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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Published Every Thursday by 1 ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Elkin, N. C. Thursday, June 20, 1940 Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as second-class matter. O. S. FOSTER. -President H. F. LAFFOON Secretary-Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER TEAR In the State, $1.50 Out of the State, $2.00 NAT ONAL 6DITORIAL— IJ it yYUtn&t*— Member North Carolina Press Association If that is how Hitler acts after missing the bus, we do sincerely hope that he makes all connections in the future. As one philosopher points out: "If you're perfect, this world is one heluva place for you to be living in." The Irish, whose hatred of Britain amounts almost to a passion, are probably contemplating what v suld happen if Hitler wins. But after we get to the place where we can boast of fifty thousand fighting planes, the chances are we will have to look around for somebody to fight. And one must count among Hitler's de pendable mechanized units the bandwagon which Italy and all the other little neighbors rush for. The trouble with the college graduate, craving a job, is that a battery of hoes can not possibly hold the attraction that a girl with the hose does. That offer of a million dollars for Hitler unhurt has expired, but if we could get our hands on the scamp while his hands are tied —it wouldn't matter about the money. Maybe spinach has all the vitamins cred ited to it, but we still claim it is better to feed it to the cows and take pay in milk with those vitamins diverted thereto. "Maybe we get our pay right here: Par ents who worry about their daughter are the ones who worried their parents about twenty years ago."—Robert Quillen. If it happens to be the Allied strategy to give Hitler enough rope with which to hang himself, it's about time they were taking in the slack. "Governor Hoey urges 'rigid economy.' Which reminds us that another definition for that term is a dead Scotchman."— Greensboro Daily News. "Physicians are curing almost as many diseases with sulfanilamide and its deriva tives today as they used to cure with cal omel."—Washington Post. When Hitler had a guard placed at Kaiser Bill's gate, was he trying to protect the old gentleman or trying to head off any monkey business—like getting back into power in Germany? Evidence of National Unity On Boston Commons, and at many places throughout the nation last Sunday, meet ings sponsored by the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies were held, at tended by patriotic and public-spirited peo ple and addressed by outstanding leaders: heads of schools and universities, industrial executives, representatives of labor, min isters and others. The name of the committee suggests the trend of thought in these addresses, but more significant than what was said is the fact that they were held—the evidence that America is awakening, belatedly perhaps, but awakening just the same, to the fact that Allied battle lines are the first lines of our defense; that if France and England fail to hold them, our defense program will have to be doubled and trebled—for we will be standing alone. We were told that ii} the last war, but it was meaningless then as compared to now. Then Germany had not conquered every weak neighbor nor made alliance with mightier ones as is the case today. Nor can we put the least reliance in Hitler's recent declaration that he had no designs upon us: that his creed would be "Europe for Euro peans and America for the Americans." If that were his ultimate purpose, why the costly maintenance of organized boring from within, as in Mexico where the Ger man propaganda chief is about to be order ed out of the country for his subversive ac tivities. If America is to be left to Ameri cans, why bother about publishing a daily paper that pours a steady torrent of Nazi news releases into Mexican editorial rooms —propaganda pieces designed to poison the minds and undermine the reasoning of the Mexican people, in order to have a place to light, when his air armada has rested? Nazi agents have wormed their way into the confidence of many of our own peo ple in key positions from which they hope to gain future advantage. Not that there is to be an immediate invasion. Hitler would first divide the various American republics and weaken our economics, and then with the help of Japan, would work the squeeze play at which he admittedly is so adept. With Britain and France beaten to their knees, Hitler would be the clearing house through which all trade would have to pass. With the Poles, the Czechs, the Dutch, the PVench in virtual slavedom, we could not compete with Hitler's Europe and the sys tem under which he would barter mouth or gans for what South America must sell, and thus more completely bring our immediate neighbors under his influence. But we were discussing the significance of the meetings designed to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. They are significant because they are evidence of a national unity that Herr Hitler would do well to heed. Prior to our entrance in that other war there was no such unity as exists now, and with 132 million people thoroughly aroused, he may yet get himself in a jam. Where the Railroad Stopped North Wilkesboro is planning four glor ious days in observance of its fiftieth anni versary—July 1, 2, 3 and 4. There will be a historical pageant, a parade, addresses and other interesting features that are expected to draw large crowds from many directions. The Tribune covets for its neighbor a very successful occasion. It would be hard for the stranger visiting North Wilkesboro today to realize that fifty years ago, where now stand beautiful homes, splendid churches, successful manufactories, progres sive stores, sound banks and Tom Forester's zoo—was only a wooded hill looking down on a river bottom. We can't recall off-hand another town which started from scratch fifty years ago that has made the progress our neighbor has shown. (And that's not admitting that Elkin has been snailing it either.) When the railroad, tasting the richness of Elkin's possibilities, decided to establish an outpost farther on, it headed up the val ley in search of "Old" Wilkesboro, but bumped into the problem of a hill that was hard to climb—and stopped. And all around that stopping place is North Wilkesboro to day, and while there may be understandable jealousies between the two towns, an out sider had better not start any monkeyshines with one if he doesn't want the other in his hair. It was fifty years ago that the railroad ers laid down their pick and shovel and call ed it a day. We reckon none of them dared to dream of the fine little city that would rise up around their last cross-tie. North Wilkesboro has plenty of reason to celebrate. With a fine back country, its business has grown to enormous propor tions. (And hitherto without the use of wooden money either.) And paralleling this material prosperity has been the intellec tual, social and spiritual progress that sets the town out front among North Carolina municipalities. We mean to go and help them celebrate. Wilson's Foresight How impressively do the words of Wood row Wilson come back to us now when twenty years ago he 3aid: "If we must stand apart and be the hos tile rivals of the rest of the world, then we must do something else. We must see to it that every man in America is trained to arms. We must see to it that there are munitions and guns enough for an army that means a mobilized nation .. . that they are ready to use tomorrow; that we are a nation in arms; be cause you cannot be unfriendly to everybody without being ready that everybody shall be unfriendly to you." That was one of his predictions in his masterful plea for our participation in the League of Nations in his swing across the country taking this issue to the American people, and during which he was stricken physically from which there was no re covery. Woodrow Wilson wore himself out and gave his life as a sacrifice on the altar of world peace and democracy. For he had the vision of this day and all the misery it holds for the world, and he had the remedy too, but the same short-sighted politics that is responsible for our present unpreparedness scuttled his program. He had fathered the League of Nations, only to experience the chagrin and disap pointment of having his people, or should we say his political foes demand that he dis own his child and pitch on Europe's door step to be kicked around and stunted into impotency. It is only just to him that he was spared the visualization of the results; it is a pity that those who were responsible for his disappointment did not live to see the disservice they gave to their country and to the world. For if the League of Nations had lived to function as it was intended to function, Germany would not have rearmed in de fiance of the settlement that followed the first World War. With the United States an important part of the League it would have been strong enough to enforce the pro visions of the Treaty of Versailles, as well as curb the passions of other dictators, whose successes have led to the present flux of world affairs. But with much arm-flinging our leaders proclaimed that we should stand apart from European involvement; what Europe did was not to concern us; we were to heed Washington's pronouncement and steer clear of European entanglements. Now we see what that policy has brought us. We are very much concerned, vitally concern ed in what Europe is doing right now, and most of us are regretting, too late, that we did not follow Woodrow Wilson's leadership. THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA BRITISH CALLED UPON FIGHT Churchill Tells People Hitler Must Break English to Win War EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE London, June 18. Winston Chv rchill called confidently to n?j;ht upon the stout heart of Britain to respond to the menace of invasion. He told his people: "Hitler knows he will have to break us in this island or lose the war." Before the house of commons, in the hour of French military collapse, the prime minister "cast up a dread balance sheet." Tonight after visiting King George VI, Churchill repeated the main points of his speech in a broadcast which was relayed to the United States. With supreme sureness he pro claimed the beginning of "the battle of England." He counted off Britain's men under arms: more than 1,250,000 regulars, 500,000 local defense volunteers; Canadian armies on England's soil. He said the navy could drown an invading force in the channel or blow it to pieces as it tried to land. He exulted in the remaining, if outnumbered strength of the British air force; disclosed the "painful decision" to withhold Britain's full metropolitan fight ing plane strength from Prance and added: "We are now assured of im mense continued and increased support in munitions of all kinds from the United States and es pecially of airplanes and pilots from across the ocean." Chuchill made two predictions. "If we can stand up to him (Hitler)," he said, "all Europe may be freed and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands * * * "But if we fail, the whole world, including the United States * * * will sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister and perhaps more prolonged by the lights of a perverted science." II AMrTON VILLE Mr. and Mrs. Joe Anthony and Mr. and Mrs. Hurley Anthony spent Sunday in Rural Hall visit ing Mr. and Mrs. Carl Webster. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Arnold and j children, Harold and Reuben, vis lited Mrs. Arnold's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Mason, part of last week. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Nance and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Bell and children were visitors in Boonville Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Wag oner, of Winston-Salem, visited her mother, Mrs. Bill Ireland, Sunday. Miss Grace and Dorcas Cranfill were the week-end guests of Miss Florence Mason. Rev. Gus Myers delivered a very inteersting sermon to the young people of Plat Rock Sun day. The Hunting Creek Missionary Society met at the home of Miss Nellie Whitlock Saturday. Rev. Isaac Harris will fill his regular appointment at Hunting Creek next Sunday. Misses Minnie Ruth Arnold, Ola and Edith Steelman, and Dorcas Cranfill sang Monday night at the Journal-Sentinel picnic. Rev. Grady White will fill his regular appointment at Flat Rock Sunday night and the fifth Sunday morning, which will be Communion day. Mr. and Mrs. John Cranfill and children visited Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Cranfill Sunday after noon. Misses Florence Mason and Nellie Whitlock spent the day in Yadkinville Thursday. JUNIOR ORDER HERE ELECTS NEW OFFICERS Meeting here Friday, the Elkin Junior Order elected officers to serve the local council during the year beginning July 1. Officers elected were: Z. B. Martin, councilor; J. J. Myers, vice councilor; R. L. Love lace, recording secretary; Seaman Dobbins, assistant recording sec retary; H. D. Transou, financial secretary; J. C. Martin, treasurer; Lloyd Martin, conductor; R. G. Dorsett, warden; Worth Tulbert, inside sentinel; T. M. Gambill, outside sentinel; A. A. Newman, chaplain; R. G. Dorsett, trustee for 18 months. The new officials will be in ducted into office July 1. DOUBLES The number of American farmers participating in the AAA farm program increased from 3,- 000,000 in 1034 to approximately 6,000,000 in 1939, a 100 per cent. Increase. life Begins W(p jjw ORLEANS CORNERS, N. Y. . . . This remarkable series of pictures shows the actual hatch ing of a baby turkey on a farm near here. At the top you see the baby turkey after 28 days in the incu bator, gaining enough strength to break the shell with his beak. Ten hours elapsed before the next picture was taken. Here, Baby Turkey has forced his head completely out of the shell and is opening his eyes. His legs are still curled in the shell. Twenty-four hours later, we have the next view, which shows our hero all fluffed up and ready to scratch—one month after the egg waa put into the incubator. SURRY LAWYERS ARE TO STAGE BANQUET The Surry county bar associa tion, meeting in Dobson Tuesday to prepare the calendar for the July Bth term of court, decided at the same time to have a banquet of Surry lawyers, to be held with in the near future. A committee on arrangements, made up of Archie Carter, Mount Airy, chairman; W. M. Allen, El kin, and John Badgett, Pilot Mountain, was appointed to de cide upon the time and place. It was also voted to present Judge W. P. Carter, of Mount Airy, dean of the Surry bar as sociation, with a present, upon his 84th birthday, which he will observe soon. SYMPOSIUM IS HELD AT GRAYSTONE INN Graystone Inn at Roaring Gap, again under the management of Walter Bovard, opened informally Monday for a symposium for pediatricians and obstetricians. The formal opening of the hotel will be held later in the month. The symposium was informal and consisted mainly of round table discussions and open forums. Among the guest speakers were Dr. Julian H. Hess of Chicago, and Dr. Bayard Carter of Durham. .The meeting was sponsored by the maternal and child health service of North Carolina and the post-graduate division of the North Carolina Medical Society. BIDS OPENED ON HIGHWAY PROJECTS The state highway commission opened bids Tuesday on 18 road projects which will cost the state approximately $1,100,000. Included in the list was a project calling for the widening of 4.84 miles of Route 21, between Jonesville and Brooks Cross Roads. Low bid submitted was by the Brown Pav ing Co., of Charlotte, $34,763. It is understood that this pro ject will provide for 4 feet of 7-in. concrete on each side of the high way, but where the widening would be done could not be learned. Coin A gentleman was riding on one of the coaches in the Trossachs of Scotland, when the driver said to him: "I've had a coin guv me today 200 years old. Did you ever see a coin 200 years old?" "Oh, yes," was the reply. "I have one myself 2,000 years old." "Ah," said the driver, "have ye?" And he spoke no more dur ing the rest of the journey. When the coach arrived at its destination, the driver came up to the gentleman with an intensely self-satisfied air, and said: "I told you as we came along that I had a coin 200 years old." "Yes." "And you said to me as you had (Hie 2,000 years old." ■«Yes; so I have." "Now, you be a liar!" "What do you mean by that?" "What do I mean? Wlvy—it's only 1940 now!" Cotton, Ticking Made Availa For Mattresses The Surplus Commodity Cor poration for North Carolina Ims made available cotton and tick ing for the making of mattresses by low-income farm families. A low-income farm family is any farm family landlord, tenant, cropper, or wage hand who re ceived a gross income of $400.00 or less in 1939 from the farm and outside income. The family will make its own mattress under the supervision and direction of a trained person. It takes only one day to make the mattress. Only one mattress is available to each family. The mattress will be made at sUch a time as is most convenient to the family. The mattress, when properly made, is a high quality product. The cot ton and ticking are free. A de posit of SI.OO is made by the ap plicant at the time of application or when the mattress is made. This deposit is pooled to take care of the necessary equipment and supplies which cannot be furnished free. Persons preferring to do so may fill out the application at the county home agent's or farm agent's office in Dobson. All ap plications should be filed in one of the above offices on or before Saturday, June 22, 1940, due to the fact that all applications must be in Washington by June 30. Mrs. Grace Pope Brown, county home demonstration agent, is in charge of this work in Surry. By Saturday, it is expected that at least 240 applications will be placed in the Dobson office Mrs. Brown will be assisted by N. Y. A. girls in distributing and mak ing the mattresses. This program will serve two very important purposes: one, the disposal of surplus cotton, and two, the educational value. MRS. SANTFORD WHITE IS CLAIMED BY DEATH Mrs. Mary Jane Adams White, 79, wife of Santford White, of the Benham community, died at her home Friday night following a long illness. She was a native of Surry county but had resided in the Benham section for a num ber of years. She was a member of the Poplar Springs church. 1 She is survived by her hus band, four children, J. E. White, Mm. o. C. Nance and Mrs. R. E. Evans, of Elkin, and Mrs. Thom as Stanley, of Benham; 33 grandchildren; 60 great-grand children and one great-great grandchild. Last rites were held Sunday morning at 11 o'clock at Mulber ry Baptist church, in charge of Rev. L. B. Murray and Rev. E. B. Draughan. Burial was in the church cemetery. Detective She (coyly): "You bad boy! Don't you kiss me again!" He: "I won't. I'm just trying to find out who has the. gin in this party." WANTS For rent: 6-room house in West Elkin. Reich and Hunt, Real tors. tfc Traveler's Accident tickets issued for one day or more. Hugh Royall. 6-27 c Dont forget your Traveler's Acci dent Tickets before you start on your vacation. Hugh Royall. 6-27 c Buy your Fly Spray and Insect Dust from your local Watkins dealer. Watkins Fly Spray is rated Double A—the highest possible rating. It's a clean, stainless, economical spray for use in the home and on live stock. When Watkins hits them, flies fall and stay down. Watkins Activated Insect Dust contains talc. Government tests prove it to be superior to dusts containing clay or limestone. Contains rotenone which kills and a stabilizer which holds its killing power in the sunlight. Contains no lead, arsenic or fluorine. Safe to use on all garden and field crops. We carry a complete line of the famous Watkins products. J. C. Martin, Elkin, N. C. Claude Harris, State Road, N. C. ltp Lost—brown billfold containing money, note and other valuable papers. If found return to Tribune office and receive re ward. 1 ltp Saleslady wanted: By reimtaUe North Carolina concern to handle new household necessi ty. Sells on one demonstration. Unusual money making oppor tunity. Write Box 126, Con over, N. C. ltp For sale: 6.25 Electrolux kerosene burning refrigerator. Reason for selling, power line con structed by home. Original cost $252.50; SIOO takes it. A. C. Wall, Ronda, N. C. lip Thursday, June 20, 1940 For sale: one 8-foot electric re frigerator. Dutch Castle, tfo For rent: Three-room downstairs apartment with private bath; two-room upstairs apartment, in rock house on Church street. Steam heat. Miss Minnie Rus sell. Telephone 127. ltc Bargain in shopworn Baldwin Ac rosonic Piano. The world's finest spinet type piano. For particulars write J. L. Gar wood, Wilkesboro, N. C. 7-4 c Wanted —Salesman or Dealer for the new Art Cleaner. Address Reeves Agency, High Point, N. C. ltp 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 trade—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 McCormick-Deering binder twine has more feet per pound and is the best grade. Surry Hard ware Co. ltc Kill destructive insects with proven insecticides. Arsenate lead, magnesium arsenate, Paris green. Turner Drug Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc Do yon want plenty of egys from strong, fast growing young chicks? If so feed Panamin. We have it. Aberaetliy'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 For sale: 1 Guernsey cow, 6 years old, with twin calves 3 wepks old, and will give 5 to 8 gallons milk per day. See Mrs. Annie Gray, Franklin street, Elkin, N. C., or J. R. Poindexter at Sur ry Hardware Co. ltc 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 We buy scrap iron and metals. Double Eagle Service Co., Elk in, N. C. tfc 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 Now is the time to buy that new No. 7 McCormick-Deering mow ing machine. They are not the cheapest but are the best. Sur ry Hardware Co. ltc Wanted to repair radios. Oar expert thoroughly knows his business. Prices right. Harris Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfo For sale — J. C. Triplett 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. C. tfc For Rent —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 YOU'LL FIND EVERY BUILDING NEED HERE! SURRY HARDWARE CO. The Best Place to Get It Elkin, N. C.