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ElkJn—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 6
Three Local Boys Are
Arrested For Robbery
of Wilkes' Gas Station
ARE TURNED OVER
TO WILKES' POLICE
TO AWAIT HEARING
Alleged to Have Stolen
Automobile Tires
And Tubes
ROBBERY TUESDAY
Three local youths, Russell Smith,
Harvey Pardue and Earl Wilmoth,
are In jail at Wilkesboro awaiting
hearing on a charge of breaking and
entering a filling station in that
town last Tuesday night and steal
ing a number of automobile tires
and tubes.
Tue boys are said to have removed
the glass in the door of the station
and turned the latch from the in
side to make their entrance.
Smith was the first of the trio to
be arrested. According to Night
Policeman J. L. Darnell, who took
him into custody, he attempted to
sell a couple of truck tires to a lo
cal man. The local man, suspicious
at the low price for which the tires
were offered, declined to buy and
then went to Officer Darnell and
told him of the matter.
AB a result, the policeman in
structed the man to tell Smith that
he would buy the tires. When he
* went with the youth to get them,
I the officer followed and arrested
Smith, the tires being of the same
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DEATH CLAIMS MRS
NANCY GREENWOOD
Died Sunday Afternoon
After Brief Illness
From Pneumonia
Mrs. Nancy Greenwood, 77,
passed away at her home two miles
i.east of Elkin Sunday afternoon, fol
lowing a brief illness from pneu
monia and complications.
The deceased was a daughter of
the late Meredith and Sarah Green
wood and the widow of the late
James I. Greenwood, pioneer citizen
of this community.
"Aunt Nancy" as she was affec
tionately known, was dearly beloved
by a host of friends and her passing,
following closely upon the death of
her older sister, Mrs. Sallie Haynes.
less than tWo weeks ago, is a source
of deep regret to friends through
out the community. She was a con
secrated Christian and her life was
exemplary of her faith.
Funeral rites were held from the
home Monday afternoon, in charge
of Rev. T. S. Oraughn, of Crutch
field and Rev. L. B. Abernethy, pas
tor of the Methodist church in this
city and Interment was in the family
burial ground beside her husband
who passed away twenty-eight years
ago and her small son, Thurmond,
who died in Infancy.
She Is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Victoria Greenwood Hurt, of
this city, and Miss Roxy DeEtte
Greenwood and one son, Luther
Greenwood, with whom she made her
hom«. One brother, Ed (M. H.)
Greenwood and eight grand-children
also survive.
A beautiful floral offering evi
denced the affectionate devotion of
many friends.
' "Uncle" Henry Billings
Hies At Hospital Here
Henry Billings, 72, of Jonesville,
25 years a valued employee of
th§# Chatham Manufacturing com
pany, passed away at Hugh Chatham
hospital Saturday night after a
lingering illness of about six weeks,
t'uneral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
H Roaring.Gap church and interment
Vas in the church cemetery,
i "Uncle" Henry, a* he was known
I by his numerns friends, was highly
ana his passing has
1 brought sorrow to all who knew
I him.
• He is survived by bis wife aad
♦our daughters.
THE ELKlN^^Rune
Gasoline and Spare
Tire Thieves Said .
To Be Active Here
Although times are said to be
hard and business men chirp with
joy when they manage to break
even from month to month, the
spare tire and gasoline stealing
business appears to be picking up
here.
Within the past ten days sev
eral cases of spare tire stealing
and gas thefts have come to
light, while in one instance a new
automobile battery was boldly
stolcrt from its rack in front of a
local filling station.
One complaint comes from a
local citizen who states that not
only did thieves carry away his
spare tire, wheel and all, while
his car was parked beneath a
street light in front of his home,
but they also added insult to in
jury by siphoning 15 gallons of
gas from his automobile tank.
Similar cases have been re
ported .
AXE WIELDER NOW
ON FORSYTH ROADS
Henry Jones Runs Into
More Trouble While
Under Sentence Here
Henry Jones, Negro, placed under
a suspended sentence in recorder's
court here a number of months ago
after a drunken spree in which he
attempted to attack Dr. Harry L.
Johnson with an axe while employed
at the hospital, failed to appear in
recorder's court Tuesday to report
and show good behavior as required
by the court, due to the fact that he
is now serving 61 days on the For
syth county roads as a result of
reckless driving.
Jim Talley, also required to report
in court the first Tuesday of each
month to show good behavior, failed
to appear. It was said he has run
away.
Cyrus Cockerham, of Jonesville,
on a charge of being drunk and
disorderly was given a sentence of
30 days in jail, suspended upon pay
ment of a fine and costs.
Bill Shores, charged with posses
sion of one pint of whisky, was fined
$5 and the costs.
Elmer Mcßride, charged with for
cible trespass, was sentenced to 90
days in jail, suspended for two
years upon payment of $25 and the
costs. , , . ,
CONSTRUCTING WALK
ALONG ELK SPUR ST,
Will Make Travel For
School Children Far
Safer
Work of constructing sidewalks
designed primarily for school child
ren Is progressing rapidly here un
der direction of Chief of Police W.
G. Church, who at the present date
has a force of 16 men, employed
through funds allotted the town by
the state, working on a sidewalk on
Elk Spur street which will reach
from the Big Elkin creek bridge to
the city limits.
Similar sidewalks have also been
constructed along the highway in
North Elkin and on Church street,
running from the school house
northward.
When the walks are completed,
although not made of cement, they
will make travel back and forth to
school by the children far less dan
gerous, arid at the same time their
construction is giving numerous un
employed men of both Elkin and
Jonesville gainful employment.
In addition to the construction of
the walks, Chief Church's force haa
also made improvements in the lo
cal cemetery and upon the school
grounds,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roth spent
the week-end in Wlns*on-Salem, the
gueats of Mr and Mrs. Hardin Gra
ham. gg
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, I
SURRY INSTITUTE
OF GOVERNMENT IS
FORMED AT DOBSON
County Officers Are Al
so Installed At
Meeting
CHAIRMAN NAMED
The Surry county Institute of
Government was formally lauched at
the court house in Dobson Monday
night when an organization was per
fected and the new county and
township elective officials were ad
ministered the oath of office by F. T.
Llewellyn, Clerk of Superior Court.
R. A. Freeman, of Dpbson, was
elected permanent chairman of the
fnstitute. W. G. Lewis, of Mount
Airy, secretary and John Llewellyn,
of Dobson, assistant secretary.
An advisory committee, consisting
of all county and township officials
and ten representative tax paying
citizens were named to serve the
chairman in an advisory capacity.
The meeting was addressed by R.
A. Freeman and John W. Folger,
who stated tHe purpose of the or
ganization. It was stated that ow
ing to popular ignorance of the af
fairs of government and the duties
of officers, many officials do not
become thoroughly acquainted with
the duties of their offices until their
terms have expired. The purpose of
the institute is to acquaint the pub
lic with the affairs of government
and create a deeper popular interest
in public affairs. Similar institutes
were also organized in all other
North Carolina counties Monday
night.
Officers who were administered
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JONESVILLE SCENE !
OF COSTLY BLAZE
Two Stores Are Totally
Destroyed By Mid
night Fire
Fire of unknown origin early
Tuesday morning totally destroyed
two stores in West Jonesville and
threatened nearby residences.
The fire started in a grocery store
operated by Thomas Royal, and was
discovered about 1:00 a. m. by Town
Constable Wilmoth, whose home is
just across the street.
The store building and residence
of Mrs. C. M. Mahaffey on an ad
jacent lot from the Royal building,
flamed from the intense heat and
was totally consumed, the loss in
cluded the contents of the store and
household furnishings and clothing. |
Efforts to check the flames were
unsuccessful, no water, other than
from a well, being available.
The Mahaffey loss was estimated
at $3,500, with no insurance. Royal's
loss was said to be partly covered
by insurance amounting to $560.
Wilkesboro Child Is
Killed By Automobile
Mary Lou Settle, 5, daughter of
Register of Deeds and Mrs. T. H.
Settle, of Wilkesboro, was struck
and killed by an automobile driven
by Ed. Brown, Negro, about 5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon.
The accident occurred in front of
the Settle home when the child at
tempted to cross the street. She
was said to have waited until a
truck went by and then stepped into
the path of Brown's car, who did
not see her until it was too late to
avoid hitting her. The accident was
said to have been unavoidable.
Vacancies On School
Board Here Are Filled
At a meeting of the board of town
commissioners here Monday night,
Mrs. A. G. Click and F. M. Norman
were appointed to the city school
board to fill vacancies created by
the recent resignations of Mrs. S.
T. Ray and C. G. Armfield.
The board also appropriated the
sum of SSO to be turned over to the
Woman's club night school fund.
Other matters were of a routine
nature.
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Infant Dies '
The nina-day-old infant daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin C&udill, of
Bounville, dted at the home of her
parents Saturday afternoon. Funeral
services and interment were from
the Boonville Baptist church Sun
day afternoon.
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Claims Yadki
Move To Use
With funds totalling approximate
ly $3,100 in government money allo
cated to the county for the care of
its needy during the winter, Yadkin
county hasn't spent a single cent
thus far from this source for the re
lief of its poor, with the result that
the funds allotted Surry county
are for the aid of Jones
ville" needy as well as for
Surry needy, Marion Allen, Chair
man of the Associated Chari
ties, stated Friday night at a meet
ing of representatives from various
local charity organizations.
It was stated "that the local as
sociated charities, organized for the
aid of Elkin's needy alone, rendered
approximately as much aid to Jones
ville as to her own needy, and that
without this help many Jonesville
families would be in dire need.
In this connection, Rev. Eph Whis
enhunt, pastor of the Baptist church,
made a motion that Fred Morrison,
of Raleigh, who is in charge of the
relief funds distributed among the
different counties, be petitioned to
PROSPECTS BRIGHT
FOR NEW HIGHWAY
Delegation Makes Trip
To Raleigh To See
Jeffress
Prospects of securing a new road
between Elkin and North Wilkeß
boro, giving an outlet to Ronda and
Roaring River, were said to be
bright following the return of a
delegation made up efr citizens from
Elkin, North Wilkesboro, Ronda and
Roaring River who made a trip to
Raleigh the latter part of last week
to Bee E. B. Jeffress, chairman of
the state highway commission.
The delegation was given a hear
ing before Mr. Jeffress and his fall
board of highway commissioners,
who gave assurance that the newt
route will be constructed immediate
ly the funds are available, it was
learned.
It was said that Chairman Jeff
ress didn't question the need of the
new road, but explained that to date
the lack of funds has made it im
possible to construct it at the pres
ent time.
The local delegation was made
of Alex Chatham, H. P. Graham,
Graham, Charlie Brewer, A. D. Fol
gor and M. Q. Snow. N. B. Smithey
and C. A. Doughton represented
North Wilkesboro.
Boonville Woman Dies
Miss Sarah Mendenhall, aged
Boonville resident, passed away at
her home Saturday afternoon fol
lowing a lengthy illness. Funeral
rites were held Monday morning at
10 o'clock from the Boonville Bap
tist church and intjermeat was is
the cfcureh cemetery.
Is Made to
■Needy In
lonesville
Wo Stocking Is Unvisited By
Woman's Club, School,
Associated Charities.
Named
Friday and in addition will
j barrels in local grocery stores
which shoppers, when buying
■ groceries, will be asked to
i whatever they can afford to
in the way of food, the food to
oward making up baskets for
tmas distribution,
e Elkin Kiwanis club will do
bit toward Christmas aid by
iy; an auction sale at their Fri-
December 16, meeting, the pro
i to go to the Christmas fund,
announcing the Woman's club
le day, Mrs. Pyron urged that
one who has clothing or canned
9 or anything else that might
f use, to have them ready by
lunch Friday and then to tele
e her. The local Boy Scouts
collect the bundles Friday after
order that all Christmas bas
may go to families who really
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ifrnntlniiffll trn Tj>ot p *ge>
shift a portion of Yadkin county's
allotment to Elkin so that the mon
ey could be used to provide for the
Jonedvilie situation.
As a 'result of this motion, a let
ter was written to Mr. Morrison by
the Kiwanis club secretary, C. G.
Armfield, which brought the follow
ing reply:
"I have referred your letter of
December 3 containing a resolution
adopted by the Elkin Kiwanis club
and the Elkin Board of Charities to
the attention of Dr. Roy M. Brown,
State Supervisor of Relief Adminis
tration, with the suggestion that he
call it to the attention of the relief
agent of Yadkin county. It seems
to me that this is a problem of ad
ministration which should properly
be worked out through Elkin, Jones
ville, and the YadMn county relief
agent, Mr. J. T. Reece. However, I
am referring the matter to Dr.
Brown.
Very truly yours,
FRED W. MORRISON,
Director of Relief."
LATE ITEMS OF
INTEREST FROM
NATIONAL NEWS
MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Washington, Deo. 7.—President
Hoover told Congress today
how he thought the budget mig|ft
best be balanced and the nation
restored to prosperity, recom
mending a general sales tax,
wholesale governmental economies
and particularly emphasizing re
form of the banking laws.
His proposal, submitted in his
last annual message to Congress,
received a variegated reaction
among the members, ranging
from warm praise to sharp criti
cism and indifference.
. ON WAY HOME
Aboard Roosevelt Train En
Route to, New York, Dec. o.—End
ing a 12-day study of farm relief
and budgetary legislation. Frank
lin D. Roosevelt turned his back
upon Warm Springs today for the
journey back to his native state
to resume his duties as governor.
DECLINES PROMOTION
Washington, Dec. 6.-—President
Hoo*er l?nte today expressed "re
gret" over a letter received from
Federal District Judge James H.
Wflkenwi, of Chicago, who sen
tenced A 1 Capone, asking that his
name not be resubmitted to the
senate for confirmation as a judge
of the federal circuit court.
FARMERS PETITION CONGRESS
Washington, Dec. 6.—dad In
overalls and work clothes, a group
of 150 dirt farmers from 16 states
gathered in the capital tonigfct to
petition Congress for m mora
torium on agricultural debts and
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Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
MAKES EXPLANATION
OF SUITS BY CITY
AGAINST TAXPAYERS
Town Attorney Says Ac
tion Compulsory Un
der New Law
TO SUE. DEC. 12TH
In explanation of the civil suits
which, beginning Monday, December
12, will be brought against all local
property owners who as yet have not
p&id their 1930 town tax, W. M. Al
len, city attorney, stated Monday
morning that such procedure was
made compulsory under an act
passed by the 1931 legislature which
requires town and county commis
sioners to bring suit on all taxes
due prior to 1930, on or before Jan
uary 1, 1933.
As a result of this act, the town
commissioners of Elkin have order
ed Mr. Allen, as city attorney, to
bring suits on the taxes recently ad
vertised in The Tribune.
Mr. Allen went on to say that al
though this will be done beginning
next Monday, neither hj as attorney
nor the 'town commissioners desire
to do so, but are compelled to fol
low the state law. He stated that
the commissioners realize condi
tions and that many people do not
Ii money to pay the taxes and
oid the suit, but that they
voice in the matter,
who are able to pay before
» are instituted are urged to
nd thus save the costs of a
ion.
>lain!ng why the tax list was
republished after having;
first been published in June, Mr. Al
len stated that the law required that
a description of the property be giv
en, which was not done at the first
publication.
HOUSE TURNS DOWN
REPEAL RESOLUTION
Lack Five Votes of Hav
ing Necessary Two-
Thirds Majority
Washington, Dec. 5.—A bold and
unprecedented attempt by the Demo
cratic leadership to force its party's
outright prbhibition repeal proposal
through the House failed today and
dimmed prospects of further action
on the issue in that branch during
the remainder of the short session.
The action was interpreted on
Capitol Hill as foreshadowing a
special session of the new Congress
next spring soon after President
elect Roosevelt is inaugurated so
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Hold Funeral For
Mrs. Maggie Brown
Mrs. Maggie Mock Brown, 78,
widow of the late Prof. S. W. Brown
passed away at her home at Sparta
Sunday, following a short illness
from bronchial pneumonia. Funeral
services were held Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock from the Sparta
Methodist church.
Mrs. Brown is survived by the
following children: Misses Alice and
Hattie Brown and Sam Brown, of
Sparta, and G. D. Brown, of Galax,
Va. Two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Un
derwood of Jonesville, and Mrs.
Samantha Williams of Boonville,
and two brothers, Leon Mock, of
Dollomite, Colo., and John Mock, of
Boonville, also survive.
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