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Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV, No. 35
Hoey, Horton And Eure Given
Majorities In Saturday Vote;
Shelby Man Has 53,934 Lead
FINAL RETURNS
GIVE M c DONALD
212,895 VOTES
Hoey Annexes Many Graham
Ballots to Win
HORTON DEFEATS GRADY
Pittsboro Man Given Total of
217,652 To Win For
Lieutenant-Governor
THAD EURE VICTORIOUS
Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby,
champion of the present and pre
ceding state administrations, Sat
urday polled 266,813 votes to Dr.
Ralph W. McDonald's 212,897.
complete state returns from the
Democratic primary disclosed
Tuesday.
In the race for lieutenant-gov
ernor, complete returns show W.
P. Horton, of Pittsboro, to have
secured the nomination over Paul
Grady, of Kenly. Horton received
217,652 votes and Grady 206,773.
Thad Eure, of Winton, principal
clerk of the North Carolina house
of representatives, was given a
commanding lead over Stacey
Wade for secretary of state. Eure
polled 233,751, Wade 192,082,
complete returns show.
Hoey's majority in the bitterly
contested race for governor was
53,934. Chief interest centered
about this race, with Hoey back
ing the present/ state administra
tion and McDonald bitterly op
posing it. McDonald advocated
complete repeal of the sales tax
while Hoey was in favor of re
moving the tax from "necessities
of life." The Winston-Salem
professor, in his campaign, scored
present and preceding adminis
trations as being a machine
which should be crushed.
Returns from Saturday's ballot
ing show that Hoey annexed the
greater portion of the Graham
vote.
TOWN TAX RATE
IS SET AT $1.50
Board Denies Application To
Erect Lunch Car Type
Cafe on Vacant Lot
APPROVE TOWN BUDGET
A tax rate of $1.50, tentatively
set by the Elkin board of com
f missioners at their meeting of
June 1, was adopted Monday
night by the board. This rate is
the same as last year.
The board also approved the
town budget for the ensuing fis
cal year and appropriated S3OO
as the town's share of expense of
the county health department.
The commissioners declined to
approve an application made by
Carl Chappell to erect and oper
ate a lunch car type of cafe on
the vacant lot on the corner of
Main and Bridge street, and also
declined to revoke the license of
the L & L Hot Lunch, located on
East Main street, at the request
of two local cafe operators.
THIRTY-ONE NEW BOYS
AT SURRY C. C. C. CAMP
I . The CCC camp at Dobson re
ceived 31 new boys Tuesday night
to be added to the present group
at the camp, making a total of
176 boys at the camp at this
time. Most of the boys were from
Surry county, 17 of them being
from Mount Airy and the vicinity
of Dobson. Others were from
Chapel Hill and Greensboro.
Lieutenant, James A. Hart is
the present commanding officer
of the camp. H e is on temporary
duty in the absence of Lieutenant
J. H. Foster, the regular com
manding officer, who is on leave.
Lieutenant C. F. Simpson, the
camp's junior officer, has just re
cently taken the place of O. E.
Williams, the former Junior offi
cer, who resigned his position a
jjays ago.
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Wilkins P. Horton, top, of
Pittsboro, who received the nom
ination for lieutenant-governor
Saturday over Paul Grady, of
Kenly. Bottom: Thad Eure, of
Winton, who won over Stacy W.
Wade in fhe race for secretary of
state.
CHATHAM DOWNS
ALL OPPOSITION
Blanketeers Stage Comeback
To Win Five Out of Five
Games Over Week-End
TO FACE THREE TEAMS
Following a slump in which
they lost three out of four games
the Chatham Blanketeers came
back strong to win five out of
five in the last games played.
Games on schedule for this
week-end include contests with
the Wiscassett Knitters, of Albe
marle here this afternoon at 4 p.
m.; Cooleemee at Cooleemee Fri
day and Salisbury here at 3:30
Saturday afternoon.
In the last five games played,
Chatham defeated Albemarle at
Albemarle 3 to 2 in a 10-inning
game, and Saturday and Monday
walked away with double-headers
played with Lucky Strike, of Dur
ham, and Cooleemee.
In the Saturday games the
Blanketeers defeated Durham 4-0
in the morning contest under
pitching of Campbell plus good
ball on the part of his mates. In
the afternoon game,*with Fowler
on fhe mound they ran up a
score of 17 to 6.
Monday, with Maxwell hurling,
Chatham defeated Cooleemee in
the morning game 7 to 2. Max
well pitched an excellent game
and Leonard and Short connect
ed for home runs.
Monday afternoon Chatham
again won, the score standing at
11 to 4. Lankford was on the
mound and pitched a good
being aided by Weston who fea
tured with two homers, one the
longest ever hit on the Chatham
field.
SURRY CIVIL COURT TO
CONVENE MONDAY AT 10
The July term of Surry Super
ior court will open Monday morn
ing at 10:00 a. m. with Judge
Clayton Moore presiding. Only
civil cases will be heard in the
entire two weeks the court is
scheduled to run. A heavy docket
is t said to be slated for trial, but
it Is not expected that all will
come up for trial at this term.
EKIN PRECINCT
GIVES HOEY BIG
MAJORITY HERE
Winston Man Polls Only 97
Votes Locally
HOEY COUNT TOTALS 752
Horton and .Eure Also Get
Big Majorities in Precinct
To Beat Grady, Wade
DR. MCDONALD DROPS IN
Taking over the Graham vote,
Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, Satur
day polled a total of 752 votes in
Elkin township to only 97 cast for
Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Win
ston-Salem, in his victorious race
for governor. Dr. McDonald polled
less votes here than in the first
primary when Sandy Graham's
candidacy split the vote three
ways. t
W. P. Horton, candidate for
lieutenant-governor, and Thad
Eure, candidate for secretary of
state, were also favored by voters
of this precinct, Horton polling
639 to 174 for Paul Grady, and
Eure polling 618 as against 203
for Stacy Wade. •
Although more voters flocked
to the polls here in Saturday's
contest than voted in the first
primary, the process of voting
was carried on quietly and with
out disturbance of any kind. A
highlight, however, of the after
noon was the surprise visit of
Dr. McDonald, who was said to
have informed Registrar C. A.
McNeill that all absentee votes
cast since noon would be chal
lenged. Mr. McNeill stated Tues
day afternoon that Dr. McDon
ald's statement to that effect
was all he had heard about it.
The gubernatorial candidate re
mained here "for about an hour,
and departed, presumably for
Winston-Salem. It is understood
that earlier in the day he had vis
ited voting places in Mount Airy
and in Dobson. •
Surry county as a whole also
cast a large vote for Mr. Hoey,
unofficial returns being as fol
lows: Hoey 4,874, Mctionald 1,-
912. Surry votes for the other
candidates were: for lieutenant
governor: Grady 2,197, Horton 3,-
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PATROLMEN NAB
. DRUNKEN DRIVER
Cycle Man Faces Assorted
Charges After Chase In
Yadkin Sunday Night
HAD 10 PINTS OF BOOZE
A man said to hpve been Robert
Macemore, of Cycle, was arrest
ed on the Brook's Cross Roads
highway a few miles south of
Jonesville Sunday night by Patrol
men Cj-owell and Johnson, of El
kin and North Wilkesboro, after
a chase of several miles in which
Macemore laid the groundwork
for various and sundry charges
including speeding and reckless
driving, not to mention posses
sion of whisky, driving while in
toxicated, and driving without a
state drivers' license.
In the car with Macemore, a
small coupe, were two men and a
woman, the woman's name hav
ing been given as Myrtle Evans.
Names of 1 the two other men
were not leu*ned.
When the car driven by Mace
more was halted, • a search dis
closed a tin bucket in which were
about 10 pints of bottled whisky
in assorted size containers. Mace
more, who was driving, was in
toxicated to the extent that he
begged for another drink when
he thought the two patrolmen
were about to pour out the liquor.
The i other two men and the wo
man were not intoxicated, it is
understood.
After being brought to wiHn to
the local jail for questioning,
Macemore was carried to Yadkin
ville and placed in hock there.
The others, it was learned, were
released.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1936
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
MCDONALD SUPPORTERS
PROTEST VOTE
Raleighh, July 7.—Support
ers of Dr. Ralph W. McDon
ald, defeated gubernatorial
candidate, today protested
Saturday's Democratic second
primary voting: in six counties,
Buncombe, Cleveland, Wake,
Rowan, Forsyth, and Guilford.
At the same time, it was in
dicated by officials at McDon
ald's headquarters that the
Winston-Salem man might
protest the vote of at least
four other counties—Clay,
Yancey, Rutherford, and
Bucke—when, the state board
of elections meets here Mon
day to certify the results of
the run-off races.
GREEN AND LEWIS
CONTINUE BATTLE
Washington, July 7.—Wil
liam Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor,
predicted tonight that "only
the enemies of organized la
bor" would benefit from what
he called John L. Lewis' "un
wise policy."
Resuming his battle of state
ments with the president of the
United Mine Workers, Green
said that Lewis' current steel
organization campaign needed
organized labor's undivided
support to be successful.
The steel industry's attitude
and statements, he said, could
be .interpreted to mean only
"they understand no language
except the language of force."
SEEKS ACCEPTANCE
OF N. C. LAW
Raleigh, July 7.—Governor
Ehringhaus asked G. R. Par
ker, regional director for the
social security board today, to
use his influence to persuade
the board it should reverse its
unfavorable decision on the
state's unemployment insur
ance law.
Following a "very satisfac
tory conference" with Parker,
the Governor said he still is
convinced the Cherry act—
North Carolina's unemploy
ment insurance law—complies
adequately with the require
ments of the federal social se
curity act.
FARLEY GIVEN
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Washington, July 7.—Presi
dent Roosevelt announced to
day that Postmaster General
James A. Farley will take a
leave of absence from his cabi
net post beginning August 1
and devote all his time to the
new deal election campaign
until after the balloting in
November.
First Assistant Postmaster
General William E. Howes of
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SILOAM OUTLAW
STILL AT LARGE
Surry Officers Seek Caleb
Wagoner, Convicted Mur
derer, Who Escaped
BELIEVED NEAR SILOAM
Surry county officers combed
the woods near Slloam Monday in
search of Caleb Wagner, notor
ious Siloam outlaw, who escaped
from a prison camp near Polk
ton last week after serving two
months of a 15 to 20 year mur
der sentence.
Wagner, regarded as one of the
most dangerous and desperate
'men with whom local authorities
have ever had to deal, was cap
tured last February after a sen
sational 22-day manhunt em
ploying practically all available
law enforcement officers in the
county, including Mount Airy po.-
lice and state patrolmen.
The fugitive has made his way
back into familiar territory, Sur
ry officers believe, and may now
be at large somewhere in the 'Si
loam section.
The entire vicinity was placed
under surveilance by Sheriff John
D. Thompson and his deputies
immediately after news of the des
perado's escape was received here
but the rugged nature of the
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Hoey Is Nominated
Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, who was given a majority of more than
50,000 votes over Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Winston-Salem, Satur
day, in their contest for governor of North Carolina.
Young Democrats
To Meet At Dobson
Friday Afternoon
A meeting of the Surry
county Young Democrats' club
will be held at the courthouse
in Dobson Friday afternoon at
2 o'clock to elect delegates to
the Young Democrats state
convention to be held at
Greensboro July 17-18.
All young Democrats of the
county are urged to attend
Friday's meeting.
SCHOOL SET-UP
NOW COMPLETED
Surry Will Have 239 Teach
ers; Elkin, Dobson High
Schools Lose Instructor
ALL VACANCIES FILLED
The county school set-up for
the coming year has been com
pleted and all vacancies have
been filled, according to a state
ment of John Comer, county sur
perintendent of schools, Wednes
day.
The new set-up gives the coun
ty a total of 239 teachers, 17 of
whom are for colored students,
and 222 for white students. The
Elkin and Dobson schools lost
one teacher each in the high
school departments, and the Dob
son school lost one teacher in the
elementary department, while
Bryan and Franklin schools gain
ed one teacher each for both
high school and elementary de
partments, and the Flat Rock
school gained one elementary
teacher. The colored schools of
the county lost one elementary
teacher. The county has no high
school for colored children.
Home economics departments,
with a necessary teacher for each,
have been added to the Elkin,
Mountain Park and Franklin
schools.
KIWANIS CLUB MEETS
FRIDAY AT HOTEL ELKIN
The Elkin Kiwanis club met
Friday evening at Hotel Elkin.
Following the regular Kiwanis
dinner, a continuation of the re
port on the Kiwanis International
convention staged recently at
Washington, D. C., was given by
Rev. Wm. A. Jenkins, who at
tended the convention as a dele
gate.
Rev. Mr. Jenkins stressed, dur
ing his talk, the high type of
citizenship represented by the Ki
wanians who attended the con
vention.
The Traphill and Swan Creek
road projects were also discussed
during the meeting.
Pat Snead of Washington, D.
C„ formerly a member of the lo
cal club, was the guest of Kiwan
ian C- H. Brewer.
It is not the hours you put In
that counts; it's what you put Into
the hours.
THIEVES ENTER
LOCAL AUTO CO.
Fail To Open Safe in Elkin
Motors, Inc., Building
Here Monday Night
GET FEW COINS AND GAS
Unable to force their way into
a large safe, thieves who broke
into Elkin Motors, Inc., here
Monday night or early Tuesday
morning, contented themselves
with carrying off as loot about
20* gallons of gasoline and 15 or
20 cents in cash.
Entry to the building was made
through a window at the back of
the building, the window having
been unlocked after a small pane
of glass had been broken out.
Evidently using a large ham
mer, the combination dial of the
safe was knocked off, and an
electric drill, secured from there
pair department of the motor
company, was used to drill two
holes into the door of the safe
near the dial opening. However,
judging from the appearance of
their work, the robbers were rank
amateurs and didn't succeed in
getting the safe door open.
The small amount of change
was taken from a cash register,
the drawer of which was forced
open. Gasoline was drawn from
tanks of cars stored in the build
ing.
No finger prints were found on
the safe door, neither were prints
found on the handle of the drill,
probably due to the fact the drill
handle was too rough to disclose
prints that may have been there.
MAKING PLANS
FOR NEW TRUCK
Water Hydrants Being Given
New Coat of Paint; Old
Truck Is Repainted
500 FEET OF NEW HOSE
In anticipation of receiving the
town's recently purchased fire
truck within the next few weeks,
water hydrants here are being
painted red and silver and the
old truck has also been given a
coat of red paint, so that it prob
ably will not feel too outmoded
when the new and modern equip
ment puts in its appearance.
' Five hundred feet of new fire
hose, bringing to a total of 1,000
feet of new hose purchased by
the town within the past several
months, arrived here Tuesday,
W. W. Whitaker, chief of the lo
cal fire department, stated Wed
nesday.
Although a building in which
to house the fire trucks and prob
ably town offices is under consid
eration here, the new truck,
when it arrives from the factory,
will probably be stored in the
small garage now housing the
present fire truck. Mr. Whitaker
said yesterday he didn't know at
the present time just where the
old truck would be quartered.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRESIDENT WILL
INSPECT DROUGHT
AREA IN PERSON
Federal Jobs Give Farmers
New Hope In States
LONG RANGE DISASTER
Over 50,000 Families Will Be
Put To Work On Number
Of Projects In Area
TO AID LITTLE FARMERS
Washington, July 7.—President
Roosevelt today set in motion a
drought relief program designed
to provide incomes for 170,000
distressed families, feed live stock
and change the economy of the
"dust bowl."
He named himself the nation's
No. 1 inspector to check person
ally next month on progress of
his plans.
Planked at a press conference
by administration executives in
terested in drought relief, the
President said families in the
parched area would receive aid
through work relief projects and
subsistence loans and grants.
Government loans, he said, will
be made to small cattle feeders to
save their foundation herds.
The new plans, he disclosed,
contemplate adjustment of farm
ers to the new enterprises which
will not depopulate the affected
region, but which will alter the
economy of the blighted district
and halt the need of direct fed
eral relief, which he estimates to
taled $300,000,000 during the last
three years.
Earlier, the drought commit
tee of the Agriculture Depart
ment named 97 "emergency
drought counties" in North and
South Dakota, Montana and Wy
oming where federal relief opera
tions will be concentrated.
The AAA already has worked
out modifications of its soil con
servations program to permit
conservation in the drought dis
tricts of any crops suitable for
live stock feed.
The government, Mr. Roosevelt
said, is dealing with a long-range
disaster. He added that when the
relief program was fully under
way within the next month or six
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MOUNTAIN PARK
WOMAN IS DEAD
Mrs. Emma York Cockerham
Passes Away Result Of
Heart Ailment
FUNERAL RITES SUNDAY
Mrs. Emma York Coekerham,
77, widow of Joseph H. Cocker
ham, passed away at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Leila Cocker
ham at Mountain Park Saturday
night. The deceased was seriously
ill six weeks from a heart ailment.
She was a daughter of the late
Dr. Tyre York of the Traphill
section, a widely-known citizen in
his day.
Funeral services were held
from the home Sunday afternoon
at 5 o'clock. Interment was in the
cemetery at Mountain Park Bap
tist church.
She is survived by two daugh
ters, Mrs. Lelia Coekerham and
Mrs. A. P. Haynes, Mountain
Park and one son, J. T. Cocker
ham, Roanoke, Virginia. Pour
teen grandchildren, one great
grandchild and one sister, Mrs.
Alice Taylor of Raleigh, also sur
vive.
THAT SCIENCE'S
FOUND WATS TPROLONG
LIFE, MAT BE WE'LL BE ABLE
TFINISH OUR INSTALLMENT
PAYMENTS.