IM»A'I ELKIN
"The Best
Yv IJttle Town
ffmt" In North
Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 42
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Hurry Beer
Richmond, Va., Aug. 29^—Vir
ginia will have legal beer Labor
day and will rote on state prohi
bition repeal October 8.
Arrest Insull
Athens, Aug. 29.—The United
States won a victory In .the
Athens appeal court today when
It formally sanctioned the arrest
and detention of Samuel Insull
pending an extradition hearing.
Repeal Leads
Seattle, Aug. 29.—First returns
in Washington's repeal election
from widely separated sections of
the state tonight showed wet del
egates leading by substantial ma
jorities in nearly all districts.
Fight New Disease
St. Louis, Aug. 18®.—The gov
ernment today pitted the full
force of its scientific battalions
against the mysterious and de
vastating "sleeping sickness" as
eight additional federal experts
were ordered to St. Louis by Sur
geon General Hugh S. Cumming,
of the V. S. Public Health ser
vice.
2,000,000 New Jobs ,
Washington, Aug. 29.—The
statement that 2,000,000 people
had been given jobs under the
NRA employment drive was made
tonight by Hugh 8. Johnson, na
tional recovery administrator.
In his speech, Johnson said
though 2,000,000 persons already
had received jobs in the re-em
ployment campaign, the drive had
only begun.
Price Disappointing
Raleigh, Aug. 29.-—Heavy sales
marked the opening of the bright
leaf tobacco belt today. Al
though comparatively few tags
were turned, many growers ap
.peared disappointed.
Because of the volume of sales,
which were blocked on several
markets, few official figures
were available tonight but a gen
eral average of between 11 and
12 cents a pound was indicated.
Hooey Plays Fool
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 29.
Fresh talcum powder brushed ov
er a two inch cut above his left
eye, Senator Huey P. Long of
Louisiana today lambasted Mil
waukee newspapers, Wall street,
and certain policies of the Roose
velt administration.
Newspapers which had com
mented concerning the source of
his injury were termed "skunks
and polecats,". Wall street was
charged with attempting to
"make the world safe for pluto
cracy," and the administration
was told to "go to hell with its
Louisiana patronage."
JONESVILLE CHURCH
TO HOLD REVIVAL
Dr. M. A. Adams, Of
Jonesville, S. C.,
To Preach
A series of revival services ex
pected to continue for 10 days or
two weeks Is to get under way at
the Jonesvllle Baptist church next
Sunday, September 3, it was an
nounced Monday by the pastor, Rev.
J. L. Martin.
Dr. M. A. Adams, of Jonesvllle.
S. C., will conduct the revival. He
Is widely known as a preacher of un
usual ability,
Moraiag services will be held at
llUjftr o'clock and the evening ser
-o*rces will begin at 7:30. Afternoon
services will be held each day ex
cept Saturdays at 3:00 p. m.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the series of services.
Yadkin Schools To
Open September 18
.All Yadkin county schools will
open for the eight" months' term on
September 18. The county school
system is made up of 42 small
schools—l 3 one-teacher, 22 two
teacher and five three-teacher
schools and five high schools.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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Kidnap and Murder
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PL? : -V., • A k?k.
Above, Harvey Bailey, raptured
by Federal Agents near Dallas, Tex.
Below, Albert Bates, taken at Den
ver, both charged with being prin
cipals in the kidnapping of C. F.
Urchel, wealthy Oklahoma oil man
for whose release a large ransom
was paid. Bailey will likely be tried
for mnrder committed in Kansas
City depot machine-gun massacre.
RAYMOND PARDIIE
FATALLY SCALDED
Dies In Local Hospital
As Result of Boiler
Blow-Out
Scalded by live steam about 7:30
Wednesday morning while firinf a
boiler at the W. E. Sale cannery
near Little Elkin churcb, Raymond
Pardue, 19, died in Hugh Chatham
hospital here about 1 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon.
George Poplin, Jr., also an em
ployee of the cannery, waß burned
and bruised in the explQgipu, but
his hurts did not prove serious.
According to Mx, Sale, the acci
dent occurred when the boiler,
steaming too faßt for the pop-off
valve to take care of the excess
steam, gave way directly over the
fire box, the live steam blowing
open the door and Bpraying Pardue,
who was standing close by. Poplin,
he said, was blown approximately
10 feet, but due to the distance he
was standing from the boiler, es
caped serious Injury.
Mr. Sale, who was standing to
the rear of the boiler, was also cov
ered with steam and cinders when
the rear door was blown off the
hinges.
Immediately after the accident
Pardue was rushed to the local hos
pital, but his injuries were beyond
medical aid.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon (Thursday), at 2 o'clock
from Little Elkin church.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Grover Pardue, and two
sisters and one brother. The de
ceased was a nephew of Mr. Sale.
Services At Galloway
Memorial Church
Rev. Edwin C. Hurst, of Mount
Airy, will conduct services at the
Galloway Memorial church in this
city Sunday afternoon, September
3, at 3:30 o'clock. The public* is
invited.
Home-Coming Day
There will be a Home-Coming day
at Old Center Methodist church,
near Mocksvllle, Davie county, next
Sunday, September 6. The services
will begin at 10 o'clock In the morn
ing.
There will be an old-time singing
during the day with Rev. W. V.
Brown, of Cycle, leading the choirs.
The public is invited to attend the
service.
Dr. White Resigns
From County Board
Of Education
Dr. Thomas R. White, local
dentist, has tendered his resig
nation to the Surry county board
of education of which he is a
member, to become effective at
the -next regularly scheduled
meeting, he fuanounced Tuesday
morning.
Dr. White declined to discuss
the reason for his resignation
other than to state that he cannot
spare the time from his profes
sional duties.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1933
SURRY COUNTY DRYS
PREPARE FOR DRIVE
AGAINST WET FOES
Local Man Is Named
Vice Chairman Of
Organization
TO MEET SUNDAY
Meeting in* Dobson Saturday to
hear an address by George Burnett,
of Raleigh, organizer of the dry
forces of North Carolina', a large
number of Surry citizens who are
against the repeal of the 18th
amendment organized a central
committee as a first step in the
county-wide drive to be made in the
interest of prohibition.
Elkin, Mount Airy, Dobson, Pilot
Mountain and other points of the
county were represented. The or
ganization perfected was as fol
lows:
Chairman, W. F. Carter, Mount
Airy; vice chairman, E. C. James,
of this city; secretary, Mrs. J. L.
Woltx, Mount Airy; treasurer, C.
C. Pierson, Mount Airy.
Mrs. R. L. Flippin, of Pilot Moun
tain, was named township chairman
of the Pilot Mountain district.
Sunday afternoon, September 2,
was set for another meeting at Dob
son at which time the organization
of the townships of the county will
be perfected preparatory for the
concerted county-wide drive against
repeal. The meeting is to begin at
2 o'clock.
TRAP HILL SCHOOL
FACULTY IS NAMED
D. R. Wright Is Re
elected To Serve As
Principal
At a meeting of the Trap Hill
school district central committee a
few days ago, D. R. Wright was re
elected principal of the Trap Hill
high school: He has served in that
position for the past four years.
The school there will have eight
teachers this year. The full faculty
as elected by the committee fol
lows:
D. R. Wright, principal; C. M.
Dickerson, history; C. P. Parmer,
science; Miss Beatrice Holbrook,
English.
Elementary teachers: Miss Sallie
Belle Yale, sixth and seventh
grades; Miss Mildred Holbrook,
fourth and fifth grades; Miss Ver
na McCann, second and third
grades; Mrs. Lena T. Billings first
grade.
The Trap Hill central committee
is composed of J. W. Mcßride, Wes
ley Joines and D. C. Castevens.
FAIR CATALOGUE
OFF THE PRESS
Yadkin County Fair To
Be Held October
17,18, 19, 20
The premium list of the eigh
teenth Yadkin County Pair has
come from the press and is now in
process of distribution. The fair
will be held at East Bend October
17, 18, 19 and 20.
Plane have been made to feature
a wide variety of exhibits this year
and an extremely attractive prem
ium list has been provided.
In addition to the exhibits the
fair will feature a midway made up
of rjdes, shows and all other at
tractions to be found at an event
of this kind.
It has been announced that the
annual beauty contest conducted by
The Yadkin Ripple will again be a
feature.
Dr. Albert Reiser
Is Visitor Here
Dr. Albert Keiser, head of the
English Department of Lenoir-
Rhyne College, Hickory, North Car
olina, visited with superintendent
Walter R. Schaff yesterday. Dr.
Keiser plans to spend several (f&ys
at Roaring Gap.
Dr. Keiser has traveled widely in
both America and Europe and has
written several books. His latest
work, "The Indian in American Lit
erature," will be published In Octo
ber by the Oxford University Press,
New York City.,
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NRA Drive Is On Here
To Bring Every Person
Under the Blue Eagle
Final Meeting Is Held At Hotel Elkin Monday Night Preparatory
To Drive. Every Employer And Every Consumer Is Ex
pected To Have Joined By End Of Week. S. P. U.
' And Furniture Company .Under Code.
The NRA drive to bring every em
ployer and every consumer of Efk
in and vicinity under the banner of
the Blue Eagle got under way here
Tuesday following a final meeting
of the local NRA committee at Ho
tel Elkin Monday night, at -which
time final plans for the drive—
which is also under way throughout
the nation—were completed.
Late Wednesday afternoon it was
reported by C. G. Armfield, chair
man' of the committee, that gratify
ing success was being attained and
that by the end of the drive it was
expected to have Elkin 100 per cent
in support of the NRA.
At the meeting Monday, Mrs. Carl
Poindexter was named to serve as
Lieut.-General to replace Mrs. Har
ry L. Johnson, who declined to serv-i
following her appointment at the
YADKIN TO APPLY
FOR FEDERAL FUNDS
Needed To Finance Am
bitious School
* ing Program
Application will be made to the
federal government within the next
few days for funds with which to
provide adequate school buildings
for Yadkin county, according to J.
T. Reece, superintendent of schools
in that county.
► It is expected that Yadkin's will
be the first application filed for aid
from the federal public works fund
for school purposes. This is the
result of prompt action by the Yad
kin board of county commissifiers,
which voted two to one sometime
ago to proceed with a building pro
gram to house the children of the
county who are at present under
privileged in the matter of school
buildings, as compared with other
counties in the state.
It is expected that the necessary
funds will be obtained from the
government at four per cent inter
est and that the government will
make a grant to the county of 30
per cent of the required amount.
Elkin Fair Catalog
Will Be Ready Soon
The premium list and catalog of
the Elkin Community Fair will
probably be ready for distribution
the first of next week. This is the
second annual event of this nature
staged here and an attractive list
of prizes is offered as well as a
varied and attractive program of
entertainment for the two nights
and one day of the fair.
S. P. U. Employee Is
Blinded By Flame
Ed Gray, an employee of the
Southern Public Utilities company
received serious injury to his eyes
Tuesday when wires upon which he
was working shorted, throwing
flame into his face.
At last reports Mr. Gray had not
regained his vision, but it is hoped
that his injuries will not perma
nently affect his sight.
Jeffress' Letter
Revives Hope That
Road May Be Built
Receipt of a letter by a local
man from E. B. Jeffress, chair
man of the state highway com
mission, has revived hope here
that the proposed and long
sought for Elk in-North W1 Ikes
bo ro highway may eventually be
constructed.
Mr. Jeffress' letter was as fol
lows:
"I ain In receipt of yours of
August eighth with reference to
Elk in -W llkesbovo road.
"I shall be very glad to urge
this matter for early construc
tion after we have made a defi
nite location. I am hopeful of
having a survey party complete
this location noon."
organization meeting of the -N com
mittee. Working under the direc
tion of Mrs. Polndexter are a large
number of volunteers whose ob
ject is to get the signature of every
consumers' agreement to patronize
only those establishments which are
members of NRA.
Thus far, it is understood, only*
two consumers have declined to
sign the agreement one, a woman,
stating that she must first consult
her attorney, and the other, a man.
stating that "it might cramp me in
my operations." It is generally
thought that only those not under
the NRA will be cramped in their
operations.
The manpower brigade, under the
direction of Colonel A. O. Bryan, is
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May Be Ambassador
i
JV
Mr
Jefferson Caffrey, above, is the
man slated to be the new U. S. Am
bassador to Cnba, to relieve Sum
ner Welles, who It Is reported will
come home to be Assistant Secretary
of State.
SUMMER SCHOOL
COMES TO END
Was Success And Will
Also Be Held Again
Next Summer
The Catawba College Summer
School Division at Elkin closed the
second term of summer school Tues
day. Based on the opinion of col
lege authorities and students, the
summer school was a complete suc
cess from all standpoints. The
students have asked for the summer
school unit to be held here again
next year. College authorities gave
assurance that the division will be
operated next summer.
In a letter to Walter R. Schaf f tf
local director of the division, Dr.
Howard R. Omwake, President of
the College, said:
"The more I think about what
you are doing in Elkin this sum
mer the better pleased I am/ I
think it was a sensible thing from
the point of view of both the teach
ers and of the college to run this
summer school division. I want to
congratulate you and Miss Liles on
your work."
MOUNTAIN PARK
BOY IS WOUNDED
Brought to Local' Hospital For
Treatment, His Injuries Found
Not to Be Serious
Maben Harris, 10-year-old boy of
he Mountain Park section, who was
hot by Percy Rash, 12, a playmate,
Thursday afternoon, was released
from Hugh Chatham hospital Fri
day.
Harris was shot, it was reported,
following a quarrel about throwing
.watermelon rinds. Rash was al
leged to have used a shotgun, one of
the shots injuring young Harris'
eye. N
Immediately after the shooting
Rash was placed in custody of the
ailor at Dobson as it was then
feared that Harris' injury might
prove fatal. However, he was not
badly injured.
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IMDAI
Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the
Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
WILLIAM H. BARNES
FATALLY INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Accident Occurs Near
Harmony In Iredell
County
DIES IN HOSPITAL
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 3 o'clock trom the
First Baptist church in this city
for William Harrison Barnes, 20,
who was fatally injured in an auto
mobile accident near Harmony Sun
day morning. Barnes was injured
when a truck owned by Thomad
Rose and driven by Jameß Shumate
left the highway, struck a telephone
pole and then veered into the yard
of a nearby heme and struck a tree,
turning over, arid pinning Barnes
underneath,
The party was returning from
Cherryville when the accident oc
curred, they having carried a load
of the Lee riding devices there late
Saturday night.
Both Shumate and Rose were in
jured but not badly enough for hos
pital treatment. Barnes, in addi
tion to a crushed skull also re
ceived a broken jaw and a badly
lacerated eye as well as lacerations
of the body.
Rushed to Hugh Chatham hospi
tal the young man lived until Sun
day night, although he did not re
gain consciousness.
An investigation of the accident
by Policeman J. L. Darnell and
•Highway Patrol Corporal W. B.
Lentz, who went to the scene of the
accident, disclosed that the acci
dent was purely accidental and no
blame has been attached to the
driver of the truck or his compan
ion.
The deceased was the son of
Mrs. Mary Sprinkle Hutchinson and
W. P. Barties, the latter of Johnson
City, Tenn., who survive In addition
to a half-brother, Carlton Day, of
Blkin.
The services were in charge of
Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the
church and interment was in the
Jonesville cemetery.'
ANNUAL PICNIC IS
SUCCESS AS USUAL
Hon. Tam Bowie Makes
Fine Address; Good
Crowd Present
Ideal weather and a good pro
gram including everything from
speeches to baseball and concerts to
hobby horses made the annual Sur
ry-Yadkin-Wilkes Masonic picnic,
held here last Thursday, a big suc
cess, with a goodly crowd in at
tendance.
The feature of the morning pro
gram, which was held at the picnic
grounds, was an inspiring address
by Hon. Tam C. Bowie, of West
Jefferson, and_a short talk by Judge
J. W. Padgett, grand master of the
Grand Lodge of Virgjnia.
Other fine features of the pro
gram included a concert by the
singing class of the Oxford Orphan
age and a band concert by the Mt.
Airy band.
Two baseball games, a free-for-all
boxing bout and the Lee riding de
vices furnished further entertain
ment and enjoyment, for those at
tending the -picnic.
Judge Bowie was introduced by
Marion Allen, local attorney, who
stated something to the effect that
one of these days Judge Bowie
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Tax Books Are Turned
Over To Deputy Hurt
Tax books for Elkin township for
the years 1930-31 and 32 have
been turned over to Deputy Sheriff
Crawford Hurt, it wap announced
last week by Sheriff John D. Thomp
son, who stated that those desiring
to pay their taxes would be ac
commodated by Mr. Hurt at any
time they might see him. On Satur
days Mr. Hurt will be found at the
Snow Clothing company.
Otis Sprinkle Gets
6 Months On Roads
Otis Sprinkle, of Elkin, charged
with manslaughter in connection
with the recent death of Eb Sprinkle
a relative, also of Slkln, was found
guilty la Wilkec superior court and
sentenced to aerr* six months on
the roads.