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—r— ELKIN
"The Best
Little Town
In North
»«>«•»• Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIV, No. 17
CONSTRUCTION OF
LAST LAP ROUTE
21 NOW UNDER WAY
Will Complete Long
Awaited Lakes-to-
Florida Highway
NEAR WYTHEVILLE
Contract for the construction work
on the last link of the Lakes-to-
Florida highway, known as Federal
route No. 21, has been let to Walters
and Prater, who will begin work im
mediately, it has been learned here.
The stretch of road in question
lies between Wytheville and Inde
pendence, Va., and-when it is com
pleted the entire road between those
towns will have been improved with
the exception of a short stretch un
der the railroad in North Wythe
ville.
The state of Virginia has made
arrangemtnts for a camp at the
South side of Iron Mountain on
Turkey Fork to complete the grading
on 21 from the point on Dry Run,
across Iron Mountain and through
Elk Creek valley to the intersection
of the improved section from In
dependence north.
With tht completion of the
stretches under construction, Route
21, providing a direct route from the
Great Lakes to Florida, will be prac
tically complete and should turn
considerable traffic through Elkin.
BOONVILLE MAN IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Eugene A. Reece Passes
Near Boonville Jan
uary 27th
Eugene AVnire Reece, 58, passed
away at his home near Boonville
Wednesday night, following a short
illness.
Mr. Reece was born in Yadkin
county May 4, 1876, a son of the
late Evan H. and Mary Woodhouse
Reece, and he had spent his life in
the county. He was married to
Miss Ella M. Warden September 15,
1901. To this union were born two
sons, Clarence L. and Ralph E.
Reece, who with the window, sur
vive him, together with three sisters,
Mrs. Miranda Cartwright and Mrs.
Carrie Reece of Winston-Salem and
Mrs. Mamie Winters, of Eldora, lowa.
Mr. Reece became a member of
Boonville Baptist church in 1893
where he remained a faithful mem
ber through the years, and he will
be greatly missed by his church and
friends.
There are three things that
marked his life in particular: He
was one of the best neighbors a man
ever lived by. He would sacrifice
his own interest to accommodate his
neighbor. Genuine hospitality stood
out in his life. Second, he was one
of the most peaceable men the coun
ty has ever produced. His was a
gentle, unpretentious, unoffensive,
peaceable life. Prom a child he
was moral and quiet. Third, he was
a Christian. Christ was to him per
sonal and a Saviour. He tried to
follow him; his life possessed many
of the Christian graces, and he died
with a surrender of life to his Lord.
The funeral was conducted in
Boonville Baptist church by Rev. J.
P. Davis and Rev. D. G. Reece. A
large crowd of relatives and friends
were there to pay their last tribute
of respect.
The family extends appreciation
for the kindness shown by their
friends during the sickness and death
of husband and father.
Pallbearers were J. H. Huff, E. Q.
Stinson, Roscoe Smith, Sam Hicks,
C. W. Park and Leonard Davis.
New Baptist Minister
Arrives In Jonesville
Rev. and Mrs. Avery Church have
arrived in Jonesville, from Louisville,
Ky., where Rev. Church has been
studying at the Baptist Seminary
since the first of the year. Rev.
Church has accepted the pastorate
of the Jonesville Baptist church and
will preach his first sermon there
Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock
hour of worship. All members of
the church and the public are cor
dially invited to be present for this
service.
Mr. and Mrs. Church are natives
of North Wilkesboro.
E. E. Hayes and Archie Bartlett
left Wednesday for Charlotte, where
they will spend two days, attending
to business matters ler the Hayes
& Speas company of this city.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Death Mystery
*
w
m
Alton Wayne Whitaker, of near
Center, Yadkin county, who died in
a Winston-Salem hospital Friday
night following an illness the nature
of which physicians are not agreed.
The yonng man had been struck on
the head by a billiard ball previous
to his death, but whether this was
responsible, no one knows.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
GREEKS WIN
OVER REBELS
Athens, March 6. — (Wednes
day).—The Greek government
early today claimed a smashing
victory against the rebels in
Macedonia, announcing the Greek
fourth army, after a thundering
artillery attack, had captured the
Macedonia town of Seres, 45
miles northwest of Salonika.
SAID MRS. DAVIDSON
WAS "MELANCHOLY"
Pinehurst, March 5.—A coro
ner's jury today was told that
Mrs. Elva Statler Davidson was
"melancholy" at a gay spaghetti
house party a few hours before
her mysterious death and that she
engaged in an argument with her
husband shortly before her part
ly-clothed body was found
sprawled upon her automobile in
the family garage here last Wed
nesday morning.
CHILD HAS
GOOD CHANCE
Fall River, Mass., March 5.
The prospect of Alyce Jane Mc-
Henry's recovery from her up
sidedown stomach operation was
slightly but definitely better to
night.
"She is holding her own" was
the word that went through the
Truesdale hospital time and again
during the day and upon its sig
nificance rests most of the rea
sons for hope that she will win in
the long recovery fight ahead of
her.
CHANCES OF BILL
PASSING GOOD
Washington, March s.—While
the obstructions have not as yet
been entirely removed from the
right-of-way, ultimate passage of
the President's $4,880,000,000 work
relief bill is more clearly fore
shadowed tonight than at any
time since administration leaders,
to cover their defeat, moved to
recommit the bill to the appro
priations committee of which
Senator Glass, of Virginia, is
chairman.
WILLIAMS RESIGNS
AS NRA CHAIRMAN
Washington, March 5. Fol
lowing an exchange of letters
with President Roosevelt, sig
nifying the existence of the most
cordial relations, S. Clay Williams
this afternoon resigned the chair
manship of the national industrial
recovery board, and the President
accepted with the reservation that
Mr. Williams remain at his pres
ent post "for at least another two
weeks."
June Shaw
Funeral services were held Monday
morning from Knobs church in
Yadkin county, for June Shaw, nine
months-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. H. Shaw, Jonesville, Route.
The child died at the home of her
parents, following a brief illness.
When a man has a birthday he
takes a day off. When a woman
has one she takes a year off.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1935
ELKIN MERCHANTS
ORGANIZE CREDIT
BUREAU TUESDAY
Will Hold Weekly Meet
ings and Discuss and
Compare Accounts
WILL SEEK TO AID
At a meeting Tuesday night of the
Elkin Merchants association, a credit
bureau was organized to wovk in
connection with the association, it
was learned Wednesday morning.
The newly organized department
is to meet each Tuesday night to
discuss credits and to compare lists
of delinquent and slow accounts.
At the meeting Tuesday it was
brought out that" the discussion of
credit will not be confined merely
to slow accounts, but that those who
have a good rating for promptness
will also be discussed for the infor
mation of the various members.
It was also brought out that it is
not the intention of the organization
to do anything to hurt anyone; its
purpose, on the contrary, is to be of
a helpful nature looking toward the
aid of those who are deeply in debt
and who find it impossible to make
payments each week on all accounts.
However, those who can pay but
will not, will necessarily be placed
on the black list so that they may
not obtain further credit to which
they are not entitled.
COMPLETING SURVEY
ON FEDERAL ROUTE
Construction of Scenic
Highway Expected
to Start Soon
Pinal surveys of the park-to-park
highway which when constructed will
reach from near Washington to be
yond Asheville, and which will pass
near Roaring Gap, are now being
rushed to completion and the sec
tor between Roanoke, Va., and the
North Carolina line will soon be fin
ished.
A large group of engineers is now
stationed at Hillsville, Va., working
on the survey between Fancy Gap
and Low Gap. This route was sur
veyed by state engineers last sum
mer and is now being re-checked by
the federal engineers. When the
route is finally approved by the
federal bureau of roads it will then
be ready for letting and construction.
Reports from the engineers are
that the authorities are pushing
them and they are making every
effort to hurry along the survey
work. Considerable construction
work is expected to be under way
this summer. State authorities of
North Carolina and Virginia are
taking action to secure rights-of
way with the least delay so that
work can go ahead when the en
gineers are ready to give the word-
Rex Church Freed of
Manslaughter Charge
Rex Church, of Roaring River, on
trial in Yadkin county superior court
last Wednesday on a charge of man
slaughter growing out of the death
the night of October 21, 1934, of
Warren Cockerham, 13-year-old boy,
was freed by a directed verdict of
not guilty following presentation of
evidence by both state and defense.
The Yadkin county boy was hit
by Church's car while walking along
the Elkin-Boonville highway. The
state attempted to prove that the
defendant was driving too fast and
that recklessness was the cause of
the accident. The defense showed,
however, that Church was not ex
ceeding the speed limit, and that
the child was either pushed or ran
directly into the path of his car,
and that the accident was not
through negligence of the driver.
Brother Hits Brother
With Brick Bat Sunday
Dick Stuart, colored, of Jonesville,
received a broken cheek bone and
nose Sunday morning at his home
when he was said to have been
struck in the face with a brick by
his brother, William Stuart.
Following the fight, the cause of
which was not learned, the injured
man was carried to the local hos
pital.
Mr. and Mrs. Thad Reece, of
Boonville, announce the birth of a
son at Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital in this city, March 1, 1935.
Complete Federal Survey of Town
Tuesday Looking Toward Erection
Here of New Postoffiee Building
In a One-Horse Open Sleigh
■( ' ■ i
HYDE PARK, N. Y. . . . President Roosevelt got away from official
Washington cares for a short two day rest at his home here. The snow
covered hills beckoned, so in a one-horse open sleigh he went for an old
fashion ride with his daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Boettiger.
Word Received
Here of Death of
Don E. L. Gwyn
Word has been received here of
the death in Portland, Ore., of
Don E. L. Gwyn, son of the late
Rev. E. N. Gwyn and a nephew
of Thomas Lenoir Gwyn, who
died here in 1934. The Portland
man was crushed under the rear
wheels of a heavy truck.
Forty years have elapsed since
the deceased made his home here
and many of his former friends
were in ignorance of his where
abouts.
MASS MEETING IS
CALLED FOR APR. 5
Commissioners Seek
Cost of Numbering
Houses In Elkin
A mass meeting, to be held in the
school auditorium the night of April
5, at 7:30 o'clock, has been ordered
by the board of town commissioners
for the purpose of nominating a
mayor and board of town commis
sioners, it was learned following the
meeting of the commissioners Mon
day night.
During Monday's meeting, the
numbering of houses in Elkin was
discussed, and John Franklin was
requested to ascertain the cost of
such a project.
The commissioners ordered the
town tax collector to accept no more
bonds in payment of old taxes or
street assessments after March 15,
1935.
FIRE TRUCK IS
DEMONSTRATED
Six Men Required to
Hold Hose Nozzle In
Low Pressure Area
A new fire" truck, en route from
the factory to Chatham, Va., was
demonstrated here Tuesday for the
benefit of the Elkin commissioners
and the members of the local fire
department.
The truck, equipped with pumper
and booster tank, was driven out on
Elk Spur street near Byrd's store
where water pressure is low, and
promptly converted a weak, 15-
pound hydrant pressure stream into
a 150-pound stream which required
six men to man the hose nozzle.
Several of the commissioners, who
are interested in such a truck for
Elkin, were present and appeared
pleased with the performance of the
fire fighting equipment.
Charles Wesley, noted English
clergyman, wrote more than 6,000
hymns.
YADKIN SUPERIOR
COURT ADJOURNS
Docket Almost Clear
After Four Days of
Hard Work
I The February criminal term of su
perior court for Yadkin county ad
journed Friday night, ■with the dock
et almost clear after four days of,
hard work by court oficials.
Judge W. F. Harding, presiding
over the term, made it clear early
in the week that he had lit/tie pa
tierifce with those who transgress the
law by the liquor route and his
judgments in the cases that came
before him proved he meant busi
ness. Reckless and fast driving of
cars also came in for their share of
punishment.
The case of Dulin Williams was
one of the most important tried 1
during the closing of the court. He >
was charged with an assault with a |
knife on one Ned Myers, who has l
since committed suicide. He and
Myers fought at an ice cream sup
per and Myers was seriously injured,
but the jury said Williams was not
guilty. Williams, however, was sent
to jail for non-payment of costs in
an old case, where he will remain
for 20 days.
Robert Pardue, Yadkinville boy,
was one of those receiving a sen
tence for making whisky. He was
given 4 months on the roads.
John E. Norman, of the East Bend
section, at whose home the offciers
found 40 gallons of whisky a short
time ago, was given a fine of SSO and
costs, and a suspended sentence of
two years.
Marvin Wiles plead guilty to a
charge of assault and was taxed the
costs and given a suspended sentence
of two years.
Bennett Holleman, abandonment,
not guilty.
Louise and Tang Garris, possession
of whisky. Louise nol prossed, Gar
ris given 90 days on the roads.
Charlie Couzzin, carrying a con
cealed weapon, not guilty.
D. Mathis, transporting, $lO and
costs.
Tommie C. Cummings, transport
ing, costs.
Press Southard, possession, costs.
J. E. Pruitt and Mollie Coins, f.
and a., nol pros.
Paul Hutcheas, seduction, not guil
ty'.
Robert Garris, drunkenness, 30
days on roads.
(Continued On Page Seven)
Plans For Repairing
Jail Approved Monday
Plans for fire proofing and im
proving the Surry county jail as sug
gested by the last Surry county
grand jury, were approved Monday
by the county board of commission
ers, in session at Dobson.
The plans were submitted as a
federal project, and the commis
sioners have been assured federal la
or.
ELKIN i
Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the
Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
HANCOCK TO MAKE
DETERMINED FIGHT
TO GET BUILDING
Would Cost Approxi
mately $75,000; Hinges
On Work Relief Bill
GRAHAM OPTIMISTIC
Through the efforts of Congress
man Frank Hancock, a federal sur
vey of Elkin, looking towards the
construction of a $75,000 federal
building to house the Elkin post
office, has been completed here, and
complete data collected as to several
sites located in the business district,
it was learned Wednesday morning
from F. W. Graham, Elkin postmast
er.
R. E. Dauch, of the postoffice de
partment, Washington, spent prac
tically the entire day here Tuesday
going over plans and making a sur
vey of both Elkin and Jonesville
postal facilities.
Five hundred new federal buildings
will probably be constructed through
out the nation provided the public
works bill sponsored by President
Roosevelt, which is now before Con
gress, goes through, Mr. Dauch said,
and of this number North Carolina
will probably get ten or twelve, of
which Elkin will be one.
Mr. Graham submitted detailed
data on the needs of the town some
time ago to the postoffice depart
ment at Washington, and it was fol
lowing this report that Mr. Dauch
. was sent here.
Congressman Hancock has already
stated that he will make a deter
mined and vigorous fight to obtain
a federal building for Elkin, and
what has been done thus far has
been largely through his efforts.
If and when the new building is
constructed it will have approximate
ly 5,000 square feet of floor space,
and in addition to housing the post
office, would also house several of
fice rooms on the upper floor.
So completely did Mr. Dauch go
into the matter of prospective sites
Tuesday, he even gathered data as
to depths of sewer lines, etc., which
serve the locations investigated.
Mr. Graham, in discussing the
matter Wednesday, stated that he
firmly believes, provided the town
gets behind the project, that Elkin
will have a new federal building
within the next two years.
SERVICES HELD FOR
WAYNE WHITAKER
Former Yadkin Boy
Dies of Rare Disease; •
Many At Funeral
Funeral services for Alton Wayne
Whitaker, 30, were held at the home
of his parents, near Center, at 2
o'clock and at Center Methodist
church at 2:30 Sunday afternoon.
Young Whitaker died in a Wins
ton-Salem hospital Friday night fol
lowing an illness of ten days with a
rare disease which was diagnosed as
Landry's paralysis, or creeping para
lysis. Attending physicians and
those present at the autopsy did not
agree on the cause of his illness. It
was stated that he was hit on the
head by a billiard ball in a pool room
a few days before being taken ill but
the doctors are positive this had
nothing to do with his fatal illness.
However police took into custody one
Willie Martin, of Poplar street,
Winston-Salem, who threw the pool
ball at another man who dodged it.
allowing it to strike Whitaker. This
form of paralysis strikes first In the
legs and arms and finally closes in
on the body, with fatal results when
it reaches the lungs.
Surviving are the widow and his
parents, together with three broth
ers: Nurroa, and Haskel
Whitaker, of Center, and two sisters,
Misses Ruth and Lyttle Mae Whita
ers: Numa, Dwight and Haskel
close relatives also survive, including
his maternal grandparents, Mr. and
Mrs. I. L. Holcomb, also of Center.
Funeral services were held Sun
day.