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I "The Best little Town
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VOL. No. XXVI.No. 15
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
1,000 REBELS
REPORTED SLAIN
Madrid, Feb. 28— Hard-fight
ing government troops were re
ported tonight to have captur
ed strategic Pinzamm HUI to
the Jarajma sector, halted an in
surgent drive on Viver, north
east of Valencia, and killed
1,000 men on the Guadalajara
front.
THREATS OF NEW
STRIKES MADE
A threatened general strike of
union shoe workers and new
"sit-down" demonstration in
plants of other industries over
shadowed peace negotiations
yesterday in scattered labor dis
putes.
The general executive board
of the United Shoe and Leather
Workers' Union announced it
had voted to- call a general
strike effective today in facto
ries in its jurisdiction unless a
flat 15 per cent, wage increase
was granted immediately. Union
leaders said picketing would
start at once at plants where
the union's demands were re
fused.
DRY OFFICIAL
FIRED AFTER "SPREE"
Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 23
The Tennessee Anti-Salbon
League, stern guardian of pub
lic morals here for 28 years,
fired its elderly field secretary
tonight on a charge he staged
a two-fisted drinking spree on
, downtown streets of Union City,
Tenn.
The Rev. W. G. Gaston, bail
ed out of the Union City Jail
for $lO was discharged from
ranks of the league on the eve
of its finish fight to save Ten
nessee's 28-year-old dry laws.
DRY FORCES
SHIFT FIGHT
Raleigh, Feb. 23— The United
Dry Forces, defeated in attempts
to prevent passage of local op
tion liquor legislation, shifted
their battleground tonight to
the 81 counties in which special
liquor elections may be held in
April.
"It is a fight to the finish—
no surrender*,' said Cale K.
Burgess, of Raleigh, the organi
zation's vice president and cam
paign leader, in a letter to dry®
throughout the state. "If and
when county elections are call
ed, we must fight day and night
apd defeat liquor stores and 11-
quocrats."
GRAND JURY FINDS
EVERYTHING OKEY
Report Submitted Tuesday
Speaks Highly of Condi
tion of County Home
INMATES ARE SATISFIED
According to the report Tuesday
of the grand jury of Surry county
superior court, which has been in
session since Monday, February
15, a committee of seven visited
the county home and found the
home to be in excellent condition
and all inmates being well cared
for. A list of the inmates shows
that there are. 17 men, 20 women,
seven children from one to 13
years of age, and three boys 14
and 15 years of age, all of whom
are white. All inmates stated that
they were well cared for, and some
of them said that they were living
in the best home that they had
ever had. The report on the county
home further showed that there
was an ample supply of food and
feed stuff on hand, and that the
proepects were good for a good
crop on the county farm this year.
The committee recommmended
that several fire extinguishers be
placed about In the home as a fire
protection.
The report further shows that
a committee of eight persons visit
ed the county jail and found a
total of 42 prisoners, 33 of whom
were white men, four white wom-
en and five colored men. The pris
oners were being well cared for
and well fed. The committee rec
ommended that shower baths be
installed in the Jail. j>{
The report on the court houss
showed that it was in good con-
S, except for a few minor re
arrangements for which
already been made,
HIGH POINT FILES
ANSWER TO SUIT
BY YADKIN COUNTY
Denies That Project Would
Render Land Untaxable
CLAIM IS 25 PER CENT
Guilford City Seeking to Con
. struct Hydroelectric Plant
on River
INUNDATE 11,000 ACRES
High Point, Feb. 23.—The city
of High Point today filed its an
swer in Guilford superior court to
the suit of Yadkin county, mem
bers of the county board of com
missioners and Miles P. Shore,
who is termed a taxpayer of that
county, in which the city denies
every material allegation set forth
by the plaintiffs and then asks
that the action of the county and
individuals be dismissed.
" Yadkin comity recently endeav
ored to enter as a party plain
tiff a friendly suit of J. Paul
Williamson and ehtered into by
the Duke Power company as a
party plaintiff, but the county
was denied the privilege of enter
ing this litigation by the court.
The county then filed a separate
suit in which the plaintiffs asked
that this city be permanently en
joined from constructing a hydro
electric plant on the Yadkin river.
High Point's answer to the suit
admits that Yadkin county and
the city of High Point are munic
ipal corporations and then pro
ceeds to deny the remaining alle
gations. Denied for lack of in
formation is the allegation that
approximately 25" per cent, of the
taxable land of the county will be
rendered untaxable by the hydro
electric plant.
Yadkin county, with J. Brendle
as chairman and B. C. Shore and
L. L. Smitherman as members of
the county commission board, al
leged the project would require
the inundation of approximately
11,000 acres of land and that an
other approximately 4,000 acres of
land would be required for build
ing adjoining the dam. They
further complained that labor con
ditions have improved to such an
extent that the project cannot
now be justified on the basis of
giving employment.
HOPE FOR BREAK
IN MURDER CASE
No Statement Made as to
Findings of FBI Tests of
Bloodstains
SEVERAL ARE IN JAIL
Sheriff Walter M. Irvin, of Al
leghany county, is said to be hop
ing for an early break in the as
sault-murder of Elva Brannock,
school girl, whose body was found
in the Saddle Mountain section of
Alleghany county on February 8.
The sheriff declined to issue
any statement on findings, if any,
as a result of the questioning of
Connie Wright, 28, now being held
in Wilkes county jail on liquor
charges by federal officers, other
than that he did not attach much
importance to the detention of
Wright as far as the girl's murder
is concerned.
No statement as to the findings
by the Federal Bureau of Inves
tigation, at Washington, D. C., on
tests made of blood found on
garments worn by the slain girl,
and on clothing worn by Paul Ed
wards, being held for investigation
in conection with the murder, has
been forthcoming.
Tri-County Tournament
To Begin Here Friday
A meeting in which paring of I
teams and a schedule for the Tri- |
County Basketball tournament to
be staged here beginning Friday,
is being worked out, was being
held here late Wednesday after
noon as The Tribune went to
press.
The tournament, open to high
school basketball teams of Burry,
Yadkin and Wilkes counties, is the
first ever to be staged here, and
will be played in the new Ekin
gymnasium, located off Elk Spur
street at the community play
ground.
The new gym, which Is a monu
ment to the perse rverance of Elkin
business men. civic organisations.
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Carson City, Neb.—Mrs. Maude
La Near, 19, and her daughter,
Donna, 2, pictured after being res
cued from a snow-buried automo
bile after 15 days without food
or heat. The husband went for
aid and perished.
ELK THEATRE TO
OPEN HERE MONDAY
New Building Is Equipped
With Most Modern of
Sound Equipment
IS INDIRECTLY LIGHTED
The Elk Theatre, a new and
modern picture -house just con
structed and equipped here by Dr
and Mrs. W. B. Reeves, will open
next Monday evening at 7 o'clock
with "Sea Devils," starring Vic
tor McLaglen, Preston Foster and
Ida Lupino, as the first attraction.
This theatre, upon which finish
ing touches are now being put, is
modern in every way, possessing
the best of lighting, acoustics,
sound equipment and seating fa
cilities. It is of attractive appear
ance, both on the outside and in
side.
The motion picture equipment
now in the process of installation
is the RCA Photophone High Fi
delity Sound system, the equip
nent being as near perfect as elec
trical and movie engineers have
been able to make it.
The theatre is equipped with up
holstered seats. Modernistic type
decoration, including indirect
lighting, features the inside of the
theatre with beauty the keynote
and harmony the result. There are
no columns to obstruct the view
of anyone, and thanks to the slop
ing of the floor, everyone will be
able to have an unobstructed view
of the screen.
The opening photoplay, "Sea
DeVils," is a brand new picture,
and its showing here will mark
its premier in North Carolina.
Following a two-day run, "Sea
Devils" will give way tc "Come
and Get It," with Edward Arnold,
Joel McCrea and Prances Parmer,
which will be shown Wednesday
and Thursday.
The new theatre building also
will house the offices of its own
er, Dr. Reeves, who is an optome
trist. Entrance is by stairway
opening adjacent to the theatre
lobby.
BIRTHDAY DINNER IN
HONOR M. A. SOUTHARD
A birthday dinner in celebration
of the 90th birthday of M. A.
Southard, of Elkin, will be held at
the Southard home Sunday, at
which Mrs. Southard will also be
honored. Everyone has been ex
tended a cordial invitation to at
tend.
| school students and Uncle Sam, is
I receiving finishing touches and
Will be in readiness for the opening
play of the tourney Friday, which
will serve as a dedication of the
new plant.
Of adequate size and construc
tion, the gym possesses an excel
lent hardwood floor, showers, and
other necessities, and answers a
long-felt need of the local school.
Everyone is urged to buy tickets
good for the entire series of
games, which are now on sale, and
make the tournament a success.
Games will be played Friday, Sat
urday, Monday, Tuesday and Wed
nesday. Handsome trophies will
be awarded the winner and rmi-
Jner up.
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 25, 1937
Buck Freeman Is
Chosen to Head
Security Office
Although no formal an
nouncement has been made by
the Social Security board as to
the opening of its district of
fice in Winston-Salem, It has
been stated by an authoritative
source that it had approved the
appointment of J. N. "Buck"
Freeman, formerly of Elkin, as
manager of the office of that
city.
Mr. Freeman was prosecuting
attorney of the Elkin recorders
court for several years prior to
the abolishing of the court by
an act of the state legislature,
and has many friends here and
in Dobson, his native home. He
is a brother of R. C. Freeman
here. For the past several years
he has held a position in Wash
ington, D. C.
NURSES GUESTS OF
ELKIN KIWANIANS
Are Entertained At Meeting
Of Club At Hotel Elkin
Thursday Evening
PROGRAM IS PRESENTED
The nurses of Hugh Chatham
Memorial hospital were the guests
of the Elkin Kiwanis club at the
weekly meeting held at Hotel El
kin last Thursday night!
Thomas Shugart was in charge
of the program for the evening,
turning it over to Mrs. Dorothy
Callahan, superintendent of nur
ses. Mrs. Callahan introduced
each nurse.
One feature of the program was
a tap dance by Ralph Lawrence,
which was followed by Miss Ruth
Flynt, who read the folowlng "Es
say on Man," taken from the Sat
urday Evening Post," and written
by J. A. Lockwood.
Essay on Man
Man is what woman marries.
Man has two two hands,
and sometimes two wives, but
never more than one collar but
ton or one idea at a time.
Generally speaking, any man
may be put into any one of three
classes—namely, husbands, bach
elors and widowers.
The last-named class is but a
temporary state, for the man in
question soon becomes a member
of either one of the first two class
es. That is due largely to a pe
culiarity of the species known as
inconstancy.
Husbands are of three varieties:
Prizes, surprises and consolation
prizes. There is also the booby,
considered by some to be of the
first variety, but soon found to be
one of the lesser members of the
second.
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BOONVILLE MAN IS
TAKEN BY DEATH
A. C. Frazier, 56, died at his
home near Boonville Wednesday,
Feb. 17. He was a well known
farmer of that section.
He was a native of this county
and had spent his life near Boon
ville. He was unmarried. He is
survived by two brothers, T. J.
Frazier of Boonville and Will Fra
zier of New Providence, Iowa;
one sister, Mrs. Florence Gerry of
Eldora, lowa. .
Funeral services were held at
Boonville Baptist church Saturday
by Rev. J. P. Davis and Rev. R.
L. Speer. Interment was in the
church cemetery.
FRANKLIN PINNIX, 82,
PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY
William Franklin Plnnix, 80,
died suddenly from a heart attack
at his home three miles west of
Brooks Cross Roads Sunday morn
ing.
Mr. Plnnix was a native of that
section. He was married to Miss
Laura Shore, who survives him,
together with the following chil
dren: Floyd Pinnix of Iowa; Lee
and Milo Pinnix and Mrs. Leona
Wiles of Hamptonville; and Spen
cer Pinnix of Cycle.
Funeral services were held at
Asbury Methodist church Monday
afternoon at two o'clock, .in
charge of Rev. H. H. Cash. Inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
DEPUTY COLLECTOR AT
HOTEL ELKIN MONDAY
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A state and federal deputy col
lector of revenue will be at Hotel
Elk in all day Monday, March 1,
to assist those who wish aid in
filing their state and federal in
come tax /returns.
Sparks Fly As Motor Production Is Resumed
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Flint, Mich.—Sparks started flying: in the Fisher plant here, Feb.
13th, as the first automobile workers went back on the job, bringing
to a close the 44-day strike doclared to be the most paralyzing indus
trial tie-up this nation has ever experienced. General Motors workers
by the thousands returned to their jobs the week of February 15.
BANQUET IS HELD
BY BARBERS HERE
J. I. Cockerham, Owner of
Hotel Barber Shop, Acts
As Toastmaster
OUT - OF - TOWN GUESTS
A banquet was held Tuesday
evening at Hotel Elkin for barbers
of Elkin. Covers were placed for
twenty-three. J. I. Cockerham of
the Hotel barber shop acted as
toastmaster of the evening. Rev. J.
L. Powers offered the invocation.
Out-of-town guests were F. L.
Goble, of Winston-Salem, member
of the state legislative committee
and of the state educational com
mittee and past president of the
state Master Barbers; W. M.
Stamper, of Winston-Salem, Pres
ident of Master Barbers of Win
ston-Salem and owner of the Rob
ert E. Lee Barber shop, and Dan
Murphy, also of Winston-Salem,
manager and science instructor of
the Winston-Salem Barber school.
Each of the guests made a brief
talk. The program was interspers
ed with vocal and string music.
THOMPSON GREENWOOD
HEAD OF COMMITTEE
Thompson Greenwood, son of
Mrs. Maude M. Greenwood of
Jonesville, was last week n&med
chairman of the Public relations
committee for the Southeastern
Arts association. The organization,
which is composed of all the out
standing artists and art students
in the southeastern part of the
United States, will hold its annual
convention in Raleigh on April
8, 9, 10. Plans for the meeting
were mapped at a conference of
officials here last week. Mr.
Greenwood is a recent graduate
of Wake Forest College, where he
was prominent in the publication
activities of that school. He is now
a member of the English depart
ment of the Raleigh City Schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred G. Bell an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Nancy Penelope, at Hugh Chat
ham Memorial Hospital, February
21, 1937.
Negro Veniremen
Released From
Duty at Dobson
Four Negroes were called for
lory duty In superior court at
Dobson Tuesday to set a new
precedent for Surry county
since reconstruction days. The
colored veniremen were sum
moned under special instruc
tions from Presiding Judge
Frank S. Hill for the trial of
the Mattin assault case Is which
Tom Mattin, 24-year-old Mount
Airy Negro, Is charged with a
capital crime.
As the four Negroes, part of a
special venire of thirty men
from the lowo- part of the coun
ty, were sworn In, some of the
eourt attendants apparently
maintained their poise with dif
ficulty. Ail four of the colored
men were released by the state's
challenges flurin* selection of
the jury which consumed
around two hours.
Couple Motors
From Ohio to'
Marry In N. C.
In the office of the register
of deeds of Surry county last
Saturday at noon Rev. C. W.
Russell, pastor of the Dobson
Methodist church, heard the
vows of a couple who had mo
tored from Oberlin, Ohio, to
be married, and who requested
that their names be withheld.
According to their statements,
they were in high school and
were too young to secure a
marriage license in their own
state, the girl being 18, but by
consulting the World's Alma
nao-they learned that North
Carolina was the nearest place
to secure such a license at that
age, consequently they made
an all-night trip from Oberlin,
near the Great Lakes, and pre
sented birth certificates from
the principals of their schools
to the register of deeds at noon
Saturday and were married in
his office, returning to Ohio
immediately.
STOCKHOLDERS OF
ASSOCIATION MEET
Report of Building and Loan
Secretary Shows Good Bus
iness for Period
DIRECTORS REELECTED
An increase in membership and
in shares of stock sold was report
ed at the annual meeting of the
board of directors of the Elkin-
Tonesville Building and Loan Asso
ciation held at Hotel Elkin recent
ly.
The report by Paul Gwyn, secre
tary-treasurer, disclosed that
membership has grown from 362
to 393 during the preceding year,
and that shares of stock had
shown an increase from 3.395 to
4,486. The association was shown
to be in the best financial condi
tion in its history with prospects
for the future bright. Seventy
eight loans for building purposes
were made during the year.
The board of directors who serv
ed during the past year were re
elected by the stockholders. Mem
bers are W. C. Cox, C- S. Poster,
H. P. Graham, Paul Gwyn, S. G.
Holcomb, Mason Llllard, E. F. Mc-
Neer, F. M. Norman, and J. F
Poindexter.
Following the meeting of stock
holders, the directors met and
elected officers: Mason Lillard,
president; J. R. Poindexter, vice
president; Paul Gwyn, «ecretary
treasurer, and W. M. Allen, attor
ney. /
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ARE TO HOLD CRIPPLE I
CLINIC' AT MOUNT AIRY
Dr. R. A. Moore, orthopedic sur
geon, will hold Ws regular cripple
clinic in the county health office
at Mount Airy Friday morning,
February 26, from 9 a. m, until
12 m, AH crippled phildren of the
Moore on that date.
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
SURRY CO. COURT
GRINDS OUT MANY
CASES AT DOBSON
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Trial of Negro on Capital
Charge Under Way
JONESVILLE BOYS TRIED
Fred Shores and Joe Barnette
Go to Roads For Term of
18 Months
ONE DIVORCE GRANTED
Surry county superior court,
which convened Monday morning
at 10:00 a. m. from last week for
the hearing of criminal cases, was
a busy place Wednesday morning
with the trial of Thomas Matten,
negro, of Mount Airy, underway,
Matten was charged with first de
gree burglary, and attempt at
rape and murder. The trial was
witnessed by a packed court room.
According to the testimony of
Mrs. Vera Spann and of J. W. Jes
sup, state's witnesses who took up
most of the morning session Wed
nesday with their testimonies in
the case, Matten entered the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Wood, of Mount Airy, just after
midnight on last November first,
and after brutally beating Mr.
Wood, who was sick at that time,
and also beating Mrs. Wood Into
a state of semiconsciusness, at
tempted to criminally assault her.
According to the testimony of the
state's witnesses the Wood home
was found to be In a serious state
of disorder with pools and blotch
es of blood In almost every room
of the house, and on both the
ront and back porches. Mrs. Wood
received two blows on the head,
one of which caused a fracture of
the skull, and Mrs. Wood was kept
in a hospital for two weeks after
the assault.
A special venire of men were
summoned Tuesday for the hear
ing of the case and the trial got
under way Tuesday. State's wit
nesses in the case were R. E.
Smith, J. J. McCarthy, Henry
Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood, Mrs.
Bell McHone, Andy Martin, C. E.
Monday and J. W. Jessup. The
special venire of men were R. P.
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DEBATERS CHOSEN
FOR ANNUAL MEET
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To Match Speeches With
Mount Airy and Wilkes
boro on April 2
SEMI-FINALS LAST YEAR
Eliminations for thp annual tri
angular debaters were held Friday
morning in the Elkin high school.
According to the decisions of the
judges, Miss Emma Cooke, Miss
Elizabeth Anderson and J. Mark
McAdhms, all of the school fac
ulty, the following speakers will
represent the school at the de
bates on April 2: Edna Billings
and Alice McCoin of the affirma
tive will go to Wilkesboro to meet
Mount Airy negatives; Lesbia Gra
ham and Sammy Oambill on the
negative will go to Mount Airy
to meet the Wilkesboro affirma
tive. All the debates in this tri
angle will be held on neutral
grounds.
Last year for the first time in
its history, Elkin was represented
in Chapel Hill at the state finals,
and the teams advanced to the
semi-finals. In the event that the
local teams win both of their de
bates the school will again con
test in the finals in Chapel Hill on
April 22 and 23.
"R FIRM CHIN'S
APT T WOBBLE !
WITHOUT A STIFF
UPPER UP.
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