THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUP (2252" JE) AS THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD -
I MBA ELKIN
"The Best
ydf Little Town
In North
Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIV, No. 3
KEEN INTEREST SHOWN IN CASH OFFER CAMPAIGN
S6OO and S4OO In Cash
Are Part of "Wonder
Prize List" Offered
ANNOUNCE 300,000
EXTRA VOTE OFFER
FOR REAL WORKERS
Big Opportunity For
Those Who Expect
Major Awards
ENTRY BOOKS OPEN
The entrants in the Tribune "Cash
Offer" Campaign are gradually
swinging into line. The public is
daily becoming more and more inter
ested in this great profit sharing
event and in the progress of the
"live wires" entered in the race for
the big awards. New entrants are
coming in every day—people who
realize the generosity of the "Cash
Offer" as an easy way to make pome
real money during the next few
weeks. Those who have entered so
far have no particular experience in
soliciting subscriptions. None is
needed. They are people from all
walks of life—people who, for the
most part, are occupied with their
regular work during the day, but
who appreciated the possibilities of
making their spare time nay big
dividends.
Big Extra Vote Offer
For each and every S3O club of
both old and new subscriptions sent
in on or before Saturday, December
Bth, 300,000 extra votes will be given
in the "Cash Offer" Campaign.
These votes are in addition "to the
regular votes allowed for each sub
scription as shown on the back of
the receipt book. Just think of it!
Two ten-year subscriptions consti
tute a "club" and entitles the con
testant to 300,000 extra votes. Of
course, smaller subscriptions count
to make up the $30.00 worth just
the same.
Members are not limited to the
number of subscriptions they may
obtain. Any contestant may get as
many of these big vote ballots as
they choose—depending on their
ability to sell the Tribune subscrip-
I tions.
This 300,000 extra vote offer can
be the of placing you safely
on the winning list.
Remember, this offer closes Satur
day night, December Bth, and there
will be a big drop in votes after that
time. They go down—way down.
Note—Each member must make a
subscription report on Saturdays and
Wednesdays until this time. The
Campaign office will be open each
Wednesday until 6 P. M. and each
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"HEAVEN BOUND"
IS OUTSTANDING
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Play, Featuring An All-
Negro Cast, To Be
Given Here Friday
"Heaven Bound" which will be
presented in the school auditorium
Friday evening, November 30, under
the auspices of the Elkin Woman's
Club, is one of the outstanding works
of the south in recent years. Violet
C. Thomas, writer and producer of
the play, has received flattering of
• fers for her company to present the
play in northern and western cities.
They were also offered a contract
to show at the World Pair for the
' entire season.
The play is a pageant, a sermon
and a concert, which correlate into
a harmony of sight and sound that
thrills the emotional side of every
one who sees the production. It is
representative of the best instincts,
traditions, ideals and conception of
■ * religion entertained by the colored
race.
Executed entirely by negro talent,
composed of natives of Shelby, this
play has been presented in various
towns and cities throughout North
Carolina. In Durham it waa cpon*
sored by the Durham Conservatory
of Music, thus placing the stamp of
high recognition on the pageant.
the Elkin Tribune
Annual Christmas
Seal Sale Begins
Here December sth
fThe annual Christ
mas Seal campaign
will be held on Wed
nesday, December 5,
according to Mrs. E. F.
McNeer, chairman of
the seal sale here.
Three-fourths of the
money received from the stole will
be kept in Elkin for the fi gh t
against tuberculosis in this im
mediate territory.
This year marks the 50th an
niversary of the sanatorium
movement in this country, which
has met with wide success- Still
tuberculosis ranks as the first
cause of death between 18 and 40,
and still causes 75,000 deaths an
nually in the United States.
With the approach of the holi
day season citizens are requested
to use these little seals on all mall
and packages and aid in this most
worthy cause.
Each section of the residential
and business section will be can
vassed on next Wednesday and
a liberal response is urged.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
GANGSTERS KILL
FEDERAL AGENT
Chicago, Nov. 27.—The ma
chine gun of George (Baby Face)
Nelson, Dillinger desperado and
public enemy No. 1, late today
took the life* of another federal
agent.
* A squad of agents from the
command of Melvin H. Purvis,
bead of the Chicago division of
the bureau of investigation,
sought to trap Nelson, another
man and their woman companion
near suburban Harrington.
Gangster guns blazed and Agent
Herman E. Hollis, about 30, was
killed. Samuel P. Cowley, 26,
chief assistant to Purvis, dropped,
critically wounded with bullets in
bis abdomen.
"SOUNDS GOOD",
SAYS MEEKINS
Elizabeth City, Nov. 27 Fed
eral Judge I. M. Meekins was non
committal when approached today
concerning his possible candidacy
for the vice presidency in 1936 on
the Republican party ticket.
"It just sounds good and pleas
ant up to now," the well known
jurist said.
He would elaborate no further.
"Two years are a long time,'" he
said.
TO REPLY TO
DUKE POWER CO.
Washington, Nov. 26.—At his
press conference today, Secretary
of Interior Ickes announced that
in due time he would reply to the
telegram he has received from G.
G. Allen, president of the Duke
Power company, protesting
against certain statements made
by the secretary regarding the
power company's opposition to
the Butkards Roost Power de
velopment in South Carolina.
IS CAUGHT
BY ELEVATOR
Salisbury. Nov. 27.—Miss Julia
Rebecca Moose, member of the of
fice force of the Montgomery-
Ward store here, was critically In
jured this afternoon when caught
by a descending freight elevator.
Investigating to see why the
elevator had stopped on its down
ward way, an employee saw Miss
Moose's head wedged between the
elevator and the guard gate.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1934
Lindbergh Nursemaid
M Mil
TRENTON, N. J. . . . Betty Gow
(above), nursemaid to the Lindbergh
baby at the time of the kidnapping,
is returning from Scotland to testify
in the trial of Bruno Hauptmann for
the child's murder.
MRS. LL. HARKRADER
PASSES AT DOBSON
Mother of Mrs. Fletcher
Harris Dies of Pneu
monia Tuesday
Mrs. Lelia Lakey Harkrader, wife
of L. L. Harkrader of Dobson, passed
away at her home Tuesday night
following a critical illness of two
weeks from pneumonia. Funeral
services will be held f, rom the home
this afternoon (Thursday) at 2
o'clock.
Mrs. Harkrader Is survived by the
following sons and daughters in ad
dition to her husband: Mrs. Fletcher
Harris, Elkin; Ward Harkrader, of
Richmond, Va.; Norman, Trent, La
key, Helen and Margaret Harkrader,
all of Dobson, and one sister, Mrs.
Z. A. Rochelle, of Durham.
FIRST LIST OF WORKERS WHO
WILL SHARE IN THE ELKIN j
TRIBUNE CASH DISTRIBUTION!
OPPORTUNITY AWAITS YOU
Below is the first publication of candidates in The Elkin Trl- j
bune "Cash Offer" Campaign. The votes opposite the names show j
the number allowed on your Nomination Blank Only. If your name I
is on the list, you are nominated as a candidate; if you have not yet j
started, NOW IS THE TIME. Watch the next issue for new entrants j
and changes in votes. i
REMEMBER—MR. PUBLIC
The "Cash Offer" Campaign is just starting and many more
workers are wanted. Below is the first list of workers in campaign.
Many others will be added as we cover other sections. If you are
considering the campaign—don't keep it a secret, let us go over every
detail of it with you then you can decide.
IF YOU CAN USE THE CASH—GET IN THE
CAMPAIGN NOW! !
NAME TOWN VOTES !
Mrs. Thomas W. Church Elkin e. 20,000 j
Miss Irene Brown Elkin 20,000 I
Miss Prances Chatham Elkin .....20,000 j
Miss Beatrice Burcham Jonesville !; 20,000
Mrs. Luther Stuart Rlkln - 20,000
Miss Mildred Holbrook Traphill .. 20,000
Joe Williams Mountain Park .'. 20,000
Miss Lucile Cox Elkin 20,000
Miss Mattie Brendle Elkin 20,000
Mrs. Paul Speer JBoonville 20,000
Mrs. H. E. Anthony Benham .20,000
Mrs. C. R. Hyden l.. Jonesville ..20,000
M. C. Whitener Elkin 20,000
Mrs. Lula Weir. JElkin 20,000
Miss Nell Welborn .Cycle .20,000
Miss Opal Smith Elkin 20,000
C. A. Hays. — Dobson, R-l .....20,000
Mrs. Cora Cooper Hamptonville , 20,000
Mrs. Banner Edwards Honda 20,000
Mrs. Agnes Davis Honda .20,000
Miss Bertha Adams Jonesville 90,000
Miss Olga Marion Crutchfield 20,000
Miss Mayme Stanley Fairview ...20,000
Miss Louise Norman Dobson 20,000
Miss Stella Matthews 81 loam ... ] .20,000
Miss Vetra Haynes State Road 20,000
300,000 Extra Votes for Every $30.00 Club of Subscriptions Turned in
During First Period—Oct Your Winning Votes Now.
MORE WORKERS ARE WANTED!
Note: All candidates are requested to make report to Cam
paign Office on Saturday, December Ist, in person or by ma.n
HUNDREDS LISTEN
IN HERE ON RADIO
TO HEAR R. PYRON
Manager of Klondike
Farm Talks With Byrd
Expedition
CALF FINE, THANKS
A talk of little over a minute's du
ration by Ruohs Pyron, manager of
Klondike Farm, last Wednesday
night added a touch of badly needed
spice to the commercial broadcast
of a large food company which week
ly est polishes contact with the Byrd
Expedition in Little America.
Interest here had waned in the
program until Mr. Pyron visited the
New York studios of the Columbia
Broadcasting company to inquire as
to the health and general welfare of
Klondike Iceberg, the only calf ev£r
to be born "down under." Klondike
Nira, a pedigreed Guernsey cow
loaned the expedition by the local
farm, is the mother.
Although having the air but a
very short time in a two-way con
versation with a member of the ex
pedition 10,000 miles away, the local
man injected a running fire of wit
and humor into his remarks that
proved to be the high spot on a pro
gram that usually is sadly lacking in
color and entertainment value. And
it is safe to say that approximately
100 per cent of all Elkin radios were
tuned to bring in that particular
program, not to mention the radios
of Mr. Pyron's thousands of ac-
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COTTON GROWERS
RECEIVE $3,200,000
Washington, Nov. 27.—North
Carolina cotton growers have re
ceived more than $3,200,000 in
government checks as their share
of the benefits accruing under the
federal cotton program, with pos
sibly as much as $2,000,000 still
to come, it was disclosed today by
the agricultural adjustment ad
ministration.
Antarctic Postmaster
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SAN FRANCISCO . . . Charles F.
Anderson (above), V. S. Postal In
spector is now on the high seas en
route to Admiral Byrd's base in Lit
tle America to become postmaster
there. He is the first postal worker
ever to leave U. 8. territory with au
thority to cancel stamps.
CHURCH BOUND OVER
TO SUPERIOR COURT
Probable Cause Found
In Accident Case;
Bond Is $2,500
Rex Church, of Roaring River,
charged with manslaughter as the
result of the death of Warren Cock
erham, 13-year-old Yadkin county
boy, who was struck and filled by
Church's car on the Boonville road
the night of OctcSer 21, was bound
over to Yadkin county superior court
Tuesday following a preliminary
hearing before Magistrate J. S. Hin
son, of Arlington.
After hearing the evidence, which
was to the effect that the boy met
death while walking along the high
way where the defendant's car struck
him, Magistrate Hingon returned a
verdict of probable cause and set
bond at $2,500.
It was said the state attempted to
show that Church was running side
by side with another car when he
struck the boy. The rate of speed at
which he was traveling was said to
have been 45 miles an hour.
Church claimed that he struck the
child while blinded from lights of
another automobile. * After hitting
the boy, he placed him in his car and
rushed him to the hospital here.
STATE ROAD BARBER
FOUND DEAD MONDAY
Coroner's Jury Names
Cause of Death As
Acute Alcoholism
A coroner's inquest into the sud
den death of Millard Walker Smith,
45, who died at the home of John
Kennedy, near State Road early
Monday morning, resulted in a ver
dict of "death by acute alcoholism",
it was learned Monday.
Coroner C. A. Rash, of Wilkes
county, was in charge of the inquest.
According to evidence presented.
Smith, who had been making his
home at State Road, visited the Ken
nedy home Sunday night. According
to the Kennedys he spent the night,
arising, about three o'clock Monday
morning. It was, said he built a fire
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Booe To Address Local
Legionnaires Dec. 6th
Bryan Booe, district commander
of the Winston-Salem district of the
American Legion, will speak here
Thursday night, December 6, at a
meeting of the George Gray post it
was learned Wednesday from Dixie
Graham, local commander.
The meeting is scheduled to be
held in the town tax office, and all
veterans are urged to attend. A fine
program, to be featured by Com
mander Booe's talk, it being ar
ranged.
Thanksgiving- Service
A Thanksgiving service will be
held at the Methodist church Thurs
day morning at 1:30. A cordial in
vitation is 'extended the public to
attend.
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Gateway to vJrV
Roaring
Gap and the
Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY!
HALF-MILLION GOAL
REACHED HERE BY
THE BANK OF ELKIN
Resources of Institu
tion Now Total
$501,202.28
GAIN OF $158,496.88
On April 12, this year, Garland
Johnson, cashier of The Bank of
Elkin, announced a drive for new
business, stating that the bank had
set a goal of half a million in re
sources by December 31, 1934,
On November 23, last Friday, the
bank reached its goal, showing total
resources of $501,202.28, as compared
with resources of $342,705.40 on
April 12, last, when the campaign
was begun.
It will be noted that the goal has
been reached a little j™ore than a
month sooner than was anticipator.
Mr. Johnson pointed out that this
increase in business, which really
amounts to $158,496.88 within a per
iod of approximately seven months,
reflect the confidence of the citizens
of Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes and neigh
boring counties in the sound and
conservative loan policy of the bank.
He further stressed the fact that
the bank has a high liquid position,
and called attention to the liquidity
of notes amply secured.
Since opening following the bank
holidays, The Bank of Elkin has
made gains daily. Making a com
paratively modest beginning, it has
grown with a rapidity that should
be*a constant source of pride to the
citizens of this section. Officered
by a staff thoroughly capable and
wise in the ways of banking, it is
predicted the institution will con
tinue to grow and to reflect the con
fidence of the community as a whole.
MUST BUY NEW TAGS
ON TIME THIS YEAR
No Extension To Be
Granted Motorists
After Dec. 31
No extension of time after Decem
ber 31 will be allowed in which to
purchase 1935 automobile license
tags, it was announced Wednesday
afternoon by Sergeant W. B. Lentz,
of the state highway patrol, who al
so stated that the new tags will go
on sale December 1, but that it will
be unlawful for them to be displayed
upon cars until December 15.
The new tags may be purchased,
this year in Mount Airy, North
Wilkesboro, Statesville and Winston-
Salem, Sergeant Lentz said, or may
be ordered direct from Raleigh.
The 1935 tags will be black and
silver in color.
It was also stated that license bu
reaus have been instructed not to
issue license on any car bought out
side North Carolina. Plates for such
cars must be ordered direct from the
license bureau at Raleigh or through,
local patrolmen.
TO HOLD JOINT
MEETING DEC. 7
A joint meeting of the Elkin Ki
wanis club and the Elkin Merchants
association will be held in the Ki
wanis room of Hotel Elkin Friday,
December 7, at 7:00 p. m., it was
learned Wednesday from Miss Edith
Neaves, secretary of the Merchants
association.
Those in charge of the meeting
are planning to have Henry Rey
nolds, of Greensboro, clerk of Uni
ted States district court, as speaker.
Tickets for those wishing to at
tend may be obtained at the Mer
chants association office.
Stores Close In
Observance of
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving will be observed
quietly and as a day of vest for a
majority of EDdn citisenx. all
stores with the exception of drag
stores, and a majority of business
firms being closed far the dfcy.