Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVIII. No. 45
LATE F 1
NEWS
|TV and
BRIEF N t"
LOCAL
THE POSTOFFICE depart
ment has announced a new
schedule for star route service
between Abshers and Elkin.
The schedule, effective imme
diately, is as follows: Mail
leaves Abshers daily except
Sunday 7:30 a.m. Arrive Elkin
by 10:15 a.m. Leave Elkin
daily except Sunday on receipt
of mail from train due about
10:50 a.m but not later than
1:50 p.m. Arrive Traphill in
one hour and 55 minutes.
Leave Traphill daily except
Sunday on receipt of mail
from North Wilkes boro but
not later than 2:50 p.m. Ar
rive Abshers in 50 minutes.
WORK OF laying a water
main from the dam on Big
Elkin creek to the Chatham
Manufacturing company is go
ing- forward rapidly. The line
will cross West Main street at
the site of the former Elkin &
Alleghany railway crossing and
follow the railway to the old
mill. Work of excavating for
the line is being done by mo
tor shovel.
CONSTRUCTION work has
started here one one of two
business buildings which are
to be constructed on the site
of the old McNeer warehouse,
next to the new Rose five and
ten building. The building is
being erected for Odell Hard
ware Co., of Greensboro. It
has not been learned who will
occupy the building once it is
completed.
STATE
RALEIGH, Sept. 20—Paroles
Commissioner Edwin Gill to
day announced that Governor
Hoey had denied James L
Godwin's appeal for clemency.
Acquaintances and a psychia
trist asked that clemency be
extended Godwin, former pres
ident of a High Point Sunday
school class, on the grounds
that he was ' men tally sick."
NATIONAL
NEW YORK, Sept. 20—The
American steamer Wascosta
was stopped on high seas by a
German submarine which fired
a shot across its bow and then
sent a searching party aboard,
it was revealed when the ship
arrived here today. Passengers
said fragments of the shell hit
the deck. The submarine
signalled the Wascosta to
heave to 38 miles off the Irish
coast at 1 p.m.. September 8.
Capt. George R. Self failed to
answer the signal sent in in
ternational blinker code and
the submarine fired, passen
gers said.
INTERNATIONAL
BUCHAREST, Rumania,
Sept. 20—Germany was report
ed today to have insisted that
Polish government leaders flee
ing into Rumania be interned
for the duration of the war.
The Polish officials had hoped
to continue to France or Eng
land. Political circles believed
that Rumania desired that the
Polish government members
leave as soon as possible. (In
Paris and London it was un
derstood the Polish officials
desired to set up a government
in one of the allied countries
in order to keep their regime
technically alive.)
MOSCOW, Sept. 20 A
group of German army and air
officials arrived by special air
plane from Adolf Hitler's
headquarters today to consult
on German-Soviet problems in
Poland. Whether the German
and Soviets would decide to
establish a buffer state or a
common frontier in Polish ter
ritory remained uncertain, but
there had been indications
that some sort of buffer state
would be set up.
PARIS, Sept. 20 German
artillery pounded French lines
ip the Biles River sector today.
War communique No. S3 of the
war, issued by the high oom
rnand, said: "There was a
quiet night on the entire front.
Rnemy artillery was active In
the region east of the fides."
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
ELKIN FAIR IS
SUCCESS; EVENT
ENDS SATURDAY
Agricultural Exhibits Said
Best Yet
TRAPHILL MAN WINNER
Takes First Prize of $50.00
in Cash with Live-at-
Home Exhibit
PRIZE WINNERS LISTED
The Elkin Fair, the exhibition
hall of which opened Wednesday
morning of last week and closed
Saturday at noon, was considered
a big success by all who attended,
and many compliments were
heard concerning the quality of
farm and home exhibits entered
this year.
In the live-at-home division,
Walter Brown, of Traphill, was
the first prize winner of $50.00 in
cash, with Robert Byrd, of Roar
ing River, coming second to win
a cash prize of $40.00. J. R. Mar
tin, of Rockford won third prize
of $30.00 and M. F. Barker, of
Roaring River was winner of
fourth prize, a handsome cedar
chest.
Bryce and Savannah Brown,
small children of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Brown, who won the live
at-home first prize, were awarded
first prize of SIO.OO on their gar
den exhibit.
Judge of the farm exhibits, an
agricultural expert, stated that
the quality of agriculture exhibited
in the fair this year was far sup
erior to that exhibited last year,
and that a big improvement in
all exhibits was shown. Many
compliments on every department
have been expressed to the secre
tary.
The boys' and girls' 4-H club
work, under the leadership of Mrs.
Grace P. Brown and A. P. Cobb,
of Dobson. was highly compli
mented.
The horse show, under the cap
able direction of L. G. Baker
proved a big success despite low
ering clouds which at first threat
ened to rain out the event, and
many fine horses and mules took
part. Winners were: Best team of
mares, Paul Burch, Ist; Ike Gen
try, 2nd; best single mare, Gaith
er Felts, Ist; W. P. Evans, 2nd;
best single mule, Noah Settle, Ist;
Paul Robbins 2nd.
In the commercial class —best
team of mules, Thurmond Chat
ham, Ist; W. A. Neaves, 2nd; best
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HOLD WINSTON
MAN IN DEATH
Leonard Wright Is Charged
with Murder of Ira Stoker
Near Thurmond
IS HELD IN DOBSON JAIL
Leonard Wright, of Winston-
Salem, is being held in jail at
Dobson on a charge of murder in
connection with the slaying late
Sunday of Ira Stoker, 34, at the
home of Wright's mother near
Thurmond.
Wright is said to have admitted
firing the shot which killed Stok
er, but claimed he did it in self
defense.
The Winston-Salem man was
arrested early Monday morning
by Sheriff Harvey Boyd and his
deputies. He had returned to his
mother's home, and offered no
resistance, according to Deputy
Sheriff W. J. Snow, of Elkin.
The shooting occurred at the
Wright home three miles north of
Thurmond, after Wright, Stoker
and three other men had returned
home from an automobile ride.
The officers said a "drunken
brawl" ensued and Wright secured
a shotgun from the house and
fired at Stoker. The full dis
charge struck him and he died in
stantly.
Wright said Stoker had intend
ed to kill him. He said Stoker
had followed him into the house
and that he secured the gun and
fired in self defense.
Stoker was a son of Mrs. Dora
Stoker Smith. The funeral was
held at the home near Thurmond
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.
Burial was in the family grave
yard.
Wright had resided at Win
ston-Salem for some time, but
returned to his home recently to
aid his mother in farm work. His
wife is employed at Hanes
Hosiery Mills in that city.
Is To Act As
Host To Surry
Delegation
w |y §|yM
James N. Weeks, above, pres
ident of the Winston-Salem
Chamber of Commerce, who
will be host to a delegation of
Surry county representatives
in the Twin City Tuesday, Sep
tember 26, for Surry County
Day.
TUESDAY TO BE
SURRY CO. DAY
Leading Citizens of County
to Be Guests of Winston-
Salem Group
PLAN FULL PROGRAM
Winston-Salem, Sept. 21
"Surry County Day," one of a
series of special county days
sponsored by the Winston-Salem
Chamber of Commerce, will be
observed in the Twin City on
Tuesday, September 26.
In reply to an invitation from
President James N. Weeks of the
Winston-Salem civic organization.
Chairman M. Q. Snow of the
Surry County board of commis
sioners, has expressed his inten
tion "to cooperate to the fullest
extent" in making the county
day a success.
R. A. Freeman, of Dobson. has
been appointed by Chairman
Snow to organize and head a del
egation of representative Surry
county citizens to visit Winston-
Salem on Tuesday and take part
in the county day observance.
The purpose of the county
days, Weeks stated, is to call at
tention to the assets of neighbor
ing sections in Piedmont and
Northwestern North Carolina,
and to foster goodwill.
"We feel that the leading citi
zens of neighboring counties
ought to know each other better
and get together more frequently
to discuss the many matters that
we have in common," Weeks said.
"One important feature of the
program will be a round-table
discussion of problems of interest
to both groups."
The visiting delegation will be
met on arrival in Winston-Salem
by Chamber of Commerce and
civic officials at Hotel Robert E.
Lee. Provisions have been made
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MASONS TO PRESENT
FREE MOTION PICTURE
"News of the Air," a thrilling
motion picture released through
Esso Marketers, will be shown at
the Masonic Hall here September
26 at 8 o'clock.
This show will be absolutely
free of charge and the public is
cordially invited to attend. All
Masons are urged to be present.
Surry School Bus Is
Wrecked: 10 Are Hurt
A surry county school bus left
the road and turned over Wed
nesday morning, Injuring 10
White Plains school children.
One boy, 9, and a girl, 10, had
fractured pelves. Other children
of ages ranging from 6 to 12, suf
fered various minor injuries. The
bus was carrying 20 children at
the time.
The accident took place on a
country road between Ararat and
White Plains about 8 a.m. The
bus, driven by Worth Key, 16,
skidded on loose gravel, slid off
the highway and turned over in
a field at the side of the road.
ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 21, 1939
WEED SITUATION
SAID NOT DARK
AS IT APPEARS
Everything Possible Being
Done, Wallace Says
TO DECIDE 1940 CROP
Hope to Get British Buyers
Back on Market for Nor
mal Purchases
PLANS ARE OUTLINED
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, D. C., September
20. —While admitting the market
ing situation iji the flue-cured to
bacco industry may require more
than a year to correct, Seretary
of Agriculture Henry Wallace to
day assured the industry the situ
ation is less dark than it appears.
"Everything possible is being
done to get the buyers for the
British trade to go back on the
market and take their normal
purchases," Wallace said. "The
result of these efforts will not be
known for some time. In the
meantime, the most important
matter is the decision as to the
size of the 1940 crop of tobacco.
Growers will be given opportunity
to vote on this question in a ref
erendum. At the same time, plans
are being made as to the action
to be taken in case foreign buyers
do not return to the market and
take their usual purchases. It is
realized that it would not be
sound to undertake to sustain
prices unless farmers decided to
support the program by regulat
ing marketings in 1940.
It is my duty to point out that
even with regulated marketings
it is not certain that prices can
be maintained at levels prevailing
before the markets were closed.
Without regulated markets, I do
not know how low prices would go
for the remainder of this crop or
for the 1940 crop.
-"It was intended before the
present emergency," Wallace said,
"to issue farm acreage allotments
before holding a referendum for
1940. However, about two months
would be required to determine
allotments equitably and issue
them to farmers. It is apparent
that holding for the referendum,
opening of the markets, and tak
ing of action to support prices,
can not be delayed for so long
without inflicting severe hard
ships on individual farmers and
demoralizing business generally.
"Under the amendments each
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OFFICERS, WORKERS
TO HOLD MEETING
Friday evening a dinner meet
ing of the officers and workers of
the Sunday school of the First
Baptist church will be held at the
high school building. Members
of the home economics class of
the school will serve the supper.
An interesting program has
been arranged, under the direc
tion of Leslie Reinhardt. Dr. A.
S. Hale, pastor of the First Bap
tist church in Mount Airy, will be
principal speaker on the pro
gram.
TELEPHONE COMPANY
HOLDS PLANT MEETING
A general plant meeting of the
employees of Central Electric and
Telephone company was held
Wednesday at Hotel Elkin. The
meeting was an all-day session
with dinner served at noon in
the banquet hall of the hotel.
Twenty-two representatives of
the company were present, rep
resenting the towns of Elkin,
Charlottsville, Va., Asheboro,
Leaksville, Mount Airy and North
Wilkesboro.
The injured children were
taken to Mount Airy where ex
amination disclosed no injuries
were serious except those of
Myrtle Lee Puckett, 10, and A. J.
Gunnell, 9, who were X-rayed to
determine the injuries to their
pelves.
The accident was being invest
igated by state highway patrol
men.
Others injured were Bobble
Jean Puckett, 6; Bill Snow, 6;
Jean Taylor, 6; Billy Patton, 12;
Betty Sue Prye, 8; Prances Puck
ett, 8.
British And French To Continue
Fight Against Aggression, House
Of CommonslsTold Wednesday
CLUB PLANNING
BIG BARBECUE
George Royall Names Com
mittee to Plan Young
Democrats Meet
DOBSON PRISON CAMP
A special county-wide commit
tee appointed by George Royall,
of Elkin, president of the Surry
county Young Democrats, is
making plans for the barbecue
for Youhg Democrats which is to
be held on the afternoon of Sep
tember 28.
Club officers have selected the
prison camp near Dobson as the
most central point in the county
for the barbecue.
The plans committee will map
out a program for the event,
which is expected to include an
address by a prominent speaker,
minstrel show, string music and
dancing contests.
Those named by Mr. Royall to
the committee are:
Beulah—M. G. Stanley, Sam
Cooke.
Dobson—R. C. Lewellyn, J. R.
Wright, F. F. Riggs, Frank E.
Freeman, chairman; Mrs. C. G.
Comer, Mrs. Emma Mock.
Elkin—H. E. Beamer, French
Graham, H. C. Dobson, Parks
Hampton and Mrs. W. M. Allen.
Lowgap—Porter Lowe.
Marsh—W. H. Chandler.
Mountain Park Scott Nixon
and Sam Gentry.
Mount Airy—A. B. Carter, Mar
tin Bennett, Miss Lillian, and
Mrs. Kate Barringer.
Pilot Mountain—John Badgett,
J. N. Simmons, Claude Redman.
Rockford—Robert Burrus.
Siloam—Hugh Atkinson.
Westfield—John Austin Tilley,
Arthur Cooke.
SURRY COURT
IS UNDER WAY
"Nude Rider" Is on Docket
for Trial Thursday Fol
lowing Appeal
MANY LIQUOR CASES
Only a few cases of minor in
terest had been tried in Surry
county superior court, in spssion
at Dobson, up until Wednesday.
Judge Zeb V. Nettles is presid
ing over the term, which started
Monday morning and will con
tinue through September 22.
Violations of the prohibition
law make up the majority of
cases on docket for the session.
One case of major interest
scheduled to be tried today
(Thursday), is that of N. B.
Spainhour, charged with indecent
exposure on two counts, and with
assault. Spainhour, Mount Airy's
"nude rider" of several months
ago, was tried in Mount Airy
court but appealed to superior
court upon conviction. He is al
leged to have terrorized the com
munity by driving about in the
nude and giving chase to women.
SENIOR CLASS NAMES
OFFICERS TUESDAY
In a class meeting Tuesday
morning, members of the Senior
class of the high school elected
the following officers for the
year: President, Miss Nancy Mos
eley; vice - president, Jimmy
James; secretary, Miss Elizabeth
McNeill, and treasurer, Miss Bet
ty Gambill.
The enrollment of the senior
class this year is 32, which is one
of the largest in the history of
the school. Miss Alice Dixon is
class advisor.
LICENSE TO WED
ISSUED AT DOBSON
Kermit W. Lawrence, Surry
county register of deeds, recently
issued marriage licenses to the
following couples:
S. H. Lanton, 39, of Roanoke,
Va., and Lena Perry, 22, of Char
lottsville, Va.; Lennech Walker,
27, of State Road, and Essie Lee
Collins, 29, of Elkin; John Junior
Kennedy, 24, of State Road, and
Margaret Blanche Lyon, 24, of
Elkin.
Meeting- Held
At Dobson to
Plan for Vote
A representative from the
State AAA office at Raleigh
was In Dobsou Wednesday to
attend a meeting at the court
house scheduled for Wednes
day evening at 7:30 o'clock for
the purpose of setting up an
organization for work prior to
the forthcoming tobacco ref
erendum. it was learned from
Surry County Farm Agent R.
R. Smithwick.
During the meeting plans
for the referendum were to be
worked out, and registrars,
election judges named, as well
as polling places designated, it
was expected.
DONKEY BALL
GAME PUNNED
Kiwanians to Sponsor Burro
Soft Ball Here Thursday,
September 28th
A T CHATHAM FIELD
Bearding a lion in his own den
is usually considered risky busi
ness, but tweaking the whiskers
of the king of beasts is nothing
less than child's play compared
with the task confronting the ten
men who will ride out in Ghat
ham Athletic field astride Col.
Hank Webber's trained donkeys
to take part in the burro baseball
game to be staged here on Thurs
day. September 28, under the
sponsorship of the Elkin Kiwanis
club, for the benefit of the un
derprivileged child fund. Not
that bodily harm will come to
these tried and true sons of the
saddle but when the frisky little
animals start kicking up their
heels and doing everything but
play baseball, their immediate
neighborhood will throw the hith
erto peaceful field into a bedlam
of fury and excitement.
Even though the animals have
strong minds of their own and
even though they place their rid
ers in such ludicrous and precar
ious positions, there is always a
strong demand among townspeo
ple to be one of the riders. This
situation becomes doubly interest
ing when it is observed that
whenever the burros play a re
peat engagement the previous
riders always beg for a chance to
ride again and the sponsors are
beseiged by others to either in
crease the number of players or
to hold a double-header game.
When these conditions arise, it is
always necessary to decide who
will ride by drawing lots.
Prominent among the celebri
ties who have enjoyed burro ball
as participants are such men as
Lowell Thomas, radio commenta
tor and world traveler; Hoot Gib
son, movie and circus star; Wil
liam Desmond, stage and screen
star, and Fifi D'Orsay, the viva
cious French star.
The game here will begin at
7:30 P. M.
JONESVILLE NINE TO
PLAY INDEPENDENCE
The Jonesville baseball team
will meet a strong Independence,
Va„ nine at Jonesville park Sat
urday afternoon at 3 o'clock in
what promises to be a thrilling
game.
The new Jonesville ball park is
located across the street from the
Jonesville high school.
Sunday Jonesville will go to
North Wilkesboro for a game
with Purlear, to be played at the
North Wilkesboro fair ground at
3 p.m. Roy Boles, talented Jones
ville hurler, is slated to pitch
both games.
WELFARE WORKER
ARRIVES IN DOBSON
Miss Harriet Oates has arrived
in Dobson to assume her duties
as Assistant Child Welfare Work
er for Surry County. She suc
ceeds Miss Phoebe Feathers tone,
who is on a nine months educa
tional leave. Miss Featherstone
is studying at the Western Re
serve in Columbus, Ohio.
Ellon
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SAYS THREATS
BY HITLER NOT
TO DETER AIMS
England's Prime Minister
Replys to Danzig Speech
THIRD WEEKLY REPORT
Council of Ministers, France,
Says Nation Will Fight
on to Victory
SITUATION UNCHANGED
London, Sept. 20.—Prime Min
ister Chemberlain declared in the
House of Commons today that
Britain's general war pun-pose
was "to redeem Europe from the
perpetual and recurring fear of
German aggression and enable
the peoples of Europe to preserve
their independence and liberties."
Replying to Adolf Hitler's Dan
zig speech yesterday the prime
minister added:
' No threats will deter us or our
French allies from this purpose."
"Herr Hitler says much in his
speech about the humane meth
ods with which he has waged
war," Chamberlain continued.
"I can only say that methods
are not made humane by calling
them so and that accounts of
German bombing of open towns
and machine-gunning of refugees
have shocked the whole world."
It was the prime minister's
third weekly report on the con
flict.
He announced that the govern
ment calculated 139 British and
neutral lives had been lost so far
from submarine attacks, exclud
ing the sinking of the Aircraft
Carrier Courageous, and that an
additional 44 persons were report
ed missing. The admiralty re
ported 578 missing from the
Courageous.
Chamberlain told the House of
Commons today "it is still too
early to pronounce any final ver
dict" on what he termed Soviet
Russia's "cynical attack" on Po
land.
He also declared Adolf Hitler's
speech at Danzig yesterday "does
not change the situatibn with
which we are confronted."
Paris, Sept. 20. —The council
of ministers today declared that
France will fight on to victory
and that Poland will receive
rightful reparation for her pres
ent losses.
The meeting was the first since
Premier Edouard Daladier reor
ganized his cabinet.
The public declaration of de
termination to fight until victory
was designed to cut short Ger
man hope that the Russian inva
sion of Poland and the collapse
of the Polish army would force
France and Britain to accept de
feat without fighting.
An ostrich's roar is so much
like that of a lion, that you can't
tell the difference at a distance.
Formation of
Large Tobacco
Pool Discussed
The Twin-City Sentinel said
Wednesday afternoon that a
private tobacco pool of large
proportions to buy leaf In
Winston-Salem, process and
store it and issue warehouse
receipts arainst it, was under
discussion by several promi
nent Twin-City men, accord
ing to informed quarters.
Although specific plans for
the formation and incorpora
tion of the pool were still neb
ulous, The Sentinel said, ser
ious consideration of the plan
is now under way and a def
inite statement is expected
within a short time.
According to the source of
information, a warehouse
would be leased and buyer* of
the pool would take all leaf
offered at a "reasonable"
price. Growers would be per
mitted to take either cadi or
a warehouse reecipt for their
crop.