A ELKIN
iTJjA "The Best
TO* Little Town
qPfm North
Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 39
Seek To Have Highway
Through North Elkin
Widened Twelve Feet
COMMISSIONERS ASK
STATE FOR NUMBER
OF ROAD PROJECTS
Would Also Have Elk
Spur Extended To
Wilkes Line
USE FEDERAL FUND
A request for the widening of one
street, the extension of another and
th« entire construction of a third
comprised the major business trans
acted by the board of town commis
sioners in regular session Monday
night.
The request for street construc
tion work, forwarded to the state
highway commission in the form of
petition and resolutions, urges that
the state, from money made avail
able by. the federal government,
widen highway 26 from the northern
city limit southward 5,650 feet to a
point near Hollywood cemetery, and
that six feet of cement be added to
each side so as to make a 30-foot
highway through the thickly popu
lated section of North Elkin.
It was further requested that
West Main street and Elk Spur ex
tension be bardsurfaced from the
end of the present street to the
Wilkes county line, a distance of
600 feet, all of which is within the
city limits.
The third request was that a new
street be graded and hardsurfaced
from the east end of Market street
and at the end of the new bridge
extending eastwardly approximately
560 feet to Main street, this project
to be an extension of Market street
through the R. M. Chatham proper
ty to Main street.
During the meeting Mayor M. A.
Royall tendered his resignation as
city health officer due to the fact
that the county is to have a four
unit health department which in
cludes a doctor, nurse, office girl
and inspector, and which will make
a local health officer unnecessary.
RICHARDSON SENT
TO STATE PRISON
Is Found Guilty of Sec
ond Degree Murder
In Wilkes
Convicted of the second degree
murder of Martin Hinshaw by a
Wilkes county Jury Wednesday
night, Herschel Richardson, young
married man of the Traphill section
was sentenced by Presiding Judge
G. V. Cowper Saturday to serve not
more than 30 nor less than 22
years in state prison.
The affair which ended in the fa-'
tal shooting of young Hinshaw
took place at a swimming pool near
Traphill Sunday, June 11, and grew
-out of a Mfr of play among a group
assembled at a spring.
Richardson testified that he had
been drinking heavily and that he
shot after Hinshaw had threatened
his life and was stooping as if to
pick up a rock. He also stated that
in the affair at the spring when a
knife was taken away from him, he
thought the boys had taken S6O
from him.
He admitted that his # principal
business was making whisky, but
denied being a bootlegger.
- State witnesses testified that
Richardson called Hinshaw off a lit
tle way, that a shot was heard, and
flinshaw was found mortally
wounded.
Marlon Allen, local attorney, as
sisted the state in the prosecution.
A. D. Folger Suffers
\ Heart Attack Tuesday
• A. D. Polger, prominent attorney
of Dobson and Elkin, Tuesday
night suffered a severe heart attack
at his home Jn Dobson.
Reports reaching here Wednes
day morning were that Mr. Folger
was better and resting as well as
could be expected.
SURRY-YADKIN-WILKES MASONIC PICNIC, ELKIN, AUG. 24T11
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
N-I-R-A Brings Luck
Igifef
I r
Here is Nira, her full name being
Nira Collins of Upper Darby, Pa.
Little Nira, shown in the amis of
her nurse, was born us President
Roosevelt launched his "NRA" plan.
Nira's parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Collins, decided upon the name when
the father obtained work after be
ing Idle a year.
SCHOOL COMMITTEES
ARE NAMED MONDAY
• - ■ ..
Board of Education
Holds Meeting At
Dobson
Central and advisory school com
mittees were appointed Monday by
the Surry county board of educa
tion, in session at Dobson.
Upon the central committee of
each district rests the responsibility
of selecting and employing the
teachers, while the advisory com
mittees of the other schools of the
district are to confer with the cen
tral committee in the selection of
teachers for their own particular
schools.
The committees named were:
North Blkin: (advisory to Elkin)
C. S. Foster, Walter Collins, Patter
son Nixon.
Bryant school: (centrtal) Paul
Burch, W. B. Williams, L. A. Nor
man.
Little Richmond: (advisory) J.
W. Martin, T. G. Marion, Maness
Whitaker.
Franklin: (central) Ed Patter
son, Robert Jones, Charles Creed. v
Green Hill: (advisory) L. T.
Rhodaker, Arthur Jones, Harris
Brown.
Rock: (central) R. B. Midkiff,
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DATE NAMED FOR
COMMUNITY FAIR
Will Be Held In Me-
Neer's Warehouse
September 28-29
The second annual community
fair will be held here September
28th and 29th, it was learned Tues
day from G. G. Armfield, secretary.
Plans for the fair, which will in
clude on day and two nights, are
progressing nicely, Mr. Armfield
said, with local merchants respond
ing enthusiastically and pledging to
do their full part in making the
event a success.
Again as last year, the grand
prize win be a suite of furniture
donated by the Elkin Furniture
company. A $45 range, donated
by Surry Hardware company, will
be awarded as second prize.
The fair will again be held in
McNeer's warehouse, and ~ indica
tions point to a bigger and better
event than that held last fall. Pre
mium lists will soon be prepared
and distributed among those ex
pected to participate.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1933
TAX RATE FIXED BY
COMMISSIONERS AT
EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS
Declines To Draw Jury
For Special Civil
Court Term
MAKE SUGGESTION
The tax rate for Surry county for
the ensuing fiscal year was fixed
at 85 cents on' the hundred dollar
valuation by the board of county
commissioners in regular session at
Dobsson Monday.
Although the new levy remains
the same as has -been in effect dur
ing the past year, it really means a
reduction of 20 per cent on real es
tate, due to the recent 20 per cent
horizontal reduction in assessments
on real estate.
During tEe meeting the Surry
county bar assoication appeared be
fore the commissioners and asked
for a two-weeks' special term of
civil court to begin September 18.
However, for economic reasons the
commissioners declined to draw a
Jury for such a term and suggested
that the bar association use the
next two weeks' regular term of
court, using thf first week for the
trial of criminal cases and the last
week for civil actions.
•It was pointed out that inasmuch
as there are less than 75 criminal
cases on docket, this could be easily
arranged.
The next regular term of court
convenes October 12.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Appeal Ends Strike
Uniontown, Pa., Aug. S.—Axt
appeal from President Roosevelt,
carried to the heart of the tur
bulent strike area, today swung
western Pennsylvania's soft coal
workers into the b&ok-to-the
mines movement.
Stirred to enthusiasm as Ed
ward P. ■ McGrady, labor advisor
of the NRA, delivered the Presi
dent's message, irfore than 1#«
leaders of union locals derided by
a unanimous, rising vote to re
turn- to work.
Arizona For Repeal
Phoenix, Ariz., Aug B.—Repeal
of the 18th amendment was ap
proved by almost three to one in
nearly 2S per cent of Arizona's
precincts in which .today's elec
tion count had been completed
tonight-. The count in 349 pre
cincts out of 444:
For repeal, 36,017.
Against repeal, 8,234.
Choose Jury
North Wilkesboro, Aug. B.
Thirteen Avery county citizens
were selected in Wilkes superior
court today to try Glenn Walsh,
young man of Summit, for the
murder of James R. Grayson, a
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Two Are At World Fair
As Guests of Tribune
Miss Claudia Austin, of the Chat
ham Manufacturing company, and
Miss Flora Royall, daughter of
Mayor and Mrs. M. A. Royall, left
Monday for the Chicago World's
Pair as the guests of The Tribune,
each having secured 55 new or re
newal subscriptions. -
Accompanying the two young la
dies were Miss Mattie Brendle, who
recently won a trip to the fair by
securing subscriptions to a Mount
Airy newspaper, and Mrs. R. L.
Harris and Mrs. George Royal*.
The Tribune's offer of a free trip
to the World Fair is not a competi
tive offer by any means. Every per
son who secures cash for fifty-five
yearly subscriptions, old or new, is
given a return trip ticket to Chica
go, which also includes all meals
and hotel accommodation* while
enroute to and from Chicago; four
nights and three and one-half days
hotel accomodations while enroute
to and from Chicago; four nights
Directors and Officers of Local
Bank Are Tentatively Chosen By
Stockholders Here Tuesday Night
Asked For Teamwork and Getting It
\ jMfT dam i
President Roosevelt, and Recovery Administrator Hugh 8. Johnson,
demonstrated exactly what they meant about teamwork In their launching
of the National Recovery Administration * program and are now watching
with much satisfaction as one after another industrial division adopt
codes and start operation. Photo shows the President receiving con
grtulations of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh 8. Johnson on his recovery address.
To Hold Meeting Friday
Night To Organize Under
National Recovery Act
Local Organization Will Be Entrusted With Pushing President's
Emergency Re-Employment Campaign Locally And
, With Coping With Problems And Com
plaints As They Arise. Everyone
Urged To Attend
A meeting of Elkin business men
and other representative citizens
has been called for Friday night at
8:15 o'clock in the Kiwanis room
of Hotel Elkin for the. purpose of
forming a local NRA organization
to cope with local problems arising
from the adoption of the blanket
code here, and to assist in the cam
paign to get every employer and
Wife of President Will
Annual Festival
Although Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt will attend the annual musical
festival to be held on the crest "bf
Whitetop Mountain today, Friday
and Saturday, President Roosevelt
will not be present, as reported, a
telegram to The Tribune from M.
H. Mclntyre, assistant secretary to
and three and one-half days
hotel accommodation in Chicago
(two or three in a room, with
bath); two paid admissions to the
fair grounds; one paid admission to
Fort Dearborn and Lama Temple;
fifty mile, three hour sightseeing
tour of Chicago; round trip trans
portation from the hotel -to the
fair grounds each day for three
days—everything included in one
ticket except the meals in Chicago
and these may be had inside the
fair grounds for from 25i to 50c
and up.
Those interested in making, sucfc
a trip who lives in the rural sec
tions, or in Boenville, Dobson,
Ronda, etc., should begin work to
day and with a good chance for
success inasmuch as the majority of
subscriptions obtained to date have
been secured in Elkin.
If you have not already arranged
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consumer to sign the President's
agreement to shorten working
hours and raise wages.
According to instructions received
from national NRA headquarters as
to how to organize the organization
must be headed by a general who
will have under him as officers a
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the President, stated Tuessday
night.
The Tribune, following receipt of
paess reports stating that both the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt would
attend the festival, wired the Presi
dent Tuesday afternoon for a veri
fication of the report. The reply
was as follows:
"The President has already sent
regrets. Mrs. Roosevelt expects to
be at Whitetop for the day, August
12th."
The festival, an annual event, is
being held upon the highest point
of the mountain, near the point
where the three states of North
Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee
corner. Roads have been improved
and elaborate preparations have
been made to accomodate the crowd
that is expected to attend.
In addition to Mrs. Roosevelt,
many other prominent citizens are
expected to be there.
Rev. Chas B. Howard
To Conduct Revival
Rev. Chas. B. Howard, pastor of
the Baptist church in Enfield, has
an invitation here to con
duct a series of. evangelical services
at the First Baptist church, begin
ning September 17, and continuing
for tm days or two weeks.
Rev. Howard ia one of the out
standing young ministers in North
Carolina and hia coming hereF is
eagerly looked forward to. He is
past president of the State B. Y. P.
U. contention and is an able speak
er.
RIJUN .
Gateway to
Roaring V# .
Gap and the JK-
Bine Ridge «>»«.».
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
R. C. LLEWELLYN, OF
DOBSON, IS NAMED
PRESIDENT, CASHIER
Stockholders Name W.
S. Gough As Vice-
President
HOPE TO OPEN 15TH
Although a board of directoras
and officers for The Bank of Elkin
cannot be officially elected until the
has received its charter, these
officials were tentatively elected
Tuesday night at a meeting of stock
holders at Hotel Elkin, and it is ex
pected the organization will be made
permanent by the stockholder* fol
lowing receipt of the charter.
Directors, as tentatively selected,
were Avery Neaves, C. S. Poster,
Dick Freeman, W. S. Gough, J. R.
Poindexter, Thomas Roth and R. C.
Llewellyn.
Tentative officers to manage the
bank were R. C. Llewellyn, presi
dent and cashier; W. S. Gough,
vice-president and Garland Johnson,
formerly with the American Ex
change National Bank, of Greens
boro, and the Greensboro Bank and
Trust company, also of Greensboro,
assistant cashier.
It was explained that the bank
cannot open until all money for
stock has been paid in, there re
maining a sum yet outstanding.
When this money has been collected
—and it is expected to be paid in
immediately —all that will be nec
essary will be the securing of the
charter and official election of a
board of directors and bank offi
cers.
It has been hoped that the bank
could open by August 16, but due to
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DOBSON MAN BADLY
INJURED BY AUTO
Glenn Bledsoe Suffers
Fracture of Skull
When Run Over
Glenn Bledsoe, of Dobson, is In a
critical condition following an auto
mobile wreck Saturday evening in
which he was struck and run over
by a light sedan driven by a neigh
bor, Wade Jackßon, also of Dobson.
According to information avail
able here, the accident occurred on
a curve in the road in thte edge of
Dobson as Bledsoe was walking to
his home about 9 o'clock. It was
said that Jackson failed to see him
until too late to avoid striking him.
Bledsoe was taken to a Mount
Airy hospital in an unconscious
condition suffering a fractured skull,
a bone fracture of the ankle and the
loss of several teeth.
EIR Printing Co.
And Tribune Are
•. Under NRA Code
The Elk Printing Co., publish
ers of The mkfai Tribune, has
adopted the blanket eode under
the national recovery act and be
gan operating under the Blue
Eagle of the NRA Monday morn
ing.
Under the code it has been
necessary to make alterations in
working hours, closing time hav
ing been set up from 5:30 daily
to op. m. The plant will open
as usual at 8:00 a. m.
The new code does net affect
the editorial staff of the Tri
bune, but all mechanical em
ployees are affected with the re
volt it has been found necessary
to add one new man to the me
chanical staff.
Under the new eode, The Tri
bune will greatly appreciate co
operation of the merchants in
getting their ad. copy in as early
aa they can conveniently do so.