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VOL. No. XXI No. 27
THURMOND CHATHAM
DONATES NICE SUM
TO LOCAL CHARITY
Check For sloo—Gov
ernment Flour Is
Also Received
FOR ELKIN ALONE
Two hundred and Bixty-four 24-
pound sacks of flour ground from
government-owned wheat, and a
check for SIOO, donated by Thur
mond Chatham, of Winston-Salem,
brought much-needed relief to as
sociated charity officials the latter
part of last week.
In mailing the check, which was
a personal contribution and in no
way connected with the Chatham
Manufacturing company, Mr. Chat
ham complimented the organization
upon the relief work being done
here. His donation represents the
first cash money that the organiza
tion has had on hand since the re
cent failure of the Elkin National
Bank, barring approximately S3O
which has been given in small do
nations. . '
W. M. Allen, chairman, and Chief
of Police W. G. Church, official dis
tributor of charity supplies, stated
that they wished it made clear that
the flour now on hand is for needy
families of Elkin alone, requests
f*om Jonesville and from families
living In Surry outside the corporate!
limits not t 0 be granted. Jonesville,
it was said, has received an allot
ment of flour from the Yadkin
county welfare organization, and the
Surry people outside Elkin's city
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JAIL IS OKEH, BUT
COURTHOUSE-OUCH!
Grand Jury Makes Re
port and Recommends
House-Cleaning
The report of the Surry county
grand jury, made the latter part of
last week to Judge Thomas Shav,
presiding over the current term of
criminal superior court at Dobson,
disclosed that the county jail and
county home were in good condi
tion but that such could not be said
for the courhouse.
According t 0 th e report, the in
mates of both the jail and county
home are well fed and well cared
for, and both institutions were said
to be in good sanitary condition.
However, in the grand jury's esti
mation, the courhouse was in need
of a general cleaning from cellar to
attic, and tw 0 large leaks in the
roof needed immediate attention. A
large pile of sawdust was found to
be quite unnecessary in the court
house cellar, the report stated.
The offices of {he clerk of the
court and the register of deeds were
given 'k clean bill of health, both
being found to be efficiently man
aged.
Hon. A. J. Maxwell To
Address Dobson Senors
Hon A. J. Maxwell, candidate for
Governor of North Carolina will de
liver the commecement address at
the Dobson High School on Wednes
day evening. May 11, at 8 o'clock.
The public 1b most cordially invited
to attend.
City Tax List to
Appear Next Week
Taxpayers of th e Town of Elk
in who are in arrears with their
1981 town taxes have been given
an additional week in which to
I»ay and have their name stricken
from the delinquent tax list, it
vas learned Tuesday from J. G.
fhipman, city tax collector.
According to the law the tax
fst most be published four con
*cutive times before the date of
4le, and due t© the fact ty by
Eiing the list for the rirst
in Thursday, May 12, in
at in today's issue, as was
nnounced, will allow the
appear four times, It has
tostponed a week,
ryone who pays their taxes
publication date will have
tame removed although the
is been made up and is at
t in the hands at the pub-
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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Cigar Makers Suffer
Loss On Election In 1
Jonesville Monday
Bottled pop dispensers and
makers of election day cigars evi
dently suffered severe losses on
the Jonesville city election, which
was held Monday, due to the fact
that the six candidates elected
were the only persons running
and running without opposition,
at that.
G. 8. Wagoner, who has been
mayor of Jonesville for a number
of years, was reelected, as were
four of the former commissioners,
J. C. Chappell, W. J, Brown, J.
C. Wilkins and S. M. Vestal. R.
W. Byrrl succeeded C. G. Mathis,
who had recently resigned.
CITY PAPAS FROWN
ON HIDDEN TABLES
Public Pool Room Must
Present Clear View
From Sidewalk
An ordinance passed by the town
commissioners Monday night turned
thumbs down against public pool
roonw located in the rear of Btores
or other businesses where a clear
view from the sidewalk could not
be obtained, it has been learned.
The pool rooms are sanctioned if
and when they are in full view of
the street, it was said, but no ob
struction must be placed in manner
to cut off the view.
The ordinance, effective from
date, reads as follows:
"That no public pool room or pub
lic pool table be allowed to operate
within the corporate limits of the
town of Elkin except where placed
in full view at all times from the
sidewalks of the town, and that no
obstruction or any obstacle be placed
at any point to hide any portion of
the tables."
Only routine matters, aside from
the new ordinance, occupied the at
tention of the board. It was said.
FINALS UNDER WAY
AT ELKIN SCHOOLS
Sunday Evening, May 1
Marked Opening of
Commencement
Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the
First Baptist church, preached the
baccalaureate sermon on Sunday
evening, May 1, which marked the
opening of the commencement pro
gram for the city schools. There
was an unusually large attendance
for this initial % service, the congre
gation of the town uniting in the
service, according to the annual cus
tom.
On Wednesday evening the Senior
Class Day exercises were presented
in the form of a radio play. The
members oj the junior class assisted
in the presentation of the program.
Perfect attendance awards were
given to approximately 125 students
for meritorious work and recordt.
Twenty-two seventh grade diplomas
were awarded to the graduates of
the grammar grades.
The final program will b e presen
ted this evening, when Editor Sant
ford Martiu, of Winston-Salem, will
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DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
MARY K. WALLACE
Funeral 111 ten To Be Held This
Afternoon From Mountain
Park Baptist Church
Mjs. Mary Kapp Wallace, 44, wife
of I. O. Wallace, passed away at
her home at Kapps Mill on Tues
day evening at 8 o'clock. Mrs. Wal
lace' bad been ill for the past several
months, but her death was almost
sudden as she had not been con
fined to her bed during her illness.
Funeral rites will be held this af
ternoon from the Mountain Park
Baptist church, in charge of Rev.
J. W. Calloway and Rev. Scales
Draughn. Interment will follow in
the church ccmotory.
The deceased is a daughter of
Mrs. Kapp and the late J. C. Kapp,
of Kapps Mill and was a member
of one of the most prominent fami
lies in that community. She was am
active membe r of the Rocky Ford
Baptist church.
She is survived by her mother,
Mrs. J. C. Kapp, her husband, I. O.
Wallace, two children, Charles and
flomer Wallace and one sister, Mrs.
| K W. Haynes.
ELKIN, N. C- THURSDAY, MAY 5, 1932
Surry Commissioners Vote Against
Postponement of Tax Sale After
Thorough Examination of Laws
WOULD MEAN RISK
1931 Code Sets Sale
Date For First Mon
day In June
TO PUBLISH LIST
Delinquent tax payers will have
r their property advertised for sale
next month, unless unforseen events
transpire to make the postponement
of the foreclosure sale possible, it
was decided Monday by the board
of County Commissioners in meet
ing at Dobson.
Close examination of the laws dis
closed that to postpone the sale
would mean a great risk upon both
the commissioners and upon the fi
nancial standing of the county as a
whole.
It has been pointed out that any
postponement of the sale beyond the
first Monday in June as fixed by the
North Carolina code of 1931 would
be a dangerous procedure inasmuch
as it would b e possible that the com
missioners voting for such a post
ponement might be held personally
liable for whatever loss the county
might suffer through failure to col
lect the penalty which under the
law could not be charged after June
on unpaid taxes.
Considerable agitation throughout
the state as well as throughout the
county for a postponement of the
tax sale has been In evidence, but
thus far those in power to delay the
sale have ruled against it. It has
been pointed out that to delay the
sale would not help the tax payer
who is in arrears, because he would
find It just as hard to pay later as
to pay now, and in addition, a sev
eral' months' delay would bring the
tax sale fo r 1931 taxes and 1932
taxes so cloae together that one
would have hardly been paid when
the other would be due.
According to the plans of the
county commissioners, th e tax list
will be published in next week's pa
pers. As required by law th? list
must appear in four consecutive is
sues, following which the sale will
be on Monday, June 5.
KIWANIANS VOTE TO
FINANCE HOME WORK
To Pay Half Home Dem
onstration Agent's
Salary
A motion that the Elkin Kiwanis
club pay half of the money neces
sary to finar.ee the work of Miss
Hazel Browne, home demonstration
worker in this county, for the
months of April and May, was voted
upon and approved Friday night at
the meeting of the club, which had
already guaranteed and paid its
share of the necessary funds for the
month of March.
In pledging funds for th e month
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Special Program At
First Baptist Church
A special program will be ren
dered at the First Baptist church
Sunday morning at the Sunday
School hour by the Sunday School,
in observance of Mother's Day, and
in behalf of our Baptist Hospital
at Winston-Salem. This is to be a
very Interesting and impressive ser
vice. Everybody is invited to at
tend and take part.
Quarantine of Surry Camp
Follows Death
The deaths of three state
prisoners, one of whom died
Saturday in the prison camp at
Dobson, from what is thought to
be spinal meningitis, has resulted
in the Surry camp being placed
under a 10-day quarantine while
health officials make a thorough
investigation.
The prisoner to die at the Dob
son camjt was Henry White, 16-
yecu'-old fccgro. Van Sigmon, a
Planning to Map the Antartic Waters
K R *', Wrnmmmßmr
Wmmm
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Lincoln Ellsworth (right), veteran air explorer of the North Pole
regions, and Bernt Balchen, who piloted Admiral Byrd's Atlantic and
South Pole flights, are starting for the ends of the earth again, lhey
want to fly over Antarctia and take a complete set of photographic maps.
York Murder Case Nearing
Close As Defense Declines
To Offer Evidence To Jury
NON - SUIT DENIED
Expected Case to Reach
Jury Late Wednes
day Afternoon
OTHER CASES TRIED
The trial of Clarke York, 32, Mt.
Airy man, for the murder of Jim
Burrus, 42, Mt. Airy taxi-driver,
was drawing rapidly to a close in
superior court at Dobson Wednes
day afternoon, argument before the
Jury getting under way shortly af
ter the noon recess. Following the
charge of Judge Thomas Shaw, the
case was expected to b e given to
the jury late Wednesday afternoon.
Motion for non-suit, made late
Tuesday afternoon following the
conclusion of the state's evidence,
was argued Wednesday morning,
but the motion wis over-ruled and
the case submitted to the jury with
out the defense offering any evi
dence.
Evidence presented by the state
Tuesday centered around the identf-
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Local Man Fined SSOO
And Put On Probation
J. G. Ray, local man, was fined
1500 and the costs in Federal court
at Winston-Salem Wednesday by
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, and was
placed on probat'on for a period of
three years on charges of violating
the prohibition laws, it was learned
here late Wednesday afternoon. Dr.
J. T. Burrus, of High Point, and
Doctors H. L. Johnson, H. C. Sal
mons and, M. A. Royall, of Elkin,
testified that the defendant was
physically unable to serve a prison
sentence.
Hugh Creed, also of Elkin, was
sentenced to serve six months in the
Surry county jail, also on a charge
of violating the prohibition laws.
Both defendants were arrested
here during a recent raid by federal
undercover agents.
white prisoner, died in a Raleigh
hospital Tuesday night. The third
victim of the disease was a negro
prisoner at Raleigh.
Immediately following the Sur
ry death the quarantine vent into
effect and Dr. Jo hi, H. Hamilton,
epidemiologist oi the state board
of health was sent there to in
vestigate the death. It is not
thought that the malady is of the
epidemic kind.
Thursday and Friday
Are Clean-Up Days
Mayor M. A. Royall, in co-oper
ation with Uie ftkkin Woman's
Club, sets apart Thursday and
Friday, May 5 and 6, as Clean
up Days and urges everyon© to
launch a clean-up, polish-up and
keep-up campaign.
Attica, basements, alleys, va
cant lots and fire hazards are
most necessary as a precaution
against fire and disease, and
lawns, screens and the home in
general to improve the appear
ance of the town.
The town truck will devote the
entire, days of Thursday and Fri
day to hauling off rubbish placed
at convenient places along the
streets and the 100 per cent co
operation of the citizens Is re
quested in this movement
NUMBER OF LIGHT
APPLIANCES OKEH
Lentz Says Nodimolite
Not the Only Device
Sanctioned
Although the nodimolite anti-glare
equipment has been aproved for use
in automobile headlights by the state
highway commission, several other
patented appliances may be installed
which will meet the requirements
of the anti-glare ordinance, it was
learned Tuesday from Corporal W.
B. Lentz, of the state highway pa
trol.
The narneß of the appliances sanc
tioned by the highway commission
are Peerless No-Qlare, Nite Eyes,
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MRS. LILLIE TUCKER
DIES AT HOSPITAL
Funeral Services For Jonesville
Woman Held Tae«d»y From
Pleasant Hill Church
Mrs. Llllle Tucker, 24, of Jones
ville, passed away at the Hugh Chat
ham Memorial hospital on Monday
morning- from a critical illness of
three weeks' duration.
She was a daughter of Mrs. Mary
Dudley Tucker and the late James
Tucker. Surviving in addition to
her mother and a five-year-old
daughter, Ethel Bell, are the follow
ing brothers and sisters: William.
Lee, Lonnie and Wesley Tucker and
Miss Irene Tucker. ,
Funeral services were held from
the Pleasant flill Baptist church on
Tuesday morning and Interment was
in the chureh cemetery.
Western Carolina*!
Leading Weekly
Newspaper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO OBSERVE POPPY
DAY HERE SATURDAY
Funds To Go For Relief
Of Disabled Veterans
And Families
MAJORITY AT HOME
Poppy Day will...be observed by
the Auxiliary of the George Gray
Post of the American Legion on
Saturday, May 7, according to an
announcement made by Mrs. J. O.
Bivins, chairman of the Poppy Day
sales.
The American Legion and the
Auxiliary are carrying out a vast and
continuous program of relief and
rehabilitation work for disabled
veterans and theft- families through
out the year and only once a year
do tbey call on the public for help
and that is Poppy Diy. By wearing
one of these little red flowers, you
not only honor the dead but you
enable the disabled soldier who
makes them, to carry on. These
men are daily sacrificing to their
country and it is the duty of every
patriotic.citizen to show their ap
preciation for their bravery and
courage by giving'one dime to this
cause.
Every penny which will be real
ized from the sale of poppies will
be used for the relief of living vic
tims of the war and the bulk of the
amount will be used in Elkin. Let
no one have a chance to ask you to
buy a poppy, ask somebody to sell
you a poppy and having bought it,
stop and think of the message it
brings to you from those who ex
pect you to carry on.
SENIORS GUESTS OF *
ELKIN KIWANIS CLUB
Are Entertained Friday
Night At Weekly
Luncheon
The members of the graduating
class of Elkin high school were the
luncheon gueßts of the Elkin Ki
wanis club at Hotel Elkin Friday
night.
H. P. Graham, president of th©
club, welcomed the graduates and
in a brief talk congratulated tbem
upon the successful conclusion of
their first major undertaking—that
of acquiring a high school education.
President Graham also contrasted
present school days with the time in
which he was a school boy. In
those days the student labored un
der the shadow of an extremely
large and keen hickory switch, he
said, while nowadays the students
have far more sympathetic teachers
and no switches to distract their
minds from their books. Tom Hen
dren, senior class president, res
ponded.
Prof. J. H. Allred then introduced
each member of the class to the club
which was followed by a short and
enjoyable program staged by the
seniors, which included a piano solo
by Miss Hazel Byrd and a vocal solo
by Miss Maxine Webber.
At the conclusion of the luncheor
the seniors gave 15 rahs for tho
Kiwanis club.
FUNERAL HELD FOR
YADKIN WOMAN
Mrs. Caroline (ieorge Burled Monday
From SwaJm's Church; Died
In Salisbury
Funeral services were held on
Monday morning from Swaim's
church in Yadkin county, for Mrs.
Caroline George, widow of J. Frank
lin George, Late of Yadkin county.
Mrs. George passed away on Satur
day evening at the home of her Bon,
A. W. George, in Salisbury, in her
ninetieth year.
Until about four years ago Mrs.
George lived here with her only
child, A. W. .George and Mrs. George,
at their home on Gwyn Avenue, prior
to the family moving to Salisbury,
and she has many friends here who
regret to kuuw of lfer passing.
A brief funeral service was held
from the home on Monday morning
in charge of Rev. B. J. Peeler and
the services at Swaim's cWbrch were
in charge of Prof. Z. H. Dixou, of
this city.
Those from here attending the
services w«re Prof. Z. H. Dixon, Df.
and Mrs. M. A. Roy*ll, Mr. and Mrs.
Parks Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Mathis, Messrs J. Henry Tharpe, 8.
A. Foster and W. D. Holcomb.