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ELKIN The Best Little Town In North Carolina THE TRIBUNE Is A Member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations , „ . ..... .. .. ... ;... ... .. ... yf .. .. .... . .. . r-.- ■ The Elkin Tribune ELKIN Gateway to Roaring: Gap and the Bine Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri- Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVI No. 43 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELK1JN. N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1948 3»Z.UU r&K i EAK ZU r AliES-iTiKEE SEUT1UINS MANY DIVORCES Feature civil TERM OF COURT First Two Days See 22 Sep arations Granted CONTINUE SIX CASES Four Cases Scheduled For Trial Monday Are Settled Out of Court MISTRIAL IS DECLARED w The granting of 22 divorces in uncontested actions and one mis trial resulted during the first two days of the civil term of Surry kv County Superior Court which con vened at Dobson Monday. / Pour cases scheduled on the docket for Monday were settled out of court and six cases were continued. The court declared a mistrial in the* case of J. W. Holder vs. Lu ther Shafner. Cases settled out of court in cluded Higgins Lumber Company vs. L. Paul Haskins, .Dennis R. Perry vs. Mayne S. M. Perry, Mon roe Bledsoe vs. Vera Bledsoe, and Della Chambers vs. B. R. Pardue. The following cases were con tinued: Grover Holloway vs. Wade Holloway; A. M. Baines, Jr., vs. Hiatt’s, Inc.; George Flinchum vs. Bessie E. Stewart; Irene Phillips vs. Parkway Bus Company; How 4. ard Denny vs. Marvin Stanley; and Mrs. R. Schafer vs. Mount Airy Knitting Mills, Inc. Divorces were granted in the following actions: Martin C. Bur chett vs. Attic B. Burchett: James J. Brintle vs. Blanche H. Brintle; Doris King vs. Wesley C. King; George Harris vs. Alma M. Har ris; Mecie M. Ashburn vs. Caleb H. Ashburn; William H. Johnson vs.Rhoda P. Johnson; L. B. Dun bar vs. Lillie G. Dunbar; Electa S. Cockerham vs. U. Houston Cock erham; Bernice A. Kirkman vs. -^•Percy A. Kirkman; Jim Bowman Fws. Avor Bowman; Nine Boyd vs. Woodson Boyd; E. R. Woodruff; Mary E. Ostwalt vs. Howard C. Ostwalt; Kathryn Godfrey vs. Huston Godfrey; Fhebe S. Har ris vs. William G. Harris; Grover C. Lowe vs. Rachel Lowe; Lucy Lowe vs. Samuel M. Lowe; Lennis C. Smith vs. Murrell B. Smith; Roberta Penn vs. Oliver Penn; Fi ances G. , Smith vs. Oscar T. Smith; Edith E. Thompson vs. Preston Thompson; and Mary Corns vs. James B. Corns. Abernethy Re-Elected Hospital Board Head % Rev. L. B. Abernethy of Char lotte, formerly of this city, was re-elected chairman of the board of trustees of the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital at its meeting Wednesday of last week. Other officers named were W. A. Neaves, vice-chairman; Hugh G. Chatham, second vice-chair man, and Tom Roth, secretary. The board voted to send a re quest to the Bishop of the North Carolina Methodist Conference for the re-appointment of Dr. J. Hiatt as superintendent of the ospital. In the reports made to the board it wa$ stated that during the year ending September, 1948, there were 9,927 patients treated and 747 babies born at the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. A report was also given on the newly created school of practical nursing which has an enrollment of 11 students. Tep Permits To Wed Issued At Dobson ooie jPStat, Ten marriage licenses were is sued during the week ending Sep tember 21 by the Surry County Register of Deeds, records in that office indicate. September 16 — Edward G. Cockerham, 31, Crutchfield, and Mabel O. Marion, 24, Winston Salem; James W. Chappell, 21, tin, and Anio Gene Crouse, 21, tate Road. September 17 — William A. Saunders, 32, and Lois Juanita Combs, 31, Pulaski, Va.; Jesse T. ^Heath, 25, Siloam, and Dorothy Mary Bruner, 20, Ararat. September 18 — George Haynes, 18, and Vallie Hall, 28, Cana. Va.; James Largen, 25, Pulaski, Va„ and Melva Lucille Keith, 18,' Wil lis, Va.; Floyd Donley, 39, Dob son, and Beulah Fulp, 22, Mount Airy. September 20 — Kenneth Black, 24, Chapel Hill, and Mabel Folger, 20, Dobson. September 21 — Edd Casey, 35, and Addie Lou Brown, 30, Dobson; >Loyd Herbert Privitt, 18, and ✓♦Clara Bell Snead, 18, Rockford. w / The Durham county home dem ^ ons#tration curb market has brok en all sales records this summer. 1948 High School Enrollment Hits 235 For New High Enrollment in Elkin High School on Wednesday, the op ening: day of school, was 235 and in Elkin Elementary School 545. Enrollment figures from North Elkin Elementary School and Oak Grove Negro school were unavailable at Tri bune Press time. The high school enrollment is the largest in the history of the school. Superintendent N. H. Car penter said, “We got off to a good start, and we sincerely ap preciate the cooperation of the parents.” POLIO CHAPTER RECEIVES LOAN National Foundation Supplies $5,486 To Cover Sep tember Expenses TEN NOW HOSPITALIZED As Surry county marked the passing of another week without a new case of infantile paralysis, officials of the county chapter of the National Foundation for In fantile Paralysis announced that a loan of $5,486 had been granted by the national organization for the care and treatment of Surry county polio victims. These funds are expected to be sufficient to cover the expenses during September of the ten Surry county patients currently hospitalized. Another loan will be requested Dctober 1 for care and treatment from that date. In August a loan of $7,600 was secured from the National Foun dation, making a total of $13,086 vhich has been borrowed this year. This organization provides 'unds to cover all expenses in curred through infantile paralysis. NAZARENES TO FORM CHURCH New Group To Be Organized Sunday Night At Gospel Tent On Highway 21 RUSHING TO BE PASTOR Next Sunday night at the large 3ospel tent located on the vacant ot opposite the Ford place on fiighway No. 21, a Church of the 'Jazarene will be organized. This information is furnished by ,he Rev. C. E. Shumate, of High Point, who is the District Super ntendent of the Church of the 'lazarene in the Carolina District. Rev. Shumate will be present at he meeting to preside and to as sist in the new organization. Rev. O. C. Rushing will be pas ,or of this new church, and will je assisted by his singing family, vho are sometimes referred to as ‘ten singing Rushings,” and bet ;er known as the “Rushing Fam ly.” Rev. Rushing and his family -mil from Tennessee, and he has aastored churches in Nebraska ind West Virginia as well as Ten lessee. He and his family have lone extensive radio work and ex pect to be broadcasting in North Carolina in the near future. At he present time they are making heir home in East Jonesvile, but Rev. Rushing states that they plan to build a church parsonage is soon as possible. Rev. Rushing attended the high schools of Lawrence County, Ten nessee, and is an ordained minis ter. He also holds a teacher’s cer tificate from the Vaughn’s School 3f Music, of Lawrenceburg, Tenn. The Church of the Nazarene has (Continued on page eight) Thurmond War Hero To Be Buried Sept. 25 Funeral service for Carl Wil moth, 23, U. S. Army, who was killed on Leyte Island, Philippine Islands on October 26, 1944, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Thurmond Holiness Church. Bur ial will be in Thurmond Cemetery. Wilmoth was born in Surry County May 23, 1921, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wilmoth. He joined the Army September 2, 1942 and trained at Camp Butner. He is survived by his parents; two brothers, Howard and Ray Wil moth, both of Thurmond; and three sisters, Bertie and Daphene Wilmoth, both of the home, and Mrs. Ira Hall, Jonesville. The body will remain at Hayes Speas Funeral Home until 1:30 Saturday, from where it will he taken to the church. LEAF PRICES REMAIN HIGH AT AUCTIONS Some Good Grades Bring As High As $70.00 NEAR RECORD PEAK Both Mount Airy and Win ston-Salem Markets Pay ing Out Huge Sums AVERAGES ARE HIGH Prices on the Winston-Salem Tobacco Market remained slightly less than record breaking Tues day when the entire sale averaged $53.26 per hundred pounds. This was only 60 cents a hun dred less than Monday’s average of $53.86. which was considered the second highest average in the market’s history. Sales at Mount Airy Tuesday totaled 201,274 pounds for $110, 106.71, an average of $54.71 a hundred, Sales Supervisor Mar shall C. Fowler reported. Mr. Fowler said that some best smoking grades sold as high as $70 a hundred. Winston-Salem Sales Supervis or Joe R. Williams said he believ ed Tuesday's average was even higher than Monday’s, consider ing the types of tobacco sold on the two days. There was a con siderably higher percentage of tips and heavy leaf on the floors yes terday than on the day before, he said. The day's * sales added up to 1,257,008 pounds, going for a total of $669,489.63. The Stabilization Corporation purchased slightly more tobacco than on the day before. Purchases totaled 149,088 pounds, or 11.9 per cent of the day’s sales. On Mon day the Corporation purchased 10.5 per cent of sales. Elsewhere in the State, flue cured tobacco prices were reported to have strengthened on the Mid dle Belt markets yesterday while irregularity developed on the Old and Eastern North Carolina belts. Prices for the majority of leaf , and smoking leaf grades on the Middle Belt gained $1 to $4 per hundred pounds, the U. S. and North Carolina Departments of Agriculture reported. Monday’s sales were listed as 3,973,969 pounds averaging $51.71 per hundred, up $3.12 from last Friday and the season’s high since opening day. Season sales reached 45,262,975 pounds averaging $50.07. Irregularity of prices on the Old r Belt brought changes ranging from $1 to $4, with a few more de clines than increases. The Old Belt Monday sold 7,068,480 pounds averaging $53.76, J up $1.99 from Friday and highest since opening day. Season sales went to 34,102,101 pounds averag ing $52.48. Unsteadiness hit prices on the Eastern North Carolina Belt. Leaf . showed changes up to $3 for grades offered in representative , volume. : Baptist Association To Meet Sept. 30th The 46th annual meeting of the Surry Baptist Association, one of i the largest Baptist Associations of I the State, consisting of 58 churches and over nine thousand : members, will get under way Thursday, September 30, at Sul- . phur Springs Baptist Church, and will meet Friday, October 1, at Union Cross Baptist Church. Interesting programs have been arranged for both days, with talks 1 by Dr. L. L. Carpenter, editor of the Biblical Recorder, as the prin cipal speaker during the Thurs day afternoon session, and M. A. Huggins, of Raleigh, state secre tary, as chief speaker of the Fri day session. Crockett Brannock, of Mount Airy, is moderator. Claude Harris, of State Road, is clerk of the As- 1 sociation. Cheek Family Hurt In Auto Accident t_ Mr. and Mrs. Willard Cheek and two month old daughter, Eliza beth Ann, and two other children, all of Roaring River, were involv ed in a head-on collision near Roaring River, Monday afternoon, i The name of the driver of the ; other car is unavailable. Mrs. Cheek received deep cuts > around the face and is a patient j at Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos- ■ pital. Elizabeth Ann was ad mitted to the local hospital for ; observation. Mr. Cheek sustained a broken ] arm and was released from the hospital following treatment. The ■ other two children riding in the i c*'t; at the time escaped injury. Tribune Advertising Gets Results i LEGISLATORS LEAVE FOR ROME — A congressional delegation headed by vice-presidential can didate Albcn Barkley, senator from Kentucky, is shown leaving Washington airport in President Tru man’s plane, “Independence,” for Rome, Italy, to attend the inter-parliamentary union meeting. They are, left to right, Franklin Dunham, secretary of the delegation; Reps. H. O. Talle (Rep., Iowa), John J. Rooney (Dem., N. Y.), and Senators Carl Hatch (Dem., N. M.), Scott Lucas (Dem., 111.), Senator Barkley and J. William Fullbright (Dem., Ark.). Full Cooperation Is Urged In X-Ray Drive Equipment To Be Set Up Here Next Week For Free Tests Of Citizens The Surry county health de partment will set up X-ray equip ment here next week for free :hest X-ray service which offici ils hope will be utilized by every me in this area over 14 years of ige. For a five-day period, starting VIonday, the equipment will be 1VAC RESPONSE IS SAID GOOD Regular Army Staging Re cruiting Drive For Women For Army And Air Force r A K I N (i APPLICATIONS The response to the Regular Army’s first recruiting program or the Women’s Army Corps and Women’s Air Force has been much arger than anticipated, according ,o Army Recruiter, Application for the Women's \ir Force are being taken now at ill U. 6. Army and U. S. Air Force Recruiting Stations, with actual mlistments beginning September 57th. The WAC-WAF Recruiting Pro gram will be small and highly selective, with a maximum of 7000 ’or the Army and 4500 for the Mr Force being accepted over a ,wo-year period, it was explained, ind enlistment is open to women )oth with and without prior ser vice, for periods of two, three, our, five, and six years. Age requirements for applicants vithout prior service are between he ages of 18 and 35. Former members of the WAC over 35 may rnlist provided their present age loes not exceed 35 plus the length )f prior service. Applicants must be citizens of he United States, of high moral character and meet the physical •equirements. A high school diplo ma is required for enlistment in he Women’s Air Force, and a ligh school education or its equiv ilent for the Women’s Army IJorps. WAC and WAF recruiters are low on duty at all main recruit ng stations, and information may be obtained at any Army Mr Force recruiting station. &uman Speaker At Lions Club Meet Rev. J. Clyde Auman, pastor of he Walkertown Methodist Church ind deputy district governor of he local Lions district, was guest ipeaker at the meeting of the Elk n Lions Club at the Gilvin Roth fMCA Monday evening. During the meeting Lion Claude ’’arrell welcomed Dr. Frank Fleming into the club as a new nember. At the business session plans vere discussed for the Lions White 2ane drive, in the interest of the >lind, which will be staged locally Friday and Saturday. The local juota is, $172.00, it was announced. operated at the Chatham Manu facturing Company for the ben efit of employees there. On the following Monday. October 4, throughout October 12, the equipment will be in use at the health department offices over the town hall on Market street. During the latter period, the service will be available to all per sons from 9:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. daily, Saturday included. On October 11 and 12, health depart ment officials expect to X-ray the student body of the Elkin high school. With a set goal of 100 per cent, officials are urging every one to take advantage of this service. USDA HEAD TO VISIT STATE - # Charles F. JJrannan To Dis cuss Vital Farm Questions At Monroe Meeting EXPECT LARGE CROWD Congressman C. B. Deane of Rockingham, announces that Hon. Charles F. Brannan, the Secretary of Agriculture will come to North Carolina for the first time on Monday, September 27th. On that date in Monroe, Union County at 11 o’clock a.m„ the Secretary will speak in the Monroe High School Stadium. Immediately after the address I by Mr. Brannan the Uuion Coun ty Farm Bureau, the hosts of the day, will serve a fish fry to the 2000 people expected from many sections of North Carolina. Because of the acute questions now confronting the farmers and especially the prospects of the greatest crop production in his tory, Secretary Brannan will dis cuss among other vital farm ques tions, the price support program. The Union County Farm Bureau has requested The Elkin Tribune to urge Farm Bureau and other farm leaders in Surry County to stimulate interest in and secure the presence of many rural as well as business people to attend what is expected to be one of the larg est gatherings of farmers ever held in Piedmont North Carolina. Sunday School Group To Meet At Dobson The Surry Baptist Sunday School Association will meet Sun day, September 26 at 2:30 p. m. at Dobson Baptist Church. D. P. Brooks, state missionary, will bring the missionary message at 3:05 p. m. Others participating on the pro gram are Rev. Carrington Paulette, Rev. J. E. Pearson and a male quartet composed of Elmer Timmons, Wendel Simmons, Otis Davis, Frank Shelton. All members of the association are cordially invited to attend this meeting. LIONS TO PUSH FUND FOR BLIND j Annual White Cane Sale And Membership Drive To End September 25th LATHAM IS CHAIRMAN The North Carolina State As sociation for the Blind will con duct its annual White Cane Sale j and Membership Enrollment drive ; beginning September 20th and | continuing through September ! 25th, it was announced today by | E. E. Shore, Jr., president of the ; local Lions Club. Dave Mauney Jr., Cherryville, j will direct the campaign which will have a $25,000 goal. Lions and Lionesses throughout the state again are cooperating in : the drive, which will have as its j aim the raising of funds for the Association's widespread program of aid to the blind and conserva tion of sight, the latter project featuring free examinations, eye glasses and eye operations for un derprivileged children. L. M. Latham, who will serve as local Chairman of the White Cane sale and Membership Enrollment, announced today that the local Lions Club han unanimously en dorsed the campaign, and that its members, assisted by Lionesses and other local friends of the blind, will conduct an active drive here during the September 20th 25th campaign period. The but tons will be sold directly to the , general public. They will be ex changed for nominal contributions and there is no limit to the ' amount interested button pur chasers may contribute any amount from 10 cents up. In addition to the sale of White Cane buttons, the Lions will en roll as members in the State Asso- | ciation for an annual fee of $1, and will seek memberships and renewal of present memberships from individuals interested in the welfare of the blind and conserva ! tion of sight. ' One-third of the funds derived from the sale of the White Cane buttons will be retained by the local club, L. M. Latham said, for use in the program of its own blind aid and sight conservation committee, the remaining two thirds of the proceeds from the sale of the White Canes, together with all of the funds derived from membership fees in the state as- ' sociation, going to the association toward meeting its $25,000 goal 1 for the 1948 campaign. They Had Too Much Corn To Cut Corn « Four Yadkin county men jet out Tuesday to cut some corn but . carried too much with them to ! complete their task. '• Robert Brown, James Osborne i and Floyd Martin Frye were plac- ( ed in the Yadkin county jail, charged with drunkenness and 1 affray. : A warrant for James A. Frye on i these two charges was issued when 1 it was discovered that he had dis- 1 appeared from the Hugh Chatham 1 Memorial Hospital before officers c could place him under arrest. t Brown was treated at the hos- i pital for injuries, said to have resulted from a free-for-all where i rocks were used to supplement l fists. The men had gone into a field with Brown to cut corn stalks. i ( Case Against Town Will Be Heard Today * .1 Tsk, Tsk! This Is What Comes Of Wrong-Doing A Wilkes county boy who de cided to try his hand at being a highway patrolman found in stead the efficient arm of the patrol sweeping out to engulf him. And although he had en tertained no thought of being a jailer, he found himself in jail. According to investigating officers, Edisel Brown, posing as a patrolman, picked up a drunk and hauled him around for awhile before putting him out. When Tatrolman Sid Carter, Roaring River, heard about it he alerted patrolmen in this area to be on the lookout for a 1940 Ford coupe. Cpl. W. S. McKinney of Elkin located the car and Brown at a night spot a few miles out of Jonesville. Carter and Patrolman Shook of North Wilkesboro, arrived on the scene and arrested Brown. He was placed in the Wilkes county jail charged with reck less driving and impersonating an officer. SLAYER ADMITS N. Y. CRIMES Maurice Junior Holshousei Faces Murder Charge In New York State ARRESTED IN YADKtt Maurice Junior Holshouser, 26 Laken from an Elkin cab by high way patrolmen last week and helc for the murder of a New Yorl natron, has confessed to the ::rime, committed he said, because ‘she nagged me about the girl ] was going with.” Holshouser has been returnee in New York state to face murdei charges in the death of Mrs. Lent Robinson, wealthy 73-year-olc widow who lived near Wellsville SI. Y. He has waived extradition. The prisoner was arrested ir iTadkin county by State Highwaj Dfficers E. M. Logan and J. H Jackson. Sheriff H. M. Eaton ol Davie county obtained from him f signed confession of the slaying fie denied that he had raped his /ictim, as had been intimated ir earlier reports. A native of Rowan county, Hol shouser has a wife and four chil Iren who live in Davie countj (Continued On Page Eight) B51 ELIGIBLE ODTOF 3,574 rhis Number of Surry Reg istrants To Receive Ques tionnaires Soon VO INDICATION OF CALL A total of 851 persons who reg stered under the selective service ict in Surry county will receive luestionnaires in the near future which will be the next step toward irafting them for peace-time uni tary service. During the three-week period which ended last Saturday, 3,574 Surry youths in the 18-25 year >ld age bracket registered for the iraft, officials of board 87 at Dobson stated this week. The single, nonfather, nonveter tn group between the ages of 19 uid 25 will be the first tapped to ill this county’s quota. This group otals 851. Supplementing this group will >e those persons becoming 18 sub equent to September 18. The law equires that males register within ive days after reaching their 18th lirthday. Questionnaires will not >e sent to 18-year-olds until 30 lays after the date of registra ion.Noone will be drafted before eaching 19. Already nine of the question laires have been returned to the ioard. There has as yet been no ndication of when the first Surry ounty group will be called for ervice. Is Slated To Be Called In Surry Court The case of Andrew Greenwood vs. the Town of Elkin, in which Greenwood contends that funds authorized for the construction of the airport were derived from the levy of ad valorem taxes and that such action was illegal inas much as the question had not been submitted to voters, will be called today in Surry county superior court, attaches indicated yesterday. A report on the complaint which favored the town was submitted early this year by W. H. McElwee, North Wilkesboro attorney, who was named as referee in the case in February, 1947, by Judge Frank M. Armstrong. McElwee's report stated that “the burden of proof is on the plaintiff . . . <and> the plaintiff has failed in his legal duty to carry this burden ...” The report stated further that all funds collected by the town were deposited in one common bank account and that the entire collections were “co-mingled to the extent that all identity as to source was lost.” Due to such i manner of handling the funds, “it is not possible ... to determine accurately the source of the funds expended by the Town of Elkin in the construction, maintenance and operation of the airport . . .,” the report read. Among the questions McElwee was ordered to determine, in ad dition to the question of whether the town expended'funds derived I from ad valorem taxation in the construction of the airport, were ; these: (1) The amounts expended , by the town from any source for the construction, maintenance and operation of the airport; (2) Whether C. C. Myers was a mem ber of the Board of Commissioners of the town of Elkin and was also a stockholder, director or officer df the Blue Rige Aviation, Inc., at the time the town entered into the contract for the construction of the airport and (3) Whether the contract between the town and Weldon Weir for the grading and construction of the runways at thc^ airport was entered into in violation of the law. According to the report, Mc Elwee found that the total amount expended by the town in "the construction, maintenance and op (Continued On Page Eight) Cook Book Recipes Deadline Is Oct. 1 October 1 has been set as a deadline for persons to turn in their favorite recipes for the Elkin Junior Womans Club cook book. Anyone in Elkin, Jonesville and vicinity is eligible to submit re cipes whether or not they have been contacted by a club member and are urged to do so as soon as possible. Recipes should be turned in to Mrs. Hugh Salmons, Oakland Drive, or Mrs. Charles Harris, Oakland Drive. The person submitting the win ning name for the cook book to Mrs. Jack Holcomb, Elk Spur Street, will receive recognition in the publication and a free copy of the book. The club is especially anxious to obtain more recipes for bever ages, bread*, meats, salads and vegetables. Three Surry Men Admitted To The Bar Charles M. Neaves, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Neaves of Elk in, was admitted to the bar this week by Judge F. Donald Phil lips, presiding at the current term of Surry County Superior Court. Also admitted this week were Worth and Charles Folger of Dobson. Neaves was presented by R. Lewis Alexander with whom he will be associated in the gen eral practice of law.
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