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A LITTLE ABOUT NOTHING MUCH
We know it's a silly heading, but the hour is late and we
would much prefer to go to bed than sit here and dish out
brain food for our nine readers. However, such loyalty must
be appreciated and we cannot yield to our personal desires
and let those nine readers down. If we failed to come out
with this column for one week, it might become so popular
that everyone would insist we make it a weekly habit.
With nothing especially important to record, we could
dish into our bag of sass and throw some of it in the gen
eral direction of Carl Poindexter who was responsible for
putting on display a picture of a donkey, a colored boy and
us down at Turner Drug Co., adding the notation that "the
one with the white nose is the donkey." But here of late,
what with a war breeding in Eu-«9
rope and everything, little mat
ters like that are of no impor
tance although the donkey, no
doubt, would feel very badly
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about it if he knew what Mr.
Poindexter had done.
By the time this column hits
THE ELKIN TRIBUNE. ELKIN. NORTH CAROLINA
print we have no idea what the
conditions in Europe will be. But
tonight Sunday, 10:38), things
look darker than before. The
radio brings in reports of diplo
mats meeting, frantically seeking
ways and means of appeasing a
power-mad ex-house painter who
sports a Charlie Chaplin mus
tache while troops march to the
borders. •
There were some, when Eng
land and Prance were bringing
pressure upon the Czech govern
ment to give Hitler the Sudeten
area he wants, who expressed
themselves of the opinion that
the two countries should have
raid no, and should have gone to
war 'rather than let Hitler back
them down. There are many
who have this attitude —many
who want a European war to
start merely for the excitement
of the thing.
In our own feeble way we can
understand Prime Minister
Chamberlain's desperate desire
for peace. Those of the younger
generation; those young people
who have been born since the
ending of the last war, little real
ize what that war was. Those of
us who were old enough to re
member the last war have a bet
ter understanding of what war
can mean. But even we, who
were safe on this side of the At
lantic, little realize the horror of
it as experienced by the people
over there who lived with war
and death and destruction day
after day for four years.
And Mr. Chamberlain, realizing
what a war now would mean in
loss of life, in human suffering
and misery, in destruction of
homes and property, in the un
certainties that will come once
3uch a war has ended, cannot be
blamed, we think, for doing all
in his power to avert such a war,
even if it puts his government in
a position of losing face.
He is thinking in terms of lives,
not in terms of waving flags and
blaring military bands and pa
rades of troops, which represents
war in the minds of so many
young people over here who have
never experienced it even from a
safe distance.
But tonight the demands of
Adolf Hitler have become so out
rageous that the English and
French governments are faced
with calling a halt to how far
they will go. As it appears to
us—and we say this only after a
conference with our "It Appears
to Us" department—that if war
at this instance is averted, it is
bound to come sooner or later.
The question, then, stop Hitler
now or try to stop him later when
he is far stronger? It's a ques
tion to which we wouldn't like to
have to find the answer.
Many are wondering what
America will do if war comes to
Europe. The majority seem to
think that America will be forced
into the fray. It's surprising
just how many do think that.
But somehow we don't believe
this country will get into it—or
at least not as readily as in the
previous World War. In those
days practically everyone over
here had that "flag waving, band
playing" idea of war. But today
—well, there are hundreds of
thousands of men in this country
who went to that last war, and
who know what war is. And there
are hundreds of thousands of
these men who are still of service
age. They are not going to be
dragged into another European
squabble if* they can help it.
But when the band starts play
ing one never can tell.
Goodnight.
ROCKFORD
Rockford Methodist church
celebrated Homecoming Day on
Sunday, Seyptember 18, and wel
comed many former members of
the church and community. The
program was under the direction
of Mrs. Wayne Thore, Mrs. Rob
ert Burrus and M. Les Rumley.
Mr. Arthur Graham, principal
of the local high school, taught
the Bible class at 10:00, Mrs.
James Martin the Intermediates,
and Mrs. Thore the beginners.
At 11 o'clock. Mr. C. W. Rus
sell, the pastor, preached to a
large congregation of members
and friends and the music was
under the direction of Mrs. Har
din G. Holyfield. Mrs. Holy
field's music class presented sev
eral numbers, including choruses
and a duet by Miss Kathryn and
Mr. Manly Snow.
Dinner was spread on large
tables on the church grounds. In
the afternoon, Miss Anna Lula
Dobson led the group in rem
iniscences and many tributes
were paid to former members of
the church and of the Union
church in which Methodists and
Baptists worshipped for so many
, years. Many former pastors, offi
cers, superintendents of the Sun-
day School and community lead
ers were mentioned by name.
Among those present from out
of-town were Mrs. Solomon Dav
enport, Mrs. John Hardy and
Miss Beulah Folger, of Rural
Hall; Mrs. E. L. Byrd and daugh
ter, Mrs. Ruth Byrd Crater, and
Miss Mary Crater, of Elkin; Mrs.
Booker, of Dobson; Mr. Paul Mc-
Cormick and family, Mr. and
Mrs. John Dunn, Messrs. Ben
and Bill Houck and Mr. Gardner,
all of Winston-Salem.
Many old friendships were re
newed, the worship services were
enjoyed and a number declared
the day one of both pleasure and
profit.
Friends regret that the condi
tion of Mrs. Bettie Mann who
suffered a stroke of paralysis sev
eral days ago is only slightly im
proved.
Rockford elementary school has
enorlled around one hundred. The
school is under the principalship
of Mr. Norman, of Dobson, and
has the same faculty as last
year.
The house formerly owned and
occupied by the family of Mr.
James Hamlin has been razed and
moved to Dobson. Two smaller
houses have been built from the
lumber.
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In the Future
"Father, how soon will I be old
enough to do as I please?"
"I don't know. Nobody has
ever lived that long yet."
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"Why, what's the matter?" Jim
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tailor because it did not fit him.
The tailor, seeing the doctor at
the funeral of one of his patients,
said: "Ah, Doctor, you are a hap
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Thursday, September 29, 1938