ELKIN
"The Beat
Little Town
In North
Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIII, No. 19
CLAY L. MORRISON
PASSES AWAY AFTER
CRITICAL ILLNESS
Was A Member of Weil-
Known Yadkin Coun
ty Family
BURIED TUESDAY
Clay Lemar Morrison, 75, passed
away at his home near Jonesville
Monday morning at 1 o'clock, fol
lowing a long period of ill health.
His condition became critical only a
few days before his death.
The deceased was a member of a
well-known Yadkin county family
and was the last survivor of the
family of the late Mr. and Mrs.
James E. Morrison. He was a con
sistent member of the Baptist
church.
The deceased wa twice married,
first to Miss Oct.a Oroom and after
her passing to Miss Nannie Feimster,
who survives him. Mr. and Mrs
Morrison celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary last October.
Surviving besides the widow are
the following sons and daughters of
the second marriage: James C.,
William and Charlie Morrison, of
Jonesville; Feimster Morrison, of
Lewistown, Idaho; Mrs. Percy Boyd
of Benham and Mrs. Weaver Hin
son of Hamptonville. Twenty-three
grandchildren and five great-grand
children also survive.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock from the
Jonesville Baptist church in charge
of Rev. Richard Day and Rev. R. H.
Kennington ?.nd interment was in
the family plot in the Jonesville
cemetery.
INJURIES FATAL TO
WINSTON-SALEM MAN
Was Hurt In Automo
bile Collision On Wins
ton Road Saturday
J. C. Holcomb, 40, of Winston-
Salem, died early Sunday morning
in a Winston-Salem hospital follow
ing an accident which occurred
about noon Saturday on the Elkin-
Winston-Salem highway near East
Bend, when the car he was driving
was in collision with a sedan driven
by Bob Hall, of Elkin. He sus
tained a fractured skull and se
vere bruises and lacerations.
It was said that Mr. Holcomb was
driving towards Elkin when his
coupe went out of control and struck
the machine driven by Mr. Hall,
turning over several times. The Hall
car was swerved off the highway in
an effort to avoid the collision. Mr.
and Mrs. El Burcham, Mrs. Hall, and
several children who were passengers
in the car were not injured, nor was
Mr. Hall.
Funeral services were held Tues
day at Winston-Salem from the
home and at Mountain View Baptist
church in Yadkin county. Rev. V.
M Swaim, Rev. J. P. Crouch and
Kev. Isom Vestal were in charge of
the rites. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
Surry Republicans
s To Meet March 31st
A convention of the Republicans
of Surry county has been called to
meet at Dobson Saturday afternoon,
March 31, at 1 o'clock for the pur
pose of electing delegates and alter
nates to the Republican state con
vention, scheduled to assemble in
Charlotte April 4, and also to elect
delegates to* other conventions yet
to be called and to elect the county
chairman and executive committe.
Chairmen of the various voting
precincts arc being instructed to call
their precinct meetings to be held
at the respective voting places on
Saturday, March 24, at 2 p. m.
In issuing the announcement, C.
W. Williams, chairman of the Sur
ry county Republican executive
committee urged a full representa
tion of men and women voters,
whether or not they are duly ap
pointed delegates.
BARN BURNS
Fire thought to have started from
hot ashes Sunday afternoon des
troyed a large barn belonging to
Mrs. J. W. Ring, on Terrace avenue,
and for a while endangered a num
ber of nearby dwellings.
It is thought hot ashes ignited dry
grass and weeds and that the flames,
rapidly eating their way across the
ground, fired the building. An au
tomobile, housed in the bam, was
pushed out Just in time to save It.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
More Monk Suits
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NEW YORK . . . Princess Irina
Alexandrovna (above), who was
awarded damages of $126,750 in a
London libel suit against an Ameri
can moving picture concern for the
picture of Rasputin, the mad monk,
is now reported turning her eyes to
ward the V. S. for future action
against the company and exhibitors
here.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
AUTO STRIKE
POSTPONED
Washington, March 20.—Presi
dent Roosevelt today called for
peace parleys in the railroad and
automobile labor dispute to quiet
strike threats that have arisen to
menace the recovery program.
His request brought from rail
road managers an immediate
agreemtnt to further conferences
and acceptance of a presidential
proposal that the present wages
be continued in that industry for
another six months. There was
no immediate announcement of
workers' reaction.
To the automobile workers Mr.
Roosevelt sent a £erse request that
the strike which had been called
for tomorrow be held off until the
leaders of that industry could
come to Washington for a con
ference with him.
FARLEY ASSAILS
SPECIAL INTERESTS
Wilmington, Del., March 20.—1n
a speech that sounded a key-note
' for the coming congressional
campaigns, Chairman Farley of
the Democratic national commit
tee tonight defended cancellation
of the air mail contracts and as
sailed interests he said were seek
ing to take all the benefits of re
covery and "let the rest o't us re
vert to the misery of a year ago."
"If you look deep enough," he
said, "you'll find behind every at
tack on the President and his
policies a special interest which
seeks to re-establish the advan
tage it held so long by controlling
the government."
ACCUSE HOOVER
CABINET MEMBERS
Washington, March 20.—Mem
bers of President Hoover's cabi
net were charged in the senate
today with having given "their
service to an unlawful and frau
dulent" air mail combination.
Senator Robinson, of Arkansas,
the majority leader, made the
charge during another warm ex
change on cancellation of private
contracts which brought Senator
Fess, Republican, Ohio, to his
feet with a quick defense.
53 KILLED
IN FEBRUARY
Raleigh, March 20.—Fifty-three
persons were killed in automobile
accidents in North Carolina in
February, three more than in
February, 1933, but only slighty
more than half as many as in
December, when 103 fatalities
were listed.
REVEAL WORLD-WIDE
SPY RING
Paris, March 20.—A worldwide
spy ring with a recruiting center
in New York was declared * by
Judge Andre Benon today to have
been revealed during a long
grilling of a young American
couple, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gor
don Switz.
Correction
Through error it was stated last
week in a news story announcing
the showing here of "These Thirty
Years," under the auspices of Elkin
Motors, Inc., that the show would
be presented at the Lyric theatre
Thursday and Friday, February 22
and 23. This should have read
March 22 and 23. The Tribune re
grets the error.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 1934
CWA Workers Unearth Mastodon Skull
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CHICAGO . . . CWA workers, while digging near Aurora, 111, un
earthed the skeleton head of a huge Mastodon, the extinct species which
roamed the North American continent some 20,000 years ago. The head
is 4 feet, 9 inches high and 2 feet, 10 inches wide and weighs 350 pounds.
Prof. C. R. Smith of Aurora College, pictured above with mastodon skull,
classifies the skull as a rare find.
SCHAFF WILL AGAIN
HEAD LOCAL SCHOOL
R. B. Blackwelder To
Again Be Head Of
North Elkin School
At a meeting of the board of edu
cation on March 15, Walter R.
Schaff, for the past two years super
intendent of Elkin Public schools,
was re-elected unanimously to head
the school system for a third year,
according to Mrs. Mason Lillard,
secretary of the board of education.
The board expressed its apprecia
tion of Superintendent Schaff in
highest terms, commended his work
as that of an efficient school head,
and unanimously pledged him its loy
al cooperation for the ensuing year.
"We have a good school" was the
summarized comment of the mem
bers.
R. B. Blackwelder, principal of
North Elkin, which is now a part
of the Elkin School District, was ap
pointed to serve another year. The
election of teachers, Mrs. Lillard
pointed out, will take place shortly
after the Easter holidays.
Mutual Aid Assn.
Goes Into Effect
The Elkin Mutual Aid Association,
which provides hospital care and
treatment to its members at a mini
mum cost, goes into effect at Chat
ham Manufacturing Company this
week, with a more than 50 per cent
membership in the company. The
association, which is an auxiliary of
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
here, will be thrown open to the
public next week and a detailed an
nouncement will be carried in next
week's Tribune.
OPERATION IN LITTLE AMERICA
Joseph A. Pelter, U. S. Navy aerial
cameraman, underwent an operation
for appendicitis at Little America
Friday and was resting well Friday
night, despite the rigors of the South
Polar climate. Dr. Louis H. Potaka,
performed the emergency operation.
Merchants Association
To Comic Opera
"Miss Bob White", a musical
comedy, sponsored by the Elkin
Merchants Association will be pre
sented in the school auditorium
Thursday and Friday evenings,
March 29th and 30th at 8 o'clock.
An admission fee of ten and thir
ty cents will be charged. The pub
lic is most cordially invited to at
tend.
Following is a list of characters in
the comedy, which is under the di
rection of Mrs. A. L. Griffeth:
Artie Tre Billion, John Sagar;
Billy Van Million, Alan Browning,
Jr.; Duke of High Titles, A. C. Hood;
Lord Bashful, Alex Biggs; Friend
Samuel Rodd, Charlie Alexander;
Jack Hearty, Paul Price; CYanke
min, A. L. Griffeth; George Wash
ington De Vere. Clay Church; Clare
Livingston, "Miss Bob White", Miss
Sarah McCracken; Goldenrod, Miss
Josephine Paul; Miss Autumn, Mrs.
Lillard, Mattie Brendle, Ruth Eads,
Ethel Hemric, Frances Grier, Caro
line Lillard, Chloe Holcomb and
Call Mass Meeting
To Discuss Curb
Market For Elkin
A mass meeting of the farmers
of this section will be held in Mc-
Neer's warehouse here Saturday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to dis
cuss plans for a curb market, it
was learned Wednesday from Miss
Edith Neaves, secretary of the
Elkin USerchants association.
Plans for a curb market have
been under discussion for some
time by the Merchants asociation,
and the mass meeting will enable
farmers and producer growers
who make Elkin their produce
market, an opportunity to express
their views of the matter.
MEDICAL SOCIETY
HOLDS MEETING
Has Largest Attendance
Of Any Meeting In
Past 3 Years
The first meeting of the united
Surry and Yadkin County Medical
Society was held at Hotel Elkin last
week with the largest attendance of
any meeting within the past three
years. Guests of the society were
Dr. W. P. Speas, of Winston-Salem,
and Dr. N. Thomas Ennett, newly
elected head of the Surry County
health department.
Dr. Roy Mitchell, of Mount Airy,
read a paper on "Nervous Indiges
tion" which was discussed with much
interest and enthusiasm. Dr. R. D.
Plippin of Pilot Mountain, presented
an interesting case report.
PUns were made during the meet
ing to celebrate the 51st anniversary
of Dr. M. A. Royall's practice of his
profession. At the next meeting
which will probably be held at Yad
kiriville, Yadkin county, on the se
cond Tuesday in June.
Janie Hall.
Farmers and Farmer Maids:
H. L. Johnson; Maggie, Miss Sarah
Click.
Colonial Dames: Misses Margaret
Misses Edith Holcomb, Mary Benson,
Jane Wilson, Lucille Cox, Sarah At
kinson, Louise Gri er, Margaret
Greenwood, Dorothy Chappell; Hugh
Chatham, Alexander Smith, Joe
Transou, Clyde Cothren, Moir Hall,
Rich Chatham, Jim Byrd, Hoke
Cockerham.
Jackies: Misses Ola 7#al, Estejle
Powers, Pauline Mastin, Juanita
Billings, Catherine Brannon, Doro
thy Penfield, Leona Darnell and Ro
ette Cockerham.
Roses: Misses Emalene Neaves,
Sarah Kelly Lillard, and Nancy
Click.
Directed by Mrs. A. L. Griffeth.
Pianist, Miss Edith Neaves.
Tin Soldiers and China Doll: Tom
my Chatham, Sonny Johnson, Owen
Gwyn and Betty Chatham.
Knows Depression
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NEW YORK . . . Eberhard Faber
(above), pencil king of the U. S.
who celebrates his 75th birthday
this month, says he has spent fifty
fivt active years as an officer of his
company and N has gone through
depressions of all kinds. He says the
present depression is at its end. Don't
worry is his rale for longevity.
B. & L. TO PAY FIVE
PER CENT DIVIDEND
Announce the Opening
of 61st Series On
April 1
The usual five per cent dividend,
to be paid April 1, was declared by
the board of directors of the Elkin-
Jonesville Building & Loan Associa
tion at their meeting held he*e
March 9.
Organized in 1908, the local asso
ciation has 26 years of successful
operation to its credit, having as yet
to sustain a single loss.
The association is today announc -
ing its 61st series, which opens Auvil
1.
Operating under direction of the
insurance commissioner of North
Carolina and a directorate of con
servative business men of Elkin and
Jonesville, the association is antici
pating continued success during the
ensuing year.
Directors of the association are:
Mason Lillard, E. P. McNeer, J. R.
Poindexter, H. P. Graham, P. M.
Norman, Paul Gwyn, J. L. Powers,
C. S. Poster and S. G. Holcomb.
EXAMINATION FOR
POSTMASTER HERE
Applicants to be Rated
On Education And
Business Experience
To fill the vacancy in the position
of postmaster in this city, the Uni
ted States Civil Service Commission
has announced, at the request of the
Postmaster General and in accord
ance with an order of the President,
an open competitive examination.
To be eligible for the examination,
an applicant must be a citizen of
the United States, must reside with-
in the delivery of the Elkin post
office, must have so resided for at
least one year next preceeding the
date for close of receipt of applica
tions, must be in good physical con
dition, and within the prescribed age
limits. Both men and women are
admitted.
Full Information and application
blanks may be obtained from the
secretary of the local board of civil
service examiners at the local post
office, or from the United States
Civil Service Commission, Washing
ton, D. C.
Would Advertise
National Highway
Meeting at Hotel Elkin Friday
night, the Elkin Klwanis club con
sidered a proposal on the part of
Jack DeLysle, head of United States
Good Roads Co., that his company
advertise the Lakes-to-Florida high
way, which when completed, will
run through Elkin.
Mr. DeLysle, who was introduced
to the club by James Gray, of
Statesville, and a member of the
Statesville Kiwanis club, stated that
his company would get out 20,000
maps of the route, Elkin's propor
tion of the charge to be $220.
The club, after considering the
matter, referred Tir. DeLysle to the
Elkin board of commissioners.
Dr. M. A. Roy all, mayor of Elkin,
was a guest of the club. He was
scheduled to make a talk, but due
to a slight illness, he was forced to
postpone this part of the program.
STATESVILLE LOSES SUIT
An award of $7,500 was granted
Mrs. Bally T. Grooms in superior
court at Statesville Friday for injur
ies sustained in 192® when she slip
ped and fell on an Ice-coated street.
BLKIN M»A
Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the {Xmjg
Blue Ridge «»••««
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DEATH OF POPULAR
ELKIN MAN PROVES
SHOCK TO FRIENDS
Leslie E. Aldridge Dies
Of Pneumonia Last
Week
LAST RITES FRIDAY
A pall of sorrow was cast over the
entire town Thursday in the passing
of Leslie Earl Aldridge, 41, at Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital, follow
ing a brief critical illness from pneu
monia. Few men in Elkin possessed
a wider circle of friends than Mr.
Aldridge and his death leaves a
vacancy that can not easily be filled.
He had been in the hotel business
here for the past fifteen years, as
manager of Home Hotel, and was
exceedingly popular with the travel
ing public.
Impressive funeral rites were held
Fviday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from
the First Methodist church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. W. E.
Fox, pastor of the church, assisted
by Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of
the First Baptist church, and Rev.
L. B. Abernethy, of Newton, pastor
of the deceased for the nine years
when he served as pastor of the
Methodist church in this city. They
paid high tribute to the life of Mr.
Aldridge, stressing his fine character
and his high morals and his faith
fulness to his family and to his
church.
Before coming to Elkin Mr. AM
ridge was associated with the South
ern Railway Company with head
quarters in Greensboro. During the
World War he was with the radio di
vision and received his training at
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass.
Following the service the remains
were carried to Hollywood cemetery
•where they were interred in the
family plot. The beautiful floral of
fering which covered the grave was
evidence of the high esteem of a
host of friends here and elsewhere.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Myrtle Smith Aldridge and three
children: Eugene, Maxine and Dale
Aldridge. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. G. Aldridge, of Randleman and
the following brothers and sisters:
Virgil Aldridge, Asheboro; Urcille
Aldridge, High Point; Clair Ald
ridge, Thomasville; Cleo Aldridge,
Greensboro; Mrs. Wesley Angell,
Winston-Salem, and # Mrs. Carson
Stout, of Columbia, South Carolina.
Active pallbearers were: W. W.
Whitaker, C. N. Bodenheimer, L. G.
Meed, J. B. Parks, J. G. Abernethy
and L. E. Snow.
Honorary pallbearers were: F. M.
Norman, J. O. Bivlns, Dr. H. L. John
son, Dr. Hugh Parks, Dr. H. C. Sal
mons, M. Q. Snow, Herman Guyer,
R. M. Bates, R. D. Rqscoe, ML C.
Whitener, C. H. Brewer, E. P. Mc-
Neer, Fred Colhard, R. L.
R. M. Chatham, George Royall, R.
W. Davis, R. A. Reavqs, W. H. Ligon
and Dr. M. A. Royall.
TO RE-OPEN LOCAL
CO. HEALTH OFFICE
Measles Epidemic Is On
Wane In Surry
County
Following the selection of Dr. N.
Thomas Ennett as Surry county
health officer, it was announced that
the local office of the county health
department will be re-opened in
Comb's studio this afternoon, and
each Thursday afternoon hereafter
from 2 to 4 o'clock. Dr. Ennett will
be in charge.
The new county physician arrived
in the county last week and has
made an investigation of the current
measles epidemic which disclosed
that the situation is greatly im
proved, cases thus far in March
numbering around 100 as against
429 in February.
Dr. Ennett is interested in insti
tuting a health program among the
schools of the county and will push
this phase of the work. He plans to
organize and instruct the teachers
of the county in the things that they
can do to cooperate with him in a
health program among the children
of the lower grades.
In the school room, particular at
tention will be given to the condition
of eye-sight, hearing, teeth, throat
.d general cleanliness.
Mr. and Mrs. B. E. DeHoff and
Elwood Harvey, of Baltimore, Md.,
and Mr. and Mrs. 8. B. Hardy, of
Winston-Salem were week-end
guests in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Dave Masten, on Elk Spur street.