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Elkin—"The Best
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VOL. No. XXII, No. 29
Bank Situation Here Has Come To
Showdown As Time Limit Expires;
Meeting Is Called For Tonight
FAILURE TO SOLVE
PROBLEM TONIGHT
MEANS LIQUIDATION
Doughton and Duncan
Ready to "Wash Hands
Of Matter"
EVERYONE INVITED
A meeting open to every citizen
of Elkin and vicinity who is interest
ed in seeing the Bank of Elkin open
has been called for tonight (Thurs
day), in the banquet room of Hotel
Elkin. The meeting is scheduled to
get under way at 8 o'clock.
In announcing the meeting, those
takng a leading part in reorganiza
tion plans, stated that the 6ank sit
uation here has come to a show
down, and that the meeting tonight
will determine whether it will open
or be liquidated.
If the present proposition is not
put over at this meeting, the bank
will be liquidated.
It was stated that those working
for the reopening of the bank lack
a good deal of having the necessary
stock subscribed and are far short
of having all depositors sign over
the 15 per cent of their deposits as
required by the reorganization plan.
One hundred per cent of the stock
must be raised before the bank can
reopen.
It was also stated that Edwin
Duncan, of Sparta, and C. T. Dough
ton, of North Wilkesboro, who have
contracted to take half of the new
Btock, provided the people of Elkin
and vicinity subscribe the remaining
half by June 1, have expressed their
intention of playing hands off if ev
erything is not in readiness to open
the bank by June 1. They were
quoted as saying that if the citizens
of Elkin are not interested enough
in having a bank here to subscribe
their part of the stock, then they
would not be interested after June
1, the time limit as set forth in their
contract.
Therefore, it was pointed out,
success or failure lies in the out
come of tonight's meeting.
LOCAL PEOPLE ARE
INJURED IN WRECK
Auto Accident Puts
Wade Family In
Hospital
AB the result of an automobile
collision which occurred about 11
o'clock Friday night on highway 10,
near Catawba, Mrs. L. I. Wade, of
Elkin, 1B in a Statesville hospital
recovering from severe injuries, and
three other members of the Wade
family are recovering from minor in
juries at their home here, follow
ing hospital treatment in Statesville.
Those .injured, in addition to.
Mrs. Wade, were her husband, L. I.
Wade, and their daughter and
grandson, Mrs. Enzo Jemma, and
Enzo Jemma, Jr., of Rome Italy.
Mrs. Wade, the most severely in
jured of the party, suffered a tfrac
tured nose, lacerations about the
face, and chest injuries, in addition
to numerous painful bruises. Mr.
Wade's left hand and hip were in
jured. Mrs. Jemma and her small
son suffered minor injuries, cuts
and bruises.
The Wade c#r was said to have
Jrirj' -
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Bee Specialist
To Be In County
On May 31st
C. 1 1. Hams, extension bee
specialist, will be in Sorry coun
ty May 81, according to an an
nouncement made by J. W.
Crawford, county farm agent,
Wednesday. Anyon« in the coun
ty having beest who would be in
terested in having Mr. Sams rid
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Sign Truce
Tokio, May 28.—An agreement
for a Sino-Japanese truce which
leaves Peiping free from Japa
nese occupation was signed at
Pieping today, according to news
dispatches to the capital.
Before receipt of these reports,
official Japanese quarters fore
cast the early conclusion of a
North China armistice.
Gales Cause Deaths
Kansas City, May 28.—Nine
teen persons were killed by tor
nadoes and heavy gales which
yesterday caused damage to
buildings and crops estimated at
several millions of dollars in
widely scattered localities In Ne
braska, Kansas, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Montana, Minneso
ta and Colorado.
Pass Bank Bill
Washington, May 23.—A thun
derous chorus of "ayes" today
put through the house the em
compassing GIaNS-Rteagall haul
reform bill designed to safeguard
the deposits of money earners and
give assurance that federal re
serve member banking will be
strictly separated from specula
tive operations.
College Head Dying
(iHKtonia, May 23.—Dr. W. J.
Mt'Glothlin, president of Purnian
university, Greenville, S. C., in
jured in an automobile erash
near King's Mountain, on May
16, today was Riven "only a few
days to live by Dr. L. X. Glenn,
staff surgeon at City hospital
here where Dr. McGlothlin is a
patient.
Paid No Income Tax
Washington, May 23. —A sen
ate investigating committee was
told today that none of the 20
member*, of J. P. Morgan and
company paid any income tax for
the yea** 1031 or 1032 because
of losses reported by their firm.
N. Y. Goes Wet
Albany, N. Y., May 23.—A
strong wet vote in upstate coun
ties tonight indicated a wet vic
tory in New York state's special
election of delegates to the state
repeal convention.
ARE PUSHING PLANS
FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
Will Open at Elkin High
School Building
June 10
Plans for Catawba College's
branch summer school here are ma
turing rapidly, it has been learned
from Walter R. Schaff, local direc
tor. Enough students have indicat
ed sufficient interest to warrant two
instructor? and the following cour
ses: First Unit: Education—Test*
and Measurements and Southern
Education. Second Unit: English—
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Hold Funeral For
- Israel Byrd, 88
Israel Byrd, 88, passed away at
his home' in Wilk'es county early
Tuesday-, following a brief' illness
from a heart ailment. FuneraL rites"
were held Wednesday mo'sning irom,
Dennysville church .'by- Rev/ >N. T.
Jarvia and interment was .in * the
church cetnetery beside his wife;
Mrs. Olive Seagraves Byrd, who died
about four years ago. ,
He is survived by one daugh
ter, Mrs. Nancy Yminppr g"V
eral grandchildren.
waa an uncle of E. L.
city.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1933
FISH HOOK CASE IS
WON BY PLAINTIFF
IN YADKIN COURT
Civil Term Ends Friday
Afternoon at Yad
kinville
FEW CASES TRIED
Yadkin Superior court for the
trial of civil cases ended Friday af
ternoon. The term was planned for
a two weeks session and jurors
summoned for both weeks, but the
second week was called off Friday.
The jurors were on hand Monday
for the second week but were not
used. Jndge Michael Schenck pre
sided over the term.
Only a few cases of importance
were tried. A few cases were com
promised and three divroces grant
ed.
Coram Case
The case of James C. Coram
against the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
Co., was one of the lengthy cases
tried. This is known as the "fish
hook" case. The basis of the suit
was the contention of Mr. Coram
that while biting off a chew of plug
tobacco, a product of the Reynolds
company, he bit into a fish hook,
sticking the hook in his lip. He
claimed that it was necessary for
him to go to a doctor for medical
attention and the removal of the
hook. The Reynolds company
claimed that if there was a fish
hook tn ffre gftwg 'tti-vratr-gn accident
and not the fault of the company
and they were not responsible. After
a trial lasting almost two days the
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SURRY MAN MEMBER
SCHOOL COMMISSION
John H. Folger, of Mt.
Airy, Represents
Fifth District
Attorney John H. Folger, of Mt.
Airy, has been appointed a member
of the new state school commission,
it was revealed Sunday when mem
bers of the commission were an
nounced by Governor J. C. B. I£h
ringhaus.
Mr. Folger, who is the represen
tative of the fifth congressional dis
trict —one member being chosen
from each district-—is also one of
six members appointed who have
served on the board of equalization,
which administered the state's six
months school term.
Under the 1933 school law the
school commission, of which the
governor is ex-officio chairman, is
the most powerful school adminis
trative body ever created in the
state. It will have practically un
limited power in reaching decisions
involving operation of the eight
months school term.
SATURDAY IS TO BE
ANNUAL POPPY DAY
Proceeds of Sale to Go
For Relief of Dis
abled Veterans
Saturday will be Poppy Day here.
The annual event, sponsored by the
Auxiliary of the Geqrge Gray post of
the American legion, was announced
Tuesday.
The American Legion and the
auxiliary are carrying out a vast
and continuous program of relief
and rehabilitation work for dis
abled veterans and their families
throughout the year, and it is only
Poppy Day, observed once a year,
thai they ask fQr outside aid.
Every peniiy realized by thre sale
of poppies, which are made bv the
of -disut) 1 •)&*&• ar
of u/&jdbp
w: IP , and the
Cii—Hku.i loc&i&rZr/ffi
Denmark Appointee
■flea W^-JSHS®*
Miss Helen Lee Doherty, daugh
ter! er of Mr. and Mrs. Henry LI
Doherty of New York, is now in
Denmark, going there to be Assist
ant to Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, new
U. 8. Minister. .
SURRY TAX SALE
TO BE POSTPONED
Legislature Authorizes
Extension Until De
cember Ist
The Surry county board of com
missioners, at their meeting the
first Monday in June, are expected
to postpone the real estate Bale for
delinquent taxes until next Decem
ber, it was learned Tuesday, inas
much as a bill introduced in the
general assembly and passed shortly
before that body's adjournment, au
thorized such a postponement.
However, under the new act as
pertaining to Surry county, the com
missioners have the power to Bet the
date of the sale at any time be
tween the present and next Decem
ber, and although the —meeting is
June may not see a postponement
until the last month of the present
year, it is almost a certainty that
the sale will be postponed to some
later date.
In case the tax sale should be;
postponed until December and then j
prior to that time the commission
ers should deem it wise to move the
sale up a few weeks or months, un
der the act as passed the legisla
ture they would have that right.;
However, there is little prospect
that this clause will be called into
use.
INJURED MAN SOON
TO LEAVE HOSPITAL
Gaither Hayes Hurt
Saturday When Auto
Overturned
Gaither Hayes, 29, a native of the
Harmony community of Iredell
county, who was injured in an auto
mobile wreck late Saturday near;
is making satisfac
tory recovery and will probably be
able to 1 leave the local hospital
within a few days, it was learned
from hospital attaches Tuesday
night.
Hayes was said to have received
his injuries, which consisted of a
gash across the.forehead, and lacer
ations about the body, when his car
turned over on a curve. He was
picked up and brought to the hos
pital here by a passing motorist.
Only- recently married, Hayes'
wife was not with him at the time
of the accident, having stopped at a
home near Hamptonville imme
diately prior to the wreck.
to CUT COSTS
On the awning-covered decks of
the yacht Sequoia, President Roose
velt and his gdardian of federal ex
penditures—Lewis W. Douglas, di
rector of the budget—Sunday draft
ed into near final form a wide gov
ernmental reorganization program
through which they expect to pro
duce savings of more than $3,000,-
000 during the next fiscal year.
Misses Lawrence Hostess to Class
The Sunshine Philathea Class of
the Elkin Vallay Baptist church
met at the home of Misses Benlab
and Opal Lawrence Friday evening
in the regular business-social meet
ing; The devotiorials were in charge
of Mre. E. G. Jordan, teacher, fol|
lowed by prayer by Miss Bertls
the
jjraptjmems served tempt£||F refresh-
Several Said To Seek
Job of Superintendent
of Education In Surry
Local Post of the
American Legion Is
Host To Billy Goat
The local post of the American
Legion is at present playing host
to a large billy goat which has a
most embarrassing way of turn
ing "up as a visitor to posts which
have reached the bottom in the
state membership bracket.
Recently a guest of the Mount
Airy Legion, the goat is not a
stranger in Surry county. He ar
rived in a crate Friday, accompa
nied by a rather nice C. O. D.
charge, and announced his inten
tion of remaining upon the scene
until ways and means are devised
to raise the membership of the
local Legion post. When and if
that is done, the goat will then be
shipped to some other town
where members are few and far
between.
MORE IMPROVEMENT
NOTED IN STATE'S
RELIEF SITUATION
Surry, Yadkin and Alle
ghany Show De
creases
WILKES IS HIGHER
A continued improvement in the
status of destitution in North Caro
lina is indicated by a report released
by the governor's office of relief
which states that the total amount
of money spent for relief purposes
during amounted to $1,091,-
835 as with $1,323r54 6
spent during m- d««r€ase of
$231,511, or about* 17.5 per cent.
The report shows that the de
crease in expenditures is even great
er than the decrease in number of
families, which was from 164,000 to
138,000, or about 16 per cent, thus
revealing the encouraging fact; that
not only are fewer families being
aided but that those yet destitute are
requiring less assistance than pre
viously. The average expenditure
per family during April was $7.90 as
compared with $8.07 for March.
The total amount spent Jji each of
the following counties during Apjil
as compared with March follows:
Surry, March $9,898, April SB,-
971; Alleghany, March $2,665, April
$1,103; Yadkin, March $6,959, April
$4,314; Wilkes, March $10,157,
April $12,467.
With the exception of Wilkes
county, which showed an increase,
the remaining three counties listed
above showed decreases in expendi
| tures.
QUARTET FEATURES
KIWANIS PROGRAM
Myers Singers Prove
Big Hit With Local
Kiwanians
A musical program, featuring
the Myers' quartet, was presented
daring the meeting of the Elkin Ki
wanis club at Hotel Elkin Friday
night.
The quartet, secured for the pro
gram by Kiwanian D. Holcomb,
program chairman, sanp a number
of songs and hymns that brought
repeated encores, and was highly
enjoyed.
Those making up the quartet were
Thomas Myers,, of the local Cash
and Carry Stores. Guy Myers, Sam
Browi; and Glenn Swaim.
A "Business Standards" program
under the supervision of E.~ S. Spain
hour, will be presented during to
morrow night's meeting.
MOVE TOWARD ADJOURNMENT
Congress Satnrday put an extra
push into clearing its road to ad
journment—looked for in mid-June
•—while President Roosevelt earnest
ly considered a half-dtaeh fcttessing
domestic and International project!
and then Ml out down the Potomas
for a week-end at wsl!-eahled' ris&j
Elkin—Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
the Blue Ridge
— l
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COUNTY BOARD WILL
MEET JUNE STH TO
FILL SCHOOL POSTS
Buck Freeman Mention*
ed As Candidate For
Hendren's Job
NEW SCHOOL LAWS
The new Surry county board oC
education, recently named by the
state legislature, will meet on the
first Monday in June for the purpose
of naming a county superintendent
for the next two> years, and for nam
ing school committees. The Surry
board is made up of the following
members: F. W. Graham and Dr.
T. R. White, of Elkin; W. S. Comer,
of Dobson; G. C. Hauser, of Mount
Airy; Vestal Taylor, of White Plains
and Arthur P. Fulk, of Pilot Moun
tain.
At present there are three aspir
ants for the office of county super
intendent—Professor E. S. Hendren
is standing for re-election, and the
names of Professor E. P. McCloud,
of Franklin school, and Buck Free
man, of Elkin, have been mentioned
as seeking the place.
Of interest to those connected with
school work in the county are the
new regulations for their conduct as
passed by the legislature. Although
no copy of the latest laws enacted
are at hand, Professor E. S. Hendren
has given a few of the important
points in the jaew. tew aa. it flffftrffr
the schools.
The new law abolishes the special
tax districts where an additional tax
had been levied to pay for extra
terms. All schools are now for
eight months. All units or school
districts are abolished and new dis
tricts will be set up by the school
commission, consolidating the dis
tricts wherever it seems advisable.
No change in the present school
districts of Surry -eounty are anti
cipated, although it is said that an
may be made by the local
school- to take hi North Elkin so as
| to bring the Elkin school into the
i 1,000 enrollment class and thereby
I enable them to operate as a separate
' unit from the county. The new law
puts all schools of less than 1,000
| enrollment under the control of the
county board, thereby causing Elkin,
Pilot Mountain and Dobson to lose
their special charter standing and
come under the control of the county
board.
COMMENCEMENT TO
BEGIN HERE FRIDAY
Complete Program of
Final Exercises
Announced
The commencement program of
Elkin Public Schools will get under
way Friday night with Junior-high
graduating exercise. The greater
part of this week has been devoted
to filial examinations. The full
progr&m of activitioe is as follows:
Friday, ft P. M. — Junior-High
Graduation. Address by County
Superintendent E. S. Hendren.
Saturday, 8 P. M.- Senior Play,
"One Minute to Twelve."
Sunday, 11 A. M.—Baccalaureate
sermon by R®v. Fnsd A. Freed, Pas
tor Christ Evangelical Lutheran
church, Hickory, N. C.
Monday, 8 P. M.—Senior ' Class
Day Pragram.
Tuesday, » P. M.—Literary ad
dress by Dr. Bdgar Wallace Knight,
University of North Carolina, Chap
el Hill, N. C., and the presentation
of diplomas to the members of the
graduating class.
The comemncement speakers are
men of wide scholarship and expeV
ience.
APPROVE 40-HOUR WBKK
'• ''i ■ J
Northern and Southern textile
mill executives representing 20,0#Q,-