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VOL. No. xxn, No. 46
Hope Flares Anew In
Regards To Proposed
Surry-Wilkes Highway
ENGINEERS TO COME
HERE TO MAKE NEW
SURVEY OF ROUTES
Surry-Wilkes Delega
tions See Chairman
Jeffress Friday
MUCH NEEDED ROAD
Delegations of representative citi
zens from Elkin, North Wilkesboro,
Ronda and Roaring River returned
from Raleigh Friday where they had
been to see Chairman E. B. Jeffress,
of the state highway commission in
regards to thei proposed Elkin-North
Wilkesboro highway, highly optimis
tic over prospects of securing the
road, or at least a portion of it
within the near future, it learn
ed Saturday.
In the meeting with Mr. Jeffress,
the Wilkes delegation lined up 100
per cent in favor of the project, it
was said.
Although Mr. Jeffress did not
definitely commit himself, It wat
the Impression of the delegation
that he has already decided to build
the road and will probably start con
struction work this fall.
Engineers, Mr. Jeffress stated, are
to be sent to Elkin immediately to
again go over the two proposed
routes that have been surveyed and
possibly to. run a middle route in an
effort to locate the highway as ad
vantageously as possible. The en
gineers are expected to arrive here
any day.
iters of .the delegation from
Elkin w?,fe H. P. Graham and Alex
Chatham. The North Wilkesboro
delegation was made up of N. B.
Smitbey, P. E. Brown and Claude
Doughton.
SURRY TEACHERS
DISCUSS PROBLEMS
Hold First Of Series Of
County - Wide
Meetings
The problem of furnishing bus
transportation for the pupilß of Sur
ry county schools was a major item
for discussion at the first of a se-
rles of five county-wide meetings
scheduled for teachers in Surry
county schools, this term. The ini
tial meeting was attended by the
majority of the 232 teachers of the
Surry county system.
County Superintendent John W.
Comer, and the board of education
as a whole, after working upon the
problem for weeks, are yet in a
quandary as to ways and means by
which the children of thfe county
are to be furnished transportation
to the schools in the various dis
tricts. Many of the county schools
have already opened; others are
opening this week and next and on
ly temporary arrangements have
been possible for the transportation
of those who are compelled to travel
'several miles to their respective
schools.
Conferences with the state school
commission, since the last bids for
bus operations were submitted, have
brought no results in the way of ad
ditional funds for bus operation, the
superintendent having been instruc
ted to study more carefully Surry's
transportation problem and find the
. lowest Bumber of buses that can
handle the job.
Henry Reynolds Is
Clerk U. S Court
Henry Reynolds, of North Wilkes
boro, and well known in Elkin and
Surry county) has been appointed
clerk of United States district court
in the middle district of North Car
olina, succeeding R. L. Blaylock.
Mr. Reynolds' appointment becomes
effective October 2.
Mr. Blaylock haß been retired
from office due illness. He re
cently suffered a heart attack and
because of contintmd illness has
been absent from his office a great
deal of the time since then.
Men are planting 6,060,000 trees
in forests of Scotland.
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Kidnap Trial On
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JIBhH
Above, Federal Judge Edgar S.
Vaught before whom is being tried
the defendant** charged with the
kidnapping of Charles P. Ursohel,
millionaire oil man of Tulsa, Okla.
The trial is being held at Oklaho
ma City.
DR. ROYALL HEADS
COMPLIANCE BOARD
Was Elected By Mem
bers In Meeting Fri
- day Night
At a meeting Friday night of the
newly appointed NRA compliance
board, Dr. M. A. Royall, mayor of
Elkin, was named by the members
of the board as permanent chair
man.
The board is composed of seven
members. Each of the members,
except the chairman, represents
some particular group which cornea
under the NRA movement. The
members in addition to Mayor Roy
all are Mason Lillard, .Jim Vestal,
Marion Allen, Mrs. A. O. Bryan, L.
G. Baker, and J. R. Poindexter.
Pending receipt of detailed in
structions of procedure the local
compliance board will take under
consideration any complaints of non
compliance which might be made by
employees against their employers.
The first step in acting on these
complaints will be contacting the
employer complained of and inform
ing him of the nature of the com
plaint against him and ascertaining
his conception of the facts. If the
employer cannot establish that the
complaint is groundless or that the
cauße thereof has already been eli
minated, it will be explained to him
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ELKIN VICTORIOUS
IN SURRY SERIES
Defeats Pilot Mountain
To Clinch Cham
pionship
The baseball championship of
Surry county was won by Elkin
here Saturday when she defeated
Pilot Mountain in the fourth game
of a scheduled five-game series by
11 to 9.
The outcome of the game was in
doubt until the final Inning. With
two runs over the plate in the ninth
and a runner on second, Steelman
fanned H. Chilton who had pre
viously made a home run, to end
the game.
Heavy hitting featured the game
on both sides. Qough and. Royal
led the offense for Elkin with three
hits each. Smith and H. Chilton
were leading hitters for Pilot Moun
tain. Numerous errors were made
by both teams.
Lefty Southard showed remark
able ability to tighten in the
pinches, striking out seven batters
at crucial stages of the game.
Blkin's victory to clinch the
championship climaxed a victorious
season in which she won 13 of 15
games.
129 BANKS OPEN IN SIX WEEKS
In the last six weeks, President
Roosevelt's campaign to rehabilitate
the nation's banking structure has
reopened 129 institutions and made
$889,134,000 in previously frozen
deposits available to the depositor*
of 265 hank*.
ELKIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1933
NAME REGISTRARS
AND JUDGES FOR
WET-DRY CONTEST
C. A. McNeil! Is Regis
trar For Elkin
Township '
ELECTION NOV. 7TH
The list of regib&ars and judges
for the election to be hold Novem
ber 7 on the prohibition question
has been announced by Attorney
R. A. Freeman, of Dobson, chair
man of the Surry county board of
elections.
Saturday, October 28, will be the
only day in which registration
books will be open for the benefit
of unregistered voters who wish to
cast a ballot in the prohibition
referendum. Everyone on th®
books prior to October 28 will be
eligible to vote.
Saturday, November 4, will be
challenge day, Mr. Freeman stated.
C. A. McNeill was named as reg
istrar for Elkln precinct and J. G.
Ctalpman (dry), and Henry Dobson
(wet) were named as Judges.
Registrars for other townships
of the county are: Bryan, J. R.
Norman; Dobson, F. F. Rlggs; El
dora, M. E. Shackleford; Franklin,
Dixie Lowe; Long Hill, D. B. Need
ham; Marsh, T. E. Stanley; Mount
Airy No. 1, F. B. Walker; Mount
Airy No. 2, R. E. Carter; tyount
Airy No. »3, A. M. Beamer; Mount
Airy No. 4, G. O. Monday; Mount
Airy No. 6» R. E. Ashby; Pilot
Mountain, S. M. Smith; Rockford,
S. E. Banner; Shoals, J. R. Scott;
Siloam, -Jasper Patterson, and
Westfield, Reid Snoddy.
Election judges: Bryan, Charles
Nixon (dry) and M. C. Gentry
(wet); Dobson, Mrs. Wayne Thore
(dry), and R. L. Flager (wet) El
dora, C. S. Marsh (dry) and G. T.
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HWANIS CLUB NOT
TO MEET FRIDAY
Call Off Regular Meet
ing Due To Elkin
Fair
Due to the fact that the Elkin
Community Pair will be in full
swing, the meeting Friday night of
the local Klwanis club has been
called off, it was learned Wednes
day morning.
At the last meeting, held Friday
at Hotel Elkin, the club was ex
tended a personal invitation to at
tend an inter-club meeting at Wins
ton-Salem the night of Monday, Oc
tober 2, and following the meeting
to attend the opening of the Wins
ton-Salem fair as the guest of the
Winston-Salem Kiwanis club. The
invitation was extended by two
members of the Winston club, Ki
wanians Morris and Yow.
Similar Invitations have, been ac
corded other Kiwanis clubs In this
section of the Carolinas district.
The matter of moving the pieeting
time up from 6:30 until 6:00 p.
m. during the fall and winter
months was discussed at length, and
is to be put to a vote at the next
meeting, many of the members feel
ing that the proposed meeting hour
would work to better advantage.
FIRE CHIEF TO
MAKE INSPECTION
Whitaker Will Inspect
Condition Of Flues,
Basements
Within the next Iff, days or two
weeks residents of Elkin may expect
a visit from W. W. Whitaker, chief
of the local firs department, it was
learned Monday.
The object of this visit will be to
Inspect stove flues, basements, etc.,
which might harbor fire hazards.
In cases where flues are found
unsafe or basements cluttered with
waste papers or trash it will be
necessary for the homeowner to see
that proper safeguards are taken.
Although afflicted with a large
number of fires in recent years, Elk
in has maintained a gocd fire re
cord for the "past, 12 months aud it
is hoped, by taking adequate pre
cautions, to keep fh« fire loss dur
ing the approaching cold weather,
when stoves and other heating
plants are in use, at a minimum.
Elkin Community Fair To Open
To-Night; Entertaining Program
and Good Prizes Are Features
Washington In Moonlight of Black Hills
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The first moonlight picture ever taken of the Washington profile,
sculptored in the granite wtalls of South Dakota's-famous Black Hills
near Keystone, S. D. Gutxom Borglum is doing the work and when
completed will be a group of three heads, Washington, Lincoln fend
Jeffer* on.
I ATE NEWC
" from the
State and Nation
Kelly Captured
Oklahoma City, Sept. 26. - A
12-year-old girt, Geraldine Arnold
gave federal officers the informa
tion that led to the capture at
Memphis of George (Machine
Oun) Kelly and his wife, Kathryn,
authorities disclosed here today.
The couple will be returned for
trial at the end of the present
case in which 10 persons are
charged with the Charles P. Ur
schel kidnaping conspiracy.
Prisoners Escape
Michigan City, Ind., Sept. 20.
—Eleven desperadoes shot down
a guard, kidnaped a sheriff and
a motorist, menaced two prison
officials With death, and escaped
today from the Indiana state pen
itentiary.
Successful in what appeared to
have been a long plotted break
for liberty, the convicts speeded
away toward Chicago, 55 miles
distant in two automobiles com
mandeered from the men they
abducted.
Inflationists To Wait
Washington, Sept. 26.—A1l ad
vocates of inflation were urged
today by Senator Thomas, Demo
crat, Oklahoma, a leader of the
campaign for cheaper money, to
quiet their clamor to permit full
trial of President Roosevelt's
credit expansion program.
Thomas predicted the credit
program would fail to lift and
stabilize price levels.
Ford Workers Strike
Chester, Pa., Sept. 26.—De
manding a longer work week and
a higher minimum pay, several
thousand employes of the Ches
ter plant of the Ford Motor com
pany went on strike today.
The movement was more or
less secretly started and the order
to walk oat came suddenly when
the word was in all departments.
Sends Threats
Charlotte, Sept. 26.—The de
sire of 15-year-old Willie Mae
Wheeling for money to go to col
lege today led her Into the toils
of federal officers who said she
confessed sending to two promi
nent Carolina women extortion
and kidnaping threats conceived
after reading detective story
magazines.
Correct this sentence: "I owe
my success to the fact that I hap
pened to guess right a couple of
times," the millionaire admitted.
LEGAL TO MAKE
SHORTER HAULS
WITH CHILDREN
Law Does Not Prohibit
Kids From Riding
Under Two Miles
IS MISINTERPRETED
Raleigh, Sept. 22.—The legisla
ture did not pass a law preventing
school busses from hauling children
who live within two miles of school,
Representative Brantley Womble de
clared here today.
All the revolts against the "law"
have been based upon pure misun
derstanding, be said.
He also expressed surprise that
the impression has gotten around to
local boards that busses must pass
up children who live within the
two-mile radius.
The legislature, he said, made It
mandatory for busses to haul child
ren who live more than two miles
from the schools, but said nothing
about them not hauling those with
in that distance.
He advised parents who have been
complaining of busses passing their
children without picking them up
to explain the true status of the
law to their local boards.
Revolts have flared over several
sections of North Carolina this week
due to the fact that in many cases
busses half full would pass by child
ren who had to walk on grounds
that they were not allowed to trans
port children living within two
miles of school.
The first outbreak was in Leba
non township of Durham county.
Others followed in Davidson, For
syth and Guilford counties, and
preparations were made to march
on the state school commission and
demand remedial action.
Local Revival Is To
Close Friday Night
The revival which has been in pro
gress at the first Baptist church in
this city, will close Friday evening
of this week. Record crowds have
been attending the services and
much Interest is being shown. Ten
additions have already been made
to the chnrch.
Special services for the young peo
ple are being held each afternoon
at. 3:30.
Services At Galloway
Memorial, Church
Rev. Eg win C. Hurst of Mount
Airy, will conduct services at Gal
loway Memorial church Sunday af
ternoon, October 1, at 3:30. The
public is most cordially invited to
attend.
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Gmtommy to PjjjSl
Rawing Vj -
Oap aad the
Blue Ridge **»•***>
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
EVENT IS EXPECTED
TO BE BETTER THAN
FAIR OF LAST YEAR
SSOO Premium- Lis&t;
Big Crowds Expected
To Attend
WEAVING EXHIBIT
Alll is in readiness for the open*
ing here tonight ot Elkin's second
community fair, it was learned Wed
nesday from C.-'G. Armfield, secre
tary.
McNeer's warehouse, which is
serving as the main jxhlbition hall,
has assumed a busy hum as farmers
and others interested in the event,
put the finishing touches to their
exhibits. In addition to farm and
home exhibits, a number of private
exhibits have been arranged, but
these will not be eligible for prizes.
A handsome bedroom suite, val
ued at $75.00, donated by the Elkin
Furniture company, will be given as
first prize in the live-at-home di
vision. Second prize in this division
wHI be a SSO wood range donated by
Surry Hardware company. Third
prize is in form of a phonograph,
valued at $35, and contributed by
Reich-Hayes-Boren, Inc.
Other valuable prizes, Including
$75 worth of high grade Chatham
blankets, will be awarded winners
|in other departments.
One of the main exhibits of the
fair will be the old-time blanket
weaving exhibit staged by the Chat
ham Manufacturing company. This
exhibit will show how blankets were
manufactured by hand from raw
wool to the finished product in the
days when modern machinery was
unknown. This same exhibit has
been displayed in many of the larg-
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BAD BREAKS LOSE
GAME FOR EKIN
Are Defeated By North
Wilkesboro Friday
19 To 7
The strong North Wilkesboro
football team deafefced Elkin high
Friday 19 to 7. The local team
played a good game and deserved
to win, but the breaks were against
them.
North Wilkesboro scored first by
the way of a pass. Captain Chat
ham scored for Elkin on a well exe
cuted reverse around left end. Hall
made the extra point by a place
kick. Elkin led at the end of the
first quarter 7-6.
The trusty foot of Moir Hall put
the opponents against the wall
when he got off a kick that was
good for firty-five yards being
downed on the live yard line. After
exchanging punts several times
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MRS. J.H. THARPE'S
MOTHER IS DEAD
Iredell Woman Passes
Away Tuesday
Evening
Mrs. Carrie Kinder, 86, mother of
Mrs. J. Henry Tharpe, of this city,
passed away at her home at Turn
ersburg, Iredell conaty, Tuesday
evening, from the general infirmi
ties of her advanced age.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday from Fairmount church in
Turnersburg, and interment WRB in
a Statesville cemetery beside her
husband, Milton Kinder, who died
thirty years ago.
In addition to Mrs- Tharpe, the
following daughters and one son
survive: Mrs. Tyre Harris, Jone*-
vllle; Mrs. Mm Padgett, Turnent
burg. Mrs. T. I J. Stikeleather.
Statesville and . Johr. Kinder, of
Idaho.