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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Published Every Thursday by ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Elkin, N. C; THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1935 Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C„ as second-class matter. C. S. FOSTER - - President H. F. LAFFOON Secretary-Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER TEAR In the State $1.50 Out of the State, $2.00 National 5P Editorial Assu ciatien Fulk's Appointment / It was not oversight, but inexcusable neg lect, this failure of ours to acknowledge the hon or that has come to this county in the selection of Arthur Fulk,-one of our fellow citizens, as di rector 'of the newly formed division of highway safety. We join with-The Mount Airy Times in commending Mr. Fulk to the State, and subscribe to the pronouncement of Editor Ashby when he says: "We feel confidence that he was selected on the basis of merit and potential capacity, and that his tenureship of the new and untried office will reflect credit on both the director and the higher official who was responsible for' his se lection." The Times editor castigates a communica tion appearing in one of the State dailies recent ly in which the writer, signing himself "Josiah Hicks", of Mount Airy, said things not exactly complimentary of Mr. Fulk. The Times declares that no such person is among the voters regis tered in this county, and therefore must have written anonymously, which moved the editor to * say: "Our failure to find anyone who is acquain ted with the gentleman, moves us to say that he is the rankest example of cowardliness and the incident demonstrates the per se attempt of pre meditated ambushing on the part of some can tankerous, crass shyster who didn't have the in testinal fortitude to come out in the open with his public expressions, or who thought he was smart enough to get away with it by faking a name." If our name happened to be Josiah Hicks for a day, we'd go over there and scare that Ashby boy, purty nigh to death, for writing the latter part of that piece. Graham For Liquor Control Sandy Graham, one of the candidates for the Democratic nomination for governor in the 1936 campaign has announced that he is in fa vor of a state system of liquor control. His action will probably make liquor control one of the out standing issues in the campaign, and if other candidates elect to get on the other side of this mooted question, we will be in for a lot of rouse ments in 1936. Graham says that he favors the enactment of a state alcoholic control system at the next session of the legislature and application of the revenue to be derived from liquor to the removal of the sales tax on food. He says that the state control system should be based on the principal of local option, so that the voters of every coun ty could express their views on the question. Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, another announced candidate for governor, and a champion of the dry cause, has not committed himself on the li quor issue since announcing his candidacy, but doubtless at what he considers the proper time will have something to say on the subject. Hoey is liberal minded, and while he stands four square for what he thinks is right, he grants to others the right to their opinion, and should he set himself in opposition to any sort of compro mise with liquor by the state, he will do so with out bitterness and undue prejudice. Hoey is built that way. In his persuasive manner he will pro bably be able to maintain whatever position he takes on the liquor question. Anyhow, as Mcßae, another candidate for Governor has suggested, it would be just .as well to mark time before selecting the candidate we will support, wait and stand them all up in a row with their platform in plain view, and after siz ing them all up, like they do at a horse show, scoring them for good points and bad, pick the winner and go down the line for him. "Regimentation" Both Democrats and Republicans raised the cry of "regimentation" and "socialization" while opposing the farm tenant loan bill in the Senate, but those words failed to terrify and the bill passed by a vote of 45 to 32. • . The Statesville Daily, commenting on the frequent use of the word "regimentation" says: "You may have noticed, as some of us think we h?ve, that danger of regimentation and all the others, appear only when it is proposed to put up a bunch of federal funds to help poor folks, to enable them to get homes, or to help theirf In some other way. "Mofiey can be expended for large enter prises that will help those who have, and that isn't regimentation—it is a useful and proper expenditure. The idea seems to be that helping poor folks might get them above their station. They can call it what they wish, but if these loans are made they will help some of the beneficiaries, and those who come after them, to better things. Not all of them can be helped. It is impossible to help some people, and not all the helpless are •mong the commonality, either." But opposing politicians find the use of reg imentation" effective as a word that conveys just enough of vagueness to be convincing. Called opon to put their finger on just what they mean bj it, they would not be able to tell you, but just as long as it or any similar vagary can function as a scare-crow it will continue to be used. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKENf. NORTH CAROLINA Cleaning: Up the Ether The Federal Communications Commission will proceed with charges against a number of radio stations recently cited for advertising an objectionable "obesity cure", an alleged fat-re ducing drug which had been condemned by the Federal Commission, banned by the Postoffice Department and declared by the Supreme Court unsafe for physical health, save under competent direction. This action against these stations is hailed as the beginning of the cleaning up of the ether in response to a growing demand for more dras tic measures in dealing with radio advertising of patent nostrums. And the man who takes his seat by his radio set in anticipation of an enjoy able period of his own selection, will voice a hearty "amen". The manufacturer of this particular nostrum had been cited in fraud order proceedings brought by the Postoffice Department and had .stipulated that it would go out of business and cease its mail distribution. Subsequently, however the com pany reorganized, changed its name, arranged with drug stores to handle its product, and turned to the radio to create a demand. And the radio stations, eager for the dough, sold their service without questioning the merits of the medicine, or caring what damage it does to those who fall for the ballyhoo. According to official testimony of the Ameri can Medical Association, in the files of the com mission, whfit is true of this preparation is also true of many other nostrums now being adver tised every day, and a gullible public is bulging the pockets of the makers with hard-earned dol lars. If the Federal Communications Commission can clear the air of some of these parasites for no other reason than to bring a little peace to the radio listener, it will have justified its existence. Robot-Controlled Planes Great Britain lays claim to the successful construction of the first entirely robot airplane fleet in the world, potentially one of the most lethal of all modern war methods. Although the planes cannot as yet go more than ten miles from the controlling radio station, they can be cata pulted from a warship, fly to a city, dump an entire planeload of bombs, return and land on the water without risking the presence of a flier on the ship. Or old planes could be loaded to the limit with explosive and crashed in the middle of a city or other military objective. Arthur Brisbane declares that the next war will be fought from the air, and this begins to look like he is right. There is every reason to believe that if planes may be controlled by radio for a distance of .ten miles, they will eventually be so controlled within a radius of many times that number of miles. And if robot planes come to be an important factor 1 in warfare they will be used to strike at strategic points—cities of national importance— in order to strike terror in the hearts of the peo ple. Naturally robots will not take time to dif ferentiate between material assets and women and children, and war will thus bring slaughter and death to the innocent. Isn't it a pity that, in developing aviation to the nth degree, our leaders could not bend their efforts to the production of commercial carriers carriers without first stressing them as poten tial death machines. They and the public become so imbued with the idea that the robot-controlled airplane is primarily a fighting machine that it automatically becomes dedicated to that purpose, and somebody begins planning to put it into ac tual use. And isn't it a pity that nations cannot see the absolute futility and usefulness of war, any way ? • / The Republican Problem William Allen White, editor of the Emporia, Kansas, Gazette, and a stalwart Kansas prairie Republican, says: "It seems to me that the essence of the Re publican problem is: 'how to redistribute our na tional income by due process of law, under the Constitution, so that the two-fifths now in the low consumption group will become consumers on some thing like the same living standard on which the middle class eat, wear clothes, are housed, enjoy luxuries and provide for their children's education and their own security against the shocks of un employment, old age and ill health.' That is a long sentence and a large order. But it is possible under the competitive capitalistic system. "When that spread of national income is achieved, we need not worry about surplus produc tion. We will be able to consume as efficiently as we produce . , . We must use the tariff as a weapon of distribution; we must use taxation as an agency of human welfare. We must socialize many un social forces." Looking at this pronouncement through oth er than Republican glasses it seems that Editor White's credo smacks considerably of New Deal objectives. In fact he admits as much, except that he says: "This kind of Republicanism would go after the same objectives, only there would not be the haste." His declaration concerning the tariff is ini teresting and plausible. Instead, of serving main ly the cause of protection to production, the tar iff would become a weapon of distribution. By judicious flexing of the tariff, world trade might be stimulated and jobs created, and farmers' in comes could be maintained by protecting world markets through reciprocal tariffs. Maybe half the world doesn't know how the other half lives, but they're always trying to find out. Streamlined anything cannot be said to be a modern hobby. Take now, the turtle, which has furnished the inspiration for today's motor cars —he's been streamlined for centuries. 9 The Spirit of '35 by A. B. Chapin John Franklin Harp Passes Away Tuesday John Franklin Harp, 17, died sud denly Tuesday morning about ten o'clock from a heart ailment. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harp, of the Lone Hickory community of Yadkin county, form erly of Elkin. Funeral services were held Wed nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from Flat Rock Baptist chtffrch in Yadkin county, and interment was in the church cemetery. He is survived by his parents, four brothers, Ellis, Raymond, Tom and Jack Harp and one sister, Mrs. Jes sie Alexander. String Music Program At Roaring Gap Sunday The "Hilly Billy Kid," accompan ied by two other radio entertainers from Station WBT, Charlotte, gave a program of string music at the fish hatchery at Roaring Gap Sun day. It was estimated that approxi mately 3,000 people were present for the entertainment, which was sponsored by W. R. Skaggs, direct or of the hatchery. TO SPEND $8,000,000,000 Washington, June 30. —A fresh till stocked with more than $8,000,000,- 000 was opened by the new deal to night for spending in the financial year beginning tomorrow. In this new fiscal period of 1936, President Roosevelt has estimated the government would use $8,520,- 000,000 of which he allotted $4,582,- 000,000 to "recovery and relief." Against this sum the treasury ex pected to collect only $3,991,000,000 in revenues to leave a deficit of $4,- 528,000,000. NATIONS IN RACE London, June 30. "Mystery planes roared through warlike man euvers over secret European testing fields today as leading powers en gaged in a scramble for air suprem acy. Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Russia and others have speeded up their research and ex panded aerial programs. They ♦are turning out and testing scores of models of advanced planes of all sorts. • ADMITS KILLING Detroit, June 30.—William Lee Ferris, hotel habitue and man of many aliases, admitted at police headquarters today. Chief of Detec tives Fred W. Frahm announced at daybreak, that he shot and killed Howard Carter Dickinson, prominent New York attorney last Thursday morning. Ferris insisted, however, Frahm said that the shooting was done with a revolver he seized from Dickinson's hand. JOIN WET PARADE Raleigh, July 2.— New Hanovefr and Craven counties voted to day to Join the North Eastern Carolina wet parade. Meanwhile the state's first legal liquor store in 26 years completed its first day of business at Wilson. Complete unofficial re t urns showed 5,403 voters favoring county liquor control in New Han over and 1,014 opposed. The Craven oompiete unofficial count was 2,329 wet, and 565 (try. 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