Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVII. No. 28
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
STATE HAS NICE
CASH BALANCE
Raleigh, May 24 North
Carolina had a cash balance of
$29,004,226.70 and a bonded in
debtedness of $155,016,500 on
April 30, the treasurer and
auditor reported today.
The balance was listed as
follows: General fund, SB,-
019/622.54; highway fund, sll,-
517,825.78; special funds, $6,-
058,325.29; warrants outstand
ing, $559,243.74; disbursing ac
counts, $2349,209.35.
FORMER SENATOR
IS NEAR DEATH
Washington, May 24—Form
er Senator Marion Butler, of
Raleigh, was reported near
death today in Washington
Sanitarium. Takoma Park,
Md., where he has been a pa
tient for several months. He
has been suffering from a kid
ney ailment.
His wife indicated that phy
sicians have given up all hope
for the former populist sena
tor from North Carolina. "The
end is very near," she said
• '"but in cases such as his it is
hard to tell."
GERMANS KINDLE
NEW WAR FIRE
Prague, May 24 German
press warnings of war and bit
ter denunciation of Great
Britain and France for playing
a "dangerous game of in
trigue," tonight spiked the
Czechoslovak crisis with new
dangers as peace negotiations
in Prague were interrupted
suddenly.
The inspired German- press
released a torrent of accusa
tions based on alleged frontier
violations, and demanded
Czechoslovakia withdraw troops
moved up to the German-
Czech border in warlike array
over the week-end. ' '
CAR SALESMAN
KILLS MANAGER
Concord, May 24 Coroner
N. J. Mitchell said tonight that
a man booked as Jack Freeze,
62-year-old car salesman, ad
mitted that he killed Roy W.
Lents, automobile sales man*
ager, earlier today "because he
had continuously horsed and
teased me."
The coroner quoted Freeze
as saying that he was in "a
white rage" when he shot Lenta
as the latter stood in a used
car lot.
H. T. Wallace, another car
salesman, was quoted by
Mitchell as saying that after
the shot, Lentz crossed the
street and told him that Freeze
was his assassin.
SURRY BAPTISTS
TO HOLD MEETING
Spring Gathering to Be Held
at Cross Roads Baptist
Church May 29
PROGRAMISANNOUNCED
The Surry Missionary Baptist
association will hold its spring
session with the Cross Roads Bap
tist church, five miles west of
Dobson, next Sunday afternoon,
May 29. A. V. West, moderator
of the association, in making this
announcement, urged that each
church in this association be rep
resented at this gathering.
An attractive program has been
arranged for this occasion and
will start at 2:15 o'clock with
praise and worship by Rev. J. W.
Callaway. At 2:30, Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt will speak on "Our
Orphanage", followed by music by
the Calvary quartette. At 3
o'clock, "Countywide Evangelism"
will be discussed by Dr. Walter L.
Johnson, ,
At 3:15, "Our Associational Let
ters" will be read by Mr. C. M.
Harris, followed by Mr. E. C.
James who wil speak on "Our
Association Working Together."
At 3:45 there will be congrega
tional singing, and a talk on "Our
Sunday Schools", by J. W. Hylton,
at 3:50 o'clock. At 4 o'clock there
will be a business session and at
4:10 a talk on "Getting Ready
for Our Association" by A. V.
West, moderator.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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The first air mail ever to leave Elkin via plane was dispatched
here last Thursday at noon as a feature of National Air Mail
Week. Picture above shows Postmaster F. W. Graham, center,
turning over air mall sacks to Pilot L. S. McGinuis, rin'it, while
Mayor J. R. Polndexter looks on. Pilot McGinnis flew the mall
to Winston-Salem where It was transferred to another plane and
flown to Charlotte. There the mail was put aboard a regular air
mail ship. The plane landed in a field near the Clyde Hinshaw
home west of Elkin.—Tribune photo.
EXPLAINS PENALTY
IN FARM PROGRAM
Tobacco Growers Should Not
Exceed Quotas, AAA Ex
ecutive Points Out
PENALTY IS ON EXCESS
The penalties for growers wfio
exceed their cotton and tobacco
allotments in 1933 have been ex
plained by E. Y. Floyd, AAA ex
ecutive officer at State College.
A grower's cotton marketing
quota is all the cotton he can
grow on his allotted acreage.
If he plants more than his al
lotment, there will be a penalty
of two cents a pound on all cot
ton sold in excess of his quota.
In addition, he will forfeit all
payments that he would other
wise have been entitled to under
the ayi icultural conservation pro
gram. He will lose his cotton
price adjustment payment on the
1937 crop, and the loan he can
get on his 1938 crop will be limit
ed to 60 per cent, of the amount
he could have gotten if he had
not exceeded his quota.
Tobacco growers are given an
acreage allotment and a Dound
age quota
If tobacco is planted in excess
of the allotment, deductions from
the grower's agricultural conser
vation payment will be made at
the n>te of 10 ceuts a pound on
the average production of the
excess acreage.
Tobacco sold in excels of the
poundage quota is subject to a
penalty of one-half the gross
value of the leaf or three cents
a pound, whichever is greater.
If a grower keeps within his
acreage allotment, but produces
more than his poundage quota,
he will still have to pay the pen
alty if he sells more than his
quota.
For this reason, growers should
sell tneir best tobacco before their
marketings reach the limit of
their quotas.
DALLAS M. BAUGUSS
1 SUCCUMBS SATURDAY
Dallas Monroe Bauguss, 31, of
State Road, died about midnight
Saturday in the local hospital,
following a critical illness of sev
eral weeks. The deceased was a
son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A.
O. Bauguss.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Marie Hall Bauguss; three child
ren, Robert, Dallas Monroe, Jr.,
and Hazel; two brothers, Vin and
Russell Bauguss, of State Road,
and four sisters, Mrs. John Rose
and Miss Ruby Bauguss of Jones
ville and Mrs. .Bramlett Carter
and Mrs. Parks Oroce of Elkin.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 11 o'clock
from Pleasant Ridge Baptist
church. The rites were in charge
of Rev. L. B. Murray and Rev. J.
L. Powers. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
RED CROSS BROADCAST
PLANNED FOR JUNE 6th
Mrs. Joe Bivins, chairman of
the local Red Cross Chapter, an
nounces a special broadcast over
the Columbia network on June 6.
from 1:30 until 2 o'clock in the
afternoon on the highlights of
the Red Cross activities during
the past two decades.
Interested persons are request
ed to listen in on the broadcast.
Chappell Home on
Elk Spur Street
Hit By Lightning
During a heavy rain Tues
day about noon a bolt of light
ning struck the home of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Chappell on Elk
Spur street. The storm was
accompanied by very little elec
tricity and the bolt that dam
aged the Chappell home was
the only one of consequence
during the storm.
Earl York, who has an apart
ment in the house, and who
was the only occupant of the
building at the time, was
knocked to the floor by the
bolt but was not injured. Slight
damage was done to the build
ing.
PLAN MEETING FOR
FARMERS MAY 30
Will Be Staged at Wallburg
by Tobacco-Cotton Non-
Tax Association
TO BE ALL-DAY AFFAIR
Winston-Salem, May 24. —An
important state-wide meeting for
farmers and their families will be
held at Wallburg, N. C., (on the
Winston - Salem - Thomasville
.highway, about 10 miles . south
east of Winston-Salem), on Me
morial Day, Monday, May 30.
This meeting, which is sponsored
by the Tobacco-Cotton Non-tax
Association having headquarters
in Winston-Salem, will be an all
day affair, beginning at 10:00
o'clock A. M.
Robert H. McNeill, of Washing
ton, D. C„ and Senator B. A.
Davis, of Virginia, will discuss
the steps necessary to be taken
to obtain refunds of taxes paid
under the Kerr-Smith Tobacco
and Bankhead Cotton Acts and
amounts paid for allotments, as
well as the constitutionality of
the Agricultural Adjustment Act
of 1938, and the proposed plans
to test the validity of said act.
S. H. Hobbs, former state sen
ator of Sampson County, N. C.,
will speak on the compulsory fea
tures of the crop conctrol act. It
is doubtful that farmers will have
an opportunity to attend another
meeting anywhere until this
year's crop has been disposed of,
which will be of such vital inter
est to them.
J. L. Williard, president of the
Association, invites anyone having
a grievance to put his complaint
in writing, together with his
name and address, and leave it
with the grievance committee at
the meeting.
B. W. CRISSMAN
TAKEN BY DEATH
Byrd Washington Crissman,
33, died in a Mount Airy hospital
Thursday. Funeral services were
held Saturday afternoon from the
Friends church in the Fairview
community. Mr. Crissman was
a native and a life long resident
of Surry county.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Hattie Cummings Crissman, one
daughter, Hattie, his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Crissman,
five brothers and one sister, John,
Samuel, Charles, Fletcher and
Mayo Crissman and Mrs. Floyd
Fallin.
ELKIN. N. C M THURSDAY, MAY 26, 1938
WAGE-HOUR BILL
PASSED BY HOUSE
BY VOTE 314-97
Southern Bloc Fails to Force
Amendments
MUST YET FACE SENATE
Measure Is Shoved Through
by Coalition Northern
Democrats, Republicans
FIGHT IS NOT YET OVER
Washington, May 24—An over
powering coalition, consisting
largely of northern Democrats
and Republicans, pushed the
wage-hour bill through the House
of Representatives tonight by a
vote of 314 to 97.
Many southern Democrats
fought to the last, but without
success, to force adoption of
amendments giving the South
lower wage minima than the
North.
The measure, as it passed, ap
plies the same standards in all
seotions of interstate industry,
with few exceptions. It calls for
a minimum wage starting at 25
cents an hour the first year, and
increasing 5 cents each year until
it attains 40 cents. It provides
for maximum weekly hour drop
ping from 44 the first year to
40 after the second.
Few amendments' penetrated
the defense thrown about the
bill by its supporters. In the
late hours of the debate, how
ever, amendments were approved
exempting the fishing industry,
newspapers of less than 3,000 cir
culation and child movie actors
from the application of the mea
sure.
The last amendment, dubbed
the "Shirley Temple clause", was
proposed by Representative Kra
mer (D), California.
Earlier a committee amend
ment exempting the businesses of
processing perishable farm and
sea food products was accepted,
together with an amendment by
Representative Biermann (D),
lowa, exempting those engaged in
the packing, canning, etc., of farm
commodities, if employed in the
area of production.
The vote tonight did not end
the wage-hour fight, by any
means. The measure must now
go to the Senate, which passed a
much different labor standards
bill last year. Parliamentarians
said that southern senators op
posed to the legislation were in a
position to fight it with every
thing up to and including a fili
buster.
Although frankly worried about
this opposition, which could con
ceivably delay adjournment of
Congress for many weeks, ad
ministration leaders were elated
at their smashing victory in the
house.
SEVERAL ARE HURT
IN SUNDAY CRASH
Truck Driver Is Bound Over
to Court on Charge of
Reckless Driving
ACCIDENT NEAR BURCH
Arrested Sunday afternoon on
a charge of reckless driving fol
lowing; an accident near Burch,
in which several were injured, P
P. Bray, truck driver for a Maid
en company, was bound over to
Surry superior court by Magis
trate J. L. Hall Monday, after the
man waived hearing.
The truck operated by Bray,
enroute to Mount Airy, collided
with a coupe operated by Worth
Wiles, and turned over. Miss He
len Sparks, of Swan Creek, sus
tained minor injuries, and Fred
Barnett suffered a broken arm
as a result of the crash. Both
riding with Wiles. Two
young men, passengers in the
Bray truck, sustained minor in
juries.
Thd injured were carried to the
hospital here. • Bray was lodged
in the local jail.
LARGE CROWDS ARE
ATTENDING REVIVAL
Large crowds are attending
both the morning and evening
services which are being held at
the First Baptist church this
week, and Dr. W. L. Johnson of
Mount Airy, Is bringing impres
sive and Inspiring messages at
each service.
Services will continue through
the middle of next week and a
cordial invitation is extended the
public to attend.
Let Us Have Peace!
" 4 - - m
Here, in the Suresne cemetery, near Paris, a Gold Star Mother
weeps beside the grave of her boy 20 years after he left home to
make the world safe for Democracy. It Is in memory of thousands
of such boys that Elkin will be asked to "Buy a Poppy" Saturday.
YOUTH IS WOUNDED
BY SURRY DEPUTY
Roy Poteat, Local Man, Is
Jailed on Charge of Steal
ing Chickens
TWO OTHERS GET AWAY
Paul Ayers, 20-year-old white
youth, was shot through the
mouth and neck Saturday morn
ing near Mountain Park by Dep
uty Sheriff D. S. Sprinkle when
Ayers, arrested in company with
Roy Poteat, of Elkin, on a charge
of theft, attempted to make a
getaway by pulling a gun on the
officer.
Ayers is in a Mount Airy hos
pital in a critical condition, while
Poteat is in jail at Dobson.
George Ayers and Earl Oakley,
also wanted for theft in the same
case, made their escape.
Sprinkle and Magistrate Scott
were notified Saturday morning
that two men were lying dead in
the woods hear Mountain Park.
Going to investigate, they found
Paul Ayers and Poteat asleep near
two crates of chickens, later found
to have been stolen.
While the officers were there,
the two other men, George Ayers
and Nixon, drove up in a truck
which contained other crates of
chickens. They were arrested and
the other two men were ordered
to get into the truck.
The four had gotten into the
cab of the truck when Paul
Ayers snatched a pistol from a
pocket and ordered the deputy
sheriff to drop his gun. Sprinkle
knocked the gun from Ayers*
hand and shot him.
George Ayers and Oakley ran
when the shooting started and
escaped.
The two Ayers boys are said to
be from Martinsville, Va., and
Oakley is now making his home
in Galax, Va., although he at one
time was a resident of Mount
Airy.
Search for the escaped men is
being continued, they having been
seen several times by officers, but
in each case made their getaway.
TO HOLD SINGING AT
HARMONY ON MAY 29
An old-time singing will be
held at Harmony Sunday, May
29. The program will begin at
10:30 a. m. and will continue
through the day, with a sermon
at 11:30 and lunch during a re
cess from noon until 1:30. Quar
tette singing will be Intermingled
with the singing of old hymns.
The Christian Harmony song
book will be used. Rev. W. V.
Brown, of Boonville, well known
singer of this section, will direct
the singing.
The public is cordially invited
to attend. *
SMALL CHILD STRUCK
BY AUTO SATURDAY
Mary Spann, of this city, four
year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Hilary Spann, received min
or injuries eaturdr 7 afternoon
when she was struct ran auto
mobile. The child YUA token to
the local hospital, ifime she re
mained for observation for a
few hours, and wua dismissed af
ter being treated tor minor
scratches and bruises.
The driver of the car was
freed of all blame In the acci
dent.
Poppy Day to
Be Observed
Here Saturday
Saturday will be Poppy Day
here.
Saturday members of the
Woman's Auxiliary of the
George Gray post of the Amer
ican Legion, will ask everyone
to buy a poppy—in remem
brance of those who died in
France and for the aid of those
who came back, blasted by war,
to spend the remainder of their
lives in hospitals.
The poppies which everyone
will be asked to buy were made
by disabled veterans. The
money which they bring will go
to look after disabled veterans
and their families.
Buy a poppy—first thing—
Saturday morning.
ONLY 69 KILLED
IN PAST MONTH
Number Is Lowest for April
Since 1934, Commissioner
Points Out
MORE MACHINES IN USE
Raleigh, May 21—Only 69 per
sons—the lowest number for April
since 1934 —were killed in auto
mobile accidents last month in
North Carolina, Revenue Commis
sioner A. J. Maxwell reported to
day.
The April total brought to 248
the number of fatalities so far
this year, compared with 308 for
the same period in 1937. This
year's total is the lowest since
1933.
The most dangerous time and
place in April occurred between 6
and 8 p.m. on a straight road in
a v ural section.' the report indi
cated. There were eight fatal and
82 non-fatal accidents between
those hours. Twenty-seven fatal
wrecks occurred on a straight
road and 41 in the country.
There were only 18 fatal acci
dents li: cities.
Maxwell expressed pleasure
over the report, pointing out that
there were 20,000 more automo
biles in use now than at the same
time last year.
Automobiles last month killed
28 pedestrians, five children play*
inp in the street, nine persons
walking on the roadway aad one
drunken motorist.
Drunken driving was blamed in
six fatal accidents, speeding in 13,
re- klesr driving in nine," hit-run
driving in seven and disregarding
railroad signals in two.
Thirteen persons were killed in
automobile collisions, three in
train-car crashes, six in collisions
with fixed objects and one in bi
cyfcle-car wrecks. Non-collision
accidents claimed 17 lives.
DOBSON-MT. AIRY ROAD
IS CLOSED TO TRAFFIC
The Dobson-Mount Airy road
will be closed to traffic for a pe
riod of two weeks or more while
the road is being re-surfaced, ac
cording to detour signs and a
statement of a worker Wednes
day.
All traffic from Elkin to Mount
Airy to now being detoured by
way of Pilot Mountain, and the
road is closed to all traffic from
Dobson to Mount Airy.
Elkin
•The Best Little Tow*
In North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
10 ARE KILLED IN
FALL OF AIRLINER
NEAR CLEVELAND
Huge Plane Bursts Into
Flames As Hits Ground
ALL OCCUPANTS PERISH
Firejnen Fail in Efforts to
Extinguish Flames with
Chemicals
CAUSE IS NOT KNOWN
Cleveland, May 24—A United
Air Lines plane carrying 10 per
sons crashed in flames near Cleve
land tonight and firemen at the
scene said all aboard must have
perished.
Flames fed by gasoline shot
high in the air for two hours after
the plane crashed into a 40-foot
wooded ravine.
Firemen quickly exhausted their
chemicals to no avail.
They said they saw two bodies
for a time in the fuselage and
that all others undoubtedly were
consumed by the fire.
The huge ship, en route from
Newark, N. J., to Cleveland, clip
ped through trees and underbrush
on its plunge. One wing was left
on a hill about a hundred feet
from the main portion of the
ship. Another lay in the bottom
of the ravine.
The main section became a
mass of hot, twisted and broken
metal.
The .plane carried seven pas
sengers and a crew of three.
The ship was due in Cleveland
from Newark, N. J., at 10:20 p.m.
e.s.t. It was a twin-motored
Douglas plane, one of the largest
in regular passenger use.
The crash occurred in a sparse
ly settled section near Independ
ence village, a suburb, 10 miles
south of the center of Cleveland.
The ship was headed toward the
Cleveland Airport about eight
miles west.
Special Policeman James Wal
ters, of neighboring Garfield
Heights village, said the whole
front section of the ship was
afire.
James Doran, an eyewitness, re
ported that he saw the plane
cruising about 50 feet above the
ground with all lights on as
though seeking a place to land.
"Suddenly fire broke out amid
ships," he "and the plane
crashed. It almost hit my bam.
I ran toward the wreck. The
plane was demolished and burn
ing."-
BOONVILLE SENIORS
RECEIVE DIPLOMAS
Twe nt y-s i x graduates from
Boonville high school were pre
sented diplomas Saturday morn
ing by Principal Albert Martin,
in the final exercises of the com
mencement program. Dr. O. Ray
Jordon, pastor of the Centenary
Methodist church in Winston-Sa
lem, delivered the address.
The list of graduates is: Hope
Comer, Jenny Lind Brown, Zola
Mae Brown, Ethel Collins, Minnie
Spainhour, Agnes Nance, Nadlne
Burgiss, Gertie Wilhelm, Bertha
Barber, Blanche Vanhoy, Mable
Wilhelm, Betty Williams, Mary J.
Burton, Nell Castevens, R. J.
Hunter, Jean Riden, Jesse Am
burn, James Dobbins, John Stew
art, Alvis Hobson, Leak Taylor,
Everette Gwyn, Richard Norman,
James Fleming, Richard Smith
and Hugh Transou. Little Miss
Frances Deal was the c.'ass mascot.
*
There is always a tie between a
father and ion, says a Rotarlan
speaker, and if there is, you cm
wager the son is wearing it.
Second Batch of
Soil Checks Are
Received by Agent
Another batch of checks for
payment to farmers who coop
erated in the 1937 soil con
servation program. numbering
about 200, have been received
this week by J. W. Crawford,
Surry county farm afent. Ap
proximately 150 of the checks
had been delivered to farmers
np to Wednesday afternoon.
Just how much the checks
totalled could not be learned
due to the fact that Mr. Craw
ford could not be reached.
The checks received this
week represent the second
batch to be received, approxi
mately 550,000 worth havinjr
been received sad distributed a
rnuplr of weeks ago.