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DORIS KUKE
Her Pappy Made $101,000,000 But Didn't
Get a "Dinged Bit of Fun" Out of Money
The richest girl in the world is
married now and worth $53,000,-
000. She has often been called the
Poor little Rich Girl because
wherever she goes, reporters and
cameramen pester the life out of
her. She can't even go out and
shop for a hat without two or
detectives, armed with pistols,
trailing at her heels to protect
her.
The story of the Duke millions
reaches back to the close of the
Civil War. Those were bitter days
for the South—armies had rav
aged the land, the fields were bar
ren and deserted. Suffering was
intense. People boiled chestnuts
and cotton seed to make a substi
tute for coffee and brewed a con
coction of blackberry leaves and
sasafras roots to take the place of
tea. Even the earthen floor of
smoke houses, saturated with the
drippings of bacon, were dug up
and boiled to get salt. Washing
ton Duke, the grandfather of the
richest girl in the world, had
fought under Lee at Richmond,
and had suffered in the notorious
Libby prison. After Lee's surren
der, he returned to his farm in
Durham, N. C.
had given him a span of blind
had given him a span of blind
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ELKIN, N. C.
mules, old and decrepit with age,
and he had traded a $5 Confeder
ate note to a Northern soldier for
a half-dollar.
With their mules and covered
wagon, they headed for the
southern part of the state where
tobacco was scarce. They bartered
tobacco for bacon and cotton. At
night, they camped by the side of
the road, fried bacon and sweet
potatoes, and slept under the
stars. This was a lot more fun
than raising tobacco, so they de
cided to deVote their lives to the
business of selling tobacco.
But as time went on, they en
countered fierce and savage com
petition. Hundreds of firms were
making pipe tobacco—big, rich,
powerful firms. James Buchanan
Duke, the father of Doris Duke,
knew that he had to do something
different and do it at once—or he
would be sunk. So he hit upon
an idea that made him a hun
dred million dollars. That may not
sound original today when Ameri
cans smoke one hundred and
twenty-five billion cigarettes ev
ery year; but in 1881, it was rev
olutionary. Russians and Turks
had been smoking cigarettes for
generations, and British soldiers
had brought them back from the
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Crimean war; but America, the
land that gave tobacco to the
world, had no cigarettes until
1867.
When "Buck" started, cigar
ettes were rolled by hand. He
perfected a machine that in
creased the manufacture from
twenty-five hundred a day to a
million a day.
He did a land-office business
and when Congress reduced the
tax on tobacco, he stunned his
competitors by slashing the prcie
in half and flooding the market
with cigarettes at five cents a
box.
He died worth $101,000,000 and
he used to boast that he had
made more millionaires than any
other man in America. Yet, he
went to school for only four or
five years. He once said: "A col
lege education "is all right for
preachers and lawyers, but what
use would it be to me? Superior
brains are not necessary in busi
ness."
Curiously enough, this man who
felt that he himself didn't need
an education, gave $40,000,000 to
found a great university which
bears his name today. It is Duke
university in Durham, N. C., and
one of its trustees is Doris Duke —
probably the youngest university
trustee in the world.
"Buck" Duke hated publicity,
and he gave only one Interview
in his life. At that interview, the
reporter asked him, "Mr. Duke, is
there any satisfaction in just hav
ing a million dollars?"
"Buck" Duke shook his head
and said, "Naw, not a dinged bit."
Mistress: "May, I think I
smell somthlng burning down
stairs. Did you remember to
turn off the electric iron when
you left the ironing board, as I
told you?"
Maid (newly arrived) "Yes'm,
I did. I mos' surely did. I pulled
dat chain once lak you tol' me,
and den I pull it again, to make
sure."
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Readers' and
Declaimers'
Contest Friday
The finals in the readers'
and declaimers' contest, spon
sored here annually by the El
kin Kiwanis club, will be held
in the Elkin elementary school
auditorium Friday evening- at
8 o'clock.
Those competing for the two
medals to be awarded by the
club are as follows:
Readers: Elizabeth McNeil, (
Louise Laffoon, Genivieve !
Couch, Louise Vestal and Fran
ces Alexander. Declamation:
Jimmy James, Eugene A Id
ridge, Wade Greenwood, John- |
ny Gambill and Bill Graham.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson is
in charge of the event. The
public is invited to attend.
Effects of Hard Times
Slowly but positively the people
of the United States are crawling
out of the derpression and getting
back to normal again, after years
of what have unquestionably been
the hardest this nation has ever
experienced. While it is not in
my line to say what caused this
condition, I cannot help thinking
of the remark of that observing
soul, Will Rogers, who said in his
Illiterate Digest—"The hard times
in this country are due to the fact
that one-third of the people in
the United States promote, while
the remaining two-thirds provide
the means to do so."
The thing about this depression
which has interested me is the
way it has reflected on the popu
lation of the nation physically,
mentally and morally. Undoubt
edly the greatest manifestation
from this cause was the striking
increase in mental diseases, which
reached a new high pep'c. In New
York, for example, in 1910, 65.3
persons per 100,000 developed
mental infirmities; in 1930, the
rate was 76.60, and in 1933, it
reached the enormous rate of 84.7
—the highest in the history of
the state. With the return to
normalcy these cases show a re
duction of approximately one
third of the rate of increase.
Alcoholism, Past and Present
Cases of alcoholism in prepro
hibition days were slightly in ex
cess of 10 per cent. "The rate be
gan to decline in 1912, falling
steadily to 1921," says Dr. P. W.
Parsons, of the Mental Hygiene
department, "until the low point
of 2 per cent was reached. Then
it began to mount until in 1927
It was 7 per cent."
During the following six years
it ranged from 5.8 per cent to 6.5
per cent. Up to the present time
it is Impossible to predict the
trend of future statistics for the
simple reason that the period has
not been sufficiently long. Many
physicians are inclined to believe
that there will undoubtedly be j
considerable of an increase in this
type of cases.
Better Times, Better Health
There is nothing exceptionally
strange about these statistics, for
similar conditions have developed
in Continental countries follow
ing long and depressing wars, as
well as after financial and eco-
I nomic upheavals. There is every
reason to warrant the conclusion
that as things get better, there
will be far less infirmities of all
types.
ASSOCIATION MEETS AT
COOL SPRINGS CHURCH
The Elkin Sunday School As
sociation met at Cool Springs
church Sunday evening. April 24,
at 2:30 o'clock and elected officers
as follows:
Associational supt: Rev. J. L.
Powers, Elkin; assistant supt: Mr.
Walter Combs, State Road; sec
retary: Mr. Denver Holcomb,
Roaring River; vacation Bible'
teacher; Mrs. E, Ruth Settle,
Ronda; young people's leader:
Miss Vermelle Money, Elkin;
Junior leader: Mrs. Virginia Tran
sou, Elkin; Intermediate leader:
Mrs. Paul Newman, Elkin; Pri
mary leader: Mrs. linville Couch,
Elkin; Beginners leader; Mrs.
Conrad Harris, Elkin: Pianist:
Miss Bernice Welborn, Elkin;
Choir leader: Mr. Reece Mastin,
Elkin.
The association will meet once
each month to discuss ways to |
improve the Sunday Schools. The
superintendent of each Sunday l
school In the association is expect
ed to be present and give a report
on his Sunday School.
The next meeting* will be held
at Little Elkin church the fourth
Bunday In May at 2:30. The public
is invited to attend.
Stubbornness
Visitor: "How's your cold, this
morning?"
Parmer: "it's very stubborn."
Visitor; "How's your wife?"
Farmer. "She's about the same
that's why I'm setting break
fast."
[Superior Court
Now in Session;
Few Cases Tried
(Continued from page one)
forcible trespassing, and was
taxed with half the costs.
W. O. Phillips, charged with
operating a car while intoxicat
ed, was sent to the roads for 60
days.
A. G. Sciism, charged with for
gery, was sent to the roads for
' six months on the first count,
I and on a second count was given
a suspended sentence of three to
five years to State's prison, sus
pended for five years.
| Hubert Gray, Roy Goins, Paul
Welborn, Lloyd Midkiff and Cal
vin Welborn, all charged with
various counts of housebreaking,
larceny and receiving, were given
sentences of four months each on
•the roads.
Willie Gray, colored, charged
I with larceny and receiving, was
i given a sentence of six months
to the roads on the first count,
while on a second count he was
given a suspended sentence of 18
months to the roads, suspended
for five years.
Eddie Roberts, colored, charg
ed with house breaking, larceny
and receiving, was given a sen
tence of from three to seven
years in State's prison.
James Jones and Linnle Marsh,
charged house breaking, larceny
arid receiving, were each given
sentences of six months to the
roads on the firist count, while
on the second count each was
given a sentence of 18 months to
the roads, the latter's sentence
being suspended for five years.
Dock Sawyers, charged with
assault with a deadly weapon,
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Hovey Norman of East Bend,
farmer and former deputy
sheriff, is a candidate for the
Republican nomination for rep
resentative from Yadkin county.
was sent to the roads for four
months.
SHADY GROVE
Rev. Everette Draughn preached
a very interesting sermon at
Shady Grove Sunday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Church, Jr.,
were the Sunday guests of his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Reavis and
son, John L., visited Mr. and Mrs.
Cap Mostellar at State Road Sun
day.
Thursday. April 28,1938
Abemethy Is
Presented With
Silver Service
(Continued from front page)
Mr. Abernethy, after an intro
duction by H. P. Graham, who
stated the object of the meeting
and paid glowing tribute to the
man who was to be honored.
In .his talk. Dr. Royall also paid
high tribute to Mr. Abernethy
and his years of service to Elkin
which resulted In the modern
and enlarged Hugh Chatham
Hospital.
Accepting the gift, Mr. Aber
nethy denied that .he had had
any more to do with the creation
of the hospital than a number of
others whom he mentioned.
Presentation of the silver ser
vice was cn the seventh anniver
sary of the opening of the hospi
tal.
■ Bored Audience
"We'll now hear from Mr.
Jones, the last speaker on the pro
gram," said the weary toast
master.
Jones arose as those around the
banquet table made a weak at
tempt at applauding.
"I'm bored from listening so
much," he began, "and I'm too
tired to do my stuff. Any who
would like to know what I would
have said if I'd been first on the
list can read the speech; it's here
all typewritten. Thanks."
Jones sat down amid deafening
applause.
Polite
"Pardon me for walking on your
feet," said the polite passer-by.
"Oh. don't mention it," retorted
the equally polite victim. "I
walk on 'em myself."