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Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV, No. 11
FUNERAL FOR KING
GEORGE IS PLANNED
FOR NEXT TUESDAY
King Edward Breaks
Tradition By Flying
to London
PLEDGED LOYALTY
London, Jan. 21.—Edward VUI,
Oreat Britain's sew bachelor king,
broke tradition today by flying to
London to take the oath of acces
sion and receive a pledge of loyalty
from his parliament in historic cere
monies.
His new title was used for the first
time before parliament.
While the world mourned him, the
body of King George V, beloved 70-
year-old ruler who died at 11:55 p.
m., last night, lay tonight before a
silver altar in the parish church at
Sandringham, which stands on a
windswept ridge.
The body will be taken to London
Thursday to lie in state in Westmin
ster hall until next Tuesday, when
it will be removed to Windsor castle
for the funeral in St. George's
chapel. Burial, will be at Windsor.
Edward's dramatic flight from
Sandringham to London to begin his
reign at one stroke indicated that
as king he would rule in his own
particular manner, one which
marked his colorful career as Prince
of Wales. He became today the first
British sovereign to fly.
WORK ON BUSINESS
CENSUS UNDERWAY
Thirty - Five Enumera
tors at Work In This
District
Sam I. Craft, who has been named
local Supervisor of the Census of
Business, today announced that enu
meration work will start in the sth
district on January 20th. He said
35 enumerators will be named within
the next few days to make the can
vass in this district, which Includes
seven counties. ■
All Census employees are bound by
a strict Census oath not to reveal
any information contained on busi
ness reports and the law makes any
violation a criminal, offense.
Mr. Craft stated that every retail
and wholesale business, all hotels,
places of amusement, business ser
vice companies, insurance agencies,
real estate offioes, and trucking and
bus companies; all banks, office
building managers and contractors
will be canvassed for reports on their
operations during the calendar year
1935. The results are to be tabu
lated in Philadelphia, headquarters
of the Business Census, and become
the basic statistics which businesses
use in planning their operating poli
cies.
ELKIN PROGRAM
HEARD OVER WBT
W. M. Allen, Local At
torney, Speaker of
Occasion
An excellent radio program, dedi
cated to Elkin and this section, was
heard over radio station WBT,
Charlotte, Tuesday night from 8:00
to B*Bo o'clock.
The? program, one of a series be
ing sponsored by the Pure Oil Com
pany .of the Carolinas, featured a
short .address by Wm. M. Allen, lo
cal attorney, who gave a brief sketch
of the history of the town and
pointed out its achievements and ad
vantages.
The program, in addition to Mr.
Allen's talk, also featured a number
of musical selections.
J. Poindexter, Mayor of Elkin,
and C.l P. Lineberry, Pure Oil dis
tributed here, were guests in the
studio during the broadcast.
Grief Grocery Co.
\ } Has New Manager
A
J! R. Covington, formerly of Wins
ton Asalem, is now making his home
in Slkin, where he is employed as
manWger of Grier Grocery.
Mr. Covington, who is unmarried,
has 7 had mahy years experience in
th« grocery business. He took over
new duties Monday morning.
has 1200 natural lakes.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Mi&s Paris Smiles
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PARIS . . . Mile. Madeline
Balestre (above), flashes the smile
which won for her the title of "Miss
Paris of 1936" in a national beauty
contest, just featured here.
WOMAN INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Driver of One Car Jailed
After Three-Car
Smash-Up
As the result of an accident which
occurred about a mile and a half
north of Sparta last Saturday morn
ing about 2:30 o'clock, Mrs. Jessie
Harris, of Sparta, is in the Hugh
Chatham hospital here; Red John
son is under S4GO bond, and several
other occupants of the three cars
involved are nursing minor bruiseg
and lacerations.
According to information received
here, Johnson, said to have been ac
companied by Mrs. Harris, and al
leged to have been drunkj was to
blame for the accident, fwcing a
car occupied by Mrs. J. T. Inskeep,
of Roaring Gap, her son, J. T., Jr.,
and a young lady whom they were
escorting home from a dance, off
the highway. A third car, said to
have been occupied by J. P. Bryant,
of Sparta, crashed into the wreck
age.
Mrs. Harris, an examination at the
local hospital disclosed, suffered a
fractured collarbone, bruises and
lacerations.
ROUND TABLE TALK
FEATURES MEETING
Kiwanians Discuss Ma
jor Objectives For
Ensuing Year
A round table discussion of ob
jectives for the ensuing year fea
tured the meeting of the Elkin Ki
wanis club at Hotel Elkin Friday
night.
E. W. McDaniel, program chair
man, appointed individual members
of the club who will have charge of
the program each week for the next
three months.
At the suggestion of W. G. Carter,
it was voted to have the publicity
committee arrange for the printing
of automobile stickers, warning
against reckless driving, which will
be distributed to motorists.
Among the major objectives of
the club are the completion of three
highways, the widening of the Elkin-
Sparta road from Roaring Gap to
Sparta; the surfacing of the Swan
Creek road, and the completion of
the Elkln-North Wilkesboro high
way. Agymnasium for Elkin was
also among the objectives discussed.
During the year the club plans to
meet more often wtih nearby com
munities. The meeting for Friday,
January 31, is scheduled to be held
at Brooks Cross Roads.
Wilkes Man Badly
Injured When Shot
North Wilkesboro, Jan. 23.—Arvel
Prultt, 29, of this city, is in Wilkes
hospital suffering from a gunshot
wound from a .32 calibre pistol said
to have been inflicted by Richard
Foster. Poster fled the scene and
up to Tuesday night had not Men
captured, although Sheriff Somers
and his deputies are making a wide
search for him.
Pruitt is said to have made several
visits to the store of Gordon Benton,
operated by Poster, near Gordon
Mills, this city, Sunday and upon
the last visit is alleged to have hit
Leonard Bowles over the head with
a beer bottle. Bowles, it is stated,
was merely a bystander. According
to reports, Foster shot Pruitt in the
back as he was leaving the store.
The bullet entered his back and
came out through the chest. He Is
expected to recover.
ELFIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1936
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
MAY YET
QUESTION JAFSIE
Trenton, N. J.» Jan. 21.—Govern
nor Harold G. Hoffman said to
night he still "may request" au
thorities to question Dr. John F.
(Jafsie) Condon, Lindbergh ran
som intermediary, when he re
turns from his voyage to Latin
America.
In a list of questions submitted
to the governor tonight was one
asking whether he intended to
question Dr. Condon about re
ported discrepancies in his testi
mony at the trial of Bruno Rich
ard Hauptmann and his "tell all"
articles in a weekly magazine.
The governor replied he felt Dr.
Condon should have been ques
tioned "long before this" and
said, "I may request hi& question
ing by authorities when he re
turns."
DISPUTE THREATENS
TO HOLD UP PLANS
Washington, Jan. 21.—The an
gry dispute over whether Presi
dent Wilson was a "falsifier,"
coupled with a division of opinion
as to the best method of keeping
America out of war, today threat
ened to upset administration plans
for immediate enactment of broad
scale neutrality legislation.
Fresh from a White House con
ference, at which he assured
President Roosevelt of enactment
of the administration bill, Chair
man Pittm&n of the senate for
eign relations committee, never
theless conceded the possible nec
essity of extending the present
neutrality act 60 to 90 days be
yond its February 29 date.
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED
WHILE HUNTING
Greensboro, lan. £l.—William
A. Law, 71, of Philadelphia, Pa
president of the Penn Mutual Life
Insurance company, died here in
Wesley Long hospital shortly af
ter 7 o'clock last night from ' a
gunshot wound inflicted when a
gun in the hands of S. Clay Wil
liams, of Wtartra-Salem, chair
man of the board of directors of
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco company,
was accidentally discharged while
the two were hunting together on
the Brushy 'Creek preserve in
ChaJtham omrnty.
The accident happened about
three o'clock yesterday afternoon.
HOPE TO
PREVENT VETO
Washington, Jan. 21.—An in
fluential group in Congress today
contemplated a joint appeal to
President Roosevelt to let the new
bonus bill become a law without
either signing or vetoing the
measure—as permitted by the
constitution.
Without reaching a decision,
they studied in the interim the
question of appropriating funds
for the huge outlay. An appar
ently growing disposition to at
tach an appropriation to a pend
ing (deficiency bill was tempered
by drabts that an accurate esti
mate of the amount needed could
be obtained in time.
SILOAH MAN DIES
OF GUNSHOT WOUND
Surry Officers Seeking
Caleb Wagoner
For Murder
Tom Marion, 32-year-old Siloam
man, died in a Mount Airy hospital
late last Thursday afternoon from
a gunshot wound Inflicted Sunday
afternoon,' January 5, near his home
at Siloam, allegedly at the hands of
Caleb Wagoner. Wagoner is being
sought by police on a charge of
ijiurder. '
Marlon was said to have been
shot in the back by Wagoner fol
lowing an argument. The slayer
escaped, and although he has been
widely sought, no trace of him has
been found. Authorities are of the
opinion that he has fled from this
part of the country. A reward will
probably be offered for his capture.
Rumors of a dugout under Wag
oner's home, and a hiding place in a
cave were investigated by Sheriff J.
D. Thompson and Chief Deputy
Harvey Boyd Thursday morning, but
no such hiding place was found.
The Camera's Three Year Story
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"Have the cares of the President's office, during the last three eventful
years, produced any marked changes in the appearance of President Roose
velt?" Above are two pictures, the one on the left taken shortly before his
inauguration, and the other made only last week as he nears his 54th
birthday, which will be honored here and throughout the nation with a
"Roosevelt Ball." Proceeds will go toward combatting infantile paralysis.
ALL IN READINESS
FOR BIRTHDAY BALL
Round Dancing, Square
Dancing and Bridge
to Feature Event
Tickets are on sale, major details
have been worked out and all is in
readiness for the Birthday Ball for
the President, which will take place
at Hotel Elkin next Thursday night,
January 30, beginning at 9:00
o'clock.
Two big floors will be available for
dancing, and two orchestras have
been engaged to provide music. The
main dining room will be converted
into a ballroom' for round dancing
while the Kiwanis room will be
turned over to the square dancers.
In addition to dancing, tables for
bridge will be available to those who
wish to play. A big floor show will
be a part of the evening's entertain
ment.
Joe Bivins, chairman of the ball,
said yesterday that every effort is
being made to make this year's ball
even bigger than the two preceding
ones, and again called attention to
the fact that 70 cents of each dollar
netted by the ball will remain locally
to be expended in behalf of infantile
paralysis victims of Hlkin and this
vicinity.
Admission has been set at SI.OO
per couple. ladies without escorts
will be admitted for £0 cents.
Kveryone who wishes to aid in a
great cause is urged to plan now to
attend.
CHATHAM QUINTET
TO FACE ASHEBORO
Reserves Wifl Take On
Mountain Park In
Double Bill
Two games, the first between
Mountain Park high school and the
Chatham Reserves, and the second
between the Blanketeers and Mc-
Creary Hosiery Mill, of Asheboro,
will be dished up here Saturday night
for the benefit of basketball fans.
The first game will get under way
at 7:30 and the second at 8:30
o'clock at McNeer's warehouse. j f
The Mountain Parte team has won
the majority of Its games this sea
son and will give the Blanketeer re
serves a bitter fight. The reserves
line-up Is expected to feature the fol
lowing players: Fred Hambrlght and
Tat Davis, forwards; Heber Mounce
center, and Corky Cornelius and De-
Los Jones, guards.
The Asheboro mill claims to have
the best baseball and the best bas
ketball teams in North Carolina,
and although the Blanketeers will be
at top speed, a tough battle Is fore
cast. The Blanketeer line-up fol
lows: Ab Crater and Hoyt Ham
bright, forwards; Don Campbell,
center, and Pete Mcßride and Ed
Maxwell, guards.
The Asheboro line-up was unavail
able, but the team consists of former
college stars from North Carolina
and Virginia schools.
Gold Beach, Ore., and Superior,
Mont., are perhaps the only unin
corporated county aeat towns in the
United States.
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Merchants to
Meet to Name
1936 Officers
There will be a. meeting of the
members of the Elkin Merchants
association Monday night, Janu
ary 27, at 7:30 o'clock n the Ki
wanis room of Hotel Elkin for the
purpose of electing officers for the
year 1936. Every member is urged
to be present as there will be a
discussion that will interest each
member.
REGIONAL PAMPHLET
IS JUST OFF PRESS
Describes Resettlement
and Rehabilitation
Activities
The first regional pamphlet des
cribing resettlement and rehabilita
tion activities has Just been issued
from the Division of Information of
the Resettlement Administration's j
regional office, Raleigh, North Car
olina. Henry S. Harrison, who is
Rehabilitation Supervisor for the
Resettlement Administration in Sur
ry and Yadkin counties, presented
this newspaper with a copy today.
In addition to giving the origin
background and purpose of the Re
settlement Administration, the book
let gives a rather thorough explana
tion of rehabilitation and resettle
ment Administration program in
North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky,
Virginia and West Virginia, the
states comprising Region IV. It al
so tells who is responsible for the
program, outlines the activities and
projects which have been started in
this region.
"More people will be reached im
mediately under the rehabilitation
phase than the resettlement phase,"
the booklet states.
Figures are given in the booklet
showing the breakdown by states of
Rehabilitation families being cared
for, the total quota for Region IV
being 51,000 families. While quotas
are 'not listed by counties, Henry S.
Harrison, resettlement supervisor,
stated that a quota of 200 rehabili
tation families has been assigned to
Surry county.
Under the rehabilitation program
loans and practical supervision are
extended for the purchase of seed,
fertilizer and equipment to enable
impoverished farm families to get
on their feet again. These are the
families who are in an emergency
situation and must be given a chance
to help themselves immediately. The
Booklet describes the method by
which these rehabilitation families
are assisted.
History of Surry
Now Off the Press
A History of Surry County, by J.
Q. Hollingsworth, of Mount Airy, re
cently off the press, is now on sale
throughout this county, Mrs. Lula
M. Weir, of Elkin, having been placed
in charge of sales here.
The new volume deals with the
history of the county from its very
beginning up until the present date,
and is of a very Interesting and edu
cational nature. Ten years were re- j
quired to complete the book.
Elkin—Gateway tc
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TEMPORARY PLAN IS
GIVEN APPROVAL BY
DEMOCRAT LEADERS
Early Action On AAA 1
Substitute Is Ex
pected
REVERSAL IS SEEN
Washington, Jan. 21.—Following
another White House conference this
afternoon Senator Robinson, speak
ing for his group, announced the vir
tual completion of a two-year, or
temporary farm program to replace
the invalidated AAA, and shortly
thereafter President Roosevelt, at
his regular press conference, con
firmed this information, but the
President, adhering to a policy
adopted some weeks ago, declined to
comment on, or elaborate in any way
a declaration by Secretary Wallace
that in ordering the immediate re
turn to processors of amounts im
pounded by the courts the Supreme
court had proceeded along legal lines
but had not been just to the govern
ment.
But while Mr. Roosevelt did not
join in what may be termed the af
frontal which his cabinet member
made on the court he did remark
that when the court refused the gov
ernment a rehearing in the process
ing tax case there had been an ap
parent reversal of an earlier leading
case in constitutional law.
The Wallace utterance left little
doubt that while, under the Supreme
court decree, there will be a refund
of the processing taxes under in
structions issued today by the de
partment of justice, the new dealers
will do their utmost to get the mon
ey back promptly by re-enacting the
processing taxes, or if there is a
change in the tax nomenclature, the
enactment of new excises and, by
the device of making the new levies
retroactive, take back from the pro
cessors the same amounts.
DR. HAYWOOD IS -
HIGHLY HONORED
Application for Fellow
ship In College of Sur
geons Approved
Dr. C. L. Haywood, Jr., chief sur
geon and medical director of Hugh
Chatham Memorial hospital here,
has been signally honored by his ap
proval for fellowship in the Ameri
can College of Surgeons.
Requirements for fellowship are
said to be very igid, and a very
small percentage of those applying
are approved.
During the past year, 1,602 appli
cations were presented to state and
provincial committees on credentials.
Of these 667, or 41.6 per cent were
recommended. Of the total recom
mended for fellowship before and
since January 1, 1935, only 569, or
30.6 per cent have been admitted to
fellowship. Of the total 5,542 appli
cants on file January 1, 1935, the
569 accepted candidates represent
only 10.3 per cent approved, or one
in every 10 applicants. ,
Southern to Establish
Free Pick-Up Service
Effective February 15, the South'
ern Railway system will establish
free pick-up and delivery service on
all freight in less than carload lots
within the city limits. Certain com
modities will be excepted.
When shippers make their own ar
rangements for delivery to freight
stations or when they take delivery
of inbound shipments an allowance
of five cents per hundred pounds
will be made.
Thrilling New
Serial Begins
In This Issue
"Promenade Deck," a new ser
ial by lahbel Roes, is beginning
in this issue of The Tribune.
The story conoerns a world
cruise throughout the seren seas,
an exciting setting in which hu
man action? and reactions assert
themselves and mortals uncon
sciously bare their souls.
Like "Grand Hotel/' this new
story is a study of people in dra
matic situations as they live to
gether, love and loathe, daring a
long and Intimate jeutaoy.)
Don't fall to read the first
chapter appeering today.