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ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 39
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
SCHOOLS HERE
WILL OPEN ON
SEPTEMBER 5TH
Faculty Members To Meet
Wednesday For Session
COUNTY-WIDE MEET 6TH
All Children Must Have Been
Vaccinated For Smallpox
And Whooping Cough
i TEACHERS ANNOUNCED
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of Elkin City Schools, has an
nounced that the local schools
will open for the 1946-47 term
Thursday morning, September 5,
at 8:45 o’clock, to be dismissed
at 12:00 on the beginning day and
Friday. Beginning Monday, all
classes will continue until 3:15 in
the afternoons.
f Faculty members will convene
Wednesday morning prior to the
opening day at 10:30 at the high
school building for a teachers’
meeting, Mr. Carpenter stated. A
'county-wide teachers’ meeting
will be held at Dobson Friday,
September 6, at 2:30 o’clock.
Mr. Carpenter said that all
children entering school for the
first time must be six years old
on or before October 1, and all
children entering for the first
time in grades one through eight,
l| will report opening day to the
elementary school auditorium.
All children who attended
school in Elkin last year will re
port to their old class rooms,
while all new students and stu
dents entering the ninth grade
wil report to room No. 1. All
high school students who wish to
& have their schedules changed
T should do so Monday or Tuesday
at the high school from 1:00 to
3:00 p. m.
It was pointed out by Mr. Car
penter that, in compliance with
North Carolina state school laws,
all children entering the first
grade must be vaccinated for
smallpox and whooping cough,
and in North Carolina all children
between the ages of six and 16
are required by law" to attend
school. The importance of be
ginning with the opening day
was also stressed.
The local teachers are as fol
^ lows:
High School—English and For
eign Language, Miss Emma
Cooke; English, Mrs. Reece Gil
liam; Home Economics, Miss
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, EAST BEND BOY
► BULLET VICTIM
Dallas Crews Styers, 15, Dies
When .22 Rifle Is
Discharged
RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
Dallas Crews Styers, 15, was in
stantly killed Monday afternoon
near his home at East Bend,
J when a bullet from a 22-caliber
rifle pierced his body. The bullet
entered his right side about the
edge of his ribs and ranged up
wards, going through his heart
and coming out on the left side,
dropping inside the shirt.
Styers and Jimmy Benbow, 13,
were behind the Baptist church
with their rifles target shooting,
when the rifle Benbow had was
discharged in some manner.
There was powder burns on Sty
ers’ shirt, acording to Sheriff A.
L. Inscore, who investigated the
shooting, indicating the shot was
fired at close range.
Styers, a son of Mrs. Lillian
Styers, and the late Crews Sty
ers, had spent his life in East
Bend. Benbow is a son of Dr. J.
Thomas Benbow of Winston-Sa
lem, and the late Mrs. Benbow.
Dr. Benbow and family have been
spending the summer at East
Bend and the two boys have been
regular playmates.
Jake F. Brown was appointed
acting coroner when W. H. Greg
ory could not be located, and he
empaneled a jury. Whether an
| inquest will be held rests with
the boy’s mother. Mrs. Styers,
who was working in Winston-Sa
lem when the tragedy ocurred,
could not be consulted. The jury
summoned were H. O. Davis, N.
G. Hutchens, C. G. Hobson, J. E.
Martin, Moody Davis and C. A.
Coram, Jr.
Funeral services for Styers
were held yesterday afternoon at
East Bend Methodist church,
with Rev. G. A. Hovis, Rev. C. H.
. Hutchens and Rev. Mr. Short in
* charge. Burial was in the ceme
tery at Macedonia Baptist church
near East Bend.
Survivors include the mother
and two sisters, Mattie Sue, of
the home, and Ruth, of Qreens
FACES MURDER CHARGE — C. W. Seagle, far right, has been charged with murder, aiding and
abetting abortion, and registering under a false name at a hotel, as a result of the death of Mrs.
Annie Mae Anderson, 37, of Charlotte, which occurred here last Sunday. Seagle is at liberty under a
bond totalling $8,000. Also charged with murder and abortion in the case is Dr. B. O. Choate, of Spar
ta, who allegedly performed the operation which resulted in the woman’s death. Dr. Choate’s bond
has been set at $15,000. Pictured above are, left to right. Joe Saylor, city coordinator; Mr. Lackey,
a cousin of the accused; Deputy Sheriff L. I. Wade; Sheriff Sam Patterson (back to camera); Mar
ion Allen, attorney for Seagle; and Seagle. —Photo By Bell.
DEFER DATE OF
LEAF OPENING
Old Belt Markets Will Nol
Open Until September 23,
Middle Belt Sept. 16
DUE TO CONGESTION
Opening date of the old belt
flue-cured tobacco markets has
been deferred to September 23,
Fred S. Royster, of Henderson,
has announced, and the middle
belt markets will not open until
September 16.
The postponement came about
as the result of a five-day sales
holiday, beginning today and con
tinuing until the morning of Sep
tember 5. A 15-man committee,
composed of five growers, five
warehousemen, and five buyers,
determined on this action because
of congestion now existing in
many of the redrying plants of
buying companies, Royster said.
The committee recommended that
growers not grade or place their
tobacco on the market any faster
than processing plants can handle
the leaf. Growers are also warned
not to place their tobacco on
warehouse floors too far in ad
vance of sales for fear of damage.
W. P. Hendrick, senior tobacco
marketing expert of the state de
partment of agriculture, has said
that the holiday “is exactly what
most of us have anticipated.”
, So many redrying plants are be
hind us as a result of sales in the
Florida-Georgia markets, Hen
dricks said, and many are behind
on the border belt. In addition at
least three plants in the state are
tied up by strikes, two in Wins
ton-Salem and one in Greenville.
Hendricks said that he thought
the five days should be enough to
take care of the overload, and that
it is doubtful that the holiday will
have to be extended.
WILL PREACH
LAST SERMON
Rev. J. C. Wallace To Leave
Pilgrim Church To Take
Up Evangelism
SUCCEEDED BY BROWN
Rev. J. C. Wallace, pastor of
the Pilgrim church, will deliver
his final messages to the church
Sunday at the morning and ev
ening hour of service, before as
suming his new duties as full time
evangelist, working throughout
the Southern states.
Rev. Wallace came to Elkin
three years ago from Lake City,
Tennessee, where he was pastor
of the Pilgrim church there for
two years. He will continue to
reside here for a short while, af
ter which time he will move to
Greensboro.
His successor, Rev. Joseph
Brown, former director of music
at the Owosso Bible Seminary, in
Owosso, Michigan, has arrived
here with his wife and one child,
Carrol, six years old.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
Blanketeers
Face Crucial
Test This P. M.
The Chatham Blankctcefs,
playing in the finals of the
Piedmont Semi - Pro League,
will meet their crucial test at
Knitters Park, Winston-Salem,
this afternoon (Thursday), at
4:30 o’clock, when they play
the third game in a three-game
series with Hanes Knitters.
Winner of this game will meet
the winner of the McCrary
Lucas. Industries playoff for
the championship.
In the first game of the
series, played here last Satur
day afternoon, Chatham de
feated Hanes 16-8. Moving to
Winston-Salem for the second
game Tuesday night the Blan
keteers dropped the contest 12
to 6. The game this afternoon
will mean either elimination or
an opportunity to go into the
finals for the championship.
ASKED TO LIST
ALL BARN FIRES
Farmers Who Have Lost To
bacco Barns Should Con
tact Agent’s Office
SEEK TO MAKE SURVEY
Farmers who have lost tobacco
barns due to fire this year are be
ing asked to contact the county
agent’s office in Dobson in order
that a survey of the number and
cause of these fires may be deter
mined.
According to I. O. Schaub, di
rector of the state extension ser
vice,, reports indicate that an ex
traordinarily large number of
tobacco barns in the state have
been destroyed by fire this year.
Persistent rumors are attributing
a large percentage of the fires to
various types of heating equip
ment being used, Mr. Schaub
states, and an effort is being
made to get at the root of the
trouble.
Because of the high prices be
ing obtained for the leaf this sea
son, loss by fire is amounting to
a high financial total.
County Agent Neill M. Smith
has expressed a desire to inter
view all farmers in Surry county
who have suffered fire losses of
this nature. His office is equipped
with the proper blanks and forms
to be filled out in making the sur
vey.
Where possible, the state exten
sion service requests that all such
reports be submitted prior to Sep
tember 15.
East Bend Will
Have Legion Post
All veterans of World War I and
II are invited to attend a meeting
at East Bend Gymnasium Friday
evening, August 30, at 8 o’clock
for the purpose of organizing an
American Legion Post.
Those interested in organizing
the post ask all ex-service men to
attend and bring your buddies
with you.
HOW TO PLAN
DEMONSTR’TION
County Agents Plan To Ar
range Oat and Wheat
Showings For Farihers
EXPLANATION IS MADE
County agents of the State Col
lege Extensive Service plan to ar
range oat and wheat demonstra
tions along the same lines follow
ed in producing extra yields of
corn.
Many farmers may also wish to
conduct a demonstration of their
own and it is suggested that the
demonstration be on oats since
average yields of this crop are
much lower than they should be
in most areas.
Follow the regular plan of
growing oats on one plot as to
time of planting, seeding, soil pre
paration, fertilization, and the
like. Then, on the other plot,
follow the suggestions given below.
Disc the soil 4 to 6 weeks be
fore seeding. Disc, smooth, and
firm the soil just prior to seed
ing. Use high germinating seed
and treat with one-half ounce of
New Improved Ceresan per bushel,
using one of the varieties recom
mended by your county agent.
Seed at the rate of 2 bushels
per acre: in the Piedmont, Octo
ber 1 to 10; Coastal Plain, Octo
ber 10 to 20; and Mountains,
September 20 to October 10, or
March 15 to April 15.
If the oats do not follow a well
fertilized crop, use 300 pounds of
good fertilizer per acre. Drill the
crop parallel to that used as a
check.
Topdress with 200 pounds of
quick acting nitrogen material per
acre between February 20 and
March 10. yse a grain drill for
applying the topdresser to give
uniform application.
Follow all regular plans on the
check plot, which may vary in a
large number of ways. The idea
is not to check any one factor in
small grain production but to
learn how to produce more oats
per acre.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
Charge Of Murder Is Lodged
Against Sparta Doctor And
Charlotte Man In Case Here
FARMERS WILL
PLAN MEETINGS
To Meet At North Elkin
School To Discuss Regular
Monthly Meetings
ARE SAID DESIRABLE
Farmers of the North Elkin
community are to meet at 8 p. m.
Friday, September 6, at the North
Elkin school, according to County
Agent Neill M.. Smith, and at that
time will determine if it is feasible
for them to establish regular
monthly farm group meetings for
the community.
Mr. Smith has said that such
meetings seem desirable for this
section, and if decided upon will
provide farmers of the area an
opportunity to hear from out
standing agriculturists in the
state. It will also, he said, serve
to stimulate interest in agricul
ture in Elkin, one of the county’s
most heavily populated areas.
The county agent is to send a
letter to each of the farmers in
North Elkin district, inviting them
to attend the first meeting and to
come prepared to set a date and
time for succeeding meetings.
Residents of this city, who ex
press an interest in agriculture,
whether landowners or not, are
asked to attend as well. A large
gathering is expected.
It is hoped that during the year
enough interest will be manifest
ed by the farmers and others in
the city area to make it possible
to secure speakers and top leaders
from all branches of agriculture.
Listed as possible sources;, of in
struction and information are: the
extension services, soil conserva
tion service, the production and
marketing agency, the state de
partment of agriculture, repre
sentatives of state experiment sta
tions, representatives of cattle
breeders associations, state de
partment of vocational education,
farm magazines, and outstanding
sponsors of 4-H club activities.
“All of these agencies,’’ Smith
said, “can send men here who will
be of vast help to the farmer in
helping him solve his problems.”
Program for the first meeting
will be concerned with feed pro
duction, and will be under the
direction of all agricultural agen
cies in the county.
At the proper time officers will
be elected and committeemen ap
pointed, and the organization
formed on a permanent basis.
Y Pool Now Open
Each P. M. 2 To 6
Y. M. C. A. officials have an
nounced that the present swim
ming pool schedule has been
changed and will only be open
now from 2:00 to 6:00 o’clock in
the afternoons.
This schedule will continue un
til cool weather, it was stated.
Woodruff Reunion
Will Not Be Held
The Woodruff reunion will not
be held this year, acording to
Truman Woodruff, manager, and
the committee, due to the failure
of the committee to start plan
ning in time.
Plans are, however, for the
reunion to be held next year.
Effort Made To Stimulate
Collection Of Waste Fats
In an effort to stimulate the
collection of badly needed used
fats, the local Lions Club is en
dorsing a drive aimed toward
persuading housewives her,e to
turn in every available ounce of
kitchen fat to the grocery stores
which are serving as collecting
stations.
Jim N.' Haynes, representative
of Lever Brothers Company, from
Charlotte, says that:
‘'Housewives today have fallen
down on the job of turning in
used fats. The need now is more
critical than at any time during
the war, as evidenced by the
acute scarcity of soap in the
stores. If soap is to become
more plentiful anytime in the
near future, it is imperative that
these fats be turned in.”
Mr. Haynes points out that the
average family should be able to
save about a pound of fats per
month. One pound is sufficient
to make about eight bars of or
dinary household soap, about
twice as much as a family will
use in a month’s time.
“We are now collecting about
20 per cent of the fat we were
getting during the war,” Mr.
Haynes said. “This means that
only two out of every five fami
lies are turning in used fats,
where previously almost everyone
did so. In other words, three
persons out of five are riding on
the efforts and contributions of
the other two.”
Lion are urging that Elkin res
idents keep these facts in mind,
and do their share toward alle
viating the serious soap short
age.
Young English Bride
Likes Her New Home
Wife of Local
Veteran Now
Living Here
(By ROGER MARSHALL)
As seen through the ey3s of an
attractive young British bride,
recently arrived here, Elkin is a
pleasant, hospitable town. Mrs.
Eugene Motsinger, of 124 Haw
thorne Road, has expressed her
self well pleased with her new
home.
Mrs. Motsinger is the wife of
Eugene Motsinger, who holds a
position with the Chatham Man
ufacturing Company. She arrived
in the United States from Eng
land May 16, of this year, landing
at New York. After a stay in
Winston-Salem and a visit to Cal
ifornia. Mrs. Motsinger came here
with her husband about a month
ago, to make her home.
“I like it here already,” she said
when interviewed by a Tribune
reporter early this week. ‘‘I like the
people here very much.”
She stated that the country here
is very miich like that part of
England from which she came,
hilly and well wooded.
Mrs. Motsinger is a native of
Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire,
located about 20 miles from Lon
don, where her father is head
master of a well-known British
school.
‘‘My friends in England,” she
said “told me that I would miss
the greenery over here. But I find
this country quite as green as my
home.”
People here, according to her,
are easier to become acquainted
with than are those in England. It
is not that they are particularly
more friendly, she said, but they
seem less reserved and more spon
taneous in their friendship.
Herself speaking with a pleas
ant British accent, she stated that
she was particularly fond of the
way people here talk, although she
had some difficulty adjusting her
ear to the many American collo
quialisms.
“The expression, ‘over yonder,’
she said, “seemed peculiar at
first."
She listed several other expres
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2 YADKIN MEN
FACE CHARGE
Held In Default of $7,500 On
Warrants of Crime Against
Nature
ARE BEING HELD IN JAIL
Paul Martin, 19, and Seek Phil
lips, 35, of the Richmond Hill
section of North Yadkin county,
are in Yadkin jail on default of
bonds of $7,500.00 each on charges
of a crime against nature, alleg
edly committed August 18. Mag
istrate' J. E. Shew issued the war
rants Saturday afternoon.
They are charged with inducing
three small boys to do an unnat
ural sex act. The small boys are
Billy Ray Wagoner, Jimmy and
Billy Moss, and the warrant was
secured by Everett Moss, father of
two of the boys. The boys ages
are 8, 9 and 11.
.According to Sheriff A. L. In
score the neighborhood in which
the defendants live was stirred up
considerably after the matter be
came known, and trouble was
feared if they had not been jailed
at once. The two were found sit
ting in an automobile in Yadkin
ville where they had come to the
show.
The two men live together and
batch it near Richmond Hill, and
are farmers. They have employ
ed Attorneys F. D. B. Harding of
Yadkinville and Marion Allen of
Elkin. The attorneys have been
‘unsuccessful in getting the bonds
lowered and they stated yesterday
that a writ of habeaus corpus
would be secured this week. No
date has been set for a hearing,
and meantime the officers state
the two men have admitted their
part in the act.
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BRITISH BRIDE—Mrs. Eugene
Motsinger, bride of Eugene Mot
singer of this city, is a native of
Gerrards Cross, Buckingham
shire, England. Here to make
Elkin her new home, she has ex
pressed herself “well pleased”
with the people and the land.
WELL DRILLER
ELECTROCUTED
Edward Nicholson, of Hick
ory, Dies When Derrick
Strikes Live Wire
ANOTHER MAN INJURED
Edward Nicholson, 29, of Hick
ory. was instantly killed about
3:30 Tuesday afternoon at Hamp
tonville when the derrick of a well
drilling outfit came in contact
with a high tension wire.
Nicholson was accompanied by
Bill Gentry, of this city, who was
also injured, and by Cecil Lindsay,
of Shelby. The three men were
attempting to move the truck
bearing the equipment to a spot
where the drilling was to take
place, •when the accident occurred.
The truck had been parked at the
home of Gilvin Angel.
Nicholson was held in the grip
of the high voltage which entered
the derrick, and the current had
to be cut off before his body
could be removed. Efforts to re
vive him proved futile.
Nicholson served as a staff ser
geant in the army, having been
discharged in October, 1945. He
has resided at Hickory since Janu
ary. His parents reside in Nor
folk, Va.
Surviving are the parents; Mrs.
Nicholson, the former Miss Margie
Faw, to whom he was married in
1945; and one son, Robert Ed
ward Nicholson.
Surry Draftees
Go To Ft. Bragg
The first group of men to an
swer the preinduction call from
Surry county in several weeks
left Tuesday to make the jour
ney to Fort Bragg.
The list included Gratsie Kidd,
of Dobson; Roy Johnson of
Greensboro; Raymond Lewis
Crump, of Elkin; Howard Wil
moth of Thurmond; Paul Andrew
Doss, of Dobson, route 2; and
Paul C. Moore, of Dobson, route
1.
Mrs. Carl Folger, clerk of the
Dobson draft board, has an
nounced that the transfer of the
Mount Airy board into the coun
ty seat has been completed. Files
of tile two boards, although oc
cupying the 'same ofice, will be
kept separate, Mrs. Folger said,
and personnel of the boards will
for the present remain the same,
separated from each other in a
functional capacity as in the
past.
Fire Does Slight
Damage To Home
Fire, caused by a cook stove,
last Sunday evening, shortly after
dark, did minor damage to the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Trent Trip
lett, on West Market street.
Firemen quickly extinguished
the blaze.
Bond Set For
Dr. B. 0. Choate
At $15,000.00
Murder charges have been filed
against Dr. B. O. Choats, Sparta
physician, and against W. C.
Seagle, 45, Southern Railway pas
senger agent of Charlotte, ac
cording to Solicitor Ralph E.
Scott, of Danbury. Both men are
said to be involved in the death
of Mrs. Annie Mae Anderson, 37,
Charlotte divorcee, which oc
curred here at Hotel Elkin last
Sunday morning.
Dr. Choate’s bond, according to
Mr. Scott, has been set at $15,000,
while Seagle is at liberty under a
bond totaling $8,000. Both men
are charged with abortion and
murder. In addition Seagle is
accused of having registered at
the hotel under a false name.
Mrs. Anderson, who was divorc
ed from her second husband about
two years ago, and who is the
mother of a seven-year-old son,
was found dead in her room at
the hotel about 8 a. m. Sunday.
Seagle occupying a room adjoin
ing that occupied by Mrs. Ander
son, discovered the body upon re
turning from making an effort to
contact a doctor. The woman, he
said, had been complaining of ab
dominal pains.
According to Coroner J. L.
Woltz. Mrs. Anderson died of loss
of blood. An autopsy revealed in
dications of a recent abortion,
which, incompletely performed,
left the woman subject to severe
hemorrhaging.
According to Deputy Sheriff L.
I. Wade, Seagle told police he
brought Mrs. Anderson here from
Charlotte Friday and registered
at the hotel under the names of
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Wester of
Roxboro. He then, he said, took
Mrs. Anderson to Sparta, where
she was treated by Dr. B. O.
Choate. Returning to Elkin to
spend Friday night in the hotel,
the couple occupied adjoining
rooms. Saturday, Seagle is re
ported to have said, he became
worried about Mrs. Anderson’s
condition and again visited Dr.
Choate in Sparta. During the re
turn trip to Elkin, the woman, he
stated, was bleeding. She bled
all during the night, and his ef
forts to reach the doctor were un
availing. About 8 o’clock Sunday
morning he attempted to contact
a local doctor. When he returned
to the hotel room, he said, Mrs.
Anderson was dead.
Seagle reported the fact to a
bellboy, who told the hotel man
ager, J. L. Bickley. Mr. Bickley
immediately notified the police.
Sheriff Sam Patterson was sum
moned as was Solicitor Ralph E.
Scott. A coroner’s inquest was
held at about 2:30 Sunday after
noon at a local funeral establish
ment, under the direction of Dr.
H. L. Johnson, of the Elkin hos
pital. Dr. Johnson reported to the
jury that he found evidence of a
recent abortion, from which in
ternal injuries had resulted, caus
ing death by excessive bleeding
over a prolonged period.
The couple occupied rooms 302
and 304 at the Elkin hotel. Mrs.
Anderson’s body was found in 304
and her belongings in 302. Blood
stains were in evidence in both
rooms, as well as in the connecting
bath.
Seagle is said to be separated
from his wife, who resides in New
ton, and is the father of several
children.
Mrs. Anderson was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. William Clotts of
Mocksville. She was also employ
ed by the Southern Railway in
Charlotte.
Her father arrived here Sunday
soon after being notified of his
daughter’s death. The body has
been returned to Mocksville.
Police Decline
To Talk About
Shore Case
Peggy Shore, 15 - year - old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Shore, of the Pleasant Hill
community, was treated at the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos
pital here, following a 24-hour
disappearance from her home
In Wilkes county.
According to reports, the
girl was missing from late Fri
day night of last week until
Saturday evening. Police have
declined to give out more de
tailed information pending
further' investigation.