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| M » A I EUKIN "The Beat Little Town In North" Carolina" VOL. No~ XXII, No. 41 Drive To Line Up All Under the Blue Eagle Starts Here Monday TO MAKE HOUSE TO HOUSE CANVASS IN DRIVE STAGED HERE Total of 55 Firms Have Already Signed Agreement TO CHECK STORES Starting Monday the rallying cry of the NRA blue eagle will be heard throughout the land. And in Elkfn, as in every other city, town and village of the coun try, a campaign will be launched to enlist every employer to fly the blue eagle and every consumer to sign the co-operation pledge: "I will cooperate in re-employ ment by supporting and patronizing employers and workers who are members of NRA." To consumers signing the pledge ■will be given a blue eagle sticker similar to those displayed by em ployers with the exception that the ■word "Consumer," appears instead of the word "Member" as contained on the employer insignia. These (Continued On Last Page) I ATE NEWC •• from the State and Nation Work On Repealer Richmond, Va., August 22. J Beer and prohibition repeal leg- | islation, shorn of many admlnis tration features, moved swiftly today in the Virginia general as sembly. The Staples-Eggleston bill pro viding a vote October 8 on re tention of state prohibition or a system of liquor control, was sent to the upper house late to day with a favorable report from the senate privileges and elec tions committee. Hoover Declines Detroit, Aug. 22.—The "earn est request" that Herbert Hoover come to Detroit as soon as pos sible to tell this city's one-man bank investigating jury of his administration's attitude in mat ters preceding the famous Michi gan banking holiday tonight was sent to the former President's Palo Alto, Calif., home. A few hours later he replied, declining to testify. To Announce Action Detroit, Aug. 22.—The offi * rfd; of Detroit's one-man bank ing investigating jury Announced tonight that they would issue $ statement tomorrow regarding what further action they would take as a result of Herbert Hoo ver's refusal to come to the city as a witness in the inquiry into the closing of the First National Bank, Detroit- and the Guardian National Bank of Commerce. Pleads For NRA New York, Aug. 2a—Alfred E. Smith in a plea tonight for "uni versal co-operation in a fair trial" of the national recovery movement asserted its failure would mean digging in for a "long siege" with "slow and jfUlnfuP 1 rehabilitation. "This plan must not fail," the former governor of New York added, "through lack of individ ual co-operation." Wants More Credit Washington, Aug. 22.-—Huge new reservoirs of credit for fi nancing the recovery program within private Industry are bdng eonght by Hugh 8. Johnson, the recovery administrator. He made this known today, ac companying It with the assertion that, "I do not think the com mercial banking operations are functioning In this country." THE ELKIN TRIBUNE > ~ ■ Cuban President JL Here is the man, Dr. Carlos Man uel de fpspedeN, new President of Cuba, who is striving to restore order in the little southern repub lic. M. P. I. JUNIOR COLLEGE TO OPEN ON SEPTEMBER STH Faculty Has Been Com pleted, President Weaver Says SECOND TO NONE Mountain Park Institute has prac tically .completed arrangements for its opening as a Junior College on September 5. The dormitories and dining-hall which have been re modeled during the summer are practically complete and are ex pected to be finished and ready for occupancy this week. The work during the summer has been under the supervision of Prof. J. Alvin Wilson and has been done largely by the employment of student la bor. It seemß practically assured, now, that the registration will exceed the minimum number required for the operation of a fully accredited Ju nior College. A bus will be oper ated to and from Dobson each day, and sixteen students have al ready signified their intention of taking advantage of the opportunity thus afforded for securing college work. It is expected that approxi mately twenty-five students will be registered who will come in on this bus by the time schools opens. Many of these prospective students are teachers . with elementary certi ficates who wish to raise their certificates. President Weaver announced to day that the faculty has been com pleted and will be composed of men and women all of whom have re ceived their Master's or Doctor's de grees, and have had several years of college teaching experience. The faculty at Mountain Park will be second to no Junior college in the State. The first faculty meeting t)f the year will be held on Wednes day night, August 30, so that com plete organization can be effected by the time the college Opens on , the following Tuesday. Complete [ list of the personnel of the faculty [ as well as the program for the open ing exercises, will be announced within a few days. Special Summer School Program Is Arranged A special chapel program has been arranged by the summer school students for Friday morning at 11 o'clock. The class In art will also have an exhibit of their work at this time. The summer school students spent Tuesday visiting Catawba College at the request of the college officials. The college arranged a special as sembly program for the students of the Blkin division. SAYS BUSINESS WILL RKEtTL As an umpire in ecot smic dis putes, the government will' be eith er "politely ignored or driven from the field by a pop bottle barrage of conflict of Interest," Senator L. J, Dickerson, lowa Republican, said in a luncheon address at Chicago Tuesday. ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933 JUDGE HAYES IS OF OPINION WETS WILL WIN WHISKEY FIGHT However, Urges Every one Opposed to Re peal to Continue Fight IN STRONG ADDRESS Describing the prohibition ques tion as "not a political but a moral question which is, will be, and al ways haß confronted the people of North Carolina and the nation," Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of the United States Federal court, Friday afternoon in a speech at the Elkin Methodist church conceded the re peal of the 18th amendment but urged that every citizen opposed to repeal, go to the polls and register their opposition. - Judge Hayes, who was introduced to a sizeable audience of which wo men were in the majority, by Pro fessor Z. H. Dixon, registered his lifelong opposition to legalized » li quor and forecast that, today's crime wave and bootlegger activi ties would become worse instead of better, under the legalized plan. However, regardless of his oppo sition and those who think with him on the subject, he stated that in his belief the 18th amendment is going to be repealed regarless of which way the election in this state goes and intimated that a large wet majority in North Carolina --is pos sible. In discussing the breakdown of the enforcement laws under prohi bition the jurist stated that enforce ment officials are but human and that it -is just possible to get of ficers who are crooked as it is to find crooked men in other walks of life. But as to the prohibition law in itself, he said he believed it would have worked had it had the proper cooperation on the part of those en trusted with its enforcement and on the part of the citizens. "The man who buys bootleg whisky from a bootlegger, is in my (Continued on Last Page) MRS. M. L WARREN DIES AT HOSPITAL Doughton Woman Dies After Lingering Illness Mrs. Merica L. Warren, passed away at Hugh Chatham hospital Wednesday morning, following a six months' illness from a compli cation of diseases. The deceased was a resident of Doughton and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larkin Spicer, of Independence. Virginia. She is survived bv her husband, W. Blaine Warren, two daughters, Nina Mae and Lucille, and one son, Sam W. Warren. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 'Larkin Spicer, two sisters, Mrs. Susan Ward, of Independence, Va., and Mrs. Pearl Blackburn, of Doughton and two brothers, William and Walter Spicer, of Independence, Virginia, also survive. Funeral services will be held this morning at 10 o'clock from Roaring Gap Baptist church, of which the deceased was a devout member, and interment will be made in the church cemetery. The rites will bd in charge of Rev. ■Grant Cothran, pastor of the de ceased. PRINTERS DISCUSS CODE HERE FRIDAY All Nearby Towns Are Represented; Form Temporary Organization And Adopt Franklin Catalog At a meeting of printers from * North Wilkesboro, Mount Airy, West Jefferson, Sparta, Winston-Salem and Elkin, held at Hotel Elkin Fri- ] day night, the printing code as sub mitted to the National Recovery Ad ministration was discussed by A. G. Gordon?; manager of the Winston Printing company, of Winston-Sa lem. .Following the discussion a tem- ' yorary' organisation was perfected. 1 The meeting unanimously voted ' to adopt the Franklin Printing cat alog as a selling guide and agreed to follow it to the letter, inasmuch ; as it is a national price list for : printers and it being adopted all ov the nation. Another meeting was called for September 6, and will include the approximately 50 printers in this zone. This meeting will also be h*ld at Hotel Elkin. President Back On Job In Washington , I Thoroughly rested, despite the press of state problems which en croached on his vacation stay at Hyde Ptark, N. Y., President Roosevelt is back in Washington to take up the endless detail in helping Gen. l Hugh S. Johnson launch the National Recovery program, due to swing into full action on September 1. , Local Schools Are To Get Under Way In This District September 13th Both Elkin And North Elkin To Open On Same Day. Teachers Meeting Of The Entire District Is Scheduled For Tuesday, September 12.' Football Practice To Begin September 4th. Wednesday, September 13, has b6en set for the opening day of schools in the Elkin School District which includes Elkin and Nort.h Elkin. A teachers' meeting of all teachers in the district will be held on Tuesday, September 12, at three o'clock, at which time final prepara tions will be made for the opening day of school. The enrollment in the district will likely exceed a thousand. The faculty has been selected and there are no changes from last year's personnel except for an ad ditional teacher. All teachers have accepted. DR. J. 0. CUNE DIES IN HICKORY Was Connected With Abernethy's Pharmacy In Recent Years A source of sorrow tor friends here was ttie message Wednesday morning bearing news of the death of Dr. James Oran Cline, 37, in a Hickory hospital. Dr. Cline had been critically ill for two weeks from appendicitis and peritonitis and little hope was held for his re covery. Dr. Cline was a native of Granite Falls and a son of P. L/ee Cline and the late Mrs. Cline. He was edu cated at the University of North Carolina, where he graduated from the school of pharmacy and was well known throughout North Carolina where he had practiced his profes sion. For seven years he was con nected with Abernethy's Pharmacy in this city and~during his residence here he made many friends. Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock from the Oranite Falls Lutheran church, of which the deceased was a member and interment will be in the Gran ite Falls cemetery. He is survived by his father, P. Lee Cline and his step-mother, two brothers, Ed and Dick cline ,two half-brothers and one half-sister, all of Granite Falls. • Dr. Cline was a cousin of Dr. J G. Abernethy of this city. Is Painfully Injured In Automobile Mishap Mrs. Mollie Smith received pain ful injuries in an automobile acci dent Saturday afternoon, when an autdmoblle driven by her husband, John Smith, of North Elkin, collided with a car driven by Noah Black burn. The mishap occurred on the square near Hotel Elkin. Mrs. Smith was thrown from the car to the pavement by the impact aad was rushed to Hugh Chatham hos pital for treatment. She was re leased from the hospital Monday. Blackburn is being held under a bond of S2OO for a bearing in mag istrate's court. The State Commission has ruled that pupils who become six years old on or before November 15, will be admitted to school this year. Coach Hood will be on the ground to begin football practice Monday, September 4. He will run two prac tices each day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. He re quests that boys in grades five, six, and seven, who are interested in the exercises, come out. The coach feels that this training will start them on to a football career when they get into high school. Elkin plays North Wllkesboro at North Wilkesboro September 22, at the opening game. Improvement Bonds To Be Accepted On Street Assessments At a call meeting of the board of town commissioners held Wednesday morning it was de cided to accept matured im provement bonds on street assess ments at par flat until October 31. The commissioners also set September 30 as the deadline for the payment of privilege taxes. Street assessments which were doe July 1, 1038, most be paid before October 1, 1033, it was learned. Assessments not paid by this date will be advertised and sold. $60,589.03 HAS BEEN DEPOSITED People Are Standing Squarely Behind Elk in's New Bank Indications here point to the fact 1 that every cltisen of Elkin and vicin ity is 100 per cent back of The Bank of Elkln, which opened Aug ust 16, giving the town its first banking facilities since April 6. R. C. Lewellyn, president and cashier, stated Wednesday morning that the support and cooperation on the part of the public has been even greater than be expected and ex pressed his appreciation for the sup port and confidence which has been accorded. A financial statement of the bank contained on another page of this IBSUe of. The Tribune, shows that a total of $60,589.03 has been deposi ted in the bank since the opening August IS. Total deposits, include ing the deposits that were in the bank when it opened amount to $146,684.55. In addition to offering modern banking facilities, the bank also maintains • complete insurance de partment Banking hours are from 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. EUUN | M ] Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge -«««« PUBLISHED WEEKLY ALL IN READINESS FOR PICNIC HERE; EXPECT BIG CROWD Entertaining Program Has Been Planned For The Day BOWIE TO SPEAK All is in readiness and a record crowd is expected to attend the Sur ry-Yadkin-Wilkea Masonic picnic to be held here today, it was an nounced Wednesday afternoon by Joe O. Bivins, picnic chairman. In addition to the main events of the day—a speech by Tarn C. Bowie, of West Jefferson, and a concert by the singing class of the Oxford Orphanage—many other interesting features are on program. Judge Bowie, it was announced, will speak at 11 o'clock, following which will come the picnic dinner. In the afternoon a baseball game between the Wilkes Wild Tigers and the Elkin League team will be staged at Riverside Park, beginning at 3 o'clock. A morning game be tween the Elkin League and Hanes Hosiery mill will be staged at 10 o'clock.- As an added attraction for the afternoon a battle royal between seyen colored boys will be staged just before the afternoon game. Lee's riding devices, which are a yearly feature of the picnic, ar rived Sunday to furnish amusement to the picnic crowd. The devices include a merry-go-round, forris wheel and chair-o-swing. They will remain here through Saturday night,, being located on the vacant lot on Main street just opposite .the Baptist church. Although the subject of Judge Bowie's speech has not-been an nounced, it is thought probable that some mention of the state sales tax may be made. Judge Bowie, a member of the recent legislature as representative from Ashe county, is an able .speaker and everyone is urged to avail themselves of this op portunity to hear -Mm. .m All Elkin stores, with the excep tion of drug stores and other es tablishments dealing in ice cream and soft drinks, are to be closed from 10 a. m. until 3 o'clock. FADED AUTO PLATES MUST BE RETURNED New Tags Will Be Is sued Free Of Charge. Car Wrecked Motorists whose state license tags have faded should send the tags, to gether with their auto registration card, to the motor vehicle depart ment at Raleigh, where they will be exchanged for new plates free of charge, Corporal W. B. Lentz, of the state highway patrol, stated Wed nesday morning. In cases where only one plate has faded, CorporaT Lentz said the motorist should not make the mis take of sending it alone, as both plates must be returned. The local patrolman arrested Ma son Miller, of North Elkin Sunday on a charge of reckless driving fol lowing an accident in which the au tomobile driven by Miller crashed into a car driven by John B. Pip kin, of Kannapolis, causing it to leave the highway and turn over. Mr. Pipkin was not seriously in jured, The accident took place east of the local airport on the Elkin- Mount Airy highway. L- SEVEN ARE KILLED Seven persons were killed Tues day at Lumberton when a tobacco truck carrying 12 men and boys from Deep Run, Lenoir county, crashed into a Seaboard Air Line passenger train. Welfare Department Of Surry Is To Buy Only At NRA Firms Following a policy announced by the federal government, the Barry county welfare department will make no relief contracts la tile future with stores which are po* lined an with NRA and oper ating under the blanket oode, it has been announced by Welfare Officer John Corner. Mr. Comer also stated thai hereafter his de partment will neither honor nor pay bills for relief goods pur chased through any except NRA lit or en.
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