THE ELKIN TRIBUNE
Published Every Thursday by
ELK PRINTING COMPANY, Ine.
\ Elkin, N. C.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1937
Entered at the post office at Elkin, N. C., as
second-class matter.
C. S. FOSTER.—I JPreddent
H. F. LAFFOON Secretary-Treasurer
SUBSCRIPTION RATES, PER TEAR
In the State, $1.50 ' Out of the State. $2.00
When a fella's got his back to it, how in
the heck is he gonna read the handwriting
on the wall.
There was at least one good thing about
the depression; one wasn't bothered much
with book agents.
All reports brought in by our scouts in
dicate that there is a Big Apple crop this
year.
The highway toll has become so import
ant to the undertaking business that they've
gone to streamlining the coffins like the
cars.
John Lewis ought not to grumble about
the lack of dividends from his investment
in the Democratic party. Just think what
the DuPonts got'in return for theirs.
Doubtless there will be those who are
wishing to goodness the only reason for the
President's trip out West was to see Anna
and the kids.
As The PWA Passes
As the PWA begins to get ready to
close up shop and call it a day, some one has
figured out that this governmental agency
has created 661,088,747 man-hours of direct
employment, and for each hour of employ
ment at the site, two and a half hours of em
ployment were created in industry. That
means that employers and employees in pri
vate industry were toppers in the benefits
that came from PWA activities, in the pro
duction of materials that went into the pro
jects.
President Roosevelt has announced the
ending of this pump-priming factor in re
covery, primarily because of the passing of
"economic extremity" as well as because
there are no more funds to allot.
There still remain a lot of details to be
wound up and the seven thousand persons
employed will not all be dumped on the scrap
heap all There is still that per
manent five hundred million dollars annual
appropriation for flood control, soil erosion
control, river and harbor improvement, navi
gation aids, reforestation, and what else
have you.
But the beginning of the end of the
PWA will be welcome news to the people
who will see in its demise an indication that
we are facing the sunrise and that the ad
ministration has begun to cut the corners.
But when all is said and done the PWA has
something to show for its activities. Since
its organization in 1933 the PWA has com
pleted 7,845 projects costing a billion and a
quarter dollars and three thousand projects
are still in process of construction.
Some of these projects may have been
unduly costly, but they are visible assets,
which, added to the benefits that came from
increased employment, they cannot be re
garded as boondoggling. All of which can
not be said of some of the other alphabetical
agencies.
Looking back over the PWA record, one
must admit that Secretary Ickes has kept it
to a reasonably even keel, leaving not a great
deal to grumble about.
The World Aflame
Unimaginable horrors lurk between the
lines on almost every front page that tell of
man's inhumanity to man. Non-combatants,
asking only to be allowed to live in peace,
in war-torn nations are experiencing a hell
that the news stories cannot possibly de
scribe, and peoples of other nations are jit
tery as they watch the maneuverings that
increase the probability that they too will be
laid upon the sacrificial altar And for what?
Not even the ambitious leaders who would
drag them into it have the answer.
After the horrors and suffering incur
red by the world war, one would think that
men everywhere had their fill of this useless
slaughter. But what have we now? Spain,
instead of being left to settle a little election
difficulty and misunderstanding in her own
way, has been made by other nations to
magnify this little ruckus into a major con
flict that is taking a heavy toll of her wealth
and man-power.
Foreign soldiers are in the armies of
both sides by the legion, and they are there
not from any patriotic volunteer purpose to
give aid where they think help is due, but
back of their presence is selfishness and
greed.
Japan is in China for the selfsame rea
son—to acquire territory and wealth when
she thought other nations again were too
busy with their own affairs to interfere.
And death rides with the Japanese army,
not as death has been accustomed to travel,
but with drunken abandon that is not aimed
at soldiers in uniform, but at hungry little
children and helpless women. Even the
cows in their pastures are deliberately blown
from the face of the earth, apparently for
no other reason than to kill and destroy.
If the news stories from China and
Spain are to be believed, and they are, the
unjustified horrors of the last war are being
multiplied a thousandfold. We have been
calloused to it. Far removed from the scene
of conflict we take it as a matter of course.
Sooner or later it will be brought home to us
in a more understandable way.
In the meantime one is prompted to
wonder if God is still in His heaven. He is,
and what the thinking people of every na
tion need to do is get on their knees and im
plore His aid in a permanent solution of our
miserable problem. There is no other way.
Charts The Course
Declaring in favor of coalition of Re
publicans and discontented. Democrats in
order to block the program of President
Roosevelt, • Senator Arthur Vandenburg
charts the course he would have this re
alignment follow:
It should veer neither to the extreme
right of blind and often suicidal conservatism,
nor to the extreme left of brooding revolution
aries, too frequently inspired by alien impulse
and ideals, but straight down the middle-of
the-road —eager for liberal progress on sound
lines, but proposing no price of service to the
common welfare denying special privileges
alike to millionaires and mobs—aiming more
to lift the one-third up and less to pull the
two-thirds down."
For a general foundation on which Sen
ator Vandenburg would build, that pre-view
looks and sounds all right. True, it is a lit
tle late for the Republican party into which
the senator is inviting his Democratic breth
ren, to begin proposing to deny "special
privileges alike to millionaires and mobs,"
because while it was secure in its power it
could not be driven to any such declaration
of purpose.
But it is refreshing to hear a great Re
publican leader like Senator Vandenburg
pleading for a middle course between mobs
and millionaires. It is encouraging, too.
For there is obvious need for two strong po
litical parties to keep this nation to an even
keel. Right now the Republican party is
weak and for the very reason that it veered
from the middle course to show preference
for entrenched interests. It is a pity that
when so much has been at stake the Repub
lican party has been impotent, unable to
make itself heard above a whisper; a pity
that its strategy of necessity has been to
remain silent while the family fight of its
ancient foe was going on.
It is significant that other Republican
leaders are seeing things as Senator Van
denburg is seeing them; recognizing the need
for a new declaration of principles and dedi
cation to new objectives, for only in that way
can the party survive and fulfill its destiny.
While to all intents and purposes there has
already been a coalition between Democrats
and Republicans that has purposed to dis
credit the administration, it is doubtful
whether these disgruntled ones will heed
Senator Vandenburg's friendly gesture and
go Republican, but their friendly interest
won't hurt the Vandenburg program.
The Official and His Job
Governor Hoey told the Institute of
Government conference at Winston-Salem
last week that "the honor due to a public
office holder is proportional to the way he
fills his job and not the job he fills. It is
our business ts equip ourselves to fill our
whole job—fill it just as full as we can make
it. Beyond that, we must be ready to serve,
to accommodate citizens with information
and help."
That is a conception of official duties
that is all too frequently lost sight of—af
ter election. Men are too free to forget that
they are public servants and owe the people
a debt for their votes: a debt that is pay
able only in—service.
The Governor said further that "the
only safeguard for democracy is a constant
improvement and progress in the science of
government." Of all the honeyed phrases
concerning "safeguarding democracy," none
is freighted with more actual truth than
that. And that is exactly what the Insti
tute of Government is trying to achieve—
improvement and progress in the science of
government.
To our way of thinking, Albert Coates,
daddy of the Institute in his unobtrusive
way is doing more constructive good for
government in North Carolina, than all of
the State's politicians put together, and some
day he will get his reward in popular com
mendation and applause.
In the words of Gregg Cherry the Insti
tute "is a great school of practical govern
ment which is just as important to our of
ficials as the public schools are to our chil
dren. Our educational system has turned
out too many people who can read Greek and
Latin by the hour, who can trace Cicero all
over Rome and can't find their way around
in a county court house."
The Institute of Government is trying
to help officials fit themselves for their
work, pointing out their responsibilities and
how to meet them, and there is evidence of
a growing consciousness of this responsibil
ity. Here is hoping that Albert Coates may
have nothing to discourage him in this ef
fort.
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
Drunken Drivers
Feature Court At
Dobson Last Week
(Continued from page one)
icated, was fined $50.00 and the
costs. License revoked one year.
Cronie Rhodes, charged with
operating a car while intordcated,
was sent to the roads for six
months.
John Raleigh, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, was
given a sentence to the state
prison of from two to three years.
Glenn Monday,, charged with
violating the prohibition laws
and with larceny, was sent to the
roads a total of four monts on
the two counts.
Daisy Forest, charged with as
sault with a deadly weapon, was
sent to jail for 90 days.
Dempsey Vass, charged with
larceny and receiving, was sent to
the roads for six months.
Glenn Minor, charged with op
erating a car while intoxicated,
was fined $50.00 and the costs,
and is to abstain from all intox
icants and have his drivers li
cense revoked.
Roy Pardue, charged with op
erating a car while intoxicated,
was sent to jail for 30 days, and
is to have his drivers license re
voked.
John Frye, charged with oper
ating a car while intoxicated, was
fined $50.00 and the costs, and is
to abstain from all intoxicants
and is to have his drivers license
revoked. /
Emmet Williams, charged with
operating a car while intoxicated,
was sent to the roads for 90 days.
Dixie Wall, charged with as
sault, was sent to the roads for
30 days.
Roy Venable, charged with op
erating a car while Intoxicated,
was fined $50.00 and the costs,
and is to abstain from all intoxi
cants and is to have his drivers
license revoked.
Scott Cook, submitting to a
charge of involuntary manslaugh
ter, was given from one to three
years in the state prison.
Sylvester Smith, charged with
operating a car while intoxicated,
was fined $50.00 and the costs,
and is to abstain from intoxi
cants and is to have his drivers
license revoked.
Jarvis Walker, charged with
operating a car while intoxicated,
was fined SSOO and the costs, and
is to abstain from all intoxicants,
and is to have his drivers license
revoked.
Henry J. Mason, charged with
abandonment, is to pay his wife
SIO.OO a month, and is to be of
good behavior. j
William S. Newman, charged
with reckless driving, was fined
$25.00 and the costs, and is to
pay $175.50 damages for the
wrecked car.
Elbert Ooins, charged with as
sault, was given a suspended sen
tence of 18 months to the roads,
suspended upon good behavior
and payment of the costs.
Tom Martin, charged with op
erating a car while intoxicated
was given a sentence of six
months to the roads, suspended
upon payment of $50.00 fine and
the costs, and is to abstain from
all intoxicants and is to have his
drivers license revoked.
Leonard Marshall. Howard
Hauser and Jim Johnson, charged
with house breaking, larceny and
receiving, were each given a sen
tence of from three to five ysars
to the sta'.e prison.
J. M. Shropshire, charged with
operating a car while intoxicated,
was given a sentence of six
months to the roads, suspended
upon the payment of a $50.00 fine
and the costs, and is to abstain
from all intoxicants and is to
have his drivers license revoked.
Howard Choplin, charged with
seduction, was given a sentence
of from three to five years in the
state prison.
Ralph McCoin, charged with op
erating a car while intoxicated,
was given a sentence of 90 days
on the roads, suspended upon the
payment of a $25.00 fine and the
costs, and is to abstain from all
intoxicants and is to have his
drivers license revoked.
A. Garfield Willey, charged
with assault on a female, was
sent to the roads for two years.
CAR RUNS WILD ON
ELKIN-DOBSON HWY.
A light truck, which was said
to have been operated by a Mr.
Wooten from Wilkes coqnty, was
wrecked about one mile north of
Fairview on the Elkin-Dobson
highway about 11:00 p. m. Tues
day night. After swerving across
the road twice the vehicle jump
ed the side ditch, climbed a four
foot bank, tore a telephone pole
into shreds and came to a brak
ing stop, after traveling about 50
yards through a corn field.
Mr. Wooten, who was said to
have received no injuries more
serious than some broken ribs
and various bruises, was also said
to have slept at the scene until
Wednesday morning. He was also
laid to have lost his purse which
was saidjto have contained a
considerable amount of money.
CORRECTION »
Due to an error in the W. M.
Wall, Jeweler, advertisement ap
pearing in The Tribune last week,
it was stated that terms were
SI.OO per month. This line should
have read SI.OO per week.
NOTICE or FORECLOSURE
SALE
MCA-1190, FOARD
Under and by virtue of the
power of sale contained in that
certain deed of trust executed by
Noah Foard and wife, Lucy Foard,
to Carolina Mortgage and Indem
nity Company, Trustee, dated Ist
day of January, 1926, and record
ed in Book 99, page 205, Registry
of Surry County, North Carolina,
the undersigned as the duly ap
pointed substituted trustee (see
book 129, page 434 of said regis
try), will offer for sale at public
auction at" the Court House door
in said county, in the City of
Dobson, N. C., at 12 o'diock Noon,
on Monday, the 25th day of Octo
ber, 1937, and will sell to the high
est bidder for cash the property
described in said deed of trust as
follows:
Certain lot or parcel of land in
or near the Town of Elkin, N. C.,
Elkin. Township, County of Surry,
and more particularly described
as follows:
Lying and being in the town of
Elkin, Surry County, N. C. situat
ed on the West side of State
Highway No. 26, and fronting
thereon 104 feet, extending back
167 feet and more particularly
described as follows:
BEGINNING on an iron stake
on the West side of State High
way No. 26, 600 feet North of in
tersection of Highway No. 26 and
Gwyn Avenue, runs North 13 degs.
East 104 feet to an iron stake,
Sam Hickerson's corner; thence
South 75 degs. West 196 feet to
Sam Hickerson's comer; thence
South 13 degs. West 67 feet to an
iron stake; thence North 87 degs.
East 167 feet to the beginning.
Being that land conveyed to
Noah Foard by deed from J. S.
Bell and wife, L. A. Bell, dated
October 15th, 1903, and filed for
registration on the 7th day of
January, 1926, in the office of the
Register of Deeds of Surry Coun
ty, State of North Carolina and
recorded in Book 103, page 103.
This sale will be made subject
to all outstanding and unpaid tax
es and other assessments, if any.
This sale is to be made on ac
count of default in the payment
of the indebtedness secured by
the aforesaid deed of trust and is
made pursuant to demand made
upon the undersigned by the
holder of said indebtedness.
This 17th day of September,
1937,
KESWICK CORPORATION
10-14 Substituted Trustee.
WANTS
Lost: Hand carved chain from
Elk in Pair. Reward if return
ed to Mrs. Alan Browning, Jr.,
Elkin. ltc
For Rent—Nice upstairs room
with heat, to married couple
without children or one or two
girls. Breakfast furnished if
desired. Mrs. H. P. Laffoon,
Church Street. Phone 173. tf
We boy «erap iron and metals.
Double Eagle Service Co.. Elk
in, N. C. - tfc
For Sale—Small farm, two and
one-half miles from Elkin on
Highway 67. Twenty-five acres,
house, barn and pasture. Well
watered and timbered. W. B.
(Dock) Holleman, Elkin, N.
C. ltp
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
Our Basement Store is crammed
and jammed full of new mer
chandise that you will be need
ing. Rugs, Aluminumware, tin
ware, glassware, cutlery, chinfr
•tableware, etc. Every article
very reasonably priced. Don't
fail to visit this department at
once. Some articles specially
priced. Somers & Co. 5c and 10c
Store.
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
For sale at a bargain—One pair
of mules, weight 1,200 to 1,300
pounds. See Clyde Hinshaw at
Sydnor-Spainhour Co., Elkin,
N. C. . tfc
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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
We have just received a splendid
line of children's suits, dresses,
sweaters, school shoes, rain
capes, anklettes, bedroom shoes,
sanitary goods. See the line be
fore you buy. Somers & Co.
5c and 10c Store.
See our line of school supplies,
book bags, lunch boxes, pencils,
tablets, note books, crayon, and
everything in the line at reas
onable prices. Somers & Co.
5c and 10c Store.
For sale at real bargain prices—
good used radios. Come in and
see them. You can't beat these
buys:
2—Crosley electric cabinet sets
I—Stewart-Warner table bat
tery set
I—Philco table battery set
2—RCA table electric sets
I—RCA cabinet electric set.
Harris Electric Co., Elkin N.
C. ltc
We Buy Veal Calves, Hogs, and
Beef Cattle. See us before you
sell. Basketeria. 10-21-c
A complete line of fall bulbs, pa
per whites, hyancinths, tulips,
daffodils, all packed in pack
ages showing their colors. Now
is the time to buy your needs
for the entire season. Somers
& Co. 5c and 10c Store.
For Sale: Goose Bill Wheat, Ab
ruzzi rye. $1.50 for 60 pounds.
P. B. Cockerham, State Road,
N. C. . ltp
Wanted—Good renter for 100 acre
tobacco farm. M. H. Helton,
Elkin, N. C. 2t-p
Wanted: Camp Care Taker; mar
ried, with farm experience, and
general work. Only honest, so
ber and willing to work appli
cants need apply. Address,
Camp Herman, Denim Station,
Greensboro, N. C. 10-14 c
For Sale: Large Size Iron Stove
in perfect condition, SIO.OO. 1
and 21-2 gal. large top jugs,
15c and 25c. 100 slightly used
phonograph records, all kinds
at 10c each. The Rende
vous. 10-7
REAL ESTATE
For Sale: 7 3-4 acre track farm.
11-2 miles from city limits, 1-4
mile from school bus line. 3
room house, cow stables, 21-2
acre pasture with spring and
branch in it. Price S6OO. S3OO
cash, balance $lO per month.
For rent: 5 room house, 11-2
acres land in Jonesville, sl2
per month.
Don't forget you can get a lot in
Arlington, the growing town
with no town taxes, $5 down
and $5 per month.
D. C. MARTIN, Realtor
Radio Service
BY AN EXPERT
, RADIO SERVICE MAN
Complete Line of Tubes and Parts
Hayes & Speas
(Incorporated)
PHONE 70 , ELKIN, N. C.
COMPLETE
Foundry And
Machine Shop
SERVICE
Electric and Acetelyne Welding
CALL ON US FOR YOUR EVERY NEED
DOUBLE EAGLE SERVICE CO.
Phone 43 Elkin, N. C.
NOW IS THE TIME
To Place Yeur Order for
COAL!
There will likely be an advance in price af
ter October Ist. Call for Blue Gem for
grates, stoves, ranges, etc. and for Dicta
tor for your furnace.
ELKIN LUMBER & MFG. CO.
"Everything to Build Anything**
Phone 68 Elkin, N. C.
Thursday, September 30, 1937
Pears, 75c per bushel. Erk Par
due, Ronda, N. C. 9-30p
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., Bl
kin, N. C. tfc
For Rent: Good One-Bone Farm
at Zephyr. Good chance for to
bacco and corn crop. Plenty
fruit. Q. G. Tucker,. Winston-
Salem, N. C., 533 Reynolds
Bldg. tfc
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
expert thoroughly knows his
business. Prices right. Harris
Electric Co., Elkin, N. C. tfc
PEICH
AND
HUNT
REALTORS
FARM
FOR SALE
A niee little farm of 26
acres with a good 7-room
house and a 2-room
house. Fronts hard sur
face road just outside
city limits.
If you want a real home
at the right price, see
us.
PARKS REAL
ESTATE CO.