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VOL. NO. XXXIII No. 16
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY. MARCH 22, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
LATE
NEWS
IN
. BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
, STATE
F RALEIGH, March 20.—Sen
hate amendments to a bill lay
ing the foundation for a hospi
tal and medical care program
for North Carolina were refused
today by the house and a con
ference committee, after seven
hours of discussion, reported it
was unable to agree on a com
promise. The amendments
would cut a contingent $1,000,
000 appropriation for indigent
patients to $500,000, and ear
marked the other $500,000 for
enlargement of construction of
rural hospitals; and would pro
hibit the institution of a four
year medical school at the Uni
versity of North Carolina until
a survey is made by an agency
comparable to the Rockefeller
v foundation.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 20.
— President Roosevelt today
ordered a study of plans for a
guaranteed annual wage, de
t scribed by the war labor board
^ as “one of the main aspirations
of American workers.” He told
his news conference the inquiry
—requested by the WLB — will
be made by the office of war
mobilization’s advisory board of
12 headed by O. Max Gardner,
former North Carolina Gover
nor. The board is composed of
public, labor, farm and man
agement represetatives.
INTERNATIONAL
GUAM, Wednesday, March
21. — Vice Adm. Marc A.
Mitscher’s powerful carrier air
craft, seeking out the Japa
nese fleet in the empire’s in
land waters damaged IK to 17
enemy warships and destroyed
475 Nipponese planes Monday
in one of the most daring ex
ploits of the war. Adm. Chester
W. Nimitz today announced
preliminary results of the bril
liant attack as “crippling dam
age” on the Japanese fleet,
which the United States Pacific
fleet decisively defeated in the
recond battle of the Philippines
sea last October.
MANILA, Wednesday, March
21.—Maj. Gen. Rapp Brush’s
40th division infantrymen cap
tured the important Iloilo air
drome on Panay island Mon
day in a swift eastward drive
into the outskirts of the capi
tal city. Another column spear
ing northward 25 miles from
the beachhead overran the
broad costal plain, captured
the towns of Janiuay, Pototan,
and Barotac Neuvo and estab
lished contact with a strong
guerrilla band which had done
much to clear the southeast
section of the big central Phil
ippine island. Gen. Douglas
MacArthur said in his com
munique today that the Yanks
were “taking full advantage of
the enemy’s confusion” as they
swept rapidly north and east
from the beachhead establish
ed at dawn Sunday with naval
and air support.
LONDON, March 20. — Gen
eral Eisenhower s radio warn
ings to German civilians and
foreign workers to flee certain
areas because the localities
would become “death traps”
from allied bombardment was
directed today to Ruhr cities.
The boardcasts today were
beamed to residents of Essen,
Muelheim, Dortmund and 14
other major Ruhr cities.
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MANDALAY, March 20. —
The ancient and fabled city of
Mandalay fell to the British to
day after two years, 10 months
and 12 days of Japanese occu
pation, and A dm. Lord Louis
Mountbatten, allied southeast
Asia commander, reminded his
troops in a special order of the
day that the enemy had held
the old Burmese capital to be
of supreme importance. The
end of the 12-day siege came
at noon while artillery of the
19th Indian division was
pounding Ft. Dufferin, the
mile-square moated fortress
dominating the city. Four
Burmese bearing white flags
and the union jack came forth
and reported that Japanese
troops had sneaked out of the
fort under cover of darkness.
Ration Board Here
To Be Closed Today
The local Ration Board office
.will be closed Thursday, March
*22. According to officials, this is
necessary in order to catch up on
accumulated work.
AT F/IDMI7DC7 MU lTTIAlf* Photo below, made in the large auditorium
/ll t Jlt\lVlrjl\u IVlLiJul liiij of the Gilvin Roth YMCA, shows a part of
the large crowd of farmers who attended the opening session of Elkin’s Third Annual
Farmers’ Meeting last Thursday afternoon. Inset, lower left, shows the principal speak
er of the day. C. W. Bailey, of Clarksville, Tenn., as he began his address during the
banquet session Thursday night. Other pictures on page 8, this section.—Photos by
T. A. Redmon.
Farmers Meeting Here
Is Outstanding Success
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Over 800 Are
Present At Third
Annual Session
Elkin’s third annual Farmers’
Day Meeting, held here last
Thursday afternoon and evening
at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A.,
proved the most successful yet as
hundreds of farmers from Surry,
Alleghany, Yadkin and Wilkes
gathered as the guests of Elkin
business and professional men to
hear discussion of their problems
by prominent North Carolina
farm officials, and a fine seven
point farm program as outlined
by the major speaker of the day,
C. W. Bailey, of Clarksville, Tenn.
The address by Mr. Bailey, who
Is the president of the First Na
tional Sank of Clarksville", and
chairman of the Agricultural
Commission of the American
Bankers Association, headlined
the banquet session staged in the
large Gilvin Roth YMCA audi
torium in which approximately
800 persons were served.
Mr. Bailey told his audience,
made up mostly of farmers, that
they should now begin to set up
i financial reserve so that they
may equip themselves to take
care of food needs during the
present time and following the
war. He emphasized the need for
full production of food now so
that American fighting forces
md civilian population may be
plentifully supplied; the building
ip of financial reserves so as to be
ready for the return of peace; or
ganization of farmers so that they
will be able to speak for them
selves as a group; a farming pro
gram so balanced that cash crops
will be diversified to meet any
storm that might blow; full sup
port and encouragement to edu
(Continued on page 8, 1st sec.)
FUNERAL FOR
TRAPHILL MAN
Final Rites For J. F. Black
burn To Be Held Today
At New Light
PASSES AWAY TUESDAY
Funeral services will be held
this morning at the New Light
church for John Franklirf Black
burn, 60, well known citizen of
the Traphill community who died
at his home Tuesday. Rev. L. E.
Sparks will officiate.
Mr. Blackburn is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Carrie Blackburn;
one son, Pfc. Roy W. Blackburn,
San Francisco, Calif.; and four
daughters, Mrs. •Verdie Joines,
Traphill, Mrs Edith Brooks, Roar
ing Gap; Mrs. Ruby Smith, Trap
hill; Mrs. Belvia Wagoner, Sparta.
Also surviving are four brothers
and one sister: J. M. Blackburn,
Thurmond; Len, Boss, and Mc
Kinley Blackburn, Roaring River;
and Mrs. Clemmie Brown, Ronda.
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Kiwanians To See
Motion Picture
A motion picture in color show
ing the details of harvesting and
shipping oranges and other citrus
fruits from Florida groves will be
shown at the meeting of the El
kin Kiwanis Club this evening
(Thursday).
The program will be in charge
of . Program Chairman Clifton
Leary, t
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JAYCEE CANDIDATE—Claude
Farrell, of Elkin, a past-presi
dent of the Elkin Junior Cham
ber of Commerce, and a man
active in its work since its or
ganization here in 1941, is be
ing backed by the organization
as a candidate for Jaycee state
president. Mr. Farrell, in addi
tion to being a successful busi
ness man and civic leader, is
the holder of the award for the
most outstanding Jaycee of
North Carolina' in 1943, as well
as the award for the most out
standing young man of Elkin in
that same year.
SHERIFFS PAY
MAY BE UPPED
Commissioners To Be Em
powered To Raise Salary
Of Surry Officer
AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED
Surry county commissioners will
be empowered to raise the salary
of the Surry sheriff up to $3,300
on or after July 1 under an
amendment adopted this Week by
both the State Senate and the
House.
cuu'Liiutm;iiu wao uu^itu vjjr
Senator Carlos Davis of Stokes to
the House bill which would have
made the. raise to a maximum of
$3,300 effective at the expiration
of the present term. When the
amended measure reached the
House, Representative Henry
Dobson of Surry, who introduced
the original bill, made the motion
for concurrence in the amend
ment.
The bill now awaiting ratifica
tion also provides for employment
of two paid deputies in the Sher
iff’s Department.
Meanwhile, Representative Dob
son’s bill giving town authorities
the power to regulate the sale of
wine in Mount Airy township was
ratified.
Autos Collide At
Elkin Intersection
The automobile driven by John
Hudspeth, of Elkin, was damaged
Sunday afternoon at the inter
section of Church and Spring
streets here when a car operated
by a negro whose name was not
learned, crashed into it.
Hudspeth was traveling on
Church street while the other car
was on Spring. The accident oc
curred under the stoplight which
is not operated on Sundays.
Another accident, details of
which could not be learned, occur
red at the same intersection Sat
urday. i L
Traffic Lights
Put On Steady
Schedule Here
Elkin traffic lights, hereto
fore operated on a part-time
basis, are now being operated
each week day from 7:00 a. m.
until 10:00 p. m., and turned
off entirely on Sundays, it
■was learned from Chief of
Police Corbett Wall Wednes
day.
1 Chief Wall asked that all
motorists observe the lights so
that it would not be necessary
to issue court citations result
ing in a fine and costs. A num
ber of motorists have already
been cited for running through
the lights, he said.
JURORS DRAWN
BY CCLBOARD
Surry Criminal Term of Court
To Convene April 23
At Dobson
CIVIL TERM TO FOLLOW
Jurors to serve during the April
23 term of Surry criminal court,
and during the April 30th civil
term, have been drawn by the
Surry county board of commis
sioners. Judge Zeb V. Nettles, of
Asheville, will prside over both
terms.
Jurors selected were (criminal
session): J. F. Irvin, J. I. Shinault,
James A. White, J. H. Clifton, J.
Ernest Simmons, J. C. Bond, How
ard Hunter, John W. Gilley, Wil
lie Brinkley, S. G. Pilson, P. H.
Swift, A. M. Gordon, J. Milton
Hardy, J. Earl Ramey, E. R. Hull,
D. C. Cockerham, I. N. Green
wuoa, uva iioiaer, doe ±1. nan,
E. C. Foy, Jr., C. F. Hemric, Sr.,
J. C. Fowler, Alton G. Harbour,
Dewey Martin, C. F. Riggins.
Charlie M. Beamer, J. G. Bran-'
nock, Jasper P. Patterson, W. B.
Deatherage, F. M. Clark, W. P.
Shelton, E. H. Hemric, Sherman
Freeman, Odell Patterson, Alex
Fowler, F. D. Mayes.
Civil session: Paul Calloway, C.
B. Shelton, J. R. Blackburn, Ike
Slaydon, J. Wilkerson Gordon,
Hasten Collins, J. G. Fulk, W. B.
Hadley, C. E. Cox, Howard Wilson,
Howard Miller, R. P. Golden,
Oliver C. Caudle, J. F. Cockerham,
F. Jones Marion, Taylor Poore,
Garnet F. Needham, J. Wesley
Shore, H. D. Anthony, William R.
Draughn, Shepperd Dobbins, E.
, M. Bowman, T. M. Baker, Dewey
E. Chilton.
Lt. Fred Colhard
Wounded In Action
Mrs. Marie F. Colhard, wife of
Lieut. Fred Colhard, of this city,
has been notified in a letter from
her husband that he was wounded
in action in Germany on March
2.
Lieut. Colhard, who is the son
of Mrs. Fred Colhard, of North
Bridge street, stated in his letter
that his wound resulted from
shrapnel which struck him in the
leg. He was in a hospital in Paris
at the time of the letter, but ex
pects to be moved to a hospital in
England, it is understood.
Reported Missing,
Is Back In Action
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh A. Barnard
of Hamptonville, have been noti
fied by the War Department that
their son, Private Thomas A. Bar
narcL who was reported missing
in action, returned to duty on
March 7, and is now serving in
Germany.
RESISTANCE OF
HUNS CRUMBLES
IN SAAR AREA
American Third and Seventh
Armies Join Forces
THOUSANDS WIPED OUT
Raid On Japanese Fleet Crip
ples Hundreds of Planes
And Many Warships
REMNANTS ARE CHASED
All organized German resist
ance in the Saar-Palatinate col
lapsed Wednesday as the Ameri
can Third and Seventh Armies
joined forces. The combined
forces wheeled in to the Rhine
to annihilate a few thousand
Nazi survivors along a bridgeless,
29-mile stretch of the river bank
from Ludwigshafen to the Karis
rube crossing.
In one of the most decisive vic
tories of the western war, the
two American armies had wiped
out all but about 10,000 of the
80,000 or more Germans who held
the vast Saar-Moselle-Rhine tri
angle at the start of the offensive
one week ago. ,
Saarbreucken, Zweibue c k e n ,
Kaiserslautern, Wissembourg, and
Mainz and Worms, the keystones
of the German defensive system
were in American hands or on the
verge of capture this morning. A
sixth and even greater prize, the
srawling Rhine chemical center
of Ludwigshafen was menaced by
two armored columns of the Third
Army that raced to within six
miles west and north of the city.
Meanwhile for Guam, dispatch
es from famed Task Force 58 to
day boosted the toll of two days of
daring air attacks on the Japa
nese Fleet in its home bases to at
least 17 warships and 600 or more
planes wrecked.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz said
the raids Sunday and Monday on
Kobe, Kure • and other bases in
Japan’s inland sea had crippled
the surviving remannts of the
Japanese Fleet at a time when it
was rushing repairs to meet an
anticipated invasion of Japan it
self.
The carrier-borne fleet of 1.000
to 1,400 U. S. Navy planes broke
off its attack late Monday. A
Japanese communique said the
task force, including its escort
(Continued on page 8, 1st sec.)
Surry Man Is
Boosted For
Highway Body
RAYMOND SMITH
Raymond Smith, prominent
Mount Airy furniture manufac
turer and business man, and a
former member of the North
Carolina legislature, * is being
widely boosted for appointment as
highway commissioner for the
eighth highway division.
One of the most civic minded
Citizens in this section of the
state, Mr. Smith is said to possess
the qualities necessary to success
fully fill such an important post,
and although he has not sought
the job, he has consented to take
it provided it is offered by Gov
ernor Gregg Cherry.
Mr. Smith is said to have re
ceived the endorsement of leading
citizens of the counties which
make up the division.
As a member of the state sen
ate from Surry and Stokes two
years ago, the Mount Airy man
was named a committee of one to
report on finances and appropria
tions of the 1943 legislature. For
his diligent work and excellent
report he received commendation
-both from the senate and the
governor.
His many friends contend that
Mr. Smith would make a fair
and impartial member of the
state highway commission, and
are pointing out that Surry coun
ty has never had a citizen ap
pointed to that body.
Mayor Poindexter And
Two Members Of Board
Not To Be Candidates
Over $11,000.00
Contributed To
Red Cross Drive
The local Red Cross War
Fund drive here now amounts
to a total of $11,588.53, it was
learned from Miss Ophelia
Paul, drive treasurer, Wednes
day afternoon.
Response to the drive, which
is still underway, has been very
generous, it was said, but all
contributions will prove wel
come, due to the great need
of the Red Cross at this time.
THREE MEN ARE
TAKEN IN RAID
Officers Grab Liquor, Sugar,
Truck and Automobile
In Yadkin
MAKE 20 - MILE CHASE
Highway patrolmen and A. T. U.
Agents had a field day in Yadkin
Friday, the result being that they
brought in three men, 2,000
pounds of sugar, one pick-up and
one passenger car and poured out
90 gallons of non-taxpaid white
liquor.
The first chase began just east
of Yadkinville when a car with
90 gallons of whiskey was jumped.
The ^hase went to Enon, 12 miles
east, then five miles to East Bend
over a country road, then east on
67 two miles when the car wreck
ed agajnst a bank. Paul Burch
ette, of Wilkes county, only occu
pant of the car, was arrested and
turned over to fe*deral men. U. S.
Commissioner, M. W. Mackie,
placed him in jail where he re
mained until the case was taken
up with Judge Johnson J. Hayes,
because Burchette is already un
der bond on another charge. Bur
chette drove the last seven miles
with one tire gone. He gave bond
of $2,500 Saturday, signed by Ella
Bauguess, Wilkes county woman.
On their way to Yadkinville the
officers spied a pickup which ap
peared to be heavily loaded. Given
chase on Highway 421 toward
Yadkinville, the pickup took a
country road and was soon caught.
The pickup had 2,000 pounds of
sugar. Conrad Bell and Rob
Dowell, Wilkes county men, were
arrested and charged with pos
session of material for the manu
facture of whiskey, and bond was
fixed at $300 each by U. S. Com
missioner Mackie. The sugar is
stored at Winston-Salem pending
court action. Officers think it is
black market sugar or stolen
sugar. Bell and Dowell gave bond,
signed by C. C. Hunt, Wilkes
county negro.
Conrad Bell is one of two men
caught robbing the Yadkin Gro
cery Co., of sugar late last year
and was shot down by Deputy
Ray Graham and caught. His
partner in the crime, Henry New
man, who also ran, was shot and
killed by Deputy Sheriff W. E.
Wishon at the same time. The
case against Bell has been con
tinued in Superior court twice
since that time. •
Highway Patrolmen taking part
ill me wiases were w. o. wiina.ni
son and E. L. Smith of Winston
Salem anT* Cpl. M. S. McKinney
of Elkin. Deputy Marshall Bob
Stafford joined the patrolmen
and Alcohol Tax Unit officers here
and took charge of the men.
Jaycee JMeeting To
Be Held Monday P. M.
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The Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce, which had originally
planned to honor members of the
championship teams, runners-up,
and outstanding players who par
ticipated in the recent Jaycee
sponsored basketball tournament
here, last Monday evening at a
banquet session, found it neces
sary to postpone the meeting until
Monday, March 26, due to the
fact that a majority of the honor
guests were participatihg in the
basketball tournament at Win
ston-Salem.
The meeting will be held at the
Y. M. C. A.
Four bushels of oats, barley,
and rye with 400 pounds of fer
tilizer on One acre of land, seed
ed on September 1, is a good pre
scription for poor cattle, says the
Kennedy Home farm of Lenoir
county.
DECLINES—J. R. Poindexter,
above, who has held office as
Elkin’s mayor for the past 10
years, announced Wednesday in
a statement to The Tribune
that, acting under the advice of
his physician, he will not again
be a candidate to succeed him
self.
HOLD BOYS ON
GRAVE CHRGE
Small Youngsters Nabbed In
Act Of “Sorting Mail”
At Postoffice
CRAWL THRU OPENING
Two small Jonesville boys, said
to be 10 and 11 years of age, re
spectively, were nabbed by Elkin
Police Officer T. B. Sams in the
Elkin postoffice Saturday riight.
The youngsters, whose names
were not given pending the arriv
al of a federal officer, were said
to have found a large postoffice
drawer unlocked and to have
gained access to the inner de
partment by pulling the drawer
out and crawling through the
hole.
Postmaster P. W. Graham said^
they had taken some of the mail*
but he thought a majority of it
had been recovered.
It is not known what disposi
tion will be made in the case, due
to the tender age of the boys.
They are being held in custody of
their parents pending action by
postoffice officials.
WILL SPONSOR
SCHOOL CLINIC
Yadkin County Pre-School
Children Will Be Given
Examination
COOPERATION IS ASKED
Yadkin county schools are
sponsoring an expanded health
program, consisting of physical
examinations, vaccinations, and
minor corrective and remedial
treatments.
Vaccinations for diphtheria,
smallpox and whooping cough
will be administered to all pupils
who have not had them. There
will be a charge of one dollar for
the whooping cough vaccine. This
fee should be paid with the first
dose. All other treatments will
be given free of charge.
Dr. J. Roy Hege, district health
officer, will be at the Jonesville
school on Wednesday, March 28,
to examine the children and give
vaccinations. He will also con
duct the regular pre-school clinic
at that time. If your child will
reach his sixth birthday on or be
fore October 2, 1945, he is elig
ible to enter school next fall and
should be taken to this clinic.
No other pre-school clinic will
be held and all parents are urged
to cooperate with the school and
health departments in this pro
gram,
Methodist Young
People To Meet
The Methodist young people of
the Elkin and Pilot Mountain
churches will hold a joint meet
ing Friday evening in the Oilvin
Roth YMCA.
Rev. Charles Boles of the Broad
Street Methodist church, States
ville, will deliver the address
The conference director of young
adult work will also be present
All members are urged to intend.
t-" '■ «a
MASS MEETING
WILL BE HELD
ON APRIL 6TH
C. C. Poindexter And H. P.
Graham Decline Reelection
MAYOR HAS STATEMENT ^
Garland Johnson, Elkin Bank*
er, Suggested To Succeed
To Mayor’s Post
OTHER NAMES HEARD
A change in town government
here loomed Wednesday with the
announcement by Mayor J. R.
Poindexter that he would not
again be a candidate to succeed
himself when town officers are
nominated at a mass meeting to
be held in the elementary school
auditorium on April 6.
Two members of the board of
town commissioners, H. P. Gra
ham and C. C. Poindexter, have
also announced that they, too will
not seek re-election, it was
learned.
Others members of the board,
R. C. Freeman, C. C. Myers and
C. C. Fulp, are expected to again
be candidates.
Mayor Poindexter, in a state
ment to The Tribune, said that
after serving as mayor for the
past 10 years, due to the advice
of his physician he has decided
not to be a candidate. He ex
pressed gratification that the fi
nancial condition of the town.
which was in pretty bad condition
during the depression year in
which he first took office, has
been improved to the point that
town bonds are now selling for
$1.05 as compared with 35 cents
on the dollar 10 years ago, and
that the interest rate on town
bonds has been cut in half.
Mayor Poindexter also ex
pressed his appreciation to the
citizens of Elkin and to members
of the town board for their co
operation during his years as
mayor.
Following the mayor’s an
nouncement and the statement
that Mr. Graham and C. C. Poin
dexter would not be candidates, a
number of Elkin citizens have
been mentioned as possible can
didates to succeed them. Gar
land Johnson, vice-president of
The Bank of Elkin and now serv- ,
ing as town treasurer, has been
prominently mentioned as a can
didate for mayor, while the
names of J. W. L. Benson, vice
president of the Chatham Man
ufacturing Company; Joe E. Biv
ins, prominent grocer; Charles N.
Myers, well-known Elkin furni
ture dealer, and Hugh A. Royall,
well-known insurance man and a
member of the Elkin' school board,
have been heard as possible can
didates for the board of commis
sioners. However, none of these
gentlemen have made any public
statement as to their intentions.
Elkin citizens will name the
ticket at the town mass meeting
to be held on April 6, when a
mayor and board of five com
missioners will be nominated. The
town election will be held at the
city hall on Monday, May 7.
WOULD PROVIDE
COST OFjCOURT
Bill Now In Legislature
Would Reimburse Lentz
And Scott
The North Carolina House of re
presentatives last Thursday even
ing passed and sent to the senate
a bill which would provide pay
ment of $725 each to Lieut W. B.
Lentz, of the state highway pat
rol, and Investigator Guy Scott,
of the State Bureau of Investiga
tion, for costs of their trial in
Wilkes county on charge of lar
ceny of about 70 cases of expen
sive liquor from the liquor seized
onr the premises of Phillip Yates
near Pulear in Wilkes in 1943.
Lentz and Scott, who were in
dicted and tried in Wilkes courf;
on the charge, were acquitted by
directed verdict of Judge R. Hunt
Parker.
Listed as introducing the bill
were Representatives Dobson, of
Surry, Uzzell, of Rowan, Gobble,
Gass and Welfare, of Forsyth,
and Loftin, Craig and Shuford,
cf Buncombe
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