Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 3
KNIFING AFFRAY
POTS TWO WILKES
MEN IN HOSPITAL
f One Dangerously Injured;
Knife Penetrates Lung
OCCURRED SUNDAY P. M.
Paul Hemric Is Held by Wil
kes Offices Pending
Opponents Condition
GIRLS FIGURE IN CASE
Charlie Roberts, of near Ronda,
tis in Hugh Chatham Memorial
hospital here in a very critical
condition, and Paul Hemric, also
of the Ronda section, but well
known locally, is being held by
Wilkes authorities pending the
outcome of Roberts' condition, as
a result of a cutting scrape which
occurred Sunday afternoon on
highway 60 a few miles south of
Ronda.
Hemric allegedly stabbed Rob
erts in the left side, the knife
slipping between his ribs to punc
ture the left lung, which col
lapsed. Although dangerously
wounded, the young man is given
a chance of life by hospital au
thorities provided infection or
pneumonia doesn't set in.
A third young man, said to have
participated in the affray, was
Eb. Holbrook, also of near Ronda.
* The affray was said to have
taken place while Hemric, Rob
erts, Holbrook and two young wo
men, whose names were withheld,
were out riding Sunday afternoon.
The trouble was said to have
started when Hemric refused to
lend assistance when a breakdown
complelled them to stop along the
highway. Holbrook was said to
have knocked down Hemric, and
then knives were brought into ac
tion by both Hemric and Roberts.
Hemric was not seriously in
jured, although he sustained pain
ful gashes about the face.
The three young men were
brought to the Elkin hospital
Sunday night, hospital authori
ties notifying Dixie Graham, local
chief of police. Mr. Graham, af
ter talking with the two injured
youths, learned that Holbrook had
left the scene. He later found
I him at home in bed.
Sheriff W. B. Somers, of Wilkes
county, was then notified and a
guard placed over Hemric at the
hospital. Wilkes officers were ex
pected to call for Hemric late
Wednesday afternoon, he having
recoverd sufficiently to leave the
hospital.
Both Hemric and Roberts are
charged with assault with a dead
ly weapon.
JONESVILLE HI BUGLE
NOW BEING PUBLISHED
The Jonesville Hi Bugle, a pa
per published in the interest of
the Jonesville school made its de
but this week. The paper is pub
lished by the Senior Class of the
school with Miss Beatrice Bur
cham editor-in-chief. Miss Rama
Blackwood is associate editor. On
■toe news staff are Misses Carrie
Taylor, Lucille Vestal, Magdaline
Martin, Margaret Renegar, Mae
Young and Francis Brandon and
J cfe Weatherman. Dothan Reece
is business manager ai v play ton
Swaim assistant business man
ager. Miss Bonnie Ethel Dickson
is faculty advisor.
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Workers Inquire About Social Security Act
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WASHINGTON . . . The above scene at Washington was but a
forerunner of like scenes throughout the nation where divisional
headquarters of the new Social Security Board are established. Scene
shows workers crowding the offices of the Board here, inquiring
about different phases of the old-age pension regulations which go
into effect January 1 as the new Social Security Act operations are
applied.
lATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
SENDS SUBMARINES
TO SPANISH WATERS
London, Nov. 24, Great
Britain, backing up her age
long right to sail the seven seas
unhindered, tonight sent sub
marines to Spain with a de
stroyer flotilla ready to sail
Thursday.
The admiralty announced
the depot ship Cyclops and
eight submarines already were
en route from Malta to the
war-torn Spanish peninsula to
add show of force to verbal
warnings Britain would toler
ate no interference with her
shipping.
The Cyclops and her brood
of underseas craft, the admir
alty announced would relieve
the destroyer depot ship Wool
wich at Alicante, but declared
it "unlikely" the British ves
sels would proceed within the
three-mile Spanish territorial
limits.
MORE DIVIDENDS,
BONUSES DECLARED
New York, Nov. 24. Anoth
er wave of extra dividends and
Christmas bonuses rolled out of
industrial sources today, topped
by a $25,000,000 payment in ar
rears on preferred stock of the
United States Steel Corp.
About 50 companies dipped
into expanded earnings to dis
burse nearly $100,000,000 to
shareholders, mostly through
extras and payment of accu
mulated dividends on senior
issues.
It sent total dividends declar
ed by oil companies since late
October to approximately
$720,000,000 in a record-break
ing march of enlarged distribu
tions to shareholders.
WILKES WOMAN
KILLED BY CAR
North Wilkesboro, Nov. 24.
Mrs. Julia McNeil Canter, age
about 60, was almost instantly
killed this afternoon on High
way 421 one mile west of this
city when hit by a car driven
by M. L Whittington of Red
dies River.
According to an account of
the accident gained from wit
nesses by a patrolman, Mrs.
Carter had just emerged from
a car parked opposite her home
and started across the road,
stepping Into the side of the
car being driven toward North
Wilkesboro. She died on the
way to the hospital here.
FIND BOMB
ATTACHED TO CAR
Charlotte, Nov. 24. Police
reported today an improvised
and highly destructive bomb
was accidentally discovered at
-4 to the exhaust pipe of
ttt Kv. Hftinjf serviced
at a filling sta... fre.
The bomb was wired to the
exhaust directly under the driv
« er's seat. A defective fuse was
believed to have prevented an
explosion. Detectives declined
to reveal the name of the auto-
I mobile's owner.
The car owner reported the
finding of the bomb to the po
lice.
Residence building increased in
the last half of 1935 two and a
half times over the same period
in 1934.
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LOCAL BANK HAS
HAD GOOD YEAR
Dividend of Eight Per Cent is
Declared on Common
Stock By Board
TAKES OTHER ACTION
At a recent meeting of the
board of directors of The Bank of
Elkin, an eight per cent dividend
was declared on common stock,
payable to stockhoders as of De
cember 10, It was learned Tues
day from Garland Johnson, cash
ier and active vice-president. •
Mr. Johnson, in releasing fig
ures and other information con
cerning the bank, stated that the
institution has enjoyed an excel
lent year with no apparent losses,
and that it stands ready to enter
the new year with a very strong
cash position.
The dividend on common stock
was based on the SIOO par value
of each share, it was said. It was
also stated that a regular semi
annual dividend of 3 1-2 per cent
on preferred stock payable Feb
ruary 1, 1931, to the Reconstruc
tion Finance Corporation, was au
thorized.
The board of directors further
authorized the officers to place to
the credit of the reserve for re
tirement of preferred stock the
sum >of $2,500 on December 31,
936. These funds will be subject
to an order of the board of direc
tors for the retirement of prefer
red stock at some future date.
Since its organization here sev
eral years ago, the local bank has
shown consistent progress. Offic
ials are optimistic fon the future.
MRS. BROWN AND
CARTER RELEASED
Charges Against Elkin Cou
ple Dismissed by Wilkes
Magistrate
OUTSIDE JURISDICTION
Charges of concealing child
birth and other offenses against
Gladstone Carter and Mrs. Flake
Brown, both of Elkin, were dis
missed in a preliminary hearing
at North Wilkesboro last Thurs
day by Magistrate A. C. CasseJ.
The charges grew out of the
discovery of the body of a newly
born baby girl in an old aban
doned dry well in Eastern Wilkes
county some months ago. The dis
missal before the magistrate was
on the grounds that the alleged
offenses charged in the warrant
were committed outside of Wilkes
county, and therefore outside the
jurisdiction of the presiding mag
istrate.
Mrs. Brown was said to be the
mother of the child. Carter was
alleged to have been one of the
men seen to throw a package into
the well the night prior to discov
ery of the body the following
morning.
GURLEY E. MARTIN, 46
PASSES AWAY FRIDAY
Ourley E. Martin, 48, highly
esteemed farmer of the Boonville
community died suddenly at his
v .ne Friday night from a heart
ailment. The deceased is sur
vived by his widow and six chil
dren. "■ rSlilll
Funeral rites were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
Boonville Baptist church. Inter
ment was In the Boonville ceme
tery.
ELKIN. N. C.. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 26, 1936
KIWANIANS WOULD
DO SOMETHING TO
EASE CONGESTION
Devote Meeting to Discussion
Of Traffic Problem
PROMISES COOPERATION
Favor Enforcement of Town
Ordinance Against Double
Parking Evil
SEVERAL ARE GUESTS
A discussion of Elkin's traffic
problem and w&ys and means of
doing something about it to the
extent that it does not resemble
altogether a madhouse, especially
on Saturdays, occupied the time
of the Elkin Kiwanis club, meet
ing at Hotel Elkin Friday night.
Following the discussion a mo
tion was unanimously carried that
the club coopetate 100 per cent
with town officials in enforcing
traffic regulations, particularly
the ordinance against double
parking.
During the meeting it was
brought out that in one specific
instance it took a truck 30 min
utes to travel from one end of the
business district to the other on
Main street, a distance of about
three blocks, due to congestion
caused by double parking on the
part of thoughtless, inconsiderate
individuals.
Among main offenders are the
drivers of out-of-town delivery
trucks, it was said, who double
park their large trucks in the
street while unloading. However,
it has been learned since the
meeting that the majority of these
trucks are now unloading in the
rear of the various stores which
they serve.
Whether or not any special ac
tion tending to correct the traf
fic problem here is to be taken, is
unknown.
M. E. Lemmel, of Raleigh, rep
resenting The State, was a guest
of the club. Mr. Lemmel was here
gathering material for a special
Elkin section of the magazine
which he represents. The special
section is scheduled to appear in
an early issue.
I. C. Yates, of the Elkin Lumber
VSe Manufacturing company, and
J. R. Richardson, of the Central
Electric & Telephone company
were also guests of the club.
CONSTRUCTION IS
BEGUN ON CHURCH
New Structure Going Up On
Corner of Bridge and
Spring Streets
IS OF GOTHIC DESIGN
Actual construction was begun
Monday on the new Presbyterian
church. The building will be lo
cated on the corner of Bridge and
Spring Streets and will be of
Gothic architectural design.
It is hoped by members of the
church that the building will be
entirely free of debt when com
pleted. Generous donations have
been made by individuals and cor
porations towards the building
fund. One of the most generous
contributions was the gift of all
brick for the building, given by
Henry Belk of Charlotte.
The present plans call ~ for a
spacious auditorium with Sunday
school rooms on either side of the
vestibule and a large assembly
room at the rear of the auditor
ium. The outside of the build
ing will be of rough brick.
All plans for the interior finish
and furnishings are not complete.
JR. CHOIR ORGANIZED
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
A Junior choir has been organ
ized at the First Baptist church in
this city, with Mesdames Leslie
Reinhardt and Clint Gilliam as
leaders. Miss Prances Alexander
has been named as president and
Miss Ruth Shumate as secretary.
The first meeting was held Fri
day evening at the home of Rev.
and Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt on
Church Street, with twenty-one
girls and boys attending.
The second practice will be held
at the church Friday evening.
November 27, at 7:30 o'clock. All
girls and boys from the ages of 12
to 20 years who are interested in
joining the choir are invited
to be present for the meeting Fri
day.
Alaska cost the United States
two cenvs an acre to buy. Many
people said that it was a bad in
vestment.
Ethel du Pont to Wed F. D. R., Jr.
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GREENVILLE, Del. . . . Ethel du Pont and Franklin I»J Roosevelt,
Jr. (above), are going to be married next June. Their engagement
was announced in late November by Mr. and Mrs. Eugene du Pont,
parents of the bride-to-be. The President's son and the du Pont
heiress good-humoredly posed for news photographers, striding up
and down the sun room and seated side by side before the fireplace.
They laughed each time they were told to look, at each other . . . but
refused to hold hands. "It is to be a small church wedding," says
Miss du Pont.
Christmas Issue
Of Tribune Is To
Appear Next Week
The annual Christmas edi
tion of The Elkin Tribune will
appear next week as Elkin mer
chants announce the opening
of the Christmas season here.
The Tribune, in order to
place special emphasis upon the
occasion and to better cooper
ate with its advertisers, will
print one section in three col
ors, green, red and black. This
special section will not be print
ed on regular newsprint, but
will be on a highly finished,
book type grade of paper.
The issue will carry adver
tisements of Christmas open
ings on the part of the stores,
news stories concerning what's
new in gift goods this season,
and numerous Christmas fea
tures in addition to the regular
weekly features.
All merchants planning ad
vertising for this special issue
are urged to cooperate with
The Tribune by preparing their
advertisements early as an edi
tion of this type means con
siderable extra work on the
part of The Tribune staff.
ARE BUILDING
THEATRE HERE
Dr. W. B. Reeves to Locate
Offices on Second Floor
of Structure
IS AN OPTOMETRIST
Dr. W. B. Reeves, at one time a
citizen of Elkin before going to
Norfok, Va., where he has been
connected with an optical concern,
is planning to return to Elkin
within the near future.
Dr. Reeves has acquired the
Byrd property on West Main
street, and plans the erection of
a modern building which will
house a theatre in addition to of
fices on the second floor, which
he will occupy for the practice of
optometry.
Construction of the new theatre
building has already begun, and
when completed, will be modern
in every respect, it was said.
Dr. Reeves is a native of Alle
ghany county. He will be assist
ed here by Mrs. Reeves, who is a
native of Wilkes county. The many
friends of the couple will welcome
their return to this vicinity.
GOVERNMENT TO INTERVENE?
\ .
* San Francisco, Nov. 22. The
question of federal intervention
in the maritime strike faced gov
ernment, union and shipping au
thorities today and caused Assist
ant Secretary of Labor Edward P.
McGrady, to redouble his efforts
toward peace discussions.
Nationwide strike calls to the
Masters, Mates and Pilots associa
tion and the Marine Engineers
union complicated the general
situation. Violence cropped up on
the New York, Baltimore and
Philadelphia waterfronts.
ILLITERACY IS
COSTING SURRY
Uneducated of County Lose
$524,388 Annually in De
creased Earning Power
ARE 3,323 ILLITERATES
By PAUL MAY
Tribune Washington Bureau
Washington, D. C., November
25.—Illiteracy is costing Surry
county's uneducated approximate
ly $524,388 annually in decreased
earning power, it was estimated
today by specialists in the United
States Department of Education.
According to Dr. L. R. Alder
man, adult education authority
of the Department and a nation
ally recognized scholar on the
subject, Surry county has 3,323 il
literates who contribute to the an
nual loss in earning power to the
community.
Dr. Alderman bases his figure
on a survey made a few weeks
ago by the Department of Interior
in which it was, he said, conclus
ively proved that workers not
having the equivalent of a sixth
grade education lose a minimum
of fifty cents a day for every
working day of their lives.
This loss, Dr. Alderman ex
plained, is in addition to the
county burden of supporting the
aged illiterate and the added cost
of crime, slum conditions and dis
ease chargeable to illiteracy, that
must be met by the local state
and Federal governments, but
which could be avoided by proper
education.
Under Dr. Alderman's supervis
ion, the problem of educating the
approximately 8,000,000 illiterate
in the nation is being combatted
through Adult Education Projects
of the Bureau of Education.
SQUIRE BROWN, 52,
PASSES WEDNESDAY
Elkin Man Dies Following
Critical Illness of
Pneumonia
WAS NATIVE OF SURRY
Squire Brown, 52, died at his
home In Chatham Park at noon
Wednesday, following a critical
illness from pneumonia and com
plications. The deceased was a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
H. Brown, and a native of Surry
county. For the past twenty
years he has been a barber in US
kin and Jonesvllle.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Dora Holcomb Brown, and one
daughter and one son, Ruth and
Theodore Brown, all of Elkin. One
brother, Floyd Brown, of Brown
Summit, and one half-brother,
Woodrow Brown, and two sisters,
Mrs. Fay Anthony and Mrs. Sawn
Hardy, of Crutchfield, also sur
vive.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 2:30 from Pleas
ant Hill Baptist church. The
rites will be in charge of Rev.
Richard Day.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SOCIAL SECURITY
FORMS DELIVERED
HERE BY OFFICE
Approximately 1,800 Blanks
Go To Elkin Workers
GRAHAM GIVES ADVICE
States That Extreme Care
Should Be Exercised in
Filing Application
LAW EFFECTIVE JAN. 1
Approximately 1,810 social se
curity forms, SS-6, were delivered
by the local postoffice Tuesday to
employers for distribution to their
employes for filing of applications
for social security benefits under
the law which goes into effect
January 1, 1937.
P. W. Graham, postmaster, re
quested that care be exercised in
filling out, these forms. Each of
the 16 questions asked thereon
must be accurately and legibly
answered, he said. If the appli
cant is unable to answer a ques
tion, he should write in the word
"unknown." _ Particular care
should be exercised in giving the
age, date and place of birth, be
cause this information will deter
mine the beginning of benefit
payments. All application cards
not accurately or legibly com
pleted will be returned to the em
ployee by the local postoffice.
Treasury regulations require the
return of applications by Decem
ber 5, 1936.
It is advisable for employees to
return their applications through
their employer in order that each
business establishment may make
record of the application, Mr.
Graham said. It is permissable,
however, for any employee to de
liver his or her application in per
son or by messenger to the post
office or hand it to a postal em
ployee.
Business concerns which have
a turnover requiring additional
application forms may secure
these forms at the local postoffice,
Mr. Graham stated.
AQUILLA REECE IS
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Well-Known Farmer of Boon
ville Section Passes Fri
day Night
WAS IN LATE SEVENTIES
Aquilla Reece, well known far
mer of the Boonville section pass
ed away at his home Friday night.
Mr. Reece, who was in his late
seventies, had never recovered
from injuries sustained about ten
years ago when he was struck by
lightning. A recent stroke of
paralysis was the immediate cause
of his death.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Eliza Thornton Reece; three sons,
Julius and Gleason Reece of the
Boonville community, and John
Reece, of Oklahoma, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Prances Robertson of
California.
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock from
the Boonville Baptist church. In
terment was in the Boonville cem
etery.
Mr. Reece was an uncle of Rev.
D. O. Reece of Jonesville.
P. O. S. OF A. IS
TO MEET MONDAY
An important meeting of the P.
O. §. of A. will be held Monday
night, November 30. Officers will
be nominated and elected at this
meeting and a full membership
attendance Is urged.
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