THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUP (SKSSf"4») AS THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD
Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV, No. 12
Surry Veterans Will
Receive $437,874.00
As Result of Bonus
APPLICATION FORMS
EXPECTED HERE IN
IMMEDIATE FUTURE
Will Be Available At
Turner Drug Co.,
Royall States
GIVE INFORMATION
Application blanks to be filled out
by veterans of the World War in or
der to receive their share of the sol
diers' bonus are expected here
in the immediate future, it was
learned Wednesday from George E.
Royall, commander of the local Le
gion post.
Once the applications are received
they will be available at Turner
Drug company, Mr. Royall said.
Passage of the bonus bill over
President Roosevelt's veto came
Monday when the senate voted to
transform the bill into law. As a
result, veterans of North Carolina
will receive a total of $34,622,000 in
baby bonds of SSO each which will
be redeemable on or after June 1,
1936. Any odd amounts will be cov
ered by government check.
Veterans of Surry county will re
ceive $437,874 as a result of the
bonus. Neighboring counties will re
ceive the following amounts: Wilkes,
$389,360; Yadkin, $198,398; Alle
ghany, $79,160.
The steps necessary for a World
War veteran to exchange his bonus
certificate for cashable bonds, plus
advice by the White House and vet
erans organizations, follow:
Blanks to be used in applying for
bonds will be mailed by the veterans'
organization to all its field officers
and local offices of the veterans' or
ganizations, probably tomorrow.
If a veteran has not borrowed on
his certificate and has it in his pos
session, he should send it with his
application ts the nearest regional
office of the veterans' administra
tion or to the central office in Wash
ington.
If a loan is outstanding against
the certificate the application should
be sent to the veterans' administra-
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FARMERS TO MEET'
AT DOBSON TODAY
Representatives From 3
Counties To Discuss
Soil Conservation
Many farmers from Surry, Stokes
and Yadkin comities are to hold
a joint meeting today at the court
house V; Dobson to discuss soil con
servation and the coming farm pro
gram.
The meeting is to be a session of
the Soil Conservation association of
i the different counties.
The meeting is scheduled to start
at 10 a. m. and last until noon. In
the afternoon a tour of inspection to
farms in the county which have
been terraced and otherwise im
proved, will take place.
Tobacco growers will probably re
jj oeive within the next
few weciis regarding the size of next
year's leaf crop, J. w. .Crawford,
county farm agent, who arranged
» today's meeting, stated.
BRANDS SMITH
AS"TURNCOAT"
Washington, Jan. 28.—The pew
deal officially portrayed Alfred
/ E. Smith tonight as a turncoat,
'.'warring against his own people
and against the men and women
with whom he fought shoulder to
shoulder in the past,"
The spokesman, in #eply to the
Saturday speech impugning the
Americanism and integrity of
XUwsevelt policies, was Smith's
running-mate in the 1928 cam
paign for the presidency—Senator
Joseph T. Robinson of Arkansas,
v He said "the hour long haran
gue before the fniscalled Liberty
league was barren and sterile,
without ft single constructive sug
t reettwft."
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Both Celebrating
I
American proxy for celebration of
the Birthday Ball for the President,
January 30, in Manila, Philippines,
Florita Flores, 3, poses with Miss
Elsie Ford, Howard Chandler Chris
ty's famous model for Birthday Ball
posters. The Fillipino miss will typi
fy here at a party her contempo
raries at the Manila Ball which will
be in addition to the 5,000 parties
that wlil be held from coast-to
coast in the U. S. to raise funds to
fight infantile paralysis.
The local ball will be staged here
tonight at Hotel Elkin, beginning at
9 o'clock.
ALL IN READINESS
FOR BALL TONIGHT
Plans Complete For
Event Honoring- Birth
day of President
Two good orchestras, two good
floors, a big floor show, and a good
time for all is on tap and waiting
for those who attend the Birthday
Ball for the President at Hotel Elkin
tonight.
The ball will get under way at 9
o'clock and all details and arrange
ments have beeen worked out and
completed for the event. The main
dining room will be cleared and
ready for round dancers while the
Kiwanis room will be utilized by the
square dancers.
Proceeds of the ball will go to aid
in the fight against infantile para
lysis. Seventy cents of each dollar
will remain here for local use and
the remaining 30 cents will go to a
research fund at Washington.
Joe Bivins, chairman of the ball,
has urged that jeveryone who possibly
can, attend tonight. No stone has
been left unturned to provide a real
ly enjoyable event.
For 'the benefit of those wishing to
play bridge during the evening,
bridge tables have been provided.
Admission to the ball is SI.OO per
couple. Ladies without escort will be
charged 50 cents admission.
Pilgrim Mission
In New Quarters
The Pilgrim Mission that has been
located on West Main street for the
past two years has been moved to
top floor of Elkin National Bank
building. The first service will be
held in the new quarters Sunday at
11:00 o'clock, also 2:30 in the after
noon. The public is cordially invited
to attend these services.
Rev. W. P. Page, of Greensboro,
pastor of the church, moved to this
city last Friday and is living in the
home of Mrs. C. W. Rodgers on
Bridge street.
Lumber Co. Wants
Million Feet of Pine
The Elkin Lumber & Manufactur
ing Co., of this city, is in the market
for one million feet of old field pine,
it was learned Wednesday from Fred
Biddix, manager, who stated that, his
company Could use that amount of
pine every 90 days.
Everyone having such timber for
sale should see Mr. Biddix imme
diately for complete details,
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1936
THREE ARE HELD AS
OFFICERS CONTINUE
TO PROBE ROBBERY
Rufus Wagoner, Jones
ville, and Two Wo
men Arrested
SEEK TWO OTHERS
Rufus Wagoner, of jonesville;
Mrs. Sallie Vestal Holbroolc Murphy
and Mozelle Owens, of Doughton,
have been arrested In connection
with the alleged robbery of Spurgeon
Johnson near Doughton Saturday
night.
Wagoner has been released under
bond said to be SI,OOO. The two
women are in jail at Wilkesboro.
According to the story told by
Johnson, he attempted to hire a cab
Saturday night to take him to
Brook's Cross Roads. Finding all
cabs out on trips, two men, he said,
offered to take him to Brook's. How
ever, upon entering the car, he was
carried at pistol point to a house at
Doughton and robbed of $236.
Following robbery, in which
he said he received a broken arm
when hit by a woman at the house,
he was taken out into the woods and
tied to a tree. However, by pleading
with his captors, he was released and
walked back to Elkin.
Mrs. Murphy lives in the house in
which Johnson said he was robbed,
but she said she was not at home.
Miss Owens lives with her and she
is said to have admitted that two
men from Elkin spent the night at
the house but that no one was rob
bed there and that she did not see
Johnson.
Officers in both Wilkes and Sur
ry counties are seeking two other
men thought to be implicated.
AGED EX-SLAVE IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
"Aunt Hyley" Dalton
Passes Away Monday
In Yadkin County
Hyley Dalton, ex-slave and known
to residents of Elkin and Jonesville
as "Aunt Hyley," died at the Yad
kin county home Monday morning.
The exact age of "Aunt Hyley" is
not known, but it is supposed to be
around or above the century mark.
The only record of her life prior to
the Civil War is a bill of sale made
to Col. Leland Martin who bought
her for $1,500 at a public sale at Old
Wilkesboro, about four miles below
the present town of Wilkesboro. The
bill of sale is now in the possession
of a descendant of Col. Martin.
Throughout her life she main
tained an interest in affairs and she
and her late husband, Wallace Dal
ton, acquired a home and a small
farm which she still owned, but due
to her infirmities, the county cared
for her. She was an interesting con
versationalist and could relate stories
about the days before and during
the Civil War that were highly en
tertaining. These were spiced with
her ready wit and humor.
KIWANIANS HEAR
AMATEUR PROGRAM
Impersonation of Major
Bowes' Program
Staged
An Imitation of Major Bowes'
Amateur Hour was staged Friday
night as a feature of the Kiwants
club meeting at Hotel Elkin. Char
lie Armfield, Jr., acted as Major
Bowes.
The program was well presented
and was highly enjoyed by everyone
present, featuring the following acts:
tap solo, Sara Lee Qriffeth; solo,
Rosamond Neaves; duet, Ruth Buel
in and Edna Billings; reading, Cyn
thia Allen; solo, Helen Hayes; solo,
Lena Sale; tap chorus, Jo and Jerry
Barker, Peggy Royall and Constance
Greenwood; solo, Charles Colhard;
stump speech, C3ene Hall.
Miss Dorothy £olhard accompa
nied at the piano.
Two new members were welcomed
by the club. They were Abe Harris
and J. Coke Marion.
Dr. president of A. S.
T. C., of Boone, will be guest speaker
at next Friday night's meeting of
the club. . The following Friday,
February 7, the elub will meet at
Brook'B Cross Roads, and not on
next Friday night as was first an
nounced.
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Joyed when she learned that her husband Bruno had received a 30-day
reprieve from death, for the slaying of the Lindbergh baby, that she
agreed to pose for this picture with her son, Manfredj
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
KING GEORGE
IS BURIED
Windsor, Eng., Jan. 28. —George
V. was buried beside the bodies
of his father and mother today in
the vaults under the chapel of his
1,000-year-old castle. He was laid
to rest after a simple service—in
contrast to the pageantry of a
great funeral procession which
brought his body here from West
minster Hall, London.
The mighty of Europe walked
behind his coffin, borne through
massed hundreds of thousands.
The great empire was stilled in
final tribute. Two minutes of si
lence was observed and millions
followed the broadcasts of the
services.
TWO KILLED
IN PLANE CRASH
Washington, Jan. 28. Two
army aviators stationed at Fort
Bragg, N. C., were killed here to
day when their plane crashed in
an attempted landing at Boiling
field.
The dead:
Lieutenant Dudley E. Whitten
of Wharton, Texas.
Second Lieutenant William K.
Payne, of the air corps reserve,
of Atlanta, Ga.
Payne, piloting the two-seater
Curtis observation plane on a
flight from the North Carolina
post, had jmt leveled off for a
landing when the craft was
dashed to the ground by an unex
plained cause.
GOVERNOR ALLEN
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
Baton Rouge, La., Jan. 28. —
Governor Oscar Kelly Allen, who
rose to power with Huey P. Long
and Inherited the political lead
ership left by the late senator,
died today of a cerebral hemor
rhage.
Apparently in excellent health
and spirits, the 55-year-old gover
nor and senator-nominate to All
the unexpired term of Long, was
stricken suddenly as he prepared
to leave his executive mansion for
his offices in Louisiana's sky
scraper state house.
He died within an hour, sur
rounded by his wife and two ot
his children.
THRILL SLAYER
SLASHED TO DEATH
Joliet, 111., Jan. 28.—Slashed i',2
tlmea by a razor in the hands of
an enraged fellow convict, ttlcb
ard Loeb, 30, co-perpetrator.of,the
."thrill slaying" of Bobby Franks
in 1924, was killed today in State
ville penitentiary.
James Day, 28, serving a term
for larceny, confessed the killintr
of Loeb, state's attorney Will Bfe-
Cab* of Will county said, and
blamed it to Loeb's persistence In
pursuing him over a long period
with improper advances.
Sullen at first, Day refused to
discuss the case except to tell
Wardkn Joseph Bagen tt was
Just a fight."
COOPERAGE PLANT
HERE POSSIBILITY
Seek Estimate Amount
of White Oak
Available
Providing timber in sufficient
quantities may be obtained through
out this section, the C. W. Brewer
Cooperage Co., of Savannah, Ga., is
contemplating placing a cooperage
plant here, it has been learned.
Manufacturers of barrel staves,
those interested in the venture are
white oak timber. Provid
ing they were to install a plant here,
they would buy tracts of timber and
at the same time offer farmers and
others who have a white oak timber
upon their farms, a market.
The company is interested in Elkin
due to the fact that there is much
fine hardwood timber in this section,
with good roads to make it readily
available.
However, before making a decision
as to the advisability of placing a
plant here, the company is seeking
to learn how much timber is avail
able. For that reason, C. W. Brewer,
of the C. W. Brewer Cooperage com
pany, is expected here within the
next two weeks to make a survey.
Prior to that time those having such
timber should see L. Q. Meed at the
Carolina Ice & Fuel company here.
It was pointed out that the in
stallation of such a plant here would
be of considerable cash value to tim
ber owners of this section.
SURRY OUTLAW IS
ARRESTED TUESDAY
Caleb Wagoner Must
Stand Trial For Mur-
der and Shooting
Wanted for the murder of Tom
Marlon, near Shoals, three weeks
ago, and for the alleged shooting of
Carl Taylor while the latter was out
rabbit hunting, Caleb Wagoner, 50-
year-old Slloam outlaw was arrested
Tuesday after a picked squad of of -
ficers had surrounded his home on
the Ararat river, several miles west
of Pilot Mountain.
Wagoner gave himself up to Chief
Deputy Harvey Boyd, who walked
into the dwelling armed with an
automatic shotgun. Wagoner sur
rendered without attempting to es
cape. His son had previously been
sent in to him to tell him the offi
cers would not shoot and would do
their best to protect him from vio
lence if he would give himself up.
The capture of the outtyp ended
one of the most strenuous manhunts
ever held in Surry county. Wagoner,
following his escape after shooting
Marion, is said to have shot Carl
Taylor from ambush, evidently in
the belief that Taylor was hunting
for him. He was declared an out
law Monday afternoon.
The captive was taken to Dobson
where he was lodged in Jail.
Politeness was costly for Milford
Schmidt, of Marion, O. He broke
his arm at the elbow as lifted
hi* wife's chair back from the din
ner talkie.
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Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PIONEER CITIZEN
OF ELKIN PASSES
AWAY HERE FRIDAY
John Franklin Cooke,
80, Dies After Long
Illness
LAST RITES SUNDAY
Funeral rites for John Franklin
Cooke, 80, pioneer citizen of Elkin,
were held Sunday afternoon from
the First Baptist church in charge
of Rev. J. L. Powers, assisted by Bev.
L. B. Murray, of Winston-Salem,
and Prof. Z. H. Dixon, of this city.
Mr. Cooke passed away at the fam
ily home on Gwyn Avenue Friday
morning at one o'clock from a
lengthy illness. He had been in de
clining health for a number of yearg
and for the past ten years had been
blind. Pneumonia, which developed
early last week, hastened his death.
The deceased was a native of Win
ston-Salem and the son of the late
John Cooke, Sr., and Nancy Amos
Cooke. He was twice married, first
to Miss Emma Llneberry, who passed
away in 1904. In 1907 he was mar
ried to Miss Ellen Mcßride, of
Wilkes county, who survives him, to
gether with eight sons and daugh
ters. Six children surviving by the
first marriage are Dwight H. Cooke.
Mount Airy; Miss Ina Cooke, Mon
treal John Cooke, in, Detroit,
Mich., Mrs. L. C. Bell, Mountain
Park; Gratz and William Cooke,
Dallas, Texas. The two children of
the second marriage are Miss Emma
Cooke, teacher in the city schools
and Ralph Cooke, a senior student at
Berea College, Kentucky.
In early life Mr. Cooke came, to
Jonesville and set up a small wood
working shop for the manufacture
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CLASSES IN HOME
HYGIENE ARE HELD
Underway At Lucy
Hanes Chatham Club
house Here
Classes in "Home Hygiene and
Care of the Sick" are being conduct
ed twice each week at the Lucy
Hanes Chatham clubhouse. The
classes are being taught by Mrs.
Harold Lewis, Red Cross nurse, and
are under thd auspicies of the local
Red Cross chapter. They have been
underway for four weeks and new
classes will be formed the first of
February and will be available to all
interested persons.
Material for the work has been
furnished by local members of the
Red Cross and the following busi
ness firms: Turner Drug Company,
Hayes & Speas and the Basketeria.
Persons interested in attending
the classes, which are highly educa
tional, are requested to get in touch
with either Mrs. Lewis or Mrs. Joe
Bivins, the latter the local Red
Cross chairman, before the organi
zation, of the next six week session.
Red Cross chapters throughout the
United States are conducting similar
schools to aid individuals to better
care for illness and minor accidents
among members of families where
the patient remains at home.
Declamation Contest
Is Sponsored Here
The Christian Social Relations
committee of the Woman's Mission
ary society of the Methodist church
is Sponsoring a declamation contest
in the school auditorium Friday af
ternoon, January 31, at 3:30. Sev
eral of the high school boys and
girls of different denominations w-11
speak on "Temperance." The win
ner of the contest will be awarded
a silver medal and will go to the
state contest to speak for a gold
medal.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend.
Glenn Hemric Wounded
In Leg As Gun Fires
Glenn Hemric, 28, employee of a
local service station, received a bad
wound in his leg just below the knee,
late Saturday night when a pistol
accidentally discharged.
The accident was said to have oc
curred as Hemric was putting on his
overcoat preparatory to closing the
station for the night when the pistol
dropped from his coat to the floor,
causing It to discharge.
Although the wound is of a vary