TODAY «nd
FRANK PARKER Ll
STOCK
CLOCK a thrill
On the mantel in ray farm home
an old clock has been ticking away
for more than 100 years. Like most
old clocks, there is a painted deco
ration on the glass door that con
ceals the swinging pendulum. The
colors are so faded with age that I
had never noticed, until I started to
wind the clock today, just what thts
decoration consisted of. But as I
glanced at it I saw the words "The
constitution." That set me to
studying this ancient design.
The picture is of a scroll of paper
headed with the words '"The Con
stitution," and partly concealing an
American flag, whose folds peek
out from below the scroll. Across
the middle of the design are two
hands clasped in friendship, and a
reproduction of the old Roman
fasces, the bundle (ft rods tied about
the battle ax which was the symbol
of the unity of the Roman Empire.
As I look at the clock from
where I am writing it gives me
quite a patriotic thrill. One hun
dred years ago, or whenever this
old clock was made, the Constitu
tion of the United States was liv
ing, vital things in the consciousness
of every American, something our
forefathers were proud of and swore
by. I hope it may always retain
its place as an object of popular
veneration.
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PROGRESS . three headlines
Three headlines on one page of
my morning paper gave me a real
kick. >
Two boys in a home-made air
plane stayed up in the air nearly 700
hours. We have learned more
about airplanes and engines since
Lindbergh flew to Paris than we
had learned in all the 25 years of
aviation before that event.
A plane that can land on either
land or water climbed 18,000 feet,
carrying a load of 1,100 pounds.
That is news of the greatest im
portance to a world which will soon
be doing most of its traveling by
air.
An automobile equipped with a
Diesel type engine ran 1,200 miles
at a fuel cost of $2.21. That fore
shadows a revolution in automobile
construction and operation.
VIRUS . . isolated
Men of science are pretty well
agreed that the common cold is
caused not by a germ, but by a
virus which is minute enough to
pass through the finest filter that
can be made. Infantile paralysis,
measles, yellow fever, and smallpox
are also believed to be caused by a
virus. ,•
It is important news that Dr.
W. M. Stanley of the Rockefeller
Institute of Medical, Research has
succeeded in isolating a virus, some
thing which nobody has ever seen
before, even through the most pow
erful micoscope. He seems to
have proved that these disease
earring vires are crystals of pro
tein, which have terrific power of
infecting any living organism into
which they enter.
This seems to me another step,
and a long one, on the road of
human progress. The world is
steadily becoming, from day to day,
a better and safer place in which to
live.
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ALASKA . human nature
A few weeks ago 1 remarked in
this column that I expected to hear
of dissatisfaction among the farm
colonists whom the government is
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Barber Shop. 8-22-p
For Sale: Cole Hoi Blast Heater and
water jacket. Mrs. George Wil
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For Sale: 300 shares of capital
stock owned in Carolina Furniture
Manufacturers by L. P. Hicks, 512
West sth St., Winston-Salem, N.
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McClung's Business College, Greens
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2. Some free commercial courses
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Real Estate
For Sale—A Yadkin county farm—
-135 acres, 8 room house, two
tobacco barns, built this year, 6
acre tobacco allotment, feed barn,
orchard for using fruit, 40 to 50
acres fenced, about 150,000 feet of
fine timber of pine, oak and pop
lar. 1 1-2 miles from No. 60 high
way. Good community. Price
$3,500.00—51,500.00 cash, good
terms on balance.
We have some real buys In either
• large or small farms.
Call 17 or come in and see ns.
D. C. MARTIN sad W. g. REICH
PIMM 17
undertaking to settle in the Man
panuska Valley in Alaska. The
complaints have begun to come in
a little sooner than expected.
I dont pretend to know the
'right and wrongs of the situation
but Ido Tcnow that nobody, indi
vidual, corporation or goverment,
can do anything for the benefit of
any group of people without becom
ing the target for criticism by a
high proportion of the beneficaries.
It is human nature to be dissatis
fied.
I think everybody who has been
around enough to understand people
and their reactions must become
convinced*that the best service any
one can render to most people is to
do nothing foy them, except to en
courage them to shift for them
selves and see that nobody else tries
to stop them from going their own
ways.
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BEES a lesson
New York City folks are learning
a lot about the ways af bees, now
thait their hives of honey-makers
have been placed on one of the
roof gardens in Rockefeller Center,
five hundred feet or more above the
city streets. These bees have to
fly a long way to find honey, so a
supply of syrup is kept where they
can get it.
One of the things that surprises
visitors to the roof is the way in
which the bees will flock out of
their hives ready r or a mass attack,
if anyone gets too near them. Most
visitors never heard of the bees'
practice of keeping a sentry on
guard, fifteen or twenty feet from
the hive, to sound the alarm and
rally the hive-dwellers to battle, if
an intruder gets too near.
Bees long ago learned what the
human race has been very slow to
learn, that eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty and security.
Local Club Holds
Meeting In Honor
Departing Members
(Continued Prom Page One)
more than any man we've ever had
in our midst. .
Speaking of Dr. Johnson as a
surgeon, Dr. Royall said: "When he
came here he was without reputa
tion among us, but with that deft
hand of his he soon demonstrated
that he was a surgeon of rare skill
and ability so that today he has
the confidence of us all. His rep
utation has spread until he now
commands patients from outside his
native state."
Addressing Dr. Johnson direct
ly Dr. Royall continued: "It is our
desire that you may find a fruitful
field wherein to work wherever you
may go and that merited success
may continue to crown your efforts."
In closing, Elkin's former mayor
read the following poem by Edgar A.
Guest:
I'd like to be the sort of friend
that you have been to me;
I'd like to be the help that) you've
been always glad to be;
I'd like to mean as much to you
each minute of the day
As you have meant, old friend of
mine, to me along the way.
I'd like to do the big things
and the splendid things for you,
To brush the gray from out your
skies and leave them only blue;
I'd like to say the kindly things
that I so oft have heard,
And feel that I could rouse your soul
the way that mine you've stirred.
I'd like to give you back the joy
that you have given me,
Yet that were wishing you a need
I hope will never be;
I'd like to make you feel as rich as I,
who travel on
Undaunted in the darkest hours
with you to lean upon.
I'm wishing at this very time
that I could but repay
A portion of the gladness
that you've strewn along my way;
And could I have one wish just now,
this only would it be:
I'd like to be the sort of friend
that you have been to me.
Dr. Johnson, who is leaving Elkin
Thursday, expressed his apprecia
tion, stating that he would always
remember the warm friendships
made while a resident of Elkin.
Rev. Mr. Pox was next on the pro
gram with a tribute to Mr. Schaff,
who will leave soon to take up his
duties as superintendent of the
schools at Maiden, and-expressed the
sentiment of the club for the fine
work Mr. Schaff has rendered as
superintendent of Elkin schools dur
ing the past three years, and also
for the wonderful work that both
Mrs. Schaff and Mrs. Johnson have
rendered in civic and church acti
vities during their residence here. In
presenting Mr. Schaff with the lea
ther traveling bag, Mr. Pox ex
plained that it was not for use in
leaving Elkin, but to be Used upon
his early return to the city.
Mr. Schaff responded by stating
that he valued his membership in
the Kiwanis club very highly and
would always remember with pleas
ure the wonderful friendships made
here.
C. H. Brewer, president of the
Kiwanis club, presided over the meet
ing.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN. NORTH CAKOLINA
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WASHINGTON.. * The District
of Columbia now has a woman
judge presiding 1 in the Municipal
Court of Washington, D. C. She is
Judge Ellen K. Raedy, whose ap
pointment has been confirmed by
Congress.
TEACHERS TO GET
20 PC. PAY HIKE
Higher Pay Assured for
Seven Months—Pos
sibly for Bth Month
Raleigh, July 29. —The State
School commission has adopted the
report of its salary committee where
by all public school teachers in North
Carolina will be given a flat increase
of 20 per cent for the first seven
months of the next school year in
addition to earned increments for
raised certificates and experience.
Martin, executive secretary
of the commission, said the 20 per
cent increase will be on the basis of
1934-35 session salaries, and for the
eighth month guaranteed by the
State educational system, the teach
ers will be paid on a pro rata basis
from funds that remain.
Under the plan, the total salary
bill of teachers and principals will
be increased by a little more than
22 per cent, and the principal in
crements through service and raised
certificates will be preserved, Martin
said.
The raising of certificates in the
upper brackets will be retarded
slightly under a provision adopted
and no teacher can qualify for more
than a 36 per cent raise. The sav
ing by retarding the rate of advanc
ing certificates in the upper groups
will amount to approximately $25,-
000, Martin stated.
He said there was no discussion
of the proposal that Governor Eh
ringhaus earmark a portion of the
State's $500,000 contingency and
emergency fund to guarantee a
flat 20 per cent raise for the entire
eight months. Some State officials
have said they did not believe such
a plan could be carried out anyway.
The plan adopted now must re
ceive the approval of the State
board of education before'it can be
placed in effect, but authoritive
sources said they expected no tie
up there. Three members of the
school commission are also members
of the State board of education.
"It appears that the salary matter
is now settled," Martin commented.
He added that there was "consider
able difference of opinion within
the commission as to adoption of the
plan," and it was learned that tnere
was nearly an even division. There
was no record vote.
CHANCE TO WIN 10
NEW AUTOMOBLES
Full Details of Contest
May Be Obtained At
. Abernethy's
A chance to win 10 brand new
Chevrolet automobiles is being of
fered by the United Drug company
in a contest staged throughout the
entire United States through Rexall
Drug Stores, of which Abernethy's
popular local store, is one.
The offer comes with the Rexall
August "Factory-to-You" sale now
under way at Abernethy's and other
Rexall stores, and all the participant
has to do is write a winning slogan
on "why you prefer to shop at. Rex
all Drug Stores" and answer the
question: "In your opinion what is
the best value in the Rfexall August
Factory-to-You sale?"
It is entirely possible for all 10 of
the cars to be won in Elkin, it was
pointed out at Abernethy's, and ev
eryone is urged to visit the store for
official entry blanks which give
complete details. It is not necessary
for anyone to purchase anything, or
send off empty cartons or box tops
to be eligible to enter.
During the August Sale many un
usual values will be on sale at Aber
nethy's and everyone is invited to
save money by taking advantage of
this opportunity.
Just before they went to Jail to
serve terms for passing worthless
checks Charles McHenry, Jr., 29, and
Beatrice Lattlmer, 20, both of Buf
falo, were married by Judge George
H. Rowe, who sentenced them.
LATE SUMMER HINTS
FOR HOME GARDENER
Frequent Shallow Culti
vation Needed In the
Vegetable Garden
Because August usually is a dry
month, frequent shallow cultivation
is needed in the vegetable garden 1 to
destroy weeds and to conserve mois
ture.
"Where a person can install an
irrigation system without too much
expesise, he has an added advantage
in the production of late vegetables
and usually the installation can be
REAL 1935 VALUES! ■
Bare all genuine Merit suits, bought this season to
I in colois good for all-year-round wear which is
lantage of our low clearance price. We urge you
Hay! .^1
ATI a B9F M slf if '1 9 IB I
mam m. Wem M a Pf HB MB—|gl Ja
paid for in one season of dry weath
er," says Prof. M. E. Gardner, heaJ
of the horticultural department at
State College.
Many vegetables such as beans,
peppers and others may be dried for
winter use, while good specimens of
tomatoes, sweet corn, okra, peppers,
cantaloupes, watermelons and other
crops may be selected and allowed to
thoroughly mature for seed purposes
next spring. Only seed from healthy,
vigorous plants should be saved,
Gardner says.
He also advises that the fight
agaffist insect pests be continued.
Derris dust, containing 75 per cent
Rotenone is effective in controlling
cabbage insects and has the added
advantage of being harmless to hu
mans, * Dust as often as necessary
to protect the crop using 15 to 20
Thursday, August 1,1935
pounds of the material per acre. This
dust Is effective against the Mexican
bean beetle.
Piof. Gardner further suggests
keeping the local fair In mind and
producing some high quality, per
fect speciments for exhibit this fall.
For instance, he says; a well planned
apple exhibit of high quality, and
of clean, well-graded fruit will "steal
the show" at most any fair.
A southern evangelist says the
road hog is a sinner. There's one
thing about that, he don't have to
wait for the hereafter to be pretty
thoroughly damned.
Mrs. Frank Lawler, of Red Bank,
N. J., recently became the mother of
a son. Thirty-one hours and 12
minutes later a daughter was born
to her.