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Billings. Montana, merchants have installed a coin cleaning machine so that they may give customers bright new looking coins. WANTS For sale~-good used electric stove. Price is right. Must sell at once. Telephone 344-J. lto Xtor rent Six-room house at Brooks Cross Roads. Hot and ' cold water and bath. See Joe Brooks at Brooks Cross Roads. 9-26p Wanted— Toong lady to clerk In store. Write box 616, Elkin, N. C. Itc For rent: three unfurnished rooms at Dock's Tavern, Jones ville, N. C., suitable for light Hosiery Department Hie best line of anklets for every mem ber of the family, 10c to 25c pair. Men's socks, 10c to 25c pair. Ladles' full fashioned pure thread silks in service weight and two and three threads at 49c and 69c pr. Wal ker's 5c & 10c Stores. - ltc Several good used radios, includ ing battery and electric models, for sale at real bargain prices. Home Furniture Co, ltc For Rent—S-room house at Boon ville, partly furnished. See Hugh Royall. 9-19 c School Supplies - Stationery For the best line of school sup plies, and stationery, books, Bibles, Testaments, dictionaries, fountain pens, crepe paper, waxed paper, book bags, pic tures, toy books, scrap books. Let us cash your pay checks. Walker's 5c & 10c Stores, ltc For Sale lmproved 170-acre farm near Mountain Park high school. Good 6-room residence. Electric lights, bath and auto matic water system. Splendid lighted barn 72x36. Two springs. Some river bottom and fine to bacco upland. Tenant house. Any terms with % down pay ment. Write T. L. Robinson, 203 Liberty Street, Mill edge ville, Ga.. or see Postmaster Thompson at Mountain Park. 9-19p For rait: 6-room house in Wot Elkin. Reich and Hunt, Real tors. tfc For sale: solid maple dining room suite, table, buffet and six chairs, in perfect condition. Priced reasonable. Mrs. J. W. Willard, Gwyn avenue. ltc We buy scrap Iron and meUk. Double Eagle Service Co., Elk in. N. C. tfc For rent: 3-room downstairs apartment with private bath. Available October first. Mrs. J. W. Willard, Owyn avenue. For rent: three and (oar room apartments. Newly finished. Private bath. Carl Chappell. Telephone 126-M. tfc For Luzier's Beauty Service, call Hotel Elkin, Room 204. Eliza beth McKinney, Distributor. ltp Kill destructive insects with proven insecticides. Arsenate lead, magnesium arsenate, Paris green. Turner Drug Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc Good Opportunity for white man with qualifications to open up and write industrial life insur ance in and around Elkin. Mar ried man preferred. Apply Southern-Dixie Life Intr. Co., First National Bank Building,' Winston-Salem, N. C. 10-10 c Do yon want plenty of em from strong, fast growing young chicks? If so feed Panamin. we have it. Abernethy's, A Ocod Drug Store. Elkin. N. C. tfn For Sale—Movable one-car gar age. I. C. Yates, Church street. tfc Wanted! Refined girls for Beauty Culture Training. A complete course for only $50.00. State accredited. Mae's School of Beauty Culture, North Wllkes boro, N. C. Mrs. Jake Church, Prop. tfc Electrical Goods Light bulbs, bed lamps, table lamps, elc trlc irons, toasters, hot plates, heat ers, electric wire, flashlights and batteries. A complete ling at Wfclker's 6c & 10c Store, ltc Wanted to repair radios. Our expert thoroughly knows hla business. Prices right. Harris Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc Wanted: white woman to do gen eral housework for small fam ily. Mrs. Enoch Harris, at Bas keteria. tfc For rent: bedroom, furnished or unfurnished. Steam heat. Mrs. W. F. Reece, Bridge street, ltc Slightly Uesd Parker Bird Gm for sale. See Mr. Casstevens, at Casstevens Hardware Co., or Howard Couch, Benham, N. C. 9-19 c WEED PRICES ARE HIGHER Middle Belt Shows Higher Figure on Opening Day Than in 1939 GROWERS SATISFIED Raleigh, Sept. 17 Average prices were "considerably higher" on the middle flue-cured tobacco belt today—opening day—than on last year's first day. the U. S. agricultural marketing service and the state department of ag riculture reported tonight. Increases were from $2.75 to $7.50 a hundred, the agencies said, with greatest gains occur ring in fair to fine qualities of lugs and primings and low qual ity leaf. The bulk of sales ranged from sl2 to $27, it was said, though prices ranging from S2B to $32 were "fairly numerous." "Growers werd satisfied and rejections were negligible," the report stated. "The offerings contained less of the common and low quality grades of leaf than opening day last year and were considered of better quality. The tobacco sold consisted principally of low to fair quality primings and fair to fine lugs. Primings composed about 60 per cent of the sale. A fair volume of com mon to fair quality leaf was also offered. Sales were heavy in vol ume with some markets block ing." ELKIN'S FAIR COMES TO END (Continued from Page One) which was held during the after noon. A feature of the parade was a 20-piece band, under the direction of Alvin H. Dickman, members of which were advanced band pupils from various schools of this section, including Elkin, Yadkinville and Walnut Cove. Judging of farm animals was conducted at the fair grounds, while the saddle horse show was held on a new track recently laid out on the W. A. Neaves property located northeast of the fair grounds on the east side of Big Elkin creek. Winners in the horse show were as follows: Best single mare, Gaither Pelts, Elkin, Ist prize; Noah Gross, Cycle, 2nd prize. Best single mules: Glenn Vestal, Cycle, Ist prize; Worth Brown, Jones ville, 2nd prize. Best team of horses: Johnnie Weatherman, State Road, Ist prize. Best team of mares: Carl Ray, Boonville, Ist prize; Fred Evans, Jonesville, 2nd prize. In the commercial class, Errol Hayes of Elkin, Ist prize. Best team of mules: Paul Moxley, Boonville, Ist prize; Gaither Van hoy, State Road, 2nd prize. In the commercial class, Thurmond Chatham won Ist prize and John Hudspeth 2nd prize. For the best horsemanship, prizes were as follows: Shug Hay wood, Ist; Chuck Haywood, 2nd; Tommy Chatham, 3rd, and Pey ton Smith, 4th. In the saddle horse class, Dick Freeman won Ist prize and John Hudspeth 2nd prize for the best five-gaited horses. For the best three-gaited horse, first prize went to W. O. Buie, and second prize to Luther Baker. For the best plantation horse, John Hud speth took Ist prize and Luther Baker second prize. J. D. Ray won first prize for the best pony. The horse show was staged un der the direction of L. G. Baker, who was assisted by Bub Price, Claude Farrell and McKinley Dickerson. In the live-at-home depart ment, J. R. Martin, of Rockford, was winner of first prize. Other winners were Walter Brown, Traphill, 2nd prize; Robert Byrd, Roaring River, 3rd prize; Mrs. Elmer Cockerham, route 1, Elkin, 4th prize; and Mrs. Banner Til ley, Benham, sth prize. In the dog show, staged Thurs day morning under the direction of Dr. C. E. NickS, who was ably assisted by Dr. M. A. Royall, James Shore, of Boonville, and others, the following dog owners saw their animals win prizes: Thurmond Chatham, Franklin Folger, Austin Kearns, Dick Chatham, Jack Sprinkle, Joe Myers, J. Harold Click, Albert Casstevens and Mrs. McCormick. Mrs. Alan Browning, Jr., secre tary of the fair, stated that she wished to thank everyone who assisted in making the event a success, including the*Elkin police and deputies who did an excellent job of keeping order. Thanks were also expressed to the Gen eral Electric & Telephone Com pany for their courtesy in in stalling a telephone free of charge in the exhibition building, and to all others who aided in any way. The Elkin Boy Scouts, who parked automobiles each night of the fair, did an excellent job, | Mrs. Browning said, and deserve THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA high praise for their efficiency and courtesy. She also pointed out that due to an oversight when the fair catalog was being printed, the donation of a permanent wave by the Daity Lady Beauty Shoppe was omitted from the list of ad vertisers and contributors. The error is regretted, Mrs. Browning said. NEW CHEVROLET TO BE HERE SATURDAY The first showing! of the 1941 Chevrolet has been announced for Saturday by the P-W Chevro let Co., of this city. The new Chevrolet is said to be new both in styling and perform ance, with numerous outstanding features for comfort, safety and convenience. In size it will be bigger than the 1940 model, and will have an engine of 90 horse power. Everyone is invited to visit the P-W Chevrolet Company show room Saturday to see the new model. A cat in England adopted and mothered a rat. i IM $ 2-WEEKLY W BUYS A COMPLETE 1 NEW FALL OUTFIT % At McDANIEL'S USE THIS SPECIAL PLAN TO %sMiiF DRESS UP NOW! PAY AS YOB EARN-WEAR AS YOU PAY! McDaniel's—the store that makes it easy to buy—now pre -1 s. sents a special budget plan offer that will make it more ▼ convenient than ever to buy that new fall outfit! Note the items listed below and the easy special terms which will make them yours. A new suit, hat, shoes, shirt and tie, and belt, all for only $5.00 down and only $2.00 per week until Y / the balance is paid. Don't wait another minute. Come in V now and select your fall outfit on this special budget plan! CURLEE SUIT $24.75 LADIES! DOBBS HAT 5.00 I „ ~ XT JARMAN SHOES 5.00 I y Your New RITZ SHIRT ! 95 ■ Fa 11 Ensemble PffifcsPß PIONEER BELT 1.00 l on This Same WEMBERLY TIE 1.00 | Eas y Plan! & SALES TAX Ll7 | and Let Us Give TOTAL 1 Yow Partic " McDaniel's Dept. Store Elkin, N. C. . i | SURRY COURT IS UNDER WAY (Continued from Page One) operating a car while intoxicated, was fined $75 and the costs and deprived of his drivers license for a period of 12 months. Barney Rhodes, of Elkin, tried on a liquor charge, was taxed with the costs and placed under a sus pended sentence of two years. Lester Morris, charged with house breaking with explosives and larceny and receiving, received stiff sentences, his arrest having grown out of the robbery of a Mount Airy laundry. On the breaking and entering count he was sentenced to 10 to 15 years in state prison, and five more years, to be served at the expiration of his first sentence was added on a second charge. For learceny and receiving he was given 10 years, the sentence to run concurrently with the first, Arthur Brower, charged with operating a car while intoxicated, was sent to the roads for 30 days and yas deprived of his drivers license for a period of 12 months. Numerous other cases for minor offenses were disposed of up to Tuesday afternoon. LOCAL FORUM GROUP TO MEET THIS P. M. An important meeting of the local Forum Council will be held at Hotel Elkin this afternoon (Thursday) at 4 o'clock, with Dr. Ralph W. McDonald, of Chapel Hill, State Forum Counselor, present. Plans will be made for the fall program of the forum and other important business will be trans acted. All members of the council are urged to be present. NEW PLYMOUTH IS NOW ON DISPLAY The new Plymouth for 1941 is now on display at the showroom of Yadkin Auto Sales. Described as a "glamour car" from stem to stern, with numerous engineering advancements that contribute to new performance, impressive new luxury and driving ease, the car's nimbleness in traf fic is achieved by new "high tor que" engine performance, stepped up in power and torque. Driving effort is greatly reduced by new powernatic shifting and a new "get-away" gear in second speed that cuts down driving mo tions. Although only me car is now on display, smart new 2-tone body colors are available on some models. The public is invited to see the new car now. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF W. M. U. IS TO MEET There will be an executive com mittee meeting of the W. M. U. of the Yadkin Association at Yad kinville Baptist church next Sunday afternoon, September 22, at 2 o'clock. This committee is composed of the associational of ficers and officers of all W. M. U. organizations in the local churches. The superintendent, Mrs. D. H. Craver, is anxious that all mem bers be present for this important meeting. Thursday, September 19. 1940 IS TO SPEAK AT ELKIN VALLEY CHURCH SUN. William T. Adams, son of Rev. R. E. Adams, of Mayodan, pastor of the EUcin Valley Baptist church, and Mrs. Adams, who will leave next week for Louis ville, Ky., to enter the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, will speak at the evening hour of worship at Elkin Valley church Sunday, September 23. The public is extended a cor dial invitation to attend. For Green Lawns During Winter Sow Rye Grass F. A. BRENDLE & SON Elkin, N. C.
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