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WEATHER . . . just the same
One of the commonest remarks
when wo have had two or three
mild winters in succession is that
"We don't have the old-fashioned
winters with lots of snow and the
ponds frozen for skating from
Thanksgiving to Easter, like we
used to."
Then along comes a "real old
fashioned winter" such as the pres
ent one promises to be, to confute
the grumblers.
The fault is with human memory.
Weather Bureau records prove that
there has been no perceptible change
in the average annual temperature
or snow fall in the United States it
the 62 years since records began to
be kept. There have been as many
"hard" winters as mild ones. But
M human beings grow older they re
member vividly the unusual hap
penings of their childhood and think
of them as the regular occurrences.
I have forgotten all about the
heavy snowfall in New England on
Thanksgiving Day, 1876, but I vivid
ly remember that on New Year's
Day, 1877, a few weeks later, th°
snow had melted and the road had
thawed and it took our old mare
"Jessie" all day to draw a side-bar
buggy ten miles to town, through
hub-deep mud, under a sweltering
•on.
Fifty years from now the children
of today will be complaining that
the winter's aren't what they used
NOTICE OF SALE
(Jnder and by virtue of the power
of sale contained in a certain deed
of trust executed October 7, 1931,
to me, the undersigned Trustee, by
C. G. Armfield and wife, Mattie P.
Armfield, recorded in the office of
Register of Deeds of Surry County,
•in Book 119, page 27, and default
having been made in the payment of
the indebtedness secured by said
deed of trust, and at the request of
the holder of the same, I, the under
signed trustee will sell to the high
est bidder for cash, in front of the
post office at Elkin, North Carolina,
at two o'clock, P. M., Tuesday, Jan
uary 17, 1933, the following des
cribed property in Elkin, North Car
olina, to-wit:
Lying and being in the Town of
Elkin, on the North Side of West
Main street and fronting thereon
100 feet, extending back Northward
with J. W. Mathis' line 231 feet
more or less to the Elkin Manufac
turing Company line; thence North
69 degrees West 100 feet to an iron
stake, E. E. Harris' line; thence
South 10 degrees east 239 feet to
an iron stake; thence south 5 de
grees east 60 feet to an iron stake
on West Main street. For further
description see deed from N. J.
Blackwood and wife to C. B. Frank
lin and for portion sold off see deed
from C. B. Franklin to J. W. Mathis.
The above property will be sold
subject to all outstanding taxes and
assessments against same.
This the 17th day of December,
1932.
WM. M. ALLEN,
Trustee.
Wi, M. Allen, Attorney 1-14
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NOTICE
By virtue of the power contained
in a deed of trust executed by Scftt
Sherman and wife to the under
signed trustee for Bird Jefferson,
which is recorded in the office of
register of deeds of Surry County,
N. C., Book 126, Page 138, to se
cure a debt therein mentioned, I
will sell at public auction for cash
on the premises, on Saturday, the
21st day of January, 1933, at 10
o'clock A. M., the following real es
tate lying in Surry County, N. C.,
Bryan township, beginning on a
Spanish oak, runs South 4 degrees
West 13.40 chains to a Spanish
Oak, Grank Nixon's corner. South
20 ringrAn* East 3.85 chains to a
white oak, gone, then South 27
degrees West 1.50 chains to a stake,
South 45 degrees West 4.90 chains
to a pile of rocks. Mack Royall's
corner, North 45 degrees West 7
chains to a Spanish oak, down,
North 62 degrees West 5.70 chains,
South 42 degrees West 26.90 chains
to a pine A. H. and Mildred Wolfe's
corner, North 4 degrees East 10.30
chains to a hickory Claude Harrir.'
corner, North 42 degrees West 15.50
chains to a bunch of chestnuts, his
corner, North 60 degrees East 1.90
chains, North 68 degrees East 4.50
chaiuu, North 58 degrees East 3.50
chains to a sasafras, E. S. Combs'
corner, South 88 degrees East 6.60
chains to a sourwood, his corner,
North 4 degrees East 8.90 chains to
a wild cherry, his corner, North 56
deg. aes E&at 1 chain io a white wal
nut, North 50 degrees East 1 chain
to a stake, South 86 degrees East
22.50 chains to the beginning, con
taining 67 acres more or, less.
Sale will be made to satisfy said
d«bt and cost.
TMs Sec. 27th, 1982.
A. H. WOLFE,
Mt 3 - trait*.
to be; but It will be their memories,
not the weather that baa changed.
RELIEF from cares
I had a halt-hour alone -with
President Hoover in the White
House the other day. It Is against
the rules to quote what the Presi
dent says in such conversation®, but
I violate no confidence in reporting
that he looks, acts and talks like a
boy approaching his school vacation.
He is looking forward with eager
ness to being relieved from the most
onerous job in the world.
In this respect he is much like
other men who have been President.
Some may not have been so frank
about it, but no man ever laid down
the reins of that office without be
ing glad he was well rid of the job,
and wondering why he ever thought
he wanted it, in the first place.
Mr. Hoover, I am privileged to
report, will not do any of the
things which his friends have sug
gested for him to do when he leaves
the White House. To use his own
words he proposes to "hibernate"
' for a year, where nobody whom he
does not want to see can find him,
and where he can do exactly what
he pleases. After that, nobody
knows, least of all Herbert Hoover.
! I venture the guess that a Jjook
will come out of that "hibernation,"
since French Strother, the Presi
dent's literary secretary, expects to
accompany his chief into the soli-
I tudes.
i SINGERS .... we have them
It is still the fashion in "cultured"
circles to sneer at American musi
| cians and to prefer the imported
1 article. That is nonsense in a coun
try that produced Lillian Nordica,
Lawrence Tibbetts, Madam Albani
and so many other great singers.
In Italy they do not scoff at na
tive music, but applaud and take
pride in their singers, composers and
; performers. Maybe that is why they
; develop so many first-ralers for ex
port to America. On my recent visit
to Italy the home of Toscanini, the
great conductor of the Metropolitan
I Opera, was pointed out to me in
! Milan. When he is at home he
practices on the piano from five to
I ten every morning, my guide told
me, and crowds stand in the streets
to listen!
Wandering around Florence alone
[one night I stumbled upon a theater
I named for Italy's great composer.
Verdi, whose music will be played as
| long as humans have ears. On the
ship returning I had for a travelling
NOTICE OP RESALE
Pursuant to an order made by the
Resident Judge of the Eleventh Ju
dicial District on the 29th day of
December, 1932, in an exparte pro
ceeding, "In the matter of J. G. Ray
Receiver of the Elkin Table Com
pany", the undersigned Receiver will
j sell at public auction for cash on
Saturday, January 21st, 1933, at
! two o'clock, P. M., on the premises
of the Elkin Table Co., Elkin, N. C.,
the following described property:
BEGINNING on the South side of
Southern Railroad at a point 60 feet
from and at right angles to center
line of said railroad in center of
branch the old division line between
A. Chatham, Sr., and Maryland Hick
erson, and running thence south 75,
20 min. west also on a line 50 feet
from and parallel to center of South
ern Railroad 941.6 feet to an iron
stake; thence south 14, east 363 feet
to a branch; thence south 85, east
188 feet to a stake; thence south 87,
east 59 feet to a stake; thence south
49, east 152 feet to the Yadkin riv
er; thence north 75, east 429 feet
to the mouth of the branch; thence
north 21, west 270% feet to a
stake; thence north 5, west 159 feet
to a stake at a point in the branch
the old division line between A.
Chatham, Sr., and Maryland Hicker
son, thence up said branch north
50.20 min. east 219 feet to a point
in said branch, thence north 11, 20
min., east 64 feet to beginning, con
taining 8.60 acres more or less. This
being the parcel of land conveyed
to the Elkin Box Co., Inc., by the
Chatham Mfg. Co., covered by deed
Jan. 10, 1922 and August 15, 1923.
It is understood that with this deed
they are to have the-entrance from
Main street to the old Woolen Mill
Crossing of the Southern Railroad
tracks as was given the Elkin Box
Co., in deed made to said Elkin Box
Co., by Chatham Mfg. Co., Jan 10,
1922, recorded in the Register of
Deeds office of Surry county, at
Dobson, N. C., Book 90, page 211.
Subject to the right-of-way hereto
fore conveyed to Southern Public
Utilities Co., across the premises
hereinabove described. Also certain
personal property, consisting of
planer? nailing machine, glue Joiner,
rip saw, and any and all machinery
now situate in the plant of Elkin
Table Co., Elkin, N. C., as well as
all lumber, stock in process of man
ufacturing, Hind manufactured goods
now situate in the plant of Elkin
Table Company, Elkin, N. C.
Said lands and personalty will be
sold subject to the confirmation of
the Court. The last and highest
bidder for said lands will be re
quired to deposit with the said Re
ceiver at the time of the sale an
amount equal to ten per cent (10%)
of such bid tn cash to insure that
such bidder will comply with the
terms of the sale it such bidder be
declared the purchaser of said lands
and personalty
This the 4th day of Jan , 1983.
J. G. RAY, RECEIVER.
Earl C! Afty TS !-i 2
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
companion Scotti, the famous bari
tone, travelling eight thousand miles
to sing just one nlgM fn New York
before ho retires. Even a fringer
must quit at uixty-seven. But In hit) i
native Naples they were already pre- j
paring for a great civic fete to honor |
the singer on his return from Ameri- j
ca.
I want to see some city in Ameri
ca do something like that for some
great American singer.
CONTENTMENT . . . in a taxi
Not everybody is dissatisfied. The
most contented man I have encount
ered recently is a Washington taxi
cab driver. Washington has a fixed
rate of twenty cents for all taxi rides
within the city limits, whatever the
distance. The result is that every
body uses taxis. This young man
owned a small sedan when he lost
his job, and took out a taxi license.
"1 wouldn't go back to working
for a boss for anything," he told me,
as we drove down Pennsylvania
Avenue. "I make forty to forty-five
dollars a week clear above the cost
of gas, oil and tires, and don't work
Saturdays. The poorest day I've had
in weeks I made five dollars, and
when we had three days of snow I
averaged fifteen dollars net a day.
If there are enough young men
with that spirit left there isn't any
thing to worry about so far as the
future of the country Is concerned.
Lentz Warns That
Today Is Last Day
For 1932 License
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patrolman that no license has been
bought.
Therefore, Corporal Lentz said,
those motorists who intend to store
their cars should play safe and
store them before Friday morning.
Tickets will be given until Janu
ary 10th. On that date and after
motorists will be subject to arrest
and a ffne of $lO and the costs
should they be apprehend«d with old
plates.
Those car owners who have or
dered from Raleigh will be allowed
to continue to operate their ma
chines provided they can show a
money order receipt or other con
vincing proof that the plates have
actually been ordered.
In cases where a car owner does
not have a 1933 registration card
or a title to his car, he should take
his old registration card to Mr.
Baker at the F-W Chevrolet com
pany, who will order the license,
Corporal Lentz said.
All license for trucks of over two
and one-half tons capacity must be
secured either from Winston-Salem,
where plates may be bought as high
as four tons capacity, or from Ral
eigh, Passenger car plateß may be
bought in North Wilkesboro at the
Yadkin Valley Motor Company; in
Statesville at the Ford Motor Com
pany; in Winston-Salem at the auto
mobile club office, in the Robert E.
Lee building, or from Raleigh.
Plateß this year come under four
classifications. Tags marked one
are under sls; marked 2, sls to
S2O; 3, $25 to 30, and 4 from S3O
up.
WOMAN CLUBBED TO DEATH
Authorities of York, S. C., Tues
day were pressing their investiga
tion of the slaying of Miss Zula
Stephenson, 52, who was clubbed to
death late Monday in the home of
her brother, Elmer, with whom she
lived.
NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the au
thority contained in a certain deed
of trust executed on the 19th day of
February, 1929, by R. W. Darnell
and A. I. Maynard, to the under
signed trustee, and recorded in the
office of register of deeds of Surry
county, in Book 100, page 54, and
default having been made In the
payment of the note secured by said
deed of trust, and at the request of
the holder thereof, I will sell at
public auction to the highest bidder
for cash, on the premises, on Fri
day, the 3rd day of February, 1933,
at two o'clock P. M., the following
described property:
Lying and being in Wilkes and
Surry Counties, State of North Car
olina, bounded as follows, begin
ning at a poplar (now gone) on the
west bank of Big Elkin Creek, A.
M. Smith's corner, and running with
Smith's line north 87 degrees west
14 poles to a dead hickory, Smith's
corner; thence north 18 polos to a
maple, Smith's corner; thence west
with Will Carter's line 25 poles to
a white oak; thence south 4 'de
grees west with Will Carter, Ed
Carter and Jesse Transou 91 poles
to a poplar stump, corner of a one
third acre tract this day conveyed
to M. L. Transou; thence south 3
degrees east with said 1-3 acre
tract 26% poles to a rock, W. J.
Bryant's corner; thence north 80
degrees east 23 poles to a rock, Ed
Couch'b corner; thence with Couch's
line south 63 degrees east 35 poles
to a sycamore on the w»?st bank of
Big Elkin creek; thence up said
creek as it meanders northwardly
1 20 poles to the beginning, contain
ing 36 acres more or lees, and being
the land conveyed to E. N. Maynard
by C. Day and wife, E. Day, in 1917.
This, the 4th day of January,
1933.
WM. M. ALLEN, Trustee.
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PEOPLES' COLUMN
The Tribune does not necesoar- 
fly endorse any article under this i
heading but welcomes at all times
communications of interest to its
readers and the general public.
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MULE STUCK IN MUD
I noticed In streaming head lines
the above mentioned subject printed
in last week's Tribune af Elkin, N.
C., the same article also suggested
the immediate building of the road
from Elkin to North Wilkesboro, via
Ronda and Roaring River. There j
are a few things the writer surely
was not personally acquainted with.
Did he know that there was only
about half a dozen farm owners liv
ing on this route from Elkin to
Ronda? Did he know that there
was no building sites along this |
proposed route? Did he know that!
a school truck could not be loaded
with school children froin Elkin to I
Roaring River (omitting Maple l
Springs district)?
The route up the River bank is 1
impractical for many other reasons.,
Life is too precious to build a State |
Highway as crooked as this survey I
is made. Money is too scarce to spend !
$75,000.00 of the United States Fed-,
eral Highway money, this sum being i
the difference in the two routes al
ready surveyed, or approximately so.
And what jvould the tax payers think |
of Mr. Jeffries should he elect to
spend this extra amount of money
on a crooked road when a straight
one can be built for so much less, j
Why should Mr. Jeffress build a j
route which is practically a dupli-;
cate of the old Boone Trail on the j
south side of the river, and which i
was moved from 3 to 5 miles away j
from the river? Practically every i
business man in Elkin signed a pe- j
tltion asking that this road be built i
some two or three miles north of j
the river, knowing that all the!
Northeastern part of Wilkes county
would be benfitted by following this
.route. The line of road will have
only three or four slight curves in
it, making travel for tourists much
safer and speedier, accomodating
thousands of citizens of this section
of Wilkes county, giving a greater
volume of business to the business
men of Elkin and North Wilkesboro.
I have no feeling toward Ronda
or Roaring River. They need a road.
But remember they had the advan
tage of the County highway system
for years, the railroad for 4 0 or 50
years, both of which were built by
Wilkes county bonds a great portion
of which is still unpaid and is as
sessed against the tax payers of the
county. -Now all we ask is an even
break with these points Vhere all
the highways of the county was
centralized in their respective com
munities. The bridge which is be-j
ing discussed at Wilkesboro, is sure
ly needed, however, if this road is j
built it will divert at least one-third
of the travel across this bridge and
make it less needed. We do hope
that Mr. Jeffress will see fit to let
the contract'for this road, No. 268
at an early date.
Very respectfully yours,
M. C. LASTER.i
How Can Poultrymen
Stay In The Business
Now that commercial paultry pro
duction is furnishing a source of
livelihood for many North Carolina
citizens, new problems are arising in
the enterprise and many growers are
wondering how they can continue to
stay in business.
"Some poultrymen are inclined to
push their birds to the last limit of
egg and flesh production. These
men are using the facts developed
by science to extract the final cent
of profit from their birds and in do
ing so there Is a danger that some
thing of the vitality is being sapped
from poultry," says Roy D. Dear
styne, head of the poultry depart
ment at State College. "Now, alert
poultrymen are seeing their flocks
become susceptible to troubles not
heretofore a menace to the industry.
All of this means, that poultrymen
must give greater care to their
breeding, feeding and other factors
which willl help to build up the
stamina of the individual flockß."
In planning work for the new
poultry year, Mr. Dearstyne believes
it imperative to pay more attention
to breeding. Growers cannot breed
from just any old hen and continue
to get results. Poor mating may
constitute a menace to the future of
the flock unless this mating is care
fully planned and supervised.
There is the problem, too; of In
ternal parasites. Dearstyne says
this must be fought continuously be
cause such parasites are devitalizing
the flocks of the state. Parasites can
be kept at a minimum only by a
planned program of sanitation fol
lowed every year.
Immunization ggainst fowl pox,
the building of p.oper houses and
the mixing of correct rations are
three other things to which the
poultryman must give attention now
that he is forcing his biids to a de
gree of production not dreamed of
a few years age.
Ten of the 56 Bigners of the decla
ration of Independence were born In
Massachusetts.
Underground water in t&e earth I
amounts to almost one-third as 11
much as all the water in the oceans. I|
NOTICE OP SALE OP LAND
Under and by virtue of the power
of sale contained In a certain deed
if trust executed by C. G. Simpson
and wife Bertha Simpson, on the lßt
day of January, 1927, to secure a
ndte of even date tnerewith, which
deed of trust is recorded In Book
I>4 at page 213, Records of Surry
County, the undersigned trustee will
offer for sale to the highest bidder
for cash at the Courthouse door in
Dobson, North Carolina, on the 30th
day of January, 1933, at 1 o'clock P.
M., the following described lands:
Beginning at a hickory at the
head of the branch and runs with
the branch as follows: South 22 de
grees east 3.90 chains, south 65 de
j grees east 2 chains, south 25 de
grees east 4.50 chains, south 66 de
grees east 2.85 chains, south 35 de
grees east 12.50 chains, south 60 de
Pay Your I
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TAXES
AND BUY YOUR CITY AUTOMO- I
BILE TAG!
This Month! I
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DON'T FAIL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THESE GREAT
VALUES!
CLOSING OUT
Big lot Ladies' Shoes. Val
ues to $4.00 4/%/ PAIR
ONE LOT CHILDREN'S SHOES
Real Bargain. Values up to Af\
$1.95. Pair.
One lot Ladies' Shoes. Val- f Af\
ues to $4.95
PILLOW CASES Bc
MEN'S SOCKS, PAIR 5c
INDIES' SILK MESH HOSE 15c
Sale of McDaniel's
Bankrupt Stock
Elkin, N. C.
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Thursday, January 5, 1933
grees west 1 chain, south 31 de
grees east 1.40 chains to a maple;jja j
thence with the branch as it mean- '
dnrs to an ash tree, C. B. Snow's'
corner; thence north 36.65 chains to
a pine stump, William's and Whlta
ker's corner; thence west 29.84
chains to a dogwood, C W. Wil
liams' corner; thence south IS% E.
7.80 chains to a stone on the we3t
bank of the Dobson and Rock ford
Road; thence about south 65 de
grees east 6.50 chains to the begin
ning, containing 61 acres, more or
less.
Sale made at the request of the
holder of the indebtedness secured
by the said deed of trust, default
having been made in the payment
thereof, to satisfy the said indebted
ness and cost of sale.
This the 29th day of December,
1932.
R. A. FREEMAN,
1-26 Trustee.