Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 13
LATE /
From
NEWS
and
BRIEF Na -° n
LOCAL
TOGETHER WITH other
sheriffs and coroners in the
100 counties of North Carolina,
Sheriff Harvey Boyd and Dr.
R. e. Smith, coroner, are serv
ing four-year terms, and there
will be no election for sheriff
or coroner until 1942. The de
- cision on two- or tour-year
terms for sheriffs and coroners
because of a constitutional
amendment voted in 1938, was
handed down Triday by the
North Carolina supreme court.
The ruling had been anxious
ly awaited by political leaders.
STATE
SALISBURY, Reb. 6 Dr.
Forest Witten,of Salisbury, to
day announced that he is a
candidate for the Republican
nomination for governor of
North Carolina, subject to the
party's primary. Dr. Witten's
announcement comes as the
first since the Republican
party recently declared its in
tention of holding a statewide
primary for the nomination of
candidates. Another candidate
expected to announce present
ly is John R. Hoffman, Bur
lington attorney, who is a na
tive of Guilford county. Al
ready there are six candidates
In the field for the Democratic
nomination.
RALEIGH, Feb. 6 Willis
Smith, Raleigh attorney, an
nounced tonight he would not
be a candidate for the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nomina
tion In the May primary. He
was the Hfth to withdraw from
the race after having been
mentioned as a possible can
didate. In a formal statement
he said he had "reached the
conclusion that I should not at
thi« time abandon my business
anil professional contacts and
*Mect my personal assocla
enter this race."
NATIONAL
,Vfr>3tTTNGCrO>, Feb.' & —'
Vice-President Garner cast his
first vote in the senate in al
most six years today and
thereby helped economy advo
cates win a hair-line victory.
Garner struck his blow for
lower expenditures by break
ing a 34-34 tie on the first of
a series of proposed amend
ments stripping: $1,178,739 from
the amount the house had
voted for the civil aeronautics
authority.
NEW YORK, Feb. 6 Earl
Browder, the American com
munist leader under a four
year federal prison sentence,
was overwhelmingly defeated
for Congress today in a special
election in which for two rea
sons he had no right to vote.
The winner was M. Michael
Edelstein, a Tammany Demo
crat who pledged support of
the new deal and was describ
ed by other party leaders as
having the blessing of Presi
dent Roosevelt.
INTERNATIONAL
PARIS, Feb. 6—A campaign
for widespread allied military
aid for Finland gained momen
tum in the French parliament
today as the shipment through
France of 50 carloads of Ital
ian-made airplanes for the
Finnish army was disclosed.
Premier Daladier's own radi
cal-socialist party called upon
th» government to give Fin
land all the help needed to
"fight and win" her war
against Russia. The definite
defeat of the soviet aggression
against Finland "will hart our
«nemtos in their military Npow
er as well in prestige," a
radical-socialist resolution de
clared- This coincided, with
similar demands in the French
press.
HELSINKI, Feb. 6—Guided
by the snow-reflected glare of
hundreds of campfkes, Fin*
nish warplanes tonight bomb e#
massive red army Infantn
concentrations before the
Mannerheim line after repeat*
ing soviet tanks and maflj
power which broke five tn
in ft tile assault against jH
single Finnish base.
CHATHAM MANUFACTURING COMPANY EDITION
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Hanes Discusses Tax
Problems of Nation
In Address To Club
Death Cl
Surry Co
Oldest C
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Squire James Odell, 102, one
of Surry's few remaining Con
federate veterans, who passed
away last Sunday afternoon.
SURRY VETERAN
PASSES SUNDAY
County's Only Centenarian
Dies in Person of Squire
James Odell
FUNERAL RITES MONDAY
One of Surry county's few
Confederate, veterans and believ
ed to have been the only cen
tenarian the cjuntv, Squire
James odell, 102, passed away
Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at
the home of his son, M. C. Odell,
in the Toast community, near
Mount Airy.
His death followed a brief ill
nes of influenza.
Squire Odell was born in Stokes
county on October 6, 1837, the
son of the late Jesse and Beckie
Collins Odell, and he spent his
early life in that county. He
later moved to Surry county
where he spent a great part of
his life.
He served throughout the War
Between the States, having been
badly wounded at the battle of
Gettysburg. He had lived during
the terms of 24 presidents of the
United States, and through all of
his country's major wars, except
two.
He is survived by three sons
and two daughters. Twice mar
ried, both of his wives preceded
him in death.
Funeral services were held
from Old Hollow Primitive Bap
tist church at 2 o'clock Monday
afternoon, with Elder J. C. Dun
bar officiating. Burial was in
Old Hollow cemetery.
Tri-County
Holds Meeting
At Jonesville
A meeting of the tri-county
union of young people of the
MMhodtt church was held Mon
day evening with the Jonesville
dhurch, with approximately 50
members attending. The union
'•mtariML the churches in Surry,
Wilkes and Yadkin counties.
The |>ropram for the meeting
was Bpsented by the Jonesville
church and was an open discus
sion on the promotion of peace,
led by Rev. D. B. Mullus, pastor
Jonesville church, A. B.
■MATS, .Eugene Martin and
pflip" Recreational period was un
rfgitfce direction of Mrs. A. B.
SerogKs and consisted of a num-
JttyPf songs and games. Dough
■H and hot chocolate were
H£d by the Jonesville group.
FORMER GOVT
OFFICIAL FEARS
FOR U.S. SYSTEM
Unless Economic Recovery
Can Be Attained
GUEST OF KIWANIANS
Thurmond Chatham, James
G. Hanes and Other Prom
inent Men Present
REVENUE SOURCE CITED
The American system of gov
ernment faces a breakdown un
less economic recovery, the basic
problem confronting the United
States, can be attained, John W.
Hanes, former undersecretary of
the United States treasury, told
members of the Elkin Kiwanis
club and their guests last Thurs
day night.
Widely discussed as likely to
be drafted for the vice-presiden
tial ticket, the former treasury
executive gave his listeners a peek
at the federal tax structure from
the viewpoint of one who knows
it from the inside, giving a tech
nical analysis of the nation's tax
problem. He said that the bud
get must be balanced either by
levying new taxes, reducing ex
penditures, or a combination of
these two ideas.
A large gathering greeted Mr.
Hanes, who styled himself a
member of the ''unemployed,"
but designated his permanent
address as "Elklh, N. C." fiis ap
pearance marked his first public
address in the state recently.
Among those present were his
brother, James Q. Hanes, chair
man of the Forsyth county board
of commissioners; his own guest,
Henry Flowers, vice-president of
the Walter J. Thompson Adver
tising Agency, New York City;
E. B. Garrett, state co-ordinator
of soil conservation, Raleigh; E.
-C> Jern&az), idea Sroil lOtiserva
(Continued on Page 4, This Sec.)
SPARTA HAS
BIG FIRE LOSS
Blaze Destroys Church, Mo
tor Company, Cafe and
Pool Room
DAMAGE OVER $25,000.00
Fire which for a time threaten
ed the business section, last
Thursday night destroyed three
business buildings and the Bap
tist church at Sparta, doing dam
age estimated at over $25,000.
The blaze raged for two hours
before finally being brought un
der control at 10:30 o'clock.
Firms suffering loss in the
blaze were the Alleghany Motor
Company, the Greenland Cafe
and a pool room.
The blaze started in the base
ment of the motor company and
quickly spread next door to the
cafe, pool room and church.
Calls for aid were made to
Elkin, Galax, Va., and Independ
ence, Va. Hose was sent from
here and firemen responded from
the other towns.
A recently installed water sys
tem was frozen at the time of
the fire.
FUNERAL RITES HELD
FOR T. W. SOUTHARD
Funeral services were held at
Mountain View Baptist church
Saturday for Thomas Willie
Southard, 66, who passed away at
his home near Cycle, Yadkin
county,-Friday. The rites were in
charge of Rev. J. L. Powers.
, In early manhood Mr. Southard
joined the Baptist church and
remained a devoted member. He
was married to Miss Tishia Snow
in 1897, who survives him, to
gother with five children, Mrs.
Vertie Renegar, Mrs. Gertie Hud
speth, Mrs. Bruce Hudspeth, Mrs.
Opal Coe and Mrs. Minnie Ball,
all of Hamptonvllle, and eight
grandchildren.
ELKIN, N. CU THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940
TJ ANTIERI? P* lo * o below was made at Hotel Elkin last
N/LIYLLRO UL EJ/Il\LJl\ LLLJIXEJ Thursday evening as Elkin Kiwanians and
their guestsf^athered k> hear an address by John W. Hanes, center, former undersec
retary of the treasury. To Mr. Hanes' left is L. Stacey Weaver, president
of the Kiwanis club, who presided over the meeting. Right is Thurmond Chatham,
president of the Chatham Manufacturing Co., who introduced Mr. Hanes.—(Tribune
photo.) ■'
Surry Court for
Civil Cases to
Begin Feb. 19th
The regular session of Surry
county civil court will be held
in Dobson beginning Monday,
February 19, despite any and
all reports to the contrary,
county court officials have an
nounced. Judge J. Will Pless,
Jr., of Marion, win preside.
Due to a mixup in dates, it
had first been announced that
the court would be held the
week of February 12, but this
proved in error.
Fast Cage
Cemwg te Play• •
Chatham S
Basketball squads from Bristol
and Kingsport, Tenn., and from
Davenport, lowa, and Danville,
Va., will show here Saturday and
next Wednesday at the Elkin
school gymnasium as the girls'
and boys' teams of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company reach
far afield for the best cage talent
available.
Saturday night the Chatham
girls will battle the Bristol girls
in a game to start at 7:45, this
contest to be followed at 9:00
o'clock by a game between the
Chatham Bbys and a team from
Kingsport.
The following Wednesday, Feb
ruary 14, the Chatham girls will
meet a fast team from Daven
port, lowa, at 7:45. At 9:00 the
Chatham boys will play the Dan
ville Red Plashes.
Each of the visiting teams is
highly touted and will provide
keen competition for the Chat
ham groups.
YADKIN COUNTY WOMAN
PASSES AWAY TUESDAY
Mrs. Mollie Comer Madison, 79,
wife of Charles A. Madison, of
the Buck Shoals community of
Yadkin county, passed away at
her home at 8:45 o'clock Tuesday
evening following an illness of
several years.
She is survived by her husband.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon from Shiloh
church of which the deceased was
a devout member. Interment
will be in the church cemetery.
PROMINENT MAN TO BE
GUEST SPEAKER HERE
Dr. Alonzo c. Hall, of the de
partment of English of the Wo
man's College of the University
of North Carolina, Greensboro,
will be guest speaker at the an
nual banquet for members of the
Merchants Association and their
employees at Hotel Elkin on the
evening of February 20.
The meeting will be climaxed
with a square dance.
Tribune Is Presenting
Special Chatham Issue
i
Elkin Extends Sincere Employees of Company
Who Are Moving Here frtfrrt Winston-Bal«i*v Bo#®
Task of Moving Machinery Is in Full Swing;
The Tribune is with this issue
presenting a special Chatham
Manufacturing Company' Wel
come Edition, addressed to the
employees of the Chatham finish
ing and shipping plant who will
come to Elkin to make their
homes as the new plant here is
put into full operation, and to the
Chatham Company as a whole.
Arrangements have been made
to place a copy of this edition in
the hands of every employee of
tjie company
copies having been printed for
that purpose.
The huge task of moving the
PATROLMAN
DISCHARGED
H. B. Norris Said to Have
Admitted Receiving
SSO Bribe
FIRST BLOT ON RECORD
State Highway Patrolman H.
B. Norris was discharged from
the state highway patrol service
last Thuisday after his arrest at
Mocksville on a charge of accept
ing a .bribe of $50.00 from a mo
tox 5t he had arrested on a charge
of drunken driving.
Major John Armstrong, in
command of the patrol, stated
Norris admitted the charge. Arm
strong said that it was the first
time in the 10-year history of the
patrol "that anything like this
had happened."
Norris was accused of accepting
the bribe from Clyde D. Weath
erman, of Yadkinville, the money
allegedly changing hands at the
Davie-Iredell county line Monday
night of last week.
Weatherman had notified au
thorities of a proposal he had
received from the patrolman, and
Sheriff L. S. Bowden, of Davie
county, and Guy Scott, of the
state bureau of investigation, were
hiding in the back seat of Weath
erman's car when the transac
tion was completed, according to
the sheriif. Before officers had
a to make a move, the
patrolman started his car and
drove rapidly away.
Some bills identified as having
been used by Weatherman, were
found when Norris was arrested,
it was said.
LICENSE GRANTED
Only one marriage license has
has been issued recently by Sur
ry county Register of Deeds Her
mit Lawrence, it being to Howard
Kunn and Margaret Chandler,
both of Mount Airy.
machinery and equipment from
Winston-Salem to the new Elkin
plant is now under way. Many
former Winston employees have
already moved to Elkin; others
will follow as the job of moving
progresses.
That Elkin really welcomes the
new Chatham employees may
readily be seen by an inspection
of this issue. Practically every
firm in Elkin has taken liberal
space in which to express their
®CesJ.ing%, and jrv&ny out-oi-icwfc
firms whose products daily come
into Elkin have added their voices
to the general chorus.
Special P
Planned;
Boy Scout Day
Sunday at the opening worship
service for the adult department
of the Methodist Sunday school,
Miss Margaret Abernethy, of this
city, a student at the Woman's
College of the University of North
Carolina, Greensboro, and presi
dent of the Wesley Foundation at
College Place Methodist church,
Greensboro, student organiza
tion, will speak on her recent
trip to the International Youth
Conference at Toronto, Canada.
Miss Abernethy is the daughter
of Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Abernethy.
At the 11 o'clock hour of wor
ship Sunday members of the Boy
Scout troop, which is sponsored
by the church, will be special
guests. The Rastor, Rev. Herman
P. Duncan, will use as his sermon
subject, "Daniel Was a Good
Scout."
A cordial invitation is extend
ed the public to attend both ser
vices.
HENRY NEWMAN IS
GIVEN 18 MONTHS
Henry Newman, of Elkin, was
sentenced to 18 months in Alex
ander county superior court
Monday on a charge of attempt
ing to enter a store near Taylors
ville, while Graham Newman, of
Elkin, and Blane Bauguss, of
near Elkin, were released under
sentences of six months each,
suspended for a period of four
years provided they are of good
behavior.
Both Graham Newman and
Bauguss proved good characters
and good reputations. They ad
mitted that they had taken sev
eral drinks and were under the
influence at the tune of the of
fense. Neither has ever been in
trouble before.
Henry l%wman was alleged to
have beet* the instigator of the
attempted break.
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EIGHT SECTIONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THIEVES BREAK
INTO 2 STORES
TUESDAY NIGHT
Loot Obtained Is Small,
Check-up Reveals
ENTER REAR WINDOWS
Surry* Hardware and Moseley
& Reece Miss Small Sums
of Money
POLICE WORK ON CLUES
Two Elkin firms, the Surry
Hardware company, and Moseley
& Reece, wholesale grocers, were
entered and robbed sometime
Tuesday night.
A bag of pennies and a small
calibre pistol was all that was
missed at Surry Hardware com
pany following a quick check
Wednesday morning when the
break was discovered. About
three dollars was taken from the
cash drawer at Moseley & Reece.
J. P. Moseley, of the firm, said
that insofar as he had been able
to determine, nothing else was
missing.
The thieves entered both build
togs through rear windows. At
the hardware company they had
attempted to get in the back door
by battering: a hole through the
brick, but although they manag
ed to difilodge enough brick to
get their ,heads through, they
were unable to .reach both of the
two locks securing the door. They
then climbed upon a shed under
a window, and > removing a large
pane of gleae, entered in that
manner.
The pennies and , pistol fM
taken from the officer- - J
Breaking a window pane, tim
robbers unlatched and riuefflF
the window in the %fr qf jfose
ley & Reece.
apart the iron bars covering tbe
window, and made their entrance.
Police were still busy on the.
case Wednesday afternooniflflp
were said to have had severlWot
clues.
CHILD FALLS
FROM MACHINE
Nola Hutchins Suffers
ful Lacerations as Result
of Accident
IS IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Nola Hutchins, 5-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Hutchins, of near Elkin, is in
Hugh Chatham hospital suffering
painful lacerations and brusies as
the result of falling out of her
father's automobile last Sunday
afternoon.
The family was riding between
Ronda and Roaring River at the
time of the accident. The child
was said to have unlatched the
car door, falling . out while the
car was traveling at a of
about 40 miles per hour.
Hospital attaches stated that
while her injuries are serious, she
is getting along satisfactorily and
will recover.
Mr. Hutchins is employed by the
Chatham Manufacturing Co.
4-H CLUB MEMBERS TO
GIVE DEMONSTRATIONS
The Surry County 4-H council
will meet in the ' Woman's club
room in Dobson on Monday, Feb
ruary 12 at 10 o'clock in the
morning. The officers of all
clubs are urged to be present.
The members of the White
Plains, Mountain Park, Copeland,
Low Gap and Dobson clubs will
put on team demonstrations
which were scheduled to have
been put on Achievement Day.
Notice to Tribune
Correspondents
Due to lack of space In the
main news section of this
issue, The Tribune has been
forced to omit a number of in
teresting letters from country
correspondents. The Tribune
appreciates the interest and
cooperation of its correspond
ents and regrets that this
omission proved necessary this
week. It is hoped that tills
will not happen again.