Elldn
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Bine Ridge ,
VOL. No. XXVIL No. 37
Elkin Merchants Are
Planning Dollar Day s
Here On August 4-5-6
ARE COOPERATING
TO GIVE BIGGEST
YALUES ON RECORD
Have Prepared for Big Event
for Weeks
TO OFFER RARE VALUES
Customers Will Be Given Op
portunity to Make Many
Cash Savings
PROOF IS IN THE STORES
Thursday, Friday and Satur
day, August 4, 5, and 6. will be
Dollar Days in Elkin.
Elkin merchants have joined
forces to show the world that
there are such things as "sensa
tional. money-saving value s,"
with the proof in their own stores
during the three big days.
For the past several years, the
local merchants have staged
"Bargain Days," in which various
contests were held for cash
prizes. For Dollar Days they are
planning no contests money
that has hitherto gone into prizes
will be passed on to their custom
ers in the form of greater savings
on every purchase.
Practically all Elkin merchants
are cooperating in Dollar Days.
For weeks each merchants has
been preparing for the event, and
August 4, 5 and 6 will see each
competing with the other in of
fering the greatest values on rec
ord.
Many of the values to be placed
on sale for the event will actual
ly be priced below cost! Many
items will be sold at actual cost!
Why? To prove to all who at
tend that. Elkin Dollar Days are
exactly what they are supposed
to be—three big days of sensa
tional, money-saving values!
Everyone throughout this en
tire area is urged to visit Elkin
for this big event.
LOYALISTS MAKE
GAINS IN DRIVE
Capture Ten Villages in Huge
Offensive Against In
surgent Forces
3,000 PRISONERS TAKEN
Hendaye, Prance (at the Span
ish Frontier). July 26 The
Spanish government tonight an
nounced that its forces had cap
tured ten villages, seven strategic
hills, and 3,000 prisoners in a
smashing thrust across the Ebro
River on the Catalan front in
northeastern Spain.
These victories came within 24
hours after the government
forces launched their Catalan of
fensive, it was announced.
A government communique list
ed the captured villages as Mon-
tes de Asco, Venta de Compo
sines, Corbera, Ribarroja. Flix,
Fatarella, Benisanet. Mira be t,
Pinell, and Mora de Ebro.
Insurgent garrison forces in
these villages either fled, were
captured, or "liquidated." the
communique said, "as the victor
ious advance continued."
Government troops also Occu
pied the Junction of the Maella-
Fraga road and the Fayon road,
and cut the roat\ from Qandesa
to Asco. These points are south
and west of the Ebro.
The Catalonlans were reported
tonight to be menacing Gandesa,
and to have trapped a large force
of insurgents on the Ebro River
delta.
CLUBS ARE TO STAGE
OLD MAID CONVENTION
The Home Demonstration Clubs
of Mountain Park and Devotion
will give an "Old Maid's Conven
tion" Saturday evening, July 30,
at 7:45 o'clock. String music
will be an added feature, of the
program.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend. A small ad
mission fee will be charged.
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Ninety-five per cent, of the toys
sold in this country are manufac
tured here.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
MAN JUMPS
FROM 17th FLOOR
New York, July 26—Young
John Ward, 'who perched for
11 hours on a 17th-floor ledge
of the Hotel Gotham undecid
ed whether to live or die* be
cause of a spat with his sister,
plunged to his death late to
night as rescue workers haul
ed up a net to prevent his
suicide.
Thousands of horrified spec
tators, who had jammed the
Fifth avenue and 55th street
intersection where the hotel is
located, screamed and shout
ed when they saw the 26-year
old man leave the narrow ledge
and catapult downward to
crash on the curb at the
hotel's 55th street entrances
The body was mashed to a
jelly. The face was unrecog
nizable.
CHINESE ARMY
IS OVERCOME
Shanghai, .Wednesday, duly 27
—Japanese columns rolled up
the Yangtze Valley toward
Hankow today in the wake of
a fleeing Chinese army, head
ing toward the "resort town"
of Kuling where many foreign
ers, including 57 Americans,
have summer homes.
The invading army, gather
ing momentum at every mile,
occupied the strategic city of
Kiukiang, on the Yangtze 135
miles below Hankow, after a
brief, fierce battle in which
several buildings flying the
American and British flags re
portedly were looted and dam
aged.
GOVERNOR HOEY
ON CRIME
Cleveland, Ohio, "July 26
If America is to check her
"crime wave," she must "do
something more than arrest
and punish law violators,"
Governor Clyde R. Hoey of
North Carolina said here to
night.
"That method is good as far
as it goes," he declared, "but
it does not go far enough."
The answer to the problem, he
said he believed, is a good sys
tem of probation and parole,
wisely administered.
N. C. RIVERS
CAUSE DAMAGE
Raleigh. July 26 North
Carolina rivers, swollen from
a nine-day rain, tonight rolled
over additional miles of low
lands, destroying crops and
washing out small bridges.
Lee A. Denson, head of the
weather bureau here, said the
flood in Eastern North Caro
lina. was the heaviest of the
/ year. The rivers will go still
farther oufr of the banks to
morrow and Thursday, he add
ed.
Officials of the State High
way and Public Works Com
mission said the floods and
rains had damaged many
roads.
ZEPHYR METHODISTS
WILL HOLD REVIVAL
Rev. H. M. Boyd, of Wanes
burg, Ky., will conduct a series
of revival services at the Pleasant
Ridge Methodist church at
Zephyr, beginning Sunday. July
31 and continuing through Aug
ust 7. Services will be held each
evening at 8:00 o'clock. A special
invitation is extended the public
to attend.
JUNIOR ORDER IS TO
HOLD CHICKEN STEW
The local Junior Order will
stage a chicken stew Saturday
evening about 6:30 o'clock at the
home of Thomas Myers on the
Swan Creek road, it has been an
nounced. All members of the
Order are urged to attend and
take their wives or sweethearts.
The event will feature speaking
and music.
Nazi Camp Officials Convicted
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Riverhead, L. I.—The five men who recevied fines of SSOO
each and suspended sentences are shown in the court room after
hearing: the verdict. Left to right: Herman Schwarzmann; Bruno
Hiaehnel; Henry Wolfgang; Addo Bielefeld and Henry Hauck.
The Get man-American Settlement League, Inc., operator of a
camp at Yaphank, L. 1., for American Nazi sympathizers, and the
league's six incorporators, were all found guilty of violating the
State Civil Rights Law.
PLANS COMPLETED
FOR HORSE SHOW
Farmers Are to Compete
Among Themselves for
Cash Prizes
PLAN THREE CLASSES
Plans were completed Tuesday
evening at a meeting of the board
of directors of the Elkin Fair for
the horse show to be staged as a
part of this year's exhibition.
Last year's horse show was
considered a success with many
fine animals entered, however,
some criticism was heard con
cerning the way "commercial"
animals were allowed to compete
with horses and mules entered by
farmers.
Due to this fact, this year will
see three classes of horses on ex
hibition. Details were announced
in the following statement pre
pared by Mrs. Alan Browning,
Jr., fair secretary:
"Owing to the fact that all the
t entries in the Fair of 1937 were
placed in the money class and
in view of the fact that we feel
this was unfair to the farmers,
we have this year decided to
have three classes of horses on
exhibition.
"First, the farmers will com
pete among themselves alone for
first and second cash prizes, for
the best teams of mules and
horses and mares. The premiums
for each of the above classes will
be SIO.OO for first prize, and $5
for second prize.
"Second, the commercial class
will "include the stock from the
county home, Chatham Manu
facturing Company, Klondike
and all traders who may care to
enter the contest, and the prizes
awarded for the best and second
best in this class will be ribbons.
"Third, the saddle horses and
ponies will also compete for rib
bons. and this includes planta
tion saddle horses as well.
"In view of the above arrange
ment. all farmers are cordially
invited to bring their stock and
place it upon exhibition thereby
helping us to make the Fair a
success and to create interest and
enthusiasm in the buying and
keeping of the very best stock to
be found in any community.
"To this end a committee has
been appointed in different lo
calities consisting of W. A.
Neaves and J. B. Parks at Elkin,
R. M. Fletcher at Boonville, J. W.
Crawford at Dobson and Ruohs
Pyron at Klondike Farm, Elkin.
Any information desired may be
obtained by seeing or writing any
of the above named."
Premiums to be awarded in the
Agriculture Department were also
announced by the secretary, as
follows:
"To be arranged as a collective
exhibit and to consist of farm
products raised, canned, cured or
preserved on one farm in the
year 1938. Agricultural products
to count fifty per cent.; canned
and preserved products to count
twenty-five per cent., and ar
rangement and attractiveness of
exhibit to count twenty-five per
cent,
"First prize on Live-at-Home
exhibit to be $50.00 cash; second
prize $40.00; third prize, furni
ture; fourth prize a stove; and
fifth prize a kitchen cabinet.
"First prize on the Best Gar
den Exhibit to be SIO.OO cash;
•second prize one pair of Chat
ham blankets, third prize $5.00 in
merchandise; fourth prize $3.00
in merchandise and fifth prize
SI.OO in merchandise."
J. W. Crawford, county farm
agent, is superintendent of this
department.
A true disciple will follow his
Master six days and not forsake
him on the seventh.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JULY 28, 1938
Picnic Has Been
Postponed on >
Account of Rain
The employer-employee pic
nic, at which Elkin merchants
were to entertain their em
ployees this evening (Thurs
day) at the local school gym
nasium, has been postponed
due to the rain 9 this section
has experienced during the
past week.
Announcement as to a new
date for the event has not
been made.
ARE TO OBSERVE
HOMECOMING DAY
Judge Johnson J. Hayes to
Address Assembly' in
Afternoon
WHISENHUNT TO SPEAK
A Homecoming Day will be cel
ebrated the first Sunday in Au
gust at Sv/an Creek Baptist
church for church members, all
former pastors and friends of the
church. The program will begin
at 10 a. m., with special music.
At 11 o'clock Rev. Eph Whisen
hunt, pastor of the First Baptist
church in this city, will speak. At
2:30 in the afternoon. Judge
Johnson J. ayes, well known fed
eral court judge, will speak. Many
others will have part on the pro
gram.
The entire community of Swan
Creek is very proud of the new
brick church under construction
near the site of the old church
building, and which they hope to
complete at an early date.
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend the service
and bring a basket dinner.
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self.
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Pictured above, as he patiently awaits his youthful masters'
exit from the. Lyric theatre here, is Tip, 7-year-old Shepherd doc
who may be seen any Saturday in the theatre foyer.
Tip is the property of Pink Barnett, at Jonesville, and accom
panies the Barnett. children, Curtis, Carol and Tom, each time
they come to Elkin. It is a regular custom for the youngsters to
go to the movies each Saturday afternoon, and the dog always
waits Just outside the entrance. Theatre employees sfy that he
hasnt missed a Saturday in several years; that he never attempts
to go inside and that he never gets in the way or arouses a dis
turbance. When theatre attendants sweep the foyer floor, the doc
will move until his spot had been swept, then will acain take his
place. . It is uncanny, they say, how Tip unerringly spots his mas
ters as they leave the theatre, no matter hew dense the crowd.—
Tribune photo.
Faithful Dog Waits for Pals
WHO'S NOMINATED
IS STILL QUESTION
AFTER PRIMARIES
Charges and Counter Charges
Are Filed
BOARD STUDIES CASES
Deane Alleges Burgin's Ma
jority Due to Illegally
Cast Absentee Votes
BURGIN ISSUES DENIAL
Raleigh, July 26—The question
of who was nominated in North
Carolina's recent primaries re
mained the Capital's No. 1 mys
tery today, as the State Board of
Elections continued its probe into
alleged irregularities at the polls.
This morning, the board heard
charges by Rivers D. Johnson, of
Warsaw, that 1,300 ballots werfe
cast illegally in the six district
solicitorial run-off races. Those
ballots, he said, gave the appar
ent nomination to J. Abner Bark
er, of Roseboro.
Vhis afternoon the board con
tinued its study of alleged fraud
in the eighth district congres
sional run-off contest. The study
was conducted behind closed
doors, and although newsmen
were admitted, all proceedings
except "findings of fact" were
off the record.
No facts were found.
For the most part, the study
was limited to absentee ballots
cast in Davidson county. C. B.
Deane, of Rockingham, appar
ently defeated for the congres
sional nomination, has alleged
that illegal absentees provided
the margin by which W. O. Bur
gin, of Lexington, apparently was
nominated.
W. A. Lucas, chairman of the
board, took up each absentee
case, reading affidavits filed by
Deane, county affidavits by Bur
gin, and counter-counter affi
davits by Deane. Then members
of the board voted on whether
the ftillots should count.
Some observers said that, after
completing its study tomorrow or
Thursday, the board would send
the eighth district congressional
contest back to the county boards,
accompanied by recommenda
tions.
OPEN NEW THEATRE
IN WEST JEFFERSON
A beautiful new theatre, the
Parkway, has recently been com
pleted and opened for business in
West Jefferson by Ben Reeves
and Russell Barr, of that city.
Mr. Reeves is a brother of Dr. W.
B. Reeves, of Elkin, owner of the
Elk theatre here.
The new theatre is of modern
istic design and completely up
to-date in every respect.
"Lighting Up In Dark Company"
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South Boston, Va.—These three South Boston, Va., girls, left
to right, Misses Helen Johnston, Jean Hill and Hallie Hubbard,
practicing for their roles in the fourth annual National Tobacco
Festival to be held here on September 8 and 9, stop by a Negro
cabin and secure lights for their cigarettes from the Negro
mammy's pipe, much to the interest of the pickaninnies.
World War Began
24 Years Ago Today
Twenty-four years ago to
day a half-wit in Serejevo,
Austria, fired a gun that killed
Archduke Francis Ferdinand
and started the world on its
mad pitch to war that caused
millions of deaths, wounded
bodies, broken homes, disease
and untold billions of dollars
in costs. That shot that sound
ed around the world will echo
for the next 100 years, with
the 24 already passed.
Following four years of
bloodshed, suffering, privation
and all that goes with war, the
war that was to end war, gov
ernments tumbled, heads fell,
kingdoms lost overnight, and
a new map of Europe faced
the world.
Twenty-four years later
Europe is arming for another
war. Jealousy, hatred, greedj
power are the mainsprings
that are kicking the dove of
peace all over one-half of the
world.
CHARLIE TRANSOU
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Local Man Passes Away Sat
urday After Illness of
Several Weeks
RITES HELp SUNDAY
Charlie Clifton Transou, 33,
died Saturday morning in the
local hospital from a serious ill
ness of several weeks. The de
ceased was a native of this com
munity and a son of Mr. and
Mrs. Claude D. Transou, now of
Leaksville. He was an employee
of Chatham Manufacturing com
pany and a member of Pleasant
Hill Baptist church.
He was twice married, first to
Miss Bessie Simmons, of Danville,
Va„ and after her death to Miss
Dethel Lyons, who survives. Three
children, Coleen. Lamon and Leo,
his parents, two brothers, Joyce
and Everette Transou, of Dan
ville, Va., and one sister, Mrs.
Oda Ingram, of Leaksville, also
survive.
Funeral services were held Sim
day morning at 11 o'clock from
Pleasant Hill-Baptist church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. I. W.
Vestal and Rev. Richard Day. In
terment was in the church ceme
tery. . '
LOCAL STORE IS
BEING ENLARGED
The Sydnor-Spainhour depart
ment store here is being enlarged
to provide for a new ladles'
ready-to-wear department, work
having been started Monday
morning.
The main floor of the store
will be extended at the rear, giv
ing many additional feet of floor
space. This space will be utilized
altogether for the ladies' ready
to-wear department. The depart
ment at the present time housing
ladies' ready-to-wear will be
transformed into a children's de-
Construction work is expected
to be completed within the next
few weeks, E. S. Spainhour, man
ager of the store, said Monday.
Elkin
"The Best Little Tom
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
VIRGINIA PLANT
IS TO LIQUIDATE
Furniture Company at Galax,
Shut Down by Strikers,
Will Not Open
HAD PLANNED PAY CUT
Idle since July 14 when em
ployees went out on strike in pro
test against a 15 per cent wage
cut, the Vaughn Furniture Co..
of Galax, Va., has announced
plans to liquidate after an appeal
to workers failed Monday morn
ing.
Monday morning T. G. Vaughn,
president of the company, ap
peared at the entrance of the
plant where a crowd numbering
approximately 500 people, includ
ing 260 striking empolyees, had
gathered, and stated that any
person who desired to go to work
could do so under police protec
tion.
"This is my last talk. I'm
through," Mr. Vaughn said after
twice- appealing to the workers
without result. Only one man
signified his willingness to go b.ick
to his job.
Rather than operate the plant
at a loss, which would be neces
sary without the proposed 15 per
cent, reduction in pay, officials
said they would shut it down for
ever and liquidate in the interest
of its stockholders.
ANNUAL MEETING
TODAY, FRIDAY
Surry Baptist Association to
Gather at White Plains
Baptist Church
PLAN GOOD PROGRAM
The annual meeting of the
Surry Baptist Association will be
held with White Plains Baptist
church Thursday and Friday of
this week. Two sessions will be
held each day, meeting at 9:00
and 1:30, with picnic dinner on
the church grounds at the noon
hour.
Moderator A. V. West will call
the association to order at the
opening session Thursday, with
Rev. J. F. Sellers, pastor of the
Mt. Airy church, offering a word
of welcome to the visitors and
delegates from the Baptist
churches of the county. A re
sponse to his welcome will be
given by J. T. Threate, of Doteon.
The main address of the first
day's program will be given by
Rev, Perry Crouch, of Raleigh,
followed by the annual sermon
with Rev. O. E. Ward occupying
the pulpit.
In the afternoon on the first
day Mr. Smith Hagerman. Supt.
of the Baptist hospital, will
speak, followed by F. T. Lew
ellyn, who will speak on the his
tory of Surry County Baptists
and the future outlook. W. E.
Woodruff will speak at 3:30 on
temperance and public morals.
Friday will be filled with re
ports from various committees,
also an address by Rev. D. M.
Lawton, a missionary direct from
China. .Friday afternoon's pro
gram is in charge of ministers
and laymen from the various
churches of the county with the
election of officers and place of
next meeting being the final or
der of business.