THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
EQdn, N. C.
Thursday, August 1, 1940
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-cla&s matter.
C. 8. FOSTER. President
H. P. LAFPOON Secretary-Treasurer
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At least A 1 Smith won't be bolting the
Democratic party in order to help Wendell
make the grade.
Jim Farley, we reckon, wouldn t be
against his Yankee ball club winning the rag
for the third time.
They'll take Mr. Willkie seriously only
when various and sundry get to arguing
who was first to suggest him for the presi
dency.
Counting A 1 Smith's walk and the
splurge the Liberty Leaguers made at the
last national election and what resulted, it
wouldn't seem very encouraging to Senator
Burke and the others who have packed their
satchels and headed for the choo-choo tram.
Our Contribution
Of the more than two million dollars
worth of contracts from the Army and
Navy during the first six weeks of the na
tional defense program, $723,750 comes to
Elkin, representing the largest single award
among the contracts that go to make up the
total.
The Chatham Manufacturing Company
has contracted to deliver wool blankets val
ued in that amount.
Of course in emergency one can't stop to
choose, but it is pleasingly significant that
none of the two million dollars involved in
the contracts in North Carolina has been
expended or made available for the purchase
of something with which to kill and destroy
—no powder, shells, bombs and such. In
Elkin's case Chatham is contributing to the
comfort of those who will be expected to
share the real hardships of war, or the less
grinding experiences of peace. For in either
peace or war, when the cold of winter comes,
some strong-hearted fellow is going to
thank us for those blankets.
Somebody somewhere, of course, must
build the things that kill and destroy and
bring misery but it would bring a bit of
pleasure and satisfaction to North Carolina,
if here we were called upon to provide only
those things that bring comfort rather than
pain to humanity.
Europe's Spectre
The news columns carry this significant
paragraph: "If England still is blockading
the continent by winter, all of France's mil
lions will be dependent on Axis aid and relief
from such outside agencies as the American
Red Cross." And that comment has to do
only with France. There are those eight
other smaller but equally miserable coun
tries under Hitler's iron fist. Only one of
them can be considered normally self-sus
taining, and under conditions that have been
forced upon them, they all face the coming
winter with the gravest apprehension.
And how, pray, can these people expect
aid from the Axis, when already Hitler is
confiscating their food to feed that super
race that must not go hungry—else it might
perish from the earth. Dutch cattle are be
ing slaughtered to send into Germany; Po
lish prisoners are slaves on farms whose
products will go to the Reich. Belgium is
being combed for whatever may lessen the
hunger in Germany, and France is being ex
ploited to the point where farmers sent into
the fields to speed up production of food
stuff come to the cities complaining that
they can't plow on an empty stomach.
Granting that some of this talk about
hunger and famine must be discounted, it
cannot be waved aside, because dependable
appraisers are agreed that the emergency
exists. There had been much talk before
the war started that Germany was short of
food and supplies. But it has been amply
demonstrated that her soldiers are well fed,
and there is equal evidence that Hitler
means to keep them that way, even at the
expense of his neighbors.
It is obvious that with millions of work
ers in all these countries diverted to the
"battlefields, the production of human nec
essities has been curtailed, and it is reason
able to assume that hunger, and want, and
,the disease that goes with it, is not only a
possibility but a probability.
And that raises the question: "What
will America do about it?" If we feed Eu
rope's hungry we will be aiding Hitler in his
unholy ambition to rule or ruin. Food and
supplies sent under the banner of the Amer
ican Red Cross, may scrupulously be dis
tributed without a spoonful of anything gor
ing to Germany, but that would be relieving
the Reich just as surely as if the aid were
direct. And how would embattled England
fed about that?
a we are so meticulous that we will not
send our ships to bring British children to
safety, can we consistently drape the ban
ner of the Red Cross about them and fill
their holds with food for Britain's indirect
enemies ? +~
These are questions that soon we may
be called upon to answer; decisions that we
will have to make sooner perhaps than
think.
Comes Back Home
The League of Nations, or the fragment
that is left of it, has accepted the invitation
to come to America and make its headquar
ters for the duration of the war. But when
Joseph Avenol, Frenchman, handed in his
resignation as secretary-general of the
League, declaring that "realities" of the
times made his office unnecessary, his ac
tion was generally looked upon as the death
sentence of the league as a political body.
It is ironic, yet fitting that the League
should come to America either to die or for
rejuvenation. We daddied it, didn't we, and
then laid it gently on Europe's doorstep for
the kicking around that it was sure to get
after its desertion by the one nation that
could have helped it grow into a lusty young
manhood.
The League of Nations, functioning as
Woodrow Wilson, expected it to function,
would have made the Japanese snatching of
Manchuria and the Italian rape of Ethiopia
impractical if not impossible, and Adolf
Hitler never would have had the encourage
ment to even begin his program of conquest,
for League laws with teeth in them, would
have made German rearmament impossible.
But in spite of Woodrow Wilson's sin
cere and earnest advocacy of sharing re
sponsibilities of the League, an advocacy
that cost him his life, we let him down. Or
should we say a small group of willful men
in Congress let him down by scuttling his
program. Henry Cabot Lodge, pleading
against European entanglements but more
interested in political sabotage, was able to
gather enough of his fellows about him to
defeat our membership in the League, and
sent to the grave one of the greatest states
men this nation has ever had in the White
House.
"European entanglement" we have in
plenty, and of a tragic sort. And in the
main it stems from our refusal to stand up
to the rack and be counted. Isn't it a pity
that Lodge is not here to see result of
his handiwork? We are wondering if his
spirit will hover over the League offices in
nearby Princeton—in utter dejection?
Calling the Shots
In this presidential campaign we hope to
enjoy the game from the sidelines without
getting unduly wrought up about it, but
that doesn't mean that we won't be doing
any drug-store Quarter-backing and calling
the shots of the big-timers.
Right now we are taking note of Republi
can strategy in dishing out every day or so
the names of Democrats who have packed
their satchel and signaled the Willkie band
wagon, which very obligingly pauses to pick
them up. "Bolters" these are called, yet in
the main they have either been Republicans
all the time or renegade Democrats for so
long that their "desertion" doesn't count as
a loss to the Democratic party.
North Carolina's John W. Hanes voted
for Alf Landon at the last presidential elec
tion, which establishes him as an independ
ent, if mixing in considerable Republican
votes justifies that classification. True, he
was given high place in the Roosevelt ad
ministration, but that was because Max
Gardner called the President's attention to
Mr. Hanes' ability. Why he preferred not
to stay put is Mr. Hanes' own business.
Senator Burke owed his election in the
first place to Mr. Roosevelt, and when he
forsook the New Deal the voters shelved
him just for that, so one can't take his
"bolting" too seriously. And on down the
entire list: count 'em and look 'em over:
"Alfalfa Bill" Murray, Al Smith, Lewis
Douglas, Jouett Shouse, Vance McCormick,
these and other smaller fry who claim their
party left them. If they are "bolters," it is
only reasonable to look upon them as pro
fessionals with the status of strikebreakers.
But there is this other interesting angle.
In the formulation of this "bolt" stunt, the
newspapers of the country, the big ones we
mean, have become accessories before and
after the fact, in the publicity they have
given the matter. To the neutral observer
the part played by the press is a disturbing
foretaste of the bias that may be expected
from the metropolitan journals and their
yes-yes cousins throughout the country.
These papers avoided" mentioning the back
ground of these loudly-outed bolters and
nearly all of whom are bitter enemies of the
New Deal who either "took a walk" years
ago or stand repudiated by the Democratic
party.
And so the skirmish which starts the
battle of ballots, reveals one thing very def
initely: Mr. Rposevelt will have the big
newspapers against him again, just as he
had them against him in the last presiden
tial election—yet he made the grade. There
is this difference, however. In 1936 the
Republican candidate was not what you
would call a wow. He'was honest and sin
cere, but he didn't know what to do with his
hands when he was speaking, and didn't get
people excited about him. This Willkie
chap—he is different. He is glamorous and
has the "come hither" in his eye, and is as
smart as they make 'em, as appealing as he
is inexperienced in politics.: Maybe with
these qualifications he will be able to restore
the newspapers to their reputation for:pow
er in molding public opinion.
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
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Washington, July 29—Coming
back work In the steaming,
miasmatic swamp which is Wash
ington in the dog-days, the mem
bers of both houses of Congress
are taking stock of the political
situation and reluctantly ap
proaching the big job which the
President had dumped on their
desks in preparation for making
the national defense program ef
fective.
It is no exaggeration that all
of them wish they were some
where else. Pew of them see that
they can do much in Washington
to further their own political
prospects or those of their re
spective parties; and most of
them are afraid that If they don't
stay on the job something will
happen overnight to give the war
situation an entirely different
aspect, from the American point
of view.
The biggest Congressional task
is that of tax revision. The
country has committed itself to
expenditures for defense almost
as great as all that we spent in
the World War, and the question
now is where to get the money.
The Ways and Means Committee
of the House, where all revenue
bills must ( originate, has had a
staff of financial and tax experts
working on the problem for
weeks. So has the Finance Com
mittee of the Senate. Thousands
of proposals have been offered by
representatives of the Executive
departments. Only two facts
stand out clearly so far.
First, every department or bu
reau of the Government which
has to do with spending public
money is prepared to resist to the
bitter end any reduction in their
respective expenditures. Second,
no matter how successful Con
gress may be in reducing unnec
essary expenses, the new taxes
that will have to be imposed will
be staggering in their immensity.
Debt Limit Raised
No doubt remains here that an
increase in the borrowing author
ity of the Treasury will have to
be voted. A national debt of 50
billions or even more by the time
the next Congress meets in Jan
uary and the President to be
elected in November is sworn in,
seems to be on the cards.
However the new taxes are dis
guised, they will fall ultimately
upon the consuming public. That
is axiomatic. Every effort will be
made in Congress to tell the peo
ple otherwise, but privately every
Senator and Representative ad
mits that when the war spending
really begins every citizen will
feel the pinch of higher prices
for everything he buys.
Depending upon how imminent
the threat of involvement in the
European war appears, Washing
ton looks for long-winded and
partisan speeches when the tax
measures come to the floor for
debate, in the effort to convince
the voters that it all Isn't going
to cost them anything and, any
how, the other fellows are to
blame.
Greatest Emergency
The wisest observers here ap
prehend that the mixture of
Presidential politics with what
most regard as the greatest na
tional emergency the nation has
faced in a quarter of a century
and more will result in failure to
carry the war preparations to the
necessary point' of completeness,
and at the same time complicate
the political situation. It is
pointed out that the present Ad
ministration has it in its power to
aggravate the war situation to
the point where public opinion
will demand action that would
involve the nation actually in
war.
Unless such a situation arises,
however, the seasoned observers
of the political scene give Mr.
Willkie and the Republican party
at least an even break with Mr.
Roosevelt and the Democrats. On
the war question, as stated in the
platforms of the two parties and
expressed by their respective
candidates, there is so little dif
ference that they may be regard
ed as unanimous. That leaves
the Presidential campaign to be
fought out on domestic issues
and the personalities of the can
didates.
So far, there has been no re
volt in the Republican ranks. Mr.
Willkie comes nearer to having a
united party behind 'him than
any candidate of his party has
had since 1928. That there is a
deep division in the Democratic
party is held to have been indi
cated by Senator Carter Glass's
convention speech opposing a
third term; by National Chair- 1
man Farley's refusal to' take part
in the movement to re-elect Mr.
Roosevelt; by Senator Burke's
withdrawal from the party and
his pledge of support to Mr. Will
kie, and other straws which, to
eyes of those whose -business it
is to interpret such signs, point
to serious disaffection among
The Intruder y
Democratic leaders, if not among
the party voters.
Not Popular Choice
While the nomination of Sec
retary of Agriculture Henry Wal
lace for Vice-President was a
personal victory for the Presi
dent, it is far from being a pop
ular choice, even among Mr,
Wallace's fellow New Dealers.
Some of them wanted the nom
ination for themselves. Others
feel that the only strength which
Mr. Wallace brings to the ticket
is the fact that he has been the
chief dispenser of Federal money
to the farmers, for which the
latter are expected to be duly
grateful.
Much of the political strength
of the Department of Agriculture,
however, has been taken away
by the Hatch bill, which, if en
forced. will prevent political ac
tivity by the great army of coun
ty agents, crop inspectors, soil
inspectors and other field em
ployees of the Department.
It will be September before the
campaign gets fully under way.
In the meantime, almost any
thing can happen. Washington
is wondering, for instance, as to
whpt will come out of the Pan-
American conference now going
on in Havana. That German and
Italian influence will be powerful,
and the Monroe Doctrine threat
ened, would not be surprising.
WITH THE SICK
The following patients have
been admitted to the local hospi
tal during the past week: Win
field Sizemore, Boonville; Mrs.
Bernice Pardue, Ronda; Harold
Cook, Elkin; Charles Lyons,
Thurmond; Millard Settle, Elkin;
Mrs. Cora Bledsoe, Dobson; Hen
ry Phillips, Elkin; Reid Redding,
Ronda; Franklin Easter. Mount
Airy; Z. O. Settle, Elkin; Hayden
(Bud) Ratledge, Elkin; Tiny
Smith, Thurmond; Mary Lou
Mathis, Jonesville; Arthur South
ard, State Road; Dewitt Cheek,
Roaring River; Wilson Gwyn,
Boonville; Mrs. Grace Groce,
High Point; Excell Heavener, Lin
colnton; John L. Reavis, Jr.,
Boonville; Mrs. Wilda White,
Elkin; Mrs. Eva Carter, Yadkin
ville; Ruby Pardue, Ronda; Dean
Layell Scott, Elkin; Dan Hud
speth, Elkin; Doris Collins, Elk
in; Mrs. Juanita Teague, Elkin;
Robert Burchette, Ronda. #
Patients dismissed during the
week were: Clarence FVSeman,
Jonesville; Walter B. Bell, Win
ston-Salem; Robe y Cockerham,
Elkin; Dorothy Shaffner, Elkin;
Miss Annie Chatham, Elkin; Eliz
abeth Anp Settle, Elkin; Jimmy
Southard, Elkin; Mrs. Luzetta
Sparks, Ronda; Jocelyn Wall,
Ronda; Lera Helen Mitchell, Dob
son; Mrs. Ruth Collins, Boon
ville; Vergie Branch, Mt. Airy;
Dallas Jerome Crouse, Thur
mond; John Kyles, Coleemee;
Mrs. Bessie Sizemore, Boonville;
Standi Gentry, Benham; Win
field Sizemore, Boonville; Mrs.
Bernice Pardue, Ronda; Harold
Cook, Elkin; Millard Settle, Elk
in; Mrs. Cora Bledsoe, Dobson;
Reid Redding, Ronda; Zeola
Settle, Elkin; Hayden (Bud) Rat
ledge, Elkin; Dewitt Cheek, Roar
ing River; Gwyn Wilson, Boon
ville; John L. Reavis, Jr., Boon
ville.
Always Straggle
Mildred -?- Does that lipstick
come off easily? I.J ,
Harriet—No, indeed. »• I always
put up a struggle. :
Claimed by Death
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John A. Mason, above, one of
the best known citizens of Yad
kin county, died Sunday morn
ing in a Sts.tesville hospital af
ter a brief illness. He was a
member of Harmony Grove
Friends church and the Yad
kinville lodge, Junior O.U.A.M.
AUTO SUPPLY
TO OPEN HERE
New Tire and Accessory Bus
iness Will Start Opening
Sale Friday
IS LOCALLY OPERATED
The Economy Auto Supply, a
new store featuring Goodrich tires
and tubes and a complete line of
auto supplies and accessories,
radios, bicycles, etc., will open here
Friday morning in quarters located
on the corner of East Main and
Court streets, opposite F. A.
Brendle & Son.
Owned and operated by John T.
Kennedy, the new store will in
augurate its opening with a
special opening sale which begins
Friday and continues through
Saturday. Everyone is invited to
visit and inspect the new business
regardless of whether they take
advantage of the many values on
sale.
A free souvenir will be presented
to every car owner who visits the
store Friday and Saturday, it was
announced by Mr. Kennedy.
The new business is located In a
section of the newly remodeled
building formerly housing the
Down Town Garage, and k. modern
and up-to-date In every way.
BOONVILLE TEAM TO
PLAY DOUBLE HEADER
Boonville. Boonville baseball
fans will be treated to a double
header attraction next Saturday,
August 3rd. The Boonville Yad
kin league team will play a strong
team from Yadkinville in a league
contest and Boonville's all star
team will play North Wllkesboro
in the second game of the after
noon.
Boonville and Yadkinville will
be playing their second league
contest' of the season. Yadkin
ville won the first game and
Thursday, August 1, 1940
Boonville, with a stronger lineup,
will try to even the count.
The Boonville All Stars have
played two games, with each team
winning one. Saturday's game
will end their three-game series.
The first game will start at 2
o'clock.
WANTS
Plate lunches they're all raving
about served every day for a
quarter at the Eat Quick Lunch.
ltc
For rent: three furnished or un
furnished housekeeping rooms.
Telephone 164-R. ltp
For rent—s-room house with
bath, at Brooks Cross Roads.
Joe Brooks. 8-lc
For Sale Cheap—One extra good
used Maytag gasoline driven
washing machine, square tub.
Harris Electric Co. ltc
You will like our
est buy in town in the way of
a delicious dinner. Eat Quick
Lunch. ltc
Carolina Beach Rooms SI.OO day;
$5.00 week; apartments $17.5t,
$22.50, $27.50. One block back
4-room cottages $25.00; six
rooms, ocean front $35.00,
$40.00. Electric refrigeration,
range, hot water. Office in
Comfort Cottage, opposite Hotel
Royal Palm, Glenn Tucker,
Manager. 8-lc
For Sale Very Cheap—One used
Kelvinator, extra good shape.
Terms. Harris Electric Co. ltc
For rent: three and four room
apartments. Newly finished.
Private bath. Carl Chappell.
Telephone 126-M. tfc
Our breakfast menu is the talk
of the town! "Pure cream serv
ed with our coffee," no foolin'
—and we don't mean canned
cream! Eat Quick Lunch, ltc
The Baldwin Acrosonic Piano,
world's finest spinet type piano.
For catalog and prices write
Garwood Piano Co., Wilkesboro,
N. C. B~Bc
For Sale Very Cheap Several
good gasoline washing machine
engines, all in good shape. Har
ris Electric Co. ltc
Kill destructive insects with
proven Insecticides. Arsenate
lead, magnesium arsenate, Paris
green. Turner Drug Co., Elkin,
N. C. tfc
Do JOB want plenty of em from
strong, fast growing young
chicks? If so feed Panamtn. we
have it. Abernethy*s, A Good
Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfn
We boy 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 Wflkee
boro, N. C. Mrs. Jake Church,
Prop. 4 tfc
Wanted to repair radios. Our
expert thoroughly knows hla
business. Prices right. Harris
Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc
For rent: i-roem house in Weal
Elkin. Reich and Hunt, Real
tors. tfc