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PANAMA REFUSES
CHECK FOR CANAL
New York, Feb. 28—The re
public of Panama, for the
sixth consecutive year, has re
fused to accept the TTnited
States' prof erred check of
$250,000, it was learned today,
in payment of its obligations
under the treaty of 1904. •"
The Chase National bank,
on instructions from the Pan
ama secretary of finance, re
fused to accept the annuity
which the United States
agreed to pay wader the treaty
by which it was granted the
"use, occupation and control"
of the Panama Canal. The im
passe developed in 1934 fol
lowing the action of the
United States in devaluing the
dollar to approximately 60 per
cent, of its former gold value.
ENGLISH HOUSE
APPROVES VOTE
London, Feb. 28—The house
of commons tonight approved,
by a vote of 344 to 137, Bri
tain's recognition of the na
tionalist Spanish government
following a stormy debate over
labor's motion of censure.
Told by Prime Minister
Chamberlain thai Generalissi
mo rwneo had telegraphed
assurances his regime would
maintain Spanish "sovereign
ty" against foreign interven
tion, commons overwhelmingly
rejected a labor motion which
in effect called for the govern
ment's resignation for tender
ing recognition to the nation
alists as the legal power in
Spain.
REVENUE BILL
IS ADOPTED
Raleigh, Feb. 38—Members
of the joint finance committee
today fell back on the chain
stores and gasoline distribotoro
and aa "if** tax on the Income
of federal employees to round
out a 1939 revenue bill pro
viding what CemmittfcMMr A.
J. Maxwell termed a "substan
tially balanced budget,"
M&lwei! aad committee *—•*-
en the bill would nhe
within SBO,OOO of the *154,-
361,292 to be spent during the
1939-41 btennhxm under the
appropriations bill, which was
approved by the appropriations
group last week.
STREET CAR
KILLS SIX
Boston, Feb. 38—Six persons,
including four girls and a boy
of school age, died today when
a street car hurtled from its
rails became, the operator
said, "the brakes didn't hold"
at a carve, on a sharp down
grade near Frsnklto Park no.
Approximately 40 injured
persons were treated at city
hospitals and first aid quarters
set np in apartment house ves
tibules near the accident scene.
The crowded car left its
rails, lurched across a wide
street intersection and came to
a stop, leaning at a 45-degiee
angle against two trees.
Negro Serves on
Yadkin Jury Ist
Time in
Andrew Campbell, negro, of the
East Bend section, is a regular
juror at this term of Yadkin
court. He was drawn on the
grand jury Monday and has serv
ed since cm that body.
This is the first time in the
history of Yadkin county that a
negro has served on a jury.
Campbell tried to get released
from jury duty but could net. His
. name was the first one drawn
when the jury was selected from
the jury box.
Campbell is a farmer and said
to be a law abiding and respect
ed negro in his community.
ZEPHYR MAN OBSERVES
HIS 92nd BIRTHDAY
Meredith A. Southard, well
known resident of the Zephyr
community, was honored with a
family dinner Sunday in celebra
tion of his 92nd birthday anni
versary. The event also honored
Mrs. Southard, who will celebrate
her 91st birthday cm March 14.
A number of friends called at
the home during the afternoon to
felicitate Mr. and Mrs. Southard.
In spite of the fact that both
Mr. and Mrs. Southard are new
ing the century m&rk they are as
active and alert, both in mind
and body, as people many years
younger.
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VOL. No. XXVHLNo. 16
EXPECT RULING
ON TAXI FARES
TO BE REVOKED
Cab War Flares As Fare Is
Slashed to 10 Cents
CASE AGAIN POSTPONED
Hearing in Case Against Op
erators of Downtown Taxi
Is Set for March 9
CONCERNS LICENSE TAX
Trial of Charlie Morrison and
David Brown, operators of Down
town Taxi, cn a charge of failure
to pay license and privilege tax,
was continued Friday until March
9 at 2:00 p. m.
In the meantime war between
City Cabs, operated by John May
berry, who preferred the charge
against Morrison and Brown, and
the Downtown Taxi flared anew
the latter part of last week when
City Cabs cut their taxi fare from
20 cents to 10 cents. Downtown
Taxi had been operating at 15
cents.
It is understood that town of
ficials, who at their last meeting
set a minimum taxi fare of 20
cents, will Repeal this ruling at
their next meeting. Although
this is not definitely known, it is
believed the town will leave the
two rival cab companies to fight
it out between themselves as re
gards to fare.
Action of the commissioners in
setting a minimum fare was widely
criticized following the announce
ment ruling last month. The of
ficials claim that they were mere
ly trying to protect the public,
fearing that a price war would
result in loss to the two cab com
panies of their liability insurance.
NOAH W.THARPE
SUICIDE VICTIM
Was for Many Years En
gaged in the Hardware
Business Here
SUFFERED ILL HEALTH
Noah W. Tharpe, 63, died Mon
day night in Orlando, Flordia,
from" a self-inflected bullet wound.
Mr. Tharpe was a patient in an
Orlando hospital at the time of
the fatal tragedy.
He was the only son of the late
Mr. and Mrs. Prank Tharpe, pio
neer citizens of Elkin, and for
many years was in the hardware
business here. He still had ex
tensive real estate holdings here.
The family moved from Elkin to
Monroe several years ago, where
he was engaged in business until
his retirement on account of 111
health.
In recent years he had spent
his winters in southern California
and his summers in Elkin and
the North Carolina mountains.
For the past several months he
had been under treatment for
pellegra and nerve disorders in a
Florida hospital.
The deceased was a member of
the Baptist church. >
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Alice Council Tharpe, who has
been with her mother in Wake
county this winter; three daugh
ters. Mrs. Erskine Cunningham,
and Mrs. Louis Rogers of Charlotte
and Mrs. Byron Williams of New
land, and one son. Worth Tharpe,
of New York, and four grand
children.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon for the de
ceased at the home of Misses
Jennie and Auba Gray on Vine
street. The rites were in charge
of Rev. p. w. Tucker, pastor of
the Methodist church. Interment
was in the family plot in Holly
wood cemetery.
SURRY COURT IS
AGAIN POSTPONED
The regular term of court that
was to be held in Dobson the
13th of February, has been post
poned until April 24th. Judge
Felix Alley, who was to preside
over the February term of crim
inal and civil court, was unable
to officiate because of illness. The
term was scheduled to open Feb
ruary 20, after being postponed
the first week but because of the
continued illness of Judge Alley
it was decided to wait until the
regular term of the April court to
dispose of the cases now on the
docket.
Q7V/ A DC FDfiM THE NFWQ German Police dogs are not the only mem
ijiy/iltJ rt\um IfllL ilJDrr i 3 bers of the canine family which can be
trained to lead their Mind masters, as the left photo below shows. These Dobermann
Pinscher dogs were photographed on the streets of Detroit, Mich. Center: Edward W.
Harden, former war correspondent who scooped the world by six hours on the story of
Dewey's victory at Manila, as he began his second tour of the world from San Francisco.
His first trip 40 years afro took 10 months; this one can be completed in 19 days.
Right: Franklin D. ttoose/elt Jones is the name given to this young man, the 10th child
of Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Russell Jones, shown here with his mother at Salem, N. J.
Yes siree, the name was inspired by the popular song title.
BTHH II S *
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Approve Local WPA Projects;
To Resume Work On City Hall
Bill Calls F
On Swan C
Representative Frank Woodhouse, of Yadkin, Calls on State
Commission to Get Busy and Complete Three Impor
tant Highway Links; Expects Public
Hearing on Matter
As the first Democratic repre
sentative in the state house of
representatives from Yadkin
county in years and years. Rep.
Frank Woodhouse has been busy
introducing bills since the legis
lature got under way the first of.
the year, and Ms latent move is a
bill which calls upon the state
highway commission to get busy
and complete three important
highway links in Yadkin.
One section of the bill calls for
immediate improvement and com
pletion of the highway from
Jonesville to U. S. highway No.
21, known locally as the Swan
Creek road. Another section calls
for similar action on the road
from Boonville to -Crutchfield, a
distance of some three miles. The
third project provides for immed
iate work on the road beginning
at the county line and extending
from Lewisville through Hunts-
Ville to the hard surfaced road
YADKIN FARMER HURT
WHILE CUTTING WOOD
Hampton Vestal, 50, a farmer
of the East Bend section of Yad
kin county, is resting comfort
ably at the hospital here, where
he was brought Tuesday suffering
from a fractured pelvis sustained
while cutting timber on his farm.
4- County Basketball Tourney
Ends Here Wednesday Night
.With the last night of the
Elkin 4-County Basketball tourn
ament but a few hours away at
Tribune press time Wednesday,
teams of four schools were await
ing the games that would see two
squads emerge victorious to claim
championship trophies as rewards
for seven days of campaigning.
The Boonville girls, with the
scalp of White Plains tucked
away under their respective belts,
were awaiting the call to battle
Mountain View. In the boys' di
vision Dobson was arrayed
against Copeland. Both games
had-all the earmarks of being
thrillers, judging from past per
formances of the teams involved.
Play in the tournament, which
began Wednesday night of last
week, and which has attracted
capacity crowds each night, has
been fast and furiojis, with good
teams bowing to better teams as
the daily grind of elimination
went on.
The semi-finals, played Tues
day night, saw the Mountain
View girls win over the Copeland
girl? to a nip and tuck affair by
16-14, while the Boonville girls
defeated a ffe-st White Plains
team 27-21. Jp the boys* division
Copeland nosed out Elkin by two
points in an extra period of play,
ELKIN, N. C„ THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939
designated as U. S. highway 601,
near Courtney, a distance of
about 15 miles.
The bill was referred to the
road committee.
Asked about the bill, Rep,
said that the state
commission had been promising
to do this work for some 10 years
but had never done anything
about it. "I expect a public hear
ing will be scheduled on this mat
ter," he said.
ALEC HUDSPETH
TAKEN IN CHASE
Local Man Is Charged with
Transporting and Posses
sion by Patrolman
CAR WRECKS ON CURVE
Alec Hudspeth, of Elkin, was
arrested by a state highway pa
trolman Friday night about 10
miles east of Wilkesboro after a
chase in which he is said to have
admitted he made more than 100
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the final score standing at 18-16.
Boonville boys lost to Dobson 29
to 17 in the final game of the
night.
Following last night's play,
trophies were to be awarded both
ALL-STAR!
Two All-Tournament teams,
one from both the boys' and
girls' division of the Elkin 4-
county Basketball Tournament,
which came to a close at the
Elkin gymnasium Wednesday
night, have been announced by
tournament officials.
To each of the players se
lected were awarded silver bas
ketballs as tokens of honor.
The teams were selected by a
committee of coaches and ref
crocs.
The All-Tournament teams
are: Girls—Ambnm, F, Boon
ville; Nichols, F, White Plains;
Doub. F, Boonville; Martin, G,
Copeland; Spiilman. G. Yad
kinvOle; Billings, Gt Mt. View.
Boys: Slaydon, F. Dobson;
Smith, F, Copeland; Batledge.
G, Elkin; Mock, G, Boonville;
G. BadgeU, G. White Plains.
Are to Build More Sidewalks
and Construct Water Line
in North Elkin
APPROPRIATIONS LOW
With the exception of the gym
nasium grounds project, all local
WPA project here have been ap
proved, it was learned Wednes
day.
As a result, work will be resum
ed within a few days upon the
city hall building; a water line
will be constructed in North
Elkin, and more sidewalks con
structed in various parts of town.
Work on the city hall came to
an abrupt end last week when
funds were exhausted, the ap
propriation falling short of the
amount necessary to complete the
building. - Approximately SI,OOO
will be provided to complete the
building, it was said, and it
should be ready for occupancy
within the next 30 days at least.
It is not known whether the
project for completion of the
work on the grounds at the gym
nasium was turned down or has
not come up for approval as yet.
The grounds, in their present
state, are in bad condition due to
continuous rain.
License Granted
Marriage license lias been
granted by the Surry county reg
ister of deeds at Dobson to Jim
Mitchell and Miss Velna Hodge,
both of Dobson.
It takes seven men to ring the
mighty bell in Chio-in Temple at
Kioto, Japan.
Nearly all the Presidents of the
United States have had blue eyes.
the champions and runners-up,
and silver* basketballs awarded to
members of the all-tournament
teams.
Games played prior to Tuesday
were as follows: Wednesday,
Mountain Parte girls defeated
Roaring River; Yadkinville girls
defeated Dobson; Ronda boys de
feated Shoals; Edst Bend boys
defeated Roaring River.
Thursday: White Plains girls
defeated East Bend; Elkin girls
defeated Jonesvllle; Boonville
boys defeated Mt. Pleasant; White
Plains boys defeated Lowgap.
Friday: Ronda girls defeated
Sparta; Copeland girls defeated
Lowgap; Copeland boys defeated
Jonesvllle boys; Dobson boys de
feated Mountain Veiw; Boonville
girls defeated Mount Pleasant.'
Saturday: Mt. Veiw girls de
feated Shoals; Copeland girls de
feated Yadkin ville girls; White
Plains girls defeated Mountain
Park; Yadkin ville boys defeated
Mountain Park; Boonville boys
defeated Beulah; Dobson boys de
feated White Plains; Elkin boys
defeated Ronda.
Monday: Mountain Veiw de
feated Elkin girls; Boonville girts
defeated Honda; Copeland boys
defeated Yadkin ville; Boonville
boys defeated East B#*nd,
Primary Rules Are
Amended By House;
Prohibit Absentees
Hold Preliminary
Debate at School
Here Wednesday
The preliminary debate was
held Wednesday morning by the
Elkin high school students _to se
lect the speakers for the annual
triangular debate between Elkin,
Mount Airy and North Wilkes
boro. The query for debate this
year is. Resolved: That the
United States should establish an
alliance with Great Britain.
Those taking part in the debate
were: Fred Norman, Lena Sale,
Frances Alexander, Bill Graham.
Louise Laffoon and Edith Fox.
Winners were Louise Laffoon,
negative, and Edith Pox. affirm
ative. They will debate with Roy
Johnson, negative, and Sam
Gambill, affirmative, on March
31. The young men were win
ners of last year's debating semi
finals. If both local teams win in
the debate, which will be held oh
March 31, they will represent the
triangle in the state contest at
Chapel Hill. Alternates are
Misses Frances Alexander and
Lena Sale.
MRS. C. A. REID
PASSES AWAY
Former Elkin Woman Dies in
Winston-Salem Hospital
Wednesday A. IVk
RITES THIS AFTERNOON
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Mrs. c. A. Held, about 31, died
Wednesday morning in a Winstorv
Salem hospital from pneumonia.
Mrs. Reid was making her home
in Winston-Salem, having moved
there witn her family in October
of last year, prior to that time
the family made their home on
Surry Avenue here for six years.
During their residence here Mr.
Reid was connected with the Elk
in Plumbing and Heating com
pany.
Mrs. Reid was a member of the
First Baptist church in this city
and has a host of friends here
who will be saddened at her pas
sing. She was a native of Vir
ginia.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon (Thursday) from
Zion church in Yadkin county.
Interment will be in the church
cemetery.
She is survived by her husband
and two children, Douglass and
Geraldine. Her father also sur
vives.
$20,000 ASKED
IN CIVIL SUIT
Action Begun Yadkin Court
by Wade Johnson Against
Mathews' Estate
CLAIMS SPINE INJURY
A suit for $20,000 damages
been started in Yadkin superior
court by Wade Johnson, 21, of
Boonville, against the estate of
the late Arthur Mathews, of
Boonville.
The suit, according to the com
plaint filed in the clerk's office
by the plaintiff and his attorney,
Parks Hampton, is the result of
an accident on October 22, when
Mathews was killed while chasing
a rum-runner near East Bend.
Johnson was riding with him at
the time.
In an affidavit Johnson states
he cannot furnish surety and ask
ed that he be allowed to sue as a
pauper. Going further into de
tails of the matter he states that
on the night in question Math
ews, who was an officer, spied a
rum car pass through Boonville J
and asked him to accompany!
him on the chase; that Mathewsl
drove his car at a rate of speeol
reaching 90 and 100 miles aJ
hour in the chase; that be ww
driving the car with one hajH
with his head and one arm
of the car shooting at the Jgf
runners' car; that tie tri-.^^H
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ElMn
The Best little Tom*
in North Carolina" |
PUBLISHED WEEKLY
JURIES GIVEN
DISCRETION IN
CAPITAL CASES
Absentee Vote Permitted in
General Election
MOVING AT FAST CUP
Joint Revenue Committee Re
ports Favorably on Per
manent Tax Bill
FOR BALANCED BUDGET
Raleigh, Feb. 28 —Riding over
an opposition bloc, the house of
representatives passed and sent
to the senate today the first and
possibly the most controversial of
a series of bills designed to "re
form" North Carolina's elections.
While the legislative machin
ery operated at the fastest clip of
the 1939 session, the joint revenue
committee gave a favorable re
port to a permanent tax bill pro
viding for a "substantially bal
anced budget," and the senate fi
nance committee .killed .the Vm
stead bill providing for the mil
order sale of liquor in dry coun
ties.
The senate passed and sent to
the house an amended bill which
would give juries discretion in
sentences in first-degree arson
and first-degree burglary cases.
At present, convictions of such
crimes carry mandatory death
sentences. The mn
however, would allow juries to de 4
cute between life imprisonment
and death.
As originally drafted and spon
sored by Governor Hoey, the
measure also would have given
judges and juries discretion In
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JUDGE ATTENDS
FUNERAL RITES
Vadkin Court Is Adjourned
When Judge Warlick's
Brother Passes
TO BE RESUMED FRIDAY
Yadkin ville, March I.—Owing
to the death of Thomas Warlick.
a brother of Judge Wilson War
lick, who was holding court here
Monday, the court was adjourned
for three days to tpermit Judge
Warlick to attend the funeral in
Newton. The court will be re
sumed Friday morning for two
days.
Solicitor A. E. Hall, conducting
his first court since election,
stated today that an effort would
be made to have one week of the
two week May term devoted to
the trial of criminal cases in or
der to clear the docket,
a large number of cujfl
Friday and Saturdfl
voted to jail
and perhaps sonfl
There are three jfl
portance, whichfl
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