Kiwanians and County
To Finance Work of
Home Demonstration
OTHERWISE FINIS
Hazel Browne Points
Out Need Of Move
ment In Surry
f
COMMITTEE NAMED
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Tie Elkin Kiwanls club in weekly
meeting Friday noon at Hotel
Elkin, guaranteed to furnish half
the funds to carry on the work of
the home demonstration agent In
Surry county for the month of April*
following assurance by Alex Chat
ham, member of the county board
of commissioners, that the county
would furnish the remaining half.
Meanwhile plans are going forward
for the Kiwanls club and county to
taka equal shares in financing the
work for the remaining three
months until governmental aid Is
again forthcoming.
The dilemma the
work is in was brought TO the club's
attention by Miss Hasel Browne,
home demonstration worker. Due
to a curtailment of state funds,
which automatically cuts off fed
era; aid, the work will be discon
tinued unless it is backed by some
organization. Therefore the funds
for another month only were guar
anteed to keep the work going
while ways and means were being
worked out to finance It the re
maining three months.
Mr. Chatham, while assuring
the club that the county would pay
its share for another month, could
not definately state that it would
be able to ba6k the work for the
entire period, although he was
practically sure it would. Tge Ki
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WIRING INSPECTOR
HMUST GET 50° TRIP
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Fathers Pass Ordi
nance Charging For
Inspection
At a recent meeting of the town
commissioners an ordinance was
passed, to be effective at once, re
* quiring every firm, individual or
corporation that has electric wiring
or to having wiring done in any
capacity whatsoever, to pay the town
electrical inspector BO cents o r each
awl yvtry inspection. An addition
sreents must be paid or each and
©very inspection trip by the Inspec
tor, caused by the electricians be
ing negligent In doing their work
\ accordlng«|o the national electric
code.
The fee wfll be charged on all!
wire entrances and net over three
outlets, the ordinance says, and if
more than one entrance and three
mitUjff are instilled in any one
bulling, a fee of $1 must be paid
and every Inspection. An additional
fee for any extra trips.
The ordinance also states that the
power company nor any other in
dividual shall turn the current on
an/ wiring in any building before
the inspector has approved of the
job. The Inspector also has the
right to condemn any wiring Job un
tfl the work is done as near as
practical to the national electric
code, and his fee paid or guaranteed.
$7,560 Paid Out
Here For Poultry
HSizie. ' t&Bi
Over 97,560 lu» been paid out
in Elkin during the past aeven
flay* by two local produce bonaes
to poaltry ndaers wdioSi
of more thai*
AO,OOO pounds of that
have gone to northern markets tc
meet the holiday demand,
far* fitalce thiwft
shipments were F, A. Brendle &
Son and Cash & Carry Ttodnee
company. Each concern has made
huge shipments to the north dur
ing *J»e juurf week. gHllim
rvr ord?o& mM pwttitry
mMi livestock wc
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Newest Rose |
Bemor Holm, Olympic swimming
champion, is showing the new
"Olympiad" rose, exhibited for the
first time at the International Flow
er Show in New York.
ALLRED i/ECLINES
RE-ELECTION HERE
School Superintendent
Fails To Submit Ap- ,
plication
J. H. Allred, who has served as
superintendent of the Elkin high
school for the past seven years, will
not head the school during the next
school year, it was learned from Mr.
AUred Wednesday. Just who is to
succeed him has not been decided
although the school board has sev
eral men in mind, C. Q. Armfield,
chairman of the board, said Wed
nesday afternoon.
Professor Allred did not submit
his application for re-election, and
it is not known whether he will
take a school elsewhere or engage
in business. He . has several pro
jects in view, it was said.
The line-up of teachers for next
year was not completed by the board
at their last meeting, Mr. Armfield
said, and probably will not be com
pleted until a new superintendent
has been elected.
Ronda Man Hurt
In Free For All
David Hamby, of near Ronda,
emerged from what is described as
a fist, club and jtone battle In which
several were Implicated In the vicini
ty of Ronda on Sunday afternoon,
with a seriously distorted counte
nance and two eyes many times
their natnrtfl aise. Hamby, who
came to Hugh Chatham Memorial
hospital for an examination and
treatment for his numerous wounds,
this morning, relates a thrilling
story of the treatment accorded him
by the Hawkins brothers pf that
vicinity, whose first names were not
mentioned, but Who, he alleges
stoned him into unconsciousness
then tossed him onto a brush heap,
where he found himself when he
regained his senses.
Republicans To Hold||
Meeting' Here Saturday
A meeting of republican voters of
Elkin township has been called to
meet in recorder's courtroom over
the Elkin National Bank, Saturday,
April at 4 o'clock. It has been jua~
nounced.
jj The purpose of the meeting is to
elaet .apie gates to a county conven
tion which will be held April 9, at
1 olcjock at Dobson.
Benham School To
Present Play Friday
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A comedy-drama, "A Fortunate
ELKIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932
ALLEGHANY FARMER
COMMITS SUICIDE
BY HANGING SELF
Allen Moxley, 84, Said
To Have Been Des
pondent Over Health
AT OLD HOME PLAGE
Despondent on account of' ill
health, loneliness and threatened
blindness, Allen Moxley, 84, well
known citisen of Alleghapy county,
committed suicide Monday by hang
ing himself on the porch of hiß
former home near Vox, ten miles
northeast of Sparta.
The suicide was committed about
10 o'clock in the morning, the aged
man, who since the death of biß
wife about 20 years ago and the
marriage of his children hiii lived
alone, slipping away over to Jhe
crude log cabin that had once been
his home but is now unoccupied, to
commit the deed.
The body was found beforejioon
by a son as it hung lifeless from a
beam on the front porch. Evidently
an old butcher knife had been used
to cut a portion of rope from an
old fashioned cord bedstead which
remained as a part of the ancient
furnishings of the bous9.
Coroner W. M. Roberts, of Sparta,
was summoned to the scene and an
nounced It a plain case of suicide,
holding that an inquest was un
necessary.
Some years ago the suicide, who
was a veteran of the Civil War, di
vided his farm and his cash posses
sions among his children after an
attempt had been made to rob him,
it was said. Surviving members of
the faintly include two sons and a
daughter. Funeral arrangements
have not been learued.
AGED FARMER IS
BURIED MONDAY
J. Klmber Cocker ham Died Sunday
From A Complication of Diseases
Attendant Upon Old Age
Funeral services were held from
the home of Mrs. Joe Thompson,
near Zephyr, on Monday afternoon
for J. Kimber Cockerham, 86, who
died on Sunday morning from a
three weeks' illness of a complica
tion of diseases due to his advanced
age. He had been critically ill for
the past several days and his death
was not unexpected.
Mr. Cockerham was a Civil War
veteran and a highly respected and
farmer.of his communi
ty.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
Denney and Interment followed in
the family graveyard.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Ida
Cockerham and the' following sons
and daughters: E. T. Cockerham
of Winston-Salem, Mrs. W. L.
Hanes of State* Road, Mrs. Emma
Tucker of Sanford, Mrs. Joe Thomp
son, Elmer Cockerham and Miss
Pearl Cockerham,* all of Zephyr. Si*
grandchildren and several great
grandchildren also survive.
To Observe Holiday
The Bank of Elkin will transact
no business Monday in observance
of Easter and the Elkin National
Bank will also be closed for the day,
it was said Wednesday.
Hold York Without Bond
In Mt. Airy Taxi Murder
Clark York, 32, of Mount Airy,
charged with the murtter of Jim
Burrus, 42, Mount Airy taxi-driver,
was ordered held in Surry county
'Jail at Dobson without bond to
await trial at the next term of Sur
ry criminal court, following a pre
liminary hearing Thursday in Mount
; Airy before Magistrate M. B. Moore.
Virginia Holder, 18, of Mount Airy,
and Jeeee Buff, of Reidsville, ware
also ordered held under bonde of
ss ss&terisl wft *!««»« Unable
to furnish hond, they too, were con
fined in iall.".
Burrus disappeared on February
morning oi { jMareh 3 hie body wmm
Oldest and Youngest Congressmen
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, Representative Gilbert it. Haugent of lowa, 78, who has served p
84 yean in the House of Representative*, welcomes Representative
Carlton Mobley of Georgia, who has Just reached the legal Congres
sional age of 85. . S
"BABY BONDS" ARE
RECEIVED IN ELKIN
Reconstruction Certifi
cates Backed By U.
S. Government
The Bank of Elkin has received
a SUPPLY at u.z- STEJUC States Treas
ury certificates issued fcr the pur
pose of affording investors safe se
curities and at the same time pro
vide a practicable means of bringing
hoarded money into general circula
tion.
The "baby bonds," as they have
been called, draw interest at 2 per
cent, and are redeemable at the end
of 60 days. Issuance of the bonds
is authorised under the Reconstruc
tion Finance bill recently passed by
congress to stabilize the financial
structure of the country and aid
business in a return to normalcy.
While an interest rate of 2 per
cent, may not appeal to investors
as a very profitable return on funds
invested, the government bonds are
entirely safe, being backed by the
United States government. And the
person who so invests his funds has
the satisfaction of knowing that he
Is buying safe securities and at the
same time is.helping his country to
ward economic' recovery. Hence,
the purchase of such bonds is in the
nature of a patriotic act.
The bonds may b* purchased
through the Bank of £lkin, cash
being the sole basis of payment. The
money invested in these bonds will
remain in this territory for local
use, it is understood.
Miss Lillard Elected
President of C. A.
Miss Carolyn Lillard, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Mason Lillard, of this
city, has received a signal honor at
College, Charlotte,
where she Is a member of the Jun
ior Class in her election as presi
dent of the Students' Christian As
sociation.
vestigsHon Buff was held for
questioning several days later.
At the preliminary hearing Buff
and Miss Holder testified that on
the night of February 26, York bor
rowed a pistol from Buff. Miss
Holder identified the bloody pistol
found near Burrus* body as the pls>
tol York had borrowed. Hufr also
identified the weapon as his own.
W lr. Joyce, of, East Bead testi
fied to finding a pistol about a
from the place where Burrue*
was found. He said the gun he
found had a splintered handle and
that there was blood and one hu
man hair on itPS^H
Dr. E. R. Smith, county coroner,
told of finding Burrus* £Se
testified that the skull was broken
in six places and '.he revolver iden
tfce broken place* s
opinion the TV
Barker Orders Capias
To Be Served On All
Who Owe Local Court
A capias has been issued at the
order of Judgu Harry H. Barker,
for every person In the Jurisdic
tion of the Sakin recorder's couf
who owes court fines or court
costs, or any part thereof, it was
' learned Wednesday front Robey
clerk of recorder's court.
Accora;ag to Mr. iiates, there
are numerous persons who have
been released with the under
standing that they were to pay
their fine or costs at a certain
date, and then failed to do so.
The capias to be served will mean
that thf roust either pay what is
due at the time of serving or else
be put under arrest and brought
here for commitment papers and
then Jailed.
BLOCKADER SHOOTS
AT WILKES SQUIRE
Destroy Big Steam Dis
tillery and 2,000 Gal
lons of Beer
Magistrate Durham, of Traphill,
and Deputy Sheriff W. B. Hall had
ik narrow e»cape from possible death
last Sunday While making a raid up
on a large Bteam distillery when
one of the men at the still, evidently
acting .as watchman for bis com
panions, fired a shotgun at them,
the charge kicking up the dirt near
Mr. Durham's feet.
The still, which was in full blast
when Mr. Durham and the officer
approached, was located in an open
field, and the man with the gun was
standing some distance away from
it. After shooting at the raiders,
who returned his fire, he made his
getaway, as did the workmen about
the distillery.
Approximately 2,000 gallons of
beer was found at the still together
with three gallons of whisky, Sheriff
Hall reported. He also stated that
the men who were operating It were
recognized and that their aore.lt will
probably follow ut an early date.
Another still, it which was found
about 300 gallons of beer, was des
troyed In the Traphiil section of
Wilkes Monday by Deputy Sheriff
Hall. No one was about the still
when the raid was made.
To Give Wilkes Man ; :
Hearing For Murder
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A preliminary hearing on a charge
of murder will be given. Foster
Smith, of Gordon, a surburb of
North WUkeaboro, Friday afternoon
at 2 o'clock before Magistrate T.
M. Crysel. Smith is alleged to
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According to officers thw argu
ment whSc'i ied to the fatality was
tirouK?>t about when Smith's
ter ran hit by a rock which was
i iseirs by iither Brer, or hie broth -
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tion of ^ I Behavior
For Two Years
LOVELAOEAPPEALS
Found guilty of the theft of a
number of chickens, Ralph McCofn
and Ed Collins, local bo>« who ara
yet in their teens, were given sus
pended sentences J o£ 90 days to the
road each fcy Judge Harry H. Bark
er in recorder's court Tnesday morn
ing. The sentences were nups
pended for a period of two yaars
provided the. boys report to the
court every 90 days to sfcaw good
behavior and upon condition that- -
they pay the court costs and for the
chickens.
The lads were arrestees several
weeks ago by Night Policeman J, L.
Darnell, who trailed then from the
roost from which they took the
chickens, with bloodhounda. They
were apprehended at a local produce
house.
Horley Lovelace, local barber, was
given a suspended sentence of «1
days to the roads following a ver
dict of guilty as to a worthless ||
check charge. The sentence was
suspended upon condition that he
pay the cost of the court and the
amount of the check. Lovelace en
tered notice of appeal and bond was
set at 1200.
Howard Robinette, of Wilkes
county, pleaded gnllty to a charge
of possession and transportation for
the purpose of sale, was sentenced
to* 61 days on the'roads. Dunk
Vestal, charged with possession, was
fined $lO and the costs but was
Jailed for 30 rtiiya when he wag un
able to pay it.
Carmel Shepherd, found gnllty of
public drunkenness, was fined $5.00
and the costs. A. E. Ellis, guilty of
operating a car with improper ex
haust. was released upon payment
of the costs.
JOHN A. MULAN
BURIED TUESDAY
Was Father of Mrs. W.
A. Shores, Prominent
Local Woman
John A. McMillan, 80, father of
Mrs. W. Ax Shores, of this city,
passed away suddenly at his home
at Mouth of Wilson, Virginia, Sun
day. Mr. McMillan had been in de
clining health for a number of years
but his death was a distinct shock.
He was stricken with paralysis,
from which he never rallied.
Funeral services were he'd Tues
day from the home in Mouth of
Wilson, in charge of Rev. Thompson
and interment was in the family
cemetery.
Surviving are the following sons
and daughters: Mrs. W. A. Shores
of this city, Mrs. John C. Halsey of
Piney Creek, ?. C. McMillan or
Pennsylvania, Ed McMillan of Ne
braska, R. B. McMillan of Sparta,
Mrs. O. M. Carson of Leavenworth,
Washington and Mrs. A. M. Gentry
of Pomeroy, Washington.
The deceased was one of the be t
known men in his ftection of "Vir
ginia and was well known h«ra,
having visited at different time* in
the home of his daughter.
Harrell Is Elected To
Board Of Directors
Dr. R. B. Harrell, of firkin, was
elected to the board of directors of
the Elkin-Jonemville Buiidiug &
Loan Association at the monthly
meeting held Monday, ft was learned
Wednesday from C. G.
Or. Harreli uuevteda jjjT- - ----M
who resigned following his racen
retirement from business.
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