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Elkin—"The Best
Little Town In
North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXII, No. 33
DEATH CLAIMS AGED
CITIZEN OF YADKIN;
WAS 100 YEARS OLD
John Jackson Jenkins,
of Jonesville, Buried
Monday
CIVIL WAR VETERAN
Funeral services lor John Jackson
Jenkins, centenarian and the oldest
citizen of Yadkin county, who passed
away early Sunday morning, were
held Monday morning at 10:30 from
the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. I.
Cockerham, of Jonesville. The ser
vices were in charge of Rev. G. R.
Stafford, pastor of the Jonesville M.
E. church, assisted by Rev. T. S.
Draughn of Crutchfield, and Rev.
A. C. Correll, Rev. J. L. Martin and
Rev. D. G. Reece, all of Jonesville.
Interment was made in -the family
plot in Ebenezer Methodist church
cemetery, of which the deceased had
long been a member.
Mr. Jenkins was born June 7,
1833,. near Rockford, Surry county,
and moved to this section nearly a
half century ago. For many years
he was in charge of the old toll
bridge across the Yadkin river here.
For more' than thirty years he was
a resident of Elkin but during the
last years of his life he resided in
Jonesville.
He was stricken with paralysis in
February and since that time his
condition has been critical. HIB last
days were spent in perfect peace
without a sign of pain. Many friends
of the older and younger generation
came to pay tribute to him on his
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IATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Organize For Repeal
High Point, June 20.—Repre
sentatives of the North Carolina j
branches of seven organizations j
aligned with the fight for repeakl
of the 18th amendment gathered
here tonight, organised the "Uni
ted Repeal Council" for North
Carolina and began laying plans
for the intensive anti-prohibition
campaign between now and the
election November 7.
French Alarmed
London, June 30.—Alarmed by
further depreciation of the Amer
ican dollar today, high French
quarters asserted tonight that a
proposal for adjournment of the
world economic conference would
be presented at a meeting of the
steering committee tomorrow un
less prospects for currency sta
bilization were brighter at that
time.
To Purchase Land
Washington, June 20.—Robert
Fechner, director of the civilian
conservation corps, today an
nounced an executive order ap
proved by President Roosevelt,
authorizing the purchase of be
tween six million and eight mil
licfti acres of timber and farm
land in 20 eastern and southern
states as part of the reforestation
program.
Ask For Speed
Washington, June 20.—A di
rect appeal to Industries to speed
their agreements for rehabilita
tion through increased wages and
stabilized working hours, and not
to increase prices, at least for the
present, was made today by Hugh
8. Johnson, head of the national
recovery administration.
States Vote Repeal
. Two more states—Connecticut |
and New Hampshire—today were
joined in the repeal march, while
almost complete returns from the
hitherto dry-voting state of lowa
showed the anti-prohibitionists so
far ahead as to indicate almost
certain victory.
SEARCH FOR MATTERN
*
Ensign William A. Moffett, Jr.,
son of the late Rear AdmirtSfldof
fett, was called to duty Sunday aB
ships and planes began a search over
a wide area for Jimmie Mattern,
down somewhere on his transpacific
hop.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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JOHN JACKSON JENKINS
ELKIN MAN KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
IN WILKES FRIDAY
Funeral Services For El
bert Sprinkle Held
Saturday
TWO ARE IN JAIL
Elbert Sprinkle, 43, of this cTty,
who was fatally injured in an auto
mobile accident between Doughton
and Traphill Friday night, was buried
Saturday afternoon f|p the Jones
ville cemetery following funeral ser
vices at the home here, in charge of
Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor of the
Baptist church.
The accident which was said to
have resulted in Mr. Sprinkle's death
was breught about when the ma
chine in which he was riding with
a neph'eW, Ofiß Sprinkle, and an un
known woman, crashed into a tree.
A coroner's inquest held follow
ing the wreck, resulted in the arrest
of both Otis Sprinkle and the wom
an who were placed in jail at
Wilkesboro.
The deceased was a son of the
late Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Sprinkle.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Myrtle Hampton Sprinkle; nine
children, Thomas, Ralph, Catherine,
Samuel, Lee, Jack, Frank, Goleen
and Bobby Sprinkle; three sisters,
Mrs. Theodore Ring, of California;
Mrs. C. E. Wallace, of Yadkinville;
Mrs. Mary Hutchinson, of Elkin, and
five brothers, Charles and Edward
Sprinkle, of Johnson City, Tenn.;
! Percy W. Sprinkle, of North Wilkes
| boro; Arthur Sprinkle, of Elkin and
I Sam Sprinkle of the United States
I Army forces.
SHOULD GET LOANS
TO PAY OFF NOTES
Farmers May Borrow
From Government to
Meet Obligation
Beginning yesterday, W. H. Sprad
lin, receiver of the Elkin National
Bank, of this city, began a series of
conferences with Folger and Folger,
attorneys for the bank, with the ex
pressed intention of going through
every note the bank holds and tak
ing judgment in each case where it
is thought advisable.
However, it was pointed out that
farmers who have executed notes
which the bank holds, now have the
opportunity to borrow money from
the government, under a recent act
of congress, with which to pay off
their notes.
In securing a loan under the emer
gency farm mortgage act it is pos
sible for the farmer to borrow as
high as 75 per cent of the value of
his property, at only four and one
half per cent interest, and witfi "no
payment on the principal to be made
within the next five years.
In cases where application for such
loans are made, no action will'be
taken by the bank, but in cases
where no effort is made toward pay
ing off the notes, Judgment will be
asked.
The low rate of interest which is
made on the government loans is due
to the work of Congressman Frank
Hancock, of this district, who held
out for a low interest rate when oth
ers were fighting to raise it.
PIN All RITES
Final rites for Col. George K.
Freeman, former state commander
of the American Legion, who died
in a Charlotte hospital Sunday, were
held at Ooldsboro Tuesday.
ELKIN, N~ C., THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 1933
MANY GATHER TO
PAY LAST RESPECTS
TO HUGH W. DIXON
§on of Prof, and Mrs. Z.
H. Dixon Passes
Unexpectedly
IS BURIED HERE
Attended by a throng of friends
that taxed the capacity of the
church, funeral services for Hugh
Woody Dixon, 36, were held Satur
day morning at 10 o'clock from the
Methodist church in this city. The
services were in charge of Rev. L.
B. Abernethy; pastor of the church,
assisted by Rev. Eph Whisenhunt,
pastor of the Baptist church, who
read the scripture, and Rev. John
Hoyle, Jr., pastor of Green Street
Methodist church in Winston-Salem,
who read the obituary and paid high
tribute to Mr. Dixon as a moral and
conscientious man.
Santford Martin, editor of the
Winston-Salem Journal, of which
Mr. Dixon was state news editor,
spoke briefly and eulogized the life
of the deceased. He said that
North CafoHna journalism had sutr
fered a great loss in the death of
Mr. Dixon.
Mr. Dixon passed away at his
home in Winston-Salem Thursday
morning at three o'clock from a
heart attack. He had been in fail
ing health for a few weeks and had
been under the care of a doctor, but
his condition was apparently much
improved when the fatal attack
came. He was stricken shortly af
ter he arrived home from his work
at the Journal office and died be
fore medical aid could be summoned.
Relatives are of the opinion that the
heart impairment was the result of
strenuous training at Plattsburg
Camp during the World War. He
was refused military service on ac
count of his heart condition imme
diately following training at "Platts
burg when he volunteered for ser
vice.
The deceased was the only son of
Professor Zeno H. Dixon and Mrs.
Mary Ann Dixon of this city. He
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JOHN W. COMER IS
NEW SCHOOL HEAD
Named As Superinten
dent of Education
Thursday Night
John W. Comer, of Dobson, for
the past two years Surry county
welfare officer, was elected super
intendent of education Thursday
night by the county board of educa
tion. A deadlock had previously ex
isted between J. N. Freeman, Elkin
attorney, and Prof. E. P. McLeod.
Before the electing vote was cast,
both Professor McLeod and Mr.
Freeman had notified the board of
their release, and with the members
feeling free of any promises to their
favorite candidates they soon unani
mously elected Mr. Comer.
The new superintendent, who suc
ceeds Prof. E. S. Hendren, is a grad
uate of the University of North Caro
lina, holding the degree of bachelor
of arts, and before taking up wel
fare work in this county, had served
as principal of two schools in East
ern North Carolina for rfeven years.
It is not known who will succeed
Mr. Comer as welfare officer, al
though there is a possibility that the
two offices may be consolidated. It
is expected that this subject will be
passed upon by the county commis
sioners at their meeting to be held
the first Monday in July.
Wilkes County Citizens
Organize to Fight Crime
Citisens ©f Wilkes county Sunday
afternoon organised for a war
against crime by electing Rev. J. H.
Armbrust, North Wilkesboro Metho
dist minister, chairman, and Solici
tor John R. Jones vice-chairman of
the organization for law enforcement
and law observance.
Approximately 1,000 citizens rep
resenting all sections of. the county
answered' the call issued last week
and were in attendance at the mass
meeting which was held at the coun
ty courthouse in Wilkesboro.
The* large audience voted almost
unanimously to request the Wilkes
county board of commissioners to
Local Stores To
Close Wednesday
Afternoons At 1
Beginning In July and continu
ing through August, local mer
chants will close their stores each
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock,
it was learned yesterday after
noon. This move was decided up
on by the merchants In order to
give their sales forces a half-holi
day each week during the mid
summer months.
Stores which will close do not
include drug stores, neither will
local cafes observe the afternoon
off.
LOCAL MERCHANTS
URGE "BUY NOW" AS
SALES TAX LOOMS
Point Out That Prices
Are Steadily Ad
vancing
OFFER BIG VALUES
Merchants of Elkin, warning of
already advancing prices and in an
ticipation of the three per cent sales
tax which becomes effective through
out the state Saturday, July 1, are
announcing attractive prices for the
week-end and for the remainder of
the month through the advertising
columns of this issue of The Tribune.
In the opinion of the merchants,
thrifty buyers have the greatest op
portunity now to buy quality mer
chandise at low prices than they will
perhaps again seo in years. It is
pointed out that many of the goods
on sale are priced at a figure that
cannot be duplicated on today's
market, and that in addition, with
the, advent of the sales tax, those
who, do not buy now will have to
pay more later.
Inflation is forcing prices upward
daily ani it will be impossible to
keep local prices down much longer.
For this reason, everyone who buys
now will not be making, a mere pur
chase, but an investment.
The attention of Tribune readers
is called to the big values listed in
the advertisements of the various
stores in today's paper. It will mean
a real saving to those who patronize
them.
SUMMER SCHOOL
MAY GO 2ND TERM
Enrolment Has Reached
40; Teacher Is
Away
Director Walter R. Schaff, of the
Catawba College Summer School Di
vfsion at Elkin, announces that the
summer school enrollment ha s,
reached 40. He made a favorable
comment upon the fine attitude
shown by the students and their
willingness to work and co-operate
with him. Three counties, Wilkes,
Yadkin and Surry are represented.
Miss Meta Liles, who is assisting
Mr. Schaff, is absent this week on
account of illness of her sister. Miss
Elizabeth Black, formerly Supervisor
of Cabarrus County public schools,
and who is now Director of Elemen
tary Education in Concord city
schools, is substituting for Miss
Liles.
The majority of the students hare
asked for a second term. Informa
tion regarding the .second term will
be ready for publication soon.
petition the governor of North Caro
lina for a term or terms of court suf
ficient to clear the Superior court
criminal docket which Solicitor Jones
said is clogged with between five
and six hundred cases, including ten
or twelve murder cases.
The vote on this motion was tak
en after the audience had listened
to impassioned appeals for some ac
tion looking to a successful "War
against crime in the county.
The mass meeting was called last
week by Solicitor Jones, Rev. W. C.
Meadows, Sheriff W. B. Somers and
W. E. Karris, mayor of Wilkesbofo,
who signed a statement asking the
people to attend and help organise.
Roosevelt Divorce
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Elliott Roosevelt, below, son of
President and Mrs. Roosevelt, now
in the west, will seek divorce from
his wife on the grounds of incompat
ibility. Mrs. Roosevelt, above, is
the former Elizabeth Donner, daugh
ter of Win. H. Donner of Phila., and
owner of the Donner Btell Corpora
tion of Buffalo. They were married
in January, 1032, and have one
child.
FIFTH KILLING IN
MONTH TAKES PLACE
IN WILKES SUNDAY
Noah Brown, Factory
Employee Is Shot
Through Heart
KILLER IS JAILED
While a large number of Wilkes
county citizens were gathered at the
courthouse In Wilkesboro Sunday af
ternoon discussing ways and means
of combatting crime, the fifth Wilkes
killing within a month took place
at the home of Rom Dancy, farmer,
near North Wilkesboro.
Noah Brown, 33-year-old factory
employee, was the victim. Dancy
admitted firing the bullet which
pierced his heart. He surrendered
to officers following the shooting and
was placed in jail.
Dancy told police that he killed
Brown while shooting at James
Brooks, a member of a party of men
who were said to have stopped at
Dancy'B home and to have thrown
rocks at him as he sat upon the
porch. Other men in the party were
said to have been Harlow and Pete
Hayes.
Dancy went into the house, he
said, and secured a rifle when he
saw a gun In the hands of one of bis
assailants. The bullet from bis gun
struck Brown in the heart, killing
i him Instantly.
ODELL "RED" BOYLES
IS GIVEN 15 YEARS
Prisoner Was At One
Time Resident Of
Elkin
Odell C. "Red" Boyles, who in his
boyhood was a resident of Elkin,
was last Thursday in Atlanta sen
tenced to serve 15 years in the Geor
gia pentitentiary on a charge of at
tempting to extort $20,000 from
Joseph F. Cannon, Concord textile
magnate on threats of kidnapping
Cannon's grand daughter the
daughter of the late Smith Reynolds
and Anne Cannon Reynolds. Boyles
was trapped by a decoy money pack
age.
Federal Court Judge Alexander
Akerman, who sentenced Boyles,
asked: "How do you suppose the
mother of the LlndMrgh child felt?"
as le imposed sentence. Boyles was
indicted under the new federal
'"Lindbergh" kidnap -law.
Asked If he had anything to say,
! Boyles declared he was being rail
roaded. Denying the charge, Judge
Akerman shot hack:
"Before you get back you will
think It a long, slow train. Tou are
an enemy of society and such crimi
nals as you should be put in a place
where you can no longer prey on
society.
The sentence was said to have
been the loagest Judge Akarman
erer gave.
Elkin —Gateway to
Roaring Gap and
! the Blue Ridge
1
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SLAYER 0F MARTIN
HINSHAW GIVES UP
TO WILKES SHERIFF
Herschel Richardson Is
Placed In Jail At
Wilkesboro
SAW OFFICERS PASS
Herschel Richardson, alleged
slayer of Martin Hinshaw at a swim
ming pool near Traphill, about two
weeks ago, surrendered last Thurs
day afternoon to Sheriff W. B. Som
ers, of Wilkes county, while the
sheriff, accompanied by another of
ficer, was in Traphill section*
searching for J,,im.
Sheriff Somers is said to hare
been at the home of a Mr. Pruitt
rfU«n Richardson walked in and gave
himself up. He said he • had seen
the officers pass from his hiding
place in the woods. He was carried
to Wilkesboro and placed in jail.
Richardson is 26 years of age and
is married.
Hinshaw, nearly 2 5 2, was shot and
killed near the Holbrook mill pond
about 5 o'clock on the afternoon of
June 11. Richardson, who i§ said
to have done the shooting) had been
in hiding since that time.
TO REDUCE COTTON
ACREAGE IN STATE
North Carolina to Retire
Total of 363,000
Acres
Dean I. O. Schaub, of North Caro
lina State College, head of a com
mittee to secure signatories to the
cotton reduction program in the
state, said North Carolina's share of
the program to retire Southern cot
ton acreage will be 363,000 acres.
Raleigh, June 20.—Three dis
trict meetings will be held today
(Thursday) to outline plans for the
cotton reduction campaign,. Dean I.
O. Schaub, of State Cdllegfe," stated
today.
The meetings will be held in Char
lotte, Fayetteville and Rocky Mount.
They are not to be mass meetings
for farmers, Schaub explained, but
for the purpose of instructing farm
agents, vocational teacherß, cotton
association field men, and other
probable workers in the activities to
be pushed during the campaign
which begins Monday.
Next week the agents and field
workers will hold meetings at which
the cotton growers will be urged to
reduce their acreage.
Contracts will be offered farmers
providing that a definite considera
tion will be given them if they will
retire from production a portion of
their acreage ranging from 25 to 40
per cent, of the amount they would
otherwise have placed in production.
Board of Equalization
Holds Meeting Monday
At the meeting of the county
board of copunissioners , ; Monday,
gathered as a board of equalization
and review for the purpose of equal
izing the vahiati«ns on real estate,
less than 50 adjustments were made,
it being apparent that the majority
of real estate owners of the county
were satisfied with the blanket cut
of 20 per cent which was announced
by the commissioners some time ago.
The commissioners completed their
work in one day. Everyone was sat
isfied, it was said.
Farmers May Now
, Ease Pain of Debt
Through Farm Act
W. M. Allen, secretary of the
local Federal Land Bank organi
zation in prepared to furnish
any information desired about the
loans authorised by the recently
passed emergency farm mortgage
act.
The act means that it is now
possible for farmers to obtain re
newals of old loans and to obtain
new loans through the federal
land bank, and where money is
needed (1) to refinance indebted
ness of farmers: (M) to provide
wo»klag capital for farm opera
tions; (I) to redeem or repur
chase foreclosed term property.
The act was passed purely and
qffnply to relieve the financial
straits of the fartner.