Thursday, March 4, 1937
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Mr. anfl Mrs. W. R. Wilmoth of
Burch spent Sunday in States
ville.
Mrs. J. L. Hall returned today
from a months stay in St. Peters
burg, Florida.
Be sure to see "Crashing So
ciety" Friday evening, March 5,
at the elementary auditorium.
Presented by the Junior Class.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Glenn of
Greenville, Tenn., were the week
end guests of Mrs. Glenn's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Byrd.
Mrs. J. R. Poindexter attended
the Lawrence Tibbett concert in
Winston-Salem Tuesday evening.
She remained for a brief visit with
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Lewis of
' Winston-Salem, were the guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Lewis, the former their son, at
their home on West Main Street.
Miss Lucy Gray of Mary's Beau
ty Shoppe, will leave Saturday
for New York City, to attend the
annual National Beauty Conven
tion. She will be a week.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roth at
tended the concert given by Law
rence Tibbett at Reynold Memo
rial Auditorium in Winston-Salem
Tuesday evening.
Miss Emaline Neaves, a student
at W. C. U. N. C., Greensboro, and
Sam Neaves, a student at U. N.
C., Chapel Hill, spent the week
end here with their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. A. Neaves.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Park of
► Clemmons, announce the birth of
a son, John Richard, February 20,
1937. Mrs. Park was formerly
Miss Marvoreen Combs of this
city.
Mrs. Harold Messenger and
daughter, Betty, of Hartford,
Conn., arrived Wednesday for a
visit of two weeks to her sisters,
Mesdames Raymond and Alex
Chatham and her brother, Paul
Gwyn.
Dr. and Mrs. John V. Reece of
Lenoir, and son, Dr. J. p| Reece
of Valdese, and Miss Margaret
Smith of Lenoir, were the Sunday
guests of Mr. and Mrs . W. F.
Reece, at their home on Bridge
Street.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Zearly and
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bryson of
Uniontown, Pa., were the guests
Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. L. G.
/Meed at their home on West Main
Street. They were enroute to Flor
ida for a vacation trip.
Friends of Herbert Graham, Jr.,
will be glad to know that he is
recovering nicely from an attack
of pneumonia and influenza at
Atlanta Hospital, Atlanta, Geor
gia. Mr. Graham is a student at
Georgia Tech, Atlanta.
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Phon« 64 Elkin, N. C.
Attorney Wm. M. Allen spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in Ral
eigh, attending the State Supreme
Court.
Mrs. J. Mark McAdams spent
the latter part of last week in
Greensboro, the guest of her
mother, Mrs. Z. V. Strader.
The many friends of Mrs. J. G.
Abernethy will be glad to know
that she is recovering nicely from
a major operation at Hugh Chat
ham Hospital.
Wilbur Carter of the White
Swan Laundry, returned Sunday
from Chicago, where he spent two
months attending a special school
teaching modern methods of
laundering.
Mrs. W. M. Evans and Mrs. M.
W. Evans will return this week
from a visit of several days to
their brother, Ed R. Carter, in
Eustis, Florida. They will be ac
companied home by Mr. Carter,
who will spend sometime with
them and his sons, Wilbur and
Roger Carter.
Dr. and Mrs. E. G. Click attend
ed a tea Saturday afternoon at
the Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, Greens
boro, given by the faculty to hon
t>r the honor roll students at the
college. Their daughter, Miss
Sarah Click, was among the stu
dents receiving highest honors for
the semester.
Two Elkin girls, Misses Sarah
Click and Margaret Abernethy,
were among the 156 students at
the Woman's College of the Uni
versity of North Carolina, who
made the honor roll for the fall
semester. Miss Click, who is a
member of the junior class at the
college, was one of 14 students in
the group of 156 who made
straight A's (95-100), the highest
grade obtainable. Miss Abernethy
Is a member of the freshman class
at the college, where enrollment
now totals 1,829.
POOR PAPA
Willie (at the Zoo): "Gee, Ma,
that monkey looks just like papa."
Mother (heatedly): "Why, Wil
lie, aren't you ashamed of your
self?"
Willie: "Aw, gee whiz, he can't
understand what I say."
Radio production in American
factories has provided one radio
to every six persons in this coun
try. in the United Kingdom there
is one radio to every seven people;
in Russia one to 90; in Bulgaria,
one to 354.
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The lowest temperature ever re
corded was 93 degrees below zero
at Verkhoyansk, Siberia. The
est ever recorded in the United
States was 65 degrees below zero
at Miles City, Mont., January,
1884.
American Industry maintains
35,000 research workers in 1,000
industrial laboratories, spending
$17,875,000 per month, all seeking
to raise the American standard of
living.
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The United States Government
bought 8,279,000 head of cattle
and 3,608,700 sheep during the
1934 drouth.
There is no natioqal legal hcil
day in the United States. Legal
holidays are set by the statutes of
the various states.
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THE ELKIN TRfBITNE. ET.KTN. NORTH CAPOT TN4
Average American Uses
Lot* of Milk and Butter
Mr. Average American uses a lit
tle over a pint of milk a day In
one form or another. To be more
specific, according to statistics the
average American uses 55.3 gallons
of milk a year. In addition to the
milk he eats 17.8 pounds of but
ter, 4.3 pounds of chease, and 2.77
gallons of lee cream In the course
of a year. There are other nations
which have a higher consumption
when it comes to ice cream. Other
nations don't even report on their
ice cream consumption, while In
this country it Is quite an Item.
The great dairying countries of
Europe use more milk and
per person than the United States,
although there Is little difference
in butter consumption. Sweden
heads tho list In milk consumption,
with 69.7 gallons per person for the
year; Denmark, with 68.5; Switzer
land, 67; and Germany with a con
sumption of 61 gallons per person
are all ahead of the United States.
When It comes to cheese con
sumption, the American just Isn't
In It with his four pounds, for the
average Swiss rats over 23 pounds,
the average Frenchman or Dane 13
pounds; the German eats more than
nine pounds, and the Englishman
about the same.
Many Giants Mentioned
llirough Ancient History
Stories are common among the'
lower civilized peoples, as well as
among savage tribes, to the effect
that men have lived who have meas
ured 15 feet In height Og, king of
Bnshan, Is said In Deuteronomy (3:
11) to have been the last of the gi
ants. His bedstead of Iron was
nine cubits, or between 11 and
feet in length. Pliny mentions the
name of an Arabian giant who
measured 9% feet, and also speaks
of two others who were 10 feet In
stature. The following list of men
whose real height Is well known
shows that It Is possible for Indi
viduals to go far beyond the aver
age height of the human species,
which is 65 inches.
Magrath, bishop Berkeley's giant,
92 fnches; Patrick Cotter (1761-
1804), or O'Brien, 99 Inches;
Charles Byrne, Irish glan*, 100
inches; Topinard's Kalmuck, 100
inches; Winkelmaler, Austrian (died
1887) 103 inches; Topinard's Fin
lander, 112 inches.
Ancient Advertisement
"To be sold. The sloop King Sol
omon, Burtbern about 100 Tons
(more or less), with all her Guns,
Tackle and Apparel, now lying at
Stephen Maynard's Wharft, In New
Tork; Also a House and a Lot of
Ground In New Tork formerly
known by the Name of the Ana
babtlst Meeting house; Also a Ne
gro Woman that understands all
sorts of House Work, and a Negro
Boy; a Marble Chimney Piece, three
Marble Tabjes, three Riding Chairs
and a single Horse Chaise; 16,000
two-foot shingles. 150 Elephant's
Teeth; three Desks, two Cases of
drawers, a Mahogany Book Case,
six Dozen of Boston Axes, 360 Gal
lons of Spirits, sundry sorts; Who
ever Inclines to buy any of the above,
may apply to Thomas Noble and
Joseph Scott, In New York."—From
the New York Post-Boy, May 28.
1744.
Columbus Cathedral
The Columbus cathedral, Havana,
Is situated in Cathedral square at
the foot of Empedrado street. Co
lumbus cathedral was the center of
religious ceremonies held under the
Spanish domination. It maintains as
Its most valuable tradition the fact
that It held within its walls the
remains of Christopher Columbus—
removed to Seville when Spanish
rule ended in Cuba. There is a
contention, of course, that the real
Columbus relics are buried In Santo
Domingo and that those that were
once Interred here were the relics
of Diego Columbus, brother of the
great navigator.
Rare Luther Bible
A Bible illustrated by pictures
painted by Martin Luther, the great
German reformer, and bearing many
notes In his handwriting, was dis
covered by a Danish bookseller. He
purchased a collection of books from
a German family. Among them was
the precious Bible. Besides notes In
Luther's writing, the Bible bears
notes written by other leading fig
ures In the German Reformation
movement These Include Melanch
thon, the reformer who was ac
knowledged to be the movement's
leading scholar.
Just Enough for One
A famous wit once excused him
self from walking with an elderly
lady on account of the bad weather.
A little later, however, she met him
walking alone. "So," she spld, "It
cleared up pretty quickly for you,
it seems!" "Just a little," he quick
ly replied, "Just enough for one, but
not quite enough for two!"
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Bucharest a Gay City
Bucharest Is notable as an east
ern replica of Parts, elegant and
gay. It is an outpost of a Latin
civilization which extended into
the Bait and it dates from the
early Oirisilan era. when Roman
legions established « Daclao fort
r«M there. , , Z:
Worlds Finest Roads Carry Worlds Worst Drivers
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MIAMI, Fla. . . . Lucius B. Conolly (above), of Melbourne, Australian
Highway Commissioner, is here on a motor trip around the world.
After 18,000 miles across countries circling the globe, he says, "America
Is a country with the world's finest roads and the world's worst drivers.
of her cherries ... and her cherry-:
pie bakers. That's the reason
Norma Longnecker (above), ot
Traverse City, slate cherry-pie
baking champion, la being sent to
Chicago, there to compete against
piemaking champs tram • other
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The
FAMILY DOCTOR
(By John Joseph Gaines, M. D.)
GENUINE HEART DISEASE
If ever a fellow needed medical
skill advice' it is when the heart
becomes really diseased. My ob
ject in this talk is to try to make
the layman understand his heart
better so he may seek competent
counsel at once if he suspects
trouble with this vital organ.
Remember, it is not the blood
in the big caverns of' the heart
that sustains the heart-muscle it
self. The heart-muscle has its
separate arteries and veins just
the same as your legs has. The
coronary arteries of the heart
muscle supply it with blood, and
these are probably the most re
sponsible vessels within the hu
man being.
If a coronary artery becomes
plugged up, the heart-wall beyond
the obstruction begins to weaken,
because it is deprived of food. It
may be "plugged" by bacterial
process—the infected heart. This
may occur in a rheumatic subject,
or in cases of influenza, or a
chronic infected heart—hence the
rush to remove tonsils, teeth, etc.
Probably obstruction in the cor
onary arteries is next to valvular
disease in frequency; but diseased
valves make loud heart murmurs
—easily diagnosed. I have had
many patients who knew they had
"leaky hearts." But there is not
much, if any, noise about a plug
ged artery in the heart, and there
is much more danger—much
more.
The principal symptom, WEAK
NESS AND SHORTNESS OP
BREATH. One fails markedly in
coronary disease, and, it takes a
physician to diagnose and treat it.
Don't depend on home treatment
until It becomes forever too late;
and don't depend on physical "ex
ercise or manipulation-treatments.
I'm advising you right.
TRY AND BE CONVINCED
I am not prone to giving recipes
in my newspaper work. Rarely do
I actually prescribe in front of
your physician. But, here is .a
recipe for a physical exercise that
should have free publicity, be
cause of its genuine worth in
practice.
I am not the Originator of this
sort of self-treatment. I do not
know who l*. And the advice here-
in is not copyrighted—it's yours
for the using.
I believe the "laziest" muscles
of the human body are those of
the abdomen and colon. Especial
ly so in cases of corpulency, very
common in middle-age and be
yond—those "bay-windows," if
you get what I mean. Those un
welcome hammocks, hanging
baskets which make us look and
feel ponderous, as if we were car
rying dead weight, too much bal
last for the ship; not actual dis
ease—just laziness in bellies.
Try it when in bed. On retiring
and on awakening in morning. Lie
flat on back. Place a hand on the
abdomen. See how high you can
lift the hand with the abdominal
muscles, then, how low you can
let the hand settle by the -same
muscles. Up—down, —up, down,
twelve times; that's all for each
treatment. Continue a month,
night and morning in bed. The
lungs need not enter into this ex
ercise.
You will note beneficial results
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in constipation and in the in
creased activity of these sagging
muscles, which leads to a better
feeling all over; your waist-band
will actually become too loose in
due time —if you keep up your
treatment faithfully. You get a
nice degree of voluntary control
of muscles in this old hanklng
baskets of yours that may have
caused you backaches in the past
from only moderate use. Learn
the benefits of "belly-breathing."
IN REVIEW
Ho-hum! The millenial dawn
approaches, thanks to our medical
columnists. Every man his own
dietitian, his own self-culturist,
his own psychiatrist. The family
doctor is headed for the long va
cation when he shall have talked
himself out of a job for all time
to come.
Among my contemporaries I
read that tobacco does not short
en life; that the snifter of com
whiskey is not guilty, nine times
out of ten. That meat and salt
don't have a blame thing to do
with one's blood pressure—that
both are actually essential to hit
ting on all six. That health ex
ercises are often Indulged up to
a fatal point in many cases. That
diet, rest and sleep are to be
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taken at the dictation of appetite.
Which knocks most of the med
ical theories and speculative hy
potheses into cocked hats—almost.
Every man his own doctor. He can
go on living, and die in his turn—
so—he passes on.
All of whieh is so much piffle,
written for the price, yet preg
nant with horse-sense deductions.
No two men or women are ex
actly alike. Hence, there can be
very few set rules governing the
conduct of many. Here are some,
however, that I may say I use
myself:
Be temperate IN ALL THINGS.
No human ever wttered better ad
vice than that. Temperance in
eating, drinking, working, think
ing, sleeping, laughing, sighing,
living, dying temperate in all
things. Observe that simple rule
—and eat the doctor's bin to near
■ere.
Then, you will catch the "flu"
or break your leg—or your wife
will reoeive a visit from the stork
—just any old thing will happen;
then eaß the doctor; as you have
always done.
A recent telephone call reached
Akron, Ohio, the day before it was
made in Batavia, Java. The reas
on: It crossed the International
date line in its 8,500-mile course.