EVENTS
of the
Past
Week
LOCAL
THE ELKIN Furniture com
pany baseball team Saturday
was defeated by Pulaski, Va.,
lit a game piayed at Chatham
Park. The score was 7 to 1.
) DR. R. A. MOORE, of Win
ston-Salem, will hold his reg
ular cripple clinic in the of
fices of the county health de
partment at Mount Airy Fri
day, August 25. Hours will be
from 9 a.m. until 12 noon.
JOE BATZ, of Surry county,
serving an eight months sen
tence for carrying a concealed
weapon, was among the six
men paroled Monday from the
State prison in Raleigh. Batz
was convicted in March of this
year.
TAXABLE PROPERTY in
Surry county shows an in
crease of $352,158 in valuation
over the 1938 listing, figures of
B. F. Folger, county tax super
visor, show. The increase for
the most part was in three
townships, EI kin, Mount Airy
and Pilot Mountain. Each of
the three showed increases of
more than $100,090. The gain
in Elkin township was $101,201
over 1938.
THE UNITED STATES civil
service commission has an
nounced an open competitive
examination for the position
of junior public health nurse,
in the Indian Field Service,
department of interior. Ap
plications must be on file in
the commission's office at
Washington, D. C, not later
than September 11. High
school education and certain
nursing training is required
for entrance to the examina
tion.
STATE
JOINING IN the general op
roar caused by President
Roosevelt's suggestion that
Thanksgiving be set forward a
week this year so as to give
the nation's business men and
merchants an additional week
for Christmas trade. Gov.
Clyde R. Hoey said Tuesday
that to change the date of
Thanksgiving would be "un
fortunate." Remarking that
the present date had been ob
served since 1864, he added:
"I can see no benefit in
changing it to a week earlier,
and such a change would dis
rupt the plans of many organ
izations for observance of the
day."
NATIONAL
UNDER the menacing snouts
of two machine guns, two
bank messengers were robbed
of $70,000 at Long Beach, New
York, Tuesday in a swiftly ex
ecuted hold-up by five band
its, when then escaped despite
an elaborate plan of appre
hension which had been wait
ing six years for just such an
event.
GOVERNMENTAL authori
ties Tuesday paid $78,425,095
for electric power properties in
Tennessee irf the greatest
transfer of utilities from pri
vate to public ownership in
the history of the United
States. Properties purchased
were those of the Tennessee
Electric Power company.
FEDERAL officers Tuesday
took over investigation of the
wreck of the streamlined train
"City of San Francisco," and
direction of the search for the
maniac who, trainmen say,
deliberately derailed the train
in Nevada, killing 23 people
and injuring. 109. There were
194 people aboard the stream
liner when it crashed as a re
sult of the removal of a rail
which had been moved four
inches out of Une and re
spiked.
INTERNATIONAL
EUROPE'S troubles were ap
pearing blacker late Wednes
day afternoon, according to
news dispatches received via
radio. Dispatches told of a Po
lish soldier being killed on the
border at Danzig, the focal
point of all the trouble, when
he was alleged to have cross
ed the border into the free
city. All indications were that
a showdown was fast ap
proaching in Hitler's efforts to
take the city. One official
made the statement that "war
may come before the week
end."
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
VOL. No. XXVIII. No. 40
Prize Jitte
In Action
The World's Fair
•' •
Jim Brennan of Elizabeth, N.
J., and Tessie Fekan of Gar
wood, N. J., did this sort of thing
all over the floor at the World's
Fair, and then—no surprise to
to us— were awarded first prize
in the Jitterbug Contest, which
was held in conjunction with
Ben Bernie Day at the Fair.
SEEK MAN ON
RAPECHARGE
Twin Sisters Are Involved in
Case; One Man Held on
Assault Count
TO BE BROUGHT BACK
Yadkinville, August 17—Special
—Sheriff A. L. In score stated
here yesterday that he held a
warrant for Erskine Grier Lack
ey, of the Boonville section,
charging hiia with first degree
rape, the victim being Miss
Treaver Scott, 19, of the Smith
town section. The alleged of
fense was committed on May 21.
Sheriff Inscore stated he had
been working quietly on the case
because of the fact Lackey could
not be found. Two girls, twin
sisters, are involved in the case
and another boy of the same sec
tion, Early Cranfill, has already
been arrested and is to be tried
here next week for assault only.
When visiting the girls the boys
gave fictitious names and this
had to be unraveled first. Lackey
gave the name of Howard Parker
and Cranfill gave the name of
Martin.
The twin sisters, Misses Treav
er and Neaver Scott, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Scott, of the
Smithtown section, first reported
the assault on them the day they
alleged it happened, May 21, but
nobody could be found with the
r.ames the two boys had given
them. Then it developed, ac
cording to officers, that the boys
had given fictitious names. After
considerable work it was learned
who the boys were and one of
them was arrested. The other
one could not be found. The
one arrested was Early Cranfill of
the Boonville section. He is ac
cused of assault in a warrant
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YADKIN COURT
STARTSMONDAY
Jail Case and Election Law
Indictments Create Much
Interest
ARMSTRONG IS JUDGE
The criminal term of Yadkin
county superior court will begin
in Yadkinville Monday morning
with Judge Frank Armstrong of
Troy presiding and Solicitor Ava
lon E. Hall of Yadkinville repre
senting the state.
According to the calander just
published there is more than 100
cases on the docket with 29 of
them for drunken driving. - It is
expected the term will take up the
week.
One of the cases scheduled for
trail immediately after convening
of court, in which the public is
vitally interested, is the case in
which Sheriff A, L. Inscore is
seeking to oust Dallas Vestal as
Jailor of Yadkin county, and the
return of the Jail to the sheriff's
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SIGNS POINT
TO SHOWDOWN
OVERDANZIG
Ominous Signs of Early Ac
tion Discerned
HALT BORDER TRAFFIC
Goebbels Returns to Ger
many from Italy; Air of
Tenseness Prevails
GOVERNMENT IS SILENT
Berlin, August 15—A host of
signs in Berlin tonight pointed to
an imminent, almost immediate
development in the grave isue of
Danzig and Pomorze (the Polish
coridor).
In government quarters, ■which
normally are willing to give a
hint of events to come, there was
an ominous silence.
Signs that lead veteran ob
servers of German affaire to be
lieve a development may be at
hand are:
1. Propaganda Minister Goeb
bels returned unexpectedly from
Italy yesterday, where he had
been expected to remain for the
lemainder of the week. He usual
ly is asigned to read important
proclamations to the German
people over the radio.
2. The silence in government
quarters.
3. The hurried return to Rome
by airplane of the Italian foreign
minister, Count Galeazzo Ciano
after his conferences with the
German foreign minister and
Hitler last week-end.
Whatever action Italy might be
prepared to undertake to support
Germany had to be synchronized
quickly with such plans for
speeding up the "solution" of the
Danzig and German-Polish ques
tion as Hitler may have decided
upon.
4. The insistence of the Ger
man press, since Ciano's depar
ture on Sunday, that the Danzig
question must be solved "speed
ily."
5. Warnings addressed to Eng
land, France and Poland, advo
cating reasonableness "before it
is too late," are the order of the
day in Berlin newspapers.
6. German fishermen plying
their trade in the Baltic have
been forbidden to go out to their
regular fishing grounds.
7. The German spas in the
Baltic are now practically emp
tied of guests, although August
ordinarily is a busy month.
8. From every part of the
country reports now reach the
capital of strict rationing of gas
oline to private automobiles.
TO ERECT FENCE
AT FAIRGROUND
General Admission of 10
Cents Will Be Charged,
Directors Decide
PREMIUM LIST IS OUT
At a meeting of the directors of
the Elkin Fair, held in the city
hall Wednesday afternoon, it was
decided to erect a fence at the
fair grounds and charge a general
admission of 10 cents, this ad
mission being good for both the
grounds and the exhibition build
ing. Children under six years will
be admitted free. Cars will be
admitted to the parking grounds
inside the fence, but no extra
charge will be made for this pri
vilege.
Friday of the fair, which will
be held September 13, 14, 15 and
16, will be observed as children's
day, with all school children being
admitted free both to the grounds
and exhibition hall.
The annual horse show will be
held Thursday, September 14, un
der the direction of L. G. Baker,
and will feature a parade from
Chatham Ball Park to the fair
grounds, beginning at 10 a. m.
The premium list, which this
year is around S7OO, has been
printed and distributed. Anyone
who has not secured a copy may
cbtain one by writing Mrs. Alan
Browning, Jr., secretary, or calling
at her office in The Tribune build
ing.
ECONOMICAL
The Farm Security Adminis
tration has announced that con
tracts were awarded the past
fiscal year for the construction
of 2,784 of its specially-designed
low cost farm homes for an av
erage cost of only $1,474.20.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939
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stands a silver cup, recently presented to Mr. and Mrs.
Armstrong, two blind people, at a baby show. They re
ceived the cup because their baby was selected as "most
beautiful." They know the baby is beautiful—by touch.
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Addition to Be
Constructed by
Laundry
A new addition to their present
plant, to house a thoroughly
modern dry cleaning department,
has been announced by the White
Swan Laundry. Work on the new
building will begin about Septem
ber 10.
The addition will be construct
ed on the left side of the present
plant, and will be 30x25 feet.
Complete new dry cleaning equip
ment will be installed.
The present plant is being en
larged to cafe for an ever in
creasing business and in order to
better serve its patrons.
MRS. IV. FOOTE
DIES THURSDAY
West Elkin Woman Had Suf
fered Illness of Several
Months
RITES HELD SATURDAY
Funeral services for Mi's. Emily
Johnson Foote, 75, who passed
away at the home of her daughter,
Mrs. G. W. Wellborn, in West Elk
in, Thursday evening, were held
Saturday morning at 11 o'clock
from Pleasant Hill Baptist church,
of which the deceased was a mem
ber. Mrs. Foote had been ill for
several months. She was the
widow of T. V. Foote, for many
years a well-known merchant of
Elkin. The rites were in charge
of Rev. I. W. Vestal, pastor of the
church, assisted by Rev. R. E.
Adams of Mayodan.
Mrs. Foote is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. Wellborn and one
brother. C. W. Johnson, of Yad
kinville. Four grandchildren also
survive.
Pallbearers were: Dr. Paul
Johnson of Winston-Salem, Bran
non Day, D. C. Gilliam, J. F. Lyon,
Robert Transou and B. B. Absher.
REV. WU GI-DJUNG IS TO
BE GUEST OF PASTOR
Rev. Wu Gi-djung, official
messenger of the Baptists of
China to the Baptist World Con
gress which was held in Atlanta,
Ga., two weeks ago will arrive in
Elkin Friday to be the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt
for several days. Rev. Mr. Wu is
a native of Chinkaing, China, na
tive city of Mrs. Whisenhunt.
Mrs. Whisenhunt's father, the
Rev. W. W. Lawton, led the
father of Rev. Mr. Wu to em
brace Christianity. Mr. Wu will
speak at both services next Sun
day at the First Baptist church.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
MERCHANTS ASSN.
HOLDS MEETING
At a meeting of the Elkin Mer
chants association held last
Thursday, Mrs. Franklin Folger,
who has divided her time as sec
retary of the association and as
sistant to Dixie Graham, was
made a full time secretary.
Credit application blanks were
also decided upon, these blanks
to be filled out by any person
wishing to obtain credit at Elkin
stores. All information obtain
ed is filed by the association.
The association is also working
on a new and revised "black list"
containing the names of all ac
counts in bad standing.
Joe O. Bivins is president of the
organization.
SIX CARLOADS
BLANKETS HERE
Moved by Freight from Win
ston-Salem to Completed
Part of Warehouse
1
ARE TO MOVE OTHERS
The first step in the actual
moving of the Chatham Manu
facturing company plant from
Winston-Salem to Elkin took place
here Monday when six carloads
of blankets were shifted over the
new siding to the new warehouse,
which has been completed. Other
carloads of blankets will continue
to arrive for storage.
It was said that the blankets
are being moved here at this early
date due to the fact the storage
space in Winston-Salem is needed.
Thousands of blankets have been
stored there in the large tobacco
warehouses, and with the opening
of the tobacco market but a few
weeks away, the blankets had to
be moved out.
Although the new warehouses
here are only about one-third
completed, sufficient space is a
vailable to safely store a large
number of blankets, and work goes
forward rapidly upon the remain
der of the buildings. When com
pleted, they will have a huge
storage capacity, it was said.
It is expected that the entire
new plant will be ready for oper
ation by the first of the year.
Sixty days should see the comple
tion of all outside work on the
buildings, W. A. Neaves, general
superintendent and vice-presi
dent of tihe company, said.
TO HEAR SCHOOL
CASE SEPT. 27TH
Notice of Appeal Has Been
Served on Opposition in
Bond Matter
CONCERNS NEW SCHOOL
Balked by a restraining order
signed by Judge S. J. Ervin, Jr.,
Jonesville forces seeking a bond
issue for the construction of a new
high school building there, are
appealing their case to the North
Carolina supreme court, following
a request by the Yadkin county
board of education to the Yadkin
board of commissioners to appeal
Judge Ervin's decision.
Notice of case on appeal has
been served on the opposing at
torneys, and the case has been
p/epared and served, it was learned
from W. M. Allen, attorney, Wed
nesday. Mr. Allen stated that the
opposition must serve a counter
case within 20 days, after which
the case will be filed with the
state supreme court.
The matter will be called and
argued before the court on Sep
tember 27, and a decision will be
expected within the following 30
days.
RETURN HOME AFTER
BEL AIR MEETING
Rev. and Mrs. E. G. Jordan
and son, David, and Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Hanks and two sons, Her
bert and Charles, returned yes
terday, after a two and one-half
weeks' stay in Bel Air, Md., Dover,
Delaware, Atlantic City, New
Jersey, and other northern cities.
Rev. Jordan has been assisting
Rev. O. J. Spencer in a two weeks'
revival near Bel A&ir, Md. He
states that the meeting was a
wonderful success, with forty
nine additions to the church, and
many reconsecrations.
Tax Rate For Surry
Is Set At 95 Cents
By Board Saturday
Singing Class
Of Orphanage
Here on 24th
The Oxford Orphanage Sing
ing Class will appear here in a
concert at the Lyric theatre
August 24.
The singing class, famous
all over the state for the ex
cellence of its program, will be
sponsored by the local Masons.
Proceeds will go to the or
phanage at Oxford.
In audition to the concert,
patrons will also see a good
movie show. The program is
scheduled to start at 7:30
o'clock.
KIWANIANS
CCCGUESTS
Have Dinner Last Thursday
at Camp Hancock, with
Commander Huff Host
DECIDE ON CAMP SITE
Members of the Elkin Kiwanis
club and their guests last Thurs
day evening had dinner at the
CCC camp at Dobson, with Lieut-
Owen Huff, commander, as their
host.
A large number were in attend
ance and enjoyed a bountiful and
well-prepared meal in the camp
mess hall, following which an to
formal discussion was held, which
centered around the activities of
the CCC movement, and the
problems facing the Dobson camp
in preparing to move to Elkin.
The Kiwanians and their
friends who were in the most
part Elkin business men not
members of the club, enjoyed the
meeting to the fullest, and ex
pressed a willingness to aid in
every way possible in locating the
camp near Elkin.
At the time of the meeting,
Lieut. Huff was fearful that the
site later decided upon, was too
small to house the camp, and
asked the Kiwanians to aid in
finding another place. However,
it was learned next day that dif
ficulties had been ironed out and
that the camp would be placed
on property owned by Dr. Ira S.
Gambill, located north of his
home on the Elkin-State Road
highway.
SISTER OF G. L. HILL
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT
Mrs. J. E. Jessup, of White
Plains, a sister of G. L. Hill, El
kin business man, was accident
ally shot last Saturday afternoon
while standing on the porch of
her home. The bullet, fired from
a .22 rifle in the hands of some
boys at a neighboring home, in
flicted a flesh wound, entering
her back Just above the kidney
and emerging from the front,
narrowly missing the abdominal
wall.
Mr. Hill, who went to Jtiis sis
ter's bedside when he was notified
of the accident, stated that she
was making satisfactory recov
ery.
The boys doing the shooting
were visiting at the home of Al
bert Bunker, located about half a
mile away. Several bullets had
struck the house before Mrs. Jes
sup was hit.
KIWANIANS MAY MEET
WITH MT. AIRY CLUB
Although plans have not been
definitely announced it is ex
pected the local Kiwanis club will
hold an inter-cllib meet with the
Kiwanians of Mount Airy there
on August 22, it was learned Wed
nesday. The meeting will be ob
served as ladies' night.
ARE TO HOLD
SINGING MEET
There will be a quartette sing
ing convention at Little Rich
mond Baptist church on the Elk
in-Mount Airy highway, Sunday,
August 20th, beginning at 2
o'clock in the afternoon.
All singers in this section are
invited to attend and take part.
Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IS INCREASE OF
10 CENTS OVER
THE PAST YEAR
Addition for Capital School
Outlay
SUGGESTED BY JOHNSON
Surry Rate Is Still 30 Cents
Under State Average
for Counties
N O FUNDING BONDS
The Surry county board of
commissioners, meeting Saturday
night in Dobson, set the county
tax rate for the ensuing fiscal
year as 95 cents, an increase of
10 cents over the past year.
The additional 10 cents is for
capital school outlay to take care
of buildings and additional rooms
on promised projects, it was an
nounced, being done at the sug
gest ion of State Treasurer
Charles Johnson. It is believed,
the commissioners stated, that
the additional 10 cents will not
have to be levied after this year.
Surry's tax rate has remained
at 85 cents, prior to this year,
since 1932. Up until that time it
was $1.15.
The average county tax rate
for North Carolina is $1.25, which
makes Surry's new rate 30 cents
lower than the average.
No further bonds have been is
sued in the past 10 years by the
county, and no such bonds are
anticipated, it was said.
ALABAMA TEAM
TO PLAY HERE
Birmingham Squad, Unde
feated for Past 21 Games,
to Play Furniture Co.
TO BE DOUBLEHEADER
The Elkin Furniture company
baseball team will take on plenty
here Saturday, August 19, when
they tackle Birmingham, Ala., in
a doubleheader, the first game of
which wilj be played at 10:00 am.,
and the second at 3:30 p. m.
The Alabama team has chalked
up a record thus far this year of
42 games won with only eight
losses, not having been defeated
in their last 21 games.
The games are slated to be the
best to be played at Chatham
Park this season. The local team
is fresh from the semi-pro toum
a ment at High Point, and will be
at their best.
A small admission fee will be
charged for each game, the pro
ceeds to go to pay the visiting
players for their appearance here.
They are on a tour which will
eventually land them in New York
City, and are playing ball as they
go.
MAY LEARN STATUS
OF OLD-AGE ACCOUNT
Any wage earner, who wants to
know the amount of wages cred
ited to his old-age insurance ac
count up to January 1, 1939, may
have the information for the ask
ing, J. N. Freeman, manager of
the Social Security Board's field
office at Winston-Salem, an
nounced today.
Mr. Freeman explained that aH
wages reported by employers for
work done in 1937 and 1938 have
now been posted by the Social
Security Board to the individual
accounts of insured workers."
From these records it will now be
possible to obtain the wage in
formation which any insured
worker wants.
Mr. Freeman declared that aH
a worker need do to get a wage
statement is to obtain from any
field office of the Board a post
card form, fill it out, and send it
to the Baltimore office of the
Social Security Board.
The National Federation at
Business and Professional Wo
men's dubs has a membership of
62,000.