Elkin Gateway to Roaring Gap and the Blue Ridge VOL. No. xxvm. No. 10 SCOn IS SEEKING FUNDS EXPANDING FARM PROGRAM Commissioner of Agriculture Seeks $230,000 WOULD INCREASE TAXES •v, y Tax on Feed and Fertilizer Would Be Upped from 20 to 30 Cents per Ton BIG AID TO FARMERS Raleigh. Jan. 17. W. Ken- Scott, commissioner of agriculture, today asked the joint appropria tions committee to increase his funds $230,000 to provide for ex panded marketing and live stock disease control programs, and a closer check on weights and mea * surers. By raising the tax on fertilizer and feed from 20 to 30 cents a ton, the assembly could enable his department to help farmers market crops at better prices, to make improvements at test farms and to fight the spread of hog cholera, saia Commissioner Scott. The increase levy he estimated would yield an additional $115,- 000 to the agricultural fund. He described the proposed feed and fertilizer tax as one per cent, of the purchase price, "as com pared with the three per cent, sales tax." Scott predicted an expanded marketing program would make " North Carolina "the California of the East." To obtain the remaining $115,- 000, the commissioner of agricul ture avocated transferring to the general fund of these three items s26,3so for the experiment sta tions, $4,500 for seed inspection and $4,500 for the credit unions. The budget placed all these items in the agricultural fund. Scott also advocated that $40,- 000 be appropriated from the gen eral fund for a drive to extermi nate Bangs disease and that an increase of $40,000 be granted from the general fund to provide more frequent inspections by the divisions of weights and measures. NEW SCOUT TROOP IS ORGANIZED HERE Girl Group Is Sponsored by First Baptist Church; Officers Are Elected MRS. LEWIS IS CAPTAIN At a masting Friday afternoon at the Girl Scout room on Main street, a new troop of Oirl Scouts was organized here. The group is sponsored by the First Bap tist church, with Mrs. Glenn Lewis as captain. Officers elected were: Scribe, Mary Crater; treasurer, Edna Pulp, and patrol leaders, Clyde Myers, Sarah Rutledge and Mad eline Myers. Mrs. J. Mark McAdams, cap tain of the group sponosored by the Methodist church, was pres * ent for the organization, and as sisted in the meeting. She also gave an outline of the duties and privileges of Scout membership. At a meeting at the Scout room Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock a name for the troop will be selected and other routine matters transacted. The group will meet each week. CRIPPLE CLINIC TO BE HELD ON JANUARY 27 _ The Cripple Clinic, held at the ~ Surry Health department office in Mount Airy by Dr. R. A. Moore, of Winston-Salem, will be held January 27 from 9 a.m. until 12 noon, It has been announced. Must Have An Appointment For Clinic Persons desiring examination in the adult tuberculosis clinic to be held in Sorry county February 6 through February 17, should consult their fam ily physician about miking an appointment for examination, or call at the Surry health de partir— -*• nu tauUdlnathm will be made without appointment. The schedule for the clinic Trill be m follows: Elkin, Feb ruary 18; Dobwm, February 17; Mount Airy. February 6 through 15. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE New Attorney General of U. S. Washington, D. C.—Former Governor Frank Murphy of Michigan after taking the oath of office aa new Attorney General of the United States, succeeding Homer S. Cummings, who re cently resigned. Mr. Murphy is accompanied by his sister, Mrs. Marguerite Teahan. IATENEWC from the % State and Nation SURRY MAN IS PARDONED Raleigh, Jan. 17 —Wes New man, serving an aggregate of from 25 years and five months to 60 years for incest, on four counts, received a parole to day. He was sentenced in Sorry county in October, 1919. Governor Hoey also paroled two other prisoners. The prison division, Paroles Commissioner Edwin Gill said, reports Newman, now nearly 80 years old, has almost serv ed hi* minimum sentence. The former sheriff and present • sheriff recommended parole as do other county officials, Gill said. Newman's release will "be aceptable to a substantial number of good citizens of Surry county." SQUABBLE OVER PEDDLERS' TAX Raleigh, Jan. 17—The Gen eral Assembly's joint finance committee had a minor squab ble over peddlers' taxes today and prepared for major squab bles tomorrow on the sales and intangible property taxes. After debating for more than an hour, the committee voted down a proposal by Rep resentative Vogler of Mecklen burg to give cities free rein in taxing farm produce peddlers and then voted down an amendment by Representative Taylor of Wayne which would more than double licenses paid by peddlers of merchandise. STUDENTS PETITION GENERAL ASSEMBLY Greensboro, Jan. 17—More than 2,000 students at the Wo man's College of the Univer sity of North Carolina, during a mass meeting tonight, pass ed a resolution requesting the legislature not to increase tui tion fees at the college. The women students, repre senting practically every coun ty in North Carolina, also ask ed the General Assembly to make adequate appropriations to give young women of this state a university education equivalent to that offered wo men of other states. YOUTH GIVEN LIFE SENTENCE Milwaukee, Jan. 17—Ernest John Mahr, 24, was sentenced to life imprisonment today, 36 hours after he entered the home of 16-year-old Ruth Scott and beat her to death with a hatchet. Mahr pleaded guilty to first degree murder. Asked by Municipal Judge Max W. Nohl if he had anything to say, the prisoner hung his head and answered, "Nothing, except that I'm sorry." Previously he had confessed the crime and expressed a desire to get legal formalities "over with as soon as possible." There are in the United States more than 1500 industrial and consulting laboratories, employ ing some 23,000 workers, expend ing In excess of $250,000,000 an nually in research. THARPE ABSOLVED OF NEGRO'S DEATH Is Accidentally Killed When Wilkes Deputies Rush Still in Newcastle Township FIGHT AT GRAVESIDE Funeral services were held Sat urday at Piney Grove colored church, four miles from here, for Harvey Hague, 20-year-old negro who was shot to death last Thursday when surprised at a still by Wilkes county officers in New Castle township. The negro died to the local hospital. He was wounded when a gun, in the hands of Nate Tharpe, a deputy, was said to have accidentally discharged when the oficer slipped and fell while running to on the still. Tharpe was accompanied on the raid by Deputies R. C. Jerraihgs and R. L. Spencer. • Neither of the officers knew that the bullet from Tharpe's gun had found a mark until they heard a slight noise nearby and went to investigate. They found the negro lying on his face about 75 yards from the place where the deputy had fallen and where his gun had discharged. Following a hearing before a coroner's Jury, it was held that Hague's death was accidental and that Tharpe was not to face charges to connection with it. A white man by the name of Pardue was arrested during the raid, and was later released under bond. During Hague's funeral, while Rev. Henry Jones, of Elkin, was delivering a eulogy over the bier, someone was said to have broken up the congregation with the cry that "Millard Kelly has been kill ed by Wade Hampton. He bust ed his head with a shovel at the grave!" Investigation disclosed that be fore the grave for Hague ' had been completed, a negro woman of the community had died and work of digging her grave in the same cemetery had begun. A quarrel was said to have devel oped and the Hampton negro is alleged to have struck the Kelly negro with a shovel. Kelly, thought to be dying, was rushed to a North WJlkesboro hospital, where he is reported to have rallied. Hampton is being held pending the outcome of his condition. HONOR ROLL AT N. ELKIN SCHOOL Below is listed names of honor students at North Elkin school for the fourth month. An av erage of 95 or more and perfect attendance are required to make the honor roll. First grade: Annice Collins, Melrose Cooper. Loretha Dula, Parks A. Roberts. Second grade: Norma Sue Hayes, Jimmie Irvin, Kathleen Rose, Helen Simmons, Juanita Steele. Third grade: Anelta Ball, Mar tha Hayes, Roy Smith. Fourth grade: Alex Carter, Katie Lou Childress. O. C. Coop er, Betty Lou Steelman. Fifth grade: Sylvia Ball. Fred Hemric, Viola Roberts. Sixth grade: Helen Carter. Seventh grade: Kathleen Coch rane, Maude Hudspeth. ReElia Miller, Louise Simmons, Homer Thompson. Time marches on through memory's battlefield and poppies bloom on naked graves. ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 19, 1939 TO HOLD BIRTHDAY BALL AT GYM HERE MONDAY,JAN. 30 th Sam Atkinson Is Named Chairman COMMITTEES NAMED Julius Hall Is Appointed As County Chairman for Sur ry; Name Committees ADMISSION SI.OO COUPLE Plans for the annual Birthday Ball for the President, proceeds of which will go to fight infantile paralysis, are under way here under the guidance of Sam At kinson, who has been named chairman of the event. The ball will be held Monday, January 30. Julius Hall, also of Elkin, has accepted the chairmanship of the celebration of the President's birthday for Surry county, under whose direction Mr. Atkinson and -other community chairmen in the county will work. Mr. Atkinson announced Mon day morning the following com mittees which will work with him in staging the ball: Ticket com mittee, Gene Hall, Mrs. Gilbert Meed, Ruth Mayberry, Hugh Sal mons, Nan Johnson, Bernard Hall, Mrs. Hugh Parks, Dorothy Colhard and Louise Laffoon. Advertising committee: Alan Browning, Jr., chairman: Hugh Royall, Gene Hall, E. W. McDan iel. Decorations committee: Mrs. John Sagar, Mrs. R. B. Harrell and Mrs. Claude Farrell. The ball will be staged in the Elkin gymnasium, and will fea ture round and square dancing, square dancing will begin at 8 p.m. and continue until 10 p.m., at which time round dancing will begin and continue until 2 a.m. A good string band will be pres ent for the square dancing, Joe Bivins to look after booking this band. John Peddicord and his Orchestra, of Winston-Salem, will provide music for the round dance. Peddicord has an excel lent band and is popular here, having played for a number of dances. Admission to the ball will be SI.OO per couple, and 50 cents for ladies' without escort. Half of the funds collected by the ball will be used for the local fight of infantile paralysis. The other half will go to the National Foundation. Objectors to any part of the plan have been specifically in formed that this is a non-parti san campaign. President Roose velt's part in it is strictly on the humanitarian side. He has no voice in determining how funds will be administered. The drive has no bearing on his political prestige, one way or the other. This has been emphasized by General Hugh S. Johnson, who has been unsparing in what he regards as errors of the Roosevelt administration, but who has ac cepted the chairmanship for New York City in this year's "Fight Infantile Paralysis" drive and probably will make one of the best campaigns of any commun ity. MRS. S. G. WALKER IS TAKEN BY DEATH Passes Away Tuesday Morn ing: Following Brief Ill ness from Pneumonia RITES HELD LAST WED. Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Gentry Walker. 72, wife of S. Q. Walker, died at her home near here Tues day morning, following a brief illness from pneumonia. She was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Gentry and a member of the Pleasant Hill Baptist church. Surviving are her husband, three children. E. W. Walker, Jonesville; Mrs. B. W. Crabb, Elkin, R. P. D.; B. B. Walker, of Bassett, Va„ nine grandchildren and one brother, John Andrew Gentry, of Lomax. Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock from Round Hill Baptist church. The rites were in charge of Rev. Is oVmesatlCf hradr ansn andra Isom Vestal and Rev. Grant Cothren. Interment was in the church cemetery. American parents of low in come sacrifice to send their chil dren to college so that the chil dren can prepare to take low salaried Jobs. Addresses Nation ' mr. Washington, D. C.—President Roosevelt as he delivered his annual message on the state of the Union to a joint session of the Seventy-sixth Congress in the House of Representatives. DRUNKEN DRIVING, DIVORCES FEATURE Surry County Superior Court Now in Second Week Be fore Judge Felix Alley DRIVERS SENTENCED Surry county's second, week of superior court at Dobson is now being presided over by Judge Felix Alley, with divorces coming in for considerable attention. Seventeen divorce cases had been disposed of during this term up until Wednesday. Those granted divorces were: W. A. Gentry vs. Cora Gentry; Kate Lawson vs. Elmer Lawson; H. Prank Wood vs. Lula May Wood; Leona Woody vs. Dennis Woody; Hattie Pruett vs. Prank Priiett; .lamps TV .Tarvis vs. TLi lian Jarvis; Stella Secrest Snow vs. John Snow; Macy Shinault vs. Tommie Shinault; A. M. Jones vs. Bessie Jones; Helen Monday Bailey vs. G. R. Bailey; Annie Cook Sechrist vs. Paul Sechrist; Lucy Coe McGee vs. Melvin Mc- Gee; Lillie Mathis vs. Willie Mathis; Daniel P. Dalton vs. Lila M. Dalton; Evelyn Tilley vs. Howard Tilley; Kathryn Brown Wells vs. Robert L. Wells, and Kate Mitchel Barringer vs. W. Van Barringer. The following driving while in toxicated cases were disposed of the latter part of last week by Judge N. A. Sinclair. In each case the defendant was fined $50.00 and costs and saw his driver's license revoked for one year. Those sentenced were: Robert Johnson, Grover Glenn, Robie Eaton, Dan Paul, R. J. Pruitt, George Smith, Ray Mathis, (Matthews), Eldon Phil lips, Hilary Key. OPTIMISTIC OVER TOURNEY PLANS Officials Believe 4-County Basketball Event Will Be Best in History STRONG YADKIN TEAMS School officials here are opti mistic over prospects for the third annual 4-County Basket ball tournament, sponsored by the local high school, which will get under way at the gymnasium February 22. Teams, both boys and girls, will participate from Surry, Yadkin, Wilkes and Alle ghany. Plans are going steadily for ward to make this year's event the most successful yet. Last year's tourney set a new high in interest and attendance, and It is believed the great showing made will add to the success of this year's event. Tournament officials state that they expect to have 24 teams, 12 girls' and 12 boys' teams, to par ticipate in the tournament. These teams will represent the cream of the four counties mentioned, and should show a fast, snappy brand of basketball. Plans, based upon present expectations, call for four games nightly, two girls' and two boys', for six nights. On the seventh night will come the big thrill of the tournament when the championship of eaijh divi sion will be decided in ths finals. Yadkin county is expected to show real talent this year. Boon (Continued on lart page) ■ •; SF' Jury Finds Evidence D£ Drinking On Part Of Assistant Jailers Bivins Succeeds Self as Head of Merchants Here At a meeting of the newly elected board of directors of the Elkin Merchants Associa tion Wednesday afternoon, Joe Bivins was re-elected president for the coming year, George Royall succeeds E. S. Spain hour as vice-president. Mrs. Franklin Folger will continue to serve as secretary. The board of directors in cludes the following business men; E. S. Spainhour, E. W. McDanlel, Joe Bivins, E. F. Harris, C. N. Myers, J. R. Poindexter, E. F. McNeer, George Royall and R. L. Mills. Directors are elected by a private ballot of the member ship of the association and the president and vice-presi dent are elected by the direc tors. KIWANIS OFFICERS TAKE OFFICE HERE Earl C. James Is Installed as President of Club, Suc ceeding Carter THIGPEN IS SPEAKER Installation of officers, a ladies' night banquet and an address by Richard E. Thigpen, of Charlotte, Carolinas governor, featured the weekly meeting of the Elkin Ki wanis Club Thursday evening at Hotel Elkin. A. H. Casey, of North Wilkes boro, lieutenant-governor of the Carolinas district, installed Earl C. James as president of the club. Other club officers were also in stalled. Kiwanian Ira Yates offered the invocation which was followed by group singing of familiar songs. Wilbur Carter, retiring presi dent, made a brief report of the club activities during the past year, which was one of the most successful in the history of the club, Kwianian E. C. James intro duced Mr. Casey, who presented the guest speaker, Mr. Thigpen. The speaker discussed the work of the Carolinas district. The meeting was declared one of the most enjoyable ever held by the club. Representatives of the Kiwanis Clubs at North Wilkesboro and Mount Airy were also guests of the club, t "UNCLE BILLY" GOUGH IS CRITICALLY SICK W. S. Gough, 88, Elkin's oldest citizen, is critically ill in the City Memorial Hospital in Winston- Salem. Mr. Gough, who is vice president of the Bank of Elkin, and has long been a leader in the business and religious life of Elk in, is suffering from a complica tion of troubles due to his ad vanced age. He has been a pa tient at the hospital for several days. BASKETBALL TOURNEY AT RONDA JANUARY 23 - A basketball tournament will begin Monday, January 23, at the Ron d a gymnasium. Approxi mately 30 schools, both boys and girls teams, have been invited to participate in the play. A cup will be presented the winners and runners-up of both the boys' and girls' teams. Many improvements have been made in the Ronda gym within the past few months, including a new lighting system and more spectators' seats. Winners in the tournament played at Ronda last year were the Mountain Park boys and Ronda girls. A cordial invitation is extended basketball fans to attend the games. It's the human thing to do to forget the disagreeable and mean things of life; and it's charitable to forgive. Your reward: your own health and happiness. _____________ Elkin "The Brat Little Town in North Carolina** J PUBLISHED WEEKLY COMPLETE CHANGE OF PERSONNEL IS ORDERED BY BODY Commissioners Are to Make Investigation GILLISPIE NOT BLAMED Gillispie Had Been in Office Only Few Days, Jones Tells Tribune Reporter RETURN 47 TRUE BILLS The Surry county grand jury, investigating the county jail at Dobson upon orders of Judge N. A. Sinclair, following a recent jail break and a more recent robbery in which a thief entered the jail and stole the jailor's gun and S3O in cash, the latter part of last week issued an order to the county board of commission ers that a complete change In the personnel of the county jail be made. During the last day of its ses sion the grand jury had before it a number of witnesses who were said to have been summon ed to give evidence in regards to the situation at the jail. It was the evidence brought before the grand jury which is supposed to have been responsible for the ac tion they took. One of the most serious charges made was that the condition of the jail was found to be deplorable: that it was found that the assistant jail ers, and also prisoners, had been drinking while on duty. R. P. Jones, a member of the board of commissioners, said Wednesday that the public should not be too quick to blame the present jailer, Emmett Gillispie, who was Installed the first Mon day in January, just two days before five prisoners sawed their (Continued on last page) Longest Taxi Trip Made by Elkin Folks to California "Taxi? Taxi, Mister?" said a young man on the streets of Elkin standing by his taxicab. "Yes, we want a taxi," stated a group as they climbed into one of Elkin's cabs with a lot of bag gage. "Where to?" politely inquired the driver. "Los Angeles and the Rose Bowl," announced the speaker as the driver eyed his passengers to see if they had numbers on them. They looked O. K. and "We are off" he replied. Thus started one of the long est taxicab drives on record, when these young men chartered the taxi for the Rose Bowl game. The driver was John Mayberry, and those who climbed into his cab for a ride across the continent were his brother, Odell Mayberry, of Pulaski, Va., Tom Phillips and Ed Church, of Elkin, Jimmle Hudle. of V. M. 1., and "Kinky" Darnell, of Mount Airy, whose brother, Leonard, was on the Duke foptball team. In 68 hours they were in sunny California, seeing what they could see and they. had driven a distance of 2,707 miles through nine states. But they saw much of the west coast while out there and when they reached home ten days and nights later their car registered 7,680 miles, which cost the riders well over S2OO and made one of the longest taxicab trips on record. Among the sites they witnessed were the fine homes in Holly wood, where they saw Shirley Temple, Joe E. Brown and many other stars of the screen. Fifteen miles out in the bay off Long Beach they visited the largest luxury liner in the world, now used as a pleasure palace only. They witnessed the season's ppenl&g of the Santa Anita race track, and of course the Rose Bowl game. They state that tne is one entirely Efsyond roses, beautiful floats, etc. §g|