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Elk in—The Best Little Town In North Carolina VOL. No. XIX, No. 51 JUNIOR ORDER HOLDS DISTRICT MEETING HERE OVer 100 Visitors Join In Joint Meeting of Councils SEVENTH DISTRICT The district meeting of Junior Order councils in the seventh dis trict, held here last Friday. was termed a fine success. District Deputy R. L. Lovelace, who wa ß re* cently appointed to this position, called the meeting with a view of bringing the councils of the district in closer fellowship, and discuss matters pertaining to the good of the order. As a result of the call, more than 100 Juniors, Including State offi cials, came here to participate in the program which began in the afternoon at the school auditorium. An address of welcome was de livered by Mayor M. A. Royall, af ter which the speakers, including C. W. Snyder, chief organizer; Stat e councilor E. V. Harris, and others, were introduced. While the addresses were delivered principal ly to the members of the order a goodly number of local people took part in the open exercises and heard the splendid addresses of the visi tors. The meeting was then adjourned until 7:30, when the Juniors as sembled in the council hall. The meeting was opened by H. I>. Tran- BOU, councilor of the local order No. 96. The district meeting was then called to order by R. L. Lovelace, who made a short talk on the ob jects of the called meeting. Several Inspirational talks were heard, pre ceding the roll call, and it wa« ob served th«k about 10 councils were represented. During the tim« spent in the coun cil hali, in addition to State Coun cilor E. V. Harris, an address wa» also heard from Eugene Hester, of Reidsville. The membership and visitors thoroughly enjoyed the happenings of the day, and The Tribune extends an advance invita tion to every one of them to visit Elkin whenever possible. The next district meeting *ill be held at Mount Airy with Blu e Ridge Council No. 73, when it is deemed necessary to call the orders together for another discussion and get-to gether. Thts will be done by Dis trict Deputy R. L. Lovelac e when he sees fit, or at the request of the councils in the district. TWO MEN CAPTURE MARVIN HEDSPETB Believed To One Of Party Who Drew Gun On Chief Church Here Sometime Ago Marvin Hedspeth, believed to be one of the men in th e car to which Chief of Police W. O. Church wan called, has been captured. Meters. p_ v. Turner and Clarence Staley, of Wilkes county, learned that two .Hedspeth young men were located near Danville and proceeded to that T>oint. They located Marvin while in bed, but Nelson Hedspeth evi dently wan in hiding. He was ar rested and taken to Wilkes county ■where he was placed in jail. Hedspeth is alleged to be one of the parties who held up and robbed a filling station and postoffice com bined, near North Wilkesboro, on the day previous to their visit, here, and officers have been on tho look out for both Marvin and Nelson, the other two having made bonds when captured shortly after they had drawn a gun on the Elkln police man, who was caught unarmed at the time. j 2 CARS COLLIDE IN JONESVILLE A coupe, occupied by tne young son of Mr. J. C. Grayson, pf North Wilkesboro, and a companion named Sprinkle, from the same I city, is said to have run into tho car be longing to Mr. Ed Boles, /of Jones ville, the accident occur/ring over the week-end. s The Boles car was pArked at a Jonesville filling Btationi where a supply of gasoline was )belng pur chased, when the Wilkes! car is said to have hit the Jonesville machine, rosultlng in damage to I both cars, pfcut Utile or no injury td the paries involved. J Warrants were Issued for oc cupants of the Wilkas Itar, which l» said to have been driven by Sprin kle. Bond was arranged until the case comes up for trial. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Howard Transou Wins Cash Prize In rt-dponse to the announce ment by The Tribune last week that SI.OO would he paid tor the, bent news story submitted, the award goes to Howard Transou this week, his story being »n ac count of the shooting and killing of the Tidline negro near Austin. Mr. Transou was quick to bring the news to The Tribune, and hail the story appeared locally before being carried In the State papers Mr. Transou would have received »1.50 for his tip. Tell us the news. You can win the weekly cash priws— some of which will be won on minor stories when the bigger "breaks" are scarce. Honorable mention goes to Mr. Jrover Williams for a bit of news about a ring lost for 2S years, which has been found. And to Mr. J. G. Chipman for informa tion about a school hoy lieing hurt, which required eight stitches "»c wound. Come on—tell us the news! OFFICE SEEKERS IN BOTH PARTIES "VOTE SEARCHING" Scanning the County In Effort To Get Support —i — RESULT DOUBTFUL Democrats in this end of Surry speak with real enofidence and op timism of the outlook for a victory for their party in the sounty fight in the November voting. That there Is a strenuous fight beinjr mad* by both parties is obvious, the candi dates on each ticket being "In the field" now night and day, it is stated. In Surry county, however, the primary work of the Denrocrats is to "redeem" the county from Re publican control. And the primary work of the G. O. P. is to see that their party retains control of coun ty offices. It is a "fight to the fin ish". with speaks and gum-shoeing campaign being the order. Elkin is situated in the present campaign so that for patriotic rea sons its allegiance may be said to b* widely divided. The town itself isn't bothered with party politics of clearly defined type, the town elec tions being more or less bipartisan. But in the county fight Blkin has six candidates, all considered fav orite sons. Alex Chatham, popular local banker, a former Commissioner is a candidate again. Worth Gray is the Democratic nominee for Reg ister of Deeds. It is no secret that the Democrats confidentially believe that both Mr. Chatham and Mrs. Gray will be elected. It is declared that reports from all sections of the county favor them. The Republican candidate for Clerk of Superior Court is former State Senator S. O. Maguire, who is considered one of his party's strong est leaders and an effective cam paigner. Lee Snow, candidate for Coroner, led his ticket two years ago. Mr. Maguire is an Elkin man. The G. O. P. candidate for thtj leg islature is Attorney Frank H. Whit aker, of this town, one of the "young Republicans". Mr. Whitaker received his nomination by unani (Continued on Back Page) BABY DESERTED AT YADKINVILLE Ijeft On Torch By Unknown Party, Who Knocked and Then Disappeared Warmly wrapped and tucked away in a basket, a ten-day-old baby wan found on the porch by Mrs. Cooper, of Yadklnvllle, last week. A knock was heard, and when Mrs. Cooper went to the door the cries of the. Infant was heard. A note left with the baby read: This baby was born October 1, at 2:40 p. m. I hope you love it as much as I do." It was unsigned, but presumably was writ ten by its mother, who evidently se lected the Cooper hom e to leave her baby because Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have no children. Mr. Cooper is a traveling salesman, and Mrs. Cooper has for several years been employed as a teacher in the Yad- kin schools. It is understood that Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are strongly considering the adoption of the child, which has made a very strong impression upon them. EL.KIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23. 1080 BURLINGTON NAMED FOR NEXT MEETING HOLINESS CHURCH Sessions Held Here And At Jonesville Are Well Attended NEXT MEET OCT. '3l The town of Burlington was chosen as the next meeting place of the Western North Carolina con fernece of the Pentacostal Holiness church in October of 1931. The sessions of the conference, which met with the Jonesville church, concluded on Monday with th»~ work of the stationing committee in assigning pastorates. This was the fifteenth .annual conference. The conference sessions began last Saturday and were held In the auditorium of the Elkin high school. Rev. J. H. King, the Gener al Superintendent Presiding, who has occupied that position since 1916, presided over the sessions and delivered the principal sermon on ment which the voters, in these cri tical times, might do well to re member. Republicans appear to be centering their campaign upon the allegation that self government has been taken out of the hands of the _people. Democrats who discuss the cam (Continued on Back Page) QUARTET ENGAGES IN SUNDAY FIGHT Plant of City Water Works Is Scene Of Free-For-All Who Cared To Enter It is a common expression to refer to fighting as being hard on old clothes, but be the rjothes as |hoy may it did ntft prevenT four young men from engaging In a lively aluuf fle at the city water works plant here last Sunday. Fred Finney, Coy Felts, Marshall Soots and Gorrell Harris may or may not know what it was all about, but when an officer was summoned to take care of the situation the ar rival of the .Chief was observed in advance and there was no battle raging thereafter. It seems diffi cult to obtain satisfactory informa tion as to how and why the fight started, but there is proof positive that it did If Coy Felt's nose and ears and other spots that bear proof are an indication of a mishap. Finney was said to have been drinking, but to what extent is un certain, and it Is believed that im (Continued on Back Page) SUPERIOR COURT TO BE BELD NOV. 10TB Two Weeks Term For Civil HII(I Criminal ♦'axes Will Be Convened at Dobson It is not known at present who the presiding jurist will be at the next term of Surry Superior Court, which will be held at Dobson. bp ginning on November 10th, but the matter of the correct date has benn made public. Thd term was origi nally set for November 20th. but later changed to the 10th. The commissioners met in special session Monday and drew the Jury list, in addition to other minor transactions which were handlen during the special session. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Harris spent Sunday in Patterson. Caldwell county, where they were guests of Mrs. Harris' uncle. Rev. J. W. Watts. Hon. J. H. Folger To Speak Here Monday Hon. J. H. Folger, Democratic candidate for the Senate, will dis cuss the Issues of the" present cam paign at the Elkin High School building on Monday, October 27, at 7:30 p. m. A cordial invitation is extended to all the people, regard less of party, to attend tfiis meeting. Mr. Folger Is a very entertaining speaker and will discuss matters re lating to taxation, road problems and other government questions. Mr. Folger will also make ad dresses at other points in the connty, a list of which appears below: Pilot Mountain, school building, 7:30 p. m. ( October 23; Eldora, at ' TOBACCO MARKET IS ATTRACTING LARGE QUANTITY OF WEED Floors Well Filled Each Day and Prices Above Average QUALITY INFERIOR Although a good quantity of to bacco Is dally being offered on the local warehouse floors, there Is a Tcood percentage of Inferior weed, which tends to lower the dally aver age. However, the Elkin market has reached high figures In this res pect, disregarding the poor quality. Good tobacco Is bringing fall prices, and there seems to be gen eral satisfaction among the growers, although some farmers have taken their tobafco home and will hold It until later in the season, believing that pricfes will Improve. Various farmers who have follow ed the sales on other markets state that the local houses are securing as good if not better prices than those obtained on the other floors, and express satisfaction with the prices paid here. Good grades are selling well, and the tobacco, growers throughout this section who have a cfop to sell are assured of every effort on the part of the warehousemen in seeing that you get the top market price. HURT IN WRECK; NOW RECOVERING Elvel Luff nut". uf State Road, Runs Car Into A Tree; Is Now In tne Hospital Elvel Luffman, young 19-year old white man of State Road, is in Lawrence Hospital at Winston-Salem suffering from injuries sustained Sunday night about 9 o'clock, when he drove his car into a tree. Luff man received a laceration on the head and bruises about the body. A report was circulated to the ef fect that the young man had died, hut an investigation at the hospital revealed the fact that he was still living, and on the way to recovery. X HISS BATTLE WINS 95.00 IN GOLD FOR CAFE SIXKiAN In the slogan contest recently sponsored by the Poinsette Coffee Shoppe and Cafe to secure a slogan for their new business. Miss Har riet Battle submitted a very origi nal one, "Mother's only competi tor," and won the $5.00 in gold offered by the management. RING LOST 25 YEARS IS FOUND Wide Gold Hand Blug Picked l'p By Little Boy While Playing In The Road Mr. Groyer Williams, of Roonville route, showed The Tribute reporter a ring which was lost 25 years ago, and found a few days ago by a little boy who was playing in the road. The ring is a wide gold band, with Mr. Williams' name Inside, and although a new road has been made covering the spot where it was lost, the little boy's eagl e eyes caught sight of it and returned it to Its owner. From appearance, it has not suffered loss in value, and doubtless to Mr. Williams the value is now much greater than it was 25 years ago. Mr. and Mrs, Paul Gilliam of Statesville, spent the week-end here the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Ray. at their home on West Main street. Eldora school building, 7:30 p. m , October 25; Elkin, at high school, 7:30 p. m., October 27; Rockford, at Rockford school building. 7:30 p. m., October 28; Jlarsh, at Rusk school building, 7:3r p. m., October 29; Shoals, at Shoals school build ing, J: 30 p. m., October 30; Bryan, at Mduntain Park, 7:30 p. m., Oc tober 31; Franklin, at Low Oip school building, 4 p. m., November 1; Stewarts Creek, at Pine Ridge school building, 7:30 p. m., Novem ber 1; Dobson, at courthouse, 1:30 p. m„ November 3 and Mount Airy, at City Hall, 7:30 p. m., November 3. Register Or Get Transferred Now If you have « friend in • the political rac e in Hurry county, you are again reminded to reen ter, If you have not already done so. Persons who have moved their address recently and wish to vote may do so by getting » transfer from th« former voting place. Your local registrar* will give you information its to the proper procedure, and this should be done as Saturday, October 25, is positively the last day in which to get registered, in Hurry county. Don't put this matter off until too late. At the last minute you may desire to support a friend or party candidate that you had not previously been interested in es pecially. An unusually heavy vote is anticipated on the forthcoming election day, and tlilN in part be cause of party difference* as to methods of county government and economical administration of the county's affairs. JOHN TIDU NE WAS VICTIM OF SHOTGUN WOUNDS TUESDAY Armsted Brown Being Sought On Charge Of Murder BOTH ARE NEGROES Becoming enraged over the al leged attentions of John Tldllne to his wife, Armsted Brown, another negro, shot and killed the former early Tuesday morning, at his home a mile northeast of Austin church, In Wilkes county. Brown used a shotgun. The negro was In bed in Brown's home when he was shot, whether asleep or not is not known. About three weeks ago Tidline's brother, Roy Tldllne, was killed In the same locality by Ed Bauguess. The connection, if any, between the two homicides has not been learned. The man killed Tuesday morning was about 20 years old. His assail ant is described as about 35 years old. After being shot Tidline rolled from flie bed. His alleged amour. Brown's wife, sent her small child to the home of Howard Transou, white, an employee of a local con cern, which Is located nearby, and asked assistance to get Tidline back on the bed. Transou and two others went to the negro's home. Soon after they arrived there Tidline died. Told that a physician, Dr. 1. S. Gambill, had been summoned to attend the [ wounded man, Brown is said to have | declared, "Don't do that. Let him die." Brown was in his home when the three white men arrived, but was seen by only two of them. It is learned that Tidline went to Brown's home Monday afternoon and that a row ensued, Brown re senting his presence there. What happened during the night is not known, nor was it stated whether or not the men were Intbxlcuted. If they quarreled or fought any more during the night Brown said noth ing of It. The shotgun load took effect in Tidline's side and he ex pired about 7 o'clock, some two hours after the wound was inflated. WOMAN'S CLUB TO LAUNCH CAMPAIGN Drive to Be Made in November For Male of Shrubbery; Ask Co-Operation. The Civics Department of the Wo man's Club will launch a drive in November for the sale of shrubbery. and those who anticipate the pur chase of shrubbery of any kind are requested to wait until that time and see the line to be offered by the local organization. The drive is being made to realise funds for the club, but in the sale of shrubbery a distinct result will be that of further beautifying the town as well. Shrubbery adds wonderfully to the appearance of homes, and it is hoped that the ladies composing the local club will meet with great suc cess during this special drive. Fur ther announcement concerning the movement will be made at a later date, and the full co-operation of our citizens is urged in helping to further the work of this worthy or ganization. to say nothing of the additional beauty which will result. Western Carolina's Weekly Newspaper PUBLISHED WKEKLY KIWANIS ENJOYS, LADIES' NIGHT *T MEETING FRIDAY Program In Charge Of Louis Nelson; Dress ing Contest PRIZES AWARDED An event which is always looked forward to with enthusiasm is that of ladies' night at the Kiwanis meet ing, and the program which had been arranged by Louis Nelson proved to be a winner. Assembling in the Kiwanis room of Hotel Klkin. Rev. Eph Whisen hunt invoked the divine blessing upon those present and the program got under way in splendid order. Two prizes were awarded, Mrs. B. E. DeHoff winning the ladies' prize and Rev. Whisenhunt capturing that offered for the men. Music was among the principal attractions of the evening, and was participated in by a number of tlfose present. The vocal and string music rendered by Dr. L. C. Couch and little daughter, Geraldiue, was among the outstanding attractions, and was thoroughly enjo v yed. Mrs. J. H. Beeson sang a solo, ac companied by Mrs. J. E. Wiseman at the piano. A .quartet composed | of Mesdames E. F. McNeer. Herbert j Graham, F. Colhard and J. H. Bee son and a quintet with the addition of Mrs. Fletcher Harris was a pleasing feature of the program. George Royall won in the dress ing contest against Eugene Spain hour. with Albert Bryan and Carl Poindexter as seconds. Although a comical feature, this part of the program proved thoroughly enter taining to the members and guests which numbered about 70. At the close of the program. Pres ident .f." G. Abernethy announced that the meeting for tomorrow night be held jointly with the Izaak Walton League, the latter being responsible for the entertain ment. program. Every member is urged to be present. The hour Is 6:30 P. M„ and Hotel Elkin is the place. AMERICAN LEGION HEARS GEO. SNOW Mount Airy Legionnaire Talks To IiOc»l Men at Installation Meeting liast Week The George Gray Post of the American Legion celebrated their entrance into new quarters on Main street 011 Thursday evening at eight o'clock. The feature of the even ing's entertainment was a speech by District Commander George K. Snow, of Mt. Airy. Mr. Snow stres sed the responsibilities of Legion membership and stated that in a few years membership in the Legion would be eagerly sought by those eligible. At the close of the program the new officers of the Post, were duly installed. J. O. Bivins is the Post Commander for the next 12 months and George R. Royall Is Adjutant. Among the Legion activities of the week was the plcturisation of the World War shown at the Lyric Theatre Tuesday; another movement begun was the appointment by Post Commander Bivins of a Committee to supply school books for children whose parents are unable to supply them. The Legion has the whole hearted support of the entire com munity in this worthy undertaking. Bonnie Brown, who is a member of the senior class at the University of North Carolina, spent the week end with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Brown, at their home in Jonea ville. ) PRICES PAID FOR TOBACCO IN 1887 Two tobacco' warehouse sale bills were found recently by Mr. I. N. Greenwood, and bore the dates of March 24 and August 10 1887, be ing 43 years ago. One sale was for 855 pound! which brought a net price of (52.13. The other sale was for 477 pounds and netted $26.32. The prices paid ranged from $2 to 937. The sale was made in Winston-Salem, and the sale bill bears the name of Mr. A. P. Whitaker. who is well-known to the people of Elkin and vicinity. Judging from the amounts re ceived there was a wide range of quality, and also a considerable var iance in the prices. The average price was slightly less than 10 cents a pound.
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