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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 5
BOYS WHO ROBBED
NEIGHBOR OF OVER
SI,OOO ARRESTED
Clay And Calvin Wel
born Picked Up In
Miami, Florida
HAD SPENT MONEY
If a sister of Clay and Calvin Wel
born, Wilkes county youths had not
expressed wonder at her brothers be
ing in possession of a new car and a
large amount of money, it is proba
ble that C. P. Redding, of near Den
ny ville school house, Wilkes county,
would even now be ignorant of the
fact that he had been robbed of
$1,200.
As a result of the theft, which is
thought to have taken place Novem
ber 9, and which was discovered by
Mr. Redding only a few days ago,
the two Welborn boys, age 18 and
22 respectively, are in jail at Miami,
Florida, awaiting Wilkes officers who
are enroute there now to bllng them
—and their new car—back to Wilkes
county.
According to Mr. Redding, he had
secreted the money, of which over
SSO was in gold, in a fruit jar which
he kept in a closet of his home. He
stated he didn't know the money
was missing until a few days ago
when a sister of the Welborn boys,
who makes her home in Greensboro,
visited her father near Redding's
home, and asked where the two boys
got so much money. The sister said
they had bought a new Chevrolet
coach, and showed her a roll of bills
as big as her arm.
Upon hearing this story, Mrs. Red
ding went to see about her husband's
money and found it gone. Calvin
Welborn was said to be familiar with
the Redding home, having worked on
the Redding farm for over a year,
and when the loss of the money was
discovered suspicion immediately
pointed to them.
Police were notified and a descrip
tion broadcast. When the boys were
arrested in Florida only $15.20 was
found on them, Mr. Redding said-
The new car was still in their pos
session, but it was said they had sold
it to a Miami garage which had paid
them a deposit of $25 while await
ing transfer of the title.
I ATE NEWC
from the
fetate and Nation
WIFE SAYS CARY
FRATHER STINGY
I Los Angeles, Dec. 11.—So stin
gy was Cary Grant, dark dapper
firm actor, that his wife, Virginia
Cherrill, was forced to pawn her
engagement ring the statesque
blonde actress . charged today in
obtaining an order compelling
Grant to pay her $167.50 a week.
The order signed by Superior
Judge Dudley 8. Valentine after
a brief hearing attended by both
principals, will hold good pending
trial of her suit for separate
maintenance.
MORE MUNITIONS
DISCLOSURES
Washington, Dec. 11.—A White
House conference on the advisa
bility of helping Italy build a
poison gas plant, arranged for the
do Pont company by ranking
army officers, was disclosed today
by the senate munitions com
mittee as one result of a close
company relationship with the
war department.
OBSERVE
ANNIVERSARY
Raleigh, Deo. 11.—A public
meeting in Raleigh's municipal
auditorium, featured by addresses
and a motion picture, tonight
. ended celebration of the tenth
birthday of the Duke Endowment
Representatives of educational
institutions, hospitals, and orph
anages of the two Carol! nas were
In attendance.
NINE EXECUTED
BY RUSSIA
Moscow, U. 8. S. R., Dec. 11.—
Nine of 12 terrorists arrested at
Minsk have been executed, an of
ficial communique said tonight.
They were part of scores of White
Guards and others rounded up af
ter the recent assassination of
Sergei Maronovich Kirov, Lenin
grad Bolshevik leader.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
To Light Up Community
Tree and Hold Auction
Sale Night of Dec. 21st
INFORMAL SERVICES
Everyone Is Urged To
Attend Auction For
Needy Families
TO DELIVER GIFTS
The community Christmas tree,
which will be erected on the old Elk
Inn hotel lot on West Main street,
across from Turner Drug Co., will be
lighted Friday evening, December
21, at 7:30. All citizens are re
quested to attend the informal ser
vices, which will feature Christmas
caroling.
At the conclusion of the festivi
ties at the tree an auction sale,
staged by the Elkin Kiwanis Club,
will be held in the Elkin Motors
showroom. The proceeds of the sale
will be used towards supplying cheer
to the needy families during the
Christmas season.
On Christmas Eve morning bas
kets of food and clothing will be
distributed throughout the town
among the more destitute families.
These will be distributed through
the local associated charities, assist
ed by various civic clubs.
Everyone is urged to attend the
auction sale so that as much money
as possible may be raised. Kiwan
ians and merchants will donate use
ful articles of merchandise and
these will be sold to the highest bid
der. Although such an auction has
for many years been an annual event
with the Kiwanians, this is the first
year that the community as a whole
has been asked to participate.
14-YEAR-OLD BOY
COMMITS SUICIDE
Earl Norman Fires Bul
lets Through Chest
And Brain
Thought to have been under the
belief that he was to be sent to a
reform school, Earl Norman, 14-
year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mack
Norman, of near Kapp's mill, Sun
day morning about 6 o'clock fired
two bullets into his body in a suc
cessful attempt to suicide.
However, with a bullet hole through
his right chest and another through
the temple, he lived until Tuesday
morning. He did not regain con
sciousness.
The youngster fired the fatal shots
while sitting in the living room of
his father's home while his parents
were outside doing fhe daily chores.
Both bullets were said to have
passed completely through him, the
first penetrating a lung and the se
cond going through his brain. Either
would have proved fatal, it was said.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon from Mountain Park
Baptist church, the boy having men
tioned some days before his death
that he wanted to be buried there.
The parents are the only immediate
survivors.
Stewart Stone Dies
In Local Hospital
Stewart Stone, 16-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Jas. C. Stone, of Roar
ing River, died in the local hospital
Monday from an illness of six
months from a brain tumor. He had
been desperately 111 for the past
week.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon from Rock Creek
church and interment was in the
church cemetery.
Work Of Installing:
Street Markers Here
Is Now Under Way
The work of installing street
markers here was begun Wednes
day morning, the work beta* un
der the supervision of former
Chief of Police, W. G. Church.
Markers had been ereoted at the
intersection of Main and Bridge
streets late Wednesday afternoon,
and holes were being dug at other
intersections.
The name plates are mounted
on angle Iron posts which are
embedded in cement. It is under
stood the posts will be painted an
aluminum oolor. The plates are
white with black letters and bor
der.
ELKIN, N. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1934
Princess Comes Home
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NEW YORK . . . Princess Alexis
Mdivani, former Barbara Hutton, of
the American Wool worth millions, is
home for a visit. She denies that
there has been a rift between the
Prince and herself.
MAY BE
PAUL REDFERN
Curityba, Brazil, Dec. 11.—The
skeleton of a man near the wreck
age of an airplane was reported
today in dispatches from Guara
puava as having been found by
Domingo Cruz, a native.
The suggestion was advanced
that the find might be the re
mains of Paul Rinaldo Redfern,
who took off from Brunswick, Ga.,
August 25, 1927, on an attempt to
fly non-stop the 4,600 miles to
Rio de Janeiro and disappeared
somewhere south of Venezuela.
282,000 Extra Vote Offer
On S3O Clubs Ends Sat.
S6OO WHO WILL WIN? S4OO
IT'S NO PLACE FOR QUITTERS
Don't forget the big subscriptions count more votes—a 1-year sub
scription counts 5,000 votes, whereas a 10-year subscription counts
125,000 votes. A whale of a difference.
Three Counties Competing For Big Cash
Awards
Mrs. Luther Stuart is leading the field of "live-wire" workers in
the line-up this week. Mrs. David Morrison and Mrs. Lula Weir,
second with Mrs. Cora Cooper, Miss Mildred Holbrook and Mrs. Paul
Speer a close third in the line-up. Miss Mattie Brendle, Miss Bea
trice Burcham, Miss Irene Brown, Joe Williams, Mrs. Ethel Myers
and Miss Lucile Cox are doing splendid work and are keeping their
votes up high in the list and it can be truly said that any one of
these workers may break through the line and gain first standing
by having a good report on the big 282,000 extra vote offer which is
in effect all of this week. All workers must realize that no one can
didate has any big lead up to now and anyone has a splendid chance
to win by making a big drive while the S3O club votes are on.
Who will lead in votes next week? Help your favorite candi
date NOW, A Bigger Drop in Votes Next Week.
List of Canjdid&tes in The Elkin Tribune "Cash Offer"
Campaign and Votes Accepted for Publication:
NAME TOWN VOTES
Miss Irene Brown Elkin 216,000
Mrs. David Morrison Elkin 231,000
Miss Beatrice Burcham Jonesville 220,000
Mrs. Luther Stuart. Elkin 236,000
Miss Mildred Holbrook Traphill 228,000
Mrs. Thomas W. Church. EUrtn .. eoiooo
Joe Williams Mountain Park .214,000
Miss Luctle Cox _ RUrln 210,000
Miss Mattie Brendle Elkin . 223 000
Mrs. Paul Speer Boonville .....228,000
Mrs. Ethel Myers Swan Creek 210,000
Mrs. C. B. Hyden Jonesville 50,000
Mrs. Lula Weir .Elkin 231,000
Miss Opal Smith. unwn 180,000
C. A. Hays - —Dobson, R-l ; 52,500
Mrs. Cora Cooper Hamptonville 228,000
Miss Vetra Haynes State Road 170,000
Mrs. Marvin Cockerham Roaring River, R-l 55,000
J. C. Martin. Elkin 45,000
SUBSCRIPTIONS TURNED IN BY SATURDAY WILL
COUNT MORE VOTES TOWARD THE $600.00
AND $400.00 CASH AWARDS
REPORT SATURDAY
TOBACCO FARMERS
ARE TO VOTE ON
KERR-SMITH ACT
Surry Farmers To Gath
er At Polls Friday To
Settle Question
IS OF IMPORTANCE
An election which should be of
vital interest to the tobacco farmers
of Surry county will be held tomor
row (Friday),, throughout the flue
tobacco section when these growers
will be given the privilege of ex
pressing their wish on whether or
not the provisions of the Kerr-Smith
tobacco act will be in force for the
1935 crop.
The Kerr-Smith act of Congress
provides for control of the produc
tion of tobacco in line with the
needs of the country and the levy
ing of a tax against the tobacco to
bring it up to a parity price. A part
of this tax will be paid by growers of
tobacco and to those who sign the
government's contract for control of
production will be given exemption
certificates from the payment of the
tax.
The government desires to obtain
the wishes of the growers as to
whether or not they want to grow
the 1935 crop under the Kerr-Smith
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Surry Man To Stand
Trial Por His Life
Charles Anderson, 25, Surry coun
ty man, was held for superior court
without bond on a capital charge
Monday in Mount Airy recorder's
.court, for an alleged criminal as
sault on a 13-year-old girl.
Anderson, it was alleged, went to
the girl's home in the Franklin com
munity of Surry while she and her
younger sister were alone, gave her
liquor and committed the assault.
She was found later by officers,
drunk and unconscious. «
Anderson, who did not take the
stand, will probably be tried in Feb
ruary. He told police previously that
he gave the girl liquor, but denied
other allegations.
Ist Period of Tribune
Cash Offer Campaign
Unusually Successful
SURRY, WILKES AND YADKIN COMPETING
Vote Value Takes Big Drop in Campaign After
December 15th; Wise Members Will Make
Every Hour Count On Present Extra Vote Of
fer. Standing of Most Candidates Remarkably
Close With No One Taking Any Big Lead. Any
one On the List Has a Good Chance of Winning
Best Award By Taking Advantage of Big Vote
Offer This Week.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?
Boonville Miller
Held Up And
Robbed of $935
J. E. Coe, manager of a Boon
ville roller mill, was said to have
been held up and robbed Monday
night by two strangers, who, af
ter striking him over the head,
drew guns on him and relieved
him of $935.50.
Mr. Coe, it was reported, was
on his way home from the mill
when two strangers asked him to
return and get them some meal.
While getting the meal, one of
them struck him to the floor
where he was commanded to stay
or be shot. He was then forced
to hand over his money.
The robbed man stated he did
not know either of the men and
has no clue to their identity.
HANCOCK OF BEIEF
NEW LOANS COMING
Confident Money Wili
Be Appropriated For
Home Owners Loans
Washington, D. C., Dec. 10.—Rep
resentative Prank Hancock stated
here today that he was confident
that the President would recommend,
and that Congress would pass early
in the next session, legislation au
thorizing the issuance of at least a
billion dollars more of bonds for use
by the Home Owners' Loan Corpor
ation to take care of all worthy and
eligible applicants for loans. Mr.
Hancock stated that of the $2,650,-
000,000 in applications now pending
before the corporation, at least a
billion dollars would be necessary to
take care of the honestly distressed
cases which private institutions
would not handle.
He also stated that he was cer
tain that every application before
the corporation, whether it had
reached the legal division or not, was
being given consideration and that
the corporation was doing its best
to cooperate with private lending in
stitutions to get them to handle as
many of the sound, eligible loans as
possible.
RELIEF SETUP IS
DELAYED FEW DAYS
Selection of Personnel
Is Not Yet Completed
By Officials
New organization of relief admin
istration in Northwestern North Car
olina with a district office in North
Wilkesboro, which will serve six
counties, including Surry, has been
delayed pending selection of person
nel by state relief authorities and
working out other details of the new
At present each county is served
by a relief administrator and as
sistants, and this system will contin
ue until the new setup is completed.
Counties making up the district
are Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes, Alleghany,
Watauga and Ashe.
SHOWS TRADE
A bigger early December demand
for cash Friday foretold a better
Christmas shopping business than
last year. Money circulation in
creased $29,000,000 in the first week
of the holiday month. The increase
in the same period a year ago was
only $15,000,006.
ELKIN i ' -
Gateway to
Soaring
Gap and the
Bloc Ridge mmmm
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Last Saturday night marked the
end of the first period in the big
"Cash Offer" Campaign just
launched by The Elkin Tribune. Now
watch the candidates plunge toward
the S6OO Award.
And for the other awards! There
is time for many other candidates to
jump in and outstrip those already
running. New ones are coming in
every day. Polks, it is going to be
an unparalleled race, with interest
waxing hotter and hotter and thrills
galore for everybody.
To say that the announcement of
the Elkin Tribune "Cash Offer" cam
paign in which hundreds of dollars
worth of elegant awards are to be
given away absolutely free to am
bitious workers struck a popular
chord, is putting it mildly. To give
such wonderful awards in exchange
for spare time efforts in helping this
newspaper increase its subscription
list is unheard of at this time in this
vicinity.
Three Counties
The Cash Offer Campaign is well
represented in Surry, Wilkes and
Yadkin counties, which gives it an
interesting triangular field of com
petition for the valuable awards.
They are all three mighty good
counties and have good workers in
the campaign and we feel that the
workers all have good boosters in
their respective counties. The race
will no doubt be watched with much
interest as each county will want to
have the honor of capturing the best
award.
Attractive Extra Offer
The following extra offer is made
for early workers and as a special
inducement for more members, 282,-
000 EXTRA VOTES will be given
EACH and EVERY $30.00 CLUB of
both new and old subscriptions
turned in from Monday, December
10th until Saturday, December 15th.
These votes are in addition to the
regular votes allowed upon each sub
scription, and you are not limited
to the number of $30.00 CLUBS you
may secure. Get as many as you
can.
Enter Your Own Name
The campaign is just starting. All
one has to do is first enter his or
her own name as a candidate for
one of the awards. Then secure a
receipt book with which to obtain
subscriptions. Votes will be issued
upon all subscriptions secured, and
at the end of the campaign these
votes will be counted and the awards;
given to the best vott getters. Sim
ple isn't it? And big pay, too.
All Will Be Paid
One of the most attractive fea
tures of this "Cash Offer" campaign
is that all will be rewarded for the
part they take in helping to make
the campaign a success. Nb one will
work without pay. In order that
each and every one may earn some
thing for the time and effort spent,
those who do not win one of the five
regular awards, will be paid a cash
commission of TWENTY PER CENT
upon all the money secured and
turned in by them, provided they
remain active and turn in at least
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