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CHRISTMAS
EDITION
VOL. No. XXII, No. 5
Grand Jury Will Probe
Alleged Election Fraud
of the June 4 Primary
RECORDS OF RECENT
INVESTIGATION ARE
IN HIGGINS' HANDS
Attorney - General De
clines to Discuss Con
tents of Affidavits
JURY MEETS DEC. 5
The Surry county grand jury,
• which convenes for a special term
of court at Dobson Monday, will be
given the entire records and trans
cripts for the investigation by attor
ney-General Brummitt of election ir
regularities charges in the June 4
primary.
At the present date no indict
ments have been ordered and no
official predictions as to grand jury
action has been obtained.
Declining to discuss the case or to
reveal the contents of the affidavits,
Mr. Brummit stated only that all
records have been *arned over to
Solicitor Carlisle Higgins and that
the case now rests entirely in his
bands.
There h#r, been no term of Surry
super!"" 'court since the records
given to Solicitor Higgins.
An investigation of charges of
fraudulent issues of absentee voters
certificates and the counting of such
irregular votes was conducted at the
request of the campaign manager for
R. T. Fountain, Democratic candi
date for Governor.
FORMER YADKIN MAN
JS HOME ON VISIT
Dr. and Mrs. Reid Hol
comb, of Missouri,
. Visit Relatives
Dr. and Mrs. Reid Holcomb of
Oak Grove, Missouri, are on an ex
tended visit to Dr. Holcomb'a broth
er, Lee Holcomb, at Center, Yadkin
county.
Dr. Holcomb, who is a native of
Yadkin county, has attained much
prominence in his adopted state,
having served four terms in the
Missouri legislature and was speak
er pro tem fof the house and made
the Bpeech seconding the nomina
tion of Senator James A. Reed when
he was first elected to the United
States Senate.
Dr. Holcomb is a present member
of the board of election commis
sioners of Jackson county, the
county in which Kansas City is lo
cated, Oak Grove being about thirty
miles distant. During his residence
in Oak Grove, Dr. Holcomb has
practiced hig profession as dentißt.
Funeral For Infant
Funeral services were held Mon
day at Flat Top church, in this coun
ty. for James Sammie Cockerham,
nine-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alex Cockerham, who died Sunday
from a brief Mllness of pneumonia
and «hooping cough. Mr. and Mrs.
Cocketham are residents of the
Mountain Park community.
THfemKIN TRIBUNE
Red Cross Christmas
Seal Campaign Is To
Start Here Dec. 7th
| The double - barred
cross will be raised
again on December 7,
■■■ l for its seasonal blessing
to the safferers of tu
berculosis. The red sig
nal nutrks the annual of
fering of "Christmas
Seals" for financing a fight
again t the most expensive di
sease for 1i community or an in
dividual to combat after it is
developed. For twenty-five years
this tiny seal has waged a
courageous crusade and statistics
prove that it has been effective.
The public is urged to buy these
seals as liberally as possible to
continue the work in this com
munity.
According to Mrs. K. P. Mc-
Neer, chairman of the sale of
seals here, the campaign will open
Wednesday morning, December 7,
and continue until Christmas Eve.
COMPLETE PORTION
OF NEW HIGHWAY 67
New Route Makes Elkin
And Winston - Salem
Only 36 Miles Apart
The Forsyth county end of the
new Elkin to Winston-Salem high
way, to be known as route 67, has
been completed and is open to travel
but it will be some time before the
Yadkin county end will be ready for
traffic because of weather condi
tions.
The contractor has finished sur
face treating the road with asphalt
as far as the Yadkin river, coming
toward Elkin, and has moved his
equipment across the river. He will
rush work there as rapidly as the
weather will permit.
In announcing the completion of
the Forsyth end it was it
would be one of the finest and fast
est highways in the state when the
entire project is finished. There is
not a curve in the road between
Boonville and East Bend, and be
tween East Bend and Winston-Salem
the curves are so slight as not to
slow down the speed of an automo
bile.
The new highway brings Winston-
Salem nine miles closer to Elkin, the
distance being cut down that much.
"But the fact the driving time may
be speeded up much faster than on
the old road, it is In reality more
than nine miles shorter way to the
Surry county city". It was said.
The old road between Winston-
Salem and Elkin is 46 miles in
length and the new one is but 36
miles In actual measuring distance.
THREE ARE FINED
BY LOCAL JUDGE
Whisky Offenders And
Pistol Toter Are
Made To Pay
Cromy Rhodes and Roy Bates,
facing Recorder Harry H. Barker
Tuesday morning on a charge of pos
session of five gallons of whisky,
where found guilty and Bates fined
$lO and the costs pfes a suspended
sentence of four months to the
roads. The sentence was suspended
for a period of years upon con
dition that the defendant is of good
behavior during that length of time.
Judgment was suspended i n
Rhodes' case until the first Tuesday
in Januapr, at which time Judge
Barker will pass sentence.
Harvey Macemore, found guilty of
carrying a concealed weapon; in
form of a pistol, was fined SSO and
the costs and given • suspended sen
tence of 61 days in Jail.
Bub Price, charged with illegal
possession of one-half gallon of
whisky, was fined $lO and the costs.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1932
Elkin Merchants Open 1932 Christmas
Season With Large and Varied Stocks
That Will Solve Every Gift Problem
Finest Screen Actress
IHjk. . |
HE L V' J
Helen Hayes, through her per
formance in "flieTSn of Madelon
Claudct" has been acclaimed the
finest screen actress of 1032 by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Science. v
Will Mail Pension
Checks; No Need To
Make Trip To Dobson
Confederate veteran pension
checks, heretofore delivered per
sonally by the Surry county clerk
of superior court, will be mailed
out this year, it has been an
nounced, making it unneccessary
for those on the pension list to
make a trip to Dobson to receive
them.
The checks will be ready for
distribution about December 10,
and will be mailed immediately
they are received from Raleigh.
FORM ORGANIZATION
Mnrfreesboro, -Nov. 29.—-Peanut
growers of North Carolina and
Carolina and Virginia provided
for a selling organization, in the
hope of bettering prices, and
served notice they were prepared
to take stern measures if they
dten such necessary at a meeting
held here today.
TO HOLD OPENINGS
Prices Are Lower In
Many Instances Than
Last Year
MANY NEW IDEAS
With Christmas but 20 shopping
days ahead, Elkin merchants are
opening the holiday season with
large and varied stocks of Christ
mas merchandise ranging from five
cent toys to the more expensive
gift.
And they are bringing attention to
the fact that prices this year for
the most part are even lower than
last year when merchandise gener
ally was advertised as the lowest
priced in history.
A tour of the stores whose ad
vertisements appear in this issue,- of
The Tribune discloses hundreds tof
(Continued on Last Page, Ist Sec.)
Winter Gives A Real
Sample Here Monday?
Mercury Falls To 9
King Winter, on hand Sunday
night to look over the situation
before officially taking cliarge in
another week or two, gave Elkin,
along with other pwt« of the
country, a frigid sample of what
to expect when lie does ascend
the throne.-
According to F. A. Brendle, lo
cal merchant, who has a therm
ometer which faces due north, the
mercury was standing at nine de
grees above zero at 6 a. in. Mon
day. Other semi-official reports
placed the mercury at 10 degrees
shortly after So'clock.
Many local as a result
of the intense cold, were unable
to start their cars, while others
reported frown radiators. Ice,
showing no intention of melting
whatsoever, was observed on Mar
ket street as late as 11 o'clock
Mqnday morning.
Although cold, Monday night
failed to tie the record ef Sunday
while Tuesday showed effects of
a.rising temperature.
LATE ITEMS OF
INTEREST FROM
NATIONAL NEWS
PRESENT BUDGET
IlalpiKh v Nov. 20.—A budget
railing for expenditure of
$17,583,834 by the state highway
de|>artment for the 1033-34 fiscal
year was presented to the advis
ory butiget conuiiission Unlay.
Tlie department estimated its
revenue for the the year would
be .\17,457,715 which, with a bal
ance of 91, 707,818 left over from
the current fiscal year, would
leave a surplus at the ynd of the
next fiscal year estimated at 91,-
581,884. •
WON'T UK TRIED
(iraham, Nov. 20.—Mrs. Elsie
Dollar, who shot, to death two of
her children and wounded a third
because she did not want thein
to become wards of society, was
adjudged incompetent to be tried
for murder here today.
HUNOKR PKOBLKM UNSOLVED
Washington, Nov. 29.—With
hundred* of demonstrating march
ers approaching from all corners
of the nation. District of Colum
bia authorities pleaded today with
the federal government to take
charge, but a two-hour conference
got them nowhere.
OPPOSITION WANES
Washington, Nov. 29.—Oppo
sition to a house vote on prohi
bition repeal Monday apparently
reached a new peak today and
then quickly diminished as both
Democratic and Republican mem
bers began conceding that the
quicker the question is disposed
of the better.
FORD MAKING PROGRESS
Detroit, Nov. 29.—Henry Ford,
a source close to his family said,
was making "remarkable prog
ress" tonight as he lay in his hos
pital bed convalescing from the
emergency operation Saturday
that brought him the first serious
illness of his 09 years.
Mrs. J. B. Glenn, of Winston-
Salem, spent Wednesday afternoon
in Elkin visiting friends.
16 PAGES
TWO SUCTIONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
AUDIT SHOWS THAT
LOCAL B. & L. IS IN
SOUND CONDITION
Earned More Than Six
Per Cent During
Past Year
PROFIT OF $12,897
An audit of the affairs of the Elk
in-Jonesville Building & Loan Asso
ciation was recently completed here
by State Examiner B. F. Johnson,
who at the audit's completion stated
that the association was in a sound
financial condition.
It was also learned that the asso
ciation earned more than 6 per cent,
on its invested capital last year and
has an accumulated profit of |12,-
897.84.
The local institution, which since
its organization here has at all times
been well managed, is saicj to be one
of the soundest associations in this
part of the state. Paul Gwyn, local
business man, recently took over the
office of secretary-treasurer, suc
ceeding C. O. Armfield, who resigned
the position several weeks ago, after
years of efficient service.
CANCER IS FATAL
TO W. E. MACEY, 75
Funeral Held Tuesday
From St. Paul M. E.
Church In Yadkin
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock from St.
Paul Methodist church in Yadkin
county, for William Edward Maeey,
75, who passed away at his home
in the Buck Shoals community Mon
day. The deceased had been ill for
some time, suffering from cancer
and complications. The rites were
in charge of Rev. Enoch Wooten and
Rev. Armstrong Thomasson and
were attended by a throng of people
who came to pay their respects to
the passing of this widely esteemed
citizen. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Cynthia Cornelia Macey
and the following sons and daugh
ters: Mrs. W. V. Holcomb. Jones
ville; Mrs. Lonnie Hudson, Mrs. W.
C. Perry, Alan Lee Macey and Mel
vin Macey, all of Fteldale, Virginia;
Wayne Macey of Leaksville; Walker
i Macey of Elkin and Jonesville and
Warren and Clay Macey of Hamp
tonville.
Schaff Makes Talk
Before Wilkes' Club
The Wilkeß county school master's
clifb heard Walter It. Schaff, local
superintendent of schools, Tuesday
night at North Wilkesboro, who
spoke on "A Time of Far-Reaching
Problems." 1
In developing this theme Mr.
Schaff told the school masters that
the attention of school people should
be centered on three things: the
nation and its problems, the school
system and Us upheavals, and the
home and its difficulties. "The
time has cpme for the public to
know more about the status of the
public school system," he said, "and
it behooves school people to re
pioneer, re-va»o* re-sell public
education."
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