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THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUP («""%"«') AS THE BEST NEWSPATER IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD Elkin—'The Best Little Town In North Carolina" VOL. No. XXIV, No. 45 | ATE NEWS ** from the ' State and Nation ASK FEDERAL AID IN LONG DEATH PROBE New Orleans, L.a, Sept. 17.—A request for federal aid in "locat ing and bringing to Justice the assassins of Huey P. Long," has been referred by President Roose velt's secretary to the attorney general in Washington, it was learned here tonight. Rev. Gerald L. K. Smith, leader of Long's "share-the-wealth" clubs, who wired Roosevelt for aid last night and demanded to know why "three men who plotted to kill Long last January" were given federal job's, received the fbllowing reply tonight: "Your telegram has been refer red to the attorney-general and I suggest that you place before him whatever definitely provable facts substantiate your statement." It was signed "M. H. Mclntyre, assistant secretary to the Presi dent." PEACE EFFORTS ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE Geneva, Sept. 17. —Complete breakdown of League of Nations peace effolrts was Just around the corner tonight. Members of the Italian delega tion told other delegates tonight that Italy is certain to reject any peace plan offered. The League council's committee of five members were fighting among thmselves over the concil iation proposals to be offered to Italy and Ethiopia. Even if the committee should agree, unani mous acceptance by the council is threatened. ARGUE STATE LIQUOR LAWS Raleigh, Sept. 17.—The state supreme court today heard argu ments on constitutionality of re cent legislation authorizing 18 counties and two townships to es tablish legal liquor stores. Under provisions of the two acts involved 16 counties voted wet and established liquor stores. Rockingham was the only county to vote dry. Franklin county citi zens were restrained by a su perior court order from holding a referendum. HOOVER VIEWING WITH ALARM San Diego, Calif., Sept. 17.—Re covery and reform policies of the Roosevelt administration are "sap ping the safeguards of human liberty" and, indirectly, pointing the way to "the overthrow of lib erty," Herbert Hoover said today. Surrounded by armed police guards, the ex-president addressed 25,000 persons at a Constitution Day assembly at the Pacific In ternational Exposition. WOMAN INJURED BY STEP-CHILDREN Mount Holly, Sept. 17.—Mrs. Armstrong, wife of an overseer of the Mandora Mill, was in a se rious condition at a hospital her® tonight as a result of burns and wounds said to have been received at the hands of her step-children. Hospital attaches said she was burned by carbolic acid and that has a bullet wound through her hand. TO START SUIT ON '32 TAXES OCT. 1 Wages Will Be Garni sheed; To Advertise 1934 Town Taxe3 Suit on all unpaid 1932 town taxes will be Instituted by the Town of Elk in on October 1, It was an nounced Wednesday by Dixie Gra ham, tax collector, in cases where those who owe 1932 taxes are em ployed, wages will be garnisheed. Due to an bet of the 1935 legisla ture, all towns are forced to enter suit on 1932 taxes by October 1. Advertisement of 1934 town taxes will also be begun in October, the first advertisement to be run in The Tribune the second week of the month. The -tax sale will be held at Dobson the second Monday in No vember. An extra charge of $1.30 will be added to the 1934 taxes when ad vertised, thus putting the taxpayer to added expenses if taxes are un paid before advertising date. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Mother of Two at 14 gSsg T '/-M DETROIT . . . Mrs. Jeanette Jones, 14, with her two children. Baby Bar bara, 2 weeks, and Teddy Vernon, 1 year old. Her husband, a young truck driver, met Jeanette at a local school playground and they eloped to Indiana to be married. Jeanette was born in Kentucky but moved here when she was 4. COMER EXPECTING RENTAL BOOKS SOON State-Owned Buses To Take Place of Con tract Machines John Comer, county superinten dent of schools, said Wednesday morning that he was expecting the county's rental-system school books to be received at an early date. The county has already installed five of the new state-owned buses, and four more were to have been re ceived Wednesday. These state owned buses are to take the place of the old county contract buses, and it is expected that they will possess a greater degree of safety and com fort for the many hundred children they will transport-than did the old ones. Mr. Comer also stated that all teachers of the county for the pres ent school term have been appointed, and that all schools in the county are now in full swing, and ,• with large enrollments. —- REVIVAL CLOSES AFTER FINE WEEK Inspiring Messages Are Brought By Rev. J. T. Mangum The revival meeting which had beeti in progress for a week at the Methodist church closed Sunday ev ening. The interest in the meeting, which was in charge of Rev. J. T. Mangum, pastor of the First Central Methodist church of Mount Airy, in creased in attendance and interest throughout the services. Seldom have the people of Elkin had the opportunity to listen to such a strong series of practical and im pressive sermons. As a result of the meeting a number of people will unite with the church. During Rev. Mr. Mangum's stay in Elkin he and Mrs. Mangum were guests in the home of Rev. and Mrs. E. W. Pox, the former being pastor of the local Methodist church. Man Sustains Broken Nose In Auto Wreck Hashur Pruitt, 32, of Thurmond, sustained a broken nose and badly lacerated face in an accident Sun day afternoon on the highway lead ing from Doughton to the top of the mountain. Pruitt, said to have been drinking, went through the windshield of the machine he was driving when it struck an embankment. He was brought to the local hospital in the Hayes & Speas ambulance. Hamptonville Girl Is Injured In Accident A Miss LMckerson, of Hamptonville, was admitted to the local hospital Sunday afternoon for treatment of a broken nose and abrasions sus tained in an automobile. The young lady was said to have been riding in the rumble seat of the car when it wrecked. ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1935 TOBACCO FARMERS PROTEST PRICES AS MARKET OPENS Granville Growers Ask Governor To Close Markets AVERAGE PRICE $lB When opening prices on middle belt tobacco markets proved unsatis factory Tuesday farmers gathered at noon in the Granville county courthouse at Oxford- and registered a formal protest. Prices throughout the state mean while remained at their approximate levels for the current season. T. G. Currin, a member of the state board of agriculture, presided over the Oxford meeting. The grow ers in attendance voted unanimously to request Governor J. C. B. Ehring haus to close markets until prices are adjusted. The group urged that a mass meeting be called at Raleigh Thurs day. It was decided to ask Henry A. Wallace, secretary * of agriculture, and J. B. Hutson, tobacco director of the agricultural adjustment adminis tration, to attend the meeting. The Governor Tuesday visited sev eral Eastern North Carolina markets and participated in a radio broad cast from a Kinston warehouse. Rep resentative J. H. Kerr, W. A. Gra ham, state commissioner of agricul ture, and I. O. Schaub, head of "the North Carolina State College agri culture extension department, also were at the Kinston meeting. At Oxford, Tuesday's prices ranged from 5 to 42 cents per pound, aver-, aging an estimated $lB per hundred. Approximately 600,000 of the 1,000,- 000 pounds on warehouse floors were sold. Last year's opening day price average at the market was $27.39. The' largest break in the market's history was registered at Carthage, where two warehouses sold approxi mately 250,000 pounds. Prices aver aged "between sl4 and sl9 per hun dred." Growers who carried their weed to Durham sold approximately 600,000 pounds of the 1,500,000 on hand. The price average was estimated unoffi cially at S2O. Henderson reported nearly a million pounds averaging sl4 to sls. A similar price was re ported at Warrenton where 300,000 pounds of leaf was on warehouse floors. ANOTHER HEALTH OFFICER RESIGNS Dr. J. Allen Whitaker to Go to Rocky Mount to Better Job Dr. J. Allen Whitaker, head of the Surry county health department, has filed his resignation, according to an announcement the latter part of last week by Supt. John W. Comer, head of the Surry county schools and a member of the county board of health. Dr. Whitaker's resigna tion is to become effective October 1, when he will take over the post of city health officer for the town of Rocky Mount. No plans have been announced for filling the vacancy created by Dr. Whitaker's resignation, but the county board is expected to take early action in an effort to locate a suitable man for the job. Should the place not be filled by October 1 1, the work will probably be carried on by local physicians until a new man is obtained. Presiding Elder To Preach Here Sunday i ___ Rev. A. C. Gibbs, Presiding Elder of the Mount Airy district, will preach at the local Miethodist church Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock hour of worship. The pastor, Rev. E. W. Fox, states that he expects an unusually large congregation to hear Rev. Gibbs, as people who have heard him in the past look forward with interest to his next appointment to preach. Ronda Man's Suicide Attempt Successful Jones Eller, 26, of Ronda, .died in the local hospital Sunday from bul let wounds that were self-inflicted the Sunday preceding his death in a suicide attempt. The young man was shot twice through the chest, one of the bul lets severing the spinal cord. * He is survived by his wife. Huey Long—Victim of Enemy's Bullet llBifl«Bl t mm BATON ROUGE, La. . . . Above is one of the latest pictures of U. S. Senator Huey P. Long and family. It was taken in New York shortly be fore the Louisiana dictator was shot and seriously wounded in the corridor of the Louisiana State Capitol by a disgruntled political enemy. Dr. Carl /i. Weiss, Jr., who in turn was mowed down by machine guns in the hands of Senator Long's body guards. In the photo are: Senator and Mrs. Long, daughter Rose and son, Palmer Reed 1 Long. CRAWFORD HOLDING COUNTY MEETINGS For Purpose Signing Tobacco Contracts; Market Cards County farm agent, J. W. Craw ford, is holding meetings over the county this week for the purpose of signing up new tobacco contracts, giving out marketing cards, and for issuing rental checks for 1935. Mimeographed announcements of the time and place for the meeting in each township are being mailed out from the county farm agent's of fice at Dobson, and each tobacco grower is supposed to receive one. Contracts and sales cards are not yet being issued at the office at Dobson, and are to be had only in the meetings at present. Mr. Crawford was at meetings at Pine Ridge and Franklin schools Wednesday, and is to be at meetings at Shoals school Saturday at 8:00 a. m., and at Pilot Mountain school at 1:00 p. m. the same day. Both he and the office force are very busy with the work at this time. LEGION, AUXILIARY TO HOLD MEETING To Install New Officers At Hotel Elkin Fri day Night The George Gray post of the American Legion, and the Legion auxiliary, of this city, will hold a joint meeting Friday night in the Kiwanis room, Hptel Elkin. The meetting will begin at 7:30 Several prominent Legionnaires from Winston-Salem, Mount Airy and Mocksville will be present. During the meeting new officers will be installed for the coming year. Refreshments will be served. Are To Hold Cripple Clinic In Mount Airy Dr. R. A. Moore, Orthdpedic sur geon of Winston-Salem, will hold his regular bi-monthly cripple clinic in the Mount Airy office of the County Health Department Septem ber 27, from 9 a. m. until 12 m. Everyone in the county who needs such treatment is urged to attend this clinic, and it is hoped that local civic bodies interested in the work will aid in transporting those here abouts to Mount Airy who otherwise would be unable to attend. Yadkin Youth Is Severely Slashed A son of Joe Childress, of Center, Yadkin county, was brought to the local hospital Gunday for treatment of severe knife wounds said to have been inflicted by Jack Hardy. The young man was severely stabbed in the side, the wound pen etrating almost to the abdominal cavity, and was also cut on the arm. He was dismissed following first aid treatment. Blanketeers Meet Buffalo In Second Of Series Today The Chatham Blanketeers, with one win over Buffalo, S. C M to their credit in the contest for the semi-pro championship of North and South Carolina, are at Ches ter, S. C., today for the second game of the series with Buffalo. The game is scheduled for 4 o'clock. In the first game of the series, played here last Thursday, the Blanketeers defeated the South Carolina team 5 to 2. CHATHAM WINS OVER BUFFALO, S. C., 5-2 Defeat White Oak, of Greensboro, Here Sat urday 8 to 5 In two games last week, the Chat ham Blanketeers advanced a step nearer the championship of the two Carolinas with the defeat of Buffalo here in the first of a possible five game series, downing the South Carolina team 5 to 2 before a big ciowd, and then continued victorious Saturday by defeating White Oak, of Greensboro, 8 to 5. In the tournament game with -Buf falo, Clodfelter featured the attack, pounding out two hits in three trips. Chatham clinched the game in the seventh, bunching hits to score three runs. By winning over White Oak, the Blanketeers came out winner of a three-game series, each team having won one game prior to the Saturday contest. SCHOOL ENROLMENT IS GIVEN AS 580 Formal Opening To Be Held Tuesday Morning At 10:35 o'Clock The Elkin public school opened Monday with an enrollment of 580 pupils, it was announced Wednes day by J. Mark McAdams, superin tendent. The enrollment in the junior and senior highs was given as 200, an increase of 20 over last term. A total of 380 are enrolled in the first six grades with others expected to come in later. Figures on the North Elkin school enrollment were not available Wed nesday afternoon. Although the local school began work Monday, the formal opening will not be held until Tuesday morning at 10:35 o'clock. A special program, to feature short. talks by members of the school board, par ent-teacher association and heads of the local civic bodies is being ar ranged. Everyone is invited to attend with the urgent request that all parents, especially, be present. ... Elkin—Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge PUBLISHED WEEKLY EXPECT THRONGS HERE NEXT WEEK FOR ELKIN FAIR Fourth Exhibition Is Ex pected to be Bigger and Better VALUABLE PRIZES The fourth exhibition of the Elkin Pair wiil be staged in McNeer's warehouse here Thursday night, Fri day and Friday night, September 26 and 27. Plans for the fair have been com pleted, the program arranged, and with the placing of exhibits next Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning, all will be in readiness for the thousands expected to visit the fair during the one day and two nights. Since the inauguration of the fair here four years ago it has proven more popular each year and has steadily grown, each year's exhibits being better than the year before. The fair next week, with a premium list in excess of SSOO, is expected to be the best of all. Everyone is invited to attend and participate. Many attractive prem iums will be awarded as well as nice cash prizes. In addition to the. ex hibits an entertaining program has been arranged which will feature two string bands, a singing convention, negro ball game, and, new this year, a horse show. The ball game and horse show will be held at Riverside park. Everyone planning a live-at-home exhibit is urged to make reservations before or by 6 p. m. Wednesday, September 25, to Miss Edith Neaves, secretary. Reservations for the sing ing convention must be made by 6 p.'m. Wednesday, September 25 to W. T. Myers, chairman. Prizes to be awarded winners of the singing convention are as fol lows: Best duet, $3.00; best trio, $4.50; best quartette, $6.00; best group, $6.00. The local Parent-Teacher Associa tion will sponsor a food booth at the fair and will sell a variety of tempt ing and appetizing foods. The re ceipts from the sales will be used to further the work of the organization. BOONVILLE FAIR OCTOBER 18-19 Premium Lists Are Now Being Distributed In Yadkin County The Boonville Agricultural Fair premium lists are being distributed to the farmers and housewives of Yadkin county. The premium list contains twelve more pages than last year. Also, the value of the premiums are much greater this year than ever before. Exhibits will be arianged. under the following de partmental headings: flowers, culi nary. canning and preserving, needle work, fruit, aeroplane model, poultry, caponizing contest, domestic rabbits, fa m crocs, tobacco, dairy cattle, horse and mule, dogs, including pointers, setters, hounds and collies, and vocational agricultural judging contest. The entertainment features of the fair will consist of plays for Friday afternoon, Friday and Saturday nights. All plays will be given in the school auditorium. Saturday morning will feature a speedball game between Boonville school and Troutman school. Saturday after noon there will be athletic events open to all the schools of Yadkin county. At the close of the play Saturday night there will be a fire works display which will end the fair program. Negroes Are Injured In Automobile Wreck Calvin Gwyn, 24, and Robert Owyn, 26, negroes, were severely in jured in an automobile accident which occurred near Mount Airy Tuesday, and were brought to the Hugh Chatham hospital here for treatment. One of the men suffered a frac tured hip and the other severe flesh wounds. Nurnberg, Germany, Sept. 15. — Adolf Hitler's reichstag, stung by the criticism of a New York magis trate against the nasi emblem, to night pronounced the swastika to be the reich's sole flag, hurled defiance to -Tews throughout the world and limited German citizenship to mem bers of the Germanic race.
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