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WESTERN NORTH # CAROLINA'S LEADING tt> I WEEKLY NEWSPAPER VOL NO. M X NO. so JAIL BREAKER STEALS ANOTHER AUTO; GETS AWAY £ «M CLAMPETT MAKES AWAY WITH CHEVROLET CAR AT WEST JEFFERSON >% SURROUND HOME * Police and Sheriffs Make Search Bat Find He Had left . lone Hickory Jim Clampett who made his escape from Elkin bastile a week * ago, is still at large and has stolen another automobile and .-•Arinped it and is still somewhere ' ißw great out of doors, -w' Clampett was recognized as as the man who stole a Chevro let touring car at West Jefferson Saturday, brought it to near Yadkinville where he stripped it and went to the home of his par erfts near Lone Hickory for a brief visit. Chief of Police Church and a force went to search for him at the parental home last Saturday night and while there were join ed by Sheriff Movley, of Yadkin and the Sheriff of Ashe and Chief (Vt_Police of West Jefferson but it was found that he had left the place. Clampett's father told Chief of Police Church he would bring the prisoner to Elkin where he is wanted for the theft of Dr. Hugh Parks car, if he returned to the parental roof. %ILEY GREETS , AND IS GREETED > BY FRIENDS HERE BENATORAI., CANI>It>ATE HKKfi . VICTORY AHEAD; HAX COCK IS WKI.L RECEIVED Jostah W. Bailey of Raleigh, candidate for the Democratic nomination for United States Sen ator against Senator Furnlfold Simmon*, wag an Elkin visitor last Friday and for several hours A&ted friends at the Hotel El kin. Mr. Bailey had come from Mt. Airy where he had made a brief visit after his address at Dobson Thursday night when he spoke to a crowded auditorium at the commencement exercises at the schools there. Many Elkin persons were pre sent at the address Thursday *- night and spoke in the highest terms of the speech which was entirely free from politics. Mr. Bailey was highly enthus iastic over his prospects for the nomination and was assured by y local persous that he wteuld car • ry this county by two-to-one vote. The senatorial aspirant left late .Friday for North Wilkesboro where he greeted friends. 4Kl' Another political visitor in El "kih last week was Frank Han . cock, of Oxford, a candidate for the Democratic nomination for congress from this district. Mr. Hancock, driving his Ford car and himself tacking up his poli tical posters, drew the admira- of scores of people. He made a strong impression here and his friends freely predicted he would win the nomination by a big margin. The following index of com mercial display advertising is published for the convenience of readers. Care is exercised in •T-ompiling this index, but we as- J same no responsibility in case of '• Bank of Elkin 2 I Lyric Theatre 2 Insurance Loan & Trust Co 2 Sargon 2 * Gold Ribbon Coffee 2 •C. A. Boles 2 S. P. U 2 > F. W. Chevrolet 2 u/ y Harris-Burgiss Elect. Co 3 Ford 8 Want Ads 5 Paul Gwyn - 5 Elkin National Bank ..." 5 Tax List - Ray and Gilliam - 7 Professional cards 7 Hinshaw Cash Hardware Co 7 ' Eagle Service Co 8 P. u si [ ' Elkin Hardware Co 8 Relch-Hayes-Boren 9 Graduation Page ....... 10 THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Elkin-Roaring G Be Known as 'R Bower of Verdure The highway from Elkin to Roariig Gap soon will bloom Into a bower of beauty and the moun tain. highway, already one of the most beautiful In the country, will become known as the "Road of the Rbses.'" A group of per sons headed by Highway Com missioner Alex Ilanes is having 6000 rambler roses set out on the banks on the upper side of .the road up the mountain which has just been widened while the banks on the lower side of the highway have already been plant ed in honeysuckle. Combined with tilts', the Elkin Kiwanis Club and the Elkin Wo man's Club has purchased mil lions of flower seeds and these will be distributed 1 to every home between here and Doughton on the highway with the plea that they be planted along the road side in front of every home. It is pointed out that the full mea jsure of the aim to make a com plete bower of beauty from Elk in to the top of the mountain re sort cannot) be fulfilled unless |every person living along the iroad does his or her duty and 'plants the seeds. The Kiwanis committee in charge of the movement to make a continuance highway of beau ty consists of A. O. Bryan, chair man; Paul Owyn, R. B. Harrell. and J. R. Poindexter. while the Woman's Club committee con sists of Mesdames Rlious Pyron, t Fred Colhard, W. W. Whitaker.j |and E. E. McNeer. Over SIOO.OO in flower seeds, 'have arrived and are being distr ibuted in small packages. The I'seeds consist of calendulas, cos-j jinoß. larkspur, double African; marigolds, varied poppies, petun-' 'ies, zenlas, calliopsis and cocks-j .combs, and If planted at once., jshould be In full bloom by the. j first of July. It 1* planned to 'distribute prenniuls this fall to make the bower of beauty perpet ual. The rosebushes and honey suckle being planted along the mountain side are expected to be In bloom next year and it Is pre dicted that this road will soon be such a verdure of beauty that people will drive miles to see it scenic attraction coupled with and soon became a nation wide the unexcelled vistas seen from The Improved road road to Roar ing Cap which is one of the en gineering feats of the South. The cnovlct camp Is being moved this week to West Jefferson where the prisoners will be worked on the new road leading from there to Grassy Creek. Late News 1 I MARTIAL LAWS "Sherman Texas is quieting fol lowing the lynching of a negro who is alleged to have made a criminal assault of a white, wo man. Texas rangers kept the negro from the mob which then set fire to the court house. After the $60,000 court house had been destroyed, the negro's body was taken from the cage and dragged through the streets and three blocks of houses in the neg ro section were destroyed. Gov ernor Moody of Texas says he will bring the offenders to jus tice. BUOTH GROWING Federal census returns show that the greatest growth is being shown in the South and West with California leading on the returns so far in cities doubling population. High Point now has a population of 36,708, a gain of 22,406 since the 1920 census. OOLBEN MOORE DIVORCED Colleen Moore, the movie act ress, won a divorce from her hus band, John McCormick, the di rector, when she brought out that he ordered her from home and was insulting to her and in sulted her guests and ordered them to leave her home. On acocunt of rain storm the Kance singers were compelled to postpone their engagement at Elkin Valley Baptist Church Sunday night May 11, but will be at the same place this Sunday night May 18, at 8 o'clock. Rain ir shine. ELKIN. N. C. THURSDAY MAY 13, !»«« Oldest Fireman ■ j. , —/ wt -a Tom • F •arty, oi Lake wood, N J. who is 10! years old. claims, aiu probably correctly, that he .« the old e« w!unn*er fireman in the world COOKING SCHOOL TO BE HED HERE FROM MAY 27 TO 31 MISS VIOLA DECKER TO BE IN CHARGE OF COURSE UN DER S. P. U. AUSPICES Elkin housewives will be given an opportunity to attend a cook ing school which will be held In :the Kiwanis room of the Hotel j Elkin from May 27 to 31 under .the auspices of the Southern Public Utilities Company. Miss i Viola Decker, dietician of the S. jp. U. will have ' charge of the course which will include every modern phase of cooking and Imenu making. I The school last year was a tre ,mendous success and this year's |course is expected to be . evwr greatw.- i .. ,«»■■«» PRISON TERMS GIVEN 4 LOCAL PEOPLE BY HAYES BOOJSE CHARGES AIRED AT FEDERAL COURT TERM AT WINSTON-SALEM Federal Judge Johnson J. Hay es, meted out penal sentences to several local people during the I term of the fereral court at Win ston-Salem last week. Hugh Creed and Roscoe Spen cer must serve eighteen month terms at the United States Re formatory at Chillieothe, Ohio, for "hijacking" 4 5 gallons of li quor from Mack Waddell of Wil kes county several months ago. It will be remembered that the pair went to Waddell's home in Wilkes county and bought the liquor then sent Waddell to his cache for more and while he was gone drove away with the whis key. Waddell in the meantime, had been arrested by federal of ficers and then came to Elkin and swore out warrants for the local youths. They were slated o appear i n Recorder's court hut It was found the local court had no jurisdiction but while in the ustody of local officers they were taken by U. S. Marshals and taken to the Yadkin county jail to wait trial in this charge. Burdette Woodruff got an eighteen month sentence to the federal penitentiary at Atlanta for manufacturing while Decatur Gentry got fifteen months at the same place for posessing 75 gal lons of liquor. Gentry was arres ted by local officers several week ago when his hom£ near here was searched and the liquor was found in an out building. As soon as the officers spied the whiskey. Gentry fled in an auto mobile and succeeded in eluding the officers after a wild abandoning his auto near the Greenwood filling station on the Dobson road when he had a flat tire. Fojf Shepherd was given a $75.00 fine for transporting and possessing and his automobile confiscated and Dewey Hinson was put on probation for three years for the sale of whiskey. Attornney H. H. Barker and Frank H. WhitaKer represented the defendants in Judge Hayes's court. A salesman fined in Chicago 'for intoxitatlon gave the name of I. B. Gaye. FURTHER PLANS FOR THE MASONIC PICNIC JULY 4 BIG BOXING CARD TO BE PUT ON AT NIGHT BY AMERI CAN LEGION PLAN MANY EVENTS Speaker to be Known bf Next Week; Noted Band Mh.v be Secured Although tentative plans have been drawn up to make the an nual Masonic Picnic this year the greatest in the long picnic series, no definite or complete arrange ments have-been made and will probably not be made* until next week. One of the features of the day this year will be a big boxing show which will be staged by the George Gray Post of the Ameri can Legion of this city and the war veterans plan' to bring one of the finest boxing carnivals to be offered any place in the South on that date. Young Frisco, who knocked out some of the best fighters in the state, has tenta tively agreed to come here for the main go that night and an able opponent will be secured for him besides some strong boxers for the semi-finals. Boxing has become one of the major sporting events in the country and its popularity is increasing daily. A crowd of sev eral thousand is expected to wit ress that feature of the picnic alone. Although a speaker has been selected the committee in charge has not heard from him and his name cannot be announced until next week. It is also hoped to have the American Legion Band of Winston-Salem here to furn ish the music for the event but this feature cannot be definitely decided until next week. The Riding Device# will be here as usual and the picnic is to be advertised over the wbeU> West '•ra set t ion of the StajQ- The following committees have been named for the picnic: Ground Committee. R. G. Franklin, chairman: O. P. Hamp ton; G. W. Masten: J. B. John son: R. C. Woodruff; H. G. Har ris. Entertainment Committee. E. C. James, chairman, H. H. Bar ker: W. M. Allen; F. H. Whlta ker; S.' O. Maguire. Advertising; committee, C. S. Foster, chairman, Paul Gwyn; A. O. Bryan: W. A. Finney; R. L. Church; Ed worth Harris; Edwin Harris. Soliciting committee. It. J. Barker chairman; W. A. Neaves J. L. Powers; J. A. Somers; J. O. Bivens; J. L. Llllard; M. H. Royali; Sam Ray. Parking committee, H. D. Woodruff, chairman. J. O. Church; W. G. Church, J. L. Darnell. Ticket ommittee, W. S. Cough, chairman, F. H. Whitaker. Horse Shoe Pitching Contest; D. F. Cough, chairman Thos. R. White. Ball committee; H. P. Gra ham. chairman, Dixie Craham; W. C. Cox. Special Soliciting committee; F. M. Norman, chairman, C. O. Hadley, Fred Colhard; Hugh Royali. Refreshment committee, J. G. Abernethy, chairman, Oeorge Royali, E. E, Brown; W. C. Cox. Special committee (speakers) W. S. Reich chairman, S. O. Ma guire: H. M. Foy. Special committee (Wilkes) F. H. Whitaker, chairman; W. M. Allen; H. M. Foy. KIWANIANS OBSERVE MOTHER'S DAY HERE r i Elkln Klwanians observed Mother's Day last Friday night at the regular session of the club held at the Hotel Elkln. Mothers of the members were specially invited guests and each was given flowers in commora tlon of the event. Mrs. Richard Chatham sang two beautiful songs in honor of the mother's and Rev. L. B. Ab ernethy made a brief talk on the event lauding the mothers of America and pleading for a liv ing of the Ideals they taught. Attorney Frank H. Whitaker had charge of the program. Defying superstition and walk ing under a ladder, James Rior dan of New York then saw a dol lar bill on the sidewalk, stooped to pick it up, slipped and broke his leg. Tree In Elkin Measures 24 1-2 Feet in Covers Quarter Acre Space One of the largest trees In the whole state is claimed for Elkin and is standing on Front Street near the creek in front of the J. S. Bell home. The tree is still young and growing rapidly and expert? predict that the elm, when it reaches full growth, will be a record winner. The tree measured twenty four and a half feet in circuro j ference one foot . from the ground and its limbs spread over !a quarter of an acre of ground, I measuring 37 yards from the tip jof the foliage to the other side least and west afid 35 yards north and south. Many persons, "who 'have never seen the tree before have visited the place and mar veled at Its great beauty and stature. FATHER OF FIVE CHILDREN ENDS LIFE WITH PISTOL BRYANT GRAY,. 32, COMMITS SUICIDE AT HOME NEAR SWAN CREEK Bryant Gray, 32, a farmer of the Swan Creek community ofj Yadkin County commited suicide late Wednesday evening by shooting himself through the temple with a pistol. No motive for the act is known, although he had not appeared to be men tally normal for the past several weeks. Surviving are his widow, five small children and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gray. Funeral services and Inter ment were at Pleasant Home church, Wilkes county, Friday afternoon. THESE PEOPLE WERE ALL 'CAUGHT SHORT* The customary quiet of a big resort hotel was broken by the raucous cries of newsies crying extras. A man leaped out of a barber shop half shaved. A chauffeur deserted his car in the middle of a traffic inter section. A woman tore from a hair dresser's shop, her coiffure done up in the funny pins that bring "permenant waves." And that was the manner in which Chuck Reisner expressed in "Caught Short," his version of what happened on that fate fud "October 2"rd," when tjr' bottom fell out of the stock mar ket. "Caught Short" is a Marie Dressier-Polly Moran talking comedy based on the famous security debacle. Other players include Anita Page, Charles Morton, T. Roy Barnes, Herbert Prior and Nancy Price. Showing at the Lyric Theatre next Monday and Tuesday May 19 and 20. VIRGINIA BARKER IS GIVEN HONOR Greensboro, May 14, —At a re cent election of the Mathematics idub of North Carolina college. Miss Anne Fawcette, of Mount Airy, became president of the or ganization, and Miss Virginia Barker of Elkin, vice president. Miss Pickett Henderson, of Wil mington, the mathematicians made secretary and treasurer. ( A Mount Airy girl. Miss Mary Kapp, has been president of the club during the past year. YADKIN WILL NOT COMBINE SCHOOLS There will be no consolidation of the schools in Yadkin county at this time because the board of commissioners in session last Monday voted down the proposal although the board of education had recommended it. The vote means there will be no central $67,000 school built in the vi cinity of Brooks Cross Roada as anticipated. Dee Holcomb of Jonesvllle, L. J. Hompton, of Hamptonville and Henry Davis of East Bend compose the board of education. Testifying in a suit for dam- 1 I ages, Mrs. Amy Clybourn of Chi- 1 i cago offered to take a doble oath t to t!;e truth. | Soort fo Wed ~ Miss Elizabeth Hughes, youngest child oi Chief h»stice Tlughes, who»« engagement to William Thomas Got- Mitt, lawyei of N«w York, || announced. NEW MAYOR SITS IN FIRST CASE IN JONESVILLE GURNMY WAGONER GIV ES BOYD SHEPHERD FINE ON DRUNK CHARGE Mayor Gurney Wagoner, of Jonesville, held his first court Monday of this week when Boyd Shepherd appeared before him on a charge of being drunk. He was given a fine of $5.00 6nd costs by the new mayor of the Yadkin county metropolis. Shepherd was arrested last Saturday by Chief of Police Wil moth. The new administration has set out on a strict law en forcement program. MARVIN MAYBERRY TOSSESS HAT IN RING Marvin M. Mayberry, of Jones vllle has officially tossed his hat Into the political ring with the announcement that he will seek the office of Register of Deeds subject to the Yadkin county Republican primary on June 7. Mr. Mayberry, who has always lived in this vicinity all his life, is 35 years old and one of the best k--Wn young men In Yad kin couv.iy. He was born 011 the Iredell line but has resided in Jonesville for the past thirteen years and for the past four years has operated the Elkln-Winston- Salem buss. He was a member of the 8 2nd Division in the World War serving in the artillery bri gade of that Division overlaps. It is pointed out that no man" for years from the Jonesville section of Yadkin county has been hon ored with a major political office. JULIUS N. HARRIS CALLED BY DEATH Funeral services were conduc ted from the Maple Springs Metb odlst church Wednesday morn ing at 11 o'clock for Julius New ton Harris, SO, a well known and highly respected citizen of the Maple Springs community, Wilkes Couty. Mr. Harris death followed an acute attack of kid ney trouble about two weeks ago. In recent years Mr. Harris had made his home with his son Clyde Harris of Miller's Creek, Wilkes county. Up to that time he had spent his entire life in the Maple Springs community, and It was during a visit to his daughter, Mrs. Leet Poplin, of Maple Springs, that he was ta ken fatally ill. Surviving the deceased are four sons an dthre daughters, W. W. Harris of Roaring River, Cly de, Noah and Eph Harris of Mil ler's Creek, Mrs. J. M. Privette of Ronda, Mrs. Poplin, Ma ple Spring and Mrs. Charles ,Moore of California; also the fol lwoing brothers and sisters, R. Li. Harirs, E. D. Harris and Mrs. R. G. Franklin of Elkin;'Mrs. E. V. Reeves of Roaring River and Mrs. Fletcher Bobbitt of Iverneae Florida. Interment was made in the family plot in the church ceme tery. CARD OF THANKS I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the Jonesville circuit at large and the maiiy friends who had a part in mak ing it possible for the preacher to purchase a new automobile. Rev. C. A. Momon. 10 PAGES PUBLISHED WEEKLY NO TRACE OF AGED MAN MISSING AT MOUNTAIN PARK CICERO WILLIAMS, ABOUT 80 YEARS OLD, DISAPPEAR ED LAST SATURDAY BELIEVED DEAD Find Hin Belt Near Deep Well But Body IN Not Found There Although searching parties are scouring (mountain fastnesses and water poolß. no trace has yet been found of Cicero W "is, who has been missing fr ".J« home near Mountain Par '.-jOS® last Saturday. Mr. Willi i • around 80 years old and 4b appearance cannot be ac Tttfciad for unless it is grief for I. •> ter, Mrs. Rebecca Walls, who jdled several weeks ago at whose home, he lived. Williams was last seen Satur day morning at the Childress home on the Walls farm. He had remained there all night and a rose early that morning and was told by Mr. Childress to stay in bed later and they would get up and prepare his breakfast. The aged man however arose and wandered away from the place and later his belt was found near a deep well by the Childresß house. A search failed to find his body and the boards on the well were not molested. Searchers planned to drain the mill pond at the tee Snow place today in an effort to find the man's body, if he took his life. It is said that he had become morbid the death of his sister and became mentally un balanced.! NINE GRADUATE I AT JONESVILLE COMMENCEMENT KX KIW'IHEK TO Cl/OSE S( H(W)I, THAR FRIDAY AND SAT- I'RDAY TKIS WKKK The commencement exercises of the Jonesville High School will be Friday and Saturday ev enings of this week in the school auditorium, Friday evening Will he the graduation exercises and presentation of diplomas b.\ Snpt. Z. H. Dixon and on Saturday ©ev ening the Senior class will pre sent a three act play "Family Affairs." There are nine members of the .graduating class this year: Carol Baker, Gladys ChappeM, Amel Fl ier, Thompson Greenwood, Fan nie Nicholsoni Mildred Reece, Mae Triplett, \ Waymouth Vestal and Eloise Greenwood. ■ . R. L. LOVELACE LEGION SPEAKER R. L. Lovelace was the princi pal speaker at the monthly meet ing of the American Legion held last Thursday night at the Tri bune office and lauded the Le gion and the patriotism of the war veterans. Attorney E. C. James was in charge of the pro gram. Mr. Lovelace, who had just Returned from his now fam ous Washington trip In the inter est of the confirmation of Judge Parker to a place on the supreme bench, did not mention the Parker incident at the meeting although the Leglonaires had waiting oars to learn the "low down" of the Parker defeat. ICAROLINA STORE ITO MOVE TO NEWTON The Carolina Store which has operated a grocery and meat market for the past several years is moving its stock this week to Newton where it will operate In the future. The closing of the Elkin store conies as a surprise espec ially q|rae It has been known that branch has made a steady profit since H. F. Lyon became manager here. He will go with the new store at New ton. - , i TO KT'EAK WKRR ~ I Miss Roena E. Shaner, nat ional Woman's Christian T. ance Union Lecturer will *ak at the Methodist Church 1 afternoon May 16 at 4 o'clock. Miss Shaner is an eloquent speaker and the public is cordial ly invited to her her.
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