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VOL. No. xxni, No. 37
Elkin Fair To Be Held
Here October 18-19;
$600.00 Premium List
HOPE TO STAGE
CATTLE SHOW ON
OCTOBER 18TH
Fair Expected To Be
Better Than In Pre
ceding Years
LOCAL WAREHOUSE
The third annual Elkin Fair will
be held here October 18 and 19, it
was learned from Miss Edith Neaves,
secretary, following a meeting last
Thursday night of the board of fair
directors.
Plans for the fair, which include
one day and two nights, are pro
gressing nicely, Miss Neaves said,
with local merchants responding en
thusiastically and pledging to do
their part in making the event a
success.
Although the premium list has
not been announced, it is understood
that it will be larger than the list
of last year. Last year's premium
list was in excess of S6OO.
The fair will, as usual, be held in
McNeer's warehouse, and indications
point to a bigger and better event
than the two previous ones. The
premium list will soon be prepared
and printed and distributed to those
expecting to participate.
It is understood that the show
which is held each year by the North
Carolina Guernsey Cattle Club will
be held either in Elkin or at Klon
dike farm this year, and Ruohs Py
ron, a member of the club, has sta-
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CASE OF SPOTTED
FEVER IN YADKIN
Surry Man Died Of Un
usual Disease Several
Weeks Ago
The second case of Rocky Moun
tain spotted fever to be found in
Yadkin county was reported near
Boonville Monday by Dr. J. Roy
Hege, county health officer, who re
ported the patient was "doing nice
ly."
An entire Surry county family was
recently stricken by the disease,
which resulted fatally for one mem
ber.
The Yadkin case is that of Minor
Vestal, 7-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Vestal.
"Ticks are the carriers of the di
sease," Dr. Hege stated, pointing out
that the b;;st preventative is "to
clear yourself of ticks that may be
come attached to your body %hile
rambling in brush, picking black
berries or traveling in the woods."
The ticks get the disease from
rodents and transfer it to man.
There have been approximately 40
cases reported in North Carolina in
the history of the state. Approxi
mately 16 per cent of the victims
have died.
FRENCH GRAHAM
NOW POSTMASTER
C. N. Bodenheimer
Turns Office Over
To Successor
C. N. Bodenheimer, postmaster
here for the past 12 years, Satur
day at midnight turned the postof
fice over to French Graham, his
Democratic successor, who is now in
charge.
Mr. Bodenheimer, in giving up his
office, stated that he wished to
thank everydhe fo the cooperation
they had accorded him during his
term, and that he had done his best
to give good postal service during
the past 12 years.
Mr. Graham, who was postmaster
when Mr. Bodenheimer went into
office 12 years ago, received his com
mission from Washington the lat
ter part of last week.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Bonthron In Europe
NEW YORK . . . Bill Bonthron
(above), of Princeton University,
America's world record breaker in
the 1500 meter run, heads the
Princeton and Cornell track stars
now in England to face Cambridge
and Oxford teams.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN
HERE SUNDAY, 29TH
Rev. W. A. Way Will
Preach At Pilgrim
Mission Services
A revival meeting will begin at
the Pilgrim Mission, West Main
street Sunday, July 29, and continue
until August 12.
Rev. W. A. Way, pastor of the
Liberty Hill Pilgrim Holiness church
of Greensboro, will be the evangelist.
Rev. Mr. Way has had about thirty
years experience as a pastor and
evangelist and is widely known to
radio audiences, having broadcasted
over WBIG, Greensboro, for the past
three years.
Miss Huldah Way, the pianist, is
an accomplished musician. Miss
Way has assisted her father in the
weekly broadcast. The Liberty Hill
radio quartette will render special
singing during the meeting. This
quartette is also popular with radio
listeners.
The pastor. Rev. G. A. Castevens,
extends a welcome to the ministers
and citizens of Elkin and Jonesville,
and the surrounding communities.
CHARLES W. GILLIAM
DIES AT HIS HOME
Prominent Wilkes Man
Had Been In De
clining Health
Charles Walker Gilliam, 79, prom
inent citizen of the Bethel com
munity of Wilkes county, passed
away at his home Saturday morn
ing at 4:20. He had been in declin
ing health for several months and
had been seriously ill two weeks be
fore his passing.
The death of Mr. Gilliam removes
from the community one of its best
known and most influential citizens.
He had spent his entire life in the
community and sponsored many
movements towards the betterment
of the section. He was a successful
farmer and merchant, and a loyal
charter member of the Bethel
Baptist church, where he had
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Cancer Is Fatal To
Jonesville Citizen
Pinley G. Poster, 46, died at his
home in Jonesville Tuesday follow
ing a three years illness from can
cer. The deceased was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Poster of Mocks
ville, who survive him, together with
his wife, Mrs. Collie Macemore Pos
ter, one sister and one brother, Mrs.
Brag Smith and J. M. Poster, both
of Mocksville.
The deceased was a devout mem
ber of the Christian church. Funeral
services will be held today from the
Knobs church, in charge of Rev.
John Hinson and Rev. Cleat Sim
mons, and Interment will be in the
church cemetery.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1934
I ATE NEWQ
from the '
State and Nation
N. C. GETS
$1,464,195
Washington, July 24.—North
Carolina today was given grants
• totaling $1,464,195 by the federal
emergency relief administration,
most of which will be disbursed
in the state during August, with
a small sum to care for obliga
tions incurred this month, ac
cording to an announcement by
acting administrator Aubrey Wil
liams.
The fund assigned North Car
olina includes $1,000,000 for gen
eral relief work during the com
ing month, $40,000 for transient
relief, $200,000 for rural rehabili
tation, $2,250 for the resident
camp for unemployed women,
$44,000 for educational work,
$24,000 for professional work pro
jects, $150,000 for care of cattle
from drought areas, and $3,945 to
meet obligations incurred this
month in relief research.
THREE KILLED
IN WRECK
Greenville, S. C., July 24.
Three persons were killed and 28
injured, two seriously, after the
truck in which they were riding
left the Greer highway near Cae
sar's Head, 30 miles north of
Greenville today and plunged 15
feet down an embankment.
The dead:
Rev. Charles De Vineau, about
35, Catholic priest of Charleston.
Edward Joseph Bevis, 16,
Charleston.
James T. John Quinn, 11, of
Charleston.
NYE SAYS HE'LL
DO AWAY WITH NRA
Washington, July 24. Sena
tor Nye, Republican, North Da
kota, disclosed today he would
propose a substitute for NRA at
the next session of . Congress
which would virtually eliminate
the blue eagle unit as it now
stands.
The North Dakota senator said
the legislation he plans would re
move the power to insert fair
practice provisions in NRA codes.
The recovery organization would
be left authority to deal only with
wages, hours, child labor and oth
er conditions of employment.
PEOPLE DYING AT
RATE 15 AN HOUR
Continued sizzling heat has
claimed an estimated 700 lives
throughout the nation during the
current seige. At 2 p. m. (central
standard time) Tuesday 688 fa
talities had been reported at the
rate of 15 an hour.
Virtually no deaths have been
reported from the Pacific coast
or the Rocky Mountain states but
in other parts of the nation addi
tional deaths occurred hourly.
MANY ATTENDING
4-H CLUB MEET
Raleigh, July 24.—Members of
4-H clubs over the - entire state
were arriving here tonight for the
annual short course at North
Carolina State College which be
gins tomorrow and continues to
July 30.
Around 500 boys and girls are
expected to attend the course.
FATHER OF ELKIN
WOMAN PASSES
Mr. And Mrs. T. A.
Leeper Are Called
To Belmont
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Leeper were
called to Belmont the latter part of
the week on account of the critical
illness of Mrs. Leeper's father, A.
A. Cathey. Mr. Cathey, who was
82 years old, had been in ill health
for several weeks. He passed away
Monday morning at 11:45.
Funeral services were held at Bel
mont Presbyterian church Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock and interment
was in Greenwood cemetery in Bel
mont. Mr. Cathey was a charter
member and an elder in the Bel
mont Presbyterian church.
He is survived by his wife and
seven daughters: Misses Martha,
Carrie, Margaret and Georgia Ca
they and Mrs. James Hagerty, all
of Belmont, Miss Edna Cathey, of
Oxford, Pa., and Mrs. T. A. Leeper
of this city.
Fraternity Holds Annual Election on High Seas
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BERMUDA . . . The Alpha Delta Phi, one of the oldest American Col
lege fraternities, celebrated its 102 nd year by holding the annual conven
tion and election of officers on the high seas enroute here aboard the
Queen of Bermuda of the Furness Lines. Photos show, (inset), Dr. Fred
rick Sill of the Kent School, Kent, Conn., elected Alpha Dela Phi Presi
dent for 1934. (Above), W. L. Momsen, secretary of Executive Council,
Eugene C. Worden, chairman Executive Council, and Irwin H. Cornell,
committee chairman of the Columbia U. chapter, sponsors of the voyage.
Scenic Highway To
Pass Near Mt. Airy
And Roaring Gap
The scenic highway connecting
the Shenandoah National Park
and the Great Smoky Mountain
Park will traverse the southern
crest of the Blue Ridge mountains,
touching Fancy Gap and Lowgap,
according to information that has
been issued by Harold L. Tckes,
secretary of interior. This por
tion of the southern route was
authorized last Thursday at noon.
In the announcement it was
stated that "this portion will be
from southern boundary of the
Shenandoah Park to James River
and from Adney Gap, near Roan
oke to Blowing Rock.
Under this routing the highway
will pass near Mount Airy .nd
■will probably pass near Ro' - ng
Gap,
Washington, July 24.—Survey
ors soon will start staking out the
Shenandoah-Great Smoky na
tional parkway as far south as
Blowing Rock.
Representative Doughton was
assured of this by Associate Park
Director A. £. Demaray and Di
rector of Public Roads Thomas
H. Mac Donald today, following
conferences with them at which
he urged that construction begin
as soon as possible.
DILLINGER'S LADY
FRIENDS ARE HELD
America's No. 1 Bad
Man Slain In Chi
cago Sunday
Chicago, July 24.—Two women,
one reported by police to have ac
companied John Dillinger to the
north side theatre where he was
slain by federal agents Sunday
night, were taken into custody to
night.
As a result of the detention of
the pair the Chicago Tribune de
clared the mysterious "woman in
red." either Dillinger's last sweet
heart or the woman entitled to the
reward for his death, had been
identified as Mrs. Rita Keele, Calu
met City and Gary divorcee, also
known as Polly Hamilton.
Government agents could not be
reached as they "were busy massing
a drive in the Wilson avenue dis
trict to apprehend those who har
bored Dillinger and to discover his
latest hideout.
The women held at the Sheffield
avenue police station were Mrs.
Anna Sage, 43, of 2420 N. Halsted
street, and Mrs. Maxlne Dunn, wait
ress who worked at the same north
side cafe where Mrs. Keele worked
periodically.
Mrs. Dunn identified the picture
of a comely brunette Dillinger car
ried in his watch as that of Mrs.
Keele, as did other employees of the
cafe.
Bhe was quoted as saying she
knew Mrs. Keele had been going
with Dillinger for some time and
believed that she was with him at
the theatre Sunday night.
More than 2,430 divorces were
granted in Reno last year.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE
TOBACCO BY STORMS
Estimated Five Per
Cent of Surry Coun
ty Crop Lost
Continued hailstorms in the vicin
ity of Mount Airy occurring during
the past week will cut the tobacco
crop in Surry county, according to
a survey of the damaged area dur
ing the past few days.
The worst hail storm destroyed
crops Tuesday a week ago along a
belt three miles wide and 10 miles
long between Mount Airy, and Pilot
Mountain. Storms Thursday, Satur
day and Monday did a great deal of
damage.
The storm Saturday destroyed
some of the finest tobacco in the
county from the Westfield section
into the northwestern corner of
Stokes and the southern edge of
Patrick counties, with about 100
farms suffering losses.
It has been estimated that the loss
by storms will approximate five per
cent of the tobacco crop.
BLANKETEERS WHIP
NORTH WILKESBORO
To Play Return Game
Here At 4:30 This
Afternoon
The Home Chair company, of
North Wilkesboro, will meet the
Chatham Blanketeers here this af
ternoon at 4:30 in an effort to
avenge a 4-3 licking given them
Tuesday afternoon at North Wilkes
boro.
Homers by Hambright and Mun
day, and good hitting by Crater and
Robbins, who each garnered two
hits out of four trys, won the game
for Elkin.
Crook, North Wilkesboro, got a
triple in the sixth inning. Parker
got three bases in the four for Elk
in.
Davis and Crater featured the
game with sensational catches.
Batteries: Home Chair Co., Crook
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SAMUEL R. SWAIM
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Jonesville Man Buried
From Fall Creek Bap
tist Church
Samuel Richard Swaim, 69, died
Monday at his home in Jonesville
following a three years illness, which
began with a stroke of paralysis.
The deceased was a native and a
life-long resident of Yadkin county,
but was in former years engaged in
business in this city. He was
highly esteemed and possesed a host
of friends. For the past twenty
five years he had been a member of
the Fall Creek Baptist church.
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ELKIN MBA
Gateway to
Roari^
Gap and the
Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IS BEIEVED THAT
JONESYILLE WOMAN
WAS GIVEN POISON
Nellie Chat, Colored,
Dies Sunday After
Sudden Illness
WOMAN SUSPECTED
An arrest was expected to be made
Wednesday afternoon in Cooleemee
of a Negro woman who is suspected
of the murder of Nellie Grey Chat,
Jonesville colored woman who died
suddenly Sunday morning of what
officers believed to be poison.
The Chat woman, wife of Charlie
Chat, had been in Cooleemee as the
guest of an unknown colored wom
an for a week preceeding her mys
terious death. She was brought home
Sunday morning about 4:00 o'clock
by this woman, and was taken ill a
few minutes later. She died three
hours later.
According to members of her fam
ily, the victim was said to have sta
ted immediately after becoming ill
that the woman with whom she had
been staying, and a man companion,
had held her and made her drink
something they described as whisky.
Dr. Leak, Yadkin county coroner,
who examined the body, stated that
it was covered with blisters and
changed color shortly after death.
He described the blisters as a symp
tom of poisoning.
Deputy Sheriff R. F. Evridge, of
Jonesville, who has been investigat
ing the case, stated that the de
ceased and the woman with whom
she had stayed in Coolemee had evi
dently both been interested in the
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STEALS CAR, THEN
FLAGS PATROLMAN
Elmer Vestal In Jail For
Theft Of Automobile
Here
If you must hitch hike, don't steal
a car, abandon it, and then try to
pick up a ride with a state highway
patrolman.
Elmer (Dunk) Vestal, of
did that very thing, and as a result
is now in jail in lieu of S3OO bond
awaiting trial at the October term
of Yadkin superior court.
According to the record. Vestal
borrowed a car from Ernest Sherrill,
colored, stating that he wanted to go
home to dinner. That was on a
Saturday. Monday he hadn't gotten
back from dinner and a search dis
closed the machine abandoned on a
country road in Yadkin county.
Later in the day as Corporal W.
B. Lentz, of the state hiphway pa
trol was touring in Yadkin, a young
man thumbed him for a ride. He
stopped, took the young man in,
and after listening to his passenger's
tale that his name was Martin and
that he was on his way to Winston-
Salem, arrested him.
Vestal had flagged the wrong
man.
SINKING FUND IS
BEING LIQUIDATED
Eleven Loans Out Of
Eighty Have Been
Paid In Full
Raleigh, July 23.—Yadkin coun
ty's sinking fund has been broughr.
out of the kinks in a remarkably de
gree during the pa4t year, although
it has been necessary for the county
to charge off a considerable amount,
take over property and make settle
ments for amounts less than the
original loans in several cases, ac
cording to the semi-annual report of
the fund to the Local Government
Commission, as of June 30, by W. A.
Hall, president of the Bank of Yad
kin, county treasurer.
Of the 80 loans on the records a
year ago, 11 have been paid in full
since that time, the county has
taken over property or sold it in six
other cases, four important loans have
been charged off as full losses, and
in one case the county commission
ers settled for less than the amount
of the loan, Mr. Hall reports. Back
interest has been collected for one.
two, three or four years and except
for about a dozen loans,- the Interest
is well up to date.