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POSTAL RECEIPTS
HERE GREATEST IN
OFFICE'S HISTORY
Gain of 11 Per Cent. Shown
Over Year 1937
1938 RECEIPTS $15,782.91
Volume of Incoming and Out
* going Christmas Mail Also
Reached New High
MAIL 26,880 GREETINGS
Postal receipts for the year 1938
were the greatest in the history
of the local postoffice, it was an
nounced Wednesday by French
W. Graham, postmaster, showing
a gain of $1,582 25 over 1937, an
increase of 11 per cent.
Receipts in dollars and cents
for the two years were as follows:
1937—514,200.66; 1938—515,782.91.
The month of December, 1938,
amounted to $2,395.05 in postal
revenue, which is a record for one
month as compared with $2,112.75
for December, 1937.
The largest quarterly gain in
receipts for the past year was re
flected in the September quarter,
showing an increase of $704.91
over the corresponding period for
1937. The increase for the Decem
ber quarter was $672.57 over 1937
receipts.
The volume of both outgoing
and incoming Christmas mail was
the largest ever handled by the
local office this past December.
For the five-day period December
.20 to December 24, inclusive,
26,880 Christmas greeting cards
were cancelled and dispatched.
Ths work incident to handling the
heavy Christmas mail was taken
care of without » substantial in
crease in the clerical force, Mr.
Graham said, due to improved
postal equipment and more com
modious office quarters.
PLAN 4-COUNTY
CAGE TOURNEY
Annual Event Will Start Feb
ruary 22; Sponsored by
Elk in High School
24 TEAMS TO TAKE PART
Preliminary plans for the third
annual Elkin 4-County Basket
ball tournament, sponsored here x
by Elkin high school, have been
announced by Coach J. S. Bum
garner.
According to present expecta
tions 24 teams will take part,
with 12 boys' teams and 12 girls'
teams showing action. On this
basis, the tournament, which is to
begin February 22, should con
tinue for seven nights, with four
games nightly until the seventh
night. At that time only two
games will be played, and these
for the girls' and boys' champion
ships.
Tournament officials are plan
ning to mail invitations and en
try blanks to the various schools
at a near date. It is hoped to
make the tournament even more
successful than the one held last
year, which saw good attendance
and high interest each night. The
Copeland girls' and the Boonville
boys' teams are present 4-County
champions, having won out over
Boonville and Elkin respectively
in last years tournament.
Attractive trophies will be pre
sented the champion teams at
the conclusion of this year's
tournament. Trophies will also
be presented the girls' and boys'
team which are in runner-up posi
tion. Following the tournament,
—fcsvo tournament teams will be
selected, one from eaoh division,
and each player thus selected will
be given a gold basketball.
The games will be played in the
Elkin gymnasium. Gene Hall,
*ho last year aided in conduct
ing the 1938 tournament, will
again this year aid school officials
In staging the event.
P.O.S. ?F A. OFFICERS
-NMTALLED MONDAY
V -
Officers were installed Monday
evening at the regular meeting of
the P. O. 8. of A., to serve for
the year as follows: Past presi
dent, W. Masten; president, J.
R. Windsor; vice-president, S. O.
Mfguire; M. of F. William Pop
lin, conductor, L. G. Baker; sec
retary, J. B. Bell: chaplain, C. H.
Day; publicity chairman, H. F.
Laffooo, and trustees: M. R.
Bailey, J£. S. Hayes and so.
Is Re-Named
-
Rev. J. L. Powers, above, has
been unanimously elected for
the sixth year as pastor of East
Elkin Baptist church. The
membership of the church has
grown from 144 to 204. Rev.
Mr. Powers is considered one of
the best pastors in the Baptist
association. The public is in
vited to attend any of the ser
vices held by Mr. Powers'
church.
DRIVER IS PLACED
UNDER LARGEBOND
John Williams Required to
Post SI,OOO Bail as Result
of Accident
HEARING FEBRUARY 4th
Yadkinville, Jan. 10.—(Special.)
—John Williams, 21, was placed
under a SI,OOO bond .here Mon
day afternoon on a charge of hit
and run driving and reckless
driving, which grew out of a
wreck three miles west of East
Bend Sunday night when Wil
liams and three women were car
ried to hospitals for treatment.
The wreck occurred about 0
o'clock when a car operated by
Williams and one driven by Mrs.
Fred Norman collided in the
center of the highway. Williams
disappeared after the wreck and
was luualeu Moim&y morning in
a Winston-Salem hospital. After
he was discharged Sergeant S. H.
Mitchell took him in charge and
turned him over to Sheriff A. L.
Inscore of Yadkin county. He
gave bond and will be given a
hearing February 4, before Mag
istrate Joe Williams. Also ar
rested was Elmer Thomas, com
panion of Williams, but no char
ges have been preferred against
him, since Williams admits driv
ing the car. A small bond as a
material witness will be required
of Thomas, who was placed in
jail Sunday night.
Misses Doris Zachary of Yad
kinville and Maxine Taylor of
Smithtown, companions of the
boys, were carried to the hospital
for treatment of cuts and bruises,
as was also- Mrs. Norman, who
was alone in her car. None are
seriously hurt.
Williams is a son of W. A. Wil
liams of Union Cross, while Miss
Zachary is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Gurney Zaohary of
Yadkinville and Miss Taylor is a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will
Taylor of Smithtown. Thomas
lives at the home of Calvin
Fletcher, near Union Cross.
JAMES M. ROBBINS IS
TAKEN BY DEATH
James Madison Robbins, 82,
died at his home in the Shilo
church community of Yadkin
county early Wednesday morning.
He is survived by five children,
Charles R. Robbins; East Bend:
Mrs. B. L. Brannock, Hampton
ville; Thos. W. Robbins. Ronda;
Preston Robbins, Jonesville and
W. G. Robbins, Hamptonvllle.
One brother, W. P. Robbins, Sr.,
and two sisters, Mrs, Emmaline
Robbins and Mrs. Matilda Trip
lets all of Hamptonvllle, also
survive.
Funeral services will be held
this morning at 11 o'clock from
the Shilo church, in charge of
Rev. J. M. Wright. *
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
STATE MEET
O. C. Hauser. chairman of the
Stirry county school board, and
John W. Comer, county superin
tendent of schools, were in
Greensboro Wednesday where
they represented Surry at a meet
ing of the North Carolina state
board of education.
IATENEWC
" from the
State and Nation
MAY EXECUTE
WHILE ASLEEP
Raleigh, Jan. 10—The possi
bility that capital felons may
be "put to sleep" before they
are executed at North Caro
lina's central prison appeared
today as legislators prepared
to consider a bill which would
substitute electrocution for as
phyxiation.
Governor Ho e y disclosed
that the possibility had been
proposed, and that he believ
ed "It la worth looking into."
BELIEVE WAR
TO BE CERTAIN
Washington, Jan. 10—Gen
eral European war before sum
mer over Italy's demand for
French colonies was predicted
today by the American am
bassadors to France and Great
Britain in secret testimony be
fore congressional committees
which will weigh President
Roosevelt's $2,000,000,000 na
tional defense program.
It was learned from an un
impeachable source that Jos
eph P. Kennedy, ambassador
to the Court of St. James, and
William C. Bullitt, ambassador
to France, informed a joint ex
ecutive session of the House,
Senate and military affairs
committee that they believed
a general conflagration inev
itable.
JACK BENNY
IS INDICTED
New York, Jan. 10 Jack
Benny, radio star and gagman,
was indicted by a federal grand
jury late today on a charge of
smuggling jewelry in conspir
acy with Albert N. Chaperau,
pseudo-diplomat and convict
ed smuggler who has en
tangled other notables cus
toms violations.
The three counts in the in
dictment against them charge
importing, illegally smuggling,
transporting and concealing
two gold clips and a gold
bracelet—all diamond-studded.
WORLD'S MILITARY
BILL HUGE ONE
Geneva, Jan. 10 The
world's 1938 military expendi
tures bill was estimated today
at about $16,000,000,000 by the
league of nations armaments
yearbook. The yearbook esti
mated the costs last year ex
ceeded those of 1937 by $2,-
500,000,000.
Seven great powers the
United States, Britain, Ger
many, France, Italy, Japan
and the soviet union ac
counted for 78.7 per cent, of
the total, with expenditures
estimated at $12,528,000,000.
MRS. C. DARNELL
DIES MONDAY P.M.
Cool Springs Community
Woman Had Been 111 for
the Past Ten Weeks
RITES HELD TUESDAY
Mrs. Jemima Wishon Darnell,
54, wife of Click Darnell, -died
Monday evening about 6 o'clock
at her home in the Cool Springs
community, following an illness
of two years. She had been
critically ill for the past ten
weeks. /
The deceased was a native of
the Cool Springs section and a
daughter of the late Mr. and
Mrs. Winston Wishon. For a
number of years she had been a
devout member of the Cool
Springs Baptist church. Mr.
Darnell, husband of the deceas
ed. is well known here having
been employed with the E & D
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OSCAR HUFFMAN SAID
HURT IN AUTO WRECK
Oscar Huffman, wJi.- lives a
short distance east of Mtin on
the Flkin-Dohson highway, is
said to be in a Bluefieid,' W. Va„
hospital suffering Internal in
juries caused by an automobile
wreck near Bluefield Tuesday
night.
Details of the accident and the
actual extent of Huffman's in
juries were not learned here.
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1939
SINCLAIR ORDERS
SURRY GRAND JURY
INVESTIGATE JAIL
Prisoners Break Out and
Burglar Breaks in
INCLUDES CAMP, PRISON
Someone Enters Jail at Night
and Steals Jailor's Pistol
and S3O in Cash
SAYS SHOULD HAVE LAW
Following the escape last week
of four men from the Surry jail
at Dobson, and the more recent
robbery of the jail Monday night
in which someone entered and
departed with sleeping Jailer
Emmett Gillespie's pistol and S3O
in money which was said to be
long to a prisoner. Judge N. A.
Sinclair, presiding over criminal
court at Dobson, has ordered an
investigation of conditions at the
Jail by the grand jury.
The grand jury was also in
structed to investigate all coun
ty institutions and the state
highway prison camp and CCC
camp, both of which are locater*
near Dobson.
Judge Sinclair declared Tues
day that North Carolina should
have a law forbidding any prison
to be left unguarded at any hour
of the day or night. "No one,"
he said, "who has the custody of
a jail or prison where human
beings are incarcerated has the
.legal or moral right to leave the
prison locked up at night with
out a guard on duty.
"It is hi£ duty to see that they
don't escape and also to protect
them while they are lock up.
There have been several instances
of men being burned to death in
prison fires."
The judge also said that it has
come to his attention that Surry
Sheriff Harvey S. Boyd had re
fused to install Jailer Gillespie, a
recent appointee of the county
board of commissioners, as a
deputy sheriff and thus was not
responsible for anything that has.
occurred. *
County jailers are usually ap
pointed by the sheriff, but a spe
cial act of the legislature two
years ago removed this office
from the sheriffs jurisdiction in
cms county ana piacea it under
county authorities.
Gillespie took ofice the first of
the year, succeeding Luther C.
Cassell, who had been appointed
by and served under Sheriff Boyd
for the past two years.
YADKIN SEEKS
TO BLOCK DAM
Expected to File Petition for
Restraining Order in Ef
fort to Halt Job
READY FOR SIGNATURES
Petition for a restraining order
will be filed in Yadkin county this
week in an effort to halt construc
tion of the $6,500,000 High Point
hydroelectric power project, it
has been learned.
D. A. Reynolds, chairman of the
Yadkin county board of commis
sioners, is expected to sign the
petition Thursdav or Friday. It
then will be entered in Yadkin
county superior court.
It was understood from a re
liable source that a hearing on the
order likely will be held before
February 27, although that is the
date of the first term of court.
There was an indication that a
special term of court might be re
quested to hear the action.
D. L. Kelly, Yadkin county at
torney, said Tuesday that he had
been working steadily to draw up
the petition for the restraining
order and that it probably would
be ready for the signature of the
county commission chairman
Thursday.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
ISSUED AT DOBSON
The following marriage licenses
have been Issued during the past
week by the Surry county regi
ster of deeds at Dobson:
Wiley Thomas Frye, of Greens
boro, age 30, to Miss Connie Min
ton, age 28, of North Wllkesboro:
Harry Lee Dobson, age 20, of
Rockford, to Miss Hattie Cocker
ham, age 30, of Rusk; Austin
Denny, age 22, of Pilot Mountain,
to Miss Helen Scott, age 20. of
Ararat; Thurmond Caudle, age
34, of Cycle, to Miss Maggie
Money, age 37. of Ron da; Guy
TOvette, age 28, o; Yadkinville, to
Miss Adeline Hauser, age 20, also
of Yadkinville.
Ambassador Presents Credentials
.....
Washington, D. C. —Kcnsuke Horinouchl leaving the White
House with Stanley Woodward of the State Department after pre
senting his credentials to President Roosevelt as Japanese Am
bassador. In presenting his credentials Mr. Horinouchi said, "I
shall strive to the fullest extent of my capacity to increase under
standing, promote good will and further the valuable relations
existing between our two countries."
Roosevelt Ball
To Be Held Here
On January 30
The annual Roosevelt Ball,
staged each year on the Pres
ident's birthday, proceeds of
which go to fight infantile
paralysis, will be held here
this year at the school gym
nasium on Monday, January
30, it has been announced by
Sam Atkinson, who has been
named as chairman of the
ball.
Further details and a com
plete list of committees, which
will aid in putting the ball
over, will be announced next
week.
RELIEF FUNDS ARE
CUT BY COMMITTEE
Slashes $150,000,000 from
Requested WPA Appro
priations; Riies FDR
WOULD MEAN JOB LOSS
Washington, Jan. 10 Presi
dent Roosevelt late today crack
ed back at a house subcommittee
which slashed $150,000,000 from
his requested WPA appropria
tions, inferring that the legisla
tors had placed dollars above
human needs.
A bare two hours after the
house appropriations committee
staged a revolt to knock the
President's relief fund from
$875,000,000 to $725,000,000, the
President, wearing his fighting
togs, emphatically stated his op
position.
With a note of bitterness in
his voice, he said that if he were
a newspaperman he would find
out how many needy persons
would have to be dropped from
WPA rolls because of the cut.
The President said, unfortun
ately, he had to think not only in
terms of dollars, but in terms of
individual human beings, men,
women and children who needed
help.
It was estimated the commit
tee's slash in funds would force
the lay-off of almost 500,000
WPA workers throughout the
country. The amount the Presi
dent asked would carry an av
erage of 2,800,000 relief workers
until July, while the committee's
sum would only care for 2,360,-
000 WPA workers through the re
mainder of the fiscal year.
The President's clash with the
house committee was the first
executive-legislative .fight of the
infant session, foreshadowing a
running battle over the relief Is
sue between Capitol Hill and the
White House.
HENRY DOBSON IS ON
SEVERAL COMMITTEES
Henry Dobson, representative
to the North Carolina General
Assembly from Surry county, has
been named on several important
house committees, It has been
learned here. The committees of
which Mr. Dobson is a member
are as follows: insurance, game,
justices of the peace, conservation
and development, unemployment
compensation and election end
election laws.
The present session of the legi
slature marks Mr. Dobson's second
tern; as a member of the house of
representatives, - '£|igg|i
JUDGE SURPRISED
AT LIQUOR CASES
Presiding Jurist at Dobson
Court Says Surry About
Worst in His Experience
TRY NUMEROUS CASES
The regular term of Surry
county superior court for the
trial of criminal cases convened
Monday morning at Dobson be
fore Judge N. A. Sinclair, and
numerous cases mostly minor
ones involving violations of the
prohibition laws, had been heard
up until yesterday at noon.
Judge Sinclair, in looking over
the docket, stated that he was
surprised with Surry county hav
ing so many liquor cases on
docket. He said that Surry had
as many or more liquor oases on
docket than any court over which
he had presided.
The following were named to
serve as grand jurors: O. J. John
son, foreman; W. E. Jarrell, A. L.
7 f* ttf n«ii«Vvv»
MWf W| VS . fir. iUAtUIMA4«WA
Ramey. I. A. Parks, R. L. Creed,
D. M. Smith, a. N. Gilbert, Grov
er Wright, G. M. Walters, Albert
Johnson, C. L. Jarvis, P. N. Tay
lor, R. P. Johnson, Nelson Whit
lock, John Park, and M. S.
Nichols.
The court has disposed of the
following cases up until Wednes
day:
State vs. Ernest Allen, viola
tion of prohibition laws. Judg
ment of the court that the de
fendant pay a fine of $25.00 and
the costs.
Selvon Martin, abandonment.
Judgment is suspended upon pay
ment of the costs.
William Oneal, operating car
intoxicated. Capias to be issued.
Jimmie Burns, forgery, called
and failed.
Walter Carter, assault with
deadly weapon, judgment of the
court that the defendant be con
fined in the common jail of Sur
ry county for a term of six
months, to be assigned to work
under the supervision of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission.
Kelsie Calloway, judgment of
the court mat the defendant be
confined in the common jail of
Surry county for a term of 12
months to be assigned to work
under the supervision of the
State Highway and Public Works
Commission.
Paul Sechrist, assault with a
deadly weapon, $25.00 and costs.
Carl Boyd, operating car intox
icated, guilty, defendant is placed
in custody of the sheriff.
Wilmer Law son, larceny and
receiving, called and failed.
Marvin Martin, house breaking
and larceny, capias issued.
KIWANIANS ARE TO
INSTALL OFFICERS
An interesting program which
featured a pictured lecture on
salesmanship and merchandising,
was presented at the meeting of
the Elkin Klwanis club last
Thursday evening by Chal Mc-
Neill, of the Coca-Cola Bottling
company, of North Wilkesboro.
The pictures were prepared by
the Coca-Cola Battling company,
of Atlanta.
Officers for the ensuing year
wili be installed at the meeting
this evening (Thursday), which
will also be observed as ladies'
night. An interesting program
lias been prepared. I
"The Best Little IWB j
in North Carolina"
PITRT fCUI?n urntiawMr
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LARGEST BUDGET
FOR STATE CALLS
FOR $154,514,899
Governor Hoey Recommends
Very Few Changes
BILL IS SENT TO HOUSE
Increase in Beer and Liquor
Tax One of Principal
Changes in Revenue
TAX EXEMPTIONS LISTED
Raleigh, an. 9.—A record bud
get calling for state expenditures
of $154,914,899 during the 1939-40
beinnium went to the legislature
tonight with Governor Hoey's re
commendations that very few
changes be made in the state's
tax laws. '
The budget compared with a
recommended $140,419,146 two
years ago, when the legislature
voted to appropriate $146,985,302.
Pour years ago the recommended
budget for the 1935-37 blennlum
was only $114,428,523, but many
changes were made, resulting In
actual expenditures in 1935-36 of
nearly $11,000,000 more than the
budget recommendations had
been. The budget statement set
forth that a balanced financial
sheet was expecte on the basis
of recommendations, but it showed
that the general fund would end
the 1939-41 biennium with only
$39,603 in surplus while it was
figured it would start the period
with $2,000,000 carried over next
June 30.
Tax revenue estimates were
based on the assumption that
business during the entire bien
nium will be at the levels of 1937-
38, when the state got the great
est receipts in its history
Principal tax change: were pro
posals to increase the beer ta v y
50 per cent., making it one and a
half cents a bottle instead of one
cent and the liquor tax nearly
as much, raising the rate from 7
per cent, of the retail price to 10
per cent.
The use tax on building mate
rials, automobiles and the like
would be extended to cover "tan
gible personal property . . . for
storage, use or consumption in
this state" at the 3 per cent sales
tax rate, with a top limit of a sls
tax on any single purchase.
Ice and medicines would be ex
empted from the general sales tax,
in addition to bread, sugar, coffee
flour, meal, meat, lard, milk, mo
lasses and rolls which were ex
empted in 1037.
The report asserted that "it is
imperative" that the provision to
allow diversion of highway funds,
appropriations, be continued on
the basis of a 3 per cent, sales tax
on gasoline. There has been no
diversion this biennium.
LARGE TRUCK TURNS
OVER ON DOBSON HWY.
A large truck, operated by the
Tower Transport company, load
ed with cotton and waste goods
enroute from Pauette, s. C., to
Wheeling, W. Va., overturned
Wednesday morning on the
Elkin-Dobson highway. The
driver, Leo Qrob, said a hit-and
run driver forced him off the
road. The truck, of the cab and
trailer type, was not damaged to
any great extent, nor was its con
tents. The driver was uninjured.
MICK IKAGUE ACCEPTS
JOB WITH McDANIEL'S
Nick Teague, formerly manager
of the Modern Pood Store, Is
now with McQaniel's Department
Store, being associated with the
men's department.
Prior to accepting his new po
sition, Mr. Teague was traveling
for a nationally known firm lo
cated in Richmond. His num
erous friends here will be glad of
his return to Elkin.
Tax Expert to Be
Here Feb. 24-25
To Aid Returns
Notice has been received
here from C. H. Robertson,
collector of Internal revenue,
that February SI and ZS have j
been decided spes here as the j
two days In which a represent- j
alive will be present to as mm j
local income tax payers in
filing their retnros.
The tax wiU
be at Hotel Eiatn anrint the j
two cays, and will Be to j
asaiat everyone neodtat hals if i
they will call at the hotel. j