"The Best
wr Little Town
In North
Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIII, No. 33
PROMINENT ELKIN
MAN IS TAKEN BY
DEATH THURSDAY
Julius Lee Hall, 60, Sue
cumbs to Attack of
Pneumonia
ILL SEVERAL YEARS
Solemn funeral rites were held
from the First Methodist church
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock for
Julius Lee Hall, 60, prominent Elkin
citizen, who died at his home on
West Main street late Thursday
evening. Mr. Hall had been a suf
ferer from rheumatism for the past
several years and for sixteen months
prior to his death he had been con
fined to his room. However, he de
veloped bronichal pneumonia a short
time before his passing, which was
| the immediate cause of his death.
The deceased had been a resident
of Elkin for the past twenty years
and during that time was identified
with the civic, business and church
affairs of the town. He was a mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal
church. Mr. Hall retired from ac
tive business four years ago, due
p. to his decline in health, but prior to
that he was market buyer for the
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company for
33 years. He was affiliated with the
first tobacco market in Elkin and
had resided here since that time.
Mr. Hall was a native of Alamance
county, where he was born on Sep
tember 8, 1873. On July 31, 1901
he was married to Miss Mary Ethel
Hardbarger, who survives him,
with the following sons and daugh
ters: Julius Hall, Jr., Miss Janie Hall,
Clyde, Bernard, Moir and Eugene
Hall and Miss Catherine Hall; one
little granddaughter, Bonnie Jane
Hall, all of Elkin. Two sisters, Mrs.
J. L. King and Mrs. J. W. Johnson,
and three brothers: John A. Hall, H.
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300 UNEMPLOYED
ARE GIVEN WORK
Surry County CCC Quo
ta Is Announced As
Twenty-Four
More than three hundred unem
ployed Surry county citizens have
been placed on four work projects
now being completed under the
Emergency Relief Administration,
according to a statement from Mrs.
Emma Reece Mock Thursday. These
projects were originally started un
der the CWA program and include
the Mount Airy street improvements,
the Elkin sewer system, the Beulah
school sanitary plant and the Cope
land high school gymnasium.
Mrs. Mock also stated that the
Surry county quota for enlistment
in the CCC camps would be twenty
four young men, a notice having
been received to that effect Thurs
day morning. The candidates must
be single boys and men between the
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High School Principals
To Hold Convention
A conference of all high school
superintendents in the county will be
held this morning (Thursday) in the
high school building at Dobson, ac
cording to an announcement made
by John W. Comer, head of the Sur
ry school system. The meeting will
convene at 10 o'clock.
> Dr. J. Henry Highsmith, state
inspector of high schools, will be
present to explain to the teachers
the new course of study to be taught
in the public schools in the 1934-35
term.
About thirty principals, in addition
to other instructors, are expected to
"Meanest Man" Kills
Little Fish At
Watauga Hatchery
Another "meanest man in the
world" has been discovered in
Watauga county in the form of
an unknown* person who drained
the breeding pool at the Watauga
fish hatchery and caused the un
timely death of several hundred
of the finest trout obtainable.
Whoever perpetrated the crime
left no clue whatever, according
to C.B. Smathers, who Is In
charge of the state hatchery.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
May Be Bride
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OBERAMMERGAU, Bavaria . .
Miss Clara Mayr (above), the Mars
Magdalene of this year's Passion
Play, is to be a bride and live in the
U. S. if the commission will (rani
permission. She will wed Anton
Lang, Jr., now of Georgetown Uni
versity faculty.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
MANY FEARED DEAD
IN SHIP COLLISION
Lorient, France, June 27.
(Wednesday)—A passenger boat
carrying 100 arsenal workers was
rammed from the rear last night
by another vessel and sunk with
her human cargo. The loss of life
was still unchecked early today.
At least a score were feared to
have been carried out to sea by
a treacherous current flowing past
the mouth of Lorient harbor. The
official toll stood at six dead and
six injured.
Quick work by heroic divers
diminished the death toll, which
at first was feared to be high.
Dock workers and sailors plunged
into the waters over the sinking
vessel and rescued all the pas
se*" ts trapped in the ship's
cabin. Early today the boat was
raised and towed to port at low
tide.
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
OVER RADIO TONIGHT
Washington, June 26.—The peo
ple of North Carolina will have an
opportunity Thursday night to
hear President Roosevelt give an
accounting of the progress thus
far made under the new deal pro
gram, a speech which will prob
ably be of 20 minutes duration.
The President is to leave Wash
ington Saturday for his vacation,
which will include a visit to Ha
waii, returning via the northwest
in five or six weeks.
In the talk Thursday night,
which is to be one of the famous
fireside chats, the President is ex
pected to present a digest of the
work of the administration since
the beginning of the year, and the
hope is entertained that the
President's utterances will afford
an intimation of what his fellow
countrymen may expect during
the remainder of the year, and
from the next session of Congress.
REVENUE OFFICE TO BE
MOVED TO GREENSBORO
Washington, June 26.—The of
fice of collector of internal reve
nue for North Carolina, the largest
in point of collections in the coun
try, is to be moved from Raleigh
to Greensboro without further de
lay. What is believed to be the
final word on this subject was
spoken by Secretary Morganthau,
of the treasury, this afternoon,
and it is now understood that the
office records, equipment and per
sonnel will be transferred to
Greensboro—the home prepared
for these things in the new fed
eral building there—not lata* than
July 15.
GILL GIVEN LIST TO CHECK
IN PAROLES RACKET PROBE
Raleigh, June 26.—1. M Bailey,
president of the North Carolina
state bar, today furnished Edwin
M. Gill, parole commissioner, with
a list of names of attorneys and
prisoners for checking in connec
tion with the investigation of the
alleged "parole racket" in the
state.
Mr. Bailey declined to comment,
stating that "so far as I am con
cerned It is not public yet." Mr.
Gill also refused to discuss the
matter. He Is compiling his re
port and probably will submit it
to Governor Ehrlnghaua this
week.
The Wake county grand jury Is
also continuing its investigation
of the parole fraud reports.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1934
BURKE CALLS FOR
A SECOND PRIMARY
IN 17TH DISTRICT
Trailing Rousseau By
Approximately 500
x*' *it ■ Us** *
CONTEST SATURDAY
Candidate for Judge in the seven
teenth judicial district, J. Hayden
Burke, of Taytersvlll#, announced
Monday night that he has called for
a second primary Wth Julius A.
Rousseau, of North Wilkesboro, fol
lowing primary Investigations in
Alexander and Wftket counties whim
reduced Mr. Burked lead of several
hundred totes over Rousseau to a
figure where he was trailing ths
North Wilkesboro mayor.
The investigation resulted i n
throwing out numerous votes in
Alexander and a few in Wilkes coun
ty, which placed the standing of the
three contestants as follows: Rous
seau 4,718; Burke 4,184 and John
W. Ragland, the third candidate, 1,-
024. The close count between the
two high men makes a second pri
mary necessary in the event it is
called for.
In the statement issued Monday,
Mr. Burke stated;
"After what I believe to be due
consideration, I have decided to call
for a second primary to determine
the nomination of a candidate for
Judge of the Superior Court of the
17th Judicial District, which I am
informed will be held on next Sat
urday, June 30th.
"I wish to tender to my supporters
throughout the district my heartfelt
thanks for their loyal support, and
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UNUSUAL DISEASE
TAKES ONE VICTIM
George Tilley, Surry
Man, Dies Monday
of Spotted Fever
George Tilley, farmer, of near Pilot
Mountain, one of a family afflicted
with an unusual disease believed tc
be Rocky Mountain spotted fever,
died at 7 o'clock Monday morning.
His wife and chiF Mso afflicted
with the disease, are said to be im
proving.
The malady is said to be an in
fectious disease transmitted by the
bite of a wood tick and has usually
been confined to the western moun
tain range. It is said to be found in
its worst form in the Bitter Root
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Machinery Arriving
For Furniture Plant
Two truck loads of machinery ar
rived yesterday from Morristown,
Tenn., and more trucks are expected
today, with machinery for the Mor
ristown Manufacturing Company,
which has leased the Biltrite Furni
ture company plant in this city. It
is expected that the plant will begin
operation just as soon as the ma
chinery is installed, possibly within
the next ten days.
Young Surry Man Badly
Injured In Auto Wreck
Floyd Mooney, 23, of near Dobson, Is
a patient at Hugh Chatham Memo
rial hospital, suffering from .severe
facial injuries received in an auto
mobile accident Sunday afternoon
on the Elkin-Dobson highway. The
young man lost control of his car
and failed to make a sharp curve
and tumbled over an embankment.
Mooney is expected to recover, des
pite the severity of his wounds.
Install Machinery For
Operation of Gold Mine
With over SI,OOO worth of mining
machinery already installed, active
operation of a gold mine located six
miles north of Elkin on the south
prong of Mitchell's River Is to get
under way Monday morning, it was
learned Wednesday from W. M.
Dickerson, who with his partner, J.
W. Brookshire, have leased the land
upon which the mine Is located and
who will operate it.
According to Mr. Dickerson, ore
from the mine has assayed from
Dreaded Disease, Anthrax, Breaks
Out In Yadkin County; Medicine
Is Rushed By Airplane To Victim
Three Charming Smiles in Beauty Finals
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CHICAGO . . . More than 25,000 beautiful American girls strived for
the honors won by these three young ladies. Now the three are coming
here to compete for the honor of being the "Queen of Dental Charm." They
were picked by McClelland Barclay and committee of beauty experts. They
are, (left to right) Miss Mary Elizabeth Bort of Long Beach, Calif., Miss
Georgie Berry of Richmond, Va., and Miss Mildred M. Smith of Wilbur,
Wash.
SAFE FOUND IN THE
YADKIN IDENTIFIED
Was the Property of Mc-
Neer's Here Whose
Home Was Robbed
The safe located in the waters of
the Yadkin river by a swimming
party on the evening of June 10,
has been positively identified as the
safe which was stolen from the
"home of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. McNeer
of this city on the evening of March
14. 1933.
The McNeer home was entered
and the safe and its contents, total
ing stocks, monies and valuables in
the amount of approximately $12,000
were stolen, while th® family was at
tending the local theatre.
The contents of the safe, with the
exception of about S4OO worth of
building and loan stock, about S2OO
in money and a fraternity pin were
returned about two weeks after the
robbery. The loot was placed in a
flour sack and put on the McNeer
porch, early in the evsfiing.
Positive identification of the safe
was made through discovery of the
fraternity pin which was found in a
small compartment of the safe. The
pin was the property of Mrs. Mc-
Neer, and was inscribed with her
maiden name, "Maude Fields".
It is believed that the thieves
looted the safe, took the money and
the stocks, hid the remainder and
later returned it to the McNeer
home, and threw the safe over the
bridge. No definite clues to the
robbery were ever ascertained.
Local 5 And 10-Cent
Store Changes Hands
A business deal of considerable
importance was transacted here the
early part of the week when Claude
H. Parrell purchased the stock of
French W. Graham, of the Graham
and Click 5 and 10 Cent store. Mr.
Graham, who has been the active
partner in the business for the past
several years will devote his time to
his official duties as postmaster. Mr.
Farrell will be in charge of the store,
which will continue to operate un
der the name of Graham and Click.
If you go to sleep in church you
are not qualified to criticize the ser
mon.
sl.lO to $47.63 per ton. He stated
that it can be profitably operated
upon a $3.00 per ton yield.
The mine is what is known as a
placer mine, the ore first being
crushed and then washed for gold
deposits. Mr. Dickerson stated that
although he could not say in what
quantities gold would be found, ev
ery indication pointed to a profita
ble yield.
The land upon which the mine is
located was leased from E. B. Hud
son, Jule Marshall and D. A. Carter.
Health Department
Asks Cooperation
In Mosquito Fight
Numerous complaints have
been iqade by (be local citizenry
to the county Health Department
because of the mosquito menace
here this summer. In this con
nection the Health Department is
sues the following statement: "In
order to control the situation of
the mosquitoes here, citizens are
requested by the Health Depart
ment to make a thorough inspec
-tion of their premises for cans
and barrels of standing and stag
nant water. Also to be sure to
clean roof gutters, as they often
become clogged with leaves,
thereby causing the water to pond
and form a breeding place for
mosquitoes. This Is one of the
most frequently found breeding
places of the insects. The mosqui
to is not only a disease carrying
insect but a household pest, and
every effort is urged for their ex
termination."
The health Department is hav
ing all ponds and pools in and
near the town properly sprayed.
RAY AND HUFFMAN
ARE BOUND OVER
Participants In Affray
Are Placed Under
S3OO Bond Each
Ransom Ray and W. O. Huffman,
both of East Elkin, were bound over
to the next term of Surry county
superior court Monday afternoon fol
lowing a hearing before Magistrate
J. L. Hall, on charges of forcible
trespass and assault a§ to Ray and
assault with a deadly weapon as to
Huffman. Bond was set at S3OO
each.
The hearing was the outcome of a
fight which took place between the
two men on the night of May 12
at the Huffman home, in which Ray
was badly beaten about the head
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CHARLES W. RAY, 79,
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Respected Fanner Had Been In 111
Health For About Two Months;
Funeral Held Friday
Charles Wesley Ray. 79, passed
away at his home five miles north
of this city on, Thursday of last
week, from an illness of about two
months duration. The deceased was
a prosperous fanner and was well
known in his community.
Funeral services were held Friday
morning from Poplar Springs church,
in charge of Rev. Eli Jordon and
Rev. Mi. Reece, and interment was
in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his wife and sev
en children: Mrs. A. L. Gentry, Mrs.
Spencer Mooney, Mrs. Raymond
Carter and K. F. Key, all of Odn;
W. L. Ray, W. A. Ray and Mrs. Paul
Nixon, all of Winston-Salem.
BLKIN _
Gateway to
Roarl|\g
Gap and the
Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SITUATION SAID TO
BE ALARMING; SEVEN
COWS ARE VICTIMS
Every Precaution Being:
Taken To Head Off
Disease
CANNOT SELL MILK
By W. E. RUTLEDGE
Yadkinville. —(Special to The Tri
bune).—Following an investigation
of the serious illness of Clarence
Howell, 12-year-old Yadkinville boy,
it has been learned that the dreaded
disease anthrax! is prevalent to al
most an alarming extent in the Yad
kinville section. Up to noon yester
day seven head of cattle had died,
all in one section of the town of Yad
kinville. All cases where a definite
test was made were shown to be
anthrax.
One week ago Monday the Howell
boy was bitten on the lower part of
the cheek by a fly. A sore soon
developed and his mother, Mrs.
Howell, painted it with iodine. Next
day the place was examined more
thoroughly. Late in the afternoon
he was sent to Dr. Mackie, local
physician, who observed consider
able swelling and hastened him to
the Hugh Chatham hospital at
Elkin, where a blood test was
made for blood poison. When this
failed, a smear was taken from the
sore which showed the germ of
anthrax plainly. Dr. H. I*. Johnson,
of the Elkin hospital, hastened to
Yadkinville to inform Dr. Mackie
and the parents of his findings and
tell them of the seriousness of the
case.
Medicine by Airplane
Dr. Mackie returned to Elkin with
him and they ordered the proper
medicine by telegraph at midnight
and it was sent from Baltimore. Md.,
by airplane next morning. The con
dition of the patient had grown
more serious all the time, but upon
arrival of the medicine, which cost
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WELFARE SURVEY IS
SHOWING PROGRESS
Asks Cooperation of Cit
izens For Complete
Survey of County
The work of the child welfare sur
vey, which is being conducted by the
American Legion and Auxiliary, is
progressing favorably, according to
Mrs. Fred McNeely, county worker,
but during the remaining two weeks
of the campaign Mrs. McNeely re
quests the co-operation of citizen*
in general for a complete survey of
the county. Records are sought of
all children who are deaf, blind, phy
sically weak from disease and under
nourishment, both of World War
veterans and citizens generally.
The combination funds, which in
cluded the income from a five mil
lion dollar endowment of the legion,,
and the facilities of the Warm
Springs Foundation and other agen
cies, make it possible for a liberal
sum to be donated to each county
for the care of underprivileged and
undernourished children. In this
connection a nation-wide survey is
being made of all needy children.
Headquarters for the county are es
tablished here and communications:
may be addressed to Mrs. McNeely
personally or to the Auxiliary of the
American Legion.
The co-operation of citizens gener
ally is not only desired but is essen
tial to the success of this survey.
Merchants Assn.
Announces Stores
Will Close July 4th
Local stores and badness houses
will be closed Wednesday, July 4,
in celebration of Independence
Day, according to Miss Edith
Neaien, secretary of the EOdn
Merchants ■seeeiaHm. No special
plans hare been nade for the ob
servation of the day hen.