Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 29
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STATE
RALEIGH. May 28 New
political alignments took shape
slowly yesterday, but there was
still no definite announcement
whether the leaders of A. J.
Maxwell's force in last Satur
day's Democratic gubernatorial
primary would swing behind
the leader, J. M. Broughton, or
Lieut. Governor W. P. Horton,
who ran second. Maxwell ran
third in the seven-man race.
It was still said unofficially
that Maxwell's three key sup
porters, State Manager Burgin
PenneH and Mrs. W. B. Mur
phy, state manager for women,
and Ronald Wilson, associate
manager, would favor Horton,
despite the fact that Maxwell
himself has indicated he wpuld
support Broughton and his
friends say he may make an
announcement to that effect
soon.
NATIONAL
WASHINGTON, May 28
The Senate yesterday unani
mously passed and sent to the
White House for presidential
approval a bill to authorize
production, at cost, in the
United States of war materials
for any of the American re
publics. Action on the mea
sure. proposed by the adminis
tration as part of its "good
a neighbor" policy and passed by
the House last year, coincided
with a declaration by Under
secretary of State Sumner
Wells that any act of aggres
sion against an American re
public would be considered a
challenge to the security of
,v ?scfr of the" 21 American na
tions.
DETROIT, May 28 Henry
Ford, life-long opponent of
war in any form, said yester
day that much as he hated
war, "if it became necessary
the Ford Motor Company could
—with the counsel of men like
Lindbergh and Rickenbacker,
under our own supervision and
without meddling by govern
ment agencies—swing: into the
production of a thousand air
planes of standard design a
day." It would take about six
months under those condi
tions, hp said in an interview,,
to reach that level of produc
tion. "Of course," he empha
sized, "they would have to be
of standard design; equally
important would be freedom of
action on our own part, so
that we would not have the
handicaps of red tape that
slowed down production dur
ing the World War."
INTERNATIONAL
ROME, May 28—The doors
for unrestricted departure from
Italy were closed last night on
British and French nationals
in what softie observers took
for another step toward war.
The government also an
nounced volunteers were "being
recruited into a parachute
corps, with technique borrow
ed from the German troops
behind combat lines. The exit
visa requirement, clamped on
in a surprise move, stopped
departure without permission
from Italy or her colonies of
citizens of any countries which
impose similar strictions on
Italians. That applied to
French, British and Egyptians.
BERLIN, May 28 Adolf
Hitler's German forces swal
lowed last night the sixth na
tion to fall to Nazi arms since
the war began, and struck
massive blows through the
westward rim of France to
ward Britain. King Leopold of
Belgium gave up, ordering half
a million men to cease fight
ing, and about 700,000 Allied
troops—already encircled. in
Belgium and Northwestern
France—were %hus left with
out any protection on what
had been their long 'northern
front. The long noose-like
lines which the Germans had
thrown about them were
.drawn tighter; Nazi forces
were declared to have crossed
the Scheldt Canal northwest
of Valenciennes, capturing the
towns of Orchies and Douai,
south of Lille, and advancing
to the outskirts of the Belgian
city of Bruges.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
TIMWVT fHMF r ATT FD The fami, y of Mr - and Mrs - H - D - Woodruff
UIT rr LIL[SUIVILJ LnLLIjA probably thought they were being visited by
one of Hitler's largest bombs when the car, pictured below, crashed into their home in
North Elkin late last Saturday afternoon. Driven by a drunken negro, Floyd Cropps, of
Boonville, the machine left the North Elkin highway, bounced off a telephone pole,
flattened out a street marker post, ran across the Woodruff yard, tearing up shrubbery
as it went, and landed on the Woodruff front porch after completely demolishing a
brick and wood porch column. Cropps, not badly injured, was arrested by Policeman
Luke Darnell, and is now in jail at Dobson in default of SSOO bond on charges of driving
while intoxicated, resisting an officer, reckless driving and assault with a deadly wea
pon. Just prior to the accident he had forced the owner of the car, another negro, to
get out at the point of a knife, and then "took off." Mr. Woodruff, in white shirt, is
shown surveying the wreckage.—(Tribune Photo.)
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Gain In Population
Here Only 373, First
Census Figures Show
Has Total Population of 2,730. Jonesville Shows Largest
Increase with Qain of 479 to Give Town Population
of 1,785. Total Population of Surry County
Is Given as 40,272. Complete Figures
for Yadkin Unavailable
A preliminary census report for
Elkin has disclosed that the town
has gained a total of 373 citizens
since 1930 to give it a population
of 2,730.
Jonesville showed an unofficial
increase ,of 479, giving the town
a population of 1,785 as compared
to the 1930 census figure of 1,306.
The combined populations of
Elkin and Jonesville amount to
4,515, according to preliminary
reports. ,
The gain in Elkin was not as
great as had been expected, but
it must be taken into considera
tion that numerous nearby com
munities, generally thought of as
being a part of Elkin, are outside
the city limits. In this group is
the flourishing settlement of
Pleasant Hill and a part of North
Elkin.
That the increase in Jones
ville's population might have
been expected to be more may be
attributed to the same reason.
Arlington, a separate town, con
nects directly with Jonesville and
to the casual observer would ap
pear to be a part of Jonesville.
However, its population cannot
be counted with Jonesville.
Elkin township showed a pop
ulation of 4,166, with the entire
count for Surry county totalling
40,272 people.
Figures for other Surry county
towns were released as follows:
Dobson 520, Mount- Airy 6,174,
Pilot Mountain 923.
Township figures were: Dobson
$5,000 BOND IS
NAMED IN CASE
Spencer Marlowe Bound Over
Following Hearing on
Murder Charge
Charged with the murder of
Vanious Ashley, 27, of Jonesville,
an employee of a local garage.
Spencer Marlowe, 25, also an em
ployee of the same firm, was
bound over to the September 16
term of Surry superior court
Friday afternoon under $5,000
bond following a finding of prob
able cause by Justice of the
Peace J. L. Hall, who conducted
the (hearing. Marlowe was un
able to make bail.
The homicide is said to be the
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3,021, Mount Airy 16,156, Pilot
Mountain 2,109, Bryan 1,973, El
dora 1,350, Franklin 1,337, Long
Hill 562, Marsh 1,021, Rockford
1,262, Shoals 1,213, Siloam 904,
Stewart's Creek 2,592, Westfield
2,606.
The population of Elkin at the
time of the 1920 census was 1,195
and Jonesville 787, and both
towns showed amazing gains dur
ing the 10 years between 1920
and 1930.
Other Yadkin county towns to
have shown a substantial increase
in population during the past 10
years are Yadkinville with 736,
East Bend with 494 and Boonville
with 422. Jonesville now ranks
the largest town in the county.
Yadkinville gained 146, Boonville
32 and East Bend 24. Other fig
ures for Yadkin county were not
available.
CHATHAMLOSER
OF TWO GAMES
Bow to Carolina Nine in 10th
Inning; to Meet White
Oak Sunday
ADAMS-MILLIS WINNER
The Chatham Blanketeers
will face White Oak Mills, of
Greensboro, here Sunday after
noon at the new Chatham
Park, the game being called for
3:00 o'clock. v
White Oak is said to have a
strong team, and plenty of ac
tion should result when the two
teams meet.
The Tar Heels of the University
of North Carolina, co-holders
with Wake. Forest of the Big Five
baseball title, defeated the hard
fighting Chatham Blanketeers
here Saturday afternoon 7-4 in
10 innings. The following day,
which marked Elkin's first Sun
day baseball game, a • strong
Adams-Millis team of High Point,
administered the Blanketeers an
other defeat by a score of 10-8.
George Stirnweiss was the hero
of the Tar Heel attack, getting
four hits to lead h*s mates.
Big "Red" Benton was on the
mound for the Heels, holding the
Blanketeers to but} four hits.
The score was (4-3 in favor of
Chatham in the / seventh, when
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ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 30, 1940
Highway Now
Open to North
Wilkesboro -
Highway 268, from Elkin to
North Wilkesboro, is now open
to through traffic, according
to highway officials at North
Wilkesboro.
The 10-mile link of the high
way was graded last year and
surfacing has been in progress
during the past several weeks.
Opening of the link means
that North Wilkesboro will be
much closer to Elkin in high
way miles. Heretofore it was
necessary to leave the new
road at Roaring River and cut
across to the Boone trail to
reach the Wilkes city.
LEGION POST IS TO
HOLD MEET TONIGHT
Members of the George Gray
Post of the American Legion will
meet this evening (Thursday) at
8 o'clock in the City Hall to elect
and install officers for the com
ing year. All members of the
post are urged to attend.
Notice To The General Public
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
WASHINGTON
The Bureau of the Census believes that it has employed
every possible means for including all persons in the 16th De
cennial Census of Population, which has just been taken in this
community. However, in spite of all the care and effort exer
cised in the conducting of this tremendous task within the
limited time provided by law, it is quite possible that a few per
sons have inadvertently been missed.
If you have any reason to believe that you have not been
included in this current census, it is requested that you fill in
the blank provided below and forward it immediately to the
Census Supervisor named therein, so that steps can be promptly
taken to add your name to this very important Government
document. This information must be in within the next three
or four days.
Miss Ophelia R. Paul,
Enumerator, Dist. No. 5,
Terrace Ave., - N
Elkin, N. C.
To the best of my knowledge and belief, I have not
been included in the 16th Decennial Census of Population,
which has just been taken in this community. In addition to >
jjiyself there are also members of my family who
have been omitted.
• Signed
Street Address _____
City State
Note: If you have moved to the above
address since April 1, 1940, please give the fol
lowing information:
I Former Address Date of Change
NAZIS CLAIM
MORE GAINS
OVERVALUES
Germans Push Forward _on
Three Sides
ATTEMPT TO SEAL FATE
Report Capture of Great
French Industrial and Mil
itary Center
ALLIES TAKE NARVIK
German troops drove forward
on three sides Wednesday in an
attempt to "seal the fate" of the
allied army of the nortlv—4oo,ooo
British and French soldiers fight
ing desperately with their backs
to the English Channel.
Tremendous pressure appeared
to bring near a complete Nazi
triumph in the battle of Flanders.
Berlin claimed capture of Ostend,
Bruges and Dixmude, in Belgium,
and the Great French northern
industrial center of Lille. There
was still no indication of a major
allied counter-offensive.
One ray of good news flashed
through to spark allied morale.
The British high command an
nounced that a seven-week cam
paign above the Arctic Circle in
Norway had been crowned with
success in the capture of the iron
ore port of Narvik.
Berlin, May 29.—The German
high command today claimed
capture of the great French in
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AGED WOMAN
PASSESAWAY
Miss Sarah Emily Kelly, 95,
Dies at Home of Mr. and
Mrs. Mason Lillard
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Miss Sarah Emily Kelly, 95,
passed away Monday morning at
11 o'clock at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Mason Lillard, the latter her
niece, at their home on Gwyn
avenue. Miss Kelly had been
confined to her room by illness
for the past year but her condi
tion became critical only a few
days before her death.
For the past fourteen years
Miss Kelley has resided with the
Lillards. She was the last sur
viving member of the family of
the late Mr. and Mrs. William
Frohock Kelly, prominent family
of Mocksville. She was a mem
ber of the Mocksville Presby
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Dobson W inner Over
Opponents In Race
For Representative
Broughton And'
Dobson W
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Pictured above are, top, J. M.
Broughton, of Raleigh, who led
the state for the nomination for
governor in Saturday's primary,
and who must face W. P. Horton
in a second primary. Bottom is
Henry Dobson, of Elkin, who
made a clean walk-away from
his two Mount Airy opponents,
Martin Bennett and B. F. Jar
rell, to win the Democratic nom
ination as representative.
YADKIN HAS
LIGHT VOTE
Horton and McNeill Lead Re
spective Parties in Race
for Governor
TOTAL VOTE IS GtVEN
In a primary which featured
one of the lightest votes ever cast
in Yadkin county, W. P. Horton,
Democrat, and R. H. McNeill,
Republican, led their party tickets
in the race for nomination for
governor.
In the hard fought congres
sional race, W. O. Burgin, pres
ent Congressman, led over C. B.
Deane, while the other three can
didates received a scattered vote.
Burgin and Deane will face a
second primary.
The vote in Yadkin was as fol
lows: ?
For governor (Democratic):
Broughton 347, Horton 899, Max
well 361, Gravely 32, Grady 20,
Simmons 5 and Cooper 14; for
governor (Republican): McNeill
497, Pritchard 29, Hoffman 36.
For lieutenant governor (Dem
ocratic): Smith 696, Harris 366,
Martin 292, Tompkins 67; for
lieutenant-governor (Republican):
Whitten 271, Leavitt 217,
For Congress (Democratic):
Burgin 866, Deane 660, Steele 31,
Phillips 17, Newton 34.
For secretary of state: Eure
1145, Murphy 285; for state aud
itor: Pou 1,093, Miller 235; for
commissioner of agriculture:
Scott 1,162, Spruill 244; for com
missioner of insurance: Boney
905, Oliver 395.
For the' Democratic nomination
for senator from the 24th district,
Tom Forester of North Wilkes
boro, received 680 votes, and J. B.
McCoy, also of North Wilkesboro,
received 807.
EUrin
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
BROUGHTON IS
HIGH MAN IN
7-WAYBATTLE
Will Face Horton in Run-off
Primary for Governor
HARRIS PROVES CHOICE
G. "Buck" Wall Is Low Man
in Republican Race for
Commissioner
MCNEILL HIGH IN ELKIN
With all votes in and officially
tabulated, primary results show
Henry Dobson, of Elkin, in the
clear with over twice as many
votes as Martin Bennett, of Mt.
Airy, his nearest opponent, in the
race for Democratic nomination
to the state house of representa
tives, and far, far ahead of B. P.
Jarrell, who ran last in the three
cornered race.
The official tabulated vote,
which is printed elsewhere in this
issue of The Tribune, shows that
Dobson received 2,731 votes as
compared to Bennett's 1,343 and
Jarrell's 551. In Elkin precinct
Dobson received 711, Jarrell 10
and Bennett 20. No second pri
mary will be necessary in this
race.
In Surry Broughton, Horton
and Maxwell ran a close race for
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REVIVAL IS TO
BEGIN JUNE 5
Will Be Held at Presbyterian
Church in Connection with
Bible School
EVERYONE IS INVITED
Special revival services will be
held at the Presbyterian churah
each evening from June 5
through June 14, in connection
with the daily vacation Bible
school. John D. Smith, Ralph
Buchanan and Sam Patterson, of
the Union Theological Seminary,
Richmond, Va., will conduct the
evening services.
The Bible school will begin
Wednesday morning, June 5, at 9
o'clock and will continue each
morning through June 14. The
school will be undef the direction
of Miss Maxine Weaver, assisted
by the young men from the sem
inary. The Bible School will be
for young people of afll age groups
and a cordial invitation is ex
tended to the young people of the
community to attend. \
The church also extends a cor
dial invitation to the public to
attend the evening services at the
church.
Sunday, June 2, at both the
morning and evening services at
th'e church the young men from
the seminary will bring the mes
sages.
$240 Has Been
Raised Here
For Red Cross
With thousands upon thou
sands of hpmeless men, wo
men and children fleeing for
their lives in Frarjce and Bel
gium before the onslaught of a
merciless invader, the Ameri
can Red Cross is calling for .
twenty million dollars with
which to provide food, clothes,
shelter and medical supplies
for as many as humanly possi
ble.
Elkin's quota In this drive
has been set at SSOO. of which
$240 has .already beat raised.
H was learned, from local Red
Cross officials Wednesday af
ternoon. Local manufacturing
firms have not yet reported, it
was said, but it Is hoped that
the quota will be reached by
next week.
Everyone Is urged to donate
to the Red Crow just as much
as they feel they can afford,
the need being described as
the greatest in history.