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BRIEF T
FRENCH ARE TO
RECOGNIZE FRANCO
Paris, Feb. 21—The French
government was reported to
night to have decided to ac
cord unconditional recognition
to the Spanish nationalist re
gime and to send a French
general as its first ambassador
to Burgos.'
STATE GAINS
CHEER BAILEY
Washington. Feb. 21 Sen
ator Joeiab Bailey, Democrat,
North Carolina, has been grat
ified to discover, upon a study
-of business charts and trends,
that North Carolina is the
only state in which agricul
tural income was greater in
1938 than in 1931. Equally
gratifying was his discovery
that employment in the state
ww 20 per cent, greater in
1938 than in the boom year of
1929.
ARMS PROGRAM
SPLITS HOUSE
Washington. Feb. 21 The
house began debate today on
the 153300,000 naval air base
program, and critics of admin
istration foreign policy imme
diately centered their fire on
a proposal to establish a naval
seaplane outpost on far-away
Guam.
Party lines were disregarded.
Some Democrats and some
Republicans denounced the
$5,000,000 project as fraught
with the danger of leading the
nation into war, while other
members of both parties sup
ported it.
TWO DIE AS
PLANES CRASH
Pensaoola, Fla.. Feb. 21
Two deaths and eight crushed
naval planes were charged to
day to a gulf-born fog which
swiftly blacked out landing
fields and broke up a routine,
12-ship training flight last
night.
Nearly back to the naval
" training base here when the
shroud enveloped them, three
instructors, following radio or
ders, drove north out of the
gray blanket and landed safe
ly in southern Alabama. One
student flier in his single seal
er followed them to safety. A
passenger flew with each of
the instructors.
«The other eight, flying
planes without radio and ap
parently unable to keep in
sight of the leaders, flew along
divergent courses until their
gasoline supplies failed.
TORNADO STRIKES
NEAR WINDSOR
Windsor, Feb. 21—A tornado
dipped into the rural com
munity of Green's Cross Roads
near here late today, killed
one elderly farmer, injured a
score or more and Indirectly
caused the death of Police
Chief John W. Brown, 58, of
Coleraln.
Robert Laurence, 90. died
late tonight of injuries suffer
ed when the tornado demol
ished about 15 dwellings in the
Green's Cross Roads area.
Police Chief Brown was kill
ed when his automobile collid
ed with a bus Immediately af
ter the storm passed. State
Highway patrolmen said the
bus had been halted by a tree
which had blown down across
a highway.
CAPTURE LARGE STILL
IN WILKES SATURDAY
Federal alcohol tax investi
gators worked until late in the
night Saturday to capture a large
Illicit still in New Castle township
of Wilkes county.
Cooper Pardue, David M. Ham
by and Robert Mathis. residents
of the eastern part of Wilkes,
were arrested, and given a pre
liminary hearing about midnight
following the raid before U. 8.
Commissioner J. W. Dula in
Wllkesboro.
Officers taking part in the raid
of the gtill, which was one of the
largest found in recent months
in this section, were: Roy Reece,
C. S. Felts, N. B. Bailey, G. W.
Wll lard, L. J. White and Leon
Poore.
THREE WEDDING
PERMITS ISSUED
Marriage licenses have been Is
sued at Dobson during the past
week to the following couples; R
H. Martin to Miss Lydia Black
both of Dobson; A. F. Pastor tc
Miss Mabel L. Creggor, both ol
Wythevllle, Va.; Dewey Melton tt
Miss Nervife Laster, both of fflkln
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
VOL. No. XXVHLNo. 15
Tournament Is Off
To Fine Start As
First Play Begins
EVENT IS OPENED
AS MAYOR THROWS
OUT BASKETBALL
Thirty-Three Teams Are;
Taking Part
REPRESENT 4 COUNTIES
Tournament Will Continue
Nightly Until Wednesday
of Next Week
POUR GAMES THIS P. M.
Eight teams, four girls' and
four boys', opened the first round
of play in the annual Elkin 4-
County Basketball Tournament at
the Elkin gymnasium Wednesday
night after the event had offi
cially been opened by Maydr J. R.
Poindexter, who tossed in the ball
for the first contest.
Due to the fact that The Tri
bune went to press before the be
ginning of play, results of the
game are not available.
With 33 teams taking part—
nine more than participated in
last year's successful event- the
tournament will continue each 1
night except Sunday until next
Wednesday when the boys' and
girls' finals will decide the cham
pionships. In addition to the
night games, two games will be
played Friday afternoon and
three Saturday afternoon.
Wednesday's opening games
were between Roaring River and
Mountain Park girls; Ronda vs. ;
Shoals boys; Yadkinville *vs. Dob
son girls, and Ee_"t Bend vs.
Roaring River boys.
Tonight's games, and the time ,
of play, are as follows: 7:00 ,
East Bend vs. White Plains girls;
8:00—Mt. Pleasant vs. Boonvllld
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ARE TO REQUIRE
HIGHER STANDARD
Elementary School Here
Needs Equipment in Or
der to Comply
AN INSPECTION IS MADE
Beginning with the 1939-40
school term a new and more rig
id standard will be required for
accreditment for schools of the
state. The local high school will
fully meet this standard but ad
ditional equipment will be neces
sary to meet the requirements in
the elementary school. While the
needs in the "elementary school
are fairly small it will take a sub
stantial sum to buy the material,
which consists of 9 United States
maps, 6 desk dictionaries and 70
art prints. It is hoped that be
fore the beginning of the school
term in the fall that this mate
rial will be on hand.
H. Arnold Perry of the state in
structional service was here last
week to inspect the schools and
lauded all schools in the local
group for their splendid showing.
Particularly did he commend the
libraries, which were standardiz
ed last year and which enabled
the schools to make such a splen
did showing, for without this
work having been completed the
schools would have fallen far be
low the revised requirements for
accreditment.
Reynolds
Hit at
I Tuesday
i
• Elkin merchants acted as hosts
■ to their employees at the annua]
1 employer-employee banquet held
at Hotel Elkin Tuesday evening.
Guest speaker for the event was
Henry Reynolds, of Greensboro,
I cleric of the federal court there.
Mr. Reynolds, introduced by At
. torney W. M. Allen, made a
t humorous talk which was
„ thoroughly enjoyed by the hund
red or more who attended,
j Joe Bivlns, president of the
f Merchants Association. :v.ted as
0 toastmaster. A square dance fol
-1 lowed the banquet.
Tourney Fans
Welcomed
Elkin May
ns
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MAYOR J. R. POINDEXTER
Tournament Is Endorsed As
Being Beneficial to Every
one Concerned
HOPES FOR ITS SUCCESS
Players, students, teachers and
friends of the seventeen schools of
Yadkin, Wilkes, Alleghany and
Surry counties, who will be here
for the Elkin 4-County Basket
ball Tournament, were cordially
welcomed to Elkin Wednesday in
a statement by Mayor J. R. Pbin
dexter in which he expressed the
belief that the tournament, an
annual event, is of importance not
only to Elkin, but to all who par
ticipate.
"As mayor of Elkin, for whom I
speak, and as a business man, I
wish to go on record as heartily
endorsing the annual tourna
ment," Mayor Poindexter said. "I
believe the tournament is a great
tiling because, (1). it provides a
spirit of friendly competition and
healthful recreation; (2), it pro
motes a more binding friendship
among students of the various
schools participating and draws
the people of our section more
closely together, and 3), it creates
a warmer feeling between the
citizens of Elkin and those citizens
who come here as Elkin's guests.
We are proud of fche tournament;
of the many fine schools which
are taking part, and hope the
event will continue to grow in
popularity each year."
"On the behalf of the Town of
Elkin, I welcome everyone and
sincerely hope that all who attend
will find their visit here pleasant
in every respect. May the best
teams win!"
E. H~ DARNELL
TAKEN BY DEATH
Passes Away at Home Sat
urday Following a Brief
Critical Illness
Enoch Houston Darnell, 78,
died at his home on the Traphill
road, four and one-half miles
northwest of Elkin Saturday
morning following a brief critical
illness. Mr. Darnell was the last
surviving member of the family
of the late Mr. and Mrs. James
Darnell.
Mr. Darnell was a retired farm
er and an outstanding citizen of
his community. He was active in
religious wolk and was one of the
founders and charter members of
the Benham Baptist church. He
served as a member of the board
of dearons of the church for a
number of years and also a leader
of the church choir.
He had no children and his
wife, Mrs. Elvlna Tucker Darnell,
preceded him in death a year ago.
His only survivors are nieces and
nephews by marriage.
Funeral sendees were held Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock from
Benham Baptist church. The
' rites were in charge of Rev.
i Grant Cothren and Rev. Isom
Vestal. Interment was In the
church cemetery.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1939
SAYS THAT SOUTH
AMERICA IS ONLY
WAY FOR ATTACK
Germany Would Have to
Have Air Bases
VIEWS ARE OFFERED
Remarks Before Senate Com
mittee Are Obtained; Vul
nerable Through Air
GERMANY ISEXAMPLE
Washington. Feb. 21. —Maj.
Gen. H. H. Arnold, chief of the
army air corps, told the senate
military committee that the only
way Germany could attack the
United States through ' the air
would be to establish airdromes
and accumulate supplies in South
America.
This was disclosed today when
copies of testimony taken by the
committee January 24 and 26
were obtained from confidential
sources. The committee has not
yet released the testimony.
Using Germany as an example
General Arnold expressed belief
that only by having sympathizers
in South America who might es
tablish airdromes and have bombs
and gasoline in readiness could
the reich air force attack the
United States.
"But I do not say that that is
anything that is going to hap
pen," Arnold said. "I do not even
think such a thing."
In this connection it was dis
closed that G. Grant Mason, Jr.,
member of the civil aeronautics
authority, told the committee
January 30 that, if the Germans
wished to fly to this country a
military version of a four-engine
passenger plane they now have
in South America, they would
have available "adequate supplies
for military use."
Mason said that he had "no
decision or thought whether they
will or will not," but pointed out
that fuel supplies, parts, replace
ments and personnel were avail
able -because the passenger plane
is being operated in airline ser
vice in South America.
WARLiCK TO HOLD
COURT AT YADKIN
i
Large Part of Criminal Dock
et Is Made up of Drunken
Driving Cases
ROBBERY CASEvS SLATED
Judge Wilson Warlick of New
ton, will hold the criminal term
of superior court to begin in
Yadkin ville next Monday and
probably last through the week.
Solicitor Alavon E. Hall *t>f
Yadkinville .who took office Jan
uary 1, will hold his first court
here. He has been busy for sev
eral days preparing his docket
and getting everything in shape
for the court.
DnmJten Drivers
Of the 180 cases scheduled for
trial at this term, about 75 of
them are for drunken driving,
which is an unusual amount.
Featuring the court next in
importance Is the case of Jolin
Cooper and Delbert Walker,
charged with attempted robbery
of Mrs. Turnie Overby, with fire
arms. at her home a few miles
north of Yadkinville early las*
fall. Walker is charged with the
actual attempt and in his con
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Youth Is Killed
When Struck
Auto Sunday
Struck by an automobile about
3 o'clock Sunday morning on the
Fairview -Boonville road, Clinton
Hall, 22, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Orover Hall, of Fairview, received
injuries which resulted fatally.
The car which hit him was said
to have been operated by Elbert
Danley, of Level Cross.
Hall's head and body were bad
ly crushed, and he was identified
by papers found in his pockets.
He was rushed to the hospital
here but had died en route.
Danley was held guiltless by
the Hall family. It was said, and
officers stated no charge would
be lodged against him.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Monday afternoon at Mt. Her
man Baptist church. Young Hall
i? survived by his parents and one
sister.
nmWT WAIT The f,ood pictured below at Mid
-1/11/11 1 fv All dlesboro, Ky., didn't wait for a
control project, overflowing its banks to transform bus
iness streets into swift torrents. The flood came be
fore the town's $500,000 flood control government pro
ject could be completed.
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Farmers
Vote On
Would Extend Present Soil
Conservation District to
Include Surry
NAME VOTING PLACES
The referendum to be held in
Surry county upon the proposi
tion of expanding the present
Tri-Creek Soil Conservation dis
trict to include all of Surry, will
be voted upon ■ Saturday, February
25.
For the purpose of the refer
endum, voting places will open as
designated below:
Mountain Park Post Office,
Mountain Park; Cockerham's
Store, Mitchell's River; Gentry's
Store, State Road; Martin's Store,
Salem Fork; County Agent's Of
fice, Dobson; Snow's Clothing
Company, Elkin; H. T. Moore's
Store, Union; Porter Lowe's Ser
vice Station, Lowgap; Needham's
Service Station, Long Hill; Farm
er's Seed Store, Mount Airy; P. N.
Taylor's Wharehouse, Mount Airy;
White Plains Post Office, White
Plains; E. C. Flynn's Service Sta
tion, Fairveiw; Dockery's Store,
Union Cross; W, E. Matthews'
Fertilizer Warehouse, Pilot Moun
tain; ' Jarvis-Smith's Fertilizer
Warehouse, Pilot Mountain; Bak
er's Service Station, (Denny's
Service Station); R. M. Clark's
Store, Rockford; Roy Harbour's
Store, Level Cross; W. S. Simp
son's Store, Copeland; Lucy
Steele's Store, Stony Knoll; Show's
Store, Quaker Church; Sam Whit
aker's Store, Siloam; S. C. Fulk's
Store, Near Shoals-Silom Town
ship line; R. E. Truelove's Store,
Shoals Township; Botton's Store,
Near Shoals School; Holder's Ser
vice Station, Pine Ridge; Sparger's
Store, Bottom; J. H. Hunter's
Store. Westfield; and E. C. Wood's
Store, Woodsville.
All persons, firms and corpora
tions who shall hold title to, or
shall have contracted to purchase
any lands lying within Surry
county, are eligible to vote. City
and town lots are excepted, it was
announced.
YADKIN'S NEW PAPER
COMES FROM PRESS
The Renfro Herald, Yadkin
aounty's new newspaper, made its
first appearance Wednesday.
The new paper, which will ap
pear weekly, is published by the
Williams Printing Co., of Yadkin
ville.
The initial issue, containing 10
pages, presents an attractive ap
pearance and contains a large
amount of Yadkin county news.
Mrs. Kate Mackie Waynick, of
Yadkinville, is society editor.
Purpose of the paper, as stated
in a front page box. is to advance
the economic, civic, educational,
religious and social opportunities
of Yadkin county, in addition to
printing the news fairly and im
partially at all times.
TIME IS SET FOR THE
MASONIC CELEBRATION
The sceond week in July has
been designated as the week of
the annual Masonic celebration
here for the benefit of the Oxford
Orphanage, it has been learned
following a recent meeting of local
Masons.
This year's event was set at an
earlier date than that of last
year so as to avoid conflict be
tween It and the Elkin Fair by
having the two events too (dose
together.
Correspondents
Asked to Get
Copy in Tuesday
Although The Tribune deep
ly appreciates the excellent
work being done by its corre
spondents throughout Surry,
Wilkes and Yadkin counties, it
must insist that hereafter all
copy reach this office not later
than Tuesday.
Due to the great amount of
live last minute copy which
must be. set on Wednesday,
publication day, it is impossi
ble to set the correspondence
also without missing the mail.
The Tribune hopes that its
correspondents will cooperate
by getting their copy in not
later than Tuesday afternoon.
SURRY FARMER IS
DEAD OF SUICIDE
Manuel Marion, of Near Dob
son, Ends Own Life by
Shot Through Heart
SAII) SECOND ATTEMPT
Unsuccessfully attempting to
drown himself about two weeks
ago when he was said to have
jumped off of Fisher's River
bridge, near Dobson, Manuel
Marion, 32-year-old farmer suc
ceeded in ending his life about 8
o'clock Sunday morning by shoot
ing himself through the heart
with a shotgun.
Marion, a well-known farmer
who lived about two miles from
Dobson, was found sitting on the
bank of the river after his jump
from the bridge. For his second,
and successful attempt at self
destruction, he had purchased a
shotgun Saturday and hid it at
the barn until he used it Sunday
morning.
Marlon was the son of the late
William Marion, a former county
commissioner. He is survived by
his wife and four sons, Jimmy,
Clyde, Jay and Hobert.
Funeral services were held at
Piney Grove church. Rev. L. W.
McFarland, of White Plains, of
ficiated.
Garris Home Is
Destroyed
. Noon Wednesday
A three room house owned by
Chatham Manufacturing company
and occupied by Mr. and Mrs.
McKinley Oarris, was completely
destroyed by fire about noon Wed
nesday. The house was located
near the old shoe factory, north
west of Elk in. ,
Mr. Oarris, an employee of
Chatham Manufacturing com
pany, was at home when the blaze
was discovered, and with the aid
of neighbors saved most of the
furnishings of the home.
Due to the lack of a water
supply and the headway gained
by the fire before discovery they
war* unable to aeve the building
Tbe origin of the ftre to un-
Elkin
"The Best Little T»vro
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
STATE BUDGET IS
PLACED AT TOTAL
OF 154 MILLION
Appropriations Reduced in
Attempt to Balance
VOCATIONAL FUND HIT
Spending Bill Expected to
Reach Floor of Legisla
ture by Today
COURT EXPENSES CUT
Raleigh. Feb. 21.—One-half of
North Carolina's record-setting
budget for 1939-41 a $154,371,-
332 spending program—was for
mally approved today by the joint
appropriations committee, nntf «
will be reported favorably on the
floor of the general assembly
Thursday.
The favorable report marked
the passage of a major milestone
by the committeemen, who have
been considering the appropria
tions bill for almost seven weeks.
The other half of the budget—
a tax measure designed to yield
sufficient revenue to finance the
expenditures—remained in com
mittee for further discussion of
such controversial proposals as
an increased tax ou liquor anrt
application of the sales tax to
building materials.
Following to the letter the rec
ommendations of a compromise
sub-group, the appropriations
committee sliced $200,473 from
previously approved allotments,
and then gave the spending bill a
favorable report by a 37 to 11
vote.
As the measure now stands, it
is $143,567 below the $164,514,899
biennial spending program draft
ed by the advisory budget com
mission. and follows rather close
ly the commission's recommenda
tions.
Reductions in appropriations.
' recommended by the sub-commit
tee and adopted by the commit
tee, were:
Supreme court expenses, cut
from $64,000 to $56,000 for the bi
ennium; governor's office. $62,266
to $61,266; division of purohaae
and contract, $62,930 to $61,230:
secretary of state, $50,697 to $49,-
297; state auditor. $112,250 to
$107,100; state treasurer. $101,220
to $95,140; attorney general, $73,-
536 to $65,611; commercial fish
eries. $43,80 C to $37,800; state ad
vertising program, $200,000 to
$180,000; local government com
mission, $66,478 to $62,478; rural
electrification authority, $26,480
to $23,080; vocational education.
$753,000 to $630,000; adult edu
cation, $60,000 to $50,000.
ORGANIZATION IS
FORMED MONDAY
Delegates from Surry and
Yadkin High School Hold
Meeting in FJoonville
FIELD DAY MARCH 25th
Delegates from the agricultural
departments of the high schools
of Surry and Yadkin met at
Boonville Monday and organized
a Federation of Future Farmers
of America. The following offi
cers were elected: William Myers,
president. West Yadkin school.
Harold Stlnson, secretary, Boon
ville school; Billy Wan, treasurer.
Yadkinville school; McCree Wal
ters, reporter, Mountain Park
school; Ahrln Fulk, watch dog.
Courtney school; J. R. Walker,
adviser, teacher of Agriculture
of the Boonville school.
Mr. R. J. Peeler* state director
of the Future Farmers work was
present and helped to organise
the Federation and the planning
at a program of work for the re
mainder of the year.
It was decided to have a field
day at Boonville on March 25th.
The field day will consist of tour
naments in horse shoe pitching,
volley ball and soft ball.
The Federation also voted to
have a livestock judging contest
and a public speaking contest at
Boonville on April 19th.
WILITAJD INCOME
TAXPAYERS TODAY
J. 8. Atkinson, deputy collector
of internal revenue, will be at
Hotel Klkln all day today to as
sist local taxpayers in filing their
income tax returns. This Is a
free service on the part of the
government, and evetyone needing
such aid is invited to see Mr. At-
Idnaon