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Elkin 'The Beat Little Town In North Carolina" VOL. No. XXV, No. 52 ROOSEVELT LEADING IN 46 STATES *Wilkes Democrats Break .Stronghold Doughton Victorious jßut Both Sides Claim Other County Offices NEWS OF SWEEP BY DEMOCRATS SAID TO BE ERRONEOUS Finley Said to Be Leading For Commissioner MAJORITIES ARE SMALL Election Results Appear to Be in Muddle as Neither Side Gives Ground WILES LEADING BY 109 Although reports from Wilkes county Tuesday night and Wed nesday morning were to the ef fect that the Democrats had car ried the entire county ticket, this has proven not to be a fact, it was learned over long distance telephone late Wednesday, after noon from a reliable source. Although it has been impossi ble to get actual figures for each candidate, The Tribune was able to obtain approximate majorities of the various county candidates. These majorities are thought to be substantially correct. >ln the bitterly contested race for sheriff, Doughton polled a ma jority of 413, Somers, his Repub lican opponent, having conceded him the election. In the race for register of deeds Oid Wiles, Repblican, was said to (Continued on last page) N. KNOBS GOES TO REPUBLICANS Only One Democratic Candi date Receives Majority in Jonesville Section RACE IS VERY CLOSE North Knobs township, Yadkin county, of which Jonesville is the polling place, gave Republican candidates a small majority with but one exception, in the voting Tuesday. The only Democratic candidate to receive a Very slight margin of victory in the township was C. W. Shouse, candidate for county commissioner. The vote was as follows: Roosevelt 431, Landon 525; for governor: Hoey 392, Grissom 571; for U. S. Senate: Bailey 392, Pat ton 560; for Congress: Lambeth 392, Hayes 558; for state senate: McElwee 400, Brock 519; fpr house of representatives: Williams 417, Haynes 541; for sheriff: Shermer 398, Inscore 548; for register of deeds Cornelius 399, West 545; for commissroners: . Hobson 423, Shouse 483, Smitherman 525, Brendle 479, B. C.' (Lum) Shore 505. Clean-up Week to Be Observed Here November 9-10-11 Clean-up Week will be ob served Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, November 9th. 10 th and 11th, sponsored by the Garden Department of the Elkin Woman's Club, accord ing to an announcement made by Mrs. J. G. Abernethy. de- partment ,chairman. All residents are requested to pile rubbish conveniently for the town trucks; which will collect and dispose of all un sightly refuse on these days. The cooperation of all proper ty owners is requested in this movement, as well as business hoots. , THE ELKIN TRIBUNE IATENEWC from the State and Nation REVENUE RECEIPTS SHOW INCREASE Internal revenue collections in the district of North Caro lina for the first third of the current fiscal year exceeded those in the corresponding period last year by $9,816,366.- 08. Announcement to this effect was made Tuesday by Collect or of Internal Revenue Char les H. Robertson. His state ment was based on the report compiled by I. T. Newton, chief of the accounting divi sion in' the office of Mr. Rob ertson. BATTLE WATCHED IN MADRID Watchers atop Madrid's houses and buildings yesterday could see the fighting for pos session of their city's suburbs. Fascists war planes roamed the sky over Madrid, far out of range of the anti-air craft batteries, but made no attempt to continue bombard ments which have taken 216 lives since last Friday. Leaflets were showered down calling upon the popu lace to surrender. HALF MILLION CROWD SQUARE New York, Nov. 3. More than half a million "persons, it was estimated by police, were crowded in Times Square at 11 o'clock tonight, eagerly receiving news of the latest election returns with prolong ed cheering. Inspector Patrick McCarthy estimated that, with the out pouring of theater crowds, the crush would increase to 750,- 000 persons and perhaps a million by midnight. FORECAST VIOLENCE IN WALKOUT Sari Francisco, Nov. 3. Violence, forecasts of more trouble and additional sym pathy walkout 9 marked the maritime strike today while opposing sides here inched along toward a showdown on the question of furnishing "safety crews" for affected west coast ships. NORTH WILKESBORO MAN IS CLUB GUEST C. O. McNeill, of North Wilkes boro, was guest of the Elkln Ki wanls club, meeting at Hotel El kin, Friday night. Mr. McNeill presented sound pictures, produced by the Coca- Cola Bottling Co., of Atlanta, which stressed the advantages of personal appearance and person ality on the part of sales people and their employers in dealing with the public. The pictures contrasted indifference and real courtesy. C. A. McNeill, of Elkin, a broth er of the Wilkes man, was also a guest of the club. Next Friday night will be Ki wanis ladies' night. An excellent program is being arranged by Ki wanians Paul Gwyn and Dr. R B. Harrell. Singing School Mr, and Mrs. Earl Nance, of Mayodan, will conduct a singing school at tJnion Cross, beginning Monday evetaing, November - 9. The publtr is cordially invited to attend. DEMOCRATS CARRY SURRY BY SEVERAL THOUSAND BALLOTS Only Few Precincts Cast Re publican Majority BRYAN PRECINCT CLOSE Tally There Shows Small Democratic Lead for Ma jority of Candidates F. D. R. LEADS TICKET Surry county Democrats Tues day registered a substantial ma jority of several thousand for all candidates in national, state and county balloting. President Roos evelt led the ticket by several hundred votes. Although a number of Surry's 18 precincts returned Republican majorities, including Franklin, Long Hill and Westfield, Demo cratic candidates were swept into office with no trouble. Bryan township, considered to be a Re publican stronghold, was on the Democratic side by a close mar gin, only one Republican candi date being given a majority. This candidate wps Joe Dobson, candi date for register of deeds. His majority over Lawrence was one vote. All available returns from Sur ry's election will be found in tab ulated form located elsewhere in this issue. Complete figures are not available, nor are the returns shown official. YADKIN COUNTY IS STILL REPUBLICAN Carry All County Offices by Substantial Majorities In Tuesday Vote GOV. LANDON FAVORED Although no returns are avail able from Yadkin county as to the outcome of the vote for pres ident and state candidates, com plete unofficial returns from the county election show the Repub licans sweeping the county as has been their custom for many years. The county also favored Lan don and Grissom, it was said, but figures to show how much have not been obtained. In the county race the Repub licans nominated a state senator, representative, sheriff, register of deeds, surveyor, coroner, and board of county commissioners by substantial majorities. A tabulation of the Yadkin county vote by precincts appears elsewhere in this issue. Why is it that some people think that other people ought to support them? Some men are so onery that no honest man will give them any thing except a recommendation. Many Attend Tribune Election Party Here A large number of people were guests of The Tribune Tuesday night to hear election returns from Surry and neighboring coun ties, and from the state and na tion. Thanks to the courtesy of the Harris Electric Co.. who gave The Tribune the use of a new RCA Victor radio, for which they are dealers, and to Smith William son, Harris Electric Co., radio ex pert and electrician, a loud speak er system was installed outside The Tribune building, controlled within by both radio and micro phone, which permitted the broadcasting of both radio net work returns and local returns. The Tribune wishes to express thanks to J. R. Richardson and the Central Electric & Telephone Co., whose lines serve Elkin and this section. The telephone com-! | pany very generously installed ad ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1936 Given Huge Vote Of Confidence Democrats Carry Elkin Township By Handsome Majority; Large Vote Roosevelt Leads Democratic Ticket Here as Voters Throng Polls Throughout Entire Day; M. R. Bailey, Republican Candidate for County Board of Commissioners, is Leader of Republican Ticket; Majority of Voters Cast Straight Ballots Registering a heavy vote, Elkin township went to the polls Tues day to chalk up a substantial Democratic majority for national, state, county and township candi dates. Approxmitely 1,400 votes were cast in the township, a steady stream of voters filing into the booths located in the Baker Truck & Implement Co., from the time the polls opened at sunrise until closing time. At times the line of waiting voters reached almost to the street. Final returns showed that Pres ident Roosevelt led the ticket here with Frank Hancock, Dem ocratic candidate for Congress, just one vote beneath the Presi dent's total. i ditionil telephones in The Tri ! bune office and also gave The Tribune free use of their long dis tance wires in order that avail able returns from Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin might be gathered and broadcast. We also wish to extend our thanks to the tele phone operators for the prompt and courteous service rendered. Both of these companies did j their pprt in cooperating wilji | The Tribune in performing a pub- I lie service for those gathered to hear the election returns. Due to the large vote recorded throughout the nation as well as in Surry and neighboring coun ties, returns were rather slow in coming in. However, shortly af i ter 11 p. m., it was easily appar , ent which way the election was going, and returns from Hie Tri- 1 , bune office were discontinued at ! 11:15. In the township 757 straight Democratic tickets were cast as against 292 Republican straight ballots, for a total of around 1,000 votes. The vote in the township race was not as large as the county vote due to the fact that township ballots were ex hausted around 4 o'clock in the afternoon. The vote from Elkin township follows :> Roosevelt 987, Landon 409; for governor: Hoey 963, Grissom 429; for U. S. Senate: Bailey 975, Pat ton 401; for Congress: Hancock 986, Butler 392; for state senate: Sparger 957, Bennett 377; for representative: Martin 964, Tilley 381; for sheriff: Boyd 975, Belton 376; for register of deeds: Law rence 878, Dobson 481; for cor oner: Smith 969; for surveyor: Baker 957, Wolfe 385; for commis sioners: Lovill 949, Snow ' 979, SKtanson 909, Sparger 387, Sim mons 379, Bailey 498. A survey of the figures above will show M. R. Bailey, of Elkin, Republican candidate for com missioner, leading the Republican ticket. Township voting—for constable: Hayes 816, Lovelace 302; for jus tices of the peace: Eldridge 796, Young 774, Hall 815, Darnell 309, Dobbins 329, Ouyer 313 and Woodruff 340. The five proposed amendments to the state constitution didn't fare well in this preccinct, each being turned down with from two to 300 majorities. Burned By Tar J. C. Phillips, 30, of Statesvllle, an employee of the State High way and Public Works commis sion, is a patient at the local hos pital, suffering from slight burns about the face and eyes, which he received Monday when he was burned by hot tar while working near Jonesville. President Has Large Majority Throughout Nation, Returns Show Elkin Girl Is Believed State's Youngest Voter Much has appeared in the daily press during: the past week about this and that town's youngest and oldest voters, but it remains for El kin to come forward with what is believed to be the youngest voter in North Carolina. Elkin's youngest voter is Miss Pauline Johnson. Miss Johnson became 21 years old on election day—too late for her to have 'registered during the period when the books were open. So shortly after noon Tuesday she went to the local polls, registered and then cast her first vote, all in the matter of a few minutes. "And I voted for President Roosevelt," Miss Johnson stated. STATE VOTES FOR ROOSEVELT, HOEY President Leads Ticket As Democrats Chalk Up Large Majority VOTE IS THREE TO ONE Charlotte, Nov. 4. —With two thirds of the vote counted, the Democratic national ticket led by a better than 3-to-l majority in North Carolina today. The votes in the state and congressional races were not as complete in some instances, but all the Democratic candidates ap peared to have won by over whelming majorities. J. Wallace Winborne state Democratic chairman, predicted that the Democratic • party in the state had, cast its largest vote on record and rolled up its biggest majority. Returns from 1,225 of the state's 1,885 precincts have: Roosevelt, 435,290. Landon, 117,488. (Continued on last page) TRIBUNE MAKING SPECIAL OFFER Subscriptions to Paper Being Offered Free Until Jan uary 1, 1937 MERCHANTS COOPERATE A number of people have taken advantage of The Tribune's spe cial offer in which The Tribune is offered free for one to five years. In order for anyone to take advantage of this offer, which was made possible through the cooperation of a majority of Elkin stores and firms, they have mere ly to subscribe to The Tribune in the usual way. However, for each year's subscription for which they pay the regular price of $1.50 per year, each subscriber will be given a book containing 30 cou pons. Each coupon is worth five cents on each SI.OO cash purchase made at any Elkin store cooper ating. Names of the stores coop erating are printed on the inside I back cover of the coupon book. Each person obtaining a cou i pon book with their subscription ' to The Tribune, will have receiv -1 ed The Tribune free of charge be cause, when they have cashed in the coupons at the rale of five cents each on every one-dollar purchase, their $1.50 paid for the paper will have been refunded by the var'ous merchants with whom they have traded. Come in today for further de tails of this offer. If It is not convenient to call at The Tribune, mail in your subscription and a coupon book will be sent to you by return mail. Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge PUBLISHED WEEKLY ONLY MAINE AND VERMONT STICK BY REPUBUCANS Vote In Electoral College Is 523 to 8 ELECTION IS CONCEDED Roosevelt's Victory is Larg est Ever Recorded in His tory of Nation IS LEADING IN KANSAS Sweeping the entire nation with the exception of two New Eng land states, in the biggest land slide in the entire history of the country, President Roosevelt was given an overwhelming vote of confidence by the people at the polls Tuesday i Latest returns available Wed nesday afternoon disclosed the President to be far ahead of Gov ernor Landon, his Republican op ponent, in both the popular and electoral vote. With but approx imately 10,000.000 votes to be yet reported, the poular vote was: Roosvelt .. 20,000,000 Landon 12,500,000 Lemke 367,000 Latest figures disclosed that Governor Landon had a majority in only two states, Maine and Vermont. With Maine having only five electoral votes and Ver mont only three. President Roose velt is leading in electoral votes with 523, Landon 8. (Continued on last page) JURORS DRAWN FOR DECEMBER SESSION Two-Week's Term of Surry Court to Begin at Dobson December 7th WILL TRY CIVIL CASES Jurors to serve during the Sur ry county session of civil court which gets under way at Dobson Monday, December 7, for a two weeks' term, have been drawn by the Surry board of county com missioners. The jurors follow: First week: C. S. Barker, J. W. Stanley, Dewey Good, J. A. New some, A. C. Roberts, K. D. Holder, J. A. Brendle, Millard Inman, J. R. Baker, H. L. Arnold, T. S. Ash burn, S. H. Critz, S. S. Lambart, C. P. Snow, G. W. Phillips, C. R. Plippin, Fred Riggs, W. A. McKee, R. M. Leftwich, J. M. Smith, Tay lor Creed, J. A. Parris, L. S. Ba ker. Second week: O. P. Hauser, B. N. Needham, 'J. S. Patterson, F. L. Hatcher, G. D. Sykes, E. E. Morrisor., O. C. Anthony, J. P. Nixon, R. f>. Telh, T. E. Cocker ham, Guy Sparger, G. W. Creed, Jr., Ronie Bowles, Homer Flippin, C. C. Thompson, J. A. Swift, C. D. Pratt, J. B. Feltis. ■ COMMON SENSE BR | NOISELESS. B1
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