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'The Best Little TownIn North Carolina"

VOL. No. XXVI.No. 26

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. Stateland NationFEUD RAGES OVEREDWARD'S MARRIAGE

London, May 11. Thou-

sands of jubilant people gath-ered from the ends of theworld to cheer the king whowill be crowned, tonight tookup a 16-hour vigil along theroute of tomorrow's coronationpageant while a feud raged be-hind the royal scenes over theking- who forfeited all thisadulation for love.

The harsh argument behindthe smoke-grimed walls ofBuckingham Palace began

when government leadersstriving to relegate Edward,Duke of Windsor, to the ob-scurity of "the forgotten man"?opposed the wishes of theroyal family to send some ofits members to the wedding ofEdward and Mrs. Wallis War-

field.

LABOR TROUBLESWORRY INDUSTRY

Two of the nation's leading

industries steel and motionpictures wrestled yesterdaywith persistent labor troubles.

A show-down was awaitedat Pittsburgh to determinewhether union workers willstrike at plants of the Jonesami ijuighHn Steel Corporationand those of other leading in-dependent producers. The steelworkers' organizing commit-tee discussed C. I. O. organiza-tion with the Republic SteelCorporation at Cleveland, butreported no progress.

At Hollywood extra police

patrolled strike-affected filmstudios while picketing ofmovie theatres was started in

New York city.

TRIBUTE PAIDHINDENBURG VICTIMS

New York, May 11. Arms

raised toward the sunset inNazi salute, thousands of per-

sons filed past 28 coffins to-night in the final Americantribute to Germans who diedin the Hindenburg inferno.

In the throng at the HudsonRiver pier of the Hamburg-

American Line, preparatory tosending home by water thosewho were to have gone by air,

were about 20 survivors of thecatastrophe, some of them stillswathed in bandages.

The flag-draped coffins oftheir comrades lay in singlefile along the pier, and for twohours before the funeral cere-mony the procession filed by

German societies and 500 mem-bers of the crew of the linerHamburg.

PRESIDENT ISON WAY HOME

Aboard Roosevelt Train, EnRoute to Fort Worth, Tex.,May 11 President Roosevelttraveled across the rolling hillsof Central Texas today towardFort Worth on the first leg ofhis return from a Gulf fishing

expedition.? He told crowds along theway in Texas that he had en-joyed a "wonderful" fishing

vacation in the Lone StarState's "hospitable waters."

CAR MOVES HOUSE 8FEET OFF FOUNDATION

A wreck that smashed a car,said to have been traveling atover 90 miles an hour, and moveda building eight feet without in-juring anyone badly, occurredabout a half-mile east of Wilkes-boro last Saturday morning about3 o'clock.

The car, a 1935 model V-8 wastraveling towards Wilkesborowhen it left the road on a curve,sailed for 50 feet through the air,

came down, hit a slight rise, tookoff Into the air again and cameto rest against the foundation ofa 12 by 20-foot frame building,which it pushed eight feet, andone side of which rested on thefront of the air-minded machinewhen at last it stopped.

The car was driven by JakeO'Neal, of N. Wilkesboro, * whowas accompanied by two othermen. None of them sufferedother than minor injuries.

Zero degree on a Fahrenheit5 thermometer was determined by

the lowest temperature recordedin Danzig during the winter of1700.

Just in case anyone asks you,

the great pyramid ia 460 feet highand its side is 700 feet long. It issaid to weigh 4,883,000 tons.

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Paris . . . Ten years ago Char-les A. Lindbergh landed at LeBourget Field and was greeted bycheering crowds after his epicflight from New Yark to Paris,May 20 and 21, 1927.

MUST WAIT UNTILJULY 1 TO APPLY

Applications For Old AgeAssistance May be Made

After That Time

WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Applications for old age assis-tance under the security programmay be made to the welfare de-partment after July 1, BausieMarion,county welfare officer saidthis week and urgently requested

that no person make applications

before that time. The law setsJuly 1 as the date on which appli-cations can be accepted.

Under the social security pro-gram -of the nation with statecooperating, a state law was pass-

ed making it mandatory thatcommissioners of each county inthe state make the necessary taxlevy and appropriation to payone-fourth the cost of assistanceto dependent aged people and de-pendent children.

Under the set up a board willbe appointed in each county con-sisting of three members, one ap-pointed by the state welfare de-partment, one by the county

board of and thethird to be selected by the two.This board will have the authori-ty to receive and pass on all ap-plications for assistance to depen-

dent aged and dependent child-ren. The action of the board onapplications will determine theamount to be expected and thecommissioners will be requiredunder the law to make a tax levyto raise the county's part or one-fourth of the total amount neededaccording to the committee'sfinding. Members of the com-mittee will not receive pay.

MRS. J. L. WAGONERTAKEN BY DEATHNative Surry Woman Dies at

the Home of Her Daugh-ter in Winston-Salem

FUNERAL RITES MONDAY

Mrs. Luna Eva Masten Wagon-

er, 63, wife of J. L. Wagoner,passed away at the home of herdaughter, Mrs. J. B. Smith, inWinston-Salem Sunday morning,

following an illness of four days.

Mrs. Wagoner was born in Sur-ry Qounty, a daughter of JamesF. and Mary Lyon Masten. Shewas married in 1900 and movedto Winston-Salem from Jones-

vllle about nine years ago. Shejoined the Pleasant Hill Baptistchurch early in life and laterunited with the Chatham HeightsBaptist church in Winston-Sa-lem.

A brief funeral service was heldat one thirty Monday afternoonfrom the home of her daughterand the remains were broughthere where the funeral proper washeld at Pleasant Hill Baptistchurch at three o'clock. Therites were in charge of Rev. J. T.Murray and Rev. Douglas L.Rights of Winston-Salem andI. W. Vestal of Jonesville. Inter-ment was in the church cemetery.

She is survived by her hus-band, two daughters, Mrs. J. B.Smith and Mrs. J. R. Crotts, bothof Winston-Salem; four sons, J.1., Harvey, Dallas and Odell Wag-oner, all of Winston-Salem; threebrothers, L. M. Masten and M. R.Masten of Elkin and H. T. Mas-ten of Winston-Salem; two sis-ters, Mrs. Media Alexander, El-kin and Mrs. John Wall, Jones-ville, and sixteen grandchildren.

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ELKIN. N. Cm THURSDAY. MAY 13, 1937

APPROPRIATIONFOR BLUE RIDGEPARKWAY IS CUT

Project Falls Victim to Econ-omy Wave

CUT TO ONLY $2,500,000

Dough ton and Weaver Go In-to Huddle in Effort to Re-

store Allotment

REDUCTION UNEXPECTED

Washington, May 11.?Re-sponding to the economy wavewhich is sweeping over Capitolfiill, the House appropriationscommittee today slashed the ap-propriation for Blue Ridge Park-way construction during the fiscalyear beginning July 1 from $5,-000,000 to $2,500,000.

While North Carolina congress-men anticipated the committeewould have the budget recom-mendation of $5,000,000 for theparkway, no one expected such areduction as voted by the com-mittee.

Immediately after the commit-tee action became known today,Reperesentative Robert L. Dough-ton and Representative ZebulonWeaver went into a huddle withtheir colleagues for the purposeof moving to restore the appro-priatlbn when the Interior De-partment appropriation bill car-rying the parkway item comes upfor consideration in the HouseThursday.

The Interior Department billprovides for a total appropriationof $112,871,264.85, which is $4.-741,340 less than' the budget esti-mates. It will be seen that theparkway cut alone accounts for

50 per cent, of the economy ef-forts of the committee.

The bill provides $76,500 for theGreat Smoky Mountains NationalPark during the next fiscal year,

which is in line with the recom-mendation of the budget bureauand $16,600 more than was ap-

propriated last year.The national park service was

astounded when informed of theHouse committee action and A. E.Demaray, associate director,

frankly admitted that if only $2,-500,000 was made available theconstruction program would begreatly impaired.

Prof. L. S. WeaverIs To Head AnnualMasonic Picnic

Prot. L. S. Weaver, superin-

tendent of Jonesvllle publicschool, has been appointedchairman of the annual Surry-

Yadkin-Wilkes Masonic picnicto be staged here this summer.

The date for the picnic hasbeen tentatively set for Thurs-day, August 26.

Committees to serve withProf. Weaver and assist in put-ting the picnic over will be ap-pointed later.

SPEER CONFESSES;IS JAILED AGAIN

Man Says He Put Paris GreenIn Huffman's Well,

Near Enon

BOND IS NOW $5,000

Yadkinville, N. C., May 10.?Liberty was short lived for

Sampson Speer, 50, who was jail-ed here several days ago on acharge of placing paris green, adeadly poison, in the well of Roy

Huffman near Enon, with the in-tention of poisoning the family.

Speer was suspected of thecrime after the paris green wasdiscovered in the well. It had

rained early the night before andtracks leading from Speer's hometo the Huffman well were said tobe plain and convincing as Speer

wore a peculiar shoe which fit thetrack perfectly. Thursday, how-ever, he confessed to officers that

he placed the poison in the welland said he wanted to waive thecase to superior court and givebond Ifpossible. Bond was fixedby the presiding magistrate at$750 which was arranged andSpeer released from jail.

Solicitor John R. Jones orderedSpeer re-arrested and his bondet at $5,000. About the time Jonesordered this. W. H. Renegar, whowas on Speer's bond to superiorcourt for cruelty to animals, gavenotice he would surrender Speer

and go off the bond. In themeantime Speer had gone toWinston-Salem and was arrest-ed there Thursday night and heldfor Yadkin officers, who lodgedhim in jail. He is unable tomake the enlarged bond.

This is one of the most heinouscrimes attempted in Yadkin in

some time and only the fact thatMrs. Huffman discovered thepoison before the water was usedprobably saved the family. It is

said that Speer and Huffman hadan argument a few days prior tothe finding of the poison in thewell.

Wally Simpson Home Becomes Museum

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Simpson has been converted into a mtiserm in her honor. In thismanikin exhibit, Mrs. Simpson is shown being received at court by

the kite King George V and Queen Mary.

P. O. S. OF A. TO HOLDSPECIAL MEETING HERE

NAB BIG STILLNEAR MTN. PARK

100-Gallon Duplex Outfit Saidto Be Largest Ever

Found in Bryan

Kiwanians Are toAttend Meeting inWinston-Salem

The Elkin Klwanis club willgo to Winston-Salem thisevening to attend an inter-clubmeeting with other clubs of thedistrict honoring Governor andMrs. Joseph R. Sevier, of Hen-dersonville. The (meeting willbe held at the Robert E. Leehotel and will get under way at7 o'clock. It has been desig-nated as "Ladies' Night.' '

Local Kiwanians will meetat Hotel Elkin at 5:45 for thetrip to Winston-Salem.

GIANT GERMANAIRSHIP BURNS

Nearly 40 Lose Lives WhenHindenburg Explodes at

Lakehurst Thursday

CAUSE IS UNDETERMINED

The Hindenburg, giant Germandirigible engaged in passengerservice across the Atlantic ocean,exploded last Thursday eveningabout 6:23 o'clock as it preparedto moor at Lakehurst, N. J., witha loss of life between 35 and 40.

Although inquiries as to thecause of the disaster have beenlaunched, the true cause has asyet been undetermined. A spark

caused by the backfire of a mo-tor; static electricity, and severalother causes have been suggestedby survivors and eye-witnesses tothe explosion.

The huge ship had just com-pleted its first crossing of thisyear, and was nosing down overLakehurst when, without warn-ing, a burst of flame, followed by

a dull explosion, converted theluxurious airliner into a blazing

inferno which rapidly crashed toearth. Many passengers and mem-bers of the crew leaped from theship to safety while others weretrapped without chance of es-cape.

The huge ship used highly in-flammable hydrogen gas for bu-oyancy. This gas was ignited insome way to wreak the destruc-tion of the world's largest air-ship.

SECURITY BOARDISSUES WARNING

Winston-Salem, May 10.?In-stances of alleged counterfeit so-cial security account cards being

used for identification in cashingchecks brought from the SocialSecurity Board today a cautionthat cards issued by the board arefor identification purposes underthe Social Security Act.

Possession of an account cardholds no particular significancefor other identification purposes

or for the financial responsibilityof the individual, J. N. Freeman,

field representative in charge ofthe Social Security Board officehere said.

The Board wished to emphasize,

Mr. Freeman said, that under thecircumstances in which accountcards are designed to be used itis against the employee's intereststo use a card other than his own.Account numbers are being usedby the Board in administering

the Federal old-age benefits planand by the States in administer-ing their unemployment com-pensation laws.

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A special meeting of the P. O.S. of A. will be held here Mondayevening, May 17, at 8 o'clock, forthe purpose of discussing two ma-jor resolutions that are to be tak-en up at the state meeting of theOrder which will be held at Char-lotte May 20-21. J. B. Bell, ofRonda, is delegate to the statemeeting.

EXCAVATIdN OF INDIANTOWN STARTS SATURDAY

Charlotte, May 11.?The Ar-chaeological Society of NorthCarolina will inaugurate its

mound excavation of the Indianvillage site on Little River inMontgomery county Saturday.

At the same time, the site willbe presented the state as a publicpark.

RAID MADE BY SHERIFF

A 100-gallon duplex steam dis-tillery, capable of turning out alarge volume of liquor, and saidto have been the biggest outfitto ever have been discovered inBry?tn township, was found in thewoods four miles north of Moun-

tain Park Monday by SheriffHarvey S. Boyd, Chief Deputy E.H. Jones and Deputies L. C. Cas-sell and P. C. Sprinkle.

The posse was a few momentstoo late to catch the operators atwork, although the still WHS inoperation when discovered. About7,000 gallons of mash, to which1,000 pounds of sugar had just

been added, were destroyed. Onlyfive gallons of liquor was found,

the blockaders apparently having

taken their booze with them whenthey fled.

Another distillery discoveredTuesday near Chestnut Ridge, innorthern Surry, netted 35 gal-lons of liquor, 10.000 gallons ofbeer and the arrest of GeorgePike, 18, who claimed he had juststopped by the plant for a drink.He was jailed at Mount Airy.

W. C. HAUSER, 72,CLAIMEDBY DEATH

Son of Late T. C. Hauser,Suffers Heart Attack at

His Home

LAST RITES YESTERDAY

Yadkinville, May 12.?Special.?Walter C. Hauser, 72, died sud-denly of a heart attack at hishome here Tuesday night short-ly after 10 o'clock. While sitting

in a chair he suddenly slumpedforward and died before medicalaid could be summoned.

Born at Yadkinville, Mr. Hau-ser had spent his life in thiscounty. He was a. son of the lateT. C. Hauser and Mrs. Hauser.He is survived by his widow, whowas Miss Adelia Adams beforemarriage. One sister, Mrs. R. E.Dalton, Winston-Salem, also sur-vives, together with two brothers,Dr. Robert Hauser of Nebraska,and William Hauser of South Da-

kota.Older people of this section re-

member T. C. Hauser, father ofthe deceased, as one of thewealthiest men Yadkin countyhas ever had. He was a largelandowner and also owned manyslaves before the civil war. Theold saying "rich as Hauser" isstill heard here and came fromT. C. Hauser and his wealth.

The funeral was held Wed-nesday afternoon at 2:30 at Har-mony Qrove Friends church &udinterment followed in the family

burying ground near the church.Rev. I. L. Sharpe of Yadkinvilleconducted the services.

DOBSON BOYS MAKETOUR KLONDIKE FARM

About fifty boys of the agricul-tural class of the Dobson school,accompanied by their instructor,Prof. Clyde Wright, visited Klon-dike Farm Monday, . spendingabout a half-day there inspectingthe farm and the herd.

3. D. Cooper, also of Dobeon,who was in charge of the tour,stated that Mr. Wtlght was doinga wonderful wort: with the classat Dobson.

Pilgrims who visited the Holy

Land do not tread on the groundon which Christ walked while car-rying the cross, as the streets ofJerusalem of the present are from25 to 30 feet higher than at thetime of Christ.

It is estimated that the primi-

tive herds of Buffalo roaming theAmerican Plains numbered about75,000,000 animals.

All In Readiness ForAmateur Show Friday

Everything is in readiness forElkin's second Amateur Contest,

to be held tomorrow night (Fri-

day), on the stage of the -iyrictheatre under the sponsorship ofthe Elkin Merchants association.

The Amateur Contest will fol-low the showing of an excellentmotion picture, "Mind Your OwnBusiness," co-starrng CharlieRuggles and Alice Brady.

Judges will select five winningacts from the array of amateurtalent which will be paraded, andthese acts will go to CharlotteSunday for a broadcast over ra-dio station WBT. The amateursare scheduled to go on the air at1:15 for a 15-minute program,

made possible by the courtesy andcooperation of the ColumbiaBroadcasting System, WBT Di-vision.

Alan Browning, Jr., will againact as master of ceremonies ofthe show, and in addition to theamateurs, will present two nov-elty acts in the form of the "Hy-

dro-Electric Hair Growing Ma-chine,' and "Mekko, the Mechan-ical man." The hair growing ma-chine is said to grow at least sixicchcf of hair in five minutestime (if it works), and will bedemonstrated upon any bald-

headed man who will consent togo upon the stage. It Is under-stood a licensed physician will beon hand ifpossible, to give aid tothe victim in case anything shouldgo wrong with the highly compli-cated hair growing machine.

In "Mekko, the MechanicalMan," the audience will see atfirst hand the only robot to asyet be presented in Elkln. Thishuge monster roughly follows theform of a human being, but thoseexpecting to see a person whopossesses super muscular controlwill be doomed to disappointment,it was said. Although the originof "Mekko" has been kept sh~oud-ed in secrecy, it has been learnedthat over 100 feet of electricalwire is used in his make-up, notto mention numerous other elec-trical inventions necessary in giv-

ing mechanical life to the mon-ster.

The best amateur talent of Sur-ry, Yadkin and Wilkes will be onhand, including string bands,quartets, impersonators, imita-tors, tap and clog dancers, andcomedians. Several of the ama-teurs to be presented took partin the contest last fall, while themajority of the talent willbe seenfor the first time here.

ElldnGateway to Roaring Gap

and the Blue Ridge

PUBLISHED WEEKLY

FINALS ARE TOBEGIN ATLOCAL

SCHOOL SUNDAYDr. Jenkins to Deliver Bacca-

laureate Sermon

PROGRAM BEGINS AT 8

Dr. Merton French Will De-liver Commencement Ad-

dress Thursday

20 ARE TO GRADUATE

Elkin school finals will beginSunday evening, May 16, with theBaccalaureate sermon by Dr. Wm.A. Jenkins, of the Methodistchurch. The program will beginpromptly at 8 o'clock in the ele-mentary school auditorium.

Monday evening at 8 o'clockthe Readers and Declaimers con-test will be held. Readers in thecontest are: Oeraldine Couch,Peggy Royall, Edna Billings, LenaSale and Elizabeth McNeill. De-claimers are: Eugene Aldridge,BillyGraham, Jimmy James andFred Norman. To the winner ineach group a gold medal will bepresented by the Kiwanis Club.

Tuesday evening at 8 o'clockthe elementary graduation exer-cises will be held. Certificates ofpromotion will be awarded anumber of seventh graders.

The Senior Class Day exercises

will be held Wednesday evening

at 8 o'clock. The exercises willbe in the form of a play, "TheOpen Road," and will portray aGypsy Harvest Festival.

Dr. Merton French, professorof Religious Education at ElonCollege, will deliver the com-mencement address to members ofthe graduating class Thursday ev-ening at 8 o'clock, when 20 Sen-iors will receive their high schooldiplomas. Eight boys and 12girls compose the class this year.

Thursday evening the AmericanLegion auxiliary award of $5.00will be given the outstanding

student in scholarship and citi-zenship in the high school.

All patrons of the school arecordially invited to attend theexercises, all of which will be heldin the school auditorium.

KIWANIANS HOSTTO E-J SENIORS

Program Last ThursdayEvening is in Charge of

C. C. Poindexter

PRESENT GOOD PROGRAM

Members of the senior classesof Elkin and Jonesville highschools were the guests of the El-kin Kiwanis club at Hotel Elkinlast Thursday evening.

The program was in charge ofC. C. Poindexter, and included avocal solo by Miss MagdaleneMartin, of the Jonesville class,

and a duet by Miss Ruth Beulinand Miss Edna Billings, of the

Elkin claes. An old-fashionedspelling bee was also staged.

At the beginning ofc the pro-

gram W. G. Lankford, presidentof the Kiwanis club, welcomedthe seniors, Miss Carrie Taylor,

president of the Jonesville sen-ior class, and Miss Mary Eliza-beth Foster, president of the El-kin senior class, responding.

Miss Rosamond Neaves, of El-kin, and Miss Mae Young, ofJonesville, won attendance prizes.

The rubber used in the automo-bile industry in one year wouldmake one rubber tire large enoughto go around the world one andone-half times.

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