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■BETTER HEALTH a/Dr.J. rosslyn earp Director, New Mexico Bureau of Public Health SPRAY THOSE FLIES We used to say, swat that fijr. This is all very well when screens are close fitting and not too many children are running in and out through the door. But In many busy homes sniping with a fly swatter fly by fly, one at a time is too slow a process for adequate defense against the July hordes of our enemy. We need machine gun methods. When the flies have assembled in mass formation, close the doors close the windows and fill the air with a fine spray from your spray gun. There will be two or three minutes of frantic but futile buz zing and after that you may sweep up the corpses into a dust pan and cremate them. When the invading platoons come by twos or threes, aim the spray directly at them. Two or three rounds of spray fired at a range of one to three feet will in flict mortal injury if the spray Is strong enough. A strong enough spray can be made economically by soaking one pound of pyrethrum (insect pow der) in one gallon of kerosene (coal oil). The insect powder should cost 45 cents wholesale or 75 cents retail per pound. The coal oil should cost about 15 cents per gallon. Some of the powder will not dissolve. But if you shake up the mixture occasionally the poison will all have gone into solution in the kerosene after a few days. This poison is called pyrethon. It is harmless to men and to all warm blooded animals but will kill worms, insects, frogs and all cold blooded animals. Pyrethon is XKSESEESaCSy West Main EUdn ITHEATPEI THURSDAY, JULY 8— "ThelLast Mile" With Preston Foster—Howard Phillips Also Pathe News Featuring the Wedding of the Duke of Windsor and Mrs. Wailis Warfield Admission 10c-25c Matinee and Night— "Wagon Trails" With Harry Carey Also Autry Serial—Andy Clyde Comedy—Popeye Cartoon Admission 10c-£sc MONDAY AND TUESDAY— TIFFANY Productions HENRY Wr mw £» 2V morgan gauoway BERYL MERCER \\\\\ V whwF&hJOYCE COMPTON JAMK WRKWOO ° WEDNESDAY—DIME NIGHT— "HeII Harbor" With Jean Hersholt—Lupe Velez Cartoon Adm. 10c to All decomposed by water. Pyrethum powdei; must be kept dry until dissolved in the kerosene. SUMMER FIRST AID The daf's outing for Mamma and the kiddies. . . . Over on the creek four miles west. Shade and grass; trees and flowers; and— emergencies, for Mamma. She should be prepared, wisely. For there's Bob; he will drive and he's on the sunny side of the Ford; gets sunburn on the left ear, till it looks like a wheat cake right off the griddle. Then Junior, always an explorer picks up a locust thorn in his most prominent muscle—4t pene trates half an inch. And Clarice, fond of butter flies, gets stung on the upper lip by a new species that she finds buzzing over the horsemint bloom. Little Mary insists on carrying the lunch basket many times too heavy for her —trips over a bump —takes off a section of epidermis from one fat knee. Tom, the profound, none too energetic and peppy—picks up at least a pint of chiggers—and they ALL depend on Mamma for first aid. All run to Mamma when in distress. On that day's outing take along a kit containing (1) scissors; (2) a roll of clean adhesive plaster; (3) a bottle of iodine; (4) clean mus lin or gause for bandages; (5) a splinter forcep; (6) a jar of car olated vaseline; (7) a can of anti septic dusting powder. Don't rely on liquid vegetable antiseptics— most of them are powerless for killing germs. If a cut finger, let it bleed awhile; then pour iodine into the cut and around it. Dry quickly and apply adhesive plas- THE ELKIN THIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA ter to close wound. Treat "skin ned" abrasions much the same, except use carbolated vaseline on gauze next to the wound. For the thorn in Junior's flesh —pull it out with splinter forceps; soak the puncture with iodine; cover with adhesive. Treat the chiggers and sunburn at home. Soap and cold cream applied freely. | ARLINGTON | The Women's Study Club of the Arlington Baptist Church met Friday night at the home of Mrs. Coy Finney, with Mrs. S. S. Swaim and Mrs. John Wall in charge of the program. Rev. L. G. Burgess was guest of the meet ing and gave an interesting dis cussion on the eleventh chapter of Matthew. Readings were given by Misses Elizabeth Pardue and Mardell Wall. Miss Frances Dunman spent the past week at High Point vis iting friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Reece and son, Turman, spent the week-end in Galax, Va., visiting relatives. Mrs. Solomon Wagoner spent the week-end in Draper, N. C., visiting her daughter, Mrs. Dew ey Barker, who is ill. Mrs. Carl Rose and sister. Miss Nora Ruth Ashley, spent Friday in Winston-Salem shopping. Little Miss Rebecca Pardiue spent the past week in Winston- Salem visiting Mr. and Mrs. Mil ton Byrd. She was accompanied home by her cousin, Francis Byrd. Miss Helen Slattery and her grandmother, Mrs. Phillips, have been visiting in Oteen. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pardue and family spent Saturday in Wins ton-Salem. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Roberson of Winston-Salem are spending this week with her father, Mr. Thomas Rose, of Jonesville, N. C. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Shutt of Winston-Salem were the guests of Mr. and Mrs.. J. M. Rose Satur day night. Mrs. Lily Dunkle of Greensboro, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Swaim this week end. Rev. Bill Holman was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rose Sunday. Master Bobby Dunkle returned from Greensboro Saturday, where he has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Lily Dunkle. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Rose of Arlington, spent Sunday in Statesville with Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Johnson. Mrs. Ed Mcßride has returned home from Statesville where she has been visiting for two weeks. Rev. L. G. Burgess and Rev. Bradly Mathis were the guests of Mrs. Will Emerson Sunday. MOUNTAIN PARK We are glad to note that Mr. U. H. Cocker ham, who has been very ill, is much better. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Walters of Mt. Airy visited Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Walters last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Goodson of Schoolfield, Va., visited relativ es here last week-end. Miss Lillian Swift and Mr. F. B. Cockerham spent a short while in Sparta, Saturday. Miss Celia Guyer of Elkln, is spending this week with her sis ter, Mrs. Bonson Cockerham. Mr. and Mrs. M. K. Landrieth and son. Mack, spent last Mon day in Sparta. Mr. M. E. Swift and children and Irene Swift of Charlotte, spent the week-end here visiting relatives. Miss Minnie Williams visited Miss Chalma Simmons of Thur mond for a short while Sunday. Mrs. Andrews of state Road, spent part of last week with her sister, Mrs. M. K. Landrieth. Mr. and Mrs. Garvin Walters and family spent Sunday in Mt. Airy visiting relatives. Miss Maude Swift of Moores ville, visited relatives here Sun day. Miss Ola Williams of Enfield. N. C. spent the week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Williams. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Johnson had as their Sunday guests Mrs. Ollle Johnson and Mrs. Mae At kinson of Ararat. Mrs. J. F. Haymore and fam ily visited relatives here last week. Mr. and Mrs. Bonson Cocker ham and family visited relatives in Mt. Airy Sunday. J. C. PENNEY STORE FEATURING CLEARANCE In a large advertisement in this issue of The Tribune, the local J. C. Penney Co., store is announcing numerous clearance values that are now on sale at very attractive prices. In many departments of the store, some items have been placed on sale at almost give away prices. Tou are invited to turn to the Penney ad. for complete details. Miss Powell Is Hostess to Pearl Johnson Circle ' Miss Mattie Mae Powell was hostess to the Pearl Johnson cir cle of the Woman's Missionary society of the First Baptist church at her home on West Main street Tuesday evening, with eight mem bers present. The devotionals were in charge of Mrs. Leslie Reinhardt. Mrs. Charles Young directed an interesting program. She was as sisted by Mrs. George Adams, Mrs. L. M. Stewart and Mrs. Sheffie Graham. A delicious refreshment course was served during a pleasant so cial hour. Miss Martha Pearl Shore and J B. Martin are Married In a ceremony characterized by beauty and simplicity, Miss Mar tha Pearl Shore of Boonville and John Bennett Martin were mar ried Saturday evening at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. Wade Shore, in Boon ville. The ceremony was perform ed on the beautiful lawn at the home. Rev. J. P. Davis officiated, using the ring ceremony of the Baptist church. Miss Carmen Frye, of Boonville, pianist, and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, of Raleigh, soloist, rendered the wedding music. Bridesmaids were Miss Grace Hayes, Boonville, Miss Elizabeth Dowdle, Franklin, Miss Julia Da vis and Miss Emily Myers, Wins ton-Salem. Miss Elizabeth Shore, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Groomsmen were James Shore and James Am burn, Boon ville, Marvin Martin, Winston-Sa lem and Carl S. Kirk, Rome, Georgia. Woodrow Martin, broth er of the bridegroom, served as best man. The bride, who wore a lovely gown of White Chantllly lace over satin, made redingote style, and a train length veil of bridal illusion and carried an arm bou quet of gardenias, bride's roses and gypsophila, was given in marriage by her father. Mrs. Martin is the eldest daugh ter of Mr. and Mrs. Shore. She was graduated from the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and for the past several years has been a member of the Courtney school faculty. The bridegroom is a son lof Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Martin of East Bend and was educated at the University of North Carolina. He is division manager for the South Central states for the Har old Clapps company, Rochester, N. Y. For travel the bride wore a Alix adaptation of navy sheer alpaca with navy accessories and a cor sage of gardenias. PLEASANT HILL Dr. Paul W. Johnson of Wins ton-Salem, was a guest In the home of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Wel born on Thursday of last week. Mrs. G. W. Welborn entertain ed a group of small boys and girls at an enjoyable lawn party on Thursday of last week, m cele bration of the sixth birthday an niversary of her little son, G. W., Jr. Games and contests were en joyed. at the conclusion of which delicious refreshments were ser ved the sixteen guests who were present. Prizes for winners in the contests went to Joe Hin shaw, Buddy Burcham and Clara Transou. The "Happy Day" quartet sang at Roaring Gap Baptist church Sunday night . The "Sunshine" quartet sang at Longtown Sunday night. Mrs. Zo:a Couch of this com munity i& ill at this writing. Friends of Mr. Colin Couch, who is in the hospital as a result of falling off a building, will be glad to hear that he is improv ing. The "Sunshine" quartet isang at a birthday dinner at the home of Mr. Hurdler of the Pleasant Home community last Sunday. FIRE HERE DOES SMALL DAMAGE MONDAY NIGHT The Riverside Cafe, on South Bridge street, was slightly dam aged by fire Monday night about 10 p. m., as was a barber shop adjoining. Booster equipment of the Elkin fire department made short work of the blaze. The fire, thought to have orig inated in the barber shop, had burned through a partition into the cafe when discovered by a passerby. Another small fire extingushed by the local fire department took place the latter part, of last week, damaging an automobile belong ing to Hub Madison, of this city. A spark from a cigarette was thought to have ignited the up holstery of the front seat, caus ing the blaze. The safest train of thought is to stop and wait at all grade cross ings until the train passes. MOTOR DEATHS UP 17 PER CENT 14,270 Recorded In Nation For First Five Months of 1937 MAY FATALITIES 3,000 The nation's traffic deaths numbered 14,270 in the first five months of 1937, the national safe ty council reports. The total was 17 per cent great er than that compiled during the same period of last year. May fatalities were computed at 3,000 compared with 2,730 in April and 2,800 in May, 1936. The council reckoned, however, that highway travel as indicated by gasoline consumption, increas ed 13 per cent in May over the corresponding month of last year while motor vehicle deaths show ed a rise of seven per cent. "These figures are evidence," said Statistician R. L. Forney, "that in spite of the larger num ber of deaths, motor travel, mile for mile, was safer during May, 1937, than during May, 1936." The council calculated the death rate during the five month period at 14.4 per 1000,000,000 ve hicle miles in 1936 and 14.9 in 1937. v The report noted a "wide spread" improvement in safety in cities. New York's fatality total drop ped from 61 in May, 1936, to 58 last May; Philadelphia's decreas ed from 26 to 16; Chicago's slumped from 79 to 57. Pittsburgh Baltimore, San Francisco, and Buffalo were among the large centers which registered reduc tions in May. Chicago retained the "dead liest city" title with 321 deaths Time's Getting Short! Just 23 More Days I UNTIL McDANIEL'S GIVES AWAY §100! ABSOLUTELY FREE! x > FIRST PRIZE $50.00 SECOND PRIZE $25.00 THIRD PRIZE SIO.OO FOURTH PRIZE SIO.OO FIFTH PRIZE $5.00 THESE FIVE CASH PRIZES TO BE GIVEN AWAY SATURDAY, JULY 31,7:00 P. M. COME IN TODAY FOR COMPLETE DETAILS McDaniel's Dept. Store ELKIN, N. C. up to June 1. New York had 311 and Los Angeles 230. Quincy, Mass., was the largest city to reach the June 1 line with out a traffic fatality. Hoboken. N. J., also had no fatalities. New York led the most popu lous centers in comparative safe ty records during the five month span with a death rate of 10.4 per 100.000 residents. Milwauke was second with 14.4. In the group of cities of 250,000 to 500,000 population, Rochester, N. Y„ was in the van with a 9.4 mark and Jersey City, N. J., sec ond with 13.5 In the third class, cities between 100,000 and 250,000 population, the rate of Wichita, Kans., two per 100,000 residents, was less than a third of that of New Bed ford, Mass., the runnerup. Little Mountain Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Lewis of Benham. were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dar nell and family. Mr. and Mrs. Kelley Brown and firfall daughter, Mary Ruth, of Winston-Salem, are spending this week visiting relatives in this community. A very serious accident occur red in this community Saturday afternoon when the scaffold from which Mr. C. C. Cockerham and daughter, Ruth, were working, fell, causing them to fall. Mr. Cockerham sustained a broken back. It is th9Ught that the little girl was not seriously injured. Th'ey are both in the Hugh Chat ham Memorial Hospital at Elkin ; and we hope for them a speedy recovery. Rev. B. H. Barker filled his ap i pointment at Cool Springs church Sunday morning. Mr. and Mrs. Tyra Morrison and daughter, Kathleen and Mr. i and Mrs. Oeorge Carter and lit- Thursday, July 8, 1937 tle son, Ted were the Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dallas Carter and family of Kiktn Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Darnell and family attended the birthday din ner at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hudler/of Lomax Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sapp and family of Winston-Salem, spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Jolly and family. TAKING A LOAD OFF DAD'S MIND The head of the house was reading a newspaper article very carefully. Presently he remarked to his wife: "Do you know, dear, I think there is something in what this article says—that the clever ness of the father often proves a stumbling block to the son." His wife heaved a sigh of 1 re lief. "Well thank goodness," she said, "our Bobby won't have any thing to fall over." Just Curious The village fire-engine was ca reening toward a small hamlet. Suddenly a hefty housewife left a group of her cronies and, dash ing into the middle of the road, waved her arms frantically in front of the oncoming engine. The driver pulled up with a jerk. "Where's the fire?" he shout ed. "Well, that takes the cake," re torted the woman. "That's what we all want to know." O. K. Here Target Instructor: "Where the dickens are your shots going?" Seaman: "I don't know, but they're leaving this end all right." J. M. FRANKLIN s Registered Architect Phone 318 Elkin, N. C.