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. MYTHS . . . about animate
f The longer I live, the more I
marvel at the credulity of the hu
man race. So many things that
"everybody knows" turn out not
to be true. When I was a boy
"everybody" knew that if you put
a horsehair in a rainwater bar
rel and left it there long enough
it would turn into a snake. I
suppose there are country boys
who still believe that.
"Everybody knows" that wolves
are dangerous wild beasts which
do not hesitate to attack people.
But a man I know up in Canada
has had a cash reward standing
for years for proof that a wolf
[ ever attacked a human being,
and nobody has claimed it. Ca
nadian trappers say that wolves
are never man-killers, and Dr.
Stefansson, famous explorer, says
the same about European wolves.
"Everybody knows" that the red
Tailoring Dress
AH Hindu at Sewing
Mrs. C. W. Laffoon
West Main St. Phone 181-B
OUR STORE IS LOADED WITH
Hundreds of
Values
FOR
Elkin Bargain Days
Thursday—Friday—Saturday v
Hundreds of values . . . every counter . . . every
shelf loaded with them . . . await you here for
Elkin Bargain Days. One visit will convince you
that we can save you money on every purchase.
And our large and varied stock assures you of
finding just what you want. Make a note of it
now to visit our store first thing. It will mean a
profit for you!
Graham& Click
H5 c & 10° STORE
Elkin, N. C.
HERE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE
Values
You'll Find at
SMITHEY'S
Elkin Bargain Days
Full Cut Work Shirts 48c
Ladies full fashioned chiffon hose,
service weight 48c
Man's Dress Shirts 69c to 97c
One rack ladies' silk dresses 51.48
Prints and ginghams, yard :5c to 19c
Boys' Overalls 48c to 78c
Men's Overalls 59c up
New lot ladies* sandals, pair 97c
Children's Oxfords and straps 1 : 79c and 97c
Men's spring suh'a $8.95 up
Children's ankles, pair 48c
Men's hats ——Boc up
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SMITHEY'S DEPARTMFNT STORE
The Great Bargain Givers Elkin, N. CM
LIFE . . . . . to*
Where and how did life begin
on earth? Science is getting
closer every year to a definite
answer. Life began in the sea.
That is generally agreed, and
salt and water are parts of every
living thing. Without them in
proper balance, we die.
How long ago life began is mi
other question. Archaeologists
now say that human life is at
least a million years old, and that
many millions of years must have
elapsed before the human race
was evolved from the primitive
lower forms of life.
There is evidence that more
than one man-like kind of ani
mal lived fifty thousand or more
years ago, sub-human species of
which traces have been found
but which have long been extinct.
It is probable that the ancient
folk-myths common to all races,
of giants, ogres, satyrs and
gnomes which lived underground
come down from the earlier con
tacts of our own species with
those vanished experiments of na
ture.
GROWTH .... continues
Until lately it has been gener
ally believed that everybody, un
less the victim of some rare mal
ady, stopped growing somewhere
between fifteen and thirty. Now
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NEW ORLEANS .. , Bob Feller, 18,' of Van Meter. lowa, reports for
work to Steve O'Neill at th* Cleveland Indians camp here. The sen
sational schoolboy pitcher was signed to a SIO,OOO contract in January.
T jast season he held the strike-out record tor a single gamo in the
American League. He tanned seventeen.
Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the Smith
sonian Institution, who has meas
ured more living persons and
skeletons than anyone else, says
that most people keep on grow
ing right up to 50 or 60. Our
bones actually grow. Our heads
get larger, and so do our noses,
ears and mouths.
I was a bit skeptical about that
until I remembered that when I
was 25 I wore a 7 1-8 hat, and
now, with much less hair and no
fat at all over my skull I have
to get a iy 2 .
Dr. Hrdlicka says he has no
ready explanation for the facts
he offers, but suggests that the
enlargement of people's heads
may be due to growth of the
brain through use.
SHOES and barley corn
I had lunch the other day with
America's largest shoe retailer. 1
asked him a question which has
long puzzled me. What do shoe
sizes mean? How much difference
is there between a size 7 and e
size 8? "A barleycorn," he told
me. I knew that ancient standard
of measurement, for in my first
school arithmetic it started with
"three barleycorns make one
inch." But my No. 7Vi shoe, I
pointed out, was certainly more
than 2% inches long, so if each
size was only a third of an inch,
the numbers must start some
where above zero.
We got some other shoe men
into the discussion, and finally
went to my friend's store and be
gan measuring shoes. We found
that the smallest shoe is a baby's
No. 0, which Is for a foot four in
ches long. Then there are thir
teen sizes, each a third, of an
inch, in children's shoes, before
you get to No. 1 in men's sizes.
I thought it was an interesting
bit of information, worth pass
ing along.
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FEFT getting bigger
American feet are getting big
ger, my shoe-dealer friend told
me. Men and women alike are
wearing larger shoes, on the av
erage. There is no obvious ex
planation, except that we are bet
ter nourished than our grandpar
ents were and our bodies gener
ally are larger, with feet in pro
portion.
Analyzing the records of the
sales of ten million pairs of shoes
my friend said, he had found that
more men wear size 8-D than any
other one size, and more women
get a 6-B.
To shoes the men, women and
children of the United States last
year took 415 million pairs. The
50 million men and boys bought
120 million pairs, making the av
erage life of their shoes about
five months. The 77 million we
men and children bought 312 mil
lion pairs of shoes last year. I've
noticed that wives usually have
more shoes in the closet than
their husbands have!
GOOD PICTURES AT
NEW ELK THEATRE
"Cock of the Air" to be Shown
Thursday, and "Lightin'
Crandall" Friday, Saturday
Two good pictures will be fea
tured at the new Elk theatre here
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
affording visitors to Elkin Bar
gain Days an opportunity for en
tertainment while here.
On Thursday only a Howard
Hughes production, "Cock of the
Air" will be shown, this movie be
ing a thrill drama of the skies as
can be produced only by Hughes,
himself an aviator and holder of
the transcontlnetal air record. In
addition to the feature several
entertaining short subjects will
be shown.
On Friday and Saturday the Elk
will feature a Western drama.
"Lightin' Crandall," with Bob
Steele, and the current chapter of
"Tarzan," thrilling serial, plus a
comedy.
Visitors to Elkin are Invited to
visit the Elk theatre while here.
You don't have to remember a
favor which some people did for
you, because they will constantly
remind you of it.
RUSK |«
Mr. and Mrs. Wade Gilliam and '■
little daughter, Peggy Marie, of
Winston-Salem, were here Tues
lay, the guests of Mrs. Gilliam's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L.
Cocker ham.
Mrs. Burton Kidd of Greenville,
N. C., is visiting her parents, Mr.
ind Mrs. W. H. Wall, at Zephyr.
Mr. Henry Burch, representing
'.he E. W. King Co., of Bristol,
Tenn., was here last week for a
ihort visit to his grandmother,
Mrs. Vance Burch.^
Mr. and Mrs. McCreary of the
State of Texas, were here a shorj,
while Tuesday, the guests of Mr.
uid Mrs. J. W. Martin.
Mr. Sol Hill made a business
•■-rip to Pilot Mountain Thursday.
Miss Lucille Martin was the
wernight guest of Miss Joyce
Martin, at Salem Pork, Thursday.
Mr. Zeb Thompson and small
on, Vance, of the Mulberry sec
ion, were visitors here Thursday.
Woodrow Sprinkle of Dobson,
vas here several days last week,
attending to business matters.
Mr. N. E. Wilmoth and Miss
Tmma Wilmoth visited Mr. Jim
ny Atkins at Fairview, Wednes
day. Mr. Atkins is very ill at this
writing.
Mesdames N. J. and Tom Mar
tin, of Salem Pork, were here
Wednesday and Thursday, the
guests of Mrs. J. W. Martin.
Mr B. B. Martin of Madison,
with the Armour Fertilizer Co.,
was a business visitor here Tues
day.
Mrs. J. W. Martin Entertains
Mrs. J. W. Martin was hostess
at an old-fashioned quilting
Wednesday afternoon.
Needles and tongues flew from
two until five when the guests
were invited into the dining
room, "where they were served
buffet style, delicious refresh-
I GIRLS WANTED I
To Fill Well Paying
Positions
As Beauty Operators
Complete Course
$75.00
For Information Write
KING'S BEAUTY
SCHOOL
229 S. Elm St. Greensboro, N. C.
Hove you Had your
eyes examined
recently ?
You May Be Suffering
From Headache or Blur
red Vision Which Might
Be Corrected By
Properly Fitted
Glasses
DR. W. B. REEVES
OPTOMETRIST
Office Gvet* Eik Theatre
C c ra c:
I Mesd&rnes W„ V« and V. Burch>
lie Ashburn.
ADVISES TO BUILD
OR REMODEL HOME
Elkin Lumber and Manufacturing
Company Carries Every Build
ins Need in Stock
Dealers in all kinds of building
material and originators of the
slogan "Everything to Build Any
thing," the Elkln Lumber and
Manufacturing Co., of this city,
is stressing the advantages 'of
building a new home or remodel
ing the old one, in this issue of
The Tribune.
The company is always glad to
be of help to those planning to
build, and will gladly consult with
anyone regarding their problems.
In addition to handling build-
I Surry Hardware Co.
~
Our Entire Store
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Our Warehouses
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ARE
Jammed With Values
Elkin Bargain Days!
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BE SURE TO VISIT US! TO
The Greatest Testimonial of Them All _* 1 -
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E»TONS OF
JggLEXPERIENCE
Bm&of every, Bay
[J3T jpOR more than 40 years, good
* "3s\ farmers have been growing good
A_~( LXt |y crops with V-G Fertilizers.
Year after year these splendid
fertilized have given good results
Faithful adherence to the prin
'"'ciple of making honest goods has
lp been rewarded by the appreciation
best farmers. This preference en
MBPVS able# us to offer you, through reli
•,. able agents, the fertilizers with more
V 1». PF D '*f» i'l- than 35 million tons of experience
GREENSBORO, N. C.
u Lustf • . v. I a ring
SHRTof paint.
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Urges Everyone to Attend Special
Trade Event and Extends
Warm Welcome to All
The Bank of Klkin, In an ad
vertisement in this Issue of The
Plumbing and Heating
GENERAL ELECTRIC REFRIGERA
TORS—WASHING MACHINES
RADIOS
EKIN PLUMBING AND HEATING CO.
Phone 254 Elkin, N. C.
(take full advantage of the oppor
j tunity to visit ©kin and save on
; their purchases.
f The bank also points out that
(although Elkir merchants extend
a wholehearted welcome to those
attending the Mg trade event,
visitors tc- the city ire Just as
welcome at any other time they
find it convenient to come.
One nice feature about a war
with Japan. Part of us wouldn't
persecute the rest of us for look
ing pro-Jap.