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VOL. No. XXXV No. 46
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. G, THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1947
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OLD HICKORY’S
FUND DRIVE TO
BEGINMONDAY
Minimum Goal Of $2,500 Is
Announced By Group
VOLUNTEER WORKERS
Russell Burcham To Direct
Campaign Work Fund
For Boy Scouts
ELKIN-YADKIN DISTRICT
The Old Hickory Council’s an
nual fund-raising drive for Boy
Scout work in this area will get
under way Monday, October 20,
with a minimum goal of $2,500 set
for the Elkin-Yadkin district.
Russell Burcham, district cam-s
paign manager, has appointed
Allan Jessup to head the drive in
Yadkin County and Bob Randolph
„ to lead the fund-raising effort in
Alleghany County. Both counties
have pledged their full support,
Mr. Burcham said.
The campaign in Elkin will be
carried out by volunteer workers
who will contact prominent busi
ness men next week for donations.
Citizens are urged to contribute
liberally in the driVe.
Plans for the campaign were
outlined by Russell Burcham and
H. C. Hatch, chairman of the
Elkin-Yadkin district, at a meet
ing of Elkin and Jonesville busi
ness men in the YMCA Tuesday
evening. T. C. McKnight, general
secretary of the Gilvin Roth
YMCA, expressed confidence that
the drive would be successful. He
pointed out that Boy Scout work
was of tremendous value in pre
venting juvenile delinquency, and
asserted that contributions to the
training of young people were
sound investments that paid off
in better citizenship.
C. J. Hyslup is treasurer of the
drive. An effort will be made to
conclude the campaign by Satur
day, October 25.
CLUB ADDS TO
PATRONS LIST
50 Leading Citizens And Or
ganizations To Support
Productions Here
JR. WOMEN TO SPONSOR
Patrons list for the Junior
Woman’s Club sponsored Barter
Theatre of Virginia productions
to be staged here in November and
April is almost complete. The
aim of the club is to feature fifty
of the town’s leading citizens and
organizations who will have a def
inite part monetarily in bringing
a high type of entertainment to
this city through the Shakespear
ian play, “Twelfth Night’’ and
“The Barretts of Wimpole Street,”
to be staged here during the sea
son.
The following names have been
added to the patron’s list:
Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Abernethy,
Atty. and Mrs. Lewis Alexander,
Atty. and Mrs. Marion Allen, Mrs.
J. S. Atkinson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
vBeeson, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Biggs.
Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Bryan, Mr. and
' Mrs. Russell Burcham, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Butner, Mr. and Mrs.
Roger Carter, Mr. and Mrs. Alex
Chatham, Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Click,
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Cooley, Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Dixon, Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Folger, Rev. and Mrs.
Howard J. Ford, Mr. and Mrs.
French Graham, Mr. and Mrs.
Hardin Graham.
Mr. and Mrs. Abe Harris, Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Hartness, Dr.
Moir Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Earl
Hodel, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Hol
comb, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Hayes,
Mr. and Mrs. Julius Hall, C. J.
Hyslup, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. James,
Dr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Garland Johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Laffoon, Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Lankford, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Neaves, Mr. and Mrs. J.
R. Poindexter, Mr. and Mrs. Hu
bert Parker, Dr. and Mrs. W. B.
Reeves, Mrs. G. T. Roth, Mr. and
Mrs. George Royall, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Royall, Mr. and Mrs. John
Sagar, Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Shamel,
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Smith, Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Smith, Sr., and
Dick Smith, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. McNeer, Mr.
and Mrs. Joe Bivins, Rev. and
Mrs. Robert G. Tuttle, Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. L. Benson, Mr. and
Mrs. W. A. Neaves, Mr. and Mrs.
N. H. Carpenter, Mrs. T. N. Lil
lard, Dr. and Mrs. R. B. Harrell,
Mr. and Mrs. T, M. Roth, and Mr.
and Mrs. Claude Farrell.
Three times in U. S. history, two
presidents or ex-presidents have
died in the same year, McKinley
and Benjamin Harrisop in 1901,
Van Buren and Tyler in 1862, and
Adams and Jefferson in 1826.
ACCEPTS KLONDIKE POST—
R. D. Smith, above, —flhlkes
County farm agent, has resign
ed his position with the exten
sion service to accept a post
with the Klondike Farm north
of Elkin. His resignation was
presented to the Wilkes County
board of county commissioners
last week, but will not become
effective until December 31. In
his new position, Mr. Smith will
assist T. P. Cooley, manager of
Klondike Farm, and will also be
connected with the Roundabout
Farm near Ronda.
COURT REFUSES
TO REVIEW CASE
Bell And Litteral Can Expect
No Further Hope Of
Cheating Death Chair
FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT
The United States Supreme
Court Monday refused to review
the case of Marvin Claude Bell,
24-year-old Roaring River man
who was sentenced to death in
Wilkes County Superior Court last
January after being convicted of
criminal assault against young
Peggy Ruth Shore of the Pleasant
Hill community.
Bell and his partner in crime,
Ralph Vernon Litteral of Win
ston-Salem, were scheduled to die
in the gas chamber at Raleigh last
June 20, but the execution was
delayed when Bell’s attorney ap
pealed to the Supreme Court.
Governor Cherry granted Litteral
a stay of execution pending-; the
outcome of Bell’s appeal, explain
ing that both men had committed
the same crime and should re
ceive similar treatment.
Litteral is now scheduled to die
October 31 and Bell’s execution
will be set for the same date if the
U. S. Supreme Court’s decision is
certified back to the State Su
preme Court before Friday.
YADKIN JURORS
ARE SELECTED
Will Serve During Two
Weeks’ Term Of Court To
Be Held In November
CLEMENTS TO BE JUDGE
Jurors were drawn by the Yad
kin County Commissioner, Mon
day, October 6, for a two weeks
term of court for the trial of civil
cases, which w'ill begin Nov. 17,
with Judge J. H. Clement of Walk
ertown presiding.
The jurors and their addresses
are as follows:
First Week
From Yadkinville: Mrs. Ray
mond Cleary, James H. Williams,
Elgy M. Renegar, W. L. Mackie,
Mrs. P. p. Davis, L. M. Carter, H.
C. Hemric, Troy Pendry, C. H.
Steelman, Claud Gough, Fred
Vestal, Steve Norris, Homer P.
Williams, Joe Brooks, Henry Kim
mer, Fred Adams, O. J. Fleming,
R. Lee Buxton, J. W. Chipman,
Thad Carlton, and Weldon Par
due; From Hamptonville: E. J. C.
Myers, L. M. Angel, Paul A.
Caudle and B. F. Hill; from Boon
ville: Clint Stinson, Ervin Steel
man, and H. P. Craver; East
Bend: J. N. D&vis; Jonesville:
Odell Harpe.
Second Week
From Yadkinville: R. L. Evans,
B. A. Badgett, Paul Dinkins, S.
W. Vestal, Dewey Todd, Allen
Chamberlain, Ford Helton, A. G.
Helton, A. G. Draughan, A. J. Hol
lar Frank Caudle, M. M. White,
Zenith Reavis, and F. I. Baity;
From East Bend: A. L. Saylor, J.
M. Prim, Gorrell B. Smitherman,
and Walter W. Lane; from
Jonesville: Mrs. Myrtle Mayberry,
Ralph D. Powell, Odell Spann, O.
W. Martin, Sam O. Martin, and
R. G. Hagwood; from Hampton
ville: Dwight Money; from Cycle:
M. C. Dobbins, Jr., and Henry
Clay Johnson; from Boonville:
Tom D. Casstevens, D. T. Swaim,
Charles F. Bolin, W. D. Brown
and Mrs. Hubert Fleming.
PASTORS LOCAL
CHURCHES ARE
RETURNED HERE
Rev. R. G. Tuttle To Again
Serve Elkin Methodists
BOGGS TO JONESVILLE
Mrs. M. B. Lee Is Sent to
Hazelwood Church As Pas
tor Of That Charge
HIATT IS REAPPOINTED
Although 17 changes were made
in the Winston-Salem district of
the Western North Carolina
Methodist conference as a whole,
pastors of Elkin and Jonesville
churches were returned to their
charges for another year.
Rev. Robert G. Tuttle, who has
served the Elkin Methodist
Church for two years, was return
ed here, as was Rev. C. M. Boggs
to the Jonesville Methodist
Church.
Bishop Clare Purcell read the
appointments at the closing of the
conference at Charlotte Monday.
Other members in this area who
will return to their charges are:
Dobson-Mountain Park Circuit,
Rev. E. M. Hoyle, Jr.; Level Cross
Circuit, Rev. M. W. Nesbitt, Jr.;
Sparta, Rev. W. H. Yokley; Surry
Circuit, Rev. Robert Carter; Yad
kinville, Rev. H. D. Garmon.
Dr. H. G. Allen was returned as
district superintendent, and Rev.
J. S. Hiatt was re-appointed as
superintendent of the Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital here, and
as director in the Golden Cross.
Mrs. M. B. Lee, who has served
the local church for the past two
years as director of Religious Edu
cation, was’transferred to Hazel
wood Methodist Church, near
Waynesville, as pastor of that
charge. A successor to Mrs. Lee
here has not as yet been obtained.
In the Surry Circuit Rev. O. D.
Smith replaces Rev. I. J. Terrell.
The six - day conference in
Charlotte’s Dil worth Methodist
Church approved the conference
world peace committee report op
posing universal military training.
It was also disclosed during the
session that Methodist churches in
the 10 districts of the conference
have a membership of 223,971.
MEETING SET
FOR FRIDAY
George Farthing To Be Guest
Speaker At Elkin Farm
Bureau Meeting
TO HAVE STRING MUSIC
George Far'hing, field repre
sentative of me North Carolina
Farm Bureau, will be guest speak
er at a meeting of the Elkin Com
munity Farm Bureau in the North
Elkin school Friday night at 7:30,
it was announced today by Frank
Miller, president of the Elkin or
ganization.
Mr. Farthing, who is working in
20 mountain counties in connec
tion with the state-wide farm bu
reau membership drive, will dis
cuss the importance of a perma
nent farm program.
A special feature of the program
will be string band music.
President Miller also released
the names of members selected to
spearhead the farm bureau mem
bership drive in Elkin township.
They are: Don W. Cockerham, G.
W. Wilcoxen, Joe Jackson, Aubrey
Hayes and R. C. Newman of State
Road, and I. W. Gentry, Vernon
Hampton and Burdet Gentry of
Route 1, Elkin.
Marriage License
Issued At Dobson
Marriage license were issued in
Dobson during the past week to
the following couples by Surry
County Register of Deeds, Mrs.
Bertha M. Shinault:
October 8 — Richard Inscore,
21, and Sifvia Hawks, 19, both of
Ararat; Fred Davis, 22 (colored),
and Helen Hughes, 19, both of
Mount Airy.
October 10 — Early Taylor, 17,
and Mary Haynes, 16, both of
Pilot Mountain; Curtis H. Hawks,
19, and Reba Shaw, 18, both of
Mount Airy.
October 11 — Harold Stanley,
22, Dobson, and Ruth Martin, 17,
Ararat; Clive Collins, 26, and Jane
Dean, 22, both of Mount Airy; J.
TV. Olive, 27, Roanoke, Va., and
Beverly B. Bivins, 28, Mount Airy.
October 13 — Robert Lowe, 21,
Lowgap, and Kate Hawks, 18.
Mount Airy.
October 14 — Charles Snyder,
21, Lingeston, Pa., and Olgie Aliva
Dodson, 22, Mount Airy.
Wool from Merino sheep bears
the highest amount of fat, 24 per
cent of its weight, before cleaning.
KLONDIKE HEIFER ERINGS TOP PRICE AT SALE — The 28-months-old heifer shown above
brought a top price of $3,300 at the fifth annual Klondike Sale Monday afternoon. Standing behind
the animal, from left to right, are T. F. Cooley, Klondike Farm manager; Ronnie Wilson, manager of
the Ben Tulloch Farm in Millbrook, N. Y„ which purchased the heifer; Thurmond Chatham, consig
nor of the animal; George B. Salley, sales manager for the auction; M. Mullins, herdsman at the Ben
Tulloch Farm; John W. Hanes, owner of the Ben Tulloch Farm; and Brady Cothren, Klondike Farm
herdsman. (tribune photo)
Klondike Heifer Is
Top Animal At Sale
39 Gaernseys
Average Total
$1,133 Each
Thirty-nine purebred Guernsey
cattle were sold at the fifth an
nual Klondike Sale at the Klon
dike Farm Monday afternoon for
an average of $1,133.33 each. The
top animal, Klondike Predictmost
Huntness, a 28-moriths-old heif
er bred and consigned by the
Klondike Farm, was purchased for
$3,300 by John W. Hanes of Mill
brook, N. Y.
The second highest price was
paid for a bull, Klondike Mollie’s
Prediction, also consigned by the
Klondike Farm. N. G. Roosevelt
of Moncks Corner, S. C., purchased
the animal for $3,100 after spirit
ed bidding. The Klondike Farm
consigned three of the four bulls
offered in the sale. They brought
a total of $7,500 for an average of
$2,500 each.
The Klondike Farm was host to
some 400 buyers, consignors and
guests at the annual event. A pic
nic-style lunch was served pre
ceding the sale.
Thurmond Chatham, owner of
the Klondike Farm, opened the
auction and welcomed the group
to the event. He urged the cattle
men to concentrate on Guernsey
breeding that would result in
heavy milk production.
The sale was conducted by
George B. Salley of the Salley
Sales Service, Orangeburg, S. C.
Glenn Lecky of Holmesville, Ohio,
was auctioneer and was assisted
by Arthur Brantley and Swinton
Gramling.
Accident Victim
Shows Improvement
The condition of Brent Johnson,
young son of Mr. and Mrs. Thur
man L. Johnson who was seriously
injured in an accident here Sep
tember 30. was reported as im
proved Tuesday.
Although the lad had not fully
regained consciousness, he was re
portedly making slow progress to
ward recovery. He is undergoing
treatment at a Winston-Salem
hospital.
Brent was injured when the bi
cycle he was riding collided with
a car driven by Livingston Wil
liams at the intersection of
Church and Spring Streets.
Surry Exhibit At
N. C. State Fair
A live-at-home exhibit prepared
by Mr. and Mrs. James Martin of
Rockford is on display this week
at the North Carolina State Fair
in Raleigh.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin have won
first place prizes for the past two
years at the Mount Airy Fair with
their exhibit, which will compete
at the state fair with exhibits
from throughout the state.
The display features farm pro
ducts grown in Surry County and
marks the first time in a number
of years that an individual live
at-home exhibit has been accept
ed for the stfLte fair.
P.-T. A. Rummage
Sale Nets $389.55
A total of $389.55 was raised at
the rummage sale held Saturday
at the Elkin Curb Market by the
Elkin Parent-Teacher Association.
The Budget and Finance com
mittee of the association wishes to
express its appreciation to every
one who helped make the sale a
| success, the persons who helped at
the sale, the citizens who donated
clothing, the school children and
teachers who helped to collect the
clothing.
The funds realized from the sale
will be placed in the association’s
treasury and will be used for the
improvement of the Elkin Ele
mentary School.
12 4-H RECORDS
ARE SUBMITTED
Will Be Judged In Annual
Selection Of State Win
ners In Various Fields
The records of 12 Surry County
4-H Club members have been sub
mitted to the 4-H office in Ral
eigh for judging in the annual
selection of state winners in vari
ous fields of 4-H work.
County extension workers in
Dobson designated the 12 records
as the most outstanding in the
county after reviewing the work of
Surry club members.
The county winners and the
projects in which they won dis
tinction were: Bonnie Jean Moore,
Copeland, food preservation: Wil
ma Francis Broome, Franklin,
frozen foods; Evelyn Waugh,
White Plains, clothing achieve
ment; Ivylyn Sparger, Beulah,
leadership and achievement; Bet
ty Sue Martin, Mountain Park,
gardens; Vernelle Wood, Beulah,
foods and nutrition; Lorene Snow,
Dobson, health; Anna Jean Hol
brook, Elkin, baby beef; and Bob
by Lee Cockerham, Mountain
Park, poultry.
In addiiton, three records were
submitted in the junior girls’ can
ning division. They were projects
of Louise Snow, Dobson; Shirley
Ann Draughn, Franklin; and Mary
Fay Jackson, White Plains.
Exhibits prepared by two club
members, Ivylyn Sparger and Bon
nie Jean Moore, are on display in
the exhibit hall at the North Caro
lina State Fair in Raleigh this
week. Miss Sparger’s exhibit is a
five-jar canning display showing
a planned dinner, and Miss
Moore’s entry is a two-jar exhibit
of fruits and vegetables.
Cheer Leaders Named
At W. Yadkin School
The election of cheer leaders by
a poll was conducted last week at
West Yadkin school. The follow
ing girls have already begun to
practice twirling" in blue skirts and
gold sweaters for the forthcoming
basketball season:
Ruth Robbins, chief: Peggy Sue
Myers, Barbara Ireland, Jean Cur
rent, Joan Current, Peggy Bell
and Pat Wagoner.
FARMERS PAID
HIGHER PRICES
Comparison Shows Increase
Of 280 Per Cent Over
1900-14 Average
INCREASE OVER AUGUST
The “all farm products” index
of prices received by North Caro
lina farmers on September 15 was
280 per cent of the 1909-14 aver
age, the Federal-State Crop Re
porting Service reported last week.
This index reflected an increase
of 12 points above August and 13
points below a year ago. As com
pared with August, grains, meat
animals, poultry and dairy prod
ucts showed increases, while to
bacco, cotton and cottonseed, and
miscellaneous products showed de
creases.
The tobacco index last month
was 83 points below August and
53 points below the September in
dex last year. (In September the
tobacco index was based on types
11, 12, and 13; whereas, in Au
gust the index was based on type
13 only).
On September 15, North Caro
lina farmers were paying higher
average prices for feeds than a
’ month earlier except for cotton
j seed meal, which remained con
stant at $4.15 per hundredweight.
Tankage, showing the greatest
I increase, rose from/ $6.30 to $6.80.
Mixed dairy feeds of 16, 18, and
20 per cent protein, at $4.10, $4.45,
and $4.65 respectively, were each
up 10 cents per hundred pounds.
At $6.20, corn meal showed a 30
cent rise. Middlings rose from |
$4.30 to $4.45. Scratch feed and
laying mash were up 20 and 10
cents, respectively. Bran showed
a slight increase of five cents.
Feed prices have risen somewhat
consistenly during the past few
months. Current corn prospects
attribute largely to this rise in
price.
Sharp increases in prices of
meat animals, dairy and poultry
products, and grains lifted the in
dex of prices received by farmers
in the nation as a whole to a new
high of 286 per cent of the 1909
14 average, the Bureau of Agricul
ture Economics reported.
At the same time, prices paid by
farmers, including interest and
taxes, rose about one per cent and
established a new all-time high
of 237.
Meat animals, especially hogs,
caused much of the increase in
the prices received index. Higher
dairy products prices—on butter,
butterfat, and wholesale milk —
were a close second.
Eggs, wheat, and corn also
made substantial contributions to
the increase in the index. Hog
prices rose 11 per cent during the
month, and prices of corn and
wheat rose 10 to 16 per cent, re
spectively.
Farmers were receiving 12 per
cent more for eggs than in August
and 15 per cent more for butter
fat. Cotton and vegetable prices
were lower, partly offsetting the
increases.
The rise in the index of prices
paid resulted primarily from high
er feed prices—led by corn and
corn products—and from higher
food, clothing, and building ma
terial prices, which more than off
set decrei|ses in several other
groups of commodities bought by
farmers, the report said.
Corn constitutes 30% of all
crops harvested in the U. S.
Overwhelming
Majority Won
In Bond Vote
Report Cards
To Be Issued
On October 22
For the information of par
ents of school students, Super
intendent of Elkin City Schools
N. H. Carpenter announces that
the first report cards of the
1947-48 term will be issued next
Wednesday, October 22.
Of course Mr. Carpenter
doesn’t think any of his stu
dents will deliberately fail to
present their records to parents,
but, with an enrollment of
some 1,000 in the city schools,
there might accidentally be one
forgetful student. In such an
event, parents could be helpful
by dropping a hint about the
matter of report cards.
Seriously, M r. Carpenter
urges that parents make a care
ful appraisal of their children’s
work during the first session as
indicated by the reports. If
questions arise, or the student’s
progress does not seem satis
factory, parents are invited to
discuss the situation with the
child’s teacher.
FIREMEN GUESTS
OF KIWANIANS
Improperly Installed Oil
Burners Said To Be One Of
Biggest Fire Hazards
1940 WAS WORST YEAR
Members of the Elkin Fire De
partment were guests of the Elk
in Kiwanis Club at its meeting at
the Gilvin Roth YMCA last
Thursday evening. The program,
in charge of Kiwanian Claude Far
rell, was in observance of National
Fire Prevention Week.
It was pointed out during the
program that the year 1940 was
one of the worst for fire losses in
Elkin’s history, a total of 34 calls
amounting to a loss of $180,000 in
property damage. This figure in
cluded the loss sustained when the
Chatham Old Mill was destroyed
by fire.
Since that year ^ large improve
ment has been noted in local fire
statistics, it was pointed out.
The program was largely de
voted to questions and answers. It
was brought out that one of the
chief sources of fires here is the
improper installation of oil burn
ers, about 50 per cent of the blazes
being attributed to this source.
It was also stated during the
meeting that the Elkin depart
ment now has 15 active members
and three honorary members.
Grady Harris, a charter member,
i is the oldest active member in
point of service. Honorary Fire
Chief W. W. Whitaker, who re
tired as active chief a number of
years ago, was not present at the
meeting. Ted Brown is now chief
of the department.
This evening's meeting (Thurs
day), will be in charge of Kiwan
ian T. C. McKnight, who will re
port on the Carolinas’ District
Meeting held in Charleston last
week, which he attended as a
delegate.
Doughton’s Secretary
Dies Monday Morning
Robert Landreth, 37, secretary
to Ninth District Representative
Robert L. Doughton for several
years, died Monday morning as
the result of an electric shock re
ceived at the Pequot Bottling
Company in Fredricksburg, Va.,
where he lived.
A former resident of Sparta, Mr.
Landreth served in the U. S.
Coast Guard during World War
II and purchased the Pequot Bot
tling Company following his re
turn from service.
Funeral services were held at
the Sparta Missionary Baptist
Church Wednesday afternoon
with Rev. F. G. Walker, pastor,
officiating.
It was rumored that Congress
man Doughton had been killed in
an automobile accident Wednes
day morning, but a check-up re
vealed that the rumor resulted
from a report of Mr. Landreth’s.
death.
Seven out of ten workers travel
to and from work by automobile.
Surry Voters
F a vor Program
For Schools
Surry County voters registered
overwhelming support Saturday
for the million-dollar school bond
issue that will be used to expand
and improve educational facilities
throughout the county.
Pinal election returns show that
2,033 votes were cast for the bond
issue against 336 opposing ballots,
a ratio of Approximately six to
one.
Opposition to the issuance of
bonds out-weighed support of the
plan in only two precincts: Marsh,
with 42 “against” and five “for,”
and Stewarts Creek, with 57
“against” and 32 “for.”
The vote in Elkin township was
519 to 74. Heaviest support came
from Mount Airy, whose citizens
voted 1,033 to 44 for the bond
issue. The Mount Airy school
system will get $400,000 for new
school facilities.
Elkin’s share of the funds,
$200,000, will be used to finance
construction of additional class
rooms at the high school and at
the North Elkin school. Plans also
include construction of an audi
torium at the high school.
The $400,000 to be apportioned
among schools of the county sys
tem will finance construction of
agricultural buildings and new
buildings for other school work.
The vote by precincts was as
follows:
(The first figure represents
votes in support of the bond is
sue, the second figure, opposition
votes). Rockford—84 to 6; Stew
arts Creek—32 to 57; Bryan—71
to 16; Siloam—34 to 4; Westfield
—26 to 2; Franklin—48 to 24;
Pilot Mountain—65 to^5; Eldora
—12 to 5; Marsh—5 to 42; Dob
son—89 to 45; Long Hill—6 to
9; Shoals-—9 to 3; Elkin—519 to
74; Mount Airy Number One—172
to 10; Mount Airy Number Two—
151 to 15; Mount Airy Number
Three—239 to 8; Mount Airy
Number Pour—257 to 4; and
Mount Airy Number Five—214 to
7.
TWO INJURED
IN ACCIDENT
Rov Mathis and Fred John
son Critically Hurt When
Car Hits Tree
RECOVERY IS DOUBTFUL
Roy Mathis of Roaring River
and Fred ^Johnson of Hampton
ville were critically injured Tues
day afternoon when the car in
which they were riding crashed
into a tree on Highway 421 be
tween North Wilkesboro and
Brooks Crossroads.
Mathis suffered internal in
juries and had several bones
broken. Johnson received a severe
head injury. Both are undergoing
treatment at the Wilkes hospital
in North Wilkesboro, where physi
cians held only slight hope for
their recovery.
Police reported that the car was
evidently traveling at an excessive
rate of speed when it left the road
and crashed into a tree.
Winston Man Killed
Instantly Saturday
Dewey F. Pugh, 24, was killed
instantly late Saturday night in
front of his home in Winston
Salem when he was run over by a
car driven by William Earnest
Triplett, Jr., 18.
Young Triplett, a native of Elk
in who is now residing in Win.
ston-Salem, said Pugh was lying
in the street and that he saw him
too late to avoid hitting him. Pugh
was reportedly in an intoxicated
condition. He died from internal
injuries and a crushed chest.
Triplett was driving his father’s
automobile and said he was mov
ing at about 35 miles an hour. He
was charged with manslaughter
and placed under bond of $1,000.
Triplett's father is a former em
ployee of The Elkin Tribune.
The total deer population of
Wyoming is estimated at around
65,000.