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Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. No. XXVIII. No. 48 LATE P L NEWS £ TlVf and BRIEF T LOCAL THE ELKIN board of com missioners is scheduled to meet next Monday evening, it was learned Wednesday from Paul Gwyn, town treasurer. The commissioners usually hold their monthly meeting on the first Monday in the month. STATE RALEIGH, Oct. 10—Sale of automobile license tags prob ably will total 620.000 this year, compared with the rec ord of 593,035 set in 1938. mo jtor vehicle bureau officials i'said today. Through yesterday, f 613,620 tags had been sold. RALEIGH. Oct. 10 Two weeks of enlistment under en larged quotas have brought 349 new men into the North Carolina National Guard. Ad jutant General J. Van B. Metts said today. A total of 404 men must be enlisted to reach the state's quota of 4,013. NATIONAL NEW YORK. Oct. 11—Pro tected by a United States | naval convoy, the threatened American liner Iroquois was expected to dock late today with 584 passengers from, Europe. WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 President Rosevelt has receiv ed no requests from belliger ents to mediate peace in. the European war. he said today after expressing doubt regard ing the worth of stories to that effect from Berlin. His state ment appeared to end the pos sibility of immediate U. S. in tervention for peace, despite reports attributed to Nazi sources that such a move would be welcomed by German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. WASHINGTON. Oct. 10 The administration today won a smashing victory in the first fairly conclusive test of strength on the embattled neutrality revision bill when the Senate rejected a motion to recommit the measure by a vote of 65 to 26. The motion. , proposed by Senator Charles W. Tobey (R), N. H.. directed that the measure be sent back to the foreign relations com mittee with instructions to iso late the arms embargo repeal provision from the "title and carry" and other intended safeguards. NEW YORK. Oct. 10—Sec retary of State Cordell Hull tonight stressed the necessity of continuing to maintain and expand the United States' trade program in spite of the European war and pointed out that a truly neutral attitude "leaves us entirely free to trade in all commodities with ,_. -sides''' within necessary | limitations. Addressing the 26th national foreign trade convention, Hull said such war trade should be subject only to such limitations "as may be legitimately introduced by the belligerents under the rules of war" or adopted by the United States for the protection of "our nationals, goods and ships." INTERNATIONAL BERLIN, Oct. 10—Adolf Hit ler declared today that "Ger many is determined to take up the battle and fight it through" if the western Allies rebuff "our readiness for peaqe." If the war goes on the western Allies will be to blame, he said in a speech opening the Nazi winter relief cam paign, but they never will "see any sort of German capitula tion." PARIS, Oct. 10 Premier Edouard Daladier of France tonight rejected Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's Reichstag speech pro posals and countered that the Allies would accept only a peace "based on the security of nations, guaranteed recipro cally, without the danger of surprises." The premier, broad casting the first reply of an allied government officer to the Hitler peace offer, pro claimed allied ability to carry on the war to victory. THE ELKLN TRIBUNE FARMERS SAID PLEASED WITH OPENING PRICE First Day's Sale Nets $17.20 at Mt. Airy EXPECT HIGHER PRICE Better Quality Leaf at Win ston-Salem Tuesday Ups Average to $18.33 SOME SOLD FOR 30 CENTS The chant of the tobacco auc- I tioneer opened Surry county's 66th tobacco market Tuesday morning at Mount Airy with prices mounting as the sales pro gressed during the day. Tobacco which had been on the floors as long as eight days, plus many poor grades, held the early morning average down, but in the afternoon prices began growing better as fresh leaf went under the auctioneer's glove. Farmers were optimistic that prices would be better a s better tobacco reaches the market, and were satisfied with the opening day's sale. Approximately 350,000 pounds of weed were sold Tuesday with an average of near $17.20 per hundred. Top prices ranged from; ?5 to 30 cents for better grades offered. Medium grades ran from 15 to 20 dollars' per hun dred. In Winston-Salem better qual-, ity tobacco Wednesday morning brough the average for the first i sales up to 18.33 cents per poundj for the first hour of sales. Throughout the flue-cured belt, growers indicated that the first j day's sales Tuesday were "just j what they had expected." The i average on the markets ran ap proximately 16 to 17 cents per pound with some markets vary ing a few dollars. On the Winston markets yes terday, unofficial figures indicat ed that farmers sold approxi mately 1,378,350 pounds for $228,- 093.39. The unofficial average for the first day's sales was about $16.77. Growers said the prices here ran close to the forecasts which hud been made earlier. SCHOOLMASTERS HOLDJEETING Yadkin Club Has First Meet ing of School Year at East Bend NEW OFFICIALS NAMED The Yadkin County School master's Club held its first meet ing of the current year at East Bend. All the men teachers of the county system were present. The club had as its special guests for the meeting all the high school lady teachers. It is the custom of the club to invite var ious groups of the lady teachers at different meetings until' all lady teachers in the system have attended at least one meeting a j year. New officers were elected for the year. W. N. Ireland, last year's president, was in charge of the business session. L. H. Todd was nominated and elected unan imously as president for the cur rent year. Mr. Todd is principal of East Bend school. Johnson Steelman was elected vice-presi dent, and L. H. Koon, of Yadkin vilie, secretary. One change was made in the program committee for the present year. This year the principal of the school where the meeting is to be held will act as chairman of the program committee. Heretofore a pro gram committee to serve for the entire year has been appointed by the president. Fred C. Hobson, county super intendent, was the after-dinner speaker. Mr. Hobson chose for his subject three points pertain ing to school work, namely: (1) Statistics; (2) Three objectives, and (3) Plans to make the coun ty elementary schools acrredited. I\O.S. OF A. TO HOLD CLASS INITIATION Monday evening, October 16, a class initiation service for the P. O. S. of A. will be held at the Junior hall at 7:30. The degree team from the Winston-Salem chapter, headed by Mayor J. R. Pain of that city, will be in charge of the initiation service. All members of the order are urged to attend. Detroit Lawyer New Comma American Raymond J. Kelly, above, 45- year-old Detroit lawyer, was elected National Commander of the American Legion at the re cent convention at Chicago. Kelly, graduate of Notre Dame and father of six children, is Corporation Counsel for Detroit. FIND PARENTS OF TWIN GIRLS Father of Abandoned Babies Formerly Employed by Chatham Here IN JAIL AT ASHEVILLE An anonymous letter received by Chief of Police C. W. Dermid, of Asheville, from Statesville a few days ago has led to the arrest of the parents of twin girls found abandoned on a highway near Asheville several days ago. The father of the twins, Walter Meeks, 37, is employed by the Cumberland Gap Woolen Mills, at Harriman Junction, Tenn. He told officers that he had once worked in Elkin. A Check of Chatham Manu facturing company records here Wednesday disclose that a Walter Brown Meeks was employed in the card room of the plant here, t.he man having quit his job in December, 1938. The mother of the twins is a divorcee, Mrs. Dora Mae Davis, of Glenwood, Rutherford county. Blown is also married, his wife living in Harriman. The couple are being held in jail at Asheville pending charges. 107 GIVEN JOBS IN SURRY DURING MONTH Jesse R. Simmons, head of the Surry branch of the State Un employment office, states that 107 persons were provided em ployment during last month. Two hundred and forty persons were suggested for jobs by the Surry office, with 107 accepted. Personal calls to the employ ment office numbered 1,997 dur ing the month and 130 new reg istrations were made for work. Two hundred and ten registra tions for employment were re newed and 813 were re-interview ed. A total of 1,114 persons are now listed in active files of the Surry office. More calls are being made for cooks, maids and housework in general than the office can fill, Simmons reported. ARE TO'HOLD FOOD LEADERS SCHOOL Miss Sallie Brooks, assistant extension nutritionist from State College, Raleigh, will hold a Food Leaders school in the home dem onstration agent's office in the court house in Dobson, Wednes day afternoon, October 18, at 2:00 pjn. Miss Brooks' demonstration will be the making of inexpensive Christmas cakes. The foods lead ers of all Home Demonstration clubs in the county are urged to be present. D. H. MORRISON SUFFERS INJURY D. H. Morrison suffered a brok en arm about noon Wednesday. Both bones of the left forearm were broken and the arm slight ly bruised and cut, when his arm was caught in machinery at the Chatham plant here. He was taken immediately to Hugh Chat ham Memorial hospital, where he is resting as comfortably as could be expected. ELKIN. N. C„ THURSDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1939 LEAF GROWERS FAVOR CONTROL IN REFERENDUM Surry County 96.2 Per Cent, in Favor Control CARRIES EVERYWHERE North Carolina Weed Grow ers Vote 147,717 to 15,004 in Favor Program CONCERNS CROP FOR 1940 Tobacco growers of North Car olina, South Carolina, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Georgia approved federal control of their 1940 production by an over whelming vote, amounting to ap proximately 90 per cent., accord ing to tabulations following the referendum last Thursday. The returns showed 204,336 voting for control as against 22,- 793 opposed, far above the two thirds majority required for es tablishment of the control pro gram. By states, the growers voted as follows: Yes No Pet. N. C 147,717 15.004 90.8 Fla 2,260 496 82.0 Ala 78 2 97.5 S. C 20,474 2,353 89.7 Va 18,510 2.395 88.6 In Surry county the vote was overwhelmingly for control, the growers giving 5,362 for and only 212 against, a percentage of 96.2. EAST BEND FAIR TO OPEN NEXT TUESDAY The twenty-fourth Yadkin County Fair will open its doors to the public at East Bend next Tuesday, October 17, for a five day stand. The fair will last through Saturday night. Offi cials of the fair announce that there will be several central at tractions and a midway that will probably surpass features of past years. Officials of the fair this year are D. G. Norman, president; j Hovey Nonman, secretary, and A. E. Harrell, teasurer, and they; prepared a larger premium list; than has heretofore been offered' to exhibitors. The fair caters 1 strongly to the farming popula tion and always offers some fancy prizes for various farm commodi ties. Prizes are given on such ar ticles as the best farm exhibits, best team of horses, best single colt, best team of mules, best in various classes of cattle. Prizes are also given for culinary and sewing exhibits. C. G. Hobson, superintendent of exhibits, emphasizes that the doubling up of exhibits will be al lowed. All exhibits must be made by sundown, October 16. hOONVILLE REPORTS SERIES OF BREAKS Boonville, October 11—During the last two weeks a series of store breaks have been reported by the various merchants of Boonville. Johnnie Bovender, who operates Bovender Service and Grocery on the corner, reported that thieves broke into his place and carried away a small amount of goods such as cigarettes and candy. Charlie Poindexter, who operates the only hardware store in town, reported that the thieves also broke into his place. The loss here was not counted, but it isn't thought to be very heavy. Last Friday night, thieves also entered the bank here, but no loss in money was reported. It is said, however, that the pilferers climbed over the railing into the teller's cage in search of money. The service station of E. D. Mock has also been entered recently. Due to the fact that there has been very little loss of goods as a result of the entrances, it is thought that those entering might have been minors, or at least amateurs. PASTOR TO PREACH ON "INCREASING CHURCH" I Sunday at the morning hour of worship at the First Baptist church at 11 o'clock the pastor, Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, will use as his sermon subject "The Increas ing Church." At the evening ser vice at 7:30 the subject will be "Th e Second Commandment," the second of a series of sermons on the ten commandments. ' Sunday school is at 9:45 ajn. and the Baptist Training Union at 6:30 p.m. The public is extended a cor dial invitation to attend. Brevity is the soul of attraction as well as of wit. Finland Speeds Defenses As Envoy Is Called To Moscow To Discuss Russian Demands MANS FRONTIERS on the Belgium-German frontier, manning a machine-gun screened by trees. Belgian border forces are reported keeping alert watch following rumors that Germany was massing troops near the juncture of the German. Nether land and Belgian frontiers. Collector Revenue Is to Be Speaker Charles Robertson, of Greens boro, collector of internal rev enue, will be guest speaker at the meeting this evening (Thursday) of the Elkin Kiwanis Club. At last Thursday's meeting, re ports on the recent Carolinas Kiwanis convention at Raleigh were given by L. S. Weaver, E. C. James, Wilbur Carter and Julius Hall. Winston-Salem was select ed as the host city for next year's convention. Franklin Folger will be in charge of this evening's meeting. MRS. REICH IS TAKENBYDEATH Operation Proves Fatal to Aged Woman; Passes Away Saturday FUNERAL HELD MONDAY Mrs. Margaret Frazier Chappell Reich, 80, passed away Saturday night in the local hospital follow ing an operation a few days prior to her passing. The deceased was a daughter of the late Jesse and Mrs. Phoebe Mendenhall Frazier, of Yadkin county. / She was twice married, first to John W. Chappell, and after his death to Oliver Reich, who preceded her in death. She is survived by two sons, J. W. Chappell and L. M. Reich, of Elkin, and a daughter, Mrs. James Caudle, of Ronda. Twelve grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren and two sisters, Misses Martha Frazier, of Boon ville, and Sallie Frazier, of Fay etteville, also survive. For the past forty years Mrs. Reich had been a member of the Ebenezer Methodist church. Fun eral services were held Monday morning at Ebenezer. The throng who attended the last rites was one of the largest ever assembled at the church for a funeral. Pallbearers were grandsons of the deceased. CHARLES A. OSBORNE DIES FRIDAY NIGHT Charles Andrew Osborne, 66, died Thursday night at his home in the Swan Creek community, following a lingering illness from a complication of diseases. He was a son of the late Elias and Mrs, Almeda Blackburn Osbom. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Emma Messick Osborne, and sev en children, David Osborne, Lynchburg, Va.; Mrs. Guy Stin son, Elkin; Jake, Alex, Isaac and Misses Mattie and Lila Osborne of Jonesville; ten grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Swan Creek Baptist church. The rites were in charge of Rev. Isom Vestal and Rev. D. Q. Reece. Interment was in the church cemetery. SURRY CITIZEN DIES SUDDENLY James Hardin Hayes, 90, Passes Saturday While Eating Breakfast FUNERAL HELD MONDAY James Hardin Hayes, 90, of near State Road, one of the old est residents of this section and a retired farmer, died suddenly Saturday morning while at breakfast. The deceased was af fectionately known to a host of friends as "Uncle Hard." In spite of his advanced age he had en joyed good health, and his pass ing was a shock to his family and friends. He was a son of the late Johnny Hayes, who lived more than a century. He w.*.s married to Miss Martha Jackson, who preceded him in death nineteen years ago. Since the death of his wife he had made his home with his son, Noah Hayes. Funeral services were held Monday morning from Ebenezer Methodist church in charge of Rev. C. A. Morrison, a former pastor of the deceased. Rev. D. B." Mullis, pastor of the church, and Rev. J. L. Powers. Interment was in the church cemetery. He is survived by eight chil dren, William, Purvis, Rail, An drew, Avery and Noah Hayes, Mrs. R. M. Gough and Mrs. I. R. Cummings, all of near Elkin, 28 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. BUS FRANCHISE HEARING 17TH Seek Route from Mount Airy to Salisbury by Way of Elkin, Yadkinville SUCH SERVICE NEEDED A hearing seeking inauguration of a bus line from Mount Airy to Salisbury, by way of Dobson, Elkin, Boonville, Yadkinville and Mocksville, has been scheduled for October 17, at Raleigh. E. O. Woodie, of North Wilkes boro, is seeking the franchise. Mr. Woodie is an experienced bus operator and is financially able to equip and maintain such a line. Hearing on the matter has been postponed several times, and it is hoped that the hearing sche duled on the 17th will be held. Numerous citizens of Elkin and this section have been heard to express themselves of the opin ion that such a line is needed; under present conditions Elkin citizens have no way in which to travel to Dobson at all, other than by taxi or private car, and a trip by bus to Mt. Airy must be made by way of Winston-Salem, many miles out of the way. If the franchise Is granted, two round trips daily over the route will be made. A ship leaves New York every 40 minutes and a train arrives in the city every 52 seconds. 16 PAGES TWO SECTIONS PUBLISHED WEEKLY ray NATION FEARFUL; NAVY IS PREPARED Chamberlain Expected to Re ject Peace Terms IS TO ADDRESS HOUSE Will Leave Door Open for More Acceptable Offer from Germany CONFER ON WAR AIMS Helsingfors, Finland, Oct. 11.— Finland's little navy massed off the southwest coast today, troops mounted machine guns in streets and on public buildings, and scores of thousands of noncombatants evacuated principal cities. A Finnish envoy was in Moscow to receive Russian "friendship" demands. It was realied that a fight by Finland, with 3.800,000 people, against the Soviet Union with 160,- 000,000 would be suicidal. But leaders, as they prepared to resist any threat to the nation's inde pendence, said they and their countrymen would rather die free men than live as Russian slaves. The country held the first air raid alarm test of its history dur ing the night. Naval units mobil ized at Abo, on the southwest coast, ready to take troops and war marterials to the Aaland Is lands, 75 miles out at the juncture of the Gulfs of Mothnia and Fin land. . Trucks were moblized for troops. Soldiers mounted machine guns on roof-tops. The post of fice and telegraph buildings were heavily guarded. Anti-aircraft searchlight batteries were install ed. Scores of thousands of women and children, ill and aged, fled into the country from the big cities— Helsingfors (293,000 people), Tam mersfors(7s,ooo), Viborg (74,000) and Abo (73,000). It was estimated that 124,000 (Continued on last page) ELKS DEFEAT VALDESE 20-6 Go to Mocksville This After noon for Game With Mocksville High TRANSOU SCORES FIRST The Elks of Elkin High School, winners here last Friday afternoon over Valdese by a score of 20 to 6, are ready to face Mocksville High School at Mocksville this afternoon (Thursday). The game was originally scheduled for Fri day, but was changed due to a teachers meeting of the Mocks ville district. Outstanding in last week's game for the Elks were W. Windsor, Transou, Johnson and Sparks, all of whom turned in an excellent performance. Transou made the first touchdown in the second play of the game. W. Windsor scored in the second quarter, and Transou repeated in the final frame. Extra points were by W. Windsor. Outstanding for Valdese were Pons, Farrington, Pascal and Femister. WYLIE M. CAMPBELL DIES IN JONESVILLE Wylie Martin Campbell, 74, of Salisbury, died Saturday morning about 7:30 at the home of his grandson, Lee Dudley, in Jones ville, where he was visiting. The deceased is survived by four children, A. C. Campbell and Mrs. E. O. Sigmon, of Salis bury; Zeddie Campbell of Hick ory, and Spencer Campbell of High Point. Nineteen grandchild ren, 11 great-grandchildren and one brother, Lawson Campbell, of Iredell county, also survive. Funeral services were held Sun day afternoon at the nome of his daughter, Mrs. E. O. Sigmon, in Salisbury, interment was in Chestnut Hill oemetery there.
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