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YOL. XLVIII
YADKIN VILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1940
No. 42
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
L
STATE
THREE North Carolina Dem
ocrats, Thurmond Chatham,
of Winston-Salem; W. B. Hi
ker, of Reidsville, and Miss
Carrie McLean, of Charlotte
Tuesday night authorized pub
lication of statements pledging
their support to Wendell Will
kie under the banner of Detn
ocrats-for-Willkie movement,
according to J. Paul Leonard
secretary of state headquar
ters. Mr. Chatham, who is
president of the Chatham
Manufacturing company and a
member of the state board of
conservation and development
issued a significant statement,
which read In part as follows:
“I think Wendell Willkie is
best equipped to lead us thro
the present world crisis, knows
more about sound business A.
B. C.’s, and that his practical
experience will mean more
jobs in private industry, more
stable farm prices and more
production in America.”
NATIONAL
NEW YORK. Oct. 15.—
Among the 1,107,000 New York
men who will register tomor
row in the nation’s first peace
time conscription is Francis
Warren Pershing, only son of
Gen. John J. Pershing, who
commanded the A.E.F. in the
world war. Young Pershing,
who is 31, said he was willing
to do anything — including
kitchen police—if and when
he is called for duty. ‘"There's
no reason in the world why I
shouldn’t be called up,” he
said. “And there certainly is
no reason for me to get a good
job out of it.”
WASHINGTON, Oct. 15.—
The possibility of further aid
to Great Britain or other pow
ers arose tonight when Presi
dent Roosevelt set up an
agency to requisition a large
supply of war materials now
tied up by legal complications.
Any of these supplies which
are not needed for United
States defense may be sold to
friendly powers, the President
said. There were indications
that some machine tools, in
cluded in the materials in
question, might be released to
soviet Russia, which is now
displaying irritation with Hit
ler’s incursions into Rumania.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Oct. 15—A two
hour rain of bombs which
turned a German synthetic oil
plant at Politz, near Stettin,
into a giant blowtorch was
described today by British av
iators returning from a series
of night attacks on Germany.
Oil storage plants at Magde
burg, Bohlen and Hanover also
were pounded according to
Britain’s “master plan’' for
systematic destruction of Ger
many’s chief oil centers, the
air ministry reported, and
Berlin was subjected to an
hour and a half of bombing.
The raid on Politz produced
an inferno, returning fliers re
ported, with giant chimney
stacks toppling, flames sweep
ing a mile square area, smoke
streaking few six miles over the
horizon, and blazing oil tanks
setting a glare which fliers
said must have been seen in
Berlin, 85 miles to the south
west.
MOSCOW, Oct. 15—Soviet
Russia disclosed today that
Germany did not tell her in
advance of plans to send
troops to Rumania or even
why such forces were sent to
the nazi-dominated kingdom
on Russia’s border. The Rus
sians employed a familiar form
to indicate their official re
action to Germany’s thrust
through the Balkans to the
Black Sea. Tass, the official
Russian news agency, publish
ed a denial of a report carried
by a Danish newspaper, Politi
ken, that the soviet govern
ment was “timely informed
that German troops would be
sent to Rumania and that the
Kremlin was informed of the
aims and number of troops
sent to Rumania.” “Tass U
authorized to state that thii
report * * * does not corre
spond to the facts.”
BOONVILLE FAIR
IS BIG SUCCESS
Annual Event Comes to Close
Saturday Night with Pre
senation of Play
IMPROVEMENT IS SHOWN
Boonville, Oct. 16—The 14th
annual Boonville Agricultural Fair
came to a close Saturday night
with the presentation of a three
act comedy, “Lena Rivers,” in
the high school auditorium. The
cast for this play, which many
said was the best local talent
play ever given at the school, was
taken from both the school and
community.
With the exception of the farm
display exhibits, which were not
up to past standards, practically
all departments showed an im
provement over past years. Espe
cially in the culinary depart
ment, the needlework depart
ment, and in the individual farm
products exhibits, there were fine
displays.
Saturday proved the big day of
the three-day event, as is usually
the case. Saturday morning the
draft horses, cattle, hogs, and
dogs were entered and judged.
This proved for many to be the
finest feature of the fair since
most of the people attending are
rural folk, and therefore interest
ed in farm life, primarily. There
were approximately 125 head of
cattle and horses shown. The
draft animals proved greatly su
perior to the entries of past years.
There were several draft teams
of both horses and mules that
would have made a fine showing
at any stock show. Jim Brown
had what was probably the finest
team of animals exhibited. His
team earlier in the fall took first
prize at the Elkin fair over en
tries from Yadkin, Surry, Wilkes
and Alleghany counties. They
are iron grays, and are four
years old.
In the afternoon, Saturday, the
saddle horse show was held. This
show proved highly entertaining,
and attracted the largest crowd
of any feature of the fair. There
were ten classes, and competition
in every class was keen, with
some of the best horses in North
Carolina and Southwestern Vir
ginia competing. Some of the
winners were Oscar Fowler in the
fine harness class; E. L. Ander
son, in the jumping class; D. C.
Caudle, in the open plantation
class; Drucilla Darr, in the ladies’
horsemanship class; Amie Shore,
in the open plantation class for
Yadkin county; o. T. Fowler, in
the three-gatied class; Phil Hor
ton, in the five-gaited class; and
Miss Camille Brown, in the three
gaited “natural tail” class.
Thursday afternoon the annual
Yadkin county track meet was
run off, with Boonville emerging
winer over other teams of the
county. East Bend and Yadkin
ville tied for second place. Fri
day afternoon Boonville and
county people were treated to the
first fotball game in Yadkin
county in ten years as Boonville
and Copeland played a six-man
game. Copeland won 26 to 18.
Attend Cattle Show
—Messrs. R. A. McLauglin, Joe
Williams, C. N. Dobbins and
Miles F. Shore left Saturday for
a trip to Boston and New York.
They are attending a National
Dairy cattle show in Boston this
week.
Farm Committee
Names Arranged
The attention of the Ripple
has been called to the list of
names comprising the agricul
tural farm committee for 1941
as published in the Ripple last
week. It seems there is a
priority attached to the va
rious committees as they were
elected. The Ripple consulted
delegates to the meeting which
elected the committee and
which was presided over by
Mr. E. Y. Floyd, chief farm
agent at State college, and
also the minutes, of the meet
ing taken down by the secre
tary and we find the commit
tee was named in the follow
ing order:
S. W. Vestal, president; J.
H. P. Shore, vice-president;
Edd Martin, Leon Robinson,
Lester Martin and D. M. Bren
dle.
Mr. Floyd spoke to the
meeting, it is stated, and
praised the delegates and
members of the committee for
conducting a fair and honest
election and stated no politics
should be used in the selection
of the committee.
High Point Speedway Set For Opening Sunday
WIN5TON-5AIEM
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85 MILES
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CHARLOTTE
85 MILES
HIGH POINT
5 MILES
OPENS
Sunday October 20^
More than thirty of the nation’s Jjoremost drivers will match speed, skill and daring in the A.A.A. automobile races which will
mark the opening of the new mile High Point Speedway Sunday afternoon. Shown above from left to right, are Bob Sail, of Patterson,
' N. J., Tony Willman, of Milwaukee, Wis., Duke Nalon, of Chicago, 111., and Joe Chitwood, of Pawhuska, Okla., four of the headliners
entered. v
Commissioners Meet
To Correct Error
In Auditor’s Report
The County Commissioners met
in special session here this week
with the auditor who has been
going over the various county
books for the past few weeks,
and reviewing the accounts, look
ing toward the adaption of the
audit.
One of the main points of the
meeting was to correct what ap
peared to be a discrepancy in the
clerk’s office arising from fees of
the Yadkin county criminal court,
since it had been rumored in
some sections by unscrupulous
persons that there was a short
age in this account.
After going into the matter
thoroughly it was found that
there was no shortage and that
the clerk had collected and dis
posed of the fees in accordance
with an agreement made with
him when the court was set up.
Boiled down to facts the balance
sheet showed only a difference of
$29.84 in the clerk’s account and
audit as adopted, which was
charged to errors in collecting
costs, etc.
Funeral Is Held for
Beloved Woman
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at
Center Methodist church, for
Mrs. Carrie Etta Swisher Pendry,
69, who died at her home near
Yadkinville late Sunday after
noon following an illness of sev
eral months, the last week of
which was serious. The funeral
rites were in charge of the pas
tor, Rev. J. H. Green, assisted by
Rev. R. L. Sp6er and Rev. B. H.
Vestal. Burial followed in the
church graveyard.
Mrs. Pendry was the wife of J.
W. Pendry. She was born in
Yadkin county and spent her life
here. She joined Center church
in her girlhood and remained an
honored member until death.
She was well known and loved by
all her neighbors.
Survivors include the hus
band, ten children, Roy and Cra
ter Pendry, Mrs. Leona Gentry,
Mrs. Mallie • Holcomb, Mrs. Thel
ma Carlton and Mrs. Ruby Hol
comb, Yadkinville; Harlie Pen
dry, of Winston-Salem; Mrs.
Merlie Gentry, of Hamptonville;
Mrs. Nettie Windsor and Mrs.
Alta Cass, of Detroit, Mich.; 21
grandchildren and one great
grandchild; one brother, F. M.
Swisher; three sisters, Mrs. F. M.
Messick, and Misses Plutina and
Laurina Swisher, all of Yadkin
ville.
Mr. and Mrs. Pendry were mar
ried May 20, 1888. They cele
brated their golden wedding an
niversary two years ago last May.
Willkie Radio
Program
The following addresses by
Wendell Willkie will be broad
cast over radio stations as
given, all eastern standard
time:
Oct. 17, 10:30 to 11 p.m.—CBS
Oct. 21, 10 to 10:30 p.m.—NBC
Oct. 22, 10 to 10:30 p.m.—NBC
Oct. 29, 10:30 to 11 p,m.—NBC
Oct. 31, 10:30 to 11 p.m.—CBS
Nov. 2, 10:15 to 11 p.m.—-CBS
Nov. 4, 10:15 to 11 p.m.-^CBS
Miss Shore Locates
In Winston-Salem
Miss Mary Lee Shore, a grad
uate nurse from Washington, D.
C., and a daughter of Mrs. Isaac
Shore, of Yadkinville, has re
turned to the state of North Car
olina for private practice.
She has located in Winston
Salem, and is making her home
in the Gray Court Apartments.
Miss Shore is a graduate of
the Capital City school of nurs
ing, Gallinger Municipal hospi
tal, in Washington, D. C., and for
the past two years has been lo
cated in Garfield Memorial hos
pital assisting in supervision in
Obstetrics.
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Funeral Held for
Jesse W. Taylor
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at New Home
Methodist church for Jessie Win
ston Taylor, 79, who died at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. Leo
Davis, near East Bend, Saturday
following an illness of several
weeks. He was a native of Yad
kin county and had spent his life
in the county. Rev. E. C. Nor
man and Rev. S. J. Brawley con
ducted the services.
Mr. Taylor’s wife, the former
Miss Fullie Davis, died October
25, 1935. He is survived by five
sons, Vance Taylor, of Kannapo
lis; Harley Taylor, of Bladen
boro.; Hobert Taylor, of Thomas
ville; Hulen Taylor, of East Bend;
and Homer Taylor, of Winston
Salem; three daughters, Mrs. E.
S. Kriger and Mrs. L. M. Davis,
of East Bend, Route 2; and Mrs.
Hobart Bowman, of Rockwell;
and one brother, George Taylor,
of Carthage.
Plenty of Accidents
Small Boy—“Gee, Dad, there’s
an auto accident. I want to see
it.”
Dad—“Oh, come on, I’ll let you
see one in the next block.”
White ants are eaten for des
sert by the Arecuna Indians of
Brazil, S. A.
Yadkin Republicans Planning
Active Campaign Until Election
Yadkin county Republican leaders and canddiates are
planning an active campaign which will cover the county and
which will include two major speakings, from tonight until Sat
urday, Nov. 2, when a county-wide rally will be held at Yadkin
ville.
Highlights of the campaign will include an address by Hon.
Robert H. McNeill, candidate for Governor, in the court house
October 24th, at 8 p.m., and a county-wide rally at Yadkinville,
which may include a barbecue or something similar, on Satur
day, Nov. 2, at 2:30 p.m., when the principal speaker will be
Attorney L. L. “Red” Wall, of Winston-Salem, and short talks
by county candidates.
The schedule of speakings and rallies as released by Chair
man Walter Zachary yesterday is as follows:
Oct. 17, 7:30 P. M.—Rally and Weiner Roast at Moxley’s Store,
Boonville Township.
Oct. 18, 7:30 P. M.—Rally and Weiner Roast at J. A. Renegar’s
Store—Deep Creek Township.
Oct. 21, 7:30 P. M.—Rally and Weiner Roast at R. K. Brown’s
Store in South Fall Creek.
Oct. 22, 7:30 P. M.—Rally at Fall Creek School—Avalon E. Hall
and Lafayette Williams, Speakers.
Oct. 23, 7:30 P. M.—Rally at East Bend School—Avalon E. Hall
and F. D. B. Harding, Speakers.
Oct. 24, 8:00 P. M.—Hon. Robert H. McNeill, Republican Can
didate for Governor, will speak at the Courthouse in
Yadkinville.
Oct. 25, 7:30 P. M.—Rally at Forbush School—John Kurfees,
Winston-Salem, and F. D. B. Harding, Speakers.
Oct. 29, 7:30 P. M.—Rally at Boonville School—Avalon E. Hall
and Lafayette Williams, Speakers.
Oct. 30, 7:30 P. M.—Rally at Jonesville School—Avalon E. Hall,
F. D. B. Harding, and Lafayette Williams, Speakers.
Oct. 31, 7:30 P. M.—Rally at West Yadkin School—F. J. Mc
Duffie, Attorney, Wilkesboro, and F. D. B. Harding,
Speakers.
Nov. 1, 7:30 P. M.—Rally at Courtney School—Avalon E. Hall
and Ray T. Moore, Speakers.
Nov. 2, 2:30 P. M.—County-Wide Rally at Yadkinville—L. L.
Wall, Speaker.
Yadkin County Fair
Off to Good Start
The gates of the Yadkin coun
ty fair at East Bend swung open
Tuesday, October 15. Crowds and
bigger crowds seem to be the rule
for the 1940 fair which is admit
ted to be the largest ever held in
the county.
The midway for the Davis &
Parrott Shows is all that has been
said of it, only the grounds were
not large enough to take care of
all the rides.
The agricultural and livestock
exhibit exceeds anything yet seen
at this fair, while the poultry
line shows well for the commun
ity. In the exhibit hall are found
the many fine exhibits, ranging
from flowers to fine linen works
of the ladies.
Predictions are that Friday,
which wil be school children’s
day, will be the largest ever held.
The “Queen” Popularity Contest
will conclude at nine o’clock on
that evening and undoubtedly all
in attendance will witness a
great race by the young ladies
entered.
The many free acts which are
held give plenty of surprises and
also entertainment. The Fair
Association deserves credit for
holding the best Fair ever in
Yadkin county and undoubtedly
a new attendance record will be
established.
Be sure to attend the fair and
have one of the best times you
have ever had.
James W. Freeman
Claimed by Death
James Worth Freeman. 61, of
Jonesville, died at his home early
Thursday morning from a heart
attack. He was a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Freeman
and was bom in Jonesville July
16, 1879.
Survivors include thirteen chil
dren, as follows: Six sons, Bill,
Carson, James Freeman, of Elk
in; Charlie, Frank and Jack
Freeman, of Jonesville; seven
daughters, Mrs. A. R. Applewhite,
Richmond, Va.; Mrs. Guy Myers
and Mrs. Mick Brown, of Jones
ville; Mrs. Leary Rogers, Arling
ton; Misses Ada, Estelle and
Catherine Freeman, of Jones
ville; four brothers, E. J., John
and Jesse Freeman, of Elkin; Bob
Freeman, of Jonesville; four sis
ters, Mrs. Charlie Sparks, Jones
ville; Mrs. C. W. Swaim and Mrs.
Spurgeon Benton, Danville, 111.;
Mrs. Pete McGlothian, Yakima,
Wash.
Funeral services were held at
Swan Creek Baptist church
where the deceased had been a
member many years, on Saturday
afternoon after the body had lain
in state from 3 to 4 o’clock. Rev.
Rex Windsor, the pastor, and
Rev. J. L. Powers conducted the
services and burial was in the
church graveyard.
HIGH POINTS
AUTO RACES
OPEN SUNDAY
New One Mile Track Ready
for Dare-Devil Drives of
Eastern Racers
ARE AAA SANCTIONED
High Point, Oct. 16—A star
studded array of drivers, many of
whom will be making their first
racing invasion of the South, are
to answer the starter’s flag in the
A.AA automobile races to be
staged at the opening of the new
mile High Point Speedway here
Sunday, October 20.
Headline aces from all sections
of the country are slated to par
ticipate in the inaugural meet
over the new, fast race-way,
which has now been completed
after a gigantic six-months con
struction job in which extensive
rough terrain was converted into
a mile steep banked saucer.
Included among the many stars
who will compete are Duke Dins
more, of Dayton, Ohio, the year’s
sensational Mid-West star; Milt
Frankhauser. o f Steubensville,
Ohio, one of the most consistent
of the Middlewestem drivers, and
Harry Hart, of Chicago.
Also entered are the battle
scarred, hard-riding Tony Will
man, of Milwaukee, Wis.; Bob
Sail, of Patterson, N. J., and
Frank Bailey, of New Brunswick,
N. J., two former Eastern A .A .A.
champions; Joie Chitwood, of
Pawhuska, Okla., the defending
Eastern titleholder.
More than thirty of the coun
try’s racing greats will participate
in the opening meet, according to
Ira Vail, racing director.
A speed of 120 miles or more
per hour is anticipated, as the
mile raceway has been built with
long, wide straightways and steep
banked curves, pitched at sharp
angles in order to permit the
latest made racing cars to attain
their maximum speed.
Accommodations for a crowd
of 50,000 have been made for the
opening races, with the grand
stand alone to seat 10,000 per
sons.
DR. W. P. FEW, DUKE
U. PRESIDENT, DIES
Durham, Oct. 16—Dr. William
Preston Few, president of Duke
University and its predecessor,
Trinity College, died in the uni
versity hospital at 7 ajn. today
after a brief illness. He was 72.
Death was attributed to a
heart attack which he had suf
fered several days ago. His con
dition had been critical but he
was improving slowly until today
and doctors had believed he
would recover.
Dr. Few became professor of
English at Trinity College in
1896 and has been continuously
in the service of the institution,
which later became Duke Univer
sity, ever since. He was formally
inaugurated president of Trinity
on November 9, 1910.
NOVEL
Two scientists of the University
of California are experimenting
with the use of high-frequency
electrical fields to control agri
cultural insect pests.
CHEESE
The smoking of cheese with
hickory kindling is the latest pro
cess being tried by the Iowa Ex
periment Station in an attempt
to improve cheese flavors.
Freak Editor Shown*
Novelty from
Plant Kingdom
The freak to top all freaks
in the melon family was ex
hibited in the Ripple office
last Monday by Evan Shore, of
Yadkin ville.
It was an ordinary pumpkin,
but on the lower side, in the
best of fluent penmanship,
were the letters “E. S.”, about
three inches high, which the
reader will note as being Mr.
Shore’s initials.
The owner could give no ex
planation as to the initials,
other than saying that they
might have been caused by
tiny vines curling about the
pumpkin before it had grown
to full size. He stated that the
two letters had not been carv
ed by a knife and that it had
not been disturbed in any way
prim* to pulling it.