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Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV, No. 2
L. G. MEED TO HEAD
ELKIN KIWANIANS
DURING YEAR 1936
Rev. William A. Jenkins
Makes Brief Talk
To Club
LANKFORD V-PRES.
L. G. Meed Friday night was elec
ted president of the Elkin Kiwanis
club for the year 1936, to succeed-C.
H. Brewer, who has served in that
capacity during the present year.
The election of officers was held
at Hotel Elkin, and in addition to
seeing the election of other officials,
was also featured by the combining
of the positions of secretary and
treasurer, heretofore held by two
separate Kiwanians.
W. B. Lankford, who during the
present yeait has served as program
chairman, was named as vice-presi
dent. Wilbur Carter, 1935 secretary,
was elected as secretary and treas
urer, succeeding Kiwanian A. O.
Bryan in the latter capacity.
Seven directors were also elected.
They are: Dr. R. B. Harrell, J. R.
Poindexter, Jones Holcomb, H. P.
Laffoon, H. P. Graham, E. W. Mc-
Daniel and E. S. Spainhour.
Induction of officers, as is the cus
tom, will be held at the first meeting
of the new year.
Rev. William A. Jenkins, new pas
tor of the Elkin Methodist church,
was present at the meeting and
made a brief! talk in which he dis
cussed the benefit of a civic club to
a community. Rev. Mr. Jenkins sta
ted that he has been a member of
either Kiwanis or Rotary clubs for
the past 15 years, and that in his
opinion, next to the church, a civic
club is the biggest asset a community
can have.
The Methodist pastor was intro
duced by Rev. L. B. Abernethy.
PARALYSIS FATAL
TO SURRY WOMAN
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Nannie B. Well
born Friday
Mrs. Nannie Barnes Wellborn, 73,
wife of Monroe Wellborn, died sud
denly at her home six miles east of
Elkin Thursday from a stroke of
paralysis suffered two hours before
her passing. The deceased had been
ill for the past three years but her
condition was not regarded as seri
ous.
The deceased was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Barnes,
of Wilkes county. She was a devout
member of Friendship Baptist church
moving her membership there twelve
years ago from State Road Baptist
church, which she joined early in
life. She was well known and great
ly beloved in her comunity, and her
passing is a source of deep sorrow
to her many friends.
She is survived by her husband,
one son, Corett Wellborn and one
brother, John Barnes, of lowa.
Funeral services were held from
the home Friday afternoon, in
charge of Rev. Eli Jordon and inter
ment was in Rock Spring cemetery.
The beautiful floral offering was
evidence of the esteem in which the
deceased was held.
Fractures Hip
Tom Boyd, 64, of Elkin, R.F.D.,
sustained a badly fractured hip in a
fall from a barn loft Thursday
morning of last week. He was
brought to the local hospital for at
tention where he is resting*as well
as could be expected.
Elmer Shaltz, of Henderson,
Minn., ate two pounds of sauerkraut
in 1 minute. 59 seconds.
Are To Hold Cripple
Clinic In Mount Airy
Friday, November 22
Dr. R. A. Moore, orthopedic sur
geon of Winston-Salem will hold
his regular cripple clinic in the
office of the health department at
Mount Airy, Friday morning, No
vember 22, from 9 a. m. until 12
noon, i
Dr. Moore will see anyone free
of charge and those throughout
the country who need this type
of medical service are urged to
take advantage of the opportun
ity.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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WINNIPEG, Can. . . . John W.
Dafoe (above) editor of the Winni
peg Free Press, has been offered the
post of Canadian Minister to Wash
ington by Premier King of Canada.
Mr. Dafoe is also Chancellor of the
University of Manitoba.
His Courage Won
DETROIT ... An uncle offered
aid to William Dix (above), now 27
when his parents died several years
ago. But William preferred to make
his own way and started selling
papers. This week he was informed
his uncle had died and had left him
$71,000."
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
MOUNTAIN GIRL
IS SENTENCED
Wise, Va., Nov. 19.—Edith Max
well was convicted tonight of the
first degree murder of her father,
Trigg Maxwell, by a Cumberland
mountain jury which fixed her
punishment at 25 years in the
state penitentiary.
The jury was out only 30 min
utes.
Miss Maxwell, 21 - year - old
school teacher, looked incredu
lously at her brother, Earl, and
then burst into tears. Her sobs
could be heard all over the court
room.
MAKES SURVEY
TO CHECK TREATY
Washington, Nov. 19.—Amid
Republican denunciations of the
Canadian tariff-reduction treaty,
President Roosevelt tonight an
nounced a survey to check its ef
fect upon commerce with the do
minion.
At the same time, state depart
ment officials lauded the trade
pact as a step toward the elimina
tion of world trade deterrents,
without which, Secretary Hull
said, there can be no permanent
world economic recovery.
ITALIANS SLAY
2,000 FROM SKY
Asmara, Eritrea, Nov. 19.—A
fierce pitched battle between Ital
ian plots and Ethiopian land
forces was described today by
jubilant fascists, who estimated
the enemy dead at about 2,000.
Military experts said it was the
greatest air engagements since
the world war, the most important
battle of the current campaign,
and one of the strangest of mod
ern times.
PREDICTS FORTUNES
WILL VANISH
New York, Nov. 19.—Attacking
the administration's taxation pro
gram, J. P. Morgan, the financier,
predicted tonight upon his arrival
from Europe that ail private for
tunes would be wiped ou£ in the
United States within 30 years un
less taxes and governmental ex
penditures were cat.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21,1935
YADKIN YOUTH IS
SUICIDE SUNDAY;
GUN FOUND NEAR
John Vestal Found Dead
In Automobile At
10:30 A. M.
MOTIVE UNKNOWN
John Vestal, 28, was found shot
to death in his autmobile near the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Vestal, between Brook's
Cross Roads and Jonesville, Sunday
morning about 10:30 o'clock, with
every indication of having taken his
own life.
A single barrel shot gun was lying
beside the car with an empty shell
in it. He had evidently rested the
gun on an open door of the car and
managed to discharge it, the entire
load going into his heart, death re
sulting instantly. He had taken the
gun from his father's home a short
time previous.
Sheriff A. L. Inscore and Deputy
Sheriff R. M. Hanes went to the
scene of death upon being notified.
In the absence of the regular coro
ner W. E. Rutledge was appointed to
investigate the death, which investi
gation indicated he had killed him
self and an inquest was not deemed
necessary.
, iVestal, who was unmarried, is
survived by his parents and the
following brothers and sisters:
Messrs. Fem and Forest Vestal, of
Jonesville; Oscar Vestal and Mrs.
Mamie Adams, of Burlington; Mrs.
Floy Groce, Mrs. Ola Wagoner, Mrs.
Mary Armstrong and Misses Sudie,
Dorothy and Mozelle Vestal, of
Jonesville. »
The funeral was held Monday af
ternoon at 2:30 at Fall Creek Bap
tist church and interment was in
the church cemetery.
DAUGHTER PREACHES
MOTHER'S FUNERAL
Mrs. Frances Taylor
Passes Away At
Age of 78
Mrs. Prances Taylor, 78, died at
the home of her son, Willie Taylor,
near Smithtown Thursday night of
last week, after an illness of several
years duration. She had been blind
for eight years.
Mrs. Taylor is the widow of the
late Cas Taylor, and is survived by
the follownig children: Mrs. J. W.
Matthews, of East Bend; Oscar Tay
lor, of Siloam; Flora Ulrich, of
Florida; Willie Taylor, of Smith
town; Miss Hannah Taylor, of New
York City, and a number of grand
children.
Miss Hannah Taylor is a free
lance evangelist and mission worker
of New York, and preached her
mother's funeral Saturday. Rev.
Chas. H. Hutchens and Rev. Ellis
Norman assisted her in the funeral
services, which were held at Union
Grove church Saturday at 2 p. m.
Interment followed in the church
cemetery.
Miss Taylor, the evangelist, a na
tive of Yadkin county, has been do
ing mission work in New York city
for several years and she explains
that she works independently of any
concrete organization or federation,
but does her work where she finds
it is needed. She is a member of a
Yadkin county Friends church.
WELDING EQUIPMENT
INSTALLED BY SHOP
Newest Type On Mar
ket Assures Finest
Welding Results
The Brown Machine Co. here is
announcing today the installation of
new welding equipment of the most
modern kind in addition to their
foundry and machine shop.
Although the company has been
doing welding for many years, this
new equipment is considered among
the best on the market and enables
the company to do welding of every
possible kind, including both electric
and acetylene.
In the foundry department, offi
cials stated, three different grades
of moulding sand are u»ed, as well
as different grades of metal. The
type sand and metal best suited to
a particular job is always used, it
was stated.
Grabbed An Ear
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SEATTLE . . . Marian L. Petrie
(above), stenographer, heard cries
for help while swimming last sum
mer. She rushed to the rescue, re
membering "Y" life-saving advice
to "grab 'em by the hair," But the
distressed had no hair, so Marian
grabbed an ear . . . and has now re
ceived a Carnegie medal and SSOO.
HARDIN F. CARTER
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Esteemed State Road
Citizen Succumbs
To Pneumonia
Hardin Franklin Carter. 84. highly
esteemed citizen and retired fanner
of the State Road community passed
away at his home Friday afternoon.
He had been in declining health for
a number of years but pneumonia
was the immediate cause of his death.
For many years he had had been
a member of the Shoaly Branch
Baptist church and had served on
the board of deacons of the church,
as church clerk and in other official
capacities.
Funeral services were held Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock from Pleasant
Ridge Baptist church, in charge of
Rev. Grant Cothren, assisted by Rev.
James Murray, of Winston-Salem.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
He is survived by his wife, * Mrs.
Lodemia Jolly Carter, four sons,
Henry W. and Everett C. Carter, of
Roanoke, Va.; William W. and Wal
ter Carter, State Road; two daugh
ters. Mrs. Don Cockerham, State
Road and Mrs. Bryan Carter, of
near Elkin; forty grandchildren, six
ty-one great-grandchildren and one
brother, Henry H. Carter, Sr., of
State Road.
Elkin Midgets Lose
To N.-Wilkesboro 21-0
The Elkin high school Midgets
Tuesday afternoon were defeated by
a similar team at North Wilkesboro
21 to 0.
Their first game of the season,
Elkin's junior footballers were unable
to cope with the Wilkes aggregation,
although sticking in there and fight
ing to the end.
Outstanding for Elkin were Ed
Royall, end. Sam Gambill, tackle,
and Gaither Burch, quarterback.
Williams, right half, and Day full
back, starred for North Wilkesboro.
Elkin's varsity eleven will seek re
venge for the defeat of their junior
team at North Wilkesboro Friday
afternoon at 3:30, where they play
North Wilkesboro high.
Old Maids' Convention
To Be Staged Nov. 26th
The original "Old Maids' Conven
tion" will be presented in the Jones
ville school auditorium Tuesday
evening. November 26, at 8 o'clock.
The cast includes forty characters
of maids from six to sixty-five. The
costumes are of the gay nineties,
and Dr. Makeover, played by O. E.
Boles, transforms the maids of long
ago into modern young women.
An evening of rare entertainment
is promised. The play is sponsored
by the Parent-Teacher association
of the Jonesville school and the pro
ceeds of the evening will go tothe
work of the association.
Eugene Fulp Injured
In Automobile Wreck
Eugene Fulp, of Elkin, sustained
minor injuries, and Ed Church and
a companion whose name was not
learned, were shaken up in an au-!
tomobile collision a short distance
from Old Town school, on the Elkin-
Winston-Salem highway late Mon
day.
The accident occurred when the
car Pulp was driving west collided
with a car driven by Ira Miller, col
ored, of Winston-Salem, Route 1.
Both cars were badly damaged.
Laugh this off: Big business would
like to reform itself!
Elkin Merchants Will
Stage Their Christmas
Openings December 6
Saturday To Be
Observed As
Bundle Day Here
Bundle Day, proceeds of which
will be distributed among Elkin's
less fortunate families Christmas
Day, will be observed here Satur
day, November 23, it was. an
nounced Tuesday by Miss Edith
Neaves, who is in charge this
year.
Everyone is urged to contribute
to this worthy cause and to have
their bundles on their front porch
by 11 o'clock Saturday morning.
Local Boy Scouts will collect
them.
Anyone wishing to do so may
bring their bundle to Miss Neaves
at the town tax office.
TO MAKE CHANGE IN
SURRY BUS DRIVERS
Children's Lives To Be
Entrusted To School
Boys Again
John Comer, county superintend
ent of schools, stated Wednesday
that no school bus drivers are to
get over $8.50 each per month inas
much as the state school authorities
have stated emphatically that this
amount is the limit to be paid to
them by the state. This will neces
sitate a change in bus drivers to the
extent that school boys will be hired
to take the place of the 20 men that
have been previously employed on
this job. The change will be made
this week.
Mr. Comer further stated that
three years ago the cost of operat
ing the school buses of the county
amounted to $4,300 per month. The
cost per month this year will aver
age approximately $1,700 per month,
with the cost for last month amount
ing to only $1,600. Mr. Comer also
stated that the change in bus driv
ers would increase the cost of oper
ation, as the boys would not take
the pains to operate at a low cost
like the men have been doing here
tofore.
Schlitz To Spend
Million On Plant
The Joseph Schlitz Brewing Co.,
of Milwaukee, Wis., has announced
that between now and the end of
next year it would spend well over
$1,000,000 in plant renovation, addi
tions and new equipment.
Storage capacity will be brought
back to the all-time peak levels es
tablished in 1914. The material in
crease in yearly output will benefit
growers of barley and other ingredi
ents going into the manufacture of
baer, will provide jobs in construc
tion and plant renovation and will
eventually increase employment at
the plant proper.
Currently, Schlitz employes about
1,200, the present season being con
sidered a slack production period.
CHINESE ORDER
CONSCRIPTION
Leaders of the Chinese republic
ordered military conscription
anions the nation's four hundred
and fifty millions Tuesday be
cause of a widely-threatened
move for the independence of
North China.
But no official statement as to
the position of the Nanking gov
ernment toward the Japanese
sponsored autonomy program for
five northern provinces was forth
coming. Washington and London
closely watched developments.
Square Dance
There will be a square dance in
the Kiwanis room of Hotel Elkin
Thursday night, November 21, at 8
o'clock. No admission will be
charged. All square dancers are
urged to attend for an evening of
fun and recreation.
Despite the talk that is bandied
around the country by those who
know better there are very few news
paper men who can be bought or
bribed.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SANTA CLAUS WILL
ARRIVE ON TRAIN
TO SPEND THE DAY
Tribune To Issue Christ
mas Issue Thursday,
December sth
IS TO BE BIG DAY
The Spirit of Christmas, already
hovering in the offing, is scheduled
to invade Elkm stores with a bang
Saturday, December 7, when all Elk
in merchants will stage their Christ
mas opening.
An interesting feature for the kid
dies will be the arrival of none other
than old Santa, himself, on the lo
cal train that day. Santa Claus will
spend the entire day in town and
will visit many of the local stores.
Cooperating in the Christmas
opening. The Tribune will come from
the press Thursday, December 5,
laden with Christmas messages from
Elkin's popular and enterprising
stores. In addition to the real Christ
mas shopping news to be found in
the form of advertisements on the
part of the stores, The Tribune will
also carry in its news columns real
news of interest about Elkin stores,
their Christmas stocks and what's
new for gifts this year. And provid
ing Old Santa gets it to The Tribune
in time, a special picture of him, as
he will look when he gets off the
train, will be carried on the front
page.
Everyone in Elkin and in this en
tire section is urged to be on hand
Saturday as it's going to be a big
day for all. Shoppers are urged to
get busy early—and to do their buy
ing in Elkin where modern stores of
every kind are prepared to serve ev
ery want and need at prices that
cannot be bettered elsewhere.
Beginning Monday night, Decem
ber 16, the local stores will stay open
at night in order to give those who
are unable to shop in the daytime
an opportunity to do their Christ
mas buying.
Plans are now under way for an
other Community Christmas tree, a
definite location not having as yet
been selected.
TO STAGE BOXING
SHOW HERE NOV. 23
Wildcat Patton to Fight
Hardrock Munday
In Main Event
Forty rounds of boxing will b§
dished up for Elkin fight customers
here at McNeer's warehouse Satur
day night, November 23, at 7:30
o'clock, in a bout that features as
headliners Wildcat Patton, of Pilot
Mountain, and Hardrock Munday.
The card beginning with a two
round bout and ending with the 10-
round main affair, follows:
Buddy Swaim, Jonesville, vs. Bill
Sparks, 2 rounds; Raymond Vestal,
Elkin, vs. Arliss Alderman, Mount
Airy, 6 rounds; Clyde Overby, Pilot
Mountain, vs. Frankie Baughn,
Mount Airy, 6 rounds; Tom Hjarp,
Elkin, vs. Flake Brown, Elkin, 8
rounds; Sid Patton, Pilot Mountain,
vs. Abb Key, Rockford, 8 rounds;
Wildcat Patton, Pilot Mountain, vs.
Hardrock Munday, Mount Airy', 10
rounds.
Harvey Stockton will act as
referee.
Hold Funeral For
John Martin Gwyn
Funeral services for John Martin
Gwyn, 42, who passed away at his
home in the northwestern part of
the county Wednesday, were held
Thursday afternoon from Antioch
church with Rev. J. H. Hall and
Rev, Prank Swanson in charge.
The deceased was a son of the
late William Gwyn and Mrs. Almeda
Johnson Gwyn, and a veteran of the
World War. He had been hi ill
health since he returned from, army
service seventeen years ago, ff
He is survived by hs wife, Mrs.
Emma Beemer Gwyn. two sons. John
and Thomas Gwyn, and ids mother,