Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVIL No. 34
F. D. R. PROMISES
ECONOMIC AID TO
SOUTHERN STATES
Industrialists Urged to Aid
in Drive
TO RIGHT UNBALANCE
President Says South Repre
sents Nation's No. 1
Economic Problem
PROBLEMS EXPLAINED
Washington, July 5. —President
Roosevelt today charged the
southern states with partial re
sponsibility for the nation's "eco
nomic unbalance" and called on
southern industrialists and Con
gress "to do something about it."
Mr. Roosevelt set forth his
views in a brief but pointed mes
sage to a conference of prominent
southern leaders called by Dir
ector Lowell Mellet of the national
emergency council, at the Chief
Excutive's request..
"ItJ is my conviction," the Pres
ident said, "that the South repre
sents right now the nation's No. 1
economic problem—the nation's
problem, not merely the South's.
For we have an economic unbal
ance in the nation as a whole, due
to this very condition in the
South,
"It is an unbalance that can
and must be righted, for the sake
of the South and the nation."
Explaining that it is necessary
to obtain a "clear peispective" of
the South be placed before the
public and Congress, Mr. Roose
velt continued:
"Without going into the long
history of how this situation came
to be—the long and ironic his
tory of the despoiling of this truly
American section of the country's
population—suffice it for the im
mediate purpose to get a clear
perspective of the cask that is
presented to us. That task em
braces the wasted or neglected
resourses of land and water, the
need for cheap fertilizer and cheap
power; the problems presented by
the population itself—a population
still .holding the great heritages of
King's Mountain and Shiloh—the
problems presented by the South's
capital resources and the absentee
ownership of those resources,' and
problems growing out of the new
industrial era, and, again, of ab
sentee ownership of the new in
dustries.
"There is the problem of labor
and employment in the South and
the related probl ms of protecting
women and children in this field.
There is the problem of farm
ownership of which farm tenantry
is a part, ».nd of farm income.
There are questions of taxation,
of education, or housing and of
health."
CHURCH NOTABLES
AT PICNIC HERE
Society of Methodist Minis
ters' Wives Stage Event
Near Hospital
VISIT HOSPITAL PLANT
Members of the society com
posed of Methodist ministers'
wives of the Statesvllle district,
embracing all of the counties of
Iredell, Catawba, Wilkes, Alle
ghany, Ashe and a part of Surry
and of Grayson county in Vir
ginia, together with their hus
bands and families, a number of
church notables and several local
people, about 150 in number, en
joyed a picnic here Tuesday. The
picnic was held in the wooded
grove southeast of Hugh Chat
ham Memorial hospital on the
proposed site of the new sana
torium which will be erected
within a short time.
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John W. Martin
Candidate for
Clerk of Court
Politics in Surry county
showed signs of warming up
Wednesday when John W.
Martin, of the Little Richmond
section of Surry county, an
nounced himself a candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for clerk of superior court, in
opposition to F. T. Lewellyn,
present holder of the Job.
Mr. Lewellyn, now serving
his 16th year as Surry county
clerk of court, announced last
week that he is a candidate to
succeed himself.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
The"Babe's" Back
Brooklyn, N w T. George
Herman Ruth, baseball's glam
or man, who has been in re
tirement since 1935, has join
ed the Brooklyn Dodgers as
coach. He's shown wiping
away some of the perspiration
acquired while knocking out
flies in practice.
SIX MAKE BREAK
FROM DOBSON JAIL
Five Are Back in Custody
But Search Is Still on for
Dale Todd
CLIMBED OUT BY ATTI
With five of the escaped pris
oners back in the county jail at
Dob so n Wednesday morning,
search was being continued for
Dale Todd, who is thought to
have fled into Virginia. Six pris
oners escaped about 5:30 p. m.
Sunday, when Jailor L. C. Cassell
was called out to White Plains to
stop some boys from breaking
window lights, escape being made
through the attic by tying blank
ets together and letting them
down from the attic window at
the back of the building.
George Ayers came back to the
jail and gave himself up to the
officers: Carson Younger was
brought back by his mother, and
Roy Poteat, Paul Ayers and Mar
vin Martin were apprehended by
county officers.
Dale Todd, who is still at
large, is one of a group who rob
bed Nayland Ramey of Low Gap,
of about SSOO two weeks ago. The
others were held on charges of
forgery and chicken stealing.
Roy Poteat in an Elkin man
who was involved in a chicken
stealing ring.
ELKIN FIRM WINS
$45,687 CONTRACT
Chatham Manufacturing Co.
to Make Material for
Marine Corps
DELIVERY SEPT. 26, 1939
Washington, D. C., July 6—An
Elkin manufacturing firm was
named today as participating in
the awards of more than five
million dollars worth of federal
contracts merie to private indus
try during uie past week and
approved today by the Labor
Department.
Some of the contracts approved
provided for delivery of goods to
government agencies for use as
far off as July, 1940, and several
were for indefinite periods of
time, under the Administration's
long-range buying program de
signed as a spur to current sag
ging business.
The Elkin firm is Chatham
Manufacturing Company, which
has been named as the source of
supply for $45,687.50 worth of
Kersey for use of the Marine
Corps, the contract being Chat
ha m Manufacturing Company
and the Procurement Division of
the Treasury.
Today's announcement stated
the delivery of the product would
be made September 26. 1939.
MEETING CLOSES
AT RONDA CHURCH
The Ronda Baptist church
brought to a close with a bap
tismal service Sunday afternoon
what was said to have been the
most successful meeting the
church has had in 20 years. Six
teen new members were baptized
into the church, with an addition
al three being added by letter.
Three others made professions of
faith and will likely unite either
with that church or other
churches later.
The pastor, Rev. Grady Bur
giss, was assisted in the meeting
by Rev. Charles C. Holland, of
Taylorsville.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
VETERANS HAVE
BIG THIRST
Gettysburg, Pa., July s—So
great was the thirst of vet
erans leaving the Blue and
Gray reunion today that the
army had to send out a rush
call for 15 more cases of whis
key.
Each veteran has been al
lowed three one-ounce drinks
a day during the eight-day
reunion.
Lieutenant-Colonel Paul D.
Hawley, of the army medical
corps, declared one veteran
snorted:
"That ain't even a good
sniff, much less a drink."
Hawley said the veterans'
demand for four-ounce bottles
of whisky "to see them home"
depleted the camp's stores yes
terday and again today.
COSTNER GETS
20 YEARS
Asheville, July 5 Rufus
Costner, sentenced to 20 years
by a U. S. judge here today for
participation in the $130,000
mail truck robbery at Char
lotte in 1933, will be taken to
the federal penitentiary at At
lanta, Ga., within a few days.
The slim Tennessean plead
ed guilty to charges of con
spiracy, receiving and robbing
V. S. mails. Only an hour and
15 minutes were required to
complete the case in U. S. dis
trict court.
BLUE AND GRAY
SAY GOODBYE
Gettysburg:, Pa., July 5
Veterans of the Blue and of
the Gray bade one another 9ad
farewells tonight and started
home from "the greatest time
in our lives" —their last re
union.
Special trains bore the old
Civil War soldiers homeward,
leaving sectional enmities dead
on the battle field with the
thousands who fell there 75
years ago. The happiness of
reunion memories crowded out
the thought that time is clos
ing in and that the remnants
of the once proud Union and
Confederate armies soon must
join their comrades.
HOLIDAY TOLL
CLAIMS 517
The 72 hours of the Inde
pendence Day week-end
brought violent deaths to at
least 517 persons in the United
States.
In contrast to the Fourth of
July of other days—when hos
pitals were filled with fire
works' victims—only three per
sons throughout the nation
were killed by that cause.
The greatest destroyer of
lives was automobile accidents
which killed 258. The second
greatest number of fatalities
was 141 drownings. Twenty
persons killed themselves and
27 more were shot by other
persons, mainly by accident.
COUNTY TAX RATE
SET AT 85 CENTS
Board of Commissioners Ap
prove Dr. Sykes as Coun
ty Health Officer
BUDGET IS APPROVED
The Surry county board of
commissioners, meeting Monday
at Dobson despite the fact the
day was a national holiday, and
fixed the county tax rate at 85
cents, approving the budget prev
iously outlined.
The board also unanimously
favored the continuation of Dr.
Ralph J? Sykes as head of the
county health department for
another year. Dr. Sykes has just
returned from Baltimore where
he completed a three-month's
special course of study at Johns
Hopkins in treatment of venereal
diseases. „
More emphasis will be placed
on the stamping out of venereal
diseases in the county this year,
it was said. Dr. Sykes having led
a vigorous crusade against the
disease prior to his study at Balti
more.
Whipped cream is smeared on
horses in the movies to give the
appearance of lather.
ELKIN, N. C M THURSDAY, JULY 7,1938
MIGHTY DRIVE IS
LAUNCHED BY JAPS
ON CHINESE CITY
Great Display of Equipment
Starts Move
USING 350 WAR PLANES
Are Seeking to Isolate Pro
visional Chinese Capital
Within Fortnight
RESUME MASS OFFENSE
Shanghai, July 6 (Wednesday)
—Japan launched a mighty triple
drive on Hankow today designed
to isolate the provisional Chinese
capital within a fortnight. More
than 100 warships, 400,000 sol
diers and 350 warplanes were
thrown into the offensive.
Simultaneously the Japanese
fought their way toward the last
stretch of the Peiping-Hankow
Railway in Chinese hands, north
of Hankow, and resumed, their
mass offensive in Soifthwest
Shansi province to clear that
area preliminary to an advance
on Sian-Fu, capital of Shensi
province and an important Chi
nese military and communica
tions base.
Despite confident statements by
Chinese government officials in
Hankow foreign military attaches
here and in the capital agreed
that the outlook was dark for
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek,
and his all-China and anti-Jap
anese front.
They confirmed the official
Japanese statement that the stra
tegic city of Hukow, dominating
the entrance to Lake Poyang,
southeast of Hankow, was occu
pied by the Japanese yesterday.
Kiukiang, sister city of Hukow,
was expected to be taken during
the next 48 hours. It already has
been devastated by Japanese
aerial bombing and partly desert
ed by its Chinese defenders.
IS TO CONDUCT
SURRY CLINIC
Dr. R. T. Jenkins to Conduct
Three Weeks' Tubercu
losis Examination
IN ELKIN JULY 21-22
Beginning July 18, Dr. R. T.
Jenkins, Clinic Physician of N. C.
Sanatorium, will conduct a three
weeks tuberculosis clinic in Surry
county. Dr. Jenkins will have
available 1 a fluoroscope to be used
in the examination of all cases.
All day clinic will be held Tn Dob
son on July 20 and in Elkin on
July 21 and 22. Due to the large
number of cases found recently in
Surry county Dr. P. P. McCain,
superintendent of the State San
atorium, advises that the Clinic
will be extended over a three
weeks period.
All persons desiring to be ex
amined during this clinic should
make appointment through their
family physician. A number of
appointments have already been
m&de and those desiring to be
examined should not wait until
the last minute to do so. No
examinations will be made ex
cept by appointment.
Surry Health Officer, Dr.
Ralph J. Sykes, wishes to urge
all persons who know they have
been in direct contact with an
active case of tuberculosis to be
examined, especially if they are
losing weight, coughing, have loss
of appetite or feel generally run
down.
There are new approximately
40 cases of tuberculosis from
Surry county in the Sanatorium.
During the clinic last year there
were 312 persons examined with
37 new cases found. Since that
time 15 cases have been report
ed.
Much could be accomplished
toward the eradication of tuber
culosis in Surry county if those
who suspect they have it are ex
amined and treated and those
who know they have it use neces
sary precautions to protect others.
There is nothing to fear from
tuberculosis if it is discovered
early. It is quite aften the com
ment of persons, "I'd rather die
than have tuberculosis." This
should not be so. There are on
file with the Surry County Health
Department between forty and
fifty persons who have arrested
or inactive cases who are leading
normal and active lives.
Early diagnosis and early treat
ment play the most important
part in the arrest of any case of
tuberculosis. . >
At least 5,000 to 8.000 persons
die of malaria in the Utilted
States every year.
Train Wreck Takes Big Toll
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Miles City, Mont—The scene at Custer Creek where one of the
nation's worst railroad disasters occurred. Approximately forty
died when the Olympian, crack Milwaukee passenger train,
plunged through a flood-weakened bridge. Thirty-seven bodies
have been recovered so far.
ARE TO DEDICATE
BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Charles C. Holland to
Preach at Arlington
Sunday
BUILDING IS DEBT FREE
A special dedication service
will be held at the Arlington Bap
tist church at 2:30 p. m., on Sun
day, July 17, which is the second
anniversary, of the organization
of the church, at which time the
newly erected rock-veneer build
ing will be formally dedicated.
Rev. Charles C. Holland, of
Taylorsville, will be guest speak
er and will preach the dedication
sermon. Special singing will be
furnished by the Happy Day
quartette. The program is to be
in charge of the pastor, Rev.
Grady Burgiss.
An urgent public invitation is
extended to everyone who has
had any part in the erection of
the building to be present at the
dedication service, and are cor
dially invited to attend regardless
of whether they have assisted
with money, material or labor.
The church has had an unus
ual growth during the first two
years of its history, with the
membership reaching 105 in that
time, with an average Sunday
school attendance of 113 in the
month of June, and with fully
organized church, with W. M. S.
and B. T. U. as well as Sunday
school.
The building which is to be
dedicated has been erected on a
strictly cash basis and has never
had a debt against it at any time
during its erection. Approxi
mately $4,000.00 has been paid
into the church for all phases of
its work since its organization
two years ago.
As the church aproaches its
dedication service it extends very
grateful thanks to all who have
had a part in the erection of its
building, regardless of how small
or how large that gift or assist
ance has been.
NAVY MAN KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Daniel C. Kennington Fatally
Injured on Elkin-States
ville Highway
COMPANION IS INJURED
Daniel C. Kennington, 22, an
electrician with the United States
Navy, and stationed with the U.
S. S. Yorktown at Portsmouth,
Va., died in a Statesville hospital
Sunday night from injuries re
ceived in an automobile accident
Sunday afternoon on the States
ville-Elkin highway, William
Lawhon, 25, of Norwood, a com
panion of Kennington, was badly
injured but is expected to re
cover.
The young men were en route
to Jonesville to visit his brother,
Hazel Kennington, when the
fatal accident occurred.
The deceased is a son of Rev.
R. H. Kennington, of Norwood, a
former pastor of the Jonesville
Methodist church.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning from the Nor
wood Methodist church. Inter
ment was in the cemetery there.
ONE COUPLE GETS
MARRIAGE PERMIT
Marriage license were granted
for only one couple in Surry
county during the past week.
They were to Lester Swift, of
Pinnacle, to Pearl Atkins, also of
Pinnacle. Ages 52 and 22 respec
; tively.
Change Made in
Visiting Hours
At Hospital Here
Effective July 1, a change
was made in the visiting hours
at Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital. The new hours are
from 10:30 until 11:30 in the
morning; 2 until 4 in the af
ternoon, and 7 until 8:30
o'clock in the evening. The
change was made to accommo
date visitors of patients who
found it difficult to visit dur
ing the previous hours. Close
observation of the hours will
be greatly appreciated by the
hospital staff.
SPECIAL FEATURES
IN AMATEUR SHOW
Pipe Organ Will Be Used As
Accompaniment for Tal
ented Singing Group
IS TO BE HELD FRIDAY
An Amateur Variety Show will
be presented from the stage of
the Lyric theatre Friday night
under the sponsorship of the
Elkin Presbyterian Church.
Elaborate plans have been
made for the show, which should
last about 45 minutes, and the
best talent of Elkin. Jpnesville
and vicinity has been recruited.
A special feature of the event,
new in previous shows of this
nature here, will be a group of
singers with pipe organ accom
paniment. Thanks to the cour
tesy of officials of the local First
Methodist church, the church
pipe organ will be used as an
accompaniment for the group,
who will appear upon the stage.
The organ music will be heard
in the theatre by a remote con
trol system installed by Smith
Williamson, of Harris Electric
Company. Miss Mamte Black
wood, Methodist church organist,
will act as accompanist.
Comedy will be provided by
Byron Bryan, the Yokum Family
and the demonstration of a new
lie detector machine which will
be tried out upon some member
of the audience.
All singers appearing in the
show have been selected by in
vitation. The singers include
Jerry Weaver, Dorothy Colhard,
Virginia Lineberry, Carolyn Mel
ton, Leon Martin, Magdaline
Martin. Constance Greenwood
will appear in a special dance act.
Also included in the show a
male quartet, which will be mak
ing its first appearance. Alan
Browning, Jr., will act as master
of ceremonies.
Several other persons will take
part in surprise acts.
On the screen the audience will
see Blng Crosby in "Dr. Rhythm",
one of Bing's best pictures.
Usual admission will be charged
for the double show.
HARRIS CHILD PASSES
AWAY AFTER ILLNESS
Peggy §ue Harris, five and one
half months old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Orover Lee Harris, died
Wednesday of Ust week at their
home near Greensboro from
whooping cough. f
In addition to her parents she
is survied by a brother, Jerry Lee
Harris, and a half-sister, Yvonne
Wagoner. Mrs. Harris was before
her marriage Miss Sallie Wagon
er of Swan Creek.
Funeral services were held Fri
day morning at 11 o'clock from
Swan Creek Baptist church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. Rich
ard Pardue. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
Elkin
"The Best little Tinn
In North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BIG MAJORITY IS
GIVEN SCOTT IN
VOTING SATURDAY
Ivie Is Defeated in Judicial
Race
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BURGIN, DEANE CLOSE
Congressional Candidate in
Eighth District Wants
Recount
RETURNS INCOMPLETE
Surry county and the entire
21st judicial district gave R. J.
Scott, Danbury attorney, a n
overwhelming lead over his op
ponent, Allan D. Ivie, of Leaks
ville, in Saturday's run-off elec
tion, while voters in the eighth
congressional district, which In
cludes Yadkin and Wilkes coun
ties, were about evenly divided in
their ballots for C. B. Deane, of
Rockingham, and William O.
Burgin, of Lexington, for Con
gress. At the last count Burgin
was a mere 39 votes ahead while
Deane was demanding a recount.
In the local race Scott was
given a total of 9,319 votes
against 3,097 for Ivie in their
contest for solicitor. In Surry
the official vote stood: Scott 3,-
849, Ivie 355. The official pre
cinct vote was as follows:
Precinct Scott Ivie
Bryan 167 3
Dobson 847 20
I Eldora 28 0
Elkin .460 6
Franklin 143 2
Long Hill 28 4
Marsh 138 0
Mount Airy No. 1 295 38
Mount Airy No. 2 129 75
Mount Airy No. 3 131 24
Mount Airy No. 4 133 69
Mount Airy No. 5 252 41
Pilot Mountain 170 44
Rockford 150 1
Shoals 194 4
Siloam 135 9
Stewart's Creek 323 7
Westfield 125 8
Totals .....3,849 355
In the eighth Congressional
race Deane has filed with the
county election boards protests
to the votes cast in Burgin's
home county of Davidson, in
Montgomery, and certain ballot
boxes in Union county. The
Davidson board has not acted on
the request.
Burgin, meanwhile, has filed a
demand for a recount in Deane's
home county of Richmond. This
request was granted.
Including unofficial returns
from Wilkes and Montgomery
counties, Burgin received 19,324
votes and Deane got 19,285, as
tabulated by a news agency.
A challenge of certain absentee
ballots in Montgomery county de
layed the election board's official
canvass. The board adjourned its
meeting until Friday, thus
further setting back the complete
official canvass on the eighth
district.
Wilkes county's election board
was forced to adjourn when poll
books, registration books, and tal
ly sheets from 12 precincts turn
ed out to be unavailable on the
canvassing day. The sheriff was
ordered to round up the reports.
DR. SMITH TO PREACH AT
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Dr. Egbert W. Smith will
preach Sunday morning at the 11
o'clock hour of worship at the
Presbyterian church in this city.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
"Tobacco" Column
Begins in This
Issue of Tribune
A new feature which The
Tribune believes will be of real
interest jto Its readers, espe
cially t o tobacco farmers,
makes its initial appearance in
this issue.
The feature, a column titled
"Tobacco Topics," gives news
of tobacco ' from throughout
the world, including this im
mediate section. It will con
tain each week items about
crop conditions, experiences of
successful farmers, finding of
experts, market reports, timely
tips on control of plant dis
eases and eradication of in
sects. The Tribune believes
fiumr"" ®r# vitally interested
in these things.
. Turn now to the column ap
pearing: elsewhere hi this
paper. It is published in the
hope It will be of real benefit.