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Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVLNo. 31
RESPECTED ELKIN
r CITIZEN IS TAKEN
BY DEATH MONDAY
Luther M. Hinshaw, 62, Pass
es at His Home Here
WAS HIGHLY ESTEEMED
Stroke of Paralysis is Im
mediate Cause of Death;
Had Been Injured
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Luther Monroe Hinshaw, 62,
widely-known citizen, passed
away at his home just west of El
kin at 7 o'clock Monday morning
following a long period of ill
health and a critical illness of two
weeks. He was a native of Yad
kin county and a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. John Hinshaw. Dur
ing the quarter of a century he
had resided in this community he
was held in the highest esteem by
all with whom he came in con
tact. He was a justice of the
peace for a number of years and
also was manager of the basement
store of the Sydnor-Spainhour
company here as long as his
health permitted.
•About two years ago he suffer
ed injuries when he was struck
Iby an automobile on a downtown
V street and had never fully recov
ered from this injury. A stroke
of paralysis was the immediate
cause of his death.
Since early boyhood he had
been a member of the Methodist
church and was always interest
ed and active in the work of the
church.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 4 o'clock
from Mitchell's Chapel, Yadkin
county. Prior to the service the
body lay in state at the church
for one hour. The rites were in
charge of Rev. Mr. Poole, pastor
of the church, assisted by Rev.
W. F. Page and Rev. Robert
Speer. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
|| Immediate survivors include his
wife, Mrs. Minnie Brown Hin
shaw; one daughter, Miss Nettie
jHinshaw; four sons, Leo, Clyde,
Albert and Paul Hinshaw; four
grandchildren, three brothers, I.
M. and S. T. Hinshaw, of Yadkin -
ville and Ed Hinshaw, Boonville,
and three sisters, Mrs. Miles
Sprouse and Mrs. Bettie Casste
vens, of Yadkin county, and Mrs.
E. C. Mackie, of Guilford College.
The throng of people attending
the services and the profuse flor
al offering attested to the esteem
in which the deceased was held.
DR. SETH BEALE
TO RETURN HERE
Will Occupy Offices of Dr.
Hugh Parks in Salmons
Building
V DR. PARKS TO HARVARD
' Dr. Seth M. Beale, who left
here about the first of April to
take a place on the staff of the
Federal Hospital, Lexington, Ky.,
will return today and re-enter
private practice. He will occupy
the offices of Dr. Hugh Parks, in
the Salmons building. Dr. Parks
will leave today for Harvard Med
ical College to do post-graduate
work prior to taking his place as
medical director at Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital.
Dr. Beale, a native of Ala
mance county, is well-known here
where he served as interne at the
local hospital from July 1936 un
til early in the year, and also in
1933, and at the close of his as
sociation with the hospital he did
general practice here for a short
time before going to Kentucky.
He is a graduate of Tulane Uni
versity, New Orleans, and has had
wide experience, having been sta
tioned in the Marine Hospital at
San Francisco until July of last
year.
Both he and Mrs. Beale have
many friends here who will be
glad to know that they will return
♦here to make their residence.
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TO ORGANIZE PEACH
GROWERS ASSOCIATION
There is to be a meeting of the
peach growers of the county at
the office of J. W. Crawford,
county farm agent, at Dobson,
Saturday, June 26, at 2:00 p. m.
which will be for the purpose of
organizing a peach growers asso
ciation, the purpose of the or
ganization being to secure better
M prices for the crop.
THE'ELKIN TRIBUNE
Elkin Fair Is
To Be Staged
Here This Fall
At a meeting of the directors
of the Elkin Fair Wednesday
morning, it was decided to
arain have the fair here this
year despite the disastrous at
tempt of last year when rain
and wind resulted in its can
cellation on the day prior to
its scheduled opening.
This year's fair will be held
in the new school gymnasium,
which will provide ample space
and which is situated so that
ample parking space is avail
able.
No date was named at Wed
nesday's meeting, but will be
set at a meeting of a commit
tee appointed by the directors,
within the near future.
Last year's fair had to be
called off when rain and wind
blew down the large tents in
which the fair was to be held.
Officers and directors of the
Elkin Fair are as follows: J. R.
Poindexter, president; E. S.
Spain hour, vice-president; Mrs.
Alan Browning, Jr., secretary,
and Ruohs Pyron, J. W. Craw
ford, George E. Royall, Joe
Blvins, H. P. Graham and H.
F. Laffoon, directors.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
AIM IS TO
SPREAD WEALTH
Washington, June 15
President Roosevelt tonight
pledged his second New Deal
to a far-flung social-economic
reform program designed to
increase the country's wealth
among 40,000,000 "ill-nourish
ed, ill-clad, and ill-housed" cit
izens.
The new policy, he told news
papermen at a press confer
ence, will not necessitate an
overhauling of the federal tax
structure and does not con
template discriminatory taxes
against the rich to help the
poor. Business' men, he said,
will share in the prosperity
which he expects will follow a
more equitable distribution of
the nation's wealth.
IREDELL YOUTH IS
KILLED BY LIGHTNING
Statesville, June 15. —Bristol
Austin, 14-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Austin, was in
stantly killed by lightning dur
ing a thunder shower this af
ternoon in an open wheat field
on his father's farm 12 miles
north of Statesville, near Snow
Creek Church.
The father and his boys,
Hughey 16, and Bristol, 14,
were working in a corn field
when the heavy shower came
and they all sought shelter un
der some wheat shocks in an
adjoining field. Bristol's shock
did not properly protect him
from the downpour and he
made a dash for another near
by shock and was hit by a bolt
of lightning when within ten
feet of the shock in which
Hughey was hiding.
VIGILANTES PATROL
JOHNSTOWN STREETS
Johnstown, Pa., June 15.
A citizen's "army" patrolled
the streets of riot-torn Johns
town tonight, sworn to de
fend their city against the dis
order that has marked the five
day-old steel strike in the
Conemaugh Valley.
Hopes of an early settlement
in the bloody labor war soared
and then ebbed as President
Roosevelt, in a statement at
the White House in Washing
ton, broke his silence on the
controversy, expressing the be
lief that the Republic Steel
Corporation should be willing
to put a verbal collective bar
gaining contract into writing.
JOHNSON HITS NEW
DEAL PROGRAM
New York, June 15.—Gener
al Hugh S. Johnson described
1937 legislative prop' \als of the
Roosevelt admin)' ton to
night as pushing areful
ly guarded democr,. some
distance toward the isdst
and Communist experiments."
The former NBA chieftain
described what he called the
"third new deal," written by a
"brilliant brain trust," In a
radio address here.
EFFORTS MADE TO
SECURE OUTGOING
5:00 P. M. MAIL
Present Dispatching Service
Inadequate
ONLY TWO MAILS DAILY
Graham Seeking Connection
With Brooks Cross Roads
Route at 5:30 P. M.
EXPECTS EARLY ACTION
An effort is being made here by
F. W. Graham, postmaster, to
remedy the inadequate mail ser
vice provided for outgoing mail
from the Elkin office.
Under the present mail schedule
letters mailed in the local post
office after 2:30 p. m. each day
are not dispatched until the fol
lowing morning at 6:30. This
mail does not clear the gateway
at Greensboro for points north
and south until 11:25 a. m. the!
morning the dispatch is made.
The above information was
contained in a letter written by
Mr. Graham to W. L. Cornelius,
chief clerk of the Railway Mail
Service, at Greensboro, and it is
hoped that within the near future
the postoffice department will
authorize a return service of the
messenger route from Brooks
Cross Roads to Elkin, which
would allow mail to be dispatched
from Elkin as late as 5:00 p. m.
each week day.
Under the present set-up, the
first mail to reach Elkin daily
comes in early in the morning
from Brooks Cross Roads by mes
senger, who receives it from the
Winston-Salem-Boone mail route
service. It is Mr. Graham's hope
that the postoffice department
will allow this morning messen
ger to return to Brooks Cross
Roads each week-day afternoon
with mail, there to connect at 5:30
with the star route from North
Wilkesboro to Greensboro.
Mr. Graham pointed out that
by observation and actual count,
the accumulation of letters at the
Elkin office between 2:30 p. m.
and 5:00 p. m. will average ap
proximately 200 daily. He also
stated 'that the local office re
ceives an average of from two to
three hundred letters daily from
the Sparta star route. Under the
present system these letters must
remain in the local office until
6:30 the next day before being
dispatched.
Mr. Cornelius has been here rel
ative to the proposal for an addi
tional mail dispatch service, and
it is hoped such a dispatch will
become an actual fact within the
next 10 days or two weeks.
CHATHAM TO FACE
WALKERTOWNSAT.
Blanketeers Win Two During
The Past Week-End By
Close Scores
HOYT HAMBRIGHT STAR
The Chatham Blanketeers, han
dicapped by loss of several mem
bers of the team due to sickness
defeated Statesville Chair Co., at
Statesville, by a score of 4 to 3.
Hoyt Hambright was on the
mound for Elkin and pitched a
good game,, allowing the Chair-
Makers only two hits. Mackie and
Gough took batting honors for
the Blanketeers.
Saturday the Blanketeers, back
ing the brilliant pitching of Boles,
who allowed only eight hits, de
feated Hanes Hosiery, of Wins
ton-Salem, here by the score of
4 to 2 in 10 innings. Hambright
featured at bat, driving in one
run to tie the score in the seven
th and again brought in the
winning rim in the 10th. Neither
team made an error in all the 10
frames.
Next Saturday afternoon at
3:45 the local team will face
Walkertown in the first appear
ance of that team here this sea
son. For many years Elkin and
Walkertown have been arch ri
vals and the fans of this section
can look forward to a hotly con
tested game.
Roger Lee Reid
Roger Lee Reid, four-d&y old
son of MT. and Mrs. Clinton Reed
died Friday. He is survived by his
parents, and a brother and a sis
ter. Interment was in Hollywood
cemetery.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937
Safety Parade To Be Held Here Saturday
With Driverless "Magic" Car As Feature;
Many Expected To See Unusual Exhibition
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Pictured above is a view of a driverless "Mafic Car" which took part in a Safety Parade which was
held recently in a neighboring North Carolina City. A similar Safety Parade Is to be held here next
Saturday under the auspices of the Elkin Merchants association, and will feature a driverless car that
will be made to move, stop, make rifht and left hand turns, and blow its horn exactly as if an effic
ient driver was at the wheel. However, this machine will absolutely have no one in it, concealed or
otherwise, and will be operated from another car 30 feet behind. Thousands have attended similar pa
rades in other towns and cities of the state, and everyone in this entire section is invited to Elkin Sat
urday to witness the parade and see this amaxin* driverless car, which will be piloted by "Wild Jim"
Lynch, dare-devil, ex-cowboy, movie actor and stunt man.
Tobacco Specialists
Of Opinion Flea Bug
Damaging Leaf Crop
IN THIS SECTION
Recommend Mixture To Be
Used in Spraying Dead
ly Insects
CAN USE OTHER SPRAYS
Sent into this section at the in
stance of Congressman Prank
Hancock and "Farmer Bob"
Doughton, who were acting on an
appeal by A. D. Polger for help,
specialists from State College and
the state tobacco experiment sta
tion said Monday afternoon that
in their opinion the flea beetle,
or ordinary "flea bug" has been
the worst enemy that has at
tacked young tobacco in North
Carolina.
The specialists hurried to this
section when it was disclosed that
something was killing the young
tobacco plants and that if some
thing was not done chances were
that only half a crop would be
raised this summer.
In stating their opinion of the
flea beetle, the state men said
that it was probable that the
much discussed wire worm and
blue mold had weakened the crop
of young tobacco, but the flea
beetle had begun its deadly work
so soon after the plagues
that it was all but destroying the
bulk of the crop in Surry, Yadkin
and Stokes counties.
Following a conference with
County Agent L. F. Brumfield, of
Yadkin, the specialists advised all
farmers to start a spray program
immediately. They believed that
if the spraying were begun at once
with a reasonable amount of re
planting, fair crops of tobacco can
yet be grown. The spray that is
advised is not expensive and has
been found most effective when
used this year by a few tobacco
growers.
The experts recommended the
following mixture for spraying:
five pounds arsenate of lead, one
pound paris green, fii-st mixed to
gether. Place 1% pounds of this
mixture in an ordinary barrel of
water —that is, 50 gallons of wa
ter. These ingredients can be
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KLONDIKE GUERNSEYS
MAKE FINE RECORDS
Two Ounernseys of the Klon
dike Farm herd have recently fin
ished new official test records
which entitle them to entry in the
advanced register of the Ameri
can Ournesey Cattle Club.
Four and one-half-year old
Lord Sequel's Spring Queen, 342,
863, produced 12,401 pounds of
milk and 607.3 pounds of butter
fat in class 88, and four and one
half-year-old Klondike Gay Fan
nie, 330, 646, produced 11,488.7
pounds of milk and 564 pounds
butterfat in class 88.
Stores to Observe
July 4th Here
Monday, July sth
All stores and business hous- 1
es will be closed for the day
Monday, July 5, with the ex
ception of drug stores and cafes
in celebration of Independence
Day which falls on Sunday
this year. Business will be re
sumed as usual Tuesday morn
ing, July 6.
DOUGHTON CHILD
FATALLY INJURED
Estaline Holcomb Accidental
ly Run Over and Crushed
By Motor Truck
FINAL RITES SATURDAY
Estaline Holcomb, seven-year
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Forrest Holcomb of the Doughton
community, was fatally injured
Friday afternoon when she was
run over and crushed by a motor
truck.
Older children of the family, in
the absence of their parents, were
tampering with a truck in the
yard at the home and after suc
ceeding in starting the motor the
machine was thrown into reverse
gear and rolled backward over the
little girl, crushing her body. The
child died within thirty minutes,
shortly after the return of her
mother from the bedside of a sick
relative.
Surviving in addition to the
parents are three sisters, Olene,
Fay and Frances and one broth
er, James, and her paternal and
maternal grandmothers, Mrs.
Preston Holcomb and Mrs. Eunice
Scott, all of the Doughton section.
Funeral services were held Satur
day afternoon from Charity
church, in Wilkes county.
TWO ARE INJURED
IN SATURDAY CRASH
Roy Bates sustained a head lac
eration, which required several
stitches to close, and his father
Columbus Bates, sustained an in
jury to an eye Saturday evening
when the automobile of Coy Car
ter, with whom thfey were riding
on the highway north of Blkin,,
crashed into an automobile oc
cupied by Mr. and Mrs. R. G.
Kearns, of High Point.
The accident was said to have
occurred when the High Point
car was pulling out from a ser
vice station and the Carter car
crashed into the side of it. Both
cars were extensively damaged.
Mr. and Mrs. Kearns escaped in
jury of any consequence.
LOCAL CAB DRIVER
IS BADLY INJURED
Worth Church Sustains Frac
tured Skull in Sunday
Night Accident
THREE OTHERS INJURED
Worth Church, a driver for
City Cabs, of this city remains in
a serious condition at Hugh Chat
ham Hospital as the result of a
badly fractured skull about 11
o'clock Sunday night when the
cab which he was operating turn
ed over several times. The acci
dent occurred on the Elkln-
Winston-Salem highway near
East Bend, and was thought to
have been caused by the blowout
of a front tire.
Webster Darnell, Jesse Couch
and Charlie Minton, passengers
in the cab driven by Church, es
caped with lesser injuries. Minton
I suffered a fractured ankle.
Immediately following the ac
cident small hope was expressed
for Church's recovery, and his
condition remains critical.
The young man is a nephew of
the late W. O. Church, former
chief of police here. Since the
death of his parents some years
ago he has been residing with an
uncle, O. H. Huffman.
GRAYSTONE INN TO
OPEN ON JUNE 26
Some Guests May Be Admit
ted Informally Before That
Date, Manager Says
GOLF COURSE IS OPEN
Graystone Inn, at Roaring Gap,
will be opened formally for the
season Saturday, June 26, al
though some guests may be ad
mitted informally prior to that
time, Walter Bovard, manager,
has announced.
The hotel has been thoroughly
repainted and reconditioned and
this work has slightly delayed the
opening date, Mr. Bovard stated.
Mr. Bovard comes to Graystone
Inn after eight years as manager
of Esseola Inn, at Linville, and
Roimar Club, at Vero Beach, Fla.
He has brought with him his
chef and department heads who
have been with him for a like
peroid.
Mr. Bovard states that the golf
course is open to use and that it
has occasioned much favorable
comment. Dumpy Hagler, pro
fessional golfer, is in charge of
the course.
CHILDREN'S DAY TO
BE OBSERVED SUNDAY
Children's Day will be observed
Sunday at Mountain Grove, Cycle
Route. Sunday school will be held
at 9:45 and the morning worship
hour at 11 o'clock. H. H. Cash
will deliver the sermon. The chil
dren's program will be at 1:30
followed by an address by Dr. W.
A. Jenkins at 2 o'clock. Later the
Cool Springs Singers will present
a program.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LOCAL MERCHANTS
ASSOCIATION IS
SPONSORING EVENT
Object Is To Make People
Safety Conscious
MANY WILL TAKE PART
Driverless Car to Be Operated
By Remote Control From
Car in Rear
PARADE ON MAIN STREET
Arrangements have been com
pleted here for a big Safety Pa
rade which will be held Saturday
afternoon, June 19th, at 3:00
o'cldck in an effort to impress
upon the minds of motorists the
importance of driving safely as
their part in a campaign to cut
down automobile accidents on
the highways.
Similar parades have been held
in Charlotte, Winston-Salem, Ral
eigh, North Wilkesboro and nu
merous other North Carolina
towns and cities, and reports are
that huge throngs turned out to
watch. Such a crowd is expected
in Elkin Saturday.
A feature of the parade will be
a driverless car, known as "The
Magic Car," which will be piloted
by remote control from another
car by Captain J. J. Lynch. The
driverless car will not have any
one concealed in it and will ac
tually be made to move in the
parade, stop, turn corners, blow
its horn and otherwise act as if it
had a human driver at the wheel.
A representative of The Tribune
was in North Wilkesboro last Sat
urday to observe the driverless
car there in a similar parade,
riding in the car behind, which
was used by Captain Lynch as
the control car. Using only one
key, similar to a telegraph key,
which was connected to the
"Magic Car" ahead by only one
wire, Captain Lynch actually
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GWYN APPOINTED
AS SOLICITOR
Mount Airy Man is Named
District Judge for 21st
Judicial District
CONTAINS 4 COUNTIES
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Allen Gwyn, of Reidsvtlle, has
been named solicitor of the newly
formed 21st judicial district cre
ated by the last session of the _
general assembly, and Edward C.
Bivins, of Mount Airy, has been
appointed judge of the district.
Both appointments were made by
Governor Hoey Tuesday.
Prior to his appointment as so
licitor of the 21st district, Mr.
Gwyn was solicitor of the 11th
district, and is succeeded in that
district by J. Earle McMichael, of
Winston-Salem.
The 21st district was split from
the 11th district, and is made up
of Caswell, Rockingham, Surry
and Stokes counties. The 11th
district now contains Forsyth,
Alleghany and Ashe counties.
OPPORTUNITIES
ALIUS LOOK BIGGER AfTER
THEt'VE PASSERBY.