THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, June 29, 1939 ,
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Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-class matter.
C. 8. POSTEB.— JPreddent
a F. LAFFOON-: -...Secretary-Treasurer
SUBSCRIPTION BATES. PEE TEAS
In the State, $1.50 Out of the State. S2.M
Those candidates for the governorship
who seem a little timid about announcing,
won't consider it a bad omen, we reckon,
that the Supreme Court would be talking
about "non-judicial waters" just when they
h&ve about decided to plunge.
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Their Significance
Those eight veterans of the Confederacy
pictured on front page of last week's issue
of this paper should and does have more
than passing interest. For these old war
riors are something more than a visible link
tc- a past that is as glorious as it was tragic.
The caption tells that Surry county
boasts the distinction of having the greatest
number of surviving Confederate Veterans
in the State, and by the looks of them one
may easily expect Surry to hold this record
to the end. For everyone of them looks as
fit as a fiddle and doubtless could draw a
bead along a gun-barrel with the best of
them. But they are and have been fighting
the battle of peace; carrying-on in their
various capacities, as upright and indus
trious citizens, and the strength of their
character is written in their faces.
But the fact that so many of them are
hale and hearty, while their comrades in
other counties have dwindled to one and
two, and in some cases the roll call has
ceased for lack of answering voices; this we
contend is something that chamber of com
merce secretaries would brag about, because
it is not unconnected with climate and
peaceful and healthy surroundings and all
those things that go to make up a well
rounded life.
Take a second look at those pictures and
select one, if you can, that you would invite
to a scrap with any hope of success, or tfiat
you would dare speak disparagingly of Gen
eral Lee or his cause in his presence. They
are all of that good old mountain stock that
reflects the strength of the immortal hills
and the glory that in them lies.
Yes, we are not only proud of the dis
tinction of having more of them, but proud
of their quality and caliber and value as cit
izens who returned from defeat to help
carve the glorious victory that is ours today.
May God blesg every one of the eight,
and let them remain the symbols of what
we were, are and hope to be—good, loyal
citizens in peace as well as in war.
Should Be Planning For It
Those who have tripped over the almost
completed stretches of the much discussed
Skyland Drive surely must be impressed
with what it will mean to this section when
completed. Already the more scenic out
looks have been landscaped and made at
tractive and conveniently available to the
public.
This great scenic highway will become a
national travel lane for thousands upon
thousands of people who never dreamed of
the natural beauty our mountain section
holds, and when the driveway is touched up
by the landscaper, it is easy to predict that
all who come will go in a pleasant frame of
mind. It couldn't be otherwise.
So what? Well, for one thing, we ought
to be getting ready for it. Ought to pre
pare to cash in on it—in a businesslike and
legitimate way. . 1 \
It is estimated that the ultimate millions
who will use this great drive way will spend
an average of three days \ along its route.
Not over one-third of them will come any
thing like full-handed in the way of eats.
And even these will be buying something—
if it is available.
And right there is a potential market for
somebody. It ought to be and could be for
all of us collectively. All of us, that is who
are producers of these needed items.
Government supervised' eating places
will be a necessity of course. These eating
places and the thousands who will be par
tially rolling their own will need supplies.
Who will furnish them? Will the meats
come from the big packing companies, and
will the tourists be eating eggs shipped in
from the poultry yards of distant states?
Most assuredly they will if we sit and twid
dle our thumbs. i
> Suppose for instance a group of these
visitors are privileged to partake of a slice
of North Carolina "country ham"—cured
just right. Do you suppose for a minute
that at least one of them would not be want
ing to buy a ham to carry back home? Will
that ham be available? Will the eggs we
offer be certiifed as to freshness and pack
aged conveniently? They will or they will
be pushed aside for others that are. And
so it goes for a list of countless other items
that will be in demand.
What we are trying to say is that right
now there should begin intelligent planning
to supply this market before we have to
prize it loose from somebody else. It should
be organized planning too, for the parkway
will not be cluttered with hucksters. That
will require a lot of educational work, in
struction in the preparation and handling of
the needed items. And there will have' to be
a distributing system that will make cer
tain a delivery that will not fconflict with the
requirements of the government.
In short here is a field about to be open
ed in our own backyard the gradual develop
ment of which should add to our wealth. Are
we smart enough to take advantage of it, or
will we sit complacently and watch it melt
into the purses of shrewder Yankees?
Should Be Enforced
Reports from registers of deeds in North
Carolina indicate that the new marriage
law has reduced issuance of licenses to wed
by more than fifty per cent. In fact they
are complaining about it, because in the
course of a year, money contributed from
this source helps to pay for the wear and
tear of the government machinery.
These officials figure that many couples
are marrying outside of the State and are
failing to file the required certificates upon
their return. Particularly is this the case
in the border counties.
The loss of revenue involved is not the
chief concern: defeating the purpose back
of the law—the safeguarding of the public
health—however is a serious matter.
The new marriage law was enacted pri
marily to aid in the fight against venereal
diseases. If it is drastic it is because there
was need that it should be. The objective
justifies the caution and inconvenience and
even the extra cost involved. For couples
that cannot bear the extra expense had bet
ter not wed; those not sufficiently interest
ed in the future health of their offspring to
indulge this inconvenience can hardly be re
garded as desirable citizens; and certainly
those who knowledge of their own affliction
prompts them to avoid the health tests are
nothing short of criminals and should be re
garded as such.
If there is no decrease in marriages, only
fewer of them performed as the law re
quires, then you have a flouting of the law
that is ominous; if marriages have actually
been curtailed by anything like fifty per
cent., then woe be unto us, human nature
being what it is.
This situation resolves itself into some
thing that those who are charged with the
responsibility of law enforcement should be
concerned about. The law specifically re
quires that parties to out-of-state marriages
must submit to the required examination
upon their return. It should be somebody's
business to find them and see that this law
is complied with. We have had other mar
riage laws that should have been enforced
but were not. By all means give this one a
chance to prove its merit by observance and
enforcement and not let it die because of
official indifference.
Will Continue
Gradually, yet very definitely, those who
think things through and who are not sway
ed by polit'cal hopes and prejudices, are
agreeing that whatever changes may come
in the future the main outline of the New
Deal program has become a lasting part of
our government. Many government policies
established within the past six years have
already become a definite part of our ec
onomic pattern.
Because most of us are inclined to ex
amine the purpose and performance of the
New Deal leadership, let's turn to the view
point of an outsider who is both competent
and dependable in his analysis and judg
ment: In a recent article in England's great
est newspaper, The London Times, a writer
of international reputation says that re
gardless of whether the Republicans or
Democrats win in 1940:
"Federal appropriations for the relief of
unemployment will continue. The social se
curity act with its provisions for old-age pen
sions and unemployment insurance will con
tinue. National responsibility for orderly
labor relations and decent labor standards
will continue. Aid to the distressed farmers,
through a wide variety of subsidies will con
tinue. Rationalization of American industry
and transportation will be furthered under
Federal sanction and guidance. The conserva
tion work of the CCC and the national invest
ment in dams and water power will continue.
The national debt and the fact, if not the
theory of 'compensatory spending' will con
tinue. Regulation of the various exchanges
will be maintained. The dollar will remain de
valued and credit inflation will persist. The
present orientation of the American foreign
policy of 'constitutional solidarity' with Latin
America and support of democracy in Europe
will continue. Mr. Hull's trade agreement
program may be modified or abandoned and
other New Deal measures may be amended to
the point of ineffectiveness, but the contours
of the New Deal will not be substantially
changed. The Roosevelt administration will
take its place In American history as the most
determined, prolonged and successful struggle
for liberal reform in the last hundred years of
the life of the Republic."
That is a long list of accomplishments,
to be' sure. And who of us, in our calmer
moments, can consistently and reasonably
challenge the conclusions of this outstand
ing London newspaper man? Whether we
approve of all, a part or none of the New
Deal program, it would be hard to remove
from this list a single item. Political lead
ers, bent on transferring the reins of lead
ership, would have us believe that the whole
shebang will be scrapped when they take the
wheel. Yet they know that will not be done,
and a mighty little part of it. These things
"will continue" they t are basically
right, and 4t is only fair to say that many of
them are accomplishments through the help
and approval of softie who are novt flinging
their arms about it.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Washington, June 26—Although
the interiors of the Capitol and
the White House are air-condi
tioned, as are also the sumptuous
offices of Senators and Repre
sentatives, the temperature of
out-door Washington has been
running well above 90 degrees by #
the official Weather Bureau ther
'mometer, and over 100 at street
level, for several weeks. And
there, fellow-citizens, you have
one of the real reasons, if not the
most forceful, for the sudden
spurt of law-making activity on
Capitol Hill.
The boys want to go home,
and the President wants them to
go home. However, they have
been loafing on the job so long
that it doesn't seem likely that
they can get through before the
middle of July with the things
that have to be done, and there's
a good chance that it will be
some time in August before they
get away.
There is ground to expect a
long-drawn-out battle in the
Senate on a vitally important
piece of legislation, the revision
of the neutrality laws.
The House of Representatives
is practically "sold" on the Ad
ministration's neutrality propos
als, drafted by Secretary Hull. In
the Senate, however, there is a
block of at least twenty Senators
who have united to fight the Hull
proposals to the bitter end, and it
may turn out to be the battle of
the session, dragging the pro
ceedings along toward September.
Chinese Problem Analyzed
On Capitol Hill much less at
tention is given to possible en
tanglement in a European war
than to the situation in China.
The fear of doing something
which might help Japan is a
powerful motive for the opposi
tion to any program which would
permit that nation to buy war
supplies to be used against the
Chinese.
The Hull plan, its opponents
declare, would do just that, since
Japan has its own ships in which
to transport munitions and has
an effective blockade of Chinese
ports, so that even if war sup
plies were bought by China and
the Chinese engaged ships of
other nations to transport them,
they could not be delivered.
That argument is stoutly chal
lenged by most international ex
perts, and by those who believe
that any discrimination between
nations at war would tend to
drag the United States into the
conflict.
Official Washington is looking
forward with great interest to
the return of Joseph C. Grew, for
many years the United States
Ambassador to Japan and before
that in our diplomatic service in
China. Mr. Grew knows more
about the inside of the Japan-
China situation than any other
American, is regarded as a sound,
well-balanced and forceful per
son, and his advice as to matters
in the Par East will be very help
ful.
As to the chance of the United
States becoming involved in hos
tilities with Japan, recent inci
dents in China are taken here as
indicating that Japan will go the
limit in its effort to retain friend
ly relations with this country.
New Pump-Priming System
With the WPA revised in vari
ous ways to make its operations
more efficient and less political,
the President is preparing to send
to Congress a recommendation
for a new pump-priming system
ol stimulating recovery, which
would not increase the national
debt.
The plan would be to set up a
number of new Government "au
thorities" or lending ' agencies,
authorized to raise money by the
sale of their own bonds, with
which to finance self-liquidating
projects of public works.
As an example, one of the
plans calls for a "toll authority,"
to build bridges and roads on
which tolls would be collected to
recover the cost.
Out of all the talk of setting up
a Government system of long
term loans to "small" business
nothing tangible has arrived.
The urgent desire on the part
ol the Administration to do some
thing which will stimulate busi
ness before the 1940 Presidential
campaign is evidenced by the
number of new projects for Gov
ernment spending and lending.
The best belief In Washington
is that while the President is re
conciled to the plan of tax revi
sion evolved by the Treasury and
the Ways and Means Committee,
he is not wholeheartedly sold on
the idea that what business needs
more than it does fresh capital is
relief from taxes of a kind which
make the risk of investment too
heavy to be taken. The new tax
measure goes a long way in that
direction, though whether it pro
vides the perfect answer to busi
The Bell Still Rings
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ness men's prayers remains to be
seen.-
Want Currency Inflated
The latest scheme to stimulate
the circulation of money is the
product of the old "silver bloc."
Eleven Senators, headed by
Thomas of Oklahoma and Mc-
Carran of Nevada, have a plan to
inflate the currency by two bil
lion dollars by using the gold
stabilization fund to back new
paper money issues. This is the
fund created by the devaluation
of the gold dollar in 1934.
Authority for further devalua
tion, granted to the President at
that time, is contained in the
pending stabilization bill, and the
President's authority to issue
three billion dollars of paper cur
rency with no metallic backing
still stands. The new project
would raise the price of silver
bought by the Government from
64 cents an ounce to $1.04. That
would still leave a profit on silver
coinage, since only five-eighths
oi an ounce go into a silver dol
lar, and it would put more mon
ey into circulation in the silver
producing states.
The western farmer-politicians,
who have never recanted their
faith in the Bryan free coinage of
.silver plan and the virtue of pa
per money, are expected to line
up behind the new proposal.
BOONVILLE
Boonville, June 27.—Mr. and
Mrs. Ray Shipley of Wallburg,
visited friends in Boonville re
cently.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gough
and daughters, Mary and Patsy,
of Winston-Salem, visited Mrs. E.
B. Gough Sunday. Mr. and Mrs.
T. C. Gough and daughter, Willa
Mae and Mrs. Charlie Holliman,
also of Winiston-Salem, were
guests of Mrs.- Gough.
Poy Shugart, son of Bonson
Shugart, left Monday for Roan
oke, Va., where he will assume
his duties as a traveling repre
sentative of a large Clothing
manufacturing company. Mr.
Shugart will work between the
cities of Roanoke and Pittsburgh,
Pa.
Evangeline Shugart of Phila
delphia, arrived the latter part of
last week to visit her grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Oakley,
and other relatives here. Miss
Shugart is a former resident of
this place who is taking supervi
sory nursing at a Philadelphia
hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Moxley,
Mrs. Montgomery Fleming and
Mrs. Elbert Angell of Toledo,
Ohio, are visiting relatives and
friends here at the present time.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Transou of
Winston-Salem, were Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C .R.
Transou.
Edd Speas and a friend, Mr.
Bostrum, of Galax. Va., visited
Mr. Speas' parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. A. Speas, Sunday. Mr. Speas
and Mr. Bostrum are working
with the U. S. Government Sur
veying Corps in connection with
the building of the Scenic High
way.
T. L. Hayes has returned home
from City Memorial hospital in
Winston-Salem, where he has
been receiving teratment.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Burrus and
family of Albemarle, visited rel
atives here and at Rockford the
past week-end.
Mrs. E. B. Gough has been con-
fined to her home for several
days with flu.
Mr. and Mrs. George Hobson
of Lincolnton, visited Mr. Hob
son's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. B.
Hobson, Sunday.
A large number of people from
Boonville and surrounding com
munity attended the singing
convention held at Courtney last
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Marion Speas
and Mrs. Ott Coram and child
ren visited Mr. and Mrs. Benny
Hobbs of Greensboro, last Sun
day. They returned by way of
Summerfield, where they also vis
ited Miss Frances Thomas.
Mrs. Jack Burcham of Jones
ville, is visiting her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. O. Hunter, at the
present time.
Mrs. W. E. Brooks and child
ren, Billy, Nancy and Dorothy,
have returned to their home here
after spending several weeks with
her parents, near Richmond, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Owens, of
Winston-Salem, Mr. and Mrs. D.
W. Hobson and Miss Velma Hob
son, visited Mr. and Mrs. J. J.
Coram Sunday afternoon.
Miss Vermeil Sprinkle of
Brooks Cross Roads, is the guest
of her cousin, Miss Margaret
Pardue, this week.
Mr. E. E. Hood, who holds the
position of captain of a CCC
camp near Knoxville, Tenn.,
spent a few days with his family
here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nunn and
son, Will Reid, of Winston-Sa
lem, were the guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. Watt Deal.
Mr. and Mrs. Vaden Whitney
of Zebulon. were recent guests of
of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Fleming.
Miss Cleo Brendle left Tuesday
for Virginia Beach, in company
with a group of friends from
Winston-Salem.
Mr. and Mrs. Edd Shugart
visited their daughter, Mrs.
Brown, at Blowing Rock, last
Sunday.
Mrs. D. H. Craver, superin
tendent of the Yadkin W. M. U.
Association, addressed a W. M. U.
group at Jonesville Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Kim Speer of
Winston-Salem, visited Mr.
Speer's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Aaron Speer.
Mr. and Mrs. Raford Chipman
and Mrs. Moxley, of Cross Roads,
near Mount Airy, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. T. A. Chipman,
the past week-end.
M!rs. Jamie Messick reported
Monday of this week that a sec
ond case of typhoid fever had
been found in the section around
the Dobbins school house, which
is about thre miles west of Boon
ville. Mrs. Messick is holding a
typhoid vaccination clinic at
Dobbins school house every
Thursday evening for those who
wish to avail themselves of pro
tection against the disease.
ROCKFORD
The Rockford Home Demon
stration club met last Monday at
the home of Mrs. J. W. Thore. A
large crowd attended, and a
very Interesting demonstration on
making rolls was given by the
agent, Mrs. Grace P. Brown. Af
ter the recreation period, the
hostess served delicious refresh
ments Whic|b were enjoyed by all.
The Rockford Township Sun
day School convention met at the
Rockford Baptist) church last
Sunday. Interesting programs
were rendered by the different
Thursday. June 29, 1939
Sunday schools represented and
were enjoyed by over 800 people.
Several visiting singers entertain
ed in the afternoon.
Miss Laura E. Bland, of Win
ston-Salem, is spending several
days visiting relatives here.
Mrs. W. E. Burrus and chil
dren, of Albemarle, spent last
week with their parents, Rev. and
Mrs. George E. Burrds.
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marion and
family and Miss Lucille Mar
tin, of Burch, were visitors in
Rockford over the week-end.
Mrs. Rosa Booker, of Dobson,
has returned to her home after
spending several days with her
daughter, Mrs. J. W. Thore.
For rent: Seven room house,
lights and water, good pasture
and garden. Call 161. ltc
Found: Boat, equipped with oars,
on Yadkin river Tuesday. Own
er may have by identifying.
See T. R. Taylor, Jonesville. ltp
Wanted—Young lady for waitress,
also a cook —man or woman.
Must have experience. Address
Capitol Cafe, Dobson, N. C.
7-7 c
Travelers Accident Tickets for
one day or more. Hugh Royall.
* tfc
For saJe or trade, a 1939 Special
Buick, also a '37 model Ply
mouth Coupe. Phone 78. C. E.
Chappell. tf
For rent —2 and 3 room apart
ments, private bath and all
modern conveniences. Newly
furnished throughout. Tele
phone 126-M. tf
For rent—two 6-room cottages in
West Elkin. Reich & Hunt,
Elkin, N. C. ltc
Do you want plenty of eg g» from
strong, fast growing young
chicks? If so feed Panamin. We
have it. Abernethy's, A Good
Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfn
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
We bay scrap Iron and metal*.
Double Eagle Service Co.. Elk
in. N. C. tfc
For sale—one nice 5-year-old
spotted pony; one 3-year-old
mare, well broke and weight
about 1,100 pounds; two fresh
cows. Bub Price, Jonesville. N.
C. tfc
Delicious western steaks and fried
chicken dinners at The Ren
dezvous. tfc
Travelers Accident Tickets for
one day or more. Hugh Royall.
tfc
Wanted to repair radio*. Oar
expert thoroughly knows his
business. Prices right. Harris
Electric Co., Elkin. N. C. tfc
Permanent Waves. SI.W and up.
Shampoo and finger wave, 40c.
Modern Beauty Shop, Louise
Vestal. Ruby Gray. Telephone
340. tfc
Wanted: To repair your watehes
and clocks of all makes. Work
promptly done. My prices arc
right. J. F. Talbirt, Main BL.
at new bridge. 7-ep