ELKIN
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North Carolina
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ELKIN
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VOL. No. XXXVI No. 5
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1948
$2.00 PER YEAR
14 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
SURRYCOUNTY
TO GET AUTO
CHECKSTATION
One Of 36 Motor Vehicle In
spection Lanes In State
DESIGNATED AS LANE 8
To Serve Surry, Wilkes And
Alleghany Counties; Van
noy Named Inspector
LANE 9 SERVES YADKIN
Headquarters for one of the 36
mechanical inspection lanes to be
opened throughout the state in
1948 for the inspection of motor
vehicles will be located in Surry
County, according to an an
nouncement by Arthur T. Moore,
director of the new program.
William A. Vannoy of Cricket,
has been named inspector of the
station, which has been designat
ed as Lane Number 8, and which
will serve Surry, Wilkes and Alle
ghany Counties.
It was not known yesterday
whether Elkin, Mount Airy, or
some other town in the county
would be selected as the site of
the inspection lane. The Butner
McLeod Motor Company here has
offered facilities for setting up the
lane on its property.
Lane Number 9 will be set up
< in Statesville and will serve Yad
r kin, Davie and Iredell Counties.
Hal Walton, Jr„ of Morganton
has been named inspector in that
area.
The opening dates of mast lanes
has not been set. The department
of motor vehicles announced that
around 75 applicants for inspec
tors’ posts under the new mech
anical inspection program had
been notified to report to Chapel
Hill on January 5 to attend a
two-week training school.
The school will be conducted by
the Institute of Government.
Another school will begin Janu
ary 19 to train the remaining 200
t odd inspectors who will check
fS arourk| 875,000 North Carolina
vehicled 1". 1948. "
Under the mechanical inspec
tion program every motor vehicle
must be inspected once next year
and twice a year thereafter.
WALLACE WILL
BE CANDIDATE
Announces Monday Night
That He Is Seeking Presi
dency On Third Ticket
MAKES RADIO ADDRESS
Probably the most important
development in recent U. S. politi
cal history was the announcement j
Monday night of Henry A. Wal- j
lace that he would head a third ■
party ticket for President in the i
1948 race.
% In a radio broadcast from Chi
cago, the former vice-president
and cabinet member told his j
listeners that ne was taking the
step because he believed the pre
sent course of the United States
is leading toward another depres- j
sion and another war.
Admitting in effect that his j
chances of election would be slim,
Wallace declared nevertheless that
the people should have a “chance
to vote for peace and prosperity."
Most observers considered the
principal effect of Wallace' step
would be a substantial weakening
of President Truman's chances for
being re-elected.
The one-time New Deal favorite
of President Franklin Roosevelt
asserted that "there is no real
fight between a Truman and £
Republican. Both stand for a
policy which opens the door to
war in our lifetime and makes
war certain for our children.’’ He
said that "when the old parties
rot, the people have a right to be
heard through a new party.”
In 15 months of traveling across
the country, Wallace declared that
he had talked with half a million
people in public meetings and
with thousands in private gather
ings. and that everywhere he
found "confusion, uncertainty and
fear.’’ A vote for the new party, he
said, would be a vote for old
fashioned Americanism, for free
dom of speech and assembly, for
the fight against racial discrimin
ation and high prices, for free
„ labor unions, job$ and homes.
Wallace is assured the backing
of various "progressive" groups
and the Communist Party
To get his name certified in
North Carolina ks a candidate, at
least 10,000 qualified voters in the
state must sign a petition asking
the North Carolina Board of Elec
. tions to have his name included
J? on the ballot. Some observers feel
V~ that, Wallace could get the neces
f-'sary 10,000 votes from Negroes.
VFW Distributes
Two Truck Loads
Of Xmas Goods
Two truck loads of food,
clothing and toys were dis
tributed among a total of 35
children and 14 adults during
the Christmas holidays by
members of the William J.
Jones VFW post.
The contributions were made
by merchants of Jonesville and
Elkin and included candy, fruit,
nuts and other items of Christ
mas goods.
VFW members in charge of
the distribution were Joe Har
ris, Claude Stuart, Kemp Lewis,
Carl Hinson and Bill Harris.
G. D. HINSON
DIES SUICIDE
Former Elkin Man Shoot!
Self With Rifle In Dan
ville Friday
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
George Dewey Hinson, 49, for
merly of this city and more re
cently of Danville, Va., committee
suicide Friday afternoon at 2:3(
o’clock at his home. According tc
relatives here no reason for the
self inflicted rifle shot has beer
determined.
Mr. Hinson moved from Elkir
to Danville seven years ago. While
living here he was employed at
the Chatham Manufacturing
Company and farmed at his homo
in North Elkin. At the time of hie
death he was employed at a cot
ton mill in Danville.
He was twice married, first tc
Miss Archie Lyons of Wilkes
County, who preceded him in
death 25 years ago. He was mar
ried later to Mrs. Maude Hanks
Carico who survivies.
Other survivors include two
daughters by the first marriage.
Mrs. Nina Cheek and Mrs. Ina
Crouse of near Thurmond; seven
children by the second marriage,
all of the home in Danville;
mother, Mrs. Nancy Hinson of
Thurmond; one sister, Mrs. Elmah
Rhoads, of Elkin; and four broth
ers, Woric Hinson, Thurmond;
Claude, Shelly and Guy Hinson,
all of Elkin.
Funeral w'as conducted Sunday
at 2:30 p. m. at Charity Methodist
Church in Wilkes county. Rev.
Grover Tilley w'as in charge of the
rites and interment was made in
the church cemetery.
D. CUPID DOES
RUSH BUSINESS
Eighteen Marriage License
Arc Issued During The
Christmas Holidays
FROM DECEMBER 22-30
Cupid did a rushing business in
Surry County during the Christ
mas holidays. Records in the of
fice of Mrs. Bertha M. Shinault,
Register of Deeds, at Dobson,
show a total of 18 marriage li
cense issued during the period
from December 22 to 30.
License were issued to the fol
lowing coupies:
December 22—Thomas W. Coe,
19, Ararat, and Jane Caudle, 18,
Mount Airy; Denton Wilmoth, 21,
and Lucille Draughn, 19, both of
Dobson; Sherman Bledsoe. 22, and
Bessie Jenkins, 18, both of Dob
son: Leonard Ray Hayes, 30, El
kin, and Paris Wood, 35, Moun
tain Park.
December 23 — Julius C. Cook,
55, Pinnacle, and Pearl Highfill,
20, Yadkinville; Columbus Wood,
19, Mount Airy, and Ethel Lee
Adams, 17, Lowgap; Stanley King.
Jr., 22, Lexington, Ky„ and Janie
Lowry, 18, Mount Airy; Fred Hud
son. 28, and Lena Mac Wood, 24,
both of Dobson.
December 25 — Aldine Wilson,
23. Pilot Mountain, and Lois Ven
able, 24, Mount Airy; Joseph W.
Gwyn. 21, Toast, and Virginia
Roberts, 18. Mount Airy; Ray
Blackburn. 27, and Zetta Easter,
19, both of Mount Airy; Robert
McMillan, 19. Mount Airy, and
Rctha Billings, 17. Dobson.
December 26 — Odell Hutchens,
22. and Betty Key, 20. both of
Dobson.
December 29—Pinkney Trotter,
27, and Ruth Stroud, 33, both of
Chapel Hill; Robert Lynch, 78,
Pilot Mountain, and Hessie Clif
ton, 67, Mount Airy; David A.
Gentry, 16, and Mary Elizabeth
Adams, 18, both of State Road;
Paul Beasley, 19, and Vernell
Joyce, 23, both pf Mount Airy.
December 30—rRobcrt Lee Cole,
22, Great Bend, Kansas, and
Frances Alice Long, 18, Elkin.
I
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difference between 1947 and 1948 can be measured in the
imperceptible tick of a clock, in the clasp of a hand or in a
chorus of Auld Lang Syne. It is the sum of the past, gathered in a
moment, and perhaps a swift vision of the future.
When the New Year pauses on that pinnacle of time to draw its
first breath, the distance which separates our dreams from their ful
fillment appears to be but a short step. Yet, in the same instant, we
glance back at the past lying across a gulf too wide for crossing.
We find ourselves on a pivot of eternity.
The real significance of the New Year lies in the fact that it
marks a rebirth of the will to achieve, and of ambition and hope
over the world and among the world's peoples.
We dedicate that renewal of strength to all of you, as we, the
publishers, wish you a most sincere
HAPPY NEW YEAR
COURT TERM TO
BEGIN MONDAY
| Eugene Childress Scheduled
I To Gel New Trial For Fatal
Shooting Of Wife
DOCKET LISTS 95 CASES
A new trial for Eugene Chil
dress, Mount Airy taxicab driver,
is scheduled for the January term
of Surry Superior Court, which
will convene in Dobson Monday
with Judge Allen H. Gwyn presid
ing.
Childress was convicted of sec
ond degree murder for the fatal
| shooting of his wife and sentenced
to prison at a recent session, but
was granted a new' trial on appeal
to the State Supreme Court.
The court docket lists 95 crim
inal cases, including 27 drunk
driving charges.
Marshall Soots. Elkin man,
faces a charge of assault on chil
dren during the term of court.
Bank, Post Office
Observ e New Year’s
The Bank of Elkin will be clos
ed 'Thursday) since January 1 is
a legal holiday, officials said yes
terday.
The post office will also be
closed in observance of New
Year’s Day.
Regular business hours will be
resumed Friday.
Local Man Is Bound
Over Under $300 Bond
Sam Brown of Elkin, charged
with carrying a concealed weapon,
was bound over to the Superior
term of court this week at a hear
ing before Justice of the Peace J.
L. Hall. His bond was set at $300.
DOBSON MAYOR
RESIGNS POST
Frank Freeman Submits
Resignation Due To De
mands of Law Practice
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 31
Attorney Frank Freeman, mayor j
of Dobson since 1945, has tender- i
ed his resignation to the board j
of commissioners.
In quitting the post, Mr. Free
man stated that the demands of
his law practice were such that
he could not give the office the
time and attention it deserved.
His resignation was effective De
cember 31.
Mr. Freeman took office in May,,
1945. was re-elected in 1946 an£
again this year.
The board of commissioners had
not named a successor to fill out
Mr. Freeman’s unexpired term
yesterday, but Commissioner F. B.
Madison was mentioned as a
probable appointee for the office.
CLUB TO INDUCT
NEW OFFICIALS
Kiwanis District Governor
Eugene .1. Coltrane To
Have Charge
LADIES’ NIGHT MEETING
Eugene J. Coltrane, newly elect
ed Kiwanis District Governor, will
install new officials of the Elkin
Kiwanis Club this evening (Thurs
day), at the ladies’ night meeting
at the Gilvin Roth YMCA. The
meeting will begin at 7:00 o’clock.
New officers to be installed are
Linville Hendren, president, who
will succeed C. C. Poindexter; C.
H. Leary, vice-president, who will
succeed Mr. Hendren in that ca
pacity, and J. L. Hall, secretary
treasurer, who will succeed him
self. New directors are R. W.
Harris, C. J. Hyslup, T. C. Mc
Knight, E. S. Spainhour, N. H.
Carpenter, Walter Combs, George
Royall, and D. G. Smith. Retir
ing President Poindexter automa
tically becomes a member of the
board.
An entertaining program has
been planned by the program
committee under the direction of
C. N. Myers, D. G. Smith and
George Royall.
Let this oil shortage keep up,
and the young sprouts will un
derstand why folks took fewer
baths in the good old days.
1947 RECEIPTS
AT LOCAL P. 0.
SHOW DECLINE
Business 10 Per Cent Under
Last Year
DECEMBER SHOWS GAIN
Christmas Greeting Mailing
Heaviest In History; 120,
000 Stamps Sold
RUSH PERIOD 15 TO 25
Receipts at the Elkin post of
fice for 1947 were approximately
10 per cent under those of 1946,
but the Christmas card business
this year was the heaviest in his
tory, according to Assistant Post
master R. S. Graham.
In the 10-day period from De
cember 15 to 25, approximately
ICO,000 one and one-half cent
stamps and around 20,000 three
cent stamps were sold for the re
cord Christmas greeting mailing,
Mr. Graham said.
December, however, was the
only month of the year which
showed an increase over the cor
responding month in 1946. With
many thousand stamps sold prior
to the final 10-day rush period,
December receipts show a gain of
seven per cent, although final
total receipts have not been cal
culated.
1 rials Are Scheduled
In Fatality Cases
Trials of two important cases
involving fatal accidents in Yad
kin county have been set for trial
before Magistrate J. E. Shew.
John Wilson Moore is scheduled
for a hearing tomorrow (Friday)
Jan. 2, at 10 a. in. on a charge of
manslaughter involving the death
of Gurney Hutchens in East Bend
on September 8th. The case has
been continued several times, the
last time two weeks ago because
of the continued illness of Else
Martin who was with Mr. Hutch
ens when he was fatally injured.
Mr. Martin was badly injured at
the time and was compelled to go
back to the hospital and have
some bones re-broken and re-sst.
Marion Haire, well known
citizen of Center, will be given a
hearing on January 6th, at 10
o'clock in the morning before
Magistrate Shew on a charge of
manslaughter in the death of Mrs.
C. P. Tice, who was allegedly
struck by a car driven by Haire
in East Yadkinville when it was
said she stepped on to the high
way in front of his car.
License Office Here
To Be Closed Jan. 1
The local Carolina Motor Club
office at Butner-McLeod Motor
Company in North Elkin will be
closed New Year's Day, Manager
Ernest McCrary stated yesterday.
The office will re-open Friday
for the sale of 1948 license plates.
Motorists have until January 31
to obtain their new tags.
CHRISTMAS BASKETS FOR NEEDY FAMILIES — Above are some of the volunteers who helped prepare Christmas baskets for 11 needy
families here last week. The supplies were made possible through contributions of citizens in response to The Tribune’s appeal for fami
lies in need. More than $300 in money and a large supply of clothing, food and toys wfere contributed. Miss Grace Laffoon is filling a
basket in the foreground in the above picture. From left to right in the background are Mrs. H. F. Laffoon, Mrs. R. W. Harris, Dr. Frank
Walker, Mrs. Carl Boyles, Mrs. C. W. Rogers, Rev. Joseph Brown, Mrs. T. A. Leeper, Mrs. A. T. Whittington and Mrs. Owen Reece.
(TRIBUNE PHOTO)
Hold Three In
Jail In Death
Of Patrolman
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PATROLMAN KILLED — State
Highway Patrolman Thomas B.
Whatley, above, formerly of El
kin, was fatally wounded Sun
day night near Robbinsville
while assisting Graham County
officers in their search for a
man wanted on an assault
count. Three persons are being
held in connection with the
shooting.
CONTRIBUTIONS
TOTAL $309.05
Groceries Distributed Among
11 Needy Families; $100
Remains In Fund
GIFTS ACKNOWLEDGED
Additional contributions to The
Tribune Christmas Fund last
week brought the total to $309.05,
and other gifts of clothing were
| added to those already donated
and recognized in last week’s issue
of the paper.
Most of the money was spent
for grocery supplies, which were
distributed among 11 families on
the basis of size and need. A small
amount was used to purchase
medicine, and approximately $100
remains in the fund and will be
used Within the next few weeks
as needs arise.
Rev. Joseph Browrn, who gave a
great amount of his time and ef
fort in the project, made the pur
chases and directed the prepara
tion of baskets for delivery. He
was assisted by Mrs. C. W. Rogers,
Mrs. Raymond Harris, Miss Grace
Laffoon, Mrs. Carl Boyles, Mrs.
T. A. Leeper, Mrs. A. T. Whitting
ton, Dr. Frank Walker, Mrs. Owen
I Reece, Howard Windsor and Mrs.
i H. F. Laffoon.
| Dale Aldridge and Tommy
: James, Boy Scouts, assisted Rev.
Brown, H. F. Laffoon and Dr. and
Mrs. Fiank Walker with deliver
ies of the baskets.
R. G. Smith gave a ton of coal
to each of five families in need.
Contributions which came in
after The Tribune had gone to
press last week were:
Miss Evelyn Howard.$ 5.00
A Friend . $ 5.00
Linville Hendren $ 1.00
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neaves
. $ 5.00
Mrs. Raymond Harris’
Intermediate Girls
Sunday School Class,
Methodist Church . $ 2.15
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dixon,
bicycle and .. Clothing
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ashby
and children . Clothing
Mrs. Dixie Byrd Glenn
Clothing
S. M. VESTAL
PASSES HERE
Yadkin Native . Dies Early ]
Wednesday Morning; Seri- I
ously III Four Days ’
LIVED NEAR liOO^ViLLE .
-— ' i
Sanford Marion Vestal, 92, died 1
early- yesterday (Wednesday) <
morning at the Hugh Chatham i
Memorial hospital where he had <
teen r; patient since Sunday night. 1
He had been seriously ill four
days. (
A native of Yadkin county, Mr. i
Vestal spent his entire life In the i
Boonvillc community where he \
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T. B. Whatley
Dies Monday
Of Gun ound
Three men are being held with
out bond in connection with the
fatal shooting of State Highway
Patrolman Thomas B. Whatley
Sunday night near Robbinsville,
according to Graham County
Sheriff Boone Crisp.
Patrolman Whatley, formerly of
Elkin, died early Monday morning
of gunshot wounds received while
assisting Graham County officers
in their search for a man wanted
on an assault charge.
Boone Carver, 32, of Robbins
ville, Claude Jones, 31, and Car
ter Riddle, 25, are the three men
being held for the shooting. Car
ver and Riddle are in the Swain
County jail at Bryson City and
Jones is in the Graham County
jail at Robbinsville.
Patrolman Whatley had gone
with Sheriff Crisp and Rural
Policeman George Sawyers to the
Jones home to serve a warrant on
Carver, it was reported, when a
high calibre rifle bullet fired
through the door struck Patrol
man Whatley near the heart.
The sheriff summoned aid and
threw a cordon of about 25 depu
tized citizens and officers around
the house. Riddle came out with
his hands over his head after sev
eral shots had been fired. Jones
fled, but was captured a short
time later. Carver was arrested in
the house.
Jones had been residing in the
house, Sheriff CrisiS said. The
sheriff said the three men had
been drinking.
Patrolman Whatley died at an
Andrews hospital about, 7:30 Mon
day morning. He was a son of Mr.
and Mrs, Vascoe Whatley of
Allendale, S. C., and lived here for
several years, where his father
was an electrician with Chatham'
Manufacturing Company. He was
graduated from Elkin High School
and attended N. C. State College
at Raleigh before entering the
army air corps. He served three
years and was discharged as a
staff sergeant. He returned to
N. C. State College after the war.
Patrolman Whatley was grad
uated from the State Highway
Patrol School at Chapel Hill Sept.
1. He was then assigned to Mur
phy for training and was recently
transferred to Robbinsville.
Surviving are the parents and
two brothers, Billy and Vascoe
Whatley, Jr., all of Allendale,
South Carolina.
The funeral is scheduled for to
day (Thursday) in Allendale.
FLOOD CONTROL
FUNDS SOUGHT
President Gets Budget Fig
ures From Army Engineers;
Amount Asked Unknown
i
FIGHT IS EXPECTED
Funds for the Yadkin Valley
Flood Control Project have been
ncluded in the Army engineers’
proposed budget for the next fiscal
pear, although the amount re
juested cannot be disclosed until
President Truman sends his bud
get message to Congress next
veek.
A total of $75,000 has already
>een appropriated as a planning
und for the four proposed dams.
The cost of constructing the
our dams was estimated at $7,
194,000 on the basis of building
igurcs a year ago. This figure will
>robobaly require upward revision
n view of increased materials
md wage costs however.
Congressmen C. B. Deane and
fohn H. Folgcr have given their
upport to the flood control plan,
>ut opposition in Caldwell and
ither counties is expected to result
n another fight this year when
Congress considers the appropria
ion to begin construction work!
Only a fraction of the total cost
if construction is expected to bo
ncluded in the budget for the
text fiscal year, since the woirk
vill be spread over a long period.
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