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W. D. ALLEN, 40, PASSES SUDDENLY Burch Man Dies While Work ing at Job as Section Foreman of Railway RITES HELD SUNDAY William David Allen, 40, of Burch, died suddenly Thursday afternoon while working as sec tion foreman with the Southern Railway company near Crutch field. Mr. Allen was a native, of For syth county and a son of the late Vance and Mrs. Victoria Sink Al len. He lived for sometime at Kernersville, later living at Rural Hall and lastly at Burch. In 1018 he was married to Miss Maude Blakely, who survives him, with one daughter, Miss Irene Al len. Two brothers. Carl and James Allen, and four sisters, Mrs. Sadie Hauser, Mrs. M. A. Blakeley, Mrs. W. K. Essex and Miss Blanche Allen of Clemmons. also survive. Mr. Allen was a member of the Oak Grove Baptist church and of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Funeral servioes were held Sun day. A private service was held at the home of, his father-in-law, S. W. Blakeley'. in Winston-Sa lem at 10:1 ft o'clock and the fu neral proper was held at 11 o'clock from the Clemmons Bap tist church. Members of the Kernersville Junior Order were active pall bearers and also conducted rites at the graveside. The funeral was in charge of Rev. J. T. Murray, Rev. E. T. Sims and Rev. Mr. Lawrence. Interment was in the Clemmons cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were J. A. Rust, W. Wood win, T. EL Gwynn. Sr., Lee Anderson, Will K-irirmnn, Ned Stewart, W. D. Bla lock and W. R. Frye. SURRY 4-HCLUB COUNCIL TO MEET Pins and Certificates of Achieve ment to Be Presented to County Winners The 4-H Club County Council will meet Monday, February 6 in Dobson at 10:00 A. M. In the Wo-, man's Club building. Tlie meet ing will be a council meeting, but every club member and their pfr» rents are invited to come. Pins and certificates of achieve ments will be presented to the county winners at that time and also the Honor Club of the County for 1938 will be regonlzed and pre sented with a large achievement banner. 1 A very interesting program is planned. Miss Prances Mac- Qregor, Assistant State 4-H Club leader from Raleigh will be the principal speaker, the Copeland Club will furnish the music and members from the Elkin Club will put on a team demonstration. Everyone Is cordially invited to attend this meeting. Patronize Tribune advertisers. Not now/ u . . . thanks to Syrup of Black-Draught When your child Is less keen 1 and lively than usual, it may be a warning of constipation. If so, try Syrup of Black- Draught. It's pleasant to taste, and there's nothing in it that caa barm a child's delicate intestinal system when giv- en according to the directions. Ask for Syrnp of fctcll jab. I Black-Draught. BELIEVE IT OR NOT We Guys Appreciate Your Business, and Do Our Best to Serve You Right! ELHN LUMBER & MFG. CO. "Everything to Build Anything" Phase 88 BHdn, N. C. To Celebrate Golden Wedding: Anniversary February 12th Mr. and Mrs. Asbury Carter of Union Cross, Yadkin county, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday, Feb. 12, at their home, by having with them their children, gradchildren, neighbors and friends on that day. Mr. and Mrs. Carter are both natives of the county and have been residents there all their lives. Both have been loyal members of Union Cross Friends (Quaker) church for half a century and are respected citizens. They invite all who Wish to join them on this day to come and bring full baskets for a picnic dinner at 1 o'clock. SIX MORE TEAMS ENTER TOURNEY Roaring River, Ronda and Shoals Boys' and Girls' ; Teams Ready for Fray MAKES TOTAL ELEVEN Six more teams, representing three schools, have entered the Elkin 4-County Basketball tourn ament, to begin here Wednesday, February 22 at the gymnasium. The newly entered teams bring to a total of eleven now officially scheduled. Schools represented by the six teams are , Roaring River (Wilkes), Shoals (Surry), and Ronda (Wilkes), each entering a boys' and girls' squad. Other Surry schools which are expected to enter teams in the tournament in addition to Shoals and Beulah, which entered a boys* team last week, are Copeland, Dobson, Flat Rock, Franklin, Lowgap, Mountain Park, Pilot Mountain, Westfield and White Plains. Each of these Surry schools have excellent squads, it is reported, and all of them would make themselves felt in the tournament. When entry lists are closed, tournament officials expect to have 24 or more crack teams of Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes and Alle ghany counties lined up to play for the handsome trophies to be awarded winners in the girls and boys divisions. And basketball fans of this section may look for ward to seven or more nights of brilliant performance once the tourney swings into action. Kiwanians to Sponsor Wrestling Matches (Continued from page one) The main match will pit All Ghandl, "the praying Turk," a gainst Pete Managoff. Ghandl is said to be one of the most col orful wrestlers in the world. One of the first things he does upon entering the ring is to beseech Allah for aid. He wears a turban with his street clothes and has not been in the United States long enough to get rid of his dialect. He is a great hand with the In dian death lock, and also some times ties his opponents' necks up in the ropes. Thirty years of age weighing 206, he is unusually fast for a big man. Managoff weighs 215 and has a baffling wrestling change of pace. The Japanese short arm scissors, the flying tackle, airplane spin, front headlocks and crab holds are some of the holds he uses. He is 28 years of age and has been wrestling eight years. The Kiwanis club comittee looking after all details of the match, have announced that plenty of seats, including reserved and general admission, will be available, the ring to be located in the center of the gym. Plenty of action is assured, and both ladies and gentlemen are urged to turn out THE BLKIN TRIBUNE, BLKIN, NORTH CAROLINA Baseball Leader Dies - . .. ■HI WBKKT NEW YORK, N. Y. . . . Colonel Jacob Ruppert, owner of the New York Yankees baseball club and President of the Ruppert Brewery, who died recently of phlebitis, a vein inflammation. He recently celebrated his 70th birthday. MRS. J. M. PHILLIPS CLAIMED BY DEATH Rusk Woman Passes Away Saturday at Her Home; Was Highly Esteemed FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY Mrs. Dovie Starling Phillips, 56, wife of J. M. Phillips, of Rusk, died Saturday at her home. The deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Starling. She is survived by her hus band, two sons, Paul and Vernie Phillips, of Rusk; one daughter, Mrs. Charlie Lane of Winston- Salem. and six grandchildren. Two brothers, A. E. Starling of Albemarle and E. J. Starling of Mount Airy, and three sisters, Mrs. N. W. White. High Point; Mrs. Joe Walters, Rusk and Mrs. Will Tucker of Dobson, also sur vive. For a quarter of a century Mrs. Phillips had been a member of the Baptist church. She was a highly esteemed woman in her community. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Little Richmond Baptist church. The rites were in charge of Rev. T, S. Draughn of Crutch field, Rev. E. B. Draughn of Un ion Cross and Rev. William Crissman of Siloam. Interment was in the church cemetery. CLINGMAN Most of the people throughout the community enjoyed the tourn ament at Ronda last week. We are sorry to note that Mr. R. H. Greene is ill. We hope for him a speedy recovery. Miss Sallie Mae Myers of Elkin spent last week-end with her mother, Mrs. Fannie Myers. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gray were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Gray Sunday. Miss Nina Lewis of Greensboro has returned to her parents home here, Mr. and Mrs. Oskee Lewis. Mrs. Richard Pardue is spend ing this week in Winston-Salem with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Burchette and family were the Sunday af ternoon guests of Mrs. Burchette's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J, G. Cau dille, near Swan Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Pardue were in Wllkesboro last Saturday. We are glad to learn that Miss Sarah Callaway has improved after a case of tonsilitis. Mrs. Gertie Gray spent Sunday with her parents Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Pardue of Roaring River. Mrs. Mable Callaway and two daughters, Virginia and Pauline of Winston-Salem and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Pardue and Mr. Colin Pardue were the supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Sturdivant Sunday night. Messers Sam Gray and D. J. Redding were business visitors in North Wllkesboro last Saturday. Mrs. J. A. Gray, Mary Jane and Bill Gray spent last Saturday night with Mrs. Gray's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jones Mathis of Swan Creek. SURRY SCHOOLMASTERS MEET HERE WEDNESDAY Members of the Surry County School masters Club met at the : high school auditorium here Wednesday evening at 6 o'clock. Quests of the organization were athletic coaches of the boys' teams of the various schools of the county. Arthur Graham, principal of the Copeland school, president of the group, was in charge of the business session. The feature of the meeting was the dinner served at 6:30 by the aucuuu-ye«r hems economics class of the local school. 13ie meal was prepared under the superris-j ion of Miss Mary Hodand. DOWNTOWN TAXI HOLDS CONTEST To Give ftegh Prise of SIO.OO to Person Best Completing Sen tence; Ad. Gim Details Downtown Taxi, with head quarters at the Downtown Ser vice Station on East Main street, and operated by Charlie Morrison and David Brown, is announcing in this issue an interesting con test in which a SIO.OO prize is of fered to the person writlpg the best ending to the following: "I call 102 for taxi service be cause—" The idea back of the contest is to better acquaint the public with the firm's telephone number, 102, which does not as yet appear in the local telephone directory, having been assigned the com pany only recently. The advertisement gives full details of the contest, which is now under way and which ends at midnight, February 28. In or der to participate in the contest, a person must use a Downtown taxi, being eligible to make as many entries as he takes rides. All entries should be handed to Downtown taxi drivers. Jonesville Boy Admits Serious Robbery Charge (Continued from Page One) railway station at Roaring River was entered and robbed of some undelivered packages of cigar ettes and candy. Detective Cald well, of Winston-Salem, was call ed into the investigation. The disappearance of the Hager youth at the time led to suspicion of his connection with the case. Two school buildings in the vicinity of Roaring River had also been en tered and burglarized of small wares. Tuesday evening, following the Roaring River robbery, the home of C. C. Adams, in East Jonesville, was entered through a window. A purse containing three dollars, and two pocket knives, were ta ken from Adams' pockets. It was also said that the youth took a quilt from the bed in which Mr. and Mrs. Adams were sleep ing to protect himself from cold in a barn where he spent the re mainder of the night. Hager was arrested by Chief Madison Friday night an* placed in the Elkin jail, where he was said to have confessed guilt in all cases. He said he employed Noah Pardue to drive him to Roaring River at a cost of $5.00, and that when he gave him a $20.00 bill, Pardue borrowed the remaining $15.00, which had not been repaid. Pardue was arrested at his place of employment Friday. He denied Hager's story. Before the case was aired Fri day before Megistrate Hinson, Hager accompanied Policeman Madison and Policeman J. L. Darnell of Elkin, to a hill top in Jonesville to unearth the hidden stolen treasure. The money sto len last Thursday night was bur ied in one hole in the earth; the knives, identified by the owner, in another; the cigarettes taken from Roaring River were hidden in a mound of leaves. WITH THE SICK The following patients have been admitted to the local hos pital during the past week: Mrs. Carolyn Osborne, Mouth of Wil son, Va.; Mrs. Prances Hendrix, Olade Valley; Mrs. Juanita Steel man, Hamptonville; James H. Hobson, Yadkinville; Billy Nor man, Elkin; Beck Lou Triplett, Jonesville; Dean Richardson, Whitehead; Max B. Pardue, Ronda; Jessie Pulk, Elkin; Mar shall Dinkins, Yadkinville; Mary Calloway, Thurmond; Ernest Bar bee, Charlotte; Paul Wood, Thur mond; Grady Pinney, Jonesville; Joe Draughn, Boonville; Mrs. Fannie Jenkins, Jonesville; Mary Betty Norman, Dobson; Mattie Martin, Dobson; Barbara Ann Boles, Jonesville; Mattie Bell freeman, Jonesville; Bert Phil lips, Elkin; Mrs. Louise Allen, Jonesville. Patients dismissed during the week were: Dewey Stanley, Elkin; Mrs. Minnie Dockery, Rusk; Richard Spencer, Elkin; Mrs. Prances Hendrix, Glade Valley; Mrs. Ruby Moxley, Boonville; Mrs. Edna Sparks, Elkin; Lorene Stanley, Dobson; Lucy Burchette. Ronda; Claudia Austin, Elkin; S. T. H ins haw, Yadkinville; Delia Childress, Elkin; Marshall Dink- Ins, Yadkinville; Jesse Pulk, Elk in, Dean Richardson, Whitehead; Billy Newman, Elkin; Richard Day. Elkin; Barbara Ann Boles, Jonesville. A Conservative Doc "I have never seen anything so intelligent as my hunting dog," a sportsman boasted after a euc cessful quail hunt, "Yes." agreed a hunting com panion, "I noticed he got behind a tree every time you shot." • CIRCULATION OF LIBRARY GROWS Many New Books Have Been Add ed to Its Shelves During Fawt Month, Miss Price Says Miss Virginia Price, librarian at the public library here, said Wednesday morning that the cir culation of the library during the past month was greater than any for the past six months. Many new books have been added to the library during the month, most of them being new and popular fiction. Among them are: "With Malice Toward Some," Halsey; "The Glass Slipper," Eb erhart; "Listen! The Wind," Lindbergh; "Heidi Grows Up," Spyr 4 ; "The Runaway Ducks," Allen; "Raggedy Ann in the Deep Woods," Gruelle; "Wee Glllis," Leaf; "Rebecca." DeMaurier; "St. Elmo," Wilson-Evans; "The Haunted Bridge," Keene; "The Prince and the Pauper," Twain; "Pair Tomorrow," Loring; "Mys tery Flowers," Hill; "Ramona," Jackson; "No Lovelier Spring," Larrimore; "All This and Heaven Too," Fields. Miss Price also said that since the waiting list for the new novel "Rebecca" was so great, that an additional copy of this book had been ordered in order that those desiring to read it would have less time to wait. CHARITY GWYN DIES SUDDENLY Respected Colored Woman of Jonesville Passes Away Fri day While About Duties Charity Jane Gwyn, 69, well known colored woman of Jones ville, and wife of Yorkie Gwyn, died suddenly Friday morning while going about her early morning household duties. "Aunt Charity," as she was affectionate ly known to her friends, both white and colored, was a respect ed citizen and was well known throughout tjiis section where she had capably served as laun dress, cook and nurse for many years. In several homes in Elkin she • had been employed as laun dress for 25 years. Funeral services were held Sun day from the Jonesville colored church. Mules used in California's mines are accustomed to having a cud of tobacco to chew before going to work. ADVERTISE »*" *•" > ' THE MAN WHO DOESN'T / ADVERTISE IS LIKE THE GUY WHO KISSES HIS GAL IN THE DARK HE MAY KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING BUT NOBODY ELSE DOES! The Elkin Tribune i , * r . g Weekly 1 • $1.50 A Year A Thoroughly Read Family Newspaper • t t » y $ M BUYS INTEREST IN MEN'S SHOP W. B. Lankford Purchases Half Interest in Store from W. B. Holleman W. B. Lankford, of this city, has purchased a half interest in The Men's Shop, local men's furn ishings store, it was announced Wednesday. Mr. Lankford ac quired the interest owned by W. B. (Dock) Holleman. The Men's Shop has been own ed by Holleman and Herman Guy er. Mr. Guyer retained his inter est in the business, which, begin ning today will be conducted jointly by himself and his new partner. Mr. Lankford was formerly con nected with Hugh Chatham Mem orial Hospital, having been con nected with that institution as business manager for the past seven or eight years. His many friends here will be glad to learn that he has gone into business of his own, and will wish him and M|r. Guyer abundant success for the future. PRUITT INFANT PASSES FRIDAY Gayle Pruitt, two-months-old and only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Pruitt of Jonesville, died Friday morning at 7:30 in the lo cal hospital, where he had been critically ill since Sunday of a spine ailment. Surviving in addition to the parents is the maternal grand mother, Mrs. Bertha Moody, of Thurmond. Funeral services were conduct ed Saturday morning from Swaim's Baptist church. Hie rites were in charge of Rev. Isom Vestal. Interment was in the church cemetery. TRAPHILL TO PRESENT COMEDY DRAMA FEB. 4 The Traphill high school dra matic club will present "Intro ducin' Susan," a farce comedy in three acts, at Ronda high school Saturday, February 4, at 7:30 p. m. "Introducin* Susan" is one of the two best sellers of Eldridge Co. That within itself should assure the public a full evening's enter tainment. The play is full of laughs, thrills, until the climax is reached and the merry mix-up, of mistaken indenty is explained. Thursday, February 2, iaatf China Envoy Back k i 4 1 \ v ' i ' ' X ?M-3m {' ' "' ;'. t*' ; ■:'"'f.si( ' *'WgmL J t'v . Hb • ■P||jjfl Washington, D. C. Nelson T. Johnson, United States Am bassador to China, Is shown as he arrived here to report to President Roosevelt on the Far East situation Youth Is Injured When Hit By Auto (Continued from page one) parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Shir ley, were passengers in the car. The accident was said to have occurred when the youngster rode his bicycle into the path of the car. The driver, in a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to avoid striking him, wrecked her car. Unable to move their car, the Shirleys flagged a passing motor ist and had the boy brought to the hospital here. They later vis ited him at the hospital and also gave details of the accident to the child's parents. An Earlier report, carried in a daily paper, stated that the youth was struck by a hit and run driver. RED ELKS DEFEAT MILLER'S CREEK The Elkin Red Elks Tuesday night defeated a speedy Miller's Creek quint 38 to 24 to mark up their fourth straight win, all by good margins. Next Monday they will meet Goforth Motor Co., at Statesville to play off a tie game which hap pened earlier in the season. On February they will again meet Miller's Creek at the local gymna sium.
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