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Nobody knows how long Man
has existed on this planet Earth.
The deeper infr» the earth we dig,
the more traces we find of Man
in one form or another, buried
under surface layers which took
tens of thousands of years to
form.
The oldest type of Man of
whom traces have been found
vanished more than 30,000 years
ago. He was the Neanderthal
Man, some of whose bones were
first found to Germany in 1856.
Since then fragments of the Ne
anderthal Man's bones have been
dug up in other parts of the
world.
Only a few weeks ago a Rus
sian scientist, exploring a cave in
Middle Asia, found a complete
skeleton of a child of this extinct
race of humankind. In the 100,-
000 years or so in which Nean
derthal Man roamed the earth he
spread over a wide range.
The belief of scientists is that
other races of men of superior in
telligence, progenitors of those
who live on earth today, drove
the Neanderthal Man into the
frozen North, where they were
unable to survive the last Ice
Age, some 30,000 years ago. Yet
it may be possible that some
strain of what low-browed, goril
la-like race still mingles with the
blood of some folk who are alive
now.
HORSES iced
Not only extinct men but the
remains of other animals whose
species has completely vanished
are dug up in every part of the
world. The most amazing are
those of animals trapped by the
advancing ice of the last Ice Age,
whose bodies completely preserv
ed have been found in the still
frozen soil of northern Siberia.
Many specimens of the gigan-
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Ocassional Chairs
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tic mammoth, ancestor of the In
dian elephants of today, have
been found as the ground melted,
some still so fresh after 30,000
years that wild dogs feasted on
their meat.
Out of that region has just
come the report of a still more
amazing discovery. Digging into
an ancient burial mound of some
forgotten race, where the earth
has been frozen solid for more
than 10,000 years, Russian ex
plorers have found the body of a
man surrounded by ten horses,
all saddled and bridled and with
flesh, skin and hair intact after
more than a hundred centuries in
the natural refrigerator.
Who the man was, what his
princely rank that called for the
burial of his ten richly caparison
ed horses with him, nobody will
ever know. But every such dis
covery throws more light on
mankind's dim and ancient past.
TOOLS history
The oldest and best evidence
that men once lived in any given
spot on earth is the digging up
the flint tools and weapons used
by primitime Man. Indeed, scien
tists classify ancient humanity
into the Paleothic. Old Stone
Age, and the Neolithic, or New
Stone Age.
Paleolithic men never learned
to use metals and their stone im
plements were crude indeed. By
the fragments left behind them,
the kind of people they were can
be determined.
Just now scientists ars excited
over the discovery, near Folsom,
New Mexico, of stone implements
greatly superior to those of the
Indians, and buried in strata so
deep as to indicate that their
makers lived in America thou
sands of years before the Indians
came.
Who were these "Folsom men?"
Where did they come from, how
long did they live in America,
where did they vanish to and
why? Were they killed off by
the Siberian tribes who crossed
the Bering Strait and became
what we call Indians?
Or were they the ancestors of
the highly civilized Aztecs of
Mexico or the Mayas of Yuca
tan? None of their bones have
been found, but they have left
evidence that they were skilled
THE ELKIN TRIBTJNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
$5,500,000 Tax Case
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CHICAGO, 111 -M. L. Annen
berg, multi-millionaire Philadelphia
publisher, who was indicted for al
leged non-payment of more than
$5,600,000 in Income taxes and penal
ties, declared the blggeßt income
tax evasion indictment ever re
turned by a Federal Orand Jury.
artisans and the First Americans.
FLINT fire
The last of a family which
practiced the almost extinct art
of flint-knapping for nearly a
thousand years passed away
when Fred Snare died in England
a few months ago. "Knapping,"
or shaping flint into usable forms
is a craft older than blacksmith
ing and less easily mastered.
At the time of his death Fred
Snare was making gunflints to
ship to Africa, where the native
tribes still use the ancient flint
lock weapons, such as I used to
see in old New England homes
when I was a boy.
Flint is not the hardest stone,
but it is the most widely distrib
uted of the hard, brittle rocks,
and so it .was used by primitive
races of men all over the world,
for tools and weapons and for
striking fire.
Whoever first discovered that
the spark from one flint striking
another flint would set fire to
dry leaves or straw, and that the
fire would not only keep the
home cave warm but improved
the taste of animal flesh when
the game was roasted over the
flame, was the real father of civi
lization.
That fire could be started in
other ways mankind did not
learn until less than two hundred
years ago. In my grandfather's
time country folk still used flint
and steel, for matches had not
been invented.
MIND tomorrow
Going back into what modern
science has learned about the de
velopment of modern Man from
his primitive prototypes impresses
me with the fact that the human
race is steadily improving. We
live longer than our ancestors
did, are physically better equip
ped for the battle of life, and
have better functioning and bet
ter trained minds.
All human progress has been
the result of the working of the
human mind. One reason we
think straighter and more clearly
than the ancients did is that we
have access to more facts than
they knew. All science is con
centrated upon the discovery of
facts. No theory stands for a
moment in the face of a single
fact which doesn't fit in with
theory.
American farmers' cash income
from marketings in July totaled
$534,000,000, a decline of 12 per
cent below the $609,000,000 in
come reported for July, 1938.
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Phone 258
West Main St. Elkin, N. C.
MUST LAUNDER
SHOW CHICKS
If Farmers to Make Good
Showing at Fair, Birds
Should Be Clean
USE SOAP AND WATER
"Send your chickens to the
laundry if you expect to show
them at the community, county,
district or State fair," advises C.
P. Parrish, poultry specialist of
the State College Extension Ser
vice.
Not literally, of course, but the
birds should be laundered at
home if they are dirty, Parrish
says. Wash the chicken with
soap and water, being sure to rub
"with the feathers" and not
against them. Afterward, all
soap should be thoroughly rinsed
from the feathers.
The Extension specialist men
tioned other items in connection
with the fitting of birds for the
show ring: Show birds should be
selected for type and color. They
should be placed in wire coops a
part of each day to get them
tame and "coop wise."
All birds should be examined
carefully for defects. If they are
too light in weight, a little corn
meal added to the mash will help
to fatten them. Parti-colored
birds should be conditioned in
the shade. The adding of 5 per
cent O. P. linseed oil meal to the
mash will give lustre to the feath
ers. Show birds should be placed
in deep straw as a part of the
fitting process.
After the laundry job is done,
the shanks, comb, wattles and
beak should also be cleaned and
shined. A little olive oil, mineral
oil, or vaseline on a cloth will
serve as the cleanser and polish
er.
Parrish also offered another in
teresting bit of advice to poultry
owners. He suggested that a
"lengthening of the day" will
help to hold old hens in produc
tion through the fall months.
"Turn on the lights in the poul
try house about 4 o'clock in the
morning and thereby increase
the laying day to 13 hours, and
the old hens usually will re
spond," he said.
Men's Shop Is
Cooperating In
Dollar Even
The Men's Shop, one of Elkin's
newer retail establishments, un
der the management of Messrs.
Herman Guyer and Barrett Lank
ford, is joining in Elkin's Dollar
Days program for Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of this week,
and many special values are listed
in the advertisement carried by
the firm in this issue of lYie
Tribune.
If it is anything in men's wear
you need, be sure to pay a visit
to this popular store and make
your selections for sometime to
come, since prices have under
gone the "scissor operation" and
prices sheared to the limit. A few
suggestions and comparisons are
given in the advertisement, which
it will pay you to read carefully
and investigate fully.
The Men's Shop has recently
been remodeled and new fixtures
installed, making it an attractive
as well as economical place to
trade.
Home Fum.
Listing Va
For Dollar
A comfortable and inviting
home surely is the dream of ev
ery homeowner, and even the
renter. Right now, at the ap
proach of the season when one
"stays in" more than at any
other time, Home Furniture com
pany is joining in Elkin's big Dol-
Days event for September 7, 8
and 9, and is doing its share to
attract a large volume of business
through lowered prices for the
special sales days.
The management cordially in
vites the public to visit the store
and reap the benefit of substan
tial savings on furniture and
home furnitshings.
SALES DROP
Close observers of conditions in
the farm implement industry now
believe that sales for the year
will probably run about 10 per
cent under the 1938 dollar totals.
HALF BILLION
Total certification for payment
and obligations under the 1938
Agricultural Adjustment Program
amounted to $499,999,278 through
June 30, 1939, the Triple-A has
announced.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
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SPECIAL PILLOW CASES
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Men's overcoats. Eleven V '6 ® jfc\ \ 3
only at half price. Up-to- AYr
the-minute styles and fab- Snowy white cases stamp
rics. Remember only elev- W | painty f' de-
signs! Also white cases
en at half price. Use our with colored borders and
1 . hemstitched hems, stamp
layaway plan it costs no ed with striking" patterns.
more. They're tremendous bar
' gains at this price!
SEWING CABINET I doIIaiTDAYS
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A Real tf* 4| 200 pairs ladies' galoshes
I and rubbers.
»/ Convenience 411 ■ r* • r/\
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trays. Indian craft C*i I Towels 12 for $l.OOl J&
design servers. A*■ hp if, Large
Beautifully finished ▼ ■ S i ze thirsty tow- A Big Value! Priscilla
in 10 to 15 natural ■ [ % "M els in double
wood mixed designs ■ k V S Terry wear e. . •
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Wash Frocks $1
Flared and pleat- Pastel marquisette covered with
ed skirts, boleros, pin dots, woven f^ures,
sssssss Men's Hats! The largest ship-
ment of hats we ve had in
many a moon. You'll find just
Luncheon cloths lmported STTTT PASF CI the style and color you want
rayon and cotton Damask „ ' ' . for fall at Penney's. Special—
ii- i *l. . Sturdy steel cov
luncheon cloths in * M ering with bak- * M ftA
assorted pastel ¥ M ed _ o « ename i \ M 1111
shades. finish. 2 snap J ■ bW W
51 x 67. Six nap- ■ lock Leather HSIS
ciaf Set 18 P 6 " handle! Lined! fjjgg **
ONE DOLLAR BUYS MORE
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT
Tub Frocks! Fine quality vat dyed prints. EfYTn,
Gay coloring, smart styling, grand detail.
Everything that's new for girls. Sizes 7 111
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Shirts and shorts! Super quality broad- \IL' 1
cloth and fine knit briefs. Close rib knit Made to Sell Jor Much
shirts that always fit. Compare! r\ « nA/irifT nIP
,*3****3**3 T7\ GARMENT BAG
Pn!Tws7^Larg^luffy^iUow^That^nak^ l ™ I ? a '? lo ' st , unheard-of low
J . yyJKf?T% price for this smart glazed
you forget about counting sheep. Made of #™2sr*E: chintz bag! Keeps your
new crushed chicken feathers. Fancy art •[ prTectT'youT'
ticking. Special— Holds 8 garments. 60 in.
long. In attractive floral
patterns!
Dress Shirts! We have just 100 left of * M 41A * j a a
our famous "Town Craft" shirts that \ V 1111 Slide \ DD
are slightly soiled from display. Former F1 ? ■"
price $1.49. Special for Dollar Days— I as ener - |
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PBook Ends! Indian Craft de
signs. Original price $2.00.
Special for Dollar Days—
Thursday, September 7. 1939