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Thnrsd&y, Jane 16, 1932 SONS A great man's son usually has a hard time to gain recognition on his own merits. What made me think of that is the appearance in the news of three sons of former presi dents. ' "Jimmy" Garfield is to be chair man of the Resolutions Committee at the Republican National Con vention. Richard Cleveland will make the nominating speech in the Democratic National Convention for Governor Ritchie of Maryland. And Archie Roosevelt is leading the fight to limit Government aid to veterans to those who actually suffered disa bility in the service. Archie has a right to take that position, as be is himself a war casualty. Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert, was president of the Pullman Com pany and a successful business man. General Grant's son, Fredrick, had himself a distinguished military re cord. Mr. Taft's son, Charles, is a successful and distinguished lawyer. And "Young Teddy" Roosevelt, as governor General of the Philippines, is making a reputation of his own. All of these, and other famous men's sons, had a hard time overcom ing the idea that they were trading on their father's reputations. TELEVISION Several hundred people sat in a London theatre arid saw the famous Derby race reflected on a screen as it was run, on June 1. The figures were not much more than silhouettes but it was actual television. So far nobody can say positively when television in anything like a perfected for will be available to everybody with a radio set. Per haps never. Many engineers think the cost will always be too toigh for the private home, but they admit it may become possible to throw clear cut images, as clear as the average motion picture, on a screen in a theatre while a football game or a horse-race or what not is actually going on. A lot of bright young men are working on television, trying to dis cover new means of accomplishing it. Some of them will surely hit it, in time. COIiOR Human nature is peculiar, and no where more so than in exhibitions of popular misbeliefs and prejudices. Just now, for example, motorists refuse to buy yellow gasoline be cause of a wide-spread belief that it "gums up the motor." Now, pure gasoline comes from the still with a slight yellow tinge. To make it "water-white" it has to be bleached with sulphuric acid. That adds to the cost, but the motoring public pays it rather than buy it yellow. Red, pink, blue, green, any other color of gasoline except yellow, is readily accepted. But because some motorist told another, who told an other, that yellow "gas" was bad for the valves, filling station folks • will have nothing to do with it be cause they can't sell it. CXMJW Colds are caused by germs. If there was any doubts of that, the proof seems to be at hand. A medi- Youngest Firefighter in America h f»«ll—, Mriw, Ihw Ike ywugtoat alwtfr ftrt-figtrtn. 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PORK It looks as if people were begin ning to realize that it is bad busi ness to spend the taxpayers' money for unnecessary things just to help a local Congressman get re-elected. One of the big "pork-barrel" items of governmental expenditure for years has been the building of ex ANNOUNCING OUR ELECTRIC RANGE THRIFT OFFER Y Beginning Monday, June 13th Electric Cookery Is 4 .iQ M Electric Cookery Is ECONOMICAL FAST CLEAN LlSlsil CERTAIN "H 1 ■ cool tfr fi; SIMPLE " 01 • MODERN SAFE ■ I Hll Lv , MODERN _ I RELEASES TIME RAI46 Range / Popular Thrift Model * OUR OFFER TO YOU— ONLY TWO YEARS $lO FOR' $5 TO PAY YOUR DOWN j (24 Monthly Payments) j I | OLD STOVE | Only FIVE DOLLARS Down, and we will place a new Electric Range in yonr kitchen, com pletely installed. You can pay the balance in 24 easy monthly payments. And we will allow you. ten dollars for your old stove —regardless of its type or condition. The Event You've L Decide Nov v that you will begin to enjoy the BENEFITS of Electric Cookery. It's ECONOMY. It's CLEANLINESS. It's COMFORT. It's SPEED. Visit our display room and let us show you the NEW HOTPOINT and UNIVERSAL THRIFT models on display—at prices that will amaze you. (THIS OFFER IS TO CUSTOMERS ON OUR OWN EXISTING LINES EXCLUSIVITY) SOUTHERN PUBLIC UTILITIES CO. . . ?.vu " • >. • • J THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA pensive Post Offices in towns that didn't need them. Twd towns, that I know of, and perhape others, have notified their representatives in Washington that they don't want $70,000 Post Of fices. One of these is Rawlins, Wy oming, and the other is Tuxedo, New York. Cowboys and millionaires are in agreement for once. BENHAM NEWS We are having a wonderful Sun day school at Benham church under the able leadership of G. M. Curry, superintendent. We have 134 en rolled. Everyone seems to be put ting forth some effort to make it a bigger and stronger Sunday school. Cool Springs Sunday school will visit Benham Sunday school the 3rd Sunday in this month. In the after noon we will have several different choirs with us t 0 sing. Everyone come and bring dinner and enjoy the day. Mrs. Ella Settle received a tele gram Saturday morning, June 11, stating that her daughter, Nellie, had graduated with highest honor at the City Hospital, East Liverpool, Ohio. The three-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Capp Yarboro, who has been seriously ill with pneu monia, is slightly improved. Benham Grange, No. 604, met at the regular meeting time Tuesday night, June 7. A very interesting program was rendered. Those tak ing part were C. B. Settle, W. F. Gilliam, Virgil Settle, Lexie Settle and L. C. Settle. Refreshments were served at the close of the business session. Our next Grange meeting will be Tuesday night, June 21. All Grange members are urged to be present. Our County Agent, A. G. Hendren, will be with us. His talk will be a treat to everyone. A delegation from Little Mountain Road Grange is expected to be at this meeting. Want Applications For Civil Service Posts The United States civil service commission has announced that un til July 12 it will accept applica tions for positions of instructor foreman of the cutting department, stitching and fitting department and lasting department of the shoe fac tory at the U. S. penitentiary, Leav enworth, Kansas. The entrance sal ary is $2,300 a year. Each applicant must have had at least five years'' experience as a practical worker in a shoe factory, of which at least two year« must have been as foreman, or assistant Eyes Examined Office: Glasses Pitted El bin National Bid#. DRS. GREEN and DEANS OPTOMETRISTS Specializing in straightening cross eyes and correcting errors of vision Examinations on Tuesdays and Fridays 1 to B, 7 to 8:30 P. M. ■ . r -^== foreman, of the department foi which application is made. Full information may be obtained at the Elkin postoffice. LAWN MOWERS Repaired and Sharpened BROWN - GRIER IRON WORKS Shop, Jonesville, N. C.
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