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Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. No. XXVin. No. 47 LATE P 1 NEWS Z, TW and 1 BRIEF T" LOCAL WAR WAS forgotten by hundreds of Elkin baseball fans here Wednesday after noon as radios brought to numerous groups a play-by play account of the first World Series baU game be tween the New York Yankees and the Cincinnati Reds. The Yanks won in the ninth 2 to 1. THIEVES entered the East Elkin Grocery sometime Mon morning and carried away valued at $l5O, to Charles Darnell, manager. Entry was made by forcing the lock on the front door. It is believed that the robbery may have been by convicts who escaped from the Surry prison camp. STATE WINSTON-SALEM, Oct. 4 With the Old Belt market opening exactly one week off. Winston-Salem warehouses had well over 1.000,000 pounds of tobacco on the floors Tuesday. But the 600,000 square feet of floor space in the Twin City's 13 houses and the four sets of buyers here can accommodate a huge amount of leaf, offi cials said as tobacco poured in at an unusually rapid rate for so early in the season. GREENSBORO. Oct. 4 Nine cars of the Crescent Lim ited, Southern Railway New Orleans to New York passen ger train, were derailed eight miles north of here last night but none of the passengers or train crew was injured, rail way officials said today. Cause of the derailment had not been determined. It occurred about 10:30 p.m. as the train, bound for New York, was between Greensboro and Danville, Va. All of the derailed cars were 1 sleepers, railway officials said. NATIONAL MEMPHIS, Team. One fourth of the German air fleet has become temporarily use less for combat flying after one month of war because of J superior quality of American planes used by the British and French, Captain Eddie Ricken backer, World War hero, said today. American planes have been proved superior in aerial combat to any other in the world, Rickenbacker declared. INTERNATIONAL PARIS, Oct. 4—Military au thorities cracked down today on persons whose names ap peared as signatures to an ap peal for "immediate peace," aresting two and starting an inquiry against 29 others. terize the government's reac tion to the German-Soviet Russian offer of peace based on the partition of Poland. The appeal, in tract form, had been circulated among mem bers of parliament. BERLIN. Oct. 7—The army high command announced to day that fighting between German troops and isolated Polish troops was still under way between the former de ls marcation line and the new Ger m a n-Russian frontier in Poland. This region of resist ance would be somewhere in central Poland although the communique did not give the exact location or the extent of the fighting. * LONDON, Oct. 4 New warnings were issued to British shipping in the Atlantic and the Caribbean Sea to beware of German sea raiders. The warnings were the result of a growing admiralty conviction that it was the powerful Ger man pocket battleship Ad miral Scheer which sank the British merchantman off the British coast, and that the ship was now at large in the South Atlantic. It was fore cast that the Admiral Scheer might now proceed to Carib bean ports and that possibly other raiders had pre pared to commence operations there. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE MAJOR BIVINS DIES SUDDENLY HEARTATTACK Death Comes in His Office at Wright Field WAS, NATIVE OF ELKIN Funeral Rites Here Tuesday Following Services at Day ton, 0., Home MADE FINE RECORD Major Hugh Albert Bivins, 44, a native of Elkin, died from a sudden heart attack Saturday morning about 8:45 at his office at Wright field, Dayton, Ohio. Major Bivins was chief of the material division field service at Wright field, being named to this post in February of ths year. He was in charge of the directing of the flow of supplies to the five army air corps supply depots in the United States. Major Bivins was educated at Oak Ridge Military Institute at Oak Ridge, where he was an honor student. At the outbreak of the World War he enlisted in the aviation service and was sent to Wilbur Wright field, now Pat terson field, in 1917. After be ing commissioned first lieutenant in January. 1918, he went to Guerstner field, Lake Charles, La., as a flying Instructor and con tinued in the capacity at Carls trom field, Florida, and Brooks field, Texas, until 1926, when he was tarnsferred to the Phillipines. He returned to serve two years at Langley field, and was then desig nated as air corps technical in spector at Patterson field, where he served from 1930 to 1935. He was then ordered to tactical school, Maxwell field, Alabama, and came to Wright field on his last assignment after graduation from the school. He was rated as a command pi lot and combat observer with spe cial qualifications in mainte nance engineering. He won offi cial commendation at the time Brig. Gen. A. W. Robins, mater ial division chief, left Wright field on transfer, for his brilliant work in handing a difficult assignment. The deceased was a son of the late James B. Bivins and Mrs. Mollie Chatham Bivins of this city. He possessed a host of friends here, his boyhood home, and elsewhere where he had lived during his army career. A brief funeral service was held Sunday afternoon at the home of the deceased in Dayton. Funeral services proper were held here Tuesday morning from the home of J. O. Bivins, brother of Major Bivins. The rites were in charge of Rev. L. B. Abernethy, a form er pastor of the Methodist church, Rev. P. W. Tucker, the present pastor, and Prof. Z. H. Dixon, a close personal friend of the family. Interment was in the family plot in Hollywood cemetery. Major Bivins is survived by his wife, who before her marriage was Miss Norma Herndon, five daughters, Barbara, June, Holly, Susie and Jerry, and three broth ers and one sister, J. O. Bivins, of this city; W. E. Bivins, of Bry son City, and W. Frank Bivins of Mount Airy, and Mrs. J. A. Car penter of Concord. • The funeral rites here Tuesday were widely attended. A num ber of friends of the deceased from out-of-town were among those who attended the last rites. The floral offering was beautiful and blanketed the entire cemetery plot. Pallbearers were Majors Um stead, Madarz and Kennedy of Wright field, Edworth Harris, George Royall and Rom Lewellyn, the latter of Wilson. J. O. Bivins of this city, oldest brother of the deceased, went to Dayton Saturday, upoh receipt of the death message, to accompany the family and body to this city. Here's One for Ripley! Grows Queer Dahlia Page Robert Ripley! Rev. P. W. Tucker, pastor of the Methodist church here and a dahlia grower of note, has produced an unusual specimen in his garden, a perfect dahlia with one-half of the petals a snowy white and other half a deep orchid color, the line of de marcation being exactly in the center. Mr. Tucker has no explanation for this oddity other than it "Just growed." Sudden Heart Attack Fatal To Maj. B S9E? ? MRMK mm jW, f fj 4 J R -■ ' J3B Major Hugh Albert Bivins, above, a native of Elkin. who died suddenly Saturday morn ing from a heart attack at his office at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, where he was chief of the material division field ser vice. EXPECT REPEAL ARMS EMBARGO Administration Leaders Said Confident of Victory in Neutrality Fight TALK OF AMENDMENTS Washington, Oct. 4—Adminis tration leaders, confident that the Senate would vote to repeal (he arms embargo, refused today to entertain any proposals for modification of their "title and carry" neutrality bill. Individual senators on both sides of the epochal struggle were talking of amendments to make it a strict "cash and carry" mea sure by eliminating the 90-day credit provision governing pur chases by belligerents of Ameri can goods. Senator McNary of Oregon, the Republican leader, said there was "quite a bit of sentiment" for that change. On the other hand, some sen ators wanted to lengthen the credit terms and allow American vessels to carry supplies to the war zone at their own risk. Dr. ]. W. Jolley Arrioes Her With Hospital Dr. John W. Jolley and Mrs. Jolley have arrived here from Staten Island, N. Y., where Dr. Jolley has been located for sev eral months with the U. S. Public Health Service, to make their home. Dr. jolley will be asso ciated with Hugh Chatham Mem orial hospital as interne for sev eral months, after which he will open an office for the practice of his profession. Dr. Jolley received his A. B. degree from Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, and studied medi cine at the College of Medicine of the University of Cincinnati, graduating from there in 1935. Immediately following his grad uation he did interne work with the public health service at San Francisco and later at Fort Stan ton, N. M., being transferred from there to New York. At present Dr. and Mrs. Jolley have a room at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Laffoon on Church street. MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE HELD BY JUNIORS Members of the Elkin Council, No. 96, of the Jr. O. U. A. M., will have a special memorial ser vice at Swan Creek Baptist church on the third Sunday in October at 2 o'clock in the af ternoon. Speakers will be G. M. Walters, in memory of the late Glenn Swaim, R. L. Lovelace in memory of the late Floyd A. Brendle, L. F. Walker in mem cry of the late C. R. Walters, and W. T. Myers in memory of the late Thomas C. Cheek. The public is cordially invited to attend as well as all members of the Junior Order and relatives of the above deceased members. ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1939 FARMERS VOTE TO DECIDE UPON LEAF_CONTROL Two-Thirds Must Cast Bal lots in Favor to Pass CONCERNS 1940 CROP Referendum Being Conducted in Same Manner as a Reg ular Election FARMERS REGISTERED Ballot boxes at the various poll ing places in Surry county opened this morning (Thursday) for the nation-wide referendum on tobac co production control in 1940. If two-thirds of the registered voters cast their ballots in favor of a national marketing quota for the year beginning July 1, 1940. the government program will be carried in this county. If less than two-thirds vote in favor of the quota, the program will have failed to carry in Surry. Today's referendum will be con ducted in the same manner as a regular election. The names of the voters who appear at the poll ing places of their respective com munities will be checked against the registration book in that township before they are supplied with one of the ballots. Growers who have failed to reg ister may be allowed to cast their ballots just the same, provided the committeemen in charge of the polls are personally acquainted with the growers, and known they actually produce tobacco. MRSTCALHOUN DIES IN FALL Wife of Former Elkin Man Hurtles from 7th Story Window in Hotel RITES ON WEDNESDAY Mrs. Annie Gray Johnson Cal houn, 28, of Winston-Salem, wife of Charles Dobyns Calhoun, for merly of this city, died Monday afternoon in a Chattanooga, Tenn., hospital after a fall from a seventh story floor of a Chat tanooga hotel. Mrs. Calhoun lived only a short time after the accident. The deceased was a member of a prominent Tarboro family and was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Johnson. Shortly after her marriage to Mr. Calhoun they made their home here for several months and she had many friends here. Mi-. Calhoun is employed with the Chatham Manufacturing company and for a number of years was with the New York of fice of the company. He has re cently been transferred to the south, with headquarters in Win ston-Salem. Mrs. Calhoun is survived by her husband, a small daughter, Annie Gray Nash Calhoun, and her par ents. Funeral services were held Wednesday in Tarboro. BOONVILLE FAIR IS POSTPONED 2 WEEKS Due to the delay in opening the tobacco market the Boonville Fair will be postponed from Octo ber 12, 13 and 14 to October 26, 27 and 28. This will be two weeks later than the usual date of the fair. There will be staged again this year a field day for Yadkin County high school students. The field day will come on Friday af ternoon instead of Saturday af ternoon. This is being done to give more time for the pulling contest and the saddle horse show. Three plays will be given again this year. The Sauline Players have been booked for Friday af ternoon and Friday night. The Boonville faculty and students will give their play on Saturday night. REVIVAL SERVICES TO BEGIN IN JONESVILLE A series of revival services will begin at the Jonesville Baptist church Sunday, October 8. Rev. J. P. Davis, pastor of the church, will be in charge of the meeting. Services will be held each evening at 7:30. The public is extended a cor dial invitation to attend. A 1 A 71Z rnDT) DIVFD Somewhere in Europe iY/iZ.IO I UtiU til V £jl\ Nazi troops are shown using a collapsible boat to cross a river during recent ad vances. This photo was received by way of London, after being passed by the British censor. •fi«-|--' ihMiii L *✓ .. . ' ------- Peace Offensive Will Be Continued By Nazi Leader Despite Speech Dogwood Selected B Garden Clu One of the most beautiful trees is our native dogwood. This tree grows in great numbers through the woods of this section. A year ago the Yadkin Valley Garden Club selected the dogwood as our town tree. One of the purposes of the club is to work for the beautification of Elkin and the surrounding country side. It is our request that all of the people of the town who will, go out and get these trees, which can easily be transplanted from the fbrests, and reset them on their yards and premises. —Roadside Beautification Com mittee of the Yadkin Valley Garden Club. EKS ARE TO PLAY VALDESE Will Open Home Season with Game at Chatham Field Friday Afternoon LINEUP IS ANNOUNCED The Elks of Elkin Hi open their home season here Friday after noon at Chatham Athletic Field with Valdese high school furnish ing the opposition. Elkin has its strongest team in years, and after getting off to a bad start against Wytheville Hi at Wytheville, Va., the Elks are said ready for Valdese with con fidence of victory. The game is scheduled to get under way at 3:30 p.m. The starting lineup will probably be: Jim Harrell, RE; Russell John son, RT; Charlie Fox, RG; Reece Shugart, C; Johnny Gambill, LG; Hugh Holcomb. LT; Max Sparks, LE; Joe Transou, QB; W. Powers, HB; Joe Windsor, HB; Woodrow Windsor, FB. Coach Bumgarner has good substitutes for each player. Both players and students are hoping for the support of all Elkin citizens and expect a large crowd for the game. Hamptonville Man Claimed by Death After Long Illness Jacob Lee Wagoner, 66, of Hamptonville,' died early Friday morning in a Statesville hospital following a long illness. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Wagoner, a prosperous farmer and a mem ber of Swaim's Baptist church. His wife, Mrs. Docia Groce Wag oner, died five years ago. Surviving are eight children, Mrs. E. G. Key, of Galax, Va.; Mrs. Robey Boles, of Cycle; Mrs. George Chatham, Jr., of Elkin: Grady S., Noah F., Couchie, Gur ney L. and Avery N. Wagoner, of Hamptonville: 14 grandchildren: and one brother, Dee Wagoner, of Center. Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday at 3 o'clock at Swaim's Baptist church by Rev. Clete Simmons, pastor, and Rev. Ellis Norman. • Burial followed in the church cemetery. A large crowd of friends and neighbors attended the funeral. RUSSIA SEEKS TRADE Is Willing to Sell Supplies to Allies Regardless of Pact With Germans BACKING UP OFFER Berlin, Oct. 4.—Germany will continue her peace offensive de spite Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's speech to the House of Commons yesterday, a well-in formed foreign office source said today. Chamberlain's speech was not considered an answer to the Russo- German peace declaration of last week and Fuehrer Adolf Hitler, it was indicated by this source, has decided to stake immediate chances of ending the war on his forthcoming speech to the Reich stag. If his offers then are re jected by the Allies, Germany plans consultations with Russia and Italy as to next steps to be taken. An official source also said that reports that Germany is planning two protectorates in Poland, one for Jews and one for Poles, are "pure invention." WANT ALLIED TRADE Oct. 4.—Soviet Russian trade in the north and Turkish control of the Dardanelle Straits in the south appeared likely today to bol ster the allied war against Ger many. Expectations of a long struggle with special emphasis on the allied attempt to strangle Hitler's war machine by economic measures lent particular importance to the maneuvers of Russia and Turkey. In the north, the Soviets were reported backing up their recent offer to carry on war-time trade with Britain by negotiating for use of Scandinavian ships which would operate in sub-Arctic waters and thus evade the German navy's control of the Baltic sea. The Russians completed a deal with Norway for rental of Norwegian ships and made similar proposals to Sweden and Denmark, neither of which decided immediately whether to make the deal. Swedish shipping firms were believed likely to rent ships to Russia for such trade, which would be of great importance to the allies because it might cut into resources available to Ger many and because of shortage of such materials as lumber in Eng land. Many neutral ships in the Baltic have been torpedoed or searched for contraband in recent weeks by the Nazis. 300 ATTEND COUCH BURCHAM REUNION Approximately 300 people at tended the Couch-Burcham re union Sunday at the home of Bartlett Couch, near Pleasant Hill church. Rev. Isom Vestal was principal speaker for the day's festivities. Singing by the Sunshine quartette of Pleasant Hill church was enjoyed during the afternoon. Dinner was served picnic style at the noon hour. PNEUMONIA IS FATAL TO CLYDE HOLBROOK Clyde Holbrook, 15-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. C. K. Holbrook of Cherry Lane, died in the local hospital early Tuesday night from a brief critical illness from pneumonia. 14 PAGES TWO SECTIONS PUBLISHED WEEKLY NINE PRISONERS STILL AT LARGE AFTERGETAWAY One Believed to Be Some where Near Charlotte AUTOMOBILE IS STOLEN Guard at Surry Prison Camp Is Dismissed for Leaving Cell Block Unguarded CLOTHING IS FOUND Not one of the nine prisoners who escaped from the state prison camp near Dobson Sunday night had been arrested up until Wednesday afternoon, according to information available to The Tribune, but officers were con tinuing their search. A car stolen in Yadkinville and recovered on the Concord-Char lotte highway Wednesday led of ficers to believe that one of the i:ine negro convicts was some where in the vicinity of Char lotte. Tlie car,, owned by T. H. Cham berlain, of Yadkinville, was stolen Tuesday night about 8 o'clock. The alarm was broadcast, and members of the state highway patrol attempted to stop it on the Charlotte-Concord highway, whereupon the negro who was driving it abandoned the car and fled. Meantime, Supt. L. D. Hauser, of the prison camp, said he had dismissed C. W. Brinkley, guard on duty at the camp at the time of the escape. It was while Brink ley went to the mess hall for sup per, the prisoners made their es cape. No guard is supposed to leave his post unless another guard is on duty. Forty or 50 other prisoners were in the cell block, and could have escaped through the door left open by the departing pris oners. It was apparent that most of them did not know of the es cape, and slept through it. It is thought the convicts used a home-made key with which to unlock the door, it being possible to reach through the bars and place a key in the lock. An un finished key was found in the possession of one of the prison ers left behind, it was said. As a precaution against future escapes of this kind, plans are being made to have steel sheets placed around the cell door locks to keep persons inside from reaching them. Clothes of two of the convicts have been reported by Sheriff Harvey S. Boyd, of Surry, to have been found in a Mount Airy church Monday night. Leslie B. Hauser, superintend ent of the Dobson prison camp, had just recently taken charge, being transferred from the Yad kinville camp where he was stew ard for several years. NEW HIGHWAY NEARLY DONE Boonville-Crutchfield Road Expected to Be Com pleted This Week PRIMING COAT APPLIED Boonville, Oct. 4—The short Boonville-Crutchfield highway link will be completed this week unless bad weather hampers the progress of the workmen on the project. It was scheduled to have been completed last week, but due to an unlooked for draw back, had to be postponed until this week. Workmen of the T. M. Strider company from Nashville, Tenn., have been on the job since early in May, the time when the grad ing started. A heavy coat of coarse gravel has already been applied and packed well. It took a much greater time to bond this coat together than was expected and therefore the finishing coat was necessarily delayed. Week before last the priming coat of tar was applied to the surface. It is understood that if the road is not finished in the next few days, the project will have to be held over until next summer. The time, according to state con tracting regulations, for applying finishing to hardsurfaced roads has already expired, but due to the unavoidable delay, the con tractors were given an extra pe riod of time. The tar surface cannot be applied in cold weather. The ancient Peruvians wrote messages on lima beans.
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