THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, August 10, 1939
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-class matter.
C. 8. FOSTER.— —JPrwtdent
H. F. LAFFOON —Secretary-Treasurer
SUBSCRIPTION RATES. PER YEAR
Xn the State, $1.50 Out of the State, 2.M
If they are to be believed afterward, in
craving a husband women seek that which
makes them most unhappy.
You've noticed, we reckon, that the bugs
and blight which nearly ruin the garden
truck, don't seem to pester the weeds and
grass.
"If and when the Hatch bill becomes the
law of the land, what's going to be the need
of postmasters, anyway?" Greensboro
Daily News.
Somebody suggests that the Lost Colony
must have had at least one-good, stoneewtter.
But from the volume of work he turned out
it is reasonable to suppose that he didn't
carry a union card.
National Politics
With more than seven months frittered
away in name-calling, buck-passing and
jockeying for political position, Congress,
sweaty and tired saw the summer waning
and no vacation. It suddenly took a notion
to adjourn, no matter if the legislative desk
was cluttered with unfinished business that
any intelligent board of directors of an or
derly business would have had out of the
way long ago. That hurry, plus the urge to
give the President one last kick in the pants,
was responsible for the defeat of the pro
posed lending bill that would have pumped
needed dollars out into the channels of pri
vate business . . . But hold your horses!
Our pseudo statesmen couldn't call it a day
and quit, without one last gesture to the
farmer upon whom so many of our legisla
tors depend for support. So they provided
119 million dollai's for surplus crop loans, so
they won't have to go back home empty
handed.
And incidentally, those who are con
tinually criticizing the administration
(meaning Mr. Roosevelt) for a program of
wasteful spending, don't seem to realize that
the President can't spend what Congress
does not provide. And while Congress is
composed mainly of his own political family,
it is by no means representative of his
theories of government, as witness some of
its late activities. It should not be forgot
ten that time and again Congress has ap
propriated more money for this and that
than the President deemed wise or exped
ient. He almost vetoed several measures
because of Congressional lavishness.
Friends of Mr. Roosevelt are urging him
to offer for a third term, pointing out that
no one else can do the job that has been
started, at least that no outstanding man,
sympathetic with the ideals and objectives
of the New Deal, has stepped up front to
lead. That is perhaps true, and it is an ar
gument that will be hard for Mr. Roosevelt
to turn down, believing so earnestly and
sincerely in the program he has sponsored.
But we believe the President is wise enough
to see that he can do more for his New Deal
by retiring in 1940 and fighting for his
program from the sidelines. In retirement
he could be an immense political force: as
President for another four years he would
be besieged by small-calibred politicos bent
on knifing him for their own political ad
vancement. Even if there is a Republican
victory next year, one of the leading candi
dates, Mr. Taft, warns that the country
need expect no "over-night" changes in the
New Deal program. That is tantamount to
admitting that the people won't stand for a
wholesale dismantling of the achievements
of the past six years.
Senator Tydings, of Maryland, he who
was sent into North Carolina by one of our
own senators to sink the gaff into Mr.
Roosevelt is being offered as a candidate for
the presidency. His candidacy is being
pressed by the Baltimore Calvert Club, and
some will link the club with a famous brand
of whiskey, thus dividing the support of the
thirsty who had about lined up with Jack
Garner after the Lewis attack. But serious
ly, we don't think the Democratic party is
ready to sell out to the tories by naming as
its leader this ten-car big-wig who bought
his senatorship with his ample dollars. Cer
tainly if Tydings were made President, Mr.
Roosevelt could well take a fishing trip for
everything that has been done for the com
mon herd would be scrapped.
Senator Taft has announced that he is
willing to run for the Republican nomina
tion for the presidency: willing to go to the
time and trouble of saving the country if
elected. But Mr. Taft admits that being
President for the next four years will be a
man's size job. And he is right. The peo
ple have no notion of giving up the worth
while gains achieved during the past eight
years, and will examine closely any effort
even to cull out the bad. Farmers will in
sist on a continuance of their ascendancy;
labor will fight against the forfeiture of
any of its gain; industry will show its dis
appointment if there is no return to the
good old rugged individualism of yester
year, and there will be a regular mess of
things. Mr. Taft's ability to see what is
ahead and appraise it is his best recom
mendation for the job. Whether he gets
the nomination is another thing.
Senator Vandenburg is a potential can
didate for the Republican nomination and
has much to commend him both to his party
and to the people. But Mr. Vandenburg
would have to live down the fact that in
those days when playing politics was not so
essential, he helped to enact New Deal leg
islation that now he must cuss and castigate
like nobody's business. For this reason Mr.
Vandenburg has a hard row to hoe. As does
Thomas J. Dewey who has only a successful
record for fighting crime and corruption to
create popular favor. He is young and in
experienced and if he has any views on na
tional problems and issues he hasn't trotted
them out.
As for the Democrats, no outstanding
leader has been developed. Hard-boiled old
Jack Garner is a politician first, last and
! all the time. That's why he will go into the
S convention with a large bloc of votes. But
' he- won't make the grade, and couldn't be
j elected if nominated. McNutt is in position
to show his gaits but this handsome go-get
ter has many stumbling blocks to hurdle.
Our own Clyde Hoey has been mentioned,
but even he is not "assuming" that he will
be taken seriously. And so it goes all down
the line.
"National Politics" we've headed this
piece. Well, all we can say is that national
! politics is in a heck of a mess. Those who
! get a thrill out of the political game will
j have plenty to amuse them. They ought to
I get the full worth of their money, come
! 1940.
Was It the Heat or Cussedness
The administration's so-called spending
lending bill was a measure as reasonable in
its concept and purpose as perhaps any
measure that has been before Congress
during the past five years. Yet the lower
branch pf the national legislative body turn
ed it down without even considering it.
The loans proposed in these bills were
not for relief; they were not to provide dol
lars for the jobless, directly, although in
cidentally they would have done so. These
loans were to go directly into the channels
of. private industry, and calculated through
the stimulation of business to stimulate
consumption.
It is reasonable to suppose that loans for
bridges, for highways, for railroad equip
ment, for rural electrification and other
purposes would have meant a vital stimulus
to our basic industries, particularly the cap
ital goods industries which the conservative
have been insisting, are all soggy with dis
couragement and deep in the doldrums.
And, in turn, any improvement in these in
dustries is bound to be reflected in a gen
eral improvement in business and a rise in
private employment.
That's why we say this proposal was as
reasonable and righteous as any legislation
looking to the same end since the New Deal
began. But even if its faults outweighed its
merits, common decency, if there is such a
thing in politics, demanded that the mem
bers of the House make a noise like they
were considering it and applying their col
lective wisdom to its demise if they prefer
red it dead. To refuse to have anything to
do with it is parralel to the President's ve
toing an act of Congress without even read
ing the act to see what it is all about. In
that case, you're got a good picture of the
arm-flinging and frothings at the mouth
that would come from these so-called states
men.
The house voted to kill both sections of
the bill without even considering the merits
of either. Democratic members interested
most in knifing the President and under
mining his prestige, joined with the Re
publicans who are supposed to oppose any
thing that originates at the White House
this close to a national election, and deliver
ed this crushing blow to the administration.
Reasonably and wisely Mr. Roosevelt says
that the honor for this questionable victory
should be placed where it belongs. That's
why he insisted that the housing bill go
through the hopper in the almost dead cer
tainty that it would meet the same fate as
the other.
Five Democratic congressmen from
North Carolina, elected by the voters to
represent them in Washington, voted to not
even consider this proposal, voted a def
inite discourtesy to the President of the
United States. One of these five was our
own Congressman Folger. His explanation
would be interesting. Certainly an explana
tion is in order if Mr. Folger takes his rep
resenting seriously. For did he not vote
against any consideration of the bill his
own committee reported out?
We reckon the President would have
preferred to send the Senator rather than
the Admiral Byrd to the South Pole to do
that charting—and maybe get marooned on
an ice-berg.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
SURRY WOMAN 1
PASSSESAWAY
Miss Florence Viola Wall
Dies Last Thursday After
Two-weeks' Illness
WAS SCHOOL TEACHER
Miss Florence Viola Wall, 44,!
passed away at the home of her;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. j
Wall, near Zephyr, early Thurs
day morning following an illness
of two weeks. The deceased was
well-known throughout the coun
ty where she had been teaching
in the public schools for a num
ber of years. She was educated
at Mountain Park Junior College,
Appalachian State Teachers Col
lege and W. C. U. N. C. She was
a member of the Zephyr Baptist
church and was active in church
work, and was possessed of ad
mirable qualities.
She is survived by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. 1 W. H. Wall, the
former one of the few surviving
Confederate veterans of the
county, three sisters, Mrs. Carey
Melton, of Zephyr; Mrs. Walter
Williamson, of State Road, and
Mrs. Rachel Kidd, of Greenville
and Zephyr; and two brothers,
McKinley Wall, of Salem Fork,
and C. B. Wall, of Omaha, Neb.
Funeral services were held
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
from Zephyr Baptist church.
The rites were in charge of Rev.
Walter Calloway, pastor of the
church, assisted by Rev. T. S.
Draughn. Interment was in the
family plot in the church cem
etery. A beautiful floral tribute
was evidence of the esteem in
which the deceased was held.
Pallbearers were the following
nephews; Coley and Archie Mel
ton, John Williamson, Thomas
Nance, Mcßae Walls and Wilford
Moser.
BURCH
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marion and
Misses Lucille and Mable Marion
spent the week-end in Rockford.
the guests of Mrs. Pearl Holy
field.
Those from here attending the
funeral of Miss Florence Wall at
Zephyr Sunday were: Mr. and
1 Mrs. Ralph Chappell and Mr.
'and Mrs. L. W. Cockerham.
Mr. and Mts. E. B. Fogleman
and children, Dennis and Billy,
of Columbia, S. C., and J. C. Car
ter, of Winston-Salem, were the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Car
ter last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Luffman.
of Little Elkin, Mr. and Mrs. J.
A. White and son, of Thomas
ville, and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. An
derson, of Lexington, were the
guests last week of Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Sneed.
Miss Irene Coe, who has been
ill for several weeks, is improv
ing, her many friends will be
glad to know.
Richard Evans had the misfor
tune to lose a barn of tobacco by
fire when the bam was struck by
lightning in a severe electrical
storm, which swept over this sec
tion Monday afternoon. Mr.
Stanley, who was curing tobacco
at the barn at the time it was
struck, was injured by the bolt,
but is recovering nicely.
Mrs. John W. Martin and
daughter, Miss Lucille, and their
guest, Miss Doris Gabbard, of
Berea, Ky., and Mrs. W. H. Sneed
and children, Lydia Jane And
Rufus Allen, visited Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Martin in East Bend Tues
day.
Rev. A. B. Hayes, of Mountain
View, will fill his regular ap
pointment at Union Cross Satur
day evening and Sunday morn
ing. The public is cordially in
vited to attend.
D. W. Sprinkle, Thelma Al
berty, Loyd White and Clifton
Chaney left Saturday for Canada,
where they will spend several
weeks curing tobacco.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Scarlett, of
Thomasville, spent the week-end
at Mulberry, the guests of Mr.
and Mrs. O. C. Nance.
Misses Irene and Nadine Luff
man, of Little Elkin, and Misses
Ila Mae and Martha Sprinkle, of
Twin Oaks, were the Sunday
guests of Miss Lydia Jane Sneed.
Little Miss Reggie Jo Martin,
of High Point, is spending some
time here with her grandmother,
Mrs. Santford White.
Farmers in this community are
very busy curing tobacco.
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Gabbard
and little daughter, who have
been visiting Mrs. Gabbard's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John W.
Martin, for several weeks, will
leave the latter part of the week
for their home in Berea, Ky.
Friends of Lee Marion will re
gret to know that he is ill at his
home here.
OFFSET
Experts estimate that the in
crease in Granville county to
bacco acreage this year will not
equal the loss from wilt, reports
W. •B. Jones, assistant farm
agent.
Schedules Are
Announced
WPA Bookmo
Tentative schedules have been
made for the Surry county Book
mobile, which will be in the
county during August and Sep
tember, as a temporary WPA
! project. A total of 2,000 books I
! will be available for the people of
! the county and the service will
|be free.
Schedules have been arranged!
as follows for this section of the j
county and the approximate |
time and date follows:
August 14 Rockford, 9:30;
Copeland, 10:15; Co pel and
school, 11:00; Level Cross, 11:45;
Siloam, 12:30; Shoals school,
2:00; Shoals, 3:00.
August 16—Union Cross, 8:45;
Twin Oaks Service Station, 9:30;
Little Richmond school, 10:15;
Mulberry, 11:00; State Road Post
Office, 11:45; Burch, 2:00; Fair
view, 2:45; Crutchfield, 3:30.
August 17—Martin's store, 8:45;
Cook's Service Station, 9:15;
Blevins store, 10:00; Devotion,
110:45; Kapps Mill, 11:30; Moun
'tain Park, 12:15; Old State Road,
11:15; Zephyr, 2:30; Bessie's
| Chapel, 3:15.
Similar schedules have been
| worked out for other sections of
| the county. The Bookmobile is
in charge of Miss Mable Sale of
i tills city.
PLEASANT HILL
Mss Grace Myers of Jonesville,
was the week-end guest of Miss
Dorothy Hutchins.
The Ladies Chorus sang at the
New Hope Baptist church Wednes
day night.
Mrs. E. C. James will speak here
at the Sunday morning service.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mockingbyrd,
Misses Ester and Florence Mock
ingbyrd of St. Louis, are spending
two weeks here visiting relatives.
Rev. David Day will preach here
Sunday night.
Rev. Clete Simmons preached
at the Sunday night service here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Cothren had
as their Sunday guest Mrs. E. C.
[Church, Roscoe Spencer, and Mrs.
; Arleane Coventon of Winston-Sa
jlem, Mr. and Mrs. Bonson Bau
! guess of North Wilkesboro, and
I Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spencer of
j Elkin.
Miss Mattie Osborne and Miss
Manda Miller of Worth's Business
College, Fayetteville, N. C., with a
party Jf friends, spent the week
end in White Top, Va.
Mrs. William Ellis of Winston-
Salem, is spending the week with
her parents.
PARALYSIS IS FATAL
TO MRS. TEMPLETON
Mrs. Mary Templeton, 80, wid
ow of the late Sidney S. Temple
ton, died at her home at Union
Grove Tuesday, following a
stroke of paralysis.
She is survived by the follow
ing children, Huey, C. C., Leon
ard Templeton, Mrs. F. A. White,
Mrs. W. D. Pharr, Mrs. Cleo
Wooten, of Union Grove; Mrs.
Claude Money, Mrs. Rucker Hen
r.is, Mrs. Willie White, of Win
ston-S ale m, and forty-seven
grandchildren and eighteen great
grandchildren.
Funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Mr. Bingham, pastor
of the deceased, assisted by Rev.
Grady White and Rev. Glenn
Madison. Interment was in the
Union Grove cemetery.
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
UNDER ATTACHMENT
North Carolina,
Surry County.
BY VIRTUE OP THE AU
THORITY conferred upon me by
a Ven Ex issued by the Superior
Court of Surry County, in the
proceeding pending in said court
wherein W. F. Carter is plaintiff
and Paul A. Worth is defendant,
I will fell at public auction for
cash at the courthouse door in
Surry County on the 4th day of
September, 1939, the following
described real estate at 12 o'clock,
M, to-wit: x
Same being Lot 6 of the plat of
the John L. Worth land, record
ed in the office of the Register
of Deeds for Surry County in
book 95 at page 401 and being a
lot in the Town of Mount Airy,
adjoining the property of T. D.
Hatcher et als., and beginning on
the south side of Welch St. at
the west side of a new 30 ft.
street, ard runs with said Street,
south 45 degrees east 500 ft. to a
ytake; thence south 35 degrees
west 100 ft.; thence north 45 de
grees west 500 ft. to Welch
Street; thence north 57 degrees
east 100 ft. to the beginning. Said
lot being No. 6 as represented by
plat of lands of John L. Worth
and recorded in the office of tyie
Register of Deeds for Surry
County, reference being hereby
made to same.
Sale is made to satisfy, said
ven ex.
This 24th day of July, 1939.
, HARVEY P. BOYD, [
1 8-31 Sheriff of Surry County.
MAPLE SPRINGS
Rev. Dwight B. Mullis filled his
regular appointment, Sunday
morning at nine o'clock. The next
service will be held the third Sun
day afternoon at three o'clock.
We would enjoy having all who
can come and be with us.
Mrs. Walter Watt and grand
son, James Albert Reeves of Stony
Point, spent last week with her
daughter-in-law, Mrs. C. R. Watt.
Messrs. Leet and Kile Vannoy,
of West Jefferson, visited their
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Leet
j Poplin during the past week.
Miss Ohna Pinnix spent the
J week-end with her sister, Mrs.
| Glenn Carter, and Mr. Carter in
j Arlington.
I Miss Adnia Johnson, has re-
I turned to her home after a week
visit with her brother and friends
in North Wilkesboro.
Miss Ila Martin of Jonesville
spent last Tuesday night with her
sister Mrs. Gaither Howell.
Mr, and Mrs. Garland Swaim
of Jonesville visited Mr. and Mrs.
Lester Pardue Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Everette Pardue
and family had as their guests
Sunday the following. Mrs. Jettie
Ham and children Kenneth and
Annie Mae, Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Wagoner and son Buck and Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Freeman and
family of Jonesville.
Miss Maggie Howell visited Miss
Virginia Durham at her home in
Jonesville Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Walter Hanks
of Ronda, visited Mrs. Hanks' pa
rents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M .Reeves
Sunday afternoon.
ELKIN NINE TO MEET
PULASKI TEAM HERE
Saturday, August 12, the Elkin
Furniture nine will meet the
strong Pulaski team here in a
baseball game that promises
much interest.
The local team, just back from
the High Point semi-pro tourna
ment, is in fine form. The visit
ing team has an excellent season
back of them with 26 games won
and six lost.
A small admission fee will be
jcharged for the expense of the
visiting team. The game will be
i played at Chatham field and will
ibe called at 3 o'clock.
WANTS
Wanted—to buy a good mule. C.
S. Foster. ltp
We have a few sets of ready
made 16 and 18-foot tobacco
flues left. Surry Hardware Co.,
Elkin, N. C. ltc
Living Room Suite, 5 pieces, 2
rockers, 2 chairs and settee
used but in fair condition, only
$9.00. Eagle Furniture Co.
For sale: Beautiful lot on Gwyn
Avenue at a bargain. Suitable
for residence or apartment. 78
feet frontage; 194 feet deep.
See M. R. Bailey, Elkin, N.
8-10 c
For sale—one second-hand wood
range. A real bargain. Elkin
Plumbing & Heating Co. ltc
Wanted to buy all kinds of cattle,
calves and pork hogs. See Bub
Price at Basketeria. tfc
One Coca-Cola ice beverage cool
er for sale at a bargain. See
Elkin Plumbing & Heating Co.
ltc
I REGARDLESS OF THE KIND OF JOB
We Can Supply You With
Quality Materials
LEHIGH CEMENT
PINEHALL AND STATESVILLE BRICK
JOHNS-MANVILLE COMPOSITION AND
ASBESTOS ROOFING, ASBESTOS
SIDING, TILE BOARD AND INSULATING
BOARD, STAG PAINT
ALL KINDS OF LUMBER
We Also Have a Few Choice Lots Left
SURRY HARDWARE COMPANY
The Place to Get It Elkin, N. C.
id
Thursday. August 10, 1939
For sale: eight-room house on
acre lot in Ronda. Will sell
cheap. Small down payment,
balance monthly as rent. J. B.
Church, Roaring River, N. C.
8-17p
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. 8-10p
Here's a real bargain—one used
washing machine. Will sell
right. Elkin Plumbing & Heat
ing Co. ltc
For sale—4s acres of land, three
room house, barn, good spring gj
and springhouse, and other
outbuildings, good young or
chard; 15 acres of bottom land.
Located one mile from state
highway. School bus line
through this farm. See Troy
Miller, Thurmond, N. C. 8-17p
We bay scrap Iron and metals.
Double Eagle Service Co., Elk
in, N. C. tfc
Beautiful Seat Covers for 3 piece
living room suites, fits any
suite, only $9.95. Eagle Furni
ture Co.
For rent: Cool, desirable down
stairs apartment. Private bath,
private entrance. Phone 126-M.
tfc
Singer Sewing Machines re-built
and a]l worn parts replaced
with new parts. They sew like
a new machine. Priced $29.50
up. Eagle Furniture Co.
CASH—cash for your old gold!
Turn your old broken jewelry,
bridge works, gold teeth, watch
cases, eye glass frames, etc.,
into cash. Bring to Downtown
Service Station. 8-17 c
Wanted: Man for Rawleigh
Route. Permanent if you are a
hustler. Sales way up this year.
For particulars write Raw
leigh's. Dept. NCH-63-103,
Richmond, Va. ltp
Learn Beahty Culture and Hair
Styling—Our graduates are in
demand. Write for rates. Hin
shaw School of Beauty Culture,
North Wilkesboro, N. C. 8-31 c
Studio Couch, slightly used but in
good condition, originally cost
$39.50 but yours for quick sale
' at $14.50. Eagle Furniture Co.
Wanted to repair radios. Our
expert thoroughly knows his
business. Prices right. Harris
Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc
Used Range, large size, excellent
condition and worth much
more, but priced for this week
end at $30.00. Eagle Furniture
i Co.
Wanted—Two passengers for trip
to New York. Leaving August
19th, returning August 27th.
Phone 126-M. 8-17 c
Permanent Waves, SI.OO and up.
Shampoo and finger wave, 40c.
i Modern Beauty Shop, Louise
Vestal, Ruby Gray. Telephone
340. tfc
Oak Standing Desk in fine condi
tion with several drawers for
quick sale, only $7.00. Eagle >.
1 Furniture Company.
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. tfn
Fiber Livingroom Suites reduced
25% for quick clearance. See
these rare bargains this week.
Eagle Furniture Company.