THX KUDN TUBtTKK. BLXIN. NORTH OAROHWA
rHCRWAY. AFRID SS. IWt
YADKIN CHURCH IS
TO BE DEDICATED
Com Above t8,000 Ana !• KpWaid
BuUainx; b of Brick
CoaMrncUoD
Sandy Sprlnsa Baptist church,
one of the oldest eburche* in Yad-
kla county, will soon be ready to
hold its dedicatory service In cele
bration of tho completion of a hand
some new church bulldioe costinR
above 18,000 in addition to the
many irffts of time, money and ma
terial.
The building is 7Sx8 feet, of
brick coDStmctiOD. and has a valne
of approximately J19.000. It is
heated by a hot air fnmacc. and has
10 Sunday school rooms In addition
to an auditorium with a seating
capacity of 800.
Rev. Stanley 8. May. now in bis
96th year, was paator of this church
from 188: until his retirement from
the ministry in 1918. and during
his pastorate the church experienced
a steady growth, the membership CARTER SOUGHT ON
ri,iCHARGE OF MURDER
This church was founded in ^
. . >. IK 'Ailcced to Have Killed Kmret
nnd in 1869 a new church was built.; ge,,
The new building lust completed re-{ UefmHc
places one constructed In 1908 Thi8|
building le located near the Yadkin-: Ofifeers are on tho lookout for
irc-dell line, and ita firet pastor '^“•'jjohn Carter, native of Yadkin
ty. who is wanted on a charge of
inrder. Ho Is allied to have
Rev. William (Undo Billy) Garner.
In 1883 Rev. Mr. May was elected
pastor, and served for 37 years, or
unli' his retirement from active
work.
A dedicatory service la being
planned, which will be held In tbc
future, and at this service it
Is expected to have as many as pos
sible of the former pastors. Includ
ing Rev. Mr. May, who gave many
.years of trult-bearing service to the
cause of tho Master while pastor of
the church which has grown since
the day. of Its establishment in 1843.
THIRTEEN MILLION
IS YET AVAILABLE
H. a HARRIS
Hanling of all Kinds
Anyllme —» Anywhere
Phone
Day RS Night 140R
Drought BeUef Pulid Dvrindles As dollars In his Po“«''‘o=;
.M^y Applications Poor Into , The story of the killing
Office Reeking Form R-li«rf
MARTIN’S INC
RENTAL AGENTS
Real T'>tnle .tnd bisnranc*-
Office Greenwood Bldg.
Phone tP-T Elkin. N. C
WANTS
Tanted U> Tcnde for u MH-'n14vRnO
Model •'A" Ford Coupe, a Chev
rolet. Surry Hardware Co.
Now Is Uj' time to build a
House or repair and repaint the
old one and Surry Hardware Co.
is the place to buy your materials
at lowest cash prices.
Dr. W. B. lUwvcK, Eye Sight Spec
ialist. Norfolk. Vu„ will be at Spar
ta Court. May 4tb and Stb, ai
office of Dr. C. A. Reeves, for the
purpose of examining the cyei
and fitting glasses. 4-£3i
Jnet Unloadixl—.A c
Wire and garden
Hardware Co.
of
a-PoInt special Itirbed Wire g'AftO:
4-PolDt Cattle Barbed Wire 13.60:
4-Point Hog Barbed Wire 83.50:
For cash only. Surry Hardware
last.
leavy- .TO tooth. Spike Har-
$16.00. Cash while they
Surry Hardware Co.
killed Ernest Murphy.
High Point, the affair supposedly
growing out of a bootleg feud. Car
ter is believed to have vislled his
former home community
Rock House section of Yadkin, and
rumor has it that be intends
render to officers and stand trial,
claiming that the killing was In
self defense, that Murphy was ad
vancing upon him with an open
knife.
Carter Is reported to be In a
ratber prosperous condittoii, which,
it is claimed, le the result of boot
leg activities. He is said to hare
been seen with five or six thousand
told
from High Point, puts it as cold
blooded murder, but friends of Car-
Mr. C. G. .Armfield. who returned
few days ago from Washington,
states that he visited the office of
drought relief organization
while there, and although 45 mil-, .
lion dollars was allotted to take Sheriff Charles 0 R^vis and hi
of the needs of the farmers, 32.d.-puikii are on the lookout for .ar
million dollars has already been "t. who escap.-d a
passed out in loans, leaving 13 mll-isyih officers and is believed to be
Hon dollars yet available.
r. Armfield slated that the loant
being bandied at present, a(
rale of about five million dot-
STATE NEWS
Itemg in Brief Fonn For
Busy Readers
LumbertOB. April 18.—Seven glrla
om Samarcand. state institution
for delinquent girls, who engaged In
riot in the Robeeon county jail,
lero they were being held, were
lalten today to the Moore county
Jail in Carthage. They will be given
trial at a term of Mooro court be
ginning May 18 on a charge of hum-
two bulldlDgK at Samarcand. .Vo
demonstration was staged as they
depart(-d. Accompanying them in
two aulomoMIes were Sheriff C. J.
McDonald. Jailer A. W, Lambert.
Deputy Sheriff T. N. Slack and I>. L.
Marion, all of Carthage. Nine other
girls who look no part in the 1d-
surrectioD will remain confined
here until their trial. Those going
were -Margaret Pridgen, of Wilming
ton; Virginia Hayes, of l/eaksvtlle;
Marlon Jlercer. of Aydcn: Josephine
French, of Haw River; Dclorlse Se
well, of Cove City; Rosa Mull, of
Rutherford, and Wilma Owens, of
Waynesville.
was in evidence last Saturday Indi
cates that this will prove one of
the hottest political contests ever
held here. The constitutionality of
the recent legislative act was the
basis of the argument before Judge
Sink at Lexington last Friday, from
wbich appeal to the state Supreme
court was mnde upon agreement of
counsel for both sides, with a re
quest for. an early bearing.
Gnstonla. April 14.—-Merger of 14
textile mills of the Carolines into a
$17,500,000 corporation to be known
as Textiles, incorporated, was ap
proved today by directors of the
mills involved. Tbo combine, when
completed, will be tbe largest
combed yarn manutacturing concern
In the United Stales. It will control
300,000 spindles. Approval of plans
for the merger which has been un
der consideration for some time was
given by the directors of tbe various
at a meeting here today. Gas-
will be the headquarters tor
lew concern.
satisfied that there is
other side lo H. and that Carter, in Washington, April 18,—The body
the event he gives bimscif up. will Charlie Harris, of I./eechvllle,
produce evidence to substantiate hlsii^rn to pieces by bis own hogs, was
'found on his farm by bis daughter,
according to word reaching here
hiding in Yadkin county,
friend of Carter's was located bj
ihi- officers Just .1 few minutes nftei
Carler had left him.
Ilu Is n son of the late John Car
ter, of the Knobs section, and has i
brother. Ralph Carter, living it
Yadkin. Although known as a lav
violaler. It Ls said (hat he does no
have the reputation of being i
“killer." it is alleged that he has
. ^ ,. ihfcn given assistance in eluding of-
If'*"'" ‘trough the courtesy of a
who own> an airplane, mak-
it difficult 10 effect his capture,
after was married several years
lo a High Point young woman,
into that office. ,,,, that city
' for s
lars u week, and since tbe time limit
■xpires on May I, this amount will
bo practically consumed If the same
ratio nf applications continue until
Thousands of loans have been
made to farmers in various aectl
of the I
roughi of last summer, and alj
office force has beeo necessary |,
in order to give prompt attention t
applications as they dally pour«
daughter. Mrs. Nevors
Simmons, passing in her car. saw-
hogs gathering In the center of
the pen some distance from the road,
and thinking her falher must be
feeding them blew her horn. Re
ceiving no response, she walked to
the pen to find the animals tearing
ni the body. Those familiar with
the habits of the animals expressed
he opinion that Harris suffered
ainling spell Or a heart attack be
fore being attacked by the bogs.
CP they never have been known
attack an active man.
Another Bowling
Alley For Elkin j YADKIN BOY HELD
ON GRAVE CHARGE
‘raent has just been madej
w Gre-'DWood, of the;
Greenwood Auto Co., that the room
formerly used by the roecbanical de
partment of that hnslness will
transferred into a modern bowling
alley.
Three alleys of the latest style
will be Installed, and tbe work is ex
pected to be completed in about
three weeks.
When completed, this will provide
two bowling alleys tor tbe city, tbe
present one being located one door
west of the Rasketeria Store.
Iluw'urd Soutliord Jailed for .M'
Uunpted Attok on Little Girl
11 Y'eors of Age
Sue Tharpi' .Auxiliary Giinta of Miss
AYm
Day Old and Ktartcd (.thicks—Day
old I2^c each, two weeks old
started 18c, each delivered. Cus
tom batching $3.00 per tray of
112 eggs each. We are belter
prepared than ever before to give
you quality and service. Please
placu your order early and get
jnst what you want. Mount Airy
Hatchery, Mount Airy. N. C. tfc
‘•Da Ponis" and “StAK" Paints g»
farther and last longer. Surry
Hardware Co.
rho beat auloraobtle tirea for (ho
least money. 39x4.40 only $3,99,
and made by the “Pennsylvania
Rubber Co." Surry Hardware Co.
(>ood heavy homemade covered tin
buckets, Made by "Tom Eidson’
and made to last. Surry Hard-
REAL ESTATE
DecdK were nutde from Martin's,
Inc., for property in "Arlington"
to Walter L. Swalm. M. T. Cham
berlain, Marvin Bryant and O. W,
Martin. Mr. Swalm is now mov
ing in tbe now home we have
just completed. Mr. Chamber
lain has contracted for a home to
be built on thu lots purchased.
"Watch Arlington build."
For Sole or Reszt—The home va
cated by Waller Swaim. neat
Mahatfey'n store in Jonesvtlle.
Price $600. $1.00 cash and $6.00
per month, and interest on
ance. Rent $6.00 per month.
Fov fialc^lO-acteiB land; 4-r
bouse, well watered by good
springs, on Natloiial highway 6
miles from Elkin. Price $1600.
$400 cash, balance ten or twelve
years time.
For Salir—7a acres land, 1-8 mfle
of Elkin City llmita. Some good
river bottom land as well as good
upland. This property Is part of
"Gwyn Estate", juift West of Blit-
rite Fumltnre Co. Price $2600.
$500 cash, easy terms on baUuee.
For anythtne In real eM«t« see os.
MARTIN’S, Inc
YadklnviUr, April 10. Howard
.Southard. IK-yoar-old white bey,
esied m-ar HnmptonvlIIe
(his week upon a chorge of attempt
ed rape upon a ll-year-old w^te
girl, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
M. Crlsmon, and in default
bond was lodged In tbe Yadkin Jail
here to await tbe next term of
criminal court.
Southard is described as a boy of
feeble mind. The attempted assault
is said to have taken placi- as the
little girl was returning to bet
borne from school. At tbe prelimi
nary bearing held before Magistrate
T. F. Johnson, of nomptonvllle.
Southard voluntarily related the
story of the assault, apparently not
ri-elixlng the serioiisnens of tbe
crime with which he was charged.
The investigation and arrest was
made by Sheriff Charles G, Reavls.
Both tbe Southard and Chrismon
-nants and both
High Point, April 18.-Disap
pointed over a love affair. Miss Ell-
ahelb Brooks. 19. daughter of Mr.
and -Mrs, A. M. Brooks, 30K Cioss
ilrcet. attempted suletde by swallow
ing a dose of paris green in a batb-
I of her home shortly after
todny. She calmly walked
e bathroom and told her mother
she hnd done. Terrified, Mrs.
Brooks summoned and nmbulanced
her dsughtor to the hospital where
poison was pumped from her
-m. Late today she was reporl-
is resting comfortably at
Guilford general hospital. It
learned that the girl recently had
very morose by reason of her
friend's ceasing Ills attentions.
The Sue Tharpe Auxiliary of the
First Baptist church, met at the
home of Miss Maybert West, on
Elk Spur street. Tuesday evening,
with twelve members present. An
interesting and Inspiring program
was presented under tbe direction of
MIhm Grace Shntley. assisted b;
:aynell Phillips, Luey Gray
BlendoD Byrd. Emma Cooke am
Muybert West. The topic for Iht
enlng's lesson was “The f’ot'duer-
ing Christ". -ccmparatlvelv new residents In the
the conclusion of tho program community. The magistrate
the hostess served a delicious ‘‘•“ somhard's bond at 8500 nnd ho
urse, with cake. :placed In Jail after unavailing ef-
■ ■ ~ -forts had been made to raise
atement of the Ownership.
agement, CIrcpIntlon, Etr.. Ro- -
qptred by the Act of Congis-
Augasi U4tli, IRIS
Of The Elkin Tribune, published
-ekly at Elkin, N. C... for April 1.
31.
State of North Carolina.
County of Surry—es:
Before me. a Notary Public, in
and for the State and county afore
said. personally appeared H. F,
LaffooD. who. having been duly
sworn, according to law, deposes
and says that be la the business
manager of The Elkin Tribune and
that tbe following Is. to the best of
his knowledge and belief, a true
'Eikin Druggists Go
statement of the ownership,
agemeni, etc., of the aforesaid pub
lication for Che date shown in tbe
above caption, required by tbe Act
of August 24, 1913, em^dled
section 433, Postal Laws and Regu
lations:
That tbe names and address of
the publisher, editor, managing edi-
r. and business managers are:
Publisher—Elk Printing Com
pany. Elkin, N. C.
Managing Editor—H, F. T.affoon.
Elkin. N. C.
Business Manager—H. P. Laf-
fooD, Elkin. N. C.
2. That the owners are; Elk
Printing Co„ Elkin. K. C.. H. F.
Laftoon. Mrs. H. F. Latfon. C. S.
Poster. Mrs. C. S. Poster, all of El
kin. N. C.
3. That the know«i bondholders,
mortgagees and other security hold
ers owning or holding 1 per cent or
more of total amount of bonds,
mortgages, or other securities are:
Elkin NoUonal Bank. Elkin, N. C.
H. P. LAPPOON.
Business Manager.
Sworn to and subeeribed before
me this 16th day of April. 1931.
C. G. ARMPIELD, Notary Fnblle.
My commission expires May £5. 1932
ilessrs. J. G, .Aberneihy end Geo.
E. Koyall, accompanied by tbe sales
force of the two stores, attended
soda school held in Winston-Salem,
Monday and Tuesday. The fol
lowing clerks accompanied their
manager... Messrs. Leslie Uhlne-
hardt. Jack Smoot. Glenn Bailey.
Moir Hall, Ralph Cook. Prod Elidson
and Reece Gilliam.
The purpose of tbu soda school
was to acquaint those attending
with the methods of maDufactnre
as employed by tbe Southern Dairies,
in tbe interest of Increasing sales
throogh cleanliness and better
drinks, both by manufacturer and
retailer, and In giving utmost ser
vice and quality to the public.
Car Recovered
The Chrysler car belonging
-Mr. 8. O. Maguire, and laden with
about $1,800 worth of ahoe aamptsa
was stolen from the streets of Cbar-
lotte last Tbursday, but has since
b«ej recovered. No noticeable dam
age had been done to tbe machine,
and all of the samples were Intact.
Tbe car and contenta were located
in Salisbury, after tbe theft had been
broadcast over etatlon WBT, Char
lotte. but no truce of tho “gentle
man borrower” has been found.
In the last 18 months 37 abips
were launched from Danish ship
yards.
There are at least 60 stars to «
err man, woman and child In t
world, says a European scIentUt.
North Wllkesboro. .April 13.—
iirs. Odessa Gardner. 23. died In the
Wilkes Hospital this moi nlng at
7 o'clock. Death was caused
by taking bichloride of mercury lest
Tuesday night. Immediately after
discovering that Mrs. Gardner had
taken the polsoo In an attempt to
commit suicldo, she was rushed to
local hospital, where treatment
proved unsuccessful In saving her
Domentir affairs are said to
have caused the act on the part of
Gardner. Mrs. Gardner had
resided In this city with her hus
band for seven months.
Raleigh- Lottie tnge. 14-}
old school girl, told Raleigh polire
yesterday two uu-n forced her into
their automobile at tbp point of
pistol last night, blindfolded ht
rode her to a railroad box car and
preparing to attack her when a
train whistle frightened them away.
Tbe girl, hound by a rope, was
found In Ihe empty freight car this
morning by train.'nen of the South-
freight yards here. She said
she had been threatened with death
told a true story of
happened. She first said she
been forced out of a local theatre
by two strange men and made to
their automobile. Iwiter
girl changed hep story and said she
picked up on the Boyian
Heights on Martin stre>t. forced In
to the auloraobilc. taken lo the box
car. bound and left. She said ber
second story was the truth,
police taking an attitude that the
girl had not been truthful and
holding bofk important details of
how she happened to be In the
the Kiri’s mother. Mrs. A. 1). Pace,
9 forestry employee of
couvinced that
telling straight tacts.
daughter
Statesville. April 10.—The plant
of J. C. Holmes Lumber company. In
west Statesville, was totally de
stroyed this afternoon In a confla
gration. which, fanned by a raging
wind from the south, threatened
that entire section of town. The
roofs of several residences. 300 to
600 yards away, were set on fire by
sparks that were carried by high
winds. A number of small bams
and outhouses near tbe fire were
partly consumed. J. C. Hnlmee, i
manager and principal owner of tbe|
lumber plant, estimates the loss,
including bnlldlng. equipment, fin
ished material and lumber, at $25,•
000 to $35,000. He bad recently
added several car loads of lumber.
He carried no Insurance on eny of
tbe property. Origin of tbe fire la
unknown. Wben the alarm was
turned in shortly after 1 o’clock
this afternoon the south side of the
plant was enveloped in flames and
smoke.
North Wllkesboro. April 1
Hoyle Sink having enjoined
mayor and board of town oommis-
slonera from proceeding to hold
mnnlcipal primary and election
which they had ordered for NUy 4,
and epeclfylng that the registration
books sbonld be turned over to tbe
county board of elections, tbat body
is proceeding with an entirely new
regisl.atlod ordered for the primary
and election set by them for May 5.
Considerable feeling was developed
a^ong tbe citizens of North Wilkes-
bero In this eentroversy, and the
nnnsnal eagerness to reg'ster that
Shipment of Nitrate
Arrives In New Bags
A new shipment of Chilean Ni
trate of Soda has been received by
F. A. Brendle A Son. local fertiliser
denier. Ali the stock Is in new 100-
pound bags. This bandy-sixe bag
,1s uB innovation In the Industry, for
up lo this year practically all of tbe
nitrate from Chile was shipped In
200-pnun(l bags. Resides being
easy to handle, tho new bag insure*
tbo arrival of the nitrate lo better
mechnnlral condition.
Orders taken by Mr. Brendle
show tbat local farmers are taking
advantage of the new low fertiliser
prices. He eaye tbat Cbllean ni
trate is the lowest in price It baa
been for 25 yeara.
A new radio station for communi
cation with tbe Sonth Seas area Is
being constructed by a Jspanaee
company at Koyama.
NOTICE OP BI.KCnOX
It bus been ordered by tbe Board
of Town Commlssionera tbat an
election be held to said Town of
Elkin, on Monday. May 4. 1931, for
the purpose of electing a Mayor and
five Commleslomere.
For this election J. L. Hall, Jr.,
was named rerlstrsr. who, with J.
S. Atkinson and J. Henry Tharpe
will complete the Judges.
Tbo books are uow open for tbe
registration of all qualified voters
who have not heretofore registered.
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF TOWN OF ELKIN.
4-30
NOTICE NOTICE
Pay your electric Jiglit bills before the 10th of each
month and save the discount.
SOUTHERN PUBLIC UTILITIES CO.
PROGRAM AT
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ELKIN, N. C.
Programs of Talking, Singing, Dancing,
Comics Are Among Our Daily Features.
THIS WEEK —
Thursday-FYiday—
“BEAU IDEAL”
The Mighty Sequel to ‘‘Beau Geste”
ALSO NEWS
Day and Night—10c-30c
Saturday—
‘THE UGKTNING FLYER”
A Tlirilling Drama of Railway Life
AI^O SERIAI. AND COMEDY
Day and Night—10c-30c
NEXT WEEK—
Mondav-Tuesday—
WILLIAM HAINES in
“A TAILOR MADE MAN”
with Dorothy Jordan, Joseph Cawthorn
and Marjorie Rambeau
IPs made to order for laughs and romance
ALSO NEWS AND COMEDY
Day and Night—10c-30c
Wednesday—
ANOTHER BIG FAMILY SHOW
‘THE GANG BUSTER”
ALSO FABLES!
Day and Night—lOc-lSc
COMING—By Special Request
AMOS ’N ANDY
in
“CHECK AND DOUBLE CHECK”
ONE DAY—FRIDAY, MAY Ist
Special Prices Day and Night—10c-25c