Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 38
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Pledges Roll In
Washington, July 85.—Charter
members of the Roosevelt "roll
of honor" in the striving to bet
ter the times by boosting buying
power enrolled in legions today
by telegram* to the White House.
v Preparing to take stock of his
program's progress at a meeting
with the "recovery council," Pres
ident Roosevelt was described as
highly pleased with the more
than 5,000 pledges of support re
ceived before the day was half
gone.
The postoffice department
made ready to pout the "honor"
rolls In its branches in every city
and hamlet, so members of the
community might know those em
ployers who heeded the call that
the President made last night to
raise wages and restrict working
hoars.
Open Bids Wednesday
Washington, July 25.—0n the
eve of the navy's largest formal
bid opening for new war vessels,
it was indicated late today that
President Roosevelt would ap
prove a 32-hour week for the
shipbuilding industry so that the
government might help to create
a mjodel for other businesses.
Out of the Red
New York, July 25.—Out of
thq red on operating results for
the first time since the end of
1981, the United States Steel cor
poration today reported net earn
ings of nearly $5,000,000 for the
June quarter after deduction of
ordinary operating expenses.
7 Die In Crash
Oceanside, Calif., July 25.
Seven bodies were taken from the
wreckage of an army bombing
plane, which dropped a wing and
crashed at the southeastern city
lim|ts of Oceanside today noon
from 1,000 feet in the air.
Mail Checks Friday
Washington, July 25. The
first government checks reward
ing about 050,000 cotton farmers
for cutting this year's cotton crop
about. 8,500,000 bales by plowing
up portions of their growing crop
will be sent out Friday.
FREE TUBERCULOSIS
CUNIC TO BE HELD
Yadkin Will Also Have
Tonsil Clinic At Yad
kinville
A free adult tuberculosis clinic
will be held in Yadkin County the
week of August 21st through the
co-operation of Dr. McCain of State
Sanatorium. Tha Clinician will be
glad to meet physicians in consulta
tion or examine patients by appoint
ment at clinic points:
Monday, August 21, Yadkinville;
Tuesday, August 22, Hamptonville;
Wednesday, August 23, Boonvllle;
Thursday, August 24, East Bend;
Friday, August 26, Jonesville; Sat
urday, August 27, Courtney.
In co-operation with the Yadkin
county Medical Society, a Tonsil
Clinic will be held August 31st and
September Ist at Yadkinville school
building. Only children from age
6 years to 13 years can apply. Par
ents may m«ke ' appointments
through their family physician or
the county nurse.
Win Certificates
Out of the fifty boys who have
been registered at Camp Elliott, the
Y. M. C. A. camp at Old Fort,
C., during the season, only five Ju
nior Life Saving Certificates have
been awarded, three of these were
given to local boys. They were:
George Grier, Charles Neaves and
Herman Sales. The other certifi
cates were awarded boys from Meck
lenburg county.
SERVICES AT GALLOWAY
MEMORIAL CHIJRCH
Rev. Edwin C. Hurst, of Mt. Airy,
will conduct services at Galloway
Memorial church Sunday morning
at 11 o'clock. At this service the
celebration of the Holy Communion
will be observed. The public Is
cordially invited to attend.
SURRY-YADKIN-WILKES MASONIC PICNIC, ELKIN, AUG. 24TH
CHE ILKIN TRIBUNE
BANK OPENING IS ASSURED
Merchants of Elkin To
Meet Tonight To Work
Out Blanket Code Plan
Dempsey's Bride
■ lf^ l .. 1.. .. I li^'
Hannah Williams, musical comedy
star, recently divorced from Roger
Wolfe Kahn, son of the interna
tional banker, who the latter part of
last week became the bride of Jack
Dempsey, former world champion.
PATROLMEN ACTING
AS TAX COLLECTORS
Change of Rate On
Truck License Is
Explained
Since the first of July, when the
state highway patrol was taken
from the jurisdiction of the high
way commission and placed under
the state revenue department, the
patrolmen have taken over new
duties which consist of checking up
on state beer licenses, checking beer
truck licenses in order to see that
they have proper state permits, and
are also required to check gasoline
trucks hauling gas into the state
from bordering states.
Another duty taken over by the
patrol is that of checking on and
collecting outdoor signboard li
censes, all such signs placed at a
distance of over 100 yards from the
place of business being subject to
tax.
In addition the patrc{nan must
inspect gasoline and oil and collect
the one-fourth cent inspection tax
for the state.
Since July 1, Corporal W. B.
Lentz has inspected and collected
revenue for 1,440,245 gallons of
gasoline and kerosene embraced iii
his territory which at the present
includes Elkin, Mount Airy, Mocks
ville and Winston-Salem.
A change of rate for licensing
trucks also became effective July 1,
Corporal Lentz said. The tags now
being made to show the gross load
instead of the pay load. Under this
new rate trucks weighing less than
800 pounds are licensed at 40 cents
per hundred pounds private license
and 86 cents per hundred when
operated for hire; from 8,000
pounds to 12,500, private license 60
cents per hundred and fl.oo per
hundred for hire; 12,500 to 16,000,
private, per hundred, 60 cents and
$1.16 per hundred for hire. All
over 16,000 pounds must pay 70
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Yadkin Child Dies
Grace Evelyn Macemore, one-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lon
nie Macemore of the Cycle com
munity of Yadkin county, passed
away on Friday from a brief illness
from colitis. Funeral services and
interment were from Knobs church
on Saturday.
Jonesville Woman Dead
Mrs. Ennis Dudley, 73, died at
the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Chloe J. Brown In Jonesville Fri
day following a long illness. Funeral
services and interment were on
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock, la
charge of Rev. A. C. Correll.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933
AT HOTEL ELKIN
Elkin Employees to Feel
Benefits of New •
Deal Tuesday
WORK HOURS CUT
Beginning Tuesday, nearly every
employed. man or woman in Ameri
ca will get a taste of the New Deal
the President has promised the
country.
And it is for the purpose of co
operating with the President under
the provisions of the blanket code,
approved the latter part of last
week, that Elkin Merchants and
business men will meet tonight in
the Kiwanis room of Hotel Elkin
to work out details of compliance
with the plan.
It was learned Tuesday from a
number of prominent merchants
that in addition to local employers
other employers of the surrounding
territory are also Invited to attend
this meeting, which is scheduled to
begin at 8 o'clock.
The blanket code, as approved by
the president, calls for fair compe-
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LOCAL CLUB TO
MEET IN WILKES
To Hold Inter - Club
Meeting With Other
Kiwanis Clubs
Kiwanians of Elkin, Morganton,
Lenoir aad North Wilkesboro will
gather at North Wilkesboro Friday
night for an inter-club meeting, it
was learned following last Friday's
meeting of the local club.
More than 100 leading citizens of
the four towns are expected to be
in attendance.
A varied program has been plan
ned, with each club offering, some
features. No guest speaker has been
announced.
The meeting which is to be held
in the banquet hall of Hotel Wilkes,
will begin at 7 o'clock.
It is understood that a baseball
game will be played at the North
Wilkesboro fair grounds Friday af
ternoon between North Wilkesboro
and Lenoir Kiwanians prior to the
inter-club meeting:
It is hoped that the entire mem
bership of the local club will at
tend.
Tribune Offers Trips To
World Fair Without Cost
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a free round-trip ticket to the
World's Fair at Chicago, includ
ing all hotel accomodations, us a
gift from The Elkin Tribune tni
exchange for a little of your spare
time daring the next several
weeks?
Every citizen of Elkin and sur
rounding counties who has longed
to visit tlie famous Century of
Progress Exposition in Chicago
should turn without delay tc an
other page in this issne and read
of the unusual offer which The
Tribune is announcing, and which
is open to everybody with the ex
ception of employees of The Tri
bune and members of their im
mediate fanUlies.
You can easily win a free ticket
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by enrolling In The Tribune's
campaign and securing 55
yearly new or renewal subscrip
tions. These 55 new or renewal
subscriptions will entitle you to
REV. W. E. POOVEY
BURIED TUESDAY
P. M. AT HICKORY
Death Sunday of Pre
siding Elder Is Dis
tinct Shock
IS CANCER VICTIM
Funeral services for Rev. W. E.
Poovey, 54, presiding elder of the
Mount Airy district of the Western
North Carolina Methodist confer
ence, who died at the Martin Me
morial hospital at Mount Airy Sun
day night following a two weeks'
illness of abdominal cancer, were
held from the Central Methodist
church of Mount Airy Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock with Rev. J.
T. Mangum (and others) officiating.
Although the condition of Rev.
Mr. Poovey had been grave since an
operation on July 7 when the extent
of the cancer was discovered, his
passing came as a distinct shock to
tire entire county. He had appar
ently been in excellent health until
recently.
Rev. Mr. Poovey went to Mount
Airy four years ago as presiding el
der of this district in addition to
his church work. He was very ac
tive in civic and fraternal affairs.
At the time of his death he was
serving as master of the Mount Airy
Masonic lodge and was orator of the
Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
The deceased was born near Hick
ory on November 17, 1878. He was
educated at Rutherfordton college
Rutherfordton, and Henry college,
Emory, Va. He was a minister in
the Methodist church for the past
27 years.
Surviving are the widow and two
children, Miss Maybelle Poovey, of
Duke University, and Edgar Poovey,
of Mount Airy; his mother and sev
eral brothers and sisters.
Interment was made at Hickory
at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Interest Is High In
Jonesville Revival
A revival meeting is now in pro
gress at the Pentecostal Holiness
church of Jonesville, with Rev. W.
J. Noble, of Fayetteville doing the
preaching.
Rev. Mr. Noble is an interesting
speaker and interest in the meeting
is said to be high.
The public is invited to attend the
series of services. Services each
evening are at 7:45. Sunday at
11 a. m. and 7:45 p. m.
The visiting preacher is being as
sisted by the pastor of the church,
Rev. A. C. Correll.
GETS 80-DAY RESPITE
Another 30-day reprieve was
granted Bryant Stone, Wilkes county
man under sentence of death for the
slaying of Wayne Norman, his son
in-law, by Governor Ehringhaus laßt
we.ek.
receive a 842.05 ticket for the
personally conducted all expense
DeLuxe tour conducted by the
Greyhound Bus Lines.
This is not a content in which
the first to reach the goal will
receive the award. Every parti
cipant who turns in the pre
scribed number of subscriptions
will be given this free trip to the
World's Fair, and may make th-»
trip at any date he or she may de- v
sire up until October 15, 1938.
Any person is eligible to enter
the campaign. Students and teach
ers will find in this offer a gold
en educational opportunity which
will make the school year bright
er. It is not uecetttmry thai you
devote your full time to the cam
paign, and farmers, housewives,
and office workers who can devote
their spare minutes should easily
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of the greatest vacation oppor-
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Small Amount of Stock
Remains To Be Sold To
Put Drive Over the Top
"Typical Swim Girl"
t Mm
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Miss Marge Bucks, of Chicago,
has been declared "the typical
American swimming girl" by World
Fair officials, points being scored
on "personality, beauty and intelli
gence."
YADKIN COUNTY TO
BUILD TWO SCHOOLS
The Cost of Handsome
New Plants Will Be
About SIOO,OOO
The Yadkin county commission
ers, meeting in special session to
discuss the building of two modern
school buildings as a means of pro
viding adequate and equal facilities
for the education of every child of
school age in the county, approved
the proposition.
More than a thousand citizens of
the county attended the meeting.
Instead of 43 school buildings, 37
of which were of the small type,
Yadkin county henceforth, through
the action of her commissioners,
will send its children to school in
seven modern school plants.
A Bchool building of 12 rooms is
proposed for Fall Creek townsihp
and a larger plant of 18 rooms for
the western section of the county.
The cost of the construction, which
will approximate SIOO,OOO, will be
raised through a special tax levy.
Second Term Summer
School Gets Under Way
The curtains fell on the first terra
of Catawba College Summer School
Division at Elkln last Friday morn
ing. Based on the judgments and
opinions of the students, the work
done and the instruction given
measure high. The attitude mani
fested by the students was colored
with the idea of "let's get it done."
The second term of the division,
which will run from July 24 to Sep
tember 1, got off to a good start
Mqaday morning. Thirty-five stu
dents have officially registered for
second term work and others are
expected to enroll this week.
Wilkes Court Opens
A four-weeks term of Wilkes Su
perior court for the trial of criminal
cases got under way at Wilkesboro
Monday.
Trial of Herschel Richardson for
the murder of Martin Hlnshaw, Elk
in youth, and Otis Sprinkle, alleged
to have been instrumental in the
death of Eb Sprinkle, also of Elkin,
are slated to come up during this
week's session.'
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEJKLY
IS BELIEF THAT
BANK WILL OPEN
BY AUGUST IST
Cleve Llewellyn, of Dob
son, To Be In Ac
tive Charge
WILL BE NEW BANK
Up until 1 o'clock Wednesday af
ternoon there remained but $1,400
stock to be' sold necessary to open
The Bank of Blkin. Those active
in the work of stock subscription
expressed assurance that that
amount would be raised before sun
down.
In this event the bank should
open by August 1, A. D. Folger, who
has been working in the interest of
opening the bank, said Tuesday
night, stating that h e could see no
reason for a longer delay.
At the meeting held at Hotel Elk
ln Tuesday night, those present were
informed that Guerney P. Hood,
state banking commissioner, % had
notified bank officials that some
thing had to be done and done im
mediately towards reorganization of
the bank or else a liquidating agent
would be sent here. It was then
stated that approximately $17,000
over and above stock already sub
scribed had to be raised if the bank
was to be opened.
At the close of the meeting all
the stock had been subscribed but
$3,700, which was reduced Wednes
day morning to the figure above,
$1,400.
It was said that all that would
be necessary once the entire amount
of stock is subscribed would be to
secure a new charter from Commtsr-
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DR. E. M. POTEAT
TO SPEAK HERE
Dry Speaker Will Fire
First Gun Locally
In Liquor Fight
Dr. E. McNeil Potest, Jr., will
speak in the school' auditorium this,
evening (Thursday) July 27, at 8
o'clock. He will discuss the prob
lems of the repeal of the Eighteenth
Amendment.
Dr. Poteat is serving as pastor
of the Pullen Memorial Baptist
church in Raleigh and has recently
declined calls to pastorates in New
Haven, Conn., seat of Yale Uni
versity, and Chapel Hill and other
important charges. He has also
been invited recently to deliver an
address at Rochester Theological
Seminary.
Dr. Poteat has served as a mis
sionary in China for several years
arid has traveled extensively at
home snd abroad and Elkin is par
ticularly fortunate In securing him
for an address at this time.
The public is most cordially in
vited to hear him.
Deputy Commissioner
To Assist Merchants
With the Sales Tax
Arthur P. Pulp, deputy com
missioner of revenue, will be at
the city tax office, Greenwood
building. Monday, July 31, for
the purpose of assisting local
merchants (a making their li
cense registHtfion *** d to give in
formation in regards to the sales
tax, it was learned Tuesday.