Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVII. No. 12°
Students Must Walk In Street
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Pictured above are several students of the Elkin high school pho
tographed on Elk Spur street, and showing how, at the present time,
school children must walk In the street due to lack of a sidewalk.
The WPA project to provide a cement walk along the street will do
away with this hazard. Work on the walk is expected to begin
about April Ist. —Tribune Photo.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
JORDAN IS TO
OPPOSE REYNOLDS
Baleigh, Feb. 1. "When
'Oar Bob' faces North Carolina
voters this year, you will hear
the cry, 'Roosevelt, Reynolds,
bonds and booze*," William H.
Jordan says, in preliminary
declaration that he means to
run against Reynolds as the
Republican nominee for the
United States senate.
Jordan, Orange county news
paper editor, farmer, and both
personal and political dry, be
lieves that if the Republicans
will nominate him he will get
many Democratic votes from
the drys who resent more and
more the opening of county
ABC stores.
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THE WORKS
Washington, Feb. 1. —Works
progress administration fiscal
authorities decided today to
"shoot the roll" on winter em
ployment and trust that spring
will bring a business boom to
absorb the thousands who will
have to be cut off their roßs
then.
Aubrey Williams, acting
WPA administrator, announced
that because of increasing de
mands work-relief enrollment
would be expanded to approxi
mately 2,000,000 persons dur
ing February, then would be
progressively curtailed to about
1,500,000 by Jane.
EMPLOYMENT HAS
SLIGHT DECREASE
Raleigh, Feb. 1. Employ
ment in North Carolina manu
facturing industries decreased
three-tenths of 1 per cent In
January, as compared with the
preceding month, a report re
leased today through the state
department of labor Indicated.
The report showed that pay
rolls of manufacturing indus
tries dropped 4.7 per cent.
The data, collected from 255
establishements, cover employ
ment and pay rolls for the
week ending January 15, as
compared with employment and
pay rolls in the Identical es
tablishments during the corre
sponding week in December.
1938 REVENUE
COLLECTIONS GOOD
Collector of Internal Reve
nue Charles H. Robertson yes
terday looked upon the 1938
model in the procession of
years and found it good in so
far as his survey pertained to
the first month of the year.
During the month just clos
ed internal revenue collections
in the district of North Caro
lina amounted to $25,005,099.29,
the report prepared by I. T.
Newton, chief of the account
ing division, shows. This repre
sents an increase of $372,324.57
over the total of $24,092,774.72
for January, 1937, which was
considered an excellent month
in federal money-gathering.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED IN COUNTY
Only two marriage licenses were
issued this week by the register
of deeds, Kenntt Lawrence, they
being to Byrd Edmonds, of Pilot
Mountain, to Hazel Whitaker, also
of Pilot Mountain, and Elmer
Bowie?, of Elkin to Nora Hughes.
Pinnacle, both colored.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
PAYNE AND TURNER
ARE GIVEN DEATH
North Carolina Bad Men
Found Guilty of Murdering
Highway Patrolman
EXECUTION MARCH 4TH
A Buncombe county jury con
victed Bill Payne and Wash Tur
ner, North Carolina outlaws, of
first degree murder Saturday
night In the killing of George
Penn, a highway patrolman, last
August 22.
The verdict,, which automatic
ally carried death sentences for
the desperadoes, was returned at
10:14 p. m. The jury received the
case at 7:15 o'clock but took an
hour for supper.
Judge Felix E. Alley sentenced
the defendants to die in the gas
chamber on March 4. The defense
filed notice of an appeal to the
state Supreme court.
A large crowd was in the court
room as the prisoners, closely
guarded by patrolmen, were
brought in a few minutes before
the jury.
Payne, the first to hear the ver
dict, and Turner were calm as
they looked upon the jury, al
though Payne had broken down
and sobbed a few hours before.
Turner's former wife and his
sister-in-law wept openly.
CLUB SPONSORS
DANCING SCHOOL
Project Is Now Under Way at
Hotel Elkin; Under Direc
tion Famous Dancer
The dance school which opened
at the Hotel Elkln. Monday, Jan
uary 24th, sponsored by the Wo
man's Club, is offering training
in all forms of dancing.
This school is under the direct
supervision of Jacqueline Dor
miny who is a member of the
Dancing Masters of America and
the past president of dancing
masters of North Carolina.
Miss Dorminy was appointed
by Cordell Hull as the United
States Representative to the In
ternational Folk Pestival, held in
London, England, July, 1935. She
is consiedered one of the South's
most outstanding teachers in dan
cing and drama.
This years work under her su
pervision is the beginning of per
manent damce school to which
the people of Elkin and nearby
towns may send their children
year in and year out for the fin
est in dance training and to which
adults may go for the smartest
and newest in ballroom dancing.
The classes convene on Monday
and Saturday. Miss Dorminy's as
sistants here are Virginia Ham
mons and Ruth Adams.
This school is sponsored by the
Woman's Club and is a project
which offers considerable finan
cial support to this club.
The work is moving along beau
tifully. Classes have begun and
the first ball of the season by the
ballroom department, will be an
nounced before the Easter holi
days.
MRS. J. M. WOLFE IS
TAKEN BY DEATH
Mrs. Celeste Nixon Wolfe, 69,
wife of J. M. Wolfe, died at her
home at Mountain Park Saturday.
The deceased was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Nixon.,
For fifty-one years she had been
a faithful member of the Baptist!
church, first Joining the Rocky!
Ford church and later moving her 1
membership to Mountain Park.
One daughter, Mrs. Myrtice!
Alice Smith, three grandsons, and!
two sisters, Mrs. J. W. Nixon and
Mrs. P. M. Simmons, survive.
SIDEWALK PROJECT
FOR ELK SPUR ST.
APPROVED BY WPA
Vork Expected to Begin
About April Ist
ILSO HOSPITAL WALK
WPA to Pay for Labor, Prop
erty Owners to Pay for
Actual Materials
NOT ALL ARE SIGNED UP
A cement sidewalk along Elk
Spur street, badly needed for
students who attend the new El
kin .high school, should become
an actuality here next summer,
the project having been approved
by the Works Progress Adminis
tration, which will supply the
money for labor.
A letter received a few days
ago by Paul Gwyn, city clerk,
from WPA officials stated the
project had been approved and
construction of the walk could
begin as soon as relief labor is
available. The labor should be
available, Mr. Gwyn stated, by
the first of April.
He pointed out that the relief
labor available here is now en
gaged in the construction of a
road to the Elkin Water Works
from East Main street, and that
this work will not be completed
until around April 1. Once It is
done, work may start on the side
walk.
The sidewalk is expected to be
five feet wide under present plans
and will be constructed on the
left side of Elk Spur. It is hoped
eventually to extend it to the
city limit.
Cost of the walk will be divided.
Property owners are to pay 40
cents per running foot for mater
ials and the WPA will pay the
cost of labor. The town will
stand the expense of providing
tools and equipment, such as
trucks, concrete mixers, and
other needed Implements.
At the present time not all the.
property owners have agreed to
the sidewalk. In cases like this,
when construction is begun, those
who failed to agree to the side
walk will see their property skip
ped, the walk ending at one side
and beginning on the other.
However, it is hoped that all
property owners will agree to the
walk by the time actual construc
tion starts.
In addiion to the Elk Spur
street walk, it is also planned to
construct a sidewalk from the in
tersection of Hospital Drive with
North Bridge street extension, to
the hospital.
A sidewalk on Elk Spur is
doubly needed due to the present
danger to school children who
are now forced to walk in the
street on the way to and from
school.
W. S. REICH IS HEAD OF
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
At a meeting of the Board of
Associated Charities Friday after
noon W. S. Reich was named as
president of the organization, Dr.
Wm. A. Jenkins vice-president
and Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, sec
retary-treasurer. The board
named Mrs: W. W. Whitaker, Mrs.
T. A. Leeper and C. H. Brewer as
investigating committee.
Much good was accomplished
by the organization during 1937,
according to the annual report,
which was read at the meeting.
More Praise
For Recent
Hospital Issue
The Hospital Edition recently
issued by The Tribune upon
the dedication of the Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital
new addition has drawn the
praise of The Farmvilie (Va.)
Herald, the following letter
having been received from A. H.
Galloway, advertising manager
of the publication:
"I realize that I am a bit late,
however, I wan*, to congratulate
you and your staff of workers
for the splendid hospital edi
tion.
"This was a real undertaking
and yon gloriously succeeded.
Your layouts, arrangement and
print was splendid.
"More power to. you and your
publication."
The Tribune appreciates this
letter, coming as It does from
a newspaper that for two years
held the Virginia Press associ
ation trophy cup awarded for
the best weekly newspaper in
that state.
ELKIN. N f C- THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1938
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Above are two photographs made at the scene of the automobile
accident which claimed the life of L. W. Freeman, of Dobson, Satur
day. Left photo shows what remained of the Freeman car after a
large CCC truck, loaded with gravel, struck it head-on on the bridge
over Snow Creek. Right photo is a view of the bridge, Freeman's
body having been thrown over the high bridge beam to fall into the
creek 20 feet below. The top of the Freeman car, a light coupe, was
also knocked off, landing on the bank of the creek. —Tribune Photos.
DOBSON MAN IS
KILLED IN WRECK
L. W. Freeman Dies Instantly
in Head-on Collision
Near Dobson
YADKINVILLE BOY HELD
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Paul Flynn, 20, of Brannon, four
miles west of Yadkinville, was the
driver of a CCC truck which
struck a Chevrolet coupe occupied
by L. W. Freeman, 68, between
Crutchfield and Dobson Saturday
about noon, killing Freeman in
stantly and injuring two other
persons in the car with him.
Freeman, who is a member of a
prominent Surry county family,
was going toward Dobson with
two fellow workmen, J. I. Bartley
and O. L. Nichols. They were
crossing the bridge over Snow
Creek, sometimes called Cody's
creek, when the truck bore down
on them from the' opposite direc
tion. The coupe was demolished,
the truck having passed complete
ly over it after the impact. The
top was thrown across the creek.
Freeman's body was hurtled into
the air over the ten foot bridge
beam and fell into the water 20
feet below the bridge. The truck
was loaded with five tons of grav
el and came down the long steep
grade at fast speed, according to
officers who investigated the
wreck. They also stated that
Flynn said he took his truck out
of gear at the top of the hill. A
bend in the road prevents the
driver from seeing the bridge until
within 100 yards of it.
Paul Flynn, driver of the truck,
is a son of Mrs. Ethel Flynn Cook,
and the late Mr. Flynn. She is
now the wife of Harvey Cook and
they live at Brannon. He has been
a member of the Dobson CCC
camp for several months. Advices
from Dobson state that Flynn is
being held for investigation. Yad
kin officers state that Flynn has
no record.
Freeman, whose family lived in
St. Louis, Mo., was buried yester
day afternoon in the family
graveyard at Dobson, the delay be
ing to permit Ills family to reach
there. His wife, a son and daugh
ter survive.
ROOSEVELT BALL HERE
FRIDAY BIG SUCCESS
The Birthday Ball for the Pres
ident, held here at the school
gymnasium last Friday night, was
one of the most successful ever
held here, a nice sum having been
realized over all expnses.
The ball was well attended and
was enjoyed by the large crowd
which thronged the gymnasium.
Both round and square dancing
was on tap, with two good orches
tra present to provide music.
Franklin Folger was chairman
of the event and Foley Norman
acted as secretary-treasurer. As
chairman, Mr. Folger stated Wed
nesdajrthat he wished to extend
thanks to all the committees and
to all who sold or bought tickets,
who attended the ball or helped
in amy way-to make it a success.
Mias Graham Honors Viii'or at
Tea Friday
Honoring her week-end guest,
Miss Mary Cochrane of Newton,
Miss Lesbia Graham entertained
at an informal tea at her home
on Gwyn Avenue Friday afternoon
at five o'clock. The guest list in
cluded sixteen and was limited to
college girls home for the spring
holidays and a few close friends.
A salad course was served.
Even an editor feels kindly dis
posed to those who think his
newspaper is worth more than
they pay for it.
Scenes of Tragic Crash Near Dobson Saturday
Elkin Cagesters
Are to Pace
West Yadkin Teams
The boys' and girls' teams
of Elkin high school will face
teams from West Yadkin high
school here Friday evening be
ginning at 7:30 o'clock.
The West Yadkin school has
excellent cage teams in both
girls' and boys' division, and
two thrilling games are expect
ed when they clash at the local
gymnasium.
Everyone who likes their
basketball fast and exciting is
urged to attend these games.
SIX INJURED IN
BOONVILLE CRASH
One Suffers Fractured Skull
as Automobile Turns Over
Several Times
BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL
Six people, all from Winston-
Salem, were injured Friday night
when the car in which they were
riding wrecked at Boonville.
C. H. Whiteheart was the most
seriously hurt, suffering a frac
tured skull. Others injured were:
Bill Qrishaw, Bill Henry and Carl
Lineback, and Misses Jackie and
Pauline Foltz. All suffered cuts
and abrasions.
The injured were taken to the
hospital here. Two, Lineback and
OrishaW, had been dismissed, but
the others are still there, it was
learned at the hospital Wednes
day afternoon. Their condition
was said to be satisfactory.
The party, it was said, had been
attending a dance at the Rendez
vous and had started back to
Winston-Salem when the acci
dent happened. The driver, whose
name was not learned, was said
to have lost control of the car. It
turned over several times.
The identity of a seventh mem
ber of the party, who escaped in
jury, could not be Jearned.
SURRY COURT IS TO
CONVENE FEBRUARY 14
According to a statement by F.
T. Lewellyn, clerk of court, Surry
county superior court will convene
on Monday, February 14, at 10:00
a. m. for a one week term of crim
inal court, which is to be presided
over by H. Hoyle Sink. The one
week term of criminal court to
be followed by a two weeks term
of civil court.
According to court attaches the
Thomas Madden case of the
Mount Airy vicinity will be up for
re-trial, Madden having taken an
appeal to the Supreme court after
sentence having been passed upon.
Madden is now in the court jail
at Dobson.
A very heavy civil court docket
is said to be on hand for trial dur
ing that term of the court.
TO GIVE PLAY AT
ROARING RIVER
On Friday evening, February 11
the Miller Creek school will pre
sent a farce comedy entitled "Here
Comes Charlie" in the high school
auditorium at Roaring River.
This play was first given in the
Miller Creek auditorium on De
cember 16. Inasmuch as It was
proclaimed such a dramatic hit of
the season the Roaring River
community count themselves for
tunate in being able to see this
production at home.
A nominal admission fee will be
charged.
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BEULAH STUDENTS
GET LONG HOLIDAY
School Building Destroyed by
Fire, No More School Un
til Next Fall
PLANNING TO REBUILD
Students of Beulah .High School
10 miles northwest of Mount Airy,
which was destroyed by fire last
week, will not attend school until
next fall.
John W. Comer, superintendent
of Surry schools, said Monday the
11 teachers at the school will
probably be given a leave of ab
sence without pay for the re
mainder of the school term.
Meanwhile Surry school author
ities are making an effort to se
cure a WPA project to rebuild the
$20,000 Beulah School by next
fall. Tentative plans call for a
14-room building with auditorium
and gymnasium. .
Comer said efforts would be
made to get the project approved
in ample time to complete the
building by the opening of the
next school term.
When the Beulah School burn
ed announcement was made that
the teachers aiM some 400 mem
bers of the student body would be
divided into three parts and sent
to three othti schools in the coun
ty.
The plan was to send them to
Franklin, Lowgap and Dobson
schools for the remainder of this
year. This plan, it was learned
has been abandoned. The students
will lose the remainder of the
school year. It was not thought
feasible to send them to other
schools.
Whether the teachers will be
given a leave of absence without
pay will be determined within
the next few days.
Comer said the plans for the
new school would add three rooms
to the school building. The build
ing that burned had 11 class
rooms.
QUARTETTE SINGING
AT ARLINGTON CHURCH
The Elkin Quartette Singing
Convention will be held with the
Arlington Baptist church from
2:00 to 4:00.p. m. on Sunday,
February 6th. A number of spe
cial features are expected to be
on the program, which will be in
charge of David Day, chairman,
including the Lovill singers of
Winston-Salem, and probably the
Olenhope singers from Burlington.
At the last meeting of the con
vention at Cool Springs 16 groups
were present and presented a very
entertaining program which was
enjoyed by a vast crov*
The Winston-Salem singers
are expected to be present also for
Sunday school and the 11:00 a.
m. hour of service.
The public is cordially Invited
to attend the singing and all the
other services of the day, includ
ing the morning and evening
hours of worship, which will be in
charge of the pastor, Rev. Grady
Burgiss.
WINSTON TOBACCO MART
TO CLOSE FEBRUARY BTH
The Winston-Salem leaf tobac
co market will close Tuesday,
February 8, it was announced fol
lowing a meeting of the market
operators Monday.
This decision was made in view
of the fact that all weather since
Christmas has been favorable to
the handling of tobacco. This has
been reflected in the unusually
large sales made almost daily
since the holidays. In other Tecent
years only a few thousand chang
ed hands daily far the marketing
period after the holidays.
Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina**
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SENATE PASSES
HOUSING BILL;
FORECAST BOOM
Quick Approval by Roosevelt
is Expected
OPPOSED BY REYNOLDS
Legislation Provides Lower
Down Payments on Homes
and Lower Interest
BIG FUND IS AVAILABLE
Washington, Feb. I.—Adminis
tration leaders, beating off a sen
ate rebellion by the close vote of
42 to 40, passed along to Presi
dent Roosevelt today the bill de
signed to stimulate a vast home
building boom.
Mr. Roosevelt is expected to
sign the bill quickly. Its sponsors
said much activity in building,
slowest paced of the major indus
tries, will result.
Overriding the strident criti
cism of a bloc that included
southern and western Democrats,
as well as Republicans, the ad
ministration men succeeded in
keeping out of the bill the
"prevailing wage" amendment
sponsored by Senator Lodge, Re
publican, Massachusetts.
The amendment would have
forced the payment of prevailing
wages on housing projects ' in
sured by the federal housing, ad
ministration. Its backers said
that without it, the housing bill
would depress wages in the build
ing trades. Opponents declared
the amendment would wreck the
bill, and by leading to wage-fix
ing in other fields, would carry
the country toward "fascism."
First major legislation of eith
er the special or regular sessions
to be sent to the White House,
the bill is intended to make
home-buying easier by reducing
down payments and financing
charges.
(North Carolona's senators split
on the legislation. Bailey voting
for it and Reynolds against it.)
Through amendments ' to the
exisiting FHA law, down pay
ments on homes costing $6,000 or
less will be cut to 10 per cent, and
the remainder can be paid out
over 25 years. The FHA will in
sure mortgages covering 90 per
cent of the cost for a premium
of one-fourth of 1 per cent of the
diminishing balance. Interest
charges will be 6 per cent, plus
the insurance premium.
RESTRICTIONS ON SALE
MORTGAGED CHATTELS
Persons selling, trading or re
ceiving chattels mortgaged to the
Farm Security Administration as
security for rehabilitation loans
are liable to court action by the
government if legal releases have
not been secured, according to no
tice received from the regional
attorney, reports R. O. palmer,
county rehabilitation supervisor
of the FBA, Dobson, N. C.
Restrictions are placed on sale
or transfer of chattels mortgaged
to FSA not only to provide par
tial security for rehabilitation
loans but to insure maintenance
of sufficient operating goods to
keep the farm on a productive
basis and carry out farm plans,
says the notice.
Where sale or trade of mort
gaged chattels is necessary be
cause of changes in farm opera
tion, authorization for transfer
of such property should be secur
ed through the county supervis
or's offices. Palmer pointed out.
Fault-Finder
Mrs. Gabber (nagging) You
were always a fault-finder!
Gabber—Yes, dear; I guess
that's why I found you.
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