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"The Best
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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 20
BLAME PLOWING
FOR DUST STORMS
Lamar, Colo., March 26.—Fifty
years ago resentful cattlemen told
the southeastern Colorado home
steader: "Thjs buffalo grass
should never be plowed. The land
will just dry up and the wind
will blow it away, and you with
it."
Farmers thought of that pre
diction today. The wind had
blown part of the land away, but
the homesteaders, many of them
now substantial citizens, stood
with their feet firmly planted on
their wind battered property and
prepared for rehabilitation.
INCREASE SEEN
IN FEDERAL LOANS
Washington, March 26.—A com
pilation of figures from the prin
cipal lending agencies of the fed
eral government disclosed today
that it loaned $2,907,000,000 more
in 1934 than it did in 1933.
This increase was emphasized
by a report of the federal reserve
system showing its member banks
, loaned $800,000,000 less in 1934
than the year before.
CHILD LABOR
AMENDMENT REJECTED
Washington, March 26. —Re-
jection of the child labor amend
ment by the Connecticut house to
day caused its friends to concede
it would take another two years
of fighting to put it over, and its
foes to call tt definitely dead.
Connecticut was the 16th state
to reject the amendment this
year, the 11th year it has been
making the rounds of state legis
latures.
LEGISLATURE
ON WAY OUT
Raleigh, March 26.—The 1935
legislature is on the way out.
Three more weeks at the outside,
it is believed by those who are
participating in state lawmaking,
will be enough to wind up the
state's business; that is unless the
senate should write into the reve
nue act, which it receives tomor
row, such a liquor tax as is now
proposed in the Hill bill, and
which some of its members are
known to favor. That might
cause a delay.
RULES COMMITTEE
DEFEATS MOVE
Washington, March 26. The
house rules committee, backed, of
course, by the party leadership,
succeeded this afternoon in turn
ing back a move, characterized by
marked if fleeting vigor and fer
vid oratory, to send the $4,880,-
000,000 works relief bill direct to
the White House without a con
ference with the senate on
amendments which have fallen
under the condemnation of the
TO HOLD SPECIAL
SERVICE AT CHURCH
Dr. H. K. King- to Bring
Message on "When
East Meets West"
A special service will be held at*
the Methodist church in this city
Sunday evening at 7:30 at the reg
ular hour of worship.
Dr. H. K. King, who for many
years traveled and worked in China,
Korea and Japan, but who is now
pastor of the North Wilkesboro
Methodist church, will bring a mes
sage on the world situation, using
as his text. "When East Meets West."
Several local people had the pleas
ure of hearing Dr. King at Dobson
recently and those who heard him
are looking forward with keen Inter
est to hearing him again.
A cordial Invitation is extended
the public, both by the pastor and
the congregation, to hear Dr. King.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
REVENUE MEASURE
PASSED BY HOUSE;
3 PER CENT TAX
Bill Providing $62,000,-
000 Biennial Revenue
Goes to Senate
EXPECT MORE FIGHT
Raleigh, March 26.—Three per
cent sales taxers took the third and
deciding fall in the revenue wrest
ling match this afternoon. The $62,-
000,000 biennial revenue bill, con
taining the 3 per cent exemptionless
sales tax, was passed by the house
and sent to the senate today.
Final house action, by a vote of
78 for and 26 against, not including
four pairs, marked a complete vic
tory for the Ehringhaus adminis
tration and an equally complete rout
of the McDonald-Lumpkin anti
sales tax forces in the lower branch.
The money bill will go to the
senate tomorrow. Leiutenant Gov
ernor A. H. Graham said he would
refer it immediately to the senate
finance committee where it is sche
duled to be held for two days to al
low hearings on sections changed in
the house.
Senate leaders anticipate a fur
ther fight to lower the sales tax rate
to 2 per cent or continue present
exemptions of nine bqsic food ar
ticles. These were the main issues
in the house.
It was a game filled with toe
holds, flying mares, kangaroo kicks,
airplane spins and Gus Sonnenberg
tackles. There were leg scissors, half
Nelsons, head-chanceries, and stran
gleholds. But the bouts had all the
similitude of the weekly theatricalism
that thrills the spectators. At the
end nobody had been really hurt and
the revenue fraternity was as cordial
as the rasslin brotherhood which
protects its members when they are
down.
TO STAGE TRADE
EVENT APR. 12-13
Fine Program Is Being
Arranged By Mer
chants Association
At a meeting last Thursday morn
ing of the committee in charge of
arrangements for the Elkin Mer
chants association trade event, it
was decided to stage the event on
Friday and Saturday, April 12 and
13. The name "Elkin's Semi-An
nual Bargain Days" was also decid
ed upon, since it is planned to make
it a semi-annual event for each
spring and fall.
Plans so far call for prizes for
the winners of a mule race and for
horn blowing. These two contests
proved specially popular last spring
when staged here. In addition, it
is planned to turn numerous chick
ens loose, catchers to be owners,
and it is hoped to stage a greased
pig race.
Every effort is being made to
make the event of real fun and en
tertainment, and it is hoped that
one of the largest crowds to ever
assemble here will be present.
SURRY IS ALLOTTED
18 FOR CCC CAMP
Blanks Are Available at
Elkin, Dobson and
Mount Airy
Surry county has been allotted a
quota of 18 boys to enlist in CCC
camps. Application blanks are
available at the Elkin, Mount Airy
and Dobson relief offices and boys
between the ages of 18 and 25, whose
families, are eligible for relief, are
asked to call at either of these of
fices and enlist. It is urged that
the enlistments be made as early as
possible as the new contingent will
report at the recruiting station in
Oreensboro April 6.
Heretofore boys who have. pre
viously attended camp have not been
eligible for re-enlistment, but the
ruling has been changed and any
boy who has previously attended, by
presenting his honorable discharge
to the relief office may be enlisted
for another term of service.
Marriages in Elkin, if what we
hear is correct, will be more numer
ous than last spring which is a slum
that cifpid is not dead even if the
country has had a depression.
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ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1935
Introduces the "Cleo"
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MIAMI Miss Ma urine Kerns
(above), introduced it to the beach
crowd. It is the new "Cleopatra"
swim suit, a smart 1935 style which
gets its Egyptian name from the
patterned wikie.
DR. JOHNSON TO
LEAVE HOSPITAL
Will Go To Hickory In
Late Summer To Take
Charge of Hospital
* Dr. Harry L. Johnson* surgeon and
medical director of Hugh Chatham
Memorial hospital here since its in
auguration several years ago, will
give up his work here and go to
Hickory to take charge of a hospital
there, it has been learned.
Although Dr. Johnson could not
be gotten in touch with Wednesday,
it is understood that he expects to
leave the latter part of the coming
summer. _
The announcement of the ap
proaching loss of Dr. Johnson and
family has been received with a
keen feeling of regret here and
throughout this section. His repu
tation as a surgeon and phyiscian
has grown rapidly and continuously
since he first took charge of the
hospital, and he is liked equally as
well by all who know him, as a man
and citizen. Medical records at the
hospital will show that his place
there will be hard to fill.
No less popular in the community
is Mrs. Johnson, who is known as a
valuable citizen, and who is an im
portant part in the social, religious
and civic life of the town.
CCC Camp May Be
Located In Surry
Depending on the passage of the
PERA bill now before Congress a
CCC camp for the three counties of
Surry, Yadkin and Stokes may be
established this spring, it has been
learned from a recent visit of federal
officials to Dobson.
In all probability, the camp will
be situated near Pilot Mountain.
However, nothing definite is as yet
available, arrangements hinging on
coming legislation.
Blanketeers Face Duke
Blue Devil Team Here
Two-Game Series With Duke University Squad Begins Friday
Afternoon At Chatham Ball Park
The Chatham Blanketeers will
open the 1935 baseball season here
Friday and Saturday, March 29th
and 30th with the strong Duke Uni
versity Blue Devil team, in the first
college baseball game.
The Blue Devils will bring to Elk
in a veteran team composed of col
lege stars and a wonderful catcher
in Wagner; a strong pitching staff
composed of Ken Weafer, Pete Nak
tenis, Teorge Barley and Reynolds
May, all carried over from last
year's pitching staff. Others more
widely known in football are Corkey
Cornelius, all Southern halfback in
centerflcld, Earl Wentz In left field
and Sammie Bell, Duke great-little
basketball and baseball star, on third
base, and other college Rtftr*
Coach Jack Combe, veteran big
league and world series star, with
FUNERAL HELD FOR
VICTIM OF TRAGIC
DEATH IN YADKIN
Water-Soaked Body of
Kermit Marion Fished
From River
CORONER'S INQUEST
Attended by a crowd numbered in
thousands, final rites for Kermit
Marion, 25, well-known Crutchfield
youth whose body was fished from
the Yadkin river Saturday, were
held Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from Mount Herman Baptist church.
Rev. T. S. Draughan, pastor of
the church, conducted the services,
and two hours were required
for the throng to pass around the
bier before the interment services in
the churchyard.
The cause of young Marion's
death remains a mystery, an autopsy
showing that he had not drowned
and that- there was no evidence of
foul play. He had been missing
three days when his body, in a re
markable state of preservation, was
fished from the depths of the Yad
kin river.
Marion, with a number of friends,
was fishing with a trail line the
night of his disappearance. Ac
cording to information of a reliable
source, Buck Snow, James Snow and
Grover Barber, who were in the
group, rowed Marion and another
member of the party, Emmit Wil
liamson, from the Yadkin side of
the river over to the Surry side.
Leaving the two there, they were
said to have rowed back across the
river and to have gone to Barber's
home where they spent the night.
After the three had gone, William
son is said to have stated that Ma
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TO PRESENT TOM
THUMB WEDDING
Program Sponsored By
P.-T. Association At
School Tonight
All is in readiness for the Tom
Thumb Wedding to be staged tonight
(Thursday) at 8 o'clock in the high
school auditorium. The entertain
ment will get under way at 8
o'clock.
In addition to the "wedding", parts
in which will be filled by local child
ren of preschool age, and which will
be quite an elaborate affair, the pro
gram will also feature a chorus by
the high school glee club; a tap
dance, "June in January" by 10 ju-.
nior girls, and a one-act' play "El
mer", by the school dramatic club.
Preparations for the entertainment
have been underway for several
weeks under the sponsorship of the
Elkin Parent-Teacher association.
Everyone is cordially invited to at
tend. A nominal admission fee will
be charged.
Inspiring Playlet
Sunday evening at the regular ser
vice at the First Baptist church the
young people of the Sunday school
and church gave an inspiring play
let on "Home Missions". Each de
partment of the church, from the
Sunbeam band to the Y. W. A. had
a part in the service.
Herb Pennock of "the New York
Yankees, hold the record of never
having been defeated in pitching in
world series, having pitched five
games without defeat; three at
Philadelphia in the serifes of 1910,
one in 1911 and the fifth with
Brooklyn in 1916. Coach Combs will
have a real baseball team here Fri
day and Saturday that will be well
worth seeing. _
On the other hand, the Blanketeers
will put on the field a team of
veterans, winner of 67 games against
16 defeats last season; and several
new men who have been added to
strengthen' the weak spots of last
year.
The Chatham Blanketeers, offer
ing one of the fastest amateur lecuua
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Denies Talks
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CHICAGO—John Strachey, Brit
ish author, (above), who faced de
portation charges here of advocat
ing the overthrow of the American
government in his lecture tour. He
denied the charges.
DR. DOUGHERTY IN
FINE TALK TO CLUB
Educator Believes I n
State Control and Sup
port of Schools
In an address chock full of facts,
wit and humor, Dr. B. B. Dough
erty, president of Appalachian
Teachers College, made an inspiring
talk before the Elkin Kiwanis club,
meeting at Hotel Elkin Friday.
Recognizing the great changes
that have taken place in everything
in recent years, Dr. Dougherty
pointed out that the public school
system has been changed almost be
yond recognition. He believes in
education and is of the opinion that
it falls short of its mission if it fails
to teach people industry, honesty
and appreciation. Despite the de
pression, he voiced his sentiment of
optimism by pointing out that "we
stand in the morning light of a new
day" in which things are really go
ing to happen.
Dr. DougfcsrtV believes in state
control and support of public edu
cation and has had much to do in
moulding and shaping this policy.
He believes strongly in the state as
one unit and that the state should
provide equal educational opportun
ity for every boy and girl. He was
bitter toward the gross inequalities
of the state's system of taxation.
He expressed strong belief that
many radical changes will be made
in public education in the near fu
ture. He also pointed out that
North Carolina's system of public
education is very unlike any other
school system in the world.
Dr. Dougherty paid the club a
tribute for its ability to listen. "I
have never spoken to a group of
people—and I have spoken to many
—that has listened so well," he said.
The speaker was introduced by
Professor R. H. Lankford, pricipal
of Harmony high school, and a life
long friend of Dr. Dougherty. In
addition to the speaker and Prof.
Lankford, Coach Darby, of the
Boone institution, was also a guest
of the club.
BIDS OPENED ON
SCHOOL PROJECTS
For Major Additions to
Jonesville and Yad
kinville Schools
Bids on two projects in Yadkin;
county's $200,000 school construction j
program were opened by the Yadkin
board of education at Yadkinville
i yesterday afternoon.
! The projects involved were those
at Joroesville and Yadkinville where
major additions to present school i
buildings will be erected.
The Southeastern Construction!
Company, Charlotte, was low bidder'
on the Jonesville project which calls
for the erection of an 11-room ad
dition. The bid was $18,104. W. L.
Jewell of Sanford, was next with al
bid of $17,000.
The Elkln Plumbing and Heating
Company, of Klkin. was low bidder
on both the plumbing and heating
facilities for the Jonesville plant.
The plumbing bid was $705 and the
heating bid was $1,505.
All bids covet materials and labor.
Alternate hids were offered on the
4-room project for Yadkinville. The
Southeastern Construction Company
entered a bid Of $9,370. and the Mess
ier Construction Company, Winston-
Salem, bid $8,200. The
bid WM on toe higher mats and may
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TO HOLD PRESCHOOL
CLINIC IN COUNTY
BEGINNING APRIL 1
For Examination of
Children Who Enter
School This Fall
HERE ON APRIL 11th
A series of county-wide pre-school
clinics for the physical examination
of children to enter school next ses
sion for the first time, have been
announced by the Surry County
Health Department.
In announcing the clinics, dates
and places of which follow below,
county health authorities pointed
out that it is of the utmost im
portance that children \ preparing to
enter school be physically fit as
very few children can progress sat
isfactorily in their studies if hand
icapped by poor health.
Most of the causes of bad health
in children can be removed or rem
edied, and this should be done be
fore the child enters school, county
physicians point out.
The pre-school clinics will be held
as follows:
Monday, April 1, 1935: Devotion,
colored, 9:00 A. M.; Zephyr, 10:00
A. M.; Mountain Park, 1:00 P. M.
Tuesday, April 2, 1935: Low Gap,
9:00 A. M.; Zion Hill, 1:00 P. M.
Wednesday, April 3, 1935: Frank
lin, 9:00 A. M.
Thursday, April 4, 1935: Little
Richmond, 9:00 A. M.
Friday, April 5, 1935: Pilot Moun
tain, 9:00 A. M.; Pilot Mountain,
colored, 1:00 P. M.
Monday, April 8, 1935: Westfield,
9:00 A. M.; Westfield, colored, 1:00
P. M.; Cooke, 2:00 P. M.
Tuesday, April 9, 1935: Dobson,
9:00 A. M.; Pisgah, colored, 1:00
P. M.
Wednesday, April 10, 1935: North
Main, Mount Airy, 9:00 A. M.
Thursday, April 11: Elkin, 9:00
A. M.
Friday, April 12: Beulah, 9:00 A.
M.; McHickle, 1:00 P. M.
Monday, April 15: Copeland, 9:00
A. M.; Rockford, 1:00 P. M.; Rock
ford, colored, 2:30 P. M.
Tuesday, April 16: Flat Rock, 9:00
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ARE TO HAVE DANCE
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Round And Square
Dance Will Be Held At
Hotel Elkin At 8 P.M.
A dance, to feature both round
and square dancing, will be staged
in the Kiwanis room of Hotel Elkin
Friday night at 8 o'clock under the
sponsorship of the Elkin Merchants
association.
A good string orchestra has been
engaged for the event and plans are
underway to make it an evening of
real entertainment.
An invitation to everyone who likes
to dance has been extended.
Ladies will be admitted free. A
nominal admission will be charged
for men.
Myers Quartette
On Radio Program
A quartette, composed of W. T.
Myers of this city, Glenn Swaim of
Ronda; Sam Brown, Boonville, and
Guy Myers, Swan Creek, gave a
program of sacred music over radio
station WSJS in Winston-Salem
Sunday afternoon at 5:30. The
singers, known throughout this sec
tion as the Myers Quertette, are
much in demand for religious ser
vices.
Schedule of
Games With
College Teams
Following is the complete sche
dule of games of the Chatham
Blank eteers with college teams:
Friday and Saturday. March 29
and 30, Dnke University; April
5-6, Gniiford College; April 9,
Appalachian State Teachers; April
12-13, Wake Forest; April IC, Ap
palachian State Teachers; April
19-20, University of North Caro
lina; April 22, High Point College;
April 21-27, Eastern CatoHn*
Teachers; May 2-3, Catawba Col
lege.
All the aWrt games win be
played here at Chatham Pack.