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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 49
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
SEAPLANE SETS
NEW RECORD
Alameda, Calif., Oct. 15.—A
hew type ef naval seaplane row
ed into port today from Panama
set what was believed to be a new
distance record for craft of its
kind —3,387 miles without a stop.
Carrying the navy's long dis
tance flying ace, Lleat. Comm.
"Knefler McGinnis, and a crew of
five, the plane, the XP3Y-1,
alighted at 2:15 p. m., Pacific
standard time (5:15 p. m. eastern
standard time)., just 34 hours 45
minutes out of Panama.
N. C. TEXTILE BIDS
FAVORABLY RECEIVED
Washington, Oct. 15.—Award of
contracts to supply the Works
Progress administration with 21,-
392,000 yards of cotton textiles
reyealed that offerings of North
Carolina mills favorably impressed
the treasury department's pro
curement division—the govern
ment's purchasing agency.
Recently, the procurement di
vision opened 101 bids on 30,000,-
000 yards of textiles to be used
by WPA in sewing rooms thru
oat the nation this winter, as the
initial step to care for female un
employed.
UNDERTAKER FACES
MURDER CHARGE
Washington, Oct. 15.—Jail
doors slammed against William
H. Peaguer, 50-year-old Culpep
per, Va., undertaker, tonight af
ter a coroner's jury ordered him
held in the fatal slashing »f Mrs.
Willie Mae Wood, 21-year-old
bride of three weeks.
A charge of murder rested
against Reagucr after the jury
men ordered him heM for the
, grand jury. He was mot admitted
to bail.
BRITISH DIRECT
NAVAL MANEUVERS
Alexandria, Egypt, Oct. 1&
Admiral Sir Wilhnn Fisher, Nk
dictator of EryptV first line of de
fense, directed today the biggest
• naval maneomers yet held off the
shores of this ancient kisgtou,
as Egyptian iMiltteians intensified
their violent protests against bring
"tied to Great Britain's apron
strings."
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
TO PANAMA
With President Roosevelt
Aboard the C. S. S. Houston off
Perlas Islands, Panama Bay, Oct.
15.—President Roosevelt tonight
bade farewell to the Pacific for
t another year and moved to the
entrance of the Puama canal, the
fortifications of winch !he will in
spect tomorrow.
TRANSOU STARS AS
EKIN WINS GAME
Smash Taylorsville 18 to
0; Meet Lansing: Here
Friday
Elkhi High continued its victory
march Friday afternoon at Taylors
ville by defeating Taylorsville High
18 to- 0.
Joe Tranuou, elusive and fast
stepping back, paved the way to vic
tory with two sensational runs, one
of 70 yards and the other 80, He
scored one touchdown and Foster
carried over the other two. Try for
extra point failed in each instance.
In addition to the sensational play
of Transou, Grler, Price and Foster
stood out. Crowder, end and Mat
thewson back, did good work for
Taylorsville.
Statistics showed nine first downs
for Elkin »s against four for Tay
lorsville.
Tomorrow afternoon (Friday), Elk
in will meet Lansing here in a game
that should provide plenty of thrills,
neither of the teams as yet having
suffered defeat.
Dollie Cox
Doilie Cox, 32. a native of the
Mountain Park community, died at
the local hospital Thursday, follow
ing a two weeks' illness from septic
sore throat and complications. He is
survived by his wife. Mrs. Roxie cox.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
ITALIANS MOVE ON
IN ETHIOPIA; WILL
NOT GIVE UP PLAN
League Studying Sanc
tions For Hindering
Advance
TERMED 'HOLY WAR'
London, Oct. 15.—Italy's fascist
legions advanced on both Ethiopian
fronts under the cover of aerial bom
bardments or scouting flights today
and the league of nations moved to
ward economic sanctions to choke
off the African warfare.
A tense situation on two continents
saw a huge British fleet hold man
euvers off the shores off Alexandria,
near the mouth of the Suez canal.
Italian airplanes commanded by
Count Galeazzo, son-in-law of
Premier Mussolini, bomber Ethiopian
troop detachments at the key city of
Makale, on the northern front, while
the fleet wing of the Italian army
advanced from the north, press dis
patches said,
The fascist fliers were reported to
have destroyed an ammunition dump
near the town of Alajl.
As Emperor Haile Selassie rushed
concentration of a gigantic army to
fight a "holy war" against the in
vaders, Ethiopian officials said the
southern Italian army was advancing
through Wegbe Shibeli valley.
Ethiopian troops are hurry7.g
southward and are still assembling
in the northern war zone, but many
miles inland from the Italian line.
A league subcommittee on eco
nomic sanctions decided in principle
to recommend an embargo upon key
products to Italy for the manufacture
of munitions, hoping thus to deliver
a telling punch at II Duce's war ac
tivity.
Buti neither further league steps
nor the British fleet maneuvers
slowed up Mussolini's plans for con
quering the Ethiopian empire.
An Italian spokesman said Italy
would continue with her course re
gardless of sanctions and If neces
sary, would fight "«ven a European
war."
FARMERS SHOULD
RAISE OWN STOCK
Waste of Money to Buy
Work Stock Out of
the State
Each year North Carolina farmers
are buying outside the State approx
imately $1,000,000 worth of work
stock that could be raised at home.
This is clearly a waste of money,
in ~view of the fact that it costs al
most nothing to raise a few horses
anfl mules for home use, said Fred M.
Haig, Professor of animal husbandry
at State College.
When a mare drops a colt in the
spring, she need be away from work
for oiily a few days.. In fact, it Is
better 1 for the colt and for the mare
to keep "her at work, except for a few
days at foaling time, Professor Haig
stated.
On farms cooperating with the
AAA crop adjustment programs,
there is * considerable quantity of
land Whkfh has been removed from
the production of cotton, tobacco,
wheat, or otfher basic crops.
This land may well be used to
raise feed for work stock, Professor
Haig continued. Pour acres will pro
duce all the feed needed by a horse
or a mule for one year.
The number of horses and mules
in the United States has been de
creasing steadily, with the price go
ing up, he pointed out. In North
Carolina the number dropped from
408,000 in 1925 to 339,000 at the
present time.
Good work stock will always be* in
demand, he observed, and the price
will remain high as long as the sup
ply is low.
Unless North Carolina farmers
breed and raise more stock at home,
he added, they, will have to pay out
large sums in the future for work
animals, or else try to get along as
best they can with an inadequate
number of animals to do the work.
Fair At East Bend
To Begin Tuesday
The annual Yadkin county fair
will begin at East Bend Tuesday of
next week for a four-day run, day
and night.
It is announced that good attrac
tions have been secured and every
farmer in the county is urged to
place farm products and exhibits at
the fair.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1935
Illinois Milk Strike
MERENGO, ILL. . . . The farmers
of Kane. McHenry and Lake coun
ties are staging a milk strike de
manding $2.50 per hundred pounds
as against the $1.75 now being paid.
Photo shows milk dumping of farm
ers who attempted to run milk
through picket lines.
NEWLY COMPLETED
SCHOOL IS OPEN
Is First State Accredited
School In West Yad
kin County
The newly completed West Yadkin
school, which is located near Brook's
Cross Roads, Yadkin county, opened
October 9th, with a snlendid at
tendance. There were 624 pupils en
rolled in the elementary school and
145 in the high school.
This is the first state accredited
high school in the Western part of
Yadkin county, heretofore pupils
from this district have been carried
by bus to Yadklnville and some
across the coahty line to Union
Grove high school in Iredell county.
The school fills a long felt need in
this section.
It was the untiring efforts of W.
N. Ireland, principal of the school,
and the parents and teachers in this
section that made possible a state
acredfted high school this year.
Through private subscription and
donations aporoximately SI,OOO has
been raised for the equinment of a
library and science department. The
science equipment has been received
and many of the library books aTe on
hand.
"Mrs. Raymond Binford, of Guil
ford College, state P.-T. A. worker,
addressed a large audience of par
ents and the teachers of the school
Monday night, and a Parent-Teacher
association will be organized within
a short time. A successful year for
the school is predicted.
Teachers are as follows: first
oT9d° Miss Madelyn Johnson. Mrs.
"Prank Gough, Mrs. Albert Coor>er.
Mrs. Gertrude Steelman Todd: Se
cond srrade. Miss Mary Belle Weaver.
Miss Sadie Thomasson, Miss Ha Pen
derprass: third BTade. Miss Mary
Melton, Miss Collie Hinson, Miss
Hinson; fourth grade. Miss
Lucy Parks, H. C. Nicks; fifth grade,
Homer Wagoner, Mrs. Tom Miller;
sixth grade, Miss Ella Shermer, Ho
mer Gabbard; seventh grade. Toler
Haynes; high school: W. N. Ireland,
principal. Mrs. Thomas Clark, Miss
Orpha Newlin and W. A. Hunt.
Occupants Escape
Injury In Crash
A near serious accident occurred
east of Elkin on the Elkin-Dobson
highway Monday morning about
10:30 when the automobile of Rev.
B. E. Morris, pastor of the Western
Avenue Baptist church of Statesville,
and the one of J. H. McEven as
sistant football coach at V. P. 1.,
Blacksburg, Va., collided head-on on
the sharp curve Just west of the
home of Ed Greenwood. Both cars
were badly damaged, but the occu
pants miraculously escaped injury.
Meeting At Pleasant
Hill Baptist Church
The annual revival meeting of
Pleasant Hill Baptist church will be
gin Sunday, October 20th. It is not
yet known who will assist the pas
tor, Rev. Isom Vestal, in the meeting,
but an able man is expected to be
secured, and it is hoped that much
interest will be manifested in the
meeting.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
SUITS FOR DIVORCE
FEATURE IST HALF
OF WEEK AT DOBSON
This Week's Term
MarksJSecond Week
Of Civil Court
SETTLE WILL CASE
Surry county civil court resumed
its sitting Monday afternoon at 2:00
p. m., for the second week with
Judge Prank S. Hill, who presided
last week, on the bench.
Few cases were heard during the
first part of the week, other than a
few divorces, the most of the time
being taken up with the Stanley
case, in which a suit arose out of a
couple of deeds which were piade by
Mr. Stanley.
Those granted divorces this week
were as follows: Tilda Jane Smith
vs. Kenny Smith; David A. Guynn
vs. Susie uuynn; L.ucy Willard Arn
der vs. Johnnie Arader; and Mary
Eldson vs. Johnson Brown. All were
granted on the grounds of two
years' separation.
In the case of last week in which
the will of Peter R. Nelson of Pilot
Mountain, was being contested,
which was called late Monday af
ternoon and was not completed un
til late Friday afternoon, the court
and the jury did not find probable
cause for breaking the will. The case
consumed practically all of the time
of the court while it was being
heard, and the value of the property
involved was said to have been in
excess of SIOO,OOO, about $40,000 of
which was said to have been in cash
and negotiable paper. The Jury was
out seven hours before it reached its
verdict, in which it declared that
Peter R. Nelson, the maker of the
will, was sane and that the will was
made according to law.
HOGS PROFITABLE
SOURCE OF INCOME
With Pork Prices Going
Higher, Farmers
Should Profit
With the current trend of pork
prices, North Carolina farmers are
again Tinding a profitable source of
income in the production of hogs.
Growers raising hogs for market
should breed their sows about No
vember 1 and May 1 each year, said
W. W. Shay, swine speciaiiSt at
State College.
By following this schedule, two
litters can be produced each year so
that they will be ready for market
ing in September and April respec
tively, when prices are usually high
est.
The Meal marketing weight for a
hog is around 200 pounds. Shay
added,
Growers raising hogs for home
consumption may vary the breeding
date, but if they plan to sell some
of their hogs. Shay said it will pay
them to follow the recommended
schedule.
Where pigs were farrowed in Sep
tember, they should be weaned in
October and early November. The
weaning process should start by giv
ing the pigs access to corn and fish
meal or tankage. After about four
weeke they should be taken com
pletely away from the sow.
Castrate the male pigs before they
are completely weaned, Shay recom
mended.
A self-feeder in which fsed may
be kept before the pigs at all times,
will hasten their growth. Direction
for building self feeders may be ob
tained free from the agricultural edi
tor at state College, Raleigh, N. C.
Give the pigs an abundant supply
of pasturage on a lot that is not con
taminated with worms. If worms
once get into the pigs, they are
usually there to stay, Shay warned.
To Announce New Ford
Here Next Saturday
The new 1936 V-8 Ford models will
be on display Saturday at the show
room of Elkin Motors, Inc., local Ford
dealers, it was announced Wednes
day by Ab Somers, manager.
Although no information as to the
appearance 9f the new car was given
out, it is understood that some
changes in body lines have been
made, and other improvements, de
signed to keep Ford always a leader,
added. ,
The new Ford pick-up, or small
truck, is already on •display at the
local Ford showroom.
New Chief of Staff 1
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WASHINGTON . . . Major-Gen.,
Malin D. Craig, commandant of the
War College, is the new Chief of
Staff of the U. S. Army, to succeed
General Douglas Mac Arthur, retir
ing. President Roosevelt announced
the appointment while at San Diego.
CCC BOYS ENGAGED
IN WORK ON FARMS
Soil Erosion Program In
County Is Well Un
der Way
A recent statement of D. D. Sizer,
soil erosion technician of the CCC
camp located at Dobson, was to the
effect that 125 of the CCC boys are
now engaged in their regular work
on the farms of the county. They
have been on 52 farms of the
county, making surveys for ter
race outlets and mapping the var
ious soils to be found.
Plans have been made to go into
Yadkin county this week with their
work, starting on the farm of A. C.
Stinson, near Boonville.
A series of meetings at the var
ious school houses of 'Surry and
Yadkin counties has been planned
for the purpose of giving out in
formation to those interested as to
what the soil erosion work that is
being done consists of.
Mr. Sizer stated that there are
three phases of the work. The
first of which he mentioned was
forestry, which consists of setting
barren hills and gullied land to
trees to help rebuild the soil, thin
ning and grading the trees that are
already on the land and gathering
and preserving seedlings for future
use.
The second phase of the work is
that of soil erosion proper, or the
building of terraces and terrace
outlets to prevent cultivated lands
from washing, and other phases of
soil preservation.
And the third phase is to assist
the farmers in working out a bud
get plan for their farms whereby
they will be able to analyze their
activities and determine whether
they are operating at a profit or
not.
The camp technician, Mr. Sizer,
will be glad to visit the farms of
any who are interested in this type
of work and assist the operators in
any way that the present CCC set
up will allow him to. Those inter
ested are required to see the coun
ty farm agent and make such ar
rangements as are necessary with
him.
Mr. Sizer also stated that the
CCC camp boys have enough work
already planned to keep them busy
for approximately three months,
but other contracts will be wel
comed in order to prevent any let
up in the work.
Mountain Park Man
Passes Thursday
Elisha Caudle, 90, passed away at
his home near Thurmond early Wed
nesday morning from general in
flrmaties due to his advanced age.
The deceased was a native of this
county and a son of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Steven Caudle. He was twice
married, first to Miss Jane Harris,
who died about sixty years ago and
later to Miss Plutinai Jenkins, who
survives, with three daughters, Mrs.
John Wilmoth, Mrs. Tyra Cranford
and Mrs. Claude Beamer, and one
son. Tyre Caudle.
Funeral services arid interment will
be at the Walker graveyard this af
ternoon at 2 o'clock, in charge of
Rev. Ford Walker.
Henry Shermer of Rockford, 111;,
lost a pocketbook containing S7OO
in cash and $2,396 in checks and
notes. It was found In a mailbox
with checks and notes intact, but
the cash was missing.
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY BOARDS ARE
TO CONSIDER PLANS
FOR NEW BUILDING
To Meet Jointly At Dob
son Tonight; To Ask
More Teachers -
GRADJNG STARTED
There is to be a special call meet
ing of the county board of education
held in joint session with the county
commissioners at Dobson Thursday
evening at 7:30 in the office of the
Superintendent of Schools, John W.
Comer, the purpose of the meeting
to consider plans for the new school
building which is to be erected in
West Elkin, on Elk Spur street.
Work of grading the lot for the
proposed building is already under
way, and it is expected that actual
work on the building itself will be
begun in the near future.
It was also learned that John
Comer, superintendent of schools,
accompanied by E. P. McLeod of
Franklin school; Marvin H. Shore,
of White plains school; Edwin
Dougherty, of Lowgap school and
A. P. Phillips of Flat Rock school,
were in Raleigh Tuesday to confer
with the state school commissioner
in an effort to get more teachers for
the above mentioned schools, three
of which will be high school teach
ers. A large increase in the enroll
ment of these schools since their
opening has made the extra teach
ers necessary. .
WILKES WIFE KILLS
HUSBAND AND SELF
Uses Shotgun; Tragedy
Is Discovered Satur
day Morning
North Wilkesboro, Oct. 15.—James
Setzer's dwelling, 18 miles west of
Wilkesboro in the Ferguson com
munity, was the scene of a tragedy
today when his wife, Mrs. Maggie
Setzer, shot him and killed herself.
So far as could be learned by the
coroner's 1 inquest this afternoon,
there were no witnesses to the mur
der-suicide.
Ed Poster, mail carrier, saw the
lifeless body of Mrs. Sizer in the
yard of the home as he passed this
morning about 10 o'clock. Still in
her hands was a double-barreled
shotgun with both barrels dis
charged. A ragged wound was on
her left chest over her heart. Be
side her was a stick that she had
apparently used to push the trigger.
The mail carrier went to a
neighbor's home where a son of
Mrs. Setzer, was visiting and in
formed him of the tragedy. They
returned and searched for Mr. Setzer
whom they found dead in a pool
of blood inside the house. All of the
doors were closed. A load from the
shotgun had entered his throat.
Evidently death had been in
stantaenous.
MRS. A. D. PARKS
PASSES SUDDENLY
Suffers Heart Attack
While Attending Reli
gious Service
M r s. Bettie Moody Parks, wife of
Arthur Dallas Parks, of State Road,
died suddenly from a heart attack
Saturday evening, while attending
a revival service at State Road Bap
tist church. A deeply spiritual wo
man, Mrs. Parks, in the intensity of
religious emotions had been shout
ing immediately before she was
stricken with the attack that proved
fatal. She was unable to rally, and
expired immediately. *
The deceased was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Moody
and had spent her entire life in the
State Road community. She is sur
vived by her husband, four sons and
two daughters, Clarence Parks, Clin
ton; Harvey PaTks, Elkin; Misses
Lala and Nannie Parks, Eddie and
Samuel Parks, at home; two grand
children; one sister, Mrs. Dule Dur
ham and two brothers, j, c. and
Grant Moody of State Road.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon from State Road
Primitive Baptist church at 2:30
o'clock and interment was in the
family plot in the church cemetery.