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Member North OwraHna Pre* Association
When Waters Rage
We are torn between conflicting emo
tions—undecided whether to dwell on our
own misery or lose ourself in sympathy for
our neighbors. For all up and down the
Yadkin Valley we have suffered beyond
words as a result of nature's blitzkrieg. The
damage to crops in the Yadkin's fertile val
ley would have been serious ehough but the
flood waters insisted ,on taking an even
greater toll. Bridges were wrecked, oil
storage tanks exploded, factories burned,
families made homeless, and countless other
losses that will run into millions of dollars
in tangible assets to say nothing of the
tragic toll in other respects.
Elkin suffered tremendously, and so did
the farmers and others up and down the
Btream, but North Wilkesboro was hardest
hit: vital industries upon which that de
serving little city depended for its payrolls
were damaged by flood and then, curiously
enough wiped out by fire, resulting in what
amounts to total destruction. If these plants
are reconstructed and put in operation again
it will require much time, and men who
must earn to live, will have to turn to. an
other source for their income.
Having had two experiences entailing
tremendous losses in floods that have come
uncomfortably close together, one wonders
whether the big tannery at North Wilkes
boro will be too discouraged to try again. It
is fervently hoped that soon there will be
news of reconstruction and that our neigh
tx>r will not be robbed of this;and other im
portant factors in the town's development
arid maintenance.
As for Elkin, we can only thank nature
for her thoughtfulness in providing an ele
vation and our pioneers for using it when
they laid the foundation. Most atXhe plants
and businesses on the lower level are either
a shambles or have been badly damaged.
And there is abundant reason now to praise
the wisdom of the road engineers who in
sisted on building a bridge that would stand
just such a test as this. In fact there is a
lot to be thankful for 1 when we go to take
inventory.
But Elkin and North Wilkesboro and the
valley folk will take their loss in stride. It
is characteristic of the spirit of our people
to be up and at the job in hand, and in spite
of the temporary ihconvenience and tre
mendous loss, we soon will be rebuilding and
working out our destiny. In the meantime
it is pleasing to reflect; on the neighborliness
of those in other areas not scourged with
raging waters.
And in passing it is only right and
proper that credit be given the CCC camp
crew for the splendid service it rendered in
this emergency. We know we are voicing
the sentiment of all our people when we ex
press the fullest appreciation for their help.
That and the fine spirit of our citizenry re
moves much of the sting of the flood
tragedy.
Dr. Thaddeus W. Shore
The death of Dr. Thad W. Shore, of
Boonville, brings a deep and abiding sorrow
far beyond the immediate community that
he served so well and for reasons beyond his
ministration to physical affliction. For
while the Boonville community loses a good
physician, Yadkin county and this entire
section loses a stalwart leader in political,
civic and religious affairs.
For Dr. Shore subscribed to the theory
that a good physician could and should serve
his, people in more ways than easing their
physical aches and pains. For that reason
he took an interest in politics, just as every
well-intentioned citizen should do, and who
will say that politics m Yadkin was not
made cleaner because of him?
Dr. Shore was in many respects, an old
time "country doctor," of which there are
too few today. Day and night he answered
the call of suffering people in Boonville and
the surrounding rural area, and doubtless
cuted as many with his personality, his per
sonal interest and the confidence his pa
tients had in him, as he did with his medi
cines. And it is significant that in this day
of specialization he lost none of his prestige
as a physician, but increased in stature be
cause of the hospital facilities that were
available. In other words Dr. Shore did not
res{; on his oars or rust on his hinges. He
kept informed in medical science, without
losing the perspective that encompasses the
hearts and soul and moral well-being of his
fellow a.
Whether it was bird-dogs or banking,
politics or" religion, mumpp or morals, Dr.
Shore brought to either or all of them that
intelligent understanding of values that
made War sympathetic and sincere in trying
to remedy whatever was wrong with them,
or promote whatever was right
Boonville and the surrounding section
has lost a valuable friend and true, and all
of us join in thankfulness for his life and
sorrow because of his going.
• Mr. Willkie Accepts
Wendell L; Willkie's acceptance of the
Republican nomination for the Presidency
came as no surprise. It was whispered
around ad far back as Philadelphia that in
all likelihood he could be persuaded to make
the race. At Elwood, Indiana, Mr. Willkie
came out plain and stated that he would ac
cept. And that's that.
Acceptance speeches are meant to pro
vide occasion for candidates to set forth
their viewpoints on issues that concern the
voters, and Mr. Willkie applied himself to
this purpose energetically and more or less
effectively. We've a notion that if it had
not been necessary for him to follow his
manuscript he would have put more of his
dynamic personality into his discussion of
national problems. But that, we take it, will
come later—and plenty of it.
The pronouncement that brought more
handclapping from his audience and more
comment in the press, was his challenge to
Mr. Roosevelt to meet him face to face in
public debate. It was good politics to do
that, even if there be no expectation that
the President would accept. For the world
has always admired Little David and his
sling, while it would have promptly forgot
ten Goliath had it not been for the stone.
Mr. Roosevelt dislikes to take a dare, and if
he decides not to accept the challenge prob
abijr it will be on the ground that there is
nothing to debate. For there never has been
a Presidential campaign in which the chief
principals were in such pronounced agree
ment as this one.
Mr. Willkie agrees with many of the
Roosevelt policies and with much of the
New Deal achievement. And that, too, is
good political strategy, because it does not
run counter to popular sentiment. He sees
the need of national defense; favors prompt
and adequate preparedness; he sympathizes
with England and is in favor of extending
aid, as a factor of our own protection; he is
committed to the principle of conscription;
believes the forces of free enterprise must
be regulated; is opposed to business monop
olies; believes in collective bargaining; ap
proves the maintenance of minimum stand
ards of wages and maximum standards of
hours; believes in federal regulation of in
terstate utilities, of securities markets and
of banking; believes in federal pensions, ad
equate old-age benefits and in unemploy
ment allowances; favors the administration
farm policies—in fact his speech in many
respects could be adopted by the Democratic
standard-bearer without any wrench to his
conscience. For most of these things have
been accomplished under the New Deal.
And that is not meant to disparage Mr.
Willkie either. He is as smart as they make
'em; he is a fighter; he is sincere, he is
honest. He will make a good campaign with
the tools he has, and if elected he will make
a good President.
Bum Advertising for All
Concerned
It is applying the whitewash rather thin
to contend that because contracts for adver
tising space in the Democratic campaign
book were closed before the Hatch law was
enacted and became effective, they must be
carried out. In the first place that is a
questionable way to raise money to meet
party expenses, and secondly if Democratic
leaders are sufficiently interested in clean
elections to father and press for a bill to
regulate campaign contributions, it ought to
be the purpose of the party chairman and
the executive committee to hew to the line,
for appearance sake, if nothing else.
Candidate Willkie warns that if elected
President he will see to it that all corpora
tions and individual executives will be "re
lentlessly prosecuted" if they purchase
space in the Democratic hand-book. Let us
assume that he is sincerely interested in the
cleanliness of the thing, but one can under
stand that this interest is accentuated by
the fact that most of the dollars resulting
from such advertising will be used to defeat
him at the polls. And assuming again that
Mr. Willkie, whether elected or not, will be
just as scrupulous concerning the source of
dollars that are meant to help shove him
into the White House, his protests are to be
commended.
Obviously space in the Democratic cam
paign book is seldom bought on the book's
merit as an advertising medium, but pur
chased on the theory that this is a painless
and easy way to assure future favors. It is
in line with the corporation custom of
sweetening the pot for both political parties,
so that no matter which wins the donor can
remind that "we killed a bear." Usually it
turns out to be money well spent, no mat
ter how big the ante. And the Hatch law
was meant to cover that sort of thing, and
if it is designed to prohibit contributions
above a certain amount, it is downright dis
honest to resort to subterfuge in order to
make the donation more impressive.
The fact that space is not bought for the
good it will do in an advertising way, one
must look for the real reason behind its pur
pose—and the reason is easy to find: The
party leaders in need of money to conduct
the campaign are mindful of those who
chipped in, or at least they are expected to
be.
It is our notion that Chairman Flynn
would be doing his party a real favor if he
would tear up those contracts and undertake
to raise campaign money some other way.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, WORTH CAROLINA
WASHINGTON
Washington, August 20 Not
since the bitter debate over the
President's Supreme Court plan
has Congress witnessed such acri
nymious exchanges of personal
accusations and recriminations
as occurred in the discussions
over the two measures to
strengthen the man-power of the
nation in the event of war.
The bill to give the President
authority to call National Quard
units into service for peacetime
training finally got through the
Senate by an overwhelming ma
jority, which is taken here as
foreshadowing not only the pas
sage of this measure by the
House of Representatives, but
also the acceptance by both
houses of the selective compul
sory training bill.
On no highly controversial
measure in this Congress has the
division of opinion been on such
completely non-partisan lines.
Those observers who have been
keeping the closest tab on mem
bers of both Houses are unable
to classify the advocates and the
opponents of the conscription bill
by any of the standard methods.
There are as many Republicans,
in proportion to their number, as
Democrats, on both sides. There
is no discernible geographical di
vision.
Every Senator and Represent
ative is getting more letters and
telegrams on this proposal than
on anything else which has been
before Congress in years. No
body, of course, can tabulate the
total on either side, but several
members of both houses have re
ported that the great majority of
objections to conscription which
they have received have come
from women and women's organ
izations.
No one undertakes to forecast
what amendments may be made
to the Burke-Wadsworth bill be
fore its final passage, but one
which seems to meet with consid
erable favor would increase the
minimum pay of enlisted men in
the Army, both the present Reg
ulars and those to be drafted for
training, from s2l a month to
S3O a month. The latter figure
is what the "gobs" in the Navy
start at. No one seems to know
why Navy men get more than
Army men, but the disparity is
apparent and may be adjusted.
Secretary of War Stimson gaye
Capitol Hill quite a shock when
he reported to a Congressional
committee that out of the 4,000
fighting planes for which Con
gress appropriated money two
months ago, contracts had been
let for only 33 planes. The fault
was not with the Army nor with
the Council on National Defense,
he said, but with Congress for
imposing tax restrictions which
made it practically certain that
any aircraft manufacturer who
took on a contract for large num
bers of planes would lose money.
To build more planes a manufac
turer would have to enlarge his
plant, and under present laws he
canot charge off plant deprecia
tion in his income tax return ex
cept in a way that would leave
him carrying a huge investment
in useless buildings after the
emergency is over. Manufac
turers, he said, were ready to go
ahead without consideration of
great material profit, but they
should be protected against cer
tain loss.
The President has insisted that
the whole question of plant de
preciation shall be considered in
connection only with new excess
profit legislation, and that is like
ly to take a lot of time.
Another obstacle has appeared
in the demand from organized
groups representing several trans-
Mississippi states that new arm
ament plants should be located in
their region instead of all going
to existing manufacturing cen
ters. The Army policy has been
for a long time that munitions
manufacture should be centered
inland, so far as possible, consid
ering transportation facilities and
access to supplies and raw ma
terials, as well as skilled labor.
The injection of political pressure
groups into the picture to
local advantages is giving those
who have the -Job to do consider
able concern.
More concern Is expressed by
those who have made careful
surveys of the whole armament
field, over the apparent shortage
of skilled labor competent to
carry out the vast rearmament
program on schedule. Another
worry Is the problem of housing
thousands of workers near the
shipyards where the new navy Is
being built . Hie U. S. wmming
Authority has large plans for
government-financed housing fa
cilities, which will call for more
Congressional appropriations.
Campaign Uncertain
In the Presidential
there are so many elements of
Pay Increase
ihore Obstacles
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uncertainty that no cautious ob
server ventures a forecast df the
outcome. Much depends upon
events beyond American control.
Should the threat of German vic
tory over England diminish, it is
considered here that would tend
to diminish Mr. Roosevelt's
chances, which are now regarded
as no more than even.
Republican candidate Wendell
Willkie has rejected the proposal
that his party evade the political
expenditure restrictions of the
Hatch Act, and has announced
that much less than 3 millions
authorized by that law will be
spent on his campaign. He has
also proposed that the law should
be amended to provide that ev
ery public official should file a
statement of his entire assets and
those of his family on taking of
fice, and again on leaving it.
Nobody here expects Vice-Pres
ident Garner to return to Wash
ington from his home in Texas.
How far he will go in trying to
get Texans to vote for Willkie is
uncertain. Some believe it is
possible that Texas may go Re
publican again, as it did in 1928.
Republican hopes are centered,
however, on carrying New York,
Pennsylvania and Illinois.
BURCH
Rev. R. W. Calloway will fill
his regular appointment at
Mountain Park Baptist church
Saturday and Sunday at 11:00.
Mr. and Mrs. John Vanhoy and
family, of Walkertown, Mr. and
Mrs. W. L. Hill and Mrs. Byrd
Hill, of Dobson, and Mr. and Mrs.
George King, of German town,
were the Sunday guests of Mr.
and Mrs. R. W. Flincham.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Chappell
and sons, Jimmie and Junior, of
Michigan, are spending several
days here with Mr. Chappell's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J.
Chappell.
Misses Lucille and Mable Mar
ion, who have been spending
some time in Raleigh, are expect
ed to return home the latter part
of the week.
Donald White, of Florida, is
spending several days here the
guest of his grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. Sanford White.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Carter, of
Winston-Salem, were here last
week visiting friends and rela
tives.
Mr. and Mrs. Noah Greenwood,
of North Wilkesboro, were the
week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.
J. S. Greenwood, the former
their son.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Cordor had
as their guests Sunday Mr. and
Mrs. N. B. Jones, Mrs. T.flu»n
Bass and Garrel Bass, and Mr.
and Mrs. jerry sneed, of Win
ston-Salem.
Mrs. Paul Marlon and son, Leo,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Marlon, Jr.,
and daughter, June Lorene, at
tended a reunion at Siloam Sun
day.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Sprinkle
had as their Sunday guests their
son, Roger, of Galax, va., and
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hampton and
daughter, Sara Prances, of Ar
lington.
Rev. C. M. Caudle will fill his
regular appointment at Union
Cross.
Rev. T. S. Draughn, of Crutch
field, will fill his regular ap
pointment at Friendship Baptist
churdh' Saturday night and Sun
day at lliOO.
i The revival meeting will begin
the third Sunday in September.
Rev. K. E. Adams, of Mayodan,
will be in charge of the meeting.
Rev. A. B. Hayes, of Mountain
View, was unable to fill his ap
pointment at Little Richmond
Baptist church Saturday and
Sunday due to the bridges being
washed out and Rev. Floyd Stan
ley, of Union Cross, supplied for
him.
Mrs. Mai Sprinkle and daugh
ters, Ila Mae, and Martha, of
Twin Oaks, spent Tuesday in
Arlington, the guests of friends
and relatives.
Mrs. Emma Cockerham is
spending several days this week
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Mol
ly Tharington, of near Jonesville.
Mrs. Emaline Cockerham, who
has spent several days here the
guest of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Bur
ton, returned to her home at
Boonville Wednesday.
LITTLE ELKIN
Rev. J. H. Luffman will fill his
regular appointment here Satur
day night and Sunday.
The Friendly pour quartet sang
in the home of Mrs. Tilda Howell
Sunday afternoon and at Plea
sant Hill Sunday night at the
community singing.
Mr. U. G. Love, of Cornelius, is
spending some time in this com
munity with relatives and
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Luff
man, of Erlanger, spent the
week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. P. B. Luffman.
Miss Gypsy Burcham was host
ess at a delightful party Saturday
evening at her home west of
Elkin, with 14 guests present. A
number of games and contests
were snjoyed during the evening.
Delicious refreshments were serv
ed by Wilma Lee Burcham and
Mary Eades.
Miss Hazel Luffman, of Erlang
er, spent the week-end with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Luff
man.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Money
moved to the Swan Creek com
munity recently.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Settle and
children, Elizabeth and Joe, at
tended Sunday school at Swan
Creek church Sunday.
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Thursday, August 22, 194#
Forbush Township
S. S. Convention
Next Sunday
The annual Forbush township
Sunday school convention will
convene at Forbush Baptist
church next Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock.
Mr. Smith Hagaman, superin
tendent of Baptist hospital, Win
ston-Salem, will deliver the main
address of the afternoon. Mr.
Hagaman will bring a quartette
of nurses from the hospital to
sing during the afternoon.
Short programs will be present
ed by various Sunday schools of
the township.
Jasper Long is president of the
association and Jasper Phillips,
secretary.
Beer License of
Gordon's Inn Revoked
At the request of the Brewers
and North Carolina Beer Distrib
utors committee, the Yadkin
county commissioners in session
last week, revoked the retail beer
license of Ernest Gordon, operat
ing as Gordon's Inn, in East Yad
kinville.
The petition for revocation was
filed by Col. Edgar H. Bain, of
Raleigh, director of the beer com
mittee for North Carolina. He al
leged that Gordon had conducted
his place in such a manner as to
constitute a public nuisance. This
allegation was made following the
arrest of Gordon on drunkenness
charges more than once.
This is the first action of its
kind to be taken in Yadkin coun
ty, but they have been frequent
in the state generally, 78 dealers
losing their license during the
first year of the comqoittee's op
eration.
Motor vehicle accidents in this
country last year resulted in non
fatal Injuries to 1,150,000 persons.
Mattie Mae Powell
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