Elkin
"The Best Little Town
in North Carolina"
VOL. No. XXX. No. 7
HOEY PREDICTS
GOOD BUSINESS
"Continued Improvement" Is
Word from North Caro
lina's Governor
ALL ENTITLED TO WORK
Kannapolis, Dec. 19—Governor
Hoey, foreseeing a continued im
provement in business conditions,
said here tonight that "we all
look forward confidently to the
time when private industry and
expanding private service will af
ford the opportunities of work to
all who are seeking employment."
The Governor spoke at a meet
ing of more than 800 guests of
the Cannon Mills, many of whom
are employees who have been in
the service of the mills for more
than 25 years.
"The privilege of work and the
joy of working constitute the
chief elements of satisfactory liv
ing, and no able-bodied man
should be denied a chance to
work," he said. "Honest labor is
a stabilizing force with indivi
duals and communities, and idlel
- is a constant source of crime
and poverty. One encouraging
development now is the increase
in employment ..."
| Hoey praised workers who had
[ been employed continuously by
one company for a quarter of a
century or more, and said "this
long period of unbroken employ
ment is a joint compliment to
you and your employers."
He added:
■ "This sort of service is found
in all walks of life. Ever and
anon you find a minister whose
pastorate at one church lengthens
through the years with a conse
quent rich heritage of fruitful
service. Again it is an educator
who has almost lived his life in
one community as he has taught
the youth through the genera
tions as the constant flow of
children come through the
schools. The whole community
stands to admire all who are ca
pable of sustained service and en
during loyalty.
"We can approximate the task
of the workers of America v^hen
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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
The three people pictured below will be given two free theatre tickets each, good for admission
to the Elk or Lyric theatres if they will call in person at The Tribune. These photos were snapped on
Main street. Watch for more pictures next week.— (Tribune Photos.)
we inventory briefly the produc
tivity of this nation in farm,
field and factory, and then add to
it the whole construction field
and all those who labor in busi
ness establishments, schoolrooms
and colleges, offices, laboratories
and in all fields of science and re
search. They are all workers. The
professional men are many times
the hardest workers with longer
hours than any of the others.
This nation is composed of a
busy line of laborers, with com
paratively few drones. There is
not much place for an idler in
our whole economy, unless made
so by age, health or some dis
ability." ,
She's Got a Monopoly
Teacher: Why is our language
called the Mother Tongue?
Pupil: Because father never
gets a chance to use it.
Free Theatre Tickets Go to These
SERVICE MEN
BUNDMEMBERS
U. S. Army and Navy Offi
cers and Privates Are
in Nazi Group
SEIZE RECORDS CHICAGO
Chicago, Dec. 19—A municipal
court investigator who declined to
be quoted said today that records
seized at the Chicago offices of
the German-American bund in
cluded a list of between 1,500 and
2,000 U. S. army and navy offi
cers and privates who aparently
were members of the bund.
The records seized by or-
ELKIN, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26,1940
der of Municipal Judge Oscar s.
Caplan in an effort to determine
whether the bund and the Teu
tonia Publishing company, which
have adjoining offices on North
Western avenue, had assets to
pay delinquent tax bills. They
are being sued for non-payment
of personal property taxes.
The records were seized by
Sergt. Steve Leddy, of the state's
attorney's police, a bailiff of the
court, and two federal bureau of
investigation agents. They were
inspected immediately behind
closed doors.
William S. Devereau, P. B. I.
agent in charge here, declined
comment.
One of the investigators said,
however, that the army and navy
list was checked against an in
dexed file of "several thousand"
middle west bund members, and
that some of the names were on
the list.
RITES HELD FOR
PASTORSUNDAY
Rev. W. F. Weatherman, of
Jonesville, Had Been 111
Three Months
DIED LAST THURSDAY
Rev. Wiley Franklin Weather
man, 48, well known Baptist min
ister of Jonesville, passed away in
the local hospital Thursday
morning, following a critical ill
ness of three weeks. He had been
ill for the past three months.
Rev. Weatherman was a son of
Mrs. Charity Simmons Weather
man and the late William Wea
therman and had been connected
with Chatham Manufacturing
company for 35 years. He was
assistant foreman of the card
room at the mill and had been
head loom fixer for a number of
years.
He had been a Baptist min
ister for the past 16 years and
during that time had served
numerous churches in Surry and
Alleghany counties.
He is survived by his wife, the
former Miss Bessie Macemore;
three children, Thurman and
Vernell Weatherman and Mrs.
Dallas Holcomb; his ipother,
Mrs. William Weatherman, of
Jonesville, and one brother, Rev.
John Weatherman, of Elkin.
Funeral services were held
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock
from Fall Creek Baptist church,
in charge of Rev. Eli Jordon.
Burial was in the church grave
yard.
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