THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUP AS THE BEST NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD
Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXI, No. 52
PETITION IS FILED
IN FEDERAL COURT
RELATIVE TO NOTES
Represents Appr ox i -
mately 60 Per Cent of
Bank Deposits
HEARING OCT. 29TH
A petition representing approxi
mately 60 per cent, of the total de
posits of the Elkin National Bank
has been filed with the district court
of the United States lor the middle
district of North Carolina, relative
to the settlement sf notes said to
be due the bank by members of the
Chatham family and others. A hear
ing upon the matter has been ad
vertised for Saturday, October 29,
in the federal courtroom at Greens
boro.
W. H. Spradlin, receiver for the
local bank, has gone into the mat
ter of responsibility and the proba
bilities of collecting the notes made
by the Chatham interests. He has
recommended that the court accept
payment of $37,418.54 by the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company in set
tlement. The Chatham Manufac
turing Company and Thurmond
Chatham have agreed, according to
the petition, to pay 116,000 in cash,
and the balance in equal amounts
at the end of one, two and three
years.
Security for the remainder would
be the $31,352.59 on deposit with
the Elkin National Bank. The set
tlement, as recommended, also con
tains the stipulation that no suits
would be brought against the bond
ing company except upon default of
payment by the manufacturing com
pany or Thurmond Chatham.
In his petition for settlement, Mr.
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PLAN OPEN HOUSE
AT NURSES' HOME
* _ ——
Everyone Invited To
Visit And Inspect
New Building
- On Monday evening, October 31,
Dr. and Mrs. Harry L. Johnson and
the staff of nurses at Hugh Chat
ham Memorial hospital will hold
open house at the new nurses' home
and residence of Dr. Johnson. The
entertaining hours are from eight
until ten o'clock and everyone has
a cordial invitation to visit and in
spect the building. The affair will
be in the nature of a "house-warm
ing" and anyone desiring to make
a gift to the home is requested to
bring a book for the nurses library.
The building is complete in every
detail, each nurse has a separate
room, which is attractively furn
ished iwith maple .bedroom furni
ture especially for the home by
Elkin Furniture company of this
city. The lower floor has a beauti
fully furnished living room and li
brary, in addition to several bed
rooms.
Dr. and Mrs. Johnaon and the
nurses are now living la their new
home and cordially invite the citi
zens of the town and surrounding
community to visit them on the
date set for the house-warming.
Kirby Positively Will
Make Talk Here Friday
Dallas C. Kirby, independent-
Democratic candidate for Congress
from the fifth district, scheduled to
speak here last Friday night and
again Tuesday night, will positively
address the voters in the Elkin
school auditorium Friday night,
October 28, at which time a discus
sion of the bonus payment will take
place.
Due to court proceedirigs in Dan
bury last Friday Mr. Kirby was
forced to cancel his speech here on
that date, but was scheduled to j
speak Tuesday. However, due to
a misunderstanding which resulted
In only a few learning that he was
to appear here Tuesday, the speech
was put off until tomorrow night,
October 28, at 7:45 o'clock.
Saturday Last Day
Saturday marks the last day in
which to register for the presidential
election, the books to be closed Sat
urday evening. It is urged that all
who have not reglstreed do so be
fore that day. The books will be
at McNeer's Warehouse Saturday
sad at the .Elkin Bottling Company
prior to that date.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Finances of Town of Elkin Are In
Fair Condition, Johnson States
After Looking Over Copy of Audit
In Final Drive For Votes
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Two very informal pictures of the presidential candidates, President
Hoover and Franklin I>. Roosevelt, as they started; on theirt final drive to
win votes for the Republican and Democratic tickets. Mr. Rooeevelt made
a short address to approximately 10,000 people at Raleigh Tuesday*, as his
special train passed through the state on its way to Baltimore where he
delivered a major address Tuesday night.
rwo ARE INJURED
IN TWIN ACaPENT
Hit - And - Run Driver
Flees From Scene Af
ter Hitting Child
Irene Garris, 10-year-old daughter
of McKinley Garris, of Jonesville, is
recovering from a fracture of the
right leg and severe bruises as the
result of an accident Thursday in
which she was struck by an auto
mobile on the south side of the
highway near Hugh Chatham bridge.
Mrs. Pinkney Barnett, also of
Jonesville, has been confined to her
home with painful bruises due to
being struck by a car almost at the
same time and place as the Garris
child.
Mrs. Barnett was said to have been
hit when she stepped into the path
of a machine driven by James Chap
pell. While Chappell was halting
to render aid, the Garris child, walk
ing along the road near the injured
woman, was hit and dragged some
distance by a car bearing a West
Virginia license plate and occupied
by Negroes.
The Negroes were said to have
sped on through Elkin as far as
State Road and then to have taken
a side road. After taking the injured
to the local hospital, Chappell and
T. H. Knight, service station man
who witnessed the double accident,
took up the chase of the Negroes,
but lost the trail at State Road.
Mrs. Barnett was dismissed from
the hospital after receiving first aid
treatment, while an examination
disclosed the Garris child to have
received a compound fracture of the
leg.
The accident was pronounced un
avoidable on the part of Chappell.
Number Of Speeches To
Be Delivered In Yadkin
With the election bux a short few
days off, Hon. Jeter M. Blackburn,
Republican candidate for state
senate, will speak at Sat
urday, November 5 as he wiLds.up
the campaign in Yadkin co&aty.
Prior to that date, he will speak at
Colrtney, November 2.
Hon. Hobart Morton, assistant dis
trict attorney, will speak at East
Bend November 3 and at Boonville
November 4, it has been announced
by Wade Reavis, chairman of the
Yadkin county Republican executivj
committee.
Mrs. R. h. Church and daughter
Miss Ola Church, returned the lat
ter part of the week from a ten-
Says' visit to their daughter and
sister, Mrs. Robert Smith, at hei
home in Washington, D. C.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1932
Woman's Club Names
Todav And Tomorrow
• CBton-UjfDaj' a Here
Today and tomorrow, October
27th and 28th, have been set
aside by the Civics department of
the Woman's Club as "Clean-Up
and Fire Prevention Days". It
is urged that all citizens of the
town combine their efforts to
make this a successful endeavor.
For the past several months fires
have been prevalent in Elkin and
this can be remedied to a great
extent by cleaning all fire haz
ards, such as garrets, store rooms,
rubbish and debris from the prem
ises, both at residences and places
of business. This cleaning will
also have a desirable result In
the appearance of the town.
In conjunction with fire pre
vention week, the city schools will
have a fire drill.
The garbage trucks are placed
at the disposal of the citizens on
these two days to remove all rub
bish as soon as it is piled in con
venient places.
10,000 BRAVE RAIN
TO SEE ROOSEVELT
Presidential Nominee
Makes Brief Talk
At Raleigh
Ten thousand people stood in a
drizzling rain at Raleigh Tuesday to
greet Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt, Democratic presidential nomi
nee, as his special train paused for
15 minutes opposite the fair grounds
in its journey from Atlanta to Bal
timore.
As Roosevelt appeared on the
platform of the observation car, he
was introduced aB "the next presi
dent of the United States" by Gov
ernor O. Max Gardner. '
As the crowJ. cheered, Roosevelt
stepped forward and bogan to
speak.
He said that he had been receiv
ing "a great reception" on his
tours, which have covered 36 states,
not only from Democrats but from
"thinking Republicans who are sat
istted the United States will not re
tun to prosperity under Republican
leadership." He predicted that the
Democratic party will sweep the na
tion In the coming election.
The efr.ire faculty of the city
schools spent Friday and Saturday
In Greensbcno, where they attended
i a meeting of tie northwesf district
• of the North .Cvollna Teachers as
sociation.
BOOKS ARE OKEH
Elkin-Alleghany Bonds
Also Said In Fair
Shape
TO PUBLISH AUDIT
By M. Tt. DUNNAGAN
Raleigh, Oct. 25.—While the fi
nances of the Town of Elkin cannot
be said to be in better than "fair
condition", probably as good as
those of the average North Caro
lina town, or possibly better, the
moneys handled by the town treas
urer, Alex Chatham, Jr., appear to
have been fully accounted for,
Charles M. Johnson, director of Lo
cal Government, said today, after
looking over a copy of the audit
made by Geo. G. Scott & Co., Char
lotte, covering operations from Nov.
1, 1929, to June 30, 1932.
The same comment was made on
the audit by the same firm of the
Elkin & Alleghany Railroad bond
fund of Elkin township, of which
Mr. Chatham was also treasurer.
While on the face of the audit,
the town of Elkin has a credit bal
ance of $8,660.43, it will be neces
sary to wait until some items listed
as assets are realized upon, and the
extent to which they are realized up
on will show the condition of the
finances of the town, Mr. Johnson
said. -
The recording system used in the
treasurer's office was not satisfac
tory and numbers of errors, such
as crediting taxes paid to street as
sessments, and vice-versa, the audit
pointed out, reporting that hoAks
"tma IU ire oei up in proper loriiW^
fore the audit could be made satis
factorily.
Listed as liabilities of the town,
totaling $36,701.98, are these items:
interest in default, $3,053.75; UOnds
in default, $32,000; unpaid expen
ses, $502.29, and notes payable sl,-
127.94.
The assets, the actual book value
of which, tor operating purposes,
was $50,300.44, which include the
following: in Elkin National Bank
(closed) $4,481.01; accounts re
ceivable, $578.94; notes receivable,
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BATTLE
HARMONY FRIDAY
Played Spotty Game To
Lose 12-0 In Wilkes
boro Last Week
The Elkin high school "Buckin
Elks" face Harmony in a return
game at Harmony Friday afternoon
and will be out for revenge for a
26-0 licking administered when the
two teams met here a couple of
weeks ago.
To djite Elkin has not crossed a
goal line, although favored to score
on Wilkesboro at Wilkesboro last
Friday. However, old man Jinx
seemed to have slipped up on the
local aggregation causing them to
give a rather shoddy football per
formance which allowed their op
ponents a 12-0 win.
Credit must be given where credit
is due, and to Alex Chatham, with
out a doubt the fastest man on the
local team, goes the glory of making
one of the prettiest runs of the
present season. Returning Wilkes
boro's kick-off the youngster sped
through the outstretched arms of
his opponents and had Just about
reached the clear when he stumbled
on the soft sod and fell.
It may have been stage fright
due to the fact that it was their
first game away from home, or the
soft field, but anyway Elkin proved
disappointing to local rooters. The
"Buckin Elks" failed to give the
performance that has characterized
their former games.
Elkin will again meet Wilkesboro
on November 11, the game to be
played here.
SUCCEEDS DR. ANDERSON
Raleigh, Oct. 85.—Dr. Julian
W. Ashby, who ha* been-II years
associated with the state hospital
in Raleigh, was today chosen sup
erintendent to succeed Dr. Albert
Anderson, who died Sunday morn
ing, October 16.
Ladies Please Note
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Ann Tar and a posed for this new
Non-Partisan bob, the new coiffure
for fall and winter shown at the
national beauty show in New York.
On the left side the hair is curled
"down" for the loser; on the right
"up" for the winner.
SUIT FOR SIO,OOO
SERVED ON NEAVES
Alleged to Have Humil
iated D. C. Martin In
Grocery Store
Complaint and summons were
served on W. A. Neaves, superin
tendent of the Chatham Manufac
turing company, Saturday by Dep
uty Sheriff iij v tfef
the result of alleged public humilia
tion and verbal assault on Martin
several weeks ago. Five thousand
dollars actual and $6,000 punitive
damages are sought.
Neaves was placed under bond
approximately a week ago in connec
tion with the same case, Mr. Mar
tin's attorneys having had bail and
arrest papers served upon him at
that time. However, due to irreg
ularities the clerk of superior court
ordered the papers withdrawn the
day upon which they were served.
The complaint, as served upon
Mr. Neaves Saturday, alleged that
the defendant Invited Martin into
an Elkin grocery store where he
was subjected to questioning con
cerning Martin's activities in
spreading alleged rumors about
the Chatham interests and also
subjected to abuse and cursing.
Attorneys for Mr. Neaves stated
Wednesday morning that they will
lodge a motion to dismiss the sec
ond suit, also upon the grounds of
irregularities.
NEW OFFICERS ARE
EECTED BY CLUB
H. F. Laf f oon to Succeed
H. P. Graham As
President
H. F. Laffoon, publisher of The
Elkin Tribune, was elected presi
dent of the local Kiwanis club Fri
day night during the club luncheon
iat Hotel Elkin, to succeed H. P.
Graham, whose term of office ex
pires at the end of the year. Mr.
Laffoon has served as vice-presi
dent during the present year.
Tom Roth was elected as vice
president of the club while J. H.
Beeson, cashier of the Bank of El
kin, was again named as Treas
urer.
The board of directors for 1933
will be made up of J. G. Akins, A.
O. Bryan, Charlie Brewer, H. T.
Brown, Dr. R. B. Harrell, W. D.
Holcomb, George E. Royall, Walter
R. Schaff and H. P. Graham. Mr.
Graham, as outgoing president, au
tomatically becomes a director. The
new officers will be installed the
first of the year.
Plans for the club to entertain
the school facnlty were also made
Friday night, it being decided to
have the teachers as guests at the
luncheon tomorrow evening.
Mrs. W. E. Jones and children,
Adeline, Margaret and W. E. Jr.,
left Saturday for North Wilkesboro
to join Mr Jones, where they will
make their future home.
Elkin— Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
FUNERAL FOR MRS.
WILLIAM D. POPLIN
HELD HERE SUNDAY
Former Elkin Woman
Passes Away In States
ville Hospital
MANY AT SERVICES ,
Mrs. Ellen Trlplett Poplin, 43,
wife of William D. Poplin, of States
ville and formerly of this city,
passed away at a Statesville hospi
tal at 2 o'clock Saturday morning
following a surgical operation which
she had undergone Thursday. She
had been ill only a few days prior
to the operation.
The deceased was a native of
Wilkes county and a daughter of
the late Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Trlp
lett. Up until about two years ago
the family had lived in this city
and they have many friends here
who were saddened at her sudden
passing. Mrs. Poplin was a member
of the Methodist church and active
in the work of the church and Wom
an's Missionary Society.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, one son, Roscoe Poplin,
and two daughters, Misses Vera and
Doris Poplin; one sister, Mrs. J. G.
Gilliam, of Sparta and one brother,
Chester Triplett, of Long Beach,
California and several half-brothers
and sisters.
Brief funeral services were held
in Statesville Sunday afternoon at
1 o'clock and the funeral proper
was held from the Methodist church
in this city at 2:30 o'clock. Inter
ment was in Hollywood cemetery.
The services were in charge of Rev.
L. B. Abernethy, pastor of the Meth
odist church in this city, assisted by
Rev. Smathers, of Statesville.
The beautiful floral offering and
the throng of people who attended
the last rites were evidence of the
affection in which the deceaesd was
held.
Pallbearers were: Hugh Royall,
G. Abernethy, all of this city.
LATE ITEMS OF
INTEREST FROM
NATIONAL NEWS
EXPECT VICTORY
Raleigh, Oct. 25.—Franklin D.
Roosevelt's triumphant train,
which split North Carolina wide
open as did A 1 Smith's four years
ago and at almost exactly the same
distance from the election, lacked
nearly all the wild enthusiasm;
that followed the "happy warrior"
hut on the Smith special nobody
believed that Smith would be
elected; on Roosevelt's nobody be
lieved it possible to beat him."
INVALID SENT TO PRISON
Wilmington, Oct. 25. —Bland
Williford, 50, » 200-pound farmer
of Nine Mile, Onslow county, who
for five years hw been an Invalid
unable to walk a step, almost deaf
and paralyzed on one side of his
| face, was found guilty on a charge
i of violating the prohibition law
' in federal court here today and
sentenced to three years In At
lanta penitentiary.
SPEAKS AT BALTIMORE
Baltimore, Oct. 25.—1n the
final campaign address of his
swing through the middle west
and south. Governor Roosevelt de
clared here tonight he is waging
a war "against the four horsemen
of the preslht Republican leader
ship, the horsemen of destruction,
delay, deceit and despair."
TO SPEAK FRIDAY
Washington, Oct. 25. With
election day but two weeks off.
President Hoover today decided
upon a swift political journey to
Indianapolis for a speech Friday
night before carrying his cam
paign into New Jersey and New
York early next week.
BRIGHTER OUTLOOK
Washington, Oct. 25.—An in
crease in industrial activity, fac- ;;
tory employment, payroll totals
and railroad commodity ship
ments from" August to September
was reported today by the federal
reserve board in its monthly rer
view of business and financial con
ditions,
Mrs. J. L. Hoiton and daughters,
, Misses Geneva, Annie and Ruth, at
, Greensboro, were the Sunday guests
» of the former's sister, Mrs. W. E.
I Bohannon, at her home on Elk