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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 41
WILL ROGERS AND
WILEY POST COME
HOME FROM ALASKA
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Military Guard of Hon
- or* to be Stationed
Around Rogers' Bier
POST TO OKLAHOMA
Los Angeles, Aug. 20.—A military
guard of honor, composed of 40 army
fliers from March field, will be sta
tioned around the casket of Will
Rogers as thousands pay silent tri
bute to the noted actor and writer
Thursday morning.
Rogers and Wiley Post, aerial
world girdler, were killed in an air
plane crash last Thursday night at
the "top of the world," 15 miles
south of Point Barrow, Alaska, when
Post's new plane crashed to eartn
from a height of 50 feet when the
motor stalled as they were taking off.
Pinal details of the funeral service
in Forest Lawn Memorial park
await the arrival of M!rs. Rogers and
her three children from the east to
morrow, but Oscar Lawlor, Beverly
Hills lawyer and close friend of the
family, disclosed today the private
service* would be simple and brief.
Lawlor said Mrs. Rogers had re
quested the service be limited to the
singing of one hymn, one solo and
a brief eulogy by the Rev. J. Whit
comb Broughton, Sr., associate pas
tor of the First Baptist church of
Glendale, Calif.
Rogers' body, brought home last
night from Alaska with that of
Wiley Post, was placed in a simple
bronze casket and taken to the gold
room in the Forest Lawn chapel.
POST COMES HOME
Oklahoma City, Aug. 20.—A cur
tained transport plane settled gent
ly to earth before a solemn throng
at the Municipal airport late today
in Wiley Post's last landing.
The body of the intrepid aviator
arrived here at 3:54 p. m., (5:54 p.
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PROGRAM SHOULD
" SAVE $500,000
Strip Cropping and Ter
racing Will Prevent
w Loss of Rich Soil
Strip cropping and terracing to
prevent erosion of valuable Surry
county farm land should save the
county at least one-half million dol j .
lars per year, it has been conserva
tively estimated by officials in
charge of the soil erosion progTam
for the county.
* Each rain that falls, it was said,
washes hundreds of dollars worth of
rich farmland into the creeks and
rivers. Strip cropping and terracing
of land will prevent this loss of soil.
Strip cropping, it was pointed out
Tuesday by D. D. Sizer, of Mount
Airy, CCC camp technician at Dob
son, consists of planting strips of
densely growing or fibrous-rooted
crops between strips of clean tilled
* crops, along the contour of erosive
slopes.
At present strip cropping is be
ing practiced largely on slopes where
it is proposed to carry on summer
terracing following the removal of
grain or other midseason crops on
the strips. Strip crops preserve ter
race lines previously surveyed until
such time as it may be found pos
sible to construct the terraces.
The Surry CCC camp is cooperat
ing in a program to educate Surry
farmers to take up strip cropping
where necessary and in constructing
terraces.
It was also pointed out by Mr.
. Sizer that livestock should be in
creased in the county and that more
grass should be raised fori feed. The
CCC camp is cooperating whole
heartedly with County Agent J. W.
Crawford in getting Surry farmers
to raise more grass for livestock.
In addition to an insufficient
number of other livestock, horses
and irtules are also scarce, Mr. Sizer
„ said.
Masons Are To Hold
Meeting In Mt. Airy
The meeting of the 31st, or Elkln
district, of the Masonic order, will
meet in the MJasonic temple in Mount
Airy Tuesday eveniag, September 3.
Grand Master Chas. Newcomb, of
Wilmington, and Grand Secretary
John H. Anderson, of Raleigh, and
other prominent Masons will be
present. All members of the fra
temity in this section are cordially
invited to attend.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Outlines Plans
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George W. Coan, Jr., state admin
istrator of the WPA, who in an ad
dress before the North Carolina
County Commissioners association at
Wrightsville Beach, outlined the
plans and purposes of the Works
Progress Administration.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
ADVOCATES STATE
DEPT. OF JUSTICE .
Aboard S. S. Reliance, En Route
To Norfolk, Aug. 20.—Attorney
General A. A. F. Seawell urged
creation of a state department of
justice as a means of co-ordinat
ing law enforcement in an address
today to the North Carolina Bar
association.
Asserting that North Carolina's
present system of 20 independent
judicial districts was antiquated
and presented little unified oppo
sition to organized crime, the
.attorney general said such a de
partment would do more than
anything else to raise the stand
ard of public respect for adminis
tration of the law and command
respect and "sober second
thought" of criminals and would
be criminals.
"SECURITY FOR ALL—
AND NOT A FEW"
Washington, Aug. 20.—Econom
ic security "for all—and not a
privileged few" was set by Harry
L. Hopkins as the administrator's
goal today in a talk to state direc
tors of the national youth admin
istration.
President Roosevelt told the ex
ecutives of his $50,000,000 pro
gram for part-time jobs for young
people that "prompt action" is
desirable, while Mrs. Roosevelt
seconded an appeal by Hopkins
for speed and the discarding of
"red tape."
SAYS ROOSEVELT WILL
CARRY SOUTH
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 20.—Kirk
Hart, of Nashville, Tenn., here for
the second annual convention of
the young Democrats this week,
today scoffed at reports that
„ President Roosevelt was losing
strength in the south and probab
ly would flntf* the "solid south"
broken in 1936.
"I am confident,"' said Hart,
"that Mr. Roosevelt will carry the
solid south. We may not be sat
isfied with everything that has
been done, including some - ap
pointments, but the President will
overwhelmingly carry Tennessee."
Blanketeers Win Second
Of Series From Hickory
Go to Newton Saturday for Deciding Contest With Rebels; De
feat Greyhound Travelers At Winston-Salem Sunday
With the last three Karnes in the
bag, the Chatham Blanketeers were
scheduled to face Home Chair com
pany. of North Wilkesboro, here
Wednesday and then prepare for a
game with the Hickory Rebels at
Newton -Saturday, a Charlotte Ob
server tournament game.
Thus far, Chatham has lost one
and won one in the Hickory series,
and the winner of Saturday's game
will play for the championship of
North and South Carolina.
In last, week's play the Blanketeers
defeated the Ccan Cubs, of Rock
ingham, Wednesday, 6 to 4.
Saturday, in the game here with
Hickory, Chatham downed them 7
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1935
TOBACCO PRICES
HOLD UP WELL ON
BORDER MARKETS
Farmers May Expect
Good Prices When Old
Belt Markets Open
ABOVE 22c LEVEL
With the opening of the Old Belt
tobacco market scheduled for Octo
ber 1, prices on Georgia tobacco and
on border markets continue to hold
up well, thus affording an optimistic
outlook for tobacco farmers of this
section.
Georgia warehouses are already
closing after a whirlwind season, and
border belt markets are reporting
firm prices with rising tendencies.
Fear that Georgia prices would not
be maintained have not been justi
fied, for, while last week saw a much
smaller average, the amount of to
bacco sold was too small to appre
ciably reduce the general average.
On the border markets prices are
staying well above the 22-cent level
with no signs as yet of weakening.
At Fairmont a record was set
Monday when 1,048,286 pounds was
sold for an average of $26.69 —the
biggest sales and highest average of
the season to date. On the preced
ing Friday Fairmont sold 809,830
pounds for $23.75, and on the day
before that* 748,152 pounds for
$24.77. Through Friday, that market
had sold a total of 3,835,376 pounds
for $23.14. While this seasonal
average is not as high as the 1934
state average of $28.44, it must be
remembered that border (type 13)
tobacco uniformly sells lower than
both 11 and 12 types. Last year
Fairmont's average was $24.74.
JAMES A. MYERS, 82,
DIES TUESDAY A. M.
Was Respected Citizen
of Upper Yadkin
County
James Asbury Myers, 82, payed
away at his home near Buck Shoals,
Yadkin county, Tuesday morning at
nine o'clock, following an illness of
several weeks. He had been serious
for three weeks.
Mr. Myers was one of the most
widely known and respected citizens
of upper Yadkin county. All his life
he had taken an active part in poli
tics. schools and all public and civic
affairs. He was born in this county
May 5, 1853, and! had spent most of
his life in this section, where he had
extensive farming operations. He
was married to Miss Emma E. Hayes,
who preceeded him in death 20 yearir
ago. Eleven children were born to
them, seven of whom are still liv
ing. They are: Braxton Myers, a
Chicago policeman; Miss Lelia
Thompson, of Ladoga, Ind.; Sam C.
Myers, of Frederick, S. D.; Mrs.
Mary Chaffin, Gaston; Clay and
Shady L. Myers, all of near the
home. Thirty-three grandchildren
and seven great-grandchildren also
survive, together .with one sister,
Mrs. Catherine Johnson, of Union
Grove.
Funeral services for Mr. Myers
were held Wednesday afternoon at
three o'clock at Zion Baptist church,
where he had been a member for
many years. Rev. W. E. Linney and
Rev. Joe Binkley conducted the ser
vices. Nephews acted as pallbearers.
Charles Dickens used 1425 char
acters in 24 books.
to 3, the game being featured by the
brilliant pitching of Campbell and
the hard hitting of his mates.
Fred Ham bright got a homer in
the third, and together with Cor
nelius, Jones and Mackle, led the
hitting attack.
Lefty Wilson, who in the first
Hickory game, fed the Blanketeers
humble soup from the mound, was
sent to the showers in the fourth,
being relieved by Mullins.
Sunday in a game with the Grey
hound-Travelers at Winston-Galem
before packed stands, the Blanke
teers shoved over two runs In the
sixth to win 2 to 1. The game was
one of the fastest of the season. No
admission was charged.
Trying "to Make A Monkey of Us?
LOS ANGELES ... Dr. Ralph Willard, 32, research chemist, pictured
just after he froze to death for three days a monkey which he later
claimed to have restored to life. However, upon announcing plans to
freeze a human, he was accused by American medical officials' of being a
humbug and his claims were denied as impossible.
COAN OUTLINES WPA
PROGRAM IN TALK
County Commissioners
Urged To Acquaint
Public With Benefits
Raleigh, August 17.—1n an address
before the North Carolina County
Commissioners Association at
Wrightsville Beach, State Adminis
trator, George W. Coan, Jr., outlined
in simple language, the plans and
purposes of the Works Progress Ad
ministration, that his message might
be carried back to the ctiizens of
the counties throughout North Car
olina, that they have a complete un
derstanding of the gigantic program
to transfer workers from relief rolls
to the security of a Job for the next
twelve months.
District offices for the State have
been located in Elizabeth City, New
Bern, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Greens
boro, Winston-Salem, Charlotte and
Asheville, with a District Director
and Administrative Staff familiar
with problems confronting their res
pective communities.
On an approved W. P. A. project,
the Federal Government will pay the
total labor cost and other than labor
costs, including materials, rental of
equipment, etc., up to twenty per
cent of labor costs. All projects must
have the sponsorship of a local gov
ernmental agency, such as Board of
Commissioners, Aldermen, etc., with
care/ul consideration being given to"
the type of project that it may be
of useful and permanent benefit to
the community, and at the same
time, be of a nature that the com
munity can furnish adequate labor
of a type suitable for the completion
of the projects. All projects under
W. P. A. supervision will be com
pleted with funds allocated at the
time of approval.
Especially desirable projects to
submit for W. P. A. consideration are
sanitation a«J drainage, farm to
market roadways, rural recreational
playgrounds, airports, school build
ings and also gymnasiums where
the total cost does not exceed $25,-
000, stated Administrator Coan.
Ninety per cent of workers on W.
P. A. projects will be selected from
relief rolls, and only one member of
a family may be employed simul
taneously on work projects. To be
eligible for work on W. P. A. pro
jects, it is neoossary that registration
be made with the U. S. Re-employ
ment Service, offices which are lo
cated through the State, as all
workers will be drawn from the U.
S. Re-employment rolls. W. P. A.
workers in North Carolina will re
ceive the Security Wage, ranging
from $19.00 per month of 140 hours
for unskilled labor, to $39.00 per
month for professional and techni
cal workers on WJ P. A. projects.
FAIL TO FIND
MISSING AIRPLANE
Glendo, Wyo., Aug. 30. Fifty
men searcjied Laramie peak today
without finding wreckage of an
Indianapolis airplane which
Capt. Gem-re Smith, of the Wyo
ming state highway patrol, re
ported this morning was discov
ered by a rancher.
Some of the searchers reached
a spot on the peak where Smith
said he sighted the wreckage from
a chartered plane. They found
only a wide swath in the tree* and
Smith said he might have been
mistaken as to the location.
Mr. and Mis. Errol Hayes and son
Errol, Jr.. spent a short time last
week the guests of Mrs. Hayes' sis
ter, Mrs. Hoy Moose, and Mr. Moose
at Mount Pleasant. During their
visit Mi. Hayes attended a meeting
of the Merchants Association at
Salisbury.
Enters Race
BP* : ' w
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Wins
ton-Salem, who Tuesday announced
himself a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination for governor. Dr.
McDonald was leader of the anti
sales bloc and champion of schools
in the last general assembly.
MCDONALD TO MAKE
RACE FOR GOVERNOR
Leader of Anti - Sales
Tax Bloc To Champ
ion People
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Wins
ton-Salem, leader of the anti-sales
bloc and champion of the schools in
the 1935 General Assembly, today
announced his candidacy for the
Democratic nomination for governor
of North Carolina. "
In his brief announcement Dr.
McDonald calls for a definite choice
between "machine government for
the benefit of the few" and "genuine
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Carter To Succeed
Schaff As Secretary
At a meeting of the board of di
rectors of the Elkin Kiwanis club
last Thursday night, Wilbur Carter
was elected to succeed Walter R.
Schaff as secretary of the club.
Mr. Schaff, who is leaving to take
charge of the public schools at
Maiden after three successful years
here as head of the local school, has
served as secretary of the local club
almost from the time he joined. He
also served as program chairman for
much of the time. He was very effi
cient in both capacities and will be
badly missfed.
Oxford Orphanage
Singing Class Is
To Be Here Friday
The Oxford Orphanage singing
class will arrive in Elkin Friday,
August 23, on its yearly concert
tour.
This year's singing class num
bers 14 children, who will appear
in the auditorium of the local
school building at 8 p. m.
Featured OR the program are
songs, drills and dances which will
provide aa enjoyable evening for
all who attend.
The singing classes of the or
phanage have for many yean of
fered the very best In wholesome
entertainment and the arrival of
the olam is always welcomed In
any town In which they appear.
ELK,N Impa]
Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the
Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ELKIN SCHOOL TO
BEGIN SEPT. 16;
ARE 3 VACANCIES
Coach Hood, Miss Eads
and Miss McCracken
Have Resigned
NEW BOOK SYSTEM
On Monday, September 16th, the
peal of the local school bell will sum
mon Elkin school children back to
their classrooms.
Although three vacancies on the
faculty remain to be filled, all will
be in readiness for eight months of
study on the opening date.
The vacancies were caused by the
resignation of Coach A. C. Hood,
who in addition to his coaching du
ties here, was instructor in history.
Miss Sarah MfcCracken, who taught
French and English, and Miss
Ruth Eads, fourth grade teacher,
whose resignation was announced
Wednesday morning.
Inauguration of a school book
rental system for North Carolina
schools is apparently assured within
a few weeks. Under this system, the
state will issue school books to the
county superintendent of education;
he in turn will issue them to the
principals of the various schools; the
principals will issue them to the
teachers, and the teachers will issue
them to the pupils. Rental of the
books will be one-third of the original
price. The rental system will be
ready to operate at the beginning of
school, it was said.
ALLOCATION OF
FUNDS PROPOSED
Elkin Would Get Sum of
S9BO For Highway
Maintenance
Proposed allocation of funds for
maintenance of municipal streets
used as highways was announced
Saturday by Capus M. Waynick,
chairman of the state highway and
public works commission.
With more than 300 towns in
volved, the total allotted in the ten
tative list is $470,546.10. It is de
signed for division on 857 miles of
.municipal streets in towns with an
aggregate population of 1,047,845.
The proposed allocation is not on
a per capita basis, but is based upon
what appears to be the maintenance
needs in municipalities as they have
been estimated by state highway
engineers.
The tentative allocation is part of
the two-year program of municipal
street-highway maintenance au
thorized by the 1935 General As
sembly, which called for $500,000 to
be expended each year during the
1935-1937 biennium for repairing
streets used by through highway
traffic.
Of the towns receiving funds with
which the state will do the main
tenance work, Elkin has been al
located S9BO. Other nearby towns
were allocated the following sums:
Dobson, $1,200; Boonville, $1,350;
Jonesville, $345; Yadkinville, $915.
MRS. HICKERSON, 93,
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Member of Prominent
Wilkes Family Passes
After Long Illness
Mrs. Charity Hurt: Hickerson, 93,
widow of the late Ransom Hicker
son, and member of a prominent
Wilkes county family, passed away
at her home near Ronda late Friday
following an illness of several years'
duration. She had been an invalid
for the past ten years.
Affectionately known as "Aunt
Charity," she was loved for her
ready wit, originality and brilliant
intellect. She was a loyal member
of the Ronda Baptist church and a
regular attendant at all services
while her health permitted.
Funeral services were held from
the Ronda Baptist church Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock in charge of
Rev. Mir. Linney, former pastor of
the deceased.
She is survived by one daughter,
Mrs. N. A. Henderson, of Ronda,
with whom she lived, and one son,
John L. Hickerson, of Minneapolis,
Minn., and five grandchildren.
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