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VOL. No. XXI No. 22
Walter R. Seliaff, of Granite Falls
School, Named As Superintendent
Here; Has Not Officially Accepted
IS COMPETENT MAN
Here Wednesday Night
For Conference With
School Board
MANY APPLICANTS
Walter R. Schaff, for the past
six years superintendent of the pub
lic schools at Granite Falls, has
been accepted by the local school
board to head the Elkin graded
school next year, it was learned
from C. G. Armfield, chairman, fol
lowing a meeting of the board
Monday night.
Mr. Schaff was notified by wire
Tuesday of the acceptance of his ap
plication, and although he had not
officially accepted the position when
The Tribune went to press, he
stated to a Tribune reporter by
telephone Tuesday evening that in
■o far as he knew then he would
accept. Mr. Schaff also stated that
he would arrive in Elkin late Wed
nesday evening for a conference with
the school board following which
he would give his decision.
During his stay at Granite Falls,
Mr. Schaff has built the school on
a par with many schools thrice the
site of Granite Falls, and he had
been highly recommended to the
local board. His previous teaching
experience was in the Catawba coun
tyxschool system. He was graduated
from Lenoir Rhyne college at Hick
ory and completed post graduate
work at the University of North
Carolina. For Beveral summers he
has taught at Lenoir Rhyne and
Catawba colleges.
A large number of applications
for the chair, va
cant following the resignation of J.
H. Allred, who has headed the
school for the past seven years,
ware considered by the board.
REWARD OF S2OO IS
OFFERED FOR WILES
Alleged To Have Shot
And Killed Wilkes
Constable
Everett Wiles, alleged slayer of
Calvin N. Wyatt, constable of Wilkes
county, was declared an outlaw Fri
day afternoon and a reward of S2OO
offered for his capture dead or
alive.
Although officers have been hunt
ing for hifi constantly since the
killing of Wyatt Thursday, there has
been no report of his whereabouts.
The. Wilkes county board of com
missioners met Monday morning and
fixed the reward offered by the
county at SIOO. The state also of
fers SIOO, making a total reward of
S2OO.
Earlier Report
Calvin N. Wyatt, a constable and
well-known citizen of Wilkes coun
ty, was shot to death at the home
of Everett Wiles, in the Richardson
Ridge section last Thursday after
noon about 2:30 o'clock. Wiles was
alleged to have done the shooting.
Funeral services were conducted
at Harmony Baptist church Bunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Wyatt was said to have gone to
the home of Wiles, together with
several other officers, to search for
an automobile motor that had beon
stolen. Upon reaching the place,
several men were there and one was
said to have had a half-gallon of
whisky. While Wyatt's companions
were in pursuit of this man, Wiles
was alleged to have pulled a pistol
and shot Wyatt.
Mrs. Sallie Groce Dies
After Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Sallie Groce, 66, died at her
homo iu Yadkin county early Satur
day morning, following a lengthy
illness.
Funeral rites were held Sunday
from Swaim's church in Yadkin
county, in charge of Rev. lsom
Vestal. Interment was in .the
church cemetery.
The deceased is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. C. R. Shaw, two
sisters and one brother.
$1,847.00 Is Allocated To
Hugh Chaiham
A total of $1,847 has been
allocated to the Hugh Chatham hos
pital here, and $1,541 to the Roar
ing Gap hospital, it was announced
Tuesday by the trustees of the Duke
Endowment following a meeting in
Charlotte.
The amount of money allocated is
based upon the number of days of
treatment of patients unable to pay
during the past year, a dollar being
given for each, day of treatment per
patient. Although Ihe local hospi
tal has not been open for a year,
records show that a total of 1,847
days of free treatment have been
given.
Total allocation of $681,230.60,
of which the amount received here
is a part, to 92 hospitals and 45
County Commencement To
Get Under Way Saturday
At Dobson; Full Program
County Tax Sale to
Be Held On June 1;
Penalty Announced
John D. Thompson, sheriff of
Surry county, has warned all tax
payers of an additional penalty
which goes into effect tomorrow
(Friday). After that date the
penalty will be three per cent, of
the tax bill. The sheriff has al
so called attention to the coming
bufd sale for all unpaid taxes.
Last year the legislature extended
the time for the sale to Decem
ber Ist, but the law applied on
that year only and the sale this
year will have to be hold on the
first Monday in June. This will
require advertlsment of lands by
May Ist for all unpaid taxes.
FIRE DOES SLIGHT
DAMAGE SATURDAY
Flames Of Unknown
Origin At Home of
A. O. Bryan
Fire of undertermined origin
damaged the home of A. O. Bryan
on West Main street Saturday nighi
about 10 o'clock, apparently origi
nating upon an inclosed porch at the
rear and spreading to the garret.
The family had just retired when
the odor of smoke warned that
something was burning and an in
vestigation disclosed the latticework
on the back porch In flames. A call
was Immediately turned in to the
fine department but before the
truck reached the scene Mr. Bryan
succeeded in checking the flames.
However, smoke continued to roll
from air vents under the roof after
the flames had been extinguished
on the porch, and the fear that the
fire had spread to the attic was
goon fact when flames began to jutt
from under the eaves directly over
the damaged porch. They were
quickly subdued, however, by use of
chemicals.
It was at first thought that
shorted electric wires were respon
sible for the blase, but electricians
declared that this was not the fact.
Mr. Bryan, while fighting the
flames before the arrival of the
truck, received slight burns about
the arms and forehead.
Call Meeting Of
Bank Depositors
A meeting of the depositors of the
Elkin National Bank has been called
for Saturday, April 2, at 1 o'clock
In the recorder's courtroom, for the
purpose of planning an organization
of the depositors. Robert H. Mc-
Neill, Washington, D. C., attorney,
has accepted an Invitation to be
present.
ELKIN, Ne Ce, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1932
orphan homes and child placing
agencies in the two Carolinas, was
divided into two parts of which
nearly a half-million to hospi
tals, it was said.
The appropriations were made in
accord with the provisions of the
endowment which was established
several years ago by the late J. B.
Duke, power and tobacco, magnate.
The funds allocated to the local
hospital come at a milch needed
time, the hospital having been con
siderably handicapped by poor col
lections due to present economic
conditions. For a number of weeks
country produce has been accepted
in payment of hospital fees in an
effort to help the farmers meet their
obligations in cases where they did
not have the money.
FOR RURAL SCHOOLS
Various Phases of High
School Work At Later
Dates In April
TO AWARD PRIZES
Commencement exercises of the
rural high schools and grammar
schools of Surry county will get un
der way Saturday at Dobson and
continue with the various phases of
high school work at different
schools at later dates in April.
The schedule of the high school
exercises call for recitation and
declamation contests at Mountain
Park Institute on Friday,- April 8;
the musical contests for glee clubs,
quartets and individual pupils at
Franklin high school on Friday,
April 15; the second annual high
school track meet at Dobson high
school on Saturday, April 23.
An all day program is scheduled
for the grammar grade exercises at
Dobßon Saturday, which are to be
gin strictly at 10 o'clock, and will
include various scholastic contests
and a track meet for all \ pupils up
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Large Delegation To
Attend District Meet
A large delegation from Surry,
Wilkes, and Yadkin counties will
attend the third annual district
meeting of the home demonstration
clubs in Winston-Salem, April 7, it
was learned Wednesday from Miss
Hazel Browne, home demonstrator
for the three counties mentioned.
Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, state
demonstration agent, and Mrs. Cor
nelia C. Morris, district home agent,
will be the principal speakers on an
unusually interesting program that
has been arranged.
Watch Out For Tomorrow;
It Is April Fools' Day
Tomorrow, April 1, 1932, will see
empty pocketbooks attached to
pieces of string, laying upon side
walks as well as being carried
around in pooples' pockets, as the
spirit of All . Fool's Day prevails
throughout the civilized world.
Children will play tricks npon their
elders, elders will play tricks upon
their children, and "April Fool!"
will ring out at least a million or
more times.
The strange custom of making
fools on April 1 by sending people
upon errands and expeditions which
end In disappointment, and raise a
laugh at the expense of the person
sent, prevails throughout Europe as
well as in America. It has been
connected with the miracle plays of
BLANKET STEALERS
FINED S4O AND THE
COSTS BY RECORDER
Also Placed Under Sus
• pended Sentence of 4
Months to Roads
OTHER CASES TRIED
Floyd Chappell, Phippsy Knox and
Milton L. Morris, three young men
who gave their home as High Point,
were fined S4O each and the costs
and placed under suspended sen
tences of four months to the roads
when tried in recorder's court Tues
day on a charge of the theft of 18
pairs of unfinished blankets from
the Chatham Manufacturing com
pany, of this city. The sentences
were suspended for a period of two
years.
The three men were arrested in
Winston-Salem about' 6:15 o'clock
Friday morning after a chase by lo
cal officers almost to that city. Ac
cording to evidence, they were in
the blanket mill Frdlay morning
about closing time when one of them
cut the blankets from a loom. Car
rying them to their car, they were
said to have immediately headed out
the Mount Airy highway when they
were seen by an employe who gave
chase aB far as Pilot Mountain. A
telephone call to Winston-Salem and
a description of the car resulted in
their arrest when they approached
that city.
It was testified during the trial
that Morris was drunk. Chappell
stated that they had been in the
mill looking around, and then had
gone back to the car when they
missed Morris. Upon going back to
looft for him, they met him coming
out of the plant with the blankets
in his arms. He told them he had
bought the blankets, it was said.
Bill Buchannan, charged with
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JONES VILLE-DOBSON
SQUADS TO TANGLE
i
Crack Basketball Teams
Of Twe Counties
Meet Tonight
A basketball game which promises
a full measure of thrills for those
who love the sport, will be staged
at McNeer's warehouse here tonight
(Thursday), at 8 o'clock, when the
crack Jonesville five, runners-up in
the recent Journal and,. Sentinel
northwestern basketball tournament
engage a county champion team in
form of a quintet from Dobßon. The
game 1b being sponsored by the local
post of the American Legicfa.
Jonesville was barely nosed out
of the championship of Northwest
ern North Carolina by a more ex
perienced team from Yadkinville
two weeks ago, while Dobson has
swept away all county competition
to mount the Surry tSrpne. Both
teams are top notchers and the
game tonight is expected to be stiff
and close. A nominal admittance
charge will be made.
Bury Infant Daughter
Of Jonesville Family
Tytle Nelson, two and one-half
months old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Nelson, died suddenly Mon
da-" > morning about four o'clock at
the home of her parents, in Jones
ville. The Infant is survived by
its parents and its paternal grand
father, John Nelson, of this city.
the middle ages, in which the
Saviour was represented as having
been sent, at this period of the year,
from Annas to Calaphas and from
Pilate to Herod.
In France the party fOQled is
called un-po4sson d'avril. or an
"April fish."
Some of the most approved tricks
employed by jokesters on Anrtl
Fools' Day include placing a brick
In a paper sack ad bait for some un
suspecting toe; leaving an enpty
wallet lying upon the pavement;
sending friends upon fake errands
of having them make fictitious
phone calls, and a multitude of
other pranks designed to bring
about the discomfiture of the "vic
tim".
Youth Skates In Path
of Automobile Monday,
Receiving Fatal Injury
Brazil's Loveliest
Senorlta Did! Calllet, elected
"Queen of Students" of Brazil, in
her costume at the Mardi Gras car
nival at Rio de Janeiro.
MISS MARY GWYN, 84,
IS BURIED MONDAY
Prominent Ronda Wom
an Died At Local
Hospital Sunday
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon from the All Saints Epis
copal church in Ronda, for Miss
Mary Gwyn, 84, who paßsed away
at the Hugh Chatham Memorial hos
pital in this city on Sunday morn
ing at nine o'clock. Mlsb Gwyn had
been in declining health for the past
year, but her death was a distinct
shock, coming just as she was pre
paring to return to her home from
the hospital, where she had been a
patient for several days.
Her brother, W. A. Gwyn, who
had also been a patient In the hos
pital, was preparing to leave at the
same time and the ambulance was
on the hospital grounds when the
summons came.'
The deceased was a member of
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REPUBLICANS WILL
ELECT DELEGATES
To Meet In Dobson Saturday, April
O, at 1 o'clock For That Pur
pose and For Other Business
The Republicans of Surry county
have been called to meet in conven
tion at Dobson, Saturday, April 9,
at 1 o'clock, for the purpose of elec
ting delegates alternates to the
State Convention which assembles
in the city of Charlotte on April
14th, and also elect delegates to
other conventions yet to be called
and to elect the county 'chairman
and executive committee and to
transact such other business that
may come before the convention.
The chairmen of the various voting
precincts will call their precinct
meetings to be held at their respec
tive voting places, on Saturday,
April 2nd, to select delegates and
alternates to the county convention.
Tlfe townships or precincts are en
titled to the number of delegates
named below: Bryan 8; Dobson
12; Eldora 9; Elkin 12; Franklin
6; Long Hill 4; Marsh 4; Mt. Airy
No. 1. 11, No. 2, 8/no. 3, 10, No.
4, 8, No. 6, S; Pilot Mountain 8;
Rock ford 6; Shoals 2; Siloam 3;
Stewart's Creek 6; Westfleld 18.
Singfng Class to Close
The singing classes which have
been In progress at the East Elkin
Baptist church, under the direction
of Rev. W. V. Brown, will close
Saturday Bight of this week. There
win be a special program for the
closing sarriee and the
moat cordially Invited to attend.
Western Carolina's
Leading Weekly
Newspaper |
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DIED IN HOSPITAL
Winston Man, Driver of
Car, Held To Be
Blameless
FRACTURED SKULL
•
Struck by an automobile driven
by C. A. Langley, of Winston-Salem,
as he was skating on the highway
south of Jonesville, about 2 o'clock
Monday afternoon, Raymer Mathis,-
15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Everett of near Jonesville,
received injuries which resulted in
his death at Hugh Chatham hospital
early Tuesday morning.
The accident occurred on a curve,
•and waa declared to have been un
avoidable, the youngster skating in
to the path of the machine. Lang
ley picked the injured youth up and
rushed him to the local hospital
immediately after the mishap oc
curred, rendering every possible as
sistance. An examination disclosed
a serious fracture of the skull and
concussion of the brain. An oper
ation was resorted to in an effort
to save the boy's life, but the in-
Jury was beyond the power of sur
gical aid.
Langley, a member of the Com
pany G, National Guards baseball
team which played the Chatham
mill team here Monday afternoon,
was en route here for the game
when his machine struck the child.
Funeral services wer e held Wed
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the Jonesville Methodist church.
Rev. C. A. Morrison, of Lenoir,
former pastor, officiating. Inter
ment was in the Jonesville cemetety.
Surviving are the parents, Ev
erett Mathls and Mrs. Paye Evans
Mathis, one younger brother, and
tw,o little sisters, J. 8., Faye
Marie and Susie Mathls. The grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Evans
and Rev. Bradley Mathig, of Jones
ville, also survive.
FRANK D. GRIST TO
MAKE SPEECH HERE
Huge Sum to Come to
Surry And Yadkin,
Candidate Says
Frank D. Grist, a World War
veteran and candidate for the demo
cratic nomination to the United
States senate, who will speak In
Elkin Saturday evening at 8 o'clock
at the high school auditorium, says:
The ex-service men of North Caro
lina would receive $38,804,179.24
if the soldiers bonus was paid in
full. Ex-service men living lu the
following counties, would receive:.
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Junior Class To Give
Play On April Eighth
The Junior Class of Elkin High
School will present the annual clasa
play in the school auditorium on
Friday evening, April 8, at eight
o'clock. The play is a romantic
comedy, "Farm Folks", and the cast
has been well chosen. The public is
most cordially invited to attend.
Circulate Petition
For New Route From
Wilkesboro to Elkin
A petition in the hands of J.
B. Church, of Roaring River, was
being circulated in North Wilkes
boro Monday requesting a survey
and construction of a state high
way from North Wilkesboro be
ginning at the east end of the
city at the bridge spanning the
Yadkin river and leading to Elk-
In by way of Roaring River and
Honda.
The petition is to be presented
to the state highway commiMdon
after all possible signers have
been obtained. The proposed new
rocte la "for the reason that in
going the way outlined above the
state will have the most direct
route and a considerable shorter
route serving more people."