EVENTS
of the
Past
Week
LOCAL
PLANS FOR A pulling con
test as a feature of the Elkin
Fair Horse Show are under
way, with prizes to be given
■k animals which can puU the
Afcnost weight. This feature is
Hx pec ted to add much interest i
Von the part of farmers and
Wr spectators. Further details |
will be announced as they are:
worked out, it was said.
TRAFFIC CONGESTION
here, fast becoming a major
problem, especially on Friday
and Saturday, can be improv
ed to some extent if motorists
will use the parking lot bor
dering on Church street. This
lot, which offers free parking
for an unlimited time, is used
by a few motorists, but many
more cars could be parked
there. Entry tn the lot is on
'/i Church street, opposite the
alley which leads down back
of The Tribune building.
ROBERT A. MCLAUGHLIN, |
for the past five years assist
ant county agent, of Yadkin j
county, has been approved by j
the State College extension |
service as county agent. His |
appointment became effective 1
August 1.
STATE
DR. HENRY F. LONG.
1 pioneer surgeon of this section
of the state, died at his home
in Statesville last Friday
morning. He had been in fail
ing health for the past several
years, but was confined to his
bed only two weeks ago with
p erysipelas, which proved fatal.
Funeral services were conduct
ed from the home and burial
was in Oakwood cemetery.
THE EXECUTIVE commit
tee of the North Carolina
State Grange Tuesday went on
record in Raleigh for a refer
endum on tobacco marketing
and acreage issued and called
on Congress to see to it that
an "equitable and just" pro
k gram is presented in any elec
~ tion that may be ordered.
ROBERT M. HANES. presi
dent of th? Wachovia Bank
and Trust Company, of Win
ston-Salem, told the Charlotte
Rotary club Tuesday that
huge federal expenditures in
recent years "can't be blamed
on any party or section be
cause all have been equally
guilty of pressing for them
and few have stood up to op
pose them. The blame," he
**l said, "rests with the American
people, you and me, who have
encouraged their representa
4tives in this financial debauch
instead of demanding that ex
penditures be cut as the de
pression lifted."
NATIONAL
THE FLYING MOODY
brothers established a new
light-plane endurance at
Springfield, 111., Tuesday night,
and rather than rest on their
laurels and come to earth,
they kept on going. To break
Stti the record, the two young men
T completed 219 hours and 43
1 minutes of continuous flight.
/ The previous record was 218
hours and 43 minutes.
IN A SWIFT, unexpected
debacle, the Roosevelt lending
bill was killed ir. the House
Tuesday; whereupon the Pres
ident struck back with a dec
laration that the action was a
blow to industry, the unem
ployed and the taxpayers.
With a jubilant coalition of
J Republicans and Democrats in
command, the chamber refus
r ed, by a vote of 193 to 166, to
take the $1,950,000,000 mea
sure up for debate. This ac
tion followed Senate action
Monday of a much-reduced
$1,615,000,000 version of the
same program.
INTERNATIONAL
A BRITISH MILITARY mls
si on prepared Tuesday to
_ leave for Moscow for joint Bri
tish-French-Soviet Russian
military talks, as Great Bri
tain disclosed new strides to
ward readiness for any emer
gency. Many prominent Euro
pean observers expect a new
crisis in the fall, with Yugo
slavia and Danxig looming as
Europe's danger spot. Ger
many, rearmed and boastful,
stated Tuesday night that all
the advantages will be on her
side in another war, and baek
jfe «d her boast with 2.000, 000
■ men under arms.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
VOL. No. xxvm. No. 38
Flies Across
Atlantic
Ripe Old
Russell Frost, 90, of South
Norwalk, Conn., is the oldest
passenger to fly across the At
lantic ocean. He said the cross
ing, made recently, was a
thrilling experience.
RUFUSHAYMORE
TAKENBYDEATH
Heart Attack Is Fatal to
Farmer of Near Dobson
Monday Morning
RITES ON WEDNESDAY
Rufus Haymore, 50, of near
Dobson. died suddenly at his
home Monday morning. Death
was due to a heart attack.
Mr. Haymore was the son of
t.he late Britton and Effie Blue
Haymore and had lived in Surry
county all of his life. He was a
member of Oak Grove Baptist
church.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Cora Isaacs Haymore; five child
ren. Loyd, Ray, James, Roy and
Joseph Haymore, all of the home;
two daughters. Mrs. Ben Riggs,
of Dobson, and Mrs. August Dom
mert, of Itoa, La.; three brothers,
Charles. Ed and James, and three
sisters, Mrs. Marvin Calloway,
Mrs. Rufus Mosley and Mrs.
Charles Snow, all of the home
community.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday at the Piney Grove
Baptist church, with Rev. D. D.
Hodges and Rev. Emery Callo
way officiating.
Approximately
100 Attended
Chaney Reunion
Attended by approximately 100
people, the sixth annual Chaney
family reunion was held Sunday
at the old Chaney homeplace.
It was expected that Rev.
Abraham Chaney, of Clebourne,
Texas, would be the principal
speaker for the occasion but he
was unable to attend. Instead of
the customary speaker the pro
gram consisted of the reading of
the history of the Chaney family,
this history being written in 1907
by the late Watson Chaney, eld
est son of the late Abraham
Chaney, and dates back three
generations from the birth of the
elder Mr. Chaney.
During the business sesion Mrs.
Kizzie Martin was elected presi
dent of the group to succeed R.
B. Chaney. at the request of the
latter. Other officers were re
elected.
The meeting next year will be
held on the last Sunday in July,
which is the day designated for
the annual reunion.
PRESBYTERIAN HOUR
OF WORSHIP CHANGED
The hour of worship at the
Presbyterian church will be
changed from 11 o'clock to 8
o'clock p.m. Sunday, August 6,
according to the pastor, Rev. O.
V. Caudill.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
LIBRARY HOURS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Effective until further notice,
the hours at the public library
will be from 9 am. until 1 pjn.,
according to Miss Virginia Price,
librarian.
STATE TOBACCO
GROWERS AWAIT
BORDER MART
Price Scale in Georgia Is
Watched
MARKET OPENS TODAY
Farmers Declare They Will
Not Give Away Finest
Crop Since 1935
PREPARE FOR ACTION
Raleigh.—North Carolina tobac
co growers, declaring they would
not "give away the finest quality
crop since 1935," today awaited
opening of the border belt tobac
co markets to give them a clue
whether the 15 cent prices pre
valent on the Georgia-Florida belt
would continue.
Auctions will open in seven bor
der belt cities tomorrow morning.
They are Lumberton, Whiteville,
Fairmont, Tabor City, Fair Bluff,
Chadbourn and Clarkton.
Farm leaders and agriculturists,
bolstered by passage of an AAA
amendment providing for an early
referedum on next year's crop
but faced with a crop 135,000,000
pounds above previous yields, pre
pared for emergency action to pro
tect prices.
Interest centered on four devel
opments:
1. Executive committeemen of
the North Carolina Grange en
dorsed a referendum for farmer
expression on marketing and acre
age issues and asked Congress to
assure an "equitable and just"
program in any election that
might be called.
2 E. Y. Floyd, state AAA ex
ecutive, predicted a 15-cent price
for North Carolina's flue-cured
crop unless producers agree to re
duce the crop in 1940. Opening
prices on the border belt last year
were 25 cents a pound. And sea
son average was 22.77.
3. The U. S. bureau of agricul
tural economics placed flue-curred
production above the billion-pound
mark for the first time. Previous
record was 865,000,000 pounds in
1930. North Carolina's crop, which
comprises 70 per cent, of flue
cured production, was estimated
at 701,010,000 pounds.
4. The North Carolina farm bu
reau federation planned to hold its
annual session here Friday, with
the principal issue more than like
ly to be discouraging prices re
ported during the opening sales in
Georgia. Bureau officials said
they feared opening prices on the
border belt would follow the same
trend.
SURRY WOMAN
DIES TUESDAY
Mrs. Hulda Jane Williams
Passes Away at Home of
Son at Mtn. Park
Mrs. Hulda Jane Williams, 84,
died at the home of her son, Jud
son Williams, at Mountain Park,
about midnight Tuesday night.
Mrs. Williams had been in declin
ing health for the past four years
and had been seriously ill for the
past three weeks. For several
years she had been almost to
tally blind. She was a native of
Wilkes county and a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Washing
ton Tucker. Her husband, A. J.
Williams, died in 1931. She was
a member of Gum Orchard
Baptist church and was a great
ly beloved woman.
She is survived by the follow
ing sons and daughters: Mrs.
Betty Thompson, Mrs. F. C.
Sprinkle, R. J. Williams, Moun
tain Park; C. E. Williams, Hamp
tonvitle; W. B. Williams, Moun
tain Park: C. W. Williams.
Boone; E. J. Williams, Bristol,
Tenn., and Miss Joanna Williams
of Wake Forest. Nineteen grand
children and three great-grand
children also survive.
Funeral services will be held
this morning at 111 o'clock from
Gum Orchard Baptist church.
The rites will be in charge of
Rev. T. S. Draughan. Interment
will be in the family plot in the
church cemetery.
NO EVENING SERVICES
DURING THIS MONTH
Following the custom of many
years, 3unday evening services
will not be held at the Methodist
church during the month of Au
gust. The Sunday morning ser
vices will be held at the usual
hour.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1939
(( Df\f)UMriDJT V" Pictured below is the WPA "Bookmobile" now being op-
D\JUHLVLIJDL LJLJ erated in Surry county, bringing free books to county
cross-road stores and rural homes, the books being made available by the State Library
Commission and the WPA. Making its first appearance in Surry in July, the "book
mobile" will remain in the county until the last of this month.
J
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"BOOKMOBILE"
IS INJSURRY
Library on Wheels Bringing
Free Books to Rural Areas
of the County
OPERATED BY THE WPA
A WPA "Bookmobile" is now
operating throughout Surry coun
ty, bringing free books to county
cross-road stores and rural
homes. The books are made
available by the sponsoring State
Library Commission and the
WPA. This service is being furn
ished rural residents of Surry
county for the months of July
and August to demonstrate the
value of this type of library ser
vice. The annual library report
discloses that about one-half of
the population of North Carolina
is without library service of any
kind. Other than providing
worthwhile employment for many
needy, the WPA objective is to
awaken interest throughout the
state to the end that permanent
library programs will be estab
lished and that obtaining good
books be the easy privilege of all
North Carolinians.
At present sixteen bookmobiles
are making regular rounds. All
of them are operated by WPA,
12 are owned by the Federal
Agency. Other phases of the
WPA library project, during the
current year, have provided
means for 1281 unemployed
needy to earn their livelihoods,
maintain and obtain skills—re
sulting, all 100 counties have li
brary service. In 159 public li
braries and reading rooms, „VPA
workers are assisting with the
clerical work, routine duties; in
the schools, 548 units have been
maintained; in book-repair units,
over 1,000,000 library volumes
have been repaired and returned
to circulation.
Mrs. May E. Campbell, Direc
tor, WPA Professional and Ser
vice Projects, reported that 698
certified employees on this pro
ject will be affected by the Con
gressional mandate that relief
workers who have had 18 months
or more continuous employment
be dropped, requiring re-certifi
cation of eligibility after a 30-
day period. "New assignments
and many of those dropped will
replace the vacancies to full op
erating strength," explained Mrs.
Campbell. "This is just one of
our endeavors giving work to
"white collar" groups, mostly wo
men. It has made a place for it
self in the social welfare of
North Carolina."
GRAHAM IS OFF
POLICE FORCE
Will Devote Full Time to Job
of Tax Collecting; Wall
Only Day Man
CHANGE MADE TUESDAY
Effective this past Tuesday,
Dixie Graham, for the past sev
eral years chief of Elkln police,
left the police department to give
his full time to the job of tax
collecting.
Under the change, made by the
town commissioners at their last
meeting, Traffic Policeman Cor
bett Wall becomes Elkin's only
day officer, with Policeman J. L.
Darnell continuing as night offi
cer.
No plans have been made to
add another officer to the Elkin
police department, the entire job
resting on the shoulders of Offi
cers Wall and Darnell.
Mr. Graham, in addition to
collecting taxes, will look after
other business of the town aad
will be able to give his full time
to thtfc task.
Newspaper Reports
Identification Of
Body Found Sunday
Renfro Herald, in Copyrighted Story, Is of Belief Man Was
a Mr. McDougall. Investigation by Yadkin Ripple
Brings to Light Empty Shell, Strands of Hair
and Handkerchief with Initial "M"
The body of an unidentified
man found near Yadkinville Sun
day has been reported as identi
fied by the Renfro Herald, Yad
kinville newspaper, in a copy
righted story carried in their issue
of Wednesday, but Sheriff A. L.
Inscore said Wednesday night,
after reading the Herald's story,
that his office had not identified
the body.
The Herald said an independent
investigation made by a represent
ative of the newspaper "has de
veloped a series of facts leading
to the conclusion that the decom
posed body is that of a Mr. Mc-
Dougall, an itinerant artist, drafts
man, and representative of a
Philadelphia engraving house."
Guy Scott, of the North Caro
lina Bureau of Investigation, said
that there was a remote possibility
that the body was that of John
WORK ON PLANS
FOR CLUB HERE
Country Club Would Feature
Golf Course, Swimming
Pool, Tennis Courts
FORTY HAVE SIGNED UP
Plans are under way here look
ing toward the organization of a
country club, following a meeting
at Hotel Elkin last week in which
the matter was discussed and a
committee appointed to feel out
the sentiment concerning such a
venture among those who could
be classed as prospective stock
holders and members.
Plans for the club would locate
it on the Elkin-North Wilkesboro
highway, which will soon be open
to traffic all the way through. A
rine-hole golf course, with suffi
cient land available for 18 holes,
a swimming pool and tennis
courts would be constructed, in
addition to a clubhouse.
The committee assigned to
work on fhe matter has reported
that to dute a total of 40 people
have signed up to take one share
of stock each, to be issued at
par. In case the club became a
reality, an additional yearly
membership fee would be charg
ed.
Members of the committee,
which is made up of E. E. Hayes.
H. F. Laffoon, Jones Holcomb,
DeLos Underwood, Paul Gwyn, F.
M. Norman, Dick Chatham and
Jack Carter, chairman, point out
that a club would provide val
uable recreation for its members,
in addition to providing a place
in which the women members
could entertain, hold meetings,
social gatherings, etc. ~
A second meeting is scheduled
to be held, perhaps the latter
part of this week.
SURRY SCHOOLS ARE TO
OPEN ON SEPTEMBER 4th
Monday, September 4, is the
date scheduled for the opening of
the Surry county school system
for the 1939-40 term, according
to a statement by John W.
Comer, county superintendent of
schools..
Everything will pe in readiness
for the opening on the scheduled
date and registrations and as
signments are expected to be
completed on the opening day.
Doyle, Greensboro man who dis
appeared in May, carrying between
SBOO and SI,OOO on his person.
The body was found Sunday by
two men hunting for wood suit
able for making baskets. It was
in a woods about 25 yards off the
Winston-Salem highway, about
one mile east of Yadkinville. A
rusty pistol was found near the
body. A bullet had pierced the
temple. The head was severed
from the body and was lying
nearby.
Bill Rutledge, of the Yadkin
Ripple, said Wednesday after
noon that he had found the pis
tol shell, a handkerchief and
several strands of hair at the
scene, the handkerchief bearing a
single initial "M" in one corner.
The hair, perfectly straight, gave
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Invites Former
Pupils to Come
For Melon Feast
The Tribune is in receipt of
a communication from W. L.
Denney, of Hamptonvillc, re
garding his excellent water
melons, some of which, ac
cording to Mr. Denney, are too
large to be hauled on a truck
(we thought only fish grew
that large). He is desirous of
having his friends enjoy with
him these wonders of nature
and invites all of his former
pupils to visit him at his wa
termelon patch, between Shi
loh and St. Paul churches,
anytime between August 13-20,
and asks that all who plan to
come write him a card ad
vising him of their expected
visit.
OVER 100 ARE
OFF PAYROLL
Releases on Wl*A Rolls to
Continue Under New
Ruling of Congress
18-MONTH LIMIT IS SET
WPA payrolls in Surry county
have seen the release of over 100
persons under the recent act of
Congress to release all persons
who have been on the relief pay
rolls for 18 months or more.
Releases, it was learned, will
continue week after week, or just
as soon as a person reaches the
employment period limit.
* Those suspended from the pay
rolls are not permitted to apply
for any kind of aid for a period
of 30 days after their release.
After that they may apply for aid
under the new regulations set up
for recertification by the welfare
department.
The work being done on the
various WPA projects in Surry
county will not be held up in any
way by the changes being made
in the personnel, it was said.
Persons on the waiting list will
take the place of any vacancies
which may occur due to the 18-
months time limit.
A woman living in the Canal
Zone has a canary that whistles
'Dixie."
Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SITE FOR CAMP
ANNOUNCED BY
CCC OFFICIALS
Will Be Located East of
Elkin Valley Church
WALTER COLLINS' LAND
Work on New Site to Begin
About Middle of This
Month, Officer States
TO DRILL DEEP WELL
Twelve acres of land, iocated
on what is known as the old
Dobson road east of Elkin Valley
church, was selected Wednesday
as the site for Camp Hancock,
CCC camp to be moved to this
vicinity from Dobson. The prop
erty belongs to Walter Collins.
The site was selected and ap
proved by a group of officials
from Fort Bragg and B. P.
i Dyer, assistant regional adminis
trator, CCC, of Spartanburg, S.
C. The officials from Port Bragg
were Captain L. C. Rosser. quar
termaster, District A; Captain
Roy C. Tatum, medical officer,
and J. H. Abbitt, of the quarter
l master department.
A small detachment from
. Camp Hancock will begin work
on the new camp about the 15th
. of this month. Captain Rosser
, said. The entire company should
j arrive about the 15th of October.
In preparation for the removal
s of the camp, a deep well must be
i drilled, and sewerage facilities
[ constructed. The buildings now
: housing the camp will be taken
down and moved here.
Appreciation
Is Expressed
For Editorial
A letter of appreciation has
been received by The Tribune
from T. L. Grier, of Raleigh, su
pervisor CCC selection, concern
ing an editorial which appeared
in last week's issue relative to the
remvoal of Camp Hancock, CCC
camp located at Dobson, to Elkin.
The letter follows:
Editor Elkin Tribune
Elkin, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Your editorial entitled "Glad to
Have Them" in the July 27 issue
of your paper has been placed on
my desk and I want to congrat
ulate you on having caught the
real spirit of the Civilian Con
servation Corps. This editorial
Is indeed a fine tribute to what
the CCC is trying to do for the
conservation of young men and
our natural resources and your
clear cut statement of its twin
objectives leads me to believe
that you realize something of the
effort now being made by all co
operating agencies in trying to
make the Civilian Conservation
Corps mean what its name im
plies.
This office has to do, as you
probably know, chiefly with the
selection phase of the program
and I want to assure you that
both the state office and the lo
cal departments of Public Wel
fare in each county are making
an effort to send to the Corps
young men of stability, purpose
and character who will remain in
the Corps and take advantage of
the opportunities it offers.
I am sure that your paper will
encourage the community to ac
cept the lads who come to you
and to offer them every oppor
tunity possible to make them
selves a part of your community.
I am also sure that the soil ero
sion program which is to be car
ried on by the camp which will
be transferred to your county in
the early fall will be a lasting
benefit.
Very sincerely,
T. L. Grier.
Supervisor CCC Selection
TO CONTINUE AUCTION
OF FARM THIS FRIDAY
Due to rain, the Clearance Sale
of the Pettyjohn farm, west of
Elkin on the Traphill road, was
halted last Saturday afternoon
after 61 lots had been sold, leav
ing a total of 87 still to be auc
tioned off. As a result, the sale
will be continued Friday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock.
The sale is being conducted tar
.the Parks Real Estate company,
of Elkin. and the W. R. Web-
Auction cgtnpany. of Wlnstan-
Salem. J