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VOL. No. XXIII, No. 29
Expect First Lap of
Highway To Be Let
Latter Part of June
ELKIN-WILKESBORO
PROJECT INCLUDED
IN LIST FOR JUNE
Is Possibility, However,
That Plans May Not
Be Ready
LAP IS FIVE MILES
The first lap of the long antici
pated and much needed highway
providing a shorter and more direct
route from Elkin to North Wilkes
boro is included in a list of projects
which will probably be let by the
state highway commission the latter
part of June, it was announced in a
story from Raleigh Wednesday
morning.
The local project, which calls for
grading, structures and surfacing
from Elkin five miles towards Roar
ing River, is listed in a group of 27
projects which are under way for the
late June letting. According to state
highway officials, it is expected that
the 27 projects will be prepared and
approved for the June letting, al
though all of them may not be ready
by that time. Whether the Elkin-
North Wilkesboro project will or will
not be ready in time for the letting,
is of course, unknown, although it
now appears a certainty that the
five-mile lap is going to be con
structed within the near future.
If and when work actually begins
on the road, it will come as the cli
max of an active fight on the part sf
Elkin and citizens living in that sec
tion of Wilkes county which the road
will serve. For years the Elkin Ki
wanis club and civic leaders have
been bringing all the pressure possi
ble to bear upon state highway offi
cials to construct such a road.
When the five mile stretch is com
pleted it is expected that it will be
only a matter of time until the en
tire road is built on into North
Wilkesboro, thus cutting off approx
imately 10 miles distance between
the two towns.
COTTON FESTIVAL
TO BE HELD JUNE 8
All In Readiness For
Gala Event To Be
Staged Here
Plans are practically complete for
the Cotton Festival and Ball to be
held here June 8 by the Elkin Mer
chants association, it was learned
from Miss Edith Neaves, secretary,
Wednesday.
A large number of entrants for the
title of Cotton Queen have been en
tered by local stores, these entrants
to v.ie for honor on the strength
of their costumes, which must be
made of cotton materials.
In addition to the selection of Cot
ton Queen, the two young ladies who
rate next highest in the estimation
of the three judges, will serve as her
attendants. Dick Chatham has been
by the board of directors
of the Merchants association to
reign as Cotton King.
Selection of the yourig lady who
will rule the cotton ball will be at
the Lyric theatre, the program, in
addition to the style show and con
test, to also feature a number of
comic and musical acts.
The Cotton Ball will begin at Ho
tel Elkin immediately after the close
of the theatre program.
Even a hard face will smile at a
compliment and a few words of good
cheer.
Merchants Change
Minds And Remain
Open Memorial Day
Although announced in The
Tribune last week on advice of the
Elkin Merchants association that
Eikin merchants would observe
Wednesday, May 30, Memorial
Day, as a holiday, these plans
were cancelled by the association
after The Tribune went to press.
The merchants remained open as
usual.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Here Monday
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Congressman Frank Hancock,
above, was a brief visitor here Mon
day afternoon as he completed a
swing: through the fifth district,
scene of his battle against Mrs. Lily
Mebane for the Democratic nomina
tion to Congress, which will be de
termined in the primary Saturday.
LAUD HANCOCK AT
GRANVILLE RALLY
Retirement Would Be
Distinct Loss To Na
tion, Rainey Says
Many messages were read from
national leaders praising Frank Han
cock at a Frank Hancock rally held
last week at Granville county court
house, at Oxford.
The first messages were in appre
ciation of Mr. Hancock, giving first
hand information on his record of
service as a member of Congress
from the fifth district of North Car
olina, a position he desires to retain
by gaining the nomination in the
June 2 primary. The meeting was
presided over by Judge Ben Lassi
ter.
Sounding the keynote of the meet
ing, Rev. C. K. Proctor, superinten
dent of the Oxford Orphanage, said:
"His (Hancock's) high sense of love
and loyalty keeps him busy while
his friends carry on in his absence.
He rises in our estimation in view of
that fact."
"We have been hearing things said
about the record of Frank Hancock,"
Ben Parham, Granville county at
torney, stated, "so we decided to go
to those who know to get the facts
first hand. Out of 24 roll calls, de-
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MUST CHARGE A FEE
FOR USE OF SCHOOL
Schaff Makes Public
Letter In Answer To
Criticism
In answer to criticism regarding
charging a fee for the use of the lo
cal school building, Walter R. Schaff,
superintendent, Wednesday made
public the following letter received
from County Superintendent of
Schools John W. Comer:
"I am requested to advise you that
the state school commission does
not propose to furnish fuel, water,
lights and power, to any school, for
any other purpose than the use of
the building for school purposes. You
are requested and expected to collect
for the use of the building for each
night when an admission charge was
made and when the building was
used for the following purposes:
public speakings, $5.00, community
gatherings, $3.00, elections $3.00,
basket ball games $2.00, plays in
which admission was charged $5.00.
For any other purpose other than
school purposes $3.00.
Some schools have consumed con
siderably more fuel, water and lights
than others in proportion to size of
heating space. This has resulted
from the use of the building for pur
poses which payment is expected for
additional cost incurred."
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1934
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
U. S. SIGNS
CUBAN TREATY
Washington, May 29.—The Uni
ted States today signed a new
treaty with Cuba renouncing its
right of armed intervention in the
island.
Within an hour after the pact
was signed, President Roosevelt
rushed it to the Senate with a
request for ratification.
"By the consummation of this
treaty," said the President, "this
government will make it clear
that it not only opposes the policy
of armed intervention, but that it
renounces those rights of inter
vention and interference in Cuba
which have been bestowed upon it
by treaty."
FIVE ARRESTED
AT LAURINBURG
Laurinburg, May 29. Five
men were arrested today on war
rants sworn out by officials of the
local Textile Workers Union as an
outgrowth of the Sunday night
riot at the Prince Mill in which
eight men were wounded.
The warrants charged assault
with a deadly weapon and with
intent to kill. Those arrested were
Champ Terry, 55; James Smith,
17; Settle Inman, 35; Bud Car
penter, 30, and Jack Wrjght.
QUINTUPLETS
DOING WELL
North Bay, Ont., May 29.-* Mrs.
Oliva Dionne, 25, who gave birth
to quintuplet girl babies early yes
terday, slowly was regaining
strength tonight.
Dr. Allan Ray Dafoe, country
doctor attending the case, was
confident the mother and all the
children will live.
Meantime reports were circulat
ed that a group of Chicago men
had telephoned Olivia Dionne, 31,
father of the record family, offer
ing him $50,000 to exhibit the
five tiny baby girls at the World
Fair there.
JAP ADMIRAL
IS DEAD
Tokio, May 30.—Fleet Admiral
Count Heihachiro Togo, 87, Ja
pan's greatest naval hero, died to
day.
He had been ill of cancer of
the throat since last summer.
Complications including bladder
stones, hastened the end.
Emperor Hirohito was described
as "prostrate with grief" at the
news.
N. C. RECEIVES
$300,000 GRANT
Washington, May 29. —North
Carolina today received a grant
of $300,000 of federal emergency
relief funds for the rural re
habilitation program in May and
June, it was announced by FERA
Administrator Hopkins. The
state was one of seven to receive
grants today.
COLONEL LEA
GIVEN JOB
Raleigh, May 29.—Colonel Luke
Lea, former U. S. Senator and
Nashyille pub.isher and financier,
has been assigned duty as time
keeper and checker at the North
Carolina state prison where he is
imprisoned for violating the state
banking laws.
DEMOCRATS ARE TO
HOLD CONVENTION
Yadkin Voters to Select
Delegates to County
Convention
Democrats of Yadkin county will
meet in convention at their respec
tive polling places Saturday, June 9,
for the purpose of electing precinct
committee and selecting delegates to
the county convention to be held in
Yadkinville Monday, June 11, at
2:30 p. m.
The county convention will select
delegates to the state convention to
be held in Raleigh June 21.
The number of votes allowed in
convention of the various precincts
are as follows: }
Boonville township. 16; N. Knobs,
12; S. Knobs, 3; N. Buck Shoals, 6;
S. Buck Shoals, 8; Deep Creek, 18;
N. Liberty, 12; 8. Liberty, 7; For
bush, 10; E. Easl Bend, 7; W. East
Bend, 0; N. Pali Creek. 8; S. Fall
Creek, 4.
Giant Dragon Lizards in New York Zoo
PPB NEW tORK .. . New Yorker* arc g
I# '•■ viewing in wonder three giant 1
,^T S ; ' ' dragon lizards, just brought here 3
- from the Inland of Komodo in the , i
* g&j&SSNW: | I •;.. 8/j feet in length. Existence of this |
: % * N species of giant lizards has been
*'; v ' n nown only since 1916. They arc the
.JbrcW : ? largest lizard known to man. The
largest lizard ever captured mea
•?y •>.... gured 13 feet. It is estimated that
______________________ there are about 300 of the giant
lizards of various sizes on the island.
Will Take Many Years
To Wipe Out Evidence
of Recent Forest Fire
State Officials, After Survey, State That Disastrous Results Will
Be In Evidence For Generations To Come. Ashes
Front Fire Will Destroy All Fish In Neigh bor
ing Streams After First Heavy Rain
Of all the forest fires in recent
years, the recent fire in the vicinity
of Roaring Gap and in the Stone
Mountain and Mitchell's river sec
tion was described as the most disas
trous that has ever occurred in
northwestern North Carolina by W.
C. McCormick, of Raleigh, assistant
state forester, who in company with
W. K. Bichler, of Asheville, district
forester, and E. P. Simmons, of Le
noir, chief warden, inspected the
scene of the blaze the latter part of
last week.
Disastrous results of the fire will
be in evidence for generations to
come, the officials'stated. They said
that it is impossible to estimate the
damage in dollars and cents but
gave the following as the disastrous
results of the flames:
An area of timberlands 40 miles
long and 3 to 4 miles wide, contain
ing in the neighborhood of 75,000
acres, denuded by the fire.
All game food and all game com
pletely destroyed.
All timber destroyed to such an
j extent that the coming growth will
be scrub growth of little value.
MRS. DANIEL VANHOY
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Esteemed Yadkin Coun
ty Woman Dies After
Long Illness
Mrs. Daniel Vanhoy, 65, passed
away at her hpme four miles east
of Jonesville, early Sunday morning
after an illness of several months. A
brief funeral service was held at the
home Monday morning at 10 o'clock
and ihe funeral proper was at Knobs
Baptist church at 11 o'clock. The
services were in charge of the pastor,
Rev. C. E. Norman, assisted by Rev.
I. W. Vestal. Interment was in the
church cemetery. The profuse flor
al offering and the throng of people
who attended the funeral services
were evidence of the esteem of a host
of friends of the deceased.
Mrs. Vanhoy had been a consistent
member of Knobs Baptist church for
the past thirty-five years and her
kindness and sympathy to people in
distress won for her the affection of
all those with whom she came in
contact.
She is survived by her husband,
seven daughters and four sons, three
brothers and two sisters.
FIND KIDNAPED MAN'S BODY
The body of John L. Adams, who
police believe was kidnaped by mis
take, was found Friday in a tank
about a mile south of Groesbeck,
Tex., his home. A bullet hole was
in his temple, a handkerchief gag
in the mouth and a belt was fast
ened tightly around the throat.
Ashes from fire will destroy all
fish in neighboring streams after
first series of rains.
Erosion on denuded hillsides will
become a serious problem.
Burned mountain sides will be an
eye-sore to tourists for generations
to come.
Fire depreciated value of mountain
property to such an extent that
property taxes in the three counties
will be materially reduced.
Burned area can be reforested on
ly through planting of proper kind
of trees.
All humus destroyed on approxi
mately half of the burned area, on
ly the mineral soil remains.
The forestry officials called at
tention to the fact that the damage
by fire in Wilkes county was not
nearly so great as in neighboring
counties, which they attributed to
the cooperative fire control system in
Wilkes county. They asserted that if
Surry and Alleghany counties had
the same system of fire fighting
control in cooperation with the state
that Wilkes is using that the fire
would have been under control in
its early stages.
KIWANIANS PLAN
WEEKLY PROGRAMS
Outline Meetings For
Two Months In Ad
vance Friday
Programs for the months of June
and July were worked out at the
meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis club
at Hotel Elkin Friday evening. Pro
grams, as announced by Walter R.
Schaff, program chairman, are as
follows:
June 1, speaker; June 8, All Ki
wanis Night; June 15. meeting to be
held at Yadkinville; June 22, out
door meeting at Elkin shoe factory;
June 29, ladies' night with meeting
to be held at Roaring Gap hotel.
Special speaker.
July 6. outdoor meeting at Elkin
shoe factory; July 13, special speak
er; July 20, outdoor meeting at Elk
in shoe factory; July 27, ladies' night,
meeting at Williams' park on Mitch
ell's river.
Details of each Program scheduled
will be worked out by Mr. Schaff
and the program committee.
Wilkes Man Thrown In
Vat of Boiling Mash
M. S. Phillips, well-known resident
of the Ferguson community of
Wilkes county, was taken to a North
Wilkesboro hospital seriously injured
Sunday night as the result of being
thrown into a vat of boiling mash
at a distillery as he was helping
federal agents apprehend the moon
shiners. He was burned practically
alii over his body.
ELKCN llilAl
Gateway to
| Boariivg ■
I Gap and the
Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BRUMMITT EXPLAINS
WHERE TO GET PART
OF NEEDED REVENUE
Says Sales Tax Should
Be Last Resort As
Revenue Source
IS EMERGENCY TAX
Raleigh, May 29.- Attorney-Gen
eral Dennis G. Brummitt answered
the oft-repeated question here today
of where to get at least part of the
money to take the place of the pres
ent state sales tax.
Readjustment of North Carolina's
tax system by basing on the market
value of stock or net income the
franchise tax levied against corpora
tions, was advocated by the attorney-:
general, as a means of recapturing
some of the taxes of which many of
the large foreign corporations hava
been relieved and of providing much
of the revenue now raised by the
sales tax.
Tl)i.s plan, he said would compen
sate in some measure for failure to
assess corporate excess against for
eign corporations, and "place the
great mass of our small corporations,
especially domestic ones, on a more
equitable taxation basis. Substantial,
additional revenue may be obtained
fairly, justly and without injury or
undue burden upon any industry or
business.
Attorney-General Brummitt advo
cated this change in the tax system
in a letter to George P. Coehegan,
Jr., of Greensboro, chairman of the
North Carolina Association of Real
Estate Boards, who had asked Brum
mitt to state his position with re
spect to the sales tax.
"The sales tax should be the last
—and not the first —resort as a
source of state revenue," said the
attorney-general. "The revenue act
declares it to be an emergency tax.
Good faith requires that earnest and
intensive study be made to ascertain
if other sources of revenue, based on
ability to pay, can be found."
He said he did not favor a re
turn to property taxation for state
support of the eight-month school
term.
North Carolina, he pointed out, is
receiving only $500,000 in federal
funds for school maintenance, other
states receiving considerably larger
allotments.
BIBLE SCHOOL WILL
BEGIN HERE JUNE 4
Children Will Attend In
Morning, Young- Peo
ple In Evening
The annual Daily Vacation Bible
school will be : at the Methodist
church in this «.ir.y June 4 and will
continue through June 15. The
children between the ages of three
and 12 years will meet in class at
nine o'clock each morning and the
young people will meet at 7:30 in
the evening. The session will last
for two hours. Classes in story-tell
ing, singing, handiwork, worship
periods and a directed play hour will
be offered.
The following people of the church
will be in charge of the school: the
junior department will study "Young
Americans Make Friends", in charge
of Mrs. Fletcher Harris, Miss Betty
Harris, Miss Margaret Lillard, Miss
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VOTERS GO TO THE
POLLS SATURDAY
To Name Nominees For
Congress, Utilities
Commissioner
Democratic voters of Elkin town-
I ship and Surry county will go to the
polls Saturday to cast but two votes
—one for their choice for Congress
and the other for their choice for
state utilities commissioner.
The congressional fight in the fifth
district centers between Frank Han
cock, now in office, and Mrs. Lily
Mebane, who would represent the
people in Washington.
In the race for state utilities com
missioner, E. C. Macon is opposing
Stanley Winborne, who now holds
that office.
The polls will ■open at sun-up Sat
urday morning at McNeer's ware
house and will close at sundown. C.
A. McNeill is registrar. W. W. Whlt
aker (R>, and Henry Dobson (D),
will serve as election judges.