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P Roaring Gap Blue Ridge No. XXVII. No. 10 IATENEWC from the State and Nation 17 DIE , IN FIRE St. Hyanclnthe, Que., Jan. 18 —Seventeen charred bodies of children and priests lay on im provised morgue slabs tonight when firemen, priests and vol unteer workers suspended their search of the smoking ruins of Sacred Heart College dormitory seeking at least 27 others be lieved trapped when fire de stroyed the building early to day. Among the bodies recovered were those of two priests, one identified as Father Jean Bap tiste, 65-year-old instructor at the college. Two other priests were among the 20 injured, and three were missing. AMERICANS HELD BY RUSSIA Washington, Jan. 18. The United States tonight forward ed a request to the Soviet gov ernment for permission to have American coasular authorities interview Mrs. Adolph Rubens, an American citizen, now un der arrest in Moscow as a spy suspect. This step was ordered by Secretary of State Hull, after the 'Soviets admitted having both Mrs. Rubens and her pur ported husband under arrest for investigatiua on espionage charges. The couple was ap prehended, the Soviets said, while masquerading as the mysterious "Mr. and Mrs. Don ald Louis Robinson." HOOVER TAKING ANDERS TO CHICAGO St. Paul, Jan. 18. J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, arriv ed here by airplane tonight with Peter Anders, whom he had quoted aa confessing the kidnap-ldlling of Charles S. Ross. Hoover said he was taking Anders to Chicago (where Ross was kidnaped) from Los Ange les, where the suspect was ar rested last Friday. YADKIN POWER RULING ATTACKED Raleigh, Jan. 18. The Board of Conservation and De velopment tonight charged the Federal Power Commission with over-stepping its author ity in assuming jurisdiction over the proposed $6,000,000 hydro electric dam at Tuckertown, on the Yadkin River. A sub-committee was in structed to draft a resolution supporting Governor Hoey's as sertion that the commission had no control over the Mont gomery county dam site. HOME AGENT GOES TO NEW POSITION Miss Verna Stanton is Suc ceeded by Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, of Tenn. YEARS OF EXPERIENCE Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, of Tennessee, will succeed Miss Ver na Stanton as county home dem onstration agent, according to a statement by Miss Stanton Wed nesday, who is to go to Durham to take up similar work in Dur ham county, which is a • promo tion for Miss Stanton. • The successor to Miss Stanton, Mrs. Brown, is a graduate of Tennessee Teachers College, at Johnson City, has done post grad uate wdrk at Peabody College and has had several years of exper ience in the work prior to her coming to this county. She has already taken up her new duties lr the county. According to a further state ment by Miss Stanton, the Elkin and North Elkin 4-H clubs will meet Thursday at 8:40 and 10:30 a. M. respectively. The Little Richmond 4-H club will meet Fri day at 9:00 a. m. BAPTIST PASTORS TO MEET SATURDAY A meeting of the newly organ ized Baptist Pastors will be held Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at East Elkin Baptist church. Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the First Baptist church, is chalrmca of the group. All Baptist pastors in ths viclnlt.7 are Invited to at tend the meeting. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE ALL UNEMPLOYED IN SURRY COUNTY IS GIVEN AS 823 453 Partly Employed But Want More Work 420 ON RELIEF ROLLS Figures on President's Census Are Released by John D. Riggers NATIONAL FIG. 7,822,912 By PAUL MAY (Tribune Washington Bureau) Washington, D. C., January 18. —Registration of totally unem ployed persons in Surry dounty totalled 823, John D. Biggers, ad ministrator of the unemployment census conducted November 16-20, reported to President Roosevelt here today. ' An additional 420 reported that they were working on WPA, CCC, NYA or other work relief jobs, and 453 signified that they were partly employed but wanted more work. The report thus indicated that 1,695 persons needed Jobs or ad ditional work in the county. Popu lation of Surry County in 1930 was 39,749. However, said Biggers, the num ber of totally unemployed persons was undoubtedly greater than this because a door to door check of 1,950,000 people on 1,864 postal routes indicated that the volun tary census was about 72 per cent of total unemployment. Biggers declared that the true figure would probably lie somewhere be tween the low figure of the volun tary registration and the high figure of the house census. Another factor that would make unemployment greater than indicated by the voluntary cen sus was the business recession which had just set in at the time the cards were filled out and re turned. By sex, the number of unem ployed in Surry County were: 469 men and 254 women totally unem ployed; 351 men and 69 women on work relief jobs; 378 men and 75 women partially unemployed. Jobs will not have to be provid ed for all these people in order to end unemployment, Biggers said. Usually, where a breadwinner of a family is unemployed, there are two or more members of his fam ily seeking work, if the bread winner returns to work, the others often withdraw from the labor market. • Figures for local communities were so voluminous that Biggers' organization has just been able to complete tabulation, about three weeks after the first report on the national unemployment total was submitted to the White House. According to Mr. Biggers' first report the total number of unem ployed throughout the country, in cluding the emergency workers, was 7,822,912, of which 5,826,213 were males and 199.699 were fe males. Of this number, the state of North Carolina had 107,741 men and 48,000 women included in their unemployment totals. TWO OFFICES ENTERED HERE FRIDAY NIGHT The office of the J. P. Ipock Coal company on West Main street was entered sometime Fri day night. The thieves, who were evidently amateurs, forced the back door to the building and tried to open the safe. The com bination was broken from the door by their efforts but no other damage was reported. The Elkin Public Library, which occupies an adjoining room, was entered, but no damage was done. W. W. Whitaker, local lock ex pert, was called in to open the safe, but had to work sometime before being able to succeed. He stated that fingerprints had been obtained and that officers were planning a check-up of prints lo cally in an effort to determine who the thieves were. HILARY A. HAMBY DIES WEDNESDAY Hilary Alexander Hamby, 30. for ten years an employee of the Elk in Furniture company, died at the local hospital early Wednesday morning, following a serious acute illness and a major operation. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hamby, who survive, together with three brothers and one sister, Dewey Hamby, Elkln; Dave and . Howard Hamby and Mrs. Denver Johnson, all of ROn- CiS. * Xral services will be held morning at 11 o'clock from Bethel church. The rites will be In charge of Rev. Richard P&rdue. interment will follow in the j church cemetery. Makes Way ; gJM fat. Associate Justice George South erland, who retired from the Su preme Court Bench Tuesday, mak ing way for the appointment by President Roosevelt of Stanley Forman Reed, 53-year-old solicitor general, of Maysville, Kentucky. Reed is classed as a liberal. KIWANIANS NAME 1938 COMMITTEES Will Serve During Ensuing Year; Directors Meet At Hotel Elkin NAME REPRESENTATIVES At a meeting of the officers and board of directors of the Elkin Ki wanis club, held last week at Ho tel Elkin, the following commit tees were named to serve during the ensuing year: Program committee: E. C. James, chairman; Dr. R. B. Har rell, Alex Biggs, C. C. Poindexter. Public Affairs: H. P. Graham, chairrhan; E. S. Spainhour, W. M. Allen. L. G. Meed. Underprivileged Child: J. Mark McAdams, chairman; Dr. C. L. Haywood, Dr. Hugh Parks, C. H. Brewer. Kiwanis Education and Inter- Club Relations: George Royall, chairman; W. B. Lankford, Hugh Royall, Jones Holcomb. Publicity; H. F. Laffoon, chair man; R. G. Smith, I. C. Yates, R. M. Hudgins. Music and House: Paul Gwyn, chairman; L. G. Meed, Jr., J. L. Hill, C. N. Myers. Membership: E. W. McDaniel, chairman; Garland Johnson, Paul Gwyn, J. G. Abernethy. Vocational Guidance: Stacey L. Weaver, chairman; J. R. Poindex ter, E. F. Harris, Errol E. Hayes. C. H. Brewer was named Asso ciated Charities representative for the club, and Paul Gwyn repre sentative on the Library Board. JUNIORS WILL AGAIN PRESENT CLASS PLAY By popular request the play, "Let's Get Together," presented recently by the Junior Class of the local high school, will be given again Thursday evening, Jan. 27, at the elementary school auditor ium. The play is to be sponsored at its second presentation by the Elkin Woman's Club and the pro ceeds Will go towards the element ary school library. Many who saw the play have said that it was the best ever produced in Elkin and the Wom an's Club urges everyone to see it. A nominal admission fee will be charged and the play is scheduled to begin at 8 o'clock. Tribune Cooking School Awaited With Interest A welcome invitation to the wise is sufficient. Evidently The Tribune will not have to get out engraved an nouncements for that reunion of homemakers February 1, 2, and 3 in The Lyric Theatre. Good news does travel fast, particularly when it is news of a gala party for the community, with gifts, with quality entertain ment, cheered by a jollity and novelty, and spiced with know ledge—all served hospitably by The Tribune. No door cards, coupons, printed invitations, or cash will be needed; just the countersign of all alert housekeepers, who are due to say "Show me the latest home ideas," when they advance on the Lyric from 9:30 to 10:00 on February 1, 2, and 3. Showing every person in every theater seat the triumphant new 1937 Cooking School, direct from ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1938 JAP AMBASSADOR TO CHINA CALLED HOME; NEW MOVE Is Repudiation of Chaing's Leadership POLICIES ARE RELATED Stronger Than Declaration of War, Japanese Officials State RECOGNIZE NEW REGIME Tokio, Jan. 18. The Japanese ambassador to China was called home today as indications to creased that Japan eventually would recognize the new Peiplng regime as the government of China. The recall of Ambassador Shi geru Kowagoe from Shanghai set the seal of repudiation of the Chinese government of Generalis simo Chiang Kai-Shek made in the Japanese government's state ment last Sunday. The chief secretary of the Jap anese cabinet, Akira Kazami, as serted that this repudiation was stronger than a declaration of war. He said Japan considered Chiang's government only a local regime and did not intend to rec ognize it as the government of China by a declaration of war. A foreign office spokesman dis closed events leading up to the break with the Chinese govern ment, confirming reports that Germany had aought to mediate the conflict. He said German Ambassador Herbert von Dirksen had inform ed the Japanese government early in December that the Chinese gov ernment was ready to discuss peace terms and that Germany was willing to initiate direct ne gotiations. The Japanese government ac cepted the offer, the spokesman said, but the Chinese did not re- Ply. JURY MAKES ITS REPORTTOCOUR Find County Buildings and Institutions in Good Condition JAIL SAID TOO SMALL The Surry county grand jury found 51 true bills, two not true bills, and continued three bills for lack of witnesses, their report, submitted to Judge J. Hoyle Sink the latter part of last week, shows. The grand jurors also stated that they found the county home in good condition and well kept, and also that the state prison camp, locaed near the county home, was - also in excellent con dition. J The county jail was found well kept under the circumstances, the report stated, it being too small and poorly arranged. The jurors recommended additional electric lights and the installation of a shower bath which has been pur chased but never put up. The court house was found in good condition and fairly well kept. The jurors recommended that the bedding in the jury dor mitory be regularly sunned and aired, they having been informed that this had not been done in a year. County records in all offices were found to be in order and well kept, the report pointed out. Hollywood, will be no problem, for I motion picture ingenuity has join ed forces with scientific home making to produce an original laboratory course • • that deftly combines romance, sprightly humor, originality and profitable instruction. i All of the popular features of the former Cooking School are here: The free recipe sheets, the atmosphere of congenial inform ality, the wise counsel, the hints on clever short-cuts, the up to the minute suggestions for enter taining, the demonstration of de licibus and nourishing dishes, the array of modern kitchen equip ment and the distribution of daily gifts and real surprises. All those elements of fun and profit have been retained, and all are made doubly worth-while be cause every guest of The Tribune (Continued on last page) Preview of World's Fair of '39 HIF^ i ***** ' v New York City . . . When you come to the New York World'&\ FaJir in '39, this is what you'll see along the 2,000-foot esplanade, lined l with more than 250,000 trees and hundreds of benches arranged along five lagoons containing five waterfalls and hundreds of fountains. The lagoons form settings for the Perisphere and Trylon, shown at ex treme left of the scale model above, striking keynote of this biggest of World's Expositions to open in May next year. MANY CASES ARE TRIED IN COURT Onc-Weeji Civil Term is Now Under Way at Dobson Be fore Judge Sink MANY ARE SENTENCED A general survey of the records of last week's criminal court held at Dobson, with Judge H. Hoyle Sink on the bench, shows a num ber of cases were disposed of, with a total of 51 true bills being returned by the Grand Jury. A one-week tarm of civil court is now in session with Judge Sink presiding over it also, but up to Wednesday morning few cases had been tried, with three divorces having been granted. A list of the cases tried last week follows: Ralph Stanley, charged with operating a car whiter intoxicated, was fined $50.00 and the costs, and had his driver's license re voked for 12 months. Morris Sharp, charged with violating the prohibition laws, was sent to the roads for 12 months. James Thomas Scotlt, charged with house breaking, larceny and receiving, was sent to the roads for 12 months. Eddie Gallam, charged with house breaking, larceny and re ceiving, was sentenced to hard labor in the State's prison from four to seven years. Charlie Bowman, charged with hcuse breaking, larceny and re (Continued on last page) LESPEDEZA IS EROSION FOE Following Fall - Sown Grain With Lespedeza In Late Winter Is Good SHOULD PLANT AT ONCE Following fall-sown grain with lespedeza in the late winter deals a double-barrel blow to erosion, according to J. E. Trevathan, agronomist of the Soil Conserva tion Service near Dobson, N. C. Supplementing the protection which the small grain provides during the winter months, the lespedeza will give good cover after the grain is harvested and. being a legume, will add nitro gen for the production of suc ceeding crops, he explained. Lespedeza sown on small grain in February or March has a big advantage over cowpeas both from the standpoint of erosion control and labor saving, Mr.' Trevathan said. If cowpeas fol low the grain the land has to be plowed about the first of June when other crops need work. Frequently dry weather at small grain harvest makes it impossi ble to get cowpeas planted in time. Running a drag harrow over the soil, grain and all, after the lespedeza is sown, will serve to scratch the lespedeza seed light ly into the soil. No ill effects on t.he grain crop will result from this light harrowing, which, in fact, often provides beneficial to the grain, Mr. Trevathan said. Those who have not yet se cured lespedeza seed, should do so this month. There are several good varieties but the county Agent of Yadin County reports that thfi Kobe variety is giving best results in this area, Mr. Trevathan said. Elkin To Tangle With Jonesville Saturday Evening What is expected to be one of the most exciting contests of the entire season will take place at the Elkin gym Saturday evening, beginning at 7:30 o'clock, when the boys' and girls' team of Elkin and Jones ville high schools tangle with blood in their eyes. Intense rivalry has always marked games between Elkin and JonesviUe, and Saturday's games are expected to be no different. Both the boys' and girls' events are expected to be hard played and hard fought throughout. CARL PREYETTE IS GIVEN 15 Is Sent to Prison for Attack Here on Night Policeman J. L. Darnell DOES NOT TAKE STAND Charged with assault and bat tery with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, Carl Prevette, of Elkin, was sentenced in Surry Su perior court the latter part of last week to serve 15 months on the roads. Prevette's sentence was the re sult of an attack he made upon Night Policeman J. L. Darnell here several weeks ago as the officer was removing him from a local cafe on a drunk and disorderly charge. Prevette pulled a knife and cut the officer across the forehead directly above the eyes, and across the chin. Both gashes were of a serious nature and the officer was forced to remain in the local hos pital for several days. After the cutting, Prevette fled and was arrested later by Chief of Police Dixie Graham and Deputy W. J. Snow. He was placed in jail where he remained for several weeks until finally being released on bail. When placed on trial, he enter ed a plea of nolo contendere. He did not take the witness stand. COUNTY-WIDE MEETING OF TEACHERS FRIDAY It was learned Wednesday from the office of county superintend ent of schools, John W. Comer, that there will be a county wide teachers meeting at the Dobson school on Friday at 2:00 p. m. at which time Dr. Roy Norton, a member of the State Board of Health, will speak on public health. A motion picture dealing with public health problems will also be shown. Also at the meeting J. N. Free man is to explain social security. LOCAL FURNITURE CO. BUSINESS LOOKING UP M. R. Bailey, superintendent of Elk in Furniture Company, who attended the Furniture Show in High Point Monday, states that his company received a large number of orders at the show and that business is looking up in the furniture line. This news Is particularly grat ifying, as this plant, one of the best known In the state, has an enviable reputation for, their wide range of furniture manufactured in the local plant. Elkin •The Best Little Town In North Carolina" PUBLISHED WEEKLY TO HOLD BIRTHDAY BALL AT GYM HERE FRIDAY, JAN. 28TH Franklin Folger is Named Chairman COMMITTEES ARE NAMED Round and Square Dancing Will Be Enjoyed; Plan Two Orchestras ADMISSION SI.OO COUPLE Plans for the annual Birthday Ball for the President, proceeds of which will go to fight infantile paralysis, are under way here un der the guidance of Franklin Fol ger, chairman of the event. The ball will be held Friday, January 28. Mr. Folger announced Wednes day morning the following com mittees which will work with him in staging the ball: F. M. Norman, treasurer; Alan Browning, Jr., ad. vertlsing; music for round dance, Mrs. Franklin Folger; music for square dance, J. O. Bivins; decor ation committee, Mrs. R. B. Har rell, chairman; Mrs; W. M. Allen, Mrs. J. R. Poindexter. Ticket com mittee: J. L. Hall, Gene Hall Ros amond Neaves, Mary Sale, Louise Laffoon; entertainment commit tee: Franklin Folger, C. S. Foster, Dixie Qraham and W. J. Snow. This year's ball will be staged in the Elkin gymnasium, and will feature both round and square dancing, with an orchestra for each type. Square dancing will be enjoyed from 8 P. m. until 10 p. m., and round dancing will be from 10 p. m. until 2 a. m. The dance is being held on the 28th this year due to the fact that the 30th, the date of the Presi dent's birthday, falls on Sunday. Admission will be SI.OO per cou ple. Ladies without escort will be admitted for 50 cents each. Seventy per cent of the pro ceeds of the ball will remain in this community for the combat ting of infantile paralysis, while the remaining 30 cents of eacij dollar will go to a national re search fund. Every person who wants to do his or her part in fighting the dread disease and at the same time spend an enjoy able evening is urged to make plans now to attend. Previous balls of this nature which have been held here have been well attended and orderly and highly enjoyed by everyone present. TOBACCO GROWERS MEET AT DOBSON Discuss Tobacco Growing in General; Experts Make Talks A general tobacco growers meeting was held at the Dobson school Tuesday at 10::00 a, tn. with more than 500 farmers in at tendance for the purpose of studying tobacco growing in a general way. - "***. ■ L. T. Weeks, assistant tobacco specialist, from State College, dis cussed tobacco growing in general, and K. J. Shaw, from the federal experiment station, discussed to bacco diseases. J. W. Crawford, county farm agent, stated that his office will have 400 samples of tobacco seeds which will be free to the farmers who first caU for them, with only one package going to a farmer. The seeds are furnished by the Winston-Salem Board of Trade, and are of four varieties, being Cash, Gold Dollar, Yellow Mam moth and Virginia Bright Leaf. •BAST NO MUD IMTO THE WEU FROM miCH THOU MAST DRUNK,
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