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VOL. No. XXIII, No. 50
Wilkes County Man Is
Seriously Burned In
Vat of Boiling Mash
JAMES CHEEK SAID
TO HAVE BEEN PUT
IN VAT BY NEGRO
Were At Distillery
When Argument
Arose
NEGRO IS AT LARGE
Thrown into a vat of boiling mash
at a Wilkes county still, James
Cheek, young white married man of
Traphill, is in Hugh Chatham
Memorial hospital suffering danger
ous burns about the body.
Cheek was brought to the hospital
the latter part of last week, al
though he sustained the burns
about two weeks before.
The young man was alleged to
have gotten into an argument with
a Negro, Clemmons Fletcher, who
was employed at the still, and
Fletcher was said to have thrown
him into the boiling mash in a sit
ting position. It is alleged the Negro
held the young man down for sev
eral moments.
The severe burns sustained would
perhaps have proven fatal
Frank Cockerham. a white man, haid
not come to Cheek's rescue. In at
tempting ~to pull the Negro away,
Cockerham was said to have sus
tained a blow on the head, Fletcher
presumably striking him with brass
knucks. Fletcher then fled and has
not been seen since.
Hospital attaches stated that
Cheek is expected to recover, but
that his recovery will be slow due to
te serious nature of his burns.
TO STAGE SOCIAL,
POLITICAL RALLIES
Politics And Good Old
Mountain Music On
Tap At Dobson
A series of combination political
rallies and all around big times fea
turing string music and clog danc
ing, such as was inaugurated two
years ago, in the county during the
course of the presidential election
by R. C. Lewellyn, will again be
staged in Surry by Mr. Lewellyn be
ginning Friday night, October, 26,
at the courthouse in Dobson.
Three of the meetings will be held,
the second, Monday night, October
29, and the third and last Friday
night, November 6.
Fred Folger, candidate for the
state Senate, and Miss Alexander,
of Charlotte, will speak at the Octo
ber 26 rally. Congressman Frank
Hancock will speak October 29, and
it is hoped to have Senator Josiah
W. Bailey as speaker for the Novem
ber 2 meeting.
The meetings are open to discus
sion by everyone and any and every
body, provided they are of the right
faith, can attend. Ladies are es
pecially, invited.
Male Quartette To Be
. At Pilgrim Mission
The male quartette of Trevecca
college, of Nashville, Tenn., will be
at the Pilgrim Mission here to sing
and have charge of the service Tues
day night, October 30. Services will
begin at 7 o'clock. The public is
cordially invited to attend and enjoy
the good singing.
Famous last words; "I'll play with
the baby till he gets tired of romp
ing and then put him to bed," said
grandpa.
Direct Those
Asking Aid To
Relief Office
Citizens of Elkin are requested
to direct people who ask at their
homes for aid, to the local relief
office, where they may be entered
on the relief rolls and cared for
properly. Co-operation is asked
in this that all needy people may
have the proper aid through the
coming winter months.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Highest Scaffolding
WASHINGTON . . . Above is pic
tured the highest monument scaf
folding ever erected. It shows work
men nearing the 555 feet, 5Vh inches
top of the historic Washington mon
ument in the job of repairing and
washing the great marble shaft.
NIGHT SCHOOLS ARE
CREATING INTEREST
Are Open To All Who
Are Above Public
School Age
The adult night schools in this
community, under the direction of
Mrs. Clyde Walker, state paid teach
er, and Mrs. W. W. Whitaker, volun
teer worker from the Elkin Woman's
Club, are creating much interest.
There are 39 pupils enrolled at pres
ent in the classes in the four schools,
which meet twice each week at the
following centers: Mrs. Montgom
ery Lyons' home, on Cotton Mill hill;
Mrs. Arch McCoin's home in North
Elkin; Mrs. Everette Wagoner's home
in Chatham Park, and in the com
munity school building at Jenkins
town. In addition to the regular
textbooks required by the state, there
are classes in sewing.
Anyone desiring to enroll in the
classes is invited to come to the
nearest school and avail themselves
of the opportunity of getting the
fundamentals of an education as
well as the special sewing classes for
women. The classes are open to all
persons above the public school age,
who were denied educational advan
tages in their youth.
To Stock Streams
With 20,000 Fish
W. R. Skaggs, from the state fish
hatchery at Roaring Gap, passed
through here Tuesday morning with
20,000 fingerling blue gill bream fish
from the federal hatchery at Wythe
ville, Virginia, to stock streams near
Yadkinville, Winston-Salem and
Reidsville. More than 155.000 trout,
bream and bass have been released
from this hatchery, which is in
charge of S. A. Scott, during this
season.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1934
IS HELD UNDER BIG
BOND IN DEATH OF
YADKIN COUNTY BOY
Rex Church To Be Given
Preliminary Hearing
Tuesday
FUNERAL IS HELD
Rex Church, 23-year-old son of J.
B. Church, of Roaring River, is at
liberty under $2,500 bond awaiting
a preliminary hearing Tuesday on a
charge of manslaughter as a result
of the death Sunday night of War
ren Cockerham, 13, Yadkin County
boy.
Church will be given a hearing be
fore Magistrate J. S. Hinson, of Ar
lington.
The Cockerham youth, son of
Hardin Cockerham, Yadkin county
farmer, was fatally injured when
struck by Church's car about 7:30
o'clock Sunday night. The tragic
accident took place on the Boonville
road about five miles east of Elkin.
He died a few moments after reach
ing Hugh Chatham Memorial hos
pital here, where he was brought by
Church. An examination disclosed
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I ATE NEWC
*" J from the
State and Nation
KILLED AT
MOCKSVILLE
Richard M. Loyd, 28, of Mocks
ville, was shot to death at a fill
ing station two miles west of
Hickory in Burke county late yes
terday afternoon by Rex Marshall,
28, operator of the filling station.
The tragedy was said to \ve re
sulted from an argument Between
the two men.
Loyd's brain was pierced by a
bullet from the .38-calibre pistol.
Loyd died before he could be given
medical attention.
AMERICANS REACH
GOAL IN RACE
Melbourne, Wednesday, Oct. 24.
—First Americans to finish avia
tion's most spectacular speed race.
Colonel Roscoe Turner and Clyde
Pangborn brought their fleet Boe
ing transport plane down at
Flemington race course this af
ternoon to win third place in the
England-Australia contest.
Finishing behind the second
place winners from the Nether
lands—K. D. Parmentier and J.
J. Moll —the Americans landed at
1:38 p. m. local time (10:38 p. m.
Tuesday E. S. T.) after a trouble
some flight from Charleville.
CLYDE A. ERWIN
IS NAMED
Raleigh, Oct. 23. —Clyde A.
Erwin, 37, superintendent of Ruth
erford county schools, is the new
state superintendent of public in
struction, appointed tonight by
Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus, to
succeed A. T. Allen, who died last
Saturday.
Selection of Erwin tonight end
ed much speculation throughout
the state as to the probable ap
pointee of the Governor.
Since last November he had
served as chairman of the ele
mentary text book commission of
the state department of public in
struction.
DAVIS CHARGED
WITH MURDER
Statesville, Oct. 23.—Following
a preliminary hearing before
Squire George R. Anderson, last
ing for six hours, Ralph Davis,
25, Davidson county outlaw, was
held tonight without bail for Ire
, dell superior court on a charge of
first-degree murder in connection
with the fatal shooting of Sheriff
G. C. Kimball, at a tenant house,
ten miles east of Statesville, on
August 17.
Registration Books
To Close Saturday
Saturday is the last day in which
to register for the coming election,
it was pointed out Tuesday by C. A.
McNeill, registrar. The books are
now open and will be at McNeer's
warehouse Saturday, and ja Mr. Mc-
Neill's office at the Elkin Bottling
Co., today and Friday.
Pioneer Citizen Passes Away
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Pioneer Elkin Citizen
Dies At His Home Here
Thursday At Age of 92
Thomas Lenoir Gwyn Passes Away After Short Illness; Served
As Lieutenant In War Between the States and Was
One of the Founders of Elkin. Funeral Ser
vices Held Friday Afternoon
Beautiful and impressive funeral
rites were held Friday afternoon
from the home on Gwyn Avenue,
for Thomas Lenoir Gwyn, who
passed away at ten o'clock Thursday
night from a three days' illness.
Had Mr. Gwyn lived until the 7th
of November he would have been 92
years old. He was born on a 6,000
acre farm which covered what is
now a part of Elkin, in the home
now owned by Mrs. R. G. Franklin
on West Main street. The history
of the nation is closely linked with
the life of Mr. Gwyn and his distin
guished family. He was the young
est son of the late Richard and
Elizabeth Hunt Gwyn, the grandson
of a Revolutionary soldier and a
veteran of the Civil War. His fam
ily was one of the oldest in America
having come to the new world from
Wales in 1610.
Mr. Gwyn, in recalling incidents
of his boyhood, said that his first
recollections of the site of the pres
ent town of Elkin was a densely
wooded forest, where elk and other
PUN TUBERCULOSIS
ASS'N. IN COUNTY
Movement In Coopera
tion With State Tu
berculosis Ass'n.
Looking towards the control of
tuberculosis In Surry county, Dr. N.
Thomas Ennett, Surry county health
officer, plans the organization of
Surry County Tuberculosis associa
tion in the near future. The organ
ization will have the usual officers
of president, vice-president, secretary
and treasurer, and in addition to
these a board of directors.
This movement is to be in co-op
eration with the desire of the State
Tuberculosis association and the
the State Health department to have
such an organization in each coun
ty in the state, since the needs of
the counties can be better taken care
of in this way than through the
state association.
Miss Ruth Atkinson, of Winston-
Salem, spent the week-end here with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. At
kinson. She brought as her guests,
Mrs. James Strader and little daugh
ter, Qwyn, and Miss Lillian Miller,
also of Winston-Salem.
THOMAS LENOIR GWYN
wild animals roamed, and friendly
Indians still lived and called at the
home of the scattered settlers for
food. He was one of the pioneers
of this section of the state and was
a man of broad vision and integrity.
He was one of the founders of the
Chatham Manufacturing company
of this city, and was also one of the
founders of the town.
In the early eighties Mr. Gwyn
moved into Grayson county, Vir
ginia, where he farmed successfully
until 1913, when he returned to El
kin to live. During his residence in
Virginia he represented Grayson
county at the Virginia Constitution
al Convention ih 1901, and many
planks in the reigning Virginia con
stitution today were wrought by El
kin's "Grand Old Man" as he was
reverently called.
He served with distinction
throughout the conflict in the war
between the states as a lieutenant
in the second brigade of the North
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DISCUSS CHRISTMAS
DECORATIONS HERE
May Light Up Main
Street or Install Huge
Christmas Tree
At a meeting of the directors of
the Elkin Merchants association
Monday night, plans for decorating
the business streets of Elkin for the
Christmas season were discussed,
and two plans outlined.
The first plan was the installation
of colored lights along Main street,
and the second plan was for the
erection of a huge community
Christmas tree in the center of the
town square.
As a result of the discussion, a
committee composed of A. O. Bryan,
Fletcher Harris and L. Q. Meed was
appointed to investigate the cost of
both plans. The finding of the com
mittee will be given at an early
meeting.
Burgiss Reunion
There will be a reunion of the 3ur
giss family at Flat Rock Baptist
church, near Hamptonville, the first
Sunday in November. All members
of the family are invited to attend
and bring a basket lunch.
ELK™ I MBA I
Gateway to
Roari4M?
Gap and the
Bine Ridge "-
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN FAIR PROVES
BIG SUCCESS; OVER
2,300 PEOPLE HERE
Live-At-Home Exhibits
Are Extra Good;
Prizes Awarded
THIRD EXHIBITION
The Elkin Fair, staged last Thurs
day and Friday at McNeer's ware
house here, was enthusiastically
pronounced by the huge throng of
people who attended as the best of
the three fairs which have been held
here.
The live-at-home exhibits, this
year numbering five, were said to be
the best yet, and although there
were originally only four premiums
for this department, the exhibit
which won fifth place, for which
there was no prize, was pronounced
so excellent that fair officials are
arranging for a prize consisting of
a Chatham blanket and a cash purse
to be awarded the exhibitor, Monroe
Walls, of Boonville, R. P. D.
The first prize in the live-at-home
department, consisting of a $65 suite
of furniture, was awarded Clifford
Moore, of North Wilkesboro. Second
prize went to W. B. Williams, of
near Mountain Park, and consisted
of a range valued at S6O. A SSO
kitchen cabinet was awarded as third
prize to J. P. Hemric, of Cycle. C.
B. Settle, of Benham, fourth prize
winner, was awarded a S4O refrigera
tor. • •
All of the live-at-home exhibits
were of such excellence that the
judges had a difficult task in award
ing the premiums.
Other exhibits were also of an ex
cellent nature.
Gate receipts showed that a total
of 2,364 persons visited the fair dur
ing the two nights and one day.
ELKIN BOWLS OVER
NORTH WILKESBORO
"Buckin' Elks" Taste
Revenge By Admin
istering 12-7 Defeat
The "Buckin' Elks" of Elkin high
school drank deep from the cup of
revenge here last Friday afternoon
when they administered a 12 to 7 de
feat to North Wilkesboro at Chat
ham Park.
North Wilkesboro drew first blood
in the first quarter, pushing over a
touchdown and converting for extra
point from placement.
Elkin came back to score in the
closing minutes of the first half,
Transou carrying the ball over after
a pass from Howard. Try for extra
point was wide.
Elkin's second touchdown came in
the third quarter when Howard went
through the center of the line. The
try for extra point failed.
Although fighting desperately to
score after the first quarter, North
Wilkesboro's efforts were repulsed;
by a stubbornly fighting team that
had tasted defeat at the hands of
the invaders in two previous years.
Coach A. C. Hood was much,
pleased at the performance of his
team, stating that they are showing
improvement with every game.
Elkin will meet Harmony here this
afternoon.
To Hold Joint Meeting
A joint meeting of the Masonic,
lodges of Surry and Yadkin counties
will be held in the Masonic hall here
Saturday evening at 7:30. Repre
sentatives from all lodges in the dis
trict are expected to attend. An in
teresting program is being planned*
which will feature talks by prominent
Masons.
Realistic Old Well
Proves Feature
Of Elkin Fair
An old-fashioned well, complete
with old-fashioned gourd dipper,
moss, churn, jars, and all the
other accessories that in the old
days made a cool drink of water
really worthwhile, formed an ex
hibit of the Elkin Fair at Mc-
Neer's warehouse last week that
attracted the attention of hund
reds of visitors who thronged the
building.
The exhibit was entered by Mrs.
E. F. McNeer, of Elkin, and al
though It was not entered for a
prise, proved to be one of the
main features of the fair.