from the
State and Nation
LEMKE WARNS
COUNTRY IN SPEECH
'Greeley, Colo., Aug. 4—Hep.
William Lemke, of North Da
kota, Union Party candidate
for president, said tonight de
struction of democracy in this
country was inevitable unless
issues now before the people
were disposed of rightly.
In an address prepared for
delivery before the graduating
class of the state college here,
the Union Party leader assert
ed these issues, among them
the right of Congress to reas
sume its power to "coin money
and regulate the value there
of" were either ignored or
f slightly touched on by the
Democratic and Republican
platforms.
N. C. PWA MAY
SOON FOLD UP
Washington, Aug. 4.—North
Carolina's PWA organization
may soon fold up if President
Roosevelt holds to his ruling
that no projects will receive al
locations out of the new work
relief appropriation unless the
sponsors can show only labor
from relief rolls will be used
on them. ,
This became apparent at
Secretary Icke's press confer
ence today when he said assis
tants had been "combing" the
list of PWA files in search of
projects to meet the President's
100 per cent relief labor rule
and had found but few.
The trouble lies in the fact
that there is a shortage of
skilled labor on relief rolls.
Most communities where PWA
projects are proposed have
plenty of unskilled labor on
the rolls, but this is of small
benefit unless the WPA can
certify plumbers, brick masons,
carpenters, plasterers and sim
ilar trained laborers for the
job.
GREECE HAS
DICTATOR
Athens, Aug. s.—Premier
Gen. John Metaxas early today
declared a dictatorship under
the auspices of King George
n.
Metaxas also declared mar
tial law and dissolved the
Chamber of Deputies after
Communists called a general
strike.
The King, fearing large
scale Communist disturbances
throughout the country, con
sented to declaration of mar
tial law. However, the country
was quiet early today.
All elections were ordered
postponed indefinitely.
SAYS COUGHLIN
DISCIPLINED
Vatican City, Aug. 4.
Breaking a one week's silence,
Bishop Michael J. Gallagher of
Detroit admitted today for the
first time since he came to
Italy that already he has dis
ciplined Father Charles E.
Coughlin, famous American ra
dio priest.
Earlier persons close to Car
dinal FacelH, papal secretary
of state, and that the holy see
advised Bishop Gallagher to
urge Father Coughlin, anti-
V ' new deal campaigner, to eon
fine his speeches as far as pos
sible to religious subjects,
avoiding political controversies
embarrassing to the church.
WEST JEFFERSON
WOMAN IS KILLED
Mrs. Katherine Reeves Dun
can Meets Death in Tragic
1 Automobile Wreck
WAS WELL-KNOWN HERE
Mrs. Katherine Reeves Duncan,
28, of West Jefferson, was almost
instantly killed in an automobile
accident three miles west of Ral
eigh Saturday afternoon about 4
o'clock. Mrs. Duncan was en route
to the beach with a party of
friends, all of whom were injured
in the accident.
The deceased is well known
here where she has frequently vis
is ted. She is a member of the lo
cal chapter of jfche Daughters of
the American Revolution.
Mrs: Duncan was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Reeves,
prominent West Jefferson family.
In addition to her parents she is
survived by a son, Edwin Duncan,
and one sister, Miss Nancy Ruth
Reeves, editor of the Sky land
Post.
Funeral services were held Mon
day afternoon at 2 o'clock at West
Jefferson. The rites were attend
ed by a throng of friends. Those
from here attending were: Dr.
and Mrs. Wm. R. Wellborn and
son. Billy. Mrs. Duncan was a
niece of Dr. Wellborn.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
VOL. No. XXV, No. 39
GOOD PRICES ARE
BEING PAID FOR
WEED IN GEORGIA
Offerings Heavy in 15 Mar
kets That Are Open
BRINGS UP TO 50 CENTS
Buyers Estimate Average
Tobacco Sale is From 24
to 25 Cents Per Pound
GROWERS DELIGHTED
Tifton, Ga„ Aug. 4.—The first
1936 tobacco auctions in the na
tion began today in South Geor
gia and growers reported prices
good.
Offerings were heavy in each
of the 15 market cities. Some
markets had the heaviest offer
ings in the history of the crop
which since the World War has
become one of South Georgia's
greatest and most profitable agri
cultural products.
The Georgia crop brought $13,-
582,912 in 1935. Some warehouse
men predicted the 1936 crop
would do even better.
Opening prices ranged from 5
cents a pound for trash grade to
more than 50 cents a pound for
choice tobaccos.
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TWOANNOUNCEFOR
SHERIFF OF COUNTY
J. E. Monday and Bausley
Beasley Want Democratic
Nomination for Office
MONDAY IS DEPUTY
J. E. Monday, Surry county
deputy sheriff and Jailer, Wed
nesday announced himself as a
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for sheriff.
Coming also at the time of Mr.
Monday's announcement was the
announcement of Bausley Beasley
for the same office on the Dem
ocratic ticket.
Mr. Monday has served as dep
uty sheriff of Surry county for
many years and is thoroughly fa
miliar with the duties of the of
fice of sheriff. In his announce
ment he calls this fact to the at
tention of the Democratic voters
and pledges his entire time. If
elected, to the duties of his office
and the welfare of the people.
Mr. Beasley, a respected citizen
of Mount Airy, has served six
years as a commissioner of the
town, making a good record while
in office. He too, In his announce
ment, pledges himself to work in
the interest of all the people.
Nomination of a candidate for
sheriff, and other county offices,
will be subject to the Democratic
convention to be held at Dobson.
MUCH INTEREST SHOWN
IN BAPTIST REVIVAL
Much interest Is being shown
in the revival services which are
in progress this week, at Elkin
Valley Baptist church. The ser
vices are in charge of the pastor.
Rev. R. E. Adams, assisted by
Rev. E. O. Jordan, and will con
tinue through the week.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend.
New Fire Truck
Here But Firemen
Won't Turn Out
Members of the Elkin fire
department are urged to meet
Monday evening at 6:30 o'clock
at W. W. Whi taker's store in
order to stage a fire drill and
to acquaint the firemen with
the new fire track.
W. W. Whitaker, fire chief,
stated Tuesday that difficulty
has been encountered in get
ting the firemen to turn out in
order to learn to operate the
new track. With the exception
of Just a few of the firemen,
be said, none of the fire fight
ers are familiar with the use
of the pumper, it Is of the ut
most importance that each
member of the department be
thoroughly familiar with oper
ating the machine If the de
partment Is to function
smoothly and quickly in case
of a blase.
Firemen are to rather at
Mr. Whi taker's store and the
pumper w!!! ihea be U&eu
tor a practice drllL It is im
portant that every member of
the fire department be present,
Mr. Whitaker said.
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The 1936 edition of the Chatham Blanketeers, photographed some weeks ago, the majority of whom will leave Elkin Tuesday morn
ing for Wichita, Kansas, where they will participate in tournament, as representatives of North and South Carolina, for national baseball
honors. Reading from left to right, ithey are, first row: Fowler, Clodfelter, Davis, Jones and Leonard; second row: Stockton, Campbell,
Fitzgerald, Gough and Mackie; third row: H. Hambright, coach; Short, Lankford, and Maxwell; top row: F. Hambright and Cornelius.
SEEK COMPLETION
OF WILKES ROAD
Delegation Calls on State
Road Commissioner At
Lenoir Monday Night
PROMISES COOPERATION
Seeking completion of the El
kin-North Wilkesboro highway,
which to date has been construct
ed as far as Ronda, a delegation
of Elkin business men including
Alex Chatham, C. H, Brewer, W.
G. Carter and H. P. Laffoon, and
T. J. McNeill, and others, from
Roaring River, Monday night
went to Lenoir where they con
ferred with E. P. Allen, state road
commissioner.
The delegation was joined at
Wilkesboro by P. E. Brown, for
mer sheriff of Wilkes county.
Mr. Allen assured the group
that he would do all in his pow
er to see that the road was fin
ished as far as Roaring River this
year, and if possible, the entire
stretch to North Wilkesboro.
It was brought out that this
highway is the only comity seat
road in the state that has not
been completed, and while its
completion is considered very im
portant the main argument put
forth by the delegation was the
crying need for a road for the
people in that section that can be
traveled in bad weather. The
present road is said to be one of
the worst in this section of the
state.
CAR IS DEMOLISHED;
TWO SLIGHTLY INJURED
Edgar Transou and David Dar
nell, two Elkin youths, sustained
minor injuries Sunday afternoon
when the Ford V-8 they were
driving left the highway in the
edge of Yadkinville, going toward
Boonville, and struck a large tree.
The car wa a total wreck and
judging from the looks of the car
only a miracle could save the boys.
Transou was said to be driving
when the accident occurred, but
received only a few scratches.
Darnell received a few cuts on
the arm and a few small bruises
about the body.
Mrs. H. C. Salmons has as her
guest at her home on Church
street, her sister, Mrs. Jewel
Banks, of Kernersville. Mrs. Sal
mons also had as her guests on
Sunday, Mrs. Gertrude Curtis and
Miss Catherine Curtis of Newton.
When it is well done, it is pro
paganda. When it's ray, it's bal
oney.
ELKIN, N. C M THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1936
Chatham Blanketeers To Leave Tuesday for Wichita, Kansas
Citizens Here Are To
Get Chance To Vote In
Presidential Contest
First Tabulation
Of Local Returns
Coming Next Week
Ballots in the straw vote
now being: conducted by The
Tribune, together with other
weekly papers throughout the
nation, have begun to come in,
but not in sufficient numbers
to warrant a tabulation of lo
cal sentiment this week.
All readers of The Tribune
are requested to fill out the
ballot printed elsewhere in this
issue and mail it to The Tri
bune. It is not necessary to
sign your name, merely indi
cate your choice and political
faith.
First local tabulation will be
published next week.
SCHOOL BUILDING
ABOUT COMPLETED
Expect Bids On Equipment
To Be Accepted Next
Monday; Cost $3,000
TO BE READY SEPT. 15TH
Specifications for the equip
mtent for the new Elkin high
school building are now having
the finishing touches put on them
and bids are expected to be ac
cepted on the job Monday of next
week.
The amount of the cost of the
equipment is to be $3,000, sl,-
650, or 55 per cent of which is to
be paid by the town, and the re
maining part to be paid by the
WPA.
It is now hoped that the equip
ment will be installed and every
thing will be in readiness for the
opening of the school on the 15th
of September.
Some of the hardware of the
building is also yet to be installed
but the local school officials and
the workmen on the grounds are
busy with efforts to have every
thing in shape when the opening
date rolls around.
CONDUCT STRAW VOTE
Small Town and. Rural Senti
ment to be Recorded in
All Parts of Country
FILL OUT BALLOT TODAY
Which of the presidential can
didates in the national election
this fall is going to carry North
Carolina, Surry county and Elkin?
Which of the candidates will
get the highly important small
town and rural vote? Which can
didate will get those votes in the
majority of states throughout the
nation?
These are questons, the answers
to which will no doubt play an
important part in the final na
tional returns next November.
Upon the choice of the small
town and rural America voters
may rest the balance of power to
swing the election for the suc
cessful candidate.
Reports from throughout the
country indicate that voters ev
erywhere are manifesting excep
tionally keen interest in the poli
tical campaign now well under
way. All signs point to a closely
contested election.
It is therefore of especial inter
est at this time that the publish
ers of weekly newspapers through
out the country have launched a
nation-wide presidential straw
vote, to learn "which way the
wind is blowing" with the small
town and rural American voters.
In National-Wide Poll
The Tribune has joined in with
these weekly newspapers and will
conduct the vote in this territory.
A straw-vote ballot is published in
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PRISONER IS REMOVED
TO STATE HOSPITAL
James Clements, who was shot
in the head by a guard last Wed
nesday morning, in an attempted
escape from the state prison camp
near Yadklnville, and who was
Drought to the EUdLn hospital,
where the bullet was removed
from his head, has recovered suf
ficiently to be removed to the
prison hospital at Raleigh. He
was removed by ambulance Tues
day. *•
BLANKETEERS TO
LEAVE TUESDAY
To Enter National Tourna
ment at Wichita, Kansas;
First Game Saturday
REPRESENT CAROLINAS
The Chatham Blanketeers will
sally forth Tuesday morning on
the first lap of their trip to Wich
ita, Kans., where they will parti
cipate in a national baseball tour
nament for national honors as
representatives of the two Caro
linas.
Should they win this tourna
ment—and it is admitted that
they have a chance —not only will
they receive a very beautiful lov
ing cup, all the honor they can
stand v up under, but also a large
amount of cash and a free trip to
Japan.
The teaiji will make the trip to
Wichita in automobiles, spending,
the first night in Louisville, Ky.
Wednesday night they will meet
the Seagram (of 5-crown and 7-
crown fame) team of Lawrence
burg, ind., in Lawrence stadium
at Terra Haute, Ind. Thursday
night they expect to .play another
game, although it hasn't been
definitely scheduled, at Kansas
City, probably with the Kansas
City police team.
/Arrival in Wichita is expected
Friday noon, and the first feature
game of the tournament will see
them go into action Saturday
night at 8 p. m. Coach Hoyt Ham
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MOUNT AIRY MAN TC
SEEK SEAT IN HOUSE
Martin Bennett, Surry county
game warden, and a citizen of
Mount Airy, announced himself
as a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for the state house of
representatives last week.
Mr. Bennett, in making his an
nouncement, stated he would not
be an "oily or wooly candidate."
He. called attention of Surry citi
zens to the need to fight for state
funds in order for the county to
receive its just share pf highway
and school money. He referred to
efforts of some two score counties
in trying to shift bonded indebt
edness to the state for highway
construction after the launching
of the highway program in 1921.
Ute believes that Si'try should
share in this shift of burden. 5 k
James J. Supporter went to
prison in Chicago because he fail
ed to Support Mrs. Supporter and
the little Supporters.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MASONIC PICNIC
TO BE HELD HERE
ON AUGUST 27TH
A. L. Griffeth, Local Business
Man, In Charge
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Feature of Event Will Be
Singing Class Concert of
The Oxford Orphanage
RIDING DEVICES COMING
The Surry-Yadkin-Wilkes Ma
sonic picnic, for a number of
years an annual event here, but
discontinued for the past several
years, will again be staged this
year, the date having been set for
August 27. A. L. Griffeth is chair
man.
The main feature of the picnic
will be a concert by the singing
class of the Oxford orphanage.
In addition to this concert, a
prominent speaker will be present,
and the R. C. Lee riding devices
will also here for the entire week.
Elkin stores, it was stated, will
be closed from 10 a. m. until 2 p.
m. on the day of the picnic.
The following committees have
been named to assist in staging
the event.
Advisory committee: A. L. Grif
feth, chairman; A. O. Bryan,
C. Whitener, W. S. Reich, Joe
Bivins, W. A. Neaves, M. R. Bai
ley.
Ticket committee: A. O. Bryan,
chairman; Richard Franklin, J. H.
Markham, E. S. Spainhour, Ed
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DEMONSTRATION
MEETINGS HELD
Many From Surry County Attend
Farm Home Week Held In
Raleigh From July 23 to 30
The Mountain Park home dem
onstration club met in the office
of the county home demonstration
agent, Miss Verna Stanton, Wed
nesday afternoon. The topic for
the meeting was different meth
ods of canning. Refreshments
were served.
The Union Cross home demon
stration club will meet Thursday
in the home of Mrs. Cora Dob
bins. Pressure cooker and hot
water bath methods of canning
will be demonstrated at the meet
ing.
A similar meeting will be held
at Siloam Monday in the home
of Mrs. H. W. Miller, and anoth
er meeting of like kind Tuesday
in the Salem Fork community at
the home of Miss Maude Hay
more.
Many from the county attend
ed the Farm Home Week which
was held at Raleigh from July 23
to July 30th. The Surry county
4-H clubs were represented by
13 delegates.
DRUNKEN WOMAN
IS JAILED TUESDAY
The combined efforts of Chief
of Police Dixie Oraham and an
other man were required to put
one mere woman in the local
lockup here Tuesday afternoon.
The woman in question, Mrs.
Norvin Stonestreet, of near State
Road, was in a highly intoxicat
ed state and in a very bad frame
of mind when Chief Oraham ar
rived at a local cafe to calm her
flow of language and convey her
to a place of repose and medita
tion. But sight of the law didn't
prove at all soothing.
As a result Chief Oraham Ora
ham called for help, and with a
volunteer conducted the intoxi
cated woman to Elkin's jail to
undergo a sobering process.
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