Elkin—"The Best!
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 38
Banner of Blue Eagle
Raised Over Elkin As
Business Co-Operates
HOLD MEETING AND
WORK OUT OPENING
AND CLOSING HOURS
Decide To Abolish Wed
nesday Afternoon
Half Holiday
DISPLAY INSIGNA
* *
The banner of the blue eagle was
raited over Elkin Tuesday as the
majority, of the city's retailors
started operation under codes of
fair competition.
Codes were adopted Monday af
ternoon, setting opening and clos
ing hours for the various businesses.
Under the a
codes adop- ■■ 5f .mm.
ted here,
grocery
stores
open
a. m. and
jpHLK
p. m. each
week - day
with the ex
ception ofWE DO OUR PART
Saturdays. On Saturdays the gro
cery stores will open at 7:00 a. m.
and close at 9:00 p. m.
Department stores, dry goods
stores, clothing stores, furniture
stores, jewelry stores and hardware
stores will open at 8:00 a. m. and
close at 5:00 p. m. the first five
days of the week on Saturdays
will open at 8:00 a. m. and close at
7:00 p. m.
Five and 10 cent stores will open
at 8:00 a. m. and close at 5:06 p.
m. the first five days of the week.
On Saturday they will open at 7 :00
a. m. and close at 9:00 p. m.
Drug stores will open at 7:00
a. m. and close at 11:00 p. m. each
week day, including Saturdays. On
Sunday regular hours of from 2:00
p. m. to 7:00 p. m. will be observed.
Produce houses will open at 8:00
a. m. and close at 5:00 p. m. each
week day, including Saturdays.
The new hours became effective
Tuesday morning as the stores ob
tained and displayed their blue
eagle insigna, reproduced above.
In adopting the new hours, no
employer is to work any clerk more
than eight hours in any one day
nor more than 40 hours per week
with the exception of grocery
stores, which are allowed 48 hours.
When the new codes were being
worked out at a meeting of local
merchants it was decided that the
half holiday on Wednesday after
noons, which has been in effect for
several weeks, be discontinued due
to the shorter working hours. Here
after all stores will remain open on
Wednesday afternoon.
SEARCH FOR TWO IN
TAYLORSVILLE CASE
High Point Men Are
Connected With Bank
Robbery Attempt
Search is under way throughout
North Carolina for B. G. Green and
his son, Lester Green, both of High
Point, who have been connected
with the attempted robbery of the
Merchants and Farmers bank, of
Taylorsville, and the fatal shooting
of Cashier T. C. Barnes and serious
wounding of Assistant Cashier Soloc
Little.
A Chevrolet car with yellow
wheels, found in a field in Wilkes
—ewjnty and believed to be the one
operated by the killers, has been
identified by High Point police as
* belonging to the younger Green.
As a Mrfitrit of the attempted hold
up Taylorsville bank Satur-
Stevenoff and R. E.
both of High Point, have
arrested, bavtag been captured
■K Wilkes county a short while after
Rhe hold up.
F Assistant Cashier Solon Little is
in a Statesville hospital Beriously
wounded. Cashier Barnes, who was
said to have been shot in the chest,
died shortly after he was admitted
to the hospital.
SURRY-YADKIN-WILKES MASONIC PICNIC, ELKIN, AUG. 24TH
THEJLLKIN TRIBUNE
Exceptions To NRA
Agreement Outlined
Numerous inquiries have been
made regarding the type of em
ployees who will be exempt from
the President's re-employment
agreement, embracing a 40-hour
week. They are as follows:
1. Professional occupations.
2. Employees of federal,
state, local government, and oth
er public institutions and agen
cies.
8. Agricultural labor.
4. Domestic servants.
5. Persons buying goods and
selling them independently, or
persons selling solely on commis
sion, providing, however, that
persons regularly employed to
sell on commission, with a base
salary or guaranteed compensa
tion, come within the require
ments of the agreement.
6. Newspaper reporters and
editorial men.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Tar Heels Appointed
Washington, Aug. I.—More
than 600 of the nation's business
leaders were called to service to
night by President Roosevelt to
* push forward the campaign for
national recovery.
Signalizing the formal opening
of the five months' emergency
re-wnptoyment drive, nitfe m«*m
bers each of 48 state committees
and seven members each of 20
district boards were asked to un
dertake the work of getting
"every patriotic American citizen,
employer and consumer to co
operate in this program. Tile
following men from North Cnro
li na were named:
Charles Cannon, Kannapolis;
William M. Webb, Morehead City;
J. O. Carr, Wilmington; Jos. H.
Sparks, Gastonla; J. B. Ivey,
Charlotte; R, R. Lawrence, Wins
ton-Salem; A. L Fletcher, Ral
eigh; Robert Lathan, A.sheville;
C. L. Shuping, Greensboro.
May Pay $2 Less
Washington, Aug. t. Em
ployes between 16 and 18 years,
inclusive, with less than six
months experience in any store
governed by the retail code may
be paid $2 less for a work week
than is provided for other em
s ployes under the national recov
ery program.
This exception was allowed by
the retailers' code that become
effective today in eight different
types of stores.
V The minimtum shall not be less
than sll per week.
Terms Laid Down
* Washington, Aug. 1. Pub
lishers of newspapers, magazines
and other publications and manu
facturers of advertising litera
ture or stationary are permitted
to have engraved and to repro
duce the NRA eagle emblem for
clients only on presentation of
written statements by the letter
that they have signed the Presi
dents agreement.
To Fight Tax
The North Carolina Pair Tax
association was launched at a
meeting of prominent merchants
and business nfen of the state
held at the O. Henry hotel in
Greensbwo Tuesday afternoon for
the, avowed purpose of "abolish
ing the general sales tax" and
securing a fair system of taxa*
■ tion.
Maps Kidnap War
Hyde Parte, N. Y., Aug. I.
President Roosevelt mapped a
war against kidnaping and rack
eteering today with his intimate
adviser, Raymond Moley, an au
thority on crime, and scanned
every available federal statute to
aid an immediate campaign.
ELKIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1933
They Thrilled The World With Their Air Performances
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Three nations, the United States, England and Italy, shared honors in performance of its champion
flyers during July. New York proved to be the meeting ground of the thrilling performers who are pictured
above. Left, Gen. Itaio Balbo, who comimanded a fleet of 24 seaplanes, Italy to Chicago to New York. Center
the globe-circling Wiley Post, Oklahoma birdman, with Mrs. Post after completing the round the world flight
in 7 days, 18 hours 40 % minutes. Right, James and Amy Molllson, British flyers who "cracked up" 60 ra|les
from New York in their east~west Atlantic flight. ,
BANK TO OPEN NOT
LATER THAN AUG. 15
Stockholders' Meeting:
Is Called For Tues
day Night
The Bank of Elkin will open not
later than August 15, and possibly
a few days earlier provided no un
forseen obstacles arise, it was
learned Wednesday morning from
Cleve Llewellyn, of Dobson, who
will be in complete charge.
Mr. Llewellyn, who was In filkin
on business concerning the bank,
stated that he hoped everything
would be in readiness to open the
institution before the 15th but was
not in position to say definitely.
, H e also announced that a meet
ing of stockholders will be held
Tuesday night for the purpose of
electing bank officials.
It was stated in last week's Tri
bune that the bank was expected to
open by' August 1. However, it
was learned later that due to Mr.
Llewellyn's connection with the
bank at Dobson it was impossible
for him to arrange .for the opening
here in such a short length of time.
POTEAT MAKES TALK
FOR PROHIBITION
Points Out No Amend
ment Has Ever Been
Repealed
Speaking on the premise that the
repeal of the 18th admendment was
a non-progressive movement. Dr. E.
M. Poteat told the audience that as
sembled at the school auditorium
Thursday evening that no amend
ment to the constitution of the Uni
ted States had ever been repealed;
that when an amendment was brok
en that laws had always been passed
to make it more effective and this
should be done for the 18th amend
ment. Dr. Poteat said that the
friends of the 18th amendment were
educators, ministers, fathers and
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Hinshaw Killer Claims
Drunkenness As Defense
For Cowardly Shooting
Swims Rapids
Br
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William Kondrat, 18, of Chat
ham, N. J., hitchhiked to Niagara
Falls, N. Y. He went fop a swim
and was carried into the wnirlpool
rapids. He swam their entire
length and landed safely ... a feat
never before accomplished. Many
noted swimmers have lost their
lives trying the rapids.
PETITION RAILWAY
TO PUT TRAINS ON
Claims Discontinuation
Of Trains Works
Hardship
Petitions to the Southern Railway
company and to the United States
Post Office department for the re
instatement of trains 3 and 4 which
were taken off May 1, this year, are
being circulated in the towns on the
Southern line between Winston-
Salem and North Wllkesboro.
The petitions, which are all of the
same wording and which to date
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ON TRIAL FOR LIFE
Herschel Richard son
Bids For Life With
Intoxication Plea
ALLEN AIDS STATE
Claiming drunkenness as his sole
defense for the cowardly shooting
of Martin Hinshaw at a Traphill
swimming pool early in June, Her
schel Richardson, young married
man of the Traphill section of
Wilkes county, went on trial for hft
life in Wilkes superior court Mon
day afternoon.
Accompanied by his wife, Rich
ardson was said to have shown lit
tle interest in the proceedings as
the task of selecting a jury was be
gun early Monday morning, but
gave way to nervousness as the
actual trial got under way. The
jury was chosen from a special ve
nire of 75 men.
Testimony in th e case thus far
has disclosed that Richardson had
no motive for shooting young Hin
shaw, the defendant claiming he
committed the deed while intoxi
cated.
The trouble which led to the
shooting was said to have started
when a number of local people were
throwing water on one another at a
spring. It was said Richardson ap
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ONE-MAN STORES
MAY FLY EAGLE
However, Must First
Sign Agreement To
Get Insigna
Ownere of small stores who tend r
their shops by themfielves and have
no employees have been granted
permission to display the NRA sign
of the blue eagle.
Many of the shopkeepers had
feared that they might be placed
at a disadvantage in competing with
larger establishments which had
come under the voluntary re-em
ployment agreement and were dis
playing the emblem.
In order to obtain the blue eagle,
however, the one-man stores must
sign the agreement the same as
stores with many clerks.
The minimum wage and maximum
hour provisions of course will not
apply in such cases, aB the store
keeper has no employees. Other
sections of the agreement, such as
the pledge to refrain from profiteer
ing, will be binding.
Those who as yet have not se
cured their blue eagle insigna have
but to sign the agreement and com
pliance slip and caragr them to the
local postoffice. The agreement
must be mailed and the compliance
slip given to the postmaster, where
upon the poster insigna, stickers,
etc., may be obtained.
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
NORTH WILKESBORO
KIWANIANS BACKING
PROPOSED HIGHWAY
Elkin Kiwanians Join
With Others In Inter-
Cluh Meet
A GOOD PROGRAM
Local Kiwanians, as well as Ki
wanians from the Lenoir and Mor
ganton clubs, met at North Wilkes
boro Friday night as the guests of
the North Wilkesboro Kiwanls club.
Although the program, made up
of' contributions from each of the
four clubs, was entertaining from
beginning to end, the most impor
tant matter to be taken up was
roads, the four clubs going on re
cord unanimously as favering what
was referred to as the shortest route
between Winston-Salem and Ashe
ville. The clubs voted to recom
mend to E. B. Jeffrees, ahairman of
the state highway commission, that
the link between Elkin and North
Wilkesboro be constructed and that
the section between Lenoir and
Morganten be straightened. >
Speakers of the evening Included
W. M. Allen, of Elkin, J. T. Pritch
ett, of Lenoir, and Judge Q. V.
Cowper, of Kinston, who is presid
ing over the special term of Wilkes
county criminal eourt.
On the Elkin part of the program
Walter R. Schaff, secretary, intro
duced W. M. Allen, who spoke on
"Cooperation," and who during the
course of his talk presented the
North Wilkesboro club with a car
toon depicting a country gentleman
attempting to traverse the present
North Wilkesboro-Elkin road in a
buggy drawn by a mule. Both mule
and buggy were drawn as having
mired up until only their upper
halves were visible.
In a short talk, H. F. Laffoon,
president of the Elkin club, apolo*
gized for the small attendance of
local members, saying that due to
the depression only a few of the
club could afford to make the long
trip by Brooks Cross Roads.
The road project from filkin to
North Wilkesboro was enthusiasti
cally endorsed, as was the project
from Lenoir to Morganton. - As a re
sult resolutions were drawn up
and forwarded to highway author!'
ties, explaining the position of
Wilkes relative to road projects fcnd
stating that North Wilkesboro did
not want any neighboring city to
think that she had been indifferent
to any project which appeared to be
needed.
Hold Surry County
Singing At Dobson
With many cboirs and singing
groups from various sections in at
tendance, the annual Surry county
singing convention, a feature of 20
years' standing, waß held at the
courthouse in Dobson Sunday.
The convention opened at 10 a.
m. T. M. Marsh y acted as chairman
and C. R. Boyles as secretary.
The all-day program was featured
by song services by choirs, quartets
and singing groups from different
sections of the county and those ad
joining.
A basket dioner was served on
the grounds at noon.
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