WESTERN NORTH
CAROLINA'S LEADING
WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
•VOL. NO. XIX. NO. 35
1930 ROARING GAP SEASON OPENS
BOOZE CONDITION
~*lN ELKIN AIRED
BEFORE RECORDER
JU OF ARRESTED YOUTH
MAKES TOI'CHIVfI TAIJt j
. IN OPEN COURT .
t. ti|NT PROTECTION
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Judge Barker Stirred Because
"Big Fellow" Escapes And
• Boys Take Brunt of Blame
tbig bootleggers being pro
in Elkln? Is there a 11-
ring higher up out of the
es of the law in Elkln?
The question was threashed out
in a thorough degree In Record
er's court Tuesday morning when
Russell Hampton .fffteen year
old boy was before Judge Barker
for having a pint of liquor in his
possession. The court gave the
boy a suspended sentence on the
roads provided he give a $200.00
bond for his appearance In fed
eral court In November when he
shall have reached the age of
Bixteen years. He is already un
derA suspended sentence In the;
fedeMl court for the same of
, fense.
Conditions in Elkin were sorer
ly flayed by Ourney Hampton
father of the lad, who arose In
court and told the Judge and
spectators that he did not come
to plead mercy but that he had
advised and pleaded with the
bojyto give up his evil ways.
was that»the father, hon
ored jby all his fellow townsmen,
j flavflf those in authority who
permit this state of things to,
exist where big bootleggers par-,
eel out liquor to youths who ped
dle it about the streets and;
jAed other fathers present,
will come of tbelrj
girls alike if
fepf affairs in
with Mr.
Hampton entirely, he said and
pointed out that It was peculiar
that only boys- undej age were
about all who were being arrest
ed In Elkln on liquor rWarges
and that when big booze hauls
were made, they were made by
federal officers.
Tkdjr.was about the only case
of fcny consequence {his week.
Although Isom Macemore was let
off with the costs and Colonel
Cheek was given a fine of $lO.
and .costs for an affray.
Three cases yere called but
none of the defendants answer
ed whereupon their bonds were
ordered surrendered. Marvin
M&tln, charged with drunkeness
was slated for trial and when he
fa]V)d to appear the $200.00
bond signed by Dr. I. S. Gambill
was forfeited. The same was
true when Willard Lewis failed
tri |ome to trial on a bad check
chCTge and the $200.00 bond of
Ourney .Lewis was ordered for
feited. Pardue, charged
failed to ap-
the SIOO.OO bond"
.siglfed by J. G. Ray was ordered
forfeited.
INDKX TO ADVERTISERS
Elkin Hardware Co 2
Ba-afc+r Elkin .v. 3
AbeWiethy's Drug Store ....- 3
Ray and Oilllam : 3
Elkin National Bank 5
Basketerla 5
Vlhoate ft Rrowne PharmAcy.. 5
Elkin Hardware Co , 6
Turner Drug Co —.... 6
Spainhour's t. - 7
FordlMotor Co 7
B. ft%r Drug Co 7
ißelch-Hayeß-Boren, Inc. 8
S. TLtT, Co. ...\ 8
Lyrio* l fheatre .... - #
•min Bottling Co 9
B. E- Shumate #
F. A. Brenflle 9
p>anl Owyn 10
gW. S. Cough 10
Hfkirry Hardware Co 10
Fwsirt ads .i. 10
- lO
Penny Co 11
I ttofd Ribbon Coffee .. 13
1 Camel Cigarettes 1 f
I Masonic Picnic 14
I Lyric Theatre I K
[Klondike *Farm .- 15
■Professional Cm.l* 1"
iMary'g- Beautv Shoppe .. /.... Ifi
IF. Co lfi
Cro* a Arm Co 17
kHHorrd Service Station V'... I!
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A WtBHONITION
Just before Richard Hdm
ric died in the Wilkes hos
pital. this week after being
crashed through the glass
window at the Sydnor Spain
hour S»re by a negro., auto
mobile driver, he told rela- j
tives that he knew he would j
die a violent death becattse he
had been called to preach and
had not obeyed the call. He
was extremely active in
Church work.
MT. AIRY BAND TO
PLAY FOR MASONIC
PICNNIC ON JULY 4
ADIHTION ALi N*VIEH ARK
PLACED ON COMMITTKKS
BY M. R. BAILEY MAN
AGER
! Wlfh plans shaping themselves
up in fine order for the annual
Masonic Picnic July 4, it ap
pears that the event this year
will far eclipse any of the long
string of picnics. Manager M. R.
Bailey has made tentative ar
rangements to bring the Mt.
Airy band here for that date
The Lee's Riding Devices will be
here during the whole week. M.
R. Bailey manager of the picnic,
has made the following state
ment regarding the day:
"I appeal to. the members of
the committee and every one to
help make this picnic a success.
If your name is not on the com
mittee. don't feel slighted. Take
hold and help us. We will have
a large crowd and it will take
lots of food to feed the crowd,
and I am depending on the good
ladles to do their best, they
have never failed us. Part of
the committee list was left out
last week on account of space.
Thanking you to cooperate with
us and make a success. I will do
all I can to this end.
M. R. Bailey. Mgr.-
Names omitted, J. S. Atkinson
! David Brendle. Dr. H. C. Salmon,
A. D. Harmon. Fletcher Harris,
R. C.. Woodruff, Edworth Harris
Enoch Harris, W. M. Gray. Mrs.
E. F. McNeer, Mrs. R. M. Chat
ham, Mrs. W. M. Gray.
Late Ne ]
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BYRD RETURNS
New ' York gave Admiral
Richard E. Byrd a royal wel
come Thursday morqlng after
the explorer's long anarctlc trip
In which he gathered data of
the South Pole.
KTOOKB UEIJNK
The New York stock market
went on another sharp decline
this week, some issues going
down as low as ten percent.
Wheat and cotton prices also
took big tumbles. --
ROARING GAP
Roaring (iap, on the cool crewt of the Carolina*, the
Mouth's most famous mountain resort with ■an altitude of
8,700 feet.
; ray stone Inn, a 58 room hotel with" every modern con
venience with an unexcelled cuisine.
A 07 acre lake storked with hundreds of thousands of
trout); which has an unsurpassed beach and swimming and
provides excellent sailboat iiyj and canoeing.
An unsurpassed 18 hole Donald Ross golf course with all
bent-grass greens, many of the holes rimming the edge of
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the mountain.
Pure mountain water, pumped from mountain springs.
Mountain paths winding amid rhododendron and wild
flower*.
Horseback riding over frails winding over majestic
mountain scenery.
AT community church where services are held weekly.
A baity hospital where infants are given the attention of
rtvognlised baby specialists.
The aristocrat of summer recortis and the end of the fam
ous "Road.of Roses" drive from Elkin to Roaring Gap where
mountain scenery may be viewed equalled only by scenery'
of the Swiss-Italiaa Alps.
ELKIN. N. C. THURSDAY JIXK 1», 1»»»0
STATE'S SUMMER
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GRAYSTONE INN, HOTEL LURED JBY THE PIRE BREEZES ATOP THE BLUE RIDGE AT 3700 FEET ELEVA
TION WHICH IS THE SUMMER WHITE HOUSE OF NOftTH C- ROLINA WHERE GOVERNOR O. MAX GARDNER WILL SPENE
THE SUMMER SEASON AT HIS OFFICIAL WORK FAR FROM THE HEAT OF THE LOWLAND CITIES.
NEGRO CHARGED
WITH MURDER AS
HEMRIC BOY DIES
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LAI* ("RUSHED THROUGH
PLATE GLASS WINDOW
OVER WEEK AGO, PASS
ES AWAY
Dan Harris,- negro, has beefi"
charged with murder by Solici
tor Marion Allen of the Elkin
Recorder's court following the
death early Sundag, morning in
the North Wilketrooro hoKpitci!
of Rieftard Hemrie .eighteen
year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bteve Hemric. The boy 'was
standing on the side waHr in
fropt of the Svdnor Spainhour
store a week ago last Saturday
evening when the antomoble
driven by Harris and owned by
Ljfuis Graves, colored, ran off
the street and iqto the doorway
of the store, crushing the Hein
ric lad through the big plate
glass window at the righj of the
door.
The boy's back was horribly
out when he was pushed through
the thick plate glass window,
some of the fragments severed
the ribs and penetrated the
lungs. After the accident the_ boy
was rushed to the Wilkes hospi
tal where he lingered between
life and death for oyer a week.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning from the- Plea
sant Home Baptist Church in
Wilkes county. Resides the par
ents. five brothers and three sis
ters survive.
Although it is probable that
Harris will be faced with man
slaughter, Solicitor Allen point
ed out that all Indictments of
such natures must be for mur
der, the judge instructing the
jury as to the degree of murder.
Manslaughter carries a prison
sentence of from four months to
twenty years.
LATE HUGH CHATHAM GUIDING
SPIRIT OF GREAT DEVEOPMENT
OF BLUE RIDGE SUMMER RESORT
Local Man Saw Possibilities Of Roaring Gap
Thirty Years Ago And When First Tiny Hos
telry Atop Mountain Had To Be Reached By
Horse And Buggy And Day's Drive From Elk
in, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Dollars Spent
In Making Place State's Foremost Summer Re
sort. i
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The great development which
greets the eye ( today at Roar
ing Gap on the cooling brim of
the Carolinas. twenty miles from
Elkin is the frultation of the
that the late Hon.* Hugh
Chatham, beloved of Elkin and
Wlnslpn-Salem, dreamed many
years'' ago, and then having
dreamed them, pushed them for
ward to a reality. Although Mr.
Chatham died last autumn, la
mented throughout this section
of the state as no man was la
mented before, the great mem
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H. G. CHATHAM |
orlal on top the mountain stands
as another of the everlasting'
; monuments builded by this pio-
I neer. Coupled with Mr. Chatham
I in the development of the great
Play, ground of the South was
Leonard Tufts, the genius that
made Pinehurst.
great development at
Roaring Gap Is the fruitation of
a dream of Colonel Hugh Chat
ham, booster of the highest or
der of the great charfns and pos
sibilities of this section-.
Colonel Chatham over thirty
years ago saw the possibilities
of the mountain top at Roaring
Gap as a great summer resort
where scores could come and
live and play away from the heat
of the valleys below. It is doubt
ful if Mr. Chatham ever dream
,ed however, that the develop
ment he foresaw, would equal
the development already made
with an Investment of Roaring
Gap. Inc., alone reaching almost
a million dollt.ra not to mention
the private development that
has reached into hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Almost at the* beginning of
the present century, througfrthe
influence an at the instance of
1 Mr. Chatham, an old develop*
ment concern was organized and
a frame hotel to accomodate
sixty persona, erected. Instru
mental in this first organization
were Mr. Chatham, W. C. Fields
of Sparta .and .E. P. McNeer of
this city.
In thos£ faraway days, the
mountain scenery and health
giving «rir was Just as magnifi
cent as today but the mesa atop
the Blue Ridge was well nigh
Inaccessible. Persons who went
to the mountain top had to go
UP a steep grade in hacks pull
ed by two stout and strong
horses and it took a half a day
to make the ascent from Elkin
to the top. The hotel flourished
however and was run for many
years by Mr. C. H. Gwyn of this
city. The old hostelry however
whs burned to the ground some
sixteen years ago but this did
not thwart the enthusiasm of
Mr. Chatham and his co-workers
Indeed, one of the reasons for
the establishment of the oldf
.. Elkin and Alleghany Railroad
was to make Roaring Gap with
in the reach of all.
But the automobile came too
transplant the old. horse .and
buggy days and a greater vision
spread out before the pioneers
who believed in the great possi
bilities of the place.
Mr. Chatham talked over the
possibilities Leonard Tufts
the genius of Pinehurst, and Mr.
Tufty became as enthusiastic as
Mr. Chatham. The groundwork
was laid for the present develop
ment and the stock company
formed whereby the stockholders
were given stock and a choice
building lot for $2,500. A giant
barbecue was held and numbers
were drawn from a hat with the
numbered lots which were thus
parcellej out to the number hold
ers.
The building and development
began and one of the first things
done was to baild a hard sur
faced road into the development.
Simultaneously, the cornerstone
was laid for the present Gray
stone Inn. In the meantime, the
State had laid the hard surfaced
highway from Elkin to the top
of the mountain at a cost of
some $22,000 per mile.
It is a far cry from the pre
nent looking development and
colony to the colony In the ear
ly days of Roaring Gap,. In Its
infancy Ihe colony there con
sisted .of the few cottages in the
vicinity of the cemetery and
houses weie built and occupied
hy Mr. Hugh Chatham, and his
(Continued cs tfSge lfi, sect. *l^l
DUKE FOUNDATION
OKEYS HOSPITAL
PLANS FOR ELKIN
CONSTRUCTION ON HUGH
CHATHAM MEMORIAL TO
BEGIN ABOUT JULY J
I LECT CONTRACTORS
Blue Prints To He Sent To
Seven Firms Who Will Sub
mit Bids
Construction work on the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospi
tal Is expected to begin by July
1 following the favorable report
from the Duke* Foundation that
tlie plans for the hospital, as
drawn by Harold Macklin, Wins
ton-Salem architect, had been ap
proved and that the Duke gift
of $24,090 would be sent to
Elkin. This makes a total of $4 6,
000 In the hospital treasury to
begin the construction of 'the
$85,000 structure. Rev. L. B.
Abernethy father of the Hospital
movement, received word from
the Duke Foundation last Satur
day stating that the plans had
been given a formal okey.
As soon as the separate blue
prints for the big institution are
sent here, which is expected to
be the middle of next week, the
hospital committe will . send
them to seven selected firms of
contractors who will be asked to
bid on the work and the contract
is expected to be let just as soon
as the bids are received and the
lowest bidder determined.
It Is hoped to complete the
hospital by the time of the an-
Yiual conference of the Metho
dist Church next fall. The Meth
odist Church, South has voted to
maintain the hospital. The ins
titution. flamed in honor of the
memory of the late Hugh Chat
ham, Elkin's greatest benefactor
and dearly be)oved son, was
made possible through a sub
scription of $12,000 from Elkin
citizens and a like sum from the
Chatham estate mag
nificent site in the pine clad
knoll ill the North section of
town Just off the state highway
and the $45,000 gift from .the
Duke Foundation. %
HOPE TO FLY NEW
PLANE BY JULY 1
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The Heath-Parasol airplane
built by two local youths, Ted
and Jake, Brown is on display
at the Ford Motor Company un
til the motor arrives from the
factory. The local air enthusiasts
plan to ehristen the Elkln-built
plane by July I at Riverside
Field.
With the building of the air
vehicle, it com6s about tuat the
wons of the man who built the
first automobile here, are the
first to build The aircraft.
SIDNEY FLOYD BRKNDLF.
Mr. and Mrs. David Crssdle
announce the birth of a son. 814*-
ney Floyd Brendle on June 16.
18 PAGES
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BIGGEST YEAR IN
HISTORY OF RESORT
SEEN BY OFFICIALS
MANY IMPROVEMENTS HAVE
BEEN* MADE AT FAMOUS
SUMMER RESORT
TAKES FIRST RANK
G*»lf ( Athletic Contests, Bathing
I touting and Flailing Pre
dominate I
Graystone lun officially open
ed today along; with the sum
mer season at Roaring Gap, the
lummer pport paradise of the
Blue Ridge mountains with indi
cations pointing to the moat
successful season in the history
of the state's famousr summer re
sort.
Graystone Inn, run by Pine
hurst, Inc., under the efficient
management of E. G. Fitzgerald,
manager of -the Carolina at Pine
hurst, is again in charge which
will guarantee the best in eve
rything. Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald
have made Graystbne Inn one of
the most noted hotels as they
have done the Carolina at Pine
hurst. The hotel btaff consists
of Clarence Lyman room clerk
| Harry Nash, bookeeper and Mrs.
Nash secretary; Bobert Bates
will be in charge of the tele
phone line r>nd night operator
while Miss Mai> Miles will be
the day operator. Miss Ruth
Hussey will again be the' head
waitress.
The has an additional
sixteen rooms since last season,
these being ■ built on the
top floor and aH are equipped
with Simmons bedß. Beauty Rest
mattresses and Ace Box springs.
The ,new rooms are moderate
in jrtMce renting for $5.00 per
day American plan and are ac
cessible to both tub and shower
baths.
The Pinehurst stables with
five of the best saddle horses of
that famous resort are now at
Roaring Gap in charge of Croy
ton Cameron. The swimming In
structor will be Richard Chat
ham of this city. Since last year
six new cottages have been built,
and workmen are now building a
two mJle paved highway running
from the hotel through .thd cot
tage area.
An usual, the hotel will be
equipped with a barber shop
and facilities for quoting the
stock exchange figures. Ptfttlng
tournaments and archery con
tents are featured dally.
KIWANIANS AND
WALTONIANS IN
JOINT MEETING
A Joint meeting of the Elkin
Kiwanls club and the Klkin-
Sparta chapter of the Izaac
Walton League together with
members of the North Wilkes
boro Kiwanis club and Walton
league was held at the Hotol
Elkin last Friday night when an
educatiofca! program was given
by A. C. Heywood, field represen
tative of the Dupont company.
MV. Heywood showed reels of
field sports, showing big and
small gq*ne hunting, trout fish
ing, quail and clay pigeon shoot
ing. The speaker pointed out
that the Dupont company wa*
making this educational cam
paign to stimulate interest in
hunting and fishing. He pointed
out that seventy percent of all
hunting done was for game and
the thirty percent on. clay pig
eons.
The next meeting of the lea
gue will be held at ■♦he Ale*
Chatham farm near State Road
when a barbecue and a clay pig
eon shooting will feature.
MORROW WINS
. Dwigbt W. Morrow, Ambassa
dor to Mexico and member of
the American delegation to the
Naval Limitation Conference at
London, wa« nominated by the
New Jersey Republicans for the
senate short term over ex-
Senator Frelinghusen and Frank
lin W. Fort, Xorrow'a majority
Is over 300,00(t. Re ran as an
avowed Wet.