Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in Ncrth Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 18
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BRIEF
LOCAL
THE JAMES BATES arrest
ed here recently in connection
with the robbery of a local
hardware store is not the
grandson of Quilia Bates, of °
' this city, who has the same
name. The latter stated that
since news of the arrest was
printed in The Tribune some
weeks ago that he was fearful
some might think that he had
been arrested.
STATE
GILES Yeomans Newton, of
Gibson, will announce his can
didacy for the Democratic
nomination to Congress from
the Eighth District in a radio
talk over WBT, Charlotte,
Tuesday, March 'l9, at 1:00
pjn., The Tribune has been in
formed.
GILLIAM Grissom, of Mc-
Leans ville, veteran political
campaigner, former collector
of internal revenue and guber
natorial candidate in 1936, last
Tuesday night was selected as
the Republican candidate for
Congress from the sixth con
gressional district at a meet
ing of the congressional dis
trict committee at King Cot
ton hotel in Greensboro. Er
nest Wright, of High Point,
presided. Mr. Grissom was
present and accepted the nom
ination. He expressed confi
dence of victory in the Novem
ber election and in accepting
the post declared it was a sac
rifice and "I'm your next con
gressman."
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 12—
Sm*tor Bailey, Democrat,
North Carolina, proposed to
day that the United States
look to South . America and
Central America as a possible
market for its tobacco. With
the European war having shut
off exports to that continent,
Bailey introduced a bill
8 3564) authorising a 150,000
appropriation to study ways to
promote the sale and use of
thi« country's leaf in Latin
American nations. The study
would be made by the com
merce department in co-opera
tion with the agriculture and
state departments.
WASHINGTON, March 12—
Expressing fear of "violent
physical abuse," Silver Shirt
Leader William Dudley Pelley
forestalled today his immed
iate return to North Carolina
to face a possible prison term
undo- a five-year-old convic
tion. First ordered extradit
ed by Chief Justice Alfred A.
Wheat in United States dis
trict court, the dapper little
publisher immediately obtain
ed a writ of habeas corpus
from Justice F. Dickinson
Letts, staying his removal at
least eight days. In a hearing
before Justice Wheat, Defense
Attorney T. Edward O'Connell
charged that efforts to extra
dite Pelley were "nothing but
a scheme and a frameup to
serve ulterior motives." He
later told Justice Letts that
Pelley fears "prohibitive bail"
and "violent physical abuse" if
he returns to North Carolina.
SHREVEPORT, La., March
12—Police radio late today re
ported five people were killed
in a Shreveport residential dis
trict by a terrific wind and
hailstorm which swept across
the cily at 5 p.m. Telephone
wires • were down throughout
the city there were re
ports" of damage over an area
of several miles. Two men were
reported pinned - beneath a
building which was blown
down at the state fair grounds.
INTERNATIONAL
With 50,000 British and
French troops reported ready
to help Finland upon her
formal call for aid, British of
ficial circles at first refused
to accept reports of the Rus
sian-Finnish peace treaty. The
viewpoint was chanced later,
aa reflected in the report of
the British Press Association
which said that Finland has
"It la feared, fallen victim to
* yet another instance of brutal
aggression by a great power
upon * small bat wonderfully
courageous state."
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Elkin's O
Citizen Passes
Friday Morning
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MRS. D. J. COCKERHAM
Mrs. Elizabeth Roberts Cocker
ham, almost 89, widow of D. J.
Cockerham, and probably Elkin's
oldest citizen, passed away Fri
day morning about 9 o'clock at
the home of her son and daugh
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. T. V.
Cockerham, in Chatham Park,
with whom she had made her
home for some time. Mrs. Cock
erham suffered a heart attack
about two weeks prior to her
death.' Her health had been de
clining for several years, due to
her advanced age.
Mrs. Cockerham was the
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John Roberts, of the Little Rich
mond community, and for the
past fifty years had been a resi
dent of Elkin. Her husband, the
late D. J. Cockerham, was a
prominent merchant of Elkin. Mr.
Cockerham died in 1917.
She was a member of the First
Baptist church and of the Wo
man's Missionary Union of the
church, and as long as her health
permitted she was a regular at
tendant at the services of her
church.
She is survived by four sons, T.
V., Woodson, and H. Grady Cock
erham, of Elkin, and Charlie E.
Cockerham, of Roaring River;
two daughters, Mrs. H. T. Moore,
of Mount Airy, and Mrs. Claude
C. Martin, of Charlotte; eight
grandchildren; six great-grand
children; one sister. Miss Effie
Roberts, of Winston-Salem, and
one brother, Thomas Roberts, of
Mount Airy.
Funeral services were held
Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the First Baptist church.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the
church. Interment was in the
family plot in Hollywood ceme
tery.
STATE ROAD
WOMAN DIES
Mrs. Bettie Jane Snow Cock
erham Passes Away on
Friday Morning
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Mrs. Bettie Jane Snow Cocker
ham, wife of Houston Cockerham,
of the State Road community,
died Friday morning about 6
o'clock at her home near State
Road, following a critical illness
of several days. Mrs. Cockerham
had been at the bedside of her
.husband for five weeks during a
serious illness at the local hospital
and was stricken ill soon after his
removal to their home, where he
remains ill.
She was a member of the
Mountain Park Baptist church
and a woman greatly beloved in
her community and elsewhere
where she was known.
She is survived by her husband,
four sons, Carl, Clyde H., and
Bahnson Cockerham, of Winston-
Salem, and Folger Cockerham, of
State Road; two daughters, Mrs.
C. H. Swift and Miss Thslma
Cockerham; 14 grandchildren;
one great-grandchild, and two
sisters, Mrs. Eliza Haymore of
Dobson, and Mrs. Zella Phillips
of Elkin.
Funeral services were held
Sunday morning at Mountain
Park Baptist church. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Richard, the Lion-hearted of
England was the first ruler to
use tar and feathers as a means
of punishing criminals.
SEE DEFEAT OF
THE ALLIES IN
RUSSIAN TREATY
Nazis Say Reds Now Have
Leading Role
"FLANK ATTACK FAILS"
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Claim Treaty With Finland
Is "Victory for Common"
Sense"
NAZIS ARE JUBILANT
Berlin. Great Britain and
Prance fconfront a defeat of such
enormous proportions in the Rus
so-Finnish treaty that "one can
only vaguely conceive the conse
quences," the newspaper National
Zeitung of Essen, personal organ
of Field Marshal Herman Goering,
asserted today.
In an admonitory note to the
Danubian and Balkan countries,
the newspaper said:
"Southeastern European states
have learned a valuable lesson
and have preserved a sensible and
profitable neutrality."
It was asserted that Russia had
assumed the leading role "which
was its due" ,in the "entire Euro
pean east from Murmansk to the
Black Sea."
"England's attempt at a flank
attack against Germany has
failed," the newspaper continued,
"and she has been thrown back
from east Europe to her island,
and from this vulnerable position
she must now face further de
velopments in a decisive struggle."
An authorized Nazi spokesman
said that the peace treaty was "a
victory for common sense."
"The terms bear a fair relation
to sacrifices and also a fair rela
tion to the need of a great state
within its living room (Leben
sraum)," the spokesman said.
He added that Germany never
had sought to extend its influence
to Finland but that from the be
ginning of the Russo-Finnish war
Germany had "detected a French
and British hand trying to extend
the western conflict." The effort,
he said, had now been shattered
because the Finns were "not as
shortsighted as the Poles."
WARNING IS
ISSUED HERE
Police Have Instructions to
Arrest Those Who Violate
Traffic Laws
MUST STOP ON YELLOW
Elkin police have been instruct
ed by the Elkin board of commis
sioners to "bear down" upon vio
lators of Elkin traffic laws, espec
ially where traffic lights are con
cerned, it has been announced.
One of the main offenses com
mitted by motorists is failing to
stop for the red light, it was
pointed out. This practice is not
only against the law, but is highly
dangerous to other motorists and
to pedestrians, and must be stop
ped, it was said.
A motorist, upon approaching
an intersection at which there is
a traffic light, must bring his car
to a halt if the light changes
from "go" to "caution," designated
by "the yellow light. Many .have
been running through the light
when it was on yellow, and this is
strictly against the law unless the
motorist is too close to the inter
section to stop when the light
changes from green to yellow.
Local police have instructions
to arrest all who violate the law
ip this regard. Those arrested
will be subject to fine, it was said.
PLAN SPECIAL EASTER
MEMORIAL SERVICE
Easter Sunday evening a mem
orial service will be held at
Swaim's Baptist church in Yad
kin county, for the late I. W.
Vestal. Prom his entry into the
ministry until his death Rev.
Vestal held services each Easter
Sunday evening at Swaim's
church. Others who will be hon
ored at the service are members
of the church who have died
during the pastorate of Rev.
Clete Simmons, present pastor of
the church.
The choir from Cool Springs
church and the Sunshine quar
tette from Pleasant Hill will fur
nish special music for the service.
A cordial invitation is "extended
to members of churches served by
the late Rev. Vestal as pastor.
The gray-checked thrush files
10,000 miles to i?,y an egg.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1940
ABB 7Y) P,enty °* £°° d water at
liUU I\J jJI JI LJIyI adequate pressure is
now serving the needs of citizens living in the North
Elkin area of town since the erection of a 25,000-gallon
tank in that section, which is pictured below. The small
building (inset), is a pumping station located near the in
tersection of Hospital Road with North Bridge street ex
tension. This pump, J. R. Windsor, superintendent of the
Elkin water department, said, pumps water from the
water main there into the new tank at the rate of 125 gal
lons per minute. Elkin's main water tank, located near
the Elkin elementary school building, has a capacity of
60,000 gallons. The new tank is now in ustT.—(Tribune
Photos.)
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THREE INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
Sam Sprinkle in Elkin Hos
pital Suffering Fractured
Skull
HIT POWER LINE POST
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Sam Sprinkle, 19, sustained a
fractured skull and other injuries,
and Wilbur Holcomb, and Miss
Evelyn Smitherman sustained in
juries of a lesser nature in an au
tomobile accident Friday night on
the Elkin-East Bend highway.
All were brought to the local hos
pital by ambulance for treatment.
Sprinkle's condition is regraded as
serious, although he is improving,
and Holcomb is still confined to
the hospital from the injuries.
Miss Smitherman, who received
an injured arm and other abra
sions, was dismissed from the
hospital following first aid treat
ment.
According to information from
the injured, the accident occurred
when the car, the property of
young Holcomb's father, in an
effort to avoid collision with an
other car pulling into the road,
swerved to the side of the road,
crashing into a power line post.
The car was extensively damaged.
Sprinkle is the son of Mrs. Myr
tle Sprinkle, and young Holcomb
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Holcomb. Miss Smitherman
is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. Smitherman, one of the recent
arrivals here from the former
Winston-Salem plant of the Chat
ham Manufacturing company.
SCHEDIJLEOF
PAY IS GIVEN
For Farmers Joining in 1940
Agricultural Conserva
tion Plan
STAY WITHIN ACREAGE
Raleigh—E. Y. Floyd, AAA ex
ecutive officer at N. C. State Col
lege, announced Tuesday the
schedule of pay for farmers par
ticipating in the 1940 agricul
tural conservation program.
The payments, he explained,
will be made to farmers who
plant within their acreage allot
ments and carry out approved
soil-building practices.
The schedule (based on normal
yields of acreage allotments) fol
ilow:
Tobacco, either flue-cured or
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WM. N. MARION
DIESJUESDAY
Was Native of Crutchfield
v Community of Surry
County
RITES ON WEDNESDAY
William Nathan Marion, 74, a
native of the Crutchfield com
munity of Surry county, died in
the local hospital Tuesday morn
ing. He was critically ill when
he was admitted to the hospital
Sunday. Since the death of his
wife he had made his home here
with his daughter.
Surviving are seven sons and
four daughters. Jack, Ernest and
Wiley Marion, of Winston-Sa
lem: Earl, Dan and Eugene Mar
ion, Mrs. O. N. Harris and Mrs.
Coy Johnson, of Elkin; Mrs. Hen
ry Harris of Jonesville, and Mrs.
Raymond Johnson of Crutchfield;
twenty-seven grandchildren, five
great grandchildren, and one
brother, L. O. Marion, of Crutch
field.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from Mt. Herman Baptist church,
of which he had long been a
member. The body lay in state
at the church from one o'clock
until the hour of the funeral.
The rites were m charge of Rev.
T. S. Draughan. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
CHATHAM GIRLS LOSE
CROWN TO ENKA TEAM
The Enka Rayonettes, of Ashe
ville, Saturday night at Green
ville, S. C., defeated the Chat
ham Blanketeers 18 to 14 to re
ga&fijM Class A Textile Basket-
Myiflßmpionship held by the
■I girls for several years.
'flpppMfce was played before a
roaring erowd of 5,000 fans who
the mammoth Textile
Hall from floor to rafters.
Twins, Jannie and
flfiSOiurled the Blanketeers
-2 lead, but Enka
jiffed on the trail to win.
■MBg CONVENTION
MONDAY, MARCH 31
•jjjjffißonda Singing convention
|jEjg|H its next meeting at
om e church Sunday,
beginning at 10:30
groups of singers are in
flHßEattend and have a part
program. The public is
l|# i|)Pd to attend. W. H. Jones
i* ehatenan and R. R. Crater Is
jfISHHe are the world's greatest
Russian-Finnish War
Ends As Finns Sign
Treaty With Moscow
Evangelistic
Services At
Methodist
A series of Easter evangelistic
services are in progress at the
Methodist church in this city.
The services opened with
a dinner meeting Sunday of the
young people of the church,
which was followed by a round
table revival. Similar meetings
were also held on Monday and
Tuesday evenings.
A service for children from the
ages of 6 to 11 is also being held.
These services are being held
each afternoon at 4 o'clock, be
ginning Wednesday of this week
and continuing through Wednes
day of next week.
Each evening at 7;30, begin
ning Wednesday, March 13, and
continuing through Easter Sun
day, a special service will be held
at the church. The pastor, Rev.
Herman F. Duncan, will bring
the messages at these services and
the choirs of the church will fur
nish music.
Palm Sunday, which is March
17, a baptismal service will be
held for all infants who are pre
sented at the altar.
The church extends a cordial
invitation to the public to attend
the services.
ELKIN MAN
TAKES LIFE
Funeral for Steve Allred,
World War Veteran, Held
Wednesday
WAS IN ILL HEALTH
Steve Allred, about 45, died
Monday night from a self-admin
istered dose of carbolic acid. The
body of Allred was discovered by
members of the Frank Miller fam
ily, where he resided.
Allred, a native of Virginia, was
a world war veteran and was shell
shocked during his overseas ser
vice and had spent much time in
government hospitals since his re
turn from Prance. He was a car
penter by trade and mentioned to
friends the day before he took his
life that he had secured a job with
a construction company and was
planning to begin work the fol
lowing day. 11l health and per
sonal difficulties are attributed as
the cause of the act.
He is survived by his enstranged
wife, Mrs. Martha Allred, of
Washington, D. C., a son and a
daughter, Herman 14, and Irene,
16, also of Washington, two sisters
who reside in High Point and five
brothers, who reside in Virginia.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday at 2 o'clock at the Hayes
and Speas funeral parlor. -The
rites were in charge of Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt, pastor of the Firs);
Baptist church. Pallbearers w£re
members of the George Gray Post
of the American Legion.
DR. MDONALD
SPEAKER HERE
Makes Talks to Three Groups
in Elkin Friday as First
Forum Speaker
PLAN OTHER MEETINGS
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald of the
extension division of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, and
dtate counsellor of the public fo
rum in North Carolina, spoke to
three groups in Elkin Friday.
First Dr. McDonald spoke at 5
o'clock in the afternoon to the
council of the newly organized
forum here on the work of the or
ganization and explained in de
tail the benefits of such an or
ganization.
At 6:30 Dr. McDonald address
ed the Elkin Kiwanis Club at
their weekly dinner meeting at
Hotel Elkin. At this time Dr.
McDonald also explained the pub
lic forum idea, pointing out the
definite purposes of the move
ment, which is steadily growing
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TANNERSAYSNO
CHOICE BUT TO
SIGN, INREPORT
Smoking Guns Silenced at
li:00 A. M.
SOLDIERS ARE PRAISED
Leaders Tell People Nation
Was Not Prepared to Con
tinue Fight
NATION IS SORROWFUL
Helsinki, Finland, March 13 —
Giant Russia and little Finland
formally ended their unequal
3 Mi-month war today and For
eign Minister V. A. Tanner in a
poignant radio speech to the
mourning nation said that Fin
land had had no choice.
The end came here at the
World War armistice hour at 11
am. The smoking guns of the
Mannerheim line ceased fire, and
the ski patrols in the far north
were called in.
"All war-like operations ceased
at 11 ajn. Finnish time," said the
official announcement.
This was the hour set in the
treaty signed at Moscow at 2:30
a. m. Moscow time.
It was announced also to the
Finnish people that the treaty,
which put Russia back to the
frontiers of Peter the Great's
time in the early 18th century,
had been signed.
An hour later Tanner made
the first of & series of speeches
by national leaders—bitter, sor
rowful but resolute speeches—to
tell the nation why a humiliating
peace had been made* for them.
"We were not prepared because
we had believed in treaties,"
Tanner said. . . There was a
lack of all sort of equipment, and
a noticeable shortage of certain
special important arms . . . We
had not got guarantees from
other quarters . . . Our army did
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HOLD DRIVER.
OWNEROFCAR
Carolyn Barnett and Vern
Ester Face Manslaughter
Count in Wreck Case
TO BE TRIED IN APRIL
Carolyn Barnett, 15, of Jones
ville, and Vern Ester, 21, of Roar
ing River, are at liberty under
bonds of SSOO and SI,OOO respec
tively as a result of the wreck
near Boonville Sunday a week ago
in which two persons received
fatal injuries, and one other was
critically hurt.
The Barnett girl is alleged to
have been the driver of the car,
while Ester is said to be the owner.
Both are faced with manslaught
er charges which are scheduled to
be heard in Yadkin county crimi
nal cor.it at the April term follow
ing a continuance Tuesday due to
illness of witnesses.
Tom Barnett, 17, a brother of
Carolyn Barnett, and Ruth Qroce,
16, of Elkln, died as a result of In
juries received in the crash, which
occurred while the car was alleg
edly traveling at a terrific rate of
speed. Marie Collins, 18, of Elkln,
is still in the Elkln hospital where
her condition is described as criti
cal. She is suffering a fractured
skull and other injuries.
Vern and Hubert Ester, and
Miss Barnett, were not seriously
hurt in the crash, all Having been
dismissed from the hospital.
TRYING MURDER CASE
IN WILKES CO. COURT
... .
The task of selecting a jury for
the trial of George Byrd, Wilkes
man who is charged with first
degree murder qt S. M. Burchette,
of Ferguson, on November 11, was
still under way in Wilkes eeUhty
superior court Tuesday mort dug,
The state is asking the aearn
penalty ft* Byrd. charging that
he ahot Burchette through the
window of his home as he was re
tiring for the night.