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THE ELKIN TRIBUNE Published Every Thursday by ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc. Elkin, N." C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1937 Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as second-class matter. C. S. FOSTER .President H. F. LAFFOON ...Secretary-Treasurer SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER YEAR In the State, $1.50 Out of the State, $2.00 Add to list of rarities: A fan dancer fanning herself outside of business hours. A game rooster who turns and runs may show a lack of gameness btit not a lack lack of gbod sense. It's powerful disconcerting when a man's wife forgets and calls him by her first husband's name. Mae West's tax returning ought to be easier now that she has a husband to list as a liability. He is an optimist if, when crowded into a corner, he is willing to admit that it might have been worse. Only trouble about that thirty-seven billion national debt is that we who have to pay it can't send out "regrets." If it wasn't for the fighting, you'd have no reason to believe that there is a war on between China and Japan. According to Robert Quillen: "The cor rect attire for the street is anything that won't make people wonder what you are ad vertising." With a minimum wage of forty cents an hour, there'll be a bunch of us wondering what in tarnation's the use of working forty hours. War has its good points after all. Bat tle scen'es are managing to crowd the ing beauties and tobacco queens off front page, at least for a spell. Of Widespread Value The meeting here last week of the Guernsey cattle folk was infinitely more than just another jamboree for Ruohs Pyron and Thurmond Chatham: It was an occa sion of interest and profit to every citizen of Elkin and Surry county, whether he owns a blue-blood or a scrub, or even none at all. For if publicity is worth anything, and it is, this was not limited to the several hun dred visitors who were here for this occa sion, many of whom were in our midst for fhe first time, but the newspapers of the State focused attention on us for a day and in a way that accentuated the progress this section is making, and that, we submit is something worthwhile to all of us. The Winston-Salem Journal was par ticularly liberal with its space in giving this meeting the attention that it deserved. Its readers all over North Carolina must have been impressed by the first-page pictures carried in the Journal. One cannot associate a score or more of well-groomed, pedigreed beauties with a backward and unprogres sive community, and so these pictures, scat tered by the thousands about over North Carolina, held a value that goes far beyond Klondike Farm and the breeders who had part in this summer meeting. We are certain that we but voice the sentiment of our citizenry in expressing full appreciation of this splendid courtesy ex tended us by the management of the Wins ton-Salem paper. Dr. Ames, president of the national Guernsey organization, in his address, told of the progress and increased interest in this breed of cattle in North Carolina; a breed that is becoming more popular each year. He easily could have added that much of this increased popularity should be cred ited to Pyron and Chatham who have so amply demonstrated the worth of the Guern seys, and whose enthusiasm has been trans mitted to thousands of others in North Car olina. Surry county has a definite asset in its Guernseys and in the men who are promot ing them. May the tribe of both increase as the days go by. Useful Institutions If the building and loan associations of North Carolina constitute a dependable ba rometer of the State's progress, and they do, then we have definite evidence that this State is on the upward climb. According to Dan C. Boney, insurance commissioner, the building and loan associ ations did more business in 1936 than they have done in any other year since 1929 and show the first increase in business since that time. Shareholders increased from 76,330 in is3s to 87,243 in 1936 and cash on hand De cember 31, 1936 was $3,443,641.29 greater than at the end of 1935. Mr. Boney says: "Not since 1929 has there been such an in crease in the activity of these agencies of thrift as during the biennium of 1935-36. The growth during 1936, without any in crease in the number of associations form ed, reveals that the individual associations have recognized their opportunity and have made the work of promoting thrift and the building of homes their chief aim." It should be significant to those wjio can spare even a meager twenty-five cents a week, that no building and loan associa tion in North Carolina has lost a dollar for its shareholders in many years, due to intel ligent state supervision and conserative and safe local management. Yet in these years millions and millions of dollars have been loaned to home-owners who otherwise would not be enjoying these comforts and thus contributing to .the national stabilization that comes from home ownership. If there is any fault to find it is in the fact that more people, particularly those in the wage earning class, do not turn to these institutions that have so abundantly proved their worth. There are other methods of saving, yes, but none that commend them selves more plausibly than, the building and loan associations. The report of Commissioner Boney re flects healthy economic-progress in North Carolina, but it also reflects a refreshing moral progress, for when men and women save and invest in homes the civic and moral standard inevitably climbs to a higher level. Uncounted Riches This from the pen of Dr. J. W. Holland, writing in the Progressive Farmer, more than merits the space we are giving it: "Have we gotten so blinded with electric lights that we have forgotten the stars? Has the emphasis Americans have for three gener ations put on material success obscured for us the better gold of the Golden Rule? "I am telling you that regardless of your purse, you may be rich today. If you have moderate health, you are a billionaire. If you have a few friends, then envy no lonely man his store of gold. If you are permitted to work at chosen tasks, no artist should tye more hap py than you are. If you have"the peace thatv . passes knowledge' so that no earthly storms can upset your lifeboat, no man can pile cur rency high enough to equal your riches. "So many of us are rich and don't know it. And so many othe'rs, alas! could be rich and don't realize it." One need only hold two-bits close to the eye to prove that little can be seen beyond it, yet in recent years we have been meas uring values by a yardstick that is notched with dollar-marks. All about us are wreck ed fortunes to prove that material success is far from enduring: men who were so blind ed by the electric lights that they had for gotten the stars; who had been so busy chas ing the dollar that they knew not the thrill of the riches that come from romping with a child. Then came the day when their house of cards lay at their feet in a leveling process that laid low many whose neighbors thought were amply secure for any emer gency. These can fully appreciate the fact that when one has a few friends he need "envy no lonely man his store of gold." More and more of us need to under stand that glorious truth that regardless of our purse we may be rich indeed. Tunnels and Gambling Dens An educational program under capable direction of a well-known educator who will give his entire time to this work is being es tablished at Central Prison, Raleigh. The chief aim of this program will have to do with industrial and vocational training, which will provide opportunity, (for the first time in the lives of some of the inmates) to secure education and training for useful cit izenship. Doubtless there will be many prisoners who will welcome this opportunity to im prove their lot: many who will take full ad vantage of it. Certainly from recent develop ments at the Raleigh institution, the in mates have ample time to bury their faces in textbooks and blue-prints. For it is related that while prison offi cials were searching for that hole under the wall that provided escape for a number of long-termers, they bumped into a miniature gambling den that had been dedicated to the use of the prisoners. A shelter had been built in a stack of lumber, covered with old tar-paper, and the enclosure used for gam bling purposes with one enterprising prison er set up as manager, charging a fee for par ticipation and the privilege of talking to the dice or stacking the cards. If you are among those who thought that supervision of the State's penal institu tion would be such as to preclude social gath erings of this sort, you are reminded that some half a dozen or more men worked for days digging a tunnel under the prison wall, and after their escape the guards were hard put to it to find the hole. That indicates a brand of supervision that is hard to define. Maybe when a first-class school is avail able to the inmates they won't be so eager for the wide-open spaces, and maybe, too, teacher will exercise better discipline and supervision than has been coming from the officials. There is plenty of reason to hope that there will be a tightening up of the screws that are loose anyhow. Gregg Cherry is pleading for greater caution on the highways. The slaughter being what it is, Gregg sees a definite threat to the party, else he wouldn't be tak ing time out to talk about it. THE BLKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA Washington, Sept. 1. With Congress out of the way as the focus of public attention, for the time being, Washington is relax ing by paying more attention to the doings and personalities of men and women whose functions are not primarily political. Somebody raised the question around the table at the National Press Club, as to who is the hard est-working member of the Pres ident's Cabinet. After a very brief discussion there was unaimous agreement that that honor goes to Harold W. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior. Certainly no other Cabinet member has so many jobs. He gets appointed to committees and com missions because he has proved himself such a tireless worker and a- first-rate executive. He gets things done. The work of Secretary of the Interior covers a fairly wide range of interests, which most of Mr. Ickes' predecessors have found enough to attend to. But in addi tion to the duties involved in ad ministering the Public Land Of fice, the Reclamation Service, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Patent Office and a few other 'branches of the Interior Depart ment, Mr. Ickes is the head of the Public Works Administration, in charge of all grants and loans to states and communities for pub lic works of all kinds. That is a Job which would keep an ordinary man busy if he did nothing else. But besides that, Mr. Ickes is chairman of National Resources Committee, Member of National Forests Reservation Commission, Member of Migratory Bird Con servation Commission, Member of District of Columbia Permanent System of Highways Commission, Chairman of Special Committee on Special Site for Auditorium in Washington, Chairman of Special Committee on Space Control in Government Buildings, Member of Smithsonian Institution, Mem ber of National Emergency Council, Director of the Virgin Is lands Company, Member of Coun cil of National Defense, Patron ex officio of Howard University, Member of Planning Committee on Mineral Policy, Member of National Land Problems, Member of National Advisory Council on Religion in Education and Mem ber of the Federal Loan Commit tee. / On top of all that, the Presi dent has just appointed Mr. Ickes Administrator of the Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administra tion, which has been placed under the Department of the Interior. Mr. Ickes, who was a Republi can before he active in Theodore Roosevelt's progressive Party, and never was known as a Democrat, is a prodigious worker, and expects his secretaries and bureau chiefs to pay as little at tention to office hours as he does. With the exception of Treasury Secretary Morgenthau, Secretary Ickes is probably the wealthiest man in the Cabinet. He made a comfortable fortune in the .prac tice of law in Chicago, and in herited a large amount from his wife, who was killed in an auto mobile accident last year. Hugo Black to Supreme Court Washington people wHo know Senator Hugo Black of Alabama as one of the rriost outspoken men in public life, a man of action, restless, and of strong personal convictions, are wondering how he will enjoy the restraint which custom, tradition and the nature of his new duties will impose upon him when he takes his seat next month on the bench of the most august judicial body in the world, the Supreme Court of the United States. He will have opportunity, nat urally, to express his convictions and exercise his skill in debate in discussions with his colleagues of the bench on cases which come before the Court. But those de bates are held behind closed doors., There is nothing dramatic about them, and no hint of what has been said by any Justice is ever allowed to leak out. Except as they express themselves in written opinions handed down from the bench, either in agreement with the majority of the Court or dis senting from the majority'view of the law, Supreme Court justices have no opportunity to express themselves publicly on public questions. That is one of the reasons why justices lead what to many seem somewhat like cloistered lives. They are not "mixers." They mostly avoid attendance at din ners and parties at which they are likely to be thrown into con tact with politicians and others who might ask them indiscreet questions about cases which the Court is considering. There is an Duties of Mr. Ickes holiday 'Bound,, c She TrologueA by A. B. CHAPIN • C WHY DOK/r>bU DO SOME OF THE. PACKING-*? YOU ALWAVS LEAVE EVERYT-HIWE- FOB ME TO DO, { —~7R\ AN' T+4EKI AT THE LAST MINUTE NTSU'BE CPABBIN®- BECAUSE AW,JEEOERS« NOT C.EADY TO -WOP IN THE CAE AT SUM UP J?? I SAID NO, You CAKTT TAKE THE CAT ALON©-, AND, UNCLES AM ' JIMMY, IF YOU PotfT STOP FUSS IN' BECAUSE I WONT L6T . YOU Go ON THAT WILD WEEK- END PARTY WITH "WAT BUNCH- OF SAPPY KIDS, I'LL SToT YOUfc ALLOWANCE Foa A MONTH Jfl^ 7 \\ \ /Wl -WEAWENS, (SETTINff READY RWt A "TUJ2.E-E DAY Pl_£AS U£F TeiP / n. ( \ GIVES ME "THE- JLTTEUS ff f . \ 111 I | \ | A WOLLWY FOE THIS FAMILY IS LABOR DAY , Xj^JvMm implied obligation to avoid friend ships with people who might con ceivably have a personal interest in what the Court is doing. Social Life of Justices That tradition does not bar them most of the ordinary social amenities, but makes them par ticular about the company they keep and imposes on them a reti cence which is sometimes inter preted as signifying snobbishness. The one opportunity which a Supreme Court justice has to ex press his views on issues of pub lic concern, except as he writes an opinion, is when he questions at torneys from the bejich in the course of argument on a case. By the tone and phrasing of his questions, a justice may give ex pression to his own views of the fundamental issues at stake. Sen ator—now Justice—Black, as chairman of the Senate Investi gating Committee, was an adept at asking searching questions. As a member of the Supreme Court, his friehds expect him to avail himself of opportunities to express himself by that Socratic method. But such opportunities are few, and if he follows the pre cedent set by Justice Cardozo, up to now the "baby" of the Court, he will not ask any questions from the bench during the first term after he takes his seat. EXPECT BIG CROWD AT YOUNG DEMOCRAT MEET Winston - Salem Attendance topping 1,500 was predicted by convention chairman of the Wil sonian Democratic yesterday, as they announced the tentative program for the meeting of the Young Democratic Clubs of North Carolina here September 10 and 11. Numerous reservations already have been received, Ralph B. Car michael, arrangements committee chairman said. Most of the 'state officials and state members of Congress have accepted invitation. State President J. Ed. Butler, of Morganton, is expected to ar rive September 4 to set up head quarters in the Robert E. Lee Ho tel, convention center. Speakers will include Governor Clyde R. Hoey, U. S. Senators Jo siah W. Bailey and Robert R. Reynolds. James R. Roosevelt son of and secretary to the President. NEW MEN'S SHOP TO OPEN HERE THIS A. M. The Men's Shop, a new cloth ing store devoted exclusively to men's and boys' wearing apparel, will open this morning in the building on East Main street for merly occupied by Hinshaw Cash Hardware Co. The building has been remod eled inside to present a modern and 'attractive appearance, and the public is invited to make an early inspection. The store is owned and oper ated by W. B. (Dock) Ilolleman, well known throughout this sec tion, and will carry the best grades of men's furinshings. Saturday morning 60 attractive tie pins will be given away to the first 60 men who visit the store. DELIGHTED has been the many recipients of a free fountain pen and pencil set from the Tribune. We have * set for you, too, and would like to have you call this week. WANTS FREE! If excess acid causes you Stomach Ulcers, Oas Pains, In digestion, Heartburn, Belching, Bloating, Nausea, get free sam ple doctor's prescription, Udga, at Turner Drug Co. 6-3p 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 100 acre farm for sale: Four acres orchard, four acres woodland, balance pasture and farming. On hard surface road, close to churches and schools. Good out buildings. Large hay crop, corn, cattle, stock and tools and team go with farm. One mile off No. 11 highway, eight miles from Marion, Va. Large dwelling: all newly decorat ed, and equipped with electric ity, running water and tele phone. Large lawn, beautifully decorated with flowers and ev ergreens and large maples. On R. F. D. milk route daily and cream route weekly. Real bar gain. Will make price and terms to suit purchaser. For further information addess D. D. Rice, Seven Mile Ford, Virginia, ltp Wanted: All 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 Barrels for sale cheap. All sizes.- See Elkin Bottling Co., Elkin, N. C. 9-10 c Wanted to rent garage space to storage Ford car. Preferably" near hospital. Mrs. Grisard, Ho tel Elkin. ltp. NOTICE TO Threshers Reports of threshing machine operators in Surry County are due. All threshers should turn in i their reports at once, giving complete figures. A penalty is provided for tardiness in filing such reports. All reports must include acres and bushels for each farm and crop. Those who have thresh ed only their own grain are required to make reports. Report blanks are available at this office. W. F. LAWRENCE Register of Deeds Surry County Thursday, September 2,1937 TOUR HOME—Lots of people are looking for new places to live. We have homes that will suit you. Prices right, terms easy. REICH & HUNT We buy acrap iron and metals. Double Eagle Service Co.. Elk- In, N. C. tfc Squibbs 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 you want plenty of eggs from strong, fast growing young chicks? If so feed Panamin. We have it. Abernethy's, A Good Drug Store, Elkin, N. C. tfn Lost or strayed: Eskimo Spitz do?, answers to name of "Skippy." Has habit of riding fenders. Finder return to or notify John ny Woltz Comer, Jr., Dobson, N. C. ltp Wanted to repair radios. Our expert thoroughly knows his business. Prices right. Harris Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc Lady wishes room and meals in refined private home. Box "X, Elkin, N. C. ltp Lost: Female rat terrier dog, black body with white markings. An swers to name "Toots." Return to Wayne Phillips, Elkin, and \ receive reward. ltp For Rent—Nice upstairs room in best residential section of city to married couple without chil dren, or one or two girls. Would consider furnishing breakfast. Address, "Room," care Tribune. REAL ESTATE For Sale—s room house, metal roof, good condition between wbolen mill and Elkin Furn. Co. Price $750, $250 cash, balance $6 per month, including inter est. Now rents for $8 per month. Have some good buys in small farms. See me for your real estate needs and building. D. C. MARTIN
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