I Elkin— "The Best
(Little Town In
North Carolina"
no. if
I [ATE NEWC 1
I from thrf
I State and Nation
I :HILD BURNED
■ro DEATH .f, _
Rutherfordton, B.—Mar
garet Barber, fiv- year- old (laugh- '
■ tar of J. A gust us' Barber, wns
burned to death In a playhouse
ft'J near her home today in Spimlalc.
I Eight children were playing and
■*f had erected a playhouse made
■« from boxes of lliin veneer with a
HI small discarded Move in it. The
■floor was caroled with paper.
■ | The stove turned over, trapping
I I Margaret. She was rushed to the
I I Rutherford hospital and died
I three hours later at 2 o'clock.
By Her eight-yearpld brother, J. A.
\ Barber, Jr., is/critically ill in the
■ y hospital as a result of barns re
■' Jeived in tryiiig to rescue his sis-
I HTLE ENDS IN I'
■ NESE ROUT I
ITokio, J*U. B.—News that the ,
[ttie of Stutnhaikwan had ended
1 the complete rout of the Chi-:.
fee was followed today by a
Weminent statement that the (
panese command in the field I
| Ja been ordered to localize the
[ War and foreign office officials
■agreed at a conference tliat in-
Hstructions should be sent to Gen-1
■ orals Xobuyoshi Muto and Kotaro j
■ Xakamura to attempt to pot an
Hend to the fighting before it
I spread further.
■LARK CHOSEN
■RESIDENT PRO TEM
■ Raleigh, Jan. 3.—The Demo- 1
I cralic caucus of the North Caro- i
■ lina senate chose Senator W. G. ,
■ Clark, of Edgecombe, its nomin«>e ]
■ for president pro tem over Paul
Grady, of Johnston, by a vote of 1
■ 29-14 'tonight and at the same i
paved the *tay for fcieut.-W
A H. Graham to carry j 
v '" jmlsed reforms for
bouse. \ 1 ;
BYRD SCORED
IN CONGRESS •
Washington, n \.. u 200 I
Rear Admiral Byrd ,
annual retirement pay
Zvenunent and at the si»e «nit
l„ associated with the Nl^""
L Economy league whieh is
I ing for a big reduction in
L „ents to t?
I sr jszr f-
I bouse and senate.
HOOVER ASSAILS
■OPPOSITION
■ Washington, Jan. 8. —f«*ldent
sternly assailed coagres
■ sional leaders today if opp ®^" g
I «
m forward w ™, SoiveN pro
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HCHOSEN SREAKKR
■OF THE HOUSE
■ « i Li, Jan 3.—Reginald L.
HaWlS ' ° fP Ser of the 1088
I at 1»:15*>-
■ h ° na ** winning this caucus
M au>! VttMfiA
■ TOte i|.inr ■* f » doxology when he
Stil that not one p«*on will
*q«j»l«red by him wto is , not
„.infcriy • necessity.
■JACK PICKFORD
E£, F G IN PARIS
■EP*jky4*, Jan. 2.—JackjPicWord,
Hro&er of the famous tary Pick
■ tgr A and an actor in'his
IB died this afterai*n in uie
« hospital where ,lrßt
Se, Olive Thomas, dM of a«-
■jljplental poisoning in I|W-
K120.83 Contributed
EL Money contributed to he
Hltocklng fund here, give} 133 fcv
Es $115.83, has been
■55.00, making the total *
■s3. it was learned Tuemiaj, the J
fcftfonal metier Waving »>«n^tr»
Bted by th* Junior OwMJf TrJ .
aßtlie •contribution was K . j aB t
Htume too la,te
■ ft—l ft E Ba. 1 1 ! s
9 S ft i B I nww & s an - ■ ■ ig- ip f f v * j
JH ■ I I A H ■ J ' TH |P w
Frances Hooked 'Em
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Kighteen fish in thirty minutes
was the record of Miss Frances
Haustr at Harmonsa Beacii, Calif.,
to win the annual municipal award,
a contest staged yearly at the famous
fishing resort.
SUITS STARTED BY
FEDERAL RESERVE
Elkin National Bank To
Also Institute Civil
Actions
Suits against those debtors of the
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond,
who have fallen down on their
promises to pay off their indebted
ness or else have made no arrange
ment to pay, were started here im
mediately £fter January 1, it va#
learned from W. H. Spradlin, re
ceiver of the Elkin National Bank.
Mr. Spradlin also stated that he
will file a great many Independent
suits against debtors whose notes
are not receiving proper attention.
He predicted that January will be
a busy month in this respect.
SENIOR CLASS PUTS
ON UNIQUE PROGRAM
Pacts Are Given Re
| * gardin# New Gover
nor And Family
The senior class of Elkin high
school gave a special Governor's Day
program in assembly on Wednesday
morning. The material for the pro
gram was taken from ths Sunday
edition of the Raleigh News and Ob
server. ' s
A discussion of the section of
North Carolina in which Gov. J. C.
B. Ehringhaus was reared was fol
lowed by facts regarding the "first
lady of the state", and the Ehring
haus children. Facts regarding the
condition of the state affairs at the
time of Gov. Ehringhaus' inaugura
tion were also discussed as well.as
problems confronting the North
Carolina State legislature, which is
now in session.
The giving of a program of this
nature is to be highly commended
as it is making a definite effort to
acquaint school students with facts
concerning the new governor and
the present fundamental questions
of the state government.
APPOINTMENTS BY
BOARD IN YADKIN
Avalon E. Hall Named
As Mavor Of Yad
kinville
At a meeting of the board of
county commissioners of Yadkin
county Monday at Yadkinvill®, E. B.
Vestal, of Smithtown was appointed
as tax supervisor for tfte comintt
voftr and will have charge of all
ITlH lters pertaining to the listing or
property for tax»-H.
V. Shore, H. J. Weaver and J. G-
Bsrler to serve on the county board
mhaalth with S. W. Vestal, chalr
board of
S T Keecc
ELKIN, N. 0, THURSDAY, JANUARY 5, 1933
LENTZ WARNS THAT
TODAf IS LAST DAY
FOR' 1932 LICENSE
Will Start Handing Out
Tickets Here Friday
Morning
ARREST AFTER 10TH
Motorists of Elkin and this vicini
ty must have their 1933 license tags
hy midnight Thursday or else park
their cars, it was stated Wednesday
by Corporal W. B. Lentz, pf the
state highway patrol.
■ Beginning Friday morning, as
many motorists displaying 1932 tags
as is possible for one mqn to handle
will be given tickets warning them
to purchase new tags at once, Cor
poral Lentz stated, and added the
warning that when once a motorist
is given a ticket, he is in for trouble
unless the tag Is purchased. *
Those who receive tickets will
face court action even thoufeh they
should store their machines, it was
stated, and the only way out of it. is
to buy new plates.
In explanation, Corporal Lentz
stated that many motorists will run
their cars to the very last with the
intention of storing them when the
law demands arrest. For that rea
son, those who are given a ticket
will face a fine even though they
have stored their cars after receiv
ing it when the state advises the
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PENNEY STORE HERE
HAS NEW MANAGER
Akins Transferred To
£adsden, Alabama;
lift Tuesday
A. L. Griffeth, for a number of
years manager of the J. C. Penney
Co. store in Lynchburg, Va., ar
rived in Elkin the latter part of last
week to assume charge of the local
Penney store following the transfer
of J. G. Akins to Gadsden, Ala.,
where he has assumed the manager
ship of the Penney store there.
Mr. Griffeth, his wife and small
daughter, are at present making
their home on Bridge street. Mr.
Griffeth has been with the .J. C.
Penney company since 1925.
Mr. Akins and family left Elkin
for Gadsden Tuesday. Both were
very popular here and will be missed
in both business and social circles.
JURORS DRAWN FOR
COURT IN YADKIN
Will Serve During Crim
inal Court Term Be
ginning Feb. 27
Jurorß were drawn by the Yadkin
commissioners in Yadk.lnville for
the term of oriminal court which be
gins on February 2?. They are as
follows:
J. M. Brown, C. W. Maynard, Clif
ford Shermer, W. S. Pendry, John
T. Binkley, A. R. Smith, J. W., Col
lins, J. F. Barron, S. A. Binkley. W.
W. Pinnix, Jr., N. C. Cranfill, J. G.
Grooe, Cephus Hudspeth, Tandy Ves
tal R. E. Brown, J. B. Shore. J. J.
Vestal, CI R. Shaw, O. W. Martin.
J. H. Proctor, P. L. Cartwright, W
M. Parks, S.'\W. Poindexter, W. A.
Arnold, Evan M. Rutledge, D. E.
Shermer. Ern«Bt\Jester, W. G. Cor
nelius, D. W. Norman, W. B. Madi
son, J. H. Hauser. J. M. Bovender,
R. H. Davis, 3. R. Matthews, A. V.
apd J. A. Logan.
Move to Statesvjlle
Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Ray, foTHierly
of Elkiii but for a number of mosthe
residing in Winston-Salem where
} Mr. 'Ray was hi business. haV«
moved to Statesvilte where Mr. Ray'
will join Jhe pferaonnal of the firm
of Ray & William, of which he is a
member.
Fire At Church
basement ot the
church officers the
jjrsning
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British Women in the Limelight
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' JTwo British women who have recently broken into the news via the
movie and marfiage routes. I,eft is ('aria Jenssen, wl»o h«s narrowly
avoided death in many close calls as international spy on the staff of the
British, and who recently retired after 12 years to go into the American
monies. Right is Miss Winifred BeiatHce Mann, former London shop
who is reported wed to the son of Bernard M. Bamrh, welKknown
American banker, the ceremony taking place at Geneva.
Friday Thirteenth
To Make Appearance
Only Twice In 1933
A look at the calendar for 1033
indicates that those-of u>) who are
superstitious will not fare quite
so badly during the coming year
due to the fact tftaf Widhy 18th
comes but twice.
However, those who dread ♦'
"black day" will have occat> »
greet Friday week with U
cause it is one of the Fridays . at
falls on the unlucky number.
Once past January 18th, the
superstitious can rest easy for a
good long while, the next "bad
day" aot coming until October.
MUST BUY CITY TAG
BY FEBRUARY FIRST
; 1
Penalty Will Be Added
After That Date, Says
Tax Collector
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Motorists iWho live within the city
limits of the Town of Elkin have
been given until February 1 in
which to bOy their city automobile
tags, those who fail to do so to be
taxrid with a penalty, it was learned
from the office of the city tax col
lector Wednesday.
The new city tags, of the same
color scheme as the 1933 state tags,
mußt be purchased by all csr own
ers who live in Elkin, it was said,
and steps wljl be Jaken to sjee that
the law is enforced.
The tags may be secured from !
Dixie Graham, city tax collector, end
cost one dollar each.
BASKCTEERSTOSE
TO N. WILKESBORO
Girls Defeated 25-14;
Boys In Close
Game
The Elkin high school basket ball
teams lost two exciting games to the
fast North Wilkesboro teams on the
local court Tuesday night. Due to
the wet floor the fans were given
an extra attraotion of fancy floojr
Wort;
The local girls went down to de
feat by the score of 26-14. The visi
tors were trailing at the half. 7-8,
but led by a fast center and a tall
forward the girls from Wilkes «oori
took the lead lp the Second halt «*nd
were out In front the remainder il
the e-nme.
D. Valentine with 14 points and
M. Ford with 10 points led th* visi
tors' Attack. For the hoaje to* ny
Click with six points and F. Grler
and Evans with four points eitfh.
The local boys were defeated S-6.
Th-e !seal aches!, will play r do"h1»
header with Boonvllle, ne*t. Friday
night at 7:30 o'clock. ; gj
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Delay School Opening
Due \o the bad
j tricts,
j rerred the aiier-ho|^g|
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JURY DRAWN FOR
FEBRUARY TERM
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Commissioners Trans
act Only Routine
Business
Meetings of the Surry county
board of commissioners, the county
board of education and county board
of hedlth were held in Dobson Mon
day. With the exception of the com
missioners drawing the Jury Hat for
the two-weeks' term of superlcr
court which gets underway in Febru
ary, little business other thfi n
routine matters were dispatched.
The county health hoard heard ro v j
ports from the county health off!-
. jCfiJU.lhe sanitary taseeetor and
county nurse. >
Following are the names of thosf
drawn to servo on the Jury during i
the February term:
First week: T. Draughn, W. L.
Davenport, Charlie Lockwood, W L.
Chilton, Thomas J. Park, D. Y. Mar
ian, C. P. Creed, P. L. Clifton. Har
vey Campbell, W. J. Snow, W. L.
Surratt, Zeb Crlts, A. G. Sims,
Thomas J. Jarre!]. R. C. Newman,
Sam Flippin, F. A. Flemminfr, Joe
A. Layell, *. C. Council, Wade Shu
gart, J. W. Vogler, John D. Simpson,
W. M. Shook, P. C. Scott. N. E.
Wilmoth, Jap Patterson, W. S. Ai
red, G. T. Jones, J. R. Smith, A J.
Badgett, H. B. Phillips, W. A. Nix
on, G. C. Harbour, Howard Miller,
J. Andrew Greenwood, Claude Red-;
mond.
Second week: C. W. an, |
Cleve Miller, J. S. Adams, fe L. i
George* Will F. Greenwood, William .
H. Foy„ George A. Bowman, J. R.
Poindexter, J. D. Hale, E. F. Harris.
Walter Sloop, R. E., Forrest, A. G.
Webb. M. A. Gardner, H. M. Foy,!
G. C. Show, J. F. F*elds, R. E. Bar
ber, S. C. Hamby, J. L. Whitaker.
C. P. Snow, -Roy Cfltz. Will R.
j Woods.
HOLD FUNERAL FOR
MRS. J. H. STERMAN
Yadkinville Woman
! Dies In Winston-Salem
; Hospital Saturday
i '
• Funeral services *ere hfeld at
Bethel Baptist church Sunday after
. noon at 2 o'clock for Mr*. Loij
- Arnold SttwluiHn, 68, of YoJkiuVtm-,,
, who died Saturday afternoon ies.
I o'fclock in a Wfnston-Ss'em hospl
, tal after an Illness of more than a
I year. Rev. T. A. Caudle, of Court-
Mw 'j"ohVi
' W n ? and Caroline Arnold
i and spent practically; all i>? "if
r Yadkin count*.
wsnston-Salbm for fl>: but
. returned to YaakinvJle several v ars
Mm • ■ v"-" I* r
; I Surviving are tto'e|mother. Mrs. W
T, Arnold- ctsht
H Woolen, M y j&f
| thfc Blue R dffc |
wS" of cask
IN COURT TUESDAY
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Larceny, Drunkenness,
Assault And Affrays
• Clutter Docket
PINES, SENTENCES 111
A variety of c?tgas, including lar- W \
ceny, assault, reckless driving and
affrays came before Judge ITarry H. %
Barker in recorders court hep© V
Tuesday,: which marked the first \
session of the local court within sov- \j
• Till W.
Charged with as attack
father, A. "V- Finney, with n
John Finney, lVy«ar-p;4
boy, was given a 1~2 months su ■
pended sentence tft the Yadkin cou'JH
ty Jail. The sentence was suspend®
for two years on condition- the dH
fen.iant be placed in the flasteM
Can Una training school.
temmie Hudspeth, charged wltnj
larcqiry of small articles from a to®
cal store, was released upon paymenjpff?pS
of the costs, X I'Jj
E. B. Sprinkle, charged with pub-
lie drunkenness, was given 30' days 3
in jaU. Sprinkle waa serving a, sua
pended sentence a similar of
fense when affostott. He 'la to be
hiied out by the county . commis
sioners.
H. P. GraLam, charged with reck- , g
less driving as the aftermath of a£"; ™
auto collision which occurred heflTtt
in December, was found not guflfcy; {
Cromey Rhoads, convicted at a jtt
previous term of court was JH
a suspended sentence of 90 dayq to ■
the roads and fined S2O and the JH
costa.
C. B. Franklin and K. G. Draugitn M
charged with an affray, were dis- ®
missed when it shown thalt '
each had voluntarily appeared he jj=
fore a justice of the peaeft 'following OH
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NEW OFFICERS GO 1
INTO OFFICE 13TH I
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Kiwanis Club To Stage
Installation Ceremony
On That Date
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Friday night, January 13, I#
feature installation of officers of ths JO
Kiwanis club for I$3S, the
to also be designated as JadteaJ
Although oustomary for Kiwan®
officers to be the first
day of the nGwtyear, the
was postponed dufr t«>
fact that Rev,, Joe Arnlbfliflt.
of the North Wilkesboro
j Methodist church, who will have
charge of cerei.ioniea, stated it wouid
be impossible for him to be here
; this coming Friday night. - / Swj£ J,' "j
i An interesting program bait been jg
planned for the event, which in ad
dition to the installation cqremoniijfs
.'will also feature R dinner. TKe
meeting will be belt 1 , in the Kh?,ia;4
room at Hotel B!kin. J
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