THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THtJ TROf HY C - P
Elkin
"The Beet Little Town
In North Carolina"
\ No. XXV, No. 32
M. M. C. A. Building Is
Seen As Possibility;
Would Cost SIOO,OOO
STATE SECRETARY
TELLS KIWANIANS
OF OPPORTUNITY
Of Opinion Chatham
Would Put Up
Goodly Sum
WOULD FILL NEED
An exceptional opportunity for
Elkin to secure a SIOO,OOO Y. M.
C. A. building, partly financed by
the Chatham Manufacturing
company, was explained in detail
before the Elkin Kiwanis club
Friday night by Wilson Smith,
secretary of the North and South
Carolina Young Men's Christian
associations.
Thurmond Chatham, president
of the Chatham Manufacturing
company, of Winston-Salem and
Elkin, will put up $15,000 toward
such a building providing the citi
zens of Elkin will put up a like
■amount, Mr. Wilson believes,
fooltxting out that the remaining
$70,00*0 can be secured from the
federal] government.
The! y. M. C. A. secretary pre
faced This remarks by stressing the
fact J that youth is America's
greatest asset, and quoting sta
tistics to show that most crimi
nals f make their first offense
against law and order between
ages of 16 and 18. Similarly,
the careers of most business men
start between the same ages, he
said. The Y. M. C. A. is a build
er of character, the speaker con
tinued, and urged every citizen to
take an interest in youth.
In explaining the Y. M. C. A.
project for Elkin, Mr. Wilson
stated the proposal for such a
building was first made to him
by Mr. Chatham. In event a
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BLANKETEERS
FACE 2 TEAMS
Will Meet Travelers
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And Unique Furni
ture Co. Here
: Victorious in five games played
last week, the Chatham Blanke
teers are scheduled to take on
two more teams here Friday and
.Saturday.
f Friday afternoqn at 4 o'clock
they will meet the Greyhound
Travelers. Saturday afternoon at
3:30 the Unique Furniture Co.,
will have a team present on the
local field.
In the past four games, the
"Blanketeers met and defeated
the following teams: Lexington
18 to 6; Duke Power Co., of High
roir.t, 8 to 7; Coen Cubs 4 to 3,
ana Unique Furniture Co., 8 to 2.
■ Q. L. Pardue, of Elkin, was
Awarded the attendance prize at
last Saturday's game.
RECKLESS DRIVER
CAUSES ACCIDENT
Forces Car Driven by
C.S. Foster Off of
m Highway
; Forced off the highway by a
speeding automobile last Friday
Bright about 11 o'clock, C. S. Fos
ter, of Elkin, escaped serious in
jury ~Jr pusstole deacn when his
automobile struck a telephone
fole about three-quarters of a
3iile north of town.
J air. Foster was on the way to
Jlis home about three miles north
jjmk Elkin when the accident oc
iVßurred. An automobile, traveltn*
Bit a fast rate of speed and on th*
Strong side of the highway, waiF
■Sponsible for the accident, the
man choosing the telephone
K>le in preference to beifcj hit by
approaching machine head
■y though his car was badly
Kmsged, Mr. Foster was unln-
Bt rrt The driver of the speeding
nSir failed to stop, and his identi
■fcbas not been learned.
P |
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
SAYS MCDONALD
HAS "SOMERSAULTED"
Shelby, June 16. Clyde
Hoey charged in a statement
tonight that Dr. Ralph McDon
ald, his opponent in the gover
nor's race, "turned a complete
somersault" on the liquor is
sue because "his tax program
and impossible promises have
utterly collapsed."
The veteran campaigner,
who led McDonald by more
than 4,000 votes in the first
Democratic primary, termed
the former college professor's
county liquor control plank "a
wild chase for votes."
"Dr. McDonald has a bad
case of political jitters. Both
the doctor and his platform
have been weighed in the bal
ance of public opinion and
have been knocked out. As de
feat stares him in the face he
has become desperate."
DEMOCRATS LACK
SPACE FOR THRONGS
Philadelphia, June 16.
Philadelphia Democrats who
boasted a big, new convention
hall when they sold the city to
the party's national committee
last January, found it woe
fully small today.
Those in charge of prepara
tions for the national conven
tion, which opens Tuesday, an
nounced that "the crowd
could move into Philadelphia
today and find the city reads',
for them," but admitted one
problem—ticket demand—was
unsolved, and likely will re
main that way.
WITHHOLDS CONTRACT
FROM STEEL COMPANY
"Washington, June 16.—Act
ing at the request of the na
tional labor relations board,
Secretary Ickes today withheld
from the Jones*and Laughlin
Steel company a contract for
1,433,560 pounds of steel for
use on the Imperial dam in
Arizona.
The interior department
rhief said the stopping of con
tract negotiations was ordered
because the steel company had
been found "guilty" by the la
bor board of unfair labor prac
tices.
3,442 DRIVERS'
LICENSES REVOKED
Raleigh, June 16.—Officials
of the motor vehicle bureau
said today 3,442 automobile
drivers' licenses had been re
voked for law violations since
laxt Nnwmher, wken an ordi
nance providing for license
suspension was passed.
Of the 36 revocations an
nounced today, one was for hit
and run driving, one was for
larceny of an automobile, one
was for being an habitual drug
addict and the remainder were
for driving while under the in
fluence of liquor.
LARGE SUM LOANED
IN SURRY COUNTY
Approximately $30,-
000 Goes to Poorer
Rural Classes
Approximately $30,000 has been
loaned by the Surry county re
settlement bureau during 1936 in
a program affecting around 2,500
persons of the poorer rural classes
either directly or indirectly, ac-
IJkrding to a statement yesterday
roi* the farm supervisor, H. S.
Harrison The bureau expects to
aid some 500 farm families to be
come self-supporting.
These loans were made in or
der in provide families with need
ed food livestock and farming
materials, it was stated. All loans
for consumable goods are to be
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Committeeman
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A. D. (Lon) Folger, of Dobson,
who was elected last Friday by
the state Democratic convention
at Raleigh to succeed C. L. Shup
ing, of Greensboro, as Democra
tic national committeeman from
North Carolina.
A. D. FOLGER IS
GIVEN HIGH POST
Is Elected Democratic
National Commit
teeman
Attorney A. D. "Lon" Folger, of
Dobson, was named Friday at
Raleigh by the state Democratic
convention as national commit
teeman for North Carolina to suc
ceed C. L. Shuping, of Greensboro.
Mr. Folger, state campaign
manager for A. H. "Sandy" Gra
ham in his recent race for gov
ernor, has for a quarter of a cen
tury been one of the Democratic
warhorses in Surry county and
this part of the state, and his ex
cellent work in directing Hr. Gra
ham's campaign brought him
state-wide attention. He is well
qualified for the post to which
he has been named.
VETERANS BONDS
RECEIVED HERE
Majority of Certifi
cates Have Been
Delivered
Although not all the bonus
bonds scheduled to be delivered
through this postoffice have as
yet been received, a majority has
been received and delivered, it
was learned from postal employ
ees Wednesday.
The first shipment of bonds
was received Monday and a sec
ond shipment was received Tues
day. These bonds were delivered
at the local postoffice and by
route carriers. Other shipments
of bonds are expected daily un
til the entire number has been
delivered.
While the recipient of a bonus
payment has his bonds he does
not have his money. If he wishes
to cash his bonds instead of hold
ing them, he must endorse them
before two witnesses who are
known to him and who certify
that he is the person named in
the bonds. The bonds are then
forwarded by the postmaster to
the paymaster's headquarters in
Asheville—in the case of Surry
coiwty claimants—and a check is
then issued in the amount of the
bonds and immediately forwarded
to the holder direct.
Although it is not known here
how many are cashing in their
bonds, it is understood that many
are so doing.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. AUred of
Fayetteville, were the guests
Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. Mason
Lillard, at their home on .Owyn
Avenue.
This Issue of The Tribune Comes
From New and Larger Press
This issue of The Tribune in
augurates a change in size and
appearance of the newspaper,
each page now containing seven
standard size, 12-em columns, in
stead of six 13-em coiunms as has
been the style heretofore.
A Whitlock Premier two-revo
lution press has been installed
in ordes that The Tribune may
ELKIN. N. G., THURSDAY. JUNE 18. 19.36 '
STATE DEMOCRATS
PLEDGE VOTES TO
PRES. ROOSEVELT
Adopt Platform Fav
oring Changes In
Sales Tax
ARE IN HARMONY
Raleigh, June 12. —Democrats
of North Carolina pledged their
26 votes at the national conven
tion in Philadelphia to President
Roosevelt and Vice President Gar
ner and adopted a platform fav
oring changes in the sales tax
but saying the levy could not be
abolished entirely today, at an
harmonious state convention.
No discord was evident at any
time on the convention floor,
though the platform committee
wrangled over a possible "wet" or
"bone dry" liquor plank and then
compromised by making no men
tion of the question at all.
J. Melville Broughton, of Ral
eigh, president of the North Car
olina Bar Association, was key
noter and vividly painted the rec
ord in the nation of "this inspir
ed and courageous leader," Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, and "our cour
ageous and public-spirited gover
nor, son of Pasquotank, J. C. B.
Ehringhaus." Broughton praised
the "humanitarian" administra
tion of Roosevelt and the fiscal
policies and "expanded" services
of the Ehringhaus regime.
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VACCINATION TO
BE GIVEN FREE
Following Clinics to
Get Under Way On
June 22nd
Free vaccinations for the pre
vention of typhoid fever, diphthe
ria and smallpox will be given by
the Surry county health depart
ment at the following places be
ginning dune 22, it has been an
nounced by Dr. Ralph J. Sykes,
Surry county health officer:
Monday, June 22, 29, July 6
and 13: Toast Post Office, 9:00
a. m.; Zion Hill School, 0:30 a.
m.; Round Peak Post Office, 9:45
a. m.; Lowgap Post Office, 10.00
a. m.; Hayes* Store, 10:30 a. m.;
Blevin's Store, 10:50 a. m.; Jar
rell's Store, 11:15 a. m.; Walter
Sparger's Store, 11:30 a. m.; Oak
Grove Church, 11:45 a. m.; Pine
Ridge Church, 12:00 Noon.
Tuesday, June 23, 30, July 7
and 14: Atkins Filling Station,
9:15 a. m.; Kapp's Mill, 9:40 a.
m.; Cockerham's Store, 10:00 a.
m.; Devotion, 10:20 a. m.; Zephyr,
10:40 a. m.; Mulberry, 11:00 a.
m.; Mountain Park, 11:20 a. m.;
Thurmond, 11:45 a. m.; State
Road, 12:00 Noon.
Friday, June 26, July 3, 10 and
17: Flat Rock School, 9:15 a. m.;
Vaughn's Store, 9:40 a. m.; Mc-
Brlde School, 10:00 a. m.; White
Sulphur Springs, 10:30 a. m.; Sa
lem School, 10:50 a. m.; Green
Hill School, 11:20 a. m.
The Elkin health office, locat
ed over Abernethv's Dnjg Store,
will be open each Thursday af
ternoon from 2 p. m. until 4 p.
m.
Everyone who needs to be vac
cinated is urged to visit the near
est dispensary point.
Chinese Pastor And
Surgeon To Be Here
Dr. Emil Young, native Chinese
pastof and surgeon, visiting in
the United States, will speak at
the Elk in Methodist church Wed
nesday evening, June 24, at 8
o'clock.
A most cordfal Invitation is ex
tended all denominations to hear
this native pastor in a talk on the
conditions in China.
ing approximately twice as large
as the press upon which the pa
per was formerly printed, and
weighing eleven tons. Approxi
mately lour days, with a crew of
n'j" fesg
day, was required to set up the
new equipment.
Republican Presidential Nominee
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Governor Alfred Mossman Landon, of Kansas, who last week r.-as
unanimously nominated by the Republican national convention at
Cleveland to oppose Franklin D. Roosevelt for the presidency in Nov
ember. Col. Frank Knox, of Chicago, was named as Gov. Landon's
running mate. The picture above was especially posed the week pre
ceding the .Republican convention..
Heavy Rainfall
BrealK Drought
In This Section
A rainfall of .88 of an inch,
one tenth of an inch less than
the entire precipitation for
the month of May, according
to official records, fell here
Friday afternoon to break the
drought which threatened
crops in this section.
High winds which accom
panied the rain for a few min
utes, unroofed a portion of the
Carolina Ice and Fuel Com
pany building and blew in a
niate rlasa window of the ciMn
Bottling company, located just
. opposite the ice plant, on South
Bridge Street. The damage
here was confined to the two
buildings.
The rainfall, which followed
a series of lesser showers ear
lier in the week brought relief
to parched gardens and crops.
According to messages from
the surrounding country, the
"ainfall was widespread.
TO STAGE RALLY
AT DOBSON 27TH
Will Meet to Hear
Roosevelt's Accept
ance Speech
Thomas Ashby, of Mount Airy,
has been appointed chairman of
the Roosevelt Nominators' rally
to be held in Dobson Saturday
night, June 27, at 7 p. m., it was
learned Wednesday. Mr. Ashby
was appointed by James A. Far
ley, chairman of the Democratic
national committee.
The rally will be similar to a
national convention, though in
miniature form, it was said. Each
precinct will be represented by
delegates and the meeting will be
conducted along lines identical to
the national event.
E. C. Lewellyn has been nam
ed temporary chairman of the
rally, and keynoter, it was
learned.
Following the keynote address
and other speeches to be made,
those attending will hear, by ra
dio, President. Roosevelt's address,
to be made from the scene of the
Democratic national convention in
Philadelphia, in which he will ac
cept the nomination for president.
lies in the state. The old press
was not sufficiently large io suc
cessfully print a seven-column
LANDON AND KNOX
MAP OUT CAMPAIGN
Get Heads Together to
Think About Nov
ember sth
Topeka, Kas., June 16.—Gov.
Alf M. Landon and his Republi
can running mate, Col. Frank
Knox, who were nominated for
president and vice-president amid
wild enthusiasm and unprece
dented harmony at the Republi
can national convention last week,
met under a blazing sun today,
spoke confidently to a cheering
crowd and '~en got down to cam
paign details—from finesse to fi
nance—with key men of their
party.
In 99 degree weather, the pres
idential and vice-presidential
nominees shook hands on the
limestone steps of the Kansas
capitol as they embarked on what
Landon called ."a real partner
ship."
"Well, colonel, you look in good
fighting trim. Welcome to the
campaign," Landon told Knox
with a nod of his head.
"I am happy to be here in this
fight," answered Knox, "we're
going to let the truth be known
about the vital issues of this
campaign. You have made a fine
start with that telegram to the
convention."
Finally, ifa the quiet of the buff
brick Kansas executive mansion,
with their after-luncheon cigars
lighted, Landon and Knox and
their 17 conferees began to map
the strategy which may spell vic
tory' or defeat in November.
TWO A'CCIDENTS
OCCUR AT BRIDGE
No One Seriously In
jured When Trucks
Collide
Two accident?, one Monday af
ternoon and the second Wednes
day morning, occurred at the
north end of the new Hugh Chat
ham bridge here. Luckily, no one
was seriously injured in either.
The first accident occurred
about three o'clock Monday af
ternoon when a large truck cut
sharp to the left to enter the
bridge from East Market street
extension, and was hit by a Grey
hound. bus driven by Dewey May
berry. The bus was damaged
about the front, but Mayberry and
several passengers were uninjured
The accident was described as
having been the fault of the true®
driver, whose name was not
teamed. No arrests wire outdo.
Wednesday's accident took place
when a huge truck and trailer
THREE-FOUR] On
CHECKS EXPECTEI^B
Approximately 75 per cent offl
the tillable land acreage of tiiaj
county has been signed up by th**
runners of the county in the nem
soil conservation program, ac4SB
cording to a statement
Wednesday morning by J. Wa
Crawford, county farm agent.
The field work of
has been completed, but farmeral
may still sign working sheets
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LEWELLYN NAMED {■
Surry County Manl
Honored by N. C.
Bankers 'M
R. C. Lewellyn, president oflH
The Bank of Elkln, was elected «
treasurer of the North Carolina ■
Bankers association for the com- 5j
lng year at one of the sessions of fill
the annlial meeting of the asso- J
ciation held on board steamer f|
during a cruise to Bermuda.
The honor paid Mr. Lewellyn fH
climaxed a career that has seen |H
him rise to a position of piumi- |
nence in financial circles of this 1
section of the state. In addition j
to being president of the local «
bank, he is also president of the 1
Surry Loan and Trust company, |H
which operates banks at Dobson 1
and Mount Airy. '■
Other officers of the associa
tion elected at the recent meeting fl
were as follows: M. B. Hogan,
Chapel Hill, president; B. T?
Kerr, Charlotte, first vice-press
dent; F. P. Spruill, Rocky Mount,
second vice-president; R. L. Pope, M
Thomasville, third vice-president; ffl
and Paul P. Brown, Raleigh, sec
retary.
Dr. R. A. Moore, orthopedic sur- 1
geon of Winston-Salem, will hold ,■
a cripple clinic in the office of V
the Surry county health depart- Wk
ment at Mount Airy Friday, June ■
26, from 9 a. m, until 12 noon, it
has been announced by Dr. Ralph H
J. Syk.es, Surry health officer.
Similar clinics will be held ffl
monthly throughout the summer
and' early fall instead of every f|
other zw&nth.
It was also announced that
1 funds are now available for W
eration and hospitalization i*fr in- iM
digent cases.
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' ' Ttifi
ble "school will "begin at" the First ■
Baptist church June 29, and will 1
cqntinue for two weeks. Miss
Elaine Grigg of Shelby will be in S
charge of the school, assisted by '' J
local teachers.
Detailed announcement of the ;3
program and teachers wUI Jjte §■
made through The Tribune next JM
week.
• All children in the community fjjH
are cordialiy invited to attend the Mi
Classes. 9 ■ Wt
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