Japs May Feel Pinch
Streets of British Capital Littered With Dead As Germati
Bombs, Machine Gun Bullets, Cause Death and De
struction. Predict Drastic Anglo-American
Economic Pressure on-Japan
London, Oct, 9.—Two German
planes, dive bombing on a London
district in a daylight raid, strew
ed the streets with dead and
wounded today while rescue
squads and horror-stricken civilian
volunteers dug for the shattered
bodies of men, women and child
ren buried in the ruins of a big
hospital building and an air-raid
shelter.
The hospital and the shelter
were struck by big high explosive
bombs during an all-night Ger
man plane attack on London
which reached a new peak of
ferocity. Hours after the bomb
rescue workers were still digging
in the deep debris for victims.
The German attack increased
steadily in intensity. Tirelessly,
big formations of bombing and
fighter planes crossed the south
east coast during the day, trying
to force their way up the Thames
Estuary to the London area. All
along the river, miles in the air,
British Spitfire squadrons fought
savagely with the German planes
which anti-aircraft guns forced
to brpak formation. Wave after
wave of the German planes were
turned back.
It was indicated that the hos
pital and shelter bombings would
prove two of the most tragic of
the attack on London.
One huge bomb tore three com
plete wards from a surburban hos
pital building containing 108 aged
men and women, helpless chronic
invalids, and an unknown num
ber of doctors and nurses.
Another scored a direct hit on
an air-raid shelter containing 150
men, women and children.
The German aviator who bomb
ed the hospital returned to drop
a "bread basket" which showered
incendiary bombs on rescue work
ers and started fires in homes,
warehouses, offices and shops in
the vincinity.
Tokyo, Oct. 9. — American
quarters and Japanese newspapers
forecast today that State Depart
ment advice to Americans to
evacuate Japan and Far Eastern
trouble zones and the British de
cision to re-open the Burma road
indicated early and drastic econ
nomic Anglo-American economic
pressure on Japan.
Ships sailing this month for the
United States from Japan are
heavily booked, and warehouses
at the ports of Kobe and Yoko
hama are filled with American
goods awaiting cargo space.
Living conditions in Japan, it is
possible to say now, have been
getting steadily worse for Ameri
cans, and inability to obtain ne
cessities, previously an annoyance,
has become a hardship.
In addition a general anti-for
eign feeling, nourished by anti
espionage campaigns, has caused
an uncomfortable feeling even
among old residents; who say that
now, for the first time, living in
Japan has become difficult.
Weiner Roasts,
Republican Rallies
Are Scheduled
Two Republican rallies and
weiner roasts are scheduled
for Forbush township to which
all interested voters of the
township are invited.
One is to be held for the
Northern part of the township
tonight, (Thursday) at the
home of Early Dull, near Enon;
the second will be held Tues
day night, Oct. 15, for the
Southern part of the county.
These roasts and rallies are
sponsored by Hovey Norman,
nominee for the legislature;
Miles Shore, nominee for the
senate; and Harrison Dinkins,
nominee for county commis
sioner of the Liberty-Forbush
District.
They will be held at 7:30 in
the evening. All voters of the
township are invited to attend
one of these meetings.
Red Cross Group
Has Meeting
Mrs. Winifred Black, chairman
of the Winston-Salem Chapter of
the American Red Cross, met in
the Yadkinville court house with
Yadkin county members of the
Red Cross and other ladies Fri
day afternoon and made plans to
further organize Red Cross work
in the county.
Mrs. Black was accompanied
by Mrs. R. M. McArthur, also of
the Forsyth county department,
who also spoke to the small
group. Plans were made at the
meeting to elect a permanent
chairman and other executive of
ficers in Yadkin county. Plans
were also discussed to set up a
sewing project in the county to
make articles of clothing for
Great Britain’s refugees. Mrs.
Black explained that any cloth
ing sent to England or any for
eign country did not benefit any
one except those for whom it was
intended.
Mrs. M. W. Mackie has been
serving as temporary chairman
for Yadkin county, and Mrs.
Walter Zachary has been serving
as roll call chairman.
MENACED
Germany’s potato crop, by far
the world’s largest, is now being
menaced seriously by the potato
beetles, and the fight against
this insect has taken on the as
pect of a national crusade.
A black widow spider killed a
mouse and lifted it ten inches off
the floor.
STATESVILLE
FIRMWINNER
Submits Low Bid of $41,050
on New School Unit for
Jonesville
ELKIN BID ACCEPTED
The bid of the P. S. West Con
struction Co., of Statesville, to
taling $41,050, for the construc
tion of the new unit of Jonesville
high school, has been accepted by
the Yadkin county board of edu
cation.
The board also accepted the
bid of the Elkin Plumbing &
Heating Co., of Elkin, of $5,876
for installing plumbing and heat
ing in the new plant.
The Statesville firm submitted
the lowest bid in the batch can
vassed by the Yadkin board re
cently, but all bids were in ex
cess of the amount of the bond
issue. New bids were requested.
No contracts have been award
ed as yet pending sale of the
bonds. The sale is expected to be
completed some time this month,
possibly on Ortober 22.
Jonesville’s school facilities
have been inadequate for some
time, and students have been
crowded into classrooms to such
an extent that the board of edu
cation had to make plans for a
new building. The new structure
is expected to take care of the
crowded conditions.
Class President
Picks Committees
Chapel Hill—The president of
the senior class of the University
of North Carolina, Herb Hardy,
of Sanford, yesterday named
seven Northwestern North Caro
linians to serve on senior com
mittees for the coming year. He
announced memberships of the
executive and dance committees
and of other special groups.
Among those named on the ex
ecutive committee were: Miss
Grace Rutledge, of Yadkinville;
Henly Ogbum, Jr., of Clemmons;
Shelton Dugger, of Vilas; and
Joseph Welbom. Rodney Snow
and Pickett Hamlin, all of High
Point. Luther Hodges, of Leaks
ville, was placed on the class
dance committee.
Edith Mae: Say, mummy, I
want to know something.
Mother: What is it now, Edith
Mae?
Edith Mae: When the first
man started to write the word
“Psalm" with a “p,” why didn't
he scratch it out and start over
again? ' ‘
YADKIN DRAFT
BOARD NAMED
Three Members Are Named
Together With Appeal
Agent and Doctor
NEED MANY REGISTRARS
The Yadkin county board for
administering the selective service
act were appointed Saturday and
are composed of three members,
all ex-service men. They are
Lawrence Hudspeth, Yadkinville,
Loyd Craver of Courtney, and
Shelly Sills of East Bend.
Attorney J. T. Reece was named
as the appeal agent and Dr. H. A.
Brandon is examining physician.
October 16 has been set aside
as registration day for all male
persons between the ages of 21
and 35 inclusive. These registrants
will be divided into classes and
those without dependants will be
placed on the call list. Of these
there will be some in classes who
will be deferred where their
places in business cannot be easily
fined.
On registration day it is esti
mated about 100 persons will be
needed to register all between the
ages stated, which is about 15
per cent of the population or
about 3000 persons in Yadkin
county. One person can registrar
about 30 persons in a day, it is
said.
All persons connected with the
draft will serve without pay.
Sinclair Williams,
Yadkin Native,
Dies at Concord
H. Sinclair Williams, 68, na
tive of East Bend, died at his
home at Concord Sunday night
after an illnes of more than a
year with a complication of dis
eases. He was a well known at
torney and statewide Republican
leader, and had been on the state
ticket and also nominee for Con
gress in his district.
He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Williams, of
East Bend. He was married to
Miss Ethel Reavis, of Courtney,
who survives him. He was a
member of the board of the
Friends Yearly Meeting and a
trustee of Guilford College. He
represented Yadkin county in the
legislature when only 25 years
old and practiced law in Yaflkin
ville three years. He later repre
sented Cabarrus county in the
legislature.
Funeral services were held at
Central Methodist church i n
Concord Tuesday afternoon and
burial was in Oakwood cemetery,
Concord.
In addition to his wife and two
sons, Mr. Williams is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. J. V. Davis, of
Concord, and Mrs. C. G. Welch,
of Mount Airy, and three broth
ers, Pearson Williams, of East
Bend; Dr. John D. Williams, of
Guilford College, end L. B. Wil
liams, of Manassas, Va.
WORK IS BEING RUSHED
ON HIGHWAY BY STATE
About 30 trucks of various
kinds are working full time now
to get several stretches of high
way between Elkin and East Bend
repaired before the fall rainy sea
son sets in.
“MOST IGNORANT*’
A glance at the Italian press
leaves one suspecting
They base their guess on care
lessness in our electing.
That witless “dome,” aroused by
Rome, may show a flicker
While politicians here at home
restrain a snicker.
I. A. KILGORE
Yadkinville, N. C.
Teachers to Assist
In Registering
Men for Draft
Fred Hobson, superintendent
of schoob in Tadkin county,
announced last night that
there would be a school holi
day throughout Yadkin county
next Wednesday, Oct. 16, to
enable principals and teachers
to help election officials take
care of the hundreds of per
sons who will register for Se
lective Service training on that
day.
Troy Martin, chairman of
the board of elections, esti
mated that it would take ap
proximately 100 persons to as
sist in the registration. One
registrar will be able to fiU out
the forms for only about 30
men per day, it was said.