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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Published .Every Thursday by . ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. \ Elkln, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1934 Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as second-class matter. C. 8. FOSTER. i.President H. P. LAFFOON Secretary-Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER YEAR In the State 91.50 Out of the State, 92.00 NationolSfPEditorialAssociation i BA==m£mßtß • • 1934 One thing that improves the longer it is kept is your temper. The trouble is that many a man's soul mate is not always his sole mate. A smile is contagious, but we never heard of any board of health objecting to it. There is this to consider about it: when you make a friend you very often destroy an enemy. The man who works only because he has to need not be surprised because he doesn't seem to progress. Whom we envy more than anyone else these sweltering days is Lady Klondike, our good neighbor who is temporarily sojourning down at the South Pole. It must have been just plain cussedness that prompted the theft of hams from the meat house of the Iredell county chain gang, and if the cul prits are caught the chances are that they will not receive a hearty welcome by the prisoners who were thus deprived of this toothsome deli cacy. .Having received chastisement with what ever weapon a certain fine old gentleman found at hand when the occasion arose, we cannot work ourself into a frenzy over the news that a lad at the Stonewall Jackson Training School received a whipping with a two-foot switch described as no bigger than a pencil at the big end. The Gill Report When a Raleigh newspaper alleged that there was a "parole racket" carried on through ques tionable methods of certain attorneys who col lected cash from prisoners for a service they did not render, the public was inclined to think that this smoke gave evidence of fire. However Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill, who was commissioned to make an investigation, reported to Governor Ehringhaus that he had not found any violation of the criminal law in con nection with payments of money to attorneys by the prisoners. Commissioner Gill's report is vol uminous in detail, and bears no evidence of an attempt to cover up anything for anybody. Yet a careful reading of the Gill report con vinces that there is ample ground for improve ment in legal ethics pertaining to the dealing with men on the inside wanting out. True notices are properly posted notifying prisoners that the ser vices of attorneys are not necessary in the pre sentation of any deserving petition. This of course does not block designing ones, because prisoners are a doubtful set, and prefer to make their approach in what to them seems a more certain way. While the Raleigh paper did not uncover a deadly bomb, it did unloose a bit of tear gas that may result in improved methods at the State prison, and should find justification from this angle. The Young Democrats There is always something to look forward to. Take now that meeting of Young Democrats to be held in Asheville this week, it promises to be a sight different from the tranquil peaceful ness that characterized the recent Democratic State convention. The young Democrats (among their number are many who are not so young) will have the privilege of hearing the issues discussed by able statesmen, although those charged with ar ranging the program have not imported speakers for the occasion. Local talent will supply all the rousement except those that a national weekly recently said 'just oozes out of the ground in North Carolina. Senators Reynolds and Bailey will have something to say, and the youngsters will have opportunity to size up two potential candidates for the governorship, Doughton and Hoey; Max well and Brummitt will indulge in a skit about the Constitution, and Governor Ehringhaus and Treasurer Johnson will tell them about the State's fiscal affairs. But the real fun will begin whsn the young bucks come to the selection of a leader. Not since this group was organized has the presidency come from beyond Raleigh, and this year the eastern group are determined to have this recognition. The east having gobbled up practically every actual state political appointment, seeks now to make the noise unanimous by capturing the presidency of the Young Democrats, and it would not be a matter for surprise if it succeeds. If this group hears nothing from the var ious speakers to start the fireworks, the fiery blood that flows in young veins may be depended upon to start something on its own hook, which is the same as saying that there will be no Lind sey Warren in Asheville to tread the soft pedal and push in the stops. A Significant Bird Over in Harriman, Tennessee, where the Harriman Hosiery Mills lost the blue eagle, be cause of alleged violation of the NRA agreement, the people are described as joyous now that the old bird is back. This was the town's largest in dustrial plant and its payroll for six hundred per sons, made it the main dependence. When the blue eagle was lost to the hosiery plant, the merchants in their wrath and sympa thy tore down their NRA insignias, as much as to declare their indifference to so much trash. But these have been plastered on widow fronts again, and the merchants are cheerful in the prospect that the big hosiery plant will start wheels turning again. Various estimates are placed on the value of the blue eagle. More than occasionally one hears that its significance is only imaginary in the minds of General Johnson and his conferees, but this Tennesse town bears concrete evidence of blue eagle effectiveness. A Heavy Toll I. M. Bailey, writing in the Carolina-Virginia Retailer, claims that excess freight charges paid by the people of North Carolina is sufficient to defray the operating expenses of the State gov ernment, including costs of schools and roads, yet the public appears to be indifferent to it. If Mr. Bailey has his figures anywhere-near correct, the merchants who must bear a big pari of this discriminatory excess, would do wefl t forget .the sales tax as a mere bagatelle, and turr their thought to this .bigger monster that is eat ing at their vitals. And not the merchant alone, but the con sumer and the manufacturer, all are vitally con cerned. Some of this excess cost can not be passed on to the buyer, but some of it must, if the seller is to keep his head above water. This vexing question has been to the fore almost from the beginning of railway transpor tation in and through North Carolina. Occasion ally it has seemed that we were about to get somewhere with it, but always there has been a crafty shift that left North Carolina still in the mire. Not only do the discriminatory rates work a hardship on those who receive shipments in this state, but the manufacturer or producer of farm products who would compete in sections outside the state, beeause of this discrimination must either sell their wares at a lower price or lose the business. This brings less money into North Carolina in exchange for the products pro duced, than would come here if there were a parity for freight charges upon the commodities exported. It is unfortunate that shippers and receivers in North Carolina must fortify themselves with funds to carry on freight rate fights year after year. This state has reached a point of industrial importance in spite of this handicap, and because it is important industrially it merits the con sideration and fairness of those agencies that fix transportation rates. The National Parkway It is not too late to express our pleasure in the fact that the much discussed Scenic Highway is now certain to skirt our own back yard. Elkin will be near enough to the popular parkway to run up and watch the cars go by. That may be a good many months off, but it is coming and is something worthwhile to look forward to. That this big boulevard-will mean much to the section through which it passes, goes without saying. But it will also be of value to outlaying sections which will most certainly profit from its presence. When completed the Scenic Highway will furnish the first efficient channel for a definite trend of tourist travel southward. People will come into North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee for the first time in their lives, and it is probable that their preconceived ideas of this section will receive a severe jolt. They will bump into some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, and will be able to view it in comfort from a nationally constructed highway that will be the pride of the nation. It has been definitely settled that the road will be chartered as far as Blowing Rock, leaving the entrance to the Great Smoky Mountain park to be settled later. If the highway from there is routed over into Tennessee, leaving the Ashe ville section out of the picture, that will be the tourist's misfortune as well as North Carolina. If this is done, it Will be because of the pressure Tennessee has been able to muster, and that State already having its immense TV A activities will receive an additional arid unmerited recogni tion at the hands of administration officials. Whatever the outcome of the final charting of the route from Blowing Rock, this section is secure in its certainty of stimulated travel, be cause the laterals leading into the great national parkway will be feeders to an immense traffic from down the state, and every town and village along these roads will be benefited. , Will Neal said that he wanted to be offi-. cially at the death of the NRA, but that was be fore he knew that President Roosevelt had al ready made up his mind to abolish the board Mr. Neal was on. If the Marion sock-maker is around when the NRA expires, it will be in the capacity pf a neighbor with which the deceased was not on speaking terms. Mark Sullivan says the young men, college graduates, of the nation do not know whether to go into business or government. Mark has bean such a success as an election prophet, that he might give them a helping hand thataway. The motorist has a rijrht to expect to find a little beauty by the roadside, says a bulletin of a national horticultural organization. Well, maybe he has, bat the chances are that she'll be in some body else's parked car.—Boston Herald. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA 'Liza Crossing The Ice BY A. B. CHAPIN Washington, July 24—Of course, there is/no such thii.K as an "acting President" of the United States when the President is absent from the country, but Washington gossips are fond of picking this, that or the oth er official for the job whenever Mr. Roosevelt goes away on a trip. This time it is Donald K. Richberg who is regarded as the "white-haired boy" of the administration, entrusted with seeing that none of the cattle get out of the feed-lot until the boss gets back. Undoubtedly Mr. Richberg has gained greatly in the estimation of the President, of the public and of politicians in the past year. His appointment as temporary chairman of the National Emergency Council, while Frank C. Walker takes a va cation, puts up to him the difficult job of trying to iron out all the personal jealousies and administra tive traffic tangles in Governmental affair. There are plenty of both. Pen Picture of Richberg Mr. Richberg came to Washington with a record as a "labor lawyer." He was supposed to be solidly com mitted to putting the American Fed eration of Labor in charge of all business. That idea, widely circu lated, created a strong prejudice against him in the minds of business men, at the start. But in his hand ling of a thousand or so collisions between business groups and labor groups in the working out of the NRA codes, he has won the reputation of being keen, intelligent, fair and moderate. Indeed, Richberg has been so fair that the labor leaders begin to think that he isn't their friend any more, while business men look on him with much greater favor. The fact seems to be that Mr. Richberg is not and never has been a blind partisan of any particular labor group or organ ization, but does believe that the best interests of the public require that labor should receive a larger share of the proceeds of industry. Mr. Richberg is sometimes spoken of as one of the Brain Trust; but he is certainly not one of the half baked radicals usually meant when that term is used. About the only one of the original Brain Trust who still functions importantly in an of ficial capacity is Rexford O. Tugwell, Undersecretary of Agriculture, and the idea is seeping through official dom that Mr. Tugwell's achievements thus far have consisted more in get ting himself into the headlines than in accomplishing anything of con sequence. It looks quite certain —if anything can be regarded as certain in these days—that most of Mr. Tugwell's radical program has been ditched. Moley Still Active On the other hand, the one of the original Brain Trusters who came in for the most abuse in the begin ning of the Roosevelt Administration is still among the most influential of the President's advisers, although he has been out of public office for more than a year. He is Professor Raymond Moley, with whom the President is said to have consulted on every important economic ques tion that has arisen, and who is said to have had the last word in shap- ing most of Mr. Roosevelt's deci sions. The President is not alone in believing Professor Moley to be a man of great erudication and talent, though all do not share the Presi dential belief in the soundness of his economic views. Nevertheless, Moley is one of the three men who, as the picture clears up and self-appointed minor pro phets are eliminated one by one, stand out as the "three musketeers" of the Administration. The other two are the ever-faithful Col. Louis McHenry Howe and Bernard M. Baruch. On purely political .questions it has been understood that the Pres ident relied more upon Col. Howe than upon the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Postmaster General Farley. An in cident that came to light the other day shows how strong the Farley influence is. Secretary Ickes wanted to appoint Professor John W. Finch, Dean of the School of Min ng of the University of Idaho, to u he post of Director of the Bureau ->f Mines. He talked with the Pres ident, who gave his o.k. Secretary Ickes notified Professor Finch, who resigned his university job and came to Washington to take over the post. The Presidential commission ap pointing him had been drawn up and laid on the President's desk. But when Mr. Ickes sent for it, the White House staff discovered that it had not been signed, but had noted upon it: "Held up temporarily because of political objections by P.M.G." Mr. Farley had discovered that Pro fessor Finch voted for Hoover in 1928! Kennedy and Moffett Some surprise has been expressed over the appointment of Joseph P. Kennedy, long a Wall Street specu lator, to head the commission which is to regulate security exchanges: But those who know Mr. Kennedy say that he is absolutely honest and entirely devoted to President Roose velt, a life-long intimate friend, and add that it is better to have a man who knows what it's all about than another Brain Truster in that job. There was more surprise over the naming of James P. Moffett of Standard Oil to head the board cre ated under the new Housing Act. But young Mr. Moffett is another of the President's intimates, regarded as a man of sound judgment and great executive talent. His appoint ment is taken as another indication of the growth of conservative in fluence in Administration affairs. Timely Farm Questions Answered At N. C. State Question: How much of the land rented under a tobacco reduction contract can be planted to food or feed crops? Answer: The area of the rented acres planted to grazing or pasture or any other crop planted for home consumption or use on the farm shall not exceed one-half of the total rented acres. If none of the acre age is planted to crops for home then all the rented acres may Be grazed or pastured provided that the livestock pastured or the products from this livestock are for home consumption only. Question: Should my entire poul try flock be vaccinated against chicken pox? Answer: As a general rule only the young birds from 10 to 15 weeks old are vaccinated as the adult birds are apparently highly resistant to Thursday, July 26, 1934 the disease. If the disease has been present in the flock at any time in the past several years or is now present in neighboring fiocks the birds should be vaccinated as soon as possible. Material for vaccinat ing can be secured from anf relia ble firm and detailed instructions for applying the vaccine will be fur nished up on request by the Poultry Department of State College. Question: How can a tobacco grower get rid of mosaic in the field? Answer: If the disease was pres ent in the field the past year it is impossible to get rid of it this year. The virus will live over in the soil for one or more years. If the plants are to set where the disease was not present then care should be ex ercised to plant only mosaic free plants. The plant bed should be gone over carefully and all diseased plants destroyed. Do not handle healthy plants after pulling out those that are diseased. After the plants are set they should again be ex amined and any plant showing signs of the disease should be pulled. See your Farm Agent for more detailed information. A decided increase in the use of dolomitic limestone as a filler for fertilizers is noted in the State this season by extension workers. WANTS Wanted—4oo pounds of good sound butter each week. Sant Holcomb. tfc. New Merchandise this week of spec ial interest —A splendid line of tooth brushes at excellent values, 10c and 19c. Spanish salted pea nuts, fresh and brittle, 5 ounce bags, sc. Aurora Wave-O-Curler, four curlers to card, 10c card. A splendid line of chewing gum, 3 packs 10c. Eye shades and sun glasses, splendid values, 10c, 25c and 48c pair. A splendid lot of Sun-Suits for children, 25c suit. Nice shipment candy, 10c, 15c, and 20c pound. Watch our windows and visit our store for new mer chandise each week. Somers & Co's. 5 and 10c Store, L. F. Walk er, Manager* Bring me your chickens and eggs and get cash for them. Sant Hol comb. tfc Learn Beauty Culture. Complete Instructions in all branches. We give Diplomas. Special rates dur ing summer. Our school is ap proved by the State Board of Cos metic Examiners. Hinshaw School of Beauty Culture, opposite Wilkes Hotel, North WHkesboro, N. C. 8-5-c REAL ESTATE FOB Sale— loo acre farm. Small house, feed barn, two tobacdb barns and one extra good pack house with good casing basement. Plenty of water. 5 acres bottom land. About 10,000 feet of tim ber. Hilly lands but fine tobacco and pasture lands. 2 miles from hard surfaced road and consoli dated school; 1-4 mile school bus; 10 miles from Elkin. Price SI,OOO. (200. cash, 10 years on balance. Some other bargains in small, close in farms and town property. Comd in and see us. D. C. MARTIN and W. S. REICH Office in Casstevens Hardware Store
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