•The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 47
Answers Critics
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Associate Justice Hugo L. Black
who, faced with charges that he
was a member of the Ku Klux
Klan, used a nation-wide radio
hook-up to answer the charges,
stating that he was at one time
a member of the Klan. bat that
he resigned years ago. He took
his place on the court
bench Monday.
85 IN COUNTY
RECEIVING AID
This Number Receives Total
of $970 During Month
of September
1-4 PAID BY COUNTY
Eighty-five persons in Surry
county are now receiving old-age
benefits in payments ranging from
$5 to $25, it has been learned
from the office of Bausie Marion,
superintendent of welfare in Sur
ry.
During the month of Septem
ber, these received a total of $970
one-fourth of which was paid by
the county. More applications for
aid have been approved within
the last week.
Mr. Marion's office in recent
weeks, has investigated more than
five hundred applications for old
age relief and one hundred for de
pendent children.
The county welfare department
is now paying benefits to thirty
for dependent children, amounts
ranging from $8 to $36 per month,
according to the number of chil
dren in a family.
Sixteen blind persons in the
county are receiving aid, their
checks ranging from $lO to $25.
A survey of the blind shows 02
who are residents while the coun
ty has a quota of only thirty-two
for relief.
NEGROES FREED
IN DEATH PROBE
Iredell Man is Found Lying
in Highway Late Sat
urday Night
TWO SKULL FRACTURES
John "Hardrock" Parks, and
Jesse Green, Elkin negroes who
were arrested by Iredell county
officers for questioning in the
death of Irving Ledford, of
Houstonville, have been released
following a coroner's inquest
Monday.
Ledford, fatally inured, was
found lying on the highway near
his home about 10:30 o'clock Sat
urday night by Bill Davis, of Elk
in, who was en route from States
y ville here. Davis stated that the
man lived about five minutes af
ter he found him. Officers were
called immediately.
An examination disclosed that
the man's skull had been frac
tured in two places. It is believed
that he had been clubbed, robbed
and then placed in the highway
to indicate having been struck by
an automobile. He had last been
seen with a group of negroes, It
was said.
MOORESVILLE DEFEATS
ELKS HERE BY 12 TO 7
The Elkin High School Elks
were defeated here last Friday
afternoon in their first home
game with Mooresville by the
score of 12 to 7. Although fight
ing every inch of the way in a
game that saw John Ratledge,
get his arm broken, and back in
juries to a Mooresville player, the
Elks found the Mooresville team
a little too much.
The team is hard at work Ift
preparation for its next game, to
be played here October 15 against
North Wilkesboro.
NEXT WEEK IS
AIR MAIL WEEK
IN N. CAROLINA
Local Postoffice is to Take
Part
SPECIAL CACHET HERE
Postmaster Urges That Ev
eryone Possible Send
Mail by Plane
COLLECTORS ARE BUSY
Next week, October 11-16, will
be observed as Air Mail Week
throughout North Carolina, and
Elkin, although without an air
port, will take part in the ob
servance by rushing all air mall
letters received at the local post
office to the nearest air mail ter
minal, there to be dispatched by
airplane.
The Elkin postoffice is one of
a designated number to be al
lowed a special cachet, or rubber
stamp, which will be imprinted
upon all air mail letters mailed
from here during next week. The
imprint of this cachet is being
widely sought by stamp collectors
and Postmaster French W. Gra
ham has been swamped with let
ters from all parts of the United
States to be mailed from this
office during Air Mail Week.
The cachet, about three inches
square .shows a picture of the
Wright Memorial at Kitty Hawk,
birthplace of aviation, and con
tains the following wording:
"First North Carolina Air Mail
Flights, October 11-16, 1937." Be
neath the picture of the memor
ial appears the following words:
"Elkin, 'the Best Little Town in
N. C./ " At the bottom of the
stamp are the words: "The
Oreat Silver Fleet, Eastern Air
Lines, U. S. Mail, Express, Pas
sengers."
On October 12 a plane will stop
at all postoffices in the state hav
ing flying fields and pick up the
air mail for that section and rush
it to the key cities, Charlotte and
Raleigh, for direct dispatch. A
mail plane was scheduled to pick
up air mail from Elkin, but due
to the lack* of a safe field here,
plans were cancelled. The East
ern Air Lines mail planes are said
to have a landing speed of about
70 miles per hour, and it was
thought too dangerous for a plane
to attempt a landing on any lo
cal field that has been used by
airplanes.
All business houses and private
citizens of Elkin are urged to use
the air mail during Air Mail
Week. The extra cost is only
three cents, and the speed in
which the mail travels is amaz
ing.
A proclamation has been issuqfl
by Governor Hoey proclaiming
next week as Air Mail Week in
which he urges all North Caro
lina citizens to cooperate by using
the air mail, calling attention to
the fact that this state is the
birthplace of aviation.
Postmaster Graham has a sup
ply of regular air mail envelopes
for the use of those who wish to
take'advantage of this type post*
al service.
MUST OBTAIN PERMIT
TO LIGHT BRUSH FIRE
Burning permits must be ob
tained to ignite any material in
any of the areas of the state for
est service or within 500 feet of
any such protected area between
October 15 ai)d December 1, in
clusive, it has been announced by
J. R. Norman, Surry county for
est warden. The act making such
fires unlawful does not apply to
any fires started within 500 feet
of a dwelling house.
Burning permits may be ob
tained from J. R. Norman, Moun
tain Park, or R. S. Johnson, dis
trict warden, Mount Airy, route
4, and Guy Bartley, district war
den, Low Gap.
SILOAM MAN INJURED
WHEN HIT BY MACHINE
W. P. Hill, of Siloam, received
a fractured left arm and other
painful injuries Monday night
when he was knocked down by
an automobile in Winston-Salem.
Charles Pinnix, driver of the car,
was arrested on a charge of reck
less driving.
Mr. Hill was In Winston-Salem
for the purpose of marketing to
bacco at the time of the accident.
100 th Anniversary .
The 100 th birthday anniversary
of S. J. Odell will be celebrated
Sunday, October 10, at the Odell
home near Toast, in northern
Surry county. The centenarian,
so far as is known, is the oldest
livine resident of the cnuntv
Champ Farmerette
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Los Angeles . . . 16-year-old
Nellie Goedheart, Norwalk, Cali
fornia, farm girl, winner of the
American Farm Girl Champion
ships at the Los Angeles County
Fair. Nellie outclassed thirteen
other contestants in milking, but
ter churning, hay pitching and
corn husking to win title.
FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK IS OBSERVED
Local Fire Chief Urges That
Local Residents Look to
Fire Hazards
STATE HAS FINE RECORD
This week is Fire Prevention
Week throughout the entire na
tion.
The president of the United
States, the governor of North
Carolina, the insurance commis
sioner of North Carolina the
president of the North Carolina
Association of Fire Chiefs, the
Fire Marshal of North Carolina
and all the firemen in the state
urge everybody to observe this
week in a practical manner and
each do his or her best to remove
common causes of fire from the
home, the school, the , church,
store, factory, etc.
W. W. Whitaker, chief of the
Elkin fire department, stated
Wednesday that local people
should look to flues, chimneys,
stove and furnace pipes in order
to see that they are in good con
dition. All rusty or otherwise
faulty pipe should be replaced;
joints should be tight, he said, if
fire risk is to be cut to a mini
mum. I
Mr. Whitaker also stated that
accumulation of trash, such as old
paper, etc., should be cleaned up,
and that attics, closets and base
ments should be cleaned. Fires
often break out in such places.
It was also stated that the sta
tistician of the North Carolina
Firemen's convention, in his re
port for the year 1936 at the 1937
convention in Greensboro, stated
that the fire loss in North Caro
lina for the year 1936 was lower
per person than in any other
southern state. This is a fine
record, Mr. Whitaker said, and
strict observance of safety meas
ures should aid in keeping it so.
ELKIN BANK NOW
IN NEW QUARTERS
Task of Moving is Accom
plished After Banking
Hours Tuesday
IS MODERN THROUGHOUT
The Bank of Elkin moved into
its attractive new home on the
corner of West Main and North
Bridge streets Tuesday afternoon
after banking hours and was
ready for business Wednesday
morning without interruption of
service.
The bank's new home has
brought much favorable comment.
Modern fixtures, attractive floors
and lighting combine to make it
one of the most modern in this
section of the state.
Plasterers were completing the
task of stuccoing the exterior
Wednesday morning, this Job
having been held up for several
days due to continuous rain.
An invitation to the public to
visit the bank's new quarters has
been extended.
CORRECTION
Due to an error in last week's
issue of The Tribune, it was re
ported that Ralph McCoin was
convicted of driving a car while
intoxicated. The story should
have stated that McCoin was
fined $25.00 and the costs on a
charge of reckless driving. The
Tribune regrets the error.
ELKIN. N. C- THURSDAY. OCTOBER 7, 1937
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
VERDICT MAY BRING
DEATH FOR FLIER
• Salamanca, Spain, Oct. 5v —
Six officers of a Spanish in
surgent court martial late to
night reached a verdict which
may send Harold E. Dahl, 28-
year-old aviator from Cham-
Champaign, IU., to his death
before a firing squad.
The verdict, which will not
be announced until Thursday,
was sent in a sealed envelope
to Generalissimo Francisco
Franco's high judicial authori
ties and to the general com
mand of Salamanca province.
If the verdict is "death" it
must be placed before Franco,
who once before saved the
young American flier from a
firing squad after a tearful ap
peal from Dahl's pretty bride.
CHINESE STIFFEN
BEFORE JAP ATTACK
Shanghai, Oct. 6—(Wednes
day) Chinese troops stiffen
ed their resistance against
more than 150,000 Japanese in
the great battle of Shanghai
today.
Japan's offensive in the
Shanghai area was making
little progress despite aerial
bombing and artillery fire,
which continued to imperil U.
S. marines who hold the de
fense lines of the Anglo-Amer
ican area of the international
settlement adjacent to the
Japanese zone.
LONDON WORRIES
OVER SITUATION
London, Oct. 5. Fascist
reports of a crack new Italian
air fleet carrying II Dace's
aviator son in Spain and a pi
rate submarine's defiance of
Britain's sea might tonight
created what informed observ
ers termed "an ugly situation"
for world peace.
These two new factors
brought France and Britain
face to face with a grave turn
of events made more critical
by bitter warfare in two parts
of the world.
SWAPS WIFE
FOR DONKEY
Belgrade, Yugoslavia,. Oct. 5
—Adyar Atchiovritch was sen
tenced to four and a half years
in jail today for selling his
wife to a soldier friend for a
donkey because she allegedly
was unfaithful to him.
TRIBUNE OFFER
ENDS OCT. 16TH
Positively Last Chance to
Secure Beautiful Pen,
Pencil Set Free
SHOULD ACT QUICKLY
The Tribune has been well
pleased and a little surprised with
steady continued interest readers
are evidencing in our very fine
premium offer of a free fountain
pen and pencil to* match with
each subscription at the regular
price.
So many sets have gone out
that they have been, a factor in
placing more and holding the in
terest up. Subscribers have been
telling their neighbors about the
splendid writing equipment they
have obtained free and this has
been the means of more renewal
and new subscriptions coming in.
. In fact, while the bulk of those
obtaining free sets at the start
came from readers whose sub
scriptions were due or close to
being due, now many who are
well paid in advance are extend
ing their subscriptions a year
further in order to obtain the val
auble premium.
It makes no difference how far
off is the expiration date of any
subscriber, all may renew while
this offer is in effect, extending
their subscription a year still fur
ther ahead, and secure a free
gift.
However, this must be done
soon as the offer positively ex
pires Saturday, October 10th.
This week is a good time to come
in.
We oppose changing Uncle
Sam's emblem from an eagle to
a turkey. Some nation might try
to carve a piece of the turkey.
"No Turning: Back"—Roosevelt
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En Route . . . Inspecting various Federal projects along way, Pres
ident Roosevelt, accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt, tours West to sound
out popular reaction to latest New Deal measures. Laughing aside
third-term queries, the President took recent occasion to promise "no
turning back" on announced liberal policies. He is shown above while
motoring through Yellowstone Park.
N. C. RECEIVES
LARGE AMOUNT
$413,675.89 in Form of Grant
For Public Assistance
Program
MANY RECEIVING AID
Washington, Sept. 29. The
development of North Carolina's
public assistance program is
shown by facts on which the So
cial Security Board based grants,
amounting to $413,675.89, for
North Carolina's public assistance
programs during the three
months beginning October 1, G.
R. Parker, Regional Director, Re
gion IV, said today. The grants
were the second public assistance
grants made by the Social Se
curity Board to North Carolina.
Tt>e total was made up of
$283,500 for the State-Federal old
age assistance program; $82,888.-
88 for the North Carolina-Federal
•aid to dependent children pro
gram; and $47,287.01 for the
North Carolina-Federal aid to the
blind program, Mr. Parker said.
In each instance the Social Se
curity Board grants will be sup
plemented with State funds.
It is estimated that by the end
of the quarter 20,000 needy men
and women, 65 and older, will be
receiving help under the State-
Federal old age assistance pro
gram, Mr. Parker said. The State
Board of Charities and Public
Welfare, of which Mrs. W. T.
Bost is the Commissioner, has put
the State program in full opera
tion in the 100 counties of the
State. On September 1, two
months after the program was
launched, 7,777 needy aged per
sons received assistance under
the old age program Mr. Parker
pointed out.
TO DEDICATE
ORGAN SUNDAY
Baptists Will Hold Special
Service; Public Is
Invited
INTERIOR IS REMODELED
Sunday morning at the 11
o'clock hour of worship at the
First Baptist church, a special
service will be held to dedicate the
new organ recently installed in
the church. The organ is a gift
of Mrs. E. B. Lawrence in mem
ory of her late husband, Edgar
Bohnson Lawrence.
Special music by both the adult
and junior choirs and a sermon
on "The Ministry of Sacred Mu
sic," by the pastor. Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt, will be a part of the
service. E. C. James, chairman of
the Board of Deacons of the
church, will also have a part in
the service.
In addition to the installation
of the organ the interior of the
church has been remodeled and
redecorated and the adult choir
loft placed directly behind the
pulpit.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed the public to attend this ser-,
vice.
You can tell what section of the
country has the most money at
any particular time. It's the one
where the most carnivals are be
ing held.
To err is human. It's also hu
man to remind those who erred.
GOOD PRICES
PAID GROWERS
Bad Weather Cuts Poundage
of Tobacco Sold on Mount
Airy Market
WEED OF GOOD GRADE
More than 463,300 pounds of to
bacco was sold Tuesday on the
Winston-Salem market, averag
ing approximately $23.43.
"The volume offered on the
fourth day of the 1937-38 season
was far short of fourth-day sales
of the past few seasons," J. T.
Booth, sales supervisor, said.
"This, however, is due to the
fact that the market opened a full
week earlier than usual and that
the late planting required the
time that is usually put to prepa
ration of tobacco for market," he
added.
Yesterday's prices held their
own with the early days of the
season. There was an improved
tone in the market, especially in
the bidding for better grades.
Mt. Airy, Oct. 5. —Early October
rains which have fallen for three
days cut the poundage of tobacco
sold on the Mt. Airy tobacco mar
ket today, but wet weather failed
to cut prices paid here. Today a
total of 50,460 pounds were sold
at an average price of $27.52 per
hundred pounds. Practically all
grades were reported bringing
good prices.
LOCAL LAUNDRY TO
HOLD OPEN HOUSE
White Swan Now Occupying
Modern New Building on
S. Bridge St.
CREDIt TO COMMUNITY
»
The White Swan Laundry,
housed In a modern new plant
that is thoroughly up-to-date in
every respect, will hold open house
Friday from *9:00 a.m. until 5:00
p. m., with everyone in this entire
section cordially invited to attend.
The laundry's new home, only
recently completed, on South
Bridge street, is as modern as any
to be found in this section of the
state, and would be a credit even
to a much larger city. It was de
signed to furnish ample room for
the large number of employees;
plenty of light and air, and sepa
rate departments for the laundry
and dry cleaning divisions.
Of attractive appearance, the
building also provides large office
space, loading platform at the
side, and a separate boiler room
located a short distance from the
rear.
Considerable new equipment has
been installed in the plant since 1
the building was completed, this
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ANOTHER MARK SET
AT KLONDIKE FARM
A new record exceeding the av
erage of Guernsey cows of her
age, has Just been made by three
and-one-half-year-old Klondike
Graciou? 379102. of Klondike
Farm here.
The official record of this
member of Thurmond Chatham's
herd, supervised by State College
Station and announced by the
American Guernsey Cattle Club, is
13351.2 pounds of milk and 610.4
pounds of butterfat in Class D.
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AGGRESSION IS
DENOUNCED BY
F. D. R. IN TALK
President Takes Stand
Against Belligerents
HINTS AT 'QUARANTINE'
Roosevelt Condemns "Ruth
less Murder" of Women
and Children From Air
NATION GIVEN WARNING
Chicago, Oct. 5. —President
Roosevelt denounced the "cruel
sacrifice" of innocent peoples In
aggressive wars today, and hint
ed that it may be necessary for
the United States and other
peace-loving countries to "quar
antine" the beligerents to protect
themselves.
In what was regarded gener
ally as the most important speech
on world affairs he ever has de
livered, the President told a lake
shore audience:
"The peace-loving nations must
make a concerted effort in oppo
sition to those violations and
those ignoring of humane in
stincts which today are creating
a state of international anarchy
and instability from which there
is no escape through mere isola
tion, or neutrality."
Aides said Mr. Roosevelt's ut
terances might mean, at some
future time, an effort toward iso
lating aggressive nations from
world commerce.
"America hates war," he told
the hundreds of thousands who
gathered along the lake front to
hear him through loudspeakers.
"America hopes for peace. There
fore, America actively engages in
the search for peace."
He declared that the will for
peace must express itself so that
nations mediating violations of
their agreements and the rights
of others will be dissuaded from
such a course.
"There must be positive en
deavors to preserve peace," the
President added.
His address, which was broad
cast nationally, named no names,
but it seemed clear that some of
his remarks concerning aggres
sion were aimed at participants
in the undeclared Sino-Japanese
war, attacks in the Mediterranean
on neutral shipping, outside na
tions taking sides in the Spanish
civil war, and the Italian occu
pation of Ethiopia.
MANY ATTEND REUNION
HELD ON LAST SUNDAY
The Royall-Miles-Brooks re
union. held at Liberty Knob
church in Alleghany county was
well attended, despite the incle
ment weather. The main address
to the gathering was made by
Attorney Forest G. Holcomb of
Winston-Salem. This was follow
ed by a sermon by Rev. Geo. W.
Miles.
The 1938 reunion will be held
at Roaring Gap church, near
Doughton, the fourth Sunday in
September.
WILDCATS TO HOLD
REUNION OCTOBER 24
The Veterans of the historic
81st or Wildcat Division, a Com
bat Division of the World War
have been called to meet in State
Reunion in High Point, N, C..
October 24th to 26th.
In the State of North Carolina
there are 7200 Veterans who serv
ed with the Wildcats, and a large
attendance is expected at this
great meet.
Each veteran of the Division
is cordially invited; to attend with
his Ladies, and the Committees
have arranged a fine program of
entertainment for all.
IMJetfiil
SMILE TMAN TN'
FIRST LAUOHTER