Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 19
I LATE ,1|
NEWS 8 -
IN and
BRIEF NA R
LOCAL
ODELL RIDDLE, 21, of
.North Wilkesboro, received
first aid treatment for a dislo
cated shoulder at Hugh Chat
ham hospital here Wednesday
afternoon. Hospital attaches
said the injury was the result
of an automobile wreck, details
of which could not be learned.
TWO MORE grass fires in
which local firemen had to be
called out to bring the blaze
under control, have occurred
here within the past two
bringing to six the number of
minor alarms answered by the
department during the past
week. Four of these fires were
grass fire?, and all caused by
carelessness, firemen said,
warning that if fires must be
set, permission should be se
cured and adequate help pro
vided to keep the blaze under
control. ,
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, March 20—
Last-minute pressure by civic
organizations to expand the
government's food stamp sys
tem threatened today to push
congressional economy plans
further out of kilter. With the
Senate debating the farm ap
propriation bill—already swol
len $201,940,049 over budget
estimates economy advocates
said there was a growing de
mand for an additional $28,-
to finance distribution
of food to needy families
'.■ through the stamp plan. It
now operates in about 50 cities,
but applications have come in
l
MT. CLEMENS. Mich., Mar.
26—A mother who said she
was tired of caring for so
many children related to sher
iff's officers today how she ar
ranged a soft bed inside a
stove, placed her youngest
born baby on it and cremated
him in oil. The mother, Mrs.
Vivian Mathews, 38, of near
Uttica, was held in the Ma
comb county jail here and As
sistant Prosecutor Wilbur Held
said a first-degree murder
warrant would be issued. Mrs.
Matthews told officers she had
been worn to the breaking
point caring for her three chil
dren. Last night, she said, she
felt she could endure it no
longer. She placed a baby's
blanket inside the stove and
covered it with a fluffy layer
of feathers taken from a pil
low. She soaked the material
with oil. Then, taking 8-week
old Howard from his crib, she
placed him on the oil-soaked
nest and applied a match.
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Mar. 20 The
British government is "so sat
isfied with relations with the
United States" that it is di
recting no special questions to
America concerning the signif
icance of Sumner Welles' Eu
ropean tour but is "relying on
their courtesy to keep us in
formed." Foreign Undersecre
tary R. A. Butler told the
House of Commons tod: v.
MOSCOW. Mar. 20 Soviet
Russia has turned thumbs
down on any defensive alliance
among Scandinavian states and
Finland on the ground that it
would be "aimed at the U. S.
S. R." and in conflict with the
Russian-Finnish peace treaty.
The official Russian news
agency, Tass, announced today
that it was authorized to pub
lish this as the Russian gov
ernment's position.
GENOA, Italy, Mar. 20
Sumner Welles, fact-finder for
President Roosevelt, sailed for
the United States today on the
Conte D Savoia, winding up
his strenuous tour of European
capitals. Welles' train from
Rome arrived at 6:30 ajn.
(12:30 a.m., ejfct.). After four
houn at a hotel, where he
Joined Mrs. Welles, the Ameri
can undersecretary of state
went aboard ship. He was ac
companied by the Secretary of
Foreign Minister Count Gale
azzo Ciano who presented him
to a delegation of Gcraeee of
ficials, assembled to bid hir*
farewell.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
FRANCE MINUS
GOVERNMENT AS
OFFICIALS QUIT
Daladier and Cabinet Resign
Posts
LACK OF CONFIDENCE
Premier May Form a New,
Belligerent Government
Following Conference
SITUATION IS DISCUSSED
Paris, March 20—Premier Ed
ouard Daladier and his cabinet
resigned today because a major
ity of the Chamber of Deputies
refused to vote confidence in his
manner of conducting the war,
but President Albert Lebrun call
ed him in for a 40-minute con
ference and was believed to have
asked him to form a new govern
ment.
The President had accepted the
cabinet's resignation, leaving
France momentarily without a
government in one of its most
perilous times, and a communi
que issued after his conference
with Daladier announced only
that they had "met and discuss
ed the situation."
The crisis was precipitated by
dissension over Daladier's failure
to take the initiative in the war
away from Germany and Russia
and send the allied forces into
some real action, but underlying
it was a tug-of-war between
right wing and socialist members
of Parliament that had been go
ing on for two years, ever since
Daladier got in power on the
break-up of the Popular Front
and maintained himself by play
ing one side against the other.
However, there was a deep
seatld dissatisfaction over the
"passive war" the Allies have
conducted and the newspaper
L'lntransigeant said foday that
the chamber, in refusing to vote
confidence in Daladier's govern
ment, had "interpreted the na
tion's wishes."
' The vote was not against any
particular ministry or man," the
newspaper said. "The signifi
cance of the vote was more pro
found. The two houses (of Par
liament) pronounced themselves
on the war in its entirety and its
principle. There can be no jock
eying or substitution of Peter for
Paul. What the nation and par
liamentary representation demand
is a veritable renewal of methods
—a war government to make and
win war."
SURRY COUNTY
MAN IS KILLED
Reece Sprinkle Meets Instant
Death When Struck by
Hit-and-Run Driver
NEAR PILOT MOUNTAIN
Reece Sprinkle, 23, of Pilot
Mountain, Route 1> was instantly
killed Saturday night about 7:30
on the Elkin-Pilot Mountain
highway, three miles from Pilot
Mountain. Young Sprinkle, to
gether ' with his brother, Claude
Sprinkle, and Roy Cox, were en
route to Pilot Mountain, when he
was hit by an unidentified auto
mobile.
Officers who investigated the
accident were informed by the
companions of the dead youth
that the car which killed the
young mar. was traveling in the
direction of Pilot Mountain and
that when the accident occurred
the driver did not stop but speed
ed up his car and left the scene
without making an effort to de
termine what had happened.
Following a two-day investiga
tion Sheriff Harvey S.Boyd Tues
day ordered three men held for
investigation in the death of young
Sprinkle, and charges of man
slaughter and hit and run driving
were placed against the trio, Kyle
Taylor, 31, power plant operator,
Sam Heath, 25, brother-in-law of
Taylor, and Burgie Arington, 27,
hosiery mill worker, of the Buck
Shoals community of Yadkin
county. Officers started the in
vestigation Sunday and found an
automobile burned in the woods
near Taylor's home. They imme
diately linked the car with the
case and arrested Taylor, Heath
and Arington. They are being
held in Mt. Airy jail. No date
for a hearing lias been set.
Surviving the youth are the
parents, four brothers and three
sisters.
State He
Legion To Be
Speaker
apHHHK^
JUNE ROSE
June Rose, of Greenville, state
commander of the American Le
gion, will visit Elkin on March
29, as guest of the George Gray
Post, according to an announce
ment by F. W. Graham, post
commander. This is the first of
ficial visit by Mr. Rose to this
section.
A supper meeting is being
planned in honor of Mr. Rose, the
meeting to be held at Camp Han
cock at 6 o'clock in the evening.
Members of the local Legion Aux
iliary unit and members of the
Legion from Mount Airy, Win
ston-Salem, North Wilkesboro
and Sparta, have been invited as
guests of the local post for the
meeting. Following the supper,
which will be served by the camp,
Commander Rose will address the
group.
All members of the local post
and the auxiliary are invited to
attend. Legionnaires planning to
attend are requested to notify H.
B. Holcomb and Auxiliary mem
bers are asked to notify Mrs. T.
W. Church. Reservations should
be made not later than Tues'day
of next week.
ELKIN WOMAN
HURT IN CRASH
Miss Claudia Austin Receives
Painful Injuries When
Auto Skids
CRASHES INTO BANK
Miss Claudia Austin of this city,
suffered a severely sprained ankle
and brusies of a lesser nature
Thursday afternoon when her car
went out of control on the Elkin-
Winston-Salem highway, near
East Bend. Miss Austin was en
route to Winston-Salem to attend
the funeral of a friend and was
traveling alone at the time of the
acclHent.
Rendered temporarily uncon
scious by the accident, Miss Aus
tin is not positive just what hap
pened, but it is believed that the
car skidded on the slippery pave -
ment, went out of control and
crashed into a bank.
Miss Austin was taken to Wins
ton-Salem for examination, where
X-rays revealed that she suffered
no broken bones. She returned
here the same day and is resting
comfortably as could be expected,
although she will be confined to
her room for several days yet.
Her car was extensively
damaged.
Men Are
To Serve On
Election
The state board of elections
Saturday named county boards of
elections for each of the 100
counties in the state.
Following are the boards named
to serve in Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes
and Alleghany counties. The
first two named in each case are
Democrats, the third Republican:
Alleghany: Amos Wagoner,
Sparta; Jess Moxley, Sparta;
Thomas W. Landreth, Piney
Creek.
Surry: Robert A. Freeman,
Dobson; P. G. Lowe, Low Gap;
W. M. Jackson, Dobson.
Wilkes: E. P. Inscore, North
Wilkesboro; C. C. Staley, Crick
et t; J. C. Grayson, North Wilkes
boro.
Yadkin: Troy W. Martin, East
Bend; Fred Brandon, Yadkin
ville; C. G. Graves, Yadkinville.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1940
POLITICAL POT
IN COUNTY IS
STARTING BOIL
Surry Democrats Change Old
System
TO SELECT IN PRIMARY
Henry Dobson Is Expected to
Be Candidate for State
Legislature
FOLGER IS UNOPPOSED
Interest is growing in the ap
proaching Democratic primary
which will see choice of candi
dates for various Surry county
offices, although approximately
a month remains before the final
date for candidates to file their
names in the race for nomina
tions.
The final filing date is April
13, with the primary itself com
ing on the last Saturday in May.
In Surry this year Democrats
will change over from their old
party convention method of nom
inating, and will choose candi
dates in the primary along with
the vote on state officers.
The sheriff and clerk of court
posts do not come up for election
this year, since Sheriff Harvey
Boyd and Clerk of Court Frank
T. Lewellyn were elected in 1938
to serve four-year terms. Regis
ter of Deeds Kermit Lawrence,
however, will be up for re-elec
tion this year, and although he
has not announced, he is expect
ed to be a candidate.
Other county offices coming up
in the primary include the posts
of coroner, surveyor and that of
legislator. Dr. R. E. Smith, of
Mt. Airy, and Golden Baker, of
Shoals, present coroner and sur
veyor respectively, are expected
to run again.
A new possibility for the leg
islature, it has been learned here,
is looming in the person of Mar
tin Bennett, of Mt. Airy. Mr.
Bennett was ifi the three-man
race before the county convention
two years ago, although N. J.
Martin, of Dobson, was the final
nominee.
Although he has not an
nounced, Henry Dobson, of Elkin,
who served the county in the
state legislature during the last
session of the General Assembly,
is expected to again be a candi
date this year. Mr. Dobson has
served two terms in this office.
Ben Jarrell, of Mount Airy, has
announced for the legislature, but
has not yet filed as a formal can
didate, it is understood.
The state senator for the Sur
ry-Stokes district this year will
be chosen from Stokes county,
and two candidates have already
announced. They are Rev. O. H.
Hauser, of Westfield, and W. F.
Marshall, of Walnut Cove.
A. D. (Lon) Folger, congress
•man from the fifth district, will
again be a candidate for re-elec
tion. At this date he faces no op
position in the primary, no other
Democrat having announced lor
the nomination.
TAX VALUATION
SHOWS INCREASE
Gain of $300,000 Over Last
Year Is Noted, Tax Col
lector Points Out
EXPECT MORE IN 1941
An increase of approximately
$300,000 in property value here
has been shown in the 1940 listing
over the' total for 1939, according
to Dixie Graham, city tax collect
or.
In* 1939 the valuation was $3,-
157,000 and in 1940 it is expected
to reach $3,450,000. Although tax
listing for 1940 is over, the total
figures have not been finally com
puted.
This increase is due in no small
measure to the construction of
the new plants of Chatham Man
ufacturing Company, which in
creased the valuation tremen
dously.
In 1941 it is expected that an
other several hundred thouand
dollars will be added to the total
valuation, due especially to the
large number of homes being built
and to be built by workers mov
ing here to live while employed at
Chatham due also to the large a
mount of machinery the blanket
mills win install which were not
included in the 1940 listing.
Cartomancy is the art of tell
ing fortunes with playing cards.
Elkin Man Files
For Congress On
G.O. P. Ticket
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Ottis J. Reynolds, young Elk
in attorney pictured above, filed
last Saturday as the Republican
candidate for Congress from
the fifth district. Mr. Reynolds
was selected by the district ex
ecutive committee. He is a na
tive of Columbia and later
moved to Roanoke Rapids with
his parents where he graduated
from high school. After he re
ceived his law degree he moved
to Elkin where he has practiced
his profession for a number of
years. He is one of the most
active of the younger Republi
cans in this section of the state.
Plan No S
Easter Services
Here Next Sunday
No special Easter services are
planned at the local churches for
Sunday. A series of evangelistic
services have been in progress at
the Methodist church for the past
week and these will come to a
close with the evening service
Sunday. Sunday at the 11 o'clock
hour of worship new members
will be received into the church.
The pastor, Rev. Herman F.
Duncan, will preach at both ser
vices.
At the 11 o'clock hour of wor
ship Sunday morning at the Bap
tist church, E. C. James will be
in charge of the services in the
absence of the pastor, Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt, who is conducting a
revival service at Cherryville. At
the evening service at 7:30, Rev.
W. W. Lawton, a returned mis
sionary to China, will preach.
The regular morning service
will be held at the Presbyterian
church at 11 o'clock, with the
sermon by the pastor, Rev. O. V.
Caudill.
At the Pilgrim Mission the
regular Sunday services will be
held at 11 am. and 7:30 p.m.,
with sermons by the pastor, Rev.
W. P. Walker.
All churches of the town ex
tend a cordial invitation to the
public to attend the church of
their faith or preference.
Mrs. W. C. Fields
Passes Mo
At Virginia Home
Mrs. Josye Jones Fields? 77, of
Mouth of Wilson, Va., step
mother of Mrs. E. F. McNeer, of
this city, passed away at her
home Monday morning following
an acute heart attack.
Mrs. Fields was the widow of
the late Senator W. C. Fields, and
was a direct descendant of Daniel
Boone. She was the last surviv
ing member of the family of the
late Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jones,
of Prather's Creek. She had
many friends here, having fre
quently visited in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. McNeer here.
She is survived by two sons.
Cam and Hoke Fields, of Mouth
of Wilson, Va., two step-daugh
ters, Mrs. E. F. McNeer, of this
city, and Mrs. Beulah Fields Mil
ler, of Sedgefield, Greensboro,
and two stepsons, Will Fields, of
Los Angelep, Calif., and Paul
Fields, of Alleghany county.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at Mouth of
Wilson, Va. Those from here at
tending the service were: Mr.
and Mrs. E. F. McNeer, Mrs. E.
G. Click, Mrs. Franklin Folger
and Mrs. H. P. Graham. They
were accompanied by Mrs. Beulah
Fields Miller, of Sedgfield, and
Mr. and Mrs. John Reich, of
Statesville.
Mighty Air Attack
UnderWay On Nazi
Sylt Island Base
Elkin Stores to
Observe Easter
Monday Holiday
I n observance of Easter
Monday, all stores and business
houses in the tnim will be
closed with the exception of
drug stores and cafes, accord
ing: to an announcement by
Mrs. Franklin Folger, secre
tary of the Merchants Associa
tion. Business will be resumed
Tuesday morning as usual.
NEW SYSTEM
FOR PRIMARY
Legislature Changes Law in
Regards to Registration
for Elections
HAVE SEPARATE BOOKS
By W. A. Lucas, Chairman State
Board of Elections
One of the far reaching changes
In the election laws made by the
1939 General Assembly has to do
with the setting up a new system
of registration in primary elec
tions.
Heretofore, only the general
election registration book has been
used for both primaries and elec
tions. Under the law there will
be separate registration books for
primaries and elections.
The voter will be entered on the
primary registration book ot the
party of which he is a member
and hereafter only the primary
registration books will be furnish
ed the reigistrars for the prim
aries.
There will be either a complete
relisting of voters or a new regi
stration in each county in the
state, as may be determined by
the County Board of Elections of
each county, at the meeting of
such on Saturday, March 23rd.
In those counties in which a
new registration is ordered the
books will be open during the
usual registration period before
the May primary.
In the new registration the
voter will be registered on the
general registration book and also
on the appropriate primary regis
tration book in accordance with
his party affiliation.
Independents will not be regis
tered on any primary boo£.
In those counties in which a
relisting of voters instead of a
new registration shall be ordered,
the Chairman of the County
Board of Elections, with such as
sistance as may be necessary, will
begin on April 2nd to transcribe
to new general registration, books
the names of all persons shown by
poll books to have voted in the
elections or primaries of 1936 and
1938.
A list of all names on the old
registration books, not shown by
the poll books to have voted, will be
published or advertised and such
as are thus published or adver
tised will have to appear during
the regular registration period and
show their right to remain regis
tered. After the names have been
relisted on new registration books,
separate primary registration
books will be made by the County
Election Board Chairman.
A new registration must be held
in all precincts where the poll
books of 1936 and 1938 Cannot be
found.
TWO RECEIVE MINOR
HURTS IN CAR WRECK
Ivry Johnson, of Jonesville, and
Arthur Harmon, of East Elkin,
received minor lacerations and
bruises Wednesday afternoon
when their cars were in collision
on' the Elkin-Dobson highway
about two and one-half miles east
of here, the Harmon car turning
over down a fill.
Insofar as it could be learned,
the Harmon car was sideswiped
by the car operated by Johnson.
ROME, MAR. 2®— Premier
Mussolini called Into confer
ence today Marshal Redolfo
Gratdani, army chief of staff
who Is believed to be in direct
command of thy northers
frontier. Nature cf the meet
ing was not disclosed, but an
informed' source characterised
it as "very important."
14 PAGES
TWO SECnONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TONS OF BOMBS
DROPPED; RAID
IS IN REVENGE
Many British Planes Thought
in Action
GERMANS DENY SUCCESS
First Raid Continues for 7
Hours, doing "Extensive
Damage"
IS GREATEST OF WAR
Tonder, Denmark March 20.
The British attack on the German
base on Sylt Island was resumed
today apparently with violence
almost equal to the great 7-hour
raid of last night and this morn
ing. Indications from the Danish
coast, only a few miles from Sylt,
were that British bombers were
sweeping back and forth over the
narrow island in six attacking
units.
The sounds of exploding bombs
rolled in over Denmark's coastal
settlements, leading to belief that
many planes were in action, al
though accurate determination
was impossible.
Observers, unable to see clear
ly, judged the number of attack
ing units by the successive waves
of bomb explosions accompanied
by terrific anti-aircraft fire.
FIRST BOMBING
London. March 20.—Royal Air
Force planes ~bombed Germany's
heavily fortified Sylt Island air
base for seven hours during the
night and according to the air
ministry, did "most extensive
damage."
In the biggest raid of the war
and one of the most persistent, the
British planes dropped bombs on
the long, narrow, North Sea coast
island from 8 o'clock last night
until 3 o'clock this morning.
The last of the raiding planes
returned to base at 6:30 a. m.
(12:30 a.m., e.s.t.), 10 hours and
30 minutes after the first bombs
were dropped, it was announced.
GERMAN REPORT
Berlin, March 20. Informed
German sources today challenged
the British announcement that
last night's raid on the German
island of Sylt was a big success,
but admitted that it lasted from
8 p.m. till 2:40 a.m. (2 pjn. to
8:40 p.m., e.s.t.)
DNB, the official German news
agency, described the British an
nouncements as "propaganda ac
tion aimed at erasing the prevad
ing impression that 'he German
raids on Scapa Flow (last Satur
day) made not only on neutral
countries but also in Great Bri
tain."
The DNB report said that British
had made no mention of violating
Danish territory ai;d dropping in
cendiary bombs over that country.
Announce Plans
For High School
Commencement
Plans for the commencement
exercises of the high school were
announced Wednesday afternoon.
Due to the- fact that the school
auditorium is not being used at
present, due to fire hazards, the
exercises will be held in the
churches.
Sunday evening, May 12, Rev.
J. S. Hiatt, superintendent of the
Elkin district of the Methodist
church, will deliver the bacca
laureate sermon in the Methodist
church. _
Thurmond Chatham, president
of Chatham Manufacturing com
pany, has accepted an invitation
to deliver the literary address to
the seniors, and this will be on the
evening of May 14,, in the First
Baptist church.
Plans are underway for an out
door class day exercise to be held
on May 13, details to be worked
oat lalgt. f it ■■-
There are 31 members in npe
senior class thifc year.
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A Ore in a tern popped IS tons
at popcorn stored In the building.