Elkin"The Best Little Town

In North Carolina"

VOL. No. XXVLNo. 32

BOND REFUNDINGPLAN DECLARED

OPERATIVE HERE90 Per Cent of Bondholders

Sign Agreement

TO EXCHANGE BONDS*\? ??

30-Year Bonds, Bearing Low-er Interest, To Be Ex-

changed For Old

TO PAY 4% FOR COUPONS

At a special meeting of the El-kin board of commissioners Tues-day night, the refunding plan inwhich owners of town bondsagreed to accept four per cent incash for past due coupons andnew bonds to mature in 30 yearsbearing interest at four, five andsix per cent respectively for threesuccessive ten-year periods, wasdeclared operative.

Town officials have been at-tempting to put this plan through

for the past several years in aneffort to adjust past due obliga-tions and put the town in shapeto meet present and future ex-penses. However, to make the planoperative it was necessary to haveat least 90 per cent of the bond-holders agree to the proposal.This has been accomplished, PaulGwyn, town clerk, said Wednes-day.

As the matter stood, Elkin wasin debt about $500,000 a debtthat was assumed back when

times were better and moneymore plentiful. Then came thedepression, and It was found Im-possible to carry the burden. Fivehundred thousand dollars draw-ing six per cent interest ran intoreal money.

However, under the new plan,

bondholders agreed to accept fourper cent in cash for past duecoupons, and new bonds to ma-ture in 30 years for the old sixper cent bearing bonds. The newbonds will bear 4 per cent thefirst 10 years, five per cent thesecond 10 years, and 6 per cent ,the third and last 10 years.

NEW BUILDING TOBE CONSTRUCTED

White Swan Laundry to ErectModern Home on South

Bridge Street

COST IS ABOUT $7,500

Construction was begun Mon-day on a new building to housethe White Swan Laundry, ac-cording to a statement by Wilbur ]and Roger Carter, operators of the .laundry. The building, which willbe constructed by the company,will be located at the corner ofFactory and Bridge streets, justopposite the Gulf Service Station.Plans call for a brick and steelstructure, 50 x 70 feet. The build-ing and the new equipment whichwill be added when the buildingis ready for occupancy is esti-mated to cost about $7,500.

With the new building andequipment the laundry will bebetter qualified to take care oftheir business which is constant-ly Increasing.

They hope to be in the newbuilding not later than August 15.

YADKIN SCHOOLTEACHERS NAMED

Few Changes Made in Line-up for Next Scholastic

Year

TO OPEN ABOUT SEPT. 13

Principals and teachers for theYadkin county schools have beenselected by the Yadkin County

Board of Education for the com-ing school year according to an-nouncement made here yesterdayby Bupt. J. T. Reece. The openingdate for schools will be aboutSept. 13, stated Mr. Reece.

Very few changes have beenK made in teachers of last year. The

list by schools is as follows:Yadkinville School, R. h. Crat-

er, principal, Yadkinville, N. C.;Miss Mary Harding, Mrs. EthelBrumfield, Ouy Angell, CharlesLove, Miss Erlka Marx, Miss NoraShore, Miss Mildred Logan, MissLillian Chamberlain, Miss SaraHolcomb, Mrs. Lucile 6. Simmons,Mrs. Ruby Davis, Mrs. EdytheCrater, William Todd.

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State and NationEUROPE FACINGANOTHER CRISIS

London, June 22 Four ma-jor powers quit the non-inter-vention council table today

and Europe faced a seriouscrisis arising from the Spanishcivil war,

Germany, unsuccessful inher demand for a naval de-monstration against the Span-ish government, was expectedby authoritative sources to de-cide quickly upon some unila-teral manifestation or action.

The four powers GreatBritain, France, Italy and Ger-many?were unable to agHee,

after three days of negotiationson a formula to satisfy Ger-many over aUeged Spanish at-tempts to torpedo the Germancruiser Leipzig.

The breakup of the confer-ence was interpreted as imper-

illing the structure of the non-intervention plan designed tokeep the Spanish conflict fromembroiling Europe.

RELIEF BILLPASSES SENATE

Washington, June 22.Roosevelt forces over-rode allopposition today to push nextfiscal year's $1,500,000,000 re-lief appropriation through thesenate in substantially the formwanted by the administration.

After brushing aside an at-tempt by Senator Vandenburg,Republican, Michigan, to turnrelief administration back tothe states, the chamber ap-proved the big measure on avoice vote.

It then went back to thehouse for consideration of nu-merous senate amendments,-

nearly all secondary.

JOHN AND ELAINEAGAIN AS ONE

Los Angeles, June 22.? JohnBarrymore and his Elaine, the

"Ariel and Caliban" of a long,hot-and-cold, headline ro-mance, went into a clinch at arailroad station today, andthen announced that onceagain they are as one.

"We're going home to ma-ma," said the dark-eyed NewYorker, "and I'm going to setaside my divorce decree."

"I'm just a family man atheart," said Barrymore, whohas been married and divorcedfour times.

NEWSPAPERMENON WAY HOME

Aboard S. S. Reliance, June22.? North Carolina attorneys :and newspaper people sailedfrom Bermuda at 5 o'clock thisafternoon to continue aboard -

ship the festivities they haveenjoyed on the annual cruiseof the North Carolina Pressand Bar associations.

The Reliance is due to dockin Norfolk, Va., Thursdaymorning at 10 o'clock and willleave for New York Friday at7 a. m., with many of the dele-gates aboard for a continuationof the trip.

Old Dobbin had his faults, buthe didn't change the shape of hishood every season.

ELKIN. N. C? THURSDAY. JUNE 24, 1937

ELKIN IS TO HAVEADDITIONALMAILSERVICE JULY IST

Will Leave Elkin Each After-noon at 5 o'Clock

GRAHAM PROPOSED PLAN

Letters Mailed Here in Af-ternoon Will Reach New

York Next Morning

NO DISPATCH SUNDAYS

By PAUL MAY(Tribune Washington Bureau)Washington, D. C., June 22.

Officials of the Railway Mail Ser-vice announced today that neces -

sary changes have been orderedto improve present inadequatemail service from the Elkin post-office.

The changes, recommended by

Postmaster P. W. Graham in aletter to W. L. Cornelius, chiefclerk of the Railway Mail Serviceat Greensboro, will go into effectJuly 1.

Acting on the recommendationofficials at Washington author-ized a return service of the mes-senger route from Brooks CrossRoads to Elkin, allowing mail tobe dispatched from Elkin as lateas 5 p. m. each weekday.

Present arrangements requirethat mail be put in the Elkinpostoffice before 2:30 if it is to becleared before 6:30 a. m. the fol-lowing morning. This means thatmail does not leave Greensborcfor points north and south until11:25 a. m. the morning the dis-patch is made.

The changes also provide thatthe! mail will be carried by themessenger who carries mail eachmorning from Brooks Cross Roadsto Elkin. He will connect at 5:30p. m. with the North Wilkesboro-Greensboro star route, enablingthe mail to be shipped out ofGreensboro the same evening,reaching there at 10:32 p. m.

HUNDREDS SEESAFETY PARADE

Driverless Car Proves Fea-ture of Event Held Here

Saturday Afternoon

Hundreds of people crowded El-kin's Main street Saturday towitness a Safety Parade, sponsor-ed here by the Elkin Merchantsassociation, and which featured a"magic" driverless car, piloted byremote control by Captain J. J.Lynch.

The purpose of the parade wasto impress upon the minds of ev-eryone who saw it the danger andfutility of reckless driving in hopesthat it might have some good ef-fect upon the highway accidenttoll.

Many cars and several floatsappeared in the parade in addi-tion to the driverless car, whichperformed as if a highly efficientdriver was at the wheel, stopping,starting, turning and blowing itshorn in a safe and sane manner.However, due to a defective stor-age battery, used in controllingthe steering mechanism, the driveof the "magic" car had to be cutshort after the machine had trav-ersed the length of Main streetand was nearly back to its start-ing point. <

Blanketeers To EnterSemi-Pro Tournament

The Chatham Blanketeers areto enter the North Carolina Semi-Pro Championship tournment tobe held at the World War Memor-ial stadium, Greensboro, July 1 to13, it was announced here Tues-day.

first place winner will be awardedSI,OOO.

The probable players list for theBlanketeers in the tourney is asfollows: Davis 3b, Deal lb, Mackierf, P. Money cf, dough 2b, Jonesc, Osborne If, McCoin ss, Stock*ton, R. Boles, L. Southard, pitch-ers, and Ed Boles, utility.

The double elimination systemwill be used, a team losing twostraight games before being elim-inated. Individual awards will bemade for players and groupawards for teams.

Hans Wagner, nationallyknown baseball celebrity andcoach of the Pittsburgh Pirates,will officially open the tourna-ment Thursday, July 1.

Things are better. Boardinghouse soup is not so thin nowa-days.

When a person becomes idlethe devil gets tickled. ,

Mrs. Roosevelt is Visitor to North Carolina

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After a hot, dusty drive in an open car through the Penderlea Resettlement Project, Mrs. Rooseveltreturns to Wallace to be greeted at the home of Dr. and Mrs. J. D. Robinson for luncheon. Shown onthe porch of the Robinson home are, left to right, Dr. Robinson, Mrs. Robinson, Senator Robert R.Reynolds, Mrs. Roosevelt, Governor Hoey, Mrs. Hoey and Mayor Aubrey Harrell of Wallace who ar-ranged the Strawberry Festival and Mrs. Roosevelt's appearance.

YADKINFARMERENDS OWN LIFE

John Cleveland ArmstrongShoots Self in Heart

With Shotgun

FUNERAL HELD MONDAY

John Cleveland Armstrong, 52,ended his life at his home abouttwo miles southwest of JonesvilleSaturday morning about 9 o'clockby firing a shotgun load into hisheart. Mr. Armstrong was one ofthe most highly esteemed men inhis community, and his taking hisown life is attributed to the factthat for sometime he had sufferedwith a severe head ailment.

He was a son of the late Mr.and Mrs. John Armstrong andwas a farmer. For several yearshe had been a member of theBoard of Deacons of the SwanCreek Baptist church.

He is survived by his wife, Mrs.Jettie Sparks Armstrong; twosons, Earl and E. B. Armstrong,and two daughters, Mrs. WorthGroce and Miss Eva Armstrong,all of Yadkin county; five grand-children; three brothers, Henryand Clingman Armstrong, of Cali-fornia, and Charlie Armstrong ofEnglish, Ind., and two sisters, Mrs.Charlie Myers of Jonesville andMrs. Fred Swaim of Cycle.

Funeral services were held Mon-day morning at 11 o'clock fromSwan Creek Baptist church.

CHATHAM WINNERIN TWO STARTS

To Meet May Hosiery Mill,ofBurlington, in Game

Here Today

SOUTHSIDE SATURDAY

Banging out four home runsand 15 hits, the Chatham Blank-eteers last Wednesday defeatedthe May Hosiery Mill at Burling-ton by the score of 9 to 2, withStockton pitching brilliant balland allowing only five hits. Hom-ers for Elkin were by Jones, Ham-bright, Davis and Mackie.

Saturday on the home field theBlanketee'rs played errorless ballto shut out Walkertown in one ofthe best games of the season, thescore standing at 1-0 following apitchers' duel between Boles and

Preston. The lone score came inthe eighth.

This afternoon (Thursday), at4:00 p. m. Chatham is to face theMay Hosiery Mill team here,which, beaten In two consecutivegames by Chatham, will be out forblood.

Saturday at 3:45, Southside ofWinston-Salem, will be here tomeet Chatham in a semi-pro lea-gue game. The local team has de-feated Southside once this seasonby a 3-2 score. This game is ex-pected to be one of the best tobe yet dished up for fans of thissection.

W. J. Snow spent the week-endin Statesville with Mr. and Mrs.C. O. Hadley, the latter hisdaughter, and visited Mrs. Snow,who is taking treatment in aStatesville hospital. Friends ofMrs. Snow will be glad to knowthat she is making satisfactoryprogress.

Elkin PostofficeProject Is OnMarket For Bids

The winner of the tournament,in which 16 North Carolina teamsare to participate, will recieve 20per cent of the gross reciepts ofthe tourney and will go to Wich-ita, Kansas, later In the summerto play in the National Semi-ProBaseball tournament.

The Greensboro tournament issponsored by the GreensboroJunior Chamber of Commerceand is authorized by the NationalSemi-Pro Baseball Congress. H. T.Hambright. of Elkin, is StateCommissioner, and in charge ofthe event.

It is expected that the $65,-000 one-story and basementpostoffice building for Elkinwill be under construction notlater than the middle of Sep-tember, the project having al-ready been placed on the mar-ket for bids.

An advertisement, calling forscaled bids on the structure, isin this issue of The Tribune.Bids are expected to be open-ed in Washington July 20, ac-cording to present plans.

PROMINENT YADKINMAN PASSES AWAYA. Dinkins, Farmer and Po-

litical Leader, Dies Tues-day Afternoon

FUNERAL RITES TODAY

Yadkinville, June 22.?Special.?A. "Bud" Dinkins, 77, prominentfarmer and political leader ofYadkin county, died at his home,Yadkinville, Route 2, this after-noon at 5:40 o'clock. His deathwas due to a complication of di-seases caused by old age.

Mr. Dinkins was born In Yadkincounty and had spent his entirelife here. He was married threetimes, the first time to Miss MaryC. Long of Yadkinville, August11, 1881. To this union was borntwo children, Robert L. Dinkins ofLewisville, and Mrs. Turner Hob-son of Yadkinville, Route 2. Hissecqnd wife was Miss MinnieHutchens, and the following chil-dren survive from that marriage:Marler Dinkins of Winston-Sa-lem; Gray, Neal, Marshall, Bill,Thomas, Yadkinville, Route 2; andMrs. Hobart Todd of Hanes.

His third wife was Miss MyrtleWilliams, who survives him, to-gether with the following chlld-

WOMAN IS NAMEDWELFARE OFFICER

Miss Joseline Harding WillAdminister Social Security

in Yadkin

DOBBINS IS CHAIRMAN

The Yadkin county welfareboard and board of county com-

missioners met Wednesday atYadkinville, and named Miss Jos-

eline Harding, of Yadkinville, asfull time welfare officer to takethe place of Carl Shore, electedrecently but not confirmed by thestate authorities at Raleigh. MissHarding will administer the newsocial security law which becomeseffective July 1.

C. N. Dobins was named a newmember of the welfare board toreplace Mrs. Paul Davis, who hasresigned, and will act as chair-man of the body, while Lon West,Yadkin county register of deeds,will act as secretary ex-officlo.

Mr. Shore was one of six appli-cants for the job as welfare offi-cer, being elected by a vote offour to two. However, he wasturned down on the grounds thathe did not have a bachelor of artsdegree nor the required welfarework experience.

Miss Harding, it was learned, isa college graduate and has hadfour years experience In welfarework.

CYCLE MAN SUSTAINSINJURY WEDNESDAY

W. D. Royall, of the Cycle com-munity, was given first aid treat-ment Wednesday morning at thelocal hospital for a compoundfracture of the ankle, which hereceived when a huge log whichhe was handling rolled down anincline and broke both bones Inhis leg. He was discharged fromthe hospital after receiving treat-ment.

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Maybe a sick man can find aremedy over the air, but someprograms are enough to put ahealthy man to bed.

Visitor Remembers"Away Back When--"

T. L. Green, of Statesville, butat one time associated in thefurniture business here, remem-bers Elkin "away back when?"he disclosed in a visit to TheTribune office Wednesday after-noon.

Mr. Green dropped in to re-mark that he saw the old vaultof the Elkin National Bank build-ing constructed back around 1900and that he had been watchingworkmen, busy remodeling thestructure for occupancy by TheBank of Elkin, tearing it down.

The former Elkin citizen alsorecalled many other interestingfacts about Elkin when it was buta town of a few business build-ings. At the time the Elkin Na-tional Bank building was erected,he said there were but two otherbrick buildings in the businessdistrict, that housing CasstevensHardware Co., and the building Inwhich Sydnor-Spamhour Co., isnow located. Other buildings were

Second, third, fourth and fifthplaces in the tournament will pay10, 5, 2 1-2, and 2 1-2 per centrespectively. It is believed that

of wood construction and endedeither by being burned or tornaway.

Mr. Green stated that he built'the building now housing theIdeal Beauty Shoppe, Hayes

Cash Hardware Co., and the ElkinBarber Shop?known at the timeas the Myrtle Hotel?at a totalcost of $900.00. Brick at that timesold for $4.00 per thousand, whilethe very best grade of forest pinelumber could be purchased for$lO per thousand feet.

The lot upon which the build-ing was constructed cost Mr.Green a total of $250, and ad-joining property all along Mainstreet down to where TurnerDrug Co., is now located could bebought at a figure just as low.

Mr. Green also stated that atthat time he purchased the lotupon which Hotel Blkin nowstands for the sum of $175.00 ?

and he figured at the time thathe had been cheated.

ElkinGateway to Roaring Gap

and the Blue Ridge

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

ADDITION WILL BEBUILT TO NURSES'HOME ATHOSPITAL

Will Provide Room for Six-teen More Nurses

BUILDING BOOM HERE

Work of Remodeling Old El-kin National Bank Build-

ing is Under Way

HOUSE BANK OF ELKIN

Adding further to the currentbuilding boom here was the an-nouncement Wednesday of aneight-room addition to the nurses*home at Hugh Chatham Memor-ial hospital, which will get underway as soon as plans and specifi-catins, now being prepared byJohn Franklin, local architect,are completed.

The addition will consist ofeight rooms to house 16 nurses,and will take care of the largerstaff necessary to care for the in-creased capacity of the hospitalonce the 21-room addition to themain building, now under con-struction, is completed. Therooms will be built at the rear ofthe present structure to form anell.

Another building project nowunder way here is the extensiveremodeling of the old Elkin Na-tional Bank building, which willhouse The Bank of Elkin. Thisbuilding, purchased by The Bankof Elkin some months ago, willprovide banking facilities of themost modern kind, Includingmuch more office space, modernbanking fixtures, and new andlarger vaults. The entire firstfloor will be used by the bank.

Other buildings under way "arethe three new homes being erect-ed on Elk Spur street by Mrs.J. P. McNeely, and a modernbuilding on Bridge street to housethe White Swan Laundry.

INJURIES FATALTO YADKIN MAN

A. J. Reinhardt Passes in El-kin Hospital Result of

Accident

FUNERAL RITES SUNDAY

A. Jack Reinhardt, 54, died atHugh Chatham Memorial Hospi-tal, Elkin, at 6 o'clock Fridaymorning as a result of injuriesreceived when a team of horsesbecame frightened and threw himfrom a mowing machine Mondayafternoon, June 14, at his homenear Brooks Cross Roads. He re-ceived a badly fractured skulland never regained consciousness.

Mr. Reinhardt was a prosper-ous farmer and well known in thecounty. He was born In Yadkincounty at Longtown, September16, 1882. He was married toMiss Mattie Royall of Yadklnville,who survives him, together withone son, Raymond Reinhardt ofCycle and the following brothersand sisters: H. G., C. S., J. B. andB. B. Reinhardt of Yadklnville;F. F. Reinhardt of Charlotte; Mrs.Lydia King, Mrs. Carrie Shore, ofYadklnville, and Mrs. Ither Shoreof Hamptonvllle. He was a mem-ber of the Junior O. U. A. M. atWindsor's Cross Roads.

Funeral services were held atCenter M. E. church Sundaymorning at 11 o'clock in chargeof Rev. R. L. Melton and Rev. R.L. Speer. Interment was in thechurch cemetery.

Nephews were pallbearers.

More people are interested indodging an emergency than inmeeting one.

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