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VOL. No. XXIII, No. 45
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from the
State and Nation
SAYS NEW DEAL
HAS BRED STRIKES
New York, Sept. 18.—The NRA
lia* been diverted into a mono
polistic tendency instead of a self
governing plan for industry and
its labor aspects have been strikes
and led to bloodshed, Prof. Irving
Fisher, Yale economist, said to
night.
Fisher, in two separate speeches
criticized the trend of the new
deal and proposed a revision of
the American financial system to
separate monetary and banking
functions.
TO CALL ALLIED
WORKERS FROM JOBS?
Washington, Sept. 18.—The ex
ecutive council of the United Tex
tile workers tonight authorized
the strike committee to call all
allied workers from their Jobs if
such drastic action is necessary
to win the nationwide walkout.
The decision was made after an
all-day meeting of the council.
Francis J. Gorman, strike leader,
said an additional 120,000 textile
workers likely would be ordered to
leave their jobs by the end of the
week unless industry agrees to
arbitrate the dispute.
TEAR GAS BUSINESS
PICKS UP
Washington, Sept. 18.—The
textile strike has increased the
tear gas business of Federal Lab
oratories, Inc., Pittsburgh, from
five to ten per cent. Senate mun
itions investigators learned today.
John W. Young, president of the
concern testified he had shipped
tear gas to national guard units
"all over the country." but added
"I don't know whether it was all
used."
He said an airplane carrying
400 pounds of gas to the national
guard in Rhode Island—scene of
strike riots—was forced down and
guardsmen were compelled to use
rifles.
RUSH AID TO
ALASKAN CITY
Nome, Alaska, Sept. 18.—In the
wake of the devastating fire that
left this once famed gold metrop
olis a city of smouldering ruins,
the agencies of humanitarian ser
vice tonight rushed the task of
lifting the burden of suffering
from its populace.
Every building that survived
yesterday's disastrous conflagra
tion was converted into a relief
headquarters to provide shelter
for more than 400 homeless per
sons.
RUSSIA is IN
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Geneva, Sept. 18.—A stern
warning to the world that war is
"the threatening danger of to
morrow" was voiced by Maxim
Litvinoff, tonight, at a historic
session of the League of Nations
Assembly which elected the Com
munist Russian republic to mem
bership.
Litvinoff indirectly denounced
the activities of Germany and Ja
pan In his maiden address as for
eign commissar of the newly ad
mitted Soviet Union in league cir
cles.
To Make Study of Local
Group Hospitalization
Prof. L. C. Smith, of the depart
ment of Sociology in Nanking Union
College, Nanking, China, will arrive
here Friday to make a study of the
group hospitalization plan which is
in effect at the Hugh Chatham
hospital. The unusual
"features and protection offered mem
bers of the local mutual aid associa
tion has attracted international at
■tyention and many of the larger hos
pitals throughout the country are
making a special study of its meth
ods.
Accepts Pastorate of
Presbyterian Church
Rev. Pat Boyle, of Wagram, has
accepted the pastorate of the Pres
byterian church in this city and has
arrived here to take up his duties.
Morning and evening services will
£be held at the church each Sunday.
Bunday school will precede the
morning service.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
DECISION AS TO
ROUTE OF SCENIC
HIGHWAY WITHHELD
Ickes Intimates That He
Will Drive Over Pro
posed Routes
HEARING TUESDAY
Washington, Sept. 18.—The bitter
quarrel between North Carolina and
Tennessee over location of the Great
Smoky Mountain National Parkway
south of Blowing Rock, was aired in
Washington for three hours this aft
ernoon at a public hearing before
Secretary of Interior Ickes.
With the large auditorium in the
Interior Department packed to ca
pacity and more than a hundred
people in the corridors, spokesmen
for North Carolina contended that if
the parkway is to be located on a
basis of scenery then the route pro
posed by the North Carolina High
way Department should be approved.
Spokesmen for Tennessee with
equal vigor and enthusiasm, contend
ed that the route they proposed is
Just as rich in scenery as any other
proposed route and by any rule of
reason and fair play one-half of the
parkway from the Virginia line to
the park should be located in Ten
nessee.
Peeling reached a high pitch as
speakers for Tennessee charged
North Carolina was trying to "hog"
all the parkway and Tar Heel
spokesmen compared the amount of
money Tennessee already has re
ceived from the nation's treasury.
After listening to all speakers with
intent interest. Secretary Ick e s
brought the hearing to a close around
5 o'clock with the statement that the
question involved was of such tre
mendous moment to both states that
he would not render a hasty decision
but would weigh carefully the argu
ments made by both sides.
"I will try to decide it strictly on
its merits and may the best cause
win," he asserted.
As he was leaving the platform,
Ickes stated that he would possibly
drive over both proposed routes be
fore making a decision on the loca
tion of the parkway. The secretary
will go to Atlanta on September 29
to dedicate a housing project and
those in the know at the Interior De
partment said it is altogether proba
ble that in returning to Washington
he will spend two or three days
checking over the routes.
North Carolinians are confident
that ff the secretary will personally
inspect the route their case will be
won.
LENTZ ARRESTS MAN
FOR THEFT OF AUTO
Had Previously Arrest
ed Same Person For
Rer kless Driving
Jack Webster, of Winston-Salem,
was bound over to Forsyth county
superior court Monday morning un
der SSOO bond for the theft of an
automobile belonging to Dr. J. P.
Rousseau, of that city. He was
placed in jail in default of bond.
Webster was arrested in Jones
ville a number of weeks ago by Ser
geant W. B. Lentz, of this city, and
was charged with reckless driving.
A companion, Thurmond Billings,
was given the keys of the car and
told to take it back to Winston.
However, Billings was arrested later
the same night, when, drunk, he
ran the machine into the front yard
of the home of J. S. Atkinson, on
West Main street here.
Billings, at the time, was taken to
Dobson jail while Webster was
jailed at Yadkinville and later sen
tenced to 90 days on the roads, be
ing later released.
That the car the two young men
were driving on the night of their
arrest was stolen was disclosed last
week by Sergeant Lentz, who arrest
ed Webster for the theft. Billings,
it is understood, had no part in the
theft of the machine.
Mrs. Liza Jane Hudson
Mrs. Liza Jane Hudson, 89, wife of
J. M. D. Hudson, near Mount Airy,
died Tuesday afternoon at her home
from a lengthy illness due to the
general infirmities of her advanced
age.
Funeral services and interment
were from Union church Wednes
day afternoon.
All of China hasn't as many tele
phones as there are in the state of
Connecticut.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1934
Smouldering Remains of 111-Fated Morro Castle After Great Death Toll
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KIWANIANS OUTLINE
PROGRAMS TO COME
Marion Allen Makes
Fine Talk At Meeting
Friday Night
The Kiwanis Club held its regular
meeting at Hotel Elkin last Friday
night. The new series of programs
for the next three months was
opened by an inspiring address by
Attorney Marion Allen on "Current
Trends". Kiwanian Carl C. Poin
dexter introduced T. B. Hayward,
Riverside, New Jersey, Kiwanian,
who entertained the club for a few
minutes with excellent wit and hu
mor. Garland Johnson introduced
his guest, Charles Weston, of Greens
boro, who spoke for a few minutes.
The meeting this week has been
designated as ladies' night and will
be held at Williams' Farm, a short
distance from Mountain Park. The
music committee has charge of the
program.
The series of programs for the
next three months, according to
Walter R. Schaff, chairman of the
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FOOTBALL SQUAD !S
GETTING IN SHAPE
Coach Hood States That
Team Will Be Light
But Speedy
Any one of the 25 candidates for
the Elkin high football squad will
tell you that King Football Is just
around the corner. Coach "Brodie"
Hood has been working his squad
regularly for the past ten days, ard
the boys are whipping., themselves
into excellent condition lor the open
ing game with Harmony wl i«h is
only three days away.
Coach Hood reports that only five
letter men of last year's squad are
back, Clyde Cothren, halfback; Joe
Transou, quarterback; Charles Har
ris, tackle; Claude McNeill, guard;
and Hugh Chatham, halfback. Har
vey Blackburn, who played on the
team two years ago, has returned to
school. Two new boys, John Poster
and Pressly Howard, have joined the
Elkin squad and are showing up well.
The work of Barney Rhodes, George
Grler, Bryson McKee, Dan Eldridge,
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Health Officer Urges
Diphtheria Vaccination
Three positive cases of diphtheria
have been reported in this vicinity by
the county health department and
one death, east of town, has been
attributed to this deadly disease.
Parents of children who have not
been immunized to the disease are
urged to take every precaution to
prevent further spread of the con
tagion, as this is the time of year
when diphtheria is most prevalent.
Dr. Ennett, county health officer,
is in his office here every Thursday
afternoon from two until four o'clock
and will give free protection to those
who are unable to pay for the ser
vices of a physician.
The darkest hour in any man's
life is when he sits down to plan
how to get money without earning
Battle Front Scenes in Great Textile Strike
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WASHINGTON . . . Above is a photo of President Roosevelt's Textile
Mediation Board at headquarters here in the effort to end the Cotton
Textile Strike . . . Left to right, Marion Smith of Atlanta, Ga., Chairman
John S. Winant of Vermont, and Raymond V. Ingersoll of New York. Be
low: National Guardsmen employing: tear gas to scatter strikers at a textile
mill at Greenville, S. C.
Unemployed Should
Register At Office
Of Merchants Assn.
All unemployed who desire
work should register without de
lay at the office of the Elldn
Merchants Association.
It is thought that a certain lo
cal project will be approved by
the FERA and when this goes
through labor will be much in
demand. All FERA funds are to
be spent for labor alone.
Anyone wishing to register will
find someone at the Merchants
Association office at all times
during the day. A regular case
worker is expected here either
this week or the first of next
week to aid the unemployment
problem.
OLD BELT MARKET
TO OPEN TUESDAY
Growers Are Anticipat
ing Highly Satisfac
tory Prices
With tobacp) soaring to new
heights on eastern markets, tobacco
growers of this section are looking
forward with satisfaction to the
opening of the Old Belt markets next
Tuesday.
Seven warehouses will be operated
in Winston-Salem this year and
three at Mount Airy.
Tobacco prices on the Wilson mar
kfet were reported Tuesday as aver
aging $529.25 per hundred, with a
slightly lower average of $26.04 at
Oxford. The average on the Green
ville market was given as $31.23.
Miss Ned Ball left last week for a
vacation trip of several days to rela
tives and friends in St. Louis and
Kansas City.
CHATHAM FACES
3 STRONG CLUBS
Horse-Shoe Match With
Hamptonville Also
On Schedule
Three baseball games and a horse
shoe match ■ are scheduled for this
week-end by the Chatham Blank
eteers and the Chatham horse-shoe
teams.
Chatham will meet Hanes Spin
ners here this afternoon at 4 o'clock
and Friday will go up before the
widely known Rube Eldridge, who
will take the mound for Southern
Chair company of High Point, at
3:30 o'clock.
Saturday at 3:30 the Blanketeers
will meet Pickett Cotton Mills, of
High Point, the game with that team
having been rained out here the past
Saturday. Rain checks issued for
last Saturday's game will be honored
this coming Saturday only, inasmuch
as the teams are playing on a per
centage basis. In other games here
after, rain checks will also be hon
ored only when the same two clubs
are playing that the checks were is
sued for.
The horse-shoe match will be
staged Friday morning at 9 o'clock
on the mill tennis court with Hamp
tonville, a team that has beaten
almost everything in Winston-Salem.
Six single games with 50 points per
game, and three double matches are
tcheduled. Admission is free.
In last week's ball games Chatham
defeated Southside, Winston-Salem,
9-5, Thursday, and Friday ran com
pletely away with City Upholstery,
High Point, to the tune of 28-4. A
feature of the merry-go-round was
when the Chatham bat boy, Avery
Hanes, 8-year-old, replaced Charlie
Gou?h at second base In the last
inning. Although missing a hot
grounder, Avery redeemed himself by
throwing a runner out at first.
U. 8. District Attorney Carlisle
Higgins was a business visitor In
El kin Monday.
ELKIN
Gateway to
ItoarUxK
Gap and the
Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SCHOOL OFFICIALLY
OPENS 24TH; MANY
STUDENTS EXPECTED
Housing Space Will Be
Taxed To More Than
Capacity
19 TEACHERS HERE
School officially opens Monday
morning, September 24, at 8:30, ac
cording to Walter R. Schaff, super
intendent of the Elkin public school
district which includes Elkin, North
Elkin, and Oak Qrove, colored. An
enrollment of approximately eleven
hundred is expected in all schools
and housing space will be taxed to
more than its capacity, Mr. Schaff
said. The State School commission
alloted the district 28 teachers, two
more than last year's allotment, 19
in Elkin, seven at North Elkin and
two at Oak Grove, colored.
Superintendent Schaff will hold
the initial meeting with his person
nel September 21, at 2 o'clock, in
the Elkin high school building at
which time final preparation for the
opening of school will be made.
County Superintendent John C.
Comer has called a county-wide
meeting of teachers at Dobson, Sat
urday, September 22. All teachers
are expected to attend this meeting.
Pupils in grades one to six inclu
sive will report for registration and
classification at eight-thirty on the
opening day. Junior-high And high
school students will be assigned to
their classes at one-thirty on the
opening day. The formal opening
exercise of the school will take place
about one week after the official
opening date.
In order that the junior-high and
high school students may be ready
to begin work on the opening day
of schogl, Superintendent Schaff is
following the policy of registering
the students in these departments
before the opening day of school.
Junior-high students, freshmen and
sophomores, were asked to come to
the superintendent's office Wednes
day to arrange their courses, and the
juniors and seniors are to come to
day. All new students are urged to
register tlrJs week and bring with
them their record of work from the
schools they attended last year.
The new teachers in this year's
personnel are Miss Flora Holcomb
Royall, Elkin; Miss Norma Noel
Cawthon, Jackson, Tennessee; and
Miss Lucile Young, Troutman.
The Board of Education and Sup
erintendent Schaff see no reason
why this year's work should not be
more effective than that of last
year despite unsettled conditions.
VICTIM OF HIT-RUN
DRIVER IS BURIED
Father of Gayhell Phil
lips Is Laid To Rest
Saturday
Funeral services were held Satur
day afternoon at 2:30 from Bethel
church, in Ashe county for James
P. Phillips, 59, who was killed by a
hit-and-run driver in Charlotte
.Wednesday night.
Mr. Phillips was a prominent
farmer and former merchant of the
Oval community. The rites wert in
charge of Rev. George Trivette, pas
tor of the church, assisted by Rev.
J. M. Hayes, of Beckley, West Va„
and Judge Johnson J. Hayes, of
Greensboro, brothers-in-law of the
deceased.
Mr. Phillips is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Minnie Hayes Phillips,
and the following sons and daugh
ters: Miss Gaynell Phillips and
Wayne Phillips, of this city; Mrs.
Leuna Suracy, of Washington, D. C.;
Miss Lucille Phillips, Winston-Salem ;
Athel, Hazel and Clyde Phillips, of
Oval. Two brothers. Will R. Phillips,
of Oval, and Wiley Phillips, of
Cleveland, Tenn., also survive.
Niece of G. C. Wallace
Dies Suddenly Tuesday
Miss Cora Elner Cannon, 21, died
suddenly Tuesday morning at the
home of her uncle, Guy C. Wallace,
near Devotion. Miss Cannon had
suffered from diabetes for several
years, but her health had seemed
somewhat improved lately, and she
arrived here only a week ago for an
extended visit to Mr. and Mrs. Wal
lace. The deceased was a native of
Seaford, Delaware, and a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lee Cannon.
The remains, accompanied by Mr.
Wallace, were carried to Delaware
for funeral and interment.