Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXV, No. 48
YADKIN'S OLDEST
CITIZEN DIES AS
RESET OF INJURY
Rev. Stanley S. May Was 101
Years of Age
BROKE HIS HIP IN FALL
Was Said To Have Been Old
est Living Veteran In
Entire State
FUNERAL ON SATURDAY
Yadkinville, October 2.
Rev. Stanley Samuel May, 101
years old, died; at a local hospital
at 2:30 o'clock Thursday morn
ing. He suffered a>broken hip In
a fall in his room Sunday after
noon. Sept. 27, and grew steadily
worse until his passing.
Following his injury he was
carried to the Baptist hospital at
Winston-Salem where he was
given attention Sunday night. He
was then returned to the hospital
here. He had been in his usual
health until the fall, however his
mind had become weakened from
old age. For two years he had
steadily grown weaker in mind
and body. He made his home with
his daughter and son-in-law, Rev.
and Mrs. Marshall Reavis.
Mr. May celebrated his 100 th
birthday Aug. 23, 1935, and hun
dreds of people from nine states
attended, It being one of the lar
gest celebrations of its kind ever
held in Yadkin county. Since that
day his health has failed rapidly
and when his birthday came
around this year physicians ad
vised the family he could not
stand another such strain, and
only the members of his family
attended.
Mr. May was born In this coun
ty, a son of Mr. Mrs. William
May. He attended the first free
schools of the county from his Bth
to his 13th year. When 21 years
old he attended the school at
Boonville and became able to
teach. This profession he followed
in Yadkin and Davie counties for
5 years. He then spent a few
years in Missouri until the out
break of the civil war. He was 25
when he joined the confederate
army at a camp on the banks of
the Osage River in Missouri,
fighting through the entire war
l> until the surrender in April, 1865.
He saw service in some of the
• largest battles of that awful war
but was never badly wounded.
Coming back to Yadkin he
worked with his father, manufac
turing wagons, caskets, etc., to
help the family funds along.
When he was 90 years old he
wrote a short sketch of his life,
recalling vividly the election of
Abe Lincoln as president and
other events on down through the
scores of years that followed in
this devastated southland.
Oldest Soldier
Mr. May was not only the old
est citizen of the county but the
oldest member of the Yadkin
Baptist association, both in age
and in years of service in work in
Baptist churches. He is reported
to be the oldest living confeder
ate veteran in the state when he
Vied. One, said to be a few months
older, died in Raleigh last week.
In his diary he records having
professed faith in Christ at the
age of 13 and had lived a model
life since that time. It also states
that he began preaching at the
age of 33, although he was not or
dained until seven years later.
One place in this book states that
a certain man he worked for paid
(Continued on last page)
SCHOOL HERE IS
FORMALLY OPENED
Number of Local Citizens At
tend As Year Gets
4 Under Way
CLUB S REPRESENTED
The formal opening of the city
schools was held in the school au
ditorium Tuesday morning at
8:40, with a number of local citi
zens attending. Dr. Wm. A. Jen
kins, pastor of the Methodist
church, opened the service with a
scripture reading and Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt, pastor of the First
Baptist church, offered the invo
cation.
Civic organizations of the town
were represented as follows: The
Kiwanis Club, L. O. Meed; Wom
an's Club, Mrs. Chas. G. Ashby;
Parent-Teacher Association, Mrs.
E. C. James and the Woman's
Auxiliary of the George Gray
"Post of the American Legion, Mrs.
George E. Royall.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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Passes Away
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Rev. Stanley Samuel May, 101,
who passed away last Thursday
morning in the Yadkinville Clinic
as the result of a broken hip suf
fered in a fall September 7. The
aged minister was Yadkin coun
ty's oldest man and was respect
ed and loved by all who knew
him.
AMATEUR PROGRAM
IS STAGED TUESDAY
Winners To Go To Greensboro
Sunday to Go On
Radio At WBIG
LARGE CROWD ATTENDS
The Amateur Program, origi
nally planned for the Elkin Fair,
was staged at the Lyric theatre
Tuesday night with a capacity
audience present.
Thanks to the courtesy and co
operation of Smith Williamson,
of the Harris Electric Co., and
Sig Holcomb, of the Elkin
Plumbing and Heating Co., a mi
crophone and loud speaker sys
tem was installed In the theatre
in order that those on the stage
might be heard throughout the
entire building.
Judges located in the audience
selected six winning acts that
will go to Greensboro Sunday af
ternoon and stage a 30-minute
program over Radio Station
WBIG between 4:30 and 5 p. m.
Winning acts were as follows:
Walter Couch and his Wilkes
County Ramblers, string band;
Leon Martin, solo; Charles Par
due, solo, with guitar accompan
iment; Howard Windsor, imita
tions; Misses Ruth Beulin and
Edna Billings, duet; and Byron
Bryan and His Band, including
Ernest Day and Sam Holbrook.
Others to apear on the pro
gram, and who made a decided
hit despite the fact they did not
turn out to be winners, were as
follows: Miss Constance Green
wood, Elkin, tap dance; Misses
Geraldine and Angelia Mackie,
Yadkinville, duet; Miss Peggy
Royall, Elkin, piano solo; Sun
shine Quartette, Elkin; Gene
(Toar) Hall, Elkin, Impersona
tions; Miss Virginia Lineberry,
Jonesville, solo; Miss Ethel Say
lor, Long Creek Lodge, solo; Ar
thur Laffoon (Madame X), com
edy; Edward Casstevens, Boon
ville, solo with guitar accompani
ment; Miss Lena Sale, Elkin, solo;
and Paul Caudle and His Boon
ville Hot Shots, of Boonville,.
Alan Browning, Jr., of Elkin,
acted as master of ceremonies.
Those selected as winners are
asked to get in touch with Mr.
• Browning at The Tribune office
not later than Saturday noon re
garding the trip to Greensboro
Sunday.
To Hold Reunion
The McCoin family reunion will
be held at the fish hatchery at
Roaring Gap, Sunday, October
18th. All relatives of the fam
ily are cordially invited to attend
and bring a basket lunch.
"Can you serve company?" ask
ed the housewife when she was
hiring the servant.
"Yes, mum; both ways."
"What do you mean?" asked
the puzzled one.
"So's they'll come again, or
stay away."
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
FOUND IN CELL
WITH WRIST CUT
Eastvilie, Va., Oct. 6.—North
hampton county jail attend
ants called a physician early
tonight to treat one of two men
charged with perpetrating the
bomb-killing of Curry Thomas
at Cape Charles last July ?.2,
for a severe cut on the wrint
and loss of blood.
Dr. H. Trower said he found
Dr. H. R. Hege, 47-year-old
Mt. Airy (N. C.) dentist, one of
the two held for the Eastern
Shore farmer's death, suffering
from a half-inch cut on the
left wrist near the radial artery.
County officers said Hege
told them the cut was inflicted
accidentally when he rolled
over on his bunk and broke his
watch crystal.
YANKEES BLAST GIANTS
TO WIN SERIES
Polo Grounds, New York, Oct.
6.—The slugging New York
Yankees won their fifth world
baseball championship today
by crushing the hard-fighting
Giants, 15-5, in the series sixth
game. A thundering seven
run salvo in the ninth inning
climaxed the victory, which
clinched the all-New York mil
lion dollar classic at four games
to two.
More than 28,000 fans saw
the "suicide squad" blast out
17 hits off four National League
pitchers as the Yanks evened
the count in historic "subway,
series" competition at two
championships each. In prev
ious "subway" series, the
Giants had beaten the Yanks
in 1921 and '22, with the Amer
ican Leaguers winning in *23.
ROOSEVELT MAY
ASK MORE POWER
Washington, Oct. 6.—Presi
dent Roosevelt said at his press
conference today that the gov
ernment should be armed with
emergency powers to prevent
a destruction of domestic val
ues through unexpected action
by another nation.
This remark, made during a
discussion of the international
monetary situation, was inter
preted as a hint that he may
ask Congress to extend his
power to devalue the dollar still
further when it expires Jan. 30.
A moment earlier, however,
he said in answer to a direct
question as to whether he
would ask an extension, that
reply at present would be pre
mature.
LANDON WOULD
SEE WPA PAYROLLS
Topeka, Kas., Oct. 6.—A de
mand that works progress ad
ministration pay rolls be open
ed to newspaper inspection was
linked by Governor Alf M. Lan
don at a press conference to
day to an assertion that the
new deal was censoring news
sources.
"Censorship of the source of
news is just as bad as censor
ship of news," the Republican
presidential candidate said.
"That is what we have now
—censorship of the source of
news."
Federal Court Indicts
Seed Loan Borrowers
Several weeks ago a farmer liv
ing in Watauga county was In
dicted in Federal Court because
he sold his crop and did not ap
ply the proceeds on his seed loan,
it was learned from seed loan of
ficials.
A second indictment on this
same line has taken place. In
Federal court, recently held In
Rockingham, N. C., a true bill
was returned by the grand Jury
against R. F. Grubbs, farmer of
Forsyth county, on the charge of
making false representation in
ootaining seed loans from the
government back in 1931 and
1932. The case will be tried when
Federal court next convenes at
Wilkesboro.
There are several cases pending
against seed loan borrowers of
Forsyth, Yadkin, Stokes and Sur
ry counties.
A. Sherman McCann
A. Sherman McCann. farmer
and a native of Wilkes county,
died Saturday at his home at
Mountain Park. Funeral services
and interment were held Sunday
from Mountain View.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1936
MANY CASES TRIED
AS COURT BEGINS
IN SURRY COUNTY
Judge Frank Armstrong Is
Presiding Jurist
GRAND JURY IS ACTIVE
Hilary Spann Goes To Roads
For Period of Six
Months
MANY ARE SENTENCED
The October term of Surry Su
perior court convened at Dobson
Monday at 10:00 a. m., with
Judge Frank Armstrong presiding
and Hon. Allen H. Gwyn, solici
tor, prosecuting the docket.
Up to Wednesday morning 22
true bills had been found and a
number of cases had been dis
posed of. The case in which
Mastin McMillan and Charlie
Beasley were charged with the
first degree murder of Claude
Bolt was continued by consent of
the court. The case in which Ro
bert J6ssup is charged with the
first degree murder of Faye
Seay, a CCC boy who was locat
ed at the Dobson CCC camp, was
called for hearing next Tuesday,
and a special venire will be drawn
Monday from which a jury for
the trial of the case will be se
lected. Young Seay was shot In
the head by the defendant at an
eating place near Mount Airy a
few months ago, and it was said
the fatal shot was fired without
any provocation on the part of
Seay.
Hillary Spann, local man,' who
was charged with violating the
prohibition laws, was sent to the
roads for six months.
William Cooper, Harvey Martin
and Cornelly Martin, local youths,
changed with theft of a home
made musical instrument, were
given a sentence of one year to
the roads, as to William Cooper,
and Harvey Martin, suspended
upcn payment of )10.00 for the
Instrument and the costs, and
nol pros as to Cornelly Martin.
Charley Jackson, charged with
assault on his wife, was sent to
the roads for six months, sus
pended upon good behavior and
the payment of the court costs.
Irvin Wilson, charged with
abandonment, was sent to the
roads for one year, suspended
upon the payment of $22.50
monthly to the minor children
until the youngest becomes 18
years of age.
John Luffman, charged with
fornication and adultry, was tax
ed with the costs.
Charlie Simmons, charged with
assault with deadly weapon, and
with non-support, was sent to the
roads for one year, the sentence
to be suspended upon the pay
ment of $7.50 monthly for support
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SOUTH HIGH WINS
OVER ELKIN HERE
Powerful Winston Eleven
Puts Over Two Touch
downs
ALSO SCORES SAFETY
A first period saftey and a
touchdown paved the way here
Friday afternoon for the defeat
of the Elks of Elkin High at the
hands of a smoothly functioning
team from South High. Winston-
Salem. A second touchdown in
the final period cinched the game
16-0.
Elkin could make little head
way against their opponents,
making but one first down. The
first score came when Powers,
back in his own end zone to kick,
was tackled and downed for a
safety. R. Bovender then cli
maxed a long march down field
for a tally late in the first period.
Bovender also scored the extra
point. Doty scored again In the
final period and added the extra
point from scrimmage.
drier, captain, and Price, were
outstanding for Elkln.
Tomorrow afternoon (Friday),
the Elks will meet North Wilkes
boro here at 3:30 o'clock.
Homecoming
x
Homecoming Day will be ob
served at Poplar Springs church
the third Sunday In October. All
former pastors and members of
the church are most cordially in
vited to attend the service.
Many speakers are expected to
appear on the program and a
basket lunch will be served at the
noon hour.
Clubs Swing In Western Lettuce Strike
LOS ANGELES . . . 5,000 lettuce workers on strike completely
upset the quiet of Salinas, Calif., when they started pulling crates
from trucks and general riot prevailed. One striker and one by
stander were killed and many were injured as clubs swung freely.
Delay in marketing the crop meant heavy loss to the farmers.
STAGE FIRE DRILL
AT LOCAL SCHOOL
Children Vacate Building In
One Minute, 20
Seconds
FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
A fire drill at the Elkin school,
in which the entire building was
cleared of children In one min
ute and 20 seconds, and which
saw both Elkin fire trucks rush
to the scene, marked observance
here Wednesday afternoon of Na
tional Fire Prevention week.
It was learned from Superin
tendent J. Mark McAdams that
the pupils, upon hearing the fire
alarm sound throughout the
school building, marched out
quickly but in orderly fashion as
fire trucks rushed to the scene.
Teachers and pupils did not know
the drill was to be staged.
W. W. Whitaker, u;hief of the
Elkin fire department, stated
Monday that all Elkin citizens, in
an effort to prevent fires, should
make a thorough inspection of all
stoves, flues and chimneys. He
stated that many costly fires
could be prevented by a -little ef
fort in making sure that all heat
ing plants and appliances are in
good condition.
Mr. Whitaker also pointed out
that basements, closets and spare
rooms should be cleared of old
papers, rubbish, etc., to reduce fire
hazards, and stated that begin
ing immediately he and members
of the fire department will start
a systematic tour of inspection of
business houses and homes, to
point out fire hazards and have
them remedied. *
WORK STARTED ON
ARLINGTON CHURCH
Pari of Material For Baptist
Structure Already
On Lot
TO BE COMPLETED SOON
Some of the material for the
erection of the new Arlington
Baptist church is being placed on
the grounds this week, and the
actual construction of the build
ing is expected to begin within
Just a very few days. Enough
money has already been raised to
lay the foundation, buy all the
rough lumber and a part of the
roofing, with enough more pledged
to close the building in so that it
can be used, and it is expected
that work on the building will be
carried on at a rapid rate.
The pastor. Rev. Grady BUrgiss,
preached to a packed house at
both services Sunday, and there
were two additions to the church.
The Lord's Supper was also com
memorated for the first time by
the new church Sunday.'
Many are gratified to learn
that the erection of the building
is to become a reality, for it will
fill a long felt need in the village
and surrounding community.
ARE- MAKING SURVEY
OF POSTOFFICE SITE
A. W. Longaker, of the postof
fice department, Is now in Elkln
making preliminary preparations
and a survey of the West Main
street lot upon which a new post
office building will be erected
In addition to surveying the
within the near future,
lot and determining the eleva
tion, the government man also
has workmen sinking four holes
in the lot to test for rock or pos
sible quicksand. These holes will
be sunk to a depth of 10 feet.
Unforeseen Events
Cause Suspension
of Farm Section
Due to the fact that the firm
which printed the State Farm
er supplement, first issue of
which was contained in The
Tribune last month, has sus
pended publication, for several
months, the October issue is
not included in this issue of
The Tribune.
Readers are perhaps aware
of the fact that the supple
ments, printed in rotogravure,
were not manufactured in The
Tribune plant, and that The
Tribune was dependent on the
firm from which they were
published for the supplements.
It Is hoped that The State
Farmer may again become a
feature of The Tribune next
January, according to present
plans of the company which
published it.
But although the rotogravure
supplement has been discon-
I tinned, plans are going for
ward for improving the paper
■b? the addition of a colored
comic supplement each week.
The first issue of the comic
section is scheduled to appear
October 22.
THIS WEEK MARKS
END STRAW BALLOT
Roosevelt Holds Small Lead
Over Landon In Local
Returns
IS TRAILING IN NATION
This week marks the last week
in which votes may be cast in
The Tribune straw vote for pres
ident, final tabulation to be pub
lished next week.
The local tabulation today
shows Roosevelt holding a small
lead over Governor Landon, the
votes standing as follows:
Roosevelt 107
Landon 91
Lemke and Browder have re
ceived one vote each.
If you haven't -voted, clip the
ballot and vote now. The bal
lot will not be printed in next
week's issue.
New York, Oct. 7.—Which way
and how strongly the national po
litical winds are blowing, in small
town and country-America, will
be shown definitely in the final
tabulation of the country news
paper nation-widet poll now near
ing conclusion.
The balloting, which has been
conducted by more, than 3,000
weekly newspapers located in all
parts of the country, comes to a
close this week, Saturday mid
night, October 10th. Pinal na
tional returns will be announced
the week of October 19th.
At National straw-vote head
quarters here in the offices of
Publishers Autoc aster Service and
The American Press, a record
straw vote is being tabulated. A
total of 872,797 ballots had been
recorded at the close of the sev
enth week of the poll and released
today.
The political trend of the coun
try vote at this time gives Govern
or Landon, Republican, a lead of
about one and a half to one over
President Roosevelt, Democrat.
Or, in percentage terms, sixty to
forty. The third party candidate.
Congressman Lemke, Unlpn, runs
a distant third with a percentage
of 4.7%.
We Agree With Wlttie
Mother—"Well, how wo«ld you
prefer to take your castor oil?"
Willie—"Wid a fork." )
EUrin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TOBACCO BRINGS
GOOD PRICES AS •
SEASON BEGINS
Millions of Pounds of Golden
Weed Sold
MT. AIRY AVERAGE $23
More Than Million Pounds
Sold In Winston-Salem
Tuesday
SOME POOR LEAF SOLD
More than a million pounds of
tobacco passed through Winston-
Salem "warehouses yesterday in
the second day of the 1936-37
selling season, bringing an aver
age price of $20.77 per hundred
weight.
The break of 1,110,360 pounds
of yesterday, added to Monday's
sale, sent the two-day total for
the local market to 2,474,170
pounds.
Farmers received a total of
$230,561 for the weed marketed
here yesterday.
The rush and bustle of Mon
days opening sale was missing as
the market settled down to the
even tenor of the season's selling
and to the steadying influence of
the millions of pounds yet to-be
sold.
Offerings yesterday consisted
of the remaining first deliveries,
which were very much like the to
baccos sold Monday, the opening
day, but with the lower grades in
noticebale predominance. How
ever, the tone of the market was
more decided and the better
grades appeared in stronger de
mand, according to J. T. Booth,
supervisor of sales.
MOUNT AIRY
Mount Airy, Oct. 6.—Around
190,000 pounds of tobacco were
sold on the Mount Airy market
today for an estimated average
of $23, J. C. Pulton, sales super
visor, stated tonight.
Official figures for yesterday's
sales showed 196,434 pounds sold
or $49,428.14, an average of $25.01
per hundred, Mr. Pulton stated.
Today's prices remained firm for
good grades, he said, but a large
amount of poor leaf was offered
for sale.
MRS. W. D. DULA
TAKEN BY DEATH
North filkin Woman Passes
Away Monday Follow
ing Illness
LAST RITES WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Mattie Bumgarner Dula.
56, passed away late Monday at
her home in North Elkin, follow
ing a lingering critical illness.
She was a native of Wilkes
county and a widow of the late
William Dula, who died about 15
years ago. She was a member of
the Baptist church.
She is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. O. P. Luffman, with
whom she made her home, and
one son, J. W. Dula. Pour broth
ers, J. M., w. P., and L. M. Bum
garner, of Wilkesboro, and H. T.
Bumgarner, of Washington, D. C..
and two sisters, Mrs. James Jen
kins, of Lenoir, and Mrs. J. W.
Kilby, of Wilkesboro.
Funeral services were conduct
ed Wednesday morning at 11
o'clock from Shady Grove Bap
tist church, four miles from North
Wilkesboro. The rites were in
charge of Rev. J. L. Powers of
Elkin, and Rev. Mr. Williams. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery. ,
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