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VOL. No. XXIV, No. 14
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State and Nation
WANTS 3 PER CENT
SALES TAX
Oklahoma City, Feb. 12.—Gov.
E. W. Mariand will insist upon a
3 per cent sales tax instead of the
present one per cent levy, the
funds to go for a permanent
"provident fund" to take care of
aged and infirm, he announced
today.
"I see no other way of estab
* lishlng a fund to take care of our
• future needs for old age pensions
and unemployed," he said. "I be
lieve it is the fairest way to take
care of it."
NO GOLD ~~
DECISION YET
Washing-ton, Feb. 12. —The Su
preme court solemnly stole the
show on capitol hill today by
merely withholding its gold de
cision and furnishing Washing
ton with another exhausting anti
climax.
It met, admitted a dozen attor
neys to its bar, heard arguments
and adjourned until tomorrow
without a mention of gold or even
an intimation that it was aware
of the unusual tension which sur
* rounded it.
SENATE PASSES
DRIVERS' LICENSE BILL
Raleigh, Feb. 12.—Without a
dissenting vote, the senate today
passed on second reading the
statewide drivers' license bill as
brought out by the roads com
gtnittee and with only such amend
ments as were consented to by
the proponents of the till.
The bill, a roll call measure, will
pass its formal third reading to
morrow and then will be sent to
the house.
The senate heard what Senator
Spence, of Moore, said in a speech
0 on the floor today was "the in
sistent voice of the people that
something be done to prevent au
tomobile accidents."
LUKE LEA ATTENDS
MOTHER'S FUNERAL
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 12.
Granted a temporary parole from
North Carolina prison where he
is serving sentence on a banking
Jaw violation conviction, Col Luke
"Lea attended his mother's funeral
here today.
Service for Mrs. Ella C. Lea,
who died in Washington Sunday
at the age of 89, was held in
Christ church, Episcopal, and
burial in Mount Olivet cemetery
followed. Lea, former Nashville
publisher, was present at both the
church and the cemetery.
STUDENTS STRIKE
AT A. S. T. C.
Boone, Feb. 12.—Resentment at
restrictions on meetings of men
and women students flared into a
student strike at Appalachian
State Teachers college here today.
Demanding that men and wom
, en be permitted to sit together at
athletic contests and to mingle at
social functions, a number of stu
dents left their classes at noon.
DOUGHTON MAN IS
KILLED AT SAWMILL
James P. Holcomb Hit
In the Face by Plank;
Rites Today
James Preston Holcomb, 65, well
#known and prosperous farmer and
sawmill operator of the Doughton
community, received fatal injuries
at a saw mill plant Tuesday after
noon when a plank struck him in the
face below tlje eye, causing a frac
tured skull. He died at two o'clock
Wednesday morning at the local
hospital, where he was rushed for
treatment.
The deceased was born in Yadkin
county, a son of the late Mr. and
T Mrs. Lewis Holcomb.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Theo Thomas Holcomb and the
following sons and daughters:
Clarence M. Holcomb, Elkin; Forest
Holcomb, Traphill; Mrs. P. G. Lyons,
Cherry Lane; C. C. Holcomb, Moores
ville; Mrs. Pholey Parks, State
Road; Mrs. Lee Simmons, Thur
gi»nH- Denver Holcomb, Roaring
River; Linville and Edna Holcomb,
and a foster daughter, Eunice Hol
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
GIANT DIRIGIBLE
OF U.S. NAVY FALLS
INTO SEA TUESDAY
U.S.S. Macon Goes Down
Off Pacific Coast Af
ter Sending SOS
CAUSE NOT KNOWN
San Francisco, Feb. 12. —Disaster
plunged the airship Macon into the
ocean 110 miles south of here to
night and navy vessels, responding
to frantic SOS calls, rushed through
fog and rain to pick up Commander
Herbert V. Wiley and 80 other sur
vivors of the crew of 83.
An explosion was believed to have
torn the Macon apart, navy men
here believed. A wireless message
told of a "bad casualty" in the air.
A red rocket shot into the dark
ness when the Macon struck the wa
ter 17 miles off Point Sur.
Curling spray foamed from bows
of nearby navy ships as they sped to
the rescue.
The thrilling message, "all sur
vivors recovered," was assumed to
mean all the Macon's crew had been
saved.
The rescue of Commander Wiley,
a survivor in the 1933 plunge of the
airship Akron, fatal to 73 men, was
announced in a message approxi
mately three hours after the mis
hap.
Lieut. Commander Jesse L. Ken
worth, Jr., executive officer of the
airship, was rescued along with
Wiley and nine others, the cruiser
Concord reported. They were in the
first of the rescuing lifeboats to
reach the Concord.
The Macon was returning with
surface craft from maneuvers off
Southern California.
Commander Wiley flashed his first
SOS at 5:15 p. m. (8:15 p. m., east
ern standard time) and so swiftly
did the navy ships plow toward the
disaster that the rescue was reported
at 7:35 p. m.
"Bad casualty" said the first
warning of the impending disaster,
which added that the ship "was fall
ing."
Then came the final SOS call say
ing:
"Will abandon ship as soon as we
land on the water somewhere 20
miles off Point Sur, probably 10
miles at sea."
PHYSICIANS HOLD
MEETING TUESDAY
Surry-Yadkin Medical
Society In Session At
Hotel Elkin
The regular meeting of the Sur
ry-Yadkin County Medical Society
was held at the Hotel Elkin Tues
day, 6:30 P. M., Feb. 12th. Dr.
S. P. Ravenel, well-known pediatri
cian of Greensboro, gave an address
on "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever."
This was an illustrated lecture and
Dr. Ravenel presented the subject
in an unusually interesting and at
tractive manner. Following this
presentation, the subject was dis
cussed freely by those in attendance.
At the December meeting it was
decided to hold a meeting of the
Society every second month. The
annual dues were increased so as to
enable the Society to obtain speak
ers from outside the two counties.
Dr. Hackett Harding, now located
at Brooks' Cross Roads, was admit
ted as a member, his name having
been presented at the December
meeting. Dr. J. L. Doughton of
Sparta, was also received into the
membership of the Society.
Though the attendance by the
physicians in the two counties was
fairly good, there is still a lot of
room for improvement. It is hoped
that a much larger number will be
present at the next meeting which
is to be held in Yadkinville, April
2, 1935.
Dr. F. C. Hubbard, of North
Wilkesboro, and Dr Sink, of Wins
ton-Salem, were visitors at Tues
day's meeting.
The meeting was presided over by
Dr. M. A. Royall, President of the
Surry-Yadkin County Medical So
ciety.
SCORES HOLDING COMPANIES
The charge of tax evasion prac
tices was added Sunday night by the
federal trade commission to the long
list of, accusations it had already
made against public utility holding
companies. The commission said the
holding companies had saved them
selves millions of dollars in federal
income taxes through the use of eva
sion devices.
ELKIN, N. C. f THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1935
|Thi J«fy|
Above is pictured the Jury of four women and eight men who now hold the fate of Bruno Richard Haupt
mann, German carpenter charged with the murder of the Lindbergh baby. The case was given the jury Wed
nesday morning at 11:45 o'clock following the charge of Justice Thomas W. Trenchard.
MANY HAVE FAILED
TO RECOVER MONEY
Approximately 950 De
positors Have Not
Filed Claims
Although the Elkin National Bank
has been closed since January 18,
1932, records show that approxi
mately 950 depositors out of a to
tal of approximately 4,198, have as
yet failed to establish claim to
money they had on deposit when
the bank closed, regardless of the
fact that W. H. Spradlin, receiver,
advertised for claims over a period
of 90 days.
Mr. Spradlin, in discussing the
matter, stated that if he desired to
+ake advantage of the situation, he
could bar everyone who has not
established claim as any of the
claims not filed within the 90-day
period may be disallowed. He also
pointed out that the statute of
limitations has run. However, he
said, it is not the desire of the
treasury department nor his own
desire to take such advantage, and
proper claims will still be recog
nized.
Each time a dividend has been
paid—there have been four—cash
was reserved sufficient to pay all
unproven claims. This cash, Mr.
Spradlin said, is doing no one any
good and should be applied for. He
further pointed out when final div
idend is paid, claims not then
proven will be disallowed and the
cash reserved therefor will be dis
tributed among those who proved
claims.
Many notes are now being re
duced to judgment, the receiver
said, and from now on the receiv
ership must begin issuing execu
tions as all debts must be reduced
to cash for distribution among de
positors. Although he has been
lenient as possible, from now until
receivership is closed a different at
titude will be found within the
bank's offices, Mr. Spradlin said.
Demands must be met and those
who have not arranged their af
fairs after three years cannot reas
onably expect further indulgence.
HOLD FUNERAL FOR
J. H. STONESTREET
Final Rites Are Held
From State Road
Church
Funeral services for Joseph Hard
in Stonestreet, 62, were held Tuesday
from State Road Primitive Baptist
church, in charge of the pastor, Rev.
J. C. Dunbar, assisted by Rev. Ra>
Smith, of Virginia. Mr. Stonestreet
passed away February 5.
Rev. Dunbar, who had been in
timately associated with the de
ceased during the past year, paid
beautiful tribute to him as a devoted
Christian, a true husband and fath
er.
Pallbearers were: Bolger Moody,
Grant Moody, Avery Swift, Huston
Cockerham, John Syden and Ralph
Beane.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs.
Mollie Hamby Stonestreet and the
following sons and daughters: Otis
and Gordon Stonestreet, Mooresville;
Marvin, Adolphus, Alton and Doyle
Stonestreet, State Road; Mrs. J. L.
Parsons, Boomer; Mrs. A. J. Thomp
son, Dobson; Ruby, Velma and Jose
phine Stonestreet, State Road. One
brother, F. D. Stonestreet, Moores
ville; three sisters, Mrs. J. P. Harris,
Elkin; Mrs. W. T. James, Robson,
West Va., and Mrs. A. C. Cheeks, of
State Road, and sixteen grandchild
ren also survive.
Hauptmann's Fate Is In Their Hands
Hauptmann's Fate Now In
Hands of the Jury; Verdict
Is Expected Any Moment
Jury Given Case At 11:45 Wednesday Morning Following Charge
of Justice Thomas W. Trenchard; Prosecutor Wilentz,
In Closing Speech to Jury, Describes Defendant
As Worst Criminal of All Time.
The fate of Bruno Richard Haupt
mann is now in the hands of the
jury of four women and eight men
who for the past five weeks have
listened to hundreds of thousands
of words designed to place the guilt
HAUPT MANN
hour and forty-five minute charge
of Justice Thomas W. Trenchard. A
verdict may come at any moment.
Huge crowds, attracted by the
greatest trial in the history of the
nation, flocked into Flemington, N.
J., Tuesday night and Wednesday
morning as the trial neared an end.
They await the verdict which will
determine the fate of Hauptmann—
which will clear up the murder of
Baby Charles Lindbergh or else leave
it cloaked in the mystery that has
surrounded it since the curly headed
baby boy was kidnapped from the
nursery of the Lindbergh home.
EARLIER REPORT
Flemington, N. J., Feb. 12. An
angry demand for Bruno Richard
Hauptmann's death sealed New Jer
sey's case against him today for the
murder of baby Lindbergh.
His voiced raised in 6Corn and
fury, Attorney General David T.
Wilentz cried out in his all-day
summation for a jury mandate
which will put Hauptmann in the
electric chair, but as he finished
he was interrupted and the court
room thrown into confusion by a
spectator-clergyman's shout.
From his perch on a window-sill
E. B. scon ENDS
. LIFE THURSDAY
Funeral Services Are
Held From Jonesville
Baptist Church
Funeral services for Edmund Ben
jamin Scott, 56, who ended his life
early Thursday morning at the home
of his son-in-law, Fred Pardue, of
near Clin gm an, Wilkes county, were
held Thursday afternoon from the
Jonesville Baptist church. Interment
was in the Jonesville cemetery.
Mr. Scott had eaten a hearty
breakfast and gone to the barn to
look after some horses. Ten minutes
later his body was found suspended
from a beam by a rope.
Stephen A Rash, acting coroner
of Wilkes county, who is supplying
for Coroner I. M. Myers, who Is ill,
investigated the case and pro
nounced it suicide. Mr. Scott was be
lieved to have taken kis life because
of ill health.
The deceased was a native of
Shoals but had been living in this
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of the jammed courtroom, Rev. Vin
cent Q. Burns, a north Jersey pas
tor, interrupted the summation to
cry: "A man confessed that crime
to me in my church."
Struggling, he was hauled down
and taken away. Later Justice
Thomas W. Trenchard ordered the
jury to disregard the incident. The
preacher had told his story before
to both prosecution and defense but
neither called him as a witness.
By tomorrow's noon hour the
jury of eight men and four women
will be locked up to decide Haupt
mann's fate. Justice Trenchard will
charge the jury at 10 a. m.
Hauptmann sat. tight - lipped
throughout Wilentz's fiery, all-day
summation, as the prosecutor swung
his fist and called him "the lowest
form of animal," a pariah who
contaminates the air."
Anna Hauptmann was statute-like
in her chair but the jurors, by
slight gestures and fleeting expres
sions, frequently betrayed their
feelings.
of the murder
of the Lind
bergh baby
upon the
shoulders of
the German
carpenter or
else free him
of all guilt.
The case
was given the
jury Wednes
day morning
at 11:45 o'-
clock follow
ing the one
EONMKE ICEBERG
ON WAY BACK HOME
Expected In March; Mr.
Pyron May Go to
Panama to Meet Him
Ruohs Pyron, manager of Klon
dike Farm, has received a radiogram
from the Byrd Expedition at Little
America, stating that a special
blanket and nose ring sent by Thur
mond Chatham for Klondike Iceberg,
famous Guernsey calf born while hi?
mother was en route to the land of
the South Pole, had been received,
and that due to the gentleness and
good humor of the calf the nose
| ring was not needed.
In another radiogram received
from the expedition, Mr. Pyron was
informed that the calf and the cows
had been safely loaded aboard ship
for the long trip back to America.
Mr. Pyron stated that he would pro
bably go to Panama to meet them.
The expedition is expected back by
the latter part of March.
It is hoped the expedition will
dock at Washington and that Pres
ident Roosevelt wHI meet it person
ally.
Klondike Iceberg, now an orphan
due to the death of his mother,
Klondike N'ra, several months ago,
is said to be the most famous calf
in the world.
Statesville Merchants
Elect Hadley As Head
C. O. Hadley of Statesville, form
erly of this city, has been elected
president of the Statesville Mer
chants' Association.
Mr. Hadley, known to scores of
friends throughout this section as
"Mutt", is a wide awake business
man, and he has many friends here
who will learn with interest that this
additional honor has come to him.
Russia is meeting with consider
able success In efforts to utilize the
sun's rays for power and heat.
Lenses and blackened boilers are
used.
ELKIN rMaii
Gateway to
Roaring
Gap and the
Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
COMER GIVES FACTS
AND FIGURES ABOUT
SCHOOLS OF COUNTY
Superintendent of Edu
cation In Talk Be
fore Kiwanians
PRAISES TEACHERS
The main cause of the recent
wreck of a Surry county school bus
near Pilot Mountain in which many
students were badly injured was at
tributed to the fact that due to poor
pay many of the drivers of school
busses are inexperienced school boys,
John W. Comer, Surry county super
intendent of education told the Elk
in Kiwanis club Friday night.
- Mr. Comer, ts guest of the club,
discussed the school situation in
North Carolina, and gave many in
teresting facts and figures concern
ing the operation of the schools in
both the state and county.
In discussing bus operation he
stated that funds are limited and as
a result only three cents a mile for
hard surface routes and four cents
for dirt road routes are allotted for
bus drivers. Thus the numerous
school boy drivers.
Mr. Comer also pointed out that
the school program in North Caro
lina has been greatly hampered by
the state's economic program and at
the same time commended the
teachers for the fine way in which
they "carried on" under the handi
cap of poor pay. He stated further
that Surry county, in his estimation,,
has as good a staff of teachers as
any county in the state although
some of them do not hold as high
certificates as the teachers in some
of the other counties.
It was pointed out that the state
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MEN'S BEAUTY SHOW
TO BE STAGED HERE
Will Be Sponsored By
American Legion
Auxiliary Feb. 21
A major event, in which for one
night only Elkin men will be en
titled to spread on their wives' war
paint—or if unmarried, war paint
can be secured at the nearest drug
store —and strut their stuff as the
acme of femininity, will be staged
at the Lyric Theatre February 21
by the American Legion Auxiliary,
it was announced Tuesday.
Prizes for the handsomest "fe
male" male will be awarded in three
divisions—sports wear, evening and
afternoon apparel.
In addition to the bevy of beau
ties to "tromp" the stage there will
also be a number of surprise acts,
the nature of which has not been
announced due to the fact that
that's what will make them a sur
prise.
The men's beauty show will be in
connection with the motion picture
"Happiness Ahead", which will be
shown immediately preceeding the
stage presentation.
Plenty of real entertainment is
promised everyone who attends.
Merchants of Elkin are expected to
enter contestants representing their
stores.
LENTZ RECOVERS 6
AUTOS IN JANUARY
Patrol Sergeant Made
Total of 21 Arrests
During- Month
A total of six automobiles, val
ued at approximately $3,100 were re
covered during the month of Janu
ary by Sergeant W. B. Lentz of the
state highway patrol, Sergeant
Lentz's report for the month shows.
The report further shows that the
patrolman collected $4,027.51 in li
cense revenue. During the month
he traveled 2,413 miles, had 163
faulty automobile lights repaired,
and made a total of 21 arrests.
One of the cars recovered was the
property of H. N. Wilkerson, of Dur
ham, and was found abandoned in
the vicinity of Traphill. Another
car recovered was found near Cool
Springs church, and had been stolen
from Mrs. D. H. Williamson, of
Mount Airy while its owner was at
tending the Mount Airv Roosevelt
ball. Neither of these two cars were
damaged other than that the
Wilkerson car switch had been wired
around.