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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE AND RENFRO BfCCORD Published Every Thursday by KliK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Elkin. N. C. ■ 1 "■ T THI its DAY, OCTOIV-:R HI, I«MK Entered at the pout office ,tat Elkin. N. C„ as v second-class matter. C. 8. ROSTER President H. F. IJAFFOON Secretary-Treasurer , SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER YEAR In the State, 81.50 Out of the St«»tr, 82.00 One redeeming feature about the daylight .robhery In Mt. Airy last week is the fact that the robber thought enough of cleanliness to take a bath while on his rounds. * - i r , Having a physical resemblance to OttO Wood may prove tragic to the fellow over Aberdeen way who has already been arrested seven times by officials who thought he was our popular outlaw. Our idea of a first class optimist is .Republican Chairman Duncan who makes prophecy that the Repub lican state ticket will be selected, that George Pritchard will carry the state by as large majority as did Herbert Hoover, and that six Republican congressmen will be sent to Washington, after November 4th, Policing Our Town By Signal To adequately protect the interests, whether life, property or damage, as it concerns the individual or the masses, is expensive to say the least, and while Elkin's population relaxes in rest, and sleep after the day's toil many a thing may happen between the hours when the sun no longer sheds its light and until the dawn of a new day. To add policemen enough to cope, with the situa tion under any emergency would be out of the ques tion, especially in towns of Elkin's size, when the mat ter of compensation is considered. This being' the case, the next best thing is the "next best thing," and in our judgment the greatest aid In securing police protection quickly would be th e installation of signals at intervals close enough to be within hearing of the night police man. By this we mean that police "call bells" should be established in the central part of the business dis trict, and several others on the path of the beat of the nightly march. By this arrangement, with telephony connection at each call bell, the officer could be reached within a few seconds, and response to any part of the city made •without the present loss of time, as there is no estab lished police headquarters at which an emergency call might be made with any guarantee of quick response. The Tribune does not wish to mak e this suggestion as a reflection on the part of the city government,-but only does so with a view to greater protection at min imum expense to the taxpayers. And may we add one other suggestion, and thhs> concerns transporation of the city's officers. With limited to fee, it Is impossible to make the rounds on foot and properly cover the business and residential districts. If motor transportation could be used as part of the regular "business of the night." many sections of the town could be policed that are otherwise forced into the "I'll get over into that section after awhile" territory. As to the police call bells and telephone service, this could b e established at very small expenhe, and an officer would have to be trailing someone out of town it he should happen to be out or hearing distance if sufficient bells were installed. Transportation facilities would amount to a trifle as compared to the cost of police officers sufficient to cover the territory which could be made at regular In tervals by motor vehicle, and all parts of the city would receive police protection against "crime to be committed," rather than crime "already committed." If the prevention of crime»is worth more than ap prehending the criminal after an atrocious crime, per haps. has been committed, then the installation of call bells might prove to b e a profitable investment, and homes or business houses might be saved irreparable loss or damage. Result of The Investigation The Nye investigating committee, sitting in Ital eigh, wan of short duration. Witnesses called, told frankly what they knew, and none of it was incrimina ting. Money was spent after the formal expense state ment was filed, and this ran Into several thousand dol lars, but the committee was rightly not concerned about this. They probably knew that the same thing hap pened to Mr. Bailey's opponent. We know of several instances contributions were spent, in the In terest of each candidate, to pay for newspaper adver tising, done Of which was passed through the regular channels, and this constituted the overplus which was ?t"he sole discovery of the investigating committee. The much-tooted "outside money" proved a myth, lust as w e predicted it would, but the purpose of the "publicity Berved for the hour, served to cast a shadow -of suspicion on the successful candidate, arid that was what It was designed to do. Those who aided and abetted In spreading the poison, will probably not be held to account, now that It is out of the system. The Injury to Su»ry county, we shall promptly forgive and try to forget. The hearing was characterized as unfair to Bailey on the ground that It singled him ont and was timed to prejudice the general election. This Chairman, Nye denied with convincing' emphasis, and after the investigation was concluded, expressed as pleased with the way in which the primary had been conducted. , . . That the present provision for voting has been terribly abUßed in the past, and that it was abused in the last primary, few will deny, but that its abuse reached the extent to Justify the presence of a com mittee from the United States Senate. Is simply incon ceivable. who , e bnßinegs w m probftbly redound to' the betterment of the cause of Mr. Bailey, and to the further discomfiture of those who instigated the investigation. And we are not among those who would charge the Republicans with Jhls effort to des- "Mystery of Our Own Misfortune" The words of Senator Robert F. Wagner before the American Federation of labor takes, on a more par ticular significance because of the fact that the Senator is now in North Carolina as one of the Ny e investi gating committee. In -his speech before th e Federation, Senator Wagner undertakes to place a large part of the responsibility for unemployment at the door of business and government lenders who neglect in prosperous times to prepare for periods of depression. Havjng of work because of season al slack, periodic depression, foreign competition, change in fashion and machine substitution, the un employed worker must ironically smile .when he reads the weH-meaning advice extended to him to resume his normal purchases in order that prosperity • may renew lis interrupted course.: He told that "our fundamental assets axle undiminished" and he seems to know that he is living in a land of plenty which h e had shared in makjog., bpt.the fact remains that he must go without werk and .wages, and these fact? only torment and ag gravate, and help to make of him a despisabl©-;- bolsbevik. >• . ■ ■ Senator Wagner makes the assertion that the American t> e °P le "will not submissively accept these re current and lengthening periods of joblessness; they have learned that they cannot live by optimism alone. They accept as true the presidential declaration' that the economic fundamentals of the country are unim paired. but that only serves to emphasize the mystery of own misfortune." We think that it Is pretty generally accepted that labor is not to be blamed with this depression, yet it' must also be conceded that labor is reaping the greatest harvest of woes coming from it. From the maze of deflated values capital will emerge even more strongly entrenched than ocfore. and little the worse for a period of inaction. Because money will buy more now, and those who have money will use it to their advantage. But labor, officially advised to burst out buying, is faced with the fact that It has iHtle to buy with. Government has a habit of blinking its eyes In the face of a erisls affecting big business, and to govern mental neglect of its proper functions is chargeable in measures, these trying times, times particular ly trying* to labor. Polite Burglary North Carolina has mi\de provision fbr a general inspection of weighing and measuring appliances, and spasmodically our people are informed that they are being gyped out of something that rightfully belongs to them by means of short weights and abbreviated measurements. The latest outburst from the state bureau of weights and measures has to do with the consumption of motor oils. It is stated that 6.750.000 gallons of lubricating oil was used in the state last year and that short measures resulted in a loss to the consumer of 5210,6-18. It is further stated from the same source that 50 per cent of the scales used by tobacco ware housemen were off at the start of the season hut were corrected before the season closed. To keep a constant check on weights and measures in North Carolina would probably require a doubling or tripling of the inspection personnel, and t9 a eminent committed to the policy of rigid economy in Expenditures, would hesitate to add to its payroll, but if the above figures are correct, a goodly addition could have been made to the force and therg would have been something left of the two-hundred-ten thousand dollars which motorists paid for something they did not get. ► If one goes to tl» e corner grocery and pays for two dozen eggs and the obliging groceryman sends only eighteen the error is so obvious that a rucus is laised about it, but if the same ratio of deception is mrfd e in the case of a dollar's worth of sugar, nine times out of ten it is never noticed. We are mentioning the grocer only by way of illustration. As a rule we may expect from him all that Is coming to us, and sometimes a little bit more. More often when Ills scales are wrong, he doesn't know it, and would welcome the ♦isit of the Inspector to set him right. But on the other hand there are scheming, and designing souls who work their short-weight, short measure racket to the limit. These, if the state would Search out and make an example of w would make good riddance of parasites that ar e badly in need of extermi nation. It is not a far cry 'twlxt the visit to the hen roost by a negro, and the polite pilfering of one s pocket h> the short measure method, except perhaps in favor of the former, and a law with teeth should apply eqtially to both. A Low Price For State Government North Carolina pay's $6.83 per Inhabitant for oper ating and maintaining the general departments of the state government, according to figures compiled l>y the United States I)epartment of Commerce. Only tl\ree other states show a lower rate: Ohio with Illinois with $6.33 and Georgia with $6.11. The high est per inhabitant cost Is Nevada which pays $34.81. Figures from the same source show that North Carolina ranks fifteenth as an industrial state; 'seventh In the production of crop values, and generally high in the production of agricultural wealth. If we read these figure* aright. North Carolina citizens are getting a rtght smart from this $6.83, In which is Included the cost of general government ex pense, protection to person and property, development and conservation of natural resources, conservation of health, maintenance of highways, charities, education, recreation, and miscellaneous other Items. The only trouble about it Is the fact that in North Carolina every citizen shares the benefits, but only a few thousand pay the bill, because the bulk of our government revenue is collected mainly from factories, stores, banks, public utilities and from individual's with fairly large incomes, and they are only a small fraction of our total population. v Our statte government is cheap to the mass, but comes pretty high to th e few who support it. Ther e are hundreds of thousands of people in North Carolina who share the benefits of local and state government, but who pay little direct tax of any Bort, and many none at all. And if w e aje to, expand the functions of our gov ernment without working a further hardship upon those who are now bearing the burden, a way should be found to reach this class of non-payers, and ask them for a lift on the expense of such 1 expansion. If we get Dr. Mayo right, there »s little need to strlvq for a hundred year old body, with only a ahr*T*'-. Ed brain to direct Its movement*. THE ELKT* TRIBUNE. EIJUN. WORTH CAROLINA J SPAINHOUR'S STORE HAS MODERN FRONT Work Completed mid ApiwanMuv Of Stoir Is Transformed Into One of Ufa I lloauty The work of the store front of Sydnor-Spainhour Co. has just been completed, and it is draw ing much favorahl e comment from those who daily pass this popular corner "on the square." The former entrance was from the corner. By the change entry into the buildipg is from ,the center, which two large display win dows, enabling the firm to present fits mercnafldlse in a far more at tractive manner. The windows are brilliantly illuminated at night, re- an effective glow of light upon the' displays. 1 This popular department store U making an important announcement this week through their ad. in The Tribune, and you are invited to read it. "WOULDN'T YOU UKK TO KNOW?" ( By John Codfrey Saxe) I know a girl with teeth of pearl, And shoulders white as snow; She lives —ah, well, I must not tell— Wouldn't you like to know? Her sunny hair is wonderous fair And wavy in its flow; One little tress? Who made it less, Wouldn't you like to know? Her eyes are blue—celestial blue! And dazzling in their glow; On whom do they beam With melting gleam? Wouldn't you like to know? Her lips are red and finely wed, Like roses ere they blow; What lover sips Those dewy lips? Wouldn't yon like to know? Her fingers are like lilies fair When lilies fairest grow; Whose hand do they press With fond caress? Wouldn't you like to know? Her foot is small and has a fall Like snowflakes on the snow; And where It goes Beneath the rose— Wouldn't you like to know? She has a name, the sweetest name That language can bestow. Twould break the spell If I should tell, but— Wouldn't you like ,to know? INTERESTING NEWS REEL TO RE SHOWN AT LYRIC THEATRE On Thursday and Friday of this week a two reel film of Porto Rica will be shown at Che Lyric Theatre. Gov. Theodore Roosevelt, of Porto Rica has made it possible for this picture to he distributed with the idea of acquainting the people of the United States with that country. He says: "I believe, that as nearly as twenty minutes of the'time de voted to the subject can give a per spective in the island's future, past and the problems it must confront, this picture does it." This picture promises to be very interesting and informative and is brought here through the Woman's Bible Study Class of the Methodist A -ok \ *■, • * . wtW - j- jm k«BS BfIRL fIR jflk afl Br iB 8&# ffl |i§| -| v#v Mr*. Anna R. Keyser. executive assistant to the Federal Chief InapecttlL of ships and boilers, Knows ship construction from stem to stem. Dw model steamship boiler ou the table is ber mascot .......... . - church. It is hoped that many of the people of Elkin will avail them selves of the opportunity to see it. REECE-JOHNWON A marriage of interest to tlie many friends of the contracting parties was that of Mr. Ekel Reece, son of Mr. J. C. Reece, of Kast Bend, to Miss Mary Johnson, daughter of Mr. und Mrs. A. H. Johnson, of Boonville, was solomnized at. Hillsville, Va.,'on Sunday, Septem ber 21 st. The marriage has been kept a secret until this time. Mr. Reece is a popular young barber of this city, while the bride is an ac complished young woman of Yadkin county. They will make their fu ture hom e in Elkin. Conductor: "Pardon me, lady, did you drop your handkerchief in the car?" Iyady: "Oh, I was never so em barrassed in my life. That wasn't my handkerchief; that was my dress." —The Inside Track. Canada geese frequently hatch their goslings in old osprey nests high up in the tree tops. NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SALE Under a»d by virtue of the power of sale contained in a certain deed of trust executed on the 3rd day of July, 1926, by A. H. Chipman and wife, Ollie Chipman, to Wm. M. Allen, Trustee, in the sum of Two Hundred. Ninety ($290.00) Dollars, the same being recorded in Book 95, page 221, in the office of the Register of Deeds of Surry County, and default hiMng been made in the payment of same, I, the under signed Trustee, will sell at public auction in tront of the Elkin Na tional Bank, at Elkin, North Caro lina, fdr cash, at 2:00 o'clock P. M., on the 14th day of November, 1930, the following described property, to-wit: , Adjoining the lpnds of J. A. iChtpman, Eli Burchett, M. C. Kirk man and others and bounded as fol lows: Beginning on a hickory, Burchett's corner, runs South 24 Vi chains to a Spanish' Oak, now dead, then west 15 chains to a red oak, Eldcidge's corner; thence North 23% chains to a large pine, then North 86 de grees East 6 % chains to a pine, now dead, then East 11 chains to the be ginning, containing 3>B % acres more or less. x z This the 15th day of October, 1930. m M % \ £ W. M. ALLEN, Trustee. *■ • #rj ' *■' • id,, ;•; -•' j : » THURSDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1»S0 NOTICE OF TKUHTKK'S SALK .Default having been made in pay ment of the indebtedness secured by that certain deed of trust to ma as Trustee for the Jefferson Stand ard Life Insurance Company, by Horton D. Transou and wife, Liljie D. Transou, on the 17th day of June, 1926, and recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds of Surry County in Book 99, Page 302, I will, under and by virtue of the power of sale vested in me by said deed of trust, ,and at the request of the cestuique trust, and for the purpose of discharging the debt se cured by said deed of trust, proceed to sell to the highest bidder, cash, at the Court House door in Dobson, Surry County, North Caro lina, at 12 o'clock M., on Wednes day, October 29th, 1930, the follow ing described land, to-wit: Lying and being in the town of Elkin, Surry County, N. C., situated on the west side of Main Street, and fronting thereon 100 feet and tending back of equul width 200 feet and more particularly described as follows: Beginning on an iron stake on~ the West side of Main Street, J. G. Hay's corner, runs West with J. Q. Riy's line 200 feet to an iron stake; thence North 100 feet to an Iroh stake, H. D. Transou's corner; thence East 200 feet to an Iron stake on the West side of street; thence South with Main Street, 100 feet to the beginning. This, the 26th day of September, 1930. JULIAN PRICE, Trustee. Brooks, Parker, Smith & Wharton, Attorneys Greensboro," N. C. fP
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