THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
. Published Every Thursday by
• ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, October 26, 1939
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
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cTs. FOSTER i President
EL F. LAFFOON .....Secretary-Treasurer
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Member North Carolina Press Association
Those damages that neither Germany
nor Britain can agree upon, probably comes
from bombs dropped by the dove of peace.
When the wartime scientists get around
tc harnessing the smell of Limburger cheese
to be turned loose at will —they will have
something there.
"These newspaper syndicate doctors are
always leaving out the best part. One of
them says a milk shake with an ounce of
French brandy in it is good for hay fever,
but doesn't say a word about how you can j
catch hay fever."—Macon Telegraph.
Methodists United
"To the Methodist Church thus estab
lished we do solemnly declare our allegiance,
and upon all its life and service we do rev
erently invoke the blessing of Almighty
God." . ,
Thus spake the presiding bishop at the
joint conference of the three great North
Carolina Methodist bodies at Greensboro
last week, now united in one church, under
one banner and in one common cause. And
thus comes to fruition the hopes, the
prayers and the planning through many
years of divided effort. Gradually the ma
chinery of the three churches will be merg
ed, the various cogs will mesh with greater
efficiency, and the common objective ad
vantaged by unified effort.
This union of Methodism has been op
posed by many who thought they had suffi
cient reasons for protest. It would have
been surprising if it had been otherwise.
But the great majority of Methodists will
welcome the union and soon its advantages
will be so manifest that conscientious ob
jectors will be wondering why they opposed.
The process of the merger requires sim
ilar action among the various conferences,
but when completed Methodism, now the
Methodist Church, without any qualifying
tags, will have more than eight million souls
enlisted under its banner —one great army,
militant in the service of the Master.
The advantages of the union are obvious.
For years the people of this religious faith
have been handicapped by duplicative ef
fort. Not infrequently churches of the
three denominations were struggling along
in the same town, sometimes within a few
blocks of each other, and none of them prop
erly supported. It is just as obvious that
the full benefit of their strength could not
be had under these circumstances. Pastors
became all but discouraged; congregations
were bent under heavy burdens which de
tracted from the peaceful and efficient ap
proach to the job in hand—the promotion of
the kingdom of God in the world.
And now that is in the process of
change. Not all of the wounds of separa
tion have been healed, but thanks to the
wisdom and foresight of great religious
leaders there will soon be only scars. And
others as well as Methodists will be saying
"amen" to the bishop's invocation.
Waiting Impatiently
"Some of the politicians up there are
getting pretty agitated over the situation.
They think they have been kept in the dark
long enough." That is the comment of a
political scout when he returned to Raleigh
from a trip into western North Carolina,
where many of the counties don't have such
a comfortable Democratic majority, that a
good running start is not necessary if they
are to deliver.
What this political observer was trying
to convey to the Raleigh newsman was that
these western politicians want to know how
Governor Hoey stands on the 1940 guber
natorial race. The assumption is, of course,
that they will follow his wishes in the mat
ter on the theory that that will mean a
ticket for a front, seat on the bandwagon as
it heads toward the governor's mansion.
The newspapers have been telling that
Governor Hoey means to play hands-off in
the governor's race. They are still predict
ing that soon he will be issuing a formal
neutrality proclamation, with all embargoes
repealed. But that will be for lay consump
tion. Wise and experienced political go
getters know different, and they will be
awaiting the cue that sends them hurrying
to the watch-towers and the highways and
hedges wherever a covey of voters may be
feeding.
, It is a pity that under our boasted sys
tem of self-determination we must wait for
the word of anyone before making up our
mind whom we will elect governor, but that
is the procedure and there is no blacking
that out. Governor Hoey may be sincere in
his purpose not to try to name his successor,
but he has his preference, and somebody
will find which of the candidates it is and
capitalize on it like nobody's business. Those
dependable "departments" which have serv
ed so effectively in the past will get "right";
the steam roller will be shifted to high gear
and some four-five candidates will be mash
ed flatter'n a pancake.
One guess is as good as another's as to
who will find favor with the Governor. The
signs point to Horton —have pointed in that
direction from the beginning, and are more
definite since his friends are claiming the
support of Dr. McDonald, who is by no mat
ter of means out of politics.
But all of the gubernatorial candidates,
to date there'are six of them, are having a
hard time stirring up interest. The ap
pearance of four of them on the Chapel Hill
platform didn't crowd the hall, and out in
the by-ways the voters are busy with the
war and football and are not paying politics
much mind.
But there is one consolation: They are
all able men and whoever gets the call will
probably measure up satisfactorily. So
what's the use getting all het up about it ?
The Night Schools
These columns have frequently made
plain the attitude of this paper toward the
splendid educational service rendered in this
community through the adult night schools,
but the work deserves all the repetitive
praise that we or anyone else can give it.
Long before government aid was avail
able, and when there were no funds to turn
to, Mrs. Whitaker undertook this work, and
where others would have been discouraged
to the point of abandoning it she kept
it alive and demonstrated its value. That
was twelve years ago, and it would be in
teresting to count the beneficiaries of this
effort and the extent of its individual ad
vancement.
Other communities have undertaken to
provide this instructional service under one
plan or another, but all too often, for one
l-eason or another, it has been allowed to
drag or be abandoned altogether, and we are
extremely doubtful whether any town the
size of Elkin has maintained similar adult
night schools continuously for twelve years
—a record of which Elkin and particularly
Mrs. Whitaker should be proud.
,But we don't think anyone can appre
ciate this service as much as have
benefited from 'it. It must be almost like
turning blindness into sight, when those
who have not bfeen able to read and write,
come almost suddenly into the power to do
both, and thus be able, in a limited way, to
inform themselves and give expression of
their thoughts in the written word.
It is to be hoped that Miss Cockerhani
will have the fullest co-operation of those
who stand in need of this service, and the
equally full support of the community, to
the end that soon Elkin can boast that there
are no adult illiterates within its bound
aries.
It is not a disgrace to be illiterate, but a
tragedy to turn away from this opportunity
to rise above that state caused by circum
stances that now these leaders are trying to
remedy. We wish them the continued suc
cess that they and their cause deserve.
A Bus Line and a Moral
It was to be expected that the proposal
to establish a bus line from Mount Airy to
Salisbury, via Dobson, Elkin, Boonville,
Yadkinville and Mocksville, would be oppos
ed by other lines with which it would com
pete in a manner. This opposition is na
tural and while every consistent protection
should be extended such investments as
have been made by the three opposing con
cerns, measurable and needed service should
not be denied communities that need it
simply to preserve a monopoly.
As this is written the State Utilities
Commission has not decided whether the
Woodie franchise will be granted, but Elkin
sincerely hopes that it will.
But there is one incident of the hearing
on this matter, which aside from the issue
of service involved, is quite impressive. One
of the witnesses appearing before the com
mission in the interest of Mr. Woodie's re
quest for a franchise was 26-year-old Bill
Hardister of Lexington, who so impressed
Chairman Winborne by his mastery of the
details of bus transportation that the com
missioner was moved to remark that "You
are a remarkable young man."
Shrewd attorneys representing the op
posing lines regarded young Hardister as a
push-over, but when his statements were
questioned the learned attorneys found that
he knew what he was talking about; knew
the widely involved details of the business,
and knew the answers, not in general terms,
but in specific details of such important
angles as the cost per vehicle per mile, etc.
la the few short years of his contact
with this transportation method he had
taken his job seriously, had applied himself,
and knew what it was all about, and it must
have been because such application is so un
usual that Chairman Winborne was moved
to say "You are a remarkable young man."
And so whether the bus line is establish
ed or not, we would drive home to other
youngsters the fact that by close application
of their time and talents they too can be
come "remarkable young men" and remind
them that that is the only route that will
honor their ticket to leadership.
This young fellow provides abundant ev
idence that refutes the notion that the door
of opportunity is all but closed to the youth
of today. On the contrary it is wider than
ever before for those who are willing to pay
the price of hardiwork and diligence; who
really try to shinei in whatever corner they
occupy. \
THW BUQN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
WITCHES WILL
PROWLJJESDAY
Annual School Hallowe'en
Carnival to Be Held at
Local Auditorium
SMALL ADMISSION FEE
Tuesday night, October 31, at
7:30, in the school gymnasium,
the usual annual funfest, cele
brating the eve of All Saints Day,
will be held.
This night, better known to us
as Hallowe'en, is a time for fun
and frolic. Come out and enjoy
yourselves, be you six or sixty.
Join the youngsters in their mer
riment; let them know that you
are not Just dignified "old folks."
There will be a small admission
charge. Inside you will find great
varieties of things on sale to eat,
to drink, and to make merry.
The proceeds from this carni
val will be shared with the P.-T.
A. for further work on their
health project; the high school's
share will be used for essentials
there.
There will be special entertain
ment for those who do not join
in the usual fun. Then, too, there
will be many articles auctioned
or chanced off. Come and try
for a great bargain.
The best part of such an occa
sion, of course, is the fact that
parents will know where their
children are and what they are
doing; also they can be there to
look after them and to enjoy the
children's frolic. Come and
bring the family.
BETHEL |
Clay Mastin has been confined
.to his home for several days suf
fering from an injured shoulder
he sustained while playing ball at
school.
Several from here attended the
quartet singing held at Yadkin -
ville last Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Morrison
visited the latter's mother at
Clingman the past week-end,
Mrs. Gertrude Gray.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Melton and
Miss Elenoir Melton were the
guests of relatives at Zephyr last
Sunday and attended a singing
held at Mountain Park in the af
ternoon. •
Mrs. C. W. Gilliam, Sr., is
spending several days at Mount
Airy visiting her brother and
family, J. s. Rose.
Mr. and Mrs. G. p. Pardue and
daughters, Misses Ruby, Blanche
end Rebecca, spent last Sunday
at Clingman's, visiting relatives.
Mrs. C. L. Morrison has return
ed here after spending several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs.
Weaver Hinson, of Hamptonville.
Mrs. Morrison has never been
' able to walk since she received
injuries several months ago.
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Mathis had
as their guests last Sunday after
noon, her brother and family,
Rev. and Mrs. John Weatherman,
of State Road.
It is a very busy time now with
the farmers going to corn
shuckings and tobacco markets,
and sowing wheat.
Kenneth Stroud accompanied
Mr. J. C. Dobbins' family, of Elk
in, on a trip to Charlotte last
Sunday.
The choir at Bethel church
will meet Wednesday evening to
practice.
Fifth Sunday Singing at Shiloh
Church
The Ronda singing convention
will be held at Shiloh church,
near Hamptonville. Sunday, Oc
tober 29. All choirs, quartets
and any gospel singers are invit
ed to be present and have a part
in the program. The meeting
will open at 10:00 o'clock a.m.
Yadkin Sunday
School to Meet
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held at the Yadkinville high school
auditorium at 1:30 because of a
play that will be rendered by the
young people of Enon Baptist
church. This is a missionary
play called "Because I'm His."
It has 30 characters and consumes
about an hour and a half time.
Opening the afternoon session
will be devotion by Rev. J. H.
Green, followed by an address by
Smith Hageman, of the Baptist
Hospital, Winston-Salem.
All Sunday schools of the coun
ty are invited to take part in the
Sunday program, that the con
vention may be a success from
every standpoint. Mr. J. L.
is president of the convention
and Rev. C. H. Hutchens Is sec
retary.
BIG INCREASE
B. F. Byrd, Swain county farm
er, reported that 100 pounds of a
5-7-5 fertilizer applied on .2 of
an acre of potatoes increased his
yield 250 per cent, over that on a
! check plot. •
Groping Through The Gas
HOLD SERIES
OF JffllNGS
Purpose to Elect Community
Committeemen to Ad
minister Law
METHODS ARE CHANGED
R. R. Smithwick, Surry county
farm agent, has announced the
following schedule of meetings
which are now being held in Sur
ry county for the purpose of
electing community committee
men and delegates who will ad
minister the 1940 agricultural
conservation progam and also the
1940 compulsory tobacco pro
gram.
This year the method for con
ducting these elections has been
changed and Washington has or
dered that there be held in each
township of the county a public
meeting at which time the com
munity committeemen will be
nominated and then elected by
secret ballot.
[' All landlords and tenants who
cooperated in the 1939 Agricul
tural Conservation Program or
expect to cooperate in the 1940
Agricultural Conservation Pro
gram are elegible to vote. All
landlords that either cooperated
in 1939 or expect to cooperate in
1940 with the Agricultural Con
servation Program are eligible to
hold the office of committeeman.
Westfield, Cooke's school.
Thursday, Oct. 26. 10 a.m.; El
dora, Eldora school, Thursday,
Oct. 26, 10 a.m.; Long Hill, Need
ham's filling station, Thursday,
Oct. 26, 2 p.m.; Mt. Airy, Frank
lin school, Thursday, Oct. 26, 2
p.m.; Stewart's Creek, Beulah
school, Friday. Oct. 27, 10 a.m.;
Bryan, Mountain Park school,
Friday, Oct. 27. 10 a.m.; Elkin.
North Elkin school, Friday, Oct.
27, 2 p.m.; Franklin, Blevin's
Store, Friday, Oct. 27, 2 p.m.;
Dobson, Court House, Saturday,
Oct. 28, 10 a.m.; Marsh, Little
Richmond school, Saturday, Oct.
28, 10 a.m.
ROSE S T O OBSERVE
ANNUAL PEANUT WEEK
"Peanuts" will be the byword
rext week in five southern states
as Rose's 5-10-25 c Stores swing
into their fifteenth annual pea
nut week. The event, inaugurated
in 1924 on a small scale, has
proven very popular and has
grown as the years passed. Sales
this year are expected to hit the
100-ton mark—enough peanuts
; to give a heaping handful to each
of North Carolina's three million
inhabitants.
Ideally located near peanut
fields and factories, the Rooe
Stores will offer new crop pea
nuts fresh from the oven all next
■week.
KIWANIANS HEAR
MUSICAL PROGRAM
A program of music presented
by Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Die km an,
instructors of the Elkin high
school orchestra, was enjoyed by
the Elkin Klwanis club nt its
meeting at Hotel Elkin last
Thursday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickman and
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DEARBORN, Mich. . . . Folks who
saw the movie, "Goodbye Mr.
Chips," mistake Charles Tremear,
above, for the old Brookfield pro
fessor, when they visit Henry
Ford's Greenfield Village here.
Tremear, 86, makes tintypes—old
time photographs—of the steady
stream of visitors.
Colors For Little Tots
ENGL A A y£: • ir.g gi r 1 wi th
one of the new gas masks specially
designed in colors to attract the
children. The masks are for chil
dren from 2% to 4 years of age
They have a clip at the back
they cannot be pulled off.
War Implements
Ist Senator—Do you have any
factories in your state for making
implements of war?
2nd Ditto—Oh, yes; we have
one rolling pin and two flat-iron
factories.
Read Tribune Advertisements!
Miss Elizabeth Garner, of the
Yadkinville high school orches
tra, who jointly presented the
program, were introduced by J.
Mark McAdams, superintendent
of the Elkin school, who had
charge of the program.
Mr. and Mrs. Dickman render
ed as a clarionet and cornet duet,
"Missouri Waltz," with Miss
Garner at the piano.
Make a visit to our Basement
Store each week and see the
new items that we are stocking,
and the many values you will
want to enjoy. Anything you
need in china wares, glass
wares, vases, fancy gifts, toys,
and numerous items you will be
interested in. Walker's Base
ment Store.
Thursday, October 26, 1939
WANTS
Permanent Waves, SI.PO and op.
Shampoo and finger wave, 40c.
Modern Beauty Shop, Louise
Vestal, Ruby Gray. Telephone
340. tfc
jewelry—Supply your needs in
• 10c and 25c jewelry at our
store. We have the latest styles
in beads, necklaces, brooches,
bracelets, etc. Walker's 5 & 10c
Store.
For sale for cash: Cleanest 1931
Ford Coach around Elkin. Price
$150.00. W. M. Reece Garage,
Arlington, Route 21 South, ltp
For sale: Used Auto Parts. Auto
top and side curtains made to
order. W. M. Reece Garage,
Arlington, Route 21 South.
11-16pj
Kitchen Hardware—Anything: you
need in kitchen utensils at
prices you don't mind paying.
See our line displayed in our
window and basement. Walker's
Basement Store.
Wanted—One room for liffht
housekeeping or small furnish
ed apartment. Mrs. R. R.
Blake, phone 170, Elkin. ltp
Good piano for sale at a real
bargin. $75.00. See or phone
Franklin Folger or Mrs. Frank
lin Folger, Elkin, N. C. ltc
For Sale: Pure bred Hampshire
pigs, $6.00. L. S. Weaver,
Jonesville, N. C. ltc
The finest line of chocolate can
dies in town, chocolate covered
almonds, peanuts, assorted
nuts, whipped creams, Vanilla
creams, chocolate covered car
amels, chips, peanut cluster,
and everything in candies.
Prices 10c .pound to 40c pound,
j Walker's 5 & I(fc -Store.
For Rent—Two-room apartment,
nicely finished. J. W. Willard.
Gwyn avenue. 11-2 c
Learn hair styling. Be an expert
beauty operator. We assist in
securing employment. Enroll
now. Write for catalogue and
rates. Hinshaw School of
Beauty Culture, North Wilkes
boro, N. C. 11-30 c
We boy scrap Iron end metals.
Double Eagle Service Co.. Elk
in, N. C. tfc
Wanted to repair radios. Our
expert thoroughly knows his
business. Prices right. Harris
Electric Co., Elkin. N. C. tfc
Wanted to bay all kinds of cattle,
calves and pork hogs. See Bub
Price at Basketeria. tfc
Do yon want plenty of egr» from
strong, fast growing young
chicks? If so feed Panamin, We
have It. Abernethy's, A Good
Drug Store. Elkin, N. C. tfo
For Rent—Good one horse to
bacco and grain farm at
Zephyr. Plenty fruit all kinds.
Write G. G. Tucker, Reynolds
Building, Winston-Salem. tfc
Rich or poor, you can
afford to
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