ELKIN
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. 0, THURSDAY. AUGUST 21, 1947
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STATE SUBMITS
BRIEF IN BELL
LITORAL CASE
Attorney General’s Office
Answers Bell Contentions
IN THE SUPREME COURT
Defendant Claims Confession
Was Unfairly Obtained
And Trial Not Proper
FACES DEATH CHAIR
The North Carolina Attorney
General’s office filed a brief last
week with the clerk of the United
States Supreme Court in answer
to the contentions of Marvin C.
Bell that his confession of crim
inal assault against young Peggy
Ruth Shore last August was un
fairly obtained and that he was
not properly tried.
Bell and his companion in
crime, Ralph Vernon Litteral,
Litteral, were sentenced to die in
the state's gas chamber in June
after being convicted in Wilkes
County last January. Bell’s at
torney filed a writ of certiorari
with the Supreme Court early in
July after the North Carolina
Supreme Court had rejected an
appeal of the case. His execu
tion was thus automatically stay
ed until the contensions set forth
in the writ could be studied by
the nation’s highest tribunal,
which will convene for the fall
session October 6.
Although Litteral aid not ap
peal, Governor Gregg Cherry
granted him a reprieve until Bell’s
case is disposed of by the high
court.
In answer to Bell's contention
that his confession to the crime
had not been given voluntarily,
the State claims in its brief that
the confession was voluntary be
cause no threats were made, no
torture administered and no pro
mises made.
Bell also contends that the con
fession should be ruled out be
cause it was obtained by federal
officers before he was taken be
fore a N. S. Commissioner for a
hearing. His third contention is
that the jury which passed on
the case was illegally constituted
because it had no women.
The Supreme Court will study
Bell’s contensions and the State’s
brief and will announce whether
it will review the case after it con
venes for the fall session.
WM.R. VANNOY
ENDS OWN LIFE
Wilkes County Business Man
Fires Bullet Into Forehead;
111 Health Said Cause
RITES HELD WEDNESDAY
William R. Vannoy, 48. Wilkes
County businessman, fired a bul
let into his forehead that ended
his life early Tuesday morning
near his home at Miller’s Creek.
Despondency over ill health was
apparently the cause of the sui
cide, Coroner I. M. Myers said.
Mr. Vannoy left notes indicating
that he intended to take his life.
Mrs. Thomas McNeil, mother
in-law of Mr. Vannoy, told auth
orties she heard a shot about 2 a.
m. The man’s body was found
near her home.
Mr. Vannoy was born at Pur
lear December 29, 1898, a son of
the late James and Cornelia Bum
garner Vannoy. He owned and
managed gasoline service stations
at North Wilkesboro and recently
purchased the Busic Taxi Cab
Company there.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs.
Lacy McNeil Vannoy; one daugh
ter, Miss Catherine Vannoy; eight
brothers, H. R. Vannoy of West
Jefferson, J. T., R. G., R. V., C. J.
and Clyde Vannoy of Purlear, J
A. Vannoy of Winston-Salem, and
J. C. Vannoy of North Wilkesboro;
and four sisters, Mrs. J. H. Davis
of Purlear, Mrs. John D. McLean
of Cricket, Mrs. Robert Reavis oi
Winston-Salem and Mrs. Mintie
Bumgarner of Purlear.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at the Pleasant
Home Baptist Church. Rev. W
S. Luck and Rev. A. W. Eller were
in charge of the services.
Jonesville Man Bound
Over On Two Charges
Mack Ford, of Jonesville, charg
i ed with operating a car under the
influence of liquor and driving
after revocation of license, was
r bound over to the superior term o]
court under bond of $500 by Jus
tice of the Peace C. A. McNeil ir
Magistrate’s Court Monday morn
ing.
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NEW EXPOSITION BUILDING AND SHOW RING — Here is a view of the recently completed show ring: and exposition building at
Memorial Park, which will be the scene of the Lions’ Horse Show Friday and Saturday. The show ring was constructed under the super
vision of Joe Saylor, and is regulation size for stock exhibitions. The exposition building is equipped with 52 removable stalls, which will
be used to house the entries. The long shed in the background (right) is partitioned into 20 tie-stalls, where the animals will be kept
prior to their entrance into the ring. The show grounds and buildings have been acclaimed as one of the finest in this section.
(TRIBUNE PHOTO)
Lions Club Horse Show Is To
Open Here Friday At 8:00 P. M.
Is To Be Held
2 Days At New
Memorial Park
Top personalities of the horse ■
show world and leading exhibitors
of the Carolinas will be present at l
the Elkin Horse Show, which
opens Friday night at 8 o’clock at
the new show grounds and stables
in Memorial Park.
Officials for the show previous
ly announced include Miss Nola E.
Minton, of the famed Minton |
Hickory Farm, Barooursville, Ky.,
who will judge the gaited and mis
cellaneous classes; X. B. (Jack)
Haynie, of the Easi Tennessee
Walking Horse Stables, Knoxville,
judging the walking horses; and
Delmar Twyman, of Quail Roost
Farm, Rougemont, N. C. Manage
ment of the show is :p the hands
i of John L. Bowers, nationally
known horse show pr imoter from
Black Mountain, N. C„ who has
already completed a highly suc
cessful circuit of hone shows in
the Carolinas, Florida and Geor
gia, this season.
Entries indicate tha\ many of
the top stables of the Carolinas,
Florida, Virginia, and Tennessee,
will compete at the Ells in classic,
including the stables of Goode M.
Watkins, Winston - Sal ?m; the
hunters and jumpers of C . V. Hen
kel, Jr., Statesville and Turners
burg; Bert Chandler, 'Vinston
Salem; Dr. Moir S. Martii , Mount
Airy; Wade Moody, Mou:it Airy;
J. G. Wheeler and Son, Oxford;
Red Bird Farms, Lexington;
Green Valley Farms, Greensboro;
Phinn Horton, Winston-Salem;
Walter Newton, North Wilkesboro;
W. K. Sturdivant, North Wilkes
boro; Roy Skillman, High Point;
Carolyn Horton, Winston-Salem;
Roy Hauser, Winston-Salem; J. F.
Ludwig, Elkin; Hudson Price, Elk
in; Cam Cridlebaugh, Jr„ High
Point; Cliff Henderson, High
Point; W. G. Grantham, Kings
Mountain; R. C. Freeman, Elkin;
Charles Mitchell, Leaksville; H. G.
York, Elkin; Gene Spainhour, Elk
in; Ray Pinnix, Elkin; H. A. John
son, Mount Airy; and many others.
The Elkin horse show is spon
sored by the Lions Club, with H.
Glenn York, Lion president, as
general chairman.
Persons interested in securing
information, prize lists, and entry
forms, or in making entries, may
contact John L. Bowers, horse
show manager at the Hotel Elkin
Brother Of Elkin
Woman Passes Away
Ashley S. Roberts, of Marshall,
brother of Mrs. Lee Neaves of this
city, died Friday night of last
week in the Baptist hospital, Win
ston-Salem, where he had been a
patient for several days. Mr. Rob
erts had been in declining health
for over a year, resulting from a
heart disease.
A son of Mrs. R. G. Roberts and
the late Mr. Roberts, he was con
nected with the United States For
est Service as a ranger prior to
becoming ill.
Survivors include in addition to
Mrs. Neaves, his wife and two
sons; mother, and four brothers
Funeral service was conducted
Monday afternoon at the Presby
terian Church, Hot Springs, and
interment was made in the Mars
Hill cemetery.
The humming bird is the only
bird that can fly backward.
Are To Stage
Appreciation
Night On 30th
A “Flayers Appreciation
Night" for the Chatham Illan
keteers. Elkin All-Stars and
Joncsville Hornets will be held
in Memorial Park Saturday,
August 30, when the Chatham
nine will clash with a eombined
team of Elkin and Jonesvillc
players.
Gate receipts at the game
and cash contributions of local
merchants w i 11 be divided
equally among the players of
the three teams. Umpires for
the contest will be asked to do
nate their services, and the
Park Commission is expected to
cancel the usual fee and gate
percentage for use of the Park
so that all proceeds may go to
players.
The Blanketeers are current
ly in a good position to win the
Winston - Salem City -League
crown, while Elkin and Joncs
ville are outstanding teams in
the Yadkin Valley loop.
OFFICERS TAKE
100-GAL. STILl
Sheriff Patterson And Depu
ties Find 1,200 Gallons Of
Mash In Sunday Raid
BEER TAVERN CLOSEI
Sheriff Sam Patterson and sh
deputies captured and destroyec
a 100-gallon still in Elkin town
ship Sunday. The officers pourec
out some 1.200 gallons of mash
but no arrests were made.
Harrell’s service station on t.h<
old Fancy Gap highway about tw<
miles north of Mount Airy wai
also raided in the drive agains
bottleggers. One jug of liquor wai
found in the station, and sever
gallons of “white lightin’ ” wen
found in some woods back of th<
station, it was reported.
Monday the officers padlocket
a beer tavern owned by Arthui
Joyce, Negro, on the Wards Gaj
highway.
Deputies on the raiding part;
were Heber Mounce, C. E. Martin
P. S. McCormick, E. C. White
Chester Sprinkle and Barney Ven
able.
Tuttles Uninjured
In Auto Collisior
Rev. and Mrs. R. G. Tuttle an<
children, Betty, Kitty and Robert
of Elkin, narrowly escaped injur:
Wednesday of last week whei
their car was sideswiped am
badly damaged by a large true!
while en route up the Mount Mit
chell highway.
Mr. Tuttle, who is pastor of th
Elkin Methodist Church, said th
driver of the truck failed to se
his car or hear his horn on th
curving mountain road, and al
though he pulled off the highwa;
as far as he could get, the true!
crashed into them, practical!
tearing away the left side of hi
machine. Luckily, no one wa
hurt.
The Elkin pastor and his farn
ily were on vacation when the ac
cident occurred.
MURDER TRIAL
OPENS MONDAY
Star Witness For State Tes
tifies That Wilkes Men
Shot Victim In Hack
BULLET PIERCES HEART
Percy and Taft Johnson, Wilkes
County cousins charged with kill
ing Lloyd Mayberry of the Windy
Gap community on June 14. went
on trial for their lives in Wilkes
superior court Monday.
Star witness for the state was
Mrs. Shirley Johnson, wife of a
third Johnson cousin, in front ol
whose home Mayberry was fatal
ly shot. She testified that May
berry was shot in the back while
running away from Percy and
Taft. She said Percy fired the
fatal shot while Taft held a shot
gun on Mayberry.
Dr. A. J. Eller, Wilkes health
officer, testified that Mayberry
died from a wound caused by a
bullet which entered his back anc
passed through his heart.
Testifying in their own defense
the Johnson cousins claimed May
j berry was shot in self-defense
Percy said he fired at Mayberry
three times because he thought
I Mayberry was reaching for his
gun. Coroner I. M. Myers testified
that he found a gun under May
berry's shirt, but. that his shirt
was buttoned.
Mrs. Lottie Mayberry, mother oi
the slain man, said the Johnson
cousins had come to her home
1 looking for her son the night he
was killed. She said they told her
: Mayberry had been stealing their
[ liquor.
BOND ELECTION
: DATE OCT. 11TH
; No Opposition To Million Dol
1 lar School Expansion Not
ed At Public Hearing
11 NO TAX RATE INCREASE
' Surry County’s n:illion-dollai
school bond election will be held
’ October 11, it was announced
, Monday folowing a public hearing
, at the court house in Dobson at
■ which no opposition to the elec
tion was registered.
Authorities have indicated that
the bonds can be issued with nc
increase in the present countj
. tax rate of $1.
If the election carries, the Elk
in school system will receive $200,
1 000 for expansion of its education
, al facilities, and Mount Airj
’ schools will get $400,000. The re
i maining $400,000 will be appor
1 tioned among schools in the coun
'<■ ty system.
Registration books for the elec
tion will be opened September 30
> The vote will be on a “for” oj
; “against” basis, without regarc
; for the number of voters register
; ed.
/ The USD A announced that a
c program under which mules wil
/ be purchased for the Mexican gov
s ernment will be initiated at ar
s early date.
Washington, Oregon and Cali
- fornia are the main prune pro
ducing states of this country.
JURORS DRAWN
BY CO. BOARD
To Serve During September
Term of Superior Court
At Dobson
TWO-WEEKS’ S E S S I O N
Jurors whose names were drawn
last week for duty during the Sep
tember term of superior court in
Dobson were as follows:
Week of September 15—Hawk
ins Moore, Dobson, Route 1; J. T.
Ring, Elkin, Route 1; Vance S.
Davenport, Mount Airy, Route 1:
Buford Kirkman, Pilot Mountain;
W. R. Snow, Dobson, Route 2;
Mrs. Buford Kirkman, Pilot Moun
tain; W. R. Snow, Dobson, Route
2; Mrs. Cora W. Ipock, Elkin;
Lewis Teague, Elkin; Edgar Beas
ley, Mount Airy, Route 2; Charles
Samuel, Mount Airy; G. Wesley
Scott, Pinnacle, Route 2; O. G.
Travis, Elkin; Ernest A. Edwards
Toast; Manuel L. Cook, Pilot
Mountain, Route 2; Sid Shore
Siloam; John Kennedy, Elkin;
Willie H. Eads, Siloam; N. E.
Hayes, Elkin, Route 1; Howard
Denny, Pilot Mountain; A. P.
Turnmyre, Mount Airy; Wesley
Draughn, Mount Airy, Route 4;
C. S. Barber, Mount Airy; H. G.
Billings, Elkin; J. R. Venable,
Dobson, Route 2; V. D. Jessup
Pilot Mountain; John E. Brown,
Dobson, Route 2; C. B. Shelton,
Mount Airy; Harvey C. Hiatt,
Mount Airy, Route 2; A. L. Stew
art, Pilot Mountain; Roger
Nichols, Mount Airy, Route 4; F.
V. Dearmin, Mount Airy, Route 5;
Roger F. Critz, Mount Airy, Route
1; W. H. Carter, Mount Airy; Wes
ley E. Jones, Pinnacle, Route 2;
Hillary L. Goins, Pinnacle, Route
2; Arthur L. Jones, Mount Airy;
(Continued On Page Eight)
To Attend Meet
Of Home Agents
Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, Surry
County home demonstration
agent, and Mrs. P. N. Taylor, of
White Plains, will attend the
meeting of the North Carolina
federation of home demonstration
clubs at Raleigh next Thursday
during the annual Farm and
Home Week.
Mrs. Taylor, who is the incom
ing president of the sixth district
federation of home demonstration
clubs, will take part on the pro
gram at a garden party and lun
cheon for county council and state
officers.
Other home demonstration
leaders who plan to attend the
meeting are Mrs. Maude Haymore,
of Dobson, Mrs. Albert Bunker
and Mrs. Chris Bunker, of Mount
Airy, and Mrs. Grady Nichols of
Pilot Mountain.
Jersey Enthusiasts
Attend Field Day
Several Yadkin County cattle
breeders from the Boonville sec
tion attended a "Jersey Field
Day” held at Cam Morrison's
Morrowcroft Farm near Charlotte
recently.
The event was a special get-to
gether of Jersey cattle breeders
in North Carolina, and a large
crowd was present for the affair.
A representative from State Col
lege spoke on judging and plac
ing cattle while the group toured
the farm.
Attending from Yadkin were
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Reece and chil
dren, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Flem
ing, Harold Stinson, Bobby Stin
son, Bobby Hobson and Lawrence
Stinson.
COUNTY FARM
RULED OUT AS
STATION SITE
Soil Said Not Sufficiently
Representative of Area
ELIMINATE 2ND FARM
Experts Continue To Seek
Land For Tobacco Experi
ment Work In Surry
20-25 ACRES NEEDED
Surry County’s chances of se
curing the proposed tobacco ex
periment station that would serve
wesfiftn North Carolina are still
pending the location of a suitable
farm for experimental work.
The county farm near Dobson,
which was originally proposed as
a possible site for the new station,
was ruled out on the basis of a
survey which disclosed that soil
conditions were not sufficiently
representative of this area. Much
of the county farm’s acreage is in
bottom land, which is not typical
of soil in which tobacco is grown.
A second farm which was offer
ed as a possible location was eli
minated because it was not readily
accessible by good roads.
The surveys were conducted by I
a committee composed of Dr. W.
E. Colwel, research professor of
N. C. State College, Dr. G. B.
Lucas, extension pathologist, and
Roy R. Bennett, extension tobac
co specialist. The group is expect
ed to survey two additional sites in
the eastern section of the county
at an early date in an effort to
find a suitable location for the
station.
The farm selected for experi
mental work must have 20 to 25
acres of land that is typical of
this section and suitable for the
production of tobacco. Approxi
mately four acres of tobacco will
be grown for experimental pur
poses each year, and the crop will
be rotated. The farm must also
have a dwelling house, a tobacco
curing barn, a pack house, and
facilities for housing work stock
and farm ihachinery.
Farmers who own lands meet
ing these requirements and who
are willing to lease or rent them
for the experimental work are
urged to contact a member of the
committee or the county agent’s
office.
In the event that no suitable
site is found in the county, the
experiment station will probably
be located in some other section.
MAYOR PRAISES
ELKIN JAYCEES
Johnson and Miss Helen Tom
linson, Beauty Contest Win
ner, Guests At Meeting
AT YMCA MONDAY P. M.
Mayor Garland Johnson and
Miss Helen Tomlinson, who rep
resented Elkin Jaycees in the
State Beauty Pageant at Wrights
ville Beach last week, were guests
of the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce at its dinner meeting
in the YMCA Monday evening.
Mayor Johnson praised the
Junior Chamber for its sponsor
ship of the annual Fat Stock
Show and Sale and other Jaycee
projects which have helped “turn
the eyes of North Carolina upon
Elkin.’’ He predicted success for
the 1947 Show and Sale, which
will be staged here next month.
Miss Tomlinson, who tied for
second place in the “Miss North
Carolina’’ contest, spoke briefly
and expressed pleasure at having
represented Elkin Jaycees in the
state event.
Dr. V. W. Taylor, Kemp Reece,
Clyde Carroll, Ed Royall and
"Tat” Davis, who attended the
State Beauty Pageant and the
quarterly board meeting at
Wrightsville Beach, reported
(Continued on page eight)
Dr. Levering To Lead
Discussion On Peace
Dr. Samuel Levering, of Mount
Airy, will lead an informal dis
cussion on “Peace Among Nations
and How It May Be Obtained,”
Sunday at the Methodist Church.
Dr. Levering, executive chairman
of the World Federalist, an or
ganization working to promote
peace among nations, will lead an
informal discussion at Sunday
School general assembly and will
also speak at the U o’clock wor
ship hour.
A cordial invitation is extended
to the public to attend both ser
vices.
WINS BEAUTY HONORS —
Miss Helen Tomlinson, who rep
resented the Elkin Junior
Chamber of Commerce in the
State Beauty Pageant at
Wrightsvillc Beach Sunday, is
shown here with the loving cup
she was awarded as one of the
runners-up in the event. Miss
Tomlinson and Miss Patsy Par
rish of Rocky Mount tied for
second place in the contest.
• •PHOTO BY DR. V. W. TAYLOR
“MISS ELKIN”
IN 2ND PLACE
Helen Tomlinson Selected To
Share Runner-Up Honors In
State Beauty Pageant
VIVIAN WHITE WINNER
Miss Helen Tomlinson, the
shapely 1947 version of “Miss
Elkin,” was selected to share run
ner-up honors with Miss Patsy
Parrish of Rocky Mount in the
State Beauty Pageant at Wrights
ville Beach Sunday.
Miss Vivian White of Fayette
ville won the title of “Miss North
Carolina” in the contest, which is
sponsored annually by the North
Carolina Junior Chamber of Com
merce.
The beauty winners were select
ed from a field of 26 contestants,
who represented individual Junior
Chambers throughout the state.
Local Jaycees and their wives
who attended the event were Mr.
and Mrs. Hoyle Cranford, Dr. and
Mrs. V. W. Taylor, Kemp Reece,
Ed Royall, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Rudd, “Tat” Davis and Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Carroll.
The delegation also attended
the quarterly meeting of the
board of directors of the state
club, which was held in conjunc
tion with the beauty pageant.
Miss Tomlinson was named as
Elkin’s queen of beauty at the
Junior Chamber’s Beauty Pageant
here August 6. Speaking in be
half of the Elkin Junior Chamber
of Commerce, President Hoyle
Cranford said, “We are very proud
of Miss Tomlinson. She did a
splendid job of representing Elkin
and the Elkin Junior Chamber.”
Altar Set Honors
Mrs. E. F. McNeer
Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Harrell re
cently presented a brass altar set
consisting of a cross, two candle
sticks and two vases, to the First
Methodist Church inscribed with
a dedication which reads, “In ap
preciation of her work with youth
—Mrs. E. F. McNeer.”
Mrs. McNeer has been a worker
in the Sunday School for 45 years
and is a member of the church
choir. For many years she was
superintendent of the Junior de
partment and had charge of the
Young People’s Missionary Socie
ty, the Junior League and planned
Rally Day programs. Mrs. McNeer
is not only active in church af
fairs, but in civic affairs, as well.
Panama honey creepers are
beautiful, small, deep blue birds
that cling tightly to the stems of
plants while they sip nectar from
the flowers.
ELKIN SCHOOLS
TO GET UNDER
WAY SEPT. 4TH
Slight Increase In Enrollment
Is Expected
ONE FACULTY VACANCY
Rumors Pleasant Hill Chil
dren Not Eligible Is Un
founded, Carpenter Says
FACULTY MEETS 3RD
Elkin City Schools will open for
the 1947-48 term on Thursday,
September 4, it was announced
today by Superintendent N. H.
Carpenter.
Complete enrollment figures
were not available, but a slight in
crease over the number enrolled
last year is anticipated.
Rumors that school children
living in Pleasant Hill are not
eligible to attend Elkin High
School are unfounded, Mr. Car
penter stated. School buses will
operate over the same routes as
in previous years, and the sched
ule will include daily trips to
Pleasant Hill and vicinity. Stu
dents from that section will not
be charged tuition, Mr. Carpenter
said.
A general faculty meeting will
be held at the high school at
10:30 a. m., September 3, preced
ing the beginning of the new term.
State law provides that children
entering school for the first time
must have been born on or before
October 1, 1941. Parents of chil
dren in the first grade are re
quested to send birth certificates
if they are available.
Mr. Carpenter pointed out that
students are also required to have
vaccinations for smallpox and
whooping cough before entering
school.
Five new teachers have been
added to the faculty this year.
They are Miss Clairene Oliver,
Miss Virginia Smith, George
Watts, Miss Margaret Cole and
Miss Mildred Wagoner. Mr. Watts
succeeds R. H. Abernathy as ath
letic director and will coach foot
ball, basketball and baseball
teams. Miss Smith will teach Bible
in both the Elkin and Jonesville
schools.
Teachers for all courses except
Science have been secured, Mr.
Carpenter said, and this vacancy
is expected to be filled by the
opening date.
Complete instructions as to
where classes will report for the
first days activities will be re
leased in the next issue of The
Tribune.
Members of the faculty are:
N. H. Carpenter, superintendent
of Elkin City Schools: Denver
Holcomb, Elkin Elementary
School principal; Paul Lewis,
North Elkin principal.
Elkin high school—Miss Mary
E. Holland, Miss Clairene Oliver,
Mrs. Adrain Nixon, Miss Virginia
Smith, Miss Ethel J. Whitley,
Miss Emma E. Cooke, Mrs. Reece
Gilliam and George Watts.
Elkin elementary school—Miss
Mary Hendren, Mrs. Fred Harris,
Mrs. Sam Atkinson, Miss Bettis
Allen, Mrs. Henry Wolfe, Miss
Margaret Cole, Miss Betty Harris,
Mrs. Mary Thompson Brown, Mrs.
Dallas Martin, Miss Blanche Dix
on, Mrs. Lois Rhinehardt, Mrs.
Ruth Spence. Mrs. Lee Neaves,
Mrs. Van Dillon, Mrs. Hortense
Bankston and Mrs. Della Carter.
North Elkin school—Miss Sallie
Woodruff, Mrs. Ethel L. DeJourn
ette, Miss Mildred Wagoner, Mrs.
B. G. Steele, Mrs. Hampton Payne,
Miss Mary Bet Haymore and Mrs.
Ester E. Click.
Abortion Case In
Wilkes Is Postponed
The trial of Hugh West, North
Wilkesboro drug store clerk
charged with manslaughter and
abortion in the July 31 death of
Pearl Jenkins, will not be tried
during the current term of Wilkes
superior court, District Solicitor
Avalon Hall said this week.
Mr. Hall said he expected to
ask Wilkes County commissioners
for a special term of court prior
to the regular term in December,
and that West will probably go on
trial then.
Older cases have priority on the
crowded docket at the current
term of court, the solicitor indi
cated.
West is at liberty under bond of
$10,000 pending trial.
Police Here Receive
New Ford Patrol Car
Elkin’s police force, which has
been on foot for several months,
has finally received a patrol car.
The new vehicle, a 1947 Ford,
was delivered to the department
Wednesday at noon.