| The Bent Little Town
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 16
IATENEWC
from the
State and Nation
SENATE PASSES
SECURITY BILL
Raleigh, Mar. 2.—The House
appropriations committee over
rode Chairman D. L. Ward, of
Craven, this afternoon and
voted, 16-14, to send a Senate
passed social security bill, ex
pected to require $16,000,00 for
the biennium, to the floor of
the lower legislative branch.
WILL URGE PARKWAY
COMPLETION
Raleigh, March 2.—Senator
R. k. Reynolds and Represen
tative R. L Dough ton, two of
North Carolina's delegation in
Congress told .members of the
General Assembly at a dinner
tonight that they will urge the
appropriation of necessary
funds to complete the Blue
Ridge Parkway.
Saying he believed President
Roosevelt would see that funds
were made available to com
plete the park-to-park high
way, Doughton said the road
"to me at first was a dream,
then a reality and then almost
an obsession." He added, "I be
lieve its scenic beauty will be
unrivaled anywhere."
ROOSEVELT FOR
NEW HOURS, WAGES.
Washington, March 2.—Pres
ident Roosevelt came out flatly
and emphatically today for new
wage and hour legislation at
the present session of Congress.
He said at a press conference
that such a statute ought to be
enacted and that he hoped it
would be before Congress goes
home.
The President's assertion, in
the midst of his fight for pow
er to name six new Justices to
the Supreme Court bench,
where old NRA was killed, stir
red immediate speculation as
to the possibile effect upon that
controversy.
GIRL BELIEVED
MURDER VICTIM.
Charlottesville, Va., Mar. 2
Sheriff J .Mason Smjth declar
ed tonight he was "definitely
satisfied'' 18-year-old C 1 e o
Sprouse, whose chloroformed
body was found near the Uni
versity of Virginia Cemetery
today, was » murder victim.
Dr. W. N. Weaver, university
pathokftist, reported that an
autopsy on the body of the girl
showed no signs of criminal at
tack.
APRIL COURT TERM
TO OPEN ON 19TH
Commissioners Draw Jury
For Two Weeks' Session;
Harding to Preside
TRIAL CRIMINAL CASES
The April term of Surry super
ior court will open on Monday
April 19th for the trial of crimi
nal cases. Judge W. P. Harding
is expected to preside over the
term, and Allen H. Gwyn, solici
tor for this district will prose
cute the docket.
The Jury list for the two weeks
of the term which was drawn
Monday of this week by the coun
ty commissioners is as follows:
First week: J. E. Ailred, G. C.
Lovill, J. W. Badgett, Ruff Sut
phin, J. L. Martin, John Ayers,
P. B. Quesin berry, J. R. Vernon.
Taft Moses. G«orge A.-Key, P. M.
Wagoner, Wilbur Carter, E. J.
Smith, G. C. Branch, Porter Dick
ens, C. H. Davis, C. T. Hall, T. M.
Simpson, Roy Shelton, C. J. John
son, P. C. Smith, L. I. Hutchins, I
W. B. Hadley, W. J. Morris, C M.
Atkins, Joe Ramey, W. M. Prim,
Walter Calloway, J. L. Lillard, P.
H. Brannock, S. 8. Hall, D. C.
Lewis, Sid R. Draughn, E. W.
Draughn, and Wesley R. Branch.
Second Week: Edgar Eaton, J.
D. Davis, A. D. Owens, A. C. Key,
J. C. Siceloff, J. P. Southern, L.
W. Alderman, W. A. Snow, Walter
A. Poore, M. C, Fowler, H. L.
, Parker, J. W. Gentry, W. J. Chap
pel, Baxter C. Snow, Reo Kidd,
W. Lee Cockerham, B. A. Booker,
R. G. Royal, Tom J, Hatcher,
Swansea Beamer, Andrew E. E(UI,
j. C. Morris, John H. Bel ton. *
The average increase In our
population is one new person every
thirty-six seconds, based on the
I§3o census,• St : ? M
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Detroit—Once in forty-million births does it occur say medical au
thorities about PaulEne Taylor, (left), and Pauline E. Taylor, (right),
above. They are not twins. They are not sisters. They are n"t
related. Pauline (left), was born in St. Ign&ee, Mich., and Pauline E.
'(right) was born In Canada. Both were born, Sept 22, 1920—only two
hours apart. They are the same weight, same height and both have
red hair. They first met in high school here . . . and have been In
separable friends for 3 years.
TWENTY THOUSAND
FOR SCHOOL BLDG.
Surry Board of Commission
ers Transact Other Busi
ness Monday
CHANGE JAIL CHARGES
Besides drawing the jury list for
the April term of court the Surry
commissioners transacted,a num
ber of other items of business of
more or less importance Monday.
They voted to pay the sum of
$20,000 for the old Mountain Park
school property, which the county
recently made a trade for. An or
der was given for a cash payment
of $5,000 to be made at once on
the property, and three notes of
$5,000 each are to be given, which
are to be negotiable, are to bear
interest at the rate of per cent
per annum, and are payable one,
two and three years after date.
These notes will complete the pay
ment for the property. v
The commissioners also went on
record to change the jail keepers
fees from a flat rate of 60c per
day per prisoner to a modified
rate of 60c per day per prisoner
for the first five prisoners, 50c
per day per prisoner for the next
five, and 40c per day per prisoner
for all over ten prisoners.
B. F. Folger presented his com
mission from the Governor of the
state appointing him as purchas
ing agent, tax supervisor and
bookkeeper for the county, which
commission was accepted by the
btfard of commissioners and his
bond was filed.
The board further went on rec
ord with the adoption of a reso
lution to accept the auditor's
statement of the tax books as kept
by the county's ex-sheriff, John
D. Thompson, and approving his
record, and also to relieve him of
any further responsibility in the
matter, his term of office having
expired last November.
NEW DEPT. STORE
TO OPEN FRIDAY
A & Z Store Housed in Build
ing Formerly Occupied by
W. J. Burcham
NEW STOCK, FIXTURES
Hie A. & Z. Store, a modern
new department store featuring
men's and women's ready-to
wear, shoes, dry goods and no
tions, will open here Friday morn
ing at 8 o'clock in the building on
Main street formerly occupied by
W. J. Burcham.
The store is being opened by W.
A Alderman and M. W. Zack,
both of Galax, Va., who also op
erate similar stores in Galax and
Mount Airy. The show windows
and Interior of the store building
have been remodelled and mod
ernized and new fixtures Installed
throughout, presenting an attrac
tive appearance.
l>. B. Hurd. who has made his
home here for some weeks, will
be in charge of the new store, as
sisted by Herman Guyer, who was
formerly associated with the J.
C. Penney Co. store here and who
has many friends throughout this
section.
JLuSVbTSTthlhSej!
ing Friday.
WIND UP COURT
WITH FEW CASES
s
Gabriel Keaton Given Seven
Years Hard Labor on
Manslaughter Charge
TWO DIVORCES GRANTED
Due to the fact that most of
the time of the Sufry Superior
court, which was in session at
Dobson last week, was taken up
by the Mattin case, few other
cases were disposed of after
Tuesday^
Those that were disposed of
were as follows:
Hugh Beaslesy, charged with
operating a car while'intoxicated,
was given a sentence of 60 days
to the roads, suspended upon the
payment of SIOO and the costs,
and is not to operate a car for
one year.
Gabriel Keaton, charged with
murder, but who had not been
apprehended, came into court and
through his counsel offered a vol
untary plea of guilty to man
slaughter, which plea was ac
cepted by the court, and he was
given a sentence of from seven to
ten years at hard labor in the
state's prison.
Joe Carter, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, was
given a sentence of 18 months* to
the roads. /
Only two divorces were granted.
They jyere J. M. Goad vs. Ada
Goad, and C. L .Hennis vs. Louise
Hennis. .
FURNITURE STORE
TO OPEN FRIDAY
Surry Furniture Co. Located
In Greenwood Building,
Main Street
DARNELL IS MANAGER
The Surry Furniture Co., a new
furniture store, will open for busi
ness here Friday morning in
quarters located in the Green
wood building on East Main
street.
The new firm is owned by Mark
Steelman, of North Wilkesboro;
W. w. Darnell, of Elkin, and Gar
field Chipman, of North Wilkes
boro, a former citizen of Elkin.
Mr. Darnell will be in charge of
the store here.
Quarters lor the store have just
been remodeled and modernized.
The firm will handle a complete
line of new furniture, including
ranges, kitchen furniture, living
room and bedroom suites, rugs,
etc.
MRS. R. E. HARRIS
DIES TUESDAY A. M.
Mrs. Robert Ellen Harris. 79,
passed away at her home Tues
day morning from an illness due
to the general Infirmities of her
advanced age. The deceased was
the widow of R. W- Harris.
She is survived by three chil
dren, Mrs. Walter Wallace, Dan
ville, Va., 'Mrs. Ira Monroe Wil
moth, and Hubert Harris, both of
Thurmond, one sister, Miss Julia
Stoker, and one brother, W. D.
Stoker, toth of Thurmond, also
survive.
The funeral services and inter
ment were Wednesday afternoon
at one o'clock at the Stoker fam
ily cemetery. The rites wwe in
charge of Rev. Mack Roberts.
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937
HANCOCK DEFENDS
ROOSEVELTCOURT
PROPOSAL IN TALK
"Dictatorship of Judiciary"
He Says
URGES VOTERS' SUPPORT
Says Roosevelt Asks the Mild
est and Most Conserva
tive Way
NATION-WIDE HOOK -UP
Washington, March 2.—ln a
nation-wide radio speech from
Washington tonight, Representa
tive Prank Hancock called an the
American people who followed
Franklin Roosevelt last November
to rally behind the President's ju
diciary reorganization program in
* order that new deal laws to carry
I out the ballot-box mandate may
be enacted this spring and not 10
years later.
The North Carolina congress
man told his hearers that the is
sue before the nation is "not the
Constitution, it is not even the
Supreme Court as an institution,"
but " a dictatorship of the judi
ciary."
"That great System of check
and balances which the founding
fathers set up in our Constitution
have been scattered pell-mell by
the members of the court," Han
cock asserted.
"For forty years a handful of
judges—always consisting of a
bare majority—have pushed the
Supreme Court farther and far
ther out of balance with the fed
eral government—where the court
does not belong, where the Con
stitution, which set up this sys
tem of checks and balances that
every schoolboy knows by heart,
never intended it to be, and where
it is not and cannot be competent
to function," he declared.
"The quarrel does not lie with
the Constitution," Hancock con
tinued. "Nor does it concern the
Supreme Court as an institution.
It concerns only the present jud
ges on the court. As I see it, the
nation faces a single vital ques
tion: What is to be done when
some of these judges exceed their
authority by elevating their own
personal opinions concerning ec
onomic and social policies above
the Constitution of the United
States."
Hancock said that the Presi
dent had proposed the "mildest
and most conservative way" of
enabling his adfninlstration to
move forward with its liberal pro
gram.
SPIRITED GAMES
END TOURNAMENT
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Boonville Girls and Dobson
Boys Are Crowned Cham
pions Tuesday Night
NAME ALL-STAR TEAMS
In two fast and exciting games
Tuesday night the Boonville high
school girls and Dobson* school
boys were crowned champions in
the tri-county basketball tourna
ment sponsored in the new Elkin
gym by the Elkin high school
The Boonville girls, playing a
brilliant brand of ball, defeated
the Mountain Park girls by a wide
margin, the score ending at 20 to
8, while the Dobson boys found
it necessary to go two extra per
iods to finally whip an excellent,
fast stepping Boonville team by a
close score of 19 to 17.
Amburn and Martin led the at
tack for the Boonville girls while
all the guards played bang-up
ball. The boys' teams were dead
locked 15-all at the end of the
regular play and neither scored
in the first extra period, a second
period being necessary before
Dobson edged ahead with all
players playing an excellent game.
Each of the champion teams
were awarded attractive trophies.
Following the tournament, a
girls' and boys' all-tournament
team was announced, as follows:
Girls' team: Amburn, R. F.,
Boonville: Mayberry, L. F., Jones
ville; Lawrence, F. C. Mountain
Park; Hannaker, C. Q., Sparta;
Norman, R. 3., Boonville; M.
Rennegar L. G. Jonesvllle.
Boys' team: Comer, R. P., Dob
son; Parks, L. P., Beulah; Lan
checter, C., Dobson; Prim,.K. O.
Boonville; Hutchins, L. Q., White
Plains.
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The Hawaiian Islands are not
so tiny. Their area is greater than
Connecticut and Rhode Island
combined—d,4o6 square miles, to
be exact I
Final Dividend Amounting To
$26,726.10 Is Now Available
For Depositors of Closed Bank
SURRY DEMOCRATS
TO MEET TONIGHT
Will Stage "Victory Dinner"
at Blue Ridge Hotel at
Mount Airy
PLAN GOOD PROGRAM
Surry county Democrats will
meet at the Blue Ridge hotel to
night (Thursday), in Mount Airy,
joining with millions of other
Democrats in all parts of the
country in staging a series of sev
eral thousand "Victory Dinners."
Plans for the Surry dinner have
been prepared by W. M. Johnson,
chairman in charge of arrange
ments.
Fred Hutchens, of Winston-
Salem, is to be the principal
speaker of the evening on a pro
gram that promises to be unusu
ally interesting, including as it
does a number of the best ban
quet speakers in Surry county's
Democratic ranks.
Included among the list of
prominent Surry county speakers
is Attorney E. C. James, of Elkin,
who will tell how the New Deal
hit Surry.
Tickets to the banquet are on
sale here by Mr. James and W. A.
Neaves. Ladies are especially in
vited to the event.
AGAIN TO PRESENT
OLD SWEETHEARTS
Parent - Teachej- Association
Play to be Staged at
Lyric Theatre
TUESDAY, MARCH 9TH
"Old Sweethearts of Mine" will
be presented again Tuesday even
ing, March 9, at the Lyric theatre
by members of the Parent-Teach
er Association, according to Mrs.
E. F. McNeer, chairman of the
ways and means committee of the
association. In addition to the
play by local talent a feature pic
ture, "White Hunter," starring
Warner Baxter, and June Lang,
will be shown.
The play was presented Thurs
day evening in the elementary
school auditorium before a capac
ity audience and is being repeated
by special request. The proceeds
of the show will go toward buying
scenery and equipment for the
stage at the school auditorium.
All patrons of the school and the
public are cordially invited to at
tend.
A cast of approximately sixty
characters take part in the local
talent show and several new fea
tures will be added to the show
for Tuesday's performance.
CELEBRATES WTH
BIRTHDAYSUNDAY
Friends and Relatives Honor
Mr. and Mrs, Meredith
A. Southard
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
A host of friends and relatives
gathered at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Meredith Alfred Southard,
near Elkin, Sunday in celebration
of the 80th birthday of Mr. South
ard and the 89th birthday of his
wife. Mr. and Mrs. Southard
quietly celebrated their 81st wed
ding anniversary on December 2,
last. Mrs. Southard was the form
er Miss Sarah Layne. ✓ /
The dinner was served picnic
style and the table was centered
with a huge birthday cake topped
with 179 candles, one for each
year of the age of the honoreea.
Mr. and Mrs. Southard have
nine sons and daughters, 49
grandchildren and 27 great grand
children, roost of whom were
present for the celebration. The
children are: J. P. Southard, Mrs.
Avery Cockerham, Mrs. T. A.
Stanley, C. 8., A. D., S, M., and
B. T. Southard, all of near Elkin;
S. C. Southard, of SaUifiury, and
Mrs, H. Q. 'Draughao. of Mount
Airy.
Gets Social Security
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New York—Harry J. Gregory, la
borer (above), became 65 years
old, January 24. He and his em
ployer had paid in $1.64 (82 cents
each) to the Federal Social Se
curity Pension fund. He got an
old-age pay check for $2.88, the
first in this district. He's going
to frame it, not cash it.
SURRY NEGRO IS
TO BE EXECUTED
Tom Mattin, of Mount Airy,
Found Guilty of First
Degree Burglary
MUST DIE ON MARCH 26
Tom Mattin, 24-year-old Surry
county negro of Mount Airy, was
found guilty of first degree bur
'glary by a Surry county jury late
last Friday afternoon and was
sentenced to die in the state gas
chamber March 26.
Mattin is the first person to
receive a death sentence in Surry
county in over 20 years, and will
be the fourth man and the only
Surry negro ever sentenced to die,
according to existing records.
The condemned man placed his
hands over his face as Judge
Frank S. Hill read the death sen
tence, but, except for that one
movement, received news of his
fate with almost as much calm as
the tense crowd in the courtroom.
Colored relatives in the rear of the
room became hysterical and were
removed from the courthouse.
Mattin had been charged with
entering the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Wood in a white resi
dential section of Mount Airy
about midnight, November 1, and
beating them into unconscious
ness with an axe. Evidence of a
criminal assault upon Mrs. Wood,
who is 63 was given by the at
tending physician, who testified
that her underclothing was torn
to shreds.
The negro made no statement
before sentence was passed. He
had maintained his innocence and
based his defense on an alibi for
his movements on the night of
the assault.
PAUL WHITEMAN TO
PLAY AT WINSTON
Paul Whiteman, together with
liis full orchestra and entertain
ers, including the following art
ists, the famous King's Men Quar
tet; Bob Lawrence, baritone star;
Roy Bargy, talented pianist and
composer, and assistant conduc
tor to Whiteman; lazy-singing
Jack Teagarden; Charles Teagar
den, equally as well known be
cause of his trumpet; Al Galla
doro, wizard of the clarinet and
saxaphone; Mike Pingitore, ban
joist, and "Ooldie," trumpeter
and comedian of the organization,
and Whiteman's newest star,
lovely Linda Lee, whose blues
voice is ideal for interpretation
of the Whiteman vocals, will ap
pear at Peppers Warehouse in
Winston-Salem on Thursday,
March 11th, under the sponsor
ship of Prince Albert Council,
Royal Arcanum.
NAMED FOR N. C.
Washington, Feb. 26.—One of
the two new battleships which the
navy is soon to construct Mil be
named in honor of /forth Caro
lina, it became known hero today.
Secretary of Navy Claud Swan
son authorized Representative
William Umstead, chairman of
the House navy apropriations
committee, to announce that
North Carolina had been selected
tor the name of one of the ships.
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TWO SECTIONS
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
IS SUGHTLY MORE
THAN 6 PER CENT;
CHECKS ARE READY
Will Make a Total of $187,-
432.43 Paid to Creditors
MUST CALL FOR CHECKS
Receivership to be Closed Out
On March 31; Bank Clos
ed in 1932
HAS PAID 41 PER CENT
Dividend checks, representing
final payment to be made by the
Elkin National Bank, which has
been closed since the early part
of 1932, are now beiug delivered
by John D. Biggs, receiver.
This final dividend amounts to
6 44-100 per cent, and totals
$26,726.10, making a grand total
of $187,432.43 to be salvaged from
the assets of the bank in five divi
dends totalling 41.41 per cent.
It was stated that receivership
of the bank is to be closed out on
March 31, and after that date
everyone who has' not called for
their dividend check will Itave to
get it from the treasury depart
ment at Washington, D. C. For
this reason everyone is urged to
call at the bank for their check
at the earliest possible date.
It was stated that a large num
ber of checks representing pay
ment on back dividends have not
yet been called for. After March
31 these checks also have to be
secured from Washington as all
checks not delivered by that date
will be returned to the treasury
department.
Majority of the money making
up this final dividend was secured
from the sale of the assets and
real estate of the bank some
months ago, the sale bringing a
total of $22,500.
Checks for the present dividend
were received from Washington
Tuesday and delivery was begun
Wedresday.
P.C. A. Office Now
Owen In Dobson
The farmers of Surry County
are now being served by the
Winston-Salem Production Credit
Association to the Court House,
Dobson, N. q., with Aubrey P.
Snow in charge. Loams are made
for operating purposes to estab
lished farmers.
Applications are written for as
small amount as $50.00 and for
any amount in excess of this
amount that the farmer's needs
and production will Justify. The
loans will be repaid as the crops
securing the loan are marketed.
TOWN MASS MEETING
TO BE HELD APRIL 2
At the monthly meeting of the
Tr.iHn board of commissioners
Monday evening, a mass meeting
of citizens of Elkin was ordered
for April 2 for the purpose of
nominating a mayor and board of
five cmmissioners, the meeting
probably to be hejd in the school
auditorium.
Officers for the forthcoming
town election were named by the
board as follows: registrar, Tulius
Hall; judges, J. L. Lillard and R.
Q. Franklin; alternate judges, W.
C. Cox and Dr. T. R. White.
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