THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, June 13, 1940 (
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-class matter.
C. S. FOSTER .. President
H. F. LAFFOON Secretory-Treasurer
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Continue Work on Parkway
It was not an easy matter to gain favor
able action by the lower house of Congress
on the proposed appropriation for the Blue
Ridge Parkway project that would make
available for the Parkway in North Caro
lina approximately a million dollars in out
right appropriations and authority to enter
into contracts for an additional $4,500,000.
It was not easy because in addition to
the Republican opposition, which may be ex
pected when spending doesn't happen to be
down the G.O.P. alley, well-meaning friends
questioned the wisdom of spending this
money on this project in face of the need to
devote all our resources to the national de
fense program.
However, it was argued by the Parkway
proponents that the completion of this high
speed unobstructed roadway, ties in with
the national defense program and would be
an "outstanding contribution to the domes
tic welfare and happiness of the nation."
On first blush those who look upon the
Parkway as a pleasure lane and constructed
primarily for that purpose, are inclined to
doubt the value of this great roadway as an
artery of travel that has to do with national
defense. Yet in emergency it is quite con
ceivable that it could be used as a vital
transportation lane—a direct route from the
Tennessee Valley to Washington and points
north.
If and when there is need for military
activity in any direction, either as defense
against an aggressor or for mobilization of
our military forces on a nationwide scope,
it is as plain as the sunrise that Uncle Sam
cannot over-develop his highways and air
plane facilities in preparation for that need.
And so the completion of the Parkway fits
snugly into the defense program.
But we think the decision to complete
the work on this project is entirely justified
on other grounds. Extensive links of the
Parkway have been all but completed in
stretches through Virginia and North Caro
lina and Tennessee. It can hardly be con
sidered economical to stop the work and
curtail for any great length of time the ser
vice the road is supposed to render.
It will be pleasing to the people of this
section in particular to hear that this work
will continue. It indicates, too, the aggres
siveness and influence of the North Carolina
delegation in Congress in over-riding the
opposition to its completion.
A Fine Service
It may be surprising to most of us, but
the records show that about three of every
one hundred CCC enrollees are unable to
read and write. But it will be of tremendous
interest to learn that they are being taught
quite successfully, for it is stated that 80,-
000 of these youngsters have acquired this
advantage during their short enlistment—
and in the years ahead they will count it a
blessed day when they enrolled in this
branch of the national service, even if they
get nothing more out of it.
The camp instructors use special books
designed for young men rather than chil
dren, and have been able to teach such boys
to read a newspaper and to write ordinary
letters within three months, and it is said
that some have been able to write letters
home within two months.
It is almost unthinkable that these 80,-
000 young men managed to avoid a public
school system, one that has been built to
reach out and give them at least the most
elementary preparation for life—the ability
to read and write. Surely it was not alto
gether their own fault, else at this late day
they would not be interested in acquiring
this knowledge.
But no matter who is to blame for this
deplorable condition, credit must be given
the CCC for trying and succeeding in rem
edying it. It is another feather in the cap
of the CCC, the one governmental agency
that has had to face mighty little criticism
from any source.
And in commending this work of the
CCC, we are reminded of the unselfish in
terest of local civic leaders who for several
years conducted night schools for those who
craved at least this meager training that
would make life more endurable for them.
These leaders, too, turned in a success rec
ord of which they have a right to be proud,
but we reckon their greatest reward was the
service itself, and the appreciation of the
beneficiaries of their efforts. And so in
passing we would leave a word of praise for
these unselfish leaders, mostly women, bless
them, who were engaged in this important
work long before the CCC was born.
More Than a "Right" Involved
"The right to strike is a fundamental
American right," says the Greensboro Daily
News, "but at the base of that right are
maintenance and protection of that demo
cratic form of government which, alone in
the world, recognizes and assures it."
Few groups of words of that number are
freighted with as much significant mean
ing.
The Greensboro paper comes to that im
portant conclusion after discussing the
Kearney shipyards strike where the work
ers dropped their tools and brought the
work on several government naval vessels to
a standstill. Later the eight thousand
workers involved thought better of their
hurry and returned to their construction
jobs while a committee undertook to iron
out the differences as should have been the
procedure from the start.
The Daily News reminds that "it is
highly important that capital and labor alike
realize that the present is no time to take
advantage of each other, that extension and
intensification of ship, plane and armament
building offer no fit field for industrial
strife or pecuniary gain, and that retarda
tion, delay and stalemate take toll of the
nation and not of any individual, class or
group."
There would have to be co-operation in
the fullest sense of the word to undertake
a national defense program of current pro
portions on a long-time' scale, but it is ob
vious that to get such a program under way
in time to assure our national security there
must be a oneness of will and purpose, no
matter if the processes pinch. The public
will arch its brows when any individual or
group shouts "strike" in any activity that
has to do with our preparedness program,
and will not tolerate any monkey business.
And what goes for strikes among the
workers should apply to other sources that
could be even more hurtful than industrial
sitdowns. Like labor, the individual and
corporation have rights that are funda
mental, but at the base of these rights "are
maintenance and protection of that demo
cratic form of government which, alone in
the world, recognizes and assures it." We
should never forget to remember that
either.
At the Point of a Gun
As far back as 1800, Tacitus, writing of
the Germans, made this significant state
ment: "Without being armed they transact
nothing, whether, of public or private con
cernment." There has been plenty of posi
tive evidence to bolster that conclusion since
that day. Therefore Germany's neighbors
and her present enemies have themselves
largely to blame for their terrible plight
today.
For a time Hitler reached the ceiling of
his eloquence when he pawed the air with
his ranting about the injustices of the
treaty of Versailles, and in order to preserve
peace in Europe Britain and France yielded
passively as he gradually nibbled off this
and that provision until that agreement,
gladly signed after the first world war to
save the German hide, was made bare and
meaningless. Having righted .'U of those
so-called wrongs against Germany by force,
you don't hear anything more about Ver
sailles, but like another great war monger
before him, he turns to look for other worlds
to conquer.
But what we are trying to get at has to
do with that treaty signed at Versailles:
One of the provisions dealt with German re
armament and the specifications were strict
enough. In its full meaning Germany was
prohibited from creating a military force of
more consequence than would provide for
policing her boundaries. When that agree
ment was signetj, the Allies went home—
and to sleep. Germany a little later, under
Hitler, proceeded to arm like nobody's busi
ness. The victors in that other war knew
it, but nobody called a halt; nobody drew
the pledged word of Germany on Hitler
when in his weakness he could have been
stopped in his tracks. It is to Britain's
shame that her bankers financed the muni
tions concerns that aided Germany in this
rearmament, and it didn't happen to be to
their interest for anybody to step in and
stop the program. Now Britain is reaping
the harvest.
The agreement that wrote the finish to
that other war may have carried injustices,
but these could have been ironed out at the
council table. There be many, however, who
contend that the provisions were not harsh
enough; that Germany was far from penal
ized sufficiently for waging a war that was
unjustified from any angle; that her loss of
colonies and the slices of territory at home
did not begin to reimburse Belgium for an
unjustified invasion, or make a dent in pay
ment for other Allied losses. But the Treaty
of Versailles was a solemn agreement that
should have been enforced, and if it had
been enforced we would not have what we
have today.
Nor is this nation blameless, either, for
we washed our hands of European affairs,
and drew our skirts away from the unclean
ness there. The League of Nations and the
World Court, sickened and died because we
would have none of them. If they had lived,
vigorously and aggressively, there would
have been none of this.
"Without being armed, they transact
nothing." Armed to the nth degree they
transact much—we have abundant evidence
of that.
"A doctor recently removed a collar but
ton from a man's lung. Doubtliess the guy
looked for it everywhere but -there."—Roan
oke Times.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
WITH THE SICK
The following patients have
been admitted to the local hospi
tal during the past week: J. R.
Poindexter, Elkin; Mrs. Collie
Martin, Elkin; R. C. Judd, Elkin;
James Charles Lawrence, Elkin;
Mrs. Ruth Wagoner, Mt. Airy;
Mrs. Reba Chappell, State Road;
Blanche Bare, Elkin; Fred A.
Sale, Elkin; Rufus Bryant, Jones
ville; Mrs. W. J. Thurman, Elk
in; Walter Gratis, Elkin; Mrs.
Mae Vestal, Elkin; Paye Hoots,
Union Grove; Mrs. Ella Church,
Yadkinville; Odas Sprinkle, Elk
in; Mrs. Sarah Norman, Elkin;
Sarah Lee Cockerham, Traphill;
Retta Fletcher, East Bend;
Mrs. Mary Alice Keller, White
Plains; Mrs. Myrtle Cockerham,
Traphill; Mrs. Maggie Lawrence,
Elkin; Robert Sherrill Comatzer,
Mocksville; Everette Julian,
Mocksville; Mrs. Vena Wood,
Dobson.
Patients discharged from the
hospital during the week were:
James Kingsbury, Mt. Airy; Mrs.
Sam Neaves, Elkin; James Gar
land, Elkin; Mrs. Fannie Mae
Wallace, Mountain Park; Mrs.
Mary Hazel wood, Dobson; Rich
Chatham, Jr., Elkin; Robert Fol
ger, Dobson; Mrs. Hattie Hutch
ins, Yadkinville; Mrs. Norean St.
John, Elkin; Mrs. Sally Smith,
State Road; R. C. Judd, Elkin;
James Charles Lawrence, Elkin;
Blanche Bare, Elkin;' Rufus Bry
ant, Jonesville; Faye Hoots,
Union Grove; Odas Sprinkle,
Elkin.
COOL SPRINGS MAN
IS TAKEN BY DEATH
Charles Houston Tucker, 50, of
the Cool Springs community, died
Thursday night in the hospital
here following a brief critical ill
ness from a heart ailment and
complications.
He was a son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Tucker and had
spent his entire life in the Cool
Springs section. He had been a
member of the Cool Springs Bap
tist church for a number of years.
He was twice married, first to
Miss Lelia Adams, and after her
death to Mrs. Dorothy Smith
Tucker, who survives with three
daughters, Bertha Mae, Eloise
and Betty, one son, Charles
Houston, Jr., and one sister, Mrs.
Clifton Newman. He is also sur
vived by his stepmother, Mrs.
Mamie Tucker, and a half-sister,
Mrs. Raymond banning.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning from the Cool
Springs church, in charge of the
pastor, Rev. Grant Cothren. in
terment was in the church ceme
tery.
RED CROSS CHAIRMAN
IS T. C. U. SPEAKER
G. Kellock Hale of Mount Airy,
chairman of the Surry county
chapter of the American Red
Cross, was guest speaker at the
weekly session of the T. C. U. Club
held Monday evening at the club
.house. Mr. Hale spoke of the
great need of funds for the work
of the Red Cross in war stricken
countries of Europe, where
thousands of people face death by
starvation or lack of medical care.
According to reliable sources, it is
estimated that 100,000 children
have been separated from their
families during the raging con
flict.
Mr. Hale stressed the need for
meeting the Elkin quota of SI,OOO,
which has been doubled since
conditions have become more
acute.
Routine club business was trans
acted during the meeting, with
the president, Russell Burcham,
presiding.
TO HOLD HOMECOMING
IN HONOR OF DIXONS
A large crowd of friends and
former students of Prof, and Mrs.
Z. H. Dixon are expected to at
tend the home coming to be held
in their honor Sunday, June 16,
at the Yadkinville school build
ing. Prof, and Mrs. Dixon, who
have resided here for more than
two decades, are former residents
of Yadkinville.
Prof. Dixon, who is recognized
as one of the outstanding edu
cators of Northwest North Caro
lina, will make the principal ad
dress at 11 This will be
followed by a picnic dinner to be
served on v the school grounds.
Those attending are asked to
bring picnic lunches.
YOUNG FOLKS' LEAGUE
ELECTS OFFICERS HERE
At the regular meeting of the
Young People's League of the
Presbyterian church Sunday ev
ening, officers were elected dur
ing the business session as fol
lows: President, Ruby Beulin;
vice-president, John Donaldson;
secretary, Naomi Webster; trea
surer, Jimmy Hanks.
Adult advisors of the league are
Mesdames O. T. Blackburn and
Bill Davis.
A cordial invitation is extended
visitors and friends to attend the
meetings at the church each Sun
day evening at 7 o'clock.
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BURCH
Rev. A. B. Hayes, of Mountain
View, will fill his regular ap
pointment at Little Richmond
Baptist church Saturday evening
and Sunday morning. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. John W. Martin and little
granddaughter spent several days
last week in East Bend, with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Mar
tin.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Flincham
had as their week-end guests Mr.
and Mrs. John Vanhoy and
daughters, Misses Alice and Lucy,
Mr. and Mrs. Tucker Vanhoy and
Martin and Henry Vanhoy, all of
Walkertown.
Miss Margaretha White, of
Florida, is spending some time
here with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sant White.
The choir from Knobs Baptist
church rendered special music at
Little Richmond Baptist church
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sneed, of
Burch, accompanied by Mr. and
Mrs. L. T. Dezern, of Boonville,
and W. A. Brown, of Jonesville,
were the Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. B. T. Brown, of Hills
ville, Va.
Saturday at the evening ser
vice at the Little Richmond
church a pastor and Sunday
school superintendent will be
elected. All members and officers
of the church are urged to be
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Harmon
announce the birth of a son on
June 9, 1940.
THURMOND
Mr. Walter Tate motored to
Galax, Va., last Saturday night.
Kir. and Mrs. W. P. Bell and
sons, John and Jimmy, spent
Sunday in Alleghany visiting
their daughter and sister, Mrs.
Robert Jones.
Little Barbara Anne Hicks, of
Mocksville, spent the past week
with Dorothy and Junior Speas.
Mr. Ronald Sturgill was called
to Burlington Saturday after
noon on business.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Speas, Mr.
and Mrs. Marshall Hicks, of
Mocksville, spent Sunday on the
scenic highway.
Miss Opal Blackburn, of Elkin,
was a Sunday visitor in the home
of Miss Helen Simmons.
Mr. Paul Norman has returned
home from Cincinnati, Ohio,
where he has been attending a
Bible school. He reports a nice
trip.
JOE GREENWOOD GIVEN
BIG BIRTHDAY DINNER
Joe Greenwood of Burch was
honored with a birthday dinner
Sunday at his home. The affair
was planned by Mrs. Greenwood
and came as a complete surprise
to the honor guest.
Rev. L. B. Murray made a brief
talk in the morning and offered
the invocation. Singing was ren
dered by the North Wilkesboro
quartete.
A bountiful dinner was served.
Guests attended from Winston-
Salem, Asheboro, North Wilkes
boro, Mountain Park, Franklin
ville, Salem Fork, and Elkin in
addition to a host of friends from
his home community.
Patronize Tribune Advertisers
They offer real values.
CHATHAM EMPLOYEE IS
INJURED IN ACCIDENT
Gratis Walters, about 25, an em
ployee of the Chatham Manufac
turing Company, received serious
injury to his left hand and arm
last Saturday afternoon when he
was caught in a carding machine.
He was rushed at once to the Elk
in hospital by his foreman, Ford
Cothren, wihere his condition is
said to be satisfactory.
Walters was said to have been
cleaning up his machine with a
compressed air hose when the ac
cident occurred. The hose was
said to have been caught in the
machine, which was in operation,
causing his hand and arm to be
jerked between the rollers.
PURE OIL STATION
MAKING FREE OFFER
The Pure Oil Station here, lo
cated on the comer of West Main
and Church streets, is announc
ing a free offer in an advertise
ment which appears in this issue
of The Tribune.
The first 10 motorists who clip
the Pure Oil Service Station ad
vertisement and carry it to the
station on Tuesday morning, June
18, will receive free of charge a
Solvenize Time-Up Treatment,
that is said will wake up the most
sluggish motor.
MARRIAGE PERMITS
ISSUED AT DOBSON
The following couples have ob
tained marriage license certifi
cates from the office of Register
of Deeds Kermit Lawrence at
Dobson during the past week:
John Peele to Ethel Marie Las
si ter, both of Mount Airy; Hart
ley Lord, of Kennebunk, Me., to
Emalene Neaves, of Elkin; Virgil
Truitt, Jr., of Reidsville, to Viv
ien Kruger, of Pilot Mountain,
and Robert M. Jennings to Ina
Smith, both of State Road.
ORGANIZE NEW BIBLE
CLASS AT M. E. CHURCH
A new Bible class has been or
ganized at the Methodist church
for college students. The class
will be held at the regular church
school hour each Sunday morn
ing at 9:45, and will be taught by
Alexander Smith. All college
students of the church and other
college students and those of a
parallel age who are not attend
ing Sunday school are extended a
cordial invitation to attend.
HIGHWAY COMMISSION
WILL OPEN BIDS 18th
The State Highway commission
will open bids June 18 on 18 road
building projects, which will cost
approximately $1,000,000.
Of interest locally will be the
Yadkin project which calls for
the widening of 4.84 miles of U.
S. highway 21 between Jonesville
and Brooks Cross Roads.
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 onoe.
This the sth day of June, 1940.
WILLIAM L. BOSTICK,
Administrator of J. T. Bostick,
deceased.
E. C. JAMES, Attorney. 7-11
Thursday, June 13, 1940
WANTS
For rent: New 5-room house in
suburbs. Hugh Royall. 6-13 c
For rent: 6-room house in West
Elkin. Reich and Hunt, Real
tors. " tfc
Lost ln Jonesville, Screwta.il
Boston Bull, black, answering
to name of Jack. Reward if
returned to C. C. Myers, Elkin,
N. C. ltc
One 6-ft. McCormick Binder in
good condition. Price $50.00.
Will trade for cattle. J. C.
McCann, Glade Valley, N. C.
6-20p
For Sale or tirade—Yoke of cattle,
well broke. Will sell for cash or
time. They are located at
Burch Station. J. S. Green
wood, Elkin, S. C. 6-20p
Kill destructive insects with
proven insecticides. Arsenate
lead, magnesium arsenate, Paris
green. Turner Drug Co., Elkin,
N. C. tfc
The very best McCormick-Deer
ing binder twine, also a few
binder repairs on hand. See
Surry Hardware Co. ltc
Do you want plenty of CRI from
strong, fast growing young
chicks? If so feed Panamin. We
have it. Abernethy's, A Good
Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfn
For rent: three and four room
apartments. Newly finished.
Private bath. Carl Chappell.
Telephone 126-M. tfc
Modern Beauty Shop will award
a free three-day trip to the
New York World's Pair 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
We buy scrap iron and metal*.
Double Eagle Service Co., Elk
in, N. C. tfc
Established .Rawleigh 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
Wanted to repair radios. Our
expert thoroughly knows his
business. Prices right. Harris
Electric Co., EUcln. N. C. tfo
For sale— J. C. Triplett farm lo
cated 1 mile from BiHn 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. C. 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