THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUP AS THE BEST NEWSPAPER ik NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD
Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 31
MUST SELL GRADE A
MILK HERE: ELKIN
HAS PROUD RATING
Ask Town To Appro
priate S3OO For
Health Work
PUT OFF TAX SALE
At the meeting of the town board
of commissioners held Monday night,
a milk ordinance was passed which
requires that .only Grade A milk
may be sold in Elkin.
It was pointed out that each of
the dairies now serving the town
produce grade A milk and that the
town stands high in state rating in
this respect, holding its own with
cities such as Charlotte, Greensboro,
Durham, etc.
The local tax sale, supposed to be
staged on June 1, was ordered post
poned until July 1, at which time
it will in all probability be again
postponed, it was learned.
Dr. Brltt, county health officer,
appeared before the board and asked
that th 6 town appropriate the sum
of S3OO for health work in the coun
ty, stating that unless this is done
county health work may be discon
tinued. Action on this matter was
deferred until next month's meeting.
JONESVILLE BIBLE
SCHOOL TO BEGIN
Will Get Under Way At
Baptist Church
Monday
An interdenominational summer
vacation Bible school will begin at
the Jonesville Baptist church Mon
day afternoon, June 12, at 2 o'clock,
and will continue for two wegks, it
was learned from Rev. J. L. Martin,
pastor, Monday.
The Bible classes will be under
the direction of experienced Bible
teachers and will be open to anyone
four years of age and older.
Classes will begin each afternoon
at 2 o'clock and continue until 5,
Mr. Martin said.
LIGHTINGIXPERT
ADDRESSES KIWANIS
Explain Advantages of
Adequate Lighting
Facilities
A n interesting program on
"Light", staged under the direction
of Kiwanian H. T. Brown, program
chairman, was presented during the
meeting of the local Kiwanis club at
Hotel Elkin Friday night.
Roy A. Palmer, lighting expert of
the S. P. U. Co., put on the program,
explaining the importance of ade
quate lighting facilities and showing
by way of apparatus Just why good
lights are qpsential The speaker al
so gave a very interesting demon
stration of the possibilities of de
corative lighting.
• Mayor M. A. Royall, guest of the
club, introduced Mr. Palmer.
Hold Funeral For Slain
N. Wilkesboro Officer
A large concourse of people at
tended the funeral Friday of James
R. Grayson, member of the North
Wilkesboro police force, who was
killed on the streets of that city
Wednesday. Services were held at
the North Wilkesboro Methodist
church and were in charge of Rev.
J. H. Armbrust, assisted by Rev. G.
W. Robinson.
The policeman was shot and fa
tally wounded about 9 o'clock Wed
nesday night, a week ago, when he
attempted to arrest a man alleged
to be carrying a pistol. Glenn Walsh,
25, of Summit, is under arrest and
is alleged to be the man who did the
shooting.
Kiwanians To Stage
Outing Friday Night
A picnic supper to take place at
"Williams' Park, on Mitchell's river,
has been planned for tomorrow night
by local Kiwanians, who have also
designated the event as ladies' night.
The outing will take the place of the
regular Kiwania meeting at Hotel
ElkiQ.
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An interesting photographic study of J. I'ierpont Morgan, rfs he con
ferred with his counsel, John W. Davis, during his days before the Senate
Investigating Committee at Washington. Insert is of Junis S. Morgan,
son of the famous banker, also a member of the firm and at the Wash
ington hearing with his father.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
To Dish Out Jobs
Washington, June 6.—Follow
ing the adjournment of Congress
it is understood the administra
tion will move promptly to put
Democrats in many federal posi
tions now held by Republicans.
Now that Guy T. Helvering has
been confirmed by the senate as
commissioner of internal revenue
a number of collectors of internal
revenue will be named. C. H.
Robertson, of Hillsboro, will be
appointed collector in the North
Carolina division.
Award Degrees
Chapel Hill, June O.—The Uni
versity of North Carolina awarded
approximately 400 degrees at its
1 SBtli commencement exercises
which were held in Kenan stadium
Tuesday evening at nn impressive
sunset ceremony before a crowd of
several thousand people.
President Prank P. Graham,
presided, and he and Gov. J. C. B.
Khringhaus delivered farewell ad
dresses to the graduates.
10 Hours Behind
Omsk, Siberia, June 7. (Wed
nesday)—Jimmie Mattera, Ameri
can round-the-world flier, took off
toward Chita, Siberia, 1,700 miles
east of here, at 1:10 a. m. Mos
cow time (5:10 p. m. Tuesday,
eastern standard time.)
The Texa« pilot was 10 hours,
41 minutes behind the pace set by
Wiley Post and Harold Gatty
when they set the world-girdling
record of eight days, 15 hours
and 51 minutes in 1031.
Attempt Assassinaton
Athens, Greece, June 6. An
attempt to assassinate Eleuthterios
Vanizelos, several times premier
of Greece and a leading European
statesman for many years, failed
late tonight. Shots fired by an
assailant wounded his wife and
chauffeur.
Mme. Venizelos suffered four
bullet wounds.
— An assassin fired upon them
while they were motoring from
Kiphissia to Athens.
Attacks Woodin
Washington, Jane 6.—A de
mand for the resignation or, if
not tendered, the impeachment of
Secretary Woodin, was made in
the senate today by Robinson,
Republican, Indiana, as a result
of the disclosures that several
years before Woodin became sec
retary of the treasury he received
stock from J. P. Morgan and com
pany at reduced prices.
May Help Miners
Washington, June 6.—A ' pro
posal that the government permit
gold producers to export gold
mined in this country to take ad
vantage of higher prices abroad
has been presented to the admin
istration and is being given care
\ ful consideration.
ILLINOIS GOES WET
Illinois Monday voted to repeal
the 18th amendment. On the basis
of one-third of the ballots from over
the state the vote stood: For repeal
497,466; against 78,666,
The Morgans at Washington
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 193&
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
Registration Day Satur
day, June 10, From
9 Until 1
Plans for the Catawba College
Summer School Division at Elkin
have received their finishing touches
according to Walter R. Schaff, local
director, who was in conference with
Dr. John C. Hadley, of Catawba Col
lege, Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Had
ley, who spent the afternoon in Elk
in, made favorable comment on the
plans that have been made.
Registration day is Saturday, June
10, from nine to one o'clock. Dr.
Hadley will be present to confer
with students about their courses. «
In regard to the expenses of the
summer school, Dr. Hadley issues the
following statement:
"The tentative tuition fee will be
820.00 a term as is charged at
Catawba College Summer School.
But in v'ew of the prevailing fi
nancial conditions, if the enrollment
is more than enough to meet all ex
penses of the summer school division
at Elkin, Catawba College will en
deavor to refund a portion of the
registration fee to all students who
complete the term's work." The
summer school division here must
be self-supporting, it has been point
ed out.
The college will send Miss Meta
Liles, who has had wide experience
in public school work and who has
been connected with Catawba Col
lege Summer School on numerous
occasions, to assist Superintendent
Schaff in the instruction. More in
structors will depend wholly upon
the number of students.
Teachers and other persons in
terested in Elkin and surrounding
territory have an excellent oppor
tunity to further their professional
and college work. All work done
will carry both college and profes
sional credit.
William L. Hanes
William Lineberry Hanes, 91,
died at his home in the Fall Creek
community of Yadkin county early
Wednesday morning. Funeral ser
vices will be held this morning at
10 o'clock from Fall Creek church
and interment will be in the church
cemetery.
Civil War Veteran 100
Years of Age Yesterday
J. J. Jenkins, for 30 years a citizen
of Elkin but now making his home
in Jonesville, was 100 years of age
yesterday, June 7.
Born near Rockford, on Fish fiv
er in 1833, Mr. Jenkins' one-htfnd
reth birthday found him the victim
of a stroke of paralysis which has
kept him confined to his bed nince
the 25th of February.
A veteran of the Civil Wa ri Mr..
Jenkins was in no condition no tell
of his many thrilling expediences
while wearing the gray of t£e Con
federacy, but from members of bis
immediate family a number of in
teresting stories, as related by the
veteran before sickness overpowered
him, were gleaned. ,
If he cou\d have talked upon the
occasion of reaching the century
'"mark of life, what stoJies would
have been forthcoming cf war and
County Tax Sale Is
Postponed 60 Days
By Commissioners
The Surry county board of com
missioners, meeting Monday at
Dobson, postponed the county tax
sale of real estate for a period of
60 days, it was leafned Wednes
day morning.
Originally scheduled to take
place on June 1, the county has
been authorised by an act of the
last legislature to postpone the
sale until December if the com
missioners deem it necessary.
Other matters coming before
the board were of a routine na
ture, it was said.
BOARD IN DEADLOCK
ON SUPERINTENDENT
\
Buck Freeman and E. P.
McLeod Draw Three
Votes Each
At the meeting of the newly ap
pointed Surry county board of edu
cation, held Monday in Dobson, a
deadlock resulted when the business
of electing a superintendent of edu
cation was reached and as the result
the board will again meet next Mon
day and fight the matter out all ov
er again.
The voting stood at 3-3 for Buck
Freeman, of -Elkin, and E. P. Mc-
Leod, of Franklin school. Profes
sor E. S. Hendren, up for re-election,
was eliminated as a candidate.
A number of delegations appeared
before the board in the interest of
the re-districting of the county, re
quired under the new school laws
passed by the recent legislature.
However, no action will be taken on
this matter until next Monday at
which time the new school boundar
ies will be determined.
SELECT DATE FOR
FARMERS' MEETING
Convention To Be Held
At State College
July 24th-29th
The thirty-first annual gathering
of the North Carolina State Farmers'
convention will be held at State Col
lege, Raleigh, during Farm and
Home week, July 24 to 29, inclusive,
according to an announcement made
by Charles A. Sheffield, secretary.
The meeting this year will likely
be one of the most notable gather
ings in the thirty years of the or
ganization. Through the efforts of
President E. C. Brooks, the Ameri
can Institute of Co-operation will
hold its short course and public
meetings at the college this summer.
The meeting will take place during
the same time as the farmers' con
vention. Dean I. O. Schaub has said
that the annual conference of home
and farm demonstration agents will
be held during the week, and Di
rector T. E. Brown has announced
that the vocational teachers of the
state will meet for their annual
short course during the same period.
L. H. McCay, of Henderson coun
ty, is president of the convention
this year and Mrs. Dewey Bennett,
of Forsyth couqty is president of the
state federation.
The beer tax is the closest we have
come to a tax with ita own anesthe
tic.—San Francisco Chronicle.
strife in those bloodthirsty days of
the sixties! Perhaps he would have
told over again the stories that he
has related many times over to his
friends and family—of the battle
of Bull Run—of the winter in which
many men of his own regiment, the
21st of Company 11, froze to death
in the snow for lack of adequate
clothing. He would have told of the
.fierce hand to hand fighting with
the 1 better equipped Yanks —of the
suffering and pain—the bloody foot
prints left in the snow by his com
rades as they bitterly defended the
rights of the Confederacy!
And too, he would have no doubt
related other tales of hardship and
'privation when army rations con
sisted of potato peels and the only
water supply came from ar small
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Attempt Is Being Made
To Secure Additional
Outgoing Mail Service
On Fourth Lap
Jinunie Mat,tern, above, who
hopped off from Omsk, Siberia,
early Wednesday morning on the
fourth lap of his attempted solo
flight around the world. A broken
strut has thrown him approximately
10 hours behind the time of the
Post-Catty record.
FORMER SHERIFF OF
YADKIN CO. PASSES
Lee W. Kelly, Aged 78,
Dies In Statesville
Hospital
Yadkinville, N. C., June 7.
Ex-Sheriff Lee W. Kelly, aged
nearly 78 years, passed away at a
Statesville hospital late Friday af
ternoon, following an illness of only
a few days. He was out at his farm
Monday morning, returning home
and saying he was ill. He did not
leave the house again but did not
become serious until Thursday when
he was removed to Dr. Long's hospi
tal at Statesville. Dr. Long ex
pressed the opinion that his ailments
would be fatal and he died Friday
afternoon. Members of his family
were at his bedside when he expired.
Sheriff Kelly was born in Yadkin
ville and had spent his entire life
here. He was the oldest living per
son here who was born here and is
the last man of the old school of
men who had lived here and been
a part of the town's life for many
years. He is survived by one broth
er, L. D. Kelly, and three sisters:
Mrs. Effie Harding, Mrs. I. A. Kil
gore and Miss Pauline Kelly, all of
Yadkinville. Only one child, Mrs.
Hemans Kelly Shermer, of Yadkin
ville, survives him.
Mr. Kelly was sheriff of Yadkin
county from 1893 to 1897. He has
also served as county commissioner
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TO SPEND NEARLY
$1,200,000 IN N. C.
Money For Operation of
Eleven Camps of
C. C. C.
Raleigh, June 3.—Approximately
$1,200,000 will be spent in Pied
mont and Eastern North Carolina
during the next six months in the
operation of the 11 camps of the
Civilian Conservation Corps under
the direction of the state, it is esti
mated by Director J. Harrelson, of
Conservation and Develpon\ent.
The estimate Is based on prelimi
nary figures of the cost of more than
$3 a day for each man in camp,
which lnoliidea transporation, cost
of establishing the camps, upkeep,
wages and other expenses. Propor
tionate expenditures will be involv
ed in the operation of other such
camps under federal supervision on
park and national forest lands in
Western North Carol'na and other
sections of the state! Director Har
relson Bald.
While the immediate purpose of
the program is to relieve unemploy
ment, a permanent result will be the
far-reaching effect on the life of the
state and nation, the director states.
In the next six months, 6,600 youths
of tb« state will see service in the
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Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PETITION ASKING
MESSENGER ROUTE
BEING CIRCULATED
Present Mail Service Is
Entirely Inade
quate
1 MAIL EAST DAILY
Attempts to secure an additional
mail service here were begun Tues
day with the circulation of a peti
tion requesting postoffice authorities
to make arrangements for an early
outgoing mail to Winston-Salem via
milk route.
Since the Southern Railway took
off one of its trains a number of
weeks ago Elkin has had only two
incoming and outgoing mails each
day. Under the new and inadequate
schedule, this has meant that the
local postoffice has had only one
important outbound mail inasmuQh
as the other outgoing mail goes only
to North Wilkesboro and towns en
route.
As the matters now stand a letter
mailed after four o'clock in the af
ternoon does not leave the postof
fice until the following day at that
time. It is then a matter of chance
whether it reaches Winston-Salem in
time to make mail connections due
to the fact that the local train, of
mixed variety, must need stop at
each station enroute for the purpose
of shifting freight.
Under the plan as outlined in the
petition, which has been signed by
_a majority ot the husia«ss firms
here, all first class matter mailed up
until 10 p. m. the previous night
would leave Elkin the next morn
ing at 5 o'clock, reaching Winston-
Salem by 7 or 7:30 a. m., in ample
time to connect with outgoing mails
and would give Elkin a morning as
well as afternoon mail service.
The mail would be carried on the
Klondike Farm milk truck, the man
agement of the farm having ex
pressed willingness to co-operate in
every way possible.
MRS. W. C. PARSONS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mountain Park Woman
Dies After Long
Illness
Mrs. Mollie Bray Parsons, 63,
passed away at her home at Mountain
Park Thursday from a lengttty 0 Ill
ness. Funeral services were held
Saturday from Mountain Park Bap
tist church and interment was In the
church cemetery.
The deceased was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Bray
and a sister of the late J. L. Bray
of this city.
Surviving are the husband, W. C.
Parsons; one daughter, two sisters,
Mrs. T. M. Isaacs, of Mountain Park
and Mrs. H. Mosley, of Crutchfield,
and one brother, Richard Bray, of
Mountain Park.
"PULL STEAM AHEAD"
Contending efforts were being
made to "hamstring" the senate's in
vestigation of J. P. Morgan and Com
pany, Senator Robinson, Republican,
Indiana, demanded in the senate
Tuesday that the inquiry be allowed
,to go "full steam ahead and bring
out all the rottenness."
No Definite
Information As To
Opening Of Bank
No definite Information as to
the date of the opening of The
Bank of Elk in was forthcoming
up until the time The Tribune
went to prw». However, in a
telephone cohYeroatlon with Ed
win Duncan, Of gparta, late Wed
nesday afternw, The Tribune
ww inform** tiiafc infortoauun
would be giyffa following a meet
lag tonight (Thursday). Mr.
Duncan fail§4 to disclose where
the meeting Would be held or who
would participate.
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