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PAYMENT OF BONUS
WOULD MEAN LARGE
AMOUNT FOR SURRY
$486,527.76 Would Be
Paid Out In This
County Alone
SOLDIERS WANT IT
v World War veterans of North
Carolina will receive
if conf«es« votes for immediate pay
meat Of the adjusted compensation
certificates. Of this amount $486,-
527.76 would come to Surry county.
Wilkes would get $422,622.88, Yad
kin $220,442.40 and Alleghany $87,-
956.64.
Legion posts all oyer the state
recently met to the bonus
and in practically flPfcxstances the
ex-service men voted*%r immediate
payment of the certificates,'which
do not come due until 1945. In
some instances National Commander
Henry L. Stevens has been bitterly
criticized for his stand in opposing
payment while in other instances he
has been praised for his willingness
to fight for the non-payment action
taken by the legion at the annual
convention held in Detroit last sum
mer.
Surry ex-service men have voted
overwhelmingly for immediate pay
ment, the George Cray Post settling
the matter without a dissenting
vote.
WORK UNDERWAY ON
SOIL MAP OF SURRY
To Show Various Soils
To Be Found In
This County
A map of Surry county, which
will show the many different kinds
of soil, is being made hy W. A.
Davis, -representing the North Caro
lina experiment station and bureau
of chemistry and soil, and the
United States department of agri
culture, assisted by E. F. Golston,
it was learned Wednesday.
The two men in charge of the
work have completed half of the
map, having spent the last six
months in Mt. Airy. They will be
stationed here until fall when it is
expected the project will be com
pleted.
In addition t 0 showing the various
soils to be found in Surry, the map
will also show all roads, railroads,
streams, houses, churches and
schools, it was said.
The object of the work, which is
sponsored by the N. C. experiment
bureau and U. S. Department of
Agriculture, is to get the different
types of soil plotted and located as
an assistance to agricultural activi
ties. Crops beat suited for various
. soils, will be reported and the grade
of fertilizer that will also work
best.
Several hundred maps are to be
printed and sent to Surry county
for free distribution. Maps and
crop reports will also be available
from the s£ate experiment station
and the government department of
agriculture.
COMMENCEMENT AT
COPELAND SCHOOL
Eighth Annual Commencement To
Begin On Sunday, May 1; A
Successful Term
The eighth commencement ex
ercise of the Copeland school will
begin on Sunday, May 1, when Rev.
J. W. McFall, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church in Mt. Airy will
deliver the commencement sermon.
On Tuesday evening, May 3, the
grimmer grades will present a var
ied program. The class day exercises
ar« scheduled for Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock.
On Friday evening. Attorney Earl
C. «ames, of Elkin, will deliver the
litenry address to the senior class.
A three-act comedy, "Her Step-
Hustand", will be presented by the
Senlr class on Saturday evening,
whif will be the concluding pro
gran of the event.
Ttoj has been one of the most suc
cessfi terms of the school. An ac
tive arent-tSacher association has
been >rganized, with a total mem
bershi of more than three hundred.
Mrand Mrs. B. E. DeHoff, of
Balttbre, Md., are spending several
days >re, attending to business
mstt« and to attend the graduation
of thf daughter, Miss Maxine Web
ber, fm the local high school,
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Superior Court Grinds
Out Minor Cases First
Three Days of Session
Republican Keynoter
Senator L. J. Dickinson of lowa,
has been chosen temporary chair
man of 'i the Republican National
Convention and will make the key
note speech.
MT. AIRY DISTRICT
CONFERENCE MEETS
Session Here Sunday
Attended By Many
Pastors
The Mount Airy district confer
ence, embracing Watauga, Ashe,
Wilkes, Alleghany, Surry, Stokes,
Yadkin and Rockinghan\ counties,
met in annual session in the Metho
dist church in this city Sunday af
ternoon, with approximately two
hundred pastors and lay-delegates
in attendance.
The meeting Sunday afternoon
was devoted to the reports of the
pastors of the district.
Sunday evening Rev. W. H. Wiles
of Spray, delivered a most inspiring
sermon, choosing as his text, "Fol
low Thou Me," which was the last
commandment of Jesus given to the
disciples. At the cpnclusion of the
sermon the sacrament of the Lord's
Supper was administered.
The Monday morning session con
vened at 8:30 and reports were
given for the schools, children's
home and hospital board. License
for the thirty-two preachers in the
district were renewed. Three new
ministers were also licensed to
preach. They were John Triplett,
Jr., and Edwin Boles of Jonesville
and M. H. Watson of Spray.
At the noon hour a bountiful
luncheon was served to the dele
gates by the women of the church.
The closing session on Monday
afternoon was devoted to routine'
business and the election of dele
gates to the annual State conference
to meet in Winston-Salem in No
vember. Two of the sixteen dele
gates elected were from the local
church. They were W. S. Reich
and Dr. J. G. Abernethy.
Rev. W. E. Poovey, of Mount
Airy, presiding Elder for this dis
trict, presided ove r the meeting.
NEW MEMBERS ARE
WELCOMED BY CLUB
Graduating Class to be
Kiwanis Luncheon
Guest Friday
W. D. Halfacre, superintendent of
the North Wilkesboro school, was
guest speaker at la'st Friday's lunch
eon, at which time the seven new
members wh 0 have recently joined
the Kiwanis club, wer© given official
Welcome.
Mr. Halfacre, who was substitu
ting for Henry Reynolds, also of
North Wilkesboro, gave a very in
teresting talk in which he pointed
out the alms and ideals of the or
ganization, and outlined a portion
of its history.
The new members of the club are
E. W. McDaniel, Albert S taers,
Henry Dobson, Charlie Calhc %, J.
W. Crawford, Jones Holo.omh «nd
G. H. Wilson.
As has been the custom for a
number of years an Invitation was
extended the graduating class of
high school to be the guest of the
club at this Friday's luncheon.
Miss Ophelia returned Tues
day from an e*te**»led visit to rela
tives in Oxford and Henderson.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1932
200 CASE DOCKET
True Bill of Murder
Returned Against
Clarke York
FRAZIER IS PUT OFF
The calling of the report docket
and an assortment of minor cases
occupied the time up until Wednes
day evening, of officials of the crimi
nal term of superior court which got
under way at Dobson Monday be
for Judge W. F. Harding, of Char
lotte.
The calling of the report docket
consumed practically the entire ses
sion Monday, there being but one
action begun that day. In this case
Thad Stanley, charged with fahte
pretense, was found not guilty.
Of the five murder cases on the
docket, none had been reached
when court took recess Wednesday
afternoon. A true bill of first de
gree murder, however, was returned
Tuesday by the grand jury against
Clarke York, Mount Airy man, who
is alleged to have beaten to death
Jim Burrus, also a citizen of Mount
Airy, February 26. Trial of his case
has been set for May 2, and a special
venire of 100 men will be summoned
from which to select the jury.
The first formal charge of mur
der was laid against Burrus by a
coroner's jury which met imme
diately after the body of the dead
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FORM SUBORDINATE
GRANGE IN YADKIN
Rural Citizens of Coun
ty Choose Boonville
As Headquarters
A subordinate Grange has been
organized at Boonville with forty
one charter members and the people
of that section are showing great
interest in the program of the pa
trons of husbandry.
W. F. Strupe, master of the For
syth Pomona and a national deputy,
who has been actively engaged in
promoting Grange affairs in Forsyth,
was called to Boonville by a group
of rural citizens. The sentiment
was such that Mr. Strupe found
more than the required number of
charter members for the initial
meeting. The next meeting will be
held Friday night, April 30th, which
will see the installation of officers.
This meeting will be open to the
public.
J. R. Master was elected master;
Billy Speer, overseer; L. F. Amburn,
lecturer; Albert Speer, steward;
Sherman Spainhour, assistant stew
ard; J, P. Davis, chaplain; Roy
Reece, Treasurer; T. S. Hobson, sec
retary; Arthur Matthews, gatekeep
er; Miss Edna Bray, ceres; Mrs.
Arthur Matthews, Pomona; Mrs.
Catherine Myers, flora, and Mrs.
S. Speer, lady assistant steward.
SUNDAY SCHOOLS
HOLD MEETING
Rockford Township Sunday School
Association Addressed Sunday
By E. C. James, of Elkin
The 29th annual session of the
Rockford Township Interdenomina
tional Sunday School Aasociation
was held at the Copeland Baptist
church on Sunday, April 24ih.
The following township Sunday
schools rendered programs: Cope
land, Level Cross, Double Creek,
Stony Knoll and Rockford Baptist
church.
In the afternoon Attorney E. C.
James, of Elkin, spoke on the
moral and spiritual power of the
Sunday school in the community.
Mr. James showed that when the
teachings of Jesus are practiced in
a community the problems of law
and order are few.
The convention elected Prof. Ar
thur Graham president, W. Y. Dav
enport vice-president, L. W. Cook
secretary, and James Snow assistant
secretary for the coming year.
The convention will hold its next
session at the Rockford Baptist
nhurch, at Rockford. on th e fourth
Sunday in April, 1933.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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The massive monument beneath which lies the remains of one of
America's war heroes whose name nobody knows has just been completed
in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia, in sighth of the Nation's
capital.
Appoint Chief of Police
Official Distributor of
Elkin Charity Supplies
Surry Men To Serve
On Federal Jury In
Winston-Salem May 2
The following citizens of Surry
county have been drawn for jury
duty at the next session of federal
court in Winston-Salem, which
gets underway May 2:
J. W. Badgett, Mount Airy; J.
I>. Powers, Blkin; Walter Collins,
Klkin; R. C. Golden, Mount Airy;
Grady Emerson, Dobson; C. O.
Reece, Klkin; Will Harrison,
Rusk; J. H. Sieving, Dobson; Roy
C. Shelton, Mount Airy; Wade
McCormick, Mount Airy; Ervin
WHinoth, Mount Airy, and J. O.
Bivlns, Elkin.
Other jurors have been sum
moned from Forsyth, Stokes and
Yadkin counties.
RECORDER DISPOSES
OF BUM CHECK CASE
State Road Man Given
Suspended Sentence
to Roads
Six cases, ranging from worthless
checks to traffic violations, faced
Judge Harry H. Barker in recorder's
court here Tuesday morning.
A. M. Andrews, young man of
State Road, was given a suspended
sentence of 61 days to the roads
following his conviction on a bounc
ing check charge. The sentence was
suspended provided he pay the
amount of the check and the court
costs. Andrews entered notice of
appeal and was bound over to su
perior court under S2OO bond.
D. E. Hayes, also charged with
giving a worthless check saw a nol
pros with leave taken in his case.
Judgment was suspended in the
case of Ralph Triplett, local young
man, on a charge of violating a traf
fic law, while Paul Armstrong, con
victed of operating a car without
brakes was required to pay the
court costs. Judgment was sus
pended.
C. A. Luffman and Marshall Tay
lor, both charged with operating a
car with improper license, were re
leased upon payment of the
costs.
DEATH CLAIMS MRS.
MAMIE WELLBORN
Funeral Rites Conducted Saturday
Prom State Road • Church By
Rev. Baxter Murray
Mrs. Mamie Norman Wellborn
passed away at her home at S*ate
Road Friday following a brief ill
ness. Funeral rites were conducted
Saturday from the State Road ehtirch
in charge of Rev. Baxter Murray
and Ford Cothren.
The deceased was a daughter of
James Norman, of Mountain Park.
Surviving is her husband, Curry
Wellborn, two children:
and C. ; C. Jr. One sister, Mrs. Zoeta
Walls; three half-sisters: Misses
Bertha, Verlie and Ruth Norman,
all of Mountain Park, and her fath
er.
BOARD HOLDS MEET
Plans Charities Store-
Room In National
Bank Building
DRIVE FOR FUNDS
W. G. Church, Elkin chief of po
lice, was appointed as official food
and clothing distributor of the local
associated charities following a
meeting of the charity board here
Monday night, it was learned Tues
day from W. M. Allen, chairman.
Chief Church, from now on, will
be the man those in search of aid
must see, Mr. Allen said, and will
have full charge of distributing any
supplies the association may have
on hand. Although not definitely
decided upon, the storeroom in
which the supplies will be kept will
probably be in the Elkin National
Bank building instead of in Mr.
Allen's law building as heretofore.
A report given to the board at
the Monday night meeting disclosed
that the association has operated
since the first of the year upon a
total of 127.60 in money, together
with what food, clothing, etc., has
been donated t 0 it by local citizens.
Among this food was 1,000 pounds
of sugar captured at a still and con
tributed by Ray Brandon, federal
prohibition officer, of Jonesville.
It was decided to stage a drive for
funds, the campaign to run this
week and next, inasmuch as the
association is now out of practically
everything. However, a shipment of
6.400 pounds of flour, ground from
government owned wheat, is expec
ted to arrive any date. This supply
of flour is a 90 day's quota. It
was mentioned during the course of
the meeting that although the flour
is badly needed and will be of great
help, Elkin and Uonesville needy
cannot very well subsist on flour
alone, neither is it a fitting article
of wear.
E. O. Alen, who since the first of
the year has donated his entire time
to the distribution of the associa
tion's stock at no cost whatsoever to
the organization, is leaving for
California May 1.
LOCAL WOMAN TO
PRESENT PROGRAM
la Chairman of Citizenship Depart
ment of Woman's Club; To
Hold State Meet
Mrs. James Wiseman of thlß city, >
State Chairman of the American
Cltieenship department of the Feder- |
atlon of Women's Clubs, will present
a program on Wednesday of next
week when the State Federation
meets lq Winston-Salem for a two
day session. ,
The program will be presented at
1:30 fn the afternoon, and Mrs.
Wiseman will preside. The invoca
tion will be offered by Mrs. Richard
Chatham of this city. Speakers for
the afternoon will be Mrs. E. L. Mc- j
Kee of Sylvia, and 9frß. E. M. Land
>of Statesville, both past president
of the Federation.
Mrs. George Wilson of this city. ,
will sing several songs, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Albort Bryan, •
also of Elkin.
A good representation from the
local club is expected to attend the
mooting.
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Western Carolina's
Leading Weekly
Newspaper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR J. B. 3IVINS
ARE HELD SUNDAY
Weil-Known Local Man
Died Following Long
Period of Illness
WAS CONTRACTOR
Funeral rites were held Sunday
afternoon at 1:30 o'clock for Jaraea
Breckenridge Bivlns, 65, from the
home on Surry Avenue. The death
of Mr. Bivins followed a serious Ill
ness of many months, from which
repeated hospital treatments and
operations brought only temporary
relief.
The deceased had mad e his home
in Elkin for raore than thirty years
and during that time had served
the town in various different
capacities. He was the pioneer
plumbing contractor of the town
and was engaged in this business
at the time of his death. He also
served the town as policeman short
ly after its incorporation.
Following the funeral services,
which were in charge of Rev. L. B.
Abernethy, the remains were inter
red in Hollywood cemetery. A large
concourse of friends and relatives
from nearby towns attended the ser
vices.
The beautiful and profuse floral
offerings were silent testimony of
the esteem in which the deceased
was held.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Mary Chatham Bivins, one daughter,
Mrs. J. A. Carpenter, Jr.; four sons,
J. 0., W. E., and Frank Bivins, all
of this city, and Capt. H. Albert
Bivins of the United States Air
Forces, Dayton, Ohio. Six grand
childrsn, three brothers, W. S.
Bivinn of Greensboro; W. h. and
Fred Bt'/ins of Mocksvilje, and one
sister, Mrs. Jane Daniels of Coolee
mee, also survive.
Pallbearers were: Messrs. W. W.
Whitaker, Worth Gray, W. W. Har
ris, W. S. Reieh, Morgan Hanks, R.
L. Harris and F. M. Norman.
CYCLONE MACK IS
TO ADDRESS CLUBS
Jonesville Evangelistic
Body To Be Host to
Statesville Club
The Jonesville Evangelistic club,
organized by Cyclone Mack during
hiß series of revival services here
some months ago, is to act as host
to the Statesville Evangelistic club,
also organized under the guidance
of Cyclone Mack, at the Jonesville
Methodist church Sunday afternoon
and night.
Cyclone Mack and Rev. C. A. Mor
rison, of Lenoir, former pastor of
the Jonesville M. E. Church, will
both be here for the occasion, Cy
clone to speak at 3 o'clock Sunday
evening and Rev. Mr. Morrison at
8 o'clock.
Immediately after the address;
of Cyclone Mack a musical program
featuring the E)k)n Male quartet, a
chorus of eight voices, duets and
piano solos, will follow.
At 5.30 a picnic supper will be
served to members of the two clubs.
At 7 o'clock will come a pep meet
ing. Although the general public
is invited to attend the two speak
ings, the supper and pep meeting'
will be limited to members of the
clubs alone.
The Jonesville club, since Its or
ganization, has been very active,
having held services in the majority
of the country churches in this
vicinity.
Mrs. W. C. Fields, of Mouth-of-
Wilson, Virginia, is the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. E. P. at her
home on Church street.
Town Tax List Is In
Hands uf Publishers
The delinquent tax list of the
town of Klkln, required by law
to be published each yw. has
been turned orer to The Tribune
for publication next week, by J.
G. iliipiiuui, utx collector.
Those who have not paid their
laat year's town taxes and whose
property Is to be advertised for
sale, are urged to call at the tax
collector's office In the Green
wood hfcilrfiug aitd pay their taxes
before publication date if they do
not wish their names to be in
cluded. The list contains approx
imately 800 names.