Elkin
"The Beet Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 42
Lee's Riding Devices,
Horse Show Are New
Features Elkin Fair
EVENT IS TO BE
HELD THREE DAYS
SEPT. 23, 24, 25
To Be Bigger and Better in
Every Way
OVER S6OO IN PREMIUMS
"Big Apple" and Tali Corn
. Contests Are to Be
Staged
BIG PARADE IS PLANNED
The Elkin Pair this year will
truly be bigger and better than
ever before.
Pair officials are working over
time to make the fair of far
greater interest and far more en
tertaining than any previous ex
hibition.
This year's fair will continue
for three days and nights, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, Sept
ember 23, 24 and 25. Among the
new features will be Lee's riding
devices, including merry-go-round,
ferris wheel, chair-o-swings and
ridee-o; a full fledged horse show
and parade; "Big Apple" dance
contest; tall corn contest and a
track meet between the schools of
Surry, Yadkin and Wilkes coun
ties.
The fair exhibitions will be
housed in the large new Elkin
school gymnasium, while the horse
show, riding devices and track
meet will be on the adjoining ath
letic field, which will also afford
plenty of room for the crowds and
for parking.
Total premium list for the fair
exceeds S6OO, the largest prem
ium list yet offered by the fair.
Cash prizes for the horse show
amount to SBO.OO.
The horse show will be in charge
of Ruohs Pyron and J. B. Parks,
and those seeking further infor
mation concerning the show
should see either of these two
men.
Prizes in the horse show will be
as follows: Teams: Geldings, first
> prize, SIO.OO, second prize, rib
f bon; Mules: first prize SIO.OO, sec
ond prize, ribbon; Mares, first
prize SIO.OO, second prize, ribbon.
Individual: Best mare, first
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PLAN FAMILY DAY AT
ARLINGTON CHURCH
Family day will be observed by
the Arlington Baptist church. on
Sunday, September 6, at which
time the pastor. Rev. Grady Bur
giss, will present a basket of
flowers to the largest family pres
ent at the 11:00 o'clock hour of
service. The topic for the hour
will be "The Fatherhood of God."
The morning and evening ser
vices Sunday will be in charge of
the pastor, and on Monday Rev.
Charles C. Holland, of Taylors
ville, will arrive to assist the pas
tor throughout the week in the
annual protracted meeting, with
services twice daily, at 11:00 a.
m. and 7:30 p. m.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
JONESVILLE MAN HELD
FOR ATTACKING CHILD
Jim Carlton, 66, of Jonesville,
said to have at one time been a
preacher, was bound over to Yad
kin county superior court Mon
day night following a hearing in
Jonesville mayor's court on a
charge of attempted rape. Bond
was fixed at SI,OOO.
The elderly Jonesville man is al
leged to have attempted to assult
an 8-year-old Jonesville child at
his home on August 19th. .
MAN ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT BY NEPHEW
Lee Burchette, 38, of Rusk, is in
a critical condition at Hugh Chat
ham hospital here as a reuslt of
being accidentally shdt last
Thursday by his nephew, a young
man by name of Stanley.
The young man was said to
have been shooting at a rabbit,
the shot striking his uncle, pene
trating a lung and the liver.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Expect Work On i
Postoffice Here
To Begin at Once
Actual work on Elkin's new
$75,000 postoffice building: is
expected to get under way
here this week-end.
F. W. Graham, postmaster,
was notified Tuesday that L.
B. Gaiimore, Greensboro con
tractor who was recently
awarded the contract for the
building, had been notified
that his bonds had been ac
cepted and that he was to
proceed construction immedi
ately.
Inasmuch as the contractor
is allowed only a little over
200 calendar days in which to
complete the job, with no time
out for bad weather, he is ex
pected to start work at once.
JONESVILLE IS TO
OPEN SCHOOL 13TH
Many Changes Have Been
Made in Faculty For
This Season •
ONE TEACHER IS ADDED
The Jonesville school will open
Monday, September 13, according
to a statement by Prof. L. S.
Weaver, superintendent of the
school. The following faculty has
been announced for the year:
High school, L. S. Weaver, prin
cipal, J. H. Swaringen, J. H. Steel
man, Mrs. Rebecca Wells. First
grade: Mrs. Onia Holcomb, Miss
Kate Key, Miss Ruby Bray; sec
ond grade: Misses Laura Joyner,
Iris Minnish and Hazel Phillips;
third grade: Miss Beulah Flem
ing, Miss Catherine Boles, Mrs.
Margaret Pickett; fourth grade:
Miss Rachel Dunnegan, Mrs. Ina
Holcomb; fifth grade: Miss Thel
ma Shore, Mrs. Ruth Roland;
sixth grade: T. S. Hobson, Roy
Madison; seventh grade: Harvey
Madison. C. J. Rash.
There have been many changes
in the faculty this year and one
additional teacher has been added
to the grammar school on account
of the increase in attendance last
year.
Mr. Weaver also stated that the
last legislature made into a law
the former ruling by the school
commission that any child who
would be six years old by the first
of October would be eligible to en
roll in the first grade at the be
ginning of school and that any
child wl»o did not enter the first
thirty days of the cchool year
would not be permitted to enroll
during the year.
All students are requested to be
present for enrollment on the
opening day.
MRS. JOHN KAPP
TAKEN BY DEATH
Member of Prominent Surry
Family Passes Away
Friday Morning
RITES HELD SATURDAY
Mrs. Alice Cockerham Kapp, 74,
member of a prominent Surry
county family died at her home
near Mountain Park Friday morn
ing. She had been in ill health for
several months.
Mrs. Kapp was the widow of
John Kapp, who died in 1931. She
was a daughter of the late Co
lumbus and Mrs. Fannie Bryant
Cockerham. She had been a mem
ber of the Rocky Ford Baptist
church for more than fifty years.
She is survived by two brothers.
J. M. and E. H. Cockerham,
Mountain Park; four grandchil
dren, John Alfred Haynes, Charles
and Homer Wallace and Mrs.
Woodrow Gentry, and one great
grandchild, all of Mountain Park.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at 11 o'clock from
Mountain Park Baptist church.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
T. S. Draughan and Rev. A. B.
Hayes. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
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Rogers Memorial
ISj
Colorado Springs, Colo. . . . The
Will Rogers Shrine of the Sun,
where one of the West's most col
orful roedos, "The Will Rogers
Memorial Rodeo," will be held in
September.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
JOHNSON NAMED
DIRECTOR OF PRISONS
Raleigh, Aug. 31. Robert
Grady Johnson, of Burgaw,
who becomes director of pris
ons for the state highway and
public works commission to
morrow, announced today that
H. H. Honeycutt would be suc
ceeded as central prison war
den by Hugh H. Wilson, of
Louisburg, now in charge of
the prison warehouse and in
dustries. v
This and other changes in
the personnel which supervises
North Carolina's nearly 9,000
convicts and 85 prison units
will take effect tomorrow as
Johnson assumes his new post
and Oscar Pitts, now acting
penal director, becomes super
tendent of prisons.
DISEASE ADDS NEW *
HORRORS TO WAR
Shanghai, Sept. I.—(Wed
nesday) Japanese troops
pressed desperately against the
devastating fire of Chinese
machine guns today, fighting
to consolidate their forces in
the Woosung sector, 12 miles
to the north of this war-shat
tered city—its perils aggravat
ed by an outbreak of cholera.
The Japanese lines along the
Lotien, Woosung and Kiang
wan sectors were broken in
many places by hard fighting
Chinese. The Japanese insist
ed they had captured Woosung,
cloaked by a smoke screen and
wading across breast-high
creeks with rifles and machine
guns to fight hand to hand. ,
Chinese disputed the claim.
MAY CALL
SPECIAL SESSION
Hyde Park, N. Y., Aug. 31—
Signs increased in summer
White H°use circles today that
President Roosevelt would call
a special session of Congress.
The chief executive himself
said he still had the question
under advisement.
The President told newspaper
men that he expected to act on
the sugar quota and housing
bill shortly and that he was
still considering an extra ses
sion and a trip to the west
coast.
WEED PRICES •
CONTINUE GOOD
Fairmont, Aug. 31.— A1l rec
ords for vohime were broken on
the Fairmont tobacco market
today when a total of 1,413,308
pounds of leaf were auctioned
on the floors of warehouses
here. A new high average for
the season was also established
when growers were paid $25.69
per hundred pounds for their
crop offered today. Sales net
ted growers of this section a
total of $363,151.85.
GLADE VALLEY IS TO
OPEN NEXT TUESDAY
Qlade Valley high school open
ed the 28th . session Tuesday
morning.
Extensive remodeling and re
pair work have greatly improved
the school building during the
vacation season. A new fire-proof
roof has been placed on the girl's
dormitory and both dormitories
have been repainted.
During the summer more than
500 new books have been added
to the library, which now contains
2,600 volues.
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ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1937
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ELKIN SCHOOLS TO
BEGIN FALL TERM
ON SEPTEMBER 13
First Graders Must Go On
September 10
FACULTY IS COMPLETE
Journalism and Mechanical
Drawing Added to
Curriculum
TEXT BOOKS ARE FREE
Elkin city schools will open
Monday, September 13, at 8:25
o'clock. Pupils entering the first
grade are requested to come to
the elementary school building
Friday morning, September 10, at
9 o'clock.
This year all basal text books
in the elementary schools will be
furnished free of charge. A
small fee will be charged each
pupil at the beginning of school
for supplementary readers and
instructional supplies. All high
school text books will be rented
the pupils at a nominal fee.
Added studies. in the high
school this year will be journal
ism, which will be taught by Miss
Mary Virginia Barker; second
year home economics, taught by
Miss Margaret Cragan, and me
chanical drawing, taught by J.
Mark McAdams.
Mr. McAdams, superintendent
of the school, requested that par
ents with children entering school
for the first time make a note of
the fact that all children who
will be six years old by Octo
ber 1, will be eligible to enter
school on the opening day and
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ARE TO DEDICATE
NEW CHURCH HERE
Rev. J. W. McFall is to Preach
Dedicatory Sermon Sun
day Morning
HIGH OFFICIALS COMING
The new Presbyterian church,
recently completed, will be dedi
cated at a special service Sunday
morning, September 5, at 11
o'clock. Rev. J. W. McFall, of
Mount Airy, chairman of the
Home Mission Board of the Win
ston-Salem Presbytery, will
preach the dedicatory sermon.
The service will be in charge of
Rev. R. E. McAlpin of Winston-
Salem, pastor of the church.
Several high officials of the
church from numerous towns
in the state will I be present.
Among the distinguished visitors
who have signified their inten
tion to attend is Rev. C. W. Rob
inson of North Wilkesboro, one of
the most beloved misiters in
Western North Carolina, who
served as pastor of the local
church for more than a quarter
of a century.
Members of the church extend
a cordial invitation to the public
to attend service.
METHODISTS PLAN
SPECIAL SERVICE
A special service will be held
Sunday morning at the 11 o'clock
hour at the Methodist church for
college students of the church.
The pastor. Dr. Wm. A. Jenkins,
will bring a special message and
the students will have a part in
the musical program.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend. >.
Many Take Advantage
Pen And Pencil Offer
The large number of subscrib
ers coming to The Tribune office
the past few days to take advan
tage of the subscription premium
offer being made for a short time
have been delighted and some
what amazed at the beauty, dur
ability and splendid writing of
the pen and pencil sets they have
received as a free gift. Delighted
with the gift and amazed that this
newspaper is able to award such a
worthwhile present with the pay
ment of only a one-yeaf subscrip
tion ot the regular price.
The explanation is simple. The
Tribune is anxious to clean up in
a very short time a number of
subscriptions now due or past due
and to add several hundred new
subscriptions. In order to accom
plish this quickly we have gone to
About SI,OOO Is
Unpaid on Pledges
To Hospital
Approximately $1,000.00 re
mains unpaid on local pledges
to the Hugh Chatham Memor
ial Hospital building fund, to
construct the addition to the
hospital. Officials of the hos
pital state that they are unable
to get other funds from the
Duke Endowment until this
amount is paid in full, as the
endowment agreed to supple
ment the $3,000 raised by local
subscription.
Work on the hospital addi
tion is progressing rapidly and
officials make an urgent appeal
to citizens who have not as yet
paid their obligations to do so
at once in order that the work
will not be interrupted.
BAPTIST REVIVAL
DRAWING THRONGS
Many Attend Meeting to Hear
Inspiring Gospel
• Messages
CHURCH IS FORTUNATE
Large crowds have been at
tending the revival services
which have been in progress at
the First Baptist church in this
city for the past ten days. Up
until Tuesday evening there had
been twelve additions to the
church. Rev. J. C. Canipe of
Boone, who has been assisting
the pastor. Rev. Eph Whisenhunt,
in the services, has brought in
spiring gospel messages. The
song service, which has added
much to the meeting, has been
in charge of Rev. Chas. C. Jollay
of High Point.
The services will continue thru
this evening (Thursday) and
probably Friday morning.
The church has been wonder
fully fortunate this year.- In ad
dition to the splendid revival, the
interior of the church being re
modeled and redecorated, and
the gift .of a beautiful pipe organ
by Mrs. E. B. Lawrence as a me
morial to her late husband, the
church letter, prepared for the
annual association meeting, re
vealed that out of a membership
of more than 450, not* a member
had been taken by death during
the year.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN AT
PILGRIM CHURCH HERE
The annual revival of the Pil
grim Holiness church will begin
Thursday night of this week and
continue through September 19.
Rev. H. S. Bennette, of Port Gray,
W. Va., will be the evangelist
while the Bates Sisters of Greens
boro, Ind„ will have charge of the
music. Rev. Mr. Bennette will ar
rive here sometime Thursday and
will be at the opening service and
continue through the meeting.
The Bates Sisters will arrive on
Monday following. All who enjoy
good preaching and singing are
cordially invited to attend these
services. Services each evening at
7:45.
TO HOLD SINGING
CONVENTION SUNDAY
There will be an all day singing
convention at Salem Pork Church
of Christ, four miles west of Dob
son, on the Kapps Mill road, on
the first Sunday in September.
The convention will be conducted
by Earl R. Nance. All quartettes
are invited to come and sing.
Lunch will be spread on the lawn.
a great deal of expense to provide
a premium that is needed daily
by everyone, a premium that can
be used by any and every mem
ber of the family, especially val
uable to children in schqol.
The sets we are offering will
prove satisfactory for every writ
ing occasion. The pens are guar
anteed by the manufacturers and
may be repaired or replaced should
such prove necessary. These are
the reasons why practically every
one who has had the opportunity
to call at this office and see the
display have obtained a set.
Seta Ideal for School
Children and parents are find
ing these sets ideal for school re
quirements and that is one reason
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Ray Johnson Held In
Jail At Yadkinville
On Charge of Murder
Kills Man
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Ray Johnson, Jonesville man,
who is being held in jail at Yad
kinviile charged with the death
of Avery Hemric. Hemric died at
the local hospital early Monday
morning as the result of a blow
ever the head said to have been
inflicted by Johnson.
ELECTION CASE TO
BE HEARD OCT. IST
Judge Efird Notifies Attor
neys He Will be Ready
To Begin Hearing
SWARINGEN VS. POPLIN
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O. O. Efird, judge of Forsyth
county court who' was appointed
by Superior Court Judge J. H.
Clement as referee in the election
case of D. B. Swaringen versus
Leet Poplin, has informed attor
neys representing both sides he
will be able to begin hearing of
the case on or about October 1.
Judge Efird, in a letter to the
attorneys, said that his court cal
endar and other matters would
not permit setting an earlier date
to begin hearing the case, which
involves the question of Jhe elec
tion of county commissioner No
vember 3, 1936.
Judge Efird stated further that
he was informed the testimony
would be lengthy and asked the
plaintiff and defendant post $250
each to apply on the referee bin.
It was indicated today his request
tvould be complied with.
Both sides indicated their read
iness and asked trial by jury when
the case was called at the begin
ning of the August term of court,
}>ut Judge Clement said he was
referring the case on his own mo
tion due to the fact approxi
mately 600 witnesses were expect
ed to be heard.
The referee hearing will be held
at the courthouse in Wilkesboro.
SUICIDE ATTEMPT
ENDS IN FAILURE
Thurmond Snyder, 26, formerly
of State Road, who attempted
suicide in a cabin at a filling
station near Galax, Va„ last week
by shooting himself in the side,
has been dismissed from Hugh
Chatham hospital hem
The bullet was said to have
missed the heart, striking a rib
and passing out through his side.
He was at first admitted to a Ga
lax hospital but was brought to
the local hospital later.
PEGRAM FAMILY TO
HOLD REUNION STH
A reunion of the Pegram fam
ily will be held Sunday, Septem
ber 5, at Colfax. The program will
begin at 10:45 and will feature
many speakers and a group of
singers and special orchestra and
band music. Dinner will be served
at 12:30. A cordial invitation is
extended members and friends of
the family to attend.
E. A. WILLIAMSON, -33,
IS CLAIMED BY DEATH
E. A. Williamson, 33, of Boon
villeville, R. F. D., died at the lo
cal hospital Tuesday from a ser
ious illness of six week§ from a
complication of diseases. He is
survived by his wife, other sur
vivors were not learned.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AVERY HEMRIC IS
DEAD RESULT OF
INJURY TO HEAD
It Is Reported Attack on
Hemric Planned
BOLES YOUTH IS HELD
Was in Argument With Hem
ric at Time of Fatal At
tack by Johnson
POLICE INVESTIGATING
A coroner's hearing in the
death of Avery Hemric was
scheduled to have been held at
Yadkinviile Wednesday night
at 8 o'clock, several hoars af
ter The Tribune press time.
Just what the jury hoped to
determine was not apparent
at this writing:.
With Avery Hemric dead and
Ray Johnson being held in jail at
Yadkinviile charged with his mur
der, Yadkin county officers are
said to be investigating the theory
that the attack on Hemric had
been planned by Johnson follow
ing an affray between the two
which was said to have taken
place last Thursday night while
the two were at the Lee riding de
vices.
As a result of this investiga
tion, Wilson Boles, of Jonesville,
with whom Hemric was said to
have been having an argument at
the time he was struck in the
head with a heavy wrench in the
hands of Johnson, is being held in
jail at Yadkinviile for investiga
tion. Boles was arrested Tuesday
morning.
The affair which ended in the
death of Hemric took place at the
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KLONDIKE IS HOST
TO CATTLE OWNERS
President of National Guern
sey Association is Speak
er at Event
GUERNSEYS ARE SHOWN
A show of Klondike Farm's
proudest thoroughbred Guernseys
was the high spot of the summer
meeting and field day of the
North Carolina Guernsey Breed
ers' association held at Klondike
Farm last Thursday.
With a large crowd of Guernsey
breeders present, an interesting
program, highlighted by a speech
by Dr. John S. Ames, president
of the national association, was
presented, which was punctuated
by a picnic dinner served along
the shore of Klondike Lake.
In his talk, the national presi
dent stated that, the amount of
milk sold under the Guernsey
trade mark was constantly in
creasing—"as rapidly, as healthy
development will permit."
A large number of prominent
breeders were present from this
anJl neighboring states, with
Ruohs Pyron, manager of Klon
dike Farrii. and Thurmond Chat
ham, owner, acting as hosts.
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