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p 1,11.11.. .. . i % . > . i ' • "i - . —■ * , THE ELKIN TRIBUNE ✓ • Published Every Thursday by ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Elkin, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1937 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 YEAR In the State, $1.50 Oat of the State, $2.00 When the breakfast bell rings there is plenty of reason to believe that they've gone and streamlined sleep, too. When a wife quits worrying about her figure it means that she's about decided to let the Old Man have his fling with the gals. You are wrong, Hortense! That new? story about the prize calf had no reference whatever to a bathing beauty. One thing about the wealthy brethren: If they live long enough they will have the pleasure of seeing the government squander their fortunes. That much-discussed power project was properly named when they called it "Buz zard Roost," if the way the lawyers are hov ering over it means anything. If installment buying is ruining the country as they say, why doesn't somebody pass a law prohibiting the requirement of the down-payment. That would simplify matters for a lot of us. A War That Would Pay A world war veteran in Indiana wrote his local newspaper an interesting letter commenting on the Memorial Day festivi ties and concluded his communication with this well-put paragraph: "If this country must go to war, I think I am speaking the thoughts of the war-wound ed veterans when I say that it should declare war on disease, on poverty and on arid land. Let it be a war that will have for its object the clothing of one-third of the nation that are illy clad; the housing of the one-third that are illy housed; the employment at a liv ing wage of the one-third that are poorly paid. Then if the war be won, it will indeed be a glorious victory." And a glorious victory that would pay infinitely greater dividends than the last war we fought. And it would be a war that instead of leaving human wrecks and wid owed mothers there would be contented cit izens contributing their share to the na tion's worth. But wars cost money, and the battle against disease and poverty and arid lands is no exception. Clothing and housing and providing a living wage for the one-third that have little or none of these, requires a readjustment of our economic system. And you Just let some ambitious soul begin plan ning that readjustment; let him offer a far flung program designed to meet these needs, and at once he becomes an impossible dream er, a communist, or what else have you. A war with such aims finds those who stand to profit from the other kind of war, setting their shoulder firm against it, con tributing naught in cost or co-operation. Mr. Maxwell Warns 'Em We reckon that Commissioner Maxwell welcomed the opportunity to have the rep resentative merchants of North Carolina in a huddle where he could tell them what will be expected of them during the next two years. Addressing the North Carolina Mer chants Association in New Bern last week, Mr. Maxwell announced that the merchants may, if they want, use "tokens" in fraction al denominations in order to [remove the in equity of small purchases. As long as this is optional with the merchants, tokens will not have general adoption and this will add to the confusion. And we are not so certain that the customer will set much store by them anyway. • . And so this "token" business is little more than a gesture, made to take some of the punch out of the kicking against the sales tax. Come another campaign against the sales levy and Mr. Maxwell can say, in reply to that embarassing protest about the ten per cent that is being collected in some instances, that the revenue department had provided against that, and is not to blame if the proposal was not embraced. But the most significant thing about Mr. Maxwell's address was his announce ment that merchants who chisel and hold out on the State will soon be finding them selves in a heck of a mess. He says that adequate funds have been provided and an (efficient fotce of auditors and ' field men will be used to bring about a closer and com jxtete observance of this law, making it vir- True, Mr. Maxwell is kind enough to ad- Mit that not all merchants are thieves, but his warning is not at all softened by the fact that he was and is addressing a body of men who have been burdened with col lecting this money for the State—without pay. Instead of pleasant "much oblige to you for your help," Mr. Maxwell tells the merchants that he and his adequate funds and competent field men are going after them; going to make them toe the mark. But it is a law, and as such should be observed and enforced—equitably. There has been chiseling by some merchants who have set out purposely to cheat; others are careless with their records as well as their collections, but as a whole the retail men of this state have measured up to what has been required of them with remarkable fair ness. If Mr. Maxwell's planning serves to remove all inequity, that will help a little, in handling this obnoxious toll. Tax Avoidance Congress lost little time in following the President's suggested investigation of the wholesale tax evasion by wealthy indi viduals. Senate and House promptly joined in providing for an official inquiry and those who follow the investigation may well expect some spicy and entertaining reading. In his message to Congress proposing such an investigation, President Roosevelt listed some of the devices and practices used by the big-wig financiers and gave the in vestigators plenty to start with, and wljen they hit their stride they will likely find that the big boys went hog-wild with their tricks. The little fellow who came across hon estly and honorably with the government toll on his five and ten thousand dollar in come, didn't know that others were incor porating their yachts and working deduc tions that cheated the government out of un told millions; didn't know all the other tricks of the trade that seemed to make tax evasion easy for the shrewd and unscrupu lous. But now they will see how it was done, and maybe they will know how it feels to be able to laugh last. For this investigation will not serve its full purpose if there is not recovery of some of these avoided taxes as well as legislation that will prevent future evasion. But there are other leaks that should be stopped while the administration is about the business of calking the hull. And tex exempt securities is one of them. Billions of dollars worth of bonds, represent the in vestment of the wealthy who buy them sole ly because they are tax-exempt. It is their method of evading their just share of the burden of government and shunting it to the shoulders of those who are unable to make similar investment. Making government securities tax-ex empt may help in floating bond issues, but it diverts money from industry—money that industry needs in the creation of new val ues, which in turn would be subject to tax ation. Why not let borrowing be borrowing and taxation be taxation, each standing on its own feet? Perhaps if the government pays the regular market rate for money it needs —it may not need so much. As it is now tax exempt bonds actually invite the avoidance of taxes by the upper income brackets, and is being used as freely as incorporated yachts for this very purpose. All Messed Up Verily the choosing sides in making approach to North Carolina's liquor prob lem presents an interesting study. The alignment is so inconsistent that it bewild ers. Take now, the recent election in Alle ghany where the citizenry voted "dry" for the first time in decades. We have it on good authority that some of the mosst act ive workers at the polls against legalized liquor stores were men who were consider ably more than "moist," men who stood to profit by the elimination of this competition. In Charlotte it was openly charged that automobiles placarded with "dry" slogans took time out to make delivery of bootleg liquor, except when the urgency of voting time caused them to neglect their main bus iness. It is generally admitted that the bootleggers joined with the drys in Meck lenburg so effectively as to bring about the defeat of the control plan. It was charged, and denied, that legal ized liquor stores in South Carolina con tributed to the campaign expense fund in Mecklenburg on the theory that the estab lishment of such stores on this side of the line would hurt their business. But the most astonishing and paradox ical thing of it all is that now it is claimed liquor manufacturers themselves contributed to the war chest of the drys, for the pur pose of defeating liquor stores. This is said to have developed in, Wake county. This new and almost'unbelievable fac tor in the equation is explained this way: There are about five hundred brands of liquor brewed in this country, but not more than half of these brands are on the prefer ential list in North Carolina. That leaves two hundred and fifty manufacturers out in the cold—all dressed up and nowhere to go. So if they are to get any business out of North Carolina, it will have to come through illegal channels, and what is more natural than that they should join forces with those whp are engaged in the effort to keep the bootleg channel of competition free from any sort of obstruction. Arrtl how better than to say it with simoleons? Truly, things are in a mess in North Carolina. m m A- r - -.*• ' y - s;V' ■ ; TWF, FT/KTN TRTRTTNE. KT/KIN. NORTH CAROLINA FIRESIDE PHILOSOPHY (By C. M. Dickson) A serious question: Is the sup ply of the "salt of the earth" be ing exhausted? There is at least a similarity, if not an analogy, between a well behaved monkey and a degener ate man. Always visible—one's own good traits and the other fellow's bad ones. A true demonstration of funda- | mental modern ism is for the children to dic tate the policies parents and their teachers. The preach er's deadline is the point where he criticizes the "individual rights" of the members who pay his salary. It is hard to tell which is hard er to eat that which a person dis likes or to refuse to eat that which he does like. Oftentimes a girl who can or nament the parlor would make a mess in the kitchen. . #■ Nothing is more certain than uncertainty. What a wonderful possession for one to have religion and not know it! The worst kind of slavery, per haps, is the kind that a person thrusts upon himself. Well equipped for life a boy with a bat, a ball, and a bottle, and a girl with a cigarette, her gum, and her rouge. It's provoking to be able to cross a mountain and then stum ble over a tiny pebble. Why not have some "tech downs" in Math and English? If all the money changers were thrown out of the temples, no reserved seats would be need ed to seat the congregations. If a person's heart is where his treasure is, where is his heart if he has no treasure? Until just before election, poli ticians do not know how pretty the children are, how well the women cook, how many kinsmen they have—in fact, the "whole world is akin," and they just love everybody. Creeping paralysis is a disease of the soul as well as of the body. To lose often means to win. "Breechlets"—breeches without legs. If blessings come in disguise, we naturally want them unmask ed as early as possible. FINDS FEW DISEASED APPfcES AND PEACHES Apple and peach diseases are fairly well under control in pied mont and mountain orchards of the State, said Dr. Luther Shaw, extension plant pathologist at State College. He found "an excellent set of fruit" in all orchards visited on a recent trip through the middle and western parts of the State. To make more sure of getting a good harvest, however, growers should continue a systematic spray program. Two extension circulars, "Spray Calendar for Apples," and "Spray Calendar for Peaches," should be in the hands of every grower, Dr. Shaw stated. Free copies may be obtained from the agricultural editor at State College. ESQUIRE CLUB IS TO STAGE ANNUAL DANCE Mount Airy, June 15. The Club Esquire is completing ar rangements this week for its an nual Collegiate Ball to be held at the Mount Airy Country Club Thursday evening, June 17, from 10 until 2 o'clock. John Peddicord and his orches tra, of Winston-Salem, with Reg inald Marshall, tenor soloist, will furnish music for the dance. The orchestra, now featuring late var iations in swing music, has play ed in Mount Airy a number of times and is well known to young people in this section of the State. *u :i •' hi • ! Patronise Tribune advertisers. They offer rau values. "Captains Courageous"- by a. b. chapin MANY S. S. CLAIMS NOW BEING FILED 24 Have Been Filed With The Winston Social Secur ity Office SHOULD HAVE NUMBERS \ Claims for lump-sum and death payments under the Federal old age benefits program are being received by the Social Security Board at the rate of 250 a day from the Winston-Salem office and the 139 other field offices of the Board throughout the coun try, Mr. J. N. Freeman, manager of the Winston-Salem office at the Nissen Building said today. Three weeks ago the daily aver age was 35 claims from all over the country. There have been 24 claims filed through the Winston-Salem of fice. At present the average num ber daily passing through the Re gion IV office is eighteen. These are not all the claims filed in Re gion IV, which comprises the Dis trict of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia and. West Virginia, inasmuch as some are filed directly with Board Headquarters by persons who are not aware of the help which will be given them by the Winston - Salem office or their nearest field office. "The attitude of the Social Se curity Board," Mr. Freeman said, "is expressed in the following statement made by it: "While it is not our intention to institute or originate claims, we stand ready to cooperate in every way neces sary when informed of the exist ence of a bona fide claimant. "Information about the exist ence of a claimant may be com municated with the Winston-Sa lem field office in an informal fashion either by the claimant or by a friend acting in his behalf. "The Board's policy of simpli fying claims procedure is shown by the fact that signed physic ians' or undertakers' statements will be accepted in place of offic ial death certificates. This will eliminate unnecessary expense to the claimant. "Certification for payment of claims now being presented is supplementary to the iqajor phase of the program which begins in 1942 with the payment of month ly retirement benefits to qualified workers aged 65 or over. As the number of beneficiaries increas es, it becomes increasingly im portant for every eligible worker to possess a social security ac count number, since the pay ments are made on the basis of all wages received by the worker which can be counted toward benefits and recorded in his social security account." Not In Stock. "You can get anything at a mailorder house," remarked the lady next door. "Everything, alas, but a male,' sighed the spinster. Could Beat It , Snaffle—l've worked under the same boss fior 20 years. Snaggle—l can beat that—it's my silver wedding anniversary next week. TWO AUCTION SALES TO BE HELD NEAR ELKIN Two auction sales, both to be conducted by Thomas Bros. Auc tion Co., of Greensboro, will be held near Elkln Saturday, June 19th. The first auction will see the sale of wooded home sites and small tracts in Jonesville, the property known as the Cocker ham property. This sale will get under way Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The second sale will be held the same afternoon, beginning at 5:30 o'clock, near State Road, when 28 residential lots and 12 acres of land will be sold. This land is known as the John Q. Adams property. A good band will be present at both sales and valuable prizes will be given. Patronize Tribune advertisers. They offer real values. WAIMTS Ceiling Fan For Sale at a Bar gain price. Reece Barber Shop. ltp We have a small studio piano in your community that is like new that anyone may have by pay ing unpaid balance. Credit Dept., Box 262, Salisbury, N. C. 6-17 c Squibbs Mineral Oil, quart size 89c. Antacid Powder, large size 50c. Nyseptol, pint 49c. Gallon Mineral Oil $2.25. Turner Drug Co., Elkin. N. C. tfn FREE! If exce« acid causes you Stomach Ulcers, Gas Pains, In digestion, Heartburn, Belching, Bloating, Nausea, get free sam ple doctor's prescription, Udga, at Turner Drug Co. 6-3p Act quickly if you want this 1932 Chevrolet 4-door sedan at only $225.00. In fine condition and will give you thousands of miles of service. It's a real buy, so see it today! Elkin Motors, Inc., Elkin, N. C. ltc Do you want plenty of eg gn from strong, fast growing young chicks? If so feed Panamin. We have it. Abernethy's, A Good Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfn Here's a buy youll find hard to duplicate! 1934 V-8 Ford pick up that has seen good care and is in excellent condition thru out. The price is only $250.00. Elkin Motors, Inc., Elkin, N, C. For Sale: Threshing machine and baler. Priced right. All belts practically new. M. P. Holcomb, Boonville, Route 1. 6-17-p See the New Myers Traction Sprayer. It is a one-man, one horse, two-row Sprayer. It sprays from 10 to 15 acres daily. Casstevens Hardware Co., El kin, N. C. tfc If you have hauling problems, by all means see this 1931 A model Ford pick-up. In good me chanical condition, good tires and paint. Priced at only $225.00. Elkin Motors, me., Elkin, N. C. ltc Kin the bean beetle with Magne sium Arsenate and Arsenate Lead, we have it* Turner Drug ~Ob.,ln£, SSkln, N7C. * B-17T Thursday. Jane 17, 1937' Priced For Quick Sale —Twe 1935 V-8 Ford coupes. Each $325.00. Both of these cars are in first - class condition and ready to go. Good paint, tires, uphol stery. Both are real bargains at this low price. Elkin Motors, Inc., Elkin, N. C. ltc We buy scrap iron and metals. Double Eagle Service Co.. Elk in, N. C. tfc Wanted to repair radios. Our expert thoroughly knows his business. Prices right. Harris Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc If you are looking for an inexpen sive A model Ford coach, visit us and see the four- 1930 and 1931 coaches we have on sale. All are real buys and we'll make you a price that is right. Elkin Motors, Inc., Elkin, N. C. For Sale —Speed-O-Print dupli cating machine with automatic feed, $30.00. Stencils, inks, cor rection fluid, styli, lettering guide, paper, etc., included. Will sell for small down pay ment and rest on easy terms. S. E. Newman, Elkin, N. C. For Sale—l93s V-8 Ford sedan. This car is in excellent condi tion and represents a real bar gain. Good tires, paint, uphol stery. See it quick if you want -, it for only $400.00. Elkin Mo tors, Inc., Elkin, N. C. ltc For Sale—No 4 Guyser Threshing Machine; one Williams Corn Mill and Hammer Mill. M. W. Sparks, Cycle, N. C. 7-lp 1933 Chevrolet Coupe in fine me chanical condition to be .sold for only $250.00. A rare bar gain. Come in today and see it. Drive it for yourself. Elkin Motors, Inc., Elkin, N. C. ltc REAL ESTATE For Sale: 9 acre truck farm, 4 room house, barn, garage, chicken house, woodshed and other outbuildings. Good spring and orchard. 3 acres in pasture. 1-2 mile from Elkin city limits. Price SISOO. $750 cash, balance on easy terms. For anything in real estate or building see me. D. C. MARTIN Realtor and Contractor For Sale: Fancy cooking for par ties and special occasions. Pies, cakes, rolls, chess pies, etc. Call Mrs. Fred Colhard, telephone 319. ltp Piano—Have standard make pi ano stored, will sell at sacrifice. Cash or payments may be ar ranged responsible party. Full information, write, B. Coltrane, Wirvston-Salem, N. C., Box 335. 7-lc Wanted; AH grades poplar, oak, pine, maple logs, seven feet long, delivered to our Elkin plant. Can us them as small as six inches in diameter. Oak Furniture Co.'s Elkin plant, old Blltrite site, Elkin. N. C. tfc For Sale—One Fordson tractor In fine condition, with pulley and double disc harrow. Fidelity Fi nance Co., Elkin, N. C. 6-24 c HOMES FOR SALE 1-19-room house, outbuildings and 8 acres of land, SIBOO. 1-5-room home, large lot, $950. 1-6-room home, $2750. . 1-6-room home, $1650. ; . 1-6-room house, SIOOO. t |
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