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I Elkin—"The Best
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North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 32
Martin Hinshaw Is Said To Have
Been Ignorant of Events Which
Preceded His Death At Traphill
WAS SHOT DOWN IN
COLD BLOOD AFTER
TROUBLE AT SPRING
No Trace Has Yet Been
Found Of His
Murderer
FUNERAL TUESDAY
No trace of Herschel Richardson,
26, of the Traphill community, who
ie wanted for the murder of Martin
Hinshaw, 21, shot in the back of the
head Sunday afternoon near a swim
ming pool in the vicinity of Trap
hill, had been found up until Wed-!
nesday afternoon.
Hinshaw, the son or Mr. and Mrs.
L. M. Hinshaw, who make their
home a short distance northwest of
Elkin on the Traphill road, died in
Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital
here about two hours after the
shooting occurred. He did not re
gain consciousness.
According to Clyde Hinshaw,
brcfcher of the murdered youth, who
witnessed the trouble which led to
the shooting, Martin was in no way
connected with the events which led
up to the tragedy.
He stated that a group had motor
ed to the Holbrook pond, near Trap
hill, to swim and enjoy a picnic sup
per, there being several girls in the
crowd and that following the swim,
the party had gathered at a nearby
spring, when Russel Hampton, of
Elkin, who was one of the party,
was "said to have thrown a dipper of
water on Clyde Hinshaw. It was
then that Richardson, who was said
to have been reclining on a nearby
bank, jumped to his feet with an
open knife in his hand and shouted:
"Let him tlfrow some water on me
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I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Approve Policies
Milwaukee, Wis., June 13.
President Roosevelt's policies on
veterans' relief were commended
today by the house of delegates
of the American Medical associa
tion.
A telegram to the President and
members of Congress approved
' reduction of federal benefits for
war veterans with disabilities not
service connected.
Signs Measure
Washington, June 13.—Voicing
an appeal to creditors of small 1
homeowners to abstain from fore
closures, President Roosevelt to
day signed the bill making $2,-
000,000,000 available for re
financing mortgages.
"It will, of coarse," he said in
a formal statement, "take a lit
tle while to set up the machinery
necessary to carry the principles
of the act into effect.
May Change Voting
Washington, June 18.—Despite
the rush to adjourn, the house
elections committee today found
time to meet and approve the Liea
resolution proposing an .amend
ment to the constitution which
would abolish the electoral college
and provide a new system for
electing the President.
To Merge Bureaus
Washington, Jnne 18.—With
the prohibition bureau slated to
lose its identity late in the sum
mer, Attorney General Cummings
is working out the details of a
plan for merging it with the jus
tice department's bureau of in
vestigation.
Convicts Wounded
Raleigh, June 18.—Three con
victs were wounded, one serious
ly, today in an escape attempt at
Caledonia prison farm in Halifax
county.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Sherwood Today
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Russel T. Sherwood, friend and
alleged financial confident of former
mayor Jimmy Walker of New York
is back after 21 months absence to
face court charges involving a tax
lien and a 950,000 contempt fine.
Sherwood disappeared preceding the
Walker investigation.
EFFORT TO BE MADE
TO GET ROAD FROM
WILKES TO STOKES
Would Extend Proposed
"Up River" Route to
Danbury
IS BADLY NEEDED
A concerted effort to secure a
hard surface highway from Dan
bury to North Wilkesboro, by way
of Pilot Mountain and Elkin, is be
ing made, it was learned Saturday
from Captain J. E. Thore, field man
ager of the Atlantic Joint Stock
Land Bank, with headquarters here.
Interested Elkin citizens and the
Elkin Kiwanis club have labored
for several years to secure a short
and direct route from this city to
North Wilkesboro, but to date have
proven unsuccessful inasmuch as
highway funds have not been avail
able. Mr. Thore stated Saturday
that citizens of Danbury have also
been working for a road from that
place to Pilot Mountain, and inas
much as each project would be an
extension of the other, broached the
plan that both towns should work
together in an effort to get a high
way that would reach from North
Wilkesboro to Danbury.
He pointed out that the link from
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GILLIAMCLAIT IN
FAMILY REUNION
Relatives Gather From
Far And Near For
Annual Event
The annual reunion of the Gilliam
family was a delightful feature of
the day last Sunday at Bethel.
The reunion tfas held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Gilliam, with
relatives, friends and neighbors of
the family gathering with picnic
baskets to supplement the lunch
which was enjoyed by all who at
tended.
Prior to the gathering a number
gathered with the congregation at
the church, near this home, where
Sunday school and the regular 11
o'clock service was held. Immediate
ly after the service the guests re
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Kiwanis Club Holds
Outing Friday Nigtit
«
An outing, of which the greatest
feature was a picnic supper, , was
staged at \Villiams Park, on Mitch
ell's River "last Friday night by the
Elkin Kiwanis club, the event taking
the place of the regular Friday night
meeting at Hotel Elkin.
A ladies' night affair, a majority
: of the club membership was on hand
and a fine time was enjoyed by all.
i ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1933
NATIONAL RECOVERY
ACT IS APPROVED BY
THE SENATE TUESDAY
Gives Power of Dictator
To President
Roosevelt
TAR HEELS SPLIT
Washington, June 13.—Presi
dent Roosevelt acted quickly to
night to put into effect the vast
powers given him today by Con
gress. to stimulate national re
covery through the public works
industrial control bill.
Members of the cabinet Imme
diately in charge of this program
together with General Hugh
Johnson, who has been organiz
ing the huge machinery for more
than two weeks, were summoned
to the White House to discuss
plans for speeding its operation.
Washington, June 13.—Beating
down a triple-threat opposition, se
nate administration forces today put
the final stamp of congressional ap
proval upon the industrial revival
bill and sent that king pin of Presi
dent Roosevelt's plan on its way to
the White House.
The vote was comparatively close,
4 6 to 39, but it was enough to over
come a combination of independent
Republicans and regulars from both
parties, who had seen their favorite
amendments greatly changed in- con
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HOLD FINAL lUTES
FOR YADKIN WOMAN
Mrs. Lucy Bryant Bur
ied From Pall Creek
Baptist Church
Funeral rites for Mrs. Lucy Swaim
Bryant, 74, were conducted Monday
morning at 10 o'clock from Fall
Creek Baptist church and interment
was made in the family plot in the
church cemetery.
The deceased was the widow of
the late Aquilla Bryant of Yadkin
county. She was a member of long
standing of the Fall Creek Baptist
church and was esteemed by a host
of friends.
She is survived by three sons, Wil
son Bryant and Bud Bryant, of
Jonesville and Wesley Bryant of Al
leghany county, and two daughters:
Mrs. Wint Finney, of near Jones
ville and Mrs. C. A. Mcßride, of
Swan Creek. Two brothers, S. R.
Swaim, of Jonesville and Attorney
W. J. Swaim, of Winston-Salem and
a half-brother, M. J. Bryant, of Ar
lington, also survive.
North Carolina Should
Benefit Under New Act
Washington, June 13.—Senator
Bailey and Senator Reynolds to
day divided' their votes on the
motion to agree to |he conference
report, on ttie industrial recovery
act. Bailey voted with the ad
ministration in adopting the re
port which sent the bill to the
White House, while the junior
senator voted in the negative. The
report was adopted by a vote of
46 to 30.
President within the
next day or two will affix his
signature to the industrial recov
ery act. Which not only provides
sweeping powers to abolish cut
throat ' competition among indus
tries . and improve working condi
tions of labor, but carries a 93,-
500,000,000 public works program.
North Carolina will derive much
benefit from this program. Ten
million dollars alone will be given
to the highway department. Koads
will be constructed in the parks
and forests of the state. Other
millions will be available for
grants to state and municipalities
for construction of public works.
Many of the federal construction
Unemployed Women and Girls to Camp
7! ijl xja
Three middle-aged women were the first applicants for entrance to the
Experimental Camp for unemployed women and jjirls which has been
established in the Bear Mountain district of New York state under the
orders of Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of liabor, and sponsored by
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. Photos show first three applicants register
ing at the Welfare Council in New York City. Insert is of Miss Frances
Perkins, Secretary of Labor. '
Bank Situation Here
Is At Standstill As
Support Is Withdrawn
The bank situation here is ap
parently at a standstill.
Although high hopes for its
opening were entertained short
ly over a week ago when it was
announced that the necessary
stock had been raised and all
other provisions complied with,
the apparent change of tTfart of
Edwin Duncan, of Sparta, and
Claude Doughton, of Xory 1 Wil
kesboro, who had entered into
an agreement to take half of the
stock, has thoroughly gummed
up the works.
Following the full subscription
of the stock and the agreement
of depositors to accept 85 per
cent of their deposits, the com
pleted layout was submitted to
Commissioner of Banks Gurney
P. Hood, at Raleigh, June X. Mr.
Hood put his O. K. on the mat
ter, and, according to a member
of the committee working on the
proposition, the bank could have
opened the following day had not
Mr. Duncan and Mr. Doughton
evidently repudiate*! their agree
ment.
DEATH CLAIMS MISS
SHIRLEY PEGRAM, 70
Elkin Woman Dies Fol
lowing Lengthy
Illness
Miss Shirley Roberta Pegram, 70
passed away at her home four miles
east of Elkin Monday morning at 10
o'clock following a lengthy illness
from a complication of diseases. Miss
Pegram had been critically ill for
the past two weeks and her death
was momentarily expected.
The passing of Miss Pegram re
moves one of the most interesting
characters of this community. She
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projects will be in North Caro
lina.
A detailed list of projects for
which the public works fnnd will
be used is to be announced with
in the next few days.
Under the industrial recovery
act'of the bill the manufacturers
of North Carolina, with
their employees, will be benefited
if the legislation proves as suc
cessful as its sponsors have con
tended. Fair competition codes
for the textile and tobacco indus
try are expected to be formulated.
The textile code is already being
prepared and is expected to pro
vide a 40-hour week at a mini
mum wage scale of #10.50 per
week for unskilled workers, with
graduated, increase for skilled
labor. Senator Byrnes of South
Carolina, has been promised tliat
the machine load of employees
will be regulated in the cod» to
abolish the stretch-out system.
The code for the tobacco indus
try will result in an increase of
wages for workers in tobacco fac
tories, according to supporters of
the industrial recovery bill.
INSURING OF BANK
DEPOSITS APPROVED
Measure To Create New
Banking System Sent
To President
Washington, June 13.—Without a
dissenting voice, the Glass-Steagall
banking bill—the center of so much
dispute in the senate in another ses
sion—went through that branch to
final enactment today and was dis
patched to the White House.
The measure, called by some the
most important banking legislation
since the enactment of the federal
reserve act,,came to the senate from
a house that little earlier in the day
had given approval to the final draft
of conferees by a vote of 191 to 6.
A few minutes after passing the
measure the, senate today added
1150,000,000 to the *3,500,000,-
000 deficiency reconstruction appro
priation bill in order to take care of
the government's subscription to
stock in the bank deposit insurance
fund.
The legislation, which carries a
plan for insurance of bank deposits,
was called by Senator Vandenberg,
Republican, Michigan, a "landmark
on the road to permanent stabiliza
tion of the banking structure."
HARRY BARKER, JR.
HURT IN ACaPENT
Sustains Fractured Col-'
N lar Bone When Car
Overturns
Harry Barker, Jr., of this city,
sustained painful bruises and a
fractured collar bone when his
roadster overturned in the town of
Ronda about 11 o'clock Saturday
night. The young man was alone
at the time of the accident. Ob
serving an object in the road near
the Ronda Baptist church, which he
mistook for a man, he swerved his
car too near the edge of the road
bed and turned over down an em
bankment. Upon investigation the
object'in the road proved to be a
bunch of hay-
Elmer Minor, of Ronda, witnessed
the accident and rushed Mr. Barker
to Hugh Chatham hospital where he
received treatment. He was dis
charged from the hospital Tuesday.
The roadster was badly damaged,
having lost the top and a fender
when it somersaulted.
Daily Vacation School
Is To Begin June 19th
A Daily Vacation Bible Bchool will
begin Monday morning, June 19, at
the First Baptist church in this city
and will continue for two weeks, ac
cording to Rev. Eph Whisenhunt,
pastor of the church.
The classes will be held three
hours daily, beginning at 8:30 in
the morning and continuing until
11:30. The Instructors will be
teachers in the Sunday school and
capable directors oj arts and crafts,
which will bq, taught together with
Bible stories.
Any child in this community be
tween the ages of four and seven
teen years, regardless of religious
affiliations, is invited to attend the
classes.
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BOARD AGAIN FAILS
TO ELECT HEAD FOR
SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
Four More Applicants
Cast Hats Into Edu
cational Ring*
CHANGE 2 DISTRICTS
Meeting for the second time for
the purpose of electing a superinten
dent of education in Surry county,
j the county board of education Mon
day night again failed to agree and
as a result adjourned until tonight
(Thursday) with the post still un
filled.
At the first meeting, which was
held Monday, June 6, at Dobson, the
Board split evenly its votes between
J. N. "Buck" Freeman, of Elkin, and
E. P. McLeod, of Franklin school,
giving each three votes. However,
the situation at the last meeting was
complicated by the entry of four ad
ditional candidates who have made
bids for the job.
Those now candidates for the
place, in addition to Mr. Freeman
and Mr. McLeod, are H. M. Finch,
principal of the Mount Airy school;
M. H. Taylor, of Siloam; John Com
er, county welfare officer, of Dob
son, and E. W. S. Cobb, of Guilford
county. It is expected the deadlock
will be broken and a man elected
at tonight's meeting.
Taking up the matter of redis
tricting the county under the new
school laws as passed by the recent
legislature, the "White Dirt" dis
trict, which heretofore has been split
between Dobson and Zephyr, was
placed in the Zephyr district, and
the Pine Ridge district was consoli
dated with Beulah. Other districts
were left untouched.
38 ARE REGISTERED
FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
All Courses Give College
And Professional
Credit
The Catawba College Summer
School Division at Elkin is now a
reality, according to Walter R.
Schaff, local director. Registration,
of students began Saturday and con
tinued through Monday. The num
ber of registrations has reached a
total of thirty-eight. Both Dr. Had
ley and the local director expressed
satisfaction as to the enrollment. All
courses given give both college and
professional credit.
Miss Meta Liles, of Salisbury, is
assisting Mr. Schaff in the instruc
tion. Actual work began Tuesday
morning. The organization is func
tioning smoothly and a fine attitude
is being shown by all the students.
A second term will depend upon
the number of requests from teach
ers for work. Indications now point
to a second term. ' '
Surry County Medical
Society Meets Here
The Surry County Medical Society
met Tuesday evening at" 6:30 at Ho
tel Elkin, in the- regular quarterly
session, with Dr. Hugh Parks, presi
dent of the society, presiding over
the meeting. A course dinner,
served by the hotel management,
was followed by a round table dis
cussion. Dr. T. C. Britt, Surry Coun
ty Health Officer addressed the
meeting in an interesting talk oa
"The Scope of Public Health Work."
Dr. T. W. Shore of Boonville,
was a special guest of the society.
To Begin Revival At
Jonesville Church
There will be a series of revival
services at the Jonesville Pentecostal
Holiness church beginning June 19.
The services will be in charge of
Rev. T. T. Lindsay, of Gastonia, as
sisted by the pastor. Rev. A. C. Cor
rell. They will begin each evening
at 7:45.
Rev. Lindsay is a native of Texas
and is widely known for his ability
to present the Gospel in a forceful
manner. The public is most cor
dially invited to attend these ser
vices.
SUE HUEY FOR #500,000
Libel damages sought against
United States Senator Huey P. Long
by Mrs. R. G. Pleasant, wife of a
former governor of Louisiana, Sat
urday were raised to half a million
dollars when Mr*. Pleasants filed a
supplement petition asking J250.-