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t ; 1111111,1 1 WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA'S LEADING; WEEKLY NEWSPAPER » VOL. No. . \ I.X Xc. 14 7 ELKiN NEGROES GET SUSPENDED; JAIL SENTENCE cßw& IX WHICH FLETCHER WALKS IS COMPLAINING WITNESS IS COMPRO MISE!) # HE GETS SIOO.OO Blr Crowd on Hand as Cause Comes l'| For Airing Before Vestal Elkin's Ku Kiux Klan case ended In a mild compromise which saw the seven colored men i, who were charged with beating Fletcher Walls, local taxi driver, frfoff suspended sentences en the l-harges against them re reduced to the single charge of simple assault. The was slated to l»e heard be fore Justice of the Peace Dan Vestal Monday afternoon and t several hundred persons had 1 gathered at the home of the justice in Ya'dkin county to hear what promised to be some spicy testimony. They were doomed to disappointment however when the compromise was reached. Attorney Frank* H. Whitaker represented Walls and Attorney Marion Allen, the negroes. Ray mpnd Allen,. Wilson Hickerson, Fl'nPd Phillips; Ed Tidline, Char ley Haris, Will Hunt and Clar ence Edwards. Immediately before the trial a rivil settlement was reached •whereby, it is understood. Walls was to receive sloo.Off for the beating and humiliation the ,1 "negroes gave him when- they chaser! his car in which lt«. Ben dfjjHunt, her brother and some negroes were riding f* The colored men claimed Wall (was keeping company with Bes sie Hunt, negro women, but Wall jfclaims he was only taking the negroes to Danbury in his taxl- Bb, a public carrier. The color ed men overtook the Walls car near Brooks Cross Ttoads. sev erely beat Walts wMle otkw W •ofk&nu of the car were fleeing, then took the Walls ear and duojre it back to Elkin, leaving Walls to come hom* the best ■way he could Justice Vestal heard the plea of Attorney Allen to do away with all other charges except the simple assault, to which Attor ney Whitaker had agreed, ,;and then gave each a thirty day sus pen4cd jail sentence. LITTLE ELKIN SCHOOL CLOSES NEXT WEEK Little Elkln school will close next Thursday with appropriate efccerclses whoi) four students will be graduated from the sev enth grade. They are: Lexle 7§stor, Wadle Walters, Burnie «IcVer and Joe Byrd. f On Wednesday evening three plays will be given. "The Face •J at the Window." "The Neigh borhood Dispute" and "When •Billy Wore Pink Stockings." On Thursday morning an address will be given by Rev. C. F. Field followed by a play, "An Old jtahloned Mother" and a negro iXastrel. ADVERTISING INDEX The following index- of com mercial display advertising is published for the convenience of readers. Care is exercised in compiling this Index, but we as sume no responsibility in case of omissions. NAMK Page W. B. Reeves 2 Hliishaw Cash Hdw. Co 2 National Real Estate 2 IjfgM, Theatre 3 C?'%. Boles 3 Sydnor Spainhonr * Vinol 3 Majestic - 4 Ray & Gilliam 4 Professional Cards 5 International Fertilizer 5 Bine Ribbon Coffee & Camel Cigarettes 6 Vlgro , I Paul Gwyn ' Balding & t- 08 " I EiHn National Bank « IMlmonico Cafe ® Cardni • ° Notice —— 8 plain Kiwanian 8 Bank of Elkin * Bonier's ft Co ■> Northrup. King A Co., 9 ««« Tablets 9 Steele • Brendle & Son 9 JCelirtß* t>r 9 J. Snow Furn. Co 10 THE ELKIN TRIBUNE MINIATURE GOLF COURSE BEING ERECTED IN ELKIN 18 HOLE COURSE BE READY NEXT WEEK NEAR THE RIVER BRIDGE AMUSEMENT PARK Shore and Mathls I'lan to Build SwimmiiiK Fool mid Tennis Court Also Work was begun Wednesday morning on a new amuzement park for Elkin which will be er ected within-a short time, a min iature golf course, tennis courts, swimming pool and other amuze ment. devices. The park is near •the river bridge and is being opened by W. A. Shores and Wes Math is. G. G. Reynolds, of Winston- Salem is laying out the minia ture eighteen hole golf course, the same as are so popular in the Twin Cities and other places over the state. The course will be smoothed and made ready to play next* week. The miniature game requires but one stick, a putter, and many hazards are placed over the eighteen holes so that golf enthusiasts may brash up on their putting game. Messrs. Shore and Mathis plan to begin work on the swimming pool and tennis courts and plan to make the place a mecca for hundreds, not only from Elkin but the surrounding towns as well, this summer. LOCAL LEGION POST OVER TOP IN IT'S QUOTA KIJU\ WAR VBTHRAWS HTAW SIXTH IN OISTHKT RB I'OKTs HF.YJtAL The George dray Post of the American Legion of this city, ranks sixth among the Legion posts of the Fifth district, ac cording to letters reaching Le gion officials here. The standing is for percentage of members obtained this year according to the quota set for various posts. Elkln's 1930 quota was 25 members and already 26 have been enrolled in Qie George Gray Post. Reldsville leads the dis trict having 'obtained 61 more members than their quota called for. Ilural Hall, Madison, Chapel Hill and Burlington all out rank Elkin in percentage of member ship. Mt. Airy is tenth In the district. di lU^TUK: A suites I Products of the Surry Fcrni ture Company are on display in the show windows of the W. J. Snow Furniture Store on East Main Street this week with an appeal for local people to buy local products. The bedroom suite in the furniture store window, is of a beautiful design and they are having a big demand in big cities of the country. SEES NEW CHURCH DEDICATED TO HONOR FATHER EDIFICE OPENED AT RUTH ERFORD IN MEMORY OF R. L. ABERNETHY Rev. and Mrs. L. B. Abernethy attended last Sunday the dedi cation of the splendid new church tit Rutherford College, dedicated In memory of the fath er of Rev. L. B. Abernethy, who was the founder of that institu tion and who served as its first president from 1853 to 1894. The new church which is call ed the "R. L. Abernethy Mem orial" is of stone and of Gothic architecture. A. W. Plyeler, ed itor of the Christian Advocate of North Carolina, preached the dedicatory sermon. Besides Rev. and Mrs. Abernethy, another son of the Rutherford founder, Rev. Arther T. Abernethy was pre sent along with three sisters: Prof. Zeno Dixon conducted the morning services at the Metho dist church while Rev. Aber uethy was away. —!■ I S 1 ■■ ■ - KLKIN, N. C. THURSDAYAPRIIi », 1080 Judge T. L. Joh Gubernatorial Delivers Eloquent Talk ■ill -' "1m ■ - :• - - - -c s* ; ■ WM*R - mKmm : * "' •*; lEtf Judge Thomas L. Johnson, of Lumberton, a candidate for t'ae Democratic nomination for gov ernor of North Carolina, in 1932 made an elequent talk before the Elkin Kiwanis club and mem* Ijer# j>f the school faculty tM„ the JiolAl KlbU>.4*st FKidt*ji Mehtl.> The jurist stressed the fhet more progress had been made in this state in the last 33 years than all the years combined of the history of the commonwealth and lauded the highways, \ citi zenship and institutions which had sprung up in North Carolina The judge warned however that sinister influences were at work within the state which TO FLY ERIN'S FIRST AIRPLANE EASTER SUNDAY CRAFT SOW BRIM! ASSEM BLED AM) WILL, WEIGH iB6O POI NDS COMPLETE Elkln's first airplane will be ready for flight on Kaster Sun day acroTding to Ted and Jake Rrownj and P. W. Macemore, who are assembling the Ilghter than-air craft. The plane Is en tirely made at home and the boys with the assistance of W. F. Burgiss, have been at work al most two months in assembling the parts, piece by piece. The plane will weigh 260 pounds and will carry one pas senger although it has not been decided who will pilot the craft on its maiden flight. The designers of the plane have already completed the work on each individual part of the craft and by the latter part of the week will begin assembling them. The plane will be taken to the Riverside Field east of town where the first flight will be made. It is singular that this first airplane to be built in Elkin Is being built by the sons of the man who built Elkin's first auto mobile almost thirty years ago. Ah Brown. GEN. BUTNER GETS EUSTIS COMMAND Brigadter General Henry W\ Butner. brother of Mrs. J. S. At kinson of this city and well known because of his numerous Visits here will be in Command of Fort Eustls, Virginia, accord ing to a dispatch from the War department. Geneffcl Butner has been in command of Fort Bragg for the past few years. General Butner was recently promoted to become a Brigadier. must be curbed if the progress made in the future were to con tinue. Citing the insidious worC of the Soviet agents now going oft in the industrial centers, the sjieaker pointed out how un»- American this •ttoetrlne is aud vttrned that i- s*ink at Chriiji* ianlty and the very things that have made America and North Carolina great. The meeting was in charge of Prof. J. H. All red and Mrs. Flet cher Harris two vocal num bers accompanied on the piano by Miss Ruth Kads and on the violin by Miss Bertelle Line berry. A big attendance was on hand. FIND 50 PERSONS IN 9 FAMILIES AS CENSUS IS BEGUN MRS. NELSON CAHTKVENS RKOINS WORK IV KUCTX KAKI.f OX VKDXKND.n' Klkin. along with every nook and hamlet in the whole land, found Uncle Sam's census takers at work Wednesday morning to find out officially Just how many nieces and nephews Uncle Sam uel has in his broad domain. Within the Elkin corporate limits. Mrs. Nelson Castevens. official census taker, started at the wire at 8 o'clock when sev eral hundred thousand other census takers began work. The first person she called on was the Clarence Holcomb family in Sunset Park, the farthest west ern outpost within the corporate limits where eight were found in the first family questioned. Up to noon Wednesday, Mrs. Castevens had counted fifty nos es among nine families. If this ratio runs true to form through out Elkin, this community will go above the average of four to a family, for the first half days work revealed an average of ov er five to the family. Mrs. Cas tevents expects to complete her work before the expiration of three weeks. President Hoover was the first man to he listed in the ciensus Wednesday when the capital census head visited the mansion at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and personally obtained the data from the president himself re lative to his family. It is expected that this census ' will reveal over 125,000,000 1 souls living within the United States. Peculiar as It may be, no ' baby born after April 1 this year 1 is to be given in the census al- j though any person who may , have died April 1 and be- , fore the census takers arrive, is ( to be counted as one of the pop- , ulation. The constitution of the coon- s 300 GUERNSEY FANCIERS GUESTS KLONDIKE FARM FIRST ANNUAL SHOWING OF liOCA.L HERD ATTRACTS 810 BREEDERS INTEREST KEEN Thurmond Chatham Unanimous ly Re-elected President Of State Body Guernsey breeders from over the country generally made Klon dike Farm, here, their mecca Tuesday when the first annual Guernsey show was held at tlfe local farm, whicli is owned by Mr. Thuromnd Chatham of Win ston-Salem and managed by Mr. Ruohs Pyron. Over three hund red were present and a lunch was served at noon. The Klondike Guernsey herd, which is considered to be one of the finest In the country, was the mecca of all eyes as the 65 head of blooded cattle on the Klondike Farm were paraded. The first Guernsey was purchas ed by Klodike Farm in May 1926 and since the foundation of the nerd, 18 official records have ,>een completed, averaging 9,085 pounds of milk. 615 pounds of iat." Eight North Carolina state records have "been credited to the rami, and in February this year, state statistics show the Klon dike herd had the highest re cord cow on official test, was the highest record herd and had the second highest cow In the Dairy Herd Improvement Association in the state for the month, all grades and. breeds competing. At the present time sixteen Cows are on Official Test with a promise of materially increas ing the herd average. The show atKlondike Farm followed the state meeting of the (Suernsey Breeders held at Sedge field fnn at Greensboro where Mr. TburmOfid Chatham, owner lof Klondike Farm, was unani mously re-elected president of the state association. Among the notable Guernsey fanciers present at the Klondike show were: Mr. and Mrs. Gran ville Hubbard, Brokvllle, Md., Mr. and Mrs. Karl Musser, Peter boro, N. H.; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Bates. Atlanta, Ga.; Mr. W. W. Fitzpatrick, Clemson College, 8. C.; Mr. Pat Bennett, Griffin, (la. Prof. It. H. Ruffner of State Col lege: Dr. William Moore, Ral eigh; Dr. Glnnells. of Raleigh; H. K. Lewis, Florence S. C.; Sam Zimmerman. Columbia, S. C.. Albert James, Darlington, B.* C.; Bob Cooper, Wlsacky, S. C.; G. H. Humphries, of Atlanta, Ceo rge Watts Hill of Durham; J. H. Antrim of Sedgeflefd and J. H. Beall, Lin wood, N. C. CHICKEN OWNERS MUST PEN THEM ! Chickens within, the corpor ate limits of Klkin must be kept up and confined in pens and not permitted to roam at will, ac cording to a statement made to day by Mayor, M. A. Royall, who says that numerous complaints have been made during the last several weeks that owners of chickens were allowing their fowls to run at large. STEPS ON GAS BY MISTAKE AND CAR MRS T. L. WAGONER PLUNGES ON HILL PASSES AWAY )''l'l'.rN'TS rMXJI'RKD AL JTHOUGH TOP OF AUTO IS TOTALLY yntKCKKO A Chevrolet coupe belonging to Carl Steele, took a plunge . down the steep hill leading to , Franklin Street, Tuesday even ing when Miss Mary Maguire, driving the car, mistook the ac , celorato'r for the brake and step ' ped hard upon it while making the sharp descent. 1 The car leaped from the street into the J. H. Guyer yard where it was stopped by some trees. Although none of the oc cupants of the machine, Mrs. Steele, Misses Mary and Anne Maguire. were hurt, the car was badly damaged, the whole top being a total wreck. | try provides (or the taking of the census every ten years. The first was taken In 1790, a year after the feredal government was , launched. Elkin is expected to ' more than double its 1920 cen sus of 1190. Late News WET ISSUE IX SENATE Senator* Tydings, of Maryland, was applauded in the senate gal lery Tuesday when he made a strong speech for the repeal of the Prohibition amendment. Sen ator Brookhart of lowa, had pre viously made a Dry speech. RASCOB TO EXPLAIN GIFT John J. Rascob, chairman of the Democratic National Com mittee, was directed to appear before the senate lobby com mittee next Friday to be ques tioned regarding his gift to the Wets. U. S. TAXES AHEAD Federal tax collections for the fiscal year are now $15,922,536. 07 ahead of the same period last year. Over 5200,000.000 have already been collected by the federal government in this state In the nine months of the fiscal year. JAPAN AGREES The London Naval Conference was broubht nearer a realization this week, when Japan accepted the shop ratio of Great Britain and the United States, thus as suring a three nation pact. Italy and France however are far from an agreement and are holding up the parley. ELKIN'S NIGHT SCHOOL COMES TO SUCCESSFUL END CKRTI Fl ATKS AWARDED FRIDAY EVENING FOR EXCELLENT WORK DONE TO SEEJHOOVER Preside#* Will.. Rerkw Local at Whit* liou.ft This Month The night school, sponsored by the department of the Elkin Woman's Club, un der the direction of Mrs. W. W. Whitaker, closed a most sucess ful term Friday evening. Certi ficates for work completed dur ing the past five month term were presented to W. H. (Slim) and Millard and Roy Col lins. Attendance prizes were al so presented to Mrs. Sarah Tur ner, Mr. W. C. Sloop and Messrs. Lewis and Collins. The night school had an av erage attendance of 14 during the five months. The Klkin club will be. repre sented on the Kducntlonal Tour sponsored by the Federated clubs, to Washington D. C., on April 16-20., by Mrs. Sarah Turner, Mr. W. H. Lewis and Misses Clara Bell and Elizabeth Anderson, teachers in the school and by Mrs. W. W. Whitaker, director. Extensive plans have been made for the entertainment of the guests while in Washington. They will be reeieved at the eap itol by President Hoover and will broadcast a program over the radio. The plans were made in order that the patrons of the night school might visit the Cap ital City during "Cherry Blos som Time." Mrs. T. L. Wagoner. 42, of Jonesville passed away at the | Wilkes Hospital in North Wll kesboro Wednesday after an ill ness of several weeks. Mrs. Wag oner underwent an operation for appendicitis about a week ago and her condition was. regarded favorable until a short time be fore her death. Her death was a complete shock to delatives as well as hospital attendants. Mrs. Wagoner was twice mar ried and is survived by five children three girls and two boys by her first marriage and by her husband and eight step children. Funeral services will be held from the Swan Creek Baptist church this morning at 10.30. GOES UNDER KNIFE Mrs. Earnest Brown of Jones ville was operated on for append icitis at. the Davis Hospital in Statosville Monday morning. She is resting very comfortably ac cording to latest reports. f 10 PAGES PUBLISHED WKKKLT QUICKLY MOVING DRAMA BEFORE RECORDER COURT . W. NRLMON MARTYRS BKLF TO SHIELD OTHKRH IN WHIKKKY CASK .JM) GJSTS RIG PINK "HIJACK" CAUSE UP IT.l T . S. Marshall Taken Possession of Two Roy* When Court Has No Jurisdiction Swift Jnoving drama stalked i» Recorder's Court Tuesday morning when several important cases were up for trial. "" FLrst j. W. Nelson was# arraig ned on a charge of possessing a gallon and a half of liquor and- Nelson pleaded guilty in spite at the fact that he stated the whis key didn't belong to him, wai given liifrli recommendations for truth and honestly by wit nesses and the court alike. Judge Barker waited a moment for Nelson to say something in his behalf but Nelson was silent and the court gave him a sentence of ninety'days on the Surry county roads or the option of paying a $75.00 fine. He chose the latter. "Nelson is the victim of circum stances," said .fudge Barker and warned him he must go to jail unless he refrained from allow ing others to use his home as a storeplace for liquor. The Nel son home was raided by Chief of Police Church, Deputies Dar nt'll and Dickerson and a gollon of liquor was found In a stack,of dirty clothes while a half gal lon was found in a cupboard in :tho kitchen-. Delbert Roberts, colored, was arraigned for public intoxication and for cursing and profane language and was given thirty days on the Surry roads on both charges, the sentences to run concurrently however. Tan Whitaker was given a fine of slo.flo and costs for us ing Improper automobile tags. I" "Next came the ease of the •-tflte against John Ratledge and Lovie Smith who were charged with using a hotel room for im moral purposes but the case was dismissed when the Judge ruled that the state bad failed to show any evidence. Indeed," only one witness was used. Chief of Police Church, who testified that be saw Rat ledge coining from a room occu pied by Mrs. Smith but heard nothing or saw nothing of an im moral nature and both were ful ly clothed when the arrests were made over a week ago. Attorney - A. T. tirpnt of Mocksvllle, repre sented the defendants. Roscoe Spencer and Hugh Creed, indicted by Max Waddell, for possessing forty-five gallons of liquor was next called but Waddel was not present and was called out and fined $25.00 for failure to appear in court and the case continued, At this juncture, strode In Federal Agent Roscoe Rrown to take charge of the defendants under a federal warrant for pos sessing the liquor and Altorney Frank Whitaker, representing the two youths, fought the ac tion and Judge Barker rcled that they must be tried in his court on the charge before the U. S. authorities could take them a way. It was later revealed how ever that the case was out of the jurisdiction of the local court in that the liquor was not brought to Klkin for sale. He then turned the boys over to Brown who promptly took them to the jail at YadkinviHe. This is the case in which the "hijack" charge was injected, it being alleged that the boys went to Waddell's home in Wilkes and obtained forty-five gallons of liqeor and then drove off withont paying for any of the booze. About the time of the in cident Waddell was arrested on i federal warrant and he then ranged the arrest of Spencer and Creed. M LIVE AT HOME CARDS MADE BY PUPILS In connction with the "Live-at Home" program sponsored by the State of North Carolina the pupils of the fifth grad« of Elk in Graded Schools have made attractive posters of products of North Carolina f'nat are essen tial to a well banalced diet. These posters are on display la the window of the Elkin Hard ware Co. While there are no prises given for this work, they show careful thought and deser ve mention.
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