Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. xxvn. No. 13
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
AL CAPONE
"STIR CRAZY"
San Francisco. Feb. 8. A 1
Capone, scar-faced gangster,
was under observation tonight
in the hospital ward at bleak
Alcatraz prison.
To published teports that the
one-time leader of the coun
try's most notorious mob was
suffering a mental breakdown,
federal officials gave only a
terse "no comment." But they
did not deny it.
From the justice department
it was learned Capone had
been confined to the hospital
since Saturday; that physic
ians considered his removal to
a prison affording better med
ical faeUitles.
Thus "Scarface Al," hated
by fellow convicts, once the
personification at ganster pow
er, had reached a condition
where it was impossible for
him to continue even his ordi
nary duties of picking up de
bris in the prison yard.
DISASTER CAUSES
13 DEATHS
Moscow, Feb. 8. A dirigi
ble disaster costing: 13 lives ac
centuated hazards of the Arc
tic today as wy'et rescuers bat
tled Ice and storms in a grim
struggle to aid four scientists
imperilled on a drifting ice floe.
Undeterred by the crash of
the semi-rigid V 6 on a test
flight while preparing to aid
the stranded scientists from the
air, the soviet government
pushed forward with plans for
airplane relief if ice breakers
cannot reach the men in time.
The V 6 hit a mountain Sun
day during a blinding snow
storm in the Kandalaska re
gion near the White sea while
flying toward Murmansk, far
north of Moskow.
MAY SPEND MORE
FOR RELIEF
Washington, Feb. 8. Big
ger and better relief measures
are clearly and inevitably in
prospect. It to, perforce, being
planned this way.
Deluged with pleas for help
in meeting a new unemploy
ment crisis, President Roosevelt
late today called government
officials into •conference to
work out a new relief program.
YADKIN YOUTH SHOT
TUESDAY, DIES SUNDAY
Statesville, Feb. 6. Sam Jolly
19, who received a pistol wound
in the back Tuesday afternoon in
the southern part of Wilkes coun
ty, died today in the Davis Hos
pital here. The young man was
brought here immediately after
the shooting.
The examination revealed that
a .32 calibre* pistol bullet entered
the back, injuring the right side
of the spinal column, passed
through the liver and lodged be
neath the skin in- front. The liver
was badly injured.
It was reported here that Jolly
was shot by another young man,
Clyde Holleman, in Somers town
ship, Wilkes county, Holleman is
held under bond for investigation
by Wilkes authorities.
Jolly was a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Isaac M. Jolly, who live netfr
Union drove, in the edge of Yad
kin county. Besides his parents, he
leaves several brothers and sisters.
The funeral will be held Tues
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock
from Sweet Home Baptist Church,
in Yadkin county.
Special Service
To Close Scout
Week Here
In observance of National
Soont Week a window display
of handiwork of troops 46 and
48 of the local soonts is on
display In the show window of
Hayes-Speas here.
The observation will be clos
ed here with a special service
at the Methodist church on
Sunday evening, the event be
ing the aunnal religious serv
ice of the combined troops. Rev.
J. P. Hombnckle, pastor of the
Elkin circuit of the Methodist
church, who Is a former Eagle
Seont, will be the speaker for
the service. Special music will
be furnished by the troop of
Girl Scoots.
The puMic is cordially invit
ed to attend the service.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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Allen H. Gwyn, present solicitor
of the 21st judicial district, who
has announced his candidacy for
the office of judge of the same
district.
ALLEN H.GWYN
IS CANDIDATE
Reidsville Man is in Race for
Judge of 21st Judicial
District
IS GIVEN ENDORSEMENT
Allen H. Gwyn, well-known
Reidsville attorney and present
solicitor of the 21st judicial dis
trict of North Carolina has an
nounced his candidacy for the
office of judge of the 21st judicial
district, subject to the primary of
next June 4th.
Solicitor Gwyn opens his cam
paign for the bench with the im
posing endorsement of 20 Demo
cratic members of the Rocking
ham county bar association. Con
curring in this indorsement are
the chairman and three other
members of the county board of
education, the county clerk of Su
perior court, the county sheriff,
county auditor, county superin
tendent of schools, county farm
agent and other county officials,
the chairman of the county Dem
ocratic executive committee and
33 of his committeee members.
Gwyn was born on a farm in
Caswell county November 12, 1893.
and was a farmer until he decid
ed to study law. He worked his
way through high school and col
lege. The world war interrupted
his career at Trinity college. He
entered the military service as a
private, emerged as a commission
ed officer, and is a former cap
tain of the headquarters company
120 th infantry, North Carolina
national guard. He returned to
Trinity and completed his law
course in 1921, after which he lo
cated in Reidsville, where he has
since lived. He is married and has
a daughter and two sons. He ser
ved two terms in the state senate,
1931 and 1933.
APPROVE PLANS
FOR NEW SCHOOL
Will Rebuild Beulah School,
Recently Destroyed by
Blaze
TO BUILD ADDITIONS
According to a statement by
John W. Comer, county superin
tendent of schools, Wednesday,
the plans for the new school
building to replace the one recent
ly destroyed by fire at Beulah
have been approved, they being
approved both by the State In
surance Commission and the
State Board of Education.
Mr. Comer further stated that
the County Board of Education,
at a meeting held Monday at
10:30 p. m. also approved the
plans, and that the county board
further approved plans for the
construction of a county garage
for the housing of the school bus
es of the county, and other equip
ment. Further approval was given
to plans for a six room addition
to the Franklin school, a five
room addition to the Shoals
school and a six room addition to
the Pilot Mountain school, all of
the additions to be of brick.
Mr. Comer further stated that
the Dobson junior-senior banquet
will be held Friday evening, and
that the Copeland junior-senior
banquet will be held Saturday
evening.
Extend Vote of
Thanks For
Hospital Edition
The Tribun«Aas received a
vote of than is for its recent
hospital edition, published on
the day of dedication of the
new addition to Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital.
The following letter was re
ceived from Hugh Chatham
Memorial Hospital, and was
signed by Rev. L. B. Abernethy,
chairman of the board, and
Mason Lillard, secretary and
treasurer:
"On behalf of the Board of
Directors of The Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital, the
Executive Committee, in ses
sion February 3rd, voted unan
imously to extend a vote of
thanks to The Tribune and its
staff for the excellent Hospital
Edition which was published on
January 6th. The Board also
takes this opportunity to ex
press its appreciation to the
merchants of Elkin and all
others who made this edition
possible.
"We feel that the new addi
tion to our hospital is a credit
to our community and all of
the many contributors to the
building fund have our sincere
thanks for their generosity and
cooperation."
MRS. A. L BROWN
PASSES WEDNESDAY
Prominent Jonesville Woman
Dies Following Lengthy
Illness
FUNERAL RITES TODAY
Mrs. Carrie Paris Brown, 62,
wife of A. L. Brown, passed away
at 8:30 Wednesday morning at
her home in Jonesville. Mrs.
Brown had been in , declining
health since October of last year
and her condition had been crit
ical for the past several weeks.
The deceased was one of the
best known and most popular wo
men of Jonesville. She was a de
vout member of the Baptist
church and of the Woman's Mis
sionary Society of the church.
Mrs. Brown was a native of Ire
dell county and a daughter of
Rev. Thos. W. Paris ani Mrs. Sal
lie E. Baiety Paris, both of whom
died several years ago.
She is survived by her husband,
A. L. Brown and six children, E.
C., Ted and David Brown and
Mrs. C. L. Davis of Elkin; W.
Gray Brown of Burlington and
Mrs. J. R. Brandon of Chapel Hill,
thirteen grandchildren, five sis
ters. Mrs. Alice Sale and Mrs.
Bessie Wilson, Winston-Salem,
Mrs. W. P. Howard, Statesviile;
Mrs. Emma Walker, Philadelphia
and Mrs. Delia Hopkins, Orlando,
Florida, and four brothers, John
T. Paris, Nashville, Tenn., Silas
Paris, Atlanta, Georgia, Joe Paris.
Hamptonville and Spurgeon Paris,
Greensboro and her stepmother,
Mrs. T. W. Paris of Philadelphia.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at three o'clock
from the Jonesville Baptist
church. The rites will be in charge
of the pastor, Rev. J. P. Davis, as
sisted by Rev. D. G. Reece and
Rev. Ernest Bumgarner.
Pallbearers will be the follow
ing deacons of the church: Frank
Roberson, Robey Castevens, Fred
Lineberry, W. D. Holcomb, Turner
Pardue and M. H. Helton. Mem
bers of the Woman's Missionary
Society will be flower girls.
Plan Second An
4-County Cage Tournament
The second annual Elkin 4-
County Basketball Tournament is
scheduled to begin here at the
school gymnasium Wednesday
evening, February 23, and con
tinue through February 28, it "has
been announced by Gene Hall,
who has charge of the event.
The first 4-County tournament,
held last year, created consider
able Interest on the part of bask
etball fans, and was considered a
complete success. Building upon
the experience gained in staging
last year's tourney, plans for this
year's event promise an even more
thrilling and successful showing
of the best cage talent available
in this section of the state.
The tournament is open to girls'
and boys' teams of Surry, Yadkin,
Wilkes and Alleghany counties,
and invitations to participate have
been extended 28 teams, togeth
i er with entry blanks. Coaches or
[principals of these schools have
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1938
High School Journalism Class Visits Tribune Plant
Pictured herewith are I
the members of the Elk- I
in high school class in I
journalism that last I
Thursday made a tour I
of inspection The
Tribune plant to sec —
first hand the equip
ment and procedure nec- ||>fl
essary in producing a SPH
modern weekly newspa- HI
per. The class, accom- Hufl
panied by Miss Mary I
Virginia Barker, journ- I
alism teacher, made a «IWiiP:W«^RI
complete tour of the plant, after which they posed for the Accompanying photograph. Members of the
class shown in the photograph are, sitting: Frances Evans, Mary Sale and Louise Laffoon. Standing,
left to right: Hugh Gilleland, Gene Hall, George Grier, Edna Billings, Bud Ratledge, Alice McCoin, Edith
Fox, Joe Gwyn Bivins, Frances Martin, Dorothy Murphy, Irene Pinnix, Lois Gentry, Helen Hayes. Frieda
Dobbins, Rosamond Neaves, Fred Laffoon, Geraldine Couch, Miss Mary Virginia Barker, teacher, and
Mattie Osborne. It is this group that has charge of editing and publishing the Elk Antler, newly inaug
urated school publication.—Tribune Photo.
CONSTRUCTION OF
BELKBLDG. BEGUN
Will House Belk's Depart
ment Store; Opening is
Planned for April
EXCAVAT'G UNDER WAY
Work of excavating has been
started here on the site of what
will be a modern new department
store on the corner of East Main
and North Bridge streets.
Contracts for the building have
been let and call for completion
of the building within the next 60
days, it has been learned. The
building, when completed, will
house a Belk's Department Store
and will handle the usual Belk
line of merchandise. According to
present plans the store will open
sometime in April.
The building is to be of modern
design and will be constructed of
cream colored brick. So far as
could be learned, it will be of
-basertffiflt,. one-«t«s' -*vpe, with
sufficient height for a balcony
Eight thousand square feet of
floor space will be available.
The lot upon which the build
ing will be constructed was re
cently purchased by Hort Dough
ton, of Statesville, and associates.
Mr. Doughton is connected with
the Belk organization.
EMPLOYER-EMPLOYEE
BANQUET FEB. 22ND
The annual employer-employee
banquet of the Elkin Merchants
association will be held Tuesday
evening, February 22, at seven
o'clock at hotel Elkin, according
to Mrs. Franklin Folger, secretary
of the organization.
A good speaker will be secured
for the program and following
the dinner and business meeting
a square dance will be held. A lo
cal string band will furnish mu
sic for the occasion.
Tickets will go on sale at an
early date and all members of the
organization and their employees
are urged to attend.
HURLY CARL MARTIN
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Hurley Carl Martin, 23, died at
his home in Jonesvllle about noon
Tuesday following a lifelong in
disposition. He was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Martin. Surviving
are his parents, two brothers, Da
vid and Hervey Martin.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday,
been requested to return the
blanks on or before February 15.
Under the present schedule, two
girls' and two boys' games are
planned each evening, with the
games being scheduled to start at
the following hours: 6:30 p. m.,
7:30 p. m., 8:30 p. m. and 9:30 p.
m.
Handsome trophies will be
awarded to the winning team in
both the boys' and girls' divisions.
Runners up are also to receive a
beautiful trophy in each division,
while the team showing the best
sportsmanship will be awarded a
handsome silver plaque. A trophy
will also go to the best dressed
team.
Receipts of the tournament
will go to the local high school
athletic association, and tickets
will soon go on sale by the Beta
club, an organization of students
(Continued on last page)
Hat In Ring
JHi
Avalon E. Hall, well-known
Yadkinville attorney, who is to
day announcing his candidacy for
the Republican nomination for
«aU«iter ~ M-- Will judicial dis
trict to succeed John K. Jones, of
Wilkesboro, who is expected to re
tire at the end of his present
term.
MANY ATTEND
SINGING MEET
Over 1,000 People Present at
Elkin Quartette Con
vention
NEXT MEETING IN MAY
A crowd estimated to be in ex
cess of 1,000 people was said to
have been in attendance at the
quarterly gathering of the Elkin
Quartette convention held' with
the Arlington Baptist church
Sunday afternoon. More than a
dozen quartettes, trios and other
groups were heard in a very in
teresting program which lasted
from 2:00 to 5:00 p. m., the pro
gram running a full hour • over
time. More than 30 minutes be
fore the program was scheduled
to start the house was packed, and
loud speakers were placed in the
basement and in the front yard
of the church in an effort to let
everyone hear.
The program was presided over
by David Day, the chairman, after
a devotional period by the pastor,
Rev. Orady Burgiss.
The next meeting of the Elkin
Quartette convention will be held
with the Pleasant Hill Baptist
church on the first Sunday in
May, at which time the conven
tion will celebrate its second an
niversary at the church from
which it originated.
TRUCK DRIVER IS HELD
UNDER BOND OF SI,OOO
At a magistrate's hearing in
Dobson Saturday Paul Flynn. who
was involved in a wreck with a
CCC truck on the Snow Creek
bridge, was bound over to Super
ior court under a bond of SI,OOO,
the hearing being held before
Frank Riggs. J. P. Flynn became
involved when the CCC truck he
was driving crashed into the light
coupe driven by L. W. Freeman, a
plumber of Dobson, at which time
Freeman was killed instantly. Ev
idence presented in the case was
said to have indicated that young
Flynn was at fault in the acci
dent. V
Religion, tq be worth anything,
must be a personal experience, but
this doesn't mean that you can't
get any good out of attending
church services.
YADKINVILLE MAN
SEEKS NOMINATION
Avalon E. Hall is Candidate
for Solicitor of 17th Ju
dicial District
IS PROMINENT ATTORNEY
Yadkinville, Feb. 9.—(Special)
-Avalon E. Hall, well known Yad
kinvllle attorney is today an
nouncing his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for solic
itor of the 17th Judicial District
to succeed John R. Jones of Wil
kes County, who it is understood
will retire at the end of his pres
ent term.
The 17th district is composed of
five counties, Yadkin, Davie, Wil
kes, Mitchell and Avery. Nomina
tion in this district is about equal
to election as it has been Repub
lican for many years. Johnson J.
Hayes, present judge of the Fed
eral Court, Middle District, served
12 years as solicitor of this dis
trict, succeeding the. late. . Frank
Linney in 1013. Solicitor Jones
has held the place for 12 years.
Both were from Wilkes County
and were law partners.
Mr. Hall opens his campaign
with the complete endorsement of
the Yadkinville bar; the endorse
ment of every office holder in the
county, all being Republicans;
the Republican county chairman
and all members of the executive
committee; all former officers of
the county now living; and hun
dreds of leading business men and
farmers of the county, including
many ladies.
Mr. Hall is a son of the late
Rev. S. W. Hall, well known Bap
tist minister of this section and
Mrs. Mattie Johnson Hall, who
founded the Yadkin Ripple in
1892 and was a well known writer
while her health permitted. She
lives quietly to Winston-Salem
now. After completing high school
he entered Wake Forest Law
School and graduated with the
class of 1921. Following this he
taught school, being principal of
Westfield high school until he en
tered the practice of law here 12
years ago.
Since then he has appeared in
all important litigation in the
county; served three terms as
mayor of Yadkinville; several
terms as county attorney and
county auditor; in 1934 was Re
publican nominee for Congress in
this district and was a district
delegate to the Cleveland Repub
lican Convention in 1936. He is a
Mason, member of the Jr. O. U". A.
M. and has been active in civic
and religious matters many years.
He has prosecuted the criminal
docket in every county in the dis
trict in the absence of Solicitor
John R. Jones, and with much
success.
NEGRO IS BOUND OVER
ON HAM THEFT CHARGE
Kenney Kellam, Jonesvllle ne
gro, has been bound over to court
following a hearing on a charge of
stealing two hams from W. H.
Sneed, of Burch. Kellam was al
leged to have stolen the hams
and carried them to Mount Airy
for sale.
CANDIDATE TO SPEAK
AT DOBSON FEB. 14
Allan D. Ivie, Jr., of Leaksville,
candidate for solicitor of this ju
dicial district, will speak in the in
terest of his candidacy at the
noon recess of court in Dobson
February 14, he announced Wed
nesday,
What difference would it make
if the Italian people voted on the
question of declaring war?
Ellon
"The Best Little Itoa
In North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AMERICA HAS NO
NAVAL ALLIANCE
SENATE IS TOLD
Rumor of Secret Agreement
Quickly Countered
QUESTIONER SATISFIED
Continue Hearing on Bill for
Fund to Expand U. S.>
Navy Forces
LEAHY STILL ON STAND
Washington, Feb. B.—"The an
swer is no."
This flat asertion was Secre
tary of State Hull's reply today to
a senatorial query whether the
United States had any secret
agreement with Great Britain as
to what the two powers should do
in case of war or the possibility
of war.
He replied with the same blunt
negative to questions whether
this country has any agreement
"express or implied" for the use
of the American navy in con
junction with tha( of any other
nation, or for the policing of any
section of the seas by American
fighting ships.
His asertions, contained in a
letter to Chairman Plttman, of
the senate foreign relations com
mittee, were in answer to a reso
lution by Senator Johnson, Re
publican, California, specifically
presenting these three questions
In turn, the Johnson measure
had summed up rumors and re
ports circulating persistently In
Washington for several weeks,
and repeatedly mentioned in con
nection with the bill for an SBOO,-
000,000 expansibn of the nation
al defense, now pending in the
house naval committee.
Apparently Hull's denial of
these reports satisfied most of
those who had been withholding
their support of the measure un
til they could learn what use was
intended for an increased navy.
CLUB ENTERTAINS
FOOTBALL SQUAD
Coach Newsome Awards Let
ters at Annual Banquet
Given by Kiwanians
CAPTAINS ARE ELECTED
Members of the Elkin high
school football team were enter
tained last Thursday evening at
a banquet at Hotel Elkih by the
Elkin Kiwanis club.
The banquet, an annual event
with Kiwanians here, was pre
sided over by Kiwanian W. B.
Lankford, who had charge of the
program.
Coach W. E. Newsome made a
brief talk in which he thanked
the club for its interest in the
team, after which he awarded
letters to the following members
of the squad;
Bill Sparks, Max Martin, Char
les Harris, Hayden Ratledge, Sam
Gambill, Ralph Dorsett, James
Powers, Joe Gwyn Bivins, John
Ratledge, George Grier, Hugh
Gilleland, Jimmy James, Jimmy
Harrell, Glenn Dorsett, James
Eidson and Fred Laffoon.
Hayden Ratledge and Bill
Sparks were named co-captains
of the team for 1938.
SPECIAL SERVICE AT
ARLINGTON CHURCH
Rev. Mr. Sweeney of the Glen
hope Baptist church of Burling
ton, together with a quartette
from his church, will conduct a
special service at Arlington Bap
tist church Saturday evening,
February 12, at 7 o'clock.
SAYS THAT THESE DAYS
A MAN IS KNOWN BY
THE C.OAAPANY THAT
KE&PS Him,