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"The Best
Little Town
| In North
j Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 50
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State and Nation
Faces Problems
Washington, Oct. 24. The
farm administration having set
tled one perplexing tobacco prob
lem, is now wrestling with two
others.
One is to work out a plan
whereby farmers in the Carolina®
and Georgia who sold their crop
prior to the effective date of the
flue-cured tobacco marketing
agreement, may be paid benefits
to compensate them for higher
prices being paid under the agree
ment.
The other is to co-ordinate the
several codes of fair trade prac
tices submitted by warehousemen
in the various tobacco belts into
one master agreement covering
the entire industry.
To Aid Wets
Washington, Oct. 24.—Post
master-General Farley at his
press conference today told of his
plans to go to the Carolina* and
aid in the fight to secure ratifi
cation by the two states of the
prohibition repeal amendment to
the constitution.
"General, in your speeches at
Raleigh and Columbia are you go
ing to bear down on the prohibi
tion issue?" Parley was asked.
"That's what I am going down
there for," he answered.
Bankers Adopt Code
The North Carolina Bankers'
association, in a railed session in
the King Cotton hotel here yes
terday afternoon, unanimously
adopted the bankers' code of fair
competition, compiled by the
American Bankers' association
and approved by both President
Roosevelt and the national re
covery administration.
Wrong Man
New York, Oct. 24.—Lieut.
James Finn, former bodyguard to
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, is
convinced that John Gorch, held
by Boston police, is in no way
connected with the kidnaping and
slaying of the Lindbergh baby, a
high official of the New York po
lice department said tonight.
Plans Trip
Capt. Bennett Griffin, one of
the leading aviators of the coun
try and companion of Jimmy Mat
tern in an attempted flight
around the world a little over a
year ago, is now planning to out
do all existing flight records with
a non-stop trip around the world
in approximately three and one
half days.
To Loose Big Guns
Raleigh, Oct. 34.—The United
Dry Forces of North Carolina
this week will loose their heavy
guns, with Clyde Hoey, of Shelby,
Dr. E. McNeil Poteat and Federal
Judge E. Yates Webb heading the
list of orators who will occupy
platforms in various sections of
the state.
YADKIN CO. FAIR
BEGINS OCT. 31ST
Many Good Acts Will
Feature Four Days
Of Events
The Yadkin County Fair, a yearly
begins at East Bend next
Tuesday and will continue through
* Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
In addition to what is expected to
be unusually good agricultural and
home exhibits, the (air will also fea
ture the Famous Roland Shows,
with a big program of free acts.
Opening day will be observed as
children's day, with all school
► ~ children gaining free admicteion to
the fair grounds. A better babies
contest will be staged Wednesday.
Thursday afternoon will feature the
annual beauty contest for all girls
between 15 and 25 years of age,
- N .and the awarding of prives.
Should Pay By Oct. 31
To Save Tax Discount
Elkin taxpayers who wish to save
the two and per cent dis
count on 1933 town taxes should
pay the taxes on or before October
81, it was announced Wednesday by
Pixie Graham, city , tax collector.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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Ruth Gillette (above) despite
stage successes, could not get a
movie contract because of weight,
until the advent of Mae West with
fashion curves. Now Buth is much
in demand and has just signed a
screen contract, one clause being
that she must not weigh less than
135 pounds.
ROTH NAMED HEAD
OF KIWANIS CLUB
Kiwanians To Entertain
School Teachers Fri
day Night
Electing officers for the year
1934 Friday night, the Elkin Ki
wanis club named Thomas Roth as
president, Charles H. Brewer, vice
president; and Albert O. Bryan,
treasurer.-
The newly elected officers will
take office in January. Kiwanian
Roth, who is at present,vice presi
dent of the club, will succeed H. F.
Laffoon as president.
The board of directors for 1934
was also named. Those elected
were. Dr. R. B. Harrell, E. S.
Spainhour, A. L. Griffeth, Errol E.
Hayes, Dan Barbour, Herbert P.
Graham and George H. Wilson.
Following the election it was de
cided by the club to entertain the
school teachers of the Elkin school
district at the next meeting, Friday
night. Teachers from both the Elk
in and North Elkin echoolß were in
cluded in the invitation.
The following Friday night, No
vember 3, the club will stage an
oyster roast at Williams' Park, near
Mountain Park. This outing will
feature ladies' night.
It was also voted to set up the
weekly meeting hour of the club
from 6:30 p. m. until 6:00 p. m.
The new hour will be observed only
during the winter months and goes
into effect at the next meeting.
DR. A. W. PLYLER
IS TO SPEAK HERE
To Address Union Meet
ing of Local Churches
Sunday Evening
Dr. A. W. Plyler, of Greensboro,
editor of the North Carolina
Christian Advocate, will speak be
fore a union meeting of the local
churches at the Methodist church
in this city Sunday evening at 7:45.
Dr. Plyler will speak on the reten
tion of the 18th amendment of the
Constitution of the United States.
The public is most cordially invited,
to attend this service.
Due to thta meeting there will be
no evening service at the First Bap
tist church, but the B. Y. P. U. will
meet in regular session at 6:30.
Sheriff Has Surry
County Tax Books
The 1933 tax books for Surry
county were turned over to Sheriff
John D. Thompson the latter part
of last week and statements have
been mailed out to the individual
taxpayers. It is hoped that this
will speed up payment on taxes as
the county is badly in need of
funds.
It haß also been announced from
the sheriff's office that Sheriff
Thompson will "begin advertising
taxes for 2932 on Tuesday, Novem
ber 7. This announcement should
serve as a warning to delinquent
taxpayers who will have an oppor
tunity to pay up in the next two
weeks and avoid costs of advertis
ing.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1933
SATURDAY IS DAY
FOR REGISTERING
IN WET-DRY FIGHT
Drys Hopeful For 6 To
1 Majority In Elkin
Precinct
ELECTION NOV. 7TH
Saturday will mark the only day
set aside for registration of voters
who wish to cast their ballot in the
repeal election of November 7.
Those voters whose names are al
ready upon the registration books
will not have to again register, it
was pointed out, but the books will
be at McNeer's warehouse for the
convenience of those who have come
of age since the last election, or
who are newcomers in Elkin pre
cinct.
To be eligible to register the
voter must have lived in North Car
olina at least 12 months and in the
precinct foyr months. Those who
wish to vote who have not been in
the precinct four months must get
a certificate from the registrar of
their last voting place and present
it to the registrar of the precinct in
which they now live.
C.' A. McNeill has been appointed
registrar for the November 7 elec
tion and will be at McNeer's ware
house with the books all day Satur
day. The polls will also be located
there November 7.
According to local dry leaders the
drys expect to carry Elkin precinct
by a good majority. "If," it was
stated, "the people vote as they
have pledged themselves the drys
should win by six to one."
BOONVILLE FAIR
TO BEGIN FRIDAY
Indications Point To
Biggest And Best
Event Of Kind
The Boonville Fair will be held
on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 27 and
28. The exhibits will be on display
from Friday afternoon to Saturday
night. From all indications it looks
like the display of farm and home
products will be the largest in the
history of the Boonville Fair. It is
hoped that the exhibitors will enter
most of their exhibits Thursday af
ternoon so that the judges can get
started judging the exhibits by
10:00 A. M, Friday.
Those in charge of the Fair ex
pect a record attendance, and com
ing at a later date in the season will
enable many tarmers to arrange their
work on the farms so as to attend
and enter their exhibits, see those of
others, and enjoy two days which
will be helpful to them.
The management has arranged a
schedule of entertainment that will
eclipse all previous efforts. There
will be some kind of entertainment
from the beginning of the fair to
the close.
You can guess the nature of a
public gathreing. The more naugh
ty it is, the greater demand for
front seats.
Local Rats Eat Their
Fill and Flourish On
"Poison" Said To Kill
Indications point to an unusual
ly well fed and contented crop of
rats following the rather disas
trous end of the rat killing cam
paign staged here by the board of
town commissions and a rat poi
son salesman.
According to the salesman, who
appeared before the commission
ers at their last meeting and
talked at length upon the virtues
of his wares, the poison was guar
anteed to wreak havoc and des
truction among the various and
sundry members of Elkin's rodent
family. As your reporter under
stands it, the salesman al.no* made
dire predictions as to the fate of
any bugs and other crawling
things which might happen to
sample his concoction.
As a result, many dollars were
invested in the poison, which was
placed at points of vantage here
and yon, and all hands sat hack
to glory in the slaughter of the
rats. It was to be a grand and
glorious cceMton.
Probably A Cow From
The Klondike Would
Bear Weather Better
Bound for Little America t*>
help furnish fresh dairy products
for the members of the Byrd
South Pole expedition, Klondike
Gay Carteret, Guernsey cow from
Klondike Farm, has already
gained the reputation of being a
dyed-in-the-wool habitant of the
colder spaces.
According to Buolis Pyron,
who, together with Thurmond
Chatham, owner of Klondike
Farm, was on hand to see the
cow go aboard ship at Norfolk,
Klondike Gay Carteret was mak
ing herself quite at home stroll
ing about the deck when a lady
who was also aboard ship giving
everything the once over, noticed
the word "Klondike" written up
on the blanket which was draped
over the cow.
"Oh, isn't it wonderful with
what pains they select their
equipment for the trip," she ex
claimed to a companion. "They've
even selected a cow from the
Klondike so that she may better
stand the cold."
MONDAY WINS OVER
WILDCAT PATTON
Dude Franklin Knocks
Out James Brooks
In 2nd Round
Cool as a cucumber and probably
seeking revenge for a defeat in the
last American Legion show here,
Paul "Hardrock" Monday Tuesday
night won the decision over Fred
"Wildcat" Patton in the eight-round
final bout of the American Legion
boxing show staged at McNeer's
warehouse.
The battle Tuesday didn't see
Monday handicapped with a broken
rib taking severe punishment from
a really wild Pilot Mountain wild
cat as featured his previous fight
here with Patton,. but saw an |
aggressive Monday, in the best of
condition, win the majority of the
eight rounds with a wildcat who
wasn't wild and who went to the
mat for a count of nine in the fifth
round.
With the exception of the first
bout, which featured Haßting Eld
ridge and Flake Brown, both Elkin
boys, in an unusual and unique
double knockout, the remainder of
the bouts proved satisfactory to the
large crowd of fistic customers on
hand. Neither Eldridge nor Brown
appeared to be in good condition
and after the third round both ap-
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Surry Men To Serve
On Federal Jury
The following Surry county men
have been drawn for jury duty at
the next term of federal court which
gets under way at Winston-Salem
Monday, November 6:
S. W. Fulk, Pilot Mountain; Roy
Tesh, Mount Airy; Oliver Hauser,
Shoals; Wade Shugart and T. G.
Harris, Elkin; Martin Marion and
Cleve Williamson, Dobson and Wal
ter Marion, Mount Airy, R. F. D.
But today, alas, the occasion
is not so grand and glorious, that
is, on the part of those who put
up the money for the rat poison.
For, according to actual facts, the
local rats have been growing
sleek and fat upon the bait.
Seeing that state of affairs, W.
W. Whitaker, desiring first hand
inforration as to the potency of
the posion, took two live rats
caught in a basket trap and
served them, beginning Monday
night, with three meals of the
poison each day up until late
Tuesday night. And the more the
rats ate the sleeker and more
frolicsome they became. It may
be truthfully said without mis
representing any facts that the
poison had no bad effects at all.
Small wonder, then, that local
commissioners and town officials
are sort of keeping their weather
eye peeled for a certain salesman
who sells rat poison which doesn't
poison.
Mary Says "No"
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Despite Hollywood Screen colony
conviction that Mary Pick ford will
soon be seeking a divorce from her
husband, Douglas Fairbanks, now
abroad, Mary says emphatically
"No". Above is a recent picture of
Mary at her Hollywood home.
ELKIN HITS STRIDE
IN SATURDAY GAME
Defeat Fighting: West
Jefferson Team By
Score of 33-19
The Elkin high football squad
playing inspired football whipped a
strong, hard fighting West Jeffei
son team last Saturday at North
Wilkesboro 33 to 19. The local
boys outclassed the West Jefferson
aggregation in every phase of th».
game, particularly in blocking and
tackling.
The exciting features of the game
were Captain Chatham's two long
runs when he returned punts 90
and 70 yards respectively, passes
caught by Cothren and Transou, and
the hard plunging of fullback Burch
am as he drove through the line in
the last few minutes of the game
for Elkin's fifth touchdown.
The Elkin boys really hit their
stride in the West Jefferson game.
They kept their heads under punish
ment, played clean, demonstrated
almost perfect blocking and tackling
and showed more drive than thev
have in previous games. Special at
tention is called to the excellent line
work of Co-Captain Hall, McNeil!,
Harris, Wade, Crater and the Sales
brothers.
Elkin meets Cooleemee Thursday
at Chatham Park.
TO OBSERVE HOME
COMING DAY 29TH
Many Expected To At
tend Jonesville M. E.
Church For Event
The Jonesville. Methodist Church
will observe Home Coming Day next
Sunday, October 29th, at the eleven
o'clock service. The history of the
church will be read. Exhibits of in
teresting documents connected with
the history of the church will be
made. One of these is the deed to
the land for the old academy build
ing made by Richard Gwyn to C. B.
Franklin. B. B. Benham, A. N.
Tomlin, Richard R. Gwyn, F. A.
| Harris, W. L. VanEaton and W. B.
Woodruff, trustees, in 1854. Older
1 members of the church are expected
to be present and relate their
i memories of the church in other
| years. Th« Church Roll Is to be
called. Greetings" from farmer pas
tors will be read. It had been an
ticipated that some of them could
be present and preach but due to
the nearness of the meeting of the
A'nnqal Conference none of them
could W away from his own work.
The sermop will be preached by
Mr. R. J. Matheny of Duke Univer
sity. The friends a,nd former mem
bers of the ahurch are Invited to
meet with the members in this ser
vice.
Teachers Attend Meet
In order that member? of the
faculty of the Klkin school could
attend the northwest district meet
ing of the State Teachers' associa
tion at High Point Friday, classes
were not held on that day. The
entire faculty attended.
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They might make restaurant
croquettes more appealing by tell
ing who left the scraps.
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Gap and the
Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ROOSEVELT PLEDGES
NATION A MANAGED
DOLLAR IN ADDRESS
States That "We Are On
Way And In Right
Direction"
SCORES GAMBLERS
A managed currency was pledged
by President Roosevelt In a talk to
the nation Sunday night, and he re
vealed also plans to establish a gov
ernment market for gold for dollar
stabilization.
Mr. Roosevelt's speech, his third
major address to the nation since
March 4, reviewed all appects of
his recovery program. In it he took
cognizance of agricultural unrest,
pointing out that every effort would
be made to fuTther the rise of
commodity prices.
"If we cannot do this one way
we will do it another. Do it we
will," he said significantly.
The Presdent outlined an orderly .
procedure for the realization .of his i
gigantic economic and financial
program. He summed it up as fol
lows:
1. Restoration of the price level,
first of all.
2. Establishment and and main
tenance of a dollar of unchanging
purchasing power—in short, a man
aged currency.
3. Control of the gold value of
the domestic dollar.
4. Establishment of a govern
ment market for gold to establish
and maintain continuous control.
Mr. Roosevelt's utterances on
the monetary question came as a
distinct surprise to official Wash
ington, which had felt that he
would confine the address to an
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JUNIOR DISTRICT
MEETING SUCCESS
Good Programs Staged
During Afternoon •
And Night Sessions
An unusually large attendance
marked the meeting here last Wed
nesday afternoon and night of the
seventh district Jr. O. U. A. M. The
meeting was said to have been the
most successful held within th« past
25 years.
During the afternoon session#
which got under way at 3:30
o'clock, District Deputy J. R.
Windsor presided in the absence
of C. E. Burchett, district council
or. Following a routine business
session, State Councilor B. C. Siske
delivered an interesting address up
on the principles of the Junior Or
der.
The night session, which began
at 7:30 o'clock featured an address
of welcome by S. O. Maguire. Mon
loe Adams, of Statesville responded'
; Short talks were then made by D. t
A. Robertson, of Mount Airy; Paul
1 S-wanson, of North Wilkesboro, and
l W. S. Reich, of Elkin.
Degree work was put on by a de
: gree team from North Wilkesboro
under tire direction of J. C. Wallace,
j captain.
A final address by Mr. Siske and
i the decision to hold next year's dis
trict meeting with the Ronda and
Clingman councils marked the con
clusion of the meeting.
Local Church Observes
Childhood, Youth Week
Childhood and Youth Week was
celebrated by a special program at
the Methodist church in this city
Wednesday evening, at the regular
weekly prayer service. An inspir
ing talk on "What Makes A Christ
ian Home" by Prof. Z. H. Dixon was
followed by a talk on "How to Be
come Better Parents'* by Mrs. Harry
L. Johnson. A solo, "When There's
Love at Home", by Mrp. E. G. Click
concluded the program.
At the close of the program the
congregation was invited into the
Sunday school rooms where they
were served tempting refreshments.
The honor guests of the meeting were
parents of the children of the Sun
day school from the Beginner*
through 'the Yorng People's Depart
ment.
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~ Mr. and Mr*. Fred Neaves and
Lineberry. Statesville, who to
Mrs. Neaves' mother, Mrs. C. F„
their guest, attended the funeral of
Miss Opal Kennedy in Winston
Saiem Tuesday. Miss Kennedy will
be remembered here, having visited
Mrs. Neaves early is the spring.