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Elkin "The Best Little Town In North Carolina" VOL. No. XXV, No. 37 IATENEWC *** from the State and Nation AGENTS NAB 220 GALLONS North Wilkesboro, July 21. Under the personal supervision of T. C. Patton, head of the al cohol tax unit office in Char lotte, federal agents last night captured T. C. Perrell, 26, of Charlotte, with 220 1-2 gallons of liquor on a car in the Windy Gap community of ..Wilkes county. Agents A. R. Williams and C. C. Noble were with their chief when the liquor haul was made. They blocked the road and when the car came to a stop Perrell is said to have jumped and run but met his Waterloo in a barbed wire fence, where a pursuing officer nabbed him. DREAD DISEASE SHOWS INCREASE Montgomery. Ala., July 21. Infantile paralysis, its death toll at 15, continued spreading slowly today in Alabama and Tennessee, but Mississippi re ported no new cases In a tri state outbreak of the disease. The death of an eight-year old girl at Birmingham, brought Alabama's' casualties to 11. Four have died In Ten nessee. Eight new diagnosis in Ala bama and four In Tennessee brought to 235 the total num ber stricken by the disease. LEWIS DEFIES LABOR COUNCIL Washington, July 21.—John L. Lewis defiantly told the American Federation of La bor's executive council tonight that members of his commit tee for Industrial organisation would refuse to stand trial for "insurrection" and that the committee would "carry on." Labor men generally inter preted this announcement, made in behalf of the 12 un ions in the committee, as mak ing all but certain a wide split in the federation. *TELLS VETERANS TO BE CAUTIOUS Milwaukee, July 21.—Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, adminis trator of the veterans bureau, urged the disabled American veterans convention today to be cautious in making any rec ommendations for increasing benefits to former soldiers. Stating he did not know what plans the convention might have for seeking liberal isation of benefits, Hlnes said "while the obligation to the veterans has been met, the government still hsa an obli gation to its creditors which must be met." AUTO ACCIDENTS . FEWER IN JUNE 72 Are Killed in North Caro lina, A Drop of 21 Under Month of May 439 KILLED IN 6 MONTHS Raleigh, July 18.—Automobile accidents killed 72 persons in North Carolina in June, a drop of 21 under May and 11 fewer than In June, 1935, the highway safety division reported today. For the first six months of this year, there were 439 fatalities, compared with 480 in the same period last year. Last month there were 629 per sons injured, compared with 460 in June, 1935, and there were 566 , accidents reported last month compared with 395 a year ago for the izcsth. There were 18 pedestrians kill ed and 65 injured during June, as compared with 28 killed and 80 hurt during MayX Captain Charles\D. Parmer, head of the highway patrol, said he was very much plea sed at the drop in fatalities. "I believe it's due largel>\to two things," Captain Parmer sa.l. "A general tightening of enforcement which Is making motorists re. l ize they must observe the la\ and a better co-operation on the, part of the courts which are making law violators see the er ror of their ways. A continuation of those two things will bring an end to* the terrible number of deaths we have on our roads." TO LET CONTRACT FOR FURNISHINGS FOR NEW BUILDING All Arrangements Have Been Made, Tribune Is Told HAVE NEW DEPARTMENT Miss Margaret Cragan To Head Home Economics Department ALSO TEACH IN HOMES With the building proper prac tically completed, the contract for furniture, desks and office equip ment for Blkin's new high school building is ready to be let, it was learned Wednesday, all neces sary arrangements having been made. Furnishings for the new build ing will also include equipment for the home economics depart ment, it was said. The home economics depart ment constitutes a new and badly needed department. Miss Mar garet Cragan, for the past three years connected with the school at Jacksonville, N. C., has been secured as instructor, and comes highly recommended. The new department will be financed partly by the state, fed eral government and the county, and Miss Cragan will be on duty 10 months of the year. She will be available for home instruction as well as in the school, J. Mark Mc Adams, superintendent of schools here, stated' Wednesday. In addition to teaching cooking, the new instructor will also teach sewing, it to understood. Although no definite date has been *set for the opening of the local schools, they will open sometime in September according to present plans. SURRY MAN WES OF HEART ATTACK Ambrose H. Lyons is Found Dead In Bed Early Tues day Morning RITES HELD WEDNESDAY Ambrose Houston Lyons, 78. well known and highly respected citizen, who resided about three miles north of Elkin, was found dead in bed early Tuesday morn ing when relatives went to awak en him. The deceased had been in declining health for the past year, suffering from a heart ail ment, but his death was a shock to his family and friends. He was a member of Elkin Val ley Baptist church "and was ac tive in the affairs of the church as long as his health permitted. His wife, Mrs. Nancy Wood Lyons, passed away about five years ago. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. H. O. Billings and Mrs. J. B. Hudson, both of Elkin, and one son, Rev. Oscar B. Lyons, of Albany, Pa., who is conducting a revival meeting here. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 from Elkin Valley church. The rites were in charge of the pas tor, Rev. R. E. Adams, and inter ment was in the family plot in the church cemetery. THREE YADKIN MEN HURT IN ACCIDENT Harvey Brooks, of near Marler, is still in a Winston-Salem hospi tal, suffering with a badly frac tured hip and other bruises, as a result of an accident which oc curred on a curve near Flynt's Filling Station, five miles west of Winston-Salem on the Yadkin ville highway, about midnight Saturday night, when the car he was driving struck a car driven by Charles B. Tatum, negro, Of Win ston-Salem. Tatum and three other negroes were treated at the hospital also. Two boys, Joe Harris and Ralph Royal, both of near Marler, were with Brooks and received slight injuries. Brooks and his two companions were headed toward Yadkinvllle and the negro car was going to ward Winston-Salem when the collision occurred. Both cars were demolished. Brooks is married and has four children. It was said he had bought the car only the day be fore tne accident. > J. V. Jennings of Petersburg, Va„ spent a short time here Thurs day, the guest of friends. Mr. Jennings was en route to North WlUcesboro to join Mrs. Jennings and son, Alan, for a visit to rel atives. Faces Radio Libel *. ate 1 L ®h -r*s* i^f NEW YORK . . . Boake Carter (above), radio commentator, has been named by Governor Hoff man in a SIOO,OOO libel suit, alleg ing that on April Ist, Mr. Carter said "Gov. Hoffman knew of the Wendel kidnapping" which was involved in the Hauptmann exe cution. PLAN TO BRING REYNOLDS HERE P. O. S. of A. Believe Large Crowd Would Turn Out To Hear U. S. Senator MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN Plans are being made by local officials of the Patriotic Order Sons of America to bring United States Senator Robert R. Rey nolds to Elkin for an address, it is said, and the Elkin lodge spon soring the event express the be lief that a large crowd will be present to hear the junior sena tor. Reynolds is a national offi cer of the order and is chairman of the legislative committee of the P. O. S. of A. His address, it is said, will be a recital of the long fight which has been waged by the Patriotic Order for rigid im migration laws. It is believed that Senator Reynolds also will relate incidents in his successful fili buster against the Kerr-Coolidge bill in the last days of the recent session of congress. The membership campaign be ing waged by the local lodge is said by officials to be very satis factory, many leading business and professional men having ap plied for membership, according to reports made by organization officials. It is announced that a large group of new members will be initiated at an early date, with the degree team from the Statesville camp in charge of the work. The local officials are be ing assisted in the membership campaign by a representative of the state camp. MRS. PEARL BOYD TAKEN BY DEATH Wilkes Woman Had Been 111 For Past Month But Her Death Was Unexpected FUNERAL HELD TUESDAY Mrs. Pearl Lyons Boyd, 37, died early Sunday morning in a Mor ganton hospital, where she had been a patient two weeks. She had been ill for the past month but her death was unexpected. The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Major Lyons of near Ronda, and was a member of the Macedonia Baptist church, and was highly respected in her communuity. She is survived by two sons, Ray and Alton Boyd, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Major Lyons, three sisters, Miss Viola Lyons, Ashe boro; Mrs. Charles Bumgarner, Wilkesboro, and Mrs. Hessie Set tle,. Edgewood, Md., and one. bro ther, Ted Lyons of Ronda. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock from Macedonia Baptist church in charge of Rev. Isom Vestal and Rev. Mr. Miller and inter ment was in the family plot in the church cemetery. CRIPPLE CLINIC TO BE HELD AT MOUNT AIRY A cripple clinic will be held in the county health office at Mount Airy July 31 from 9 a. m. until 12 noon, it has been announced by Dr. Ralph J. Sykes, Surry county health officer. A tuberculosis clinic wil' be held In the Slkln health office, located over Abernethy's drug store, all day today and on July 30. All persons are requested to make appointments through their family physicians. ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1936 SHERIFF HINTS OF 'BREAK'IN HOTEL MURDER MYSTERY Says Night Watchman Holds Key To Solution THINKS HE WILL TALK Two More Hotel Employees Taken Into Custody Tues day For Questioning KEY FOUND NEAR DOOR Asheville, July 21.—The key to the baffling Clevenger murder mystery, Sheriff Laurence E. Brown said tonight, lies with Daniel Qaddy, 28-year-old watch man at the fashionable hotel where the young co-ed was slain. The sheriff made this an nouncement after he had ques tioned Oaddy and three of the other four persons detained in the investigation, two more hotel em ployes taken into custody last night, and Mark Wollner, 35- year-old concert violinist. "I questioned Oaddy quite a while today," the sheriff said. "I think he will talk tomorrow— really I do." The latest persons to be de tained for questioning in the slaying of the New York univer sity student, blond, 18-year-old Helen Clevenger, were Edward Fleming, bellboy, and L. D. Rod dy, elevator operator. They are negroes. The college-bred sheriff, who has thrown a cloak of secrecy around the investigation since last night, when he hinted he ex pected to "break" the case soon, did not say what, if anything, he had learned from the prisoners. The only one of the five per sons cow detained incommunica da who was not put on the grill by Sheriff Brown today was Mil dred Ward, 19-year-oid brunette who gave Wollner an alibi Hie girl, a tubercular patient, was taken into custody Sunday night after the sheriff said he had found witnesses who disputed her and Wollner's statements that the violinist was at home the night of the crime. Miss Ward is the daughter of Wollner's landlady. The sheriff, chief investigator of the case, said he counted on two keys to unlock the six-day mystery of the young girl's death in her hotel room. One, he said, is a super-master pass key, apparently used by the killer-ravisher, found outside the door to the vacationing girl's room. The other, he said, fits the watchman's time clock, and hangs from a brass chain in the corri dor of the hotel not more than 20 feet from the room in which Miss Clevenger was slain. Gaddy, the sheriff said, neg lected to use the key to punch the time clock he wears around his neck when passing the sec ond floor on his rounds at 1 a. m., Thursday—the hour officers fixed as the time of the murder. BLANKETEERSARE TO FACE 2 TEAMS Win Two Out of Three Games During Past Week-End; Lose to Adams Millis MAXWELL HEADING LIST The Chatham Blanketeers, win ners of two out of three games played last Thursday, Friday and Saturday, will meet the Statesvllle Chair Co. nine here Friday after noon at 4 p. m„ and Saturday at 3:30 o'clock will face Cooleemee here. The Blanketeers defeated Thomaaville at Thomasville last Thursday afternoon 4 to 2 with Maxwell, who has been doing a swell job of pitching all season, on the mound. Ragan Hosiery Mill was victim number 2 Friday, Chatham taking them in tow here 18 to 4, with Campbell doing mound duty. The Blankteers' defeat came Saturday when Adams Millis came out oh top by ft score of 8 to 6 In spite of Fowler and Stockton. Standings thus far In the sea son show Maxwell the top pitcher with a perfect thousand, he hav ing won nine games and lost none. Other members of the pitching staff following In order: I.ank ford, won 6, lost 1, pet. .857; Campbell, won 16, lost 3, pet. .843; Fowler, won 21, lost 5, pet. 807; Stockton, won \\ lost 3. pet. .7M. Ruth Bryan Owen Weds Capt. Rhode J 1 MHL* jr \fv V** il V > v JL : jiflL. fc3t' k F*\ ZR / J fl JY HYDE PARK, N. Y. . . . With President and Mrs. Roosevelt as guests, Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, U. S. Minister to Denmark and daugh ter of the late Wm. Jennings Bryan, was married here to Captain Boerge Rhode, of the Royal Life Guards of King Christian X of Den mark. Photo shows the bride and groom leaving the church. Legion to Sponsor Donkey Ball Game Here Monday Night Monday night, at the Chat ham athletic field here, the people of Elkin and this sec tion will be given an oppor tunity to witness a hilarious show—donkey baseball. The ball park will be espec ially lighted for the game, in which prominent Elkin busi ness men will take part, striv ing to play baseball astride donkeys. The donkey ball game will be sponsored by the local post of the American Legion, pro ceeds to go for use in worthy causes sponsored by the Le gion and its auxiliary. The game will be called at 8 o'clock. GRIFFEN RESIGNS AS LOCAL COACH Accepts Much Better Job With South High School In Winston-Salem JOB HERE STILL VACANT Coach Ted Griff en, teacher and athletic instructor of the local high school here last year, has re signed his position to accept a more lucrative job at South high school, in Winston-Salem, it was announced Wednesday by J. Mark McAdams, superintendent of Elkin schools. Coach Grlffen did a good job here during the last school year and his resignation is regreted by his former charges as well as by everyone who knows him. A new coach to replace Mr. Griffen has not yet been secur ed, Mr. McAdams stated. BURRUS ESTATE WORTH $173,000 Dr. J. T. Burrus, High Point surgeon who died June 8, left an estate of $173,000 and named his wife and Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, as joint execu tors in a will filed at Greensboro Friday for probate. His estate consisted of $25,000 in real estate and the balance was principally In stocks and bonds. Under the terms of the will, Mrs. Burrus is left a life's inter est in the real estate and is to receive the income from $40,000 of the personal property. The realty is to revert to Robert Bur rus and Romy Burrus after her death. The balance of the estate is to be Invested by the bank and the income from it is to be paid to several beneficiaries named in the will. Upon the death of any bene ficiary, the income is to be divid ed among the others. Provision Is also made for set ting up a fund for destitute nurses who are graduates of the Burrus Memorial Hospital Training school at High Point, and, upon the death of other beneficiaries, the income from the estate Is to diverge upon this beneficiary. SURRY TO SHARE IN BIG PROJECT Resettlement Administration To Undertake $70,000 Recreational Area FOR LOW INCOME GROUPS By PAUL MAY Tribune Washington Bureau Washington, D. C., July 22. Surry county will share in a $70,- 000 recreational area project to be undertaken by the Resettle ment Administration, it was learned today. , The entire project will require 7,000 acres, which in addition to part of Surry county, will include portions of Ashe county, Watau ga. Wilkes, Avery and Alleghany. At the present time there are forty families living in the area which the Federal government will purchase. They will be mov ed to areas more profitable for farming, it was said. The project is designed to pro vide recreational facilities for families in the low income groups who have been unable to take ad vantage of commercial parks and resorts. The area will contain picnic tables, outdoor fireplaces, benches and seats, hiking and horse trails, play fields, and pic nic grounds. In addition to the Federal and State agencies who will cooperate in the development of this rec retional area, it is expected that local social and charitable organ izations will lend their support in working out a suitable recreation al program. It is also expected that local Interests will cooperate in working out a system of trans portation, to make the area avail able to persons not owning cars, officials said. MARTIN IS NAMED STATE CHAIRMAN Former Elkin Man Selected to Fill Important Post at Young Democrats Convention Stirring enthusiasm for the new deal and its principles, with optimism of the highest order for their continuance, resounded at Oreensboro last Friday as approx imately 600 members of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina assembled for their fifth annual convention which contin ued through Saturday. Leßoy Martin, of Raleigh, was elected permanent chairman for the convention at the opening session this afternoon. Mr. Martin, a native of Yadkin county, and a former Elkin man, was presented as one who had long fought the battles of democracy in a county where the Republican odds are usually insurmountable. He ac cepted the chairmanship with the statement that the honor was not a surprise. "They had already said what they were going to do to me," he. said. J, T. Gresham Jr., of Warsaw, sounded the keynote with an ap plause-provoking indosement of the national new deal and Sena tor Robert R. Reynolds, of Ashe ville, touched the high note when he literally consigned its oppo nents to the hot place. J. Ed Butler, of Morgan ton, was elected to the presidency of the organization at Saturday's session. Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge PUBLISHED WEEKLY U.S. WARSHIPS ARE ORDERED TO SPAIN TO AID AMERICANS Get Reports of Bloody Fight ing in Largest Cities BRITISH SHIPS THERE Hoist American Flags Over United States Buildings In Madrid For Safety AMERICANS ARE UNHURT Washington, July 21.—Anxious for the safety of 1,582 Americans In bloody Spain, the United States government tonight direct ed two warships to move immed iately into Spanish waters to evacuate this country's citizens if necessary. The action was decided upon by Secretary Hull after a lengthy conference with Admiral William H. Standley, acting secretary of the navy, who issued orders di verting the two ships. They are the battleship Okla homa, now at Cherbourg, Prance, as a unit in the midshipmen's training squadron, and the U. S. S. Quincy, the navy's newest 10,- 000 ton cruiser, now on a shake down cruise to Europe. The added safety measures were decided upon despite diplo matic reports pouring in upon the state department which carried no word of any injury to Ameri cans during the recent days of strife. The same reports, however, told of a bloody battle yesterday be tween government and rebel forces in front of the American consulate at Vigo; of the hoisting of American flags over united States buildings in Madrid as a safety measure; and of British war vessels standing by at two Spanish ports to aid British and American nationals if necessary. It was noted also that some towns at which Americans are residing had not yet been heard from in diplomatic dispatches. EBENEZER REVIVAL IS WELL ATTENDED Homecoming Service Will Be Long Remembered; Inter esting Talks Made SHOW GREAT INTEREST The Homecoming service held recently at Ebenezer church was well attended and will long be remembered by those attending. Commendable talks were made by J. F. Moseley, Curt Woodruff and N. E. Hayes. These were fol lowed by a forceful sermon by the pastor, Rev. T. O. Williams. At the noon hour a bountiful picnic dinner was served. Presid ing Elder A. C. Gibbs, offered the invocation. The revival meeting which be gan with the homecoming is still in progress. Rev. Mr. Williams, the pastor, has delivered wonder ful messages of peace at services and these have been responded to with great interest. The church has had ten additions during the meeting, seven of these were bap tised Sunday morning. Seven other conversions are recorded. With the cooperation and at tendance of neighboring churches and the members of the Ebene zer church, splendid crowds have been in attendance. A cordial in vitation is extended by the church for every one to attend the services whenever possible. IWJcMiI jr ' " L s^*» ARJBBORMTUFT ATf SOME T LEAN.
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