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Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 9
LATE /
From
NEWS
Tj\| and
BRIEF N r
JOCAL
THE WPA, which recently
announced it would increase
Its North Carolina quota of
workers by 5,000 and give em
ployment to all persons certi
fied for relief, turned loose
$835,884 Monday for 26 new
projects. Of this money, $9,-
887 was aUotted to ElktaM
Improvements of secondSFy
streets and construction of
sidewalks. Thirty-two workers
will be employed. A total of
849,446 will go to Pilot Moun
tain for improvement of town
owned streets.
THIEVES Tuesday night
forced open the door of the
East Elkin Grocery but failed
to carry anything away, it was
learned early Wednesday
morning when employees re
ported for business. A bolt
clipper had been used to re
move a heavy padlock on the
outside, and a pane of glass
had been removed so that an
inside lock could be released.
The door had also been pried
loose from its top hinge. It is
believed the thieves were
frightened away by some cause
before they had opportunity to
ransack the store.
STATE
LIJMBERTON, Jan. 9—Hor
ace E. Stalcy, for the last 18
months president of the North
Carolina State School Boards
association, said today he
would not run for governor
this time bdt would like to be
a member of the next general
assembly to "have an oppor
tunity to help in the advance
ment and improvenffcnt in our
piiblic school®." IP -
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9
President Roosevelt said today
that he was talking over with
the state department the ques
-11 on of extending further
American aid to Finland. Re
porters reminded him of pro
posals in Congress for loans of
$60,000,000 to the Finns and
for making the new Garand
army rifle available to them.
Asked whether he had any
thing to say, the chief execu
tive said not now but that
probably he would have some
thing next week.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 A
hot issue of the 1939 congres
sional session bobbed up today
-at a hearing of the navy's sl,-
300,000,000 expansion program
when the chief admiral unex
pectedly revived once-rejected
plans to make the faraway
Pacific island of Guam an
"oat lying lookout post" for the
fleet. Admiral Haro'dJß. Stark,
.chief of naval operations, told
tT.'C house naval committee
that the navy had included in
this year's budget a $4,000,000
item for the Guam project,
Jellied by the house after a bit
ter fight in which critics warn
ed that it might cause trouble
with Japan.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON. Jan. 10 (Wed
nesday)—A terrific mine ex
plosion last night ripped the
10.002-toa British passenger
liner Dnnbsr Castle in two af
ter nasi warplanes, in an in
tense invasion of British
•coastal waters, had bombed or
machine-gunned 11 British or
-neutral ships, sinking at least
time. Two other ships, or six
in all, were newly reported
sunk in the last few days in
the sharp burst of sea-air war
fare. Loss of life totaled at
least 34.
HELSINKI, Jan. 9—Finland
. "today reported a lull on all
fronts and official spokesmen
interpreted this as indicating
that Russia's invading armies,
smashed by the defenders, nam.
are exhausted, at least for the
moment. Finnish claims of
successes over the red army
■were borne out by an official
eonxmunique issued at Moepew
wh-'rh said Russian forces He*
withdrawn "several kilometers",
sssst of Soomussalmi as. a
ssit of severe fighting in ihs*'
FIFTH DISTRICT
HAS 310 WIDOWS
IN NEEDOF AID
626 Children of Deceased
World War Veterans
SEEK FOLGER'S SUPPORT
Bill Pending Before Congress
Would Provide Pension
for Dependents
PAYMENTS OF $134,417.00
(Tribune Washington Bureau)
Washington, D. C., Jan. 9
North Carolina's fifth Congres-
District has 310 widows of
deceased veterans of the World
War who are in need of aid for
their support. It has 626 children
of deceased World War veterans
and 83 dependent parents of such
veterans.
This is the information received
by Representative Alonzo Dillard
Folger in a letter from Millard W.
Rice, legislative representative of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Purpose of the letter was to i it
Representative Folger's support
for the bill now pending before
the House Committee on World
War Veterans' Legislation, which
would provide pension for de
pendents of deceased World War
veterans. In Representative Fol
ger's district, Rice's letter de
clared, expected first year pay
ments under the Act would total
aproximately $184,417.
In all North Carolina, Rice
wrote the Congresman, payments
under the Act would total about
$1,990,00 the first year and would
go to approximately 11,000 per
sons, including 3,350 widows of
veterans, 6,750 children and 900
needy parents.
North Carolina now pays old
age assistance beneficiaries on
an average of about $9.90 a
month, of which half is Federal
contribution, whereas it could get
up to S2O a month per benefi
ciary from the Social Security
Board if matching funds were
available from the State treasury,
Rice's letter contends. Shifting
the burden of providing for de
pendent children or World War
veterans to the Federal Govern
ment would enable the state to
increase both old age payments
and aid to other dependent chil
dren, the letter claims.
SPECIAL MEETING OF
JUNIORS HERE FRIDAY
A special meeting of the Fourth
District of the Junior Order,
composed of the counties of Sur
ry, Wilkes, Yadkin, Alleghany
and Ashe, will be held at the
Junior Order hall in this city
Friday night, January 12, at 7:30.
The purpose of the meeting is to
discuss the propositon of the
State Council assuming the main
tenance and operation of the
Orphans Home at Lexington, N.
C., which is at present operated
by the National Council.
The meeting will be in charge
of Bradley Dancey, of North
Wilkesboro, District Councilor,
and it is expected that several
other good speakers will be pres
ent for the meeting.
All members of the local coun
cil are urged to attend and mem
bers of other councils in the dis
trict are extended a cordial in
vitation.
Dr.J.W.Jolley
To Open Office
In Wall Bui
Due to a change of plans, Dr.
John W. Jolley and Mrs. Jolley
and son, Jimmy, returned Mon
day from Daytona Beach, Fla.,
and Dr. Jolley will open an office
within the near future in the W.
M. Wall building, formerly the
Bank of £lkin building, on East
Main street.
Dr. jolley has been associated
with the local hospital for the
past several months and in De
cember was granted his license
to practice in North Carolina by
the State Medical Board by reci
procity.
He has had three years general
practice with the United States
[Public Health service, and during
piat time was stationed in San
gKrancisco, St. Louis, Charleston,
«. C., New Orleans, Staten Island,
B. Y., and New Mexico, a
Mhmmissioned officer with j
feular corps. _ Mi
HAS THE EVIDENCE. Roaring Gap, special
game warden, is pictured above with 94 quail and three
grouse which he and Harvey Goodman, Ashe county game
warden, recovered in Ashe last Thursday when they ar
rested Iran Kee, of Charlotte, who is alleged to have been
taking the game to Charlotte for purpose of sale. Kee was
placed under S3OO bond pending a hearing in West Jeffer
son January 16. The birds were given to Hugh Chatham
hospital here for use of patients.—(Tribune Photo.)
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Work of Taking-
Surry Census
To Begin Soon
Frank Riggs, of Dobson, and
Paul Fulk, census takers for
Surry county, will soon start
the task of gathering informa
tion concerning the business
and manufacturing industries
of the county. This work is
expected to require two or
three months.
The 1940 count of the pop
ulation of the county will not
begin for some time, as the
business census is desired first.
The information gathered
from business firms is for sta
tistical purposes only and can
not be used for taxation in
formation. No one will be al
lowed to examine these re
ports nor will information be
given to the public except as
it is compiled and released so
as not to divulge any business
standing, financial or other
wise, it was pointed out.
SURRY COURT
IS UNDER WAY
Few Cases of Importance
Had Been Tried up Until
Wednesday Noon
GRAND JURY REPORTS
Few cases of any importance
had been tried by the Surry
county superior court, criminal
session, up until Wednesday noon.
Court is scheduled to continue the
remainder of this week and next
week. Judge J. Will Pless is pre
siding.
A report by the grand jury was
made Tuesday afternoon. The
jury stated that it had inspected
the county home, county jail and
courthouse. Repairs to the Jail
and courthouse, recommended by
previous Juries, are scheduled to
begin in the near future, the re
port stated.
The case of N. B. Spainhour,
alleged "nude rider," had not
been tried Wednesday. Although
scheduled for trial at this session,
there is a possibility that it may
be continued, it was said.
A wild quail lays about 20 eggs,
hatches one brood, and busies
herself all summer raising her
young, a quail in captiHtw ww
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ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY JANUARY 11, 1940
INSTALL NEW
CLUBOFFICERS
L. S. Weaver Succeeds E. C.
James as President of
Kiwanis Group
STAGE VARIOUS STUNTS
Officers for 1940 were inducted
into office at the meeting last
Thursday evening of the Elkin
Kiwanis club, which was observed
as ladies' night.
The program, heretofore usual
ly featuring a prominent speaker
who took charge of the induction
ceremony, had little formality
and consisted of a number of
humorous stunts.
Earl C. James, retiring presi
dent, expressed his appreciation
to officers and board of directors
for their cooperation during the
past year, and paid especial
thanks to Franklin Folger, chair
man of the program committee,
for the excellent programs during
the year.
Officers installed were L.
Stacey Weaver, president; W. M.
Allen, vice-president; and Julius
L. Hall, secretary-treasurer.
In accepting the office of pres
ident, Mr. Weaver expressed his
appreciation of the honor and
pledged himself to give his best
efforts to the job.
Jones Holcomb and Gilbert
Mead were winners of contests
staged during the program. Mrs.
W. M. Allen and Mrs. W. B.
Lankford were winners of at
tendance prizes.
MRS. CHARLIE CRABB
PASSES AWAY SUNDAY
Mrs. Carrie Belle Crabb, 57,
wife of Charlie Crabb, passed
away Sunday morning at her
home near Dough ton.
Bhe is survived by her hus
band, eight children, Mrs. Mont
gomery Billings, Mrs. Hubert
Harris, Thurmond; Barney Crabb,
Elkin; Mrs. Will Spicer, Mrs. Guy
Crouse, Lonnie Crabb and Miss
Dorothy Crabb, Dough ton, and
Miss Lonnie Tucker, of Jones
villc; nineteen grandchildren and
one brother, Charlie Wood, of
Traphill.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 11 o'clock
from the Roaring Gap Baptist
church. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
The many friends of 8. A. Mas
ten, affectionately known as
"Uncle Sol" will regret to know
that he is seriously 111 at his home
on Elk Spur Street, suffering with
| bronchial pneumonia.
HEART ATTACK
PROVES FATAL
TO ELKIN MAN
Prominent Attorney Passes
Away Saturday
SUFFERED ILL HEALTH
J. F. Hendren Had Long Been
Associated with Civic and
Business Life of Elkin
FUNERAL HELD MONDAY
Joseph F. Hendren, 71, promi
nent attorney, passed away at
Mountain Sanatorium, Fletcher,
Saturday afternoon from a heart
attack. Mr. Hendren had been in
ill health for a number of years
and since November, 1933, had
been a patient at Mountain San
atorium. His condition became
serious about a week before his
passing and members of his fam
ily were sumntoned to his bed
side.
The deceased had long been
associated with the business, civic
and religious life of Elkin, having
come here about 48 years ago to
open an office for the practice of
law. He served for a number of
years as judge of Elkin's record
er's court and also on both the
county and town school board.
He was prominently identified
with the Methodist church and
with the Masonic and Junior Or
der fraternities as long as his
health permitted.
Mr. Hendren was a native of
Newbern and a son of the late
Rev. L. L. Hendren and Mrs.
Elizabeth Mayhew Hendren. He
was educated at Bingham Mili
tary Academy and received his B.
S. in law at the University of
North Carolina.
Mr. Hendren is survived by his
wife, Mrs. Emma Ring Hendren,
and the following sons and
daughters: Misses Mary and
Irene Hendren and Linville and
Thomas Hendren, of Elkin; May
hew Hendren, of Jessup, Ga.;
Joseph F. Hendren, Jr., of Tus
con, Ariz., and Mrs. Garland Tal
ton, Jr., of Red Springs; two sis
ters, Mrs. Z. B. Vance, of Dur
ham and Mrs. J. T. Roberts, of
Newbern, and one brother, L. L.
Hendren, of Athens, Ga.
Funeral services were held
Monday morning at 11 o'clock
from the Methodist church in
this city. The rites were in
charge of Rev. Herman F. Dun
can, pastor of the church, assist
ed by Rev. L. B. Abernethy.- In
terment was in the family plot
in Hollywood cemetery.
Active pallbearers wre: Dr. E.
G. Click, R. J. Barker, F. W.
Graham, Alex Chatham, Harold
Click and J. S. Atkinson. Hon
orary pallbearers were members
of the Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin
county Bar Associations.
STOCKHOLDERS
HOLD MEETING
The Bank of Elkin Completes
Year Which Proves Sat
isfactory in Every Way
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
A report which showed satis
factory business for the past year
was given a representative stock
holders' group of the Bank of
Elkin at the recent annual stock
holders' meeting.
Both the report of the earnings
and condition of the bank proved
very gratifying, it was said. An
annual dividend was also de
clared.
The same officers and directors
of the bank who have served dur
ing the past year were reelected.
The officials are: R. C. Lewellyn,
president; Garland Johnson, vice
president; Franklin Folger, cash
ier; J. D. Jones, assistant cash
ier; Gaynell P. Jones, assistant
cashier.'
Directors are: J, R. Poindex
ter, chairman; W. A. Neaves, R.
C. Freeman, c. S. Foster, T. M
Roth, R. C. Lewellyn, Garland
Johnson, B. F. Folger, Jr.
BOONVILLE TO MEET
JONESVILLE HERE
Boonville and Jonesville high
school basketball squads will
meet here this evening (Thurs
day), in games at the Elkin gym*
naslum, which will feature
tests between both ocy.-' aST
girl; - teams. The «&mes a-
British Warplanes
Stage Fierce Fight
Over German Soil
Death Claims
Well-Known
Elkin Citizen
Wt&M
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J. F. Hendren, above, well
known Elkin attorney, who pass
ed away from a heart attack
last Saturday afternoon. Fun
eral rites were conducted Mon
day morning.
J. T. RUTLEDGE
DIES MONDAY
Weil-Known Yadkin County
Man Suffers Fatal Heart
at His Home
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Jchn Thomas Rutledge, 84, well
known Yadkin county citizen and
father of W. E. Rutledge, Yadkin
ville publisher, passed away at his
home near Mt. Carmel Friends
church, East Bend, route 3, about
noon Monday following an illness
of only a few hours. Mr. Rutledge
suffered a heart attack while at
breakfast, from which he never
rallied. He had been in declining
health for a number of ye&rs. /
Mr. Rutledge was born at Rock
ford, Surry county, in 1855, a son
of the late D. Rutledge and Mrs.
Susan Phillips Rutledge, both of
whom were natives of Yadkinville.
He was married to Miss Martha
Adams in 1882 and he and his
wife lived together at the same
place for 58 years. He was a
member of the Friends church at
Mount Carmel, which church he
helped found and bjild.
He is survivved by his wife, two
sons, W. E. Rutledge, Yadkinville,
and Evan M. Rutledge of the
home, three daughters, Mrs. C. O.
Love, Mrs. D. W. Gross and Mrs.
Ed Brightwell, all of Winston-
Salem, twenty grandchildren and
four great-grandchildren. '
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock
from Union Cross Friends church.
The body lay»in state in the
church from 2 o'clock until the
hour of the service. Interment
was in the church cemetery.
THAD EURE IS TO
ADDRESS CLUB HERE
Hon. Thad Eure, of Raleigh,
Secretary of State, will address
the Thurmond Chatham Unity
Club, young men's club of the
Chatham Manufacturing com
pany, at a banquet meeting at
Hotel Elkin Wednesday evening,
January 17, in celebration of the
first anniversary of the organiza
tion of the club.
Officials of the company and
department heads will be invited
to the meeting, in addition to
members of the club.
JONESVILLE YOUTH
/ SUFFERS BAD BURN
Gilbert Boles, 24, of Jonesville,
is in the local hosp&al suffering
from msl degree bum;: received
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BATTLE COMES
ONE DAY AFTER
WARNING TALK
Chamberlain Tells British
Grim Days Ahead
RENEWS AIR-SEA WAR
Copenhagen Dispatches State
English Planes Ran into
Battle at Dawn
GERMANS ATTACK SHIPS
London, Jan. 10—The British
air force carried the war to Ger
many's shores today in an out
burst of renewed air and sea war
fare coming only one day after
Prime Minister Chamberlain's
warning that grim days are
ahead.
The British sent warplanes
over Germany's northwest coast
in what they called reconnais
sance flights and "security pa
trols" over German mine-laying
bases in the Frisian Islands.
Dispatches from Copenhagen
indicated that the Britons ran
into battle. Vivid flashes through
the early dawn and the rumble of
cannonading along with the
sighting of numerous aircraft in
dicated an air battle over the
island of Sylt, German air base.
This followed a sudden bomb
and machine-gun attack by Ger
man warplanes upon 12 ships in
British coastal waters yesterday.
The German communique assert
ed that eight vessels were sunk;
'the British acknowledged the
sinking of only two.
London, Jan. 9—Prime Minis
ter Chamberlain warned Great
Britain's people fervently today
that they are approaching "a
phase of this war much grimmer
than anything we have seen yet,"
but envisaged a reward for their
sacrifices in a peacetime federa
tion of European or world nations
built upon British-French collab
oration.
As if timed to match his warn
ing, Germany's warplanes swept
down upon British coasts, attack
ing li ships, wounding at least
33 with machine gun fire
and sinking three vessels. The
10,000-ton liner Dunbar Castle,
struck by a mine, sank off the
southeast coast.
The silvery-haired, 70-year-old
prime minister spoke at a lord
mayor's luncheon at Mansion
House in the ancient "city of
London." He had lost none of
his voice and gesture, and his
emotion was of a dramatic qual
ity. It was the first of a series
of "realization" speeches by which
his altered government seeks to
bring home to the people what
they are up against in their con
flict against what Chamberlain
called "the powers of wicked
ness."
Chamberlain did not mention
the overwhelming sensation of
last week-end—the removal from
the cabinet of Leslie Hore-Be
lisha, the war secretary.
ARVIL GRAHAM HAYNES
PASSES AWAY MONDAY
Arvil Graham Haynes, 29, son
of S. Pholia Haynes of State Road,
passed away Monday morning at
his home following a long illness,
a great part of which had been
spent in various hospitals.
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday morning at State Road
Primitive Baptist church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. A. F.
Walker and Rev. Gwynn Bauguss.
Interment was in the family plot
in the church cemetery.
He is survived by his father,
and the following brothers and
sisters, Mrs. Roscoe Wiles and
Garvey Haynes of Elkin, and
Misses Hope, Barbara and Louise
Haynes and Harvey and Frank
Haynes of State Road.