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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Published Every Thursday by ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Elkin, N. C. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1938 Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as second-olass matter. C. 8. FOSTER.— Preddent H. F. LAFFOON Secretary Trearorer SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER YEAR In the State, $1.50 Oat of the State, 12.00 jr EM 8 B -U If one must take the news columns ser iously, France's "popular front" is anything else but. In a few days now we'll be hearing the warning about the danger of being over whelmed by a boom. After five thousand years of civilization he still tracks mud in the house and she still cusses him about it. We might have supported Charlie Mc- Carthy for President if he hadn't got mixed up in that Mae West affair. We reckon that if and when Robert Jackson becomes a candidate for something he will not object to a monopoly of votes. Senator Bailey reaJly ought to send a good stiff bill to the publishers of "The Sixty Families" for the publicity he gave them. We can no longer persuade ourself that the window envelopes we get in the mail first of the month contain Christmas cards. Evidently Justice Stanley Reed never witnessed a Ku-Klux parade from an up stairs window, else the Senators would have let us know about it. Nay, nay, Pauline! When that fellow was talking about the globule a day that keeps the doctor away, he wasn't talking about the Big Apple. When the economists finally succeed in confining auto sales to those who can af ford 'em, right off we'll be on the market for a second-hand bicycle. The County's Idle The preliminary report on total and par tial unemployment as revealed in the census conducted under the supervision of John D. Biggers, shows that when the census was taken in November, Surry county had a total of 823 totally unemployed and wanting work. Of these 569 were males and 254 females. Four hundred and twenty were engaged in work for the WPA, NY A, CCC, or other emergency agencies, apart from the number totally without work. The list of partly employed and wanting more work, totals 453, of which 378 are males and 75 females. These figures are for the information of our readers without comment or sermoniz ing, other than to note that the totals prob ably have been added to since the census was taken. Some of those listed, probably wouldn't be very enthusiastic about P job even if it were offered to them, unless it was one that suited their own notion. But to the major ity of them, enforced idleness means hunger and want. If the full list could be made available by the federal authorities, local cit izens might be able to help in no small way by finding some little something for most of them to do—a spreading of the work that would give some poor devil a chance to earn his way. The Main Objection Frank R. McNinch, chairman of the fed eral communications commission thinks that Mae West-Charlie McCarthy skit over the radio a few weeks back was too rotten to be a mistake. Elder McNinch had ordered a transcribed rendition of the program for the special benefit of himself and members of the commission. As Mr. McNinch put it: "The admitted ly objectionable character of these features is, in our opinion, attributable to the lack of proper conception of the high standards re quired for a broadcast program intended for reception in homes, schools, automobiles, religious and economic institutions, as well as hotels, clubs, trains and other places, reaching in the aggregate a larger number of people daily than any other means of communication and carrying its message to men, women and children of all ages." The skit complained of was not to be condemned so much by what was said as by how it was said—but goodness knows that was rotten enough in its suggestiveness, made so by Mae West's inimitable rendition of her lines. If we were commissioned to pass on the appropriateness of the program we would condemn it from another angle: When pro gram makers go out to make whoopee for their sponsors, we think they should find other sources than sacred history for their settings. This one took biblical records and distorted them to nauseating purpose; the Garden of Eden was transformed, for the purpose of this broadcast, into a modern ren dezvous for immoral recruits. . This, as much as anything else about it, has caused resentment even among those who are not religious prudes. ' We think Chairman McNinch muffed a good chance when he failed to suggest to the radio gentry that there is ample field for fun and frolic, without dragging in the Holy Bible. Silly and Indefensible So far as we are individually concerned, it may be that we are taking our filibusters too seriously, but we are growling about it because it gripes us beyond words, even if our so-called statesmen do seem to be enjoy ing it immensely. The stage again was occupied by South ern senators determined that there should be no anti-lynching bill, indicating that the South holds to the purpose of maintaining mob law as a sacred institution that the fed eral government must not interfere with. Our own senators have contributed their bit to the "discussion" serving as relays when another began to weaken. It remained for Senator Ellender, of Louisiana, to do double duty, speaking for a total of twenty five hours, without relinquishing the floor. These members of the "most delibera tive body on earth" only occasionally argue the merits of the bill. Instead, their chat ter carries them from Dan to Bersheba and back. They talk about the beauty of the mountains, the warts on somebody's nose, the ancient civilization of Egypt—anything under the sun that wi,ll serve to kill time. For these pseudo-statesmen are determined to block legislation which a majority of their colleagues are agreed should be passed. That is democracy with a vim. We have no special craving for the en actment of this anti-lynch legislation, al though we cannot see that it would hinder in the least if we are sincerely interested in stopping this inhuman practice—and we are. Its enactment would only mean that when proper protection is not afforded prisoners —in the South or out of it—and a lynching occurs, these law-enforcement units would be answerable to the federal government. An interference with states' rights, yes, but an interference in the name of decency and sane government. We were only too glad to let the federal authorities come and get our bad man Bill Payne when we didn't have what it took to get him ourselves. That, too, is in terference with our prerogatives. What we are trying to say is that we are not deploring this filibuster because of its immediate purpose, but because it is sil ly, undemocratic, and the most disgustingly nauseating practice that can be conceived and approved as a rule of procedure in our legislative halls. And that is what we pay 'em 20 cents a mile to go to Washington to do! Maybe We're Wrong Who would think that the peaceful lit tle river that ambles along so contendtedly right here in our own back yard should be pitching the whole State on" its ears as it makes its way to the briny deep? The Federal Power Commission calls it a factor of navigation after it changes its name to Pee Dee, down in South Carolina, and for this reason becomes a protege of the federal government and consequently not to be disturbed in its course except under cer tain rules and regulations. Getting down to the point: The Caro lina Aluminum Company proposes to build an additional power plant at Tuckertown; the power commission holds that because this development might effect navigation farther down, the Mellon concern will first have to secure license to build the dam and submit to certain rules and regulations deemed necessary for navigable streams. The Carolina Aluminum Company ob jects to this restraint; the Governor of North Carolina calls it an unjustified exer cise of federal power and the attorney-gen eral is co-operating with the corporation's lawyers in an effort to overthrow the power commission's decision. It is generally conceded that the alumi num company has the right to appeal to the courts, but that the State is not qualified to join in the protest. So Senator Bailey announces that he will "pass a law" so the State may lend its influence in the fight against the federal government. Mind you the Federal Power Commis sion does not prohibit the building of the dam across the Yadkin. (There are already three-four such dams.) It simply says that it must be built under federal license and subject to the supervision that has been deemed necessary as a protection of the peo ple against any possible challenge of their rights. Then why all this scheming to patch up the law to make it more favorable to a big corporation that would turn one of our nat ural resources to its own profit? It is un derstandable that the aluminum company should want a free hand; it is understand able, too, that North Carolina, eager for the benefits that w«uld come from additional industry in payrolls and taxes, would want to smooth the way; it is also understand able that former corporation lawyers, now in high place, would lean to the aluminum company viewpoint and want to help the State keep federal hands off. But that doesn't alter the fact that if federal supervision of these * natural re sources is defendable and right, then the program should not be warped to suit the whim of a powerful corporation, bent on hav ing its own way. We are just about alone in saying this, but we're saying it, anyhow. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA FIRESIDE PHILOSOPHY (By C. M. Dickson) "Mannishness" Intensified a girl smoking a cigarette. A hound just because he is "grey" has no more right to vio late the traffic laws than if he were any other color. Some women prefer to be boss ed by a "dictator" in an offfce than by a husband in the home. Real womanhood in disguise | —a young girl who is modest and | reserved. The person who thinks he can lose a year and make it up, is an idiotic mon strosity. A bird had about as well have no wing than to just have one. When a man tries to raise the other fellow, he automatically raises himself. If, perchance, opportunity knocks at the door of a person more than once, each succeeding knock becomes fainter and faint er. If a man can't take a "licking" occasionally, the chances are he will never lick many other people. So far as results are concerned a '"couldn't" and a "wouldn't" "wouldn't" amount to the same thing—nothing. It's better to shoot at the right target and miss it than to hit the wrong one. m A "one-way" mind is similar to a one-way drive. It may get you therl but it may not get you back. A "repealer" plank should, at least, be in the background of ev ery political platform. When a person quits attending church, his religious blood-pres sure runs low. There are two kinds of rebels— one who rebels against wrong; the other against right. One has to live in darkness and get real hungry before he can appreciate light and food. -A person may feel well, but not feel good, and vice versa. If one does not feel justified in saying, in the language of Paul, "I have fought a good fight," he should, at least, say, I have fought a HARD fight. No goal should be satisfactory to one's self, if he hasn't spoken or written some word, or perform ed some act that will cause some one to do better. The following is the list of honor students for the fourth month of West Yadkin school. Also the honor students for the first semester of the year: WEST YADKIN HONOR ROLL FOURTH MONTH First grade: Harrel Wagoner, Ralph Cook, Carol Jean Brandon, Louise Randleman, Margaret Del lia steelman, Mina Lee Wagoner, Olene Swaim. Leo Myers, Gerry Boles, Sue Johnson, Gladys Wright, Faye Howard. Second Grade: Lucille Macy, Ellen Johnson, Mattie Gay Weatherman, Moline Pardue, Jack Dobbins, Ray Dobbins, Joe Pin nix, Ruby Messick. Third grade: Allen Brooks, Rondal Riley, B. Pratt Scraggs, Carl Shore, Harold Caudle. Har old Lee Wagoner, Mary Ruth Key. Blllle Sue Relnhardt. Hester Windsor. Fourth grade: Edwina Rein hardt, Jacqueline Thompson. Ray Carter, Odell Riley. Fifth grade: Mildred Salmons. Seventh grade: Floy Bell. Lighth grade: Lois Calloway, Ruby Plnnix. Gerry Weaver. Ninth grade: Doris Reavis. Lucy Denny, DeEtte Proctor. Tenth grade: Troy Proctor, Mary Esther Totten, Edith Steel man. Seventh grade: Pearl Steel man, William Thomasson, Helen Plnnix, mile Shore. First Semester 2nd grade: Mattie Gray Weath erman, Lucille Macy, Jack Dob bins. Bth grade: Ruby Plnnix. 9th grade: Lucy Denny. 11th grade: Pearl Steelman, William Thomasson, Helen Plnnix. Windsor School: Beth Jurney. Example of man's superior reason: He knows that effort de velops strength; he alone feeds and coddles his young after they are grown. zTYCcmories ' by A. B. CHArIN pwt****-«v#Vft| v (-if-v— - ws wauc it up w mu. y -1 1- k y£fe\ /Hf 11 ;{ = =|jPin f B • AW'AU-WSrWIS jMAf, H'M 1 \^ N WW 1 1 111 I L a» b«mwp am' /CT'— Vf /$/ -« h-| JL ( '-.juHHri!Uf]lTll TU GinM-^ —U gflU BETTER HEALTH By DR. J. ROSSLYN EARP Director, New Mexico Bureau of Public Health MEASLES By the use of a special stain, Dr. Jean Broadhurst has made it possible to recognize the presence of measles virus three days before the patient has a rash. The dis covery will probably be found to be of greater scientific than prac tical importance. Measles is a very very common disease and, until doctors have a lot more time, or health departments a much larger personnel, it is doubtful whether this special method of diagnosis will be used frequently enough to control epidemics. For the present at least, when ever an epidemic of measles is going on, the safest thing is to keep children under four years of age away from any other children that might possibly be coming down with the disease. It is in the first three years of life that measles is dangerous to life. If a child gets measles before he is a year old his chances of dying are thirty-four times greater than if he gets it between five apd fifteen. Whenever a child less than four years old 1$ known "to have been exposed to Infection, he should receive a dose of serum to prevent or modify the attack. Your doc tor should be consulted immedi ately that you suspect the expo sure. He will know what to give and when to give it. Naturally, if your child comes down with measles after he has been playing with the neighbor's children, you will let the neighbor know at once so that the neces sary steps may be taken to pro tect them. Your health depart ment will help you to prevent the disease from spreading further. Do not hesitate to ask them. That is their job. UNDULANT FEVER Undulant fever in man is caus ed by the same germs that pro duce contagious abortion in farm animals. It is not- easily distin guished from other diseases that give rise to prolonged fever. Vic tims of undulant fever often are told that they have tuberculosis or malaria or typhoid fever. The disease can be recognized usually by a blood test and sometimes the germ can be grown fi'om the pa tient's blood. Those that have had undulant fever give a positive skin test for the disease. By experiments on animals it has been shown that the disease maybe caught either through thf skin or by swallowing the germs in milk. But jnore germs have to be swallowed than placed on the skin to cause infection. This leads to the conclusion that human be ings are more easily infected by contact with animals that have contagious abortion than by drinking the milk from these ani mals. Also, It has been found both in this country and in France that the victims of undulant fever are more frequently those that have touched the animals or their dead bodies or their manure than those that have drunk their milk. And, in any case, milk can be made safe by pasteurization. The prevention of contagious abortion in cattle, goats, sheep, and pigs is of (Treat economic im portance to the farmer. It is also probably the most effective way of preventing undulant fever in man. Any plan for the eradication of the disease in animals will have to take into account the fact that the greatest amount of infecious material is present when the ani mal aborts. MACK HEMRIC PLACED IN JAIL FOR THEFT Mack Hemric of Knobs town ship, was in jail again Saturday night charged with the theft of a car belonging to Prank Qough, which occurred at Brooks Cross roads Saturday night. Hemric re cently finished a road term for the theft of a car belonging to an uncle in Jonesville. In both cases he failed to get away with the car. The latest charge against Hemric is that he jumped into the Qough car while parked at a filling station and started off, running into a fence. A few minutes later Sheriff In score and Jailor Jake Brown were hot on his trail and picked him up on the highway north of Brooks. He has an additional charge of driving drunk and public drunk enness against him. He was placed in jail and a hearing set for Saturday after noon at 2 o'clock. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS HOLDS VICTORY DINNER A "Victory Dinner" was held in the Kiwanis room of Hotel El kin Tuesday evening by members of the L. B. Abernethy class of the Elkin Methodist church, as the climax of a membership con test in which the class was di vided into teams, the losing team to entertain the winners. Following an enjoyable ban quet, new class officers were named to serve during the en suing year, as follows: Gilbert Meed, president; Jones Holcomb, vice-president and Miss Mabel Sale, secretary-terasurer. Dr. R. B. Harrell, class teacher, acted as master of ceremonies, and a good program was staged. Guests of the class were Dr. |Wm. A. Jenkins, pastor of the j Methodist church, and Mrs. Jen kins. LOCAL NURSES HURT IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. Nettie Compton and Miss Ruth Leigh Watts, both members of the nursing staff of Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital, re ceived painful injuries in an au tomobile accident Sunday night on the Elkin-Dobson highway. Mrs. Compton sustained several cuts about the face and Miss Watts was tpdly braised. The accident occurred when Miss Watts, who was driving, lost con trol of the car and crashed into a tree. Both are patients at the Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital and are recovering nicely from their injuries. TO HOLD CRIPPLE CLINIC JAN. 28TH Dr. R. A. Moore, of Winston- Salem, will hold his regular free cripple clinic in the offices of the County Health department at Mount Airy January 28, from 9:00 a. m. until 12:00 noon, it has been announced by Dr. Ralph J. Syfcee. Surry county health offi cer. MpgHMi Thursday. January 27, 1938 NEW WESTERN STAR AT LYRIC SATURDAY A new western star. Bob Baker, will make his initial appearance at the Lyric theatre Saturday in an exciting western drama, "Courage of the West." Baker is a singing cowboy, a >hell-for-leather rider, champion rodeo performer and trick shot expert. It is expected that he will fast become a favorite with western drama fans here. Another good picture to play at the Lyric next Monday and Tues day is "Double Wedding," featur ing William Powell and the beau tiful Myrna Loy. WAxNTS FREE! If excess acid causes you Stomach Ulcers, Oas Pains, In digestion, Heartburn, Belching, Bloating, Nausea, get free sam ple doctor's prescription, TTdga, at Turner Drug Co. 6-3p 4 rooms for rent. Come at once if you want to rent, and see W. J. Burcham. ltc For Sale—Kerosene Oil Water Heater. Silas Nichols, at Duke Power Co. ltc Wanted to boy— all kinds cf cat tle, oalves and hogs. Bub Price at Basketeria Stores, Elkin, N. C. 2-4P- CHUNK WOOD FOR SALE Dry pine and oak slabs mixed or green pole wood cut to order. $2.00 per load. Phone 12-F-2. Quick delivery. J. F. Miller, tfc Do yon want plenty of eggs from strong, fast growing young chicks? If so feed Pan am in. We have it. Abernethy's, A Good Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfn Piano: We have fine nsed upright piano of standard make, almost like new, which the purchaser is unable to keep. Will be sold for the small balance owing. Easy terms if desired. Answer quick for details. Credit Man ager. Lee Piano Co., Lynchburg. Va. 2-3p We buy scrap iron and metaß Double Eagle Bervice Co.. Elk in. N. C. tfc ranted to repair radio*. Oar expert thoroughly knows his business. Prices right. Harris Electric Co.. ElkJn. N. C. tfc Sgaibbs Mineral Oil, «ttrt stse 89c. Antacid Powder, large size 50c. Nyseptol, pint 49c. Gallon Mineral Oil *2.25. Turner Drug Co., Elkin. N. C. tfn For Bent: 5-roem home In Jones ville. Lights, city water, 1 acre pasture with good barn, garage and good garden. Rents $13.00. Remember "Arlington," town bat no town tax. Buy your lot now and get your choice. $5.00 down and $5.00 per month. I have some bargains in small farms. D. C. MARTIN, Realtor FARMS FOR SALE 226-acre Yadkin farm in sight of Elkin. 60 acres on river. 72-acre Yadkin farm at Swan Creek 16 acres with buildings, close in. You should see us about this farm. t 6-room cottage* for rent, REICH A HUNT
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