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I ATE NEWQ
from the
State and Nation
S. C. GOVERNOR
SEIZES HWY. FUNDS
Columbia, S. C., Oct. 29—State
troops under orders of Governor
Olin D. Johnson took charge of
nearly $2,000,000 of South Caro
lina highway department funds in
banks here today as the execu
tive's program of reorganizing the
department by military rule en
countered its first obstacle.
Comptroller General A. J. Beat
tie disclosed that he would refuse
upon a ruling by Attorney General
John M. Daniels, to honor vouch
ers for public funds signed by the
highway administration set up by
the governor yesterday after he
had ousted the board of 14 com
missioners by proclaiming the de
partment in a "state of insurrec
tion," and mobilizing a machine
gun company of guardsmen to
back up his orders.
LEAGUE BOYCOTT IS
GAINING STRENGTH
Geneva, Oct. 29.—The League
of Nations' general boycott of
Italy continued to grow tonight by
slow but steady stages, as 29 coun
tries had agreed to buy nothing
from Italy.
A complementary weapon to the
economic boycott namely, a
pledge to prohibit exportation to
Italy of key products essential for
manufacture of armaments—also
had been accepted by 29 coun
tries.
By a relentless, grinding pro
cess of isolation, the league hoped
Premier Mussolini's capacity to j
wage war in Ethiopia would even
tually be reduced, and he would j
be forced to sue for peace.
MACLEAN RESIGNS
NEW DEAL JOB
Washington, Oct. 29.—Assistant
Attorney - General Angus Dhu
Mac Lean will take over the law
practice of the late James H. Pou,
of Raleigh, generally considered
one of the most lucrative and most i
attractive in North Carolina. He I
will also resume his connection |
with his old law firm of Mac Lean
and Rodman in Washington, N. C.
Mr. Mac Lean's resignation has
been placed in the hands of Pres
ident Roosevelt, and Attorney-
General Homer S. Cummings is
expected to make public the Pres
ident's reply and his own expres
sion of deep regret tomorrow.
BULLETS FLY
IN COAL AREA
Mannington, Ky., Oct. 29.
Bloodshed and gas burns resulted
today from the latest of the mass
marches of union sympathizers on
unorganized Kentucky coal mines.
Gas bombs, pistol shots and
then the staccato of submachine
gun bullets followed the refusal
to halt of some 600 or 700 men
who swarmed toward the Williams
coal mine entrance here this af
ternoon.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
BRODGEN IS DEAD
Durham, Oct. 28. Associate
Justice Willis James Brogden of
the North Carolina supreme court
died at his home here this after
noon at 5:05 o'clock following an
illness of several months with a
complication of diseases. He was
58 years old, having observed his
birthday on the 18th of this
month.
Bids On Scenic
Highway Opened
Albert Brothers, Inc., contractors,
of Roanoke, Va., posted the low al
ternate bids on the 17 submitted for
thp construction of 7.76 miles of the
scenic highway in Alleghany county,
It was announced at Roanoke Thurs
day. V
Bids of the Roanoke firm for the
highway link extending from North
Carolina route 26 to Air Bellows Gap
were $387,179 for 18-inch and 24-
inch cast iron culvert pipe and $335,-
875 for the same size red forest pipe.
To Stage Hallowe'en
Carnival At School
The pupils of the local school will
have a Hallowe'en carnival in the
school building this evening (Thurs
day), at 8 o'clock. An entertaining
and amusing program has been ar
ranged. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
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Signs Then Weds
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YUMA, Ariz. . . Alice Moore, 20,
(above), daughter of Tom Moore and
Alice Joyce, last week signed a con
tract for a screen career with one
of the large companies . . . and the
next day here, wed Felix Knight,
concert singer.
ONE IS KILLED AS
CAR SOMERSAULTS
Cletus Jenkins Horribly
Mangled; Sister Seri
ously Hurt
Cletus Jehkins, 16, lost his life in
an automobile accident Saturday
night in a wreck which on
a sharp curve one-half mile north
of Crutchfield. The young man suf
fered a badly crushed head and his
face was horribly mangled. He was
rushed to the Elkin hospital where
he died within an hour.
Other occupants of the car were
Miss Irene Jenkins, sister of the dead
boy, who is in a serious condition in
the local hospital; Herman Hardy,
who was slightly injured, and Miss
Dixie Stanley, who was unhurt.
The accident is supposed to have
been caused when the car failed to
take a curve due to excessive speed
and turned down an embankment,
somersaulting four times. The body
of young Jenkins was thrown about
fifty feet from the car.
Th« deceased is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Jenkins, of near Crutch
.field. Surviving are his parents, two
sisters, Myrtle and Irene, and one
brother, Oscar Jenkins. His grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mickey, of
Smithtown also survive.
Funeral services were held -from
Mount Herman church, near Crutch
field, in charge of Rev. T. S.
Draughan, and interment was in the
cemetery there.
TWO MORE TEACHERS
SECURED IN COUNTY
Flat Rock School Needs
Additional Teacher,
Comer States
John Comer, county superinten
dent of schools, stated Wednesday
morning that an additional teacher
had been secured for the Copeland
school and another one for the
Shoals school.
He further stated that Plat Rock
school having fifteen teachers is al
so badly in need of another teacher.
The daily average per teacher for
this school is above 40, and one of
the first grade teachers has an aver
age attendance daily of 77, while ther
other first grade teacher of the
school has An average attendance of
66 daily.
Mr. Comer further stated that
more interest is being-shown in this
school by the children than has ever
been known before. A. P, Phillips,
a local man, is the principal of this
school and is doing a type of work
that is highly gratifying to both the
county superintendent and the pat-'
rons of the school.
The teachers meeting which was
held at Greensboro last Friday, was
well attended, according to a state
ment by Mr. Comer, and Mr. Comer
was elected as secretary of the sup
erintendents of this district, with
Mr. Halfacre as president and Mr.
Bullock as vice-president. Thad
Reece and a Mr. Joines were elected
as nominating committee.
Building Boom Goes
On At County Seat
Several new buildings are being
erected in Dobson as a part of the
second building boom which has
struck the county seat town in re
cent weeks. The post office has al
so been remodeled and repainted,
and a large number of houses are
being repaired, remodeled and re
painted.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY- OCTOBER 31, 1935
SURRY GETS 8 WPA
PROJECTS TOTALING
SUM OF $57,522.00
Alleghany County To
Get $10,746; Sewerage
Projects Here
WORK STARTS SOON
Sixth district works progress offi
cials at Winston-Salem Saturday
mapped a five-month federal work
program for four counties calling for
gross expenditures of close to SIBO,-
000.
The completed pogram gave Surry
eight projects at federal cost of $57,-
522; Alleghany six to cost $10,746;
Davidson five to cost $63,009 and
Ashe seven, involving a total of $46.-
636.
The projects call for a sponsor
contribution of $5Ol in Alleghany;
$12,621 in Davidson and $8,763 in
Ashe. The amount of sponsors' con
tributions in Surry county was not
made public.
Completion of projects for neigh
boring counties, including Yadkin,
have not been completed as yet, but
are expected to be within the next
few days.
Federal appropriations for Surry
include: County-wide roads, $20,-
000; sewer at Elkin, $8,600; coagula
tion basin at Elkin, $3,022; recrea
tion center at Mt. Airy, $5,500; sew
er at Mt. Airy, $3,207; county-wide
school repairs, $1,725. There were
two school jobs appropriated.
Projects in Alleghany are: Three
highway projects $6,714 federal, no
sponsor; streets at Sparta, $1,554
federal, $324, sponsor; school
grbunds at Sparta, $1,051 federal,
$67 sponsor; fish hatcher, $1,426
federal, $lO9 sponsor.
FIRE WIPES OUT
JONESVILLE HOME
Two Families Homeless
As Result of Tuesday
Morning Blaze
Fire, which was thought to have
originated as the result of a faulty
flue, or else from shorted electric
wires damaged by the storm Monday
night, early Tuesday morning com
pletely (festroyed a house in Jones
ville occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Arlie
Haynes and Mr. and Mrs. Wilmoth
Swaim.
The blaze was discovered about
7:20 a. m., by an employee of a local
department store who was passing
and who warned the occupants of
their danger.
The Swaims, who lived on the
ground floor of* the building, saved
all their household belongings. How
ever only a part of the Haynes'
furniture could be remdved before
the flames swept through the upper
story.
The house was the property of
Mrs. Ada Swaim Couch. It is un
derstood the loss was covered by in
surance.
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Approximately 80,000,000 persons,
out of our total population of 130,-
000,000 men, women and children,
are either stockholders in the coun
try's leading corporations, owners of
homes, owners of savings aceounts
or life insurance policy-holders.
Blanketeers Honored At
Victory Banquet Monday
Coach rfoyt Hambright and his
amateur baseball champions of North
and South Carolina, the Chatham
Blanketeers, were guests Monday
night at a banquet tendered in their
honor by W. A. Neaves, general
superintendent of the Chatham Man
ufacturing Co.
In addition to Coach Hambright,
members of the baseball squad,
Chatham officials and others, Jake
Wade, sports editor of the Char
lotte Observer, and Prank Spencer,
sports editor of the Winston-Salem
Journal, were guests.
- Carl Poindexter acted as master
of ceremonies and introduced the
players fro the 50 guests present at
the banquet.
During the evening an interesting
program was staged, including a
beautiful piano, selection by Miss
Carolyn Llllard and a tap dance
number by Miss Bertie Lee McKee.
Miss McKee was accompanied at the
piano by Miss Dorothy Colhard.
Use Cotton As Highway Base In Mississippi
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SCOTT, Mis. . . . The first "Cotton Highway", a 14-mile experiment in
road construction, ig rapidly nearing completion here. The upper picture
shows the cotton fabric membrane being rolled out on the highway on a
base of mixed clay and graveL Lower picture shows coat of tar over cotton,
this covered with two applications of asphalt; mixed with screen gravel.
ONE KILLED, 5 ARE.
INJURED IN WRECK
North Wilkesboro Cab
Driver Victim of Auto
Collision
North Wilkesboro, Oct. 28.—Odell
Woodie, local taxi driver, was killed
and five others were injured about
7 o'clock this morning when the taxi
and a pick-up truck collided on
Highway 421 one-half mile east of
Wilkesboro.
The taxi was traveling - toward
Wilkesboro, and the pick-up was go
ing east when the collision took
place on the pavement of the road.
Both vehicles were practically de
molished.
Richard Johnson, of this city, dri
ver of the pick-up, suffered severe
lacerations on his face and a pain
ful injury to one knee.
Miss Delia Eller of this city, an
occupant of the taxi, is perhaps the
most seriously hurt in the list of the
injured. Her skull was fractured and
she suffered severe lacerations on
her right leg. Her condition was
described late today at the hospital
here as being critical.
George Wilson Shew, the other oc
cupant of the taxi, was painfully,
but not critically injured, suffering
bruises and cuts on his face and
hands. •
The taxi was the property of
Woodie Cabs. Funeral arrangements
for the wreck victim had not been
completed tonight.
Mrs. Shipwash Is To
Address Auxiliary
Mrs. Lena M. Shipwash, of High
Point, state organizer of the Daugh
ters of America, Jr. O. U; A. M. aux
iliary, will speak here Friday night
at a meeting of the Daughters of
America to be held in the junior Or
der hall on North Bridge street. Mrs.
Shipwash will explain the important
features of the organization.
The meeting will be held at 8 p.
m. and everyone is urged to attend.
Henry Dobson, of the Chatham Man
ufacturing company, did .an im
promptu dance to add merriment to
the occasion.
Mr. Dobson also .gave an outline
of the athletic program of the com
pany and praised the fine spirit in
which the Blanketeers responded to
the management of Coach Ham
bright.
Thurmond Chatham, president of
the Chatham Mills, expressed ap
preciation for the fine spirit the
team has displayed and expressed
gratitude for their play and excel
lent co-operation to the company
and assured the whole-hearted sup
port of the program. He was es
pecially gratified in that all sixteen
members of the team are still with
the Chatham company and predicted
even greater success for next year.
He pointed out that the advantages
of athletics were any and that the
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Drivers Who Must
Have Exams Should
Apply Here Today
All drivers of motor-vehicles not
having driven a year, and those
becoming 16 years of age, may
have driving examination given
by applying at the highway pa
trol office at the F-W Chevrolet
company today (Thursday).
There will be other examinations
given at later dates.
ANNOUNCE WHEAT
CONTRACT PLANS
Urged That All Wheat
Contracts Be Signed
By Nov. 15
County Agent L. P. Brumfield haF
announced plans for securing the
new wheat contract for the years
1936-37, and a number of committee
men have been appointed over the
county to assist the farmers in sign
ing and arranging for the contro 1
program.
According to the 1935 farm census
1558 Yadkin county farmers planted
12121 acres of wheat and harvested
therefrom 124.846 bushels of wheat
or an average of 10.3 bushels per
acre, which is one tenth above the
state average of 10.2 per acre. It is
not uncommon, afcording to Mr
Brumfield, for farmers to harvest 2C
to 25 bushels of wheat to the acre
in this county. He is urging thr
farmers to plant less acreage anr 1
prepare better in order to increase
the acreage.
It is urged that all contracts be
signed and returned to the county
agent or one of the committeemen
by November 15. The committeemen
for this county are as follows: A. C.
Stinson, J. L. Motsinger, W. V.
Shore, H. W. Doub, J. R. Davis, W.
H. Renegar, J. M. Pendry, W. L.
Rockett. A. B. Hobson, M. W. Mack
ie, H. W. Hutchens, C. H. Todd. O.
T. White, M. P. Shore, R. L. John
son, J. W. Brandon, T- H. Chamber
lain, John L. Bray, C. W. Shouse, A
A. Doub, L. A. Rupard and J. S.
Phillips.
In addition to the above a series
of five meetings have been arranged
for the county, to be held as follows:
Yadkinville courthouse, Nov. 2, 2 p.
m.; East Bend school house, Nov.
5. 7 p. m.; Pall Creek school house.
Nov. 6, 7 p. m.; Boonville, school
house, Nov. 7, 7 p. m.; Center school
house, Nov. 8, 7 p. m.
Triplett Infant Dies
Monday; Rites Tuesday
Margaret Melinda, infant daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Triplett,
of this city, died Monday morning
at Yadkinville, where Mrs. Triplett
was visiting her parents. Funeral
services were held here from the
■home on Bridge street Tuesday af
ternoon at 2:30, in charge of Rev.
Pat Boyle, of the Presbyterian
church. Interment was in the fam
ily plot in Hollywood cemetery.
The Infant is survived by her .par
ents, her maternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Wright, of Yad
kinville, and paternal grandparents.
Mr. ami Mrs. J. T. Triplett, Jones
ville.
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REV. W. A. JENKINS
IS NEW PASTOR OF
METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Ernest W. Fox Is
To Go To Kings
Mountain
OTHER PLACEMENTS
Rev. Wm. A. Jenkins will arrive
here to assume the pastorate of the
First M. E. Church on November 10.
Rev. E. W. Pox, who has served this
church for the past two years will
go to the Central Methodist church
in Kings Mountain, according to an
announcement made at the Western
North Carolina Methodist Conference
in Salisbury, which closed Monday,
Rev. Mr. Jenkins comes here from 4
the University Methodist church, in
Chapel Hill. He is a graduate of
the University of North Carolina and
of the School of Divinity at Yale
University. He entered the ministry
in this state first at Davidson. Dur
ing the World War he went overseas
as Chaplain. Following his return
to the states in 1919 he was pastor
successively of Trinity church in
Charlotte; Central church in Con
cord; president of Davenport College,
Lenoir, until it was .discontinued,
and pastor of the North Wilkesboro
Methodist church.
During their residence here Rev.
and Mrs. Fox have made a host of
friends throughout the town, re
gardless of denominational affilia
tions, who regret to see them go else
where to reside.
Rev. L. B. Abernethy was again
appointed as Secretary of the Mis
sion Board and Director of the Gold
en Cross and will continue his resi
dence here.
Rev. P. L. Smith comes to the
Jonesville cnurch to succeed Rev. J.
M. Green, who goes to Todd. Rev.
T. G. Williams will be pastor of Ron
da, Maple Springs, Grassy Creek and
Ebenezer Methodist churches
Mr. Fox stated Wednesday that
he will preach here Sunday. He said
he intended to leave for his new
charge next Thursday.
EKIN GIRL PASSES
THURSDAY MORNING
Final Rites For Miss
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Virginia Sue Nelson
Held Saturday
Miss Virginia Sue Nelson, 17,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nel
son, of this city, passed away in the
local hospital early Thursday morn
ing from a brief critical illness from
septicaemia. She was a student in
the local high school.
She is survived by her parents,
two brothers, Hugh and John, Jr.,
and one sister, Helen Nelson; two
half-brothers, Theodore Nelson,
Jonesville, and William Nelson, Elk
in, and two half-sisters, Mrs. Thomas
Sparks, Arlington, and Mrs. Alvin
Doub, Winston-Salem; her paternal
grandfather, William C. Nelson,
Traphill, and-her maternal grand
father, Monroe Bryan, of Traphill.
Funeral services conducted
from the home on Elk Spur street
Saturday morning at 10 o'clock, in
charge of Rev. Eph Whisenhunt and
Rev. J. L. Powers. Interment was
in the family plot in Hollywood
cemetery.
The floral offering was beautiful
and profuse.
Two Boys Arrested
After Trying To
Cash Forged Check
WAlter Edwards, of Sparta, and
Herbert Moxley, of Hooker, Alle
ghany county, were turned over to
Alleghany officers here Thursday
following their, arrest after an
attempt to cash a check which
mas represented as having been
given them by J. T. Inskeep, of
Roaring Gap.
The check, alleged to have been
a forgery, was signed "enskip,"
and the boys, after visiting several
stores Nid the local bank, didnt
succeed in getting it cashed. When
told by one merchant that "en
skip" didn't spell Inskeep, one of
them wanted to know how the
name was spelled.
When arrested they were placed
in the local Jail Nine pigs, whieb
they had on a truck, were aatd
Thursday, the money being turned
ewr to them.