ELKIN
The Best Little Town
W*. In North Carolina
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
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VOL. NO
. icxxm
No. 29
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1945
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Surry County
E-Bond Quota
Far From Goal
t FIGURES SHOW
SALES STAND
AT $426,847
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Is Only 56 and One-Half Per
Cent Of Quota
ELKIN E-BONDS BRISK
Local Sales Now Stand At
$234,750; Other Bonds
Here Total $153,100
^ DRIVE TO END JULY 7
Figures reported by the Federal
Reserve Bank at Richmond as of
Saturday, June 16, disclosed that
* E-Bond sales in Surry have
reached only 56 1/2 per cent of
the Surry E-Bond quota of $756,
A 000, it was learned from J. F.
~ Yokley. of Mount Airy, Surry
War Bond chairman, Wednesday
afternoon.
Surry sales total $426,847.50.
However, a total of $41,580 in E
Bonds assigned the county as
purchases of Surry county men
in the armed forces boosts the
figure to $468,427.50.
E-Bond sales in Elkin have
amounted to a rather impressive
figure, it was learned Wednesday
afternoon from Miss Mattie Mae
Powell, co-chairman of the local
drive, who stated maturity value
sales now amount to $234,750.
Other bond sales here total $153,
100, Miss Powell said.
Bonds in the amount of $1,900
were sold at the Bond premier o.
‘‘Salome, Where She Danced,”
which was staged at the State
theatre last Thursday night by
Dr. and Mrs. W. B. Reeves.
A Mr. Yokley, in discussing the
E-Bond sales in Surry, said that
a special Bond rally is being
planned for Pilot Mountain on
June 29th, and that Neill Smith,
Surry county farm agent, is
staging a number of Bond meet
ings among the farmers of the
county.
Mr. Yokley also said, in regard
to the Bonds purchased by the
4,000 Surry county men in the
armed forces, which will amount
to approximately 10 per cent of
the Surry quota, that it looked
as if Surry civilians could cer
tainly do their full part in put
ting the E-Bond quota oyer if
the men who are also risking
their lives on the fighting front
^ can also raise 10 per cent of the
r’'amount. <
The closing date of E-Bond
sales is July 7. All sales must
be reported to the Federal Re
serve Bank at Richmond by that
date to apply on the quota, it was
v said.
TWO INJURED IN
COLLISION HERE
Mrs. Noah Darnell and Guest,
Miss Verina Roberson,
Taken To Hispital
ON N. BRIDGE STREET
Mrs. Noah Darnell, of Elkin,
and Miss Verina Roberson, her
guest,' of New York, were dis
charged from Hugh Chatham
hospital here Wednesday, after
^ treatment for injuries? sustained
in an automobile accident
which occurred about midnight
Friday at the intersection of
^■North Bridge and Spring streets.
■■Both Mrs. Darnell and Miss Rob
■^erson received painful although
^ not serious injuries.
The accident occurred when the
Darnell car, which was being
driven by pir. Darnell and which
was also occupied by the Darnell’s
two daughters, collided with an
automobile driven by Howard
Hatch, of this pity. The Darnell
car was said to have been going
north on Bridge and the Hatch
car west on spring. The accident
occurred shortly after traffic
lights had been cut off for the
night. Both cars were badly dam
aged in the crash.
It was said that Mr. and Mrs.
Darnell and Miss Roberson were
thrown from the car by the im
pact, Mr. Darnell escaping with
minor bruises. Others were un
* hurt.
THEY STILL DIE—WILL YOU
UY?
LATE
NEWS
IN
BRIEF
From
the
State
and
Nation
STATE
FORT BRAGG, June 19. —
‘We're on Carolina soil again.”
That’s what some 500 tired but
happy officers and men of the
86th infantry division, Caro
linians all, said as they arrived
at this reception center this
noon after a 22-hour pullman
trip on a troop train from
Camp Kilmer, N. J., last leg of
the trip home from Europe.
Members of the first combat di
vision to be returned to the
United States as a unit, they
will head for home and 30-day
furloughs just as soon as ar
rangements can be made here,
probably leaving tomop-ow
morning. The 340th army ser
vice forces band furnished a
musical welcome to the post.
While Brig. Gen. John T. Ken
nedy, of Orangeburg, S. C., post
commander, delivered a brief
address of welcome.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, June 19. —
President Truman’s proposal
today that the speaker of the
national house of representa
tives be next in line after the
vice president for White House
succession evoked widespread
support itvCongress. Enactment
of sqch legislation would make
63-year-old Speaker Sam Ray
burn, Democrat, Texas, first in
line for the Presidency in the
untoward event that President
Truman dies or becomes physi
cally iitcapable of continuing.
Some Republican lawmakers
sensed a possibility that under
Mr. Truman’s proposal, if their
party captures control of the
house in 1946 and the Presi
dency becomes vacant, the
highest office would go to a
Republican speaker.
WASHINGTON, June 19. —
President Truman’s foreign pol
icy passed its first senate test
today when that chamber vot
ed him authority to cut tariff
rates in half. By a 47-to-33
vote, it restored a tariff-cut
ting amendment to the house
approved bill to extend the
reciprocal trade agreements act
for another three years. In do
ing so, it reversed the senate
finance committee which voted
10-to-9 last week to knock out
the amendment. The amend
ment would empower Truman
to cut tariff rates 50 per cent
below January 1 levels. The
original reciprocal trade act of
1934—favored by former Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull —
authorized cuts of 50 per cent
below the record high rates of
the Smoot-Hawley tariff law.
NEW YORK, June 19.—New
York city took Gen. Dwight D.
Eisenhower to its heart today
and outdid itself in showering
on him a rousing, emotional
welcome. The greatest crowds
the metropolis has ever seen—
estimated by police at more
than 7,000,000 or about twice
the size of all United States
forces in Europe at the peak of
the war—turned out to pay
tribute to the Kansas boy who
directed America’s mightest
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Sugar Coupons Will
Hit Mail This Week
C. C. Weaver, Jr., chairman of
the food panel of the local OPA
board, hag announced that sugar
coupons for canning will be in
the mail this week. The applica
tions had been processed but the
local board has been awaiting
orders from district headquarters
in Charlotte to go ahead, before
issuing coupons. Each county
has its quota of sugar for can
ning.
Due to the fact that coupons
had been issued to only 11 per
sons by the local board before a
halt was called because of the
acute sugar shortage, the ap
proximate amount allowed per
person will be 7 1/2 pounds.
TO HEAD VETERANS’ BUREAU — Gen. Omar Bradley, com
mander of the 12th army group, greeted by his wife as announce
ment went out that he had been appointed administrator of veter
ans’ affairs. His selection meets with general approval from the
armed forces. The regard they hold for General Bradley can be
summed up in words of the late Ernie Pyle: “If I could pick any
two men in the world for my father, except my own dad, I would
pick Gen. Omar Bradley or Gen. Ike Eisenhower. If I had a son I
would like him to go to Bradley or Ike for advice.”
JAYCEE HEADS
TO TAKE POSTS
President and Other Officials
To Be Installed At Neaves
Park Meeting
TUESDAY AT 7 O’CLOCK
The Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce will install new offici
als who will serve during the com
ing year at a special meeting at
Neaves Park here next Tuesday,
June 26, at 7:00 p. m.
A barbecue supper will be serv
ed.
Principal speaker of the event
will be Clayton Frost, of Winston
Salem, president of the state or
ganization.
New officers to be installed fol
lowing their election several
weeks ago are, president, Alex
Biggs, who will succeed Hubert
Parker; 1st vice-president, Rob
ert H. Lankford, Jr.; 2nd vice
president, E. E. Shore, Jr.; treas
urer, J. W. Freeman; secretary,
Homer Edwards; publication edi
tor, S. A. Boose; directors (for,
two-year period): Claude Farrell,
Vein Chase, Dr. W. W. Taylor
and Graham Myers. Other di
rectors; John T. Kennedy, Dr.
Seth Beale, Charles Poplin, and
Ted Brown.
Among prominent Jaycees from
throughout the state who will be
present as guests are: Clint Col
lins, Greensboro; Kenneth Bum
gardner, Gastonia, and T. Forbes,
Wilson, all vice-presidents of the
state organization; Sanford Da
vis, Albemarle, and Bob Wynn,
Raleigh, both national directors;
Ray Bandy, of Rocky Mount, na
tional vice-president, and Fred
Dixon, of Raleigh, prominent
state Jaycee.
LEGION NAMES
NEW OFFICERS
George Stockton Is Named
Commander Of George
Gray Post Friday
MEET AT CITY HALL
New officers to serve during the
coming year were elected last
Friday evening at a meeting of
the George Gray Post of the
American Legion, which was held
at the City Hall.
Commander c. O. Garland pre
sided over the, meeting, at which
time it was decided to hold meet
ings on the last Wednesday even
ing of each month.
Officers elected were: George
Stockton, commander; George E.
Royall, vice-commander; J. B.
Bell, vice-commander; Henry C.
Dobson, vice-commander; Dixie
Graham, adjutant (re-elected);
M. C. Whitener, finance officer;
W. M. Allen, assistant service of
ficer; c. O. Garland, guardian
ship officer; Miles Royall, serge
ant at arms: I. C. Yates, chaplain;
W. H. Combs, historian; Edworth
Harris, athletic officer; Raymond
W. Harris, child welfare officer;
J. O. Bivins, Americanism officer;
J. W. L. Benson, national defense
chairman; C. P. Alexander, graves
registration officer; Earl M.
Hodel, employment chairman; J.
F. Moseley, boys’ state officer; Dr.
C. E. Nicks, Boy Scout officer; J.
Ed Reece, publicity officer; David
C. Dickson, membership chairman.
YOUR COUNTRY IS STILL AT
WAR—ARE YOU?
Written Request
Necessary For
Subscription
Effective July 1, in accor
dance with an order of the U.
S. Postmaster General, individ
ual copies of newspapers ad
dressed via fleet post offices at
New York or San Francisco to
Navy, Marine Corps or Coast
Guard personnel, may be ac
cepted only when sent in re
sponse to written requests init
iated by the addressee for sub
scriptions or renewals. F. W.
Graham, Elkin postmaster, in
formed The Tribune Tuesday.
According to Mr. Graham,
unexpired subscriptions will be
accepted until expiration, How
ever, requests for subscriptions
or renewals should be present
ed to the Elkin post-office.
Under this order, all persons
who might wish to subscribe to
The Tribune for a Navy, Ma
rine or Coast Guard member
who is overseas, or' who would
like to renew their subscription,
must have a written request
frem the person concerned.
CAR RUNS INTO
YADKIN RIVER
Marvin Pardue In Local Hos
pital As Result Of Acci
dent Saturday Night
TWO OTHERS INJURED
Marvin Pardue, of Ronda, is in
Hugh Chatham hospital here suf
fering serious injuries sustained
in an automobile wreck at Ronda
Saturday night when the car in
which he was riding went out of
control on the south side of the
Yadkin river and plunged over an
embankment into the water. Two
other Ronda men who were in
the car suffered only minor in
juries.
Hospital attaches said Wednes
day morning that Mr. Pardue’s
condition is satisfactory. He was
said to have suffered several bone
fractures and possible internal
injuries.
Other occupants of the auto
mobile, a pick-up truck, were Al
bert Pardue and George Ashley.
The accident was said to have
occurred as the three were en
route to the home of the parents
of the Pardue brothers at Ronda.
The tiuek was said tp have
plunged over a high embankment
into the river. The injured were
brought to the local hospital by
ambulance.
Still Is Captured
In Low Gap Section
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As the* result of the discovery
of a still in Surry in the Low Gap
section last Saturday by Surry
county deputies, members of the
Alcohol Tax Unit Monday arrest
ed Dock Golding, who was alleged
to have been at the still when It
was raided, and issued a warrant
for the defendant’s brother, Fraz
ier Golding, who is alleged to
have been in on the operation of
the still. Dock Golding was
bound over to the November term
of Federal Court at Winston-Sa
lem under $500 bond at a hearing
before U. S. Commissioner Wade
C. Moody, of Mount Airy.
According to available informa
tion, the Surry deputies found the
still in operation with 13 gallons
of white liquor already run off
and 100 gallons of mash ready for
processing.
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Final Victory Is At Hand On
Okinawa As Last 2,000 Japs
Are Pushed Into Small Area
H. D. TRANSOU
DIES SUDDENLY
Well-Known Elkin Man
Passes Away Tuesday At
His Home On W. Main St.
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Horton Dula Transou, 71, well
known Elkin citizen, died sudden
ly at noon Tuesday at his home
on West Main street, following a
several year period of declining
health.
Mr. Transou was a resident of
Elkin for 48 years and a member
of the First Baptist church for
many years, during which time
he served as a deacon and taught
a Sunday school class until his
health failed him some years ago.
Mr. Transou was one of Elkin’s
best known citizens, and his
death came as a shock to all
who knew him.
Mr. Transou was a member of
36 years standing in the Masonip
Lodge and also belonged to the
Junior Order. For 31 years he
was associated with the former
Elkin Shoe Company, and for the
past 16 years had operated the
Welborn and Transou Shoe Shop.
He was the son of James A. and
Annette Colbert Transou. He was
married to the former Lillie Well
born, who survives him, in 1907.
Other survivors include four sons
and one daughter, Robert H.
Transou, USN, Pacific area;
Joseph A. Transou, U. S. Army,
Philippines; Byron F. Transou,
USN, Philadelphia; William W.
Transou, of Elkin, and Miss
Louise Transou, of the home; two
brothers, Walter Transou, of El
kin, and Claude Transou, of Vir
ginia; one sister, Mrs. Paul Wood,
of Elkin, and four grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed from the home this afternoon
(Thursday), at 2:00 o’clock, by
Rev. Stephen Morrisett, his pas
tor; Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, a
former pastor, of Clayton, and Dr.
J. Lem Stokes, II, pastor of the
Elkin Methodist Church. Inter
ment will be in the cemetery at
Pleasant Hill.
Rogers To Speak At
Surry Farm Meetings
Will Rogers .organization direc
tor of the North Carolin Farm
Bureau, of Raleigh, will address
two meetings in Surry county this
week. One will be sponsored by
the Dobson unit at the Surry
county courthouse in Dobson this
evening (Thursday), at 8:30
o’clock, following a barbecue din
ner at 7:45. The other meeting
will be held at the Cook school at
8:30 Friday night.
The barbecue will be held in the
community building at Dobson
and those who attend will go di
rectly to the courthouse for the
address. Members of the farm
bureau, their wives and children,
and prospective members, will at
tend the dinner.
The meeting at Cook school is
planned to boost a drive for new
members.
W.M.U. Of Baptist
Ass’n Holds Meet
The thirty-second annual ses
sion of the Woman’s Missionary
Union of the Yadkin Baptist As
sociation was held at the Jones
ville Baptist church Friday of
last week.
Mrs. Laurence H. Todd was
elected superintendent for the
coming yeaf.
Yadkin Areas Near
War Bond Quotas
Three more Yadkin county War
Bond districts, Jonesville, Yad
kinville, and Fall Creek, climbed
within sight of their Seventh War
Loan quotas during the last re
porting period as their citizens
took on a new buying spirit which
accounted for upwards of forty
thousand dollars, cash value, in
bonds bought. The purchases of
these districts, along with what
was bought in other sections,
raised the county’s total E-Bond
sales to $167,868.50. This is only
$53,131.50 short of the $221,000.00
E quota that the county wishes
to reach by the deadline, which is
July 3.
YOUR COUNTRY IB STILL AT
WAR—ARE YOU? ,
Lieut. Graham,
Long Missing,
Declared Dead
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LIEUT. WILLIAM GRAHAM
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Graham, of
this city, werq officially notified
by the War Department Tuesday,
that their son, Lieutenant Will
iam Graham, who was reported as
missing in action in April, 1944,
was killed in action on that date.
Lieutenant Graham entered
service in January, 1943 while a
sophomore at State college. He
received his wings and commis
sion at Aloe Army Air Field, in
Victory, Kansas, in October, 1943.
He was then transferred to Dale
Mabry Field, in Florida, where he
was stationed until going over
seas in January, 1944.
Lieutenant Graham was in New
Guinea at the time he was re
ported missing. He- was a pilot
on a P-47 Thunderbolt. Survivors
‘include the parents, one brother,
H. P. Graham, Jr., and one sister,
Mrs. LeGrand Johnson.
CLUBS TO HOLD
JOINT SESSION
Kiwanians and Business and
Professional Women’s
Club Will Meet
CLUB HEARS DUNCAN
J. W. Clay, of Winston-Salem,
will discuss “Business Standards”
at a joint meeting of the Elkin
Kiwanis Club and the Business
and Professional Woman’s Club
at the Oilvin Roth YMCA this
evening at 6:30 o’clock. The pro
gram is being arranged by Ki
wanian Gaston L. Hill, chairman
of the business standards com
mittee.
A musical program, arranged by
the Business and Professional
Woman’s Club, will be a feature
of the meeting. Mrs. J. H. How
ard will be in charge.
Rev. Herman P. Duncan, of
Asheboro, formerly pastor of the
Elkin Methodist Church and a
former member of the Elkin Ki
wanis Club, was guest speaker at
last week’s meeting of the Kiwan
ians. Mr. Duncan spoke on
“Father’s Day,” stressing the be
lief that fathers of today will
have a great deal of influence on
the peace and welfare of the
world of the future. His talk was
greatly enjoyed and he was pre
sented a Chatham blanket prior
to the adjournment of the meet
ing. ,
President T. C. McKnigK pre
sided. Carl C. Poindexter was
program chairman.
Union Service Here
To Honor New Pastor
A union service, honoring Rev.
Ralph Ritchie, who has recently
taken over the pastorate of the
Elkin Presbyterian church, will
be held at the First Baptist
church Sunday evening at 8
o’clock. The combined choirs of
the various churches will render
special music for the service. Rev.
Stephen Morrisett, Rev. O. V.
Caudill, and Dr. J. Lem Stokes, n
will also take part in the service.
Rev. Ritchie will deliver the mes
sage.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
REGULATIONS
ARE SCORED
State Farm Bureau Hits Gov
eminent Rules As Cause
Of Meat Shortage
PROGRAM IS OUTLINED
Raleigh, June 19. — The North
Carolina farm bureau federation
charged today that too stringent
federal marketing and distribu
tion regulations imposed on the
state’s livestock producers “is
causing the current meat shortage
in North Carolina.’*
Representatives of the federa
tion, holding a special meeting
here, suggested that the acute
shortage of meat in North Caro
lina can be relieved by:
An increase in quotas for local
slaughterers by the office of price
administration.
An increase from 400 pounds to
1,500 pounds in the quotas for in
dividual farm slaughterers.
More efficient federal grading
of meats produced in the state.
Alleviation of speculation on
livestock and poultry markets,
caused b y inability o f local
slaughterers to take care of in
creased seasonal supplies due to
lack of sufficient quotas.
Stabilization of poultry prices
to guarantee a reasonable profit
to the producer, thereby bring
ing more into prominence the
quickest of all meat sources.
The suggestions were embodied
into resolutions which will be sent
to the national office of price ad
ministration and to the secretary
of agriculture.
One resolution said that since
North Carolina is a deficit meat
producing state, and without a
federally inspected packing plant
t within its borders from which its
consumers can obtain meat, the
federal regulations should be re
laxed to meet “a local situation.”
In that connection, T. S. John
son, Raleigh district OPA director,
told the meeting that, “the diffi
culty in North Carolina has been
in the application of a national
program to a local situation. The
basic problem lies in the fact that
North Carolina meat that we have
accepted throughout the years as
satisfactory will not meet the na
tional standards of quality.”
The nearest federal packing
plant, he said, is at Richmond, Va.
CLINICS SET
FOR YADKIN
Schedule Of Weekly Vacci
nation Points Announced
By County Nurses
INOCULATION IS URGED
Yadkin county is again having
summer vaccination clinics as in
the past, it has been announced
by Mrs. Jamie Leak Messick and
Miss Laura Niblick, public health
nurses. Local doctors will aid in
clinic work, they said. •
In announcing the clinics it
was pointed out that everyone
should have typhoid vaccination
every three years and children as
young as seven months should re
ceive diphtheria immunization.
All Yadkin citizens who need this
protection should visit the clinic
nearest them.
The clinics got underway Mon
day, June 18. However, the fol
lowing schedule applies for the
immediate future:
Monday, June 25, and July 2
and 9: East Bend school, 9: a. m.;
Pall Creek school, 10:30 a. m.;
John Webb’s store at Quaker For
bush, 1 to 2 p. m.
Tuesdays — Every week during
the year—Boonville nurse’s office
from 9:30 to 11:30 a. m. and Yad
kinville -nurse’s office from 1:30
to 3:30 p. m.
Thursdays — June 21 and 28;
July 5 and 12—Enon, Cornelius’
Store, 9 to 10 a. m.; Pilot View
church, 10:30 to 11:30; Jonesville,
1 to 2 p. m.; Swaim’s church, 3:30
to 5 p. m.
Fridays—June 22 and 29; July
6 and 13—Frank Wishon’s Store,
9 to 10 a. m.; Shacktown store,
10:30 to 11:30 a. m.; and Brooks
Cross Roads, 3:30 to 5 p. m.
Please clip this announcement
of schedule for reference as to
time and place.
, YOUR COUNTRY IS STILL AT
WAR—ARE YOU?
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CHINESE SMASH
NIPS BACK IN
BID FOR FIELD
Within Three Miles Of Form
er U. S. Air Strip
FIGHTING IS FIERCE
Scores Of Japanese Soldiers
Leap To Death From Cliffs
To Escape Capture
RESISTANCE WEAKER
Guam, June 20. — The 10th
Army hacked t.he last 2,000 or
more Japanese into tiny, isolated
pockets on the southern tip of
Okinawa today. Final victory
was at hand.
Scores of trapped enemy leap
ed to their deaths from the
southern cliffs. Others were sur
rendering in such numbers that
no accurate count could be kept.
Even more were being slain in
their caves and foxholes.
“We’ve got them on the run
now,’’ said Lieutenant Colonel
John G. Johnson, of Champaign,
111., commander of the 22nd Ma
rine Regiment. “We're going like
a bat out of hell and we intend
to keep them on the run.”
The 81-day campaign reached
the mop-up stage yesterday with
a marine break-through to the
south coast on a wide front. Ma
rines and doughboys then knifed
out in all directions, carving up
the enemy survivors into helpless
groups of only 10 to 100 soldiers
each.
Admiral Chester W. Nimitz an
nounced in a communique that
the enemy’s last defenses were
collapsing and resistance steadily
was weakening.
Chungking, June 20.—Chinese
troops have advanced to within
three miles of the former Amer
ican air field at Liuchow while
other troops in bitter fighting are
pressing toward the southern and
western suburbs of the city it
self, the Chinese High Command
announced today.
An important highway point
six miles southwest of Liuchow,
important city has been recap
tured by the advancing Chinese
forces, the high command said,
adding that troops south and
west of the city are “engaging the
enemy in a bitter battle.”
The Chinese Central News
Agency reported earlier that Chi
nese forces had pushed to within
12 and one-half miles of Liu
chow.
The agency said the Japanese
were offering desperate resistance
in an attempt to halt the Chinese
columns, which were credited
with gains of up to seven miles in
24 hours.
Cycle Youth Treated
Here For Gun Wound
The condition of Odene Pinnix,
19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Pinnix, of the Cycle community
who is in Hugh Chatham hospital
for treatment for a rifle wound in
the abdomen, which was said to
have been self-inflicted at his
home Sunday afternoon, was de
scribed by hospital attaches Wed
nesday afternoon as fair.
It was said that only one of
three shots reportedly discharged
by the young man penetrated his
body.
THEY still die! — Will YOU buy?
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Carp Weighing
29 Pounds Is
Caught Tuesday
H. M. Stanley, who lives near
Burch Station, and his son
were fishing under the trestle
which spans Mitchell’s River
Tuesday afternoon, when a
carp was hooked that well-nigh
pulled both of them into the
stream.
After a tussle of major pro
portions, the fish was finally
pulled out upon the bank, and
in the opinion of all who saw
it, must have been the great
granddaddy of all the carp In
this section.
For after measuring it and. *
finding it was three and one
half feet long, scales shewed it
to weigh a total of%29
of » pounds.
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