ELKIN
The Best Little Town In
North Carolina
THE TRIBUNE
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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. XXXVII No. 7
PUBLISHED MONDAY AND THURSDAY
ELKIN, N. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1949
$3.00 PER YEAR IN NORTH CAROLINA
12 PAGES—TWO SECTIONS
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SURRY’S NEW BOOKMOBILE ARRIVES — Surry Couniy's librarian, Mrs. Frank Freeman, and as
sistant. Mrs. Alonzo Folger, pose with the new bookmobile which will begin trial operations in the coun
ty immediately. The bookmobile service will be offered to county residents free as are the privileges
of the library proper in the courthouse at Dobson. (tribune photoi
AVERAGE LEAF
PRICES DROP
Most Grades On Old Belt Are
Slightly Lower During
Twelfth Week
SALKS V O L U M K LIGHT
Average prices for most grades
of Old Belt flue-cured tobacco
were steady to slightly lower dur
ing the twelfth week of sales when
compared with the previous week.
According to the United Slates,
North Carolina and Virginia De
partments of Agriculture most leaf
and medium smoking leaf grades j
were higher but lugs, primings and
nondescript declined. Cutters were
mostly unchanged.
* The general quality of offering
k#was also a little lower because of
an increase in nondescript. Prin
cipal marketings were common to
fair leaf, fair lugs and nondescript.
Volume of sales was light last
week on the eight markets that
operated. Gross sales amounted
to only 6,394.536 pounds at an av
erage of $40.34 per hundred. This
average was $2.27 under last week’s
season low of $42.61.
Receipts of the Flue-cured Stab
^ ilization Corporation under the
Government loan program were
not as great. During the week
around 20 per cent of gross sales
were delivered to the Corporation,
a decline of about three per cent
from the season high of the pre
vious week. Season receipts were
approximately 12’j per cent of
sales.
Four of the eight markets op
erating held final sales last week.
They were South Ilill and Mar
tinsville, Virginia and Roxboro and
Mt. Airy, North Carolina.
Pinebluff Man Is
Census Supervisor
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Congressman Charles B. Deane
of the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict announced Friday that the
Census Bureau in Washington had
approved W. Lamont Brown of
Pinebluff as District Supervisor
for the 1950 Census.
Mr. Brown is a graduate of Dav
idson College and for several years
has practiced law in Southern
Pines. He has actively participated
in religious and civic life in Moore
County and currently is head of
the Boy Scout movement there.
The District office for the Cen
sus will be located in Lexington
with the actual enumeration be
ginning around March 1, 1950.
Serving under Mr. Brown as As
sistant District Supei visor will be
Sam Eanes . of Biscoe and the
Chief Administrative Clerk will be
Phillip Ross Cravcr of Lexington.
Surry Seal Proceeds
Mount To $2,162.52
Surry County has contributed
$2,162.52 toward the annual
Christmas Seal Sale, it was report
ed by Miss Louise G.^Bailey, chair
man of the committee.
The sale will continue until
Christmas.
^bcuyi
till QJtsuAtmciA
Seen Along...
The Elk Trail
. . . Man slipping coins in park
ing meter, one after the other,
failing to hit jackpot.
. . . Little boy telling his grand
pa he saw a man buying a little
fire engine for his grandson the
day before.
. . . Mason Ray, a wheat grower
of Washtucna. Wash., making first
visit to Elkin in 30 years, telling
friends and relatives that "North
Carolina is still a good place to
live" and remarking on the im
provements made.
. . . Lady on bus telling com
panion of the love life of her son
and a neighboring girl, much to
j the folly of those seated around.
MR. WILLIAMS, MR. FOX
. . . W. B. Williams displaying
fox he caught in steel trap near
Mountain Park home, remarking
that fat carcass was probably fur
nished by part of his chicken
stock.
. . . Lady shopper, evidently in
a hurry, impatiently tapping top
of counter with coin to attract
attention of clerk.
. . . Father, with small son as
an excuse, operating an electric
train in show window of local
business establishment.
. . . Two attractive young ladies
from Elkin high school, visiting
Tribune office in search of photo
of school baseball team of last
spring for high school annual.
. . . Parks Hampton demanding
table service at local drug store
now that coffee has gone up to
five cents for a second cup. “I
used to carry it from the counter
to the table myself,” he said.
. . . Local furniture dealer, lis
tening to give-away advertising
of competitors over radio, audibly
wondering what they would do if
someone came in and wanted to
pay for something.
. . . Rocky Baker inserting two
coins in juke box at Coke’s place
Sunday noon, the first for “Mule
Train,” the second for “Silent
Night.”
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JWC LIGHTING
ENTRIES OPEN
Anyone Wishing To Enter
Should Contact Mrs. Hugh
Salmons ‘Soon
TWO CONTESTS PLANNED
Anyone wishing to enter the
Christmas Lighting Contest spon
sored by the Junior Woman’s Club
is requested to contact Mrs. Hugh
Salmons as soon as possible.
This year's contest is divided
into two sections, one for the
prettiest interior decorations and
one for the prettiest exterior.
Persons may enter one or both
sections of the contest, but are
urged to call or write Mrs. Salmons
stating name, address and in
which section they wish to com
pete.
The outside decorating contest
will be headed by the Junior Wom
an's Club assisted by the Senior
Woman’s Club which will conduct
the interior contest.
The contest committee is com
posed oi Mrs. Hugh Salmons and
Grace Laffoon of the Junior Wom
an’s Club, Mrs. Clyde Hall and
Mrs. Mel McAdams of the Senior
Woman’s Club.
Soil Head Election
In Yadkin rphis Week
Election of a Yadkin County
supervisor for the Tri-Creek Soil
Conservation District for a three
year term begins today and con
tinues through Saturday.
Fiank Hobson and James Speer,
both of Boonville, have been nom
inated by petition for the vacancy
that exists on the three-man
board.
All persons residing within the
county who are qualified to vote
in a general election are eligible
to vote.
Miss Laffoon Named
Secretary of Group
Miss Grace Laffoon, a member
of The Tribune staff was named
secretary of the Midwestern Press
Association, at a meeting held at
the Community House in Morgan
ton, Saturday evening.
Other officers named were J. D.
Fitz of the Morganton News-Her
ald, as president, and Gordon
Tomlinson of the Mocksville En
terprise, as vice-president.
Mr. Fitz succeeds Charles H.
Mebane of the Newton Observer
as president.
The Midwestern Press Associa
tion is comprised of newspapers
from 25 counties in this section.
MERCHANTS SAY
YULE SHOPPING
BUSINESS GOOD
Net Proceeds are Below Those
Of Last Year This Time
PRICES FOUND LOWER
Managers Expect Business To
Boom When Bonus Checks
Are Issued Workers
TOYS, NYLON POPULAR
Christmas shopping already
means good business for merchants
in Elkin, but the gross intake for
last week-end at most stores was
below that of the same time in
1948.
Not that this means that busi-,
ness is off the pace of last year, |
but as one manager explained it,
items are being bought at a lower
i cost.
Prices this year, that manager
explained, are 10 to 20 per cent
lower than they were a year ago
i while the intake isn’t off that
much. In one particular store, the
drop was noted at 10 per cent of
the gross intake of last winter at
the same time.
That was the general situation
Saturday, although other stores
reported that business was “rush
ing.”
Extra help was being added at
most of the stores to take care of
the Christmas shopping rush.
Most of this was for week-ends
only for the present, but mer
chants expressed the belief that
business would be very good later
in the season.
People in Elkin will always do
their shopping late, declared one
store manager, because they have
to wait until they get their
Christmas bonus checks to do their
j buying.
But at the stores that were re
ported already busy, certain items
that are desirable for gifts have
already been sold out. One store
reported they had stocked six
dozen of one particular item for
Christmas, but that the supply was
already exhausted and more was
on order.
Gifts of toys and other play
things for children were high on
the list of articles bought most
frequently. At one women’s shop,
gifts of nylon articles ranked
among the most popular.
Added help ranged from about
14 in one store to only one in an
other. But even more help may
be used in many of the stores a
little later in the season.
In one department store, a
saleslady added, “We don’t expect
many men Christmas shoppers to
come in before Christmas Eve
Snyway.”
In general, the department
stores were the ones doing the
most early business.
Beef Production
School To Be Held
A Beef Cattle Production School
will be held in the Rockford
Street School Auditorium in
: Mount Airy next Monday.
Neill M. Smith, county agent,
! said today that all beef cattle pro
ducers. agricultural workers and
I members of Veteran Farmer class
! es are urged to attend.
The program will begin at 10 a.
m., with a lecture on cattle di
seases by Dr. Hal J. Collins, State
veterinarian. A carcass cutting
demonstration will be conducted
by Prof. W. E. Tyler of the State
College faculty at 11 a. m. Market
ing beef cattle will be the topic
for discussion from 1:30 to 2 p.
m. L. I. Case, who is in charge
of animal husbandry extension
work at State College, will discuss
herd management at 2 p. m. A
judging demonstration will be con
ducted from 3 to 4 p. m. at the
J. H. Crossingham Farm.
j CORN CONTEST WINNERS — These are the winners of the Surry County Hybrid Corn Contest spon
sored by the Elkin Merchants Association. They were awarded at a banquet sponsored by the Elkin Ki
wanis Club Thursday night. Top photo shows four of the seven boys, winners in the contest for contest
i ants under 21 years old. They are Paul Lewis of Mountain Park; Jackie Snow of State Road; and
\ Shirley Blackburn and Dickie Southard of Mountain Park. Rodger Maines of State Road, Billy Gen
| try of Elkin and Millard Blackburn of Mountain Park were not present. Bottom photo shows winners
j as follows: Standing, left to right, Rob by Park, Little Richmond; Ralph Beane, Mountain Park; W.
| Vernon Holder, Little Richmond; John Park, Elkin; Ovid Hurt, Mountain Park; Howard Swift,
Mountain Park. Seated, R. Edd Snow and McCray Southard of Mountain Park and Frank Miller
and Kapp Yarborough of Elkin.
(TRIBUNE PHOTOS)
YADKIN BONDS
[ TO BE ISSUED
Commissioners Authorize Is
suance of Bonds For Erec
tion of Hospital
A M OUNT OF $80,000
Yadkin County commissioners
have authorized the issuance of
bonds for the erection of a county
hospital at Yadkinville. The issu
ance of the bonds was made possi
ble by special election which was
held December 7, 1943.
At the time of the election there j
appeared to be very little interest!
in the project. There were only
2,101 voters registered for the
special election. Of that number,
795 votes were cast for the project!
and.595 votes were cast in oppo
sition to it.
Unless formal protest is made1
with the county attorney, Lafay- |
ette Williams, by the taxpayers
of Yadkin County within the next |
few days, bonds will be issued not!
exceeding the amount of $80,000*,
“for the purpose of paying all or j
a portion of the cost of the con
struction and equipping of a coun
ty hospital in said county.”
Stricken Elkin
Child Is Sure
Santa Is Real
Santa Clans came early to see
little David Watkins this year,
but his visit gave the six-year
old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. It.
Watkins of Klkin his happiest
and perhaps his last Christmas.
Doctors were afraid David, a
leukemia victim, couldn’t wait
for Santa’s regular trip on Dec.
25, so good old St. Nick came by
Saturday night to fill the
youngster's stocking with can
dies and goodies.
Happy and excited, David
sprang up Sunday morning to
rush to the living room to find
that Santa had been there. A
Donald Duck tricycle, cash reg
ister, accordian, and countless
other gifts were left there for
the child, who had been a good
boy all year long.
David contracted the dread
disease two months ago and
physicians hold little hope for
him. But tlyre is one thing
David will be sure of as long
as he lives.
There is a real Santa Claus.
Dr. Roy all Performed First Successful
Appendectomy In State, Residents Recall
C. A. Cozart,
First Patient,
Dies Last Week
When Charles A. Cozart, 84, of
Winston-Salem, died last Tuesday
at Winter Park, Fla., old timers
here recalled that he was the man
who received the first successful
appendicitis operation in North
Carolina—a feat performed by Dr.
M. A. Royall of Elkin.
It was early Spring, 1895, that
j Cozart, formerly of Center, Yadkin
County, underwent the delicate
operation at the hands of Dr. Roy
all on a dining table.
Dr. Royaii was called to see
Cozart at his home three miles
north of Yadkinville. He found the
patient suffering intensely and
proceeded to relieve the suffer
ing.
Appendicitis had long been a
source of suffering and death, but
the use of a knife against the ail
ment was almost unknown.
It was a long way in those days
to Baltimore or to a hospital, and
the expense was out of the reach
of the average patient. Dr. Royall
treated his patient for six weeks
following the operation. In per
forming the task, Dr. Royall had
no trained nurse.
In an article published in the
Winston-Salem Journal, November
10, 1929, A. W. George wrote, “The
conveniences for this pioneer oper
ation were not what you would
find in a modern hospital today.
The operating room was the fami
ly dining room and the operating
table the dining room table. There
was no trained nurse to render aid
and to assist in caring for the pa
tient. The operation was perform
ed in the presence of Dr. Dan
Holcomb, an elderly and well
known physician of that day, Dr.
Bob Hauser and Dr. Peak,, two
young medicos just entering upon
the profession.”
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Mr. George continued that Dr.
Royall moved to Elkin in 1913
where he opened an office where
he devoted his practice to diseases
of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
"In this special field of prac
tice,” Mr. George wrote, “he has
been veiy successful and has had
excellent opportunity to use the
surgical skill that he so success
fully displayed in his first opera
tion for appendicitis.”
Dr. Royall has been retired for
several years and living in Elkin.
Three of his children are resi
dents of Elkin: Mrs. Garland
Johnson, Hugh A. Royall and
George Royall.
HOWARD SWIFT
TOPS CONTEST
State lload Man Has Torn
Yield of 1 To Win Mer
chants’ Top Award
FOR SOUTHERN SURRY
Howard Swift of State Road
was the winner of the 1949 Hybrid
Corn Growing Contest for South
ern Surry County with an official
yield of 149.3 bushels, it was an
nounced Thursday night here.
He headed the top list of 100
bushel club members who received
merchandise and cash as prizes
for the yearly contest.
Shirley Blackburn topped the
list for members under 21 years
old with a 114.1 bushel yield.
Leaders among the adults were
Frank Miller of Elkin, 123.9; Ovid
Hurt, Elkin, 118,3; Junior South
ard. Mountain Park, 111; R. E.
Snow, Elkin, 110; John Park, El
kin, 108.6; Klondike Farm, 106.9;
W. V. Holder, Elkin, 106.2; Ralph
Beane, State Road, 104.3; and Bob
i Park, Elkin, 104.1.
Among the participants under
21, Jackie Snow of State Road was
second with 110.7; Billy Gentry
next with 96.4; Dickie Southard,
95.1; Rodger Maines, 84.15; Mil
lard Blackburn 81; and Paul Lewis,
67.3.
Senior Woman’s Club
Sponsors Bake Sale
The Senior Woman's Club will
sponsor a bake sale at the Basket
eria, Friday beginning at 9 a. m.
The sale will feature cakes, pies,
cookies, candies and other home
baked goods.
Proceeds from the sale will be
used to finance club projects.
Methodists To Hold
Family Night Supper
Family night will be held at the
First Methodist Church on Wed
nesday at 6:30 p. m.
A covered dish supper will be
served.
Following supper a full length
movie, "Reaching From Heaven,”
will be shown.
TRAFFIC TOLL
IN NC REACHES
ALL-TIME HIGH
Over 2,000 Accidents Report
ed For Month of October
70 PERSONS ARE KILLED
Figure Shows 50 Per Cent In
crease Over Records Of
Same Month In 1948
COLLISIONS LEAD LIST
Raleigh — Traffic accidents in
North Carolina reached an all
time high of 2.2 5 during October,
the Department of Motor Vehicles
reported today.
Not since the Department began
keeping records in 1927 had the
number of accidents for one month
passed the 2.000 mark. The Octo
ber figure represented a 56 per
cent increase in accidents as com
pared with 1,468 accidents re
corded for the same month in
1948.
A total of 79 persons were kill
ed. bringing the death toll through
October to 679 and representing
a four per cent increase over the
76 fatalities reported in October
last year. Injuries numbered 980,
an increase of 30 per cent over
the 685 persons injured in Octo
ber of 1948. Total injuries through
October of this year were listed
at 7.908. over 400 more than the
7,490 injured during the entire
year of 1948.
One cheerful aspect of the Oc
tober report was a drop of 32 per
cent in pedestrian fatalities. Fif
teen pedestrians lost their lives in
120 accidents as compared with
22 last year. The injured totaled
113. Cities reporting a pedestrian
fatality each were: Bladenboro,
Concord, Durham, Greensboro,
Charlotte, Raleigh and Furiuay
Springs. The following counties
reported pedestrians killed: Guil
ford, Wake, and Harnett, two
each; Bladen, Cabarrus, Durham,
Iredell, Johnston, Mecklenburg,
Robeson, Vance and Wilson, one
each.
Collision of cars took the lives
of 28 persons during October, a
75 per cent increase over the 16
killed in the same month last
year in this type of accident. Four*
persons were killed in auto-train
collisions, a 33 per cent increase.
Two bicyclists died in accidents,
seven persons were killed when the
cars in which they were riding
overturned in the roadway, and
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CYCLE MAN IS
BADLYINJURED
Odean I’innix, 24, Suffers
Broken Neck When Car
Overturns Sunday
CONDITION IS CRITICAL
The condition of Odean Pinnix,
24, of Cycle remained critical to
day following an automobile ac
cident on the Swan Creek road
about 2:30 a. m., Sunday.
He is in Hugh Chatham Me
morial Hospital suffering a broken
neck and further injuries. His
condition was described as “un
changed” from yesterday.
Investigating officers are of tho
opinion that the automobile which
he was driving alone, went out of
control while he was asleep at the
wheel.
The car left the road on the
right side and turned over several
times. Even' door was thrown
open and the car was completely
demolished.
Charity Drive
Total Is At $71;
Donations Needed
Contributions to the annual
Community Christian Charity
drive totaled S71 and some
elothing today. The amount is
far under that expected for this
time, as the goal set by Com
mittee Chairman George Farah
is $1,000.
Contributions may be turned
in to The Tribune office. Mon
ey, clothing and food staples are
needed, Mr. Farah has explain
ed to aid the increasing number
of needy families in this area.
Those contributing this week
have been:
$1 by “A Friend.”
$5 by “A Friend.”
$10 by Turner Drug Company.
$5 by George E. Roy all.
$5 by Mrs. George E. Royall.
Clothing by Betsy Ross Ashby
and Charles Ashby.