EVENTS
of the
Past
Week
LOCAL
THE ANNUAL MASONIC
picnic, which is expected to
feature only Lee's riding de
vices here this year, will be
held probably the third week
in July, it was learned Wed
nesday, although this date is
not definite.
ELKIN RESIDENTS are
paying an annual bill in excess
of $4,000 for entertaining that
most unwelcome guest, the
common rat, it has been dis
closed by the estimate of the
Bureau of Biological Survey,
which is pushing a nation-wide
anti-rat campaign. Bureau
studies show the average town
of Elkin's size has at least one
rat to each human, which
would mean over 2,000 rats for
Elkin. The minimum yearly
> cost of each rat is set at $2.00.
A GUERNSEY BULL, Klon
dike Kongo, is now on the
high seas en route to Porto
Rico aboard the steamer Bea
, trice, the animal having been
purchased from Klondike Farm
9 here by Manuel Sanchez Mar
f tinez, of Mayaguez, Porto Rico,
for breeding purposes. The
vessel sailed June 9, and should
by this time be nearing its
destination.
STATE
MOTHERS AND BABIES
scored a victory in North Car- j
olina last month, according to
the May report of Dr. R. T.
Stimpson, of the state bureau
of vital statistics. During the
month there were only 29 ma- J
ternal deaths, as compared
► with 51 in May, 1938. the rate
' dropping from 7.5 to 4.6. J
Deaths among babies under
one year of age totalled 366 as j
compared with 533 for the
previous May, bringing the;
monthly rate down from 78.6
to 69.4.
THE NORTH CAROLINA
Merchants association closed
its 37th annual session at Dur
ham Tuesday afternoon with
the election of O. A. Swarin
ger, of Concord, as president,
and Willard L. Dowell, of Ra
leigh, executive secretary.
T. S. JOHNSON. Raletgh, of
the department of conserva
tion and development, testified
a t Yadkinville Tuesday i n
Yadkin county's suit to stop
erection of the High Point
hydroelectric project that
"arms" will extend off the
dam's reservoir and result in a
general reduction in the value
of lands nearby. Johnson was
one of two witnesses to take
the stand in the afternoon ses
sion featured by numerous ar
guments over introduction of
testimony given at Greensboro
when actions to prevent the
project were heard.
t NATIONAL
NORTHERN COTTON miU
owners, employing nearly 100,-
000 workers, have appealed for
a universal minimum wage to
"protect" their industry from
Southern competition. The
recommendation was backed
by South Carolinians.
THE COMMANDER of the
submarine Squalus, which still
is the sunken sepulchre of 26
men, told a naval board of in
quiry at Portsmouth, N. H.,
Tuesday that a recommenda
tion born of a submarine dis
aster nearly 19 years ago
might have prevented the re
cent tragedy if it was caused
by a faulty air induction valve.
Lieut. O. F. Naquin. one of the
few undersea commanders who;
has escaped from a sunken
craft to tell his story, asserted
that improved ventilation
equipment might have saved
the Squalus and that current
devices might prove "fatally
defective" in time of war.
INTERNATIONAL
THE SINKING of a French
submarine with heavy loss of
life featured the international
news of the past week, this
bringing to a total of three
submarine disasters in the
past few weeks. Also promi
nent in the news from abroad
is the Jap Blockade of Eng
v lish concessions at Tientsin,
China, with England and
Japan both refusing to back
down. Meanwhile, in Europe,
the Germans push border fort
ifications and large scale troop
maneuvers throrghout the
country. Foreign observers be
lieve another crisis to be due
in August, with many of the
opinion the Germans are re
sponsible for the Jap blockade
of British concessions in
China.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNK
VOL. No. XXVIII. No. 32
BRITISH WOMEN
AND CHILDREN
LEAVE TIENTSIN
Evacuate Concession Block
aded By Japan
JAPS ARE UNRELENTING
Claim Britain Has Forfeited
Rights as Neutral Due to
Chinese Stand
DEMANDS ARE PUSHED
Tientsin, June 21.—(Wednes
day)—A group of 120 British wo
men and children began an exo
dus today from Tientsin's be
sieged British concession as the
second week of Japanese block
ade began amid signs of unre
lenting pressure.
General Gen Suglyama, com
mander-in-chief of Japan's expe
ditionary forces in North China,
charged Britain had forfeited her
rights as neutral by what he call
ed policies designed to assist Gen
eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek.
In a statement issued from his
headquarters at Peiping, General
Sugiyama declared forces under
his command would follow a
"resolute" policy toward the
Tientsin British concession un
til. Britain recognizes Japan's
"new order in east Asia" and co
operates in establishing it.
Some of the British refugees
boarded a steamer last night and
arrangements were completed for
the whole party to leave today.
The women and children were
to sail from the British bund
aboard a small British river boat
for Tangku, port of Tientsin at
the mouth of the Hai river. There
they were to transfer to the
steamers Wingsang and Sheng
king for Chinwangtao and Peh
taiho, beach resorts about 200
miles north of Tientsin.
Most of them, it was pointed
out, had planned previously to go
to summer homes there but had
been delayed by the blockade im
posed by the Japanese eight days
ago after British officials had re
jected Japanese demands for cus
tody for four Chinese accused of
killing a local official.
Baptist Rev
Creating
Interest He
The interest and attendance in
the revival services which are in
progress at the First Baptist
church exceed any previous re
vival during his pastorate, ac
cording to Rev. Eph Whisenhunt,
pastor of the church. Dr. J. R.
Jester, for 13 years pastor of the
First Baptist church in Winston-
Salem, and who has been doing
evangelistic work for the past
four years, is conducting the re
vival. Dr. Jester brings forceful,
spiritual messa§es and at each of
the eevning services the audi
torium has been filled.
Services are held twice daily,
at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. There
will be a special service for the
young people of the town Satur
day morning at 9:30, to which
the public is invited. There will
be no service Saturday evening.
Adding to the interest of the
meetings is special music and
song direction by George P. Har
per, of Greenwood, S. C.
All denominations and people
jof the town are invited to at
tend the services, which will con
tinue through Friday of next
week.
E. R.' YORK PASSES IN
DUKE HOSPITAL SUNDAY
Edward Roosevelt York, 36, of
Jonesville, died Sunday in Duke
hospital, Durham, from a brain
tumor.
The deceased was a member of
the Pleasant Ridge Baptist
church and was a son of J. M.
York, of Winston-Salem, and the
late Mrs. York.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Bessie Hemric York, one daugh
ter, Hazel, hi s father, four
brothers, F. W. and M. C. York,
cf Winston-Salem, Cy York, of
Mt. Airy, and Carson York, of
Ronda, and four sisters, Mrs.
Tyre Felts, of Thcrnasville, Mrs.
Spencer McNeill and Mrs. Thom
as Bass, of Winston-Salem, and
Mrs. Ernest Myers, of Elkin.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock
from the Pleasant Ridge Baptist
church. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
r*f)DPf)D AT 'Q C\f)T IAD REM Surry county boasts of the distinction of having the greatest
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The Surry veterans shown below are, top row, left-to right: John W. Phillips, 95, of near Mount Airy; Squire Byrd J.
Snow, 89, of near Mountain Park; Meredith A. Southard, 92, of the Zephyr community; Edward M. Hemric, 93, of
State Road. Bottom row, left to right: William H. Wall, 89, of Zephyr; Garland Marshall, of White Plains; Aaron
S. Cockerham, of Thurmond, who doesn't know how old he is, and Squire James Odell, 102, of Mount Airy.—(Cut
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W.PAGRANTS
Plans Call for Renovation of
County Jail and the
Courthouse
LIST OTHER PROJECTS
Surry county will receive sev-*
eral WPA grants in the near
future, according to M. S. With
erington, Surry WPA supervisor.
The grants will be for new build
ings and for repairing others.
Plans call for the renovation of
the county jail and repairs at the
courthouse. An appropriation of
$35,000 has been set aside and ap
proved by WPA headquarters for
this work. Mr Witherington stated
that work would start around the
24th of June.
Included in this project are nec
essary repairs for the county home.
Most of the repairs on the court
house consists of interior work. •
Two other WPA projects were
approved for the county. These
two projects go to the town of
Pilot Mountain and call • for' a
total expenditure of $75,000. Of
this, $34,000 is to be spent for the
erection of a new gymnasium
which will be large enough to take
care of the overflow of crowds that
flock to that town for basketball
games. It will be modern in every
respect, with heat and water fa
cilities. The other project calls
for an expenditure of $41,000 on
the streets and other improve
ments in Pilot Mountain. These
projects are expected to start a
round the ninth of July.
EDWARD WALL HURT
BY FALLING GLASS
Edward Wall, 11, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Wall, and Hal Martin
Stuart, 9, son of Mr. and Mrs. L.
M. Stuart, narrowly escaped ser
ious injury Monday morning when
a plate glass in the front of The
Basketeria Store here suddenly
fell from the window in frount of
which they were standing, shower
ing them with glass.
Young Wall sustained a gash
upon the side of his face which
necessitated 15 stitches to close,
and another cut upon his head.
Young Stuart escaped injury, but
the falling glass clipped the sleeve
from his shirt, it was said.
BRYANT REUNION TO
BE HELD ON JULY 9
The Bryant family reunion will
be held at the home of Andrew
Bryant near Pall Creek .church,
Sunday, July 9. The public Is
cordially invited to attend and
bring a basket lunch for the pic
nic dinner.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1939
Eight Men Left In
Surry Of Hundreds
Who Fought In War
Surviving Confederate Veterans Make Up Exactly One Cor
poral's Squad. Surry Boasts Distinction of Having
the Most Living Veterans of Any County
in the State
By LUTHER N. BYRD
Mount Airy, June 17 —Eight
grand old men are yet living in
the rugged hills of Surry county
who marched and fought in the
armies of Dixie more than three
quarters of a century ago.
They make up exactly one cor
poral's squad surviving from the
hundreds of Surry hillmen who
left their native mountains to
follow the "bonnie blue flag" of
the Old South.
No other county in North Car
olina can boast today v so many
living Confederate veterans, for
almost all of the grey-clad host
have heard the last "taps" and
gone to their eternal rest.
These eight old soldiers of Sur
ry, however, are still fighting
Father Time with the same gal
lant courage that carried them
from Bethel to Gettysburg and
back to Appomatox and "'the
surrender."
Their ranks today include
Squire Jaimes Odell, of Mount
Airy; John W. Phillips, of Mount
Airy; Garland C. Marshall, of
White Plains; William H. Wall,
of Zephyr; Meredith A. Southard,
of Zephyr; Squire Byrd Snow, of
Mountain Park; Aaron S. Cock
erham, of Thurmond; and Ed
ward M. Hemrick, of State Road.
There's One Centenarian
One of the most gallant sol
diers of them all is Squire James
Odell, who has watched more
than a hundred summers come
and go. He was 101 years old
last October, and he hopes to
reach another milestone of a long
life's journey this coming au
tjmn. He was honored by a great
gathering of relatives and friends
at his home in the Toast com
munity west of Mount Airy on
each of his last two birthdays.
Squire Odell, who was a babe
in arms when Martin Van Buren
was president, declares that
"there is nothing glorious about
war," and he gained plenty of
background for expressing an
opinion during the four years
that he followed Lee and Jackson
and other southern leaders.
He was a member of Company
G, 53rd Regiment of North Caro
lina volunteers, and he recalls to
day the 15 long days that he lay
wounded on the muddy battle
field at Gettysburg, his left leg
broken by a rifle ball.
It was only his own strenuous
protests that kept them from am
putating his leg when they final
ly got him to a hospital, but he
saved that leg and lived to return
home and rear a family of nine
children, five of whom are living
today.
He Enlisted Very Young
"It's not because we have lived
longer. It is rather because we
started fighting younger," said
John Winston Phillips, 95-year
old veteran, when asked for an
explanation why so many of Sur
ry coudty's Confederate soldiers
have survived those in other
counties in the state.
"I ran away from home before
I was 14 years old and joined the
first company that left Surry,"
Phillips stated. This company,
under command of Captain Dick
Reeves, later became Company A
of the 28th North Carolina vol
unteers. It trained at Kinston
and saw service all through the
war.
Phillips, who now lives two
miles north of Mount Airy, was
95 years old February 4, but his
mind and memory are clear. He
recalls that he was wounded in
the right foot, once in each knee
and that he was struck by min
nie balls in both the head and
back. His wife died several years
ago. He has eight living chil
dren.
Edward Marcus Hemrick, a
resident of the State Road com
munity in northwestern Surry
county, is the next oldest of Sur
ry's eight living veterans. Hem
rick, who will be 93 June 23,
served nearly one year in the
Confederate armies and was at
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LEAGUE PLAY HOUR
IS TO CLOSE FRIDAY
The "Play Hour," sponsored by
the Epworth League of the Meth
odist church, will close Friday af
ternoon.
Many children have attended
this program which has been
held each afternoon at the local
church for about two weeks.
The League wishes to thank all
the parents of the community
who have helped make the "Play
Hour" a success.
Proceeds will go for the Lake
Junaluska fund.
SEEKING TO
OUST JAILER
Yadkin Sheriff Files Suit in
Endeavor to Remove .
Jailer D. N. Vestal
UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
A suit in which it is alleged
that the recent act of the state
legislature in regard to Yadkin
county is unconstitutional, was
filed Monday in Yadkinville by
the "state of North Carolina, on
relation of Sheriff A. L. Inscore,"
of Yadkin.
Sheriff Inscore is said to be en
deavoring to oust Jailer D. N.
Vestal, appointed by the act, al
leging that the statute is uncon
stitutional because its caption fails
to say that it repealed former
laws, a matter specifically set out
as necessary in such a statute.
It is further claimed that the
act did not stop the sheriff's re
sponsibility for the jail upon his
bond, and he is still liable for its
conduct, the suit claims.
Jonescille
School Faculty
Announced
The faculty of Jonesville school
has been announced as follows:
elementary school, Mrs. Fred
Key, Miss Ruby Bray, Miss Hazel
Phillips, Mrs. Johnnie Canipe,
Mrs. Harvey Hemric, Miss Kath
erine Boles, Miss Beulah Fleming,
Mrs. Margaret Pickett, Mrs. Ina
Holcomb, Mrs. L. K. Keever, Mrs.
Lee Neaves, Mrs. Ruth Roland,
Miss Thelma Shore, T. S. Hob
son, J. C. Folger, Harvey Madison
and Chy J. Rash.
High school: Stacey Weaver,
superintendent, J. B. Swaringen,
A. B. Scroggs and Mrs. A. B.
Scroggs.
Based on last year's attendance
a new teacher was earned in both
the elementary and high school.
These are to be elected later.
BOARD HEARS TAX
COMPLAINTS MONDAY
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Meeting as a board of equaliza
tion Monday at Dobson, the Sur
ry county commissioners spent
the entire session hearing num
erous complaints concerning prop
erty valuations by different tax
payers over the county.
Due to the number of taxpay
ers appearing before the board,
the commissioners transacted no
other business.
The county tax rate for the
coming fiscal year was not an
nounced.
Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
JONESVILLE IS
RESTRAINED IN
SCHOOL ISSUE
Temporary Order Signed by
Judge Warlick
HALTS ISSUING BONDS
Opponents Claim Election
Was Not Conducted in
Conformity with Laws
TO FIGHT MATTER OUT
Signed by Superior Court Judge
Wilson Warlick, a temporary or
der has been filed in Yadkin
county court restraining the town
of Jonesville from issuing $40,000
in school bonds.
The order, which was signed
Tuesday, will be returnable on
July 1 in Wilkesboro before Su
perior Court Judge J. A. Rous
seau.
The order, was issued at the re
quest of six Jonesville taxpayers,
J. S. Hinson, Carl Rose, John
Colbert, R. S. Walters, H. L.
Evans and J. A. Lyons, who allege
the bond issue election was not
conducted in conformity with
North Carolina laws.
Ihe election was held to de
termine whether Jonesville should
issue the bonds to erect an addi
tion to the Jonesville school.
The order alleges the Yadkin
board of education failed to give
the county board of commission
ers sufficient information on the
taxable value of the Jonesville
property. According to it, the
board of education did not give
the commissioners a correct ac
count of the increase in taxation
that would be necessitated by a
bond issuance.
It was claimed some officials
appointed to assist in the elec
tion were neither residents, free
holders, taxpayers nor qualified
voters of the district.
Hampton and Barker, of Elkin,
and J. H. Folger, of Mount Airy,
have been engaged as counsel for
opponents of the bond Issue.
Yadkin County Attorney D. L..
Kelly, of Yadkinville, will be as
sisted by W. M. Allen, of Elkin,
in representing Jonesville.
The election, which was held
on June 13, was carried by a
vote of 635 to 355 with a total of
993 voting out of a registration of
1,078.
BULL DOGS WIN
CHAMPIONSHIP
Take Measure of Hounds in
Final Game Monday by
Score of 4 to 3
ARE GIVEN SUPPER
The Chatham Manufacturing
company soft ball tournament
came to a close Monday afternoon
with the final game of the cham
pionship series between the Hound
Dogs and the Bull Dogs to decide
the tourney winner.
The Bull Dogs won the final
game to cop the championship,
defeating the hounds 4 to 3.
The Bull Dogs represented the
office and card room, and the
Hounds the Spinning department.
During the tournament, indi
cations were that the Hound Dogs
would win the championship, they
having won first place in both the
first and last half of the tourna
ment.
Gold soft balls were awarded
members of the winning team at
a chicken supper held Monday
evening.
New Serial
Starting in
This Issue
A new serial, "Into the Sun
set," one of the finest novels
ever to come from the pen of
Jackson Gregory, who knows
both the old and the new West
as few writers do, begins in
this issue of The Tribune.
The story is a thrilling one
from start to finish, portray
ing in the Haveril family one
of the old ruling families that
for years dominated the cattle
ranges of the Southwest.
The characters in this new
novel are all sharply drawn
and portrayed in a manner to
make Tribune readers live
with them the thrilling epi
sodes that Jackson Gregory
narrates.