EVENTS
of the
Past
Week
LOCAL
THURMOND CHATHAM,
president of the Chatham
Manufacturing: Company, who
has been in Scotland for the
past several weeks, is expect
>ed to sail from Southampton.
England. Friday for the United
States aboard an American
liner. W. A. Neaves, general
superintendent and vice presi
dent of the company, said
Wednesday that insofar as he
knew the current critical Eu
ropean situation had not in
terfered with Mr. Chatham's
booking for the homeward
trip. He is accompanied by
Mrs. Chatham and their two
sons, Hugh and Dick.
M. S. WITHERING, WPA
supervisor for Surry county,
has announced that the coun
ty would probably get a new
county-wide rural roads pro
ject involving an expenditure
of around 5125.000. He point-
L ed out that the project has al
f ready been drafted and is now
awaiting the approval of the
works progress administration.
The present roads project in
the county is scheduled to end
the first of November. The J
new project, if approved, will
begin at the expiration of the
one now in force, it was said.
DISCUSSION OF the state
convention of the Young Dem
ocrats Club to be held in
Charlotte September 7-9 fea
tured the meeting of the
Young Democrats Club of
'sSurry county at Dobson Tues
l oay evening. A. D. (Lon) Fol-
I ger, scheduled to address the
h meeting, found it impossible to
attend at the last moment.
New officers will be elected at
a meeting being planned for
the near future.
FUNERAL SERVICES for
Fred O. Sink, twice mayor of
Lexington and publisher of the
Lexington Dispatch, was held
at the home on East Center
street Tuesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. The death of Mr.
Sink came at 6:15 o'clock
Monday morning at a Lexing
ton hospital which he had en
tered Saturday for treatment
and rest. He had been in de
clining health for several
years.
STATE
NORTH CAROLINIANS will
observe Thanksgiving this year
on the same date they have
had the holiday for 75 years—
the last Thursday in Novem
ber. Governor Ho e y an
nounced Sunday that after
"mature consideration" he de
cided it would be "unwise" to
change the date, as President
r Roosevelt suggested, so that
the day would fall one week
earlier.
FOR THE SECOND time in
three months the bow of the
ill-fated submarine Squalus
thrust itself above the surface
of the Atlantic in a wild
smother of foam Tuesday but
once again the craft and her
26 dead settled back to the
bottom. However, the task of
the salvage experts was no
where near as desperate as
rwhen the bow of the once
flooded craft last shot to the
surface on July 13, breaking
away from her lifting chains,
only to plunge back to a 240-
foot depth in a tangle of lift
ing gear. The boat is now
resting in only 90 feet of
water.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON. Chamberlain
tells cheering House of Com
mons Britain "ready for any
f eventuality" war in defense
of Poland or peaceful negotia
tion if Hitler agrees; says "is
sue of war still undecided";
fleet poised for action.
BERLIN.—AdoIph Hitler an
swers Britain's "final" reply to
previous German communica
tion; informed sources say it
leaves door open to negotia
tion; Nazi mobilization meas
ures unabated; food, textile,
gasoline, soap and other ob
fc jects of dally need under strict
W rationing.
WARSAW.—P o 1 e s de
clare borders further encircled
by German troops moving
eastward through Slovakia;
only partial mobilizatoin ef
fected but well over 1,000,000
under arms; spokesman asserts
"Poland like Britain and
France is ready for peaceful
settlement bat any aggression
rwUl be resisted by all means";
19 killed, SO injured by time
bomb at Tarnow.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
VOL. No. XXVIII. No. 42
V
C AMDTF rrNQJIC Typical of enumeration
dftlrl ILL LtLlyjUiJ in rural communities is
the scene pictured below in the Center Township, St.
Joseph County, Ind., where Joe Raderstorf, a truck farm
er, pauses in his plowing to give vital data to the special
census enumerator.
■V'yS^«SjjjH
Elkin Merchants Are
To Stage Dollar Days
Here Next Week-End
Will Offer Big Bargains in Cooperative Event to Be Held on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday; Tribune to Appear
One Day Earlier; Everyone Throughout This
Entire Section Urged to Attend
Elkin's Big Event
Elkin merchants are planning
a cooperative dollar days event
here for Thursday, Friday and
Saturday of next week, Septem
ber 7th, Bth and 9th, an event
that they have been planning for
weeks, and which will offer val
ues that are worth driving miles
to get.
The Tribune, cooperating with
the merchants, will appear one
day earlier next week, so that the
advertisements of the various
stores may reach you one day
earlier. Instead of going to press
on Wednesday evening. The Tri
bune will go to press Tuesday,
and will really be worth reading
NEW CAMP IS
PROGRESSING
About Half of CCC Boys Will
Be Stationed Here by
the Week-end
Raoid progress is being made
in moving Camp Hancock. Surry
CCC Camp, from its present site
near Dobson to the new site lo
cated northeast of Elkin on prop
erty leaded to the government by
Dr. Ira S. Gambill.
About half of the 186 boys sta
tioned at the Dobson camp will
be stationed in the new camp by
the end of this week, W. L. Rey
nolds, educational advisor of the
camp, stated. The mess hall and
four barracks are to be completed
by this week-end, it was said.
Headquarters building has al
ready been moved and put up.
Mr. Reynolds will move here
this week, into one of the new
homes constructed in West Elkin
by R. C. Freeman. Project Su
perintendent P. W. Evans will
also occupy one of the Freeman
homes when it is completed.
Camp Commander Owen ITuff
will make his home at the Line
berry apartments.
Advertisers
Asked to Turn
In Copy Early
In order to publish one day
earlier next week, making it
possible for The Tribune to
carry Dollar Days news to its
readers ahead of time, It is im
portant that all merchants
p'anning Dollar Days advertis
ing next week turn in their
copy at the earliest possible
moment.
In addition to the regular
subscription list, 5,000 addi
tional copies will be printed
and distributed. This, due to
the great amount of press
work, will subject The Tribune
to a heavy burden if advertis
ing copy is delayed until the
last minute.
Cooperation in this respect
will be greatly appreciated and
will insure next week's issue
reaching its readers one day
early as planned.
| with extra careful attention, as
it will carry page after page of
sensational bargain news.
Practically every store in town
will cooperate in the event, and
all are planning to outdo one an
other in value giving. Many spe
cial purchases have bee made in
order to put new merchandise on
sale that will mean actual dollars
and cents saving.
Joining with Elkin's merchants.
The Tribune exteds a cordial in
vitation to everyone to visit El
kin during dollar days and share
in the dollar days values to be
found at every store participat
ing.
Glade V
Opens Its 30th
Term Tu
Glade Valley high school opened
for its thirtieth term Tuesday. E.
B. Eldridge, who has served as
superintendent of the school for
the past twenty years will again
serve in this capacity.
The school is a Presbyterian
institution, although all denom
inations are enrolled, and has en
joyed outstanding success and
development since its beginning.
Faculty members for the 1939-
40 term, composed mostly of
teachers of the last term, includes
the following:
Rev. C. W. Ervin, teacher of
Bible and English; Dan D. Rhodes
of Rocky Mount, history; Miss
Annie Bell Corry, Covington,
Georgia, Mathematics and French;
Miss Lena Thompson, Gastonia,
home economics; Mrs. Ellen Guer
rant, Chistiansburg, Va., dean of
girls and teacher of piano; Mrs.
E. B. Eldridge, dietitian.
ALL IS READY
FOR OPENING
School Bells Will Ring Out
Here Next Monday; Rent
al Plan Given
USE FLAT FEE BASIS
Everything Is in readiness for
the opening of the city schools
here Monday morning, Septem
ber 4, at 8:30 o'clock. High school
and elementary pupils are re
quested to go to their respective
schools.
For the information of patrons
of the schools, the state rental
plan for books is given.
High school students will be on
a flat fee basis this year for the
first time. A fee of $2.40 will be
charged for all textbooks used by
the students for the year. This
is payable in advance, before is
suing books to the students. An
additional fifty-cent library fee
will be charged each student. A
(Continued on last page)
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1939
DEAY OPENING
OF WEED MART
UNTIL SEPT. 18
Change Will Mean Loss of
Only Two Selling Days
MEETING IN DURHAM
Will Allow Buyers on South
Carolina Markets Time to
Reach Scene
DELAY IS NOT SERIOUS
Opening of the tobacco mar
kets in the old bright belt, which
includes Mount Airy and Win
ston-Salem, has been postponed
from September 14 to September
18. the decision to delay having
been reached by officials of the
middle and old belt tobacco as
sociations late Saturday after
noon at Durham. *
Under the new arrangement,
the markets at Durham, Oxford
and Henderson will open Sep
tember 11 instead of September
7.
The change simply means that
every market in both belts will be
delayed two selling days, as each
belt originally was scheduled to
open on a Thursday and there
are no sales on Saturdays and
Sundays.
The short delay, it was ex
plained, was necessary in order to
allow buyers on the South Caro
lina market time to get to Win
ston-Salem and Mount Airy and
other markets in this section. It
was not possible for them to close
sales in South Carolina and get
to the old belt markets overnight.
Allowing the four-day delay,
the Winston-Salem market is as
sured of four sets of buyers from
all of the large buying concerns
and other markets in this belt
will be asured of their promised
number.
It was felt in Winston-Salem
last Saturday night that the de
lay of two days in opening would
not prove a particularly serious
matter here. It is believed that
both the warehousemen and
farmers will be satisfied with the
change, particularly in view of
the fact that a full complement
of buyers is assured.
Meantime, the Winston-Salem
Warehousemen's association was
in session Saturday to discuss
matters relating to the opening
there.
Their only matter of business
transacted was to arrange for a
tentative sales schedule. This
will be submitted to a meeting of
the warehousemen within the
next few days.
FOUND GUILTY
IN VOTE CASE
W. D. Holcomb Is Convicted
on Charge of Violating
Election Laws
SHORE CASE CONTINUED
Yadkinville, August 31 —Special
—A jury of Yadkin county farm
ers brought in a verdict of guilty
in the case of W. D. Holcomb on
a charge of violation of election
laws in superior court here Fri
day afternoon after deliberating
two hours, following the charge of
Judge Frank Armstrong, who
setenced Holcomb to pay a fine of
S2OO and court costs, and sus
pended a sentence to serve two
years on the roads.
The case was begun Thursday
following the noon recess and was
finished with the sentence at 5
o'clock Friday afternoon. About
15 witnesses were examined. The
two principal witnesses for the
state were Lon Vestal and Willie
Gregory. The specific charge
against Holcomb was "interfering
with an election". Holcomb was
represented in the trial by Attor
neys W. M. Allen of Elkin and
Fred S. Hutchens of Winston-Sa
lem, who fought a hard fight for
their client, unassisted except in
the selection of the jury. Solicit
tor Avalon E. Hall prosecuted the
case.
The case of Thad W. Shore,
charged with voting in both Sur
ry and Yadkin counties was con
tinued until next term of court,
mainly for lack of time to try it.
J. S. Thomasson of Buck Shoals,
also charged with violation of
election laws, had his case con
tinued because of error in the bill
of indictment.
Robert Lankford left the lat
ter part of last week for a vaca
tion trip to New York.
Crisis Intensified As Hitler
Tells Great Britain He Will
Negotiate If Demands Met
Bund Lea
Witness
Dies Committee
I \Jg u
The photo above shows Fritz
Kuhn, president of the German-
American Bund, as a witness
befort the Dies committee in
vestigating Fascist activities in
this country. The hearing was
held in Washington. D. C.
Mountain Park
School I
Open Mon
Mountain Park school will open
Monday, September 4. The build
ing has been refinished and
painted and the grounds and
lunch room have been improved
through the WPA.
A complete commercial course
will be offered again this year.
This will include instruction in
typing, bookkeeping, shorthand,
general business training, and
business English. Miss Elizabeth
Whitley, a graduate of Woman's
College of U. N. C., will have
charge of the commercial work.
Ray W. Coon, of Lincolnton, a
graduate of Appalachian State
Teachers College, has recently
been added to the faculty to
teach history and science and is
also director of boys' athletics.
Miss Truth Isley, former teach
er in Alexander-Wilson school at
Graham, will teach public school
music and direct the girl's glee
club. She replaces Miss Esther
Lanie/ who accepted a position at
Rocky Mount.
The school has been approved
for a band instructor under the
State Music project, but it has
not yet been learned who will be
assigned to this work for Moun
tain Park.
All children are urged to be
present on the opening day of
school so that registrations may
be completed with a minimum
loss of time in getting actual
schol work under way.
This year all students in high
school will pay one rental fee en
titling them to all books needed
for the year. This replaces the
system formerly used where each
book was rented from a separate
teacher.
All Mountain Park teachers
will meet at the school Saturday,
September 2, 10:00 a.m., to com
plete plans preliminary to the
opening on Monday.
The faculty, with a number of
changes during the summer, is
now complete with the following:
First grade: Mrs. Thomas Houck
and Gladys Thompson; second
grade, Thelma Cockerham; fifth
grade, Mrs. R. T. McCann; sixth
grade, J. W. Callaway; seventh
grade, Mrs. Henry Wolfe; public
school music, Miss Truth Isley;
high school faculty includes:
English and dramatics, Miss Hil
da Heatwole; Math and French,
Mrs. Gertrude Whitehead; Home
Economics, Mrs. Conrad Gentry;
science and history, Ray W.
Coon; vocational agriculture, A.
F. Kinzie; commercial subjects,
Miss Elizabeth Whitley; princi
pal, J. Sam Gentry.
BURCHAM REUNION TO
BE HELD SEPTEMBER 3
The third annual Burcham re
union will be held at Crooked
Creek church, eight miles east of
Oalax, Va., on Sunday. Septem
ber 3. All relatives and friends
of the family are invited to at
tend.
REPORTS SAY ONE-DAY DEADLINE
Nazi Fuehrer Is Reported to Have Stated He
Is in a Hurry and Suggested Poland Send
Emissary to Berlin Within Brief Period
to Confirm Surrender of Danzig
and Polish Corridor
PLAN IS DESCRIBED AS "MOCKERY"
Europe's war crisis was intensified Wednesday with a
paradoxical offer by Hitler to negotiate a settlement provid
ed it were agreed in advance that his demands on Poland
would be met.
It was also said, according to some British sources, the
Nazi Fuehrer safd he was in a hurry and suggested in his
latest message to Great Britain that Poland send an emis
sary to Berlin within a brief period to confirm the surrender
German Liner
Bremen Allowed
To Clear Port
The German liner Bremen,
held in New York by Harry M.
Durning, collector of the port,
for a complete search In order
to see if the boat, which had
orders to hurry back to Germ
any without cargo or passeng
ers, contained concealed wea
pons which might be mounted
after it had cleared port, was
scheduled to sail from New
York Wednesday at 6:00 p. m.,
E.S.T.
Durning obviously had the
backing of superiors in holding
the big luxury ship for search.
No weapons were found, but 11
men were taken off the ship
and hurried to Ellis Island
when the search was begun.
Other ships of nations which
may become involved in war
are also being held for inspec
tion.
YOUNG MOTHER
FATALLY HURT
Mrs. Grant Holbrook Dies as
Result of Accidental Bul
let Wound
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Mrs. Grant Holbrook. 22. of
near Dockery, daughter of Blaine
Warren, salesman with a local
automobile company, died Mon
day morning at 6:00 o'clock as
the result of an accidental pistol
wound inflicted Saturday after
noon about 2:00 o'clock.
Mrs. Holbrook was fatally hurt
when a .30 calibre German Luger
pistol which her husband was
cleaning, accidentally discharged,
the bullet entering her right side,
ranging downward through the
lower abdomen and emerging to
pierce her left thigh. A baby
held in her lap was untouched.
The gun. thought to be unload
ed, went off as Holbrook was
"breaking it down." The steel
nosed bullet inflicted a small
flesh wound in his hand as it left
the gun.
Although Mrs. Holbrook was
rushed to the hospital at once,
medical attention failed to save
her life.
In addition to her husband, the
deceased is survived by her par
ents; two children, Lena and
Gary, and one sister and one
brother, Lucile and Sam Warren.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at
Roaring Gap Baptist church, in
charge of Revs. L. C. Sparks and
Grant Cothren.
YOUTH LOSES LEG IN
SAWMILL ACCIDENT
Roman Marion, 16, of Rusk,
son of Eugene Marion, lost his
right leg as the result of an acci
dent, at a sawmill in the Burch
community early Tuesday after
noon. Young Marion fell against
the moving saw in some manner,
while assisting with the opera
tion of the machine. The sharp
saw completely severed both
bones in the lower leg, which
necessitated amputation just be
low the knee.
The sawmill is the property of
Nat Johnson.
Ends *'
"The Best Little Towa
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
,: *of Danzig and the Polish corridor.
Some sources mentioned 24
hours as the time specified but it
was believed elsewhere that the
time was elastic as suggested in
Hitler's latest communication to
the British government and could
be extended.
Poland's reply was firm and
unhesitating mobilization of
more specialists and reservists up
to the age of 40 to put 2,000,000
men or more under arms.
The British cabinet maintain
ed close silence as it studied the
message but other London sources
described the propsals as "a
mockery." There was no hint
that Britain or Prance would
weaken their support of Poland
but another message from Bri
tain to Hitler was considered
likely.
So far as could be learned in
London, the sudden outbreak of
"optimistic" views among high
Nazis in Berlin late yesterday was
merely a preliminary to another
demand by Hitler that a peace
settlement be negotiated on his
own terms. Except that this time,
the Fuehrer appeared to have in
dicated that he wanted action at
once, within a definite time.
In normal diplomatic ex
changes such a move would be
regarded as an ultimatum from
Hitler by way of Britain to Po
land. In fact, one unconfirmed
story in London was that the
British ambassador upon reading
the message said:
"Why this is an ultimatum!"
"Oh, no," Hitler was supposed
to have replied. "I am proposing
negotiations."
Regardless of its accuracy, the
story illustrated the wide gap be
tween British and Nazi methods
and viewpoints at the climax of
Europe's war of words.
Opinion in Paris was that the
exchanges between Hitler and
Britain had not yet entirely
closed the road to further nego
tiations but it was believed in
high French sources that the out
look was very gloomy, although
some sources in Washington had
been encouraged by overnight de
velopments to believe that there
was a better chance for main
taining Europe*s peace.
PLAN TENT MEETING
AT ROARING RIVER
A community tent revival will
begin Sunday afternoon, Septem
ber 3, at 2:30 o'clock, at Roaring
River on the T. J. McNeil lot just
above the Methodist church. The
public has a cordial invitation to
attend. All ministers havd a
very special invitation to come.
Notice to
Correspondents
Due to the fact The Tribune
will appear on Wednesday of
next week instead of Thurs
day, usual publication day, all
country correspondents are
urged to get their news In by
Monday afternoon.
This newspaper, to go out to
the mails on Wednesday, must
necessarily be printed Tuesday
night. For that reason any
news received later than Mon
day stands a good chance of
being omitted.
The Tribune is appearing
one day earlier in cooperation
with Elkin merchants who are
sponsoring dollar days next
Thursday, Friday and Satur
day. Cooperation by country
correspondents in geitißf their
news in not later than Monday
will be sincerely appreciated