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4 ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina The Elkin Tribune * ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 35 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1946 $2.00 PER YEAR 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS STATE RALEIGH, July 30. — Sev eral tobacco warehouses in the border belt will be unable to begin operations when the to bacco season starts this Thurs day because of the faulty con dition of their scales, it was reported tonight. C. D. Bau com, superintendent of the weights and measures division of the state department of ag riculture, said that he had ap pealed to an Ohio scales manu facturer to rush mechanics to the scene to make the neces ^ sary corrections. He said, how ever, that it was doubtful whether they could arrive In time to repair the scales before the season’s opening Thursday. Meanwhile, Baucom warned to bacco warehousemen, dealers and growers of a number of “important changes” that had been put into effect regarding the handling of tobacco at North Carolina markets this year. 4 ♦ RALEIGH, July 30. — Sky rocketing returns from all tax sources during the war years— and the first year of peace— have placed the state of North Carolina in the best financial condition in its history. Gov ernor Cherry reported today that on June 30—end of the 1945-46 fiscal year—the state’s general fund had a surplus of $27,438,017 and the highway fund had a surplus of $50,821, 491. The general fund surplus docs not include a postwar re serve fund which was set aside by the general assembly of 1943 and which now amounts to $20,537,701. The surplus in the general fund was accumu lated despite the fact that op erating expenses of the state government last year were “greater than for any period in the state's history by about $12,000,000.” ^ NATIONAL WASHINGTON, July 30. — > Government officials tonight predicted higher price ceilings for caned vegetables, breakfast cereals, coffee and possibly bread and other bakery prod ucts. Meanwhile OPA rolled out more price increases on clothing and laid the ground iA work for still more garment If hikes—perhaps as much as 15 to 20 per cent—under terms of the new price control law. Of ficials who asked to remain anonymous said the govern ment has just about decided against restoration of subsidies on coffee and three major can ned vegetables—peas, com and tomatoes. INTERNATIONAL PARIS, July 30. — Secretary L . of State James F. Byrnes * j * warned the 21-nation peace conference today not to let a futile search for perfection weaken the future security of Europe and promised that this time the United States would do its full share in carrying out peace treaties. Byrnes prom ised the conference that, though the United States would stand by agreements on treaty drafts which the big four foreign ministers made be fore the conference started, he would do his best to obtain ap proval of any contrary agree 0> ments which the peace confer ence reached by a two-thirds vote. This was an assurance to all small nations that America would fight any attempt tc make the conference a rubber stamp for big-power agree ments. * PEIPING, July 30. •— Three hundred motorized United States marines armed with howitzers spread through a cornfield battleground near Peiping today looking for ar It undetermined number of com rades missing after a clash with Chinese communists ir which four marines were killed and 19 wounded. The heavily armed patrol, supported bj warplanes, sped out of Tient sin Monday upon the firsl flashed word that a 100-mar truck convoy had been am bushed 35 miles southeast oi Peiping and was outnumbered three to one. The relief force did not arrive, however, unti *C the four-hour engagement was over and the convoy had escap ed from the danger zone in a storm of rifle fire from Chines* in the com rows. Everything has its beauty bul P not everyone sees it. i FIRST TO FLY — Miss Mabel Leeper, daughter of Mrs. T. A. Leep er, of this city, holds the distinction of being the first Elkin girl to solo. Taking her training at the Elkin Airport, operated by Blue Ridge Aviation, Inc., Miss Leeper was instructed by Pilot Bill Tay lor. She is pictured above standing by a plane at the Elkin air port. LEGION IS TO STAGEBOUTS Second Boxing Show To Be Presented By George Gray Post On August 16 ALL AMATEUR FIGHTERS American Legion boxing com mittee, headed by Raymond Ves tal, will present the season’s sec ond fight card here on August 16, with proceeds going to the Ameri can Legion hut fund. Ten bouts, with two colored fights, are sched uled. Most fighters on the coming card will be from in and around Elkin, and all will be amateurs. Sid Patton, of Pilot Mountain, is to referee the bouts. The card includes Roger Boles, Brooks Crossroads, vs. Tom Par ker, U. S. Army; Billy Cockerham, Boonville, vs. Ed Chappell, Elkin; Buddy Smith, Trap Hill, vs. Sam Shugart, Elkin; Sam Johnson, Elkin, vs. Justice Richardson, Trap Hill; Russell Triplette, Ron da, vs. Johnny Powers, Elkin; Steven Lyons. Trap Hill, vs. Dan ny Parks, Elkin; and Don Kirk man, Pilot Mountain, vs. Killer Dobson, Mount Airy. The two colored bouts will pre sent Harry Tate, Jonesville, vs. Marvin Campbell, Trap Hill; and Clarence Fletcher, Trap Hill, vs. Roosevelt Hilton, Jonesville. Need 6 Youngsters To Fill 4-H Quota Three boys and three girls are needed to fill Surry county’s quo ta of delegates to the 4-H short course, to be held at State College, Raleigh, August 12 to August 17, County Agent Neill M. Smith has announced. The delegation is to leave Dob son August 12 and will return Au gust 17, with transportation being provided by bus. Total cost of the trip for each boy or girl, Smith said, will be 15 dollars.To be eligi ble for the course boy or girl must be over 13 years of age and prop erly enrolled in one of the coun ty's 4-H clubs. The first six per sons applying who are qualified will be included in the delegation. Applications must be in by August 5. Boys and girls will make the trip under the direction of Hugh D. Barden, assistant county agent. Y Announces Free Swimming Classes YMCA officials have announced that free learn-to-swim classes for • boys and girls from 9:30 to 10:30 will be held in the Y pool, begin ning Thursday, August 1, to last for one week. Membership in the YMCA is not ! required for those wishing to take advantage of this opportunity to 1 learn to swim, although a mini mum charge of five cents will be • made for the use of towels and 1 soap. A character is like an acrostic— read it forward, backward, or acoss, It still spells the same thing. Water Not Off Sunday But Will Be Off Friday Due to an unavoidable delay, city water service to East Elk in was not suspended last Sun day afternoon, as originally announced in The Tribune. Water will however, be cut off between the hours of 8 and 12 a. m. tomorrow (Friday) in or der to allow the necessary re pairs to be made, City Co ordinator Joe Saylor has an nounced. East Elkin, the area east of Chatham Manufactur ing Company, will be the only district affected. DIXON SPEAKER AT LIONS MEET Plans For Forthcoming Horse Show Here Are Discussed By Asheville Man TO BE HELD AUGUST 31 At the regular meeting of the Lions club, held Monday night at Neaves Park, members heard an address by Fred Dixon, of Raleigh, and discussed with John L. Bow ers, Asheville horse show promot er, plans for the forthcoming El kin horse show. About 70 members attended the meeting at which a barbecue chicken supper was served. Mr. Dixon, outstanding civic leader in Eastern North^Carolina, spoke on the functioning of civic clubs in the community. He gave from his experiences suggestions for making “tick”, methods by which maximum benefits can be obtained, both by the community and club members. Mr. Bowers, who has promoted many horse shows throughout the state during the past several years, presented members with a detail ed plan for holding th show here. The show is scheduled for August 31. He stated that present indica tions were that the show here would be successful, saying that about 125 entrees, from stables throughout North Carolina, were assured. • Guests at the meeting were Alex Biggs and Clyde Carroll, guests of Claude Farrell, and S. A. Sauls, of Raleigh, who accompanied Mr, Dixon. Hope For Increase In Sugar Supply The government's top sugar of ficials at Washington said Tues day that most disappointed hold ers of sugar ration coupons will be able to use them within a few days. For many weeks the shortage has been so acute that many have gone sugarless. In Elkin sugar has been practically impossible to find at local grocers. The officials said, however, il will probably be next spring oi summer before the amount per person can be boosted. VOTE TO MOVE WAKE FOREST TO TWIN CITY N. C. Baptists Accept Rey nolds Foundation Offer MEET IN GREENSBORO 300-Acre Reynolda Tract Is Offered As A Site For College When Moved BROUGHTON PRE SIDES North Carolina’s 600,000 Bap tists, represented by delegates at Greensboro Tuesday, have decided to accept the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation offer of a $10,750,000 endowment for Wake Forest Col lege which provides for the re moval of the 112-year-old institu tion to Winston-Salem. The delegates voted almost un animously to accept the offer late in the afternoon, following nearly two and one-half hours of dis cussion, at a special session of the North Carolina Baptist State Con vention, called by Dr. C. C. War ren, of Charlotte, its president. The issue, pending since last spring, was decided by a register ed total of 2,280 messengers, rep resenting the Baptist denomina tion in North Carolina, at a ses sion held in Aycock Memorial Au ditorium of Woman’s College. The convention deferred for action at a later date such mat ters as disposition of the present Wake Forest College properties, /if 0*1 /if f Of t A Dcfoh. lish the college on a 300-acre tract of Reynolda, the Reynolds family estate at Winston-Salem^ and a date for the actual start of remov al operations some five years hence. Use of the present Wake Forest College facilities, located 17 miles northeast of Raleigh in Wake county, will be recommended for the establishment of a southeast ern theological seminary when the Baptist State Convention meets again November 12-14 at Ashe ville. Former Governor J. Melville Broughton, of Raleigh, chairman of the convention’s special com mittee of the Reynolds Founda tion offer, presented and discuss ed the resolution of the accept ance. Siloam Negro Dies Of Gunshot Wounds Stacey Jane Zigler, 22, Negro of tire Siloam community, died at 2:30 a.m. Monday at a Mount Airy hospital as result of gunshot wounds inflicted last Sunday, al ledgedly by Lewis Mitchell, 22, Negro, also of Siloam. Mitchell is being held in the Mount Airy jail without bond awaiting a hearing on charges of firing the gun which inflicted the fatal shot. Mrs. Zigler, it was re ported. was shot in the leg and died of loss of blood. Officers said that they were told a number of Negroes were having a party at a home near Siloam when Mrs. Zigler threw a pillow at Mitchell, who was holding a loaded shot gun. The pillow re portedly struck the gun, causing it to discharge its load into Mrs. Zigler’s leg. ANNUAL PICNIC PLANNED AUG. 8 Masonic Event Will Be Held At Mocksville; Is 67th In Series Held There PLAN ENTERTAINMENT Mocksville, July 30. — Plans are complete for the 67th annual Ma sonic picnic which will be held here August 8. This event is foi Oxford orphanage. The institu tion has received more than $93, 000 from picnic proceeds. J. B. Johnston, superintendent of the Barium Springs orphanage will speak during the morning and at noon picnic baskets, prepared and donated by the women of Da vie county, will be spread under a huge arbor on the picnic grounds which occupy 16 acres. Amuse ments on the grounds will fea ture the merry-go-round and other riduiE devices, and a double header baseball gam^. During the morning and after noon a singing class from the or phanage will entertain as well as the "Dixie Doodlers” from the Shrine in Charlotte. Last year the event attracted about 10.00C from this and other states arid a record is expected this year. The event is sponsored by the local Masonic lodge. Knox Johnstone is general manager and R. B. San ford, Jr., is master of the lodge, Prominent Masons throughout the state will attend. SURRY WILDLIFE DELEGATES — Nancy Reamer, left, of the Beulah 4-H club, and Roger Maines, right of the North Elkin club, represented Surry county at the 4-H Wildlife Conference held at Camp Millstone, July 23 to 27. The two took part in the week s program which included lectures and discussions, field trips, han dicraft, nature hikes, swimming, and movies. The Elkin Wildlife club helped make it possible for the pair to attend. —Tribune Photo. YADKIN WILDLIFE DELEGATES — Lois Martin, left, and Lillian Maynard, right, were Yadkin county’s delegates to the Wildlife Conference at Camp Millstone. Supervising the conference were L. R. Harrill, State 4-H leader, and Eleanor Barber, assistant lead er. Included on the program were Mrs. Charlotte Hilton Green, author and lecturer; W. L. Hamnett, biologist of the N. C. Depart ment of Conservation and Development; and J. Harold King, game law enforcement supervisor. —Tribune Photo. Wildlife Club To Meet At Y On August 2nd There will be a meeting of the Wildlife club Friday, Au gust 2, at 7:30 p.m. at the YMCA. A business session will be held, during which officers for the coming year will be elected. Present officers are: Howard Hatch, president; Hugh A. Royall, vice-president; and Sam Neaves, secretary. Ail members are urged to attend. Ratings Are Given To Establishments In Yadkin County A sanitary inspection of various eating and serving establishments in Yadkin county has been made by the District Health Depart ment, and the standing of each place is given below as reported to us: Arlington Grocery 82: Boone Castle 72.5; Boonville Drug Store 71.5; Cleary’s Market 79; Davis Esso Lunch 90; Eagle Cafe 80.5; Holcomb and Swaim 81; J. and P. Grocery 71.5; Johnson Meat Pro cessing Plant 74; Jonesville Gro cery 82.5 Main Street Grocery 81; The Night Spot 80; Rendezvous Club 90.5; Shore Cash Store 83.5; Smithcrman Cafe 81; Smitherman Market 80; Wagoner and McBride 77.5; Webb’s Place 90; Yadkin Cafe 81. Surry Farm Bureau To Meet August 8th Regular monthly meeting of the Surry Farm Bureau will be held next Wednesday, August 8, at 8. p.m. at the Mountain Park school. Program for the evening will be in charge of Sam Austin and H. M. Willis, of the U. S. soil conser^ vation service. Moving pictures dealing with soil conservation will be shown. Presiding over the meeting will be R. E. Snow, of Zephyr, Route 1 bureau. , president of the CITE HARDSHIP TO VETERANS Subsistence Allowances Sus pended In Many Cases Of On-The-Job Trainees REQUIREMENTS NOT MET Subsistence allowances of an increasing number of veteran on the-job trainees in North Carolina are being suspended because of employers’ misunderstanding of starting-wage requirements, it has been reported by Judson D. De Ramus, Veterans Administration regional manager in Winston Salem. VA cannot pay subsistence, Mr. DeRamus explained, in cases where the allowance appears to be employed as a means of reduc ing starting wages instead of as a bridge. between the normal starting wage and journeyman wage. In cases where it is found that a veteran’s wage has been re duced following his induction as a trainee, VA is forced to suspend his subsistence allowance until the situation has been clarified. “There has been an increasing number of cases requiring suspen sion of late,” Mr. DeRamus said, "and we are attempting to edu cate the training establishments as to wage requirements so that this hardship to the veteran may be eliminated.” In explaining the basis on which the allowance is paid, he stated that if a veteran had been employed at $100 a month in training for a position having a journeyman wage of $175, the subsistence allowance could not exceed the difference,between the starting and journeyman scales. Reduction of a married trainee’s salary from $100 to $85 in order that he may receive the maximum $90 a month is contrary to the in tent of the law, Mr. DeRamus said. A foolish consistency is the hab goblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers rn. x uvUp aim 3 per cent the record for June, highest month since V-J Day. Tire July estimate is tentative, Small told reporters in explaining his June production report issued last night, but it is clear, he ad ded, that national output is “ap proaching the peak.” The report showed better-than prewar production in June of washing machines, vacuum clean ers, electric irons, table-model ra dios and gas ranges, as well as substantial gains in refrigerators and electric ranges. Mechanic Painfully Hurt In Mishap Here About two hours after he had begun work as a mechanic at the Yadkin Auto Sales garage, Prank Newman, of Swan Creek, was painfully injured when the car beneath which he was working was khocked from its props, pin ning him beneath. It was reported that a second automobile entered the garage while Newman was beneath the machine he was repairing. Due to faulty brakes, the moving car was unable to stop before hitting the raised machine and knocking it off the jacks. Newman was pin ned to the garage floor. Hospital reports indicate that his most serious injury was a brok en collar bone. Jersey Cattle Show Planned In August The North Carolina Jersey Cat tle Club has announced a Jer sey Show at Statesville, beginning at 10 a. m., August 8. Cattle will be brought in by breeders throughout the State for a competition to select the winner to join the herd for the National Jersey Show at Columbus, Ohio. L. Y. Ballentine, president of the organization, invited all coun ty agents and Jersey breeders to participate in the show, or to at tnd regardless of entries. The Columbus show will be sponsored by the American Jersey Cattle Club and will include only Jerseys. God can’t be everywhere and so invented Mothers. due to the construction of the highway in the vicinity, the curve has been the scene of several ac cidents and near-accidents in the past few years. KUKLUXKLAN UNDER PROBE Justice Department Investi gating Hooded Order To Seek Law Violations INVESTIGATE 7 STATES Washington. — The Justice De partment disclosed today that it is investigating Ku Klux Klan acti vities in seven states to determine whether Federal laws are being violated. The Department said court ac tion will be instituted against the Klan if such violations are uncov ered. Evidence involving any viola tions of State laws will be turned over to State authorities, if re quested. * The investigation is being made under the direction of the Depart ment’s civil rights section in New York, Michigan, Tennessee, Flor ida, California, Mississippi and Georgia. However, complaints are being received from all parts of the country about the resurgent Klan's activities. The originators include individuals, labor unions, civil rights societies and other or ganizations. A large elephant consumes 800 pounds of green fodder in 18 hours. Legion To Meet At Neaves Park At 6:30 The George Gray post of the American Legion is to meet to night (Thursday) at Neaves Park at 6:30, it has been an nounced. A business session will be held following a fish fry sup per. Milton Cooper, post com mander, will preside. Two Are Hurt In Accident At Boonville 4 Important Notice To East Elkin Subscribers Effective next week, due to the fact that we are unable to secure a carrier for the East Elkin route, we will be forced to mall papers for that-spetion with our regular mailing list. Subscribers Who have been buying the paper from the car rier boy should enter their sub scription to the paper with this office. The Tribune is on sale at the main gate of the Chatham Manufacturing Company and if our readers prefer they can purchase it there. We sincerely regret that we have been forced to discontinue this route and trust that our readers will bear with us in this matter until we can again in augurate a cairier service in that section. Thank you. WARNSNOTTO RAISE HOPES Impending Price Boosts Not Likely To Make Every thing Plentiful Quickly PRODUCTION HIGH PEAK Washington, July 31. — CPA Boss John D. Small cautioned to day against consumer hopes that impending price boosts might quickly fill shelves and showrooms with shiny new goods. Noting that the OPA revival act requires higher prices for many items, the Civilian Production Ad ministrator said this alone “can not be expected to bring a flood of new goods into the market.” “The economy,” Small added, “is too close to full production to allow a significant over-all in crease in output except through increased man-hour productivity.” Civilian production this month probably has equaled the biggest month in history, Dec., 1941, the W. E. Burcham Sustains Bad Gash on Head W. E. Burcham. 47, of Jones ville, owner and operator of the Beaver Creek Weaving company of Boonville, narrowly escaped death yesterday morning when the pick up truck which he was driving col lided with another machine on a curve on highway 67 just inside Boonville city limits. Mr. Burcham was taken to the Elkin hospital immediately follow ing the accident. There his condi tion was pronounced not serious following an examination and x rays. A large gash on the forehead required several stitches to close, and he suffered numerous cuts and bruises. Occupants of the other car, op erated by Jack Swift, 26, of Moun tain Park, were Bill Dickerson, 23, of State Road, and Richard Ken nedy, 18, of State Road. All es caped injury, although Dickerson, as well as Mr. Burcham, remained hospitalized. Swift and Kennedy were released following first aid. Both machines were almost to tally demolished, with Swift’s ve hicle overturning following the collision. As nearly as could be determin ed, the Sccidcnt occurred when Swift, traveling toward Elkin, went over the center line of the left side of he highway in at tempting to make the curve. His machine apparently slid in front of the car occupied by Mr. Bur cham, which hit the Swift car on the right side just behind the front wheel. The pick-up was turned completely around by the impact, and the other car rolled over on the shoulder of tfie highway. Swift’s automobile was judged to be a total loss, while Mr. Bur cham’s machine was severely damaged in front. Escape of the occupants without serious injuries appeared almost miraculous. The accident was investigated by Corp. J. S. McKinney, of the state highway patrol. Swift was cited for a hearing before Justice of the Peace J. E. Shew, of Yad kinvillc. Residents of houses near the scene of the accident stated that,
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