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CAROLINA'S LEADING
I WEEKLY NEWS! PAPER U/*'
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20 NEW HOUSES
JIT IN 1929 IN
MN-MESVILLE
MO.OOO IS
SPENT IN DWELLINGS,
SURVEY SHOWS
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MANf PEALS MADE
Around $60,000 In Real Estate
Transact ions Made In
Community
KTwenty new resi(i*^ e 8 were
BkIS «iki r rifl Jonesvilie
■ring 198 f A toUU «*P end -
V™ of appro k »«0,000:00
a checkup by i|j ® ® and
Martin's In*?. »"ows.
The new admlsfation build
ing »t Mountain Park, erected
the pt_st year, called for
a i:Hh outlay »f $75,000, which
makes the approximate, value of
new buildings in this cbmm\nJi»
for the year reach the $135,000
mark.
Local real estate men look for
a fair year in construction for
1930. Martin's Inc. which hand
led most of the real estate trans
actions in Elkin in 1929, reports
that over SOO,OOO was expended
In real estate trasnactions here
during the past year.
POSTOFFICE WILL 4
BE CLOSED EACH
NIGHT AT 10 P. M.
V
NE W fo RIiKR EFFECTIVE
SLIT PRO-
SO LETTERS
V MAY RE POSTED >/
Kadflng Vhursday night tp
will be
night at 10 o'clock and to.
Kph so until 7 o'clock
BBrning. A slit has
("tier the South window
•which mail
up for
mail. Atfl
This means 9
be unable to
to get mail
after 10 o'clock cffHjKvening
Postmaster Bodenheimer\made a,
survey of the town before the*
order became effective and found
but little opposition to the clos
ing rule.
KIWANIANS HEAR'
GOOD PROGRAM
Elkfn Kiwanlans Heard plans
for the year outlined toy--the new
president J- G. Abernethy. last
Friday night in the jwcond meet
ing of the year the Hotel
Elkin.
William Price charge of
the program aJ u ' introduced
Miss Gene Lewi? w ho gave two
Interpretative £ nco numbers to
the accomanim«^ 1 of a Victrola.
Mrs. James Cf ,dwe " Save two
readings arid 'numbers were
highly the al-J
jfc'.pt perfect at^Bi^ 0 ' tlyfe
pnub. The
a joint
Walton in
,wo weeks.
J. FRANK OBRTER
PRAMEJDUNEDIN
Dunedln, Fla., 'Jan. 16 —J.
Funk Carter, owner of the Car-
I oliifi Cross Arm aud Furniture
I Company of F.lkin, North Caro-
I lina, registered at the Hotel
I Wednesday. This is the
winter that Mr. Carter
the guest at the hoteL
Kp Ralph E. Hartman has l
Dunedin,
nicest
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time
could
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FLOODS IN SOUTHWEST
blizzards lashed the Mid
west and Far-west floods threat
ened severe damage in the Miss
issippi valley as a continued
{lownpour was ljugumented by
melting snows cotaing from the
North. * /
STARVING
It is Authentically stated that
two minion Chinese are starving
because of a famine raging in
)ie FaV East. Add to this a like
nunibqfc- of persons said to have
been .eaten by beings as
Cannibalism broke out in China.
Typhis fever has also, taken
countess thousands reports say.
SENATORIAL TIMBER
Th* North Carolina republi
cans %re going to be forced into
* prmary fight with the an
nouncement that Henry Grady"
Dirsejt, Wake Forest hotel
lawyer and preacher would
A the nomination. It ia gen
wally understood that the G. O.
■ convention would draft Ike
Heekina for the job of running
fer Simmons' seat. Meanwhile
lie fires under the Slmmons
■ailey fight for the democratic
domination grow to white heat
wnator Simmons is Issuing a
Rrflement says he can t make a
flwsonal campaign because his
tin*e is needed in Washington,
anrt because he doesn't have the
nofcessary finances but would re
ly/on his friends entirely to
toiW him the nomination.
?ATHER DASHES
THROUGH FLAMES
TO RESCUE TOTS
Kdrkw haves does HER
OIC DKKD A* SLEEPING
HHII HRKN ARK TRAPPED
R-e of unknown eom
destroyed the home of
Hayes near the North
ffkin School about 11 o'clock
fcst Friday night and sosudden
-1y„ did the flames eat up the
dwelling that the family was
forced to flee in night clothing
and it was only through heroic
efforts of Mr. Hayes that the
children in the home were saved.
Mr. JHayes says he was awak
ened by something resembling a
falling object and then smelled
smoke, and by the time he could
get up the whole house was en
veloped in flames. Several child
ren were sound asleep and evi
dently trapped, but Mr, Hayes
dashed through a sheet of flame
to save the sleeping tots. The
whole house and all the furnish
ings were consumed with com
plete loss a/ no insurance was
carried.
Th. old house was built of logs
and weatherboarded. was one of
the landmarks of the whole sec
tion/and the first to built in that
conrimunity beween eighty and
a/Inindred years ago.
SURRY GIVEN BUT
20,000 TROUT FROM
STATE HATCHERY
REPEAL OF LICENSES IN
COUNTY CAUSES IXX AI,
STREAMS TO BE CUT
OFF
county suffered heavily
■Plowing the act of the county
cwjmlssioner s repealing the fish
ing license law, according to the
annual report of Coy WaliM*.
superintendent of the Roariuff
Gap hatchery, because only 20,
000 trout were alloted to Surry
following the repeal of the law.
It is pointed out that Surry
will probably reciere no trout to
restock streams unless the fish
license law is put back in force
as the state hatcheries are oper
ated on revenue from iTshlng li
cense funds.
While Surry county received
trout from the hatchery
before the licenses were repeal
ed, Wilkes, 'Which maintained
the llfcenses,. received 321,000
A total of 1.047,445 fUh
B|re distributed during the past
Hkr to the counties In this sec
the stale, to
F*mohs American* Distribute Inanig/ant's $6,000,000
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Calvin Coolidge, former President of the United Statei (center) with Alfred E. Smith,
of NfcW York l«Tt) and Juiiui Rosenwald, eminent Chicago merchant and philanthiopiit.
been acting since last June at a committee to pick the institutions which are to receive a fortune
fix million dollars left by Conrad Hubert of Jersey City, a German immigrant who invented the
Ifeht These famous citiiens have met everv two weeks and were unanimous in their decisions. *
BANKRUPT FIRM
IS RUN AT PROFIT
A net profit of $44,313.56 was
reported by Trustee J. H. John
son who is operating the Roar
ing River Furniture Company,
bankrupt, pending liquidation of
assets the report being summary
of activities coveied the last
nine months of 1929 and was
turned in at the office of Ref
eree L. C. McKaughan yesterday.
Th report was the result of an
audit at the year® end.
Credlto/s and trustees are
well pleased at the results of the
years activities. It was pointed
out that the profits in operation
exceeded some of the offers
made for the firm and its good
will shortly after it went into
bankruptcy. It was intimated
that the concern possibly would
be able to pay its waj clear of
debt If business continued as
prosperous as it has been for the
past nine months period.
ELKIN NATIONAL
BANK REELECTS
OLD OFFICIALS
PAYS USUAL DIVIDENDS AND
LOOKS TO GOOD YEAR •
FOR ioa«
The regular annual meeting of
the stockholders of the Elkin
National Bank, was held in the
banking room of the bank on
last Tuesday. A majority of stock
was represented and the meeting
well attended. TTwr" officers made
a report of the business for the
past year and tto stockholders
Were gratified with the results
The usual dividend was paid on
January first and a substantial
amount to the profit account
Since the bank was organized
over one hundred thousand dol
lars has baeu paid to the stock
holders in dividends.
The stockholders elected the
following directors for the com
ing year. C. G. Arfnfield, Alex
Chatham, R. M. Chatham, J, F.
Hendren, Mason Lillard, E. F.
i McNeer, W. A. Neaves, J. G. Ray
and Dr. J. W. Ring.
Immediately the stock
holders meeting the directors
met and elected officers as fol
lows: Alex Chatham, president,
C. G. Armfield, Vice-President,
and Cashier; Dr. J. W. Ring,
Vice-President, and Miss Bettie
Allen Assistant Cashier.
The officers and director* were
free to discuss the present busi
ness conditions, and were of the
unanimo. opinion that 1930
will be a >od year. People are
PByftig tin - debts and work
ing hard and with this combina
tion good resu.*js are bound to
follow, the bank officials said.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF
BAPTIST MISSIONS MEETS
Th Executive Committee of
the Woman's Missionary Society
of the Baptist church met at the
home of Mrs. F. M . Norman
Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Norman
the president, presided over the
meeting. Plans were made for
the work of the society during
the first quarter of the year,
ii-ieven of the twelve mmbrs
of the Executive committe were
'
A social half hos? Shallowed
followed the business meeting,
during which the hoßtesg served
a delicious salad course with
coffee.
KLKIN, N. C., THUKSPAY AXUARV lg. IW
JUDGE SINK WILL |!
HEAR TOWN UMTS
SQUABBLE MONDAY
OVER HUNDRED WITNESSES
CALLED TO TESTIFY AT
TRIAL AT DORSON
BE KEENLY FOUGHT
Four Attorneys to Represent
City anil Taxpayers in Im
portant Cause
The fate of the Elkin city lim
its will be in the balance next
Monday when the case to set
aside the town election by which
the corporate limits were extend
ed last May, will be heard before
Judge Hoyle Sink, of Lexington,
who is holding 'the term of the
superior court at Dobson.
Over one hun(|red persons
been called to testify in
the'case which is expected to be
hard. foug"ht througfi out. Attor
neys Fxjwik Whitaker, E. C.
James, W. "ltf. Allt-n and A. D.
Folger will a(>p&ir in behalf of
the city and taxpayers while.At
torney Harry Barker will repre
sent the plaintiffs wlioseek to
set aside the election as invalid.
It will be recalled that
town limits were extended by a
>thre vote majority at the spec
ial election held to determine
the issue last spring.
It is understod that a motion
will go before the court to ask
that a referee be appointed to
compile the whole issue for the
court.
LEAVES JAIL ONLY
TO BE ARRESTED
ON ELKIN CHARGE
CON LEV MARTIN HELD IN
KTI'ART, VIRGINIA AM)
RETURN EI) HERE
It was a jump from the frying
pan into the skillet for Conley
Martin who was returned to El
kin Tuesday from Stuart, Vir
ginia, where he had been in jail
serving a sentence on a booze
charge for Martin was wanted
( here ion the same charge and
will face trial in the court of Jus
tice of the Peace Lovelace next
Saturday on J. liquor charge.
Martin was returned here by
Deputv Sheriffs Darnell and
Dlckerson and gave bond in the
sum of SSOO for his appearance
in the justice court. Officials at
Stuart were notified that Martin
was wanted here and when his
sentence was about to expire
they notified the local authori
ties who nabbed him when he
left the jail there.
GENERAL MEETING OF
BAPTIST CIRCLES MONDAY
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The General Meeting of all
the Circles of the Woman's Mis
sionary Society of the Baptist
Church will meet in tbe church
parlors Monday afternoon at
3:30 A full ntt«ndanee from all
the clrclea is requested.
Coiyty Agents in the tobacco
growing counties report that the,
growers are busy Teeleanicg init
treating their seed before plant
ing the beds.
(MAN ARRESTED FOR
CONCEALING GUN
C. C. Blevins of near this city
was arrested by Chief of Police
Church last Saturday com
plaint tnat he was carrying con
cealed weapons. When' Chief
Church searched Blevins he
found a revolver of expensive
make.
Blevins gave a $l5O bond for
his in Recorders
Court next Tuesday. He told
police he carried the weapon be
cause his life had be*n threat
ened.
RUNS NAIL THRU
FOOT IN JUMP OFF
A STORE SHELF
A. S. MARTIN, PENNEY STORE
MANAGER, SUFFERS PAIN
FL'L ACCM&fSNT
A. S. Martin, manager of the
J. C. Penney store here, is suf
fering severe agony as a result
of an accident at the store
Tuesday evening when he jump
ed from a counter onto a nail,
the nail (U"'ig through his foot.
Mr. Martin and John Aiken
were fixing some shelves in the
store and Martin had finished
S«urk on one of the shelves and
to the floor the nail
sticking up from a loose piece of
board. througth the shoe
and the whsW, foot and almost
protruding thrOiigh the top.
Medical aid wa# summoned
and the member whs
twice its normal size Wftcjftesday
morning. It will be some tithe
before Mr. Martin is able to re
sume his duties at the store.
SEVERAL HURT IN
AUTOMOBILE CRASH
In an auomobile wreck Sat
urday night'at 8: o'clock tfcee
miles south of Jonesvllle, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Bell and dau
ghter of Hamptonvllle were sev
erely injured. Richard Wagoner
of Yadkin County, who with
Clifford Vestal and Delmar South
ard was driving the Ford coupe
which crashed into the sedan
occupied by the Bell family, is
held responsible' for the occ.ur
ance. The trio is alleged to have
been under the influence of
liqor.
Mr. and Mrs. Bell's injuries
were in the nature of burns
from acid spilled from the bat
tery of their car. Miss Caroline
Bell, supervisor of music in Yad
klnville high schol was the most
painfully injured of the party,
six stitches being required to
close her right which was split
from thumb through the palm.
Her knee and" leg were also bad
i iy lacerated.
Another daughter Miss Mar
aret Bell, teacher of piano in
Bast Bend high school, suffered
an injury to her hip. The tbird
daughter, Miss Lola escaped in-
Jury. The sedan was badly wreck
ed.
Neither of the jj||eeyoung
men whose
the Bell car .was any
extent,
DIES A^^RVSK
A. H. Castevens, 49, died at
hts home near Rusk on January
10, after an illness of short du
ration. «He is survived by his
widow and two children.
Funeral services and
ment were at - Little Richmond
church Saturday afternoon.
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- KK(OKI) TOBACCO
I. N. Greenwood, living two
miles from Elkin on the Dob-,
son road, sold a barn of to
bacco Tuesday for an average
of 45.63 cents. There were
two grades in the barn, one
selling at 4 0 cents for 322
poiinds while 194 pounds sold
for 56 cents. Mr. Grenewood
Says this is the best tobacco
he has ever sold.
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DOZEN ARRESTS
IN JONESVILLE IN
LAST FEW DAYS
TWO UP FOR ASSAULTING
OFFICER. WHILE DRNUKS
LEAD THE DOCKET
Jonesvilles police docket was
heavy again this week as Chief
of Police Hartsell's dragnet
snagged offenders. Bub Price is
out on bonds of S2OO and SSOO
on counts of speeding and aid
ing a prisoner to escape and will
be tried before Mayor Bryant
Saturday morning.
Carl Boles is out on a S2OO
bond for his appearance before
Mayor Bryant Saturday on a
charge of drunkeness. It i s said
that Bo\es protested be ing
brought to Elkin and refused to
cross the river bridge claiming
that the officers had no jurisdic
tion in any other county and
he gave bond in Yadkin.
Everett Mathfs was arrested
on three counts and gave bond
in the sum of S4OO for his ap
pearance before Mayor Bryant
He is charged with being drunk
assaulting Spencer Hartsell, an
bfficer, and possession of liqor.
Mathis 16 under a suspended sen
tence and a stiff sentence is ex
pected.
Evan Martin was arrested on
charges of being drunk, driving
a car while under the influence
of liqor, and an assault on Spen
cer Hartaell, and officer, and
gave a S3OO bond for his . ap
pearance before Mayor Bryant.
Will Van Eaton, colored min
ister of the gospel, was- fined
$lO and costs on a charge of be
ing drunk and was „sent to jail
for failure to pay the fine and
costs.
Proens Swaim is under a SSOO
bond for being drunk and resist
ing an officer will be tried be
fore Mayor Bryant Saturday.
Charles Kemmer was arrested on
a charge of speeding and reck
less driving and gave a S2OO
bond for his appearance Satur
day- while Dan Vestal gave a
S2OO bond for his appearance at
the same time on a charge of
drunkeness.
Hay Johnson paid the costs
on a charge against him ol reck
less dririre and was released
Wilmoth .Bwaim did the
sam«r?» the nutssance charge
against him and Hubert Wolfe
paid the copts and ltscense fee
for operating a barber shop with
out proper and had that
charge against hirt- cleaned up.
HIGH SCHOOL NET
SEASON TO START
HERE SATURDAY
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The Elkin High School bas
! ketball season will get under
wsy next Saturday night when
i the strong Ronda teams play
i the locals on the warehouse
floor. Ronda has a strong team
i and both games are expected to
be keenly fought.
Clay Church, Richard Atkin
son, Graham- Reich, Fred Harris,
i Bernard Hall, Sig Holcomb, Bob
Eidson, Bryte Burgiss and
Royall are working out daily for
• the boys team and the quintet
will be selected from this group.
' Over fifteen girls are practic
ing daily and the leading can
didates for places are Catherine
West, Flora Royall, Sarah Click,
Catherine Hall, Ruth Allred,
Frances Grier, Margaret Barker,
An attractive net schedule is be
ing worked out this season.
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MANY BIG HOGS \
KILLED AT SHILOH
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There have been some fine
porkers slaughtered in the Sbi
loh community this fall. Those
killing hog* that weighed
aroand 600 pounds are the fol
lowing: Metsrs. J, P. H«ndar«cn,
A. P. Carter, V. A, Madison, Ei
nie "Torrent, Witte Rofcblns,
Mrs?~-\ Jlen Trivette and others.
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PUBLISHED WKKKL
POLITICAL TALK j
TAKES STAGE AS
PRIMARY NEARS
WHO WILL SLAKED GRAVESr
AS SOLICITOR GETS
. »niKNT
TALK OF fOLGER
Riunor Persists
Will Go to SaniH of Eorayth
In Congress
With the primary date get
ting nearer, political gossip is
beglnnig to babble In th|s sec
tion especially, as It pertains to
the more local offices.
' Since S. Porter Graves of Mt.
Airy, who has been solictor of
this district for almost thirty
years, has announced he will
not be , a candidate to succeed
himself there is much talk of
who will take up-the solicitorial
reins which Mr. Graves has held
so long.
Carlisle W. Higgins, of Sparta,
has made a formal announced
ment of his candidacy to suceed
Mr. Graves and there are many
ardent democrats in this section
who will back Mr. Higgins.
There is persistent rumor that
A. D. Folger of Dobson, will be
a candidate, but those close to
the well, known Dobson lawyer,
say he will not cbmmit himself.
On the other hand talk per
sists that John Folger, of Mt.
Airy, will be a candidate for con
gress v to take the place of Mojor
Stednian, now in his 88th year;,
who has made the announcement
that he will not be a candidate
again for the office although
here is a sentiment to keep him
there because he is now the loue
survivor of the Civil War in con
gress.
It Is taken for granted that
both the Folgers will not run
for office and here seems to be
a consensus of opinion that J. FV
Sams, pro mi neat Winston-Sa*Jfl
attorney will get the
most of the Surry
for congress In
Forsyth's support to
ger for solicitor.
All democrats agree that the
Bailey-Simmons senatorial fight
will be hard fought and probab
ly bitter although very little
Simmons sentiment has shown
itself on the surface of the po
litical waters in this section.
According to politicians Wed
nesday, Carlise Higgins will have
practically the entire support of
I Surry county In the race for sol
icitor as seventeen of the nine
teen attorneys of the Surry bar
had already given him their en
dorsement to # his candidacy.
Those In position to know aver
candidate for the solicitorship
and that he has already endor
that Lon Folger will not be a
Bed Higgin's candidacy.
DR. J. T. BURRUS
TO BE CANDIDATE
FOR STATE SENATE
FORM KK ROCKFORD M A
KNOW.V HKRK, T>
BNTKR HIGH POINT
PRIMARY
Dr. John Tijffen . Bitrrus, pres
ident of the
at High Point and well known
citizen says that he will probab
ly be a fw fhe nom
ination for state senatof In the
Democratic primary in June.
Dr. Burrus, always busy in thfr
medical field, has ever evinced s
interest in public affairs. He has
held a number of appointive
positions with the state govern
ment anJ recently retired from
the presidency of the North Car
olina Medical society.
Although he indicated that
the probability of his making
the race was strong, he still in
sisted that the word "probably"
be left in his announcement.
Dr. Burrus Is a native of
Rockford, Surry County. A son
of Mrs. Betty R«wce Burrus and
the late John Bitrrus. He is well
known in Klkln and Jonesville,
where he begau the practice of
his profession in his early man
hood. Later going to High Point
where
| ,i aPJcirßCa
More than fOOO i H arail
abl« in the Jane S, - McKimmou
fund which was formed In hohor 1
of tyre. MeKimmor) and to aid