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Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 26
El kin Commissioners
Order Abolishment of
Recorder's Court Here
JONESVILLE TO BE
CHARGED $25 FOR
ALARMS ANSWERED
Fee To Be Taken Up
With Jonesville
Authorities
SWEAR IN MEMBERS
At their first meeting, which was
held Monday night, the newly elec
ted board of town commissioners
voted to abolish the Elkin recorder's
court, and instructed that a bill to
that effect be drawn up and inro
duced in the North Carolina general
assembly by Representative Gape
Haynes.
Inasmuch as the recorder's court
here was created by an act of the
state legislature it must be abolished
by the same body. It is understood
that\there is no doubt as to the
passage of the bill inasmuch as it
carries the official sanctum of thre
mayor and commissioners.
In abolishing the court, three po
sitions in connection with the "court
will automatically be swept away,
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NEGRO KILLER GETS
FIVE TOJS YEARS
Enters Plea of Guilty to
• Charge of Second
Degree Murder
Pleading guilty to a charge of
murder in the second degree, Tal
madge Dowell, Winston-Salem Negro
who shot and killed Walter Sale,
Elkin man, several weeks ago at a
North Elkin filling station, was sen
tenced Thursday by Judge Hoyle
Sink in Surry criminal court to serve
not less than five or more than 15
years in the state prison.
The Negro's plea of self defense
was partially aided by witnesses who
testified that Sale was advancing up
on him when he (Dowell) fired the
fatal shot. The shooting was said
to have grown out of an argument
which started when Sale was alleged
to have asked the Negro for some
whisky as he stopped at the filling
station for gasoline.
PROMINENT WILKES
CO. WOMAN IS DEAD
Mother of Local Woman
Is To Be Buried This
Morning
Mrs. Sarah Julian Hayes, 77, a
member of one of the most promi
nent families of Wilkes county and
mother of Mrs. C. A. McNeil of this
city, passed away at the home of her
son, J. F. Hayes at Purlear Tuesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, following a
serious illness of more than two
weeks.
Funeral services will be held this
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Local Patrolman
Said to be Hurt
In Reidsville
Although little definite infor
mation has been forthcoming, it
has been learned that Corporal
\V. B. Lentz, of the state highway
patrol, who is stationed here, was
injured Monday near Reidsville
and is at present in a hospital
there.
It was reported here that Mr.
Lentz was run down by a motor
tot while he was in the act of
pursuing a speeding car. It was
also learned that immediately af
ter the accident Mrs. Lentz was
called and informed that her hus
band had been injured, "but not
seriously." She was said to have
Immediately left for Reidsville
without giving any details.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
On Long Flight
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In the typical Lindberfeh style, the
Colonel and Mrs. Lindbergh took to
'the air for the first transcontinental
trip in more than two years. Colonel
Undbergh was on an inspection trip
of airport* and equipment.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Child Kidnapped
Hiirwichport, Mass., May 2.
Margaret McMath, 1 (1-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neil C.
McMath, formerly of Detroit, and
granddaughter of Francis C. Mc-
Math, wealthy Detroit engineer
and industrialist, was kidnapped
today.
Dismissed from her fourth
grade schoolroom after a tele
phone call purporting to be from
her father had been received
there, the girl entered a large
blue automobile driven by a man
described as a negro.
Down Minority
Washington, May 2. The
powerful Democratic majority i
battered down two desperate He- 1
publican attempts to block house
consideration today of the admin
istration's farm relief-inflation
bill and prepared to approve the
currency expansion section tomor-;
row before sending the legislation ,
to conference.
Ask Safeguards
Raleigh, May 2.—Rowan citi
zens, relatives and neighbors of
the children who were killed in
the school 'truck collision 10 days
ago, appeared before the house
and senate  appropriations com
mittee this afternoon urging the
general assembly to throw safe
guards about truck transportation
in their county.
New Power
Washington, May 2.—Tremen
dous new powers for President
Roosevelt to reduce federal out
lays Uxlay were recommended to
the house by its appropriations
committee, embodied in a supply
bill slashing veteran costs nearly
half a billion dollars under cur
rent figures.
For Bonus Payment
Washington, May 2.—Repre
sentative Hancock, Democrat,
North Carolina, • today joined
house advocates of paying the
bonus with the additional curren
cy to be issued under the infla
tion program.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1933
FUNERAL SERVICES
ARE HELD TUESDAY
FOR SAM T. RAY
Former Elkin Man Dies
From Self-inflicted
Bullet Wound
IS BURIED HERE
Samuel Tilden Ray, 55, passed
away at Davie Hospital, Statesville,
Sunday evening, at 9:45, from a self
inflicted bullet wound. Mr. Ray had
been in ill health for the past several
years and this is supposed to be the
cause of his rash act, which was
committed about seven o'clock at his
home in Statesville. The bullet,
fired from a .38 caliber revolver, en
tered his head just back of the left
ear. Immediately after the fatal
shot was fired he was rushed to the
hospital but never regained con
sciousness.
The deceased was born in Yadkin
county, near Jonesville and was a
fon of the L. T. and Mrs. Sarah
Holcomb Ray. His early manhood
Was spent in lowa but greater part
of his life had been spent in this im
mediate community and his many
friends here mourn his passing. He
was the senior member of the firm
of Ray and Gilliam of this city until
the business was destroyed by fire,
and had resided here for about six
teen years prior to moving to States
ville in January of this year.
He was a member of the First
Baptist church of Statesville and was
a regular attendant at Sunday school
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COMMENCEMENT AT
COPELAND SCHOOL
To Begin Sunday After
noon, May 8, At
3:30 o'Clock
The commencement exercises of
the Copeland consolidated school will
begin Sunday afternoon, May 8, at
3:30 and will continue until Satur
day evening. The program follows:
Sunday afternoon. May 8, at 3:30
Dr. Tom Sykes of High Point will
preach the commencement sermon.
On Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock
a play, "Pirate Gold", will be pre
sented. This will be followed by the
graduation exercises.
Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, Dr.
Chas. E. Brewer, president of Mere
dith College and National Councilor
of the Jr. O. U. A. M., will deliver
an address.
The program of the elementary
grades will feature Friday's exer
cises. The exercises will begin at
nine o'clock A. M. The 7th grade
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PROMINENT RONDA
WOMAN IS BURIED
Mrs. Annie Weaver
Hickerson Dies Friday
Of Pneumonia
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Mrs. Annie Weaver Hickerson, 78,
widow of Dr. James Hickerson, of
Ronda, passed away Friday after
noon at five o'clock, following a brief
illness of bronchial pneumonia.
Mrs. Hickerson was a native of
Springfield, Mo., and a daughter of
Colonel and Mrs. Ripley P. Weaver,
of Valley Springs, Arkansas. Colonel
Weaver was a veteran of the Con
federate army and was later lieuten
ant governor of Arkansas. During
recent years the deceased had spent
her winters at Chapel Hill with her
son, Prof. Thomas F. Hickerson of
the faculty of the University of
North Carolina, and the summer
months at her home at Ronda.
She is survived by three sons, Ly
tle N. Hickerson, of Neport, Tenn.;
Robert L. Hickerson, of Ronda and
Thomas F. Hickerson, of Chapel
Hill. One sister, Mrs. R. F. King,
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Ebenezer-Grassy Creek
Meeting To Begin Bth
The Ebenezer-Grassy Creek meet
ing will begin Monday night at
Ebcnezer Methodist church with
Rev. George F. Hood, of Sandy
Ridge, doing the preaching..
The meeting is to be a two-church
affair, the scene to be shifted to the
Grassy Creek church beginning Sun
day night, May 14.
Commissioners Order Horizontal
Cut of 20 Per Cent In Assessed
Value of All Surry Real Estate
Cast Light Vote Here Monday
For Mayor and
A total of 71 votes were cast in
the town election held here Monday,
61 of which were straight ballots
and one of which was thrown out
due to improper marking.
Due to the fact that there was on
ly one ticket, the election was a
mere formality, which accounted for
the light vote.
Mayor M. A. Royall, succeeding
himself in that office, was given 69
votes. Votes for commissioners
were as follows:
H. P. Graham, 65; J. R. Poindex
ter, 65; Avery Neaves, 69; C. C.
Myers, 67 and M. R. Bailey, 6£.
Meeting Monday night, the new
board re-elected the following town
officials:
Clerk and treasurer, Paul Gwyn;
City attorney, W. M. Allen; Tax Col
lector, Dixie Graham; Fire Chief, W.
W. Whitaker, and chief of Police,
W. G. Church.
Dr. J. G. Abernethy Will
Fill Pulpit In Jonesville
Dr. J. G. Abernethy will fill the
pulpit at the Jonesville Methodist
church Sunday morning, May 8, at
11 o'clock. Rev. G. R. Stafford,
pastor of the church, will deliver the
commencement address to the grad
uating class of the Ronda high
school at the same hour.
ATTEMPT MADE TO
HOLD UP LOCAL MEN
Unknown Men Try To
Halt Louis Mitchell's
Car
Acting on the theory that dis
cretion is the better part of valor,
Louis Mitchell, proprietor of the
Lyric theatre, and Graham Newman
and Fred Windsor, local young men,
stepped on the gas and showed a
spouting exhaust pipe to two men
Sunday night who attempted to halt
their car by wildly brandishing a
couple of extremely large pistols.
Mr. Mitchell, in company with
the other two young m«n, were en
route to Elkin from Statesville
when the attempted holdup occurred.
The time was about 10:30 p. m. and
they were about three miles north
of Brook's Cross Roads. According
to Mr. Mitchell's account, the road
was partially blocked by an automo
bile, and as his car drew near, two
men, each with a pistol, shouted to
them to stop.
However, instead of stopping, the
Mitchell car was steered around the
obstructing machine under increas
ing power and the immediate vicini
ty was rapidly put in the rear.
Upon reaching Elkin, the local
men were in the act of reporting
the incident to Night Policeman J.
L. Darnell, when the men who had
attempted to stop them, passed in
their machine. In company with
the policeman they immediately gave
chase but lost their quarry in a
cloud of dust on the Traphill road.
Mad Dog At State
Road Bites Three
Members Of Family
Fear over the Increase of rabies
In the community was revived
Monday with the report from Ral
eigh that a pet dog of the family
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Luffman
of State Road, was affected with
hydrophobia. The dog had bitten
three members of the Luffman
family. Mr. and Mrs. Luffman
were both bitten about eight days
ago and they gave little thought
to the matter until the dog at
tacked Mrs. Mary Luffman, elder
ly mother of Mr. Luffman. Im
mediately after the last attack the
head of the dog was sent to Ral
eigh for examination.
Members of the family are un
der the care of a physician.
Ishbel Gets Thrill
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Miss Ishbel Mac Donald, daughter
of the British Premier, Ramsey
Mac Donald, who accompanied her
father tQ Washington, both being
White Honse guests, found her
Washington stay "most interesting
and quite thrilling."
Hold Meeting Here
In Connection With
Opening Local Bank
A meeting of local citizens in
terested in opening the Bank of
Klkin, with C. T. Doughton, cash
ier of the Deposit and Savings
bank of North, Wilkesboro, and
Kdwin Duncan, cashier of the
Bank of Sparta, and their attor
ney, was under way here Wed
nesday afternoon when The Tri
bune went to press.
It was understood that Mr.
Doughton and Mr. Duncan were
to submit in tentative form their
plan for opening the local hank
and the amount of money they
will be willing to put in bank
stock, the remainder of the stock
to be subscribed by Klkin citizens.
Although it is not known what
the outcome of the meeting will
be, it was learned reliably that
pron pert s for opening the local
bank appear more hopeful than
they have at any time since it was
closed by the president's procla
mation.
HOLD FUNERAL FOR
JONESVILLE WOMAN
Mrs. Margaret Payne
Sheppard Dies At Lo
cal Hospital
Funeral services were held Friday
afternoon for Mrs. Margaret Payne
Sheppard, 52, who passed away at
Hugh Chatham Hospital early Thurs
day afternoon, following a brief ill
ness. The rites were in charge of
Rev. J. L. Powers and Rev. Correll.
Mrs. Sheppard is survived by her
aged mother, Mrs. Malinda Payne, of
Jonesvllle, and five sisters: Miss
Zada Payne, Jonesvllle; Mrs. S. G.
Spicer, Lenoir; Mrs. W. A. Felts,
Hamptonville; Mrs. John Dancey,
North Wilkesboro and Mrs. A. J.
Ballard, McGrady. Two sons, Boyd
and Foy Sheppard, of Jonesville, and
one brother, George Payne, of Elkin.
The deceased was a native of
Wilkes county, and had made her
home in Jonesville for the past thir
teen years. She was a member of
the Walnut Grove Baptist church in
Wilkeß county.
TRAFFIC LEAGUE TO MEET
The North Carolina Traffic
League will hold Its annual meet
ing in Winston-Salem June 6, ac
cording to announcement by the
secretary treasurer, W. S. Creigh
ton, of Charlotte.
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Elkin—Gateway to
Gap and
the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
TOTAL OF 25 BEER
LICENSES GRANTED
IN SURRY COUNTY
Bill In General Assem
bly Would Eliminate
Tax Penalties
SURRY IS INCLUDED
A horizontal reduction of 20 per
cent in assessed value of all real es
tate in Surry county over which the
board of county commissioners has
jurisdiction, was ordered by the
board during their meeting in Dob
son Monday.
In ordering the cut the-commis
sioners took into consideration that
there may be exceptions where the
present tax assessment may be either
too high or too low as compared
with the assessed value of such class
of property and ordered that the tax
supervisor be directed to adjust the
assessment with the individual own
er, in all cases giving the owner full
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WILKES WOMAN IS
VICTIM OF CANCER
Mrs. Mary Gilliam Wall
Is Buried Friday
Mottling
Mrs. Mary Gilliam Wall, 66, wife
of M. H. Wall, paßsed away at her
home near Benham, Wilkes sounty,
Wednesday night, following an ill
ness of more than a year of cancer.
The deceased had been a member of
the Little Elkin Baptist church for
more than half a century and was
beloved among » wide circle of
friends.
She is survived by her husband,
M. H. Wall, six sons and two daugh
ters: Marvin W., Thomas J., Colon
E. and Mrs. E. H. Blackburn, all of
Ronda; James A. Wall, of Bel Air,
Md.; Mrs. J. F. Vanhoy and Charlie
C. Wall, of Elkin and Clarence M.
Wall, of Jonesville. Two sisters.
Miss Willie Killiam, of Albemarle,
and Mrs. Julia Davis, of Marshville,
and two brothers: G. R. Gilliam, of
Fayetteville and Charlie Gilliam, of
Rockingham, and fourteen grand
children also survive.
Funeral services were held Friday
morning from Little Elkin Baptist
church in charge of Rev. Miller and
Interment was in the church ceme
tery.
Chatham Officials
Hold Banquet Here
A semi-annual banquet and get
together meeting of superintendents
and foremen of the Elkin and Wins
ston-Salem plants of the Chatham
Manufacturing company was held
Tuesday in the banquet hall
at Hotel Elkin, the banquet being
followed by a business meeting at
the office of the local Chatham
plant.
Talks were made by W. A. Neaves,
general superintendent, and R. W.
Harris, superintendent of the Wins
ton-Salem plant, which was followed
by a general discussion by those
present.
The meeting was said to have been
one of the most successful yet held.
Local Postoffice Gets
Counterfeit $lO Bill
A counterfeit ten-dollar bill, of
such perfect workmanship that its
one defect—smutty coloring—was
not noticed at the time, was accepted
last week by the local postoffice.
Discovery that the bill was .coun
terfeit was said to have been made
in Winston-Salem, where -postal
money was sent, and it was returned
to local postoffice officials.
For protection of local merchants
the serial number of the bill was
B 31372245 A.
The generous citizen may soon be
asked to contribute a stray dime to
the poor bootlegger.—lndiaoapolis
Star.