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Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. xxn, No. 23
PROPOSE DRASTIC CUT IN CITY LIMITS
TOWN BONDS THAT.
ARE PAST DUE ARE
TO BE EXCHANGED
Also Bonds Coming Due
Through 1940 Will Be
Swapped For New
AT SAME INTEREST
At a call meeting of the board of
town commissioners held Tuesday af
ternoon, arrangements were made
with McDaniel Lewis, bond dealer of
to exchange all past due
bonds of the town of Elkin and all
other bonds coming due throueh
1940, for new bonds bearing the
same interest rate as the old ones
but payable 25 years hence, it was
learned Wednesday from W. M. Al
len, city attorney.
It was also provided that a sink
ing fund be created with which to
pay off the bonds when they mature,
it was said.
Mr. Allen stated that the exchange
of bonds placed Elkin in a good fi
nancial condition and out of default.
Under the new arrangement the town
will have the privilege cf using sink
ing fund money to buy the town
bonds at market value at any time
it was deemed advisable.
[ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Protest Sales Tiff...-.,
Raleigh, April 11.—A storm of
protest against enactlnent of a
sales tax reached the House today
in the form of numerous petitions
from a score of counties.
Representative Garibaldi, of f
Mecklenburg, sent forward a pe- j
tition which he said bore 6,00 C
names, not one of which was that
of a merchant.
Douglass, of Wake, sent up an
other which he said was sub
scribed to by 4,000 citizens of
Raleigh and Wake county.
Fight For Bill
Washington, April 11.—Demo
cratic leaders in House and Sen
ate fought desperately today to
speed up legislation on President
Roosevelt's farm relief program in
time to benefit farmers planting
spring crops.
Debate on the farm relief pro
gram and the rider which would
provide $2,000,000.000 for farm
mortgage refinancing dragged in
the Senate with other matters
coming up for consideration.
Shaw Makes Speech
New York, April 11.—George
Bernard Shaw, Great Britain's
white-whiskered dramatist and
wit, stood on the stage of the
Metropolitan Opera House to
night and accused the people of
the United States of being ignor
ant, stupid, dull, preposterous
and almost unthinkable. Then he
declared that in his belief, the
American people have the oppor
tunity of saving civilization.
Assails High Tariff
Washington, April 11.—The
nresence of 13,000,000 unem
ployed in the United States while
American industry is protected by
the highest tariff in history was
cited by Secretary of State Hull
today ar. proof that trade barriers
do not safeguard prosperity.
To Tax Kilowatt
Raleigh, April 11.—The House
late tonight adopted the Ewing
amendment to the revenue bill
taxing electricity half a mill per
kilowatt hour. The vote was 58
00 26. Representative Randolph,
of Swain, announced that *he
would move tomon-ow that the
vote be reconsidered.
For 30-Hour Week
Washington, April 11.—Federal
legislation for a 30-hour working
«wk in industry appeared certain
oKight as an administration
spokesman—Secretary Perkins
indorsed the principle of the
senate bill.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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Easter bunnies will be right on time this year, as always. These two
maidens were slightly in doubt so they went out and arofctnd and about
and did they find bunnies, well yes! So now Sara Belle and Evelyn Tiff
any, maidens fair of footlighty fame, want all good little boys and girls to
know that they have the evidence and that Easter bunnies and all their
friends will be right on the job on Blaster morning.
Approximately $75,000
Released As Dividend
of Elkin National Bank
Portion of Money Was Borrowed From Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, Spradlin Said. Dividend Is 12 and One-Half
Per Cent, Making a Total of 20 and One-Half Per
Cent That Has Been Paid To Date
A dividend of 12 and one-half per
cent, amounting to approximately
$75,000, was announced Monday by
W. H. Spradlin, receiver of the
defunct Elkin National Bank, mak
ing a total of 20 and one-half per
cent the institution has paid since
its failure over a year ago.
The divdend is being paid from
funds acquired by the receiver in
the ordinary course of liquidation,
supplemented by a loan frorti the
Reconstruction Finance corporation.
This loan, which is secured by a lien
on the remaining assets of the bank,
must be retired and until repaid, no
KIWANIANS TO GIVE
MEDALS TO WINNERS
Will Be Awarded Boy
And Girl Winners Of
Declamation Contest
At the meeting of the Elkin Ki
wanis club at Hotel Elkin Friday
night, it was voted that the club
award two medals, one for the girl
and one for the boy, who wins the
local school declamation contest to
be held! several weeks before com
mencement.
A good program on attendance and
membership was given under the di
rection of A. O. Bryan, which
stressed the importance of regularly
attending the club meetings. Fol
lowing the program it was decided
to make a special effort to get old
members, who have dropped out of
the club to renew their membership.
H. L. Snead, a former member of
the club, but at present a resident of
South Hill, Va., was the guest of
Kiwanian C. H. Brewer and Carl
Boyles was a guest of Dr. R. B. Har
rell. Rev. G. R. Stafford, pastor of
the Jonesville Methodist church, was
welcomed as a new member.
Final Rites Held For
Luther Asbury Carter
Lather Asbury Carter, four-year
old son of Reece Carter and Mrs.
Ethel Brooks Carter, passed away on
Monday following a brief illness.
Funeral services and interment were
from Shcaly Branch church on Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. Carter are well
known residents of the Benham com
munity of Wilkes county.
Easter Bunnies Right On Time
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13,1933
further dividend disbursement can
be made by the receiver. It is be
lieved that with the cooperation of
the borrowers, the loan can be re
paid within a reasonable length of
time and if so, the depositors will
receive such further regular divi
dend payments as the collections
made by the receiver will warrant.
The loans of the Reconstruction
Finance corporation set aside for
loans to receivers of insolvent banks
are limited and the depositors of the
local bank are said to be fortunate
to have an application for a loan
accepted at this early date.
Woman's Club Sets
April 13th - 14th
As Clean-Up Days
Clean-Up days, sponsored by
the (Civics Department of the El
kin Woman's Club will be ob
served Thursday and Friday, Ap
ril 18th and 14th. According to
Dr. M. A. Royall, Mayor of the
Town of Elkin, the town author
ities will cooperate with the
movement and the town trucks
will be available both days to dis
pose of the trash.
It is requested that all proper
ty owners clean their premises of
rubbish on these days and pile
trash near the sidewalks in places
where it will be easily seen by
the truck drivers.
SUSPEND RELIEF
INVOLVING FARMS
Residents Of Farms
Must Grow Own Food
During Summer
Relief work projects in Surry
county and throughout North Caro
lina involving residents on farms
were suspended Saturday, April 8,
according to an announcement made
Friday by the Governor's office of
relief.
This step was taken in order to
enable all farm families to more ef
fectively devote their energies to
gardening and farming, the an
nouncement said. The suspension is
said to be a logical development of
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NO INFORMATION
GIVEN OUT AS TO
OPENING OF BANK
Committee Still Hard At
Work On Plans For
Reopening
HOPE IS EXPRESSED
Although it was learned that the
committee entrusted with the task of
arranging ways and means by which
the Bank of Elkin may be reopened
is still working toward that end,
no definite information as to their
progress was forthcoming here Wed
nesday afternoon.
However, it was learned that sev
eral plans are under consideration
and that it is believed the institu
tion will finally be opened even
though some further delay may be
encountered.
Those working to open the bank
stated that they deemed it wise not
to make public present plans due to
the fact that nothing definite has
yet been decided, even though pros
pects for the ultimate opening are
considered hopeful.
NEW HEAD ELECTED
AT MOUNTAIN PARK
Fulghum Assumes Post
of Secretary-Treasurer
And Finance Director
For a long time the head of Moun
tain Park Institute, J. H. Fulghum
has resigned in order to .give .his full ]
time to the financial affairs of the
new institution and has been suc
ceeded by Lucius Stacy Weaver, now
acting president of Rutherford Col
lege, as president for the next year.
At the meeting cf the beard of
trustees last week at which Mr.
Weaver was elected as president, the
board unanimously adopted a reso
lution thanking Mr. Fulghum for the
noteworthy work he has done in be
half of the school for the past 10
years. It was announced that he
would maintain his relationship to
the institution as secretary-treasurer
and director of finances.
The new president was authorized
by the board to proceed with the em
ployment of a junior college faculty
and take other steps necessary to
make Mountain Park a junior col
lege.
President Weaver is an A. B. grad
uate of Duke University and holds
the M. A. Degree from Columbia
University. He has been at Ruther
ford College for the past nine years.
He will begin his duties on June 1.
YADKIN MAN" IS CUT
IN BACK BY NEGRO
Rumrunner Makes Es
cape Near Boonville;
50 Gallons of Booze
Thad Shore, Jr., of Boonville, was
injured last Thursday when a Negro
rumrunner, of Winston-Salem, stab
bed him in the back with a knife
and then struck him across the head.
The Negro was making an at
tempt to get away from Yadkin of
ficers when the attack occurred. His
car had been overtaken and Shore,
who had been deputized to assist in
the chase, attempted to prevent him
making his escape on foot.
The Negro, following his attack
upon the officer, made his getaway
into the woods, and had not been
captured at last reports. His car,
equipped with illegal license, was
said to have contained 50 gallons
of whisky.
The chase and escape of the Negro
took place on the Winston-Salem
road about three miles from Boon
ville.
MOVES TAX BOOKS
Julius Hall, Jr., and Crawford
Hurt, tax listers for Blkin township,
have taken quarters in the office of
Harris-Burgiss Electric company on
Main street. Movement of the tax
list books from the city tax office
was made Monday. The new quar
ters will be more convenient for the
tax listing public, Mr. Hall
Act Would Provide For
Election To Put Limits
Back To 1893 Standing
Libby and Son
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Libby Holman, famous Broadway
torch singer and wife of Smith Rey
nolds who was mysteriously shot be
fore the birth of her son, permitted
this first photo to be taken of the
infant who now weighs 7 pounds.
Weighing less than 3 pounds at
birth the child was kept in a baby
incubutor.
NEGRO YOUTH STABS
PLAYMATE TO DEATH
Jonesville Youths Fall
Out Over Marble
Game Sunday
Due to anger over a game of
marbles, Klda wnite, 18-year-old
Negro boy, of Jonesville, is dead,
and Percy Allen, colored, about the
same age, is in the Yadkin county
jail awaiting trial in superior court
on a charge of killing White.
White, son of Lee -and Ida White,
respected colored folks of Jonesville,
died in Hugh Chatham hospital Sun
day night from loss of blood from
a deep knife wound in his thigh
which was inflcted by Allen, and
which was said to have severed a
large artery.
According to witnesses, the boys
were playing marbles Sunday after
noon on the grounds of the Colored
Methodist church in Jonesville, when
the fatal cutting took place. Allen
was said to have threatened White
violence if he approached him, and
when the youngster approached in
defiance of his threats, cut him with
a jack knife.
Funeral services for young White
were held Tuesday afternoon in
Jonesville. Interment was in the
Jonesville colored cemetery.
REVIVAL TO BEGIN .
HERE SUNDAY 2:30
Will Be Conducted At
McNeer's Warehouse
For Several Weeks
A revival, to begin Sunday, April
16, at 8:30 p. m„ will be held here
for *four weeks in McNeer's ware
house, it was learned Wednesday,
and will feature such noted evange
lists as Rev. S. M. Strikeleather, of
Kingswood, Ky., and Rev. Walter L.
Surbrook, of Detroit, Mich.
Evangelist Strikeleather will
preach during the first week of the
revival, it was learned, after which
Rev. Mr. Surbrook will have charge.
It is understood that Mr. Surbrook.
who was to open the revival, will be
detained for a week and that he will
send Mr. Strikeleather in his place
until he is able to come here.
Seats will be erected in the ware
house to accomodate all comers, and
the public is invited to attend all
services.
I PRAISE ROOSEVELT
London newspapers bestowed
warm praise on President Roosevelt
Tuesday for the vigor and directness
with which he is handling prelimi
naries for the London world econom
ic conference.
Elkin—-Gateway to
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Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
OBJECT IS TO GET
NORTH EKIN FREE
OF TOWN BOUNDARY
Bill Is Drawn Up By At
torneys For N. Elkin
Residents
HEARING IS TODAY
Carrying their battle to the state
legislature, attorneys for residents of
North Elkin who wish to up
root the boundaries of the Town of
Elkin so as not to be included as
taxable subjects, have introduced a
bill which, if passed, provides for
an election to determine whether or
not the present city limits should be
set back where they were in the year
1893, leaving the town approximately
a square mile in area.
The bill 'would require the town
commissioners to call the election
90 days from date of ratification for
the purpose of submitting to the
qualified voters of the town the
question of repealing the law passed
in 1925 which extended the boun
daries of the town to encompass
North Elkin, and thus restoring the
city limits to their old-time stand
ing.
-.According to town officials, if the
bill should be passed and the voters
in election voted to repeal.the pres
ent boundaries, not only would North
Elkin be without the corporate lim
its, but also the Elkin Furniture Co.,
und the old Elkin Shoe factory thus
cutting off valuable sources of reve
nue. In addition the act would in
validate town bonds in the sum of
SIBO,OOO which were issued since
the city limits were extended to take
in North Elkin, it is believed.
Referred to the committee on
towns, cities and counties, a hearing
on the bill is scheduled to take place
at 3 p. m. today, and it was under
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SPECIAL SERVICES
AT LOCAL CHURCHES
Methodists And Bap
tists to Feature Eas
ter Music
Special services will be held at
the local churches Sunday in ob
servance of Easter. There will be
special music by the choir of the
First Baptist church at the morning:
service at 11 o'clock and in the op
ening at 8 o'clock, the Young Wom
an's Auxiliary of the W. M. U., as
sisted by the choir, will present an
Easter pageant, "The Wise and
Foolish Virgins."
At the Methodist Church the
Kingdom Extension campaign will
close with special services and a
sermon on "The Resurrection," will
be delivered by tne pastor. Special
music will be given by the choir at
both the morning and evening ser
vices.
Dr. Godbey to Give
Lantern Slide Talks
"The Makers of the Old Testa
ment" will be the subject of two
lantern-slido lectures to be given by
Dr. Allen H. Godbey at the Jones
ville Methodist church' next Satur
day night and Sunday night. The
pictures will show the ancient peo
ples whose curious writings, liter
ature, art and architecture furnished
the foundations for the compilers of
the Old Testament. The pictures
are the result of more or less recent
archaeological discoveries that have
been unearthed in Babylonia and
Palestine.
Dr. Qodbey is the Passion week
speaker at the Jcneavllle Methodist
cturch this week. Everyone Is cor
dially invited to these services which
are being held at 7:46 each even
ing.