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iLKIN SADDENED
OVER PASSING OF
DR. W.D.TURNER
tteran Druggist Dies Near
Midnight Saturday
HEALTH HAD BEEN BAD
Pneumonia and Complica
tions, Plus Heart Ail-
ment, Are Fatal
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Elkln was saddened at the pass
ing about midnight Saturday
of Dr. Walter Delbert Turner, 59,
dean of Elk in druggists, and one
of the town's most prominent cit
izens and business men. Dr.
Turner had been in failing health
for a number of years. Pneumonia
and complications, aggravated by
a severe heart ailment was the
cause of his death. He had been
confined to his bed-only a few
days and on Thursday afternoon
was admitted to the local hospital
for treatment.
The deceased was born in Cas
well county, a son of the late
"William A. and Sarah Evans Tur
ner. He was educated in the
public schools of Reidsville and
later attended Whitsett Prepara
tory school. He was graduated
from Richmond Medical School of
Pharmacy with the clasd of 1901.
Dr. Turner, witn his family,
came to Elkin in *916 and since
that .time had been prominently
'identified with the civic and bus
iness life of the town. He was
senior partner of the firm of
• Turtttef Drug company. In the
practice of his profession and by
his kindly manner he edeared
himself to the entire citizenship
of the surrounding community.
Early in life he united with the
Methodist Episcopal church,
south, and throughout his life he
maintained a high type of Chris
tian character. He was also a
member of the Maslnic fraternity
and of the Order of the Ancient
' and. Accepted Scottish Rite.
In 1903 Dr. Turner was marrier
to Miss Sophia Elizabeth Kerno
dle of Reidsville, who with one
daughter, Mrs. Garland R. Staf
ford. of Jefferson, and one son,
Walter Delbert Turner, Jr., of
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ANNUAL REPORT OF
FARM AGENT MADE
Tells Interesting Story of Ac
tivity of Farmers
Daring 1936
STATISTICS ARE GIVEN
The annual report of the counr
tyfarm agent, J. W. Crawford,
tells an interesting story of much
and useful work that was done in
Surry county by his force of
workers during the year of 1936.
The report shows that small
grain demonstrations were con
ducted in 39 communities, and
454 farmers planted improved
seeds; 375 farmers were assisted
with economic information; 744
acres were covered by farm man
agement demonstrations; 955
farmers grew legumes, clover,
vetch, soy beans and peas, for
' the first time in their lives, and
2.500 farmers followed fertiliser
recommendations in their tobac
co crops, while 350 practiced in
sert control and 450 disease con
trol under the supervision of the
county farm agent.
The report also shows that
4,500 farmers of the county had
summer gardens, and 4,050 poul
try fowls were blood tested.
Over 30 livestock demonstra
tions were conducted in the coun
ty and » large number of fine
breed Animals were placed on
farms.
' Over 1,700 farms were covered
by farmers' working sheets, and
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MOVE TO END ~
AUTO STRIKE
Washington, lan. 5. With
President Roosevelt watching
every development, the federal
government moved today to end
HPfß* spreading General Motors
P veteran la
ifffiator, no
erkins that
ors, he said,
Passes Away
-nnn
fan
Dr. W. D. Turner, dean of Elkin
druggists and a prominent busi
ness man, whose death here near
midnight Saturday proved a shock
to the entire town and to every
one who knew him.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
FASCISTS CONTINUE
TOWARD MADRID
Madrid, JUi. s.—Fascist in
surgents drove toward Madrid
tonight from the northwest,
apparently in an effort to link
the forces outside the city with
those which already had gained
a foothold within.
The left flank of Gen. Fran
cisco Franco's army -operating
west of Madrid moved to the
E( Escorial highway northwest
of Madrid, advancing on Ara
vaca and Pozuelo after the
government militiamen re
treated from the bombed vil
lage of Majadahonda.
In Murica, three persons
were killed and many were
wounded when three fascist
planes bombed a factory, said
word reaching here.
EXPECTING BREAK
IN KIDNAP CASE
Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 5.
The family of kidnaped Charles
Mattson cleared a path again
today for dealing with his ab
ductor and indicated it was
expecting momentarily a devel
opment possibly payment of
the $28,000 ransom or release
of the 10-year-old boy.
Certain officials conceded
guardedly they were looking for
a "break" at any minute.
The government's carefully
concealed army of manhunters
apparently continued 'to keep
its hands off the case in ac
cordance with the plea of the
father, Dr. W. W. Mattson.
Reappearance of a personal
advertisement offered the ab
durtor assurance the family
had received his messages and
that "channels are entirely
clear."
CONGRESS EXPECTED
TO CLAMP ON EMBARGO
Washington, Jan. s.—Con
gress convened today and com
bining traditional ceremony
with the easy informality of a
family reunion, prepared to
tackk Its first task of 1987
legislation slapping a swift
embargo on arms shipment* for
Spain's savage civil war.
Administration leaders of
both houses will introduce to
morrow an administration-ap
proved resolution, have it refer
red at ooee to waiting com
mittees and posh it through
with all posslbe speed to cat
•ff a $2,300,000 cargo of air
planes inieeded for the Madrid
loyalists. ;•
MEETING OF BOY SCOUT
COMMITTEE TO BE HELD
A meeting of the Scout district
committee will be held at the
Methodist church this evening,
(Thursday) at 7:30. Merit badges
will be awarded scouts passing
the tests of the last- monthly
meeting.
J&rparents
examinations will be given boys
wishing to pass work for the next
court of honor awards.
N. C. LEGISLATURE
FACES BIG ISSUES
DURING SESSION
Must Enact Revenue-Produc
ing Legislation
WHISKEY BIG PROBLEM
May Possibly Reduce by $2,-
500,000 Revenue From*
Sales Tax
ADDS ANOTHER PROBLEM
Raleigh, Jan. s.—Apparently
intent upon enacting revenue
producing legislation and taking
definite action on the mooted li
quor. labor and social security
problems in the shortest time pos
sible, legislators poured Into the
city today for the biennial session
of the general assembly.
Noon tomorrow will see the first
1937 gathering of the legislators,
but active work will not get un
derway until next week in defer
ence to the inauguration of Gov
ernor-elect Clyde R. Hoey and his
delivery of a budget message to
the joint assemblage.
Dignity will mark the* inaura
tion Thursday morning at 11
o'clock in Memorial auditorium,
when a number of state officers,
including Lieut-CJov.-elect W. P.
Horton, of Pittsboro, will be in
ducted into office along with the
new governor.
Record appropriations are rec
ommended to the assembly in the
report of the advisory budget
commission, now being printed.
Requests for $70,000,000 during
each year of the biennium, up
some $7,000,000 over current
spending, are asked.
Possible reduction by $2,500,-
000 annually of revenue from the
sales tax may add another prob
lem to the law-makers in their
attempt to meet recommended ap
propriations. The state Demo
cratic party is pledged to remove
the levy from "all necessities of
life."
PROMINENT RONDA
WOMAN SUCCUMBS
Mrs. Joyce Gwyn Mcßee
Passes Monday Follow
ing Long Illness
LAST RITES WEDNESDAY
Mrs. Joyce Gwyn Mcßee, 75
wife of Dr. Vardrey Mcßee, died
Monday night at ner home at
Ronda, following a lingering in
curable illness which had con
fined her to her home for some
time.
Mrs. Mcßee is the last of a dis
tingushed pioneer family, being a
daughter of the late James G. and
Mary Anne Lenoir Gwyn, whose
home, "Green Hill," was famous
in earlier years for its warm hos
pitality.
Mrs. Mcßee was a talented ar
tist and her portraits have at
tracted nation-wide interest. In
addition to her paintings she was
also a talented musician.
She was a devout member of
the All Saints Episcopal Church at
Ronda, which was founded by her
family.
3he is survived by her husband,
one daughter, Mrs. Rhoda Mcßee
Carter, and two grandsons.
Funeral services were held at
the home Wednesday morning at
11 o'clock and interment was in
the family plot in the Ronda
cemetery.
NEW ASSESSMENT
IS AUTHORIZED
To Be Made on All Surry
County Real Estate; to
Name Appraisers
FOR PURPOSE OF TAXES
In the meeting of the county
commissioners Monday at the
courthouse in Dobson a motion
was adopted by that body order
ing that an entirely new assess
ment of all real estate in the
county oe made for the purpose of
the usual collection of taxes.
The tax supervisor is directed to
appoint necessary appraisers in
the various townships for this
work and is to have the Job under
business claiming the attention of
the commissioners.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1937
Postal Receipts Are
Highest In History
Of Local Postoffice
Drive To Raise
$3,000 To Begin
Here This A. M.
A committee made up of
representatives from the Elkln
Kiwanls club and other civic
organizations, and from each
church, will meet at Hotel El
kin this morning at 10 o'clock
to begin a drive to raise a nec
essary $3,000 to go toward erec
tion of a $45,000 addition to the
Hugh Chatham Memorial hos
pital.
The sum of $3,000 must be
raised not later than January
15 to assure larger outside do
nations.
An addition to the hospital
is badly needed and it is hoped
the money sought locally may
be raised by that time.
ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS
Bank of Elkin Completes
Year Which Proved Grat
fying in Every Way
OFFICIALS ARE NAMED
A report which much
improvement over the similar re
port of a year ago was given a rep
resenative stockholders' group of
The Bank of Elkin Tuesday night
at the annual stockholders' meet
ing held in the lobby of the bank.
Both the report of earnings
and the report of the condition of
the bank, given by R.'C. Lewelyn,
president, proved very gratifying,
and the outlook for the ensuing
year appears very bright, it was
lr irned following the meeting.
A board of directors was named
by the stockholders to conduct af
fairs of the bank during 1937,
following which the stockholders'
meeting adjourned. Those elect
were as follows: J. R. Poindexter,
chairman; C. S. Foster, R. C.
Freeman, W. A. Neaves, Thom
as Roth, W. S. Gough, R. C. Lew
ellyn and Garland Johnson.
Following its election the new
ly named board appointed the
following committees and officers:
Executive committee: J. R.
Poindexter, chairman; C. 8. Fos
ter, R C. Freeman, R. C. Lew
ellyn and Garland Johnson.
Examining committee: R. C.
Freeman, chairman; Thomas Roth
and Mason Lillard.
Officers: R. C. Lewellyn, presi
dent; W. 8. Qough, vice-presi
dent; Garland Johnson, active
vice-president; Franklin Folger,
cashier; Mrs. Gaynell Phillips
Jones, assistant cashier, and Jake
Jones, assistant 'cashier.
Officials of the bank expressed
appreciation for the confidence
of its patrons during the past
year and expressed the hope that
the bank may continue to serve all
even better during the ensuing
year.
KIWANIANS ARE TO
INDUCT OFFICIALS
W. B. Lankford to Succeed
L. G. Meed as President
of Club
IS ALSO LADIES' NIGHT
Installation of officers of the
Elkin Kiwanis club, to serve dur
ing 1937, will take place at the
regular meeting of the club at
Hotel lEHriw this evening (Thurs
day), at 4:30 o'clock. The meet
ing will also be observed as ladles'
night.
W. B. Laokford, retiring vice
president, will succeed L. O laced
as president Wilbur Carte*, art
retary-treasurer for 193 C, waU
take office as vice-president. Gar
land Johnson will be indut>sd as
secretary-treasurer.
A simple but impressive pro
gram has been planned for ti;e
occasion, C.^Jemts
ally becomes a member of the
board for the year.
TOTAL IS $12,290.30
Figures Show Gain of
10 Per Cent in Fi
nal Quarter
MAIL IS HEAVIEST
Postal receipts for 1936 were
the largest In the history of the
local postoffice, amounting to a
total of $12,290.30, figures com
piled by P. W. Graham, postmast
er, show.
Figures for the year 1935 show
receipts of $11,956.66. The sec
ond highest year, back in 1923,
when the Chatham • Manufactur
ing company and the Elkin Shoe
company were making large ship
ments by parcel post, showed re
ceipts of $12,189.10, close upon the
1936 figure.
Growth of the local postoffice,
and a reflection of the growth of
the town, is shown in receipts for
the year 1900, when receipts
amounted to $1,640. E. D. Har
ris was postmaster at that time.
In 1906, receipts had grown to
$2,572 under Postmaster J. P.
Walsh.
The largest 1936 gain over the
corresponding period of 1935 was
shown during the December quar
ter, which reflected a 10 per cent
increase.
The heaviest out-going mail in
the office history was dispatched
from Elkin during the two-weeks'
period preceeding Christmas.
All indications point to contin
ued increase in receipts and
growth of the office, Mr. Graham
said.
CONCERNED ABOUT
TOBACCO PROGRAM
Congressman Frank Hancock
Hopes For Govern
mental Plan
WOULD RAISE PRICE
Washington, Jan. 4. Return
ing to Washington for the con
vening tomorrow of the Seventy
fifth Congress, Representative
Prank Hancock stated today, that
uppermost in his mind during the
coming session would be the per
fection of federal program for
production control of the flue
cured tobacco.
The fifth North Carolina dis
trict congressman believes an ef
fective program this year will
mean an average of 30 cents a
pound for tobacco.
"I am confident the federal
government must keep its arms
around any program that makes
for fairer and effective control of
production," Hancock asserted. He
said co-operation of interested
states was desirable and necessary
but that federal actio* such as
under the old AAA was essential.
While there has been much talk
of new compact legislation, in
cluding a federal law prohibiting
the shipment of tobacco in inter
state commerce grown outside of
laws by states in the compact, the
general feeling here of tobacco
Congress is to sit tight and see
Just what President Roosevelt has
in mind. He may recommend a
new AAA law with the hope that
by making certain changes it
would get by Supreme Court or
he may recommend a constitu
tional amendment.
There Is a general opinion
among congressman from the to
bacco-growing districts that if
there is to be a real production
control program there will have
to be legislation in addition to the
soil conservation act.
"A real production control pro
gram, coupled with the present
consumptive trend of tobacco and
an easy money market should re
salt in prices being 35 cents high
er than those paid in the flue
cured territory last year," Han
cock declared. "This would mean
that the flut-cured crop would
around 30 cents next sea
son.
on^B^wnof Oxf
Dies Saturday
i'ife'iv * IS
W * kml
S. Porter Graves, 'of Mount
Airy, distinguished Surry county
citizen, who passed away Satur
day. Mr. Graves served for 28
consecutive years as solicitor of
the 11th judicial district, of which
Surry county is a part.
CONTRACT IS LET
FOR FINAL LINK
Lakes - to - Florida Highway
Was Dream of Group
of Elkin Men
ROARING GAP TO SPARTA
The last link in the long dr.eam
ed of Lakes-to-Florida highway,
soon to be a completely paved
national highway, was let last
week when contracts were award
ed for widening and surfacing
the present highway from Roar
ing Gap to Sparta, a distance of
9.8 miles.
Grading and structural con
tracts were awarded the Grannis
Construction company with the
to Florida, passing through Elkin
was for years the dream of a
number of Elkin citizens, several
of whom did not live to see this
great national route become a
fact.
Prominent among the numerous
local men who launched the idea
and worked untiringly to make it
materialize were A. G. Click,
Frank Carter and R. L. Hubbard,
all who have since passed away,
and R. M. Chatham, Alex Chat
ham, H. P. Graham, E. F. McNeer
and others.
Work on the Virginia link be
tween Wythevile and Independ
ence is already under way, and
the widening of the Roaring Gap-
Sparta link marks the elimination
of the last unimproved stretch in
the entire route, giving tourists
from the Great Lakes region and
the north a straight, surfaced
highway all the way to Florida by
way of Sparta, Elkin, statesville
and Charlotte.
It is believed this national
route, upon completion, will be
come one of the nation's main
arteries of travel.
FORMER OFFICIAL
OF SURRY PASSES
Weil-Known G. O. P. Leader
Dies Following Para
lytic Stroke
HELD OFFICE 12 YEARS
Mt. Airy. Jan. 5. Magistrate
T. Warren Davis, 76, Republican
leader in Surry county for nearly
half ft century, died about 4
o'clock this morning in the Mar
tin Memorial Hospital here. He
suffered a paralytic stroke about
two neeks ago and his condition
had been critical since that time.
Mr. Davis was Burry county
register of deedi. for 12 years and
served two terms as sheriff, clos
ing his period in office In 1916.
He d ictated pedicles of the E*pub~
lican party in fcurry for many
year:, and despite his age, re-
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S. PORTER GRAVES
PROMINENT SURRY
COUNTY MAN DIES
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Served District for 28 Years
As Solicitor
HAD LENGTHY ILLNESS
Funeral Services Held Sunday
at 2:30 O'clock at
Mt. Airy
DISTINGUISHED FAMILY
S. Porter Graves, of Mount Airy,
71, for twenty-eight consecutive
years solicitor of the eleventh ju
dicial district, retiring to private
practice of law in 1930, passed
away pt bis home in Mount Airy
at i fBO o'clock Saturday morning
following a. prolonged period of
declining health.
Funeral services were conduct
ed at 2:30 o'clock Sunday after*
noon at Mount Airy.
Mr. Graves probably was es
teemed as highly as any man who
ever held the office of solicitor in
this district. He went into office
in 1902 following a long line of
Republican solicitors. At the time
Wilkes county was a part of the
eleventh judicial district, but a
short time later, was displaced by
Ashe county. Stokes county was
also in the district, but later was
switched into the district with
Guilford county.
Near the close of his prolonged
period of service as solicitor, Mr.
Graves was insistently urged by
many of his friends to stand for
the office of congressman, then
held by the aged Charles M. Sted
man, the last remaining Confed
erate veteran in Congress. How
ever, in announcing plans for his
retirement about the middle of
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SUPERIOR COURT
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Civil Cases
JURY LIST IS DRAWN
The February term of Superior
court will convene on Monday,
February 15th at 10:00 a. m. for
the hearing of criminal and civil
cases, most of which will be crim
inal.
Judge Frank S. Hill will be the
presiding judge, and Hon. Allen
H. Gwyn, solicitor for this district
will prosecute the docket.
Following is the jury list which
was drawn Monday.
First week: L. T. Roberts. J. O.
Bivlns, D. H. Cook, Edgar R.
Lowry, M. N. Snow, Ellis Hardy,
C. H. Brewer, A. R. Whetstone,
W. W. Byrd, J. F. Yokley, J. W.
Barber, Oscar K. Merrit, J. L.
Powers. Frank Jackson, E. D.
Thompson, R. B. Greenwood. W.
F. Boyles, M. R. Bailey, A. J.
Snow, W. S, Harris. R. 8. Burr us,
S. M. Flippin, Roy Lyons, A. G.
Webb, L\ H. Odell, Sam R. Frultt,
8. R. Reives, W. B. Edmonds,
Reid Gammons, J. 8. Brown. C. L.
White, M. H. Collins, J. 8. Green
wood, J. A. McKanney, F. P.
Johns and W. R. Taylor.
Second week: L. A. Pell, J. H.
Johnson, A. M. Short, A, R. Hayes,
J. C. Richards, Paul Atkins. L M.
Key, J. E. Sheiton. R. S. Craw
lord, W. V. Holder, O. L, Bow
man, Jaime; BUtvins, W P. Fulk.
D. H. Spatter, H. L. Key, E. P,
C. W. M.
Adams and R. J. Hamby.
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