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VOL. No. XXVIL No. 33
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
MISS COBB MAY
GO TO SENATE
Morganton, Jane 28 Miss
Beatrice Cobb, publisher of the
Morganton News-Herald and
Democratic national coaunit
teewoman for North Carolina,
was projected again into the
local political scene when in a
prepared statement she an
nounced she will accept the
nomination for the state senate
if it is the wish of the Demo
cratic convention here July 9.
The announcement followed
the presentation of a number
of petitions urging her to run
which she received upon her
return yesterday from White
Sulphur Springs, W. Va., where
she attended the convention of
the National Editorial associa
tion.
STEEL BELIEVED
HEADED UPWARD
Pittsburgh, June 28 "A
sharp rise in scrap prices, bet
ter miscellaneous buying, and
inquiries from big consumers
like the automotive and struc
tural industries all point to a
coming uptrend in the steel in
dustry," W. F. Detwiler, presi
dent of Allegheny Steel com
pany, said today.
"July operations should be
little, if any, below June. Aug
ust should see an upturn car
rying into the fall, at least. The
summer shutdown in the auto
motive industry will undoubt
edly be shorter than has been
expected and we should soon
see some buying from that
source." >
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
SHOW DECREASE
Chicago, June 28 The
greatest reduction in traffic
fatalities of the year—a 27 per
cent, drop in May—was report
ed today by the national safe
ty council.
May was the seventh consec
utive month through which the
downward trend in motor ve
hicle deaths continued.
Statisticians figured 3,798
lives were saved during that
period.
May deaths totalled 2,280
compared with 3,120 in the
same month in 1937.
During the first five months
of this year 11,100 lives were
lost along streets and highways
in contrast to the 14,090 re
corded during a similar period
last year.
BELIEVES BOTTOM
ABOUT REACHED
Ottawa, Ont., June 28
America has already reached,
or will reach late in 1938, the
bottom of the present depres
sion, Leonard P. Ayres, econo
mist of the Cleveland Trust
company, told the American
association for the advance
ment of science today.
Characterizing the United
States government's $3,753,-
000,000 spending program as
"politically primed prosperity",
Ayres admitted it would spur
business activity.
MRS. THEO. FELTS IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Roaring River Woman Passes
Thursday Following a
Lingering Illness
FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY
Mrs. Theo. A. Felts, 82, widow
of E. R. Felts, died Thursday at
.her home at Roaring River, fol
lowing an lingering illness. The
deceased was a well-known wo
man of her community, and for
merly lived hsre. For sixty
years she had been a member of
the Baptist church. Her hus
band passed away 11 years ago.
She is suurvived by six child
ren: Mrs. N. C. Salmons, Roar
ing River: L. M. Felts, Baltimore,
Md., Mrs. A. H. Warren, Mrs. T.
J. McNeill and J: T. Felts, Roar
ing River, arid T. O. Felts,
Thomasville; nineteen grand
children and JL 5 great-grand
children.
" Funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from Roaring River Baptist
church. The. rites were in*Charge
of Rev. N. C. Teague and Rev.
Marshall .\frngnt.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
CANDIDATES ARE
TO FACE RUNOFF
VOTING SATURDAY
Second Primary Will Decide
Fate r
CONTEST FOR 1 OFFICE
R. J. Scott Opposing Allen D.
Ivie for Solicitor in
21st District
DEANE FACING BURGIN
Saturday will again see voters
march to the polls to cast yet an
other ballot to determine the fate
of two candidates in the 21st
judicial district who are seeking
the Democratic nomination for
solicitor. Candidates are Allan D.
Ivie, of Rockingham county, and
R. J. Scott, of Stokes.
The second primary here will
be held as usual in McNeer's ware
house. Everything is in readiness,
Julius L. Hall, registrar for this
precinct, stated Wednesday.
In the first primary, Scott was
high man, but did not have
enough majority over Ivie to se
cure the nomination. As a result,
Ivie called for a second primary.
Surry county's two candidates
for the solicitorial job lost out in
the first primary, not even being
given a majority in their home
county. Ivie, it is said, claims
that both these men, Archie Car
ter, of Mount Airy, and W. R.
.of Pilot Mountain, are
supporting him. However, Mr.
Badgett Is said to have made the
statement that he is neutral.
In the eighth congressional dis
trict another run-off election will
be staged Saturday between C. B.
Deane and W. O. Burgin for Con
gress. Deane was high man in the
first primary, but his lead over
Burgin was slight.
ASSOCIATIONS
MEETING HELD
Surry Baptist W. M. U. Meet
ing Is Held Here Last
Thursday
MANY VISITORS PRESENT
The annual associational meet
ing of the Surry Baptist Wom
an's Missionary Union was held
at the First Baptist church in
this city Thursday, June 23. Dele
gates from eight churches: Dob
son, Elkin Valley, Fancy Gap,
Highland Park, Holly Springs. Mt.
Airy First, Mt. Carmel, and Elkin
First were present for the all-day
session.
Mrs. E. C. James, of Elkin, gave
the address of welcome and Miss'
Mildred Jones, of Mt. Carmel, re
sponded.
The history of the year's hymn
was given by Mrs. Parks Hampton,
of Elkin, who also sang the hymn
as a solo.
The devotionals consisted of a
responsive Scripture reading led
by Mrs. R. L. Poindexter, and
prayer by Rev. Eph Whisenhunt.
The morning session was given
over largely to reports from the
associational officers and the so
cieties of the various churches.
Mrs. Charles N. Myers, superin
tendent of the Association, report
ed that total gifts to missions last
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S. S. CONVENTION TO
BE HELD SUNDAY P.M.
The monthly meeting of the
Sunday school convention of the
Surry Baptist Association will be
held Sunday afternoon at 2:15
at Plat Rock church, near Mt.
Airy.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed the public to attend.
At a recent meeting of the
officers of the group. Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt of the First Baptist
church in this city, was elected
as president of the association
to succeed Dr. Walter Johnson,
who left Monday of this week
for Mexico, where he will be en
gaged in missionary work.
STORES TO CLOSE
HERE 4th OF JULY
• Indepndence Day will be cele
brated quietly here. There are
no plans for a public observance
of the day. With a two-day hol
iday many brief trips are being
planned. Stores and business
houses wil be closed for the day,
with the exception of drug stores
and cafes. Business will be re
sumed as usual Tuesday morn
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The above drawing, made by Alan Browning, Jr., of The Tribune staff, from blue prints by Architect John Franklin, designer,
shows what Elkin may expect in the way of a municipal building prrovided present plans, now in the hands of WPA officials, go through.
The building will be located on the town-owned lot on East Market street adjoining the F-W Chevrolet Company building. It will be
of basement and two-story type, the street floor of which will house town offices and a modern fire department, entrance of which is
shown in the drawing. Local officials are expecting the project to be okeyed, and hope that actual construction will start within the
next 60 days.
WPA FOREMAN INJURED
WHEN HIT BY MACHINE
J. R. Vernon, 50, of Mount
Airy, route 6. foreman on a
WPA project here, sustained two
fractured ribs and nose and fa
cial lacerations late Monday af
ternoon while on duty in North
Elkin, when he was hit by a car
operated by Ember Roberts, aged
colored man.
Vernon_-was said to have been
crossing the road when he was
struck by the machine. The in
jured man was taken to Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital for
treatment and was released
from the hospital Wednesday.
The driver of the car furnished
bond for a hearing to be held la
ter.
EVERYBODY'S DAY
BOONVILLE, JULY 9
Horse Show, Ball Game and
Many Contests to Feature
Day
BUSINESS MEN SPONSOR
The town of Boonville is plan
ning a big day for Saturday, July
9, when they will put on Every
body's Day, with entertainment
which will begin at 9:30 in the
morning and continue until 10 at
night.
A band will furnish music for
the day and a High Point string
band will begin at 4 in the after
noon and continue until mid
night. The main features of the
day will be on the school grounds
and in the gymnasium.
Featuring the day will be a sad
dle horse show for horse lovers.
Next on the list is a tug-of-war
between the farmers and business
men of Boonville. Then there
will be girls' and boys' races and
many other interesting games, in
cluding a ball game in the after
noon.
The merchants and business
men of Boonville are putting on
the show and more than S2OO in
prizes will be given away by them
during the day. A full program
of the day's events will be given
in this paper next week.
Boonville invites you to be her
guest for the day, July 9.
PILGRIM CHURCH MEET
TO CLOSE SUNDAY P.M.
The revival services now in
progress at the Pilgrim church
will come to a close Sunday
night.
Rev. T. C. Vaughn of Thomas
ville. will bring the message each
evening. Rev. Vaughn has been
delivering some excellent ser
mons during the past week.
The special singing and music
being rendered by the Hope Trio
is adding much to the success of
the services.
Services are held each even
ing at 7:45, with three services
on Sunday. 11 a. m.. 2:30 p. m.,
and the closing service at 7:45.
The public is cordially invited
to attend 'he services.
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 30, 1938
PROF. DIXON DAY
SUNDAY, JULY 17
Former Students to Gather
in Reunion in His
Honor
BE ON SCHOOL GROUNDS
It is now almost fifty years ago
since a young man fresh from
college came from his native Ala
mance and located at Yadkinville
for the purpose of teaching
school. This young man was Pro
fessor Zeno H. Dixon who wore a
newly sprouted beard to cover his
youthfulness. He no longer finds
it necessary to wear whiskers for
this purpose, although his birth
days are much less than twenty.
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Visibly excited and anxious to be off, two •( Surry county's
nine surviving veterans of the Civil War are pictured above
just before boarding: the Southern passenger train here Tuesday
afternoon for the joint' reunion of the "Blue and Grey" at
Gettysburg:, Pa. They are, left, W. H. Wall, 88, of Zephyr, and
B. J. Snow, 88, of near Mountain Park. Mr. Snow was accom
panied by hi* son, W. J. Snow, of Elkin. Mr. Wall was accom
panied by his daughter. Miss Florence Wall.
Both of the veterans, who despite their advanced ages are
very active, were oomrades in Company C, 21st North Carolina
regiment, and both looked forward with keen anticipation to
their six-day trip, all expenses of which are paid by the gov- \
eminent. They said they were anxious to meet old comrades and
to meet their "old foes", this time in friendship.—-Tribune photo.
COMMERCIAL COURSE
MAY BE ADDED HERE
A commercial course will be
available here next year in the
high school, provided the enroll
ment in the class is large enough
to justify it, according to J.
Mark McAdams, superintendent
of the school. Students who
have finished are eligible to en
ter the class and those desiring
to enroll are requested to make
application to Mr. McAdams at
an early date in order that plans
may be perfected and an instruc
tor secured.
In event the class is organiezd,
the course will start at the be
ginning of the school, and con
tinue through the school year.
Generally, when people follow
"quack" methods of reducing, they
need a balance between the size
of the body and the size of the
brain.
All Aboard for Gettysburg
WORK TO BEGIN
ON SURRY SCHOOL
Work in Progress on Erection
of 14-Room Building
at Beulah
BUILDING ADDITIONS
Work is to get under way on the
Shoals school, which is to be a
five-room addition to the build
ing. on Friday of this week, ac
cording to a statement by John
W. Comer, county superintendent
of schools, Wednesday. The work
is to be done on a WPA project.
Mr. Comer further stated that
the work is now making good
progress on the erection of a new
14-room building at the Beulah
school, which is to replace the
one destroyed by fire last winter.
The building is to be of brick and
is to have 14 class rooms and an
auditorium, in addition to other
facilities.
The Franklin and Pilot Moun
tain schools are to get new six
room buildings each, with the
work, which is being done with
the assistance of the WPA, to get
under way on each of them in the
near future, Mr. Comer said.
According to a further state
ment by Mr. Comer, the average
grade of the seventh grade of
school during the past year show
ed rating of 7.5, as compared with
a rating of 6.8 during the preced
ing year. He held that the coun
ty book truck and the supple
mentary readers circulated in the
county were partly responsible for
the approximately 10 per cent, in
crease in the rating of the above
grade.
C. E. Mcintosh was in Dobson
Tuesday to inspect a new build
ing measuring 45x30 feet which
the boys of the National Youth
Administration has erected.
HARRIS IS NAMED
HEAD OF LEGION
Is Commander of George
Gray Post Here Succeed
ing W. M. Allen ~
At a ! meeting of the George
Oray Post of the American Le
gion here last Thursday evening
in the office of W. M. Allen. E.
W. Harris was elected command
er to succeed W. M. Allen, and
other officials to serve during
the ensuing year were named.
M. C. Whitener. Gurney Wag
oner and Rafe Davis were named
vice commanders and Dixie Gra
ham was re-elected as adjutant.
Other officers were Paul Gwyn,
service officer, and H. B. Hol
comb. finance officer.
George Rcy&ll and W. M. Al
len were named as delegates to
the state convention of the Le
gion, which has just come to a
close, at Winston-Salem. Gumey
Wagoner and French Graham
were named as alternates.
Elkin
•The Best Little Towi
1 In North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
U. S. IS SOLVING
JOBLESS PROBLEM,
ROOSEVELT STATES
Without Resorting to Rearm
ament
SPENDING IS EXPANDED
President Asserts Campaign
Will Be Under Full Swing
By July 1
COMPARISON IS MADE
Hyde Park, N. Y., June 28
President Roosevelt declared to
day that the United States was
trying to solve its unemployment
problem without a huge arma
ment program.
Telling his press conference
that the $3,750,000,000 lending
and spending campaign would be
in full swing by July 1, the Presi
dent said that even with the
somewhat expanded naval ship
building program, armament costs
of this country would be only 15
or 16 per cent, of the total gov
ernment budget.
Therefore, he said in answer to
questions, the armament program
would have relatively little to do
with the rehabilitation of the un
employed.
.The chief executive added that
the 15 to 16 per cent, figure was
not to be compared in its ec
onomic effect with the armament
programs of other countries where
arms cost 45 to 50 per cent, of the
total expense of government.
For the current year, he added,
arms were costing only 12 per
cent, of this country's expendi
tures.
Receiving reporters in the study
of his family home, Mr. Roose
velt worked into the discussion of
armaments and their effect on
employment after asserting that
there is in every civilized coun
try more unemployment today
than ever before.
No country, he said, has devel
oped a permanent solution of the
problem of giving people work in
times of depression as well as in
boom periods. And, he added, the
only method developed so far of
solving unemployment 100 per
cent, was the method of going in
for armaments manufacturing
goods without permanent worth
and which do not reproduce
wealth.
ASHEVILLE MAN
HEAD OF LEGION
20th Annual Convention Ends
at Winston-Salem Tues
day Night
TO RALEIGH NEXT YEAR
Winston-Salem, June 28. —The
20th annual convention of the
North Carolina department of
the American Legion passed into
history tonight as the legion
naires and members of the aux
iliary departed for their homes
after election of officers and
selecting Raleigh as the 1939
convention city.
Burgin Pennell, Asehville at
torney, was the unanimous choice
of the legion for its commander.
He was unopposed.
The auxiliary elected Mrs.
Herbert B. Taylor of Dunn, pres
ident after spirited balloting.
She defeated Mrs. lone Mebane
Mann, of Newton, by 12 votes.
As vice commanders, the legion
elected S. A. Russell, of Salis
bury; Dr. R. S. McOeachy, of
Weldon, and R. L. McMillan, of
Raleigh.
Louis G. Ratcliffe, of Charlotte,
was re-elected national commit
teeman and Stickey Boyd, of
Wilson, was again named alter
nate. A. R. Newsome, of Chapel
Hill, was re-elected historian.
Rev. Douglas L. Rights, of
Winston-Salem, was elected
chaplain and Robert Moseley, of
Greensboro, was the choice for
judge advocate.
The auxiliary picked five vice
presidents, each to serve an area.
They are Mrs. H. L. Swaim,
Williamston, first; Mrs. Leon t
Simmons. Mt. Olive, second; *
Mrs. George Burkhead, Asheville,
(.hird; Mrs. George Bostian,
China Grove, fourth, and Mrs. A.
C. Duncan, Forest City, fifth.
Mrs. N. L. Alcock, of Rocky
Mount, was elected chaplain and
Miss Mary Langston. of Golds
boro, 'was re-elected sergeant
at-arms. Mrs. L. P. Prans, of
Hickory, is historian.
The chasm is just as deep today
between heaven and hell as it was
in the days o? DiVesl and Lazarus.