Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina**
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 34
IATENEWQ
from the
State and Nation
SEARCH FOR
MAD KILLER
Cleveland, July 6. —Detec-
tives picked up the old, cold
trail through the barren Kings
bury Eun district of Cleveland
tonight in search of the mad
dened killer whose tenth vic
tim—beheaded and carved in
to a half dozen pieces was
found In the oily Cuyahoga
river today.
Ten times within the last
three years the detectives have
started away from a torso
bearing the marks of a surgic
ally skilled slayer and nine
times have wound up with no
solution —no clews of value.
Today's victim, a towering,
powerful man weighing be
tween 180 and 190 pounds, was
found by national guardsmen,
here on strike duty, a short
time after a lake freighter
moved up the stream.
FORD CO. NAMED
IN ASSAULT CHARGE
Detroit, July 6. The Ford
Motor company and 15 Indi
viduals were named in an as
sault warrant today as the re
sult of a one-man grand Jury
Inquiry into the beating of
United Automobile Workers
leaders and members trying to
distribute literature at Ford's
main plant May 26.
The warrant was issued by
Common Pleas Judge Ralph
W. Liddy a few hours after the
national labor relations board
opened a hearing on its com
plaint which charged the Ford
company with unfair labor
practices and with responsibil
ity for "maliciouA and brutal
assaults" on the unionists.
CHOWAN JOINS
WET COUNTIES
Edenton, July 6. Chowan
county joined the ranks of wet
counties today when its citi
zens voted 756 to 575 to set up
county liquor stores.
In Edenton the wets stacked
up a two to one lead which the
county precincts were unable
to overcome. Some of the ru
ral precincts voted as heavily
as three to one against estab
lishment of the stores.
Chowan has been legally dry
since 1908 when the state went
j dry.
SAYS COURT
DECISION COSTLY
Washington, July 6. Rep
resentative Lewis, Democrat,
Maryland, told the house today
that "unsound and unreason
able decisions" of the Supreme
court have cost the government
915,760,000,000 in revenue.
Citing a long list of decisions
including the one against in
come taxes in 1894, the Mary
lander said:
"The President is right. We
need to infuse the court with
new blood."
DATES FOR ELKIN
FAIR ARE NAMED
Horse Show and Lee's Riding
Devices Are Planned for
This Year's Event
WORK ON PREMIUM LIST
The Elkin Pair will be held
here Thursday and Friday, Sep
tember 23 and 24, it has been
learned following a meeting of
the fair directors.
The fair this year will be held
at the community playground, the
newly built and large gymnasium
building to-be used as the exhibi
tion hall.
According to Mrs. Alan Brown
ing, Jr., secretary, a number of
new featufts will be inaugurated
during this year's event, among
them being a horse show. It is
also hoped that it will be possible
to secure the Lee riding devices.
Work on the catalog and prem
ium list is now under way and the
material for this publication is
expected to be in the hands of the
printers within « short time.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A- Lee per and
daughter, Mable Cathey, spent
the week-end in Belmont, the
guests of Mrs. beeper's mother,
Mrs. A. A. Cathey. Mrs. Leeper
and Mable Cathey remained for a
longer visit.
SEARCH FOR LOST
FLIERS GOES ON
IN THE PACIFIC
Battleship Ordered to Change
Course
NAVY LEADING SEARCH
Speeding Toward Winslow
Bank, 100 Miles East of
Howland Island
ARE BELIEVED ON LAND
Honolulu, July 6. —The bat
tleship Colorado changed its
course and sped toward Winslow
bank. 100 miles east of Howland
island, today in the hunt for
Amelia Earhart and the navy
moved to co-ordinate the far
flung searching efforts.
The tactical shift coincided with
an apparently growing belief that
if Miss Earhart and her naviga
tor, Frederick J. Noonan, were
alive they had reached an island
or a coral reef.
Small islands are numerous be
ginning some 200 miles to the
south, east and northwest of
Howland but virtually are un
known in the previously searched
area to the north.
The Colorado, which had been
heading from Honolulu toward
the area north of Howland where
the coast guard cutter Itasca, the
navy minesweeper Swan and the
British freighter Moorby had been
searching, planned to release its
three catapult planes over the
Winslow bank area late tomorrow.
Coast guard authorities said the
Itasca had been placed under
temporary supervision of the navy
to permit better search co-ordi
nation.
Winslow bank lies on the north
ern fringe of the Phoenix islands,
which center at about 280 miles
southeast of Howland.
Shortly before the search plans
were changed, George Palmer
Putnam, husband of Miss Ear
hart, reported the directional
bearirifcs taken on the most likely
of the mysterious radio signals
from that region all pointed to
the Phoenix islands.
Putnam stated if any . of the
numerous radio reports seemingly
from the lost world-girdling plane
were genuine, the ship must have
been down on a reef or an island.
He said he had determined def
initely that the plane would not
have been able to send signals if
down in the water.
Putnam expressed appreciation
of the naval and coast guard ef
forts, which Included sending; of
the big aircraft carrier Lexin'gton
and three destroyers from San
Diego.
"They have done everything
possible," he said, "and I an
grateful for their extensive ef
forts."
TO PRESENT STAGE
PROGRAMATLYRIC
"The Big Lambast 0f v 1937"
to Be Presented Friday,
July 23
SPONSORED BY CHURCH
"The .Big Lambast of 1937,"
sponsored by the Elkin Presbyter
ian church, and featuring talent
from Elkin and vicinity, will be
staged here at the Lyric theatre
Friday night, July 23.
The program will be a burlesque
production of a major network
radio program and will feature
both music and comedy. Included
in the cast are Byron Bryan and
his musical wash tub; Misses Ruth
Beulin and Edna Billings, Miss
Jerry Weaver, of Brook's Cross
Roads; Miss Dorothy Colhard,
Leon Martin, Hal Dobbins, and
Charles Pardue and his Midnight
Rangers. Alan Browning, Jr., is
in charge of the program and will
act as announcer and master of
ceremonies.
The stage attraction, to be pre
sented following the screening of
the Laurel and Hardy full length
movie: "Away Out West," should
not take over 45 minutes to pre
sent.
ADDITIONAL BUILDING
IS OKEYED BY BOARD
According to a statement Wed
nesday by John W. Comer, coun
ty superintendent of schools, the
county commissioners approved
the application of the Pilot Moun
tain schools for an additional
building, which will be the next
school building to be erected in
the county. It is not expected
that the building will be con
structed before next year.
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Cleveland, Ohio . . . Only if the
Supreme Court upheld ruling
would he ever agree to sign con
tract with C. I. 0., declares T. M
Girdler of Republic Steel at Sen
ate hearing.
MANY APPLY FOR
ASSISTANCE HERE
Applications for Old Age As
sistance, Etc., Are Filed
With Officer
WILL BE HERE TODAY
Numerous applicants for old
age assistance and aid to depend
ent children were in Elkin last
Thursday to file application with
Bausie Marion, county welfare of
ficer, but due to the large num
ber, time was insufficient for all
applications to be filed. As a re
sult. Mr. Marion will again be
here this afternoon and each
Thursday afternoon thereafter
until all applicants are taken care
of. I
After the applications are tak
en, each applicant will be investi
gated as to the information giv
en, which will finally be passed or
rejected by the county board of
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WILKES TEACHER
SERIOUSLY HURT
Carl C. Cockerham Fractures
Spine in Fall From Scaf
fold Saturday
IS IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Carl C. Cockerham, 42, is in
Hugh Chatham .Hospital here
suffering a fratcure of the spine
as the result of a fall from a scaf
fold at his home eight miles west
of here last Saturday afternoon.
A daughter, Ruth Cockerham, who
was also injured in the fall, has
been dismissed from the hospital
after treatment.
Mr. Cockerham, who is a broth
er of J. I. Cockerham, of Hotel
Elkin Barber Shop, was ascend
ing the scaffold'to repair the roof
on a feed barn when the accident
took place, causing him to fall a
distance of approximately 20 feet.
The injured man, a prosperous
farm owner and a teacher in Wil
kes county schools, was on a week
end visit to his home from Ca
tawba College, where he has been
attending summer school. His in-
Jury is expected to confine him
to the hospital for many weeks.
TWO ARE FINED AFTER
AFFRAY HERE MONDAY
As the result of an affray stag
ed here Monday afternoon, Ray
mond Allen, Jr. negro, was fined
$5.00 and the costs, and Frank
Smoot, young white man, of
Jonesville, SI.OO and the costs
when tried before Justice of the
Peace J. L. Hall shortly after their
arrest by Officer J. L. Darnell.
Smoot claimed that the negro
cursed him, leading to the affray.
On June 14, 1777, Congress
adopted the design of the Amer
ican-Flag. June 14th is now ob
served as Flag Day in many
states. According to tradition, the
first flag was made by Mrs. Bet
sy Ross of Philadelphia under the
direction of George Washington.
The Betsy Ross House was pur
chased by popular subscription.
It is preserved as an historical
shrine and souvenir shop. .
A ring around the moon is one
of the few dependable weather
signs. The rings are caused by ice
crystals, carried at great height
by a coming storm, which is not
yet evident at lower levels.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY. JULY 8, 1937
ARMY FUER LEAPS
FROM HUGE PLANE
NEAR COUNTY SEAT
Floats 13,000 Feet to Land
PLANE IN SIDESLIP
Big Bomber is Brought Under
Control and Continues on
Its Way
MET STORMY WEATHER
Grabbing his parachute and
bailing out when it appeared that
one of the army's new "flying
fortress," of which he was a mem
ber of the crew, was going into a
spin, Private J. H. Shealey float
ed 13,000 feet to earth shortly af
ter noon Tuesday to land in a
Surry county field several miles
from Dobson.
A few moments after Private
Shealey had launched out into
the air, the huge four-motored
ship was brought under control
by its pilot and the rest of the
crew of eight remained with it
as It returned to Langley Field,
its base. One of the largest planes
ever built, with a wingspread of
120 feet, the bomber was on a
special mission flight from Lang
ley Field to Fort Sam Houston,
Texas.
Cruising along at a compara
tively slow speed because of
stormy weather it was encounter
ing over the mountains, the plane
had just passed through a second
hailstorm when it suddenly lurch
ed, turned into a steep bank and
appeared side-slipping, according
to Private Shealey.
Shealey was in the armament
control apartment In the under
side of the nose of the plane with
a lieutenant. Both scrambled for
their parachutes when the plane
lurched at 14,000 feet. They open
ed an emergency door in the floor
of the compartment, and Shealey
told to go ahead by the lieuten
ant, Jumped. His companion did
not jump as the plane was
brought under control a few sec
onds later.
Upon landing, Shealey caught a
ride into Dobson with a farmer,
then caught a ride to Mount Airy
In a lumber truck, going from
there to Winston-Salem, where a
special plane from Langley field
was expected to pick him up.
COMMITTEE NAMED
TO PREPARE LAW
Appropriate Building Ordi
nance for Town Will
Be Drafted
NAME BOARD MEMBERS
The Elkin board of" commis
sioners, meeting Tuesday in the
town tax office, appointed the
following committee to prepare an
appropriate building ordinance
for* the town:
H. P. Graham, R. C. Freeman,
C. C. Myers, John Franklin, W.
W. Whitaker, and Sig Holcomb.
The first three men listed above
are members of the board, while
Mr. Franklin is an architect, Mr.
Whitaker fire chief, and Mr. Hol
comb town electrical inspector.
During the meeting R. G.
Franklin presented a petition for
the construction of a connecting
street between Elk Spur and West
Main streets. This petition was
referred to the street committee
for investigation and report.
W. C. Cox and F. M. Norman
were reelected to the Elkin school
board for a period of three years,
ending June 30, 1940. The terms
on the school board of J. G. Aber
nethy, C. A. McNeil and J. D.
Brendle were set for three years,
dating from June 30, 1936 to June
30, 1939.
FORMER JONESVILLE
WOMAN PASSES AWAY
News was received here last
Tuesday of the death of Mrs. Mo
zelle Vestal Kitchin, 29, a native
of Jonesville, who died at her
home in Wendell. She was the
only daughter of Mrs. Tom Ves
tal and the. late Mr. Vestal of
Jonesville.
She is survived by her mother,
her husband. Jack F. Kitchin, Jr.,
and two daughters, Frances and
Joanne Kitchen and her mater
nal grandmother, Mrs. C. L. Ker
ley.
Those from Jonesville attend
ing the funeral were: Mrs. W. J.
Brown, Miss Dixie Brown, B. C.
Brown and C. L. Kerley
Near Dob son
Machine Guns Guard Plant
Warren, Ohio . . . Following two bombings at the Republic Steel
plant here, the Ohio National Guardsmen set up machine gun nests
around entrances, to protect workers and plant property.
Firemen Are Urged
To Meet This P. M.
For Practice Drill
It is important that all mem
bers of the Elkin Fire depart
ment meet at the fire station
this evening (Thursday), at 7
o'clock, for a practice drill, W.
W. Whltaker, fire chief, said
Wednesday.
It Is necessary that the fire
men practice with the new fire
equipment as much as possi
ble, Mr. Whltaker said, deplor
ing the fact that In past in
stances it had been found hard
to get more than a few of the
firemen to come out. He also
said that local firemen should
brush up in anticipation of the
State-Firemen's Convention, to
be held at Greensboro August
9-12.
COMMISSIONERS
HOLD MEETING
County Board Provides For
Five-Piece Health Unit
In Surry >
JURY BOX IS PURGED
At the regular meeting of the
Surry county board of commis
sioners held at Dobson Monday,
the board made provisions in the
county budget to provide for a
five-piece health unit in this
county, the expense to borne
jointly by the towns, county, state
and federal governments.
Dr. Sykes was again reelected
county health officer, and J. W.
Crawford, county farm agent,
with his assistant, Mr. Cobb. The
budget also provides that the
home economics department will
continue under the direction of
Miss Vera Staunton.
As required by law every two
years, the county Jury box was
purged Monday by the commis
sioners. Names of freeholders
who have paid taxes in the past
two years were placed in the box,
from which juries will be drawn
in the future.
PROMINENT SPEAKERS
TO ATTEND MEETING
Unless detained in Washington
upon official business, Senator
Robert R. Reynolds and Hon.
Frank Hancock are to be at the
meeting of soil erosion officials
and workers which is to be held
at the CCC camp near Dobson
Saturday, July 10, beginning at
2:00 p. m.
Other prominent men who are
to be there are Colonel David D.
Thompkins, commander of Dis
trict A, R. C. Milner, district ed
ucational adviser, and E. B. Gar
rett, state co-ordinator of the
Soil Conservation Service. Gener
al George Vanhorn Mosely will
also be present if possible for
him to do so.
The meeting, which will consist
of field trips and speaking, is for
the purpose of better acquaint
ing the farmers of this section
with the value of soil erosion
control.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Haynes of
Mount Airy and little Miss Jo
Anne Sides of Rocky Mount, were
the guests Monday of Mesdames
R. O. Franklin and Fred Mc-
Neely at their home on West
Main street. Mesdames McNeely
and Franklin had as their
guests on Sunday, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Greenwood and Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Litaker and son,
Chartea, Jr., of Ouuiofcfe *
POLICE CHIEF
NAILS CHARGES
Winston-Salem Officer De
nies Cruelty to Negro in
Gold Robbery Case
STORY IS RETRACTED
Stating that the Winston-Sa
lem jail has no dark cell, has no
chains with which to shackle
prisoners to the bars, has no rub
ber hose or other instruments of
torture, and the police employed
no such things on Leßoy Black
man, negro, in preparing their
evidence in the Blackman-Flow
ers gold robbery case of last Sep
tember. Chief of Police Walter P.
Anderson, of that city, Tuesday
night in a prepared statement,
denied the retraction made by
Blackman recently, in which the
negro retracted his confessions
before police and in court relat
ing to the robbery of the Powers
and 'Anderson Dental Supply Co.,
for which he and Dr. Ralph C.
Flowers, prominent Winston-Sa
lem dentist were jointly sentenc
ed to prison.
According to the statement is
sued by the negro, he was sub
jected to third degree methods
which resulted in his confession.
The statement purporterdly com
ing from Blackman was filed by
Dr. Flowers' attorneys along with
the announcement that new evi
dence had been discovered to jus
tify a new trial for Flowers.
In Blackman's statement were
gross charges of cruelty against
several officers in the Winston-
Salem police department. Chief
Anderson warmly defended these
officers in his statement, and
pointed out that his department
welcomed investigation with re
gard to its treatment of any pris
oner in its custody.
LOCAL CHURCH NOW
BEING REMODELED
Work of remodeling the Pil
grim Mission church here, located
on the corner of Market and
Church streets, is now under way,
and should be completed within
30 days, it was learned Wednes
day morning.
Plans provide for the construc
tion of two additional Sunday
school rooms, a heating plant and
other modern features. The build
ing is being altered in shape and
size, and when completed will be
painted white.
Services will be held each Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock and
Sunday school each Sunday morn
ing at 9:45, at the home of Mrs.
C. P. Rogers on Bridge Street
until the building is again ready
for occupancy. There will be no
mid-week prayer service or Sun
day evening service until the
completion of the church.
COUNTY RECORDS ARE
BEING RE-INDEXED
The process of assorting, classi
fying and re-indexieg the records
of the county in the offices of the
register of deeds and the clerk of
court is now under way, the work
being under the supervision of
Mrs. O. C. Comer,
Heretofore any one searching
for any of the older records of the
county, some of which date back
before the signing of the Consti
tution of the United States,
might have to spend hours, or
even days, finding what they
wanted, but When the re-indexing
job is completed all records of the
county will be at the finger tips,
and can be found simply by re
ferring to the indexing catalogue
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Hillan
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKL\
CHATHAM MFG. CO.
PAYS EMPLOYEES
HANDSOME BONUS
Payment Amounts to Ap-
proximately $30,000
AFFECTS 1,500 EMPLOYES
Explanatory Note by Thur
mond Chatham Accompan
ies Each Bonus Check
SECOND IN SIX MONTHS
A bonus, totalling approximate
ly $30,000 and affecting about 1,-
500 employees in its Elkin and
Winston-Salem plants was paid
by the Chatham Manufacturing
Co., last Friday,
The bonus checks accompanied
the regular weekly checks, and
with but few exceptions approxi
mated an additional week's sal
ary. It marked the second bonus
paid to Chatham employees with
in the past six months, a similar
bonus having been paid last
Christmas.
Accompanying the bonus checks
was the following note of explan
ation, signed by Thurmond Chat
ham, president of the company.
"Dear fellow worker:
"This check is a sign of our ap
preciation for the good work you
have done since January Ist. We
have all worked hard, business
has been better and I want you
to feel that your efforts have
brought results.
"You are doing your best to
make quality products. We are
doing our best to keep our prod
ucts sold and to work with you
for a better company. I think we
understand each other and that
as long as we can continue to pull
together, we will have a successful
business. No matter what condi
tions are, we will share the good
and the bad with each other—for
we are all partners.
"I wish for you and your fam
ily a Glorious July Fourth."
HINSHAW HDW. CO.
BUYS NEW HOME
Former R. L. Hubbard Build
ing on West Main Street
Is Purchased
IS BEING REMODELED
The former R. L. Hubbard
building on West Main Street,
next door to Turner Drug Co., has
been purchased by the Hinshaw
Cash Hardware Co., of this city,
it was announced Monday by W.
S. Reich, of the Reich-Hunt Real
ty Co., which handled the sale.
Remodeling of the building is
now under way. Plans call-for a
thoroughly modern front and in
terior which will be used to house
the Hinshaw Cfish Hardware Co.,
now located on East Main. In the
new quarters will be much more
space and a convenient rear en
trance. » ■ » ■ s
The Hubbard building at- the
time of the sale, was the proper
ty of the Bank of ElkLn. . Pur
chase of the building was made
by Leo Hinshaw, trading for the
hardware firm.
SURRY CIVIL COURT
TO CONVENE JULY 12
A two weeks term of civil court
will convene at Dobson Monday.
July 12, at 10:00 a. m., with Judge
Don Phillips presiding for the
term. Only civil cases will be
heard at this session of court,
which has been arranged into a
special civil term.
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