e BY ALAN BROWNING. JP. "»
Our wife called up a minute ago—said one of the kids had
found a snake in the back yard and she wanted us to come over
and bite it . . . Of course those hailstones over near Pilot Moun
tain probably looked large to the people of that section, being as
big as electric refrigerator ice cubes, but we can remember a hail
storm whereupon hailstones bigger than that fell . . . One was so
big we made a five-gallon freezer of ice cream with it and then
trimmed what was left down to where we could get it in the ice
box . . . The local ice plant didn't do any business for six weeks.
Where we came from it wa!
lumps of ice as big as pool balls-
And everytime a cloud started com-'
ing up everybody would run for their
sheet steel umbrellas . . . Usually af
ter every hail storm folks would
gather great quantities of the hail
stones and use them to pack around
huge containers in which they would
store hot air gathered during July
and August. Then in the winter
time when it got real cold they would
let this hot air, kept nice and fresh
by the ice. out into their homes and
thus save on fuel bills.
We just saw the old woman who
lived in a shoe . . . Down to the
county health department to get
vaccinated, we stood in the door and
saw this lady lead up about half
dozen kids. And after they were all
stuck, she disappeared only to re
appear with several more. We were
there perhaps 10 minutes and dur
ing that time she kept coming and
going with lots ranging from two to
three kids each time —and she al
ways managed to squeeze into the
line ahead of others who had been
waiting longer.
The reason a hyperdermic needle
doesn't hurt as bad as a plain sew
ing needle if you should by chance
stick one into your arm, is due to the
point. The needle used in vaccinat
ing is shaped so it divides the tis
sues—doesn't go through them —and
if we are wrong you won't know the
difference, so what does it matter?
Weeks have passed since the town
commissioners threatened to put up
street markers. And if and when
they do get 'em up let's hope to
Mattie Mae Powell
NOTARY PUBLIC
Building & Loan Office
Main Street
DR. C. E. NICKS
VETERINARY SURGEON
Phone 340
Church St. Elkin, N. C.
EXPERT
RADIO SERVICE
J. M. CHEEK, Jr.
With Hayes & Spease
Phone 70 Elkin, N. C.
Better Be Safe Than
Sorry lnsure Today
with Insurance Head
quarters.
Paul Gwyn
INSURANCE
ALL LINES
Security Service
Phone 958
Elkin, N. G
HIT OR MISS
an ordinary event for it to hail
-oh, er, pardon us—tennis balls.
goodness they don't change their
minds and tear them down . . . and
then put 'em up . . . and then tear
'em down.
Did you ever hear a cockroach
walking? . . . Did you know that
moequitos breath through their
noses? That's why they always
"sing" just before biting—it's not
singing, it's asthma.
Someone suggested a while ago
that the Gab Bag start a campaign
for a bigger and better jail ... If
we started campaigning they'd prob
ably tear the jail they've got down
. . .We campaigned against double
parking—and now all the motorists
are triple parking . . . We cam
paigned for street markers—and now
everybody has forgotten the names
of the streets . . . We came out in
favor of light wines and beers—and
fell into a tub of hot water which
hasn't altogether cooled off yet, and
we voted for repeal and North Car
olina went dry, figuratively speaking
. . . Sometimes we feel as if we are
not appreciated, or something.
One of these days we are going
to start a campaign to have the sun
rise every morning and set every
evening just so we can say we were
successful in something.
Oh well, when things get too dark
we can at least go join the other
members of the staff in admiring the
Savory loving cup.
About that ball game last Friday
afternoon. Although we don't think
it would have made any difference
in the final score, we believe every
one concerned would have felt bet
ter if Chatham had again taken the
field in the first half of the tenth
when the New York player was
thrown out at first while the umpire
was out of the box . . . There has
been a good deal of comment, pro
and con, and although we don't
have a rule book handy, we are in
clined to side with the cons.
It's taking considerable time and
effort getting through here this
week due to causes and reasons you
probably wouldn't understand . . .
We started writing on this column
Thursday afternoon and here it is
Saturday morning . . .
And as it's against our rules to
work on Saturdays as well as Mon
days, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thurs
days, and Fridays, we'll say:
More anon.
Cycle News
Friends of Mrs. Lizzie Money will
be glad to know that she has re
covered sufficiently to be removed
to her home from a North Wilkes
bo'ro hospital.
There were 130 present at Moun
tain View Sunday school Sunday
morning.
Large crowds are attending the
revival services being conducted by
Rev. F. W. Fry. The meetings will
continue through Wednesday of next
week. Services are held each even
ing at 7:45.
The revival closed at Mountain
Grove M. E. church Sunday. Much
interest was shown in the meeting,
which resulted in more than twenty
conversions. Rev. Mr. Bumgarner,
the pastor, was assisted by Rev. W.
V. Brown, pastor of Mountain View
church.
Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Dobbins and
family returned Friday from a visit
to the World's Fair at Chicago and
other points of interest. They re
port a splendid trip.
Mr. Harrison Brown, of Mt. Airy,
was a welcome visitor in this com
munity Sunday. Mr. Brown is a son
of the late Rev. C. C. Brown, a well
known and able minister.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
Saturday evening, July 28. there
will be an ice cream supper at the
home of Elmer Tharingtor, three
miles west of Boonville, on the Win
ston-Salem-E'kin highway. Thare
will be a string band and di ncing
during the evening. Everyone \s in
vited to attend.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Ki.gix MnpTH ripnirai
SURRY COUNTY TO
BE REPRESENTED
NCERA Farm And Gar
den Supervisors To
Meet In Winston
Raleigh.—NCEßA farm and gard
en supervisors, case workers and Vo
cational Agriculture teachers will
meet in Winston-Salem, August i,
to formulate plans for a fall and
winter farming program unde the
Rural Rehabilitation division of the
NCERA. The meeting was called
by George Ross, state director of
rural rehabilitation, and Roy H.
Thomas, state supervisor of agricul
tural education.
Counties to be represented at the
Winston-Salem meeting are Forsyth,
Stokes, Surry and Yadkin.
Aims of the program which is to
be lauched in the district embraced
by the above named counties, and in
all sections of North Carolina, are
to increase the vocational ability of
farm families now oc relief by teach
ing them better methods of curing,
storing and preserving foods.
John D. Berry Elected
Secretary of B.P. Union
! Raleigh.—John D. Berry, Raleigh,
I has recently been elected general
secretary of the North Carolina Ba
raca-Philathea Union, and the of
ficial headquarters have been trans
ferred from Asheville to Raleigh.
Mr. Berry succeeds Mrs. N. Buckner
of Asheville, who recently resigned
after seventeen years of service.
Mr. Berry iias received a letter
from the Home Office of the World
Wide Baraca Philathea Union in
Washington, D. C., congratulating
North Carolina upon the fact that
this State now has more classes to
its credit than any other state in the
Union. The letter states: "This
naturally gives North Carolina the
lead for the State Cup, which will
be awarded at the next World Wide
1 Baraca Philathea Convention, which
meets in Ocean Park, Maine, July
: 25-29."
' Lawrence J. Pace of Asheville, is
president of the World Wide Baraca
' Philathea Union, and it is gratify
ing to his North Carolina friends
that his home state now leads in the
number of classes.
CARD OF THANKS
We greatly appreciate and thank
I the neighbors and friends for the
, many kind deeds done and tokens
of love and sympathy shown us dur
! ing the illness and death of our dear
husband and father, C. W. Gilliam.
Mrs. C. W. Gilliam and Children.
Come see why
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,BATS CAPONE PLANNED
KIDNAPING
Federal authorities Saturday night
were investigating the "confession"
of a killer-convict who accused Al
phonsoe (Scareface Al) Capone and
Frank Nash as the plotters of the
Lindbergh baby killing. The abduc
tion was part of an ingenious plot to
obtain Capone's freedom on charges
of income tax evasion, according to
the purported confession.
The cat is thought to be the oldest
pet of man.
There are some
things we refuse to do
to sell a car
Thar* or* MDI thing* ws refuse to do to sail a priced car. Thai la claimed for several can.
car. We Ilka aalai. but fair-dealing and the con- Obvioualy it cannot be true of all. There cornea
fldence of our cuatomera are dealrable too. a point where claima and adjectives and all
For one thing, we refuae to polaon any one'e advertising hysteria diaappeare in ita own fog.
mind againel another make of car. We know Personally, I prefer facta.
what our car it and what it will do. and we are We say the Ford V-8 is the beat car we have
ready to tall you about that. But to imply defecta aver made.
In another car ia not our buainess. We say that our 8-cylinder car is as economi-
We have done our utmost to encourage cal to operate as any lower number of cylinders.
Intelligent buying of motor cara by show- We say that we have always been known as
ing purchasers how to protect their own the makera of good cara and that the many good,
intereata. All that a good producer asks ia a well-balanced qualitiea of our present car place
customer who knows quality when he aees It. It at the head of our line to date.
An Intelligent purchaser will apeedlly con- Any one wishing to do business with ua on
dude that only a bad product requires bad these principles will find our word and the
Bales methods. quality of our product to be A-l. What we say
We refuse to keep dinning in your ears that about economy, operation and durability will
the Ford V-8 Is the beat, most economical, loweat stand good anywhere.
[A letter from Mr. Henry Ford! Jy yO*/ §
published by the Associated I /7
Ford Dealers of this territoryj •' 7 v
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COAL
Less than a bushel of ashes to the ton
CAROLINA ICE & FUE COMPANY
Phone 83
Thursday, July 26, 1934