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WHITE PLAINS HAS BIG FIRE Nichols General Store Is De stroyed by Blaze Which Threatens Town LOSS SAID TQ BE $25,000 The entire village of White Plains, quiet little rural commun ity in central Surry county, was threatened with destruction about 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon by a fire which razed the large gen eral store owned and operated by George S. Nichols. The store and its contehts were destroyed, with an estimated loss of $25,000, and only heroic efforts by White Plains residents and hundreds of people who came from Mount Airy and neighbor ing communities prevented the blaze from sweeping all buildings in the center of the village. The historic White Plains Friends church, one of the oldest places of worship in Surry coun ty, was ignited by the flying em bers but quick work with bucket lines, wet blankets and brooms We Proudly Announce A MIRACLE! We can dye and clean any od or of ladies' suede shoes. Will not scuff or smut off. The work is done by a new dyeing pro cess. Also any leather shoes for men, women and children. ROGBRS ELECTRIC SHOE SHOP > ELKIN, N. c. THE OPENING I FRIDAY OF THE NEW, MODERN CAROLINA I SERVICE I STATION I TEXACO GASOLINES AND OILS Washing- - Greasing - Polishing: I FIRESTONE TIRES ■ We have moved into our modern new home and in- I vite motorists to visit us for all needs. Here you will H find modern equipment for washing, polishing and I greasing, plus prompt, courteous service. Drive in ■ today and see our attractive new service station. I [SPECIAL SATURDAY ONLY! 1 Quart of Motor Oil FREE with the Purchase of 10 Gallons of Gasoline! B CAROLINA SERVICE STATION I Itafe Davis, Mgr. S. Bridge Street mm saved the church with small damage. The home of Kit Marshall, standing only a short distance west of the store, also caught from the larger fire and was damaged considerably. The large heme of Nichols himself, which stood just east of his store, was saved, although it was in grave danger of destruction for over an hour. The hundreds of volunteer fire fighters were hampered in their efforts by the intense heat and by the danger from a possible ex plosion of the two gasoline tanks that stood just in front of the building. The fire was made the more spectacular by the almost con stant explosion of shotgun shells and rifle cartridges that were de stroyed in the fire. Nichols had more than 2,000 shells and car tridges in his stock, most of which were carried from the store and placed just across the highway. However, they ignited there when the wind carried the blaze across the road, and for more than half an hour the ex plosions sounded much like a battle. Portions of the cartridges were thrown as much as 100 feet in all directions, adding to the danger faced by the fire-fighters. The fire, origin of which could not be determined, started in a small building behind the huge frame store. Nichols and his wife were not at home at the time the fire started, having left home about 2:30 o'clock to drive to Elkin. Their first knowledge of the blaze was when they were returning and saw it from the top of a hill two or three miles away. Nichols estimated his loss in the store building, stock and fix tures at $25,000, of which only $4,000 was covered by insurance. He had operated the business for the past 31 years and carried one THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA Dobson School Has Industrial Art Department i - ~ B J4M m KTpH| B gk j mm jBSm SISSsBIS »^b y|3Br » HMMMbI J ] |[|| % |pij% W9L JBmM The Dobson high school is the only rural school in Surry county which boasts an adequately equipped industrial arts department, a scene from which is pictured above. In this department, which contains SBOO worth of equipment, numerous articles of furniture are made by the 50 youths who are taking the training. George Williams, the instructor (shown near right center, wearing coat), is a graduate of A.S.T.C., and is a native of Yadkin county. He received his start in this type work in a shop on his father's farm near Yadkinville. of the largest stocks of any rural store in Western North Carolina. The store carried furniture, hard ware, dry goods, clothing, shoes and a large line of drugs in addi tion to the groceries, feed and other farm supplies. His home and its contents, which were saved, were valued at more than $6,000. The Nichols store was one of the landmarks of the White Plains section. It was founded more than 60 years ago by the late John Nichols, former Surry county sheriff and a grandfather of the present proprietor, who took it over 31 years ago from his own father, the late George Y. Nichols. The small building that caught fire first Sunday was the original store operated by Mr. Nichols' grandfather. DR. MCDONALD SPEAKER HERE (Continued from Page One) in the United States, and said that out of the 700 to 800 forums in the United States that more than 20 of them were in North Carolina, and these are sponsored jointly by the Department of Ed ucation, the University of North Carolina and the state's public schools. Dr. McDonald spoke again at 8 o'clock in the Methodist church, this being the initial meeting of the recently organized forum in Elkin. Prior to his evening ad dress, Rev. Herman P. Duncan of the Methodist church, offered the invocation, and Mrs. J. H. Bee son, soloist, sang "God Bless America," accompanied by Mrs. Franklin Folger. The speaker was introduced by Dr. E. G. Click. Garland Johnson, chairman of the local council, presided. Dr. McDonald prefaced his remarks by saying that to his knowledge this was the first forum in North Carolina to be held in a church, and added that it was entirely fitting that it should be held there. Speaking on the subject of "Federal Aid to Education," he presented contrasting views, de fining the advantages and disad vantages of such aid, and ex plained in detail a bill for school funds to be distributed to the various states, now pending in the U. S. Congress. He also gave comparative statistics of the schools of North Carolina with other schools of the nation. After discussing the question from practically every angle Dr. Mc- Donald invited opinions from the audience and many joined in the open discussion of the several phases of such legislation. He emphasized the point that the forum is designed for open discussion and expression of the people and for bringing them to gether to discuss problems of timely interest, and that it was truly American in ideals, being similar to the town meetings held by early settlers to discuss their various problems. Other speakers will be brought to Elkin to address the forum in the near future, three other sim ilar meetings being planned for the spring months. At the Kiwanis meeting, presid ed over by W. G. Carter, a past president, in the absence of both the president and vice-president, H. C. Graham and T. A. Leeper were welcomed as new members, and Kiwanlan P. M. Greene of the Mount Airy club, was a visit or. In observance of National Girl Scout Week, the girl scouts of Elk in will be guests of the club at this evening's meeting. TO OBSERVE FRIDAY HERE AS ARBOR DAY Friday will be observed as Ar bor Day and members of the Garden Department of the Wo man's Club urge that all citizens observe the day by planting trees or shrubs on their premises. Patronize Tribune advertisers. 28 Cases H In Yadkin County Court T uesd The regular monthly session of Yadkin county criminal court ended a one-day session late Tuesday night after disposing of 28 cases during the day. Judge S. C. Williams and Solicitor F. D. B. Harding worked into the night clearing the docket. One of the interesting cases of the day was that of state against Mrs. Click Harrison, charged with operating a disorderly house. She lives with her husband near Deep Creek Friends church and the case brought many people from that section. She was found not guilty. Another case of local interest was that of Vance Hutchens, Yadkihville boy, charged with public drunkenness and posses sion. He asked the, judge not to send him to the roads but away where he could take a new start. He was sentenced to serve 9 months on the roads, capious to issue only in Yadkin county, which means he will leave the county or serve the sentence. Glenn C. Woodie, operator of the SalLsbury-Mt. Airy bus line, paid the costs for overloading on highway 67, Boonville to Elkin. Mildred Smith, young white girl, plead guilty to violating the motor laws and paid the costs. Otho (alias Jack) Rudisell, no driver's license, 30 days suspend ed; VPL four months roads sus pended on payment of SSO and costs. Driver's license revoked 12 months. Flake Brown, reeciving stolen property, found guilty. Six months, to state, appeals, bond SSOO. Carl Boyles, speeding, $lO aqd costs. _ Wilsie (Buck) Baity, speeding, $lO and costs. James T. Cockerham, violating motor laws, costs. Henry Caudlo and Fred Shel ton, affray. Plead guilty. Thirty day, suspended on payment of costs. Rex Davis, colored, larceny, pleads guilty. Sixty days on road. Weldon Duncan, VPL, 3 months, suspended. Twenty dollars and costs. Curtiss F. Evans, driving drunk, SSO and costs, driving license re voked 12 months. Layman Gwynn, colored, 30 days, suspended, $lO and costs. James Helton, colored, injury to property. 3 months on roads. Capitis not to issue for 24 hours. (Gone to South Carolina.) Eva Mae Lee, no drivers license. Nolpross. Kimbell Mullis, driving drunk, not guilty. Woodrow F. Parsons, reckless driving, costs. John D. Royall, Ellis Royall, Dan Royall, VPL, John D. and Dan not guilty. Ellis, $25 and costs. Luther Royall, stopping road. Judgment suspended. J. E. Ring, disposing of mort gaged property, judgment sus pended to April term. Francis H. Ray, speeding, $lO and costs. Paul Southard, larceny, 2 months to state. Suspended, $25 and costs. Coy Sizemore, bad brakes, one half costs. Cleo Swaim, improper lights. One-half costs. Norman Spencer Shue, speed ing. Costs. R. S. Voss, speeding. Costs. File Bonds Miss Carolyn Barnette and Vern Ester, charged with man slaughter in connection with the wreck near Boonville March 3rd in which two people were killed, had their case continued. Miss Barnette filed a bond of SSOO, and Ester gave bond of SI,OOO to April term. ' 20,000 sheep pastured in a Cal ifornia desert have had no water for 80 days but are said to be "fat and full." PLEASANT HILL /L special service was given at our church Sunday night. The entire service consisted of special singing with quartets from sev eral localities. They were the Happy Day quartets and the choir of Pleasant Hill, two quar tets from Elkin Valley, a chorus from New Hope, a quartet from East Elkin, and a solo by Rev. David Day. We wish to welcome all the new families who have moved into our community frdm Winston-Salem. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Couch and family have moved into their new home here. Miss Dessiree Carter and Ba ker Darnell were married Satur day in Tennessee. Our sick list this week consists of little Odell Gambill and little Ralph Carter. NEW CAROLINA SERVICE STATION OPENS FRIDAY The Carolina Service Station, located on South Bridge street, will open Friday morning in mo dern new quarters that has just been constructed, the old building having been torn completely away. As a special opening offer on Saturday only, the station will give one quart of motor oil free with each 10 gallons of gasoline sold. Operated by Rafe Davis, the Carolina Service Station handles Texaco gasolines, oils and greases, and also sells Firestone tires. The new station is completely modern in every way and is prepared to give complete service. Good Paraphrase Teacher—Paraphrase the sen tence, "He was bent on seeing her." Pupil—The sight of her doub led him up. e NEW ttOJHES FOR EASTER? Now .. . before the rush sets in fll ®L" B . . . get out your spring clothes v I fT*~ and let our Prosperizing Process - t-A. make them like new again. Take - :']s§■ 'K f" your place in the Easter Parade f*. jfl . . . without the expense of buying M ?wf Jfl a new outfit. For Prosperizing renews . ; I and re-vitalizes the W> fabric . . . cleans / -.jr V gently but thorough- f'-*W firm %W ly . . . and is com- * */, M m IjMUL I plctely satisfactory in M , J'm PV every way. Too, it's "lj I quicker, enabling us B. —. * a t i| ■ Sp|M ser- I M TELEPHONE White Swan Laundry PROSPERIZE DRY CLEANING ' Quality Service TANNER SAYS NO CHOICE BUT TO SIGN, IN REPORT (Continued from page one) I | well and fought with all its might, and it did well beyond all expectations. I will not use the commonplace word, heroes. I will say they fought like men. We had many great victories and only on the main frontier were we forced to withdraw some what . . . "But we are a small people. The same men had to fight all the time and it was inevitable that they became tired . . . "We asked for help from Swe den . . . its neutrality policy did not permit it, which rendered the position still more difficult." Both the cabinet and Parlia ment had met during the morn-, ing. The cabinet approved Tan ner's speech and Parliament con sidered the ratification of the treaty. SCHEDULE OF PAY IS GIVEN (Continued from page one) burley, one cent per pound; pea nuts 12.5 cents per 100 pounds; potatoes (in commercial areas), three cents per bushel; and com mercial vegetables, $1.50 per acre. Farmers who plant within their acreage allotments for cotton and wheat can earn combined con servation and parity payments of 3.15 cents per pound on the nor mal yield of the cotton acreage allotments, and 19 cents per bushel on the normal yield of the wheat acreage allotments. Payments may also be earned for carrying out approved soil building practices, Floyd stated. Read Tribune Advertisements! TIRES RE-CAPPED Why Buy New Tires When You Can Have Them Re- Capped Right Here in Elkin, at a Very Low Price? WE ALSO DO VULCANIZING 15 Years Experience • Weavil & Reid Located Next to Church Service Station Bridge Street Thursday, March 14, 1940 Watches Repaired We repair and clean all rrwF** 1 expertly and inexpensively. We also do clock and jewelry re pairing. LEONARD'S Jewelers Since 1893 Next to P. O. Elkin, N. C. J4L void Arguments Have Good Automobile Liability Insurance HUGH ROYALL , ALL FORMS OF INSURANCE PHONE 111
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