URGED TO FILE
NOV FOR LOAN
Tenants Should Get Their
Requests in Early, Pickle
Points Out
OFFICIALS AT MEETING
C. O. Pickle, County Farm Se
curity Administration Supervisor,
urges farmers wishing to take ad
vantage of the Tenant Purchase
Loan Service to file their applica
tions immediately. Mr. Pickle said
that much interest had been
shown in the service given under
the Bankhead-Jones Farm Ten
ant Act, which was given to Surry
and Yadkin counties this year
for the first time.
Applications have been coming
in to the Farm Security Adminis
tration office, which is located at
Dobson, since June, and they will
continue to be accepted, but early
filing of applications is urged by
the County Supervisor.
Last week C. O. Pickle, County
Supervisor, C. C. Pratt, assistant
county RR supervisor and Miss
Linda L. Bailey, home manage
ment supervisor and tne county
tenant purchase committee at
tended a meeting at Statesville
for the purpose of receiving in
structions on the Tenant Pur
chase work.
The members of the Surry com
mittee are: John Austin Tilley,
Mount Airy, route 1: John Alex
Long, Dobson, route 1; and Rob
ert Burrus, Rockford, route 1.
The Yadkin committe is com
posed of Sidney W. Vestal, Yad
kinville; William T. Steelman,
Yadkinville and Charles E. Hart
man, Yadkinville.
DEMONSTRATION MEET
TO BE HELD FRIDAY
The Surry County Home Dem
onstration Council will meet at
2 o'clock Friday afternoon in
Dobson. Mrs. Grace Pope. Brown,
county home demonstration
agent, requests that all officers
and project leaders be present.
The purpose of the meeting is
to make plans for the coming
year. During the meeting a score
card will be made and will be
used by the clubs as a guide for
the year 1940.
The following clubs are to be
represented: Dobson, Saiem Fork,
Mountain Park, Little Richmond,
Rockford, Siloam, Pilot Moun
tain, Westfield, White Sulphur
Springs, Franklin, Beulah, White
Plains and Union Cross.
Mrs. Paul Brown, of Devotion,
council president, will preside.
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YADKIN COURT
IS ADJOURNED
Docket Almost Cleared of
Minor Cases After a
Busy Week
ARMSTRONG WAS JURIST
Yadkinville, Aug. 30.—Special.
—Yadiiin county superior court
adjourned here late Friday aft
ernoon at the close of the D. Hol
eomb case. The docket was al
most cleared of minor cases dur
ing a busy week. Judge Frank
Armstrong has been compliment
ed on every side for his fairness
to all defendants and court offi
cials. The grand jury passed a
resolution complimenting .him on
his work here and the assistance
he gave them.
Luther Hutchens, violation of
prohibition laws, had his sentence
changed from six months on road
to a fine of SIOO and costs.
Thomas J. Mills, reckless driving,
fined $25 and costs, sentenced to
6 months on roads, suspended.
Drivers license revoked for six
months.
Charles Gilmer Brown, reckless
driving, $25 and costs, driving in
toxicated, SSO and costs, six
months suspended in one case
and 12 months suspended in an
other.
Vera Ward and Louise Dowell,
negroes, vagrancy, 30 days in
jail, asigned to work as the com
missioners direct.
Luther and David Royal, vio
lating prohibition law, not guilty.
Otis Shore, driving drunk, 60
days on roads. Driving license
revoked 2 years.
Grover Transou, driving drunk,
eight months rn roads, suspended
on payment 01 75 and costs. Li
cense revoked two years.
Pete Dudley, reckless driving,
90 days on roads.
Buster Gray, vagrancy, not
guilty.
Edwin Evans, rape, not guilty;
abandonment, two years on roads
or pay wife $3 per week.
Roy Lindsey, Yadkinville negro,
driving drunk, 60 days on roads.
Jim Allen, driving drunk, 60
days on roads, license revoked for
two years.
Ben Gregory, driving drunk, 60
days on roads, license revoked for
two years.
►Bruce Freeman, driving drunk,
60 days on roads suspended on
payment of SSO and costs. Li
cense revoked two years.
Defendants who had two cases
or those who had previously been
called and failed, fared rather
badly in Judge Armstrong's court
but his fair and impartial deci
sions won favor from all.
GREENE-GRAY REUNION
TO BE HELD SEPT. 10th
The annual reunion of the
Greene and Gray families will be
held on the campus of the Cling
man school, three miles south
east of Ronda. Sunday, Septem
ber 10. All relatives, friends and
acquaintances of the two fam
ilies are cordially invited to be
present.
The program will open at 11
o'clock with an address by Prof.
T. E. Story, prominent state ed
ucator. Rev. N. T. Jarvis, pas
tor of the Pleasant Grove Baptist
church, will speak following Mr.
Story's talk.
At 12:30 dinner will be served
on the grounds. Everyone is re
quested to bring a well-filled
basket.
The program for the afternoon
will consist of musical numbers.
Rev. R. R. Crater, of Ronda,
will serve as master of cere
monies.
BIDS ARE RECEIVED
ON YADKIN SCHOOL
The general contract for the
four-room addition to the West
Yadkin school building will prob
ably be awarded at an early date,
John M. Franklin, local architect,
announced Wednesday afternoon.
Bids from five contractors are
under consideration.
Harris Electric Company, of El
kin, was low bidder for wiring
and Elkin Plumbing and Heating
Company was low bidder on the
plumbing.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
Pleasant Ridge
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Lowe and
daughters, Hazel and Stella, vis
ited Mr. Barney Norman here
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Monnie White, of An
drews, is spending a vacation
here at the home of her sister,
Mrs. Clyde Smith.
Mr. Don Cheek and family, of
Durham, visited his sisters, Mrs.
Barney Norman and Mrs. L. D.
Smith, here Sunday.
Mr. Howard Pettyjohn gave a
weiner roast at his tobacco barn
Friday night. Young people of
the community were guests' and
an enjoyable evening was report
ed by all.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and
children motored to Western
North Carolina last week to visit
Mrs. Smith's parents.
Mrs. Thurmond Gentry, of Oak
Ridge, visited Mrs. Bessie Smith
last week.
Mr. Samuel Gilliam, of Ben
ham, was a guest of William
Welborn Sunday evening.
The farmers and truckers seem
very busy hereabouts as it is to
bacco harvesting time and feed is
ripe for stowing.
UNION HILL
The farmers here are very busy
curing tobacco.
We are sorry to note that Mrs.
Mable Combs is ill in the Elkin
hospital.
Mrs. A. H. Chipman and
daughter, Vashti, Clarence Chap
el and Van Osborne, all of Mt.
Airy, were the Sunday guests of
Mrs. Chipman's sister and broth
er, Mrs. Lonnie Lowe and J. W.
Glaspie.
Miss Hazel Hodge and Porter
Combs were married last Friday
at Hillsville, Va. They are mak
ing their home with Mr. Combs'
j parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Combs.
Mrl Ruby Porter and children,
of West Virginia, are spending
this week here with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Combs.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Norman, of
Mt. Airy, spent the week-end
with relatives here.
Next Sunday is the time for
regular services at Union Hill
Baptist church. The annual ob
servance of the Lord's Supper
and a footwashing will be in
cluded in the service. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
STATE ROAD
Oliver Walters and Phillip
Mauldin left Friday morning to
spend the week-end at Norfolk
and Virginia Beach.
Miss Magdalene Hoots of Win
ston-Salem, was the week-end
guest of her cousin, Miss Joy Dar
nell.
Mrs. H. C. Hoots of Winston-
Salem, returned home Sunday,
after a week's visit with her
daughter, Mrs. Ford White.
Mr. W. M. Didkerson left Fri
day for St. Louis, on a business
trip.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Walters
spent Wednesday P. M. visiting
relatives in Independence, Va.,
and also attended the meeting
being conducted there by Rev. J.
L. Powers of Elkin.
Mrs. R. O. Palmer and little
daughter, Cynthia, of Winston-
Salem, are spending this week
with the former's father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Car
ter.
Mrs. W. M. Dickerson, Mrs.
Maud Landreth, Mrs. Bird An
drews and Miss Helen Dickerson
spent Saturday visiting friends at
Roaring Gap.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hoots of
Draper, were the week-end guests
of relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Brannock
of Independence, Va„ visited the
latter's father and mother, Mr.
and Mrs. S. P. Combs, Thursday.
They were accompanied home by
Mrs. Combs, who is spending
some time visiting there.
Mr. and Mrs. Harp of Winston-
Salem, spent the week-end with
Mrs. Harp's father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Gentry.
Rev. and Mrs. Orren Dowd of
Oxford, are visiting the latter's
mother, Mrs. J. H. T. Calloway,
this week.
Mrs. Colena West, Misses Mary
and Frances Burchett visited
friends at Roaring Gap Sunday.
Mrs. Geneva Cockerham, of
Greensboro, spent the week-end
with relatives at State Road.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Poindexter
and son, of State Road, spent
Sunday on Nigger Mountain.
Mr. John Hall was the Sunday
guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Hall
of Thurmond.
MOUNTAIN PARK
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Cocker ham
entertained at a chicken stew
and watermelon feast at their
tobacco barn Saturday night.
Quests were Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Wallace and Mr. and Mrs. J. D.
Wallace, of Yadkinville, Mr. and
Mrs. J. O. Wallace. Homer Wal
BOY KILLED BY
. AUTOMOBILE
Grady Rex Underwood, Age
6, Dies Instantly in Ac
cident Tuesday
FRED HOBSON IS DRIVER
Grady Rex Underwood, 6, was
instantly killed Tuesday morning
3 miles south of Yadkinville on
Courtney highway, when struck
by a car driven by Fred C. Hob
son, superintendent of Yadkin
county schools. The accident is
said to have been unavoidable.
The young boy was visiting the
Marshall Reavis family, relatives, I
at the old Rev. Stanley May
home.
The boy, with two companions,
had two tobacco slides in which
tobacco is hauled from the field
to the barn and were going north
when the boy suddenly jumped
from the slide and darted across
the highway in the path of the
oncoming car, according to the
two other boys, Jim Reavis, 16,
and Loyd Smith, 15.
Skid marks show on the high
way for 200 feet, 100 feet before
he hit the boy and 100 afterwards.
The body was carried on the
bumper for about 90 feet. The
boy received a badly lacerated,
scalp on both sides, each leg
broken above the knees, a bad
chest injury and bruises over
most of the body.
Acting Coroner W. E. Rutledge
empanelled a jury, viewed the
scene and the body and ad
' journed until a later date. The
i jury is composed of Charlie Ves-
I tal, James Amburn, C. R. Groce,
: Grant Vestal, M. W. Mackie and
I John Mason.
The boy is a son of Webb Un
derwood and Delia Whitaker Un
derwood. He was born at Center
' April 4, 1933. He was to enter
school in two weeks. He is sur
vived by his parents, two broth
ers, Donald and Carl, three sis
ters, Nettie and Sallie Lou of the
home and Mrs. Vera Long of Cen
i ter. Also his grandmother, Mrs.
Janie Whitaker of Center.
Funeral services will be held
this (Thursday) morning at 10
o'clock at Center Methodist
church, with Rev. J. H. Greene,
the pastor, and Rev. R. L. Speer,
!in charge. Burial will follow in
| the church cemetery. The fam
| ily states that the casket will not
be opened at the church.
TENNESSEE YOUTH
HURT IN ACCIDENT
Pern Senirley, 23, of Maryville,
Tenn., is in the hospital here suf
fering from serious injuries sus
tained when he accidentally step
ped from a trailer into the open
ing between the trailer and a
heavy truck about midnight Mon
day. The accident occurred on
the Elkin-Mt. Airy road. The
boy was brought to the hospital
immediately. Examination dis
closed a badly crushed leg, which
had to be amputated at the
knee, and painful flesh abrasions
about the body.
The truck-trailer was the
property of Lambert Bros., of
Knoxville, Tenn., and was load
ed with rock crusher machinery.
Young Senirley had only been in
the employ of the company about
a week.
GOV. HOEY TO ADDRESS
BARBERS CONVENTION
The 12th annual convention of
the Associated Master and Jour
neymen Barbers of North Caro
lina, will be held in Raleigh Sep
tember 4-5 at the Carolina Ho
tel, it has been announced by C.
B. Barefoot, of Fuquay Springs,
president of the Associated Mas
ter Barbers of North Carolina.
Governor Clyde R. Hoey will
make the principal address of the
convention at 11:40 a. m., Sep
tember 4.
J. I. Cockerham, proprietor of
Hotel Elkin Barber Shop, of this
city, will attend the convention.
A huge crowd is expected.
lace and Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Wallace, Kapps Mill.
Members of the Beginners and
Primary classes of Mountain
Park Sunday school enjoyed a
picnic last Sunday on the lawn
at the home of Miss Betty Lin
ville. Games, see-saw and swing
ing were enjoyed until the noon
hour when the children enjoyed
luncheon and watermelon. Those
present were Mary Prances Nix
on, Martha Gertrude Whitehead,
her guests, Martha Louise and
Charles McCall, Aurelia Nixon,
Thelma Lee and Geratha Thomp
son, Ralph Williams, Bobbie Lin
ville, Bobbie Lee and Wallace
Cockerham. They were chap
eroned by their teachers. Miss
Betty Linville and Mrs. Folger
Cockerham.
Rev. Jordan is expected to fill
his appointment at Mountain
Park church Sunday morning.
I Mr. T. G. Snow is improving
1 after a serious illness.
FAIR PLANS
ARE PUSHED
Horse Show and Parade Will
Be Held on Thursday of
Fair Week
MANY BIG FEATURES
Plans for the Elkin fair are rap
idly nearing completion with one
of the moat successful events in
its history being anticipated by
officials.
The horse show and parade will
be held as usual on Thursday of
fair week, and will feature the
finest horses and mules in this
I,section of the state. During the
parade clowns will be on hand to
add variety to the occasion.
Attractive premiums are of
fered for the best horses. L. G.
Baker is chairman of the horse
show committee, and should be
seen for complete details.
I i The fair, in addition to the
! horse show, will also feature a
, dog show, under the direction of
Dr. --E. C. Nicks, and many other
I interesting and entertaining
I events. The midway this year
[ will be larger than ever before
! with the Bullock Amusement Co.
; to present four modern rides and
[i 15 concessions. Fireworks will be
; staged on three nights of the fair.
NEW STORE TO
OPEN FRIDAY
Bullock Clothing Company
Will Do Both Cash and
Credit Business
GREENWOOD BUILDING
A new clothing store, the Bul
lock Clothing Co., will open here
Friday morning in the Greenwood
building on East Main street, near
the new Hugh Chatham bridge.
The opening will be at 8:30 o'-
clock.
The new store, which will do
both a cash and credit business,
is owned by S. H. Bullock, of
Winston-Salem, and will be man
aged by T. W. Walters, also of
Winston-Salem. Mr. and Mrs.
Walters and their one child will
make their home here.
Mrs. Z. L. Zimmercan, of Lex
ington, will be in charge of book
keeping and of the ladies' ready
to-wear department.
The store will feature ready-to
wear for men, women and chil
dren. A cordial invitation to vis
it it upon its opening Friday is
extended by the management.
ANNUAL REUNION TO
BE HELD SEPT. 10th
The annual Woodruff-Thomp
son-Myers reunion will be held
the second Sunday in September
at Roaring Gap church, one mile
south of Doughton, on highway
26.
An all-day program has been
arranged and a well known
speaker will be present.
The public is cordially invited
to attend.
SPHINX FREEMAN, 91
DIES SUNDAY EVENING
Sphinx Freeman, 91, one of
the oldest residents of this sec
tion, died at his home at Jones
ville Sunday evening. He was a
member of Fall Creek Baptist
church and a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. William Freeman, of
Montgomery county.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock
from Fall Creek church. The
rites were in charge of Rev. J. P.
Davis and Rev. D. G. Reece. In
terment was in the church cem
etery.
He is survived by three chil
dren, W. C. Freeman, Mrs. Sher
man Clonch and Warwick Free
man, of Jonesville, nine grand
children and 24 great-grandchil
dren.
ALL IS READY
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fee of $2.50 will be charged for
home economics students.
Regarding the newly added
commercial department, a type
writer rental fee of $12.00 per
year will be charged for one
typing period. Graduate com
mercial students will be able to
obtain full particulars regarding
the cost of courses at the begin
ning of the school.
For the elementary school, a
fee of SI.OO per student will be
charged for instructional supplies
and supplementary For
the primary grades there will be
a library fee of twenty-five cents
and for the grammar grades a
library fee of forty cents. In
some of the grades work books
will be required, and these will
have to be purchased by the stu
dents.
NOTICE OF SALE OF LAND i
WHEREAS, on the 6th day of '
September, 1934, J. W. Mounce
and wife, Daisy Z. Mounce exe
cuted and delivered unto W. O.
McQibony, Trustee for Land
Bank Commissioner, a certain!
deed of trust which is recorded i
in the office of the Register of '
Deeds for Surry County, North!
Carolina, in Book 128 at Page
216; and
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the in
debtedness thereby secured as
therein provided, and the trustee
has been requested by the owner
and holder thereof to exercise the j
power of sale therein contained:
NOW, THEREFORE, under and
by virtue of the authority con- ;
ferred by the said deed of trust
the undersigned Trustee will on
the 22nd day of Sept., 1939, at
the court house door of Surry
County, North Carolina, at twelve
o'clock noon offer sale to the
highest bidder for cash, the fol
lowing real estate:
All that certain tract of land
containing Sixty-Four and Three-
Tenths (64.3) aci-es, more or less, j
known as the J. W. Mounce j
Home Place, lying and being in
Bryan Township, Surry County,
North Carolina, located on the
Elkin and Zephyr Road, nine
miles West of Dobson, North j
Carolina, bounded on the North j
by lands of T. A. Stanley and
Mrs. N. E. Hughes, East by lands
of Mrs. N. E. Hughes and E J.
Collins, South by lands of Pearl
Cockerham, and West by lands of
T. J. Steele heirs. The property
is more fully described by metes
and bounds in the deed of trust
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