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= 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 Ridg:e THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVI No. 42 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR 20 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS • I I * PRICE GAINS REPORTED ON WEED MARKET Heavy Sales Reported From Old Belt Opening GENERAL QUALITY UP Most Averages Well Above Support Prices Set By Commodity Credit SOME MARKETS BLOCKED V Sales on the 'Old Belt flue cured tobacco markets opened Monday with average prices rang ing from $3.00 to $17.00 per hun dred higher than on opening day in 1947. Most gains, however, were from $4.00 to $11.00. According to the United States, North Caro lina and Virginia Departments of Agriculture, the greatest increases were for fair lemon and low orange lugs, up $13.00, and fair lemon and good orange primings, up $14.00 and $17.00, respectively. The smallest increases were $3.00 for good lemon leaf and low orange primings. The bulk of the tobacco sold brought average prices from $52.00 to $66.00 per hundred. Most averages were well above Commodity Credit support prices. Deliveries to the Stabiliza tion Corporation were reported to be small. The general quality of offerings was better this year than opening day last year. There were more good to choice qualities and less low and fair. The percentage of nondescript was extremely small compared to opening day of the previous year. Marketings con sisted of a larger proportion of leaf and smoking leaf with less lugs. Lugs, however, predomi nated. Volume of sales was heavy on all markets, several were reported blocked. Opening sales last year totaled 5.849,262 gross pounds for an average of $42.89 per hundred. Early reports this year on open ing day indicated the general ave rage to be well over $50.00 a hun dred. The United States Crop Report (Continued On Page Eight) i RELEASE THREE IN DEATH CASE Husband, Two Friends Held Until Tuesday For In vestigation DIED OF HEMORRHAGE / Henry Stanley, of near Foot ville, Yadkin county, and his two neighbors, Jim Burchette, 33, and his brother, Claude Burchett, 35. of Davie county, were released from the Yadkin jail at Yadkin ville late Tuesday afternoon fol lowing a report that Mrs. Henry Stanley died from natural causes, after they had been held for in Avestigation. An autopsy was per formed on the body at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, where it was sent late Monday afternoon by Sheriff Bill Moxley and Cor oner Jake Brown. Mrs. Stanley, about 40, died in an ambulance between her home and Yadkinville about mid-after noon Monday. According to re ports the body was found by neighbors in the yard of her home where it was said to have lain all night. Just what happened at the Stanley home, near the Davie line, Sunday night is not clear. One of the Stanley children, about 12, told Sheriff Moxley that Mr. Stanley was in the bed drunk and that his mother told the Burchett boys to leave. The kid also said one of the Burchett boys then struck his mother with a club. That brought on the arrests of the two brothers. However, after the autopsy all were released. Dr. v Robert Morehead, of the Bowman ^Gray School of Medicine, said she (Continued On Page Four) * Ronda Man Painfully Injured In Accident Marvin W. Watts of Ronda, suf fered three broken ribs, a broken nose and other painful cuts and burises in an automobile accident near North Wilkesboro early Mon day morning. He was taken to Wilkes hos pital where he is receiving treat ment. Mr. Walls was attempting to pass a pick-up truck when the truck swerved into his path, caus ing him to go ;down a steep em bankment. Mr. Walls is the brother of Mrs. Ora Walls Va.nhoy of this city. J Buckin’ Elks Open Against Valdese Here Friday Night The Buckin' Elks open the 1948 football season Friday night, meeting Valdese high school at Memorial Park at 8 p. ni. The Valdese game was ar ranged following cancellation of the Maiden game originally scheduled. A full account of this year's Elkin high school squad may be found on page four, section two, this issue. FARM HOME LEADERS MEET Officers And Project Leaders From Twenty-Two Clubs Map Plans For 1949 VEW LEADERS NAMED The Home Demonstration bounty Council met in the Home Demonstration Agents’ office Sep ember 13 with 34 officers and iroject leaders from the twenty ,wo home demonstration clubs in he county attending. Mrs. B. A. Jarvis, the new Coun :il president, presided. The Home Demonstration bounty Achievement Day was set or the last of October or the first >f November. Mrs. O. M. Need lam of the Pilot Mountain club ixtended an invitation for the federation to be held in Pilot fountain. It was decided for the club re cords to be in the Home Agent’s >ffice not later than October 15 o be judged to determine the best lub in the county, as a steam >ressure cooker will be awarded o the outstanding club on Achievement Day. Certificates rill be awarded to the club mem bers not missing a club meeting luring the year and a Home Dem instration pin to the club mem lers with perfect attendance for hree years. Certificates will also >e awarded to fehib members hav ng read and reviewed three books ,s approved by Miss Marjorie leal, State Librarian. County projects for 1949 were liscussed and the clubs decided on he following goals for 1949: The emoval of dumpheaps from the lighways, the continuation of the lealth program, and other proj ets applicable to the communi ies involved. The following project leaders yere appointed for 1949: Foods and Nutrition, Mrs. W. H. leid, Pilot Mountain; Gardens, Jrs. N. J. Martin, Salem Fork; Poultry, Mrs. S. C. Southard, Bes ie's Chapel; Dairy, Mrs. Paul lurch, Mountain Park; Food ’reservation, Mrs. John Simmons, ’ilot View; House Furnishings, Jrs. Bryce Johnson, Copeland; lome Management, Mrs. Harland lolder, Beulah; Family Life, Mrs. Voodie Pruitt, White Sulphur springs; Home Beautification, drs. Folger Cockerham, State toad; Clothing, Mrs. C. S. Bark r, Banncrtown; Community Ser ice, Mrs. Clinton Mosley, Fiank in; Health, Mrs. H. S. Broome, Yanklin; Education, Mrs. J. R. Jarion, Siloam; Citizenship, Mrs. Jarion Chilton, Eldora; Recrea ion, Mrs. Gaston Christian, White ’lains; Loan Fund, Miss Vera Joyars, Westfield; Markets, Mrs. x>n Jackson, White Plains; and -H Club leader, Mrs. L. C. Pat erson, White Plains. Surry To Lead N. C. In Driver Training Surry county will lead all North Carolina counties in driver train ng in the high schools this year vith nine high schools having >een assigned dual-control cars, fohn W. Comer, county superin endent of education, announced his week. Surry Sales, Mount Airy Chev olet dealer, is furnishing five ars, the largest number to be fur lished by a single dealer in the tate. These cars will be in use it Dobson, Franklin, Mount Airy, ^lat Rock and Beulah. The F-W Chevrolet Company n Elkin is furnishing cars to Slkin, Mountain Park and Cope and. The Beasley Chevrolet Com pany is to supply a car for the r*ilot Mountain school. uhest X-Ray Service Offered At Dobson The Surry county Health De jartment will offer free chest X ay service at the court house at Dobson for five days, starting Sep ember 20. The equipment will be jperated for the convenience of Dersons living in that area from ):30 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily. rribune Advertising Gets Results SURRY SCHOOLS POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER 22 Action Taken At Meeting Held Monday Nijfht DUE TO POLIO THREAT Hoard Of Health, Medical Society And Superintend ents Decide NO NEW CASES LISTED The opening of schools in Surry county has been postponed until September 2 2, Superintendent John W. Comer announced this week. This includes those in Elkin and Mount Airy. The action was taken at a point meeting of the Board of Health, the county medical society and school superintendents held Mon day night. Although health department authorities said there is no scien tific evidence to indicate that a postponement of school openings would effect the polio situation, school authorities felt that the action was necessary in view of four new cases reported last week. Health department officials said Wednesday that no new cases of polio had been reported this week. The total for 1948 stands at 38. YADKIN COURT COMES TO END Over Two Hundred Cases Disposed Of In A Hard Week’s Work MANY INVOLVED CASES The one week term of Yadkin criminal court adjourned Friday at noon, after a hard week's work on the part of court officials and attorneys, during which time they disposed of more than 200 cases. Judge J. H. Clement was highly complimented by all for his con duct of the court and his de cisions. Solicitor Avalon E. Hall said it was a hard week's work. Thursday was taken up entirely with the cases of Dallas Riley, Marvin Long and Thad Flynn. These three were charged with larceny from the person, and after a long jury trial were found not guilty. The defendants were rep resented by Attorneys F. D. B. Harding of Yadkinville and Allen <£- Henderson of Elkin, who made a hard fight for their clients. Mrs. Lula Holcomb and her husband, Raymond Holcomb, of Yadkinville were charged with violation of the prohibition laws in two cases each. A jury found them guilty. Raymond Holcomb was sentenced to serve six months on the roads to begin Dec. 1. 1948. Mrs. Holcomb was given two twelve month sentences in the woman’s division of State prison, suspended for two years on good behavior. A charge of fornication and adultery against Mrs. Holcomb was nol prossed. Another case of much interest in this section was that of Dewey Styers, who was charged with theft of a car belonging to Har vey Hinshaw, driving intoxicated and no drivers license. The auto theft case was dismissed. He was found guilty of driving intoxicated and plead guilty to driving with out a license. He was sentenced to serve four months on the roads in the driving intoxicated charge and 30 days on the no license (Continued On Page Eight) Kiwanians Hear Plans For Band Discussion pf plans for a high school band featured the meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis Club at the YMCA last Thursday evening, after N. H. Carpenter, superin tendent of the Elkin city schools, had explained necessary pro cedure and estimated cost of such a project. The program for this evening (Thursday), is being arranged by Program Chairman Hubert Willis and will be in the nature of a surprise, it was said. Two Gars Damaged In Monday Accident Over $500. in damage was done to two automobiles which collided early Monday morning on the Limerock road near Smithtown, Highway Patrolnfan J. W. Will iamson said yesterday. James Sharpe, driver of one car, and Fonro Crissman, driver of the other car, both emerged from the wreck with only slight injuries. MOTHER AND SON RE-UNITED — Paul McBride, right, who Monday saw his mother for the first time in 28 years, intrdouccs her to his wife and two children. Paul lived in Elkin for eight of his first nine years. Mother And Son Meet Again After 28 Years Paul McBride, Formerly Of Elkin Re-united At Winston-Salem Monday A 29-year-old man who lived eight of his first nine years in Elkin was re-united last Sunday with his mother, from whom he was separated 28 years ago. To the delight of the mother he was not sure he still had, Paul McBride presented a daughter-in- ! law and two children, Nancy, age 5, and Tommy, nine months. Sunday an attempted reunion failed but Monday mother and son were re-united at Winston-Salem. In 1920, when Paul was one year old, Mrs. Bullock, who was then Mrs. W. C. McBride, separ ated from her husband, who got I custody of the child. Paul’s father brought him to Elkin where his : parents lived. Here Paul grew up, j never seeing his mothfer or hear- | ing about her. When he was nine, | he moved with his grandparents to j Statesville, where he lived until [ 1937, when he went to work in the H y 1 a n Furniture Company at Hickory. He has lived there since. Mrs. McBride (as of 1920) worked at Reynolds until 1930, when she married W. P. Riggs, j They moved to Spartanburg and Charleston, S. C., and back to Winston-Salem in 1939, when they started living in a trailer. Mr. Riggs died in 1945. Meanwhile Paul married Ber- ; nice Price in 1939, and folrr years ! later Nancy was born. He joined the army, was stationed at Fort | Knox, Ky., and Camp Gruber, Okla., and was discharged in 1945, 1 when he went back to Hickory. Until 1943, there has been no known connection between Paul and his mother and no person ' knew them both. One day in 1943, Rev. David | Day of Elkin went to Winston Salem to conduct a revival at the ; Urban Street Baptist Church. 1 Paul’s mother went and was bap- j tized, and there she met Mrs. Charlie Weatherman of Elkin, a friend of Mrs. T. W. Rose of Elkin. Mrs. Rose was Paul’s aunt, but Mrs. Weatherman did not know about Paul. For five years, Mrs. Weather man kept forgetting to look up Mrs. Riggs’ address in Winston Salem. Four weeks ago. she found the address—that of the trailer in which Mrs. Riggs had lived—and told Mrs. Rose, who of course told Paul. Paul wrote a letter to Mrs. Riggs, who, in 1946, became Mrs. Walter Bullock. Last Sunday, Mrs. Bullock, to gether with Mr. Bullock, her brother, J. F. Williams of 1008 Goldfloss Street, and Mrs. Will iams, caught the bus from Win (Continued on page eight) Four Are Injured In Auto Accident Paul Holloway, Richard D. Day, Bob Tulbert, all of this city and J. C. Briggs of Winston-Salem, were injured in an automobile ac cident which occurred Sunday near Galax, Va., when the car, driven by Holloway, in which they were riding, missed an inter section and crashed into an em bankment. James Pardue of Jonesville, riding in the car at the time of the accident, escaped uninjured. Tulbert and Day were- moved from a Galax hospital to Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Mon day. Tulbert sustained a broken arm and cuts about the head, and Day received a broken leg and a hip injury. Briggs, age 79, is still hospital ized in Galax, suffering from a crushed ankle and possibly in ternal injuries. Fashion Shows To Be Held Sept. 22 And 29 “Festival of Fall Fashions’’ will be presented by the Elkin Junior Woman’s Club on the stage of the New Lyric Theatre, Wednesday, September 22 and Wednesday, September 29 at 8:30 p. m., at which time the latest styles from the local department stores will be modeled. In the first showing the newest in Fall fashions will be shown from Ohna’s, Belk-Doughton and Park Place Mercantile- Company. An admission charge of fifty cents will be made with an ad vance sale of tickets by the mem bers of the Junior Woman’s Club. Playing on the screen will be "A Woman’s Vengeance” with Char les Boyer and Ann Blythe. On Wednesday evening, Sep tember 29, a showing of fashions from McDaniel’s Department Store and Sydnor-Spainhour’s will be held at the New Lyric Theatre at which time “Black Narcissus,” starring Deborah Kerr and David Farrar, will be shown on the screen. In conjunction with the “Festi val of Fall Fashions,” a benefit bridge party and fashion show will be held Wednesday, October 6 at 2 p. m. at the Gilvin Roth Y. M. C. A. An admission charge of fifty cents will be made. The public is cordially invited to attend these fashion events. CHURCH ASS’N. TAKES ACTION Resolution Requests Permits Re Secured To Solicit Church Funds MERCHANTS A I* 1» R O V E The Elkin-Jonesville Ministerial Association at its regular month ly meeting held Monday at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church took action regarding the solici tations of funds for churches frmn business firms in Elkin, Jones ville and this section. The Association passed a resolu tion requesting all solicitors from churches in Elkin, Jonesville and vicinity to secure a letter of per mission from the Elkin-Jonesville Ministerial Association before ob taining a permit from the Elkin Merchants Association. At its meeting Tuesday, the board of directors of the Elkin Merchants Association expressed themselves as favoring the action of the Ministerial Association and pledged its cooperation in this manner of regulating solicitations. All churches wishing to solicit donations in the future are re quested to apply to the president of the Elkin-Jonesville Ministerial Association. The current presi dent of the Association is Rev. R. V. C. Ritchie, pastor of the Elkin Presbyterian Church, 289 North Bridge Street. Entrance Deadline Set In Corn Contest Surry county farmers who an ticipate yields in excess of 100 bushels of corn per acre are in vited to enter the corn contest sponsored by the Farm Bureau and the County Extension Agents, Neill M. Smith, county agent an nounced this week. Those desiring to enter must report the location of their fields to the county agent or the agri cultural teacher in their commun ity prior to October 1. Committees appointed by the county agent will calculate yields, the highest of which will bring cash prizes to the growers. D. C. Ramey, Lowgap, won the contest in 1947, producing 126 Va bushels per acre. Seventeen farm ers and 4-H club members in this county produced more than 100 bushels per acre last year. Nazarene Revival To Resume Sunday Revival services at the large Nazerene Tent across from the Ford place will be resumed Sun day at 2:30 p.m. and continue throughout next week. The revival was not held dur ing the past week due to con flicting with the revival which has been in progress at the Pil grim Church. The Rushing family will be in charge of the musical portion of the services during the coming week. The. public is cordially invited to attend. Lions Club To Stage Fish Fry At Neaves Park A fish fry will be held at Neaves Park Friday evening, September 17th from 6:30 un til 8:00 p. m. under the spon sorship of the Elkin Lions Club. The public is invited to at tend the fry and to see how much fish, coiwbread and coffee they can consume for $1.00, the money to go to the Lions fund for aid to the blind. In event of rain the fish fry will b<- held on Saturday, Sep tember 18. JURY LIST ANNOUNCED Two-Week Criminal Term Of Surry County Superior Court To Open Sept. 27 PHILLIPS TO PRESIDE A jury list for the two-week criminal term of Surry county Superior Court, scheduled to con vene September 27, was announc ed this week. A one-week term of civil court starting September 20 was an nounced earlier. Judge F. Donald Phillips will preside over the three-week ses sion. Drawn for jury duty for the week of September 27 were: John F. Freeman, J. L. Caudle, and Alex F. Mounce, route 1, Elkin; John W. Brookshire, State Road: Boyd Wclborn and W. M. Os born, Mountain Park; Graham S. Lawrence and Dillard W. White, route 1, Brady Pilson and E. C. Harbour, route 2, Dobson; Guy S. White, Rusk; J. C. Wilmoth, Thurmond; H. V. Holder, W. L. Jackson and P. H. Ramey, Low gap; C. B. Burrus; Rockford; Fred L. Martin, Glenn Stone and J. W. Beasley, Pilot Mountain; Roy L. Stone, route 1, H. Lee Allen and Mrs. S. D. Wall, route 2, Pinnacle; and Joe R. Fowler, Dallas M. Ow ens, Thurmond Osborne, W. F. Thore, W. J. Bolen and L. Y. Haynes; Howard S. Brown, Wes ley Hunter, H. W. Bedget and J. H. Choplin, route 1; Earl Wray and Roy Wood, route 2; D. E. Wood and Guy Hartley, route 3; E. M. Stone and H. C. Branch, route 4; and T. H. Macey, John R. Crouse, C. P. Gilbert and Al bert C. Lee, route 5, Mount Airy. For the week of October 4, the following were named for jury udty: Buster Cummings, route 1, Elkin; R. W. Hiatt and Claude Thore, route 1; John Elmer Snow, W. David Jenkins and Wiley Hamlin, route 2, Dobson; L. M. Key, route 1, Ararat; Mrs. Willie Poindexter, Siloam; A. R. Sim mons; E. B. Spainhour, route 2, Pinnacle; Roy Kirby, Lowgap; Jack E. Thore, Pilot Mountain; and A. C. Alman, W. O. Dobson, J. S. Belton and Miss Lucy Bow man; Rud T. Joyce, route 1; T. C. Bilks, Claude Deatnerage and C. A. Simmons, route 2; Jasper Pack and J. D. Miller, route 3; D. L. Moore, C. L. Humphreys, Cleve Reece, L. L. Martin and J. B. Branch, route 4; and Harry P. Childress, T. T. Hylton and Phillip E. Booker, route 5, Mount Airy. Boonville Man Hurt In Collision Monday Henry Fleming, 38, of Boonville, was injured painfully about 11 a.m. Monday when the tractor he was driving collided with an auto mobile a mile east of Boonville on Highway 67. Mr. Fleming, who sustained a broken nose and hand, the loss of two teeth and bruises about the face, is a patient at Hugh Chat ham Memorial Hospital in this city. The driver of the automobile whose name was not available, reportedly was uninjured. Mr. Fleming had been to the home of his father, using the tractor at night for mowing. He had just pulled into the highway when the accident occurred. Both the tractor and the automobile were reported headed the same direction. The driver of the automobile reportedly said he was blinded by the lights of an oncoming car, resulting in the collision. Murderer Of Woman Taken In Elkin Cab Is Nabbed In Yadkinville By Officers Hiring a local cab for a trip to Mocksville after a visit Tuesday night to the carnival playing the Elkin-Jonesville Community Fair, Maurice Holshouser, 26-year-old painter and carnival worker, was arrested in Yadkinville as the cab reached that town a short while later and charged with the mur der of Mrs. Lena Robinson, 73 year-old widow of an oil producer near Wellsville, N. Y.. last Friday. The man was taken into cus tody by N. C. Highway Patrolmen H. J. Jackson and E. M. Logan. Search for Holshouser was be gun in this area when it was learned that he had lived in this section and had also traveled through Yadkinville with a car nival. His arrest was immediately re ported to New York State police and he was taken to Rowan coun ty jail and placed in the custody of Sheriff James H. Krider, who declined to give out any informa tion. Kim Vestal, Elkin cab driver, said Wednesday that he had pick ed up Holshouser, who had visited the carnival at the fair located at the Elkin-Jonesville speedway, and was taking him to Mocksville, only to be stopped by the highway patrolmen at Yadkinville. He said the officers told the man he was wanted as a suspect in the slaying of an elderly woman. According to evidence trans mitted by North Carolina officers to New York police, the painter had signed a statement admitting he had killed the elderly woman. Mrs. Robinson’s badly-beaten, partially disrobed body was found Monday in the bedroom of her home about five miles from Wells ville. The coroner there, after an examination, said death was “due to homicide" and there “is evi dence of other crimes which might include robbery and rape.” It was learned that Holshouser came to Alleghany county, N. Y., with a carnival this summer. He left the carnival at Friendship, 13 miles northwest of Wellsville, and later was employed by a painting firm at Nile, near Friendship. Within the past month, Hol shouser painted a portion of Mrs. Robinson’s house and other farm buildings, it was said. Mrs. Robinson’s automobile was found abandoned in woods near Puckerville, Green county, Va., Monday morning. Holshouser had evidently made his way to Elkin, where he engaged the local cab for the trip which ended in his arrest. 3,000 REGISTER IN DRAFT CALL Deadline For Signing Up With Selective Service Is Saturday ANTICIPATE 300 MORE As the Saturday dead-line drew near, Surry county draft board officials estimated that 3,000 men in the 18-25 age group had been registered by the board for selec tive service. Early predictions had set the total figure at 3,300 and indica tions are that this figure will be reached. Mrs. A. D. Polger, board secre tary, announced that question naires will be mailed sometime this week to single men in the 25-year-old group. The forms; similar to those used during the war, must be returned within ten days. All males between the ages of 18 and 25, inclusive, are required to register on or before Septem ber 18. The draft board office in the court house at Dobson and the registration center at Chatham Manufacturing Company here will remain open until Saturday to register draft eligibles. State selective service officials have not yet notified the Surry county board as to the date or quota for the first group of in ductees. Forsyth County will hold its an nual dairy and beef cattle sho# at Kernersville September 30.
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