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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 11
FUNERAL RITES ARE
CONDUCTED SUNDAY
FOR W. G. CHURCH
Death of Former Elkin
Police Chief Is Shock
To Community
WAS ILL TWO WEEKS
Attended by a throng of people
from this and other towns, funeral
rites were held Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock from the First Baptist
church for William Granville
Church; 62. Mr. Church passed
away at his home Friday evening at
9:10 o'clock from a two weeks' ill
ness from septic sore throat and
complications.
Mr. Church was widely known
throughout this section of the state.
For several years he served as chief
of police here and was known as a
capable officer. He was a native of
Wilkes county, but had resided here
for a number of years. He was a
devout member of the First Baptist
church and a former member of the
board of deacons.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the
church, assisted by Rev. E. W. Fox
of the Methodist church and Prof.
Z. H. Dixon. Interment was in Hol
lywood cemetery, under a blanket of
flowers that were a silent testimony
of the esteem in which the deceased
and his family are held.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Anne Sale Church, three daughters,
Mrs. John Sappenfield, Winston-
Salem; Mrs. D. L. Kelly, Yadkin
ville, and Miss Delight Church, of
this city. One little granddaughter,
two sisters, Mrs. Floyd Sparks, of
Bakersville, and Mrs. W. O. Huff
rflan, of this city, and two brothers.
R. N. Church, of Roxboro, and M. E.
Church, of Keysville, Ky„ also sur
vive.
Active pallbearers were: Hugh
Royall, George Royall, T. G. Harris,
H. G. Harris, Ted Brown and W. F.
Reece. Honorary pallbearers were:
Dr. M. A. Royall W. W. Whitaker.
Dr. H. C. Salmons, Dr. Hugh Parks,
R. L. Harris, F. A. Brendle, G. P.
Dockery, C. A. McNeill, J. A. Dob
bins, S. G. Holcomb, W. D. Holcomb,
R. L. Church, W. S. Gough, L. G.
Meed, E. S. Spainhour and A L
Griffeth.
REMODELING OF
. STORE COMPLETED
Basketeria Is Now On
Par With Stores In
Towns Much Larger
Remodeled and enlarged, the lo
rn qal Basketeria store will open this
■ morning (Thursday) and again re
sume service to its customers after
being closed for two days in order
to transfer stock and complete fin
ishing touches.
The new store gives Elkin a gro
cery and market on a par with
towns much larger. The very la
test in equipment has been installed,
more space has been added, and the
V result is a strictly modern and up
to-date establishment.
Especially worthy of notice is the
new market equipment. A large new
refrigeration room, almost as big as
a medium sized bedroom, has been
installed, which, coupled with elec
trically refrigerated show cases, is
the last word in market equipment.
Hundreds are expected to throng
the new store today, not only to see
it, but to take advantage of the
numerous values that are being of
fered in celebration of the reopening.
Speaks Highly of
Chatham Plants
On Southern Tour
The Elkin and Winston-Salem
plants of the Chatham Manufac
turing company were highly
praised for equipment, cleanliness
and management last week by
Dr. E. W. France, of Philadelphia,
bead of the Philadelphia Textile
school, who, accompanied by his
friend and associate, Ted Hay
wood, was on a tour of inspection
of some of the larger mills of the
south.
In speaking of the Chatham
plants, Dr. Frances said they
were among the "finest equipped,
cleanest and best managed mills"
he has seen anywhere. He also
stated that the employees of the
Chatham company are of the
highest class he has ever seen.
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FLEMINGTON, N. J. . . . The public life of Colonel Charles Lindbergh
still remains a battle against cameras. The trial of Bruno Hauptmann
here, charged with the kidnaping and murder of the Lindbergh baby, saw
newspaper, radio and movie cameramen everywhere. Photo above is a
mid-day scene outside the courthouse. Photo below shows the extremes
to which cameramen went in retting the last-minute picture of Colonel
Lindbergh.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
SAYS HAUPTMANN
NEAR LINDY'S HOME
Hunterdon County Courthouse,
Fiemington, N. J., Jan. 22.—Bru
no Richard Hauptmann, a silent
figure in gray, prowled the mud
dy lanes that curl through the
Souriand Mountains for a fort
night before the Lindbergh baby
was kidnapped, two more wit
nesses swore today.
It was the third time that a
witness has climbed the two steps
to the rickety witness chair to
testify that Hauptmann, like a
bandit preparing a surprise at
tack, reconnoitered the scene of
the nation's most notorious crime.
Down out of the Sourlands to
day his face scrubbed shining
clean and a new white silk scarf
around his neck came Millard
Whi ted to tell in a Jersey drawl
that he saw Hauptmann twice in
February, 1932, on the road to
the Lindbergh home. The kid
naping occurred March 1, 1932.
AUTO SALES
INCREASE
Raleigh, Jan. 22.—The state
motor vehicle bureau today re
ported sales of new automobiles
in North Carolina during the
first half of January 40 per cent,
higher than corresponding sales
in 1934.
Truck sales increased propor
tionately, the report showed. Li
cense plate sales for 1935 to date
were reported 25,988 above cor
responding sales for 1934.
PREDICTS FORMIDABLE
OPPOSITION
Raleigh, Jan. 22.—Willard L.
Do well, secretary of the North
Carolina Retail Merchants Asso
ciation, today predicted formida
ble opposition to the state sales
tax in the 1935 General Assembly.
Speaking at a semi-annual con
ference of the North Carolina Re
tail Secretaries Association, Dow
ell said 68 members of the House
of Representatives had indicated
their opposition to the tax.
REYNOLDS SCORES
WORLD COURT
Washington, Jan. 22.—Joining
in the effort to defeat ratification
of the World Court treaty, Sena
tor Robert R. Reynolds in the
Senate today delivered an hour
and a half attack on what he
termed the "League of Nations'
Court of Intrigue."
The junior North Carolina sen
ator warned the United States
agai*>st becoming involved in old
world disputes "which hate us."
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 1935
MERCHANTS NAME
193 5 DIRECTORS
President and Vice-President of As
sociation Will Be Elected At
Early Meeting of Board
At a meeting of the Elkin Mer
chants association last week, ballots
for directors, which had been pre
viously mailed association members
were opened and the votes tabu
lated. The new board of directors
follow:
George E. Royall, E. S. Spainhour,
E. E. Hayes, J. R. Poindexter, L. G.
Meed, Claude Farrell, A. L. Griffeth
and A. O. Bryan.
A meeting of the new board will
be held at an early date at which
time a president and vice president
will be elected.
i Judges' Statement
JANUARY 19, 1935
We, the undersigned, duly appointed to canvass the re- i
| turns of The Elkin Tribune Cash Offer Campaign, do here- i
| by certify that the Campaign was closed according to the
j rules governing same, and that we compiled the subscrip
| tions and remittance deposited in the Ballot Box, and the
i Campaign department's records of subscriptions turned in
| during the Campaign by various contestants or members,
! and we find the following named persons entitled to the |
| awards according to the rules governing their distribution: i
FIRST AWARD—S6OO.OO IN CASH
| Miss Mattie Brendle.. 16,693,100
SECOND AWARD—S4OO.OO IN CASH
| Mr. Joe Williams 15,849,975
THIRD AWARD—SISO.OO IN CASH
! Mrs. Cora Cooper 10,599,200
FOURTH AWARD—S6O.OO IN CASH
j Mrs. David Morrison 7,904,555
FIFTH AWARD—SSO.OO IN CASH
I Miss Beatrice Burcham 7,369,450
WINNER OF THE SIOO.OO IN EXTRA CASH AWARDS
Mr. Joe Williams
COMMISSION WINNERS
Miss Mildred Holbrook 5,278,100 j
Mrs! Lula Weir. I. 1 4,804,525 '
Mrs. Luther Stuart 4,088,593 !
Mrs. Paul Speer 1,959,400 i
I Miss Irene Brown___ 1,432,650 |
j Miss Lucille Cox 1,000,700 j
jj Miss Opal Smith . 507,916 j
Miss Vetra Hanes .£ 1 487,200
WINNERS OF THE PROTECT YOU PRIZE VOTE
BALLOTS g
Ist. Miss Mattie Brendle
2nd. Mr. Joe Williams '
3rd. Mrs. Cora Cooper
Signed
D. B. S WAR INGEN
A. L. INSCORE
EARL C. JAMES
Judges.
ELKIN-RONDA ROAD
CONTRACT APPROVED
BY FEDERAL BUREAU
Delay Caused By En
croachment of Route
With Railroad
DOUGHTON BIG AID
The contract for the Elkin-Ronda
link of the new highway between
Elkin and North Wilkesboro has
been approved by the Federal Bu
reau of Roads at Washington, it
was learned Wednesday from W. E.
Graham, official of the H. A. Gran
nis Construction company of Fay
etteville, low bidders on tfie con
struction of the route.
The project, it was learned, was
held up for two days due to tlje
encraochment on the right-of-way
of the Southern Railway, easement
of which has been granted the state
highway department by the railway.
People interested in the route,
work on which is expected to get
under way very shortly, should be
grateful to Congressman R. L.
Doughton, who, it has been learned,
has used his influence in having
the route pushed ahead to its pi'es
ent status.
ONE INJURED WHEN
TRAIN STRIKES BUS
Blinding Snow Storm
Said To Be Cause of
Mishap Here
M. B. Query, of Charlotte, a pas
senger on the Elkin-Statesville
Greyhound bus, was slightly injured
here Wednesday morning when the
bus in which he was the sole passen
ger was struck by a train at the
South Bridge street crossing shortly
after 9 o'clock. His injuries con
sisted of a leg laceration.
The accident occurred when the
bus, driven by D. J. Journey, pulled
onto the track during a blinding
snow storm. The train was backing
up at the time and struck the rear
of the bus, pushing it down the track
and damaging it considerably.
A pioneer is a fellow who can re
member back when the leading at
traction at a bathing beach was a
hot dog stand.
Miss Mattie Brendle
Wins S6OO Prize; Joe
Williams Wins S4OO
Still Moving About
a
SAN FRANCISCO Amelia Ear
hart Putnam (above), slept a few
hours after her solo flight, Honolulu
to Oakland then hopped down to
see her mother at Hollywood the
next day, Sunday. She said she
would fly to Washington and check
in . . . then planned to be back here
on Thursday to meet her husband
who was trailing her in by boat from
Honolulu.
CHATHAM PRODUCTS
NOW ON THE AIR
Grady Cole Telling the
World of Merits of
Homespuns, Blankets
Calling the attention of the world
to the merits of Chatham home
spuns and Chatham blankets, the
Chatham Manufaturing company is
now sponsoring a series of fifteen
minute broadcasts over radio station
WBT, Charlotte, on Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday of each week at
5:45 p. m.
Grady Cole, news commentator
and sports editor of the air is fea
tured in the broadcasts. To
thoroughly familiarize himself with
the products he is boosting, he
visited both the Elkin and Winston-
Salem plants of the company last
Friday afternoon.
Accompanied by Mrs. Cole and the
pilot of the plane in which he flew
here from Charlotte, Johnny Crow
ell, Mr. Cole first inspected the lo
cal mill and then flew to Winston-
Salem where he made a tour of in
spection of the plant there. He
then flew back to Charlotte.
Chatham homespuns, first intro
duced commercially here a short
while a«o are fast winning nation
wide recognition, and, as Chatham
blankets have already done, are
rapidly making a place for them
selves in the world of good clothes.
ROOSEVELT BALL TO
BE HELD JAN. 30TH
Hundreds Are Expected
To Attend Big Event
At Hotel Elkin
Tickets are on sale, major details
have been completed, and all is in
readiness for the Birthday Ball for
the President which will take place
at Hotel Elkin next Wednesday
night from 9:30 p. m. until 1:30 a.
m.
Carl C. Poindexter, general chair
man of the ball, stated yesterday
that every effort Is being made to
make this year's ball an even big
ger success than the similar event
last year, and again called attention
to the fact that 70 cents of each
dollar netted by the boll will remain
here to be expended In the behalf
of infantile paralysis victims of this
city and section.
He further pointed out that both
the Western tJnion telegraph and
the Postal Telegraph services have
offered their facilities for a mass
birthday greeting telegram to Presi
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AAJUN INRAI
Gateway to
Roaring:
Gap and the
Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CAMPAIGN IS BIG
SUCCESS; HUNDREDS
NEW SUBSCRIBERS
Mrs. Cooper, Mrs* Mor
rison and Miss Bur
cham Win Prizes "
CHECKS PRESENTED
The Elkin Tribune Cash Offer
campaign came to a highly sucess
ful conclusion Saturday night at 8
o'clock, as the last of the 13 can
didates who remained active to the
end slipped final reports in the bal
lot box at The Tribune office.
Three hours later the judges of
the contest, A. L. Inscore, sheriff of
Yadkin county; D. B. Swaringen,
chairman of the board of Wilkes
county commissioners, and E. C.
James, prominent attorney of this
city, assisted by Garland Johnson,
cashier of The Bank of Elkin, an
nounced the final result.
The winners were:
S6OO first prize: Miss Mattie
Brendle, of Elkin.
S4OO second prize: Joe Williams,
of Mountain Park.
$l5O third prize: Mrs. Cora Coop
er of Hamptonville.
$60.00 fourth prize: Mrs. David
Morrison, of Elkin.
$50.00 fifth prize: Miss Beatrice
Burcham of Elkin.
The S6O and S4O additional prizes
were both won by Joe Williams.
A highly interested group of can
didates and their friends gathered
at The Tribune office for announce
ment of the winners, and prize
award checks were distributed im
mediately to the candidates present.
Miss Brendle, in winning, com
piled a very fine vote, but was close
ly folio by Joe Williams. The
other prize winners made impres
sive showings.
The campaign was highly success
ful. Hundreds of new subscriptions
were added—exactly how many
hundreds it will not be known until
the work of getting them all on the
mailing list i 3 completed this week—
several hundred extended their
present subscriptions for from one to
10 years, and the enthusiastic work .
of. the candidates covered Surry,
Wilkes and Yadkin counties thor
oughly.
J. L. Cothren Freed of
Manslaughter Charge
Morgan Led better and J.. Coth
ren, charged with manslaughter as
the result of an accident here No
vember 14 in which Earl Holbrook,
of JonesvilJe, was killed, were given
a preliminary hearing January 11
before Magistrate J. L. Hall, in which
a nol pros was taken as to Lettbetter
by the state.
Mr. Cothren was found not guilty.
THANKS!
To The Tribune, the campaign
workers and the people of Elkin
and the surrounding section, we
wish to express our thanks and
sincere appreciation for '■; the
courtesies, kindnesses shown and
the cooperation given us during
'our first visit in your city. ■
The people of the community
and the neighboring counties were
particularly nice to us during our
eight weeks here and showed us
every courtesy and hospitality.
We feel that Elkin is a progressive
town and that it will prosper
much in the future.
Our work with the contestants
was most pleasant and we appre
ciate deeply the confidence' they
displayed In us throughout' the
campaign. We worked without
cessation to make the campaign
a success from the ' workers'
standpoint, as well as The Tri
bune's. And we tried to be ab
solutely fair and impartial
throughout. Some of the expres
sions on the part of the workers
were most gratifying to us. "
We want to express again our
thanks to the judges who served
at the close of the campaign—al-
so Mr. Garland Johnson, who
helped with the ekmn. Best wishes
to aJD.
MS. AND MRS. D. C. WISE.