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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 10SO niRWTNKMS Years ago it became necessary to discharge a man from a certain company with which I happened to be associated. His Bhort-comings did not reflect upon his character or ability: he was jußt temperamen tally out of place. Everybody liked him. Nobody wanted to hurt his feelings. Hence many conferences were held. It was suggested that we might get some other company to offer him a position. Or he might be given a year's leave of absence, in the hope that he would not come back. Or we might persuade some one to speak to some one else who could suggest to him in a round about way that he ought to raaign. FINE REPAIR WORK Yearn of experience in jewelry, watch and clock repairing—and prices are moderate to tut appreciable degree. If it can be fixed, we can do it. If it can't we'll tell you so. T. E. STEELE LYRIC THEATRE BLDG. 0 Announcement Extraordinary! jjij Definite arrangements have finally been made with The Theatre Guild, Inc., for the presentation here of Eugene O'Neill's Epochal 9-Act Drama 1 "STRAMGE INTERLUDE" at the STATE THEATRE Winston-Salem, Monday, October 27 Each performance starts promptly at 5:30. At 7:40 there is a dinner intermission until 9. The final curtain de ll scends at 11 p. m. Late comers are seated only between the acts. M'ALK OK PKK KH: Orchestra, first 17 rows JjUt.OO Orchestra, last H rows $2.50 Balcony, first 8 rows 92.n0 llalcony, next 4 rows Mi.oo II Balcony, last 9 rows St. so || Gallery, not reserved $ All Box Seats Stt.OO MAIL OItOKKS will be filled in the order of their re || ceipt when accompanied by check or money order made parable to STATK THKATRK. BK SURE to inclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope so that your tickets may b e mailed to you. BK KORKWABNKT): Wherever presented this Pulit/er || Prize Play has completely sold out. Winter Tonics • Fortify yourself against the di seases of winter, such as Colds, LaGrippe, Influenza, etc., by using* one of our Preparations made for that purpose. We offer you our thirty-two years of experience in helping you to select just the tonic you need. Abernethy's "A Good Drug Store" I Meanwhile, time drifted on. Finally It occurred to us that in scheming around to find a way to be kind to this man we were actually being very cruel. We were allowing him to waste precious days in a po sition where he could have no fu ture. Whereupon we sent for him, drew a long breath, and spoke as follows: "Joe, it is necessary to tell you that you arc through. . . . Now that's over, and we don't need to talk about it any more. Let us, there fore, sit down to a serious discussion about your future 'plaus, because every* man in the company wants to see yoti happy and successful." We helped him. find the proper environment; he is today prosperous and contented, and I believe that he counts us all as among his very good friends. The incident was recalled the other day by a conference in aid of an Important charity. The question was how to obtain a large donation from a certain rich man. All the usual expedients were suggested. We might "approach" him through his bankers. Perhaps some one could induce some one to speak to his wife. It might be possible to have a good friend of his in Los Angeles put us in touch with a friend of his in Chicago. Finally a large and restless mem ber of the committee rose. "This makes me tired," he exclaimed. "I know this fellow. He gets tc his office every morning at eight o'clock- I'll go in tomorrow morn ing and tell him I have come to ask for a million dollars. And I think he'll like it." Said Wat Whitman, speaking of Sheridan, "Genius is I ninety per cent directness, and Phil Sheridan was a genius." If one could gather up all the time that is wasted annually in scheming how to do the clever or THE EIiKIN TRIBUNE, EIRIN, NORTH CAROLINA polite thing, he .would have hours enough to relieve all the farmers, kill each fruit fly individually, and dig the canal from the ocean to the lakes. Millions of dollars would be saved i if every business conference opened with the blunt inquiry, "What is the simplest most direct way by which this thing can be done?" WIVES One could draw many interesting lessons from the recent biography of -the great English barrister, Sir Edward Marshall Hall. For instance, it furnishes a strikltig •ommentary on .the dif ference between our method and the English method of administrating justice. Sir Edward appeared in most of the celebrated trials of his time. The longest of them lasted only eleven days in England. A majority > were wound up in less than a week. t We are ahead of the English in 'most departments' of modern busi- Iness. We are even with them In medicine, in science, and perhaps, iin literature. In the law we are ! foefully, shamefully and inexcus ably behind. He had just been elected to Par liament and had prepared a speech ' with which he hoped to dazzle the House and make his reputation. Again and again during the long night session he tried to catch tho Speaker's eye, but each time he wus j overlooked in favor of some older member. So he went home with the speech still undelivered, its ringing sentences still ringing in his head. There in bed lay his little wife, who had been asleep for hours. But Sir Edward, so much disappointed jand so on fire with his own oratory, could not let her sleep. Forthwith he woke her up and insisted that she listen to the whole long speech. Is there any wife in the world to : whom something of the same sort hjis not happened? I knew personally one of the lead- : ing men of the last generation. For ! years he had gone home every eve , ning and—detail by detail —told his • wife the whole story of the day's ! proceedings: what he did, what he said, and what other men had done and said to him. When she died at • a ripe old age, the husband seemed 'organically sound and good for an other ten years at least. Yet he ! followed her to the grave within a few months. Life had no more zest i for him. He had lost his audience. Go into a restaurant and watch i the couples at their meal. See the man expanding under the encourag ing smile of a girl, talking along.; showing what a great fellow he is. ; And she, asking questions which are much dumber than they need to be. j deliberately concealing her own wis dom in order to make him appear j the wiser. They are a great invention, these women, and particularly those of them who do us the honor to become our wives. Whenever any one tells me that, with the increasing wealth of the country, the wives are grow ing more idle, I contend that they still earn their living handsomely. And would continue to earn it even if they had tj> do nothing but listen to us talk. Surry Farm Notes (By V. \ Taylor, County Agent ) Much thought and effort has been given to put across what is called the "Llve-at-Home Program" and it seems to me that anyone who is farming should make enough food and feed crops for his own use and perhaps some 4.0 sell. This, fall, due to the drought, and the consequent shortage of feed crops, also the present prices of to bacco and the poor quality of to bacco it seems very desirable to sow extra acreage in wheat and feed crops, such as oats and rye. In sow ing these crops the land should be well prepared, and good seed of va rieties adapted to soil shoilld be used. I would not advocate deep break ing of land at this time for small grain, but a good firm seed bed with the surface well prepared. This may b e done either with a plow or disc harrow 1 whichever will best prepare the soil, but the main point is to get a well prepared seed bed. The seed should be treated for smut before sowing, as it is highly important to get the best yield pos sible per acre and it costs very lit tle to treat grain. In treating the grain I would, us e Copper Carbon ate, 2 oz. per bushel, for wheat. For oats use Ceresan 3 oz. per bushel. The best method of ap plying the dust to the grain is by using a revolving barrel or box. Where these are not available the duat may be applied by mixing in a box. However, using these ma terials It should be kept In mind, that they are poisonous and great care should be used to avoid Inhal ing the dust. Tie a moist cloth over the nose and mouth while mixing. If you do not have an ounce meas ure, one heaping tablespoonful may be used to equal an ounce. A number of fariAers have asked me if I deem it necessary to use fer tiliser this fall with the amount of unused fertiliser In the soil on ac count of the ,sry weather this sum mer. Yes, I would use at least 200 pounds of gMtthlgh grade ttipMil?- | er, either an 8-3-3 or a 10-4-4. This is to get a good growth of the crop before cold weather in order to keep winter killing to a minimum. The unused fertilizer left from this summer's crop would likdly be of little use to the grain crop this fall. A number of merchants have been ordering feed and hay under the Emergency Relief Tariff. These should be available for any farmer who needs to purchase feeds and hay at this time, and is entitled to these rates. In order that a farmer may know whether or uot he comes within the term of a "needy farm er." I am giving below the ruling of Traffic Coordinator. Drought Relief Committeee U. 8. Dept. of Agricul ture: ".AL needy farmer" is a farmer consumer dependent in the main up on his farm for his livelihood, whose AMAITERWmUE j = There certain items or merchandise that must J2a M be bought of the funeral di- J = V rector; and in many ways j \ x are no less important that c w\\v the service he renders. I vCvvw pr^e ours^ves on jjj honest merchandise, worth U ' every penny of what is M SSr asked for it. And we do not y r. M handle any goods that do W • gL not represent real values. ID >+rr**- - Night Phones 40—100—123 4 N •• 1> ** ph °° e 70 WllM IWMmxm, 1 WMmxm, [ / NEWSPAPER \ / SPACE \ W As this space attracts jr you, Mr. Advertiser, W just so does well-writ- M ten and attractively ar M „ ranged ads attract the £ people you want to reach. It is also the M most economical meth- M od of marketing what M you have to sell. * f \ THE / \ ELKIN TRIBUNE / rt Income has been materially reduced and whose ability to pay has "been lessened thereby account of the drought. Farmers whose ability to pay is not reduced by the drought, such ae race horse owners and breeders, farm hotels for horses, state and county institutions, colle ges and universities, \mining com panies and manufacturers or other Industries do not come within the term "needy farmer." It has also been ruled by the Traffic Coordinator that the mill worker and laborer if dependent on what they raise for feedstuffs for their cattle, would be entitled to ».he reduced rates. Of course his feed being cut short on. account of the drought. Florida last year appropriated 1280,000 for use In pubMc health work. Mother "I don't like to shout at you Harold." Little Harold: "And I can't say that I like it either, /mummy." MARTIN'S INC. RENTAL AGENTS Real Estate and Insurance Office Greenwood Bldg. Phone 105 El kin. V. C. C. G. ARMFIELD Notary Public Elkin National/ Bank
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