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Elkin
"The Best Little Town
ih North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 10
LATE /
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NEWS
IN and
BRIEF N t n
LOCAL
THE NORTH Carolina Su
preme Court, in a decision
handed down recently, sus
tained the decision of Judge S.
J. Ervin in the Jonesville
school bond case in which a
restraining- order was granted
preventing issuance of bonds
to build a new school.
NEW bus line between
Mount Airy and Salisbury, via
Dobson, Elkin, Boonville and
Yadkinville, is scheduled to
, begin operation within a few
days. O. E. Woodie, who holds
the franchise and who will op
erate under the name of Mt.
Airy-Salisbury Coach Co., has
recently returned from Sidney,
Ohio, where he purchased a
new 29-passenger super
Streamliner for the route.
STATE
SENATOR Robert A. Taft,
of Ohio, will be the principal
speaker at the 11th annual
statewide Lincoln day dinner
to be staged in Greensboro
Monday night, February 12, it
was announced Tuesday night
by Worth D. Henderson, chair
man of the arrangements com
mittee for the linner. Mr. Hen
derson said acceptance of the
invitation was received from
the senator late Tuesday af
ternoon. The chairman said
District Attorney Thomas E.
Dewey, of New York, and Sen
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg, of
Michigan, also had been con
sidered as possible speakers for
the occasion. All three are po
tential candidates for the Re
publican nomination for Presi
dent at the convention to be
held this year.
NATIONAL
NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 16
Violence, arrests and reports of
voting irregularities brought
mounting tension today while
Louisiana Democrats passed
judgment on the 1940 model of
the political machine Huey
Long set going in 1928. Appre
hension mounted late this af
ternoon when the New Orleans
police radio broadcast a warn
ing that "from the looks of it
now there may be serious trou
ble" and ordered all patrol
ears to guard polling booths.
The announcer said there had
been reports of out-of-town
cars moving into the city in
numbers, possibly to precipi
tate trouble.
ROCHESTER, N. Y„ Jan. 16
—Frank Gannett, Rochester
publisher and long-time critic
of President Roosevelt and the
new deal, announced tonight
his candidacy for the Repub
lican nomination. The 63-
year-old publisher told a civic
reception in his honor and a
radio audience: "I realize what
it means to be a candidate for
the Republican nomination for
President—what it means in
responsibility, in hard work, in
sacrifice. Yet it is a call to
duty that no citizen can
ignore. "My answer is yes."
INTERNATIONAL
HELSINKI. Jan. 16 Rus
sian warplanes again struck at
Finland today as 51-degree be
low zero (Fahrenheit) cold
brought new suffering to civil
ians in bomb-torn towns and
the Finns reported dispersing
two soviet companies in fight
ing near Salla. The worst cold
wave in 25 years caused in
tense suffering, particularly in
smaller villages where bombs
demolished and burned homes,
leaving inhabitants without
shelter.
LONDON, Jan. 16 Britain
today acknowledged the loss of
three of her submarines as
signed to one of the royal
navy's most dangerous Jobs—
patrol of German North sea
outlets to keep the nazi fleet
bottled up. The submarine*
Undine, Seahorse and Starfish
—53,000,000 worth of undersea
craft carrying about 110 men
—failed to return to their
bases and must now be regard
ed as lost, the admiralty an
nounced. Presur JMy they were
sunk by depth charges. The
nsnsbsr of casualties was un
known.
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Wilkes Man Jailed
In Mystery Death
Of His Aged Mother
Passes A
After Att
Of Pneumo
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Mrs. Charles E. Cox, of Mouth
of Wilson, Va., mother of Mrs.
W. A. Neaves and W. C. Cox, of
this city, who passed away last
Saturday as the result of illness
from pneumonia.
MRS. C. E. GOX
DIES SATURDAY
Mother of Mrs. Neaves and
W. C. Cox, of Elkiju. Is
Pneumonia Victim - 1
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Mrs. Charles E. Cox, 72, passed
away at her home at Mouth-of-
Wilson, Va., Saturday afternoon,
following an illness of several
days from pneumonia. Mrs. Cox
was the mother of Mrs. W. A.
Neaves and W. C. Cox of this city.
On December 19th of last year
Mr. and Mrs. Cox celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
at their home. Mrs. Cox was be
fore her marriage Miss Mintie
Bryant, and was a member of a
prominent Virginia family. She
was a member of the Methodist
church for a number of years and
a woman greatly beloved.
A brief funeral service was held
at the home Monday morning.
The service was in charge of Rev.
L. S. Strader, pastor of the de
ceased, Rev. L. B. Abernethy and
Rev. Herman F. Duncan, of this
city, and the funeral proper was
held at Potato Creek Methodist
church at 11 o'clock Monday
morning. The service at the
church was in charge of Rev.
Strader, assisted by Rev. Aber
nethy, Rev. Grover C. Graham of
Lewisville, and Rev. Luther Payne
of Galax, Va.
She is surved by her husband,
Charles E. Cox; three daughters,
Mrs. W. A. Neaves of this city,
Mrs. Kyle McMillan and Mrs. S.
L. Payne of Galax, Va.; and two
sons, W. C. Cox of this city and
Virgil Cox, of Mouth of Wilson,
Va.; fourteen grandchildren and
two great grandchildren; two sis
ters, Mrs. Mont Busic and Mrs. I.
C. Hash of Fox, Va., and one
brother, Cone Bryant, of Inde
pendence, Va.
WPA COMMITTEE
MEMBERS NAMED
An advisory committee for Surry
county to work with WPA officials
to help promote, interpret and co
ordinate the WPA program, was
appointed at a meeting held in
Dobson Tuesday night.
Officals named were John Com
er, of Dobson, chairman; Mrs.
George Marshall, Mount Airy,
vice-chairman; Mrs. Paul Brown,
Devotion, secretary; and Martin
Bennett, Mount Airy, treasurer.
Local committe members are J.
Mark McAdams, Mrs. W. M. Allen,
Errol Hayes and F. W. Graham.
Fruits and vegetables are bank
ed high around the chancel in
Lutheran churches in Pennsyl
vania at the Thanksgiving ser
vices.
WOMAN'S BODY
IS FOUND BADLY
BURNEDSUNDAY
Andrew Gregory Claims Her
Clothes Caught Fire
INJURIES ARE FOUND
Neighbors Testify That Sus
pect Was Drunk When He
Reported the Death
BLOOD IS ON FLOOR
Andrew Gregory, 50-year-old
WPA worker, is being held in the
Wilkes county jail for the mys
terious death of his mother, Mrs.
Canzada Gregory, about 75, at
the order of the Wilkes grand
jury. The death took place at
the Gregory home in Somers
township.
The coroner's inquest, held
Monday momtng, disclosed the
information that Gregory went to
the home of a neighbor about
2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon
and related that his mother was
dead from burns. The neighbors
testified that he was in a drunken
condition.
Those who went to the home
said they found the aged woman
dead upon the floor, her body
badly burned. About four feet
from where her body was lying
near the hearth were bloodstains
on the floor. One person testified
that Gregory was seen wiping
blood from his arm with a hand
kerchief.
Gregoi-y's story was to the ef
fect that he was milking the cow
about 9 o'clock Sunday morning
when he heard his mother
scream. He said he ran into the
house, saw her clothes burning
and saw her fall to the floor. He
said he dashed two or more
buckets of water on her body to
put out the fire. Then he said he
sat by her until she died about 2
o'clock in the afternoon, before
notifying any of the neighbors,
although some lived within call
ing distance.
Witnesses stated that the gen
eral report throughout the com- 1
munity was that Gregory abused!
his mother when he was drink- j
ing.
An examination of the body by
a physician disclosed a broken!
nose and a bruise upon one side
of the head.
Mrs. Gregory was in good
health for her age, but had been
deaf and dumb since birth. An
drew was her only son. Frank
Gregory, a brother, lives in Jones
ville.
Funeral services are to be held
today at 11:00 a.m. at Union I
church.
Chatham To Meet
Drayton Teams
Friday, Sa
Two evenings of fast basketball
are on schedule for cage fans here
this week-end as the Chatham
girls and boys prepare for games
with Drayton squads, of Spartan
burg, S. C.
The first games of the two-day
series will get under way in the
Elkin school gymnasium Friday
evening at 7:45, the girls playing
first. The boys' game will follow
immediately after the girls' game
is over.
Saturday the teams will observe
the same schedule, the girls lead
ing off at 7:45.
The Drayton teams boast fast,
hard-playing members, and plenty
of thrills and action are in pro
spect.
MASONIC OFFICIALS
ARE INSTALLED HERE
Officers to serve during 1940
were recently installed at a meet
ing of the Elkin Masonic Lodge.
The new officers are as follows:
Worshipful Master, Hugh Royall;
Senior Warden, A. O. Bryan;
Junior Warden, Q. E. Boles; Senior
Deacon. Leslie Reinhardt; Junior
Deacon, H. G. York; Treasurer.
Abe Harris; Secretary, F. W. Gra
ham.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1940
WfiN T R1? T A IDW moving machinery and equipment
ff un 1 LJLj LtKJli U IT \Jf! from the Winston-Salem plant to the new plant
here was begun Wednesday, and soon the huge new addition just constructed will hum
to the sound of industry as the Chatham Manufacturing Company throws its new
"streamline unit" into production. Pictures below show (at top) a section of one of the
floors in the large four-story structure located just west of the main plant. Photo at
bottom shows progress of construction of new office building, which adjoins the present
office section of the mill. Work of moving from Winston-Salem to Elkin will be
pushed as rapidly as possible.—(Tribune Photos.)
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TO HOLD BALL
ON JAN. 30TH
Birthday Ball for the Presi
dent Under Direction of
F. W. Graham
TO BE AT HOTEL ELKIN
The 1940 Birthday Ball for the
President this year will be staged
here at Hotel Elkin under the
direction of F. W. Graham,
chairman.
The ball will be held on the
night of January 30, and ar
rangements are now under way,
J committees having been an
nounced by Mr. Graham. Both
the dining room of the hotel and
the Kiwanis club room will be
utilized for the ball, round
dancing to be in the dining room
and square dancing in the Ki
wanis room. Two orchestras will
be on hand.
Proceeds of the ball will, as
usual, go to combat infantile
paralysis.
The committees, as named by
Mr. Graham, are as follows:
Committee on arrangement and
entertainment: George Royall,
chairman: Paul Gwyn, C. C.
Poindexter.
Advertising: Alan Browning,
Jr., chairman; Gene Hall.
Decorations: Mrs. E. F. Mc-
Neer.
Dance: round dance—Sam At
kinson, chairman; Alex Chatham,
111, Sam Neaves. Square dance
—Joe Bivins, chairman; J. F.
Moseley.
Tickets: Mrs. Franklin Folger,
chairman; Charlie Hanes.
Further details concerning the
ball will be announced later, Mr.
Graham said.
UNCLE OF J. W. COMER
PASSES AWAY SUNDAY
Superintendent of County
schools, John W. Comer was called
to Americus, Georgia Sunday due
to the death of his uncle, Frank
Comer, who is well known in this
county.
Mr. Comer was accompanied by
Messers. Jim, Robert and Sid
Comer, all brothers of the de
ceased.
To Assist Local
Taxpayers in
Filing Returns
February 15 through March
15 has been designated by the
Treasury Department, Internal
Revenue Service, as filing pe
riod te assist taxpayers in fil
ing their income tax returns.
In order to assist as many
taxpayers as possible during
this time, C. H. Robertson, col
lector, has announced that a
representative will be in Elkin
at Hotel Elkin, on February
23-24, and will aid anyone who
calls on him in filing their re
turns.
SEEK MEN FOR
POSTOFFICES
Hard to Find Responsible
Persons to Accept 4th
Class Offices
YEARLY PAY IS SMALL
Washington, D. C„ Jan. 17
The Postoffice Department has
begun a frantic search for post
masters to manage the 4th class
postoffices at White Plains and
Ararat, which must be closed up
January 31 if successors to the
incumbent postmasters are not
obtained.
These incumbent postmasters
are among about 1700 who are or
will be 70 years of age during
January, and under an amend
ment to the Civil Service Retire
ment Act, passed by Congress
August 4, 1939, and effective
January 1, 1940, they must be re
tired January 31.
Under law, the Postoffice De
partment must obtain regular
postmasters to take their places,
or appoint acting postmasters tc
remain on the job until regulars
can be named, or close up the
offices on January 31.
Principal trouble in finding
successors for these older post
masters is that few persons want
to work for the money paid in
those jobs. More than half the
postoffices pay less than SSOO a
year.
EURE SPEAKER
AT aUR PARTY
T.C.JJ. Club Celebrates First
Anniversary at Banquet
Tuesday Evening
ACTIVITY IS OUTLINED
Members of the Thurmond
Chatham Unity Club, of the
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany, and officials and guests, as
sembled in the Kiwanis room of
Hotel Elkin Tuesday evening to
celebrate with a banquet the
club's first anniversary and to
hear an interesting talk by Thad
Eure, Secretary of State of North
Carolina.
In all, 95 persons were present
to eat chicken and listen to the
various talks which featured Mr.
Eure's comparison of the growth
of the Chatham Company to
that of the state, and which end
ed with gifts of blankets to the
speaker and the presentation of
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REPORT OF CLUB
ACTIVITY GIVEN
E. C. James Gives Resume of
Work Done by Kiwanians
During 1939
FINANCES OUTLINED
A digest of the achievements
and activities of the Elkin Ki
wanis club for the past year, and
a financial report covering the
same period, was the feature of
the meeting of the Elkin Ktwanls
club at Hotel Elkin last Thurs
day evening.
Earl C. James, past president,
presented the resume of 1939,
while J. L. Hall, secretary-trea
surer, gave the financial report.
L. Stacey Weaver, newly in
stalled president, presided.
Declaring that the Elkin club
had amply Justified its existence
by its service to the community
during the year, and eloquently
expressing gratitude that our
community as well as our nation
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Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY'
N. B. SPAINHOUR
IS FINED SSOO.OO
AND THE COSTS
"Nude Rider" Found Guilty
by Surry Jury
HAS GOOD REPUTATION
Other Cases Are Disposed of
Including Granting Num
ber of Divorces
COURT TO END FRIDAY
N. B. Spainhour, widely known
as "the nude rider" who was ar
rested in Mount Airy during: the
latter part of 1939 on charges of
assault and indecent exposure,
was found guilty by a Surry
county jury in criminal court at
Dobson Wednesday and was fined
SSOO and the cost.
Although tried on only one of
the four charges against him, the
fine covers all charges, it was
said, and the other charges will
be dropped, they all being of a
similar nature. /
Young Spainhour, who proved
an excellent character on the
witness stand, was alleged to
have driven his car around Mount
Airy and vicinity in a nude state,
and was said on several occasions
to have jumped from his machine
and chased women. He was ar
rested by Surry and Mount Airy
officers as he was returning to
his car from a Mount Airy movie
theatre.
Tried in Mount Airy recorder's
court, he entered a plea of not
guilty buf was convicted. He
then appealed to superior court.
Other cases which have been
disposed of during the current
session, which ends this week,
follow:
Divorces were granted to: Lil
lian G. Slawter and N. C. Slaw
,J®r, H. C. Hanes and Bessie
"tfanes, H- Carlyle Whitaker and
Opal w. Whitaker; MSnJy Ctonk _
and Lillie Coot P. BofjMi
and Naomi Parks Nelson, Willie
McKinney and Beulah McKinney,
Alberta Shelton and Glen Shel
ton, Florence Eldridge Holcombe
and Bryce P. Holqpmbe, Emma
Johnsop Foster apa Harry Charles
Foster, and several other divorce
cases have been tried but com
ple t e information cajicertiing
these cases was not available.
The case of Ceci) Rose, W,|K> was
charged with reckless drfwSw-tod
on hit and run chatges waS Con
tinued. Also the cases of Ptobie
Wall, Lona Bowman, D. Z. Tiptori,
and Elbert Hawks.
Steve Bray was given four
months in the Surry county jail,
for manufacturing liquor; Sam
Venable was given three months
in the county jail during which "
time he will work for the State
Highway Commission. He was
given an additional 12 months, for
transporting liquor.
The following were tried for
reckless driving: Lester Vaughn,
guilty; George Morrison, left open;
Bud McHone, nol pros; Rayibaond
Simmons, case continued; Milton
Chander, 90 days; Jess Smith,
guilty; S. D. Shelton, not guilty
and Levi Star, not guilty.
Dock Pruitt, Dean Billings and
Colonel Holbrook were all given
terms to be served under the Pub
lic Works Admlristration on liquor
charges.
In the case of Andrew Green
wood vs. M. F. Carlton and wife,
Cora Carlton, it was ruled that the'
defendants pay the plantiff $225.
Mrs. Wm.
Passes Away at
State Road Home
Mrs. Mamie Carter, 55, wife of
William Carter of State Road, .
died Monday at her. home.
Mrs. Carter was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. 8.. J. Car
ter, and was a member of the
Pleasant fridge Baptist church, *
Surviving are her husband; one
son, Edgar Cartel-; two brothers,
Bryan Carter of State Road and
Edgar Carter four sis
ters, Mrs. Harvey Hudspetjh,
Winston-Salem; Mrs. John Layne,
Pilot Mountain; Mrs. C. Bur
cham, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. John
Carter, State Road.
Funeral services were con
ducted Wednesday morning from
the Pleeifeat Ridge Baptist
churchy The rites were in chirge
m. Rev. L. B. Murray of fi^t«