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Elkin t Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. No. XXVIL No. 49 IATENEWC from the State and Nation JAIL IS FOR SALE New York. Oct. B—Manhat tan Island's saddest spot—the , place where criminals have been punished for 300 years— is for sale. The city announced today that the , prison called "The Tombs" and the criminal courts building—both atrocious specimens of architecture and the land on which they stand may now be purchased by anyone who wants them. The price, for the informa tion of any collectors who might be interested, will be about $1,850,000. If anyone buys both hnildinrs. the "bridge of sighs" which con nects them will be thrown in gratis. ELECTION DISPUTE BACK IN COURT Raleigh, Oct. 18 The Deane-Burgln election dispute today made its second official trip to the state supreme court, but the tribunal took no immediate action to de termine the Democratic nom inee in the eighth congression al district. The court met In executive session this afternoon and presumably considered cross motions—filed by counsel for the state board of elections. C. B. Deane, or Rockingham, and W. O. Burgin, of Lexington— asking that the way be paved for certification of a candidate. 35,000 GO BACK TO WORK New York, Oct. 18—Autumn industrial revival in the United States was backed today by a General Motors Corporation announcement of plans for re employing 35,000 factory workers within the next two weeks and restoring salary cuts for about 30,000 white collar employees. Speeding of re-employment in motor plants will supple ment the back-to-work march in steel, textile and other in dustries since a business re covery trend took hold last summer. BRITISH PROCLAIM MARTIAL LAW Jerusalem. Oct. 18—A form of martial law to help British crush the uprising of an estimated 10,000 Arabs was proclaimed throughout the Holy Land tonight by Sir Harold Mac Michael. Command er-in-chief for Palestine. Control of the entire coun try was placed In the hands of an army backed up by planes, tanks and artillery while rebels clung to the Moslem section of Jerusalem's old city after four days of siege. NEWAPARTMENT BUILDING BEGUN Louis Mitchell Building $12,- | 000 Structure on North Bridge Street MODERN IN EVERY WAY Adding to building activity here is the construction, begun several days ago, of an apartment house on North Bridge street, next to Boyles' Esso Service Sta tion. When completed, the structure will house four modern apart ments, and the builder, Louis Mitchell, Elkin business man, stated that they would be up-to date in every respect. The building will be of brick construction and will be erected at a cost of over $12,000. The contractor is O. L. Brown, of Hamptonville. John Franklin is the architect. Of two story and basement type, the new building will house two apartments on each floor. Several months will be necessary for its completion. P Mrs. Alex Chatham, of this city, accompanied by Mrs. M. E. Motsinger, of Winston-Salem, will leave today for Medina, Ohio, to spend a week the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Baldwin, the lat ter the daughter of Mrs. Chat ham. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary , HiU I j 1,1 § .mm |V $/'X\ ?w jM | Pictured above are Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Abernethy, of Elkin, who quietly celebrated their golden wedding: anniversary Tuesday at their home on Hospital Road. Many messages of congratula tions were received and many friends called during lue u»j. Rev. and Mrs. Abernethy have made their home here for 14 years, nine of which Mr. Abernethy served as pastor of the Elkin Meth odist church. For five years he has acted as chairman of the hospital board of Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital, and as secre tary of the Golden Cross, as well as serving In many other high offices of the church. Both Rev. and Mrs. Abernethy are de servedly popular and enjoy a wide circle of friends both here and elsewhere. HOSPITAL LIST IS ANNOUNCED Hugh Chatham Memorial Is Approved by American College of Surgeons MAINTAIN STANDARDS Official announcement of the 1938 list of 2,664 approved hospi tals was made Monday morning at the 21st annual Hospital Standardization conference which opened in New York City in con junction with the Clinical Con gress of the American College of Surgeons. Hugh Chatham Memorial Hos pital here is on the official list of approved hospitals. The 10 main criteria upon which approval of hospitals are based is as follows: 1. A modern physical plant, as suring the patients comfort and proper care. 2. Clear defination of organization, duties, responsi bilities and regulations in the hospital's constitution, by-laws and regulations. 3. A carefully selected governing board with complete supervisory authority. 4. A competent, trained superin tendent responsible to the board for carrying out its policies. 5. Adequate and efficient personnel, properly organized and compe tently supervised. 6. Organized medical staff of ethical, compe tent physicians and surgeons. 7. Adequate diagnostic and thera peutic facilities under competent medical supervision. 8. Accurate and complete medical records, readily accessible, for research and follow-up. 9. Regular group conferences of the administra tive staff and of the medical staff for reviewing activities and re sults so as to maintain a high plane of scientific efficiency. 10. A humanitarian spirit—the pri mary consideration in the best care of the patient. ELKS LOSE TO GALAX BY 9-0 Costly Fumbles Pave Way to Downfall Before Light But Scrappy Team N. WILKESBORO IS NEXT After a week's lay-off from the football wars, the Elkin High Elks journeyed to Galax, Va., last Friday for a game with Galax high school which resulted in a 9 to 0 defeat. The light but scrappy Virginia eleven took advantage of Elk fumbles and threw in a 95-yard run that put the game on ice. With Grier and Sparks going at full steam, the Elks threaten ed several times, but lacked the extra punch necessary to put the ball in pay dirt. Outstanding for Elkin were Grier, Sparks and Mastin, while the entire Galax team turned in a fine performance. The Elks squad reported in fine shape after the battle, and Coach Bumgarner hopes to have them at full strength when they invade North Wilkesboro tomorrow after noon (Friday). PROCLAMATION Whereas, Navy Day was in augurated in 1922 by the Navy League of the United States, and its observance is sponsor ed annually by the League, and whereas, it is fitting that this day be observed by all the people, as a tribute to the Navy and its personnel, as the first line of defense of the Nation, now therefore, I, J. R. Poindexter, Mayor of Elkin, N. C., do hereby proclaim Thursday, October 27th, 1938, as "Navy Day" and do urge all our citizens to observe this day by the arrangement of pro grams. the display of flags, and in other possible manner which will bring to the general public the vital message of what the Navy means to our country, and the necessity for it 9 adequate maintenance as a National defense. Done in office at Elkin, N. C., this the 19th day of Octo ber, 1938. J .R. POINDEXTER, Mayor FATHER OF ELKIN MEN PASSES AWAY Oscar C. Holcomb, 71, Dies Thursday at North Wilkesboro Home FUNERAL RITES FRIDAY ___________ • Oscar C. Holcomb, 71, a native of Yadkin county and father of Hugh B. and Marshall Holcomb of this city, passed away early Thursday morning at his home at North Wilkesboro. Mr. Holcomb had been in declining health for several months. Mr. Holcomb had resided in North Wilkesboro for 33 years, serving for 32 years of the time as freight clerk of the Southern railway. He retired in Septem ber of last year. Upon his re tirement he was presented a handsome watch from his co workers. Funeral services were held Fri day afternoon from the North Wilkesboro Methodist church, where the deceased was a mem ber. Interment was in the Pres byterian cemetery. In addition to the two sons who reside here, his wife, another son. Wade Holcomb. of Hazelhurst, Oa., a daughter, Mrs. J. E. Fowl er, of Flushing. N. Y., and one brother, J. B. Holcomb, of Win ston-Salem, survive. COUNTY TO SELL SCHOOL PROPERTY The Bryant school property at Mountain Park, including five acres of land and left-over mate rial on the boys'-dormitory lot of Mountain Park Institute, will be sold at auction Saturday, Novem ber 5. at 2:00 pjn. by order of the Surry county board of commis sioners. The land has been subdivided into five lots which will be sold separately. The entire tract will thai be sold as a whole, and the manner of selling which brings the highest bid will be accepted, it was said. ELKIN. N. Cm THURSDAY. OCTOBER 20, 1938 LARGE INCREASES BEING SOUGHT IN APPROPRIATIONS Hearings Held Before Ad visory Budget Commission WANT MORE FOR ROADS Also Ask for Many Dollars for Greater University of North Carolina SEEKING $82,338,590.00 Raleigh, Oct. 18.— Large in creases in appropriations for the Greater University of North Car olina and the State Highway and Public Works Comission were re quested today at hearings before the advisory budget commission. The Greater University asked for maintenance appropiations of $3,847,978 during 1939-41. During the present bienniiun the Greater University is receiving $2,898,666. Highway department officials requested a total of approximately $60,800,000 In 1939-41, compared with $53,000,000 during the cur rent biennium. The $53,000,000 figure, however, does not include $4,000,000 appropriated by Gov ernor Hoey for highway better ments, or $3,100,000 set aside in a reserve fund for possible diversion from the highway to the general fund. Representatives from 17 state departments and institutions ap peared before the budget-makers today requesting a total of $68,- 799,070 for maintenance and cur rent expense during 1939-41. At present, the same departments and insitutions are receiving $58,- 923,628. Today and yesterday, the bud get comission received requests for $82,338,590, compared with $67,708,906 appropiated for 1937-39. i BAPTIST PASTORS TO MEET SATURDAY A.M. The monthly meeting, of the Baptist Pastors Conference will be held Saturday morning. Octo ber 22, at 10 o'clock at East Elkin Baptist church. All Bap tist ministers in this section are extended a cordial invitaton to attend. Mrs. A. M. Jones and son. A. M. Jones, Jr.. of West Jefferson, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Mont Jones and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves. 282,000 Extra Vote Offer On S3O Clubs Ends Sat. S6OO WHO WILL "WIN? S4OO IT'S NO PLACE FOR QUITTERS Don't forget the big subscriptions count more votes—a 1-year subscription counts 5,000 votes, whereas a 10-year sub scription counts 125.000 votes. A whale of a difference. t Three Counties Competing For Big Cash Awards! Which County Will Win? PUT YOUR FAVORITE CANDIDATE WITH LEADERS Miss Willie Guyer and Mrs. Franklin Folger are leading the vote line up this week. Miss Beatrice Burcham second, with Mrs. Ella Mae Mock. Mrs. Gurney Wagoner and Mrs. Elmer Cockerham a close third. Others making good headway and may take the lead any time. The campaign is just getting under way in earnest and from now on will be a real fight. The worker who goes after all subscriptions possbile now Instead of waiting till the votes are lower will be the one to build up the votes to win the major awards. BIGGER DROP IN VOTES NEXT WEEK List of Candidates in The Elkin Tribune "Cash Offer" Cam paign and Percentage Votes accepted for publication: NAME TOWN VOTES Miss Willie Guyer Elkin 229,500 Miss Beatrice Burcham Jonesville 226,000 Mrs. Franklin Folger Elkin 229,500 Mrs. Gurney Wagoner Jonesville 223,000 Miss Virginia Price Elkin 202,000 Miss Estelle Cockerham Elkin 215,000 Mrs. Ella Mae Mock Boonville 223,000 Mrs. J. B. Church Roaring River - 218,000 Miss Thelma Comer Dobson 218,000 Mrs. Joe Brooks Brooks Cross Roads 52,000 Mrs. Annie Pauls Elkin 145,000 Miss Pearl Holbrook., Traphill 140,000 Mrs. Bessie Myers .. Cycle 202,000 Mrs. J. R. Norman Mountain Park 165,000 Mrs. Elmer Cockerham ZeDhyr 223.000 Miss Hazel Brandon Arlington 105,000 Mrs. E. Ruth Settle.... Pleasant Hill 41,000 Mrs. C. B. Burrus Rockford 211,000 Mrs. John Goss Doughton 43,000 SUBSCRIPTIONS TURNED IN BY SATURDAY WILL COUNT MORE VOTES TOWARD THE S6OO AND S4OO CASH AWARDS REPORT SATURDAY First Period of Tribune "Cash Offer" Campaign Is Unusually Successful; Workers Run Close Candidate John R. Jones, above, of North Wilkesboro, is one Re publican candidate for congress in North Carolina who has no opposition. Seeking office from the eighth congressional dis trict, the squabble between Democrats Deane and Burgin, each seeking the office, has thus far left the field clear. Mr. Jones, who held the of fice of solicitor of the 17th judicial district for a period of 12 years, is a former law part ner of Johnson J. Hayes, now a federal judge. He has the distinction of being the only Republican solicitor in the state. WILLIAMS CHILD PASSES MONDAY Caroline Pauline Williams, 18 months old, and only child of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Williams of near Jonesville, died Monday. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock at the home of the child's maternal grand father, Lem Osborne, in Jones ville. The rites were in charge of Rev. J. L. Powers. Interment was in the Jonesville cemetery. In addition to the parents, both the maternal and paternal grandmothers and the maternal grandfather survive. SURRY, WILKES, YADKIN COMPETING Vote Value Takes Bigger Drop in Campaign After October 22nd; Wise Members Will Make Every Hour Count on Present Extra Vote Offer. Standing of Most Candidates Remarkably Close With No One Taking Any Big Lead. Anyone on the List Has a Good Chance of Winning Best Award by Taking Advantage of Big Vote Offer Now WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT YADKIN WOMAN DIES TUESDAY Mrs. Esther Luvenia Reavis, 80, Passes Away at Home Near Hamptonville RITES HELD ON WED. Mrs. Esther. Luvenia Reavis, 80, widow of the late Sant Reav is, well known Yadkin political leader, died at her home near Hamptonville at 8 o'clock Tues day morning, following a fall on Monday. Mrs. Reavis was a kind woman and good neighbor. She was born in that section, Feb. 25, 1859, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Segraves. She was a member of Plat Rock Baptist church. She was the last mem ber of her family except a half sister, Mrs. Rachel Eller, of Swan Creek. Her husband died Jan. 13, 1935. Pour children survive. Attorney Wade Reavis, of Yadkinville; Mrs. Lon Fleming and Mrs. S. E. Bur gess, of Hamptonville; and Miss Flora Reavis, of the home. Six grandchildren, Mrs. Glenn Patter son, of Winston-Salem; Dr. Frank Fleming, of Statesville; Miss Beulah Fleming, of Hamp tonville; Wade Reavis, Jr., Harrel and Margaret Reavis, of Yadkin ville, also survive. The funeral was held at the home at 2 o'clock Wednesday af ternoon, in charge of Rev. E. W. Turner, and burial followed In Flat Rock church cemetery. WOMEN'S CLUBS HOLD MEETING Annual Gathering of N. C. Federation Meets at King Friday; Name Officers MANY IN ATTENDANCE The annual meeting of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs of the Sixth Dis trict met at King, on last Friday with the King Woman's Club and the Rural Hall Woman's Club as joint hostesses. Miss Emma Comer, District president, pre sided. The meeting opened with the club woman's hymn and col lect. Invocation was given by Rev. E. C. Helmich, pastor of the King's Moravian church. Mrs. B. A. Helsabeck, president of the King Woman's Club, gave a hearty welcome to which Mrs. Paul Gwyn, of Elkln, responded. Minutes of the last meeting were read by the secretary, Mrs. Emma Reece Mock. Miss Comer, district president, gave a splendid . (Continued on page six) COLA FULP CAMPAIGNS WITH HILLBILLY BAND Cola Fulp, Republican nominee for the state house of represent atives from Surry, is making a determined campaign throughout the county in his opposition to Henry Dobson, Democratic can diate for the office. Mr. Fulp, perhaps taking a les son from the success of Lee O "Daniel, Texas nominee for Governor, has provided himself with a string band which is at tired in "ten gallon" hats, and which travels throughout the county with Mr. Fulp, providing music for all speaking engage ments. Ellon The Best Little Tovi In North Carolina" PUBLISHED WEEKLY L-ftst. Saturday night marked the end of the first period in the big "Cash Offer" Campaign just launched by The Elkin Tribune. Now watch the candidates plunge toward the S6OO Award. And for the other awards! There Is time for many other candidates to jump in and out strip those already running. New ones are coming in every day. Polks, it is going to be an un paralleled race, with Interest waxing hotter and hotter and thrills galore for everybody. To say that the announcement of the Elkin Tribune "Cash Of fer" campaign in which hundreds of dollars worth of elegant awards are to be given away ab solutely free to ambitious work ers struck a popular chord is putting it mildly. To give such wonderful awards in exchange for spare time efforts in helping this newspaper increase its subscrip tion list is unusual at this time in this vicinity. Three Counties The Cash Offer Campaign is well represented in Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin counties, which gives It an interesting triangular field of competition for the valuable awards. They are all three mighty good counties and have good workers in the campaign and we feel that the workers all have good boosters in their re spective counties. The race will no doubt be watched with much interest as each county will want to have the honor of capturing the best award. Attractive Extra Offer The following extra offer is made for early workers and as a special inducement for more members: 282,000 EXTRA VOTES will be given EACH and EVERY $30.00 CLUB of both new and old subscriptions turned in from Monday, October 17th, until Sat urday, October 22nd. These votes are in addition to the regular votes allowed upon each subscription, and you are not limited to the number of $30.00 CLUBS you may secure. Get as many as you can. Enter Your Own Name The campaign is just starting. All one has to do is first enter his or her own name as a candi date for one of the awards. Then secure a receipt book with which to obtain subscriptions. Votes will be issued upon all subscrip tions secured, and at the end of (Continued on page six) Check the Label On Your Paper The label on your Elkln Tribune each week tells just how your subscription stands. Check your label right now and if your subscription is due or past due give your renew al or arrearage payment to one of the several good work ers who are covering The Elkin Tribune territory during the "Big Cash Offer" Campaign now in progress. AU subscription payments collected by the campaign workers during this campaign will count In winning the val uable cash awards. We urge all subscribers to check up on their standing and renew now while it will mean so much to the workers. Due to the large number of new subscriptions coming In from the campaign, we will be forced to discontinue all sub scribers who fail t* make set tlement at an early date. Give your subscription now so you wont miss a single copy of The Elkln Tribune.
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