fODAY'nd
REPORTER .... At 68 Tears
My friend Frederick T. Birchall
of the New York Times received the
Pulitzer Prize in Journalism the oth
er day for the best work of a news
paper correspondent in 1933. That
may not mean much, but it proves
one thing I have long maintained.
That is, that newspaper work is not,
as people often say, a "young man's
game."
For Fred Birchall is 68 years old,
and has been a newspaper corres
pondent for only three years! As
a very young man he worked for a
short time as a reporter. Then he
got an editorial job and rose through
the ranks until he was acting man
aging editor of the Times. At 65,
when most men retire, he wanted
to be a reporter again, so The Times
gent him to Europe to go where he
pleased and write what he pleased.
His dispatches from European Capi
tals prove that one doesn't have to
be a boy to be a good reporter.
/This is one occupation in which
a man can keep on doing good and
constantly improving work as long
as his health lasts.
BRAIN .... doesn't wear out
The human brain doesn't wear
out. It grows with use. Not long
before his death I asked Thomas A.
Edison how he kept his youthful
outlook. He had been talking, at 82,
of things he was going to do next.
"You can keep your brain young
by working it hard," he replied. "It
grows in power with use. The only
things that grows old about a man
is hii body. If my stomach holds
out I'll be inventing new things and
better things at 100."
I am convinced that Edison was
right. Of course, some men stop
thinking, others never did use their
brains much. But the man who has
a good brain and uses it to its limit
grows in ability as time goes on.
YOUTH and ambition
It is characteristic of youth that
everything seems important to the
young. That is natural, for every
thing is new to the young. Nothing
like it ever happened before. Wars
and depressions and hard times and
debt and grand ideas for making
the world over make a; strong im
pression on youth because they are
novel experiences.
In my own youth I used to hear
the ancient proverb: "A man's a
fool till he's forty." I didn't believe
it, of course. Youth never believes
that its elders know anything about
its problems. But after a man has
reached middle age he begins to
realize that all the things that he
used to get so excited about were
an old story to his parents. They
had been through the mill and knew
the answers. And the answers were
nothing like what youth thought
they were.
It is perhaps, a good thing that
youth does not know that most of
its dreams will never come true.! For
unless the young believed they could
accomplish miracles, they never
would try. And it is only by trying
to do the impossible that humanity
gets a little farther along with each
new generation.
GRADUATES . . . jobs waiting
I don't know how many young
men were graduated from the na
tion's colleges and universities this
June, but I hear a great deal of talk
about there being no jobs for them.
There seems to be an idea prevalent
that when a boy has finished college
the world ought to have his pigeon
hole ready for him to crawl into and
be safe and secure for the rest of his
life.
That never was true and it never
will be true. There are just as many
Jobs for the really competent as
there ever were. Look around you
If you don't believe that, and see if
you find a man who is actually in
dustrious, ambitious and competent
who hasn't got something to do.
I talked the other day with the
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IMTFOOD .
WELL PREPARED
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vice-president of one of the big oil
companies. "We can't get hold of
enough ambitious young men to man
our filling stations as we would like
to have t">e»*» manned," he said. "If
you know any college boys looking
for a chance to start in the oil busi
ness, send them to me."
LIFE two views
Life is whatever we choose to
make it. I know two young married
women who live in the same suburb.
One is the happiest person I know,
the other one of the most unhappy.
The happy one is a college graduate,
whose husband earns SIOO a week as
an electrical engineer. They are
paying for their home, raising two
children. They keep no servant, own
a Ford car, and the wife finds time
to serve on the school board, pretty'
nearly runs the local woman's club
and be the "fixer" to whony all sorts
of people come with their troubles.
The unhappy woman is married
to a man whose income is $25,000 a
year. They have no children, but
keep three servants and two big cars.
She is the best-dressed woman in
their town. She spends a lot of mon
ey giving entertainments and par
ties. People go because they get
plenty to eat and drink, but I hear
folks say that to have to listen to
her complaints of imaginary troubles
is a high price to pay for a dinner.
Life, as I said, is what you make
It.
RUBBER from gas
The discovery by the research
laboratory of the Du Pont Company
of a way to make a substitute for
rubber out of gas is one more proof
of the value of pure science. Only
chemists familiar with every phase
of that complex science would have
dreamed of the possibility that you
can heat coal and limestone and
from the calcium carbide thus ob
tained produce acetylene gas by
adding water, and then by adding
salt get a new chemical, chloroprene
which coagulates into a substance
which, while not real rubber, makes
just as good automobiles tires as
rubber does.
Natural rubber is so cheap now
that it doesn't pay to use this new
product. But if another war should
send rubber up to $2 a pound, as the
last one did, or even an eighth of that
prcie, the United States would be in
dependent of the South America and
East Indian rubber growers.
Now almost the only things that
we have to import are things we could
get along without in case of war, such
as coffee, tea and chocolate
PLANE and Russia
A good many people seemed sur
prised that Russia should be able to
build an airplane carrying forty pas
sengers. The new "Maxim Gorky"
with eight engines of 7,000 horse
power is reported to be a great suc
cess. Most Americans have forgot
ten, apparently that the largest
plane that had ever been built any
where until after the great war was
the giant Sikorsky plane in 1913.
Sikorsky, the Russian designer,
came to America after the war and
built some of the best planes we
have turned out.
The war, instead of stimulating
commercial aviation, set it back
many years, by centering attention
on military planes, which have to
be totally different from commer
cial planes. Passenger and express
planes did not really get a fair start
until the old war planes had been
scrapped.
The first public flight of an air
plane was only 26 years ago, in
June, 1908, when Glenn Curtiss flew
the "June Bug" at Kammondsport,
N. Y. Considering all that has
happened since, we've gone a long
way in flying, but there is a long
way to go yet.
MOVIES .... house cleaning
There is great promise in the la
test move to "clean up" the movies.
The Federated Council of Churches
of Christ in America, representing
practically all of the Protestant de
nominations, has joined forces with
the Council of Roman Catholic
Bishops to take direct and aggres
sive action to safeguard the morals
of the young folk who constitute the
bulk of the movie audiences.
It is time that the churches, as
the source of moral instruction, took
a position in the matter of the
movies from which they cannot be
cajoled by the powerful political and
financial interests which fatten on
the distortion of the truth and the
debasement of ideals
BARUCH .... picks np pen
My old friend Bernard M. Baruch
has shaken off all of his business con
nection and will devote the rest of
his life to writing his memoirs.
They ought to make interesting
reading. A native South Carolinian,
son of a Jewish surgeon in the Con
federate Army, "Bernie" Baruch
made himself one of the most power
full figures in finance, as well as one
of the richest men in the country.
When the war came, he was one
of the first to volunteer his services
to the President Wilson, and chair
man of the War Industries Boar and
general financial and business ad
visor to the Administration, he
played a part in the war as im
portant as that of any general in
the field.
If Mr. Baruch will set down all
that he knows about the "inside"
of Wall Street and of the other ac
tivities which have occupied his life,
THE ELKPJ TRIBITNIS, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
And Now A Hen Goes
And Lays An Egg
Shaped Like A P-Nut
What with all the bens trying
to outdo one another in laying
freak eggs, the matter is getting
serious.
Because it's one thine for a hen
to lay an egg weighing one
fourth pound, but an entirely dif
ferent thing for a hen to lay an
egg shaped like a Manut.
Somebody ought put a stop
to it. «
But is thereAiyone present who
knows how a stop to such
goings on?
Anyway, there comes a story
from one of The Tribune corres
pondents who reports as follows:
"Since seeing what you had to
say some time ago about that
wonderful egg in The Tribune, a
hen belonging to Preacher Russ
has come forth intending not to
be outdone and has produced an
egg that resembles a large peanut.
(Editor's Note: Can you imagine?
Tsk, tsk). It is some two inches
long and about one-half inch in
diameter in the middle and is
larger at each end. So Yadkin
county claims to jure it on the
Surry hen after al"
For all our correspondent knows
the Surry hen may not have been
half trying. Time will tell.
it will be one of the most important
books ever written.
HOUSES cost too much
Most houses cost tq. much. Ev
erybody who has given serious study
to the subject of housing agreees to
that. Better houses can be built for
lesss money, and the day is coming
when everyone will realize that. I
don't know how long it will take be
fore one can buy a house as one
buys an automobile, all ready to set
up and live in, but many folk predict
that is coming soon.
If automobiles were built with as
much waste of time and labor as
goes into most houses, the cheapest
car would cost $50,000 or so.
On the other hand, many houses
cost little enough. I read the other
day of a family in Serbia that built
itself a new house for 16 cents!
That was all the money they spent,
and it went for window-glass. The
men-folk of the family quarried the
stone, cut the wood, 'did all the
work and built a bigger house for a
growing family.
Some of my country neighbors
have done almost the same thing.
Good houses, too, they have con
structed with their Own hands. That
was the way almost every house in
America was built, in the pioneer
days, and some of them are still
livable. My own farm home, built
in 1786 is good for another hundred
years or more. I think we are go
ing to see a return to simpler and
less expensive housing for everybody.
Charles W. Gilliam
Dies At His Home
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attended faithfully since its organi
zation. For the past thirty years he
had served as church clerk and was
a leading factor in the church and
Sunday school work. '
The deceased was a son of the
late John Gilliam and Mrs. Nancy
Adams Gilliam, pioneer settlers of
the Bethel community.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Laura Rose Gilliam, and the follow
ing sons and daughters: Mrs. W.
A. Stroud, Wilkesboro; Mrs. W. H.
Jones, Mrs. James Stroud and Wil
liam Gilliam of Ronda; Don Gil
liam, of Elkin; Mrs. J. B. Armstrong
and Mrs. Louis Ferlazzo, of Wins
ton-Salem.
Funeral services were held Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock from Bethel
Baptist church in charge of the pas
tor, Rev. Richard Pardue, assisted by
Rev. John Burcham and interment
was in the church cemetery. A
throng of friends from Wilkes and
surrounding counties attended the
services.
Samuel R. Swaim
Claimed By Death
(Continued From Page One)
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Ada Vestal Swaim, an adopted
daughter, Mrs. Ruth Messick; one
brother, W. J. Swaim, attorney-at
law, Winston-Salem; one half
brother, M. J. Bryant, of Jonesville;
one sister, Mrs. P. D. Groce, of
Jonesville, and one half-sister, Mrs.
William Hanes, of State Road.
Funeral services were held Tues
day morning at 10 o'clock from Fall
Creek church, in charge of Rev. J.
B. Ray, a former pastor, and inter
ment was in the church cemetery.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION
This is to certify that I have sold
my interest in Graham & Click Co.,
of Elkin, N. C. to Claude H. Farrell.
All accounts due this ffrm are pay
able to the present owners and all
outstanding indebtedness and obli
gations, as well as all future obli
gations are the liabilities of Claude
H. Parrell.
P. W. GRAHAM.
8-2 June 25, 1934.
YADKIN MAN HAD
WHISKY IN AUTO
Earl Vestal To Face
Several Charges When
Tried Saturday
A hearing is scheduled for Satur
day for Earl Vestal, of Boonville,
who got in trouble Friday, July 13.
He is charged with reckless driving,
transporting and possession of whis
ky, and failing to transfer an auto
mobile title within ten days.
Vestal's arrest grew out of not
having a tail light. Ordered to stop
by Corporal W. B. Lentz, the man
speeded up and then jumped from
his car and ran when the patrolman
closed in upon him. Eight gallons
of booze were found in the rear
of the car.
Vestal was later arrested by a
Yadkin deputy. He will be tried be
fore Magistrate J. S. Hinson, of
Jonesville.
Hope To Stage
Cattle Show On
October 18th
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ted that he hopes to have the date
set for October 18, which will be the
day of the first night of the fair,
and which will draw a large crowd
of Guernsey cattle owners from
throughout the State.
The directors voted to incorporate
the fair, Miss Neaves said.
I Get Your
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AT
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I MAIN STREET ELKIN, N. C.
=
Big Reduction In
Summer Merchandise
At PENNEY'S
Just A Few Left!
Pre-Shrunk
litZ Just what you want this hot weather!
The coolest outfit in town. Whites and
' greys. And at what a low price!
Smooth-fitting! Full Cut! t'
Shirts CJShorts :
BALLOON Fast col
or stripes! 3-button yoke front. £ly y
Elastic sides—nothing cuts or binds. NwßffPm/s Reduced To Clear! I
Swiss ribbed, combed cotton shirts
—elastic knit! Long length. They / • Men's
won't bunch! STRAW
/£?• -n. Men! Wm iU ? WHITES!J} n j
Sport OXFORDS
Two-tones! Perforated styles! _
* lWrTwwut «wry pair of ttwm! j
\W« 'a MVjrwhcn with row lam- /
■ clothes! Scores of two-tone iS I//
r Lots of wine tips! Built for / /
several ssmop*s wmrl Sties S to 1L I Vifri n&'-I-V (J
Ladies' White Shoes
BLOOMERS J C PENNEYCO AL L STYLES a _
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--'--jjf ELKIN, N. C.
v this low figure.
Is Believed That
Jonesville Woman
Was Given Poison
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same man, and that it was his be
lief that the other woman poisoned
the Chat woman through jealousy,
if such was the case.
Deputy Evridge stated he was pre
paring to go to Cooleemee after this
woman, expecting to leave Wednes
day afternoon.
It is understood the body, which
was buried in the Jonesville colored
cemetery Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock, may be exhumed for an ex
amination of the stomach.
Blanketeers Whip
North Wilkesboro
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and Davis; Chatham: Mcllwee,
Halteman, Southard and Parker.
The Chatham Blanketeers copped
the three-game series with the New
York All Stars here Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, overcoming leads
in both the first and second games
to win. The visitors were shut out
Saturday by Lefty Southard.
In the first game Chatham came
from behind to win 6 to 4. Mcllwee
pitched a beautiful game, allowing
the New Yorkers a total of eight hits.
Davis and Hambright hit home runs
for the Blanketeers. Parker got two
hits out of four trys. Peters led the
attack for New York.
Friday's game was more bitterly
fought, with the game going ten in
nings before a homer by Hambright
Thursday, July 26. 1934
with two on won for Elkin 8-9.
Stockton relieved Halteman in the
third inning and pitched good ball.
In the final game the Blanketeers
again won, the score standing at
4-0 as a result of a hitting spree in
the second inning off Steelman and
Broyick. Steelman was hit on the
arm by a liner by Munday, sustain
ing a fracture.
Southard, pitching for Elkin, was
never in trouble. Davis and Munday
led the hitting for Chatham, Davis
getting his customary homer. Judge
led the attack for New York.
A Corn-Hog Control Association
has been organized in Hyde County
with 125 members who have signed
the adjustment contracts.
Blue mold was discovered in a to
bacco plant bed in Greens County
on April 14. The county agent is
recommending sunshine and nitrate
of soda as a remedy.
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