ELKIN
Gateway To Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
The Elkin Tribune
ELKIN
The Best Little Town
In North Carolina
VOL. NO. XXXIV No. 44
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1946
$2.00 PER YEAR
22 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
ABORTION CASE
IS TRANSFERRED
TO ALLEGHANY
Judge Wilson Warlick Makes
Decision In Matter
COURT COMES TO END
None Of Four Murder Cases
On Surry Docket Are Tried
At This Session
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FLETCHER FINED $1,500
The September term of Surry
County Superior Court closed at
noon Tuesday, after Judge Wilson
Warlick ruled that the cases of
Dr. B. O. Choate and Clarence W.
Seagle, charged with murder and
abortion, be moved to Alleghany
county for trial.
^ Although four murder cases
were on the calendar for the Sep
tember term, none of them were
tried before Judge Warlick. One
of the cases, however, was closed
with the suicide of the defendant,
Alexander Wayne Farley, accus
ed of murdering Albert Fleming
in a street brawl in Mount Airy
about a year ago.
The decision concerning Choate
and Seagle was handed down fol
lowing a motion by the defend
ants. The pair were accused of
♦ contributing to the death of Mrs.
Annie Mae Anderson of Charlotte,
who died here following an abor
tion allegedly performed by Dr.!
Choate in Sparta. Judge Warlick
suggested that arrangements be
made for a special session of Alle
ghany court to try the cases.
Probably the stiffest sentence
imposed by Judge Warlick during
^ the seven-day session was handed
out to Robert Fred Fletcher, Yad
kin county man charged with sev
eral violations of traffic laws.
Fletcher was fined $500 for
each of three separate counts,
or a total of $1,500 for the mul
tiple violations. Total bill, in
cluding costs, came to $1,684.
Fifteen hundred of this went into
the county school fund. Fletch
er had previously had his license
revoked and was under a sus
pended sentence.
Several additional divorces were
granted by Judge Warlick during
^the last days of the session. They
*were given in the cases of:
George Wallace King vs. Vic
A toria Woodruff King, Alvin Ad
kins vs. Lottie Hensley Adkins,
Gilmer Gillespie vs. Pauline
Smith Gillespie, Lillie Mae Wil
lard Creasy vs. Robert Ernest
Creasy, Richard N. Clifton vs.
Dorothy Bange Clinton, Elbert
Eugene Childress vs. Lannie York
Childress, William J. Simmons vs.
. Lola White Simmons, and Pris
* cilia Harrelson vs. Alfred Harrel
son.
Other cases were:
Clate W. Tucker, for operating
a car under the influence, $50
and cost and license revoked for
12 months.
Wilbur B. Simmons, colored, for
carrying concealed weapon, drunk
and disorderly, and resisting ar
rest, six months on the road.
Paul Ashley, operating a car
under the influence, $50 and cost
a and license suspended for 12
I months.
Ernest Carter, fined $200 and
license suspended for six months.
Lacy Bruner, resisting an offi
cer and operating a car after li
cense revoked, 60-day sentence
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FARM BUREAU
PLANS MEET
Two Guest Speakers To Be
Heard At Banquet To Be
Held At Dobson
TO SEEK NEW MEMBERS
A. C. Edwards, chairman of the
North Carolina Farm Bureau
membership committee, and Joe
R. Williams, assistant secretary of
the Farm Bureau, will be guest
speakers at a banquet to be held
L Friday, Oct. 11, at 7 p. m. at the
* community building in Dobson.
The banquet is being sponsor
ed by officers and directors of the
Surry Farm Bureau for the bene
fit' of workers who are to take
part in the county-wide member
ship drive scheduled to get un
derway Oct. 15.
Mr. Edwards and Mr. Williams
are considered to be two of the
outstanding farm leaders of the
state, and according to County
Agent Neill M. Smith, the two
^ men are well acquainted with to
bacco farm and tobacco problems
in this part of the country.
Mr. Edwards, ip addition to be
ing active in the Farm Bureau, is
chairman of the state House Ag
riculture Committee and a mem
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OFFICIALS OF ELKIN FAT STOCK SHOW AND SALE — Pictured above are three officials of the
Fat Stock Show and Sale to be held here next Tuesday and Wednesday. Neill M. Smith, Surry
county agent, left, and Sam Neaves, of Elkin, cen ter, will act as co-managers of the show. Robert
Lankford, right, is president of the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the
event. Approximately 130 baby beeves have been entered in this year’s event, and the largest crowd
of 4-H members, Future Farmers of America and farmers in the history of the event are expected to
attend.
Chatham Employees’
Fair To Open Today
Revue Of 1946 Will Feature
Program On Friday Evening
The sixth annual Chatham
Employees’ Fair will open today
(Thursday) at 1:00 p. m., and
fair officials declare that the ev
ent is expected to be the biggest
and best in its history.
Exhibits were accepted all day
yesterday and through 10 a. m.
today. Perishables such as flow
ers and examples of culinary art
were the last to be placed on the
stands. C. C. Poindexter is in
charge of all exhibits.
Other officials include C. J. Hy
slup, entertainment; H. C. Hatch,
decorations; C. H. Leary, trans
portation; and W. F. Burgiss,
lighting and sound.
Charged with the care of vari
ous departments are:
Culinary, Attie Young and
Mildred Lawrence; Farm and
Garden, Pauline Masten and Jen
nie Sherrill; Handiwork, Maurice
Gordon and Lola Morrison;
House Furnishings, Ann Gilliam
and Blanche Ross; Plants and
Flowers, Violet Mackie and Mat
tie Osborne; Hobbies, James Free
man and Lorine Whitaker; Pho
tography and Art, Van Dillon, Jr.,
and Jake Brown; Art, Paul Price
and Emma Underwood; Dog
Show, Sam Atkinson and Harvey
Stockton.
Program for tonight will in
clude a square dancing contest
between the plant’s A, B and C
shifts. The Chatham Revue of
1946 will feature Friday night's
MOTHER EKIN
MAN IS DEAD
Mrs. Alice Price Dobson Dies
Wednesday Morning Fol
lowing Long Illness
BURIAL TO BE HERE
Mrs. Alice Price Dobson of Win
ston-Salem passed away Wednes
day morning in a Morganton hos
pital following an illness of three
years.
A native of Rockford, Mrs. Dob
son was bom June 17, 1867, the
daughter of the late John H. and
Lucy Long Cornelius.
She is survived by two sons.
Henry C. Dobson of this city and
John H. Dobson of Rockford: one
daughter, Miss Anna Lula Dob
son of Winston-Salem; two sis
ters, Mrs. Lula M. Williams of
Manassas, Virginia; and Mrs.
Jennie C. Wright of Rural Hall;
and two grandchildren, Anna
Katherine and Alice Blake Dob
son, of this city.
Funeral services will be conduct
ed today (Thursday) at 2 o’clock
at the home of Miss Dobson in
Winston-Salem. A graveside ser
vice will be held at Hollywood
cemetery in this city, where burial
will be made.
Heads Jonesville
Parent-Teachers
Mrs. C. R. Rary was elected to
serve as president of the Jones
ville Parent - Teacher Association
for the current year at the first
organization meeting at the
school, which met last week.
Other officers installed were
Mrs. Marvin Holcomb, vice-presi
dent; Mrs. Waylan Partin, secre
tary; and Miss Bertha Adams,
treasurer.
Mrs. W. L. Hine, retiring vice
president, conducted the installa
tion ceremony.
program, consisting of five acts.
The acts are (1) The Chatham
Spirit — Then and Now, (2) That
Galvanized Washing Tub, a read
ing, (3) The Musical Male Trio,
(4) Mr. Whopper, and (5) a con
test between the winning square
dance team and a “dark-horse”
team.
OCTOBER DRAFT
SEEKS 35,000
Is Increase Of Army Material
Of 10,000 Over The
September Call
AGE LIMIT UNCHANGED
Washington — The army called
on Selective Service today for an
October draft quota of 35,000
men, up 10,000 from September.
There was no change In the age
group to be called—19 through 29.
The draft quota was raised
without explanation on the heels
of War Department orders to
speed the release of some 300,000
non-volunteer enlisted men.
Officials said, however, the
army would effect savings in
money and gain in efficiency by
discharging men who had only a
few weeks or months to serve and
replacing them with recruits who
under the extended draft law
must serve 18 months.
Volunteer enlistments, mean
while, continued to exceed ad
vance estimates. In the first two
weeks of September 23,239 signed
up for the regular army—nearly
as many as has been expected for
the full month.
Selective Service headquarters
said reports from local boards in
dicated the September draft quo
ta of 25,000 was met, chiefly with
men between 19 and 23. And of
ficials predicted the increased Oc
tober demand likewise will be ful
filled, provided army physical
standards “are not applied too
strictly.” «
Major General Lewis B. Her
shey, national draft director, lias
estimated the 19 - through - 29
manpawer pool has 155,00 men,
but has forecast difficulties in
filling quotas after October.
Stolen Car Stripped
Of Wheels, Battery
An automobile belonging to Roy
Bowers of Zephyr was stolen Sat
urday night at Yadkinville and
recovered Monday about four
miles east of town, according to a
police report.
The car was taken while Mr.
Bowers was attending the Yadkin
ville fair. When it was recovered,
in a wooded section just off high
way 67, rear wheels, tires and bat
tery had been removed. The car
was located by Highway Patrol
man J. Sam McKinney.
Boy Evangelist To
Conduct Services
Rev. Donald Holcomb, 14-year
old boy evangelist, of Winston
Salem, will conduct a revival
meeting at Maple Springs Baptist
church, beginning Sunday, Octo
ber 6.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend the services.
When Quebec was the capital of
New France there were but 353
people there.
BEAGLE GROUP
HOLDS TRIALS
Event Staged At Ronda Un
der Direction Of G. R.
Hall And L. I. Wade
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Beagle fanciers from several
neighboring counties gathered re
cently at Ronda for the first Ron
da fun trial, held in anticipation
of the eventual organization of
fully qualified kennel club for this
area.
According to American Kennel
Club regulations, three fun trials
must be held by any group aspir
ing to organize a branch club be
fore an actual field trial can be
held.
The Ronda event was organized
and guided by G. R. Hall and L. I.
Wade of this city, and by Pat
Williams of North Wilkesboro.
Approximately 70 beagles were
entered in the four field events.
Classes were 13-inch males, 13
inch females, 15-inch males and
15-inch females.
Trials were held about three
miles south of Ronda. The event
lasted from early morning until
about 4:30 in the afternoon, and
participants had lunch on the
grounds.
Winners in the several classes
were:
Thirteen-inch males — Jones’
Brushy Mountain Link, owned by
Sam Jones of Harmony, first;
Call’s Sport, owned by Walt Call
of Mocksville, second; Gill’s Lead
er, owned by E. B. Gill of Salis
bury, third; Shaver’s Tony Boy,
owned by C. B. Shaver of Kan
napolis; and Shaver’s Thunder
bolt, owned by Mr. Shaver, re
serve.
Thirteen-inch females — Mae
West, owned by G. R. Hall of Elk
in, first; Call’s Nellie Gray, own
ed by Mr. Call, second; Elk Spur
Lady, owned by J. S. McKinney
of Elkin, third; Evans’ Carolina
Blondy, owned by W. A. Evans of
Statesville, fourth; and Grinstead
Toppy, owned by Mr. Call, re
serve.
Fifteen-inch females — Yount's
Beauty, owned by F. L. Yount of
Vale, first; Zambango Winnie,
owned by A. Lee Pearson of
Granite Falls, second; Safriet's
Sady Girl, owned by Sam Safriet
of Lenoir, third; Bonnie of Merry
Brook, owned by John E. Moore
of Kannapolis, fourth; and
Teague’s Oak Grove Belle, owned
by R. M. Teague of Lenoir, re
serve.
First place winner among 15
inch males wras Bobbie Wade,
owned by Bob Darnell of Elkin.
SCHOOLBUSES
BACK ON JOB
All But Three Of Surry
School Conveyances Are
Back In Service
CONDEMNED BY JUDGE
AH but three of the 17 Surry
county school buses ordered off
the highways by Judge Wilson
Warlick last week have been re
turned to sendee, according to
John W. Comer, superintendent of
County schools. Repairs On the
remaining three arc expected to
be completed almost immediately.
Judge Warlick ordered that the
buses be suspended from operation
on the strength of a grand jury
report. The report, signed by
Robert M. Smith of Mount Airy,
foreman, and G. Kellock Hale, Jr.,
of Mount Airy, secretary, stated
that State Highway Patrolman C.
N. Jones had, upon the grand
jiiry's request, inspected 48 of the
county’s 52 buses and had report
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Plans Are Complete For 4th
Annual Fat Stock Show And
Sale; Senator Hoey To Speak
HONOR MEMORY
OF WJJONES
Local Post Of Veterans Of
Foreign Wars Named
After Elkin Soldier
DINNER MEETING HELD
At a dinner meeting held Tues
day night at the Bon Ton Grill,
members of the Elkin post of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars voted
to name the post, recently estab
lished, after William J. Jones of
this city.
Jones, the son of Mr. and Mrs.
John Jones, was the first native
of Elkin who resided in Elkin to
be officially reported killed in ac
tion during World War II. He
was killed September 10, 1943,
during the Italian campaign. He
had previously participated in the
African and Sicilian campaigns.
Roscoe Poplin, post service of
ficer, reported that other business
brought before the organization
at the meeting concerned the con
struction of a post hut in Jones
ville and plans to sponsor an air
show here in the near future.
The local VFW post, open to
membership of overseas veterans,
is headed by Earl Day, com
mander.
TAKE LITTERAL
TO RALEIGH PEN
Must Finish 60-Day Sentence
Before Trial On Charge
Of Kidnapping Gir!
BELL AT GREENSBORO
Ralph Litteral, 34. of Winston
Salem, has been removed from
the Boone Prison camp to the
State prison in Raleigh, where he
is to finish a 60-day sentence for
violation of prohibition laws be
fore standing trial for the kid
napping of 15-year-old Peggy
Shore of the Pleasant Hill com
munity.
Litteral and Marvin C. Bell, 23,
of Yadkin county, were arrested
early last month and accused of
abducting Peggy near her home
on August 23 and of taking her
into Tennessee before releasing
her. Bell, now in jail in Greens
boro, was bound over by U. S.
Commissioner M. W. Mackie Sept.
3 without privilege of bond to
the November term of Federal
Court.
Litteral. between the time the
kidnapping took place and his
arrest, had been sentenced by
Winston - Salem Judge Leroy
Sams to serve 60 days for a liquor
law violation. He was sent to the
Boone prison camp. F. B. I.
agents requested that he be
transferred to Raleigh and turn
ed over to them as soon as he
completes the present sentence.
Litteral has been tried a total
of 38 times for various offenses.
J. W. COLLINS
DIES TUESDAY
Elkin Man Dies Of Heart At
tack While On The Job At
Elkin Furniture Co.
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Funeral services for Joseph
Walter Collins, 65, of Elkin, will
be conducted today (Thursday)
at 11 o’clock at the Grassy Creek
Methodist Church with Rev, I. J.
Terrell, pastor, officiating. The
body will lie in state at the church
from 10:00 to 11:00.
Mr. Collins, an associate with
local lumber industries all of his
life, died of a heart attack Tues
day afternoon while engaged in
his work at the Elkin Furniture
Company. He had been an em
ployee of that company for sev
eral years.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Ollie Darnell Collins; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Dewitt Callaway; two
sons. Worth and Fred Collins, all
of Elkin; two brothers, Roy of
Elkin and Richard of Indianap
olis, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. Arch
McCoin, Miss Alice Collins, both
of Elkin, and Mrs. William Shore
of Baltimore, Md.
Interment will be made in the
church cemetery.
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER WEEK — This week, ending October 8,
is being observed throughout the United States as National News
paper Week, during which newspapers large and small take the
liberty of modestly calling attention to the many services they
provide for the communities they serve. One phase of observance
here will be a special program of the Elkin Kiwanis Club this ev
ening (Thursday), at which Mrs. Ed. M. Anderson, publisher of the
Skyland Post, of West Jefferson, will be guest speaker. H. F.
Laffoon, publisher of The Tribune and immediate past president of
the North Carolina Press Association, will be in charge of the pro
gram. Kiwanis International each year pays homage to the na
tion’s free press.
SENATOR CLYDE R. HOEY.
above, and Rep. John H. Folger,
lower left, are two distinguished
guests who will attend the Elkin
Fat Stock Show and Sale next
week. Senator Hoey will make
the principal address at the
Gilvin Roth YMCA Wednesday
morning, and will be presented
by Thurmond Chatham. Elkin
industralist (upper right).
J-C’S TO RAISE
ATHLETIC FUND
Season Tickets To School
Games Go On Sale; Sports
Are Not Sustaining
GROUP HOLDS MEETING
To aid the cause of Elkin high
school athletics, members of the
towns three major civic organiza
tions and representatives of the
Merchants’ Association met Tues
day morning at the city hall to
discuss possibilities of raising
funds.
The discussion was lead by Earl
Queen, member of a Junior Cham
ber of Commerce committee ap
pointed to help Superintendent N.
H. Carpenter finance the school
athletic program.
Mr. Carpenter reported that the
state did not allow funds for ath
letic teams and physical educa
tion, and that such programs must
necessarily be self-sustaining. He
pointed out that Elkin teams do
not draw the crowds for home
games which would allow them to
operate independently of an out
side source of income.
Daylight games, he stated, do
not attract spectators as do night
games, which are impossible here
because of lack of facilities.
The group, after the discussion,
agreed to attempt to finance the
program by the sale of season
tickets. Each club member and
members of the Merchants’ Asso
ciation are to receive three tickets
apiece for the purpose of sale, ac
cording to the agreement. It is
hoped that between $3,000 and
$4,000 can be raised in this man
ner.
BOONVILLE MAN
BADLY INJURED
James Brown, 80, Suffers
Broken Leg, Crushed Chest
In Auto Accident
HAS PUNCTURED LUNG
James Brown, 80, of Boonville,
Route 1, was critically injured in
an automobile accident about
three miles east of the city on the
old Boonville road at about 5:45
p. m. Sunday, when his car col
lided head-on with a machine op
erated by Roman J. D. Chappell,
21, of Jonesville, Route 1.
Riding with Chappell were Mag
dalene Moxley, 16, of Boonville,
who suffered back injuries, and
Katy Simmons of Jonesville, who
sustained a cut chin.
Mr. Brown suffered a broken
left leg, crushed chest and a
punctured lung. His condition is
described as critical by Elkin hos
pital officials.
According to Patrolman J. Sam
McKinney, who investigated the
accident, the cars collided on a
curve and both appeared to be
in the center of the road. Mr.
Brown’s son signed a warrant
charging Chappell with reckless
driving.
No part of England is more
than loo miles from tire sea.
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130 Baby Beeves
Entered; Large
Crowd Expected
Pinal arrangements have been
completed for Elkin’s biggest agri
cultural event of the autumn sea
son, the fourth annual Fat Stock
Show and Sale, to be held here
Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week.
Approximately 130 baby beeves,
owned and raised by 4-H Club
and FPA boys and girls, will be
shown and sold here during the
two-day festivities. The show is
sponsored by the Elkin Junior
Chamber of Commerce in co
operation with Surry county ex
tension workers.
Heading the list of speakers will
be former Governor and now U.
S. Senator Clyde R. Hoey, who
will address a gathering of exhi
bitors at the YMCA Wednesday
morning at 10:50. Senator Hoey
will be introduced by Thurmond
Chatham, Elkin industralist.
Another outstanding guest, ac
cording to Mayor Garland John
son, will be Representative John
H. Folger, who has accepted a
special invitation to attend.
One of the highlights of the
program will be the participation
in the Fat Stock Parade Wednes
day afternoon of the 53rd Army
Ground Forces Band and a color
guard from Headquarters Com
pany, V Corps. The band and
the color guard have been ordered
here from Fort Jackson, S. C., by
Colonel Norris A. Wimberly, ad
jutant general of the Seventh
Army.
The band is also to offer a Jialf
hour concert Wednesday morn
ing.
Complete program of the show
is as follows:
1:00 p. m. Tuesday, Dr. John
E. Foster, professor of animal
husbandry of State College, Ra
leigh, will judge the animals. At
6:30 p. m. the Junior Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor an exhi
bitors banquet at the YMCA.
At 10:00 a. m. Wednesday 4-H
and FFA boys and girls will as
semble at the YMCA for singing
and a picture show. Senator
Hoey’s address follows. At 12:30
comes the Fat Stock Parade, and
at 1:30 will be the auction sale,
with Oscar Pitts of Asheville as
auctioneer.
Many buyers from all over the
state are expected to attend the
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YADKIN COUNTY
FAIR OPENS 8TH
Is First Event At East Bend
Since Suspended During
War In 1942
OFFER NICE PREMIUMS
The “original Yadkin County
Fair” will open at East Bend on
Tuesday, Oct. 8, after having been
suspended since 1942 due to war
time conditions. This year marks
the 27th renewal of the event.
Hovey Norman, secretary of the
fair committee, and N. G. Hutch
ens, member of the committee,
have announced several changes
in the premium list over previous
fairs. Close to $500 in premium
money is being offered, the offi
cials say, and there will also be
many attractive prizes.
It is stated that the premium
money will be a great incentive in
attracting competitors for the
prizes.
Entertainment will be provided
nightly by the Blue Ridge Moun
tain string band of Winston
Salem, radio station WSJS, and
there will also be fireworks dis
plays each evening, Mr. Norman
has announced. The midway is
to offer many exciting rides and
sideshows.
The list of exhibits includes a
grange display, livestock, farm
produce, fruits and nuts, canned
goods, bread and rolls, cut flow
ers, needlework, garments made
from feed bags, sewing by high
school girls, and novelties and in
dustrial arts.
This year, the officials add,
there will be no poultry display
because of a State Department of
Agriculture ruling prohibting such
shows due to a prevalence of
poultry disease which has occurr
ed this year.