In- . ELKIN
"The Best
IJttle Town
JSie In North
Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 43
Pay Rolls, Employment
Here Showßiglncrease
Since Advent of NRA
WAGES INCREASED
BY 50 PER CENT;
EMPLOYMENT BY 35
Elkin Backs NRA Al
most 100 Per Cent
After Drive
SOME HOLDING OUT
The first week of the NRA drive
here to line up every employer and
every consumer under the wings of
the blue eagle has resulted in al
most 100 per cent cooperation, it
w*>9 announced Wednesday morning
by C. G. Armfield, chairman of the
NRA committee.
A checkup on employers who
have come under the agreement
has also disclosed that employment
here has been increased 35 per
cent and pay rolls have shown an
increase of 50 per cent since Au
gust 1.
WJith but few exceptions every
business and every consumer is now
displaying the blue eagle in coop
eration with President Roosevelt
and his national recovery drive. It
was pointed out that in some cases
those business firms which have
not signed consist of one-man
stores and in event they did not
sign would not increase wages or
employment. * However, these
slacker firms declining to cooper
ate are providing unfair competi
tion for those Btores which have
shown their patriotism.
It was stated that firms which
have not signed are only . hurting
themselves. The NRA is not a mat
ter of politics but a combined ef
fort of the American people to. pull
themselves out of the depression,
and every consumer who has signed
the consumer's agreement should
keep it in mind at all times that
they have agreed to patronize those
stores which show the blue eagle
on their, windaws. Cooperation on
th« part of every citizen who is in
terested In the march to better times
is necessary if the NRA proves suc
cessful.
In a number of instances volun
teers engaged in the drive here were
faced with refusals to cooperate by
people who declared that the world
was coming to an end and that the
blue eagle is nothing more than the
sign of the beast spoken of in Reve
lations. It was said one business
man broke down and cried when ap
proached, saying that whether he
signed or net wouldn't make any
difference aB the world is on its
last legs.
TEACHERS SELECTED
YADKIN DISTRICT 3
Professor Z. H. Dixon Is
To Again Head Jones
ville School
The following teachers have been
selected for district number three
of the Yadkin county schools:
Jonesvllle: Z. H. Dixon, principal;
high school teachers: Miss Clara
Bell, Miss Marion Stafford and Al
den Hi\nt. Grade teachers will be
first grade, Mrs. A. D. Stout, Mrs.
W. V. Holcomb; second grade, Mrs.
Od«U Holcomb, Miss Ruby Long;
third grade, Miss Beulah Fleming;
fourth grade, Mrs. Maude Martin
Greenwood; fifth grade, Miss Eliza
beth Turner; sixth grade, Miss Ruby
Steelman and seventh grade, M. R.
Haynes. „
Stars Peak school: J. J. Vestal
and Miss Ruby Bray.
Haynes school, Mrs. Bill Dowell.
Swan Creek school: Mrs. Mon
Myers and Mrs*. Arvel Myers.
Holleman school: Geeter Haynes.
The Jonesvllle school will open for
the fall semester Monday morning,
September 18, at 8:45. .
MOST ALL UNDER NRA
Labor Day, long heralded as a
milestone In the recovery drive,
found much of the country blanket
ed under the blue eagle In
America's great peace time mobili
sation but with myriad problems of
employer-employee relations casting
their shadows ahead.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Should See Local
NRA Committee For
Code Information
Information as to codes and re
quirements of NRA may be ob
tained from C. G. Armfield, local
chairman or Colonels A. O. Bry
an, Walter R. Schaff and Alan
Browning, Jr.
All complaints should be filed
with the local NRA committee for
settlement or interpretation.
They will be referred to national
headquarters if necessary.
Reports of non-signers or in
fractions on the part of members
will be sent to national head
quarters for permanent records.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Storm Hits Texas
Bdinburg, Tex., Sept. s.—'Re
port* that the thickly populated
lower Rio Grande valley of Texas
was devastated by a terrific trop
ical hurricane vjith heavy loss of
life and property destruction run
ning into millions of dollars, were
general in the storm area, to
night.
From various sources came re
ports that Brownsville, with a
population of 22,000, and Harlin
gen, population 12,000 had been
virtually wrecked by tremendous
winds which roared in from the
Gulf of Mexico about midnight
and blew throughout the day. ..
Cuban Gov't. Resigns
Havana, Sept. 5.—--Provisional
President Carlos Manuel de Ces
pedes and his entire cabinet—in
office less than a month—late
today resigned to make way for
a revolutionary junta which
seized the power during a coup
r which was bloodless.
Ijeadership was turned over to
a commission of five, represent
ing army non-commissioned of
ficers and radical students, as
wild scenes were enacted in the
capital.
Ford Raises Wages
Detroit, Sept. s.—An upward
revision in wages in the plants
of the Ford Motor company,
bringing the daily pay for some
classes of employes to $4.80 as
against a previous 94 minimum
became known today, apparently
Henry Ford's first move in "go
ing one better" the NRA auto
mobile code from which he is a
holdout.
Vermont Goes Wet
Montpelier, Vt., Sept. s.—Ver
mont, long a rockbound prohibi
tion stronghold, today joined the
parade of states favoring repeal
'of the 18th amendment.
It was the 25th consecutive
state to record itself in opposi
tion to retention of prohibition
in the constitution. No state has
voted for the amendment.
Reynolds To Russia
Washington, Sept. 5. —— The
problems of the "recognition of
Russia and the control of liquor"
have become of "such intense in
terest" to Senator Reynolds of
North Carolina that he has decid
ed to go to the seat of these
questions and study them from
first hand observation, according
to his friends here.
23 Reported Dead
Binghamton, N. Y., Sept. 5.
Twenty-three persons were re
ported dead and more than 100
injured as rescuers pulled man
gled bodies from the wreckage of
a fast Chicago to New fork Brie
passenger train which was ram
med by a freight engine here to
night.
KILLED BY TEA IN
Noah Shehan, 26, uiffiarried, liv
ing on South Roalroad street Sal
isbury, was killed by a freight trahi
near China Grove Sunday afternoo*.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1933
DRYS HOLD MASS
MEETING SUNDAY
AT COUNTY SEAT
Thomas H. Steele Talks
On Fine Results Of
Prohibition
JAMES IS SELECTED
What was said to have been one
of the most Important mass meet
ings of the Surry county voters In
a quarter of a century was held at
the courthouse in Dobson Sunday
when drys of the county assembled
to open the drive in Surry for the
retention of the 18th amendment.
Judge Wi F. Carter, chairman of
the dry forces of the county, pre
sided.
' Thomas H. Steele, teacher of a
Bible class in the First Baptist
church, of Statesville, was the prin
cipal speaker. He was Introduced
by Attorney Earl C. James, of this
city, who has been selected by the
executive committee to represent
the dry force of the county in the
state convention for repeal, if such
a convention iB held.
During his talk on the results of
the 18th amendment, Mr. Steele
stated that In the United States un
der legalized liquor there were 98
Keely institutes, they have been re
duced to 11 under the 18th amend
ment, a decrease of 90 per cent. He
also said that there were 275 in
stitutions in all for treatment of al
coholic diseases where now there
are only 68. Decrease in drunken
ness was said to have been respon
sible for the closing of 207 of them.
According to census records in
wet Canada, the speaker declared)
there are three times as many auto
mobile wrecks in proportion, than
in the United States. He also sta
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M. P. 1. JUNIOR
COLLEGE OPENS
High School Classes Are
To Convene On
Monday
Mountain Park Institute opened
its junior college department on
Tuesday,. September 5. At the ten
o'clock chapel exercises President
Weaver extended a hearty welcome
to the student body and introduced
the members of the faculty as fol
lows: Mr. C. O. Cathey, Davidson
College, history and economics; Mr.
C. E. Ward, Vanderbilt University,
education and Bible; Mr. J. M. Mc-
Adams, University of North Caro
lina, mathematics; Mr. W„ B. Gar
rett, Harvard, English and* French;
Mr. H. T. Hambright, University of
South Carolina, science; Mrs. H. T.
Hambright, University.of South Car
olina, librarian; Mrs. J. A. Wilson,
North Carolina State College, agri
culture; Miss Martha Biggs, Wom
an's College of the University of
North Carolina, home economics;
Mr. David Hartzell, Miami-Jacobs
College, commercial science; Miss
Evelyn Hallowell, Woman's College
of the University of North Carolina,
music.
Folfowing the chapel hour the
registration and classification of
students were in order, processes
requiring the remainder of the day.
A large number of new students
were inducted into the freshman
class, and a surprising number of
sophomores were registered, con
sidering the fact that the Mountain
Park Institute is reopening its "col
lege department this year.
On Wednesday the regular college
courses began, but, due to the diffi
culty of arranging a bus schedule
the high school classes will not con
vene until next Monday.
Federal Employment
Office Is Opened Here
A- federal re-employment office
has been located at the F-W Chevro
let company here, it was learned
Tuesday for the registration of all
unemployed persons between the
ages of 16 to 70 years. The office
is in charge of A. W. Calloway.
It is the purpose of the govern
ment, it was said, to first ascertain
the number of unemployed before
providing project® designed to give
employment.
It was also learned that Mrs.
Emma Reece Mock, of Dobson, has
been eppointed to Buceaed John W.
Comer as acting director of relief
in Surry county. '
•'Every unemployed person is urged
to register at th« local office.
Michigan 4-H Boy Wins Sheep-Shearing Title
Dale Wood, 15 year old 4-H Club member from Athens, Mich.,
is the National Sheep-Shearing Champion for 1938. In competition
with state champions from all parte of the country Dale proved himself
to be the fastest and neatest in the Century of Progress contest held -
at Chicago.
School Bells In Elkin
District To Ring Out
Wednesday Morning
District Includes Elkin And North Elkin Schools. Teachers
Meeting Is Scheduled For Tuesday To Make Final
Preparations For Opening. Term This
Year Will Be Eight Months
The 1933-1934 school term for
Elkin school district, which includes
Elkin and North Elkin, will begin
Wednesday, September 13, at eight
thirty. Superintendent Walter R.
Schaff will meet with all his teach
ers on Tuesday, September 'l2, at
three, o'clock at which time final
preparations will be made (or the
opening day of school.
All pupils in grades one to six in
clusive will report at 8:30 Wednes
day for enrollment and classifica
tion. The high school and junior
high pupils will come to the school
building at one-thirty on the same
day.
All high school pupils are asked
to visit the superintendent's office
before the opening day to get sche
dules and classification cards. Se
niors and juniors are asked to come
to the superintendent's office Satur
Total Taxable Property
In Surry Is $22,000,000
The total taxable property in Sur
ry county for the present fiscal year
amounts to $22,000,000, it was
learned following the meeting Mon
day of the Surry county board of
commissioners. Owing to the 20
per cent horizontal reduction in real
estate recently inaugurated, this
figure is approximately $5,000,000
under last year.
PREMIUM LIST FOR
FAIR IS OFF PRESS
Catalogue Is Now In
Process Of Distri
bution
The premium list and program
for the Elkln Community Pair is
off the press and. is beitfß distribu
ted throughout Surry and surround
ing counties.
The fair, which is to be held
Thursday night, September 28 and
Friday and Friday night, Septem
ber 29, in McNaer's warehouse, is
expected to be even better then the
fair held last' year.
Th« premium list, totalling over
SSOO, contains many attractive and
worthwhile prizes, including $75
worth of Chatham blankets given by
the Chatham Manufacturing com
pany; a $75 suite of furniture giv
en by the Elkin Furniture Com
pany; a SSO range given by Surry
Hardware company and a $35
phonograph given by Reich-Hayes-
Bores, Inc., in addition numer
ous other prizes donated by various
Elkln concerns.
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day, September 9, and sophomores,
freshmen, and junior-high pupils on
Monday, September 11. It is im
portant that students do this
promptly.
The State School Commission
rules that children who become six
years aid after November 15 will
not be admitted to this school term.
The school books in both the
high and elementary departments
will not be changed except geo
graphy in the elementary school.
The school term this year will be
eight monthß. No changes have
been made in the faculty from last
year. School authorities anticipate
a successful year in spite of drastic
curtailments of funds by the state.
The public is urged to cooperate in
every way possible to keep the
schools up to as high a standard as
possible.
Figured by the present tax rate
of 35 cents on the hundred dollar
valuation, county real estate should
gross $187,000. v
The tax rate is apportioned as
follows: 16 cents for county pur
poses, 41 cents for county debt ser
vice, 24 cents for county school ser
vice and five cents for outside poor.
MASTER PRINTERS
iIOLD MEETING HERE
H. F. Laffoon Is Named
President Of District
Organization
Master printers from district
three of the North Carolina Asso
ciation of Master Printers, met at
Hotel Elkin here Tuesday night to
form a permanent organization and
to discuss in detail plans for the
submission of a code of fair com
petition to cover the entire printing
industj-y.
Officers for the district organiza
tion, which consists of the follow
ing cities: WJnston-Salem, Boone,
Jefferson, Warrenville, Sparta. Elk
in, North Wtikesbiro, Mount Airy,
Dobson, Yadkinville, Danbury, Wal
nut Cove, Wentworth, Mayodan,
Madison, Pilot Mountain, East Bend,
Rural Hall, Kernersvilie, Mockeville
and Leaksville-Spray, were elected
as follows:
H. F. Laffoon, Elkin, president;
W. 11. Johnson, Mount Airy, vice
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Gateway to
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Gap and the
Blue Ridge
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
REV. W. L. SHERRILL
COMPARES ELKIN OF
PAST AND PRESENT
Former Pastor of Meth
odist Church In Good
Talk
BEFORE KIWANIANS
An interesting talk on Elkin as it
is today compared as it was in 1894
was made before the local Kiwanis
club Friday night by Rev. W. L.
Shefrill, a former pastor of the
Methodist church who is spending
the summer here.
Elkin, Rev. Mr. Sherrill pointed
out, was a village of only 500 pop
ulation when he arrived here to take
up his work as pastor. The busi
ness section then was for the most
part located on what was then
known as Water street, the street
which runs parallel with Big Elkin
creek in front of the Bell home.
It was after the advent of the
railroad that the business section
gradually moved eastward to its
present location.
In 1894 the town had a one-room
school presided over by two teach
ers, one of which also spent a por
tion of her time giving music les
sons, Mr. Sherrill stated.
The Methodist church, the speak
er said, was located on the site of
the present school building at the
time he came here, and was later
sold to the town to be used as a
school building when a new brick
church was constructed "on the site
of the present Greenwood Auto Co.
In speaking of the price of real
estate then as compared with today,
he pointed out that a, tract of land
running into thousands and thou
sands of acres, and on which Elkin
is now situated, was purchased for
a little over S7OO. In later years
real estate has sold here for over
S2OO a front foot.
Following Rev. Mr. Sherrill's talk
which was enjoyed by every mem
ber, the club voted to hold Friday's
meeting at the shoe factory. The
hour of meeting was set at 5:30
o'clock.
JURORS ARE DRAWN
FOR OCTOBER TERM
Criminal Court To Con
vene For Two Weeks'
Session Oct. 2
Jurors for the October term of
Surry superior court for the trial of
criminal cases were drawn by the
couny board of commissioners Mon
day. The term convenes October
2. Those drawn were:
First week: W. L. Draughn, A. F.
Hodges, Kyle Norman, C. B. Snow,
W. A. Calloway, George M. Walters,
WJ. L- Bostic, Roscoe Childress, S.
W. Flynn, W. L. Dunman, J. M.
Parker, Fred Armfield, L. E. Ald
ridge, A. P. Southard, J. G. Chip
man, Sam Deathridge, J. E. Smith,
A. W. Cockerham, S. S. Wright,
Harvey Lineback, N. G. Matthews,
D. C. Williamson, A. G. Dobbins, J.
L. Powers, T. M. Riggs, William J.
Amburn, S. J. Hodges, Sam Seals,
E. W. Moseley, M. C. Goodman, I.
L. Armfield, Marion Hutchins, J. B.
Haynes, Sam McKnight, P. D. Web
ster, C. J. Wilmoth.
Second week: Howard Miller,
Henry Wood, P. A. Owens, Wes
Watson, C. P. Barker, R. C. Boaz,
George Shelton, Hugh Merritt, Bas
comb Douglass, Jesse Beamer, J. G.
Harrison, Willard Marion, J. R.
Martin, Philip Snow, R. A. Jaris,
Cullen Merritt, J. P. Nixon, B. F.
Sprinkle, R. S. Burrus, C. C. Hale,
Mat Gardner, J. C. Mastin, W. H.
Hayes, J. W. Beasley, R. .Luther
Greenwood.
To Advertise Town
Taxes Second Week
In October
At the monthly meeting of the
board of town commissioners held
Monday night the date (or the
advertising of delinquent tax
payers was set for the second
week in October.
Mrs. Mason lillard was re
elected to the town school board
tor a four-year term ending June
80, 1087.
1 Other matters coming before
1 the- board were of routine nature.
, ,
Three new strawberries and a
) new blackberry are among the fruitt
introduced last year by the United
Statee Bureau of Plant Industry.