THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
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Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, June 6, 1940
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And wouldn't it be sump'n if Bob Rey
nolds' alien program would become so pop
ular that he'd ride into office on it next time
in spite of all the planning by those who are
figuring on pinning his ears to the wall?
Best for All Concerned
The decision of Lieutenant Governor
Wilkins P. Horton, not to call for a second
primary in the contest for the governorship,
is fortunate for all concerned, and for the
Democratic party especially.
If Horton had held to his purpose to in
sist on a run-off he would have had a hard
and bumpy road ahead of him. Maybe the
knowledge of this caused him to decide
against it. Candidate Maxwell, the next
man up, had counseled against a second pri
mary and had announced that he would sup
port Broughton, the leader in the first pri
mary. The same went for Lee Gravely, and
it was only natural that Grady, whom Hor
ton had defeated four years ago, was to be
found in the opposing camp.
As a matter of fact there were no issues
involved. Business men and industrialists
had indicated that they were not afraid of
Broughton, that they would just as lief one
be governor as the other, and therefore
didn't propose to go down in their jeans for
cash with which to finance a campaign in
which they had little if anything at stake.
It is unfortunate that Mr. Horton, des
perate for an issue that might cause the big
purse boys to loosen up, chose to ring in the
shadow of Dr. Ralph McDonald and make
him the bugaboo that would scare votes his
way. It only served the poor purpose of
creating dissension in Democratic ranks,
and may have so estranged some of the Hor
ton supporters that he became discouraged
and quit. And what he said about Mr. Max
well didn't help any either.
But even all that had as well be forgot
ten. Mr. Horton has acted wisely, and he
has done himself as well as his party a def
inite service in stepping down.
"Log-Rollings"
A study prepared by officials of the
North Carolina agriculture department sets
forth the reasons why none of the original
growth of hardwoods and pines which once
covered Stokes county, is left-—yells of the
faulty stewardship that sacrificed the great
natural assets of that county when the land
was cleared for farming half a century ago.
And because other counties in North Caro
lina engaged in the same practices, this re
minder is pertinent and timely for them.
"Clearing of the land," say these offi
cials, "was accomplished by means of log
rollings, a practice whereby logs were heap
ed into great piles and burned. Much val
uable timber was destroyed in that manner,
but as no markets existed for timber, it was
the most expedient method of ridding the
land of trees."
Older heads will recall this practice: The
log-rolling of that day was comparable to
the corn-shuckings we have now, or did have
a few years back. Neighbors gathered and
heaped great piles of fine timber, and made
ready for the fire, and hungry men were re
warded with a great supper as though in
celebration of a victory over the forests.
And now when we look back on that waste
fulness, even though it could be excused, we
want to challenge the stewardship of those
who were unwittingly responsible for it.
There was little appreciation of timber
values in those days, and we are suffering
today because of that lack of frugality. It
was the practice then to clear a piece of tim
berland, benefit from its newness and when
it was worn out, abandon it and clear more
land. No thought was given to soil con
servation, and certainly none to soil im
provement. Forest management was wholly
unknown. For the rape of the forests was
not limited solely to "log-rolling." When
wood was needed the landowner went to the
woodlot, felled a tree that would work up
easily, sawed off a few sections, and left the
lap to rot and decay. There is not much of
that practiced today, but enough of it to
give concern.
The trouble is that we locked the stable
door after the horse was stolen; we learned
the importance of timber conservation only
by the pinch of necessity, and some of us
haven't learned it yet. We don't roll val
uable logs together and burn them, but we
do indulge in forest practices that will cause
our children to call us stupid and wasteful.
Maybe when it becomes necessary to
plant trees and wait patiently for them to
grow, we will harvest them with more care;
measure their value as we measure the
value of any other crop and waste not a bit
of them.
Economy in Government
Governor Hoey has called upon all de
partments of the State government to prac
tice the strictest economy in the adminis
tration of their affairs. And for that he is
to be commended, particularly if he follows
through and sees to it that they do just
that.
The Governor points out that the State
is doing very well, thank you, in the collec
tion of revenues; that the State's income is
well above budget anticipation, but that
doesn't mean that there is no need for econ
omizing, and somehow Mr. Hoey leaves the
impression that he is afraid a mound of
easily collected dollars would be a tempta
tion to heads of State agencies who would
want to spend them and get more. History
tells that he theorizes correctly, and his ex
horting which amounts to a warning, is
quite timely.
Right now the people of North Carolina
are reasonably prosperous, and in that ec
onomic state, they are able to pay taxes.
But when they become pinched, they won't
pay, for the simple reason that they can't.
And there are plenty of indications that
they will have to tighten their belts in the
immediate future. War conditions are sup
posed to boost business in neutral countries,
but right now with all our program of pre
paredness it is almost as though we too were
at war. And as f6r agriculture, on which
this State largely depends, the stagnancy of
the tobacco and cotton market due to the
conflict in Europe, may make many a farm
er, who depends on either or both of these,
stare at the ceiling at night, wondering how
he is going to make ends meet. And under
those conditions it would be well for North
Carolina to have a nest-egg instead of a
deficit.
And there is another very good reason
why government—local, State and National
—should practice close economy: The tax
payer is already burdened to the point of
weariness. And it makes no difference
whether it be city taxes, county, State or
National taxes, the toll comes out of the
same pocket, and there is no difference in
the feel of the pain. ,
Right now the federal government is
embarking on a staggering defense pro
gram, the cost of which will add to the tax
burden, and Governor Hoey's economy pro
gram for North Carolina, needs to be stress
ed in the national field as well. For the to
tal of dollars that could be saved each year,
would help in liquidating the huge debt we
are making in these defense expenditures.
As a matter of fact, one of the biggest
factors in national defense could easily be a
sound program of tax economy that would
bolster the morale of our people in time of
emergency.
Man's Inhumanity to Man
It is estimated that between 3,000,000
and 5,000,000 refugees from Belgium and
Holland have poured into France. Most of
these are average, self-respecting people
suddenly made vagrants by Hitler's hellish
ness.
The inundation of wnat is left of France
by this horde of dispossessed and terror
stricken women and children and the aged,
surpasses all episodes in man's inhumanity
to man. It can hardly be considered merely
propaganda, these stories of how these mis
erable creatures in their confusion have in
terfered with the work of the Allied armies.
The German war machine pays them no
mind, for are they not an inferior people, to
be pushed aside at the German will?
Because these refugees are companions
in misery the French people take them in
and share their crusts of bread, but there is
no certainty that the roof that houses them
all will not be blown away before morning.
And most of these, mind you, are the
former subjects of King Leopold who com
manded Belgian soldiers to lay down their
arms, and without the courtesy of warning
Allied leaders whom he had called on for
help, thus exposing them to the sudden at
tack which has resulted so disastrously.
And that very action by Belgium's king
raises the question mark concerning the
ease with which Germany's armed forces
marched through Belgium, and European
leaders are • wondering if this was only a
part of a sell-out to Hitler who now proposes
to make Leopold ruler over parts of Holland
—a puppet whose main activity would be to
enjoy the comforts of a castle hidden away
in the mountains of the country his father
loved and fought for to the last.
But we are talking about those refugees
who neither fought or wanted war: men,
women and children who only wanted to live
and labor in peace. Now they are scattered
to the winds; children separated from par
ents; streams of helpless human beings
fleeing to they know not where, and even
machine-gunned in their confusioh and dis
tress.
Some day, please God, the selfish tyrant
who is responsible for all this will come to
his accounting. But these helpless ones can
not wait for that day. They must be fed
and clothed, and their bleeding feet must be
tended. And that is what the American Red
Cross is trying to help to do. Pondering a
picture like this is enough to make each of
us rest uneasy on our pillows until we have
sought out the proper channels and doubled
our subscription to this cause. This is not
our war, no, but its victims are crying aloud
for help and we should not fail them.
It is generally admitted that the Ger
mans are tops in the making of all sorts of
substitutes, and so it is not surprising that
they would take out after a substitute for
civilization.
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Washington, June 4—Congress,
awakened to the need of strength
ening our national defenses, came
almost unanimously to the sup
port of the President's proposal to
begin at once a program of air
plane building and manufactur
ing of armaments on an unprec
edented scale. Where the money
is to come from is yet to be de
termined, but it is certain that
some increase in taxes will be
necessary.
Republicans in both houses
joined with Democrats in voting
new defense appropriations. Par
tisanship is buried to that extent.
But it is far from being buried so
far as the methods of spending
the new funds are concerned.
What is being sought is a plan
for creating some sort of a de
fense planning board which
would have full charge of the
production of munitions, and
would be entirely free from po
litical control. At the same time
Congress is trying to work out
some system which would put all
military aviation under unified
control, reorganize the Army and
Navy by getting rid of inefficient
officers who have risen to their
present posts by the antiquated
seniority system, and in general
pep up the whole military estab
lishment.
The feeling in Congress is that
there should be greater and
more direct responsibility to Con
gress and less to the Executive in
all of the contemplated prepara
tions for war. While the Presi
dent is, under the Constitution,
Commander-in-Chief of the Army
and Navy, there are many Sen
ators and Representatives of both
parties who point out that the
United States is not yet at war,
that it is the earnest hope of ev
erybody that we shall not be at
war, and that in any event the
size and character of the fighting
forces of which the President is
the Chief must be whatever Con
gress chooses to provide.
, Sharp Issue
A sharp issue is shaping up be
tween those who believe that
preparations for national defense
ought to be made with the coop
eration of the ablest men in the
nation, regardless of party, and
those who hold that these able
industrialists, organizers and
counselors should subordinate
themselves to the President. That
has been done in time of war.
In time of peace it has never
been done.
The advisory board which the
President appointed last fall to
examine the state of the nation's
preparedness for war, which in
cluded prominent men of both
parties, lasted «only a few weeks,
solely because its members found
that they could not function
against the opposition of the
President's close political advis
ers, or as subordinates subject to
the Executive's orders.
Well-meaning patriots who
have proposed that the President
put eminent Republicans in his
Cabinet in this emergency have
cited the changes in the British
and French Governments since
the present European war began.
They overlook the fact that those
are Parliamentary governments,
in which the constituent assem
bly has supreme power and the
governing body or Cabinet is
chosen from among the members
of Parliament. Thus two or half
a dozen parties may be represent
ed in a coalition cabinet.
But under the American sys
tem the Executive is entirely dis
tinct* from Congress, and the
members of his Cabinet are his
personal appointees, a sort of su
perior chief clerks, whom he can
dismiss at will. They must be
completely subordinate to the
President.
Emphatically Reject*!
Therefore the President's idea
of putting a few leading Republi
cans in his Cabinet to emphasize
the non-partisan spirit of the
times has been emphatically re
jected. Rumor has it that he of
fered Col. Frank Knox, Republi
can Vice-Presidential candidate
of four years ago, the post of
Secretary of the Navy, just va
cated by Charles Edison, who is
running for Governor of 'New
Jersey.
It is whispered, and widely be
lieved in Washington, that Mr.
Roosevelt's invitation to Gov.
Landon to visit him at the White
House was with a similar pur
pose; that it was cancelled when
Mr. Landon made a speech criti
cizing the President's war poli
cies, and renewed only when
word leaked out that it had been
cancelled.
At any rate, Mr. Landon, as
titular leader of the Republican
Party, after a pleasant call at the
White House, said that he was
sure all Republicans would be
good patriots and do whatever
they could to help the defense
program, and let it go at that.
Much attention is being given
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here to former President Hoover's
letter to Senator Tobey, written
last September when the war
started and the first talk of a
"Coalition government" began.
After pointing out that members
of the Opposition Paity if ap
pointed to the Cabinet would not
in any way be representative of
their party, but merely indivi
duals, Mr. Hoover said that the
proposed suspension of partisan
politics "would mean one-party
government. It would be the start
of totalitarian government."
He urged then, and has since
urged, that Republicans give ev
ery possible support to a sound
policy of national defense, but
should not cease to debate the
best methods of keeping this
country out of war.
Offense Planning Board
While aircraft manufacturers,
makers of military equipment of
all kinds, every sort of industrial
ist or business man who might be
called upon to help in the defense
preparations, have signified their
willingness and readiness to help,
there is a great deal of reluctance
among business leaders to place
themselves under political or bu
reaucratic orders as to methods
of operation.
Therefore, the idea of a de
fense planning board composed of
military men, industrialists and
members of both houses of Con
gress, is getting serious consid
eration.
HOMECOMING TO BE
HELD THIRD SUNDAY
A homecoming will be held at
North Oak Ridge Baptist church,
two miles south of Boonville, on
the third Sunday in June, it has
been announced by the pastor,
Rev. Cleat Simmons.
The services will last all day,
with lunch served on the grounds,
picnic style. A speaker, as yet
unannounced, will speak at the
11 o'clock service. Quartets from
Winston-Salem, Reidsville and of
the community will sing at the
afternoon service.
All former pastors of the
church have been especially in
vited to be present, as well as the
public in general. Everyone is
urged to bring a basket lunch.
Know Him Well
"Do you know Art?"
"Art who?"
"Artesian."
"Sure, I know Artesian well."
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator of J. T. Bostick, late of
Surry county, this is to notify all
persons holding claims against
said estate to present them to
the undersigned within one year
from date of this notice or same
will be plead in bar of their re
covery. All persons owing said
estate will please settle at once.
This the sth day of June, 1940.
WILLIAM L. BOSTICK,
Administrator of J. T. Bostick,
deceased.
E. C. JAMES, Attorney. 7-11
WANTS
For rent: New 5-room house in
suburbs. Hugh Royall. 6-13 c
This is to notify all persons hav
ing an account against the late
A. F. Kinzie, of Mountain Park,
to present them to the under
signed for payment. Mrs. A. F.
Kinzie, 21 Lewis Ave., Salon,
Va. ltp
For sale—complete photographic
outfit, including camera, en
larger, developing tank—every
thing you need to develop and
print your own pictures. See
Earl Day at Lyric theatre, ltp
For Rent—Three-room downstairs
apartment with private bath;
two-room upstairs apartment,
in rock house in Church street.
Steam heat. Miss Minnie Rus
sell, phone 127. ltp
Lost, Elkin, identification badge
127-1636, Norfolk Navy Yard,
U. S. N. Photograph style.
Finder please return Tribune
office, received reward. ltp
Wanted: Two neat and pleasing
girls for waitresses. If capable
will be willing to train. Apply
Hotel Elkin. ltc
For rent: three and four room
apartments. Newly finished.
Private bath. Carl Chappell.
Telephone 126-M. tfc
For Sale—l 1935 motorcycle in
good condition. New tires and
battery. Elkin Motor Car Co.
ltc
Reward—Lost Bird Dog—Male
Pointer, white and yellow. Own
er's name on collar. $5.00 re
ward for return to H. P. Gra
ham. 6-6 c
Modern Beauty Shop will award
a free three-day trip to the
New York World's Fair on Mon
day, July 5. Nothing to buy.
No strings attached. Visit our
shop and register and we will
give you complete details. 7-4 c
For rent: two furnished bed
rooms, semi-private bath. Mrs.
J. P. Phillips, Jonesville, N. C.
tfc
For Sale—l used Delco light
plant. New batteries and radio,
priced to sell. Elkin Motor Car
Co. ltc
We buy scrap iron and metals.
Double Eagle Service Co., Elk
in, N. C. . tf:
stablished Rawlelfh Route
available in Alleghany county.
Has been worked for over 7
years by the same Dealer.
Good opportunity for a hustler
with car. Write Rawleigh's,
Dept. NCE-64-204, Richmond,
Va. 6-13p
Wanted! Refined girls for Beauty
Culture Training. A complete
course for only $50.00. State
accredited. Mae's School of
Beauty Culture, North Wilkes
boro, N. C. Mrs. Jake Church,
Prop. tfc
When aellinr or buying produce
see Early Combs, in the old city
Jail building. Telephone 308.
tfc
Wasted to repair radios. Out
expert thoroughly knows hie
business. Prices right. Harris
Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc
For sale— J. C. Triplet! farm lo
cated 1 mile from Elkin on
Elkin-Winston-Salem highway
No. 67. Contains 100 acres—so
acres bottom land, 50 acres up
land. Seven-room dwelling, large
barn and other outbuildings.
Suitable for farming or -for sub
division. See R. R. Triplett at
Bon-Ton Grill, Elkin, N. 6. tfc
For Bent—Three rooms, furnish
ed or unfurnished, will accom
modate five young men. Show
er, hot water, heat. New home.
Available June Ist. Dr. Seth
M. Beale, Elkin, N. C. tfc
Thursday, June 6, 1940
Do yon want plenty of egg* from
strong, fast growing young
chicks? If so feed Panamin. We
have It. Abernethy's, A Good
Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfn
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