THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Elkin. N. C.
THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1938
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-class matter.
a §. FOSTER. President
EL f. LAFFOON ~..Secretary-Tri)a«Ht)i'
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. PER TEAR
In the State, 11.50 Oat ot the State, ft.H
One thing our youngsters learn at track
meets is how to keep two-three jumps
ahead of the sheriff.
They are paying an ordinary rate of
$35 a day for appearing before a movie
camera. No wonder there are twelve mil
lion unemployed.
Government by telegraph has almost
reached chain-letter proportions when one
voter receives six identical telegrams urg
ing him to wire his Representative in Con
gress to vote against the reorganization bill.
Here's Hoping
Business of making our best bow to
Miss Mary Frances Combs, of the North
Elkin school, who won the Surry county
championship in the Journal and Sentinel
spelling bee, held recently at Dobsson, and
who will represent this county in the state
wide finals at Winston-Salem next Satur
day.
This is a worthwhile honor of which
this little lady may well be proud. It didn't
just happen so; it is the result of diligent and
painstaking study and the serious applica
tion of schoolroom hours to the purpose for
which they are meant—the mastery of what
ever is made a part of the study program.
True, one person may have more apti
tude than another; more ability in reaching
perfection in one study than another. Which
is to say that there may be other pupils in
Miss Combs' school just as deserving as she
from the standpoint of other achievements,
but the fact remains that she set out to win
—and won.
It is no mean accomplishment to be able
to spell. Many employers have reason to
grumble with their private secretaries and
stenographers because their letters are little
better than if they had written them them
selves. Particularly has this been so since
the schools quit stressing the old Blue Back,
yet many of the elders would find themselves
stuttering over the simplest of words.
To win over contestants from the va
rious schools in the county is a distinct
honor in itself, and Elkin is proud that one
of our own youngsters stands out front
a county champion.
So we want this young lady to know that
we'll all be pulling for her in the finals,
hoping that she will win still more laurels
for herself and the town, but whether she
wins or loses, she will, still have a warm spot
in the hearts of her fellows because of what
she has already achieved.
Good luck to you, little lady.
How Things Have Changed
Interesting among the political inconsis
tencies of the present moment, is the fact
that two able personalities who answer to
the name of leaders, once were the proud
defenders of President Roosevelt, but now
are his most relentless foes. To the unprac
ticed eye of the layman the reason for this
change is'not perceptible, unless it be the
price that every President must pay for the
use of the White House.
Senator Bailey's speech seconding the
nomination of Franklin Roosevelt was a
masterpiece of flowery oratory, bespeaking
a loyalty that is sadly missing today. That
speech took one to dizzy heights in a flight
of oratory that was unmatched by anything
that was said in that history-making con
vention. Now we find the Senator embrac
ing every opportunity to oppose the Presi
dent and his program.
Equaling that speech of Senator Bail
ey's was the radio address of General Hugh
S. Johnson, who speaking from St. Louis,
had this to say: "It is not for me to try
to trace the silver thread that ties these
great men (Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln,
Cleveland, Wilson Roosevelt), together.
Times change and necessities differ . . . but
this single thing I know that we are ef
fecting the deliberate plan and judgment of
one of the greatest champions of the mass
of men that ever walked the earth that
where he leads, I for one am proud to follow,
and in this great crisis of world affairs to
follow blindly for thus, not otherwise, are
human aims attained."
And yet right now no voice is raised
• more loudly or continuously in fault-finding
and vitrolic word-slinging, than that of this
same "Old Cracker-Downer" whose auto
cratic handling of the NRA plucked the
flight-feathers from the Blue Eagle, and
left it a naked bird of inefficiency, even be
fore the Supreme court chopped its head
off.
Clip that little quotation noted above
and place it alongside General Johnson's next
abusive column, if you are accustomed to
reading it, and measure the one by the
other. If one is all wet, then the other
must be soggy too. Then General Johnson
was anticipating the favors of a chief that
he professed to love and respect: Today, he
is writing at so much per column. Then it
was counted an asset to favor the President,
now because loyalty to him seems unpopular,
the doughty general is willing to blow with
the wind and just as blindly. Could it be
that these men see at the end of the rain
bow, a pot of gold a lucrative handover
from the interests they are serving so faith
fully now?
A Pathetic Picture
Before us as we try to write is the pic
ture of Walter Donaldson, West Virginia
mountaineer, father of eight children, head
of a family whose home is an humble log
cabin in Orlando, that state.
The caption accompanying the cut tells
that Walter is the "millionth adult who has
been taught to read and write by the Adult
Education Division of WPA" and quotes him
as saying: "Now they can't cheat me any
more."
Donaldson has a strong face, a keen
eye, square jaws, and with a little touching
up here and there would easily be taken for
one of our elderly statesmen, so far as looks
are concerned. But he could neither read
nor write until by force of circumstances
the government found teachers among the
unemployed, and in putting them to work,
the teachers found Donaldson, and the man
learned how to do both a process of help
fulness that brings its own reward.
There is something pathetic in such a
story. One wonders to what heights Walter
Donaldson might have risen, bolstered by
an education. True there is no dearth of
men at the top, no crying need for states
men or professional belwethers, so far as
numbers are concerned. But there is defi
nite need that every man should at least be
able to write and that he should be able to
read. One cannot conceive that life can be
lived in all its fullness without these accom
plishments.
Not to be able to read and know some
thing of what is going on in the world with
out being told by word of mouth; not to be
able to study through the printed word the
thoughts of others and make application of
those thoughts; and then not to be able to
record one's thoughts by assembling them in
written form it all seems so unreal, so
unjust.
When history comes to write of this
era of political strife, we are wondering if,
after all, something of value will not be rec
ognized in this program of using govern
ment dollars for the good of the underdog?
Walter Donaldson's first thought is that
"they cannot cheat me any more." Eventual
ly he will evaluate it higher than that. And
then we must remember that he is the mil
lionth to come to this fork in the road.
You Have Something There
The news columns have been telling
that J. Paul Leonard, executive head of the
North Carolina Fair Tax association, will be
opening a store in Winston-Salem, for the
avowed purpose of testing the validity of
the North Carolina general sales tax. Be
cause the newspaper reports were a bit hay
wire, Paul's friends were fearfijl he might
go to jail on account of it, while his un
friends were afraid he wouldn't.
As a matter of fact, as we understand
jt, Mr. Leonard does not intend to fly in the
face of the law and refuse to collect or re
mit the sales tax. He will collect and remit,
but his remittance will be accompanied by a
record of protest, and from there the courts
will have the case. Very simple, isn't it?
So simple that one wonders why, if there is
ground for questioning the constitutionality
of levy, some merchant has not done this
before.
One wonders, too, why some already es
tablished business is not used for this pur
pose. An explanation of this is possible too.
Merchants, having remitted the tax without
protest, might not have the same standing
in court, if now, at this late day, they begin
their protesting. And then there is always
the possibility that having started the case
through the courts at some cost to the tax
association, a merchant singled out for this
purpose, could be persuaded that he was
rendering a disservice to the state and agree
to a non-suit. And so Mr. Leonard and his
legal advisers are playing safe, all the way
around.
Raleigh officials are pooh-poohing the
idea, but it may be that they are not so cer
tain of their grounds. Tales are afloat of
various merchants who have flatly refused
to collect or remit the tax. Yet, according
to the stories, months have passed and they
are still selling goods. Other stories tell of
check-ups where shortages in remittances
are revealed and compromises involving as
much as half the alleged shortages have
been arranged. If there is any truth to these
reports, then official Raleigh is either remiss
in duty or skating on thin ice and knows it.
Certainly in all fairness no compromise
should be made with the sin of short-cut
ting. A merchant either owes all of this tax
or none of it, and in justice to his fellow
merchants, if he owes it all he should not be
permitted to pay only half and be white
washed for the balance.
Paul Leonard may have something
there or it may amount to absolutely
nothing when he faces the intricacies of the
law. But ever since the sales tax has been
in vogue, there has been a question as to its
constitutionality, and we for one will be glad
to see it settled once and for all.
THB ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
SN WASHINGTON
■ WHAT
IS
TAKING
PLACE
BY
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Behind the congressional scenes
is pending legislation which, when
enacted, will be a new forward
step in meeting the country's ed
ucational needs, ease the problem
of local school authorities and
bring new hope to teachers. It is
the proposal to enlarge federal
assistance to the states for educa
tional purposes and to give states
and local officials more to say
with regard to how these funds
are expended.
To use the words of Senator
Thomas, of Utah, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Education
and Labor, in reporting favorably
on the proposed measure: "Fed
eral assistance to the states in
support of public education is an
inevitable necessity." And there
is no doubt that members of Con
gress are alive to the great prob
lem confronting educators, partic
ularly in rural areas where suf
ficient funds are not available to
provide students with standards
of education equal to those In
larger centers.
The original measure proposed
public education beginning at
federal assistance to the states for
$100,000,000 and increasing to
$300,000,000 in five years. The
amended measure, which is in ac
cord with th President's Advisory
committee on Education, of which
Prank P. Graham, president of the
University of North Carolina, was
a member, would provide $72,000.-
000 in the beginning and increase
to $202,000,000 in six years. Only
limited appropriations would be
made for the current calender
year.
One of the important features
of the new plan for federal aid in
education would be that which
would restrict federal control and
give the states and communities
greater latitude in fixing the char
acter of educational activities.
Outstanding is the provision
"for lessening Inequalities of edu
cational opportunity, and appor
tionment to the states on the basis
of financial need as measured by
the number of children 5 to 19
years old and ability to support
schools." Aid would be provided
for improving facilities for teacher
training, construction of school
buildings, especially those in con
nection with desirable reorganiza-
FIRESIDE
PHILOSOPHY
(By C. M. Dickson)
One should want to do right
rather than to be forced to do it
Just one fault may wreck the
best of men.
One should keep an eye on him
self.
No growth without food.
It's fv rare thing for one crimi
========l nal to respect
I another one.
Reput a t i on
I may be trans-
I lent, but char
■ acter is per
■ manent.
H The only way
to be a gentle
man is to be one.
Prudent is he who knows to go
—but not too far.
One should always search to
find the best that's in the other
fellow. The faults will show them
selves.
One's strength is measured by
his ability to overcome obstacles.
All jewels are not in show
cases.
One lane has no end—the one
that runs through eternity!
More people than Chinamen
hide behind walls.
It is possible to be a sportsman
minus the "ship."
An eagle loses his dignity when
he lights on a carcass.
Any one can go with the tide,
Some people are too wide to
walk the narrow path.
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tion of local school districts, aid
for improvement of the facilities
of state departments of educa
tion; grants for adult education,
assistance in establishment of ru
ral libraries and aid for co-opera
tive research and planning.
Unfortunately, the new legisla
tion to increase the scope of fed
eral assistance to the states in ed
ucation is not of the variety of
measure that attracts widespread
interest. Many less important
proposals have won universal at
tention without having near the
merit from the standpoint of na
tional needs.
! On the other hand, members of
Congress vitally interested in the
educational opportunities for the
country's young, and particularly
in equalizing the rural and urban
opportunities, are behind the plan
to extnd federal assistance and
have assured sponsors of the meas
ure full support.
From the standpoint of North
Carolina, which has been hard
pressed to keep financially abreast
with the needs for the Tar Heel
young in the schools of the state,
the pending measure would bring
new hope to those facing the
j problem. It would also enhance
the chance for teachers to have an
adequate financial return for the
attention they give to their work.
Whether the measure gets through
at the present session or must be
revived at the next session, it
seems certain that new federal as
sistance to the states is in the
offing
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