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VOL. No. XXVIII. No. 6
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
ANOTHER ARREST
IN DRUG CASE
New York, Dec. 20 —Federal
agents tonight arrested Ben
jamin Simon, ex-convict ally
of F. Donald Coster, who was
associated with him both in,
recent years and when the
McKesson and Bobbins presi
dent was known in his true
Identity as Philip Muslca, no
torious swindler.
81mon, identified by Brien
McMahon, assistant U. S. at
torney-general, as connected
with the poultry rackets of
' 1914 in which Coster also be
came involved, is the first per
son so far brought to light—
outside the Muslca family—
who held knowledge of Cost
er's past when the swindler
was in command of the world's
third largest drug firm.
THIRD MAN
IS ARRESTED
Welch, W. Va., Dec. 20—A
hospital patient recovering
from fumes inhaled on a slag
dump was identified by fed
eral agents today as Wade
Hanford, accused of being one
of a band of men who killed
two North Carolina police of
ficers in a gun fight.
Walter V. McLaughlin, chief
of the federal bureau of in
vestigation unit at Hunting
ton, said Hanford's arrest left
at large only Boy Kelly of the
group which has been sought
for the killing.
Kelly, also accused of shoot
ing State Trooper L E. Thom
as in a gunflght at Stuart,
Va., has been sought in a half
dozen states.
MT. AIRY IS
HOST TO FARMERS
Mt. Airy, Dec. 20 —Celebrat-
ing the biggest year in the
history of the Mt. Airy tobac
co market, this Surry county
city played host to more than
5,000 farmers at a festival and
dance this afternoon and to
night. During the past sea
son more than 5,000,000
pounds of tobacco were sold on
local warehouse floors, the rec
ord of all time.
Merchants and business peo
ple of tbe city co-operated in
extending the glad hand to the
largest number of rural vis
itors Mt. Airy has bad in many
a day. A large number of
handsome prizes, including an
automobile, were given away
during the day, the culmina
tion of the tobacco marketing
season.
TO RECOMMEND
CHANGES
Raleigh, Dec. 20—Governor
Hoey disclosed today that he
would recommend certain
changes In North Carolina's
election laws to the 1939 Gen
eral Assembly.
The Governor's announce
ment followed a conference
this afternoon with W. H.
Lucas, of Wilson, chairman of
the state board of elections.
Members of the state board
will meet here tomorrow to
it draft their report to the leg
islature.
The exact nature of the
- Governor's recommendations
was not disclosed.
MRS. J. C. TRIPLETT
PASSES THURSDAY
Jonesville Woman Had Been
in 111 Health for the Past
Two Years
FUNERAL HELD FRIDAY
Mrs. Margaret Greenwood
Triplett, 68, wife of Joel C. Trip
lets of Jonesville, died at their
home Thursday morning at 6:50.
Mrs. Triplett had been in ill
health for the past two years and
her condition had been critical
since the Saturday prior to her
death.
The deceased was a daughter
of the late Mr. and Mrs. John
Greenwood of Wilkes county and
a woman greatly beloved. Bhe
had been a resident of Jonesville
fqr the post 30 years. She was a
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Miss Nancy Williams, above,
who died early last Sunday
morning at the age of 82, hid
never in her life seen a train,
a movie or a circus perform
ance. Only once had she ever
made a trip away from home,
and that was to Salem, now
Winston-Salem, when she was
a girL—Photo by Bill Rutledge.
AGED WOMAN OF
YADKIN PASSES
Miss Nancy Williams, 82,
Had Never Seen a Train,
Movie or Circus
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Miss Nancy Williams, who
never in the 82 years of her life
had seen a train, a movie or a
circus performance, died early
Sunday morning at her home
near Yadkinville, where she resid
ed with her sister.
Miss Williams could remember
only one trip away from her
home, where she sat spinning at
an old loom through the years
until .her sight failed her, that
trip took her to Salem, now Win
ston-Salem, when she was a
small girl.
Her sister, Mrs. Lutie Peddy
cord, made occasional trips from
the antique laden home five miles
from Yadkinville into the county
seat. Mrs. Peddycord lived away
from home for four years, during
which time she was married. At
the death of her husband she re
turned to make her home with
her sister. Once Mrs. Peddycord
made a trip to High Point.
Despite her failing sight Miss
Williams never resorted to glass
es. When she could no longer see
to do the delicate handiwork of
her laces, counterpanes and
quilts she turned her attention
to other things to fill the hours.
Miss Williams and Mrs. Peddy
cord are the last survivors of the
eight children of Capt. John Wil
liams, who lost his life in the
Civil War.
I Funeral services were held
| Monday morning at 11 o'clock
from Deep Creek Baptist church.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
J. G. Allgood.
SIX INJURED IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
Small Child Remains in Ser
ious Condition at Hugh
Chatham Hospital
MACHINE TURNS OVER
Six persons were injured in an
automobile wreck about four miles
west of Elkin on the Ronda high
way Sunday afternoon. Of the
six. Virginia Billings, 2, daughter
of Mrs. Ethel Billings, remains in
a serious condition as the result
of a fractured skull. Injuries sus
tained by the others were not of
a serious nature although of the
six, three are still confined to the
hospital.
.Those injured, in addition to
Virginia Billings, were Mrs. Ethel
Billings. W. M. S. Billings, William
Billings. 72. Dwight Billings, 4,
and A. M. and Claude Burcham.
Mrs. Billings, Dwight, her son, and
Claude Burcham, have been dis
missed. The others are said to be
setting along satisfactorily, with
the exception of the baby.
The car was driven by Claude
Billings. He told officers he lost
control while he was attempting
to pass another car and that It
overturned, skidding several feet
on. Its top. The machine was badly
wrecked.
Occupants of the oar are from
Roaring River.
NEW CONGRESS IS
TO MAKE SPENDING
ISSUE OF SESSION
Evidence of Big Battle Is
Developing
IS READYING MESSAGE
Best Available Estimates Are
Budget Will Total About
Eight Billion
SEN. GLASS IS OPPOSED
Washington, Dec. 20.—New ev
idence that President Roosevelt's
spending policies will provide the
76th Congress with its most con
troversial topic piled up rapidly
today as the Chief Executive put
the final touches to his annual
state-of-the-union message.
An early clash between foes and
proponents of spending was fore
shadowed when leaders of two
powerful organizations, the Farm
ers' Union and tbe Workers' Alli
ance, told the President that
they are strenuously opposed to
proposed cuts in farm benefit
or relief appropriations.
Earlier Senator Alva B. Adams
(D), Colo., who steered Mr/
Roosvelt's huge spend-lend bill
through the last session, and
Senator Pat Harrison (D), Miss.,
chairman of the Influential Sen
ate finance committee, inferen
tlally warned the White House
that the gap between federal rev
enues and expenditures must be
closed, or increased taxation is
enevltable.
To their voices was added that
of Senator Carter Glass (D), Va.,
chairman of the Senate appro
priations committee and persist
ent critic of new deal spending.
He poined out that Congress is
not bound by budget estimates
and could cut appropriations
either in committee or on the
floor.
He suggested that the most
feasible way to achieve a bal
ance of revenues and expendi
tures is by reducing budget ex
penses but added laconically,
that he "does not anticipate"
such action on the part of ad
ministration agencies.
Best available estimates are
that the President's budget will
total about $8,000,000,000, per
haps slightly more. His figures
have been closely guarded but his
annual message may give some
Indications, especially regarding
national defense outlays which
are expected to account for more
than $1,000,000,000.
TO PRESENT CANTATA
AT JONESVILLE CHURCH
"The Child Jesus," a cantata by
Norman Lighthill, will be pre
sented by the Jonesville Baptist
church choir at the church Sun
day evening, December 25, at
5:30.
Sixteen members of the choir
will take part in the presentation.
Soloists are: Soprano, Miss Vir
ginia Lineberry: tenor, Leon Mar
tin: baritone, F. A. Lineberry;
bass, Arthur Martin. Other out
standing parts will be taken by
Miss Emma Eller, Mrs. C. L. Da
vis, Mrs. William Freeman, Miss
Lorraine Lineberry, Mrs. M. A.
Holcomb, Mrs. Odell Holcomb,
Miss Evelyn Arnold and D. R.
Casstevens.
The public is extended a cor
dial invitation to attend.
Ancient Aztec Indians used an
oil obtained from black widow
spiders as a pain remedy.
Here's Tip on
How to Stamp
Christmas Cards
Here's a tip to folks who
haven't finished
Christmas cards:
If you want your cards to
get there on time, or get there
at all, observe these simple
rules:
Seal all envelope cards bear
ing local' address that have
one-cent stamps on them. If
you don't, they will be return
ed to you for an additional
one-half cent postage.
Don't seal envelope cards
addressed out of town If yon.
expect them to go for a cent
and a half.
Maybe it will be a good Idea
to clip this Information and
have it handy next time yon
mall a batch. According to
Postmaster F. W. Graham, lots
of folks have been all balled
up as to their Christmas card
postage.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1938
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PLAN NEW SURVEY
FOR STREET HERE
Property Owners Object to
Construction of Road;
Matter Is Held Up
WOULD MAR PROPERTY
Holding a special meeting
Tuesday night in the Elkin tax
office, the Elkin board of com
missioners discussed the proposed
construction of a new street ex
tending from the west end of
Market street to join Elk Spur
near the Intersection of Elk Spur
and the Shoe Factory road.
No action was taken and the
matter was tabled pending a new
sirirvey by the state highway
commission. Considerable oppo
sition to the construction of the
road has been expressed due to
the fact that it is claimed the
street would mar several pieces
of valuable residential property.
The new survey will seek an
other route which might prove
more acceptable to property own
ers concerned, it is understood.
With the last link of the Elk
in-North Wilkesboro road to be
constructed soon, considerable
traffic which now goes from
Winston-Salem to North Wilkes
boro by Yadkinville and the
Boone Trail, will travel by way
of Elkin. A street from Market
straight through to Elk Spur
would provide a direct route
through Elkin, it is claimed.
In event the new street was
constructed, a bridge would have
to be built over Big Elkin creek.
DR. W. A. TRIVETTE
PASSES TUESDAY
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Was One of Best-Known Phy
sicians of Western North
Carolina
IS SURVIVED BY WIDOW
Dr. W. A. Trivette, 50. one of
the best known physicians of
Western North Carolina, died at
a Statesville hospital Tuesday af
ternoon, where he had been ill
from pneumonia for the past two
weeks.
Dr. Trivette served in France
with the United States medical
corps during the World War. He
had operated the Trivette Clinic
at his home near Uhlon Grove
Iredell county, since his return
from the war.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Gwendolyn Hartley Trivette,
four brothers, Eugene Trivette, of
North Wilkesboro; Dr. Parks
Trivette, of Mooresville; D. A.
Trivette, of Greensboro; Sylvan us
Trivette, of Winston-Salem; and
four sisters, Mrs. Emma Sale,
Mrs. John Johnson and Mrs. J. N.
Binkley, of Union Grove, and Mrs.
Donald Moorefleld, of Harmony.
INSTALLATION OF OIL
HEATER NEARLY DONE
Installation will be completed
this week of a modern oil heat
ing plant in the First Baptist
church in this city. When com
pleted the plant will heat the en
tire church, both upstairs and
down, and will be quite an im
provement over the former hot
air furnace.
To Judge Home
Lights Here
December 23
Judging in the home lighting
contest here, which is being
sponsored by The Elkin Wo
man's Club, will be held on
Friday night, December 23.
Those competing for the prizes
are urged to turn on their
lights early and burn them as
late as possible each night
during the Christmas season.
The prize money, which to
tals SIO.OO, is being donated
equally by the club and Duke
Power company.
MT. AIRY CHILDREN
PERISH IN BLAZE
Tragedy struck suddenly in
the home of Foy Midkiff, of
Mt. Airy, about 11 o'clock Wed
nesday morning, when fire
claimed the lives of the three
Midkiff children, all under five
years of age.
The children were left alone
in the home while their mother
went to their grandmother's
house a short distance away.
She returned to find the house
a roaring mass of flames with
all three children trapped in
side.
The bodies were so badly
burned it was almost impos
sible to identify them. One
was charred to a crisp.
The flames were thought to
have started from an open
grate. Names of the children
were not available here Wed
nesday afternoon.
SCULPTURE TO BE
PLACED IN P. 0.
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Art Work Is to Depict Impor
tant Point in Historic De
velopment of Elkin
CONTRIBUTED B Y GOV'T.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 20 —
(WNS)—A sculptured relief in
plaster, to be done by a New York
artist,-will be placed in the lobby
of the Elkin postoffice within a
few months.
This will be the Federal Gov
ernment's contribution to art in
Elkin.
Anita Weschler, 23 MacDougal
Alley. York City, has been
awarded a contract to do the
work. Miss Weschler attracted
the attention of officials of the
section of painting and sculpture
of the Treasury Department with
her work in the Bronx, New Yofrk,
postoffice art competition.
She is rated as one of the bet
ter young scuptreases of the
Metropolitan Area.
The relief will be hard-finish
ed and painted, and will be con
structed around a theme involv
ing an important point in the
historical development of Elkin.
The first election held in
America was on May 18, 1631,
when John Winthrop was elected
governor of the Massachusetts
colony.
KIWANIANS HOSTS
TO LOCAL NURSES
Will Stage Annual Christmas
Auction Sale at Meeting
This Evening
PROCEEDS TO CHARITY
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Nurses of Hugh Chatham
Memorial hospital were the guests
of the Elkin Klwanis club at a
banquet at Hotel Elkin last
Thursday evening.
The nurses were welcomed by
Kiwanian w. M. Allen.
Following the banquet, a brief
program was staged by a group
made up of Gene Hall, Leon Mar
tin, Virginia Lineberry, Magda
lene Martin, Byron Bryan, Dor
othy Colhard, Lillian Browning
and Alan Browning, Jr., featuring
as its climax a burlesque opera
tion in which the leg of the pa
tient was sawed off with a meat
saw..
At this evening's meeting of
the club, the Kiwanians will hold
their annual Christmas auction
sale, proceeds of which will go to
the fund to provide Christmas
cheer for less fortunate families.
Large sums have been raised in
this way each year, and this ev
ening's auction is expected to be
a big success. The auction will
be open to anyone who wishes to
bid on the various articles offered
for sale, and thus aid in a worthy
cause.
USE PLANE TO
SPOT STILLS
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Ovei* 60 Taken in Wilkes in
One Week by Government
Men in This Way
FEW MEN CAPTURED
Between 60 and 70 stills have
been destroyed in Wilkes county
during the past week as the re
sult of airplane scouting trips by
alcohol tax unit investigators, it
has been learned from unofficial
but reliable sources.
However, although the airplane
acts as an aid to officers in
spotting whisky plants, it also
acts as a warning to operators,
who make haste in leaving the
scene after a plane swoops down
near the tree tops overhead. Less
than half a dozen arrests have
been made to date as the result
of the raids, it was said.
Brush arbors, erected over the
stills in the ravines have failed to
thwart the efforts of the raiders,
who chart suspicious looking
places and return to them on
foot.
CHRISTMAS SETTING
ERECTED AT HOSPITAL
Through the courtesy of civic
organizations and individuals a
beautiful Christinas setting has
been arranged at the entrance to
Hugh phatham Memorial hos
pital. The setting is a life-size
figure of "The Shepherd and His
Flock," and lighted electrically it
presents an Impressive scene.
Citizens of the town and com
munity are Invited to drive by
and view the scene and those de
siring to do so are reminded that
It is much more impressive after
dark when it is lighted.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BITTER FIGHT ON
MEDICINE IMMINENT
AFTER INDICTMENT
Action on Anti-Trust Count
Gets Quick Response
ARE TO FIGHT CHARGE
American Medical Associa
tion and Others Named
by Federal Body
AGAINST HEALTH UNIT
Washington, Dec. 20—A legal
fight fraught with major import
for the future history of medical
care in the United states began
today when a federal grand jury
indicted the American Medical
Association, three affiliated socie
- ties, and 21 leading physicians
on a charge of violating the Sher
man anti-trust act.
The medical association an
nounced immediately that it
would throw all its energies into
the battle against the charge.
Dr. Morris Fishbein, leader In the
association, said at Chicago that
its house of delegates had author
■ ized its board of directors to "de
fend the case to the limit."
The indictment grows out of a
fight by organized medicine
I against Group Health associa
* tion, incorporated, a co-operative
set up in Washington to provide
3 medical care for government
workers who pay periodical, risk
sharing fees in advance.
The charge is that the defend
ants conspired to restrain trade
f by preventing physicians hired by
the co-operative from practicing
i in Washington hospitals or con
s suiting with other doctors. It is
i also alleged that one doctor was
t ousted from the District of Co
lumbia medical society because of
Ir his work with the co-operative,
and that proceedings were start
f ed against another for the fame
3 reason. ,
Thurman Arnold, new assistant
- attorney general who contends
- the anti-trust laws have not been
? rigorously enforced In the past,
l instituted the action against the
- medical association and 'the
- others named defendants today.
Small Boy Writes
Old Santa Claus
For Cowboy Suit
A small boy Is lying in bed at
Hugh Chatham Memorial hos
pital happily awaiting the visit of
Santa Claus Saturday night. For
when Santa comes, he is going to
bring the youngster a cowboy
suit, in addition to apples,
oranges, nuts and candy.
Or so the youngster firmly be
lieves, for didn't he write Santa
a letter and tell him that is what
he wants. Sure he will bring all
that was asked for, especially the
cowboy suit, for Santa is good to
good little boys.
And Billy has been a good little
boy. Good while hospital sur
geons have performed over a
dozen operations on his little
body in order to make him strong
again, uncomplaining as, week
after week has slipped by with
but "slight change in his condi
tion.
Yes sir, Billy knows that Santa
is going to bring that cowboy
suit. But what he doesn't know
is that his parents, both of Elkin,
are hard pressed, what with hos
pital bills to pay. and can give
Santa but little aid.
And that's where you may come
in. Anyone wishing to contribute
small amounts to go toward help
ing Santa bring Billy the cow
boy suit may do so by leaving
the money at The Tribune of
fice. All donations will be prompt
ly turned over to Miss Abrams, of
the hospital nursing staff, who
will take the matter up at once
with the jolly old fellow. But
hurry.
Tribune Office
To Be Closed
Saturday, Monday
The Tribune office will be
closed Saturday and Monday
In observance of Christmas In
order that employees may en-
Joy a few days of rest during
the holidays.
Although to be closed Mon
day, next week's brae of the
paper will at Its rrg
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