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YOL. No. XXXI.No. 27
.ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1942
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
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Survey Of Lime Mine Property To Be Started Today
HIGHWAY HEAD
AND ENGINEER
TO COME HERE
Announcement Made By Mr.
Prince Monday
GROUP VISITS RALEIGH
Broughton States He Is More
In Favor of Project
Than Before
DUE TO WAR PROBLEMS
The survey to determine the
advisability of operating the
State-owned Yadkin county lime
mine at Lime Rock, will begin to
day (Thursday) it has been an
nounced by Ben L. Prince, chair
man of the State Highway and
Public Works Commission, fol
lowing a conference of the local
■committee, with state officials, in
Raleigh Monday.
Dr. A. F. Greaves-Walker, of
State College, who has been se
lected to do the work, accompan
ied by Mr. Prince, will start the
survey at the mine today, which
-will require two or three days.
The purpose of this will be to de
termine the advisability of op
erating the mine, Dr. Greaves
. -Walker having been selected by
K -the highway commission and the
local committee to do the work.
The local committee, composed
of W. M. Allen, Elkin attorney; J.
W. L. Benson, plant engineer of
f Chatham Manufacturing com
pany, and H. F.' Laffoon, pub
lisher of The Tribune, were in
Raleigh Monday in the interest
of getting the survey started, and
were advised by Mr. Prince that
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DEMOCRATS TO
HOLD MEETING
County-wide Convention to
Be Held At Dobson on
May 16
TO NAME DELEGATES
A county - wide Democratic
convention has been called for
Saturday afternoon, May 16, at
one o’clock, at the court house in
Dobson, by R. C. Lewellyn, of
Dobson, county chairman of the
Democratic executive committee.
All township chairmen are re
quested to attend the meeting
and all Democrats of the county
are invited.
The meeting is being held to
elect delegates to the state con
vention, and any other business
that may come before the con
vention.
Efforts Of Governor To
Open Mine Commended
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The North Carolina Merchants
Association, meeting in Raleigh
in two-day session Monday and
Tuesday, approved a resolution
commending Governor J. M.
Broughton and the State High
way and Public Works Commis
sion for their efforts to open the
lime mine at Lime Rock, Yadkin
county.
The resolution, submitted to
the convention by the Elkin Mer
chants Association as its No. 1 ob
jective for 1942, was as follows:
“Be it resolved by the North
Carolina Merchants Association
in convention assembled in Ral
eigh, North Carolina, on May 11
1942;
“That we commend Govemoi
J. Melville Broughton and th«
State Highway and Public Work!
Commission for their efforts U
open the lime mine at Lime Rock
Yadkin County, because of th<
benefits that will enure to th<
farmers and merchants of the
Piedmont section, presently, and
we trust eventually, to the entire
state, especially in view of the ec
onomic advantage of making
available agricultural lime at low
cost to farmers, including dairy
men, which is of major import
ance to the merchants because
of the increasing transportation
problem due to the National Em
ergency.”
The resolution was signed by E.
W. McDaniel, president of the El
kin Merchants Association.
.The convention also commend
ed Governor Broughton for his
, opposition to gasoline rationing,
and went on record as being op
' posed to the sales tax, recom
s mending that it be eliminated
[ completely.
► In the annual election of offi
, cers, C. C. Shell, of Roanoke Ra
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MAYOR BUYS FIRST BOW EWJSFJM":
ino-s Bond sold from the booth located at Elkin’s main square the latter part of last
week. Mrs. Charles C. Weaver, Jr., left, and Mrs. Henry Meinung, center, see that the
Mayor gets prompt attention.—(Tribune Photo).
PRESS GROUP
TO MEET HERE
Midwestern Press Associa
tion to Gather Saturday
At Y. M. C. A.
TRIBUNE IS THE HOST
The monthly meeting of the
Midwestern Press Association will
be held Saturday, May 16, at the
Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. here with
The Tribune acting as host.
Through the courtesy of the
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany, visiting newsmen of this
section who desire to will be con
ducted on a tour of the Chatham
plant.
No special program has been
planned for the meeting, but it
is believed a tour of the mill and
an inspection of the new Y. M. C.
A. will prove of special interest to
the members.
A number of local citizens, in
cluding officials of the “Y” and
the Chatham Company, have
been invited to attend the meet
ing.
Ed M. Anderson of West Jeffer
son, and Miss Beatrice Cobb of
Morganton, president and secre
tary, respectively, of the North
Carolina Press Association, are
expected to be present at the
meeting.
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
Bond Booth Sales Here
$6,941.75 In Four Days
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Merchants Will
Discuss Credits,
Price Ceilings
A mass meeting will be held
tonight (Thursday), in the Ki
wanis room of Hotel Elkin re
garding Federal regulations of
credits and price ceilings, it
has been announced by E. W.
McDaniel, president of the El
kin Merchants Association.
The meeting will begin at 7:30
o’clock following the adjourn
ment of the Kiwanis meeting.
All merchants and business
men are urged to be present.
COUNTY O.S.O.
QUOTA $4,000
E. W. McDaniel to Head Spe
cial Drive for Funds
Locally
STATE QUOTA IS $444,000
A quota of $4,000, part of which
will be used locally, has been as
signed Surry county in the nation
wide drive for funds for the USO
which got under way on May 11.
The county drive to raise this
money is now getting under way
under the direction of J. F. Yok
ley, of Mount Airy, who has been
named county chairman. E. W.
McDaniel, of Elkin, has been
named chairman of the local
drive.
The state quota has been set at
$444,000.
The membership of United Ser
vice Ogranizations includes every
mother’s son in the fighting uni
form of Uncle Sam. By the end
of this year there will be 3,600,000
of them.
Built at the very thresholds of
camps and training stations, USO
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Victim Of Accident
Home From Hospital
Claude Barker, an employee of
the Elkin Furniture Company,
who was injured in an automobile
accident near Ronda on May 3,
has been released from the local
hospital, it was learned Wednes
day.
Business Brisk
As Citizens
Buy Securities
The War Savings Bond and
Stamp booth erected on the cor
ner of Main street, opposite The
Bank of Elkin, had sold bonds
and stamps totaling $6,941.75
(maturity value), up until Tues
day evening, it was disclosed
Wednesday. Proceeds of Wed
nesday’s sale were not available.
Sponsored by the Elkin Junior
Chamber of Commerce, the booth
has attracted much attention and
das done a landoffice business
business since its opening Friday.
Sales per day were announced
as follows: Friday, $1,962.80;
Saturday, $1,993.50; Monday, $1,
B69.60, and Tuesday, $1,115.85.
It is planned at present to
keep the booth open every week
day, and to operate it for the du
ration of the war. Charles C.
Weaver, president of the Jaycees,
said Wednesday afternoon that
Garland Johnson, chairman of
the War Bond and Stamps drive
here is in charge of arranging for
the staff necessary to operate the
booth. However, Mr. Johnson
was out of town and could not be
reached, and any plans he has
made are unknown.
Placed atop the booth is a large
“thermometer” which indicates
the amount of the bond sales.
The “mercury” will go upward as
sales increase.
Results of the special drive
made here the latter part of last
week to pledge every citizen with
an income to buy stamps and
bonds, has not been announced.
However, it was announced by
officials of the Elkin Furniture
Company that their employees
have pledged to buy over $10,000
worth of bends per year.
Youth Is Treated
For Knife Wounds
P. D. Benton, 18, son of Roy
Benton of near Jonesville, was
treated at Hugh Chatham Me
morial Hospital here for knife
wounds in the back said to have
been inflicted Sunday by his cous
in, Garvey Benton. His wounds
are not considered serious, and it
is understood no charges have
been brought against his assail
ant.
A citizen of Richmond found
a maple leaf shaped like a cross.
Supreme Test Is Seen For U. S.
And Australian Forces As Big
Naval Reinforcements Gather
MAY QUOTA OF
MEN IS LISTED
Fourteen of Selective Service
Group Are From
Elkin
TWO MEN ARE SOUGHT
The following list of men will
probably make up the quota of
Surry Draft Board No. 2 who will
leave for Port Bragg shortly for
induction into the United States
Army. The list may be subject to
slight change, as for previous en
listment in the service, and for
other reasons, it was pointed out.
Of the list, 14 are from Elkin.
The list follows:
Jefferson Emory Poindexter,
Rt. 4, Mt. Airy, Robert Panco
Cockerham, State Road, Charlie
William Taylor, Gwyn Ave., Elkin,
Graham Earnest Newman,
formeily of Elkin (now of
Fries, Va.), Jesse Frank Atkinson,
Rt. 4, Mt. Airy, N. C. (under-age
volunteer), Kelly Ray Draughn,
Rt. 2, Dobson, Carl Harm Atkins,
Rt. 4, Mt. Aify, Guy Watson Ma
this, Elkin, Vernon Leroy Black
bum, Elkin, Daniel Everett Bar
bour, Elkin, Alex Crouse, Huds
peth. Elkin, Carl Wilson Osborne,
Elkin, Oscar Cleatus Snow, Rt. 2,
Dobson, Robert William Hill, Pi
lot Mountain, Thomas Raymond
Joyce, Pilot Mountain, Clyde Ed
ward Cothren, Elkin, John Junior
Kennedy, Elkin, Frank Parker
Curtis, Elkin, John B. Foster, El
kin, Frank Linney Marsh, Rt. 1,
Ararat, (volunteer), Edgar Bar
nard Comer, Dobson, Edward
Maurice Bumgarner, Elkin, Wil
liam Jackson Simmons, formerly
of Elkin (now Emporia, Va.), Ce
cil Joe Helms, Brooks, Ga., Sam
uel Robert Minor, Washington,
D. C.
In connection with Selective
Service the local draft board has
asked that Rufus Pedro Johnson,
formerly of Rusk, and Charles
Walter Eldridge, formerly of State
Road, get in touch with the draft
board immediately. Anyone know
ing their present address is re
quested to inform the local board
at once.
Several Cases Tried
In Magistrate Court
Several cases were disposed of
Monday before Justice of the
Peace J. L. Hall in magistrate’s
court here.
The docket follows:
Leon Helton, colored, public
drunkenness, $2.50 and the costs*
Roosevelt Helton, colored, as
sault on an officer and interfer
ing with an officer in perform
ance of his duty, bound over to
September term of Surry super
ior court under $300 bond.
Worth Lyons, operating an au
tomobile while intoxicated, bound
over to superior court under $300
bond.
Mrs. Oscar Holder, speeding,
$10.00 and the costs.
Milford Tedder and Ervie
Southard, running through red
traffic light, fined $2.00 each.
Junius Miller Home
Destroyed By Blaze
The 3-room home of Mr. and
Mrs. Junius Miller, together with
all of the furnishings, was com
pletely destroyed by fire Tuesday
morning about 10:30. The cause
of the fire is unknown. When dis
covered the flames had gained
such headway that it was im
possible to save any of the cloth
ing or furniture in the house. The
home was located about 3 miles
north of town.
Navy Recruiting
Officers To Be
At P. O. Monday
Chief Electrician J. L. Brown
and Chief Signalman F. A.
Yarbrough, recruiters from the
U. S. Navy Recruiting Substa
tion at Salisbury, will be at the
post office here Monday, May
18, to interview men interest
ed in enlisting in the Navy or
Naval Reserve.
Anyone considering such en
listment can secure full in
formation from these recruit
ing officers during their one
day stay here.
REVIVAL IS TO
STARTMAY18
Rev. Hampton Hopkins to
Assist Pastor At First
Baptist Church Here
TWO SERVICES DAILY
A series of revival services will
begin at the First Baptist church
on Monday evening, May 18, and
continue for ten days. Rev.
Hampton Hopkins, of Elizabeth
ton, Tenn., pastor of the Siam
Baptist church at Elizabethton,
will assist the pastor, Rev. Ste
phen Morrisett, in the services. 1
Rev. Hopkins is a well known
minister and his coming here is
eagerly anticipated.
Two services will be held daily
during the ten-day period, the
evening service at 8 o’clock and
a morning service, the hour to be
announced later.
The church extends a cordial
welcome to all people of the town
to attend the meetings.
Curb Market Building
Is Being Constructed
Construction of the Elkin curb
market building on East Main
street is proceeding rapidly, and
it is hoped that it will be far en
ough along to put on the roof by
next week.
Of cinder block construction,
the building will be of ample size,
and the grounds will provide
plenty of parking space.
Sponsored by the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, the curb mar
ket will fill a long felt need here.
Present plans call for its opening
sometime between June 1 and 15.
Today Is Deadline For
Gasoline Registration
Today (Thursday), marks the
last day in which motorists will
register for gasoline ration cards
unless an extension of time should
be granted later.
Registration got under way
here and in other areas served by
the local draft board Tuesday
morning j.i the various school
houses. The elementary school
is being used locally.
Hours are from 10:00 a. m. to
5:00 p. m.
All motorists must register, and
the amount of gasoline they are
allotted will be determined by the
registrars. Non-essential drivers
will be allowed only three gallons
per week, while other drivers will
be allowed more as their needs
may require. Doctors and other
persons whose services are vital
ly essential, will be unlimited as
to the amount of gasoline they
may obtain.
Rationing of gas starts Friday
morning, and motorists may buy
as much as they please today pro
vided the service stations have it
to sell, it was said. However,
when the rationing system begins
Friday morning they will be lim
ited to amounts called for by
their ration cards.
Those who have not yet regis
tered for gas cards must have
their automobile license number,
engine number, mak< and body
style of car, all of which is con
tained on the small card which is
issued with license plates. In
event this card has been lost, the
car title will not be accepted, it
was said.
Motorists must also know ex
actly how many miles they drive
to and from work or on other
business if they plan to apply for
any type of ration card other
than that allotted on “A” card,
which calls for only three gallons
a week.
ACTIVITIES OF
NIPPONESE A R E
NOTED BY PLANE
Foe May Use Main Naval
Forces in Thrust
ATTEMPT IS AWAITED
Of Opinion That Enemy Must
Either Strike Again or
Move Out
BOMB SEAPLANE NESTS
Melbourne, May 13.—A Japan
ese invasion fleet is reassembling
at island bases northeast of Aus
tralia, awaiting heavy naval rein
forcements for a new offensive
thrust, dispatches from allied ad
vance bases indicated today.
Warships and transports were
reported at these bases. The main
striking force had been scattered
by the American-Australian na
val victory in the Coral Sea but
it was believed to be virtually in
tact insofar as key units went. It
was apparently only awaiting re
enforcements to strike a new blow
which many believed would give
Australia, and the United States
and allied forces their supreme
test.
Activities of Japanese ships, re
ported by American and Austra
lian reconnaissance planes, and of
the Japanese air force based at
Rabaul in the Bismarck Islands
and Lae on the north New Guinea
coast, indicated that enemy re
enforcements were arriving stead
ily.
It was believed likely that the
Japanese main force would move
down from the Carolina Islands,
the strongly fortified Japanese
mandated bases to the north.
Certainly, for the moment, the
allied victory in the Coral Sea had
stayed off an invasion threat. But
the feeling was strong here that
Japan could not stand the heavy
blows of MacArthur’s aerial
forces and must strike or get out
of the northeastern invasion area.
A headquarters spokesman said
communiques reporting the
bombing of such enemy bases as
those in the Louisiade Islands off
the southeast New Guinea coast
did not mean the Japanese had
occupied those islands. He sug
gested that they had started to
use them simply as a base for
seaplane operations.