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Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV, No. 30
Modern Fire Truck Is
Purchased Monday By
Elkin Commissioners
NEW EQUIPMENT TO
COST ABOUT $3,600;
500 FEET NEW HOSE
Truck To Be Equipped
With Pumper And
Booster Tank
CHEVROLET CHASSIS
A fire truck of the most modern
type, including pumper, booster tank
and equipment, has been purchased
by the Town of Elkin.
Positfve action on the fire fighting
equipment question here , was taken
by the board of town commissioners
at their regular meeting Monday
night following several months of
investigation of the various makes
of fire fighting equipment.
Hie new apparatus will be mount
ed on a 1 long wheelbase, dual
wheel Chevrolet truck, purchased
through the P-W Chevrolet com
pany here at cost. The fire equip
ment was purchased from the
American Steam Pump Co., of Bat
tle Creek, Mich. Approximate cost
of the entire outfit was said to have
been $3,600.
Delivery of the completely equip
ped truck will not be made for about
six weeks or two months as the
truck chassis must be delivered to
Roanoke, Va., where it will be equip
ped with fire fighting apparatus.
According to L. R. Hunter, represent
ing the American Steam Pump Co.
who closed the deal here Monday,
the complete job will take about 45
days after delivery of the truck
chassis.
Specifications call for an enclosed
cab, offering the driver protection
against rain, wind, sleet and snow.
The booster tank equipment will in
clude one 200-gallon tank, located
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CHANCES FOR ELKIN
PROJECT BRIGHTER
Is Believed Local Gym
nasium Will Actually
Be Built
Plans for the proposed and long
sought gymnasium here appear to
be exceptionally bright at the pres
ent time, it was learned Wednesday
when the statement was made that
the project stands as No. 1 on the
WPA program for this section.
Jim Rivers, director of the 13th
WPA district, whose office is located
In Winston-Salem, has stated that
plans for the gym are now in Wash
ington, and he assured those here
who are working in the interest of
the building that it would be okeyed.
Under the plan, the building will
cost approximately $6,000, 30 per
cent of this money to be put up by
the citizens of the town and the re
mainder to be furnished by the gov
ernment. Elkin's 30 per cent -was
said to be available.
It is understcfxl that application
will be made to the WPA for a grant
of ssoo' to be used in filling up a
pond located at the new playground.
This pond has been described as a
malaria hazard, and provisions for
such projects have been Included in
the w£a program.
Band Organizer Is
Disgusted As Only
Two Show Up Here^
A. J. Wagner of Mount Airy
was here again Tuesday in the in
terest of organizing a local band
as a part of the WPA program.
At this time only two students re
ported. Before the close of the
last term at school 34 students
sighed up for the band and Mr.
Wagner stated that unless more
interest is'shown that the idea
will be abandoned for a high
school band for Rlfclg
During this year Mr. Wagner
has organized two band? at Mount
Airy and will devote his time to
these unless interest here war
rants his return for another or-
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Fire Chief
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Hfc jßAfci ,
W. W. Whltaker, chief of the El
kin Fire Department, whose dreaun
for many yean materialized Mon
day night when the Elkin board of
commissioners authorized the par
chase of a new and modern fire
truck of latest design.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
TAKES CRACK
AT HIGH COURT
Washington, June 2.—President
Roosevelt today asserted that a
majority of the Supreme court
had enuncfated an interpretation
of the constitution depriving both
state and federal governments of
any power to establish minimum
wages.
Stressing the dissenting as well
as the majority opinions i 3» yes
terday's 5-4 decision in\ gating
New York's minimum waj. law
fcr women as conflicting wl, \ the
constitutional right to enter into
Contracts, the chief executive said
a no man's land where no govern
ment could function had been de
fined.
FORMER FILM
STAR BEATEN
Los Angeles, June 2.—A hand
some ex-film star, William Haines,
and a companion, Jimmy Shields,
were severely beaten by a howl
ing, cursing mob which drove
them and 19 men friends out of
the Manhattan Beach community
Sunday night, Haines and sher
iff's officers said today.
In Hollywood, Haines said he
could not account for the attack.
MAre than 100 persons, including
several women, were in the mob,
he said.
SIMMONS COMES
OUT FOR MCDONALD
Raleigh, June 2.—McDonald
headquarters revealed tonight in
a major acquisition, the publicly
announced support of former
Senator F. M. Simmons, who con
firmed a morning story represent
ing him as a McDonald
Two weeks ?fo the Graham
r.eople attached former State Su
perintendent James T. Joyner to
their cause. Believe it or not, Dr.
Joyner always ranked with the
best politicians of his day. The
Simmons support of Dr. McDon
ald will match in some respects
the gains that Dr. Joyner gave to
the Graham cause.
FOUR POLIO CASES
REPORTED IN STATE
Raleigh, June 2.—One case of
smallpox, four of meningitis and
two of infantile paralysis were
diagnosed in North Carolina dur
ing the last week. ;
The weekly report of the state
board of health shows the small
pox case in Union county, a men
ingitis case in Duplin, New Han
over, Pender and Robeson coun
ties, and an infantile paralysis
case in Scotland and Cotuabw
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1936
AVERAGE RATE OF
SOIL CONSERVING
$7.10 IN COUNTY
Amount To Be Paid Per
Acre Under 1936
Farm Program
YADKIN RATE $7.30
The average rate of the soil-con
serving payment in Surry county
under the 1936 farm program has
been fixed at $7.10 per acre, accord
ing to Dean I. O. Schaub, of State
College, Raleigh.
This rate applies to general soil
depleting crops other than cotton,
tobacco, and peanuts, the dean said,
and will vary with individual farms.
The general rate for each county
has been determined according to
the average productivity of general
soil-depleting crops on the farm is
above or below the county average.
The general productivity of each
farm will be based upon the average
past yields of soil-depleting crops
other than cotton, tobacco, and pea
nuts.
For tobacco and cotton the rate of
payment has been fixed at five cents
a pound on the average tobacco and
cotton yields of the farm. The rate
for peanuts is 1 1-4 cents a pound.
The soil-conserving payment will
be made for shifting land from soil
depleting into soil-conserving crops
this year. ,
A farmer who takes high produc
tive land out of cash crops and puts
it into soil-conserving crops is mak
ing a bigger sacrifice than the far
mer whose land is low in productivi
ty.
For this reason, the dean explain
ed, the rates of payment have been
based on the productivity of the
land.
The average rates per acre for
general soil-depleting crops in near
by counties are as follows:
Alleghany, $8.00; Wilkes, $6.90;
Yadkin, $7.30; Stokes, $7.20; Iredell.
$6.90.
MCDONALD PROPOSES
ONE STATE PRIMARY
Wants High Man To
Win In Saturday's
Balloting
Raleigh, May 31. —Dr. Ralph W.
McDonald, one of the four Demo
cratic candidates for governor, pro
posed today that, the leader in the
first primary June 6 be declared the
nominee without a second primary
July 4.
An immediate answer came from
A. D. Folger, manager of the cam
paign of Sandy Graham, saying "the
proposal is very interesting, particu
larly in its implications. It is evi
dent that Dr. McDonald realizes that
he faces certain defeat by Bandy
Graham, and he desperately grasps
at this last straw in the vain hope
that he may be high man."
• The attitude of the other two
candidates, Clyde R. Hoey and John
A. Mcßae, was not given out im
mediately. As a matter of fact, Fol
arer's reply to McDonald was given
newspapers for immediate publica
tion more than 24 hours before the
original proposal was to be published.
The McDonald proposal ignored
Mcßae's candidacy and called on the
managers for Hoey and Graham "to
make public their response to this
proposal" which would "spare the
voters the rigors of a second primary
campaign and mean a considerable
saving to the taxpayers." It added
that Hoey and Graham forces were
predicting their candidates would
lead in the first primary and accep
tance of the proposition would
"prove their confidence" in their po
sitions.
Clyde Hoey Here
Monday Afternoon
Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, candi
date for nomination for governor of
North Carolina subject to the Dem
ocratic primary to be held Saturday,
was a visitor in Elkin Monday in the
interest of his candidacy. Mr. Hoey
has many friends here, and has
spoken here several times prior to
his entry into the race for the gov
ernor's chair.
TWO KOJJ.n IN FEUD
London, Ky., May 31.—Casualties
totaled two dead and two wounded
today in a brawl and in a revival of
clan warfare in Clay county after
almost a year of comparative peace.
No arrests have been reported a
day after three new outbreaks of
feudal violence in which all the vic
tims were fired upon from ambush.
In the Day's News
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Left is W. Earle Adams, of New York, who has been made general
manager of the New York World Fair, which is scheduled to open in 1939.
Right, W. G. Magmuscn, of Seattle, Wash., who is campaigning for Rep.
Marion Zioncheck's seat tn Congress and who probably is of the opinion
that Rep. Zioncheck would make a good exhibit in Mr. Adams' World Fair
freak department.
SURRY COURT TO
CONVENE JULY 13
Jury List For Two
Week's Term Drawn
By Board
The July term of civil court will
convene on Monday, July 13 at Dob
son for the hearing of civil cases
only, and will continue for two
weeks. John M. Oglesby will be the
presiding judge, and a heavy docket
is scneduled for trial.
Clerk of court, F. T. Lewellyn,
stated recently that there are ap
proximately 500 cases on the civil
court calendar', some of which have
been'up for trial for 20 years or
more. Due to the fact that such
cases have failed to come to trial in
former years the contestants in them
have lost interest in many of them
and there id very little likelihood of
them ever coming to trial. They
await an action to throw them out
of court. However, many other cases
will come up for trial at the July
term of civil court.
A list of the jurors which were
drawn Monday for the next term is
as follows:
First week: A. W. Shinault, T. F.
Butner, Charles B. Shelton, J. R.
Lawrence, Ed L. Patterson, John
Simpson, C. L. Eads, Sam H. War
ren, E. G. Jordan, E. J. Loftis, G. Y.
Bartley, Jones M. Atkins, J. D. Sar
geant, T. N. Woodruff, J. M. Slate,
C. D. Marion, George B. Jackson, W.
E. Merritt, Jr., Joe M. Mays, C. C.
Myers, W. T. Midkiff, B. R. Coe, W.
P. Mcßride, W. O. Dobson.
Second week: W. F. Peele, Arthur
L. Jones, T. Alvin Dockery, James
H. Freeman, C. E. Harrel, M. C.
Gentry, S. H. Atkinson, R. B. Short,
George W. Sparger Jr., C. E. Dobey,
C. G. Lundy, C. E. Cox, Penn Bran
nock, R. H. Bledsoe, W. R. Bledsoe,
Manley Payne, J. W. Parker.
Mrs. J. L. Sherrill
Passes Monday Night
Mrs. Ellen Bell Green Sherrill, 61,
of Statesville, died Monday night,
following a brief illness. Mrs. Sher
rill was the widow of Jesse L. Sher
rill, former Iredell county sheriff.
She was well known here where she
frequently visited her sister, Mrs. C.
E. Holcomb, formerly of Elkin but
now of Raleigh.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday morning from Broad Street
Methodist church, Statesville.
PRESIDENT HOLDS KEY
Washington, May 31.—With the
relief and tax bills still to be passed
by the senate, congressional leaders
said today the final form of the
revenue measure and the date for
adjournment might depend in a
large measure upon President Roose
velt.
Construction Here
For Past 12 Months
Amounts to $133,400
Construction work, completed or
under way, during the past 12
months within a two-mile radius
of The Tribune office has
amounted to $133,400, a recent
survey made by Paul Gwyn,
town treasurer, has disclosed.
New construction has amount
ed to $113,600 with remodeling
and repairing adding an addition
al $19,800.
According to figures announced
by Mr. Gwyn, new construction
has included 28 new dwellings at
a. total cost of $52,850; three
schools, $50,750, and three com
mercial buildings, erected at a to
tal cost of $10,090.
Elkin Tax Rate Is
Tentatively Set At
$1.50 By Town Board
A tentative tax rate of $1.50 on
the SIOO valuation was set by the
Elkin board of town commission
ers here Monday night, the tenta
tive rate marking no increase of
the tax rate of the past fiscal
year.
An ordinance prohibiting the
construction of tent cafes on El
kin's business streets was also
passed.
TWO KILLED IN
WRECK SATURDAY
North Wilkesboro Man
And Woman; Two
Are Arrested
Two were killed instantly and two
others hurt when two automobiles
collided near the Wilkes-Yadkin line
on highway 421, 18 miles east of
Wilkesboro, about midnight Satur
day. The dead are Miss Prances
Cashion, 23, of North Wilkesboro,
and Prank Whittington, 30, also a
North Wilkesboro resident. Mrs.
Whittington and Hubert Mathis re
ceived minor hurts.
The accident occurred when Ma
this' car in which Mr. and Mrs.
Whittington and Miss Cashion were
riding, was struck by a car occupied
by Rob Feimster and Earl Parks, of
the Harmony vicinity.
Coroner I. M. Myers conducted an
inquest Sunday afternoon and Feim
ster and Parks were ordered held for
trial. They were not injured in the
wreck.
Miss Cashion was a member of a
well known family, being a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Cashion. She
was secretary of the Wilkes County
Merchants association. In addition to
her parents she leaves six brothers
and sisters: John A., Paul, Roy, Ray,
Neal, and Elizabeth Cashioi}.
Mr. Whittington was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. t Noah Whittington, of
Halls Mills.
Funeral service for Miss Cashion
were held Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock and for Mr. Whittington at
3:30 o'clock at the North Wilkesboro
Methodist church.
Large Crowds Are
Attending Revival
Large crowds are attending the
revival services now in progress at
the Elkin Pilgrim Holiness church.
The Rev. Oscar B. Lyons of New Al
bany, Pa., a native of this county,
well known evangelist, is delivering
inspiring messages at each service.
Palmer C. Holt of Greensboro, a
student at Guilford College, is In
charge of the music.
The public is cordially invited to
attend the services which are held
each evening at 7:45.
Dobson Road Now
Being Prepared
Highway crews have been working
on the Dobson-Elkin road for the
past several weeks plowing up a part
of the old tar and gravel surface,
which has now been completed, and
the crews are now patching the
small holes with tar and gravel, and
are putting sand on the long rough
places in preparation for the new
coat of surfacing. It is gratifying to
know that the road promises to be
in much better shape within a few
more weeks.
Mrs. Conrad Hock and children
left Saturday for New Bern, for an
extended ylsit to relatives.
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
VOTERS TO SETTLE
QUESTION OF WHO
LEADS SATURDAY
Graham, McDonald and
Ho e y Are All
"Confident"
VOTE AT McNEER'S
With the three major candidates
for the Democratic nomination for
governor putting on a whirlwind
finish and each claiming assurance
of victory at the polls, voters of El
kin, Surry county and North Caro
lina will go to the voting booths Sat
urday and by simply making a lit
tle cross mark here or there, tell 'em
what's what.
Other candidates for lesser state
offices are also winding up a view
ing with alarm and pointing with
pride campaign, but due to the In
terest in the race for governor their
candidacies and campaign prom
ises have been overshadowed. How
ever, each one will be put in his or
her (there's a lady -candidate in the
race for state treasurer) place.
In case there are voters who have
not acquainted themselves with just
who is running for what when it
comes to lesser offices, a list of all
candidates for whom local Democra
tic voters have been asked to make
their mark, appears below.
The polls in Elkin township, as
usual, will be located in McNeer's
warehouse, and will open at sunrise
Saturday morning, closing at sunset.
Candidates follow:
For u. S. Senator: David L. Strain,
Wm. H. Griffin, Josiah Bailey, Rich
ard T. Fountain; for governor: San
dy Graham, John Mcßae, Clyde R.
Hoey; Dr. Ralph McDonald; for
lieutenant-governor: Paul Grady,
George McNeill, W. P. Horton; for
secretary of state: Stacey W. Wade,
M. R. (Mike) Dunnagan, Thad Eure;
for auditor: Baxter Durham, Wil
lard L. Dowell, Charles W. Miller,
Geo. Ross Pou; for treasurer; Charles
M. Johnson, Helen Robertson Wohl;
for superintendent of public In
struction: Clyde A. Erwin, A. B. Al
derman, Gilbert Craig; for commis
sioner of agriculture, W. Kerr Scott,
William A. Graham; for member of
congress, fifth district: Frank Han
cock, Allison James.
DATE OF THE ELKIN
FAIR NOT YET SET
Annual Event Will Be
Staged, However;
Board To Meet
A meeting of the directors of the
Elkin Pair, scheduled to have been
held Tuesday night, was postponed
until Friday night at 7:30 o'clock.
The Elkin Fair will again be held
this fall, but as yet the date has
not been decided upon. It is thought
probable that the directors will
name the date at Friday's meeting.
Officers and directors of the fair
are: president, J. R. Poindexter;
vice-president, E. S. Spainhour; sec
retary and treasurer, Miss Edith
Neaves; directors; H. P. Graham,
George E. Royall, J. O Blvins, J. R,
Poindexter, Ruohs Pryon. E. 8.
Spainhour, H. F. • Laffoon, J. W.
Crawford and J. H. Beeson.
Ladies To Be Admitted
Free To Today's Game
Today (Thursday), will be observ
ed as Ladies' Day by the Chatham
Blanketeers, all ladies being ad
mitted to the game at 4 p. m. this
afternoon free of charge when Duke
Power Co., of High Point, will fur
nish Chatham opposition.
S>DE TUTTLE CHASED
THE PERKINS
v-SUE FINALLY CAU6HT