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GHOST STORY
Contrary to our announcement of last week, in case a
couple of you might have seen it, we are breaking a prece
dent this year and NOT running our annual letters to Santa
Claus department. First, because we don't feel as silly as
usual, and second, because insofar as the Chatham bonus is
concerned, Santa Claus has already come for lots of people,
and Merry Christmas to you!
But we do have a deluxe {
column. Of course it in no v
nevertheless it is interesting, and 1
if Charles Dickens could dish out
ghosts in his Christmas Carol,
and get away with it, why
shouldn't we take a shot at pa
rading a spook or two?
As we heard it, a young man,
warmly attired in raincoat and
equipped with an umbrella, was
making his way along the street
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rhost story for this Christmas
ray concerns Christmas, but
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one night in a downpour of rain
when he chanced to note an at
tractive young woman standing
in a doorway, taking refuge from
the storm. Observing that the
young woman was wet and ap
parently in distress, he politely
offered to be of assistance.
According to the story the
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
young woman said she lived sev
eral blocks away but had been
caught In the rain. Thereupon,
the young man took off his rain
coat and offered it to her and
volunteered to walk home with
her under the shelter of his um
brella.
Originally on his way to meet a
friend, the young man left the
young woman for a moment to
step into a nearby store and
phone the friend that he would
be a few minutes late. When he
returned to the street, the young
woman, his raincoat and his um
brella were gone!
Naturally our hero was ex
tremely peeved! But he remem
bered the address she had given
him, and decided to go to the
house and get back his belong
ings and, as an added attraction,
tell the young lady what he
thought of her.
Reaching the house, he was in
formed by the woman who came
to the door that the girl in ques
tion at one time lived there, but
had been dead for several years.
Seeing the look of disbelief in his
eyes, she further informed him
that not only was the girl dead,
but that she was buried in a
cemetery several blocks away.
Still mad, the young man de
cided to go to the cemetery and
search for the girl's grave. And
sure enough, there in the grave
yard, lashed by the wind and
rain, was a grave stone bearing
the name of the girl in question
and the date of her death!
And laying across the grave was
the young man's raincoat and
umbrella!
♦ ♦ •
If you don't believe the above
is, a true story, go ask M. Q.
Snow. We traced the story to
him.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
We've seen a lot of faces in our
time. Sad faces, glum faces,
angry faces and happy faces, but
never in our life have we seen as
many smiling faces as we saw
last Friday afternoon when the
Chatham Manufacturing Com
pany started paying their Christ
mas bonus to employees!
And, strangely enough, Elkin
merchants were also smiling.
We talked to Mr. Thurmond
Chatham Friday afternoon «bout
FOR SALE
137 acres of land. Eight
acres creek bottom, 3Vi
acres tobacco allotment.
Four-room house, 100,000
feet saw timber.
PRICE $1,600
$250 Cash—Balance in 10
years by the year »
J. B. PARKS
Office Bank of Elkin
Building
PHONE 195
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We cherish the thoughts of the
fine association! that hava hewn
ours... and take this meant of
expressing our heartfelt apprecia
tion..
SINCERE GOOD WISHES
TO EACH OF YOU
PAUL CWYN
Insurance
the bonus. He said his company
believed in sharing with its em
ployees. And if you ask us—and
of course you will at the earliest
opportunity—we'll tell you that
the Chatham Manufacturing
Company is a pretty swell com
pany! And Mr. Chatham is a
pretty swell guy!
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And now, to center our atten
tion on our nine readers, the Gab
Bag wishes to wish them, and ev
eryone else, a Merry Christmas
that is untroubled by worries, and
a New Year that will prove pros
perous and happy.
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See you next year.
————— THE ————
DOCTOR
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MEMORIES OF HARDING
Unquestionably the late Presi
dent Warren G. Harding was one
of the most lovable of men. He
radiated friendliness and attract
ed men to him, many of whom
took advantage of his nature and
made his last days far from being
contented. I knew President
Harding intimately when he wore
the Senatorial toga and learned
to admire him then, long before
the Presidential bee buzzed about
him. He was generous to a fault,
and as the sword of the best
tempered metal is the most flex
ible, so was he truly pliant to
those whom he liked and always
courteous in behavior to those
who were his inferiors.
He had requested a small favor
of me and I went to see him in
the White House to report what
I had accomplished. As I enter
ed the gorgeous room which he
used as his office there, and in
which was one desk, he arose, a
perfect Adonis in looks and ex
ceptionally well dressed, and ap
proaching me placed one arm
about my neck. We slowly walk
ed toward this glass-topped desk,
on which reposed, in a cut-glass
vase, a single enormous red car
nation.
Drawing up a chair he had me
sit and discuss the subject which
brought me there. As we finish
ed I arose to leave and he said:
"Doctor, please sit down and talk
a few minutes more with me."
"But," said I, "there are hun
dreds outside awaiting to see you
and I feel that I am imposing on
your good nature in thus taking
your time."
"Sit down," he pleaded in a
weary tone of voice. "You came
here to do me a favor and every
one of those people outside want
favors done. It is a genuine re-,
lief to find a man these days who
asks nothing of me." And I re
mained with him for perhaps a
quarter of an hour more, discuss
ing everything but politics.
When President Harding died,
I happened to be fishing in the
Adirondacks. In a nearby village
there had just been completed a
very large and very modern
church, the rector of which felt
it would be proper to hold a
memorial service in, for the de
ceased Executive. I was asked to
speak on "Harding As I Knew
Him" and it gave me great plea
sure to let the country people
know some of the fine and inti
mate points in the character of
this much maligned man.
The preacher had a son, whom,
like all fathers, he was trying to
feature. And to that boy, a high
school student and captain of the
local baseball team, was given a
most inappropriate topic for a
memorial service—"Harding As a
Baseball Fan." I had finished
speaking when the presiding
preacher announced that the
youth would tfclk. He strode
down the aisle to occupy the pul
pit which I had just vacated, his
new shoes creaking so loud that
the girls commenced to giggle. In
his excitement he forgot to re
move the $16.00 price tag of his
suit which was stuck to his coat
collar.
With the gestures of a mechan
ical man he told of Harding and
his love for baseball, and finally
stretching forth his arms almost
yelled, interminating his eulogy:
"Warren G. Harding has struck
out and been called home by the
Great Umpire." Even the rural j
congregation, despite the solemn
ity of the affair, burst into I
laughter, and I am sure that
Warren G. Harding, if he could
have surveyed the scene, would
have done so too.
INTERNATIONALIZED
Land gTant college officials
have suggested that the 4-H club
for farm youths be put on an in
ternational basis, and that one or
more clubs be started in the
Southern Americas.
FEWER
According to reports compiled
by the National Livestock Mar
keting Association, there will be
smaller numbers of hogs on farms
in the United States in 1941 than
|in the year just closing.
Read Tribune Advertissmenia &
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SecMuiH more QteetuujA,
opportunity =
to express our
appreciation for
your consideration
could not be found
than at Christmas-time.
• The Holiday Season,
with its spirit of good cheer
and friendliness, brings to
mind the splendid associations
that have been ours during the
past year. • We gratefully acknowl
edge your consideration and favors. •
The confidence shown is our incentive to
even greater service during the years to
come. • It leads us to keep thoughtfully in
mind your needs and desires so that we may
efficiently fulfill them. • The old year holds
scores upon scores of cherished memories—new
acquaintances made—the closer binding of old ties
of friendships and many happy relationships. • That
is why, as the old year draws to a close amid the good
fellowship of Christmas time, we consider it an honor to
extend compliments of the season to our good friends of this
area. • The sincere wish of every member of this organization
is that we may continue to serve you to your satisfaction in the
years to come. • We wish for you the Merriest Christmas you have
ever known and a year full of happiness, health and prosperity, with
the fulfillment of your
every ambition and
plan and vis
ion. May we
again say to
each of our
good friends
HAPPY
NEW
■ YEAR
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ALL OF US WISH ALL OF YOU
Merry Christmas
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THTTT?HTIAY us are truly grateful. Here are
lnunoLFAi our com si ne( j g 00( j wishes for
nrp OK OA the Merriest of Christmases
* and a New Year filled with
i Health and Happiness.
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Thursday, December 26, 1940