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VOL. No. XXII, No. 15
I ATE NEWQ
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State and Nation
All Debts Included
London. IM>. 7.^—After the
"bis five" of the cabinet and Mr
Ronald Lindsay, British ambassa
dor to the United States, had com
pleted a preliminary survey of
the debt problem today, it was
learned suggestions that a lump
sum between $1,850,000,000 and
*2,000,000,000 be paid to the
United States, contemplated that
this payment would cover all
European war debts and .not
merely Britain's.
Not In Custody
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 7.—A re
port late tonight from James
town, where Col. I/uke Lea and
his ion, Luke Lea, Jr., appeared
after news that. Gov. Hill McAlis
ter had granted extradition and
issued a fugitive warrant, said
the two men were not in custody.
They are staying at a hotel. The
warrant authorises their arrest
only by Buncombe county. North
Carolina, authorities, who are still
in Nashville.
To Invite Governors
New York, Feb. 7.—Two days
after Franklin D. Roosevelt is In
augurated, he will confer at the
White House with governors in
vited from all 48 states over such
pressing federal and Mate prob
lems as mortgage foreclosures,
taxation, unemployment relief,
better use of land, and reorgani
zation of local governments.
Barry Ousted
Washington,
hfrcidenlH in Aiherican legislative
history, the senate tonight re
moved its veteran sergeant at
arms, David 8. Barry, for writing
a magazine article accusing some
members of Congress of bribe
taking.
To Cut $140,000,000
Washington, Feb. 7.—A com
mand to President-elect Roose
velt's still unnamed cabinet to
lop #140,000,000 off government
expenditures was the climax fur
nished by the senate today to its
own long weeks of economy talk.
Given Authority
Feb. 7.—Without
a record vote and after only brief
debate, the senate tonight voted
to give the incoming President
sweeping powers to reorganize the
federal departmental machinery.
Cold Wave Expected
The deep south expected Its
coldest weather of the winter
Wednesday as high winds swept
into Dixie and squally weather
bothered craft in the Gulf of
Mexico.
YOUTH, 15, CHARGED
WITH TWO MURDERS
Taylorsville Lad Alleg
ed To Have Chopped
Off Victims' Heads
While a 15-year-old boy was in a
prison cell in the Taylorsville jail
late Monday afternoon, a coroner's
Jury returned a verdict charging
him with the murder of two peo
ple, Isaac Welburn, 70, and Ms son,
Tommy, 10, whose charred and
headtess bodies were found in the
ashes of their home Friday night.
The youth of the prison cell,
Lisha Chapman, is alleged to have
shot both father and son and to
have chopped off their heads with
an axe before 1 setting fire to their
home in an effort to cover his
crime.
Chapman was also connected
with the burning of a store two
months ago in testimony given dur
ing the coroner'B inquest.
ONE KILLED, TWO HURT
A mill employe was killed and
two companions seriously injured,
probably fatally, near Marion
Monday when their automobile
failed to take a carve and crashed
into a trW; Eugecc Branch Si,
was killed. Jos l®. was es
gU*«d to of s. fractured skull,
end James Garrison was suffering
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XHB jELKIN I^RTBUNE
HOLD FUNERAL HERE
TUESDAY FOR MRS.
LULA GORDON BELL
Aged Elkin Woman
Died Monday After
noon; 75 Years Old
HIGHLY ESTEEMED
Mrs. Lula Gordon Bell, 75, widow
of John S. Bell, who died nearly
five years ago, passed away Monday
afternoon at 1 o'clock at her home
on Front Btreet. Death had been
expected for several days and all of
her children were at her bedside
when she passed.
The deceased was one of Elkin's
noblest Christian women and her
passing is mourned by the entire
town of which she had been a vital
part since her marriage in 1873 to
one of Elkin's pioneer business
men.
Funeral rites were held from the
home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
by Rev. L. B. Abernethy, pastor of
the deceased, assisted by Rev. G. L.
Stafford, pastor of the Jonesville
Methodist church. Interment was
in the family plat in Hollywood
cemetery.
The beautiful and profuse floral
offerings were evidence of 'the high
esteem in which the deceased was
held.
Active pallbearers were: W. W.
Whitaker, Dr. E. G. Click, J. O.
Blvina, Marion Allen, E. C. Grier
and F?«d Lineberry.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
M. A. Royall, Z. H. Dixon, W. S.
Reich, R. L. Harris, H. F. Gray, J.
G. Abernethy, W. D. Turner, E. F.
McNeer, W. p. Holcomb, A. S.
Bates, J. L- Lillard, J. 8. Atkinson
#»d sW. A. G«elep and Leon Cash of
* Mf«. Bell Is jrorvived Iff the tab
lowing ftOns and daughters: Walter
B. Bell and Mrs. S.' T. Carter of
Winston-Salem; W. M. Bell and
Mrs. R. S. Scott of Charlotte: Misses
Bertha and Clara Bell, Mrs. George
Royall and Leßoy C. Bell of Elkln;
Mrs. Sterling Strange of Richmond,
Va., slal G. Bell of Clinton and Gor
don Bell of Jacksonville, Florida.
Seventeen grandchildren also sur
vive.
SCHAFF RE-ELECTED
AS SUPERINTENDENT
Board Is Highly Pleased
With School Man's
Record Here
The Elkln Board of Education at
Its regular flnjt-Monday night meet
ing re-appointed superintendent
Walter R. Schaff to head the Elkin
public schools for the year 1933-34,
according to Mrs. Mason Lillard,
secretary of the board. The board
authorized superintendent Schaff to
go forward in the preparation of the
set-up of the school machinery for
the next scllbol year.
Members of the board were unani
mous in naming Mr. Schaff for an
other term of service. It is the
opinion of the board, aB well as that
of the citizens of the town, that Mr,
Schyff has done an excellent piece
of t*6rk in organization and super
vision. The board is highly pleased
with his efforts to place the various
departments of the system on the
highest possible professional level.
His vigorous determination to en
courage and stimulate a high class
of scholarship met the hearty ap
proval of the members.
In commenting on Superintendent
Schaff's work, the board said: "We
are pleased with Mr. Schaff's will
ingness to co-operate with us in all
of our problems, and appreciate his
splendid attitude toward his pupils,
patrons, and teachers."
STATE PHYSICIAN ILL
Dr. Clarence A. Shore, director of
the North Carolina laboratory of
hygiene, and - recognised as an
authority on the treatment of hydro
phobia, was in a critical condition
Monday night in a Raleigh hospital
following an operation for mesen
teric thrombosis—artery di
sease. .
;/ BACKS BRIBERY CHAROE
David S. Barry's plea that his
niagazlne article charging congres
sional bribe-taking was supported by
assertion of mambers of the
senate left undiminished Monday
eieht the senate's determination to
punish him by summe.ry dismissal
from his |»4Mt as sergeant-at-aras.
ELKIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1983
Kingfish Rests |
U. 8. Senator Huey P. Long, self
styled Kingfish, as photographed in
characteristic pose on his trip to New
York for a rest . . . after his fili
buster in the Senate.
MAY CONSOLIDATE
HEALTH OFFICES
County Commissioners
Approve Plan In
Meeting Monday
The board of county commis
sioners, meeting in Dobson Monday,
authorized the consolidation of the
health departments of Surry, Alle
ghany and Wilkes counties, it was
learned Tuesday, if the plan proves
satisfactory to the other counties
concerned.
Should the consolidation prove
acceptable to Wilkes and Alleghany,
it would mean that each county
would save approximately eight
hundred dollars a year inasmuch as
only one doctor would be required
for the three counties, and other
economies could be effected
1? was albo learned following the
meeting that J. W. Crawford, coun
ty farm agent, who has made bis
headquarters in Elkin during the
1£ months he' his served as farm
agent, will move to Dobson imme
diately, the county seat being con
sidered > advantageously located as a
base of operations.
WOMAN PLACED IN
JAIL FOR ASSAULT
Charged With Beating
' Aged Grandparents
Last Week
Florence Bauguess, young woman
of the Traphill section of Wilkes
county, is in jail in default of SSOO
peace bond required following' a
hearing several days ago in which
she was alleged to have assaulted
her aged grandfather and grand
mother and to have threatened their
lives, it was learned Tuesday from
Deputy Sheriff W. B. Hall, who ar
rested her.
According to Deputy Hall, the
young woman has a very bad repu
tation and has been in the arms of
the law many times before. A small
child, which she carried to jatl with
her, has been taken from her and
is in the hands of Wilkes county
welfare officers who hope to place
it in spme home.
Saturday Deputy Hall arrested
Talbert Billings, charged with beat
ing a board bill at an Elkin boarding
house, and turned him over to Elkin
Policeman J. L. Darnell.
A steam distillery in the Austin
section of Wilkes was destroyed a
few days ago by Deputy Hall aod
Deputy Blain Sparks, of Traphill
township.
Experts Coming
Representatives of the United
States Internal Revenue Department
will be in Elkin February 16-17 to
assist taxpayers in filing federal in
come tax returns, it was learned
Wednesday. Everyone who has re
ceived income return blanks should
have them with them when seeing
the experts, it was stated.
Experts will also bfe in other Sur
ry towns on the following dates:
Mount Airy, Feb. 23-24; Pilot
Mountain. Feb. 25.
To Address Juniors
'Attorney W. M. Allen will address
the members of the Junior Order on
Friday night, February 10th, at 7:30
o'clock. His subject will be, "Why
Hare LwvT." All mcmcrarn aio
urged to attend this meeting. Visi
tors welcome. i®
Continuance of J. W. Frazier Case
Until Another Term Is Refused By
Judge Townsend; To Be Tried 13th
LENTZ AND ALLEN
MAKE INTERESTING
TALKS BEFORE CLUB
Kiwanians In Favor Of
Individual Drivers
License Law
A GOOD PROGRAM
A talk on 'Traffic Laws," by
Corporal W. B. Lentz, of the state
highway patrol, and a discussion of
the topic "Law Enforcement," by
Marion Allen, Elkln attorney, fea
tured the program of the Elkin Ki
wanis club at Hotel Elkin Friday
night. s
Corporal Lentz stated that the
prims. purpose of the state highway
patrol is the projection of life and
property. He pointed out that a sur
prisingly large number of motorists
do not know the traffic laws and
that it is their ignorance and neg
lect that causes the majority of
automobile accidents with accompa
nying damage to property and life.
The Patrol, the speaker stated, is
working toward the adoption of an
individual drivers' license law,
which is expected to be passed upon
during th« present session of the
General Assembly. Under such M
9lan, be stated, every driver and
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SURRY FARMER
KILLS HIMSELF
Was Despondent Over
Loss of His Farm;
Weil-Known Here
Despondent over financial reverses
and the loss of his home, which was
sold under the hammer the previous
day, G. Curgus Simpson, 47, ended
his life Thursday morning by firing
a bullet into his temple. Mr. Simp
son was a well-known farmer, ser
vice station manager and indepen
dent tobacco buyer, and was well
known here, having bought tobacco
on the local market several years
ago. The deed was committed la
the service station of the deceased at
Fairview, 11 miles from this city
and was discovered by a school bus
driver who stopped at the service
station. A ndte addressed to his
family, explaining the cause of the
tragedy, was found bdside the body.
Simpson had Just taken charge of
the service station a month ago. His
family resided on a 61 acre farm
near Stony Knoll, this county, which
was sold the day before the fatal
tragedy.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
B«rtha Stanley Simpson and four
daughters. His parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Simpson and two broth
ers, Dewey and Walter Simpson, al
so survive.
TOURNAMENT TO
GET UNDER WAY
Basketeers of County
Gather At Dobson For
Opening Today
The Surry county basket ball
tournament Is scheduled to open at
Dobson today with all the leading
boys' and girls' teams of the county
in action at the Dobson high school
gymnasium.
Six games are to be played today.
The tournament Is to last four days.
Ten girls' team* have entered the
tournament and 12 boys' teams are
also scheduled to see action. The
girls' teams include Westfield,
Mown tain Park, Flat Rook, Dobson,
Copeland, Franklin, Mount Airy,
White Plains, Pilot Mountain and
Elkin The boys' teams entered are
Dobson, Mountain Park, Fiat Rock,
uO* Gap, Frank'is, niot
Westfield, Elkin, Beulah, igCope
|and, Mount Airy and White Plain*.
One Of The Twenty
w . y, -f
Ethylynne Holt is Just one
twentieth part of the beauty which
paraded by and was selected by
noted artists as America's most
beautiful fashion manikins . . . Do
you like the type?
SAVANA GUYER WINS
TITLE "MISS ELKIN"
Lovely Elkin Girl Is
Chosen Queen of Lo
cal Beauty Revue
Miss Savana Ouyer, of Elkin, Fri
day night was adjudged the most
beautiful girl in both Elain and
awarded the title of "Miss Elkin
1038." The" Revue was made pos
sible- by leading Elkiu. firms and In
dustrie*.
Judged for beauty and graceful
n«W by out-of-town judges, Miss
Glider won her title over thirty-two
other beautiful girls of Elkin and
Jonesville. Miss Ruth Gwyn and
Miss Virginia Miller, both of Elkin,
were selected as the beauty queen's
maids of honor. Each of the win
ning girls received cash awards.
The beauty revue attracted the
largest crowd as yet to ever attend
a screen or stage presentation here.
Standing room was at a premium in
the theatre while streets adjacent to
the theatre were lined with auto
mobiles.
Selection of the winner of the re
vue proved difficult for the judges,
they having Insisted upon repeated
appearances of a group of five of the
contestants -ita the finals.
Once the selection was made,
photographs of the entire revue were
made with the beauty queen occupy
ing the center of the stage, at
tended by her maids of honor.
The young ladies taking part in
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UPSET BID IS MADE
ON TABLE COMPANY
Will Again Be Sold Sat
urday, February 25
At 2 o'Clock
The Ekin Table 'company, bid in
at the last sale by D. H. Craver, of
Boonville, for 4,750, and scheduled
to coifte before Judge N. A. Town
send, presiding over superior court
at Dobson, for confirmation Monday,
has again been ordered sold, an
upset bid having been made prior
to the date of confirmation by O.
W. Edgerton, of Yadkinville.
Under the new sals order, the
property will again be put up at
auction February 25th at 2 p. m.
o'clock.
PTONKKR WILKES MAN DIES
William Franklin Trogdon, known
as the father of North Wllke&bo.o,,
died'at his home there Sunday af
ternoon at 5:26 o'clock after several
weeks of 111 health. He was stricken
with paralysis about five years ago
bat remained fairly active until
about four months ago. Funeral
services were conducted Monday
morning at 11 o'clock from the
North Wilkesboro Methodist church.
Cheer up. folks. The soo-keape^
Mja that lon 7mr» m iur OimZiSkmji
life spau for a wolf. —New Haver
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Elkin—Gateway t®j
Roaring Gap ami I
the Blue Ridge I
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DEFENSE COUNSEL
STATES ALL HIS
WITNESSES SICK
.Mount Airy Cashier Is
Sent to Pen For From
Two to Five Years
OTHER CASES TRIED
The celebrated J. W. Frazier em
bezzlement case in which the de
fendant is alleged to have financial
ly wrecked the Biltrite Furniture
company, of this city, and which has
been continued time after time for
the past five years, again came be
fore the superior court in Dobson
Wednesday afternoon cloaked in
numerous doctors' certificates ex
plaining just why this and that wit
ness could not be present and sug
gesting a continuance until a later
term of court.
J. Hayden Burke, of Taylorsville,
in his best manner, and profusely
regretful of having to ask another
continuance, made the mote for
postponement on the pact of ■ the „
defendant. But Judge N. A. Town
send, presiding jurist, took a look
at the record of the ca«e tfnd stated
as how it was time it was tried and
wiped from the docket.
for so long shd said he wsJ anxious
and willing to have it tried: However
he couldn't help it if important wit
nesses had a habit* of getting sick
every time the case was scheduled
for trial, and that he felt it only
fair to his client that it again be
postponed. *
However, Judge Townsend didn't
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WHISKY HIDDEN BUT
NOT GOOD ENOUGH
Local Negro Gets $25
Fine; Talley Given 30
Days Sentence
Floyd Phillips, North Elkin Negro,
evidently considered his supply of
whisky well hidden, but a thorough
search of his premises several days
ago by Deputy Sheriff Crawford
Hurt resulted in the discovery of a
gallon and a half, and a suspended
sentence of 90 days to the roads,
plus a fine of (25 and the costs for
Phillips when tried in recorder's
court here Tuesday.
According to Deputy Hurt, Floyd
was very obliging in showing him
through the home in search for the
whisky, but regretted his hospitality
when the deputy wandered out to
his dog house and found a quantity
of giggle spirits under an old blank
et which the dog, a Gecman police,
made his bed.
Searching further In a small out
house immortalized by Chic Sale,
more whisky was found concealed in
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"Name Is Name" Is
Right Thinks State
Automobile Bureau
The North Carolina Motor Ve
hicle Bureau, a* Raleigh, la of the
opinion that it can furnish sev
eral entrants for the '.'Names Is
Names" Club, after selecting the
following names from its records
under which Hpf'omobilefi have
been registered}:
X. Rajr / Vu Flowers
Rush A. Long Heexie Deere
A. Kornwr Nease Knox
Frfurly Ben IHum
Ncliie A. Feck Spot White
Fields I Blunder ,
WilMe Knit Bob Jack
Cafl&ST T!..w, » flr *U|ls
■jßh Gabriel Mr. tioodmhrht
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golden Peel