Elkin
"The Best Little Town
In North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXVI. No. 24
Victim
DETROIT, Mich. . . . Mrs. Irma
Duncan burned three crosses on
her forehead and inflicted 20
wounds with a razor and red-hot
poker when ordered to sacrifice
herself in strange religious rites.
NO ARRESTS ARE
MADE IN ROBBERY
Two Offices in Yadkin Coun
ty Courthouse Ransacked
By Thieves
- TAKE MANY CIGARETTES
Yadkinville, April 28.—Special.
—No arrests have been made in
the robbery of two offices in the
court house and the robbery of
Yadkin Grocery Co., here, Sun
day night, according to informa
tion given by Sheriff A. L. Inscore
yesterday afternoon. Sheriff In
score stated that he and his dep
uties had worked night and day
but no valuable clues have been
secured, although they are still
working on the case.
The thieves apparently entered
the office of Sheriff Inscore ftrst,
securing some change and tearing
up some papers, and generally
disrupting the office.
In the office of Clerk of Super
ior Court J. L. Crater, which was
entered by prizing open the front
door with a heavy iron or bar,
they found no money but did con
-1 siderable damage to the office
and papers. They entered the
vault by jimmying the inside door
with the bar. Inside the vault
they entered the large iron safe
which only had a day lock on it
and went through all the papers
in the safe. No money was found
and a large numbej: of certificat
es of deposit and checks were left
in the scrambled papers, a check
up showed. This check-up was
. completed yesterday and the clerk
reports no loss, except to papers
which were deliberately torn and
scattered over the office. These
can be pieced together.
At the wholesale store of Yad
kin Grocery company the thieves
broke in the front door and car
ried away 27,000 cigarettes. At
this place no clues of importance
were left. This is the third time
in the past two years this place
has been robbed. An attempt
was made to rob the grocery
company safe but after knocking
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FINALS TO BEGIN
SUNDAY, MAY 2ND
Jonesville School Commence
ment Starts With Sermon
By Rev. A. C. Gibbs
CLASS PLAY MAY 3RD
I The Jonesville commencement
exercises will begin Sunday even
ing, May 2, with the commence
ment sermon by Rev. A .C. Gibbs,
pastor of the First Methodist
church in Statesville.
Monday evening, May 3, at 8
o'clock the Senior Class Day play
"Quo Vadis" will be presented.
Graduating exercises will be
held Tuesday evening, May 4.
Rev. Eugene Olive of the First
Baptist church in North Wilkes
boro will deliver the address to
the graduates.
j Members of the graduating
|r class this year are: Rama Black
/ wood, Beatrice Burcham, Lucille
Vestal, Madolyn Thompson, Mag
daline Martin, Carrie Taylor,
Mary Elizabeth Ingram, Mae
' Young, Pauline Foster, Pansy Bell,
Pauline wagoner, Margaret Rene
gar, Clayton Swaim, Joe Weath
erman. Dothan Reece and Fran
cis Brandon.
At the graduating exercises
Tuesday evening, members of the
seventh grade will be awarded
their certificates by J. T. Reece of
Yadkin ville, superintendent of
| Yadkin county schools.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
SURRY COURT IS
IN SECOND WEEK
AT COUNTY SEAT
Judge Irwin Replaces Judge;
Harding on Bench
DISPOSE OF FEW CASES
No Report on Condition of
C°unty Institutions Made
By Grand Jury
SEVERAL SENT TO ROAD
Surry county Superior Court
re-convened Monday, April 26, at
10:00 a. m. for the heating of
criminal cases with Jdge S. J.
Irwin, Jr., presiding in the place
of W. F. Harding, who presided
over the court last week, and with
H. O. Woltz, of Mount Airy, pros
ecuting the docket instead of Al
len H. Gwyn, the solicitor.
No report on the condition of
the county institutions was made
by the grand jury due to the fact
that a report was made at the
February term of court.
But few cases had been disposed
of this week up to Wednesday
morning, many of them being di
vorce cases, with the case of
Reid Reynolds, of the Mount Airy
community, charged with man
slaughter, up for trial.
Cases disposed of this week up
to Wednesday are as follows:
Chester Simpson, charged with
larceny and receiving, was given
a prayer for judgment, continued
for two years upon the payment
of $50.00 and the costs.
Will Simpson, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, was
given a prayer for judgment upon
the payment of the costs and
ilpon good behaviour.
Estel Hodge, for violating the
prohibition law, was given a fine
of $50.00 and the costs.
In the case in which George
Cecil Jones, ROy Towe,
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YADKIN MAN DIES
FROM HEAD INJURY
Vestal Sparks is Held in Death
of Jonah Speaks Fol
lowing Brawl
HEARING SET FOR TODAY
Yadkinville, April 28—(Special)
—Jonah Speaks, 66, died Monday
morning in Dr. Trivettes* hospital
near Union Grove, as a result of
injuries he received on the head
in a fight with Vestal Sparks, 29,
about sundown on Monday a
week previous. The fight was the
result of an argument over a.wo
man, it is stated, and happened
near the home of Eli Norman in
what is known as "Scuffletown"
section of Buck Shoals township
in upper Yadkin county. The
woman in question was Mrs. Les
ter Robbins Henderson, 30, widow
of the late Branson Henderson
and she made her home at the
Eli Norman home. Sparks is in
jail here without bond and will
be tried here this morning at 10
o'clock before E. G. Myers, J. P.
The details of Speaks death are
somewhat meager and hard to ob
tain. No report of the fight had
been reported to the sheriff and
no report of Speaks death was
given the officers until his body
was carried to Campbell &
Walker funeral home at Mocks
ville Monday afternoon. Mr.
Walker, on learning he had been
killed, thought it best to call the
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KIWANIANS ENJOY
EXCELLENT PROGRAM
Entertainment by "Seabee"
Hayworth and members of his
company who were playing at the
Elk theatre here Thursday night,
and an illustrated lecture by Roy
Palmer, illuminating engineer of
the Duke Power Co., featured the
meeting of the Elkin Klwanis
Club Thursday evening.
Several numbers were given by
the Hayworth troupe 'and were
highly enjoyed. Mr. Palmer's
lecture on lighting was also en-
Joyed. Klwanian Pat Hudgens was
in charge of the program.
R. W. Walters, formerly of
State Road, but now of Mount
Airy, and a member of the E3-
wanls club of that city, was the
guest of Klwanian H. P. Graham.
The meeting this week will be
held at the new high school build
ing and members of the home
economics class will serve supper.
A full membership attendance is
urged.
lATENEWft
from the
State and Nation
LAWRENCE NAMED
ADMINISTRATOR
Atlanta, April 27.—A. Steven
Nance, southern director of
the textile workers organiza
tion committee, tonight an
nounced the appointment of
Roy R. Lawrence, president of
the North Carolina Federation
of Labor, as administrator of
the program in the Carolinas.
Lawrence, for the past five
years an organizer for the
American Federation of Labor,
verified his acceptance of the
post and his resignation from
the A. F. of L. job.
He said, however, he had no
intention of resigning as pres
ident of the North Carolina
State Federation.
WARNS AGAINST
PRICE INCREASES
Washington, April 27.
President Roosevelt, finding
new problems to tackle as the
result of rising prices, issued a
double warning today to
Congress against boosting the
cost of living, and to the pub
lic against speculation.
At the same time, he made
known that Attorney General
Cummings had advised him
that an overhauling of the an
ti-trust laws is in order. Cum
mings declared that these laws
should be revamped to facili
tate government action against
monopolies.
BEES STING
MULES TO DEATH
Cochran, Ga., April 27. A
swarm of bees stung two work
ing mules to death on the farm
of F. C. Stewart in this Geor
gia peach belt section.
Stewart said the bees at
tacked the mules as they pass
ed the apiary, drawing a wag
on load of fertilizer. The ani
mals ran away, but became en
tangled In a brush thicket,
where the bees finished them.
2 DEAD, 16 HURT
IN BUS-TRUCK CRASH
Charlotte, April 27. A
tombstone-laden truck and a
passenger bus collided on the
Charlotte - Concord highway
today, killing two men on the
truck and injuring 16 occu
pants of the bus, none serious
ly.
The men killed were identi
fied as Pearl Elliott, about 50,
and T. C. Russell, about 65,
both of Denton. Russell was a
partner of H. M. Snyder in the
Denton Stone works, and El
liott was an employe of the
company.
COPELAND FINALS
TO BEGIN SUNDAY
Rev. Wm. A. Jenkins is To
Deliver Commencement
Sermon
CLASS DAY ON MAY 6TH
The Copeland High School
Commencement will begin Sun
day, May 2, with the baccalaur
eate sermon. Dr. Charles E.
Myers, pastor of the First Baptist
church of Mooresville will deliver
the sermon at 3:30 p. m.
The class day exercises will
come Thursday evening May 6.
This exercise, in the form of a
play, tells the history of educa
tion.
The diplomas will be awarded
Friday evening. May 7. The com
mencement address will be deliv
ered by Dr. Wm. A. Jenkins, pas
tor of the First Methodist church
of Elkin and formerly president of
Davenport College.
The senior play will be given
Saturday night, May 8. The play
to be used this year is "Silas
Smidge from Turnip Ridge." This
play, as the name suggests, is a
comedy.
Saturday afternoon, May 8, at
5:30 all former graduates are re
quested to meet in the gymna
sium for the annual get together
and picnic.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Callahan, who
has been superintendent of nur
ses at Hugh Chatham Memorial
Hospital for several months, left
last week for Tacoma, Washing
ton. She was succee led by Miss
Grace Lee Robinson of the hospi
tal staff of nurses, in the capac
ity of superintendent of nurses.
ELKIN. N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937
President Addresses Good Neighbors
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WASHINGTON . . . President Roosevelt opened the national ob
servance of Pan-American Day by addressing diplomatic representa
tives of the Americas in the Board Room of the Pan-American
Union. Four years ago he outlined his "Good Neighbor" policy with
Latin America from this same platform.
Notice To
Subscribers
The Tribune is now mailing
out subscription statements to
all subscribers whose subscrip
tions are in arrears. Those re
ceiving these statements may
possibly think that the amount
is so small it is not important
that they pay them promply,
but when it is taken into con
sideration that there are hun
dreds of these accounts which,
when added together represent
a substantial sum, !t will be
seen that it is important that
they be paid promptly.
The Tribute will appreciate
it if every subscriber receiving
a statement pay this obligation
as promptly as convenient.
ELKIN DELEGATES
ATTEND MEETING
Local Men Go to Henderson
ville for Woodmen of the
World Convention
GOV. HOEY IS SPEAKER
H. C. Lyon and L. H. Porter at
tended the Head Camp conven
tion of the Woodmen of the
World Life Insrance association
at Hendersonville Sunday, Mon
day and Tuesday, as delegates
from the Elkin camp Sunday.
Other members of the local camp
attended unofficially.
The Hendersonville convention
marked but one of a number of
such conventions scattered all
over the nation, a number of
which are to be held In May. At
each of these meetings, delegates
are elected to represent the juris
diction at the Sovereign Camp
convention which will meet later
in the year.
A feature of the Hendersonville
meeting was an address Sunday
by Governor Hoey at a memorial
service conducted by the Wood
men for a former sovereign com
mander, J. C. Roost, of Omaha,
Neb., who died a year ago.
Among other speakers at the
convention were Governor Rivers,
of Georgia, who spoke Sunday
night. Governor Johnson, ,of
South Carolina, scheduled to
speak Monday, was unable to at
tend.
MRS. CASSTEVENS DIES
EARLY FRIDAY MORNING
Mrs. Richard Casstevens, 86,
died early Friday morning at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Rosa
Sizemore of Yadkinville.
She is survived by the following
children: Mrs. Rosa Sizemore, of
yadkinville, Mrs. J. M. Caudle of
Boonville, Montgomery Casstevens
of Jonesville and Thomas Casste
vens of Boonville. Also one broth
er Joel Bovender of New Castle,
md.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at 10:00 o'clock at
Island Ford Baptist church. Rev.
J. P. Davis and R. L. Speer were
in charge.
Miss Mae Myers, Mr. and Mrs.
George Blggers, Miss Elizabeth
Psrller and Frank Dees, all of
Charlotte, were the Sunday guests
of Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Myers, and
Mrs. Beatrice Myers Phillips.
NAME WILKES MAN
TO HIGHWAY BODY
J. Gordon Hackett is Ap«-
pointed to Highway Com
mission by Hoey
NEW CHAIRMAN NAMED
J. Gordon Hackett, a prominent
citizen of North Wilkesboro, was
appointed Saturday by Governor
Clyde R. Hoey as a member of the
state highway commission to rep
resent a district of 10 northwest
ern North Carolina counties.
Under an act passed by the leg
islature this year the highway
commission was reorganized with
a chairman and ten commission
ers, each to represent a district of
ten counties.
In making his appointments,
Governor Hoey made a clean
sweep, appointing Frank L. Dun
lap, of Wadesboro, Anson county,
as chairman to succeed Capus M.
Waynick, of High Point, in that
capacity, and appointed an en
tirely new board.
The chairman, whose salary will
be $7,500 instead of the $6,000 re
ceived by his predecessor, Mr.
Waynick, and all members of the
commission will take office on
May 1. The commissioners will
be paid a fixed sum per day for
the actual time spent in official
duties.
Mr .Hackett was appointed for
a term of four years.
WETS WIN OVER
DRYS IN DURHAM
Liquor Store Plan is Given 2
to 1 Margin; Dare Coun
ty Stays Dry
IS 2ND COUNTY TO VOTE
Durham, April 27. Durham
counly kept intact its record of
having never voted dry today as
its electorate by more than two
to one authorized the establish
ment of a system of county-op
erated liquor stores.
Durham was the second county
to vote, Dare county having
voted several days ago with the
drys apparently winning by 11
votes.
With all 30 of the precincts re
ported before 9 o'clock tonight,
the Durham county vote was
counted: Wets, 7,784; drys 3,308.
The county commissioners will
meet Monday, their regular time,
to discuss setting up a control
board and arranging for the open
ing of liquor stores. Legal whisky
sales are expected to begin In
about a month.
Of the 30 precincts reported,
only one had a majority of dry
votes. In rural Bahama township
707 voted against control stores
while 49 supported them.
Today's balloting, considered
heavy by elections officials,
brought spirited campaigns of
both dry and wet forces to a close.
Led by the Durham Ministerial
association and Women's Chris
tian Temperance union, the drys
had been active for about a
month, with the control forces en
tering the field as an organiza
tion about two weeks ago.
Nome, Alaska, is farther west
than the Hawaiian Islands.
CONTRACTS LET
FOR BUILDING OF
WILKES ROAD
Grannis and Hobbs-Peabody
Are Low Bidders
TO BUILD 4.08 MILES
Will Connect Ronda and
Roaring River; First Link
Built Year Ago
IS TO COST $93,963.16
The state highway and public
works commission in session at
Raleigh Thursday of last week,
received bids for construction of
highway 268 between Ronda and
Roaring River, the first link of
the highway from Elkin to Ronda
having been constructed about a
year ago.
E. W. Grannis, of Fayetteville,
was low bidder on grading and
surfacing the 4.08 miles of high
way for $58,917.90, and Hobbs-
Peabody Construction Co., of
Charlotte, was low bidder for
structures for $35,045.26.
The Ronda-Roaring River pro
ject was one among 13 to post an
estimated total of a million dol
lars. Bids on the projects were
canvassed in a meeting Friday
and contracts were awarded the
successful bidders.
It is hoped that following com
pletion of the Ronda-Roaring
River project, the final link from
Roaring River to North Wilkes
boro will be constructed.
MANY ENTERING
AMATEUR SHOW
Applications for Part in Show
Should Be Made Within
The Next Week
WINNERS TO BROADCAST
Plans for Elkin's second ama
teur show, sponsored by the El
kin Merchants association, are
rapidly taking shape as numerous
applications are made for a part
in the program.
Five winners, to be selected by
judges, will go to Charlotte for a
broadcast over WBT.
The show will again be held at
the Lyric theatre, and is open to
anyone with talent who wishes to
enter, provided application is
made within the next week. Ev
eryone wishing to enter should
see Alan Browning, Jr., at The
Elkin Tribune office.
The date set for the contest is
Friday night. May 14. In addi
tion to thte amateur performance,
which will also mark the first ap
pearance of "Mekko, the Mechan
ical Man," and other novelty acts,
there will also be shown a good
movie, the title of which will be
announced next week.
YADKIN MAN IS
SUICIDE FRIDAY
Isaac W. Holleman Shoots
Self Near Heart With
12-Gauge Shotgun
FUNERAL HELD SUNDAY
Isaac w. Holleman, 36, com
mitted suicide at 7:15 Friday
morning at his home near Jones
ville, by shooting himself near the
heart with a 12-guage pump gun.
He had been in ill health for
some time and although he left
no note or warning, this is be
lieved by relatives to have caused
his rash act. He told his wife he
was going out to kill a hawk
but when the report of the gun
was heard his son went to inves
tigate and found the body. He
died an hour later in Elkin hos
pital.
Mr. Holleman was born In that
section of Yadkin county June
10, 1900, a son of Rev. W. A. Hol
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CHATHAM TO MEET
UNIQUE, KNITTERS
Two baseball games have been
scheduled here for the week-end
by the Chatham Blanketeers, it
was announced Wednesday after
noon by Gene (Toar) Hall, pub
licity manager.
Mr. Hall stated that the Blank
eteers will meet Unique Furniture
Co., of Winston-Salem, here Fri
day afternoon at 4 o'clock, and
that Hanes Knitters, also of Win
ston-Salem, would be on hand
Saturday for a game beginning at
3:30 p. m.
Elkiit
Gateway to Roaring: Gap
and the Blue Ridge
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
Villa Rides Again
CHICAGO . . . Pancho Villa, ro
mantic figure of Mexican history,
rides again in the person of his
lovely daughter, Senorita Ceiia
Villa. She will Join the circus as
an expert rider and rope artist.
MANY THOUSANDS
FLEE FROM FLOOD
Ohio Valley Under Water as
River Rises Second Time
This Year
5 MISSING IN VIRGINIA
Thousands fled their homes,
rich and poor alike, as the bloat
ed and muddy Ohio rolled down
stream last night with the debris
laden burden of its tributaries.
The year's second flood emer
gency led President Roosevelt to
recall a special government Red
Cross committee to supervise re
lief work among the refugees.
Across the border in Canada,
the city of London, Ont., flound
ered under the worst flood in its
history. Five deaths were counted
and at least 6,000 persons were
left homeless as the Thames Riv
er, 28 feet above normal, washed
through the city's streets and
spread over a large section of
southwestern Ontario. London
was threatened with a shortage
of drinking water and electric
power.
In the United States, rain
swollen rivers of Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia began re
ceding. At least nine deaths were
attributed to floods in the middle
Atlantic area. Orapplers sought to
account for five persons missing
in Virginia.
SMITH BROTHERS
LAND IN BASTILE
One Gets in Jail and Other
Lands There While Here
To Get Him Out
WOMAN IS LOCKED UP
Loaded too heavily with laugh
soup and giggle water, Claude
Smith, of State Road, was ar
rested here Saturday afternoon
by Policeman J. L. Darnell and
transferred to the local jail to
undergo a sobering up process.
Mr. Smith had not been in jail
very long before his brother, G.
W. Smith, a former justice of the
peace, heard of his predicament
and hurried here to see if he could
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