Elldn
*The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXYI.No. 33
DYNAMITE CLOSES
STEEL PLANT IN
CIO STRIKE AREA
Johnstown Mayor Pleads For
Federal Aid
SMASH TERRORIST RING
SIO,OOO Reward is Posted-by
Mill for Capture of
Dynamiters
MAYOR FEARS UPRISING
Warren, 0., June 29.—A strike
harried mayor's appeal to the
President to "overthrow the un-
American empire that John L.
Lewis is building up" tonight cli
maxed a series of turbulent de
velopments in the 34-day-old
steel strike deadlock.
These events broke the calm
prevailing for the past few days
on the seven-state strike front:
1. Two dynamite explosions
paralyzed Bethlehem Steel's Cam
bria Works at Johnstown, Pa., and
threw 6,000 men out of work. The
company posted a SIO,OOO reward
for capture of the dynamiters.
2. Mayor Daniel J. Shields, of
Johnstown, telegraphed an appeal
to President Roosevelt, warning
f him that "the people of my city
may take the law into their own
hands" unless Lewis' C. I. O.
strike forces are withdrawn.
The mayor also dispatched a
telegram to Gov. George H. Earle,
requesting that state police be
stationed on guard around all
reservoirs in the territory. *
"Prompt action," he said, "may
save an entire community against
annihilation."
3. Police and national guards
men announced they had smash
ed a wholesale bomb "terrorist"
ring, in Warren, arresting three
mfen and sending out an alarm for
the alleged "brains" of the gang,
Gus Hall, C. I. O. strike leader.
4. The 13th death in the wide
flung C. I. O. "siege of steel" was
recorded at Beaver Falls, Pa.,
where « "STrikr frlfltCT' dl'IJ
a head wound inflicted by a tear
gas shell.
5. Secretary of Labor Frances
Perkins officially conceded, in a
statement at Washington, that
federal mediation efforts have
collapsed,
LIGHTNING KILLS
MRS. PETE GROCE
1 Second Stroke At Home Kills
Woman Who Watches
Fire
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Mrs. Ila Mae Simmons Groce,
25, was instantly killed late Sat
urday afternoon when struck by
a bolt of lightning at the home
of her brother-in-law, four miles
north of Brooks Cross Roads on
highway 21. She was the wife of
Pete Groce and lived across the
highway from where she was kill
ed. She had gone to the other
home to remain during the storm.
Mrs. Groce and memberg|pf the
family of Lester Benge were
standing on the porch of her
brother-in-law's home looking at
a barn in flames which caught
from a previous thunderbolt of
the same storm when the fatal
bolt entered her body. Mrs. Benge
and small child and Mrs. Ken
Groce and a small child were se
(verely shocked by the bolt.
Mrs. Groce was a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sim
mons and is survived by her hus
band, one small daughter, Peggy
Ann; three brothers, Eugene Sim
mons of Boonville; John A., of
Richmond, Va.; Rev. Clete Sim
mons of Jonesville; two sisters,
Mrs. Sam Mathis of Ronda, Mrs.
Dallas Gilliam of Elkin. A twin
sister, Mrs. Erastus Darnell, pre
ceded her In death a short while
ago. The funeral service was con
ducted Monday at 11 o'clock from
Fall Creek Baptist Church near
' Jonesville.
h. SHOULD APPLY FOR
LICENSE ON TUESDAY
Anyone desiring to make ap
plication for driver's license
should see Patrolman Lee Phil
lips at the F-W Chevrolet Co.
here on Tuesdays between 11 a.
m. and 12 m., or between 5 and
€ p. m., the highway officer ha?
announced.
Motorists in YadklnvUle or that
section may see Patrolman Phil
lips at the sheriff's office Tues
days between 3:30 and 4:30 p. m.
The patrolman will observe these
r. hours every week.
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
PROTESTS AGAINST
PROPOSED CHANGE
Raleigh, June 29. — Highway
Chairman Frank L. Dunlap, in
a sharply worded statement re
leased today, said he was sur
prised to learn the federal park
service was surveying alternate
routes for the Blue Ridge Park
way.
Asserting that the merit of
the road was based on its
scenic value, and not on its
construction cost, Dunlap add
ed, "This parkway route was
never intended to be based
upon economy of construction
or the shortest distance be
tween two points; the route
was adopted because it was the
finest scenic route in eastern
America."
SIGNS INJUNCTION
AGAINST MILL
Lumberton, June 29. Su
perior Judge N. A. Sinclair
signed a temporary injunction
today against Mansfield mill
officials, police leaders and
Mayor Vera Lamb, of East
Lumberton, restraining thean
from forming lines through
which mill workers might pass
and from otherwise interfering
with union activities.
The order was asked by the
textile workers organizing com
mittee, a branch of the Com
mittee for Industrial Organisa
tion. The T. W. O. C. was rep
resented by Myles Horton, an
organizer.
PERSON COUNTY
TURNS DOWN LIQUOR
Roxboro, June 29. Person
county today refused by 22
votes to scrap the prohibition
law and set up a system of
.county Honor control stores. ~ .
tn a ballot considered light,
1,113 votes were cast against
the legalization of whisky and
1,091 advocated it. Although a
contest is possible, observers
predicted that none would be
entered.
DENY INJUNCTION IN
SLOT MACHINE CASE
* Fayettevllle, June 29. Su
• perior Court Judge N. A Sin
clair denied today a petition
fot an injunction against en
forcement of North Carolina's
1937 anti-slot machine law
and gave the petitioner 30 days
in which to get his machines
out of the state.
SURRY RANKS 20TH
IN N. C. PAYROLLS
By PAUL MAY
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, D. C., June 29.
Surry county payrolls in business
and industry rank 20th largest
among all counties of the State in
a report just issued by the census
bureau.
Based on the census of business
which was taken as a WPA pro
ject last year, the census report
shows details of personnel and
payrolls for business and industry
for every county In the country.
Surry County business and in
dustry payrolls totaled $3,379,000'
in 1935, the report shows. This is
the year covered by last year's
census. The total number of em
ployees in business and industry
in Surry county was 4,599, in ad
dition to 575 active proprietors.
FINE PROPERTIES TO
BE SOLD AT AUCTION
Two auction sales will be staged
Thursday, July Bth when two val
uable pieces of property, one on
highway 26 eight miles north of
Elkin and the other in Sunset
Park here will be sold to the high
est bidders.
The first sal* will be held at 10
a. m., and will consist of 69 lots
in Sunset Park, now owned by
Mrs. R. O. Franklin. Water, sew
er and lights are available and
each lot is said to represent a de
sirable buy.
The second sale will be held at
2 p. m. of the same day. in this
sale, the property on highway 26
known as the Alex Chatham farm
will be sub-divided into small
tracts or farms.
Both sales will be conducted by
the Carolina Realty & Auction
Co., of Salisbury.
More marriages occur in Reno
than divorces. In fact, it's a well
known hitching post.
Glorious Fourth
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Hollywood, Calif. . . . Jean
Chatburn, pretty motion picture
actress, will celebrate the "Fourth"
attired in a costume created en
tirely of firecrackers.
SURRY COUNTY
SCHOOL NEWS
Number of Changes Are Be
ing Planned for Schools
Next Fall
COAL IS BEING PLACED
A friendly chat with John W.
Comer, county superintendent of
schools, Wednesday elicited a
number of items of interest about
the schools of the county.
Mr. Comer first stated that the
routing of the buses for the com
ing school year had been com
pleted by the State School Com
mission, that changes had
been made in the Elkin and
Shoals schools.
"Two ■ addttiuntr
been allotted to the schools of the
county, he said, they being add
ed to the Dobson and Shoals
schools, with one >. additional
teacher for each.
He further stated that the
Shoals school is to be a high
school next year, which will be
an experiment with two teachers
in charge to ascertain if a high
school is justified at that school.
Work has been begun on the
addition to the Beulah school,
with material from the dismantled
Bryan school being used in the
construction of the building.
Mr. Comer further stated that
the Pilot Mountain schools have
made application for an addi
tional building, which is very
badly needed, which will be given
a-hearing on next Monday by the
county school board.
Mr. Comer also mentioned the
fact that more than 800 tons of
coal is being placed at the various
schools of the county, which will
be ample supply for an average
winter, and also stated that a re
indexing of all the records of his
office is now under way.
LOCAL BAPTISTS
TO HOLD REVIVAL
Annual Meeting to Begin
August 22; Rev. J. C.
Canipe to Assist
PLAN SPECIAL MUSIC
The annual revival at the First
Baptist church in this city will
begin Sunday, August 22, accord
ing to Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pas
tor of the church. Rev. J. c. Ca
nipe. pastor of the First Baptist
church in Boone, will assist in the
revival. Plans are also underway
for a special singer for the ser
vices.
Rev. Mr. Canipe is well known
throughout the state, having ser
ved as State Baptist evangelist
prior to going into pastoral work.
His coming here is looked for
ward to by leaders of the church.
The church extends a cordial
invitation to the public to attend
the services.
JUNIOR ORDER TO
INSTALL OFFICERS
All members of the reikin Coun
cil No. 96, Jr. O. U. A. M., are
urged to be present Friday even
ing, July 2, at 8 o'clock Xor a spe
cial installation service for offi
cers for the ensuing term, and
also the initiation of one new
member.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1937
New Bank Vault
Will Weigh
About 100 Tons
Approximately one hundred
tons—2o6,ooo pounds—of steel
and concrete will be used in the
construction of the vault now
under construction in the old
Elkin National Bank building,
qpw being remodeled to house
The Bank of Elkin, which pur
chased the building some
months ago.
Ten thousand pounds of
steel alone, used to reinforce
the concrete walls, floor and
ceiling, will be used, while 150,-
000 pounds of concrete will be
poured. The steel door of the
vault, together with a steel
grill and other steel fixtures
will weigh approximately 40,-
000 pounds.
A second vault, to be con
structed of brick and used to
safeguard the bank's books, will
also be constructed at the rear
of the money vault.
LOCAL BANKER IS
AMONG GRADUATES
Garland Johnson to Get Di
ploma From Graduate
School of Banking
AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY
Among the seven North Caro
linians listed among the 194
members of the first graduating
class of the Graduate School of
Banking, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, N. J., is Garland John
son, vice-president of The Bank
of Elkin here, who is now attend
ing the third and final session of
the school.
The school, sponsored by the
American Bankers association, is
the first of its kind in the United
States. Those who graduate on
July 2 must have attended three
-ceatttent summer sessions, have
completed the required extension
work during two winters and
springs, have written a thesis on
some subject related to his ma
jor course of study, and have pass
ed an oral examination conduct
ed by a panel of the faculty.
Mr. Johnson majored in bank
ing and chose for his thesis "Pro
fessional Standards for the Ex
ecutive Officers in Small Town
Banks."
Mr. Johnson has been connect
ed with The Bank of Elkin since
its opening here in 1933, when he
was employed as assistant cash
ier. In 1935 he was elected as
cashier, and in 1936 he was elect
ed as vice president, the position
he now holds.
NATION WILL HEAR
LIBERTY BELL 4TH
Ring of Historic Old Bell Will
Be Broadcast Sunday at
1 P. M.
30-MINUTE PROGRAM
Philadelphia, Pa., June 29.
The entire nation will hear the
Liberty Bell, which proclaimed
American independence on July 4,
1776, ring again on the Fourth of
July in a program of The Amer
ican Legion which will be carried
over the coast-to-coast network
of the Columbia Broadcasting
system. It will be the first time in
history that the nation has heard
the historic bell on the anniver
sary of the day it tolled the birth
of the country.
The program will be broadcast
from Independence Hall, origin
ating in the same room in which
the Declaration of Independence
was signed and the Constitution
of the United States was adopted.
Much of the furnishings which
occupied the room on both of
those historic occasions are still
there and will be used in a dram
atization in connection with the
broadcast.
The broadcast will be for 30
minutes, beginning promptly at 2
o'clock Eastern Daylight Saving
Time, which is 1 o'clock Eastern
Standard Time.
Checker Tourney
The North Carolina State
Checker tournament will be held
in the Y. M. c. A. at Wiaston-
Salcm. Monday, July 5, for the
championship of North Carolina.
All checker players in this vicin
ity are urged to attend and enter
the tournament.
Hearings on Tax Evasions
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Washington, D. C. . . . The special Congressional committee of six
Senators and six Representatives began hearings on tax evasions.
L. to R.: Secy. Morgenthau; Rep. R. L. Doughton of N. C. (chair
man), and Sen. Pat Harrison of Mississippi (vice-chairman). Secy.
Morgenthau was the first witness.
BOND IS REDUCED
BY JUDGE HARDING
Sampson Speer Gets Habeas
Corpus Hearing But Still
In Jail
BOND SET AT $2,500
In a habeas corpus .hearing be
fore Judge W. F. Harding at
Winston - Salem Wednesday,
Sampson Speer, charged with
trying to poisoii his neighbor's
well, got his bond reduced from
$5,000 to $2,500, but 90 far has
been unable to raise that bond
and is still in jail here awaiting
August court. Speer was repre
sented in the hearing by Mrs.
Jackson, woman attorney, of
Winston-Salem.
Speer is accused of placing poi
son in the well at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Huffhian near
Enon on the night of May 30, in
what is alleged to be a plot to
poison the family of Huffman,
with whom he had quarreled pre
viously- _
The fact that there was no nec
essity for any water being drawn
from the well the same night the
poison was placed in the water
was credited by Mrs. Huffman
with having prevented her and
her husband from becoming ser
iously if not fatally ill.
Mrs. Huffman testified at the
preliminary hearing that when
she drew a bucket of water from
the well the next morning she no
ticed at once that the draw rope
was covered with greenish sedi
ment as the filled bucket was
lifted. When she saw the bucket
filled with a bright green liquid
she was so frightened she let
bucket and rope all fall back in
to the well, she said.
It was also testified that the
Huffmans and Spear had been at
odds since Huffman acoused Spear
of being responsible for the dis
appearance of some wood from
the Huffman place. Huffman,
then ordered Spear to stay off his
place altogether.
When officers arrived at the
Huffman home the morning after
the paris green had been placed
in the well they found shoe tracks
at the well. One of the prints had
a distinctive marking, and the
tracks were finally followed to
Speer's home.
NEW MAIL SERVICE
WILL BEGIN TODAY
Postoffice Seeking Bids For
Messenger Service to
Brooks Cross Roads
TO BE CLOSIED MONDAY
The additional mail dispatch
from Elkin to Brooks' Cross Roads
each day, there to connect with
the star route from North Wil
kesboro eastward, will be inaug
urated this afternoon (Thursday)
as authorized recently by the post
office department.
J. E. Reece, present carrier, has
been named temporary messeng
er for this dispatch, but bids are
now being sought by the postof
fice department for a permanent
messenger. Anyone over 16 years
of age is eligible to enter a bid,
but should do so within the next
10 days. Sealed bids should be
turned in to the local postoffice
from where they will be forward
ed to Washington.
Under the new mail schedule,
mail should be posted in the local
office each day 'not later than
4:45 p. m. in order to insure dis
patch, P. W. Graham, postmaster,
stated. He also announced that
the postoffice would observe holi
day hours Monday, July 5.
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Stores Are To
Be Closed Here
Next Monday
Independence Day will be ob
served in Elkin, Monday, July
sth, and all stores and business
bouses, with the exception of
drug stores and cafes, will be
closed for the day, according
to Mrs. Franklin Folger, secre
tary of the local Merchants
Association.
SENATOR TO SPEAK
AT C.C.C. MEETING
Will Be Held at Dobson CCC
Camp July 10, Beginning
At 2:00 P. M.
ALL FARMERS INVITED
CCC camp officials and soil
erosion workers will hold a meet
ing -efe tlw Bobson CCC camp on
July 10, beginning at 2:00 p. m.
with a field trip and with speak
ing at 4:00 p. m., which is to be
a sub-district meeting of districts
numbers two and three.
Speakers are expected to be
Senator Robert R. Reynolds, Ma
jor General George Vanhorn
Mosely, and Hon. Frank Hancock,
for whom the camp was named.
Dr. T. S. Buie, regional director
and Major S. L. Bertschey, exec
utive officer of the district, are
also expected to be present.
The purpose of the meeting is
to better acquaint the commun
ity with the progress of the soil
conservation program in this dis
trict, and a very cordial invitation
is extended to all farmers of the
community to attend the field
trip and the speaking, the latter
of which will be on the campus
and will be aided by a loud speak
er system.
TRAPHILL WOMAN
PASSES SUNDAY
Mrs. Cora Gertrude Lyons
Durham Dies After Sever
al Weeks' Illness
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Mrs. Cora Gertrude Lyons Dur
ham, 22, died at her home in the
Traphill community Sunday, June
20, following an illness of several
weeks.
Funeral services were held Mon
day, June 21, from Austin Baptist
church. The rites were in charge
of Elders L. E. Sparks, T. M. Ly
ons, D. H- Brown and G. R. Cox.
A large number of friends and rel
atives attended the services.
Mrs. Durham was married to
Herbert F. Durham, August 18,
1934. She is survived by her hus
band and infant daughter, Gen
eva Blanche; her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. George F. Lyons, of Traphill;
one sister, Mrs. Charlie Sexton, of
Benham, and one brother, Henry
Lyons, of Traphill.
She was a faithful member of
the Baptist church and was
greatly loved in her community.
CHATHAM WITHDRAWS
FROM STATE TOURNEY
The Chatham Blanketeers, fol
lowing a meeting Tuesday, defi
nitely called off participation in
the semi-pro baseball tournament
which is to get under way at
Greensboro today (Thursday).
Just why the team has withdrawn
from the tournament has not
been announced.
This afternoon, the Blanketeers
will meet Albemarle here.
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Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CONSTRUCTION OF
NEW POST OFFICE
LIMITED 210 DAYS
New Structure Will Have
Mezzanine Floor
BLUE PRINTS ARE HERE
Are Asking for One Main Bid
and Two Alternate Bids
On Building
FRONT STEPS GRANITE
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, D. C., June 29—A
main and two alternate bids will
be asked for construction of the
Elkln, North Carolina, postoffice,
it was learned at the Treasury's
procurement division today.
The main bid will cover con
struction as planned. The first
alternate will be an addition or
deduction from this amount for
the use of granite facing instead
of rubbed concrete to the level of
the water-table; and the second
alternate will specify granite trim
instead of an exterior limestone
trim.
The time limit for construction
will be 210 calendar days, a com
paratively small time for a one
story and basement building with
a part mezzanine floor. If the
contractor fails to complete the
project within this period, and
the delay is his own fault, he will
be subject to a fine of $25 a day
for each day construction contin
ues beyond that period.
The entrance to th? building
will be particularly attractive,
with gray granite steps and plat
form leading to a metal and clear
glass door, which will be topped
by an eagle. The lobby will have
a quarry tile floor and border and
a tile wainscot. floor base
will be in light tans and reds, and
the field in red, brown, tan, chest
nut, orange and salmon shades.
With the exception of the toilets,
which will be finished in unglazed
ceramic mosic tile, other offices
and divisions will be finished" in
wood. -T v **
The use of granite, suggested in
the alternate bids, is dependent
on its cost. Since local granite is
desired, officials believe the cost
would not be as great as on other
jobs, but it cannot be much, for
the limit of cost for the entire
project is only $65,000, and the
building was originally planned to
cost about that sum.
PROMINENT MAN OF
ALLEGHANY PASSES
William, A. Bryan Dies in Lo
cal Hospital Following
Long Illness
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
William A. (Bill) Bryan, 35, of
Olade Valley, died in the local
hospital about four o'clock Wed
nesday morning from a serious
illness of several months from a
lung disorder developed following
an attack of pleurisy early in the
spring. His condition had been
critical since he was admitted to
the hospital.
The deceased was a" member of
a prominent Alleghany county
family and was a spn of Andrew
J. Bryan and the-late Mrs. Bryan
of Glade Valley.
He is survived by his father,
"one daughter, Mary Lewis Bryan,
two sisters, Mrs. R. J. Gentry and
Mrs. E. B. Eldridge and two
brothers, DeWitt and Howard
Bryan, all of Glade Valley.
Funeral arrangements are not
definitely known, but services will
be held at Glade Valley sometime
today.
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