1 Elkin—"The Beet
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXI No. 29
Ehringhaus and Maxwell In Brief
Talks Here As Primary Date Draws
Near; Are Well Received By Voters
IN FAVOR ECONOMY
Ehringhaus States His
Platform In Guber
natorial Race
IS GOOD SPEAKER
Stating that North Carolina "must
spend less, tax more, bust", and
personally favoring a program of
less but wiser spending. John C. B.
Ehringhaus, democratic candida:e
for governor, opened his campaign
in Elkin at the Lyric theatre Mon
day morning.
Mr. Ehringhaus, who WHS intro
duced to a small but
riKlience by J. S. Atkinson, of Elkiu :
didn't plunge into a long drawn-out
political address, neither did he
spend his time shouting of his own
virtues or berating his opponents.
His talk was brief, courteous and to
the point and made a favorable im
pression upon his listeners.
He stated that he was in favor of
re-valuation of real estate;' state
support of the six months school,
and wise economy. In commenting
on the word economy, he made it
clear that he didn't mean It in the
sense that would work to the dis
advantage of the state. "Our schools,
our institutions for the insane, the
blind, the deaf and dumb, must be
kept up to a high level worthy of
the name of the state," he pointed
out.
Many people, the speaker contin
ued, had combatted his candidacy
with the propaganda that what the
state, and the entire country, need
at this time is an expert—a govern
mental expert. "They told us that
four years ago when Hoover was
making his bid for the White
House," he said. "Put the nation in
the hands of a construction engineer
and watch prosperity come again!
Hoover was elected, but did he turn
out a construction engineer? Just
the opposite. He ditched, drained
and has pretty near damned the
whole country."
Insofar as he could see, the candi
date pointed out, there are mighty
few governmental experts in North
Carolina. Both of his opponents,
he said, have long been supported
by political jobs and do not have
the viewpoint of the mass. One
point that he thought in his own
favor is the fact that, If elected, he
will be fresh from the people: will
be more fully acquainted with their
point of view.
In firing the cause of the depres
sion, Mr. Ehringhaus put it simply:
"The out-go has been greater than
the in-come. Lavish spending on
the of the little man can quick
ly result in financial trouble. It
can just as quickly wreck a nation."
Following his talk here, Mr.
Ehringhaus went to Yadkinvllle
where he was scheduled to speak In
the afternoon and from there to
"Winston-Salem for an address Mon
day night. He spoke in Mount Airy
early Monday morning.
COMMENCEMENT AT
PLEASANT HILL ENDS
Highly Successful Year
Closed Friday of
Last Week
Pleasant Hill elementary and
junior high school closed a success
ful year on Friday of last week. On
Saturday evening the grades gave
a series of entertainments. The
first grade presented a toy orches
tra; second and third grades, "The
Three Beans"; fourth and fifth
grades, "Having Their Pictures
Took," and "Roll Dem Bones" by
the higher grades concluded the ex
ercises.
Perfect attendance certificates
were awarded eleven pupils by W.
A. Hunt, principal of the school, and
seventh grade diplomas were award
ed the following students by Mr.
Hunt: Hallie Collins, Pauline Rog
ers, Irene Day and David Darnell.
David Day, a member of the
school board, made a brief talk on
the progress and success of the term
just closing.
On Monday evening the school
board elected the following faculty
f o r the 1032-33 term: first grade,
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SiSl is
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Innocent Victim
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One of the last photos made of
Charles A. Undbergh, Jr., shortly
before he was kidnapped and bru
tally murdered by his heartless
captors.
HOAX REVEALED IN
LINDBERGH TRAGEDY
Contacts With Kidnap
ers Declared Imaginary
By J. H. Curtis
As the latest "startling develop
ment" in the Lindbergh case comes
the confession by John Hughes Cur
tis, the Norfolk, Va„* intermediary,"
that he had perpetrated an "enor
mous deception" in the search for
the slain son of Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh. The confession was made
to police Tuesday afternoon.
The boats and all the people to
whom Curtis has been referring dur
ing the gigantic manhunt now under
way for the murderers of the baby,
were creations of his own mind,
police were told by the 44-year-old
boat builder, who so captured the
confidence of Colonel Lindbergh,
himself, that the latter was with
him the night the child's body was
found.
"I honestly believe that for the
last seven or eight months I have
not been myself due to financial
troubles," Curtis said in his con
fession.
The report that was current in
Elkin Monday that Betty Gow,
nursemaid in the Lindbergh home at
the time of the kidnaping, had com
mitted suicide, was proved false by
radio dispatches Tuesday evening.
The report was said to have been
received here early Monday after
noon by radio an( l later dispatches
stated that the information was
actually broadcast, it not being
known, however, just where the sta
tion giping the report obtained its
information. Other rumors that a
servant in the Lindbergh home had
committed suicide were also declared
as false.
High Honor Is Given
Local Girl At Duke
Miss Emma Cooke, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Cooke, of Elkin,
who is a member of the Junior class
at Duke University, Durham, has
received a distinguished honor In
being chosen for membership in the
Kappa Delta Pi, a national honor
ary educational society. The honor
is usually given to senior students
and only then for exceptionally
brilliant work. At a recent meeting
of vhe Alpha Tau chapter at Duke.
Miss Cooke was elected vice-presi
dent of the chapter.
District Office
The Elkin postoffice has been
designated by the postmaster general
as a district office tor postal sav
ings business, to be effective June
1, it has been learned here.
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ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932
GUEST KIWANIANS
Maxwell Speaks On
Benefits of the De
pression, If Any
SCORES BOOK COST
Taking as his subject the benefits
of the current depression, A. J. Max
well, candidate for the democratic
nomination for governor of North
Carolina, made a brief but interest
ing talk before the Elkin Kiwanis
club at their luncheon at Hotel Elkin
Friday at noon.
The human race learns from ex
perience, Mr. Maxwell said, and one
of the benefits of the depression will
be that it will drive all of us to
deeper, sounder thinking, eventually
developing a higher class of leader
ship.
We got ourselves into the depres
sion, and it's up to us to get our
selves out, he said, adding that we
were going to have more respect for
thrift and less respect for spend
thrift when we did eventually re
cover.
Speaking of North Carolina's pub
lic school system Mr. Maxwell scored
the present high prices of text books,
speaking of them as excessive or
about 40 per cent too high. He an
nounced himself in favor of the
rental system instead of the pur
chase system, which, he said, would
take a burden oft the backs of par
ents.
The state is spending $150,000
per day to run the six-months school
term, the speaker said, but is not
getting the fullest advantage from
this money because in many in
stances children attending school
have no books due to high prices.
Mr. Maxwell, who came here from
Mt. Airy where he delivered an ad
dress Thursday, was introduced to
the Kiwanians by J. N. Freeman.
TO PICK APPLICANT
FOR P. 0. SATURDAY
Three Are In Race For
Endorsement For
Jonesville Job
One of the three candidates for
the Job as postmaster at Jonesville,
vacant following the death of Post
master Ward Swalm, several months
ago, will probably be endorsed Sat
urday at the meeting of the Yadkin
county executive committee at Yad
kinvllle which has been called by
Chairman Wade Reavis.
Of the large number who took
the examination for the job, the
three scoring highest were Miss
Stella Triplett, democrat; Hubert
republican, and Mrs. Non
na Mayberry, republican. Miss Trip
lett held the postmastership during
the Wilson administration.
Following the endorsement of one
of these three Saturday, it will be
forwarded to the state chairman at
Raleigh, who will in turn send it
t 0 the United States postoffice de
partment at Washington for official
confirmation.
Woman Is Arrested Here
On Check Flashi
A middle-aged widow of refined
appearance left a trail of woe among
merchants here Monday which ended
only when she was arrested by
Chief of Police W. G'. Church on a
warrant from Winston-Salem which
charged giving a worthless check.
The woman, a Mrs. A. J. Hauser.
was kept in custody here practically
all day Monday following her arrest
and was turned over to Winston-
Salem officers late in the afternoon.
She is alleged to have given a check
for approximately S4O to the J* C.
Penney store in Winston-Salem.
Mrs. Hauser, who for the past sev
eral weeks has been occupying the
summer home of James Hanes
at Roaring Gap which sb e claimed
to have rented for the season, ob
tained a considerable amount of
merchandise from local merchants
the day. of her arrest, giving in pay-
Cal Goes Fishing
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Former President Coolidge mo- j
tored down to Connecticut the other j
day and caught a dozen brook trout
like the one he's holding.
TO HAVE HEARING
BEFORE GOVERNOR
Question of Dr. Bryant's
Right to J. P. Office
to Be Settled
A hearing before Governor O. Max
Gardner has been set for Monday,
May 23, at which time the re-in
statement of Dr. C. G. Bryant, of
Jonesville, as a justice of the peace,
will £e considered and passed upon,
it was learned Wednesday.
Dr. Bryant was appointed as Jus
tice of the peace several weeks ago
by Governor Gardner upon the
recommendation of Wilson .Huds
peth, of Yadkinvllle, chairman of
th e Yadkin county democratic exe
cutive committee, and was revoked
from office four days later when
Mr. Hudspeth was said to have with
drawn his recommendation.
Later reports have it that Huds
peth has investigated the Informa
tion upon which he based his action
in withdrawing his recommendation,
and has personally appeared before
Governor Gardner and asked that
Dr. Bryant be reinstated.
The hearing in the governor's of
fice Monday is for the purpose of
clearing up a somewhat muddled
situation, It appears.
Yadkin Prisoner Makes
Escape While Visiting
A little act of kindness on the
part of two Yadkin county deputy
sheriffs In Winston-Salem Tuesday
night resulted In temporary disgrace
and a lot of worry for T. A. Chip
man and Arthur Matthews, the
deputies.
Sent to Raleigh to bring back a
prisoner, Fonnie Wright, the two
deputies harkened to his plea for a
short stop at th e home of a relative.
Doubtlessly, all would have been
well if their prisoner hadn't made
his escape, handcuffed as he was,
while paying the visit.
As luck would have it, however,
he was arrested a short time later
by Winston-Salem police as the two
deputies were bemoaning their fate.
ment for the merchandise a promise
to mail a check as soon as she
reached home. Her refined and
well-to-do appearance was said to
have been a great aid in her shop
ping.
A local hardware company do
nated approximately $3 in kitchen
ware and a local shoe store supplied
a nice new pair of spring shoes.
Other stores were said to have made
contributions.
After her arrest it was learned
that she had not rented the Roar
ing Gap home, but had obtained the
keys on a pretext of wanting to rent
it
moved in.
Other reports have been circulated
that Mrs. Hauser spent the Vlnter
In top style at Pinehurst by posing
as the bride-to-be of a wealthy mer
chant who was to appear on the
scene In the fall.
Fullest Cooperation of
Bank Debtors Needed
To Hasten Liquidation
"Jafsie" Says Plans
Were Upset By Hoax
New York, May 18. Jafsie
blamed John N. Curtis today for
his own failure to save the life
of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., and
return the kidnaped baby to his
grieving parents.
The white-haired, aged Dr.
John F. Condon, the J. F. C.
whose want ads signed "Jafsie"
intriKued a nation, "knew all
along that Curtis was a faker,"
he said.
"He ruined my chances of
maintaining contact with the kid
napers, established about a week
after the baby was stolen," he
charged.
SCHOOL FUNDS ARE
DENIED IN COUNTY
State Treasurer With
holds $30,234 Due
to Surry
A total of $30,234.50, due to Sur
ry county out of the state's appro
priation of 11,500,000 for state aid
on extended school terms, is being
withheld, along with money due 28
other counties, by the state treasur
er, John P. Stedman, due to indebt
edness by the county on account of
{loans from the special school build
! ing.
When Stedman took office in
January of this' year these loans to
the various counties were in arrears
in the aggregate amount of $704,-
000. The sums due the state have
been reduced by collections t 0 $297,-
000 and there still will be $76,000
due the state after the collection by
withholding of th e $221,058.74 due
the various counties.
Of the 29 counties denied their
| appropriations, Surry was known to
I owe the most. Wilkes county was
| shown to owe $3,082.31 and Yad
kin $1,724.95.
CIVIL COURT UNDER
WAY IN YADKIN
Total of til Cases Were On Calendar
For First Week; Judge Wal
ter E. Moore Presiding
Yadkin county superior court for
the trial of civil cases convened in
Yadkinville Monday morning fo r a
two-weeks term before Judge Wal
ter E. Moore. Sixty-one cases were
scheduled for the first week.
Jurors drawn for the first week
are as follows: M. R. Davis, Walter
Castevens, Ky Johnson, W. T. Hen
nings, S. i 3. Shugart, J. S. Hoots, Q.
W. Nicholson, W. F. Castevens, J.
M. Speas, Early Dull, J. W. Athan,
Gray Dinkins, M. A. Vestal, J. F.
Brown, Jr., Raymond Cleary and
D. G. Norman.
Jurors for second week: W. A.
Russell, N. B. Brown, W. T. Allen,
W. B. Money, J. H. Eaton, C. R.
Russell, J. S. Phillips. D. F. Bell,
i Richard Brown, C. A. Bell, D. G.
Hobson, W. H. Taylor, J. A. Groce,
J. F. Hemric, C. E. Pilcher, John
Colbert, I. A. Todd and A. M. John
son.
LA YELL IMPROVING
AFTER AUTO INJURY
In Stepping Prom Moving Car Was
Thrown to Pavement, Fractur
ing His Hkull
The condition of J. Wesley Layell,
who was seriously Injured on
last Friday evening when he at
tempted to step from the run
ning board of a moving automobile
and was thrown to the concrete
highway, is much improved. Lay
ell was returning t 0 his home from
Chatham Manufacturing company
where he Is employed, when he came
to the intersection of a side road
leading to hia home just off the
main highway on State Road. Lay
ell attempted to step from the mov
ing car before the driver had stop
ped.
He sustained a slight skull frac
ture and other serious injuries from
the Impact and bis condition was at
first considered critical at the Hugh
Chatham Memorial hospital where
he was immediately carried for
treatment.
Western Carolina'!
Leading Weekly
Newspaper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
RETURNS ARE SLOW
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Fail to Fill Out Financial
Statement Blanks
For Receiver
SLOW UP PROCESS
Out of approximately 3,000 finan
cial statement blanks mailed to ev
eryone directly or indirectly indebt
ed to the Elkin National Bank by W.
H. Spradlin, receiver, when he first
took charge of the affairs of the
bank, only 50 or 60 have been re
turned properly filled out, he an
nounced Tuesday.
The purpose of the statements,
Mr. Spradlin said, was to get an
idea of the financial condition of
those who owe the bank. With a
man's financial condition known, in
many cases it is possible to work
out a plan enabling him to meet his
obligation to the bank without un
due inconvenience. In a number of
cases this has been done, it was
pointed out.
That the receiver be fully ac
quainted with the finances of each
and every debtor is very important
both from the debtor's standpoint
and the standpoint of the bank, and
if each person who received the
blank statement would fill it out
properly and mail it to the receiver,
it would aid materially in the pro
cess of liquidation, in addition to
helping the bank in other ways that
can't yet b e made public. It will
be necessary to bring pressure to
bear on those who have refused or
neglected to lend this cooperation,
Mr. Spradlin said.
It is the first duty of the receiver
to reduce all notes to cash, the
money to eventually be paid to the
depositors and other creditors, he
said, and the sooner those who owe
the bank money .make an effort to
meet their obligations, the sooner
the dividend will be paid.
If is the receiver's policy to be as
helpful as possible t 0 the bank deb
tors and as sympathetic as they
would let him be. However, full
co-operation must be accorded If
the assets of the institution are
liquidated in a minimum ofHime.
Those who have misplaced their
financial statement blanks may se
cure another by either writing or
calling at the bank, it was said.
FIVE ELKIN CAFES
ARE RATED GRADE A
Eight Food Houses Are
Given Inspection By
Health Officer '
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Five Elkin hotels and cafes, re
cently inspected by the Surry coun
ty health officer, M. T. Foster, were
rated graded; two cafes were rated
grade B, and one grade C, it was
learned this week.
Those given the grade A rating
were Hotel Elkin, 93.5 per cent.
Blue Moon Tea Room, 92 per cent.
Home Hotel, 90.5 per cent, Busy
Bee Cafe, 91.5 per cent, and Nu-
Way Cafe, 90 per cent. Class B
ratings were Palace Cafe, 89 per
cent and Davis Cafe, 82 per cent.
The Riverside Cafe was given a
class C rating of 78 per cent. t
The state law governing sanitary
management of hotels and cafes re
quires inspectors to furnish each
with a certificate of rating which
must be posted in a conspicuous
place where it may be easily ob
served by guests. A cafe or hotel
cannot operate with a rating lesß
than 70 per cent. Seventy to 80
per cent gives a grade C cafe. Eighty
to 90 per cent gives a grade B cafe
and 90 to 100 per cent a grade A
cafe. To operate a grade A hotel or
cafe, grade A milk must be served.
Candidate Visitor Here
N. S. Mulligan, of Walnut Cove,
candidate for the state senate from
Surry and Stokes county, wan n visi
tor in Elkin Tuesday, and is hoping
to .ucceed former Senator John H.
Folger, of Mt. Airy, who has de
clined to again make the race.
Inasmuch as Surry furnished the
senator daring the last session
and th© two counties take it time
about. Stokes will furnish the sena
tor for the forthcoming term.
Mr. Mulligan is a business man
and farmer.