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VOL. No. XXII, No. 4
LATE ITEMS OF
INTEREST FROM
NATIONAL NEWS
WAREHOUSE BURNS
Mohan e, Nov. 33.—The Plant
ers tobacco warehouse, owned by
Carl Forrest and located In the
■orthwestern section of town one
block from highwpy 10, was total
ly destroyed, along with the ma
jor portion of today's sales, In a
blaze of unknown origin which
broke ont about 10:4 ft o'clock to
night and which for some time
threatened that entire section of
town. Premature damage esti
mates place the loss at around
•30,000, partially covered by in
surance.
PROBABLY WELL BE PIGEON
HOLED
Washington, Nov. 33.—With
some exceptions, more than 100
nominations to be submitted to
the short session of Congress by
President Hoover probably will be
pigeonholed by the senate until
Presidemt-elect Roosevelt takes
office and makes his own appoint
ments. This has been the cus
tom when changes of administra
tion take place.
LOSES CHANCE FOR LIFE
Carson, City, NFT., NOT. 22.
Everett T. Mull, alias John Hall,
former successful North Carolina
contractor, today lost his last
chance to, escape execution Mon
day for the murder of John C.
O'Brien when the state board of
pardons and parole commissioners
refused to commute the death
sentence.
CONFESSES MURDER
Dave McNair, of Durham, late
yesterday admitted to police that
be was one of the three negroes
who staged the holdup attempt in
which Mrs. Joseph W. McCown,
mother of two children, was fatal
ly shot at her husband's service
station, 2600 High Point Rood,
the night of November 11.
WORKING TO SETTLE BONUS
Washington, NOT. 22.—Busy
around the conference table with
his aides, Frank T. Hines, veter
ans' administrator, is seeking to
work oat a way to settle the bonns
onestion along the line of immc-
Wate payment of the cash sur
render value of the service certifi
cates.
POWER RATES ARE
CUT BY $1,357,000
Reduction Ordered By
Commission Will Save
Users Big Sum
Reductions totaling $1,367,000
annually, of which more than $900,-
000 will accrue to the benefit of
North Carolinians, were ordered last
week in the electric power rates of
the Duke Power company and its
wholly owned subsidiary, the South
ern Public Utilities company by the
state corporation commission.
The rate curve of the Southern
Public Utilities company is placed
below that found as the average for
177 cities of the United States and
the corporation commission said the
proposed schedues "will, in our
opinion, afford the maximum
amount of relief obtainable under
prevailing conditions."
The Southern Public Utilities
company serves Elkin, Mount Airy,
BtatestlUe, Charlotte, Winston-Sa
lea>, Gieensboro, High Point and
many otier North Carolina towns.
The n** rates, under the com
mission's »rder, became effective
November I An agreement was en
tered into wth the company where
jk by the rates vill remain in effect
nine monthß h\t may fee changed
back to the olc rates at that time
on 90 days' notl*. This ilill insure
new rates fo» one yeaty it was
pointed out.
It was further ag- e ed the
event of any change any t%e in
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Truck Load of Sipplie*
To Be Sent To Orphans
Saturday morning, Novell,. 26,
truck loaded with a Thank>gi V j n g
offering from the Baptist ck, rches
[ in thip community will leav j or
Mills Home, Baptist orphanagt at
, Thomasville. Country churches n^ r .
by desiring to contribute suppi os
for this offering are requested n
 leave their donation either at tfe«
First Baptist church in this city, oi
F. A. Brendle's store.
■hbElkin Tribune
COURT APPROVES SETTLEMENT
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North Elkin Child Meets
Tragic Death As Loaded
Truck Passes Over Body
Sammy Newman, 6, Killed Monday By Truck Operated By H. G.
Harris. Accident Said By Witnesses To Have Been
Unavoidable. Funeral Is Held Tuesday Afternoon
At Elkin Valley Baptist Church.
Huge Growd Attends. " *
Funeral services for Sammy New
man, 6, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clar
ence Newman, of North Elkin, who
was almost instantly killed Monday
afternoon when run over by a heavi
ly laden truck driven by H. G. Har
ris, of Elkin, were conducted Tues
day evening at 2 o'clock, at Elkin
Valley Baptist church. Rev. Eph
Whisenhunt, assisted by Rev. E. J.
Jordan, officiated.
The tragedy which snuffed out the
life of the child was declared un
avoidable by those who witnessed it.
It was said that the Neman boy,
walking along the highway near his
home with a group of other school
children who had Just alighted from
a school bus, suddenly darted into
the road in pursuit of a ball with
which they were playing, directly in
the path of the approaching truck.
Mr. Harris, in a frantic effort to
avoid striking the child, pulled his
machine completely off the highway,
the front of the truck missing the
child altogether. However, it was
said the youth ran into the side of
the truck, falling beneath one of the
rear wheels, which passed over the
middle of his body.
Immediately after the accident the
child was placed in an automobile
and rushed to Hugh Chatham hospi
tal where he died a few moments la
ter.
An investigation of the accident
was made by Deputy Sheriff C. S.
Foster, Night Policeman Luke Dar-
ELKIN STUDENTS IN
SPEAKING CONTEST
Is Sponsored By Ameri
can Legion; Attract
ive Prizes
As a part of its program to pro
mote Americanism and patriotism in
North Carolina the American Le
gion has conducted during the last
four years oratorical contests on pa
triotic subjects. The subject for
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Is Diphtheria Victim
Dennis Osborne, 3-year-old daugh
t€k of Mr. and Mrs. Lem Osborne,
ditd at the home of her parents in
Joausvllie November 16, following a
britl illness from diphtheria. Funer
al services were held from the home
on Itiursday and interment was in
the Jpnesville cemetery. The par
«ents and five brothers and sisters
urviv^
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1932
Nell and Highway Patrol Corporal
W. B. Lentz. In the opinion of the
officers the accident was unavoid
able on Mr. Harris' part.
A huge crowd was present at the
funeral.
Surviving are his parents and sev
eral brothers and sisters. Pall bear
ers were Grady Jenkins, Paul Smith,
Tom Golden and Vick Casifas. In
terment was in the church cemetery.
Let's Spare Them
of An Empty Stocking Christmas
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As has been an annual custom
for a number of years, The Tribune,
working in co-operation with the
local associated charities, is an
nouncing the opening of its Empty
stocking fund in an effort to help
provide for the many needy parents
and children of Elkin on Christmas
morning.
The need for aid this year is
greater than in any previous years,
and unless those who are more for
tunate come to the assistance of the
unemployed and worthy needy, It
will mean that blackness and despair
Red Cross Roll Call
Meets With Hearty
Response; Many Join
The annual Red Cross roll call
has met with a hearty response
from the local citizens, however,
Mrs. George VV chairman of
the drive hero\ :ate» that there
have been sevei I promises to join
and there is still time to enroll.
Anyone desiring to Join the Red
Cross may either call Mrs. Royall
and she will give them their mem
bership slip or mall the fI.OO to
her and she will add their name
to the list of members.
GRANGE SELECTS IDAHO
Idaho was selected as the conven
tion state for the 1933 assembly of
the National Grange at a business
meeting of the delegates in Winston-
Salem Monday morning. The city
and date will be determined later
by the national executive committee.
will reign in many hpmes here on
Christmas morning.
Picture the sorrow and bitterness
of the children who joyfully arise on
Christmas morn to find their little
stockings, hung with such great an
ticipation ihe night before, hanging
limp and empty. Picture the des
pair of their parents, who. through
no fault of their own, were unable
to play Santa Claus to their loved
ones.
These pictures can be blotted out
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Federal Judge Decides
In Favor of Offer Made
By Chatham Interests
Roosevelt Declines
Any Responsibility
In War Debt Matter
Washington, Nov. 22.—T0 a
suggestion that the war debts
Commission be re-established to
conduct a fresh examination of
the debt problem, Governor
Roosevelt today replied that the
subject was one for the present
Congress to consider if Mr. Hoov
er should recommend it.
The exchange took place at the
now historic meeting between
President Hoover and the Presi
dent-elect before a crackling log
fire in the austere .red room of
the White House.
The New York governor, it was
said by one in a position to know
what happened, declined to make
any comments, and for the most,
part made his role in the con
ference that of a listener.
Mr. Roosevelt'# was
outlined as unchanged from the
attitude he expressed in answering
Mr. Hoover's invitation.
FUNERAL RUES ARE
HELD TUESDAY FOR
VICTIM OF CRASH
Fred D. Reece Is Buried
In Boonville; Former
Elkin Citizen
Funeral services for Fred D.
Reece, 23, who met tragic death
Monday, were conducted from the
Boonville Baptist church at 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon, by Rev. J. P.
Davis, pastor of the deceased. The
rites were simple and impressive and
were attended by the largest num
ber of people ever to attend a funer
al in this section. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
Mr. Reece was killed at 12:60
Monday morning in an automobile
train collision at a grade crossing
in AltaVista, Virginia. He had at
tended church earlier in the evening
and later had called on friends. En
route to his hotel room he met death
at the station crossing, the gates be
ing up at this hour. A curve in
the road obstructed his view and
he failed to see the approaching
fast train He was struck and car
ried 600 yards down the track, -hip
body being severely bruised and
broken and the car completely de
molished.
The deceased was a native of
Boonville, N. C., and was a son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Reece. He was
educated at Boonville high school
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Schools,\»jtores Close
For Thanksgiving Day
The Elkin city schools closed
Wednesday afternoon In observance
of Thanksgiving and will remain
closed until Monday morning, thus
giving members of the faculty who
wish to spend the holiday at their
homes an opportunity to do so.
Local stores and business houses
will be closed today only.
Thanksgiving services will be
bold at the Methodist church at 11
o'clock this morning.
The Baptist church held their an
nual Thanksgiving services Wednes
day evening at 7:30, which included
an interesting program staged by a
group of children from Mills' Home,
Baptist orphanage at Thomasville.
Superintendent I. G. Greer was in
charge.
Infant Dies
David Lee Childress, infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Wiiiiam Childress,
died at the home of his parents at
State Road Wednesday of last week.
Funeral services were held Thurs
day from the Old State Road Baptist
church and interment was in the
church cemetery. The parents sur
vive. I , . £
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge «
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
THINKS IT WILL BE
TO BEST INTEREST
OF ALL CONCERNED
To Pay Elkin National
Bank Receiver Over
$40,000
PETITION OPPOSED
Judge Johnson J. Hayes, presiding
over federal court at Wilkesboro,
Tuesday afternoon signed an order
approving the settlement recently
proposed to W. H. Spradlin, receiver
of the Elkin National Bank, by the
Chatham Manufacturing*company to
gether with Avery Neaves and Ma
son Lillard, in regards to officers*
bonds and directors' liability by
terms of which the Chatham Man
facturing company is to pay in to
Receiver Spradlin the sum of |37,-
500 with accrued interest for cer
tain notes y the receiver, and
a further sum of $5,000.
As a result of Judge Hayes'
ruling, the terms of the settlement
will be complied with immediately.
As set forth in the settlement, in
consideration of the money paid by
the Chatham manufacturing com
pany, the receiver is to bring no civil
actions on the former bank offi
cials or against the directors of the
Elkin National Bank because of any
and all alleged irregularities which
may have come to the receiver's at
tention up to and including Septem
ber 26, 1932.
Following the offer of settlement
a number of months ago, Mr. Sprad
lin thoroughly investigated the mat
ter from all angles with the assist
ance of his attorney, John J. Ingle,
of Winston-Salem, and reached the
conclusion that such settlement
would be to the best interest of all
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MAGICIAN GUEST
OF KIWANIS CLUB
Lippincott Entertains at
Luncheon With Feats
of Ma^ic
An entertaining program" was
staged Friday night befpre the local
Kiwanis club following their weekly
luncheon at Hotel Elkin, by Lippin
cott, the magician, who was a guest
of ab.
Mr. Lippincott, who has made Elk
in his headquarters for the past sev
eral nonths, while filling school en
gagements in this section of tha
state, performed a number of mysti
fying and highly entertaining tricks.
In the absence of H. P. Graham,
president of the club, H. F. Laffoon,
vice-president and president-elect for
the coming year, presided.
TO FLY HOME
Amy Johnson, who holds the speed
record for a flight from England to
Cape Town, 8. Africa, said Tuesday
that she will fly home next month
In an attempt to set a record for
the round trip.
Thank You!
The Tribune wl«hw to thank
those subscribers whose subscrip
tion accounts were in arrears, for
their prompt action in bringing
these accounts up to date follow
ing the notice to this effect
which appeared in last week's
edition.
While the response was highly
gratifying, there are numbers of
other subscribers who no doubt
have overlooked the fact that
their subscriptions are behind,
whom we are sore will take care
of this matter at their earliest