Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV, No. 46
EXPECT THRONGS
HERE NEXT WEEK
FOR ELKIN FAIR
% Large Fair Tents To Be
Erected Monday
PROGRAM IN READINESS
However, Couple To Be Mar
ried Has Not As Yet
Been Secured
FINE RANGE WAITING
Large crowds are expected here
.next Thursday and Friday, Octo
ber 1 and 2, for the fifth exhi
bition of the Elkin Fair.
It was announced Wednes
day afternoon that cooking en
tries in Classes D and E, as
contained in the Fair catalogue,
should not be entered before
Thursday morning of the fair.
These entries, however, must
be in by 11 a. m. This change
was thought wise due to the
fact that if entered earlier,
cooking would grow stale be
fore being judged.
All who have entered the
Amateur Program are urged to
meet at the rear of the stage
not later than 7 o'clock Thurs
day night so that necessary in
structions may be given.
Arrangements have been made
to have the two large tents in
which the fair will be housed,
erected several days ahead of time
so that display tables, etc., may
be in readiness in ample time for
those who are planning to enter
exhibits. These tents will be wa
terproof so there will be no dan
ger of damage to exhibits in case
of rain. Watchmen will be pro
vided Thursday and Friday night
to look after the exhibits and dis
plays.
The fair program is in readi
ness with the exception of the
wedding which has been schedul
ed for Friday night. The only
hitch in wedding plans is the lack
of a bride and groom. As yet, no
one has consented to be wed, al
though a new $35.00 range and a
life insurance policy for SI,OOO is
awaiting a couple.
Anyone wishing to marry and
be presented these prizes, in addi
tion to an elaborate wedding
ceremony replete with flower girls
and all the trimmings, should get
in touch at once with Mrs. Alan
Browning, Jr., secretary, in her
office in the Greenwood building.
A good boxing show has been
lined up by George Royall and
Joe Bivins, and numerous ama
teurs have entered their applica
tion for the amateur program.
The Dog Show, under direction
of Dr. C. E. Nicks, is expected to
see many entrants. Everyone who
owns a dog, or dogs, is eligible to
enter their animals in the show.
A feature of the amateur pro-
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"WILL INSTALL NEW
OFFICERS TONIGHT
George Gray Post and Auxil
iary To Hold Joint
Meeting
WHITENER COMMANDER
A joint meeting of the Oeorge
Gray Post of the American Leg
ion and the Legion Auxiliary will
be held this evening (Thursday)
in the Kiwanis room at Hotel El
kin at 7:30, at which time the of
ficers elected by the Legion at the
July meeting will be installed.
New officers for 1937 are: Com
mander, Marion C. Whitener;
vice commanders, John W. Brook
shire, Kyle Thompson and Our
ney Wagoner; Adjutant, Dixie
Graham; Finance Officer, H. B.
Holcomb; Service officer, Paul
Gwyn; Guardianship officer, F.
W. Graham; Sergeant-at-arms, J.
B. Bell; Chaplain, Rev. Wm. A.
Jenkins; Historian, Wm. M. Al
len; Athletic officer, E. W. Har
ris; Child Welfare officer, E. C.
James; Americanism officer, J. F.
Moseley; Graves registration offi
cer, C. R. Alexander; Employment
officer, H. C. Dobson; Member
ship chairman, J. O. Bivins; Pub
licity officer, Dr. T. R. White;
Chairman Sons of Legion, J. A.
Carpenter. George E. Royall is
District Commander.
Following the induction of of
ficers a social hour will be enjoy
ed and refreshments will be serv
ed. All members of the Legion
and Auxiliary and all eligible*
members are cordially invited to
be present.
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Pictured above are three scenes showing actual construction work
in progress on the EFkin-Ronda highway. Top photo shows the rolls
of cotton being put in place preparatory to being stretched and
tacked to the road bed. Three widths are necessary to cover the
road. Center shows tank truck spraying the tightly stretched cotton
surface with a layer of hot, liquid asphalt, whik| the bottom photo
show how crushed rock is immediately put down on the asphalt sur
face.—Tribune photos. =.
Elkin-Ronda Road Is
First Of Kind To Be
Constructed In State
625 Students
Enroll Here As
School Starts
According: to J. Mark Mc-
Adams, superintendent of the
local school, enrollment for the
1936-37 term totals 625, with
460 in the elementary grades
and 162 in the high school.
Class work is already under
way and one of the most suc
cessful years in the history of
the school is predicted.
Enrollment at North Elkin
school, which also opened Mon
day, is 240, according to R. B.
Blackwelder, principal, and will
probably reach 260.
ROOSEVELT'S LEAD
SHOWS SMALL GAIN
Governor Landon Continues
To Hold Big Majority
Throughout Nation
F. D. R. LEADING IN N. C.
With local voting in The Tri
bune straw poll continuing slow,
President Roosevelt this past week
increased his lead over his Re
publican opponent, Governor Alf
M. Landon. The latest local tab
ulation shows:
Roosevelt 103
Landon 76
Lemke 1
Brawder 1
Total 181
Returns from throughout North
Carolina also disclose President
Roosevelt holding his lead. The
figures are:
Roosevelt 6,102
London 4,509
Cast your vote in this poll. Clip
out the ballot printed on the
back page of this issue, mark an
X by the name of the candidate
of whom you wish to vote, sign
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COTTON USED AS BASE
Cotton Is Stretched And
Nailed Fast to Road-
Bed, Then Coated
IDEA IS AN EXPERIMENT
A "mattress" of oil and tar, a
"sheet" of cotton, a "blanket" of
crushed rock and a "counter
pane" of fine stone, sand and as
phalt and you have the new road
surface now being put down on
the new road between Elkin and
Ronda.
The first road in the state in
which cotton is being used, the
surfacing now being put down has
attracted quite a bit of attention
since work began several days
agd.
And it might be stated that it's
the first road in the state in
which nails—the bane of every
motorist—are used in profusion
by.the keg!
Those who are busily, and very
swiftly, putting the new surface
down will tell you they've done
lots of construction work in their
time, but this is the first time
they ever used "bedsheets" in
making a road. And they will tell
you, too, that they don't know
just exactly how it's going to
stand up—time alone will deter
mine that.
The idea of using cotton fabric
in road construction was said to
have been hatched in the follow
ing way: a road in Alabama, of
the tar, oil and gravel variety,
was said to have gone all to pieces
within a very short time after
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PAYROLLS INCREASE
$7,306,000 IN AUGUST %
Washington, Sept. 22.—In
creases in industrial pay rolls
of $7,300,000 and in Industrial
employment of 166,000 work
ers in August as compared
with July were announced to
day by Secretary Perkins. Man
ufacturing and non-manufac
turing industries were includ
ed in the study, the secretary
said.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1936*
CONSIDER PROGRAM
OF CROP INSURANCE
ON LARGER SCALE
All Major Commodities May
Be Included
DISCUSSIONS ARE HELD
Wallace to Reply to Landon
Farm Program in Ad
dress Friday
SAYS WAS HIS IDEA
Washington, Sept. 22.—Even
tual expansion of the proposed
crop insurance program to in
clude all major commodities,
rather than the "one or two" pro
posed by President Roosevelt, was
decided upon today as the spe
cial committee, holding its intitial
meeting, planned completion of
its promised report to Cengress by
December.
Meeting at the call of Acting
Chairman A. G. Black, the crop
insurance committee determined
to expedite its report by gathering
data on all efforts along this line
both in this country and abroad.
Furthermore, it was said, the
committee will confer with na
tional farm organizations in the
near future to ascertain the sen
timent of these groups toward
the President's demand for ade
quate commodity protection.
Meanwhile, AAA officials re
vealed that Secretary of Agricul
ture Wallace will deliver the ad
ministration's answer to Govern
or Landon's crop insurance ad
dress in Des Moines tonight. The
Wallace speech, it was said, will
probably be made next Friday
night over a national hookup.
AAA officials understood that the
secretary was in Hyde Park today
for the sole purpose of discussing
his proposed address with Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Answering charges that the ad
ministration revived the crop in
surance issue at this time solely
because of its political aspects
and to embarrass Governor Lan
don, AAA officials pointed out
that the plan has been one of
Secretary Wallace's chief "pets"
since he took office.
SURRY COURT TO
OPEN OCTOBER 5
30 Prisoners in County Jail;
Nineteen Are Awaiting
Trial
ARMSTRONG TO PRESIDE
The October term of Surry
county superior court will open
Monday, October sth at 10:00 a.
m., for the hearing of criminal
cases with Judge Frank Arm
strong presiding for the first
week, and Solicitor Allen H. Gwyn
prosecuting the docket. The sec
ond week will be presided over by
Judge Prank S. Hill. Judge Arm
strong is said to be the youngest
superior court judge in the state.
Wednesday morning there were
30 prisoners in the county jail
with 19 of them awaiting trial at
the coming term of court. Others
are serving jail sentences from
magistrate and recorders' court
trials.
A list of those imprisoned shows
25 white men, three white wom
en, one colored froy and one col
ored woman.
There's a difference, my man,
between being level headed and
flatheaded.
Elkin Gridders Are To
Meet Lexington Friday
The Elkin,, high school football
team opens its 1936 schedule here
Friday afternoon with the strong
Lexington Orphanage as its op
ponent.
The team is being rapidly
whipped into shape under the
capable instruction ot Coach
Newsome, and is expecting to de
feat the Lexington team when
they meet at Chatham athletic
field.
Support by Elkin football fans
is especially urged at this first
game, which marks the inaugura
tion of one of the hardest sched
ules to yet face the local team.
Last year's squad turned in an
exceedingly fine record in games
won, losing only to Lansing, a
team that was made up of older
and far heavier boys, and to the
vaunted Mount Airy Bears who
won by one point. Indications are
Defeated Talmadge
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ATLANTA, Ga. . . . Senator
Richard B. Russell, Jr., (above),
led the ticket in the 2 to 1 defeat
of Governor Talmadge, who
sought nomination for a Senate
seat in the Democratic primary
election. The entire Talmadge en
dorsed slate also trailed far be
hind.
FUNERAL IS HELD
FOR RALPH ARNOLD
Former Local Young Man
Fatally Injured in Fall
From Motorcycle
WAS STATE PATROLMAN
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon from the First
Baptist church in this city, for
Ralph Wilson Arnold, 24, of Wel
don. Mr. Arnold, was a member
of the state highway patrol and
was fatally injured the night of
September 10, when he was
thrown from his motorcycle near
Weldon, suposedly when he hit a
soft spot in the highway. He was
rushed to the Weldon hospital
but never regained consciousness.
The rites were in charge of
Rev. Eph ■ Whisenhunt, pastor of
the church, assisted by Rev. L. B.
Abernethy, former pastor of the
Elkin Methodist church.
Mr. Arnold was the younger
son of Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ar
nold, of Mountain Park, formerly
of this city, and was born and
reared here and had a host of
friends in this section. He was
a member of the First Baptist
church of Elkin.
He is survived by his wife. Mrs.
Lucille Mathis Arnold, and two
little sons, Donald and Ralph, Jr.;
his parents, one brother, Hosea
Arnold of Mountain Park, and
four sisters, Mrs. J. David Bren
dle and Mrs. L. C. Couch of El
kin; Mrs. B. L. Jeffords of Ger
manton and Mrs. Leßoy Martin
of Raleigh.
The services at the church were
attended by a throng of friends
and between 60 and 75 members
of the highway patrol, headed by
Captain Charles D. Parmer. The
patrol took charge of the military
services at the graveside and fired
a salute to their dead comrade.
Taps was played by the patrol
bugler. Interment was in Holly
wood cemetery.
K. W. STEELE IS
BITTEN BY SNAKE
K. W. Steele, 30, of Elkin, R. F.
D., was bitten on the hand
Thursday of last week by a cop
perhead snake. The snake was
coiled in a bunch of fodder tops
which Mr. Steele was helping to
harvest. He was brought to the
local hospital for attention and
was released after several days'
treatment.
The snake was discovered by
helpers of Mr. Steele, who an
swered the alarm when he told
them he had been bitten.
that the 1937 edition will be as
good or superior to the 1936 team,
although several key men were
lost by graduation.
Coach Newsome stated that he
will probably start trie following
lineup, although it is expected
that before the game is over the
entire squad will see action:
Grier (Captain) LE
Mastin X.T
Ratledge IX3
Bivins C
Couch x RG
Harris RT
Vadridge RE
Price QB
Dorsett HB
Powers HB
Ratledge JFB
Other tnen that are showing up
well in practice are Day, tackle;
Sales, halfback; Fields, fullback;
Gray, center, and Harris, guard.
Lenoir Corporation
Is To Operate Plant
Here Starting Oct. 1
Construction Work
Is Started On New
Gymnasium Project
Actual construction on El
kin's gymnasium was begun
this morning. The building will
be located on the city play-,
ground, adjoining the picnic
grounds on the north side,
and will be 62 x 92 feet. The
construction will be under the
supervision of George Chatham,
Sr.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
LANDON OUTLINES
FABM PBOGBAM
Des Moines, la., Sept. 22.
Naming "protection of the
family-type" farm as his goal,
Gov. Alf M. Landon presented
to agriculture tonight a pro
gram embracing cash benefit
and drough relief payments,
conservation and a surplus
storage plan.
To "capable tenants and ex
perienced farmers," the Re
publican presidential nominee
pledged "adequate credit at
reasonable rates for the pur
chase or refinancing of farm
homes." He said the new deal
had no national farm policy,
that its conservation plan was
"a stop gap and a subterfuge,"
and that after four years the
administration was "right back
where it started."
HULL DENIES
AID WITHHELD
Washington, Sept. 22.—Rous
ed to angry vehemence, Secre
tary Hull struck back today at
critics who charged the govern
ment has been negligent in
protecting the rights of an
American seaman imprisoned
in Germany.
In unprecedented manner,
the secretary of state adminis
tered a public verbal lashing—
consuming the greater part of
an hour and a half—to three
representatives of the national
committee for the defense of
political prisoners who called
upon him to solicit further aid
in the prisoner's behalf.
TOBACCO BRINGING
GOOD PRICE
Raleigh, Sept. 22. More
than two million pounds of to
bacco were sold today at the
opening of auctions in the
nine towns of the middle belt
and prices ranged from $5 to
$lO a hundredweight higher
than they did a year ago.
The Durham market sold an
estimated 600,000 pounds at an
average of S2B a hundred
weight, and Oxford sold a sim
ilar amount averaging $24.
Prices in the belt last year
average $19.61 for the 107,985,-
145 pounds sold.
SUMMONS LEADERS
FOR PARLEY
Hyde Park, N. Y., Sept. 22.
—A week in advance of his
first speech bearing a cam
paign label, President Roose
velt today summoned Demo
cratic strategists to a political
conference Thursday at the
summer White House.
Whether the discussions
would center on a canvass of
party prospects at the Nov
ember polls or on his own plans
to jump actively into the Oct
ober stretch drive for his re
election, Mr. Roosevelt did not
say. •
BAPTISTS TO OBSERVE
ANNUAL PROMOTION DAY
Promotion Day will be observed
in the Sunday school at the First
Baptist church Sunday morning
at the regular Sunday school
hour. Members of all classes are
requested to be present for the
program, which will be in charge
of Mrs. T. L. Parnell.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TO MANUFACTURE
FURNITURE; EXPECT
TO EMPLOY 50 MEN
Firm is Backed by Several
Lenoir Men
CAPITALIZED AT SIOO,OOO
Lease Plant of the Storey
Lumber Company; Has
Been Idle Year
BOBBINS IS PBESIDENT
Operation of the former W. M.
Storey Lumber company plant
here by the Boone Furniture
company, of Lenoir, is expected
to begin October 1, the company
to give work to not less than 50
employees.
The Boone Furniture company
is a newly chartered corporation,
having been issued a certificate
of incorporation the first of last
week by the secretary of state,
and is headed by R. C. Robbins
as president, Dr. Douglas Hamer,
vice-president; and L. H. Wall,
secretary and treasurer.
It was chartered by Mr. Rob
bins, Mr. Hall, and Dr. Hamer,
and was capitalized at SIOO,OOO.
The majority of the stock was
said to be owned by Lenoir capi
tal with the remaining stockhold
ers scattered in other parts of the
state.
In leasing the Storey Lumber
company plant here, the firm is
planning to manufacture dining
room furniture. It is understood
that due to certain concessions on
the part of Elkin business men,
the firm guarantees employment
for 50 men five days a week for
a period of not less than two
years.
COUNTY SCHOOLS
HAVE ALL OPENED
All Available Books Have
Been Rented; New Ship
ment Expected
MAKING SCHOOL SURVEY
According to a statement by
John W. Comer, county superin
tendent of schools, Wednesday,
all schools of the county are now
open and in full swing with all
the schools crowded for space
and the largest enrollment in the
history of Surry county schools.
Mr. Comer further stated that
Mrs. E. G. Webb is making a com
plete survey of all the schools of
the county which will gather de
tailed information as to. the loca
tions of the various schools as re
lated to the homes of the pupils,
will show the number of children
hauled on all the buses and a
complete survey of bus routes and
many other things of value in the
operation of the county schools.
All books in the county super
intendent's office have already
been rented and another ship
ment is expected in this week. -
Mr. Comer stated that more than
S7OO was collected for book ren
tals during the first three days
of school, and that the rentals for
the first month of the schools
would likely go beyond $2,000.
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