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Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV,No. 1
I ATE NEWS
from the
State and Nation
ETHIOPIANS REPORTED
VICTORIOUS IN BATTLE
Ethopia's foot soldiers were re
ported victorious over Italian
tanks and machine guns Tuesday
in a bloody battle on the south
ern front.
An official announcement at
Addis Ababa said the warriors of
Emperor Haile Selassie, despite
murderous fascist fire, defeated
the invaders at Anele, Ogaden
province.
Losses were* described as heavy
cn both sides, with the field of
battle littered with dead. Four
tanks were captured, it was an
nounced, and Ethiopia was vic
torious in another engagement in
the same region, killing many
Italian soldiers and taking six
trucks.
The same communique told of
a success on the northern front.
Warriors, it asserted, attacked a
superior Italian force and killed
the commander and a large
number of soldiers.
BRAND COURT
TRIAL "CIRCUS"
Washington, Nov. 12.—Attor
neys for Bruno Richard Haupt
mann branded his New Jersey
court trial a "circus" today in
appealing to the Supreme court
to set aside his conviction of
kidnaping and murdering the
Lindbergh baby.
Battling to escape the electric
chair, the former German ma
chine-gunner charged deprivation
of constitutional rights at the
celebrated Flemington trial.
MORRO CASTLE
OFFICERS ON TRIAL
New York, Nov. 12.—Two offi
cers of the ill-starred Morro-
Castle went on trial in federal
court today charged with crimi
nal negligence in connection with
the fire that raked the vessel
froip stem to stern with-a loss of
124 lives a year ago last Septem
ber.
In addition to the officers,
acting Captain William F.
Warms and Chief Engineer Eben
S. Abbott, the defendants includ
ed Henry E. Cabaud, executive
vice president of the New York
and Cuba Mail company, and
the company itself.
BALLOONISTS LEAVE
BLACK HILLS
White Lake, S. D., Nov. 12.
The crew of the 1935 stratos
phere expedition, which yesterday
added to America's air honors the
unofficial world altitude mark
scattered to their homes today.
Jubilant over the 73,000 foot
height—nearly 14 miles up—they
had reached, Capt. Albert W.
Stevens, fight commander, and
Capt. Orvil A. Anderson, the pi
lot, took off by plane for Wash
ington. They were expected to
arrive there tomorrow.
ASKS BANKS TO
AID BUSINESS
New Orleans, Nov. 12—The
American Bankers' association
today heard requests from Pres
ident Roosevelt and heads of two
federal financial agencies for an
extension of credit to business,
industry and real estate after
their own leader had demanded
government withdrawal from the
field of banking and other pri
vate business.
Hit-and-Run Driver
Cause of Injuries
M. Mas ten, of Elk Spur
street, and Mrs. Mas ten, each re
ceived minor injuries Sunday night
when a hit-and-run driver struck
their car near their home, causing
it to turn over.
Mr. Mas ten received a gash upon
the forehead when his head hit the
cement while Mrs. Masten, al
though knocked unconscious, receiv
ed minor hurts.
The operators of the hit-and-run
car have not been apprehended and
officers are said to have no clue as
to their identity.
R. D. Covington, treasurer of
Mills Home, Thomasville, will fill
the pulpit at the First Baptist
church in this city at the morning
service next Sunday, November 17,
in the absence of the pastor, Rev.
Eph Whisenhunt. Prof. Z. H. Ddxon
of this city, will preach at the even
ing service.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Jimmy and Betty
NEW YORK ... A close-up of
former-mayor Jimmy Walker of
N. Y., and his wife, the former
Betty Compton, upon their return
here after his three-year self im
posed exile in Europe which started
amid the Seabury investigation.
Walker says he wants no part in
politics for the present, at least.
WPA PROJECTS ARE
APPROVED LOCALLY
Jobs In Surry, Yadkin
and Wilkes To Em
ploy 629 Persons
The state works progress admin
istration Friday allocated federal
funds for 75 projects to cost $463,-
358.36 in federal and local money.
The list was the largest released up
until that time.
A total of 2,688 jobs will be fur
nished by the approved projects.
The projects approved locally and
in this section,* their type, average
number of persons to be employed,
and total cost, follow:
Elkin —Water works basin, 40 per
sons, $6,602.50.
Surry county—Dobson, repair
school, 16 persons, $3,545; Shoals
township—Build school, 28 persons,
$11,815.14.
Yadkin county—Repair gymna
sium and school, grade athletic
field, paint schools, construct toi
lets, construct garage at or near
Yadkinville, 122 persons, $16,151.30;
road improvements, 11 persons,
$532.
Jonesville—Playground, 13 per
sona. $1,525.
Wilkes county—Roaring River,
street improvements, 20 persons,
$2,345; county road improvements,
29 persons, $1,396; road improve
ments, 23 persons, $980; improve
feeder roads, three projects, 265
persons, $16,429; complete school
room, construct garage a"hd im
prove street, 62 persons, $6,424.62.
The projects listed above will give
employment to 629 persons at a cost
of $67,745.56.
CHATHAM EMPLOYEE
PAINFULLY BURNED
Jake Brown Accident
ally Falls Into Dye
Vat Drain
Jake Brown, employee of the
Chatham Manufacturing company
plant here, was painfully but not
critically burned about 5:30 o'clock
Wednesday morning when he acci
dentally fell into the drain of one
of the big dyeing machines.
According- to authorities at the
hospital here, where he is being
treated, Mr. Brown sustained first
and second degree burns on both
feet and ankles, on the left hip and
on the left arm and hand. He also
sustained two small cuts on the
head.
It was reported here shortly after
the accident that he had fallen
into one of the dye vats, but for
tunately this was not the case.
Rev. Grady Burgiss
To Conduct Services
Rev. Grady Burgiss, young Bap
tist preacher of Elkin, will conduct
services in the Boonville Baptist
church Sunday, November 17,
evening hour of worship.
It will be remembered by some,
perhaps, that Mr. Burgiss conducted
services in this church about ten
years ago.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
ELKIN, N- C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1935
ROBERT WELBORN
FATALLY INJURED
IN CAR ACCIDENT
Sustains Fracture of
Skull In Crash Early
Sunday Morning
COMPANION HURT
Thought to have lost control of
his car while enroute from his
home at State Road to Winston-
Salem early Sunday morning, Rob
ert Welborn, 26, sustained injuries
which resulted in his death at the
local hospital Monday morning at
3 o'clock.
The accident occurred on the El
kin-Winston-Salem highway be
tween Boonville and East Bend. Ap
parently the car crashed into an
embankment on one side of the
road and then cut across to crash
into the embankment on the oppo
site side where it came to a stop a
total wreck.
Welborn sustained a fractured
skull, broken limbs and other injur
ies. He died without regaining
consciousness. A companion, Thom
as Adams, 18, employee of a Win
ston-Salem firm, was injured but
not critically.
The dead man, before gaining
employment with a Winston-Salem
firm, where he was employed at the
time of his death, had recently been
associated with the Home Hotel
here and had previously worked in
local cafes. He was a son of the
late Rev. Ransome Welborn, of
State Road, a widely known Prim
itive Baptist minister, and Mrs.
Welborn.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lizzie Noah Welborn, of Winston-
Salem; three small children; his
mother, Mrs. Orrie Moody Welborn;
two signers, Mrs. Oscar Simmons, of
Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Harvey
Welborn Stewart, of Winston-Sa
lem, and three brothers, Curry
Welborn, of Alta Vista, Va.; Ivan
Welborn and Hubbard Welborn, of
Winston-Sakm.
The funeral rites were conducted
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock from
State Road Primitive Baptist
church, interment was in the
family plat in the cemetery there.
MODERN FOUNDRY
INSTALLED HERE
Is Addition To Machine
Shop of Double Eagle
Service Company
A modern foundry, equipped to
take care of all kinds of foundry
work, has recently been completed
and put into operation by Double
Eagls Service Co., here, in addition
to its machine shop.
The new foundry is using what is
said to be the finest moulding sand
in the country. Pig iron from Bir
mingham, Ala., assures castings of
the finest quality and a special
grade of coke insures least sulphur
content of castings.
W. J. Brown, who has had 17
years in the business, is connected
with the new foundry.
In addition to the new plant, the
company also features a completely
equipped machine shop which does,
in addition to other lines of ma
chine work, both electric and acety
lene welding.
Mrs. Charlie Lyons
Breaks Hip In Fall
Mrs. Charlie Lyons, 52, suffered
a severe fracture of the hip Satur
day evening when she fell on the
floor as she was passing from one
room to another in her second floor
apartment on. Main street. Her hus
band was away from home at the
time of the accident and an inva
lid daughter succeeded In gaining
the attention of late shoppers as
she cried for assistance.
Mrs. Lyons was removed by am
bulance to the local hospital, where
she is resting fairly well.
FIVE DIE IN FIRE
Montreal, 10,—A fire in a
wing of the St. John de Dieu hospi
tal for the insane caused the deaths
of five "violent" pateints, one of
whom died of a heart attack during
the excitement, authorities an
nounced late today.
Four of the patients, all men,
were burned to death when they
fled back into their blazing quar
ters after the wing had been emp
tied of its 100 occupants by guards
and fire fighters. * '
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison Now a Bride
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are spending their honeymoon here. Mrs. Hughes is the widow of Thomas
A. Edison, famous inventor. Mr. Hughes of Franklin, Pa., is a retired
steel executive. They were neighbors and childhood sweethearts at Lake
Chautauqua, N. Y., in the 1870's.
DABNER C. SMITH
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Rites Held Wednesday
From Pleasant Ridge
Church
Dabner Colwell Smith, 78, passed
away late Monday night' at his
home in the Zephyr community,
from a lengthy illness from Bright's
disease and complications. He had
been in declining health for several
years and had suffered repeated
strokes of paralysis.
A native of Yadkin county, he
had resided in Surry for a number
of years. He was twice married,
first to Miss Julia G. Jennings, of
Alleghany county, who passed away
in 1887 and later to Miss Rosa E.
Jennings of Burke county, who sur
vives him.
Fourteen children surviving are:
Miss Nancy Smith, at home; W. A.
Smith, Sterling. Va.; W. C. Smith,
Dobson, and Mrs. W. E. Smith, of
Chester, Va., all of the first mar
riage; E. E. Smith, Rusk; Mrs. Steve
Jarvis, Dobson; Mrs. R. E. Snow,
Rusk; Mrs. H. C. Lawrence, Jr.,
Mrs. Delbert Wilmoth, Dobson; W.
D. and E. C. Smith, Rusk; H. S.
Smith, High Point; Mrs. B. A. Jarr
vis, Mount Airy and Mrs. T. E. Law
rence, High Point. Fifty grand
children and four great-grandchil
dren also survive.
The deceased was a prosperous
and influential citizen and farmer
and a member of long standing of
the Pleasant Ridge Methodist
church near Zephyr. He was also a
member of the Masonic fraternity.
Funeral iites were conducted
Wednesday afternoon from Pleasant
Ridge church by Rev. J. O. Cox
and the Rev. Walter Calloway. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery.
COUNTY SCHOOL
PROJECTS BEGUN
Surry Teachers Receive
Pay Checks Total
ing $24,000
The teachers of Surry county re
ceived checks this month to the
amount of $21,755, all of them hav
ing been paid by the last of last
week. The total payroll of the
county schools is a little over $24,-
000, according to a statement by
John Comer, superintendent of
schools, Wednesday.,
The Shoals school project has
been approved and work was start
ed on it Wednesday. Work on the
Rockford Street school, of Mount
Airy, was also started Wednesday,
according to statements by Mr.
Comer. Both projects are additions
to the buildings that are already in
use at each place.
Mr. Comer also stated that the
county-wide repair project was
started Wednesday for the purpose
of putting all school buildings into
first class condition. The amount
of the remodeling job at the Shoals
school will amount to approximate
ly SII,OOO, while the Mount Airy
project will cost around SB,OOO, and
the general repair project for the
other schools of the county will
amount to approximately $3,000.
Mr. Comer further stated that
the altered plans for the reikin
school has increased the amount of
the cost of the building, and that
the State has offered to lend the
money to the county for the pur
pose, but that the proffered loan
had hot been accepted Wednesday.
School Building
Plans Are Okeyed
After Minor Change
Plans for a new high school
building here, held up a few
weeks ago at Raleigh, have been
approved, following minor chan
ges, it was learned Saturday.
It is expected that bids will be
advertised for by the last of this
month. Actual construction must
be under way not later than De
cember 15.
Follownig the making of mi
nor changes, W. F. Cradle, di
rector of school house planning,
Raleigh, gave the plans his okey
with the word to go ahead.
NOV. 19TH IS TO BE
ROGERS SCHOOL DAY
Hope Schools Will Con
tribute To Memorial
Fund For Writer
Millions of people throughout the
United States, now have an oppor
tunity to contribute .to the memory
of Will Rogers. Famous friends
have organized the Will Rogers Me
morial Commission. It is hoped
that everyone who smiled with Will
Rogers will come forward with a
subscription.
Tuesday, November 18, is to be
Statewide School' Day all over the
rtate. Already the state manager
of the Will Rogers Fund, Carl
Goerch, editor of The State, has re
ceived checks from numerous North
Carolina schools which have volun
tarily taken up subscriptions of
pennies, nickels and dimes. It is
hoped all other schools will do the
same thing on November 19.
Every cent subscribed will be
used for memorials to be selected by
Henry Ford. Herbert Hoover, Alfred
E. Smith, Will H. Hays, Jesse .H.
Jones, Owen D. Young, Vice-Presi
dent John N. Garner and other
men and women of national pres
tige and respect. The memorials
will depend on the number of
friends who contribute—but they
will be used for charitable, educa
tional and humanitarian purposes.
There will be no cold shaft of mar
ble to honor the memory of this
warm, friendly man. They will be
living, continuing memorials.
Take your subscription—or send
it—to your bank, or any bank, or
use the accompanying coupon to
send your subscription to The
Tribune office.
Will Rogers
Memorial Fund
Date
To the Editor:
Wishing to have a part in per
petuating they memory of one of
oar most beloved and useful cit
izens, I enclose herewith nj
contribution of to the
Will Rogers Memorial Fund. I
understand that this gift will be
added to the others irom Elkin.
JonesviUe and vicinity and will
so without any deductions what
soever to the National Fund to
be expended, also without any
deduction, as the Memorial Com
mittee may determine.
Nmne
Address ...♦ j
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gfap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MARTIN TALKS TO
ELKIN KIWANIANS
ON SCHOOL SYSTEM
State's School Set - Up
Attracting Nation
, Wide Attention
HAVE CUT EXPENSE
Leßoy Martin, until recently sec
retary of the state board of equali
zation, but who recently resigned in
order to take a position with the
Wachovia Bank & Trust company,
of Winston-Salem, was guest speak
er at Friday's meeting of the Elkin
Kiwanis club, held in the Kiwanis
room at Hotel Elkin.
Mr. Martin, speaking on schools
of the state, outlined the progress
that has been made within the past
several years under state control,
and reviewed a portion of the his
tory of the school system which led
up to the present state maintained
schools.
He stated that in 1927, under the
county school system, state schools
had reached the point where some
thing had to be done to improve the
situation, and paid glowing tribute
to John Folger, of Mount Airy, and
others, for the lead they took in the
general assembly of that year to
improve the situation. Their efforts,
he said, finally led to the state tak
ing over the school system and thus
taking a great burden off some of
the agricultural counties whose
comparatively low tax income made
it impossible to support schools on
a par with the richer industrial
counties.
In this connection Mr. Martin
pointed out that under the present
set-up, some counties receive more
money from the state for schools
than they pay. in. For instance, he
pointed out. Stokes pays the state
$32,937 for educational purposes and
receives $107,604. Yadkin county
pays $24,566 and receives $80,508.
Surry pays $217,000 and receives
$208,000, he stated.
North Carolina's system of
schools is attracting attention thru-
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PNEUMONIA FATAL
TO M. A. COCKERHAM
Hundreds Attend Fun
eral For Esteemed
Wilkes Farmer
Attended by a gathering of
friends, estimated at one thousand,
funeral services were held Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock for Marvin.
Arthur Cockerham, 44, at Pleasant
Home church. The rites were in
charge of Rev. Grant Cothren and
Rev. John Burcham.
Mr. Cockerham passed away at
his home Thursday night from a ten
day illness from pneumonia. He was
a successful farmer and a resident
of Wilkes county. In addition to
supervising his farm he had been
associated with his brother, J. I.
Cockerham, in the barber shop bus
iness here for the past 29 years. He
was a leader in the Pleasant Home
Baptist chruch, having served for
several years on the board of dea
cons. He was also an active mem
ber of the Wilkes county grange.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Alice Nixon Cockerham, three sons
and two daughters, Odell Cocker
ham, Mountain Park; Misses Flora
and Irene Cockerham, David and
Marvin Lee Cockerham, at home;
his father, Charlie Cockerham of
Roaring River; five brothers, J. I,
Cockerham, Elkin; Otis Cockerham,
Washington, D. C.; Carl C., B. A.,
and Lester Cockerham, Roaring
River, and one sister, Mrs. Roy
Brown, Roaring River.
Is Named Associate
Director of F. H. A.
It was announced from Washing
ton Tuesday that Joseph L. Suiter,
formerly with the federal reserve
board bank at Richmond, Va., had
been appointed director of the fed
eral housing administration in
North Carolina, and that W. H.
Spradlin. of Winston-Sailem, recelv
ceiver of the Elkin National Bank
here, had been appointed as asso
ciate director.
When queried Wednesday as to
when he will take over his new du
ties, Mr. Spradlin stated he was
unable to say at the present. It is
understood that disposition of the
affairs of the receivership of the
bank here w?ll have to first be
made.
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