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ELKIN!
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
The Elkin
Tribune
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 41
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
Call Special
County-Wide
Farm Meeting
Are To Discuss
* Flue-Cured Leaf
Stabilization
A county-wide meeting of all
farm leaders and all farmers who
can find it convenient to attend
has been called for Thursday,
September 19, County Agent Neill
M. Smith has announced. The
gathering will be held at the
courthouse in Dobson at 7:30 p.
m., and the topic of discussion is
to be the flue-cured tobacco sta
bilization corporation.
R. Flake Shaw, executive secre
tary of the North Carolina Farm
Bureau, is to be on hand to ex
plain the operating plan of the
stabilization corporation, Smith
said. The meeting has been called
by Claude W. Thore, chairman of
the AAA, Hal E. Collins, secretary
of the marketing and production
agency and the county agent.
The recently instigated stabi
4 lization program is considered by
farm leaders to be one of the most
important marketing develop
ments to come about since the
war. Main object of the corpora
tion, according to Smith, is to
provide a medium through which
farmers can receive loans through
the commodity credit corporation
when tobacco docs not bring 90
per cent of the parity price when
sold on the auction market.
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The flue-cured tobacco stabi
lization ■sorporation was organized
this summer due to the influence
and under the sponsorship of the
N. C. Farm Bureau. Plans have
been worked out, Smith stated,
between directors of the new
agency and officers of the Tobac
co Warehousemen’s Association,
whereby funds can be paid on the
warehouse floor by «the ware
housemen themselves when tobac
co does not sell for established
government loan rates.
Warehousemen in Surry county
are to cooperate with the program,
the county agent said.
‘“For the first time in the his
t o r y of tobacco production,”
Smith asserted, “growers will have
an opportunity to learn the real
market price for their tobacco.
The tobacco will be graded by
government graders without cost
to the farmer, and the farmer will
be informed as to the market va
lue of each basket sold according
to government grading.”
Any farmer can cooperate with
the program of the stabilization
corporation by simply buying one
share of common stock, at five
dollars per share. This entitles
the grower to participate in the
loan system which is made avail
able under the stabilization plan.
In Surry, Smith revealed, P. N.
Taylor, secretary of the farm
bureau: S. H. Holder, of the coun
^ ty AAA commission: S. H. Atkin -
(Continued on page eight. 1st sec.)
ELK GRIDDERS
SHOW PROMISE
Local Squad Is Fast Shaping
Up As Drills Continue;
War Vets Return
FIRST HOME GAME 20TH
With two weeks of practice be
hind them, the Elkin high school
football squad is fast getting into
shape for the coming season.
A wealth of material for the
lineup this season is available,
stacking up as follows: Guards—
Ben Gross, 156 pounds: Ketchel
Adams, 145; Graham Johnson,
155, and Bob James, 156. Tackles
— Jack Park, 145 pounds; Sam
Shugart, 165: Gilmer Phillips, 148;
Ray Ratledge, 135. Center — Paul
. Blackburn. 177 pounds: Tom
James, 215 pounds. Ends — Bob
Harris, 182 pounds: Bob Lawrrence,
182: Fred Hemric, 140, and Alvin
Eldridge, 156 pounds.
The backfield is shaping up good
this year with lots of power ap
parent which should increase as
the drills go forward. Fullback
material includes Claude Eldridge,
167 pounder, Bradie Osborne, 179
pounds, and Sam Adams, 180
pounds. Halfbacks — Fred Rat
pledge, 130 pounds and Bob Rat
ledge, 145 pounds.
All the returning war veterans
are from the navy. They have
already received their heavy equip
ment and will probably see action
when Elkin meets Draper here in
the first home game of the season
^ on September 20. I
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Team of Mules
Stung To Death
By Swarm of Bees
After trampling three bee
colonies, a team of four- and
five-year-old mules, belonging
to Boss Blackburn of Roaring
River, were stung to death last
Friday.
Mr. Blackburn and his son,
Brady, were also badly stung
when they rushed to the aid of
the mules and attempted to ex
tricate the animals from the
swarming bees. Both were
treated at the Wilkes hospital.
The unusual accident occur
red while the team was pulling
a mowing machine operated by
Mr. Blackburn and his son. The
mules suddenly veered from
their course and stepped into
the colonies, which overturned.
The swarming bees immediate
ly attacked the mules.
One of the mules died at 2
p. m. some four hours after re
ceiving the stings. The other
animal died a short time later.
Kiwanians Are To
Entertain Teachers
The Elkin Kiwanis Club will be
host, to the teachers of the Elkin,
North Elkin, Jonesville and Pleas
ant Hill schools at their meeting
at the Gilvin Roth YMCA this
evening at 6:30 p. m.
Dr. w. H. Frazer, former presi
dent of Queen’s College, will be
guest speaker for the occasion,
and is expected to deliver one of
the humorous talks for which he
is famous.
Entertaining of the teachers of
local schools is an annual custom
of the Kiwanians.
AUTO STOLEN
ANDSTRIPPED
Car Belonging To Virginia
Lawrence Is Found Minus
Tires, Wheels, Radio
$50.00 REWARD OFFERED
An automobile belonging to
Miss Virginia Lawrence, of 327
Gwyn Avenue, was taken from in
front of its owner’s resident some
time the early part of Wednesday
morning. The car was later re
covered about four miles from the
city, where it was found abandon
ed and stripped of tires, wheels,
and a recently installed radio.
Several boys in the vicinity west
of Little Elkin Creek found the
car early Wednesday morning and
reported it to authorities. The car
was a 1941 model Chevrolet re
ported to have been in exception
ally good condition.
Mrs. Ed Lawrence, Miss Law
rence’s mother, told police officers
that she heard a car door slam at
about 4 a. m. yesterday, and that
she believes that the theft prob
ably occurred at that time.
Mrs. Lawrence has offered a re
ward of $50 for information lead
ing to the apprehension of the
persons responsible for the theft
of her daughter’s car and a re
ward for the return of the parts
stripped from the machine.
Local police expressed the op
inion that the latest theft is not
connected wdth a recent series of
auto disappearances which have
plagued car owners here for the
past two months. In the other
cases cars were found intact and
undamaged and usually in the
State Road - Thurmond area ra
ther than in Wilkes county.
Martin And Phillips
Released On Bond
Paul Martin and Seek Phillips
were given a hearing before Judge
Wilson Warlick at Newton Wed
nesday night on a writ of Habeas
Corpus, in an effort to reduce
their bonds from $7,500, after
they were bound over to court on
the charges of crime against na
ture. The bonds were reduced to
$4,000 by Judge Warlick. Phillips
gave bond Friday and Martin
Sunday.
These boys, who live near
Friendship Baptist church in Fall
Creek township, had been in jail
several days after they were ar
rested. The bonds are returnable
to the February term of Yadkin
court.
CHAMPION TO BE SHOWN HERE — Pictured above is Dr. Moir S. Martin astride his trophy winning:
mount, Wilson’s Merry Boy, probably the most outstanding: walking: horse in the entire state. Wil
son's Merry Boy won last month alone the junior walking: horse first prize and the champion walking:
horse stake and the Challenge trophy at Tazewell, Va. This was the second year that the horse took the
Challenge trophy and a win next year gives his owner permanent possession of the award. Other wins
were at Charlotte, where he took the amateur walking stake and the championship walking award; at
Raleigh the amateur walking horse stake, the championship award, and in the junior class, the blue
ribbon; and at Galax, Va., Wilson’s Merry Boy recently won the open walking horse contest and
again the championship walking horse stake. The high-stepper will be shown here at the Lions Club
horse Show Saturday. Dr. Martin is head of the Martin Memorial Hospital, Mount Airy.
FREEMAN HEADS
SURRY CO. CLUB
Succeeds Archie Carter. Of
Mt. Airy, As President
Of Young Democrats
FOWLER IS V.-PRESIDENT
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At a reorganization meeting of
the Surry County Young Demo
crats Club, held Friday night of
last week at Dobson, Frank Free
man, Dobson attorney, was elect
ed president of the organization
to succeed Archie Carter of Mount
Airy.
Principal speaker of the even
ing was Hathaway Cross, state
commissioner of paroles. Mr.
Cross praised the policies of the
late President Roosevelt and the
manner in which President Tru
man was adhering to the same
ideals.
Other officers elected were Joe
Fowler of Mount Airy, vice-presi
dent, and Oscar Smith of Pilot
Mountain, secretary and treasur
er. Mr. Carter presided at the
meeting and William Johnson was
appointed temporary secretary.
Delegates appointed to attend
the state convention, to be held
next month were as follows: Ar
chie Carter, chairman; William
Johnson, Milton Cooper, Miss
Hallie Dockery, Mrs. Nevis Smith,
Miss Joyce Marion. Mrs. Franklin
Folger, Frank Freeman, Oscar
Smith and Robert Cleve Folger.
Blanketeers Win Semi-Pro Championship
The Chatham Blanketeers Wed
nesday night of last week played
errorless baseball behind the
pitching of Woody Lawrence to
win the Piedmont S e m i-Pro
League championship for 1946 by
defeating Lucas Industries at
Asheboro 8 to 1.
The locals, led by Hines in a
11 -hit attack, were masters of the
situation all the way. Hines play
ed havoc with Lucas mound work
by getting three hits for four
times at bat, while HamptOn in
dicated the trend of things to
come by missing a home run by
only a few feet in the first inning
of the game.
Victory over Lucas for the
championship climaxed a season
in which Chatham emerged in
fourth place. in the playoff
Chatham defeated Hanes Knitters
twice in a three game series and
then engaged Lucas for the
championship, in the first game
the Blanketeers were winners 7 to
5 behind the 4-hit pitching of
Lawrence, in the second game
they lost 6 to 4. The final game
of the series saw Chatham play
superb baseball to take the
championship.
Charlie Gough, who for years
was an outstanding player on
Chatham teams of former years,
is manager and coach of the
Chatham championship club.
According to census reports,
North Carolina farmers purchas
ed $7,782,000 worth of feeds in
1939 and $35,753,000 in 1944. Di
rector I. O. Schaub of State Col
lege says that this is dangerous
business.
PIEDMONT SEMI-PRO LEAGUE CHAMPIONS — Pictured above is the 1946 edition of the Chatham
baseball team which Wednesday of last week played errorless ball to defeat Lucas Industries, of Ashe
boro, for the championship of the Piedmont Semi-Pro League. Manager Charlie Gough was high in
the praise of the squad as a whole, stating that they played their best games when the pressure was
on and displayed their ability to come through when odds were the toughest. Members of the squad
arc, first row, left to right: Abernathy, Deal, Lawrence, G. Pardue, Davis, Hines. Second row, left to
right: Frye, Mounce, Brown, Mann (captain), Woodruff, Shore, Gene Hampton, Badgett, Gambill,
Lane, B. Pardue, and Manager and Coach Gough. Members of the squad who were not present when
tho nhA<« made: Red Powers, pitcher: Gray Hampton, shortstop, and Dick Hall, third base.
* — Photo by Bell.
Lions Horse Show To
Be Staged Saturday
Entries Are Expected From North
Carolina, Virginia And Georgia
The first Elkin Lions Club Horse
Show is to be held here Saturday
at the Ludwig Stable and Show
Grounds, with entries from all
over North Carolina and others
representing Virginia and Georgia
listed in the recently published
catalog.
The Ludwig show ground is lo
cated about two miles outside the
city on the Elkin-Winston-Salem
highway. The afternoon program
is scheduled to begin at 2 o’clock
and the night performance follows
at 8 o’clock.
H. Glenn York, of this city, will
be ringmaster, and judges will be
for hunters and jumpers, Delmar
Twyman, of Rougement; and for
gaited and walking horses, John
H. Marr, of Paris, Ky. The show
will be managed by John L. Bow
ers, of Black Mountain, and mas
ter of ceremonies will be Read
Wilson, of Asheville. Dr. C. E.
Nicks and Turner Martin will
serve as veterinarian and black
smith, respectively.
Ribbon marshals include Mrs.
George Stockton, Miss Maxine
Aldridge, Miss Lorna Smithey, and
Miss Peggy Lineberry.
The catalog lists a total of 36
horses to be shown, many of them
winners in previous events. In
addition 14 more entries have been
made since the catalog was pub
lished, bringing the grand total to
50 hunters and jumpers, gaited
and walking horses.
Several of the jumpers and
gaited horses to be shown here are
to be entered in November in the
Madison Square Garden event at
New York City, which is consid
ered by many to be the “world
series” of show horses.
It has also been announced that
the City Transit Company will
provide transportation to and
from the show grounds, with
busses leaving from the corner of
Main and Bridge streets every 15
minutes between the hours of 1:00
and 3:00 o’clock during the after
noon and 7 and 8:30 during the
evening.
Onslow county farmers had 400
head of workstock vaccinated
against blind staggers. The loss
of one mule was recently report
ed by a farmer who did not have
his animals treated.
As many as 40,000 weed seeds
have been counted in a square foot
of soil.
Elkin Officials Are
Charged With Acting
Contrary To The Law
WORK ON GOLF
COURSE BEGUN
Clearing Of Land Gets Under
way At Proposed Cedar
brook Club This Week
STOCK SELLING WELL
Work is now in progress on the
site of the proposed Cedarbrook
Country Club golf course, accord
ing to Dr. Vernon Taylor, presi
dent of the club.
Clearing of the land for the
nine-hole course began early this
week, Dr. Taylor said. It is ex
pected that the course will be
ready for play by next spring,
barring complications.
Dr. Taylor also reported that
the sale of stock in the club is
progressing exceedingly well. A
large share of the quota designat
ed by club organizers at the be
ginning has already been sold, he
said, and he warns that other in
terested persons who have not yet
made a purchase of the stock had
better do so in the near future
while shares are still available.
Either Dr. Taylor or Jim Amburn,
at the Chatham Manufacturing
Company, are authorized to make
sales.
ARE SURFACING
SURRY HIGHWAY
Three Miles of Road From
Dobson To Mountain Park
Getting Treatment
1 MILE WEST OF DOBSON
The State highway commission
this week began to hardsurface the
section of the Dobson-Mountain
Park highway, starting one mile
west of Dobson and extending as
far as Salem Pork.
It is understood that a petition
has been circulated among the
residents of the Mountain Park
community, requesting that the
road be surfaced all the way to
Mountain Park and Zephyr. The
part now under construction is
three miles in length.
The highway commission has
also announced that work will
soon begin on the surfacing of the
Siloam-Level Cross road, a dis
tance of about seven miles.
The Surry Farm Bureau about
two years ago recommended to the
State highway commission that
these two projects be accomplish
ed as soon as conditions made it
feasible.
Peru, S. A., was the first coun
try in the Western Hemisphere to
grow olives.
Wednesday, 18th,
To Mark End Of
Half Holidays
Wednesday, September 18,
will be the last day upon which
local merchants will observe the
summertime custom of closing
shop for an half day in the
middle of the week, according
to Mrs. Beauford Stanley, sec
retary of the merchants asso
ciation.
After next week stores will
observe a full time schedule, re
maining open a full six days,
Mondays through Saturdays.
2 JONESVILLE
WOMEN JAILED
Mrs. Evon Taylor Swaim and
Mable Dancy Bound Over
On Immorality Charge
WILKES MAN TAKEN
Two Jonesville women and a
young North Wilkesboro man were
caught Wednesday night after
midnight in a raid at the old Min
nie Sprinkle home in Jonesville
and were lodged in jail at Yadkin
ville.
Mrs. Evon Taylor Swaim. 30,
who occupied the home according
to officers, was charged with op
erating a house of ill repute, and
Miss Mable Dancy, 16, was an oc
cupant of the house when officers
arrived. King Key, of North
Wilkesboro and Mrs. Swaim were
said to be occupying the same
bed room and when surprised by
the officers both were partly un
dressed.
Mrs. Swaim and Miss Dancy
were given a hearing before Magi
strate J. E. Shew in Yadkinville
Friday afternoon and bound over
to February term of court under
$500.00 bonds. No hearing has
been held for Key, as he gave bond
to February court.
Mrs. Evon Swaim gave a $500.00
bond which was signed by Boss
Davis, a Jonesville Negro, and was
released. Others are still in jail.
It all started when Deputy Fred
Vestal and Jonesville Policeman
Robert Hott arrested Miss Dancy
for public drunkenness and carri
ed her before Mayor Bent Martin
of Jonesville. After questioning
her she revealed conditions at the
place she lived. The officers then
called Sheriff A. L. Inscore to map
plans for cleaning up the whole
matter. Deputy Ed Wishon also
assisted.
Pretty soon the sheriff had Mrs.
Swaim, King Key, and with the
Dancy girl was on the way to jail.
A three-year-old son of Mrs.
Swaim was turned over to the wel
fare department and sent to the
county home. Duke Ward, a ne
gro who was found drunk and
asleep in a car outside the home,
was arrested for good measure and
put in jail. Duke paid the costs
for taking on too much kikec-poo
joy juice.
ENROLLMENT AT
SCHOOLS 1,070
Is Increase Of 65 Over Be-!
i ginning Enrollment Last
Year, Records Show
Elkin city schools got off to a
good start here last Thursday
morning, according to a state
ment by superintendent N. H.
Carpenter, with a general increase
in enrollment throughout the
system. Enrollment from the four
schools included, Elkin elemen
tary, North Elkin elementary, Elk
in high school, and Elkin colored,
totaling 1,070, or an increase of
approximately 65 over the begin
ning enrollment of last year’s
term.
All four schools boast a full
faculty, though it is hoped that
an additional teacher can be gain
ed due to the crowded condition
that exists in some of the class
rooms, Mr. Carpenter stated.
Classes started operating on
regular schedule Monday, with
school opening in the morning at
8:45 and being dismissed at 3:15.
A promising sports world is in
evidence both in football and bas
ketball for the local schools, with
the first football game scheduled
to be played tire 120th of this
month with Djrajfef high school.
Complaint Filed
By Greenwood In
Airport Matter
A complaint alleging irregular
conduct on the part of the Elkin
mayor and the board of town
commission in connection with an
agreement entered into with the
Blue Ridge Aviation, Inc., last
February was filed at the office
of the clerk of court at Dobson,
the latter part of last week.
The complaint, listing Andrew
Greenwood as plaintiff, charges
that Mayor Garland Johnson, the
five members of the board, the
Blue Ridge Aviation, Inc., and Mr,
and Mrs. H. H. Vestal, owners of
the property leased by the town
and later subleased to the aviation
concern, all acted contrary to law
in making an agreement to pro
vide the city with an airport with
out properly notifying and gain
ing consent of the taxpayers.
Specifically, the document asks
that the defendants be restrained
from expending any public funds
for the construction or operation
of the airport, and that all funds
already so expended, either to Mr.
and Mrs. Vestal under the terms
of the lease or to Blue Ridge Avia
tion in accordance with the agree
ment. be recovered and returned
to the city treasury.
The board has 30 days in which
to answer the complaint.
At a meeting of the board of
town commissioners on February
4 of this year, records show that
a resolution was adopted to be put
into immediate effect to provide
the city with an airport.
In effect, the resolution called
for the lands, located in the Swan
Creek area and leased from Mr.
and Mrs. Vestal in November of
1945, be subleased to the Blue
Ridge Aviation, Inc., and that a
sum of $10,000 be expended from
city funds to construct the site of
the air field. In return the avia
t i o n concern had previously
agreed to spend $6,000 in the con
struction of hangars, office build
ings, and other necessary struc
tures, which sum was to go as
payment of rentals required.
At the time the resolution was
drawn up, Mayor Johnson stated
that such an agreement would
provide the city with an airport
at a considerable saving of public
funds. He pointed out that cities
of comparable size in the state
had been forced to spend upwards
of $300,000 for similar purposes,
and that Elkin was thus enabled
to keep its expenditure down to
about $17,000.
In his complaint, Mr. Grcen
(Contlnued on page eight, 1st sec.)
POULTRY SALE
PLANNED HERE
4-H Club Event Is To Be Held
Sept. 19 Under Sponsorship
Lions Club
CASH PRIZES OFFERED
Under the sponsorship of the
Elkin Lions Club a 4-H club poul
try sale will be conducted here
Thursday, September 19. at the
livestock market, according to
County Agent Neill M. Smith.
Sales arc to get underway at 1:30
p. m.
Ten 4-H club members from
Surry county and 10 from Yadkin
county will offer for sale a total
of 240 six-month-old pullets, each
member offering a dozen of the
young chickens. In addition,
Claude Farrell, on behalf of the
Elkin Hatchery, has announced
that 72 chicks from Elkin, North
Elkin, and Mountain Park 4-H
clubs will be put on the stand.
Sales will be made by auction.
The boys selling pullets this
year are all cooperators in the
Sears-Eoebuck Company agricul
ture foundation. They received
chickeas which developed into
present flocks with the under
standing that at the end of the
year the 12 chicks would be sold.
Proceeds go to start new' flocks
for next year’s 4-H poultry proj
ects. Proceeds from the Elkin
Hatchery’s sales will also go to
ward establishing flocks for club
members.
Cash prizes amounting to $180
will be donated to club members
by the hatchery and by Sears
Roebuck foundation. Sales are to
be under the supervision of coun
ty farm and home agents.