the elkin tribune (elkin, n.c.) 1939-09-07 [p...

ATTEND ELKIN DOLLAR DAYS, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAYElkin

Gateway to Roaring Gap

and the Blue Ridge

VOL. No. XXVin.No. 43

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NEWS___ State

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LOCALLINVTLLE K. HENDREN, of

Elkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.F. Hendren, has received theappointment as substitute clerkin the Elkin postoffice, it wasannounced Wednesday morn-ing by French Graham, post-master. Mr. Hendren wasamong the many who took thecivil service examination hereJanuary 21. He was to beginhis duties Wednesday morn-ing. Jack Smoot, of Elkin, hasheld the job since the latterpart of last year while postal

officials were awaiting an ap-pointment to be made.

MRS. J. H. POPLIN, injur-ed last week in a collision inWashington, N. C., wben themotorcycle on which she andher husband were making atrip was in collision with anautomobile, has returned homehere after being detained in aWashington hospital for treat-ment. Although badly shakenup, Mrs. Poplin was not ser-iously injured.

A BOY SCOUT court ofhonor will be held at the ElkinMethodist church Thursdayevening at 7:45 o'clock, it hasbeen announced.

STATETARBORO Miss Anne

Winslow, daughter of Mr. andMrs. C. E. Winslow, of Tar-boro, is believed to have beena passenger on the Fll-fatedliner Athenia.

Miss Winslow was scheduledto leave London last week buther last-minute passage wascancelled and she was expect-ed to leave on the next boat,the Athenia.

No word of her whereaboutshas been received yet t>v herparents.

WINSTON-SALEM willmake a bid for an authorized$10,000,000 aeronautical re-search laboratory to be estab-lished by the United Statesgovernment, William Hitter,secretary of the Chamber ofCommerce, announced Tues-day. The matter will be con-sidered this afternoon at 2:30o'clock at a meeting to be at-tended by Congressman LonFolger, President James Weeksof the Chamber of Commerce;Harvey Lumpkin, possiblyState Senator Gordon Gray,

and Ritter.

NATIONALNEW YORK Large-scale

buying swept into commoditiesand shares of corporationscalculated to benefit from wardemand, as Wall street mar-kets resumed trading todayfor the first time since declar-ation of European war. Sharesof leading oils, coppers, steelsand motors jumped $2 to morethan $lO a share in the stockexchange, as they were takenin blocks of 1,000 to 9,000shares. '

INTERNATIONALPARlS?Fifty German air

raiders bombed and partiallydestroyed a Red Cross trainnear Szydlowicz, Poland, at 9a.m. today (4 a.m. E.D.T.) thePolish Telegraph Agency re-ported.

GALWAY, North IrelandThree hundred and eighty sur-vivors of the British linerAthenia, Including about 200Americans, landed at noon to-day, haggard, weary andwrapped in dressing gownsand blankets.

BUENOS AIRES Twocruisers from Great Britain'sWest Indies fleet, the sisterships Ajax and Exeter, hadGerman shipping holed up to-day in South Atlantic ports, orseeking to outrace them forthe safety of neutral harbors.The Ajax opened wartime op-erations at dawn Sunday bywinking the German cargoship OUnda after first takingoff the 42 members of thecrew in two life boats that had

THE ELKINTRIBUNEELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1939

Final Plans BeingPushed For StartOf The Elkin Fair

AAA PAYMENTSMAY BE HIGHERFOR YEAR 1938National Payment Will Total

About $500,000,000

MORE THAN IN 1937

Money Will Be Paid to Sur-ry County Farmers for

Conservation Practices

$116,583 PAID IN 1937

BIGGER MIDWAY,FIREWORKS ARENEW FEATURESHorse Show and Parade to

Be Held Thursday

PREMIUM LIST IS S7OO

Error m Advertisement Stat-ed Premiums Totalled

Only SIOO

DOG SHOW ON FRIDAY

Final >plans for the opening ofthe Elkin fair here next Wednes-day, September 13, are beingcompleted, and fair officials areexpecting the event to be themost successful in the history ofthe fair.

This year the fair will presenta new midway, with fifteen con-cessions and four modern rides,to be brought here by the BullockAmusement Enterprises, Inc.Rides and concessions are expect-ed to arrive at the fairgroundsabout noon Sunday, coming herefrom Taylorsville.

As usual, one of the main fea-tures of the fair will be the horseshow and parade to be stagedThursday morning, the parade tostart at 10:00 a.m. from theChatham ball park, traverseMain street to Elk Spur and fromElk Spur to the fairgrounds,where the judging will take place.Many fine horses and mules willappear in the parade, and severalclowns will add to the merrimentof the occasion. Cash prizes andribbons will be awarded in thevarious classifications. All ani-mals to appear in the parade andshow should be at the ball parknot later than 10:00 a.m. Anothernew feature will be a display of

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f/JV.C. OffIs to AddressSurry Teac

Dr. Harl R. Douglas, head ofthe department of education ofthe University of North Caro-lina, who will address theteachers of Sorry county whenthey hold their first meeting ofthe year in Dobson Saturday,September 9.

Washington, Sept. 4 TotalAAA payments to Surry countyfarmers for 1938 conservationpractices, still being made, areexpected to be higher than for1937, when payments totalled$116,583.39, AAA officials said to-day.

The national payment for 1938will total about $500,000,000 ascompared to $325,856 887 paid for1937 practices. Delays and ad-justments in payments delayfinal county computation forabout eighteen months. The 1937figures were announced only to-day.

The Surry eounty 1936 pay-ment was $114,400.56, lower thanthat for 1937. North Carolinapayments were $10,015,932.42 in1937 as compared with $12,304,-

301.25 4n 1936. National pay-ments also were higher for 1936than for the latter year, totallingalmost $400,000,000 in 1936.

Payments for 1936 and 1937were made under the Soil Con-servation and Domestic Allot-ment Act, passed February 29,1936, eight weeks after the Su-preme Court invalidated the pro-duction-control features of theAgricultural Adjustment Act. Thenew act emphasized soil con-servation as well as production,and payments are for practiceswhich conserve and build up soilfertility.

Surry TeachTo Hold First

Meeting of YearSurry county teachers will

meet in the first meeting of theyear in Dobson high school audi-torium Saturday, September 9,10:30 a.m.

Dr. Harl R. Douglas, head ofthe department of education, ofthe University of North Carolina,will address the teachers at thismeeting. Dr. Douglas is recog-nized as one of the outstandingmen in the field of secondary ed-ucation. He is the author of anumber of books on organization,administration, and supervision.He came to North Carolina fromthe University of Minnesotawhere he had done outstandingwork for a number of years. TheAmerican Council of Educationselected Dr. Douglas to write abook on Secondary Education forYouth in America. This workhas been completed and studiedwith interest over the nation.

Superintendent John W. Comerwill speak briefly on plans of theschools for the coming year.

J. Sam Gentry, president of thecounty teachers association, willpreside over the meeting and atthe conclusion of the meeting of-ficers will be elected for the asso-ciation for the coming year anddepartmental organizations willbe set up to function during thepresent school term.

OFFICERS MAKERAID IN YADKINSwoop Down on Home of

Alonzo Plowman; SeizeQuantity of Whisky

FIVE ARE ARRESTED

Yadkinville, Sept. 7 (Special)?Sheriff A. L. Inscore and Dep-uty R. M. Haynes think theybroke up one of the sore spots ofthe county Sunday afternoonwhen they raided the home ofAlonzo Plowman in the FlintHill section and seized a smallquantity of whiskey. Plowmanwas arrested along with fourothers who "dropped in" for theirsupply of spirits while the offi-cers were present.

The officers state that tkeyhave received many complaints

about Plowman, but on previousoccasions had been unable toIds whiskey. Plowman has serv-ed a number of road sentences

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CHAS. R. BELLDIES SATURDAY

Illness Suffered Early in MayProves Fatal; Deceased

Highly Esteemed

FUNERAL HELD MONDAY

Charles Robert Bell, 69, ofHamptonville, route 1, died lateSaturday afternoon in a States-ville hospital. Mr. Bell wasstricken early in May and hiscondition had been regarded asserious since the beginning of hisillness, and the greater part ofthe time he was confined to thehospital.

The deceased was a life-longresident of Yadkin county and ason of the late Shadrach Bell andMrs. Jane Burgiss Bell. He wasa member of the Flat Rock Bap-tist church and a highly esteem-

ed man in .his community.

Funeral services were heldMonday afternoon at 2:30 fromFlat Rock Baptist church. Therites were in charge of Rev. R.L. West, pastor of the deceased,assisted by Rev. E. W. Turner ofMocksville, a former pastor. In-terment was in the family plot inthe church cemetery.

Mr. Bell is survived by his wifeand five children: Shadrach Bellof Elkin; Hal Bell of Washing-ton, D. C.; Mrs. W. E. Overstreetof Roanoke, Va., and Noel andSam Bell of the home. Two sis-ters, Mrs. R. P. Crater and Mrs.

W. S .Sale of this city; threehalf-sisters, Mrs. Leßoy Salmons,of Winston-Salem; Mrs. RichardStark, of Memphis, Tenn., andMrs. Calvin Huff of Boonville;two half-brothers, S. Walter Belland Will Bell, of Winston-Salem,and four grandchildren also sur-vive.

KIWANIANS TO ATTENDJOINT MEETING FRIDAY

The Elkin Kiwanis club metlast Thursday evening at theJonesville Methodist church andenjoyed a picnic supper served by

the ladies of the church.Kiwanian Stacey Weaver pre-

sided over the session, which waswell attended.

Friday evening the club will goto North Wilkesboro for an inter-club meeting with North Wilkes-boro and Lenoir. The meetingwill begin at 6:30 o'clock.

COMMISSIONERSHOLDJEETINGSurry Board Gathers at Dob-

son Monday to ConsiderRoutine Business

JURY LIST IS DRAWN

The Surry County Board ofCommissioners met Mondaymorning at the court house inDobson. Routine business' wasdisposed of and the jury list wasdrawn for the regular term ofcivil court, which will begin Mon-day, September 25, with JudgeZeb V. Nettles presiding.

Jurors to serve for the termare: First week ?Benton Carter,Brisco Wilson, C. P. Hines,George H. Badgett, R. L. Rine-hart, S. K. Harrell, Grov'er Scott,J. A. Roberts, Jesse Bennett, SamAtkinson, Jr., Edd Ward, RobertA. Flinchman, Paul Venable, RoyHunt, J. P. Chilton, Zeli V.Hatcher, J. P. Blue, A. D. Bean,Albert D. Forkner, W. N. Cox, C.A. Tickle and G. C. Ellis.

Second week P. D. Inman,Fred Eidson, G. L. Hampton, Ba-ford Good, M. C. Gentry, J. C.Nance, Roy E. Hlatt, Reid Flip-per, Clyde A. Wall, R. J. Wil-liams, R. G. Royall, E. S. Hen-dren, Vander Cane. T. A. Steele,Brady Coe, J. A. Layell, ElmerCaudle and T. Vera Cockerham.

S. S. CONVENTIONTO BE HELD 10th

The monthly meeting of theSurry Baptist Associational Sun-day school convention will beheld with Mt. Carmel Baptistchurch, near Mount Airy, Sun-day, September 10, at 2:15 p. m.

All Sunday schools in the as-sociation are requested to have arepresentation present.

Miss Janie Tucker will leaveWednesday for Marion, whereshe will resume her place on thefaculty of the city schools.

Roosevelt Proclaims Nation'sNeutrality As War Rages In

Europe; British Liner SunkAIVW J lAIJ7T) The largest merchant ship everIfEjJt LillyLjlx built in the United States, theUnited States Liner America, which exceeds in sizeany other ship in the merchant fleet flying the Stars andStripes, and which was launched August 31, is picturedbelow in an artist's sketch. It was to have been operatedon the passenger service between New York and Europeanports, but the outbreak of war in Europe may alter theseplans.

HITLER'S ARMYIS SAID TO BENEAR WARSAWSound of Shell Fire Heard In

Polish Capital

BRITISH BOMB BASE

German Torpedo Sends Linerwith 1,400 Aboard to

Bottom of Sea

FRENCH ARMIES MOVE

President Roosevelt issued neu-trality proclamations Tuesday af-ternoon designed, to keep this na-tion out of war.

Even as this action was beingtaken, the war in Poland in-creased in violence, with the Ger-mans being reported (accordingto radio dispatches) to be dan-gerously close to Warsaw, thesound of shell fire being plainlyheard there. Roads leading outof the city were said to be crowd-ed with citizens fleeing to saferquarters.

It was also reported that mostof the 311 Americans who wereaboard the torpedoed British pas-senger liner Athenia, had beensaved. Five hundred passengersof the sunken ship are as yet un-reported, radio dispatches said.

Late radio dispatches receivedabout 5:30 Tuesday afternoonsaid that rumors had it that thePoles had bombed Berlin. How-ever this report was entirely un-confirmed.

Elkin Merchants AreExpecting Big CrowdHere For Dollar Days

Local Stores Have Been Preparing for Big Three-Day Eventfor Weeks, and Hundreds of Money-Saving Values

WillGo on Sale at 8:30 Thursday Morning

This week-end, Thursday, Fri-day and Saturday, will be DollarDays in Elkin.

Practically all Elkin stores arecooperating in the event anevent designed to offer unusualvalues?values which will saveeveryone really worthwhileamounts, and stores report thateverything will be in readinesswhen doors swing open Thursdaymorning at 8:30 o'clock.

Local stores have been prepar-ing for Dollar Days for weeks.Special buys have been made atprices which will enable the mer-chants to pass on the savings totheir customers. Extra sales-people have been employed so

JONESVILLE TOOPEN SCHOOL

that the throngs of value seekersexpected here will be put to no in-convenience in getting waitedupon.

The Tribune, cooperating withthe merchants, whose advertise-ments appear in this issue withcomplete details of the bargainsto be found here, is mailing fivethousand additional copies, andis appearing one day earlier thanusual so that the paper may bewidely distributed before theevent begins. All regular sub-scribers and new readers who willget the paper this week are urgedto read all advertisements so thatthey may be better informed asto the oportunity that is awaitingat Elkin stores.

Session Will Get Under WayNext Monday Morning

at 9:30 O'Clock

USE FLAT FEE BASIS

Preparations are complete forthe opening of the 1939-40 ses-sion of the Jonesville schools nextMonday, September 11.

Opening exercises will be con-ducted at the high school audi-torium at 9:30 a.m., directed bySuperintendent L. S. Weaver.

No estimate has been made ofthe expected enrollment, al-though it is generally believed thebuilding will be filled to capacityfor the term.

All Jonesville children whohave reached the age of six?orv/ho will have reached that ageby October 1, will be eligible toenroll.

The flat fee system of rentingbooks, effective throughout Yad-kin county this year for the firsttime, will be used in the Jones-ville schools.

PRACTICALLY ALL OFSURRY SCHOOLS OPEN

All Surry county schools, withthe exception of Eldore, Dobson,White Plains and Pilot Mountain,opened Monday morning. Theenrollment is one of the largestin the history of the schools.^

Harold Tucker left Monday toresume his studies at PhiefferCollege at Misenheimer.

CHATHAM BOATEXPECTED 7THThurmond Chatham Believedto Have Sailed on Empress

of Britain

NO WORD IS RECEIVED

Although no word has been re-ceived by the Chatham Manu-ffacturing company from Mr. andMrs. Thurmond Chatham and Mr.and Mrs. James Q. Hanes andchildren, of Winston-Salem, sincethey were scheduled to have sailedfrom Southampton, England, lastSaturday at noon (London time),aboard the British liner, Empressof Britain, it is believed that theirship should enter the St. LawrenceRiver, Canada, sometime Tuesdaynight, it was learned Tuesdayafternoon from Albert Butler, vicepresident of the company.

The Empress of Britain is sched-uled to dock at Montreal, Canada,Wednesday, Mr. Butler said.Absence of any word from the bigboat could be attributed to thefact that its radio has remainedsilent in order to prevent subma-rines from learning its wherea-bouts. It is hoped that the bigliner will arrive as scheduled.Once it enters the St. Lawrenceit is believed that it should besafe from attack.

Mr. and Mrs. Chatham are ac-companied by their two sons,Luck and Hugh. Mr. and Mrs.Hanes are accompanied by theirson, Gordon. The party hfid beenvacationing in Scotland.

Germany's armies?with AdolfHitler at the Vistula River rain-ed sledge hammer blows against

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SHERIFF PLANSWHISKY RAIDS

Boyd Announces He WillPadlock All Places in Sur-

ry Selling Booze

SEVERAL RAIDS MADE

"Every place of business foundselling liquor in Surry county willbe padlocked in the future,"Sheriff H. S. Boyd stated lastweek, following the second raid ofa station on the Fancy Gap high-way.

In the raid Deputy E. H. Jonescame upon Harley Dawson in theact of selling liquor, he said.Dawson was brought to MountAiry and later released on a SSOObond for appearance in courthere next Monday.

It was the second time that thestation had been raided since theopening of the "liquor purge" inSurry. The station closed on itsown accord last time and avoidedpadlock procedures, the sheriffsaid.

"We are going to stop it all.Padlocking is the best answer,"Sheriff Boyd commented.

Local SchoolEnrollment IsMore Than 600

An army of 685 marched inElkin Monday morning, not ,to

war bni to the classrooms ;ofthe city schools. The enroll-ment in the high school Was232 on the opening day, ex-ceeding last year's enrollmentby 27. in' the elementaryschool a total of 453 was en-rolled, which was approximate-ly last year's average.

Textbooks were issued onthe opening day and class workwill be underway aswithin a short time. The oot-look for the school year \u25a0togood, according to J. MarkMcAdams, superintendent ofthe schools.

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