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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A Membor of the Audit Bureau of Circulations The Elkin Tribune ELKIN Gateway to Boarlnc Gap and the Blue Bid*e THE TRIBUNE Is Read By 14,000 People In Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVI No. 14 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR , 24 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS Legionnaires To Hear National Commander ___________A A.... ........A LEGION COMMANDERS — Elkin will be honored Saturday by the visit of James F. O’Neil, above left, national commander of the American Legion. He will deliver an address in the Gilvin Roth YMCA at 8 o’clock before representatives of 50 American Legion posts of Western North Carolina and tlieir guests. Ray Galloway, center photo, state commander of the Legion, will also be a guest of honor at the event. At the right is Bill Stevenson, commander of Elkin’s George Gray Post, which will play the role of host to the visiting dignitaries. Aberdeen-Angus Show WILL AIR RAPE And Sale Here 10th EASE MARCH 10 New Exposition Building To Be Scene Of Event The third annual show and ^sale of Aberdeen-Angus cattle will be held March 10 in Elkin’s Livestock Exposition Building as a part of the North Carolina Aberdeen-Angus Breeders Asso ciation program. Cattle for this show were selected last fall by L. I. Case, professor of animal hus bandry at North Carolina State College, and W. M. McSpadden of the American Aberdeen - Angus Breeders Association. Joe Keefauver will judge the show, which will start at 10 a. m. The sale of the cattle will follow at 1 p. m., under the direction of Sam A. Neaves, sales manager. Paul Good, nationally known cat tle auctioneer, will conduct the sale. Ten bulls and 35 females will be shown, including entries of lo cal breeders. In preceding shows local cattle have done well in competition with cattle from other North Carolina counties, Virginia and South Carolina. Local Aberdeen-Angus cattle breeders making entries in the show' and sale are: Long Creek Farm, Owned by Mrs, Dillard Rey nolds, P. J. Brown, manager. De votion; Black Gate Farm, owned by W. A. Neaves, Willie Stroud, herdsman, Elkin; and Roundabout Farm, owned by Thurmond Chat Chatham, T. F. Cooley, manager, Ronda. Other consignors are: Boxwood *Farm, Mrs. Walter Woodson, owner, Mocksville: Falling Waters Farm, Robert N. Golding, owner, Tryon; White Farm, Hugh El liott, manager, Salisbury; Bray’s Island Plantation, F. B. Davis, owner, Yemassee, S. C.; Cresswell Farm, Joseph Schwerin, owner, Forest, Ya.; Elk Hill Orchards, J. B. Hodges, owner. Forest, Virginia; Highland Farm, Kenneth Litton, y/ manager, Round Hill, Virginia; Robert LaPrelle, Rural Retreat,1 Va.; Le Baron Farm, Dave Suth erland, manager, Warrenton, Va.; Old Elkton Farm, L. W. Turner, owner, Forest, Virginia; and Red Gate Farm, Edward Jenkins, own er, Millwood, Virginia. Educational Meets Are Held This Week * * Tw'o educational meetings have been conducted this week and a third is scheduled for Friday night at 7:30 p. m. at the North Elkin school by Neill Smith, county agent. An added feature of the Wednesday night meeting held at Mountain Park school was a talk by Lewis Alexander of Elkin. The program furnished by the County Agent’s office at Mountain Park and at Little Richmond on Tuesday will be given at the North Elkin meeting. The program con sists of slides and a discussion of the production of hybrid corn by S. N. Hawks, Jr„ and a discussion of the production of Spring oats and lespedeza by Mr. Smith. i TO WELCOME FARMERS — Thurmond Chatham, above, chairman of the board of direc tors of Chatham Manufacturing Company, will give the address of welcome at Elkin's sixth an nual Farmers’ Day Program here this afternoon. He will be introduced by Mayor Garland Johnson. CHOATE TO GET ANOTHERTTflAL State Supreme Court Awards Sparta Physician New Trial On Appeal FREED ON ONE CHARGE The case of Dr. B. O. Choate, Sparta physician, may appear on the docket for the April term of superior court, Surry county court officials have announced. A con gested docket, however, may cause a postponement in the new trial which was granted Dr. Choate by the State Supreme Court last week. He had been convicted in Dobson last Septem ber of criminal abortion and manslaughter and sentenced to serve one to three years in prison. The new trial will be on the criminal abortion charge, the Su preme Court having ruled that he had been acquitted of the man slaughter charge. Action was brought against Dr. Choate by the State in the death of Mrs. Annie Mae Anderson of Charlotte in a hotel here in Au gust, 1946. An attempt by the State to in troduce evidence aimed at showing that Dr. Choate had "committed other like offenses” led to grant ing of the new trial, the court’s opinion said. The opinion noted that Judge William H. Bobbitt ordered the testimony stricken from the record the day it was introduced, but said it ‘‘is calculated to prejudice the defendant in the minds of the jurors and was not subject to cor rection.” Vance Smoot Gains Release From Yadkinville Jail Under $1,000 Rond MARTIN TO HEAR CASE A hearing on charges of at tempted rape lodged against Vance Smoot, Benham, Wilkes County, will be held before Mag istrate J. E. Martin in Jonesville, March 10. Smoot was released from the Yadkinville jail Friday under a $1,000 bond following his arrest Monday on charges filed by Irene White, 20-year-old Surry County girl. According to the girl's account, the alleged affair occurred about 3 a. m., Sunday in the vicinity of Boonville. Miss White told Yad kin County officers she finally got out of Smoot’s automobile, without her shoes, and knocked on the door of a Boonville home. The occupants were away, but neighbors wore awakened, and she was placed in the hands of Yadkin officers. In a warrant which the girl swore out against Smoot, she also charged robbery, as a pock etbook containing a sum of money was left in his automobile with her shoes. Sheriff Moxley said he was informed the girl had known Smoot for about two months, and had dated him on other occa sions. Miss White, daughter of Veit White of near Dobson, had been spending several days at the home of an uncle, Cleve Dotson, in Jonesville. jurorsMed FOR NEXT TERM County Commissioners An nounce Jury Lists Follow ing Monday Meeting COURT OPENS APRIL 19 Jurors for the April 19 term of court were drawn by the Surry County board of commissioners at their regular meeting Monday as follows: For the week of April 19: Joe L. Jackson, Early Couch and Oswald C. Nance, route one, Elkin; Carmel Mounce, Don W. Cochrane and C. E. Brown, State Road; J. C. Cox, Paul I. Carpen ter, route one, Millard Inman, route two, Homer Thompson, route 3, G. R. Shelton, C. Byrd Hutchens, route 4, Tommie Nix on, route five, Mrs. Dorothy Yok ley, Sam McMillan, R. H. Creasy, J. S. Bray E. Q. Benbow, Frankie Baughn, F. H. Lamb, R. C. Pat terson, Alonzo Taylor, and J. S. Bray, all of Mount Airy; J. Wes ley Shore, Siloam; Lee Barker, Lowgap; J. H. Freeman, route one, Grady O. Bledsoe, J. W. Harboro, W. p. McCormick, route two, and Burley Bean, Dobson; David L. Fulk, Robert Gammons, N. I. (Continued on page eight) O’Neil Will Make Talk At Y. M. C. A. More than 1,000 persons are ex pected to hear James F. O’Nell, national commander of the American Legion, who will ad dress legion members and the general public at 8 p. m. Satur day in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Commander O'Neil’s visit here will complete a three-day stay in North Carolina. A dinner meeting at 6:30 p. m. will be attended by members of the George Gray Post No. 114, ap proximately 25 past commanders from this section of the state, Elkin town commissioners, Z. Bent Martin, mayor of Jonesvllle, Corbett Wall, Elkin chief of police, and Thurmond Chatham, who will be host to Commander O’Neil during his Elkin visit. The program which will follow in the auditorium at 8 p. m. will be preasided over by George Royall, who will serve as master of ceremonies. In the absence of Garland Johnson, mayor of Elkin, who will be out of town, Charlie Myers will give an address of welcome and introduce Ray Gal loway, Wilmington, commander of the North Carolina Department of the Legion. Mr. Galloway will introduce Mr. Chatham, who will introduce the principal speaker. Special music will be presented by Mrs. Gwyn Franklin at the piano, and Miss Peggy Lineberry, soloist. Commander O’Neil, who will come here from Asheville will be the over-night guest of Mr. Chat ham at Roundabout Farm. On Sunday he will continue his visit to other states in his nation-wide tour. The Legion head’s visit here will climax a three-day tour of the state during which he is to visit five towns. KIWAMS SPEAKER — Former Governor J. Melville Broughton, above, will be guest speaker at tonight’s meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, which is sponsor ing the sixth annual Farmers’ Day Program here today. Mr. Broughton has attended every Farmers’ Day Program since the event was launched as an an nual affair in 1943. 4-H CLUB WEEK OBSERVED HERE Exhibit Showing Phase Of Program Displayed In Elkin Store Window RADIO PROGRAM GIVEN National 4-H Club week was being observed by the clubs throughout Surry county this week. Exhibits are being shown in Elkin and Mount Airy and a radio program was given on Mon day over station WPAQ. An exhibit featuring a phase of 4-H work has been erected in the window of the Belk-Doughton Co. in Elkin and two other similar exhibits are displayed in Mount Airy. This month’s theme is the se lection of projects. The clubs are (Continued on page eight) FARMERS’ DAY SPE,AKERS — Above are four of the principal speakers who will appear on the sixth annual Farmers’ Day Program in the Gilvin Roth YMCA here this afternoon. Top, left to right are Dr. T. B. Hutcheson, Dean of Agriculture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Dr. J. II. Hiltoit, Dean of Agriculture at North Caro lina State College. Bottom, Dr. E. R. Collins, left, in charge of Agronomy Extension work at North Carolina State College, and David S. Weaver, assistant director of the North Carolina Extension Service. Dr. Hutcheson will address the assembly of farmers at 2 p. m. on "Soil Management for Maximum Production”; Dr. Hilton will speak at 1:30 on “Using all the Resources of the Farm for Maxi mum Income and Better Living”; Dr. Collins will talk at 4:20 on “Alfalfa in a Balanced Farm Program”; and Mr. Weaver will con duct a panel discussion to conclude the program. ■s DKUUliHlUN 10 ADDRESS CLUB Former Governor To Be Guest Speaker At Meeting Of Kiwanians Tonight RADIO EXPERT IS HEARD Former Governor J. Melville Broughton, of Raleigh, will be guest speaker at this evening’s meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis Club, which will get under way at the YMCA at 6:30 o’clock. Also to be present at the meet ing will be the principal speakers of the Farmers’ Day meeting, which will be held this afternoon. At last week’s meeting Harold Essex, vice-president of the Pied mont Publishing Company in charge of radio, WSJS, Winston- - Salem, and president of the North - Carolina Association of Broad- % casters, was guest speaker at the I Kiwanis meeting. Mr. Essex made J a very interesting talk about ra dio, and gave his listeners much inside information concerning the cost of operating radio stations and the cost of network programs. During his talk he told the Ki wanians that television should be a reality for Elkin within two years. His company, he said, is now in process of planning for a s television station in Winston- k Salem, which should be received in Elkin at maximum strength, once operation is under way. t The speaker was introduced by ( Alan Browning, Jr., and following s his talk .was presented with a j Chatham Blanket on behalf of the club by President Linville Hen- f dren, who presided over the meet- s ing. Bob Estes, an announcer at e WSJS, was also a guest of the , club. t Patrol Car Accident t Claims Another Life « - t Highway Patrolman Weaver Hogan, 26, died Tuesday morning in the Wytheville, Va., hospital from injuries received in a pa trol car wreck early Monday morning. Hogan was from Mur phy. (For complete story see page 5, section two.) c E c Tribune Advertising Gets Results r e u 4 Leap Year Babies Born Here Feb. 29 Four ‘‘Leap Year” babies were born February 29 at the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos pital, "hospital authorities an nounced. While other new boms can celebrate birthdays annually, these babies must wait four years, 1952, before a birthday rolls around. On the other hand, the ‘‘Leap Year” babies will be walking and talk ing like grown-ups at their first birthday party. Joining the select group were a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Ray E. Norman, Mountain Park, a boy to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gilley, Jonesville, a girl to Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Wood, Jr., Elkin, and a girl to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Wagoner, Ronda. JONS SPONSOR CHARITY GAME ilkin, Jonesville Clubmen Play Basketball For Hospital Fund 5ECONI) CAME IN SERIES Basketball teams representing he Elkin and Jonesville Lions dubs will battle it out in the econd meeting of the two teams i the Elkin high school gym Fri ay night. The game is being ponsored by the Elkin Lions to quip an eye, ear, and nose clinic t the Hugh Chatham Memorial ; iospital. A preliminary game, matching 1 ae girls’ teams of Elkin and onesville, will start the program ■ t 7:30. The past meetings of ■ hese two teams have produced 1 lose scores. f The Jonesville Lions defeated lkin in the previous game. I A small admission will be i harged. < On January 1, 1948, livestock . umbers in U. S. were at the low st level since 1939, while on Jan- 1 ary 1, 1944 they hit the peak. , Hundreds Expected To Attend Annual Farm Day Program :T Tribune Prints Baby Pictures In This Issue The Tribune is presenting in this issue the first of a series of chilren’s photographs, which will be a regular weekly feature until nearly 400 pictures of youngsters from Elkin and this section hare been published. The pictures were made by Redmon’s Studio, in coopera* tiion with The Tribune, free of charge, and no charge is being made for publication. In this issue two sets of photos appear, with eight pic tures in each group. Hereafter only one group of pictures will appear each week. The Tribune hopes that the series will prove of interest to every reader. TWO ANNOUNCE FOR SURRY POST Mrs. Shinault And Robertson Seek Register Of Deeds Office CHATHAM IS UNOPPOSED No new candidates were in sight yesterday for North Carolina’s Fifth District seat in the House of Representatives. Thurmond Chat ham. seeking the seat from which Representative Folger will volun tarily retire, was still unopposed. In Surry county, two candidates nave announced for the post of Register of Deeds and will seek nomination in the Democratic primary. Mrs. Bertha Shinault, Dobson, will seek re-election to this position and Merlin Robert son, White Plains, Surry county School Attendance Officer, has indicated that he will make a for mal announcement for the post. In state politics. Senator Wil liam B. Umstead has formally an nounced for the Democratic nom ination to succeed himself and is npening headquarters in Raleigh today. He will be opposed by for mer governor, J. M. Broughton, ivho already has filed for tine post. RENAME BURCH CATTLE HEAD Meeting Of Yadkin Valley Jersey Cattle Club Held At YMCA Tuesday HOBSON IS SPEAKER Paul Burch, Mountain Park, vas re-elected chairman of the Sfadkin Valley Jersey Cattle Club it the annual meeting held ruesday afternoon at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. Mr. Burch, a iirector of the N. C. Jersey Cattle 21ub, presided. Jersey cattle breeders and 4-H :lub and P. F. A. members with cattle projects, giving a total at tendance of over 50, heard Curtis Robson, Charlotte, secretary of ;he N. C.-S. C. Jersey Cattle 21ub, Roger Murdoch,. Iredell :ounty agent, and Bill Booker, ag ricultural representative of the rennessee Coal and lion Com pany, discuss various phases of ;he Jersey cattle program. Neill if. Smith, Surry county agent, ^raised the program of the group n an address of welcome. Other officers, in addition to ilr. Burch, named at the meet ng. were Bobby Hobson, vice ihairman, and Henry Fleming, lecretary. Three sales are being planned ,o give 4-H and F. F. A. members m opportunity to locate Jersey :attle. Sales will he held at Asheville, June l: at Statesville, rune 2; and gt Raleigh. Jipe 3. The club includes Surfy. wil tes. Yadkin. Stokes, Forsyth, Uleghany and Ashe counties. Experts On Agriculture Will Speak Elkin will be host today to ap proximately 1,200 farmers who are expected to attend the sixth an nual Farmers’ Day meeting at the Gilvin Roth YMCA this afternoon. The event, sponsored by the Elkin Kiwanis Club, and staged through the cooperation of the Surry county farm agent’s office, will this year feature addresses by outstanding authorities on the various phases of agriculture. Speakers from three states, North Carolina, South Carolina and Vir ginia, will take part. The program will get under way this afternoon at 1:00 p. m. with a call to order by Neill M. Smith, Surry farm agent, following which will come an address of welcome by Thurmond Chatham, chairman of the board of directors of the Chatham Manufacturing Co. Mr. Chatham will be presented by Mayor of Elkin, Garland Johnson. At 1:30 p. m. a series of ad dresses on farm topics, with the need of a balanced system of farming the general theme, will begin. The first speaker will be The Sixth Annual Farmers’ Day meeting will have ample radio coverage with both Win ston-Salem and North Wilkes boro stations putting a part of the program on the air. WSJS, Winston-Salem, will broadcast the program from 1:00 to 1:30 p. m., and WKBC, North Wil kesboro, will broadcast from 1:00 to 2:30. Dr. J. H. Hilton, Dean of Agri culture of North Carolina State College, who will discuss “Using All the Resources of the Farm for Maximum Income and Better Liv ing.’’ At 2:00 p. m. "Soil Manage ment for Maximum Production” will be the subject of Dr. T. B. Hutcheson, Dean of Agriculture, VPI, Blacksburg, Va. C. G. Cush man, in charge of Dairy Extension at Clemson College, will follow Dr. Hutcheson with a talk on “Dairy ing in a Balanced Farm Program” at 2:30 p. m. At 3:15 p. m. an intermission will be taken and a social hour, with refreshments, will be observ ed. Following intermission a mo tion picture, “First in the Hearts of Farmers” will be shown in the auditorium. At 4:20 p. m., Dr. E. R. Collins, in charge of Agronomy Extension, N. C. State College, will discuss “Alfalfa In A Balanced System of Farming,” which will be followed at 4:50 p. m. with a panel discus sion, under the leadership of Da-i vid S. Weaver, assistant director N. C. Extension Service, N. C. State College. Following which the meeting will adjourn. The Farmers’ Meeting is made possible each year through the contributions of Elkin merchants and business men, who have seen attendance grow each year. To day’s attendance is expected to bo the largest yet. Two Added To Elkin High School Faculty N. H. Carpenter, superintend ent of city schools, has announced two additions to the faculty of Elkin High School. Verlie Hutchinson, formerly of Bristol, Term., assumed his new duties on Wednesday of last week and will teach science and physi cal education succeeding Mrs. Earl C. James. He is a veteran of six and one half years of navy service in World War II. W. D. Robertson, who will teach history and English, filling the temporary vacancy caused by the ill health of Mrs. Reece Gilliam, will arrive Monday. Both are recent graduates of Appalachian State Teachers Col lege, Boone. . Potatoes are the only major ' food crop whose world production declined in 1937 compared with 1946. The drop occurred chiefly in Europe.
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