Elkin
[Jateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVII. No. 50
Get Your Winning Votes Now—Last S3O Club Offer
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During Last Big $30.00
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Many Subscriptions Will Be Sold This Week
While They Count Most Votes; Only
Few Hours Left of Big Offer
First and Second Awards in the "Cash Offer" Campaign
Represent Over SI,OOO Value, Which Few Candidates'
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ONLY 21 WORKING DAYS ARE LEFT
The result of The Elkin Tribune
"Cash Offer" Campaign for cir
culation last week was most grat
ifying. With few exceptions each
candidate went "over the top" in
great style, and with colors flying
turned in more than they pre
dicted they would at the beginning
of the week.
Biggest Drop In Votes
This week only—each one year
subscription earns 17,750 votes in
cluding club votes—Next week
only 10,000, a drop of 7,750 votes
on each subscription.
As a final call goes out for the
end of the extra votes on S3O
clubs, members of The Elkin
Tribune "Cash Offer" Campaign
are combing their territory in an
effort to obtain all possible sub
scriptions. Saturday night
promises to see all records broken
in the number of subscriptions
turned in so far in the campaign.
In fact, several of the members
already have a nice business to
report Saturday and those who
have not will do well to take heed
and get busy on that last minute
rush for the big credits.
Big Vote Offer
Beginning Monday October
24th, ending Saturday, October
29th, 255,000 extra votes will be
given to each and every S3O club
of both new and old subscriptions
turned in. This is the last extra
that will be made for clubs of sub
scriptions, and the pandidate who
is ahead at the end of this last
extra vote offer will more than
likely have a better side of the
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SURRY BAPTISTS
TO MEET SUNDAY
Missiofepry Association Will
Hold Special Gathering
at Dobson Church
OF VITAL IMPORTANCE
A special called meeting of the
Surry Missionary Baptist associa
tion will be held at the Dobson
Baptist church Sunday at 2:15
p. m.. It has been announced by
A. V. West of Mount Airy, who is
moderator of the church group.
The association includes nearly
50 churches all over Surry coun
ty.
In announcing the meeting,
Mr. West urged that every mem
ber church in the association
send a delegation. The meeting
Is for the purpose of considering
business of vital importance, and
the moderator is especially anx
ious that all ministers, Sunday
school superintendents. Women's
Missionary Union leaders and
deacons be present.
Included on the program are
the following: Rev. T. S. Draughn,
Crutchfield; I. O. Wallace, Moun
tain Park; C. A. Simmons, Mount
Airy; Mrs. J. O. Harrison, Mt.
Airy; Smith Hagaman, Winston-
Salem; Rev. Eph Whlsenhunt, El
kin; Rev. Joe Hall, Woodville;
and R. L- West, Dobson.
NOTICE
Campaign Workers
The opportunity conpons
good for 199,900 extra, votes
each with sls In subscriptions
are only rood until Saturday,
, Qjfcbcr 29th. It yo« have not
tnmy now mad do so by Sator
day of this week and reap the
thousands of extra mtca they
are good (or.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
FIRE SWEEPS
GERMAN LINER
New York, Oct. 25 Fire
sweeping below decks of the
German liner Deutschland im
periled the lives of 1,000 per
sons tonight in a north At
lantic storm off Newfoundland
before it was controlled.
After a frightening two
hours of fire-fighting,/the cap
tain radioed this laconic mes
sage:
"Fire under control!"
BENZOL CURE
FOR BLUE MOLD
Chapel Hill, Oct. 25—Con
quest of downy mildew, a to
bacco plant disease which has
ravaged American crops for 19
years and which this year en
tered Canada, was predicted to
the National Academy of
Sciences here today.
The disease, also known as
blue mold, attacks young to
bacco plants. It appears as a
bluish to gray downy coating
on the underside of the leaf.
The new remedy Is benzol,
which looks like gasoline and
sometimes is used in gasoline.
Its fumes destroy the mildew
quickly, the academy was told
by Dr. Frederick A. Wolf, of
Duke university.
JAPANESE
TAKE HANKOW
• Hankow, Oct. 26 (Wednes
day)— The backbone of Chin
ese resistance today was brok
en from the Great Wall to
Canton as victorious Japanese
troops conquered the flaming
city of Hankow, abandoned by
Generalissimo Chiang Ka I-
Shek's army with hardly a
shot fired.
From Chungking, now the
provisional Chinese capital,
word was sent that Chiang had
withdrawn his troops to the
hills and was prepared to con
tinue fighting, but neutral ob
servers doubted that there
would be much more organized
resistance to the Japanese.
F. D. R. MAY
VISIT STATE
Washington. Oct. 25—Presi
dent Roosevflt is contemplat
ing another tour .through the
Carollnas, It was learned at the
White House today.
The President will arrive at
Warm Springs on November
22 for his annual Thanksgiv
ing dinner with the Infantile
paralysis patients at the
Georgia ' institution. On his
way south the President It
considering stopping at Chap
el Hill to address the Carolina
Political Union.
FOUR ARE INJURED IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
Four persons, all from Boon
vllle, were injured during the
past week-end near Boonville.
Those hurt were Early Cran
ford, Troy Cranford, Misses Ruby
Eads and Valda Brown. All re
ceived treatment at the hospital
here, the two men being allowed
to return home. Hie two women,
suffering from bruises and lacer
ations. are still in the hospital.
Details as to the cause of the
accident are uot known.
REV. P. W. TUCKER
SUCCEEDS JENKINS
AT LOCAL CHURCH
Dr. Jenkins Is to Go to First
Church at Marion
OTHER CHANGES MADE
Rev. D. B. Mullis Comes to
Jonesville to Succeed
Rev. P. L. Smith
ABERNETHY TO REMAIN
Rev. P. W. Tucker was appoint
ed Monday as pastor of the
Methodist church here at the
Western North Carolina Metho
dist Conference at Charlotte.
Rev. Mr. Tucker succeeds Dr.
Wm. A. Jenkins, who has served
as pastor of the local church for
the past three years. Rev. Tuck
er comes here from the First
Church at Marion and will be
succeeded there by Dr. Jenkins.
Rev. D. B. Mullis of Charlotte,
succeeds Rev. P. L. Smith as pas
tor of the Jonesville church. Rev.
Smith goes to Advance. This is
the first pastorate of Rev. Mullis,
who recently completed his sem
inary training. He has served as
assistant pastor since his gradu
ation. Rev. Mullis will also be
pastor of the Elkin circuit,
which has been combined with
the Jonesville charge. Rev.
Mr. Smith has been at Jonesville
for the past three years. During
his pastorate 72 new members
have been added to the church
roll.
Rev. L. B. Abernethy of this
city, will continue as Executive
Secretary of the Board of Mis
sions of the Conference and Di
rector of the Golden Cross.
During their residence here Dr.
and Mrs. Jenkins have endeared
themselves to the entire citizen
ship, regardless of denomination
al affiliations. Dr. Jenkins has
been particularly active in the
work of the young people of the
church and town and has been
captain of one of the Boy Scout
troops during his residence here,
as well as doing other outstand
ing work among the young peo
ple of the town. Mrs. Jenkins is
also active in church and civic
work.
Rev. J. H. Green, pastor of the
Yadkinville Methodist church and
Rev. C. W. Russell, pastor of the
Dobson church, were both re
turned for another year.
WIDELY KNOWN
SURRY MAN DIES
Dr. Charles Holman Bernard
Passes Away Tuesday
from Pneumonia
FUNERAL THIS MORNING
Funeral services for Dr. Charles
Holman Bernard, 49. widely
known Surry county physician,
will be held at his late home at
Pilot Mountain this morning at
11 o'clock. Dr. Bernard died early
Tuesday morning at a Mount Airy
hospital from an attack of pneu
monia. His condition had been
critical for several days. The fu
neral will be on the fiftieth birth
day anniversary of the deceased.
Dr. Bernard was educated at
the University of North Carolina
and received his M. D. degree
from the Medical College of Vir
ginia. During the World War he
served in the medical corps of
the U. S. Army. Since 1919 he
practiced his profession in Surry
and Stokes counties, moving to
Pilot Mountain about 15 years
ago.
Throughout his life Dr. Ber
nard was active in politics and he
represented Surry county in the
state legislature in 1929. At the
time of his death he was man
aging the political campaign of
Charles A. Jonas, Republican
candidate for the U. 8. Senate In
the fifth congressional district.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Humphreys Bernard, his
father, C. Mi Bernard, his step
pother, two sisters and two
brothers.
Members of the medical pro
fession of Surry and adjoining
counties will serve as honorary
pallbearers.
A "gold-filled" Christian will
stand the ravages of time, while
a "gold-plated" one will tarnish
and corrode.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1938
*,.* %# - - r
Arthur Matthews, Boonville constable, late Saturday afternoon picked up the trail of John
Davis, of High Point, a rum runner, and roared to his death at 80 miles per hour when his car
crashed into that of Davis a few miles east of East Bend. Pictured left is the coupe which was
driven by Davis. On the right is the wreckage of Matthews' car after it had swerved from the
highway to crash into a large tree. A youth riding with the officer was uninjured. Two youug
women with Davis escaped with minor injuries. Davis was also unhurt.— (Photos courtesy Winston-
Salem Journal).
EKIN WINS OVER
ARCH RIVAL 13-7
Elks Keep Slate Clean in
Series with North Wilkes
boro; Grier, Sparks Star
MOORESVILLE IS NEXT
The Elks of Elkin High kept a
four-year consecutive winning
slate clean Friday afternoon by
defeating their arch rivals, North
Wilkesboro, by a close score of 13
to 7.
The Elks were paced by the all
around performances of Grier
and Co-Captain Sparks, who
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Hard Fight For Lead
Among Candidates In
Campaign This Week
Candidates are waging a furious battle for the all impor
tant subscriptions in THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Cash Offer
Campaign this week as the final offer of big votes on S3O Clubs
comes to a close Saturday night. All workers busy this week.
Saturday promises to show best results of any week or campaign
so far.
Business Landed Between Now and Saturday Night
Will Largely be Determining Factor As to
Who Will Win S6OO Award
BOONVILLE AND JONESVILLE LEAD THIS WEEK
Mrs. Ella Mae Mock, of Boonville, and Mrs. Gurney War
oner, of Jonesville, lead the vote line up this week. Miss Willie
Guyer, Mrs. Franklin Folger and Miss Beatrice Burcham sec
ond. with Mrs. J. B. Church and Mrs. Elmer Cockerham a close
third. It's now anybody's race for the main awards. Who will
prove to be the best workers and winners by November 19th?
One 1-Year Subscription This Week Will Count More
Votes Than Two Subscriptions Next \yeek.
Why Not Get Your Votes NOW?
List of Candidates in The Elkin Tribune "Cash Offer" Cam
paign and Percentage Votes accepted for publication:
NAME TOWN VOTES
Miss Willie Ouyer Elkin 335,000
Miss Beatrice Burcham Jonesvllle 335,000
Mrs. Franklin Folger Elkin 335,000
Mrs. Qurney Wagoner Jonesville 337,000
Miss Virginia Price Elkin 300,000
Miss Estelle Cocker ham Elkin 317,000
Mrs. Ella Mae Mock Boonville 3&7.000
Mrs. J. B. Church... Roaring River 332,500
Miss Thelma Comer Dobson 328,000
Mrs. Annie Pauls Elkin 195.000
Miss Pearl Holbrook Traphill ... t - 328,000
Mrs. Bessie Myers Cycle 285,000
Mrs. J. R. Norman Mountain Park 195,000
Mrs. Elmer Cocker ham Zephyr 332,500
Mrs. C. B. Burrus Rockford 330,000
Miss Hazel Brandon ...Arlington 150,000
Few More Days of Club Votes—Act Now! Your
Last Chance on Biggest Votes
REMEMBER SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 29th
S6OO For One of the Workers—s4oo Cash For An
other—Three Other Good Awards.
For a Few Weeks Work—Win This Week
ARE YOU IN TO WIN?
Crash* Claims Life of Boonville Constable
WILKES COUNTY WOMAN
PASSES AWAY FRIDAY
Mrs. Julia Settle Eidson, 80,
died Friday morning at the
Wilkes Hospital in North Wilkes
boro. Mrs. Eidson had made her
her home with her son. T. H.
Settle, near North Wilkesboro,
for some time.
Funeral services were held
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
from Cool Springs Baptist
church. Interment was in the
church cemetery. Mrs. Eidson
was widely known and greatly
loved in her native county.
She is survived by four child
ren: Mrs. Luther Rhodes, Dar
lington, S. C., T. H. Settle, North
Wilkesboro; N. M. Settle, Union,
lowa and J T. Settle, Caldwell,
Idaho.
BURGIN SELECTED
IN BTH DISTRICT
AS THE NOMINEE
Deane Withdraws After De
cision by Referees
JUDGE MUST ACT FIRST
Must Be Certified by State
Election Board to Make
It Official
UNPRECEDENTED CASE
Raleigh, Oct. 25 —C. B. Deane
of Rockingham formally with
drew from the eighth district
congressional race today, leaving
the way clear for certification of
W. O. Burgin of Lexington as the
Democratic party's nominee.
Deane's withdrawal came a
few hours after a three-man
board of referees—endowed with
extraordinary powers decided
"as a matter of law" that Burgin
won the nomination in the run
off Democratic primary of July
2.
Barring an unexpected develop
ment, Burgin will be certified by
the state board of elections to
morrow and the unprecedented
elections case will be officially
closed. The certification must be
preceded, however, by a consent
judgment signed by Superior
Court Judge W. C. Harris of Ra
leigh.
Wake superior court attaches
indicated tonight that Judge
Harris would sign the judgment
as soon as it was drawn by the
state board of elections and
counsel for the candidates.
MASONS ARE TO
HOLD MEET HERE
District Gathering to be Held
This Afternoon and This
Evening
ANDERSON IS TO SPEAK
The regular district meeting of
the Masonic Lodges of Surry
county will be held today
(Thursday,) with the Elkin lodge,
it has been announced by Depu
ty Grand Master Howard Hardy,
of Siloam.
The sessions will be held be
ginning at 4:30 and 7:30 p. m.
Grand Secretary John H. An
derson. of Raleigh, will be pres
ent and address the afternoon
session on the laws and rules of
Masonry.
The evening session will be
featured by degree work and an
address by Grand Master Harry
T. Patterson, of Wilmington.
The Surry district includes six
lodges, and a large delegation
from each lodge is expected.
As a rule, medicine given by a
doctor is a costly substitute for
food the patient might have
taken himself.
Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
' PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BOONYILLE OFFICER
IS KILLED WHILE
CHASING RUM CAR
Accident Takes Place Near
East Bend
THREE OTHERS INJURED
Arthur Mathews, Constable,
Crashes Car into Tree
During Chase
RUM RUNNER GIVES UP
Arthur Mathews, 34. Boonville
township constable, was almost
instantly killed at 5:15 Saturday
afternoon when his specially
built coupe wrecked while chasing
a rumrunner two miles east of
East Bend.
Mathews was accompanied by
Wade Johnson, young Boonville
boy, who escaped unhurt. The
car he was chasing was driven by
John Davis, of High Point, who
had two girls, Ruth Pern Daniels
and Katheleen Ferrell Hicks, as
traveling companions, and, the
car was loaded with 100 gallons
of whiskey. Davis and the two
girls all received a number w of
scratches and bruises but none
serious. Davis escaped through
the woods soon after the wreck
but the two girls were arrested
and placed in jail where they re
mained until Sunday afternoon
when they were released under
SSOO bonds after they waived
their case to federal court.
Davis surrendered to Federal
officers at Yadkinville Tuesday
night and was placed in jail in
default of SI,OOO bond after waiv
ing a preliminary hearing on a
charge of possessing 100 gallons
of non-tax paid whisky. He was
later charged with hit-and-run
driving and reckless driving.
It seems that Mathews had
been notified by telephone by
Policeman J. H. Madison of
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DEMOCRATS ARE
TO HOLD RALLY
Will Gather at Dobson Fri
day Evening for Program
of Speaking, Music
LEWELLYN TO PRESIDE
As the major rally of a series
of Democratic rallies, the first of
which was held Monday night at
Beulah school in Stewart's Creek
township, will be a meeting of
Democrats Friday evening at
Dobson.
This meeting will be under the
direction of R. C. Lewellyn, and
will feature a program of music
and dancing in addition to sev
eral speeches.
Principal speaker of the rally
will be A. D. (Lon) Polger, or
Congressman Prank Hancock, or
both, it was stated. Gordon
Gray, of Winston-Salem, will not
be present, it was said here Wed
nesday afternoon.
All Democrats of the county,
both men and women, are urged
to attend the rally, with an en
joyable evening being assured.
Farley Writes
Tribune Letter
of Appreciation
The Tribune is in receipt of
a letter from James A. Farley,
Postmaster General of the
United States and chairman of
the Democratic National Com
mittee, in appreciation of an
editorial which appeared in
these columns September 39.
The letter was as follows:
"A friend of mine the other
day sent me a copy of the
Richmond County Journal
which contained a reprint of
yonr editorial concerning the
writer. Ido want you to know
I am more than grateful to you
for your altogether too gen
erous remarks. A Mlow in
my position gets kicked around
so much that It Is pleasing to
read a friendly editorial.
"Again may I express my
thanks to you, and with every
good wish I am, sincerely
yOUrS JAMEg A. fcuKMnr
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