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Thursday, June 1, 1939 Ua&CaMeqic^ Author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People ** 5-Minute Biographies LOUISA MAY ALCOTT A Great Author Who Was Bored By Her Own Masterpiece Five hundred years before the birth of Christ, Aeschylus the Greek dramatist presented his immortal tragedies in Athens; but never, from the far-away days of Aeschylus to the record smashing times of Abie's Irish Rose, has any other theatrical attraction ever equaled the rec ord of the moving picture version of Little Women, at "Radio City" in New York. On the seventeenth day of its run, the demand for seats was so great that people stood in a long line -that extended for several blocks. Shoppers, bent on their Christmas errands, looked on in Headachy, Logy? Headaches, biliousness, bad breath often warn of faulty elimination. Neglect of these signs may cause a host of constipation' 3 other discomforts: sour stomach, belch ing, no appetite or energy. Don't delay. Take spicy all vegetable BLACK-DRAUGHT. This intesti nal tonic-laxative imparts tone to lazy bowel muscles; by simple di rections, cleanses gently, thor oughly. Millions of packages used. | AUCTION | We will conduct a sale for an administrator of a valuable farm located 1 mile east of ELKIN, N. C. on Route No. 67 and bordering on the Winston-Salem hard-surface road and a sand clay road. This farm has been subdivided into splendid resi dential sites, small farms, and business lots. You can buy a nice grove, enjoy the country breeze, and save City Taxes. Everyone knows Elkin is growing by leaps and bounds with Chatham Factory coming back from Winston. Elkin will need 400 new houses. I PROPERTY CONTAINS 110.75 ACRES Saturday, June 1 Oth I AT 1:00 P.M. Mr. Speculator or Mr. Renter here is your opportunity. Just right distance from the City. One of the best roads and no better neighborhood to be found. Remember this is an administrators sale and every lot and tract including the home place will be sold regardless of price. Drive out, look this property over and pick out one or more tracts and be the last bidder Saturday, June 10th. We do not believe there has been or will be soon as valuable piece of property thrown on the market. This is the estate of Mrs. M. E. Jester. I. Y. JESTER, Administrator Estate of Mrs. M. E. Jester I FREE PRIZES BAND CONCERT England Real Esjtate & Auction Co. Selling Agents Greensboro, N. C. Dial 9358 If you have land anywhere you wish sold, see or write us. 35* Years in the business I WILL BE ON THE GROUNDS UNTIL SALE DAY astonishment. Such a sight had never been witnessed before in the history of New York. The story of how this senti mental masterpiece was written is an astonishing tale in itself. In her youth, Louisa M. Alcott had been a whistling tom-boy. Even when she grew up, she had no interest whatever in girls and she didn't want to write about girls. But her publisher insisted that she write a girl's story. Now, it is almost an axiom among writers that unless the author himself feels joy in writ ing his tale, no one will find joy in reading it. Yet, Louisa Alcott found no happiness whatever in writing Little Women. In fact, it bored her until she could hardly stand it. She repeatedly threw down her pencil and paper, whistled for her dog, and went bouncing off through the woods. On other days, she tossed her manuscript aside and hurried across the town to argue with her friend, Ralph Waldo Emerson. When she had finished Little Women, she thought she had written a failure. But it immed iately became a "best seller," and has remained a "best seller," year THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA Steeplechasing In An Automobile , ; 1 . ; ■{. % *' ♦ . -x ;t f- & Up and over! This popular new car takes to the air to demonstrate its strength and stamina. The average car will never take this punishment, but the feats of daredevil test drivers in the thrilling film, "Ahead of the Parade." which will be shown at the Lyric theatre here all day Wednesday, June 7, prove that this car can take it. The film will be shown under the auspices of the Chatham Manu facturing Co. t after year, for almost three score years and ten. s Louisa Alcott was driven to writing in order to help support her sick mother and younger sisters. Her father was an ami able impractical visionary. He gave a lecture now and then, which nobody really wanted to hear, and got five or ten dollars for it; but, most of the time, he sat at home scratching his elbow and praising the simple life, while his family literally didn't know where its next meal was coming from. He was a very generous man and he once gave away his last bit of firewood to a needy family. When his wife and daughters complained that their own home was cold, he said: "Now, don't worry. The Lord will send us firewood." So the family went to bed to keep warm. A driving snow storm swept over New England that night; and when the Alcott family awoke the next morning, they discovered that some farmer had got stuck in the snow with a load of wood, and had abandoned it in front of their house. Louisa's father believed God had sent the wood to him; so he went out and helped himself to it. When Louisa Alcott first began sending her stories to the pub lishers, they returned like bounc ing balls. Finally, one editor told her that she would never be able to write anything with popular appeal—and he warned her that she ought to renounce her lit erary ambitions and stick to her sewing. The old, white frame house in which Louisa Alcott lived is still standing in Concord, Massachu setts. Twenty-three thousand peo ple make pilgrimages to that hou r * > every year. To many of them, it is all but holy ground, and when I visited that house, I saw a woman literally weeping as she wandered through the rooms where Meg and Jo and Beth and Amy had lived and loved and cried. An ambitious young man, eager to be a novelist, once asked Louisa Alcott if she would advise him to become an author. "No," she replied. "Not if you can do anything else —even dig ditches." NEWS FROM THE The Baptist Missionary society met Thursday evening with Mrs. W. E. Reid. The opening song was the Woman's Hymn for the year, "I Love to Tell the Story." Devotionals were conducted by Mrs. Rosa Booker. Miss Eliza beth Norman led the program, the subject of which was "The Great Commission and the Min istry of Healing." Those on the program were: Mrs. DeWitt Spar ger, Mrs. Emma Mock, Mrs. Howard Snow, Miss Bettie Book er and Mrs. John Lewellyn. In the business meeting Mrs. Fowler, Personal Service chair man, gave a splendid report of personal service during the month. An ice course with waf ers and punch was served during the social hour by Mrs. Reid, as sisted by Miss Edythe Reece. Rev, C. W. Russell and family went to Denton today, to visit with Mr. Russell's mother. f , Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Robinson, of Clarksville, Ga., spent the week end with friends in Dobson. Hav ing lived in Dobson for a few years, their friends were glad to welcome them back for a visit. Mr. Ernest Kesee, of Bluefield, W. Va., spent Sunday here. He was accompanied home Sunday afternoon by Mrs. Kesee and daughter, Louise, who have been spending several weeks with Miss Emma Comer. Mrs. W. M. Jackson, Mrs. Mat tie Riggs, Mrs. Maggie Harkrad er Lewellyn, Mrs. Fletcher Har ris and Mr. Lacy Harkrader spent Sunday in Roanoke with Mr. and Mrs. Ward Harkrader. Mrs. D. Marion, of Asheboro, Route 3, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Roby Marion. The Methodist Missionary so ciety met last Tuesday evening with Mrs. T. Evans. Mi's. C. L. Folger was program leader. Sev eral members discussed the topic, "Missions in Foreign Fields," af ter which Mrs. Evans, assisted by her sister, Miss Guy, served de licious refreshments. Mr. an* Marvin Wall, of Winston-1 +. > Dobson Sunday a Mrs. C. L. Folger, Mrs. Callie Hassler, Mrs. J. W. Crawford, Mrs. Grady Cooper, Mrs. W. E. Reid, Mrs. B. F. Folger and Miss Anita Richardson attended the district home demonstration meeting in Mocksville last Wed nesday. Mrs. Daisy Wright, of Bluefield, returned home Sunday after spending some time with the Comer family here, and Mrs. Mamie Jackson in Mt. Airy. Mrs. Lula Lewellyn came home from the hospital in Mt. Airy Friday and is much improved. BETHEL Mrs. C. L. Morrison, who has been a patient at the Hugh Chatham Memorial hospital at Elkin for several weeks, was able to be removed to the home of her son, Mr. J. C. Morrison, last week. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Durham and children visited her sister and family last Sunday, Mrs. George Vanhoy, at Little Elkin. Mrs. A. P. Woodruff and sons, Allen and Major, of near Boon ville, recently spent a few days here with her mother and family, Mrs. W. A. Pardue. Mr., and Mrs. Thomas Shinn, of Washington, D. C., and Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Edwards, of Charlotte, spent last week-end with Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Armstrong at their home here. Miss Mildred Cook, of Winston- Salem, has been the guest of Miss Ruby Pardue here for the past week. Misses Elenoir and Dorothy Melton spent last week-end visit ing their aunt, Mrs. I. N. Green wood, of Elkin. Mr. and Mrs. Lon Billings had as their guest the second Sun day her sister, Miss Lillian Tuck er, of Cool Springs. Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, of Elkin, spent a while here last Sunday visiting Mr. and Mrs. N. E. Burchette. Mrs. G. F. Pardue, her son, Ruel, and* daughter, Miss Blanche, visited her sister, Mrs. Ruth Simpson, near Dobson, last Sun day. Annual Reunion of Gilliam Clan to Be Held on June 11th The annual reunion of the Gil liam family will be held Sunday, June 11, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Triplette, near Bethel church, five miles south west of Elkin. Dinner will be served immediately after services at Bethel church. Any neighbors and friends who wish to come are invited to bring lunch and join with the family. J. A. Gilliam, of North Wilkes boro, is chairman, and Mrs. W. H. Jones, of Ronda, is secretary. D. S. Gilliam Is Feted With his family, his mother, his brother, C. W. Gilliam, Jr., and his sisters, Mesdames W. A. Stroud, W. H. Jones, J. T. Stroud, J. B. Armstrong and E. L. Fer lazzo with their families, Mr. and Mrs. Seamon Dobbins and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jones met last Sunday after Sunday school, at the home of D. S. Gilliam at Bethel and gave him a complete surprise honoring him on his birthday anniversary. Luncheon was served picnic style on a table beautifully ar ranged on the lawn, with a birth day cake containing the signifi cant number of candles, made by Mrs. Jones. When all had assembled around the table, C. W. Gilliam gave thanks and asked the blessing. Other guests were Mrs. Shinn and Mrs. Edwards who were vis iting Mrs. Armstrong, and T. S. Jones, of Winston-Salem. Iron Constitution Doctor, after examination): "Madam, you have a constitution of iron." Obese Patient: "I've often won dered what made me so heavy." Kicked Out Sally—When you refused him your consent, Dad, did he go down on his knees? Dad—l didn't notice where he lit. NO MATTER HOW YOU DRIVE OR WHERE MARATHON MEANS Wlllllßlli g; IN THE LONG RUN I; •• • and you can PROVE It! I OnLY by criss-crossing the country—covering long distances and all sorts of road conditions could you get a true picture of the toughness and mileage built Into the thick-tread, bruise-resisting MARATHON lire! After months of comfortable, worry-free driv ing you will fully realize that it is not a low-grade tire made to look attractive... but a one-price,-one-quality tire in a class of its own. And when, eventually, you figure MARATHON'S cost-per-mile, you get the clinch ing proof of its extra value! DON'T GAMBLE WITH SAFETY At current low prices, It's certainly cheaper , to put MARATHONS ON now than to wait and take chances with dangerons old tires. DRIVE IN TO DAYI JSC i REAL *#free g# 4-POINT TIRE CHECK-UP I||§P 1. Examine for glass, stones. Strong path Batteries give yoa nails. big value at low price. Han 2. Examine for hidden cuts. * •»*'/ »• 3. Examine for side-wall breaks. •' ma " 4. Test valves, check air. wltho.t « Investment. Inflate. pOR SMALL $ M Q m NO OBLIGATION —COME IN TODAY CARS ONLY. "* LOW VALUE SAVE at the Sign of the Goodyear Diamond DOUBLE EAGLE SERVICE CO. Phone 43 * Elkin, N. C.
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