September 26, 1940
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Mrs. R. R. Smithwick was host
iss to her bridge club Friday ev
ening. After several contract
irogressions, Mrs. remnm Mock
von the nigh score prize, a set of
ittractive book ends, and also the
'slam" prize, a sewing kit. Dur
ng a social hour Mrs. Smithwick
;erved a salad and sweet course
o her guests.
A number of Dobsonites at
tended the American Legion Pair
feld in Mount Airy last week,
rhe exhibits were very good, and
the entertainment seen from the
grandstand was especially daring
and marvelous. Children were
rapturous over the riding devices
and the grown-ups equally en
thusiastic over bingo. The sum
Lnd total of the entire program
was a success.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Reid were
week-end guests of Dr. and Mrs.
at Reidsville, and Mrs. W.
3. and Miss Eugenia Reid, at
Danville, Va.
Mrs. Clyde Forrest and Mrs.
rroutman were joint hostesses to
!5 guests Thursday afternoon,
lonoring Mrs. George Williams
irtth a miscellaneous shower. The
;uests were entertained on Mrs.
Arrest's spacious lawn where va
ious contests and games were en
oyed. Mrs. Roland Alderman
Bptured two prizes, after which
Its were presented to the hon
ree. Mrs. Forrest and Mrs.
Troutman served a salad course
applemented by sandwiches and
unch.
Mrs. W. B. Norman returned
Knday after a week's visit to her
ughter, Mrs. W. H. McNeil, in
Carthage, N. C.
Mrs. Maud Freeman is spend
ng a week with her sister, Mrs.
letta Townsend, in Lenoir.
. A county-wide teachers' meet
ng was held in the school audi
orium Friday afternoon. A large
srowd of teachers was present.
Surry schools are going in a big
way now.
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. White and
Hiss Elaine White spent the
week-end at Union Grove, Iredell
:ounty.
Mrs. Blanche Norman and
laughter, Mary Sue, spent Sat
irday at Sparta.
Miss Julia Comer and brother,
Vilson of Fayetteville,
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person at The Tribune office. These tickets are good for admission to both the Lyric and Elk
theatres. More photographs, snapped by The Tribune photographer on Elkin streets will appear next
week.
Above the
Hullabaloo
By LYTLE HULL
MORE ABOUT EDUCATION
This column is forever squawk
ing about the courses taught In
our public schools. It believes
that we should alter very mate
rially, certain aspects of these
courses so that the graduates will
be better fitted to do their part
in the moulding of this country's
future than the general run of
our citizens are today. It believes
that if this is pot done, its citi
zens will some day lose their free
dom through just plain ignorance
of "what the whole thing is all
about," and of how to protect
that freedom.
A Democracy is a political en
tity, the very life-blood of which
is the spirit and the active devo
tion of each and every individual
in it —a spirit which can scarcely
be ardent in those who are ignor
ant of the fundamental reasons
for Democracy's existence. To
day we expect it to take care of
itself while we attend to our own
business during the daytime and
spend our evenings at the movies
watching Hollywood's interpreta
tions of the average American at
his favorite pastime of shooting
rival gangsters or making slaves
of poor dust bowl farmers.
Every day one hears comments
upon "disappearing Democracy"
in the United States. The Gov
ernment is abused for taking
matters into its own hands. It is
claimed the President has no
constitutional right to trade our
destroyers for naval and air bases
in British possessions. The Ad
ministration is accused of push
ing this country into a position
which will eventually make it
necessary for the President to as
sume dictatorial powers. Sena
tors and Congressmen are said no
longer to worry abtfut the wishes
of their constituents, and to do
only what they are told to do by
the political powers in Washing
ton.
If there is truth in these accu
sations, the acts themselves are
unintentional. The President is
a democrat and a patriot, and he
wants his country to be and to
continue to be —a Democracy. If
he is compelled to assume powers
which may not be conventional, it
is because Democracy is not run
ning smoothly. Democracy can
spent the week-end here with
relatives.
Misses Elizabeth Norman and
Emma Comer spent the week-end
in Carthage with Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. McNeil.
Mrs. Lula Lewellyn is spending
some time in Concord with Mr,
and Mrs. Manly Lewellyn.
Statement of the Ownership,
Management, Circulation, Etc.,
Required by the Acts of Con
gress of August 24, 1912, and
March 3, 1933.
Of The Elkin Tribune, publish
ed weekly at Elkin, N. C., for Oct.
1, 1940.
1. That the names and ad
dresses of the publisher, editor,
managing editor, and business
managers are: Publisher, Elk
Printing Co., Inc.; Managing Ed
itor, H. P. Laffoon; Business
Manager, H. P. Laffoon, Elkift,
N. C.
2. That the owner is: Elk
Printing Co., Inc.; H. P. Laffoon;
C. S. Foster; Mrs. C. S. Poster,
Elkin, N. C.
That the known bondholders,
mortgagees, and other security
holders owning or holding 1 per
cent, or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages, or other securi
ties are: Mrs. C. S. Poster.
H. V. LAFFOON,
Business Manager
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
only run smoothly if its people
are aware of what the shooting is
all about and are sufficiently in
terested in their country to tell
their representatives what they
want done in the circumstances.
Then Congress can function dem
ocratically and the executive de
partment of our Government
would not be called upon to make
decisions which Congress alone
claims the right to make.
If no citizen of a Democracy
ever instructed his representative
in Government what he wanted
done, it would cease to be a
Dtemocracy and would become an
Autocracy managed by the pow
er or powers at its head, as they
thought best, and naturally with
out regard for the unknown
wishes of the people.
This is just about what will
happen in our country, if our
children grow up with as little (or
less) knowledge of history and
government than our generation
has. The lean toward greater
government control in our coun
try is caused in large part by the
fact that we, the people, don't
know enough about what has
gone on in the past to be able to
figure very intelligently what the
present world hubbub is all about
and decide what course we should
pursue.
If our education does not fit us
to understand world affairs, how
can we tell our Congressmen
I Winston-Salem and Forsyth County I
WIMSTON-SALEM
L§sOCT.I^SNI
IbICGER and BETTER |
what we wish them to do at a
time like the present? If they
don't know what we want, how
can they represent us? If they
can't represent us, what remains
of Government of the People and
by the People?
Is it better that our great
country—the one toward which
millions upon millions in other
countries look with hungry, long
ing eyes—should degenerate into
the same state of public inertia
followed by private management,
which Germany, Russia and Italy
drifted into; in order that our
growing future citizens should get
their minds stuffed with trig-
Makes All Foods Taste Better
onametry and Greek? Or would
It be better if our children, when
they left high school, could
REALLY speak English; REALLY
knew world history and under
stood its be&ririg upon current
international affairs; and REAL
LY had sufficient intelligent
knowledge of their own country's
history and government to be in
spired to do their duty by it?
It is a great country—there
will never be another like it.
Pray God, wg and our children
will learn how to preserve it for
those to come.
ZEPHYR
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Melton, of
Salem Pork, spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Cola Melton.
Mr. and Mrs. Haston Laster
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Raymond Wilson, of Blues Grove.
Mr. Hal Collins, of Martins
ville, Va., spent the week-end
here with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler Bowers,
of Kannapolis, spent the week
end here with relatives.
SLOT MACHINES ARE
SEIZED BY SHERIFF
In a raid against slot machines
in the county by Sheriff Harvey
S. Boyd, two offenders were
taxed with the costs and one was
fined in a trial before Justice A.
E. Creed Saturday. Mrs. W. D.
Crouse, of Franklin township, and
W. H. Norman, of Long Hill
township, were taxed with the
costs on charges of operating slot
machines and W. H. Butler, ven
der and owner of the machines,
was fined SSO and costs on
charges of vending unlicensed
machines. All pled guilty.
The machines were seized by
the sheriff in raids in different
sections of the county and the
machines were ordered by Justice
Creed to be destroyed by the
sheriff's department.
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MILLER-JONES SHOES
East Main Street Elkin, N. C. I
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