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VOL. No. XXVI. No. 30
IATENEWC
from the
State* and Nation
MAKE PHOTO OF
SUN ECLIPSE
Washington, June 8. —,
American scientists, encamp
ed in the mid-Pacific on a
blistering desert isle of coral
and sand, possessed tonight a
rare photographic record of to
day's total eclipse of the sun.
Raptly following the activity
on Canton island through ra
dio broadcasts from the joint
United States navy-National
Geographic society expedition,
colleagues in Washington ex
pressed elation that their bro
thers had preserved for sci
ence's pages a significant rec
ord of the longest total eclipse
in 1,200 years.
HOPE FOR LAST
GLIMPSE OF HARLOW
Los Angeles, June 8. Per
sistent thousands crowded to
night outside the private,
guarded mortuary where the
body of lovely Jean Harlow lay
in a dainty reposing bed—ful
fillment of her strange pre
monition of death.
Not one, not even attendants
or studio representatives, was
allowed to enter without cre
dentials. Detectives guarded
every door.
Despite a request of Los An
geles police that they stay
away, crowds gathered in the
streets hoping for a last
glimpse of the 26-year-old ac
tress who died unexpectedly
yesterday of uremic poisoning.
HOEY HONORED
AT DAVIDSON
Davidson, June 8. Hence
forth it's Doctor Clyde R. Hoey,
governor of North Carolina.
The governor, along with two
former Davidson college pres
idents, received a doctor of
laws degree today at the col
lege's centennial commence
ment, at which 140 seniors
, were graduated.
Dr. Henry Louis Smith and
President Emeritus W. J. Mar
tin were the former presidents
awarded the honorary LL.D.
degree with Governor Hoey.
LEE TO HEAD
N. C. MERCHANTS
New Bern, June 8. The
North Carolina Merchants' as
sociation elected L. L. Lee, of
Asheville, its president and
{ adopted a number of resolu
tions at the closing business
*ession of its 35th annual con
vention here today.
A dance tonight ended the
two-day meeting.
Invitations from Sanford
and Elizabeth City for the 1938
convention were referred to
the directors.
REPEAL LEADING IN
GEORGIA ELECTION -
Atlanta, June 8. A 5000-
vote lead for repeal of Geor
gia's 22-year-old prohibition
law was shown tonight on re
turns from 413 precincts in 108
of Georgia's 159 counties in to
day's election giving:
For repeal 27,052; against
repeal 21,908.
TRAINING COURSE TO
BE HELD NEXT WEEK
The annual training course for
the Baptist Training Unions will
be held at the First Baptist
church next week. The first class
will be Monday evening at 7:30
and will continue each evening
through Friday at the same hour.
All interested are cordially invit
ed.
Sues Southern
Claiming Mules
Ate Their Tails
Alleging that a shipment of
mules consigned to him from
a stock farm in Tennessee be
came so hungry while en route
over the Southern railway
that they ate their tails, C. A.
Boles, of Yadkin county and
well-known here, has filed suit
in Forsyth county superior
court for $1,440 against the
railway.
In the complaint, Mr. Boles
alleged that the mules lacked
attention and food, and in ad
dition to their diet of tails,
were otherwise in bad condi
tion when delivered.
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New Bridge*
San Francisco . . . An unusual
view of the ,$77,000,000 San
Francisco-Oakland bridge which
has carried nearly five million ve
hicles in the past six months.
MARION IS NAMED
WELFARE OFFICER
Will Act As Executive Offi
cer to Newly Named
Welfare Board
JURORS ARE SELECTED
Bausie Marion, Surry county
welfare officer for the past sev
eral years, was again named Mon
day as superintendent of welfare
at a joint meeting of the Surry
county board of commissioners
and the Surry board of public
welfare. Mr. Marion will act as
executive officer of the welfare
board which will spend an esti
mated $50,000 yearly under the
state's social security program.
Jurors to serve during the next
term of Surry civil court which
begins Monday, July 12, were se
lected by the commissioners.
Those whose names were drawn
follow:
W. F. Simmons, A. V. West, T.
E. Smith, Jr., F. F. Roberts, J. D.
Wilmoth, J. M. Atkins, Albert
Faulks, P. E. Burch, A. D. Key,
J. E. Edwards, Sid Hamlin, W. B.
Hale, Hawkins Moore, C. L.
Smith, Zeb Hollingsworth, J. E.
Mabe, W. T. Osborne, W. M.
Fulk, M. F. Saterfield, F. S. Beam
er, C. S. Key, Reid Bennett, W. S.
Allred, P. D. Wood, E. F. Stone,
E. C. Foy, Jr., Hardin Doss, J.
Martin Hill, S. Q. Dobbins, S. D.
Cook, J. L. Holland, W. W. Short,
C. A. McNeil, J. C. Harris, Char
les M. Glass, F. A. Atkinson,
Charles R. Brannock, D. C. Fulk,
W. M. Shook, Walter H. Marion,
Matt Hines, J. H. Frye, W. L.
Rumley, J. B. Hanes, L. F. Mc-
Miller and J. M. Napier.
Other business transacted by
the board was of a routine na
ture, it was said.
BLANKETEERS TO
FACE HANES HERE
Defeated Last Week by Hanes
Knitters, Will Take on
Hosiery Squad
LADIES ADMITTED FREE
By GENE "TOAR" HALL
Fully recovered from wounds
received in fighting a losing bat
tle against Hanes Knitters last
Saturday in Winston-Salem by
the score of 6 to 5, the Chatham
Blanketeers are hard at work this
week preparing to give Hanes
Hosiery, brothers of the victors
of last week, a well-deserved
spanking next Saturday.
Manager Charlie Gough, of the
Blanketeers, wishes to state at
this time that he and the whole
team are doing all in their power
to give the baseball fans of Elkin
the kind of baseball that they de
serve. Support from local fans Is
needed and to boost attendance
ladies will be admitted free to
Saturday's game, which will begin
at 3:45 p. m.
The record of the Semi-Pro lea
gue games played thus far this
season stands four wins and one
defeat for the Blanketeers, which
places them at the top of the list.
In Saturday's game either
Stockton or Boles will get the call
for mound duty for the Blanket
eers.
Wage earners in Chicago hav
ing incomes from $4,000> to $4,500
per. year own more homes than
they rent, but wage earners with
inccfnes from $4,500 to $5,000
rent, more* homes than they own.
(H. H. Bureau of TAhnr RtaHa-
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1937
LEWIS ATTACKS
DIFFERENCE IN
WAGESTANDARDS
Is Against Differential Al
lowed for South
SAYS STANDARD LOWER
Labor Head Can See No Need
For Lower Scale in
Southern States
TESTIMONY IS HEARD
Washington, June 8. South
ern members of Congress are be
ginning to question the probable
effect on the south's economy of
legislation of the character seen
in the Connery-Black wage§. and
hours bill. Southern interests have
always felt that there were sound
and valid reasons for the north
south wage differential, attribut
able, in large part, to climatic
conditions and lower living costs.
But John L. Lewis now agrees,
with Secretary Perkins and oth
ers that there is no point in tak
ing account of the differing con
ditions, or the geographical and
industrial differences recognized
to some extent by President
Roosevelt in his message on the
labor bill. Mr. Lewis has a poor
opinion of things southern. He
testified before the joint congres
sional committee:
"This is no more than a plea for
continuance of low living stan
dards in the southern states. Such
a differential has absolutely no
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WILL ASK BIDS ON
LOCAL POSTOFFICE
Plans Have Been Completed
and Signed by Postmast
er-General Farley
TO BE 1-STORY BLDG.
By PAUL MAY
Washington, D. C., June B.
With title to the site property
vested in the Federal government,
and the plans completed and
signed by Postmaster-General
Farley and Secretary of the
Treasury Morganthau, the Elkin
postoffice will go on the market
for bids within two weeks.
At least the project has been
tentatively scheduled for the
market within this period. Speci
fications for the project are well
underway, and should be com
pleted within ten days, officials
say.
The building will be a one-story
and part basement structure with
a brick facing and limestone trim.
Surry county granite will prob
ably be used in places, it was
learned though it could not be
learned how much of the build
ing will be granite.
TO BUILD THREE NEW
HOUSES ON ELK SPUR
Construction will get under way
immediately on three five-room
houses to be built on Elk Spur
street by Mrs. Fred McNeely, of
Elkin.
The houses, which will be at
tractive and modern in every re
spect will be built to rent, Mrs.
McNeely said, and will do their
part in aiding to solve the acute
house shortage here.
Police Issue Warning
To Traffic Violators
Elkin motorists who have evi
dently forgotten the ordinance
passed by the Elkin board of
commissioners several months ago
in which parking on certain
downtown Elkin streets was re
stricted to one hour, are in for
a rude awakening if they continue
to disregard the law by parking
for several hours at a time or all
day long, pixie Graham, Elkin
chief of police, said Wednesday.
A majority of people, Chief
Graham stated, have observed
the law, but there are some who,
while observing it for a while,
immediately following passage of
the ordinance, have been "break
ing over" of late. These citizens,
he said, should not feel badly if
in the immediate future they find
a ticket in their cars citing them
to appear before a local magis
trate for violating the parking
laws.
Much favorable comment has
been heard, it was pointed (Hit, an
Elkin Tax Rate
Is Tentatively
Set at $1.50
A tentative tax rate of $1.50
per one hundred dollars valu
ation was set Monday evening
at the meeting of the Elkin
board of commissioners. This
figure is the same as has been
in effect during the past sev
eral years.
The commissioners also au
thorized the purchase of 500
feet of new hose for the fire
department to replace approx
imately 350 feet of old hose
which burst under pressure
during the fire in the Green
wood building about two weeks
ago.
The board also appointed a
committee to formulate a build
ing code for Elkin, it was said.
CARL SHORE NAMED
AS WELFARE HEAD
Will Administer New Social
Security Act For Yad
kin County
TO OPEN OFFICE JULY 1
Yadkinville, June 9.—(Special.)
—The newly appointed Welfare
Board together with the Board of
County Commissioners met to
gether in regular session here
Monday for the purpose of elect
ing a whole time County Welfare
Officer to administer the Social
Security act.
A number of applications were
placed with the board, but only
two names were placed in, nomi
nation and voted on. Carl Shore,
of Yadkinville, was elected by a
vote of four to two, the other two
votes being cast for Sidney Jones,
also of Yadkinville.
Applications were made for the
position by the following persons:
Carl Shore, who was elected;
Sidney Jones, who received two
votes; A. w. Calloway, Boonville;
Sadie Brandon, Yadkinville;
Joseline Harding, Yadkinville,
and Dwight D. Martin, Yadkin
ville.
It is stated that the new wel
fare officer will open his office
July 1, here, and that applica
tions will then be received from
those who are entitled to share
under the provisions of the act.
The procedure will be for the ap
plication to be filed with the
county welfare officer on or after
July 1. This aplication will then
be turned over to a case worker
or other welfare worker for in
vestigation and will then be pass
ed on by the welfare board,
which board will serve without
pay, and consists of E. J. Vestal,
D. Holcomb and Mrs. Paul Davis.
The salary of the welfare offi
cer has not been set but this
matter will be taken up at the
same time a discussion of the
county budget is made. It is al
most sure that the tax rate will
have to be raised to take care of
the additional expense of admin
istering the new act.
It is learned that the name of
Carl Shore was placed in nomi
nation by Mr. J. E. Brendle,
chairman of the board of com
missioners and he received four
votes. The name of Sidney F.
Jones was placed in nomination
by Mrs. Paul Davis, and he re
ceived two votes. The board is
composed of four republicans and
two democrats.
There are 31,181 verses in the
King James version of the Bible.
the improved parking conditions
since the ordinance was inaugu
rated. Farmers and other visit
ors to Elkin have been able to
find a place to park in the down
town zone. However, with the
current disregard of the law as
evidenced by some, the good done
by the ordinance is being under
mined by thoughtless, selfish, *o
cal citizens.
The streets on which parking
is restricted are as follows. Main
street, from the new bridge to
the Big Elkin Creek bridge;
Bridge street, from the railway Ito
Hotel Elkin; Market street, from
Church street to Court street, and
Court street. When the ordi
nance was passed it was intended
by the commissioners tl)at Church
street, from Main to the inter
section of Market should also be
a restricted zone, however, in
preparing the ordinance for pub
lication this street was omitted by
mistake.
| On African Lap of Flight
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Amelia Earhart, pictured above as her "flying laboratory" plane
was being tuned at Burbank, Calif., for the first hop on her pro
posed flight around the world, has successfully reached Dakar,
French Senegal, where she was reported June 8 to be preparing for
a hop across Africa as the next/ leg on her "Just for fun" girdling of
the globe.
FIRE RESULTS IN
$25,000.00 SUIT
Luffmans and Phillip Maul
din Claim They Were
Sold Gasoline
ARE SUING GREENWOOD
Three suits for damages, total
ing $25,000, have been filed in the
office of the clerk of Surry su
perior court against Andrew
Greenwood, trading as Greenwood
Auto Co., as a result of the fire
which on May 31st damaged the
Greenwood building here and
trapped Mrs. Henry M. Luffman
in the rear of the L. & L. Cafe.
The suits are being brought by
Henry M. Luffman, Mrs. Henry
M. Luffman and Phillip Mauldin
by his next best friend, Melvin B.
Mauldin. Mrs. Luffman and
young Mauldin each are asking
SIO,OOO actual damages and Mr.
Luffman is asking $5,000 actual
damages.
The complaints allege that on
the afternoon of Monday, May
31, Phillip Mauldin, an employee
of the L. & L. Cafe, of which Mr.
and Mrs. Luffman were owners,
was sent to the filling station op
erated by Phillip Greenwood for
Andrew Greenwood, the defend
ant, to purchase three gallons of
kerosene oil, and that Phillip
Greenwood, acting as agent for
the defendant, Andrew Green
wood, carelessly put three gallons
of gasoline into the can without
.the knowledge of Mauldin or the
other plaintiffs. This gasoline, the
complaint sets forth, was poured
into the tank of an oil stove in
the kitchen of the cafe, the oil
stove having been lighted at the
time, and caused the oil stove to
explode, setting fire to the cafe.
The complaint filed by Mrs.
Luffman set forth that the plain
tiff was seriously wounded, bruis
ed and suffered great burns, and
was caught in the back end of the
building, being trapped by the
flames; that she • was rendered
unconscious and believes she has
been permanently injured inter
nally ahd externally; that she
suffered great anxiety and pain of
body and mind and "believes she
will be permanently disabled and
caused to suffer continuous pain
and inconvenience and humilia
tion."
The complaint filed by Phillip
Mauldin stated that the plaintiff,
as a result of the explosion, suf
fered serious wounds, bruises and
burns and that in addition to
having to be confined to a hos
pital for some time, is permanent
ly injured internally and exter
nally. The complaint also sets
forth that the plaintiff, on fire
from the explosion, ran for the
exit but was rendered unconscious
before reaching it.
Henry M. Luffman sets forth in
his complaint that he suffered
great anxiety and pain in body
and mind and has been greatly
hindered and prevented from
transacting his lawful and nec
essary affairs.
AGENTS NAB ONE IN
ROARING RIVER RAID
Federal revenue agents raided
a large still and arrested Roy
Caudill last Thursday in the
Roaring River section of Wilkes
county. Caudill gave bond for ap
pearance in federal court at Wil
kesboro following a hearing before
United States Commissioner J.
W. Dula, in Wilkesboro. /
Included in the liquor outfit
was a quantity of sugar and oth
er materials for the manufacture
of whiskey.
Work Sheets Must
Be Prepared Not
Later Than June 12
"Don't forget that June 12 is
the last day to sign a work
sheet for the 1937 soil conser
vation program," warns E. Y.
Floyd, of State College.
All growers who have not
signed up either last year or
this year must deliver their
work sheets to their, county
soil conservation offices by Sat
urday to become eligible for
payments, he added.
Work sheets are necessary in
helping plan a farm's program
of soil conservation and In de
termining how much diversion
and soil building payments are
earned, Floyd explained.
"If you operated under a
work sheet last year, but have
made a change in your farm
since then, notify your county
agent at once," he pointed out.
JONESVILLE TOWN
HALL IS DAMAGED
Small Blaze, Discovered Early
Wednesday, Believed to
Have Been Set
BROKEN BLADE FOUND
A small blaze, believed to have
been of incendiary origin, did
slight damage to the porch of the
Jonesville town hall building
about 1:00 o'clock Wedensday
morning.
According to Raymond Vestal
whose home is near the scene of
the fire, he was awakened by the
sound of the Elkin fire siren to
find one corner of the porch of
the town building blazing. With
aid of several pails of water he
had practically extinguished the
flames by the time the Elkin fire
men arrived.
An investigation made alter
daylight Wednesday morning by
Mr. Vestal and David Brown, of
Jonesville, resulted' in the discov
ery of a newly broken knife blade
and a piece of pine wood which
bore evidence that it had been
whittled upon, leading to the be
lief that someone had deliberate
ly placed pine shavings at the
corner of the porch and set it
afire. The piece of pine and knife
blade were both found under the
porch.
It is not known who turned In
the alarm. No one was at the
scene when Mr. Vestal discovered
the blaze.
ROAD MAN SERIOUSLY
INJURED BY BLAST
C. R. Cl4ek, about 50, of Oate
City, Virginia, Is In the local hos
pital In a critical condition, suf
fering from a fractured skull sus
tained about 8:30 Wednesday
morning. According to Informa
tion, Mr. Cleek, who is an em
ployee of the Albert Bros. Co.,
contractors, of Salem, Va., And
Sparta, was hit by flying rock
while engaged In blasting on the
scenic highway under construc
tion between Roaring Oap and
Sparta.
His condition is regarded as ex
tremely serious.
Steel-making capacity at the
end of 1936 was 69,244,694 gross
tons — 184,204 tons less than 1935,
690,007 tons less than the 1934
peak.
EUdn
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PROMINENT ELKIN
WOMAN ENDSOWN
LIFE HERE SUNDAY
Son Finds Lifeless Body
Hanging in Basement
SUFFERED ILL HEALTH
Funeral Services Held Mon
day Afternoon From Local
Methodist Church
DEATH PROVES SHOCK
Mrs. Florence McMillan Shores,
50, widow of W. A. Shores, and
one of Elkin's most prominent and
esteemed women ended her life
at the family home on Bridge
street early Sunday morning by
hanging herself with a rope at
tached to a steam pipe in the
| basement. Her lifeless body was
discovered by her young son upon
his return from delivering the
morning papers on his route.
Mrs. Shores had been in de
clining health for several months
and this is the only motive as
signed for the rash act. When her
son awakened about six o'clock
Sunday morning to start his route
he called at his mother's room to
inquire about her health and she
informed him that she felt better.
Upon his return about eight
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COURT SIDES WITH
D. B. SWARINGEN
Upholds Action of Judge Al
ley in Dismissing Demur
rer, Allen Learns
CASE IS TO BE TRIED
The Swaringen-Poplin election
case, in which D. B. Swaringen,
Republican, is claiming that he,
and not Leet Poplin, Democrat, is
the people's choice for commis
sioner of Wilkes county, popped
into view again yesterday when
W. M. Allen, attorney for Swar
ingen, received a telegram from
Raleigh that the state Supreme
Court had upheld the finding of
Judge Felix E. Alley in the mat
ter of a demurrer that had been
filed by attorneys for Poplin.
Mr. Swaringen was defeated in
the last November election by a
total of two votes, and as a re
sult Mr. Poplin was proclaimed
commissioner. However, Swarin
gen claimed a mistake had been
made in counting the votes after
the election and proceeded to
start action to oust Poplin.
Combatting this action, attor
neys for Poplin filed a demurrer
alleging that Swaringen's attor
ney's did not have sufficient
grounds to start proceedings the
object of which was the ousting
of Poplin. This demurrer was
heard before Judge Alley, in Wil
kesboro, at the March term of su
perior court, and resulted in
Judge Alley dismissing the re
murrer and sustaining Swaringen.
As a result, Poplin's attorneys
appealed the case to the Supreme
court, the hearing of which was
scheduled for September of this
year. However, about May 1 W.
M. Allen, who with Attorney C. H.
Oilreath, is representing Swarin
gen, went to Raleigh and suc
ceeded in having the date set for
ward to May 19, when it was ar
gued.
In its decision the court upheld
Swaringen and ordered attorneys
for Poplin to file answer to the
Swaringen charged, which will be
heard in Wilkes Superior court. \
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