Newspapers / The Elkin Tribune (Elkin, … / May 11, 1939, edition 1 / Page 4
Part of The Elkin Tribune (Elkin, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Published Every Thursday by ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Elkin, N. C. Thursday, May 11, 1939 Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C.. as second-class matter. C. 8. FOSTER. *. - President H. F. LAFFOON Secretary-Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER YEAR In the State, $1.50 Out of the State, JJ.M It's the Greensboro Daily News' notion that "Maybe it's better to swallow goldfish than propaganda." Wonder what our jungle grandpas would think of their offspring if they could see us spending mountains of money making gas masks to protect little babies from our own inhumanity ? Surely that boasted tie between father and son could not be the one dad finds on the boy when he goes to dress up for Sun day? There is this consolation: If free speech and freedom of the press ever is curtailed, we'll be spared the daily tripe handed out by General Hugh Johnson. Some guys are the "life of the party" at social functions because of their intelli gence, some because they really are hand some, some because of their wit, and others because they can wiggle their ears. Although former Governor Max Gardner says he's not gonna mess in the governor ship race, they do say he has been trying mighty hard to get Lindsay Warren to enter the race, to make certain that Broughton is beaten. Japan, they say, means to put China to raising cotton so that there will be no need for dependence on the American farmer. But won't the latter get a big kick out of seeing them battle against the boll weevil. "Chamberlain didn't invent his policy of appeasement. Look what American hus bands give up for the sake of peace."—Rob ert Quillen. And there is the fellow whose steno grapher couldn't understand that he was talking cross to her only because his wife was in the office. German militarists plan to bomb London every hour of the day, on a relay schedule that wiil enable planes to rest at intervals. Don't take into consideration, we reckon, the bare possibility that the pilots will be met in the air by others just as determined that they shan't. President Roosevelt thinks Hitler left the door open about an inch. Probably to make it easier to snatch something. What Congress is mostly peeved about is that modern wars are fought without being "declared," and that leaves our representa tives all dressed up and nowhere to go. But not even Mr. Roosevelt would hold that the South is anybody's political prob lem. No matter what the issue everyone knows that we've done voted. New Conceptions A decade ago a great national driveway atop the beautiful scenic mountain range to the west of us was only a secret dream of some visionary who could only hope for its eventuation. Today such a travel lane is in process of development, some of it actually completed, and all of it charted for ultimate completion. That means that soon great swarms of people will be coming into North Carolina; people who never dreamed of the worth whileness of this State and who perhaps would have remained in ignorance concern ing our great national assets. It is possible, too, that the attraction of this great scenic parkway will serve to bring a new apprecia tion of our own people of the values that are wrapped up in these hills; may cause them to better understand the history and tradi tions of our mountainland. For instance, for our ownself, we didn't associate old Grandfather Mountain with extreme age until the other day an out-of- State writer reminded that, according to scholars and scientists, this is the oldest mountain in the world—older than Ararat where the ark rested after the flood; far older than Sinai where Israel camped on the way to Canaan. In other words, Grand father is the geologic grandsire of the globe, and that Father Time is one of his obeisant children. Science has a way of measuring things, and science has been right so long that we are accepting their appraisel without ques tion. And when next again we mount to Grandfather's near-top, we shall pay our re ; spects to age and stand in (awe in the pres ence of one who has stood solid and unafraid during the transformations of the human race. We shall reflect that that solidity, that complacency in the face of storms that came but did not destroy, is the symbol of the America we love, and which, praise God, shall endure to the end. Heretofore we have reveled in the thought of what is in store for this section when this great pleasure lane is completed. Its benefits will filter back to the low coun try and some of them will have to pass through Elkin. Some of these benefits will be in the form of dollars. We ought to be able to use them. And is it out of time and out of place to remind that this is the accomplishment of a governmental administration that has been, is being castigated for its "useless spending"? Duke Power's Big Tax Toll Corporations sometimes come in for a lot of criticism simply because they are big. Sometimes their tactics invite the castiga tion, sometimes their methods are above re proach. But one thing is certain: because they are big they are easier for the tax hunter to shoot at, and maybe that is why they must spend a lot of money trying to ward off the bullets. Why they pay big sums to lobbyists to defeat legislation that is unfavorable to them. For instance the nearly three and a half million dollars of tax money which the Duke P'ower Company must plank down every year, eats into its earnings like the dickens, and but for the continued watchfulness of its officials in the legislative season, this amount probably would be double what it is. A breakdown of the Duke Power Com pany tax load shows that this concern pays $698,556.57 in county and municipal prop erty taxes and municipal license taxes. And then have a look at these other North Caro lina and Federal taxes it paid last year: State Franchise tax $1,098,189.80 State Income tax 315,700.91 N. C. Unemployment tax 112,453.77 Schedule "B" taxes 4,100.00 Miscellaneous State taxes 9,167.47 U. S. Excise tax on Electrical Energy 185,448.70 Proportion on Federal Income and Other taxes 935,004.51 That's a lot of money, but before it could be paid it had to be earned. There's conso lation in that to somebody. Yet because of the yardstick notched by the government, the Duke Power Company is compelled to depend on volume at shorter profit in order to keep to an even keel. It follows then that when the tax gatherer looks upon the Duke concern as a source of revenue, there is a natural uneasiness about ultimate earnings. It is only fair then to keep the above fig ures in mind when we go to condemn indis criminately. The Duke Power Company has been criticized for its persistent battle against High Point's big power project on the Yadkin. If it smack§ much of Big Busi ness tactics, then those tax figures plainly tell that eternal vigilance is necessary if the Duke concern would survive, and it should not be judged too harshly. We hold no brief for the Duke Power Company, but common fairness demands that all things be counted when one goes to balance the ledger. Who Is Right? Local units of the National Consumers Tax Commission have been formed in many North Carolina towns. This is a non-politi cal group, that has for its main objective a study of the problem of "hidden taxes" that add to the figures on every sales slip. It is nation-wide in scope and membership is at present confined to those who do most of the buying across the counter—the women. In their study of this problem the ladies will be surprised to find that these "hidden taxes" (tolls collected from the maker and distributee and passed on to the consumer) add $1.95 to a $5.00 hat, $1.56 to a $4.00 pair of shoes and sometimes as much as $lO to every S3O of rent. Here is one very good reason why the ladies rhould undertake this study and not depend on others to form their conclusions: In his address before the Lions Club in Statesville last week, Governor Hoey made this statement, one that he has made time and time again in speeches throughout the State: "As unpopular as the sales tax is, 80 per cent, of the people of the State would con tribute nothing to the cost of operation of the government if it were not for the sales tax." When the ladies have finished their study, probably they will challenge that statement. For they will find that every one who buys pays tribute to the govern ment—in hidden taxes; that everyone who rents contributes a big slice of the rent dol lar to government. And almost every man, woman and child in North Carolina—buys. Many of them rent. Therefore none of them is escaping payment in support of govern ment. Whether their just share or more than their just share is not~ in argument. But Governor Hoey holds that eighty per cent, of them pay—nothing. And by "nothing" we take the Governor to mean "not one cent." It is the same old argument that was used to sugar-coat the sales tax. Many fell for it then largely because the schools were what were to be supported. But the Gov ernor has said that the sales tax we shall have with us permanently. Does the fear abide that it won't stay pegged? We don't think the Governor would de liberately deceive. He just needs to join the ladies in their study of hidden taxes, and he. too will find that every person who buys pays 'something" to the cost of operating their government. His 80 per cent, theory is a leetle overdrawn, to say the least. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA PLEASANT HILL Rev. D. W. Day was In charge of the prayer service last Sunday night. The Millicent quartet sang at Reidsville Sunday night. The Happy Day quartet sang at New Hope, Iredell county, Sat urday night and attended a sing ing convention Sunday afternoon at Shady Grove. The friends of Mr. B. W. Crabb in the Pleasant Hill community, gave him a birthday dinner Sun day at his home in the Mine Ridge community. About 125 at ■ tended the dinner. The majority of the people attending were from Pleasant Hill. In the afternoon special singing was enjoyed. Those singing were the Sunshine quar tet and part of the Junior Choir. Mr. E. C. James will speak at Pleasant Hill Sunday for the i Mother's Day service. TO ASK MORE LAND IN YADKIN FOR POWER DAM High Point, May 9.—ln the first I official action of the power board I today, the High Point board of power commissioners agreed to ask for more land in the hydroelectric plant area in Yadkin county. The board set Tuesday at 1:15 o'clock as the time for the meeting of the commission. F. Logan Porter Sr. was elected | vice chairman of the board. COWS ELECTROCUTED BY MILKING MACHINE Honolulu, May 9. —A short cir- Icuit in a milking machine elec | trocuted 23 cows in a diamond I head dairy barn today. Three ; milkmen escaped harm because i they wore rubber boots. Shintoku Nakata, Japanese | dairyman, said metal stanchions | holding the cows carried the elec- I tricity into their bodies. Describ ling their death, he said: "One time all shake. All sit ■ down one time. Quick, I go out side." For rent: one furnished or un furnished apartment. Hot and cold water and heaf furnished. Call 236-R. tfc For rent—3 and 4 room apart ments. Private baths and all modem conveniences. Tel e phone 126-M. Carl Chappell. tfc Do you want plenty of eggs from strong, fast .growing young chicks? If so feed Panamin. We have it. Abemethy's, A Good Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tID Just received a big shipment of novelties you will want to see. Wall vases, what-not trinkets, china vases, bud vases, ash trays, candle sticks, etc. Walk er's Basement Store. , New and used Jay Bee Hammer Mills, Grinders and Grist Mills, for every grinding requirement. Small down payment. Good terms. Write quick for de tails. E. E. Hill. 196 Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga. 5-lip Lost: Truck license No. 186-957. Finder return to Tribune office. James M. Spicer, Traphill, N. C. ltp Supply your needs in tin ware, pie plates, milk pails, wash basins, pudding pans, drinking cups, covered buckets, etc., at Walker's Basement Store. For sale—ice refrigerator. Good size for home. $15.00. L. A. Woodruff, Elkin, N. C. 5-18 c For Sale—Several acres of land on Swan Creek Road, close to Jonesville. Ideal building sites. Will sell all or part. Dr. Crutchfield, Jonesville. tfc For sale at a bargain—Used Gen eral Electric refrigerator in ex cellent condition. See it today. Harris Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. ltc Wanted: To repair your watches and clocks of all makes. Work promptly done. My prices are right. J. F. Talbirt, Main St., at new bridge. » 5-lip We have a beautiful spinetie piano in your community that is partly paid for. Anyone may have same by paying the un paid payments. If interested, write at once and we will notify you where piano may be seen. Box 262, Salisbury, N. C. 5- 18 c For Sale: Wheat straw, 90 to 100 pound bales, 30c; good top fod der $2.00 per 100. See P. H. Swift, Zephyr. tfc For rent: four room apartment, unfurnished, private bath, to couple, no children. Telephone 238-R. ltp Special—loo Jars of gold fish. 25c value, special 19c each for Fri day and Saturday. Graham & Click 5c & 10c Store, Elkin, N. C. ltc The Shadow i J. R. Watkins bean spray, fly fluid, shred soap, mineralized stock and poultry tonics, lini ment, flavorings and extracts for sale. K. M. Carter, Elkin, N. C. 5-25p For rent: store building. State Road, 5 miles north Elkin, U. S. 21. Equipped, living quarters in rear. Remodeled. C. M. Royall, State Road. N. C. tfc Summer Chicks. White and Bar red Rocks. New Hampshire Reds, Rock-New Hampshire Cross. State Pullorum Tested. They are FINE. Only SB.OO per hundred delivered 9c less quantities. Bunch Hatchery, Statesville, N. C. 5-1 lp Lost: On Mitchell's River, spotted Walker fox hound, about 1 year old, black and white with tan ears. Answers to "Ronnie." Please notify Hamby, Elkin, N. C. ltp We Want—To Re-Sole and Re- Heel those Shoes of yours where the Soles have worn thin and the Heels are turned over and save you 50 to 75% of the cost of a new pair. Best of workmanship and prices as cheap as the cheapest. Wel born & Transou, Shoe Rebuild ers. In the Greenwood Mod ern Apartment Building. 5-18 c Permanent Waves, SI.OO and up. Shampoo and finger wave, 40c. Modern Beauty Shop, Louise Vestal, Ruby Gray, Sylvia Shew. Telephone 340. ' tfc For rent: Three room apartment in old Cockerham home, West Main stx-eet. See Fred Bell, ltp For Sale—All kinds of wood, any length; oak or mixed. Delivered anytime. J. S. Hudspeth. H W. Crouse, Telephone 180. tfc Spring time is Kodak time, supply your needs in Kodaks. Films and supplies at Walker's 5 & 10c Store. We buy scrap iron and metals. Double Eagle Service Co.. Elk in. N. C. tfc Are you having trouble with your feet? If so you should see us for your needs in Foot-aids, Corn remover. Corn and bunion pads, foot powder, etc. Walker's 5 & 10c Store. Wanted to repair radios. Oui expert thoroughly knows his business. Prices right. Harris Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc Fot your needs in Hosiery see us: Children's anklets 10c, 15c and 25c pair. Men's and boy's socks 10c, 15c, 20c and 25c pair. Ladies' Cotton Hose 10c pair. Rayon Hose 25c pair, full fash ioned pure thread silks in the latest spring colors 29c, 49c, 59c and 69c pair. Walker's 5 & 10c Store. FREE! If excess acid causes you pains of Stomach Ulcers. Indi gestion, Heartburn, Belching, Bloating, Nausea, Gas Pains, get free Sample, Udga, at Turner Drug Company. ' 5-4p REAL ESTATE For Sale—Two five-room bunga lows in Arlington; two 5-room houses in Jonesville; one five room house in Elkin. Easy terms. Also some beautiful building lots in Arlington, and on N. C. Highway 26, U JS. 21. See D. C. Martin. tfc THESE 6 MAGAZINES AND THIS NEWSPAPER HERE'S WHAT YOU GET All Seven For fj \ \ Pathfinder (weekly) ~52 Issues j One Year Good Stories 12 Issues / Better Homes and Gardens 12 Issues A f* || Farm Journal-Farmer's Wife 12 Issues / M 1 Woman's World 12 Issues v . ||) M |JU * Progressive Farmer 12 Issues ] —— The Elkin Tribune 52 Issues ' HH ™' "~" REGULAR VALUE $4.75 —YOU SAVE $2.25 *| | Check here if you want Southern Agriculturist, one year, substi-- . | tuted for Progressive Parmer. ' / HS^CVTfT^VrTiTnTV f cifoiipffpS □ American Boy 8 mos. H Q American Poultry Journal... 1 yr. □ American Cirl 8 mos. □Breeder's Gazette 1 yr. □ Christian Herald 6 mos. ■ □ Cloverleaf American Review. 1 yr. □ Home Arts—Needlecraft . .2yrs. H □ Farm Journal-Farmer's Wife. 1 yr., □ Household Magazine 2yrs. H □ Good Stories ' yr. ■ □ McCall's Magazine I yr. □ Home Cirde 1 yr. □ Modern Romances 1 yr. □ Home Friend 1 yr. afl □ Open Road (Boys) 1 yr. ■ □ Household Magazine 1 yr. | □ Parents' Magazine 6 mos. ■ □ Home Arts—Needlecraft ...lyr. □ Pathfinder (weekly) lyr. □ Leghorn World lyr. □ Progressive Farmer 4yrs. ■ □ Nat'l Live Stock Producer .. 1 yr. □ Romantic Story 1 yr. H □ Plymouth Rock Monthly .... 1 yr. □ Screen Book lyr. □Progressive Fanner 2yrs. □ Silver Screen lyr. B □ Rhode Island Red Journal...l yr. □ Southern Agriculturist 4yrs. H □ Southern Agriculturist 2yrs. □ True Confessions lyr. ■ □Successful Farming lyr*. I Gentlemen: ■ I enclose $ for which please send mc th« ® magazines I have checked, together with a year's subscription ■ I to your newspaper. j j Big 6 Magacine Club I l\ 5 Name - I ' I Street or R. F. D —..._ - - | I Thursday, May 11, 1939
The Elkin Tribune (Elkin, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
May 11, 1939, edition 1
4
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75