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ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
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* The Elkin Tribune *
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 17
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1946
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16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
uFolger Decides
To Again Make
'Congress Race
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Four Candidates
* To Fight It Out
4P In June Primary
Highlight of developments in
the State and county political
^ scene this week was John H. Fol
■i^Pger’s announcement that he in
tends to remain a candidate for
Congress from North Carolina’s
Fifth District.
^ Mr. Folger, current representa
Jn.ive of the Fifth District, an
nounced Tuesday in Washington
that he will remain in the race
for this post.
a Mr. Folger had stated previous
ly that he felt that he “should
^eliminate” himself from the run
ning if others announced for can
didacy.
f Accompanying his decision to
W seek re-election, he said, “I feel
that the demand of the people of
my district that I remain in the
race cannot, by me, go unheeded.
Therefore I shall leave my name
on file as a candidate.”
* Four other candidates for nom
ination in the Democratic primary
are Thurmond Chatham, Elkin,
Sheriff John J. Taylor, Danbury,
#Joe J. Harris, Winston-Salem, and
^ Lawrence E. Watt, Reidsviile and
Raleigh attorney.
Mr. Watt has on several oc
| casions indicated his intention to
\\vithdraw if Folger decided to re
Vhain in the race. When contact
ed Tuesday night, he said he in
^ tended to withdraw as soon as he
mreturned home from Washington.
™ Mr. Chatham has issued the fol
lowing statement:
“I made my announcement after
Mr. Folger stated he did not ex
f pect to remain a candidate. Hav
l ing made the announcement, I ex
pect to stand by it.”
Mr. Harris also expects to re
main in the race, and there have
ibeen no indications that Mr. Tay
lor expects to withdraw.
Primary elections will be held in
May.
Oscar W. Smith, Mayor of Pilot
Mountain, announced Tuesday
/ that he will be a candidate for
/f nomination to the post of State
r Senator from Surry and Stokes
counties in the coming Demo
, cratic primary. Smith, who is
at now in his second term as Mayor,
V has said he intends to back a
program for paving secondary
| (Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
* HOWE CLUBS TO
A PLAN FOR MEET
To Arrange For Sixth Dis
trict Meeting At Mocks
ville On June 6
• TO GATHER AT WINSTON
The District Council of Home
Demonstration Clubs is to meet
in Winston-Salem on April 10 to
make plans for a Sixth District
meeting at Mocksville, to take
place June 6.
Club workers from Surry, Yad
kin, Stokes, Forsyth, Davidson,
and Davie counties are scheduled
to participate in the Winston
Salem as well as the Mocksville,
meeting.
Both meetings will be attended
by Miss Ruth Current, State home
demonstration agent.
The sessions in Winston will be
held in the Carrie Rich Room of
the First Baptist Church. At that
time the representatives will dis
cuss 4-H Club leadership duties,
project leaders, county council of
ficers, and neighborhood leaders.
Individual reports and recommen
dations will be made, and, if ap
proved, passed along to the June
meeting.
A luncheon will follow in the
Robert E. Lee Hotel.
Jonesville G. O. P.
To Hold Meeting1
All Republicans of the Jones
ville precinct are urged to attend
a precinct meeting which will be
* held in the Jonesville Town Hall
Friday, March 29, at 7:30 p. m.,
it has been announced by Hubert
Evans, precinct chairman.
This meeting was described as
being of an important nature and
full attendance by members of
a the Republican party was stress
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2 Saturdays To
Register For
School Election
Two more Saturdays remain
in which voters of the township
can register for the special
school election to be held in the
Elkin school district on April
16 to determine whether a local
administrative ~ohool unit is
desired for the children of this
district.
Reece Gilliam, registrar, will
have charge of the books and
will be located in the City Ilall
on Saturday, March 30 and
April 6, from 9:00 a. m. to 6:00
p. m. o’clock. On April 13 the
books will be at the Town Hall
for the purpose of challenge.
Mr. Gilliam states that any
one desiring to register during
the week days may do so. He
will be at Chatham Manufac
turing Company from 8:00 to
4:00 o’clock and can also be
contacted at his residence at
129 Church street after this
time.
The importance of voting af
ter one has registered has also
been stressed; inasmuch as a
registered person who fails to
vote is automatically counted
in the negative against the pro
posal.
NEW COLLECTOR
FOR THIS AREA
Edward E. Hfood Is Named By
Revenue Department To
Succeed Cashwell
OFFICE IN MOUNT AIRY
The office of Charles H. Rob
ertson, U. S. Collector of Internal
Revenue for North Carolina, to
day announced the appointment
of Edward E. Hood, former World
War II veteran, to the post of
zone deputy collector for Surry
and Alleghany counties.
A former Lieutenant Colonel,
Mr. Hood has been named to suc
ceed B. Barney Cashwell in this
area. For the past few months he
has been stationed in the Win
ston-Salem division of the col
lector’s office. His new head
quarters will be in the second
floor office of the post office
building in Mount Airy.
Mr. Hood and family have
made their home in Boonville for
the past ten years and will con
tinue to live there, it was learned.
Taxpayers desiring the assis
tance of a deputy collector in this
area are requested to contact Mr.
Hood during his visits to Elkin
and vicinity. He can be reached
at the town hall here when work
ing in this section. Mr. Cashwell
will continue to be attached to
the Surry and Alleghany county
zone; however, his work will be
confined to income tax verifica
tions.
ARMY VETERAN
WRECK VICTIM
Comie Combs, of Lovelace
Township, Killed In Ac
cident Monday
KITES NOT COMPLETE
Comie Combs, of Lovelace
Township, Wilkes County, a dis
charged army veteran was killed
late Monday when he was thrown
from the car which he was driv
ing when it overturned and roll
ed end-over-end on the highway
five miles south of North Wilkes
boro.
Sergt. A. H. Clark, State high
way patrol who investigated the
accident, said Combs was travel
ing alone at the time. Skid marks
at the beginning of the car’s turn
ing end-over-end were 126 feet
from where the vehicle halted.
The victim was thrown through
the top of the car and died within
a few minutes.
Funeral arrangements are not
complete as The Tribune goes to
press. Survivors include his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Combs,
Lovelace township; four brothers,
Roger, R. L., Junior, and Edward;
four sisters, Mildred, Lucille, and
Kathleen Combs, and Mrs. Zelma
Call.
IN FIFTH DISTRICT CONGRESSIONAL RACE — Pictured above are three of the four candidates
who will fight it out in the June Democratic primary for the nomination to Congiess. At left is
Sheriff John J. Taylor, of Danbury, Stokes county. Center, Thurmond Chatham, of Elkin and Win
ston-Salem, and right, John II. Folger, of Mount Airy, who announced Wednesday morning that he
intends to remain in the race after first stating that he planned to withdraw in event of opposition. A
fourth candidate, Joe J. Harris, of Winston-Salem, is not pictured due to the fact that a photo was not
available.
LARGE LIQUOR
HAUL IS MADE
Officers Seize 367 Cases In
Wilkes County Last
Sunday Afternoon
SECOND LARGEST HAUL
The seizure of 367 cases of tax
paid liquor in Wilkes county last
Sunday afternoon amounted to
the second largest haul ever made
in that county.
The liquor was taken by Serpt.
A. H. Clark, State Highway Patrol,
and Silas Reynolds, Wilkes coun
ty deputy sheriff. At current
prices for such types of alcohol,
the toad amounted to an estimat
ed $26,000.
The haul was made at Queen
Trucking Co. terminal east of
North Wilkesboro. The officers
said that it was in a Queen truck,
which had been driven into the
terminal by A. Y. Williams, who
was arrested on charge of trans
porting illegally alcoholic bever
ages.
Williams stated that he had
picked up the loaded trailer from
a West Virginia parking lot, and
that he had been told that it con
tained a consignment of glass for
a North Wilkesboro mirror fac
tory.
The driver reportedly refused to
allow the officers to search his
vehicle until Sergt. Clark had ex
ecuted a search warrant.
All of the liquor was turned over
to Sheriff C. G. Poindexter. It
will be held for sale by the coun
ty in an area where such spirits
are legal. Officials pointed out
that it must be sold at wholesale
ceiling prices, less a discount for
cash.
45 SURRY MEN
GO TO BRAGG
Largest Number In Some
Time Sent To Camp For
Pre-Induction Exam
NONE OVER 26 YEARS
The Surry County Draft Board
has announced that 45 men left
Dobson last Monday foj* pre-in
duction examinations at Fort
Bragg. This is the largest num
ber to leave from the county in
some time.
The majority of men in the
group were formerly rejected for
service due to minor defects. The
standards have been lowered
somewhat since the end of the
war. Several recently turned 18
years old, thereby becoming
eligible.
No men over 26 and no fathers
were included in the group. One
of the men included made a re
quest that he be allowed to stand
examination for induction. The
board was glad to oblige by at
taching his name to the list, as
men are critically needed in the
armed forces.
The men due to be examined
are:
Robert Garland Smith, Pilot
Mountain; Mercer E. Tyson, Jr.,
Elkin; Wendell Henry Whitaker,
Siloam; James Walace Hill, Dob
son; Paul Brown, Siloam; Elbert
Tillson Gammons, Pilot Moun
tain; Leonard Moses Hodges, Rt.
1. Dobson; Claude Allen Vernon,
Rt. 2, Dobson; Jack Edwards
Parks, Elkin; Colonel Swaim
Whitt, Rt. 2, Dobson; Clarence
Emmitt Freeman, Dobson; Edward
O’Neil Jones, Rt. 1, Elkin; Samuel
Franklin Watson, Rt. 2, Dobson;
Gurney Ray Jones, Rt. 3, Mt.
Airy.
Clifford Eugene Bartley, Low
gap; Chester Ray Atkins, Rt. 4,
(Continued on page eight, 1st. sec.)
To Assist In
Revival At
Elkin Church
REV. WALTER J. MILLER
Revival services will begin at
the Elkin Methodist church Sun
day night to last through April 5,
Rev. R. G. Tuttle, pastor, has an
nounced.
Rev. Walter J. Miller, pastor of
the First Methodist church in Sal
isbury, will assist in the meeting.
Evening services will begin at
7:30 o’clock with the following
subjects having been planned:
Sunday “What Time Is It?”;
Monday, “Your Church and You”;
Tuesday, “Second - Hand Reli
jgion”; Wednesday, “Mistaken En
thusiasm”; Thursday, “What Are
You Living For?” Friday, “The
Power To Become.”
Morning services, planned
especially for young people and
children, will last from 8:30
through 8:55 o’clock from Mon
day through Friday. Topics to be
discussed at this time are: Mon
day, “Where Do You Live?”;
Tuesday, “What Do You See?”
Wednesday, “Playing Life’s
Game”; Thursday, "Do You Be
lieve in Dreams?”; Friday, “A Bad
Bargain.”
There will be a supper for the
young people on Sunday at 6:00
o’clock p. m.
Instruction in Christian living
and church membership will be
emphasized on the following
dates: Children, 3:30, April 1-5;
Youth 4:00, April 8 and 9; Adult,
8:00, April 11; Children’s mem
bership, Sunday, April 7; and
Young people and Adults, April
14th.
PERMIT NEEDED
FOR BUILDING
Ordinance Applies To All
Structures Anywhere
Within City Limits
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SHOULD SEE TED BROWN
It has been called to the atten
tion of citizens of Elkin that,
since 1940, any person, firm or
corporation desiring to erect a
new building or make major re
pairs to present structures must
first secure a permit from J. Ted
Brown, city building inspector.
According to Dixie Graham,
City Clerk, many persons current
ly building or planning to build
have been under the impression
that this particular city ordinance
applied only to structures within
the fire zone. It does,) however,
apply to the entire city, within its
corporate limits.
Plans and specifications must be
submitted to Mr. Brown before
construction or'repairs are begun.
They must receive his approval
before the work is started.
This is in accordance with
what is known as the Town of
Elkin Code.
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ONE IS HELD IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Crash Occurs At The Inter
section of Church And
Spring Streets
INJURIES ARE MINOR
As the result of an automobile
accident occurring last Saturday
afternoon at the intersection of
Church and Spring streets, Hugh
Finney is being charged with driv
ing while intoxicated, and has
been released under bond.
According to G. L. Gentry,
police officer who investigated the
accident, Finney passed through
a traffic light into the path of a
machine driven by Herbert Coch
rane. Finney was driving on
Spring and Cochrane on Church.
Cochrane’s car struck the one
driven by Finney on the left side,
knocking it about 20 feet until it
came to rest on the curb of the
opposite corner. The front left
portion of Finney’s machine was
damaged, the fender and door on
that side being smashed and the
tire punctured. Cochrane’s car
sustained severe damage to the
radiator grill.
Two passengers were riding
with Finney, one of whom suffer
ed injuries to the fingers of one
hand and a glass cut on the fore
head. He was taken to the Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital, but
was released after first aid had
been administered. No one else
was injured.
Witnesses state that Finney was
doing about 35 miles per hour at
the time of collision. The red
light on his side of the intersec
tion was not operating, and he
was unable to determine if he had
the right of way.
Policeman Gentry stated that
he detected the odor of alcohol on
Finney's breath, and he was ar
rested following an investigation.
The hearing i$, scheduled for the
first part of April.
CHATHAM WINS
SECOND ROUND
Elkin Cagesters Defeat Des
Moines A. I. B. Tuesday
Night At St. Joseph
FINAL SCORE IS 37-30
The Chatham Blanketeers, now
at St. Joseph, Mo., participating in
the National Women’s A. A. U.
Basketball Tournament, defeated
Des Moines (Iowa) A. I. B. Tues
day night in the second round of
the championship division.
Displaying a smooth all-around
style of play, the Chatham cage
sters were on the winning side of
a 37-30 score. It was a close bat
tle between two strong teams with
Chatham’s experience telling the
story.
Kinney’s Educators, of Winston
Salem, beaten in the first round
of the championship tournament
Monday afternoon, fell before the
Okmulgee Cards in their first con
solation round play Tuesday
morning by the score of 22-18.
Joncsvillc Juniors
Planning Pie Supper
The Junior class of the Jones
ville high school has announced
that it will sponsor a pie supper
Friday evening, March 29. The
public is invited to attend.
The entertainment program will
feature a baby contest and a
square dance. Music for the dance
is to be furnished by the Chatham
band.
Proceeds from the supper are to
go to the Junior class and the
athletic fund.
Numerous Advantages
Possible For Students
Under School Program
CHURCHES PLAN
WEEK’S REVIVAL
Five Will Take Part In Sim
ultaneous Meeting of Dob
son Methodist Circuit
MARCH 31 TO APRIL 7TH
Simultaneous revivals will be
held by five churches on the Dob
son Circuit of the Methodist
church the week of March 31
April 7. The program is being
promoted by the officials of the
circuit under the leadership of the
pastor, the Rev. Wilson Nesbitt.
The churches participating and
the visiting minister to assist are
as follows: Dobson, Rev. Reid
Wall, of Winston-Salem; Level
Cross, Rev. W. H. Blair, of Char
lotte; Rockford, Rev. E. H. Low
man, of Cool Springs; Siloam,
Rev. R. V. Martin, of Lewisville;
and Stony Knoll, Rev. John Hoyle,
Jr., of Winston-Salem.
Services will begin the evening
of March 31 and will continue each
evening through the week. The
concluding service will be the
morning of April 7. A portion of
each service will be given to the
children and young people. On
Monday, April 1, the ministers will
appear at Dobson and Copeland
high schools and at the Rockford
and Siloam graded schools. The
ministers will stay in Dobson and
have breakfast together each
morning. After a period of prayer
and consultation, they will go to
the respective communities to
carry out a program of visitation
in the afternoon.
As a means of preparation for
the revival services, laymen have
been conducting prayer services in
the various churches and in the
homes of the communities. Also,
there have been community wide
gatherings and suppers in the in
terest of the revival services.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these meetings.
RED CROSS IS
OVER THE TOP
Latest Figures Show That
Local Quota of $4,000 '
Is Surpassed
DRIVE ENDS MARCH 5
Maintaining a record of having
never failed to reach or surpass
her Red Cross quota, Elkin has
again gone over the top in the
current Red Cross campaign to
raise $4,000, C. J. Hyslup, gener
al chairman of the local drive, has
announced. The latest figure re
ported is $4,130.41 as having been
donated to the Red Cross cam
paign during the drive which be
gan officially here March 5, with
several teams yet to report. It is
believed that the final report
when completed will be as high as
$4,500.
Mi-. Hyslup has expressed a de
sire to convey to all workers his
appreciation, as chairman of the
Red Cross Fund campaign, for the
cooperation and efforts put forth
during the drive to make the cam
paign a successful one. It- was
emphasized that 43% of the sub
scription donations will remain
here to be used for local Red
Cross purposes.
Donations will be accepted un
til Monday, March 31, and it has
been pointed out that anyone who
has not been contacted and would
like to give might see Miss Ophe
lia Paul, assistant treasurer, at
the Bank of Elkin.
West Yadkin Girls
Win In Tournament
Mary Casstevens Tops
West Yadkin girls won top hon
ors in the Journal-Sentinel bas
ketball tournament played at Rey
nolds Hi gym, when they defeated
their last opponent, Mt. Airy girls,
in a contest that was won in the
last ten seconds of the game Sat
urday night.
Mary Casstevens, tall West
Yadkin forward, was the top play
er of her team. The game was a
thrilling one and was close rival
to the 60-59 victory over Union
Grove.
Kannapolis boys won the boys’
championship of the tournament.
To Hold Legion
Meet At Y In
Event of Rain
It has been announced that
in case of rain Friday night’s
meeting of the American
Legion will be held in the Gil
vin Roth YMCA. If the weath
er is dry, the meeting will be
held, as scheduled at Neaves
Park.
Thurmond Chatham is to ad
dress members at the gather
ing. The program will include
a barbecue supper.
BLANKETEERS
START PRACTICE
Chatham Baseball Team To
Face Some Fast Opposi
tion This Season
ENTER NEW LEAGUE
Spring practice of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company baseball
team will get under way here at
Chatham Field Monday, April 1,
at 4 p. m., Charlie Gough, man
ager of this year’s edition of the
Blanketeers, announced Tuesday.
Mr. Gough urged that all Chat
ham employees who wish to play
baseball be on hand for the first
practice session, pointing out that
the Blanketeers must produce a
first rate team if they hope to
stay in the running as represent
ed by the high calibre teams they
are slated to meet during the com
ing season.
The Blanketeers have entered
an Inter-City league, now being
formed, which will include, in ad
dition to the local team, High
Point, ORD of Greensboro; Mc
Crary of Asheboro; May Hosiery
of Burlington; Hanes Hosiery and
Hanes Knitters, both of Winston
Salem; and possibly a team from
Siler City, although the Siler City
team is not yet definite.
A number of warm-up games
will be played during April, Mr.
Gough said, with the league to
open around the first of May. Un
til the new baseball field is con
structed near the school gymna
sium as a part of the Memorial
Park program, games will be play
ed at the old Chatham field. It
is hoped that the new field will
be completed by mid-season, but
the Blanketeers are not banking
on it.
The team expects to have a
good many candidates out when
practice begins April 1, a num
ber of good baseball players hav
ing returned from the armed
forces.
DR.F.M. HANES
PASSES MONDAY
Duke University Professor of
Medicine Was Brother
Of Mrs. Chatham
WAS WIDELY KNOWN
Dr. Frederic M. Hanes, 62,
brother of Mrs. Thurmond Chat
ham, died Monday at his home on
Campus Road in Durham, result
ing from a presumably fatal heart
attack. He had been ill since last
December.
A widely-knowp noted physician
and civic leader,’ Dr. Hanes spent
a great portion > of his career in
Winston-Salem, fre was nationally
and internationally known and
was professor of medicine at Duke
University School of Medicine and
physician-in-chief at Duke Hos
pital.
A memorial service was held at
11 a. m. Wednesday in Duke Uni
versity chapel. The body was in
terred in Salem Cemetery at a
private grave service conducted by
Dr. Mark Depp, pastor of Cente
nary Methodist church.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Elizabeth Peck; his
mother, Mrs. John W. Hanes, of
Winston-Salem; two sisters, Mrs.
Thurmond Chatham, of Elkin, and
Mrs. Robert Lassiter, of Charlotte;
four brothers, Robert M. Hanes,
James O. Hanes, and Ralph P.
Hanes, all of Winston-Salem, and
John W. Hanes, of New York City.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
Citizens Must
Decide Issue
On April 13th
On April 13, 1946, citizens of
Elkin will have an opportunity to
vote for or against a proposal to
levy a supplementary tax, not to
exceed 20 cents per hundred dol
lars property evaluation, for the
purpose of augmenting existing
school funds. An effort has been
made by The Tribune to deter
mine, for the information of its
readers, just what advantages
such a levy will bring to the city’s
school system.
It has been observed that some
confusion exists concerning this
issue. The intended results of the
proposed tax have not been fully
clarified.
A vote for the tax, in addition to
providing extra school funds, will
aid in indicating whether or not
the people of Elkin are in favor
of establishing a separate admini
strative unit for the city’s schools.
A movement is on foot to request,
at the next meeting of the State
legislature, that such a unit be
established.
It has been pointed out that
any tax the people levy against
themselves now cannot be increas
ed by later county-wide taxes
without the consent of the voters
of this township. This will hold
true even if a separate school unit;
does not eventually come into be
ing.
In order to set up a school ad
ministrative unit it is necessary
to have the request acted upon by
the State legislature. Members of
the school board have stated in
dications are that any such pro
posal, if backed by the people of
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WHISKEY STILL
IS DESTROYED
Surry Deputies Discover
Outfit In Kemp Creek
Section Last Week
FIND BOOZE IN HOME
Discovery and destruction of an
illegal whiskey distillery in the
Kemp Creek section, just off the
Dobson road, was reported last
Friday. Deputies L. I. Wade,
Chesco Sprinkle, Charlie White,
and Gilmer Corder detected the
still, which was in operation.
Two men, apparently in charge
of operation, fled when the offi
cers approached, eluding capture.
Five gallons of fresh whiskey, 50
gallons of mash, five gallons of
molasses, one-half bushel of meal
and one-half bushel of shorts
were destroyed.
Later the officers, for the third
time since the first of the year,
raided the home of U. E. Phil
lips, general merchant and farm
owner of Fairview vicinity. They
took a small amount of whiskey
from the house and from Phillips’
clothing.
The arrest of Phillips was made
with considerable difficulty. After
the search warrant was displayed,
he ran and locked himself in one
of the .rooms of his home. Ac
cording to officers, he was armed
with a double-barreled shotgun.
The gun was forcibly seized by the
officers and Phillips taken.
Phillips was detained for one
night in jail and later released
under a bond amounting to $1,300,
pending a court hearing.
Forest Fire Burns
200 Acres In Bryan
About 200 acres of woodlands
were destroyed by fire last Friday
in Bryan township.
The fire started in the yard of
Mrs. Margaret Isaacs, near the old
Mount Mickle school. Mrs. Isaacs
was burning brush behind her
house when the blaze escaped her
control and spread to a neighbor
ing woods. It rapidly ignited sev
eral acres and had reached serious
proportions before help could be
summoned.
The flames were finally brought
under control by the men of the
community cooperating with the
district fire warden, but not be
fore extensive damage had been
done.
The fire occurred on Mrs.
Isaacs’ 69th birthday.