Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 23
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BRIEF •
LOCAL
CECIL LYONS, of Elkin, was
bound over to Surry superior
court Monday afternoon under
S3OO bond by Magistrate J. L.
Hail who found probable cause
as to receiving stolen property
in an action brought by Weav
er Masten. Mr. Masten charg
ed that Lyons stole electric
power saw, valued at $125,
from the basement of the
home of Sig Holcomb, where it
was stored. The saw was re
covered from Ves Douglas, of
the Mitchell's River section,
who testified he bought it
from an unidentified man for
$5.00 and an old pistol. One
witness testified that Lyons
told him he had a "5125 saw."
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, April 16.
Admiral Harold R. Stark, chief
of naval operations, recom
mended today that Congress
add another $45,000,000 to the
$965,000,000 appropriated by
the house for the navy for the
fiscal year beginning July 1.
Testifying before the senate
naval committee on another
matter, Stark said that the in
crease was needed because the
United States was faced with
an emergency. An extra $45,-
000,000, he added, would per
mit a start on construction of
25 additional ships and pro
vide funds for more shore fa
cilities.
WASHINGTON, April 16— A
tighter British blockade In the
Pacific—to keep American and
other supplies from reaching
Germany by the long route
through Russia —was forecast
today by the British ambassa
dor, Lord Lothian. Another
development traceable to the
war was the announcement
that Iceland and the United
States have arranged to enter
into direct diplomatic relations
now that Denmark, sister
kingdom of Iceland, has been
taken over by Germany.
Hitherto. Iceland's relations
with this country have been
conducted through the Danish
legation here and through a
special trade commissioner in
New York.
INTERNATIONAL
PARIS, April 16 Premier
Paul Reynaud. in a 10-minute
war report to the French sen
ate, declared today the allies
had "woh the first great battle
with Germany" and had sunk
or damaged about one-third of
the reich fleet off Norway's
coasts. The premier also cited
President Roosevelt's denun
ciation yesterday of European
violence as evidence of a
"moral defeat" for Germany.
His mention of President
Roosevelt's name and refer
ence to the President's Pan-
American speech brought the
French senators to their feet
cheering. "No one asks whom
Roosevelt meant when he said
he condemned force," Reynaud
said.
LONDON, April 16—An un
expected mobilization order for
Britons 27 years of age to-1
night swelled to 850,000 the
men who will be called to the
union jack in April and May,
while the British army silent
ly perfected its plans for ex
tending the operations of its
expeditionary force in Norway.
Three new classes—the 27-
year-olds May 5, the 26-year
olds April 27 and the 25-year
olds, called April 6, will make
the 850,000 figure, and by
June, neutral military men
say, Britain will have just un
der 2,000,000 men under arms
for use on two or more—
fronts.
STOCKHOLM, April 16
Executing another audacious
coup, German invaders today
sped a nazi-packed troop train
through Norwegian-held ter
ritory, past the veiy muzzles of
a Norwegian-manned fortress
to push within three miles of
eutting Norway in half at its
girth. Advices reaching Stock
holm said Norwegian railway
employees, supplied with false
information that the train
bore their own forces, gave
right-of-way to the Germans
who reach Storlien heights,
three miles from the Swedish
frontier and 54 miles east of
Trondheim, port on Norway's
west ooast.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Widely Known
Surry Vete
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SQUIRE B. J. SNOW
Byrd Jaspar Snow, 90, one of
the most widely known men of
the county, died at his home near
Mountain Park early Wednesday
morning, following an illness of
several weeks due to the infirm
ities of his age. Mr. Snow was
known throughout the county as
"Squire" Snow. He was a vet
eran of the civil war, having
served with Company C of the
21st North Carolina regiment.
As long as his health permitted
he attended the annual reunions
of the veterans of the civil war.
His last trip to the reunion of
the Blue and Grey was to Get
tysburg, Pa., in 1938.
Mr. Snow was born in Surry
county, a son of the late Thomas
Snow and Mrs. Betsy Gates
Snow. For 54 years he served as
magistrate in the county, and
for a number of years was chair
man of the county board of ed
ucation and of the Confederate
pension board. His life was ac
tive and useful throughout. For
many years he had been a mem
ber of the Mountain Park Bap
tist church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth Snow, to whom he had
been married 66 years; four sons,
W. J. Snow and M. Q. Snow, of
this city; Lee Snow, of Mountain
Park; Capt. J. E. Snow, retired
officer of the U. S. Marines, of
Santa Ysabel, Calif.; one daugh
ter, Mrs. C. C. Gentry, of Moun
tain Park; six grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock at Moun
tain Park Baptist chUrch. The
body will lie in state at the church
from two o'clock until the hour
of the service. The rites will be
in charge of Rev. T. S. Draughan,
Rev. E. G. Jordon and Rev. Walter
Calloway. Interment will be in
the church cemetery.
M. L. DOCKERY
DIES TUESDAY
Surry Man Passes at Age of
76 After Lingering
Illness
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Martin L. Dockery, 76, passed
away at his home in the Union
Cross community of Surry coun
ty Tuesday evening from a ling
ering illness. Mr. Dockery had
been a resident of the county for
most of his life and was widely
and favorably known. He was a
member of the Union Cross Bap
tist church and of the Masonic
order.
Funeral Services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Union
Cross church at 2 o'clock . The
rites were in charge of Rev. C.
M. Caudle. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Mr. Dockery was twice mar
ried, first to Miss Victoria Phil
lips and after her death to Mrs.
Lucy Freeman White, who sur
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TWO CONTESTS
WILL FEATURE
SURRY PRIMARY
Three Men Seek Nomination
to Legislature
ALL CANDIDATES FILE
Republicans Have Four Men
Seeking Place on Board of
Commissioners
BUCK WALL IN RACE
There will be only two contests
for nomination to office in Sur
ry county in the approaching pri
mary, all candidates having filed
prior to last Saturday at 6:00
p.m,, the deadline.
The Democrats will vote for a
nominee to the state legislature
and the Republicans must vote
to name their three candidates
for commissioner.
Lists of candidates who have
filed show no contests for most
of the posts on both the Demo
crat and Republican tickets.
However, three candidates are
seeking the Democratic nomina
tion for the state legislature, in
cluding Henry Dobson, of Elkin;
Ben p. Jarrell, of Mount Airy,
and Martin Bennett, of Mount
Airy. Considerable interest is ex
pected to center around this con
test.
Other Democratic candidates
who have filed for office are Ker
mit Lawrence, of Dobson, seeking
reelection as register of deeds; R.
P. Jones, of Mount Airy; M. Q.
Snow, of Elkin, and Sam Smith,
of Pilot Mountain, all of whom
seek reelection as county commis
sioners. Curtis Harbour, of Si
loam, is seeking nomination as
surveyor. Golden Baker, of
Shoals, present surveyor, decided
not to run again.
The only contest for a Repub
lican nomination will be in the
race for county commissioners,
where four men seek three of
fices. They are G. Buck Wall
and J. H. Greenwood, of Elkin;
Porter G. Wall, of Pilot Moun
tain, and Harvey Hennis, of Mt.
Airy.
Other Republican candidates
who filed are A. L. Hiatt, of Mt.
Airy, for the legislature; Thelma
Alberty, of Dobson, for register
of deeds, and Ralph Marsh, El
dora, for surveyor.
R. A. Freeman, Surry election
chairman, in announcing this
list of candidates, pointed out
that this will mark the first year
that Surry has chosen her can
didates in the primary, nomina
tion having been made in con
ventions in the past. He also
pointed out that work is already
under way on the relisting of vot
ers, with new registration requir
ed of all persons who did not
vote in the primaries of general
elections of 1936 and 1938.
Registration books will be
open for three Saturdays between
April 27 and May 11.
COPELAND SCHOOL
FACULTY REELECTED
At a meeting of the Copeland
high school board, composed of
J. G. Wood, chairman; F. E.
Lane, secretary, and S. E. Ban
ner, on Monday evening, April 15,
the entire Copeland faculty was
re-elected for next year.
Lakes and other bodies of water
freeze from the top down.
Seek Nomination on Democratic Ticket
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Above are pictured three Surry county men who are seeking homiantion to pubiie office in Surry
county in the forthcoming primary. Left is Henry Dobson, of Elkin, who is a candidate for nomina
tion to the state legislature. Center is M. Q. Snow, also of Eikln, a candidate for re-election to the
board of commissioners. Right is Kfcrmit Lawrence, of Dobson, who seeks re-election to the office of
register of deeds.
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1940
CVJ77UJ7 C\ 17 FAT AT AUKD AV Bristol Mathis, of the Clingman sec-
OL £#!*£/ Ut tAIAL ArtlxAl tion of Wilkes county, received a fatal
injury in front of the Honda tavern pictured below, when he was allegedly stabbed in
the throat by J. C. Drum, of Ronda, during an affray about 12:30 Tuesday morning. Ac
cording to information obtained at the scene, the affray took place directly in front of
the door to the tavern, indicated by circle on photo. After being stabbed, the cut sev
ering the jugular vein, Mathis was said to have staggered a few steps, collapsing at the
point indicated by the "X". Youth indicated by arrow is Odell Drum, 15, a brother of
J. C. Drum, who was an eye witness to the fatal affray.—(Tribune Photo.)
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RAT CONTROL
CAMPAIGN HERE
To Wage War on Rodents in
Drive to Start Tuesday
Morning at 8:30
COOPERATION IS ASKED
A rodent control campaign will
be put on in Elkin, beginning
Tuesday morning, April 23, at
8:30 a.m. The campaign will last
for two days.
John D. Faulkner, engineer
with the Typhus Control Unit of
the State Board of Health, will
be here to supervise and aid in
the efforts to get rid of the rat
which has been truthfully class
ed as "public enemy No. 1" among
animal pests. This is to be a
demonstrative campaign and sev
eral sanitarians from adjoining
county health departments will
also be here to observe and aid
in the campaign.
All Boy Scouts and others in
terested in the campaign are
asked to meet at the City Hall in
Elkin at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday
morning.
A poison bait consisting of
"red squill" mixed with various
types of meat will be used. This
poison is relatively harmless to
human beings and domestic an
imals. This is due to its taste,
which is highly objectionable to
most animals.
Although getting rid of rats is
largely an individual problem,
rat infestation has a serious ef
fect on the whole community.
The rat is guilty of many crimes
that would normally place a man
behind bars, if he were convict
ed of the same offense. They kill
domestic fowls and birds, steal
anything edible, commit arson
by gnawing insulation from wires,
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Clingman Man Fatally
Stabbed In Affray At
Ronda Tavern Tuesday
J. C. Drum Being Held in Jail at Wilkesboro Following
Death of Bristol Mathis, of Clingman. Drum Alleged
to Have Slashed Mathis' Throat During Affray
About 12:30 Tuesday Morning
J. C. Drum, 18, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Drum, of IJonda, is in
jail at Wilkesboro on a charge of
murder growing out of the death
about 12:30 Tuesday morning of
Bristol Mathis. 23, of the Cling
man section of Wilkes county.
Mathis, a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Mathis, died en route to the
Elkin hospital after an affray at
a Ronda tavern in which he re
ceived a severed jugular vein al
legedly at the hands of Drum.
According to information ob
tained at the scene of the affray,
the cutting took place in front of
the tavern when Mathis allegedly
called Drum out of the building
and struck him. Drum was said
to have slashed Mathis' - throat
CLEAN-UP CAMPAIGN
IS NOW UNDER WAY
The Clean-Up program, spon
sored by the Elkin Woman's Club
is in progress this week and it is
urged that each property owner
and resident will cooperate. Dur
ing the week the city will dispose
of all rubbish placed at convenient
places, by calling the city hall,
telephone 18.
Sponsored by the Senior class,
cooperating with the movement,
the high school building has been
cleaned and the windows washed,
also the campus and athletic
field have been cleaned.
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with a spring-blade knife, the
blade inflicting a severe gash
which severed the jugular vein.
After being cut, Mathis was
said to have staggered a few feet
and collapsed upon the ground.
Placed in a car and rushed to
Elkin, he was dead when the
Elkin hospital was reached.
Following the affray, Drum,
who with a younger brother,
Odell, 15, had been working at
the tavern, went home, but re
turned when news reached him
that Mathis was dead. He re
mained at the tavern, it was said,
until Sheriff C. T. Doughton ar
rived at the scene . He was taken
by the sheriff to Wilkesboio and
placed in jail to await a hearing
before Coroner I. M. Myers at the
court house at 10 o'clock this
morning (Thursday).*
Mathis is survived by his par
ents. Funeral arrangements were
held Wednesday afternoon at
2:00 o'clock at Pleasant Grove
church.
J. D. FAULKNER
KIWANIS GUEST
Describes Methods to Use in
Campaign to Eradicate
Rodents
STARTS HERE APRIL 23
John D. Faulkner, of Raleigh,
member of the state board of
health in charge of typhus con
trol, was speaker at the weekly
dinner meeting of the Kiwanis
club at Hotel Elkin Thursday ev
ening. The program was pre
sented by the Public Affairs com
mittee of the club, of which H.
P. Graham is chairman. The
speaker was introduced by Ki
wanian Lathan Mills.
Mr. Faulkner explained in de
tail the methods to be used in
the campaign to be staged here
to eradicate rats. He also told of
the typhus and other germs
spread by rats, in addition to un
told destruction to property done
by them.
The campaign will get under
way on April 23, and will be un
der the direction of Mr. Faulkner.
It is sponsored by the Kiwanis
club, Woman's club and Boy
Scout troops.
John Sagar was the guest of
Kiwanian Richard C. Chatham
and J. Mark McAdams had as his
guests two members of the Boy
Scout Troop.
Egypt has. more than 500
camels used as freight carriers.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LARGE GERMAN
FORCE TRAPPED
BY THE BRITISH
Guns Cut Off Retreat from
Near Narvik
ARE FIGHTING IN CITY
About 2,500 Nazi Soldiers
Face Surrender or An
nihilation
COULD ENTER SWEDEN
(By Special War Corrsepondent)
Kiruna, Sweden. —A German
force of between 2,000 and 2,500
men today faced the choice of
annihilation, surrender or a fight
ing retreat into Sweden from Nar
vik. the Norwegian iron ore port
and the northern outpost of the
German occupation army.
German troops and British oc
cupation forces were reported
fighting in the streets of Narvik.
A small German force had
fought its way across the rugged
snow-covered mountains to the
Swedish frontier.
The main German force is based
on the bluff Rombak Heights,
across the fjord from Narvik, its
line of retreat covered by the big
guns of British warships.
The way from Narvik to Sweden
is dotted with German and Nor
wegian dead, lying in the snow.
More than 1,000 German, Nor
wegian and British dead lie at
the bottom of Narvik Habor.
The harbor itself is the grave
yard of some 40 German, British
and Norwegian warships and Ger
man, British, Norwegian and neu
tral merchant ships.
My information is that among
these ships is a British cruiser.
I have reached Kiruna, one of
the two great Swedish ore centers,
far above the Artie Circle, after
escaping with the last Norwegian
troops and refuges from Narvik
and keeping as near as I could
to the scene of action, in the
frontier area on both sides, some
times using skis.
The situation as it appears as I
telephone to Stockholm is that the
whole German occupation force in
the Narvik area is compelely cut
off from -contact with the main
German forces by land and sea.
Their sole hope of supply in the
inhospitable artic snows is the
airplane.
By a desperate fight along the
railroad line to Sweden a small
detachment of the Germans have
reached the frontier. Ten of these
at least have crossed into Sweden
to be interned.
The remainder of the Germans
may try to fight their way along
this road, leaving a small suicide
party on Rombax Heights to cover
their retreat into Sweden.
The German force at Narvik and
on the heights alternatively may
try to fight its way either north
ward toward Tromose or south
ward toward Bodoe.
In either of these events they
would come to a dead end road
in a country held by superior
forces of Norwegians reinforced
by British and without food or
other supplies.
Woman's
Sponsor
School 24t
The Woman's club will sponsor
a cooking school on April 24 and
25 at the city hall. The school
will be held from 2:30 until 5
each afternoon of the two days
and will be in charge of Miss
Addi'e Malone, home economist of
Duke Power company. Miss Ma
lone is well known here, where
she has frequently conducted
such schools, and needs no intro
duction to the housewives of
Elkin.
Valuable prizes will be awarded
each afternoon and all house
wives of the town are invited to
attend.
In collection with the school
a free showing of the movie,
"Blame It On Love," will be held
Thursday morning, April 25, at
9:45 at the Lyric theatre. The pic
ture stars Joan Marsh and John
King, and is highly entertaining as
well as giving many valuable
home-making lessons. Free
tickets for the show may be se
cured at the Duke Power com
pany office.
Chinese actors were old mas
ters at makeup when Hollywood
was known only to the owls and
the Jack rabbits.