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Hullabaloo
By LYTLE HULL
DEMOCRACY OB
COMMUNISM?
How would we like to have our
world when this war is over—
Democratic or Communistic? Free
or not free? It is up to us!
Two, and only two, of the great
nations of the earth have avoid
ed involvement in this Second
World War. One is the United
States of America; the other is
Soviet Russia. One is the seat of
true Democracy; the other of true
Autocracy. They represent the
two poles of political theory: peo
ple's government and master's
government.
Which of these principles will
survive when the terrible after
math of this war this crime
against civilization has exacted
its full toll? That should depend
largely upon which—if either—of
them is still functioning properly
when the rest of the world has
beaten itself into a state of deso
lation and despair. N
If American Democracy, which
signifies individual freedom and
opportunity for every man and
woman, is able to ride out the
storm triumphantly, then the
principle of Democracy will
doubtless sweep the world, for—
all things being equal—there is
little question that the pendulum
of human desire will swing to
ward the American type of indi
vidual freedom.
If, however, this nation—which
the whole world envies, and to
whose' shores half the world
would rush if able to do so—shall
also prove incapable of keeping
its people out of war and of sav
ing them from the depression and
misery which is so sure to follow;
then the drowning world will
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
probably reach for the only life
buoy which remains afloat
Communism.
The wisest advice which Lenin,
the father of Bolshevism, ever
gave to his people was; to keep
out of the future war which the
capitalist nations had prepared
for themselves when they wrote
the Treaty of Versailles. He
prophesied that Russian Bolshe
vism would inherit the earth If it
could remain aloof while Capital
ism destroyed Itself. He even
prophesied when this war would
start. He apparently believed
that America would follow the
same course which it pursued in
1917, and that upon the ashes of
Democracy and all other political
forms, would rise world-wide
Communism.
When this war is over—regard
less of which side wins—the fate
ful years of reconstruction must
come; the period when Germany,
France, England, Italy, Japan
and China must rehabilitate the
ten upon tens of millions who
have been taken out of useful
production and placed in armies
and arms-making industries. How
can this prodigious task be ac
complished successfully? It can't!
It wasn't performed successfully
after the last war and it won't be
after this one. Desperate, starv
ing Europeans and Asiatics will
be grasping madly at any straw.
IP THE UNITED STATES IS
IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT,
THERE WILL BE JUST ONE
STRAW LEFT COMMUNISM.
It is unavoidable that these des
perate people will make compar
ison between the Democracies
which have cast their people into
the cauldron of war, and Stalin
ism which is at peace and by
comparison happy and pros
perous.
Groups, individuals, and "Com
mittees" with fancy names about
"defending America" are renew
ing their interventionist activities.
Many of these will probably soon
be advocating certain measures
which they know perfectly well
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PLYMOUTH, Mass. . . . Re-enactment of the first Thanksgiving
day was held with all the trimmings at Plymouth, Mass., scene of
the first New England settlement. At the end of the table, Captain
Miles Standi sh (Adrian Whiting) carves an honest-to-goodness tur
key, while his fellow pilgrims and a lone Indian await their helpings.
will drive us bodily into this war.
There is only one way to counter
this attack when it comes. That
way is in the hands of every
American citizen who can write
the English language to the men
he has voted into Congress.
We are going to be asked to
send supplies to England in our
own few little merchant ships;
and later, if not at the same time,
we are going to be asked to pro
tect these freight ships with our
warships. We all know the an
swer!
Germany will sink one of these
ships and the American people
will demand war. Or if Germany
avoids doing so, what is to pre
vent Russia from quietly slipping
a submarine into the Atlantic
and becoming the only great na
tion which "takes care of her
people and keeps them out of
war." What a slogan; and how
the desperate people of the world
would fall for it!
We must help the British—it is
to our interest to do so. We have
the same moral right to help Bri
tain as Russia has to help Ger
many. But it is long odds that
Russia won't overstep herself. The
"heat" is shortly going to be
turned on to make our govern
ment do just that.
Let us fight if we have to, af
termath or no aftermath. Let us
protect this hemisphere if we
have to battle the whole world.
But don't let us allow a few wild
eyed minorities to drive our gov
ernment into any hasty suicidal
actions.
Forgetful
Am I the first girl you ever
kissed?
Now that you mentioned it, you
do look familiar.
STATE COLLEGE GIVES
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
Question: Is a pure-bred sow
necessary In swine production?
Answer: If the production of
slaughter hogs is the sole aim of
the breeder, Ellis Vestal, Exten
sion swine specialist of State Col
lege, says the females selected do
not have to be pure-breds. Even
in this case, though, he says it
will usually be advisable to select
a few pure-breds. Offspring
from these can be used to replace
the less profitable sows in the
herd. The boar should be a pure
bred registered animal. The sow
should come from a line of breed
ing that produces large litters.
Pure-breds for foundation sows
have the advantage of a known
registry.
Question: What varieties of
cotton are recommended for
North Carolina?
Answer: The State College Ex
tension Service, in Circular No.
234, recommends the following
varieties of cotton: For the Up
per Coastal Plain area, Coker 100,
Mexican and Farm Relief; for
the heavier soils of the Lower
Coastal Plain, Coker 100 and
Carolina Foster; for the Pied
mont area, Coker 100, Mexican
and Farm Relief. Good wilt re
sistant varieties are Dixie Tri-
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as adminis
trator of the estate of Dr. Hugh
Parks, late of Surry County, this
is to notify all persons holding
claims against said estate to pre
sent them to the undersigned
within one year from date of this
notice or same will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All per
sons owing said estate will make
immediate settlement with R. W.
Parks or W. M. Allen, Attorney.
This the 3rd day of December,
1940.
R. W. PARKS,
Administrator of Dr. Hugh Parks.
W. M. Allen, Attorney. l-9c
umph, Clevewilt, and Humco
Dixie,
Question: How much light
should be provided for a poultry
laying house?
Answer: Two forty-watt bulbs
for each 100 square feet of floor
space give the most satisfactory
light. To give an even distribu
tion of light, the bulbs should be
spaced ten feet apart and six feet
from the floor, and located in the
center of the house. Each bulb
shbuld have a 16-inch reflector
about four inches deep so that
the light will be concentrated on
the floor of the house.
NOTICE
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained In a cer
tain deed of trust executed (Hi the
2nd day of March, 1938, by J. M.
Wolfe (Widower) to W. M. Allen,
Trustee, recorded In Book 133,
page 220, in the Offioe of the
Register of Deeds of Surry Coun
ty, North Carolina, and default
having bee* made in payment of
said note and deed of trust, and
at the request of the holder of the
note and deed of trust, the under
signed trustee will on the 21st day
of December, 1940, at 11 o'clock
A. M., offer for sale at public
auction to the highest bidder for
cash in front of the Post Office,
in Elkin, N. C., the following de
scribed property, to-wit:
Beginning in the line where it
crosses the Dobson Road, near
the branch; thence West with the
old line to the Widow Craige's
corner (now F. M. Nixon's oorn
er); thence with P. M. Nixon's
line to the Nellie Branch; thence
down said branch as it meanders
to the mouth of a little branch
Will Nixon's corner; thence up
said branch Nixon's line to his
corner, a poet oak at the Dobson
Road; thence with the Dobson
Road to the beginning, contain
ing Seventy-Five (75) acres more
or lees.
This the 19th day of November,
1940.
W. M. ALLEN,
12-12 Trustee.