THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Fflfcln. N. C.
Thursday, February 29, 1940
Entered at the post office at ElkJo, N. C., as
second-class matter.
C. 8. FOSTER—
H. F. LAFFOON Secretary-Treasurer
SUBSCRIPTION BATES, PEE YEAR
In the State, $1.50 Oat of the State, S2.M
NATIONAL €DITORIAL_
(Mil NF ASSOCIATION
Member North Carolina Press Association
Virginia and South Carolina are flirting
with the sales tax. You never can tell
where a bad example will end.
You are destined to hear a lot about
"free enterprise" during this campaign. The
Republicans will see to that. And the words
have such a pleasing sound.
According to Alf Landon Mr. Roosevelt
is acting and talking like a candidate. But
it ought not to be worrying Alf, he won't
have to run against him.
The Indians were not truly Americans
else one of them would have become a giant
of wealth by ballyhooing a good dependable
antiseptic for arrow wounds.
"A San Francisco woman told a jury she
shot and killed her husband to keep him
from going out nights. That'll do it all
right."—Washington Post.
There's the bright side to every situa
tion: If it happens to be your lot to be eatei\
by cannibals, you don't have to listen to the
after-dinner speech.
"Jimmy Roosevelt announces his inten
tion of sloughing the mother of his two
daughters. At that he lasted longer as a
husband than as a lieutenant-colonel of the
marines." —Greensboro News.
It ought not to be such a problem to pro
vide free textbooks for the schools. The
public utility concerns offered to supply
them free before the administration began
using its yardstick.
"If Senator Taft wants ideas for bal
ancing the budget, he might take a tip from
Franco. The Spanish government ran a
lottery and won a big prize itself." New
Yorker.
Candidate Maxwell says: "I find so
many calls for me to speak over the State,
that I believe it best for me to cut loose
from my post as revenue commissioner."
Those who are calling will think so too, com
missioner.
What of Tobacco?
It is a natural conclusion that if when
the tobacco farmer goes to market his pro
duct this fall and finds market conditions
reasonably favorable, there will be a tend
ency not to press too harshly the minor pro
visions that have been set up for the pro
tection of the industry.
Conversely if marketing conditions are
not favorable it is obvious that it will be
necessary to invoke every rule and regula
tion that is calculated to stabilize and equal
ize the status of the planters as a whole.
From this distance it seems safe to pre
dict that marketing conditions will be far
from favorable. Britain threw the market
into turmoil last season when British buy
ers were withdrawn, and prices were held
to a reasonable level only because the fed
eral government stepped in the breach and
underwrote British purchases that have not
been, and may not be redeemed. Britain
has again brought confusion by anouncing
her intention of buying Turkish tobacco, a
perfectly understandable conclusion, under
present circumstances.
It follows then that the law of supply and
demand will be given another wrench if
warehouse floors are burdened with too
much tobacco next season. And somebody's
going to feel the pinch.
Government officials sense this prospect
and are urging the tobacco farmers to stay
within their allotments, and are warning
that the penalties for exceeding market
quotas will be rigidly enforced. Lopping off
10 cents a pound for this offense will leave
the farmer less than the actual cost of pro
ducing this excess of quota, and draw his
average dangerously near the red balance
that he dreads.
The tobacco farmers are being advised
to plant 10 per cent, less than their quotas
if they would avoid the low prices in vogue
in 1939. With these warnings and this ad
vice, from those who are supposed to know_
what they are talking about, befdre the to
bacco farmer, sympathy for him will Be con
siderably dulled if he insists on running
counter to this advice.
. Having the welfare of the tobacco farm
ers of this section at heart we are adding
our voice to the plea that they so chart their
course at planting time to assure that they
will not be contributing to these confused
marketing conditions. There are many ways
in which their lands may be turned to prof
itable use, and this is a time for straight
thinking.
When Machines Crash
That was welcome news last week which
told that the Long machine had been
smashed in the primary election in Loui
siana, It held greater interest than the
goings-on in Europe, or the jockeying in our
own gubernatorial race, or even who hap
pened to be the latest Hollywood beauty
suing for divorce.
Persons far beyond the borders of Loui
siana were interested in the overthrow of
the Earle Long government which was in
herited from his brother. For Earle's feebler
fingers were at the throttle of the same old
steam roller that Huey built, but which
Earle couldn't handle so efficiently. And
they were interested because the longer the
smashing was delayed, the greater threat it
became to people in other states. For here
was a streamlined behemoth, the blue print
of which was cached away in the brains of
a dozen Tom' Pendergasts and Frank
Hagues, to be brought out and copied if
Huey's doodad stood the test. •
Huey Long was the natural result of the
long reign of Louisiana's old established
hierarchy, which made laws, collected taxes,
and spent money in that State, all in the in
terest of the aristocracy and to the utter
neglect and disregard of the common herd,
particularly the mavericks in the rural dis
tricts. That was an era of hard-fisted po
litical selfishness that Jack Garner likes to
refer to as "rugged individualism."
But Huey Long changed all that. He
turned the rascals out, and turned himself
in. And then he gave Louisiana and the na
tion something to talk about: something to
think about too. For he got things done,
desirable things: He built roads and bridges
that brought the farmer to market; he ex
tended school facilities to rural sections and
city slums that needed this improvement.
Because he did these things the people were
blind to the fact that he was feathering his
own personal nest in the meantime. They
were loyal to him, and heaven only knows
how long it would have taken to break the
hold of his gang—if the thieves hadn't fall
en out among themselves, as thieves have a
way of doing.
So strong was the Long machine in Loui
siana, that it was feared in Washington. It
is not at all to the credit of the present ad
ministration that federal indictments were
soft-pedaled or hushed entirely, when Loui
siana's political support was needed. Nor
will the incoming officials forget that their
fight was made harder by pressure from
Washington that postponed trial of the
Long gang in the federal courts until after
the primary, obviously to strengthen the
arm of Governor Earle Long and on the
theory that he'd make the grade and be
needed at Chicago.
The incoming governor, Sam Houston
Jones, has promised a clean-up. There is
plenty cleaning to do. But the rats which
most surely will be deserting the sinking
ship will help in the cleaning. They'll squeal
on their former captains—and pop goes the
weasel. But what will be more important to
Louisiana and to the nation is whether Gov
ernor Jones will profit from what he has
seen in his State for the past twelve years,
or whether he too will try a hand at build
ing a machine. We'll have to wait and see.
Shop Talk
We confess to a lot of hearty satisfac
tion for the favorable reaction to our recent
64-page special edition welcoming the Chat
ham Manufacturing Company. We would
not be human if we failed to be a bit cocky
about it and hold our head a little higher be
cause of the praise that has come.
Practically all of our neighbor papers
have had something pleasing to say about it,
some of the dailies have paused in their hur
ry to pitch a bouquet our way, and from the
eastern part of the State has come some of
the most favorable comment. We are par
ticularly pleased because we were not ex
pecting such universal recognition of a job
that we tried to do well, and because all of
it appears to have a ring of sincerity in it.
The newspapers are in position to know
the amount of work involved in such an un
dertaking, apd some of them seemed sur
prised that we were able to put it across.
But not all the favorable comment has come
from qur brethren in the newspaper field.
We have received letters of appreciation
from individual friends and well-wishers,
and don't know whether we will be able to
find space to print all of these or not. But
we want one and all to know that we appre
ciate their interest and their kind words
from the bottom of our heart.
And may we remind that this kind of
publicity doesn't hurt Elkin a little bit. It
helps much more than most of us realize for
one cannot put a finger on tangible benefits,
but they are there just the same. Char
lotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem are judged
by outsiders largely by the splendid news
papers published in those cities, and the
growth and development of each has been
aided by these papers, perhaps more than
any other factor. what we mean by
favorable publicity. ,
We are proud to be able to represent
Elkin so satisfactorily: pleased that when
we went calling it was with a clean face and
neat apparel that commanded respect, if you
get what we mean. And ft didn't just hap
pen that way. That special edition was
typographically attractive because of the
toil all of us put into it, a id we have the
satisfaction of knowing thai we set the pace
for country newspapers in North Carolina.
And we just couldn't resist this temptation
to pat ourselves on the >ack, with an
"amen" and hearty Vthank\you" for what
our friends have been saying.
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THifi ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
Special Edition
COMMENT
CELEBRATING
(North Carolina Press)
On February 8 the Elkin Tri
bune issued a special edition in
celebration of the return of the
Chatham Manufacturing com
pany to Elkin and in welcome to
officials and employees. A part
of the big blanket plant has been
located at Winston-Salem. The
Tribune's 64-page edition is no
doubt the largest special edition
ever issued in the State with one
company as its major theme. C.
S. Poster is president and H. F.
Laffoon, secretary-treasurer and
general manager of the Tribune.
OUTSTANDING EDITION
(Wautauga Democrat, Boone)
The Elkin Tribune, long recog
nized as one of the outstanding
weekly newspapers of the area,
has further distinguished itself
by the issuance of a 64-page edi
tion, citing the progress of Elkin's
largest enterprise, the Chatham
Manufacturing Company.
The special was an excellent
piece of work both from the
standpoint of news features and
typography, and was one of the
largest editions of a weekly news
paper we have ever seen. We
congratulate the Tribune upon
this splendid accomplishment.
OUR CONGRATULATIONS TO
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
(Mocksville Enterprise)
Brother Harvey Laffoon and
his staff at Elkin recently com
pleted a job that would well
draw the praise of many a large
city daily newspaper. They pub
lished a 64-page special edition
on the coming of the finishing
plant of Chatham to Elkin. The
job was excellently done through
out—in editorial content, in pic
tures, in well-displayed adver
tisements and in printing. An
orchid, the prettiest and best we
know, to you and your fine staff,
Mr. Laffoon, for a hard job su
perbly executed.
GOOD JOB
(Northwestern Press, North
Wilkesboro)
Although past performances
lead you to expect them to do a
good job at whatever they under
take, Brother Harvey Laffoon
and his Elkin Tribune give you
pause for posies at their latest
successful enterprise. This—was
and is because it will be remem
bered for long after the usual
newspaper edition is forgotten—
their last week's issue welcoming
to Elkin the enlarged Chatham
Mills.
The issue contained 64 pages
and required two tons of news
print to publisll. That line is put
in here for the more material
minded among you who must al
ways place a concrete yardstick
alongside any achievement of
man. •
To us the most important part
of this venture was the excel
lence of reading material, the
excellence of the printer's art as
shown in the make-up, and the
confidence in Brother Laffoon
and his newspaper as materially
shown by the thousands of inches
of local advertising that appear
ed therein.
Brother Laffoon and his asso
ciates know their business when
it comes to putting out a news
paper. They have almost peren
nially indicated this by winning
the North Carolina Press Associa
tion's Cup for best weekly news
paper published for several years.
As a matter of actual fact,
Brother Laffoon's m Tribune won
this cup so many times that the
Press Association finally felt, be
cause of what may be assumed to
be the jealousy of those who
couldn't win against Tribune
competition, it should just retire
the cup from existence and not
offer any symbol for newspaper
excellence. This the Press Asso
ciation did. Otherwise, the Tri
bune probably would have the
cup displayed in its window per
manently.
But Brother Laffoon needs no
cup as an incentive to good news
papering. He keeps right on put
ting out the best without any
other incentive than the good
will of his people, which he has
in any quantity.
We are particularly happy over
Brother Laffoon's latest achieve
ment because Brother Laffoon
haS been so kind as to accept us
—the Northwestern Press—readi
ly in the fraternity of journalism
in these parts. He has practiced
with us the Golden Rule.
Because he has practiced the
Golden Rule among his folks
over there in and around Elkin,
he has won a confidence that is
to be envied and sought after by
anybody doing business, regard
less of their business.
We congratulate Brother Laf
foon and his associates on their
latest success, not with the per
functory congratulatory remarks
one is expected to mumble on |
such occasions, but with the sin-i
cere heartiness born of a wish J
that we, ourselves, can someday i
attain the high place in journal
ism already reached by the Elkin'
Tribune.
Blind Flying
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CHATHAM EDITION RECALLS
VIVID MEMORIES
Elkin Tribune:
Attached is a manuscript which
I thought in line following your
splendid Chatham edition which
I thoroughly enjoyed and which
received much favorable comment
from some of my friends to whom
I showed and loaned same.
A. W. GEORGE
Salisbury, N. C.
• • *
The recent Chatham Manufac
turing Company issue of the
Elkin Tribune brought to my
mind vivid memories, evoking re
flections, some of which are here
suggested.
Many pebbles have rolled down
the river since the little reinn
Valley Woolen Mill hauled wool
from Salisbury and from "over
the mountin" in "Kivered wag
ons, Nissen and Spach," to the
little mill, up on the creek, to be
carded into rolls and woven into
jeans cloth which was often
"swaped" to the neighboring
I community housewives for wool
|as they brought in the annual
! production of fleece from their
little herds. Then nearly every
farm had a few sheep.
What thrills! How the chil
dren and the old folks ran to the
front yard those fortunate
enough to live on the "big road"
—to see the big horse and mule
teams clad in jet black leather
harness, set off with bright,
shiny, metal "do-jiggers" and
tingling bells, as the wagons
slowly "clucked" along tip and
down the red, rocky hills, bearing
their ponderous loads.
Many a lad as he beheld these
equine caravans with their shiny
I harness, the product of some local
| harness shop, hand craft, and the
i"prideful teamster" sitting on the
J provision box with his feet on the
double tree, guide his steeds
! across the branch, up the hill out
|of sight, turned and walked
: slowly into the house with visions
!of the time when he, too, can
hold the lines and crack the
whip. These are vanishing mem
i ories. Lads still have visions and
longings and in these they have
been joined by the lassies. Now
both reach, not for the lines, but
jfor the steering wheel.
This inner human urge, has
always been, is, and ever will be
constant. The outward manifest
ation of this urge has always
been, is and ever will be variable.
Vanishing Memories, Oh, that
they might linger a little longer
keeping secure a restful retreat
from the nervous strain caused
by the rushing wheels of pro
gress (?)
Vanishing Memories. We must
take them today—second hand —
as they have been handed down
from those of other days who left
a record not "in the desert" nor
"on the waste sands," but in
hearts and memories worthy, let
us hope, to cherish them.
The past is memory—the fu
ture a hope—the living present a
rapidly moving drama.
It is refreshing to observe that
the spirit which motivated the
promters of this gigantic indus
try and guided its operations to
their present mammoth propor
tions, still controls. Such a spirit
is that of group or comunity in
terest and welfare and is in per
fect accord with one of the ec
onomic and social laws—that of
living together for the one ob
jective, the greatest good for the
group.
The founders of the Chatham
Manufacturing Company lived in
a day -that naturally lent favor
and endorsement to home and
mutual locafl interest.
It is encouraging and praise
worthy to observe that this in
dustry, expanded to world wide
proportions still maintains the
same spirit of local pride and in
terest so generously exhibited in
the management from president
down through the various func
tionary heads, permeating the en
tire employee personnel. "Faith
of our Fathers" is applicable not
only to religious faith, but should
apply, also, to industrial activi
ties.
CREDIT TO TOWN
(North Wilkesboro Hostler)
The Elkin Tribune gave birth
to a 64-page paper last Thursday
in welcoming* the Chatham man
ufacturing plant and its new em
ployees arriving from Winston-
Salem. The edition is a credit to
any town. It requires lots of
work to put out a 64-page paper,
therefore, the entire force de
serves much praise. We extend
congratulation to The Elkin Tri
bune and its force. Harvey Laf
foon, the main spring, began his
first work in the printing office
of the Wilkes Patriot in Wilkes
boro several years ago. He mar
ried a Wilkes girl, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Edminsten,
of Ready Branch.
CARD OF THANKS
We desire to express to our
friends deep appreciation for
the sympathy and kindness
shown us ih our bereavement.
We also thank each one for the
beautiful flowers.
MRS. M. M. MAYBERRY
AND FAMILY ltc
BEST
Government reports indicate
that January was one of the best
marketing months for domestic
cotton in-recent years, a total of
1,756,771 bales being moved into
trade channels.
WANTS
For Rent Three-room apartment,
close in. See Howard Windsor.
Experienced collector for national
firm to cover Surry and Yad
kin. Must have car. Send de
tails to P. O. Box 777, Hickory.
ltp
For Sale: One good saddle horse,
chestnut color. Broke to har
ness. Will* work. 6 years old.
See Eddie White, Monticello
Cafe, Elkin. ltp
For sale at a bargain—extra good
Delco light plant. Batteries
practically new. Elkin Motor
Car Co., Elkin, N. C. ltc
Will sell Studio Piano to respon
sible party who will assume
payments of $1.50 per week.
Write Garwood Piano Co.,
Wilkesboro, N. C. 3-7p
For sale or rent: A. J. Williams
property at Zephyr. Oo o d
house, 30 acres of land, garden
and pasture. Convenient to
churches and school. Power
' line complete and house -wired.
11 miles from Elkin. Can get
possession at once. A. J. Wil
liams heirs, Mountain Park, N.
C. ltp
Wanted: Good second hand
piano. Must be in good condi
tion and reasonably priced. Call
Telephone No. 4, ltc
Wanted l,OOO country hams.
Cash & Carry Stores. 3-7 c
.
Thursday, February 29. 1940
For sale: young blue jersey cow,
fresh, good milcher. Bill Jack
son, near Big Spring Dairy,
Elkin, N. C. ltp
For Sale: one team 4-year old
Belgian mares. Broken. Weight
2,300. Also other horses and
mules. D. G. Guyer, Elkin, N.
C. Phone 17F21. ltp
See us for seed potatoes. Just re
ceived two carloads. Cash &
Carry Stores. 3-7 c
For Sale—4B-acre farm, with one
four-room house, three out
buildings, including good barn.
Six miles west of Elkin, at Ben
ham. Near good school. Price
reasonable. For information
see Fred Burcham, Benham, N.
C. 3-14p
For Sale: Dixie Cafe in Boonville.
See Eddie White, Monticello
Cafe, Elkin. ltp
Complete line of lawn, garden
seeds, field seeds, bone meal
fertilizer. See us before you
buy. Cash & Carry Stores.
3-7 c
We buy scrap iron and metals.
Double Eagle Service Co., Elk
in, N. C. tfc
For Sale: 5 room house on Ridge
street; lot 100 ft. front by 269
feet long. Price $1,500. Mrs.
Maude Hanes, No. 10 -H St.,
N. E., Washington, D. C. 2-29p
Carload seed oats arrived today.
Cash & Carry Stores. 3-7 c
For Sale: Lespedeza seed and ag
ricultural clay and mixed peas.
See John Hudspeth or H. W.
Crouse, or telephone 30-M.
3-8 c
For Sale: Monticello Cafe. Apply
at cafe. . ltp
200 Boxwoods for Sale, 1 to 2 feet
tall, 8 to 20 inches in diameter.
W. R. Evans, Route 1, Jones
ville, N. C. « tfc
Complete Beauty Service In Three
Months —The south's best and
finest Beauty Shop School; low
rates; easy terms. Fully accred
ited. Positions secured or your
beauty shop financed on grad
uation. Moynt Airy Beauty
College, Mount Airy, N. C. 2-29 c
Wanted—looo People to See
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FjP^r A ™TJ
Coming Soon to Elk Theatre
SEE THESE USED
CAR VALUES AT
LOWEST PRICES
1—1939 Chev. Sport Sedan
1—1936 Chev. Town Sedan
1—1935 Chev. Standard Coach
1—1936 V 2 -ton panel truck
1—1936 Chev. Sport Sedan
with heater and radio. Ex
tra clean.
1—1936 Ford SMan with heat
er and radio: Cleanest Ford
in town.
F-W CHEVROLET
COMPANY
Elkin, N. C.