Elkin
The Best Little "Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 41
LATE •
NEWS a
IN and
BRIEF N ? n
STATE
RALEIGH — Representatives
of state and federal agencies,
meeting in Governor Hoey's
office, yesterday mapped a
program to rehabilitate more
than 8,000 North Carolina
farm families left in need by
rampaging flood waters. Still
hopeful that the Unemirioy
ment Compensation Commis
sion can find a basis for pay
ing benefits to jobless indus
trial workers, the Governor
sought to provide cash income
for destitute farm families
through emergency WPA pro
jects. Frank Dunlap, chair
man .of the State Highway
commission, and C. C. McGin
nis, state WPA administrator,
agreed to co-ordinate their ef
forts and use unskilled WPA
workers in the repair of roads
in Western North Carolina.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON A broad
conscription bill making men
21 to 45 years old, Inclusive,
liable for immediate military
training: was tentatively ap
proved by the House military
committee yesterday, while the
Senate debated a less sweeping
measure. The House bill calls
for registration of men from
18 through 64. Those select
ed immediately for a year's
compulsory service would come
from the 21-45 classifications,
however. Chairman May (D),
Ky., said that the committee,
by an almost unanimous vote,
turned down proposals that
provisions of the Senate bill,
calling only for registration
and training of men 21 to 30,
inclusive, be inserted in the
House measure. "It's the opin
ion of the committee that
these are the proper ages and
we're going to put the bill out
this way," said May.
HYDE PARK, N. Y.—Presi
dent Roosevelt yesterday re
jected Wendell L. Willkie's
challenge to debate national
issues and asserted that it is
recognized universally that the
international crisis makes such
face-to-face debates impossi
ble. By implication, Mr.
Roosevelt suggested that his
Republican opponent realized
the impossibility of such de
bates when he proposed them
in his speech last Saturday at
Elwood, Ind.
RUSHVILLE, Ind.—G. O. P.
Presidential Nominee Wendell
L Willkie last night renewed
his challenge to President
Roosevelt to debate after the
Chief Executive had rejected
the offer because of the pres
sure of foreign and defense
problems. Willkie suggested
that Mr. Roosevelt let military
experts inspect defense works
and suggested that the Chief
Executive discuss the vital is
sues of the campaign with him
as his own contribution to
democracy.
WASHINGTON —The Senate
heard an accusation yesterday
that a single "stubborn" man,
"either President Roosevelt or
someone in the State Depart
ment," had refused to change
the course of the refugee ship
American Legion and thereby
had risked a provocative inci
dent that might have "precip
itated this country into war in
a week." The accuser. Senator
Bone (D), Wash., ?poke while
the army transport bearing
897 passengers headed for New
York, apparently saffely beyond
the waters off Scotland which
Germany had warned were
mine-infested and highly dan
gerous.
INTERNATIONAL
MEXICO CITY—Leon Trot
sky was seriously stabbed In
the head by a man who "call
ed so frequently he seemed to
to one of the family" and phy
sicians at the Green Craw
Emergency Hospital said the
exiled Communist leader might
not live through the night.
The 69-year-old former Soviet
war commissar's assailant was
tentatively Identified as Frank
Jackson, who, despite his
name, is believed to be a Ras~
si an. Jackson, who npeaka
French fluently, wa a said to
to an ardent Trotsky sympa
thizer who had been admitted
to and given the ran of the
toavlly.gusnie* Coyoacan
villa tm almost a year.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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The scenes above were madf iy The Tribune photographer last week after Wednesday's record flood waters
had gone roaring down the countryside to wreak untold destruction. Top, left, is a general view of South Bridge street,
showing wreckage left by water. Remaining span of old bridge is iq far distance. Top, right, made from new bridge,
pictures lumber, oil tanks and debris left in a jumble of wreckage. Center, left, was made from the end of the old bridge
looking toward Elkin. Center, right, shows remains of gasoline pump house and tank on east side of new bridge. Lower
left photo gives slight idea of damage to a part of the Elkin Lumber & Manufacturing Co. Lower right shows what
was left of the bridge at Ronda, approaches at both ends having been swept away by the flood.
C.C.C. YOUTH IS
KILLED BY AUTO
Is Struck by Car While Aid
ing in Directing Traffic
at Bridge
DRIVER IS EXONERATED
Alvin A. Powell, 18, an enrollee
of Camp Clyde R. Hoey, CCC
camp here, was fatally Injured
while on patrol duty at Hugh
Chatham bridge here Monday ev
ening about 9:30, when he was
struck by a car driven by Melton
A. Mullis, 22, of Charlotte. He
died in the local hospital at 1:30
Tuesday morning from a cerebral
hemorrhage. The accident occur
red on the Jonesville side of the
river while Powell, with Lonnle
Evans, also a CCC enrollee, was
engaged in patrolling the bridge
to prevent the hazard of fire by
gasoline soaked debris piled
against the bridge, and to warn
motorists against smoking or
tossing lighted matches on the
bridge.
The boy was rushed by ambu
lance to Hugh Chatham Mem
orial hospital and the driver of
the car remained with him and
offered every assistance possible.
A coroner's jury was empanel
ed Tuesday morning by Yadkin
county officers and members of
the highway patrol, and the
driver of the car was exonerated
of all blame in the case. It 1»
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Mayor, Police Chief
Express Appreciation
And Sympathy To CCC
Mayor J. R. Poindexter, speak
ing both for himself and as mayor
of Elkin, Tuesday expressed his
regret, and the regret of the town
as a whole, over the untimely
death of Alvin Powell, 18, an en
rollee of the local CCC Camp, who
was fatally injured Monday night
when struck by an automobile at
the Jonesville end of the new
bridge.
Young Powell was warning traf
fic at the bridge end about the
danger of smoking on the bridge
when the accident occurred.
"Elkin," Mayor Poindexter said,
"owes a lot to the boys of the local
CCC Camp. Elkin is far better
off, following the flood, than she
would have been had not these
boys worked untiringly in saving
property from the flood waters,
and in aiding local police in polic
ing the town and working traffic.
"Th e unfortunate death of
young Powell has proven a blow
' to me and to every citizen of the
1 town," Mr. Poindexter continued.
, "and we all join in expressing our
. sympathy and regret to the lad's
i family and to his comrades at
f the camp. Elkin is proud of the
i boys of the CCC and has every
L reason in the world to feel the
i town owes them a great debt of
gratitude. It is therefore all the
more regretable that one of the
ELKIN. N. C.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1940
boys should have lost his life while
performing a really worthwhile
service to this community."
Mr. Poindexter also expressed
.his appreciation to the officers of
the CCC Camp at the wholeheart
ed way in which they had cooper
ated in the emergency during and
after the flood, and pledged that
it was cooperation that will not be
forgotten.
Chief of Police Corbett Wall was
also saddened over the death of
young Powell, stating that it was
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REVIVAL MEETING
HERE IS CLOSED
A series of meetings at the
First Baptist church, scheduled
to have continued until yester
day, came to a close on Friday
evening of last week. The meet
ing was closed on account of lo
cal conditions growing out of the
flood, according to Rev. Stephen
Morrlsett, pastor of the church.
Dr. Albert s. Hale, pastor of
the First Baptist church in Mt.
Airy, brought interesting mes
sages at each of the two dally
services held from Monday until
Friday, and the attendance was
good, considering the flood and
it* attendant disadvantages.
J. C. OSBORNE
ENDS OWN LIFE
Passes in Elkin Hospital as
Result of Self-Inflicted
Gunshot Wound
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Joseph Cranfield Osborne, 29,
of the Swan Creek community,
died in the local hospital Sunday
night from a self-inflicted shot
gun wound. The young man at
tempted to end his life early
Saturday morning at the home,
immediately after his return from
the Chatham plant here, where
he was employed on the night
shift, by firing the full load of a
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SUPERINTENDENTS TO
MEET WITH J. W. COMER
All Surry county school super
intendents are requested to meet
In Dobson Tuesday evening, Aug
ust 27, at 7:30 by John W. Comer,
county superintendent of schools.
The meeting will be held in Mr.
Comer's office# \
Mr. Comer also stated that the
date set for the opening of the
county schools had not been
changed from September 9, but
that if road conditions in various
localities did not warrant the
opening of the schools on that
date the necessary deferred date*
would be made by the individual
schools.
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Receding Waters of
Record Flood Leave
Trail of Wreckage
Prominent
County Phy
Passes Frid
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Dr. Thaddeus Warsaw Shore,
64, prominent Boonvllle physi
cian and probably one of the
most popular men ever to live in
Yadkin county, died about 2:00
o'clock Friday morning in a
Winston-Salem hospital follow
ing an illness of three weeks. Dr.
Shore had recently undergone an
operation and was thought to be
recovering. His death wns attrib
uted to a heart attack.
In addition to his service to
Yadkin county in his profession,
Dr. Shore was a civic, religious
and political leader. He was a
member of the Boonvllle Baptist
church, president of the Com
mercial and Savings Bank at
Boonvllle, and for many years
served as chairman of the Yadkin
county Democratic executive
committee. He was also one of
the best known breeders and
handlers of bird dogs in the
United States.
Dr. Shore was born near Boon
vllle, a son of the late James
Henry Shore and Mrs. Julia Wil
liams Shore. He attended the
Yadkin county schools and re
ceived his degree in medicine
from the Medical College of the
University of Virginia in Rich
mond in 1899. He practiced con-
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VACCINATION
HERE URGED
Less Than 500 People Have
Taken Typhoid Serum
Since Flood
DANGER IS SAID GREAT
Less than 500 people have been
vaccinated for typhoid fever here
since the flood, it was learned
Wednesday from Surry county
health officials at the health of
fice here.
This figure does not include
employees of the Chatham Man
ufacturing Co., who were given
the vaccine at the mill.
Surprise was expressed that so
few people had availed them
selves of the opportunity to pro
tect themselves and their fam
ilies from the dread disease. It
was pointed out that persons re
fusing to take this precaution
were not only taking a risk them
selves, but were threatening the
health of their families and of
other people with whom they
come in contact.
In case typhoid fever should
break out here, it will be about
two weeks before the disease will
put in its appearance, it was
learned. Just because no cases
have been reported as yet is no
reason 4to believe that the disease
will not strike.'
A county nurse will be at the
city hall .all day today (lliurs
day), tb administer the serum.
For the next two weeks a nurse
will be there on Mondays and
Thursdays to complete vaccina
tions started this week.
Everyone wno has not had the
vaccine is urged by health au
thorities to be vaccinated at once.
JONESVILLE SCHOOL
TO OPEN SEPTEMBER 9
Jonesville school Is schedHed to
open on September 9, along with
other schools of Yadldn county,
according to an announcement
Tuesday by L. 8. Weaver, super
intendent of the school. Mr.
Weaver stated that the opening
of the Jonesville school may be
delayed a short time due to need
ed repairs on the building but
that it is hoped that the opening
will be on the same date as that
of the other county schools.
FJlriii
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
REBUILDING IS
GOING FORWARD
AT STEADY PACE
Debris Is Rapidly Beiag
Cleared Away
NO ACCURATE ESTIMATE
Impossible As Yet to Get
Figures on Total Loss
in Town
RESUME TRAIN SERVICE
Thousands of automobiles Ail
ed with people from miles around
crowded into Elkin Sunday to see
the destruction created by the
worst flood in the town's history.
All Sunday afternoon cars
crept at snail's pace across the
new bridge, while the bridge rails
were crowded with hundreds of
sightseers on foot. It was esti
mated that Sunday saw the big
gest crowd here in the town's en
tire history.
But while the curious came and
went from the first day after the
flood, the work of mopping up
and cleaning out went forward at
a steady pace as those most af
fected got down to the Job of
'making a new start.
A survey of the damage after
flood waters went down disclosed
losses running into hundreds of
thousands of dollars with an ac
curate estimate as yet Impossible.
The White Swan Laundry found
most of its machinery to be in
tact, although water damaged.
The buildings housing A. O.
Bryan's servfce station and foun
dry were badly wrecked. Filling
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20" AVERAGE ON
BORDER MARTS
Brisk Bidding Maries Open
ing Tuesday; Farmers
Appear Satisfied
IMPERIAL ALSO BIDDING
Brisk bidding at opening sales
brought farmers an average of
about 20 cents a pound for their
tobacco on the border belt Tues
day.
The figure was the concensus
of experts, although several pre
dicted that final papulations
would send the figure up a cent
or two.
Banners were genisrally satis
fied and there woe only a few
rejections at bids. The federal
agricultural marketing service re
ported that the South Carolina
markets paid prices exceeding
those of evening day last year for
nearly all U. 8. grades. Average
prices en fair to fine Quality lugs
primings, the grades which
composed the buJk of the sales,
increased from $3 to HSO a hun
dred in moet Instances.
The world's largest buying
companies, including Imperial of
Great Britain, entered glngeify
into the competitive bidding, this
year's crop is short and farmers
recently voted a three-year ooo
trcd plan.
Prices were particularly good
on tho South Carolina markets,
to which farmer* experienced
difficulty in getting their weed
became of rainy weather. The
outlook on those markets was t?
no means pleasing to tofaaoooo
lsts last week but dear, dry
weather of the last few days
brought an influx of bettor
grades.
*tu> sold on the North
Carolina markets were generally
well pleased, in a* least ana
town, howe?«r, the Quality on the
steady.