ELKIN
The Best* Little Tows
In North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 23
PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
32 PAGES—FOUR SECTIONS
I PLACES BLAME
ON POLITICIANS
FOR U. S. CRISIS
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Chatham Believes Full Pro
duction Is Needed
TO AVOID INFLATION
Candidate For Congress From
Fifth District Says Poli
ticians Fiddling
WELFARE THREATENED
Thurmond Chatham, in a state
ment issued from his newly open
ed Forsyth county campaign head
^ quarters Saturday night concem
“ ing the coal strike crisis, blamed
politicians for the crisis and
stressed his conviction that the
nation must have full production
to avoid runaway inflation,
t “A situation of desperate grav
ity faces the country at this mo
ment,” Mr. Chatham said. “The
shutdown of coal supplies means
the stoppage of a large part of
* the production and transporta
tion of the United States.”
“The winning of the war meant
the saving of the American way
of life, but the paralysis of pro
duction means the loss forever of
money and time to every citizen
of this country.
“At a time when we need every
. thing we can produce, such as
t food, clothing, steel, automobiles,
lumber, tobacco, farm and house
hold implements, we are faced
with a breakdown of production of
the basic commodity, coal.
“While politicians fiddle, Rome
bums. While politicians fume and
rant and try to becloud vital issues
the welfare of every man, woman
and child in this country is threat
ened.
“It is a tragic fact that while we
could produce for war and death,
we cannot keep producing for
peace and life. The battle against
world starvation, world inflation
and world chaos can be won only
by producing to the limit on every
farm and in every factory in the
land. The future welfare of all
of us is tied up with this crisis.
“Here in Winston-Salem, plants
are already curtailing because of
the lack of coal. Yesterday, in
Elkin, I discussed with my asso
ciates the probabilities of the mills
of the Chatham Manufacturing
Company being shut down because
i of the coal shortage and the an
nounced curtailment of railroad
f service.
“These mills have run steadily
and continuously since the late
1920’s and have supplied blankets
(Continued on page eight. 1st sec.)
J. F. MOSEEY
IS FOLGER MGR.
Elkin Wholesale Grocer Is
Named To Manage Cam
paign In This Section
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sheriff John Taylor, of Dan
bury, district campaign manager
«pr. for Rep. John H. Polger in the
' coming Democratic primary, re
cently announced that J. Puller
Moseley, wholesale grocery dealer
and lifelong resident of Surry
county, has been appointed cam
paign manager for the Polger bid
I* for re-election in the Elkin dis
trict.
Other announcements by Sher
iff Taylor included the appoint
ment of Wilson Barber, Mount
p Airy lawyer, to serve as manager
in that city. Barber is a veteran
of two years in the navy and a
graduate of Furman University
and the University of North Caro
lina.
#"■ In Forsyth county Harvey Lup
ton, former secretary to Mr. Pol
ger in Congress, has been selected
^ ■ to hold the political reins. Cam
paign headquarters have been es
tablished in that county.
Folger and Taylor have also re
leased an announcement to the
effect that Clary Thompson, of
Winston-Salem, has been named
- publicity manager for the Polger
campaign. Thompson, formerly
associated with the Winston-Sa
lem Journal and Sentinel, is an
experienced newspaperman. He
was released to inactive duty from
the navy on May 1, after serving
* for three and one-half years as a
gunnery officer aboard cargo and
troop ships and as a public rela
tions officer. He was discharged
■with the rank of lieutenant-com
mander.
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Surplus Housing Is
Sought For Veterans
Non-Profit Group Is Formed Here;
Arrange For Purchase, Re-Erection
Town commissioners, at their
regular monthly meeting Monday
night, unanimously endorsed a
suggestion made by Thurmond
Chatham that a veterans’ hous
ing commission be formed to make
available at actual cost surplus
government housing.
Commissioners nominated a
group of five men to organize
themselves into a non-stock and
non-profit corporation to arrange
for the purchase, removal, and re
erection of surplus housing units
for veterans only. The group in
cludes: Garland Johnson, mayor;
J. W. L. Benson, vice-president of
Chatham Manufacturing Co.;
John Franklin, Gwyn Franklin,
and Hubert Parker.
The houses proposed have been
described as well built four-room
structures, 24 feet by 28 feet, with
two bedrooms, a living room, kit
chen, bath, and four closets. Tire
houses are to be complete with
ACCIDENT HERE
LONG AFFAIR
Elkin Police Hold Driver
Two Hours Awaiting
Proper Officials
NO ONE IS INJURED
Caught short by the absence of
state and county law enforcement
officers, local police were forced
to hold a man at the scene of an
automobile accident for about two
hours Monday, while help could
be summoned from Mount Airy.
The accident occurred about
12:30 p. m. near Roberts Store in
North Elkin. A car reportedly
driven by Walter Barker, colored,
emerged from a side road on to
the highway without stopping. It
stuck a panel truck traveling on
the highway, knocking it about
six feet off the road.
Barker was detained until
Mount Airy deputies could come
and make the arrest. State and
county authorities normally locat
ed here were in Winston-Salem
attending Federal Court, as were
the officers in Wilkes county.
Since the accident occurred out
side the city limits, Elkin police
had no authority to make an ar
rest.
Barker was charged with drunk
en driving. No one was injured
in the collision.
PLAN REVIVAL
IN JONESVILLE
Rev. J. Clyde Auman, of
Walkertown, To Conduct
Services There
AT METHODIST CHURCH
The Reverend J. Clyde Auman,
pastor of Love’s Chapel Methodist
Church, Walkertown, North Caro
lina, will be the visiting evangelist
for a series of evangelistic mes
sages to be given at the Jones
ville Methodist church, Sunday
through Friday, May 12-17.
The pastor, Reverend C. Marvin
Boggs, will conduct the Sunday
evening service with Rev. Mr. Au
man coming for the service Mon
day evening.
The services will begin each
evening at 8:00. Special music
will be featured during the week,
of the revival.
Jack Parks Heads
Student Council
In an election held at Elkm
high school last week, Jack Parks,
rising senior, was nanled to head
the school as president of the stu
dent government organization for
the 1946-47 term. He will suc
ceed Ketchell Adams who served
as president this year.
Others elected to serve were:
Libby Ann Royall, vice-president:
Bob Harris, secretary: and Brady
Settle, treasurer. They will fill
the vacancies of Joe Whittington,
as vice-president: David Fletcher,
secretary; and Betty Lou Steel
man. as treasurer.
plumbing fixtures, wiring and
lighting, coal heating unit, coal
burning kitchen range, and hot
water tank. It will lack only a
refrigerator and furnace to be
ready for housekeeping.
The housing commission is of
the opinion that such dwelling
units can be sold for about $3,000,
and that favorable financing ar
rangements can be made by local
institutions.
Definite and complete informa
tion will be published when the
details of incorporation and pro
cedure are complete.
BOOK-MOBILE
IS PLANNED
County Extension Agents
Place Proposal Before
County Commissioners
DECISION IS DELAYED
Backed by the Women s Home
Demonstration Clubs of Surry
county is a proposal to establish
within the county a book-mobile,
or a traveling library which will
give service to rural areas.
It was reported that the pro
posal was presented to the Board
of County Commissioners Mon
day, where it was discussed by
representatives of the Home Dem
onstration clubs, the commission
ers, and County Accountant,
George E. Welch. No conclusion
was reached, it was said, the plans
still being in a formative stage.
Surry county once before had
a traveling library similar to the
one now under consideration. Fin
anced by WPA funds, and under
the auspices of that organization,
an old school bus was converted
to contain books and provide the
necessary facilities. At its peak,
the WPA book-mobile contained
about 2,000 books. Its existence
was amply justified by the pat
ronage it received.
It is felt by agriculture exten
sion agents that the bookmobile
would answer a long felt need in
the county. .
CHATHAM WINS
OVER ASHEBORO
Local Team To Return To
Home Field Saturday To
Meet Hanes Hosiery
WILL PLAY GUILFORD
The Chatham Blanketeers, aft
er winning over Lucas Industry at
Asheboro last week there 8-3 in a
league contest, will play on their
home ground Saturday when they
meet Hanes Hosiery, of Winston
Salem, here at 4:15 in another
league game.
Next Wednesday the Blanke
teers will face Guilford College
here, the game being called at
4:30 p. m., and on Thursday will
play May Hosiery at Burlington.
In the game Wednesday of last
week with Asheboro, Powers, on
the mound, turned in a fine per
formance for Chatham, allowing
only six hits, and keeping these
well scattered. Davis, third base,
also featured the game with a fine
exhibition of fielding, and the
entire team played excellent base
ball as a whole.
Pre-School Clinic
Here Monday, May 13
According to a recent announce
ment by Dr. R. B. C. Franklin,
Surry county health officer, a
pre-school clinic will be held at
the Elkm school Monday, May 13,
at 9:30 a. m., o'clock
It is very important that all
children entering school for the
first time be examined before en
tering so that if any defects are
found they may be corrected be
fore they enter school. It will be
necessary for them to have certain
vaccines before they start to
school. They will be given diph
theria and smallpox vaccine if
they have no already had these
inoculations.
MOUNTAIN PARK
CITIZENS HONOR
THEIRWAR DEAD
Thurmond Chatham Is Speak
er At Special Services
PAINTS BRIGHT FUTURE
Warns Veterans Of Greater
Opportunities And
Responsibilities
FIVE ON HONOR ROLL
Addressing assembled veterans,
their friends and families, at a
meeting to honor war dead of
both world wars at the Mountain
Park Baptist church, Sunday,
Thurmond Chatham, himself a
veteran of both wars and a can
didate for Congress from the 5th
District, called upon veterans to
take an increasingly active part
in affairs of government.
Mr. Chatham, omitting refer
ences to his own political cam
paign, told the throng which com
pletely filled the church, that this
community has ahead of it the
greatest future it has ever had.
He outllined plans which are al
ready underway designed to bring
to the rural sections better educa
tional facilities and better roads,
long needed in this area. In stat
ing that a finer life was begin
ning to open up for the commun
ity, he urged that all persons take
part in hastening the coming of
it.
Speaking directly to veterans, he
warned them that the recent
fight, from which they have em
erged victorious, brought with it,
in addition to greater opportuni
ties, greater responsibilities. They
are, he said, responsibilities which
must be accepted wholeheartedly
if the promises of the future are
to be fulfilled.
Turning to the national scene,
Mr. Chatham stressed the fact
that a country tlfet could develop
mass production to such an ex
tent during the war shpuld cer
tainly be able to meet peacetime
requirements.
“There is no reason,” he said,
“why we can’t supply needs in
time of peace."
Mr. Chatham was introduced by
John Livingston, Williams, at
torney, who also presided over
the meeting.
Five veterans, from the Moun
tain Park community, who were
killed in action during the war,
were specifically honored. They
were: Homer Smith, Raymond
Cockerham, Ray Southard, Clyde
Royall, and Paul Calloway.
Dinner was served on the
grounds, with baskets being pro
vided by women of the church.
MRS. HINE DIES
IN LOUISVILLE
Mother Of Local Women And
A Native of Forsyth
Passes In Kentucky
LEAVES 7 CHILDREN
Mrs. Christine Ziglar Hine, 73,
mother of Mrs. E. T. Shamel and
Mrs. Luke Winn, both of this city,
and W. L. Hine, Jonesville, died
Monday morning at Louisville,
Ky., at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. C. A. Mosley.
Born in Forsyth county and the
widow of David T. Hine, Mrs.
Hine has lived in or near Wins
ton-Salem all her life until 1940
when she made her home between
Elkin, Columbus, Ga., and Louis
ville, Ky. She had been in de
clining health several months and
seriously ill several weeks.
Surviving in addiiton to those
mentioned above are: One other
daughter, three sons, two sisters,
and one brother.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday afternoon at Old
Town Moravian church.
Z. B. Martin Again
Jonesville Mayor
In a city election Monday' Z.
Bent Martin was reelected mayor
of Jonesville, defeating Lon Ves
tal, his opponent by a large ma
jority.
Martin polled 93 votes to Ves
tal’s 54.
Five town commissioners were
selected from a field of six candi
dates. They were: W. T. Pardue,
with 127 votes: Denver Cocker
ham, with 99 votes; and R. W.
Gregory, with 104 votes.
The defeated candidate was
Click Hall, who received 84 votes.
SUPPORT THURMOND CHATHAM — This issue of The Tribune
mirrors the confidence of the merchants and businessmen in
Thurmond Chatham, above, Elkin industralist, farmer and war
veteran who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination to Con
gress from the Fifth District. None of the advertising in the issue
devoted to Mr. Chatham's candidacy was solicited by The Tribune,
but represents a spontaneous tribute to his leadership and ability
on the part of his friends here.
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Tribune Edition Is
Devoted To Chatham
Elkin Merchants And Businessmen
Go All Out For Home Town Citizen
In evidence of the fact that El
kin merchants and businessmen
are going all out for Thurmond
Chatham in his campaign for
Congress, Tire Tribune is today is
suing a 32-page special Chat
ham for Congress edition, which,
according to H. F. Laffoon, pub
lisher of The Tribune and pub
licity manager for Chatham's
campaign, probably stands unique
in the annals of American jour
nalism.
This edition is being sponsored
by the merchants and was unso
licited, either by the newspaper or
by Mr. Chatham. The advertis
ing department merely furnished
lay-out service. Insofar as it is
known, this is the first edition of
its kind supporting a candidate
over the signatures of local busi
ness houses over advertisements,
which vary in size from a page
on down, to be issued throughout
the state and probably in the na
tion.
Mr. Chatham enjoys the reputa
tion of being an outstanding ben
efactor to this community, and
appreciation of the many good
deeds he has performed here is
LAFFOON TO
AD CHATHAM
Elkin Publisher And N. C.
Press Ass’n. Head, To
Handle Publicity
IS ANNOUNCED SUNDAY
An announcement recently re
leased by Thurmond Chatham's
campaign headquarters staff made
public the decision of Harvey F.
Laffoon. of Elkin, publisher of The
Elkin Tribune and president of
the North Carolina Press Associa
tion, to "devote the next three
weeks of my time to the Chatham
campaign."
Mr. Laffoon made the follow
ing statement:
"The Fifth District has never
had such art opportunity as it has
today, and though I do not have
the time to devote to the cam
paign, nor am I a politician, I
certainly am not going to lose the
opportunity to help my district
nominate and elect the best quali
fied man who has ever offered to
represent us.”
Mr. Laffoon, it was pointed out,
will assist Mr. Chatham in public
relations work until the primary
ob May 25.
being demonstrated by this special
edition of The Tribune. The
wholeheartedness with which ad
vertising was contributed by mer
chants whose business depends
upon the goodwill of the public il
lustrates the fact that in support
ing Chatham they feel that the
great majority of citizens here are
behind them, farmers and towns
men alike.
Claude Farrell, president of the
Merchants’ Association, made the
following statement:
“We merchants feel that we owe
a debt of gratitude to Thurmond
Chatham, as a man who has taken
a great deal of interest in our city
and who has materially benefited
(Continued on page eight, 1st sec.)
BUILDING TO
BE DISCUSSED
Board Of Education Will
Hold Special Meetirig For
School Building Plans
$210,000 SUM IS SOUGHT
A special meeting of the Board
of Education has been called for
May 13, according to John W.
Comer, superintendent of county
schools. Plans for new school
construction will be discussed.
The regular meeting of the
board, scheduled for last Monday,
was cancelled, Mr. Comer said,
due to the fact that the resolution
to come up for adoption was not
fully prepared.
The resolution which is to be
presented May 13 calls for the is
suing of bonds in the amount of
$210,000. The sum, if acquired,
is to be used for the most press
ing school building needs, chiefly
the construction of the new Dob
son school.
The board recently made a
thorough investigation of county
school building needs, and issued
recommendations on basis of need
as determined by the survey.
Ministers* Group
To Hold Luncheon
The Elkin-Jonesville Area Min
isters’ Association will hold its
regular monthly luncheon meet
ing, Monday, May 13, at 12:00
noon at the Gilvin Roth YMCA.
All members are urged to at- {
tend.
Chatham Forces Are
Pleased Over Gains
Made By Candidate
Saturday Final
Day To Register
For Primary
Saturday, May 11, will be the
last day voters will be given an
opportunity to register for the
Democratic primary elections, to
be held May 25. Books are to
be open at the city hall from 6
a. m. to 9 p. m.
Dixie Graham, city clerk and
registrar, has issued a warning to
all citizens wishing to vote in the
primary, stating that their names
must appear on the registration
books before ballots can be cast.
Many persons have their names
on the general election registra
tion book, and ^re under the im
pression that they are thereby
qualified to vote in the primary.
Mr. Graham states that this is
not the case. Registrations for
general and for primary elections
are entered in different books.
Persons voting in the Democratic
primary must be registered as
Democrats.
Mr. Graham advises all per
sons who have doubts concern
ing whether or not they are prop
erly registered should contact him
at his office in (.he city hall or
telephone for verification.
C. 0. PAYNE
DIES MAY 4TH
Passes Away In Germany,
Wife Is Notified By War
Department Tuesday
IN SERVICE OVER YEAR
Technician, fifth grade, Char
les O. Payne, husband of Mrs.
Cora L. Payne, of Jonesville, died
in Germany on May 4, according
to an official war department
telegram received Tuesday by his
wife.
The telegram read as follows:
“The Secretary of War asked me
to express his deep regret that
your husband T/5 Payne, Charles
O, died in Germany on May 4,
1946, as a result of cardio respira
tory failure acute.” The message
was sent by Adjutant General, Ed
ward P. Witsell.
T/5 Payne has been in service
for over a year and had been
serving overseas for approximate
ly six months. The son of Mrs.
Zada Payne, of Jonesville, he was
born in Wilkes county on March
8, 1915. He was married to the
former Miss Cora Lee Pruitt on
November 13, 1938.
Survivors include the wife, two
children, Odell Jr., of the home,
and Curley L. Payne, also of the
home, and his mother, Mrs. Zada
Payne.
FARM BUREAU
TO MEET 17TH
Regular Monthly Session To
Be Held At Courthouse
In Dobson
HAVE GOOD SPEAKERS
County Agent Neill M. Smith
has announced that the regular
monthly meeting of the Surry
Farm Bureau Federation will bo
held May 17, at 8 p. m. at the
courthouse in Dobson. Featured
on the program will be Roy R.
Bennett, extension tobacco specia
list from State College, and Dr.
Tom Smith, plant breeder and
outstanding investigator of the to
bacco test farm at Oxford.
According to Smith, this will be
the first opportunity farmers in
the county have had to hear these
two men since the end of the war.
They are to discuss the tobacco
program which is now getting un
derway in Surry. Main topics will
include tobacco cultivation, per
manent plant bed sites, variation,
and fertilization.
Smith will send letters to farm
ers giving details of the meeting
next week.
Claim People
Dissatisfied
With Congress
Interest in the Fifth District
race for Congress between Thur
mond Chatham, of Elkin and
Winston-Salem, and the incum
bent, John H. Folger, continues to
grow with each passing day. An
nouncement of the establishment
of Folger campaign headquarters
at Winston-Salem Tuesday mark
ed one of the newest develop
ments.
Chatham headquarters appear
optimistic over the show of
strength their candidate is mak
ing throughout the district, point
ing out that the public is dissatis
fied over the do-nothing policy of
the present Congress as mirrored
by epidemics of strikes during the
past and the crisis now facing the
nation caused by the current coal
strike. Fifth District voters, it
is pointed out, realize that more
sound business sense is needed in
Congress, rather than political
stalling. In Mr. Chatham they
see a man W’ho is successful as a
businessman, yet who is also
qualified to represent the farmers
and all other classes, rich or poor.
That Elkin is all-out for Mr.
Chatham goes without saying,
and talk has been heard lately
that even in Mr. Folger’s home
town of Mount Airy many think
ing citizens are of the opinion
that less politics and more sound
business sense is needed in the na
tion’s capital.
Meantime, the Folger forces
have been concentrating on the
fact that their candidate is an
old line Democrat who has gone
along with his party regardless of
the issues involved, and appear to
be seeking reelection for their
candidate purely on that basis,
rather than on the basis of proven
ability to best represent the Dis
trict.
Mr. Folger is expected to ar
rive in the District in the near
future to personally press his
campaign.
Thus far in the race the only
purely political blasts have come
from the Folger Camp. Mr. Chat
ham, in his first role as a candi
date for any office, admits that
he is not a politician and is not
experienced as is his opponent in
beclouding issues with charges
having no bearing on the real is
sues at stake, his supporters point
out.
Meanwhile the county races for
sheriff, clerk of court and other
offices of a more local nature,
are comparatively quiet, being ov
ershadowed by the more import
ant Congressional contest.
ELKIN WOMAN
BURIED TODAY
Mrs. Gentry Dies At Home
Of Daughter After A
Two Months Illness
PASSES WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Jurandy Catherine Gentry,
85, died Wednesday morning at
7:00 o’clock at the home of a
daughter, Mrs. J. L. Greenwood,
of Elkin, following a two months’
illness.
A daughter of the late Henry
and Verlinda Messick Marshall,
Mrs. Gentry was the widow of
Alexander Gentry who preceded
her in death nine years ago. She
was a charter member of Friend
ship Baptist church.
Surviving are four children:
three daughters, Mrs. Dan Wood
ruff, Mrs. Frank Miller, and Mrs.
J. L. Greenwood, all of Elkin; one
son, R. D. Gentry, also of this
city: cyie brother, John Marshall,
of Little Rock, Arkansas; 22
grandchildren; 54 great grandchil
dren; and four great-great grand
children.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed today (Thursday) at 11 o’clock
at Friendship Baptist church, with
Rev. T. S. Draughn, her pastor,
officiating. Interment will be
made in the church cemetery.
If you think moderns have lost
faith, observe how many buy
country butter without knowing
who made it.