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THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUP (SSBS'tSS) AS THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD Elkin—"The Best Little Town In North Carolina" VOL. No. XXV, No. 21 Hauptmann Execution Postponed 48 Hours At Request of Jury SNATCH CONVICTED SLAYER FROM CHAIR AT ELEVENTH HOUR Jury Wants Time To In vestigate Angles Of Wendell Case NEW HOUR NAMED Trenton, N. J., March 31.—Bruno Richard Hauptmann "the man with the charmed life"—was hauled back from death in the electric chair tonight for the second time when Warden Mark O. Kimberiing, of Trenton state prison, postponed his execution for 48 hours. Klmberling's action was taken at the request of the Mercer county FLASH! It was learned via radio news dispatch shortly before The Tri bune went to press thai Richard Bnmo Hanptuiann will go to the electric chair Friday night at 8 o'clock providing farther delays are not forthcoming. grand jury which is investigating the case of Paul H. Wendel, dis barred Trenton attorney, who con fessed that he murdered Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., and then repudiated the confession. Wendel stiE is in Mercer county jail on the charge l of murder and the grand jury met this afternoon to consider whether it should indict him. It still was in session when the clock in the corridor of Trenton state prison crawled past 8 p. m.— the hour set for Hauptmann's death. The corridor was choked with more than 50 persons who had been searched twice and identified so they could go into the death cham ber and see Hauptmann die. A phone rang in Kinlberling's of fice. "That's something," a newspaper man commented. It was. Kimberling came out of his office, a piece of paper held in his hand that trembled with the excitement and suspense of this incredible day. "I have received a telephone call from Allyne Freeman, foreman of the Mercer county grand Jury," he said. He said the grand jury had re quested him to call me and ask me to postpone the Hauptmann execu tion for 48 hours. He said they still were investigating the Wendel case (Continued On Last Page) GURNEY P. HOOD TO BE GUEST OF CLUB McKee Dancing Class Entertains Kiwan ians Friday The dancing class of Misses Ber tie Lee and Betty Lou McKee en tertained the lccal Kiwanis club at Hotel Elkin Friday night. ' The program opened with aj dance by the entire class which was fol lowed by several dances and songs by individual members of the class. Miss Dorothy Colhard accompanied at the piano. The program, in charge of Kiwanian Fred Biddix, was highly enjoyed. It was announced during the meeting that oid April 16 an inter city Kiwanis meeting will be held in Winston-Salem. A silver cup is to be awarded the club with the best attendance. Several distinguish ed visitors will be present. Delegates and alternates were al so elected Friday night to attend the Kiwanis International convention to be held in the near future at Washington, D. C. They are, dele gates: W. Q. Carter and Rev. W. A. Jenkins; alternates: Rev. L. B. Abernethy and C. H. Brewer. At the meeting to be held tomor row night, Qumey P. Hood, state banking commissioner, will be a guest of the club. Every member is urged to bring a guest. W. M. Allen, a charter member of the club, was welcomed back at Friday's meeting. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Elkin Merchants To Observe Easter Monday As Holiday All stores and business houses will be closed Easter Monday, April 13, with the exception of cafes, dru* stores and service stations, according to a statement made Wednesday by Miss Edith Neaves, secretary of the Elkin Merchants Association. THOUSANDS HERE FOR VALUE DAYS One Of Biggest Crowds Seen In Elkin In Years Described by old-timers as one of the biggest crowds ever to assem ble here, Elkin was host Saturday to thousands of people from through out this section who were present to take part in Elkin Bargain Days, staged Friday and Saturday. Due to rain, a comparatively small crowd was here Friday, and a number of events on the program scheduled for that day had to be postponed until Saturday, which was ushered in with clearing skies and a warm spring sun. The various contests were highly enjoyed by those who witnessed them and cash prizes were award ed as follows: Winners of the mule race: first place. Earl Benton, of Jonesville, R. F. D.; second place, Herman Ves tal, Jonesville, R. F. D.; third place, Charles Bray, Jonesville, R. F. D.: fourth place, Sam Gross, Jonesville, R. F. D. ' Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Holder, of Elkin, R. P. D., won the SIO.OO prize for the largest family. The Holders have nine children. Mrs. Lillie Byrd, of Ronda, tip ping the scales at 330 pounds, was awarded $5.00 as the heaviest wo man. Mrs. B. J. Southard, 286, El kin and Mary Stanley. 201, Elkin, were the other entrants. Rufus Stanley, of Crutchfield, won $5.00 as tallest man, measure ments revealing him to be six feet, eight inches tall. Luther Park, Elkin, and Sanders Mathis, Yadkin coun ty, were close contenders for the (Continued On Last Page) TO PARTICIPATE IN STATE FINALS Elkin Debaters Win Out Over Competing Teams In the annual elimination con tests Friday in the triangular debate between Elkin, Mount Airy and Wilkesboro high schools, Elkin came through with flying colors with both the affirmative and negative win ning. This entitles the local debaters to go to Chapel Hill to try in the state finals. The query is "Resolved: that the several states should provide for the socialization of medicine." Elkin debaters were Miss Lesbia Oraham and Pete Lea, negative, and Barney Rhodes and Claude Mc- Neil, affirmative. The first two de bated in Mount Airy and received the unanimous decision of the Judges. The latter two debated at Wilkesboro and received a two to one decision. Wilkesboro debaters, Eda Bell Phillips and Lee Settle, ne gatives, won unanimous decision at Elkin against Vera Childress and Jack Davis, of Mount Airy. This is the second honor in debat ing that has come to Miss Oraham within a few weeks, on March 21, she won the gold medal offered by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union through the social relations committee of the W. M. S. of the Methodist church, debating in com petition with contestants through out the Mount Airy district of the church. In the preliminary local contest in this debate she won a silver medal. This Is the first time since Elkin has entered into the state debating contest that any contestant from the local school has been eligible to compete in the state finals. ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1936 I ATE NEWC **• from the State and Nation MAY KILL FLOOD CONTROL BILL Washington, March 31.—50 eater were senators and repre sentatives today to attach their own flood control projects to the omnibus measure before the Sen ate commerce committee that «ne well-informed member pre dicted the bill would die of its own weight. With many cross currents pull ing at the legislation even Chair man Cope land (D), New York, appeared appalled at the task of trying: to strip the bill of what he called "pork." He wants to limit it to projects shown by the re cent floods to be essential. JAPS ATTACK MONGOLIANS Moscow, April I.—After receipt of Soviet dispatches describing an invasion of outer Mongolia by Japanese - Manchoukuoan forces, B. S. Stomaniakoff, for eign affairs vice commissar, told the Japanese ambassador tonight the situation "does not permit pacifically waiting for develop ment of events." His statement to Tamekichi Ota, Japanese ambassador to Moscow, came after advioes from Ulan Bator, capital of outer Mon golia, that the invasion had start ed yesterday leading to heavy fighting. HEARST IS BITTERLY ATTACKED Washington, March 31.—A bit terly-worded attack upon William Randolph Hearst—during which he was termed an advocate of fascism and as publisher of stol en documents—was loosed In the Senate today, with Hearst soon afterward replying in court to allegations of the Senate lobby committee. Senator Schwellenbach (D), Washington, a member of the lobby committee, accused the publisher of running his newspa pers on a "sweat-shop" basis and of a long record of "stealing pa pers, of securing papers by brib ery, of securing papers by in timidation, of securing papers by forgery." HAUPTMANN WRITES "FAREWELL" NOTE Trenton, N. J., March 31. Bruno Richard Hauptmann wrote a "farewell" letter today to Gov ernor Harold G. Hoffman, pro testing again he was innocent and said "in a short time I will stand before a higher judge." "In living my last hours of life, I wish I could bring some light in this case." He criticized the state's case agatast him and asked why Dr. John F. (Jafsie) Condon, Lind bergh ransom intermediary, "hides so many things he knows." DOUGHTON HOPES FOR SPECIAL SESSION Washington, March 31.—Fig ures released today by the social security board concerning the average old-age pension payment in the 22 states whose social se curity plans have been approved caused Representative Robert L. Doughton, dean of the Tar Heel delegation in Congress, to again express the hope that Gov. J. C. B. Ehringhaus will call a special session of the North Carolina leg islature for the purpose of pass ing security legislation. Work Under Way On Dobson Road Work got under way this week for the rebuilding of the roads be tween Dobson and Elkln, and be tween Winston-aaiem and Elkin, by way of Boonville. The work is to repair the damage done the above roads during the past winter, and is to consist of plowing up the old gravel and tar surface, allowing it to set for a while, and then the addition of a new material, and a new hard sur face to be laid later on. It was learned from T. A. Leeper Wednes day that the construction work will continue for most of the summer. To Present Operetta "Peter Rabbit," an operetta, will be presented by the primary grades of the West Yadkin school Friday evening. April 3, at 8" o'clock. The public is cordially invited to attend. Saved—For 48 Hours! ||||| His hair closely clipped and all other preparations completed for death in the electric chair Tuesday night at eight o'clock, Bruno Richard Haupt mann, condemned as the kidnaper and slayer of the Lindbergh baby, was literally snatched from the jaws of death at the request of the grand Jury investigating the Wendell case. His execution was postponed for 48 hours. The large photo was made during his trial at Flemington, while the small er was taken after he had been lodged in death house in Trenton, N. J. Tribune Is To Sponsor Two-Day Cooking School On April 9th and 10th To Conduct School ... . _ m jm v r Jm Miss Addie Malone, home service specialist, who will conduct The Tribune cooking school to be staged in the Kiwalnis room at Hotel Elkin Thursday and Friday, April 9 and 10, in cooperation with the I>uke Power company. SENIORS ARE TO GIVE CLASS PLAY "From Shoat Gap To Harvard" To Be Pre sented April 3 "From Shoat Gap to Harvard" is a long way, but the Elkin high school seniors have what it takes to make long strides like that. Ev eryone will enjoy the simple, lovable Mammets, the college idlers, the vil lage gossip and Senator Lum Mar tin, when the seniors present their annual class play, Friday evening, April 3. The cast of characters Is as fol lows: Emmy Hammet, Dorothy Col hard; Julia Hammet, Lala White; Ed Hammet, Graham Somers; Mack Ewers, Charlie Armfield, Charlene Clark, Prances Hendren; Sonny Burch, John Poster, Audrew Say lea, Dorothy Chappell, Miss Palmer, El la Mae Lewis; Brunhilda He 11 man, Amy Kathryn Myers; Mrs. Oakes, Ruby Norman, Archie Hornhill, Ovid Hurt and Miss Burke, Hannah Reece. A small admission fee will be charged and the public is cordially invited to attend and enjoy an eve ning of delightful entertainment. Slightly Hurt In Fall From Pole Waiter Winkler of North W tikes - boro, who is employed by the local branch of the South East Public Service company fell 25 feet from a telephone pole when his safety belt broke Saturday. He sustained only slight bruises. IN KIWANIS ROOM Miss Addie Malone Again To Conduct Sessions EVERYONE INVITED Next Thursday and Friday, April 9 tend 10, The Tribune, in coopera tion with the Duke Power Co., will stage its second annual cooking school under the direction of Miss Addie Malone, home service spe cialist, in the Kiwanis room at Ho tel Elkin. An invitation is extended the housewives of Elkin, Jonesville and this section to attend both sessions of the school, which will get under way each afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. The Kiwanis room will be provid ed with ample seating space and ev ery needed equipment for the most modern methods of cookery. Miss Malone, who is no stranger here, is planning to* bring home makers of this section a program of instruction that will please every one. New ideas in cooking and homemaking will be presented and those attending will be shown how they can economize; how they may obtain more leisure for themselves and eliminate kitchen drudgery. A group of new recipes and tempting menus will be given. Other attrac tive features will be announced next week in The Tribune. LOCAL YOUNG MAN GRAHAM'S PARTNER Dumont Eskridge Now Associated With A. H. "Sandy" Graham Dumont Eskridge, formerly of El kln and Jonesville, but now of Hills boro, where he opened a law office last summer, is now associated as a partner in the law office of A. H. "Sandy" Graham, of Hillsboro, lieutenant-governor and candidate for governor of North Carolina. The partnership was formed last week. Hie many friends of Mr. Eskridge in Elkin and Jonesville will be glad to learn of his good fortune. Since going to Hillsboro to practice law, Mr. Eskridge has steadily forged ahead in building up a practice and his acceptance by Mr. Graham as his law partner testifies to his abili ty, character and knowledge of law. Mr. Eskridge, it will be remem bered, secured his law education here in the office of W. M. Allen, and after about two years of study under Mr. Allen's direction, passed the state law examination at Ral eigh with flying colors. He then opened his office at Hillsboro. Elkin—Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge PUBLISHED WEEKLY MEETING OF SURRY FARMERS PLANNED FOR NEAR FUTURE To Organize Farmers For New Coopera tive Movement HIGHLY IMPORTANT A mass meeting of farmers to be held within the next week or 10 days at the . court house in Dobson, to be followed by township meetings for organization of farmers for the new cooperative movement in crop control which is to take the place of the AAA, was announced Wed nesday by J. W. Crawford, Surry farm agent. Date of the mass meet ings had not been determined. The new crop control plan has many desirable features, as pointed out by Mr. Crawford, some of which will be better than the form er AAA regulations. One feature of the new cropping plan will be that farmers will be paid 5c per pound on their tobaceo crop reductions provided they will plant 20 per cent of their land formerly used for to bacco to soil building crops. It was estimated that if the farmers of the county would co-operate in this feature of the new plan it would mean the payment of SIBI,OOO In cash to the farmers of Surry county next year for their tobacco crop reductions alone. Payments on other soli reducing crops would amount to approxi mately $52,000, with an additional $15,000 to be paid to farmers for soil building crops, and soil build ing practices put into effect on the farms of the counter. This will make a total of approximately $248.- 000 to be paid the farmers of Surry county next year in the new crop control plan, which, according to Mr. Crawford, will be considerably higher than was paid last year by the AAA. Mr. Crawford stated that he was very eager to get a large percentage of the farmers of the county to oo operate in this movement, as it is a highly paying proposition for the farmers of the county. COUNTY BOARDS HOLD MEETING Accept Federal Grant Of $16,927 For School Here A joint meeting of the Surry coun ty board of education and the county commissioners was held in the county superintendent's office at Dobson Monday evening at 7:30, for the purpose of accepting the $16,927 appropriation of the Feder al government which was granted through the WPA to aid the county in the construction of the new Elkin high school building which is now being erected on Elk Spur street, it was learned from John W. Comer, Wednesday. Mr. Comer also stated that a meeting of the principals of the county schools was held in his of fice Tuesday evening at the same hour for the purpose of receiving the seventh grade examinations for the schools of the county, which examinations are to be given on April 9th. Heretofore this annual meeting of the principals of the schools has been held two weefcs earlier than this year, but was postponed on account of the unus ual weather conditions. It was further learned that the county commissioners met to discuss the Mountain Park school situation, but no definite decision was reached in regard to the matter. Chatham Employee Painfully Burned Scott Fitzgerald, an employee of Chatham Manufacturing company was burned about the face and up per chest Wednesday morning of last week with acetic acid. He was admitted to the local hospital for attention where It was found he was suffering from first degree burns. He was released from the hospital Tuesday. G. A. Felts Named Rabies Inspector G. A. Felts has been appointed rabies inspector for Elkin township. All dogs will be vaccinated for 60 cents per head. Dates and places where this service may be obtained will be announced later. It is the law that all dogs must be vaccinated, either by the taspeefc or or by a veterinarian. .* v : M
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