Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
' VOL. No. XXVI. No. 52
REMNANTS CHINA'S
SHANGHAI FORCES
RESIST TO DEATH
6,000 Troops Caught in Nan
tao District
JAPS TAKE OVER CITY
Kai-Shek Declares With-
Drawal is Not Vital Blow
to Nation's Defenses
NOW ON 'WATER LINE'
Shanghai, Nov. 10.—The last
remnants of Chinese forces in
Shanghai, now almost entirely in
Japanese possession, resolved to
day to resist until death in their
Isolated sector.
The Chinese, estimated at about
6,000 men in the Nantao native
-district bordering the French con
cession, virtually were trapped
inside a bayonet-pointed crescent
of Japanese.
It appeared certain they must
be annihilated if they made a last
stand. There was no avenue of
escape except across the Whang
poo river or into the French area
where they would be disarmed and
. interned.
J The Chinese soldiers, helped by
K* coolies, worked feverishly by
lamplight digging trenches and
raising sandbag barriers. French
officers, however, said they surely
were doomed if they defied the
Japanese overwhelming strength.
The withdrawal of Shanghai's
defenders under cover of darkness
last night toward their "winter
line" protecting Nanking, China's
capital, was not a vital blow to
the nation's defenses. Generalis
simo Chiang Kai-Shek declared.
He said it would shift the war
scene to the great delta lands of
the lake region west of Shanghai
where China has strong
lines reaching about 50 miles to
Changshu, Kashing and Soochow.
Japanese communiques from
North China reported the fall of
Another city, Taiyuanfu, capital
of Shansi province. The com
muniques said Japanese troops
occupied the city, the fourth
North China provincial capital to
j be occupied in the four months
of the northern campaign, after
24 hours of bitter street fighting
from which not one Chinese sol
dier escaped alive.
. LIBRARY OPEN -
ON SATURDAYS
Miss Ruby McCoin is Named
Vf Assistant Librarian
Through the WPA
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED
Through the WPA Miss Ruby
McCoin has been made assistant
librarian to Miss Virginia Price
at the Elkin Public Library and as
a result the library will be open
each week day. Heretofore the
library has been closed on Satur
! day.
Several new books have been
received by the library within the
past few weeks. "The Turning
Wheel" is the latest arrival and
many books were donated at the
departmental meetings of the
Woman's Club. Dr. C. L. Hay
wood, Jr., has given the library a
a subscription to the Book of the
Month Club and this will insure
the newest book of each month.
The first received is "The Nile,"
which has ben favorably received
"by readers and critics. Others who
Lhave donated books are Mesdames
Fred Rash, W. W. Whitaker and
J L. Q. Meed.
4-H CLUB COUNCIL
ELECTS OFFICERS
Officers were elected for the
"Surry County Council of 4-H
Clubs at a meeting attended by
fifty delegates at Dobson Mon
day. County officers elected
were: Shepherd Gillespie, Dob
•son, president; Frances Carson
Pilot Mountain, vice-president;
Geneva Banner, Copeland, secre
tary-treasurer; Peggy Wood,
Copeland, recreation leader; Es-
A telle York, Beulah, historian, and
W *race Hendrlx. Lowgap, reporter.
A banquet for members of the
club and their parents is planned
for early in December. The next
county-Wide meeting will be on
the first Monday in December and
each member is invited to be
present. >
To Present Program
Sunday evening at 6:30, a
group from the Huntsville church
will present a program at the
M , First Baptist church in this city.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Seek To End A. F. L. - C. I. O. Rift
&BMHm
Washington . . . The first attempt, in two yean to end the bitter
hostility between the two rival labor movements nearly hit the rocks
when the C. I. O. group, headed by Phillip Murray (right) flatly re
fused to dissolve their organisation as a condition for peace. Now A.
F. L. committee, lad by Chairman George Harrison (left) counters
with proposal to take back suspended unions under former rights
and privileges.
Merchants to Hold
: Special Meeting
Next Tuesday A. M.
A general meeting of the
Elkin Merchants association
has been called for next Tues
day morning at 10:30 o'clock
for the purpose of discussing
plans for a cooperative Christ
mas opening.
Every merchant in the city
is urged to be present, regard
i less of whether he is a mem
ber of the association.
, The Christmas lights for the
! downtown streets, to be inaug
urated for the first time this
year, have been ordered, and
will be put up and turned on
on the day of the Christmas
1 opening, which will probably
be around December Ist.
WINSTON MAN IS
KIWANIS SPEAKER
Bank Official Commends
Town for Its Many Ex
cellent Advantages
SEVERAL BRING GUESTS
O. R. Dudley, vice president of
the First National Bank of Win
ston-Salem, was guest speaker at
the meeting of the Elkin Kiwanis
club held at Hotel Elkin last
Thursday evening. He commend
ed the town for its progressive
industries and schools and voiced
the opinion that local youths who
leave in quest of greater oppor
tunities are making a mistake.
Garland Johnson, local Kiwan
ian, was in charge of the pro
gram, and Mr. Dudley spoke as
his guest. He was accompanied
by W. Carroll Barber, vice-pres
ident of- the Winston-Salem
chapter, American Institutee of
Banking.
Other guests of Mr. Johnson
were Sparger Roberson and W.
L. Olancy of Mount Airy, and Dr.
H. B. Hoskins of Elkin. Richard
Lackey, of Hickory, was the guest
of Kiwanian E. S. Spainhour, and
Rev. L. ,B. Abernethy, Dr. M. A.
Roy all and Dr. Hugh Parks were
the guests of Dr. C. L. Haywood,
Kiwanian.
MANY BOOKS NEEDED
BY SCHOOL LIBRARY
The following books are badly
needed for the high school library
and the donation of any or all of
them will be greatly appreciated:
Novels: Pamela, Lorna Doone,
Pickwick Papers. Old Curiosity
Shop, Cloister and the Hearth,
Henry Esmond, Vanity Fair, Mill
on the Floss, Alton Locke, Old
Wives Tales, Clayhanger, Inqui
sitor, Spinner of the Years, Stars
book Dawn. The' Colonel's Daugh
ter, Lost Horizons, Goodbye Mr.
Chips, Coningsby, Applecart,
Strife, Jane Eyre, Shepherds in
Sackcloth. Also any books by H.
G. Wells, Conrad, Hardy, Scott,
any of Emil Ludwig's Biograph
ies, Letters by Stevenson, plays,
short stories and essays by stand
ard authors.
Any person desiring to donate
books who is unable to deliver
them to the high school library
will please call either Mrs. French
Graham or Mrs. Joe Bivins.
P. O. s. OF A. IS TO
NOMINATE OFFICERS
There will be a meeting of the
P. O. S. of A. at the Junior Hall
here next Monday evening at 7:30
o'clock, for the purpose of nomi
nating officers for 1938, and to
consider other important business.
All members are urged to be pres
ent at this important meeting.
WILKES FARMER
ENDS OWN LIFE
Thomas Mack Swaim Dies
Friday From Self-inflict
ed Pistol Wound
RITES HELD SATURDAY
Thomas Mack Swaim, 59, Wil
kes county farmer, died early last
Friday morning from what rela
tives said was a self-inflicted
pistol wound. He succumbed
from the wound received about 7
p. m. Thursday as he was being
removed from his home several
miles west of Elkin.
Members of the family said they
were sitting on the porch and
heard a revolver shot. They
rushed into the house and found
Mr. Swaim lying on the floor with
a revolver bullet in his head.
They could assign no reason for
his act other than he had been
in a highly nervous condition for
several days.
A native of Yadkin county, Mr.
Swaini had sold "produce here and
was a familiar figure on the
streets. He was a son of Mr. and
Mrs. James Swaim, .. ..
Surviving are the widow; eight
children, Mrs. Eugene Couch,
Mrs. Gwyn Bauguess, Mrs. Dan
iel Creed, Horton, Moses and Ed
Swaim of Elkin; Mrs. Frank
Smoot of jonesville, and Miss
Grace Lee Swaim of Ronda and
seven grandchildren.
The funeral was held Saturday
morning at 11 o'clock at Pleasant
Hill Baptist church near here.
Rev. Isom Vestal and Rev. Loyd
Pardue conducted the services.
Burial was in the church grave
yard.
COMPLAINTS MADE
ABOUT SHOOTING
Dixie Graham, chief of police,
stated Wednesday that he has
received numerous complaints
from irate citizens concerning the
shooting of birds and squirrels
by boys and men, the alleged of
fenses taking place inside the city
limits.
Chief Graham stated that as a
result of these complaints, a close
lookout is to be made, and all
persons caught in such offense,
heavily fined. People shooting
firarms within the corporate lim
its are guilty of breaking a town
law, he said.
Bank To Close
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The Bank of Elkin will be closed
here today in observ
ance of Armistice Day, it has
been announced by bank officials.
The postoffice will remain open
as usualt
All-Stars To Tackle
Elks This Afternoon
The battle of the century
will be fought here this af
ternoon when the Elkin All-
Stars, a fooball team made
up of former Elkin high
football players, meet the
present edition of the high
school Elks in a game at
Chatham Athletic Field.
Much Interest has been
aroused by the game, with
some of the belief that the
All-Stars will give the Elks a
walloping, while others lean
to the belief that the Elks,
being favored by training and
better physical condition, will
have the AH-Stars' collective
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 11, 1937 v
IATENEWC
" from the
State and Nation
HANCOCK EXPECTS
POSITIVE ACTION
Recommendations by Presi
dent Roosevelt to the special
session of Congress which will
convene next week of "positive
and affirmative action" to re
lieve business were flatly pre
dicted today by Representative
Frank Hancock, who was here
for the first time since the an
nouncement nearly a month
ago of his candidacy for the
■eat in the United States Sen
ate now held by Senator Rob
ot R. Reynolds.
Before issuing a formal state
ment, Hancock conferred at
length on the business situa
tion with Marriner 3. Eccles,
chairman of the Federal Re
serve Board, and declared him
self much pleased by what he
learned of plans now in the
making by the administration.
BRITISH STATESMAN
DIES SUDDENLY
London, Nov. 9. J. Ram
say Mac Donald, who rose
through labor's ranks from
Scottish poverty to become
thrice prime minister of Great
Britain, died suddenly tonight
aboard a cruise ship bound for
South America.
Dr. Alastair MacKimmon,
Mac Donald's son-in-law, re
ceived news by radio of the
death of Britain's first labor
prime minister.
The man who was born the
son of a Scottish farmer and
spurned an earldom only this
year, died aboard the steamer
Reina del Pacifico at 8:45 p.
m., apparently of a heart at
tack.
RUSSIAN MINISTER
WALKS OUT
..Brussels, Nov. 8. Foreign
Minister Maxim Litvinoff of
Russia created a sensation in
the Brussels conference on the
Far Eastern war tonight by
unexpectedly announcing his
immediate departure for Mos
cow.
The abrupt manner of the
Russian delegate's leaving was
regarded as a protest against
a movement he believed was
under way to eliminate Russia
from conference activities, par
ticularly from conference com
mittees.
PEACE CONFERENCES
ARE ADJOURNED
Washington, Nov. 9. Peace
conferences between the Amer
ican Federation of Labor and
the Committee for Industrial
Organization were adjourned
for eight days late today after
the warring factions deadlock
ed on the issue of which in
dustries each should dominate.
THREE YADKIN BOYS
GET LONG SENTENCES
Of 26 men sent to federal
prisons by Judge Johnson J.
Hayes at Winston-Salem last
week, three of them were from
Yadkin. Two of them were broth
ers, Jess and Grady Pardue of
Brooks Cross Roads and Nelson
Pinnix of the same neighborhood.
They were convicted of viola
tion of the prohibition laws.
Grady Pardue and Pinnix were
sent to Chillicothe, Ohio, for 18
months each and Jess Pardue was
sent to Atlanta for 18 months.
As a resut of being in financial
straits many a man does a crook
ed thing.
tongues hanging out within
fifteen minutes after the
game begins.
The All-Stars, determined
to show the Elks a thing or
two about the game as It
should be played, have been
holding regular workouts for
the past wek under the di
rection of Claude Farrell, and
are expecting to be in good
condition when game time
rolls around this afternoon at
3:45.
A large crowd is expected to
attend, many because they
like football, and others be
cause they have a lot of curi
osity.
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Postpone American Visit
Displeased over labor's reaction to their proposed American visit,
the Duke and Duchess of Windsor postponed their trip on the eve
of their scheduled saiHnr date. It is reported that the couple plan
to make the trip after the first of the rear.
RED CROSS SOURCE
OF HELP TO ALL
Agency Aided Over a Million
Flood Sufferers Last
Year
EVERYONE SHOULD JOIN
Do you realize what it means to
be a member of the American
Red Cross? It means giving food,
medical aid, clothing and every
other possible service to the
needy in your community.
Over a million flood sufferers
were aided last year by the Red
Cross. The public health nurses
made over a million visits to the
sick; its members checked seven
million homes and farms for acci
dent hazards. Great strides have
been made through the organiza
tion in the instruction and pre T
vention of disaster by teaching
first aid, home hygiene, care of
the sick and life saving. Do you
know that 95 Red Cross life sav
ing certificates were awarded this
year to residents of Elkin.
There should be genuine pride
in wearing a Red Cross member
ship button, in doing so you are
opehing the road to safer, health
ier, happier lives for millions of
people.
Below is a summary of the work
of the local chapter during the
past year:
Roll call, 1936, $120.75; cash on
hand, $112.27; donations to flood
relief, $1,138.99; Total, $1,376.01.
Cash Paid out: Remittance to
chapter for roll call, $62.87; Re
mittances to national chapter for
flood relief, $1,140.00; Yeast for
pellagra patients, $5.00; First aid
supplies for Elkin and North El
kin schools, $9.27; Clothing and
shoes for children of indigent
parents, $37.12; Sheets and sup
plies for obstetrical case on relief,
$2.98; For care of bedridden wo
man, $6.00; Coal for three indig
ent families, $12.36; Food for four
indigent families, $9.84; Clothing
for aged man unable to work,
$3.86; Total cash paid out, sl,-
289.30.
Balance July 1, 1937, $86.71;
Cash paid out: First aid sup
plies for Elkin schools, $7.46; Dis
infectant for Elkin schools, $13.17;
Food for indigent families, $4.07;
Shoes for school children of in
digent family, $5.11; Total cash
paid out to Nov. 1, $29.81; Bal
ance Nov. 1, 1937, $56.90.
STATE SANITQRIUM TO
BE DEDICATED TODAY
Asheville, N. C., Nov. 6.—The
new western North Carolina Tu
berculosis sanatorium will begin
receiving patients tomorrow, the
building committee has announc
ed after a tour of inspection.
» Formal dedication will follow
on November 11.
Meanwhile, the -trustees , will
meet at the Sanatorium Novem
ber 10 to receive bids on a new
wing and nurses' home to be con
structed J, during the winter
months.
First patients to be admitted
will be chosen from a waiting list
maintained at the State sanator
ium. There are at present 400
persons on this list.
The new sanatorium will ac
commodate upwards of 200 pa
tients.
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NIMRODS MUST HAVE
HUNTING LICENSE
The hunting season will open
Saturday, November 20, and ev
eryone taking to the field with
gun and dogs should be very
careful that they have proper
license badge if they would es
ape arrest and fine, it was learn
"d here Tuesday, as two special
deputy game wardens are to he
assigned to this section.
Legion Auxiliary
To Have Special
1 Armistice Program
The Woman Ni Auxiliary of
the George Gray Post of the
American Legion will observe
Armistice Day with a special
program this morning (Thurs
day) at 10:45 on the grounds
at the new high school build
ing. A tree, planted on the
lawn, will be dedicated as a
memorial to Elkln's war dead,
eight in number, who are bur
ied in Hollywood cemetery.
Members of the families of the
deceased veterans will have a
part in the services.
At the close of the services
graves of the soldiers will be
decorated by the Auxiliary.
A cordial invitation is ex
tended the public to attend the
dedication.
J. R. POINDEXTER
PAINFULLY HURT
Elkin Mayor Suffers Dislo
cated Hip When Tractor
Overturns
IS IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Mayor J.'R. Poindexter, of Elk
in, wfts painfully injured Monday
evening when ft "tractor with
which he was attempting to pull
a truck out of the mud on his
farm in Wilkes county, reared up
and fell over backwards. Although
the heavy machine did not fall
completely upon him, the mayor
suffered a dislocated hip in the
accident.
Carried to the nearby farm
house, Mr. Poindexter was put to
bed until a local doctor could be
summoned to administer a nar
cotic to relieve the pain. He was
then placed in an ambulance and
brought to the local hospital,
where the hip was forced back in
to place. He is expected to re
main at the hospital for a num
ber of weeks.
Mr.. Poindexter had carried
some fertilizer to the farm in a
light truck prior to the accident.
In some way the truck slid into a
ditch and became stuck. Going
to the barn, he got out the trac
tor and hitched it to the front
end of the truck. In applying full
power, the tractor wheels refused
to turn and as a result the heavy
machine reared up backwards,
toppling over against the front of
the truck. Mr. Poindexter averted
dangerous injury or possibly death
by rollinf out of the way. How
ever, he believes that either the
steering -wheel or some other pro
truding part of the tractor struck
his hip, causing the dislocation.
He is said to be getting along
satisfactorily.
COUNTY SCHOOL BUS
HITS WAGON TUESDAY
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A Franklin township school
bus was in collision with a wagon
while enroute to school Tuesday
morning, according to a 'state
ment by John W. Comer, county
superintendent of schools.
Considerable damage was done
to the wagon and the driver of
the wagon was slightly injured,
but no one else was hurt.
GRAHAM NAMED
WILDCATS' CHIEF
High Point, N. C.. Nov, 8.
Former Lieut.-Gov. A. H. (Sandy)
Graham, Hillsboro, has been
named commander of the 71st
(Wildcat) Division of the Amer-
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
OVER 100 HERE
FOR ANNIVERSARY
DINNER TUESDAY
John Folger, of Mount Airy,
Makes Fine Address
IN HONOR OF ROOSEVELT
George Royall, President of
Young Democrats, Master
of Ceremonies
BRIEF TALKS ARE MADE
Celebrating the fifth anniver
sary of the election of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt, more than
one hundred Yoiing Democrats
met here Tuesday evening at a
dinner staged at Hotel El kin to
hear a rousing speech by John
Folger, of Mount Airy.
Similar dinners were staged
throughout the nation Tuesday
as Young Democrats did honor to
the President.
Mr. Folger, who was asked to
make the main address following
the illness of R. A. Freeman, of
Dobson, who was to have been the
speaker, held his audience spell
bound by the excellence of his ad
dress, and was
highly at the conclusion of the
event by all who heard him.
George Royall of Elkin, presi
dent of the Surry County Young
Democrats club, which sponsored
the event, acted as master of
ceremonies, and called upon many
present for brief talks, including
a number of visitors from Yadkin
county, in addition to these talks,
a brief talk was made by Mrs.
Kate Barringer of Mount Airy,
vice-president of the club.
Following an excellent dinner,
the program was opened by a
brief address of welcome by W. M.
Allen, Elkin attorney. Response
was by W. R. Badgett, prominent
Pilot Mountain Democrat. A. B.
Carter, of Mount Airy, introduced
Mr. Folger.
Highlights of the program,
which was considered an over
whelming Sflueoess, w&s the music
ipffisentea by Byron Bryan a,nd
his Nut Crackers, and a recita
tion by Miss Glenda Norman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Foley
M. Norman, of this city.
INCREASE HEAW
ALLOTMENT $5.00
Town's Part is Now $30.00
Monthly to Maintain Coun
ty Health Dept.
TO BUILD NEW ROAD
At a meeting of the Elkin board
of commissioners, held in the
city tax office Monday evening,
the commissioners instructed Dix
ie Graham, chief of police, to
have a road built leading around
back of the Elkin elementary
school building so that people
living in that section would have
an outlet without, having to drive
through the school grounds. It
was also ordered that the present
driveway through the school
grounds be blocked with a row of
heavy posts.
The commissioners also voted
to increase the town's appropria
tion of $25 per month for the
county health department to S3O
per month In order that the coun
ty's four-unit health department
may be maintained.
The world needs an anti-war
pack which will pack a wallop.
Encouraging financial note:
Football spectators being warned
to "look out for pickpockets.
STRING OF A
VIOLIN IS BROKEN IN
STRETCHING IT TOO MUCH.