THE TRIBUNE HOLDS THE TROPHY CUPAS THE BE&T NEWSPAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTSIDE THE DAILY FIELD
Elkin—"The Dest
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 19
Commissioners Refuse
Plea To Exclude North
Elkin From Boundary
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Work On Plans
Washington, March 7.—Be
tween bites of luncheon hastily
served on the President's desk,
Franklin D. Roosevelt and his
new director of the budget—
Lewis Itougla*—today neared an
agreeme. t on a sweeping pro
gram to reorganize the govern
ment. |
Refuses to Participate
Moscow, March 7.—The soviet
government tonight l-efused to
participate in the league of na
tions consultative commission in
the Sino>Japanese conflict because
of what was termed the "hostil
ity" of the majority of the partic
ipants toward the Soviet union.
Abolish Commission
Raleigh, March 7.—Pinal ac
tion on the reorganization's com
mitter's bill to abolish the cor
poration commission was taken
in the house this afternoon, and
this rate court before which have
been fought furious utility bat
tles will be no more after Jan
nary 1, 1034.
Pork Advances
Chicago, March 7.—Spectacu
lar advances In wholesale fresh
pork prices, in seme eases more
than 100 per cent, today added a
problem to the average citizen's
search for ready cash while
banks were closed or restricted.
Battle Starts
Toklo, March 7.—A Rengo
(Japanese) news agency dispatch
said t/Jday a battle for possession
of Koupeikow, a pass in the great
wall of China between Jehol pro
vince and Peiping, started early
today.
Charges Filed
Denver, March 7.—Federal
charges of kidnaping were filed
against six suspects in the Char
les Boettcher, 11, kidnaping in
the United) States district court
here late today.
LOCAL DELEGATION
GOES TO RALEIGH
Attends Statewide Mass
Meeting To Oppose
Any New Taxes
A delegation of approximately 25
Elkln merchants and business men
joined a statewide pilgrimage of
citizens to Raleigh last Thursday to
raise their voices in protest to the
state legislature against the passage
of any form of new taxation as a
means of raising revenue for state
expenses.
Prior to the mass meeting held in
the Raleigh auditorium at 2:30 in
♦he afternoon, members of the local
delegation visited both the house of
epresentatives and the senate where
senators and representatives from
Surry county and this section were
acquainted with.their views of the
matter.
The statewide mass meeting,
which the local delegation attended
in a body, featured a number of
speeches in which economy in gov
ernment aad no new taxes of any
description were the keynotes.
Elkin Defeated
White Plainß defeated Elkin Tues
day night in the opening games of
the Northwestern Basketball tourna
ment, sponsored by Winston-Salem
newspapers, by a score of 19 to 12.
The light which reflects from the
surface of crystals is white when It
enters, but 4s broken up into differ
ent colors by the cat edg«s.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
DRAW RESOLUTION
Street Assessment Bill
Said To Have Passed
Legislature
STREET DISCUSSED
Several important matters came
before the board of town commis
sioners here Monday night among
which was the matter of releasing
the North Elkin area from the cor
porate boundaries of the town and
discussion of jthe ponstruetion of a
proposed street from the eastern end
of Market to East Main street, the
new street to enter at the first in
tei'sectiop east of* the Sinclair Fill
ing station. • .? r •
It was also reported that the bill
introduced in the state legislature
relative to street reassessments had
been passed by both the house and
senate. However, no official con
firmation of the passage of the bill
has been received here.
In taking action upon the North
Elkin matter, the comriissioners
framed a resolution to be forwarded
to Representative C. H. Haynes,
now in the legislature at Raleigh,
which authorized himjthat if enough
pressure was brought to bear by in
terested persons, to introduce a bill
enabling the people to vote on the
question at the May election.
The commissioners, in taking this j
step, however, were making no
recommendation that the represen-1
tative take this action, but merely ;
gave their consent in case Mr.
Hayneß, in his judgment, should de
cide to do so.
J. Hayden Burke, representing the
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ELKIN HOSPITAL
ASKS YADKIN AD
Scores of Yadkin Citi
zens Have Been Cared
For Here
In behalf of the local hoitoital
which has been overwhelmed with
charity cases, particularly from Yad
kin county. City Attorney W. M. Al
len and members of the city board
of Elkln appeared before the com
missioners of Yadkin county at the
regular session Monday, to appeal
for partial relief from the burden.
The fact was impressed that scores
of Yadkin county citizens have been
cared for in the local hospital since
it first opened its doors, without re
muneration, one colored citizen hav
ing been treated in the hospital for
15 months at a cost to the institu
tion of S3O per month. Numerous
victims of automoh/e wrecks and
other accidental occurrences have
been thrown upon the mercies of the
hospital, it was pointed out.
Certain members of the Yadkin
board assured the Elkin delegation
that they would consider seriously
the matter of making an appropria
tion for the partial relief of the
over-burdened hospital.
JURORS FOR CIVIL
TERM ARE SELECTED
Court To Convene For
Session March 20th
Before Judge Hill
The Surry county board of com-1
missioners Monday drew the jury j
list for the March civil session of su
perior court which is scheduled to
convene March 20 for a one week
session before Judge Frank Hill.
Those selected to serve as jurors
were:
E. S. Rpainhour, J. W. Shropshire,
W. Fi Lawrence, J. G. Chipman, Dal
las Owens, J. R. Bawden, G. L. Utt,
W. G. Sydnor, C. G. Armfield, S. R.
Gillespie, N. G. Matthews, Sam Flip
pin, W, F. Burgiss, Sid Gardner, J.
M. Holcomb, W. M. Jordan, J. D.
Sargent, Roy Smith, W. C. Shinaaljt,
Reid Goins, S. C. Freeman, E. &;•'
Creed, W. D. Haynes and J. C. Hill.
/ ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1933
Widow of Walsh
Mrs. Thomas J. Walsh, who as a
bride of only a few days became; a
widow when her husband, the new
attorney general in the Roosevelt
cabinet, died unexpectedly on a train
at Wilson, N. C., while enroute to
Washington to take part in the in
augural ceremonies.
MRS. NANCY SCHAFF
CLAIMED BY DEATH
Mother of Elkin School
Official Is Buried
Saturday Morning
Mrs. Nancy Frances Schaff, 72,
of Davidson county, mother of Wal
ter R. Schaff, local superintendent
of schools, passed away early last
Friday morning from an acute heart
attack. She is survived by six child
ren, her husband, Jacob L. Schaff
having preceded her In death near
ly two years ago.
The last rites for Mr. Schatf's
mother were conducted Saturday
morning at St. Luke's Evangelical
Lutheran church, Davidson county,
by Rev. Odell Leonard, of Lexing
ton.
(Editorial)
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
The people of the State of North Carolina gave you a
clear mandate when you 'were elected. That mandate was
based upon your pledges of rigid economy. We are not facing
a future crisis—we are in th* midst of a crisis. We want
economy in no uncertain form,
It has been said that our budget cannot be balanced
without new taxes. We respectfully submit that it can be
balanced and give you herewith figures which we believe to
be correct:
Amount needed as proposed by Appropriation
Committee for 1933 $25,000,000
Income from present tax levies (15c ad valorem
tax not included)....... t ' 17,000,000
Apparent Deficit ...: £ 8,000,000
To balance the budget we submit the following:
Raise teacher load 4 pupils (36 to 40)
Savings .. $1,800,000
Cut County Superintendents from 100
to 40, savings, salaries and ex
penses , 420,000
Cut out school district lines. Savings. 750,000 '■
$2,970,000
Taxes on interstate busses and trucks.. 400,000
Buy bond maturities out of Sinking
fund 1,500,000
Cut expenses of all State Departments 1,000,000
Transfer from Highway Funds 3,000,000
TOTAL SAVINGS $8,870,000
Proposed Budget $25,000,000
Savings as above 8,870,000
Actual Budget $16,130,000
Income .. —.... 17,000,000
SURPLUS 870,000
Here in plain figures is a way to balance the budget
without any new taxes. The pledge to remove the 15 cent
ad valorem tax will be carried out. The six months school
now in force meets' the approval of our citizens. In fact most
of us feel fortunate that we can have schools under the
present conditions.
Gentlemen, those of you who catch the spirit of the
times, can consider yourselves the chosen leaders of our peo
ple. Balance the budget, give us six months of school uni
form throughout the State. Levy no new taxes. This is
our platform and we will hasten to follow the leadership
that has caught the pulse 61 our people.
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Banking Holiday Here Met With a
Spirit of Optimism By Merchants
and Citizenry Alike; New Spirit
KIWANIS OFFICIAL
TO ADDRESS LOCAL
CLUB FRIDAY NIGHT
Lieutenant-Governor of
This Kiwanis Dis
trict Coming
A GOOD PROGRAM
Tracy Cunningham, of Greens
boro, lieutenant-governor of Kiwan
is for this district, will make an ad
dress before the Elkin Kiwaniß club
at its meeting at Hotel Elkin Friday
night.
Prior to the regular meeting, Mr.
Cunningham will meet with the offi
cers and directors of the club at the
hotel. The time has been announced
as 5:30 o'clock.
In addition to his address, which
is expected to be along the lines of
Kiwanis International activities, Mr.
Cunningham will have with him a
phonograph record upon which is
recorded a program as staged by a
California Kiwanis club, and which
will be reproduced on a phonograph
provided for that purpose.
The lieutenant-governor was elec
ted to this position at the recent
district convention held at Colum
bia, S. C., and this will be his first
visit to the local club.
At last Friday's meeting of the
Kiwanians, a musical program was
staged under the direction o{ Dr. R.
B. Harrell, which was thoroughly
enjoyed. Musicians participating
were Mrs. Eph Whisenhqnt, Miss
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Budget Director
rr ''
Representative L. W. Douglas of
Arizona is the new director of the
Budget in the Roosevelt administra
tion. of his appoint
ment was received with favor in
Washington.
LOCAL BOYS GO TO
ROADS FOR ROBBERY
Were Charged With En
tering Wilkesboro
Filling Station
Russet Smith and Earl Wilmoth,
arrested here several months ago for
Wilkes county police on a charge of
breaking into » service station at
Wilkesboro and stealing a quantity
of automobile tires, were sentenced
to serve terms of one year and 18
months respectively, on the roads,
in Wilkes superior court Tuesday
afternoon.
Harvey Pardue, who was also im
plicated in the crime and arrested
with Smith and Wilmoth but later
released, was again arrested Tues
day night by Deputy Sheriff Craw
ford Hurt on a capias, and was tak
en to Wilkesboro where he is ex
pected to stand trial at this term
of court for his alleged part in the
robbery.
TEARS DOWN HOUSE
AND GETS IN COURT
However, Judge Barker
Decides In Favor Of
Defendant
Three cases were disposed of in
recorder's court heTe Tuesday before
Judge Harry H. Barker, who, in one
of the actions was called upon to
decide whether or not Envin Grey,
Negro, of Jonesville. showed good
judgment in tearing down a portion
of a house.
Grey was charged with tresspass,
it being alleged that he wilfully and
maliciously destroyed a portion of a
house in Jonesville which was occu
pied by his daughter, the plaintiff
in the case.
However, evidence disclosed that
Grey had been gives permission by
his daughter to use his judgment in|
repairing the home, and that he had
torn down a portion of it because, in
his judgment, it was about to fall
down anyway.
Judge Barker returned a verdict
of not guilty.
Cape Haines, white, of Jonesvllle,
charged with possession and trans
portation of whisky, was given a
sentence of 61 days to the roads
suspended upon payment of a fine
of $lO and the costs.
Marshall Soots, white, charged
with possession of one pint of whis
ky, was sentenced to 30 days and
fined $5 and the costs. He waH
hired out to work out the amount.
Friends of D. P. Gough will be!
glad to know that he has recovered
sufficiently to be out again after
being confined to his home for the
past several months. Mr. Gough
was injured while hunting and the
injury necessitated the amputation
of his toot. It is thought that he
Will soon be able to resume his du
ties as traveling representative of
« High Point firm.
ElUtin—Gateway to
Rearing Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PUBLIC GENERALLY
SHOWING NO ALARM;
CONFIDENCE FELT
New Accounts Are Be
ing Accepted at Bank
of Elkin
MONEY CHANGED
Although Elkin's two. financial in
stitutions, the Bank of Elkin and the
Elkin-Jonesvllle, funding & Loan
Asspciatjon are closed and transact
ing little business as ,a.result of the
state and natipnal bank holiday pro
claimed Monday, thelre is a spirit of
optimism, evident in the .oity and re
ports are that business hag been go
ing on as usual, several merchants
reporting an increase Monday and
Tuesday over the same days of pre
vious weeks.
Bank officials, business men and
the public generally have taken the
view that there Is no cause for
alarm. The banking holiday is
viewed' as a nation-wide movement
to restore confidence and to work
out an arrangement whereby every
depositor's money will be guaran
teed.
Deposits in the Bank of Elkin
were said to have been exceedingly
good Saturday, and had no holiday
been declared, that institution was
prepared to open Monday without
restriction.
Meanwhile, although the sole topic
of conversation is the banking situa
tion, a spirit of carnival appears to
prevail. Merchants, business riren
and the average citizen alike appear
to be taking the temporary tying up
of their funds in a good humored
way and seem perfectly satisfied to
abide by any action the new presi
dent, Franklin D. Roosevelt, decides
to take.
The same spirit is said to be io
evidence over the entire nation.
Newspaper reports and radio bulle
tins daily have been giving news of
renewed optimism and confidence
from all sections of the United
State*.
At the Back of Elkin new ac-
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CHARGES AGAINST
BARKER DISMISSED
Judge Decides Case Not
Within Jurisdiction of
Superior Court
Charges of driving an automobile
while intoxicated and disorderly con
duct, preferred against Judge HWry
H. Barker, Elkln recorder, several
months ago, were dismissed in Yad
kin county superior court last Thurs
day when the ease was broisglft to
trial before Judge Michael Stihenck.
Attorneys J. H. Folger, of Mount
Airy, and Marion Allen, of this city,
represented Mr. Barker. The cases
were held by Judge Sehenck as be
ing without the jurisdiction of su
perior court.
FUNERAL HED FOR
FAIRVIEW WOMAN
Mrs. Sailie Phillips, 17,
Dies From Paralysis
Stroke Friday
Funeral services were held San
day afternoon at 2 o'clock from Lit
tle Richmond Bartist church for
Mrs. Sailie Phillips, 77, widow of
A. Philllpp, who passed away at her
home near Fairvlew Friday, fojldw
ing an illness of a month, due a
stroke of paralysis.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
T. S. Druughn and Interment was
in the church cemetery.
She is nnrvived by ">A.
Z.. U. B. and J. ahfl oiae
daughter, MRS. RDSCCC Stanly, all
of the Fairvlew community.