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VOL. No. XXH, No. 52
DRYS REGISTER CRUSHING VOTE
Elkin Goes Dry By 4 to 1 Vote
DRYS ADMINISTER
DECISIVE DEFEAT
IN CONTEST HERE
Unusually Large Num
ber of Women Aid
Dry Cause
VOTE NOT NORMAL
Working tirelessly from sun-up
until sun-down Tuesday to get out
the dry vote, the local organization
against repeal of the 18th amend
ment paused only "when the last
vote was cast to contemplate proud
ly a grand majority of four to one
in favor of the drys.
Exact figures in Elkin precinct
were: convention 171; no conven
tion 731. For W. R. Badgett, dele
gate against repeal of the 18th
amendment 755; for Thomas B.
Ashby, delegate for repeal, 153.
It was apparent from the time
the polls opened that Elkin would
vote dry, basing opinion upon the
list of voters who, prior to the elec
tion, had pledged themselves to vote
in favor of the retention of the
amendment in question. The total
number of votes cast numbered 908,
which was said by election officials
to be lighter than the vote usually
recorded in regular elections.
The voting opened briskly early
Tuesday morning, propping off
some as noon approached. How
ever, during the dinner hour a rush
was apparent as Chatham Manufac
turing company employees availed
themselves of the opportunity to
vote. Heavy voting was again ap
parent in the,latter part of the af
ternoon.
Numerous among those voting,
and probably responsible for the
big majority tallied by the drys,
were women. A number of women
members of the dry organization
were active at the polls during the
day, while wet workers, if any, were
conspicuous by their absence.
In Surry county the drys polled
4,930 against the wets 1,352. Mount
Airy gave the wets 'a 3 to 1 ma
jority.
SUMMARY GIVEN OF
1933 LEGISLATION
Bills of Local Nature
Are Reviewed By
Institute
A summary of 1933 local legisla
tion affecting Elkin and Surry coun
ty has just been released .by the
legislators' division of the Institute
of Government in which The In
stitute is undertaking to report lo
cal legislative measures to local citi
zens and local officers affected.
The adoption of this program by
the legislators' division of The In
stitute marks the first time in the
history of the state that members
of the general assembly have pre
served an organization after ad
journment for the purpose of inter
preting to their constituents the leg
islation enacted by them.
These summaries, one of which
has been written 'for each county
constitute one phase of the broader
legislative program of The Institute.
The summary shows that 23 bills
affecting Surry county were intro
duced in the last legislature, 18 of
which passed. Eleven bills were in
troduced affecting Elkin, Beven of
which were passed.
The following bills affected Elk
in:
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Thanks
The Tribune wishes to express
its appreciation to Carl Goerch
and The State tor their courtesy
in allowing the reproduction of
the picture of Thurmond Chat
ham and Ruohs Pyron bidding;
goodbye to Klondike Gay Carter
et which appears on another page
in this issue.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
County School Board In
Plea For $70,000.00 For
Erection of 3 Buildings
With Pup To Match
II
A new fad has appeared, that of
having a pet dog with hair to match
the color of the pet's owner. Miss
Claire Ray of Chicago, a platinum
blonde, displays her "pup to match."
SURRY VOTES DRY
IN ALL TOWNSHIPS;
WETS LOSE 3 TO 1
Prohibition Forces Poll
4,844 Votes; Wets
1,373
IS A LANDSLIDE
Surry county, nailing the flag of
prohibition more firmly to her mast
head voted Tuesday in favor of re
tention of the 18th amendment by
more than 3 to 1. Total votes for
no convention numbered 4,844
against 1,373 for convention. The
total vote for W. R. Badgett, dry
delegate, with the exception of two
precincts where figures were not
available, was 4,588. The vote for
Thomas B. Ashby, wet delegate, was
1,341.
The vote was as follows in the
13 precincts of the county:
Elkin: for convention 171;
against convention 731; Ashby 153;
Badgett 755.
Mount Airy: (all wards), conven
tion 603, no convention 1,589, Ash
by 683, Badgett 1,526.
Bryan? convention 45, no conven
tion 363, Ashby 309, Badgett 373.
Eldora: convention 28, no conven
tion 12§, Ashby 20, Badgett 135.
Dobson: convention 217, no con
vention 319, Ashby 203, Badgett
338.
Franklin: convention 21, no con
vention 226, Ashby 15, Badgett 237.
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Yadkin County Piles
Up Big Dry Majority
Yadkin county, not to be outdone
by her sister counties in the west
ern part of the state, rallied to the
dry cause Tuesday by turning in a
landslide vote against repeal of the
18th amendment, polling in 10 out
of 13 precincts a total of 2,949
votes against repeal and 293 for re
peal.
Jonesville also piled up a big ma
jority against repeal, the final count
there showing, against repeal 431;
for repeal 54.
Stores To Close For
Fight Saturday at 8
By request of the American Le
gion, all local stores, with the ex
ception of drug stores, will close
Saturday night at 8 o'clock in order
to give their employees opportuni
ty to attend the fight show.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 9, 1933
ASK COUNTY BOARD
70 Per Cent of Money
Would Come From
Government
ACTION DEFERRED
A request for fihids totalling $70,-
000 for the construction of three
new school buildings in Suwry coun
ty, 70 per cent of the money to be
borrowed from the federal govern
ment, and 30 per cent to be furn
ished by the county, was turned
down Monday by the Surry board
of County Commissioners who de
ferred the matter until the Decem
ber meeting for further considera
tion. . ,
The request was made by Superin
tendent of Education, John W. Com
er, and the members of the county
board of education, who appeared
before/the county commissioners ip
a body. , -
In case the project should even
tually be approved by the com
missioners, the buildings would be
constructed under federal super
vision by federal architects. The
loan would stand for 25 years.
In regards to a shakeup of the
county health department personnel
which was scheduled to have taken
place Monday, the commissioners
decided to continue the department
as it stands until December 1 due
to the threatened epidemic of diph
theria in the county.
However, regardless of what steps
may be taken at the December
meeting, it was learned upon good
authority that the efficiency, of the
county health deparment would in
no way be impaired.
KIWANIANS ENJOY
OYSTER SUPPER
Kept Indoors By Rain,
Staged Event at
Hotel Elkin
Raw oysters, roasted oysters, tried
oysters—all were served Friday
night to members of the Elkin Ki
wanis club and their wives and
friends at what was intended to be
an outdoor oyster roast at the Alex
Chatham farm, but due to rain,
ended in an indoor oyster roast In
the Klwanis room at Hotel Elkin.
Although the majority of the
Kiwanianß and their guests motored
OIK to the Chatham farm, they as
quickly motored back to the hotel.
And although unable to commune
with nature the while they com
muned with the oysters, an enjoy
able time was had by all.
To Charlie Brewer, manager of
the hotel, goes the credit for the
success of the event from an oyster
viewpoint. Kiwanian Brewer had
the oysters in every form but stewed,
and all the trimmings' that go to
make them more palatable.
Following the oyßter supper, a
number of enjoyable games were
played which Included "upsetting
the fruit basket" and "Reuben and
Rachel."
Today And Tomorrow
To Be Observed As
Clean-Up Days Here
"Clean-Up Days", sponsored by
the Civics Department of the Elkin
Woman's Club, will be observed to
day and tomorrow, November 9th
and 10th. Town officials are co
operating with the Woman's Club in
this movement and trucks will be
furnished both days to dispose of
the rubbish, which should be piled
in convenient and conspicious
places.
It is urged that all citizens clean
unsightly lots and debris from their
grounds on these days designated
for the work.
Bobcat, Four Feet
Surry Man With .22
. V-
Although admittedly the home
of various and sundry "wild
tigers", a real, genuine, Four
foot long wildcat—or bobcat,
maybe it is—is something ol -a
novelty in Surry county.
Nevertheless, thar's bobcats in
them thar mountains as was
proven last Thursday when Shel
by Thompson, Surry county man,-
killed one which measured near
ly four feet from the end of its
nose to the tip of its short bob
tail. It was as large as a
medium-sized dog.
Mr. Thompson, who was squir
rel hunting with a .22 rifle near
the head of Mitchell's river, ran
upon the bobcat unexpectedly.
The animal was said to have been
calmly strolling through the
woods and allowed the hunter
to approach within 30 steps be
fore he fired. Three shots were
necessary to kill it.
Brought to Elkin the following
day and exhibited on the street,
the cat attracted much attention.
Brown in color, it possessed large
fangs and big needle sharp claws,
and appeared capable, had it been
alive, of putting up a fight which
would probably have proven dis
astrous to the hunter had he not
been armed.
I ATE NEWQ
front the
State and Nation
Ohio For Repeal
Columbus, Ohio., NOT. 7.
Voters tonight apparently had ap
proved every state issue on the
ballot, including repeal of the
state's prohibition amendment,
passage of an old age pension
law, a 10-mill limitation of prop
erty taxes and a measure provid
ing for simplification and econo
my in county government.
Tabulation for more than two
thirds -of the precincts showed
national repeal leading by more
than 600,000 votes.
S. C. DryT
Columbia, S. C. t Nov. 7
South Carolina dry leaders
claimed tonight that this state
had by a narrow margin joined
North Carolina in rejecting re
peal of the Eighteenth Amend
ment.
Count of the vote from all but
about 340 rural precincts gave
anti-repealists a plurality of a
little more than 2,000 out of
more than 65,000 ballots, a mar
gin so close as to leave the final
result still in doubt at midnight.
Three Are Killed
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 7.
. Punctuated by outbreaks that re
sulted in three fatalities, Ken
tucky voted today on repeal of
v the Eighteenth Amendment and
several local issues.
When balloting ended at 4:80
p. m., officials estimated that
800,000 persons had been drawn
to the polls by the repeal and
spirited issues, despite rain and
generally murky weather. Count
ing of the votes does not begin
until tomorrow.
LaGuardia Mayor
New York, Nov. 7.—Major
Fioreilo H. LaGuardia, firebrand
of Congress for a dozen years
and crusading foe of Tammkny
Hall, today was elected mayor of
New York city against the oppo
sition of both Tammany and the
st,rang Bronx Democratic organ
ization.
Wets Leading*
Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 7.
• With a lead of approximately
0,000 votes, Utah appeared well
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North Carolina Turns
Down Repeal By Large
Majority; Is Surprise
Honor Stockbridge
H
Prank Parker Stockbrldge, above,
who weekly contributes a national
column, "Today and Tomorrow" to
this newspaper, has been elected
honorary president of Sigma Delta
Chi, journalistic fraternity, to suc
ceed Marl en Pew. Mr. Stockbridge is
editor of The American Press. Col.
Frank Knox of the Chicago Daily
News wag elected honorary national
member.
ELKIN SADDENED BY
DEATH HERE SUNDAY
OF MRS. J. H. ALLEN
Funeral Rites Conduct
ed Tuesday From
Methodist Church
DEATH IS A SHOCK
Elkin wag saddened Sunday night
by the passing of Mrs. Mary Jane
Castevens Allen, 69, at her home on
Church street. Although Mrs. Allen
had been a semi-invalid for a num
ber of years her death came as a
shock.
The deceased was the widow of
the late Prof. J. H. Allen, one of
the outstanding educators of thit
section of-North Carolina. She was
a daughter of the late Rev. Thomas
J. and Mrs. Castevens of Yadkin
county, her father having been
prominently known in the Baptist
ministry. During her residence of
more than a quarter of a century
in Elkin she had made a host of
friends and was greatly beloved for
her sweetness of spirit. She was a
member of the Elkin Methodist
church.
Funeral rites were conducted
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from
the Methodist church by the pastor.
Rev. L. B. Abernethy, assisted by
Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the
First Baptist church. The throng
of peopl# that attended the last rites
and the beautiful floral offerings
that banked the altar of the church
were mute evidences of the esteem
and love of many friends. Interment
was in the family plot at Hollywood
cemetery.
Mrs. Allen is survived by one
daughter and four sons: Ernest O.
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Elks To Meet Husky
Eleven Here Friday
In Final Assignment
'With five wins to their credit
out of seven games played, the
local high school Elks meet the
Mount Cll* gridiron machine
here Friday In the final contest
of the year's assignment.
From reports and past records
of the visitors. Mount Ulla will
match a husky eleven against the
Hlks. Dopesters, however, are
picking XBkln to win.
BMON (-■ ■
Gateway to
Roaring' \|^
Gap and the
Blue Ridge "»»•«
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CLOSE BATTLE WAS
EXPECTED BY BOTH
THE WETS AND DRYS
No Convention Will Be
Held On Repeal
Question
WETS ADMIT LOSS
. North Carolina voters Tuesday
decisively rejected the proposal for
repeal of the 18th amendment and
thereby recorded the state as the
first in the union definitely to
break the anti-prohibition wave.
With unofficial returns compiled
from 1,432 precincts of 1,831, the
count stood: For repeal, 107,793;
against, 250,056.
The technical question voted on
was "convention or no convention."
As a result, no convention will be
held in December, and the dele
gates elected by the various coun
ties will not assemble to cast their
vote.
A tabulation shortly before mid
night Tuesday showed only 14 of
the 100 counties reporting a lead
for repeal. Returns from eight of
these were complete.
Following is a list of the 14:
Alleghany, Beaufort, Craven, Curri
tuck, Dare, Durham, Halifax, Lee
New Hanover, Martin, Onslow, Pas
quotank, Pitt and Wilson,
First scattered returns gave a
clear indication of the dry trend,
and within three hours of the time
polls closed, Gale K. Burgess, di
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ALL IN READINESS
FOR BOXING SHOW
To Be Staged Saturday
Night By American
Legion
The card has been arranged and
all is in readiness for the boxing
show to be staged here Saturday
night at 8 o'clock in McNeer's ware
house under the auspices of the
American Legion charity fund, it
was learned yesterday from those in
charge.
The second bout to be staged
here by the Legion within the past
four weeks, Saturday's fight is ex
pected to out-olaßß the - fight of sev
eral weeks ago, a number of top
notch fighters, including a former
middle-weight champion of the state,
having been signed up.
The fight will feature six bouts
and a battle royal to be staged by
a number of local Negroes. Three
of the preliminary fights are sche
duled to go four rounds, two six
rounds and th« meln bout, starring
Beauford Berge, of Winston-Salem
and Sailor Dalton, of Salisbury, is
scheduled to go eight rounds. Berge
was formerly middle-weight cham
pion of the state.
The preliminaries, named in order
of their appearance upon the card,
will find K. O. (Flake) Brown, of
Elkin, paired off with Firpo Pardue,
the Jonesville Wildcat. Raymond
Vestal, of Jonesville, who has fought
at Fort Bragg, will throw leather
against Claude York, of Mount
Airy.
Paul Gray, colored, of Jonesville,
weighing a mere 218 pounds will
,mix with Elmer Hampton, Wilkes
colored man who tips the beam at
only 223. Each boy is said to be
confident of taking the other's
scalp.
Bout four will feature Dynamite
Overcash, of Salisbury, vs. Kid Tesh,
of Reidßville.
In the semi-final Frankie Baughn
cf Mount Airy, will battle K. O.
Sales, hailing from the railroad
shops at Spencer and said to be
plenty tough. |