■TThe Best Little Town
V In North Carolina"
VOL. NO. XXVI. No. 51
ROOSEVELT FIFTH
ANNIVERSARY TO
BEOBSERVEDHERE
Will Be Part of National
Celebration
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9
Surry Young Democrats Club
to Sponsor Dinner at
Hotel Elkin
TICKETS ARE ON SALE
A Roosevelt Fifth Anniversary
Dinner, sponsored by the Surry
county Young Democrats club will
be held in Elkin at Hotel Elkin
Tuesday evening. November 9, at
7:00 o'clock, it has been announc
ed here by George E. Royall, pres
ident of the Surry organization.
Similar dinners will be held
throughout North Carolina and
the nation on that date as Young
Democrats gather to do honor to
the Chief Executive.
An excellent program is being
arranged for the dinner here and
talks will be made by a number
of prominent speakers. R. A.
Freeman, of Dobson, will be chief
speaker while other well-known
Democrats will make brief talks.
Tickets for the event are now on
sale at $1.50 each, and everyone
planning to attend is urged to
buy their ticket early. J. L. Hall
and Henry Dobson have been
named as a ticket committee and
are in charge of the ticket sale.
Ladies are especially invited to
attend the dinner. Special music
for the occasion will be furnished
by Jack Day, Byron Bryan and
their string orchestra.
Officials of the Surry Young
Democrats club are, in addition
to President Royall: A. B. Carter,
Mount Airy, Ist vice president;
Mrs. Kate Barringer, Mount Airy,
second vice presiderj£ and John
Lewellyn, Dobson, secrytary-treas
y urer.
WM. H. FREEMAN
TAKEN BY DEATH
Highly Esteemed Yadkin
County Man Dies Follow
ing Complicated Illness
RITES HELD TUESDAY
William Howard Freeman, 80,
passed away on Saturday night at
home near Jonesville follow
ing an illness of a complicated
nature.
Mr. Freeman was a highly es
teemed citizen and had been a
member of the board of deacons
of Swan Creek Baptist church
seventeen years.
His wife, Mrs. Martha Black
burn Freeman preceded him in
death in 1926.
His immediate survivors are
nine children: James and Robert
Freeman and Mrs. Charlie Sparks
of Jonesville, E. J., John and Jesse
Freeman of Elkin, Mrs. Charlie
Swaim and Mrs. Spurgeon Ben
ton of Danville, Illinois, Mrs. Pey
ton McGlothen of Seattle, Wash
ington, and one brother, Spinks
Freeman, of Jonesville.
The funeral service was con
ducted from Swan Creek church
on Tuesday morning at eleven
o'clock by the pastor, Rev. N. T.
Jarvis, assisted by Revs. Eph
Whisenhunt, J. L. Powers and
Grady Burgiss of Elkin, Isom Ves
tal and Richard Pardue. Inter
ment was in the church ceme
tery.
A heavy floral tribute bore si
lent evidence of the esteem of
many friends.
DR. H. B. HOSKINS
WITH DR. M. A. ROYALL
Dr. H. B. Hosklns, of Saluda,
Va., arrived in Elkin Tuesday,
he has become associated with
Dr. M. A. Royall in the treament
of the eye, ear, nose and throat.
Dr. Hoskins is a graduate of
William and Mary College, hav
ing received his bachelor of arts
degree in 1930. In 1934 he com
pleted his course 'at Maryland
Medical College and served one
year as an Interne at the C. and
O. hospital at Clifton Forge. Va.
He has also had two and one-half
years surgical residency at the
Episcopal Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat hospital at Washington,
D. C.
Dr. Hoskins was accompanied
to Elkin by his wife, and has
established temporary residence
in the home of Mrs. W. D. Turn
er on Circle Court.
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Star Farmer
■ fIJ|H
Robert Lee Bristow, 21, Saluda,
Virginia, farmer, who won title
of "Star Farmer of America" and
SSOO prize awarded by Future
Farmers of America. An orphan,
Bristow took over the badly de
pleted home farm of 203 acres,
cleared heavy mortgages and put
it on a paying basis within a
year.
SECOND LINK IS
ABOUT COMPLETED
Bugaboo Creek Structure
Nearly Done on Ronda-
Roaring River Road
COTTOft MAY BE USED
Contractors have almost com
pleted work of grading, stone sur
facing and bridges on the 4 1-2
mile link of highway 268 between
Roaring River and Ronda.
Engineers are enthusiastic in
their praise of that link of high
way because of its even grade and
the absence of dangerous curves.
Bugaboo Creek near Ronda is
spanned with a unique type struc
ture said to be the only one of its
kind in the state. It is an arch
culvert with retaining walls hold
ing the dirt on the roadway. Con
crete and steel were used in
construction.
When the structure is complet
ed in a fe wdays the approaches
will be filled and stone surfaced.
The surface treatment will not
be applied until spring of next
year,.in the meantime allowing
the grade to become completely
settled.
It is understood that engineers
have recommended that the link
of highway have a cotton fabric
layer similar to that used in the
highway between Elkin and Ron
da.
The highway now lacks approx
imately eight miles of being com
pleted between Elkin and North
Wilkesboro, the unimproved sec
tion being between North Wilkes
boro and Roaring River. Citizens
in the communities along the
route and others Interested in a
shorter route are hoping that
contract for the North Wilkes
boro-Roaring River link can be
let soon.
THREE INJURED BY
HIT-RUN DRIVER
Miss Lucy Mcßride, of Near
Ronda, Sustains Slight
Skull Fracture
OFFICERS SEEK DRIVER
Miss Lucy Mcßride, of near
Ronda, sustained a slight skull
fracture and other injuries, and
her brother, Ray Mcßride, 16, and
Garnie Brown, 22, of Jonesville,
suffered minor injuries when
they _were struck on the highway
in the outskirts of Jonesville Sat
urday evening by an automobile,
the driver of which has not been
identified.
The car which struck and
knocked them down on the pave
ment, was said to have been at
tempting to pass another machine
on the highway, along which the
trio was walking with the Brown
home near Jonesville as their des
tination. .. .
The three injured were brought
to the local hospital and have
recovered sufficiently to be per
mitted to return to their homes.
In the meantime, officers who
are said to have learned the num
ber of the license plate of the car,
have ben making a concerted ef
fort to apprehend the owner and
operator of the car.
Some people sour when they
are unable to mix with the cream
of society.
Political timber frequently
needs white-washing.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
LA GUARDIA
IS RE-ELECTED
A victory for Mayor Fioreßo
H. La Guardla, of New York,
in his re-election battle against
Tammany Hall topped early
returns 'from yesterday's scat
tered state and municipal elec
tions. '
With scarcely a third of the
ballots counted, La Guardia,
Republican-Fusionist candidate
had amassed such a command -
in* lead that Jeremiah T. Ma
honey, his Democratic oppon
ent, conceded defeat in a tele
gram congratulating the victor.
The returns indicated-La Guar
dia's margin of victory would
be 400,000 or more.
F. D. R. TAKES PART
IN RALLY
Hyde Park, N. Y., Nov. 2.
President Roosevelt, participat
ing in a local Democratic vic
tory rally at his home tonight,
replied to a question about a
third White House term by
noting that the Hyde Park su
pervisor must make a race
again a year before the presi
dential election.
After a torchlight parade
in front of the Roosevelt home
and a brief speech by the Pres
ident, someone among several
hundred gathered before tiw
home's front step called out:
"How about 1M»?"
"Elmer here has to run In
'39," the President answered.
WINDSORS TO BE
ENTERTAINED
Washington, Nov. 2. The
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
will be tntertained at the Brit
ish embassy at dinner on Fri
day evening, November 12 by
Sir Roland and Lady Lindsay,
the embassy's social secretary
announced today.
The announcement, coming
a day after it was revealed
that President Roosevelt plans
to invite the fomer king and
his bride to a White-House
luncheon, was the first definite
word of their plans after ar
riving at New York aboard the
Bremen November 11. Presum
ably they will come here al
most immediately.
OVER HUNDRED KILLED
IN AIR RAID
Madrid, Nov. 2. A Span
ish government communique
tonight reported that 120 per
sons, including 50 children,
were killed during an Insurgent
air raid on Lerida, 75 miles
west of Barcelonia. Several
hundred were Injured.
Nine huge tri-motored planes
suddenly roared over the city
in the late afternoon just as
children were being dismissed
from school.
Explosion after explosion
rocked the city as the planes
dropped a shower of bombs.
Scouts Meet Tonight
The local Boy Scouts Court of
Honor will meet tonight (Thurs
day) at 7:30 in the school audi
torium. Parents are invited to at
tend. Merit badges will be
awarded.
Elks Defeat Cleveland
Here Monday By 32-0
Making a savage come-back
against Cleveland here Monday
afternoon following a 19 to 0 de
feat aft the hands of the Mount
Airy Bears last Friday, the Elks
of Elkin Hi are pionting toward
the game to be played here Fri
day afternoon, beginning at 3:45,
with Mocksville.
Friday's game will mark the
second game in five days for the
Elks, but the squad came through
Monday's encounter, in which
Cleveland was defeated 32 to 0, in
stood condition, and barring injury
through practice, every man
should be ready to go in the act
ion against Mocksville.
Monday's game saw the Elks
sweeping all before them, the sec
ond and third squad men seeing
action. Although fighting gamely
throughout each quater, Cleve
land was unable to stem the tide
of the smoothly working Elk at
tack.
ELKIN. N. C M THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937
CROP CONTROL
PLAN OPPOSED
IN COMMITTEE
First Proposals Meet Instant
Opposition
CONCERN CORN CONTROL
Suggest Market Quotas For
States, Counties and In
dividual Farms
CONGRESS MEETS NOV. 5
Washington, Nov. 2. —lTfie first
proposals submitted by an ad
ministration official to the House
committee considering new farm
legislation met instant opposition
today.
They embraced a compulsory
corn control program to be writ
ten into a general farm bill for
presentation to the special ses
sion of Congress on November 15.
Representative Coffee (D), Neb.
agriculture committee member
from the wheat and corn coun
ary, challenged legal and practi
cal aspects of the plan and
countered with suggestions for
voluntary marketing agreements.
Claude R. Wickard, AAA direc
tor for the north central division,
represented the Department of
Agriculture at an executive ses
sion of the House committee. He
suggested that Ohio, Indiana, Ill
inois, lowa, Missouri and Nebras
ka be designated as "commercial
corn" areas for special applica
tion of a control program.
In those states, where produc
tion averaged 10 bushels per
tilled acre for an entire county,
he proposed to make government
corn loans and soil conservation
benefits available to all farmers
who co-operated with the federal
program.
Marketing quotas, he suggest
ed, should be designated for
states, counties and individual
farms. Once in effect, they
would be enforced by a penalty
of tax of 25 cents a bushel on all
corn the farmer marketed in ex
cess of his auotP
KIWANIANS HEAR
TALK ON CHINA
An interesting talk on China, by
Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt. herself
born in that country, was a fea
ture of the Elkin Kiwanis club
meeting held last Thursday eve
ning at Hotel Elkin
Mrs. Whisenhunt, wife of Rev.
Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the
Elkin Baptist church and himself
a former missionary to China,
dealt with the life and customs
of the Chinese people. During her
talk she brought out the fact that
at the present time there are
eight of her family now in China.
The program was in charge of
Kiwanian I. C. Yates, and was
thoroughly enjoyed b£ all present.
£_
FUNERAL IS HELD FOR
PEGGY SUE HOLCOMB
Funeral services for Peggy Sue
Holcomb, four-year-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Holcomb,
who succumbed to a brief illness
of dlptheria at the home in Yad
kin county, were conducted Sun
day at eleven o'clock from Wesley
Chapel Methodist church by the
pastor.
The parents and an infant
brother, Tony, survive.
Mr. Holcomb, the father of the
little girl, holds a position with
Brown Machine Co., of Jonesville.
Elkin's first touchdown came in
the first quarter, the ball being
carried over by Drier, with Powers
making the extra point. In the
second quarter Cleveland tighten
ed to hold the Elks to no score,
play being held in the vicinity of
the 50 yard line. However, in the
third quarter Powers went over for
a second tally, and in the last
period two touchdowns were add
ed by Gilleland and a third by
Grier.
In the last Friday's game a
heavier Mount Airy team proved
too much for the Elks, who failed
to add the necessary yardage for
scoring, although gaining plenty
of ground in mid-field and chalk
ing up about as many first downs
as did their opponents.
Friday's game should prove a
real scrap, Mocksville having an
excellent team. The game will be
played here at the Chatham Ath
letic Field.
Winner and Loser in New York Fight
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Pictured left is Fiorello H. La Guard ia, who was re-elected Tues
day as mayor of New York City on a Republican-Fusion-Labor tick
et to defeat (rifht) his Tammany foe, Jeremiah T. Mahoney. Ma
honey's defeat was also a defeat for Janus A. Farley, who was back
ing: the Tammany candidate.
All-Stars to
Play Elkin Hi
Next Thursday
The Elkin All-Stars, an as
sorted collection of former
footbaU players, will meet the
Elks of Elkin Hi at Chatham
Athletic Field next Thursday
afternoon, November 11, in a
game to be billed as the "Bat
tle of the Century!"
Among the members of the
All-Star team are several who
have starred for Elkin high
school in recent years, includ
ing Joe Transou, Harvey Black
burn, Clyde Cothren, John
Faster, and others.
The game will be called at
3:45 and proceeds will go to
the high school athletic fund.
Members of the All-Star squad,
in addition 4o those mention
ed above, are: Leon Martin, Lon
Dillon, Harry Clay Price. Dan
Eldridge, Bits Vestal, Bill Har
ris, Fred Colhard, Sam Nea
ves, John Mast en, Wood row
Windsor, Barney Rhodes, K.
L. Green, Byron Bryan and
Hmry Woodruff. Other players
may be added to the squad.
MRS. C. H. SOMERS
PASSES ON SUNDAY
Funeral Services for Beloved
Wilkesboro Woman Held
Tuesday
OF PROMINENT FAMILY
Mrs. Lunda Bingham Somers,
mother of Mrs. Q. P. Dockery
and A. B. and J. H. So'mers of
Elkin Motors Inc., this city, pass
ed away Sunday afternoon in the
Wilkes hospital following a criti
cal illness of several days.
Mrs. Somers was the widow of
Charles H. Somers. clerk of the
court in Wilkes county for six
teen years, and was a daughter
of the late Major Harvey Bing
ham and Mrs. Anne Miller Bing
ham, prominent Watauga family.
. She was a member of Wilkes
boro Methodist church and one of
the most beloved women of the
town.
Surviving are the following
children: Mrs. Fred C. Hubbard
of North Wilkesboro, Mrs. L. R.
Bingham of Knoxville, Tenn., W.
B. Somers, former sheriff of Wil
kes, James H. Somers of Wilkes
boro and Elkin, Mrs. Joe Barber,
Misses Prances and Pattie Somers
of Wilkesboro, Mrs. G. P. Dock
ery and A. B. Somers of Elkin.
The funeral services were con
ducted Tuesday morning at ten
thirty o'clock from the Wilkesboro
Methodist church, interment fol
lowing in the family plat in
Mountain Park cemetery.
COUNTY KITCHEN
CONTEST TO CLOSE
The county kitchen contest,
which is being conducted by Miss
Verna Stanton, county home
demonstration agent, will close
next wefck, according to a state
ment by Miss Stanton Wednes
day.
Assisted by Miss Mamie Whis
nant, assistant home manage
ment specialist of State College,
Miss Stanton will make a tour of
the county Thursday, November
11, accompanied by all who are
interested and wish to make the
trip, at which time the kitchens
of the county will be scored for
the prize that is to be given.
The tour will begin at the home
of Mrs. C. W. Dockery, at Union
Cross, and will go from there to
Dobson, Bi>ulah, Westfield, Moun
tain Park, and Pilot Mountain.
TEACHERS TO MEET
AT DOBSON NOV. 5
Commissioners and Board of
Education Are Sponsor
ing Book Truck
OTHER SCHOOL NEWS
A school master's meeting was
held In the office of John W.
Comer, county superintendent of
schools" Wednesday evening at
7:30 p. m.
The second county-wide school
teachers meeting will be held at
the Dobson school building Fri
day, November 5, at 2:00 p. m„
according to a statement by Mr.
Comer, Wednesday. Dr. R. W.
Morrison, of the University of
North Carolina, will be guest
speaker for the occasion.
Mr. Comer further stated that
the county commissioners and
county board of education are
sponsoring a book truck and
lending library which, it is hoped
will be of invaluable aid in pfo
nMteßn 4 ifhf
county. In connection with the
traveling library will be conduct
ed classes in adult education, with
teachers for this purpose being
located in the various communi
ties of the county. -Any one wish
ing to assist in this may do so
by donating books of general
reading interest to the library,
which will be loaned to those
needing them.
MISSIONARY TO CHINA
IS A VISITOR HERE
Mrs. Eugene Salle, a native of
Texas and misionary to China
for the last thirty-two years,
spent the week-end here as the
guest of Rev. and Mrs. Eph Whis
enhunt at the First Baptist
church pastorium.
Mrs. Sallee is a sister-in-law of
Dr. George W. Truitt of Dallas,
Texas, and became an intimate
friend of Mrs. Whisenhunt's fam
ily soon after her arrival in
China. Her marriage to her late
husband was solemnized in the
home of Mrs. Whisenhunt's par
ents in China.
Mrs. Sallee came to America in
the summer for a two month's vis
it with relatives, but has been pre
vented from returning by the war
situation. She spoke to a capacity
congregation on Sunday morning
at eleven o'clock in the First Bap
tist church, relating many inter
esting things from her early ex
perience on the mission fields. She
hopes to return to the Orient as
soon as conditions make it pos
sible.
P.-T. A. TO PRESENT
- WOMANLESS WEDDING
Sponsored by the Elkin Parent-
Teacher association, a modern
edition of the universally-popular
Womanless Wedding will be pre
sented in the auditorium on the
evening of November 19.
Mrs. E. F. McNeer and Mrs. W.
M. Allen will direct the presenta
tion, the cast of characters to in
clude eighty or more of the best
local talent. A list of characters
will be announced later.
RITES HELD FOR
ROY VAN GRAY
Funeral services for Roy Van
Gray, three year old son of Mr. i
and Mrs. J, H. Gray, of Ronda, |
who died Sunday in the Wilkes
hospital, were conducted Tuesday
from Pleasant Grove Baptist
church by Rev. N. T. Jarvis.
The parents and four brothers
and sisters, Claudia, Clyde, \**ijl ;
and Eugene Gray, survive.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CHINESE DEMANDS
NEW OBSTACLE TO
BRUSSELS PARLEY
Firm Stand Taken for Japa
nese Evacuation
NO TERMS ACCEPTABLE
Delegations, on Eve of Con
ference, Hold No Hope for
Japanese Acceptance
NO SOLUTION IS SEEN
Brussels, Nov. 2.—A new obsta
cle to settlement of the far east
ern situation arose tonight on the
eve of the Brussels conference
when China declared she would
consider no peace terms which
did not provide for Japanese
evacuation of Chinese territory.
There was serious doubt among
i the delegates that Japan could be
induced to give up her position in
North China and inner Mongo
lia.
Efforts to find a formula to
bridge the abyss between the two
countries went ahead, however,
in a series of hotel room talks
with Norman H. Davis, head of
the United States delegation, as
the central figure.
Anthony Eden, British foreign
secretary, and his associates spent
three hours with the American
delegation. Immediately after
ward E|r. V. K. Wellington Koo,
head of the Chinese delegation,
arrived to consult Davis.
Davis, it was learned, declined
an unofficial bid to preside at the
conference, which will be opened
tomorrow morning with a speech
by Belgian Foreign Minister Paul
Spaak. Speeches by heads of
the various delegations will fol
low.
A Chinese spokesman asserted
there was no sense In attempt
ing any formal peace talks ex
cept with the understanding that
they would consider no terms
which did not provide for Japa
nese evacuation of Chinese terri
tory.
The spokesman said China
would welcome conciliation, but
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added the Chinese would welcome
Japanese represntation at the
Brussels conference.
BIG CROWD VISITS
SPOOKS CARNIVAL
Good Program Presented at
High School Event Sat
urday Night
MISS LAWRENCE QUEEN
Approximately 300 patrons at
tended the Hallowe'en carnival at
the Elkin School gymnasium
sponsored by the local schools.
Miss Margaret Cragen, of the
home economics department of
the high school, was chairman of
the committee of teachers who
planned the affair.
Miss Louise Lawrence, a mem
ber of the senior class, was queen
of the carnival. A program of
stunts, songs, recitations, and
dances was given. Miss Lawrence
was crowned by master of cere
monies, Dick Smith, of the junior
class. Little Miss Mary Lyles
Freeman, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Freeman, was chosen
as Elkln's most popular baby. She
was sponsored by Miss Peggy Roy
all.
Special features of the program
were a vocal solo by Miss Helen
Hayes, a freslunan; a tap dance
by Miss Constance Greenwood,
also a freshman, and a big apple
dance by students of the high
school.
IWJcfWil
Conceit may
PUFF A MAN UP, BUT
NEVER PROP HIM UP.