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- d^R AMBLm W| l\ 'RPUND A new type of vflKan has been added to the papulation of New York. It's the blond-*ueking vampire bat brought from Panama to the New York Zoological Park by Dr. Raymond L. Ditmara. With a body but three inches long and a wing spread of about seven inches, it has a head that looks very much like an ugly bull-dog with the .pointed ears of a rat. It's the only vampire bat ever to be plaeed on exhibition. * a* t0 Work starts soon on the seventy five million dollar JMtdtown Hudson Tunnel to connect Manhattan with New Jersey at a jeohit on the Jersey shore opposite the Empire State building. The tunnel is necessary be cause the Holland 'Tunnel, two and a half miles south 'of the new Bite, will soon be inadequate to meet the traffic needs, although it now car ries an annual traffic iff ±2, OOOjOOQ tears. Sign in a store hand bookß on Seventh ;avenue: Sale! Name Your Own Price. If ;yau don't buy here, You're NUTS! * • s» Hail December Sth and the new >era of drinking it will .bring! several movements are under way in New York to promote the vogue of re fined drinking and leisurely eating •"in respectable surroundings -with .after dinner speakers invited -solely ibecause of their wit, brilliance or • charm." One of the organizations is a group formed for charitable pur poses ond patterned on the order of the English Froth Blcrwers. » • * The chairman of the .board of an immense corporation has .a separate office in the tower of .a building in the Grand Central zo»e. No desks there. Just divans, club chairs, .fire place and kitchen. Executives from Wall Street and other districts drop in for a drink after "the market" has closed. Advance plans oand the low-down on the financial (district ;are swapped over the glass®. * • * "Pea-soup fog" in the New "Stork Siarbor recently tied up the rcoast guards's «revenue cutters and .left them guessing the probability that •rum-runnejs were at the peal of their activities, for Rum Row, \2 miles out, iias been humming in re cent dayß as-.the runners have sought to cash in ahead of the repeal dead line. * * Stand for half an hour in Grand Central station 'most any time and you're bound t© see a bit of human Interest. Last jtight it was a wo man with streaming, long, bobbed Ted hair taking manly strides across the main concourse. She wore no stockings and her rouged heels and highly manicured toe-nails, also rouged showed vividly from the real primitive sandals without heels. As she disappeared dowti the steps to the lower concourse, four people actually ran to catch up with her for another look! She took the train bound lor Stamford, Conn. There's a new racket in town. The so-called cut price clothing shops of the lower east side have posted _ "snipers" xm Fifth avenue. When a shopper stops to look in a Fifth avenue window, the sniper— usually a plainly dressed woman— stops to look too. "My, but prices are high," says she to the shopper. "Why prices are much lower on Division street. Why there are coats just like that one at such-and-such a store at half the a refinement of the old technique of grabbing a prospect and dragging him bodily into a store—a "hot" prospect, obviously interested in the merchandise on display. Bethel Ronda, Route 2, Dec. 4.—Mr. W. A. Pardue, a prominent citizen of this community is seriously ill at his home here with pneumonia, we are Borry to note. He has been suffer ing for a week or more. This community has not had much sickness all during the fall months. ,We rarely ever hear of a student being absent from school on account of illness. Mr. S. T. Eskridge has his new house almost completed and ready to move into. Mr. Landon Mendenhall and two sons of near Boonville, spent the past week-end here with friends and relatives. Mr. Mendenhall is a neph ew of Messrs. J. B. and T. N. Green of this place. Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Gilliam and small son, Samuel, of Statesville vis ited Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Triplett Thanksgiving day. Messrs. D|avid R. Gilliam, L; M. Stewart and Rufus Gilliam all of Elkin were guests also of Mr. and Mrs. Triplett. Mr. Dan Holcomb, of Jonesville, 'visited his daughter and family here last Sunday, Mrs. M. B. Mauldin. Mr. and Mrs. Louis Ferl&zzo, oi Winston-Salem, spent Thanksgiving day with Mrs. Ferlazzo's parents here. Mr. and Mrs. C., W. Gilliam Mr. And Mrs. D. S. Gilliam and chil Mcs'ames Jones Vanhoy and A. P. Woodruff of Boonville are here to be at the bedside of their Bick | father, Mr. Pardue. An. Edward Dunmaxi and cbil- of Greensboro, spent the Thanksgiving holidays neer here vliiting her sisters, Mesdames Jones 'Mr this and Harrison Vestal. Stoe retmrned to her home Sunday ac companied by Miss Elizabeth Math is, "who bas been visiting her par j ents, from the Gate City also. John T. Lewiß, who has been at the C. C. camp near Mayodan, in Rockingham county, was home with his parents here, tmr a few days last "week, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Lew is. He has returned to the camp, i where "he has Joined lor six more monOH. I Mr. Neal Rose and son, Jimxuie, of Elkln, were visitors a while with his aunt and family, j Mrs. C. W. Gilliam, Sr. Mr. rand Mrs. Colmnhus Pardue, jwT New Castle, near Union lihurch, were :here last Friday and Saturday :the former's brother, Mx. W. LA. :Pardue and family. The children who go to Ronda to {schodl, on the bus from here, en joyed fftwo holidays last week. Bugrgabeo MissMaxine Tharpe spent Thanks-I giving with her cousin,! I Miss "Lucy 'Gentry of Lonrax. Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Tartier, -ol Winston-Saiem spent Sunday with the latter's mother, Mrs. W. E. Key. "Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Couch, and daughters, Mary Lee, and Virginia, of Elkln, Visited Mrs. Couch's sis ter, Mrs. 3. ~K. Tharpe, Sunday Mrs. Lethea Lyon, of Winston- Salem spent Sunday With her pa rents, 'Mr. and Mrs. George "Key. Little Miss Jane Parlier, ot Win ston-Salem, spent last week, the (guest of her grandmother, Mrs. W. j E. "Key. Miss EU la la Bradley v'Witefl :Misa Irene Haynes, of Clingman, last week. Mr. R. S. Parlier, of Winstoq- Salem, enjoyed a hunt on the farm of Mrs. W. "E. Key Thanksgiving flay. Mrs. Hoyle Anthony visited her parents. Rev. and Mrs. J. Z. Adams, of Austin, last week. Messrs. W. J. Bradley and son, EIIIB, carried a load of tobacco to- Winston-Salem Saturday. Mr. D. A. Tharpe spent Wednes day in Charlotte. The house owned by Chess Pulp, and occupied by Mr. Hemrte -and famijy, was destroyed by fire "last Wednesday. It is understood that Mr. Fulp plans to rebuild soon. 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SNOW BUILDING—MAIN STREET % | W WILKES ELECTRIC COMPANY % S£ TAL. J. PEARSON ELKIN BRANCH DAY J® THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA 1 * il- Warn "Pom X. Smith, (above) Presideat of the Boatmen'« National Bank at St. Louis, ia the man asked by Sec retary Morgenthau to take the poflt-| tion aa adviser to the Treasury Dep it., on banking matters. It ia the post made vacant by the resignation of O. W M. Sprague. Swan Creek Rev. Jarvis filled his regular ap pointment at this place last Satur day and Sunday and delivered a wonderful message at both services. "Mrs. Ed Dunman of Greensboro, visited relatives here last week end. ) Mr. J. K. Sparks, of Winston- Salem, spent a few days last week here, the guest of Messrs. Worth and Coy Vestal. Ttev. and Mrs. D. C. Swaim, of Winston-fSalem, spent last Thurs day with Mrs. Swaim's mother, Mrs. Vina Swaim. Mr. Horace Smith, of Charleston, S. C., spent last week-end here, the guest of his sister, Mrs. G. C. Swaim. Mr. Herman Swaim, of Arlington, spent a-short while last Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Vina Swaim. Mr. Paul Gray, of Pleasant Grove spent :iast Thursday night here the guest of his father, Mr. Burrus Gray and Mrs. Gray. Miss Gladys Cheek had the mis fortune of getting three of her fin gers badly cut last Wednesday. Mr t Monroe Vestal of Burlingfifcn, spent the latter part of last week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bil son Vestail. Mr. Guy Myers made a business trip to Wilkesboro last Monday. Born to Mrs. and Mrs. Vernon Melton on November 30th a fine baby boy. Misses Lillie and Pernie Wagoner of Boonville, spent last Sunday ier« the «uest of their aunt, Mrs. /ina Swaltn. Mr. Carl Swaim visited his broth er, Mr, Glenn Swaim in Ronda a vhile last Sunday evening. Salem Fork News Miss Alma White, who is making her home in spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. ind Mrs. W. T. White. Those from this dommunity who went to Weaver College from Moun tain Park were: Misses Hazel Mar- ARE EXPRESSIONS OF SENTIMENTS THAT WILL LAST 1 THROUGHOUT THE 1 g An Elgin or YEARS Gift For j® Bulova Whether for "Him" or for "Her," ALWAYS I _ T . _ r , jewelry will make the most ac- ... . • Wrist Watch Will ceptable gift. We are sure you will K&L i Make an Ideal Gift find just what you want at the • ___ price you want to pay here among fcjj our many beautiful gift offerings. Ig JCS* Wn And more things are arriving \| i/» every day. Come in and make your \v\ yjr I ||p ' Parker and Conklin If* W' Here's a gift that will (I Beautiful new models in pleaSG aS Well aS give Sft & If^t^raX 8 years of use- % ]f M W | range that you',. Hke. $5.00 $8.50 38 $12.50 to $32.50 ! _ W We Suggest NcwHiweii WriSt ***** DesignS m | -—Military brush sets In Bridal Sets M SL ; —Bracelets Cfl TO ?C jg W i —g in ° er . r,ngs «p£.tju «pj.ju For this moßt important m liff I ~~2in'frfST Si" of a lifetime you'll k W ! -Traveling sets p 1117 O. 1 I; -?r: ght cases w!th Carl W.Steele rd B wecansuppyy k SF | —Guitars JEWELER $15.00 to $60.00 W ' E. MAIN ST., ELKIN, N. C. Jjj tin and Myrtle Callahan and Mrs. Ed Boles. Mr. and Mrs. John Scott of Thom asville, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Scott. Rev. Will Crlssman filled his reg ular appointment Saturday and Sun day at the Baptist church. M r s. Verona of Winston-Salem, spent Sunday with her grandfath er, S. J. Long. She was accompanied home by Mr. Long, who will spend sometime with her. Gurney Wilmoth, who has been a student at Mountain Park College, has gone to Wingate College to con tinue his work. Mrs. N. J. Martin and niece. Mrs. Lora S. Alberty, spent the week end in Winston-Salem, and Clem mons, the guests of friends. I Tailoring Dress Making All Kinds of Sewing Mrs. C. W. Laffoon West Main St. Phone 101-R
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