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VOL. No. XXXVI No. 2
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1947
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20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS
FORMER ELKIN
MAN BELIEVED
ABOARD PLANE
Crashed Near Frankfurt,
Germany About Nov. 28
^SEARCH IS CONTINUING
Huge Craft Is Thought To
Have Gone Down In French
Zone of Occupied Land
PARENTS ARE NOTIFIED
Sergeant Billy Walls, 20. son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Walls of
Princeton, W. Va.. and formerly of
Elkin, was one of the 20 persons
on board the Army transport be
lieved to have crashed near
Frankfurt. Germany, on or about
November 28. it was learned here
yesterday.
The plane, a C-47, was en route
mom Pisa, Italy, to Frankfurt
when it went down, presumably in
the French zone of occupied Ger
many. Army Air Force search
planes combed the area for the
missing ship and reportedly de
tected a fire signal last week. The
aerial search was halted Monday
when fog grounded the planes,
but was expected to be resumed
Tuesday.
Ground rescue units were also
withdrawn after six days of
searching over the rugged, snowy
terrain. Air Force officials said
military police troops and other
^members of the ground search
party had “worn themselves out"
in climbs over the hazardous
country, and had been called in
for rest, dry clothing and hot
meals.
Sergeant Walls’ parents were
notified Friday that the plane
was reported overdue at its
destination and that a search had
been started for the missing ship.
Mr. and Mrs. Walls moved from
Elkin to West Virginia about 15
years ago. Sergeant Walls was
graduated from Oak Ridge Mili
tary Institute in 1946 and volun
teered for service in the Air
Forces shortly after completing
' his course of study.
YADKIN MAN
KILLS SELF
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Herby Saunders, Father Of
Seven Children, Takes
Life On Sunday
NO MOTIVE IS KNOWN
Herby Saunders, 38-year-old
f citizen of East Bend. Route 1,
1 Smithtown section, and father of
seven children, committed suicide
by shooting himself in the temple
with a rifle at his home Sunday
morning.
Coroner Jake F. Brown and
Sheriff Bill Moxley, who investi
gated the shooting, said he was
tak?n to the hospital, where he
died two hours later. No motive
for the act has been discovered.
Mr. Saunders was apparently in
good health.
Mr. Saunders was born in Yad
kin County and spent his entire
life in the East Bend community.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Pauline Marsh Saunders; four
daughters, Fiances, Ruth, Minnie
Lou and Mary Ann Saunders, all
of the home; three sonsf Marvin
Lee. John Wayne and Larry Saun
ders, all of the home; the father,
T. N. Saunders of Sanford; seven
brothers. Ulysses and Reece Saun
ders of Philadelphia, Pa.; Robert.
George and Nelson Saunders of
Sanford, and Luther and Ray
Saunders of Boonville; five sis
ters, Mrs. Alice Spear of Raleigh,
Mrs. Plumer Brewer of Winston
Salem, Mrs. Ethel Lenear, Mrs.
Velma Cameron and Mrs. Nellie
Taylor, all of Sanford.
Funeral services were held at
the Forbush Friends Church at 2
p. m. Tuesday. Rev. Charles
Hutchens and Rev. E. C. Norman
officiated. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Three New Members
Inducted Into Club
Three new members were in
ducted into the Elkin Junioi
Chamber of Commerce at the
club’s dinner meeting in the
YMCA Monday evening. The new
Jaycees are Herbert Graham, Jr.
George “Gabby’’ Moore and Dr
Claucte A. McNeill, Jr.
A report on plans for the Jay
cee-Junior Woman's club Christ
mas party to be held December 2(
was given by Haddon Kirk, Jr.
The next regular meeting of the
club is scheduled for January 5
1948, the December 22 meeting
having been canceled because o
the Christmas holiday season.
SOMETHING NEW IN AUTOS — Motorists may soon be riding
around in the ultra-modern vehicle shown here if Gary Davis of
Los Angeles, California, has his way. The designer is shown at the
wheel of his three-wheel “Davis" car, which he recently previewed.
The engine is four-cylinder and is said to give from 25 to 50 miles
per gallon of gas. The body is aluminum, with a removable top.
Four persons can sit in the wide front seat.
BOND SALES IN
SURRY $55,090
County Chairman Announces
Figures For Month
Of November
WILKES SALES $4,267.75
W. L. Glancy, County Chairman
of the U. S. Savings Bonds Di
vision for Surry County, an
nounced today, according to in
formation received from Allison
James, State Director of the U. S.
Savings Bonds Office in Greens
boro, sales of U. S. Savings Bonds
for the period November 1
through November 30 for Surry
county totaled $55,090.25. Broken
down into the three series the
sales were: E Bonds $39,971.75; F
Bonds $18.50; and G Bonds $15,
100.00.
Total sales in Yadkin and Wil
kes Counties were $6,913.25 and
$4,267.75, respectively.
Sales of Savings Bonds for the
State of North Carolina for the
same period were: E Bonds $3,
467,456.75; F Bonds $178,562.00;
and G Bonds $1,279,800.00. Total
State sales of the three Series
were $4,925,818.75.
Mr. Glancy said. “There's a
personal feeling to Christmas that
you don’t find during other holi
day seasons. That’s the time!
w'hen you think of your family, of
their happiness, of their security!
That’s w'hy United States Savings
Bonds make an ideal Christmas
present—the present with a fu
ture. At maturity, they’ll be
worth four dollars for every three 1
you put in originally. And they’re
safe— guaranteed by your Gov
ernment. Savings Bonds, Series E,
F and G may be purchased at all
banks, post offices and other is
suing agencies.
HEARING SET
FOR DEC. 22
State Road Man Charged
With Reckless Driving As
Result of Accident Sat.
JONESVILLE BOY HURT
Hearing for McKinley Dudley
of State Road, charged with reck
S less driving as the result of an
automobile collision in North Elk
; mg Saturday afternoon, has been
i set for Monday, December 22. by
Justice of the Peace C. A. Mc
Neil.
Dudley was reportedly driving
his car at an excessive rate of
speed when he side-swiped a car
driven by Arvil Woodruff. Chat
ham Manufacturing Company
I employee, on a curve on Highway
21 late Saturday afternoon. Both
cars overturned and the vehicle
driven by Dudley cut down a
power pole as it left the road.
The two drivers and Paul Hem
ric, who was riding with Woodruff
at the time of the accident, were
treated for slight injuries at the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospi
tal.
Bond for Dudley was set at
$300.
In another accident Saturday,
Kenneth Brown, four-year-old
son of Mrs. Rosa Brown Jester of
Jonesvillc, was knocked uncon
scious when he was struck by an
automobile operated by Raymond
Macemore of Cycle. The child re
portedly ran into the street in the
path of the Macemore car as an
other vehicle approached from the
opposite direction. He was given
, treatment at the local hospital.
No charges have been preferred
against Macemore.
Because salt water absorbs light,
illumination of an underwater
target is only six per cent of the
brightness of the largel in clear
air.
Truck And
Switch Engine
Collide Here
Boyd A. Shore, 32, of Thur
mond. received minor injuries
shortly after noon Wednesday
when the truck he was driving
collided with a switch engine of
the Southern Railway at the
Hensel Lumber Company yard
east of town.
Shore and his uncle. J. A.
Shore, had delivered a load of
lumber to the yard and were
driving the empty truck away
when the accident occurred.
Several cars on a side track re
portedly obstructed Shore's
view so that he failed to see
the approaching engine as he
drove onto the tracks. The lo
comotive, returning from the
Elkin Furniture Company with
two box cars of furniture,
struck the truck and knocked it
about 100 feet down the track.
The truck was almost' com
pletely demolished, witnesses
said.
Shore was given first-aid
treatment at the. Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital. His
injuries were not sgrious.
LIONS CLUB TO
SPONSOR SHOW
Newly Organized Jonesville
Club To Feature Elkin
Club Minstrel
Jonesville’s newly organized
Lions Club will sponsor a minstrel
show, to be presented by the Elk
in Lions Club. Friday evening at
8 p. m., in the Jonesville High
School auditorium. The public is
cordially invited to attend.
Tickets are now on sale and
may be obtained from Lions Club
members or Jonesville school stu
dents.
Attorney James Randleman has
been elected to serve as president
of the new organization. Other
officers elected to serve with Mr.
Randleman were Watt Deal, first
vice-president; Ivry Johnson, sec
ond vice-president; Z. Bent Mar
tin, third vice-president: Rev. C.
Marvin Boggs, secretary and
treasurer; Jarvie Mathis, lion
tamer; Evan Martin, tail twister.
Leon Martin and Lindberg Swaim
were elected as directors for a
term of one year and Jack L.
Caudill and Fletcher McBride for
two years.
The Jonesville Lions Club has
had several organizational meet
ings and are making plans to
hold a Charter night in February.
Trial For Three
Snake Handlers
Postponed Again
Three snake-cultist preach
ers charged with violating city
county health laws by handling
snakes in public during services
at Daisy Station Monday had
their scheduled Forsyth Su
perior Court trial postponed
again, this time until the crim
inal term beginning January
10, 1948.
Solicitor Walter Johnston
made the motion for continu
ance saying that he would be
unable to get to the cases dur
ing the current term.
He agreed to reducing bond
from 83,000 to $1,000 each for
Rev. J. H. Hampton of Har
lan, Ky., and Rev. Oscar Hut
ton, of St. Charles, Va., twice
convicted in city-county court
on the snake-handling charges.
The bond of the third preach
er, Rev. C. C. White, of Lee
County, Virginia, was con
tinued at $200.
On their first conviction
Rev. Mr. Hampton and Rev.
Mr. Hutton were fined $50 each
and given 30-day suspended
sentences. They appealed and
bond was set at $100 each. On
their second conviction the 30
day sentences were invoked, i
and it was then that their ap
peal bond was set at $3,000
each.
Rev. Mr. White was sentenc
ed to 30 days in jail, suspended,
on his one conviction, and his
bond set at $200.
GRAHAM SEEKS
EARLY MAILING
Elkin Postmaster Urges
Patrons To Get Packages,
Cards Off Soon
WILL ASSURE DELIVERY
Postmaster P. W. Graham to
day asked local patrons to plan
' their Christmas shopping sche
| dules now to permit early mailing
; of Christmas cards and gift pack
| ages, thus avoiding last-minute
crowds at postoffice windows.
To assure delivery before
Christmas Day, the Postmaster
i advised that out-of-state mailings
be made before December 10.
Christmas greeting cards for local
delivery should be mailed by
December 15, he said.
"On Christmas Eve, it is a
great satisfaction to be certain
that your Christmas cards and
packages have been delivered be
cause they were mailed early," he
pointed out. "When you post
pone mailing to the last minute,
you risk disappointing your
friends by having your messages
and gifts caught in the rush and
perhaps not delivered until after
Christmas."
He advised combining early
mailing with use of “Do Not Open
Before Christmas" notes or stick
ers on packages and enevelopes.
The Postmaster anticipates
even heavier mail loads this
Christmas than during the re
cord-breaking 1946 holiday sea
son. He said that local postoffices
across the nation arc preparing
for this peak load by recruiting
extra mail clerks and carriers,
collecting and overhauling de
livery trucks, and oiling up the
stamp-cancellation machines.
During normal periods, cancel
lations at the post office here
average 5.000 pieces of mail per
day. They are averaging 10,000
per day now, and during the peak
; of the Christmas season may
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NEW PRESIDENT—George W.
Isenhour, above, was elected to
succeed Hoyle Cranford as pres
ident of the Elkin Merchants
Association at a meeting Tues
day. A prominent merchant.
Mr. Isenhour has been active in
the association’s work for sever
al years. He is owner and man
ager of Isenhour's, Jewelers.
G. W. ISENHOUR
IS NAMED HEAD
Elkin Jeweler Is Elected
President Of Local Mer
chants Association
DIRECTORS ARE NAMED
George W. Isenhour was elect
ed president of the Elkin Mer
chants Association at a meeting
of the organization’s board of di
rectors in Jthe City Hall Tuesday
morning. He will succeed Hoyle
Cranford. C. N. Myers was named
vice-president, and Mrs. Beau
ford Stanley was re-elected secre
tary and treasurer.
Elected to serve on the board
of directors were Hoyle Cranford.
E. S. Spainhouv, Claude Farrell,
Joe Bivins, C. N. Myers, D. G.
Smith, John„Kennedy and George
Royall.
The merchants voted to main
tain regular working hours, from
8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m„ during
the Christmas shopping season.
All stores will be closed Thursday
and Friday, December 25 and 26,
in observance of Christmas.
THREE NAMED
TO COMMITTEE
Ralph Reane and Robert - S.
Burrus To Serve With
Conservation Group
BEGIN TERMS JAN. FIRST
Ralph Beane, State Road; Rob
ert S- Burrus, Rockford: and
Claude W. Thore, Route 3, Mount
Airy, were elected to serve as
Surry County’s Soil Conservation
Committee in the county-wide
election last week.
The election committee, com
posed of Hal Collins, Dobson; J.
E. Stanley, Rockford: Elmer
Hodges, Route 3, Mount Airy; and
Bryant Smith, Route 3, Mount
Airy, announced the results of the
election Wednesday. Mr. Beane
received 206 votes, Mr. Burrus,
144, and Mr. Thore, 136.
Five men were nominated for
the committee with the provision
that the three men receiving the
highest number of votes would be
named to serve. Other nominees
were W. H. Hardy, Siloam, and D.
C. Haymore, Route 1, Mount Airy,
who received 99 and 74 votes, re
spectively.
Weather Forecasting Is Thankless
Business But Wiley Sims Loves It
So you think this business of
forecasting (he weather is easy,
and you fly into a tantrum every;
time the weatherman sort of
misses his predictions?
Listen, Bud, there's more to this
predicting than meets the eye. In
the first place weather can change
rapidly. Maybe a rain front is
heading in your direction at six
miles an hour, and your weather
man takes due note of the fact, i
estimates how far away it is and
how long it will take to get there.
Then he predicts rain, and 10
minutes later the rain front
changes its mind and goes wan
dering off down in Louisana or
somewhere. So you blame it on
the weatherman because it doesn’t
rain.
Wiley Sims, chief meteorologist
of i the United States weather
bureau at the Smith Reynolds
Airport in Winston-Salem* was
guest speaker at last week’s meet
ing of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, and
by his own admission has been
messing around with the weather
over since he was big enough to
come in out of the rain. He says
this weather forecasting is rough,
and he explained why in a great
many words which, when boiled
down and squeezed out, means
that the weather won't always
cooperate.
Not that he dislikes his job. Mr.
Sims had rather go out on a
warm afternoon and whip up a
thunderstorm than eat. He
doesn’t even mind fogging up the
'lace, and when it comes to snow
he glories in it. He’s just a born
weatherman witli a hide so thick
from previous mistakes that even
the most intense cold spell, roll
ing ui just after he lias forecast
fair and warmer, won't penetrate
it.
There's a lot more lo weather
forecasting than most folks real
ize, Mr. Sims told the Kiwanians.
Not only are forecasts made, but
records are kept of what happens.
Information is supplied the air
lines. Farmer Brown is told when
to kill his hogs, and the old lady
who is subject to colds is advised
whether or not to carry her um
brella when she goes to visit.
And, despite a miss now and
then, the forecasts pretty gener
ally add up correctly, and as a
result a real service is rendered
Xhe public.
Of course a considerable
amount of what Mr. Sims told the
Kiwanians was over their heads,
especially when he explained how
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MANSLAUGHTER
CASE MAY BE
HEARD LATER
Wilkes Drug Clerk Is Held
On Two Counts
LOSES LEO IN WRECK
Illness Also Causes Postpone
ment of Shooting Case
Of Johnny Correll
TWO GAIN NEW TRIALS
Trial for Hugh West, North
Wilkesboro drug store clerk
charged with abortion and man
slaughter in the death of Miss
Pearl Jenkins of Winston-Salem
last summer, may be postponed to
a later term of court, it was re
ported yesterday.
The case wTas scheduled on the
calendar for the December term
of Wilkes County Superior Court,
now in session in Wilkesboro.
However West, who lost a leg in a
motorcycle-truck collision several
weeks ago, had to be returned to
the hospital for further treatment
and may not be able to appear
Tuesday, the date set for his
trial.
Another major case scheduled
for the current term of court was
postponed when trial for Johnny
Correll, Lenoir man charged with
the fatal shooting of Charles G.
Baker at a night club near North
Wilkesboro last year, was con
tinued for the term because of the
illness of Fate Beal, attorney for
Correll.
Cling Minton, charged with
killing of Atwell Wilson Parsons
of Boomer last December, is sche
duled to face trial Monday.
Originally set for last Monday,
the trial was postponed one week
because of the illness of his at
torney, Eugene Trivette, who is
in a Statesville hospital.
Both Minton and Correll gained
new trials in appeals to the State
Supreme Court after being con
victed and sentenced in Wilkes
Superior Court on manslaughter
1 charges earlier this year.
Miss Myrt. Woodie, 40, was
granted bond of $10.COO on
charges of fatally shooting her
brother-in-law, Tam Miller, near
their home on top of the Blue
Ridge Mountains in the Peak
I Creek community, Dec. 1. She
told officers that she shot and
killed him because he had been
| abusing his wife, who Is her sister,
and their seven children.
ESTATE GETS
LARGE SUM
District Court Awards $5,000
Damages To Estate Of
L. YV. Freeman
AUTOTRUCK COLLISION
The estate of L. W. Freeman of
Dobson was awarded $5,000 in
! Federal District Court in Wins
I ton Salem last week for damages
resulting from a nine-year-old
truck-auto accident on a bridge
near Dobson.
The accident occurred in 1938
when a Civilian Conservation
Corps truck, driven by Paul Flynn
of Elkin, struck the car driven by
Freeman and resulted in his
death.
In the suit against the U. S.
Government, Judge Charles Ca
vanah ruled that the driver of the
truck had been negligent and that
the plaintiff was not guilty of
contributory negligence.
Counsel for the plaintiff pre
sented evidence tending to show
! that Flynn was driving at an ex
: cessive rate of speed in the mid
| die of the bridge when the acci
i dent occurred. He contended that
: Mr. Freeman was thrown from
i the car over the bridge’s rail into
the creek below. He said the truck
I went 116 f?ct before stopping.
Assistant District Attorneys
i Robert S. McNeill and John D.
McConnell, representing the Gov
ernment, indicated that the case
would be appealed to the Circuit
Court of Appeals.
Christmas Seals
Are Now On Sale
Christmas seals are now on sale
at the post office, Reeves and
! State theatres by the Junior Wo
man's Club, according to Mrs.
Robert Kirkman, Jr., chairman
of the seal committee.
Every citizen is urged to buy as
many seals as possible as the
proceeds go into a fund for com
batting tuberculosis.
The Woman’s Club sale is to
supplement the sale of seals thru
, the mail. The campaign will
I continue through December.
Livestock Is
Suggested To
Replace Leaf
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Flood Control Group
Postpones Meeting
To Early January
The meeting of flood control
groups from counties along the
Yadkin River, originally sche
duled to be held in Winston
Salem December 19, has been
postponed due to the fact that
several representatives slated
to take part in the panel dis
cussion have conflicting en
gagements, according to a re
port from North Wilkesboro.
The new date for the meet
ing has been set for early Jan
uary.
Counties included in the
Yadkin Valley area and ex
pected to be represented at
the meeting are Surry, Yadkin,
Wilkes, Caldwell, Watauga,
Forsyth, Stokes, Davie, David
son, Rowan, Iredell, Cabarrus,
Anson, Montgomery, Stanly
and Richmond.
AUTO TAG SALE
IS UNDER WAY
Local Motorists May Obtain
License IMates From
Elkin Office
ALL CARDS ARE MAILED
Sale of 1948 license plates for j
North Carolina began on Monday,
December 1, at the Carolina Mo
tor Club offices throughout the
state, including for the first time,
the Elkin branch located at But
ner-McLeod Motor Company on
North Bridge Street. And for the
first time since 1942, two license !
plates will be carried by vehicles
during the coming year.
“The principal reason,” says
Carolina Motor Club President,
Coleman W. Roberts, “for the re
turn to two license tags is to sim
plify law enforcement on our
highways and enable patrolmen
to spot tag number on offenders.
This benefit, it is believed, will
offset the increased cost to the
state of having two plates.”
Single plates were used from
1944 through 1947 and in 1943
small tabs were used. It Is esti
mated that the total number of
tags used per year in North Car
olina is 950,000 and tags for 1948,
now on order from the Motor Ve
hicle Bureau total 872,800 pairs
to be used on all types of vehicles
and 6,100 single plates to be used
on trailers of various types.
Col. L. C. Rosser, Commission
er of Motor Vehicles, has stated
that all registration cards for
1948 would be mailed by Decem
ber 1 to motor vehicle owners. It
is necessary to present (his card
before obtaining your 1948 license
plates. This card is of double
value because all motorists must
present it when they submit their
vehicles to the State’s mechanical
inspection lanes. Examination of
registration certificate is a must
before inspection procedure be
gins.
Motorists whose cards have not
arrived by December fifth are ad
vised to contact the State De
partment of Motor Vehicles. Any
one caught driving with old tags
after January 31 is subject to in
dictment.
56 Arrests Made
Here Past Month
Local law enforcement officers
made 56 arrests during November,
according to police records at the
City Hall. Public drunkenness ac
counted for nearly half the total,
with 25 persons being charged on
that count.
Eleven persons were charged
with drunk driving, and nine were
apprehended for .illegal possession
of liquor. Four persons were taken
into custody for driving without
operator's license, and two were
arrested for fighting.
One arrest was made for each
of the following violations: carry
ing concealed weapon, violating
prohibition laws, driving after re
vocation of license, engaging in an
affray, and driving with improper
brakes and lights.
Tribune Advertising Gets Results
Surry Tobacco
Acreage Given
Drastic Cut
Surry County tobacco growers,
facing a loss of 5,402 acres of
tobacco as a result of the recent
28 per cent cut in leaf acreage
ordered by the Agriculture De
partment, were advised at a meet
ing in Dobson Tuesday evening to
replace lost tobacco income by
developing livestock programs and
planting diversified crops on their
farms.
Specialists from ihe Extension
Service of N. C. State College told
the group of some ICO leading
farmers of this section who at
tended the meeting that farm in
come could be maintained at for
mer levels, despite the tobacco
acreage cut, by a carefully-plan
ned agricultural program.
On the basis of /1947 prices,
Surry tobacco growers will lose an
estimated $2,364,000 in tobacco
income next year as a result of
the acreage cut, and 1,600 farm
laborers formerly used in growing
and processing the leaf crop will
no longer be needed.
However, with full utilitization
of all land available, much of the
income loss can be offset, and the
surplus labor can be used in
growing other crops, it was point
ed out. Some of the former tobac
co acreage can be given over to
pasture and hay crops in con
junction with increased livestock
production, and some can be
utilized in expanding production
of small grain crops.
John W. Goodman, assistant
state director of the Extension
Service asserted that sound farm
ing practices today were more im
poi tant than ever before.
C. B. Ratchford, farm manage
ment specialist, emphasized the
importance of a diversified farm
program which would result in a
more even distribution of farm
labor throughout the year. Tobac
co crops, he pointed out, require a
heavy concentration of labor dur
ing the fall months, and relative
ly less attention during the re
mainder of the year. With a live
stock program, including dairy
ing, poultry and swine, labor can
be utilized the year around, he
said.
Livestock producers were ad
vised to produce enough feed for
their animals in order to reduce
expenses. It is estimated that 250
carloads of hay are shipped into
Surry County each year.
R. R. Bepnett, tobacco special
ist, advised tire group to concen
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35 WILL FACE
SERIOUS COUNT
December Term of Surry
Court To Be Dominated By
Drunk Driving Charges
WILL BEGIN ON MONDAY
The December term of Surry
County Superior Court will be
dominated by cases involving per
sons charged with drunk driving,
according to the court docket re
leased by Clerk of the Court Ker
mit Lawrence. The list of cases
scheduled to be tried shows 35
defendants facing charges of
operating cars under the influence
of liquor.
The session opens Monday in
Dobson, with Judge William H.
Bobbitt presiding.
Eugene Childress, Mount Airy
taxi driver convicted of second
degree murder at the last session
of court and sentenced to serve
17 to 29 years in prison is sche
duled to be given a new trial dur
the term of court. The State Sup
reme Court ruled recently that a
new trial was in order because
Judge Bobbitt had failed to
instruct the jury that it could re
turn a verdict of manslaughter.
Childress is charged with shooting
and fatally injuring his wife. He
claimed that the shot was fired
accidentally.
The court docket lists a total
of 126 cases for Uic onc-weck ses
sion.