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pi.. ■ ....-LI LATE * NEWS Y m State and BRIEF N ?" GANDHI ENDS FAST Bojkot, India. March 7—Mo handas K. Gandhi ended wHh some orange juice today » "fast onto death" by which he won a major political victory in his battle • for democracy in India. The small, thin, bald, 69- year-old leader of millions of Indians had started the dem onstration 98 hours and 25 minutes earlier after drinking goat's milk. During the fast, his sixth for popular reforms, be had lost two pounds in weight, his blood pressure in creased alarmingly and he be came so weak that any at tempt to sit up caused nausea and giddiness. DOUBTS LEGALITY OF TAX PLAN Washington, March 7 Su preme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter suggested today that there are "serious doubts" f whether Congress has the power to withdraw im.nunlty and permit federal and state governments to tax the income of each other's employees. The house already has pass vi. ,mam wiiw nuiuie committee favorably reported tIM mm«ir* permitting the re ciprocal taxation. President Roosevelt suggested the leg islation. FIGHTS REVOLT OF LOYALISTS Paris, March 7—Street bat tles raged and republican war planes bombed Communist strongholds in and near Ma drid today as the two-day-old government of General Jose Mlaja fought to- keep power km* enough to make a prom ised "worthy peace" with Gen eralissimo Francisco Franco. Informed sources here re ported that Mlaja was trying to arrange a three week arm istice by direct negotiation ' with the nationalists as mere ly a "pause before surrender ing." LOYALISTS SHIPS BOMBED AND SUNK Paris, March 7—Two Span ish republican destroyers were sunk aa the fleet steamed oat of Cartagoaa law week-end la a rnS aialnst communist domination, French authorities reported tonight after aa in terview with the commanding officer. The Spanish commander said a fleet of nationalist war planes presumably thought the fleet wia going oat on a raid and bomhed the warships re peatedly, sinking two destroy ers in Cartagena harbor. DOESN'T FAVOR KING% INVITATION Callander. Ont.. March 7 Oliva Dionne, father of the Dionne quintuplets, said today he wae "not In flavor" of ac cepting an invitation from the Ontario government to take his five Utile girls to Toronto in May to meet King George and Queen Elizabeth. Ho said, however, he would delay replying to the invita tion, which was addressed to him, until he had consulted Mrs. Dionne. Dr. Allan Roy Da/oe, the country doctor whose tame has grown with that of his little charges, also appeared cool to ward the proposal. Bids Asked on New Highway Yadkin County Bids for the construction of a new road and bridges on the highway from Crutchfield to Boonville have been called for by the state highway commission. Bids must be submitted on March 18th, The survey of this route calls for a new bridge across the Yad kin river at Crutchfield. As this highway is a federal project the bridge will also cross the railway tracks at that place. This will eliminate the railway crossing and is in line with the federal road program of pHmtnntir.gr way crossings wherever new work is done. Tuz Goel. the heart of the An atolian desert, in Turkey, is a lake of salt 2,900 agoare miles in area. VOL. No. xxvm. No. 17 Roosevelt Asserts .#. * * Neutrality Act Is Drawback To Peace MAKES HIT Marion Daniels, American dancer from San Francisco, who appeared recently before Adolf Hitler and ranking Nasi officials at a "request" per formance at Munich. Germany. Miss Daniels is 19. "It was a treat surprise to receive Mr. Hitler's request," she said. -"I jMfcjjMHifr _ ] mi r::^A TAX MEASURE IS APPROVED Score or More of Amend ments Killed; Total Runs to 154 Million EXEMPTION FOR BANKS Raleigh. March 7.—The state house of representatives com pleted commlttee-of-the-whole consideration of the revenue bill tonight and passed the measure on first reading. The representatives killed a score or more amendments to the record-setting tax bill, which is designed to finance a $154,360,000 spending program during 1939- 41. As the bill stands, it is vir tually in the same form as when it was reported favorably by the finance committee. Under present plans, the bill will be passed on second reading tomorrow, and passed finally and sent to the senate on Thursday. State law requires that all tax bills pass three separate readings on separate days in both houses. The major changes made by the legislature in the committee's bill are: The tax on amusement slot ma chines is raised, but no estimate is available on the amount of rev enue which the increase will net. No tax is levied on "illegal" punchboards—this levy had been counted on to raise $40,000 a year. A new tax is levied on Junk yards—expected to net SIO,OOO a year. Banks are exempted from a tax on installment paper—a loss of $20,000 a year. Meeting tonight in their third session of the da>, the legisla tors turned back three attempts to change the proposed 60-40 ra tio of the division of intangibles tax receipts. Representative Page of Bladen moved that 75 per cent, of the re ceipts from the tax be turned over to counties and cities, with the state retaining only 25 per cent. The motion lost, 53 to 48. MEETINGS PLANNED TO DISCUSS SOIL PROGRAM Educational meetings to dis cuss the 1939 Soil Conservation program, and also to have the landowners and tenants sign their 1933 applications for payment where applications have been completed, will be held at the following places: Eldorr school. March 9, 9:00 a. m.; Pilot Mountain school March 9. 1:30 p. m.r Little Richmond school, March 10, 9:00 a. m.; North Elkln school. March 10, 1:30 p. m.: Copeland school, March 10, 7:30 pi m. Other meetings of a similar na ture are being planned to follow scon. All farmers and tenants are urged to attend theae meet ings. REMARKS MAY START A FIGHT IN THE SENATE Senators Vote Passage Re armament Bill MAY SEEK BIG FLEET Reported Japan Intends to Make Its Fleet Second to None in World SPEAKS AT CONFERENCE Washington, March 7.—Presi dent Roosevelt expressed a con viction today that the neutrality act had not served the cause of peace, asserting, in fact, that It may have encouraged some na tions to threats of war. His statement, which imme diately sti rrtii predictions of an other struggle between the chief executive and the senate's "neu trality" and isolation blocs, was made almost simultaneously with a senate vote approving the bulk of the administration rearmament program. And, just beforehand, Admiral William D. Leahy, the chief of naval operations, indicated the navy may ask soon for a bigger fleet, as a result of reports from Tokio that Japan intended to make its navy the equal of any that sails the seas. The President, speaking at a press conference, declined to am plify his remarks on the neutral ity act and when asked if he ad vocated the repeal of the law, he replied simply that the question was not on the caroet today. As for his statement that the law had encouraged threats of war. It was well known that some administration officials believed Adolf Hitler was strngthened during the crisis of last fall , by the fact that the law would large ly have prevented his opponents, in case of war, from drawing upon the rich resources of America. The law provides that when the President finds a state of war to exist he shall invoke the act and draw up a list of materials of war which thereafter may not be ex ported to either warring nation. Other supplies may be purchased, if bought for cash and carried away in non-American ships. The latter clause, known as the "cash and carry provision," is due to expire in May. Elkin Kiwa Are Entertained By Dance Students of the Billy Clower Studios of Dancing and Dramat ics, of Winston-Salem, presented a program of tap dances and dra matic numbers before the Elkin Kiwanls club at their meeting at Hotel Elkin last Thursday even ing, under the direction of Miss Ethel Turner, studio pianist. The program proved an overwheiming success. Kiwanian Q. L. Hill arranged the program. Having a part on the program were the talented Turner twins, Joe and Robert, who danced and presented an intricate act, the "Wagon Wheel." Jackie Parker, a six-year-old, jjyho won first place among young tap dancers of his age in the state contest last year, and Louise Lanier, nine years old, who claimed top honors In dancers of her age in the state contest, also presented tap numbers. E. C. James, president of the club, presided over a brief busi ness session. W. D. Half acre, prominent North Wilkes born banker, will be guest speaker at this evening's meeting of tne club. The U. S. has more than 18,- 000,000 bath tubs—more than 95 per cent, of the world's total sup ply. Sea anemones are not flowers but are meat eating animals and can swallow a small fish. ELK3N, N. C- THURSDAY. MARCH 9, 1939 PREPARE DEFENSES $ string barbed wire before one of the new fortifications in the Mareth Line in Tunis Tunisia, as a jittery Europe ex pects Italian demands of France. The wire is strung on spikes which have been imbedded in blocks of concrete and buried in the ground. )-rf*-~ ; .> ■■■" --. : cL:3 Appreciate Publicity Given Tournament Appreciation for publicity given by The Tribune to the E1 kin 4-County Basketball tournament, which ended Wed nesday night of last., week, is expressed in the following let ter to The Tribune from tour nament officials: ( "Elkin High School sends to you sincerest appreciation for the excellent publicity which you gave to our basketball tournament. We are well aware that the stories which you ran before and during the games were most helpful to us as well as to the visiting con testants, and we want you to know that you had an impor tant part in making the tour nament successful." J. Mark McAdams J. 8. Bumgarner Gens Sail CHAMPIONS ARE GIVEN AWARDS Boonville Girls, Dobson Boys Are Victorious in Elkin Basketball Tourney MEDALS PRESENTED The Boonville girls and Dobson boys emerged Wednesday night of last week as champions of the annual Elkin 4-County Basketball Tournament. In games that were one-sided. Boonville defeated Mountain View 35-21. and Dobson won over Copeland 24-10. Elkin high school Coach J. S. Bumgarner presented the cham pionship trophy to Coach Dick Lawson and Captain Wood, of Dobson, and also presented the runner-up trophy to Coach Peo ples and Captain Doss of Cope land. The girls' championship trophy was presented to Coach Martin and Captain Doss, of Boonville, by Miss Lena Lewis, girls' coach of Elkin high school. Miss Lewis also presented the runner-up trophy to Coach Heafner and Captain Wood, of Mountain View. Medals to the members of the All-Tournament teams were pre sented by E. C. James, president of the Elkin Kiwanis club. Funeral Is Held For T. L. Long Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at Baltimore M. P. church for Thomas Luther Long, 67, who died at his home in that section early Monday morn ing, following and illness of three weeks. The body lay in state In the church from noon until the hour of the funeral,at 2. He was a member of Yadkinville Lodge, Jr. O. U. A. M.. and members of that body had charge of the funeral. Rev. O. B. Ferree. Rev. C. B. Way and Rev. C. H. Hutchens con ducted the spiritual rites. Burial followed in the church graveyard. Surviving are the widow, who was Miss Mary Ann Waller prior to marriage; nine children, Mar vin Long, of New York; Gray Long, of Oklahoma City. Okla.; Charles Long and Mrs. Treva Wooten, of Winston-Salem; John Wesley. Opal. Josephine Queen and Jack Long, of East Band, Route 3; and nine grandchildren. TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY Festivity to Mark National Girl Scout Week from March 12 to 13 DEDICATE ELK ANTLER Festivity will mark National Girl Scout week from March 12 to 18, which will celebrate the 27th anniversary of Oirl Scouting in America. The local troops will participate in numerous activities in celebration of the occasion, which also marks the second an niversary of Girl Scouting in Elkin. The Elkin girls organized in 1937, under the direction of Dr. W. A. Jenkins and Mrs. W. E. Newsome, with a membership of 10. Today there are 44 girls un der the direction of Mrs. J. Mark McAdams, Mrs. Glenn Lewis and Mrs. Seth M. Beale. Troop No. 1 of Elkin was the first troop organized in Surry county. Recently a court of hon -01 was begun, which is the gov erning body of this troop. The weekly meetings are held on Sat urday evening at 7:30 at the Scout room. Troop No. 2 was recently or ganized by Mrs. Olenn Lewis and this group meets in their scout room on Thursday afternoons of each week at 3:45. Present plans of Troop No., 1 for observance of the week in clude a display of handiwork in a downtown window; the wearing of the official uniform and a Mother-Daughter banquet. Plans of Troop No. 2 could not be learned as the Scout Captain was out of town. The March issue of the' Elk Antler, high school paper, will be dedicated to Girl Scouts. COUNTY TO SELL SURPLUS COWS Surplus Produced at Surry Farm to Be Offered Farmers at Cost UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY An unusual opportunity for farmers and 4-H Club members of Surry county to purchase regi stered, pure-bred Jersey cows at cost, is being offered by the Surry county farm. According to M. Q. Snow, of Elkin, chairman of the Surry board of commissioners, a surplus of dairy animals have been pro duced on the county farm, and will be offered for sale from March 15 to April 15. All are registered. The first seven animals listed in an advertisement elsewhere in this issue, are all bred. Pull de tails concerning the cows to be sold will be found in the adver tisement. Anyone interested in buying one of theso animals should get In touch with B. P. Folger, at Dob son. GREEN GABLES SERVICE STATION IS DESTROYED Oreen Cables, a service station and lunch room on the Boonville- Winston-Solem highway, owned by A. B. Hobson of Boonvlllc, was comepletely destroyed by fire about 1:30 Tuesday morning. The cause of the fire is unknown. The loss Is partially covered by insur ance. SALARY BILL IS GIVEN OKEY BY SENATEGROUP Spirited Hearing Held Tues day in Raleigh MANY SPEECHES MADE Democrats and Republicans Lock Horns; Bill Sets Of ficials' Salaries REDUCES SHERIFFS PAY Yadkinville, March 8. (Special) —For one and a half hours Tues day afternoon Yadkin county Re publicans and Democrats locked .horns before the Senate Judiciary Committee No. 2, regarding the Yadkin county salary bill which Democratic Representative Frank Woodhouse had pushed through the house several days ago. When the argument was ovec the bill was given a favorable report, which means it will likely become a law shortly. The bill raises the salary of the county accountant James Amburn by S6OO and cuts the salary of the sheriff from $2,500 to $2,250; sets the register of deeds salary at $2,000 and provides additional salary to be set by the county commissioners as their clerk which it is understood will be about SSOO, making his $2,500; the clerk of courts salary is set at $2,000. The fire works started when Woodhouse rose to speak tor his bill, which also appoints Dallas Vestal as jailor, beginning April 1. He talked about everything from the county home to vote stealing and was followed by Dr. T. W. Shore who backed him up. vSpeaking for Sheriff Inscore was Attorney W. M. Allen, of Elk in, aided by Senator Cowles of this district. Other speakers were John D. Holcomb, Sheriff Inscore and his deputy Jake Brown. Others who spoke for the sheriff and his record of law enforcement were B. B. Spencer, R. E. Angell, Ex-sheriff C. W. Poindexter, Rev. W. V. Brown, H. C. Johnson and Jchn Hemric. ■ ... . ■. sc. -•*- Yadkin Couple Celebrate Their 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. James Winston Brown celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at their home near Boonville, Friday, March 3. Mr. and Mrs. Brown were mar ried on Sunday, March 3, 1889, at the home of Mrs. Brown's mother at Cycle, and have lived all of their married life at the present home place. Mr. Brown is now 76, having celebrated his birthday on March 5. Mrs. Brown is 72. The children present for the celebration were Richard Brown, Walter Brown, Houston Brown and Mrs. Santford Huff, all of Boonville, route 1; Grady L. Brown of the home, and Howard Brown, of 'Winston-Salem. Nine of their eleven grandchildren were also present and one of the three great-grandchildren, and Mrs. Cindia Holcomb, of Cycle, the only sister of Mrs. Brown. JAMES DEWITT ROYALL DIES AT STATE ROAD James DeWltt Royall. 24, died at his home at State Road Sun day morning from pneumonia and pleurisy. He was an em ployee of Chatham Manufactur ing company here and a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. J. Royall, of Thurmond. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise Shore Royall, his parents, one brother and three sisters, C. M. Royall and Mrs. Houston WU moth, of Thurmond, Mrs. Paul Harris, of Mountain Park, and Mrs. Clarence Darnell, of Elkln. Funeral services were held Monday morning at 11 o'clock from the Mountain Park Baptist church. S. S. ASSOCIATION TO HOLD MEETING The monthly meeting of the Surry county Baptist Sunday school association will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:15 at Union Cross Baptist church. A delegation from all churches in the association is expected for the meeting. "The Best Little Tows in North Carolina* PUBLISHED WEEKLY IS HONORED Miss Marjory Meed, daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Meed, of Elkin, who has been honor ed by her fellow students at Western O&e**, Oxford, Ohio, by being elected secretary of the Student Government Asso ciation. The Association is the body which controls student activities and the honor is considered one of the highest on the campus. \ H S ■ Wm •.s "" v • ; • • -••••• '■ " V:-> NEXT YADKIN COURTAPR. 21 Court Officials Plan to Clear Criminal Docket at that Time CHANGE IS PERMANENT Yadkinville, March 9. (Special.) —The next term of Yadkin court will convene here on Monday. April 24, according to present plans embodied in a biii to be pre sented to the legislature fchia week ► The change is the result of the inability to dear the docket at the last term with only two days of court, Monday and Friday of last week. Under this bill the February term is set up to January and is for criminal cases only. The following term, which falls on April 24 this year is a mixed term and a May term for civil cases only is set up. This will be May 15. next. It is the plans of court officials to use April 24 term as a criminal term only to clear the jail and other pending cases not reached last week. Cases Tried In a case against Frank Lindsay. Yadkinville colored boy, charged with being a "Peeping Tom," he was found guilty and sentenced to 60 days on roads. Delbert Walker and John Coop er, robbery. Cooper found not guilty by the Jury: Walker pleads guilty, given not less than five nor more than six years in state prison. Alec Rash and Delia Prevette. robbery, both enter pleas of guilty. (Continued on Page, Six) ELKIN MARKET, CAFE, GET HIGHEST RATING The Modern Pood Store mar ket has the highest sanitary rat ing in Surry county, it was an nounced by H. O. York, manager, following an inspection by health authorities Wednesday morning. It is |he only Orade A meat mar ket in Elkin. he said. It was also announced Wed nesday morning by Mrs. Ralph Triplett, that the Bon-Ton Orill, local cafe, has been awarded the lughest cafe grade in the county. Inspection was made Wednesday. Finds Hen Egg Which Weighs Quarter Pound AB egg, perfect in shape, which tipped the scales at one-fourth poend, ins pro duced at the home of J. C. Nance, Ellrin, route I, the lat ter part of last week. The egg, exhibited at The Tribune office by Mr. Nance Saturday, measured six inches in circumference the small war and eight and oae-roari* inches the other produced by a Bhck Giant Mr. Nance said his hew trm frafly lay large egg*, bat this one was the largest; be had e*sr found.