Elkin
''The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 46
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NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.
Voluntary army enlistment of
fers pooling into selective ser
vice headquarters today indi
cated that a sizeable part of
the first compulsory service
quota of 400,000 men might be
filled without a draft.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24
President Roosevelt told a
newly-formed national com
mittee of Independent voters
yesterday that he was "very,
very happy" to receive its sup
port for a third term because,
he said, democracy has a bet
ter chance to survive If it "re
mains progressive and liberal."
The men and women designat
ed by Mr. Roosevelt as "pro
gressives" had just notified
him of their intention to work
for his reelection and of the
formation of the new organ
ization. Mayor Fiorella H. Le-
Guardia, of New York, Is
chairman and Senator George
Norris (I), Neb., is honorary
chairman.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24
A continuous session of Con
gress until the new national
legislature convenes next Jan
uary appeared likely last night
, after Senate Democratic Lead
er Alben W. Barkley was ad
vised that the House probably
would reject proposals for ad
journment or protracted re
ceases. Barkley told the Sen
ate that House Speaker Sam
Rayburn had informed him
that the lower chamber "prob
ably will not" vote to adjourn
Congress sine die but probably
will insist on short recesses. "If
that is the attitude of the
House," Barkley said, "we'll be
here until Christmas."
ABOARD Willkie Train En
Route to Butte, Mont., Sept.
24 —Traveling eastward after a
campaign swing through the
Far West, Wendell L. Willkie
declared yesterday that the
new deal's domestic policy "has
been a complete failure, and
its foreign policy a muddle."
Standing in bright sunshine on
the crowded streets of Spo
kane, Wash., the Republican
presidential nominee said the
Roosevelt administration has
piled deficit on deficit, and has
so conducted foreign affairs
that the United States is al
most bereft of any friend in
the entire world.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24
—The F. B. I. announced yes
terday that Wilhelm Muhlen
broich, held in the de Tristan
kidnaping at Hillsborough, had
made a list of between 100 and
125 bay area families who
might be good "prospective
victims." Earl J. Connolly, as
sistant director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation, gave
the new information on the
German alien at a press con
ference.
INTERNATIONAL
FANOI, French Indo-China,
Sept. 24—The Japanese army
resumed its thrust into French
Indo-China late yesterday at
Langson, 12 miles within the
northern border, French offi
cials reported last night. Ex
tent of the new fighting was
not clear, bnt the French said
the situation was one of "ex
treme gravity," following a 12-
hour period of comparative In
activity. French troops, they
said, were under orders not to
Are unless fired upon, In the
hope of a settlement without
further bloodshed. Neverthe
less, the colony was fully mob
ilized and reinforcements were
reported sent to the north.
GIBRALTAR, Sept. 24—War
planes of France, Britain's
Nazi-subjugated ally, heavily
bombed Gibraltar for four
hours and five minutes Tues
day, inflicting death, injuries,
property damage and fires on
this vital British fortress at
the western head of the Med
iterranean. One hundred or
more bombs were hurled by 20
or more planes in the longest
and heaviest air raid ever ex
perienced by "The Rock,"
which often has been raited
toy Italian botnbera.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
HOME CHAIR CO.
TO MOVE PLANT
TO RONDA BLDG.
Old Cotton Mill Structure Is
Purchased
FORMER PLANT RUINED
Was Destroyed By Flood and
Fire at North Wilkesboro
August 14th
EMPLOY ABOUT 300 MEN
The Ronda cotton mill plant at
Ronda has been purchased by
the Home Chair Company, of
North Wilkesboro, J. D. Moore ;
president of the company, an
nounced Saturday.
The North Wilkesboro firm lost
its plant, equipment and mater
ials by flood and fire when the
Yadkin river reached record
heights August 14. The Ronda
plant will be put into operation
as soon as necessary additions
can be constructed and machin
ery installed.
Ample floor space is provided by
the Ronda building, which de
spite the fact that it has not been
used in a number of years, is in
excellent state of repair. Hie
chair company will immediately
construct a dry kiln and other
necessary buildings as additions
to the main plant. Included in
the purchase was a power plant
of large capacity to serve the in
dustry.
All new and modern machin
ery, including conveyor systems,
is being purchased and will be in
stalled immediately, Mr. Moore
said. He estimated the plant will
be in full production early in De
cember. Work in preparation for
opening of the plant will be rush
ed as rapidly as possible.
Prior to the flood disaster.
Home Chair Company normally
employed 275 to 300 men and was
doing a large volume of business.
It has been in operation at North
Wilkesboro for more than a quar
ter of a century.
TO RECEIVE
BIDSTODAY
Proceed with Construction
Plans for New Jonesville
School Building
PLAN 12 CLASSROOMS
Bids on a new school building
for Jonesville are to be received
this morning (Thursday), as
school authorities proceed rapidly
with construction plans for the
building following the decision of
the state supreme court which dis
solved a restraining order and per
mitted them to go ahead with the
building.
To be located across the street
from the present overcrowded
building, the new school sturcture
will contain 12 classrooms and
several other rooms for offices
and laboratories, it is understood.
A combination gymnasium and
auditorium will also be included
in the $40,000 structure.
Decision of the North Carolina
supreme court ended a long fight
which had started when $40,000
worth of bonds were voted for
school improvements in June
1939. Persons opposed to the issue
of bonds started a court suit and
finally succeeded in having a re
straining order made permanent,
but attorney's for the Yadkin
county board of education appeal
ed the decision to the supreme
court.
split decision of the high
court the first time upheld the
restraining order, but a later hear
ing this spring resulted in the
supreme court reversing its own
decision and dissolving the re
straining order.
SIX ARE INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT HERE
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Campbell,
Misses Reba Mae and Mildred
Campbell, Mrs. Marie Obenchain
and Johnnie Obenchain, all of
Roanoke, Va., were admitted to
the hospital here for treatment
for injuries sustained when their
car crashed into a post in North
Elkin early Monday morning.
Only slight injuries were receiv
ed by the passengers in the car
and they were dismissed from the
hospital later in the day. The
party was en route to Roanoke
following a visit to South Caro
lina.
FOREIGN ROYALTY 1 ha, of Norway and
her three children, Astrid, 7; Harold, 3; and Ragnhild, 9,
are pictured on the beach at their new Cape Cod home at
Wianno, Mass., far from the'roaring bombers of Europe.
- HHBI
Japanese-Nazi Defense
Pact Hinted As Effort
To Curb U. S. Policy
Countries Said to Have Agreed in Principle on Alliance to
Become Effective If the United States and Great
* Britain Collaborated in Matters Concerning
Status of British Naval Base
Shanghai, Sept. 25—Authorita
tive advices from Tokyo said to
day that Japan and Germany had
agreed in principle on a defensive
alliance which would become ef
fective if the United States and
Great Britain collaborated in
such matters as the status of the
great British Far Eastern naval
base at Singapore.
Described as provisional in its
present stage, the alliance, if it
became effective, would mean
abandonment by Japan of its
policy of "non-involvement" in
the war, the advices, said.
As the news reached here, there
was the sudden threat of a major
crisis, directly involving American
interests, in Shanghai. There
were indications that the Japan
ese might seize control of the
French concession and most of
the international settlement at
any hour.
COif TO HEAR 7
CASE THIS FALL
Appeals in High Point Hy
droelectric Dam Squabble
Set for November
CONTINUANCE GRANTED
Appeals in the High Point
hydro-electric dam case are to be
heard during the latter part of
November, it was announced
Tuesday by the state supreme
court.
A continuance of the appeal
from Yadkin county until cases
from the ninth and twelfth dis
tricts are heard, has been grant
ed by the court. These cases
start November 26 and the con
tinuance was granted so that the
Yadkin county case may be heard
along with the expected appeal
from Guilford county.
In Guilford, Judge Zeb V. Net
tles held that High Point had cor
rected situations which were the
basis of a restraining order ob
tained by a taxpayer and the
Duke Power Company against
dam construction.
The Yadkin county case, heard
by Judge Allen Gwyn, involved
the sale by Yadkin county of
county lands to High Point. Judge
Gwyn made his ruling contingent
upon the ruling in Guilford coun
ty as to whether the restraining
order could be considered relaxed
so that High Point could proceed
with the construction of a dam on
the Yadkin river at Styers Ferry.
YOUTH IS NOT TO
LOSE EYE SIGHT
Howard Thomas Elledge, Jr.,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard El
ledge, of this city, is recovering
from a severe eye injury sustain
ed last week when the child got
his father's knife when the latter
was engaged in doing some re
pair work and cut his eye. It is
understood that he cut the globe,
coating of the eye. He was car
ried to a Winston-Salem special
ist for treatment and it was at
first feared that he might lose
the sight of the eye, however it
appears now that he will retain
his sight but that the vision of
the eye will probably be greatly
impaired.
ELltlN. N. C., THU
The situation was so serious
potentially that Adm. Thomas C.
Hart, commander-in-chief of the
United States Asiatic fleet who
arrived here late today from
Tsingtoo, was expected to confer
with American naval, military
and consular officials on the pos
sible evacuation of Americans
from China, Japan and Manchu
guo in event of an emergency.
Germany, under the agreement
reached at Tokyo, would use its
good offices as between Japan
and Russia, it was said, thus
seeking to free Japan for execu
tion of its new program of expan
sion southward.
The alliance was proposed by
Germany, according to Tokyo ad
vices, and seemed aimed in great
part at diverting the attention of
the United States in the interna
tional field, to prevent full United
States cooperation with Britain.
Visits Elkin
For First T
In 18 Years
J. C. McKaughan and Mr. and
Mrs. Chester J. McKaughan, of
Kansas City, Mo., and Mrs. Louis
Bolin, of Chicago, 111., returned
to their homes Tuesday, after
spending several days in this sec
tion, the guests of relatives.
J. C. McKaughan left this sec
tion 43- years ago. He has been
connected with the Kansas City
Public Service Company for 33
years. He has not been here for
18 years and stated that he was
impressed with the growth of
Elkin and this section since his
last visit. While in the section he
paid a visit to a brother in Lenoir,
whom he had not seen since he
left 43 years ago.
Mrs. Chester McKaughan is a
linotype operator, and is em
ployed in the composing room of
the Kansas City Star, one of the
largest newspapers in the coun
try.
The first Sunday school in the
world was founded 'ln Christ
Episcopal church at Savannah,*
Ga„ by John Wesley.
The beautiful rose trees in
Portland, Ore., are the result of
grafting rose slips to small willow
trees.
White Swan Laundry
To Build New Plant
Construction will start In the
near future on a new building to
house the White Swan Laundry,
whose former modern structure
on South Bridge street went
down the Yadkin river August 14
on the crest of a record flood.
It was announced Wednesday
by Roger Carter, who with his
brothers, Jack and Wilbur, own
the business, that the new struc
ture will be built cm the. lot locat
ed just east of the Hugh Chat
ham bridge, fronting on both
Market and East Main streets.
The new building will be of
two-story cinder block construe
lAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1940
DRUNK DRIVING,
ASSAULT CASES
FEATURECOURT
Judge Rousseau Hands Out
Fines, Sentences
LICENSE ARE REVOKED
Hit-and-Run Driver Is Given
Suspended Sentence and
Must Pay Damages
ESCAPE CASES HEARD
Robert Mills, charged with
reckless driving and hit-and-run,
was convicted in Surry county
superior court, now in session at
Dobson, and sentenced to serve
12 months in the Surry jail.
Judge Rousseau, of North
Wilkesboro, in passing sentence,
suspended it upon condition that
Mills pay certain specified
amounts to the plaintiffs in the
action, and that the court costs
be paid not later than December
1, of this year.
Numerous other cases were dis
posed of before Judge Rousseau,
including a large number of
liquor and traffic offenses.
Among the the more important
cases were the following:
Howard Key, assault with
deadly weapon, 6 months sus
pended.
Romey Vaughn, reckless driv
ing, judgment suspended upon
payment of the costs.
Loyd Cook, violating prohibi
tion law, slo and the costs.
T. B. Mays, assault with deadly
weapon, 8 months suspended sen
tence. •
Bonson Mays, assault with
deadly weapon, 8 months sus
pended sentence.
Lee Jennings, assault with
deadly weapon, SIOO and costs
plus 12 months suspended sen
tence. • 1
Cliford Crissman, driving auto
while license revoked, four
months on roads, plus suspended
sentence of eight months and li
cense revoked for additional 12
months.
Porter Coe, operating car while
intoxicated, SSO and costs, 45
days suspended sentence and li
cense revoked for 12 months.
Hubert Key, operating car
while intoxicated and resisting
officer, 45 days in jail on first
charge, plus 8 months suspended
sentence on second charge.
Howard Puckett, manslaughter,
8 months on roads.
Lewellyn Wilkinson, operating
car while intoxicated, 30 days on
road, driving license revoked for
12 months.
E. L. Prim, escape, 90 days
added to present sentence. Joe
Harrell, charged with the same
offense, received a similar sen
tence.
Arnold McMillion, assault with
intent to kill, costs and 5 years
suspended sentence upon condi
tion defendant pays SIOO to pros
ecuting witness.
Virgie Snow, operating car
while intoxicated, driving license
revoked for 12 months, plus fine
of $25 and the costs.
John Carter, operating car
while intoxicated, driving license
revoked for period of 12 months
and fined SSO and the costs.
Reece Hanks, operating car
while intoxicated, not guilty.
Luther Simpson, assault with
deadly weapon, $lO and the costs,
plus 4 months suspended sen
tence.
Wallace Rigsbee, Lester Morris,
Charlie Bowman and Hurley
Beck, conspiracy to escape jail, 6
months on roads as to Rigsbee,
and 90 days each on roads as to
Bowman and Beck, these sen
tences to be added to sentences
now being served by defendants.
Eighty-five per cent, of farm
families own automobiles.
tion and will contain 6,000 feet of
floor space, almost double the
floor space of the former build
ing;. The office will front on Mar
ket street, with the laundry
proper, containing the machin
ery, fronting on East Main street.
In addition to present equip
ment, which was not washed
away in the flood, and which is
being reconditioned, several new
and* more modern machines will
be added, giving Elkln an even
better laundry than before.
Purchase of the lot was made
by the Carter brothers just re
cently.
T obaeeoGrowers Are
Pleased As Tobacco
Brings $22 Average
Air Raid
Jane, Jacqueline and John,
three pitiful little inmates of
the East Grinstead sunshine
home for blind babies, in Eng
land, hurry to the home's air
raid shelter as Nazi planes roar
overhead.
4-H CLUBS HOLS
COUNTYCOUNOL
Officers for the Year Are
Elected at Meeting in
Dobson
EXHIBITS ARE PLANNED
Representatives of nine 4-H
clubs of the county were present
Monday afternoon for the initial
meeting of the county council of
the club year at the Methodist
church in Dobson.
Officers elected for the year
were as follows: President, Noah
Edwards, Dobson; vice-president,
Harold Venable, Pilot Mountain;
secretary, Ruth Wood, Copeland;
recreation leader, Delia Long,
Dobson; reporter, Peggy Taylor,
White Plains.
The council voted to have an
educational exhibit at the Elkin
and Mount Airy fairs next year
instead of individual exhibits, as
has been the former custom of
club members.
Reports of summer activities
were given. Miss Ruth Wood told
of the state 4-H club camp at
Swaneola and Claude Wood told
of the state short course at N. C.
State College, Raleigh; Claude
Kidd gave a report of the Wild
Life camp at Swaneola and Hugh
Snow, who was a representative
from North Carolina to the Vir
ginia 4-H club short course, re
lated the highlights of hts stay
there.
Mrs. Grace Pope Brown and A.
P. Cobb, leaders, outlined plans
for the work of the year and the
meeting was climaxed with the
annual county style show. Jessie
Gordon won the first prize in the
junior group and in the senior
group first prize went to Betty Jo
Carson of the Pilot Mountain
club, who will compete with other
clubs of the state in the state
style show in Raleigh early next
month.
MATERIALS MUST BE
ORDERED BY OCT. 5
All materials furnished as a
grant of aid through the Agricul
tural Conservation Program must
be ordered on or before October
5, 1940. The materials referred
to are ground agricultural lime
stone and triple superphosphate.
These materials must be spread
before October 31, 1940, if credit
is expected on the 1940 program.
According to the best information
on hand, about 80 per cent, of the
total soil-building payment to
Surry county will be earned this
year. The total soil-building pay
ment this year is approximately
$60,000.00. The payment for to
bacco is approximately $96,000.00.
The total payment which could
be earned this year is approxi
mately $156,000.00.
Persons not earning all their
units already should apply for
lime or phosphate before October
S. 1940.
14 FACES
TWO SECTIONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MT. AIRY, TWIN
CITY BOTH SEE
GOODPRICES
Opening Day Sees Sales Mov
ing Briskly
EXPRESS SATISFACTION
Prices Top 1939 Opening Day
Figures by Nearly Six
Cents Per Pound
FLOORS ARE CLEARED
Winston-Salem, Sept. 24—An
opening day average estimated at
$22.40 per hundred pounds, on the
basis of sales reported from the
first five warehouses to give
final figures last night, brought
cheer to a host of northwestern
and Piedmont North Carolina
farmers who sold approximately
1,200,000 pounds in Winston-Sa
lem yesterday.
J. T. Booth, sales supervisor,
announced that the first 103,344
pounds, sold on the floors of the
four warehouses having first
sales, brought $24,006.57 for an
average of $23.23 per hundred
pounds.
Sales moved at a brisk pace
during the day, and growers ex
pressed general satisfaction and
approval of prices obtained for
their first offerings of the season.
Majority of the eight ware
houses which had first and sec
ond sales cleared their floors com
pletely before the close o{ sales,
and one set of buyers moved on
to a third sale.
Booth announced that yester
day was the first time in the past
10 or 12 years that houses other
than those scheduled for first
and second sales have sold on
opening day.
The fact that no congestion
was experienced on the market
was ascribed by Booth to the fact
this year's opening was three
weeks earlier than last year's de
layed debut; to the fact that crop
control has reduced the amount
of tobacco to be sold by approxi
mately 30 per cent; and to the
fact that growers have become
sold on the wisdom of orderly
marketing.
Yesterday's estimated average
is only nine cents below the five
year opening day average of
$22.49, obtained from a compila
tion of opening day averages
since 1935.
Yesterday's average topped last
year's opening day figures of
$16.55 by nearly six cents.
Mount Airy tobacco market
opened its 67th season with total
sales of approximately 240,000
pounds at two of the five ware
houses operating this year. The
average prices were estimated at
S2O to $22 per hundred pojinds.
Top prices reached $35.
PUN FORUM
MEETS HERE
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald
Meets with Local Forum
Council Friday
FIRST FORUM DEC. sth
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, state
forum counselor, met with mem
bers of the local forum council
for a business session at Hotel
Elkin Friday afternoon, nans
were outlined for forum meetings
to be held here during the early
winter, the first of the series of
meetings to be on December 5,
when Dr. McDonald will be the
speaker.
No meetings are being planned
for an earlier date due to the fact
that a Lyceum program is being
sponsored by the Kiwanis club to
begin on October 25 and continue
for four weeks. Included in the
Lyceum program will be two
musical entertainments, one il
lustrated lecture by a member of
the Byrd expedition to the south
pole and a popular play.
Further details of both enter
tainment programs will be an
nounced later.