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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina e ! ELKIN Gateway To Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 35 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1946 $2.00 PER YEAR 14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS Appeal Taken 1 By Greenwood In Local Case Is Charged With Failure to Comply With Elkin’s Rat-Proofing Ordinance to. ■ Following a finding of guilty at magistrates court here Monday on charges of failing to comply with a city rat proofing ordinance, An drew Greenwood, owner of down town property, through his attor ney, Judge Roy Deal of Winstoiv Salem, filed notice of appeal to superior court. Justice of the Peace Julius Hall ordered that Greenwood pay $50 fine plus costs, with sentence sus pended on condition that the ^ Greenwood property be properly rat-proofed within 30 days. Judge Deal refused to accept the decision of the lower court on behalf of his client, notifying Mr. Hall that the case would be appealed to Surry County Superior Court, to be held early in September at Dobson. Warrant was served on Green wood, it was reported, on July 10. At the same time a warrant was issued against Miss Maude Green wood, the defendant’s sister, on similar charges. Hearing was 0 scheduled originally for July 15, ' but was continued for three weeks until last Monday. Greenwood was specifically charged with violation of Section 6 of the Ordinance. Typhus Con trol in the Town of Elkin. Section 6 provides: That upon receipt of written no Ajce and order from the Health ^Officer, the owner of any business building specified therein shall take immediate measures for rat proofing the said building and a failure to complete the rat proof ing within the time specified in the written notice, which shall in no event be less than 15 days, or CLUB ELECTS NEWOFFICERS ^Jlugh Chatham Is Named To Succeed Howard Hatch As President Of Group STEVENS IS SPEAKER Members of the Elkin Wildlife Club met last Friday to elect new officers and to hear an address j by Dr. Ross Stevens. The session •* took place at the Gilvin Roth . YMCA. Officers elected were: Hugh Chatham, to succeed H. C. Hatch: Frank Miller, vice-president, suc ceeding Hugh A. Roy a 11» and Sam * Atkinson, secretary-treasurer, to succeed Sam Neaves. Dr. Stevens emphasized the re markable growth of the Elkin chapter, which was organized slightly more than a year ago and now has a membership of 300, and of the State .organization as a ^ *whole. He also outlined legislation which is to be presented to the State assembly this winter in Ra leigh on behalf of the wildlife pro gram. Object of the bill Dr. Stevens hopes to put through at the next session of the legislature is to re move game and inland fisheries division from the department of conservation and development, thus creating a separate agency. The proposed agency, he elaborat ed, will contain • nine members, one from each district in the state. They will meet each July ^and January and submit a bien nial report to the governor. The commission will be invested with duties involving records, supplies, equipment, and other assets be longing to the game and fish di vision, he said. Car Crashes Into Rear Of Big Truck Clyde Murphy, 24, of this city, was indicted on charge of operat u ing an automobile without a driv ^ er’s license, as result of an acci dent occurring Wednesday night of last week on North Bridge street. It was reported that Murphy, driving a car belonging to his mother, Mrs. C. J. Murphy, ram med the back of a truck belong ing tor Brendle & Sons company, which was occupied by Douglas Brendle. The truck was said to have been parked on the street, where it had stopped to discharge passenger. Murphy claims .that was unable to see the machine and thus failed to avoid the crash. His machine was considerably damaged by the impact. Officer T. B. Sams, of the El kin police force, investigated* t / within the time in which a written extension may have been granted by the Health Officer, shall be deemed a violation of this ordi nance. During the hearing Judge Deal asked E. E. Hinton, director of Ty phus Control of the N. C. State Board of Health, if it were not true that owners of‘other build ings in the city had not yet com plied with the rat proofing ordi nance. Mr. Hinton admitted that this was true, explaining that the others had not received written notices until after Greenwood had been notified. Judge Deal then asked if it were not true that some of these property owners were members of the board of town commissioners. Mr. Hinton an swered he did not know, but such might be the case. The warrant issued for Mr. Greenwood did not come from the ■(Continued on page eight, 1st. sec.) THREE YADKIN YOUTHS HURT Automobile Performs Triple Somersault Monday Near Sedge Garden BLOWOUT SAID CAUSE Three Yadkin county youths were seriously injured Monday morning at about 11 a. m. when the car in which they were travel ing performed a triple somersault in the air following a blow-out near Sedge Garden. All three were confined in a Winston-Salem hospital, where officials said that Donald Styers, 18, of Yadkinville had a fractur ed spine; Thomas Pinnix, 20, of Cycle, had a fractured vertebra and rib; and Locksley Hutchens, 16. of Yadkinville, had painful in ternal bruises. According to State Highway Patrolman E. L. Smith, Styers, who was operating the machine, was to be charged with reckless driving. The officer indicated that the car had been traveling at a high rate of speed. The right front tire of the car is said to have blown as the youths were traveling a mile and a half east of Sedge Garden on the Waugh town - Kernersville highway. The machine continued for 471 feet, mostly uphill. It turned over three times, throwing its occupants clear, and crashed down an embankment. The car was demolished. Plan Homecoming At Copeland August 18 Copeland Baptist Church plans a homecoming to be held Sunday, August 18, with services beginning at 10:30 o’clock. Everyone is invited to come and to bring a w£ll filled basket lunch as lunch will be served on the ground. In the afternoon special music will be furnished by quartets. All former pastors and members of the church are extended a spe cial invitation to attend. Make Elaborate Plans For Elkin’s First Horse* Show With more than $700 in prize money, added trophies and ribbons offered, the Elkin Lions Club Horse Show, to be held Saturday, Sept. 14, at the Ludwig stables, located two miles from here on the Winston-Salem highway, is said to rank as one of the better one day shows to be offered in North Carolina this season. Two performances will be presented. Ring, bleachers, and lighting facilities at the new show ground have been completed, it has beeif Due to the fact that August 31, date originally scheduled for the Elkin Horse Show, was discovered to conflict with a similar event in this section of the state, the local show has been postponed to Saturday, September 14. announced. Two outstanding and well qualified judges have been invited to make the awards. Ex tensive. plans for stable accomo dations for horses and entertain ment for visitors have been made. Through courtesy of the Char lotte Junior Chamber of Com merce, 50 full sized stalls with tail boards are to be moved here from that city. Lions have secured as manager for the show John L. Bowers, of •Black Mountain, who has handled shows in Asheville, Henderson ville, and Charlotte. Mr. Bowers Is well known by outstanding horse exhibitors throughout the Carolinas and neighboring states. Elkin Lions have, according to Mr. Bowers, done ah excellent job in preparing for and arranging Elkin’s first horse show. He parti cularly congratulated H. Glenn York, who has been active in the sale of program advertisements. Prize lists, entry blanks, and other information concerning ‘the show may be obtained from Mr. York, or by writing Mr. Bowers manager of Elkin Horse Show, P. O. box 476, Elkin. MORE SCRAP FOR THE HEAP — Pictured above is the result of a two-car collision which occurred at Boonville Wednesday of last week. Three persons were badly injured. The pick-up truck was being driven by W. E. Burcham, of Jonesville, who was hospitalized, and the sedan, overturned, was operated by Jack Swift, of Mountain Park. With Swift were Bill Dickerson and Richard Kennedy, both of State Road, both hospitalized. — Tribune Photo. ONE IS INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Olin Wishon In Hugh Chat ham Hospital Following Crash On Traphill Road AUTO IS SIDESWIPED And accident occurring about three miles out on the Traphill road last Thursday morning at about 8:30 placed Olin Wishon, about 20, of the Benham commu nity, in the Elkin hospital with injuries which were at first thought to be serious. • With Wishon at the time of the accident was J. T. Mathis, 18, al so of Benham. Wishon’s machine reportedly sideswiped another car operated by Ralph Gentry of Ben ham, and subsequently rolled over into a field. The two youths were on their way to work. Wishon was thrown out of the car as it overturned, and was brought by ambulance to the hos pital. His condition was later re ported satisfactory and not seri ous. Mathis escaped with minor injuries. FOUR PERSONS ARE INJURED Car Operated By S. S. Byrd, Of Elkin, Crashes Into Tree At Boonville AUTO BADLY DAMAGED Four persons sustained minor injuries Monday evening in Boon ville wh’en a car operated by S. S. Byrd, of this city, went out of control and crashed into a tree. With Byrd were Clyde Ross of State Road, Miss Myrtle Lund of Maine, and Miss Etta Shafner, of Wilmington, Delaware. All were taken to the Elkin hospital artd released following first aid. According to witnesses, Byrd was driving toward Winston Salem when he attempted to pass a panel truck going in the same direction. His car is reported to have left the road on the left side, swerved again to the right, and to have left the highway to strike a tree in the yard of Wiley Nor man’s home. The vehicle was badly damaged. Tribune Advertising Gets Results Surry County Schools To Open On Sept. 5th Three Bids Submitted For Building New Dobson School; Folger On Board Date for the opening of Surry county schools was set, bids re ceived on the construction of -a new school at Dobson, and a new member appointed to the board at a meeting of the board of educa tion held at Dobson Monday, Sup erintendent John W. Comer has announced. The board, legally charged with establishing the opening date of county schools each fall, selected September 5, which falls on a Thursday, as the day upon which BOARD ADOPTS COUNTY BUDGET Estimated Revenue For En suing Year Expected To Amount To $445,895.94 TAX SALE IN SEPTEMBER County commissioners met Monday at Dobson to adopt a budget for the fiscal year 1946-’47 and to draw jurors for the Sep tember term of court. Other business included a decision by the board that the sale of lands for delinquent taxes be continued un til the first Monday in Septem ber. When the budget was presented for adoption, no protests were registered, it was reported, and the statement was accepted as it stood. Tire budget shows a total expenditure of $445,895.94. with the estimated revenue from all sources expected to be the same. Expenditures are to include: gen eral county fund, $157,075.11; debt service, $84,914.58; and coun ty schools, $203,906.25. Revenue, ^according to the budget, will in clude: $99,800.37 from taxes; $132,007.07, other revenue; and $84,088.50 of surplus funds. WILL COMBINE DRAFT BOARDS Surry No. 1 And No. 2 Boards Will Be Merged With Head quarters At Dobson CENTRALLY LOCATED The tw'O Surry county draft boards, number l at Mount Airy and number 2 at Dobson, are soon to be combined into only one of fice,.* Mrs. C. L. Folger, of the Dobson boaru, revealed Tuesday. The merger, ordered by State headquarters, is to take place prior to August 26. This is in line, Mrs. Folger said, with the national policy to streamline the draft or ganization. # Counties which still have more than one board are to have the boards combined into a single unit. Previously a reduc tion of personnel took place. Mrs. Folger stated that the merger would be made to conserve office space, but that existing personnel, as far as she knew, w-ould remain the same. Files of the Mount Airy board, which will be moved to Dobson, will be kept separate from the files now kept at the county seat. Clerks of each board are still to have jurisdic tion over their own registrants. Dobson was selected as the site of the single draft board due to its central location in the county. the kids will tuck their books un der their arms and head back to classes. Three bids were tendered to the board for the building of a new Dobson school, ranging from $130,000 to $156,000. Although it was reportedly originally intend ed to accept a bid on the day of the meeting, the board did not reach any decision, but decided to consider the matter before giving a definite answer on August 15. Dr. Joe Folger of Dobson was appointed to the board to replace L. A. Norman of Zephyr, who fail ed to qualify. The Surry board of education is now composed of P. N. Taylor of White Plains, chair man, C. A. McNeil of Elkin, J. A. Pell of Pilot Mountain, J. G. Wood of Copeland, and Dr. Folger. NAB SUSPECTS IN ROBBERY Are Accused Of Complicity In $28,999 Poker Game Theft In Wilkes County EVIDENCE SAID STRONG Two men, suspected of complic ity in the $28,000 poker game robbery, which took place near North Wilkesboro on July 6. are being held in the Wilkes county jail, Sheriff C. G. Poindexter re vealed Tuesday. The men, identified as Calvin M. Spillman and Calla M. Keaton, were arrested at two different points at different times, reports say. Keaton was taken by two of Sheriff Poindexter's deputies Monday in Charlotte, following his acquittal there on an attempt ed automobile larceny charge. spuiman, me snenii saia, was brought in Tuesday afternoon by the F. B. I. after he had been picked up near Cooleemee, in the neighborhood of his home. Both were arrested on warrants charging them with complicity in the armed robbery. Sheriff Poindexter said that the two men were to be held for two or three days before questioning until he is able to .dispense with current business in the Wilkes court. He considers his evidence against the two suspects “pretty strong” but so far has declined to reveal any details. The robbery is reported to have taken place at the home of Jim Foster, where a high-stake poker game was in progress. Two white men wearing masks and equipped with a machine gun and a pistol were said to have entered the game room, swept up the stakes, emptied a safe, and escaped in a large sedan which had the license plates covered with white cloth with loot totaling about $28,000. Group To Leave For YMCA Camp Aug, 17 T. C. McKnight, general secre tary of the YMCA, has announced that a group of boys and girls will leave the YMCA Saturday morn ing, August 17, at 9:30 o’clock for Camp Hanes, Winston-Salem, to camp for a week. It is requested that any boy or girl who has not received a list of what they will need to carry to camp, to please secure one from the YMCA. Country’s Highest Safety Recognition Comes To Chatham LOSES ARM IN AUTO ACCIDENT John Rose, of Jonesville, Se verely Injured In Wreck Saturday Night COLLIDED WITH AUTO John "McKinley Rose, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Rose of Jones ville, received injuries in a wreck occurring at Ronda Saturday night which resulted in the loss of, an arm. , The automobile which Rose was driving collided with another ma chine which was operated by Vaughn Wood, 24, of Shepperds Crossroads community. Rose's arm was badly crushed and al most severed in the accident, making amputation necessary lat er at the Elkin hospital. In addi tion to the arm injury he sus tained other less severe hurts. Riding with Wood was Lonnie Burcham, 13, who received minor injuries. He was released following a night's confinement at the hos pital. Two other youths, besides Wood, escaped injury. The accident was investigated by Highway Patrolman Sidney Carter. WESTFIELD MAN NAMED TO FSA Glenn Payne Is Appointed Mfember Of Surry County FSA Committee REVIEW APPLICATIONS Glenn Payne, of Westfield, has been appointed to serve on the county FSA committee, H. W. Cartner, Farm Security super visor, has revealed. Mr. Payne will replace R. C. Flippin of Pilot Mountain, whose term has expii’ed. Other commit teemen, all appointed for a three year term, are Sam A. Holder of Mount Airy, Route 1, and fili pol lins, of Dobson, Route 2. The committee, Mr. Cartner said, will review all applications for loans made to the FSA. It will also review all borrowers who have been in the FSA program for three full crop ye&rs -and make definite recommendations, both to the borrower and to the FSA of fice, as to future handling of the case. Where, Mr. Cartner said, it is determined that the farmer has made progress enough to stand on his own feet, it will be recom mended that the farmer be re- . ferred to other sources of credit than the FSA. The committee also is to ap praise and certify farms for which loan applications have been made. It indicates a trival knowledge of the true nature, and a trival re spect for the true worth and dig nity of man, if the stimulus of a reward in another world must be held out in order to rouse him to action worthy of his nature and high calling. Tribune Named As Member In Audit Bureau Of Circulations Word was received this week of the election of The Elkin Tribune to membership in the A. B. C. — the Audit Bureau of Circulations. In becoming a member of the A. B. C., The Tribune joins the ranks of the most progressive weekly papers of the 10,000 week lies in the nation, who are quali fied to use the A. B. C. symbol of honest circulation. It is the only newspaper in Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes counties to hold such membership. The recent audit of the circula tion records of The Tribune by one of the A. B. C. auditors, showed that The Tribune has a total, net paid, circulation of 2, 364, with a press run of 2,916, these additional papers going to local advertisers, national adver tisers and advertising agencies, correspondents’, ete. For many years it has, unfor tunately, bgen true > that some publishers have exaggerated their circulation totals. If a publisher had 500 readers he was apt to claim a thousand; if he had a thousand he was apt to claim he had 2,000, and so on. Forward looking publishers of the nation decided that the time had come to join the A. B. C. Be cause when circulation is reported by the A. B. C. as being of a cer tain figure, then advertisers can bet their bottom dollar that is the number of paid subscribers the publisher has, and that is the minimum readership total they will receive. • Audit Bureau of Circulations is an organization maintained by advertisers, advertising agencies and the buyers and agency mem bers who have established definite terms and classifications by which circulation can be judged. The A. B. C. symbol of circulation is as accurate as the butcher’s and grocer's tested and sealed scales; it's as accurate as a gasoline fill ing station’s pumps. The Tribune is pleased that it has been selected as one of the new members of the A. B. C. — proud that it can substantiate cir* culation claims with audited figures. • . Leaf Prices On Border Markets Set New Record A total of 6,099.473 pounds of tobacco were sold on the 17 markets of the North Carolina and South Carolina border belt Monday at an average price per 100 pounds of $56.05, “the highest on record,” the United States and North Carolina de partments of agriculture re ported Tuesday. Since the markets opened last Thursday, a total of 18, 461,188 pounds of leaf have been sold at an average of $53.77. The nine South Caro-* lina markets sold 10,475,056 pounds at an average of $53.77, and the eight North Carolina markets sold 7,986,132 pounds at an average of $53.76. BOARD OKEYS TOWNBUDGET Make Changes In Water kill Collection And Abolish The Usual Discount STREET IS RENAMED The Board of Town Commis sioners, meeting Monday night at the city hall approved a budget for tire next fiscal year, adopted new resolutions regarding the pay ment of water bills, and changed the name of a street. The budget, presented for ap proval some time ago by City Clerk Dixie Grah am, had previously been sanctioned by the commissioners. Monday night it was formally accepted. The board, in order to encour age prompt payment of water bills and thus spare unnecessary book keeping and confusion, passed a resolution to the effect that water service to persons who did not pay the fee by the fifteenth of each month would be discontinued. In order to have the service resumed, it, will be necessary for the con sumer to pay back bills plus a one dollar charge for having the water re-connected. Also, it was decided, from* the present no dis counts will be given as was cus tomary in the past, but that a flat rate will be charged to all con sumers. Previously a 10 per cent discount was allowed persons who paid bills before the tenth of each month. Early this week notices were mailed to all water consumers that effective immediately water rates will be raised approximately ane-third and that an increase of approximately 25 cents on sewer charges will be in effect. The elevated rates were declared to be necessary due to an increase in cost of labor and materials requir ed to maintain a sufficient supply of water to Elkin and Jonesville. The unpaved street in West, Elkin, heretofore known ■ as the shoe-factory road, was Monday night officially named Oakland Drive. Tire area is developing as a residential section, making a formal name for the drive desir able, it was stated. Is To Receive Distinguished Service Award Second major safety award within a span of a few months has been granted to the Chatham Manufacturing Company of this city, C. J. Hyslup, director of safe ty for the firm, revealed this week. The concern has been notified that it is to receive the National Safety Council’s Distinguished Service"to Safety award on the ba sis of outstanding achievement in the safety field. This makes the second time within the past few months that the Chatham plant has achieved national recognition for its safety program. In *July James Daniel (Uncle Dan) Woodruff was pre sented with a certificate of merit by the National Safety Council, honoring him for his record of 50 years as an employee of the tex tile firm, over which period he did not have a single lost time acci dent. . The two awards were made in dependently, according to Mr. Hy slup. The more recent one came on the basis of comparative safety records of industrial plants thru out the nation. Chatham's be comes the fifth textile plant ever to receive the honor since it was (Continued on page eight. 1st sec.) . COURT JURORS ARE SELECTED County Board Draws List For September Term Of Surry Superior Court WARLICK WILL PRESIDE Jurors, to serve at the Septem ber term of Surry county superior court, were drawn Monday by the Surry county board of commis sioners at their meeting in Dob son Monday. The term, which will continue for two weeks, will begin Septem ber 16. The first week will be devoted to criminal cases, and if the docket is sufficiently cleared, the second week will be devoted to civil cases. Judge Wilson War lick, of Newton, will preside. Jurors selected, were, first week: E. C. Jonas, A. L. Norman, Mor ris F. Collins, J. C. Chandler, Roy Huff, Claude S. Key. Richard H. Adams, Ellis W. Mills. G. Kellock Hale, Jr., Jorden Perkins, Walter G. Taylor, Robert M. Smith, Fred T. Martin, Roy T. Stone, John V. Cox, Wayne Galyean, W. R. Tay lor, Tayler Creed, Rhuddy Brown, S. R. Coalson, Monroe Branch, John H. Bunny, Jimmie Kirkman, M. T. Osborne, S. B. Fulk, Clyde Slate, Guy R. Gibson, W. M. Wil liamson, Alvin Owens, Porter Barker, James Snow, Lonnie ©. Duggins, E. C. Doby, E. R. Hanks, T. C. Massey, John W. Kiger, Ern est J. Watson, Ernest A. Edwards, W. G. Harris, W. A. Dobbins, Charles L. Key, Clyde Bledsoe, I. C. Sutphin, Oliver Hauser, J. M. Samuels, Hort Thompson, C. T. Kirkman, W. H. Miller. Second week: W. H. Seivers, Vester F. Jackson. O. V. Marion, W. H. Bennett, M. C. Whitener, E. »Burt Coleman, R. H. Bledsog, M. J. Ward, S. G. Harbour, Hen ry P. Money, Howard S. Brown, Ellis Branch, Walter Sawyers, Jini ’Crouse, A. P. Adams, W. H. Puckett, A. W. Shinault, Grover Hinson, P. N. Taylor, Ed Bennett, Reid Gammons, Arthur D. Joyce, F. H. Brindle, Jesse C. Marion. To Use Tribune As News Source For New Program A new radio program, to be broadcast weekly by WSJS, Winston-Salem, to be known as “News This Week in North western North Carolina”, will be inaugurated oyer the station Saturday, August 10, at 12:45 p. m. The station will secure its news of this particular section from the news columns of The Elkin Tribune, and will give full coverage of events of inter est to Elkin and the section served by The Tribune.
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