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THE FREAK SEASON Each year about this time the freak season begins. It's the time of year that people start bringing in all kinds of queer things to The Tribune office so as to have them writ ten up in the paper. No doubt, after one look at some of the boys who work in the back, they figure it's a proper place for freaks, anyway. The first freak, or oddity, thus far, was an extra large egg. We say "was," because the egg is all gone. We saw to that in our position as chief freak eater. Bring anything here and you may depend upon it* that we'll eat It if it Is at all edi- nnet u t of up wilkes way, how come ble. But to go on. This particu- his hen laid such a large egg, and lar egg had two yellows in it. Not he he didn't know for sure, an ordinary two-yellow egg, but bufc thought she went on a sit a whopper—an egg any old hen down strike and then forgot her could well be proud of. self at the end of the third dafir, laying three eggs in one in a mo- The first thing we did was to m gnt of forgetfulness. measure it. Careful examination of our tape line disclosed the egg s kln of freaks> just the J*"other day some guy we've seen irnf.nrt before but didn't know grabbed J? J us by the arm while we were must admit it was quite an egg. ambllng Main Btreet and We asked the gentleman who Jagged us of brought it in to us, Mr. J. F Dar- fi L e - , ln 8 • asked for the freak editor. ■ • * * /% {% f\ THIS AND THAT LULI/& We gather that there are lots [■ |1 II and of folks who owe the Elkin Na- V W W FEVER tional Bank who t* llll * thiß fel n , low Pine is not so good. LtaaM. Tablets Salve, Nose Drops Now that we've gotten within Try "R«b-My-Ttan"-World's two or three years of having an Best i up-to-date automobile, we're sort Beat Liniment Radio Service BY AN EXPERT , RADIO SERVICE MAN Complete Line of Tubes and Parts Hayes & Speas (Incorporated) PHONE 70 ELKIN, N. C. "Ifs pretty hard to beat NATURE Mighty Males Hitched to a dynamometer (a strength testing machine) these powerful mules record their strength for the photographer. SERE is a famous pair of many elements that combine to mules—mighty creatures make this nitrogen fertilizer a the pulling strength of a reliable food for your crops. Chilean i» known for threatened the world's pulling lts ^Ul^! C act,n ß mt'ogen, of record. course. But nitrogen is only one Whit makes these mules un- ?/ ° f usual ? Mother Nature gave on &* Ch^ n them something—her ownnat- •}» contains, wimfmrities, such oral balance of many elements; eleraents b ? ron - "»g* atrength, staying power, the n " lum ' and *>«* 28 willingness to wort So in ac- £*«• And always remember tual value, these sturdy mules these vital elements are stand out from ordinary mules Pjesent in Chileaf. Soda in —there's just no comparison. Mother Nature s own wise bal- And Nature gave a natural ance a M * en > balance to Natural Chilean Ni- For better crops... Natural trate, too—a natural balance of Chilean Nitrate. Natural NITRATE of SODA NATURAL AS THS GROUND IT COMSS FROM With Vital Element» in Nature'a Balance and Blend RADIO — "UNCLE NATCHEL ft SONNY" FAMOUS CHILIAN CALENDAR CHARACTERS See enueuttuemeuta of feeding Southern Sutlon* Tim ETiKIN TR?BTTNE. ELKIN, NORTH CAROLINA it. It has always been our policy' to name our cars; their names in the past having been in succes sion: Calamity I, Calamity n and Calamity m. But somehow or other we feel that this one w» and the finance company own now should have a new name. If you have a name you think you think suitable, please don't write on a piece of paper, drop in an envelope without address or stamp, and mail. On second thought, think we'll name it Felibia L One of the most horrible trag edies to ever appear in newspaper headlines: the snuffing out of over 400 little lives ln that Texas school explosion. Death for a child somehow seems more tragic than death for an adult. It will be one news reel shot that we don't care to see. We shudder to think how a person would feel if influenza germs were as big as cows. Even as big as a small cow. They do have big flu germs down where our Uncle Culpepper lives, but they've never bothered Uncle Cul since the first epidem ic. At that time a couple of germs jumped him, and by the end of the week both germs were sick in bed with a bad case of Culpepper itis. * Seems like Uncle Culppper bit first. But he was like that. And no one ever got the best of him until he traded for a balky mule. On the way to town one day the mule balked, and as a last re sort, uncle Culpepper got out and built a fire under him. The mule pulled up a log and sat down by it. Another time he not only went on a balk, but got up in the wag on and sat down by our uncle. The only good point about that mule was he never went on a sit-down strike. They're telling that overall manufacturers are now putting double seats in overalls especially for the Bit-downers. Labor mediators may know how to cope with sitdown strikers, but we remember the time when our mother, plus a hair brush, could do more to discourage sitting down than anyone we knew of. Especially at those times when we were supposed to hurry home from school and water the cow— and didn't. 1 Then another failing of ours, which often called for a bit of hairbrush tonic, was fooling around the Southern depot watching the freight trains shift. We'd perch atop a pile of cross ties and stay there just as long as the freight train did. Then we'd go home and catch it! But those were tile days! The days when our mother could al ways tell when one of the young'uns was coming down with something merely by the way he acted. Just let one of us get quiet and mopey for a half hour and she'd start looking at our tongue and seeing if we were broken out anywhere. Usually we were. First it was whooping cough, then measles, then mumps, then chickenpox—always four cases in a row. Then later came the itch epidemic at school with the Browning children displaying their ability to catch things. Next it was scarlet fever with us the sole victim, followed by a good old-fashioned dose of blood pois on—a drama in which we again made up the entire cast of char acters. I It seemed bad back in those days, but now, looking back, it wasn't bad after all. Boyhood days were happy days, despite childish ailments, the itch, the hair brush and hickory switch—days that now are only reflections ln the mirror of memory. Will someone please bring grandpa his cane? Pooer A club of young men had a rule that on certain evenings any mac who asked a question he was un able to answer himself should pay a fine. One evening Tompkin son asked "Why doesnt a ground squirrel leave any dirt "round the top of a hole when hfe digs in?" He'was called upon to answer his own question. "That's easy," he said. "The squirrel starts at the bottom and digs up." "But." suggested another mem ber, "how does it get to the bot tom?" "That's your question," an swered Tompkinson. > ■ - \Absorbent Dumb—Did you ever study a blotter? ' \ Dumber—Don't N?elieve I have. Dumb—lt's a vAyr absorbing thing, HIT JR. O. U. A. M. Regular meeting of Wkln Coun cil No. 96 Jr. O. U. A. M. will be held every Friday night, 7:30 p. m. All members are requested to 1)6 present ' » ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administra tor e. t. a. of the estate of H. P. Gray, deceased, late of Elkln, Surry county, North Carolina, this la 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. Next TUESDAY SPECIAL NIGHT, 12 o'Clock EASTER MIDNIGHT SHOW WEEK ' MC mmmU ' | tmm " M " PROGRAM Don't Miss It! Today and Friday— Next Week—Easter Monday-Tuesday— M " GW^^^ TH NEW MUB|CA V -.|1 '>«M POWELL IRENE DUNNE 1 ,/ij jff&k \&Z\y 'our 'Broadway Melody' Girl / / iLJ V Una « M#,l,#l ; s !l s^ #r * .... 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They found it helped to Increase the appetite and improve digestion, thereby bringing them more strength from their food. Naturally there is less discomfort at monthly periods when the system has been strengthened and the vari ous functions restored and regulated. Cardnl, praised by thousand* of woman, it w»ll worth trying. Of eoarso, U not benfltwl. consult a phr«lelin. Stained garment* and bed ruined by greasy, discoloring •alvesrost you many times^^^^A more than the salve •elf—Why not use ScoHW^T Treatment tiay mite* that burrow , under the ddn sad cause WfSAf ft* itching. Cki*i, quick, 'MaVr cheap and (tee. All drug. Sj%W girti—so* TURNER DRUG COMPANY Eyes Examined Office: Glass** Fitted f Elkin National Bank Building DR. P. W. GREEN OPTOMETRIST Offices open dally for optical repairs and adjustments of all hinds. Examinations on Tuesdays and Fridays from 1 to 5 p. m. 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