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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 40
BETTER HOUSING
COMMITTEE NAMED
HERE AT MEETING
Second Meeting of Citi
zens To Be Held With
in Near Future
LANKFOKD IS CHM.
At a meeting of citizens of Elkin
and Jonesville in the Kiwanis room
of Hotel Elkin Monday night, a Bet
ter Housing committee was ap
pointed to handle applications for
loans here under the Federal Hous
ing Act, and a second meeting was
called for the near future due to the
fact that a representative of the
FHA who was scheduled to be on
hand to fully explain the act, found
it impossible to be here.
W. B. Lankford, business man
ager of Hugh Chatham Memorial
hospital was named as chairman of
the committee. The other two mem
bers were Paul Gwyn and Garland
Johnson.
Monday's meeting was presided
over by Mr. Johnson and the com
mittee named by nomination and
election.
The next meeting, which will be
announced within the near future,
will be attended by a representative
of the FHA and complete details as
to the nature of the Housing Act
and the functioning of the com
mittee will be given.
Considerable interest in repairing,
remod£»ig and building was shown
by those attending Monday's meet
ing.
SECURITY BILL
IS EXPLAINED
Questions and Answers
Give Information On
Nature of Act
Since the recent passage of social
security legislation by Congress,
which was designed to do away to
a large extent with the financial
hazards and uncertainties of liie,
considerable interest has been man
ifested locally in the bill. In order
to explain as fully as possible the
nature of the legislation and what
It was created to accomplish, the
following questions and answers
have been prepared concerning the
bill.
Q. Is there any immediate provi
sion for the person who has reached
65 and is penniless?
A. It depends upon what state
the indigent person calls home. If
he lives in any of the 33 states which
now pay pensions to the aged his
benefit payment will be doubled.
Q. Does an old person who lives
in a state or community which now
has no pension system profit im
mediately by the act?
A. No.
Q. If the person is entitled to fed
eral aid, where does he-apply for the
money?
A. The money will be disbursed
by the local or state authority now
handling pension funds.
Q. If a state now is paying S2O
a month or more to its indigent past
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COMMITTEE GIVES
APPROVAL TO BILL
Hancock Aids Material
ly In Pushing Measure
Through Congress
Unanimous appioval has been
given the Flannagan tobacco grad
ing bill by the Senate agriculture
committee, and passage by the sen
ate is expected soon.
President Roosevelt has given his
blessings to the measure and the
support of Senator Josiah Bailey has
also been won.
Considerable credit for the ad
vancement of the measure should go
to Congressman Prank Hancock, of
this district, who has worked un
tiringly for its passage since it was
introduced in the House. Mr. Han
cock understands the workings of
the tobacco growing industry and is
well acquainted with the method of
marketing, and it is through his ef»
forts that the bill has been speeded
on its way through Congress.
The bill is designed to protect the
tobacco growers in the marketing
of their tobacco and should prove a
great help to both fanner and tobac-
co warehousemen alike.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Old Orchard Queen
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OLD ORCHARD, Maine . . . Miss
Joyce Gilmour, of Montreal, Can.,
(above), came South for the summer.
And now she's glad that she did be
cause she's "Queen of Old Orchard,"
voted the most beautiful girl here.
I ATE NEWQ
from the
State and Nation
WOULD ABANDON
COTTON EXHORTS
Stoneville, Miss., Aug. 13. —The
United States will abandon all its
cotton exports rather than let our
farmers go into open competition
with Brazilian peons or Sudanese
sheiks, Chester C. Davis, AAA ad
ministrator, said today.
It was the new deal's answer
to the cotton trade—the mer
chants, brokers, and shippers, who
charge that the government's 12-
cents-a-pound loans to farmers
have pegged the price of Ameri
can cotton so far above the world
market price that foreigners are
refusing to buy from us.
"1 would give up the last bale
of our exports and see every ex
porter padlock his doors before I
would sell out the farmer," Davis
said.
FEAR 200
DROWNED
Rome, Aug:. 13.—The hundred
persons were feared drowned to
day when flood waters from a
dam burst inundated Ovada and
neighboring towns.
Officials estimated 130 dead
from flood and storm in the Ova
da district alone. Casualties in
areas not inundated were reported
slowly because of disrupted com
munications.
Officials at Turin ordered relief
workers to assist authorities at
Ovada, located in the piedmont
region, 2® miles south of Alessan
dria on the Orbe.
TEXTBOOK COMMISSION
IS PESSIMISTIC
Raleigh, Aug. 13.—The state
textbook rental and purchase
commission tonight completed a
four-hour session without gaining
any ground toward establishing
a school book rental system for
North Carolina.
Members of the commission ap
peared in a pessimistic mood as a
result of the meeting.
"We are very much discouraged
but we are continuing negotia
tions," said Clyde A. Erwin, state
superintendent of public instruc
tion and chairman of the group.
VOTE TO CONTINUE
BOTTLE SALE
Washington, An?. 13.—Ignor
ing a charge of Majority Leader
Joe T. Robinson that a distillers
bottlers combination has given
the country "the most beautiful
bottles in history and the worst
liquor," the Senate voted 59 to
24 today to continue the present
bottle sale.
The vote came just before pas
sage of t&e administration's bill
restoring federal control of the
liquor industry, which went out
(he window with the NRA codes.
The bill now goes to conference
with the House, which voted to
permit bulk sales.
Mrs. M. B. Cottrell and Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Williams, of Oak Ridge
and Mr. and Mrs. Allen McNeil, of
Greensboro, were the Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Young and
Mrs. W E. Bohannon.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1935
FARMERS OF SURRY
COUNTY MEET AND
FORM ASSOCIATION
Will Cooperate In Re
forestation and Soil
Conservation
MEETING AT DOBSON
The Surry County Soil Conserva
tion Association was organized in a
meeting at the court house in Dob
son Wednesday morning, with a to
tal of 24 charter members. The
purpose of the association is to co
operate with the CCC camp located
near Dotoson, in the reforestation
and conservation of the soil of the
county.
Officers and technicians Of the
CCC camp will survey the land for
the farmers for the purpose of build
ing terraces and will also assist
them in working out a plan of crop
rotation in an effort to stop harm
ful soil erosion.
D. D. Sizer, erosion technician, will
be in charge of this part of the
work in this county and will be glad
to assist any farmer of the county
in working out an original plan for
his farm.
However, in order to receive this
assistance from Mr. Sizer and his
staff, each farmer must become a
member of the association, after
which he will be eligible to all its
benefits.
At the meeting Wednesday morn
ing a board of directors, comprising
five members was elected. They
are: W. H. Hardy, Siloam; N. J.
Martin, Elkin; B. P. Folger, Dobson;
S. A. Cook and County Agent J. W.
Crawford.
Wednesday afternoon the following
officers of the association were
elected: W. H. Hardy, president;
N. J. Martin, vice-president; B. P.
Folger, treasurer, and J. W. Craw
ford, secretary.
Charter members of the associa
tion are: Lula L. Davenport, Z. D.
Cooper, J. E. Monday, I. A. Park, H.
C. Lawrence, W. T. White, J. A. Long
and B. P. Folger, all of Dobson; W.
M. Jackson, J. H. Banner, Albert L.
Bunker, Dr. C. A. Boyles, P. D.
McCurry, D. C. Blue, M. A. Gard
ner and C. W. Fulton, of Mount
Airy; the Surry county farm agent,
J. W. Crawford; W. H. Hardy, Si
loam; Robert L. Burrus, Rockford;
Golden Baker, Pinnacle; G. G.
Tucker, Winston-Salem; J. R. Nor
man, Mountain Park; F Dodson,
Pilot Mountain; S. H. Atkinson, Si
loam, and Claude Harris, State Road.
Former Yadkin Lady
Dies In Mount Airy
Mrs. James E. Johnson, 66, who
before her marriage was Miss Jones,
of Boonville, died at her home at
Mount Airy Sunday night, follow
ing a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Johnson was the widow of
the late James E. Johnson, publisher
of the Mount Airy News for many
years, and mother of the present
publisher, W. M. Johnson. She was
the daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Monroe Jones, of Boonville. She
is survived by three daughters and
four sons. Two brothers, J. L. and
Houston Jones of Boonville, and
three sisters, MM. Laura Hurt, of
Boonville; Mrs. Bright Woodhouse,
of Atlanta, and Mrs. Lula Atkins, of
Clemmons.
The funeral was held at Mount
Airy Tuesday afternoon and inter
ment followed there.
Blanketeers Losers To ,
Hickory; Play Saturday
Win From Dunean Mills At Chester 8 to 2; Saturday Game With
Rebels To Begin At 2:30." Meet Greyhound Team
At Winston-Salem Sunday
Winners over Dunean Mills in the
last game of a series played at
Chester, S 0., Saturday in the Char
lotte semi-pro tournament, the
Chatham Blanketeers were shut out
by Hickory at Hickory Tuesd«\y night
7-0 in the first game of a three
game series in the upper bracket
finals.
Saturday the Blanketeers wijl meet
Hickory here at 2:30 o'clock, the
game will be called early so that
the Rebels may get back home in
time fox* a night game there.
In Saturday's game. Which was
won 8-2, Campbell allowed Dunean
only seven hits while his mates
gathered 14 off Suttlemyre. Clod
felter and Mackie led the hitting.
Principals in Mid-Western Mutilation Murder
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CHICAGO . . . Left above is a close up of Mandeville W. Zenze, young
carpenter of Cantor, Mo., who is charged with the mutilation murder of
Dr. Walter J. Bauer, (right, below) newly-wed husband of Louise Schaff
ner Bauer (right, above) a young woman with whom Zenge "had been
keeping company" for seven years. Bauer was kidnapped from Ann Arbor,
Mich., and forced to drive here where the "operation" with a pen knife
took place and from which he died.
COUNTY CCC CAMP
NEARS COMPLETION
Eight Officers and 190
Boys Putting On Fin
ishing Touches
The CCC camp j>ne mile east of
Dobson was a place of humming
activity when visited Wednesday
morning by a representative of The
Tribune.
A staff of eight officers and 190
CCC boys were busy putting the final
touches on the camp and leveling
off the ground preparatory to their
residence there for the next several
months, and their work in soil con
servation work.
Lieutenant F. M. Johnson,, com
manding officer, is in charge, with
Lieutenant C. C. Hutchins as junior
officer. Other officers arc W. L.
Harper, camp superintendent; Oiady
Anderson, engineer; F. A. Hodnett,
forester; M. H. Miller and J. T.
Harper, camp foremen; L. J. Belk,
mechanic; D. D. Sizer technician,
and L. A. Carter, associate techni
cian.
Work on the camp is expected to
be completed within a week or ten
days and the boys and their offi
cers will then take up the field work
of the soil conservation project.
To Observe Sacrement
Of the Lord's Supper
The sacrement of the Lord's Sup
per will be observed at the Presby
terian church Sunday morning, Aug
ust 18, at the 11 o'clock service. All
members and friends of the church
are cordially invited and urged to
attend this service.
Arvil McHargue and Mr. and Mrs.
Quinn returned to their home in
Washington, D. C., Monday, follow
ing a visit to relatives here. They
were accompanied home by Misses
Dora Mathis and Ruth Collins, who
will be their guests for two weeks.
Tuesday night Wilson, on the
mound for Hickory, had the situa
tion well in hand, allowing the
Blanketeers only two hits while
he whiffed 17 batters. The Rebels
scored three runs in the fifth and
four in the eighth. The winner of
the Elkin-Hickory series will meet
the winner of the Buffalo-Hunters
ville series in the finals of the tour
ney.
Sunday the Blanketeers will face
tae Greyhound Travelers, of Wins
ton-Salem, in a free Sunday game
there, the Travelers having defeated
Chatham of Winston last Sunday by
a score of 5-2 before an estimated
fcrdwd of 7,000. It is expected 10,000
or more will witness the game Sun
day.
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Klondike Iceberg
Is Making Tour of
Midwestern Fairs
Klondike Iceberg, famous calf
born to Klondike Nira on the Byrd
Antarctic exposition, is making a
tour of the fairs in the middle
west and from there will go to the
National Dairy Show in St. Louis,
which will be held in October.
From St. Louis it is expected that
the famous calf will be brought to
Klondike Farm here for a showing
and then continue his tour of the
United States. Plans arc being
formulated for a showing of the
dairy herd from Klondike to be
entered in the National Show at
St. Louis.
PARALYSIS IS ON
DECREASE IN STATE
Steady Decline In Num
ber of New Cases
Is Noted
Raleigh, Aug. 13. First definite
break in North Carolina's infantile
paralysis epidemic came today when
not a single new case was reported
in the state. It was the first day
since May 20 that no new cases have
been reporeted to the state health
department.
The last week has seen a steady
decline in the number of new bases
in the state. Pour cases were re
ported yesterday, two Saturday, two
Friday, and three Thursday, in con
trast to the previous weeks, when
the number of cases daily ran as
high as 20 or more.
The total number of cases reported
to the health department since Jan
uary 1 stands today at 534. Of these
56 are still infectious, according to
health department records.
Dr. J. C. Knox, state epidemilog
ist, cautioned, however, that danger
of paralysis was not over in the
state.
"The fact that no cases were re
ported today does not indicate'there
won't be any more," he said. "Very
probably several new cases will be
reported within the next day or two.
The disease will bob up and down
periodically now until about October.
Parents should not thcow precau
tions to the winds in guarding their
children against infection. They still
should be careful to keep them away
from crowds."
Dr. Knox added, however, that the
recent reports did indicate a defi
nite decline in spread of the disease.
Johnson Is Named Head
Of Bankers' Committee
Garland Johnson, cashier of The
Bank of Elkin, has been appointed
chairman of the North Carolina
Bankers Association committee, on
Public Education for the current
ytear beginning September 1, it was
learned Tuesday.
Mr. Johnson was a member of this
committee during the past year.
General education in the field of
banking is the purpose of the com
mittee.
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ELKIN |
Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the
Blnc Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
C. A. RICHARDSON IS
VICTIM OF HEART
ATTACK WENESDAY
Although In Declining
Health For Some Time,
Death Is "Shock
FINAL RITES TODAY
Colon A. Richardson, 35, died sud
denly Wednesday morning about
eight o'clock at the home of his
father-in-law, W. J. Snow, on Gwyn
Avenue. Mr. Richardson had been
in declining health for several
months but had not been confined
to his bed and only the evening be
for his death came here from Reids
ville, where he was located with the
State highway office. While in
Reidsville Mr. Richardson became
ill and consulted a physician who
advised him to come here for a rest.
He was apparently much improved
until shortly before his death, when
he suffered a heart attack.
Mr. Richardson was a native of
Asheboro, and was a member of a
very prominer t family. He was
graduated from North Carolina State
College, Raleigh, with the class of
'2l, and immediately after he received
his engineering degree he came
here to work with the state highway
and had been ini the employ of the
highway since that time. He was a
member of the Delta Sigma Pi fra
ternity and was a man greatly ad
mired for his sterling character and
his genial disposition.
He was married severai years ago
to Miss Lucille Snow of this city,
who survives him, together; with one
little daughter, Betsy. His mother,
Mrs. U. C. Richardson, of Asheboro,
and two sisters, Mrs. J. T. Lewellyn
and Mrs. Arthur Cox, of Asheboro,
and one brother, C. T. Richardson,
of Thomasville. also survive.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Methodist church in charge of the
pastor. Rev. E. W. Fox, assisted by
Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, of the First
Baptist church, Rev. Pat Boyles, of
the Presbyterian chruch and Rev.
L. B. Abernethy. Interment will be
in Hollywood cemetery.
Active and honurary pallbearers
will be the following friends and
business associates of the deceased:
H. C. Noell, Avery Qibbs, H. H.
Weaver, S. C. Austin, A. B. Cole, R.
L. Hickerson, Ira G. Tuttle, J. A.
Carpenter, C. S. Currier, Lonnie
Hanks, Z. V. Stewart, T. A. Leeper,
Earl McGimpsey, Buck Hayworth,
Slick Hartman, Red Hughes, Louis
Peck, Charles G. Ashby, Robert
James, Weathers Davis, Messrs. Wal
ton and Mann and J. H. Markham.
ARE TO HOLD SKEET
TOURNAMENT AT GAP
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Members of N. C. Clubs
Eligible; To Give Suit
able Awards
An invitation skeet tournament
will be held at the new skeet field
at Roaring Gap Saturday and Sun
day, August 17 and 18.
The shoot will be open to all
members of skeet clubs in North
Carolina and 50 birds will be shot
at each day. Suitable prizes will be
given to the winners and runners
up in four classes, with an additional
prize to the high gun each day.
Shqoting will begin at 10 o'clock
each morning. An entrance fee of
$2.00 will be charged each parti
cipant in the event.
The new skeet field at Roaring
Gap is located on the crest of the
mountain overlooking Piedmont
North Carolina. It is equipped with
delayed action electric traps and is
one of the most beautiful and mod
ern in the country.
IN WASHINGTON
SEEKING GRANT
Washington, Aa*. 13.—LeRoy
Martin, secretary of the North
Carolina School Commission, was
in Washington today conferring
with PWA officials regarding a
grant for constructing 1,100 new
school buses.
The state has agreed to put up
$550,000 and Martin is seeking a
PWA grant for $450,000. A simi
lar arrangement was entered into
under the old PWA fund and
these buses are new in use.
C. S. Foster and Earl Rose berry,
of this city, accompanied by a party
of friends from Richmond, Va„
spent the week-end on a fishing trip
on Chesapeake Bay, near Messicks,
Virginia.