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"^rr - —i ELKIN '"£ he Best yjU Little Town In North Carolina" VOL. No. XXHI, No. 35 SURRY G. 0. P. HOLDS CONVENTION; STATE CHAIRMAN IN TALK W. W. Whitaker, Local Merchant, Nominated As Commissioner OUTLINE PLATFORM An address by William C. Meek ins. of Hendersonville, state chair man, and nomination of various candidates occupied the time of the Republican county convention at Dobson courthouse Saturday. The Republican-, state chairman struck at national administration measures, especially certain farm legislation and other measures which he deemed were tending to break down the Constitution. He urged that the people preserve their in dividual liberty. Short talks were made by Mrs. Eugene Hester, of Reidsville, vice chairman, and A. A. Whitener, of Hickory, candidate for chief justice. Will E. Matthews, of Pilot Moun tain, was nominated for sheriff in the coming election. Malory E. Bray received the nomination for clerk of superior court. Claude Harris was nominated for register of deeds and Dr. J. L. Moorehead, of Mount Airy, for coro ner. Wesley A. York was nominated for the House of Representatives. W. W. Whitaker, of Elkin; T. A. Robertson, of Mount Airy, and W. O. Bryant, of near Pilot Mountain, were nominated for commissioners. R. L. Lovelace, of Elkin, will make the race for the state senate, he having filed some weeks ago. The platform, as adopted by the convention, included abolishment of the sales tax, reduction of automo bile licenses to a maximum of five dollars, full support of the Turling ton act, and repeal of the absentee and Australian ballot laws. BURKE FORCES HAVE ANOTHER AFFIDAVIT Claim CCC Camp Boys Voted In Primary Without the Right Further attacking alleged tactics of supporters of J. A. Rousseau, in the second primary for judge of the 17th judicial district held on June 30, headquarters for J. Hayden Burke in, Wilkes county issued an affidavit Tuesday night alleging that 40 members of the James CCC camp at Purlear voted when they were not bona fide residents of the state and county. The affidavit was made by H. O. Parsons, of Stanton township, which gave Rousseau a vote of 168 and Burke 6. It alleges that 10 or more Republicans in this township cast ballots in the second primary after having voted the Republican ticket in the first primary on June 2. BLANKETEERS FACE STIFF OPPOSITION Will Meet Craddock- Terry Friday, Satur day; Lick Unique The Elkin Blanketeers face stiff opposition in games here Friday and Saturday with Craddock-Terry, but are primed to even the series, the Lynchburg team having chalked up two wins when Chatham played them on their home grounds a num ber of weeks ago. The Terrymen have a strong array of hitters and two good pitchers in Garbee and Bond. The Blanketeers won two games over the Unique furniture company team of Winston-Salem last Friday and Saturday. In the first game the score was 17 to 6. Mcllwee, new left hander, showed up well and was never in trouble. Robbins, Ham bright, Mackey and Munday led the hitting. In the second game the Blanket eers won by the score of 3 to 1 in a pitchers' duel between Halteman, of Chatham, and Clements, of Unique. Halteman kept the seven hits well scattered and allowed only one run, while the Blanketeers got 10 hits off Clements for three tallies. Homer got a homer with Hambright on. Mrs. J. W. Carter Mrs. Prances Jane Carter, 89, wife of J, W. Carter, of near State Road, died Monday from a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held Wednes day from Pleasant Ridge Baptist church and interment was in the church cemetery. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Seeks Governorship Maxie Greets Ma National Essay Winner Sold Her Fortune 2K£. J: ■ Denver .... Miss Josephine Roche (above), one of the best known woman industrialists of the IJ. S., has announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Colo rado. JONESVILLE WOMAN REMOVED BY DEATH Mrs. Sallie Tucker Ker ley Passes After Long Illness Mrs. Sallie Tucker Kerley, 55, wife of J. C. Kerley, of Jonesville, died Saturday evening at her home fol lowing a lingering illness. Her death removed one of the most high ly esteemed women in her com munity. The deceased was a native of the Cool Springs community and was a daughter of Mrs. Noah Tuck er and the late Mr. Tucker, of Cool Springs. Mrs. Kerley was a devout member of the Cool Springs Baptist church. She is survived by her husband, J. C. Kerley and three daughters, Mrs. Larry Emmerson of North Wilkes boro; Mrs. A. W. Lindenmuth, Jr., of Damascus, Va., and Mrs. John Ward of Mebane, and four grand children. Funeral rites were conducted Sun day morning at 11 o'clock from Cool Springs church, in charge of Rev. D. G. Reece and Rev. I. W. Vestal, and interment was in the church cemetery. The throng of friends that attended the last rites and the beautiful floral offering bespoke the esteem and devotion of a host of friends. POOL ROOM CLOSED AND THEN OPENED Three Commissioners Say They'll Vote To Kill Ordinance Although closed by an ordinance of the town board of commissioners, which became effective last Tuesday morning, the Elkin pool room was re-opened late last Thursday when three members of the board signed a statement to the effect that they would "vote to abolish the ordinance at the next meeting of the board. The ordinance against the pool room was passed at the June 4th meeting of the board, but due to the fact that Andrew Greenwood, owner of the establishment, wished to present his side of the picture to the commissioners, the ordinance was held in abeyance until the last meeting of the commissioners on July 2. At that time a motion was made to rescind the ordinance, but it failed to get a second and the law stood. The pool room closed the follow ing morning, but re-opened the next day. TWO ARE INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Returning to Elkin last Thursday afternoon from a picnic, the car occupied by Miss Virginia Hauger and Miss Ocie Richardson of Mar tinsville, Va., and Mi°s Pauline Morrison of thk rity, overturned on highway 26 due to a defect in the steering gear. Miss Hauger sustained lacerations about the head and neck and Miss Richardson was likewise cut and bruised, t Both were taken to the local hospital for medical attention. Miss Richardson, who was driving, and Miss Estelle Powers, a fourth occupant of the car, were uninjured. The car was badly damaged. Miss Hauger and Miss Richardson were house guests of Miss Morrison. ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1934 y v/*'' NEW YORK ... Max Baer, new heavyweight champion of the world, greets his mother when arrives from the West to help him celebrate his victory over Primo Camera. I ATE NEWQ from the State and Nation JOHNSON READY TO STEP DOWN Washington, July 10.—General Hugh S. Johnson is ready to step down from his turbulent throne as boss of the NRA and has re commended to President Roose velt that the vast recovery unit be ruled by a nonpartisan com mission, he said fonight. Refreshed after a week's rest in New York, the ruddy-faced, re tired army officer lowered his eye glasses to the tip of his nose and chatted amicably with newspaper correspondents as he outlined his hope for the future of the NRA. He explained he was "anxious to get away," but in the next breath emphasized that he would stay on the job as long as "the President thinks he needs me." "Don't any of you birds get the idea that I'm getting out—or any thing like that," he cautioned. 2 BODIES TAKEN FROM WRECKAGE Morrisville, July 10.—A twisted mass of steel and charred wood, all that remained of 23 freight cars which caught fire after wrecking: here today, has yielded up the bones of two hoboes to night. Wrecking crews were still searching the wreckage for the bodies of any other victims that may have been trapped in the in ferno. Two other hoboes, who were riding on the cars which jumped the track while running down grade, were injured, one of them seriously. Several others clung to the tumbling cars and escaped without injury. CONVICTS LOP *ED ON DEATH ROW Raleigh, July I^.—Harry Bax ter and John D. Willis, escaped convicts from Chatham county," were lodged on death row at state's prison here tonight after confessing they had shot to death Hal C. Itouth, manager of the Standard Oil Company plant at Slier City. The two men, who escaped from the prison camp Sunday after noon after snatching a rifle from a guard, were quoted by officers as saying they shot Routh when he refused to give them a ride outside the city limits. GERMANS CANCEL WAR MANEUVERS Berlin, July 10.—Defense min ister Werner von Blomberg sud denly cancelled the regular autumn Reichswehr (army) maneuvers today as tht third of a series of moves designed to prove Ger many peaceful policies abroad and restore normal civil conditions at home. Official explanation was that the danger of forest fires because of tlie long drought might im pede the maneuvers. TSK, TSK, CAN'T FIND HOUSE Washington, July 10. The Federal Housing Administration which wants everybody who can afford it to find a house, couldn't find one itself today. Administrator James A. Moffett admitted he was having trouble locating 20,000 square feet of floor space for his organization. "In the meantime," he said, Tm working under my hat." ■foyv.^ >/ MARTINSVILLE, Ind. . . Harry E. Terhnne, 19 (above), whose es say, "Peace With Security" won the national "Fidac" American Legion contest, will be entered in the international contest at Paris this month. CHATHAM, HANCOCK SPEAK AT BANQUET Kiwanians Observe La dies Night At Roar ing Gap Hotel Short talks by Thurmond Chat ham and Congressman Frank Han cock featured the banquet of the Elkin Kiwanis club at Graystone Inn Friday evening. Wives and sweethearts of the Kiwanians were guests of the club. Following the banquet the pro gram was opened by Tom Roth, club president, who turned the meeting over to Kiwanian Carl Poindexter. Mr. Poindexter intro duced Mr. Chatham. In his talk Mr. Chatham pointed out the many advantages of Elkin and surrounding country and ex pressed pride in the fact that he was a native of the town. He lauded Elkin citizens for pulling together and urged them to show no let up in their efforts to make the town even more attractive as a place to live. Congressman Hancock, who was accompanied by his wife, made a brief talk, using the New Deal as its theme. He praised the record of President Roosevelt since his in auguration and promised even bet ter things to come under the Dem ocratic administration. Mr. and Mrs. Hancock are spend ing the summer at Roaring Gap. There were approximately 50 present at the banquet, and the ev ening was pronounced an unquali fied success by all. SECOND TERM IS TO BEGIN WED.. JULY 18 Many Attending First Summer School Term Will Enroll Registration for the second term of Catawba College summer school division ac Elkin will take place on Wednesday, July 18, 9:00 a. m., ac cording to Walter R. Schaff, local director. Coursps will be .offered in history, education, methods, and art. The names of the courses are as follows: Public Education in the South, The Family, Contemporary World History Since 1914, Methods in Elementary Science and Health, Methods in the Social Studies, and Advanced Drawing. More than half of the students at tending the first term will register for the second term. A large num ber of new students is expected. Miss Elilabeth Black will continue to assist Mr. Schaff with the in struction. The entire summer school student body spent last Friday as the guest of Catawba College, at Salisbury. The college arranged a special as sembly program for the local divi sion. The students were then shown the various features of the college plant. At one o'clock the college extended its hospitality by inviting the student body to lunch. Barn And Two Mules Destroyed By Storm As the result of an electrical storm Sunday afternoon, a barn and taro mules belonging to Lea Caudle, of near Boonville, were destroyed as a result of a stroke of lightning. According to report here, light ning struck the bam, igniting it and the mules perished in the blaze. It is understood the Caudles were not at home at the time. ST. LOUIS . . .Miss Huraldine Shores, 19, (above), sales girl held a $1 ticket in the Irish Sweep stakes which proved to be worth SIOO,OOO. . . Failing to realize its value on race day she sold it to a stranger who offered her $750. Now she wonders If the stranger will return to share the winnings. Hen Exerts Herself and Lays Egg That Weighs 1-4 Pound Doubtlessly unfamiliar with the government's program to curb production, a Plymouth Rock hen owned by Omar E. Gentry, Elkin, route 1, proceeded to go into action the other day and produced an egg which is an egg. By actual measurement, the egg measures eight inches around the long way and seven inches around the small way. On top of that, it weighs one-fourth pound. It is not known whether the hen plans to over produce in this manner throughout the summer, or is perhaps planning a vaca tion by getting all the egg out of her system in one supreme .ef fort. In case you'd like to see this egg, it's on display at The Tribune office. It's a good egg, too. WELFARE SURVEY IS EXTENDED 2 WEEKS State Headquarters Al lotted Addition $lO,- 000 For Work The Public Child Welfare Survey for North Carolina, which is being conducted by the American Legion and the American Legion auxiliary, has been extended for two more weeks, according to information re ceived by Mrs. Fred McNeely, Surry county worker. The state head quarters has been alio ted an addi tional SIO,OOO for the continuation of the work. Much interest has been shown "In Surry county in this 1 work and a large list of cases have been reported. It is believed, however, that there are additional cases in the county which should be listed and it is urged that these cases be reported to Mrs. McNeely in order that they may be included in the survey. The survey is to record all crip pled or physically disabled children of World War veterans and citizens generally. These cases are reported to local headquarters then to the state headquarters in Raleigh and in (Continued On Last Page) Car Turns Over And Burns; Woman Injured An expensive sedan, driven by an elderly woman whose name could not be learned, who is said to be a resident of Charlotte, was to tally destroyed by fire about 4:30 a. m. last Thursday when it skidded on a curve on the Brook's Cross Roads highway and turned over. Following the accident the wom an was said to have been picked up by a passing motorist and carried to a Statesville hospital. New Furniture Plant to Open In Next 30 Days The Morristown Manufacturing company, machinery of which has been moved here from Morristown, Tenn., will probably* be ready for operation within the next 30 days, it was learned Tuesday from H. B. Meiselman, owner. The process of setting up the ma chinery is now under way. Mr. Meiselman, his wife and two small children are now making their home at Hotel Elkin. They expect to move into the Hurt home on Bridge street extension within a short while. BLKm fun A I Gateway to Roarijxg Gap and the frS&e' Blue Ridge PUBLISHED- WEEKLY CALL REICHSTAG TO HEAR HITLER EXPLAIN EVENTS German Chancellor Or ders Groups To As semble Friday PRESS IS SCORED * Berlin, July 10.—The 100 per cent nazi reichstag, inactive survivor of the republican days, was ordered to day to assemble Friday evening for what is expected to provide a dra matic carry-over from the tension and confusion of the "second revolu tion." From the lips of Adolf Hitler him self the reichstag, the German peo ple and the world are likely to hear an explanation of the summary exe cutions and ether bloody events of June 30 and the days immediately following. As if in preparation for this "authentic" explanation from the highest source in Germany, Propa ganda Minister Joseph Goebbels in a speech this afternoon lambasted the foreign press for its reports of Hitler's "purge." While Goebbels lashed out vigor ously against numerous European newspapers, he made no charge of faking against any American paper or agency. A large part of the foreign press, he said, "embarked upon a cam paign of lies which in its malicious* ness can be compared only with the campaign of atrocity tales that were set in the scene against Ger many during the war." The French, British and Russian newspapers especially received a bit ter tongue lashing from the ora torical spokesman for nazism, who declared the German press sets an example of fair reporting, not only of events at home but of those abroad. JAMES M. LYONS, 72, IS BURIED FRIDAY Prominent Man of Ben ham Community Dies After Brief Illness James Marshall Lyons, 72, promi nent farmer of the Benham com munity of Wilkes county passed away at his home Thursday, his death resulting from a brief illness from a near sunstroke. The deceased was twice married, first to Miss Cheryline Luffman and after her death to Mrs. Mary Luff man Settle, who survives him. There are no surviving children of either marriage. Mr. Lyon was a member of long standing of the Cool Springs Bap tist church and was an esteemed and influential citizen. He is survived in addition to his. widow, by one sister, Mrs. Julia Eidson of Wilkesboro; four half-sis ters, Mrs. Ernest Dickerson of South Carolina; Mrs. Bertha Blackburn, Mrs. Delia Martin and Mrs. Ida Lyons of Winston-Salem, and two half-brothers, M. H. Lyons, of Laur ens, S. C., and Jonah' Lyons, of Elk in. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Cool Springs church in charge of Rev. I. W. Vestal, and interment was in the church cemetery. NEGROES TRIED IN SHOOTING SCRAPE One In Jail In Default Of Bond; Bozo Wea therman Fined As the result of a shooting scrape which occurred in Jonesville last Thursday morning, William Base more, colored, is in jail at Yadkin ville in default of SSOO bond, and Will Dalton, colored, is at liberty under S3OO. The two were given a hearing Thursday afternoon be fore Mayor Gurney Wagoner, of Jonesville, on charges of assault with intent to kill. , The two were said to have fallen out over some women. Dalton was alleged to have shot at Basemore and missed, while Basemore's aim was a trifle better, two shots from a shotgun striking Dalton in the chin. The case will be tried at the next term of Yadkin county superior court. Bozo Weatherman, charged with drunkenness, was fined $2.00 and the costs by Mayor Wagoner.
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