Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Bine Ridge
VOL. No. XXVII. No. 42
Cooking School Is
To Be Staged Next
4 Monday-Tuesday
WILL BE HELD AT
THE ELK THEATRE
BEGINS AT 2 P.M.
School Is in Form of a Mo
tion Picture
MERCHANTS COOPERATE
Prizes to Be Given
Daily; Everyone Is In
vited to Attend
ADMISSION FREE TO ALL
Lock the doors and come to
town!
The Elkin Tribune Motion Pic
tu re Cooking School entitled
"Star in My Kitchen" will be the
real community attraction for
two days at the Elk theater start
ing Monday, September sth.
f This facsinating and different
cooking school is open entirely
free to every woman in town, and
The Tribune as well as Elkin
merchants extend this last invi
tation to join in the home-mak
ing lessons and jolly entertain
ment for at least one day.
The Motion Picture Cooking
School will be a practical rally of
home-makers to contribute fresh
perspective for the "same old
job," the monotonous day-in
and-day-out job, yet the most
important business in the world.
Just as men have their annual
conventions, where they listen to
lectures from specialists, local
women will have their convention
to consider home-making prob
lems.
Just as fresh inspiration for the
old job is one of the by-products
of the familiar cooking school,
which presents a lecturer in a
model kitchen, so are new ideas
and keen incentive bom in the
film class for home-makers, with
its novel approach and modern
setting.
No "false-front" camera-beau
tiful kitchens satisfied these spe
cialists. They insisted on work
ing in complete, compact, mod
ern kitchens, which actually re
flect more scientific ingenuity
and careful planning than any
living room.
Recognizing the demands of
home experts, the producers of
"Star in My Kitchen" signed all
star kitchens, with an all-star
cast, adding a continual proces
sion of close-ups, so every
seat in the Elk Theatre is a good
seat for this amazingly-pictured
home-making course.
Everyday happenings have been
dramatized in the plot of "Star
in My Kitchen." Behind the
sparkling humor and suspense
that are so necessary to screen
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165 GALLONS OF
WHISKY CAPTURED
liilips and Mathews Arrest
Clyde Shore with 100
Gallons Aboard
AFTER EXCITING CHASE
Clyde Shore, 28. of Kerners
ville, was arrested last Thursday
morning by Highway Patrolman
Lee Phillips, of Elkin, and Con
stable Arthur Mathews, of Boon
ville, after a chase which began
at Boonville about daylight and
continued for 14 miles. Shore's
car contained 100 gallons of
whisky.
Shore was spotted by the two
officers as he passed through
Boonville headed toward Win
ston-Salem. The last five miles
of the race was run with Shore's
rear tires flat, having been shot
down by the officers, it was said.
The officers were reported to
have forced the rum-runner to
stqp by blocking him with their
car.
Shore jumped from the car and
ran, but was overtaken. Carried
before U. S. Commissioner M. W.
Mackie. at Yadkinville, he'was
placed under $2,000 bond.
Earlier in the night the two
" officers had captured 65 gallons
after a short chase in Boonville.
The driver of this car escaped.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
CONVICTS TELL
OF TORTURE
Philadelphia, Aug. 30—Three
convicts who experienced the
torture of Philadelphia county
"Klondike" punish
ment cells turned accusing fin
gers on their guards today.
Guards Alfred W. Brough
and Francis Smith were held
without bail on homicide
charges to await action by a
coroner's jury in the "roasting
to death" of four inmates, af
ter the three convicts testified
Brough and Smith had par
ticipated in the week-end of
heat torture that drove some
oI them mad.
Describing scenes inferno
like in horror, Patrick Di Mar
co, 28, who has served about
four years of a 25-year sen
tence, told questioners that he
lost 15 pounds in the bake oven
that was "Klondike" during
three days.
GERMANS SAY
CZECHS AGGRESSORS
Berlin, Aug. 30—Large head
lines in the German newspa
pers today recorded every tav
ern brawl In Chechoslovakia,
invariably representing the
Czechs as ruthless aggressors.
The press campaign coincid
ed with an approach to a state
of preparedness for war In the
air, on land and on sea that
was unprecedented since the
World War.
Newspaper headlines were in
sharp contrast to the restrain
ed language of the semiofficial
mouthpiece of the foreign of
fice, Diplomatische Politische
Korrespondenz, which yester
day asserted a "Latent crisis
i s threatening to become
acute."
REYNOLDS
SUPPORTS COAN
Washington, Aug. 30—Sena
tor Robert R. Reynolds, who
intimated yesterday he might
support Representative Frank
Hancock for the existing va
cancy on the Federal Home
Loan Bank board, today threw
his support instead to George
W. Coan, North Carolina WPA
administrator.
Senator Reynolds, after talk
ing to Chairman John H.
Fahey, sent a letter to Presi
dent Roosevelt urging the ap
pointment of Coan and saying
that he would be glad o re
turn to Washington to present
Coan's qualifications personal
ly if the President desired him
to do so.
DEFENDS
PARTY PURGE
Boston, Aug. 30—Asserting
President Roosevelt's intrapar
ty "purge" efforts constituted
a proper course against men
"who tricked the voters by
wearing our insignia," Works
Progress Administrator Harry
L. Hopkins tonight declared
the administration did not in
tend to be "gagged or muzzled"
in presenting its case.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS OF
YADKIN ARE TO MEET
A meeting of the Yadkin coun
ty Young Democrats Club will be
hsld Tuesday evening, September
6, at 8:00 o'clock in the court
house at Yadkinville in which
delegates to the state convention
at Durham September 8, 9 and
10 will be named. A vice-chair
man will also be named at this
meeting.
All.Young Democrats of the
county are urged to attend.
OFFICERS, TEACHERS TO
HOLD MONTHLY MEET
The monthly meeting of the
officers and teachers of the Sun
day school of the First Baptist
church will be held Friday even
ing, September 2, at 8 o'clock. A
full attendance is requested.
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Is Reelected
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George E. Roy all, Elkin busi
ness man, was elected president
of the Surry county Young
Democrats Club at the county
convention of the club, held at
Dobson Tuesday evening. Mr.
Royall succeeds himself in that
position, having served as pres
ident of the organization dur
ing the past year. Other offi
cials of the club were also re
named.
R. C. JOHNSON IS
TAKEN BY DEATH
Outstanding Winston Real
Estate Man Was Weil
Known Locally
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Russell Coston Johnson, 44, for
many years an outstanding Win
ston-Salem real estate man, died
from a heart attack at his home
in Winston-Salem Saturday af
ternoon at 2:30 o'clock. He had
been seriously ill for several years
and critically ill for about three
weeks.
Mr. Johnson was well known
here. He was married to Miss
Margaret Click of this city, Au
gust 18, 1917. She preceded him
in death on February 19, 1934.
Mr. Johnson spent his entire
life in Winston : Salem. He was
a member of the Ardmore Mora
vian church and was a world war
veteran. He was a member of
the American Legion and a form
er member of the Winston-Sa
lem Civitan Club, Twin-City Club,
Twin-City Country Club and a
former president of the Winston-
Salem Real Estate Board. He was
also a Shriner.
Funeral services were held at
Vogler's Funeral Chapel Sunday
afternoon at 1:30. The rites
were in charge of Rev. E. A. Hol
ton. Interment was in the fam
ily plot in Hollywood cemetery
here.
He is survived by four child
ren, Nan Elizabeth, Carolyn, Rus
sell Coston, Jr., and Graham
Click Johnson, one sister, Mrs.
Delia Johnson Walker and his
step-mother, Mrs. C. E. Johnson.
NEGRO CHOIR TO SING
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
A- Negro chorus will furnish
special music at the evening hour
of worship Sunday at 8 o'clock at
the First Baptist church. The
churc.h extends a cordial invita
tion to the public to attend.
Thousands Ar
At Bridge Dedication
Plans have been completed and
a crowd running into thousands
Is expected to be present Monday
for the dedication of Aie R. A.
Doughton Bridge over New Riv
er, south of Independence, Va.
Governor Clyde Hoey, of North
Carolina; Governor 'James H.
Price, of Virginia, and Governor
Homer A. Holt, of West Virginia,
are all expected to be present and
take part in the dedication of the
bridge, which forms a link in the
important Lakes-to-Florida high
way.
At least a hundred people are
expected to attend the dedication
from Elkin, C. H. Brewer, local
hotel man who has taken an ac
tive part in making the Lakes
to-Florida route an actuality, said
Wednesday. The Elkin party, he
said, will leave from Hotel Elkin
Monday morning at 8 o'clock.
Aiyone wishing to go will be wel
comed, and those not having cars
or any way to make the trip will
be provided for. As large a del
egation as possible is sought to
make the trip from here.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1938
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
ENDORSE GORDON
GRAY AT MEETING
George Royall Again Heads
Organization
CONVENTION AT DOBSON
Gray, Principal Speaker of
Event, Candidate for Head
of State Body
DELEGATES ARE NAMED
George E. Royall, of Elkin,
president of the Surry County
Young Democrats Club for the
past year, was reelected to that
job for another year during the
convention of the organization
held at Dobson Tuesday evening.
Other officials of the club who
have served during the past year
were also reelected. They are:
Archie Carter, of Mount Airy,
vice-president; John Lewellyn, of
Dobson, secretary-treasurer, and
Mrs. Barringer, of Mount Airy,
second vice-president.
The convention was opened by
Mr. Royall, who called' upon Mr.
Carter to introduce the speaker
of the evening, Gordon Gray, of
Winston-Salem, a candidate for
president of the state Young
Democrats Club. Mr. Gray made
an excellent talk, in which he re
viewed the record of state offi
cials, and In which he also stress
ed many of the accomplishments
of the New Deal/
George K. Snow, of Mount
Airy, was first to nominate Mr.
Royall to succeed himself as
president, making a brief talk in
which he lauded the Elkin man
for the efficient manner in which
he has guided the club during his
term.
Later a motion was put that all
officers be reelected, and the mo
tion was passed, almost unani
mously.
One of the acts of the club was
to endorse Mr. Oray for president
of the state body, and to instruct
the elub's 14 delegates to the
state convention at Durham Sep
tember 8, 9 and 10 to cast their
vote for him.
Delegates selected to attend the
state meeting are as follows:
Archie Carter. George Snow, Ar
thur Mewshaw, R. J. Mitchell,
Charlie Hanes and Thomas Ash
by, all of Mount Airy; Shank
Freeman, John Lewellyn and
John Comer, all of Dobson; John
Badgett, of Pilot Mountain, and
French Graham, W. M. Allen, R.
C. Freeman and Julius Hall, of
Elkin.
As a diverting highlight of the
convention was the appearance,
immediately after Mr. Gray's
speech, of Byron Bryan, of Elkin
and Traphill, who, attired in
comic get-up, presumably blun
dered into the meeting under the
Impression that it was a meeting
of Republicans. Jokes and songs
featured his act.
S. S. ASSOCIATION
PLANS MONTHLY MEET
The monthly meeting of the
Surry Sunday School Association
will be held Sunday afternoon at
Indian Grove Baptist church, be
tween Westfield and Mount Airy.
All churches in the association
are urged to have representatives
present.
Clarence O. Keuster, of Char
lotte, chamber of commerce of
ficial, has organized" good will
parties from towns on the route
between Charlotte and Elkin.
Other delegations are expected
from Virginia, West Virginia and
states farther north.
Although the bridge is located
on Virginia soil, it was jointly
constructed with Virginia and
North Carolina funds, which re
quired a special act of the North
Carolina legislature. Hon. R. A.
Doughton was the prime mover
in the undertaking, it also re
quired a special act of the Vir
ginia legislature to name the
bridge after Mr. Doughton, which
was passed at the last session of
the Virginia body.
After the dedication of the
bridge the motorcade will move
to Wytheville to partake of a bar
becue dinner and to hear a num
ber of noted speakers in brief
talks.
The barbecue will be free. Ev
eryone is invited.
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Dolley Byrd, 24, of East Elkin, an employee of the Chatham Manufacturing Co., was painfully
injured, and two others slightly hurt in an accident Monday near Mountain Park which occurred
when the car driven by Byrd was in collision with a CCC truck. Damage to the Byrd car is pic
tured above.
The injured were brought to the local hospital where an examination disclosed Byrd to have
suffered severe lacerations about the head and a small fracture of the sinus bone. His injuries were
not considered serious by hospital authorities. Clarence Layeli, 28, and Miss Thelma Swift were
also injured, but their hurts were of a minor nature.—(Tribune photo).
Township Convention
Is To Be Held Here
Saturday At 2:00 P. M.
Seeks Office
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Henry Dobson, of Elkin, in a
formal statement issued Wed
ne day, announced that he is a
candidate for nomination to
the state legislature as repre
sentative, subject to the Surry
Democratic convention at Dob
son September 10. Mr. Dobson
has served one term as repre
sentative, and it is believed
that he will easily win the
nomination for a second term
in the House.
FAIR IS EXPECTED
TO BE BEST YET
Lew Henry's Joyland Rides,
New Here, to Be Feature
of Midway
PLAN TO BUILD FENCE
With Lew Henry's Joyland
Rides under contract, much in
terest being shown in the horse
show, field day and "Old Time
Jamboree," as well as in the ex
hibitor's departments, this year's
edition of the Elkin Pair is ex
pected to top previous fairs by a
wide margin.
Lew Henry's Joyland Rides,
never before brought here, in
clude ferris wheel, merry-go
ound, chair-o-plane and an au
tomobile kiddie ride. Although
the exhibition hall of the fair
will be open three days only, Sep
tember 22-23-24, the rides and
other midway attractions will run
the entire week from the 19th
through the 24th.
Cash prizes arc being featured
in many departments this year,
with $90.00 in cash going to the
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AT SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Hairy Dobson Announces
Candidacy for Nomination.
As Representative
TWO JOBS CONTESTED
The Elkin township primary,
to be held for the purpose of
naming delegates to attend the
Surry county democratic primary
at Dobson Saturday afternoon,
September 10, at 2:00 o'clock, will
be held in the local graded school
auditorium Saturday at 2:00 p.
m.
All Democrats of this township
are urged to attend this meeting
and aid in selecting the 39 dele
gates who will attend the county
meeting from Elkin.
As the date nears for the coun
ty convention, county politics
continue to warm up. Pour can
didates are seeking the nomina
tion for clerk of superior court
and two are after the job or
sheriff.
In the race for clerk of court
are P. T. Llewellyn, the present
clerk; J. C. Hill, of Mount Airy;
Prank Riggs, of Dobson, and John
W. Martin, of near Elkin. Form
er Jailer Jesse Monday is oppos
ing Sheriff Harvey Boyd for that
job.
Nomination for representative
to the state legislature is being
sought by Henry Dobson, of Elk
in, who announced his intention
to seek the office Wednesday. Mr.
Dobson has served one term as
representative and is considered
quite capable of looking after the
best interests of the county for
an additional term.'
In the race for nomination for
commissioners, it has been re
ported here that two of the pres
ent board, J. W. Lovill and W.
J. Swanson, are retiring at the
end of their term and will not
seek reelection. It was said that
Posie Jones, of Mount Airy, and
Sam Smith, of Pilot Mountain,
will seek the nomination to re
place them. M. Q. Snow, of Elk
in, will be a candidate to succeed
himself on the board. (
The county convention this
year will not be an "open house"
affair as was the case last con
vention two years ago. All can
didates will be named by dele
gates from the various townships
who will be instructed in their
township meetings as to how to
vote. ,
Correction
Due to an ■ error the date of
the Yadkin County Fair wets an
nounced in last week's Tribune as
being October 27 to 30. The fair
will really be held in September
27 to 30 at East Bold.
The catalog and premium list
is now being distributed.
14 PAGES
TWO SEOTIOIfS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BUCK SHOALS MAN
DIES OF INJURIES
Harvey A. Wood, 41, Fatally
Injured When Dragged
By Truck
RITES HELD SATURDAY
Harvey A. Wood, 41, of Buck
Shoals, died at 1:40 Thursday
morning in a Statesville hospital
from injuries sustained Wednes
day afternoon while hauling hay
on his farm. He was driving a
truck with a load of hay when it
got out of control. He jumped
from the truck but was caught
in the hay and dragged 20 feet,
receiving internal injuries which
caused his death.
Mr. Wood was a prominent
farmer of his section where he
had lived for several years after
moving from Winston-Salem. He
was employed by the circulation
department of the Daily Journal
for several years. He was a mem
ber of Pries Memorial Moravian
church, Winston-Salem; a mem
ber of the Masonic order and
also of the Woodman of the
World.
He was born in Yadkin county
May 14, 1897, a son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Wood. He
was married October 30, 1919, to
Miss Vera Cain, who survives
him, together with the following
children: Harvey, Jr., Charles
William, Emma Alice, Vera Lou,
Dorothy and June, all of the
home. Two brothers survive, J.
M. Wood, of Winston-Salem, and
W. D. Wood, of Williamsport, Pa.,
and one sister, Mrs. Stella Ray,
of Asheville.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the home, in charge of Rev. H. B.
Johnson, his pastor, and burial
followed in the Moravian grave
yard, Winston-Salem.
Pallbearers were W. N. Ireland,
Jr., Q. C. Wallace, Jack * and
Dewey Allied, Alton Shore, Mor
rison Windsor, Dr! D. L. Myers
and Gaston Myers.
YADKIN COUNTY
WOMAN PASSES
Mrs. Vina Wagoner Swaim
Dies at Hospital Result
of Blood Poisoning
RITES THIS AFTERNOON
Mrs. Vina Wagoner Swaim, 65.
died at Hugh Chatham Memorial
hospital here Sunday night fol
lowing a brief illness from blood
poisoning resulting from an in
fected hand. The deceased was
a life-long resident of the Swan
Creek community of Yadkin
county and the widow of the late
Columbus Swaim, who died sev
eral years ago.
She had been an active mem
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