Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 38
PUN FOR CEMENT
SIDEWALK ALONG
EK SPUR HEARD
Street is Dangerous for
School Children
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COULD USE PWA FUNDS
Property Owners Would Have
to Pay Small Charge
Per Running Foot
TO PAY FOR MATERIAL
A plan for the construction of
a cement sidewalk along Elk Spur
street without the expense of the
usual assessment of property own
ers, has been heard here follow
ing the construction of the new
Elkin high school building.
Always a dangerous street for
school children due to the total
lack of sidewalks, the street has
become even more of a hazard
since the construction of the new
school, and fear has been ex
pressed that sooner or later some
child would be killed by an auto
mobile if a sidewalk is not con
structed.
According to the plan broached
here by those interested, a ce
ment walk not less than four feet
in width could be constructed
through the PWA, providing prop
erty owners along the street would
agree to pay a small amount per
running foot toward the purchase
of necessary materials. Inquiry on
the part of a Tribune reporter re
vealed the fact that this cost
would amount to about 40 cents
per running foot, whereas if the
town of Elkin took over the Job of
building such a sidewalk under
the assessment plan, the cost per
foot would be several times that
figure.
In order to secure such a
project through the PWA, proper
ty owners along the street would
have to agree to aid in purchas
ing materials, but it is believed
that the majority of them, if not
all, would be willing to do so rath
er than be assessed a higher fig
ure if and when the town con
structed such a walk.
It will cost less, it was learned,
to construct the sidewalk along
the south and west side of Elk
Spur as that side of the street
would not require the grading
necessary on the north and east
side.
A petition requesting the town
of Elkin to push such a project
with the PWA will be circulated
within the immediate future, it is
understood.
HARDWARE STORE
IS IN NEW HOME
Hinshaw Cash Hardware Co.
Moves Into Modern New
Quarters Here
NEXT DOOR TO TURNER'S
Hinshaw Cash Hardware Co.,
formerly located next door to The
Bank of > Elkin on East Main
street, has moved into its new
home on West Main, located next
door to Turner Drug Co.
According to Leo Hinshaw, own
er of the store, everything is ex
pected to be in readiness for un
interrupted business by Friday
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BOONVILLE BOY NEAR
DEATH FROM ACCIDENT
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Spencer Fowler, 20, is near
death in Elkin hospital from a
number of wounds suffered in an
automobile wreck Saturday after
noon at Boonville. He has two
broken jaw bones, five broken
ribs, a skull fracture and one rib
punctured his lung.
Fowler is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Ike Fowler, who live op the
farm of Sheriff W. T. Fletcher,
near Boonville. He was a passen
ger in a roadster driven by Hu
bert Carter, 16, when it went out
of control in East Boonville, near
the home of E. F. Go ugh. Carter
L was only slightly bruised. The
' car was said to be making a high
rate of speed when it swerved
across the road. The wrecked
car belonged to the driver's broth
er, Claude Carter, and is said to
have been taken without his con
sent and operated with a key
made by Hubert from a piece of
aluminum.
Carter, the driver, is a brother
to Melvin and Sallie Carter, both
of whom were killed last Christ
mas day in a wreck between
Boonville and Elkin. Edwin
to Morrison died later from the
R same crash.
THE F,T .KIN TRIBUNE
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Hayti, Mo. . . . Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hamilton (shown on highway
near here), bound for the Texas Centennial at Dallas, have trudged
over 1000 miles since they started from Phillipe, W. Va., last Septem
ber.
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NEGRO DRAWS
DEATH SENTENCE
' StaSesville, Aug. 3. A Su
perior court Jury late today
convicted Walter (Preacher)
Caldwell, 37-year-old negro, on
a charge of criminally assault
ing the wife of a white Iredell
county farmer.
The verdict was brought in
at 5:45 p. m. after about 30
minutes deliberation.
Judge J. A. Rousseau, of
North Wilkesboro, sentenced
Caldwell to death in the gas
chamber at Raleigh Friday,
September 10. Counsel for the
defendant gave notice of in
tention to appeal.
KING TUT CURSE
IN ACTION
New York, Aug. 3. The
Viystieal, if not mythical "curse
of King Tut" was in operation
here today.
Herbert E. Winlock, director
of the Metropolitan museum,
one of the many scientists
present when the inner cham
ber of Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb
first was entered in 1922, was
in a New York hospital.
His physician and hospital
attendants refused to name
his -ailment.
GRANVILLE VOTES
TO REMAIN DRY
Oxford, Aug. 3.—Complete
unofficial returns from Gran
ville county's liquor referen
dum gave drys more than a
two-to-one majority tonight.
The vote was: For liquor
stores, 970; against, 1,998.
Only two of the county's 17
precincts voted wet. In one of
them the drys lost by two votes
and in the other by 11 votes.
Oxford went dry by 111 votes.
N. C. EMPLOYEES
PAY $6,195,436.44
Raleigh, Aug. 3. Charles
G. Powell, chairman of the un
employment com pens all on
commission, said today North
Carolina employers through
July had paid a net of $6,195,-
436.44 to the unemployment
compensation fund.
The contributions represent
ed nine-tenths of one per cent
of employes' 1936 pay and 1.8
per cent of 1937 pay rolls.
TWO PRISONERS TAKE
LEG BAIL FROM CAMP
Yadkinville, Aug. 4.—(Special.)
—Two A grade white prisoners
took leg bail from the local pris
on camp Monday morning when
they were sent to gather vege
tables for dinner.
The two who left were Eck
Hauser, serving two years from
Mt. Airy and Hoy Cruzenberry of
Carrol county, Virginia, serving 10
months. Each had served about
three months of their sentence.
No trace of them had been found
late yesterday,
■ Mr. and Mrs. Graydon Line
berry and little daughter, Tanya,
of Pittsburgh, Fa., arrived Sun
day for a visit of several days to
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F.
Lineberry, at their home on
Church street.
FAIR CATALOGUE
NOW OFF PRESS
Premiums for Event Total
Well Over $500; Date Is
September 23-24
PLAN NEW FEATURES
The Elkin Fair catalog and
premium list is now off the press
and ready for distribution.
The 1937 fair will be held in the
Elkin school gymnasium, located
just off Elk Spur street near the
Shoe Factory road, on Thursday
and Friday, September 23 and 24.
Large, well lighted and ventilated,
the gymnasium is considered an
ideal site. Located at one end of
the athletic field, adequate space
is provided for parking and for
outdoor activity.
Although not announced in the
catalog and premium list, a horse
show has been tentatively plan
ned as an added feature of the
fair, with nice cash prizes to go to
winners. More concerning this
feature will be announced later, as
will details of the fair program.
Premiums for this year's fair
total well above SSOO, with the
choicest prizes going to winners
in the live-at-home department.
Nice prizes have also been pro
vided for winners in the 4-H Club
department, a new feature this
year. Another new feature is ex
pected to be a track meet for
schools of Surry, Yadkin and
Wilkes counties.
Everyone desiring a copy of the
catalog and premium list should
either call at the office of Mrs.
Alan Browning, Jr., secretary, lo
cated in the Parks Real Estate
Co. office on Market street, or
write the secretary.
METHODISTS TAKING
AUGUST VACATION
There will be no services Sun
day morning and evening at the
Methodist church in this city
during the month of August, as is
the annual custom. Dr. Wm. A.
Jenkins and family, are touring
places of interest on the west
coast.
Sunday school will be held each
Sunday morning at 9:45.
Kiwanians Hold First
Annual Bean Banquet
The first annual Klwanis
Bean Dinner was served at
Hotel Elkin last Thursday
evening to the losing side in
an attendance contest which
had been staged by the club.
A wide variety of beans
were served to the losing
teams while the winners en
joyed lußcious steaks with
various trimmings.
The attendance contest was
Inaugurated several months
ago, with the club being di
vided into six teams, each
team captained by a director.
The three losing teams were
headed by E. E. Hayes, Dr. C.
L. Haywood and Pat Hudgins.
They dined on beans. The
winning groups were headed
by E. S, Spainhour, J. L.' Hal!
and Paul Gwyn. They dined
on "teak and their unfortu
nate companions' discomfi
ture.
Elaborate menus were
minted for the occasion, the
taMf*' mora being as follows:
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937
EXPECT OLD AGE
PENSION CHECKS
TO ARRIVE SOON
First of Checks for Surry Ex
pected This Week
500 APPLICATIONS MADE
Old Age Pension Checks Will
Run From $5.00 to $30.00
Per Month
40 HAVE BEEN APPROVED
The first old age pension checks
are expected to be delivered in
Surry county this week, accord
ing to a statement by Bausie
Marion, county welfare officer,
Wednesday. Mr. Marion said that
approximately 500 application
had been made for assistance un
der the Social Security Act, and
that only 40 of that number had
been approved, some of these hav
ing been taken from the present
relief rolls. Applications for ten
dependent children had also been
approved, Mr. Marion said.
Old age pension checks will run
from $5.00 to $30.00 per month,
Mr. Marion stated, with one
fourth being paid by the county,'
one-fourth being paid by the state
and the remaining half paid by
the Federal Government, with
only those in real need being eli
gible to receive assistance from
the funds. All who are able to
work and thereby earn enough to
live on are not entitled to the
pension, Mr. Marion said.
ARE TO STUCCO
BANK BUILDING
Work of Remodeling Struc
ture Expected to End
About September
WILL BE VERY MODERN
Work of remodeling the Elkin
National Bank building as the
new home of the Bank of Elkin is
continuing rapidly, with plasterers
now at work on the interior of
the building.
Work of installing the huge,
10,000-pound vault door in the
newly constructed combination
steel and concrete vault was com
pleted Monday. The door, a
massive thing of steel, is operated
by three time locks and two com
bination dials.
Latest plans for the remodeling
of the structure include stucco
for the outside of the building,
and for modern offices on the
second floor. The third floor will
not be reworked, it was learned
Wednesday morning.
When the stucco finish is ap
plied to the exterior ol the build
ing, it will have the appearance
of a new structure. The interior
will be modern and up-to-date in
every way, with glazed plaster
walls and modern fixtures. Work
of remodeling is expected to be
completed sometime in Septem
ber. v
Rev. and Mrs. Geo. S. Seeman
and Mrs. Paul Faith returned to
their home in Germantown, Pa.,
Thursday, following a visit of sev
eral weeks to Rev. Seeman's sis
ter, Mrs. R. L. Hubbard, at her
home on Surry Avenue.
"Puree of Bean Soup, Crack
ers, Beans A'La Boston,
Choice Red Kidney Beans,
Bean Pudding: with Rice,
Iced Tea and Water." It's un
derstood the losers didn't en
joy the banquet "worth a
hill of beans!"
Following: the banquet, vo
cal music was provided by the
losers, in which E. E. Hayes'
bass, Pat Hudfins* soprano,
Tom Shugart's baritone, C. C.
Poindexter's tenor and yodet
lng by EL P. Graham swelled
forth in a grand burst of
harmony 0).
During the business session,
H. P. Graham and E. E. Hay
es, who recently returned
from IL* Xhvanis Interna
tional Convention at Indian
apolis, Ind., were called upon
for a report of the conven
tion. Mr. Graham made an
Interesting report. Due to the
lack of time, Mr. Hayes* re
port was deferred until this
evening's meeting.
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successfully carried out here through microphones installed in div
ing helmets.
Postal Receipts
Show Increase
Here Over 1936
Postal receipts here continue
to gain, it was learned Tuesday
from F. W. Graham, postmast
er, who stated that for the first
half of the year, From January
1 to July 1, receipts at the lo
cal office show a gain of 11
per cent over the correspond
ing period of 1936.
The largest gain yet shown
this year, Mr. Graham stated,
was shown in July, with re
ceipts of $1,112.89 a* compar
ed with $928.64 for July 1936.
The total gain for the first half
of the year over 1936 in dol
lars and cents was $620.53. To
tal receipts from January 1 to
July 1, 1937, amounted to $6,-
279.65.
Each of the six months rep
resented in the first half of
1937 shows a gain over corre
sponding months in 1936.
DR. NICKS HURT
IN CRASH MONDAY
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Local Veterinary Surgeon
Sustains Broken Shoulder
When Hit by Car
IS IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Dr. C. E. Nicks, local veterinary
surgeon, received a fractured
shoulder and painful bruises Mon
day when the motorcycle which
he was riding was struck broad
side by an automobile operated
by a Brooks Cross Road% service
station operator. The accident
took place in JonesvlUe at the in
tersection of highway 21 with the
roadway which runs through
Jonesville. Dr. Nicks was thrown
from his machine and landed on
his left shoulder upon the pave
ment.
According to Dr. Nicks, he had
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WILKES RAMBLERS
SCRAMBLED HERE
Car Goes Over Embankment
and Turns Over Several
Times Friday Morning
INJURIES ARE SLIGHT
Walter Couch and his Wilkes
County Ramblers, a well-known
string band of this section which
has been broadcasting from WAIR,
Winston-Salem, was pretty much
scrambled last Friday morning on
the shoe factory road when the
car in which members of the band
were riding was sldeswiped by a
local taxi and toppled off a steep
embankment.
The Couch car, It was said,
turned over several tinges, but for
tunately the only casualty was a
guitar belonging to one of the
musicians. Aside from minor
scratches and bruises, no one was
injured.
In the Couch car were Walter
Couch, Bohnson and Kelly Couch,
and a small boy, also a Couch,
whose first name was not learn
ed. Marvin May berry, of BSkin,
was said to have been driving the
taxi. It Is not known whltfti car
was responsible for the accident.
TEACHER LISTS
ARE ANNOUNCED
Faculties for Surry County
Schools of This Section
Appear Below
BRYAN LIST LAST WEEK
Faculty lists for Surry county
schools of this section, witj> the
exception of the Bryan school,
which was published last week,
appear below:
Dobson: A. H. Wolfe, principal;
Mrs. Clara S. Freeman, Margaret
Alexander, Mrs. W. E. Hancock,
Clyde Forest, Mrs. Eleanor H.
Smith, Joe Cox, Flora Mae Lucky,
Katherine Folger, Mrs. Violet H.
Llewellyn, Mrs. F. F. Riggs, Miss
Coble, Emma L. Comer, Elizabeth
Norman, Mrs. Almarie Simms,
Mrs. Elizabeth Bolich, Mrs. Daisy
A. Richards. Mrs. Lura Sparger,
Edith M. Reece, Mrs. J. L. Thomp
son, Mrs. Callie F. Hassler.
Zephyr: R. B. Blackwelder,
principal; Mrs. Ernest Smith,
Mrs. Hattie Douglass.
Little Richmond: J. Lee Thomp
son, principal: Florence Wall,
Mrs. Lula J. Woltz, Dovie Moore,
Bernice E. Martin.
Elkin: J. Mark Mc Adams,
principal; W. E. Newsoire, Mary
Virginia Barker, Alice Dixon,
Elizabeth Anderson, Margaret
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JOE M. WISHON
TAKEN BY DEATH
Dies Wednesday Morning at
Trivette's Clinic in Ire
dell County
WAS NATIVE OF WILKES
Joe Millard Wishon, 65, passed
away Wednesday morning at
Trivette's Clinic in Iredell county,
from a complication of diseases.
The deceased was a native of
Wilkes county and a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Winston Wish
on.
He is survived by his wife who
before her marriage was Miss Ver
tie Pruitt, and the following sons
and daughters, Woodrow, Harri
son, Dewey, Raeford and Millard
Wishon, Mrs. Grady Carter and
Mrs. Clarence Carter, all of El
kin, and Carson Wishon, of Field
ale, Virginia. One brother, John
Wishon and three sisters, Mrs.
Click Darnell and Mrs. Mollie
Carter, Elkln, and Mrs. John
Gaither, Iredell county, also sur
vive.
Funeral services will be held
this morning at 11 o'clock from
Cool Springs church. The rites
will be In charge of Rev. Isom
Vestal and Rev. J. L. Powers. In
terment will be In the church
cemetery.
STYLES IN TALK AT
P. O. S. OF A. MEETING
Henry H Styles, of Lexington,
state president of the P. O. S. of
A. was guest speaker at an open
meeting of the local order held
here last Monday night. In an In
teresting talk, Mr. Styles outlined
the aims and some of the accom
plishments of the order in schools,
churches, etc.
Following the businefe session
refreshments were serfed. Music
was provided by Walter Couch and
his Wilkes Ramblers.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CIO PLANNING
BIG DRIVE IN
TWO CAROLINAS
To Include Practically All
Lines of Labor
SANDEFUR GIVEN POST
Lawrence States That Drive
Has Already Been Launch
ed: Answer to Critics
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OFFICE OPEN IN WINSTON
Charlotte, Aug. 3. —Spokesmen
for the Committee for Industrial
Organization said today a Caro
linas drive to include practically
all lines of labor had been launch
ed.
Roy R. Lawrence, director of the
two states, made the announce
ment and asserted that "his Is
the answer to those critics who
have tried to make it appear that
the C. I. O. campaign in the Car
ollnas is folding up."
Lawrence said headquarters al
ready had been opened In Wins
ton-Salem and 12 new organizers
-had been sent into the field, mak
ing a corps of nearly 50 in the
territory.
E. L. Sandefur, of Winston-Sa
lem, who was executive secretary
treasurer of the state federation
of labor in Lawrence's adminis
tration as president, was desig
nated administrator for the two
states.
Lawrence said the move was
sanctioned by Steve Nance, of At
lanta, oa., deep south director of
the C. I. O.
WThe textile workers organizing
committee, a C. I. O. affiliate, be
gan a campaign in the Carolinas
sometime ago. Lawrence said the
new drive would seek to include
furniture workers, bus, truck and
trolley operators, radio, telegraph
and telephone employes, miners
and lumbermen.
The T. W. O. C. campaign, Law
rence said, will continue but its
organizers will co-operate closely
with the dozen general organizers
in trying to line up employes in
other industries.
He said that the number of field
workers would be increased as the
campaign gains momentum.
SEPTEMBER COURT
JURY LIST DRAWN
Surry County Commissioners
Meet Monday at Dobson
In Regular Session
BEGINS THIRD MONDAY
The Surry county board Of
commissioners, meeting at Dob
son Monday, drew the jury list
for the September term of Surry
criminal court, which gets under
way the 3rd Monday.
Those drawn for jury service
are: Jesse Callahan, Dexter C.
Davis, Alex Hiatt, M. D. Atkins,
A. B. McKlnney, Albert Sutphin,
C. W. Chilton. W. P. Thompson,
Emery Nixon, I. O. Wallace, T. L.
Harmon, J. N. Woodruff, N. E.
Warden, E. H. Thompson, J. S.
Dezern, Emmett Adams, S. H. Pul
ton, W. P. Beamer, C. P. Riggins,
P. A. Boone, Claud Romey, A. L.
Whitt, Ernest Blevins, H. C.
Baughn, L. R. Combs, O. U. Mar
lon, J. W. Layell, B. P. Shaw, R.
P. Evans, H. T. Shore, D. M.
Whitaker, Millard Gordon, W. P.
Carter, Charlie Peele, Roy M. Wil
lard, C. C. Benge.
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so dumb, after all. They figured
a rearmed Germany couldn't be
trusted.
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