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VOL. No. XXI No. 20
Yadkinville High Wins
From Jonesville Squad;
Retains Championship
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A THRILLING GAME
Two Jonesville Players
Land Berths On All
' Northwestern
PUT UP HARD FIGHT
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A slashing, hard-playing quintet
from Jonesville high school Monday
night made their bid for the basket
ball championship of Western
North Carolina, gaining in defeat
at the hands of a more experienced
' Yadkinville team, all the glory that
goes with giving your beat in the
# face of odds. The score was 31-22.
A dark horse In the tournament,
Jonesville survived a field of 38
entries from Northwestern North
Carolina to reach the finals, and al
though being nosed out in the end,
landed two men on the All-North
west team for 1932. Johnson, cen
ter, and Mcßride, guard, were the
men to land the cherished berthß.
Bowles, forward, also a Jonesville
man, was placed upon an all-star
roster made up of 13 outstanding
players.
Yadkinville High, 1931 Northwest
champions, put on one of the finest
battles of the season to retain their
championship for another year, re
ceiving a handsome silver trophy
awarded by the Winston-Salem
Journal and Sentinel, sponsors of
the tournament. •
The game was one grand battle
between two powerful basket ball
teams, Jonesville fought their
heads off in a vain effort to over
haul the early lead of the rangy
lads from Yadkinville and out
scored their opponents in a stirring
last-period rally, but could not
catch the flying champions.
The first period was a brilliant
shooting exhibition with Yadkinville
pulling out to a 10 to 7 lead Just
before the period ended. The sec
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BURY AGED ELKIN
MAN LAST FRIDAY
' Gideon J. Wellborn In
terred At Pleasant
Hill Cemetery
Funeral services were held Fri
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the home of Mrs. H. D. Transou, on
West Main street, for her father,
Gideon Jefferson Wellborn, 75, who
died at 4:30 o'clock Thursday morn
ing.
Mr. Wellborn was stricken about
ten days before his death with par
alysis, while on a visit to his broth
er, Monroe Wellborn, a few miles
east of Elkln, and after his death
his body was removed to the home
of Mrs. Transou, with whom he
had made his home since the pass
ing of his wife about four years
ago.
The deceased was one of the
most highly respected men of this
community. He was a member of
the W. O. W. and was beloved
among a host of friends.
Interment was in the family plot
In the cemetery at Pleasant Hill
church. The rites were in charge of
Rev. J. W. Bryant, pastor of the
church, Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pas
tor of the Elkin Baptist church, and
Rev. James L. Martin, pastor of the
Jonesvllle and East Elkin Baptist
churches. Active pallbearers were
Messrs. Edworth Harris, W. W.
Harris. C. A, McNeil, W. W. Whlt
aker, J. G. Ray and J. O. Bivins.
Honorary pallbearers were Messrs.
jB. Atkinson, R. Harris, tF. W.
Gfaham, T>. C. Martin, J. C. Dob
bins, Dr. B. E. Pnlllan: and Dr. R.
B. Harrell.
Surviving are three children,
Mrs. H. D. Transou, Mrs. W. W.
Cockerham and Walter Wellborn,
Rll of this city. Two brothers, Mon
roe Wellborn, of Little Richmond,
a A. Wellborn, of Arkansas, an a
one sister, Mrs. Julia Golden, 0 £
| Morganton, also survive.
Mr. Looia M. Nelson, ©' Nn Hh
Wllkesboro, was a businses visitor
In Elkin Wednesday.
Mrs. W. D. Poplin and son Roscoe,
■v of gtatasviUe, spent Wednesday
V hers, the guest of friends
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Jonesville Man Is
Struck By Hammer
Meant For Beef Cow
UtM-nln Wagoner, of Jonesville,
now knows how it feels to be a
cow In a slaughter house, and Is
recovering from a sever© blow
upon the head as a result of this
knowledge.
The accident occurred the first
part of the week when the ham
mer with which Woot Wagoner,
& brother, was preparing to kill
a beef cow suddenly slipped off
the handles striking Lincoln
Wagoner upon the temple with
terrific force.
The blow knocked the young
man unconscious and it was only
after an hour of feverish effort
that he was revived.
FOLLOW NEW TRAIL
IN KIDNAPING CASE
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Detectives Working On
What Is Thought
Important Clue
A lead In the two-week-old Lind
bergh kidnaping case, described as
"important enough to be taken seri
ously," was being tracked down
Wednesday by detectives as they in
vestigated the story of an old plot
to steal the famous flier's son.
The importance of the clue was
stressed by Joseph Fishman, deputy
commissioner of corrections of New
York city, after he had brought a
prisoner from the Tombs prison in
New York City to Jersey City to con
front two persons he charged with
being in on the plot.
The prisoner, who has been a
mysterious figure in the case for
days and was interviewed in the
Tombs by a confidential representa
tive of Col. Lindbergh last week,
was identified Wednesday as John
Smith when he left New York. It
was learned, however, his real name
is Charles Fitzgerald.
Present at the conference of Jer
sey City and Newark police officials
were William Gleason and a wom
an, identified as Mrs. Catherine
Danusek. They were taken into cus
tody for questioning Tuesday.
Fitzgerald's story is that he, Glea
son, Mrs. Danusek and two others
planned to kidnap the Lindbergh
boy months ago, that Mrs. Danusek
was to take care of the baby after
he had been abducted, but that he
(Fitzgerald) was arrested and jailed
before the plan materialized.
He was quoted as saying one "con
tact" had been made with Betty
Gow, the Lindbergh child's nurse
maid. .
State police at Hopewell, however,
a short time before had reiterated
an almost daily statement that "so
fa r nothing has been discovered that
would connect Betty Gow with this
crime." The state police said she
was remaining- on the Lindbergh es
tate voluntarily.
Paralysis Claims Aged
Surry Citizen Sunday
Funeral services wer e held Mon
day aternoon at two o'clock for
Tippet S. Bryant, 82, who died at
his home near Zephyr Sunday morn
ing following a serious illness of
two weeks from paralysis.
The deceased was one of the
oldest citizens of his community
where he had spent his entire life.
Surviving are several sons and
daughters.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
T. D. Draughn and interment was in
the family plot in the church ceme
tery.
Fire Destroys Home
Of Surry County Man
John H. Brown and family, who
reside nea. Zephyr, had the mis
fortune to lose their home by fire
the »srly part of this week. The
building was totally destroyed. The
flames, the orisin of which is un
known, had enveloped the -whole
building before the family awaken
ed and they barely escaped with
their lives, None of their furnish
ings or clothing were
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1932
Northwestern North Carolina Basket Ball Champions
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Photo shows the Yadkinville high school basket ball team which Monday night retained the champion
ship for Northwestern North Carolina for a second year by defeating the Jonewvill© high school squad in a
cleanly contested and brilliantly played game. Front row, left to'right— lt. Crater, Granflll, Kelly, A.
Crater and Mackle. Back row, left to right—R. H. Crater, principal; Hutches*, Davis, Banks, Ritchie, as
sistant coach; Hoi comb, Steelnuui and Hudspeth, coach.
—Photo courtesy Winston-Salem Journal
LYNCH DEUVERS AN
INSPIRING MESSAGE
Fourteen Members Rep
resent Elkin At Inter-
Club Meeting
Fourteen members of the Elkin
Kiwanis club were among the ap
proximately 200 Kiwanians who at
tended the inter-club meeting staged
Thursday night at the Robert E.
Lee hotel in Winston-Salem. Each
of the 12 clubs in the third division
of the Carolinas district was repre
sented.
The principal feature of the pro
gram was an address by James M.
Lynch, of Florence, S. C., past dis
trict governor, who issued a chal
lenge for Kiwanis to assume its
rightful place of leadership and
bring back a nation from "the des
pair of depression.
The address was a compelling
message for the groups to carry
back to their Individual clubs. It
was a message in which Mr. Lynch
appealed to the Kiwanians to rebuild
the morale of their community by
first rebuilding the morale cf their
club members and then go out into
the community to do something
worthwhile, something truly big; to
become a power to restore the
nation and the state and the com
munity back from it's moral and
spiritual bankruptcy.
The speaker declared that Ki
wanis had taken the lead in car
ing for the underprivileged child
and in vocational guidance. He de
clared'that Kiwanis, along with
every other organisation in Amer
ica, is now passing through a real
crises, the most trying time, per
haps, in American history.
The meeting opened with Louis
Stookey, of High Point, song direc
tor for the Carolinas district, direc
ting the crowd in a group of "pep"
songs, with Paul Pegram at the
piano. After these songs Dr. J. K.
Pepper, president of the local club,
called the meeting to order and
asked Rev. J. H. Fulghum of Moun
tain Park Institute, a member of
the Elkin club, for the invocation.
Immediately following the meal
John M. Brown, of the local club,
threw the fun part of the program
into the meeting by calling on a
number of visiting Kiwanians to
stand and make two-minute talks
on various topics such as "My Great
est Thrill/' My Greatest Ambition,"
and others.
Dr. Pepper presented Lawrence
Matton of High Point, lieutenant
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Dr. W. T. S. Culn To
Lecture At Theatre
The management of the Lyric
theatre has booked for Monday and
Tuesday, March 21-22, Dr. W. T. S.
Gulp, Plj.D., a speaker of national
renown, who will speak on the sub
ject, "Is Marriage Doomed,"
Due to the intimate nature of bis
discourse, matinees on both daye
will be for women only and the
night shows being for men exclusive
ly. Children under 16 years of age
will not b e admitted.
Dr. lecture will b« in ad
dition to the movie scheduled for
the two days.
March King Passes
wig
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John Philip Sousa, world-famous
band leader and composer of popu
lar march tunes, died suddenly at
the age of 77.
HOME AGENT AIDING
IN MILK WEEK MOVE
Will Feed Mice Upon
Milk And Coffee
Respectively
Miss Hazel Browne/ home demon
stration agent for Surry, is co-oper
ating this week in the state spon
sored milk - for-health movement
which got underway in Surry county
Monday and will end Saturday, by
giving instructions on preparing
various dishes which require a
large quantity of milk, and by as
sisting domestic science teachers in
the schools in their efforts to instill
into the minds of their pupils the
importance of the fluid.
The demonstration worker is also
aiding school children of the county
In making milk posters which will
be entered in a state-wide contest
which closes April 25. Attractive
prizes hav e been offered for the
best posters and also best essays
and rhymes submitted by school
Children regarding the imoprtance of
milk.
A novel plan whereby the value
of milk as a health food may be
forcibly demonstrated, has been
worked out. Miss Browne has se
cured two mice, presumably of the
same family and age, and these are
to be placed upon a milk and cof
fee diet respectively. The mice will
be placed upon display Saturday in
the window of the Surry Hardware
company, and will be weighed and
Checked for si?e at frequent inter
vals. It Is expected that the milk
fed mouse will quickly outgrow its
coffee-fed brother.
' Although the present week Is be
ing officially observed as milk week
in this county, the movwmeat does
not eome to an end until April 26,
It was pointed out. Governor O.
M«T Gardner is backing the mllk
for-health campaign.
To Conduct Services
At Galloway Memorial
Rev. EdwifF W. Hurst, of Mount
Airy, rector of the Galloway Me
morial charch here, will conduct
Services in the church on Friday
•renin* at 7:26. public Is
most cordially invited tu attend.
IWDE STABBED
UNAWARES, IS SAID
Youth Had Not Been
Drinking Night Of
Fatal Affray
According to interested parties in
the murder case in which Ernest
Mcßride, of near Jonesville, was
stabbed to death and Clement Chap
pell, Yadkin county youth, was re
cently sentenced to 25 years in the
state prison, Mcßride was not drink
ing at the time he received the
wound which resulted in his death
and there was no argument over a
walking cane alleged to have been
instrumental in causing the affray,
as was reported in The Tribune last
week.
The truth of the matter, it was
pointed out, wat that the stabbing
occurred because Chappell thought
Mcßride had reported a still he
(Chappell) was alleged to have
operated.
Chappell was said to have been
sleeping in a drunken stupor under
a piece of tin at a tobacco barn on
the place of Jim Wagoner the night
the fatal stabbing occurred. Wag
oner was said to have kicked the
tin and awakened Chappell, who en
raged, declared he would kill Wag
oner and chased him across a near
by creek with his pocket knife. He
was then said to have returned to
the spot where Ernest Mcßride was
standing. Upon reaching the spot
he was alleged to have accused
Mcßride of reporting his still, which
Mcßride denied.
Finally, to get the matter straight
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HOLD FUNERAL FOR
MRS. ALICE HAYES
Prominent Wilkes County Woman
Died Thursday Prom Paralysis
of the Brain
Mrs. Alice Cameline Hayes, 65,
wife of Brady Hayes, o? the Benham
[community of Wilkes county, passed
away at her home Thursday evening
after a fiv e hour illness from par
alysis of the brain. Mrs. Hayes'
death was a distinct shock to friends
and relatives as she was apparently
In hes usual health when she was
stricken and never # regained con
sciousness. s
The deceased was a daughter of
the Ist® •T* n,e * Elizabeth Lassi
ter of Wilkes county. She is sur
vived by her husband, a twin sister,
Mrs. Ellen of Orange
county, another sister, Mrs. Jane
Barker and one brother, John Las
siter, both of Benham, with the
following sons and daughters: Rov.
C. H. Hayes of Hartford, Delaware;
John Hayes of Delaware; J. L.
Hayes of Wyoming; Charlie B.
of Wilkesboro and Thomas
J. Hayes of Benham; Mrs. Sarah
Jane Hayes Nancs of Rusk and Mrs.
Rosan Smith, of State Road. Forty
five grandchildren ala 0 survive.
Funeral rites were held from the
Charily Methodist church where the
deceased had been a consistent
member 'or the P*st Httj years. The
services were In charge of Elders
Grant Cothren and McCann and
interment wis In the church ceme
tery. ... • ' . „ ■
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TIMES STEAL ONE
CAR AND ATTEMPT
THEFT OF ANOTHER
Also Pilfer Quantity 01
Gasoline On Monday
Night
NO TRACE OF AUTO
The theft of a Ford f coupe, the
attempted theft of a Ford touring
car, and the pilfering of seven gal
lons of gasoline from the tank of
a local automobile marked the ac
tivity of thieves here Monday night.'
The stolen eoupe, property of
Alan Browning, Jr., member of The
Tribune staff, was taken from his
home on West Main'street in West
Elkin, sometime between the hours
of midnight and daybreak Tuesday
morning. The touring car which
the thieves were unable to get away
with, was the property of J. A. Sale,
of North Elkin. Mr. Sale, upon
arising early Tuesday morning, -
found the machine had been pushed
about fifty feet from the garage.
The switch had been broken and an
attempt had been made t 0 wire it
so that the ignition could be turned
on. It was not known whether the
thieves had been unable to turn on
the ignition or had failed to get the
motor started due to the cold
weather.
The stolen gas was taken from
the automobile of Russell Powell,
having been syphoned from the
tank.
The theft of the Browning coupe
was reported to police early Tues
day but rib trace of the car or of
the thieves have been found. The
theory has been advanced that the
thefts and attempted theft may
have been the work of escaped con
victs who made their getaway from
a prison camp in Guilford county
Monday.
The stolen coupe was a model T
of rather ancient vintage. It had
recently been painted a dark green
and answered to the name of
"Calamity." The license number is
370-011.
OVER 4 THOUSAND
FARMERS IN SURRY
However, Number Own
ing Land Is Not
Known
Of the 4,324 farm operators in
this county, how many are actual
owners? Any way, each land owner
is due to report to his tax lister the
number of acres of each crop that
he will probably grow in 1932.
No, this is nothing new. It has
been being done since 1918. Most
counties are reporting these surveys
for practically all of their farms.
This is probably news to non-farm
owners. The Federal Farm Census
was secured from farm operators
(mostly tenants). Our county farm
survey is ask«d of the owners.
Which of these probably affords
the best information?.
More tban 200,000 farm owneru
made reports for each of 1929, 1930
and 193?. These showed acreages
that are amazingly good. The cost
of these surveys is extremely little
due to the commissioners using the
tax listing machinery. While con-'
sidtsrable inconvenience is experi
enced by those "waiting" to list
their taxables, yet the need and 7al
uc of this farm "Inventory" is too
great to the farming interests to be
overlooked.
Farmers should observe the fol
lowing: (1) List your taxes early.
(2) Be prepared to report each crop
and number of mature livestock.
(3) Go prepared to "wait" your
turn, if ycu go late in the day or on
Saturdays. (4) Read our next
week's issde for th§, reason WHY
these surveys are made.
To Present Play
The tenth grade of Mountain Park
Institute will present a play in the
Mountain Park auditorium on Sat
urday evening, March 26, at eight
o'clock. The title of the play is
"Listen to Leon" and is a farce
comedy in three acts. A small ad
mission fe« will be charged. Tl:®a
public is most cordially invited to
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Mr. M. A. Biggs spent th e latter
part of last week In New York City,