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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE EM VOL.. No. XIX, No. 45 COUNTY CONVENTION NAMES CANDIDATES Local Men Are Placed Be fore Assembly and Re ceive Honors IS A SPLENDID TICKET The Democrats of Surry County met in convention at Dobson last Saturday afternoon for the purpose of nominating a county ticket and for the two houses of the General Assembly. Trne to the promise of Chairman A. D. Folger. the meeting was placed on a strictly business \ basis and lengthy arguments were > eliminated, however there was a clever flow of oratory from some of attendants. In placing their r the meeting. J A. D. F , ftt*er called the meeting to order and placed E. C. Bivlns, of Mount Airy In the chair. W. M. Johnson, Judson Ashby and H. P. Laffoon were named temporary sec retaries. The convention then took np the work for which it had as sembled. Friends of W. F. Lawrence, form er register of deeds, and W. M. Oray, an aspirant for the next term in this office, waged a spirited contest in placing their party favorite. Both had a sufficient number of fr'ends, they believed, to place them in nomi nation, and a vote of the delegates resulted In 102 for Gray and 84 go ing to Lawrence. John D. Thompson was victorious over his opponent for the offke of Bherlff by a goodly majority. Jesse Monday was the candidate over whom Thompson won. The office of clerk of the tourt met no opposition, and the name of F. T. Lewellyn will appear on the ticket to succeed himself, after hav ing served the public in that office for the past two terms, and In a most satisfactory manner. C. H. Haynes, of Mount Airy, and for many years sheriff of the coun ty, was presented to the convention, along with J. N. Freeman, of Hob son, whd were seeking the nomina tion for tke Legislature. Mr. Haynes received a substantial majority, whereupon Mr. Freeman moved to make it unanimous,, which was car ried out.. At the suggestion of W. F. Carter, it was also moved to make the nomination of W M. Gray unan imous. This was seconded and voted favorably. John H. Folger, of Mount Airy, received the nomina tion for the Senate. He was un opposed in the convention contest. Among the names submitted to fill the places on the board of coun ty commissioners, Alex. Chatham, Newell Lowe and W. J. Swanson were selected to fill the board of three. The nominations were unan imous. Dr. M. A. Royall, of Elkin, who j iaced the name of W. M Gray he fore the convention In a most elo quent and forceful manner, perhaps won recognition and honor that he was not seeking. Rising to his feet to place In nomination a man for the position of County Coroner, I P. S. Rothrock, of Mount Airy, an-1 swered the statements of Dr. Royall • to the effect that Elkin and this | part of the county was due more , consideration in the matter of county office holders, by placing the 1 name of Dr. Royall before the con-1 vention, and the vote was made unanimous. There was more or less rivalry | prior to the convention, among the j candidates seeking the various of- j flees and also among the friends of the candidates, but this waß soon j Ironed out when the convention set-1 tied down to business, and party | harmony existed in a most satisfac- j tory manner throughout the brief i time of being assembled together to name a ticket. Perhaps through curiosity, or maybe for the information gained' ■—and even perhaps for other rea sons, voters of the Republican ticket In the past years were present in good numbers, and rumors were heard, it is said, that many Repub lican votes will be switched to the Democratic candidates named at the convention, expressing the belief. It would be surmised, that even the Republicans were satisfied with the men named to fill the honorable . positions of carrying on the county ' government, and would support them in November. Baptist Circles to Meet The general meeting of all the cir cles of the Woman's Missionary So ciety of the Baptist church will be held In the chnrch parlors on day afternoon, at 3:30. All mem bers are urged to attend. Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Green, and family, of Statesville, are spending a few days here, the guesttf of Mr. H. P. Gray and Miss Jennie Gray, at their home on Vine street. * •' !: •'.. - " m WILKES DEFEATS ELKIN KIWANIS Switching of Umpire* Said To Have Played Very Important Part VICTORIOUS BY 10 TO 8 The Elkin Kiwanis baseball team j went to North Wilkesboro last Fri- j | day, but did not get what it went j after —victory. The game was hotly I contested as was expected, and j North Wilkesboro maintained the lead until the sixth inning. Jim Wallace was the official umpire up to that time, and then resigned. With the selection of a new man. Marion Allen, things looked better for the local men. Marios is an Elkin man, and an Elkin Klwanian, and although he did 4 not make the trip with the expectation of being pressed into service, he had the j game at heart, and was pulling for j our boys all the time. And then came his opportunity- to "do some thing," and he did. It is claimed that if Marion had been hold of the reins for one or two more inningß the score would have been different and the victory switched. Eye wit nesses to the game think a mlßtake i was made in selecting JClwanian Wallace, and that Marion should j have housed the job all the way j through. In the event of another game, the locals may be able to profit by their mistake. Batteries i for North Wilkesboro were Black burn and Atkinson; for Elkin, Price Eller, Harkrader and Harris. It was the unanimous opinion of the spec-1 tators that President Abernethy was the most graceful player in the line up and received considerable apple sauce—no, we meant applause. At 6:30 the Inter-club meeting was held at Hotel Wilkes, and was called to order by President Horace Sisk, of the North Wilkesboro club. ! The invocation was said b. Klwan ian Eph Whisenhunt. At the request of President Sisk, each member in- I troduced himself, che idea being to formulate a closer relationship with each other and to become better known. After the president's wel come to the Elkin delegation, the meeting was turned over to the local club, and was presided over by J. G. Abernethy, who substituted for pro gram chairman Paul Reich. Two beautiful solos were sung by Mrs. J. E. Wiseman, accompanied by Mrs. J. H. Beeson at the piano. The numbers were received enthusias tically. This was followed by an unuually interesting talk by Rev. ! Eph Whisenhunt, who chose for liis subject "Crime." At the conclusion. Rev. C. W. Robinson, beloved pas tor of the Presbyterian cAurch at that place, and well known to Elkin people, took the floor to commend the words spoken by Rev. Whisen hunt, and made the request that the newspapers of that city and Elkin publish the address in full. Inciden tally, the artjcle was carried in the Tribune several months ago. but will be published by the North Wil kesboro papers probably next week. President Abernethy attempted to I find words to describe the delight | in being the guests of the Wilkes : club, and although he may have fail ed In one instance, his real meaning i was thoroughly understood and a?- i cepted. During the course of his re marks he stated it was his opinion j that at no distant date the two I towns would be linked by a.hard- I surfaced road following the river route, and bring the citizenship of this territory i n closer touch in busi | ness and social life. We have the I spirit, and the road is the only I thing needed to bring it about. Jfe i was applauded enthusiastically Hy | both groups of men. FI'NKRAIi SERVICES HELD FOR MRS. AMFUA TRIPI.KTT Funeral services were conducted Saturday morning at ten o'clock from th.e Pleasant Hill church for Mrs. Amelia Triplett. 81, who passed away at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Romie Pardue, at their home in Jonesville Friday morning. A stroke of par alysis about a week ago was the im mediate cause of her death. The deceased was one of Jones ville's most highly esteemeft citi zens. The funeral rites were in charge of Mrs. Triplett's pastor. Rev. C. S. Morrison, pastor of the Methodist church of Jonesville, and Rev. W. J. S. Walker, of this city, a former past9r of the deceased. Surviving is her husband. Asa Triplett, to whom she was married to over sixty years ago. Several children also survive. Mrs. A. V. Foot®, of Chi*ago, 111., arrived here a few days ago to | spend a week in the home of her [brother, Dr. Wm. R. Wellborn. ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1»80 Elkin High School Opened Monday; Large Enrollment Student Rooms Taxed To Capacity When 509 Enroll For the Opening Day; J. H. Allred Is Again Superintendent of School. The KB kin High School re sumed IU work Monday morn ing, after taking the summer vacation, and now enters the fall term with an enrollment of 549, taxing the capacity of the school building to the limit. For several days past several hundred would.-be student* have been busily engaged In securing their school supplies—exchang ing old books and purchasing new ones where necessary. And there has been quite a rush among the local stores In sup plying the last-minute require ments of the school pupils who enrolled Monday and are now down to work in earnest. At the opening of the school Monday, inspirational talks were made by Messrs. S, O, Ma» guire and Dr. K. (»-. Click, and doubtless what they said to the students will linger In their minds as an incentive to do their best in school work, and prepare for the life before them with determination to rank topmost in whatever profession they may choose to follow. Mai*)' parents and visitors were present at the opening to lend their encouragement to these boys and girls of all school ages, hoping to give inspiration and moral support AUTOS CRASH NEAR BROOKS X ROADS Several Injured When Two Cars Meet'Head-On; Drivers Flee Scene ARE GIVEN AID HERE . I """• An accident of near serious na ture occurred about five o'clock Sunday afternoon, two miles north !of Brooks Cross Roads, when two automobiles crashed head-on, se ' verely injuring Mrs. D. W. Doty. Roscoe Brown, Jr., and Jesse Pardue are the alleged drivers of ,i the Ford car which struck the other, a Buick. Mrs. Doty sustained a two-inch cut on the head, severing the temperal artery which caused a profusion of bleeding. She waj rushed to Elkin, along with the oth er occupants of the car. Mrs. Nellie Boyer and little child, Richard Branton and Miss Susie Milraney. Mrs. Boyer was thought to be in jured internally and was taken to a nearby hospital for examination. Aside from the two most severely Injured, the other members,of the party received slight cuts and bruises from flying glass and the sudden stop against the other car. Pardue and Brown, alleged oper ators of the car which is said to have left its right-of-way and col lided with the Buick, are missing. Pardue is said to have accompanied the injured party to Elkin in a car belonging to Rev. J. S. Hinson, of , near Dobson, saying that he wished to make the trip here to secure aid for the wrecked machine. Just be fore he" arrived in town, it is said, he alighted from Mr. Hinson's car and has not been located by the of ficers, who are making a search for him. Brown fled the scene at tlie time of the accident. Both were said to be und~c the Influence of strong drink, and the driver to be making an excessive rate of speed. Sheriff C. E. Moxley, of Yadkin county, in company with Deputy Sheriff Kiger, came to Elkin short ly after the accident had been re ported, and instituted a search for Pardue and Brown, but were unable to locate them. These gentlemen later secured transporation for the party, which had as Its destination Clemmons, after receiving medical attention here by Dr. Wm. R. Well- born. *The cars involved in the smash up were badly damaged, and $t a late hour no clue has been ascer tained as to the whereabouts of the wanted Pardue and Brown, one of whom was a driver in the Sunday afternoon highway attraction on Route 26, out of Elkiri, it is said. Mr. and Mrs. Colon A. Richardson of \ Winston-Salem, announce the birth of a daughter, Betsy Ann, on September 8. Mrs. Richardson was formerly Miss Lucille Snow, of this city. by their attendance that the most possible might be accom plished under the capable lead ership of the principal. Prof. Allred, and hi* corps of effi cient instructors who will guide the educational trend of the minds of these future fathers and mothers. Among the enrollment was noted a number of out-of-town > students, which bespeaks con fidence in the education sys tem of the city and the school . faculty which is always se lected wlt.li a view to giving every pupil the utmost i In school training, fully investi gating the rating or formrr records of those applying for positions. Following is a list of the fa culty, and number enrolled in each grade: 1-B, Mrs. D. Martin, 47; U-A, Miss Blanche Mfxon, !Ut; 2-B, Miss Ola Angel, 27; *-A, Miss I/oline Payne, 42; «-By Miss Emma Cooke, SO; 4-.A, Miss Elizabeth Harris, 41; 4-B, Miss Mary R- Smith, St.- Stb, {Mrs. Fletcher Harris, 32; 6th, Miss Mirian Tnttle, 44; 7th, Miss Ruth Eads, .15; Sfh. Miss Elizabeth- Anderson, 43; JHh, Fred Hobson, 2«T; fOth, Mis* Artelee Pultt, I ft; flth, Mis Gertrude Michael, 15. OTTO WOOD MAY BE IN FARAWAY WEST Well Known Fugitive Is Thought To Be In Gold en Cate State PRISON HEARS NEWS Friends of Otto Wood who wish to communicate with hfm may ad dress their letters to O. H. Wood, care Mrs. Celia Wood, "Somewhere in California", so the latest storr goes. PrfHon officials at RaftgFi are re ported to have heard from Otta, perhaps indirectly, and they are rf the opinion that he is in California, although his address has not beeil made public. Wood left the State prison several weeks ago, after hav ing been plawd on the "honor rol'"" j of the prison inmates. And with him. it is said, went a woman, a sfister-in-law, whose name fs Mr*. Celia Wood, widow of Robert Wotfd. Mrs. Wood has been missing: frorti her two small children since July 9, according to the latet information. Wood, who is termed a "success ful merchant" while in State prison, is presumed to have financed the trip of himself and Mrs. Wood, the latter having informed her mother that she was going to the coast witfr a girl friend, it is stated. A fetter written to Mr. Wood's daughter and igned "Mr. O. H. Wood" indicates that the two have marrfed. al though this is not known to be true A new dress and a d6llar each fa said to have been sent to her child ren, who are being cared for by; neighbors in the absence of the mother, who is alleged to be Otto's companion in what might be term ed "no man's land," since there has been much speculation as to the whereabouts of this escaped pris oner. Otto, who made his thirl get away by hiding in a metal culvert which was slfipped out of the prison, and the fourth and last escape by simply failing to show up. on'y carried out his habit in the past in taking an occasional "vacatfon"*, however, he has made It quite a bit. longer this ' time. Folks every where have speculated as to where he was. A rumor was circulated that he was seen in Ashe .county, but this was never verified. Other? thought he had followed his pre vious "flight" and had made his way to his old home at Dellaplane, i in Wilkes county Perhaps his "caat to west" course of the past proved that he had made too short a "hop", so this time he made a non-stop flight of greater distance, which, up to a few days ago, proved to be suc cessful as a landing and also hid ing place. Mr. and Mrs. Hey Moose, of Mt. Pleasant, spent the week-etpd here, the guests of Mrs. Moose's parents, Mr. and Mrs. *W. W. Whitaker, at their home on Church street. REPUBLICANS HOLD CONVENTION SEPT. 13 Will Convene at Dobson to Select Ticket For County Offices PROMINENT SPEAKERS •r The Republican county convention will be held in Dobson next Satur day at 1 P. M., and will take place in the courthouse. Hon. F.' Eugene Hester, candi date for Solicitor, and Hon. John Reynolds, candidate for Congress, will be present and address the meeUng. Since Chairman Lindsay and J. A. Somers, of the Board of County Commissioners, have declined to run for office again, these two va cancies are to be filled, it Is certain, and as to what other changes in the present line-up of the Republican officeholders in the cojnty will be made, only the meeting will deter mine. Ladles are extended an invitation to attend the convention, and It is expected that a quite a number will do so. The speeches by Messrs. Hester and Reynolds will no doubt add considerably to the attendapce that would otherwise be there, although the convention will doubtless have a full representation of the dele gates and alternates in addition to visiting voters of the party. At the township primary heiu Monday, the following delegates were named to represent Elkin township: Ed. Greenwood, Morgan Gentry, Henry Swink. Lawrence Harmon, M. R. Bailey, David Gough, J. G. Chipman, Jim Sales, Walter Col lins. J. F. Carter, W. M. Dickerson, J. L. Darnell, Byron Caudlll, Wal ter Darnell, Burdette Gentry, Rich ard Franklin, Jr., Walter Swaim. C. B. Franklin, Robert Guyer, J. M. Eldridge. J. A. Somers, Mrs. W. W. Whitaker, Mrs. C. N. Boden helmer, Mrs. S. O. Maguire, Mrs. David Gough, Mrs. W. F. Reece, C. C. Fulp, Clarence Holcomb, W. S. Gough, Arthur Darnell, E. B. Law rence, Tom Lawrence. Dr. I. S. Gam bill, H. D. Woodruff, Z. D. Long, A. H. Chipman. Mrs. C. B. Franklin. W. C. Douglass, tnd J. G. Polndexter. JONKHVILLK HIGH SCHOOL TO OPEN NEXT MONDAY The Jonesville school will open next Monday, September 15, with one of the strongest faculties in the history of the school, according to a statement made recently by Prof. Z. H. Dfxon, principal of the school. The faculty includes the follow ing: Principal, Z. H. Dixon: first grade, Mrs. A. D. Stout; first grade and physical education. Miss Kate Fletcher. Boonville; second grade and public school music. Miss Mollie Jane Burrns. Rockford: third grade, Miss Beulah Fleming, Hamptonville; fourth grade, Mrs. Z. D. Greenwood; fifth grade. Miss Elizabeth Turner, Elkin: sixth grade. Miss Ruby Steel man Hamptonville: -seventh grade, Mrs. M. R. Hanes and Miss Clara BelT, ETkln; Latin and English. Prof. Z. H. Dixon: French and Mathemat ics; S. G. Wallace, Bedford. Ohio. Science. AIRS. W. J. POPIiIN DIES AT HOME IN YADKIN COUNTY Funeral services were held from the Pleasant Home Baptist church Sunday afternoon, for Mrs. Ella Cockerham Poplfn, wife of W. J. Poplin, who passed away at her home near Cycle, Yadkin county, early Saturday morning. Mrs. Cockerham had apparently been in perfect health and had spent the previous afternoon shopping In El kfn. She was 42 years tof age. Her husband, five children and her rather, Charlie Cockerham, to gether with five brothers and one sister, survive. Two of the brothers v Messrs. Ivory and Marvin Cocker ham, are residents of this city. P.WIT«B MTTET HERE All the pastors of the Yadkin Valle* lone of the Moont Airy Dis trict or the Methodist church met in an aIT-day session at the Methodist chnrch here last Friday. Hev. W. E. Poovey, of Mount Airy,- Presiding: Elder of this dls triet. was present and presided. The , rfar was devoted entirely to the dis cussion of plans for the work of the district. Dprlng the noon hoar, the visit in* pastors, thirteen In number, were the guests of the local church at luncheon at Hotel Elkin. In the afternoon the gawks were invited to inspect the site and prog ress to work on the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital. PUBLISHED WEEKLY JUDGE BARKER HELPS CLEAR UP DOCKET Fines, Road and Jail Sen* tences Imposed Tues day Morning FEW CASES CONTINUED Judge Harry H. Barker convened Recorder's Court here Tuesday morning to hear a number of cases that had accumulated through be ing continued for the past several weeks, and also by reason of omit ting a session during Superior court at Dobson. While the slate was "washed off" to an appreciable de gree, there yet remain a numhec Qt cases to be disposed of later. W. A. Mickle and McKinley Mle kle were before the court charged with larceny. It appeared that the prosecution was brought about mali ciously, and the plaintiff was tkxed the costs in the case, evidence not being sufficient to convict. Upon * failure to pay the cost, the plaintiff was remanded to jail. "Thirty days in jail," said Judga Barker, after hearing the evidenca in the case charging Raymond Harp with public drunkenness. At tha conclusion of the court session. ha wa.4 remanded to Dobson jail to serve the time. It costs money to fight, and is at least hard on old clothes. At any rate it costs money to fight, if Judge Rarker is convinced of the merits of the evidence, disregarding the old-clothes part of the question. Jesse Green and Theodore VanEea-* ton, colored, appeared in court charged with an aWray, and paid tha costs. Mont Swaim was defendant in tha Recorder's court Tuesday charged with violating the prohibition law. After hearing the evidence he waa adjudged not quilty and given his freedom. Charged with prostitution, Jamea Poindexter. of State Road was also given freedom from the iron jawa of the law. SIO.OO each and the cost was the fine meted out to Glenn Rhyne and Paul Billings, charged wit. /iolalion of the prohibition law. i Youthful in age. but not seeming so young in experience, according to the opinion of Judge Barker, a road sentence was handed out to Curtis Burch, who was before the court on a charge of possession and transporting. On account of hl« pre vious record, he was sentenced to fiO days for transporting, to be work ed on the roads, and for the charge of possession he was given an adde4 months. The -entente was suspended upon condition that he show good behavior for two years, the leniency of suspension doubt les being tendered on account of his* youth. GLADK VWXKV HIGH KCHOOI, OPENS SESSION On Tuesday morning, September 2nd, Glade Valley high school open ed with a full enrollment of about eighty pupils. Around sixty are boarding and the others coming from the community. Both dormf* torles are crowded to the l'mit as there Is more hoarding nuplls than have registered for several years. At the opening exercises Rev. I. J. Douglas conducted the devotional?. In his talk he emphasized the im portance of thorough moral train ing find spiritual growth ni ; well af Intellectual. His remarks wen* very Interesting and inspiring. Rev John W. Luke, a prominent Ashe coni>ty minister, and Mis 9 Myrtle William son. also an Ashe county worker, spoke at the opening with much zeal. Mr. Glenn Nichols, of Sparta, gave an Interesting talk which was followed by Rev. Wayne Thompson who gave some interesting facts con cerning the high ideals of the Glade Valley School. -Prof. J. O. Overcash. a former teacher, made a short talk relative to the use and value of an education which was very instructive and helpful. Of the present enrollment thirty three are from Alleghany county, and eighteen from Ashe. The re mainder being from surrounding counties. This is the largest repre sentation they have had from Ashe for some time. The student body as a whole is a splendid group of energetic boys and girls and the prospect Is good for a successful sett* slou. I WTlilj DAI/TON IS FREED AT HEARING At a preliminary hearing in Jonesville yesterday afternoon Dal ton was given his liberty, the evi dence pointing to the fact that the accident was unavoidable on his part, and that there was not suffi cient grounds to hold him for the higher court.