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Daj&Gi/uteqie— 1 Author of "How to Win Friends xj> 8 - *• and Influence People." HfilPS 5-Minute Biographies Wmk THEODORE DREISER God's Mercy and Three Gin Rickeys Brought A Titan to American Literature Theodore Dreiser is one of the most astonishing novelists in America —and one of the most distinguished. For a third of a c entury, he has been on a literary rampage, bellowing and snorting iu»J pinFißg up the earth like a short-hom bull. He has had an immense influ ence upon American literature. The books you are reading today would have been a trifle different if Theodore Dreiser had never Tved. * In 1900, he wrote a sensational novel called Sister Carrie, which stirred up a tornado of talk. Critics denounced it as immoral and obscene. Preachers pounded their pulpits and women's clubs rose up in holy indignation and demanded that it be suppressed. The publisher became frightened. Elkin's W™ 1 ¥ Superior Newest ■ JLi Am Sound THEATRE Thursday, April 13—(Today)— 56,000 k't Stirring! It't Sensational I It's too exciting to mitt! Come Today! A WARNER BROS. Pklura with BORIS KARLOFF . Dlrortod by Willi.m Climwi . Scroon Fl«y by DM Ryan and Korawth G«nwt . From «n Orifln*! Story by Anthony Coldamy and Raymond L. Sdirock Special: Floyd Gibbons in "Identified" Admission 10c-25c Friday-Saturday, Matinee and Night— GEORGE O'BRIEN "BORDER G-MEN" Serial - Errol Comedy - Cartoon Admission 10c-25c Monday-Tuesday, Matinee Monday— The Surprise Picture of the Year PANDRO S BcCMAN In chor®* ot PRODUCT 0.-MC- K«»I* Produced by Old bid. Screen floy by John Twlit. Latest Issue "March of Time"—Adm. 10c-25c Special: Wednesday, Matinee and Night— Don't Fail to See What Happens in Our Own Southland, In— "BOY SLAVES" With Anne Shirley - Roger Daniel Social - Selected Shorts Adm. 10c to All and refused to sell it. Dreiser was astonished. He didn't know there was anything immoral about his novel. He had only de picted life as he saw it. But that was back in 1900. Nobody would think of denouncing the book ZiC"sf. And if vou want a copy of the first edition of Sister Carrie today, it will cost you $350. I once went up to see this grey, glum gruff giant. He is so frank he makes you gasp. He has written the most mov ing tragedies ever penned about American life. His greatest book. An American Tragedy, appeared in 1925, when the author was so hard up he could hardly pay his room rent. The book created a national sensation and four hun dred thousand dollars came roar ing down upon him like an ava THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA lanche. Hollywood paid him al most a' fifth of a million dollars for the movie rights alone. I asked him what he did with the money—he put it in stocks, bonds and mortgages and lost $300,000. Dreiser suddenly decided one day that he was going to be a newspaper reporter, so he applied for a job on the Chicago Globe. They told him that they didn't need any help. But he took a chair and said he was going to sit there until they did. He sat there every day for over a month. That was in 1891, and when the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago, in June of that year, the paper had to have some extra reporters so they gave him a Job. Then an incredible thing happened. This cub re porter, who had never written a line for a newspaper in his life, Was having a drink with the ether reporters at the bar of the Auditorium Hotel; the other re porter* wpr* bemoaning the fact that, no one knew who was going to be nominated. Dreiser had had a couple of cocktails and he wanted to show off, so he said, "I know who is going to be nom inated. A dark horse, Senator McEnty of South Carolina." Just at that instant, Senator McEnty swung into the room and said, • Who does me the honor of men tioning my name?" Dreiser confessed; and the Senator said: "That's fine. Let's have a drink." Then five min utes later, he invited Dreiser to have lunch and some more gin rickeys; and under their mellow influence, the Senator said: "I want you to go to Washington with me as my private secre tary." After lunch McEnty said: "Lis ten, boy—l'm going to let you in on a dark secret. Grover Cleve land is going to be nominated for President; and you are the first newspaper man to know it." Dreiser was flabbergasted. He had only been a reporter for two days, and had gotten the biggest j scoop of the year. I asked him to tell me the secret of his success and he said, "Just Jhe mercy of God—that's all." TRAPHILL HONOR ROLL FOR SEVENTH MONTH The following is the honor roll for the seventh month of the Traphill school: First grade: Billie Absher, Eu genia Ray, Buddy Smith, Holland Warren, James Billings, J. W. Bryan, Ray Warren, Hadley Cothren, Annie Lee Luffman. Second grade: Ray Wood, Wil hemina Billings, Clyde Brown, Guy Ray. • Third grade: Peggy Lou Brown, I Ruth Holbrook, Helen Warren, Louise Smith, Mary Lee Casstev ens. Fourth grade: Boyd Blackburn, Douglas Lassiter, Anna Ruth Bauguess, Floy Prevette, Rita Prevette, Nannie Sue Blevins. John A. Absher, Glenn Brown, Thomas Sherman Bryan, Ira Casey, Maynard Yale, Frances Castevens, Nancy Caudill, Nell Holbrook, Ruth Prevette, Greta Swaringen, Effie Holbrook, Irene Pardue. Sixth grade: Ruth Bauguess. Ruth Joines, Mary Livingston, Gladys Prevette, Louise Warren. Seventh grade: Fay Warren, Rosa Lee Triplett, Emma Lyon, I Louise Duncan, Nina Billings, Van Wood. Eighth grade: Willard Billings. Leff Holloway, Edwin Sidden, Luzetta Anderson, Fannie Bow ers, Beatrice Castevens, Lizzie Couch. Janie Hayes, Emma Har ris, 01 en e Holcomb, Estelle Hutchison, Kathleen McMena min, Reda Ross, Mabel Sidden, Bernice Smith, Ruth Spicer, Myr tle Spicer, Reba Wiles, Helen Billings, Mary Lee Bauguess. Tenth grade: Sallie Bauguess, Annie Lou Collins, Sallie Gilliam, Hilda Hanks, Mary Belle Mc- Grady, Nina Yale. v -Ninth grade: J.\ Van Byrd, Ward Carter, Walter Holcomb, Silas Newman, Mae Alexander, Melba Billings, Okie Lee Bill ings, Ersie Blackburn, Lois Car ter, Rosa Cleary, Fay Holcomb, Eva Joines, Metta Joines, Maude Johnson, Roxie Mayberry, Velna Mcßride, Ina Grace Pruitt, Oro vella Sparks, Malba Waddell, Mattie Jane Warren, Velda War ren. Eleventh grade: Buell Warren, Naomi Billings, Delia Brooks, Margaret Browne, Hazel Cox, Milna Darnell, Georgia Lee Hol loway, Stella McGrady, Jurileen Nickelson, Blanche Sidden, Nancy Sidden, Vena Sparks, Katherine Walker, Hazel Warren, Opali Warren. A Clock That Struck ( A farmer bought a large man tel clock, one of the kind that strikes the hours and half hours. One night he was awakened by the striking of the clock. Borne-1 thing had gone wrong with the' mechanism, and the chimes, in- 1 stead of stopping with the usual 1 twelve, kept right on sounding. I The bewildered farmer counted, them up to 102, and then called! to his wife: "Mary, for goodness'' sake, get up! It's later than I'vel ever known it to be before!" 2 STATE ROAD Mr. and Mrs. Tyra Parks and daughter. Nevassa, of Leaksville, visited friends here during Easter. A group of young people of this community, were visitors in Win ston-Salem for the sunrise service there Sunday morning. Mr. Dock Stanley, of this com munity, has accepted a position with the soil conservation service at Laurel Springs, N. C. Mr. Stanley left last week to begin a six months contract. Mr. James Martin, of Jones ville, visited friends near here Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Bessie Smith, an invalid for the past six months, is grad ually declining in health. Her prospects for recovery are doubt ful. Mrs. Laton Adams is quite ill at present, we regret to state. Mrs. Qarland Carter was the Sundav euest of Mrs. Sallv Nor man, Oak Ridge. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Smith and son, Kendrick, visited the form er's uncle, George Smith, in Min ing Ridge Sunday. Miss Ruth Pettyjohn, of Lit tlestown, Pa., was the Easter guest of her father, Mr. Watson Pettyjohn, here. POWER IN YADKIN TO BE CUT OFF ONE HOUR The electric power in Yadkin ville, East Bend and Boonville, and vicinity, will be cut off for one hour Sunday afternoon, from 2:00 until 3:00 o'clock, it has been announced by the Duke Power Co., so that some neces sary work may be done on the company's lines. OFFICERS hhh H H .AWL C. ..I Pi I • •. DIRECTORS NkinaaKiwqnian JULIUB HALL ™ ™ J. R. POINDEXTER SECRETARY-TREASURER GEO. E. ROYALL i Vol. 11. No. 2 ELKIN, N. O. PUBLISHED MONTHLY hlkin s Finest Store Kinds E. S. Spainhonr, Kiwanian ELKIN J j D. G. Smith, Kiwanian J j| HAYES &SPEAS DE^STORE Funeral Directors : 1 LjmLmU ij • , : : s : Home Furnishers ' Shopping Ambulance Day or Nl»ht "ML Center E. E. 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Tates. Kiwanian || ===3lZ L== a »— =y= B sr==s=Ji More Scotch Thrift Young Angus had been out for the evening with his best girl. Arriving home his father asked: "Hae ye been oot wi' your las sie again?" "Aye, Dad," replied young An gus, "why do you look so wor ried?" "I was just wonderin' how much the evening cost." "Only half a dollar, Dad." "Aye, that was nae so much." "It was all she had," said An gus. Waiting Dot: "So you're not going to marry that Mr. Firthson after all. Why not?" Helen: "Well, father thinks he isn't rich enough, and mother thinks he is too old for me. Aunt Mary thinks he is too good look ing to make a good husband, and Uncle Joe says he has heard things about him." Dot: "But what do you think about Jt?" Helen: "Oh, I think I ought to wait until he asks me." White paint is heavier than green. EVERYTHING In Seeds and Fer tilizer for the Lawn and Garden F.A.Brendle & Son Elkin, N. C. jlSLfiWl ■ WmTbere's no secret about our Double HSI , • , . . 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