THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
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Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, February 9, 1939
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The Senate can better understand the
real meaning of relief, now that it has Har
ry Hopkins out of its hair.
Senator Reynolds is demanding a probe
of Mexico's oil land seizure. But Senator
Bob forgets, we reckon, that that would be
interfering with the plans and purposes of
his old side-kick, Adolf Hitler.
Elder McNinch contends that there
should be no government interference with
the ether lanes. Wants to keep them open,
maybe, against the day when his conscience
prompts him to employ a nation-wide hook
up to tell about those 1928 campaign funds,
as the law requires.
First Things First
Congressman Lon Folger contends that
removal of freight rate differentials by
which the South is discriminated against, is
the simplest and most efficacious solution
to be applied to the so-called "economic
problem No. 1."
Representative Folger says that if the
South is given equitable freight rates so
that our manufacturers and shippers are
put on a parity with those of the North,
present wage differentials will automatical
ly disappear.
We string along with our Congressman
in his appraisal of the hurt of unjust freight
rates for the South. They are a contribut
ing factor to whatever delinquency may be
charged against us. But righting the freight
rate wrongs will not cause our present wage
differentials to disappear automatically.
That can come only through the voluntary
raising of the living standards by Southern
industrialists, or the insistence by govern
ment that they be raised by raising wage
levels. Certainly neither governmental nor
voluntary action can be taken in this re
spect under the present discrimination with
out hurt to the South's industrial scheme of
things.
Congressman Folger is putting first
things first, and when this important mat
ter is settled, other aspects of the problem
can be tackled and solved with greater cer
tainty and satisfaction.
And incidentally it is timely to say that
Representative Folger's constituents are
pleased with the ease with which he is set
tling himself into his congressional career.
He has been given unusually good commit
tee assignments for a new-comer and there
is plenty of evidence that his colleagues re
spect his ability. His folks here in Surry
would rather see him modest and retiring at
the start, than to have him a blustering
minstrel, anxious to get in the limelight, as
has been the case with so many members of
that august body, who have come and gone
without serving any good purpose.
Representative Folger has the ability,
experience and background to measure up
to the expectancy of his constituents, and to
the high level of statesmanship that North
Carolina is accustomed to.
On the Spot '
President Roosevelt names Judge Floyd
H. Roberts to be federal judge of the West
ern Virginia district, but Senators Glass
and Byrd, of Virginia, exercising their sen
atorial privilege, will not allow the appoint
ment to be confirmed.
Because they were not consulted the
Virginia Senators propose to get in their dig
against President Roosevelt, whom they
would oppose even if he were interceding
with St. Peter for them, claim that Roberts
is "obnoxious" to them, and that is all a
senator has to say to get his fellows to fall
in line, for some aay they may have political
reason to ask the same favor. It is just an
old Senate custom, and as such must never
be violated.
It would be a different thing if Senators
Glass and Byrd opposed on grounds of un
fitness of the nominee. But they don't.
They admit that Judge Roberts has the abil
ity and special fitness for the place; the
governor of Virginia and two ex-governors
were present to testify that Judge Roberts
was loved and respected by the people of
Virginia, that his.record as judge of a
lower court was spotless and that he had all
of the qualifications that should go with a
federal judgeship. Yet the Senate Judicial
committee refuses to confirm by a 15 to 3
count of noses.
And those are members of that "great
est deliberative body on earth," who only a
few short months ago were beating their
breasts about the sanctity of the courts and
flinging their arms in defiance of
nil who would play politics with jajjfpGK
Consistency, verily thou art a jewel. _ J|;„y
President Roosevelt will not withdraw
the appointment, and therein lies a contiaP
uance of the story: Glass and Byrd are not
so politically strong that the people of Vir
ginia must blink their eyes to the unfair
ness of this sort of thing. Already they are
opposed in other policies by the Governor
and other influential leaders, and this may
be the straw that breaks their political
backs. From here it looks like they are on
the spot.
Giving Comfort to the Enemy
Patriotic straight-thinkers, among them
Dorothy Thompson and Walter Lippmann,
who have frequently criticised the adminis
tration, are urging that President Roose
velt's foreign policies should be discussed
coolly and judicially—and not politically.
Which is to say that we should not be play
ing the game just as Adolf Hitler would
have us play it.
But the President's critics, in and out of
his party, seem to be more bent on embar
rassing him politically than they are in
charting a sane and proper course for the
nation. The sale of warplanes to France, a
perfectly legal matter that should not ex
cite any save those who want to be excited,
is only the opportunity they are looking for,
and they overlook the emphatic obligation to
leave politics out of such an important mat
ter.
As evidence that their clamor and breast
beating is having a bad effect abroad, the
Italian press is calling Mr. Roosevelt a war
monger and declaring that he does not rep
resent the American people as a whole. As
a matter of fact his explanation of the ad
ministration's foreign policy is but a repe
tition of his pronouncements heretofore, and
is as specific as any sensible person would
have him go, under the circumstances:
1. Opposition to any entangling alliances.
2. Maintenance of world trade for all nations
including ourselves.
3. We are in sympathy with each and every
effort to reduce or limit armaments.
4. As a nation we are sympathetic with the
peaceful maintenance of political, ec
onomic and social independence of all na
tions in the world.
What else can his critics want, if their
interest is solely patriotic and not political?
What else can other nations want if their
interest is not unrighteous?
They are making a great todo about the
President's alleged statement that "France
is America's frontier." He denies emphat
ically that he said that. But if he did, doesn't
every mother's son of us know that it is a
fact; that if France is trampled down, our
"frontier" will be shortened to our shores.
This should be a time for frankness, yes, but
it ought also to be a time for a new brand
of political honesty, that is not in evidence
in all sectors of our national statesmanship.
The Aftermath
Those opposed to the diversion of funds
which the motorists create under the im
pression that the toll taken when they drive
up to the gasoline trough will be used for
highway improvement, put up a sizeable
fight in the General Assembly last week,
but it was written in the cards that they
would lose—and lose they did.
Governor Hoey calls them "exemption
ists," claims that the State is only taking
the three per cent, tax that it is entitled to;
says that if all the money the motorist puts
into the highway fund is used in that chan
nel alone, he will fail in his support of the
schools, and the institutions in their .dire
need, therefore they are "exemptionists."
The Governor chooses not to remember
that before the motorist creates this fund
for highway improvement, he matches the
dollar of his neighbor who does not drive,
for all these other purposes. And he goes
a step farther, for in addition to paying on
all other property, he lists and pays on his
car, his truck, bus, in addition to his auto
tag and the toll on the gasoline consumed.
These property taxes go into the general
fund along with taxes on whatever other
holdings he has.
And that is not all. From the money he
pays into the highway fund the State
reaches and gets the cost of maintaining the
prison department, the costs of the parole
system, meets the cost of the highway pa:
trol —all from the pockets of the motorist.
And yet when they protest against leaving
the door unlocked to the funds they create
for a special purpose, their Governor calls
them "exemptionists."
But that is now water over the dam—or
is it? The legislators taking their cue from
the Governor put the skids under the pro
posal to go on record against diversion of
these funds. * But the fight resulted in a
line of cleavage that may- not close so easily.
The anti-diversionists were fighting for
a principle as well as the safety of their
cash; administration forces admittedly were
fighting for a comfortable "cushion against
which they could lean in time of financial
exhaustion—if and when it came. And it
is barely posisble that the battle will have
its future political repercussions, for"
would be a miracle if some ambitious leader
failed to harness this organized sentiment
to his chariot and make it take him places
come 1940. , # ~ ' ~
Governor Hoey ih his address before the
legislature told his hearers not to be alarm
ed ; that while he wanted this 4 cushion
handy, it might not be necessary to dig into
the highway fund at all, but almost his next
assertion was that revenues this year would
run almost four million dollars short.
Our notion is that if administration
forces don't want to court future political
trouble, they will see to it that the highway
fund is let alone. Pilfering it is liable to
cause a lot of growls that may be translated
LiSfct antagonistic votes, when the other kind
THE BLKIN TRIBUNE, ELFIN, NORTH CAROLINA
1938 BEST YEAR
IN 4-H CLUB WORK
Resume of Activities in Sur
ry Is Given; Carried on
in Consistent Manner
550 STARTED PROJECTS
1938 has probably been the best
year in 4-H club work in the his
tory of Surry county. It was the
third year in which 4-H club
work had been carried on in any
consistent manner. The achieve
ments in the work during the
past year has proven to us that
it can'be a success if one only
gives it half a chance.
The work has been handicap
ped considerably during the past
year due to the lack of fuAds to
finance the program if it is car
ried on as it should be. Another
handicap has been the lack of
adequate places to meet some
club and the lack of cooperation
on the part of some people who
could have given it but didn't.
The success and achievements for
different clubs have varied al
most directly in proportion to the
interest taken by the leader in
the schools where there are clubs.
During the past year there
were over 700 boys and girls who
attended the club meetings reg
ularly but only 550 who actually
started their project work and
427 of these who completed the
requirements. There were 442
health projects, 400 clothing, 120
house furnishing, 98 food preser
vation, 53 corn, 38 pig, 4 poultry,
3 dairy calf, and 1 farm manage
ment projects started or a total
of 1159. The girls were required
to take both clothing and health
but the others were optional. The
boys were required to take only
one. There weie 102 uicmueib
who took health examination last
year, club members worked on 32
looms and built or reworked 320
atricles, made 96 dressers and 648
other articles, canned 1080 quarts
of fruit and vegetables, 167 made
definite improvements on their
home grounds, made 2180 bushels
of corn, raised 325 broilers, fat
tened and kept records on 74 pigs
and one calf and kept one com
plete record on one farm.
There were two educational
lours made outside the county
and 51 members went on these
tours. Four radio broacasts have
been put on by members from
this county and 16 members took
part on these dilferent broad
casts. There were 13 achievement
picnics and approximately 700
boys and girls attended them.
The County Club organization
through public donations raised
enough money to purchase a 16
mm. projector machine to show
pictures available from the U. S.
Department of Agriculture. The
Surry County 4-H Club News, a
club paper published every two
months, was started. The paper
was made possible through the
selling of ads and public dona
tions.
There were two fairs In the
county this year and the 4-H
Club organization had one of the
best exhibits since its organiza
tion. There were 152 quarts of
fruits and vegetables, 52 dressers,
25 towels, 20 aprons, 18 sewing
bags, 18 suits of underwear, 6
scrap books, 2 pairs of curtains
and 607 ears of corn on exhibit.
These exhibits won a total of
$154.00 in premiums. This is the
most money ever won in any one
year.
Out of the 102 members who
took health examnation Ruth
Morris from the Franklin club
made the highest score. She not
only made the highest score in
the county but in the district as
well. She competed in the State
contest and scored 98.6 points out
of 100 and the winner scored
98.7 points.
One 4-H club banquet was held
with 106 boys and girls with their
parents attending. All county
awards were presented at that
time. *
The county was well represent
ed at the State 4-H Short Course
held in Raleigh each year. There
were 22 boys and girls who made
this trip.
Bertie Taylor Robertson from
White Plains won in the county
dress review and represented this
county in the State Contest held
in Raleigh.
. The club was instrumental in
distributing 45 bushels of certi
fied seed com among the mem
bers and farmers over the coun
ty.
There were two exhibits from
this county sent to the State Pair
and Francis Alexander won $7.00
on one of them.
Ten dollars was won to the Ball
Canning Contest to 1938.
These achievements to 1938
should be only the beginning as
4-H Club work to this county is
only to its first stage of develop
ment. The members as well as
the public are just realizing what
the organization is trying to do.
Your cooperation and help to
the future will do much to help
build a stranger and more effi
cient program of 4-H club work
to this county. Do your bit and
if you have a boy or girl between
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them to come in the club in their
school and help make Surry
County 2, fcsttsr county in which
to live by living up* to the club
motto "To Make the Best Better."
There were 550 present at the
Achievement Day program. Claude
Kidd, Rt. 2, Dobson, made the
best record in poultry, raised 100
baby chicks, made $28.40 profit.
Josephine Dockery, Rt, 1, Elkin,
won in the canning contest. She
canned 488 cans of fruits and
vegetables by the latest method
(steam pressure cooker.) Francis
Alexander from Elkin won the
room improvement contest. Allen
Jarvis, Rt. 1, Dobson, won on his
corn, made 82 bu. and a profit
of $45.51 on one acre. Hazel Key,
Siloam, N. C., was awarded the
achievement award for being the
most outstanding club member in
the county during 1938. The
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Copeland club was awarded the
banner for being the honor club
of the year. North Elkin was rec
ognized as being the honor CIUD
of the month.
RED CROSS SEEKS AID
FOR VICTIMS OF QUAKE
The Republic of Chile has been
visited by one of the most de
structive earthquakes in the his
tory of the Western Hemisphere.
Official sources report that the
list of dead will exceed 30,000 and
the injured 50,000. The catastro
phe has overwhelmed the nation
and its resources are being taxed
to the limit.
National Headquarters has al
ready made a direct contribution
of SIO,OOO to the Chilean Red
Cross, and vaccines, serums, pow
Thursday. February 9, 1939
dered milk and other supplies
have been dispatched by Army
and the Pan American Airway
planes to the value of-an addi
tional SIO,OOO. The American Red
Cross field director stationed with
the Army at the Panama Canal
Zone was sent with the planes to
the scene of the disaster.
Some of the other National
Red Cross Societies as well as
governments are aiding in various
ways, but the extent of the catas
trophe is so great that consider
able additional help is urgently
needed. I am, herefore, asking
all chapters to announce to the
public that they will accept con
tributions, to be remitted to Na
tional Headquarters.
The above letter was received
by Mrs. Joe Bivins, local Red
Cross chairman.