Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVII. No. 45
ELKIN FAIR TO OPEN TODAY
\ TICKET IS NAMED
BY SURRY COUNTY
G. 0. P. SATURDAY
Three Elkin Men Are Nom
inated to Seek Office
S. 0. MAGUIRE PRESIDES
Cola Fulp to Seek Seat in
Legislature; Woodruff
for Commissioner
DR. GAMBILL CORONER
The Republicans of Surry
county met in convention at the
court house in Dobson Saturday
afternoon, and amid an air of
complete harmony nominated a
ticket to oppose their Democratic
foes in the general election to be
held in November.
Three Elkin men were named
by the Republicans to seek im
portant county offices, Cola Pulp
having been nominated to the
state house of representatives,
and Dave Woodruff receiving
nomination as county commis
sioner. Dr. Ira C. Qambill was
named as coroner. S. O. Maguire
acted as chairman.
J. B. Sparger, of Mount Airy,
was nominated for the state sen
ate. Mr. Pulp and J. H. Reeson
were both put in motion for the
house of representatives with Mr.
Pulp gaining a majority of the
votes. Mr. Beeson stated that he
felt he could not make the race
even if nominated. Mr. Pulp, in
a brief talk before the vote was
taken, stated that he wanted to
go to the legislature, not merely
because of the personal glory
such office would carry, but be
cause he wanted to represent the
rank and file of the people who
otherwise will have no one to
fight their battles.
He said he would do everything
in his power to make the burdens
of the poorer class of people
easier to bear, and if such be pos
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LIBRARY HONORED
BY COMMISSION
Is Listed in Statistics Com
piled by Library Commis
sion of N. C.
WAS OPENED IN 1937
A distinct honor has been con
ferred upon the Elkin Public
Library in that it has been rec
ognized by the North Carolina
library Commission in Raleigh
and is listed in the statistics com
piled by the Library Commission
of North Carolina Public Libra
ries. It is unusual for a library
to be recognized by the commis
sion until after it has been es
tablished for more than a year.
The library here was opened
September 27, 1937, under the
\ direction of the Elkin Woman's
Club and the Surry County WPA
Library Project, which is super-
Arised by-Miss Mable Sale. Miss
Price has capably served
as librarian since the opening of
the library.
Prom the date of the opening
to June 30 of this year there were
approximately 5,000 books circu
lated. The library has a registra
tion of more than 210 members,
many of whom live as much as 15
miles from Elkin.
The latest books reoeived by
the library are: "and Tell of
Time" by Laura Key; "Dynasty
of Death" by Taylor Caldwell;
"Crippled Splendor" by Evan
John and "The Fathers" by Allen
Tate.
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TO HOLD HOME-COMING
AT MT. HERMON CHURCH
A home-coming service will be
held at Mount Hermon Baptist
church the first Sunday in Octo
ber. The program will begin at
10 o'clock and will continue
throughout the day. An interest
ing program has been, planned
and several interesting speakers
will have a part in the service. A
good time is anticipated for all
who attend.
Everyone is Invited to come
J and bring a basket dinner to be
served on the grounds at the
noon hour.
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
II Duce Reviews His Roman Steppers
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Rome, Italy—Premier Mussolini, with his arms folded, is shown
watching some of the Fascist Militia Officers marching past in
their own version of the "goose-step" during a review which fol
lowed the completion of training as instructors for the younger
military organizations.
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
U. S. PLAYING HANDS
OFF IN CRISIS
Washington, Sept. 20 The
United States will adhere to a
policy of strict abstention from
any part in the European war
crisis, high gowrnmnint offi
cials indicated tonight, co-in
cident with President Roose
velt's conference at which he
declined comment on the sit
uation.
The Chief Executive asked
correspondents not to prophe
sy possible future develop
ments because so far as he
knew there was nothing he
could say. Indication that ten
sion abroad is easing was giv
en, however, when he intimat
ed he may return to the sum
mer White House at Hyde
Park September 28 or 29, de
pending upon developments.
11 KILLED IN
TRAIN WRECK
Niland, Calif., Sept. 20
Railroad officials blamed a
brakeman's mistake tonight
for a collision of two Southern
Pacific passenger trains that
killed 11 persons and injured
more than 100 others early to
day.
C. F t Donnatin, Southern
Pacific superintendent, said
the wreck was caused by the
sudden, unexplainable decision
of Eric Leonard Jacobson, vet
eran brakeman, to throw a
switch as the Argonaut, New
Orleans-to-Los Angeles flier,
sped toward a siding where
the Chicago-bound Californ
ian, tourist train from Los
Angeles, was waiting.
MAY DECIDE
ELECTION CASE
. Raleigh, Sept. 20—The su
preme court may hand down
a decision tomorrow in the
eighth congressional district
primary dispute.
The case was carried to the
high tribunal by the state
board of election on its appeal
from Judge W. C. Karris' or
der directing it to declare W.
O. Burgin, of Lexington, win
ner of the Democratic con
gressional nomination in the
eighth district.
FLAYS FRANCE
AND ENGLAND
I Washington, Sept. 20—Sen
ator King, Democrat, Utah,
expressed the opinion today
that Cxec hosl o vald a had been
"sold down the river." "I
think the position taken by
> Great Britain and France
means that international com
pacts may "be flouted and dis
regarded without rhyme or
reason," he declared.
The present status of the
world's greatness is largely at
tributable to the fact that some
men have not been afraid to file
a "minority" report.
It's a smart boy who can tell
his teacher and his daddy just
how to play their cards in the
great game of life.
SURRY COURT IS
NOW IN SESSION
52 True Bills Returned by
Grand Jury up to Wed
nesday Afternoon
MANY CASES ARE HEARD
Surry county Superior court
convened at 10:00 a.m. on Mon
day of this week for the hearing
of criminal cases with Judge J. H.
Clement, of Walkertown, presid
ing and with Hon. Allen H. Gwyn
prosecuting the docket.
Up to Wednesday morning a
total of 52 true bills had been
handed down by the Grand Jury,
which had not completed its work,
and 108 other cases were awaiting
disposal by the court, with the
court in the midst of a busy term.
No divorces had been granted up
to Wednesday. However, 18 crimi
nal cases had been disposed of
with actual sentences to the roads
totaling 133 months, and with 18
months given in suspended sen
tences. No capital cases were call
ed, with only one muder case on
the docket.
Cases heard were as follows:
Roy Poteat and George Merrit,
charged with larceny and receiv
ing, were given a total of 18
months each on the roads on three
separate counts, each drawing six
months for each count.
Claude Will Hiatt, charged with
larceny and receiving, was sent to
the roads for six months.
Gurney Lyons, charged with
malicious injury to public property,
was sent to the roads for six
months.
Dick Hicks, charged with op
erating a car while intoxicated,
and with larceny and receiving,
was given a sentence of six months
on the roads on the first charge
and eight months on the roads
on the second charge, the sen
tences to run successively.
Jonas Taylor, colored, charged
with violating the prohibtion laws,
was given a sentence of three
months to the roads, suspended
upon the payment of SIO.OO and
good behavior.
John Whittington, charged with
assualt with deadly weapon, was
given a sentence of three months
to the roads, suspended upon the
payment of SIO.OO and upon good
behavior.
Lulu Crissman, charged with
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Elks Of Elkin Hig
OpenHereAgainstßandleman
With a light schdeule and a
heavy team, prospects are that
the l Elks of Elkin Hi are headed
for a good season when they open
their fall season here Friday af
ternoon against Randleman. The
game will be played at Chatham
Park and will start at 3:45.
Coach Bumgamer, the Elk's
new coach, is fast rounding his
27 charges into condition and the
boys should be ready to enter
their first contest in full stride.
The line is crowded with vet
erans from end to end, and if the
backfield comes through as ex
pected through the aid of Grier
the team should go to town and
do things.
Players lost from last year's
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 22, 1938
F.D.R. SEEKING
TO AVERT STRIKE
OF RAILWAY MEN
Asks Six-Man Committee to
Draft Plan
WOULD BE NATION-WIDE
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Wage Cut Is Responsible for
Rebellion Planned to Afr
feet U. S.
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
Washington, Sept. 20.—Seeking
to avert a threatened nation-wide
strike of more than 900,000 rail
way employees, President Roose
velt tonight asked a six-man
committee of rail executives and
labor leaders to draft a general
railway rehabilitation program
which the administration could
support in the next Congress.
Rail labor leaders, headed by
Chairman George M. Harrison of
the Railway Labor Executixes As
sociation, withheld full pledges of
co-operation, however, pending a
definite commitment by carrier
representatives on the question
of the 15 per cent wage cut de
mand which produced the strike
threat.
Harrison and his associates told
Mr. Roosevelt and the rail exec
utives that they could not co-op
erate in drafting a legislative pro
gram and fight the wage cut de
mand at the same time, it was
understood.
The informal committee, desig
nated by the President as the
ablest men in the railroad busi
ness, will hold its initial session
here at noon tomorrow and the
carriers may have additional in
formation on the wage issue at
that time.
Mr. Roosevelt denied that wa
ges had been a major subject of
discussion in his 90-minute con
ference with the committee, and
said that the strike threat over
the wage issue would follow the
regular procedure of the railway
labor act.
Harrison announced that re
sults of the nation-wide strike
ballot would be revealed in Chica
go next Monday, and Mr. Roose
velt said that he would appoint
an emergency fact-finding board
to investigate the controversy
some time next week.
ARE TO OBSERVE
PROMOTION DAY
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Sunday morning at 10:30
o'clock the annual promotion day
program of the Sunday school of
the First Baptist church will be
held.
T. A. Leeper, general superin
tendent of the Sunday school,
urges all pupils to be present for
the service and extends a cordial
invitation to the public to attend.
LOCAL PASTOR TO HELP
IN ROCKY FORD REVIVAL
Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor
of the First Baptist church in
this city, will assist in a series of
meetings at Rocky Ford Baptist
church, beginning Sunday, Sep
tember 25, and continuing
through the week.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed the public to attend.
team by graduation were Cap
tain John Ratledge, Ralph Dor
sett and James Powers in the
backfield and Co-Captain Bivlns,
PASTORS' CONFERENCE
WILL MEET SATURDAY
The Elkin Baptist Pastors'
Conference will meet Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock in regular
monthly session. Due to the fact
that the revival is in progress
this week at East Elkin Baptist
church the meeting will be held
in the James Bible class room at
the First Baptist church.
All Baptist pastors in this sec
tion are cordially invited to at
tend.
At Fair Here
"Black Beauty," 150-pound
Siberian wolfhound, who will
have a big part in the free acts
to be presented daily on the
midway at the Elkin Fair. The
dog is owned by Captain Harry
Bede, a former circus clown,
who directs the acts.
TO LET LAST LINK
WILKES HIGHWAY
State Asks for Bids on Roar
ing River-North Wilkes
boro Section of Road
TO SHORTEN DISTANCE
The Highway and Public Works
Commission Tuesday asked for
bids by October 1 for construc
tion of 13 highway projects.
Included in the list - was a
Wilkes county project which calls
for surfacing 9.9 miles of Route
268 from North Wilkesboro to
Roaring River, the section being
the last link in the Elkin-North
Wilkesboro highway by way of
Ronda.
The Elkin-Ronda link was con
structed several years ago. and
the Ronda-Roaring River link
has only recently been completed.
When the final section is con
structed the distance from Elkin
to North Wilkesboro will have
been cut to only 19 miles.
Helping Neighbor,
Gets In Himself
Yadkinville, Sept. 21.—Special.
—Richard (Dick) Vanhoy of Jon
esville, got in the wrong pew
Monday afternoon when he came
to town to get his neighbor out of
jail.
Dick came to town with a note
from Magistrate J. S. Hinson to
get Roe Cummings out of jail.
But he made the mistake of com
ing in a piflicated condition
(better known as intoxicated) and
when he reached the jail Jailor
Jake Brown saw his condition and
placed him in jail with his neigh
bor.
Next morning Mr. Brown told
him he could sign Mr. Cummings
bond but he said he "was not
signing anybody's bond but want
ed to get out." He paid off for
being intoxicated. His neighbor,
Cummings, is still in Jake Brown's
cooler on a charge of driving
drunk.
Charles Harris and Fred Laffoon
in. the line.
The probable line-up for Fri
day's game follows:
Bill Sparks LE
John Mastin LT
"Bud" Ratledge LG
Bill Qambill C
Jim Harrell RG
Sam Qambill RT
Eugene Powers RE
Reece Shugart ...„ QB
Qlenn Dorsett LHB
Jim Eidson RHB
George Grier FB
Other boys likely to see action
are Russell Johnson, Hugh Hol
comb, Bill Graham, Donnie Har
ris. Jim James, Max Sparks and
John Gambill.
Everything Is Ready
For Big 3-Day Event;
Is To End Saturday
Old Belt Tobacco
Market Is to
Open Tuesday
With prices reported firm
and sales heavy in the middle
belt tobacco market, plans are
in readiness for the opening
next Tuesday of the Old Belt.
Warehouses in Winston-Sa
lem and Mount Airy will ade
quately serve the tobacco
growers of this section, who
are expecting good prices for
this year's weed.
ALL READY FOR
OPENING MARKET
Mt. Airy's Two Large Ware
houses Will Serve Growers
of This Section
LARGE BUYING FORCE
Mount Airy tobacco warehouses
have everything in readiness for
the opening of the Old Belt to
bacco market Tuesday with two
large warehouses to serve the to
bacco farmers of this area.
An adequate buying force will
be on hand, the following tobacco
companies being represented: R.
J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., June
Lawson, buyer; Imperial Tobacco
Co., John Farmer; American To
bacco Co., Shep Booth; P. Lor
illard, W. M. Lewis; Piedmont To
bacco Co., Mr. Joyce; Export Leaf
Tobacco Co., Mr. Martin; Win
ston Leaf Tobacco and Storage
Co., Mr. Booth; Liggett & Myers,
J. D. Simpson. Independent ex
port buyers will also be on hand.
Simmons and Planters, Mount
Airy's two warehouses, provide a
total of 70,000 square feet of
floor space. Jones Bros, are
owners of Planters, while Sim
mons, Ball and Dearman are pro
prietors of Simmons warehouse.
FULK RESIGNS
SAFETY POST
Pilot Mountain Man to Re-
Enter Hardware Business;
Succeeded by Hocutt
PRAISED BY MAXWELL
Major Arthur Fulk, for the past
several years head of the division
of highway safety for North Car
olina, has resigned effective Oct
ober 1, and will return to Pilot
Mountain to re-enter the hard
ware business with which he has
been connected for many years.
Ronald Hocutt will succeed
Major Fulk, it has been an
nounced by A. J. Maxwell, rev
enue commissioner. Hocutt has
been "chief assistant" to Major
Fulk.
Mr. Maxwell praised the work
of* Fulk, pointing out there has
been "a gratifying reduction in
motor vehicle fatalities and acci
dents for the current year."
J. CURTIS ABSHER
DIES OF INJURIES
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J. Curtis Absher, 43, of Roaring
River, died Friday, night in the
Wilkes hospital at North Wilkes
boro from injuries received earlier
in the day while working on a
WPA road project near Traphill.
According to reports, Absher's
leg was caught in the wheel of
a gravel truck, which was travel
ing backward. He was thrown to
the ground and the wheel of the
heavy vehicle passed over his
body.
He is survived by his widow
and six children.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at 11 o'clock from
Charity church.
Only the dead need no friends
or defense.
Elkin
The Best Little Tows
In North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
HORSE SHOW AND
PARADE WILL OPEN
FAIR AT 10:00 A.M.
Many New Features Are on
Tap This Year
RIDING DEVICES HERE
Free Acts to Be Given Daily
on Midway; "Old Time"
Jamboree" Sat. Night
BIG CROWDS EXPECTED
The seventh annual exhibition
of the Elkin Pair will get under
way here shortly after 10:00 a.m.
this moming (Thursday), with a
parade which will form at the
Chatham ball park and follow a
route through the business sec
tion to the fair ground, located
about 100 yards off Elk Spur
street on the Shoe Factory road.
The horse show, for which
there are $90.00 in cash prem
iums, will be held shortly after
the parade reaches the fair
grounds.
Lew Henry's Joyland Bides ar
rived here Sunday and were
ready for the public Monday
night. The rides include chair
o-plane, ferris wheel, merry-go
round and a kiddie ride of small
automobiles.
Exhibits entered in the fair
were placed Wednesday and the
exhibition hall is to be opened at
10 o'clock this morning. A pre
view indicates that exhibits are
more numerous than last year,
with many new departments
making the exhibition more
varied.
All exhibitors and firms which
have erected display booths in
the exhibition hall have been in
formed that the hall must be
cleared by 3:00 p.m. Saturday
afternoon so that preparations
may be made for the final fea
ture of the fair, an entertainment
in form of an "Old Time Jam
boree." This show, which will
present a great array of talent
never before seen here, will be
in charge of Alan Browning, Jr.,
and will get under way at 8:00
p.m. Among those taking' part
will be Byron Bryan, Serge Boo
hoffskiniski, Prof. I. M. Meek,
"Uncle Culpepper," and a host of
talented singers, dancers and
other entertainers.
The fair midway is well light
ed, with numerous games and a
large bingo stand being on hand
for the amusement of those who
attend. The chair-o-plane ride
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FAMILY HAS CLOSE
CALL FROM FLAMES
Home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Jackson Destroyed by Fire
Saturday Night
AWAKENED BY SMOKE
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
seph L. Jackson, three and one
half miles north of Elkin, off of
Highway 21, was completely de
stroyed by fire about midnight.
Saturday. The home, a six
room wood strulture, was In
flames when the fire was discov
ered. Mr. Jackson was awakened
in a smoke-filled room by stran
gulation from the fumes. Mr.
and Mrs. Jackson and their six
children barely escaped from the
building and some of the children
were removed from beds that had
already caught fire.
The cause of the blaze is un
known, but it presumably caught
from the kitchen flue. Only a
few items of clothing were caught
up and carried to safety in their
hurried exit.
The loss is only partially oov
ered by insurance, a small
amount being carried on botli the
residence and furniture.