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— ELKIN
"The Best
Little Town
In North
-••oommmt Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIV, No. 1
Earl Holbrook Fatally
Injured In Auto Crash;
Drivers Are Arrested
MORGAN LEDBEHER
AND J. L. COTHREN
UNDER SI,OOO BOND
To Face Manslaughter
Hearing Before Hall
December 14
LAST RITES FRIDAY
As the result of an automobile
collision which occurred about 7:30
o'clock Wednesday morning at the
intersection of Market street and
Gwyn Avenue, Earl Holbrook, ibout
40, of Jonesville, received an injury
from which he died at 11:20 a. m.
r at Hugh Chatham Memorial hospi
tal.
Following the accident, Morgan
Ledbetter, of Yadkin county, driver
of the car in which Holbrook was
riding, and J. L. Cothren, driver of
the other car involved in the acci
dent, were placed under SI,OOO bond
each to await a hearing December
14 before Magistrate J. L. Hall on
charges of manslaughter.
Bruce Renegar, an occupant of
the car in which Holbrook was a
passenger, received a bad cut about
the head, but was dismissed from
the local hospital following medical
attention. Ledbetter and Miles
Shore, another occupant of the car,
were uninjured with the exception
of minor facial cuts. Cothren was
also uninjured.
The accident occurred at the north
end of the Hugh Chatham bridge,
the right end of the bumper of Mr.
Cothren's car striking the left rear
wheel of the T model Ford touring
car which Ledbetter was driving,
causing it to skid completely around
where it turned over on the left side,
pinning Holbrook, who was in the
rear seat, beneath it.
Immediately following the acci
dent, the injured man was placed in
a car driven by Graham Hanes, who
aided by Paul Price and L. C. Murray
rushed him to the hospital.
An examination at the hospital
disclosed a hole in Holbrook's skull
which was described as being about
half the size of a baseball, and
through which his brains were visa
ble.
Although given no chance of life
by medical attendants at the hospi
tal, the dying man lingered on until
11:20, when he passed away without
regaining consciousness.
Holbrook was the father of nine
children, the youngest being only
a few weeks old. In addition to the
children, he is survived by his wife
and two brothers and one sister,
John and Sam Holbrook, and Mrs.
Clay Crouse, all of High Point.
Although funeral arrangements
have not been completed, the funeral
will probably be held Friday.
AGEDYADKIN WOMAN
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Melinda Carter
Long Dies At Ripe
Old Age Of 91
Mrs. Melinda Carter Long, 91,
passed away at her home in Long
- town Friday following an illness of
five years from rheumatism and
general infirmities. Her condition
had been grave since she sustained
a paralytic stroke several days prior
fc to her death.
Mrs. Long was perhaps the oldest
woman in Yadkin county and her
influence in the community where
* she had spent her long life had been
vital. She was the last to pass of the
family of the late James Carter and
Mrs. Rhoda Pinnix Carter.
The deceased was the widow of
the late J. Wilson Long, who died
many years ago. She is survived by
three daughters and one son: Mrs.
( Vance Anthony, Mrs. Alice Holcomb,
Miss Mary Long and Virgil Long, all
of Yadkin county. Several grand
children and great-grandchildren al
so survive.
Funeral services were held Satur
« day at 12 o'clock at Longtown by
Rev. W. J. S. Walker, a former pas
tor of the deceased and interment
was In the Longtown cemetery.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Wings Across Pacific
I N •'
LOS ANGELES . . . "Sorry I'm
early," was the smiling welcome of
Kingsford-Smith, noted Australian
airman, as he set his plane down
here, completing a flying hour trip,
Australia to Los Angeles in 54 hours,
49 minutes for a total of 7,365 miles.
ROYALL REUNION IS
ATTENDED BY MANY
Dr. M. A. Royall One Of
Speakers; Reunion
Next Year In Sept.
The reunion of the Royall family
on November 4 was well attended.
Many interesting facts regarding the
family were brought out by the
speakers, Dr. M. A. Royall of this
city, and J. A. J. Royall, of Thur
mond.
At this meeting an organization
was perfected to plan for the annual
reunion. The 1935 reunion will be
held on the first Sunday in Septem
ber, at Center church in Yadkin
county. J. A. J. Royall was elected
secretary of the Surry, Wilkes and
Alleghany members of the family
and the Yadkin county secretary is
Virge Swaim, of Boonville.
A bountiful dinner was served pic
nic style at noon. Rev. Prank
Weatherman offered the invocation.
A sermon by Rev. George W. Miles
and special music by the Elkin Val
ley choir were features of the day's
program.
STAGE PROGRAM FOR
KIWANIS CLUB HERE
Lucy Hanes Chatham
Club Uses Armistice
Day Theme Friday
An impressive Armistice program,
)y members of the Lucy Hanes Chat
ham club was staged for the local
Kiwanians Friday night dyring their
meeting at Hotel ElkirfT
The program was under the di
rection of Miss Juanita Billings,
president of the local L. H. C. club,
and was highly enjoyed by the Ki
wanis club.
I A highlight of the program was
the enactment of three songs by a
quartette made up of Misses Ruth
Reece, Estelle Powers, Dorothy Pen
field and Myrtle Young. Mrs.
Charlie Young, Sonny Brewer, Sam
Brannon, Collie Young, Collie Myers
and Sam Atkinson transformed in
to a living picture each of the songs
which were of nation-wide popular
ity during the World War.
In addition to the quartet, the
program was as follows:
Song: "Tenting On the Old Camp
Ground": Invocation, Miss Mary Et
ta Laffoon; Reading, Miss Katherine
Brannon; Solo, Miss Estelle Powers;
"The Path of Peace", Miss Leona
Darnell.
"Work faithfully eight hours a
day and don't worry. Then in time
you may become the boss and work
twelve hours a day and do all the
worrying."
SLKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1934
ELKIN SADDENED BY
UNEXPECTED DEATH
OF MRS. J. B. BIVINS
Local Woman Passe
Away Wednesday
From Heart Attack
FINAL RITES TODAY
Mrs. Mary Lucy Bivins, 69, one
of Elkin's most beloved women;
passed away quietly Wednesday
morning about 5 o'clock from an
acute heart attack. Mrs. Bivins had
been indisposed with a cold for sev
eral days but had not been confined
to her bed, and her passing- was a
distinct rhock.
The deceased was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. James Chat
ham, pioneer residents of Elkin, and
the widow of the late James B. Biv
ins, who died about three years ago.
Probably no woman in Elkin was
more admired than Mrs. Bivins; her
devotion to her family and her
sweetness of disposition were her
outstanding qualities. She was a de
vout member of the First Methodist
church and a member of the Wom
ans' Missionary society. Since the
death of her husband she had made
her home with her only daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Carpenter, at whose home
her death occurred. She still main
tained the family home on Surry
Avenue, opening it only when her
children who lived away came to
visit her.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. Marie Bivins Carpenter, Elkin;
and four sons, Capt. H. A. Bivins,
Dayton, Ohio; W. E. Bivins, Ruther
fordton; Prank Bivins, Morganton,
and Joe Bivins, Elkin, and the fol
lowing sisters and brother: Misses
Minnie and Annie Chatham, Elkin;
Mrs. W. J. McNeely, Mooresville;
Mr.s. Jennie Gordon, Winston-
Salem; Mrs. William Hubbard, Mo
ravian Falls and Joseph Chatham,
East Bend. Nine grandchildren also
survive.
Tentative funeral arrangements are
set for this afternoon, (Thursday),
at the home of Mrs. Carpenter on
West Main street, pending the ar
rival of a son, Capt. H. A. Bivins,
who is at present in Little Rock,
Arkansas.
JACK GROCE, 67, IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Yadkin County Man
Passes Away Tuesday
Evening At 7 o'Clock
Jack Oroce, aged 67, passed away
at his home at Rena, between Brooks
Cross Roads and Jonesville, at seven
o'clock Tuesday evening. He had
been in declining health for some
time, suffering a stroke of paralysis
about two months ago. He spent
some time in the hospital, but had
returned to his home.
Mr. Groce was born in Yadkin
county and had spent all of his
life in the county. He was one of
the most prominent farmers of Yad
kin and took an active part in the
public affairs of the county. He is
survived by his widow, who was Miss
Callie Swaim, and by thirteen
children. They are as follows: Dew
ey Oroce, of near Yadkinville; Noah,
Henry, Sol, Kennerly, Peter, Odell
and Farmer Oroce, of the home sec
tion; Misses Sallie and Vergie Swaim,
of the home; Mrs. Pearl Campbell,
Mrs. Onie Cheek and Mrs. Sudie
Vestal. Thirty grandchildren also
i survive and one brother, Rich Groce.
Funeral services will be held at
Swaims Baptist church this morning
at eleven o'clock, and will be in
charge of Rev. V. M. Swaim, Rev.
Joe Binkley, Rev. L. B. Murray and
the pastor, Rev. Ellis Norman. In
terment will be in the church ceme
tery.
Beautifying Grounds
At Local Hospital
An extensive beautification pro
gram of the grounds at Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital is being con
ducted by the Woman's Auxiliary of
the hospital. A number of trees
have been donated by Ruohs Pyron
and several shrubs by Paul Gwyn.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Lindhurst, who
are supervising the work, have given
a number of tulip bulbs from their
gardens. Private subscriptions have
been solicited, the proceeds of which
have been used for the purchase of
boxwoods and other shrubs for the
work.
Less than two pounds of radium
are available for use in the world
today.
Hauptmann Attorney
1 yr£i
I ■£« >3 raw
TRENTON, N. J. . . . Edward J.
Reilly (above), noted criminal law
yer of Brooklyn, N. Y., has been
called in to take charge of the
Hauptmann defense in the Lind
bergh kidnapping trial, scheduled for
Jan. 2nd, 1935. Mrs. Hauptmann
retained Reilly in a change of law
yers.
COMMUNITY TREE IS
PLANNED FOR ELKIN
Hope To Load It With
Gifts For Elkin's
Unemployed
At a meeting of the Elkin Mer
chants association Tuesday night,
plans were made for a gigantic com
munity Christmas tree to be located
on one of the vacant lots in the
downtown section, from which will
be distributed Christmas Eve baskets
of food, clothing and supplies for
Elkin's needy families and their
children, it was learned Wednesday
from Miss Edith Neaves, secretary.
The Merchants association is seek
ing to secure the aid of the town's
civic organizations in this enterprise,
namely, the Woman's club, Kiwanis
club and the Associated Charities.
It is their plan to have the tree
beautifully decorated with colored
lights.
During the meting it was pointed
out that in the efforts all citizens
are now making to increase employ
ment and restore prosperity and hap
piness in this community, nothing is
of more vital importance than to
see that all buying by local people
be done here. Money spent else
where is of no benefit to the com
munity but money spent here bene
fits everyone locally.
Further details regarding Christ
mas plans will be available later, and
it is hoped that every civic organi
zation and every citizen will join in
with the Merchants association plan
to instill the Christmas spirit and to
see that Elkin's needy are fully cared
for Christmas day.
ELKS WHITEWASH
MOCKSVILLE 20-0
Local Gridsters To Face
Wilkesboro Here
Friday
Displaying powerful offensive
thrusts and guarded by a line that
warded off all scoring threats, the
"Bucking Elks" of Elkin high school,
drove to a one-sided 20 to 0 victory
over a heavy and experienced Mocks
ville aggregation here last Friday
afternoon.
Although handicapped by the ab
sence of Joe Transou, star quarter
back, the local boys launched a
fast running attack about Foster and
Howard to whitewash the team that
held them to a 13-13 tie earlier in
the season.
Foster and Howard each scored a
touchdown in the first half on line
bucks. Foster scored again in the
third period.
Mocksville's only threat came in
the last few minutes of play. Coach
Hood used both his second and third
teams in the last few minutes of the
game. The line of the local team
stopped Mocksville's running game
at every turn and practically all of
their passes were grounded by the
alertness of the locals. They blocked
several of Mocksville's kicks. Mc-
Neill and Blackburn were outstand
ing linesmen.
Elkin plays Wilkesboro here Fri
day, November 16. According to
comparative scores, the two teams
are about equally matched.
Between three and four per cent
of the human race is left-handed.
North Carolina Route
For Scenic Highway Is
Chosen By Secy. Ickes
I ATE NEWC
" from the
State and Nation
FIND BODY OF
LITTLE GIRL
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 11.—
Finding of the unclad body of a
little girl in a shallow grave here
late today led officers to move
swiftly to determine if the body
is that of missing Dorothy Ann
Distelhnrst.
In New York where Alfred E.
Distelhnrst, father of the missing
six-year-old kindergarten pupil
went last week in the hope of
meeting persons who asked $5,000
ransom, W. L. Hamilton, an uncle
of the child said: "That's what
I was afraid would happen all the
time."
DAVIS is
ON TRIAL
Statesville, Nov. 13.—1n today's
evidence against Ralph Davis, 25,
Davidson county outlaw, who is
being tried in Iredell Superior
court for the fatal shooting of
Sheriff Godfrey C. Kimball 'on
August 17, the state presented a
number of witnesses to show that
Ralph Davis shot the sheriff at
close range and that he was not
accidentally shot by a deputy, as
was alleged by ballistic experts.
Judge A. ML Stack, of Monroe,
is presiding and the jury is com
posed of 11 Mecklenburg county
citizens and one Iredell man.
HUEY DENIES
ITS "BALLYHOO"
Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 13.
Beaming with delight over accel
eration given his dictatorial
"Utopian" program today, Huey
Long, the Louisiana "Kingfish,"
saw new possibilities in his plans*
to share wealth and help the poor
through legislative action.
There came a scowl over his
countenance, however, and he
started a row with those who
called his football trips with the
Louisiana State university Tigers
"ballyhoo."
53 STATE BANKS
LIQUIDATED
Raleigh, NOT. 13. —The liquida
tion of 53 of the 183 banks which
have closed In North Carolina
since early in 1927 has been com
pleted and in 26 of these banks
depositors and creditors were paid
in full, Gnrncy P. Hood, state
banking commissioner, announced
today.
On an average, Hood said, 81
per cent of all claims in the liqui
dated banks were paid in full.
WANT EMPLOYERS
TO PAY INSURANCE
Washington, Nov. 13.—Labor
leaders plan to urge that industry
bear the full cost of unemploy
ment insurance.
Across the plain oak desk of his
office atop the American Federa
tion Labor building, William
Green made this clear today.
Education Week Is
Observed In School
American Education Week was
observed in the local school in a col
orful manner. The opening program,
based on the subject of "God and
Country", was ably handled by Rev.
E. W. Fox. "An Educational Pro
gram" followed on Thursday with
high school pupils performing. The
Armistice program on Friday con
sisted of appropriate songs, readings
and pantomimes. The concluding
program, "Enrichment of Life",
dealt with many sides of life. The
purpose of this program was to show
that life may be made fuller through
the school, through travel, through
creative and natural art, through
books, and through the right sort of
recreation. The program was con
cluded by a glamorous sports parade
by Coach Hood In which he had
students represent the "greats" in
the world of sports.
Preparation is being made for a
full observance of Book Week and
Good English Week.
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Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PARK HIGHWAY WILL
FOLLOW MOUNTAIN
TOPS TO ASHEVILLE
On Into Park Along:
Mount Pisgah Range
Near Waynesville
COST TO BE $16,000,000
The North Carolina route for the
southern section of the Shenandoah-
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park scenic highway has been chosen
over the route suggested by Tennes
see, it was announced Monday by
Secretary Ickes.
The route selected runs from
Blowing Bock south of Linville City
along the Blue Ridge and the Mt.
Mitchell and Craggy ranges near
Asheville, thence into the Mt. Pis
gah range, bending sharply north
west on a line along the range west
of Waynesville, witlh an entrance
into the park at a point where it will
connect with the Newfound Gap
highway near Cherokee.
Secretary Ickes, who made known
his decision as to the two proposed
routes in letters to Governor J. C. B.
Ehringhaus, and Governor Hill Mc-
Alister, of Tennessee, said his selec
tion was influenced by the fact there
is now a well-established entrance to
the Great Smoky Mountains National
Park at Gatlinburg, Tenn. He added
that there was little to choose be
tween the North Carolina and Ten
nessee routes from the scenic stand
point, and that other things being
equal it seemed "unfair" that Ten
nessee should have the sole en
trances to the park from both the
west and east.
The first section of the highway
was selected in July, and will tra
verse the southern crest of the Blue
Ridge mountains, touching Fancy
Gap and Low Gap. As a result it
will pass near Mount Airy and Roar
ing Gap and on to Blowing Rock.
The scenic highway, to cost more
than $16,000,000, will connect the
Shenandoah National Park in Vir
ginia and the Great Smoky Park,
which lies within North Carolina
and Tennessee. The road will be ap
proximately 400 miles long.
In selecting the North Carolina
route, Secretary Ickes overruled the
finding of a board of three which
recommended the route suggested by
Tennessee.
HUNTING SEASON
OPENS NOV. 20TH
Six Deputy Game Ward
ens Appointed To
Enforce Laws
The hunting season in Surry and
the remainder of the state goes into
full swing November 20, when re
strictions on quail and rabbits are
lifted, it was announced Tuesday by
Martin Bennett, Surry county game
warden. Prior to that date it is un
lawful to hunt either birds or the
cottontail, Mr. Bennett said.
In order to more fully enforce the
bunting laws during the season, six
deputy wardens, whose identities
were not revealed, have been ap
pointed to work in this section of
the county, and who will also have
jurisdiction in Yadkin and Wilkes
counties.
All hunters must procure a hunt
ing license, the warden said, the
county license to cost only 60 cents.
A state-wide license may be obtained
for $2.10.
Speaking of hunting license, Mr.
Bennett {minted out that for a Sur
ry county hunter to hunt also in
Wilkes and Yadkin, he must first
secure a state license, as a license is
sued in Surry will not be good In
any other county. A hunter cannot
secure a Wilkes or Yadkin license
If he is a native of Surry, he said.
Thus the state license will have to
be purchased If the hunter wishes to
go outside his own county.
With the exception of squirrel,
game is more plentiful this year
than in the past IS years, Mr. Ben
nett stated.
Both Surry county hunting license
and the state license are on sale
here at Surry Hardware company
and at the E. & D. Metal company.