Elkin
/
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVII. No. 44
PLANS ARE BEING
COMPLETED HERE
FOR ELKIN FAIR
Indications Point to Success
ful Event
FREE ACTS ON MIDWAY
Captain Bede, Former Circus
Clown, and His Famous
Dogs to Be Here
"HORSE SHOW FEATURE
With the date of the Elkin
Fair just a few days away, prep
arations are being rushed to give
this section one of the biggest,
best and most successful fairs in
the history of the event.
Workmen have been busy all
this week at the fair grounds,
getting the exhibition hall in
shape and clearing and cleaning
the fair grounds. All exhibits
this year must be placed by Wed
nesday night, September 21, prior
to the opening the following
morning.
Lew Henry's Joyland Rides will
arrive in Elkin Sunday or Mon
day .morning and remain at the
fair grounds the entire week.
The midway will be in full swing
throughout the week, although
the exhibition hall will be open
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
only.
Due to the closing feature of
the fair, an "Old Time Jam
boree," to be staged in the exhibi
tion hall Saturday night begin
ning at 8 o'clock, all exhibits and
display booths must be removed
from the hall by not later than
3:00 p. m. Saturday afternoon, it
was announced, so that specta
tors who attend the show will
have ample space.
The "Old Time Jamboree" will
present talent from Surry, Wilkes
and Yadkin, and only a few more
acts are needed to round out the
program. Anyone with a good
amateur act such as singing.
dancing, instrumental, comedy,
etc., is invited to enter for prizes,
but all applications must be made
by noon Saturday, September 17.
Those wishing to have part in the
show should get in touch with
Alan Browning, Jr., at The
Tribune office.
Much new talent, never seen
here in a show of this nature, has
been booked for this show, which
assures spectators an hour or
more of complete enjoyment and
wholesome entertainment.
New to the fair this year will
be a free act on the midway in
person of Capt. Bede and Black
Beauty, the big wonder dog, in
addition to 80-80, the diving
dog. Capt. Bede, who is a for
mer circus clown, will entertain
daily on the midway.
Black Beauty is a full blooded
Siberian dog, weighing 148
pounds. He .has taken part in
many motion pictures, his most
recent being with William Pow
ell in "The Kennel Murder Case,"
and with ftiae West in "Every
Day a Holiday."
Black Beauty has also appear
ed on the radio with leading stars
on both the Columbia and Na
tion a 1 Broadcasting companies.
He does many tricks, adds, sub
tracts, divides and answers ques
tions in a manner quite uncanny.
DUe to the fact that schools of
Surry and surrounding counties
open so close to the date of the
fair, the Field Day which had
tbeen planned for the fair has
%)been called off.
One of the main events of the
fair will be the horse show, and
the parade from the Chatham
ball park to the fair grounds,
which will precede it Thurdsday
morning. In addition to the pa
rade of horses, the procession will
be enlivened by a number of
clowns.
Everyone is urged to make
plans now to attend each day tod
night of the fair.
In the business world, a man
is Judged by the number of dol
lars he can extort or otherwise
make; in the religious world, he
is judged by the number of souls
he can help save.
Furniture Co.
Puts on Night
Shift Monday
A night shift WM pot on by
the Elkin Furniture Company
Monday night in order to take
care of the large number of
orders on hand, M. A. Biggs,
company official, stated Wed
nesday.
The furniture manufacturing
business is excellent with the
local concern, Mr. Biggs stated.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
After the Battlefields of Spain
Paris, France—A group of Americans who fought in the Spanish
Civil War and who were wounded in action, shown after their
arrival in Paris. Their future plans are very indefinite.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
PURGE SUFFERS
ANOTHER DEFEAT
Washington, Sept. 13—The
rugged individualists of Mary
land, including the tories of
the eastern shore, who were
strangely unmoved by the fan
mediate promise of a $3,000,-
000 PWA bridge over the lower
Potomac, had the new dealers
of that state, together with the
young gentlemen comprising
the District of Columbia com
mittee of elimination, leaning
hard today against the walling
wall. The Tydings triumph
was complete, alike in terms
of the county unit, and the
popular vote.
Late returns from Monday's
vote in Maryland gave Tydings
126,330 popular votes to Lewis'
86,834 and he appeared to be
assured of over three-fourths
of the votes in the state Dem
ocratic convention which will
make the actual nomination.
BRITISH CABINET IN
EMERGENCY MEET
London, Sept. 14 (Wednes
day) The British cabinet,
meeting at 11 a.m. today, plans
to draft a new, last minute
plan calculated to prevent war
in Europe, instructions issued
to ministers indicated.
These instructions, it was
stated, call for discussion of
"measures calculated to im
prove the situation." It was
emphasized that a direct ap
proach to Fuehrer Adolph Hit
ler twas discounted 1 and that
the plebiscite idea was not en
couraged. ,
100,000 AMERICANS
ARE IN EUROPE
Washington, Sept. 13—More
than 100,000 Americans are in
European countries likely to be
1 affected if a great war breaks
out.
A majority of them are per
manent residents. The tourists
have already begun the sea
sonal trek homeward and
boats leaving European ports
are jammed.
The largest number is in
Italy: 25,616. Next largest is
in Great Britain 12,447.
France has 12,384; Czechoslo
vakia 5,190; Ireland 1,630 and
Soviet Russia 596.
PLANS NEW
TRIAL FOR HINES
New York, Sept. 13 The
question which moved Supreme
Court Justice Ferdinand Pe
cora to declare a mistrial for
James J. Hinea will be repeat
ed by District Attorney Thom
as E. Dewey when the Tam
many district leader stands
trial again on charges he pro
vided political protection tot
the Dutch Shults policy racket.
Dewey's aides made this
clear today as they emphasised
their conviction that the dis
trict attorney had not tired
legally In asking the 14-word
question which Justice Pecora
characterized as "fatally pre
judicial" to Hines' fundamen
tal rights.
Johnny Foreman is spending
six weeks in Chicago, where he
is taking a special course in elec
trical work at Coyne Electrical
school.
CORNERSTONE IS
LAID AT CHURCH
Impressive Ceremony Held
by Swan Creek Baptists
Sunday Afternoon
BRICK VENEER BUILDING
With a large crowd in attend
ance the corner stone of the
Swan Creek Baptist church was
laid at an impressive ceremony
at 3:30 p.m. on last Sunday. The
program was in charge of the
pastor, Rev. N. T. Jaryis, with
Rev. Qrady Burgiss, of Elkin, de
livering the principal address.
Other ministers taking part on
the program were Rev. D. C.
Swaim, of Winston-Salem, who
read the Scripture, and Rev. R.
R. Crater, of Ronda, who pro
nounced the benediction.
The corner stone was placed in
the wall of the new brick veneer
building which the church is now
erecting, and which }s expected
to be enclosed and used in a
short time. In a copper recep
tacle placed in the stone was
placed a copy of the New Testa
ment and records of the church,
including a list of its pastors who
have led the people during the
113 years of its history, and also
a list of its clerks, deacons and
other officers. The present pas
tor, Rev. N. T. Jarvis. has held
the longest pastorate of any,
completing his 25th year this fall.
One of the clerks served the
church in that capacity for 62
years, and was said to have miss
ed only two services during that
time.
REPUBLICANS HOLD
TOWNSHIP MEETING
Delegates from Elkin Town
ship Will Attend County
Meeting Uninstructed
SEVERAL TALKS MADE
Following the meeting here
Saturday evening of Elkin town
ship Republicans, it was an
nounced that all Republicans at
tending the county Republican
convention to be held at Dobson
next Saturday would attend as
delegates who will go uninstructed.
Saturday's meeting was presided
over by Joe Dobson, who acted
as chairman. C. C. Fulp acted as
secretary.
During the meeting talks were
made by the following party lead
ers: S. O. Maguire, M. R. Bailey,
Dr. T. R. White, Dr. Ira S. Qam
bill and Bern Franklin.
Elkin township will have nine
votes in next Saturday's meeting.
SEVERAL OBTAIN
PERMITS TO WED
Publishable marriage licenses
issued to qouples during the past
week were as follows: Frank Sale,
24, Ronda, to Carry Elizabeth
Poplin, 26, Ronda; Vernon Otis
Wilder, 24, Corbin, Ky., to Sarah
Lou Kiger, 21, Mount Airy; and
James Arthur, 27, Otterville, Ont.,
Canada, to Bettie Tench, 21, Wa
terford, Ont., Canada.
WINDSOR REUNION TO
BE HELD SEPT. 18th
The annual reunion of the fam
ily of the late Isaac Windsor will
be held at Windsor's Cross Roads
in Yadkin county Sunday, Sep
tember 18.
All members of the family and
their friends are invited to at
tend and bring a basket dinner.
ELKIN, N. Cm THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15, 1938
HARMONY REIGNS
AT DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY MEETING
Candidates Named at Satur
day Session
DOBSON IS NOMINATED
F. T. Lewellyn Given Unani
mous Vote in Nomination
as Clerk of Court
R. A. FREEMAN PRESIDES
In complete harmony, Surry
county Democrats gathered at
Dobson last Saturday afternoon
at 2:00 o'clock, heard a brief talk
by Chairman R. A. Freeman,
nominated candidates to be voted
upon in the November election,
heard another brief talk by B. J.
Snow, 89, one of the county's few
remaining Confederate soldiers,
and adjourned.
Forebodings of conflict which
had overshadowed the meeting in
regards to the , nomination for
sheriff were dispelled when Jesse
Monday, shown the loser to Sher
iff Boyd in township convention
results, got up in meeting and
announced his withdrawal as a
candidate, pledging his support to
Sheriff Boyd.
Nomination of Frank T. Lewel
lyn to succeed himself as clerk
of superior court was clinched by
a unanimous vote after J. C. Hill,
of Mount Airy, also a candidate
for that office, moved that the
nominations be closed immediate
ly after Mr. Lewellyn's name was
put before the convention.
Frank Riggs, also a candidate
for that office, announced his
withdrawal from the race imme
diately before the vote was taken.
Candidates nominated by the
convention, in the following or
der, were:
State Senate, Fred Folger, of
Mount Airy.
Representative, Henry Dobson,
Elkin.
r County commissioners: S. M.
Smith, Pilot Mountain; M. Q.
Snow, Elkin, and Posey Jones,
Mount Airy.
Coroner, Dr. R. E. Smith, Mt.
Airy.
Surveyor, Golden Baker, Shoals.
Clerk of court, F. T. Lewellyn,
Dobson.
Sheriff, Harvey Boyd, Mount
Airy.
Jesse Monday, in withdrawing
his candidacy, stated that in his
opinion he was not defeated in
Stewarts Creek township by the
Democrats, but by the bootleg
element in that community,
which he alleged used outrageous
tactics. He pledged his support
to Sheriff Boyd in cleaning up
the township. He also expressed
thanks to the townships which
had given him a majority of votes
in the township conventions.
B. J. Snow, of near Mountain
parkr father of M. Q. Snow, of
Elkin, described as a man who
had never voted anything but the
Democratic ticket in a long and
active life, .was presented to the
convention by Chairman Free
man. Mr. Snow made a brief
talk in which he told of his re
cent trip to the joint reunion of
Southern and Union soldiers at
Gettysburg.
The convention lasted less
than two hours.
WORK IS BEGUN ON NEW
PLEASANT HILL CHURCH
Excavation was begun this
week preparatory to the construc
tion of' a new brick ohurch on the
present site of the Pleasant Hill
Baptist church in the the north
west edge of the city limits.
The church building will be
modern in every detail and will
have adequate space for Sunday
school rooms and a large audi
torium. The cost of the building
is not to exceed $15,000.
Pleasant Hill church is one of
the strongest rural churches in
this section with a Sunday school
equal to, those in larger populated
areas, the men's Bible class hav
ing an enrollment of almost 100.
YADKIN WOMEN ARE
BITTEN BY SNAKES
Two cases of snakebite have
been treated recently at Hugh
Chatham Memorial Hospital here,
both injuries having been Inflict-,
ed by poisonous reptiles.
Mrs. Lois Tharington, of Jones
ville, was bitten September 7. The
next day Mrs. Will Hinshaw, of
Yadkinvllle, was bitten. Neither
of the women knew what kind of
snake bit her, the serpents mak
ing their getaway. Both women
made satisfactory recovery after
British Prime Minister To Fly
To Germany For Face-To-Face
Talk With Hitler; Fight Raging
ELKIN MAN FINED
FOR FIRING GUN
Remus Lanning Said to Have
Killed Squirrels Within
City Limits
VIOLATES ORDINANCE
Remus Lanning, of Elkin,
charged with firing a gun within
the town limits and with killing
squirrels within the town limits,
was tried before Justice of the
Peace J. L. Hall Wednesday
morning and fined $25.00, sus
pended upon payment of the
costs and upon condition that he
does not again become guilty of
similar charges.
Lanning was arrested Tuesday
evening and cited to appear be
fore Judge Hall when it Was re
ported to police that he had kill
ed a number of squirrels in West
Elkin. He admitted killing one
squirrel. Those reporting him
stated he fired his gun six or
seven times.
Lanning stated the reason he
killed the squirrel was because he
wanted its brain to rub on the
gums of his small child, who is
cutting teeth. He had been told,
he said, that such procedure was
effective.
The arrest of the Elkin man
was the first since the recent
passing of a town ordinance pro
hibiting the firing of guns, in
cluding air rifles, within the cor
porate limits.
Funeral Sunday for
Mrs. Hobson
Funeral services were held Sun
day morning at 11 o'clock at
Union Cross Friends church for
Mrs. Virginia Hobson, 73, who
died at her home near Mt. Car
mel church Friday morning after
a long illness. Rev. Charles H.
Hutchens conducted the burial
service. •
Mrs. Hobson, known to her
many friends as "Aunt Jennie,"
was a native of the county and
the widow of John H. Hobson,
who died nine years ago. She
had spent her life in that section.
Surviving are four sons, C. B.
and E. E. Hobson, of Union, Iowa;
J. E. Hobson, of Champagne, 111.,
and Fred Hobson, of the home;
three daughters, Mrs. T, W.
Davis, of Clemmons, Iowa; Mrs.
W. H. Davis, of Hiddenite, and
Mrs. J. M. Sneed, of Winston-
Salem; 23 grandchildren and 19
great- grandchildren.
TAKES UP DUTIES AT
DOBSON CCC CAMP
W. T. Evans, of Statesville, ar
rived at the Dobson CCC camp
Monday to take up his duties as
project superintendent of the soil
conservation corps 6f the camp.
He succeeded J. E. Teague, who
was temporary superintendent.
Mr. Evans is to be permanent
superintendent.
Mr. Evans is originally from
Statesville, and after receiving
his education at the Citadel,
Charleston, S. C., he has been in
charge of the soil conservation
work at the Statesville CCC
camp for the past three years.
3 SLIGHTLY HURT
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
E. T. Reece, owner of Reece's
Barber Shop here, received a cut
lip, and his two companions re
ceived minor injuries Tuesday
night about one mile south of
Boonville when the car he was
driving struck a large truck.
The accident was said to have
occurred when Reece, in at
tempting to pass the truck, which
was going in the same direction,
met another car. In attempting
to drop back behind the truck
his machine was forced into it.
The car was badly damaged.
For either a mental moron, a
physical wreck, or a moral repro
bate to be the parent of a child,
or to have charge of rearing it,
is nothing short of helping to tie
a millstone around the neck of
society and plunge it into- ob
livion.
It's the "down-and-out," not
the higher-ups that need help.
Seeks Funds
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Washington, D. C.—Admiral
Wm. D. Leahy, Chief of Naval
Operations, is shown leaving
the White House after confer
ring with President Roosevelt
in regard to the Naval building
program. Admiral Leahy said
it would be necessary to in
crease navy budget over pres
ent level by about $200,000,000
during next fiscal year.
NEW BRIDGE OPEN;
LAST FERRY GONE
Romance and Commerce of
Three Generations Now
in Past
SERVED TWO COUNTIES
When traffic was turned across
the new river bridge at Slloam a
few days ago the prayers of the
people of that section were an
swered, and the old ferry, that
has served generations of good
citizens of two counties and more,
went into exile. It was the last
of the commercial ferries on the
entire Yadkin and romance and
trade of three generations have
surrounded it.
It served the weary travelers,
the covered wagons of another
day, the trucks and streamlined
cars of the present, the lovers of
the horse and buggy days and
those snuggled away in the pres
ent softly purring cars; it car
ried the worker to and from his
labor, and bothered not with
other people's business. That was
Hall's Ferry, a household name
of the section for many years
and the last one to give way to
the work of modern engineer and
workers.
The ferry served its day and
served it well. It has carried
tons of cargo of all kinds, chiefly
merchandise, fertilizer, tobacco
and farm products.
Its most unusual cargo was the
time when three elephants were
carried across with a small show
that was going from East Bend
to Mt. Airy. The elephants were
then "walked" from town to
town, while some cages of wild
animals were also carried across
on the old ferry boat.
It's the same story of progress;
of one generation living one way
and the next another. The next
will probably need neither ferry
nor bridge but a landing field
somewhere for their sleek, fast
planes.
SUNDAY HOMECOMING
AT ROCKFORD CHURCH
Sunday, September 18, the
Rockford Methodist church will
observe Homecoming Day.
An Interesting program has
been arranged for this occasion.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
Dinner will be served picnic
style and those attending are re
quested to bring a basket dinner.
MOSELEY-GU\YERS TO
HOLD ANNUAL MEET
The annual reunion of the
Moseley-Guyer families will be
held at the home of Mrs. Celia
Ouyer Williams, near Poplar
Springs church, Sunday, Septem
ber 18.
All relatives and friends of the
family are invited to attend and
bring a basket dinner.
Elkin
"The Best Little Tow*
In North Carolina**
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
50 REPORTED DEAD
IN FIGHT BETWEEN
CZECHS, SUDETENS
Americans Warned to Leave
Europe
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Hitler Agrees to Receive
British Diplomat at His
Home in Bavaria
READY FOR BLACKOUT
With the European crisis hour
ly growing more serious due to
an actual battle which is raging
between Sudeten Germans and
Czech troops, in which it is re
ported more than 50 have al
ready been killed. England's
Prime Minister Chamberlain will
fly directly to Germany Thurs
day morning for a face-to-face
talk with Hitler, it was learned
from radio press bulletins at 4:00
p.m. Wednesday afternoon, short
ly before The Tribune went to
press.
This procedure by the British
prime, minister is said to be un
precedented, but it is hoped the
conference with the German dic
tator will lead to a peaceful set
tlement of the Czech difficulty
which at the present time bids
fair to plunge Europe into war.
Arrangements for the visit be
tween the prime minister and
Hitler were made by telephone.
Hitler agreeing to receive the
English diplomat at his home in
Bavaria. T®his visit is expected
to delay threatened German in
tervention in the fighting be
tween the Sudeten Germans and
the Czechs for a short period at
least.
Fighting in the Sudeten area
was said to have started from a
street scuffie in Eger, a town
near the German border. At last
reports over 2,000 Sudeten Ger
mans, armed with rifles and ma
chine guns, were in battle against
Czech troops.
Meanwhile, in Germany, all
American tourists have been ad
vised by the American Counsel
to get out of Europe. Tourists
in other European nations have
also been unofficially advised to
leave the continent at the earl
iest possible moment.
In Czechoslovakia, radio dis
patches stated, all black cloth
possible to obtain has been pur
chased for use in homes and pub
lic buildings for the purpose of
blacking out the countryside in
event of air raids.
Three aditional towns in the
Sudeten area have been placed
under martial law, bringing the
total to eleven.
EARLIER REPORT
Prague, Sept. 14.—(Wednesday)
—The Czechoslovak government
today ignored the ultimatum
from the Sudeten Germans, per
mittng the zero hour to pass with
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Grasshopper
Takes Wild
Ride on Car
When a Tribune reporter
left for Dobson Wednesday
morn In# a middle sized grass
hopper was seated on the hood
of the car with his head turn
en toward the right front door,
probably wanting to come in
side and take a Mat with the
driver. As. the car gained in
speed to 30 miles an hour Mr.
Grasshopper turned his head
to the wind and held hb perch.
The reporter continued to in
crease his speed to his usual
45 miles an hour and still his
excited outdoor passenger con
tinued to hang on for dear
life. Out of curiosity the speed
was Increased to 59, then to
55 miles an hoar, with Mr.
Grasshopper straining every
nerve and muscle to cling onto
the sleek hood, but alas, 60
miles was a bit too much
speed, for the wind swept him
from his perch and he lost out
with only about a two-mile
ride.