KUrin
1 Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
VOL. No. XXVBL No. 50
LATE F
NEWS £L
JjpJ and
Nation
" BRIEF .
LOCAL
FIRE, originating from an
electric percolator which had
been left plugged In, narrowly
mlsed the home of
Herbert Dockery here Tuesday
morning about 3 o'clock. The
Dockery family was awakened
by dense smoke and found the
kitchen table upon which the
appliance was resting, i n
flames. A few minutes more
the blaie would have
gained good headway, it was
4.
J. B. JOHNSON. 6, son of
W Johnnie Johnson, of Jones-
JP ville, was knocked down and
r injured by an automobile here
shortly after 5 p.m. Wednes
day afternoon. The car which
struck the child was driven by
W. R. Davis, of Davie county.
The accident occurred on
Main street in front of the
Duke Power Co. Bleeding pro
fusely from a head wound, the
child was carried to the office
of Dr. H. C- Salmons, and
then to the hospital. He was
not believed seriously injured.
| Policeman Corbett Wall, who
[ investigated the accident, said
f a charge of speeding would be
brought against Mr. Davis.
NATIONAL
P WASHINGTON, Oct. 24
Future enforcement of the
wage-hoar law. which began
the second phase of its opera
tions today, may *be devoted
largely to southern and north
eastern industrial states where
the government has found the
bulk of low wage farmers to be
situated. This was indicated
by a bureau of
survey which reported ttai ap
proximately 50t,MM yfcrsons
kA were anptoyed in lliap 'ifmli i
M at km than M cents*-** hour
I NEW YORK, Oct. k -- As
7 Communist leader Earl Brow
der emerged today from a fed
eral detention ceT under $7*500
bail supplied by a society 'ma
tron, he shrugged off questions
as to whether a man in a sim
ilar position in soviet Russia
might expect release in bond-
To this and other Inquiries
touching upon his ideology
. J such as whether "anyone was
I' ever acquitted" in a compara
ble case m Russia—he had for
reply only a thin smile and the
I remark; "I wont enter into
r anv uolitical discussions right
' here."
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24
The house committee on un-
American activities voted to
day to make public the names
of 900-odd government em
ployees who are members of
the American League for Peace
and Democracy, an organiza
tion which Chairman Dies,
by Communists.
V Dies had accused the league of
attempting to "penetrate" the
federal government and said
flatly the organization was
"under the Communists." Har
ry F. Ward, the league's na
tional president, denied a sim
ilar assertion yesterday.
INTERNATIONAL
FOUR MORE British mer
chantmen and a Greek vessel
heavily laden with scrap metal
m: were sunk and another British
sinking more than a week ago
was reported yesterday as in
tense diplomatic exchange
arose over the seizure of the
American freighter City of
Flint. Loss of the five British
ships sent England's toll to 45
and the losses of all nations to
90 ships.
MOSCOW, Oct. 24—Renew
ed negotiations bstween soviet
i Russia and a Finnish delega
te tion were suspended today less
* than 48 hours after the Finns'
arrival, leading foreign observ
ers to believe the talks were
not going too happily. The
Finns prepared to return to
night to Helsinki presumably
for freah instructions from
their government, jndafflyg
that compromise prop omuls
they brought here were unac
ceptable or that soviet author
ities may have made new de
li mands.
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FATE OF SHI?
UNDECKED BY
NAZICAPTORS
Germany and Russia Discuss
What to Do
SHIP IS HELD IN RUSSIA
City of Flint, Germans Aver,
Was Carrying Contraband
to England
IS A TICKLISH PROBLEM
Berlin. Oct. 25—'The German
government Informed the United
States today it was discussing
with Soviet Russia the question
of the American ship City of
Flint, taken to the Russian port
of Murmansk by a German prize
crew.
The information was givei\
American Charge d"Affaires Al
exander Kirk when he was re
ceived this morning by Baron
Ernst von Weizsaecker, secretary
of state in the German foreign
office.
It was the first contact made
by Kirk with the German gov
ernment in connection with the
incident. Hitherto the stock an
swer to inquiries concerning the
City of Flint had been that
nothing was known here official
ly about the vessel.
The ship was seized, inquirers
were told unofficially, because it
carried war contraband.
EARLIER REPORT
Moscow, Oct. 24—Arrival of the
American vessel City of Flint in
a soviet port as a war captive
with a German prize crew In
command confronted Russian of
ficials with a knotty and ticklish
prdolem in international law to
night.
United States Ambassador Lau
rence A. Steinhardt was assured
by Vladimir Potempkin, vice
commissar for foreign affairs,
that full information would be
finished as soon as available
the captured 4,963-
toatv vessel.
**THe embassy pressed inquiries
into the fate of the crew of 42
and the cargo of tractors, grain,
fruit, leather and wax which she
was said to be carrying for Eng
land.
Steinhardt described his inter
view with Potempkin as cordial
end said he was promised details
as soon as obtainable from Mur
mansk where the City of Flint
was taken, flying the German
flag.
Delay of a day or two was ex
pected since there are no foreign
consulates at Murmansk, Russia's
northernmost port which is not
ice-bound in winter. The Ger
man liner Bremen also is under
stood to be at Murmansk, about
200 miles north of the Arctic
circle.
BOONVILLE FAIR
TO START 27TH
Yadkin County Track Meet to
Be Held Friday After
noon; Play Fri. Night
FIREWORKS A FEATURE
The thirteenth annual Boon
ville Fair will begin on Thursday
afternoon, October 27, with the
entering of exhibits. Entering of
exhibits will continue until ten
o'clock Friday morning. At this
time the judges will begin to
judge the exhibits.
Friday afternoon at one o'clock
Mr. Sauline and his all-star play
ers will present "Tom Sawyer."
Following the play the Yadkin
County high school track meet
will be held. On Friday night
the Sauline players will give their
second play, "Turn to the Right."
On Saturday the livestock show
will be held and this will Include
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TO PRESENT PAGEANT
AT BAPTIST CHURCH
Sunday at the evening hour of
worship at the First Baptist
church at 7:30 a pageant, "On
the Wings of an Eagle," will be
presented. Approximately forty
people will take part In the pro
gram. in addition to special music
by the two choirs of the church.
Several solos wi'l also be render
ed in connection with the pro
gram. »' * v
A cordial invitation is extended
the public to attend.
Visitor He
Again To Be
Candidate
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Giles Yeomans Newton, abov£,
of Gibson, Scotland county, was
"a visitor in Elkin Tuesday. Mr.
Newton, who was a candidate
for Congress from the Eighth
District in 1938, is expected to
again announce his candidacy
for Congress at a later date. He
is a graduate of Duke Univer
sity and the Harvard Law
School.
MAN KILLED BY
TRAIN SUNDAY
Eastbound Train Passes Over
Body Before Brought
to Halt
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Funeral services were held at
10:30 a.m. Tuesday morning at
Pleasaht Home Baptist Church,
Wilkes county, for Taft Norman,
27, who was killed on the railway
tracks a short distance west of
Crutchfield Sunday.
The young* man's body was
found on the Southern Railway
tracks by the crew of the east
bound train shortly after 3 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, the train pass
ing over the body before it could
be brought to a stop. Indications
were that the man had been dead
sometime, as a pool of congealed
blood was found where the body
had been lying.
At first it was believed the man
had met foul play and that his
dead body had been placed on the
tracks. However, a careful study
of the case finally led Sheriff
Harvey Boyd, of Surry, to con
clude that the man was killed as
the train made its westbound trip,
but was not seen until it was on
the return trip to Winston-Salem.
The sheriff and coroner, Dr.
Robert Smith, found that Norman
left a neighboring house in an
intoxicated condition shortly be
fore the train passed going west.
It is believed he was struck shortly
afterwards when he got on the
railroad tracks.
Norman was a resident of the
Boonville community.
ARE TO PRESENT
COMEDY HERE
P.-T. A. to Offer Play, "Old
Maids' Plea" on Friday
Evening
IN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
Friday evening, October 27, at
8 o'clock, members of the Parent-
Teachers Association will present
a humorous play, "Old Maids'
Plea." In addition to a cast of
well known women and girls of
the town, music will be furnished
by the high school orchestra, the
saxette band, with special songs
by the elementary and primary
students. Tap dancing will also
be a feature of the program. An
evening of exceptional entertain
ment is promised. Proceeds will
go for the P.-T. A. treasury.
The cast includes:
President, Mamie Haisten, Miss
Emma Cooke; secretary, Carolina
Watson, Mrs. Fred Harris; Mandy
Adams, Miss Frances Alexander;
Eliza Beck. Miss Edith Fox; Lucy
Duck. Mrs. E. R. Settle; Lovie
Farrow, Mrs. Fletcher Harris;
Delaney Hays. Miss Ruth Atkin
son; Cl«o Henderson, Mrs. H. P.
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ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1939
NEW PASTOR IS
ASSIGNED HERE
BY CONFERENCE
Rev. H. F. Duncan Will Suc
ceed Rev. P. W. Tucker
CHARGES EXCHANGED
Rev. L. B. Abernethy Again
Elected Conference Mis
sion Secretary •
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OTHER APPOINTMENTS
Resulting from the combining
of the trio of denominations of
the Methodist church at the
Western North Carolina Confer
ence of the Methodist church at
Greensboro, which closed on
Monday of this week, two new
districts were formed in the con
ference, one, the Elkin confer
ence, with headquarters in Elkin,
and the other at High Point.
Prior to this the local church had
been a part of the Statesville dis
trict. Until the redistricting a
few years ago the church here
was in the Mount Airv district.
Rev. J. S. Hiatt, formerly pre
siding elder of the Statesville
district, and more recently pastor
of the First Baptist church of
Lenoir, will be district superin
tendent of the Elkin district, this
office replacing that of presiding
elder. Rev. Hiatt is well known
here. He and his family , will
will come to Elkin within a short
time to make their home. He
has one son and two daughters.
The son and the older daughter
are college students and the
younger daughter is a high school
senior.
Rev. H. F. Duncan will succeed
Rev. P. W. Tucker as pastor of
the local church. Rev. Mr. Duncan
comes to Elkin from Bradley
Memorial church in Gastonia,
where Rev. Mr. Tucker was sent
as pastor.
Rev. Mr. Duncan will come to
Elkin within a short time and
will occupy the Methodist par
sonage on Market street. He is
a married man, with one small
child.
Rev. L. B. Abernethy, of this
city, was again elected Confer
ence Mission Secretary and
chairman of the Golden Cross.
Other appointments in this
section were as follows: Rev. D.
B. Mullis was returned to the
Jonesville church as pastor for
another year; Rev. R. G. Mc-
Clamrock succeeds Rev. C. W.
Russell of the Dobson church,
and Rev. J. H. Green was re
turned for another year to the
Yadkinville church.
TAXROUNDS
ANNOUNCED
Will Give Taxpayers Oppor
tunity to Pay Both 1938
and 1939 Taxes
B. F. Folger, Surry county tax
collector, has announced a com
plete tax round of the county to
begin in this section Friday to
give the taxpayers an opportuni
ty to pay either their 1938 or
1939 tax. He has revealed that
the 1938 taxes will be advertised
November 1 for sale on December
1.
Mr. Folger has also pointed out
that the 1939 taxes, under the
provisions set out in a new state
law, must be paid by the first of
March, 1940, at which time the
1939 taxes will be advertised for
sale April L
The'Elkin books will remain in
Elkin all the time with W. J.
Snow. The collection schedule
for other townships will be found
in an advertisement elsewhere in
this issue.
HALLOWE'EN CARNIVAL
AT MTN. PARK SCHOOL
The annual Hallowe'en carni
val will be at Mountain Park
school Saturday, October 28. The
grammar grades of the school
will give a program in the audi
torium consisting of Hallowe'en
plays and skits. After the pro
gram there will be a number of
attractions in the school gym
nasium including bingo, fortune
telling, art gallery, fishing, and a
variety of penny games. Prizes
will also be given for the best
Hallowe'en costume worn to the
carnival. The public is cordially
invited to attend. The proceeds
will apply on the school grounds
and building improvement pro
gram.
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low, parents of Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt, of this city, have
arrived in Elkin for a visit with their daughter and Rev.
Mr. Whisenhunt, after returning to this country from
China, where they have been as misisonaries for the past
45 years. Prior to their departure from Ruling, China,
they experienced air raids and saw the Japanese capture
the town.—(Tribune Photo.)
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Missionaries Tell Of
Life In China During
Invasion By Japanese
Parents of Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt, on Visit Here, Describe
Bombing Attacks on Chinese Resort of Ruling as
Japs Besiege Town. Make Way Down Yangtze
River on Japanese Transport. Ex
pect to Return to China
Rev. and Mrs. W. W. Lawton,
parents of Mrs. Eph Whisenhunt,
her husband pastor of the First
Baptist church here, have recent
ly arrived in Elkin to visit their
daughter.
For 45 years missionaries to
China, the Lawtons have just re
turned from that Jap-infested
land, yet despite the dangers of
death from land and sky they
are planning to return next year
to again resume their work there.
Genial and pleasant, ihe couple
World's Champion
Bible Reader
Dies In Yad
Davis Evan Mathews, 80 years
old, died at the home of his foster
daughter, Mrs. J. D. Hutchens,
near Smithtown, Saturday after
noon, following a two weeks ill
ness. Mr. Mathews was known
to his many friends as "Uncle
Dock" and he was universally
liked.
He was born Dec. 8, 1850, in
Yadkin county and had spent his.
life here. He was married to
Biddie D. Bovendar on March 19,
1882. She died March 24, 1929.
They had no children, but adopt
ed two. They are Mrs. J. D. Hut
chens, and Frank Davis, of the
Smithtown section. Several nieces
and nephews survive.
Champion Bible Reader
"Uncle Dock" had often been
described in the press of the
country as the world's champion
Bible reader. He had read the
old Bible through 40 times and
the New Testament 104 times. An
off hand estimate would be that
he had spent more than a years
time reading the Bible.
Mr. Mathews taught school for
12 years and served as a magi
strate for over 20 years.
He was a, member of Holly
Springs Primitive Baptist church
for the past 25 years and enjoyed
going to his church.
Funeral services were conducted
from Prospect Methodist church
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock
with Elder James Creed, Rev. W.
T. Crissman and Rev. E. C. Nor
man in charge. Burial followed
in the church cemetary.
show none of the worry and anx
iety they must have suffered
when their home town of Kuling
was besieged and later captured
by the Japanese, and their chief
worry now seems to be whether
or not world conditions will en
able them to return to the war
torn land from which they've
just come.
Aparently they enjoyed telling
of their experiences as bombers
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YADKIN YOUTH
KILLED BY CAR
Barney Inscore Is Instantly
Killed as He Steps into
Path of Auto
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Funeral services for Barney
Inscore, 23, who was instantly
killed last Sunday morning three
miles west of Brooks Cross Roads,
were held Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock at Oak Grove Baptist
church.
Inscore was killed when struck
by an automobile driven by D. E.
(Dock) Mathis, a resident of
Wilkes county.
It was said that the young
man stopped his car on the high
way to make repairs. He was
standing behind his machine
when a car approached from the
east. He was said to have darted
out into the highway to avoid
what he apparently thought was
a collision and stepped in front of
Matthews' car.
The young man was badly
crushed, suffering a broken leg.
crushed shoulder and right tem
ple when it crashed against the
car, the body striking the fender
and the head the car's wind
shield. An arm was also broken.
Investigating officers were W.
E. Rutledge and State Highway
Patrolman J. B. Rhyne, of Yad
kinville. Both termed the acci
dent unavoidable and an inquest
unnecessary.
Mathis had his family with
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"The Best Little Tows
in North Carolina"
WEEKLY
NAZIS ASSERT
NO DESIGNS ON
UNITEDSTATES
Ribbentrop Makes Speech at
Danzig Tuesday
BROADCAST TO WORLD
Says Germany Determined to
Fight Great Britain to
Bitter End
CHAMBERLAIN SCORED
Danzig, Oct. 24.—Germany Is
determined to fight Britain to
the bitter end and is supremely
confident of victory, Foreign Min
ister Joachim von Ribbentrop
told the world tonight.
In a 90-minute address von
Ribbentrop warned Britain that
by continuing the war she was
"playing dangerously with the
fate of her empire."
"The present British govern
ment may go down in history as
the gravedigger of the empire," he
told a group of veteran nazi
fighters which formed his imme
diate ' audience in this one-time
free city, now incorporated in the
reich.
The nazi foreign minister let
fall not a single hint of a possi
ble compromise to end the war
before the conflict at arms goes to
its bitter conclusion.
"Chamberlain refused the hand
of the fuehrer stretched out in a
gesture of peace," he shouted at
the climax of his address.
"Now the German people takes
up the challenge. The German
people is ready and is determined
to fight until the security of the
German people is assured for all
time.
"The German people is a solid
block, defended by its army, air
force and navy which have just
won bright laurels. The German
people now will fight this war to
the end.
"That this end will be a great
German victory is guaranteed by
the fuehrer."
On the continent of Europe,
German borders now are final,
von Ribbentrop continued.
"Germany has no more de
mands against England and
France except the return of her
former colonial possessions."
Von Ribbentrop also asserted
with great emphasis that no
cause exists foi; conflict between
Germany and the United States.
"Only diseased phantasy could
even conceive of a question which
could bring about trouble between
these states," he asserted. "Ger
many wants only extensive trade
on the American continent and
it always respected the Monroe
Doctrine."
Yadkin Sunday
Schools To
Next Sunday
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The one day convention of the
Yadkin County Sunday Schools
will begin at Center Methodist
church next Sunday morning, Oct.'
29, when it will meet with the
morning Sunday school class.
Rev. R. L. Speer will open the
convention with the devotion.
This will be followed by an ad
dress by Attorney J. T. Reece of
Yadkinville, after which the Cen
ter boys will sing a quartette. It
is announced there will be no
dinner on the grounds.
The afternoon session will be
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Chatham Seeking
Houses, Rooms,
For Employees
The Chatham Manufacturing
company, seeking to make pro
vision for Winston-Salem em
ployees who will move to EDda
around the first of the year
when the Chatham finishing
plant is moved here, ii seeking
houses, apartments and rooms
for rent.
In an advertisement elsewhere
in this issue, the ooxnpaay
points out It wants such hous
ing accomodations in Elkinf
lonesville, BoonviUe, Arlington,
State Road, Ronda Mid w iihki
a radius of 10 miles of Elkin.
Everyone having houses, a
partments and rooms to rent, at
all prices, are asked to tele
phone, write or see Dick Chat
ham at the Chatham Maau-