THE TRmmE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUP (X£X D r!X) AS THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD
HMEAI EIJUN
"The Best
Little Town
 In North
Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIII, No. 46
Tobacco Average Over
S3O On Both Winston
And Mt. Airy Markets
FIRST DAY'S SALES
ON WINSTON MARKET
BRING $233,570.52
Higher Grades In Mt.
Airy Average From
40 to 60 Cents
RECORD IS BROKEN
With 773,334 pounds of tobacco
selling for an average of $30.20 a
hundred, Winston-Salem's leaf to
bacco market Tuesday set a new
1934 opening day record for the
South.
Official figures released late Tues
day night by M. R. Gass, supervisor
of sales for the Winston-Salem To
bacco Board of Trade, again placed
the market there in the van among
Old Belt marts.
First day's sales Tuesday brought
a total of $233,570.52.
The average for the day was the
best seen on opening day since 1919
and was nearly double that for op
ening day last year.
Last year when 1,154,448 pounds
were sold, the total amount paid for
the tobacco was $202,716.25. The
$233,570.52 paid for yesterday's
sales of 773,334 indicates wide dif
ference between the opening aver
age of $17.75 of 1933 with Tuesday's
opening record.
While the loss in pounds was
381,114, the gain in dollars totaled
$30,854.27. The gain in average
over 1933 was $12.45.
Mount Airy—Two hundred thous
and pounds of tobacco s?ld on the
Mount Airy market Tuesday brought
an average of about 30 cents, ac
cording to warehouse estimates
Tuesday night. Every warehouse
was flooded with tobacco and only
about two-thirds of the leaf on the
floors of the different houses was
sold.
Bright orange cutters, including
the Reynolds grade GP, Liggett's
grades one and two, and Imperial
number one. brought the highest
prices, averaging from 40 to 60
cents, while second grades averaged
between 35 and 45 cents. Inferior
grades also brought unusually high
prices.
POTENT BEER THING
OF THE PAST HERE
3.2 Again Reigns As
Higher Percentage
Is Outlawed
Beer —that brand of the lager
containing more than the prescribed
and humble three point two—ap
pears to be a brew of the past in
Elkin following the recent mandate
that those handling the more po
tent variety were subject to a fed
eral excise tax of SI,OOO, and a fine
of SI,OOO, or a year in prison, or
both, if they didn't pay the tax.
Before the federal government up
set the beer dealers' apple cart here
—and throughout the state—beer of
a very potent alcoholic content
could be purchased over most any
counter. The once famous 3.2 was
pushed so far into the background
that distributors and retailers found
it a problem to dispose of it.
But now three point two is again
coming into its own. Once more it
is foaming over the counters as its
kindred of higher alcoholic content
is barred from Elkin—and the State.
Kiwanis Club Observes
Ladies' Night Friday
In observance of ladies' night, the
local Kiwanis club Friday evening
entertained wives and friends of its
members with a picnic dinner at
Williams' farm, near Mountain
Park.
Following the excellent repast of
fried chicken and trimmings, an
enjoyable social hour was .observed.
Entomologists figure that there is
about one chance in nineteen that
weather will keep grasshoppers in
check.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Sally Rand to Wed
f* ' Sgi ® ' \\\ •" W -.N
fill!'
W i V-'S i \ Vi HI Mil
11 1 •« i
mBSSt
IMPw
- '- ' " J.".- ■■
CHICAGO —Sally Rand, noted
World Fair Dancer, (above), is soon
to wed. She has announced her en
gagement to Charles Mayon, with
whom she has been associated for
five years, he announcing her dance
specialty.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
PLACE BLAME
FOR KILLINGS
Anderson, S. C., Sept. 25.
Blame for the death of three of
the seven pickets killed »t Honea
Path on September 6, s placed
upon 11 town policemen and non
strikers tonight by a coroner's
jury.
The jury reported that four of
the victims of the bloodiest clash
of the textile strike came to their
deaths from wounds inflicted "by
a party or parties unknown."
Coroner J. Roy McCoy, of An
derson county, announced he
would issue warrants charging
murder against the three muni
cipal policemen and eight non
strikers who were reputedly act
ing as special officers.
TIGHTEN NET
ABOUT HAUPTMANN
Washington, Sept. 25.—The
footprints of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann, Lindbergh kidnap
suspect, have been found by the
department of justice to resemble
minutely those of the man who
accepted the $50,000 ransom but
gave nothing in return.
"We have had some splendid
news today," was all J. Edgar
Hoover, the department's chief
investigator, would say about re
ports that a similarity had been
noted.
"An excellent piece of informa
tion," Hoover added when word
reached him that the telephone
number af Dr. J. F. Condon, the
"Jafsie" of the case, had been
found on a closet panel in Haupt
mann's home.
UNION LEADERS
CHARGE LOCKOUT
Charlotte, Sept. 25.—Charges
that a mayor helped kill pickets
at his own mill, and threats of a
resumption of the strike because
of "anti-union discrimination",
today heightened bitterness in the
southern textile industry.
In addition to charging dis
crimination at scores of mills
which have re-opened, union
leaders also sent up the cry of
"lockout" as 146 mills in the two
Carol! nas remained closed, along
with some in other states.
GEN. JOHNSON
RESIGNS FROM NRA
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 25.
The long expected resignation of
Recovery Administrator Hugh S.
(Continued On Last Page)
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1934
FINAL RITES HELD
HERE SATURDAY FOR
MRS. H. H. BARKER
Prominent Woman Dies
After Lingering
Illness
SUCCUMBS FRIDAY
Solemn funeral rites were held
Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock
from the home on West Main street
for Mrs. Edith Grier Barker, 47,
who passed away Friday afternoon
at 12:30, following a critical illness
of several months. Mrs. Barker
was a daughter of the late J. S. and
Mrs. Virginia Vail Grier, of Mat
thews. She was educated at Flora
Mac Donald College, Red Springs,
and was one of Elkin's most highly
esteemed and cultured women. She
was a member of the Methodist
church, the Woman's Club and the
Thursday Afternoon Book Club and
took an active interest in the reli
gious, civic and social life of Elkin
as long as her health permitted.
She is survived by her husband,
Harry H. Barker: four daughters,
Misses Mary Virginia, Margaret,
Josephine and Geraldine Barker,
and one son, Harry Barker, Jr.;
three sisters, Mrs. Worth Graham
and Mrs. Worth Gray, of Elkin, and
Mrs. J. R. Renfrew, of Matthews.
Five brothers. E. C. Grier, Elkin; V.
G. Grier, Gastonia; S. M. and J. J.
Grier, of Matthews, and Dr. Charles
L. Grier, of Carthage, also survive.
The services were in charge of
Rev. E. W. Fox, pastor of the Meth
odist church, assisted by Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt, pastor of the First
Baptist church in this city, and
Rev. L. B. Abernethy, of Newton, a
former pastor of the deceased. In
terment was in the family plot in
Hollywood cemetery. A profuse and
beautiful floral offering was a silent
testimony of the love and esteem of
a host of friends.
Pallbearers were W. A. Finney, J.
B. Jones, Dr. E. G. Click, Joe Bivins,
J. L. Lillard, E. C. James, Parks G.
Hampton and Wm. M. Allen.
CHATHAM TO WIND
UP SEASON HERE
3 - Game Series With
Hanes Hosiery Mill
Next Week
The Chatham Blanketeers will
wind up their 1934 baseball season
here'next week with five games, the
three final games being a series
with Hanes Hosiery Mill, of Win
ston-Salem. Eeach of these games
will be played on the local diamond.
Monday the Blanketeers will go
to North Wilkesboro for a game
there, with North Wilkesboro com
ing here Tuesday. Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of next week will
feature the series with Hanes.
This week-end two games have
been scheduled, the Blanketeers to
meet Walkertown here Friday and
Adams-Millis, of High Point, here
Saturday. All will probably be
close contests.
Last week the Blanketeers defeat
ed the Hanes Spinners 4-2 Thurs
day. Friday the Southern Chair
company went down to defeat by a
score of 20-4, and Saturday Pickett
Cotton Mills took the small end of a
6-2 score.
OVER THOUSAND GO
BACK TO SCHOOLS
Elkin District Has Rec
ord-Breaking Attend
ance, Schaff Says
Between 1,000 and 1,100 students
in the Elkin school district flocked
back to their classes Monday as
school bells sounded the death
knell of summer vacation.
The enrollment is said to be the
largest in the history of the schools,
Walter R. Schaff. district superin
tendent, stated Wednesday after
noon.
Monday was taken up largely
with assigning pupils to their rooms
and classes, but regular school work
is now in full swing with every
thing moving along satisfactorily,
Mr. Schaff said.
The Elkin district is made up of
Elkin, North Elkin, and Oak Grove
(colored.)
America's Youngest Mother Is 11 Years Old
VI
'' pAS |
The Rare Bushmaster
, NEW YORK—For more than
thirty years Dr. Raymond Ditmaxs
(above), of the N. Y. Zoo, has fol
lowed the trail of the "Bushmaster"
snake in South America, the most
dangerous American reptile. Here
he is shown with one captured last
month and now housed here.
BUCKIN' ELKS LOSE
TO HARMONY 12-0
Next Game Will Be
With Lansing High
School October 6
With but three veterans of last
year in the line-up, the Elkin high
school "Buckin' Elks" Saturday lost
their first game of the season to
Harmony at Harmony.
The score was 12-0.
Light and inexperienced, the
team showed up well considering
the odds against them, and showed
possibilities of developing into a for
midable gridiron machine after
more seasoning.
The game this week-end with
Cooleemee has been called off due
to matters making it impossible for
Cooleemee to meet them. The next
scheduled game will be played Oc
tober 6 with Lansing at Lansing.
Message Tells of the
Death of Mrs. Walters
A message was received here
Saturday morning by Mrs. Roy
West, bearing news of the death of
her mother, Mrs. William Walters,
83. at her home in Sioux City, lowa.
Mrs. Walters had been ill for the
past four weeks, suffering from a
heart disorder. Mrs. West re
turned only a .few days ago from a
visit to her mother.
Surviving are her husband, Wil
liam Walters, and the. following
sons and daughters: Mrs. Roy West,
Elkin; Mrs. Sam T. Ray, Statesville;
Mrs. Otis Parker and Mrs. Heine
Sorstedt, Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs.
Clarence Mauer, Sioux City; Ted
Walters, Indianapolis; Roy Walters.
Sioux City; Mrs. Ella Rogers and
Harvey Walters, of Minnesota.
HOSIERY STRIKE ENDS
Emil Rievc, president of the
American Federation of Hosiery
Workers, Sunday telegraphed High
Point hosiery union officials the
hosiery strike had been called off
and urged them to return to their
jobs.
MANY CASES FACE
SUPERIOR COURT
Several Local People To
Stand Trial Before
Judge McElroy
A two-weeks term of criminal
court will get under way at Dobson
Monday, October 1, before Judge
P. A. McElroy, to attempt the hope
less task of clearing a docket made
up of 126 cases.
Three of the cases to face the
court are murder cases, one being
of particular interest here inasmuch
as it involves the death of William
Hall, son of Deputy Sheriff W. B.
Hall, of Thurmond. Young Hall, it
will be remembered, was allegedly
shot and killed by Damon Cox, of
the Mountain Park section while
resisting arrest.
Several minor cases of a local na
ture concern Thurmond Billings,
arrested here some months ago by
Sergeant W. B. Lentz on a charge
of operating a car while intoxicated;
Ransom Ray, charged with forcible
trespass; W. O. Huffman, charged
with assault with a deadly weapon,
and Hilary Spann, charged with
larceny and receiving.
WILL SUSPEND ERA
PROJECTS IN YADKIN
Administrator Receives
Notice From Raleigh
Headquarters
The Tribune has received the fol
lowing communication from the
Yadkin county relief office with a
request to publish:
Due to the seasonal increase in
farm employment in harvesting and
marketing cotton, tobacco and other
crops all work projects under the
NCERA in rural sections of the
State will be discontinued imme
diately, Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, State
Relief Administrator, announced to
day.
Mrs. O'Berry said that hundreds
of calls for farm workers have been
made at local relief offices by pri
vate employers during the past sev
eral days, indicating the need for
work and direct relief to care for
unemployed farm workers has
harply declined.-*'
The State Administrator said that
11 farm workers in the State clas
sified as "employables" will be re
moved from the relief rolls not la
ter than September 26th.
"During the height of the har
vesting season," Mrs. O'Berry said,
"when the need for additional farm
workers is so urgent," the need for
work projects and direct relief to
(Continued on Last Page)
To Observe Childhood
and Youth Week Here
Childhood and Youth Week will
be observed in the Methodist church
in this city through the week of Oc
tober 7th. This event is observed
annually in the church and will be
inaugurated with a special sermon
Sunday morning and particular em
phasis throughout the week, defi
nite plans to be announced later.
At this time parents and all
adults in the church are asked to
consider anew their responsibility
to growing life in the home, the
church and the community, and
the value to young people and chil
dren of a sense of joyous partner
ship in the ordinary activities of the
home. This is the inspiration for
the 1934 slogan, "The Joyous Chris
tian Home."
Ikjp . I EIJCIA
Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the
Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CONDON ADDRESS IS
FOUND WRITTEN IN
HAUPTMANN'S HOUSE
Alleged Kidnaper of
Lindbergh Baby Ad
mits He Wrote It
IS IRONBOUND CASE
New York, Sept. 25.—The tele
phone number and address of "Jaf
sie"—Dr. John F. Condon, ransom
intermediary in the kidnap-killing
of baby Charles A. Lindbergh
were found today on a cleverly-built
secret closet panel in the Bronx
home of Bruno Richard Haupt
mann.
A second board, on which was
written figures officials believed to
be serial numbers of the ransom
currency, also was found.'
The prisoner, confronted with the
exhibits, admitted the writing, Dis
trict Attorney Samuel J. Foley de
clared. Hauptmann gave as his rea
son for the writing, it was stated,
an interest in the Lindbergh mys
tery, but this interest was not de
fined.
"When I said we had an iron
bound case," the district attorney
asserted, "I meant it, but it depend
ed on a lot of evidence. Today, how
ever, Inspector Bruckman brought
from the home of the defendant the
boards taken from inside a closet.
The case is now completely broken.'
"One of the board's had been
smudged and partially obliterated,
but we could make out the penciled
address, 2,974 Decatur Avenue, and
a phone number, Sedgwick 8-5714.
That was Condon's phone number
at the time of the negotiations.
"We showed this to the prisoner,
Hauptmann. who admitted having
(Continued On Last Page)
MERCHANT CLAIMS
POSSESSION RADIO
One of Several Found
In Possession of Rus
sell Hampton
A radio, one of several allegedly
found in possession of Russell
Hampton, now in jail at Winston-
Salem, on a charge of robbery with
firearms and assault, together with
Hastings Eldridge, has been claimed
by the owner of a small store, it was
learned Wednesday from Chief of
Police W. G. Church.
Although the man who claimed
the radio was not named by Chief
Church, or the location of his store,
it is understood that the radio was
stolen sometime ago when the store
was broken into. A small amount
of cash and a quantity of merchan
dise was also taken at the same
time, it' was reported.
According to Chief Church, the
store in question was in a building
which housed a postoffice, but it is
not believed the postoffice was en
tered.
Both Hampton and Eldridge are
in Forsyth jail in default of bond
awaiting trial at the next term of
Forsyth criminal court. Both were
said to have admitted holding up a
filling station located on the Win
ston-Salem-Greensboro road a
number of weeks ago, in which the
operator was battered into uncon
sciousness after he had been held
up at pistol point and robbed.
It is understood that a number
of robberies which have occurred
within a 40-mile radius of Elkin are
being investigated upon the theory
that Hampton arid Eldridge might
be the offenders.
Offer Efxtta Prizes
For Poultry Exhibit
At the Elkin Fair
In addition to the various
prices already offered in the
poultry exhibit in the Elkin Fair,
an additional prise of $2.00 for
the best cockerel and $2.00 for
the best hen exhibited in the
show has been offered by Ruohs
Pyron. Also a prise of $3.00 for
the best constructed coop In the
show.
The requirements are that the
coops be made 2x2x4 feet, with
poultry wire. They must have
watering cups attached and
should be so arranged that they
can be easily cleaned.