ELKIN
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VOL. No. XXXVI No. 45
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1948
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Hampton Complains of Sys
tem of Hiring Policemen
TAXI DISPUTE REVIVED
No Action Announced On
Key Matters As Group Goes
Into Executive Session
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OTHER REQUESTS IlEARD
r
th
The Elkin board of commission
ers faced a full agenda Monday
night at their regular monthly
meeting. .
A complaint on the hiring of
policemen, a debate hearing on
the recent taxi dispute, an Eller
street delegation seeking a sewer
line, and a request for the widen
ing of a street in the business dis
trict, all were reviewed in confer
ences that lasted several hours
and included two executive ses
sions.
Attorney Parks Hampton ap
peared before the council with a
complaint that few Elkin citizens
had been hired as policemen in
the past. He pointed out that it
is required by law that each law
enforcement officer of the city be
a citizen in order to be employed
in that capacity.
“No politics are involved,” he
declared, “but it is a matter of
principle. We must hang together
or hang separately.”
The matter was reviewed by the
council in executive session.
No action has been concluded
by the council in the matter of
taxi disputes which was reviewed
again. The council had earlier
granted a Jonesville transfer firm
a reserved spot on an Elkin corner.
W. Marion Allen, attorney rep
resenting John and Dewey May
berry, owners of local cabs, argued
that if permission is granted to
xi operators of Jonesville to oc
upy the choice location in Elkin
streets, it would be the same as
allowing competitive firms to come
to this area tax-free, when the
one existing here now pays
city taxes.
James Randleman, attorney for
opposing taxi firm, operated by T.
W. Rose, said that similar favors
had been granted to the Elkin
cabs in Jonesville. He cited sever
al decisions supporting his argu
ment against monopoly, pointing
out that the council's recent ac
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CHOIR IS TO
GIVE CONCERT
Program Will Be Presented
At Methodist Church Sun
day At 8:00 P. M.
MRS. IRWIN DIRECTOR
Mi
PS
The senior choir of the Elkin
Methodist Church, will present a
cred concert Sunday evening at
:00 o’clock, under the direction
of Mrs. Dwayne Irwin. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
In addition to favorite anthems
by the choir, the concert will
feature several solos by individual
members.
The program, as announced by
Mrs. Irwin, will be as follows:
•Prelude, Miss Mamie Black
wood; hymn, “America, the
Beautiful,” choir and congrega
tion; Invocation, Rev. Robert Q.
Tuttle; “Gloria In Excelsis,” choir;
"Open Our Eyes,” choir; solo: “He
Shall Feed His Flock,” Mrs. Ros
coe Poplin; “Cherubim Song,”
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N
Scott To Speak
At Elkin Rally
Dinner, Oct. 22
t
Kerr Scott, Democratic can
didate for governor, will speak
here at a Democratic rally,
October 22. He will be intro
duced by Thurmond Chatham,
congressional candidate.
The rally will be held in the
YMCA building at 6 p.m., prior
to the Dobson rally, to be held
at 8 p.m.
Claude Farrell, co-manager
for Scott in the Elkin area,
said that the YMCA could ac
comodate only 250 persons for
the dinner meeting.
Tickets will be sold for $1.50
each at Graham & Click Com
pany, the Hugh A. Royall In
surance ofRce, and the Parks
Hampton attorney office. Resi
dents of the Mountain Park
area may purchase tickets at
the Tom ^ewis store.
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Prison Terms Handed
Out In Surry Court
Boonville Man Given One Year In
Prison, Plus Suspended Sentence
Eight long terms in the state
central prison were given this
week in the criminal session of
Surry county superior court by
Judge F. Donald Phillips.
A suspended sentence of from
seven to 10 years hard labor was
imposed upon Robert F. (Red)
Fletcher, 21, of Boonville, who
was convicted on a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon.
Fletcher shot Clarence Hines, 18,
of Mount Airy, August 7. The
sentence is to take effect at the
expiration of a one-year term for
carrying a concealed weapon.
Fletcher was also ordered to
pay $4,500 to be used for Hines’
education, which is said to have
been lost by him when he was
shot in the arm. Hines was to
receive a football scholarship, but
the injury prevented. Fletcher
was also ordered to pay the costs
of action.
The suspended sentence carried
with it provisions of good behav
ior for the length of the sentence,
without breaking the law or
drinking any type of intoxicating
drink, and must obtain a job and
work for six years.
Hurley Shore, driver of ttie car
at the time Hines was shot, was
given an 18-month suspended sen
tence and is required to pay $200
for Hines’ hospital bill.
Jack Cantrell, 34, of Mount
Airy, was sentenced to from 14 to
15 years in the state prison for
assault and intent to rape his
nine-year-old daughter.
This was Cantrell’s second trial
on the same charge the first be
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Lions Club To Sponsor
Auction At Stock Show
A “Fall Festival Auction,” pro
ceeds of which will go to the Elk
in agricultural exposition build
ing fund, will be staged at the Fat
Stock Show and Sale Grounds
next Thursday, October 14, at
12:00 noon, when a new Dodge
automobile, two tractors, a horse
and a new Frigidaire refrigerator
will be auitioned off to the high
est bidders.
The auction was arranged, and
will be sponsored by the Elkin
Lions Club, members of which have
also solicited from local merch
ants a large number of valuable
door prizes which will be given
away absolutely free.
Articles to be auctioned are as
follows: 1948 Dodge automobile,
consigned by the Yadkin Auto
Sales, jlocal Dodge and Plymouth
dealers; new John Deere tractor,
consigned by Hinshaw Hardware
Company, local dealer; new Ford
tractor, consigned by Surry Trac
tor Co., local dealer; new Frigi
daire refrigerator, consigned by
Harris Electric Co., local distribu
tor, and a laige Belgian mare
draft horse, consigned by E. W.
McDaniel, Elkin merchant and
farmer.
Among the prizes to be awarded
will be cash and trade allowances
at various local stores. A number
of articles of valuable merchan
dise will also be given away.
The public is urged to attend
the auction and to bid on the ar
ticles to be sold.
SCOUTS WILL GO
TO YMCA CAMP
Activities To Resume After
Summer Hampered By
Polio Epidemic
CAMP OPENS OCT. 16-17
A renewed Boy Scout program
in this area will begin October
16-17 when 10 troops from the
Elkin-Yadkin district go to Camp
Albert Butler for a camping week
end.
Because of the polio epidemic
activity was held at a minimum
during the summer. Attempt will
be made to provide the Scouts a
chance to work on advancement
they were unable to do at that
time.
Troops will assemble at 8 p.m.,
October 16, at the YMCA build
ing, and will march to the athletic
field where they will leave for the
camp. A camp fire will be held at
7:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday
school will be held at 2 p.m., Sun
day.
While there a camporee will be
held, though somewhat modified
from the regular events. Scouts
will be judged on camp craft and
conduct.
Paul Price, chairman of camp
ing, urged this week that all
patrols be present from this area.
Representatives are expected to
attend from Ronda, Pleasant Hill,
East Bend, Boonville, Mountain
Park and Forbush. All troop activ
ity will be under direction of the
respective Scoutmasters.
Sometime during the month a
campaign to raise money for the
Boy Scout budget will be made.
Commission Approves
1947-48 County Audit
The county audit for 1947-48
was accepted and approved by the
county board of commissioners ait
Dobson this week.
M. Q. Snow, commission chair
man, said that the report reflected
the “excellent financial condition
of the county."
CHATHAM FAIR
TO GET UNDER
WAY THIS P.M.
Is Eighth Annual Event of
Company Employees
“Chatham Revue of 1948“ To
Be Presented As Climax
On Friday
SQUARE DANCE CONTEST
The eighth annual Chatham
Employees' Fair, under the spon
sorship of the Lucy Hanes Chat
ham Clubs and the Thurmond
Chatham Unity Club will get un
der way today (Thursday) at 1 p.
m. at the Gilvin Roth Y.M.C.A.
when the exhibit hall will be op
ened to the public.
Climaxing the two day event
will be the Chatham Revue of
1948 which has been revised and
will consist of five acts. The first
act, “One Man’s Album of Fa
miliar Music” will have posed liv
ing pictures, accompanied by ap
propriate music. “African Antics”
is the title of the second and the
thii‘d is "The Lovelorn School of
Matrimony.” The fourth act will
be a series of piano selections and
the fifth will be a “Womanless
Wedding” with officials of Chat
ham Manufacturing Company
making up the wedding party and
guests.
The Revue is in charge of Miss
Erline Mayberry, Amel (Red) El
ler. R. G. Boles and C. J. Hyslup.
At 8 p. m. the Fair will again
feature a square dance contest be
tween teams of the A, B, and C
shifts. Ovid Wilcox will again
lead the C shift, which has won
first place in the contest for the
past two years. A shift will be
under the direction of “Boots”
Amburn with Harvey Osborne and
Carl Young acting as co-captains
of the B shift.
A large number of interesting
and attractive exhibits were dis
played in the exhibition hall
Wednesday in preparation for the
opening of the Fair.
The Dog Show, under the direc
tion of C}yde Cothren and Wayne
Phillips, will be held on Friday at
4 p. m. on the west lawn of the
Y.M.C.A. In the event of rain the
show will be held in the basement
of the building.
The officers of the Fair are
Fred Eidson, chairman; Mrs.
Byrd Sprinkle, co-chairman and
Miss Erline Mayberry, secretary.
The advisory committee is com
posed of C. C. Poindexter, C. J.
Hyslup, Miss Lois McKnight and
Robert G. Boles.
Three Injured When
Truck, Auto Collide
Three men were injured Thurs
day night in an auto-truck acci
dent two miles west of Brooks
Cross Roads, on Highway 421.
James Palmer, 44, of Asheville,
suffered a head injury, bruises and
lacerations. Wade Green, 67, of
Ronda, rural route, a retired army
officer, received a broken
shoulder, and Leroy Myers, of
Ronda, suffered a broken arm.
They were treated at the Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital.
Patrolmen reported that the au
tomobile, driven by Palmer, col
lided with a truck operated by
John Ritchie, 22, of the Ronda
community, who was en route to
market with a load of tobacco.
He escaped injury. Green and
Myers were riding with Palmer.
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WRECK COSTS LIFE OF DRIVER — Teze Martin, Negro driver of the wrecked and burned tractor
trailer pictured above, died of burns in a Winston-Salem hospital Monday sustained when the huge
machine caught fire after running off an embankment about a mile east of Brooks Cross Rbads on
the Yadkinville highway. The trailer, loaded with plate glass mirrors, was a complete loss, only the
metal running gear being spared by the flames. The tractor was also completely smashed and its
cab burned out. (tbisuni phqto>
Plans Completed For
Fat Stock Show And
Sale Here Next Week
SUNDAY WRECK
FATAL TO ONE
Negro Driver Dies of Burns
When Large Truck Over
turns, Blazes
WILKES MAN INJURED
Two wrecks Sunday near Yad
kinville resulted in the death of
one man and a serious injury to
another.
Teze Martin, Martinsville, Va.,
Negro, died of burns Monday at
the Kate Bitting Reynolds hos
pital, Winston - Salem, received
when a tractor-trailer he was
driving crashed down a bank and
caught fire. The vehicle belonged
to the Roy Stone Transfer Com
pany, of Martinsville. The acci
dent occurred about six miles west
of Yadkinville.
The tractor-trailer and load
were reported lost.
James C. Parks, Negro, Mayo
dan, who was riding in the cab,
told officers he did not know what
caused the wreck.
He said he woke up as the cab
left the road. He was thrown
through the windshield and es
caped the flames that caught
Martin.
Parker said someone yelled and
told him to get the driver. Then
| he saw Martin crawling from the
flaming cab. Martin fell clear of
the wreckage and into some
weeds as his clothes burned.
Passersby stripped off Martin’s
clothes and piled dirt on his body
to extinguish the flames.
He was taken to the Winston- 1
Salem hospital by ambulance
but lived only 12 hours.
A mile farther east on Highway
421, at about the same time of
day, Charles A. Mitchell, 45,
Wilkesboro, was injured when he
apparently lost control of his car
and rolled it down a bank.
He was taken by ambulance to
the Baptist hospital in Winston
Salem, where physicians said he
had suffered a possible back frac
ture and severe cuts about the
head. He was reported in a serious
condition.
James Walter Kennedy, Joynes,
a passenger in the car, was treated
at the hospital for an injury to
the right hand, then was released.
Two other passengers, L. B. |
Holbrook of Moxley and Square
Nathan Gamble of Dockery es
caped without injury.
New Case of Polio
Reported In County
A Mount Airy child, James Dob
son, was stricken with polio last
week. His is the 39th case reporttd
from Surry county this year.
Officials of the county health
department said that this was a
mild case and that the child had
not attended school.
He is npw in the polio ward at
the Baptist hospital, Winston
Salem.
SPEAKER — Dr. C. Sylvester
Green, editor of the Durham
Morning Herald, will be guest
speaker at this evening’s meet
ing of the Elkin Kiwanis Club.
The program will be devoted to
National Newspaper Week.
DURHAM EDITOR
TO BE SPEAKER
Dr. C. Sylvester Green Will
Head Newspaper Week Pro
gram of Kiwanians
GROUP ENJOYS OUTING
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, editor of
the Durham Morning Herald, will
be guest speaker at this evening’s
meeting (Thursday), of the Elkin
Kiwanis Club, in a program de
voted to National Newspaper Week
H. F. Laffoon, publisher of The
Tribune, and chairman of the pro
gram, will introduce Dr. Green.
The speaker has been editor of
the Durham Herajd since Decem
ber, 1943, to which position he
went after seven years as presi
dent of Coker College, of Harts
ville, S. C.
After graduating from Wake
Forest College, Dr. Green taught
in the Durham High School and
then was ordained to the Baptist
ministry, serving in succession as
pastor of the Watts Street Bap
tist Church, Durham, and the
Grove Avenue Baptist Church,
Richmond, before going to~Coker.
He is the author of several
books, and contributor to .a num
ber of religious and secular news
papers and journals, and lectures
on religious and international sub
jects before many groups in this
and adjoining states.
Dr. Green has been especially
active in Rotary International,
having served at one time as pres
ident of the clubs of Durham,
Richmond, and Hartsville, and
later as district governor. He is
also a member of the general
Board of the North Carolina Bap
tist State Convention, chairman
of the convention’s Council on
Christian Education, and repre
sentative of the State on the Edu
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Many Entries
Expected For
Annual Event
All plans are in readiness for the
annual Elkin Fat Stock Show and
Sale which will be held here next
Thursday and Friday, October 14
15, at the Agricultural Exposition
Building. The event is sponsored
by the Elkin Junior Chamber of
Commerce.
Over a hundred FFA and 4-H
Club members from seven north
western North Carolina counties
are expected to have entries in the
show, and all indications point to
one of the most successful events
in its six-year history.
The Thursday program will get
under way at the Gilvin Roth
YMCA Thursday morning at 10:00
o’clock, where group singing, a
style revue and other entertain
ment will be staged. Linville Hen
dren, president of the Elkin
Kiwanis Club, will preside. Sing
ing will be led by Miss Eleanor
Barber, assistant 4-H Club leader,
of N. C. State College. Jimmy
Childress, of Radio Station WKBC,
will act as the narrator of the
style revue to be staged by senior
4-H Club members.
The fat stock show will open at
1:30 p.m., under the direction of
Roy H. Thomas, state supervisor
of agricultural education, Raleigh.
Prof. Lemuel Goode, animal hus
bandry department, N. C. State
College, will judge the show.
At 6:00 p.m. Thursday, the ex
hibitors’ banquet will be held at
Neaves Park, or, if the weather is
bad, in the Veterans’ Hut. The
banquet will also be staged by the
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Friday the sale will be opened
at 1:30 p.m. by Thurmond Chat
ham, chairman of the board of
the Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany, and Democratic nominee to
Congress from the Fifth District.
Oscar M. Pitts, of Asheville, will
act as auctioneer.
Hundreds of dollars in prem
iums will be presented the winners
in the show Thursday afternoon.
All beef entries in the show
must have been calved since Jan
uary 1, 1947, and exhibitors must
have personally fed and cared for
the stock entered in their names.
The steers will be weighed in
Wednesday between 10:00 a.m.
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MANY ATTEND
MEETING HERE
Presbyterians From Four
teen Churches Present At
Session Thursday
MISSIONARY IS SPEAKER
“Christ the Only Answer” was
the theme of the annual Pall
meeting of the Presbyterian wom
en of the church of the Winston
Salem district which met at Elkin
Presbyterian church, Thursday at
10:30 o’clock.
Attending the meeting were 102
persons representing 14 churches,
First and Second Presbyterian
churches of Winston-Salem; First
and Second Presbyterian churches
of Lexington; Yadkinville; Thom
asville; Mocksville; Cooleemee;
Francisco; Lee Memorial of Win
ston-Salem; Waughtown; Cove
nant; Reynolda, Fairmont, and
Elkin.
A worship service opened the
meeting led by Mrs. Arch Taylor
of the First Presbyterian Church
of Winston-Salem. Mrs. J. M.
Clark, acting district chairman of
Lexington, welcomed the group.
Reporting on the Program of
Progress was Mrs. C. L. Potts,
Synodical Program of Progress
chairman of Charlotte. Mrs. Ralph
Buchanan of this city, Presbytery
chairman of the Program of Prog
ress, gave a resume of the achieve
ments of the first year.
During the afternoon, Dr. Rob
ert King, of Boone, missionary to
Africa, spoke to the group on
“Achievements of Foreign Mis
sions.
Mrs. J. M. Hanks, president of
the Elkin Women of the church,
was in charge of the local
arrangements.