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i ALLEGHANY MAN iS
SUED FOR DAMAGESj
Paul Carico Alleged to Have Struck
Mrs. J. R. Greene, Causing Her
to Have Nervous Breakdown
A suit seeking; heavy damages has
been filed against Paul Carico, of
Alleghany county in the office of the
clerk of superior court of Alleghany
county by Mrs. J. R. Greene, in
**ich It is alleged that Carico
■truck and injured the plaintiff,
causing her to have a nervous break
down, it has been learned from her
hfesband, J. R. Greene, whose home
Is in Galax, Va.
According to Greene, Carico
struck him with a knife on Janu
ary 18 at Edmonds, and then he was
ft»ld by two men, John Davis and
cJH Glasco, while John and Paul
Carico gave htm a brutal beating.
It was during this affray that Paul
Carico is alleged to have struck Mrs.
Greene, physically injuring her and
causing a nervous breakdown. The
criminal case is to b e tried at the
next term of superior court at
Sparta.
Couple Are Injured As
Automobile Turns Over
Painful but not serious injuries
were received last week by Mr. and
Mrs. Thurmond Douglass, the latter
a teacher in the Zephyr school,
when the car in which they were
riding wrecked on a stretch of un
improved road near their home.
Both were given treatment at Hugh
Chatham Memorial hospital.
Mrs. Douglass was said to have
been at the wheel of the car when
it turned over. Mr. Douglass was
severely bruised while Mrs. Douglass
received several cnta from broken
glass.
Lyric Giving Free
Tickets Each Week
Free tickets to the Lytic theatre
are printed with the ttuu re ad.
In The Tribune each the
tickets good provided «**>mpa
aled by one paid adult udtutwrion
to the show designated. this
leene tickets good lor todaj and
Friday and for Monday and tu«.
day are given.
Although the tickets have U
accompanied by one paid
admission, many patrons of e
theatre* have been splitting
cost of the paid admission
the past several weeks in
the offer has been running, each
paying 15 cents of the price oil
the paid admission. I
IJOUIS Mltchel, manager of that
Lyric announced Tuesday that the j
free ticket offer would Iwld good
for a number of weeks yet. The
free slips are to bo found at the
bottom of the theatre •« oach
week "1 '
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This is how the Japanese built up barricades of sandbags from behind which they shot, down Chinese irreg
ulars and civilians while the residents of the Foreign Colony looked on helpless to interfere.
Reported That Kidnaped
Lindbergh Baby Returned
To Mother's Arms Sunday
Winter Spares Elkin
Snow But Sends Sub-
Freezing: Weather
Although lashing other parts of
the state with snow and ice dur
ing th« past several days, winter
was considerate of El kin and
sent only cold weather with tem
peratures which have hovered be
low freezing much of the time.
The cold wave arrived early
Sunday morning on the tuil of a
heavy rain, which, in the moun
tains to the west, including
Dough ton and Roaring (>np,
clutnged Into snow aim
blizzard proportions- , W-faftton
ttalem and GrecAsboro also felt
the bluster of winter as snow
covered the countryside. Mall
and telephone service west of Elk
in was at. a standstill Monday.
Although the weatherman fore
cast, snow for Tuesday night or
Wednesday, the clouds cleared
away early Wednesday morning,
the weather remaining cold with
below freezing to the coast pre
dicted for Wednesday night.
COUNTY WILL TAKE
PART IN CAMPAIGN
State Milk - For-Health
Week To Be Observed
March 14-20
The State Milk-for-Health cam
paign, sponsored by Gov. O. Max
Gardner, will be observed in Surry
county the week of March 14-20.
Plans for the observance were made
at a meeting of dairymen, together
with the county agent, J. W. Craw
ford, at the city hall in Mt. Airy on
Friday of last week.
Seven prizes of $5.00 will be
awarded in Surry County for the
best posters, essays and rhymes
made by pupils of the various coun
ty schools. One prize will be award
ed for the best milk poster made by
high school pupil; one for the best
milk poster made by grammar grade
student; one for the best milk essay
for high school students and one
for grammar grade student; one
prize tor the best milk rhyme by
Ihigh school student and one for the
jbest rhyme by grammar grade stu
l dent. The contest will be open to
j the pupils of any school in the coun
ty-
The prize winners will be sub
mitted to the county Judging com
mittee on Aprjl IB and from this
group vfll ■fie nwferdfd county prizes.
This also makes the Vtujjer eligible
to enter the state-wide * J judging,
which will be held in Raleigfr
April 25. Awards of a silver lowg
cup will be made for each of thnig
entries in the state contest. DairA
(Continued 0 n Page Six)
School Board Meets
LKtle s*ve routine business fea
tured the March session of ta« Sur
ry county Board of Education held
ithe first of »e week at Dobson, ac
[cording to Di T. R. White, of this
pity, who waafreeently bscn appoint
ed to memberiblp on the board. The
(•ippointment (i new public school
i«ommittees anl\th e arrangement of
j'udgets were terns in the day'*
Street Fighting" in Shanghai Looks Like Real War
REPORT VIA RADIO
Parents Agreed To &ive
Kidnapers 72 Hours
For Getaway
JOHNSON IS IN JAIL
A runior that, the son of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, who was
kidnaped from his home last
week, had be. ; n returned to his
parents Muiu'ay, unknown to po
lice, was be|fig circulated Wednes
day, It tv*s learned via radio dis
patches from Boston shortly be
fore The Tribune went to press.
The rumor, which had not been
confirmed, was said to have come
from the mayor of Boston, MB sr.,
and stated that the Lindberghs
had agreed not to report the re
turn of their son to the police un
til after 72 hours had elnpsed so
as t« give th> kidnapers an op
portunity to ntake their getaway.
«' Provided there was any truth to
this report, it was thought probable
that the men responsible for the
child's abduction had gotten in
touch with the Lindberghs and re
turned their child only upon being
assured it wouldn't be reported until
they had had time to mak e their
escape. Whether or not ransom was
paid or if so in what amount, was
not said. Police were said to have
denied any knowledge of such a re
port.
Another rumor current late Wed
nesday afternoon was to the effect
Good Program On Tap
For Legion Meeting
A special program, to feature a
mock trial and other events of a
highly entertaining nature, has been
planned for the meeting of the local
poßt of the American Legion, which
is to be held in the Junior Order
hall tonight at 7:30 o'clock. All
members are requested to be pres
ent.
Washington Quite Human
Tom Hendren Tells Club
George Washington, whose 200 th
anniversary is being * celebrated
throughout the width and breadth
of the United States this year, was
quite a character and quite human,
Tom Hendren, local high school stu
dent, told the local Kiwanis club at
the weekly luncheon held Friday
noon at Hotel Elkin.
Washington, he said, was not only
a great general and leader, but a
great poker player as well, only he
.didn't play poker aB well as he led
%rmies because hlB tally sheet always
slewed a loss. ,
II addition to the manly art of
pokv playing, the father of our
couiwy was also a great athlete, he
points out, often competing with
his sutlers in tricks of skill and
more often than not,
coming ch» winner. He . was so
strong, IX.' Hendren pointed out,
that no lorse could throw him,
Washington merely clamped his legs
about thJ unruly horse's body and
squeezed jhe breath out of him.
The grfat general was also a
ladies' msn, the Klwanians learned,
ELKIN, N. O, THURSDAY. MARCH 10, 1932
(Continued on Page Six)
Breaks Own Record
'
Blr Malcolm Campbell, who drove
his motor car at a speed of over 233
•miles an hour on the beach at Day
tona, Florida.
J. R. J. OIL COMPANY
TO OPEN SATURDAY
Has Up-To-Date Quar
ters In Johnson Oil
Company Building
The J. R- J. Oil Company, Inc., an
independent concern headed by J.
R. Johnson, of Statesville and form
erly of this city, will open for busi
ness Saturday in quarters located
in the Johnson Oil company build
ing on Bridge street, it was an
nounced by Mr. Johnson today.
The new company will handle gas
and oil at a very low price, it was
said, the front of the large building
in which it is housed having been
recently remodeled into a modern,
up-to-the-minute service station at
the expense of considerable time and
money.
Mr. Johnson, who is in sole charge
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who when a young man, fell In love
with every pretty face he saw.
Later in life he lost his teeth and
thereafter was never seen to laugh in
public. The reason was, he was
afraid his plates would pop out if
he opened his mouth. It was said
that his Jaws were stuffed with cot
ton when the portrait of him that
Is ao well known today, was painted,
■imply because his cheeks were
sunken.
The program, of which Mr. Hen
dren's interesting discourse was a
part, was arranged for the club by
Klwanian George Royall, and was in
celebration of Washington's 200 th
birthday. Other entertaining num
bers were a duet by Emmallne
Neaves and Peggy Royall, an essay
on "George Washington, th e Man,"
b7 Irvin Wade, and a solo, "Father
of the Land We Love", by Mrs.
Fletcher Harris. The song rendered
by Mrs. Harris was written by
George M. Cohan especially for the
Washington celebration which ends
Thanksgiving.
Associated Charities
Makes Plea for Funds
As Cold Wave Strikes
Ah a result of the extremely cold
weather which advanced upon ieilt*n
Sunday morning, the local associated
charities association is desperately ir
need of funds with which to meet
the increased demands made upon it
by K1 kin's needy.
According to W. M. Allen, chair
man, all funds have been expended
in buying groceries and supplies for
destitute families! and the association
faces a real crisis if aid is not forth
coming.
Realizing the hardships faced by
most everyone due to present
economic conditions, the association
is not asking for a large amount of
money. Twenty-five dollars would
go far towards helping tide over the
cold spoil, it was said.
Thanks to a recent drive by the
Boy Scouts for clothing and food,
numerous needy cases have been pro
vided with clothing and some of
this clothing still remains. How
ever, the food supply has been ex
hausted.
Those who wish to make a dona
tion are requested to either mail or
carry their contribution to the as
sociated charities office in the W. M.
Allen law building.
KIWANIS CLUB MAY
FURNISH LESPEDEZA
Consider Plan To Fur
nish Seed To Farmers
Of The County
The local Kiwanls club is con
sidering a plan recently adopted" by
the Mount Airy club and business'
men, to furnish farmers of this sec
tion of the county lespedeza seed,
the seed to be paid back at the end
of the season when the crop of les
pedeza is harvested.
A letter to the local organization
from the Mount Airy club was read
at the luncheon held Friday noon
at Hotel Elkin, suggesting the plan
and urging co-operation with the
sister city. Many members were
enthusiastic but the matter is not
to be decided upon until the next
meeting which will take place on
March 16.
Many of the larger farmers of the
county and state are planting lespe
deza, which Is said by experts to be
one of the greatest soil tonics
known. Its use by all farmers would
greatly increase the fertility of their
land, it was said.
Approximately the entire member
ship of the club is planning to at
tend an inter-club meeting at the
Robert E. Lee hotel in Winston-Sa
lem tonight at which time one of
the publishers of the Kiwanis mag
azine will deliver a talk. This meet
ing will take the place of the regu
lar Friday meeting tomorrow. Rep
resentatives of all the Kiwanis clubs
in this district will attend.
RESIGNS AS TOWN
COMMISSIONER
E. 8. Spainliour Tendered Resigna
tion February 25; Pew Other
Important Matters Fare Board
Little business of Importance was
transacted Monday night by the
town board of commissioners with
the exception of passing upon the
resignation of E. S. Spainhour, who
tendered his resignation on Febru
ary 25, it was learned Tuesday from
Mayor M. A. Royall.
No appointment to fill the vacancy
was at the Monday night ses
sion. Mr. Spainhour was appointed
to the board at last month's session
to fill a vacancy caused by the
death of the late A. Q. Click.
Complete Direct Line
Between Elkin, Mt. Airy
The direct telephone line between
Elkin and Mount Airy, via Dobson,
was compi ited the latter part of last
week, giving this city quick com
munication with Its sister towns.
Before the line was installed by the
Southeast Public Service company it
was necegsary to route calls by way
of Winston-Salem.
Reformer Gmflty of Attack
♦V 'f 1 " 1 •''* AfSi ;
Daniel L. GUday, 65, president of
a Chicago law and order league, was
on March 2 convicted of deadly as
sault on Herman Knol, 17, who was
shoe when he and another boy tried
to aid GUday whom they thought
was drunk. Giiday said h e must
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
CHAPPELL IS SENT
TO PRISON FOR 25
YEARS FOR MURDER
Plead Guilty to Second
Degree Murder In
Mcßride Death
IS ONLY A YOUTH
Pleading gu'Hy to a charge of
second degree murder, Clement
Chappeil, son of a wel-known Knobs
township farmer of Yadkin county,
entered a plea of guilty to second
degree murder In superior court at
Yadkinvllle last Thursday and was
sentenced to serve 26 years In the
state prison. Chappeil admitted the
killing of Ernest Mcßride, 19, of
nea r the latter part of
September, 1931.
A fight between the two youths
was said t 0 have led to Mcßride's
death, Chappell being alleged to
have stabbed him several times with
a knife.
According to the arresting offi
cers, the boys were at a tobacco barn
on the Chappell place when they
got into an argument over the pos
session of a walking cane. Both
were alleged at the time to have
been drinking heavily, and as one
word led to another, blows were ex
changed. It was at this point that
Chappel was said to have adminis
tered the wounds which led to the
death of Mcßride, who died in Hugh
Chatham hospital here several days
after the affray.
ONLY 5 CASES FACE
RECORDER TUESDAY
Sixteen - Old Boy
Before Court For -
Drunkenness
A short docket faced Judge Harry
H. Barker In recorder's court here
Tuesday, a total of only five cases
coming up for trial of which one
was continued until a later date.
Ed Clark, 16, was found guilty
of a charge of drunkenness and curs
ing on Main street, and prayer for
judgment was continued until April
5, at which time the youngster may
either pay th e costs of the cas e or
accept a road sentence.
Stewart Johnson, arrested by
Stat© Patrolman W. B. Lentz for
driving with faulty lights, was fined
$5 and the costs. Fleet Pettyjohn,
convicted of operating a car without
proper license, was released upon
payment of the court costs.
Hurley Lovelace, faced with a
charge of giving a worthless check,
saw his case go over until March
22, at the request of the state.
A. E. Ellis, arrested recently by
Patrolman Lentz and cited to court
to face a charge of operating a car
without proper muffler, failed to
appear. A capias was ordered issued
for his arrest.
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
SALLIE ROBERTS, 80
Funerul Services Held Tuesday
Afternoon From Pleasant
Ridge Baptist Church
Mrs. Sallie Roberts, 80, widow of
the late Jacob Roberts, passed away
at her home two miles west of this,
city Monday morning, following a
brief Illness from influenza and
complications.
"Granny" Roberts, as she was
affectionately known among her
friends, was a highly esteemed wom
an of her community.
Surviving are the following sonß
and daughters: Misses Dici e and Lil
lie Roberts, who made their home
with their mother; Samuel Roberts,
George Roberts and Mrs. James Hol
brook, of Jonesville and Randall
Roberts of Brook's Cross Roads.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon from the Pleasant
Hill Baptist church, in charge of
Rev. J. W. Bryant. Interment was
in the church cemetery.
Miss Edith Neaves
Elected Treasurer
Miss Edith Neaves, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Neaves, of this
oity, who is a member of the fresh
man class at Greensboro College for
Women, Greensboro, Was again hon
ored last week when she was elected
treasurer of the Student Associa
tion of the college. This is the
highest honor that can come' to »
freshman tn th® school.