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Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVII. No. 41
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
\ SAYS PRISON
IS DISGRACE
Philadelphia, Aug. 23—Cor
oner Charles M. Hersch to
night viewed Philadelphia
county prison's tiny isolation
cells where four mutinous
convicts died a violent death
and branded them "worse than
the black hole of Calcutta."
The coroner emerged from a
four-hour visit to the prison
"disgusted" with what he des
cribed as a "disgrace to any
decent prison."
Hersch assumed virtual com
mand of the prison under an
1819 act of the assembly
which extends that privilege
to coroners. Mills remained
at his desk in the administra
tion building during the cot
oner's invetsigation.
DISCORD IN
CHINESE RANKS
Hankow, Aug. 23—Discord
behind the front of China's
united resistance was brought
into the open by an order of
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-
Shek's chief of staff dissolving
proletarian organizations in
spired or sponsored by Chinese
Communists.
General Chen Cheng, as po
litical and military boss of the
Wuhan metropolitan area
Wuchang, Hankow and Han
yang—ordered dissolution of
the National Salvation Corps,
National Emancipation Van
guards and other student and
v worker organizations deemed
under Communist sway.
AUTO MAKERS
TO SPEND
New York, Aug. 23—News
from Detroit that automobile
makers iwere preparing to
spend many millions of dollars
for parts and materials in
speeding manufacture of 1939
cars cheered Wall street today
and sent motor shares to the
head of an advancing stock
market.
Nearly $100,000,000 was add
ed to the market value of Gen
eral Motors' 43,500,000 shares
in the rush to get aboard auto
motive issues. The stock closed
$2 higher at $49.50 and touch
ed the highest prices record
• ed this year. Chrysler rose
but $3 to a new peak for 1938
at $75.62.
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> BERRY MAKES
CHARGE
Washington, Aug. 23—Sen
ator George L. Berry (D),
Tenn., charged today that
Works Progress Administration
employees in Tennessee were
assessed a total of $125,000 In
the successful campaign to un
seat him in the state's recent
Democratic primary, and indi
cated that he may carry his
fight to the Senate floor.
PRISONERS TAKE
FRENCH LEAVE
Assigned to Work at the Sur
ety County Farm, Three
Men Make Departure
SERVING SHORT TERMS
Perhaps figuring that the sun
was too hot, and that from 30 to
60 days in jail, assigned to work
at the Surry county, farm, was
too big a price to pay for merely
getting drunk, three prisoners, one
a member of the Dobsdn CCC
camp, took French leave from
the county farm Tuesday morning.
No trace had bien found of tine
men, Surry County Jailer L. C.
Castle told a Tribune reporter
Wednesday morning.
The prisoners who walked off
witt out even so murch as a good
bye, were John Thomas, 28, and
Everett Odell, 25, both of Mount
Airy, and James B. Baker, 20, of
Statesville. Baker was a member
of the Surry CCC camp, having
been arrested in Mount Airy for
drunkenness.
Prisoners of this type, who
usually wind up in jail for short
Fentcnces beccause they do not
have the money for fine and
costs, are worked at the county
farm without attendance of an
armed guard. Jailer Castle said.
said he expected to have them
back In another day or so.
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
FAMOUS PILOT IS
KILLED AS PLANE
HITS POWER LINE
Commander Frank * Hawks'
Plane Burns
A NOTED SPEED FLIER
J. H. Campbell, Passenger in
Plane, Also Meets Death
in Mishap
PILOTING SMALL PLANE
East Aurora, N. Y., Aug. 23.
Commander Prank Hawks and a
socialite companion were killed to
night in a flaming plane crash less
than a year after Hawks gave up
the speed flying which made him
famous and took up "safety and
comfort" flying.
Hawks, who for years escaped
death in darine speed exploits,
lost his life in the crash of a
small safety plane which he had
said he would rather fly than
any other.
He died in a hospital in Buffalo,
15 miles away, soon after he had
been dragged from the burning
wreckage of his ship.
J. Hazhard Campbell, of East
Aurora, a stock broker who was
taking a demonstratiion ride- in
the plane, died in the same hos
pital from injuries later tonight.
Campbell was a brother-in-law
of Seymour Knox, internationally
known polo star.
The "Gwinn Aircar" in which
the two men were flying tripped
across a group of electric and tele
phone wires and plunged into a
field a short distance from this
village.
A few minutes before they had
taken off from an estate nearby,
a friend had handed Hawks a
four-leaf clover with a wish of
"good luck".
Horrifiied farmers in the area
pulled the two men from their
burning craft but Hawks died a
few- hours later in a Buffalo hos
pital. The Aircar burned to a
mass of twisted wreckage.
A fire extinguisher in the plane
exploded adding to the danger
to those seeking to aid the two
men.
SURRY RECEIVES
CONTROL FUNDS
Money Will Be Used in Gov
ernment's Fight Against
Venereal Disease
ALLOTMENT FOR DRUGS
As a result of the Lafollette-
Bulwinkle Bill the U.S.P.H.S. has
received an appropriation for ve
nereal disease control. These
funds were distributed to the va
rious states and in turn the Fed
eral subsidy has been reallocated
to the various health units in the
state on the basis of population,
financial need and venereal di
sease problem.
The allotment for Surry county
for the fiscal year 1938-1939 will
be $966.90. This money is to be
used mainly for renovation of
quarters, furnishing of equipment
and for personnel to aid the
Health Department in venereal
disease control. .
In addition to the above fund
£yn additional allotment has been
made for antisyphilitic drugs. The
Surry County Health Department
will receive drugs to the value of
$440.00 for the fiscal year.
JUNIOR ORDER IS TO
SPONSOR PLAY HERE
"Crashing Society," a comedy
in three acts, will be presented
here Friday evening, September
2, at 8:00 o'clock, in the local
school auditorium under the aus
pices of the local Junior Order.
The cast will be made up of a
number of Harmony people who
have presented the play success
fully in a number of places.
A nominal admission will be
charged.
KIWANIANS TO MEET
AT RONDA THIS P. M.
This evening's (Thursday) Ki
wanis meeting will be ladies'
night and will be held at the
Ron d a Methodist church, in
Ronda, at 6:30 o'clock.
The missionary society of the
church will prepare and serve
the dinner. All members of the
club are urged to attend and
bring the ladies.
A religion that does not function
in private life as well as in public
life, is shorn of its very essence.
Crash Proves Fatal for Driver of Liquor Car
Death was riding the wind Sunday evening shortly before dark when Clyde Hemric, Wilkes
county man, driving the car pictured above, failed to make a curve on the Elkin-Dobson highway
about five miles east of town, and crashed down a 15-foot embankment to land in a cornfield below.
Hemric received injuries from which he died about 6:00 ajn. Tuesday. The car was loaded with
100 gallons of whisky, stored in 20 five-gallon tin cans. State Highway Patrolman Lee Phillips, of
Elkin, who had been watching for Hemric all Sunday afternoon, is shown standing beside the wreck
ed car.-*-(Tribune photo).
ENTERTAINERS ARE
WANTED FOR SHOW
"Old Time Jamboree" to Fea
ture Closing Night of the
Elkin Fair
CASH PRIZES OFFERED
String bands, tap dancers, clog
dancers, singers, quartets, and all
other acts suitable for stage or
radio are wanted to participate
in the "Old Time Jamboree" to
be staged in the school gymna
sium on the last night of the
Elkin Pair.
Entry in the Old Time Jamb
oree is open to all ages, with
farmers being especially invited.
Two cash prizes, first of SIO.OO
and second of $5.00, will be
awarded the best two acts. The
best 10 acts, suitable for radio,
will stage a 30-minute radio
broadcast from Station WBIG
Greensboro.
The program, which will be
presented from a large stage in
the gymnasium building Saturday
night after exhibits have been re
moved Saturday afternoon, is in
charge of Alan Browning, Jr.
Everyone wishing to enter should
see Mr. Browning at the Elkin
Tribune, or write him, care post
office box 445, Elkin.
The Old Time Jamboree will
come as the final feature of the
fair, which will this year feature
the Lew Henry Joy land Rides on
the midway.
PICNIC IS SCHEDULED
FOR THURSDAY, SEPT. 1
The employer-employee picnic
planned by members of the Elk
in Merchants Association and
scheduled to have been held sev
eral wt.'ks ago will be held
Thursday evening, September 1,
at the local gymnasium.
A dance will 1 follow the picnic
supper.
Tribune To Present Second Motion
Picture Cooking S
• Going to school in a theatre!
It sounds a bit strange, doesn't
it? But that is what women of
the community will be doing when
The Elkin Tribune Motion Picture
Cooking School comes to town on
Monday, Spetember sth.
There will be real lessons, too,
lessons in measuring, mixing and
blending the ingredients for many
recipes; in the preparation of
such triumphs as a lattice-top
fruit-pie; in making delicious fro
zen desserts and salads; in laun
dering fine fabrics; and in plan
ning healthful meals for grow
ing children.
The camera has assembled all
the expert information of trained
home economists—not as a rou
tine lecture, not as a formal
"highbrow" demonstration, but as
a real romance of home making,
full of suspense and charm, and
informal chats from-one-good -
cook-to-another.
There will be remarkable close-
ELKIN, N, C- THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1938
Dobson High School
Teachers Go High
Up to Get Hitched
Love, with Cupid In the lead,
took wines in Mecklinburg
county last Thursday when, at
7,000 feet above the ground
Miss Flora Mae Luckey, of the
Hopewell community of that
county, and Clyde M. Forrest,
of Francisco, Stokes county,
were married in an airplane.
Both the bride and groom
are members of the faculty of
the Dobson high school.
Dwight Cross, owner and
pilot of the plane in which the
ceremony was performed, and
Miss Mable Luckey, sister of
the bride, were witnesses.
The Rev. C. H. Rowan, pas
tor of the Paw Creek Presby
terian church, officiated.
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BOY RESCUED FROM
FALL IN DEEP WELL
Dives 47 Feet into Six Feet
of Water at His Home
In Yadkin
ONLY SLIGHTLY HURT
Yadkinville, Aug. 23. —(Special)
—There is no fun going down in
a 47 foot well but Hugh Joyner,
14, says when your little brother
is at the bottom of the well In six
feet of water there is but one
thing to do—go after him, and
that is just what he £id and did
a good job of it.
Carl Gray Joyner, 2-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Everette
Joyner, who live near Deep Creek
Baptist church, had tumbled thro
the opening of the well and
churned the water at the bottom.
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Ups of each process In a series of
model, conveniently - equipped
kitchens, (not the synthetic, false
front variety), where trained
home-makers will plan and com
plete the preparation of several
meals so the entire audience can
see the process step by step.
The finished dishes, which will
be shown in full color, will look
as though they could be picked
right out of the picture and eaten
on the spot.
The class won't be all work, for
there is the constant play of
sparkling humor, 1 the appeal of
tender romance, the suspense of
a coherent, intelligently-directed
story, which dramatizes everyday
happenings—the human sort of
things that really do happen.
Binding the attractive story to
gether Is the romance of home
making, a subject that holds the
interest of every woman, young
and old. Even The Elkin Tribune
knows that all women—brides.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
TO MEET TUESDAY
Surry Club Will Elect Offi
cers and Name Delegates
to State Convention
GORDON GRAY SPEAKER
The Surry county Young Dem
ocrats Club will meet in the court
house at Dobson next Tuesday
evening at 8:00 o'clock to elect
officers and select delegates to
the state convention, to be held
in Durham September -8. 9 and
10. it was announced Wednesday
morning by George E. Royall,
president of the Surry organiza
tion.
Gordon Gray, Winston-Salem
publisher and candidate for presi
dent of the state body, will be
the principal speaker at Tues
, day's meeting.
All Young Democrats are urged
to attend the meeting, with the
1 ladies being especially invited, it
was said.
John Lewellyn, of Dobson, is
secretary-treasurer of the Surry
club..
. YADKIN COUNTY FAIR
CATALOG IS READY
The catalog and premium list
for the Yadkin County Fair, to
' b? held at East Bend October 27
to 30, is off the press and is now
c being distributed.
; The Yadkin County Fair is of
fering an attractive list of prem
iums this year, making it well
worth while for farmers and
others to enter exhibits.
Hovey Norman, of East Bend,
] is secretary, and those wishing a
I copy of the premium list should
see or write him. J. R. Williams
is president and A. E. Harrell is
treasurer.
business types, and experienced
housekeepers—respond to the fas
cination of looking in on an
other woman when she is at work
in the kitchen.
Particularly do they like it when
they are allowed to sit quietly
and watch her prepare some dish
in which she specializes. "Itiey
know that If they watch closely,
while she measures and mixes
and completes the entire cooking
operation, this close-up personal
study will be more helpful than
hours of ready recipes or blind
experimenting.
The motion picture camera was
leisurely, completely unhurried
and painstakingly accurate in re
cording "Star in My Kitchen."
There is no trickery in the cook
ing, baking, and preparation of
appetizing ice-box wonders. Com
petent cooks who have drifted in
to bad habits will be able to
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Rum-Runner Meets
Death In Wreck Near
Here Sunday Evening
Big Rattlesnake
Killed Entering
Kitchen Doorway
A rattlesnake, six feet, four
and one-half inches Ion;, was
killed in the kitchen door of
the home of Harding Caudle,
Pinnacle, route 2, Monday. The
rattler had 17 rattles and a
button and was said to mea
sure 12 inches around at the
middle.
When discovered by Mr.
Caudle, who shot it through
the head with a bullet from a
.22 rifle, the snake appeared
very angry, warning with its
rattles that it was ready for
business.
DAMAGE SUIT IS
. FILED BY WIDOW
Mrs. Lillian Schachter Begins
SIOO,OOO Action Against
Kirksey, Hildebrand
RESULT OF ACCIDENT
A SIOO,OOO damage suit has
been filed in superior court by
Mrs. Lillian Schachter, executrix
of the estate of the late Marcus
Schachter, against Herman Kirk
sey. of Morganton, and Prank A.
Hildebrand, of Elkin. '
Mrs. schachter's complaint
charges that injuries received by
Marcus Schachter in an automo
bile accident near Glen Alpine,
which resulted in his death on
July 18, were due to the reckless
driving of both Hildebrand, in
whose car Schachter was a pas
senger, and Kirksey, operator of
the other vehicle involved in the
wreck.
Hildebrand is charged with op
erating his car at a reckless and
unlawful speed. Kirksey is
charged with driving at an un
lawful &peed and on the left side
of the rofid.
Schachter, at the time of his
death, was president and trea
surer of the Federal Furniture
Company of Elkin and president
of the National Chair Company,
Inc., of Rahway, N. J.
Hildebrand was employed by
the Federal Furniture Company
as general plant superintendent
prior to the fatal accident. He
and members of his family were
injured In the crash.
WORK IS STARTED
ON TOWN BUILDING
J. W. L. Benson to Build New
Eight-Room Home on
Hospital Road
OTHER CONSTRUCTION
Actual construction was begun
Wednesday morning on Elkin's
new city administration building,
with workmen beginning the job
of leveling the lot and digging
foundations.
The building, when completed,
will have cost over $15,000 and
will fill a long-felt need, provid
ing the town with ample office
space, assembly hall, fire de
partment, storage space fo"r other
motorized equipment, and a new
jail. It will be of two-story and
basement type, brick construc
tion, and will face on East Mar
ket street.
Another building here, work on
which is expected to begin imme
diately, will be the new eight
room residence on Hospital Drive,
to be built by J. W. L. Benson,
of the Chatham Manufacturing
company.
In addition to these two build
ings, numerous other houses are
being constructed in this vicinity,
mainly in Arlington and North
Elkin. •
REVIVAL IS TO BE
HELD AT DOBSON
A revival meeting will begin
Sunday evening, September 4, at
the Dobaon Methodist church.
Rev. P. E. Howard, of Greensboro,
will assist the pastor, Rev. C. W.
Russell, In the services.
Elkin
'The Best Little IWi
In North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CLYDE HEMRIC IS
FATALLY HURT AS
CAR LEAVES ROAD
Had 100 Gallons of Liquor
Aboard
FAILS TO MAKE CURVE
Fast Coupe Crashes Down
15-Foot Embankment to
Land in Cornfield
WAS IN OTHER WRECK
Clyde Hemric, 25, of Roaring
River, died in the hospital here
Tuesday morning about 6:00
o'clock from injuries sustained
Sunday evening shortly before
dark when his fast coupe, loaded
with 100 gallons of contraband
whisky, failed to make a curve on
the Elkin-Dobson highway, and
crashed over a 15-foot fill to land
a mass of wreckage in the corn
field below. The accident took
place about five miles east of
Elkin.
Rushed to the local hospital by
ambulance, Hemric was found to
have suffered a fracture at the
base of his skull, spinal injuries,
broken ribs and internal injuries.
Although no one witnessed the
wreck, it was apparent that the
young man was driving at a ter
rific rate of speed, and was un
able to round the curve. The
car turned over several times,
cutting a large swath through the
corn, and came to a standstill
upon its side. Hemric was thrown
out of the car and was found
lying several feet away. He was
unconscious.
J. P. Curtis, Elkin business
man, was the first at the scene,
and called the ambulance. Pa
trolman Lee Philips, of Elkin, was
also notified and quickly reached
the wreck. He said he had been
expecting Hemric to come
through with a load of liquor
and had been watching for him
all afternoon. Patrolman Philips
had come home for supper when
the liquor car passed through.
Twenty five-gallon cans of
whisky were found packed in the
back of Hemric's car. The
whisky was poured out at the
scene. >
It was reported that a small
child was with Hemric when he
passed through Elkin, and a
search of the wreckage and the
cornfield was made. Later at the
hospital here the young man was
reported to have told attendants,
in a brief moment of conscious
ness, that the child had been left
with relatives.
Hemric will be remembered as
the driver of the car which crash
ed into a car on the highway a
short distance west of Brook's
Cross Roads in November, 1933,
killing two people and putting
five others in the hospital. His
car at that time was loaded with
75 gallons of whisky. Not badly
injured himself, he was sentenced
to 27 months in prison.
The persons killed in this
wreck, which occurred at night,
were Mrs. Prank Pinnix, 65, of
Brook's Cross Roads, and C. W.
Alli-ed, 23, of Winston-Salem.
The accident took place when the
Pinnix car was said to have pull
ed into the highway from a side
road, directly in the path of the
liquor car.
Hemric was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Hemric, of the
Windy Gap section of Wilkes. He
was married twice, first to Miss
Ruby Joynes, and second to a
Miss Mathis, who, with his par
ents and several brothers and
sisters, survive.
The body was removed to
Wilkes county for burial.
FIVE COUPLES GET
PERMITS TO MARRY
Marriage licenses were issued to
the following couples by the Surry
county register of deeds during
the past week: Prank Miese, of
Euclid, Ohio, and Miss Eleanor
Boytz, Willoughby, Ohio: John
Nelson Still, Jr.. Winston-Salem,
and Miss Lorita Woodruff, Mount
Airy; E. W. Ramsey. Bassetts, Va.,
1 and Miss Lucille J. Ramsey. Mar
; tinsviHe, Va.; Austin Orimer.
. Galax, Va., and Miss Ren a Smith,
Low Gap; Thomas H. Shugart,
Elkin, and Miss Prances Eliza
beth Lawrence, Mount Airy.