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THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUP AS THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD Elkin "The Best Little Town In North Carolina" VOL. No. XXV, No. 34 ROOSEVELT HITS AT"TYRANNY" IN ACCEPTANCETALK Democrats Name Standard Bearers By Acclamation MANY HEAR SPEECH President Declares America Is Fighting For Survival Of Democracy GARNER IN SHORT TALK Franklin Field, Philadelphia, June 27.—President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted renomination tonight with a declaration of war against "economic tyranny." Addressing a giant outdoor mass meeting from a dais raised above the grass of this big am phitheatre. the chief executive touched upon the constitution and hit at "monopoly" and "the economic royalists" who "com plain that we seek to overthrow the institutions of America." His words, perhaps sounding a keynote in his 1936 campaign, climaxed a 24-hour period unpre cedented in American political history. John Nance Gamer, speaking before him, "gladly" accepted his own renomination as vice presi dent. Only this afternoon was Garner re-named by accalamation at the closing session of the Dem- ocratic national convention, as had been Roosevelt in the early morning hours. Never before has a major party named and notified in so short a time. (Continued on page six) YADKIN WOMAN IS TAKEN BY DEATH Mrs. Carrie Evans Adams Passes Suddenly Tuesday Near Swan Creek , FUNERAL RITES TODAY Mrs. Carrie Evans Adams, 72, widow of the late Samuel Adams, died suddenly Tuesday afternoon at 5:30 at her home near Swan Creek. The deceased was a daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. George Evaits of Yadkin county and was a member of long standing of the Swan Creek Baptist church. She is survived by the follow ing sons and daughters: Mrs. Ar thur Swaim, Danville, Va.; Mrs. Mollie Vestal, Swan Creek; Mrs. Isom Vestal, Jonesville; Jesse and David Adams, Burlington; Mon roe Adams, Norfolk, and Miss Tennessee Adams, at home. Eigh teen grandchildren and two great grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Kitty Wagoner, of Cycle, also sur vive. Funeral services will be held this morning at 11 o'clock from the Swan Creek Baptist church and interment will be in the church cemetery. The rites will be in charge of Rev, Richard Pardue of Jonesville. LEGION TO MEET AT HOTEL ELKIN To Elect Officers and Name Delegates to State Con vention at Asheville URGE ALL TO ATTEND Election of officers and . the election of delegates to attend thfe state convention of the American Legion to -be held at Asheville July 23 and 28, will be staged at Hotel Elkin tonight (Thursday), at 8 o'clock at a meeting of the George Gray Post, it was learned Wednesday from George E. Roy all, commander. All legionaires and all ex-ser vice men are urged to attend the meeting. Commander Royall stated. « SEEKS PRESIDENCY OF DEMOCRATIC CLUB Morganton, June 29. J. Ed Butler, former treasurer of the Young Democratic clubs of North Carolina and for two years tenth district chairqian, today announc ed he will seek the presidency of the State organization at the con vention in Greensboro July 17-18. The Morganton attorney, long active in Young Democratic cir cles, is the first to enter the race for the chief office in the North Carolina club for the important eieowon year. He Is a candidate to succeed Mrs. Bessie B. Phoenix of Raleigh. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Is Candidate fftfrrilifl*"* J. Ed Butler, Morganton attor ney, who is the first candidate to enter the race for the presidency of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina, which meet in convention at Greensboro July 17-18. IATENEWC from the State and Nation SELASSIE HECKLED BY ITALIANS Geneva, June 30.—Riotous scenes of cursing and fighting in the galleries shattered the dignity of the League of Na tions assembly tonight when black-robed little Emperor Haile Selassie told the world's peacemakers, "You deserted us to Italy." Police were called in to re store order after a chorus of heckling booes and curses greeted the emperor without an empire when he rose to make a final, dramatic plea for aid. It was almost ten minutes before police restored order and the erstwhile ruler of Africa's last empire was al lowed to resume and bitterly tell the league members: "God and history will re member your judgment!" MCDONALD FAYORS EIGHT-HOUR DAY Durham, June 30. Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, guberna torial 'candidate, tonight went on record as favoring an eight hour day for labor as he charged his opponent, Clyde R. Hoey, with favoring "longer hours and lower wages for ihe men in the mills." At the same time, he called for a decree freeing workers from "economic slavery." "Corporation connection," the Winston-Salem man de clared, and "Liberty League support" cause "Mr. Hoey's lack of sympathy with the workers of our state." ROOSEVELT. FARLEY TO DISCUSS RETIREMENT Washington, June 30.—Pres ident Roosevelt said tonight he would confer with Postmaster- General James A. Farley Thursday and indicated they would discuss the Question of Farley's resignation from the cabinet. Asked at his press confer ence whether Farley would re sign to devote his full time to the chairmanship of the na tional and New York state Democratic committes, Mr. Roosevelt said he would have nothing to say until after the Thursday conference. HOEY WOULD DEVELOP STATE Roxboro, June 30.—"1t is my hope to build North Carolina. It is McDonald's policy to de stroy," declared Clyde R. Hoey, candidate for the /Democratic nomination for governor, in an address delivered here tonight. "It will be my purpose as governor to improve the schools, the road system, the , state's institutions and serv ices, said Hoey. They must be developed and made more ef fective. We must build furth er, not destroy the foundation upon which we have built. The most tragic failure of civil ization is the nation which must build battleships to find work for its people to do. Elkin Broils As Merc Goes Upward Where are all the people who but a few short months ago were huddled around their coal heaters bitterly bemoan ing the near zero weather and wishing for the advent of spring and summer? They are huddled about so da fountains, electric fans and anything else that might give a breath of coolness bit terly bemoaning the hot wea ther and wishing for the ad vent of fall and winter. And well they have a right to moan rM sweat. For dur ing''the past few days the mer cury has gone air-minded and soared to scorching heights. Newspaper reports from neighboring towns have given thermometer readings any where from the high nineties to over a hundred. But accord ing to many Elkin citizens, those readings are nothing but sissies as compared with the heat wave here. However, due to the lack of an official thermometer lo cally, an official reading can not be given. Suffice it to say that local reports have had the temperature ranging any where from 97 to 100 degrees in the shade. In other words, it's hot! CAPACITY CROWD ATTENDS RALLY H. H. Barker Delivers Key note Address at Surry County Convention LEWELLYN IS CHAIRMAN A capacity crowd of Surry coun ty Democrats, including many El kin citizens, attended the Roose velt Nominators' convention stag ed in the courthouse at Dobson Saturday night. The convention was presided over by R. C. Lewellyn, Elkin banker, as chairman. H. H. Bar ker, Elkin attorney, made the keynote address. In an excellent talk, Mr. Barker reviewed and praised the record of the New Deal under President Roosevelt. Other addresses were also made by Dr. Roy Mitchell, of Mount Airy; R. C. Freeman, of Dobson; and John Folger, of Mount Airy. Following the business of the convention, those present listen ed in, via radio loud speakers, to President Roosevelt's acceptance speech from Franklin Field, Phil adelphia. WILKES WOMAN PASSES MONDAY Mrs. Mary Ann Armstrong Gray Dies After Long Seige of 111 Health SERVICES HELD TUESDAY Mrs. Mary Ann Armstrong Gray, 79, • passed away Monday afternoon at her home near Cling - man, Wilkes county, after a seven weeks critical illness, which fol lowed a long period of ill health! The deceased was the widow of William B. Gray, who died in 1912. For a number of years she had been a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist church and was a woman greatly beloved in her community. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'elock from Pleasant Grove church in charge of Rev. N. T. Jarvis. In terment was in the family plot ity the church cemetery. She is survived by the following sons and daughters: Mrs. T. N. Green, Jonesville; Mrs. J. B. Green, Ronda; Mrs. Thomas Arm strong, Elf land; Mrs. R. R. Cra ter and B. C. Gray and Tyre Gray. Ronda; Sam Gray, Roaring River, and Arthur i Gray, Balti more, Maryland. Twenty-five grandchildren and nine great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild also survive. J. P. MORGAN SERIOUSLY ILL Manchester, Mass.. June SO. —Carried on a stretcher, J. Pierpont Morgan, fnternatiqn ally kffiwa financier, tonight was placed on a special car at tached to a Boston-bound train, local police revealed. ELEIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1936 ELKIN WON'T GET POSTOFFICE FOR AT LEAST A YEAR Local Project Eliminated From Federal Program ADMIT PLANT IS NEEDED However, Other Towns of State Have Greater Nqed of New Postal Quarters STAND CHANCE IN 1937 Tribune Washington News Bureau Washington, D. C., June 30.— ; The proposed Elkin post office project has been eliminated from this year's Federal building pro gram, the treasury department announced today. Although the treasury depart ment, in hearings conducted be fore the House appropriations committee on this year's deficien cy appropriation bill, promised that the Elkin postoffice facilities would be investigated as to the need for more space, the project will be put on the shelf for at least another year, it was stated today. ' The treasury department an nounced that nine new Federal building projects would be under taken in North Carolina, as that State's share of the Federal build ing program for this year. Elkin was not included with the proj ects. While treasury officials pre viously stated that their investi gation at Elkin disclosed that ad ditional postoffice space was needed, the ommission of a proj ect for the city this year is due to greater need elsewhere. Under the equitable distribution system of Federal buildings, the interpre tation is that only one project be (Continued on page six) VOTERS TO GO TO POLLS SATURDAY Second Primary. Will Decide Outcome of McDonald- Hoey Race for Governor VOTE HERE AT McNEER'S With Dr. R. W. McDonald prom ising a new highway setup and Clyde Hoey ' oicing his aversion to stooping to tactics smelling of the gutter. North Carolina's Demo cratic gubernatorial race will come to an end Saturday when the voters, who as yet have been given opportunity only to listen, will march to the polls and talk with the ballot. Apparently "the machine" is the chief issue in the race for governor, while other candidates campaigning for nomination to lesser offices have no particular issues at all except their desire to get into office "to serve the pee pul." According to Dr. McDonald, Mr. Hoey is but a servant of the political machine that he alleges has had its clutches on the gov ernment of North Carolina for 10, these many years, while Mr. Hoey busily denies the allegation and views with alarm the fate of North Carolina if Mr. McDonald should be elected. The polls will open here at Mc- Neer's warehouse at sunrise Sat urday morning, July 4th to put an end to the viewing and point ing, with six names on the ballot. Candidates, and the offices for which they are running, follow: For governor: Clyde R. Hoey Dr. Ralph W. McDonald; for lieutenant-governor: Wilkins P. Horton, Paul Grady; for secre tary of state: Thad Eure, Stacey W. Wade. YADKIN AUTO SALES NOW IN NEW QUARTERS Yadkin Auto Sales, Dodge and Plymouth agency here, are now lo cated in new quarters, having moved into the building, at one time occupied by. the P-W Chev rolet Co., and more recently by the Roller Rink. The Roller Rink ceased business at thq end of June and the new automobile agency moved In July 1. Everyone Is invited to visit them in their new quarters and inspect the new Dodge and Ply mouth automobiles. Yadkin Auto Sales Is headed by L. F. Amburn. J. C. Chappell and H. J. Steelman, all men of long experience in the automobile bus iness. The WiustCku-Eliin Motor Ex press will also have an office In the same building, using the same telephone number. And Now the Shooting Begins V' I* WASHINGTON . . . Here are the political field generals who now swing into fiction, ordering advances on all fronts to win the 1936 Presidential ejection. . . . On the left is John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of the Republican National Committee and right, James J. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Their pre liminary skirmishes, following Hamilton's assuming control for Lan don and Knox, were followed closely and with interest by political observers. LOCAL WOODMEN ARE INITIATED Degree Team From Winston- Salem Puts Local Candi dates Through Paces SEVERAL TALKS MADE Rosewood Camp 105, Woodmen of the World, held a special ini tiation here last week in which a class of candidates were inducted into the order. The degrees were impressively confered by the officers and drill team of Twin-City Camp 27, of Winston-Salem. Following the de gree work, interesting woodcraft talks were made by the following visitors. District Manager L. T. Cooper, C. C. Clinard and Sover eign Fuchess, of Winston-Salem; Joe Parrish, the newly elected president of the Daniel Boone Log Rollers association, and Major Whitt, of the uniform rank. The initiation was held as the climax to a nation-wide W. O. W. membership drive in which Rose wood Camp was awarded a ban ner for its part in the campaign. The local camp extended its thanks to Captain Freeman and the Winston-Salem degree team for conferring degrees on the El kin candidates, and also its prais es for the splendid work the team is doing in the promotion of wodcraft progress. After the business session re freshments were served. KIWANIANS HEAR OF CONVENTION Rev. Wm. A. Jenkins and Wil bur Carter Tell of Wash ington Meeting MEET AT PLAYGROUND A report on the 20th annual convention of Kiwanis Interna tional, which closed Its final ses sion last Thursday at Washing ton, D. C., was made to the local club Friday night by Kiwanians Wilbur Carter and Rev. Wm. A. Jenkins, who attended as dele gates from the Elkin club. Friday's meeting was held at the community playground, sup per being served picnic style. A. Copeland Callen, of Urbana, HI., was elected president of' Ki wanis International for 1936-37, the local Kiwanians were told, while Frank T. Taylor, of Winni peg, Manitoba, and James M. Lynch, of Florence, S. C., were named vice-presidents. The Carollnas district was one of the winners in the achievement contest, it was reported. PRISONER RETURNS TO COUNTY JAIL Barnie Cook, of Mount Airy, serving a3O day sentence, who walked off from the county jail a few days ago called a deputy sheriff the following day and no tified him that he was ready to go back to his place of incarcer ation. He is now resting in the county Jail. "July 4th" To Be Observed Here On 6th By Merchants Elkin stores and business houses, with exception of The Bank of Elkin, will observe Monday, July 6, as a holiday instead of Saturday, which this year falls on the 4th of July. The bank, according to of ficials, will be closed Saturday and will be open Monday as usual. The local postoffice will also observe holiday hours. SLOT MACHINES ARE UNLAWFUL State Supreme Court Upholds Recently Enacted State Law Outlawing Devices ALL TYPES ARE TABOO Although a state-wide law was passed at the last session of the state legislature outlawing slot machines, quite a bit of uncer tainty on the part of Surry offi cials and officials in other parts of the state has been apparent as to the type of slot machine cov ered by the law. However, since recent opinions of the North Car olina supreme court has upheld convictions for operating both the m&rble top type as well as the up right lever type, it is apparent that the county will refuse to li cense any type of slot machine which are played for profit or "skill." Several cases were carried to the supreme court by operators of slot machines who had been con victed under the state slot ma chine law, and in each case the supreme court upheld the con victions. CHATHAM DROPS 3 OUT OF FOUR To Meet Strong Durham Team Here Saturday In Double Bill GAME THIS AFTERNOON Defeated in three of their last four games, the Chatham Blanke teers hope to improve their stand ing here this week-end and Mon day in a series of games which in cludes a Fourth of July double header. This afternoon they will meet the Regan Knitters, of Thomas ville. Saturday, In a morning and afternoon game they will face Lucky Strike, of Durham, a team that has marked up a very im pressive record for the season thus far. The morning game is to be called at 10 o'clock and the afternoon affair at 4. Monday the Blanketeers will meet Salisbury here. In the last four games played Chatham defeated Fleldale at Winston-Salem, and lost to Chat ham of Winston, Thomasvllle Chair Co. and Cooleemee. Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Bhie Ridge PUBLISHED WEEKLY YADKIN YOUTH IS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT SUNDAY Paul Felts, of Swan Creek Community, Wreck Victim FOUR OTHERS ARE HURT Automobile Overturns When Headlights Fail on High way Near Wilkesboro FUNERAL RITES MONDAY » Paul Felts, 18-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Pelts of the Swan Creek community of Yadkin county was fatally Injured in an automobile accident Sunday morning about one o'clock, about five miles east of Wilkesboro, on highway 421. Claude Poster, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Foster of the same community, was serious ly injured. He is suffering from a fractured skull, broken collar bone and a crushed shoulder and his condition is described as ex tremely critical at the Wilkes hos pital, where the injured are being treated. Guy Brooks, 29, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brooks, of Call, Wilkes county, and Troy Myers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Little Myers of near Jonesville, were less seriously hurt, but hospital treatment was neces- (Continued on page six) BOONVILLE BOYS TO ATTEND MEET Ralph Transou, Gilbert Spen cer Are Named Y. T. H. F. \ Convention Delegates REECE IS IN CONTEST Ralph Transou and Gilbert Spencer of the Boonville school and members of the Boonville Y. T. H. P. organization have been selected as delegates to attend the state convention of the Y. T. H. P. organization which is be ing held at Raleigh July 2 and 3. The convention will be held at State College. Poy Reece of the Boonville chapter who made the district judging team at Thomasville will enter the state judging contest Thursday, July 2. Twenty-four boys from over the state have qualified for this contest. Pour boys will be selected for the state team to enter the .national judg ing contest this fall. CARL M. GAMBILL SUCCUMBS FRIDAY Brother of Dr. Ira S. Gambill Passes Following Five Weeks' Illness WAS NATIVE OF WILKES Carl Montgomery Gambol, 42, native of Wilkes county and brother of Dr. Ira S. Gambille of this city, passed away about mid night Friday night in a States vilTe hospital, following a five week's illness of septicaemia. The body was immediately re moved to Elkin to await funeral rites which were held Sunday af ternoon at 3 o'clock from the First Baptist church, in charge of the pastor, Rev. Eph Whisen hunt. The deceased was a son of the lata Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Qambill (Continued on page six) jßagflil *S'IA STUDYIN' SHORTHAND AT SCHOOL'SAYS MARY 3ELLE PERKINS/BUT MS TtACHIN* WE T COOK- \ 65HL HSfER. KNOWS WHAT KINDA HUSBAND SHE'LL GET" —£
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