In,, ELKIN
WA "The Best
Vv Little Town
In North
Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIII, No. 32
NORTH CAROLINA TO
GET LARGE AMOUNT
OF HIGHWAY FUNDS
Money Will Not Have To
Be Matched By Local
Appropriation
AVAILABLE JULY 1
Washington, June 18.—The sum of
$4,840,941 will be available July 1,
for the North Carolina highway
commission to spend until the end
of the fiscal year, July 1, 1934, Rep
resentative Lindsay Warren of
Washington, North Carolina, stated
today on his return to the capital
from the White House, where he saw
the President sign the Cartwright
loads bill.
With Representative Warren, who
is vice chairman of the house roads
committee, was Representative Cart
wright of Oklahoma, roads committee
chairman, and Senator Hayden of
Arizona, who sponsored the bill in
the senate.
The North Carolina allotment for
the coming year of the $400,000,000
appropriated does not have to be
matched by state funds. For the
two succeeding fiscal ye£rs, however,
when the state receives approximate
ly $2,938,000 annually as federal aid,
these sums must be matched by state
funds.
The state received an allotment
of $9,522,295 a year ago from the
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FORMER RESIDENT
INJURED IN CRASH
W. D. Poplin Painfully
Injured When Truck
Hits Telephone Pole
W. D. Poplin, of Statesville, a
former resident of Elkin, was pain
fully injured Saturday afternoon
about five o'clock when the truck
he was driving crashed into a tele
phone pole in Harmony, and was
overturned.
Mr. Poplin, who is a distributor
for the Puroil Company, was enroute
to Elkin with a load of gasoline when
the accident occurred. It is under
stood that he was passing through
the town of Harmony, and imme
diately in front of him was a wagon.
When he' pulled over to pass the
wagon he observed an approaching
car, and a child on the opposite side
of the highway. In order to avoid
collision with any of the three ob
jects he ran into a telephone pole.
Mr. Poplin was rendered unconscious
by the impact and was rushed to
Davis hospital, Statesville, where an
examination revealed a concussion
of the brain, scalp wounds, a severe
wound on the left side of the face,
the left eyelid being cut, and severe
bruises on the chest and shoulders.
According to latest reports, he is
resting as well as could be expected,
but it will be several days before he
will be able to leave the hospital.
Relatives from this city have
visited Mr. Poplin several times since
the accident.
ONE IN HOSPITAL AS
RESULT OF WRECK
O. E. Vass Suffered Severe Cuts and
Bruises When Cars Collide On
Winston-Salem Highway
O. E. Vass, of Woodlawn, Va., is a I
patient at Hugh Chatham Memorial
hospital in this city suffering from
severe cuts and bruises sustained in
an automobile accident on the Wins
ton-Elkin highway late Wednesday
night. The car, operated by Vass and
occupied by himself and a woman
companion, crashed into a light se
dan, the property of Eck Reece and
occupied by Ed Boles, Mr. Ayers and
two young ladies. No arrests have
been made. The occupants of the
Reece car sustained only slight
bruises and scratches. Both cars
were badly wrecked.
To Hold Services At
Presbyterian Church
Rev. R. E. McAlpin, returned mis
sionary from China and a resident
of Winston-Salem, has been elected
as pastor of the Presbyterian church
in this city for the summer. JServices
will be held Sunday morning at 11
o'clock and in the evening at 8
o'clock and Sunday school will con
vene at 9:45. The services will be
held each Sunday during the re
mainder of June and through July
and probably longer. The public is
Invited.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
G. O. P. Chairman
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WASHINGTON . . . Henry P.
Fletcher of Pennsylvania (above),
is the new chairman of the Republi
can National Committee. Mr.
Fletcher was a Teddy Roosevelt
rough rider in Cuba, former ambas
sador to Italy and a Hoover sup
porter.
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from the
State and Nation
HARRIMAN CONVICTED
OF BANK LAW CHARGES
New York, June 19. —Joseph W.
Harriman, white-haired 67-year
old founder of the defunct Harri
man National Bank and Trust
Company, was convicted in feder
al court today of misapplication
of $1,713,080 of the bank's funds,-
of lending $300,000 on improper
security and of causing false en
tries to be made in the accounts
of 14 larrd depositors.
The jury deliberated only two
hours before finding Harriman
guilty on all 16 counts made
against him. Albert M. Austin,
former executive vice president of
the bank, who was co-defendent,
was acquitted.
PRESIDENT APPOINTS
REPRESENTATIVE
Washington, June 19.—Presi
dent Roosevelt, in two swift
strokes, today sought to meet the
immediate problem of a threaten
ed steel strike and to be prepared
for potential troubles elsewhere in
industry.
He named his secretary of la
bor, Frances Perkins, to serve as
a negotiator between the steel mill
owners and those workers who
have threatened to strike over
collective bargaining.
PLANS FOR FEDERAL
BUILDING ANNOUNCED
Washington, June 19.—Post
master General Farley announced
today his department would form ■
ulate plans within the next two
weeks for constructing between
300 and 400 postoffices and other
federal buildings as a measure for
unemployment relief.
The funds will be taken from
the $55,000,000 public works item
in the second deficiency appro
priation bilL
CARLISLE HIGGINS
IN WASHINGTON
Washington, June 19. Carlisle
Higgins, recently appointed dis
trict attorney in the middle judi
cial district, was here today to
meet officials of the department
of Justice. Mr. Higfins is to as
sume his new duties July 1.
MAY AUTO ACCIDENTS
IN N. C. TAKE 77 LIVES
Raleigh, June 19.—Motor w- j
hide accidents in North Carolina i
in May took a toll of 77 lives,>
bringing the total number of per
sons killed in automobile mishaps
in the state this year to 334.
An increase of 63 fatalities was
noted the first five months of
1934 over the corresponding per
iod last year, statistics of the
state motor vehicle bureau here
showed.
In the 313 accidents officially
reported last month, 428 persons
were Injured. Seventy-one of the
mishaps brought death to one or
more persons, while 242 resulted
only in injuries.
Dr. and Mrs. R. E. Fox and little
daughter are spending some time the
guests of the former's parents, Rev.
and Mrs. E. W. Pox, at their home
on Market street. Dr. and Mrs. Fox
have returned from Harvard Univer
sity Medical school, where Dr. Fox
took post graduate work. j
ELKIN* N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934
REPUBLICANS WILL
HOLD CONVENTION
AT DOBSON JULY 7
District Meetings To Be
Held On Saturday,
June 30th
HIATT IS CHAIRMAN
The Surry county Republican
convention will be held at the court
house at Dobson at 1 p. m., Satur
day, July 7th, it was announced
Wednesday of last week, following a
meeting of the executive committee
at Mount Airy on Monday evening.
District meetings for the purpose
of electing delegates to Dobson will
be held in each township Saturday,
June 30, one week prior to the con
vention. The meeting at Mount
Airy Monday evening was well at
tended by Republicans from Mount
Airy, Pilot Mountain, Dobson and
this city, and from the country dis
tricts of the county.
David L. Hiatt of Mount Airy, is
county chairman of the party and
Mrs. W. W. Whitaker of this city,
was named vice-chairman.
At the meeting Monday prospec
tive candidates for county and state
offices were discussed.
Ulysses G. Belton and A. R. Whet
stone, of Mount Airy; Will M. Mat
thews and Boyd Nelson of Pilot
Mountain, and C. C. Fulp, of Elkin,
were mentioned for sheriff, certain
leaders stating that the race might
narrow down to Belton, Matthews
and Nelson.
Joe A. Pell, Pilot Mountain; R. L.
Lovelace, Elkin, and W. A. York,
Stuart's Creek, were among those
mentioned as state senatorial candi
dates, while Judge A. E. Tilley and
David L. Hiatt, Mount Airy; S. O.
Maguire and Dr. Ira S. Oambill, fel
kin; W. -M. Jackson, Dobson, and
W. M. Matthews, Pilot Mountain,
were discussed for the House of
Representatives.
Claude Harris, State Road, and
Bud Simpson, Ararat, were strong
contenders for the register of deeds
candidacy, it was said. It was un
derstood to be doubtful which of the
following men, J. A. Jackson and
W. L. Dunman, Mount Airy; W. M.
Matthews, Pilot Mountain; M. L.
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JONESVILLE MAYOR
SENDS TWO TO JAIL
Foy Sheppard and Lew
ellyn Wilkins Charged
With Drunkenness
The 30-day suspended sentence of
Foy Sheppard of Jonesville, auto
matically became effective Saturday
night, when in a drunken rage he
went to the home of his brother,
Boyd Sheppard, and attacked the
latter's wife, pulling her hair and
slapping her about the face. Shep
pard was immediately carried to the
county jail at Yadkinville to begin
his sentence, following' his arrest by
Mack Lovelace of the Jonesville po
lice force, who was called to the
Sheppard home during the dis
turbance.
The sentence on Sheppard was
imposed in March; of this year when
he was tried for public drunkenness.
Lewellyn Wilkins, another Jones
ville man, was committed to the
county jail on the same night for
an attack on Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Plummer, aged Jonesville residents,
at their home, and also attacking
Marie Sprinkle, daughter of Robert
Sprinkle, who resides in the Plum
mer home.
Wilkins was put under a S7OO bond
by Mayor Gurney Wagoner of Jones
ville, and was committed to jail in
default of bond.
Thieves Take Cash _
Register And Money
Thieves in this section perpe
trate peculiar robberies. The
average thief opens a safe or cash
register, takes the money and
leases the container, but not so
with Surry county thieves, it is
all or nothing with them.
Monday night they took the
cash register, containing S3O or
S4O from Craig's store at Moun
tain Park. Entrance to the
building was gained by forcing a
side window in the building.
Sheriff J. D. Thompson was
Immediately notified and came to
the scene of the crime, together
with fingerprint experts, but no
clues to the robbery had been
found Tuesday afternoon.
Farm Scenes from Drought-Stricken West
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WASHINGTON . . . From out of the mid-west comes photographs of
desolatt wastes in the drought areas to supplement reports of the dire
need for relief and hurry the Federal Government in administering that
relief. Upper photo shows half starved cattle vainly seeking grazing
grounds on a drought-stricken farm near Dallas, S. Da. . . . Center photo
shows a congressional delegation from drought states leaving the White
House after conferring with President Roosevelt. Left to right, Sen.
Arthur Capper and Rep. Kathryn McCarthy, Kansas, Sen. Joseph T. Rob
inson, Ark., Sen. Lynn J. Frazier, N. Da., and Sen. John E. Erickson, of
Mont. . . . Bottom, a partly dust-buried farm house in South Dakota as a
result of choking dust storms during recent weeks.
DRKIRBY LOWE DIES
AT ADVANCED AGE
Reputed To Have Been
From 104 To 110
Years Old
Dr. Kirby Lowe, reputed to be from
104 to 110 years old, died at his home
in the Low Gap section of Surry
county oh June 9. The centenarian
had been in ill health for some time,
due to the infirmities of his age.
Dr. Lowe was one of the few re
maining veterans of the Civil War,
and an interesting incident is re
lated that one of his sons, age 75,
recently went to Dobson to get his
father's pension check. It is also
said that he has one daughter liv
ing who is reported to be 85 years
old.
The aged man merited the title
of Dr., not from a degree conferred
upon him from some hall of learn
ing, but because of his peculiar abili
ty to remove malignant growths
from those afflicted with them
without-surgery. It is said that he
could cure cancer by transferring it
from the patient to the knot on an
apple tree on his farm. In his
treatment he used a silver quarter
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BABY HOSPITAL AT
ROARING GAP OPENS
Dr. J. W. Griffin of Nat
ural Bridge, Va., Is
Resident Physician
The Baby Hospital at Roaring Gap
opened for Its sixth season on Mon
day of this week. Dr. L. J. Butler,
baby specialist, of Winston-Salem,
who has been in charge of the hos
pital since its opening, will continue
to be chief physician. Dr. J. W.
Griffin, of Natural Bridge, Va., has
been secured as resident physician.
Miss Mary Murphy, registered nurse,
will again be superintendent and will
be assisted by a staff of six registered
nurses.
As has been the custom in former
years, the weekly clinics will be held
each Saturday afternoon from 2 un
til 4 o'clock, beginning June 23, and
continuing through the Roaring Gap
season.
This splendid hospital is a gift of
Mr. and Mrs. James A. Gray, of
Winston-Salem and Is equipped with
22 beds and facilities to take care of
all babies from infants up to 12
years of age.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert H. Stevens
spent Sunday at Galax, Virginia, the
guests of Mrs. V. C. Cornette.
Pension Checks Have
Arrived At Dobson
The semi-annual pension checks
for the soldiers and widows of the
Confederacy in Sitrry county have
been received and are available at
the office of F. T. Lewellyn, clerk
of superior court in Dobson. The
total amount of the checks for
this half of the year is $9,900.
There are 89 soldiers and wid
ows on the pension list in the
county, and approximately three
fourths of the number are widows.
According to Mr. Lewellyn there
have been seven deaths of pen
sioners since the December 15,
1933 delivery.
COUNTY CLEANS UP
ITS SCHOOL BILLS
Will Be Able To Show A
Clean Slate By the
End of June
Setting up a new record in the
operation of the Surry county pub
lic school system. Superintendent of
Public Instruction John W. Comer
will be able to show a clean slate so
far as the payment of all bills for the
operating of schools for the last year
i& concerned.
Mr. Comer has been distributing
final salary checks to the teachers of
the Surry system this week and
states that he will be able to pay off
all remaining indebtedness for school
operation by the end of the month.
He explains that there yet remains
ome back salary and expense on for
mer school terms which are to be
paid out of srecial school tax funds
yet uncollected. The county, how
ever has-sufficient tax due the school
fund to pay all former obligations
and these will be taken care of as
the money is paid into the treasury.
To be able to close the school'year
with no debt is a record of which
any superintendent has reason to be
proud and only by careful attention
to every detail has this been made
possible.
Auction Sale of Hamby
Property Next Saturday
The M. M. and J. W. Hamby
property on Elkin-Roaring Gap
highway, 5 miles north of Elkin,
will be sold at public auction on
Saturday, June 23. This property
has been sub-divided Into desirable
tracts, and is easily accessible to
local schools, via county school
buses and electricity is available.
- The sale will begin at 1 o'clock p.
m., and free souvenirs will be given
during the sale. J. B. Paries, of this
city, is selling agent, and the W. R.
Weir Auction company of Winston-
Salem, will conduct the sale.
ELKIN |
Gateway to
R>ari|vg
Gap and the
Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
MONDAY AFTER LONG
AND BUSY SESSION
Housing Bill Is Adopt
ed As Last Measure
On 'Must' List
TRIBUTE TO GARNER
The 76th Congress adjourned
Monday night, with party independ
ents in command and its program a
little more than complete.
That "little more" was the price
of adjournment exacted by the in
surgents in a bold last minute drive
which crushed the opposition of thj
Democratic leadership.
It consisted of the Dill railway la
bor dispute adjustment act, pushed
through to enactment even over the
decision of President Roosevelt to
let it go over to the next Congress.
The measure lay at the heart of
the parliamentary jam and criss
cross of filibusters which until early
Monday evening threatened to keep
Congress for days longer.
Senator Hastings, Republican, Del
aware, conducted a persistent one
man talking match against the bill,
but, learning that the Democratic
leaders had capitulated to the insur
gents and decided to wait him out
he abandoned his tactics.
With that measure out of the way,
the end came quickly through adop
tion of a conference report on the
administration housing, bill, last re-
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NEW POSTMASTER TO
BE INSTALLED SOON
Senate Confirms Ap
pointment of French
W. Graham
The United States Senate Satur
day confirmed the appointment of
French W. Graham as postmaster
for the local office. Mr. Oraham
will take over the office just as soon
as his bond is approved, probably
during next week.
Mr. Graham has previously served
as postmaster, filling the unexpired
term of the late J. H. Ball from 1920
to 1922.
A peculiar coincidence is that Mr.
Graham was succeeded by C. N.
Bodenheimer, present postmaster,
and Mr. Graham will now succeed
Mr. Bodenheimer, who has served
efficiently in this capacity for the
past twelve years.
TWO WRECKS OCCUR
SATURDAY EVENING
Blinded By Light Driver Crashes Into
Heavy Truck Parked By Curb,
Then Hits Building
The light car of Mr. *nd Mrs.
Odell Church and the car of DeWitt
Jackson and driveh by Russell
Hampton collided on t|w Winston-
Salem-Elkin highway, about four
miles east of Elkin late Saturday
evening. The occupants of the cars
escaped without injury, but the cars
were badly damaged.
Another accident occurred the
same evening when Ernest Edwards
of Ronda, was blinded by lights on
an approaching car and hit a heavy
truck parked by the curb on West
Main street, near the First Baptist
church. The impact caused Mr. Ed
wards to lose control of his car and
crash into the building occupied by
Lawrence Pressing Club on the op
posite side of the street. Mr. Ed
wards sustained minor cuts and
bruises and was carried to Hugh
Chatham Memorial hospital for first
aid treatment, but was discharged as
soon as his wounds were dressed.
Revival Meeting
Beginning the fourth Sunday in
June and continuing for ten days or
two weeks, there will be a retfval
meeting at the Jonesville Baptist
church. Rev. R. E. Adams, pastor of
the church, will be in charge of the
services and requests the coopera
tion of the citizens of Elkin and
Jonesville for a successful meetfhg.
The public is invited to attend.
Ice Cream Supper
There will be an ice cream supper
on the Jonesville Methodist church
lawn Saturday evening, beginning at
7 o'clock. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
Proceeds from the supper will be
used for repairs to the interior of
the church.