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DageGrttieqi^ Aifthor of "How to Win Friendg 1 and Influence People." COURAGE A few years ago, General John J. Pershing, who commanded our armies In France, traveled half across the United States to sit at the bedside of a man who had not walked ia fourteen years. His name is B. Wade Patrick, and he lives in Brookfleld, Missouri. Wade Patrick's legs are so atro phied that you could plunge a hatpin Into them and he wouldn't feel It. Why : did General Pershing travel fifteen hundred miles to see this cripple? Because he con sidered this man a striking ex- Mattie Mae Powell NOTARY PUBLIC Building A Loan Office Main Street Congratulations W. M. WALL JEWELERS for a store beautifully designed and artistically realized Its exterior is a promise of beautiful things within. Its interior is a fit set ting for the treasures it contains. The flash of gems, the glint of silver, the glow of gold, are enhanced by the perfect background. Our felicitations to the people of Elkin on having a jewelry store so thoroughly in keeping with the modern mode. Holmes & Edwards Sterling A PRODUCT OF 00 INTERNATIONAL SILVER COMPANY MERIDEN, CONN. We Congratulate W. M. WALL Elkin's Leading Jeweler Upon Their Beautiful And Modern New Store FIXTURES :j i i IN THIS MODERN STORE WERE BUILT AND INSTALLED BY US "Morrison Fixtures By Morrison Brothers" Morrison Manufacturing Company , \ i Bank, Office and Store Fixtures STATESVILLE, N. C. ample of courage. And courage Is a quality the old General likes. During the war, E. Wade Pat rick was a ground mechanic In an aviation factory. There was an accident in the plant, and when It was over, he had to walk on crutches. But he got worse, and had to get around In a wheelchair. His condition con tinued to grow worse. He had to go to bed with paralyzed and atrophied legs. Did he give up and say, "Oh, what's the use? I'm a cripple. I can't do anything." No indeed he didn't. He had courage. He started a business right there in bed! He had a frame ' built over his bed' so that he 1 could suspend a typewriter from it. He had special rigging put on . 1 the wall and a telephone fastened to it. He had a buzzer system put 1 in, which communicated with ( THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA - - - - Boys Will Be-—-Girls *Tfs > ; Ik I 19tk / A >JK .j. Jay twß BOSTON, Mass. . . „ These pretty "maids," posing so coyly during American Legion convention festivities in Boston, are members of the "40 and 8" from Baltimore, Md. They wore their girlish names on the seat of their panties. Left to right: Harry Wirtz, Joseph Dah lem, C. R. Gillis and Joseph Barnes. every room in the house. He was ready to go into business! He hired a salesman and sent him out to sell radios. He direct ed the salesman by telephone. He wrote to radio cabinet manufac turing companies and became the representative in his town for one of them. He wrote pamphlets and ad vertising literature and mailed them to prospects. He did so well with radio that he decided to expand. Think of that! Starting to expand a busi ness in bed. He added ironing machines, washing machines, electric ironing machines, vac uum sweepers. He had to put on another salesman. And another. And now—right this minute—he has five salesmen. He directs them by telephone. They call him twice a day, and he tells them what to do and where to go. And not once has he let a salesman make a sale because his boss was a cripple. No, indeed. Very few of the people who buy know that the head man is con fined to a bed. Has he succeeded? A man with spirit and courage like that will almost never fail! I have a let ter from him in which he tells me that his bed-conducted busi ness was $32,000. And so I say, "Hats off to E. Wade Patrick!" Can you read about him without feeling a little more courageous? I can't. No wonder General Pershing went to see him as a fine example of what a soldier admires most. BETHEL Rev. and Mrs. Johnnie Wea therman and their grandmother, of State Road, were visitors at Sunday school here at Bethel last Sunday and were the guests of the former's mother, Mrs. W. L. Weatherman, and his sister and family, Mrs. J. p. Mathis. Mrs. Weatherman is confined to her bed with illness, we are sorry to note. Several other relatives and friends have called to visit her. Messrs. D. J. Melton, Nelson Caudill and W. T. Morrison, Mes dames D. S. Gilliam and W. H. Jones all attended the 119 th ses- THE LYRIC CONGRATULATES W. M. WALL JEWELER UPON THE OPENING SATURDAY OF THEIR MODERN NEW STORE AND EXTENDS BEST WISHES FOR CONTINUED SUCCESS Lyric Theatre The Home of Good Pictures ELKIN, N. C. sion of the Brier Creek associa tion held at Cranberry church last Thursday and Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Jones moved to their home at Arling ton last week. Mrs. Thomas Myers and her little daughter and son, of Mul lins, S. C., spent last week visit ing her mother and family, Mrs. R. G. Myers, near here. Mr. Myers came for the week-end and accompanied them home. D. S. Gilliam, with the Yadkin Valley quartet, sang in the ser vice at the Methodist church at Jonesville last Sunday morning and at the Baptist church at Pomona in the afternoon and evening, near Greensboro. Mr. and Mrs. Martin P. Green and children, Gladys, Mary Ann and Jack, Mrs. J. B. Green, Mr. and Mrs. T. N. Green visited a while last Sunday afternoon with the former Mrs. Green's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Durham, at Swan Creek. Miss Mary Lou Mathis spent last week-end visiting her sister, Mrs. Felix Swaim, at Cycle. Mrs. W. H. Jones and son, Eu gene, attended services at Swan Creek last Sunday morning And were the dinner guests of Mrs. W. T. Myers and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Phillips. Other Osborne accom panied them and visited his friend and former schoolmate, Carl Durham. They also visited a while with Mr. and Mrs. David R. Gilliam. We are glad to note that Ros coe Triplette is improving from an injury he received from a fall several days ago. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Triplette, with the babies, Ethel and Estel, spent last Sunday afternoon vis iting her brother and family, Mr. D. R. Gilliam, at their home on the Swan Creek road. Miss Pauline Pardue, who holds a position in North Wilkesboro, spent last week-end here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Pardue. UNAFFECTED Despite the European war and the national defense program, living costs in the United States are unlikely to increase by more than 2 to 5 per cent, before spring. We Congratulate W. M. WALL UPON THEIR Beautiful, Modern New Store WHEN YOU VISIT THE NEW STORE SATURDAY, NOTICE THE Attractive Floor OF MODERN Asphalt Tile INSTALLED BY US This Long Wearing Type of Floor May Be Obtained in Choice of Colors and Patterns Hayes &Speas ELKIN, N. C. The Modern New Home OF W. M. WALL, Jeweler IS ILLUMINATED WITH White, Sparkling Light Without Objectionable Glare THANKS TO THE WHITE MAGIC OF MODERN, NEW Fluorescent Lighting INSTALLED BY OUR TRAINED STAFF OF ELECTRICIANS When You Visit the New Store Notice the Soft Brilliance of This Most Modern of Lighting FLUORESCENT LIGHTING WILL TRANSFORM YOUR STORE, OFFICE OR HOME! Harris Electric Co. Electrical Contractors Elkin, N. C. r .'.i ' * : : Thursday, October 10. 1940
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