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he Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 37
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Brigantine Beach, N. J. . . .
Crabbing is a great sport. Pretty
Viola Roberts displaying part of
a salad which she caught with
flannel, saturated in sardine oil,
attached to an ordinary cataJin
tuna lure.
HIGHWAY DEATHS
1 LOWER IN JUNE
Report Shows Three Per
Cent Decline in Fatali
ties in Nation
MILEAGE GAIN SHOWN
Chicago, July 27. Deaths on
the highways decreased 3 per
cent last month, compared with
June, 1936, ending a period of 13
months in which the totals were
higher than the corresponding
periods of the previous year, the
National Safety council reported
today.
June traffic fatalities number
ed 2,860, a drop of 90 from last
year's June total, in spite of an
estimated 2,000,000,000 mile in
crease in motor travel.
The council said the unfavorable
balance with last year persisted,
however, in six months compari
sons. Traffic deaths for 1937 up
to June 30 were placed at 17,000
against 15,160 during the first six
months last year.
The increase of 13 per cent in
deaths was tempered by a 10 per
cent increase in motor mileage.
The half-year rate of 14.5 fatali
ties per 100,000,000 miles of trav
el was only 3 per cent above 1936.
June's death total compared
with 3,050 in May, 1937, and 2,800
in May, 1936.
Half of the 32 states which re
ported to" the council for June
showed fewer auto deaths than
June a year ago, while 11 of the
41 states which reported for eith
er five or six months showed de
creases in comparison with simi
lar periods in 1936.
The nationls cities as a whole
reduced traffic deaths 9 per cent
in June, but their record for the
first half-year was 11 per cent
ftigher than in 1936. Eighty-three
cities of 10,000 or more popula
tion had no fatalities up to July 1.
HOMECOMING AT
ELKIN VALLEY
All-Day Service and Dinner on
the Ground Will Feature Event
at Elkln Valley Baptist Church
Homecoming day will be obser
ved by the Elkin Valley Baptist
church on Sunday, August 1, with
an all-day service and dinner on
the grounds. The pastor, Rev. R.
E. Adams, will deliver the message
of welcome at 11:00 a. m.. at which
time there will be a roll call of
the members as well as former
pastors, and the neighboring
churches are cordially invited to
attend.
At 8:00 p. m. Rev. J. P. Carter,
pastor of the Waughtown Baptist
church, of Winston-Salem, will
preach the opening sermdn of the
annual protracted meeting, which
will continue throughout the
week, with services twice daily, at
11:00 a. m. and at 8:00 p. m.
Special music will be furnished by
the church choir, under the di
rection of James Mitchell.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
P. O. S. OF A. TO HOLD
OPEN MEETING AUG. 2ND
An open meeting of the P. O. S.
of A. will be held here Monday
night, August 2. Every member
is urged to attend and bring a
friend.
Henry H. Styles, state president
and Fred O. Sink, state secretary,
both of Lexington, are. scheduled
to be present. Other state offic
ials are also expected.
An interesting program has been
planned and refreshments jrtll be
served.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
THREATEN CLOSE
OF LEAF MARKETS
IF PRICE IS LOW
North Carolina Growers Make
.Statement
SEEKING LEGISLATION
Announcement Comes When
Legislation Appears Doubt
ful This Session
ASK REASONABLE PRICE
Washington, July 27.—North
Carolina tobacco growers said to
day they would close leaf markets
of the state if prices are not fa
vorable this fall.,
Their announcement came af
ter Chairman Jones (D), Texas,
of the House agriculture com
mittee, announced prospects are
not "especially bright" for farm
legislation at the present session
of Congress.
J. E. Winslow, of Greenville,
N. C., president of the North
Carolina Farm Federation, and
Claude T. Hall, of Woodsdale, N.
C., chairman of the flue-cured to
bacco advisory committee, said ef
forts would be continued to ob
tain tobacco legislation, but if
they failed and prices were un
favorable emergency steps would
be taken.
They made their statement af-.
ter a meeting of tobacco growers'
representatives and congressmen
to discuss the possibility of to
bacco legislation. J B. Hutson,
assistant AAA administrator, also
attended.
. "If there is no legislation and
the North Carolina markets open
without the farmers getting a fair
price, the growers will close the
markets," Winslow said.
"We will ask the tobacco com
panies how much they can buy
at fair prices, set up marketing
quotas for next year and reduce
next year's crop in line with the
quotas."
The first of North Carolina's
major tobacco markets open Au
gust 26 in the state's eastern belt.
Closing of North Carolina's to
bacco markets in 1933, by guber
natorial proclamation, was fol
lowed by adoption of a tobacco
plan under the old agricultural
adjustment act which consider
ably boosted prices.
DEVELOPMENTS
ARE PLANNED
Hotel to Be Constructed Near
Scenic Highway in
Bluff Park
S TO HAVE 50 ROOMS
The Bluff Park in northern
Wilkes and southern Alleghany
will contain 6,000 acres' of rug
ged mountain scenery and will be
the outstanding wayside park and
maintenance point for a distance
of about one-third of the Blue
Ridge Parkway, it was learned
today from Sam P. Weems, pro
ject manager for the national
park service.
The park service plans the de
velopment of 19 wayside parks
and work is now going forward
on three of the projects, the Bluff
Park, a wayside park in Surry and
Alleghany counties and one in
Virginia.
However, the Bluff Park in
Wilkes and Alleghany is the larg
est of these wayside stops for the
vacationists who will travel the
scenic boulevard and construction
of a 50-room hotel near the sum
mit of the Blue Ridge and at the
top of "Wildcat Rock" will begin
in a short time. The hotel, to be
constructed by the park service,
will probably be leased as a con
cession, Mr. Weems said. y
JONESVILLE GIRL
SCOUTS REGISTERED
Twelve Jonesville girls, under
sponsorship of the Jonesville
Parent-Teacher Association, re
ceived membership certificates
and a charter from Girl Scouts,
Inc., last week. The movement
has been underway for a year but
due to lack of a leader, had not
been registered.
Leaders are: Mrs. Ivory John
son, captain; Mrs. Hope Brown,
Miss Bertha Adams, lieutenants;
and Mesdames W. V. Holcomb, J.
Q. Ray and Joe Paris, committee.
Members are: Helen Brown,
Eliazbeth Minnish, Helen Slat
tery, Mary Tompson. Eloise
Sparks, Mary Greenwood, Mary
Warren, Edwina and Juanlta Ray,
Doris Shugart, Frances Swalm
and Virginia Holcomb.
U. S. At Paris Fair
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Paris, France ... A view of the
American Pavillion at the inter
national Exposition here, which
was recently opened before 300
distinguished American and
French guests, headed by U. S.
Ambassador W. C. Bullitt.
2 MORE PAPERS
FILED IN CASE
S
Claim That Illegal Votes Were
Cast for Swaringen,
Made by Poplin
SUR REJOINDER IS FILED
Latest developments in the
Swaringen-Poplin election suit
wherein Swaringen, fcfrmer Re
publican chairman of the board of
county commissioners, is suing
Leet Poplin, Democrat, for title to
office as a member of the board,
were the filing of a rejoinder to
the reply to the answer and the
filing of a sur-rejoinder to the re
joinder.
In the rejoinder filed by Pop
lin's counsel it was again alleged
that the matters covered in the
controversy were heard before
Judge J. H. Clement in a manda
mus action soon after the election
and dismissed by that jurist, and
denied that Judge Clement in his
judgment suggested any further
action in the matter.
The rejoinder alleged that nei
their Swaringen nor anyone in his
behalf protested the election or
asked a recount of the votes from
Rock Creek, where Swaringen
contends he was credited with an
even hundred votes less than he
received.
Another allegation in the de
fendants rejoinder, considered
somewhat surprising at this stage
of the case, was to the effect that
illegal votes were cast for Swar
ingen on election day, November
3. This was denied by Swaringen's
counsel.
SINGING SCHOOL
IS IN PROGRESS
Public Invited to Attend
Classes at Arlington
Baptist Church
HELD EACH EVENING
An old fashioned singing school
is in progress at the Arlington
Baptist church this week under
the able leadership of David Day.
with the classes beginning at 7:30
each evening and continuing for
an hour and a half.
The new building recently con
structed by the church was occu
pied for the first time on Sunday
July 18, and since that time rec
ord crowds have been in attend
ance at all of the services, the
singing school having opened
with more than 60 in attendance.
The church is to be host to the
Yadkin Missionary Baptist Asso
ciation at its next annual gath
ering, which will be the latter
part of July, 1938.
The public is cordially Invited
to attend the singing classes.
DURHAM SINGER IS TO
AID IN REVIVAL HERE
Rev. Chas. Jolly, of Durham,
will lead the song service for the
revival meeting to begin at the
First Baptist church in this city
the fourth Sunday In August, ac
cording to Rev. Eph Whlsenhunt,
pastor of the church. Rev. J. C.
Canipe, of Boone, will assist Rev.
Whlsenhunt in the services, which
will continue for two weeks.
The church extends a cordial
invitation to the public to attend
the services.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1937
[ATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
WINSTON DENTIST
STARTS SENTENCE
The case of Dr. Ralph C.
Flowers is "now closed in the
courts," his attorney, Louis
Whitener, stated in Hickory
yesterday.
Further prosecution of a writ
of habeas corpus secured by
the attorneys after the former
Winston-Salem dentist and
State Exchange Club president
was denied a new trial at a
hearing here last week will not
be had, Mr. Whitener said.
With final of
efforts to absolve himself of
the robbery of a dental supply
company here of S7OO in dental
gold, Dr. Flowers began a sen
tence of seven to ten years In
the state penitentiary.
SENATE CONSIDERING
WAGE-HOUR BILL
Washington, July 27. The
Senate today began considera
tion of the Black-Connery wage
and hour bill, one of the most
controversial of the session,
with opponents reported threat
ening a filibuster involving an
anti-lynching amendment.
Prolonged debate of the
wage-hour bill would jeopardize
its chances of passage with
Congress anxious to adjourn.
One sure way of starting pro
longed debate is to ask the Sen
ate to pass an anti-lynching
measure.
Southern Democrats have
filibusted such attempts to
death on two occasions.
ROOSEVELT WINS
FIRST ROUND
Washington, July 27. Pres
ident Roosevelt won the first
round of his fight with Con
gress over government reorg
anization late today when the
House of Representatives in a
wild session, passed a bill au
thorizing him to employ six
new assistants "with a passion
for anonymity."
The roll call vote was an
nounced as 260 to 88.
It was the first—and prob
ably will be the only part of
Mr. Roosevelt's sweeping reog
anization program—to receive
congressional attention at this
session.
FAYETTEVILLE MAN
HEADS LEGION
Durham, July 27.—The state
department of the American
Legion closed its convention
here today, when it elected
Hector C. Blackwell of Fayette
ville new commander over Ar
thur B. Corey of Greenville.
The balloting was halted, how
ever, when Corey withdrew his
name and asked that Blackwell
be elected by acclamation.
Winston-Salem Was chosen
as the 1938 convention city.
REBELS SHELL
SLEEPING CITY
Madrid, Wednesday, July 28
—Rebel artillery shelled this
sleeping city early today, kill
ing and wounding an unknown
number.
While a loyalist "lost brig
ade" of 2,000 to 3,000 men held
Quitjorne to the west against
overwhelming odds, insurgent
guns raked the city with heavy
shot from one end to the other,
apparently in retaliation for
the loyalists' halting the rebel
counter-offensive to the west.
GOUGH IS FREED ON
CHARGE OF ASSAULT
Ed Gough, 25, charged in a
warrant with assault with intent
to commit rape, was given his
freedom by Magistrate A. A. Wil
lard after a preliminary hearing
in Yadkinville Monday morning.
The prosecuting witness, Miss
Nannie Neal, 16, took the witness
stand and related the circumstan
ces of the attack, which she said
took place at the spring near her
father's home, close to Hampton
ville on July 3.
After evidence was in Magis
trate Will&rd announced that it
was insufficient to hold the de
fendant, who also lived near
Hamptonville, and the dismissal
followed, ggjl
A free hand is one where peo
ple are crushed by taxes because
politicians are afraid to remove
voters from the feed trough,
U. S. To Sell Gold To Brazil
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Washington, D. C. . . . Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgen
thau (left), Arthur de Sousa Costa, Minister of Finance of Brazil,
and Secretary of State Cordell Hull, after signing of agreement un
der which the U. S. will Bell gold to Brazil up to $60,000,000.
Response In
Book Drive Here
Is Generous
Citizens of the town have re
sponded generously to the Wo
man's Club's appeal for books
for Elkin's new public library,
according to Mrs. Paul Gwyn,
president of the club. Several
people were not at home when
the solicitors called and for the
benefit of those, they may tele
phone either Mrs. Gwyn or Miss
Virginia Prioe, who will call for
their contributions. It is hoped
that every citizen, of the town
will contribute as much as pos
sible to this worthy movement.
BLANKETEERS WIN
OVER BURLINGTON
Defeat May Hosiery Mill 7-4
In Night Game
Saturday
PLAY HERE SATURDAY
Rained out here Saturday af
ternoon in the third innning with
the score standing 2-0 in their fa
vor against Hanes Hosiery, of
Winston-Salem, the Chatham
Blanketeers upped umbrellas and
headed for Burlington, where un
der more favorable skies they
handed the May Hosiery mill nine
a 7-4 defeat in the first night
game ever played in that city.
Approximately 1,000 fans were
on tap for the night opener to
see Mackie and Davis, of the
Blanketeers, go to town with one
homer each.
Boles and Brown pitched good
ball for the local team.
This afternoon the Blanketeers
will go to Statesville for a game
with the Statesville Weavers, and
Saturday afternoon at 3:45 will
take on Hanes Knitters at River
side Park here in an N. C. Semi-
Pro league game.
YADKIN BAPTIST
ASSOC. IN MEET
147 th Session Held With
Yadkin Valley Baptist
Church Last Week
J. THAD REECE PRESIDES
The Yadkin Baptist Association
held its 147 th session with the
Yadkin Valley Baptist church on
Tuesday and Wednesday of last
week with the moderator, J. Thad
Reece, of YadkinvUle, presiding,
and with a large delegation pres
ent.
High lights of the meeting were
sermons and addresses by Dr.
Smith Hagaman, of the Baptist
Hospital of Winston-Salem; Dr.
I. O. Greer, superintendent of the
Baptist orphanage; Rev. Charles
Stevens, of the South Side Bap
tist church, of Winston-Salem;
and Mrs. O. H. Craver of Boon
ville.
The 148 th session of the Asso
ciation will be held with the new
Arlington Baptist church, which
was received into the Yadkin As
sociation, on Thursday and Fri
day after the fourth Sunday in
July of 1938. Rev. R. E. Adams
pastor of the Elkin Valley Baptist
church is to deliver the annual
sermon.
Storms have populated remote
islands with animal life by driv
ing birds out of their courses.
THREE OLD LADIES
LIVE SIMPLE LIFE
Have Never Seen Motion .Pic
ture and Surprised that
Sheriff Looked Human
YOUNGEST 75 YEARS OLD
Yadkinville, July 28. (Special)—
Three aged sisters who have
lived the simple, easy life of good
country women, came to Yadkin
ville last week to see about the old
age pension they hoped to get in
their declining, feeble years.
The three were Miss Millie Bet
Davis, 80; Mrs. Lina Randleman,
77; and Mrs. Sarah Hutchens, 75,
They were born two miles south or
East Bend and have spent their
entire lives in the same neighbor
hood and all live in the same
home. The oldest, Miss Davis, is
almost blind and deaf. The oth
er two have better health.
These three old ladies probably
exceed the record of any sisters
in Yadkin county in many ways.
They have lived their lives in a
simple, orderly fashion, far away
from the hue and cry of present
day life. They said they were
born and reared without the help
of the telephone, motor car, air
plane or the many oth&r fast and
noisy ways of present day life, al
though one of them did ride on
a train one time a short distance,
but said she "never wanted to
take such a trip again because
she didn't know a soul on that
train." These good women don't
think much of the "new fangled"
ways of people, such as vaccinat
ing against disease, killing germs,
etc., because they are not sure
there is "any such animal" as a
germ.
Never Saw Picture
Although they have lived in
Yadkin county, all their lives only
one of them had ever been in the
county court house until last
week when they visited it. They
were surprised to learn that the
high sheriff of the county look
ed "just like other people" be-
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FORMER ELKIN MAN
PASSES-JULY 21ST
Henry Frank Foster, 35, for
merly of Elkin, died late Wed
nesday in a Thomasvllle hospital
following an operation for ap
pendicitis. Mr. Foster was the son
of S. A. Foster of this city and
the late Mrs. Callie Tharpe Fos
ter. He was a native of Har
mony.
Funeral services were held Fri
day morning at 10 o'clock from
the home to North Elkin. The
rites were in charge of* Rev. Eli
Jordon. Following the service
the remains were carried to Har- i
mony for interment.
He is survived by his father, a
brother, Shuferd Foster, of Wins
ton-Salem, and his step-mother.
500 FEET OF NEW
FIRE HOSE ARRIVE
Five hundred feet of new fire
hose was received Wednesday by
the local fire department, making
a total of 1,500 feet now carried
by the two trucks. None of the
hose on either truck Is over a
year old.
With the addition of the 500
feet, the department has ample
hose, W. W. Whitaker, fire-chief,
said, for average fires. In case
of a large fire, several hundred
feet of old hose could be pressed
Into service, and if this should
prove insufficient, other hose
could be borrowed from the Chat
ham Manufacturing Co.
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Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
JAPS LAUNCH NEW
DRIVES FROM AIR,
LAND, ON PEIPING
Strike With Deadly Swiftness
In North China
USING HEAVY ARTILLERY
Casualties Are Reported
Enormous as "Undeclar
ed" War Rages On (
AMERICANS IN DANGER
Peiping, July 28 (Wednesday)
—Japanese trops, striking with
deadly swiftness by land and air,
attacked Chinese troops on four
sides of Peiping today in North
China's undeclared war.
First reports said part of the
vaunted Chinese 19th route army
was annihilated at Nanyuan Bar
racks 10 miles south of here.
Other reports said the Japa
nese, using heavy artillery and
two squadrons of warplanes, cap
tured Hanying and Hsingkung.
both south of Peiping.
Hsiyuan, garrisoning the 37th
Chinese division just northwest of
Peiping, was bombed.
Casualities were reported enor
mous on both sides.
Fighting raged to the north
and east, and southwest toward
Tientsin.
The Chinese central govern
ment at Nanking was reported
rushing its regular army troops
northward to the defense of Peip
ing.
Peiping was in an uproar, Chi
nese civilians as well as foreign
residents, including several hun
dred Americans, fled to the lega
tion quarter where marine guards
erected sandbag barricades.
The Japanese, rolling north
ward from their military base at
Fengtai, encircled the city and
began hammering at Chinese po
sitions with trench mortars.
At midnight the Japanese mili
tary command delivered its noti
fication to Gen. Sung Cheh-Yuan
that peace negotiations had been
abandoned and the Japanese
army was ready to take "free ac
tion."
Almost Simultaneously General
Sung notified the Chinese central
government that he had "aban
doned hope of peace" and was
ready to fight the Japanese.
From the south, two central
Chinese divisions marched north
ward to aid the city's defense.
Meanwhile, the 37th division dug
in within the walled city, sand
bagging streets, and prepared to
resist the advance of the mustard
clad Japanese infantry and ma
chine gun brigades.
PRIZE FIGHT AT
DOBSON SATURD'Y
Wiliard Lewis, Former Marine
Champion, to Meet Abb Key,
Golden Glove Champ
A prize fight, featuring 22
rounds of boxing, will be dished
out for fight fans of Dobson and
Surry county Saturday night, be
ginning at 8 p. m., in the Dobson
school gymnasium.
In the main bout, Willard Lew
is, of Elkin, former U. S. Marine
champion, will meet Abb Key, of
Rockford, Golden Glove cham
pion in an affair designed to go
eight rounds. Other fighters to
see action are as follows: Pres
Beatty, Elkin, vs. Ford Carter,
Dobson CCC camp, 4 rounds; Tom
Harp, Yadklnville, vs. Transou
Boles, Jonesville, 4 rounds; Brady
Osborne, Elkin, vs. Red Deaton,
Dobson CCC camp, 4 rounds.
The fight will be refereed by
Harvey Stockton, of Elkin.
%rs JUST AS EASY FEU
YOUrBEWRDHj&ASEER
TH'OTHER FELLOW.