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VOL. No. XXIII, No. 24
NUMBER OF CASES
ARE DISPOSED OF
IN COUNTY COURT
Fred Bell Enters Plea
of Guilty to Forcible
Trespass
EB TIDLINE FINED
Several local cases have been dis
posed of in Surry county criminal
court since court convened Monday
morning at Dobson before Judge
Felix E. Alley for a two-weeks' term.
Fred Bell, charged with forgery,
entered a plea of guilty to forcible
trespass and was given a suspended
sentence of two years and taxed with
the costs. The sentence was sus
pended for a period of five years
with the provision that Bell must be
k of good behavior.
The local young man was alleged
Jto have forged the name of Jack
Cade in endorsing a CWA pay roll
chack several weeks ago while acting
as paymaster of local CWA forces.
The case was disposed of Tuesday.
Hasten Eldridge, local youth,
charged with robbing the Reece Bar
ber Shop of slightly over SIOO a
month or so ago, was given a sen
tence of two years suspended for
five years upon condition that he be
of good behavior. It was shown the
young man had paid back the money
he was alleged to have stolen.
Eb Tidline, local Negro, was fined
SSO and the costs on a charge of
possession of whisky. Tidline was
arrested here three weeks ago when
a raid of his home by Chief W. G.
Church and Deputy Sheriff Crawford
Hurt netted three five-gallon cans
of whisky and 47 pints.
Raymond Lewis, of Mount Airy,
Charged with the fatal shooting of
Clarence Tatum, also of that city,
entered a plea of guilty to a charge
of manslaughter. He was sentenced
to from three to five years in state's
prison.
Sidney Dowell and Gene Grey,
Jonesville Negroes, charged with the
larceny of a wheel and casing from
an automobile belonging to Roger
Pruitt, were sent to the roads for
three months.
Galloway Foster, charged with a
liquor offense, was fined $25 and
the costs and given a suspended sen
tence of two years to the road. Sen
tence was suspended for five years.
James Champ, Negro, charged with
operating an automobile while in
toxicated, was fined SSO and the
costs and had his driver's license re
voked for 90 days.
No other cases of local interest
*had been disposed of up until Wed
nesday afternoon.
JUNIOR ORDER IS
* TO MEET AT RONDA
* Interesting Program Is
Being Arranged For
District Session
\ An interesting program has been
arranged for the Junior Order, dis
trict No. 7, meeting which will be
held at Ronda May 1. The business
session will get under way at 4 p. m.
and the public session at 7:30 p. m.
J. R. Windsor of Elkin, is district
k deputy and has charge of the pro-
I gram.
J District No. 7is composed of Sur
ry county, with seven councils and a
membership of 655; Yadkin county,
with four councils and a member
ship of 316; Wilkes county, with four
councils and a membership of 325,
as of March 31, 1933. The number
is expected to be much larger this
year as most of the councils have
been very active during the past
year.
District officers -jpill be elected for
the coming year a? the Ronda meet
ing.
Gen. Johnson Is To
Speak In High Point
All members of the Elkin Mer
chants association are requested
to attend the 32nd annual con
vention of the North Carolina
Merchants association, which will
be held at the Sheraton hotel in
High Point, May 7 and 8. Many
interesting' merchandising prob
lems will be discussed by men of
recognized authority. Among the
speakers will be Gen. Hugh S.
Johnson, NR A Administrator,
Washington; Dennis G. Brummit,
Attorney-General of North Caro
lina and John C. Watson, presi
dent of the New York State Coun
cil of Retail Merchants, Albany,
N. Y. *
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
New NRA Unit Head
Washington . . . Lieut.-Col. G. A.
Lynch (above), U. S. Army, now
detached, and described by Gen.
Hugh S. Johnson as "the most ad
vanced thinker in the U. S- Army,"
is the new member of the NRA ad
ministrative staff and understudy to
Johnson.
SENIORS GUESTS OF
KIWANIS CLUB HERE
Enjoyable Banquet Is
Staged At Hotel Elk
in Friday Evening
As has been a custom for the past
10 or 12 years, the senior class of
Elkin high school was entertained
Friday evening by the local Kiwanis
club at a banquet at Hotel Elkin. The
entire senior class, numbering 18
students, was present.
A brief speech of welcome was ex
tended the class by President Tom
Roth, who then turned the meeting
over to Program Chairman Walter
R. Schaff. Mr. Schaff, as superin
tendent of the local school; Intro
duced each member of the senior
class, and then turned the program
over to Dr. R„B. Harrell. Dr. Har-
rell, as chairman of the Elkin board
of education, presented Miss Mar
garet Greenwood, senior class presi
dent, who in a brief talk extended
the appreciation of her class to the
Kiwanians for the banquet in their
honor.
Following the talk by Miss Green
wood, the following program was
presented by the seniors and was
highly enjoyed:
Violin solo, Rufus Crater; A Re
view of Senior Activities, Moir Hall;
Duet, Misses Mary Etta Laffoon and
Kathleen Reece.
As the concluding number of the
program an old fashioned spelling
bee was staged between Kiwanians
and students. The Kiwanians won
out thanks to the uncanny spelling
ability of Kiwanian Carl Poindexter.
Members of the senior class are
Margaret Barker, Russell Burcham,
Rufus Crater, Alonzo Dillon, Herbert
Graham, Jr., Margaret Greenwood,
Moir Hall, Nancy Hanks, Eva How
ard, Pauline Johnson, Mary Etta
Laffoon, Kathleen Reece, Graham
Shumate, Virginia Vestal, Irwin
Wade, William Wellborn, Paul Wolfe
and Henry Woodruff Miss Sara
McCracken, member of the high
school faculty and senior class ad
visor, was also a guest of the Kiwan
ians, as was Miss Lucille Cox, tal
ented pianist.
P. 0. S. OF A. HOLDS
MEETING SATURDAY
Elkin Wins Trophy For
Biggest Membership
Percentage
Approximately 100 members, P. O.
S. of A. attended the district meeting
of the organizalion here Saturday
night in the Junior Order hall on
Bridge street. Local Camp No. 36
was host to the visiting camps.
Many notables of the order at
tended the meeting, among ithem
being Past National President H. H.
Koontz, of Lexington: J. C. Kessler,
state treasurer, Salisbury; J. T.
Graham, state president, Cleveland,
apd others. Fred O. Sink, state sec
retary, was unable to attend due to
illness.
Near the close of the meeting
Elkin Camp No. 36 was awarded a
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To Hold Service
Rev. I. W. Howell, of Mocksville,
will conduct a service at the Presby
terian church in this city Sunday
afternoon. May 6, 1934, at 3 o'clock.
Immediately after the service there
will be a congregational meeting for
the members of the church. The
public is most cordially invited to
attend.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1934
At The Dinner Party With Dr. Wirt
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Washington . . . Pictured above are the persons named by Dr. Wirt,
Gary, Ind., educator, as having attended a dinner at which the "Brain
Trust revolt talk" was a subject of discussion. Each of those named, but
satellites in government affairs, emphatically denied any such discussion
and Dr. Wirt was termed by one "a monologist, who talks all the time" . . .
Upper picture shows David Coyle, Mary Taylor and Alice Barrow. Inserts,
left, Laurence Todd and right, Miss Hildegard Kneeland, those who at
tended the dinner.
Thursday, Friday
Named As Clean-Up
Days Here By Club
April 26 and 27, Thursday and
Friday of this week, have been
designated as Clean-Up Days by
the civics department of the Elk
in woman's Club, according to
Mrs. Fletcher Harris, chairman of
the department. All citizens of
the town are requested to clean
their property at this time and
pile the trash in convenient
places for the town garbage
trucks, which will carry it from
the premises. It is especially de
sired that citizens cooperate fully
with this movement as a measure
towards sanitation during the
coming summer months.
TWO ARE INJURED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Lisha and N. E. Honey
cutt Receive Hurts
When Car Wrecks
Lisha Honeycutt, 35, of Wilkes
county, his uncle, N. E. Honeycutt,
69, of Hamtown No. 2, Greensboro,
suffered bruises and slight lacera
tion in an automobile accident about
a mile east of Brooks Cross Roads
Tuesday morning when the touring
car in which they were riding went
over a 10-foot embankment and
turned over several times.
The two men were brought to the
local hospital in the Reich-Hayes-
Boren ambulance, where, after treat
ment, the elder man was released.
The younger occupant of the car was
the more seriously injured of the
two, but his release was expected
Wednesday afternoon.
It is understood the younger Hon
eycutt, who was driving his uncle
to Greensboro, had been drinking
and that this fact was responsible
for the accident.
Prisoner Kicks Way
Out of Local Jail
Imagine the embarrassment of lo
cal police when they found their
captive had gone Dillinger one bet
ter and kicked his way out of the
local jail.
P. C. Burchett, formerly of Trap
hill, was the gentleman who put up
the kiclt. He was arrested Monday
afternoon with 70 gallons of whisky,
and when carried to the jail he
asked that he not be placed in a cell,
but left in the vestibule, or some
thing. Then, the old meanie, he
kicked his way out when officers left,
which in the officers' estimation. is
a poor way to show gratitude.
However, local police still have the
car. That's something.
The advertising of quality products
vanishes sales resistance.
CLYDE R. HOEY TO
ADDRESS SENIORS
Public Invited; Jr. O. U.
A. M. to Entertain
Senior Classes
Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby,
famous throughout North Carolina
as a speaker, will address the senior
classes of Elkin and Jonesville high
schools in the local school audi
torium Thursday, May 3rd at 8:00
p. m„ it was announced Tuesday by
J. R. Windsor, official of the local
council Jr. O. U. A. M. under whose
auspices Mr. Hoey will speak.
Although the address will be to the
seniors, the general public is invited
to hear the %peaker.
Following Mr. Hoey's address, the
Junior Order will be host to the se
niors of the two schools at an enter
tainment given for them alone, and
to which the public is not invited.
The program has been arranged as
follows: *
Address of welcome, Walter R
Schaff.
Response, Prof. Zeno H. Dixon.
Introduction of the speaker, W. M
Allen.
The public is urged to avail them
selves of this opportunity to hear
Mr. Hoey.
EXPECT HOT FIGHT
IN CONGRESS RACE
Hancock and Mrs. Me
bane to Battle In the
Coming Election
A primary for nomination of can
didates for state and national offi
ces will be held Saturday, June 2,
by both parties. In that contest
Congressman Frank Hancock will be
opposed by Mrs. Lilly Mebane for
the seat in Congress.
It is understood that Mrs. Mebane
has selected E. C. Bivins, of Mount
Airy and Trick Hutchens, of Dobson,
to manage her campaign in Surry
county. It was also reported that
Earl C. James, of Elkin, had also
been named, but Mr. James stated
emphatically Wednesday morning
that this was not the case and that
he didn't know how the report
started.
In the primary contest for solici
tor to succeed Carlysle Higgins,
there will be no opposition to suc
ceed Allen H. Qwyn. of Reidsville.
In Surry County the primary con
test will center around the fight be
tween Mr. Hancock and Mrs. Me
bane. In this contest Mr. Hancock
faces several obstacles. He is tied up
in his work at Washington, where he
is taking a leading and most vital
part in the formation of legislation
in connection with the President's
recovery program. In this work he
is vitally interested in the improve-
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Engagement Predicted
VaBMm,
London . . . Well informed sources
here predict that the engagement of
Sweden's Princess Ingrid (above), to
Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark,
will soon be announced.
I ATE NEWC
from the
State and Nation
GREENS GRANTED
15 DAY REPRIEVE
Raleigh, April 24.—Bascom and
Lester Green, father and son
slayers of Taylorsville's banker, T.
C. Barnes, got more life today
through the persistence of Leland
Stanford, their High Point attor
ney.
They would have died Friday
according to schedule had there
been no interposition of executive
clemency. The stay of death was
awarded them to allow perfection
of their appeal. They had gone
to the Supreme court on an im
perfect record. Mr. Stanford had
taken all the turns in their be
half. He believes there is a great
deal in the case and that a new
hearing will have a different re
sult.
CAR WRECK
IS FATAL
Fayetteville, April 24.—Brett
Holland, the Sylvi stre Dorian who
was the intimate friend and bio
grapher of Sarah Bernhardt, Isa
dora Duncan and Lily Laugtrey,
was killed near here last night
when his automobile crashed
down an embankment and over
turned.
Killed with Dorian, who was a
native of Virginia, but who lived
most of his boyhood in Gastonia,
was Private James A. Richards,
27, an enlisted man from Fort
Bragg.
CLOSE MINES IN
DEFIANCE NRA
Madisonville, Ky., April 24.
Coal operators tonight predicted
that every mine in western Ken
tucky would be closed tomorrow.
There are about 100 mines, em
ploying 16,000 men and some of
the mine closings went into ef
fect today as result of a meeting
of operators in Louisville yester
day, when it was decided to seek
an injunction to prevent the new
NRA wage-hour scale from be
coming effective.
CONGRESS MAY
END MAY 20
Washington, April 24.—With
widely varying views of the
amount of work remaining to be
done before Congress can pack its
bags and head homeward, house
and senate leaders today began
weeding out the legislative pro
gram.
After a visit to the White
House, Speaker Rainey and House
Leader Byrns thought three mea
sures might be enough and Con
gress might get away by May 20.
SANDERS MAY
RESIGN
Washington, April 24.—Everett
Sanders, chairman of the Repub
lican national committee, was re
ported tonight in authoritive
quarters to have summoned G. O.
P. committeemen to a meeting
here to consider his resignation.
Services Sunday At
Episcopal Church
Rev. Edwin W. Hurst of Mt. Airy
will conduct services at Galloway
Memorial church in this city Sun
day morning. April 29. at 11 o'clock.
Following the sermon the Lord's
Supper will be observed. All mem
bers of the church and the public are
cordially invited to attend.
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY
DILLINGER CAPTURE
OR DEATH EXPECTED
AS 5,000 AID HUNT
Federal Officers Report
Trail Is Growing Hot
ter Hourly
MORE EVIDENCE
Chicago, April 24.—Five thousand
police officers in five states, every
one of them armed to the teeth, were
heartened tonight with the word of
federal authorities that the end of
John Dillinger's bloody trail was ir
sight.
Government men in charge of the
man hunt reviewed their accomp
lishments in tracking Dillinger dur
ing the past week, and declared it
only a matter of days, perhaps hours
before the outlaw would be killed or
captured—probably killed.
Telephone calls, telegrams and
personal visits from citizens came at
the rate of hundreds an hout to the
anti-crime directors of half dozen
cities reporting Dillinger to be here,
there, everywhere—in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Indiana, Ohio, Illinois.
From the many scraps of informa
tion reaching them, authorities sifted
out what they believed to be of val
ue and deduced that Dillinger and
two or more of his outlaws had
reached Minnesota in the neighbor
hood of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Another group of the seven Dil
linger outlaws fleeing after northern
Wisconsin gun battles that cost two
lives were believed to have gone in
the opposite direction. Watches
were kept for them in Indiana, Ohio
and Illinois.
"We've got more evidence to work
on than ever before in hunting Dil
linger," said Melvin £T. Purvis, chief
of the U. S. division of investigation
here, "and we'll have him before
long. His trail is getting broader
every minute."
Included in the 5,000 officers un
der orders to shoot the fugitive on
sight were national guardsmen,
sheriffs and their deputies, local au
thorities, state police and federal
agents.
SURRY ELECTION
OFFICIALS NAMED
Registrars and Judge
Are Chosen For
County Precincts
The following registrars and elec
tion judges for the various county
precincts have been named by the
Surry county board of elections to
serve in the primaries and Novem
ber elections:
Registrars: J. R. Norman, Bryan;
F. F. Riggs, Dobson; M. E. Shackle
ford, Eldora; C. A. McNeill, Elkin;
Dixie Lowe, Franklin; D. B. Need
ham, Long Hill; T. E. Stanley,
Marsh; C. Binder, Jr., Mount Airy
No. 1; Howard Hooker, Mount Airy
No. 2; F. E. Walker, Mount Airy No.
3; Oscar Monday, Mount Airy No.
4; Ft. E. Ashby, Mount Airy No. 5;
Bryan Badgett, Pilot Mountain: J. G.
Wood, Rockford; C. L. Beamer,
Stewarts Creek; G. W. Scott, Shoals;
J. S. Patterson, Siloam; and Reid
Snoddy, Westfield.
The judges include two from each
precinct, one Democrat and one Re
publican. The group by parties and
precincts include Grover Hanes (D)
and A. R. Mayes (R), Bryan; C. L.
Jarvis D> and J. S. Mitchell (R),
Dobson: Caleb Marsh D> and W. S.
Wall R), Eldora; Henry Dobson D
and W. W. Whitaker (R>, Elkin;
Booker Lowe (D) and W. M. Mayes
(R), Franklin; S. M. Stone D) and
W. O. Bryant (R), Long Hill;
T. G. Marion (D) and W. L. Al
berty (R), Marsh; M. D. Moore (D)
and Joe F. Booker (R), Mount Airy
No. 1; J. W. Badgett (D) and Jess
Booker (R), Mount Airy No. 2; G.
C. Hauser (D) and W. A. Jackson
R), Mt. Airy No. 3; Martin Bet
nett (D) and Harvey Hennis (R),
Mount Airy No. 4; Joe Gwynn (D)
and D. C. Bowman (R), Mount Airy
No. 5; Oscar Johnson (D) and H.
S. Simmons (R), Pilot Mountain;
Robert Burrus (D) and Hardin Doss
(R), Rockfor}; Sam Cooke D) and
Tom Leonard (R>, Stewarts Creek;
S. W. Scott (D) and W. L. Bullin
(R), Shoals; Howard Miller (D) and
Sol Hill (R), Siloam; and John R.
Tilley (D) and M. A. Chilton (R),
Westfield:
STATE PRISONER ESCAPES
State's prison, at Raleigh, reported
the escape of Richard Lathan, cook
at the Martin county highway pris
on camp. Lathan was sentenced in
Williamston to serve two years for
assault with a deadly weapon.