ATTEND ELKIN DOLLAR DAYS, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 15
LATE 7
From
NEWS
TI . T State
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LOCAL
A WARNING wa« issued
Tuesday by Corbett WaU, Elk
in police officer, concerning
the practice of motorists in
running through stop lights
while the light Is on yellow, or
"caution." In some cases, Mr.
WaU said, the light changes
from green to yellow at a
time when the motorist is too
close to stop. However, it is
the motorist who has time to
stop but doesn't that is caus
ing trouble. All violators
caught in the act of running:
through the Ughts will be cited
to court, Mr. Wall said. He
also stated that it is unlawful
to park on the west side of
Church street between the in
tersection of West Market
with Church, and West Main
street, and tickets will be given
to violators.
STATE
CHARLOTTE, Feb. 20 A
committee of seven or eight
Republican congressmen will
come to Charlotte prior to the
state Republican convention
here April 17 to study South
ern farm problems. The date
of the state convention and
the trip of the congressmen
were announced here last
night by Jake F. Newell, state
RepubUcan chairman. The
congressional group will come
here March 1-2.
NATIONAL
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 CoL
Charles A. Lindbergh sees no
balance of "Justification" on
either side in the European
war, declaring it is merely an
other struggle for material
gain by the western nations.
The German people, he says in
the March issue of The At
lantic Monthly, a«e struggling
to gain territory and power;
the English and French to
pvevent another European na
tion from becoming strong
enough to demand a share in
influence and empire.
ABOARD the U. S. S. Lang,
at Sea—Sunburned from fish
ing under a scorching sky,
President Roosevelt combined
business with pleasure today
by extending his explorations
of the Pacific canal zone de
fense possibilities. Keenly and
plain-spokenly interested in
how these defenses tie in with
a broader policy of Central
American and full hemispheric
defense, the President told a
press conference aboard the
C. S. S. Tuscaloosa yesterday
his trip bore a special relation
to distant rather than nearby
canal protection.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Feb. 20—British
authorities asserted today that
last week's British and neutral
shipping losses were the heav
iest of the war, but said that
four German submarines "were
definitely sunk" an d two
others were believed destroyed
by the British navy or air
force. The successful attacks
on the six U-boats were said to
have occurred within a space
of six days of last week, which
British naval sources said was
marked by the return of the
torpedo to first place as a wea
pon of destruction.
ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 20—
Turkey's supreme war council
convened today' for a week's
session expected to be devoted
largely to plans for co-ordi
nating Turkey's armed forces
with the armies which Britain
and France are concentrating
in the Near East. The two
western Allies, joined with
Turkey In a mutual aid accord,
are authoritatively reported to
have assembled a total of some
570,000 men In Syria, Pales
tine, Egypt and other Near
Eastern areas.
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20
The newspaper Berlingske Af
tenavtas reported from Stock
holm today that one of Fin
land's most Important coastal
forts In the Kbivteto area had
been cat off by Russian troops
from all possibility of relief.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
REPUBLICANS
ARE FLAYED
BY DOUGHTON
Veteran of House Scorns
Tariff Policies
HE PULLS NO PUNCHES
Chairman of Ways and
Means Committee Fires
First Gun in Battle
DEMS EXPECT VICTORY
Washington, Feb. 19.—Playing
Republican "grab-fest" tariff pol
icies, Representative Robert L.
Doughton of North Carolina,
Monday opened the fight to ex
tend the reciprocal trade agree
ments program—perhaps the most
crucial administration issue of the
present Congress—with a ringing
defense of the program and
praise for Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull.
' Pulling no punches, the Tar
Heel chairman of the ways and
means comittee waded into the
Republican opposition with char
ges that they sought to end the
reciprocal trade program because
it cut off their main source of
campaign revenue by ending
special favors in the way of tariff
benefits.
With Doughton's opening blast,
a debate that will rage through
out the week was launched with
Democratic leaders confidently
predicting victory when the roll
is called late this week.
Doughton bitterly assailed the
"log-rolling, back-scratching, ca
lamitous tariff policies pursued
by Republican administration"
and told the House that the pres
ent administration has "met the
issue squarely" when faced by
economic collapse, it had under
taken the reciprocal trade agree
ments program.
W.O. HUFFMAN
DIES THURSDAY
Came to Elkin from West
Virginia Several Years
Ago; Was Mason
RITES HELD SATURDAY
William Oscar Huffman, 56,
died suddenly at his home east
of Elkin Thursday afternoon fol
lowing a decline in health of
several months.
Mr. Huffman had been a resi
dent of Elkin for several years,
coming here from West Virginia
to engage in farming and other
interests. He was a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. John Huffman,
of Wilkes county, and was a
member of the Masonic fraterni
ty.
He is survived by his wife, who
was before her marriage Miss
Alice Church; two foster chil
dren; three brothers, Walter and
Robert Huffman, of West Vir
ginia, and Bud Huffman, of Pur
lear, Wilkes county; three sis
ters, Mrs. Thomas Austin, Mrs.
W. R. Bailey and Mrs. Arvil
Sparks, all of West Virginia.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
Purlear, Wilkes county. The rites
were in charge of Rev. J. M.
Hayes, of Winston-Salem, and
Rev. A. W. Eller.
ZEPHYR WOMAN DIES
AT HOME THURSDAY
Mrs. Mary Ann Billings, 83,
died Thursday at her home near
Zephyr, from an illness resulting
from the infirmities of her ad
vanced age. Prom girthood she
had been a member of Rachel
Baptist church.
She is survived by eight chil
dren, Harrison Billings aijd Mrs.
Walter Sparks, of Traphill; Jesse
Billings, Thurmond; Thurmond;
Dallas Billings, Roaring River;
Guy Billings, Wilkes county; Mrs.
Thomas Childress, Elkin; King
Billings, Benham, and Mrs. M. S.
Owens, Elkin; thirty-five grand
children and several great-grand
children.
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon in charge of Rev.
Louis Eveertte Sparks. Interment
was in the family cemetery.
One ton of paper and 500
pounds of ink are used to print
each ten million postage stamps
on the special oversized issues.
KlftQT JQQ Cr/1 J/TC Pictured below are Elkin's first Girl Scouts to
LIAu 1 L- L/IJJ JL\JU 1 O attain the rank of First Class. Each was pre
sented with a badge at a special service at the Elkin Methodist Church last Sunday ev
ening. The girls are, left to right, Anne Ipock, Dorothy Jean Salmonr Grace Laffoon,
and Mary Ellen Harrell. Standing in rear are Mrs. John Sagar and Mrs. J. Mark Mc-
Adams, Girl Scout officials.—(Tribune Photo.)
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Elkin Merchants Are
Expecting Big Crowds
Here For Dollar Days
Local Stores Have Been Preparing for Big Three-Day Event
for Weeks, and Hundreds of Money-Saving Values
Will Go on Sale at 8:30 O'Clock
Thursday Morning
This week-end, Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, will be Dollar
Days in Elkin.
Practically all Elkin stores are
cooperating in the event—an
event designed to offer unusual
values—which will save everyone
really worthwhile amounts, and
stores report that everything will
be in readiness when doors swing
open Thursday morning at 8:30
o'clock.
Local stores have been prepar
ing for Dollar Days for weeks.
Special buys have been made at
prices which will enable the mer
chants to pass on the savings to
their customers. Extra sales
people have been employed so
that the throngs of value seekers
B. & L. HOLDS
MEETING HERE
Secretary Reports Gain in
Both Shares and Member,
ship During Year
OFFICERS ARE ELECTEJJ)
Stockholders of 'he Elkin -
Jonesville Building Loan As
sociation, meetirig in annual ses
sion Tuesday night, heard the
annual report of the secretary,
elected a board of directors and
transacted other routine business.
The majority of the stock was
represented in person or by proxy,
and J. R. Poindexter presided as
temporary chairman. , .
Paul Gwyn, secretary, reported
a gain in shares during the year
from 6,047 to 7,325 and an in
crease in membership from 518 to
638. Total assets showed an in
crease from $256,351 to $312,000,
having been one of the best years
in the history of the organization.
Directors re-elected were: J. R.
Poindexter, E. F. McNeer, S. G.
Holcomb, C. S. Foster, W. C. Cox,
J. L. Hall, H. P. Graham, F. M.
Norman and Paul Gwyn. Fol
lowing the election of the direc
tors they met the following
morning and unanimously elected
the following officers to succeed
themselves: President, J. R.
Poindexter; vice-president, F. M.
Norman, and secretary, Paul
Gwyn.
Miss Nettie Hlnshaw, of the
Sydnor-Spainhour company, left
Sunday for New York, where she
will spend this week buying
spring merchandise.
ELKIN. N. C~ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1940
expected here will be subjected to
no delay or inconvenience in get
ting served.
The Tribune, cooperating with
the merchants, whose advertise
ments appear in this issue giving
complete details of the many
bargains to be found here, is
mailing thousands of additional
copies and is appearing one day
earlier than usual so that the
paper may be widely distributed
before the event begins. All reg
ular subscribers and the new
readers who will get the paper
this week are urged to read all
advertisements so that they may
be better informed as to the op
portunity to save money that is
awaiting them in Elkin this week
end.
GLENN BAUGES IS
TAKEN BY SCOTT
Glenn Bauges, of near Elkin,
has been arrested by Guy Scott,
an agent of the state bureau of
investigation, on a charge of lar
ceny and receiving, and jumping
bond, and returned to Onslow
county where he was wanted on
the above charges.
Scott denied that the arrest of
the man was in any way con
nected with the finding of the
body of an unidentified man in
the woods near Yadkinville about
six months ago.
A Chippendale wing chair of
mahogany made in 1760 recently
sold for $33,000. •
Four-County
Tourney To
The Elkin 4-County Basketball
Tournament, an annual event
here, will swing into action Wed
nesday night at 7:30 as eight
teams begin the play that will see
a championship boys' and girls'
team named next Wednesday
night.
All told, there are thirteen
schools entered in the event, pre
senting 13 boys' teams and 12
girls' teams. Champion and run
ner-up will be crowned in each
division, with attractive trophies
to go to these winners.
Beulah and Sparta girls will
open the tournament Wednesday
at 7:00 pjn. This game will be
followed at 8:00 pjn. by Sparta
boys vs. Copeland boys. At 9:00
pan., girls' teams from Dobson
and Jonesville schools will play.
The final game of the night will
HOLD SPECIAL
SCOUT SERVICE
Badges Presented to Girls by
Scout Officials; First Class
Awards Made
FIRST TO ATTAIN RANK
Following the regular evening
hour of worship at the Methodist
church Sunday a special
investiture ceremony for the girl
scouts of the church was held.
The meeting opened with a hymn
by the scouts with Rev. Herman
P. Duncan offering the invoca
tion.
The awarding of tenderfoot
badges was made to Scouts Julia
Bryan, Cynthia Allen and Gene
Click. The color guard of the
scouts was used as a part of the
ceremony. Following the award
ing of badges, Mrs. J. Mark Mc-
Adams, scout captain, presented
second class awards to Scouts
Mable Cathey Leeper and Jean
Parnell.
Mrs. John Sagar, first lieuten
ant of the scouts, presented pro
ficiency badges to Scouts Anne
Ipock, Dorothy Jean Salmons,
Glenda Norman, Mary Vance Mc-
Adams, Dorothy Mae Walker,
Mary Ellen Harrell and Grace
Laffoon.
The concluding feature of the
program was the presentation of
first class awards by Mrs. Mc-
Adams, which is the highest hon
or in Girl Scouts, to Mary Ellen
Harrell, Grace Laffoon, Dorothy
Jean Salmons and Anne Ipock.
The above named girls are the
only Girl Scouts in Elkin ever to
have achieved this rank in
Scouts.
INTERESTED
According to club reports, 4-H
Club boys of Cherokee county are
displaying more interest in live
stock anh poultry projects this
year than they did last year.
come at 10:00 whefl Boonville
and Beulah boys play.
Thursday night four more
games will be staged as the
tournament progresses, featuring
games between Piney Creek and
Yadkinville girls at 7:00; Boon
ville and Beulah boys at 8:00;
Shoals and Elkin girls at 9:00 and
Mountain Park and Yadkinville
boys at 10:00.
Other games will follow Friday
and Saturday with the tourna
ment to resume Monday.
Hundreds of basketball fans
are expected to attend the tourn
ament each night and may ex
pect a fast brand of basketball.
Tournaments of past years have
always thrilled capacity crowds
and this year is expected tq prove
no exception.
Referees for the tournej' will
be Crater and Mann.
Russian Artillery
Drops Shells Into
Large Finnish City
Tribune Is
Appearing One
Day Earlier
The Tribune is appearing
one day earUer this week in
cooperation with Elkin Dollar
Days, so that this issue, which
contains news of Dollar Days
values, may be widely distrib
uted prior to the event, which
starts Thursday and continues
through Saturday.
Thousands of additional
copies of this issue have been
printed and distributed.
BONSON HOBSON
PASSES SUNDAY
Prominent Y a d k i n County
Farmer Dies in Winston-
Salem Hospital
RITES HELD ON TUESDAY
A. Bonson Hobson, 57, promi
nent Yadkin county farmer and
business man, died at Baptist
hospital, Winston-Salem, Sunday
afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, follow
ing an illness of three weeks. He
underwent an operation two
weeks ago and his death was at
tributed to pneumonia and com
plications.
He was the father of Fred C.
Hobson, Yadkin county superin
tendent of schools and had been
prominently identified with civic,
political and business affairs of
Yadkin county for many years.
He served as chairman of the
Yadkin county highway commis
sion from 1924 until 1932 when
the commission was dissolved;
was a member of the state and
county Democratic executive com
mittees; was one of ten master
farmers recognized by the state;
served as appraiser for the fed
eral land bank; was a member of
the board of directors of the
Winston-Salem Production Credit
Association and served as a mem
ber of other county boards and
organizations during his lifetime.
He also operated a modern dairy
farm.
Surviving are his wife, the
former Miss Alice Moore, and 11
children: Fred C. Hobson, Yad
kin ville; George Hobson, Taylors
ville; Mrs. Anita Reece, Frank
Hobson and Joe Hobson, Boon
ville; Mrs. Pressley Alexander and
Miss Sadie Hobson, both of Char
lotte; Oliver, Curtis, Wade and
Bobby Hobson, all of the home.
He is also survived by two
brothers, D. W. and J. G. Hob
son, both of Boonville; five sis
ters, Mrs. H. A. Matthews, Lake
view; Mrs. P. G. Scott, Pineville;
Mrs. G. W. Reece, Mrs. J. J. Cor
am and Mrs. A. C. Stimson, all of
Boonville; and five grandchil
dren.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock at
Union Grove Baptist church. Rev.
Charles H. Hutchins and Rev. J.
D. Davis were in charge of the
rites. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Apartment
Building
Be Erect
A large apartment house is to
be erected here on Church street
which will contain 12 apartments,
it has been learned.
The building will be construct
ed by Bruce Lewis, of Winston-
Salem, and will occupy the lot
next to the home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. Mark McAdams.
According to information avail
able here, the building will be
three .stories high, with four
apartments on each floor.
Work was scheduled to begin
on the building Monday, but due
to the bad weather, had to be
postponed. Construction is ex
pected to get under way immed
iately the weather permits.
It requires 100,000 enumerators
to take the U. S. census.
16 PAGES
TWO FECTIONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DESTRUCTION
OF DIVISION IS
ANNOUNCED
Finns Kill or Capture Over
18,000 Reds
BATTLE IS CONTINUED
Finns Are Hard Pressed as
Russian Might Continues
Steady Pressure
THOUSANDS ARE KILLED
Helsinki, Feb. 20—Russian ar
tillery Monday night dropped
shells regularly into Viipuri, now
a definite part of the front as a
result of Soviet penetration into
the Mannerheim fortified zone, a
reliable informant said.
"This does not mean the city is
in danger of capture, but that it
now is definitely a part of the
front," the informant said.
Shortly before an official com
munique had told of the com
pleted destruction of the 18th
Red army division northeast of
Lake Ladoga by Finland's ghost
like fighters who for weeks par
ried and thrust until 18.000 Rus
sians were dead or captured.
The same communique which
announced this major victory
said Soviet attacks against the
new Finnish Karelian Isthmus
positions, to which the battered
Mannerheim line army had been
compelled to withdraw, had been
repelled.
With the Russians continuing
their unrelenting attack, Finnish
spokesmen said their new posi
tions were "sound," despite the
enforced withdrawal.
The Russians lost the equiva
lent of one battalion in assaults
on the Finns' new positions at the
southwestern end of the line, the
communique said.
The Russians' new positions
from west of Summa toward
Muolaa presumably permitted the
Russians to bring their artillery
closer so that Viipuri, Finland's
second largest city and center of
Karelian Christianity for 700
years, was subject to regular
shellfire.
Heretofore the city has been 20
miles from the front, and only
occasionally long-range artillery
shells dropped into it.
ASK COMMISSIONERS
TO REVOKE LICENSE
Raleigh, Feb. 20—The Brewers
and North Carolina Beer Distrib
utors committee toda,y petitioned
the Elkin board of aldermen to
revoke the retail beer license of
one dealer in that town.
Edgar H. Bain, of Goldsboro,
state director in charge of the
beer industry's "clean up or close
up" campaign in North Carolina,
filed the petition with the board.
The petition alleged the Elkin
dealer operated his place of busi
ness in such manner as to consti
tute a public nuisance and cited
the affidavits of local police offi
cers in support of the petition.
Surry Court Is
Again Delayed
As Judge Hurt
Sorry county superior court
for the trial of civil cases,
scheduled to have begun at
Dobson Monday morning, Was
delayed until Wednesday when
Judge J. Will Pless, of Marlon,
was injured in an automobile
accident early Monday morn
ing.
Judge Pless was enroute to
Dobson when the accident oc
curred. Although not serious
ly injured, his physician deem
ed it unwise for him to open
court until Wednesday.
All jurors and witnesses
were requested to be on hand
Wednesday morning at 19:06
oVlnnk Cases originally sche
duled to be ftwil Mnmdav wHI
be heard Wednesday, it was
said.