Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 45
LATE
NEWS
IN and
BRIEF N ? n
NATIONAL
MONTREAL, Sept. 17—Lar
ry MacPhail, president of the
Brooklyn Dodgers baseball club
who was one of a group of
American soldiers that tried to
kidnap the German kaiser at
the close of the world war, told
a service club luncheon today:
"It would have been better if,
instead of trying to kidnap the
kaiser, we had cot a corporal's
throat."
AMARTLLO, Texas, Sept. 17
—Wendell L. Willkie told the
south today that "the preserva
tion of democracy" is depend
ent upon rotation in office and
challenged southerners to shift
their traditional party affilia
tion because a third term
breaks an older tradition. He
made his only Texas appear
ance for an hoar here today,
delivering an informal speech
in which he emphasized the
third term issue.
WAS: iNGTON, Sept. 17—
Men of draft ace who happen
to be away from home on reg
istration day, October 16, can
atop in at the nearest voting
precinct and register for mili
tary service. In fact, they are
obligated under law to do so.
Selective service officials said
today that the registration
cards of traveling salesmen,
hoboes, men on vacation and
other transients who might
register away from home would
be forwarded by county clerks
to the home localities of the
men.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17
Pennsylvania Central airline#
today was aHfIUWBW %y the
civil aeronautics board to es
tablish a new route between
Norfolk, Va., and Knoxvllle,
Tenn., by war of Rocky Mount,
r ileifh, Greensboro and Ashe
llle, N. C. The board denied
the company's application for
authority to include Winston-
Salem, Hickory and Elizabeth
City, holding that there was
not sufficient evidence of
present public necessity to
warrant service at the three
points.
BOSTON, Sept. 17 A
charge that Wendell Willkle's
opposition had launched a
"stealthy whispering cam
paign" in an attempt to dis
credit him by picturing him
as "practically a German" was
made tonight in an attorney's
statement issued by the Will
kie Volunteer Committee of
Massachusetts. "Everywhere I
go I run into this whispering,"
declared Alphonsus Bachorow
ski, Salem, Mass., lawyer of
Polish descent. "Unable to
assail Wendell Willkle's record
on labor, honesty, liberalism,
or ability, the critics have, as
usual, resorted to a stealthy
whispering campaign.**
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17
Selective service officials out
lined today a "fishbowl" pub
licity policy by which, they
said, they would keep every
man of draft age, his family
and friends fully Informed of
each step taken in selecting
men for compulsory military
service. President Roosevelt is
expected, soon after his return
tomorrow afternoon from
Speaker Bankhead's funeral in
Alabama, to sign an executive
order creating a national or
ganization to administer the
conscription act and prescrib
ing general rules for it. Mr.
Roosevelt yesterday fixed Oc
tober 16 as the draft registra
tion date.
INTERNATIONAL
CAIJM), Eopt. Sept. 17
Italian motorized troops fought
their way tonight beyond Sidl
Barranl, almost 60 miles inside
Egypt from Libya, reaching
the beginning of an asphalt
road leading 350 miles east
ward to the Suez Canal, vital
link of Britain's empire life
line. British tank units retir
ed before the Italian coastal
sweep after inflicting heavy
casualties, British headquar
ters announced. No major bat
tle yet has been fought, nor
have the main British troops
collided with the Mackahirts,
it was said.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
DAD A I)r Many fine teams of horses and mules took part in the parade staged
I /iix/iUlj here last Friday afternoon by the Elkin Fair as a part of the annual
horse show. This photo, made as the parade came up East MaiH street, shows a few of
the prize teams entered by farmers of this section.—(Tribune Photo.)
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YADKIN PLANS
NEW CO. HOME
May Use $20,000 Check from
City of High Point to
Build It
PAYMENT IN DAM CASE
An initial payment of $20,000
by the City of High Point in set
tlement of the High Polnt-Yad
kin county dam controversy, may
be used to build a new county
home, according to D. A. Rey
nolds, chairman of the board of
county commissioners.
The money has been earmark
ed for this purpose, although no
formal action has been taken, it
was said.
Yadkin's present county home
is said to have long been consid
ered inadequate and present
plans are to build a larger, more
modern fire-prof structure on a
site nearer one of the main high
ways.
Acceptance of the $20,000 pay
ment of the $75,000 agreed upon
by the City of High Point and
Yadkin county, is considered by
many to be an indication that the
city will immediately proceed
with plans for resuming construc
tion of the $6,500,000 power plant
on the Yadkin river.
The check was turned over to
the Yadkin commissioners by W.
M. Allien, of Elkln, one of the at
torneys representing Yadkin in
the controversy.
OLD BET IS TO
OPEN TUESDAY
Farmers Are Expecting Sat
isfactory Prices for Their
Tobacco
MIDDLE BELT IS GOOD
The chant of tobacco auction
eers will open the Old Belt to
bacco markets at Mount Airy,
Winston-Salem and other tobac
co centers next Tuesday, Septem
ber 24, with farmers and ware
housemen expecting a satisfac
tory price for the golden weed.
With the Middle Belt's opening
day sales averaging from 18 to 20
cents, higher than the 1939 fig
ure, farmers were said to be sat
isfied, with rejections negligible.
Offerings contained less of the
common and low quality grades
of leaf than opening day last
year, and were considered of bet
ter quality.
Ranging from 4 to 33 cents per
pound, prices on the nine middle
belt markets soared above the
15,65 cents-per-pound season av
erage of last year, and moved
above the opening bidding on the
Border and New Bright Belts.
Ample preparation has been
made by warehousemen of Mount
Airy and Winston-Salem for the
opening of the Old Belt.
A Frenchman was declared
dead in 1562 and was buried. Six
hours later, his brother, who did
not believe him dead, had his
body disinterred. He lived 70
years longer.
Wilkes Man Must
Pay Board Bill
While in Jail
Arel Pruitt, young white man
of North Wllkesboro, found out
In Surry Superior court Wed
nesday that drunken driving,
especially when It's a second
offense, doesn't pay.
Pruitt was arrested here
about two yean ago following
an accident In which the car
he was driving at reckless
speed, turned over on Elk Spur
street. He was charged at the
time with driving while under
the influence of whtaky.
The case was continued time
after time, and in the mean
time Pruitt was arrested and
convicted in Wilkes county for
a similar offense.
Wednesday Prultt came to
trial in Surry, with J. L. Dar
nell, Elkln policeman, the sole
witness against him. But Mr.
Darnell's testimony, plus the
fact that Presiding: Judge
Rousseau is also from North
Wilkesboro, and knows some
thing- of Prultt's past history,
resulted in a fine of SSO and
costs, a suspended sentence of
two years, loss of his driver's
license for 18 months, and 10
days in jail. To make matters
worse, the young man must
pay his own board while serv
ing as the county's unwilling
truest.
SURRY COURT
IS UNDER WAY
Judge J. A. Rousseau, Presid
ing, Hands Out Fines,
Sentences
LOCAL CASES HEARD
Surry county superior court for
the trial of criminal cases got un
der way at Dobson Monday be
fore Judge J. A. Rousseau, of
North Wilkesboro. This one-week
term will be followed by two weeks
of civil court, which will also be
presided over by Judge Rousseau.
Elt Swaim and Jack Jester, of
Jonesville, who were arrested here
a month or so ago following the
alleged firing of a pistol in a local
cafe, were each given suspended
sentences. Swaim was fined SSO
and the costs and given a sus
pended sentence of two years on
a charge of carrying a concealed
weapon, while Jester was taxed
with the costs only and an equal
suspended sentence of two years.
Herman Hinson, charged with
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CRUTCHFJELD BRIDGE
OPENED TO TRAFFIC
The new bridge at Crutchfield,
although not completely finished,
was opened to two-way traffic
Wednesday, it was learned Wed
nesday afternoon.
The bridge had been open to
one-way traffic since last Satur
day, it is understood, being put
into use at the earliest moment
possible due to the fact the old
bridge was washed away in the
August 14 flood.
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1940
DQBSON CHILD
MEETS DEATH
Arnold Edmonds, 3, Crushed
When Washing Machine
Falls on Him
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Arnold Edmonds, 3-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Ed
monds of Dobson, was instantly
killed at the home of his parents,
Sunday morning, when he fell
from a porch and a large washing
machine fell on him, crushing his
head.
According to reports, the child
was being bathed by his mother,
when he ran from the room onto
the porch and hit the washing
machine, which was near the edge
of the porch. The machine slip
ped from the porch and fell on
the child as he fell to the ground.
The child is survived by his
parents, three brothers, Arthur,
Foy and Hugh Edmonds, and two
sisters, Edith and Fay Edmonds.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the New Home Christian
church, in charge of Rev. Mr.
Hoffman. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
A Richmond poultry market
has installed a machine for re
moving feathers from chickens.
It removes the feathers of over
300 birds an hour. It is run by
electricity.
The Mormons were the first
church in America to adopt Boy
Scout Program.
Clf) fjfjfj f'TJ rr U Building of the High Point dam
J)LU,UUU L iiijLA. across the Yadkin river came a
step nearer a reality Monday when the Yadkin County
Commissioners received a check for $20,000 as the first
payment on an agreed amount of $75,000 for the county
home lands and certain concessions. The picture below
shows Elkin Attorney W. M. Allen handing the check to
Chairman D. A. Reynolds, while J. W. Shore and L. L.
Smitherman, members, look on. Attorney F. D. B. Hard
ing stands by Mr. Allen.—(Yadkin Ripple photo by Bill
Rutledge.)
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CONSCRIPTION
BUI BECOMES
LAW OF LAND
First Peacetime Draft in Na-
tion's History
REGISTER OCTOBER 16th
Surry to Furnish Approxi
• mately 240 Men in First
900,000 Drawn
MACHINERY IS READY
The first peacetime conscrip
tion bill in the nation's history
was passed by Congress by a vote
of almost two to one Saturday,
and became the law of the land
Monday when President Roose
velt affixed his signature to the
act, at the same time setting
Wednesday, October 16, as the
date upon which 16,500,000 men
between the ages of 2l and 35
inclusive, must register for possi-,
ble military service.
While no exact figures are
available as to the number of
men Surry county would furnish
in the first army of 900,000 men,
a bit of figuring based upon the
percentage 16,500,000 is of the
nation's total population of 135,-
000,000, and applying this per
centage to Surry county's total
population, the approximate
number of Surry men who will be
called amounts to 240.
Machinery which has been
waiting for a war emergency al
most since the close of the last
war has already been set in mo
tion for the creation of the new
army.
ELKIN'S FAIR
COMES TO END
Approximately 2,000 Attend
on Closing Night of
Event
WINNERS ARE LISTED
The Elkin Fair came to an end
late Saturday night after playing
to a final crowd of approximately
2,000 people.
Exhibits had been removed from
the exhibition building Saturday
afternoon, and a few hours after
the last straggler had gone home
Saturday night, the midway, with
its concessions and rides, was load
ed on trucks, ready to move to
West Jefferson, the next stop.
One of the features of Saturday
night was the awarding of the at
tendance prize, a combination
RCA Victor radio and Victrola.
This handsome prize went to Miss
Mabel Sale, of Elkin. O. "Buck"
Wall, well-known Surry county
man, acted for the fair association
in presenting the prize.
Chief event of the fair Friday
was the horse show and parade.
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British Blast Nazi
Invasion Bases In
Furious New Battle
Speaker Dies
William S. Bankhead, of Ala
bama, Speaker of the House of
Representatives in the nation's
Congress, died Sunday of a
ruptured abdominal artery.
Funeral services, which were
attended by President Roose
velt and the nation's outstand
ing leaders, were held in Jas
per, Ala., Tuesday afternoon.
REA OFFICIALS
LET CONTRACT
Open Bids at Dobson Meeting
on 229 Miles of Rural
Lines to Be Built
OBTAIN MANY SIGNERS
REA officials of the 4-county
rural electrification project,
which embraces the counties of
Forsyth, Yadkin, Surry and Stokes
counties met in Dobson last Wed
nesday night and opened bids on
the 229 miles of lines to be built.
The bid went to Rockingham
Construction company of Rock
ingham, for a bid of approximate
ly $205,000. This information
was released by Nereus Bryant of
Yadkinville, who is secretary of
the organization. Mr. Bryant
stated that the contract for the
work called for completion of the
lines within 90 days from begin
ning of construction. Construc
tion is to start in the next few
days.
822 families have already been
signed for the electricity, and had
the corporation officals been able
to furnish more lines many more
than that number could have
been obtained, it was said. Many
requests have been received by
various officials relative to the
extension of the lines. John Aus
tin Tilley of Pilot Mountain, who
is president of the company,
states that they hope to secure
an additional loan about January
1, 1941. This loan will enable the
lines to be extended enough to
take in many families not on the
original route. He stated that it
was probable that as many as
1600 families might be served.
The first allotment that the
organization received from the
Federal government was $25,000.
More than 25 miles of line have
already been staked off ready for
the linemen.
Other officers of the organiza
tion are S. A. Holder, of Mount
Airy, treasurer; Frank Freeman,
Dobson, attorney; G. T. Dorse,
Lewisville, vice-president; C. W.
Carneg, Philadelphia, superin
tendent.
An office building will be built
at Dobson in the near future.
METHODIST SERVICES
HERE ARE ANNOUNCED
Rev. Herman F. Duncan, pas
tor of the Methodist church, will
preach at both the morning and
evening service at the church
Sunday. On Sunday morning at
the 11 o'clock service he will use
as his sermon subject "Abra
ham's Kin."
Sunday at the evening service
at 7:30 Rev. Duncan will use as
his subject "A Mountain Top
Experience."
Mid-week prayer service was
held on Wednesday evening, Sep
tember 18, at 7:30, with a lesson
by the pastor on "Victorious
Life." The service was followed
by the weekly choir practice.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DARE GERMANS
TO ATTEMPT TO
INVADE ISLAND
Drop Tons of Dynamite on
Concentrations
AIR WARFARE ROARS ON
Bombs Fall on London, Liv
erpool and Glascow in
Heavy Attack
RECORD 9-HOUR ALARM
Great Britain defied one of the
most furious Nazi air attacks of
the war Wednesday to blast with
tons of dynamite at German in
vasion bases and challenge Adolf
Hitler to hurl his armed forces
against the strengthened defenses
of the British Isles.
Aerial warfare roared to a new
lightning crescendo in Nazi at
tacks on England and British
counterblows at Germany.
It was London, Liverpool and
Glasgow that again took the
heaviest punishment, with Nazi
planes raining bombs on great de
partment stores in the heart of
the British capital, starting new
fires, bombing Croydon and other
airports and concentrating on de
moralization of British communi
cations lines. Fierce aerial battles
were fought over England. Lon
don, during a record nine hours
and fifty-three minutes air alarm,
suffered perhaps the heaviest cas
ualties of any night while day
light brought a series of almost
[continuous new alarms.
In reply to the German attacks
that left a smoke pall over a
large district of central London,
the Royal Air Force took advan
tage of gales that had scattered
the German "invasion" fleet to
pound with terrible force at Nazi
ship concentrations, barges and
communications along the Euro
pean coast and to thrust into Ger
many in attacks on other targets.
Hie possibility of a German in
vasion attempt was described by
British officials as continuing
acute, especially in view of the
fact that fog, rain and gales which
had prevailed over the English
Channel for two days gave way to
clear skies.
But travelers reaching Britain
from Norway reported that the
Germans occupying that country
had suddenly and surprisingly be
gun returning confiscated ships—
usable in an invasion of Britain—
to their Norwegian owners.
SIX MARRIAGE
LICENSE ISSUED
Six marriage licenses have been
issued by the Surry county reg- *
ister of deeds during the past
week, going to the following
couples: Joe Stevens and Louise
Flemmings, both of Mount Airy;
Ed Jessup and Hazell Badgett,
both of Mount Airy; Bohnson
Ray, of Jonesville, and Bonnie
Billings, of Elkin; Charles Har
den and Beulah Chandler, both
of Kernersville; William Huff
man, of Galax, Va., and Mamie
Horton, of Hillsville, Va.; Benja
min Shores, of Siloam, and Bon
nie Matthews, of East Bend.
Tfie oldest fort built by white
men in the New World stands in
Santa Domingo. It was erected
soon after the island was discov
ered by Columbus.
Vacation for
438 Children
Comes to End
Vacations came to a close
for 438 children Monday morn
ing, with the opening of the
elementary school. The ma
jority of the books were issued
cm the opening day, according
to J. Mark McAdams, principal
of the city schools, and actual
classes got under way Tuesday
morning.
With an enrollment of 26L.
in the high school, the total
enrollment if the city soheefe
is 999, with others expected to
enter within a short time.