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[AS] THE F.I KIN TRIBUNE 111 VOL Ho. XIX, No. 4« Farmers' Celebration Here On September 26 -i I v •' t ' BIG GET-TOGETHER MEETING IS TO BE HELD NEXT WEEK Kiwanis Club Is Sponsoring Ihe Event; Many Thous ands Are Expected VROMINENT SPEAKERS X. Httla day is just ahead! .Friday?" September 26th, will be a day long to be remembered by the farmers throughout this section who come to Elkin for the big get-togeth er meeting being sponsored by the Elkin Kiwanis club and other public spirited citizens of the town. Just how many farmers and their wives, sons and daughters will avail themselves of the opportunity to "take in" the program now be ing mapped out is uncertain, but it is safe to say that many thousands will be here. Among those who will be heard here In addresses to the farmers is Governor O. Max Gardner —if plans materialize, — and the gov ernor is not already "dated" for that particular day. And, in addition, speakers from several stat e depart ments are expected to be here and talk to the farmers on the issues of the day as it pertains to more suc cessful farming and better farm conditions. McNeer's Warehouse will be used for the men's part of the program, while the Liberty Warehouse will take care of the ladies, who are to be addressed by prominent women speakers v»lio will touch 011 the sub jects of home cantfing, poultry rais ing, and other important things in connection with more profits for the farm and a "year-'round" income for the family. farmers and their families are In vited to come and spend th e day. A big barbecue dinner will be served. This «et-together celebration is planned solely for the purpose of co-operating with the farmers of the adjacent territory, and is an expres sion of friendliness that Elkin peo ple wish to extend them through the mediupi of a celebration, where folks may touch elbows wifh their neighbors and become better ac quainted. Every farmer and his fam ily who live within Elkin's trading territory is invited and urged to at tend, and hear the suggestions of several prominent speakers who are familiar with farm life and are in terested in helping to better condi tions throughout this section. There is nothing "und«r cover" about it. It's simply a co-operative movement sponsored by the local Kiwsnis club, ' whose motto is "We Build." And they believe this get-together meet ing will build friendship and co operation for a more prosperous community through improved pros perity on the farms and better farm methods, including a program of diversified farming which the speak ers will doubtless stress. One hundred hens on every farm would work wonders if properly managed. And every farm should have a sufficient number of hogs for the family meat supply—and some to sell. Pasture lands for the cows and sheep should be provided. Hay (Continued on pag e 8, First sectionj PAUL HEMRIC DRAWS 60 DAYS JAIL TERM Susnended Two Years; Also Fined $lO and Costs; * Whiskey Case PROMISES TO BE GOOD Paul Hemric, 19 year old white man, pleaded guilty to possession of whiskey when arraigned before Judge Harry H. Barker, in Record er's Court Tuesday morning. Mal lie- Owens, companion of Hemric at the time of the alleged whiskey pos sesion, testified that the two drank from the bottle which Kemric had purchased. Aftej- questioning the defendant, who promised to be good and leave whiskey alone, Judge Bar ker put a « 0-day suspended sentence,, upon him and added a fine of $lO and costs Hemric said he had not been indulging in whiskey drinking for the past two months and prom ised hereafter to leave alone. • i GETTING READY FOR TOBACCO MARKET _ OPENING HERE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 The management of the two local tobacco warehouses announce this week their opening on Wednesday, October Ist, for the sale of leaf to bacco in Elkin. These two large warehouses are ample in size to take care of a tre mendous volume of tobacco, and are well lighted by skylights. , Much time and expense has been experienced by the operators of the warehoues in seeing that a full force of buyers were here for the season, and every company of Importance has been communicated with, and favorable response has been giyen, which is very encouraging indeed. The warehouses, which are used for storage purposes when not used for tobacco sales, are being cleaned TWO STORIES TO BE ADDED TO ITS PLANT Chatham Mfg. Co., at Win ston-Salem, To Begin Work At Early Date NEEDED FOR MACHINES The Chatham Manufacturing Co., of Winston-Salem, will immediately begin the addition of two stories to their plant, according to announce ment of company officials. The two stories to be added will be iQx52 feet. ,'y The work in estimated to cost" b'o r 'tween SIO,OOO and $12,000. This does not include th e cost of addition al machinery which will be placed in the building after completion. The structure will be of brick with fire proof roof, and elevators will be in stalled to serve all floors. Crowded facilities in the manufac turing department necesitated the enlargement of the present building and the early need for the additional room will cause the work to be com pleted rapidly. The need for greater manufactur ing space tends to cast an optimistic view on the business situation, which is daily becoming mor e encouraging as reports are received from various sections of the country noting a gen eral improvement in most all lines. LOCAL HOSPITAL TO RECEIVE ITS CHARTER Certificate of incorporation Issued For Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital Here Among the charters issued by Secretary of State J. A. Hartness recently is that of the Hugh Chat ham Memorial Hospital, Inc., of this city, which is now under construc tion. The certificate bears the names of W. M. Alien, Dr. J. W. Ring, Dr. J. L. Doughton and others. It is a non-stock corporation, and will be operated as a public charity institu tion. Certificates Issued for other cor porations cover numerous businesses throughout the state, evidencing be lief in improved conditions to Justify expansion or starting of new in dustries of trade. AGHt) MAN PASSES AT HOME NEAR STATE ROAD TUESDAY Funeral services were held Wed nesday morning; from the Pleasant Ridge church in Wilkes county, by Rev. L. B. Murray, for Caleb W. Luffman, aged 90 years, who passed away at his home near State Road early Tuesday, after a brief Illness due to the general Infirmities of hi* advanced age. Mr. Luffman was preceded In death by his wife about five years ago. SurViving are five children and a number »f grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Little Miss Sarah Sue Martin, the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Martin was removed from the Davis hospital in Statesville, to her home on Bridge street Sunday. The child has been ill for the past sev eral weeks and has undergone a series of treatments and operations. Her condition is very favorable now and an early recovery is predicted. EIJUN, N. C., THURSDAY, SETTEMBEK 18, 193© out and put in first-class condition, and ere the day of the opening they will he ready to accommodate the farmers from a area of terrir tory who have assured the local warhousemen that they s would pat ronize the Elkin market. A fortunate part of the tobacco warehouse situation here is the fact that thoroughly competent men are in charge—men whom the farmers have confidence in as being .in .sym pathy with them and willing to worjt hard to make tobacco bring the highest dollar possible, and this, doubtless, is, why such a large nuißjr ber have pledged their support to the local market. / Farmers who are interested in a good market should read the mes sages of the local management, and try the Elkin market and the men behind the sales. They pledge their utmost in return through service, (jourtesy and high prices. FOUR MONTHS IN JAIL FOR CURTIS BURCH Pair Knucks Concealed In Hip Pocket Wrapped In a Handkerchief APPEAL TAKEN IN CASE Curtis Burch, who has several times appeared in the local Re corder's court on charges of whis key manipulations and immoral conduct, was given a four months jail sentence in Judge Harry H. Barker's court Tuesday morning* after Hearing "produced tit the effect that Burch had displayed a palf of brass knucks In the Hotel Elkin Barber Shop. The knucks, according to a wit ness, came from the hip pocket and was wrapped in a handkerchief. Judge Barker, in view of the past record of the defendant, meted out the jail sentence, which is not to run concurrent Wfth a suspended sentence already over Burch's head. Notice of appeal was made, and bond fixed at SSOO. Falling to raise the required bond. young Burch was remanded to Dobson jail shortly after adjournment of court. Upon arriving there, Burch decid ed to withdraw his appeal and noti fied his attorney to this effect. He will now Serve the additional months previously suspended, bring ing the total to six months. Abduction Vase. The case against the same defend ant, charged with abduction, was continued, it being alleged that young Mrs. Curtis Burch' was a ma terial witness and was being hidden to prevent her appearing in the case. It was brought out by the father of the young 14-year-old girl that she was in school, but he re fused to divulge the information so eagerly sought as to "where," and added further that "ther e isn't enough lawyers in this court to make me tell." This evidence was produced in the cas e against Burch for carrying the knucks, which was claimed by the defendant's attorney as a case maliciously made because of the elopement of the young daughter of Mr. Owen Reece, who was married to Burch last week, in South Carolina. In view of possible evidence be ing produced to Interest the South Carolina authorities, the abduction case was continued for two weeks to allow sufficient time for a thor ough investigation before going to trial. This case also involves Fletch Walls, local taxi driver, who is al leged to hav e driven to the high school building la*t Friday to get the girl, who was to meet Burch and then proceed to South Carolina, which they did. It Is said that tße girl was hidden in the car by means of cover, to eliminate possibility of identity while making an oxit from town. A note left by the young Reec e girl, aged 14 years, stated that they were going to 'Virginia, but local police discounted the statement and made a vigorous search by telephone in the opposite direction. The South Carolina to»n In which the license was was communicated with just 45 minutes after the license had bein issued, and the pair were* on the re turn journey before being appre hended. Walls, who claims he on ly drove them |p Chavlotte. is said to have waited for them there, al (Continued parage 8, First section! REPUBLICANS -MET AT DOBSON SATURDAY Four Elkin Citizens On Ticket Selected By the Meeting t WAS WELL 'ATTENDED The Republicans of Surry county held their convention at Dohson last Saturday and selected a lull ticket whficb will he submitted « to the voters In the November While there was a large attend ance the meeting proved to be j a most harmonious affair, and every nominee was named by acclamation. The meeting was featm»ed by sev eral speeches delivered by prominent men who are seeking office in the present race. J. F. Reynolds, Re publican candidate for Congress and F. Eugene llester, candidate for Solicitor, addressed the convention prior to the business session. These speeches proved to be outstanding, features of the convention. The work of naming the ticket proved to be an easy task, and every name accepted was by acclamation. The list selected follows: For representative, Frank H. Whitaker, of Elkin; for sheriff. Ab 'bie M. Smith, of Mt. Airy; for Clerk, S. O. Maguire, of Elkii\; for Regis ter of Deeds, T. M. Marsh, of Si loam; for surveyor, E. L. Wolfe, of Bryan; for coroner, Lee Snow, of Elkin; for commissioners, J. G. Ray, of Elkln, Sam W. Fulp. of Pilot Mountain, and Will Jackson, of Mt. Airy. Four of the gentlemen comprising the ticket are Elkin men, as will be ■seen from the above list, and their friends are hopeful of seeing them iin.office during the next term. * C. W. * WnHams; weil-known throughout the county, and former head of Mountain Park Institute, spoke at length with a little pos sible surprise to his listeners, when he stated that a negro from Gary, Ind., was in the state attempting to organize the colored voters as Tol-i lowers of J. W. Bailey, Democratic candidate for fffe United States Sen ate, who Is opposed by George Mi Pritchard, of Ashevllle. It is be lieved the effort to line up tl>e negro vote against Mr. Pritchard came about through ' Mr. Pritchard's re fusal to work in adjoining office to Congressman Oscar DePriest, negro, of Chicago. Mr. Williams praised the remarks of Mr. Hester who came out openly for prohibition. He also stated that he had seen many letters from the Eastern part of North Carolina in which the writers were Democrats, but said they intended to support Mr. Pritchard in the No vember election,, although they had given support to Mr. Simmons in the primary. Mr. Hester upheld the Republican administration, and strongly ed President Hoover, who, he said, had been accused of the present de pression, the Wall street crash, and, he added, the recent drouth. He al so stated that it was his opinion that if William Jennings Bryan lived today, he would not follow ?he pres ent Democratic national leadership. This was followed by Mr. Rey nolds' speech, in which he interested his Republican followers intensely, reciting much history of the party in a most favorable manner. Mr. Trent Markrader, county ac countaint,. spoke words of high praise for Messrs. Lindsay, Somers and Pell, retiring county commis sioners, and gave them due credit for economically handling the funds of the county, and in lowering tax rate. He pointed to the sum of $39,000 which the county has saved by slicing the school budget. He censored former Democratic of ficials, charging extravagance, after' finding a note for $25,000 held by New York brokers at a high rate of * interest. The money was pre sumably us«d on the school building at "The Ro*k," • near Mouut Airy. Mr. Harkrader also presented fig ures Indicating a saving of $ 1,237.- 53 in operating the county home during the past 12 months as com pared to the cost of the previous pear. A lively contest is expected to be forthcoming in November, and each party will no doubt use every avail able defense in its endeavor to pHt over Its respective ticket and handle the affairs qf the county for the next two years. j Mrs. George Fulton and children, George Jr., Jean and Catherine, of Walnut Cove, spent Friday here, the guests of Mrs. Fulton's parents, Wr. and Mrs. W. J. Snow, at their home on Gwyn Avenue. THURMOND CHATHAM IS NEW PRESIDENT OF NORTH CAROLINA'DAIRY ASSOCIATION At the annual masting of. the North Carolina State Dairyman's Association held in Gredh*boro last Friday, Thurmond Chatham* of Winston-Salem and Elkfn, was elect or president for the ensuing year. ' The meeting, held at the Central Carolina Fair .Grounds, was featured toy addresses by Governor O. Max Gardner, Dn Clarence Poe, presi dent of the association and editor of Tbe Progressive f "Farmer; O. _E, Reed, of Washington, chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry of the United States Department of Agri culture, and Dr. D. W. Daniel, of Clemson College. Governor Gardner stated that "If we can qiake North Carolina dairy minded, we cart look forward to checking in a reasonable time the stream of gold that flows annually from cheap cotton and cheap tobac co grown in this state to foreign markets for canned milk, creamery BAILEY TO SPEAK. HERE ON SEPT. 24 Will Address Citizens In The School Auditorium At 8 o'Clock BIG CROWD EXPECTED Word has just been received from official channels stating that Hon. Joslah William Bailey.\ Democratic candidate for the United States Senate, will fill an appointment here on Wednesday, September 24, 8 o'clock. • ■"The large eudltorJUuni at the school' building is expected to be packed with people, and many will doubtless come here" from distant points to avail themsfelves of the op portunity to hear MY! Bailey. The fact that this is the last ap pointment to be filled in Surry coun ty by the democratic candidate for the {Senate will add considerably, It is believed, to the number who will attend, and standing room may go at a premium. Mr. Bailey had promised to speak in Elkin. but had not been able to nam£ a date until now, and the an nouncement that our citizens are to be given the privilege of hearing him will be received with interest not only by those of his own politi cal faith, but by all interested voters who seek, to cast their ballot for Aen who are qualified for the posi tions they seek. Ladies are extended a cordial In vitation to be present and hear this address, which will doubtless be in teresting not alone from a political standpoint, but for the general In formation that he will give. NEXT TUESDAY MARKS OPENING WILKES FAIR Annual Event of NeiKhlKtriiiK Coun ty Expected to be Largely At- tended This Year The Great Wilkes Fair opens next Tuesday morning, the day being des ignated as "children's day." The happy events of fair time will last for four days, ending Friday night, and many fine attractions have been booked this year. One of the largest carpivals ever to visit the western part of North Carolina has been secured. Many free acts will be featured daily and at night. A large Tennessee band will furnish musical concerts. According to in formation just received, 30 horses have already been eritered for the races, which promises to attract many -racing enthusiasts from all parts of the surrounding country. A splendid collection of exhibits have been entered to compete for the prizes offered in that department. (-LOSBB REVIVAL MEETING Rev. J. A. Dnren, evangelist, of New Orleans, La., closed at most suc cessful revival meeting at Forbush church, five miles east of Yadkin vllle, on Tuesday evening. The meet ing, which had been in progress for 10 days, resulted In 11 additions to the church, and a general awaken ing of the congregation to a more spiritual trend of mfbd and endeav or. Rev. Iftiren is a splendid preach er, arid bis sermons have been heard by large and tenthusiastic congrega tions. Roby M. Bates, of this city, bad c|»r«e of the singing, and this fea ture proved to be a great inspira tion to the meeting. PUBLIHHKI) \VKKKLY butter and Wisconsin cheese." The (jovernor stressed the ""Importance of increasing the dairy herd and de creasing cotton and tobacco crops as the solution to putting the farm er on his feet. He declared that for every million dollars' worth of crops produced, there should be an other million dollars' worth of an imal crops to offset it. Approximately 2000 were in at tendance at this annual meeting of the Dairy Association, and a lasting impression was made upon the minds of the iarge assemblage who had gathered to express their keen interest in animal crops, and to hear suggestions for the improvement of present conditions. Mr. Chatnam, the newly elected president, is very much interested in the work of the association, and has made splendid progress through ex periments on Klondike Farm, which lie owns. HIGHWAY SURVEY NEARLY FINISHED Surveyors Reach Point Near City on Elkin Route To Winston FOUR ROUTES LOCATED Surveyors are nearfng the-end of their tank of locating the proponed highway from Elkin to Winston- Salefn by way 'jyjf Boonville, East Bend and Donnaha. Four routes have been surveyed leading into Elk in, three of them connecting with route 26, in Yadkin county, and the fourth romfttfsMn on the north sjde of the -..er at a point about two or miles east of town. If the latter ronte .should be decided upon there would'life an advantage of two or three miles of road already con structed. This would also be the case if the most sohthernly route in Yadkin was chosen, when a few ® miles of route 26 would be used. Another survey brings the road Into the city at a point near the river bridge. The work of *he surveyors is in deetf an encouraging step toward the construction of this important link at and it is believed that at no distant date this shorter route will be available to the public. Another link of no less import-, ance is that lying between Elkin and North Wilkesboro, touching the towns of Ronda and Roaring River. The completion of this road, which is anticipated In the 'near future, would enable our Wilkes county friends to route themselves by* way of Elkin and make the trip in short er time when headed for points east of here. Enthusiastic, citizens all along :the route are confident that Commissioner Hanes will look favor ably upon the construction of thi* much needed piece of road hed, and to which many feel a real need fron*. the point of service as well as be ing entitled to the use of roads than at present, som H of which are almest impassable at times. Mrs. P. D. Stockton and daughter, Mjss Elizabeth, of Greensboro. are the guests of Mc, and Mrs. JUIIUB Bergman, Jr . at their home 011 , Bridge Htreet. *Mrtr Stockton is Mrs. Bergman's mother. ANOTHER WHISKEY j CASE BROUGHT UP C. L. Boyd Charged With Having Liquor in Posses sion; Continued HEARD AT NEXT COURT C. L. Boyd wda up before the Judge or Recorder's Court this week, charged with having whtekey in his possession. Several witnesses were pat on the stand, and It was admitted that a pint, bottle was passed among the four occupants of the roadster in which they were riding. It was stated by the plain tiff's attorney that. Boyd, although convicted on a whiskey charge Ja Forsyth county, had never been In court here, and made a plea for lenteney for his client. Prayer for judgment was continued until next Tuesday.