Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV, No. 41
Jonesville Negro Is Held On
Charges Of Criminal Attack
And First Degree Burglary
IS REMOVED FROM
YADKIN JAIL AS
VIOLENCE FEARED
Is Taken Into Custody Early
Monday On Street Here
NEGRO IS DEAF, DUMB
Alleged To Have Entered
Home Through Rear Win
dow Early Monday A. M.
HUSBAND IS BEATEN
Sought on charges of first de
gree burglary and rape of a
white woman, Raymond Early,
negro, better known locally as
"Dummy" Moore, was arrested on
Main street here early Monday
morning. Both crimes are alleg
ed to have occurred in Jonesville.
The negro, who is a deaf mute,
was immediately carried to the
Yadkinville jail by Sheriff A. L.
Inscore, of Yadkin, and David
Brown, Jonesville chief of police,
but later was moved to another
county when it was feared mob
violence would result.
The crimes, both of which are
punishable by death, took place
at the home of Lewellyn Wilkins,
of Jonesville, about 3 o'clock Mon
day morning, Mrs. Wilkins hav
ing been the victim of the crim
inal assault after her husband
had been beaten insensible.
According to police, Wilkins,
who admitted he had been drink
ing, was asleep on a divan in a
room adjoining his wife's bed
room. He stated that he was
awakened by his wife's' screams
and that he rushed into her bed
room only to be knocked uncon
scious.
According to Mrs. Wilkins, she
was awakened to find he negro
in her bedroom, he having en
tered through a small window fn
the rear of the house. She
screamed, and it was then that
her husband rushed in only to be
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4TH CONTESTANT
IN SHERIFF RACE
Guy B. Sparger, War Veteran,
Casts Hat Into Ring In
Surry Race
LAWRENCE A CANDIDATE
The political ring reserved espe
cially for good Democrats who
want to be sheriff of Surry county,
was full of hats as last reports
| from Airy the latter part of last
week told of the announcement of
a fourth candidate for that office.
The new entrant, Guy B. Spar
ger, will contest for the nomina
tion against Deputy Sheriff Har
vey Boyd, Jess Monday and Baus
ley Beasley. Mr. Sparger is a
world war veteran and stated he
has the unsolicited support of
members of the American Legion
and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He was in the service 13 months
and spent 10 and one-half months
in France, a member of the fam
ous Wildcat Division.
The contest for register of deeds
is also getting cluttered up. W. F.
Lawrence has entered the race to
make it a three-cornered affair,
with W. M. Gray, present register
of deeds, and Howard Miller, of
Siloam, the other two candidates.
R. C. Lewellyn, president of
i The Batik of Elkin and connected
with two other banks in the coun
ty, has stated, it is understood,
that he will not have time to
serve in the state legislature if
nominated and elected to that of
fice. Although he is not a candi
date, it is understood that his
friends are planning to nominate
him at the Democratic convention
tentatively sceheduled to be held
at Dobson September 5.
To Begin Revival
A revival meeting will begin at
Longtown Pentecostal Holiness
church Sunday evening, August
23, and will continue for two
weeks. The services will be held
each evening at 7:45, and will be
in charge of Rev. Don Whitfield,
of Burlington, young evangelist.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend these services.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Body Of New Born Baby Girl
Is Found In Well Near Here
The identity of the baby
found in a Wilkes well early
Sunday morning was disclosed
late Wednesday afternoon as
being: the daughter of an El
kin woman who is now in a hos
pital at Taylorsvilie. The child
was said to have been born
dead and delivered to unknown
parties.
A tiny, prematurely born baby
girl, its skull crushed and one eye
knocked out, was fished from a
dry well in Wilkes county early
Sunday morning.
The well is located at the form
er Robert Walls home place, ap
proximately three miles from El
kin on the Traphill road.
Discovery of the child's body
was made by John Shores, who
lives nearby, and who, about 2
o'clock Sunday morning, saw a
car drive up, stop, and two men
MUSSOLINI SAID
READY TO FIGHT
Mighty Air Fleet Reported
Ready To Take Off To
Assist Spanish Rebels
CLAIM WARSHIP SUNK
Rome, Aug. 18.—Italy's mighty
air fleet was in a state of readi
ness tonight, and pilots were or
dered to be prepared for flight at
a moment's notice, as well-in
formed sources said Premier Mus
solini would help openly Spanish
fascist rebels if France continued
openly aiding the socialist Madrid
government.
All strategic airdromes along
the Tyrrhenian coast were order
ed kept prepared for any develop
ments.
Aviators were told to remain
within call, all planes were or
dered tuned for take-off, and a
canvass was made to learn which
pilots spoke or understood Span
ish.
Radio messages from both sides
in Spain were being intercepted
by the powerful government ra
dio station near Rome which was
ordered to devote its activities to
this in order to follow the situa
tion from minute to minute.
It was boasted here among
aviators that the Spanish loyalist
battleship Jamie I had been sunk
by an kilogram bomb dropped
squarely upon it from the plane of
an Italian major.
An aerial battle between Italian
and French planes in the service
of Spanish combatants was be
lieved to have taken place already
over Gibraltar.
A swift S-81 Italian bomber
said to have fought off two French
pursuit planes which attacked it
without resultant casualties.
Italian resentment against
French activities in favor of the
socialist Madrid government was
kindled by bitterly sarcastic com
ment in the Italian press.
Newspapers spoke of "two
faced-play" and devoted page one
space to speeches, visits, and en
couragement by French officials
and private citizens toward the
Madrid loyalist cause at the same
time that the French government
was negotiating for a neutrality
pact.
Rev. W. S. Turner
Holding Services
In the absence of a regular
rector, Rev. W. S. Turner, of St.
Pauls church, Winston-Salem, is
now holding regular weekly ser
vices at the Oalloway Memorial
church in this city.
This small church is most for
tunate in having a man of Mr.
Turner's ability and personality to
preach for them and the members
are very anxious that , members of
other local churches enjoy this
privilege with them.
Services are held each Tuesday
evening at 7:30. Next Tuesday
evening a male quartette from St.
Pauls will render special music.
The public is most cordially invit
ed to Join in worship at this and
| all following services.
alight and go to the well. He de
scribed the car the men were
driving as a 1936 model Chevrolet
coach.
When drawn from the well, the
baby was contained in a small
pasteboard box, bearing a label
"Miller Gloves." The body was
wrapped in ordinary brown wrap
ping paper which had been neatly
fastened with long strips of adhe
sive tape.
Upon discovery of the child,
Mr. Shore immediately notified
Sheriff W. B. Somers, who ac
companied by I. M. Myers, Wilkes
county coroner, hurried to the
scene. The body of the child
was turned over to the officer and
was brought to Elkin.
Following a check of local phy
sicians and the hospital, it was
disclosed that no person had
sought medical aid here.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
MOONEY HEARING
IS ENDED
San Francisco, Aug. 18.—The
Thomas Mooney habeas corpus
hearing, which started a year
ago, ended today with an or
derly demonstration in which
the spectators shook hands
with Mooney and Warren K.
Billings.
Mooney and Billings were
sentenced to life terms after
their conviction of the 1916
Preparedness day bontfng in
which 10 persons were killed.
Billings attended the hearings
as an observer.
SAYS REPUBLICANS
OPPOSED TO PROGRAM
Washington, Aug:. 18.—Sec
retary Wallace said today the
comment on new deal farm
policies of John D. M. Hamil
ton, Republican national chair
man, had shown that the dom
inant interests in the Republi
can party were '..'opposed ..to
any effective nation program
for agriculture."
The secretary of agriculture
issued a formal statement in
reply to Hamilton's speech in
Albuquerque, N. M., yesterday.
ASHEVILLE NEGRO
GOES ON TRIAL
Asheville, Aug. 18. His
giant coal-black body hunched
forward, Martin Moore, con
fessed slayer of Helen Cleveng
er, sat on the edge of his bunk
in Buncombe county jail to
night reading a story of ad
venture and mystery. Tomor
row he goes on trial for his
life.
If the 22-year-old Negro haU
boy at the Battery Park Hotel
where the New York Universi
ty co-ed was slain last July 16
was worried he showed no
no signs. Events taking place in
the pulp pages of the maga
zine he read held all of his at
tention. .
Yesterday Moore was indict
dicted on a first-degree murder
count and a charge of first
degree burglary. Both are pun
ishable in North Carolina by
death. A few hours later, at
his arraignment, he pleaded
not guilty.
ROOSEVELT KEEPING
EYE ON SPAIN
Hyde Park, Aug. 18.—Keep
ing an eye on Spain's civil war
and its international repercus
sions, President Roosevelt is
making no plans for addition
al trips that would take him
far from Washington or keep
him away for any protracted
time.
He is going through with a
trip to drought states starting
next Tuesday night. But it was
learned he feels it would be
unwise while conditions abroad
are so serious ,to schedule any
additional journeys that would
keep him from within easy
travel-distance of the capital.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1936
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I—Coast guard cutter Cayuga to which Ambassador Bowers moved himself and his staff because
of the Spanish rebellion. 2—Col. Frank Knox of Chicago accepting the Republican nomination for
the vice-presidency. 3—President Roosevelt and Premier Allison Dysart of New Brunswick province,
enjoying hot dogs on the beach of Campobello Island.
PLANS FOR FAIR
GOING FORWARD
Premium List To Be Ready
For Distribution Within
Immediate Future
TO BE HELD IN TENTS
Work on the premium list of the
Elkin Pair, to be staged here Oc
tober 1 and 2, is going steadily
forward and the catalog is ex
pected to be ready for distribu
tion to farmers and other inerest
ed persons within the vtfrjr' near
future.
Due to a press of other duties,
Miss Edith Neaves, secretary of
the fair for the past several
yeaYs, found it necessary to give
up her post as secretary-treasurer.
As a result Mrs. Alan Browning,
Jr., was secured by the fair direc
tors to take over the job.
During her years as secratary
of the fair. Miss Neaves did an
excellent job, the event showing
improvement each year under her
management.
This year the fair will be held
on the Click lot on West Main
street opposite the Elkin Baptist
church, and will be housed in
tents, due to the fact that Mc-
Neer's warehouse ( site of previous
fairs, has been rented by a busi
ness firm. Plans for his year's
fair call for several new features
and every effort is being made to
make it the biggest and best Elkin
fair yet staged.
Everyone who had an exhibit in
last year's fair is urged by the
secretary to again plan an exhib
it this year. Everyone who as
yet has not entered an exhibit in
the fair is urged to make plans
now to do so. This year's prem
ium list is expected to be in ex
cess of SSOO.
The minute the premium lists
come off the press, they will be
distributed. Anyone desiring in
formation concerning the event
should see Mrs. Browning at the
fair office, which is located in
the office of J. B. Parks, Green
wood building.
SURRY SCHOOL BOAR# -
POSTPONES MEETING
The meeting" of the county
board of education which was
to have met last Friday evening at
7:30, in the office of the county
superintendent has been post
poned and will be held in the of
fice of the county superinendent
on Monday, August 24, at 7:30 p.
m.
The purpose of the meeting is
to accept bids on the equipment
for the new Elkin high school
building and also to set the date
for the opening of the county
schools. The county schools are
expected to open on Monday,
September 14th.
Mrs. S. T. Strange and daugh
ter and son, Elizabeth and Ster
ling, Jr., of Richmond, Va., ar
rived Tuesday for a visit of sev
eral days to Mrs. Strange's sister,
Mrs. George Royall, and Mr.
Roy all, at their home on Church
Street.
Landon Has Lead Over
Roosevelt In Returns
From Nation-Wide Poll
VOTES FROM 23 STATES
Scattered Returns Indicate
Vote Trend; Landon 54
Per Cent; Roosevelt 46
VOTING IS OPEN TO ALL
By John Thomas Wilson
New York, August 19.—First
scattered returns in the Presi
dential poll, to reach Straw-Vote
headquarters here this week,
score Landon highest in the ini
tial tabulation of the nation-wide
weekly newspapers' poll.
Ballots were received and tabu
lated from 23 states. But votes in
sufficient number to actually be
considered indicative of what the
final returns may show, were
available in only five of those 23
states.
Nevertheless, on all returns
from the 23 states, as between
the two leading candidates only,
the ballots show voters' choices as
follows:
Landon 54%
Roosevelt _...46%
The 23 states from which first
scattered ballots were received
here for national tabulation are:
California, Connecticut, Florida,
Illinois, Indiana, lowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne
sota, Missouri, Nebraska, New
Jersey, New York, North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Penn
sylvania, Texas, Vermont, Wash
ington and West Virginia.
Bearing out early surmises of
political observers that support of
the Union party candidate, Lem
ke, would come from the small
towns and rural America, the
tabulations of first total returns
from the same 23 states, discloses
division of choices in this man
ner:
Landon 50.9%
Roosevelt 43.5%
v*v. Lemke _ 03.4%
Thomas 01.3%
Colvin 00.3 %
Browder 00.6%
In only one stiate, Michigan, of
the 23 from which first returns
were received here, was the vote
of sufficient volume, at this early
date, to warrant tabulation which
might be considered an authori
tative straw which accurately in
dicates the direction of the Aug
ust political winds. The Michigan
vote shows:
Landon 45.9 %
Roosevelt 45.5%
Lemke 04.3%
Thomas 02.4%
Browder 01.9%
Another distribution of first re
turns from the 23 states, as be
tween Roosevelt, Landon and
Lemke only, shows:
Landon 52.2%
Roosevelt 44.4%
Lemke 03.4%
Poll Wide Spread
The early interest shown in this
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Pres. Roosevelt
Increases Lead
Over Gov. Landon
With Landon registering a
sight lead over Roosevelt in
first nation-wide returns from
the straw vote in which The
Tribune is particpating, local
returns this week show Pres
ident Roosevelt increasing his
lead over Governor Landon.
Latest tabulation of local
votes follow:
Roosevelt ...„ 37
Landon 25
Browder (Communist) 1
The three remaining candi
dates have as yet failed to reg
ister.
Have you voted? If not, why
not clip the ballot printed on
the back page of this issue,
mark a cross opposite the can
didate for whom you wish to
vote, and bring: or mail it to
The Tribune? You don't have
to sign your name, just fill in
your postoffice address.
BLANKETEERS LOSE
FIRST OF CONTEST
Are To Play Again Either
Tonight or Friday Night,
Opponent Unknown
LOSE GAME BY 8 TO 7
Out-ticked by one lone run by
the Elgin Watch company nine of
Elgin, 111., in their first game in
the national tournament at Wich
ita, Kansas, last Friday night, the
Chatham Blanketeers are sche
duled to play their second game
either tonight or Friday night, it
was learned from the office of the
Chatham Manufacturing company
here Wednesday afternoon.
According to information, a
wire was received stating: "Will
play either Thursday or Friday
night." As to the time of day or
opponent, no information was
available.
In the game with the Elgin
team, the Blanketeers were lead
ing 6 to 1 up until the last half
of the seventh when their oppon
ents began a rally that netted
them seven runs and the game,
the final score standing at 8 to 7.
With the Blanketeers far ahead,
Lankford weakened under the in
tense heat and the winners
pounded him and Fowler to walk
off with the winning runs.
Score by innings: R.H.E.
Chatham 003 100 210 7 13 2
Elgin 000 001 430 8 8 3
Lankford, Fowler and Jones;
Campbell, Rumple and Whlrt.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
ALL IN READINESS
FOR PICNIC TO BE
HELD AUGUST 27
Judge J. C. Padgett Is To Be
Speaker of Event
ARE EXPECTING CROWD
Oxford Orphanage Singing
Class To Give Concert;
Picnic Dinner At 12
RIDING DEVICES COMING
Next Thursday, August 27, will
mark the rebirth here, of the Sur
ry-Yadkin-Wilkes Masonic picnic,
following a lapse of several years.
Hundreds of people from neigh
boring counties are expected to
attend.
Judge J. C. Padgett, a distin
guished Virginian, and high in
the ranks of the Masonic Order,
will make the address of the day.
Judge Padgett is from Independ
ence, Va., and picnic officials feel
very fortunate in securing him for
an address here.
Another of the main features
of the picnic will be the concert
presented by the Oxford Orphan
age singing class. Justly famous
for years for the qnality and tal
ent of their concerts, the child
ren's performance here is keenly
anticipated.
As in years past. Lee's riding
devices will be here for the
amusement of those attending,
and is expected to feature hobby
horses, ferris wheel and chair-o
swing. These attractions will be
here for the entire week.
Local stores and business houses
with the exception of drug stores,
will be closed from 10 a. m. until
2 p. m. Judge Padgett's address
will come at 11 a. m., and the
picnic dinner will be served at 12
noon.
No effort, it was said, has been
spared by Chairman A. L. Grif
feth and his corps of assistants
in arranging for the gala event,
which as usual will be staged at
the Masonic picnic grounds.
Everyone is urged to make a
special effort to attend and all
are assured of an enjoyable day.
BOONVILLE FARMER
SHOT BY NEIGHBOR
Trouble Said To Have Started
As Result of Argument
Concerning Tobacco
HURTS ARE NOT SERIOUS
Clarence Smith, Boonville farm
er, was carried to the Elkin Hos
pital early Monday morning suf
fering from gunshot wounds in
the back and hips alleged to have
been inflicted by Tom Angell, also
of Boonville.
The trouble started at a tobac
co barn where Angell was curing
tobacco. According to informa
tion reaching here Smith went to
the barn and started an argument
over some crops which resulted in
him drawing an axe on Angell.
Angell secured his gun and Smith
started to run. About seventy
five yards away, Angell opened
fire and several shot struck the
fleeing man.
At the hospital attendants said
his injuries were not serious. An
gell was arrested and placed un
der bond of five hundred dollars
to await trial.
Angell has seceurea a warrant
for Smith, who is a married man
with a family, and who came to
Boonville from Wilkes county a
few years ago.. This warrant
will be served when Smith's con
dition will permit it. Smith was
dismissed from the Elkin hospital
Tuesday.
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