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J ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
The Elkin Tribune *
ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 42
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
16 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
OLD BET LEAF
MARKET IS TO
' OPEN MONDAY
Observers Predicting Record
Breaking Sales
QUALITY IS SAID GOOD
Fifteen Warehouses In Win
ston-Salem, Seven In
Mount Airy
HIGH PRICES EXPECTED
The Old Belt tobacco market,
including 15 warehouses in Wins
ton-Salem and seven in Mount
Airy, as well as a numlxv of others
scattered throughout the area, is
set to open Monday, September
23. Observers are predicting that
a greater quantity of tobacco will
be sold for more money than at
any previous time in the belt’s 74
^year history.
A 10 per cent increase in acre
age allowed by the AAA last
Spring, coupled with additional in
creases authorized which amount
ed to about five per cent, is ex
pected to make the actual acreage
planted this year the greatest in
history. Indications are, too, that
most of the plant in the Old Belt
area will weigh fairly heavy, and
that quality is up to par.
Last year warehousemen report
ed that the Winston-Salem mar
a ket moved slightly over 71,000,000
pounds. This year the total is
expected to reach nearer 80,000,
000 pounds.
Judging by reports coming in
from the Middle Belt, which open
ed last Monday, medium to better
grade tobacco will sell at sub
stantially higher prices than the
same quality leaf did last year. A
'^corresponding decrease in the
price paid for lower grades, how
ever, is apparent.
Agriculture agencies have esti
mated opening day prices on the
Middle Belt at from $49 to $51
per 100 pounds, general average.
Last year’s general average for the
same region was $43.06.
The Middle belt averages indi
cate that prices have fallen some
«vho*- nines tfie •OTwmrtfx of the,
Eastern North CaroYnva markets1
’ on August 19, which recorded a
figure of $54.21 per 100 pounds on
opening day.
i Sales have been extremely
* heavy everywhere.
It has been estimated that av
v erage for the entire crop on the
Winston-Salem market will run
close to $50 a hundred. The Win
ston-Salem market will, as usual,
open with four set of buyers. No
sales schedule has as yet been
published, due to the fact that
some changes in selling hours may
occur, and it is possible that an
^additional holiday may be set.
The 15 houses which will be op
erated this year in Winston-Salem
and their proprietors are:
Piedmont and Central, Bernie
Cook and Claude Strickland:
Brown’s and Star, Bill Simpson
and Bob Newsom; Carolina and
Planters, Herman Bouldin, Foss
and John Smithdeal and Gilbert
Robertson; Glenn’s and Banner,
Claude Glenn, Sam Price, D. L.
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SEVEN SCHOOLS
ARE APPROVED
Are Okeyed For Agricultural
Departments; Teacher
Workshops Ready
TO CONFER WITH BOARD
Workshops for Surry county
teachers got underlay Tuesday of
this week, It was announced by
Superintendent of Schools John
W. Comer.
Mr. Comer also revealed that
Tal H. Stafford, agricultural sup
ervisor for Northwest North Caro
lina, has arranged to come here
to make an inspection tour of the
seven schools which have been
recommended for agricultural de
partments by the school board.
Teachers’ workshops are being
conducted at Dobson, Pilot Moun
tain and Franklin, the superin
tendent said, and all county teach
ers are expected to attend. The
workshops have been placed at lo
cations convenient to the majority
of teachers in each community,
but Mr. Comer said, the teachers
are allowed to attend any of the
programs being conducted, re
gardless of location.
Mr. Stafford is to confer with
the school board in regards to the
establishing of agriculture de
partments at Flat Rock, Beulah,
♦•Franklin, White Plains, Pilot
Mountain, Copeland, and Moun
tain Park. These schools, the
superintendent stated, have been
recommended for departments,
and Mr. Stafford is to make Rec
ommendations concerning build
| lags, equipment, and instruction.
POULTRY SALE
SEPTEMBER 26
4-H Club Members To Offer
Market Pullets At Event
To Be Held Here
SPONSORED BY LIONS
The 4-H club poultry sale, pre
viously reported set for Septem
ber 19, will instead be held Thurs
day, September 26, County Agent
Neill M. Smith has disclosed. The
L-iens C’ub V sponsoring the
event.
4-H members from Surry and
Yadkin counties will offer for sale
at the Elkin livestock market pul
lets acquired through the Sears
Roebuck poultry chain. In addi
tion the Elkin Hatchery has an
nounced that 72 chickens will be
offered for sale by members of
Elkin, North Elkin, and Mountain
Park 4-H clubs.
A list of boys and girls from
Surry who will sell pullets at the
sale includes:
Sears Roebuck chickens, boys—
Leonard Smith and Thomas Ra
mey, Lowgap; Robert Hill and
Billy Ray Hodges, Beulah; and J.
C. Bledsoe, Copeland.
Sears Roebuck chickens, girls—
Ruth Moore, Bessie McCormick
and Betty Southern, of Mount
Airy, Route 3; Rachel Johnson of
Mount Airy, Route 4; and Lilly
Mae Pratt of Ararat, Route 1,.
Elkin Hatchery chickens — Or
ville Nixon, Bobbie Lee Cocker
ham, and Roger Maines, all of
State Road.
Elkin Chicken Project — Helen
Smith and Nancy Lou Nixon, of
State Road; and Millred Edmonds
of Elkin, Route 1.
TO HOLD STOCK
SHOW OCT. 8-9
Senator Hoey And Former
Governor Broughton To Be
Guests During Event
BOTH ARE TO SPEAK
Next major event on the sched
ule of civic projects, which are
rapidly gaining for Elkin the repu
tation of being a progressive and
civic-minded community, is the
Elkin Fat Stock Show, to be held
October 8 and 9. Mayor Gar
land Johnson has revealed that at
least two prominent speakers are
assured for the occasion.
Senator Clyde R. Hoey, the
mayor has announced, has ac
cepted an invitation to speak here
to 4-H and FFA club members at
the YMCA Oct. 9. The Senator
had to refuse an additional invi
tation to attend the Exhibitors’
Banquet due to previous commit
ments.
Ex-governor c. Melville Brough
ton, Mr. Johnson said, will, how
ever, be on hand to speak at the
banquet. He will remain over
night and will introduce Senator
Hoey at the 4-H and FFA gath
ering.
In addition to these two distin
guished figures, Thurmond Chat
ham, an Elkin native, is expected
to take part in the program. Mr.
Chatham has expressed a willing
ness and a desire to be present if
matters can be so arranged.
4
Cheer Leaders Are
Named By Students
Cheer leaders were elected at
Elkin high school Tuesday. In
addition to Ann Harris and Sarah
Holcomb, reelected from last year,
the following were named by
grades:
Freshman class — Clara Mae
Nixon, May Lou Miller; Sopho
more class — Jack Pardue, Sally
Transou; Junior class — Peggy
Walters, Betsy Richardson; Senior
class — Betty Jean Darnell, Bet
ty Mitchell.
HAMPTONVILLE
MAN WOUNDED
Coy Coleman Is Shot In
Stomach At Winston-Salem
Service Station
CONDITION IS IMPROVED
Coy Coleman, 30 - year - old
Hamptonville man who sustained
an abdominal bullet wound at a
North Liberty Street service sta
tion in Winston-Salem last Sat
urday night, is reported improv
ing by authorities of the City Hos
pital of Winston-Salem.
The bullet wound was inflicted,
according to police reports, by
Earl W. Yandle, 39, operator of
the service station. Yandle vol
untarily surrendered to police and
confessed to the shooting. He is
being held in the city jail with
out bond.
Yandle told police that Cole
man, a stranger to him, had been
loitering in the vicinity of the sta
tion during the day of the shoot
ing. He said that he repeatedly
told the man to leave, but that
his requests were ignored.
Shortly before turning the sta
tion over to his wife, who with a
helper operates it during the
night, Yandle said that he was in
side counting out the day's re
ceipts. Coleman, he said, came in
and started handling the money.
"I told him to get out or I’d
hurt him,” police quoted Yandle
as saying.
“Oh, you won’t do a damn’
thing,” Coleman is said to have
replied.
Yandle seized a .33-calibre pis
tol and fired point blank. Cole
man staggered out of the station
and asked a man in a nearby au
tomobile to take him away. After
riding a few blocks he asked the
man to call for an ambulance be
cause he was “suffering too
much.”
Yandle, following the shooting,
telephoned for the police.
I
Surry Workers Take
A Refresher Course
Mi's. James E Ashby and Mrs.
Emma R. Mock of the Surry
county welfare department's case
work staff were in Raleigh for
two days this week for a refresh
er course on problems and policies
of social welfare programs.
The courses were given oy the
State Department of Public Wel
fare under the direction of Anna
A. Cassatt, supervisor of staff de
velopment. The meeting this week
was one of a series which will be
attended by all caseworkers on
county welfare staffs in North
Carolina.
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LOCAL MOUNTS TAKE HONORS — Two of the outstanding horses entered by local owners in Elkin’s
first horseshow were Midnight, owned by Gene Spainhour, and McCord’s Peavine, owned by J. F.
Ludwig, at whose grounds the show was held. McCord’s Peavine, mounted by Beck Moehlmann of
Concord, is shown above. Mr. Moehlmann is receiving the blue-ribbon award for top place in the Lo
cal Five-gaited class from the hand of Mrs. George Stockton, ribbon marshall. Standing behind Mrs.
Stockton is Ringmaster H. Glenn York, who is personally credited with a large measure of the show’s
success. At left is Mr. Spainhour mounted on Midnight, as he takes top-spot award in the Men's
Pleasure Horse class during the afternoon performance. Mrs. Stockton, accompanied by Mr. York, is
again bestowing the ribbon.
Huge Crowds Attend
Horse Show Saturday
Local Mounts And Riders Winners
Of Honors In Annual Lions Event
A crowd estimated at between
2,500 and 3,000 persons attended
the afternoon and night perfor
mances of the first Elkin Lions
Club Horseshow, held last Satur
day at the Ludwig Stables and
Showground. The events Were
marked by a number of high hon
ors going to local horses and rid
ers, entered into competition with
some of the finest mounts in the
state.
Gene Spainhour’s horse, Mid
night, took two first places to lead
the locals, gaining blue ribbons in
JONESVILLE TO
HAVE GRID TEAM
Six-Game Schedule Is To Be
Played; Team Is Rounding
Into Shape
PLAY ELKIN OCTOBER 18
Jonesville high school’s athletic
program has been expanded to in
clude football, and this season the
school will field the first eleven
in its history.
Coached by Watt Deal and
Kemp Reece, the team will play a
six game schedule. Practice ses
sions were held twice each day
prior to the opening of school, but
are now limited to one a day. The
coaches say that, although the
team is light and inexperienced, it
is gradually rounding into shape,
and the candidates are displaying
a winning spirit.
The back field will operate from
both the single wing and “T” for
mations. Standouts on the prac
tice field are Jack Daye and Rae
ford Harris in the backfield and
linemen Ray Freeman, Jimmy
Everidge and Benny Groce.
The squad roster, names follow
ed by weight, includes:
Ends — Dicky Vestal, 165; Ray
Freeman, 175; Mon Harris, 160;
J. C. Minish, 145; and Delos Mar
tin, 145.
Tackles — Ranny Smith, 180;
Jimmy Everidge, 168; Dexter Rose,
165; and Norman Hanes, 155.
Guards — James Pardue, 165;
Benny Groce. 150; Jack Rose, 140;
Wayne Osborne, 130; David John
son, 110; and Charles Madison.
140.
Centers — Benny Martin, 165;
Bobby Duenkle, 130; Leonard
Lineberry, 110.
Backs — Jack Daye, 145; Bobby
Vestal, 125; Harold Gray, 180;
Leif Brown, 150; Raeford Harris,
185; Dick Webster, 155; Charles
Boles, 145; and Jay Groce, 115.
Average weight of the starting
team is 160 pounds.
The Jonesville schedule:
Oct. 11 — North Wilkesboro.
Oct. 18 — Elkin.
Oct. 25 — Flat Rock.
Nov. 1 — Wilkesboro.
Nov. 7 — Taylorsville.
Nov. 15 — BoonvilTe..
Games with Elkin, Flat Rock
and Taylorsville will be played at
the Elkin high school athletic
field. Others will be played away.
both the Men’s Pleasure Horse and
the Open Pleasure Horse classes.
J. F. Ludwig’s McCord’s Peavine
copped first and second places in
two events, and his Lucky took one
second and two third places.
Another local winner was David
Brendle’s Brown Bomber, which
took two seconds and a third.
Top honors in horsemanship
went to Mary Liles Freeman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C.
Freeman, who won blue ribbons in
both Children’s Horsemanship and
Ladies’ Horsemanship.
Show officials included Read
Wilson, master of ceremonies;
John L. Bowers of Black Moun
tain, manager; H. Glenn York of
Elkin, ringmaster; Hon. Delmar
Twyman of Rougemont and Hon.
John H. Marr of Paris, Ky.,
judges; and Mrs. George Stockton,
Mrs. Gracie Booie of High Point,
Miss Lorna Smithey and Miss
Peggy Lineberry, ribbon marshals.
Mr. York, as vice-president of
the Lions Club, publicly expressed
appreciation to the State Highway
Patrolmen and the local police
who aided in handling traffic at
the showgrounds.
One entry whose appearance in
the show was looked forward to
with anticipation. Dr. Moir S.
Martin’s Wilson Merry Boy from
Mount Airy, a frequent prize-win
ner in previous events, was with
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YOUTH NABBED
AFTER CHASE
Roby Parks, of Boonville,
Held On Many Counts, Is
Under $300 Bond
PLACED IN JAIL HERE
Roby Parks, Boonville youth,
was arrested here late rhursday
night, following a wild chase
through Jonesville and Elkin.
Parks’ driving resulted in a total
of six charges being lodged against
(him.
Parks was charged with speed
ing and reckless driving by local
authorities, and with speeding,
reckless driving, disturbing the
peace and operating a car with
out a driver’s permit by Officer
Robert Hott of Jonesville.
Officer Hott stated that he
started in pursuit of Parks in
Jonesville after observing the
manner in which he was driving.
On this side of the river Officers
T. B. Sams arid Hugh Laffoon
took up the chase. Officers said
that the boy attempted to escape
by turning a spot light, mounted
on the rear of his car, into the
eyes of his pursuers. He swerved
his machine, they reported, from
one side of the road to the other
while travelling at a fast rate of
speed.
Parks, after spending Thursday
night in jail, was released under a
$300 bond.
ELKS TO PLAY
DRAPER FRIDAY
First Football Game Of Sea
son To Be Played On
School Athletic Field
LINE-UP IS ANNOUNCED
Elkin high school opens the 1946
football season here Friday after
noon when the Elks take on the
strong Blue Bantams of Draper
High at 4:00 o’clock.
Little pre-season dope is avail
able about the Draper team, other
than that they have played one
game which they won 52-7. The
Elks, too, are an unknown quan
tity, but led by Claude Eldridge
and Graham Johnson, with a host
of lettermen on the squad, they
should provide some pretty strong
competition for the visiting team,
and for other teams of this sec
tion who are on their schedule.
The probable line-up for the
Elks when the starting whistle
sounds has been announced as fol
lows:
Hemric, left end; Phillips, left
tackle; Johnson, left guard;
Blackburn, center; K. Adams,
right guard; James, right tackle;
Harris, right end; Ratledge, quar
terback; McCann, left half; Eld
ridge, right half; and Osborne,
fullback.
The game will be played at the
school athletic field adjoining the
gymnasium.
PUTS WALLACE
ON THE CARPET
Truman To Tell Commerce
Secretary To Shut Up Or
Get Out Of Cabinet
MADE LETTER PUBLIC
Washington, Sept. 18 — Top
Administration officials said to
day President Truman has decided
to tell Secretary of Commerce
Henry A. Wallace he must quit
talking about American foreign
policy or get out of the Cabinet.
Less than 24 hours earlier he
made public—without Mr. Tru
man's approval—a letter he wrote
the Chief Executive last July urg
ing that this country agree to
"reasonable Russian guarantees of
security" even at the risk of "ap
peasement’’ cries.
"We have little time to lose,’’
Wallace said in calling for a "shift
in some of our thinking about in
ternational matters.”
The letter, which Mr. Truman
simply acknowledged and passed
on to Secretary of State Byrnes,
proposed a long list of moves Wal
lace said should improve Ameri
can-Russian relations.
Among them was a definite
treaty pledge for the eventual de
struction of America’s store of
atomic bombs and a reassessment
of this country’s military as well
as foreign policies to avert what
Wallace described as the danger
of a third World War.
The President specifically "dis
approved” release of the letter for
general publication on the grounds
that his approval might be mis
construed abroad as applying to
its contents as well.
There are about 142 carats to
the ounce.
Chatham Given
Safety Award
At Meet Here
Elkin Police
Fail To Crack
Tough Nut Case
Marksmanship of two mem
bers of the local police depart
ment proved inadequate to cope
with a recent nut-theft wave
over in Wilkes county this
week. Officers T. B. Sams and
Hugh Laffoon, returning from
an effort to aid Wilkes authori
ties in shooting on sight squir
rels said to be responsible for
the nut pillaging, reported that
they had been unable to bag a
single one of the culprits.
The two officers spent Tues
day and Wednesday mornings
on the expedition into Wilkes,
where the squirrel season has
officially opened. Upon report
ing in to Chief Corbett Wall,
they were severely reprimand
ed and told to report to the
police rifle range near the old
shoe factory site for an extend
ed course in marksmanship.
Sam Austin To Enter
Business At Dobson
Sam G. Austin, for the past sev
eral months associated with the
Tri-Creek Soil Conservation Ser
vice, with headquarters in Elkin,
has recently announced his resig
nation as a member of the service.
Mr. Austin’s resignation was
made effective September 6, and
he plans to enter private business
at Dobson.
He has been with the U. S. Soil
Conservation Service for the past
two years and is well known to
farmers of this region. He has
worked in Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes
and Ashe counties during the
period of service.
Prior to joining the conserva
tion service, Mr. Austin was AAA
representative at Dobson.
R.CLEWELLYN
RESIGNS POST
Veteran Surry Democrat Suc
ceeded As County Chair
man By John Llewellyn
VOTE IS UNANIMOUS
John Llewellyn, veteran of
World War Et and businessman of
Dobson, was unanimously elected
to succeed R. C. Llewellyn as
chairman of the Surry County
Democratic Executive Committee,
at a meeting of the committee
held at Dobson Friday night of
last week.
R. C. Llewellyn resigned from
the post he has held for the past
five years, giving as his reason ill
health which prevented him from
taking the active part in county
politics the position demanded.
Before taking over the chairman
ship, he served for 20 years as
vice-chairman. Congressman John
H. Folger, present at the meeting,
praised Mr. Llewellyn’s work dur
ing the long period, pointing him
out as the man who is largely re
sponsible for the large majority
the Democrats hold in Surry to
day. He called Mr. Llewellyn the
“most unselfish Democrat I know
of anywhere” and expressed the
appreciation of the organization
for the services he has rendered.
John Llewellyn was nominated
for the post by W. M. Allen of
Elkin, and was unopposed. He was
elected by acclamation.
Other officers elected, all un
animously, were Mrs. Fannie Fow
ler of Pilot Mountain, vice-chair
man; and Will Johnson of Mount
Airy, secretary. Mr. Johnson was
appointed to succeed himself.
The committee voted to hold
two couhty-widfc meetings before
the general election in November,
with dates set at October 25 and
November 1. both of which fall on
a Friday. It was decided to ex
tend invitations to former Govt
eraor J. Melville Broughton arid
State Treasurer Chgrlit; Johnson
as speakers for the occasions.
In taking over the chairman
ship. John Llewellyn outlined
plans for a reorganization of the
party within the county, to meet
what Mr. Folger called “one of
the hardest election years the par
ty has yet faced.”
Secretary Wallace’s attitude
must make the state department
feel like a diplomat is sometliing
you step on.
Flag Presented
To Officials
Monday Night
The Chatham Manufacturing
Company was formally presented
with the National Safety Council
flag, awarded recently for “dis
tinguished service to safety", at a
meeting of company officials and
the plant safety council at the
YMCA Monday night.
C. J. Hyslup, director of safety
for the firm, accepted the flag,
which was presented by Ray
Ketchmark, NSC staff representa
tive of Chicago, 111., on behalf of
Chatham employees. The local
plant i§ the second industry in
the state to receive the award and
is the fifth textile company in the
country to be so recognized.
At a banquet of the 16th annual
State-wide Industrial Safety Con
ference held last Friday night at
Winston - Salem, Mr. Ketchmark
bestowed upon General Superin
tendent R. W. Harris the certifi
cate of award which accompanied
the flag as a token of recognition.
Guest of honor at the banquet
was Dan Woodruff, who sometime
ago was given the NSC individual
safety award for 50 years of in
dustrial activity without a single
lost time accident.
Mr. Hyslup spoke before the
state-wide meeting on "Improving
Safety Committee Meetings." In
his speech he urged committees
to give workers responsibilities and
recognition regardless of the size
of the task. He based his own
company’s splendid safety record
upon the feature of joint respon
sibility.
YOUTH GRAVELY
HURT IN FALL
—
Ray Shores Tumbles 42 Feet
To Ground From Third
Story of New Building
HAS SEVERE CONCUSSION
Raj" Shores, 18. son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Shores of Jonesville,
who was seriouslj' injured in a fall
Monday at the Chatham Manu
facturing Company, was reported
yesterday in a somewhat improv
ed condition. He is a patient at
the Baptist Hospital in Winston
Salem.
Shores suffered a severe con
cussion when he fell 42 feet from
the third story of a new addition
now under construction at the
Chatham plant. He is reported to
have stumbled and fallen back
wards, striking steel beams in his
descent.
Hospital authorities in Wins
ton-Salem, where he was removed
following an examination at the
Elkin hospital, say that the youth
is still unconscious and that his
condition is considered grave.
X-rays, however, did not show a
skull fracture.
Shores was employed to push
wheelbarrows loaded with cement
to workmen on the new building.
YADKIN MAN IS
HURT IN WRECK
Car Collides With Another
Vehicle And Catches On
Fire Near East Bend
IN WINSTON HOSPITAL
Clifton Rutledge of Yadkin
county sustained injuries near
East Bend Sunday at about 6:30
p. m. when his car collided with
another vehicle and was subse
quently destroyed by fire.
Mr. Rutledge, who was dragged
from the burning automobile by
Denver Holcomb of this city, was
taken to the Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem.
The accident occurred when Mr.
Rutledge’s car collided with an
other machine driven by Arzy Da
vis, also of Yadkin county. Miss
Violet Ruth Williams, riding with
Mr. Rutledge, was not injured, nor
were the three occupants of the
Davis car.
Volunteer firemen from the vi
cinity were unable to extinguish
the blaze which entirely destroyed
the car. Approximately 150 cars,
witnesses say, were tied up on the
highway as a result of the acci
dent.