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'The Best Little Town
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VOL. No. XXVI. No. 26
IATENEWC
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. Stateland Nation
FEUD RAGES OVER
EDWARD'S MARRIAGE
London, May 11. Thou
sands of jubilant people gath
ered from the ends of the
world to cheer the king who
will be crowned, tonight took
up a 16-hour vigil along the
route of tomorrow's coronation
pageant while a feud raged be
hind the royal scenes over the
king- who forfeited all this
adulation for love.
The harsh argument behind
the smoke-grimed walls of
Buckingham Palace began
when government leaders
striving to relegate Edward,
Duke of Windsor, to the ob
scurity of "the forgotten man"
—opposed the wishes of the
royal family to send some of
its members to the wedding of
Edward and Mrs. Wallis War
field.
LABOR TROUBLES
WORRY INDUSTRY
Two of the nation's leading
industries steel and motion
pictures wrestled yesterday
with persistent labor troubles.
A show-down was awaited
at Pittsburgh to determine
whether union workers will
strike at plants of the Jones
ami i juighHn Steel Corporation
and those of other leading in
dependent producers. The steel
workers' organizing commit
tee discussed C. I. O. organiza
tion with the Republic Steel
Corporation at Cleveland, but
reported no progress.
At Hollywood extra police
patrolled strike-affected film
studios while picketing of
movie theatres was started in
New York city.
TRIBUTE PAID
HINDENBURG VICTIMS
New York, May 11. Arms
raised toward the sunset in
Nazi salute, thousands of per
sons filed past 28 coffins to
night in the final American
tribute to Germans who died
in the Hindenburg inferno.
In the throng at the Hudson
River pier of the Hamburg-
American Line, preparatory to
sending home by water those
who were to have gone by air,
were about 20 survivors of the
catastrophe, some of them still
swathed in bandages.
The flag-draped coffins of
their comrades lay in single
file along the pier, and for two
hours before the funeral cere
mony the procession filed by
German societies and 500 mem
bers of the crew of the liner
Hamburg.
PRESIDENT IS
ON WAY HOME
Aboard Roosevelt Train, En
Route to Fort Worth, Tex.,
May 11 President Roosevelt
traveled across the rolling hills
of Central Texas today toward
Fort Worth on the first leg of
his return from a Gulf fishing
expedition.
„ He told crowds along the
way in Texas that he had en
joyed a "wonderful" fishing
vacation in the Lone Star
State's "hospitable waters."
CAR MOVES HOUSE 8
FEET OFF FOUNDATION
A wreck that smashed a car,
said to have been traveling at
over 90 miles an hour, and moved
a building eight feet without in
juring anyone badly, occurred
about a half-mile east of Wilkes
boro last Saturday morning about
3 o'clock.
The car, a 1935 model V-8 was
traveling towards Wilkesboro
when it left the road on a curve,
sailed for 50 feet through the air,
came down, hit a slight rise, took
off Into the air again and came
to rest against the foundation of
a 12 by 20-foot frame building,
which it pushed eight feet, and
one side of which rested on the
front of the air-minded machine
when at last it stopped.
The car was driven by Jake
O'Neal, of N. Wilkesboro, * who
was accompanied by two other
men. None of them suffered
other than minor injuries.
Zero degree on a Fahrenheit
5 thermometer was determined by
the lowest temperature recorded
in Danzig during the winter of
1700.
Just in case anyone asks you,
the great pyramid ia 460 feet high
and its side is 700 feet long. It is
said to weigh 4,883,000 tons.
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Bourget Field and was greeted by
cheering crowds after his epic
flight from New Yark to Paris,
May 20 and 21, 1927.
MUST WAIT UNTIL
JULY 1 TO APPLY
Applications For Old Age
Assistance May be Made
After That Time
WELFARE DEPARTMENT
Applications for old age assis
tance under the security program
may be made to the welfare de
partment after July 1, Bausie
Marion,county welfare officer said
this week and urgently requested
that no person make applications
before that time. The law sets
July 1 as the date on which appli
cations can be accepted.
Under the social security pro
gram -of the nation with state
cooperating, a state law was pass
ed making it mandatory that
commissioners of each county in
the state make the necessary tax
levy and appropriation to pay
one-fourth the cost of assistance
to dependent aged people and de
pendent children.
Under the set up a board will
be appointed in each county con
sisting of three members, one ap
pointed by the state welfare de
partment, one by the county
board of and the
third to be selected by the two.
This board will have the authori
ty to receive and pass on all ap
plications for assistance to depen
dent aged and dependent child
ren. The action of the board on
applications will determine the
amount to be expected and the
commissioners will be required
under the law to make a tax levy
to raise the county's part or one
fourth of the total amount needed
according to the committee's
finding. Members of the com
mittee will not receive pay.
MRS. J. L. WAGONER
TAKEN BY DEATH
Native Surry Woman Dies at
the Home of Her Daugh
ter in Winston-Salem
FUNERAL RITES MONDAY
Mrs. Luna Eva Masten Wagon
er, 63, wife of J. L. Wagoner,
passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Smith, in
Winston-Salem Sunday morning,
following an illness of four days.
Mrs. Wagoner was born in Sur
ry Qounty, a daughter of James
F. and Mary Lyon Masten. She
was married in 1900 and moved
to Winston-Salem from Jones
vllle about nine years ago. She
joined the Pleasant Hill Baptist
church early in life and later
united with the Chatham Heights
Baptist church in Winston-Sa
lem.
A brief funeral service was held
at one thirty Monday afternoon
from the home of her daughter
and the remains were brought
here where the funeral proper was
held at Pleasant Hill Baptist
church at three o'clock. The
rites were in charge of Rev. J. T.
Murray and Rev. Douglas L.
Rights of Winston-Salem and
I. W. Vestal of Jonesville. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
She is survived by her hus
band, two daughters, Mrs. J. B.
Smith and Mrs. J. R. Crotts, both
of Winston-Salem; four sons, J.
1., Harvey, Dallas and Odell Wag
oner, all of Winston-Salem; three
brothers, L. M. Masten and M. R.
Masten of Elkin and H. T. Mas
ten of Winston-Salem; two sis
ters, Mrs. Media Alexander, El
kin and Mrs. John Wall, Jones
ville, and sixteen grandchildren.
The blood in the average human
Xggp+jg 10 per cent
APPROPRIATION
FOR BLUE RIDGE
PARKWAY IS CUT
Project Falls Victim to Econ
omy Wave
CUT TO ONLY $2,500,000
Dough ton and Weaver Go In
to Huddle in Effort to Re
store Allotment
REDUCTION UNEXPECTED
Washington, May 11. —Re-
sponding to the economy wave
which is sweeping over Capitol
fiill, the House appropriations
committee today slashed the ap
propriation for Blue Ridge Park
way construction during the fiscal
year beginning July 1 from $5,-
000,000 to $2,500,000.
While North Carolina congress
men anticipated the committee
would have the budget recom
mendation of $5,000,000 for the
parkway, no one expected such a
reduction as voted by the com
mittee.
Immediately after the commit
tee action became known today,
Reperesentative Robert L. Dough
ton and Representative Zebulon
Weaver went into a huddle with
their colleagues for the purpose
of moving to restore the appro
priatlbn when the Interior De
partment appropriation bill car
rying the parkway item comes up
for consideration in the House
Thursday.
The Interior Department bill
provides for a total appropriation
of $112,871,264.85, which is $4.-
741,340 less than' the budget esti
mates. It will be seen that the
parkway cut alone accounts for
50 per cent, of the economy ef
forts of the committee.
The bill provides $76,500 for the
Great Smoky Mountains National
Park during the next fiscal year,
which is in line with the recom
mendation of the budget bureau
and $16,600 more than was ap
propriated last year.
The national park service was
astounded when informed of the
House committee action and A. E.
Demaray, associate director,
frankly admitted that if only $2,-
500,000 was made available the
construction program would be
greatly impaired.
P. O. S. OF A. TO HOLD
SPECIAL MEETING HERE
A special meeting of the P. O.
S. of A. will be held here Monday
evening, May 17, at 8 o'clock, for
the purpose of discussing two ma
jor resolutions that are to be tak
en up at the state meeting of the
Order which will be held at Char
lotte May 20-21. J. B. Bell, of
Ronda, is delegate to the state
meeting.
EXCAVATIdN OF INDIAN
TOWN STARTS SATURDAY
Charlotte, May 11. —The Ar
chaeological Society of North
Carolina will inaugurate its
mound excavation of the Indian
village site on Little River in
Montgomery county Saturday.
At the same time, the site will
be presented the state as a public
park.
All In Readiness For
Amateur Show Friday
Everything is in readiness for
Elkin's second Amateur Contest,
to be held tomorrow night (Fri
day), on the stage of the -iyric
theatre under the sponsorship of
the Elkin Merchants association.
The Amateur Contest will fol
low the showing of an excellent
motion picture, "Mind Your Own
Business," co-starrng Charlie
Ruggles and Alice Brady.
Judges will select five winning
acts from the array of amateur
talent which will be paraded, and
these acts will go to Charlotte
Sunday for a broadcast over ra
dio station WBT. The amateurs
are scheduled to go on the air at
1:15 for a 15-minute program,
made possible by the courtesy and
cooperation of the Columbia
Broadcasting System, WBT Di
vision.
Alan Browning, Jr., will again
act as master of ceremonies of
the show, and in addition to the
amateurs, will present two nov
elty acts in the form of the "Hy
dro-Electric Hair Growing Ma
chine,' and "Mekko, the Mechan
ical man." The hair growing ma
chine is said to grow at least six
icchcf of hair in five minutes
time (if it works), and will be
demonstrated upon any bald
ELKIN. N. Cm THURSDAY. MAY 13, 1937
Prof. L. S. Weaver
Is To Head Annual
Masonic Picnic
Prot. L. S. Weaver, superin
tendent of Jonesvllle public
school, has been appointed
chairman of the annual Surry-
Yadkin-Wilkes Masonic picnic
to be staged here this summer.
The date for the picnic has
been tentatively set for Thurs
day, August 26.
Committees to serve with
Prof. Weaver and assist in put
ting the picnic over will be ap
pointed later.
SPEER CONFESSES;
IS JAILED AGAIN
Man Says He Put Paris Green
In Huffman's Well,
Near Enon
BOND IS NOW $5,000
Yadkinville, N. C., May 10.—
Liberty was short lived for
Sampson Speer, 50, who was jail
ed here several days ago on a
charge of placing paris green, a
deadly poison, in the well of Roy
Huffman near Enon, with the in
tention of poisoning the family.
Speer was suspected of the
crime after the paris green was
discovered in the well. It had
rained early the night before and
tracks leading from Speer's home
to the Huffman well were said to
be plain and convincing as Speer
wore a peculiar shoe which fit the
track perfectly. Thursday, how
ever, he confessed to officers that
he placed the poison in the well
and said he wanted to waive the
case to superior court and give
bond If possible. Bond was fixed
by the presiding magistrate at
$750 which was arranged and
Speer released from jail.
Solicitor John R. Jones ordered
Speer re-arrested and his bond
et at $5,000. About the time Jones
ordered this. W. H. Renegar, who
was on Speer's bond to superior
court for cruelty to animals, gave
notice he would surrender Speer
and go off the bond. In the
meantime Speer had gone to
Winston-Salem and was arrest
ed there Thursday night and held
for Yadkin officers, who lodged
him in jail. He is unable to
make the enlarged bond.
This is one of the most heinous
crimes attempted in Yadkin in
some time and only the fact that
Mrs. Huffman discovered the
poison before the water was used
probably saved the family. It is
said that Speer and Huffman had
an argument a few days prior to
the finding of the poison in the
well.
Pilgrims who visited the Holy
Land do not tread on the ground
on which Christ walked while car
rying the cross, as the streets of
Jerusalem of the present are from
25 to 30 feet higher than at the
time of Christ.
It is estimated that the primi
tive herds of Buffalo roaming the
American Plains numbered about
75,000,000 animals.
headed man who will consent to
go upon the stage. It Is under
stood a licensed physician will be
on hand if possible, to give aid to
the victim in case anything should
go wrong with the highly compli
cated hair growing machine.
In "Mekko, the Mechanical
Man," the audience will see at
first hand the only robot to as
yet be presented in Elkln. This
huge monster roughly follows the
form of a human being, but those
expecting to see a person who
possesses super muscular control
will be doomed to disappointment,
it was said. Although the origin
of "Mekko" has been kept sh~oud
ed in secrecy, it has been learned
that over 100 feet of electrical
wire is used in his make-up, not
to mention numerous other elec
trical inventions necessary in giv
ing mechanical life to the mon
ster.
The best amateur talent of Sur
ry, Yadkin and Wilkes will be on
hand, including string bands,
quartets, impersonators, imita
tors, tap and clog dancers, and
comedians. Several of the ama
teurs to be presented took part
in the contest last fall, while the
majority of the talent will be seen
for the first time here.
Wally Simpson Home Becomes Museum
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Simpson has been converted into a mtiserm in her honor. In this
manikin exhibit, Mrs. Simpson is shown being received at court by
the kite King George V and Queen Mary.
NAB BIG STILL
NEAR MTN. PARK
100-Gallon Duplex Outfit Said
to Be Largest Ever
Found in Bryan
RAID MADE BY SHERIFF
A 100-gallon duplex steam dis
tillery, capable of turning out a
large volume of liquor, and said
to have been the biggest outfit
to ever have been discovered in
Bry?tn township, was found in the
woods four miles north of Moun
tain Park Monday by Sheriff
Harvey S. Boyd, Chief Deputy E.
H. Jones and Deputies L. C. Cas
sell and P. C. Sprinkle.
The posse was a few moments
too late to catch the operators at
work, although the still WHS in
operation when discovered. About
7,000 gallons of mash, to which
1,000 pounds of sugar had just
been added, were destroyed. Only
five gallons of liquor was found,
the blockaders apparently having
taken their booze with them when
they fled.
Another distillery discovered
Tuesday near Chestnut Ridge, in
northern Surry, netted 35 gal
lons of liquor, 10.000 gallons of
beer and the arrest of George
Pike, 18, who claimed he had just
stopped by the plant for a drink.
He was jailed at Mount Airy.
W. C. HAUSER, 72,
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Son of Late T. C. Hauser,
Suffers Heart Attack at
His Home
LAST RITES YESTERDAY
Yadkinville, May 12. —Special.
—Walter C. Hauser, 72, died sud
denly of a heart attack at his
home here Tuesday night short
ly after 10 o'clock. While sitting
in a chair he suddenly slumped
forward and died before medical
aid could be summoned.
Born at Yadkinville, Mr. Hau
ser had spent his life in this
county. He was a. son of the late
T. C. Hauser and Mrs. Hauser.
He is survived by his widow, who
was Miss Adelia Adams before
marriage. One sister, Mrs. R. E.
Dalton, Winston-Salem, also sur
vives, together with two brothers,
Dr. Robert Hauser of Nebraska,
and William Hauser of South Da
kota.
Older people of this section re
member T. C. Hauser, father of
the deceased, as one of the
wealthiest men Yadkin county
has ever had. He was a large
landowner and also owned many
slaves before the civil war. The
old saying "rich as Hauser" is
still heard here and came from
T. C. Hauser and his wealth.
The funeral was held Wed
nesday afternoon at 2:30 at Har
mony Qrove Friends church &ud
interment followed in the family
burying ground near the church.
Rev. I. L. Sharpe of Yadkinville
conducted the services.
DOBSON BOYS MAKE
TOUR KLONDIKE FARM
About fifty boys of the agricul
tural class of the Dobson school,
accompanied by their instructor,
Prof. Clyde Wright, visited Klon
dike Farm Monday, . spending
about a half-day there inspecting
the farm and the herd.
3. D. Cooper, also of Dobeon,
who was in charge of the tour,
stated that Mr. Wtlght was doing
a wonderful wort: with the class
at Dobson.
Kiwanians Are to
Attend Meeting in
Winston-Salem
The Elkin Klwanis club will
go to Winston-Salem this
evening to attend an inter-club
meeting with other clubs of the
district honoring Governor and
Mrs. Joseph R. Sevier, of Hen
dersonville. The (meeting will
be held at the Robert E. Lee
hotel and will get under way at
7 o'clock. It has been desig
nated as "Ladies' Night.' '
Local Kiwanians will meet
at Hotel Elkin at 5:45 for the
trip to Winston-Salem.
GIANT GERMAN
AIRSHIP BURNS
Nearly 40 Lose Lives When
Hindenburg Explodes at
Lakehurst Thursday
CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED
The Hindenburg, giant German
dirigible engaged in passenger
service across the Atlantic ocean,
exploded last Thursday evening
about 6:23 o'clock as it prepared
to moor at Lakehurst, N. J., with
a loss of life between 35 and 40.
Although inquiries as to the
cause of the disaster have been
launched, the true cause has as
yet been undetermined. A spark
caused by the backfire of a mo
tor; static electricity, and several
other causes have been suggested
by survivors and eye-witnesses to
the explosion.
The huge ship had just com
pleted its first crossing of this
year, and was nosing down over
Lakehurst when, without warn
ing, a burst of flame, followed by
a dull explosion, converted the
luxurious airliner into a blazing
inferno which rapidly crashed to
earth. Many passengers and mem
bers of the crew leaped from the
ship to safety while others were
trapped without chance of es
cape.
The huge ship used highly in
flammable hydrogen gas for bu
oyancy. This gas was ignited in
some way to wreak the destruc
tion of the world's largest air
ship.
SECURITY BOARD
ISSUES WARNING
Winston-Salem, May 10.—In
stances of alleged counterfeit so
cial security account cards being
used for identification in cashing
checks brought from the Social
Security Board today a caution
that cards issued by the board are
for identification purposes under
the Social Security Act.
Possession of an account card
holds no particular significance
for other identification purposes
or for the financial responsibility
of the individual, J. N. Freeman,
field representative in charge of
the Social Security Board office
here said.
The Board wished to emphasize,
Mr. Freeman said, that under the
circumstances in which account
cards are designed to be used it
is against the employee's interests
to use a card other than his own.
Account numbers are being used
by the Board in administering
the Federal old-age benefits plan
and by the States in administer
ing their unemployment com
pensation laws.
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Elldn
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FINALS ARE TO
BEGIN AT LOCAL
SCHOOL SUNDAY
Dr. Jenkins to Deliver Bacca
laureate Sermon
PROGRAM BEGINS AT 8
Dr. Merton French Will De
liver Commencement Ad
dress Thursday
20 ARE TO GRADUATE
Elkin school finals will begin
Sunday evening, May 16, with the
Baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Wm.
A. Jenkins, of the Methodist
church. The program will begin
promptly at 8 o'clock in the ele
mentary school auditorium.
Monday evening at 8 o'clock
the Readers and Declaimers con
test will be held. Readers in the
contest are: Oeraldine Couch,
Peggy Royall, Edna Billings, Lena
Sale and Elizabeth McNeill. De
claimers are: Eugene Aldridge,
Billy Graham, Jimmy James and
Fred Norman. To the winner in
each group a gold medal will be
presented by the Kiwanis Club.
Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
the elementary graduation exer
cises will be held. Certificates of
promotion will be awarded a
number of seventh graders.
The Senior Class Day exercises
will be held Wednesday evening
at 8 o'clock. The exercises will
be in the form of a play, "The
Open Road," and will portray a
Gypsy Harvest Festival.
Dr. Merton French, professor
of Religious Education at Elon
College, will deliver the com
mencement address to members of
the graduating class Thursday ev
ening at 8 o'clock, when 20 Sen
iors will receive their high school
diplomas. Eight boys and 12
girls compose the class this year.
Thursday evening the American
Legion auxiliary award of $5.00
will be given the outstanding
student in scholarship and citi
zenship in the high school.
All patrons of the school are
cordially invited to attend the
exercises, all of which will be held
in the school auditorium.
KIWANIANS HOST
TO E-J SENIORS
Program Last Thursday
Evening is in Charge of
C. C. Poindexter
PRESENT GOOD PROGRAM
Members of the senior classes
of Elkin and Jonesville high
schools were the guests of the El
kin Kiwanis club at Hotel Elkin
last Thursday evening.
The program was in charge of
C. C. Poindexter, and included a
vocal solo by Miss Magdalene
Martin, of the Jonesville class,
and a duet by Miss Ruth Beulin
and Miss Edna Billings, of the
Elkin claes. An old-fashioned
spelling bee was also staged.
At the beginning ofc the pro
gram W. G. Lankford, president
of the Kiwanis club, welcomed
the seniors, Miss Carrie Taylor,
president of the Jonesville sen
ior class, and Miss Mary Eliza
beth Foster, president of the El
kin senior class, responding.
Miss Rosamond Neaves, of El
kin, and Miss Mae Young, of
Jonesville, won attendance prizes.
The rubber used in the automo
bile industry in one year would
make one rubber tire large enough
to go around the world one and
one-half times.
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