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VOL. No, XXIII. No. 4
City Fathers Approve
Plan For Construction
Community Building
WOULD CONTAIN A
GYMNASIUM AS WELL
AS TOWN OFFICES
To Apply to County
Board For Addition
To School
NEED FGXJR ROOMS
Prospects of a community build
ing here, to contain a gymnasium,
town offices and Woman's Club
rooms, were brightened considerably
at the meeting Monday night of the
• town board of commissioners when
a plan, presented to the board by
George Royall, J. O. Bivins, and
Walter R. Schaff to construct Bucb
a building with the assistance of
CWA labor was approved.
The project was discussed at
length and a committee of three
commissioners consisting of J. R.
Poindexter, H. P. Graham and C. C.
Myers was appointed to work out
tentative plans in conjunction with
the American Legion committee.
These plans are to be presented to
the board at the next meeting.
It is understood that a lot on
Church street, near the home of Dr.
H. C. Salmons, has been proposed as
a site for the building, it being said
that a town lot located on Market
street just to the rear of Elkin Mo
tors, Inc., is too small. It is under
stood that this lot will be traded
for the lot on Church street accord
ing to present plans.
Another matter brought before the
commissioners was presented, hy H.
P. Graham, who stated that there
are several projects before the coun
ty board of education for the en
largement of several county schools
with funds borrowed through fed
eral agencies. Mr. Schaff Btated that
the local school is very badljT crowd
ed and needed additional space bad
ly. The board authorized Mr. Gra
ham and Mr. Schaff to apply to the
county boartl to build four addition
al class rooms to the present school
building if it can be arranged in
connection with the enlargement of
county schools.
Putting on an extra night po
liceman for the holiday season was
discussed and the mayor authoriz
ed to use his discretion in regards to
the matter.
ELECT OFFICERS
OF ASSOCIATION
L. G. Meed Named As
President of Organ
ization
With all officers elected, Elkin
merchants have completed organiza
tion of a merchants association
which will be put into operation
here within the next week. It was
learned Wednesday following a
meeting at Hotel Elkin of the board
of directors.
L. G. Meed, owner of the Caro
lina Ice & Fuel company, was elec
ted president, and Errol Hayes,
member of the firm of Relcb-Hayes-
Boren, Inc., local furniture dealers,
was named as vice-president, W. B.
Lankford, member of the clerical
staff of Hugh Chatham hospital,
was named as treasurer.
Miss Edith Neaves was selected by
the directors as secretary ef the or
ganization, the major part of the
work in running the association to
tall into her hands. She is expected
to leave this afternoon for a visit
to merchants associations in Raleigh,
Durham, Burlington and Greens
boro in order to familiarize herself
with the work.
The office of the new organiza
tion will probably be located in the
Harrls-Burgiss Electric company, it
was learned.
Willard Dowell, of Raleigh, secre
tary of the North Carolina Mer
chants Association, attended the
meeting held Tuesday night at Hotel
Elkin, and remained over for the
directors' meeting Wednesday morn
ing- He assisted in completing the
organization and selecting a secre
tary.
Buy and Buy, but do it bow, not
by-and-by.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Dislikes Pomp
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Doris Duke, world's richest girl,
likes her New York home best of all.
She dislikes pomp and show, living
simply. On her ilst birthday re
cently she came into a third of her
father's estate, the remaining two
thirds to come to her on her 25th
and 30th birthdays. The Duke to
bacco estate was appraised at 1101,.
000,000 In 1025.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
Rush For Spirits
Raleigh, Dec. s.—Trains and
motor busses from bone dry North
Carolina rumbled their .echo to
the requiem of national prohibi
tion tonight as thirsty Tar Heels,
apparently attracted by reduced
fares, streaked for wet states
while bootleggers battled to keep
business behind the frontier
Take Care of Cash
Washington, Dec. 5.—-Declar
ing that "current better prices"
for cotton and tobacco are due in
large measure to depreciation of
United States money as compared
' to gold and foreign money, Sena
tor Joaiah W. Bailey today urged
North Carolina farmers to "take
advantage of present circum
stances" by arranging to take
good care of any "surplus money"
with which they may find them
selves.
To Pay Million
Rome, Dec. 6. (Wednesday).—
The Fascist grand council today
voted that Italy should continue
her membership in the League of
Nations, under certain conditions.
The decision came after a lengthy
session which bagan at 10 p. m.
last night and continued far past
midnight.
The grand council also ap
proved payment of 91000,000 to
the United States as a "token
payment" on the Dec. 15 war
debt instalment.
Ho&Off"
Bat burnt, British Gambia, West
Africa, Dec. fl. (Wednesday).—
CoL and Mrs. Charles A. Lind
bergh took off In their powerful
low-winged monoplane .at 2 a.
m. g. m. t. (« p. m. e.s.t.) Toes
day on their projected non-stop
flight over the South Atlantic to
Brazil.
They expected to make the
1,870-mile flight in 14 hours.
Vetoes Bill
Trenton, N. J., Dec. s.—Gover
nor A. Harry Moore tonight ve
toed a liquor control bill passed
by the New Jersey legislature last
week. The governor returned
the hill to the assembly with a
message stating his objections.
Increase Quota
Raleigh, Dec. s.—North Caro
lina's quota of civil works em
ployees has been increased from
08.000 to 78,000, Mrs. Thomas
O'Berry, civil works director, sjb
t nounced tonight.
Project* approved today pro
vide work for 2,850 men, with an
Increase in weekly par roll of
•202,401.05 and an estimated
cost of 8281,868.44.
ELKIN, N C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933
TRUSTEES CLOSE
MOUNTAIN PARK
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Funds Insufficient For
Operation of The
School
STUDENTS LEAVE
T ' -' r
Unable to raise funds to continue
operations, the trustees of Mountain
Park Jtinior college announced last
week the discontinuation of the col
lege, and as a result all classes clos
ed last Wednesday afternoon.
As a result of this action the
eighth and tenth grades of Bryan
school have been transferred to the
Mountain Park plant by the county
board of education, the 10th and
11th grades having been housed in
the plant prior to the closing of the
junior college. Quarters at Bryan
school were said to be too crowded
for transfer of the 10th and 11th
grades to that plant, it was learned,
thus throwing an additional burden
upon the school board in the shape
of an additional plant. The arrange
ment is not permanent.
Announcement of the closing of
the junior college department was
made to the faculty and students
last Wednesday afternoon by Presi
dent L. S. Weaver. Faculty and
students left for their respective
homes immediately, it was said.
It is said that financial difficul
ties of the school since opening in
the fall has prevented the payment
of salaries to any of the teachers, al
though some of the students had
paid their tuition fees in advance.
It is understood that President Weav
er is making efforts to arrange for
the junior college students to con
tinue their courses in a junior col
lege in Weaverville, near Asheville.
One of the paramount questions
concerning the closing of the school
is what is to become of the SIOO,OOO
endowment fund the college was
left by the late R. L. Haymore? Ac
cording to. the terms of the endow
ment the money was to go to the
college after it had operated for 4
period of 10 years along the lines
and terms as set forth in the char
ter of the school. It has been ap
proximately nine years since Mr.
Haymore's death, the school said to
be lacking about one year of com
plying with the terms of the will.
What will come of the endowment
is not known.
HOLD FUNERAL FOR
MRS. W. H. PRICE
Death of Elkin Woman
Is Cause of Intense
Sorrow
A pall of sorrow was cast over
the town Thursday afternoon by the
passing of Mrs. Bertelle Lineberry
Price, 29, at Hugh Chatham Hospital
following a three weeks critical ill
ness from pneumonia and complica
tions. A decline of health from 'the
deep grief over the loss of her hus
band in January of this year was
perhaps the source of the illness to
which she succumbed.
Mrs. Price was a native of North
Wilkesboro but had made her home
here for the past several years and
during that time had endeared her
self to the entire town. Prior to
her critical illness she was a mem
ber of the faculty of the city schools,
in which she had tnught before her
marriage.
Funeral services were held Fri
day aitttrnoon at 4 o'clock from
the Elkin Methodist church by Rev.
L. B. Ahernethy of Newton, former
pastor of the deceased, assisted by
Rev. E. W. Fox, pastor of the church
and Rev. Eph Whisenhunt, pastor
of the First Baptist chnrch. Inter
ment was, in Hollywood cemetery
beside the husband of the deceased,
William H. Price-
She is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mm. C. F. Lineberry, of
Elkin and Statesvllle; one small son,
Billy Price; one sister, Mrs. Fred
Neaves of Elkin and one brother,
Qraydon Lineberry, of Pittsburgh.
Active pallbearers were: Paul
Qwyn, E. 8. Spainhour, Alex Chat
ham, Gavin Dortch, J. L, Lillard
and H. L. Sneed, of Che jaw. South
Carolina. Honorary pallbearers were
Carl Crews, Jimmy Booker, Jack
Spainhour, Roy Collins, E. C. Grier,
Robert Lankford, Chan. Calhoun,
pr. H. C. Salmons. Dr. H. L. John
son, Dr. Hugh Parks and Hort
Doughton, of Statesville.
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Friendship is a fire which will
I never burn the fingers of those who
hold on to it.
"CQME ON AND SEE!"
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Santa Clans, on behalf of ELkin merchants, to inviting yon to come
and see the Large and varied stocks of Christmas goods now on display
In the various stores as the Christmas season here goes into fnll swing.
Elkin Merchants Ready
For Christmas Season
With Large Gift Stocks
Local Stores Put on Holiday Attire as Christmas Season Booms
Into Full Swing; Many Attractive Gift Offerings, From
Toys on up, Await Shoppers; Prices Probably
Will Never be so Low Again
With Christmas only 15 shopping
days ahead, Elkin merchants' are
opening the holiday season with
large and varied stocks of Christ
mas merchandise Including practic
ally everything anyone could pos
sibly desire.
And they are calling attention to
the fact that prices are lower this
year than perhaps will be seen at
any time in the future.
A tour of the stores whose ad
vertisements appear in this issue of
The Tribune discloses hundreds of
attractive and worthwhile gift*- De
partment stores are showing many
attractive new items in gift mer
chandise in addition to the regular
standbys, while ten cent stores offer
a world of attractive gift sugges
tions.
Especially interesting this year
KIWANIANS WELCOME
REV. ERNEST W. FOX
Is Presented to dub by
Kiwanian Carl
Poindexter
A warm welcome to Elkin was
accorded Rev. Ernest W. Fox, new
pastor of the Elkin Methodist church
suce&eding Rev. L. B. Abernethy,
by the Ki»m»ls club meeting at
Hotel Elkin Friday night.
Rev. Mr. Fox was guest ot the
Kiwaoians and wan introduced by
C. G. Poindexter, who hag known
the new preacher for the gast eight
years.
In a short talk, the pastor ex
pressed his appreciation to the Ki
wanis club and pledged himself to
work with the club in every way pos
sible during his stay here.
J. }. Abernethy made a short re
sponse in which he pledged the
Kiwanie club's co-operatioa to Mr.
Fox.
President-elect Thomas Roth pre
sided ova- the meeting in the ab
aej&se of President H. F. baffpon.
N. R. A, should also mean No
Racketteers Allowed.
are the toys. Many toys, absolutely
new in principle and construction
are on display in the various stores.
It is worthy of comment that the toy
automobiles and trucks in a large
number of Instances are equipped
with real electric headlights which
operate from a flashlight battery
contained under the hood. Yet prices
for these modern playthings are re
markably low.
Situated as it is in the corner of
three counties, Elkin provides a
logical shopping center for the peo
ple of Wilkes, Burry, Yadkin and Al
leghany, and it is in anticipation of
serving their needs that local mer
chants have stocked such a complete
assortment of Christmas goods, mak
ing it a waste of time and money
to go to larger and more distant
cities to shop.
TO CARE FOR NEEDY
HERE ON CHRISTMAS
Associated Charities To
Give Christmas
Baskets
At a meeting of the Elkin-Jones
villds Associated Charities in the S.
P. U. building here Tuesday even
ing, plans were made to give Christ
mas baskets to needy children and
aged and Infirm people of the two
towns.
Mrs. W. R. Wellborn was appoint
e chairman of the Investigating com
mittee and reports of worthy people
who will not be remembered at
Christmas should be made direct to
her. It is the hope of the associa
tion that there will not be an
empty stocking or a hungry family
on Christmas morning.
All individuals and organisations
desiring to make a contribution to
the Associated Charatles are request
ed to send check or cash to D, W.
Holcomb, Elkin.
The world gets out of the way of
the man who knows where he's go
ing.
| TWO SECTIONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
PRESIDENT ISSUES
PROCLAMATION AND
ENDS PROHIBITION
Makes Special Plea That
No State Authorize
Saloons
ENDS SPECIAL TAX
Washington, Doc. s.*—A doubly
ourposfed proclamation, put an of
ficial end to prohibition and calling
on Americans to help restore for
law and order was issued tonight
by President Roosevelt.
The proclamation, an unusual one,
was signed by the chief executive
shortly after Actltig Secretary Phil
lips had certified that 36 states had
approved the repealing amendment.
The National Recovery act made
it mandatory that the chief execu
tive proclaim the end of prohibi
tion in order to abolish a series of
special taxes.
The President made a special plea
that no state authorize return of
the saloon either in its old form or
in a new guise and said the objective
betyig sought through a national
policy was education of every citi
zen toward greater temperance.
In asking for co-operation with
the government In an affort to re
store respect for law and order, the
President enjoined all citizens and
others in the United States to con
fine their purchases of alcoholic bev
erages solely to licensed dealers.
"The policy of the government
will be to see to it that the social
and political evils that have exist
ed In the pre-prohibition area shall
not be revived nor permitted again
to exist," he said. ''We must remove
forever from our midst the menace
of the bootlegger and such others
as would profit at the expense of
good government and law and or
der."
He said the observance of his re
quest for purchases solely from
licensed dealers br agencies was
made "personally to every individual
and every family" in the nation and
would result in consumption of bev
erages which had passed federal In
spection, in the break-up and event
ual of the "notoriously
evii, illicit liquor traffic," and pay
ment of reasonable taxes for support
of the government.
JURY IS DRAWN FOR
CIVIL COURT TERM
To Convene at Dobson
January 8 For Two
Weeks' Session
Jurors for the special two-weeks'
term of civil court which is to get
under way at Dobson January 8
before Judge Thomas J. Shaw, of
Greensboro, wore drawn by the
board of county commissioners in
regular monthly session at Dobson
Monday. Those whose names were
draw-n follow:
t First week: George Dawson, J. S-
Greenwood, ,R. A. Shelton. E. W.
Patterson, J. L. Tilley, J. W. Mar
tin, John H. Midkiff, P. A. Boone, J.
A. Andrews, Andrew Beasley, W. W.
Burke, Walter A. Poore, R. C.
Boyles, A. B. Carson, P. E. Bedsaul,
H. P. Flippin, C. W. Hamlin, J. F.
Vaughn, J. N. Cockerham, Joe A.
Cockerham, William J. Ambum,
Roger Scott, M. C. Marion, H. S.
Reeves, G. C. Harbour.
Second week: R. E. Truelove, W.
S. Harris, J. N. Jones, C. N. Welsh,
Fred Smith, W. E. Merritt, W. H.
Sparger, Guy C. Wright, W. 0. Snow,
J. C. Lowe. W. R. Hill, C. H. Boyles,
Powell Snoddy, Bryan Badgett, J.
C. Bennell, N. B. Needham, A. L.
Stewart, J. D. Miller, C. R. Chil
dress.
Annual Christmas
Seal Sale Begins
Friday Morning
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tTbe annual Chriftt
nm Seal Sale will be*
gin in Elkin Friday
morning, According to
Mr*. fc : - P, McNeer,
chairman of the work
here. Your Christum*
cards tod K&ts will
have a double significance if they
carry these hMUi seal*.
ThrtMvfourtbs of the money
from the sate .wfti be kept In th.
t ommimity U> Sight iahercolosj*
hem. It ia -m trnvrm fMept Ik the
health of fimr torn and county
to smy mm not
•*ait.