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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 26
Attorney States Bare
Facts In Talk Before
-Kiwanis Club Friday
ALLEN TELLS PLAN
TO REFUND BONDS
AND CUT INTEREST
Would Be To Advantage
Of Both Town And
Bond Holders
INTEREST TOO HIGH
Speaking Friday night before the
Elkin Kiwanis club, W. M. Allen,
town attorney, delved deeply into
the financial affairs of the town of
Elkin.
Mr. Allen made a plain talk, stat
ing bare facts. He told the Kiwan
ians that the total indebtedness of
the town i 5 ,5540,000 and that the
interest payable each year amounts
to $31,000 while the total revenue
from taxes amounts to approximate
ly $38,000. He also stated that the
town is being operated at a minimum
of expense to the tax payers.
The town is attempting to refund
its bonded indebtedness, Mr. Allen
stated, so that the interest will be
decreased to about $20,000 per year
for the next ten years, thereby al
lowing the payment of the differ
ence between the interest rate now
paid, and that under the refunding
plan, on the principal indebtedness.
The town attorney further point
ed out that it would be to the best
interest of the bond holders to ac
cept the refunding plan, and there
by make their bonds worth par, be
cause otherwise if the town con
tinues to pay the high rate of in
terest now being paid, it would be
placed in further default and the
principal of the bonds would not
be collectable for years to come.
It was also stated that banks
are paying only two and one-half
per cent interest; that the highest
rate paid by the government does
not exceed three per cent and that
call money is the cheapest it has
been in history. Thus the present
refunding plan of the town would
allow the bond holders to receive a
fair rate of interest and be assured
of the payment of the same and the
payment of their bonds, thereby
making it foolish on the part of
the bond holders not to accept the
proposed plan of refunding as sub
mitted by the town.
Mr. Allen stated that it is felt
certain that the bond holders will
accept the refunding plan of the
town.
During the course of his talk, the
town attorney brought out the
facts that the total assessed valu
aion of the town of Elkin is $2,600.-
000. He further pointed out that
there has been no building improve
ments inside the city limits within
the past five years.
COMMENCEMENT TO
BEGIN HERE TODAY
To Present Opperetta
With Cast of More
Than Hundred
The annual commencement of
the local school will begin this ev
ening (Thursday) at 8 o'clock, when
the grammar grades will present an
operetta, "The Inn of the Golden
Cheese." There is a cast of more
than one hundred children and the
operetta portrays events in a lodg
ing house in Eouthem Pennsyl
vania about the year 1700.
Friday evening, May 10, at 8
o'clock the annual readers and de
claimers contest will be held. The
following high school students will
participate: Rosamond Neavcs,
BftrritTiy Oambill, Frances Scott Til
ley, I>. C. Couch, Jr.. Edna Billings,
Barney Rhodes, Lesbia Graham, C.
C. Wolfe, Jr., Dorothy Colhard and
Claude McNeil.
The boy and the girl who win in
the contests will each be presented
with a gold medal, a gilt of the lo
cal Klwanls club.
Rev. and Mrs. A. E. Holton, of
Winston-Salem and Mrs. J. I. Turn
er of Gainesville, Florida, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Byrd
Wednesday.
THE ELKIN TRIBT JNE
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tello Barrymore (above), is in so
cial circulation again. Recently she
moved from the Beverly Hill man
sion to a home of her own, follow
ing a long absence abroad of her
husband, John Barrymore.
[ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
WILLIAMS UPHOLDS
NEW DEAL
White Sulphur Springs, Va.,
May 7. S. Clay William*, who
has served the Roosevelt admin
istration as a dollar a year man
in varied capacities, including
chairmanship of the national re
covery administration, was among
the speakers tonight at the an
nual convention of the Associa
tion of National Advertisers here.
Mr. Williams informed his aud
ience that he had no disposition
to claim for the new deal or any
of its component parts a perfec
tion, either in structure or In op
eration, but that whatever its
defects and its faults it has in
the opinion of the great majority
of the people of the country,
"served rather effectively the
great cause of human need in such
a period of distress as we in this
country have never been called
upon before to faee."
DRAW PLANS
FOR SPENDING
Washington, May 7—Slicing
off a two billion dollar chunk
from the wort: re
lief fund, President Roosevelt's
works allotment board today se
gregated it for use M eight gen
eral types of projects.
Without giving any "go ahead"
signal for the actual spending of
the huge fund —since no specific
projects were approved at its in
itial meeting—the board drew the
first board general plan under
which it will operate.
TEACHER IS
FOUND GUILTY
Halifax, May 7.—A. W. Oakes,
superintendent of schools at Wel
don was convicted by a jury in
recorder's court here today of
malicious assault in the alleged
whipping of 11-year-old Charlie
Davis, Weldon school boy.
Judge C. R. Daniel suspended
judgment upon payment of the
costs. Oakes gave notice of an
appeal.
MAY PASS
LIQUOR BILL
Raleigh, May 7.—Favorable re
tarn on the new Day quart bill
and unprejudiced report on the
Bowie bill, both of which liquor
measures went into the house last
night, set dry> unhappily on their
way aga(p and as the house quit
this afternoon to eat barbecue 75
miles from Raleigh with Senator
W. G. Clark in Edgecombe there
was an unmistakable mood to
pass one or both bills.
Dies Saturday
John Martin Flincham, 79, of
Pilot Mountain, died in the local
hospital Saturday, shortly after he
was admitted for treatment. Mr.
Flincham was a highly respected
farmer. He is survived by several
children.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1935
ALTHOUGH DECLARED
ILLEGAL, DIME MAIL
FLOURISHING HERE
Local Postoffice Notes
Increase in First
Class Letters
SCHEME IS LOTTERY
Although a ruling by the post
office department Tuesday declared
the "dime chain mall" illegal be
cause it violates the lottery and
fraud laws of the postal service,
"dime letters" continued to flour
ish here at last reports Wednesday
afternoon at the rate of several
hundred per day.
P. W. Graham, postmaster, stat
ed Wednesday morning that his
force has noted an increase in first
class mail. He further stated that
as yet he has reeelved no ruling or
instruction from postoffice auth
orities on the subject.
"The chain letter scheme," reads
the postoffice department's ruling,
which was published in daily papers
Wednesday morning, "is a violation
of the lottery law because at the
time a person gets in on the chain
he has no knowledge of the extent
to which the chain has already pro
gressed and in parting with his
money he has no guarantee that he
will receive anything in return."
Several letters have been received
by local citizens which state that a
dollar should be sent instead of the
usual dime, two of these letters or
iginating in a mid-western state.
Three men in this same mid west
ern state were arrested by federal
men Tuesday night on a charge of
mailing out such letters, it being
brought out that they had mailed
several thousand and that their
names were at the top of the list.
However, regardless of postal rul
ing or whatnot, the merry old game
goes on, with almost everyone here
abouts sending dimes but no one re
ceiving any—as yet.
SCHOOL BUS DRIVER
SENTENCED FRIDAY
Archie Baker, 17, Must
Serve 60 Days Work
ing For County
.Archie Baker, 17-year-old Pilot
Mountain school bus driver, was Fri
day afternoon sentenced to serve 60
days at work around the jail, court
house and other Surry county prop
erty for reckless driving in connec
tion with the bus wreck near Pilot
Mountain January 10 in which 33
children were injured.
The youth was sentenced by
Judge J. Will Pless, in Surry su
perior court. He had previously
entered a plea of guilty to a charge
of reckless'driving.
John W. Comer, county superin
tendent of public instruction, the
boy's teachers and other officials
and friends endeavored to intercede
in his behalf, some of them acting
as character witnesses, but to no
avail.
Judge Pless, in passing sentence,
stated that he felt that North Car
olina's system of school transporta
tion was partly at fault, and that
he regretted having to put the
young driver in jail, but that as he
had plead guilty to reckless driving,
the court found it necessary to pun
ish him as an example to other
persons.
Young Baker is to start his sen
tence May 27 after school closes,
and is not to be worked upon the
roads.
Plans For Summer
School Completed
Plans for the Catawba College
Summer School Division at Elkin
have been completed, according to
Walter R. Schaff, director of the
division; Registration day is Satur
day, June 8. The courses offered
will carry both college and profes
sional credit. A large enrollment is
expected.
Miss Louise N. Qill, formerly con
nected with Catawba College, of
Shelby, will assist Mr. Schaff in the
instruction.
To Lecture
Rabbi Harris Liebermari will lec
ture in Mount Airy May 12. at the
Franklin Street Methodist church at
3 o'clock in the afternoon. His sub
ject will be "Making Religion Real."
A cordial invitation is extended cit
izens of Elkin to attend the lecture.
Key Men In President's Works Program
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Washington.—Above are the I
three Key men in President • i
Roosevelt's four billion work re- &..1
lief program. They are: Above $?W&i C; Jl
left, Frank C. Walker; New York §gg« "~ p-J 11| v %j.m
and Montana, who heads the
Division of Applications funi
Information, the "clearing
house" for all applications for
works funds. Top, right, Harry ■P^p;^.\,
Hopkins, Administrator of the x
Progress Division. Lower, right, "W JjlMlgßgM
Secretary of the Interior, Har- "t' WK
old I. Ickes, Chairman of the M^f 5 " , \ a|» illltlliPi
Allotment Board. ll'iißM' 1 ,1" 1 11 mKmtl IPi.flkw
Tribune Is To Sponsor
Two-Day Cooking School
Here May 16th and 17th
Miss Addie Malone, Home Economist of National Fame, And
Well Known Here, Will be in Charge; School to be Held in
Afternoons in W. J. Snow Building on East Main St.
Everyone Is Invited to Attend
The Elkin Tribune will on May 16
and 17 stage a cocking school which
is expected to be an annual event.
Miss Addle Malone, nationally known
home service specialist, will be in
charge of the classes and she will
pass on to the housewives of Elkin,
Jonesville and this section all the
knowledge of the finer points of
cookery which she has learned dur
ing a wide experiences as a cooking
school instructor.
The cooking school will be held in
the building on East Main street
which was formerly occupied by the
W. J. Snow Furniture Company. The
building will be provided with chairs
sufficient to seat a large crowd and
every needed equipment for the most
modern methods of cookery.
CHATHAM TO PLAY
THREE GAMES HERE
Will Face Duke Power
Co., Winston-Salem
And Durham Bulls
The Chatham Blanketeers will
tackle three strong semi-pro teams
on the local ground Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
Thursday tne strong High Point
Duke Power company team will be
here; Friday the Winston-Salem
Travelers will oppose the Blanket
eers, and Saturday the strong Dur
ham Bulls will battle the Chatham
team. Last year the Bulls defeated
the Blanketeers 6 to 4 in a fourteen
inning game.
The Blanketeers have several new
men in the line-up this week and
three good games are expected. They
have acquired the services of two
right hand pitchers in Don Camp
bell, who pitched brilliant ball in
the Piedmont League for two years
with the Asheville Tourists; and
Bill Hlnson, one of the best right
hand pitchers in amateur baseball.
Hinson won 23 games last year for
Parkdale Mill, at Gastonia, while
losing two games. Eddie Weston, an
outfielder who led the Southern As
sociation in hitting last year for
Chattanooga has been added to the
outfield. Scott Fitzgerald has been
acquired as catcher, shifting Clod-
to shortstop, which has been
a weak place all season; and Fred
Hambright, who is leading the
Blanketeers hit by a wide margin,
will be at third base, shifting Hack
le to right tield.
Probable line-up: Fitzgerald, c;
Cough, 2b; Hambright, 3b; Weston,
If; Mackle, if; Clodfelter, ss; Davis
cf; H. Hambright, lb; Campbell, p;
Hinson, p; Stockton, p; Johnson, p.
George Xalante of Athens, Greece,
who weighs-466 pounds, was re
cently married to a bride weighing
Miss Malone, in discussing plans
for the school stated that she plans
to bring the home makers of Elkin
and this section a "program of in
struction that will please everyone.
New ideas in cooking and home mak
ing will be presented in dramatized
style and those attending will be
shown how they can economize, how
they may obtain more leisure for
themselves and eliminate kitchen
drudgery. A group of new recipes
and tempting menus will be given.
Other attractive features, will be an
nounced next week.
Every housewife in Elkin, Jones
ville and vicinity is cordially extend
ed an invitation to attend the cook
ing school on both days. Classes will
be held each afternoon from 2:30 to
4:30 o'clock.
WHISENHUNT IS TO
ADDRESS SENIORS
Jonesville School Will
Present Senior Play
On May 16th
Rev. Eph Whlsenhunt, pastor of
the Elkin First Baptist church will
deliver the commencement sermon
to the senior class of the Jonesville
school Sunday evening at 8 o'clock
in the Jonesville school auditorium.
Thursday evening, May 16, at 8
o'clock the Seniors will present the
annual senior play, "Gypsies for a
Day." The graduating exercises will
be Friday evening, May 17.
Members of the senior class are:
Misses Evelyn Arnold, Dixie Brown,
Edith Hemric, Carol Martin, Vera
Price, Ruby Shore, Auba Mae Swaim
and Frances Watson. Ray Boles,
McNeer Everidge, Clay Felts, Harvey
Hemric, and Raymond Vestal.
Mrs. Martha Pinnix
Passes Away Friday
Mrs. Martha Ellen Stokes Pinnix,
34, wife of C. R. Pinnix, of the Cy
cle community, died in the local
hospital Friday from a tumor. Her
condition had beqp critical for sev
eral days. The deceased was a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Stokes, of Yadkin county.
Puneral services were held from
the Asbury church in Yadkin coun
ty Saturday and interment was in
the church cemetery.
She Is survived by her husband
i and one daughter and one son,
Viola and Harley Pinnix and a sis
ter, Sarah Stokes.
The London Zoo has a tigon, an
animal which had a lioness for a
mother and a tiger for a father. It
wis bred and presented to the soo
by the MahAiaJ&h of Nawanagar. ■
ELKIN - Im«jT\
Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the
Blue Ridge -•»•—«•'
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SIXTY-FOUR VOTES
ARE CAST IN TOWN
ELECTION MONDAY
New Mayor And Com
missioners Sworn in
ByDr.Royall
APPOINT OFFICIALS
With a total of 64 votes cast
Elkin's new board of town commis
sioners were elected to office Mon
day. Votes for the various candi
dates ranged from 60 to 64.
Following the counting of the
ballots, the new board was sworn
in Monday night in the office of the
city tax collector, the oath being
administered by Dr. M. A. Royall,
the retiring mayor. With the ex
ception of R. C. Freeman, who was
in Raleigh on business, all the new
officials were present.
Those elected were J. R. Poindex
ter, mayor; C. C. Poindexter, C. C.
Myers, R. C. Freeman, C. C. Fulp
and H. P. Graham, commissioners,
Mr. Graham and Mr. Myers succeed
themselves. C. C. Poindexter, Mr.
Fulp and Mr. Freeman replace J.
R. Poindexter, M. R. Bailey and
Avery Neaves.
The first act of the new board
was the appointemnt of police and
other town officials. Dixie Graham
was named to succeed himself as
day. policeman and tax collectors
Paul Gwyn was named as town cleric
and town treasurer; J. L. Darnell
was named as night policeman and
W. W. Whitaker as chief of the fire
department.
Mason Lillard was appointed to
act as town water commissioner.
The following committees were
also named:
Street committee: C. C. Myers, H.
P. Graham and R. C. Freeman.
Cemetery committee: Mason Lil
lard and H. P. Graham.
BOONVILLE FINALS
TO BEGIN FRIDAY
Dr. Clarence Poe, Editor
To Deliver Commence
ment Address
The Boonville school commence
ment will begin Friday night, May
10, at 8:15 o'clock with the Class
Day exercises in the form of a play
"Quo Vadis" (Whither Thou Goost).
Saturday morning, May 11, at
10:30, Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of
the Progressive Farmer and South
ern Ruralist, will deliver the com
mencement address. About twenty
years ago Dr. Poe visited leading
European countries for the Progres
sive Farmer, studying policies for
promoting home ownership and ag
ricultural cooperation and wrote a
book from the gleanings of his
knowledge, "How Farmers Cooper
ate and Double Profits." This book
is approved by agricultural leaders,
both American and European, and
is used as a text book in agricul
tural colleges of the North and
South. As chairman of the North
Carolina committee on Rural Elec
trification, his work has just won
special mention Irom the Federal
Power commission- He received the
latest annual award of the Ameri
can Agricultural Editors' association
for the most important editorials of
the year.
On Saturday evening, May 11, a
play entitled "Tiger House" will be
presented by the Boonville Dramat
ic club. The play will be under the
direction of W. E. Brooks, head of
the high school English department.
Since it is entirely a new type of
play it is expected that a large
crowd will attend.
The Baccaleaureate sermon will
be delivered by Rev. W. ,L. Hutch
ins, pastor of the Central Metho
dist church of Concord, Sunday,
May 12, at 8:15. Mr. Hutchins Is a
native of Yadkin county, and his
many friends theie will welcome him
to his former home.
Revival Meeting
Is Going Strong:
The revival meeting now in prog
ress at the Pllgram Mission is tak
ing on new interest. Rev. J. W.
Combe, the evangelist, Is delivering
uplifting and inspiring messages
each evening. Special singing la be
ing rendered at each service. The
revival services ere held each even
ing at 7:45 with three services an
Sunday, 11:90 a m.; 2:30 p. m. and
7:45. Every xme to Invited to attend.