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VOL. No. XXV, No. 26
WAR ENDS IN EAST
AFRICA AS IL DUCE
OCCUPIES CAPITOL
Premier Proclaims Ethi
pia A Pari Of s
Italy
TAKES CHARGE
The Italian;' trl-coltor fluttered
from the palace of Emperor Haile
Selassie in half-razed Addis Ababa
Tuesday night and the world's only
war was over.
Benito Mussolini, the dictator who
defied Great Britain and 51 other
rations to seize one of Africa's last
territorial plums, in a voice tremb
ling with emotion, announced in
Rome that peace had come.
A dusty, motorized column of Fas-
Cist troops clattered into the Ethio
pian capital Tuesday afternoon to
end the trail of conquest they began
to hew only seven months ago.
The arrival brought relief to thou
sands of foreigners. They had been
baricaded within various legations
against* marauding warriors since
Emperor Haile Selassie fled his
throne Saturday.
The American legation, which had
been evacuated, was partially reoc
cupied.
"Ethiopia is Italian!" II Duce
shouted at a gigantic Fascist cele
bration in Rome. "The war is end
ed!"
Mussolini proudly said it was a
"Roman peace.'' There was little
doubt "that he would dictate the
terms and there appeared to be lit
tle the League of Nations, which set
out last fall to defend Ethiopia,
could do about it.
All Italy joined in delirous cele
brations. When word of the occupa
tion came sirens screamed and bells
tolled to call Fascists to headquar
ters.
REELECT TEACHERS
FOR 1936-37 TERM
School Board Endorses
Summer School For
Repeaters
At a meeting of the City Board of
Education Tuesday evening, all
members of the faculty of the local
school were reelected for another
term.
The board also endorsed a sum
mer school for delinquent students.
The school, which will be conducted
on a subscription basis of $8 for one
course and sl2 for two courses will
begin May 18, and continue for six
weeks. The school will be under the
supervision of J. Mark McAdams,
superintendent of the school and the
faculty will be selected as soon as
enrollment is made.
Other routine business was dis
patched.
Plan to Organize
School Band Here
In conjunction with the recrea
tional project sponsored by the W?A
in this county, Mi-. Wagoner of
Mount Airy was here on Monday of
this week to arrange for a school
band to be organized. The instruc
tion will be free to all interested
students, the only requirement be
ing that they supply themselves
with instruments and music,
Mr. Wagoner will be here on Tues
day of next week (May 12) to begin
the instruction.
When Questioned about the per
manancy of the organization Mr.
Wagoner stated that it would be as
permanent as any other WPA proj
ect and that it would likely continue
for some time to come.
Klondike Bull Takes
Top Price At Sale
A young bull from Klondike Farm,
of Elkin, brought tbp price of S7OO
among 25 blue-blooded Guernsey
cattle sold at the second annual
consignment of the Georgia College
of Agriculture, at Athens, Monday.
The bull was bought by J. B.
Guess, jr., of Denmark, S. C.
Wilkes Democrats
To Meet Saturday
Wilkes county Democrats will
meet at the various polling, places
Saturday afternoon to perfect pre
cinct organizations and to select
delegates to the Democratic county
convention to be held Saturday,
May 16. at Wilkesboro.
The precinct meetings will beheld
at a o'clock.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
"Public Enemy" Held
NfcW YORK , . . Federal G-Men
have their Public Enemy No. 2 be
hind the bars awaiting triaL He is
Jdhn Torrio (above), former asso
ciate of A 1 Capone and Dutch
Schultz. Torrio, in appearance an
elderly retired business man, was
making ready to leave 'the country
when captured.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
KERR HITS BACK
AT EHRINGHAUS
Washington, May s.—Governor
Ehringhaus has done nothing but
"criticize and obstruct" the pas
sage and putting into effect of
any tobacco compact legislation
designed to aid the tobacco farm
ers of his state, Judge John H.
Kerr, second North Carolina dis
trict representative, declared to
day in a statement to newspa
permen, issued in reply to the
statement of the Governor issued
Monday in Raleigh.
"You have ignored the request
of 75,000 tobacco growers In our
ftate. and your alibi is that the
law is not sufficient; you had ev
ery opportunity to help make it
'horse higl\ pig tight and bull
strdng,' and'you did nothing but
continue to criticize those who
did try to meet the situation," the
congressman, who sponsored in
the House the tobacco states com
pact legislation, said.
ITALIANS GUARD
AMERICAN LEGATION
Washington, May s.—Fifty
Italian soldiers and two officers
tonight came to the rescue of the
Americans beleaguered again in
(heir compound at Addis Ababa,
the State Department was in
formed by wireless.
' The Italians raced across the
conquered, but still riotous city,
p.ftflf receiving an urgent call for
help from Vice Consul William M.
Cramp at the American legation
which, however, he and his men
were able to repulse after five
minutes' fighting.
CANDIDATES CONTINUE
TO LAMBAST
North Carolina's gubernatorial
aspirants continued their heavy
speaking schedules Tuesday with
A. H. (Sandy) Graham attacking
Clyde Hoey as being "on every
side of every question," in an ad
dress to voters at Raeford.
Ralph W. McDonald, Forsyths's
anti-sales tax candidate, at Lex
ington, questioned the source from
which the "machines candidates"
expect to raise added revenue to
finance improvements their plat
forms include.
Hoey continued his attack oil
McDonald, speaking at High Point
charging him with a "direct mis
representation of fact."
TOWNSENDITES START
TREK TO'WASHINGTON
Los Angeles, May 5.—A crowd
of greythaired men and women
prayed, sang hymns and cheered
today when the Townsend plan
caravan began Its cross-country
trek to Washington.
Eighty supporters of Dr. Francis
£. Townseml's 200-a-month pen
sion plan rode away in 20 auto
mobiles on the first lap of a drive
t? relay a mass of pension sap
porting petitions to Congress.
Registration Books
Open Here Saturday
Registration books for Elkin town
ship will be at McNeer's warehouse
Saturday all day in preparation for
the Democratic primary of June 6
and th- general election in Novem
ber.
Those who have not registered
art urged to attend to this matter
so that they may cast their ballot
In the forthcoming electtoa.
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ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 7,1936
TOWN BOARD WAITS
RETURN OF MAYOR
FOR TRUCK ACTION
Levy 25-Cent Sewerage
Charge Effective
July 1
FIRE HOSE TESTED
Discussion of the need of a new
fire truck here, plus the levying of
a 25-cent monthly sewerage charge
to become effective July 1, featured
the meeting Monday night of the
Elkin board of town commissioners.
Due to the absence of Mayor J. R.
Poindexter, caused by illness, no ac
tion. one way or another was taken
concerning a new truck, the matter
having been tabled pending his re
turn. However, the 25-cents sewerage
charge was made to help take care
of the cost of the fire department.
It is believed that the commission
ers are really going to provide the
town with a fire truck of modern
design sometime within the near fu
ture, Mayor Poindexter having tak
en th«s lead in stressing the need of
such equipment. Upon his % return
from a High Point hospital it is be
lieved definite action will be taken,
probably at the next regularly
scheduled commissioners meeting.
A test of all hose now possessed by
the town was made Monday after
noon under direction of Fire Chief
W. W. Whitaker, acting under or
ders of M!ayor Poindexter. The test
resulted in the bursting of 300 feet
of old hose, leaving the fire depart
ment Vith a total of 1,450 feet of
serviceable hose, 500 feet of which is
new. One hundred and ten pounds
water pressure, obtained from a hy
drant located below the railroad on
South Bridge street, was used in
testing the hose. The 300 feet which
gave way under pressure were con
tained in six 50-feet sections.
FAIRVIEW YOUTH
TAKEN BY DEATH
Herschel Clinton Whit
aker Passes In Local
Hospital f
Herschel Clinton Whitaker, 16,
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Whitaker
of the Fairview community died
Sunday in the local hospital follow
ing a brief critical illness.
Surviving besides the parents are
six brothers, and three sisters, Ar
thur Whitaker, Yadkinville; Elmer
Whitaker, Dobson; Odell, Paul, Ro
bey. Troy and Miss Irene Whitaker,
of Fairview; Mrs. C. W. Butner,
East Bend and Mrs. H. M. Hiatt,
Pinnacle.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon from Mount Hermon
Baptist church, in charge of Rev. El
lis Norman and Rev. Mr. Baldwin.
Pallbearers were: Edward Cocker
ham, tJurney Haynes, Porter Hardy,
Monroe Cockerham, Porter Barker
and A. Cheney.
Farmers May Apply For
Loans at Dobson Mon.
Aubrey P. Snow, who has been in
charge of the Surry office of the
Winston-Salem Production Credit
Association, will be at Dobson all
day, Monday, May 11, for the pur
pose of writing applications for pro
duction credit loans of any farmers
who have not placed an application
thus far. The office in Dobson has
recently been closed due to the fact
that most of the Surry farmers who
need to borrow money for produc
tion purposes placed their applica
tions early and therefore the present
business is so small it was wise to
close the office for the time being.
The applications will be received
Monday, May 11, only, at Dobson.
If anyone needs money any other
time during the year he may place
an application at the principal of
fice which is located at 221 First Na
tional Bank Building, Winston-Sa
lem.
Union Hill to Observe
Decoration Day June 7
Annual decoration day will be ob
served at the cemetery at union
Hill church on the first Sunday
June. All those who have loved ones
buried in the cemetery are request
ed to meet dn Thursday before the
first Sunday to clean the cemetery
and make the necessary repairs to
plots.
Elder G, W. Miles and a number
of other speakers are expected for
the service on Sunday, June 7, and
a cordial invitation Is extended to all
who wish to attend.
Unemployed Mess Hour in Senate Chamber
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TRENTON, N. J. . T . The army of New Jersey's unemployed which
took over the marbled legislative halls in the State Capital t« camp until
"relief was voted, threw up its soup-line mess kitchen in the Senate cham
ber. Photo shows some of the women and children of the unemployed
"army" leaders answering first call for dinner.
ARE TO HOLD OLD
STUDENTSREUNION
Will Be Held At Har
mony High School
May 12
The Old Students reunion will be
held at Harmony high school May
12. The program will begin at 5
o'clock p. m., and will continue un
til late in the evening. A basket
dinner will be served and this will
be followed by a program of music,
speech making, plays and games and
reminiscences of long ago., The fes
tivities will be held in the gymna
sium. A feature of the program will
be the Sunshine Midget Quartette
of Yadkinville and the Harmony
String Band.
Frank Kennedy, of Charlotte, Eu
gene Trlvette, of North W4lkesboro,
R. V. Tharpe of Statesville and
Harvey Swaim of Winston-Salem,
will bo among the guest speakers.
Dr. J. M. Robertson, who is pres
ident of the Harmony alumni, is
putting forth every effort to reach
all former students and a cordial in
vitation is extended the public to
attend. '
CHATHAM WINS 4
OUT OF 5 GAMES
To Meet Lance Packers
Of Charlotte Here
Saturday
Winners of four out of five games
played the latter part of last week
and Tuesday of this week, the Chat
ham Blanketeers will meet the
Lance Packers, of Charlotte, here
Saturday. No game had been sched
uled for today or Friday, Coach Hoyt
Hambright said Wednesday morn
ing.
The Blanketeers, behind the ex
cellent pitching of Fowler, defeated
the Hickory Rebels Wednesday
night of last week at Hickory by the
•decisive scqre of 17 to 7. The fol
lowing Thursday they were defeat
ed at Charlotte by the Hornets 8 to
7.
In a return game with Charlotte
here Friday Campbell turned in a
fine performance to aid his mates In
turning back the Hornets 10 to 5.
Saturday, with Fowler working
smoothly on the mound, the Blan
keteers defeated Hickory 3 to 1.
Tuesday Valdese .went down be
fore the Blanketeers 7 to 3 in a hard
played game with Campbell again
turning in a good hurling perform
ance.
Jr. O. U. A.M. To Hold
Special Meeting: Here
! A special meeting of the Elkin
chapter of the Jr. O. U. A. M. will
be held in the Junior Hall Friday
evening, May 8, at 8 o'clock at
which time Rev. Wm A. Jenkins,
pastor of«the Methodise church, will
address the assembly. Members af
the order from the following chap
ters have been invited to be present:
State Road. Ronda, Clingman, Boon
ville, Cope land and Yadkinville, and
a cordial invitation is extended all
members of the local chapter to at
tend.
Meteor Causes
Excitement Here
Early Tuesday
Lighting up the night with an
eerie bluish glare accompanied by
a rumble as of thunder that
caused windows and doors to
shake, a meteor early Tuesday
morning flashed across the sky to
cause considerable excitement to
those who witnessed it.
One observer here who was
awake at the time the phenome
non made Its spectacular appear
ance, about 3 a. m., stated that it
lighted up the earth brighter than
day, appearing in the northwest
and traveling across the heavens
in a sou th westward ly direction.
In addition to being seen here,'
the meteor was also reported in
Winston-Salem, Lexington, Salis
bury and other towns of this sec
tion of the state.
JONESVILLE FINALS
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
Rev. J. T. Mangum To
Deliver Commence
ment Sermon
Rev. J. T. Mangum, pastor of the
Central Methodist church at Mount
Airy, will deliver the commencement
sermon at the Jonesville high school
finals on Sunday evening, May 10,
at 8 o'clock.
Class Day exercises will be held
Thursday evening, May 14, at 8
o'clock in the school auditorium.
The final program will be Friday
evening, May 14,, at 8 o'clock, when
the graduating evercises will be held.
Dr. I. O. Oreer, superintendent of
Mills Home, Thomasville, will de
liver the graduating address. The
presentation of seventh grade cer
tificates will be made by J. T. Reece,
superintendent of Yadkin county
schools.
Thirty-Five Children
Attend School Clinic
Thirty-five children who will en
ter the local school next year at
tended the pre-school clinic held at
the school building Thursday morn
ing. The clinic was held under the
auspices of the county health de
partment, cooperating with the lo
cal Parent-Teacher organization.
Fire Does Small
Damage To Home
The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Carpenter, on West Main street, was
slightly damaged late Saturday af
ternoon when fire, thought to have
originated from a spark from a
chimney, ignited the roof. The blaze,
upon being discovered, was extin
guished with little difficulty.
Ronda Man Injured
When Well Caves In
William Cloer, 36, of Ronda, is a
patient in the local hospital suffer
ing from a badly fractured ankle
and bruises and lacerations sustain
ed Tuesday morning when the wall
oi a well, which he was digging,
caved In upon him. His injuries are
axtreraaly gainful but not serious.
EDcin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SCHOOL FINALS TO
OFFICIALLY BEGIN
HERE FRIDAY P.M.,
Prominent Winston
Pastor To Deliver
Graduating: Address
25 TO GET DIPLOMAS
Plans have been perfected for the
school finals which will officially be
gin Friday evenftig with the reader*
and declaimers contest. A gold med
al, given- by the Elkin Klwanls dub,
will be presented the winner In each
class. A number of students are en
tering the contest and have prepar
ed themselves for a creditable per
formance.
Sunday evening in the school au
ditorium Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pas
tor of the First Baptist church in
this city will deliver the Baccalau
reate sermon.
Monday evening the seventh grade
graduating exercises will be held
when approximately thirty students
will be awarded their seventh grade
certificates. The presentation will be
made by Dr. J. G. Abernethy, chair
man of the school board. Tuesday
evening the class day exercises will
be held.
The climax of the finals will be
Wednesday evening when twenty
five seniors will receive their diplo
mas. The graduating address will
be made by Dr. G. Ray Jordon, pas
tor of the Centenary Methodist
church In Winston-Salem. Dr. Jor
dan is one of the most able speak
ers in this section of the state* m
addition to his marked ability as a
speaker he has recently written two
books which have been widely ac
claimed in religious and literary cir
cles and his coming here is eagerly
anticipated.
All programs will begin promptly
at 8 o'clock and all will be held in
the high school auditorium.
M. A. HOLCOMB IS
JONESVILLE MAYOR
New Officials Are
Elected There Mon
day Night
As a result of the town election
held In Jonesville Monday, M. ,A.
Holcomb was named as mayor, and
the following citizens were elected to
the board of commissioners: W. J.
Brown, Lon Vestal, Frank Roberson,
Willie Gregory and Ab Brown.
Mr. Holcomb succeeds Ourney
Wagoner as mayor, Mr. Wagoner
having acted in that capacity for
several years. With the exception of
W. J. Brown, who succeeded himself
on the board of commissioners, oth
er members of the board succeeded
the following: Jim Chappell, Rich
Osborne, Bob Byrd and Clint Wil
kins.
The majority of the new officials
have already been sworn in, it is
understood. '
Former East Bend
Woman Passes Away
Mrs. Myrtle Ann Martin Coffey
passed away at her homs at Roa
noke, Va„ April 28, following a brief
illness. The deceased was a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Martin,
well known residents of East Bend.
In addition to her parents, she is
survived by her husband and the
folio wins? sons and daughters: Lynn
Allen, Nell Lucille, Edith, Everette
Lee, Jancie Inez, Kyle Wesley, Louis
and Edwina Coffey. • Four sisters,
Mrs. Jo{m W. Martin, Rusk; Mrs.
J. H. Spease and Miss Bernice Mar
tin, East Bend, and Mrs. D. Roger
Kirkman of Jasper,' Florida, and
three brothers, J. Bennqtt and
Woodrow Martin of East Bend and
Floyd Martin also survive. •
May Day Fete At
Dobson Wednesday
A May Day festival was held on
the court house lawn at Dobson
Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p. m.
with various songs and recitations,
as well as the typical Mtfy pole, fea
turing the program.
The program was in charge of
Mrs. Frederick Smith, music teach
er, assisted by the teachers of the
primary and elementary departments
of the Dobson school, and by the
home economics department, and
was engaged In by a large number
of the children of the primary and
%Jementafy departments of the
school.
An improvised stage was * erected
on the lawn, which was decorated
with flowers and branches «f trees,
for the oocMto». ~ ,•.