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BLASPHEMY The Lord Chamberlain of England, who has the final say as to whether any play may be shown in English theaters, has banned "The preen Pasture," the play which received th# Pulitzer Prise when it was pro duced in New York, where it is still running. The ground of the objection is that in the play one character rep resents God, and that is forbidden on the English stage. True, the character is merely an ignorant Ne gro's conception of God as "Borne body that looks like the Reverend Mr. Dubois," and the whole play re flects the simple, literal interpre tation of the Bible story in terms of their own race and experience, by the primitive Negroes of the lower Mississippi Valley. But that makes no difference in England; "The Green Pastures" can't be • shown there. The reasoning back at that seems 6 66 Is a doctor's Prescription for Colds and Headaches It is the most speedy remedy known MMi ALSO IN TABLETS American History •MIMB and Comorrah, Troy, fUaie and London ud their eonflagrailona, hut »«•* equalled thai whir), followed ,b. earthquake of 1906 in Ua Franrixo. " '©at 83^0.000,000 and wiped out tiflr ynn' work In a da r . Inferior bull,ling • eonatrurtiun helped in make llaia a na l«|raliaa of the Aral magnitude. Baatfd ao«mll> lo a,old lire, eaereiae ear* •« prevent H. and INSI HE adequately "• ■«*««• reprearntinn depeudabla atoek Ar* iamrame eumpaniea. You will then be writ jafefaarded Maiaat fin Paul Gwyn INSURANCE ' ALL LINES Security Service Phone 25H Elkin, N. C. could not sleep,'* writes Mrs. Msxy J. Roberts, 117 West Franklin St, Releigh, N. a "I would lis awake half the night. I was dixxy and week, suffered frequently with pains in my side end smell pert of my back. "When I wee a girl, my mother fevs me Cardui, and it did me so much good, I thought I would try it again. I took five bottlee, end I feel Hke e new person. "I think It is fins. 1 would ad vies every woman who is week ;toiilng, or lack of rnannning, back! of some efforts in America to keep religion from being taken lightly. Any religion which can't stand up under caricature or parody must be I pretty weak stuff. WAR The movie magnfets are falling over | themselves to produce fUm B show leg war scenes. That is quite all right—war is mankind's greatest adventure —always has been and al ways will be. But when they talk, as Bom e of them do, about such films aR "All Quiet on the Western Front" and "Hell's Angels" as be ing calculated to torn the minds of youth away from war and toward peace, they are, speaking in the vernacular, all wet. Youth doesn't mind dirt and blood and danger and horrors, if there is the thrill oLaction attached to them. Youth cannot visualize the social and economic losses caused by war if it could, it wouldn't be youth. As well try to talk girls out of loving as to talk boyß out of fighting. And the more war pictures are shown on the screen, the more eager will the generation which was too young to fight in the last war be for a new war in which they, too, can share 11 the excitement of battle. AUSTRALIA Australia has made one more step, and a long one, toward complete In dependence of the Britsih Empire. The King of England has appointed a native Australian, Sir Isaac Alfred Isaacs, as Governor General of the Commonwealth. The theory of the British govern ment of its colonies in the past has been that while the people might elect their own legislative bodies the head of the government must be somebody sent out from "home." No Canadian has ever been the Gover nor General of Canada, no Indian Governor-General of India. Great Brltian is having plenty of trouble keeping what it h,as, and rather than risk a revolt which would set up Australia as a com pletely independent nation all pre cedents have been broken. POSTAGE i The Postmaster General wants tf increase the rate of postage on let ters from two cents to 2 1-2 each. Probably nobody would mind .it very much. Nobody made a groat I fuss when we went to three-cent postage during the war. The main difficulty would be in making cbange. The Post Office cost the taxpayers of the United States nearly qne hun dred million dollars last year. Thai Is what we paid over and above pos tage stamp payments. More than half of the loss comes from carrying free mall matter for members of Congress and Government depart ments. The cost of postal service ought to be paid by the people who use it. The business house that has a stamp bill of thousands of dollars a week is Retting something for nothing from the taxpayer who writes only one letter a month. Moreover the: business house is using J.he mail for purpose of business—that is to make! money. Christmas Dollar Goes Further This Year Washington.—The Christmas dol lar promises to go further this year than it has for thirteen or fourteen years. In most places dad's necktie, Johnny's shirt, Mary's host and the family dinner will be cheaper. Government statistics Indicate that the average wholesale price for all commodities is the lowest since the spring of 1916. Six months ago the average re tail price for these commodltie B was ,the lowest since December, 1917. Figures on retail prices will not be computed again until February, but statisticians of the labor department point out that the trend has been downward since last summer. . Using 100 as the Index number i for prices prevailing In 1926, the| wholesale price of all commodities dropped to 82.6 in October thi« year, j Figured another way, the 1926 i dollar had a purchasing power of : 9121 a few weeks ago. In October, 1929 the same dollar would buy only 11.03 worth of goods. Food, men and women's clothing, household fcrniture, fuel and light ing cost less. Surveys made by business bureaus ip some of the larger cities show a drop of ag much as 20 per cent, is retail prices since j1929. I The reduction fn dresses is re ported as ranging from 10 to 30, per cent., of fur coats from 50 to to per cent., of shoes from 3 to 33 per cent, and of hosiery from 15 to 30 per cent. Men's suits and overcoats were said to have dropped in price from 9 to 20 per cent. Poultry, beef„ pork, lamb, pota toes. fresh fruits, coffee, sugar, but Iter and eggs rang? from 3 to 33 per cent.'cheaper. Government statisticians say thai [while retail prices of commodities :cannot be forecast accurately, the prospect is that living coste will ro main low throughout the winter. t , ■ . • i THE ELKIM TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA H. G. HARRIS Hauling of all Kinds Anytime Anywhere Phone % Day 88 Night MRK C. G. ARMFIELD Notary Pnbllc Elkin National Bank NOTICE—VALUABLE LAN!" FOR SALE By virtue of an order of the Su perior Court or Surry County, as Commissioner, I will sell at public auction in the town of Elkin, in front of the Elkin National Bank, on the 3rd day of January, 1931, at three o'clock P. M„ the following real estate lying in Surry County, N. C. First tract adjoins the lands of John E. Childress and others be ing in the north part of what is known as Chatham Park and lying !on the north side of a new street and fronting thereon IQO feet and ;of that width expanding back in a northerly course 200 feet, beginning at a stake 100 feet west _ of Cliat ! ham's line, the southwest corner of John E. Childress' lot and running thence a northerly course parallel to A. Chatham's line along John E. Childress' line 200 feet to a stake, then a westerly course parallel to Raid .street 100 feet to a stake; thence a southerly course parallel to said Chatham's line 200 feet to a stake; thence an easterly course along said street 100 feet to tin be-! ginning, containing one-half acre 3, more or less. Second tract; Adjoining Elkin Land Company and others, lying | about one and one-half miles north i from Elkin, N. C., on the south side j of the Dobson road. Begins at a white oak. Bryan Gwyn's corner, i and runs south 526 feet, -more or less, to a stake in Hendrlx line to a sourwood at the corner and contin- 1 uing east 150 feet to a stake; then north on line between J. W. Willard; and Calvin Harp 1089 feet, more or! less to Dobson Road; thence in a; southerly course with the meander ings of to the beginning,! containing 13.08 acres, except one acre lot on which is situated the; public school /house for the colored people heretofore conveyed. is known as the Mary Elizabeth Martin land and is sold for division, j Terms of sale one-third cash, one-1 third in six months, remainder In! 12 months. This, the 21st day of November, j 1930. A. W. CRAVER, 12-25 Cotamissioner. NOTICE OF SALE OF HEAL ESTATE Under and by virtue of the pow er contained In a deed of trust, ex ecuted by J. A. White and wife, Sarah White, dated the 22nd day of February, 1928, recorded in the of fice of the Register of Deeds, of Sur ry County, in book 84, page 316, to the undersigned trustee, defauH hav i ing been made In the payment of note secured by said d6ed of trust, and at the request of the holder of name, I will offer for sale at public auction, to the highest bidder for cash, in front of the Elkin National ißank, on January 9th, 19,11, at 3 o'clock, p. m., the following des 'cribed real estate, to-wit: FIRST TRACT: Lying and being in Marsh Township: Beginning at a point in West side of old Little Rlchmond-Burcli Station road, 10 feet east of small black oak and j running thenc e through a small black and a tulip poplar; North 86 J degrees west 639.7 to a stake in bank of fill on new sand clay road, running from Burch Station to Elkin; thence north 26 degrees west thenc e north \3 degrees east 114.5 :aaj? inui«M Joau aws * o) ~x9l to an apple tree stump on steep bank along a branch; thence with said branch north 67 degrees 30' east 231" to a point on branch; thence easterly 76" to a stake tn branch street (Map of K. M. Allen, dated May 4, 1912); thence with branch street south 3 degrees 30' weßt 410" to a point on alley; thence south 86 degrees 30' east 610" to a point in west side of old Little Richmond - Burch Station road; thence with aatd road in southwest erly direction 118" to the place of beginning and containing in all 3.45 acres, more or lens. 4 , SECOND TRACT; Beginning at a stake 60 feet from center of Southern Railway Main Tract, runs south 18 degrees west 6.19 chains to the river; thence with said river North 50 degrees west 10 chains, north M degrees west 3 chains to mouth of branch! north 8.5 degrees east 5 chains to a stone; thence pouth 81.5 degrees east 5.28 chains to a poplar; south 11.5 degrees wesi 5.72 chains to a stone on south aide of Southern Railway right of way; thence with said right of way 3.56 chains to the beginning. Contain ing 6.8 acren more or less. • # ' HARRY BARKER. Leads 'of (hrisimas Cheer TOMERS t S • - "* . BINCERELY APPRECIATING THE PART YOUR FRIENDLY PATRONAGE HAS PLAYED IN OUR PROGRESS, WE EXTEND TO YOU OUR HEARTY GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A NEW YEAR OF GREAT SUCCESS AND PROSPERITY. MAY A PROSPERITY THAT EMBRACES ' I HEALTH, CHEERFULNESS, AND A STORE OF GOOD FRIENDSHIPS. OLD AND NEW, MAKE YOUR 1931 A TRULY HAPPY NEW YEAR. THOSE WHO OWE US ACCOUNTS ARE REQUESTED TO ARRANGE THEM BY JANUARY IST, SO WE MAY BE IN PO SITION TO ARRANGE OURS ALSO. LET US "WIPE SLATES CLEAN" AND START THE NEW YEAR WITHOUT ACCOUNTS AGAINST EITHER OF US. RAY & GILLIAM Elkin, N. C. ANNOUNCEMENT Jo the .1 WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT I HAVE. LEASED THE STANDARD SERVICE STATION FORMERLY OPERATED BY BILL PRICE, NEAR THE YADKIN RIVER BRIDGE, AND WILL IN THE FUTURE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS UNDER THE NAME OF 808 NELSON'S SERVICE STATION, WHERE YOU WILL FIND A COMPLETE LINE OF Standard Oil Co. Products ATLAS TIRES —TUBES RADIATOR CEMENT AUTO ACCESSORIES SPARK PLUGS GLYCERINE FAN BELTS ALCOHOL LIGHT BULBS ' : Washing - Polishing - Greasing Drive By and Test Our Service Bob Nelson's Service Station Near River Bridge Elkin, N. C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25, imo
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