THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Inc.
. Elkln, N/C."
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 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
Maybe those Russian fliers, lost on the
Pole flight, just dropped over to give China
a lift.
Now if they'd only doctor up that wage
and hour law so that it would require our
law-makers to put in a forty-hour week.
The fellow who is continually changing
his opinions probably didn't have any to
brag about in the first place.
. If what they are having over in China
isn't war, then it must be that Santa Claus
is paying a mid-year call.
We reckon Joe Louis will agree that fif
teen rounds on a hot night is much too Farr
to go.
Many of us would feel all out of place in
a better world, considering the bum care we
are taking of this one.
If we understand what its all about, Ja
pan doesn't like the idea of so many China
men in China.
"The happiest people and the best are
those too poor to be corrupted by wealth and
too rich to be degraded by want and suffer
ing."—Robert Quillen.
Husbands whose wives are reluctant to
take a trip to the country will be envying
Governor Graves whose privilege it is to
send his to the Senate.
Down in Brazil they are using surplus cof
fee instead of coal to run locomotives. That's
nothing! Here we put a liquor-head under
the auto steering wheel to make it go.
Largess or Service
"The man for the job and not the job
for the man," is'the slogan which the In
ternational City Managers' Association
would have all governmental units adopt. A
special committee of this organization draws
the conclusion that there should be a routing
of that deep-seated charity concept of the
public payroll in which both the public and
municipal officials sometimes believe that
government should hand out jobs, rather
than that government should employ com
petent and qualified persons to serve in
their allotted niche.
In its report the committee said: "If the
taxpayer's money is to be wisely spent the
public job must go to the best available man,
regardless of his residence. Thus the correc
tion of this one fallacy will be instrumental
in undermining both the spoils philosophy
and the local boy prejudice."
In the main we select our officials either
on the theory that they "must be taken care
of" or that they are of sufficient political in
fluence and service, fancied or real, that
they can either have the job themselves or
name the man for the place. In other words,
government, whether it be national, state or
local, operates on the theory that it is dis
tributing largess, rather than buying service.
Under this system, if and when we do
draw efficiency and capability, it is through
accident pure and simple.
ButHhe road to a change in this respect
is a long and torturous one. Even those who
admit that selection should be measured by
merit alone, first-off would protest the se
lection of a school teacher or dog-catcher if
their daughter or third cousin wanted it and
was turned down.
Voters raise a thunderous howl about
taxes, but when it comes to selection of of
ficials who levy, collect and disburse tax
money, they don't measure the man by his
special fitness and qualification for the job,
but rather they let the way he parts his hair
or pats one on the back determine their sup
port. Efficiency doesn't count in the selec
tion of public servants, only seldom, but in
efficiency has added many a dollar to the
tax load—as the price of our indifference.
Our Investment in America
There is much viewing-with-alarm con
cerning the national debt wljich has reached
the impressive total of a little the rise of
thirty-seven billion dollars. Most of us read
those figures with no realization of what
they mean: change them to thirty-seven mil
lion and we wouldn't get excited about the
difference or even grateful for the saving.
But divide the amount of the debt hy
the approximate number of Americans and
thus establish each person's share in the na
tional debt at approximately $284, and Mr.
Average Citizen begins to take notice, espe-
daily if lungy orators and careless newspa
pers, interested mainly in picturing a black
picture blacker, begins to inject the oil of
discontent into his system, and smart his
sore spot with antagonistic insinuations
against those who allowed the federal treas
ury to get that way.-
But big as it is, wrapped up in that na
tional debt, are a lot of assets that if and
when liquidated would shave that $284
right considerable. As one editor points out
.these assets consist of "the Treasury's
working capital, the government's interest in
its various corporations, the collateral it has
on RFC and PWA and other loans, the sil
ver about to be buried at West Point, and
the gold under ground at Fort Knox."
The Raleigh News' and Observer looks at
the national debt this way: "Undoubtedly it
is a lot of money, but it also is the sum of
the investment of Americans in America. It
represents all that this country has grown
to be, what this country has spent for war,
what this country has spent for relief and
recovery . . . But disregard the deductions.
The $284.62 is a big figure for the average
American even for his America. Indeed it
is the price of a fairly good used car."
Some of us will be called on to pay a
great deal more than $284, and some of us
a great deal less, but we'll betcha that not a
single one of us in either bracket would swap
our interest in America for what it has or
will cost us, and skedaddle to some other
place—only to find that we have jumped
from the pot into the fire, so far as national
debt is concerned.
Down Roosevelt's Alley
Senator Holt, of West Virginia, an
nounces that he will seek to place the Sen
ate on record opposing a third term for
President Roosevelt. He proposes to offer
the same resolution against a third term
which the Senate approved in 1928, and
which the House adopted in 1875.
Those who think Mr. Roosevelt has any
notion to seek third term are few and far
between. But it serves the purpose of cer
tain individuals and groups to keep talking
about it and leaving the people under the
impression that he would perpetuate himself
in office. As a matter of fact they are ser
ving their purpose no better than they are
serving the President's. To come out any
more definitely than he has done, against
running again, would put candidates on their
toes pronto, and so engage the minds of polit
ical leaders among our representatives in
Washington, that they would forget any leg
islative program that did not carry the pos
sibility of forwarding the interests of their
choice, and such legislation as did have their
attention would reflect a build-up for what
ever slate that could dominate the show.
An so by keeping the issue alive Senator
Holt really is doing the President a favor.
By keeping his bulky shadow close up to the
starting line in the 1940 race, the President
will be keeping ambitious candidates on pins
and needles, but he will be saving the mass
es a lot of tiresome argument and propa
ganda.
Senator Holt 1 was one of those who con
tended that reorganization of the federal
courts, particularly the high tribunal, if au
thorized by constitutional amendment ap
proved by the people, would be all right.
Third terms for Presidents is not exactly
a constitutional issue, but it is so near it,
that if Holt would be consistent, he'd want
the people to pass on this question, too. But
that would take too much time, for the im
mediate purpose is to head off just one man
—Roosevelt.
Tastingr of the Can
The coninuity of escapes of prisoners
consigned to the State prison authorities for
the carrying out of the sentences imposed
on them after trial and conviction in our Su
perior courts, is beginning to taste of the
can. High-jacking guards and driving off
to freedom, tunnelling under prison walls,
and, as in the case last week, calmly getting
under the wheel of a highway truck and tak
ing to the roads, spells nothing so plainly as
that somebody is asleep at the switch.
It would be bad enough if these were
just ordinary offenders, but in the main
they are not. Most of them are desperate and
dangerous and some of them since their es
cape have killed just for the fun of it. Three
sets of them are at large, and as many kill
ings are credited to the escapees. Surely
that is enough to stir somebody to action.
Could it be that in the confusion of
shuffling the various heads of the prison de
partment to conform to political usefulness,
has so demoralized these executives that
they have forgotten they have a job to do?
Have they been so busy pulling political
strings that the word "supervision" has be
come meaningless to them,
It must be discouraging to the courts
and to law enforcement officials, many of
whom have risked their lives in tracking
down desperate men, to see them abide for a
spell, in the Raleigh higher institution, and
then calmly walk out to liberty and crime
again. We are as mindful as the next one
that it is next to impossible to prevent occa
sional escapes, but in North Carolina they
come more than occasionally, and can be ex
cused on no other grounds save—inefficien
cy of somebody.
About the only encouraging thing.about
it is the weather. It will soon te winter and
prisoners have shown a reluctance to seek
the wide open spaces when bitter cold is li
able to pinch. Maybe the guests of—of—,
(let's see, who is in charge now?) will not
call a holiday until the smell of upring comes
again. ILet us hope so.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
FIRESIDE
PHILOSOPHY
(By C. M. Dickson)
When a person gets in too aeep
it is better to back out than not
to get out at all.
As a rule, proteins are more con
ducive to lasting "impressions"
than exterior decorations.
To be great does not necessar
ily mean to be good.
The harder the battle the'
greater the
I victory.
Most any one
will
Ih i s services
I when he knows
■ that they are
I not needed and
■ will not be ac
■l cepted.
Some men are old at twenty,
while others are young at eighty.
A soldier is not needed when
the battle is over.
In the generally accepted sense,
the future punishment of the
wicked will be in the lake that
"burns with fire and brimstone."
The unorthodox claim that they
will either be annihilated or (fig
uratively speaking) occupy a sort
of a "summer resort."
It's within the province of man
to dwell either in the quagmire of
wickedness or on the mountain
top of righteousness.
The punishment for a bad deed
bhould be commensurate with the
reward for a good one.
A smart boy—one who knows
more than both his daddy and his
teacher.
All people should agree to dis
agree.
A right is inherent; a privilege
may not be.
A desire may be caressed until
it becomes a passion.
It is said that one of the last
things a person does after death
is to vote.
It's easier to stay in the road
than to get back after one gets
out.
TIMELY FARM
QUESTIONS
ANSWERED AT
STATE COLLEGE
Question: How can I cur® my
pullets of colds and a croupy con
dition?
Answer: As colds are usually
caused by poor ventilation, over
crowding, and a poor feeding
schedule, these conditions should
be carefully checked and the er
rors corrected. All birds showing
symptoms of colds such as a na
sal discharge or foamy eyes
should be isolated at once. The
ilock should be given Epsom salts
at the rate of one-half pound of
salts to three gallons of drinking
water. Then the house and uten
sils should be thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected. Where the dis
ease is well established it is not
economical to treat individuals
and these should be destroyed.
Keep a good germicide in the
drinking water as long as there is
evidence of the trouble. .
Question: What is the best rate
of seeding for vetch, crimson
clover, and Austrian winter peas?
i Answer: Twenty pounds of seed
to the acre should be used for
vetch and from 20 to 30 pounds
for Austrian winter peas. Both of
these crops should be covered
about two inches deep for best
germination.' Either unhullfed or
cleaned crimson clover seed may
b P used, but where the unhulled
-eed are used the seeding should
be 30 pounds to the acre as com
pared with 20 to 25 pounds of the
cleaned seed. This crop should be
covered lightly with about half an
inch of soil. All the crops may be
seeded in the piedmont and coast
al plain areas anytime before Oc
fober 10 when soil conditions are (
.favorable.
Question: How much time
should elapse after a cow freshens
before she can be put on full feed?
Answer: This depends upon the
Physical condidtion of the cow,
Lut as a usual thing it requires
about three weeks after freshening
before the animal is on full feed.
The first day's feed should consist
of bran mash. For the next lour
days the grain ration should con
sist of wheat bran and ground
"One Longing, Lingering Look behind" —by A. B. CHAPIN
oats in equal parts. On the fifth
day the cow may be started on
the regular milking ration and
gradually brought to full feed in
about three weeks.
TRAPHILL
As a courtesy to members of
the Austin Sunday school, the
superintendent, Wilmer Brown,
and Herman Holbrook, Bible class
teacher, and Herbert Durham,
took a group of the school on an
interesting outing over the scenic
highway Sunday.
Leaving the church early in
the morning the party drove
fifty miles over the highway, via
Roaring Gap, across the Blue
Ridge, stopping at several places
enroute to view the beautiful
scenery.
Dinner was served picnic style
at one o'clock at Air Bellows Gap.
The return trip was made via
Whitehead, Sparta and Roaring
Gap.
CALLOWAY REUNION
TO BE HELD SEPT. 25
The annual Calloway reunion
will be held the fourth Sunday in
September, at Mountain Park.
The public is invited to attend and
bring a well filled basket.
The program will consist of a
sermon at 11 o'clock, dinner on
the grounds and in the afternoon
the history of the Calloway fam
ily will be read. The program
will be in charge of Prof. A. H.
Wolfe. Special music by outstand
in singers will also be a feature
of the program.
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horse, two-row Sprayer. It
sprays from 10 to 15 acres daily.
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kin, N. C. tfc
Wanted: All trades 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., Elkiri,
N. C. 9-10c
When you install a Florence oil
burner circulator you have sol
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We have homes that will suit
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We buy scrap iron and metals.
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Piano—We have a fine used up
right piano of standard make,
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Tobacco Farms For Sale We
have for sale a large number of
one and two horse tobacco
farms near Aberdeen, Moore
County, N. C. Excellent tobacco
soil, good buildings and large
tobacco rights. These are now
being offered for sale at reason
able prices and easy terms. We
want to sell them this fall and
they are priced to sell. If you
are interested in buying see our
representative who will take
you on a trip of inspection and
quote price and terms. See Sam
C. Floyd, Representative, 2nd
Floor Eddy Building, Opposite
Post Office, Southern Pines, N.
C.. Phone 6681. North Carolina
Joint Stock Land Band. 9-16p
For Sale: One pair of mules, four
years old, in good condition,
well broken, at bargain. Mrs. J.
P. Phillips, Arlington, N. C. ltc
Ontario Grain Drills and repairs.
Surry Hardware Co.
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Thursday, September 9, 1937
For Sale—43s head of white face
cattle, consisting of two year
olds, yearlings and calves, both
steers and heifers, and cows.
This stock for immediate sale.
Wire or write G. P. Gilchrist,
Keosauqua, lowa. ltp
For Sale: Used oil stove, good con
dition. Call Leßoy Campbell at
Duke Power Co. ltc
Squibbs Mineral Oil, quart sice
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
Wanted to repair radios. Our
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Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc
For Rent—Nice upstairs room in
best residential section of citjr
to married .couple without chil
dren, or one or two girls. Would
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REAL ESTATE
For Sale—s room house, metal
roof, good condition between
woolen mill and Eikin 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