Elkin
"Tile Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXEJL No. 39
ApprovelPlans H&re
To Doulple Capacity
Of Filtering Plant
WOULD STEP UP
OUTPUT TO ONE
MILLION GALS.
Present Capacity Is 500,000
Gallons Dailv
PLANT RUNS OVERTIME
Commissioners Order That
All Delinquent Water Bills
Be Collected
OR SERVICE CUT OFF
Plans to double the capacity of
the Elkin water department fil
tering plant were approved by
the Elkin board of commissioners
Monday night during their meet
ing at the city hall.
The present plant has a ca
pacity of only 500,000 gallons of
water a day. Under the new
plans, it would have a capacity of
1.000,000 gallons.
Under present conditions the
filtering plant frequently has to
run overtime, it was said.
The commissioners also in
structed that all water consumers
who are delinquent in payment
of their water bills be cut off. It
was pointed out that a large
number of customers allowed
their bills to accumulate. Unless
monthly bills are paid within the
time limit prescribed, service will
be discontinued.
The board approved the pur
chase Of six acres trtMHinf trtTKie
tory street, which will be used as
a public parking space.
NAOMI VESTAL
PASSES AWAY
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wheeler Vestal Dies After
Long Illness
FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY
Miss Naomi Ruth Vestal, 14,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wheel
er Vestal, passed away Thursday
morning at the home of her par
ents, in North Elkin. She had
been ill for some time and her
condition became critical on
Tuesday before her passing. She
was a member of Elkin Valley
Baptist church and attended the
Elkin Valley Sunday school.
Funeral services were held Fri
day morning at 11 o'clock from
the Elkin Valley church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. E?. E.
Adams, pastor of the church, as
sisted by Rev. E. G. Jordon, of
this city. Interment was in the
family plot in Hollywood ceme
tery. Pallbearers were brothers
in-law of the deceased, and the
beautiful floral tribute was car
ried by members of her Sunday
school class.
She is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Vestal,
five sisters and two brothers,
Mrs. Robert Miller, Mrs. Oscar
Darnell, Mrs. Charlie Gregory,
Mrs. L. D. Shaw, Miss Flora Jean
Vestal and Joseph and James
Vestal, all of Elkin, and her ma
ternal grandmother, Mrs. F. A.
Brendle, also of Elkin.
Nylon, the new silk fabric, is
used for bristles in toothbrushes
and hair brushes.
Safety Parade To Be
Held In Elkin Today
Featured by a driverleas "magic"
automobile, a safety demonstra
tion and parade will be held here
this afternoon (Thursday), start
ing at 2:30 pjn.
The demonstration will be in
charge of Captain J. J. Lynch,
who has thrilled millions of peo
ple in the united States and
abroad with this amazing feat of
modern science and invention.
The safety demonstration is
with no human being in it or
near it.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
I LATE f ;J
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BRIEF N t n
STATE
RALEIGH, Aug. 6—The war
department is considering the
possibility of weaving: a 1,255-
mile network of military high
ways and bridges through
North Carolina, Frank Dunlap,
chairman of the state highway
and public works commission,
said today. Consideration of
such a national defense step
was revealed when the public
road administration requested
the department to take a sur
vey and estimate the cost of
improving; 1,255 miles of high
way and 250 bridges to meet
military requirements. Engi
neer W. Vance Baise, of the
state department, stated that
three engineers had been as
signed to the job and would
submit their findings within a
week or 10 days. He would
hazard no estimate of the cost
of the projected defense sys
tem.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON. Aw. 6
Pressing its investigation of
"fifth column" suspects, the
federal bureau of investigation
Vmt 'all Its field offices on a
24-hour schedule today, while
the house passed a bill permit
ting wire tapping by the F. B.
I. in investigations of sabotage,
treason and espionage. The
interstate commission on
crime, meanwhile, , called for
an investigation of what It
termed the "nast-fascists* use
of attaches of legations and
consulates for subversive prop
aganda and other fifth column
activities in the United States."
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Aug. 6 Great
Britain, it was indicated to
night, probably will refuse an
implicit plea by the United
States ambassador to Belgium
that the blockading British
navy permit shipment of food
from America to avert starva
tion in Belgium and elsewhere
in Europe. An informed Brit
ish source said it was "unlike
ly that Britain will allow any
food Into German-occupied
Europe." The envoy,. John
Cudahy, had declared that
conditions "close to famine"
would prevail in Belgium by
mid-September unless Ameri
can shipments get through.
Indirectly he used the phrase,
"a howling hell," to picture the
possible situation in Belgium
and elsewhere in Europe when
winter comes.
BERLIN, Aug. 6—British re
ports of the death of Julius
Stretcher, former nazi party
district leader for Franconia,
were denied today by German
authorities who said he was
quite well on his farm near
Nurnberg. (The report was
published by Reuters (British
news agency) in a dispatch
dated "The German frontier,"
and was attributed to "a well
informed source in Germany.")
The reasons for Stretcher's
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sponsored by the Elkin police de
partment.
Captain Lynch, who will op
erate the driverleas auto, is a
safety expert of international re
pute. He has promised a real
thrill to the folks who watch the
driverless auto wending its way
through the heart of the business
section, in the line of parade.
He will operate the car by
what appears to be an ordinary
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FAIR CATALOG
IS READY FOR
DISTRIBUTION
Attractive Prizes Are Again
Offered
MANY ARE IN CASH
Horse Show and Parade Will
Again Be Big Feature of
Yearly Event
FAIR TO LAST FIVE DAYS
The Elkin Pair catalog and
premium list is now off the press
and ready for distribution.
As has been a custom of the
fair association, this year's prem
ium list totals hundreds of dol
lars in both cash and merchan
dise prizes, with the live-at-home
department featuring a first prize
of SSO in cash, and second prize
of $35 cash. Third prize will be
S2O in building material donated
by Surry Hardware Co.; fourth
prize a handsome cedar chest do
nated by Hayes & Speas, and
fifth prize an innerspring mat
tress donated by Eagle Furniture
Co.
In the horse and mule depart
ment cash prizes of $lO first prize
and $5.00 second prize will be
awarded in the various cassifi
cations under Class 1, these prices
going to farmers only. In the
commercial and saddle horse
class, ribbons only will be award
ed.
The horse show will be under
the direction of a committee
headed by L. G. Baker, of Elkin.
Further details concerning the
show and parade will be an
nounced later in The Tribune.
This year's dog show will again
be under the direction of Dr. C.
E. Nicks, who so successfully con
ducted last year's event.
The fair, which will be held
Tuesday through Saturday, Sep
tember 10-14, will feature the
Bullock Amusement Company on
the midway. This year the exhi
bition building will be open Tues
day through Saturday.
This year's catalog contains 44
pages and is attractively printed
with a two-color cover. Everyone
desiring a copy of the booklet
should write Mrs. Alan Brown
ing, Jr., secretary, or call at
the fair office in The Tribune
building.
Additional information con
cerning the various features of
the fair which are yet to be an
nounced will be carried in suc
ceeding issues of this newspaper.
DR. HALE WILL
PREACH HERE
Mount Airy Pastor to Assist
in Series of Services at
Baptist Church
BEGINS ON AUGUST 12th
Dr. Albert S. Hale, pastor of
the First Baptist church In Mount
Airy, will come to the First Bap
tist church in this city on Mon
day evening, August 12, for a
series of revival services, which
will continue through August 21,
according to Rev. Stephen Mor
risett, pastor of the church.
Two services will be held daily,
the morning service at 10 o'clock
and the evening service at 8
o'clock, throughout the series of
meetings. Special music by the
senior and junior choirs of the
church will be a part of each ser
vice.
Plans are being made for a
nursery at the church for the ev
ening service to take care of
small children whose parents
want to attend the services. The
nursery will be in charge of the
Y. W. A..
The church extends a cordial
invitation to the public to attend
the services.
MUCH INTEREST IS *
SHOWN IN REVIVAL
Much interest is being shown in
the revival services which are in
progress this week at Elkin Valley
Baptist church. The pastor. Rev.
R. E. Adams of M&yodan, is being
assisted in the meeting by Rev. T.
S. Draughn of Crutchfield. Two
services are held daily, each morn
ing at 10:45 and each evening at
7:46. Hie services will continue
through Sunday.
The church extends a cordial
invitation to the public to attend.
Hie brain of an adult weighs
approximately 3 pounds.
ELKIN, N. C- THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940
C A VVTV p AT Bf) T " Pictured below is the newly organized safety patrol made
tJfll Lil 1 I /II IWJLi up of Jonesville and Arlington bicycle fans. This squad,
organized by Roy Beulin, of Jonesville, will be used during the coming school year to aid
children in crossing the streets and to keep them out of the streets, it was said. The pa
trol, which numbers one girl member, has been granted permission to use the Jonesville
town hall as a club house, and its activities will include social activity and bicycle trips.
Another feature will be the teaching of safety to the members themselves. Those pic
tured are, left to right: Royall Martin, Joe Blevins, Ralph Beulin, Ted Martin, Robert
Brown, Bill Holcomb, Charles Emerson, Creston Mason, Charles A. Holleman, J. E.
Teague, Junior Boles, Bill Duenkel, Robert Martin, Mark Recce, Garland Roberson,
Harold Adams and the one girl member, Frances Pinnix. Not present in the picture,
but members of the patrol, are Carlyle Hall and Bobby Martin.—(Tribune Photo.)
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IMPERIAL MAY
BUY ON MART
If Buyers Bid in Georgia, Al
most Certain to Be on
Old Belt Market
MAY AVOID "BREAK"
Winston-Salem, Aug. 7 lf
buyers for British Imperial To
bacco Company bid on the
Georgia-Florida tobacco markets
when they open Thursday, local
tobacco company executives said
today that it is certain that they
will buy tobacco on the Winston-
Salem market this fall.
The United Press reports that
T. A. Smoot, Imperial executive,
has arrived in Valdosta, Ga. It
has been learned here that "sev
eral" other Imperial buyers are
stationed at key markets in the
Georgia-Florida belt. But wheth
er these men will bid tomorrow
remains uncertain.
An answer to this question
mark means money to tobacco
growers who sell their leaf in
Winston-Salem, it was said. If
Imperial buys leaf with the back
ing of the Commodity Corpora
tion, retaining an option on pur
chases as the company did last
year, the much-feared "break" in
this year's market may be avoid
ed, it was learned.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
BY LOCAL LIBRARY
Miss Virginia Price, librarian
at the public library here, an
nounces that the following books
have been received within the
past few days:
"Legacy," by Charles Bonner;
"The Trail of the Lonesome
Pine," John Pox, Jr.; "There Is
Always Love," Emilie Loring; "La
dies Go Masked," Margaret Wid
demer; "Gun Feud," E. B. Mann,
and "Murder for Christmas,"
Agatha Christie.
Miss Price states that the in
creasing library circulation re
quires more books and donations
of books will be greatly appre
ciated.
Tuberculosis
Clinics to Be
Held in Surry
Beginning August 12, the
second of the annual tubercu
losis clinics In the county will
begin. The clinic wID be un
der the direction of Dr. R. B.
C. Franklin, of the Surry
county health department, as
sisted by Dr. G. C. Godwin, of
the state sanatorium. Elkln
will be allotted a full week,
from August 19 through Au
gust 24, and It Is hoped that
all people who can will avail
themselves of the opportunity
for an examination.
CUnlcs will be conducted in
the health office at Hwrnt
Airy from August 12 to 15; at
Dobson August 16, and at
Pilot Mountain Akgust 19.
Campaign Against Evil
Of Speeding Is To Be
Waged By Local Police
Complaints on Part of Residents from All Sections of Town
to Get Action, Chief of Police Says. Local Streets .
Unsafe Due to Reckless Driving and Speed
ing on Part of Motorists
Due to numerous complaints
from citizens from all sections
of town who state that residen
tial streets are no longer safe
due to continuous speeding and
reckless driving on the part of
private cars and trucks, the
Elkin police department has
warned that beginning Monday
a concerted effort is going 'to be
made to halt this dangerous
practice.
Chief of Police Corbett Wall
said Wednesday that many
complaints are being received
and that local police are going
to arrest every motorist caught
violating the law in this re
spect. He said it is hoped
members of the state highway
patrol will give assistance in
this drive.
$225,000 LOAN
GETS APPROVAL
Will Go to Build 210 Miles of
Electric Line in Rural
Communities
WILL BUY ELECTRICITY
Application for a loan of $225,-
000 to construct 210 miles of elec
tric line on the part of the Surry-
Yadkin Electric Membership Corp.,
has been approved by the rural
electrification administration in
Washington.
N. P. Bryant, secretary to the
newly charted organization, an
nounced that approval, received
by officials, paved the way to fur
ther completion of plans for the
project.
The directors and sponsors of
the project were informed by the
REA officials i n Washington
that theirs was one of the best
and most promising projects that
had been submitted from the en
tire country, Bryant declared.
The initial allotment will con
struct lines whioh will ultimately
serve approximately 1,200 con-
sumers. Already there are 850
members who have signed to con
sume the electricity and around
350 potential , customers along the
line to be constructed.
Power will be purchased from
the Duke Power Company.
On his famous flight from New
York to Paris, Colonel Lindbergh
carried two sandwiches each of
ham and beef, one sandwich of
hardboiled egg, and ajsout 4
quarts of drinking water, and two
chocolate bars.
It was also announced that
the police have been patient as
long: as they intend to be with
motorists who deliberately
drive through stop lights, and
that beginning Monday all vio
lators apprehended may expect
to suffer the consequence.
In preparation for the drive
against speeding, cars operated
by local police have been equip
ped with police sirens, and
speeders will be chased down
and stopped where other meth
ods fail. It is hoped, it was
said, to make Elkin streets safe
both for pedestrians and law
abiding motorists by arresting
every speedester and reckless
driver who here of late have
been making local streets a
race track.
Native Of Elkin
Passes A
Charlotte Home
Esley Barnhardt, 46, a native
of Elkin, died suddenly at his
home at Charlotte about 2 o'clock
Sunday morning. Mr. Barnhardt,
who was a construction engineer,
was supervising engineer of WPA
district projects at the time of
his death. He was a member of
the American Legion, V.. F. W.,
D. A. V., and of the First Baptist
church.
He was born in Elkin on No
vember 18, 1893, a son of Q. L.
Barnhardt and Mrs. Ida Childress
Barnhardt, who now reside in
•Durham. He is survived by his
parents, his wife, Mrs. Lucille
Barnhardt, two daughters,
Mrs. B. F. Massey, Jr., and Miss
Janice Barnhardt, of Charlotte,
and one brother, R. L. Barnhardt,
of Durham.
Italians Test Might
Of British In Africa
Fascism cautiously challenged
t£e might of the British Empire
in Africa Wednesday in a long
range campaign for a new Roman
empire around the Mediterranean.
The armed forces of Premier
Benito Mussolini in Africa aimed
at control of the Suez Canal as
their ultimate objective, but Im
mediate operations—so . far pre
liminary to an apparently immi
nent generaf offensive —were cen
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WORK ON ELKIN
SCHOOL BEGUN;
OPEN SEPT. 9TH
Matt Hines, of Mount Airy,
Given Contract
SUBMITS BID OF $9,995.00
To Build Fire Towers and
Add Two Extra Class
rooms to Structure .
WILL TAKE SIXTY DAYS
Matt Hines, of Mount Airy, was
awarded the contract for the re
modeling and enlarging the city
elementary school building at a
bid of $9,995, which was the low
est bid submitted to a joint ses
sion of the Surry county school
board and county board of com
missioners at Dobson Thursday.
Work on the building was
started Monday morning and
Hines said that the contract
would be completed within sixty
days. The work will be complet
ed to the extent that the school
will be able to open on September
9, the date set for the opening of
the county schools, the contractor
estimated, although the work will
not be entirely finished by that
time.
Included in the contract are
four fireproof fire 'towers; two
extra classrooms, which will uti
lize the space which will result
from tearing away the present
staircases; enlarging the kitchen
and dining room space of the
school lunchroom and enlarging
the office; Also a fireproof ceil
ing and walls in the furnace room
and coal bin and straightening
and patching the present roof
is included.
Plans for the improvements
were drawn by Franklin and
Stinson, of this city, architects.
JURORS DRAWN
FOR CO. COURT
Two-Week Term Will Con
vene September 16 at
Dobson
TO BE MIXED SESSION
Jurors to serve at the next
term of Surry county superior
court, which will convene for a
two-week term at Dobson Mon
day, September 16, before Judge
Rousseau, of North Wilkesboro.
were drawn by the board of coun
ty commissioners at their meet
ing Monday.
The September term will fea
ture trial of criminal cases dur
ing the first week and civil cases
the second week.
Jurors drawn were, first week:
N. L. Shaw, Mount Airy; J. N.
Watson, Dobson; Tom H. Martin.
Elkln, R.F.D.; Roy Hutchins, Mt.
Airy; W. L. Draughri, Mt. Airy;
A. D. Ferrell, Dobson; W. M. Mc-
Coy, Mt. Airy; J. A. Martin.
Rockford; P. G. Key, Ararat; J.
H. Dobson, Dobson; Fred Bart
ley, Low Gap; H. S. Comer, Dob
son; B. Kidd, Dobson; Harvey W.
Coe, Dobson; T. J. Park, White
Plains; E. C. Foy, Jr., Mt. Airy;
Joe A. Saylor, Mountain Park; W.
M. Lewis, Mt. Airy; O. C. Lovill,
Mt. Airy; A. B. McKinney! Toast;
John A. Lowery, Mt. Airy; W. J.
Porter, Mt. Airy; J. S. Patterson,
Siloam; /Jlen Nichols, Toast;
Sam McKnight, Mt. Airy; C. R.
Marion, F. C. Marshall, Dewey
Martin, Mt. Airy; C. I. Boger,
Elkin; Perlie Ramey, Low Gap;
L. C. Park, Elkin; J. Frank Mar
tin. Mt. Airy; William C. Mea
dows, Hugh L. Merritt, C. M.
Midkiff, Otis Moser, Mt. Airy.
Second week: W. B. Blair, Pilot
Mountain; N. D. Ramey, Mt.
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tered along the Libyan frontier of
Egypt, In north Kenya colony
(British) and in British Somali
land, which bas been Invaded by
three Italian columns.
Sun-baked desert land where
the temperatures mount to 120
degrees; the British navy which
was reported steaming along the
Egyptian coast; and British Afri
can armies were the foes of the
Fascist fighters, but so far the war
has been fought most furiously
in the air.