VOL. No. XXV,No. 8
FLAMES DESTROY
LARGE BUILDING
HERE DEC. 24TH
Old McNeer Hardware
Co. Structure Burns
to Ground
LOSS IS HEAVY
In full blast before discovered, fire
here Christmas Eve morning com
pletely destroyed the old McNeer
Hardware company building on the
corner of Main and Market streets
and for a while threatened to wipe
out the entire block before being
brought under control by local fire
men.
Originating in the Dixie Barber
Shop on Bridge street, the flames
swept southward, quickly converting
the eritire building into a raging
inferno, and then spread to the roof
of the Exchange Furniture company
building. The blaze also ignited the
roof of the Elkin Motors, Inc.,
building, and for a while it was
feared both that building and the
Lyric theatre building would fall
prey to the blaze.
Handicapped by frozen hydrants,
snow, ice and bitter cold, local fire
men battled desperately to bring the
fire under control. Lines of hose
from every hydrant within reach
were centered on the roaring mass
of flames, and local citizens, not in
cluded on the roster of regular fire
men, pitched in to aid in the fight.
When at last brought under con
trol the fire had completely de
stroyed the McNeer building, which
housed the Dixie Barber Shop, an
office occupied by Carl Chappell,
Dallas Martin and W. S. Reich, and
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MERCURY TUMBLES
TO 2 BELOW HERE
Snow and Low Temper
atures Give Elkin Real
Taste of Winter
King. Winter made his presence
felt here with a vengeance over the
holidays, sending two snows on con-
secutive week-ends and climaxing
his performance early Tuesday
morning by sending the temperature
tumbling down to two below zero.
The first snow fell the Sunday
before Christmas, covering the
ground to a depth of about one inch,
part of which was still in evidence
last Saturday night when the first
flakes of a six-inch snow began to
fall. Temperatures that had re
mained well below freezing for days
had prepared the ground and streets
for the snowfall.
; Tuesday morning's cold weather,
•aid to be the coldest here in many
years, brought varying reports,
ranging from two to seven below
rero. Two below, however, is thought
to be nearest correct.
Following the week-end snowfall,
highway forces got busy and cleared
Streets and highways. Due to the
difficulty of driving, few cars were
in use and no serious accidents were
reported locally.
OAK FURN. CO. BUYS
BUTRUE PROPERTY,
North Wilkesboro Con- \
cern To Operate Lo
cal Plant
The plant and- grounds of the
former Biltrlte Furniture company
here have been. purchased by the
Oak Furniture company, of North
W'lkesboro, it was learned Tuesday.
- Although an official of the com
pany declined to give any informa
tion as to plans for the local plant
at present, it is understood that it
will be used to make furniture which
will then be taken to North Wilkes
jboro for finishing.
1 The building and'grounds were
>wned Jointly by };he R. L. Hubbard
The Bank of Elkin and Ma
ion Lillard. Operation of the plant'
Is expected to start within the near
Schools Open Today
g The Elkin school, and all schools
Mn tiUs township are scheduled to
open today following the Christmas
ts and highways have been
practically cleared of snow so that
•Sfc&Mioi buses can get through. /P i
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
LINDBERGHS ARRIVE
IN ENGLAND
Liverpool, Eng., Dec. 31.—The
Charles A. Lindberghs arrived in
England today maintaining the
secrecy that had surrounded their
entire voyage, but a relative said
they were refugees from American
crime.
The flier, his wife and three
• year-old son, Jon, while Liverpool
celebrated the new year, spent the
evening in their suite at the
Adelphi hotel.
They refused to see anyone
from the moment they left the
American Importer under the cov
er of a group of detectives and
police.
HOPKINS REVIEWS
JOB GIVING TASK .
Washington, Dec. 31.—Looking
back on a busy 12 months, Har
ry L. Hopkins expressed gratifica
tion in a newt year's interview to
day over "the transfer of millions
of able-bodied Americans from
the dole to self-respect-restoring
jobs."
The 45-year-old relief expert
was emphatic in expressing "my
sincerest hope that this country
never will return to the dole on a
nation-wide basis."
AMERICA GIVES
1936 ROUSING WELCOME
America greeted 1936 Tuesday
night with a rip-roaring welcome
perhaps unequalled since the spon
tanea as celebration that heralded
the end of the world war.
From hamlet to city the lid was
off—either by official proclama
tion or ripped from Its moorings
by enthusiastic celebrants. Every
where they were calling it:
"The biggest night since the
armistice."
REPORT RE *CROSS *
UNIT WIPEL Vtt
Addis Abab?. wee. 31.—A re
port that a Red Cross unit of 32
persons was wiped out by a bom
bardment from Italian airplanes
was received here today.
Has Desta Demtu, son-in-law of
Emperor Haile Selassie and the
Ethiopian commander in the
south, said in a wireless message
that nine Swedes and 23 Ethio
pians were killed in the rain of
. bombs.
LICENSE TAG
BUSINESS RUSHING
Raleigh, Dec. 31.—A11-day jam
in the revenue department today
saw the 1936 licenses shoot way
ahead of the sales on the last day
of 1934, the gains being 18 per
cent in 15 days over the whole
month of December for 1934.
MRS. HENRY HODGE
PASSES SUDDENLY
Was Sister of Mrs. L.
F. Walker, of This
City
Mrs. Henry Hodge, 53, died sud
denly at her home near Dobson De
cember 23, from a heart ailment. The
deceased was a daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hicks, of State
Road. For the past thirty-reight
years she had been a member of the
New Hope Baptist church.
Funeral services were held from
New Hope church Christmas Day, in
charge of the pastor. Rev. Cleat
Simmons, assisted by Rev. Mr. Ma
rion. Interment was in the church
cemetery.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, five sons and one daugh
ter: Delmar, William, David and
Gurney Hodge, and Mrs. Hawkins
Moore, all of.near Dobson; two bro
thers, Lonnie F. Hicks, Winston-Sa
lem, and Arthur Hicks, of Oregon,
and one half-sister, Mrs. L. F. Walk
er, of this city.
Chatham Mfg. Co. Plays
Santa to Employees
Santa Claus, in form of the Chat
bam Manufacturing Co., did himself
proud Christmas by slipping $5.00
into the stockings of every employee
of the company.
Mason Lillard, official of the com
pany, staied Wednesday afternoon
that the five dollar gifts to em
ployees totalled between seven and
eight thousand dollars.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1936
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MRS. ED CHURCH
SUFFERS INJURY
May Lose Sight of One
Eye As Result of
Flying Glass
Mrs. Ed Church, of Elkin, Is In the
Baptist hospital, at Winston-Salem,
where she was to undergo an oper
ation some time Wednesday after
noon on one of her eyes which was
badly cut Tuesday night by a piece
of flying glass.
It was believed doubtful that the
sight of the eye could be restored
due to the serious nature of the
gash.
Mrs. Church was said to have re
ceived the injury about midnight
Tuesday during a New Year's dance
at the Rendezvous, operated by her
husband, and which is located on
the Elkin-Winston-Salem highway
about one mile from Elkin. It was
said that Fred Hambright, of Elkin,
alleged to have been drinking
heavily, had been put out of the
building and the door locked, and
that he, in attempting to reopen the
door, struck the glass with his fist,
breaking it and causing a fragment
to strike Mrs. Church, who was
standing near the door inside, in the
eye.
Immediately following the injury,
Mrs. Church was rushed to the local
hospital, and early Wednesday morn
ing was transferred to the Winston-
Salem hospital. It was hoped that
the gash had not damaged the pupil
of the eye, but whether or not the*
sight will be lost will not be known
until after the operation.
Whether or not legal action is con
templated against Hambright could
not be learned Wednesday afternoon.
SNOW PREVETTE, 48,
DIES MONDAY NIGHT
Ruptured Appendix Is
Responsible For Death
of Jonesville Man
Snow Prevette, 48, of Jonesville,
passed away in the local hospital
Monday night from peritonitis which
developed from a ruptured appendix.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Allie Wilmoth Prevette and the fol
lowing children: Mrs. Charlie Day,
Elkin; Mrs. J. E. Pardue, Mrs. Odell
Harp, Hillary, Farris and Graybeal
Prevette; Mrs. Victor Weatherman,
Mrs. Truman Jester, Misses Grace
and Pauline Prevette, all of Jones
ville; one brother, Luther Prevette,
also of Jonesville, and one sister,
Mrs. Maggie Osborne.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at 11 o'clock from
Jonesville, in charge of Rev. D. G.
Reece. Interment was in the Jones
ville cemetery.
To Hold Jackson Day
Dinner At Mt Airy
A Surry county Jackson Day cele
bration will be featured Wednesday,
January 8, at the Blue Ridge Hotel
with a Jackson Day dinner, spon
sored by the Surry county Young
Democratic club. \
A prominent speaker will address
j the Young Democrats club of the
county and several other short talks
will be made. One feature of the
dinner will be President Roosevelt's
speech, to be broadcast by radio.
Thomas B. Ashby, of Mount Airy,
president of the Surry Young Dem
ocrats dub, is acting as chairman
of the event, and he urges that ev
ery Young Democrat make plans to
attend. Tickets may be obtained lo
cally from George E. Royall at
Turner Drug Co. Mr. Royall is vice
oresident of the organlgftties. ?>*..
Carl Goerch To Be
Speaker At Kiwanis
Banquet Friday
Carl Goerch, editor of The
State, widely read weekly maga
zine published at Raleigh, will be
the speaker at the Kiwanis ban
quet to be held at Hotel Elkin
Frdiay night. This meeting will
feature installation of officers for
the present year. It will also be
observed as ladies' night.
Mr. Goerch stated Wednesday
morning by long distance tele
phone that he would be here.
L. G. Meed will succeed C. H.
Brewer as president, and W. B.
Lankford will step into the job
of vice-president. Others officials
of the club will also be sworn in.
MRS. BAN CARTER
PASSES SATURDAY
Pleasant Hill Woman Is
Victim of Heart
Ailment
Mrs. Sarah Couch Carter, '34,
passed away at her home in the
Pleasant Hill community Saturday
morning from a heart ailment. She
is survived by her husband, Dan
Carter, and three sons, Grady, Ever
ette and Davis Carter, and the fol
lowing brothers: Sam Couch, State
Road; Houston Couch, Benham;
George and Shack Couch, Elkin;
Milton Couch, Jonesville and Jessie
Couch, Marler.
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at 1.1 o'clock from
Pleasant Hill Baptist church, in
charge of Rev. Isom Vestal and Rev.
Richard Day, and interment was in
the church cemetery.
Record Porkers Are
Killed At Traphill
Honors for raising the champion |
porkers of Wilkes county for the
year 1935 are said to go to D. C.
Casstevens and. J. O. Brewer, of
Traphill, with the report that •
hog weighing 803 3-4 pounds had
been butchered for Mr. Casstevens,
and one weighing 740 pounds had
been killed for Mr. Brewer. These
weights are said to be records for
that section.
Bert Cothren, who butchered the
hogs, stated that the two men pur
chased their pigs, big type Berk
shires, about the same time and that
there had been much speculation
about which would dress the most
pork.
Masonic Officials
Installed Saturday
Officials of the local Masonic
Lodge were inducted into office Sat
urday night by Fred Biddix. J. A.
Carpenter acted as marshal!.
The following tooic office: M. C.
Whitener, worshipful master; J. H.
Markham, senior warden; A. L.
Griffeth, junior warden; E. F. Har
ris, treasurer; J. R. Windsor, senior
deacon, and R. G. Franklin, junior
deacon.
A. O. Bryan, secretary, was not
installed due to his absence.
High School Set Enjoys Square
Dance Monday Night
About fifteen couples of the high
school set, chaperoned by Mr. and
Mrs. C. S. Foster, enjoyed a square
cfance at Hotel Elkin Monday night
ffom nine until twelve. Music was
furnished by a local string band.
Condors cannot fly until they arc
six months old. Some birds v.' fly
when they are out of the egg but
little more than a Tvcct. j
CHATHAM PURCHASES
WINSTON PROPERTY
Expect to Eventually
Use Plant to Make
Chatham Homespun
The Chatham Manufacturing
company, which purchased the In
verness Mills plant in Winston-Salem
at auction recently, sale of which
was confirmed the latter part of last
week, win use the building as a stor
age for the present, but the pur
chase was made with the possibility
in mind of eventually making it the
plant for production of Chatham
Homespun, nationally advertised fab
ric for men's clothing it was stated
by officials of the company Satur
day.
Chatham officials said that the
manufacture of Chatham Homespun
had grown tremendously since its
modest beginning a few years ago in
the Elkin plant, and although it
does not run to anywhere near the
volume of the blanket manufactures,
it has become an item of consider
able importance and naturally pro
vision must be made for its contin
ued expansion.
MRS. SUSAN HANKS
PASSES TUESDAY
Funeral Rites Held
Wednesday At Pleas
ant Hill Church
Mrs. Susan Bauguss Hanks. 78,
died Tuesday morning at 3 o'clock
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
Charlie Reavis, west of Skin, fol
lowing a lingering illness of many
months.
She is survived by. tlje .following
sons and daughters, Mrs. Reavis,
with whom she made her home.
Mrs. Fannie Blackburn, Elkin; Clif
ton Hanks, Benham, Emory Hanks,
Draper, and Reuben Hanks, Boon-
ville; eleven grandchildren and one
brother, Melvin Bauguss, of Okla
homa City, Okla., also survive.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning at It o'clock from
Pleasant Hill Baptist church and in
terment was in the church cemetery.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
Richard Day.
MRS. ROBT. L SNOW
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Passes Away Following
Operation; Funeral
Held Sunday
Mrs. Flossie Smith Snow, 41,
passed away Friday from an illness
and an operation. The deceased was
a resident, of Zephyr and the wife of
Robert E. Snow. She was the daugh
ter of Mrs. D. C. Smith and the late
Mr. Smith, of Rusk. Early in life
she joined the pleasant Ridge Meth
odist church, where she still held her
membership.
She is survived by her husband,
two children, Robert Alton and Ma
mie Doris, her mother, Mrs. D. C.
Smith and the following brothers
and sisters: waighstill Smith, Ster
ling, Va., Mrs. Carrie Wilmoth, Ches
ter, Va., W. C. Smith, Mrs. H. C.
Lawrence, Mrs. Steve Jarvis, Mrs.
Delbert Wilmoth. all of Dobsou;
Miss Nancy Smith. JR. R, E. C. and
M. D. Smith, all of Rusk; Hugh
Smith and Mrs. Susie Lawrence of
High Puint and Mrs. B. A. Jarvis
of Mount Airy.
Funeral services and . intetment
wer? from Peasant Ridge church
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RITES to ,D FRIDAY
His jaw broken In two place. a
leg broken, and suffering from
bruises and lacerations, Edwin Mor
rison, 21, of Elki% is in Hugh Chat
lmm hospital seriously injured, while
M&hrin Carter, 19, and his sister, Mrs.
between the Morrison "wr**.
cars on the Elkin-Boonville
airistmas day afternoon.
\The Carter young man and his
sifter were the children of Mrs. Per-;
cyVCarter and the late Webb Carter,
of Boonvllle.,
Mrp. Thomas was married April 26, :
1929Ut0 Troy Thomas, of Buunvnte,
but fifed been separated from her
husband for some time.
The occurred about five
miles east of Elkin, and the Coiwii- . •
tion of |oth machines indicated that'
they must have been traveling at a
fast rateiof speed when the crash
took pladK
Brought; to the local hospital, ex-
disclosed that young
Carter sustained a fractured, skull,
as well :vs *her serious injuries, and
that his sistar received internal In
juries. The ryoung man died about
7 o'clock of the morning following,
the at~i&ent, v «while his sister died
about midnigrat December 25.
It was at firfy thought that Morri
son's injuries wpuld prove fatal, but
his condition is now considered much, J
improved. Surviving the dead boy v
and girl are fiv4 brothers, Miles,
John, Claude, Herbert and a younger
whose name was not learned. 1
Funeral services «for the two were
held Friday at Sugartown, Yadkin
county.
W. S. JAMISON DIES
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Interment To fee In i
Charlottesville, Va. j
Today
Willard S. Jamison, ;39, died In
the local hospital late Tuesday af
ternoon following a brief illness from
an intestinal disorder. The deceased
was a native of Charlottesville, va.,
but had resided here tor the past
three years where he Jiad been as
sociated with the South East Public
Service company. Dufing his resi
dence here he had 'made many
friends. He was a member of the
Methodist church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. *
Lola Brooks Jamison; two sons, Wil
lard, Jr., and Pulton; ;his father, J.
S. Jamison; one brother, Emmett C.
Jamison, and two sisters, Mrs. Ber
tha Oooch, of Charlottesville, and
Mrs. B. M. Wooten of Richmond, tig
A brief funeral service was held
Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at
the home on Gwyn * Avenue, in
| charge of Rev. Win. Af Jenkins, pas
| tor of the Methodist »hurch. Im
j mediately after the service the re
mains were conveyed'to Charlottes
l ville, where the funeral proper will
! be held this afternoon at 3:30 from
the Charlottesville Methodist church,
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108 BASKETS ARE
DISTRIBUTED HERE
Families In Glkm and
Jonesville Yisited ;1
Christinas
Christmas baskets were delivered
to 108 homes in Elkin and Jonesville
Christmas Eve, by the local Asso
ciated Charities. Approximately 750
people were recipients of gifts erf
the association, there being that,num
ber in the 108 homas visited.
The following cash contributions
were donated to the fund: Kiwanis
Club $101.40; Plrst!- Baptist church
$31.02; First Methodist church $24, ~
69; Mrs. T. A. Ledper $5.00; J. F.
$113.11.
The following local firms contri
buted food, toys an£ clothing
ers and Co.; McDafciel's Department
Store, Sydnor-Spainhour, IV