EVENTS
of the
Past
Week
LOCAL
IF WEATHER conditions
permit, it may be possible to
complete the stone surfacing
on highway 268 between Roar
ing River and North Wilkes
boro by September 1, Nello
L Teer, contractor, has an-
P nounced. After this is com
pleted it will be necessary to
allow the stone to become set
tled and bonded before the
black top hard surface is ap
plied. It is hoped this sur
facing can be completed be
fore winter as it is not practi
cal to put down such surfacing
during cold weather.
FORREST H. SHUFORD,
North Carolina commissioner
of labor, was guest speaker at
a meeting of the Chatham
manufacturing company T. C.
U. Club held here Monday ev
ening. Mr. Shuford spoke on
diversified industries in North
Carolina. In addition to the
regular club members, the
foremen of the company were
also present at the meeting.
T. R SAMPLE, of Rowland,
who has recently purchased
Hotel Elkin here, was expect
| ed to arrive here Wednesday,
but had not arrived prior to
Tribune press time. It is said
he is planning extensive im
provements when he takes
over the business. C. H. Brew
er, who has operated the hotel
for 11 years, will go to Hen
derson for the present.
THE CHATHAM Ail-Stars,
local softball team of the
Chatham Manufacturing com
pany Tuesday defeated B. F.
Huntley company 9 to 3 in the
first annual softball tourna
ment being conducted in Win
ston-Salem by the Winston-
Salem newspapers. Judd, of
Chatham, turned in a three
hit performance.
THE FILLING Station on
North Bridge street formerly
operated as Boyles Esso Ser
vice, is now under the man
agement of Marvin and John
May berry, and will be known
as the City Service Station,
handling Gulf products. The
station will also serve as quar
ters for City Cabs, also op
erated by the May berry broth
ers, who plan to give Elkin
city bus service within the
next few months, four modern
buses having been ordered.
STATE
REVENUE Commissioner A.
J. Maxwell announced Wed
nesday that the sale of auto
mobile tags in North Carolina
had reached a new all-time
peak. Up to and including
August 21, a total of 593,337
tags have been sold, which
tops the total 1938 sales by
302.
GOVERNOR HO E ¥ an
nounced Tuesday that within
the next few days, probably
today (Thursday), he would
allocate from the highway sur
plus a special fund for road
work. The amount of the al
location has not been determ
ined, he said.
NATIONAL
EUROPEAN WAR alarms
had no visible effect on Pres
ide nt Roosevelt Wednesday,
who calmly continued his fish
ing trip aboard the U. S. S.
Lang. Maintaining silence on
foreign developments, the
President showed no perturb
ation, but carefully studied
latest information from the
State department and diplo
matic reports.
INTERNATIONAL
MOSCOW—Von Ribbentrop
lands in Moscow for negotia
tions designed to set quick seal
on Russian - German nonag
gression pact; British, French
missions still await instruc
tions.
PARlS—Thousands of re
servists take up posts; men
under arms exceed 1,000,000;
ambassadors instructed to out
line firm French stand by Po
land.
WARSAW Clash between
Polish, German troops report
ed; Poles charge Germans
crossed frontier; United States
embassy advises American cit
izens that "serious situation"
obtains.
WASHINGTON United
States officials draft plans to
rush home thousands of Amer
ican citizens if war breaks oat
in Europe.
ROME—ltaly speeds military
preparations; nation believed
ready to call additional re
serves to match French moves.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
VOL. No. XXVIII. No. 41
Dr. Ethel Abernethy
Tells Of Conditions
As Viewed In Europe
GUEST SPEAKER
BEFORE KIWANIS
CLUB THURSDAY
Visited England, Germany,
France on Trip
DELEGATES ARE NAMED
Wilbur Carter Endorsed by
Club for High Post in
Carolinas District
GUESTS ARE PRESENT
Dr. Ethel Abernethy, of Char
lotte, a daughter of Rev. and Mrs.
L. B. Abernethy, of this city, was
guest speaker at the regular Ki
wanis meeting at Hotel Elkin last
Thursday evening.
Miss Abernethy, professor of
philosophy and psychology at
Queens-Chicora College in Char
lotte, has just returned from a
trip to Europe, where she visited
England. Holland, Belgium, Swit
zerland, France and Germany, and
her talk concerned her travels in
these countries, made for the pur
pose of securing material for her
college classes and for a period
of study at Oxford. Her talk was
throughly enjoyed by everyone
present.
During the business session of
the meeting, Kiwanians Julius
Hall and Stacy Weaver were elect
ed as delegates to the Carolinas
Kiwanis convention to be held at
Raleigh September 24 to 26. Wil
bur Carter, a past president of the
club was unanimously endorsed
by its members for the lieutenant
governor of the Carolinas district,
and the secretary was instructed
to write other clubs asking their
endorsement.
On Friday, September 8, the
club will meet at North Wilkes
boro in a joint meeting with the
club of that city and of Lenoir.
Dr. C. C. Weaver, of Charlotte,
was a guest of his son, L. S. Weav
er. Ralph Triplett, of Elkin, was
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FOLGER IS TO
ADDRESS CLUB
Surry Young Democrats Will
Meet at Dobson on Tues
day, August 29th
ARE TO ELECT OFFICERS
Hon. A. D. (Lon) Folger, con
gressman from this district, will
be the principal speaker at the
meeting in Dobson August 29, of
the Surry county Young Demo
crats Club, it has been announced
by George Royall, Elkin, presi
dent.
The annual meeting will be
staged in the courthouse, and
will get under way at 8:00 o'clock,
Mr. Royall said.
Purpose of the meeting is to
elect officers, and choose dele
gates to the state convention,
which will be held in Charlotte
September 7-9.
All young Democrats are urged
to attend the meeting, with
ladies being especially invited.
Present officials of the club, all
of whom have served for the past
two years, are George Royall,
president; A. B. Carter, Mount
Airy, vice president, and John
Lewellyn, Dobson, secretary-trea
surer.
DOBSON MAN HEADS
SURRY BAR ASS'N
At a meeting of the Surry
County Bar Association at Dob
son on August 22. 1939, Judge W.
F. Carter resigned as president of
the association.
R. A. Freeman, of Dobson, was
elected to the office and a reso
lution was unanimously adopted
that the Bar Association extend
to Judge Carter its sincere thanks
for his excellent services in this
office, which he held from July,
1926, until his resignation in Au
gust, 1939, and his resignation
was only accepted after Judge
Carter's insistence that he felt
that he should be relieved of the
duties of the office.
Elkin Man Is
Crash V
Near Kinston
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Robert W. James, above of
this city, who was instantly
killed about 5 o'clock Sunday
afternoon in an automobile
crash near Kinston which also
claimed the life of V. C. Jen
son, of Conway, S. C., who was
in the same car. Several others
were injured.
CRASH FATAL
TO LOCAL MAN
Robert W. James Instantly
Killed in Head-on Colli
sion Sun'"
FUNERAL HELifMONDAY
Robert Wayne James, 38, of
this city, was fatally injured in
an automobile accident near Kin
ston about 5 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon. Mr. James was a native
of Mount Airy and a member of
a prominent Surry county family.
Since the completion of his edu
cation at Wake Forest College he
had been connected with the
state highway commission and
was located at Rocky Mount as
resident engineer at the time of
his death, having gone there only
a few weeks ago from Wilson.
For several years Mr. James
had made his home here and he
was deservedly popular with a
bost of friends. He was a son of
the late C. F. James and Mrs.
Bethania Whitaker James, of Mt.
Airy.
According to reports, Mr.
James was instantly killed in a
head-on collision. Viggio C. Jen
sen, of Conway, S. C., who was
also in the car with Mr. James,
died about midnight Sunday from
injuries sustained in the crash. It
is not known who was driving the
death car but Mr. James was
riding in the rear seat at the
time of the crash. Other injured
in the accident were: Lee Luther
Stanton, of Rocky Mount; Leon
Deans, of Kinston, and Harry
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Oxford S
Class at Lyric
Theatre Tonight
The Oxford Orphanage singing
class will appear in a concert on
the stage of the Lyric theatre here
tonight (Thursday), under the
auspices of the local Masonic
Lodge.
Always presenting clever and
throughly enjoyable programs, the
children are said to be exception
ably talented this year, and a very
entertaining concert may be ex
pected.
in addition to the singing class,
theatre patrons will also see a
moving picture. "For Love or
Money," and latest news events
on the screen.
No increase in admission will be
charged for the double program.
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1939
NEW BRIGHT
BELT OPENS;
PRICES LOW
Inferior Grades Offered as
Season Begins
BELOW SIB.OO AVERAGE
Volume of Offerings at Sev
eral Markets Sets All-
Time Record
QUALITY IS SAID LOW
Raleigh, Aug. 22. Tobacco
prices at the opening of auctions
today in the new bright belt fell
below expectations, but volume
of offerings at several markets
set all-time records.
The belt, embracing 14 East
ern North Carolina markets, saw
opening price averages fall be
neath the $lB a hundredweight
farmers and Department of Agri
culture representatives had hoped
for.
Offerings generally were of an
inferior grade, indicating, market
observers said, that an improved
price average might be expected
when better grades found their
way to warehouse floors.
Because of the crush of busi
ness, official figures on volume
and price ranges and averages at
most markets were unavailable
tonight.
Quality at several markets was
said by sales supervisors to be the
lowest opening day offering ever
seen. However, at Williamston
the quality was described as the
best in 10 years.
Wilson, largest market in the
world, was glutted with between
three and four million pounds. A
price average unofficially report
ed at about $15.50 prevailed. Bet
ter grades were off, but the poor
er grades brought better prices
than expected.
YADKIN COURT
GRINDS SLOWLY
Grand Jury Finishes Work;
Lackey Is Indicted for
Rape
DRUNK DRIVERS IN BAD
Yadkinville, Aug. 23 —(Special)
—Superior court of Yadkin coun
ty was still in full swing when it
adjourned for the day yesterday
and indications were it would
continue until Friday. Judge
Frank Armstrong, of Troy, is
presiding and Solicitor Avalon E.
Hall is prosecuting the docket.
Mr. John N. Davis, of East
Bend, is foreman of the grand
jury and John Swaim is grand
jury officer. The grand jury fin
ished their work' late yesterday.
The three cases of violation of
election laws is expected to come
up today.
Large Case
The case requiring the longest
trial was that of William Mason,
colored driver of the truck seized
here some time ago with over 200
cases of bottled and bonded
liquor on it. Mason was found
guilty by a jury on two charges.
On one case he was fined S3OO
and costs. The other case was
left open until today and Mason
will be given a chance to tell
what he knows about the owner
ship of the truck and liquor. His
sentence may be measured on
what use he makes of his tongue
when brought back to court.
Lackey Indicted
The grand jury appeared in a
body before the court and return
ed a true bill against Erskine
Lackey, alias Howard Parker, on
a charge of rape. Lackey has
not been brought -fcack to Yadkin
yet and will probably be tried at
next term of court.
SOLDIERS TO HOLD
REUNION AT LENOIR
There will be a reunion of the
Second Batallion, 113 th Field
Artillery, at Lenior Friday, August
25. it has been announced by L.
E. Dimmette, general chairman.
Invitations have been sent to all
members whose addresses were a
vailable, but due to the fact that
many were not on file, wide news
paper publicity is being given the
event. All members are urged to
attend, but in case anyone cannot,
he is urged to send his present
address to Mr. Dimmette, at Le
noir.
An eagle cannot soar away
with over two pounds attached to
his feet.
Backdown Or War Is Forecast
As European Crisis Becomes
More Serious; Poland Is Firm
FT f)f)T) A record rainfall here, plus a cloudburst at
i Roaring Gap last Friday, sent Big Elkin
creek roaring from its banks to overflow the shoe factory
road and completely flood the Elkin fairgrounds, backing
water within a few feet of the gymnasium. Pictured her?
is flood scene made on the shoe factory road a few yards
from its intersection with Elk Spur street. The automo
bile shown backed out after an attempt to travel the sub
merged road proved to be impossible.—(Tribune Photo.)
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New Surry Farm Agent
Is Elected By Board
Cafe Ratings
Announced by
Health Dept.
Only three of Elkin's eating
establishments rated a grade A
in the report by the Surry
health department on cafes,
issued for August. These three
were the Palace, with an A
rating of 92, the Bon-Ton
Grill with an A rating of 90,
and the Dutch Castle, also
with an A rating of 90.
Other ratings, in the order
they appear in the report, are
as follows:
Hotel Elkin, 88.5, grade B;
Eat Quick Lunch, 7i).5, grade
C; Greenwood Cafe, 85, grade
B; Home Hotel, 70, grade C;
Monticello Cafe, 89, grade B;
New Deal, 73, grade C; River
side Cafe, 81, grade B.
Eating establishments in
State Road were rated as fol
lows: Mountain View, 80.5,
grade B; State Road Cafe, 90,
grade A.
RECORD FALL
OF RAIN HERE
Cloudburst at Roaring Gap
Sweeps Away Thousands
of Fish
CREEK FLOODS ROAD
A cloudburst at Roaring Oap
last Friday sent Big Elkin creek
here out of its banks to flood
roads and fields with the assist
ance of one of the heaviest rain
falls that has been experienced
locally in 30 years.
The downpour at Roaring Gap,
which lasted about an hour,
washed away an estimated total
of 150,000 fish from the Roaring
Oap fish hatchery, this number
being about one-fourth of the
fish on hand. All sizes were
swept away, including thousands
of tiny fish hatched there to re
stock the streams of this section
of the state.
Big Elkin creek, already flood
ed to high level Friday morning
by a total of 4.08 inches of rain,
swelled from its banks when the
mountain waters rushed down
into it following the cloudburst
about 10:30 Friday morning. At
noon Friday the yellow water had
spread over the shoe factory road
and the Elkin fair groond, lap
t
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Robert Smithwick, of Wake
County, to Begin Duties
September 1
SUCCEEDS CRAWFORD
Robert Smithwick, a native of
Wake county, has been elected by
the Surry county board of com
missioners as county farm agent,
it was announced late Wednesday
afternoon by M. Q. Snow, chair
man of the board.
Mr. Smithwick, who succeeds J.
W. Crawford, will begin his duties
September 1. Highly recommend
ed by state farm authorities, the
new man has served as assistant
farm agent in Iredell county for
three years, and two years in the
same capacity in Haywood county.
Mr. Crawford, it is understood,
will do general field work in
western North Carolina when he
leaves Surry the last of this month.
UNIT TO START
WORK SEPT. 1
Terracing Equipment Again
to Be Available to Farm
ers Desiring It
TO WORK FROM DOBSON
The Surry County Terracing
Unit will start operating again
around September 1, and all
farmers who would like to have
their land lerraced this fall with
the county unit should get in
touch with A. P. Cobb, assist
ant county agent, in Dobson at
once.
The unit will work from Dob
son toward Copeland, from the
Copeland community to Siloam,
from the Siloam community to
White plains by way of Quaker
church, Eldora school and vicin
ity, and from there to the Beulah
community. All farmers in or
near these communities who
would like to have their'land ter
raced this fall should get in
touch with the agent in charge
at once.
The cost of the service of this
unit is $3.00 per hour for the
time the unit is in operation. This
make 3 the cost run about $2.25
per acre or 50c per hundred
feet, depending on the slope and
condition of the land. Each 200
feet of properly constructed ter
races will count as one unit in
helping one qualify for their j
maximum 1939 Soil Conservation
Payment, if It is needed and If It j
Is done before October 31 of thisj
year.
Elkkt
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
GREAT BRITAIN
SAYS SHE WILL
STAND BY WORD
England Warns Hitler That
She Is Not Bluffing
ARMIES ARE MOBILIZED
Situation Is Precipitated by
Announcement of Nazi-
Soviet Pact
JAPAN IS RESENTFUL
A blunt, last minute message to
Adolf Hitler pointing out the fact
thai; England was unshaken in
her determination to assist Po
land In event Germany used
force in an attempt to take Dan
zig, was delivered to the German
dictator Wednesday by the Bri
tish ambassador, The Tribune
learned vi a radio dispatches
Wednesday noon.
It was also learned that Webb
Miller, ace European correspond
ent for an American news ser
vice, made the statement from
London that there were but three
possible moves for the prevention
of war—lst, for Poland to back
down; 2nd, for Germany to back
down, and 3rd, for England to
back down, Miller was quoted as
saying {hat the next few days
would disclose the fate of Europe.
BRITISH FIRM
London, August 22 Great
Britain today declared her de
termination to stand by Poland,
called parliament into emergency
session Thursday to approve vir
tually dictatorial powers for the
government, and, with Prance,
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BRUMFIELD IS
WILKES AGENT
Former Yadkin Farm Expert
Is Elected Saturday by
County Board
IS OUTSTANDING MAN
The Wilkes county board of
commissioners last Saturday
elected L. F. Brumfield as coun
ty farm agent, subject to the ap
proval of the North Carolina ex
tension service.
Mr. Brumfield, who for 12 years
was county agent of Yadkin, and
for the past few months affiliated
with the extension service as a
county agent at large, is the third
to have been elected by the Wilkes
board to suceed Dan P. Holler,
the two men previously elected
having been rejected by state au
thorities.
The commissioners were quoted
as saying that they had examined
Brumfield's record as county a
gent in Yadkin and his qualifica
tions for the work. Extension au
thorities, the board was quoted as
saying, have said that he is among
the outstanding county agents of
the state.
Elkin Schools
Are to Open
On September 4
According to information re
ceived here Wednesday by
members of the school faculty,
the city schools will open on
Monday, September 4.
Miss Mary Holland, home
economics instructor, of Tim
monsville, S. C., arrived Friday
to make preparations for the
opening of the school.
The faculty this year will in
clude two new members, Miss
Ruth Atkinson of this city,
who will teach the sixth grade,
succeeding Miss Lucille Young,
and Miss Overcash, of Trout
man, who will teach a com
mercial course. Miss Atkinson
has for several yean been as
sociated with the Marlon city
schools and Miss Ovtttash
comes here from the Kernen
vllle schools.