THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, May 25, 1939
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-class matter.
C. S. FOSTER. President
H. F. LAFFOON —Secretary-Treasurer
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER TEAR
In the State, $1.50 Out of the State, *2.00
To Be Commended
Twice within a week Governor Hoey has
handed back to a human being the one price
less thing to which a human may cling—
life. And in each case it was a lowly negro.
The Governor is to be praised.
In commuting to life imprisonment a
death sentence pronounced on a Mecklen
burg negro, convicted of first degree mur
der in connection with the death of a white
neighbor in whose hen-house he tussled for
possession of a gun which the owner
brought along in defense of his hens, Gov
ernor Hoey explains that "although he was
engaged in crime, he was not prepared to
either defend himself or injure another . . .
There may be technical basis for a first
degree verdict, but I concur in the state
ments of trial officials and the -jury and
take the view that substantial justice does
not demand the death penalty."
The negro contended that in the scuffle
over the gun it was accidentally discharged,
killing the white man. Certainly it strains
the imagination to say that there was pre
meditation, and so most of us will be agree
ing with the Governor that "substantial
justice does not demand the death penalty."
Likewise, the Governor is to be com
mended for arresting temporarily the sen
tence of Raleigh's "Grey Mouse," a young
negro burglar whose repeated offenses in
variably recorded the pilfering of homes at
night when the occupants were asleep. The
law calls this a capital offense, the penalty
for which is death. But here again there is
no evidence of intent to kill, even if caught
in the act, because the negro carried no
weapons, and always seemed more intent on
getting away than to remain to kill. We
have not been in the habit of enforcing the
law that makes this offense a capital crime,
and there is no reason to begin with this
case. As a matter of fact we ought to be
narrowing down the scope by which the
State may kill instead of widening it. For
some of these days we will be doing away
with capital punishment altogether.
Life, we reckon, is sweet to these young
negroes. True it will not afford them op
portunity to "lift" a hen from her roost, or
pilfer the pockets of a man in his home
while he snoozes. But with all the hedging
about, to live is better than putting out on
an uncharted sea, and the Governor is to be
commended for giving these hapless negroes
—their life.
Surprised and Shocked
We confessed to being a bit shocked by
the revelation that a nudist colony had been
established in our neighbor county—Davie.
It is not as though Davie were holding out
on us, because, according to the news col
umns the colony had pulled the wool over
the eyes of Davie officials, who didn't know,
first-hand that it existed.
But Attorney General McMullan comes
to the rescue with a ruling that a nudist
camp is a "nuisance" in the eyes of the law
in North Carolina. He approaches the mat
ter through the criminal law, and thinks the
machinery made and provided is sufficient
to abate this nuisance. He calls a nudist
camp in North Carolina "unlawful and a
violation of the criminal law, making the
persons responsible for it guilty of a misde
meanor."
But will it be so simple as that? Will
just waving a hand with a "ruling" in it be
the signal for abandoning a project that has
involved the building of fences to keep the
curious at a good safe distance. Of course
the enclosure could be used for the confine
ment of other cattle, more important, more
intelligent cattle, still if the nudists get
stubborn about this interference, they're
liable to give somebody some anxious mo
ments. For if while they are carrying the
matter through the courts, the camp is al
lowed to flourish during the crop season, it
might make workers very unhappy and
even create a labor shortage in this age of
unemployment.
What is more, the attorney general is
supporting his ruling by citing the 1935
statute which makes it a misdemeanor for
a person to undress in the presence of one
or more persons of the opposite sex. And
if the nudists insist they might be able, in
case the courts hold with McMullan, to stop
the practice of husband and wife undressing
in the same room at the same time. Able
lawyers of the State, already have interpret
ed the law to say this, although like many
laws the lawyers help to make, it doesn't
mean what it says.
Anyhow, the newspaper stories about
the nudist camp in Davie simply say it is
located a few miles from Mocksville. That
is not near specific enough. The State
would be the beneficiary of a lot of .gasoline
tax, if it would give the route number and
set up markers.
National Cotton Week
This is National Cotton Week, sponsored
by the National Cotton Council and the Cot
ton Textile Institute, and proclaimed by the
President of the United States, for the com
mendable purpose of stressing the story and
sale of the agricultural product which gives
employment to more Americans than any
other crop.
Approximately 25,000,000 persons work
directly or indirectly in the Cotton Kingdom,
and anything that affects that many people
deserves recognition, particularly when cot
ton's kingdom is threatened.
More than 75,000 retail merchants
throughout the nation will take part in this
national program, featuring and displaying
cotton products. Elkin merchants are en
tering heartily in the plans and purposes,
and the people of this community should,
and will, we believe, measure up to their
share of the responsibilities that go with
trying to bring cotton back to its proper
place in the economic sun. Surry is not an
extensive producer or processor of cotton,
but a careful analysis would reveal that we
are more dependent upon cotton than most
of us realize.
But increasing the sale of cotton goods
across the counter will not be the sole pur
pose of the Cotton Week campaign. The
sponsors will emphasize the fact that there
are thousands of uses to which cotton could
be put, not now employed. For instance: If
every carload of sugar sold in America last
year had been packed in cotton bags, the
cotton consumed would have given a day's
work to nearly ten million people; the farm
er will be reminded that he is growing cot
ton with fertilizer emptied from paper bags
or other containers, picking it in burlap
bags, baling it in jute, buys rayon clothes
for his family, and then finds himself won
dering why his cotton sells for so little.
The Southern cotton farmer is in a
serious fix. World markets have declined
for one reason or another; synthetic pro
ducts are competing with the staple; paper
manufactured in 37 states has replaced cot
ton in over 100 varied fields, while other
factors have been undermining King Cot
ton's prestige. It is not enough to tell the
cotton planter to turn to something else.
That must come by a slow process that will
leave many of them hungry, and every dol
lar cut from the farmer's income indirectly
affects every mother's son of us.
So in the remaining days of Cotton Week
let's at least ponder this situation, and if
now we cannot go to the store and buy, let's
bear in mind the importance of giving cot
ton preference when we go to meet our
needs.
The Jockeying Game
From the way they "hove-to" and all but
applauded the nomination of Dean Armis
tead M. Dobie to a federal judgeship, you'd
think Senators Glass and Byrd had named
the man to this high place themselves, leav
ing to Mr. Roosevelt only the privilege of
0.k.-ing their choice and passing it on to the
Senate.
Both Virginia Senators agree that Judge
Dobie, of the University of Virginia law
school, is "one of the ablest lawyers in Vir
ginia and an old friend of each." They were
quick to point out that they were "consult
ed" in the appointment, and gave their ap
proval before the appointment was made.
All of which was quick work, if the Presi
dent is to be believed, and he was not chal
lenged when he told newspapermen that he
had notified the Virginia senators thirty
minutes before the nomination was formally
placed before the Senate.
Senators Glass and Byrd gave high
praise, too, to Floyd H. Roberts whom the
President first named to this vacancy, but
they opposed Roberts as "personally obnox
ious" to them made so by the fact that they
had not been consulted in the choice. And
their obliging fellow senators backstood
them in the shelving process.
Senators Glass and Byrd came in for a
lot of criticism from both at home and
abroad because of their fight on Roberts.
They didn't want that repeated, so a full
half hour's notice was ample time for them
to "consult" and favor the President's sec
ond choice. It would have been just too
bad, had the senators elected to fight Dobie
too. It would have meant a groundswell for
Governor Price who is getting in the hair of
the Glass-Byrd political machine in Vir
ginia. The Governor has a smooth-running
machine of his own, thank you, an organiza
tion that is giving the senators a lot of
anxiety.
And as for the President it can be said
for him that he played his cards close to his
vest. He picked a man that Glass and Byrd
did not dare oppose, and we have Governor
Price's word that he was not "consulted"
about the matter. So it appears that Sen
ators Glass and Byrd were jockeyed, or
should we say had jockeyed themselves, into
a position that was not exactly comfortable,
but about which there was very little they
could do, except get on the bandwagon.
It might be said in passing that Presi
dent Roosevelt's handling of the South Car
olina judgeship, where a similar senatorial
set-up faced him, against demonstrated the
fact that he knows his way about" in politics,
for there he named another outstanding
lawyer who could not be successfully chal
lenged.
It could be that that mysterious boat
they are uncovering at Manteo was our ship
that never came in. But we haven't the
heart to suggest it to our grocer.
THE BLKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Washington,, May 22—Whether
there will be a revision of the tax
laws to eliminate levies whjch are
hampering business expansion
seems somewhat more doubtful
now than it did a short time ago.
The reason for this doubt is
the refusal of the President to
give his indorsement to the tax
revision program prepared by the
Secretary of the TYeasury and his
staff, working in cooperation with
the chairmen of the Congression
al committees having to do with
tax matters.
There is a strong inclination on
the part of Congressional leaders
to go ahead with a tax revision
program regardless of whether
the President approves or disap
proves. Secretary Morgenthau
may present his program to Con
gress without Presidential in
dorsement.
The President has not said that
lie will not approve a tax revision
bill if passed, but he has* let it be
known that he will not let any
program which would reduce or
lepeal existing taxes be put for
ward as an Administration mea
sure.
Washington observers are
somewhat puzzled by Mr. Roose
velt's attitude. Early in the year
the announced policy of the Ad
ministration was "appeasement"
of business.
Resolutions Offered
At the meeting held here of the
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, remarks were
made by business leaders and res
olutions offered which were ex
tremely critical of the Adminis
tration's policies. Some of the
President's intimates seized the
opportunity which such criticism
afforded, to point out to Mr.
Roosevelt that the business in
terests of the nation did not seem
to be grateful to him, but were
decidedly non-cooperative. That,
in the belief of many Washing
ton observers, accounts for the
change in the Presidential atti
tude toward tax-relief.
The second part of the Presi
dent's departmental reorganiza
tion program, like the first part,
has met with general approval.
It provides for consolidations and
shifts of bureaus from depart
ments where they don't belong to
places where they fit, which ev
ery President for years has been
trying to get Congress to approve.
The President's estimate of
money savings by reason of these
changes is $1,250,000 a , year.
There is no doubt of Congression
al approval, even though Con
gress is in a spending mood.
Last year, when Congress add
ed $212,000,000 to the Agricul
tural budget for farm relief, the
President warned them that they
must find enough additional rev
enue to cover the increase. Con
gress promised to do that, but
didn't. Now it is adding nearly
$400,000,000 to this year's Agri
cultural budget, and making no
move to impose additional taxes
sufficient to cover the increase.
Vote-Catching Scheme
It is the unanimous opinion in
Washington that this is a pure
vo t e-catching scheme and
nothing else, and there is great
criticism of the refusal of the
Senate to go on record as to how
they voted on this appropriation.
If was passed by a voice vote.
All the talk about economy
which was heard on Capitol Hill
early in the session has dropped
to a whisper. The slogan of "re
covery instead of more reforms"
is no longer heard. There is no
such thing as a concrete recovery
program in Washington, either in
the Executive Offices or in Con
gress.
The national income is disap
pointingly low, and shows no
signs of early increase.
The one bright spot in the ec
conomic situation, as most care
ful observers here see it, is the
home-building boom. That is
growing rapidly in every part of
the nation. The system of in
suring building loans set up by
the FHA is considered by many
to be the most useful of all the
New Deal's achievements. Under
it private capital is more and
more freely getting to work and
hundreds of thousands of new
homes are being built.
Much of the confusion of minds
which everybody can observe in
Washington can be attributed to
the war scare. There is no doubt
that all the war talk has had the
effect of diverting the attention
of many men in high office from
internal affairs.
There is a considerable faction
who believe that "big business"
would like to see a war, even if it
involved the United States. That
feeling is at the back of much of
the neutrality talk, especially the
proposals for preventing Ameri
cans from doing business with
any nation at war.
100 Per Cent. Taxation
Proposals are being made for a
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system of wartime taxation which
would take as much as 100 per
cent, of profits made from the
manufacture or sale of military
materials.
The apprehension of war in
volving the United States is fad
ing in official circles here, how
ever. Indeed, there is a growing
belief that no general European
war is likely in the near future,
if at all.
The nearest to war that Wash
ington envisions now is the war
between the C.1.0. and the A. F.
of L. The C.1.0. won the first
major battle, with Governmental
support, in the coal strike. Com
mentators here are recalling John
L. Lewis' demand that the Presi
dent shoulg do something, after
the election of 1936, to show that
he was grateful for the $500,000
contributed by the United Mine
Workers to his Presidential cam
paign fund.
Cynical folk are suggesting that
the official attitude in the bitum
inous coal mine tie-up amounted
to a payment of that debt. The
mine operators called it a strike,
but the Department of Labor
called it a lockout. And the
miners won their demand for the
closed shop.
ANNUAL SINGING TO
BE HELD ON JUNE 4th
The annual old-time singing
convention will be held the first
Sunday in June this year at Har
mony, Iredell county. The session
will convene at 10 o'clock, a.m.
and at 11 o'clock an address will
be heard. The speaker for the
occasion will be announced later.
A number of choirs and quar
tettes will be present and group
singing will also be enjoyed. The
Christian Harmony song book
will be used in selecting the songs.
A cordial invitation is extend
ed the public to attend the all
day session. Rev. W. V. Brown,
well-known Yadkin county sing
er, will be in charge of the sing
ing.
Patronize Tribune advertisers.
They offer real values.
WANTS
Servel Electrolux Kerosene Re
frigerators bring full automatic
refrigeration to farm homes
without electricity. Many sat
isfied users in Surry county.
Write today for free literature.
No obligations. Lester Haynes.
Box 333, Mount Airy, N. C.,
Dealer for Surry, Yadkin and
Alleghany counties. 6-8p
For sale: Six weeks old Poland
China pigs, and six weeks old
pure bred Guernsey bull calf.
May be seen at Lombardy
Farm. Phone 13-F-13. U. S.
21, three miles north of State
Road. itc
Porch Swings made of select
oak $1.95. Eagle Furniture
Co.
Real Estate: Anyone wanting to
see me about selling their real
estate will be at the Jester land
sale, one mile out on the Win
ston road where we are fixing
for a sale on June 10. Drive out
and talk the matter over with
us. R. L England, Greensboro,
N. c. If you wish to sell or
buy come to see us. Itc
Small farms and home sites for
sale: drive out at once and look
this property over. The last
bidder will be the owner.
Nothing better has ever been
offered around Elkin. Sale Sat
urday, June 10, at 1 p.m. Mrs.
M. E. Jester Estate. England
Real Estate Company, Agents.
You can find map at Reece
Barber shop or see one out on
the land. ltc
For rent: one furnished or un
furnished apartment. Hot and
cold water and heat furnished.
Call 236-R. tfc
For rent—3 and 4 room apart
ments. Private baths and all
modern conveniences. Tel e
phone 126-M. Carl Chappell.
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Summer time is canning time
A big assortment of canners
(just what you need) very spe
cially priced at Walker's Base
ment Store.
Porch Rockers that are
strong and sturdy for only
$1.95. Eagle Furniture Co.
For rent: Five room house, lights
and water. Mr. and Mi's. Odell
Holcomb, Jonesville, N. C. tfc
Jewelry—We have on display in
our store the best assortment of
10c and 25c jewelry possible to
secure in items that you really
need. Walker's 5 & 10c Store.
Twin Bed Outfits—We have
two outfits left consisting
of 2 beds, 2 springs and 2
innerspring mattresses for
only $49.95 on convenient
terms. This is the ordinary
price for one outfit. Eagle
Furniture Co.
Do you want plenty of eggs from
strong, fast growing young
chicks? If so feed Panamin. We
have it. Abernethy's, A Good
Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfr
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
Wanted: To repair your watches
and clocks of all makes. Work
promptly done. My prices are
right. J. P. Talbirt, Main St.,
at new bridge. 6-8p
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
Wanted—l,ooo sweet potato slips,
500 Porto Ricas, 500 Nancy
Hall. See Claude Smoot at F-W
Chevrolet Co., Elkin, N. C. ltp
Sun Hats—Every-day sun hate
for boys, girls, men and women
10c each to 39c each. All
Splendid values. Walker's 5 &
10c Store.
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Living Room Suites Slashed
—Two 3-piece tapestry
suites at $35.00 and two
Veiour suites at $45.00.
You better hurry; they
will go like the suites we
advertised last week for
they are real bargains.
Eagle Furniture Co.
Thursday, May 25, 1939
For rent: seven room house, good
pasture and garden. Call Mrs.
W. S. Sale. 161. ltc I
Delicious western steaks and fried \
chicken dinners at The Ren- \
dezvous. tfc \
Consider Your Stomach. If yon .
feel rundown and out of sorts, |
possibly you have Acid Indi-f
gestion and Sour Stomach.
Take KENCO tablets for two
weeks and see how much bet
ter you feel. A trial will con
vince you. Send SI.OO with '4
your name and address to
Kenco Co., 5118 Wyalusing
Ave., Phila., Pa. 6-8p
Enameled Cooking Wares—Any
thing and everything you need
in enameled wares for your
kitchen. See us for anything
you need in your kitchen. Wal
ker's Basement Store.
Sample Odd Chairs: We have
just received a shipment of "
rare bargains in odd chairs {
from $3.95 up. B sure U
C 'em. Eagle Furniture
Co.
Permanent Waves, SI.OO and up.
Shampoo and finger wave, 40c.
Modern Beauty Shop, Louise
Vestal, Ruby Gray, Sylvia Shew.
Telephone 340. \ tfc
Wanted: Job to move «ttrt for
basements or house founda
tions. Price by the
cubic yard. Sandford
Bingham, N. C. 5-^H
Kitchen Cabinets—Worth the>^
Price. $23.50 up. Eagle
Furniture Co.
For Sale—All kinds of wood, any
length; oak or mixed. Delivered
anytime. J. S. Hudspeth, H.
W. Crouse, Telephone 180. tfc
We buy scrap Iron and metals.
Double Eagle Service Co., Elk
in, N. C. tfc
Wanted to repair radios. Otnr
expert thoroughly knows his
business. Prices right. Harris
Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc
Auction Sale: Saturday, June 10,
1 p.m.. the M. E Jester estate,
one mile east of Elkin, on Win
ston-Salem road. This fine
farm has been sub-divided into
home sites and farms from 3 to
38 acres. Some of these farms /
have creek bottom land and
plenty of wood. There are 4 I
dwelling houses. Drive out and m
look this property over and pick K
out a farm or a large building ■
site on skyland Avenue. Drink
water out of this famous min- I
1 eral spring and live a hundred ■
years. This positively is the ■
best property that has or can be ■
offered around the growing I
town of Elkin. Listen, friends, I
is there anything better for a I
man to own than a real first I
class small farm and still work I
in the city. Here is your ■
chance to get (me Saturday, B
June 10, at 1 p.m., easy terms.
I. Y. Jester,
England Real Estate and Auc
tion Company, Greensboro,
selling agents. 35 years in
business.
REAL ESTATE I
Real estate for sale: Some beau
tiful building lots in "Arling- I
ton" and "Country View," on I
U. S. 21-N. C. 26. No city tax. I
Also, for your building see me. I
D. C. Martin, Realtor and Con-
tracting. V