North Carolina Newspapers

Elkin "The Best Little Torn In North Carolina" VOL. No. XXEX. No. 34 CHATHAM PAYS EMPLOYEES $35,000.00 BONUS New Peace Effort Is Forecast If German Invasion Is Failure BALKAN CRISIS BOOSTING HOPE OF DIPLOMATS Threats of New Explosions Among Small Nations DISORDERS ON INCREASE Uncertainty As to Future Action of Russia Chief Cause of Concern HITLER, DUCE WORRIED Great Britain and Germany waged relentless war in the air and on the sea today, but London diplomats reported belief that the Nazi offensive against the British Isles would fail and lead to a new peace effort. This belief appeared to be bol stered by continued threats of new explosions in the Balkans, where trimmed-down Rumania was the center of turmoil that might upset the plans of the axis powers. Of importance too, was the still uncertain attitude of Soviet Russia, which casts the shadow of an increasingly power ful Red army over a weakened western Europe. Uncertainty as to the future, more than the past actions of Russian, or the Balkan states, appeared to be the chief cause for concern in both Berlin and Rome,, as the Red army complet ed its occupation of Bessarabia and Bukovina. The official Rus sian news agency charged that Rumanian police had violated pledges to Moscow by firing on 2,000 Bessarabian workers at Oalatz. Previous reports at Bu charest had said as many as 300 persons were killed at Oalatz. Disorders—in which Jews were frequently the chief victims— have been reported in Rumania since part of the -country was thrown into confusion by Russian occupation. They arose from movement of refugees from Bes sarabia and the flight of Jews and Bessarabian workers from Rumania to the Soviet-occupied territory. But dispatches from Bucharest and Moscow said that there had been no trouble be tween soldiers other than a few fist fights. LEE'S DEVICES HERE JULY 6-13 Are Again Sponsored by Lo cal Masonic Picnic Asso ciation TO BE ON S. BRIDGE ST. The R. C. Lee riding devices, presented under the auspices of the local Masonic Picnic associa tion, will be in Elkin the week of July 6-13, it has been announced by local Masonic officials. The rides will be located as usual on South Bridge street near the old river bridge, and this year will feature a new de vice known as the Silver Streak, said to be of a thrilling nature and which has proven very pop ular. Proceeds of the devices will go to the Oxford Orphanage. The Oxford Orphanage singing class will not give their concert here during the week of Lee's rides, but will appear Friday, Au gust 23, it was learned. MAN IS INJURED WHEN RIFLE IS DISCHARGED Sam Sizemore, an employee of the Carolina Ice & Fuel Co., local firm, was painfully injured Friday when a .22 calibre rifle which he was loading, accidentally dis charged, the bullet striking the young man's right forefinger, fracturing the bone. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE I To Aid in Meet ||HF A revival meeting will begin at Mountain Park Baptist church Sunday, July 7, at 7:45 p.m., during which Rev. Jimmy Hayes, of Winston-S a 1 e m (above), will assist the pastor. Rev. E. G. Jordan. Services will be held at 10:45 each morning and 7:45 each even ing. The meeting will continue through July 14. LATE F I NEWS H \N and BRIEF T NATIONAL WASHINGTON, July 2 The treasury hung up a new peace time spending record of $9,666,085,539 in the fiscal year which ended Sunday, and moved into a new year of de fense costs expected to raise the budget to more than sll,- 000,000,000. Final figures on the last fiscal year, made pub lic today, showed that rev enues totaled $5,924,836,402, leaving a deficit of $3,741,249,- 136. LOUISVILLE, Ky„ July 2 Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Hartley, of Kentucky, told the Democratic state conven tion today that "if the Demo crats of the United States have their way," President Roosevelt will be nominated by the party's national convention at Chicago. Predicting "over whelming confirmation" by the senate of Col. Frank Knox and Henry L. Stimson, Republi cans, as secretary of navy and war respectively in the Roose velt cabinet, Senator Barkley told the convention the ap pointments by the President were intended to "unify Amer icans'' and were made because "national defense is not a par tisan question but an Ameri can question." JOHN L. LEWIS indorsed Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, for President Mon day while the senator himself said definitely that his name would be placed in nomination at the Democratic convention regardless of whether Presi dent Roosevelt ran. Mean while, Wendell Willkie in New York appointed a 12-member advisory committee to eon duct his Republican campaign, inviting Taft and Dewey cam paign managers and Republi can congressional leaden to serve with his own lieutenants. Lewis, addressing the national convention of the Townsend pension plan in St. Louis, said that Wheeler was the only Democrat who could defeat Willkie and that he stood "for peace at home and for non intervention in European war." (Continued on Last Page) APPROVE PLANS FOR IMPROVING LOCAL SCHOOL County Tax Rate Is Set by- Board at 95 Cents NEW WORK ON CO. JAIL Work on Elkin School to Be gin When Specifications Are Complete TO BUILD FIRE TOWERS Plans for remodelling and im proving the Elkin elementary school building were approved by the Surry county board of edu cation and the Surry county commissioners at a meeting held in Dobson Monday. Work on the building will be started as soon as specifications are completed by the architects. It is understood that four brick fire towers will be constructed, these to take the place of the wooden stairs heretofore in use, and that two additional class rooms will be built. During the meeting of the com missioners the county budget was completed and a county-wide tax rate of 95 cents was set. This is the same rate as was levied last year. The commissioners also author ized further improvements for the county jail, which consist of two iron stairways to replace the present wooden stairways, which represent a fire hazard. ROAD GRADING NEARLY DONE Approaches to New Bridge at Crutchfield in Finish ing Stage TO ELIMINATE DANGER Boonville —Grading to the ap proaches of the 772-foot bridge that spans the Yadkin river at Crutchfield is nearly completed. The main work has been cutting through the high bluff that over looks the river on the Yadkin side. Here the graders had to cut through the hill a depth of between 50 and 75 feet. On the north side of the river the new bridge spans the South ern Railway leading to North Wilkesboro, providing an over pass and eliminating the railroad crossing at that point. The new structures will also eliminate dangerous curves on both sides of the river near the bridge. At least four deaths have oc curred near these approaches in the past few years. Three of these occurred at the end of the hardsurface on the Yadkin side Christmas, 1939. The other one occurred on the north side of the river where the road curves sev eral times before approaching the bridge. CORBET! WALL POLICE CHIEF Popular Police Officer Given Promotion by Board of Commissioners FRANCHISE IS SOUGHT Corbett Wall, popular Elkin po liceman, was promoted to chief of police by the Elkin board of com missioners at its regular monthly session held Monday night. Chief Wall has been a member of the police force since the re tirement last year of Dixie Gra ham to devote his full time to tax collecting. He has proven an efficient and courteous officer, and is popular with the rank and file of mikin citizens as well as with the travelling public of this section. Other matters facing the board were of routine nature with the exception of a request by an offi cial of the Central Electric and Telephone company, which serves Elkin, that the company be granted a franchise. This matter was tabled pending study of the situation by the town attorney. ELKIN, N. 0, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1940 Willkie, McNary Head Nati G.O.P. Ticket JHL M\^|9| ■■ VBl Pictured above are the two candidates selected by the Re publican national convention in Philadelphia last week to lead the party in November's election. Wendell L. Willkie, top, was winner of the presidential nom ination on the sixth ballot, com ing from nowhere to defeat such outstanding Republican candi dates as Thomas E. Dewey and Robert A. Taft. Bottom photo is Willkie's running mate, Charles McNary, of Oregon, who was nominated as vice-presi dent. These two men will face the nominees selected by the Democrats at their convention to be held later this month. CHANGE IN RATE HERE IS NOTED Telephone Subscribers Re ceiving Two Bills This Month from Company OTHER CHANGES MADE Elkin telephone patrons are re ceiving two bills this month in stead of one as the Central Elec tric and Telephone Company makes adjustments to comply with a new rate schedule author ized by the North Carolina Utili ties Commission. With the pay ment of the double bill issued July 1, all subscribers will be paid one month in advance. The company, in order to fully explain the new schedule, has is sued a statement in letter form (Continued on Last Page) Court Convenes Wednesday After Postponement Surry county superior court, scheduled to have convened for a two-weeks' mixed term Monday, was postponed two days, getting under way at IS a.m. Wednesday morning be fore Judge W. H. S. Burgwyn. The postponement was occa sioned by a conference of state Judges. It was announced thai the court will continue in session today, July 4, no holiday to be observed. It was also stated that criminal oases will be beard until the docket Is clear ed, even though it takes part of the second week. The seo ond week of the term was ; originally scheduled far the I trial of civil actions. BAD SITUATION FACESFARMERS, BUSINESS MEN Regarding Tobacco Prices for Next Three Years QUESTION OF CONTROL Will Require Years to Reduce Stocks, at Present Con sumption Level SITUATION EXPLAINED A serious situation faces farm ers and business men for the next few years regarding tobacco prices, and it is the opinion of many that control should be voted on for the next three years, R. R. Smithwick, Surry farm agent, said Wednesday. Farmers will vote on this im portant question Saturday, July 20. It was pointed out that the huge 1939 surplus of around 400 million pounds of tobacco will continue to depress prices until eliminated. Even before the present European war started last September, average prices to growers had already fallen eight cents per pound below the av erage of the previous five years. With consumption at its pres ent level, with allotments equal to those of 1940, and with normal yields per acre, it will require three more years to eliminate the 1939 surplus. It was also pointed out that the situation affecting purchases for export now is worse than at any time last season, when the war cut export of the weed. If the marketing quotas are not voted, there will be no gov ernment loans; the prospect of further excessive production would lower prices to growers, and both old and new growers would expand production and this would later require further cuts in allotments for old grow ers, it was said. However, if marketing quotas are voted, and for three years, domestic manufacturers can pay fair prices for their tobacco with out fear of excessive production during the period. Also, the ex port trade will be more likely to make purchases at reasonable prices, and the government can give maximum support to prices for the export trades. Under three-year quotas grow ers could make their plans with out fear of drastic changes from year to year, and non-cooperators could not profit at the expense of cooperating growers. If quotas are for only one year rather than for three years, allotments would be less stable, prices would be strength ened less and the support given to the export side of the market would be less, it was said. DEFENSE TAX IS IN EFFECT Pennies Again in Demand as Prices on Many Articles Are Advanced MERCHANTS BEFUDDLED Raleigh, July 2 —North Caro linians, who have become accus tomed to shelling out odd pennies with each purchase to pay the state's 3 per cent, sales tax, got their first taste Monday of an other nuisance tax—the federal defense levy. p Frankly befuddled, merchants experimented with various price changes in an attempt to pass the tax on to the consumer. Some merchants,- however, held their prices firm and announced they would absorb the taxes. Gasoline at most service sta tions advanced one-half cent a gallon, but lubricating prices re mained unchanged. Some mer chants were selling leading brands of cigarettes for as high as 17 cents a package and 10- cent cigarettes for 12 cents. Some movie houses which had charged 25 cents Jumped prices to 28 cents; 35-cent houses in creased to 30 cents; and 40-cent houses increased to 44 cents. Stores which sold the cheaper (Continued on Last Page) Is In Appreciation of Loyalty and Fine Work By Mill Force Red Cross Drive Here Has Netted Total of $584.24 A total of $584.24 has been contributed to the local Bed Cross for relief of war ref ugees, with $415.76 still to be raised if the local goat of SI,OOO is to be realized. The drive in Sorry county is to end July 15, it has been learned. Everyone who has not con tributed to the Bed Cross is urged to do so, so that this great organization may have sufficient funds with which to carry on its work among the millions of unfortunate ref ugees in war torn Europe. All donations should be made payable to the American Bed Cross and mailed or car ried to Mrs. W. C. Cox, assist ant treasurer, of this city. BAPTIST ASS'N TO HOLD MEET To Be Held with Shady Grove Baptist Church on July 11 and 12 REECE IS MODERATOR Boonville—Attorney J. T. Reefie of Yadkinville who is moderator of the Yadkin Baptist Associa tion of Churches announced yes terday the dates and program for the 150 th annual associational meeting. The two-day meeting this year will be held with Shady Grove Baptist church on Thurs day and Friday, July 11 and 12. Mr. Reece stated, that every ef fort was being put forth to make this year's associational meeting the greatest that has ever been held in the association in com memoration of the establishment of the unity of the churches 150 years ago. Some of the best speakers in the religious and pul>- lic life of North Carolina will be present to address the attend ants. Among those to be present are Smith Hagaman, superin tendent of Baptist hospital; I. O. Greer, superintendent of Mills Home Orphanage; Dr. Hoyt T. Black well, president of Mars Hill College; and M. O. Alexander, of the State Baptist convention. Santt'ord Martin is a former clerk of the association, and will be present. Among other outstanding fea tures of this year's association will be a brief history of the or ganization and progress of the association down through the century and half of its existence. This association is one of the oldest in all North Carolina and is the mother of several others in this section. CHATHAM TO PLAY FRIES Will Meet Here This After noon in Fourth of July Doubleheader The Chatham Blanketeers will face the Pries, Va., Maroons here this afternoon in a Fourth of July doubleheader at Chatham Park, the first game to get under way at 2:15 o'clock. Sunday the Blanketeers will meet White Oak, of Greensboro, in a game called for 3:00 p.m. Friday night at High Point the Elkin team will face Sanford in the semi-finals of the North Caro lina State Semi-Pro Baseball tournament, having defeated Hanes Hosiery Tuesday night by the score of 8 to 3. Winners of the tournament will be eligible to participate in the national tournament at Wichita, Kans. Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridga PUBLISHED WEEKLY LETTER FROM MR. CHATHAM ALSO RECEIVED Payment Comes As Complete Surprise DISTRIBUTED TODAY Letter Tells of Stormy Days Ahead, But Stresses Bless ings in United States BEST EFFORTS ASKED A cash bonus, amounting to $35,000, is being paid' to em ployees of the Chatham Manu facturing Company today, it was announced Wednesday afternoon by Thurmond Chatham, presi dent of the firm. News of the bonus came as a complete surprise to the em ployees. First bonus checks were handed out late Wednesday night, dhd the remainder are be ing distributed today. With each bonus check went a letter signed by Mr. Chatham, dated July 4th. The letter read as follows: To Our Employees: Here is a cash bonus in appre ciation of the hard work we have all done. We are trying our level best to divide with you when our business prospers. And it seems to prosper when we all do our best. Fortunate are we who live in the United States of America. The right to work where *we please, the right to say what we want, the right to worship as we see fit. All these and thousands of other blessings are ours. We have hard work ahead to build up the strength of our na tion where no one can harm us or change our life of freedom and liberty. With you, I pledge myself to work for a strong nation—to work harder than ever before. As we increase our production, we help America. Every improvement that we can make, even little ones, helps that much. We have stormy days ahead, so let's each of us decide right now to do our own job the best way we know how, and to work more and produce more than ever be fore. That, as I see it, is doing our part. Yours sincerely, THURMOND CHATHAM DR. C.E. NICKS IS PRESIDENT Local Veterinarian Is Chosen Head of State Association at Meeting Friday OTHER OFFICERS NAMED Dr. C. E. Nicks. Klkln veteri narian, was elected president of the North Carolina State Veteri nary Medical association Friday at the 29th annual convention held this year in Rocky Mount. Dr. Nicks succeeds Dr. A. A. - Husman, of Raleigh. Other offi cers include Dr. H. Staton, Rocky Mount, first vice-president; Dr. A. H. Esteen, Williamston, second vice-president; Dr. J. H. Brown, Tarboro, secretary-treasurer; Dr. N. M. Weston, Asheboro, direc tor; Dr. R. P. Huffman, Wilming ton, director. It was also voted that Dr. R. E. Magtor, of Hender sonville, be retained as president of the North Carolina Board of veterinary medical examiners. K was said to be the consensus of the convention that the peo ple of North Carolina would be better protected if the machinery tor meal: inspection were much broadened. .