THE ImmSli
GROWING AGAIN
Elkin has taken another spurt at growing, what with the
announcement here of various and sundry buildings to be
erected wherever a vacant lot is to be found.
If the business building section keeps going it's soon go
ing to catch up with the traffic situation, which is already
ou a par with New York City,*
only they do say one can find a quite an imposing building on his
parking place in New York. lot there next to the Baptist
church. We asked him how much
Marion Allen is going to put up it was going to cost and he said it
all depended on how much money
_ he is able to borrow.
Ilvllvl m\% Lflvl When Marion gets his building
■■ mm f* I constructed, hi& old building is to
LAI* Y A!||* I OllfTh be t° m away and a new theatre
I 111 I UUI UUIi&ll put there by Dr. Reeves, who will
___ , , ~ ®, also wreck the signboard next to
Creomulsion relieves promptly be* ~ _ , _ _ ,
cause it goes right to the seat of the e Power Co. The two lots
trouble to help loosen and expel will give him space for a larger
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature theatre than the Elk. What he
to soothe and heal raw, tender, in- plans to do with the Elk when
flamed bronchi&l mucous mom- ~ ~ , , . , _
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you ' new theatre is constructed,
a bottle of Creomulsion with the un- he hasn't said.
derstanding you must like the way it
quickly allays the cough or you are . . . . . .
to have your money back. But Elkin is not going to have
nPAi 11 11 CIAU Just one new theatre btiilding.
w IVCvIVIU Lai v Louie Mitchell has already start
for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis ed work on a new one on the lot
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It's easy to study
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. Johnnie's grades have Improved, and he's more cheerful
f"-j — about studying—now that the new STUDY LAMP, with
//111 'ts wealth of glareless light, has relieved the eye-strain
J J \ \\ ' n S electrical scientists, this is the finest lamp ever made
y/ \- yj for studying and reading.
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EASY PAYMENTS J&,
DUKE POWER COMPANY
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA
on Church street just to the rear
of Turner Drug Co. This is to be
quite an imposing structure, we
understand, with all modern con
veniences, including a lounge and
overstuffed furniture. But not
too overstuffed, Louie said, be
cause he doesn't want us snoozing
there all the time.
_!
Work on the new White Swan
Laundry is going forward at quite
a pace down below the new
bridge.
/,
Yessir, Elkin is growing up.
And if the town would buy its
police a racing car so they would
stand some chance of catching
some of the town's speeders, it
would be quite a city.
• • •
THE DRAFT
By the time you riead this, the
drawing of numbers to determine
who will get their uniforms first
will have already started in
Washington.
The Tribune is publishing in
this issu? the serial numbers of
men who registered here and in
the section of the county under
the local draft board. So far as
we know at this writing, the en
tire list of over 23 hundred names
will appear in this issue. So if
you are interested in your own
particular number, just glance
through these 2,300 names. If
you look long enough you will no
doubt find it.
Our number is 38. We never
thought we'd see the time when
we'd just be a number in a fish
bowl at Washington.
But times change. So do maps.
REDUCED
Exports of nearly all United
States farm products, except cot
ton, were greatly reduced during
the first twelve months of the
current European war, reports
the U. S. Department of Agricul
ture.
Dlwdor, NHowl F«nw Youth FourxWion
LIGHTNING ROD SALESMAN
Do you remember the old
fashioned lightning rod sales
man?
He was glib of tongue; quick to
promise; and had the ability to
make the un
reasonable seem H
logical. Fellow
salesmen resent- H
ed him largely
because their '
scruples would
not permit them
to use many of
hismethods.
Stories of the K,ei
ostracism of the lightning rod
. salesman by his fellows became
' legendary.
1 There were, no doubt, many
fine men who made this their
| life work, to the benefit of all. As
a class, however, the lightning
rod salesman became known as
; the first high-pressure salesman.
There is a new kind of sales
man in our midst who has all the
bad characteristics of the light
ning-rod salesman plus an inex
haustible expense account. This
group of salesmen is particularly
astute in the development of en
ticing samples. The wide assort
ment pf labels at his disposal are
designed to dull the resistance of
potential customers. Too late
they discover that they bought
what they did not want.
This new type of salesman may
carry a sample labeled TOTAII
TARISM. He will have a very
plausible story convincing you
that the state alone should have
rights.
Possibly he may produce a
sample which reads FASCISM.
This would be accompanied by a
story of party control of the ma
chinery of government as the in
strument of controlling all ac
tivity.
Possibly he may size 'you up as
having a chip on your shoulder.
He will show you a sample label
ed COMMUNISM and try to con
vince you that your future lies in
control "by "the party," as in the
case of Soviet Russia.
If your resistance is high, the
sample will be marked FABIAN
ISM. The salesman in this case
will go to great length to con
vince you of social reforms and
will possibly hint that there will
be revolution of the masses if too
much is said openly. Therefore
the change should be brought
about gradually so that the peo
ple will be lulled to sleep. When
they awaken the change will have
been made. But again, it will be
too late for them to do anything
about it.
There is still another effective
sample labelled SOCIALISM. Our
astute salesman friend will dis
cuss the need for redistribution
of wealth and finally end up
stating that property should be
owned by the people. In our case
this would be the government.
Some people call these ISMS
and ideologies; but really, they
are merely sales talks. They are
clever approaches designed by
those wishing to destroy DEMO
CRACY; to appeal to you and me
as prospective customers. No
matter who the salesman, or
what the approach may be, the
purpose is to outwit us. He wants
to sell just one product no mat
ter what the markings of the
package. No matter whether he
comes directly or indirectly from
Germany, Italy or Russia, he
wants us to subscribe to an idea.
The idea is that government is
blessed with some divine gift of
wisdom that makes it better able
to run our affairs; better, in fact,
than we as individuals can run
them.
Let us translate these Euro
pean approaches to our own lo
calities for the sake of compari
son. We would then be forced to
believe that an appointee, recom
mended by the local ward boss or
county politician, has been trans
formed as the result of his ap
pointment. The transformation
has changed him from an ordi
nary mortal to one possessing
miraculous powers to guide our
destinies.
For years democracy has de
manded to see the product be
fore putting the cash on the bar
rel head. Loose promises from
unscrupulous salesmen are poor
substitutes for tried and tested
products plainly marked "MADE
IN U. S. A."
WAGES
Wages paid by farmers bn Oc
tober l average about the same
as on July 1, but were about
three points higher than on the
same date a year ago, reports the
U. S. Marketing Service.
SUGAR
Granulated sugar is now being
processed successfully from sor
ghum cane in the united States
Department of Agriculture field
station at Starkville, Miss.
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