."I **The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 22
May Queen
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Miss Linda Mitchell, daughter
of Mf* and Mrs. Averette N. Mitch
ell, of Fairmont, will preside over
traditional May Day exercises at
the Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina May 1.
Parents of all students at the
Woman's College have been in
vited to spend that day at the
college, attend classes with their
daughters if they like In the
morning and witness the beauti
ful May Day festival in the after
noon.
Miss Mitchell, who is chief mar
shal at the Woman's College this
year, was "Miss North Carolina"
at the Rhododendron festival in
Asheville two years ago.
HUNDREDS HERE
FOR VALUE DAYS
Weather Man is Unkind, But
Many Come to Town for
Annual Event
MANY CONTESTS HELD
Although the weather man pre
sented rain and chilly weather,
hundreds of people from through
out this section attended Elkin
Bargain Days here last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday.
The varied contests were high
ly enjoyed. Of special interest
was the automobile that was
awarded the prize for the oldest
car under its own power—a 1903
model, 1-cylinder Cadillac, owned
by George Wynne, of Lenoir. Mr.
Wynne stated the car had been in
his family for SO years, and that,
when new, it sold for about SI,BOO.
Winners of various other con
' tests were as follows: largest fam
ily, Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Gilley, of
Jonesville, and 14 children. E. L.
Ford, also of Jonesville, with 11
in his family, was an entrant in
the contest.
Mrs. Lillie Byrd, of Ronda, tip
ping the scaldfe at 324 pounds,
won the prize for heaviest woman.
Mrs. Byrd was also winner last
year during Bargain Days, when
she weighed 330 pounds. Mrs.
Fannie QUI, also of Wilkes coun
ty, weight 291 y 2 , and Mrs. Cau
die Moxley, of Boonville, weight
226, were also in the contest.
Marvin Smith, of Yadkinville,
was winner of the prize for heav
iest man, weighing 273 pounds. C.
F. Redding, of Wilkes county,
weight 257%, and Dixie Graham,
of Elkin, weight 208%, also were
contestants.
Winners of the pony race were
D. G. Guyer, of Elkin, first prize,
and Nelson Weatherman, also of
Elkin, second prize.
Winners of the mule race were:
Thad Benton, , Brook's Cross
Roads, first prize; Charles Bray,
of Yadkin county, second prize;
Earl Benton, Brook's Cross Roads,
third prize, and Russell Baugess,
of Elkin, fourth prize.
SPARTA MAN OFFICIAL
OF N. WIKLESBORO BANK
Edwin Duncan, of Sparta, was
elected executive vice-president
of the Northwestern Bank, of
North Wilkesboro, Saturday by
the board of directors.
The position Was offered Leroy
Martin, of Raleigh, vice president
and trust officer of the Raleigh
branch of the Wachovia Bank
and Trust Co., but he declined it.
TO HOLD CRIPPLE
CLINIC APRIL 23
According to an announcement
by Dr. Ralph J. Sykes, Surrs
county health officer, the regu
lar county Cripple Clinic will b«
held in the Mount Airy office ol
the county health departmenl
April 2s, beginning at 9 a. in. Dr
R. A. Moore, orthopedic surgeon
F. D. R. ORDERS
SHARP SLASH IN
GOVT. SPENDING
Is Disappointed Over Reve
nue Collections
TO AVERT BIG DEFICIT
Says Collections May be Ma
terially Less Than First
Anticipated
TO CUT DOWN PAYROLLS
Washington, April 13. Pres
ident Roosevelt reported disap
pointing tax collections today
and ordered economies in all gov
ernment agencies to prevent this
year's deficit from being "far
greater than was anticipated."
The Chief Executive told his
press conference he had sent this
letter to departmental and agen
cy heads:
"It is apparent at this time
that the revenues of the govern
ment for the present fiscal year
will be materially less than the
amount estimated in my budget
message of last January; and,
hence, the deficit will be far
greater than was anticipated un
less there is an immediate cur
tailment of expenditures.
"You will carefully examine the
status of appropriations for your
activities with a view to making
a substantial saving by eliminat
ing or deferring all expenditures
which are not absolutely neces
sary at this time.
Almost immediately after the
President's announcement, Sec
retary Wallace revealed that 850
employees would be pruned from
the pay roll of the agricultural
adjustment administration at the
end of this month.
Wallaces' statement said this
staff had been engaged in mak
ing payments to farmers under
the original crop-control act, and
that a staff of 120 would be re
tained to complete these.
MRS. R. F. JESTER
PASSES SATURDAY
Prominent Jonesville Woman
Succumbs Following
Serious Illness
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Mrs. R. Frank Jester, 83, died
at her home in Jonesville Satur
night about 8:30, following a ser
ious illness of a week. Mrs. Jes
ter had been in declining health
for sometime, due to her advanc
ed age. She was a woman great
ly esteemed in her community
and had been a member of the
Methodist church for 69 years.
She is survived by her hus hus
band and six children, Mrs. M. R.
Bailey, Elkin; Miss Hester Jester,
Jonesville, Archie Jester, Win
ston-Salem; I. Y. and Carl Jester,
of "Jonesville.
Funeral services were held
Monday afternoon at 2:30 from
Island Ford Baptist church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. V.
M. Swaim of Winston-Salem, as
sisted by Rev. Wm. A. Jenkins,
pastor of thf Elkin Methodist
church and Rev. Mr. Pardue, pas
tor of Island Ford church. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Dwight and
Glenn Bailey, Earl Ellis, Buddy
Evans, Truman Jester, I. Y. Jes
ter, Jr., Dwight Whitaker and
Russell Minnish.
A beautiful and prpfuse floral
offering was evidence of a host
of friends of the family. \
MAYOR ISSUES
PROCLAMATION
Sunday to Be Observed as
"Safety Sabbath" Through
out Entire Nation
WOULD REDUCE WRECKS
The following proclamation
concerning an effort to prevent if
not eliminate death upon the
highways has been issued 4>y
Mayor J. R. Poindexter, of this
city, in cooperation with a state
wide "Safety Sabbath" program
sponsored by the Carolina Motor
Club:
PROCLAMATION
"The appalling number of pre
ventable accidents and deaths
upon the highways of our com
munity, State and Nation has be
come a menace of major concern
to all the people. Ow beautiful
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY. APRIL 15, 1937
Foils Skeeters
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CHICAGO . . . Miss Betty Bar
rie displays transparent shields,,
gaudy but effective protection
against marauding mosquitoes.
TO HOLD COOKING
SCHOOL TUESDAY
Annual Event, in Charge of
Miss Malone, Sponsored
By Woman's Club
TO BE AT HOTEL ELKIN
The annual Elkin cooking
school, sponsored here for the
past two years by The Elkin Tri
bune, in cooperation with the
Duke Power company, will be
staged in the Kiwanis room of
Hotel Elkin next Tuesday after
noon, beginning at 2:30 o'clock,
under the sponsorship of the El
kin Woman's Club.
Miss Addie Malone, home ser
vice specialist of the Duke Power
company, will again be in charge
of the school. Miss Malone,
known to practically all house
wives of this section, may be de
pended upon to make the cook
ing school beneficial to all who
attend. In addition to practical
demonstrations of the electric
range, she will also point out the
economy and advantages of elec
tric water heating.
As a feature of' the school,
which will be held one afternoon
only, prizes will be given, as well
as recipes.
Every housewife of this entire
vicinity, regardless of the type
cooking equipment they are now
using, is cordially invitfed to at -
tend the school.
VIRGINIA MAN DIES ■'
IN HOSPITAL HERE
Vesser Halsey, 69, of Mouth-of-
Wilson, Va.. died in the hospital
here Wednesday morning, only a
few hours after he was admitted.
He had been in ill health for
sometime but had been seriously
ill for about a week.
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Elmer Simpson
Elmer Simpson, 15-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Simpson died at the local hos
pital Wednesday, following a
brief critical illness from a rup
tured appendix and peritonitis.
The boy was a student in the
Copeland school and resided at
Dobson.
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Clean-Up Week To
Be Observed Here
April 16th-24th
Annual Clean-Up Week will
be observed in Elkin April 16-
24, under the auspices of the
Elkin Woman's Club and the
Boy Scout troops. Trucks will
be furnished by the town to
haul away trash piled conven
iently to the streets.
All property owners are urg
ed to clean their premises and
owners of vacant property are
asked to clean this property as
well as developed property. All
business houses are asked to
pay special attention to back
streets as some of them are
very unsightly.
J. R. Poindexter, mayor of
Elkin, Mrs. J. G. Aberaethy,
chairman of the garden de
partment of the Elkin Wo
man's Club, and Dr. C. E. Nicks
of the Boy Scout troop are
leader* in the movement and
urge the cooperation of all eit
liens of the town.
IATENEWC
" from the
State and Nation
DOBSON BOY
IS SUICIDE
Mt. Airy, April 13.—Bernard
Hutchens, 18, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Hutchcns, of Dob
son, was instantly killed this
morning when he propped a
shotgun on a post in the yard
of his home and polled the
trigger, sending a load of buck
shot into his chest. 11l health
was blamed for. his act.
for. R. E. Smith, county cor
oner, who conducted an inves
tigation, said an inquest would
not be necessary, as it was a
clear case of suicide.
Funeral will be conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2
o'clock from Salem Baptist
church, near Dobson, v by Eev.
Will Crissien. Interment will
be in the church cemetery.
The youth is' survived by his
parents and a sister, Laura, of
the home. |
SALE AND COST
FIGURES DISCLOSED
Washington, April 13. Se
curities commission reports
disclosed tonight that each of
the big three tobacco compan
ies sold slightly more than
$200,000,000 worth of products
in both 1934 and 1935.
Chairman James M. Landis,
termed the figures one of the
deepest trade secrets in Amer
ican business, made public the
reports of five major tobacco
companies after four of them
agreed to withdraw suits to
prevent publication of the fig
ures. The data had been* in
cluded in statements filed in
connection with their securi
ties.
MISSISSIPPI
NEGROES LYNCHED
Winona, Miss., April 13.
Two negroes were tortured and
lynched by a mob of over 100
white men near Duck Hill,
Miss, this afternoon within
two hours after they had
pleaded innocent in Montgom
ery county circuit court to a
charge of murdering a white
v man.
A third negro suspected by
the mob of complicity in the
slaying of George Windham, a
country storekeeper, was se
verely whipped and run out of
the county after narrowly es
caping the fate of the other
two negroes.
DAYLIGHT TIME
PROVING POPULAR
New York, April 13. The
merchants' association of New
York announced today results
of its annual survey on day
light saving, showing that "fast
time" will be ordered this year
in IS states and six Canadian
provinces, in addition to 10 for
eign countries.
New York and most of the
country's daylight saving cen
ters will turn the clocks ahead
one hour on Sunday, April 25,
and turn them back on Sun
day, September 26.
DISCOVERY TO
PREVENT CATARACTS
Chapel Hill, April 13.—Ex
periments showing that lacto
flavin, a special form of vita
min B, will prevent cataract
Mid will also stop this eye dis
ease after it has started were
reported to the American
Chemical society here today.
SARAH FOSTER
DIES SUDDENLY
Aged Colored Woman, Familiar
Figure Here, Passes Away Sun
day; Funeral Wednesday
Sarah (Foster, well known col
ored woman of Jonesville and a
familiar figure here for the last
half-century died suddenly Sun
day night at her home near
Jonesville. The exact age of
"Aunt Sarah," as she was known
to countless friends, both black
and white, is not known, al
though it is well beyond the three
score and ten mark.
She is survived by her husband,
"Uncle" Jeff Foster, who is sev
eral years her senior, and a num
ber of children.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday.
We bet the man who likes
hard-boiled eggs never has any
business dealings with one.
Back Home After the Flood
EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. . . . This family returned to their farm after
the winter flood and set up tents amid the wreckage of their former
home. Flood rehabilitation work is now being undertaken in areas
of southeast Missouri that were affected.
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Many Seek Place
On State Highway
Commission
With a new state highway
commission to be appointed, a
number of candidates are in
the field for a seat on the
commission from this district,
which includes Surry, Yadkin,
Wilkes and other neighboring
counties.
Friends of Grover Williams,
prominent Boonville man, are
busy on his behalf, while John
Folger, of Mount Airy, Gordan
Hackett, of North Wilkesboro,
and numerous others are seek
ing the post.
Appointment to the commis
sion will be made by Governor
Hoey today.
PHILLIPS GUESIT
OF KIWANIS CLUB
Speaks on "That of Tomor
row for CJ. i'oung Folks;"
Excellent Talk
CLUB TO ATTEND MEET
Charlie Phillips, formerly su
perintendent of the Greensboro
City Schools, and now public re
lations director of Women's Col
lege, University of North Carolina,
was speaker at the meeting of the
Elkin Kiwanis club at Hotel Elkin
last Thursday evening.
Mr. Phillips spoke on the sub
ject: "What of tomorrow for our
young folks?" stating that In the
opinion of some people there is no
ield of opportunity for young peo
ple today. However, in his own
opinion, he stated, the surface of
opporfcinity has hardly been
scratched. "I can think of no
line™of endeavor," he said, "but
what offers plenty of opportunity
for those who really make an ef
fort and who show ability to
make good."
This evening's meeting will be
held in the Robert E. Lee hotel in
where local Ki
wanians will attend the district
meeting of Kiwanis, beginning at
7:30 o'clock. Those attending will
leave hotel Elkin this afternoon
about 6:00 p. m.
JOHN ROBERTS, 49.
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Esteemed Citizen of Maple
Springs Community
Dies Friday
FINAL RITES SUNDAY
John Roberts, 49, of the Maple
Springs community, west of El
kin, passed away Friday in the
local hospital followiilg an Illness
of a month from a complication
of diseases. Mr. Roberts was the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jake Roberts
and was an esteemed citizen of
the community. He was twice
married, first to Miss Joyce Spic
er and after her death to Miss
Delia Sale, who survives him.
Surviving children of the.first
marriage are Grant, Charles and
Harvey Roberts, Mrs. Monroe
Sparks, of Ronda and Miss Mo
zelle Roberts. Three children of
the second marriage are Miss Ru-
SURRY COURT TO
BEGIN ON MONDAY
Judge Harding to Preside
First Week and Judge
Irwin the Second
DOCKET IN GOOD SHAPE
The April term of Surry county
superior court will convene Mon
day morning, April 19, at 10:00
a. m„ with Judge W. F. Harding,
of Charlotte, presiding for the
first week, and Judge S. J. Irwin,
of Morganton, presiding for the
second week. Hon. Allen H. Gwyn
solicitor for this district, will
prosecute the docket. The term
is for the hearing of criminal
cases, with only a few civil cases
being heard by consent.
According to a statement by F.
T. Lewellyn, clerk of court, Wed
nesday, there are approximately
75 cases on the docket for hear
ing, with no murder case to be
heard, and with bnly one case
each of rape and manslaughter.
The criminal court docket is now
in the best shape it has been in
some time.
EXAMINATIONS TO
STARTNEXTWEEK
Schools of County to Begin
Closing on May 10th,
Comsr States
NEW SCHOOL BUS BURNS
According to a statement Wed
nesday by John W. Comer, coun
ty superintendent of schools, the
seventh grade and high school
examinations will be given in the
county schools next week. There
will be approximately 500 stu
dents taking the seventh grade
examination, with approximate
ly 125 taking the high school ex
aminations.
Mr. Comer further stated that
the schools of the county will be
gin closing on May 10th, with the
last school closing on May 25th.
The wide variation in closing
dates is caused by weather con
ditions of the past winter, which
kept some schools closed more
than others;
One of the county's new 19-
foot school buses was burned near
Thurmond Saturday night when
thieves attempted to steal gas
from It. No clues had been found
as to who the thieves were, Mr.
Comer stated Wednesday morn
ing. The chassis of the bus was
sent to a shop to have a new body
built on it.
W. C. T. U. LEADERS
TO BE HERE SUNDAY
Mrs. W. A. Lindsay, president
of the state W. C. T. U., and Mrs.
C. H. Clemmons, vice-president,
both of Charlotte, will be here
Sunday for a temperance rally.
One of the ladles will speak at
the close of the Sunday school at
the First Baptist church and the
other win speak at the same time
at the Methodist church.
In the afternoon at 3 o'clock
there will be a mass meeting of
the women of the community at
the First Baptist church. All
women of the community are in
vited to attend and a apecial in
vitation Is expended to the women
of nearby churches,
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LABOR ACT RULING
WILL NOT CHANGE
FIGHT ON S. COURT
Leaders Divided ill Opinions
On Decisions
ROOSEVELT DETERMINED
Statements by Senator Rob
inson Leads to Belief of
Further Fight
TO OUST CONSERVATIVES
Washington, April 13. While
the Supreme court, in its Wagner
labor relations act rulings yester
day vouchsafed to the new deal a
new deal, thus favoring Mr.
Roosevelt with that "enlightened
interpretation" or the organic law
which he has long sought, it has
nevertheless been decreed that
the warfare over the bill for a re
organization of the judiciary is
to continue to the bitter end,
whatever the cost in confusion
and demoralization.
Reports emanating from the
White House, together with ut
terances by Chairman Farley in
a speech tonight at Philadelphia,
and in a statement given to the
press by Senator Robinson—all
inspired utterances—left no doubt
that President Roosevelt is still
determined to drive the conser
vatives from the court or nullify
their decisions with new appoint
ments, and thus establish a court
whose devotion to the new deal
may be relied upon under any
and all circumstances. One ex
planation of this no compromise,
and give no quarter attitude is
seen in the claim by intimate
friends of the President of a re
quisite number of "pledged" votes
to insure senate approval of the
bill any time a vote can be ob
tained.
Senator Robinson asserted that
the necessity for a reorganization
of the court cannot be suspended
by the variability of a single jus
tice, while other supporters of the
court bill said that while the new
deal had been permitted to oc
cupy the no man's land, as a re
sult of the rulings of the court
yesterday, there remained the un
certain Robert's land. This, of
course, has reference to the atti
tude of Mr. Justice Roberts, who
joined the chief justice in making
certain a five-four decision in the
Wagner cases.
SENIORS ARE TO
PRESENT COMEDY
"Up the Hill to Paradise" to
Be Given Evening of
April 16 th
The following is the cast of
characters for the Senior class
play, "Up the Hill to Paradise,"
to be presented Friday evening,
April 16th, in thej school auditor
ium: Abbie Field, the gentle sis
ter, Mattie Lee Eidson; Hester
Field, the severe sister, Lorine
Fulp; Alabaster, the colored cook,
C. C. Wolfe; Herbert Sax, their
slippery boarder. Herman Sale;
Evy Field, their cherished niece,
Lesbia Graham; Robert Hall,
Herbert's companion, McNeer
Fields; Baldwin Ellis, Hester's
suitor,' Raymond Hanks; Jerry,
from the five and ten, Mary Fos
ter; Annie Brown Sax, a deserted
wife, Oleen Norman; Mugcsy
Wood, Abbie's and Hester's neph
ew, Edwin Royall; Mrs. Sax, Her
bert's mother, Ruth Bell.
Between acts there will be
songs by a group of senior girls
and solos by Leon Martin.
The public is cordially invited
to attend the play.
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