[ THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
I Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
Elkin, N. C.
THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1936
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-class matter.
C. S. FOSTER. * President
H. F. LAFFOON .Secretary-Treasurer
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Silence is a virtue only as long as it
comes from other people.
The latest argument in favor of birth
control is that children interfere with
bridge.
A woman does not always marry a man
for his money, but that usually is what she
divorces him for.
General Hugh Johnson admits that he
doesn't know anything about politics. But,
for that matter, neither does anybody else.
Definition of philosopher: One who can
take an unsolvable problem and think up an
answer that nobody can understand.
And don't forget to list the reckless au
to driver among the insects that fly around
at night.
We Make A Change
This issue of The Tribune presents a
new appearance. An extra column has been
added to each page, and the standard col
umn-width (12-em instead of 13-em) em
ployed by the leading dailies and weekly
press of the state has been adopted, and
henceforth our readers will get just a little
more for their money—although there has
been no cause to complain in the past.
This change has necessitated the pur
chase of additional equipment, the main item
being a Whitlock Premier two-revolution
press, but we are now still better positioned
to maintain our rating in the country week
ly field in which we have already been desig
nated as the leader, with a loving cup to
prove it.
We are certain our readers will like the
change, because it admits of better arrange
ment of the news matter and more attrac
tive display of the headings. The advertiser
because through the text matter
the readerVTrltgFest will be brought, in the
majority of cases, right up to his own mes
sage, and when he has anything worthwhile
to say, and h? always does, the space he pays
for thus will be more effective.
We could have rocked along as was,
without this new expenditure, but we sub
scribe to the theory that any business that
stands still, will eventually slip backward and
cectainly there will be no progress. We have
an -abiding faith in this community and faith
in our ability to serve acceptably, and to this
faith we have added the determination to
measure up to whatever justly may be re
quired of us. It has cost money to make this
change, but if it means a broader service to
our patrons—that alone will be ample re
compense.
This is a progressive step made possible
only by the splendid support of the people of
Elkin and this section. We appreciate their
loyalty to the fullest extent, but we would
remind that our efforts to build a paper of
excellence reflects credit on this communi
ty—and thus the town and community are
beneficiaries along with us.
Goafs Milk
Goat's milk has scientific endorsement.
Many specialists have demonstrated that it
is not only of great value in treating disease
caused by excessive sugar and starch diets,
but also has merit as an everyday food.
Goat breeding in North Carolina has
been engaged in more as a fad than any
thing else, yet it has possibilities of profit
that are worth considering. Down in Meck
lenburg county, two breeders are furnishing
evidence of an infant industry that gives
promise of becoming a real factor in dairy
ing, just as it has in other parts of the
world.
Goats on one of these farms are produc-
ing as much as six quarts of milk each day.
These goats weigh less than seventy-five
pounds each, and on the same basis of pro
duction according to this weight, the aver
age cow would produce from twelve to four
teen gallons of milk per day, which is four
or five times what she actually does produce.
The number of diabetics and victims of
other ailments resulting from our greedy
appetite for sweets, is increasing at a stag
gering rate each year, and any industry that
is based on their needs, stands to prosper,
even if no other field is opened to it. It is
claimed for goat milk that it need not be
sterilized, that it may be taken raw, still
palpitating with those mysterious forces
which constitute life, while "cow" milk needs
to be boiled to make it germ-free.
When there is a fuller appreciation of
the value of goat's milk, it it not improbable
that the more important dairies will manage
to meet the demand by having a special
goat department at their plants from which
the sufferer from diabetes may provide him
self with a satisfying and wholesome food,
to the mutual benefit of all concerned.
When Tomatoes Were Called
"Love Apples"
The tomato, now one of the most popu
lar vegetables, once was cultivated solely
for ornamental purposes, and in some sec
tions was considered poisonous. Just how or
why the "poison" idea originated is not re
corded, for it was used as a food in Europe
long before its value was recognized in the
United States, and even before that it was
eaten by the Indians of South America and
Mexico.
The tomato was being grown in Mexi
co in 1590, and the first historical mention
placed it in Peru, thus, like corn and pota
toes, it is a New World product. Strange,
isn't it, that the tomato should have crossed
the ocean and become popular in Europe
while it was still considered unfit for human
consumption in the United States, where to
matoes were grown only for ornamentation
and referred to as "love apples."
Thomas Jefferson grew tomatoes in
Virginia in 1781, but not for food; England
used them for soups in 1752, and they were
being eaten in Spain and Italy long before
that time, and were cultivated extensively
in Sicily. Americans overcame their scru
ples and risked death by eating them in 1830
and 1840, but it was not until 1870 that the
tomato began to be cultivated extensively
for food in the United States.
Many oldsters can remember when the
flower garden contained a little patch of to
matoes for decorative purposes. Usually they
were about the size of a marble and seldom
as large as an egg. They fruited in various
colors, tinted all the way from a deep red to
a pale yellow, and were not unattractive
when selected and arranged carefully.
Now look at them! Tomato growing
and canning constitutes an important indus
try, and there is a national demand for them
throughout the entire year. Tomatoes are
featured in salads, sandwiches and the like,
as well as in cooking and the beneficial and
healthful properties of tomato juice have
been vigorously stressed.
"Love apples" they were called in yes
teryear, and truly they have found their
place in the tastes and hearts of Americans,
and the progress of their development has
been amazing.
Hard To Explain
Contending that Senator J. W. Bailey
did not receive as much as fifty-one per
cent of the Democratic votes cast in the first
primary, Richard T. Fountain, next high
man among the three contenders for Mr.
Bailey's seat in the United States Senate,
was inclined to insist that he had a right to
call for a second primary.
While it is admitted that Mr. Fountain
managed to corral a creditable number of
votes in the race, he probably would find
that the people of the state want Mr. Bailey
for their senator about in proportion to the
way in which they went to the polls and
marked their ballots for him in the first pri
mary. It is barely possible that when they
had given the matter more serious thought,
they might by their voting make the verdict
all the more conclusive.
But Mr. Fountain's contention serves to
accentuate the question that has been run
ning through the minds of many who paused
to wonder at the story the primary returns
told. According to the figures from the var
ious precincts in the state, there were 516,-
766 votes cast in the governorship race; the
total number recorded in the race for sena
tor was 450,687, for lieutenant-governor
410,790, and for other state officers the to
tal will average around 100,000 less than in
the governorship race.
That will be hard to explain on any oth
er grounds except that somebody overplayed
their zeal. It is funny that from 75,000 to
100,000 Democrats would go to the polls
with no other interest than to mark their
preference for governor, ignoring the rest of
the candidates on the same ballot. In some
counties the returns indicate that half the
voters did just that. It doesn't exactly make
sense, and it is not surprising that candi
dates in the lower brackets, along with their
friends, are arching their eyebrows indica
tively.
' Of course it is admitted that there was
more interest in the governorship race than
even the county contests, but the returns
show that approximately one out of every
six lost interest in everything else after he
had marked his preference for the governor
ship.
It is not the custom, to check too closely
in a primary contest that affects only one
party. But it should be done. The law pro
vides the rules and they should be adhered
to, especially when as much is at stake as
was the case in the governorship race. The
voter should be checked against the registra
tion books and his name should be listed
against voting more than once.
This little matter should constitute a
warning against lax methods in the coming
run-off primary. It is due the successful
candidate that he be given a clean and un
questioned pass-port to Raleigh. As The
Greensboro News says: "The Democratic
party and the state, would be less disadvan
taged in the long run by the election of Dr.
R. W. McDonald as governor, than by steal
ing of the election for Clyde Hoey." But
there is.no purpose here to call it "stealing,"
because there is no bill of particulars as to
who was responsible for it.
Economists are able to explain about
everything concerning money except how to
make it go around.
From now until November you will hear
a lot about the "dear peepul" but after that
the politicians' interest will cease.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE, ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA"
Local Man Named
As Member of sth
District Group
Raleigh.—The fifth district
convention, meeting prior to
opening of the State Democra
tic convention here last Friday,
elected the following:
State executive committee,
Mary Brown, of Caswell; Bry
an Booe, of Forsyth; J. W.
Noell, of Person; B. K. Lassi
ter, of Warren; P. Frank
Hanes, of Forsyth; Mrs. C. W.
Allen, of Granville; Bailey
Liipfert, of Forsyth; Hampton
Price, of Rockingham; Mrs.
Will Richardson, of Rocking
ham; H. H. Barker, of Sorry;
Mrs. Mabel Smith, of Surry;
N. E. Pepper, of Stokes. -
Delegates to the national
convention, Reginald Harris,
of Person; Dr. J. W. McGehee,
of Rocky Mount; Mrs. Gilmer
Sparger, of Stokes; Fred
Hutchlns, of Forsyth.
JOHNSON IS TO
ATTEND SCHOOL
Only 400 In Country
Eligible For Bank
ing Session
New York, June 15. —Charles
Garland Johnson, vice president
and cashier of The Bank of Elkin
has been registered for the 1936
session of the Graduate School of
Banking, it was announced here
today by Dr. Harold Stonier, edu
cational director of the American
Bankers association.
The Graduate School of Bank
ing is held under the direction of
the American Bankers association,
in cooperation with Rutgers Uni
versity, New Brunswick, N. J.,
where the sessions are held. The
term this year opens June 22 and
runs to July 3.
Four hundred bank officials
from 233 towns and cities in for
ty states and Puerto Rico have
qualified for admission to this
forthcoming session, Dr. Stonier,
director of the school stated to
day. Two hundred of this group
attended last summer. The en
rollment for this year is limited to
400. -
Instruction in the practical and
technical aspects of banking will
be conducted by bank officials
who are specialists in commer
cial banking, investments and
trust business. Studies in the leg
al phases of banking will be di
rected by the General Counsel of
the office of the Comptroller of
the Currency of the United States.
Economic courses in the historical
and theoretical background of
the problems involved in the re
lationship of government to fi
nance and banking will be given
by university instructors. This
year a course in "Administrative
Problems in Credit Extension"
will be offered for the first time.
The complete course covers six
weeks of resident work at the uni
versity, comprising two weeks
each summer for three consecu
tive summers, and twenty months
of supervised home study.
Mr. Johnson will leave Elkin
Saturday for New Brunswick.
ROARING RIVER
CITIZEN PASSES
W. A. Durham, Prom
inent Farmer, Dies
Monday
William A. Durham, 69, promi
nent farmer of the Roaring River
community, passed away at the
local hospital Monday night, fol
lowing a critical illness from blood
poisoning which developed from
an infection on his face. The de
ceased was prominent in civic af
fairs of his community. He served
as justice of the peace for a num
ber of years and for thirty-five
years was a teacher in the public
schools of Wilkes and surround
ing counties.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Julina Gass Durham, one son,
Erastus Durham and one daugh
ter, Mrs. Sallie Durham Privette,
all of Roaring River.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
and interment was in the family
cemetery near the home.
Prisoner Escapes
From County Jail
Bonnie Cook, of Mount Airv,
serving a 30 day sentence in the
county jail at Dobson, took the
liberty to walk off from the coun
ty bastile Tuesday night while he
was taking a stroll about the hall
vays of the jail. He was not con
ined to a cell block, and it was
not necessary for him to force
his way out. His apprehension is
expected at an early date.
J Bead Tribune Advertisements!
I 1
MRS. R. D. SWAIM
TAKEN BY DEATH
Heart Attack Is Fatal
To Jonesville
Woman
Mrs. R. Dessie Swaim, 55, died
at her home in Jonesville Wed
nesday afternoon at 12:45 from
a heart attack. She was a daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Dob
bins. For a number of years .she
was a member of the Swain Creek
Baptist church. She moved her
membership to the Jonesville
church after coming there to re
side.
She is survived by five children,
Mrs. Ernest Brown, Doughton;
Mrs. P. W. Macemore, Mrs. Isom
Macemore and W. H. and Zern
Swaim, all of Jonesville. Four
brothers, Tom, Miles, Edward and
Elmer Dobbins, all of Cycle and
three sisters, Mrs. S. Z. Haynes,
Jonesville, and Mrs. G. C. Sparks
and Mrs. S. C. Sparks of Cycle,
also survive.
Funeral services will be held
Friday morning at 11 o'clock
from Swan Creek church, in
charge of Rev. N. T. Jarvis. In
terment will be in the church
cemetery.
Funds Ready For
Cooperative Loans
Farm co-operative enterprises
now may be organized in Surry
County with the aid of funds
loaned to such organizations by
the Resettlement administration,
H. S. Harrison, county rural re
habilitation supervisor, announced
today.
Funds have been made avail
able, Mr. Harrison said, for loans
to community and co-operative
associations and to farm families
for participation in such associa
tions as well as in existing coop
eratives. This is one of the means
which the federal government is
helping farmers to gain new eco
nomic security, he said.
"Loans will be made to co-op
eratives that submit sound plans
on a basis of a real community
need for such service," Mr. Harri
son said. "There must be assur
ance that such an enterprise will
be able to operate on a self-sus
taining basis."
Lon Folger Is
Seriously 111
A. D. (Lon) Folger, of Dobson,
recent campaign manager for
Sandy Graham, in his candidacy
for governor, and more recently
elected as national committee
man from North Carolina, is cri
tically ill in the Mary Elizabeth
Hospital in Raleigh.
He is said to be suffering from
a complication of bronchial pneu
monia and a kidney infection.
His wife was called to the hospi
tal Tuesday, but was allowed in
his room only a very brief time at
intervals. Grave concern is felt
over his condition.
Vegetation which grew millions
of years ago on this earth, is al
most as important to us as is our
modern food vegetation. The sup
ply of coal of the earth is formed
from the ancient plants.
BOONVILLE, R. 1
The humming of reapers is
heard throughout the country
side as farmers are harvesting
their crops. The recent rains have
brought inestimable good to
growing crops.
Mr. and Mrs. Travis Vestal an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Bertha May, on June 8.
Miss Prances Stinson of Dur
ham, is spending a few days here
with homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Hobson
and Mr. and Mrs. Early Hobson
were Sunday guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Travis Vestal.
Mrs. Cloe Vestal Tetter of near
King is visiting her brother,
Travis Vestal, and other relatives
in this section.
Mrs. Minnie Vestal continues
quite ill, we are sorry to note.
Miss Lucille Vestal is improv
ing from a recent illness we are
glad to know. *
The convention at Charity
church Sunday was well attended.
"I'll be frank with you," said
the young man when the embrace
was over, "You're not the first
girl I ever kissed."
"And I'll be frank with you,"
she answered, "You have a lot to
learn."
There are more than 5,000 va
rieties of mushrooms in the Car
olinas. -
EZRA HAWKINS
Writes a Letter To
FRANK MILLER
■i 1 I Exr* Himself
Mingling Junction,
June 24, 1936
Dear Frank
It is sprisin to me how sum folks
can get along on a farm or round
a home without certain tools.
Sum men can get along without
a pocket knife—l cant.
Frank I Blieve them fellers at
Hinshaw Cash Hardware Co.
whar me and Mandy do our trad
in hav the best assortment uv
knives U ever saw. U sumtimes
hear folks say, "A good knife
cant B had no more." Tha R mis
taken. Nearly every thing doubled
in price after the World War.
Knives is not an exception. The
price advanced along with other
things and if a person pays 75c
for a knife and expects it 2 B as
good quality as the 1 he bought
20 years ago for 75c he is liable
2 cum 2 the conclusion that "A
good knife cant be had no more."
Take for instance an Ka-Bar
knife, fellers what have always
used them will tell U tha R as
good now as tha wus in the days
gone by but the price is advanced.
The same Is true uv other good
makes. The same is true Prank uv
all other steel goods. Hinshaw
Thursday, June 18, 193 ft
183 GRADUATE
IN SURRY CO.
Figure Does Not In
clude Mount Airy
Schools
It was learned Wednesday from
the county superintendent's of
fice at Dobson that there were
183 students graduated from the
high schools of the county at the
close of the past school term.
However, this figure does not in
clude the graduates of the Mount
Airy high schools, as they are a
separate unit from the county
schools, and figures were not
available from them.
A list of the high schools of
the county and the number grad
uated from each is .as follows:
Elkin, enrolled 25, graduated
25; Plat Rock, enrolled 17, grad
uated 10; Lowgap, enrolled 25,
graduated 17; Dobson, enrolled
13, graduated 13; Westfield, en
rolled 10; graduated 10; Moun
tain Park, enrolled 17, graduated
12; Copeland, enrolled 23, grad
uated 22; White Plains, enrolled
13, graduated 13; Franklin, en
rolled 20, graduated 20; Pilot
Mountain, enrolled 33, graduated
31; Beulah, enrolled 13, graduat
ed 10.
Cash Hardware Co. aint had a
single complaint this season on
a Collins axe and it has ben the
best axe season in a long time.
Tha cost more than tha did 20
years ago but doant cost more
than a common axe.
Prank I doant C how a feller
can get along round a home with
out a hand saw. I Blieve if a fel
ler will investigate the price these
fellers hav on hand saws he just
want try to get along without 1.
Frank a square is nuther thing
a feller cant hardiy get along
without and thar aint much use
to try as long as he can get 1 for
20c and a better 1 for 25c and a
good 1 for 90c.
Mt. Zion wus the colored folks
church whar I wus brought up.
Tha wus havin a all day Rally
the first Sunday in September
and me and my brother Zeke
went over in the woods nearby
huntin muscadines. We cum cross
a billy goat and it took consid
erable effort to catch him but we
finally succeeded. We didnt hav
no idea the billy goat slept in 1
corner of Mt. Zion church at nite
and went in thar on rainy days
for protection frum the rait*
the goats tail we tied a string-yv
good and tie and 2 the end uv'
the string we tied a thorn bush.
Frank I doant no what that
goats speed record may hav ben—
it was my first acqaintance with
him—but he lowered all speed
records when we turned him loose
and he made an airline for Mt.
Zion church. The Ski Pilot
both hands raised makin a A 'fl
ter when that billy goat enter *1
the door on the right and V 1
didnt lower his hands till afwjffl
the goat passed the alter at ■
started out the door on the
then he lowered his hands an\Q
raised the song. "God Be WitwH
You Till We Meet Again." . m
Frank it wont no secret fx
who tied the thorn bush to tV»'a
goats tail but me and my brotheV®
Zeke just didnt say nuthin boutiH
Ezra Hawkins. JB