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■At * ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is a Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations The Elkin Tribune ELKIN Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge THE TRIBUNE Is Read By 14,000 People In Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. Xxkv No. 43 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 25, 1947 T $2.00 PER YEAR 20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS FARMERS SAID PLEASED WITH OPENING PRICE However, Average Tuesday Is Lower Than Last Year WINSTON AVERAGE $47.24 * Mount Airy Market Sells 241, 146 Pounds For Total Of $110,203.82 IS AVERAGE OF $45.70 Opening day prices on markets of the Old Belt Tuesday were from $2 to $12 below opening day figures for last year, but improved quality of the offerings led the Federal and State Departments of Agriculture to predict that the op ening day average would be about $52 to $44 per hundred pounds. Prices Tuesday ranged from $2 per hundred pounds for poorest rthin nondescript to $62 for fine lemon cutters, but the bulk of the leaf sold between $41 to $58. Quality of the offerings was better than on last year’s opening with more good to choice quali ties and less common to fair and nondescript. In Winston-Salem more than a million pounds were sold Tuesday at an average of $47.24, with 1,002,196 pounds bringing $473, 453.48 in first day sales. Prices were described as higher than the average opening prices on other belts. Farmers as a whole were described as being well satisfied ' with opening day sales. The Mount Airy tobacco market reported selling 241,146 pounds Tuesday for $110,203.82, an aver age of $45.70. On the opening day last year the Mt. Airy market sold 375,524 pounds for $187, 250.00, an average of $49.82. The quality of tobacco offered Tues day was said not to have been as good as on the opening date last year, according to J. S. McMillian, supervisor. REGULATIONS 1 ARE RELEASED Season Opens For Quail And Rabbit In Surry, Yadkin On November 27 ^SQUIRRELS SEPT. 16TH Regulations for game hunting in the seventh district; including Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes coun ties, were released today by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. The season is open on quail and ^ rabbits in Surry and Yadkin counties from November 27 through January 31. In Wilkes county, the quail and rabbit sea son opens November 27 and closes January 1. Squirrels may be hunted in Wilkes county from September 15 through December 15 with the daily bag limit set at five and the possession limit 10. In Surry and Yadkin counties the season is open from September 16 through September 30, and from Novem ber 27 through January 1, with a daily bag limit of eight and a possession limit of 16. Two fox squirrels may be included in the daily bag. Ruffled grouse may be hunted throughout the district from Nov ember 27 through January l. The daily bag limit is two and the possession limit is four. There is no open season on deer or Southern Red squirrel. Kentucky was admitted as a state of the United States in 1792. Will Have Two Tags In 1948, Yellow On Black Next year North Carolina motorists will again have two license tags for their cars, a custom which was discontinued during the war years due to the critical shortage of metal, Ernest McCurry, manager of the newly opened auto license bureau, said Tuesday. The new tags will be black with yellow figures, a reversal of the colors of current plates. The local license bureau, lo cated in the offices of Butner McLeod Motor Co., on North Bridge street, is now open, and 1947 tags may be obtained there. The new 1948 tags will go on sale December 1, and are already on hand, including motorcycle tags. Mr. McCurry is also in posi tion to transfer titles and take care of other details in con nection with the sale or licens ing of cars. V TO PERFORM IN AIR SHOW HERE SUNDAY — Tommy “Batman” Boyd is shown here with the out fit in which he is scheduled to perform at the VFW-Sponsored Air Show here Sunday. The “Batman” will jump from a plane at 10,000 feet and use his “wings” to soar and glide toward the earth to within a few hundred feet of the ground before opening his parachute. He is the only man in America to perform the feat. <TR,BUNE photo by bell> Acrobatic And Stunt Flying To Feature V. F. W. Air Show 0 Second Annual Event To Be Staged Sunday Scheduled to get under way at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Municipal Airport; Elkin’s second annual Air Show will feature acrobatic and stunt flying by world-famous pilots in one of the biggest air events ever staged in this area. Star performer for the show will be Woody Edmondson of Lynchburg, Va„ who has parti cipated in major air programs i f r o m Maine to Florida and throughout the Middle West. He won first place in the Free-for All event at the All-American Air Maneuvers held in Miami this year and took second place hon ors in the acrobatic contest. Probably the most spectacular feature of the show will be a de layed parachute jump by Tommy “Batman" Boyd, who is scheduled to tumble out of a plane at 10,000 feet and glide earthward on his bat wings to a point a few hundred feet over the ground before pull ing his rip-cord. He is the only man in the United States to per form the hazardous leap. Boyd has made over 600 exhibition jumps, of which 320 were delayed, bat wing performances. Carl N. Dunn of Wilmington, who perfected the handkerchief pick-up with the wing tip of his plane, will also be featured on the program with an acrobatic act. Herbert Page, widely-known air show announcer, will keep specta tors informed on performances of the show. He will be assisted by Walter Burgess. Efforts are being made to ob tain a 50-piece military band and honor guard for a parade and re treat ceremony Saturday after noon, and the VFW Ladies Auxi liary, co-sponsors of the event, will stage a dance from 9 to 12 p. m. Saturday in tire show rooms of the Butner-McLeod Motor Company. Music for the Air Show dance will be furnished by “The Rebels.” Officials of the local VFW post, which is sponsoring the show, an ticipate a record attendance, ac cording to VFW Commander Rus sell Burcham. A number of not able military and political figures of the state have been extended invitations to attend the event. As an added attraction, the VFW post will give away a 1947 Ford at the show. In the event of unfavorable weather, the show will be post poned for one week to October 5. Revival Series To Begin Sept. 28th A series of revival services will begin Sunday, September 28th, at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Jonesville, with the pastor. Rev. R. J. Wells conduct ing. There will be special singing every night by the church choir, along with radio singers that are heard every Sunday morning at 8:30 over station WKBC North Wilkesboro. Everyone is invited to attend these services. Services nightly at* 7:30. Garbage Dump Here Moved To New Location Use of the river bottom as a garbage disposal area has been eliminated, it was 'announced today by Joe Saylor, superin tendent of public works. All garbage is now being hauled to a point several miles east of town, where it is dump ed and covered over periodical ly with a bull dozer, Mr. Saylor said. City officials have received numerous complaints relative to the unsightly garbage dump near the river. A “No Dump ing” sign will be erected to warn individuals that garbage must not be left there. SEEK INCREASE IN PHONE RATE Local Telephone Company Files Petition With N. C. Utilities Commission WILL HOLD HEARING A petition requesting an in crease in telephone rates in Elkin has been filed with the North Car i olina Utilities Commission by the Central Telephone Company, it was announced today by W. E. Sparger, Division Commercial | Manager, of Mount Airy. The Utilities Commission has | scheduled a hearing on the peti j tion next Thursday, October 2, at I the Commission’s office building 1 in Raleigh at 2:30 p. m. ; The telephone company based its petition on the contention that j "earnings are inadequate and in sufficient to meet its minimum requirements to maintain, ade quate, and dependable telephone service: and conditions affecting petitioner’s operations . . . indicate that the present earnings can be expected to further decline ... as costs of operations, labor and ma terials continue to increase.” Convict Two For Jumping Season S. L. Love of Siloam and Conrad Inman of Route 1, Mount Airy, were convicted of hunting squirrels out of season and without license at a hearing before Justice of the Peace W. D. Inman in Mount Airy ‘last week, according to District Game Warden William A. White. Three Negroes, Granville Raleigh. James Allen and George King, all of Route 5, Mount Airy, were con victed of taking protected birds. The five cases brought the total number of convictions on similar charges to 94 during the past nine months in Surry County, Mr. White stated. The game warden urged hunters to take precautions to prevent their dogs from running deer when hunting game. There is no open season on deer in this area. 100,000 GOAL OF FARM GROUP North Carolina Bureau Urges Support Of Everyone For Organization TASK OF IMPORTANCE The North Carolina Farm Bu reau’s simultaneous campaign for 100,000 members should have the support of everyone, “for only through organization can agricul ture hope to survive and contri bute its share to the prosperity of our State and Nation,” S. H. At kinson, Surry County Farm Bu reau president, said today. “F arm Bureau Membership Committeemen are hard at work enlisting new members to boost the rolls from 62,057 to 100,000 by November 15,” Atkinson said. “However, this is a task of such importance that we can’t be con tent to let just a few do the work. This campaign means much to the future of agriculture in North Carolina. If we farmers are to be represented properly before our State and National Legislative bodies, we should see to it that the Farm Bureau can point to a mem bership so large that there will be no doubt how North Carolina farmers stand on important is sues.” The drive, headed by A. C. Ed wards, Hookerton, North Carolina Farm Bureau vice-president, has attracted wide interest, Atkinson said. District and county meet ings of the past two weeks, he added, have shown that the farm ers are concerned about the fu ture. "It is up to the county commit teemen and other members of the Farm Bureau to put the campaign over,” Atkinson said. “It is up to men and women alike to see to it that we express ourselves freely through a sound agricultural or ganization and that we express ourselves 100,000 strong.” Kiwanians, Teachers Hear Dr: Mark Deppe Teachers of Elkin and Jones ville schools were guests of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at their meet ing at the YMCA last Thursday evening, with the guest speaker, Dr. Mark Deppe, pastor of Cen tenary Methodist Church, Win ston-Salem, delivering a very in teresting talk. T. C. McKnight was in charge of the program. At this evening's meeting (Thursday), George Royall will act as master of ceremonies of a program on which charter mem bers of the club are expected to take part. Father Of Local Woman Passes Away Samuel J. England, 76, father of Mrs. Ernest McCurry, of this city, died Wednesday of last week at his home in Marion. Death was said to have resulted from heart trouble and he had been ill three or four months. Funeral was conducted Thurs day afternoon at West Marion Methodist Church. Choate Denies Having Any Part In Abortion, Enters Two Pleas Of Not Guilty PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNION Elkin and Jonesville Churches To Take Part In World Wide Observance SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5TH Churches of Elkin and Jones ville will participate in the world wide observance of communion on Sunday, October 5, it was an nounced today by Rev. C. Marvin Boggs, acting secretary of the Elk in-Jonesville Ministerial Associa tion. The world-wide communion day will be initiated by the churches of Wellington, New Zealand at 10:30 a. m. Sunday. During the 24 hours between midnight Satur day and midnight Sunday people of many different races, languages and religious communions will participate in the communion. There will not be an hour during the entire day when Christians in some part of the world will not be observing communion. “This world-wide communion day is full of significance for all Christian people,” Rev. Boggs de clared. “A sense of world fellow ship about the communion table will bring inspiration and encour agement to all who are present. This sense of unbroken fellowship with other Christians has never been more necessary than now. This invitation to be present not only comes from your church, but also from our Savior Jesus Christ himself who said, ‘This do in re membrance of me.’ ” Falls From Auto, Fractures Spine Ralph Mitchell of Hamptonville is in Davis Hospital at Statesville in a serious condition as the re sult of an accident Sunday in which his spine was fractured in two places. Mitohell was reportedly riding on the running board of a car at Hamptonville about noon Sunday when he lost his grip and fell. Hospital authorities reported that his condition had improved slightly Monday, but that he was paralyzed from his neck down and was still in a critical condition. Jaycees Re-Sell Reserve Champ To Local Store The reserve champion at the Elkin Fat Stock Show and Sale held here last week, which was bid in by the Elkin Jaycees, sponsors of the event, at 50 cents per pound, was imme diately resold to F. A. Brendle & Son at a figure well above the market price, Hoyle Cran ford, president of the Junior Chamber, said Monday. This beef as well as beef from other calves purchased by Cash & Carry Stores and the Basketeria, will be sold for lo cal consumption. Citizens who frequently take meals at the YMCA will also be in for fine steaks, 32 baby beeves having been purchased by the “Y.” These animals are now being processed and froz en, T. C. McKnight, secretary, said Wednesday. BIBLE COURSE ENROLLS 194 Is Being Offered This Year For First Time In Elkin And Jonesville Schools MISS SMITH IS TEACHER A total of 194 students are tak ing the Bible course being offered for the first time this year in Elk in and Jonesville High Schools, ac cording to Miss Virginia Smith who is teaching the course under sponsorship of the Elkin-Jones ville Ministerial Association. The course is elective in both schools and carries one unit credit toward graduation. Miss Smith teaches three classes in the Jones ville school with a total of 108 students and two classes in Elkin with an enrollment of 86. Books from the Old Testament are taught during the first semes ter, and the New Testament is taught the second half of the school year. Miss Smith stressed the fact that no denominational quesions are discussed in the course. Many Contribute To Aid Leukemia Victim Ted Ring, 9-year-old son of Ir-, vin S. Ring, maintenance man for! the Surry county school system, is at present a patient in the Bap tist hospital in Winston-Salem, suffering from a rare type of leukemia. After learning that Mr. Ring had used most of his means to provide for the mounting costs of hospitalization and medical facilities, the principals of all the Surry county schools banded to gether and formed a committee to aid in securing cash and blood donations for the stricken youth. J. S. Gentry, head of the Dobson high school, was named chairman of the group, and A. F. Graham, district principal of the Copeland schools, treasurer. John W. Comer, superintendent of the Surry county school system sanctioned the move wholeheart edly and said: “In any case of this kind we naturally would do all that was possible to aid, but in view of Mr. Ring’s thirty years of service to the county school sys tem, we feel indebted to him. Therefore, we are going all-out in seeing him through his crisis.” Radio Station WSJS in Win ston-Salem devoted fifteen min utes of air-time on an early morning program the latter part of last week in an effort to save the boy’s life through securing blood donors. An appeal was es pecially made for blood donors with type ‘B.’ Although this is a rare type of blood, any type will be accepted and can be switched from hospital to hospital in an effort to secure the needed type. Hospitals at which donors may give blood are the Baptist hospi (Continued On Page Four) Elkin Citizens Are Urged To Be X-Rayed Beginning Monday and continu ing through Friday of next week all citizens of Elkin are urged to come to the Elkin Health office between 9 a. m. and 3:30 p. m. to be x-rayed without cost, in a na tion -wide drive against tubercu losis. Employees of Chatham Manu facturing Company are being x rayed during this week. The eighth and 12th grades of Elkin High School will be x-rayed on Monday, October 6. Appointments will be given other students desir ing this service. It'is hoped that Elkin will be 100 per gent in the campaign. Each business firm where the com plete personnel has been x-rayed will be given a certificate. The x-ray service is made pos sible through the sale of Tubercu losis Christmas seals, the Surry County Health Department and with the cooperation of the Elkin Merchants’ Association, Junior Woman’s Club, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Kiwanis Club and Lion’s Club. Dr. R. B. C. Franklin, Surry county health officer, urges every person ,to be x-rayed as it is the only means by which signs of early tuberculosis may. be found. CLUB CONDUCTS ANNUAL DRIVE White Cane Sale And Mem bership Drive of Association For Blind, Under Way SPONSORED BY LIONS The North Carolina State Asso ciation for the Blind, which was created by North Carolina Lions Clubs, is conducting its annual White Cane Sale and Membership Enrollment drive this week, it was announced today by H. G. York president of the local Lions Club Sam Alford of Henderson, pres ident of the State Association and former District Governor of Lions will direct the campaign which w'ill seek a total of $25,000 for the Lion program of aid to the blind and conservation of sight. James E. Crowe, who will serve as local chairman of the White Cane sale and Membership Enroll ment, announced that the local Lions Club had unanimously en dorsed the campaign, and that its members, assisted by Lionesses and other local friends of the blind, will conduct an active drive here on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, September 26-28. In addition to the sale of White Cane buttons, the Lions will en roll as members in the State As sociation for an annual fee of $1,1 and w'ill seek memberships and I renewals of present memberships i from individuals interested in the welfare of the blind and conser vation of sight. One-third of the funds derived from the sale of the White Cane buttons will be retained by the local club, Mr. Crowe said, for use in the program of its own blind aid and sight conservation com mittee, which is the major project committee of all Lions Clubs. The remaining two-thirds of the pro ceeds from the sale of the White Canes, together with all of the funds derived from membership fees in the state association, will go to the association toward meet ing its $25,000 goal for the 1947 campaign. The Association expends its funds chiefly in providing eye op erations and hospital care in sight conservation cases, Mr. Crowe said, adding that other phases of the statewide program include: exam inations and eyeglasses for chil dren; supplies for blind persons taking vocational and home train ing; establishing deserving blind persons in business enterprises, teaching Braille, and otherwise rendering every aid possible in blind and sight conservation cases. Mr. Crowe urged local friends of the blind to get behind the White Cane Sale and Membership drive as solidly as possible so that Elkin can make an excellent show ing in the over-all statewide cam paign. Stockholder Meet Called For Oct. 1 A special meeting of stockhold ers in the Cedarbrook Country Club has been called for next Wednesday, Octo&er 1, at the golf course, it was announced today by J. F. Amburn, secretary of the or ganization. The purpose of the meeting is for stockholders to de cide whether the course shall be opened for golfers this fall. A barbecue dinner will be serv ed at 6 p. m., following which the business session will get under way. The club and golf course will be open for inspection during the af ternoon preceding the evening meeting. Miss Mazie Jones Health Educator Through the efforts of County Superintendent of Schools John W. Comer, Miss Mazie Jean Jones of Boone has been secured as pub lic school health educator* for Surry County schools. The new instructor, who will also serve on the staff of the County health office, began her duties last week. She will make regular visits to all schools of the county and conduct classes on health and disease prevention. Miss Jones recently completed a special course in health educa tion at the University of North Carolina and is well qualified for her new position. Seagle Enters Plea Of Nolo Contendere The case of the State vs. Clar ence W. Seagle of Charlotte and Dr. B. O. Choate of Sparta, both charged with abortion and man slaughter in the death of Mrs. Annie Mae Anderson last August, * was expected to reach the jury today (Thursday). The trial got under way Monday afternoon in superior court at Dobson before Judge William H. Bobbitt. On the witness stand for an hour and 40 minutes Wednesday morning, Dr. Choate denied hav ing had any part in the alleged abortion which the State contends he performed, and which resulted in Mrs. Anderson’s death in a hotel here August 25. He testified that he had no knowledge of ar rangements reportedly made for the operation through an ex change of coded messages with Seagle. His plea to both charges was not guilty. Dr. Choate said Seagle and Mrs. Anderson came to Sparta on the morning of August 24. 1946, and that Seagle had asked for a “shot” for “his wife.” He said he found Mrs. Anderson on the back seat of an automobile and that he in formed Seagle she had been tak ing too much dope. He testified that he gave Mrs. Anderson some tablets and medicine to stimulate her. He denied having seen or heard from Seagle or Mrs. Ander son before that time. Dr. J. L. Woltz, Surry County Coroner, and Dr. Harry L. John son, of Elkin, had testified Tues day that Mrs. Anderson had come to her death as the result of a hemmorrhage following an abor tion. The trial opened Monday after noon when Seagle, who entered a plea of nolo contendere, took the stand and told the part he had played in the abortion. He said he first met Mrs. Anderson in July, 1943, at the office of the Southern Railway Company in Charlotte, where they were both employed. He admitted having had sexual relations with her several times, and said that several days before her death she had called him to talk about something “very important.” He was not permitted to relate any of Mrs. Anderson’s conversation be fore her death, but said he went to Sparta to see Dr. Choate after he had talked to her. Seagle said he told the doctor that Mrs. Anderson was pregnant and that “I came to see if some thing can be done about it.” He said he made an appointment to bring Mrs. Anderson to Dr. Choate’s office the following Sat urday but that after discussing it with Mrs. Anderson back in Char lotte he wired the doctor that he and Mrs. Anderson would arrive on Friday instead of Saturday. The wire message followed a code which Dr. Choate had direct ed him to use, Seagle said. Mrs. Anderson and Seagle left Charlotte Friday morning, Au gust 20, and drove to Elkin where they made tentative reservations for two adjoining rooms under the assumed names of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Webster, according to Sea gle's story. Then they drove on to Sparta, Seagle said, and went to Dr. Choate’s office. He testified that Mrs. Anderson went into an other room with Dr. Choate and stayed about 25 minutes and that she was nervous and "had been crying” when she came out. Seagle asserted that Dr. Choate (Continued On Page Eight) Gives Grand Champ Calf To Hospital Here * Thurmond Chatham, who purchased the grand champion calf of Elkin’s fifth annual Fat Stock Show and Sale here last week, has donated the prize steer to the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. The top entry, a 995-pound Hereford, was exhibited by Marie Moore, Route 1, Stony Point, Iredell County, and brpught $1.05 per pound for a total of $1,044.75. Mr. Chatham was also high bidder on the grand champion entry last year and gave the animal to the local hospital.
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