Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 16
LATE]/
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LOCAL
TOMORROW. March 1,1
marks the deadline in which
Elkin motorists may purchase
town license tags, aad all car
or truck owners who have fail
ed to boy their tags on or af
ter that date, will be cited to
court, Dixie Graham, city tax
collector, has anounced. Jones
ville motorists also will find
themselves facing the same
situation if they have failed to
buy their Jonesville town tags,
Hugh Madison, chief of police,
has announced.
PROPOSALS by the Central
Electric and Telephone Co.,
which serves Elkin and Jones
ville, that they be allowed to
make some increases and some
decreases in rates of the Elkin
exchange have been taken un
der advisement by the State
Utilities Commission, at Ra
leigh, following a recent hear
ing. The firm would raise its
business and residential rates
in the amounts of 25 and 50
cents a month, and would dis
continue the 25 cents monthly
for handsets, and set a $2.50
fee for InstaUation.
STATE
HAMLET, Feb. 27 Bryant
Thompson, Hamlet business
man, has announced his can
didacy for governor in the
Democratic primary. Thomp
son said he favored repeal of
the state sales tax, desired to
see North Carolina bone dry,
and advocated diversion of
state highway funds to meet
the needs of the state.
NATIONAL
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 27
Waterways, turned to torrents
by cloudbursts and melting
snow, drove as many as 3,000
persons from their homes to
day in a score or more north
ern California cities. Almost
nine inches of rain fell in 24
hours at several points. The
storm, in its third day, left
river conditions critical. More
rain was in prospect, and flood
conditions equalling the rav
ages of December, 1937, were
predicted by the weather bu
reau.
ABOARD U. S. Lang at Sea,
Feb. 27—President Roosevelt
said today that doubling the
present number of planes and
guns defending the Panama
Canal was necessary for the
long range defense of the vital j
link between the Atlantic and
Pacific. Such a long range
program contemplates defense
operations extending, if neces-;
sary, throughout Central
America and as far south as
Ecuador, Columbia and Vene
zuela, he told reporters at a
press conference aboard the:
cruiser Tuscaloosa after he ]
had completed a thorough in
spection of canal defenses and
had started the homeward voy- !
age to the United States.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Feb. 27—Winston
Churchill, seasoned warden of
Britain's sea-power, disclosed
today that Germany had dam
aged the British battleships
Nelson and Bar ham, warned of
even greater German attacks
on "the sea-power by which we
live," and then announced to a
cheering house of commons
that Britain's Ave new 35,000-
ton battleships would shortly
join the grand fleet. He also
said the Nelson and Bar ham,
both apparently crippled in
December, soon would be at
sea again.
BERLIN, Feb. 27—The im
pression grew today that Adolf
Hitler would give Undersecre
tary of State Sumner Welles,
due in Berlin Friday, a com
prehensive exposition of Ger
many's claims to a dominant
position in central and south
eastern Europe as well as de
mands for return of her col
onies. Arrangements for Welles'
visit were confirmed by Alex
ander Kirk, American charge
d'affaires, in a visit to the for
eign office. According to pres
ent plans, Welles will go into
a huddle Friday with Foreign
Minister Joachim von Bibben
trop, who is recovering from
grippe, and probably will see
Hitler Saturday.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
M. M. Mayberry
Passes Away
Saturday
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MARVIN M. MAYBERRY
Marvin McNeely Mayberry, 44,
of Jonesville and Elkin, died Sat
urday night in the local hospital
only a few hours after he was ad
mitted. Mr. Mayberry had been
in declining health for a number
of years suffering from the effects
of overseas service with the Amer
ican Expeditionary Forces during
the world war. During this time
he had been a patient at Walter
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SEWER SYSTEM
BEINGJLANNED
Jonesville Water Project Is
Now Before WPA Offi
cials, Mayor Says
WOULD COST $134,000.00
Plans have been tentatively
drawn for the construction of an
extensive water and sewer system
for the Town of Jonesville, and if
they go through Elkin's neighbor
town may soon have the funds
necessary to carry out the pro
ject, it has been learned.
Present plans, according to
Mayor Z. B. Martin, have been
approved by the state board of
health. According to the first
estimates, the entire job would
cost approximately $134,000, of
which Jonesville would contribute
the sponsor's share of $50,000.
The application for the project
is now before WPA officials. In
about two weeks Mayor Martin
expects a decision, which, if fav
orable, will see plans proceed.
Included in the plans will be the
selection of a site and the await
ing of other approvals which are
necessary in such constructions.
A bond election would be called in
order to assure the sponsor's
share, the mayor said.
The project as planned will in
clude a plant, extensive piping, and
modern facilities for both sewerage
and water supply.
4-County Cage
Ends Wednesday Night
Two games remained to be
played Wednesday night shortly
after The Tribune went to press,
to decide the winners of the Elkin
4-County Basketball Tournament
which got under way at the Elkin
gymnasium a week ago.
Scheduled to face each other
at 7:30 were the Yadkinville and
Ronda girls. This game was to
be followed by the boyß' final
which featured the Yadkinville
and Boonville boys.
Frank Spencer, sports editor
of the Winston-Salem Sentinel
was here to award championship
trophies to the winners and also
the all-tournament awards to the
players making this honorary
team.
The high school band, under
the direction of Allen Dickman
was on the program to provide
music before and between games.
Elkin's excellent boys' team
Tuesday night reached the semi
finals only to be nosed out 20-18
after showing a lead at the half.
The Elkin girl's team was elimi
nated earlier in the tournament.
Tuesday's games featured Ronda
! girls vs. Jonesville girls,- with
Ronda winning 22-10; Yadkin
ville boys vs. Jonesville boys, Yad
kinville winning 22-21; Yadkin
ville girls vs. West Yadkin girls,
Yadkinville winning 30-10, and
REDS CONTINUE
TO BATTER WAY
TOWARDVHPURI
Finns Acknowledge Another
Red Success
ARE FIGHTING IN AIR
Every Building 'and House
Reported Ablaze in the
Nautsi Area
BATTLE SLOWS DOWN
Helsinki, Feb. 27 The red
army tonight smashed at Viipuri
and its environs, an artillery
raked no-man's land cluttered
with ruins where more than 80,-
000 persons once lived, while
Finland acknowledged another
Russian success above the Arctic
circle.
Finland's north Arctic army
continued to retreat tonight after
reaching Nautsi, eight miles
south of its former positions at
Jordenfoss.
Every building and house in
the Nautsi area was ablaze after
a day of heavy fighting.
The battle lessened somewhat
this afternoon, after the Finns
reached Nautsi, some 75 miles
south of the Arctic coast.
There was heavy fighting in
the air as well as between the
ground forces.
(In Moscow, the red army com
mand early Wednesday Teported
its forces were continuing to
crash through the Finnish forti
fied zone of the Karelian isthmus
and had captured 13 additional
defensive fortifications in yester
day's operations.
(Six Finnish planes were shot
down in air battles, the commun
ique added.)
SHOREFINEDIN
ELECTION CASE
Pleads Technical Violation of
Election Laws; Is Fined
SIOO and Costs
ONE OTHER CASE LEFT
Pleading technical violation of
the law in connection with an in
dictment against him charging
violation of the election laws,
Thad W. Shore, Jr., of Boonville,
was fined SIOO and the costs,
which will amount to about $350,
by Judge William H. Bobbitt in
Yadkin county superior court
Tuesday.
Shore was alleged to have voted
in both Surry and Yadkin county
at the last election. A special
venire had been summmoned from
Iredell county to appear in Yad
kinville Wednesday morning at
9:00 o'clock to hear the case.
One other case is said to remain
to be disposed of as a result of
irregularities in the 1938 elections.
It is that of J. S. Thomasson,
charged with wrongfully register
ing voters in Buck Shoals town
ship.
the Boonville-Elkin boys game as
given above.
The tournament has been suc
cessful in every way with large
crowds attending nightly.
Results of all games played
thus far, in the order in which
they came, follow:
Wednesday, February 21: Spar
ta girls 33, Beulah 18; Copeland
boys 33, Sparta boys 17; Jones
ville girls 10, Dobson girls 5. N
Thursday, February 22: Yad
kinville girls 42, Piney Creek girls
20; Elkin boys 30, Shoals boys's;
Elkin girls 24, Shoals girls 8;
Mountain «»ark boys 21, Yadkin
ville boys 24.
Friday, February 23: Boonville
girls 19, Mountain View girls 11;
Boonville boys 26, Beulah boys
15; North Wilkesboro boys 25,
Dobson boys 18; Jonesville boys
31, Mountain View boys 13.
Saturday, February 24: Wilkes
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STILL TIME TO GET
DOGWOOD SEEDLINGS
The Yadkin Valley Garden
club has announced that anyone
interested in beautifying the
town still has time to get nativa
dogwood trees for transplanting
on lawns.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1940
J.C. Triplett
Dies Sudden
Monday
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JOSEPH C. TRiPLETT
Joseph Carson Triplett, 85, died
Monday morning from a sudden
heart attack at his home near
Jonesville. Mr. Triplett had suf
fered from a severe heart ailment
for the past 20 years and for the
past 15 years had been a complete
invalid. He was a native of Wilkes
county but for the past 30 years
had resided near Jonesville, and
prior to his decline in health was
a successful farmer. He was a
member of the Jonesville Metho
dist church.
He was married to Miss Mar
garet Susan Greenwood, who died
in December 1&38. Suvivors in
clude eleven children, John T.
Triplett, Ronda; Ralph T. Trip
lett and Misses Stella, Ohna, Lala,
and Jettie Triplett, *>f Elkin and
Jonesville; Mrs. D. M. Richardson
of Raleigh; Trent Triplett of Jen
kins, Ky., O. E. Triplett of North
Wilkesboro, Mrs. O. E. Wolfe and
Mrs. O. E. Martin of Jonesville;
fifteen grandchildren; one sister,
Mrs. John Church - of North
Wilkesboro and one brother, Char
lie Triplett, of Long Beach, Cal.
Funeral services were held at
the home Tuesday afternoon. The
rites were in charge of Rev. D. B.
Mullis, pastor of the deceased,
assisted by Rev. O. V. Caudell,
pastor of the Elkin Presbyterain
church. Interment was in the
family plot in Hollywood ceme
tery.
Pallbearers were: Fletcher Mc-
Bride, Romey Pardue, Charles
Gilliam, Robey Church, Glenn
Williams and J. Paul Gilliam, the
latter of Statesville.
YADKIN COURT
IS CHALLENGED
Moves for Dismissal of Client
on Grounds Court Is
Unconstitutional
A DECISION IS AWAITED
The validity of the Yadkin
county criminal court, created by
a special act of the last general
assembly, was challenged in Yad
kin superior court Tuesday when
Gaither Key went on trial for
violation of the prohibition law.
Otis Reynolds, of Elkin, attor
ney for Key, moved for dismis
sal of the charge on the grounds
the court, *et up last May 1
through special legislation enact
ed at the 1939 session of the Gen
eral Assembly, was unconstitu
tional. *
A short time after the motion
was made, the grand jury, giving
its regular report, commended the
county commissioners for setting
up the criminal court and prais
ed the court officials for the
speedy and efficient manner in
which it is being conducted.
Superior Court Judge William
H. Bobbitt said he would render
a decision on Reynolds' motion
for dismissal Wednesday or
Thursday.
Key was found guilty of violat-'
ing the liquor laws in the Yadkin
county criminal court several
weeks ago and was fined $25 and
taxed the costs by Judge S. C.
Williams. Key appealed the
case to the superior court.
CARTER INFANT
DIES WEDNESDAY
Donald Franklm Carter, 8-
months old son oi Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Carter passed away Wednes
day.
Funeral services Will be held to
day at Pleasant' Ridge Baptist
church, in charge of Rev. L. B.
Murray.
R. M. CHATHAM
PASSES AWAY
HERE JSUNDAY
Pneumonia Proves Fatal to
Elderly Man
WAS ILL FOR LONG TIME
Was a Member of One of Elk
in's Most Distinguished
Families
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Richard Martin Chatham, 74, a
member of one of Elkin's most
distinguished families, died early
Sunday evening at Hugh Chat
ham Memorial hospital from
pneumonia, which developed fol
lowing an extended serious ill
ness. Mr. Chatham was a son of
the late Alexander Chatham, as
sociate founder of Chatham
Manufacturing company, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Gwyn Chatham. He
was a brother of the late Hugh
Gwyn Chatham and an uncle of
Thurmond Chatham, president of
Chatham Manufacturing com
pany.
In early life he was associated
with his father and brothers in
the operation of the blanket mill
here and later held extensive
farming interests in the Valley of
Virginia and operated the Elkin
Roller Mills, in addition to other
interests. He also was on the
Surry county highway board be
fore the state took over the con
trol of roads, and on the State
penitentiary board during the
time Cameron Morrison was gov
ernor of North Carolina.
He was probably one of the
best known men in Elkin and the
surrounding community and his
numberless friends were not lim
ited to station in life. He had
been retired from active business
for many years and it was his
custom to mingle with his friends
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150 PRESENT AT
LOCAL_BANQUET
Employees Entertained By
Merchants at Annual
Get-Together
DR. HALL IS SPEAKER
With one hundred and fifty
members of the Merchants Asso
ciation and their employees pres
ent, the annual banquet of the
association was held Tuesday ev
ening of last week in the banquet
hall at Hotel Elkin.
Dr. Alonzo C. Hall, professor of
American Literature at the Wo
man's College of the University
of North Carolina, Greensboro,
was guest speaker. Mr. Hall, who
has a hobby of collecting strange
epitaphs from tombstones, read
several from his collection of
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W. W. Whitaker Honored
At Dinner Me
At a dinner meeting of the
Elkin Fire Department, held at
Hotel Elkin Tuesday evening, W.
W. Whitaker, who retired as
Elkin fire chief at the close of
1939, was made honorary fire
chief, and Ted Brown, who has
been acting chief since Mr. Whit
aker's retirement, was made
chief.
The meeting was attended by
members of the fire department
and by city officials.
Sherwood Brockwell, state fire
marshal and chief of the state
volunteer fire department, was
speaker. Mr. Brockwell paid
glowing tribute to Mr. Whitaker
for the work he has done during
the years he has been chief of the
department. He stated that, no
city could for long stay ahead of
its fire department and that in
his opinion the Elkin company
was a loyal and efficient group of
men.
In the course of his talk Mr.
Brockwell stated that every citi
zen should feel proud of the fact
that the State of North Carolina
had the lowest fire loss during
the past ten years 6f any of the
so-called seven Southern states,
and had a lower insurance rate
than any of the seven, and at
tributed a large part of this to
the work of Insurance Commis
Immediate Action
To Be Taken Here
To Remodel School
Pass/es Sunday
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Pictured above is Richard M.
Chatham, of Elkin, who passed
away Sunday following an at
tack of pneumonia. Funeral
services were held Tuesday. The
photo pictured above was made
a number of years ago, no re
cent photo being available.
FORUM COUNCIL
HOLDS MEETING
Dr. Ralph McDonald Is to Be
First Speaker to Ap
pear Here
JOHNSON IS CHAIRMAN
A meeting of the Forum coun
cil, consisting of representatives
from the following civic organi
zations, Woman's Club, Kiwanis
Club, Thurmond Chatham Unity
Club, Elkin Merchants Associa
tion, Parent-Teacher Associations
of Elkin and Jonesville, the Amer
ican Legion and the Legion Aux
iliary, was held Tuesday after
noon at Hotel Elkin. The Forum
is a non-political and non-sectar
ian organization which will en
deavor to bring to Elkin and sur
rounding community men and
women selected on the basis of
their ability as speakers, their
thorough knowledge of their re
spective topics for discussion and
their civic mindedness, to discuss
timely topics of interest to the
community and nation.
At the meeting Tuesday the
organization of a local forum was
completed and Garland Johnson
was named chairman. An execu
tive committee composed of F. W.
Graham, Mrs. C. A. McNeill, Mrs.
Paul Gwyn, Lowell Smithey and
D. B. Mullis was appointed. Rus
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sioner Dan C. Boney, a natiye of
Elkln, and who, Mr. BrockweU
stated, was ranked as top insur
anoe commissioner of the United
States.
Elkin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
INSPECTION OF
PLANT IS MADE
BY OFFICIALS
Plan to Remodel and Enlarge
Structure
TO MAKE FIRE-PROOF
Would Tear Away Auditor
ium and Construct Four
New Classrooms
COUNTY TO COOPERATE
Immediate action is to be taken
here to make the Elkin elementary
school building safer and more
adequate to meet the ever in
creasing demands made upon it, it
was announced here Wednesday
afternoon by John W. Comer,
county superintendent of educa
tion following a meeting Wednes
day morning.
The announcement came after
interested citizens, including May
or J. R. Poindexter, M. Q. Snow,
chairman of the Surry board of
commissioners; Ted Brown, Elkin
fire chief; J. G. Abernethy, Cone
Cox, C. A. McNeil, and P. M. Nor
man members of the Elkin board
of education; and J. Mark Mc-
Adams, superintendent of the Elk
in schools, made a tour of inspec
tion of the building in company
with Sherwood Brockwell, state
fire marshal, and Mr. Comer.
Mr. Brockwell pointed out the
fact that tKe~ " Building, in its
present condition, represents a
fire hazard, and recommended
installation of fire escapes would
be the least thing that could be
done to make the building safer
for occupants of the upper story.
However, following a meeting
of the school officials immediately
after the inspection, it was agreed
that providing such escapes would
in reality be but a stop-gap; that
demands on the building are
steadily increasing, and that it is
already in a crowded condition.
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NAB ANOTHER IN
ROBBERY_CASE
Flake Brown Is Arrested Af
ter Shotgun Shells Are
Found Hidden
WAS SURRY HDW. LOOT?
Flake Brown, of the Boonville
section, was arrested Tuesday by
Chief of Police Hugh Madison, of
Jonesville, and Policeman J. C.
Wall, of Elkin, on a charge of
concealing stolen goods, after six
boxes of shotgun shells were
found hidden over a door, it has
been learned.
The shells, together with some
guns, were thought to have been
stolen from the Surry Hardware
company here some weeks ago.
It was said that officers got
on Brown's trail when James
Bates and Tommie Atkins, ar
rested in the case, told where the
shells could be found. A search
warrant was secured and resulted
in Brown's arrest.
Atkins, said to be a brother-in
law of Brown, was arrested short
ly after the robbery by Elkin's
night officer, Luke Darnell.
Large Egg Is
Produced by
State Road Hen
Going in for egg production
in a big way, a hen belonging
to Thurmond Carter, of State
Road, last week cackled proud
ly over an egg, the circum
ferences of which measured
6% inches by 8% inches.
The egg, almost as large as
a man's fist, was brought to
The Tribune, and, if not called
for very soon by its owner, will
only go down in history as an
exceptional egg, but also down
One tfiruM of The Tribune's
freak department editor.