THIS AND THAT
Several issues ago we mentioned a letter in this column
in which "A Reader" had expressed disapproval of the way
churches stick collection plates under folks' We
learned later that the writer' of this letter had just recently
asked a local pastor to take up a special collection at his
church to go for improvements on the church of "A Reader."
.Which is the heighth of something or other . . .
If we were Uncle Sam, we'd either have a new flag put
up on the postoffice here or else
take down the dirty, torn rag now
flying there. . . , .
It came to our attention last
week that this column now has 10
readers instead of nine, No. 10
being a Mr. Foote Bros.
& Co., of Norfolk, Va. Judging
by his taste in literature, Mr.
Foote is evidently a very cultured
and intelligent man . . . We once
had a reader of this column who
lived in Cuba, but the government
there made him stop reading it
due to the fact there was enough
trouble there as it was.
One by one the street markers
installed not so awful long ago
PAUL GWYN
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SAY. THIS IS M IT'S PROOF THAT THE
SOMETHING.'■ NEWFRIGIDAIRESEALED-
A 5-YEAR ■ IN MECHANISM OFFERS
PROTECTION ■ GREATER DEPENp-ABIUTT
HARRIS ELECTRIC COMPANY
by the town, are falling before
the* onslaught of automobiles
running wild. And without ex
ception, so far as we've been able
to tell by observation, the town
has left them laying where they
fell ... A look at the markers
left standing, their nameplates
rusty, only goes to show that no
one, not even a town, ever saved
any money by buying the cheap
est materials they could find.
The Elkin fire department, de
spite its fine new equipment, isn't
worth overmuch if the majority
of its members know nothing
about operating the truck . . .
Fact is, a recent fire in which we
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closed that some of them didn't
even know how to open a hydrant
. . . And if you think It very
much fun to watch everything
you've got in the world going up
in smoke aidfed and abetted by
someone's ignorance, try it some
time.
Outside of Mr. Whitaker, Ted
Brown and Jake Brown, it's
doubtful that other firemen know
very much about operating the
new truck and every minute
wasted in getting water to a blaze
counts. Practice sessions held
heretofore have drawn but a
scattering of firemen.
Those big round street dink
uses recently placed in the mid
dle of the streets at several down
town Intersections would be Just
lovely if some way could be found
to prevent people from parking
their cars so near the corners. As
it is, it takes real driving skill to
navigate a corner now without
going to the left of them or else
doing a straddle.
Elkin has apparently taken a
growing spurt here lately, with
new families coming in. If some
store here would stock a supply
of tents in which to house folks,
they'd probably clean up. As
soon as we win that SIOO,OOO
prize money, offered by a popular
cigarette, we're going to buy* us
an automobile trailer so we can
move every day instead of every
week.
(Linotyper's Note: "Oh yeah!")
(Editor's Note: The Linotyper is
after that SIOO,OOO too.)
Seems like some people just
can't be pleased. For instance,
take the woman who was given a
half dozen grapefruit by the local
relief office. She said she didn't
want any more because she cook
ed the first ones for four hours
and the blooming things never
did get tender.
A picture of energy at a perfect
standstill—Duke Ward. Slow mo
tion—Hillary Martin.
The town has erected "Slow"
signs on the streets adjacent to
Elkin's schools, and rightly so,
but there's lots of people here who
evidently don't believe in signs.
There's a class of drivers in El
kin who think their sole respon
sibility, while driving fast along
a street crowded with small school
children, is in blowing their horn.
"I blew my horn," will be
mighty feeble testimony in a
manslaughter case.
TIMELY FARM
QUESTIONS
ANSWERED AT
STATE COLLEGE
Question: What is the best dis
tance to leave between hills and
rows in transplanting tobacco?
Answer: A distance of 24 inches
between hills with the rows four
feet wide has proven most satis
actory under average conditions.
On the more fertile soils, how
ever, closer spacing on the row
will be more profitable. Select
plants of uniform size for trans
planting. A better stand and
quicker growth will be secured if
the ridge method of planting is
followed. This ridge is generally
made by running two big furrows
with a turning plow and then
scattering the middles with a
sweep. The fertilizer* should be
thoroughly mixed with the soil
before the row is ridged.
Question: How can I cure or
control White Diarrhea in my
chicks?
Answer: First* make sure that
the trouble is White Diarrhea.
This term implies that the dis
ease is germ borne, when in real
ity, a large percent of cases in
which diarrhea appears is not
germ borne. Overcrowding, over
heating, chilling, inferior grades
of feed stuffs, and poor ventila
tion usually produce a diarrheal
discharge in young chicks. Care
fully check all phases of manage
ment and correct the trouble if
found. If not found, send typical
chick to the Poultry Disease Lab
oratory at State College and
maintain rigid sanitation until re
port is received.
Question: In planning my gar
den how much land should I al
low for each person?
Answer: A tenth of an acre
will produce an abundance of
vegetables for one person with
a small surplus for canning. If
such crops as cantaloupes, Irish
and sweet potatoes; or watermel
ons are grown in the garden, a
slightly larger plot will be need
ed. Family tastes will determine
Just how much of each vegetable
to grow. A table listing the var- 1
ious crops together with the feet
of row to plant for a family
of five is given in Extension Cir
cular NO. 123 and copy of this
may be obtained free upon appli
cation to the Agricultural Editor
lat Mate College.
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CAPTURE ITALIAN SOLDIERS
Madrid, March 14. - Spanish
government accounts of its vic
tory at Trijueque On the Guadal
ajara front said tonight 90 addi
tional Italian officers and sol
diers had been captured in what
was described almost a rout of
Insurgents.
The Italians, official reports
said, included a lieutenant colo
nel, a major, and a lieutenant.
Most of the prisoners Wire said
to have been found hiding in
basements.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administra
tor c. t. a. of the estate of H. F.
Gray, deceased, late of Elkin,
Surry county, North Carolina, this
Is to notify all persons holding
claims Against said estate to pre
sent them to the undersigned
within one year from date hereof
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate Will please
make immediate settlement.
This the 3rd day of March,
1937.
W. M. GRAY,
Administrator c. t. a. of H. P.
3-25 Gray, deceaesd.
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