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Elkki—"The Beat
. Little Town 1b
I North Carolina"
VOL. No, XXI No. 9
TODAY IS LAST DAY
OF GRACE FOR 1931
AUTOMOBILE PLATES
Patrolman Lentz Says
License Laws Will Be
Enforced
NO TIME EXTENSION
No extension of tim e will be given
after January 1 in which to buy
1932 automobile license tags and
the law which says that all machines
must be equipped with the new
plates will b e strictly enforced, it
was learned Tuesday from Patrol
man W. B. Lentz.
Those who disregard th© law and
insist upon operating their machines
without the new tags will be subject
to a fine, it was said, in addition to
being made to store their cars.
Chief of Police W. G. Church said
Tuesday that motorists of Elkin will
also be required to equip with city
tags by January 1 and, if they fail
to do so after a warning, would be
subject to a fine. J. G. Chipman.
city tax collector, announced earlier
that city tags must be secured and
that the law was to be enforced to
he word.
A tabulation made Tuesday dis
closed that 55,502 licenses for 1932
had been issued by the Raleigh bu
reau and branch offices sfnce the
tags first went on sale December
16. This is an increase of 2,100
registrations to the same date in
1930.
Despite this fact, however, sale of
the tags is lagging 386,000 behind
the total registration for 1931.
Ther e were 4 4 2,300 automobiles reg
istered in this state during 1931, the
motor vehicle bureau reported.
ELKIN PEOPLE ARE
IN SERIOUS WRECK
Hospital Claims Three
As Cars Crash To
gether Head On
S. A. Foster, of Elkin, narrowly
escaped injury and possible death,
and three other persons were put In
hospitals December 23 an the result
of a collision between the coach
driven by Foster and a coupe driven
by a Mr. Daniels, of Jennings, at
Turnersburg, on highway 26, be
tween Elkin and Statesville.
As a result of the collision, which
was head-on, Roger Pruitc, Elkin
youth who was in the Foster car,
was taken to Hugh Chatham hospi
tal suffering from a fractured knee,
a Charlotte boy who had been given
a lift by Mr. Foster, was taken to
Statesville hospital seriously injured
and Charlie Crouse, 8-year-old fos
ter son of Mr. Foster, is suffering
from painful bruises and lacerations.
Mr. Foster, although pinned beneath
the machine, was practically unin
jured.
The coupe driven by Mr. Daniels
was occupied by his 10-year-old
daughter, who sustained a fractured
Bkull, and another little girl who
sustained cuts and bruises.
The accident was attributed to a
misunderstanding on the part of the
operators of the machines. Foster is
Baid to have raised his hand to wave
to a friend in front of a store in
Turnersburg, an act which the driv
er of the other machine interpreted
as a signal for a turn.
S. M. ARNOLD HURT
IN MOTOR ACCIDENT
Car Collides With That of E. S.
Hendrer, Surry Superintendent
of Public Instruction
A collision between the automo
biles of*S. M. Arnold, prominent El
kin man, and E. S. Hendren, super
intendent of public instruction,
Monlay night resulted in painful
bruises and lacerations for Mr. Ar
nold and slight injuries for Mr. Hen
dren. The accident occurred near
Fairvfew on the Elkin-Mount Airy
highw.y.
The two machines said to
have crash.>d together on a curve,
the impact turning the Hendren car
ever on its side and dragging it a
contiderable distance.
A party from Charlotte, arriving
•t (ha * few minutes after the
wrtck, Immediately carried Mr. Ar
nott to the Huglf Chatham hospital
her>. Mr. Hendren was carried to
his! home.
Irs. Mattie Mct)aniel and daugh
ter|MlSß Agness, of W inston-Salem.
ara the guests this w«. e k of Mrs.
Sal|e E. Marshall ani Mr. and Mrs.
cnf-les Alexander at thafr home on
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Cross Arm Company
Will Begin Operation
After January Fir si
Last Photo
v'' ' 'jjjj •'-■j
Jack (Legs) Diamond, notorious
New York bootlegger and Gangster.
wa« slain a few hours after a Troy
jury had freed him on kidnapping
charges. This photograph was taken
the day before he was shot.
HOLD WILKES YOUTH
ON SERIOUS CHARGE
In Jail At Wilkesboro In
♦Default Of Large
Bond
Willard Brown, of the Sheppard's
Cross Roads section of Wilkes coun
ty, is facing thrte serious charges
following his arrest Sunday by
Deputy Sheriff W. B. Hall. Charged
with house-breaking, two instances
of larceny, and destroying United
States mail boxes, the young man is
being held in jail at Wilkeßboro in
default of bond.
Due to the illness of Squire Dur
ham, a preliminary hearing cannot
be held until the magistrate is able
to officiate. It is expected that
Brown will have to face federal au
thorities as to the destroying mail
box charge.
FARMER SUSTAINS
FRACTURED SKULL
A. B. Key Fighting For
Life In Hospital Here
After Accident
A. B. Key, a farmer of the Rusk
community was hovering between
life and death in Hugh Chatham hos
pital late yesterday afternoon as the
result of a badly fractured skull sus
tained when a large rock, accident
ly knocked into the well where he
was working, struck him on the
head. Surgeons at the hpspital were
preparing to operate in an effort to
Bave his life as The Tribune went to
i press.
Although details , of the accident
! are meagre, it is thought that Mr.
Key was being drawn up out of the
well by his son, A. M. Key, and
daughter-in-law, when the son ac
cidently kicked the huge boulder In-
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ROGUE TAKES AUTO
BUT ABANDONS IT
Machine Belonging To F. A. Line
berry Found Parked In Jones
ville After Search
An automobile belonging to Fred
Lineberry, local man, was stolen
here Tuesday night week by an un
known party, but was later recovered
In Jonesville where It had been
abandoned.
The car, which had been parked
in the vicinity of McNeer's ware
house on Main street, was first
missed during a search made by
Patrolman W. B. Lentz for tw 0 Yad
kin county youthß who were later
arrested at their homos on a larceny
charge. It was at first thought that
the two bbys, in an effort to escape,
had taken the car, but this theory
was provau WLBU Lue machine
was located a short time later.
No trace of the person, or persons,
who removed the car has been
found.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Harris and
Mr. and Mrs. Owyn Harris, of 'Win
ston-Salem, and Mrs John Myers, of
Cln>ina»a, Ohio, w»re the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Harris
at their hom« on West Main street.
ELKIN, N. C„ THUHSDA
TO RUN FULL TIM!
Enough Orders At Han
To Run Plant For
Several Months
HAS NEW MANAGE
Idle for a number of months sine
being placed in the hands of recelv
ers October 26 by an order signe
by Superior Court Judge John W|
Oglesby. who was at that time pr«
siding over criminal court at Dol
son, the Carolina Cross Arm com
pany is expected to resume full-tlm
operation after January 1, it wa
Tuesday from J. H. Beesoi
on>> of the receivers.
E. R. Wilson, of Asheville, a »na
who is said to have had considerabl
experience in the lumber busines
and has also been engaged in th
steel and contracting business, ai
rived in Elkin last week and ha
taken over the full managemen
of the plant.
Mr. Beeson, who was named a
receiver along with P. E. Brown, c
Wllkesboro, and Earl Raiford, 
Asheville, stated that several orier
one of them of considerable exten
are now waiting fulfillment, a?
that several months will be r
quired to get these orders out.
It is hoped that other orders
may be received and that the plant
may continue to run without inter
ruption.
When the Carolina Cross Arm Co.
went into the hands of receivers,
Paul Gwyn, local insurance man,
was named as temporary receiver.
Later the present receivers were
permanently appointed. Figures re
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VICTIM OF GUNSHOT
WOUND PASSES HERE
Was Buried At State
Road Tuesday After
noon At 2 O'clock
Funeral services for Lonnie Cheek, j
26, of near State Road, were con
ducted Tuesday afternoon at 2
o'clock from State Road Primitive
Baptist church. Interment was
made in the cemetery there.
Mr. Cheek died Monday afternoon
at 1 o'clock in Hugh Chatham hos
pital here as the result of an acci
dental gunshot wound which he sus
tained Christmas day while rabbit
hunting. The young man was said
to have been hunting with his tooth
er when a rabbit was jumped which
ran into a hollow log. Leaning his
gfcn apainst the log, Cheek was at
tempting to probe the ra*bbit from
the hole wUcu hu accidentally struck
his gun, which discharged. The load
entered his wrist, ripping his arm
all the way to the shoulder. The
ar;ft was amputated Saturday.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Effie
Cheek; three small children, Willie,
Marvin and Delia May; his mother,
Mrs. Ollle Haynes Cheek; three
brothers and four sisters, Columbus,
Daniel and John West Cheek, Misses
Marjorie and Viola Cheek, all of
near State Road, Mrs. Marion Baker
and Mrs. Finney, of Jonesville. His
father, the late Columbus Cheek,
was suffocated by gas fumes while
engaged in drilling a well about a
year ago.
BABY SHOW TO BE
STAGED TOMORROW
Infants Between Ages of Six Months
And Two Years To Compete
At McXeer's Warehouse
A baby show and carnival is to be
held at McNeer's showroom Friday
evening at 7:30, proceeds to go to
the L. B. Abernethy Sunday school
class of the Methodist church.
Babies entered must be between
the ages of six months and two
years and should be entered not later
than Friday morning at 9 o'clock.
The number of babies must not ex
ceed 26.
j Prizes will be awarded on physical
condition, beauty and personality.
All children will be examined by Dr.
H. Lb Johnson, of Hugh Chatham
' hospital.
Thoaie dasiring to enter babies
i should call Mlss-Xlrac* Masten at
. Sydnor-Sp&tnhour department store.
f^lXn/aTed
months to the roal
suspended upon payment of $25 a|
the costs.
Cromey Rhodes, charged with pv
11c drunkenness, was fined $lO a
the costs and given a suspended s
tence of 30 days to the roads.
NEW HEADS TO TAKI
OFFICE AT BANQUEj
Kiwanis Club to Chani
Leaders At Banquet
Friday Night
New officers for the year 1932,
recently elected by the Elkin Kiwan
is club will b e formally inducted in
to office Friday night during a ban
quet at Hotel Elkin to which wives
and sweethearts of the members
have been invited.
A. O. Bryan, retiring president,
will be succeeded by H. P. Graham.
H. P. Laffoon will be the new vice
president, succeeding L. M. Nelson,
now making his home in North
Wilkesboro.
J. H. Beeson, who has acted as
treasurer of the club for the past
six years, will again succeed himself
| in that capacity, while J. Q. Aber
-1 nethy will fill the office ot district
. trustee.
The new directors for the coming
year who will take office Friday,
are W. D. Holcomb, H. T. Brown, W.
E. Sparger, W. L. Sherrill, E. S.
Spainhour, Georre E. Royal! and
Tom Roth.
C. G. Armfield has been re-ap
pointed to serve as secretary for the
coming year.
Details of the program have not
been announced.
BURY MRS. ROBERT
MARTIN SATURDAY
Well Known Joncsviile Woman Died
Thursday Following Week's
Illness; Was 87
Funeral services for Mrs. Nancy
Jane Adams Martin, who died at
her home in Jonesville last Thurs
day morning at 9:30 following a
week's illness, were conducted from
the home Saturday morning at 10:30
o'clock, the rites being concluded at
the Baptist church! Rev. D. Q.
Reece, Rev. J. L. Martin and Rev.
Wilborn Bryant, officiated.
Honorary palbearers were F. A.
Lineberry, W. F. Reece, William and
A. L. Brown, J. D. Eller and C. F.
Finney., Active pallbearers were R.
E. Brown, A. D. Stout, Will Weath
erman, S. Q. Holcomb, Dan Holcomb,
and C. L. Kerley. Grandchildren
of the deceased acted as floral
bearers.
Mrs. Martin was 67 years of age.
She was-married in 1882 to Robert
Martin, there being nine children
born to this union. Surviving are
his husband, two daughters, Mrs.
Pearl Pardue and Mrs. MolUe
Brown, of Jonesville; five sons, R.
IJ., C. B„ D, It., ami J. E. Martin,
all of Jonesville and Walter Martin,
of Charleston. W. Va,; one brother,
Dave Adams, and 26 grandchildren
and on* creat-srnnrtrhiM
onstrated here last week by Patrol
man W. B. Lentz.
As a result of this demonstration,
Eliza Evans, Sid Driver, and Thad
Davis, Yadkin county youths, were
taxed the costs for chicken stealing
in Recorder's court here Tuesday
and in addition were placed under
a suspended sentence of four months
to th e roads each, the sentence to
be suspended for a period of two
years. Evans was also taxed the
costs for operating a car without
j proper lights.
Last Tuesday night a week ago,
i Patrolman Lentz was busy making
life miserable for those without ade
quate lights near the C. and S. ser
vice station oo E. Main street, when
a Ford, occupied by the three
boys came chugging along. Hav
ing no tall light upon their an
cient flivver, they were stopped by
Corporal Lents who gave an illumi
| nating talk upon the error of their
' ways.
Told to drive into th e filling sta
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LOCAL YOUTH TAKES
LEAVE FROM ROADS
Paul Hemrick Is Arrest
ed After Lenthy
Chase Sunday
Paul Hemrlck, local youth who
was sentenced to six months on the
roads several weeks ago by Judge
Harry H. Barker, tollowing a ver
dict of guilty to a larceny charge,
was captured Sunday In Yadkin
oounty after having taken a Bhort
vacation from the chain gang. His
arrest was made by Deputy Sheriff
H. C. Hurt, of Elkln, assisted by
Jonesville Policeman Wilmoth.
Hemrlck was convicted of taking
a number of fountain pens from
Turner Drug Company. He had
been in th B custody of the law but
a few weeks when he made his es
cape last week by taking the guard
unaware® while he was superintend
ing the piling of some brush along
the edges of the road upon which
Hemrlck's gang was working.
Immediately after his arrest Sun
day he was carried to jail at Dobson
to complete his six months' sen
tence.
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Friend* of Mr John Vark will
learn with Interest that he is recov
ering nicely from a seriosa attack
of peritonitis, following an opera
tion for ruptured appeadix iktteg the
Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital
looked, Is Associated
Charities Report
So far as is known, not one de
serving but needy family was over
looked here Christmas by the as
sociated charities empty stocking
fund, thanks to the generosity ol
many citizens of the community.
A total of 69 families were cared
for, the empty stocking fund pro
viding baskets containing groceries,
fresh and toys to the families
where there were children, and the
same provisions, minus tovs and
playthings to those homes which
were childless.
Members of the Elkln troop of Boy
Scouts were in charge of distributing
the baskets, working practically all
day Wednesday to complete their
task.
A toy hospital, urtder the direc
tion of Miss Hazel Browne, county
home demonstration agent, repaired
many toys contributed by local
children and turned them over to
the empty stocking fund, i Members
of the Elkin high school acted as
the toy doctors- In addition to this
work, Somers and the Graham and
Click five and 10 cent stores con
tributed many playthings which were
slightly soiled or shopworn.
Appreciation is expressed by as
sociated charity officials to every
one, including those who contributed
and those who did the actual worfc
of filling the baskets and distribut
ing them, who had a part in putting
over the Christmas charity program
this year.
Mr. and Mrs. James Wiseman
spent the holidays in Kinston, the
guests of Mrs. Wiseman's parents,
Dr. and Mrs. O. L. Wilson.
Shorted Wires Cause
Of Fire Alarm Monday
A bouncing rubber ball, a short
circuit and some smoke Monday
evening set BlUr'g fire siren go
ing at the top of its voice and
sent Elkin's fire truck speeding to
the home of Waiter "Radio" Bur
giss, on Elk Spur street. M
Accwruuig to Mr. Burgiss, his
son tossed the ball into the air
where it struck a light fixture
and shorted the wires, causing the
insulation to burn and
Mrs. Borgisa attempted to tele
phone her husband but was tin
able to reach him and Ui e tele
phone operator heMing the word
' smoke" SKI! "hosise", actiried