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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 Ridge THE TRIBUNE Serves the Tri-Counties of Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin VOL. No. XXXVI No. 46 PUBLISHED WEEKLY ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1948 $2.00 PER YEAR 18 PAGES—THREE SECTIONS 4 32 GUERNSEYS AUCTIONED AT KLONDIKE SALE ‘McDonald Farms Ilamae’ Brings $5,500 For Top NET SUM OF BALE $39,700 Four Males, 28 Females Aver are $1,240 At Sixth Annual Auction YOUNG BULL RUNNER-UP - Top animal Monday in the sixth annual Klondike Guernsey sale here brought $5,500. Thirty-two head of cattle, four males and 28 females, brought $39,700, averag ing $1,240 per head at Thurmond Chatham’s Klondike Farm. “McDonald Farms Ilamae,’’ bred and consigned by J. M. Mc Donald, of Courtland, N. Y. Sired by “McDonald Farms Distinction,” the five - year old animal was a double granddaughter of “Foremost Prediction’’ and a great granddaughter of “Argilla Knight.” f Runner-up was a six-month old bull, “McDonald.” He was dropped April 29. George W. Ende, of Lodi, Calif., bought him for $4,500. "Foremost Acme’s L o y a 11 y,” daughter of “Foremost Acme,” was the third animal in the sale. She was purchased for $3,100 by W. H. Leonard, of Salisbury, from Arthur D. Pinkham’s High Mowing Farm, Wilmington, Vt. Other animals sold were .“Klon dike Polly anna,” consigned by Klondike Farm and bought by Bowman and Gordon Gray, own ers of Brookberry Farm, Winston Salem. A cow consigned by Klondike Farm, sold to W. A. Neaves for $725; a cow consigned by William S. Cherry Jr., North Farm, Bris ton, R. I., bought by McLean B. , Loath, High Point, $1,600; a sec ond animal purchased by W. A. Neaves, at Elkin, from F. L. Hat cher’s Dan Valley Farm, Mount Airy, for $575; and two cows con signed by W. L. Boswell, Burke ville, Va., and both bought by L. B. Gallimore, Greensboro, at $800 and $400, respectively. “Brookberry Fashion’s Lass,” 18 month-old heifer, sold by Bowman and Gordon Gray’s farms to Klondike Farm for $550. “Klondike Pansy,” a five-year old cow, and “Klondike Premost Fashioner,” a 16-month-old bull, sold to A. L. Brown, Concord, for $850 and $1,300, respectively; “Klondike Premost Amber,” -10 month-old bull, was sold to Allen Hall, of Statesville, for $500; “Klondike Premost Foreman,” a seven-month-old bull, was sold to E. L. Corley, of Saluda, for $450; "Klondike Laddie’s Dolly,” was sold to W. A. Neaves, of Elkin, for $725; and a 16-month-old heifer, "Klondike Ray Celia,” to N. G. Roosevelt, of Moncks Corner, S. C., for $1,200. “Appin’s Utha,” consigned by C. S. McCall, of Bennettsville, S. C„ sold to H. F. Heath, of Harmony, for $275. The sale was conducted by the Salley Sales Service, of Orange Jf burg, S. C. Glenn Lecky, Holmes ville, Ohio, was auctioneer. 75 TO ATTEND ' SCOUTS’CAMP Troops To March Down Main Street On Way To Camp Butler Saturday FIRST FALL VENTURE Approximately 75 Boy Scouts will piarch down Main street Sat urday on the first leg of their trip to Camp Albert Butler. They will assemble for the parade at the Gilvin Roth YMCA building at 8 a.m., and proceed to Mem orial field where buses will await to transport them. )L While at camp, Saturday and ™ Sunday, the boys will sleep in tents. Among other activities on the agenda, they will hold camp _ fire at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, a r- camporee and Sunday school at 2 p.m., Sunday. This will be the first Fall ven ture. Because of the polio epidemic activity was slight during the past summer. Scouts, however, will be given a chance at camp to catch up with some of the advancement work they missed. Paul Price, chairman of camp ing, said yesterday that each troop would be expected to furnish its own bus, but if for some reason it could not be arranged, the scout ju leader should get in touch with ^ him. The number of Corn Belt cattle on feed is about 12 per cent smaller than it was a year ago. FIRST SURRY DRAFTEES — Thirteen Surry county draftees left Dobson Tuesday morning for High Point where they will be inducted into military service. They were photographed just before reboard ing the bus following a layover in Elkin. They are, first row, (left to right), Vestal Haynes, leader, Wallace Isaac Hauser, Roy McCoy Martin, Clyde Hamm, Joseph Henry Portis and Willie Augustus Phillips, Jr. Second row, James Cecil Hill, Joseph Solomon Jenkins, Edward Rachels and Billy Cooke. Third row, Artis Cockerham, assistant leader, and Albert James Fletcher. iphoto by belli APPOINTED — Garland John son, mayor of Elkin, has been appointed assistant director of finance of the State Democra tic executive committee. Chair man Capus Waynick, announced last week. Mr. Johnson is vice president of the Bank of Elkin and second vice-president of the State Bankers Association. DRIVER KILLED AFTER ACCIDENT William M. Smith, Employee Of Local Firm, Struck While Viewing Damage NEGRO IS ARRESTED William M. Smith, 24, of Hick ory, Route 4, and driver for the Johnson Brothers Trucking Com pany of this city, was killed in stantly Monday morning at Eld ridge, Md., while en route from Lenoir to Philadelphia, Pa., with a load of furniture. Reports said that Smith’s truck was struck by a hit-and-run driver, after which he and an officer put out flares and were inspecting damage to his truck when he was hit by a second hit and-run driver and instantly killed. The car was later found to have been driven by Rudolph M c N e a r y, Washington, D. C., negro, who has been charged with manslaughter. Smith had been connected with the local firm for one week. His body was sent to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry M. Smith, near Hickory, for burial. Car Demolished When Hit By Locomotive An automobile driven by Morris Brown, of Jonesville, was demol ished Sunday when it was struck by a train locomotive near the Elkin Furniture company. Officers reported that no one was hurt. Brown accidentally got on the track while attempting to turn around, it was said. Former Elkin Lady Passes In California Word was received as the Tribune was going to press, of the death of Mrs. Molly Robey Shores Morgan of Glendale, Calif. Mrs. Morgan, a former resi dent of this city, died Monday and will be buried in Glendale, Friday. Salt in the soil is poisonous to some plants. MAN HELPLESS WITHOUT POWER Brief Electric Failure Here Discombooberates Practi cally Everyone VOIDED PUSH BUTTONS “Where was Moses when the lights went out?’’ ' He was probably in the dark, but it is doubted that he got as excited about it as numerous Elkin folks did Tuesday afternoon when a brief failure of electrical power plunged local stores into semi darkness and put the proprietors to cranking their cash registers by hand. It is seldom that electric power here ever goes off duty. But Tues day’s 13-minute lapse brought home to all and sundry how de pendent the current crop of cit izens is upon this modern con venience. A tour of local stores by a cer tain Elkin character during the daylight blackout disclosed that practically everyone is helpless, more or less, when they find they cannot press a button to get some thing done. Clerks in one large department store which does not have too many windows to admit daylight, huddled around in groups like so many sheep. In another store a sale was made and the lady clerk was at a complete loss to know how to ring up the money until the manager explained that contraptions like cash registers have a crank handle for just such emergicies. The aforementioned Elkin char acter who was making the tour added to the coufusion by going to the darkest part of the stores he entered and stating that he (Continued On Page Four) Ritchie Named Moderator Of IF-S Presbytery RALPH V. C. RITCHIE The Rev. Ralph V. C. Ritchie, pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Elkin, was elected moderator of the Presbytery of Winston-Salem Tuesday at its fall meeting in Winston-Salem. He succeeds the Rev. T. C. Bryan, pastor of the George E. Lee Memorial Church in Winston-Salem. This was the 60th stated meeting of the pres bytery. Ruling Elder Hoke F. Hender son, of- Elkin, held the same office from May, 1047 to October, 1947. Terms are for a half year each. The area of the Presbytery in cludes Ashe, Aleghany, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties, and is made up of 45 churches. Board Unable To Reach 13 Surry Draftees The Surry county draft board, 87, listed 13 registrants this week with whom the board has been unable to get in touch. Mrs. A. D. Folger, secretary of the board, said that three questionnaires had been sent each of them at their listed addresses and no reply has been received. The expiration date has already passed, she said, and warned that if the regis trants are not heard from in the next two or three days she would have no alternative than to turn their names over to the Federal Bureau of Investiga tion. The names of the men are as fellows: Romney Richard Dun can, Clyde Gunnell, Johnnie Franklin Little, Joyce James Patterson, Bill John Hall, Kyle Louis Belton, George Ayers, Walter Davis Creed, Claude Guy Atkinson, Joseph Henry Easter, Curtis Evon Reynolds, Charlie Robert Matthews and Odell Jacob Hicks. CHURCH GROUP ELECTS HEADS Wilkesboro Woman’s Mission ary Union Holds An nual Meeting MRS. JAMES TO LEAD Mrs. Earl C. James was elected superiutendent, ana Mrs. C. N. Myers, associate superintendent, of the Baptist Woman's Mission ary Union of the Wilkesboro dis trict, which held its annual meet ing at the First Baptist Church in Boone, Wednesday of last week. Other officers named were Mrs. Nora Wilson Young, Sherwood, Young People’s Worker; Mrs. A. O. Joines, Sparta, secretary and treasurer; Rev. Roy Campbell, West Jefferson, Royal Ambassador counselor; Mrs. Gilbert Foster, North Wilkesboro, mission study chairman; Mrs. C. A. Bowman, Granite Falls, community mission chairman; Mrs. J. D. Craig, Oak woods, stewardship chairman and Miss Elizabeth Campbell, Lenoir, literature chairman. Mrs. R. T. McNeill was chosen as representa tive to the state nominating com mittee. Mrs. Myers was acting super intendent and presided over the meeting in Boone. Also taking part on the program were Rev. Howard J. Ford of this city, and Mrs. H. D. Craver of Boonville. The Wilkesboro district includes Alexander, Ashe, Alleghany, Avery, Briar Creek, Brushy Mountain, Caldwell, Elkin, Stone Mountain, Surry, Three Forks and Yadkin associations. Among those attending the div isional meeting from this city were Rev. Howard J. Ford, Mrs. F. M. Norman, Mrs. Julian Elmore, Mrs. Claude McNeill, Sr., Mrs. E. C. James, Mrs. Fred Harris, Mrs. W. F. Reece, Mrs. W. G. Church, Mrs. Amy Lalor, Mrs. R. C. Wood and Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Myers. Tribune Advertising Gets Results Fat Stock Show Is To Get Under Way Today; Many Calves Entered FAT STOCK SHOW CO-MANAGERS — Neill M. Smith, left, Surry County Farm Agent, and Walter Metz, right, chairman of the agri culture committee of the Elkin Junior Chamber of Commerce, will manage the sixth annual Elkin Fat Stock Show and Sale which be gins here today. Ninety-six FFA and 4-H club members have en tered stock in the event. SCHOOL HEAD DIES SUDDENLY William Albert Beal, Princi pal At East Bend, Passes Suddenly KITES HELD WEDNESDAY William Albert Beal, 38, princi pal of East Bend School, Yadkin County, for the last three years, died unexpectedly at noon Monday of a heart attack while at his home during noon lunch period. A native of Chatham County, Mr. Beal was born at Gulf in 1909. He was a graduate of Uni versity of North Carolina and taught in public schools in Bun combe and Moore Counties before going to Yadkin. He was married to Miss Ann Cox in 1943. Surviving are the widow; one son, Garry Beal, both of the home; his mother, Mrs. Alma H. Beal of Gulf; one sister, Mrs. Law'rence Ratcliff of Sanford; five brothers, W. J., Joseph and Burnis Beal, all of Gulf, Frank C. Beal of Jack sonville, N. C., and Edward Beal of Gastonia. Funeral service was held at Bethany Baptist Church at Gulf Wednesday morning, and inter ment was made in the church cemetery. • Out of respect to Principal Beal, Fred C. Hobson, Superintendent of Yadkin County schools, an nounced that East Bend school was closed Tuesday and Wed nesday. TOP MONEY ANIMAL AT KLONDIKE — “McDonald Farms Ilamae,” was sold for $5,500 by J. M. McDonald to John W. Hanes, owner of Ben Tullock Farms, Millbrook, N. Y., to become top money animal at the sixth annual Klondike Guernsey sale held here Monday. Ad miring the cow are Mr. Hanes, Thurmond Chatham, owner of Klondike Farm, K. C. Sly and Paul Fleming. (photo by redmon> Robert Isbell With Tribune As News Editor Robert Isbell, a native of An derson, S. C., has assumed the position of news editor of The Tribune, succeeding Dan T. Henderson, who has resigned to enter the weekly publishing field in Hampton, S. C. Mr. Isbell, prior to coming with The Tribune, was a mem ber of the news staff of The News and Courier, daily news paper of Charleston, S. C. Prior to that time he served as state news editor of The State, Col umbia, S. C., daily. A gradu ate of the University of South Carolina, he was editor of the college publication, The Game cock, during his senior year. A veteran of World War II, Mr. Isbell spent three years in the army, one year of which was spent in the South Pacific area. KIWANIS CLUB HEARS EDITOR Dr. Green Reviews Russian Allied Relations And War Possibilities EXTOLLS FREE PRESS “The free press of America rec ognizes itself as an instrument of peace,’’ Dr. C. Sylvester Green, editor of the Durham Morning Herald, told the Elkin Kiwanis club at its meeting at the YMCA Thursday evening of last week, "by giving its readers all the facts so that they can formulate their own opinions.” Dr. Green was guest speaker during the National Newspaper Week, which is annually observ ed by the Kiwanis Clubs of the United States and Canada. Introduced by H. F. Laffoon, publisher of The Tribune, Dr. Green discussed the present inter national outlook, and although he admitted prospects for peace at the moment did not look too bright, he said the world could take some encouragement from the fact that it is now October and as yet no shooting war has started. There were high-placed lead ers in the United States last year who believed that the U. S. would be at war with Russia by July 1, 1948, Dr. Green stated, but the fact that war has not come at the present date bolsters the hope that war may be avoided. The speaker stated that in his belief Russia is going to push her power just as far as the Western Allies will give. He said that Rus sia now stands against a wall — ind so long as the Western pow ers do not allow that wall to give ’urther—war may be avoided. He ilso stated that our refusal to get lut of Berlin has strengthened .hat wall, and that if we remain o Berlin, we may be able to avoid .var. Dr. Green scoffed at the relief, said to be current in some luarters, that if Russia was al owed to overrun Western Europe (Continued on page eight) Parade To Be Staged Along Main Street Ninety-six FFA and 4-H club members have been entered in the sixth annual two-day Elkin Fat Stock show and sale which opens here today at the Agricul tural Exposition building under the sponsorship of the Elkin Junior chamber of commerce. The first event, a group sing ing, style review and other enter tainment will be held at 10 a. m., at the Gilvin Roth YMCA. At 11 a.m., a parade of the two tractors to be auctioned, the two automo biles to go on sale, and troops of Brownies and Boy Scouts, will as semble for a parade below the YMCA. From here the procession will march through Main street to Memorial park. Forty prizes will be given at the auction which will begin at noon. A supper for the exhibitors and sponsors of the show will be held at Neaves Park at 6 o’clock this evening. In the event of rain the affair will be moved to the Legion hut. The sale will be opened at 1:30 p.m., tomorrow (Friday) by Thur mond Chatham, chairman of the board of the Chatham Manufac turing Company, and Democratic nominee to Congress from the Fifth district. Oscar M. Pitts, of Asheville, will act as auctioneer. The fat stock show will be under the direction of Roy H. Thomas, state supervisor of agricultural education, Raleigh. Prof. Lemuel Goode, animal husbandry depart ment, N. C. State college, will judge the show. Neill M. Smith, county agent, said yesterday that everything was in complete readiness for the show and a large attendance is expected with good weather. Exhibitors have been invited to stay in Elkin homes for the dur ation of the event. Mr. Smith, in a pamphlet of rules sent out last week, said that all beef entries must have been calved since January 1, 1947, and exhibitors must have personally fed and cared for the stock en tered in their names. Prizes will be awarded to U. S. Standard grades on a 4-3 basis. (Continued on page eight) Car Clips Down Pole On Elk Spur Street John D. Money, of Elkin, was arrested by city police Monday on charges of operating an automo bile under the influence of intox icants and reckless driving. Money, while driving alone, lost control of the automobile and ran upon the sidewalk along Elk Spur street, crashing through a light post and skidding a considerable distance beyond. Tire marks were measured 55 feet before hitting the pole, officers said. Money excaped uninjured and was released from the Elkin jail Thursday under $600 bond. Off icers estimated about $250 damage to the automobile. Chatham Ta Speak At Dobson Rally ~ Tomorrow Night Thurmond Chatham, district five Democratic nominee for Congress, will be the featured speaker at 7:30 tomorrow night at Dobson in another in a series of party rallies there. Lewis Alexander, of Elkin, said this week that there is no limitation to those, invited. “Too many have stayed away because they think they are not invited,” he said. “Everyone is urged to attend.” Last Friday night W. Kerr Scott, Democratic nominee for governor, was on the program. He was introduced by Mr. Chatham. Party representatives said this week that rallies would be held each week until the gen eral election. Rallies feature candidates speaking, string musta and dancing.
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