Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 36
CHINESE RUSH TO
THEIR DEATH IN
ATTACK ON JAPS
Sudden Raid May Touch Off
Spark of War
ATTACK IS UNEXPECTED
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Japanese Cabinet Meets in
Tokyo in Emergency Ses
sion As Shells Roar
AMERICANS WARNED
Peiping, Wednesday, July 21. —
Led by naked Chinese warriors of
the "Suicide Brigade," who rush
ed screaming into the face of
Japanese machine-gun fire. Chi
nese troops of the 29th army flung
themselves against Japanese lines
below the walls of Peiping early
today in an attack that threaten
ed to explode the North China
crisis in open war.
While the Japanese cabinet met
in Tokyo in emergency session,
with rumors that a formal decla
ration of war might be made, the
Japanese military command in
North China ordered an advance
on Chinese positions along the
Yungting River, southwest of
Peiping.
The roar of artillery could be
heard in the walled city, where
foreign nationals, including Amer
icans, were instructed to prepare
for immediate evacuation.
The unexpected Chinese attack
was after intermittent artillery
fire had rumbled throughout the
night was believed to have touch
ed off the spark of war.
Major-General Torashiro Kaw
abe, commander of the Japanese
brigade stationed in Peiping, im
mediately notified the Japanese
military high command that it
would be necessary to strike "an
other and deadlier blow unless the
Chinese reflect on their actions."
The so-called "Suicide Brigade"
young Chinese students who
stripp off their clothes as a sym
bol that they have determined to
die for their cause—raced toward
Japanese lines near Lukuochiao
carrying machine guns.
Their fate was not known, but
it was supposed they had been an
nihilated by Japanese machine
guns.
INVENTOR OF
RADIO PASSES
Marconi, Father of Wireless,
Dies of Sudden Heart
f Attack Tuesday
LEFT WORK UNFINISHED
Rome, July 20.—A world bound
more closely through his genius
tonight mourned the death of the
Marquis Ouglielmo Marconi, the
father of wireless.
The famous inventor, who was
21 when he discovered how to
telegraph through space, died
early today of heart paralysis in
his palace-home in the heart of
Rome. He was 63 years old.
He left unfinished his far
reaching development of the ul
tra-short wave, but his work will
be carried on by the group of ex
perts who have searched with him
in the mysteries of transmission
without wires.
Marconi, whose wireless mes
sages first bridged the Atlantic
in 1901, was a frequent visitor to
the United States.
First of the leaders to pay re
spects at the deathbed was Pre
mier Benito Mussolino who kiss
ed his forehead. Marconi was to
have seen II Duce last night in
the Palazzo Venezia, but a sud
den heart attack forced the in
ventor to cancel the visit.
There are only five precious
stones: diamonds, sapphires, em
aWs, rubies and opals.
Elkin Schools
Arc To Open
September 13th
Elkin schools will open Mon
day, September 13, for the
1937-38 term with the faculty
unchanged from bat term, J.
Mark MoAdams, superinten
dent, has stated,
i Coach Webb Newsome, di
rector of athletics In the local
schools last term, and who 1a
now playing baseball with
Mount Airy Is the 81-State
league, will return to continue
m athletics Instructor daring
the forthcoming term.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Devil Dancers in Celebration
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Flagstaf, Ariz. . . . Apaches, members of what wa& once the fiercest
of fighting tribes, pictured during their Devil Dance at recent three
day annual Southwestern All-Indian Celebration here.
IATENEWQ
from the
State and Nation
TWO FLORIDA
NEGROES LYNCHED
Tallahassee, Fla., July 20.
Unidentified white men took
two negro youths from the
county jail, four blocks from
the Florida capital, and rid
dled their bodies with bullets
early today.
The negroes, Richard Haw
kins and Ernest Ponder, each
about 18, were held on a charge
of stabbing Policeman V. F.
Kelly Sunday when he at
tempted to question them about
breaking into a store. Kelly is
in a serious condition in a
hospital.
SWIMMING STAR
SEEKING DIVORCE
Cleveland, July 20.—Eleanor
Holm Jarrett has been singing
"Let's Call The Whole Thing
Off" to Art Jarrett, she dis
closed today, but she has no
intention of humming "Only a
Rose" to Fannie Brice's hus
band Billy.
The well-proportioned back
stroke champion, center at a
storm that kicked up waves of
champagne about the Olympic
team's boat last year, said she
had discussed a divorce with
her crooning band leader hus
s band. But she insisted that did
not mean a romance with her
boas, Billy Rose, as Cleveland
gossips had it.
CUMBERLAND
FAVORS CONTROL
Fayetteville, July 20.—Com
plete unofficial returns from
Cumberland county's 23 pre
cincts gave proponents of coun
ty liquor stores a majority of
1,004 votes tonight.
Wets mustered 3,209 votes
and drys 2,205. The returns
probably will be canvassed to
morrow.
The county voted against re
peal of the 18th amendment
in November, 1933.
GASOLINE ADVANCE
UNDER ATTACK
Raleigh, July 20.—Represen
tative Oscar Barker, of Dur
ham, told Governor Hoey to
day that there is "no justifica
tion so far as the state is con
cerned" for a recent half-cent
increase in the price of gaso
line per gallon.
Barker was one of the au
thors of the new state gasoline
inspection law and conferred
with the governor about nam
ing the gasoline board of stan
dards and inspections.
The representative said the
gasoline companies contended
the increase in prices was due
to increased inspcctional coats
but mid "there is no justifica
tion for this at all, because the
state has not Increased its in
spectional costs one cent or
even a portion of a cent."
BURRUS FAMILY TO
HOLD ANNUAL MEET
The Burrus family wi}l hold
their annual reunion at Pleasant
Grove church about nine 1 miles
west of Albemarle, on the Char
lotte-Albemarle highway in Stan
ley county, on Friday, July 23.
Prominent orators have been
secured to deliver addresses. A
cordial invitation is extended
members of the family from this
section to attend the reunion as
guests of the family fromi eastern
section of the state.
CHATHAM TO FACE
HANES HERE SAT.
Charlie Gough, Recovered
From Arm Injury, Will
Be on Second Sack
EXPECTING HARD GAME
The Chatham Blanketeers are
working hard, pointing for two
hard games to be played this week
the first Friday with Albemarle
there and the second here Satur
day with Hanes Hosiery, of Wins
ton-Salem. Saturday's game will
be called at 3:30 o'clock.
The Hanes team is said to be
very strong this season, and made
an excellent showing in the re
cent North Carolina Semi-Pro
tournament at Greensboro.
Due to the fact that their man
ager, Charlie Gough, has been out
of the line-up with a broken arm,
the Blanketeers have been in
somewhat of a slump, but on Sat
urday the team will be clicking
with Gough back on second, it
was said.
After Saturday's game the
Blanketeers will go to Burlington
to play May Hosiery team in a
night game.
CHILD IS BURNED
TO DEATH IN FIRE
Dies as Barn Burns in Level
Cross Community During
Past Week-End
AS PLAYING IN BARN
A five-year-old child, the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Romie
Snow, of the Level Cross com
munity of Surry county, was
burned to death in a fire during
the past week-end which de
stroyed a barn on the Snow farm,
it has been learned here.
The entire building was envel
oped in flames before the fire was
discovered and it was found im
possible to rescue the child, who
had been playing in the barn and
who might, it is thought, have
been playing with matches that
originated the blaze.
The child's body was entirely
cremated, it was said.
Trees, on the average, send
their roots out in all directions a
distance equal to about one and
one-third times their own height.
Local Men Witness Gas
Execution At Raleigh
Death, robed in lazy gray fumes,
floated upward while tense white
faces, showing the strain of 'sub
dued excitement, looked on. pow
erless to interfere had there been
the urge.
Strapped securely to a heavy
wooden chair, sat a man whose
bulging eyes watched each lan
quid, curling whirl of the grayish
vapor as it floated upward. A
man of black skin who was there
to meet death as the state of
North Carolina claimed "an eye
for an eye."
The negro was Fred Steele, 24,
a native of Oaston county, who
by his own confession was guilty
of the death of Thomas Cliffford
Fowler, Charlotte taxi-driver.
Outside the small gas chamber
were Cola Pulp and Tom Shugart
of Elkin. 33L-.&
Mr. Pulp, an acquaintance of
Warden H. H. sf State
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937
PUBLIC LIBRARY
HERE WILL SOON
BE AN ACTUALITY
Full-Time Librarian Is to Be
In Charge
ARE TO MAKE CANVASS
Books Will Be Loaned Library
by State Library
Commission
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-WOMAN'S CLUB SPONSOR
Coming as wplcome news to
many public spirited citizens who
have long sought such a local as
set, is the fact that Elkin will
soon have a public library.
Through the WPA a full time li
brarian will be in charge and the
library will be conveniently lo
cated in the downtown section.
Miss Virginia Price will be librar
ian.
A house-to-house canvass will
be made for suitable books for the
library beginning Monday of next
week, according to Mrs. Paul
Gwyn, president of the Woman's
Club. The project will be spon
sored by the club, and in addition
to local donations which will be
kept permanently in the library,
books will be loaned by the state
library commission.
It is hoped that the citizens will
cooperate fully with the move
ment and make generous dona
tions, either in books or cash, in
order that the library can be
opened to the public within a
short time.
Names of contributors will be
published at the completion of
the canvass.
SURRY BAPTISTS
PLAN GATHERING
Association Will Meet at Si
loam Baptist Church On
July 29 and 30
FINE PROGRAM PLANNED
The Surry Missionary Baptist
association will meet at the Si
loam Baptist church July 29-30.
An interesting program is now in
preparation with many important
and intesting people expected to
be present. ,
M. A. Huggins, general secretary
of the Baptist state convention of
Raleigh, is scheduled to speak,
Thursday, July 29. I. G. Greer,
general manager of Mills Home,
Baptist orphanage at Thomasville,
will also be at the meeting, as will
Smith Hagaman, general superin
tendent of the Baptist Hospital in
Winston-Salem.
Other prominent men of the
state who are expected are Rev
J. S. Farmer, of Raleigh, editor of
the Biblical Recorder, and Rev.
J. A. McMillan, of Thomasville,
editor of Charity and Children.
Two interesting men from other
countries will also be heard at the
meeting. They are Rev. Harold
Cchaly, of Porto Alegre, Brazil,
and Dr. Church Ozaki, of Fuku
oka, Japan.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith and
little son of Greensboro, and Mr.
and Mrs. N. S. Forester, Jr., and
little daughter, Joan, of North
Wilkesboro, were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. L.
Church, at their home on Gwyn
Avenue.
Prison, had secured two passes to
witness the execution of Steele.
Early on the morning of July 16
he and Mr. Shugart presented
their passes to prison officials and
were admitted to see the life of a
fellow human snuffed out by gas.
Steele, Mr. Pulp said, walked
into the death house unaided. As
he made his appearance a forced
smile wrinkled his features while
prison attendants made ready to
place him in the gas chamber.
Once inside, and clad only in
shorts, the negro was strapped td
the death chair, while a contain
er of acid was put in position be
neath the chair. To his body, di
rectly above the heart was strap
ped a stethoscope so that a phy
sician outside would be able to
determine when he was dead.
Under the chair, directly above
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Composer Is Dead
Los Angeles, Cal. . . George
Gershwin, master of jazz, and
writer of "Rhapsody in Blue," died
in Hollywood at 38 years of age,
after operation for brain tumor.
ALL IN READINESS
FOR "BIG LAMBAST"
Stage Program to Be Pre
sented at Lyric Theatre '
Friday Night
SPONSORED BY CHURCH
''The Big Lambast of 1937,"
featuring the best talent of the
two amateur shows held here in
the past, will be presented from
the stage of the Lyric theatre
Friday night, following the show
ing of the Laurel and Hardy full
length comedy, "Way Out West."
The stage program is not ex
pected to last over one hour and
should be highly entertaining
throughout. Through the courtesy
of Sherman Newman, a micro
phone and loudspeaker system will
be installed on the stage.
In addition to music by Charles
Pardue and his Midnight Rang
ers, Leon Martin, Misses Ruth
Beulin and Edna Billings, Hal
Dobbins and Miss Gerry Weaver,
the program will also feature
comedy by Byron Bryan and fun
in the shape of Prof. Fizz and
his question box.
When Prof. Fizz appears, he
will call for volunteers to come
upon the stage to answer ques
tions that will be drawn from a
hat. This portion of the pro
gram is expected to be highly en
tertaining.
A musical highlight of the pro
gram will be a horn solo by Alan
Browning, Jr., who will be accom
panied by Miss Dorothy Colhard
at the piano and Byron Bryan on
his "musical washtub."
The musical part of the pro
gram has been arranged by Miss
Colhard, who will accompany all
vocal numbers. Mr. Browning
will act as announcer and master
of ceremonies. Howard Windsor
will have the part of local an
nouncer for Elkin's powerful little
four watt station PHEW, which
is a member of the Irrational
Lambasting System.
The program is sponsored by
the Elkin Presbyterian church.
B. T. U. HOLDS
ANNUAL MEETING
Officers Are installed for Year
1937-38; Interesting Pro
gram is Presented
f
The ninth annual B. T. U.
meeting of the Yadkin associa
tion met at Shady Grove Baptist
church on Sunday afternoon, Ju
ly 18. with an interesting pro
gram.
The following officers were in
stalled for the coming year 1937-
1938:
President, G. D. Hudler; Vice-
Pres., F. A. Lineberry; Secretary
and Treasurer, Miss Virginia
Lineberry; Intermediate leader,
Mrs. N. L. Hudspeth; Junior lead
er, Miss Bertha Adams; Sword
Drill leader, Mrs. G. S. Wagoner;
Story Hour leader. Miss Ola Steel
man; Pianist, Mrs. Ivory Johnson;
Choirist, Leon Martin; District 1
leader, Edgar Burrus; District 2
leader, Gyron Shermer; District
3 leader, Mrs. Gurney Joyner;
District 4 leader, Hubert Evans.
Advisory pastor, Rev. J. G. All
good.
During the evening a ".sword
drill" was given and the winners
were Miss Virginia Lineberry for
intermediates and Leo Wagoner
for the Juniors.
Misses Carolyn Lillard and
Josephine Paul will sail Saturday
from Norfolk on the 8. S. Fair
fax, for a two weeks cruise to
Boston and Nova Scotia, visiting
Halifax, Kentville, Digby ; An
napolis Royal, Yarmouth and the
Bids On Post Office
Here Are Revealed;
All Considered High
Asks That Blair
Bid Be Accepted
On Post Office
The following telegram was
sent by Postmaster F. W. Gra
ham to Congressman Frank
Hancock, at Washington, early
Wednesday morning:
"Please insist on contract
award to Blair for oar post of
fice construction providing full
use of granite. Extra ten per
cent apparently needed."
According to bids opened
Tuesday, the Blair Construc
tion company, of Montgomery,
Ala., will be low bidder provid
ed both alternate bids provid
ing for granite facing up to the
water table, and granite trim,
are accepted. However, if alter
nate bids are not accepted L
B. Gallimore, of Greensboro,
will prove the lowest biddtar
by $14.00.
THOS.R. NEWMAN
TAKEN BY DEATH
Passes Away in West Elkin
Home Monday night After
Long Illness
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Thomas R. Newman, 61, passed
away at his home in West Elkin,
Monday night, following an ill
ness of about a year from ulcer
of the stomach. He had been
seriously ill for about six months
and his death was not unexpect
ed.
Mr. Newman was a member of
long standing of the Pleasant Hill
Baptist church and was a mem
ber of the Jr. O. U. A. M. frater
nity. He had spent the greater
part of his life in this vicinity,
with the exception of about sev
en years spent in Yadkin county.
He returned to Elkin to make his
home in the late winter of last
year.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Sarah Smith Newman, four sons,
Claude, Joseph and Henry New
man, Elkin and Roy Newman,
Arlington, and two daughters,
Mrs. Thomas Harris, Jr., of Elkin,
and Mrs. Ernest Hutchins, of Si
loam. Three brothers, George,
Romle and Sanford Newman, El
kin, and three sisters, Mrs. Car
rie Morrison and Mrs. L. H. Ree
ves, Elkin and Mrs. James Chip
man of Cycle and twelve grand
children also survive.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon from Pleasant
Hill church. The rites were in
charge of Rev. Richard Day, Rev.
Isom Vestal and Rev. Grant
Cothren. Interment was with
honors by the Jr. O. U. A. M.
ARE RESURFACING
PART OF HIGHWAY
Work of resurfacing the Elkin-
Winston-Salem highway between
Boonville and East Bend is now
under way, and that section of
the road has been closed to all
traffic, it was learned Wednesday
from T. A. Leeper, district high
way engineer.
Traffic enroute to Elkin from
Winston-Salem should come by
way of Yadkinville, Mr. Leeper
stated. Traffic from Elkin to
Winston-Salem should go either
by Brooks Cross Roads or by
Boonville.
The highway is expected to be
closed only a short while.
GOUGH GIVES BOND
FOR TRIAL ON MONDAY
Ed Gough, 31, of Hamptonville,
was released from Yadkin jail
Tuesday night under bond of
SI,OOO, after being charged with
rape by Miss Nannie Neal, 20, of
the same neighborhood.
The alleged offense was com
mitted on July 3, according to the
warrant and Gough was arrested
Monday, while working with a
threshing crew near Elkin. Pre
liminary trial of Gough will be
held before Magistrate A. A. Wil
lard in Yadkinville next Monday
morning at ten o'clock.
The moon makes a oompSete
circuit of the earth in an avtrj&ge
of 27 days, 7 hours, 32.2 minutes.
Elldn
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TREASURY MAY ASK
ADDITIONAL MONEY
ON ELKIN PROJECT
L. B. Gallimore, Greensboro,
Low Bidder
HIS FIGURE IS $51,075.00
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Algernon Blair, of Montgom
ery,' Alabama, Submits
Second Lowest Bid
SPECIFY 2 ALTERNATES
By Paul May
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washinton, July 21.—Bids for
construction of Elkin's new post
office are all so high treasury of
ficals are considering asking more
money for the project, they said
today.
Bids were opened Tuesday,
the low bidder being L. B. Galli
more, of Greensboro, with a bid
of $51,075. Gallimore specified
two alternates, additions of $2,
510 and $2,200 to cover respect
ively granite facing instead of
concrete up to the level of the
water table, and granite instead
of limestone for exterior trim.
Algernon Blair, of Montgomery,
Ala., was second low at $51,089,
with alternates of $2,618 and sl,-
867.
If both alternates bids are ac
cepted Blair would be low bidder
at $55,574, and Gallimore second
at $55,785. With the cost limit
$65,000 it is doubtful, officals
said, if the alternate bids can be
accepted.
In addition to the main con
tract, funds must be deducted
from the cost limit for purchase
of the site, administrative con
struction expenses and minor con
tracts.
The $65,000 cost limit can be
increased by 10 per cent, it was
learned, without congressional
approval, if the treasury so re
quests.
Third low bidder was J. A.
Jones Co., Inc., of Charlotte, at
$51,360. Other bidders were
James I. Barnes, Charlottesville,
Va.; the Upchurch Construction
Co., Montgomery, Ala.; C.' E.
Trainer Construction Co., Hunt
ington, W. Va.; Loucks and Clark
Construction Co., Wallingford
Conn.; Blauner Construction Co.,
Chicago, 111.; and Bonded Con
struction Corp., New York City.
Bids ranged up to $66,454.
SURRY WILL SEEK
STATE HATCHERY
In the event that a movement
now on foot for the placing of a
a state fish hatchery in this sec
tion of the. state materializes,
Surry county can offer five excel
lent sites, according to Martin
Bennett, Surry county game war
den. Several places in the moun
tain section of Western Surry
would make ideal sites, he stated.
A hatchery in Surry, the game
warden explained, would employ
a number of workers in the con
struction and would give perman
ent employment to a number of
men.
j In the United States, for every
square mile of land fit for culti
vation, there are about 100 per
sons. In Japan there are 2,400
persons.
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