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VOL. XLV
YADKINVILLE, YADKIN COUNTY, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1940
No. 13
STATE
CHAPEL HILL, March 27 —
The tide has turned against
the new deal, hut “it is not
strong enough yet,” Senator
Styles Bridges (R), N. H., told
the University of North Caro
lina Political Union here last
night. “Members of Congress
still boast of being rubber
stamps,” declared the senator,
himself a candidate for the
Republican presidential nom
ination. “Are the members of
Congress elected merely to give
legality to the wishes of ad
ministration officials, or are
they elected to represent the
people who sent them to
Washington?”
NATIONAL
BALTIMORE, March 27 —
Lester Barlow’s liquid oxygen
carbon explosive, so powerful
an eight-ounce charge sent a
40-foot telephone pole flying
skyward, withstood a public
trial of shock and fire yester
day and the inventor an
nounced last night he was
ready for government tests.
He said he would send his pro
posals for official trials to the
Senate military affairs com
mittee today and predicted the
first would be held within
three weeks. They were or
dered after a meeting last week
of congresstyial war and naval
committees.
WASHINGTON. March 27
President Roosevelt’s cold was
so much better yesterday that
he considered leaving late this
week for a fortnight’s rest at
Warm Springs. Ga. Stephen
Early, presidential secretary,
said the Chief Executive was
“all right.” The fever which
had persisted for two weeks
had subsided and Mr. Roose
velt’s temperature was back to
normal. But his physician,
Rear Admiral Ross T. Mcln
tire, still thought it best for
the President to remain in his
room, away from crowds.
WASHINGTON, March 27
Possibility of new tax legisla
tion this year appeared more
remote last night despite the
rout of congressional economy
forces by farm bloc leaders
who succeeded in tentatively
boosting agricultural appro
priations for 1941 by about
$300,000,000. Latest to join in
pooh-poohing prospects for a
new revenue act was Chair
man Pat Harrison (D), Miss.,
of the powerful Senate finance
committee, who predicted on
emerging from a conference
with President Roosevelt that
Congress will adjourn by June
1 without enacting a tax mea
sure.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, March 27 — Bri
tain’s North Sea destroyer and
submarine squadrons converg
ed in the rock-bound Skager
rak south of Norway yesterday
apparently with the dual pur
pose of closing the blockade
around Germany and luring
the German fleet into a naval
battle. Outward aim of the
naval concentration was to
halt Swedish iron ore ship
ments through the bottlneck
between Denmark and the
Scandinavian coast, but neu
tral naval observers believed it
might serve a second purpose.
LONDON, March 27—Jacob
Souritz, Soviet ambassador to
France, is being relieved of his
duties on demand of the
French government which ac
cused him of attempting to
send a “tactless” telegram to
Josef Stalin boosting of Rus
sia’s triumph in Finland, a
Moscow radio broadcast inter
cepted last night stated.
Condon Seriously 111
New York—Dr. JohnF. (Jafsie)
Condon, 79, a major witness
against Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, the convicted kidnaper of
the Lindbergh baby, was reported
yesterday at his home to be ill—
so seriously ill that he had not
been informed of the recent death
of a brother.
Mr. McNeill Will
Open Campaign In
Yadkinville April 6
Hon. Robert H. McNeill, Re
publican candidate for nomina
tion for Governor of North Caro
lina, will deliver his maiden speech
in the campaign at Yadkinville
on April 6, when he addresses the
Yadkin county Republican con
vention at 2 o’clock in the after
noon, Mr. McNeill announced in
Raleigh.
Mr. • McNeill is well-known in
Yadkin county, he having appear
ed here a number of times in
court and his appearance here at
the Republican convention will no
doubt bring a packed house.
Republican candidates for state
offices have heretofore been nom
inated in convention, but this
year they are under the primary.
Three candidates are seeking the
Republican nomination for Gov
ernor, Mr. McNeill, George M.
Pritchard of Asheville and Mr.
Hoffman of Burlington.
Mr. McNeill’s friends in Yadkin
county have been very active in
his behalf since his announcement
as a candidate and they expect
him to poll a large vote in the
May 25th primary.
Newell Sets State
G.O.P. Convention
For 17th of April
Charlotte, March 25—Republi
can State Chairman Jake F.
Newell issued Saturday the offi
cial call for the state convention
to be held here April 17.
The convention will be held at
the Charlotte armory.
In issuing the call, Newell list
ed seven tasks facing the dele
gates:
1. Election of four delegates
at-large and four* alternates to
the national convention at Phila
delphia June 24.
2. Adoption of a state plat
form for the 1940 campaign.
3. Confirmation of congression
al delegates to the national con
vention.
4. Election of a Republican na
tional committeeman and a na
tional committeewoman.
5. Election of a chairman of the
state executive committee.
6. Election of two electors-at
large for the national election,
apd the confirmation of all pres
idential electors named by the
congressional districts.
Each county will be entitled to
at least one vote, and the votes
will be apportioned on the basis
of one vote for each 200 votes or
fraction thereof cast for gov
ernor in 1936.
Mrs. Fletcher Dies
Near Union Cross
Funeral services were held at
Union Grove Baptist church yes
terday afternoon for Mrs. Mary
Katherine Fletcher, 78, who died
at her home in that section late
Monday night, following an ill
ness of four years. She was se
riously ill for only one day. Ser
vices were conducted by the pas
tor, Rev. E. C. Norman, assisted
by Rev. C. H. Hutchens. Burial
was in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Fletcher was twice mar
ried, first to George Monroe Hob
son and then about 40 years ago
to Calvin Fletcher, who survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Omer
Hobson, of Yadkinville, and T. S.
Hobson, of Boonville; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Oscar Caudle, of Yad
kinville, Mrs. George Merritt, of
Winston-Salem. Mrs. F. P. Math
ews and Miss Carrie Fletcher, of
East Bend; one brother, Louis
Brown, of Boonville; one sister,
Mrs. Frank Willard, of Yadkin
ville; one half sister, Mrs. John
Caudle, of Boonville; 16 grand
children and three great-grand
children. *
Miles Gough Passes
At Home Saturday
David Miles Gough, 68, died at
his home, Yadkinville route 2,
Saturday. He was a well known
farmer.
The funeral was held Monday
at Turner’s Creek Baptist church
"and burial followed in the church1
cemetery. Rev. J. H. Groce con
ducted the service.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Mamie Cranfill Gough; six
sons, Robert, Howard, Roy, Daniel
and Harold Gough of near Court
ney, and Barney Gough of Cana.
J. C. Gough of Summitville, Ind.,
one sister, Mrs. Lucy Spillman of
Cooleemee; and five grandchil
dren.
New Home of Island Ford Baptist Church
Pictured above is the attractive new home pf the Island Ford Baptist church, located on the
Elkin-Boonville highway a few miles east of Elkin. This impressive new structure has not yet been
completed inside, although the congregation occupied it last Sunday for the first time. It is-expected
to be dedicated within the next 60 days.
Rev. Richard J. Pardue, pastor of the church for 17 years, stated that the new building con
tains, in additioh to the main auditorium, six Sunday School rooms, four of which are located in the
basement. It is heated by a central heating plant.
Plans for the building were drawn by members of the congregation, which numbers about- 120
members. A majority of the labor in constructing the building was done by members, Rev. Mr. Pardue
said.
The old church building, which is over 100 years old, was outgrown. It has been sold and will
be tom down.
Services are held at Island Ford eyery fourth Sunday.
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Special Term Of
Yadkin County
Court Tomorrow
A special term of Yadkin coun
ty criminal court will be held here
tomorrow, beginning at 9 o’clock
a. m., according to announcement
of Prosecutor F. D. B. Harding.
The special term is called to try
a number of jail cases, he stated,
especially one in which Alonao
Plowman is to be tried on a num
ber of charges.
Among the charges Plowman
faces is one preferred by his wife,
Viola Plowman, who charges him
with beating her with a flashlight
and other abuse. Other charges
are two for assault, one for vio
lation of prohibition laws and one
for a morals charge in which
Catherine Petty is also indicted
with him. Plowman has been in
jail here since last week.
Joe Petty, a brother of Cath
erine, is to be tried also on an as
sault charge and Robert Fry is to
be tried for shooting Plowman in
the arm with a shotgun.
Ernest Finney, charged with
driving drunk, and Will Martin
charged with public drunkness
will also be tried. Any others
who are under bond to the regu
lar term of court may come in
and enter pleas or be tried.
Mrs. Gardner Dies
Following Childbirth
Mrs. Ethel Pinnix Gardner, 18,
died at Elkin hospital early Wed
nesday morning following the
birth of a son Tuesday afternoon
at the hospital. She was the wife
of Willie Gardner and they lived
near Asbury chcrch in West Yad
kin.
She was a daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Lee Pinnix, and was a mem
ber of Asbury church. Survivors,
besides the husband, are two
brothers, Harrell and Hubert Pin
nix; three sisters, Misses Velna
and Vela Pinnix and Mrs. Beulah
Evans, all of Hamptonville sec
tion.
Funeral services will be con
ducted this (Thursday) afternoon
at 2 o’clock at Asbury church and
burial will follow in the church
cemetery.
WILLIAMS IS HORTON
MANAGER IN YADKIN
Judge Daniel L. Bell, State
manager of the campaign of
Lieutenant Governor Wilkins P.
Horton, of Pittsboro, for the
Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor of North Carolina, has
made public the appointment of
Grover S. Williams, of Boonville,
as Yadkin county campaign man
ager.
Contest Winner
Little Miss Cynthia Margaret
Gough, 2, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Charlie Gough, of Jones
ville, was winner of a silver
trophy offered in a recent con
test at West Yadkin high
school. Little Miss Gough is
pictured above proudly exhibit
ing her trophy.
Byrd on Way
Back to U. S.
From Antarctic
Washington, March 25 — Rear
Admiral Richard E. Byrd, leader
of the government’s Antartic ex
pedition, is on his way back to
the United States after establish
ing two winter bases in the Ant
arctic.
Expedition headquarters r e
ceived word that Byrd was aboard
the flagship Bear, which sailed
with the supply ship North Star
from the east base south of Cape
Horn.
His return was in accord with
plans announced before the two
vessels left for the Antarctic last
fall.
' The Bear and North Star are
headed for Punta Arenas, Chile.
From there they are scheduled to
go to Valparaiso, arriving about
April 1. The Bear is to sail for
an Atlantic coast port through
the Panama Canal, while the
North Star proceeds to Seattle
to prepare for its customary sum
bier trip to Alaska for the In
terior Department.
Whether Admiral Byrd returns
to the Antarctic next fall will be
decided after his arrival home,
officials indicated.
Board Of Flections
Organize Saturday
Order Re-Listing
I The Yadkin county Board of
Elections held their first meeting
in the court house here Saturday
and organized by electing Troy W.
Martin, East Bend, as chairman
and ex-Sheriff C. G. Reavis, Yad
kin ville, as secretary. The other
member is Fred'Brandon, Yadkin
ville.
After organization the board
decided to order a relistnig of all
voters of the county under rules
of new .election laws instead of a
new 'registration, the matter being
optional with the board.
Their next meeting will be held
on April 6, when they meet to ap
point registrars and judges of e
lection and make other provisions
for the primary of May 25.
Woman’s Club to
Sponsor Yadkin
Cancer Drive
The Yadkinville Woman’s club
is sponsoring a drive to help in
i the cause of cancer cure and they
have set up an organization of
i workers over the county to solicit
funds for that purpose. \
| The local club has designated
Mrs. R. A. McLaughlan as cap
tain of the team and she is plan
ning for a meeting of workej-s
next Monday night in the club
rooms. Mrs. W. E. Rutledge is
treasurer and Mrs. Walter Zach
ary secretary. The drive will be
gin April 1 and continue through
April 30, Mrs. McLaughlan stated,
and will be under the direction
of the American Society for the
Control of Cancer, of New York
City.
Yadkin Dog Brings
Owner Large Purse
“Doonc- s Pilot,” the orange and
white pointer owned by Dr. T. W.
Shore, of Boonville, Won for his
owner the $1,000 Jack Dunn
Memorial prize in Baltimore, Md.,
Monday.
Dr. Shore, who is well-known
as Yadkin county’s dog fancier,
has been attending field trials in
New Jersey and Maryland for the
past several days. The field
trials held on the Loch Raven
course in Baltimore as a feature
of the Oriole Field Dog Associa
tion’s spring trials. Observers at
the meet picked the prized point
er as the winner long before the
judges tendered their decision,
and, incidentally, the one thou
sand dollars.
The* Baltimore News-Post, a
Maryland daily newspaper, fea
tured Doone’s Pilot in a front
page picture Wednesday.
Allies Hint Russia Is
Now An Enemy As
Relations Strained
ROUTE TO REICH
MAY BE BY WAY
OF RED RUSSIA
Suggest New European “Cru-1
sade” Against Reds
BRITAIN HOLDS SHIPS
France Has All But Broken
Off Diplomatic Relations
With Moscow
SITUATION IS GRAVE
The allied powers hinted broad
ly again today that Soviet Russia
must be linked with Germany as
a common foe.
That the war route to the Reich
may lead through Soviet territory
has long been a contention of un
official British and French circles,
some of which have urged that
Britain lead a new European
“crusade” against the Bolsheviks.
That decisions involving the
Moscow government may not be
long postponed was indicated by
these delevopments:
1. France all but broke off re
lations with Moscow by demand
ing and getting the withdrawal of
Soviet Ambassador Jacob Souritz
on the grounds that he tried to
send a telegram to Moscow de
nouncing the “Anglo-French war
mongers” in connection with the
end of the war in Finland. It later
appeared that the telegram merely
was forwarding a resolution a
dopted by the Russian colony in
Paris.
2. Great Britain continued—
despite Russian protests—to hold
two Soviet steamships at Hong
kong and was reported in dis
patches from Shanghai to have
seized a third, carrying copper
from America.
3. The new French government
of Premier Paul Reynaud, who
denounced the “Soviet treason” in
giving aid to Germany, was being
used to strengthen its uncertain
political position by stronger ac
tion against the Bolsheviks. Forty
four ex-deputies now are on trial
in France and their prosecution
may be pressed vigorously.
4. Both Paris and London have
indicated through offical or semi
official sources that the Allies
would not hesitate to fight Soviet
Russia (as in Finland) if the cir
cumstances warranted and this at
titude appears to have been bol
stered by recent Nazi efforts to
bring Russia and Italy into a bloc
with the Reich to drive allied in
fluence from the Balkans.
Those factors — especially the
present strain on relations of the
Allies with Russia and the allied
efforts to cut into Pacific Ocean
shipments via Siberia to Ger
many—might seem to indicate
that the Paris and London govern
ments were about to take up arms
against the Russians to get to the
Nazis by way of Russia. It is ob
vious that the British and French
have taken the attitude that there
is now no point in trying to im
prove relations with Moscow.
East Bend Lady
Is Buried Friday
Mrs. Boyd Fletcher, 84, died
Thursday morning at the home of
a daughter, Mrs. Wilson Patter
son. She had been ill for two
weeks.
Mrs. Fletcher was the daughter
of the late Soloman and Fannie
Lynch Phillips. She was married
to William Boyd Fletcher in 1876.
He died March 2.
Su'rviving are three daughters,
Mrs. J. E. Hunt, Mrs. Newell Wil
liams and Mrs. Wilson Patterson,
all of East Bend; one son, L. B.
Fletcher, of East Bend, one broth
er, W. H. Phillips of Maxwell,
Iowa and. one sister. Miss Mary
Phillips, of Virginia.
The funeral was held at For
bush Friends Church Friday after
noon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Charles H.
Hutchens and Rev. Bruton Mikles
conducted the services. Burial was
in the church graveyard.
Yadkin Man to
Elkin First Time
In Two Decades
(Yadkin’s own J. A. L. (Hob
ble) Shermer paid a visit to
Elkin last week the first time 1
in 22 years and made such an
impression he got his picture in
the Elkin Tribune. Here is
what the Elkin paper said un
der the above photograph.)
Prior to Tuesday of last week,
J. A. L. Shermer, 74, of Yadkin -
ville, above, hadn’t been to Elkin
in 22 years. Mr. Shermer, who
was here on business, stated he
just hadn’t had any reason to
come, and although he has lived
only 17 miles away, he “didn’t
see any reason for coming with
out any reason for coming.” He
said that Elkin has changed so
since he was last here that he
wouldn’t have recognized the
town had he not known where
he was. An able historian, the
Yadkin man can name all 32
presidents of the United States,
as well as give their birthplace,
date of inauguration, and last
words. —(Tribune Photo).
Rural Families
Get Medical Aid
Under Program
Rural families in Surry and
Yadkin counties who had receiv
ed loans from the local Farm Se
curity Administration office are
participants in the recently es
tablished medical care program
for low-income farm families,
according to Linda L. Bailey,
Farm Security Administration
home supervisor.
Miss Bailey stated that these
loans administered in the same
manner as those for ferti’ijer,
seed, stock and home needs will
average about $15.00 yearly per
family. This medical service
went into effect on the first of
February, it was reported.
The medical care program
which was indorsed by the Sur
ry and Yadkin Medical Society at
its September meeting has shown
considerable interest, and final
plans were made to get the work
underway at a recent meeting of
the advisory committee and FSA
officials.
According to the arrangements
of the program, each family will
have the privilege of choosing
any physician who is a member
of the Medical Society. The bills
will be paid each month by the
trustee. The Advisory Committee
appointed by the Medical Society
will determine the fairness of the
bills.
The Advisory Committee con
sists of Dr. Henry Allen Brandon,
Yadkinville, Dr. Hugh Parks, of
Elkin, and Dr. R. E. Smith, of Mt.
Airy.
Mr. Herman Coe, assistant
cashier of Surry County Loan
and Trust Company, is the trus
tee for the Medical Care program.
A South African farmer says
he raises 572 varieties on his 253
acres of arable land. In his farm
are 21,000 acres.