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Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIV, No. 43
I ATE NEWQ
from the ■
State and Nation
FLORIDA STORM TAKES
100 LIVES
Miami, Fla., Sept. 4.—Deaths in
Florida's first hurricane of the
1935 season mounted towards 400
early today as the destructive
s winds roared up the West Coast
of the state.
The 362 persons aboard the
liner Dixie were forced to spend
another night aboard the vessel
aground on French Reef, fifteen
miles off the southeastern shore.
Rescue vessels stood by bui the
storm was so heavy throughout
Tuesday that it was impossible to
attempt removal of thtf passengers
and crew.
At least 75 were reported dead
at FERA Camp No. 1 at Rock
Harbor on Matecumbe Key. For
ty-seven were injured there. A
police detail reached the vicinity
last night.
ROOSEVELT DEFENDS
PROGRAM IN TALK
Hyde Park, N. Y.,- Sept. 3.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
vigorously defended his ideas of
governmental reform in an add
ress to his home town neighbors
tonight.
Standing bareheaded in a cold
drizzle the President explained in
homely terms his conception of
the reconstruction of the govern
ment. He compared the changes
being made in federal authority
to repairs being made upon the
White House, and it will continue '
to be, Mr. Roosevelt said. So it,
is with the American form of
government.
WAR SCENES
RECALLED ABROAD
Paris, Sept. 3.—Gold-braided
generals with rattling sabers, mili
tant dictators and a war-conscious
public of four nations watched
fearfully today as France, Ger
many, Austria and Spain paraded
their greatest display of armed
strength since the armistice.
As war clouds filtered over Eu
rope from Haile Selassie's black
empire of Ethiopia, continental
powers prepared for the worst and
none) will be caught asleep if the j
seemingly inevitable Italo-Ethio
pian war spreads to a European or
world conflagration.
WITHDRAWS FROM
OIL DEAL
Washington, Sept. 3.—Secretary
of State Cordell Hull tonight an
nounced that the Standard-Vac
uum Oil Company, participant in
the recent oil and minerals con
cession in Ethiopia, would with
draw from that concession at
once.
Hull said he conferred with
George S. WaJden, chairman of
the board, and S. Dundas, vice
president of the company, today
at which time he told them that
It would be "highly desirable" for
the company to withdraw from
the concession.
INVESTORS BUY
HALF BILLION ISSUE
Washington, Sept. 3.—lnvestors
eagerly bought a half-billion-dol
lar issue of United States govern
ment securities in a few hours to
day and removed doubts of the
government's credit occasioned by
its failure to sell a small issue
last week.
"This offering was a success,"
Secretary of Treasury Henry Mor
genthau, Jr., said in announcing
the over-subscription of the issue
and the closing of the subscrip
tion books at midnight tonight.
To Hold Revival At
East Elkin Church
The annual revival meeting of the
East Elkin Baptist church will get
under way Sunday, September 15,
with services twice daily. The even
ing service will begin at 7:30 p. m„
and the morning service will be at
an hour yet to be decided upon.
The pastor, Rev. J. L. Powers, will
be assisted in the meeting by Rev.
J. T. Murray 1 , pastor of Chatham
Baptist church, of Winston-Salem.
Services will continue for a week
or more, and large crowds are ex
pected. The'public is cordially in
vited and urged to attend.
Mrs. Eve W. Small, of Boston,
who has been married seven times,
is being sued for divorce by her
present husband, who married her
twice. ,
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
INFIRMARY OKEYED
FOR COUNTY HOME
BY COMMISSIONERS
County Board Author
izes Construction of
Building
FUNDS FROM PWA
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At a meeting of the SuTry County
Commissioners held at the court
house at Dobson Monday the con
struction of an infirmary building
at the County Home for the care of
indigent children and adults who
have no other source of maintenance
and medical attention, was author
ized.
The building is to be erected on
the grounds of the County Home at
a gross cost of $15,000 to $25,000, 45
per cent of which funds are to be
furnished by the WPA and the other
5 per cent to be furnished by the
county.
Such a building is made necessary
due to the fact that a number of
small children are how being cared
for in the County Home, having to
be confined' to the same quarters
used by the very aged, as well as the
other inmates.
It is the belief of the board that
with this project and others Cinder
consideration, that all surplus labor
of the county can be taken care of.
FUNERAL HELD FOR
FRANCES CRATER, 10
Popular Little Girl Dies
Early Sunday After
Operation
Funeral rites for Frances Marie
Crater, 10, youngest daughter of
Mrs. Ruth Byrd Crater and the late
Charles L. Crater, were conducted
from the home Monday afternoon,
at 3:30 o'clock, with Rev. Eph Whif
enhunt, pastor of the First Baptist
church, officiating, assisted by Rev.
E. W. Fox and Rev. L. B- Abernethy.
Although Frances had not been
well for several days, her condition
was not considered serious until Sat
urday when she was removed to the
Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital
where an operation was performed.
Death came Sunday morning at 7
o'clock.
The little girl, possessing a genial
disposition, was loved and admired
by all who knew her, and especially
was she devoted to the members
of her immediate famliy. Had she
lived until September 18, she would
have been 11 years old, and would
have been a member of the sixth
grade.
Surviving are her mother, Mrs.
Ruth Byrd Crater, society editor of
The Tribune; an older sister, Mary;
her maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Byrd, and her paternal
grandmother, Mrs. R. P. Crater.
Pallbearers were Messrs. George
Royall, Joe Bivins, Edworth Harris
and H. F. Laffoon.
Evidence of the admiration and
esteem in which she was held was
the beautiful floral offering.
Hits Man With Bottle
After Cafe Argument
Reece Cocker ham, employee of a
local cafe, was bound over to su
perior eourt Monday under SIOO
bond following a hearing before
Magistrate Lum Young for assault
with a deadly weapon on Davis
Byrd, of Clingman.
Cockerham was alleged to have
struck Byrd over the head with an
empty pop bottle following an argu
ment as to who was to pay for a
sandwich, inflicting a bad scalp
wound.
To Start Mailing
Drivers' Licenses
On September 23rd
Addressing and mailing of ap
plication blanks for *"* drivers' li
censes to nearly 500,000 automo
bile owners in the state began
Monday morning, the blanks be
ing available locally at the F-W
Chevrolet Co., Elkin Motors, Inc.,
town tax office and W. M.
Allen'« office.
Mlal"nj: of the licenses to
scheduled to begin September 23,
George C. Scott, director of the
division of accounts, said Thurs
day.
Application forms for the li
censes are being printed at state
prison.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1935
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Pictured above is the 1935 edition of the Chatham Blanketeers, local baseball team, which, by virtue* of
its victories in the Charlotte Observer Semi-Pro Townament, is semi-pro champion of North Carolina. The
Blanketeers will soon meet Buffalo, S. C., for the championship of the two Carolines. Left to right, they are:
front row—Clarence Davis, outfield; Guy Clodfelter, shortstop; Eddie Weston, center field; Fred Hambright,
third base; Scott Fitzgerald, first base and outfield; second row—Hoyt Hambright, manager and first base;
Harvey Stockton, pitcher; Charlie Gough, second base; Don Campbell, pitcher; Kermit Mackie, right field; third
row—Corky Cornelius, left field; Delos Jones, catcher; Ab Crater, utility; Shine Rumple, pitcher; Bob Bobbins,
infielder. -
Pictured in front of the team are Avery and Mdnroe Hanes, bat boys.
BLANKETEERS BEGIN
FINAL GAMES TODAY
Play Buffalo At Chester,
S. C.; Championship
Is At Stake
The Chatham Blanketeers will
meet the strong Buffalo, S. C.,
team today .(Thursday), at Ches
ter, S. C., in the first of the fi
nal five-game series sponsored by
the Charlotte Observer. Winner
of the series will be crowned semi
pro champion of the two Caro
linas.
Chatham is holder of the North
Carolina championship while Buf
falo won out to take the champ
ionship of South Carolina.
The second game of the series
will be played here next Thurs
day at Riverside Park. Other
games of the series will be played
on neutral ground and will be an
nounced later.
The winner of the series will
receive the trophy awarded by the
Charlotte Observer as champion
of the two states.
Out of five games played dur
ing the week-end, Chatham won
three and lost two. The Blanke
teers defeated Mooresville Friday
afternoon 5 to 4 in a 10-inning
game; Adams-Millis Friday night
4to 1; Shelby Saturday afternoon
8 to 1, and lost to Shelby Satur
day night 7to 4. In a game with
Mount Airy Sunday Chatham lost
10 to 8.
M. R. DUNNAGAN IS
VISITOR IN CITY
Candidate for Secretary
of State Here Mon
day Afternoon
Mike Dunnagan. of Raleigh,
who recently announced himself a
candidate for the Democratic nomi
nation for secretary of state, was a
visitor in Elkin Monday in the in
terest of his candidacy.
Mr. Dunnagan, who has been en
gaged in newspaper work for many
years, has made his home in Raleigh
for a number of years, and has acted
as correspondant for many news
papers, both daily and weekly, from
the capital city. His candidacy for
secretary of state has won the ap
proval of many of the .state's lead
ing citizens.
Mr. Dunnagan is a native of
Yadkin county.
To Conduct Services^
Grady Burgiss will conduct ser
vices at Friendship church Sunday
night, September 8, at 7:45 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to
North Carolina Semi-Pro Champions
Police Confiscates
Whisky and Ends Up
In Jail After Drunk
Morgan Wiles, Wilkes county
deputy sheriff and Chief of Police
of Ronda, was arrested Monday
morning by Sheriff W. B. Somers
and lodged in Jail at Wilkesboro
following what was described as
an acute case of drunkenness.
Wiles, in company with Dixie
Graham, local chief of police, and
a Wilkes county officer, arrested
Hiliary Marsh, local negro, last
week for possession of a gallon
and a half of whisky. Marsh was
carried to jail at Wilkesboro and
Wiles was said to have taken the
whisky home to dispose of it.
Whether the Ronda policeman
disposed of the whisky by pour
ing it into a gutter or into his
gullet is not known, but neverthe
less he was said to have gone on
a drunken spree Sunday, attempt
ing to make an arrest in the
meanwhile. The person arrested
was said to have taken out the
papers which resulted In Wiles'
arrest.
Anyway, Wiles was in jail Mon
day with Hilary Marsh in a
neighboring cell.
PATROL TAKES UP
NEW ASSIGNMENTS
Lentz Is Transferred;
Clay Church To
Taylorsville
"North Carolina expects you to
have conscience, courtesy and cour
age," Governor Ehringhaus told the
new highway patrol Friday at Ral
eigh as it steamed into the city, con
vened in the hall of representatives
and took the oath of office admin
istered to it by Associate Justice
Heriot Clarkson.
"There is nothing more despicable
than to see a man 'clothed in a lit
tle brief authority'," the Governor
continued, "arrogantly" administer
ing the law.
The men rode into Raleigh on
their motorcycles and in the 40 new
roadsters to undergo the Governor's
inspection and to take a corporate
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Three Are Injured
In Auto Collision
\
Three people were injured in head
on collision Sunday afternoon near
Oak Level church, Wilkes county.
Mrs. Lester Cockerham sustained a
severely cut head, and har husband
suffered a bruised jaw. One child
received a badly cut tongue. The
injured were brought to Hugh Chat
ham Memorial hospital. The car
was damaged beyond repair.
BOY WHO KILLED
FATHER GIVES UP
Conrad Bell Surrenders
To Wilkes Sheriff
Monday Morning
Taking a pot shot at his brother
and missing, Conrad Bell, 20, of
Roaring River, route 1, turned the
gun upon his father, J. L. Bell, 47,
and . shot and killed him at his home
Friday night about 10 o'clock.
Bell, previous to the shooting, had
accused his brother of giving infor
mation that he owned a still.
Federal revenue agents raided a
still near the Bell home late Fri
day, arrested one of the Bell boys
and chased another one in the di
rection of the Bell home. Going to
the house they arrested another Bell
boy who told that the one who fan
from the still was the owner of it.
It was after being released under
bond that the two boys returned
home where their brother, Conrad,
awaited. Conrad, it was revealed,
was the one who ran towards the
house at the time of the raid, and
it was then that he fired at the
brother who had told officers to
whom the still belonged.
Following the shooting, the fath
er attempted to reconcile Conrad,
who was said to have turned on Mf
•Bell stating: "Well, damn you, I'll
just shoot you!" The father replied:
"You are a damned liar if you
don't!" Whereupon the son fired
at him point blank, the bullet en
tering the elder man's stomach. He
died a short while later.
Monday morning the killer son
went to the home of Sheriff W. B.
Somers, in Wilkesboro, and surrend
ered.
Funeral services for the slain man,
who is survived by his wife, Mrs. Cora
Bell, and seven children, wereheld
at White Plains church Sunday af
ternoon at 2 o'clock.
DRIVER INJURED AS
HUGE TRUCK WRECKS
Tanker Loaded With 4,-
000 Gallons of Gas
Overturns
A huge oil transport truck of the
trailer type, loaded with 4,000 gal
lons of gasoline, skidded into a ditch
and turned over about two miles
■couth of Brook's Cross Roads early
Wednesday morning,
John Hemmingway, of Wilming
ton, driver rtf the truck, sustained
severe cuts p.nd bruises in the ac
cident but was not fatally hurt,
medical attention being administered
at the home of a Brook's Cross
Roads physician.
The accident occurred about 6:15.
The truck was en route from Wil
mington to North Wilkesboro.
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ARE TO ADVERTISE
TOWN TAXES SECOND
WEEK IN OCTOBER
Vacancies On Local
School Board Filled
By Commissioners
TO INSTITUTE SUITS
Delinquent town taxes for the year
1934 were ordered advertised the
second week in October by the board
of town commissioners at thetr
meeting in the town tax office Mon
day night. The town tax collcetor
was also ordered to institute suit on
all 1932 taxes and street paving as
sessments that are in arrears, bj
October 1.
This move was made as a result ot
a law recently enacted by the state
legislature which requires towns to
begin suit for their own protection.
Vacancies on the town school
board were also filled' by the board
Monday, the following men being
appointed: J. G. Abernethy, C. A.
McNeill and W. C. Cox.
Two additional street lights were
ordered installed, one to be located
in West Elkin at the end of the
concrete on Elk Spur* street and the
other in East Elkin in front of the
East Elkin Baptist church. A third
light was ordered installed to the
rear of the Cash & Carry store ware
house on East Main street.
SURRY COURT TO
CONVENE SEPT. 30
One Week For Criminal
and Two For Civil
Cases
I
The October term of Surry County
Superior Court will convene on Mon
day, September 30 for the hearing
of criminal and civil cases. The
first week will be for the hearing of
criminal cases, and the remaining
two weeks for the hearing of civil
cases.
Due to the fact that an extra
week, or term, of civil court has been
requested by the Surry County Bar
Association, and the county commis
sioners having approved and ex
tended such a request to the gover
nor the civil term will continue
through two weeks.
The regular court calendar has
not yet been made x»ut, but will be
made out today.
A special veenire of men has been
selected for the extra week of civil
court.
A list of the three venires, com
prising 84 names, is as follows:
First week and the Grand Jury:
T.J. Parks, W. G. Lewis, H. M. Swink,
N. C. Marion, George T. Massey, J.
G. Greenwood, C. W. Vestal, Ford
Cothren, W. H. Critz, F. A. Brendle,
S. P. Fletcher, W. J. Lovengood, T.
D. Fulcher, Clyde Eller, W. F. Reece,
Charlie Let, W. H. Sides, John G.
Gilliam, P. W. Taylor, L. R. Combs,
J. F. Freeman, H. Z. Phillips, O. C.
Nance, Andrew J. Coleman, W. P.
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COUNTY SCHOOLS TO
OPEN SEPTEMBER 16
Plans for Re-Routing
Busses Expected to
Be Complete
The schools of Surry county will
swing wide their doors on Mionday,'
September 16 for the entrance of
children young and old, with an en
rollment this year in excess of 9,000.
Plans that have been under way
for some time for the re-routing of
the school buses have not yet been
completed, but are expected to be
furnished by the time the schools
open. Announcement of the plans,
if necessary, Will be made later.
John W. Comer, county superin
tendent of schools, stated Monday
that a committee has been ap
pointed to confer with the Haymore
heirs relative to the rental or pur
chase of Mountain Park school, with
its various buildings, for use by the
county schools The Bryan school
building has already, proven inade
quate to accommodate the children
of that school, and it has been neces
sary for some of them to be housed
in the Mountain Park buildings
during * previous term. The above
conference is to be called in the
iear future, and it is hoped that the
negotiations will prove successful.