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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 39
MAY GET TWO NEW
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
AND MAIL DELIVERY
Commissioners Take No
Action On Resignation
of Board Members
ARE TO SEEK LOAN
Two new school buildings for
Elkin, city mail delivery, and the
resignation of three members of the
Elkin school board came in for their
share of attention at the monthly
meeting of the board of town com
missioners Monday night.
French Graham, a member of the
Surry county board of education, ap
peared before the town board and
stated that the county school board
and the board of county commis
sioners had approved application to
borrow money from the state liter
ary fund for the purpose of con
structing school buildings, including
two for Elkin, a colored building to
cost $2,700, and a white school build
ing which would cost $27,270.
Mayor J. R. Poindexter appointed
a committee made up of F. M. Nor
man, member of the local school
board, and H. P. Graham, to ascer
tain conditions of the loan.
Mr. Graham also stated that Elkin
could get city delivery of mail pro
vided certain conditions were com
plied with, among them being num
bering of the houses. As postmaster,
he was assured that steps would be
taken to have houses numbered if
necessary.
Errol Hayes, president of the Elk
in Merchants association, and A. O.
Bryan, were present and stated that
the merchants association could not
afford to maintain a full-time office
and secretary and suggested that
the secretary move her office
the town tax office. This was agreed
upon and the sum of $lO per month
is to be paid by the town towards
the secretary's salary for services
rendered in the tax office. Only
one vote was cast against this con
solidation, that being registered by
Commissioner C. C. Fulp, who re
quested that his vote of opposition
be recorded.
The resignation of three members
of the local school board, Dr. R. B.
Harrell, Mrs. Grace Click and Mrs.
Mason Lillard, was discussed, but no
action was taken, the matter being
deferred until the next meeting.
A town tax rate of $1.50, the same
as last year, was officially adopted.
Following a discussion of water
and sewer extensions for North and
East Elkin, the mayor was authorized
to file application to the Federal
Emergency administration for a loan
and grant to aid in financing con
struction of the extensions.
SOIL SERVICE MEET
TO BE HELD AUG. 14
Farmers To Gather At
Dobson To Discuss
Important Work
O. P. McCrary, district farm agent
and a representative of the Soil
Conservation Service, will discuss
thte work with the farmers of Sur
ry county at the courthouse at Dob
son Wednesday, August 14, at 10
o'clock, it was learned Wednesday
from J. W. Crawford, Surry farm
agent.
In discussing soil conservation Mr.
Crawford stated that many Surry
farmers have the mistaken idea that
land would be terraced and unie, fer
tilizer and other things furnished
without cost to the farmer. However,
he stated, the Soil Conservation
Service is taking the place of the
Soil Erosion Service and all the work
done will .be on a 50-50 basis with
the farmers.
The Soil Conservation Service will
not do any teriacing, as the terrac
ing must be done by the farmers,
Mr. Crawford said, through the
County Soil Conservation associa
tion, however, there are certain
things the Soil Conservation Service
will do. It is understood that CCC
employees will be used part of the
time in building terrace outlets,
building dams across gullies and
otherwise aid in making the ter
races permanent. They will also do
some work in connection with for
estry and other lines of agriculture
In the county.
It is hoped that as many farmers
as possible will attend the meeting
in Dobson.
A ton of water from the Dead Sea
contains 187 pounds of salt.
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ST. TAUL . . . Wallace Jamie, 27,
(above), crime student at the Uni
versity of Chicago, is the young man
who brought about the shake-up of
the police department here and was
made Deputy Commissioner of Pub
lic Safety.
ROOSEVELT BACKS
FLANNAGAN BILL
Tobacco Grading Meas
ure Passes House and
Goes To Senate
Washington* Aug. 6.—President
Roosevelt today expressed an en
thusiastic approval of the Flannagan
tobacco grading bill and this together
with the support" of Chairman E. D.
Smith, of the Senate agricultural
committee, practically assures pas
sage of the legislation at this session
of the Congress.
The Chief Executive gave his ap
proval to the bill at a conference
with Representative Flannagan, of
Virginia; Representative Hancock, of
North Carolina; Representative Cool
ey, of North Carolina, and Represen
tative Vinson, of Kentucky.
After the White House conference,
which was proposed and arranged
by Hancock, and lasted for over
half-hour, Flannagan, author of the
bill, stated he was expressly author
ized by President Roosevelt/ to an
nounce that the bill has the "un
qualified approval of the secretary
of Agriculture and that the Presi
dent concurs in that view."
The Flannagan bill has already
passed the House and it will be con
sidered by the Senate agricultural
committee Thursday. Chairman
Smith is strong for the measure and
expressed the opinion yesterday that
he would have little trouble in put
ting it through the Senate.
tobacco inspection bill, H. R.
8026, is designed to aid and protect
tobacco growers in the sale of tobac
co at auction. It provides the neces
sary authorization for official stan
dards of quality, known to buyer and
seller alike, by which tobacco may
be graded before it leaves the pos
session of the grower. It is estimated
that mQre than three-fourths of the
tobacco grown is sold at auction.
The bill leaves to the judgment of
the farmers as to whether the ser
vices of the government are desired
by requiring a referendum of grow
ers, with two-thirds approval, before
inspection may be required in an
auction market and also provides for
the issuance of official market re
ports showing current market prices
on a quality basis as an aid to farm
ers in tile sale of their crop.
Yadkin Boy Injured
Accidentally By Gun
Allen Moxley, five-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Moxley, of near
Boonville, is a patient in the local
hospital suffering from a cheat In
jury sustained Friday when a load
from a revolver pierced his chest and
came out through his shoulder. The
accident occurred when the older
members of the family were away
from the house and the lad found
the gun and was playing with it.
According to hospital attaches his
condition is regarded as very favor
able and he is expected to recover
despite the seriousness of the wound.
County Tax Rate
Set At 85 Cents
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At the monthly meeting of the
board of county commissioners held
Monday at Dobson, the county tax
rate was officially set at 85 cents.
The commissioners also took fic
tion on matters concerning new
school structures for the county,
however, details were not disclosed.
The Italians are considered the
most talkative people in the world;
the American Indians the most re
seived.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1935
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LAKE GEORGE, N. T. . The designers of the speed boat, "El Largarto'*
did a good job of it thirteen years ago. The old boat, with owner George
Reis (left), and Anderson Bowers (right) in control, defended her Ameri
can motor boat championship by winning the annual Gold Cup Regatta
for the third consecutive 'year. Photo shows Reis and Bowers with the
famous Gold Cup trophy.
Mass Meeting Is To Be
Held Here To Organize
FHA Housing Committee
Meeting To Be Held In Kiwanis Room, Hotel Elkin, August 12th
at 7:30 P. M.; Representative States SIOO,OOO Could Be
Loaned Here For Building and Remodeling In 60-Day
Period If Committee Functions Properly
A meeting for the purpose of or
ganizing a Better Housing committee
under the governments Better
Housing program has been called
here for Monday, August 12, at
which time a representative of the
federal Housing administration will
be present to offer assistance and
complete information, it was
learned the latter part of last week
from G. Allen Rady, of the FHA,
Washington, D. C., and J. M. Bolick,
FHA field representative, who were
in Elkin.
The meeting will be held in the
Kiwanis room of Hotel Elkin at 7:30,
and it is highly important that every
person interested in remodeling, re
pairing or building be present. It is
also to the interest of every mer
RECEIVE 5 TIMES
AS MUCH IN 1934
1934 Crop Yields Much
More Than Tobacco
Crop of 1932
Surry County farmers received
five times as much for their tobacco
crop in 1934 as they got in 1932, ac
cording to a report issued by J. W.
Crawford, county agent.
The 1932 crop sold for $464,077.
With benefit payments of $159,149
from the AAA, the growers received
a total of $2,289,403 for their leaf
in 1934—an increase of $1,825,326.
Crawford pointed out that In 1932,
the year before the AAA programs
started, the growers raised 6,177,800
pounds on 14,285 acres. The average
price per pound was 9.1 cents, and
the return per acre averaged $32.
Last year, only 9,761 acres were
put in tobacco, but heavy yields
boosted the crop to 7,678,368 pounds.
The average price per pound was
27.5 cents, and the average return
per acre was $209,
In 1933, a crop of 9,082,500 pounds
was harvested. The price averaged
15.1 cents, and equalization payments
of $122 were paid. The value of the
crop was $1,407,900, or $lO9 per acre
foi* the 12,975 acres.
Crawford stated that these figures
did not show the total increase in
the fanners' inline, since the price
of other farm commodities has been
rising too.
chant and business man of Elkin to
be present.
In discussing the FHA program,
the two FHA representatives here
last week stated that in their opinion
if a Better Housing committee could
be organized to function properly,
loans totalling SIOO,OOO or more
could be made locally within 60
days.
Under the provisions of the Bet
ter Housing program, property own
ers may borrow through approved
banks and other financial institu
tions which are insured against loss
by the Federal Housing administra
tion, and repay these loans over a
long period of time." Complete de
tails will be given at the meeting
to be held here.
SURRY BAPTISTS
HOLD MEETING
33rd Annual Session
Meets With Mt, Airy
Baptist Church
In the 33rd annual session of the
Surry Baptist Association which met
with the Mount Airy First church
on Friday and Saturday of last week,
44 of the 48 churches of t.he asso
ciation were represented by dele
gates, it being the largest delegation
in many years. And one new church,
Simmons Orove, was received into
the association, coming from the
Pilot Mountain Association. a
The meeting was called "to order
by the Moderator, Mr. W. L. Reece,
of Dobson, and after a brief period
of worship the regular business pro
gram of the session was entered up
on. Delegates were enrolled from
the churches represented, and offi
cers were chosen for the following
year. A. V. West, of Mount Airy,
was elected Moderator to fill the
vacancy of Mr. Reece, who retired.
E. C. James, of this city, was elected
assistant Moderator; J. H. JJall, of
Mount Airy, was re-elected clerk, and
F. T. Lewellyn. of Dobson, was re
elected treasurer. All were elected
by acclamation.
The body gave a rising vote of
thanks to the venerable retiring
moderator.
Various reports and talks were
given by L. B. Pcndergraph, M. A.
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—To Commerce Post
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WASHINGTON . . . former Rep
resentative, Charles West, of Ohio t
(above), is the Assistant Secretary
cf Commerce. He was appointed by
President Roosevelt, whom he was
serving as "contact man" with Con
gress.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
GEORGIA TOBACCO
AVERAGES $21.07
Atlanta, Aug. 6. —Reporting
10,730,420 pounds of tobacco were
sold during the opening week of
the Georgia bright leaf auctions,
the state department of agricul
ture today said 21.07 cents a
pound was the average for a total
of $1,260,570.48 paid the growers.
Sales at 38 warehouses were in
cluded in the report, six ware
houses failing to make returns.
On the opening week of the
market last year, 6,966,738 pounds
were sold at 22.62 average, Gar
land Bagley, statistician of the de
partment said. The average price
for the entire season of 1934 was
18.73.
MUCH INTEREST
IN RURAL POWER
Raleigh, Aug. 6.—The state
rural electrification authority will
tmeet here Monday? to elect an
executive secretary and discuss
many important matters of policy
to be followed in planning con
struction of lines in the state,
Dudley Bagley, chairman, an
nounced today.
Bagley said that representatives
of power companies will be called
to meet here the middle or latter
part of next week to go over the
situation as shown in survey fig
ures available in the authority
offices with a view of construc
tion by the companies of some of
the units.
DEMOCRATS LOSE
CONGRESSIONAL SEAT
A sharp Democrat set-back in
Rhode Island's special congres
sional election appeared certain
early today as a vehement anti
new -dealer maintained an un
shaken lead over a pro-RooseveK
Democrat.
With the administration's poli
cies a campaign issue, former
Judge Charles F, Risk, Republi
can, ran steadily ahead of State
Treasurer Antonio Prince, Demo
crat, with only a handful of pre
cincts still to be counted. The
race for Rhode Island's vacant
house seat was the first ballot box
test of new deal activities since
last November.
BONUS PAYMENTS
SAID ALMOST CERTAINTY
Washington, Aug. 6.—Practical
ly full cash payment of veterans'
adjusted compensation certificates
early next year appeared almost
a certainty today as Senator
Byrnes and Senator Steiwer in
troduced a new bonus bill and the
Democratic steering committee in
the senate agreed to make bonus
legislation the unfinished business
within two weeks after the next
session of Congress convenes the
third day of the new year.
ETHIOPIA ORGANIZES
RED CROSS
Addis Ababa, Aug. 6.—Ethiopia
with elaborate ceremony Inau
gurated its red cross today, a fact
generally accepted as a promise
bj Emperor Hailc Selassie his
warriors would not mutilate cap
tives in events of war.
Headed by the king, a retinue
of many visiting chiefs, the caM
mt, clergy and other dignitaries
turned oat for the exerciser
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
G. P. DOCKERY, JR.,
FATALLY INJURED AS
RIFLE DISCHARGES
Funeral Services Held
From the Home Tues
day Morning
13 YEARS OF AGE
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Seldom has Elkin sustained such
a shock as the tragic death of Gar-,
land Pholey Dockery, Jr., 13, which
occurred Sunday afternoon wheA the
boy was killed by the accidental dis
charge of a rifle at his own hand.
The tragedy occurred in the living
room of the home of his aunt, a
few miles out in the country, where
the family was visiting.
The lad, with his cousins, was sit
ting on the couch in the living room
examining the glin, when he looked
into the barrel of the rifle to see if
it was clean, unmindful that the gun
was loaded, it was accidentally dis
charged, the load going into his
brain. He lived about twenty min
utes after the accident but was never
conscious.
Perhaps no boy in Elkin com
manded more love and respect than
G. P. He was admired by friends of
his own age and older people alike
for his kind, courteous and gentle
manly manner. He was a member
of the Methodist church and a regu
lar attendant at Sunday school. He
was also a loyal member of the Boy
Scouts. He would have been an Bth
grade student in the local school
during the coming year.
Funeral services were held from
the home on Bridge street Tuesday
morning at 10 o'clock in charge of
Rev. E. W. Fox, pastor of the fam
ily, assisted by Rev. Eph Whisenhunt,
pastor of the First Baptist church,
Rev. L. B. Abernethy and Prof. Z.
H. Dixan. Interment was in the
Hollywood cemetery. The beautiful
and profuse floral tribute and the
messages of condolence from many
sections of the country were evidence
of the esteem in which the deceased
and his family are held.
Pallbearers were Elbert Howard,
Walter R. Schaff, J. A. Carpenter,
Edwin Harris, Jones Holcomb and
Jimmy Meed.
Honorary pallbearers were the fol
lowing friends and classmates of the
deceased: Fred Shores, George
Grier, Herman Sale, Edwin Royall,
Joe Gwyn Bivins, Robert Nicks, Jim
my James, Eugene Aldridge, Billy
Reece, Sammy Gambill, Charles
Neaves, Edwin Evans, Dicky Gra
ham, Frank Walker, Bryson McKee,
Hugh Holcomb and Earl Pardue,
He is survived by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. G. P. Dockery, one brother,
Charles Dockery, his paternal grand
mother, Mrs. Lena Dockery, of this
city, and his maternal grandmother,
Mrs. C. H. Somers, of North Wilkes
boro, and other relatives farther re
moved.
GEORGE ROYALL IS
NAMED COMMANDER
Local Man' Heads 13th
Legion District; Dan
iels Is State Head
George Royall, prominent Elkin
business man and a member of the
George Gray Post, American Le
gion, was elected commander of the
13th Legion district at the state
American Legion convention held
the first of this week in Fayetteville.
The 13th district is made up of El
kin, Winston-Salem, Mocksville,
Walnut Cove, Rural Hall and Mt.
Airy.
Josephus Daniels, Jr., of Raleigh,
was selected as stat£ commander
and Asheville was picked for the
1936 gathering.
Daniels, business manager of the
Raleigh News and Observer and son
of the wartime secretary of the navy,
was without opposition and was
named as successor to Hubert Olive,
of Lexington, by acclamation. Ashe
ville won the next convention over
Winston-Salem by a 217 to 74 vote.
The "bonus" issue came In for the
major share of attention at the wind
up business session, National Com
mander Frank L. Belgrano, Jr., prin
cipal speaker of the day, devoting a
considerable part of his time to it
and the state convention adopting
unanimously a resolution asking its
immediate payment.
Belgrano flew from California to
Atlanta and came to Fayetteville by
train in order to address the con
vention.
The British Isles are made up of
over 5,000 islands.