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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Published Every Thursday by ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Elkin, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937 Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as second-class matter. C. 8. FOSTER. -President H. F. LAFFOON BtcrcUty-Trtjainirtr SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER TEAR In the State, $1.50 Out of the State, S2.M The voice of conscience isn't loud enough for most men to hear, and of course women at an afternoon "tea" aren't expected to. "You can tell people on the beach who have no full-length mirrors at home. No body would expose such a thing if he knew about it."—Robert Quillen. Hubby may never know how important the wife really is until she runs away with a more appreciative man and leaves the sink full of dirty dishes. Juggling The Figures Senator Byrd, of Virginia, a persistent and relentless critic of the Roosevelt ad ministration, recently has been blistering the Resettlement Administration for what he claims is the excessive cost of homes built and to be built on the Greenbelt, Mary land, project. And the senator is right in deploring, even condemning, any waste of government money, but only up to the point where he juggles the figures to make them appear what they are not. Senator Byrd claims that, the "homes" at Greenbelt will cost $16,182 each, and holds this up so the light of prejudice may play upon it. Other critics taking their cue from the Virginia senator, join the chorus, accept these figures as fact, and proceed to fasten the public mind to a peg that is strangely convenient. The Charlotte Observer looks upon it as approaching a "public scandal," and express es its concern this way: "Plenty of people in Charlotte, in North Carolina and in the nation at large are paying federal taxes to build those $16,000 and SIB,OOO 'experiment al homes' in Maryland, who themselves live in modest residences that are not worth half that." The trouble is that Senator Byrd and his followers draw their conclusions about the costivity of these "homes" rather loose ly. Goodness knows they are costing enough to justify criticism even if the critics were inclined to break down the figures fairly and present them accordingly. When the Greenbelt project is complet ed, the total cost will be approximately $14,- 000,000. The residential units now planned will house only about 885 families. But the 12,000 acres embraced in the project is suf ficient for three times that number of houses, or, if not used for such extension, represent an asset over and above the cost of the 885 home units. And what is more, the total cost includes the construction of two schools, a community center, stores, a postoffice, and a rather extensive highway system, all intended to serve a community three times the size of the present Green belt, yet which by no stretch of the imagi nation can be considered as a part of the cost of "homes." To divide the total cost, $14,000,000, by 885 homes without making due allowance for these other costs, smacks too much of telling only a half-truth to make things smell a little sweeter. Senator Byrd and his fellow critics could make this differentiation and still be on solid ground, still be rendering a public service by condemning governmental ex travagance. These resettlement projects obviously are costing too much money, even when a part of the cost is charged off to unemploy ment relief, but in presenting the record the figures could as well be accurate and all-in clusive, and leave the public to judge. Pedigreed Pigs vs. Scrub Boys and Girls "Producing good farm crops and live stock is little more than an empty mockery if at the same time you are raising scrub boys and girls. Give your boys and girls a chance to grow into capable men and wo men,' is the advice of R. E. Jones, negro 4-H club specialist, given to a group of Orange county colored farm men and women at a recent picnic. It would be useless to try to add any thing to that or take from it. It is an un answerable sermon in itself, and as appli cable to the white race as to the colored—if not more so. We are all too much inclined to stress the importance of thoroughbred calves and pigs to the neglect of our young sters, who unfortunately do not have much to brag about in their ancestry. As for the colored people of North Car olina it is only just to them to say that they have shown remarkable interest in the f\i- ture welfare of their youth. In eastern North Carolina especially, negro farmers are adopting modern methods in their agricul tural efforts and they are getting results. For the very simple reason that they are willing to follow the intelligent leadership the State is providing. But their progress is not limited to ma terial success. They have sensed the im portance of trained youth, and are about the business of preparing their children for life's battles. It is significant that recently when a course in brick masonry was made available to both the white and colored school at a point east of central North Car olina, the only ones who took advantage of it were forty negro boys. It is not hard to find the answer to that: Brick-laying is hard work. And it will not be hard to read the result a few years hence, when contractors will be paying colored ma sons a dollar an hour, with no white ones in sight, while white-collar jobs will be paying little more than a dollar a day. It would be a good idea to give the boys and gir's at least the same consideration we do a pedigreed pig. \ To Study Taxes Hie commission to study and report on tax classification and homestead exemption, named, by Governor Hoey is composed of able men from whom should come reason able and fair recommendations that are cal culated to rectify some of the faults now ex isting. But whether their recommendations will be adopted is an altogether different thing. Governor Hoey says that while the commission, authorized under the legislative resolution is meant to study the question of classification and homestead exemptions, he expects it to make any recommendations it desires concerning the whole tax structure. Therefore its report ought to be interesting indeed. As a matter of fact the commission is the creature of the last general assembly, conceived and brought forth as an alibi for legislators who were unwilling to assume the responsibility which the constitutional amendments passed at the last election placed upon that body. All of which raises the question mark in the mind of the lay men, whether any real study by this body of men will really be taken seriously when the legislature meets again, particularly if the recommendations should be of a nature as will conflict with the present set-up. We have had these investigating com missions before, and some of these able leaders were members, but we haven't much to show for it. There was the commission appointed to recommend changes in the con stitution, for instance. The recommenda tions were made, you will remember, but they got lost in the shuffle; a commission appointed to study tax sources referred to the sales tax as "abominable" yet what hap pens when you go to buy some clothes to cover your nakedness? If the last legislature hadn't been in such a hurry to make a record for adjourn ment ; if it honestly had wanted to carry out the mandate of the people at the polls, it could have attended to the matter of home stead exemptions itself. But when it is more politically expedient to evade, the pop ular method is to appoint a commission. And so no matter how earnestly this one goes about 4ts duties, there is always the shadow of experience, stalking its path, and the best that we can hope in the way of actual results in the present case, is that the recommenda tions will be of a character that will appeal to the voters to the extent that they will not allow them to be shelved by political groups that don't like them. High-Bracket Incomes According to figures released by the Se curities and Exchange Commission, Walter P. Chrysler's salary is $16,667 per month. What is more his corporation agrees to re imburse him for the rent of his office in the amount of $40,500 a year, plus the expense of running it. In return, Mr. Chrysler al lows the corporation the use of his name and has assigned to it life insurance policies for a total of $2,891,611, on which the corpora tion is paying the premium. Other officials of thfc corporation get salaries ranging from $78,000 to $51,000 per year. These gentlemen are quite fortunate in being able to command such high pay for their services. Maybe they earn it and maybe they don't. It is one of the prizes of the American system of big business that men may maneuver themselves into such fa vorable positions. Yet it also is one of the system's faults. When workmen in the lower and more ordinary brackets; those who toil with their hands rather than with their heads take note of this tremendous rakedown, is it any won der that they become dissatisfied and grouchy? When stockholders note that be fore their dividend checks are made out for a measley little earning, the toppers have first been taken care of in such a handsome way, is it any wonder) that they don't make protest ? The Commission's report includes many other high-steppers among the salaried leaders, and a patient reading of the list arouses no resentment when the government sets out to stop some of their practices of tax evasion, such as in the case of Mr. Hearst who, it is disclosed, saved five mil lion dollars in taxes through devices that are acknowledged to be within the law, yet simple tax evasion, none the less, and evasion of a kind that if undertaken by the common herd would result in a lot of grief. |£33l« T - -v | V ?. p»f " - 8-- a 2 : ; THE KLKIN TRIBUNE. FT,KIN. NORTH CAROLINA FIRESIDE I PHILOSOPHY (By C. M. Dickson) Grammar says. "A word is a sign of an idea." This does not mean that the idea is ail the time necessarily a large one. The person whose heart is his castle will overcome the most for midable enemy. If the world has ever been tame H— —■———' ——— at all, in many irespects, it I seems to have gone off at a tangent at the present time. Truth needs no propping. _ J A "stilted education will soon tumble. Hard to get acquainted with— one's own self. To avoid the pit, one should walk the narrow path. All fools are not in the asylum neither are all criminals in jail. If one wants political pie, let him begin to kick his party—lf he is of mediocre character. The people who have hairless heads seem to have less trouble than the ones who have headless hair. Salt and soda come pretty high when "dosed" under their tech nical names. If a person has a degree and can do nothing, how much can he do if he has two degrees? If a sorry teacher is paid any thing at all, he is paid too much. Good lookers are not always favorably looked upon. From the "articles" in their possession many good women seem to have married the "other fel low." It seems that the automobile has done as much to shorten hu man life as science has to length en it. The word "homely" has an am biguous meaning. It may mean that a person just loves to stay at home, or that he stays because he has to. If a person wants to avoid the odium of being called a "book worm," he should learn something outside of books. A "hard-hitter" knocks 'em out of his way. An all-round fellow may also be square. It is unfair to accuse God of killing all who die! An "uncommon" commodity— common-sense. —— RONDA Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Moore had for their dinner guests Sun day Mr. and Mrs. Roy Moore and son, Billy, of Mooresville. Mr. and Mrs. Banner Edwards announce the birth of a son July 12th at the Wilkes Hospital, both mother and son are dome: nicely. _ Mr. and Mrs. Ebb Bradley an nounce the birth of a son, James Elbert, Jr., July 14th. Don't forget the "Old Maids Convention" Saturday night July 24 at the gym, 8:00 o'clock. Come see us and guess who we are. Ad mission 15 and 25 cents. Bernard Walls is spending this week in Sparta the guest of his cousin Miss Edna Walls. Warren Pardue Is spending some time in South Carolina, the gtiest of his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pardue. Windsor X Roads The Duke Power company has recently completed a power line through this section of the coun ty and residents of the county are very appreciative of this valuable convenience. Farmers are very busy culti vating their crops and threshing small grain. Gaston Myers har vested three hundred and sixty seven bushels of wheat and oats. Mrs. John Bell, Walter Well born, Miss Katherine Bell and Mrs. Oaston Myers and daughters, Lucille and Ruby Dean, and Paul Windsor and Merven Barron spent most of last week at Caro- Una Beach. - ■ i Patronize Tribune advertisers. : rhev offer real values oSKid'Summer (Hrcus by A. B. CHAPIN NEWS FROM THE Dobson, July 20.—The Woman's Missionary Society of Dobson Baptist ohurch met on Thursday evening with Mrs. Edna Norman. Opening song "King's Business." Devotionals were conducted by Mrs. Emma Hampton. Program leader, Miss Lizzie Norman. Topic for discussion, "The Negro." Mrs. W. E. Hancock discussed the ne gro race, with emphasis on their culture, their griefs and sorrows. Mrs. R. A. Freeman discussed negro characteristics in general and their contribution to the south, and their gift of labor, music and literature. Miss Nor man pointed out by map our Ni gerian mission and other mission fields showing that in spite of discouragement, the Nigerian mission goes on in a gratifying way. Miss Mary Betty Norman sang a solo, "My Task," a ccompanied by Miss Ola Angel. Miss Norman gave in conclusion "Our Task in the African Mission Fields." During the social hour Mrs. Norman served an ice course. Next meeting to be held with Mrs. John Richards. Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Threatte and Betty June, Mr. and Mrs. B. P. Folger and family, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Reid and Eugenia, Mr. Fred Hill and family and little Linda Hancock, all sought refuge from the intense heat in different sec tions of the N. C. and Va. moun tains for the week-end. Miss Ola Angel is spending sometime with her sister, Mrs. John Richards. The Epworth Leaguers picnick ed up on Mitchell's river Wed nesday evening. Masters Billy Hollingsworth and Jack Folger of Mt. Airy spent a few days last week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Reece. Miss Myrtle Burgess of Norfolk, is visiting Mrs. F. F. Riggs, and seeing her Dobson friends. Mrs. Emma Rcece Mock return ed Sunday from Chapel Hill where she spent the last 3 months taking a course in Social Secur ity work. She resumed her form er duties in the Welfare office Monday morning. Mrs. C. W. Patterson of Pilot Mountain, spent a few days last week with Mrs. B. F. Folger. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Freeman spent Saturday and Sunday in the Boone and Blowing Rock section. Mrs. Edna Norman, Misses Elizabeth and Mary Betty Nor man and Miss Elizabeth Free man went to Rockingham Sat urday for a week's visit with Mrs. B. F. Palmer. Mrs. Lizzie Key Snow and granddaughter, Lou Roy Snow, spent Friday in Dobson among friends. Mrs. Lula Lewellyn and Mrs. B. F. Folger visited Mrs. John Kirkman in Pilot Mt. last Thurs- ; day. Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Cobb spent the week-end at LaOrange with relatives. ■** Mrs. F. F. Riggs and Mrs. How- ard Snow visited in Pilot Mt. last week. Miss Elizabeth Booker, nurse of the clinic hospital near Harmony, is spending sometime during her rest period with her mother, Mrs. Rosie Booker. Mrs. Kent Swanson, of Pilot Mt., is visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Stone. Miss Annie Marie Hardy of Rural Hall, Miss Eva Collins of Winston-Salem and Mr. Newsom Slaughter spent Sunday with the family of R. E. Collins. Rev. and Mrs. C. W. Russell and children, Douglas and Den zel, are away for a few days vis it with kindred in' Denton. Mrs. Mary Folger, and Mrs. Ivey Rogers and son, Ivey Gray, spent Sunday afternoon with friends at Doughton. HOMECOMING SUNDAY AT WHITE PLAINS Homecoming Day will be ob served at White Plains church, Sunday, July 25. The program will begin at 10 o'clock in the morning. Several good choirs and quartettes will be present for the service and all singers have a special invitation to attend and take part. All former pastors and members are urged to come and bring their friends. The public is cordially invited to attend and bring a basket lunch as dinner will be served on the grounds. F-W CHEVROLET CO. IS SPONSORING FREE SHOW A "July Jamboree," featuring the motion picture "A Coach for Cinderella" in technicolor, will be presented at the Lyric theatre Monday morning, July 26, at 10 o'clock by the F-W Chevrolet Co., of this city. The show, which will also in clude two interesting short sub jects, "Spot News"' and "State Police," will be free of charge, tickets being available at the F-W Chevrolet Co. office. Every one desiring to attend is invited to call there for free tickets. I MRS. GREENWOOD WINS IN NAME CONTEST HERE "Lucky Break Pool Room" was the name selected by the judges in the contest last week for a name for the pool room recently open ed in the Greenwood building on East Main street by John Huds peth. The name chosen, which won a prize of SIO.OO cash, was submit ted by Mrs. Margie Greenwood, of El kin. Cops don't bother a Peeping Tom now. They figure he's getting snap-shots for one of the picture magazines. ' WANTS Bring us your work as we are now located in R. M. Fletcher's new garage. All work guaran teed. Harvey Wood & Jen kins. 7-20 c FREE! If excess add causes you Stomach Ulcers, Gas Pains, In digestion, Heartburn, Belching, Bloating, Nausea, get free sam ple doctor s prescription, Udga. rft Turner Drug Co , 6-Sp Thursday, Jnly 22, 1937 Books For Sale Cheap. 73 vol umes with case, fiction and non fiction by popular authors. Hayes & Speas Furn. Co. ltp Wanted—a white or colored man, married or single, to drive car, milk cow and do general work. C. A. Dimmette, Ronda, N. C. 7-22 c For good, dry, sound milling wheat testing 59 pounds and over $1.25, wheat testing 58 pounds $1.20. Lower grades are disc oun ted proportionately. Statesville Flour Mills Co., Statesville, N. C. tfc See the New Myers Traction Sprayer. It is a one-man, one horse, two-row Sprayer. It sprays from 10 to 15 acres daily. Casstevens Hardware Co., El kin, N. C. tfc Wanted: Good tenant with stock and tools to handle a good acreage, corn, tobacco, and small grain. Good river bottom and upland. C. A. Dimmette, Ronda, N. C. 7-29p For good, dry, milling wheat offer $1.25 deliver our door. States ville Flour Mills Company, Statesville, North Carolina, tfc. Wanted: AH grades poplar, oak, pine, maple logs, seven feet long, delivered to our Elkin plant. Can us them as small as six inches in diameter; also oak and poplar lumber. Oak Furniture Co.'s Elkin plant, old Biltrite site, Elkin, N. C. tfc Squlbbs Mineral Oil, quart size 89c. Antacid Powder, large size 50c. Nyseptol, pint 49c. Gallon Mineral Oil $2.25. Turner Drug Co., Elkin, N. C. tfn Do yon want plenty of eggs from strong, fast growing young chicks? If so feed Panamln. We have it. Abernethy's, A Good Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfn We boy scrap iron and metals. Double Eagle Service Co., Elk in, N. C. tfc Wanted to repair radios. Our expert thoroughly knows his business. Prices right. Harris Electric Co., Elkin. N. C. tfc REAL ESTATE For Sale: 9 acre truck farm. 4 room house, barn, garage, chicken house, woodshed and other outbuildings. Good spring and orchard. 3 acres In pasture. 1-2 mile from El kin city limits. Price SISQO. $750 cash, balance on easy terms. For anything in real estate or building see me. D. C. MARTIN Realtor and Contractor REAL ESTATE One of the moat attractive homes and grounds in the city, with about three acres of land; the former John Roth home. We will sell at a great sacrifice, with good terms. We have the Mrs. R L. Hubbard store for sale at an attractive price. Two and one-half miles west of city, 100 acres, with 8-room home and other buildings, pas ture, on hard surface road. A good place to live. Will rent all for $25.00 per month. For Rent—s-room cottage on Elk Spin- Street. We have Moved our office tem porarily to rear of old Farmer* • * Merchants Bank Building. '{ Phone 78 RETCH A HUNT X |
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