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9* t ELKIN The Beat Little Town in North Carolina The Elkin Tribune 16 PAGES TWO SECTIONS VOL. No. XXXI. No. 50 ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1942 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ★ ★ *r *r * *r * * * Democratic Candidates In Surry Are Given Majority AMONG WINNING DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES TUESDAY eral election. They are, left to right, Sam C. Patterson, of Mount Airy, new sheriff; M. Q. Snow, of Elkin, present chairman of the Surry board of county commissioners, who will succeed himself as a member of the board; Henry C. Dobson, of Elkin, who will represent Surry in the state house of representatives; John H. Folger, of Mount Airy, who will return to Congress as representative from the Fifth district, and Josiah W. Bailey, who was again elected to the United States Senate. Pictures of other candidates were not available. Folger, Bailey Are Returned To Capitol *--- - ■ -- i F GOP Candidates Show Gains In House and Senate • County Tabulation on Back Page, First Section Although by virtue of Tuesday’s election Republicans throughout the nation showed gains in both the Senate and House, Senator Josiah W. Bailey, and Congress man John H. Folger, of the Fifth Congressional District, were both returned to office by sizeable ma jorites, according to late unof ficial returns. Bailey was oppos ed by Sam J. Morris, while Folger was opposed by S. Evan Hall. In the local balloting, Elkin township voters gave Bailey 699 votes as compared with 177 to Morris. Folger polled 702 votes in the township and Hall 175. All Democratic candidates in Surry were elected by good major ities. Locally, for solicitor, Scott received 697 votes. He faced no opposition. For the state senate, j. Raymond Smith polled 692 votes and his opponent, W. M. Jackson, 182. Henry Dobson, of Elkin, for the state house of representatives, re ceived 693 votes. His opponent, R. L. Lovelace, also of Elkin, re " ceived 179 votes. In the race for county commis sioner, M. Q. Snow, of Elkin, re ceived 693 votes here. R. P. Jones received 697, and S. M. Smith 690. Republican opponents A. K. Scott and E. L. Schuyler received 189 and 182 votes, respectively. The local vote for other county candidates was as follows: For clerk of court: Llewellyn. 685, Alberty, 192. For sheriff, Pat terson, 701, Davis, 189. For coro ner, Smith, 689, Hutchens, 183. For surveyor, Barber (unopposed), 694. Complete but unofficial returns by precincts for all candidates will be found on the back page, first section, giving the total county vote for each candidate. Voters here okeyed each of two amendments which were submitt ed. The educational amendment was approved 559 to 172. The ju dicial and solicitorial amendment was approved 474 to 148. On the state ticket, state judi cial candidates, unopposed by Re publicans, all polled approximate ly 700 votes each here. In Wilkes county Republican C. G. Poindexter, candidate for sher iff, was winner over Sheriff C. T. g Doughton, Democrat, who was ■(Continued on last page, 1st sec.) Red Cross Meets Quota But More Help Is Needed The local Red Cross surgical dressing room has just com pleted two months’ quotas of 34,200 dressings, it has been announced by local Red Cross officials. This work, it was said, could not have been finished on time had it not been for the group of faithful volunteers and mon itors who worked day and night in order that it be accomplish ed. New quotas have been dou bled, which means harder and more intensive work. In order to meet them, more workers will be needed. All women who have not yet aided in this work are urged to volunteer at least an hour each week to this very necessary part of the war ef fort. SALE OF BONDS HERE IS STEADY Merchants Cooperate to Run Unique War Stamp Ad in This Issue U. S. War Bond sales here are continuing steady, F. W. Graham, postmaster, said Wednesday, and the sale of War Stamps also con tinues on an even keel without much fluctuation. The War Bond quota for Surry county for November could not be learned Wednesday afternoon. In an effort to promote the sale of more' War Stamps, a number of patriotic local merchants are run ning a unique War Stamp adver tisement in this issue of The Tri bune. The ad contains unflatter ing likenesses of the three Axis leaders, each picture being con tained in separate frames which are divided into squares of a size designed to hold one 25 cent War Stamp. The object of the page is to get people to clip out the page, hang it in a convenient spot in their homes, and fill up the squares with stamps. Each stamp will blot out a part of one of the Axis leaders. When all the squares have been filled, the page will be worth $18.75 in War stamps which may be exchanged for a $25.00 war bond. EX-SHERIFF OF YADKIN PASSES William Thomas Fletcher Dies in Winston-Salem Hospital Tuesday TO HOLD RITES TODAY William Thomas Fletcher, for mer sheriff of Yadkin county, died at Baptist hospital, Win ston-Salem, Tuesday night at 10:30, following an operation performed about ten days ago. He became ill four weeks ago and had been a patient at the hospi tal for two weeks. He would have been 72 years old next Tues day, November 10. Mr. Fletcher was bom in Yad kin county, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Davis Fletcher, and ex cept for short business trips had spent all his life in the county. He was elected sheriff of the county in 1908 and again in 1910. For some years before becoming sheriff he traveled for a large Richmond, Va„ grocery com pany, and during the last world war was employed by the govern ment in buying horses in western states. In 1922 he was appoint ed postmaster at Boonville, serv ing for several years, following which he served with the reve nue forces of the state, stationed at various points. During all j these times he continued his farming interests in the county. For the past two years he has operated a grocery store and meat market in Boonville. He was well known throughout the county and section and had many friends who will regret to leam of his death. Survivors include his widow, who before marriage was Miss Lucy Apperson, six children, Neal Fletcher, of Monroe; Billy Fletch er and Mrs. Fred Key, Boonville; Miss Mary Fletcher, Black Moun tain; Miss Ruth Fletcher, Rich mond, Va.; two brothers, R. M. Fletcher, Boonville; and R. D. Fletcher, East Bend; seven sis ters, Mrs. J. R. Hall, Mrs. R. L. (Continued on last page, 1st sec.) Pastor Is To Leave Elkin Valley Church Rev. R. E. Adams, for the past sixteen years pastor of the Elkin Valley Baptist church, has re signed from the pastorate here to accept similar work at the Min eral Springs Baptist church in Winston-Salem. Rev. Adams has made his home in Mayodan for several years, but continued to serve the church here. He will preach his farewell sermon here on the first Sunday in December. During his pastorate the Elkin Valley church has enjoyed a splendid growth. Six Persons Injured Tuesday In Accident Should Convert From Oil to Coal If Possible The local fuel oil rationing board strongly advises all per sons using oil for heating or for heating hot water and who have coal burning equipment available for those purposes to change back to coal if possible. It is the only sure way of be ing as warm this winter as they would like to be. There is a definite prospect of a serious fuel oil shortage in the eastern states this winter and the ra tions issued will be governed en tirely by the quantities of oil moving into these states. Coal is not being rationed and no great difficulty should arise in obtaining ample sup plies for heating. DISTRICT MEET AT CHURCH Elkin District Missionary In stitute Will Convene At 11 a. m. Friday Friday, November 6, the Elkin District Missionary Institute of the Methodist church, comprised of approximately 135 churches, will meet at the Methodist church here. The meeting will convene at 11 o’clock with a session for district stewarts, Rev. A. C. Gibbs of this city, district superinten dent, will preside over the session. Following the morning session the delegates will be entertained at a luncheon at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. The afternoon session will be held at the Y. M. C. A. and will feature talks by Ezra M. Cox, of New York City, represen tative of the General Board of Missions of the Methodist church, and Rev. L. B Abcrnethy of Char lotte, formerly of this city, West ern North Carolina Conference Missionary Secretary. Rev. Her man F. Duncan, pastor of the the local church and district mission ary secretary, will give an outline of the district program for the year. This will be followed by a round table discussion with all delegates participating. The public is invited to the meeting and all officers and lead ers in various church departments throughout the district are ex pected to attend. Three of Those Injured Members School Faculties An automobile accident in which six people were injured occurred Tuesday afternoon near Cook’r filling station, between Copelani and Mountain Park. Miss Eliza beth Joyr'- and Miss Marthelene Davis, bofcn members of the Moun tain Park school faculty, were in a car with Grover Cockerham, also of mountain Park, en route to Miss Davis, home at Rockford when their car was in a head-on collision with a car occupied by Mrs. Liza Haymore, her daughter, Miss Maude Haymore, a member of the North Elkin school faculty;' Mrs. Haymore’s daughter-in-law, Mrs. Roy Haymore, and a small child. Mrs. Liza Haymore received the most serious injuries of any of those involved. Her tongue was badly cut and she also received b^d cuts about the head and face. According to advices received Wednesday afternoon the other wreck victims were suffering most ly from shock and minor cuts and bruises. All of those injured were taken to the Mount Airy hospital for treatment. Drunkenness Cases Feature Court Here % - The following cases have been tried here before Magistrate J. L». Hall during the immedate past: Ernest Royall, public drunken ness, 30 days in jail. Early Morris, Raeford Booe, Walter Hayes, Rudolph Foreman, Marshall Childress, Clonnie Blackburn, Roger Thompson and Hilary Marsh, the latter colored, public drunkenness, each fined $2.50 and costs. R. B. Garris, engaging in an affray, $2.50 and costs. Paul Bates, engaging in an af fray, $5.00 and costs and sus pended sentence of six months. Harry Tate, colored, engaging in an frray, $5.00 and costs. Robert Gray, colored, engaging in an affray, $2.50 and costs. Former Resident Passes Monday Mrs. Ruth Foltz Bodenheimer, 33, of Statesville, wife of V. F. Bodenheimer, and a former resi dent of this city, died at Davis hospital, Statesville. Monday from a heart attack. Mrs. Bod enheimer has many friends here where she lived for several months while her husband was manager of the A. & P. Store here. Afrika Korps Pushed Into Retreat Along Coast After Battle Fuel Oil Dealers Must Register Here This Week Under the fuel oil and kero sene rationing program all dealers in these commodities are required to register with the local rationing office. The necessary forms for this registration have been received and all dealers, both wholesale and retail, should arrange to call for their applications this week if possible. Forms for rationing fuel oil for heating purposes have al ready been distributed and the rationing board hopes to issue coupons to these consumers by November fifteenth. Some de lay has been experienced in this program due to late arriv al of some of the forms. Registration of users for cooking, lighting, etc., has been postponed as well as the regis tration of users for heating premises other than private dwellings, such as stores, res taurants, etc., until the proper forms are received for those purposes. WILL CONDUCT SAFETY DRIVE Campaign Here in Ob servance of National Safe ty Week, Nov. 9-14 PROCLAMATION ISSUED A safety campaign, conducted jointly by the Department of Ed ucation of the Elkin Woman’s Club and the Junior Chamber of Commerce, will be conducted in the city schools and nearby schools from November 9-14 in observation of National Safety Week. The object of the cam paign is to make school children cautious in traffic and to recog nize other safety measures. Programs will be presented at the following schools on the dates and at the hours listed: North Elkin school, Monday morning, November 9, at 10:30; Elkin colored school, Monday morning at 11:15; Jonesville school, Tuesday morning at 10:30; Elkin elementary school, Wednes day morning at 9:25; Jonesville colored school Thursday morning at 10 a. m., and Pleasant Hill school, Friday morning at 10 o’clock. Prizes of $2.50 will be awarded a student in the white schools and a student in the colored schools for the best safety slogan submitted during the week. The home room of the child winning the cash award in the white schools will be given a plaque as (Continued on last page, 1st sec.) Fuel Oil Coupons Not Yet Received Consumer coupons for fuel oil rationing have not been distribut ed to rationing boards, and it is not expected that these coupons will be in the hands of consumers before the second week in Novem ber. To relieve this situation insofar as consumers of fuel oil are con cerned, oil may be purchased from dealers until November 15 against a promise to turn ration coupons over to the dealer when they are received. KNOX SAYS JAP FLEET EXPECTED TO STRIKE BACK Guadalcanal Forces Pushing Enemy Back NEW LANDING IS MADE Main Force Is on Island West Of Airfield and Is Re treating Slowly AMERICANS SAID READY Cairo, Nov. 4. — The Imperial eighth army rolled across the des ert today, driving Marshal Erwin Rommel’s forces from their pre pared Alaemin defenses and forc ing the Afrika Korps into retreat along the coastal road after a great battle of armored forces. Today’s communique reported a general advance by imperial forces all along the Alamein line except on the coastal road, where Rommel’s troops were falling back under constant harassment by American and British planes. Official reports said the full fury of allied striking power is being hurled against the with drawing axis troops in an attempt to disorganize Rommel’s efforts to carry out an orderly retreat. The communique gave no speci fic report on the great armored clash which has been raging about 17 miles west of Alamein station and about five miles south of Sidi and El Rahman. However, indications were that Rommel’s 21st and 15th armored divisions had suffered heavily un der the crushing blows of British tanks which blasted through a three-mile gap in the Nazi defense lines and burst into the open des ert to come to grips with the axis force. Washington, Nov. 4.—American forces on Guadalcanal today were expected to strike quickly to elim inate the threat of Japanese troops who have landed east of the airfield. The new landing on the island appeared to represent the first move at a comeback which Secre tary of Navy Prank Knox has warned will come. The main enemy force on the (Continued on last page, 1st sec.) Mrs. J. W. Sprinkle Dies Tuesday A. M. Mrs. Charity Mildred Sprinkle, widow of J. W. Sprinkle, 96, died at her home near Mount Herman Church Tuesday morning at 7 o’clock after a four-day illness. There are no immediate sur vivors. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at Mount Herman Baptist church with Rev. J. L. Powers, Rev. L. W. Burrus and Rev. T. S. Draughn officiating. Interment was in the church graveyard. Paul Gwyn Remains Seriously 111 Here Paul Gwyn, prominent citizen and secretary of the Elkin Jones ville Building and Loan Associa tion, remains seriously ill at Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital here, where he has been a patient for the past ten days. According to Information re ceived late Wednesday afternoon, there was little change in his con dition.
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