Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXIX. No. 50
LATE P 1
NEWS
and
BRIEF N ? N
STATE
CONCORD. Oct. 22— Daisy
Cauble Brock, 13-year-old
daughter of Fred Cauble, of
this city, doesn't want to be
married. After living for nine
days with her husband, the
Concord child bride left him
and has begun court proceed
ings to have the marriage an
nulled. Her father, court ap
pointed "next friend" of the
minor plaintiff, instituted the
proceedings in her behalf. The
husband is Albert Brock, of
Montgomery county, who mar
ried the 13-year-old girl at
Chester, S. C., October 5. The
complaint filed in the annul
ment case charges that Brock
"induced the girl to represent
her age as 18 in order to get a
marriage license."
NATIONAL
JAMES A. FARLEY, former
chairman of the Democratic
national committee, issued a
statement Tuesday saying he
intended to vote the "straight
Democratic ticket" and advis
ing all members of the party
to follow his exanyrie. The
statement was Farley's first
since the Chicago convention
at which he was himself a
candidate. Meanwhile, much
political interest centered on o
speech to be made Friday
night by John L Lewis, who
in recent months has been
highly critical of Mr. Roosevelt.
Time was reserved on all three
broadcasting chains at a cost
estimated at $60,000 to $75,-
000, indicating that Lewis had
a major pronouncement to
make.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22—Sec-|
retary of the Navy Frank
Knox indicated yesterday the
United States may assume a
more expanding role in the
Pacific, asserting that "We
have Pacific bases . . . but we
need more—and we will have
them." "How far-flung these
. . . must be awaits the out
come of events now in the
making," he added. Knox
made the statement in an ad
dress before the annual New
York Herald Tribune annual
forum on current affairs.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22
The United States has requisi
tioned 110 Americ&n-b ui 11
warplanes over formal protests
by the Swedish government
■which had ordered the craft, it
was disclosed last night. The
requisitioning was announced
by the War Department and
confirmed by the State De
partment which revealed that
the Swedish Government
through its legation here, had
made representations against
the proceedings. Sweden's pro
tests were answered by Secre
tary of State Cordell Hull in
two notes, one of which said in
part that "the interests of the
national defense have made it
necessary for this government
to refuse ... to issue licenses
authorizing the exportation of
war materials to Sweden."
INTERNATIONAL
LONDON, Oct. 22—A deadly
wall of shellflre and British
"night-hawk" fighters rein
forced by new American planes
last night strangled the fury
of Adolf Hitler's air siege of
London and all-clear signals
sounded shortly before mid-
Mknight. It was perhaps the
Mfuictcst of London's 46 nights
assault and for a while
W early today this world's bomb
torn metropolis enjoyed a
strange respite from death and
destruction. About 1 a.m.,
however, air-raid alarms start
ed shrieking again.
LONDON, Oct. 22 British
naval forces operating: in the
Red Sea between Africa and
Asia trapped the 1,508-ton
Italian destroyer Francesco
Nullo and blew It op, the Bri
tish admiralty said tonight in
contradicting Italian claims to
a saval victory in the action.
The Borne high command said
its torpedo boats, planes and
shore runs sank six British
merchant ships and "seriously
damaged" an 8.064-ton British
cruiser of the Sydney class.
Damage to one Italian torpedo
boat was acknowledged.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
NEW BUSINESS
BUILDINGS ARE
PLANNED HERE
Dr. Reeves to Build New
Theatre
NEXT TO DUKE POWER
W. M. Allen to Erect Struc
ture on Lot Next to Bap
tist Church
POINDEXTER TO BUILD
Considerable construction i n
the business district is planned
here for the immediate future,
with other construction already
under way as work on the new
plant of the White Swan Laun
dry progresses, a survey has dis
closed.
Of considerable interest was
the announcement Monday by
Dr. W. B. Reeves, who owns and
operates the Elk Theatre, that he
is planning to build a new and
modern theatre on West Main
street next to the Duke Power
Company, having purchased that
property, and the W. M. Allen
property upon which is situated
the building housing the law of
fices of Mr. Allen and Hoke Hen
derson, and the Elkin-Jonesville
Building & Loan Association.
This building, it is understood,
will be torn down to make room
for the new theatre, work on
which will start sometime in the
near future.
Mr. Allen, it-is understood, has
let the contract for a new office
building on West Main street on
the lot next to the First Baptist
church, which is now used by the
P-W Chevrolet Company as a
used car lot.
The P-W Chevrolet Company
will use a lot on North Bridge
street at the rear of the Elkin
Methodist church as their used
car lot, it was said.
Another building to be con
structed, work to begin at once,
will be built by J. R. Poindexter
on East Main street on the va
cant lot next to F. A. Brendle &
Son. This structure will be of
one story and basement con
struction and will be about the
size of the Rose 5 and 10 Cent
Store, Mr. Poindexter said Wed
nesday. He also announced the
building had been leased, but de
clined to state to whom.
The new W. M. Allen building
will be of modern one-story con
struction and in addition to
housing the Allen and Henderson
offices, will also house the Elkin-
Jonesville Building Sc Loan. Other
offices will be available in the
building, it is understood. Provi
sion will be made in the walls
and foundation for a second
story if future needs should de
mand it.
FIVE INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH
East Elkin Man Is Most Se
verely Hurt in Sunday
Collision
ON ELKIN-DOBSON HWY.
Five people were injured, three
seriously, in an automobile colli
sion on the Elkin-Dobson high
way Sunday night. John Swaim,
Sr., of East Elkin, suffered the
most severe injuries, sustaining a
fractured jaw and chest injuries.
Mrs. Ted Watson, of Savannah,
Ga„ but residing here temporari
ly, received a broken leg and
other injuries. John Swaim, Jr.,
the other occupant of the car in
which the above were riding, es
caped injury. In the other car
were Arlie Cockerham, Elkin, Ray
Shujnate, of Jonesville, and Les
ter Sloop, of Elkin, who were re
turning from the automobile
races at High Point. Cockerham
received a fractured jaw and the
other occupants received injuries
of a lesser nature.
The injured were carried to
Hugh Chatham Memorial hospi
tal here.
JONESVILLE SCHOOL
BONDS SOLD TUESDAY
The local government commis
sion, at Raleigh, sold $40,000
school bond issue of the Jones
ville school district Tuesday to R.
S. Dickson and Company, of
Charlotte. Interest was 3Vt per
cent on the first $9,000 of matur
ities and 3Mi per cent on the re
mainder. A premium of $3.75 was
paid.
AIR SOLDIERS J. S. Army parachute troops
1 FRENCH PEOPLE
as they prepared to enter an army plane recently for a |\rriy DDECCITDC
mass parachute jump before a group of Latin-American IIP P I KKI*
military chiefs who are touring the United States and in- *
specting military and defense establishments. This was DV A VIC P DAI ID
the first time that the U. S. Army revealed the formation ll I MAIJ \li\UUr
of a parachute battalion.
——————————————— Hints Heard Germans Fear
Uprising
TAKE NO WAR ACTION
Not to Declare War on Eng
land Under Any Circum
stances Is Report
CONFER WITH HITLER
Triple defiance of reported axis
pressure on Prance to join the
war against Great Britain has
emerged following a mysterious
meeting "somewhere in Prance"
between Adolf Hitler and French
Vice Premier Pierre Laval.
The vanquished republic will
undertake "no military, naval or
aerial action against England," a
French government spokesman
said.
"France will not declare war
on England lunder any circum
stances," he added.
(Reports from Berlin previously
said events seemed to be shaping
toward an attempt to join surviv
ing craft of the French navy with
the German and Italian fleets for
a combined smash at Britain's sea
power.)
While Nazi officialdom and the
German press displayed extreme
reticence on the Hitler-Laval
meeting, indications arose that the
Reichsfuehrer was concerned over
a possible upsurge of rebellion in
the conquered republic.
Authorized quarters in Berlin
described the meeting as the best
answer to British Prime Minister
Winston Churchill's efforts to "stir
up" the French against the Rome-
Berlin axis.
Simultaneously, Premier Mar
shal Philippe Petain's French
government at Vichy pressed an
attack on a widespread "Com
munist" movement in unoccupied
France, accused of spreading pro
paganda in favor of the "free
French" leadership of Gen. de
Gaulle.
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Saturday Last
Day in Which
To Register
Satrday is the last day to
register for the November 5
general election, and any per
son wishing to participate in
the balloting must be register
ed.
Registrar J. L. Hall will
have the registration books at
his office in the W. M. Allen
building tomorrow and Friday,
and will have them at the City
Hall Saturday until sundown
so that those who are not reg
istered may do so. Every voter
who is not sure whether or not
his name appears on the reg
istration books should see Mr.
Hall and find out.
Saturday, November 2, the
last Saturday before election,
will be challenge day.
STUDENT GOVT
IS INAUGURATED
Miss Emma Charles Foster
Is Named President of
Student Body
OTHER OFFICERS NAMED
Preceding the national election
only by a few weeks, and accom
panied by all of the fanfare and
campaigning of a real election,
and towering over the national
event in the opinion of local high
school students, was the election
of officers for the newly initiat
ed system of student government
in the local school. The first bal
lot was cast on Thursday of last
week for the presidential candi
dates, also for the offices of vice
president, secretary and trea
surer. The Australian ballot
system was used for the election,
with the candidates requiring a
two-thirds majority for election.
The offices of vice-president and
treasurer were filled on the first
ballot by Bobby Harris and
Worth Graham, Jr., respectively,
but another ballot was held on
Friday to elect a president and
secretary. In the final ballot the
office of president went to Miss
Emma Charles Foster and the
secretaryship to Miss Jo Barker.
The student government sys
tem will be used only in the high
school and representatives of the
four classes are: Seniors, Miss
Mable Davis and John Oambill;
Juniors, Miss Elizabeth Alexan
der and Walter Gainer; Sopho
mores, Charles Colhard and Miss
Anne Ipock, and Freshmen, Miss
Mable Cathey Leeper and Jesse
Powers. Faculty advisors to the
student government are Miss
Faye Overcash, commercial
teacher, and Thomas Graybeal,
teacher of science and mathe
matics.
THURMOND MAN DIES
IN LOCAL HOSPITAL
Ranzo Lyons, 30, of Thurmond,
died in the local hospital Tues
day, following a brief critical ill
ness. The deceased had been in
ill health for several years.
He is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. William Lyons, two
brothers, Roy and Charles Lyons,
and one sister, Mrs. Mitchell
Crouse, all of Thurmond.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon from Roar
ing Oap Baptist church, In
charge of the pastor, Rev. Grant
Cothren. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1940
VETERAN DIES
AT HIS HOME
Richard Gwyn Phillips
Passes Away Tuesday
From Heart Attack
WILKES COUNTY MAN
Richard Gwyn Phillips, 92,
well known resident of the Ben
ham section of Wilkes county,
and one of the last surviving
Confederate veterans of the
county, died suddenly at his
home Tuesday morning. Mr.
Phillips was born in Wilkes coun
ty on M«rch 7, 1848, a son of the
late McCager and Mrs. Rachel
Johnson Phillips. He was the
last surviving member of a fam
ily of seven children. In 1872 he
was married to Miss Mary Jane
Dickerson, also of Wilkes county,
who is now 86 years old and who
survives him, with one daughter,
Mrs. L. C. Carter, of Benham.
Also surviving are 13 grandchil
dren and 16 great-grandchildren.
One son, Charlie M. Phillips, and
a daughter, Susan Walker Phil
lips, preceded him in death.
Mr. Phillips was a charter
member of Shoaly Branch Bap
tist church and a deacon in the
church, an office which he had
held for many years. He was a
highly esteemed man and val
uable citizen. He was affection
ately known to a host of friends
as "Uncle Dick" Phillips.
Funeral services will be held
this morning (Thursday) 1 at 11
o'clock at Shoaly Branch church.
The rites will be in charge of Rev.
L. B. Murray and Rev. Richard
Day. Interment will be in the
family plot in the church ceme
tery.
Republican Rally
At Jonesville
Wed., October 30
The Republicans of Yadkin
county and North Knobs town
ship will stage a rally and weiner
roast at the Jonesville school,
next Wednesday night, Oct. 30,
at 7:30,
The weiner roast will be spon
sored by Charlie G. Mathis, the
Republican nominee for County
Commissioner in the North
Knobs-Boonville district and all
voters are invited to attend.
Speakers for the evening as
planned to date will be Solicitor
Avalon E. Hall, Attorney F. D. B.
Harding and Attorney Lafayette
Williams. Miles F. Shore, candi
date for the Senate, and Hovey
Norman, candidate for represent
ative, will be present and make
short talks.
A tree that gives milk is called
the cow tree. It grows in South
America.
Chatham-Given
$1,923,000.00 ,
Blanket Order
The Chatham Manufactur
ing Company, of this city, has
received one of the largest
single military contracts made
since the program went Into
action, it has been announced
in Washington.
The contract calls for the
delivery of wool blankets val
ued at $1,923,750.
PACKED HOUSE
HEARS SPEAKER
J. M. Broughton Makes Ad
dress at Rally Held in
Dobson Friday
HANCOCK NEXT FRIDAY
Surry county Democrats open
ed the campaign Friday night at
Dobson in a big way with a rally
which saw every available inch of
space in the courtroom filled to
capacity. Delivering the main
address of the evening was the
Honorable J. M. Broughton, of
Raleigh, the party's candidate for
governor.
Highlights of the rally, of the
old fashioned kind, was a plenti
ful program of string music, fur
nished by several string bands,
dancing by young ladies and old
timers, and a blackface comedian.
George K. Snow, of Mount Airy,
acted as master of ceremonies
during the lighter side of the pro
gram.
A. B. Carter, of Mount Airy,
president of the Surry county
Young Democrats, was in charge
of the more serious part of the
program, introducing Prof. L. S.
Weaver, of Elkin, who introduced
Mr. Broughton.
In an excellent speech, Mr,
Broughton reviewed the record
of the Democratic party in North
Carolina from the time of the
last Republican governor, laying
particular stress upon the pro
gram of public education begun
by Governor Aycock and carried
to greater perfection by each
succeeding administration.
Mr. Broughton also discussed
the national administration un
der Mr. Roosevelt.
Following Mr. Broughton's ad
dress, Congressman A. D. (Lon)
Folger made a brief talk.
At another big rally to be held
Friday night, October 25, Hon.
Frank Hancock, former congress
man from the fifth district, will
be the principal speaker. The
public is cordially invited to at
tend this meeting and is prom
ised, in addition to an excellent
speech by Mr. Hancock, plenty of
entertainment in form of music
and dancing.
The last part of the wall in
Wall Street, N. Y. t was removed
in 1698.
Registrants Are To
Learn Number Soon;
List To Be Posted
Kiwanis Club
Elects N
Officials
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Pictured above are newly
elected officials of the Elkin
Kiwanis club who will take
office in January, 1941. Top
photo is W. M. Allen, who will
succeed Prof. L. S. Weaver as
president. Center is D. G. Smith,
vice-president, and bottom, J.
L. Hall,' who was reelected sec
retary-treasurer.
New officials, to serve the club
during the year 1941, were elect
ed by the local Kiwanis club at
their meeting at Hotel Elkin last
Thursday evening.
W. M. Allen was elected presi
dent, and D. G. Smith, vice-pres
ident. J. L. Hall was reelected as
secretary-treasurer.
Mr. Allen is now vice-president
of the club, while Mr. Smith has
done an excellent job in arrang
ing programs during the past
year.
Directors to serve during 1941
were named as follows: T. A.
Leeper, Garland Johnson, Dr. E.
G. Click, Franklin Polger, Hoke
Henderson, R. L. Mills, Walter
Combs and L. 3. Weaver. The
new president will also act as a
member of the board.
Faculties of Elkin and Jones
ville schools will be guests of the
club at their meeting to be held
this evening (Thursday).
In the Old Testament white,
black, purple, blue, red, yellow
and green are named. In the New
Testament only seven are named,
white, black, red, purple, green
scarlet and vermillion.
Ellon
Gateway to Roaring Gap
and the Bine Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
NUMBERING OF
ALL CARDS IS
NOWUNDERWAY
Board Holds Meeting at Dob
son Tuesday
WOOD BOARD CHAIRMAN
To Hold Joint Meeting at
Wilkesboro Friday for
Instructions
941 MEN REGISTER HERE
The serial numbers of all Sur
ry county registrants under the
national compulsory military
training act will be announced
within the next few days, it was
learned Wednesday from C. A.
McNeil, Surry draft board mem
ber.
Mr. McNeil said that process of
numbering the cards is now un
der way, and as soon as the task
is completed the list of names of
all men who registered, and
their numbers, will be posted at
the court house in Dobson.
The draft board having juris
diction over this section of the
county met Tuesday night at
Dobson. The board is made up
of J, O. Wood, of Copeland.
chairman; W. M. Mathis, of
Pilot Mountain, and Mr. McNeil,
of Elkin. Mr. Mathis replaced
Dr. C. L. Folger, of Dobson, as
chairman of the board when Dr.
Folger declined to serve.
At Tuesday's meeting the cards
were sorted and filed, and the
job of assigning each a number
was being carried forward Wed
nesday. 'All cards containing the
names of out-of-county regis
trants were forwarded to the
counties concerned.
Of the 5,399 men who register
ed in Surry county last week, 941
were registered in Elkin precinct.
The serial numbers assigned to
the cards will be used as the
basis for selection, with the num
bers being drawn in a national
lottery at Washington Tuesday,
October 29. Order numbers will
be asigned later to establish the
order in which the men will be
called for service.
Members of the Surry boards
will meet in North Wilkesboro
Friday, October 25, with draft
board members from the nine
other counties comprising this
district. Special instructions will
be given at that time as to the
carrying out of their duties.
MERCHANTS ASKED TO
PUT TRASH IN BOXES
Elkin merchants are urged to
cooperate with town garbage col
lectors to put all trash and rub
bish in containers so that the
work of moving it may be facili
tated.
It was pointed out that the
town has put on an extra truck
with which to haul off all trash
in the downtown section. This
truck will be manned only by the
driver, and if streets and alleys
are to be kept clean, trash must
be put out in a form that can be
handled by one man.
An effort is to be made to keep
the downtown section as clean as
possible, it was said, but this can
be done only through the coop
eration of the merchants and
business men.
Bamboo grows one inch every
two hours in Ceylon during the
rainy season.
Here's the Way
To Turn in a
Fire Alarm
Ted Brown, Elkin flie chief,
stated Tuesday that there are
some people here who do not
know the proper procedure for
turning in a fire alarm.
The correct things to do to
case of reportinc a Are is to
call the telephone operator
and tell her where the fire is,
Chief Brown said. The tele
phone operator will do the
rest, notifying »U firemen sad
sounding the alarm.