Thursday, October 5, 1939
r668 FIRES DO
DAMAGE! N.C.
Forest Fires Recorded in
State During First Six
Months of 1939
LIGHTNING CAUSES ONE
According to County Forest
Warden J. R. Norman of Surry
county, during the first six
months of 1939, 668 forest fires
f bil-ned in western North Caro-
Of these 668 fires, one was
caused by lightning.. In other
words, 667 of the fires were man
| caused and thereby preventable. •
These 667 man-caused fires
cost the state and counties of
western North Carolina thou
sands of dollars in damage to
timber and wild life to say
nothing of the effect that fires
have on soil erosion and the aes
thetic value of our woodland.
One hundred and 57 of these
,/es were classed as brush burn
ing fires or fires that were caused
by persons burning brush or
other forms of debris. In other
words, 157 fires were caused by
some person who was careless or
used bad judgment in burning
brush, sedge and various forms of
wlitter and debris.
* AVeady, with the first signs of
fall J the grasses in the forests are
dying and the foliage is losing its
glossy green color and beginning
to fall. Therefore, the floor of
the forest will soon be covered
with a layer of dead and highly
inflammable material subject
again to the risk of more man
caused forest fires.
It is encouraging, however, to
know that the number of man
caused fires in western North
Carolina for the past several
years has been steadily decreas
ing. Every citizen, as a citizen
i of Surry county, can render val-
M uable assistance to the county,
Jf state and Forest Warden Organ
j ization in bringing about a still
further decrease in our losses
from forest fires. Here are a few
of the ways in which you can
help:
1. Don't toss a lighted cigarette
or match out of your car. If you
do so, your cigarette and match
might land in inflammable ma
terial causing a disastrous fire.
2. While hunting, be sure that
your match and cigarette are
fully extinguished before you
throw them away. Also be sure
that, when your pipe is emptied,
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3. In building warming and
camping fires, be sure that you
have complied with the State
Laws. To build such a fire, the
State Law requires that you clear
away all inflammable and com
bustible material for a space of
10 feet surrounding the place
where such fire is kindled and
that the fire be fully extinguish
ed before leaving.
4. Before burning debris of any
kind, secure from your County
Forest Warden, or one of his au
thorized representatives, a burn
ing permit.
Burning permits can be secur
ed from County Forest Warden J.
R. Norman at Mountain Park, N.
C., and the following District
Wardens:
J. S. Greenwood, Elkin. Route
1; W. W. Coe, Dobson, Route 2;
W. T. Allen, Pinnacle, Route 1;
R. S. Johnson, Mount Airy, Route
4; Ed J. Smith, Mount Airy,
Route 6; M. S. Ramey, Low Gap.
5. After securing your burning
permit, notify adjoining land
owner that you intend to do such
burning.
6. Maintain careful and compe
tent watch over your fire and
never leave your fire until it is
completely out.
7. Never burn near the woods
or where fire can reach the
woods when conditions are dan
gerously dry,
The State Forest Service Laws
are going to be enforced. Those
failing to comply with these laws
are going to be prosecuted. We
hope that through your coopera
tion this will not be necessary.
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To Every Question
By LYTLE HULL
THE PEOPLE'S WEAPON
The unorganized Public is be
ginning to realize that it has ac
quired an all-powerful weapon in
the shape of "letter writing."
Very frequently the appeal is
made to "write your Senator and
Representative," and the Public
is beginning to follow the advice
and is finding it successful. Fast
er and faster this system is tak
ing hold and today our Congress
men are able to know what their
constituents want.
In the past, great organizations
like the American Federation of
Labor, and more recently the
CIO also, have been able—and
still are able—on account of their
very obvious power of organized
voting—to sway some of our law
makers in their attitude on cer
tain legislation, and there are
vote-loving members of such gov
erning bodies as City Manage
ments. State Assemblies and
even, 'tis said, our National Con
gress, who have upon occasion
been beguiled by the siren songs
of smaller groups like the Com
munist and Socialist parties
not to mention the Pork Barrel
Gangs.
To give the lawmaker his due,
it must be remembered that he
frequently was unaware of the
wishes of the majority of his
constituents. Their voice had not
been heard while that of the
"groups" resounded through the
halls.
Most of the organized parties
maintain "lobbies" in Washing
ton and in the State Assemblies.
! These Lobbies are composed of
j intelligent men and women whose
! business it is to use pressure on
members of the governing bodies.
If their organizations wish to
promote certain laws favorable to
them, these Lobbyists are usually
!in a position to use tremendous
influence, and will at times even
"band together" in an attempt to
intimidate the men whom the
people have elected to represent
them.
The farmer, and those other
millions who live in the agricul
tural districts, have probably
i been the greatest losers from
these organized "raids."
The city people are more close
ly allied and when they feel they
are being discriminated against
they are apt to make their polit
ical wishes known in no uncer
tain manner, and by so doing
give their representatives moral
support against the Groups.
But our farm population of
thirty-two million is spread all
over the country and it is impos
sible for it to act with collective
efficiency.
The farmers, and small town
citizens, make up the great bulk
of real Americans. Their interest
in national politics is more
wholesome and patriotic than is
that of the inhabitants of our
great cities, of whom so many are
foreigners or foreign born. Their
knowledge and grasp of politics
is extensive and up until the
present they have lacked only the
method of expression. Today
this situation is changing rapidly
and it is the "letter writing" sys
tem which is doing the trick.
In all of organized labor in this
country there are only seven and
a half million members, but when
Labor wanted laws passed, even
if those laws happen to be un
favorable to the majority of our
» THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
citizens, they were frequently
able to force them through.
Today the ordinary citizen
knows what he or she can do
with pen and ink—or just a low
down pencil for that matter—and
with this knowledge, and the de
termination that his country
shall be run for him and for his
children, the American has at
last found the means to demand
the laws which HE wants and to
combat those of which he does
not approve.
May more and more of us join
the "letter writers," and join
them now, until that group is so
powerful that it needs no Lobby
and will brook no opposition.
And don't let us forget that it is
just as important to tell our rep
resentatives in local, state and
national governments, how we
want them to vote on important
legislation, as it is for us to go
to the booth on election day and
cast our own vote.
Good Sign
Gertrude But how do you
know that the boss is keen on
you?
Sylvia—You, ought to see the
way his wife glares at me when
she comes into the office.
Overhead High
Gamp—The year is little more
than half over and I haVe al
ready lost four umbrellas.
Slycem—That's too bad. Your
1939 overhead is going to be pret
ty high.
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NEWWAREHODSE
IN MOUNT AIRY
Jones Bros, and Brown to
Operate Planters and
Farmers Warehouse
MODERN CONSTRUCTION
A modern new tobacco ware
house has been constructed in
Mount Airy and will be operated
by the Jones Brothers and W. H.
Brown in connection with Plant
ers warehouse, which they also
operate.
The new building is known as
New Farmers Warehouse, and no
finer can be found in the entire
state. It contains a total of 30,-
000 square feet of floor space; is
constructed of steel and brick
and is equipped with non-sun
glare skylights. The building
fronts on Virginia street.
By operating the two ware
houses, Jones Brothers and W. H.
Brown are enabled to give pa
trons the finest service obtain
able. By having their floor
space doubled, they will be able
to take care of double the amount
of tobacco and will not have to
stack the piles for lack of space.
They will also have a sale every
day, thus preventing tobacco
from having to lie on the floor
for several days, which keeps it
from looking and selling up to
par. Quick sales while tobacco is
at its best is what these two
warehouses offer their patrons.
It was pointed out that farm
ers who have been carrying their
tobacco to southern and border
markets are losing several dollars
per hundred pounds on their
sales in addition to the expense
of making the trip. Buyers will
not pay as much for tobacco
from another belt, it was said.
The Jones Brothers, who with
W. H. Brown operate Planters
and the New Farmers Warehouse,
are R. P., T. A., and P. M. Jones.
The market will open on October
10. An advertisement in this
issue gives further details.
| I BETHEL
Attending the Brier Creek As
sociation last Thursday, held with
Fishing Creek church, were Mr.
and Mrs. D. J. Melton, Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Morrisofi, Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Gilliam, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
J. F. Mathis and Eugene Jones,
all of this place.
Mrs. Mollie Ann Osborne spent
a few days recently visiting her
sister, Mrs. H. Day, of the Tem
ple Hill community.
Several from this place will at
tend the revival that is in prog
ress at Swan Creek church this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jennings and
children of Cycle, were visitors
at the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Hemric, last Sat
urday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ulas Vestal and
little daughters, Mary Belle and
Lola Mae, were guests of his sis
ter, Mrs. Lela Harris, last Sun
day. >
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. T. Jones
accompanied the Wilkesboro
quartet and some other parties to
Hudson, to attend a singing, last
Sunday.
Uses Her Head
Mabel—When you have a quar
rel with your husband, do you
threaten to go home to your
mother?
Ruth—No, indeed —what good
would that do? I threaten to
have mother come here.
NOTICE!
Elkin Masonic Lodge No. 454,
meets every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
nights at 7:30. AS members re
quested to be present. Signed:
Secretary of Lodge. tfc
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